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By MAGGIE WOLFF PETERSON
For The State Journal
MARTINSBURG — At nearly 1.3 million square feet on two levels with 14 miles of conveyor belts, 400,000 square feet of storage for housewares, nearly 1,000 employee lockers, and space for 9 million kinds of shoes, Macy's new fulfillment and distribution center in Berkeley County is the largest for the retailer, and perhaps the largest in the world.
Built on 92 acres in the Cumbo Yard Industrial Park north of Martinsburg, the facility is bigger than 27 football fields, with eight conveyor lines bringing in products to be separated into 176 separate fulfillment lines. A bank of 12 large-screen televisions project plant operations to a staff stationed on a second-story bridge that managers compare to air-traffic control. On one line alone, 825 specialized tilt-trays drop products down 1,600 chutes in the world's largest system of its type. At top capacity, the center will prepare 15,000 packages hourly for shipping.
On July 18, officials from Martinsburg and Berkeley County, as well as the state Legislature and U.S. Congress, assembled for a ribbon-cutting at the facility, which has already been operating for 10 days. The center currently employs about 500 of the 2,000 workers it will need during peak operations at the holidays. During normal operations, the center will employ 1,200 workers on 10-hour shifts, from Monday to Thursday, and 12-hour shifts on Friday through Sunday. The annual payroll is estimated at $30 million.
After rising for the Berkeley County Junior ROTC's presentation of the colors and the Pledge of Allegiance led by local Girl Scouts, the crowd heard speakers ranging from the company's CEO to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., acclaim the openness of West Virginia to new business and the fine relationship between Macy's and state officials that brought the distribution center into being.
Macy's considered 160 different locations before selecting Berkeley County, with its easy access to Interstate 81 and location central to the Mid-Atlantic region, speakers said. Additionally, the community's work force was a large factor in attracting the retailer. As part of the ceremony, Peter Longo, president of Macy's logistics and operations, presented a $10,000 check to Peter G. Checkovich, president of Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, which will offer training to distribution center employees.
The distribution center responds to a corporate strategy, called "Omnichannel," which allows the retailer seamless operations between brick-and-mortar store locations and electronic sales. In addition to an online presence at Macys.com, in-store cash registers are equipped with a "search and send" Internet access feature that allows salespeople to jump from actual to virtual retail with a click. If a customer can't find the right size or color in store inventory, a salesclerk will find it online.
Consumer habits are changing, Macy's chairman, president and CEO Terry J. Lundgren said. A buyer is likely to visit a store to examine merchandise, "then buy it on their mobile device later," he said.
The Martinsburg facility will "support a very fast-growing Omnichannel business," Lundgren said.
Online sales grew 40 percent last year and another 30 percent already this year, Lundgren said. Macy's expects revenue of $2 billion this year in online sales.
"And at this rate of growth, it will soon be $3 and $4 billion," Lundgren said.
The company began building distribution centers five years ago in Tennessee.
"We thought that was pretty big and pretty sophisticated," Lundgren said of the Tennessee site.
Other centers are in Arizona and Connecticut. But the Martinsburg site, selected in 2010, dwarfs them all.
"This is big," Lundgren said. "This redefines big."
The building is so large, engineers "had to take into consideration the curvature of the earth when we were pouring the foundation," he said.
Sen. Manchin spoke of the team effort involved in bringing Macy's to West Virginia, for which groundwork was undertaken during his time as governor. The distribution center cost $150 million to construct and involved 3,000 workers in contracting and construction work.
And the benefits to West Virginia will ripple further, Manchin said. The state will be able to demonstrate to other companies that the Macy's distribution center has been an effective corporate investment.
"Right now, you'll be our best salesperson, Terry," Manchin said to Lundgren.
Capito echoed the sentiment, saying that "you're going to show the rest of the folks in the country that West Virginia is a leader."
And to workers, outfitted in Macy's red T-shirts and assembled for the event, Manchin said, "I can see in your eyes that you have an opportunity now. If this does well, you'll do well."
In her address Capito referred to herself as a "Macy's and online shopper," joking that the center will fulfill a woman's fantasy. "Think of all the women's shoes," she said. "I'm just dreaming."


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A state investigation is still pending on two employees of Frankston Health Care Center, now accused of embezzlement.
26 year-old Whitney McFarland and 43 year-old Robin Slaughter are both out of jail on Wednesday on bond, accused of taking money from a client fund at the nursing home and using it for personal shopping.
It was at the Dillard's in Tyler that police say nurse Slaughter and McFarland, who worked at the Frankston Health Care financial office, went on a $2,000+ dollar shopping spree.
In the arrest affidavit, Slaughter states that McFarland talked her into getting items for themselves while at Dillard's.
