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I'll be honest if ever there was a need for this column, It's now.
One game is an aberration but three games in a row of poor shooting is a full-on slump. Yup, we're officially in a slump, it happens. Better to get them out of the way now - it will pass.
(More Positivity After the Jump)
HoyaProspectus sums up the reaction to this game perfectly:
As a fan, watching a loss like this against a team that we perceive as inferior can be frustrating. But in truth, this was a pick 'em game, one that didn't go the Hoyas way.
That's the bottom line.
We can quibble about the mistakes and who should have done what. We are obviously capable of playing better. But isn't that a good thing? I think it's still obvious that the true level of the team is a lot closer to the team that beat twelve good opponents than the team that lost to three good opponents.
This was a toss up game on an opponent's court, just like the Temple, ODU, and Missouri games. We pulled out the first two and fell just short these past two times. It happens. It's tough out there on the road.
We played in a hostile environment against a team that's playing at the top of it's game right now. We had a lot of things go wrong for us: a missed bunny here, a horrendous call there, and that's the difference in the game. A team that shoots 66% from FT on the year shot 78% from the line (I called this happening pregame they always seem to make their free throws against us). Jim Burr was horrendous as always. The charge call against Chris down 1 was a joke. That one call was enough to decide that call. They call a block instead of a charge we're up 2 assuming Chris hits his free throw. We make the correct plays we win despite the bad calls of which there were many others. But while it hurts more to lose in such a close fashion it certainly bodes better to lose close than it does to get blown out. We hung tough despite our shooting woes and Jim Burr (I had a sinking feeling as soon as his name flashed at the bottom of the screen).
Despite the dissapointing outcome there are a lot of positives to take out of this game:
- It's a learning experience. I know some people don't believe there's anything you can learn from losing that you can't learn from winning a game like this. They're wrong. Losing this game will make us better. Others may argue that haven't these players done enough losing over there careers to learn the lessons that taking a lost can yield. I point to the team we just played St. John's. They've lost more than enough over their careers, but isn't it clear their losses to St. Bonaventure and Fordham have made them a better team? Not just the players, but coaches learn things from losses as well.This loss will make us a better team.
- We out rebounded St. John's by 11 and had higher rebounding % numbers as well. We did a good job rebounding against a tough physical team. Remember mistakes and bad things always stand out in our minds more so than when things go right. I'm sure there has been much complaining about offensive rebounds by St. John's, which is understandable because there were some at critical times down the stretch, but for the game we did a fine job keeping them off the glass and did a good job crashing the offensive glass ourselves.
- It's still early. We started out 1-2 in conference play in 06-07 also: A win at home over ND before dropping games to an unranked Nova at home and then @ a Top Ten Pitt. We then proceeded to rattle off eleven straight wins and only dropped two the rest of the year. And oh, we had already lost three games before conference play even started.
- We have plenty of time to dig ourselves out of this minor hole. It's an 18 game conference season. There are 15 more games to play. I'd rather drop a few early and work out of it rather than be riding high and fade down the stretch. Let's be honest if we make it to the Sweet 16 is anyone going to remember we lost to St. John's in the first week of January?
- We got minimal contributions from our Big Three and still were one possession away from a win. Our guards have a normal game we win this game in a blow out. We are a good talented team to have been able to be on the verge of winning this game despite the lack of production from the guards. Our Interior players carried us and almost beat a good big east team essentially by themselves.
Player Evaluations:
- Hollis Thompson: Well people asked for a big game from Hollis before the game, and boy did he deliver. He led the team in points and rebounds! Simply amazing game for Hollis. He was our only consistent three-point shooter, but also scored on a variety of drives and midrange jumpers. He was also our best player defensively having the best defensive rating on the team.He also didn't turn over the ball and had a steal.
- Julian Vaughn: 8 points 5 rebounds and 3 blocks. Julian was our second most productive player. He was also our second best defender. He continued his improved FT shooting. Would've had an even better game if not for the refs who called him for a bogus offensive foul( giving him an extra turnover) and over the back call (taking away an offensive rebound).
- Chris Wright: 7 points could've had a couple more if not for the refs. Lead the team with 4 assists. He also had the highest offensive rating of player who saw serious minutes. Played tough despite tweaking his ankle in the second half.
- Austin Freeman: Austin wasn't himself, but still managed 6 points and 4 rebounds and 2 assists. It's all down hill from here. Definitely drew a couple more fouls than what was called.
- Jason Clark: Still in a bit of a slump shooting, but managed to contribute in some other ways. He grabbed 7 rebounds and did a good job down the stretch of drawing fouls and hitting his free throws.
- Henry Sims: Henry killed St. John's with his mid range jumper. He also had 3 rebounds 1 block and a steal.
- Nate Lubick: Did a great job drawing fouls and then converting at the FT line. He also did a good job on the defensive end. He also had 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 0 turnovers. One of Nate's better games.
- Vee Sanford: Had a nice mid range jumper in his limited minutes.
- Jerrelle Benimon: Saw limited minutes.
Onto West Virginia. We can take revenge on St. John's at Verizon in three weeks.


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Nevada State Standards for Mathematics: Grade 5
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NV.A. Problem Solving: Students will develop their ability to solve problems by engaging in developmentally appropriate opportunities where there is a need to use various approaches to investigate and understand mathematical concepts in order to: formulate their own problems; find solutions to problems from everyday situations; develop and apply strategies to solve a variety of problems; and integrate mathematical reasoning, communication and connections.
A.1. Generalize and apply previous experiences and strategies to new problem solving situations.
A.2. Determine an efficient strategy, verify, interpret, and evaluate the results with respect to the original problem.
A.3. Try more than one strategy when the first strategy proves to be unproductive.
A.4. Interpret and solve a variety of mathematical problems by paraphrasing.
A.5. Identify necessary and extraneous information.
A.6. Check the reasonableness of a solution.
A.7. Use technology, including calculators, to develop mathematical concepts.
NV.B. Mathematical Communication: Students will develop their ability to communicate mathematically by solving problems where there is a need to obtain information from the real world through reading, listening, and observing in order to: translate information into mathematical language and symbols; process information mathematically; present results in written, oral, and visual formats; discuss and exchange ideas about mathematics as a part of learning; read a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts to learn about mathematics; and use mathematical notation to communicate and explain problems.
B.1. Use inquiry techniques to solve mathematical problems.
B.2. Use a variety of methods to represent and communicate mathematical ideas through oral, verbal, and written formats.
B.3. Identify and translate key words and phrases that imply mathematical operations.
B.4. Use everyday language, both orally and in writing, to communicate strategies and solutions to mathematical problems.
NV.C. Mathematical Reasoning: Students will develop their ability to reason mathematically by solving problems where there is a need to investigate mathematical ideas and construct their own learning in all content areas in order to: reinforce and extend their logical reasoning abilities; reflect on, clarify, and justify their thinking; ask questions to extend their thinking; use patterns and relationships to analyze mathematical situations; and determine relevant, irrelevant, and/or sufficient information to solve mathematical problems.
C.1. Draw logical conclusions about mathematical problems.
C.2. Follow a logical argument and judge its validity.
C.3. Review and refine the assumptions and steps used to derive conclusions in mathematical arguments.
C.4. Justify and explain the solutions to problems using manipulatives and physical models.
NV.D. Mathematical Connections: Students will develop the ability to make mathematical connections by solving problems where there is a need to view mathematics as an integrated whole in order to: link new concepts to prior knowledge; identify relationships between content strands; integrate mathematics with other disciplines; and allow the flexibility to approach problems in a variety of ways within and beyond the field of mathematics.
D.1. Use mathematical ideas from one area of mathematics to explain an idea from another area of mathematics.
D.2. Use physical models to explain the relationship between concepts and procedures.
D.3. Apply mathematical thinking and modeling to solve problems that arise in other disciplines, such as rhythm in music and motion in science.
D.4. Identify, explain, and use mathematics in everyday life.
NV.1.0. Numbers, Number Sense, and Computation: Students will accurately calculate and use estimation techniques, number relationships, operation rules, and algorithms; they will determine the reasonableness of answers and the accuracy of solutions to solve problems, communicate, reason, and make connections within and beyond the field of mathematics.
1.5.1 Place Value
1.5.1.a. Identify and use place value positions of whole numbers and decimals to hundredths.
1.5.2 Fractions
1.5.2.a. Add and subtract fractions with like denominators using models, drawings, and numbers.
1.5.2.b. Compare fractions with unlike denominators using models and drawings, and by finding common denominators.
1.5.2.c. Identify, model, and compare improper fractions and mixed numbers.
1.5.3 Comparison and Ordering
1.5.3.a. Read, write, compare, and order integers in mathematical and practical situations.
1.5.5 Facts
1.5.5.a. Use multiples of 10 to expand knowledge of basic multiplication and division facts.
