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Honor cords are awarded to honor students at their schools' Honors Convocation Ceremony or Graduation Celebration Party. These functions are usually held the week before commencement. Invitations to these ceremonies are sent out to students through the various Dean's Offices. If a student is unable to attend the honors ceremony, honor cords can also be obtained by eligible students at the Registrar's tables the day of commencement.
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Students who have a 3.75 overall GPA in their last 58 credit hours at the beginning of their last semester are eligible to be nominated for the award. Once the list of eligible students is determined, the academic departments are asked for nominations from that list. Nominations are submitted to the Scholarships, Awards, and Special Events Committee, and the Committee elects the award winners from the students who were nominated.
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Jaime Garcia has had a rough time over his last six starts, posting a 6.09 ERA with a noted decrease in velocity. After his start on Tuesday, he said there was no pain anywhere, but added, "I'm not right."
He was right about not being right; the Cardinals made a move with him Thursday:
Jaime Garcia placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to June 6 (left shoulder strain). Fernando Salas recalled from AAA; joins team in Houston.
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 7, 2012
Salas pitched in 18 games for the Cardinals earlier this year, all in relief, and he's never made a start in his major-league career. It's much more likely that Garcia's place in the rotation will be taken by someone from Triple-A, such as Brandon Dickson or Joe Kelly.
Neither of these options is that appealing, but the Cardinals don't have much choice these days.
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Ivan: You only have TWO posts and you are already telling Ken how to run "his" forum? BTW, what's wrong with Burma-Shave? The ads bring attention to things people may want to know about and might miss if Ken didn't have them the way they are. I vote leave well enough alone! Just my opinion.
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There are litfests, and then there is The Times of India Literary Carnival. Ask the 12,000 people who thronged the magical venue of Mehboob Studios, twice the number which attended the first edition in 2011. This December 6-8 again at Mehboob, there are even more celebrated writers discussing provocative topics, engaging workshops especially for children, and fantastic evening entertainment. To say nothing of the book stalls, the hang-out Café Zoe and food outlets which ensure that the entire family can make a long weekend of it.
This year, our theme revolves around 'Romance, Love and Violence'. It attempts to understand, through literature, film, food, even nature, how love and violence – in their most subtle, intangible forms -- can sometimes be inextricably linked. Celebrated writer Hanif Kureishi will give the keynote address on the first day, while special keynote speakers on other days feature Karan Johar who holds the patent on Romance and international dynamo Eve Ensler. The incorrigible Suhel Seth will expound on being single.
Panel discussions will range from whether 'marriage is a word or a sentence' to whether 'romance is past its sell-by date' debated by best-selling novelists Anuja Chauhan and Rabinder Singh. Writer Mohammed Hanif and film-maker Anurag Kashyap will share why love and violence often cohabit.
Among the book launches are the controversial account of the Mumbai terror attacks 'The Siege Within', Mary Kom's biography, Gulzar's 'Hindi For Heart', and Bachi Karkaria's book on Bombay, as part of The Times of India's 175-year celebrations.
In a unique event this year, listen to poetry on love – in all its facets – at dusk on the fairy-lit lawns of Mehboob.
The abidingly charming Ruskin Bond will receive the Times of India Literary Award in a special ceremony. The annual Crossword Book Awards will take place at the festival. Evening entertainment includes Eve Ensler's latest play 'Emotional Creature' and a Coke Studio performance.
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Nothing demonstrates this more than now when we have no snow and no snowmobilers. This past weekend, the town was empty. Businesses are struggling because people are not in town to snowmobile. January is usually a bust month, but it was like a ghost town and business owners are finding it difficult to keep their businesses open.I sincerely hope that Three Lakes allows ATV
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- One of the more contentious aspects of the new iPhone 5 is that it will use a new type of connector, Lightning, for plugging the phone into your wall socket or computer. While Apple has touted the advantages of this smaller, reversible plug, many have griped that this makes the phone incompatible with the numerous docks and accessories put out by third parties over the years.
The good news is that Apple is selling an adapter to make it possible to plug your new phone into your old speaker dock; the bad news is that it won't come cheap.
The Lightning-to-30-pin adapter, as Apple is calling it, will sell for $29 from the Apple Store. This doesn't come as a complete shock. Apple has long been notorious for its high-priced accessories -- a simply power adapter that allows you to plug your USB iPod or iPhone jack into a wall socket will set you back $19, for instance.
Frugal Apple fans have also long-known that third parties are just as capable of making cords and power adapters, which they'll sell at a much lower cost. The old 30-pin connector, for instance, which still sells for $19 at the Apple Store, can be found for just $2.95 on a third-party site.The obvious question, then, is when we can expect to start seeing similarly cheap knockoffs of this new adapter. After all, you shouldn't have to pay an extra $29 just to plug your new iPhone into your old speaker dock, right? Amazingly, some third parties are already offering adapters that they say will do the same job at a fraction of the cost. CNET points to this adapter sold by Nanotch for $18 on Amazon, as well as another for $9.99 from a company called iTronz. Meanwhile, other accessory retailers and manufacturers seem to be gearing up to sell similar offerings: a spokesperson for accessory maker Monoprice says that it "has been made aware by manufacturers in Asia that iPhone 5 Lightning-to-30-pin adapters are available at a component level," and that it will be working with suppliers to get them on sale by the end of October. Of course, the big question is whether you can trust these imitation adapters, especially those being released before the technical specifications of the real deal are known. While the general assumption is that the $29 price tag represents Apple's usual accessory markup, at least one news outlet says that the adapter uses costly digital-to-analog converter technology that would account for its high price. If that's truly the case, then it's quite possible that these early imitation adapters don't actually have the technological innards needed to get the job done, and that you're better off paying more for the real thing. Our advice? Wait until the genuine article has been on the market long enough for third-party manufacturers to take it apart and make a proper imitation. And if it's still cheaper after that, then make sure you only buy from trusted retailers with a good return policy. More on the iPhone 5:
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GREAT thread over on The506.com concerning the history behind the different scores (0-0, 3-0, 5-3, etc.) in NFL history.