"Whether that's true or not, that's not for me to say," said Richard Goodman, Chief of Frankston Police. "But the bottom line is both of them acted in concert with one another to commit the criminal offense and both of them are charged with the full amount of the offense."
The arrest affidavit states McFarland, who spent $1,560.42, spent more than Slaughter, who spent $1,326.06 in one shopping trip, but both will be charged equally.
"They acted together and although one may have spent this amount and the other another amount, it's combined as one act of the offense that was committed," said Chief Goodman.
The property was returned to Dillard's who then refunded the nursing home all the money, but according to the arrest affidavit, both women were required to pay restitution in this matter.
"The property was returned to Dillard's and the money was returned to the nursing home so I'm not really understanding the whole restitution process," said Chief Goodman.
In regard to the restitution that McFarland and Slaughter were required to pay, Frankston Healthcare Center has declined commenting on the whereabouts of those checks.
They have declined commenting on any matter in this case, however they say McFarland and Slaughter are no longer employed with the nursing home.
"I don't know either of the two offenders personally but it appeared as if Ms. Slaughter was remorseful for what she had done," said Chief Goodman. "It did not appear as if McFarland was phased at all."
Frankston Health Care Center said they did conduct an internal investigation on this, and have contacted the state to investigate further.
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Ohio plans $8M in biofuels grants
In Ohio, the state Department of Development is awarding up to $8 million in grants with each applicant able to receive $500,000 to $1 million for small businesses wishing to buy biodiesel and ethanol equipment. Applicants must provide at least 25% of the machinery costs. The money is coming from the Advancing Biofuels Beyond the Basics program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as a way to mesh the agricultural and manufacturing sectors in the state.
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A 3-year-old girl has officially become the youngest genius in Arizona.
Alexis Martin has an IQ above 160. She popped up on Mensa's radar after she taught herself Spanish.
Mensa is an international club that only accept members who's IQ scores fall within the top two percentile.
Mensa is proud to accept Martin as their newest member.
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Hall High student had gun, loaded magazine in school | News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - A Hall High School student was arrested and disciplined for having a gun at school on Monday. According to Pam Smith, Communications Director for Little Rock School District, the gun was found in the 16-year-old's hoodie pocket during a metal detector scan and search.
Authorities found the gun about 10 a.m. with a hand-held scanner while performing a random search in a classroom. Smith said the gun was not loaded, but there was a loaded magazine found in his gym shorts, which police said were being worn under his jeans. A police report from the Little Rock Police Dept. states the gun was a Lorcin 9mm and the magazine held six 9mm rounds. The report also states that a security officer noticed the teen's hoodie was tucked into the front of his pants and had, what appeared to be, a gun handle sticking out of it. The security officer performed a scan and took the gun into his possession, then located and confiscated the loaded magazine.
Police were called to the school and students were cleared from the classroom. The student was taken to the Juvenile Detective Division for questioning and charged with Possession of a Handgun on school grounds. Smith said the student was disciplined according to the handbook, but did not provide details on the disciplinary action. The handbook states students could be expelled for having a gun on campus.
"We really and truly regret that a gun was found," Smith said. "However it's because of doing that kind of random search that we were able to find it and avert any potential problems, and we're thankful for that."
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It's not that I don't like the iPhone's captivating look or slick UI. In fact, I think the iPhone comes closer than most to being the ideal gadget to take with you on the road. What stops me from buying one is that it lacks one vital feature in its remarkable bag of tricks: an Internet connection faster than EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment).
[ Mario Apicella's column is now a blog! Get the latest storage news from the Storage Adviser blog. ]
And if you're a storage administrator, you might benefit from reluctance like mine because you can bank on your end-users bringing these little beauties into the workplace.
As for throughput, yes, the iPhone can connect via Wi-Fi to a wireless network at home, in the office, or wherever you can find one. But that's not enough. When you travel, a faster connection such as HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) or EvDO (evolution, data optimized) is a must-have. These days, EDGE no longer cuts it.
As a Cingular -- pardon me, "new AT&T" customer, I know all too well the difficulties of getting on the Internet via EDGE. Downloading multimedia files on the EDGE network is like sucking honey with a straw, only without the sweetness. Uploading files is even worse, much like using dial-up.
Certainly, the main appeal of EDGE is its ubiquity. But any mobile gadget that mixes multimedia and the Internet shouldn't require proximity to a Wi-Fi hotspot to offer adequate download capabilities. No wonder hackers are trying to unlock the iPhone and use it on other networks.
Hopefully, future iPhones will have the ability to connect -- without hacking -- to the faster HSDPA or EvDO, two networks that provide a better fit for the product's multimedia prowess. Perhaps even WiMAX to the desktop, when it finally becomes available. Until then, you can reach me on my smartphone.