1.5.6 Estimating and Estimation Strategies
1.5.6.a. Estimate to determine the reasonableness of an answer in mathematical and practical situations involving decimals.
1.5.7 Computation
1.5.7.a. Add and subtract decimals.
1.5.7.b. Multiply and divide decimals by whole numbers in problems representing practical situations.
1.5.7.c. Use order of operations to evaluate expressions with whole numbers.
1.5.8 Solving Problems and Number Theory
1.5.8.a. Generate and solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems using whole numbers and decimals in practical situations.
NV.2.0. Patterns, Functions, and Algebra: Students will use various algebraic methods to analyze, illustrate, extend, and create numerous representations (words, numbers, tables, and graphs) of patterns, functions, and algebraic relations as modeled in practical situations to solve problems, communicate, reason, and make connections within and beyond the field of mathematics.
2.5.1 Patterns
2.5.1.a. Identify, describe, and represent patterns and relationships in the number system, including triangular numbers and perfect squares.
2.5.2 Variables and Unknowns
2.5.2.a. Find possible solutions to an inequality involving a variable using whole numbers as a replacement set.
2.5.2.b. Solve equations with whole numbers using a variety of methods, including inverse operations, mental math, and guess and check.
2.5.3 Number Sentences, Expressions, and Polynomials
2.5.3.a. Complete number sentences with the appropriate words and symbols including greater than or equal to, less than or equal to and not equal to.
NV.3.0. Measurement: Students will use appropriate tools and techniques of measurement to determine, estimate, record, and verify direct and indirect measurements to solve problems, communicate, reason, and make connections within and beyond the field of mathematics.
3.5.1 Comparison, Estimation, and Conversion
3.5.1.a. Estimate and convert units of measure for weight and volume/capacity within the same measurement system (customary and metric).
3.5.2 Precision in Measurements
3.5.2.a. Measure volume and weight to a required degree of accuracy in the customary and metric systems.
3.5.3 Formulas
3.5.3.a. Describe the difference between perimeter and area, including the difference in units of measure.
3.5.4 Money
3.5.4.a. Determine totals, differences, and change due for monetary amounts in practical situations.
3.5.6 Time
3.5.6.a. Determine equivalent periods of time, including relationships between and among seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years.
NV.4.0. Spatial Relationships, Geometry, and Logic: Students will identify, represent, verify, and apply spatial relationships and geometric properties to solve problems, communicate, and make connections within and beyond the field of mathematics.
4.5.1 Two-Dimensional Shapes
4.5.1.a. Identify, classify, compare, and draw triangles and quadrilaterals based on their properties.
4.5.1.b. Identify and draw circles and parts of circles, describing the relationships between the various parts.
4.5.2 Congruence, Similarity, and Transformations
4.5.2.a. Represent concepts of congruency, similarity, and/or symmetry using a variety of methods including dilation (enlargement/reduction) and transformational motions.
4.5.3 Coordinate Geometry and Lines of Symmetry
4.5.3.a. Graph coordinates representing geometric shapes in the first quadrant.
4.5.4 Three-Dimensional Figures
4.5.4.a. Predict and describe the effects of combining, dividing, and changing shapes into other shapes.
4.5.6 Lines, Angles, and Their Properties
4.5.6.a. Identify, draw, label, and describe planes, parallel lines, intersecting lines, and perpendicular lines.
4.5.7 Triangles
4.5.7.a. Describe characteristics of right, acute, obtuse, scalene, equilateral, and isosceles triangles.
4.5.9 Logic
4.5.9.a. Represent relationships using Venn diagrams.
NV.5.0. Data Analysis: Students will collect, organize, display, interpret, and analyze data to determine statistical relationships and probability projections to solve problems, communicate, reason, and make connections within and beyond the field of mathematics.
5.5.1 Data Collection and Organization
5.5.1.a. Pose questions that can be used to guide the collection of categorical and numerical data.
5.5.1.b. Organize and represent data using a variety of graphical representations including stem and leaf plots and histograms.
5.5.2 Central Tendency and Data Distribution
5.5.2.a. Compute range.
5.5.2.b. Model and compute the measures of central tendency for mean, median, and mode.
5.5.3 Interpretation of Data
5.5.3.a. Interpret data and make predictions using stem-and-leaf plots and histograms.
5.5.4 Permutations and Combinations
5.5.4.a. Represent and solve problems involving combinations using a variety of methods.
5.5.5 Experimental and Theoretical Probability
5.5.5.a. Conduct simple probability experiments using concrete materials.
5.5.5.b. Represent the results of simple probability experiments as decimals to make predictions about future events.
5.5.6 Statistical Inferences
5.5.6.a. Select an appropriate type of graph to accurately represent the data and justify the selection.


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News & Events
- Photo Contest 2014
Below are some of the major events held by the Brenham/Washington County Chamber of Commerce. View details about the events, including sponsors and photo slide shows. Enjoy!!
Always one of the best parties of the year in Washington County! Proceeds from the annual "TAILGATE" event go towards programs and projects that help better the community and local economy. View a slideshow from last year's "Tailgate" event below.
"TAILGATE 2014" will be held on Thursday, August 28. Once again this year, the CHAMPION SPONSOR is Brenham Chrysler Jeep Dodge. Other sponsors are being confirmed now and will enjoy tremendous publicity. Your business/organization can enjoy this exposure, too. Click on the Tailgate 2014 forms below for all the details, or call the Chamber office for personal assistance: (979) 836-3695.
TAILGATE 2014 - Sponsorship Information & Auction Donation Form
The forms ask for all sponsors and auction item donations which are currently being taken. Don't miss out! That is for you to receive MAXIMUM publicity. The Chamber will happily accept donations up until the day of the event! But act now if you want to benefit from furture promotions of this event.
Chamber members are invited to monthly networking events to meet new business contacts and learn about what's going on in the community. Admission to virtually all events is included with membership dues.
January 16 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Brenham Nursing & Rehabilitation
February 13 - "Wake Up, Washington County!" networking breakfast, hosted by Hospice Brazos Valley, sponsored by Brenham Nursing & Rehab
February 27 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Brenham Heritage Museum
March 20 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Discount Trees of Brenham
March 28 - YPO, Brazos Valley Brewing Co.
April 10 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Brenham National Bank
April 25 - YPO, 291 Icehouse
May 6 - YPO, Mike Hopkins Distributing
May 13 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Blinn College Foundation
May 15 - "Wake Up, Washington County!" networking breakfast hosted by BSSLC
May 30 - YPO, Lunch and Learn at Blue Bell, Noon
June 19 - YPO, Sealand
June 26 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Scott & White Hospital-Brenham
July 17 - YPO, Lunch and Learn at Los Cabos, Noon
July 24 - "Business After Hours" hosted by Appel Ford
July 25 - YPO, Kenney Store
August - "Wake Up, Washington County!" Networking Brekfast, (TBD)
August - "Business After Hours" (TBD)
September 25 - "Business After Hours" hosted by RE/MAX Advantage
October 23 - "Business After Hours", annual "Paint the Town Pink" event to promote
Breast Cancer Awareness, hosted by Brenham Clinic
November - "Wake Up, Washington County!" Networking Breakfast (TBD)
November - "Business After Hours" hosted by Artex (date TBD)
December - "Business After Hours" hosted by Blue Bell Creameries (date TBD)
All members receive invitations or email notices about these events, approximately 2 weeks prior to each date. For more information at any time, please call or email us!
Picture yourself on this amazing trip to tropical paradise! Wildlife galore!! The Washington County Chamber is pleased to be hosting a group travel tour of Costa Rica in February 2015.
The Chamber hosted this first annual event last October at Silver Wings Ballroom in Brenham. Plans are in place to host it again on Thursday, October 30, 2014.
The ballroom will once again be full of exhibitors with wonderful products and services! There will be a great raffle plus delicious food, cold drinks, music, fashion shows and more.
Over 300 ladies attended with their friends, moms, sisters, church group pals, neighbors and coworkers. It was a great night! And everyone felt good about this shopping spree, because proceeds from this event benefit the Washington County Wildflower Reseeding project.
Sponsors are currently being sought for this 2014 event. There are several levels with many exciting benefits. Send an inquiry to email@example.com if you would like to know more.
Exhibitor spaces are now available. Click on this link for an Exhibitor Space Application form. This is a "juried" event so the planning committee can avoid having duplicate vendor types. So plan to be there and apply ASAP!
An elegant banquet is held each year to recognize the volunteer efforts of the Chamber and EDF Board of Directors and the Blue Blazers. A major highlight of the evening is the announcement of the Man & Woman of the Year awards. (Click here to view a list of Past Recipients.)
The next Annual Banquet is scheduled for late January/early February 2015. The featured speaker will be announced at the start of the new year! The featured speaker in Jan. 2014 was Greater Houston Partnership Chairman Paul Hobby. (See more details in the Newsletter Archive).