Nuggets like this all over the place:
37. 10-10
Total # of Occurrences: 24
First Occurrence: October 12, 1924 - Racine Legion @ Chicago Bears
Last Occurrence: November 16, 1997 - Philadelphia Eagles @ Baltimore Ravens (OT) - so 2 of the last 3 tie games involve the Eagles on the road against an AFC Central/North team
Occurrences after 1970 merger: 9 - also the most common score for overtime ties since 1974, including the first - Rams-Vikings on September 19, 1976. The tie helped the Vikings more, meaning they finished one game better than Los Angeles, allowing them to host the NFC Championship. Had the Rams won, they would have been the #1 seed, I think, since their conference record would have beaten out Dallas and Minnesota.
A 10-10 tie helped the Vikings two years later as their draw with the Packers on November 26, 1978, along with the rest of the games, put both teams @ 8-7-1. Minnesota won the other head-to-head game that year against Green Bay, so they won the tiebreaker and the NFC Central. Chester Marcol missed an OT field goal that day.
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For the first time in almost five years, Florida unemployment rate fell below the national average, according to the governor's office report. This is the lowest rate reported since November 2008, officials said.
Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday in Orlando that 282,200 private-sector jobs were created in the state since December 2010. This state's unemployment rate is now at 7.8% which is 0.1% lower than the national rate, according to the report.
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This has been a wretched stretch of brutal press for Barack Obama lately. Battered over and over by revelations of IRS malfeasance, aggressive assaults on press freedom at the AP and Benghazi ad infinitum, the hits keep on coming, amplified by the dual forces of the "Conservative Entertainment Complex" (as exemplified by this great pundit) and a "liberal media" that has realized that Internet hits are their most likely saving grace and revenue stream. It has reached such fevered pitch that the media is making a chilling analogy commonplace!
Thing is, once you get out of the fever swamps of the Internet, where seething Caucasian retirees amped up on Fox n Metamucil dominate debates with wildly incoherent snatches of reactionary-babble that sound like bizarre code to the unintiated, nobody--and I do mean NOBODY--gives a rodent's anus about any of this. Be it at the laundromat, the gym, the coffee shop, kid's schools, diner---general talk in my neck of the woods is a smorgasbord of the usual celeb/weather thing. And why?
Not just because none of this impacts anyone directly (certainly not as directly as this, which affects everyone that breathes, namely everyone alive), but in reality, because the Republican Noise Machine's ceasleless elevation of every Obama falter/failure to a matter of the utmost urgency (requiring Obama's removal) has rendered the public and even a fair amount of the blogosphere numb to their unending pounding. Benghazi--a bloody mess of a tragedy that left four Americans dead has actually been called by one of the GOP's most repellant figureheads as more significant than 9/11. Another has called for impeachment. As the same level of outrage never existed during the Bush years (and similar attacks that left 60 people dead), this is transparent nonsense. Not to mention the hearings themselves over Benghazi, which deliberately leave out testimony from any key players that might deviate off script.
Of greater importance would be the IRS and AP scandals. But even these are revealed to be borderline ridiculous--the IRS didn't single out only Tea Party groups and the AP's claim of political persecution is no more than an attempt to deflect a legitmate inquiry into a serious security breach. Let's get real: Using the IRS to persecute one's opponents is serious beyond serious--but when the campaign finance laws have been upended, the IRS making legitimate inquiries into an organization's status is to be expected.
The real issue at hand here is that for over 20 years, the Republican Party has molehilled into mountains every story that they thought would sway public opinion. And it tends to crest at the same time as well--right after a Democratic incumbent shocks them by trouncing a challenger, as was also the case in 1996. Never mind that the kitchen sink was thrown at both Clinton and Obama, whose policies themselves could barely be described as genuinely progressive, the only thing that mattered was wrecking their approval ratings in time for midterms or for the next presidential election--and as the Democrats gained seats in 1998 and their dreadful candidate outpolled the Republican in the popular vote in 2000, it really doesn't work.
But they'll cry wolf forever, because at this point "conservative politics" are a lucrative racket. And by playing this bait and switch game, the public tunes out even the things that are critical to them. So, "Benghazi" and the others replace "ACORN" or "Jeremiah Wright" for a spell and then roll back into the sea of noise like so many barking seals. But as the media lock that existed 15 some years ago disappears, these stories will hopefully carry less gravity in the future and pass along with the embittered folks whose panic over cultural changes has turned them into easy marks. Can't come fast enough for me.
He only claimed to be disturbed by section 1021 for public consumption. Here's what really happened: "An amendment to the Act that would have replaced current text with a requirement for executive clarification of detention authorities was rejected by the Senate. According to Senator Levin, 'the language which precluded the application of section 1021 to American Citizens was in the bill that we originally approved in the Armed Services Committee and the Administration asked us to remove the language which says that US Citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section.'"
On December 31, 2011 President Obama signed the 2012 NDAA into law. When he signed the law, he also issued a signing statement on how he would interpret the law. In that signing statement, President Obama clarifies that the law does indeed allow for the arrest and indefinite detention of US citizens.
The President then asserts that he will not use the law for these purposes and that the inclusion of the language is counter to the Constitution and US traditions. This declaration is counter to Senator Levin's statements that the Obama administration requested that language which would have prevented the law from applying to US citizens be removed.
The main purpose of the statement relating to detainee provisions states that the language is not necessary as it codifies rights that the President already possessess. In other words, it is not necessary for Congress to affirm that the President has the right to detain US citizens captured on the battlefield as that right was already affirmed in the Hamdi case and others. What is not mentioned in the signing statement is that Congress has asserted that this bill now declares the homeland as part of the battlefield, which means that the President's right to detain enemy combatants indefinitely now applies to US citizens on US soil.
When I was a kid while in the hospital, we had this old man come in as a magician. Anyways after the show I got to talking to him. Turned out he was a con man who out of jail turned to magic. He told me that the key to it all, be it pulling a short or long con or magic is to make the person you're trying to fool to look one direction while the real action is taking place in the other.