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Tahquitz pitcher/infielder Andrew Morovick has capped off a glittering prep career by signing a letter of intent to play at the University of Kansas, wrote Tahquitz coach Ron Savage in an e-mail.
Morovick made first-team All-Mountain Pass League, hitting .486 with 27 runs batted in. He had a .565 on-base percentage and .625 slugging percentage. On the mound he went 6-3 with a 1.24 earned run average while striking out 67 and walking nine.
Morovick made all-state as a sophomore and senior and earned HSGameTime.com All-Inland first team this year — making him one of the top 14 players in an area stretching from Fontana to Temecula and including more than 60 schools.
He also played in the Riverside County vs. San Bernardino County all-star game at Arrowhead Credit Union Park.
The former Titan standout is one of two Inland players headed for Kansas, the other being Riverside Poly pitcher Taylor Rappaport, who also recently signed with the Jayhawks.
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By all accounts, Tuesday was a terrific weather day: not much wind, ample sunshine, and comfortable temperatures.
Morning lows ranged from the middle 30s to the lower 40s. The cool spot was Natchez, MS with a low of 34 degrees. Winnfield, Jena, Bunkie, and Fairfield held down second place with a low of 35 degrees. Opelousas and Ville Platte reported the highest reading at 42 degrees.
Afternoon high temperatures reached the 60s. Once again, Natchez was the cool spot with a high of 61 degrees. Many reported 69 degrees for the highest temperature in central Louisiana.
Wednesday promises to be another delightful day. Enjoy!
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December 3, 2007
Clark College information regarding weather delays and cancellations
is now available on FlashAlert
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- It doesn't happen often but, occasionally, classes and events at Clark College must be delayed or cancelled to ensure the safety of students and staff. When that happens, information about those changes will be available by e-mail and text message through the FlashAlert system.
Clark College President Robert K. Knight said, "For a number of years, Clark College has used the Flash News system to notify local media when classes or events are delayed or cancelled, generally due to poor weather. The new FlashAlert system allows students, parents, faculty, staff and members of the general public to receive those same messages – at no cost."
On FlashAlert.net, the public, including students, parents, employees, and others may self-register up to five e-mail and cell phone text message addresses. Those who register will receive the college's information at the same time as the news media. There is no charge to the public for this service.
Updated information about delays and cancellations will also be available on the Clark College home page and by calling 360-992-2000.
If there is no change in operations (no delay or cancellation), there will be no message on the Web site or on the phone system. Classes and events will be held as usual.
Information about Clark's planning for weather cancellation and delays is available at www.clark.edu/weather.
EDITORS' NOTE: The following are frequently asked questions and answers. This information is also available on the Clark College Web site.
When will the college make a decision about a cancellation or delay?
If it appears that inclement weather or other circumstances might cause delays or cancellations to day classes, the college strives to make a decision by 5:15 a.m. so that information can be shared with employees and the general public no later than 5:30-5:45 a.m.
Decisions about evening classes and events will generally be made no later than 2 p.m.
What parts of the college will be affected?
Clark College delays and closures affect the main campus and Clark College at Town Plaza Center.
Clark College at WSU Vancouver (WSUV) follows WSUV's decisions and schedules about delays and closures. WSUV generally makes determinations about daytime closings by 6:30 a.m.
What will the messages look like?
Generally, the messages will look like this:
Clark College in Vancouver: Due to [cause for cancellation], classes and events are cancelled until [time] today [day of week and date].
Please remember!
If there is no change in operations (no delay or cancellation), there will be no message on the Web site or on the phone system. Classes and events will be held as usual.


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- Lance Stemler finally showed signs of shaking his year-long shooting slump. Stemler scored 15 points on shots, including 3-6 from three point range.
- Eric Gordon, highlighting the difference between himself and the 2006-07 super-efficient version of Rod Wilmont, managed 13-16 from the line and therefore scored 29 points despite a ho-hum 7-14 night shooting.
- DJ White continues his renaissance. White scored 18 points on 6-9 from the field, and could have scored many more with a better performance at the line (see below). White single-handedly grabbed 12 of GT's 41 misses.
- IU's offensive rebounding total (11) looks superficially unimpressive, but thanks to a relatively small number of field goal attempts and high number of free throws, IU had only 28 OR opportunities, so 11 is nearly 40 percent (and thanks to the artist f/k/a/ Big Ten Wonk for gently reminding me that I needed to consider the missed free throws and dead ball rebound totals in arriving at the magic number--nothing wrong the official box score, just my brain. Since I'm too lazy to go back and edit, it's best to disregard anything I said about rebounding after first five games other than my citations of Pomeroy's stats). IU's offensive rebounding totals, which were terrible at first, have climbed into the middle of the pack nationally at 33.5 percent. Of course, the team's performance has been inversely proportional to this statistic.
- Jamarcus Ellis had a solid night, despite three turnovers. He scored 15 points on 7 shots, thanks to 6-6 from the line.
- Mike White, in only 20 minutes and despite only two points on four shots, grabbed four of IU's offensive rebounds (although at least a couple were of his own short range misses).
The bad:
- Eric Gordon turned the ball over eight times. Yes, a couple of them were statement calls early in the game by the increasingly annoying Ed Hightower, but that's an unacceptable number of turnovers for one player, no matter the pace.
- One of the complaints about the Hoosier offense to date has been the one-on-one play rather than a united effort to find someone a good shot. Last night, IU had only 10 assists on 24 made field goals.
- DJ White, who otherwise was outstanding, committed four turnovers. White also managed only 6-12 from the freethrow line.
- Even in such a fast-paced game, IU's turnover percentage was unacceptably bad (23.3 percent). While IU's overall 19.5 average ranks IU in the top quarter of D-I teams, 23.3 percent is a sub-200 average. Our next game is at Southern Illinois. SIU's opponents turn the ball over on 33.5 percent of their possessions, good enough to rank SIU #3 nationally. Gulp.
- GT was nearly as good as IU on the offensive boards, grabbing 36.5 percent of their misses.
- Armon Bassett hasn't been able to recapture his early season form. Bassett played 37 minutes but managed only 4 points on 1-6 from the field. He did, however, provide 6 of IU's 10 assists and only one turnover.
So, the Hoosiers now face their only true non-conference road game of the season against a formidable mid-major opponent. If IU doesn't play better in than in the last two games, it could be ugly.


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The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team got the season started on a successful note, downing the University of Michigan by a 63-52 count on Friday afternoon (Nov. 8). The non-conference game, the season opener, was held at the Hynes Athletics Center on the campus of Iona College.
The game was also the opener of the Iona Tip-Off Tournament. The Falcons will face the host Gaels on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 9), with tipoff scheduled for 3:30 p.m. IC defeated the University of Arizona, 82-75 in overtime, in Friday's second game.
Senior Jillian Halfhill led the way for the Brown and Orange, with game-high totals of 18 points and five assists against the Wolverines. Halfhill went 4-of-8 from three-point range as the Falcons hit nine total shots from beyond the arc.
In her first game as a Falcon, redshirt sophomore Erica Donovan scored 15 points. Seniors Alexis Rogers and Jill Stein had seven points apiece in the win, with Stein pulling down a game-high 11 rebounds. The Falcons had a 35-30 advantage on the glass.
Sophomore Miriam Justinger had six points, as did junior Jasmine Matthews. Matthews, who was limited to just 13 games played a year ago, played 13 minutes on Friday and hit a pair of three-pointers.
Freshman Rachel Konieczki scored four points in the first game of her collegiate career.
The Falcons never trailed, and BGSU scored the first seven points of the game. Donovan passed the ball inside to Stein for a layup just nine seconds in, and BG had the lead for good.
After a turnover, Rogers hit a three-pointer, and the senior drove through traffic and converted a layup several minutes later. Nicole Elmblad scored five of the game's next six points, but a Donovan jumper off a Halfhill inbounds pass sparked a 10-0 run for the Brown and Orange.
Halfhill keyed that run, scoring the game's next eight points after assisting Donovan on the first two points of that stretch. The senior hit a driving layup, then knocked down a three-pointer after taking a pass from Donovan. Then, a Rogers cross-court pass led to another Halfhill triple, and the Falcons had an 18-5 lead with less than six minutes gone.
The Wolverines battled back, scoring the next eight points, as a pair of Siera Thompson treys were sandwiched around a Shannon Smith layup. Smith led U-M with 17 points, while Thompson (12) and Elmblad (10) joined her in double figures.
Stein stopped that run with a baseline jumper, off of a Konieczki pass, and Halfhill scored on a driving layup for a 22-13 lead. But, the Wolverines scored four-straight points, and U-M got as close as two points when Cyesha Goree scored at the 6:41 mark.
Donovan hit a corner three, but Elmblad answered with a three-point play. Two Donovan free throws, however, were followed by a Michigan five-second violation and a Konieczki triple, giving BG a 31-24 lead with just over four minutes left in the half.
Moments later, Justinger drove and kicked to Matthews for a three-pointer and a nine-point lead. Konieczki stole the ball from Val Driscoll, was fouled and split her free throws. A Stein charity toss gave BG an 11-point lead before the Wolverines scored the final three points of the period.
The Falcons shot 54.5 percent from the floor in the opening period, with that 12-for-22 effort including a 6-of-13 (46.2%) performance from three-point land. The BG defense allowed U-M to shoot only 37.9% from the field, including 3-of-12 from long distance.
The Wolverines would make only seven second-half buckets and shoot just 26.9% after the break. But, neither team could score in the early moments of the second period.
Finally, Smith knocked down a jumper with 17:50 to go, but Justinger stole Goree's outlet pass, drew Goree's fourth foul and hit one of two free throws. Then, Halfhill's corner three gave the Falcons a 40-30 lead.
Smith hit back-to-back buckets, but Justinger found Halfhill for another three, and the BG soph then came up with a pair of transition hoops.
First, Justinger stole the ball from Elmblad and headed in for an uncontested layup. Then, after a steal by Stein, Halfhill fired the ball to Justinger for another fast-break bucket, and the Falcons had a 47-34 lead with 13:47 to go.
U-M scored the next five points, including a trey by Smith. And, the Wolverines forced the Falcons into a 10-second violation. But, the Falcons held on defense, then Halfhill drove the lane and found Matthews for a three-pointer.
Halfhill went to the bench after being called for her fourth foul with 7:41 to go, but the Falcons did not let U-M cut into the lead. A Donovan jumper with exactly seven minutes left gave BG a 52-39 lead, and after the Wolverines made four free throws, Donovan hit another layup off of a Justinger bounce pass on a 3-on-1 break.
Michigan got back within eight points on a three-ball by Paige Rakers, but Rogers found Stein for a layup as the two worked in traffic. BG's lead was 10, at 56-46. Thompson hit a layup, but Donovan returned the favor at the other end. The Falcons forced a miss, and a Rogers hoop gave the Falcons a 60-48 lead. BG's lead never fell below double digits again.
For the game, the Falcons shot 47.8% from the floor, while holding Michigan to just a 32.7% success rate. Halfhill led all players with five assists as the Brown and Orange had 16 helpers on 22 baskets.
BGSU played without the services of senior #Katrina Salinas#, who suffered a serious knee injury in practice just prior to the Iona trip. It is believed to be a season-ending injury.


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It does, but the one day it isn't freezing some idiot will light his house on fire..... Best one I seen was christmas morning two years ago.. a sleeping bag on fire in a chiminey... not in the wood stove, in the chiminey, two feet from the top...Originally posted by NJFFS_A16
WOW....I didn't think it ever got warm enough up there to keep water in a tank....doesn't it freeze like...364 days out of the year??
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10-14-2002, 01:33 PM #22Originally posted by firefighter26
Best one I seen was christmas morning two years ago.. a sleeping bag on fire in a chiminey... not in the wood stove, in the chiminey, two feet from the top...
10-14-2002, 01:53 PM #23Originally posted by Fire304
No way we're letting you go without telling us why there was a sleeping bag in the chimney . Some people...
....just like I did when I walked in the the middle of our FR class last thursday and some of the probies wanted to know why there was a picture of me down on one knee, pants down, and a bar of soap in my hand... for the record, it wasn't a bar of soap, it was a plastic spoon with a short piece of string on the end...
You guys miss some really good parties at my station, but that is also for another post.... (note to self, I should have stopped talking to paragraphs ago....)
Anyway, back to the physics problem, everything is sounding great. I will see if I can the specs for the new pump next time I am down at the station (gpm vs psi)... maybe that will make a difference in some of the math....."No one ever called the Fire Department for doing something smart..."
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KEY POINT: Put the inlet at the top of the tank. Ten years down the road your gate valve or ball valve will start to leak from all the use. If you filler is at the top of the tank you will not lose the entire tank through it. (I know we all check the rigs out every day and such, but in the event the leak becomes drastic, it could make a mess out of your apparatus floor.)
Brain Hurts...must analyze CILFD's info...
Not saying I agree or disagree, I understand you're arguement better now. So now I have to let my mind churn on the physics of the situation for a few days.
So for a 4 inch pipe, you will need to overcome 5.45 pounds of pressure for each 1 foot in rise.
Sorry Devoe, but that's just wrong.
Imagine the size pump a municipality would need to for a water tank, say 50' in diameter. 39,060 pounds of pressure for each foot rise? Nope. 0.434 psi per foot, irregardless of the shape or size of the container.
Fill a 50' tank or 4" pipe 6' high, it's 2.6 psi
I think the answer you're looking for should be determined by things other than head pressure and lift, since for all practical considerations they are virtually no differences between top of bottom fill.
Top fill will allow you to pump and run better. You fill until the tank overflows, kill the pump, pull the suction and run, no vavles to have to close (and w/o valves no maint of them either).
Bottom fill will allow you to back flood the pump to help the prime, but you'll need to remeber to shut the fill valve once done, otherwise you may end up getting to the scene and find the tank half empty.
Other consideration, an outside 4" fill pipe (to the top) is more likely to freeze on a long haul, so that may argue for an internal pipe where the entire tank would have to freeze first.
I imagine you'd want a quick drain system to dry out the pump in the dead of the winter.
On the other hand, an internal pipe (bottom or top fill) will be subject to corrosion where it penetrates the tank (assuming steel not alum or poly) and will likely be the first place that rots through.
One thing for sure, 4" pipe with an external fill for filling from an engine will fill faster than 2 1/2 or 3".
SO question, how do you keep your trucks from freezing while they are parked in your FD's igloo?
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These days I found an interesting product on the site dfrobot: Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino
In Italy, the product can be purchased from the site-domestic robot which I immediately ordered one coming up in the next few days, I hope that with the holiday next week the carrier decides to consegnarmelo for the epiphany it would be a nice surprise from the Epiphany.
While waiting for the new game arrives I started to read the wiki that the dfrobot has realized for the product, I find the initiative of a wiki project really interesting and useful, for many of the products available in the catalog have created a dedicated wiki where you find a lot of info dlle that normally help you not only in the use phase of the product but especially when selecting, when you are still considering whether the product is right for you.
Features Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino
Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino has 12 RGB LED type smd controllable without the need for a microcontroller as Arduino, this is possible thanks all'Atmega168P similar to that of which are equipped the shede Lilypad.
The wiki has the following specifications:
- CPU: Atmega 168P (Lilypad Board in Arduino IDE)
- Bootloader: Optiboot diecimila
- Supply voltage:5In
- Output voltage:5In
- Interface: Serial/I2C/Digital pins
- Push button x2
- Firmware upgradable
- Stand-alone operation: No microcontroller needed for light script playback
- Diameter:61mm
In practice, the board is made on a PCB of 6.1 cm in diameter on which are housed the 12 led rgb smd e 2 buttons.
The Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino can be programmed like a Lilypad with the Arduino IDE, this makes it independent from an external arduino during operation.
The programming of Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino
to program the LED Rainbow Ring V3 Arduino you can use either interface is a FTDI Arduino Uno, in the latter case the use of which has I2C Arduino Uno is the Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino have.
Before you connect the programming Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino to your computer using an interface such as FTDI run the connections according to the diagram:
if you want to use one Arduino as I2C interface to program the LED Rainbow Ring V3 Arduino you can follow the following scheme:
Write a sketch and send all'Atmega168P on the Rainbow LED Ring V3 you can use the Arduino IDE Arduino.
Sketch an example for Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino
on the wiki dfrobot is the library, and all the sample files of the project. Download them from this link
Following the instructions published in the wiki download the software from the link at the top line, unzip the file and find:
identifies your Arduino installation directory and copy within the Libraries folder RGB_Ring_V3;
moved to say \Arduino-0022\hardware\arduino your Arduino IDE;
in. rar file downloaded and unzipped you will find a dir RGB_Ring_V3\boards and programmers-arduino\ that contains the file boards.txt containing the information to be added to the homonymous files in your path! \Arduino-0022\hardware\arduino
The procedure of copying files if you have the IDE open close it and reopen it, will find in the new board: "[Optiboot] Arduino Diecimila, Duemilanove, Nano, NG w/ ATmega168" in opziono Tools>Boards Menu IDE.
I made a small guide with scrren shot operation you need to perform to install mac OSX on board the Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino as described above, find your Application: Arduino 1.0 or later
click with the right mouse button and select "Show package contents":
navigate to the path \Arduino-xxxx hardware Arduino to the file board.txt:
open it with TextEditor and paste at the bottom of the lines taken from the tar file board.txt provided with Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino.