So what does this have to do with these politicians? I can't help but think that the Republicans are putting on a show so you don't look at something else. I think part of it is what JW pointed out. The whole thing makes a great fundraiser. And don't get me wrong, the whole "embattled president" makes a great money maker for the Democrats too. But really, I can't still shake the feeling that this is a setup.
Sure the IRS thing looks bad. And perhaps there was a targeting by some in the IRS. But I still have to ask, if your job is to sniff out tax cheats and you know that a cheat may do X,Y and Z, and suddenly you get all these groups at once and some it may look like fishy, would you be negligent to ignore such? We could quibble on the definition of what "social welfare" is in the code and what constitutes working to promote or oppose a politician, but your job is still to sniff stuff out. And here, in one shot you get bunch in a short amount of time? Like I said, maybe some of the inquiries weren't kosher, but had the applications been leftist groups and one or two turned out to be outright frauds, you bet your ass Fox News and right wing talk radio would be having a field day. Anyone remember ACORN? (Yes, I know, different issue, but still same amount of stink).
The one thing that does really concern me is this situation with the AP. Because if they got hit with this tactic, what about other journalist organizations? Secondly, I don't believe for a second that such spying was during just during the Obama administration. I bet something similar had been going on since George Jr was El Presidente.
I believe it was David Cay Johnston who said that we have two parties in this country, but the real division is *not* between Democrats and Republicans. It is between the corporatists and "the people-ists" in government (Cay Johnston's term). Democrats and Republicans collude to create the illlusion that they are at each other's throats, and that the stakes are high when one or the other party gets the upper hand. That's how they divert our attention, by getting us to "look one direction while the real action is taking place in the other," as you put it. This is political theatre for public consumption, and it's patently fake. That includes the so-called scandals besetting the Obama administration. In reality, the corporatists from *both* parties, Democrat and Republican. have already cut their deals in the back rooms. And they both want the exact, same thing, which is to shred the social safety net for the rest of us -- the 99% who don't share power. They work for the banksters on Wall Street and the uber wealthy. All the rest is "sound and fury, signifying nothing" (to cadge a line from Shakespeare). Obama is not under the gun from anyone. But WE, the people, are. And unfortunately, we're just asking to have the wool pulled over our eyes when we buy into what we read and hear in the MSM.
So maybe the way to stop the IRS from any sort of ideologically motivated bullshit would be to get rid of this nonsense about whether groups that are obviously ideologically motivated should be "tax-exempt" (why?) in the first place. I don't like the targeting either way, but puh-leaze. I don't know of any Constitutional rationale for not making 'em *all* pay taxes, ending this false issue.
Great first article. Keep up the good work.
C'mon conservatives. Channel the townsfolk in Blazing Saddles and yell "The new sheriff's an Obama!" a few times. You know you want to.
Hold on just one hot minute. The deluge of bogus 501 C 4's came at the encouragement of the Koch Brothers' miracle-gro formula for astroturf Tea Party groups and vastly outnumbered liberal or progressive groups' filings. When an army of thugs is bearing down on you, do you focus your attentions on them or the pick-pocket on the corner?
Those that fall for crazy conspiracy idiocy from the right and left will fall for it every time.
Guardian progressives believed any half baked crazy conspiracy about George Bush, right wing nut cases believe any crazed strung together idiocy too.
Obama has had a much easier going than Clinton who was hounded by the half wit right far more than Obama.
The majority of Americans ignore it or find it all a laugh.
The credibility of the fringe press like the Guardian is nill with much of America.
Johnny Angel,
You are blinded by your contempt for all things conservative and/or Republican. Of course the IRS scandal was politically motivated and Republicans merely took a page from Herr Emanuel, who took a page from Komrad Ayers, 'never let a crisis go to waste.' Your use of words belies your lack of objectivity. I'm guessing you were a cheerleader in high school.
C.J. Pugliese
C.J. Pug "Since when are Republicans conservative"?
What is this moronic con-whacker obsession with elevating Bill Ayers to the level of anyone who had an impact on public policy? I've had my disagreements with Johnny, but all have been discussed with respectful objectivity and I'm sure they have left us both with a broader perspective on matters that affect us. I'm guessing that you don't possess the same commitment to an honest exchange of ideas.
If you had known Johnny just post-high school as I did, you would not have wanted to mess with him. For every cheerleader that cleared a wide berth for him, two more were clawing their way through the crowd to reduce the space between them to a negative distance. We tore up some of the same clubs and some of the same hearts. Don't let yours be one of them.
Thanks Keith. I'm going to steal that.
"Con-whacker" relates to "con" in the double-entendre sense and the "whacker" also serves double duty. I really like it.
No Tea Party group was denied non profit status - the poor little entitled dears just had to wait longer because so many people set up so many of these fake groups to move money around.
And let's not forget how the feds have done far worse to the left - they infltrated peace groups in the 1980s and corporate douches like Mitch McConnell supported it with great fanfare, so fuck off everyone.
that said this piece was written at the level of an over-educated highschooler.
I agree with the author, Johnny Angel Wendell. You cannot keep up the hyperbole for long. It will soon just blend in with the everyday noise and cease to astound, arouse, or awaken anyone.
these days.
The people who take FOX news seriously as a percentage is probably equal to people who take the Chomsky left seriously.
It's just another pile of matlocky to suggest such; the constant stream of pseudo-moderate pseudo-rationalist right-wing bs rhetoric which goes under that name.
Trumpeting a mysterious national security justification for clear and blatant abuses of authority and power goes back to A. Mitchell Palmer. Stop being an Obama/Holder sycophant.
and the left complains that it is all so unfair.
After reading the article and the comments, I learned that molehill politics is unfair...
If you do a search for "saul alinsky right wing radicals" you will find a fair amount of bits on the goofy right using his tactics. We now have two extremes creating endless white noise, while complaining how unfair the other side is. It seems that Alinski is required reading by the Tea Party.
It's also interesting that many of our "progressive" commenter's think that extra attention directed towards the tea party by the IRS is OK, because they don't like the groups targeted.