Open the Arduino IDE and the menu Tools -> Board should find the new cards:
In. Rar file you downloaded there are also some examples of using the Rainbow LED Ring V3 Arduino, However, if you try these sketches and libraries will find that they were written with the directives of the IDE 0022 you need to make changes to both the library RGB_Ring_V3.h since the initial establishment ricevereai errors similar to the following:
In file included from RGB_Ring_V3.cpp:1: RGB_Ring_V3.h:5:22: error: WProgram.h: No such file or directory RGB_Ring_V3.h:6:24: error: WConstants.h: No such file or directory In file included from RGB_Ring_V3.cpp:1: RGB_Ring_V3.h: In function 'void random_leds()': RGB_Ring_V3.h:293: error: 'random' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h: In function 'void fader()': RGB_Ring_V3.h:303: error: 'delay' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h:307: error: 'delay' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h: In function 'void fader_hue()': RGB_Ring_V3.h:318: error: 'delay' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h: In function 'void swaywobble(uint8_t, uint8_t)': RGB_Ring_V3.h:379: error: 'delay' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h:385: error: 'delay' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.h: In function 'void set_all_byte_hsv(uint8_t, uint16_t, uint8_t, uint8_t)': RGB_Ring_V3.h:563: error: 'B00000001' was not declared in this scope RGB_Ring_V3.cpp: In function 'void receiveEvent(int)': RGB_Ring_V3.pde:-1: error: 'class TwoWire' has no member named 'receive' As of Arduino 1.0, the Wire.receive() function was renamed to Wire.read() for consistency with other libraries. RGB_Ring_V3.pde:-1: error: 'class TwoWire' has no member named 'receive'
In the next article I will explain what changes to make and for what purpose to test your sketch.
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In three full seasons, as well as bits of two others, Willingham's a career .266/.361/.472 hitter, but he hasn't quite matched his 2006 season (.852 OPS, near-.500 SLG, 26 HR). Meanwhile, Olsen's had a rocky tenure with the Marlins, but still had a 4.20 ERA in 33 starts.
Bonifacio's arrival more'n likely means Uggla's FINALLY moving off 2B, but is that all there is to this deal?


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Plyixia is a undead Yordle cyborg. She wears a suit which covers half her face and most of her body. She is taller than most Yordles as her suit allows her to stand higher.
She was once one of Heimerdinger's apprentices, while all at once being a secret follower of the Veigar, the dark one. She built her technologies during the day and practiced dark fire magics at night. Eventually her love of both crafts came together to form the suit of armor that was also a great weapon. However the suit was discovered by one of Teemo's many scouts, and identified as a dark object. Once discovered as a traitor to her people, Heimerdinger and Teemo made plans to capture her. Plyixia had no choice but to abandon her city with nothing but her suit of mechanical armor. She headed for the only person she could find solitude in, Veigar. However once Veigar heard of her failure among his former people, he dispatched her, draining her life energy to nothing in order to build his own power. Plyixia's suit did not just contain mechanical parts, but also was reinforced by the powerful dark magics which Veigar himself had taught her. The magics revived her, but not wholly. She found that the suit was now fused with her body, and that her hunger for the life energy of others was unending. Determined for revenge against the Yordles that had betrayed her so, she headed for the one place where they were to be found and also where her monstrous mockery of life would be accepted, the League of Legends.
Health - 375 (+78)
Health Regen - 5 (+.6)
Heat - 100
Range - 575
Attack Damage - 53 (+2.9)
Attack Speed - .622 (+2%)
Magic Resist - 30
Move Speed - 325
Plyixia uses a heat based resource. Similar to Rumble; if she does not gain heat for 4 seconds she starts to lose 5 heat a second and then 10 heat 2.5 seconds later. However she does not gain heat per spell cast unless specified.
Abilities and Passive
Passive: Heat of Life; Whenever Plyixia reaches 100 Heat, her cooldowns for the shifting abilities reset and she switches to Alive form. She gains (.5 AP) per point of heat until it is vented. She does not lose heat passively.
Q - : Recharge: Cooldown 8/7/6/5.5/5/4.5 seconds.
Plyixia pulls 30/35/40/45/50 (+.2 AP) health out of a target enemy. The energy flows toward Plyixia dealing 50/65/80/95/110 (+.5 AP) damage to all enemy targets it hits. Plyixia gains 5 heat for each enemy hit.
Alive form - Overcharge: Costs 50 heat. Cooldown 4 seconds.
Plyixia burns the target enemy champion for their current mana. Dealing 50/60/70/80/90 damage (+.5 AP) (+.5 Enemy Current Mana.) Does additional damage base damage of 30/40/50/60/70 to enemies with a mana of 0.
W - Absorption: Cooldown 13/13/12/12/11 seconds
Plyixia shields target ally for 50/55/60/65/70 (+.8 AP) for 5 seconds. Plyixia gains 5 heat per attack blocked by the shield.
Alive form - Dispersion; Costs 50 heat Cooldown 10 seconds
Plyixia creates a burning orb minion for 6 seconds. The orb is slow moving and damages nearby foes for 10/20/30/40/50 damage a second. If the orb makes contact with an enemy champion or after the end of the 6 seconds it explodes dealing 80/90/100/120/150 (+.6 AP) damage to all near it. When the orb explodes the cooldown resets.
E - Emancipate: Builds 25 heat; Cooldown 15/14/13/12/11 seconds
Plyixia sucks the energy from an enemy champion dealing 50/70/90/110/130 (+.5 AP) damage. Plyixia gains 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% movement speed for 3 seconds.
Alive Form - Immolate: Costs 50 heat Cooldown: 6 seconds
Plyixia creates an area of molten ground for 5 seconds, slowing enemies by 15/20/30/40/50%. Enemies become rooted if they do not leave the area after 3 seconds. Enemies take 30/40/50/60/70 (+.5 AP.)
R - Annihilation: Cost 80 heat; Cooldown 105/90/80 seconds
Plyixia blasts an enemy for 100/150/200 (+.80 AP) and begins draining that enemy of their life energy dealing an additional 5/10/15 (+.1 AP) damage a second for 10 seconds. Plyixia gains 25 heat per tick of damage.
Another evil yordle? I like those odds! regardlesss, let's start this review seriously.
Name - I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce it. Do you read the "ply" as you read the word 'fly" or like the word "plea"?
Lore - Interesting story. For Heimerdinger to have followers makes since since he founded the Yordle Academy, but I'm pretty sure Veigar is a loner that wouldn't share his dark teachings with anymore. The whole reason Veigar became "the Dark One" is because has was very remote from his Yordle kind. Yordles require much more interaction than humans to maintain themselves and they are very pure by nature, so why was Plyixia attracted to black magics so much?
Role - I'm assuming this character is just a ranged mage?
passive - Somewhat interesting and makes sense. Your explanation is fairly clear.
your QWER skills are ridiculously weak. Your ultimate is not much stronger than Annie's Q in terms of damage. But weaker because Annie can use her Q 20 times while your ult is on cooldown at max level. You need to seriously scale up your skills. Take other mages in the game as example from the LoL Wiki.
Also, your champions resource makes it so you can have 100 heat throughout a battle without a negative side-effect, which is unfair really. Rumble is unique because his gameplay is most effective when he can maintain his Heat in a certain range know as the Danger Zone, when the meter is yellow. During this time Rumbles skills are enhanced but overusing them in this Danger Zone causes him to overheat, making him lose access to his skills. This is because his resource is being realistic to the fact that overheated machines become impossible to work with and do not operate efficiently. This also sends his Heat back to 0, which means he has to build up his Heat all over again to get back in the Danger Zone where he is at his best.
Your version of Heat is a sort of combination between Heat and Fury. You gain Heat by using skills like Rumble, but also through basic attacks like Trynd, Renekton and Shyvanna. Let's skip the fact that Heat becomes naturally vented into it's surroundings, which means there's no sense that your Heat is not vented unless using skills. Keeping a machine under a state of overheat for a prolonged period of time, will logically cause a meltdown and the destruction of said machine or at least a malfunction in one of its parts. This is why Rumble loses his skills when he overheats.
Let's look at the champions who use Fury for comparison of your Heat effects:
Tryndamere gains critical chance and can consume fury to heal (you gain AP with your Heat)
Renekton gains modified QWE skills when he has 50 fury and consumes 50 fury when using them (same as what you did).
Shyvanna gains improved effects for her QWE setup and maxes fury to cast her ulti, which lasts as long as she has at least 1 fury.
The Fury mechanic in all these champions works the same - gain on basic attack and lose over time when out of battle. For the sake of being realistic, you should do the same.
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"It almost hurts your face a little bit," said Louis Monfette, a city resident who braved a single-digit wind chill temperature on Sunday morning to walk his dog.
Monfette, like many others on Sunday, was doing his best to avoid the cold weather. He said a day like it was Sunday is almost worse than a snow day.