Typical of "progressives" in that they don't like the government (IRS) investigating their fringe groups or complain when the security state(FBI, local cop squads) investigates their more pedestrian kooks. It's a pretty common complaint for left wingers to mention cointelpro. But typical of many "progressives," it's OK for the state they love to hate to harass their enemies.
its a good point that these scandals seem to develop right after an election as if to overturn the result
...is that once safely reelected, politicians aren't as worried about playing it safe.
Also, the press doesn't have the same level of worry right after an election that covering these embarrassing and anger-raising incidents might cause people to vote against their favored incumbents.
I was disappointed to hear Johnny Angel Wendell apparently arguing that since there wasn't enough outrage against Bush to get him impeached, that Obama shouldn't be impeached either. That type of logic just lets bad leaders remain unaccountable.
Instead of this endless partisan bickering over who was/is worse, can we agree that both of them were/are awful and deserve to face justice? Obama should be impeached, and Bush should be brought before a war crimes tribunal.
of Americans seemed happy with both of them, as they both got elected and re-elected.
Dear GOP:
Yes, the "scandals". Ah me, that's one skewed rendition of reality.
Let me place a more plausible version on the tips of readers' eyelashes.
Contrary to the incessant barrage of GOP conditioning that you have ostensibly internalized, nothing exists in the vacuum that you and the GOP would prefer to believe. Even when History unequivocally shows the folly in the GOP policy...incredibly, there is a conspicuous and inexplicable refusal to take ownership of cause and effect. So, despite your best efforts to preemptively "defang the cobra" with such shopworn nonsense as "invoking Bush" somehow shows "weakness". As a threshold matter, you naively presuppose it makes any difference whether it is Reagan, Bush or, say, Rubio as President. It doesn't. The reason why the GOP lavishes praise on Reagan is simple: he is the first of the "figurehead" Presidents. So, to be fair, whether its Romney or Rubio, the GOP has inculcated a "lock-step" mentality that completely precludes any subjective decision making, much less "leadership". What, the GOP leaders have to sign a "pledge" to a LOBBYIST (Norvquist) and shared a "vow" to obstruct ANY agenda of incoming President Obama...and you and your brethren have the audacity to question the integrity of the Obama Administration for ensuring the integrity of National Security by proper use of subpoena power? I suppose as you stir illusory "scandals" your selective memory purposefully omits the FACT the last GOP Administration VIOLATED the Bill of Rights via warrantless wiretaps?
That's the biggest, most "under-reported" problem voters have with the GOP that cannot be ameliorated or "saved" via its misguided "messaging" campaign. Namely, the People are sick and tired of the "black and white" worldview that purposely omits any cost/benefit analysis. Your hollow, conclusory critique of "anyone that invokes Bush" simply underscores the extent of this "disconnect" with reality, e.g., instead of discussing the "how" and "why" of a $4 trillion+ war THAT IS AN ONGOING drain to the People's limited fiscal resources...you actually are ignorant enough to imply that the People have something to "win" by further "re-investigating" Benghazi, as if, in the end, there is anything left to discuss or ascertain. What, pray tell, is there to revisit? The GOP steadfastly REFUSES to RAISE REVENUE...so, what, you can "whine" about a lack of security at US Embassies that YOUR OWN POLICY of fiscal starvation proximately causes? That's how asinine your positions are. "Outsourcing" leads to a "welfare state". "Deregulation" of Wall St. leads to derivative trading run amok and causing massive "bailouts" by the State. "Free trade" leads to a trade deficit and poisoned consumer goods from Asia. "Unilateralism" leads to expensive, protracted Arab occupations that simply exacerbate the anti-American/Israeli sentiment that purportedly "affirms" the propaganda Al Qaeda feeds its poor citizens to explain the "how" and "why" there is such a disproportionate distribution of wealth in Arab society.
But instead of even reaching the merits of ANY of these important policy issues...you just parrot the same "talking points" that simply run around in circles, i.e., there is no discernible benefit to the People to, inter alia, undermine and/or unduly hinder (1) the Commander in Chief's use of cost-effective drones against those taking up arms against our troops; (2) the IRS' ability to perform the necessary due diligence on behalf of the People to ensure "charities" are operating within the letter of the law when funneling money to special interest-driven agendas; (3) the Executive branch's ability to prosecute leakers of top secret information that touch and concerns National Security; and, (4) of course, emboldening our enemies with this partisan witch hunt over, what, deliberately opaque Benghazi statements that create no prejudice to the People's strategic, fiscal or diplomatic interests.
So, spare us the "it's all coming unglued" imaginary narrative. The last time we heard such "wishful thinking", Ham Rove was calling Ohio.
"After the event, even the fool is wise." - Viscount Symonds
/s/ drudown
Good Piece. The I.R.S. Thing is about as obvious as getting pulled over by the cops when you have a pigs suck and pot left bumper stickers on your car.
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---- — PENDLETON — The Pendleton Heights girls cross country team entered Tuesday's sectional meet as the clear-cut favorite. The only question was how much would the Arabians win by.
The answer — 49 points.
Led by Alex Buck, the No. 14 ranked Arabians took six of the top seven positions to compile 18 points and earn their third straight sectional title and fifth in six years.
"It has become an expectation," Pendleton Heights coach Melissa Hagerman said. "It is a whole mindset. We are looking forward to Saturday for regional, but we still have our eyes on the big prize at the end."
Buck bested her teammate Alli McCarty by nearly 50 seconds with a time of 19 minutes, 7.61 seconds. It is the sophomore's second individual sectional win. She shaved an impressive 46 seconds off her time from last year's sectional.
"It means a lot to me this year because of my time," Buck said. "Last year, I worked so hard just to get under 20 (minutes) on the course and to be in the low 19s — it's crazy. I feel extremely blessed to be able to knock that many seconds off in just one year."
Buck and McCarty are just two of the underclassmen leading the youth movement at Pendleton Heights. Monica Dudley, who finished in fourth, is a sophomore, and the fifth-place finisher, Emma Hall, is a freshman.