"You know, when it snows it can be a little bit warmer," Monfette stated. "When it gets too cold, it gets too cold to snow. I'm not a snow person though."
Neither is Antonio Cerrato.
The owner of Cerrato's Pastry Shop said it is the white stuff that keeps customers away. Otherwise, they will brave the cold to pick up their sweets.
"People are going to go out for the holidays and go shopping," said Cerrato. "It doesn't matter. They're still going to go out anyway."
Sundays are the busiest days of the week for Cerrato and he is entering one of the busiest times of the year. He said it is the only time he will take a peek at a weather forecast.
"Only the big holidays," said Cerrato. "During the year we don't worry about it that much. During the holidays we hope that the day helps us out. Only November and December, the rest of the year we don't."
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December 17, 2009—Canton, MI—In a Michigan economy that is setting records of its own, Repairclinic.com has set a very different kind of record…a sales record. According to Larry Beach, RepairClinic CEO, "In November, the company posted its highest monthly sales numbers ever, representing an increase of more than 15% over November 2008. In this economy, especially in Michigan, we are very proud of what we've accomplished as a company. The credit goes to our more than 125 employees, many of whom put in extra hours over the last several months to help make this possible; we also believe it to be related to our offer of free repair help on our website."
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Chris Hall, RepairClinic President, who partnered with Larry Beach to found the company in 1999, adds, "when we started this company, our personal vision was to help people fix their own appliances, so they could save money and experience the personal satisfaction that comes from doing something with their own two hands" Selling the appliance parts they needed to get the job done was how they were able to reach those people. The extensive free repair content on the website along with the highly-trained RepairGurus help thousands of people with their appliance repairs every month.
Recession Provided More Opportunity to Help
No one could have predicted that the U.S. (or even worse, Michigan) economy would take a dramatic downturn over the last couple of years. This recession has provided even more opportunities for RepairClinic to help those in need as more consumers have become interested in saving money than ever before.
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The company has been diligent in passing on its prosperity to some local charities. In the last year, RepairClinic.com has supported several organizations both with employee volunteers and through donations, including: Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels, American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, Michigan's Make a Wish Foundation, Hope Clinic, and others.
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In one way, Meikka was unlike the other previous victims, because she was an African-American. The other girls were, in order of their abductions: Native American, Latino, Vietnamese and Caucasian. The odds were high that he had deliberately chosen five different ethnic origins. It did not seem possible that Jamelske randomly selected his victims. It was much more likely that he chose the woman based on their ethnic appearance, though Jamelske never addressed that issue during later interviews.
Jamelske seemed to exhibit a special liking for Meikka. Within a few weeks, he allowed her out of the dungeon and upstairs into his home. Though she could walk around freely, Jamelske had placed iron gratings on most of his windows from the inside. These gratings were actually refrigerator shelves which he turned sideways and fastened to the window frames. Though he allowed Meikka to also use his bathroom, sheets of plywood were installed over the windows. Even if she was in the bathroom alone, Meikka could not remove the plywood to escape. "The only thing that got me through this horrendous nightmare was my strong faith in God, praying every day that he would help me go home!" (July 16, 2003, Post-Standard). But still, the sexual assaults continued, every day, according to Meikka's statements to the police. She was forced to participate in sex videos and satisfy Jamelske's every fantasy. He took his Viagra drug habitually and was never satiated.
By April 2003, Meikka had built up a relationship with her tormenter that included some level of trust between them. He had actually taken her out of the house and into nearby towns to shop and at least on one occasion, to go bowling. Each time, Jamelske stayed close to her though, still fearful of what she might do. But slowly, Jamelske began to feel more comfortable with his prisoner in public.
On April 3, Jamelske took Meikka to Freddy's Bar and Grill in the village of Mattydale. It was a well-known neighborhood tavern that often featured karaoke, a show in which anyone from the audience could come up on stage, grab a microphone and sing. "They really stuck out like a sore thumb," later said a bar manager to the press. "They clearly were not a couple" (Fish and McAndrew). But Meikka signed on for the karaoke and soon, she was up on the stage singing for the audience. During the performance, Jamelske stood along side her. According to people in the bar, she appeared normal and no one guessed that she was a prisoner. Why she did not simply scream out for help while on stage is a question many people asked later on.
On the morning of April 8, 2003, Jamelske, like he had done on many other occasions, visited F & M Returnables, the bottle redemption center in the nearby village of Manlius. While he tended to business, Meikka convinced Jamelske to let her use the phone. She told him that she wanted to call a local church to check on the times of services. Instead, she called her sister and told her that she was being raped by Jamelske and held prisoner in his cellar.
Within minutes, the police arrived and located the unlikely couple at a nearby car dealership. "We had a lot of fun together," he first told police at the scene. "We had a lot in common" (Hampson). Jamelske was arrested and taken into custody. The slavemaster was finally a prisoner himself.


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ELIZABETHTOWN — Paul J. Taylor's sentencing, scheduled for Thursday, was adjourned to Dec. 19.
He is one of three men convicted in the death of Robert M. Rennie, a Keeseville man and single father who died after a brutal beating on Aug. 26, 2012.
Taylor was found guilty by an Essex County jury in September of second-degree murder, gang assault and possession of a weapon for his role in the kicking and beating assault, which forensic evidence showed caused Rennie's death.
Court officials said the sentencing delay was made to allow more time in court.
A restitution hearing in Taylor's case will be held at 10 a.m., ahead of final sentencing.
He is in Essex County Jail, there since his arraignment in October last year.
Scott E. Denno and Michael D. Rivers were also convicted at separate trials last summer for their roles in the fatal attack.
Denno was sentenced to 25 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter and gang assault.
Sentencing in Rivers's case has been adjourned three times due to a change in legal counsel.
Convicted of first-degree manslaughter and gang assault, he also faces a maximum 25 years in prison.
Denno has appealed his conviction.
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Multiplication with Decimals
Topics : Middle School, Decimals
Multiplication with decimals is a bit trickier than multiplication without decimals! Give your student a great practice sheet to work on multiplying decimals, complete with a helpful hint box at the bottom. Be sure to check her answers with the answer sheet.
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Katelyn, 3rd Grade
I really enjoy working on the news because I feel so in touch with everything that is happening all around the world. Sometimes I get frustrated because we don't have time to really get into subjects in depth but I feel I learn something every day and that I can stay informed because I have no choice, it's my job.
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Kim, 3rd Grade
PI went to Jamestown Elementary, Williamsburg Junior High and Yorktown High School all public schools in Arlington, Virginia. Then I went to the University of Virginia and majored in English and History which was very, very helpful for me in terms of pursuing a a career in journalism.
What person was the most fun to interview? -
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The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.
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Vincent, I don't have a lot of spare time because given the fact that I have a very demanding job and two small children but in the little spare time that I do have I enjoy taking bubble baths, I like to talk to my friends on the telephone, I like to play tennis, take walks, I like to go to movies, plays, and I Like to eat.
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I have met the President of the United States, the First Lady, Julie Andrews, Princess Diana, George Bush, Mohammed Ali, Michelle Quan , Tara Lepinski, Leonardo Di Caprio( I'm sure some of you girls would be very envious of that) Barbara Streisand, Rosie O'Donnell, Big Bird and Barney.
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Julie, 5th Grade
I would like my daughters to do whatever they are interested in doing. I wouldn't talk them out of going into journalism because I think it is such an exciting field, but I want them to pursue something they feel passionately about. I think when you love your work you become very good at it because you are doing something you enjoy.
What would you say to influence somebody who would like to follow in your footsteps? -
Rose , 5th Grade
I tell people who want to go into journalism that they need to study hard and to learn about all sorts of different things, because I think to be a really good journalist you have to know a little about a lot of things, so I would say take all different kinds of courses. Take Economics courses, History courses, Government courses, and English courses and really develop an intellectual curiosity and love of learning that will stay with you for the rest of your life. I also think it is good to try your hand at journalism so if it means writing for your school paper or your yearbook or working at a radio or TV station while you are in college, that's a good way to find out if it is a career that really floats your boat or if it's very different than what you might have imagined. Those are things that I tell people. I also tell them not to be afraid about starting at the bottom; that they can work their way up; that they need to learn all they can from people who have been in the business longer than they have been. They should be a sponge and just absorb what is going on around them and learn everything they possibly can as soon as they step inside the door.
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I have always loved to write. I find writing fun, interesting and exciting and it comes easily to me and I also love people. So I thought that journalism would be a good combination of my love of writing and my interest in people and my natural curiosity about what makes them tick.
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I loved to write when I was little. In fact, I remember writing my own little newspaper when I was in fourth grade. I liked writing poetry, I liked writing essays, I even liked writing book reports even though I always waited until the last minute, which in the long run I think served me well because you have to write quickly under a deadline when you are in journalism." I was inspired to go into journalism largely because my Father urged me. I think he saw that I could write and liked to write so he urged me to get a job in radio while I was in college and that turned into job in television when I graduated from the University of Virginia.