"My top (four) today are freshmen and sophomores, we don't have a junior on varsity," Hagerman said. "It shows what a great job our middle school program is doing."
The final of Hagerman's youthful Arabians to capture a top-10 was Faith Baer, a freshman who finished in 20:46.57 to secure the seventh position.
"Our strategy was to get everybody in the top-10," Buck said. "I am so proud of how (my team) did."
The remaining teams to earn a top-five score and advance to the Delta regional on Saturday are Mt. Vernon (67), Lapel (82), Yorktown (90) and Shenandoah (152).
"Third place is probably where we should have finished," Lapel coach Darrell Richardson said. "We've got our goal for the girls to get to semistate. So they are going to have to beat a couple teams to get there."
The Bulldogs were one of three teams to finish with four runners in the top 20. Sophomore Mandie Flora who finished ninth in 20:50.88 led them to their third straight regional run.
The same five teams advanced to the Delta regional from the 2012 Pendleton Heights sectional.
Indiana High School Athletic Association rules allow the top-10 individuals who are not on an advancing team to move on to the regional meet.
Michaela McCurdy, a sophomore from Liberty Christian, finished in 11th in 21:18.99, and was the top finisher from the non-team advancing runners.


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BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College baseball team beat Wake Tech 11-10 in nine innings in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, May 3, at Founders Field.
BCC won the second game 11-0 in five innings as Alex Ministeri (8-1) threw a one-hitter, walking two and striking out four.
Entering the final day of the regular season, BCC is 19-7 in the region (26-16 overall). Region leader Catawba Valley Community College is 21-6. BCC is on probation and ineligible for postseason games.
Rockingham Community College beat Brunswick Community College 2-1 in nine innings and 9-2 in seven innings in region baseball games Friday, April 18, at Founders Field.
In the 2-1 loss, BCC starter Jimmy Boyd gave up four hits and one run seven innings in a no-decision. He walked one and struck out five.
Rockingham scored the winning run on a two-out error in the top of the ninth when two BCC outfielders bumped into each fielding a flyball and the ball dropped out of the glove of one of the outfielders.
BOLIVIA — Brunswick Community College scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to force extra innings and scored two in the 14th to beat Catawba Valley Community College in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Sunday at Founders Field.
BCC won the second game 5-2 in seven innings.
CVCC drops to 9-5 in the region, 22-7 overall. BCC is 10-4, 17-11, as it seeks a region title. BCC is on probation and ineligible for postseason play. Its season ends May 4.
By Michael Paul
Sports Editor
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College baseball team beat Patrick Henry Community College 9-0 in seven innings Saturday, March 1, at Founders Field.
In chilly weather, Alex Ministeri pitched all seven innings and walked no one. He gave up four hits and struck out seven.
BCC scored eight runs in the second, taking advantage of two errors, two wild pitches and a hit batter.
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College women's basketball team beat Cape Fear Community College 79-74 Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym. The loss was the first of the season for Cape Fear (11-1), who entered the game ranked No. 7 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll.
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College women's basketball team beat Patrick Henry Community College 66-61 Sunday, Jan. 5, the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.
For BCC, Kenedra Smith scored 18 points, Kima Sidberry 13 and Crystal Hicks 10.
BCC led 34-19 at the half but a four-point play by the Patriots cut the lead to 38-37 with 14 minutes, 15 seconds left. PHCC led 43-42 with 10 minutes left, but back-to-back baskets by Hicks gave BC a 48-45 lead. The game remained close thereafter.
BOLIVIA — Caldwell Community College beat Brunswick Community College 77-68 Dec. 21 in the final game of the BCC Holiday Basketball Classic.
For the host Dolphins, Montez Loman scored 16 points, Cam Jones 15 and Kalil Stuart 12. Taylor Buffkin started and scored six points.
The first half was close early. A basket by the Dolphins' Anthony Williams tied the score 17-all. A rebound by Buffkin cut the lead to 25-23, but a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer gave Caldwell a 35-27 lead.
The Brunswick Community College men's basketball team beat Port City Sports Authority 98-84 Saturday, Dec. 14, in the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.
BCC improved to 8-4. PCSA is a two-year preparatory school in North Charleston, S.C., and student-athletes compete in a sport while taking college credit courses.
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College women's basketball team outscored Tidewater Community College 14-2 late in the fourth quarter en route to a 70-60 victory Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.
Crystal Hicks hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points. Tyesha McLean scored 13 of her 16 points in the second half. Katrina Brown scored nine points as the Dolphins improved to 5-3. TCC fell to 1-9.
The Brunswick Community College men's basketball team opened its home season beating the South Carolina Sports Academy 117-107 Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Cam Jones scored 27 points, Kalil Stuart 23, Keynan Pittman 15, Taylor Buffkin 12, Montez Loman 10 and Chris Pompey nine.
A 3-pointer by Pompey gave the Dolphins a 19-19 lead but SCSA tied the scored 24-24 with 9 minutes, 21 seconds left in the first half. BCC scored its last six points of the half on a dunk by Pittman and two dunks by Jones.
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In order to process a proposed dissolution, all public charities that are required to report to the AGO must submit the following:
1) A completed Form PC-F;
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3a) an administrative dissolution petition (if the organization has no remaining net assets to transfer after dissolution);
3b) a judicial dissolution complaint (if there are remaining net assets to transfer after dissolution).
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When is the Form PC-F to be filed?
Who must file a Form PC-F?
Every public charity incorporated in Massachusetts must dissolve pursuant to the requirements of M.G.L. c. 180, §11A and those charities that file annual reports to the AGO, must also submit a Form PC-F . This requirement does not apply to corporations and other entities that are not required to report to the AGO, including churches, and those that are exempt from reporting by statute.
What Must be Filed?
The Form PC-F does not require a filing fee, 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, Probate Account report, Federal Form 1120, Federal Form 1041, financial audit or financial statement. The AGO reserves the right to require an organization to provide additional financial and operational information if necessary for the AGO's review of its financial activities prior to dissolving. You will be contacted if additional information is required.
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When is the Form PC-F to be filed?
A public charity required to file annual reports may initiate the AGO's review of the proposed dissolution by filing its Form PC-F when it:
- is in compliance with all reporting to the Division;
- has taken the necessary board action to authorize its dissolution; and
- has prepared an administrative dissolution petition or judicial dissolution complaint and all necessary attachments.
Specific Instructions
Cover Page
Please type or print in ink all responses very clearly.
Please answer all questions and provide attachments and/or explanations that are applicable to your organization.
For the Fiscal Period, indicate the beginning of the organization's current fiscal year in the blank provided, using numbers such as 6/1/2010. The Form PC-F may be used to report on an organization's financial activity from the first day of its current fiscal year up to the submission of its administrative petition or complaint to the AGO. For a period longer than that, the organization must submit a full Form PC (or PCs) to capture the entire fiscal year (or years) with the filing fee(s) and all required attachments in addition to the Form PC-F. A public charity that is not required to file annual Form PCs must file a financial report summarizing its last three years of activity completed by an accountant, treasurer or other officer responsible for the organization's finances. If you need guidance on what should be included in this report, please call the AGO at (617) 727-2200, x2101.
For the Attorney General's Account #, indicate the number assigned to the organization by the AGO. If it does not have or know its Attorney General Number, please call the AGO.
Indicate all additional documents submitted to the Division with the Form PC-F. A complete "Judicial Complaint Package" includes a Judicial Complaint, Motion for Interlocutory Order, and Interlocutory Order.
I. Organization Data
Provide contact information for the organization that will remain in effect for at least 16 weeks after submission to the AGO. If the organization has closed or will close its offices during that period, please provide information that will ensure the AGO is able to contact an authorized representative, if necessary.
Please be sure to clearly label all responses that require additional information with the corresponding Question number.
Question 1
Indicate whether the public charity is in compliance with its reporting to the AGO. If you are unsure, call the AGO to verify.
Question 2
Indicate whether the organization will have any remaining cash or other assets to transfer after it has paid its debts and other liabilities, including costs associated with winding up its activities and dissolving.
Question 3
Indicate whether the public charity had any financial activity after the filing of its last Form PC. Even a small amount of activity, such as bank fees, constitutes activity.
Question 4
Indicate whether the organization's liabilities, including costs associated with winding up its activities and dissolving, are greater than its assets and that it will therefore dissolve with amounts still due individuals and/or businesses (creditors). Please attach a list with the name of each creditor and the approximate amount due the creditor. If any related party was paid an amount due it, please complete Question 7.
Question 5
Report any transfer of assets that would not have occurred as part of the organization's regular daily activity or as specified in the organizational documents. In the attachment, provide a description of the assets, including amount and date of distribution, recipient, and the board action authorizing the transfer. As an example, an entity that generally makes grants may make a final grant of all of its assets, but an entity that provides services may not make a grant to another entity to provide the same services. Any transfer involving a related party must be disclosed under Question 7.
Question 6
As a general rule, donor restrictions may only be removed by court order or with the consent of the donor. Indicate here whether any restrictions were removed from any of the organization's donor-restricted funds. Provide in the attachment: the amount of funds, a copy of the gift instrument, the nature of the restriction, the process used to remove the restriction, the board action authorizing the removal, a description of how the funds will be used, and a copy of either the court order or the written consent of the donor authorizing the removal.
Question 7
In brief, a related party is an officer, director, trustee, or management employee of the dissolving entity, their immediate relatives, and the non-profit and for-profit entities that they are involved in. Note that related party transactions must be reported even when there is no accounting recognition, e.g., in-kind gifts. Please see the Form PC Instructions for the full definition of a related party. If you have a question about whether a transaction involves a related party, call the AGO for guidance.
Question 8
Complete this Question in its entirety. If the organization did not have income or expenditures, you may report zero in that category.
Question 9
If the charity has remaining expenses relative to its winding up and dissolution, answer "Yes" and itemize the costs, for example, legal or accounting fees, that have not been paid.
Question 10
This Question concerns all remaining assets that the charity will transfer as part of its dissolution, including cash, stock, real estate, contracts, intellectual or any other property. Provide a description of the asset, the name of the receiving organization and whether it is a related party (as defined in the Form PC Instructions), and the approximate value of the asset. If an entity is a related party put "Yes" in the box, if not, put "No." If one organization is receiving all of a charity's assets and there are different types of assets, please classify each type to be transferred and articulate its value. You may attach an additional page if more space is needed.
Question 11
A public charity should distribute all of its remaining assets to non-profit, charitable organizations that either have a similar mission or purpose to the dissolving entity or agree to use the assets for such mission or purpose. If it is unable to do so, please provide an explanation as to how the dissolving organization sought to meet this requirement.
II. Signature Required
The contact information for the person signing on behalf of the organization should be provided here. If this form is completed by anyone other than the individual signing on the organization's behalf, please identify that individual and include their contact information. The date provided should be the date the PC-F is signed.


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The American pledge was led by Mason Gordon and the 4-H pledge was led by Nathan Moran.
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Fuchu is a residential area located about 30 minutes from central Tokyo. It is a developing area that has seen quite a few enhancements including the redevelopment of Fuchu station. In conjunction with that, Kururu, a giant shopping center, was opened in spring 2005.
Kururu is a shopping complex made up of two buildings, each six stories tall. The complex includes more than just shops and restaurants however. A cinema complex and other amusement facilities make Kururu an amusement shopping center that has been attracting customers since its opening.
The shopping center sought to add an attractive, eye catching element to the complex, both on the outer façade and inner courtyard area. A dynamic color changing solution was supplied by Martin Professional Japan in the form of Martin Architectural Exterior 200 and Alien 02 color changers with lighting design by Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc.
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Dynamic Martin lighting has also been incorporated into an inner courtyard. Located overhead between the buildings is a series of stretched canvas canopies that provide protection from the elements yet allow an abundant amount of sun to penetrate the space during the day.