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It really depends on the subject matter. If I am interviewing someone about a book I ask them about why they wrote the book, the characters in the book, the plot of the book, things that might relate to the story line. If I am interviewing them about their feelings about the law, why it is necessary and sometimes I will play devils advocate and tell them that certain people have criticized the law for this reason and get their reaction. I try to present a full picture of an issue particularly if it is a controversial one with two clear sides.
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I studied politics some; I took government courses in high school and college, but to be honest with you, I wish I had taken more because I do interview a lot of politicians and I think it would have been helpful.
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I love to travel. I do meet people from all over the world. I have been to Zimbabwe, I have been to Paris; I went to the South of France; I have been to Hawaii; I went to Normandi for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion; and I have been to Barcelona. I really enjoy meeting people from all over the world because it is an incredible learning experience and traveling is so much fun. But when I travel I really miss my children.
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I think my most interesting and inspiring interviews have been with ordinary people doing extraordinary things. I am constantly amazed that people can face the most horrific tragedy come on and talk about their personal situation on national television. I was so impressed recently with Carol Carrington, the mother of Carol's son, one of the women who was murdered at Yosemite National Park, because she had such strength and dignity, and composure. I have also interviewed people who were incredible heroic during difficult times; for example the Oklahoma City bombing and I have been very inspired by them as well.
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Grace, 4th Grade
It seems silly, but that's really a tough question! I think it's almost like having to describe the best meal you ever had or the best time you ever had... hopefully, there are so many it's really difficult to pick! But if I had to name a few, I'd probably say I really found reporting on the Persian Gulf War fascinating, because I covered it from the Pentagon, and then I actually went to Saudi Arabia and got to see all the things I heard about in action. I also thought the Clarence Thomas hearings on Capital Hill were important and interesting, because it got people talking about something that really wasn't discussed much...sexual harassment. I love politics, so covering elections has always been fun and exciting too.
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Amanda, I do like being a leader, but one thing working in this business has taught me is the importance of teamwork. You really have to work well with lots of different people wearing lots of different hats...producers, photographers, editors, directors..etc. So while I am a leader at times, I have found that working with people who respect and appreciate one another is really key to success.
Are you friends with President Bill Clinton?-
Alison, 2nd Grade
No, we're not friends, but I have met him on several occasions. We try not to be too friendly with people we cover, particularly world leaders (not that they'd be inviting us over for coffee!) because we need to conduct fair interviews and not let personal feelings get in the way.
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I used to get very nervous. My voice would shake and my nose would run. (that's a weird way to show you're nervous, isn't it?) But now, I feel so relaxed, even if I make a mistake, I think it's okay. I still get a little nervous when I interview big big stars or world leaders, but for the most part, I now feel comfortable on TV, especially since I've been doing it for eight years.
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I like to play sports like tennis and softball. I like to watch some sports, but I prefer individual competitions...gymnastics, diving, ice skating. I must confess I know very little about alot of sports. It's not that I'm not interested, it's just that, well, I guess I'm not that interested!"
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I love my job. I think I have one of the best jobs in the world. As I said before, I get to meet so many people. Plus, there's so much variety. Every day is different, and within every show I get to do so many different things! One minute I'm talking about Kosovo, the next, I'm painting pottery. That keeps it always interesting.
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My name being a variation of Miranda, I believe it to still have the "wonderful, to be admired" feature about it. I do not believe myself to be popular, but I was born with the gift of being genuinly pretty and friendly which has bestowed admirers a plenty. :)
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By: Rick Landers
During the past decade, thousands of musicians have sold their instruments on eBay and have had to figure out the best way to ship their instruments to the buyer. I've sold scores of guitars, both electric and acoustic, and I recognize the issues and problems that can happen in shipment to a fragile or rare guitar, if not packed carefully and properly. The main thing to keep in mind is the traveling experience your beloved instrument will have from the moment it is placed in the hands of the U.S. Mail, or some other private shipping service, until each reaches a fellow guitarist. And we've all heard horror stories.
But, it also has amazed me when I received a guitar that was shipped by someone who found a thong-sized piece of bubble wrap to protect the axe, then who collapsed an old box around it and taped it, apparently, with both hands tied behind their back…and the guitar was unscathed. I've had a couple of guitars show up cracked – a rare vintage piece! – an '82 Dan Smith Stratocaster dinged up when a whammy bar was left loose in the case and not wrapped in a protective manner, and some other more minor issues. So, when a guitar shows up in good shape that was carefully packed, I thank the seller. When it's not packed smartly and without due diligence,then my hat's off to the shipping company.
Why anyone would take the chance that a guitar they shipped would arrive scraped, dinged or with the neck broken, is beyond me. And for those of you who figure the guitar's insured. Well, good luck trying to get that process to work in your favor. Both the seller and the buyer end up unhappy – the seller gets bad feedback on eBay and the buyer gets the joy of receiving an instrument that's been damaged or worse – destroyed.
If you're going to sell something, then you have a responsibility to do your best to get it in the hands of the buyer in good shape. And if you're a buyer, you deserve to receive your prize package in the condition stated in the sale.
I have had guitars packaged professionally and I have packed them up myself and none of the shipments arrived beat up.
In my opinion bubble wrap and newspaper are both pretty good as far as protecting your instruments. However, I tend to use newspaper because it's basically free and I believe it tends to be more forgiving, yet still protective, when a shipping container is under external pressure, than bubble wrap. Although small bubbled bubble wrap may be just as good.
Selling a guitar can be fun and even a little exciting, but packing and shipping the axe is work. But, the effort is worth it if you ensure your guitar's journey to its next owner is safe and the guitar arrives in a manner that brings a smile to the face of a fellow guitarist.
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Are You an 'Indie-friendly' Director?
Making a low-budget independent film is hard - there are budgetary limitations, crunched schedules, and the inevitable last-minute change of plans. It's no surprise then that some traits might make you better at handling these conditions and constraints. Are you the kind of director who will halt production if the right extra isn't on set? Or someone unwilling to be a jack-of-all-trades over the course of a film's production cycle? Can you offer creative alternatives at the drop of a hat? Independent film producer Mynette Louie outlines what she believes to be the 12 key traits that make for "indie-friendly" directors, in what ends up being a revealing and challenging list for all filmmakers:
The following trait stood out to me because it's something I've personally found to be very true in my own process, and it's something I've heard some of my directing heroes mention in interviews:
3. Editing Experience
It is so valuable for a director to have editing experience because she or he will know on set what's important and what's not, what can be sacrificed and what can't. Indie films are scheduled so tightly that it's often very tough to make the day. All of my feature productions have been between 19 and 24 days, shooting between 4-7 pages and 15-35 setups per day. Sometimes, shots and even scenes have to be cut on the day of shooting. A director who also edits will have a much better sense of which shots are expendable, and how to make up for losing them.
Even if you aren't doing the frame by frame editing, sitting down and learning how to edit your own work is incredibly beneficial — especially when you're starting out and learning your craft. You realize what you're missing in terms of coverage, but more importantly, you realize the power of the cut in molding and transforming your story in often unexpected ways. You learn to problem-solve the visual story, how to make do with what you have, and just how little you might actually need to get the idea of a scene across. When shooting, it's easy to get caught up in the performance, production design, framing, etc., but if you can also make snap editing judgements when running out of time then you're two steps ahead of the game. Remember, editing is where you draw up the story's final draft. Not only does editing experience make you a better low-budget filmmaker, it makes you a better storyteller period.
For the full list, go here. Even if some of these traits aren't your strengths, you can always be improving on them, and making yourself a more resourceful filmmaker — and that's what indie filmmaking comes down to. With low-budgets, you have to make up for material resources by being twice as creative and resourceful with the materials you do have. Developing and honing these traits will help you get the most out of what you have on hand.
Do any other traits come to mind for you?
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Wow, E.M., another phenomenal post. NFS is my one-stop shop for awesome indie filmmaking articles, and this doozy is no exception. I'm directing my second feature this summer, an "unbelievably micro-budget production". (That is, no one outside the indie community would believe me.) Editing is definitely my strong suit and I definitely think I benefit from my intuition when shooting. Thank you for sharing, I'll now go hone my skills! ;-)
E.M. Taboada on 06.12.12 @ 5:09PM
Thanks for the kind words, Gabriel. Good luck with your feature!
samDEE on 06.11.12 @ 6:04PM
Unfortunately, Ms. Louie omits what may well be the most crucial requirements: freedom from the solitary, introspective temperament traditionally associated with the practice of the arts, and an imagination sufficiently normative to have wide, effortless and instant paper appeal to a large number of readers, from whom work, money and favors are required at well below market rates and commercial expectations.
c.d.embrey on 06.11.12 @ 7:33PM
"… shooting between 4-7 pages …"
You do that before lunch, if you work in Series TV.