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|Paulding County plans to demolish historic jail
|Wednesday, January 02, 2013 1:18 PM
The jail was built in 1876 and operated continuously until a new facility opened in 2007. The building has been empty for the past five years, used only for county storage.
Plans call for it to be demolished as soon as mid-January using the county engineer's department's employees.
A spokesman from the commissioner's office said that the decision to tear down the jail was mutually agreed upon by the commissioners. No vote was taken.
The project has been in the works for over a year to determine what to do with the old jail. The commissioners decided it was more cost-effective to demolish it. Also, Commissioner Tony Zartman indicated that the commissioners had been trying to sell the old jail and that no one had expressed an interest in buying it.
Zartman also said that the former jail was a liability to the county and they did not want another building experience such as the old Hotel Barnes, which was destroyed in a fire in January.
"We have already had the building checked for asbestos and it was clear," noted Zartman.
The asbestos study was done in February 2012 by HazCorp, a Toledo-based company.
HazCorp took samples of various materials and determined there was no asbestos in their sampling. The piping in the basement, which houses the mechanical systems and pipes, was determined to be of another material; the report said that is was quite possible that abatement was performed in the past to remove any asbestos.
"We have already met with the Paulding County engineer about handling the demolition for us. This will save the county and general fund money by using the engineer's office," Zartman said.
County Engineer Travis McGarvey confirmed that he had met with the commissioners and it was something his department would do; however, he does not have a certain time frame as to when they would begin.
"It is possible that we could get started on the demolition by the middle of January," Zartman reported. "It depends a lot on the weather. Last year we had a mild winter. If we have another winter like that, there won't be a lot of snow to plow and the employees can be working on the jail."
Zartman also added that tearing down the jail would save the taxpayers money as the jail was an added expense to the county.
Because the project is still in the planning stages, there is no cost estimate available on leveling the structure.
Funding for the demolition will be taken out of the general fund, the same fund used to pay insurance and for the upkeep.
Zartman concluded that in addition to being an added expense, it is a potential safety hazard. Zartman said they do not want any groups or individuals going into the building for tours or to remove anything because they did not want anyone to get hurt.
The John Paulding Historical Society was contacted to see if they wanted anything from the old building before it was demolished. Les Weidenhamer of the historical society said that the group would like at least one of the ornate lentils on the structure.
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Judging by the features on the Comp Shifted, you'd think 661 got their price points confused; this looks like a two-hundred dollar helmet, easy. All the edges are covered with trim, ample ventilation holes are protected from debris by mesh screens, and there's even a moto-style breathe port on the chin bar. Then top it off with an adjustable visor and advanced styling, and you're laughing all the way to your next bike purchase.
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TV picks: Monday, November 25
DRAMA. Murder and secrets bubble up in this week's new episode. Someone working for the president is killed, which prompts Ellen to talk to Duncan about the planned assassination plot. She wants it to end immediately. Meanwhile, the other staff members have their own ideas about what should be done and they aren't waiting to put their plans into action. Also this episode, Ellen finds a possible bone marrow donor.
10 p.m., CBS
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SUPERNATURAL. Despite the episode being called "Sanctuary," Abbie is far from safe. She and Ichabod are enlisted to investigate a missing person's case, which leads to checking out an old, creepy house. This being Sleepy Hollow and all, of course the house is haunted by evil spirits. Things get personal when the evil spirits claim to know secrets about Ichabod's past.
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DRAMA. This week, "The Voice" isn't stealing "Blacklist"'s time slot, so viewers who were left hanging can finally get some answers. But of course, new questions will arise in this week's episode, titled "Anslo Garrick." Red's life falls into Donald's hands when Donald hears about a potential assassination plan. But his good intentions to save him go awry when he gets misleading information. Ritchie Coster guest stars as a new member of the blacklist. As for Liz? She gets trapped in an elevator and is trying to piece together what's going on.
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Yoga and Pilates are distinct and complete disciplines, but they are also very compatible. Sometimes, dipping from one into the another can lend a fresh perspective to the way we approach an exercise or our yoga and Pilates workouts as a whole. Here, we have a set of 7 yoga poses that might offer new ways of deepening your Pilates practice.
This yoga sequence can be done on its own or combined with your Pilates routine. I've added notes on what the different poses might offer a Pilates practitioner as well as links to each pose at yoga at About.com. Try these yoga moves and see what you can discover about your Pilates practice by incorporating a little yoga from time to time.
Keep in mind that both yoga and Pilates are founded on working with the breath and an intention to integrate and elevate body, mind, and spirit.
Learn more about Pilates and yoga in The Yoga Pilates Connection.
Mountain Pose, Arms Up
Begin with alert, active standing. Check your posture. Legs are parallel, hip distance apart, shoulders are relaxed. Abdominal muscles are engaged but not tight. Ankles, knees, hips, shoulders and ears are in a line. Gaze ahead.
Let your shoulder blades slide down your back as you sweep your arms out to the sides and bring them straight up overhead. The arms are parallel with palms facing each other.
Without lifting your shoulders, reach from your core through all the fingers, especially the pinkie.
Lift your chest and gaze upward.
Hold this pose 3 to 5 breaths
Use an inhale to lengthen your spine and return to upright. Return to basic standing.
Also see Urdhva Hastasana at About.com Yoga.
Pilates notes: One of the best ways to start any workout, yoga or Pilates, is to begin by finding your balance and establishing a strong center. To begin standing is a good way to transition from daily movement into your workout. This is your moment to mark a beginning. Note that mountain, arms up incorporates the Pilates fundamental arms over and moves very nicely into wall roll down (with or without the wall).