Idol-Maker on 06.11.12 @ 7:40PM
E.M., I like how you think bro'…as stated before, another great post. Glad you're here on this site…
E.M. Taboada on 06.12.12 @ 5:11PM
Thank you, hope to keep them coming!
Peter on 06.11.12 @ 10:43PM
I like the article, but want to point out that all of these "What it takes!" lists are unnecessary for people who have developed confidence and quite destructive for those who haven't. It's critical to know that for every "What it takes!" list, there are successful individuals who not only "suffer" from having the opposite of one of the items, there are ones who in fact have the opposite of all of them and do more than fine.
You have what it takes if you decide you do. Insist upon it, and make it work.
Excellent comment Peter, I wholeheartedly agree.
I just won my 2nd award for the pilot episode of Day Zero the series, and it's because I control all of it — editing, directing, camera, producing, acting (yep), grip, lighting, gaffing, etc. etc. I do it with one other guy mainly, we get lucky when there is a P.A. or two!
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Fear of Fires in the Barn
Monday, January 6, 2014
A barn was always the biggest building on a farm one hundred years ago. For farm kids, the hayloft in the barn was a place of wonderment, full of hay and memories. In the hayloft, children worked hard, getting hay-bales or loose hay packed tightly into every space, and they played hard, swinging on ropes, shooting basketballs into a hoop, or making hay-forts, pretending to be Tarzan, a soldier or a sports star. But the hayloft could also be awe-inspiring for its hazards, especially those associated with fire.
Farm children, in the days before electric lights, were told strictly by their parents NOT to bring kerosene lanterns into the hayloft. Even without the presence of lanterns, farmers were afraid of spontaneous combustion – when insufficiently dried hay could heat up and ignite.
On this date in 1901, the Grand Forks Herald reported that a fire destroyed a barn at NDSU's agricultural college, with losses estimated at $18,000. Thankfully, all the livestock were saved, and moved to a nearby barn.
It was reported that NDSU's administration thought that the flames "originated from spontaneous combustion." Scientifically, spontaneous combustion meant that if clover or alfalfa or timothy-grass hay had not been dried sufficiently, the moisture could cause fermentation leading to oxidation. The internal temperatures could rise to the ignition point and cruel flames would spread rapidly through the hay, creating a maelstrom of destruction.
The best preventative to spontaneous combustion was to cut the hay, and then cure and dry the hay, without rain interfering with the process. However, even though farmers strived to "make hay while the sun shines," some rain was bound to fall, and even the morning dew could harm the harvesting.
While no animals were lost in the fire at NDSU that cold January day, others were not always so fortunate. At Wyndmere, farmer N.C. Jensen's brand-new barn burned to the ground in February of 1908. Fourteen horses, eighty head of cattle and thirty tons of hay in the hayloft were lost in the fire, which started in the middle of the night.
At Galesburg, in 1908, John Gisvold suffered the loss of "ten head of horses and 18 head of cattle," burned in a fire that destroyed his barn on a sad day in May.
Other barn-fires were caused by tramps, drifters, or vagabonds who sometimes sneaked into a hayloft for a night's rest. Frank Viets, who had a large barn just a mile north of Grand Forks, was distraught that his barn filled with hay and containing "considerable farm machinery" was destroyed in an inferno believed to have been "fired by tramps."
These fears – of hayloft fires, spontaneous combustion and irresponsible drifters – were universal among farmers in bygone days.
Today's Datebook written by Dr. Steve Hoffbeck, MSU Moorhead History Department.
Sources: "A.C. Barn Burned," Grand Forks Herald, January 6, 1901, p.1.
"Barn Burned," Fargo Forum, January 4, 1901, p. 5.
"Many Things Saved," Fargo Forum, January 5, 1901, p. 1.
"Spontaneous Combustion," Bismarck Daily Tribune, July 23, 1909, p. 5.
"Spontaneous Combustion," Bismarck Weekly Tribune, September 1, 1899, p. 2.
"Cattle Burned To Death," Grand Forks Herald, February 15, 1908, p. 2.
"Horses And Barn Burned," Grand Forks Herald, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
"Spontaneous Combustion: The Cause of Burning Barns," Grand Forks Herald, October 10, 1884, p. 3.
"Last Night's Fire," Grand Forks Herald, October 15, 1893, p. 5.
Steven R. Hoffbeck, The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2000), p. 93.


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Five Corner Pantry Stores and Highway 281 Travel Center are being charged with mislabeling the octane level of their gasoline.
The companies were selling 85 and 87 level octane as 89 octane.
With people unknowingly putting the wrong level of gasoline in their vehicles KSFY News asked local mechanics if there could be any repercussions.
Mark Herman, a technician at Harr motors, said using the wrong level in your car once or twice won't be too drastic.
"You're not going break down or anything, but generally if you go pass somebody on the highway you may feel the vehicle be a bit sluggish," Herman said. "The car won't be all there."
If you continue to put the wrong level of gasoline in your car you could potentially face long-term engine issues.
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With the scare of the serial rapist, who Billings Police say they arrested, many women in the Magic City said they'd be getting their concealed weapons permit. And while no one will ever know the true reason for the rise of applicants, statistics show the number in the last six months is almost exceeding the total amount of applicants in all of 2012.
"There's just not enough people and not enough hours in the day to handle every one that we would like to get done," says Sheriff Mike Linder of Yellowstone County about approving concealed weapons permits.
But don't let that stop you. Sheriff Linder says it's taking anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks to approve at this point. But that number can change with any sudden rise in applicants.
Linder says, "if you plan on getting a concealed weapons permit, go ahead and put the application in."
In 2011, there were just 633 applicants for a concealed weapons permit. Then in 2012, the number grew drastically to 1076. And out of nowhere, the number now is almost reaching the total of last year's applicants just in the first six months of 2013 alone. From January to June of 2013, the number of applicants is 1048. And all you need to do is fill out some paperwork and get some training.
"You have to be able to show that you had some kind of familiarization with a firearm before, that's by state law to obtain a permit," says Linder. "Do one that you actually handle the firearm," as opposed to a classroom style concealed weapons training.
"There are classes are that you can go in, do the classroom, and get a certificate and never go in to a range. And the problem with that is, once you take a class like what we offer down here, you realize that there are so many factors that play in to that," says Nadine Fredrickson, co-owner of Three Sights Indoor Shooting Range. Fredrickson says in the class at Three Sights Shooting Range, you learn exactly how to cary that weapon and how to do so responsibly. "You have a responsibility to be able to shoot effectively, you need to be able to hit what you're aiming at, you need to be able to do it safely. And you need to be aware of what the law is and how that reads."
The cost of a concealed weapons permit is $55 and $30 for a renewal. You can pick up the paperwork at the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Department and call to set up an appointment to start the process of receiving your permit.


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Claire Costello awarded Excellence in Teaching award
Claire Costello is currently in her third year as a facilitator on the e-Masters programme offered jointly by NUI Galway and Regis University, Denver --
MScSIS (M.Sc. Software & Information Systems).
Claire has been nominated by Regis to receive an Excellence in Teaching award, which recognises faculty members who have consistently made an outstanding contribution as facilitators in graduate programmes.
Claire will travel to Denver to receive the Excellence in Teaching award at a ceremony at Regis University on March 24th, 2007.
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Jim Frear - September 06, 2009Former Aurora area resident Jim A. Frear, 75, of Grand Island, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009 at St. Francis Medical Center.
Service were Saturday at All Faiths Funeral Home. Burial was in the Grand Island Cemetery.
Jim A. Frear was born May 2, 1934 at Furnas County, the son of Ray and Verna (Bose) Frear.
He was raised on the family farm in Furnas County and graduated from Oxford High School. He married Shirley Strickland on Aug. 2, 1953. He managed his fathers business, Oxford Lumberyard for seven years, and then farmed for three years before moving to the Grand Island area where he worked for New Holland. He worked for New Holland for 25 years retiring in 1991.
He was a member of the Platt-Duetsche for many years. He enjoyed playing sheepshead with his card buddies. He also enjoyed Husker football, carpentry and cat fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley; daughters, Janet Frear of Grand Island and Pamela (Edgar) Frear-Otalora of Germany; sons, Steve Frear of Grand Island, Roger (Jackie) Frear of Savannah, Mo., Kenneth (Nancy) Frear of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Rod (Trina) Frear of Malmo; brother, Jack Frear of Oxford and sister, Alta Miller of Ogallala; nine grandchildren.
His parents and brother, Bob Frear, preceded him in death.
Memorials are suggested to the local 'Grace' Grand Island Area Cancer Endowment fund.
Condolences may be sent to www.giallfaiths.com.