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Antonita Slaughter left the hospital and spent Friday night in the dorm with her teammates. She was with the team during its pregame shootaround. On the sideline for Saturday's game against Wright State, she was back to her old self, smiling, joking with her teammates.But life is not back to normal for Slaughter, nor for the Cardinals. Doctors still don't know what the heart ailment is that caused her to black out on the sideline during a game Tuesday. They found a blood clot in her lungs and have put her on a blood-thinning medication, but the underlying issue remains to be diagnosed, and she is facing more tests."It is something I hope I never have to experience again and something I hope my players never have to see again," Walz said of Slaughter's episode Tuesday. "A teammate is laying there unresponsive and her eyes are fixed -- it was extremely scary."Slaughter wasn't made available for interviews on Saturday, but Walz said her disposition has been good since returning, and that was as big a factor as any in his team's 99-40 route of Wright State in the KFC Yum! Center."It is not easy for her right now," Walz said. "But I have really been impressed with how she has handled all of it. You go from being in college playing ball and going to class and you think everything is great, to being in the hospital having a hundred different tests run on you. She has really been good, and I think that is what has helped our team. She is at the game, she is smiling and cheering and encouraging everyone."Slaughter averaged 10.1 points per game and was the team's most accurate three-point shooter last season. Without her, the Cardinals probably wouldn't have made it through to the title game. She made six threes in the national semifinal win over Cal, including three of four in the second half. It matched the Final Four record for threes in a game. Everybody remembers Shoni Schimmel staring down Britney Griner in a 22-point performance in the upset win over Baylor. Fewer remember that Slaughter made seven of nine three-pointers in that game and finished with 21 points -- and was the only Cardinal to play all 40 minutes. Her 18 three-point field goals matched the third-most ever made in the NCAA Tournament.So more than just replacing a teammate, replacing Slaughter represents a basketball challenge for Walz and the Cardinals, and that's what he said to his team before the game."I don't need everyone to think that they need to make up Antonita's nine points (per game)," Walz said. ". . . We have to have some players who are willing to step up and make some plays defensively for us like Antonita used to do. I said on the radio that I need a few of them to knock down some threes. We don't have anyone who is going to replace Antonita's three-point shooting, not one. What we have to find is a few of them. Megan Deines going 1-for-1 from the three-point line is exactly what we needed. I don't need her taking four or five of them. I need her to go 1-for-2, or 1-for-3 where now she has to be guarded. Then you have to worry about the fact that she can shoot the three."Against a Wright State team that knocked of N.C. State and gave NCAA Tournament participant Middle Tennessee a tough game, U of L stormed out to a 24-8 lead and was up 55-17 at half. It was the Cardinals' best rebounding game (57-36 edge) and its best defensive game. It outscored Wright State 60-14 in the paint and 30-4 off turnovers."It is definitely a sad thing that happened," senior forward Asia Taylor said. "We're all going to miss her, of course, but we all know the season goes on. She is there at practice and everything being her normal self. It's good to have her around. Our goal is still to go to Nashville (to the Final Four) no matter what."Walz got great balance on Saturday. Of the 11 players he used, all but two had multiple rebounds. The Cards had been fouling in large numbers. They sent Wright State to the line only four times Saturday. Demmings, Wright State's star guard, had 30 points against N.C. State, 27 against Middle Tennessee and 28 against James Madison. She went 2-for-15 against U of L.Walz said he would simply juggle his personnel to try to overcome the loss of Slaughter. He said he'll start Tia Gibbs, but try to protect her sometimes fragile health.He was encouraged by the way his team responded on Saturday, and hopes his players will continue to rally around Slaughter."She still has some more tests in front of her," Walz said. "We are still trying to figure out what is going on with her heart. The blood clot is a different thing all together; we are just fortunate that they found it with all the testing they were doing. We are still waiting on (more testing) and it could be a few weeks away to a month, who knows? We are going to continue until we find out what is wrong."Copyright 2013 WDRB News. All Rights Reserved.
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The JU women's basketball team will kick off the season at home with a special 11:30 a.m. start against Florida A&M as the Dolphins release their 2012-13 season.
Following the afternoon opener, the Dolphins will see action against two former Atlantic Sun Conference rivals as well as play a school from the Big East, ACC and SEC during its early slate.
"As always we have a competitive schedule," JU head coach Jill Dunn said. "We are playing three schools in three of the top BCS leagues and one of those is a home game for us. We are excited about the challenge that our schedule will bring."
After playing Florida A&M, the Dolphins will host Bethune-Cookman Nov. 12 for the first time in Swisher Gymnasium since the 2005 season. JU will head on the road to play former conference foes Florida Atlantic (Nov. 18) and Jacksonville State (Nov. 25) before heading to play South Carolina State (Nov. 28). They will host Vermont at home on Nov. 21 to break up the road stretch.
JU opens December with a road trip to play Clemson on Dec. 2. They will come back home the following weekend to host USF (Dec. 8) in Swisher Gymnasium. It will be the Bulls time to Swisher Gymnasium since the 2000-01 season. JU suffered a five-point loss in the last meeting against USF in Tampa to start the 2010-11 campaign.
The Dolphins host Savannah State in Swisher Gymnasium Dec. 16 before playing Troy (Dec. 18) in the first of six games in the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. JU faces Auburn (Dec. 22) in Auburn, Ala. to wrap the non-conference slate.
JU begins the 18-game A-Sun schedule with six contests within the first 15 days of the New Year. The Dolphins will host Northern Kentucky (Dec. 31), Lipscomb (Jan. 2), Mercer (Jan. 12) and Kennesaw State (Jan. 14). They will also play the last two A-Sun champions Florida Gulf Coast (Jan. 5) and Stetson (Jan. 7) on the road in that two-week span.
The Dolphins play at cross-town rival North Florida Jan. 19 before hosting them at Swisher Gymnasium Feb. 19. The Ospreys have won the last five regular season meetings, including hitting a game-winning layup as time expired to ruin JU's Senior Day last season.
The A-Sun road season rounds out with USC Upstate (Jan. 26), East Tennessee State (Jan. 28), Kennesaw State (Feb. 9), Mercer (Feb. 11), Lipscomb (Feb. 28) and Northern Kentucky (Mar. 2).
JU wraps its home slate with Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 2) and Stetson (Feb. 4) at the beginning of February before hosting ETSU (Feb. 23) and Mercer (Feb. 25) at the end of the month.
The A-Sun championship will again take place in Macon, Ga., with Mercer as the host starting Mar. 29.