From a storage administration perspective, the iPhone -- with its 4GB or 8GB flash drive -- may not seem like much, especially when considering the petabytes of data populating many corporate datacenters today. Yet, taken together, these satellite storage devices could add up to one big burden.
According to the Blackfriars' Marketing blog and others, Apple will have sold 500,000 iPhones in the first weekend of availability alone, which if true proves that not everyone is as put off as I am by the lack of 3G connection. Considering just the smaller-capacity device, for every million iPhones sold, the overinflated storage universe will host another 4PB of data.
Of course, as an admin, you won't have to manage millions of iPhones. But even the few dozen or hundreds sold to your users will create quite an asteroid belt around your solar, I mean, storage system.
You'll likely not have to worry about those users who just store songs and make calls on their iPhones, but many will find it all too convenient to store e-mail and work-related files on their new toys.
And these users will need help from their admins to sync, back up, and recover those files and messages. What's more, an iPhone carrying sensitive files could easily be lost or stolen, landing your company's name in the wrong section of the news. Are you ready to manage that risk?
Each company will need to deal the iPhone tsunami in its own way, but whatever your approach, don't underestimate the added risk of data disclosure. Call me paranoid, but just thinking of how many credit card numbers can be stored on a 4GB flash drive is enough to make me cringe.
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We strive to make the services of the Math Center available to as many students as possible, providing a friendly, non-intimidating atmosphere of learning that responds to the individual strengths and needs of each student. The Math Center is a free resource for students seeking help with their Math or Math-related course. The Center (on the 3rd floor of SJH) is staffed by teachers and student-tutors. The Center follows the SUS Academic Calendar and is open
Students requesting tutoring may make an appointment by calling 215-248-7088, emailing email@example.com) or stopping in when the Center is open. When crowding necessitates, those with appointments will be given preference over students who do not. Students may request either a 30 minute or 50 minute session.
Tutoring is a joint effort. To benefit fully, students should come with specific questions that they encountered when doing assignments on their own. Those coming to catch up after an absence will profit by reading the sections they missed. Tutors are instructed not to work only on the problems assigned to the student, but on parallel examples of similar skills.
Tutoring is most beneficial when the student practices what was learned before extended time lapses. It is better to practice 20 minutes a day, rather than cram immediately before a test.
When plans change, the students are asked to call the Center to cancel or change their appointments. If students fail to do so, they deprive someone else of tutoring time, and so will lose their tutoring privileges for one week.
In addition to individual and small group tutoring, the Center houses software programs, math Websites, books, and practice worksheets for student use. For help when the Center is closed, go to (http://patrickjmt.com) and use your textbook's chapter and section title to locate the videos on your topic.
Placement/ Proficiency tests are required of all students in Undergraduate (SUS) and Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) and are administered in the Math Center. These computerized tests measure skills needed for college-level coursework and may determine that a student is required to take an appropriate developmental course.
Tests will be administered one weekend each month at specified times: Friday 1:00-8:00pm; Saturday 11:00am-2:00pm; Monday 9:00am-11:00am. Consult this semester's schedule.
Call the Math Center at 215-248-7088, e-mail email@example.com, or visit the Math Center to make an appointment to take the test.
There is no cost for the first test for students in SUS and SCPS. The cost for re-taking a test is $5.00 per test.
SUS - Results and placement will be posted on Blackboard. SCPS - Results and placements will be received through the students' Advisors. Math Test Preparation Resources
Algebra Review 1 Algebra Review 2 Algebra Review 3 Arithmetic Review 1*
Arithmetic Review 2*
Arithmetic Review 3*
Application Review Placement Test Skills List
Word Problem Review
*Use these helpful videos for doing Basic Arithmetic and Pre-Calculus.
Additional Resources and sample questions are available online on the College Board Accuplacer site. Also go to firstname.lastname@example.com or http://kahnacademy.org/ for helpful You-tube presentations.
Director: Joan Mickey, SSJ, M.A.
Phone: 215.248.7088
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Chestnut Hill College will host a groundbreaking exhibit called "Face to Face: The Craniofacial Program Portrait Project" with a grand opening Thursday, September 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. in The Rotunda at St. Joseph Hall. The exhibit, funded by the new Stan and Jan Berenstain Healthy Kids Foundation, will showcase portraits made by artists from Studio Incamminati, School for Contemporary Realist Art in cooperation with surgeons and psychologists from the Craniofacial Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Edwin and Fannie Gray Center for Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania. The exhibition will run through October 14. The September 11 opening is free to the public, however, registration is required by emailing email@example.com.
The Psychology department will host David B. Sarwer, Ph.D., a psychologist from CHOP/Penn, on Monday, September 15, from 5-7 p.m., in the Redmond Room, St. Joseph Hall. He will present a symposium entitled: Psychological Aspects of Physical Appearance: Cosmetic Enhancement to Treating Disfigurement. The event is free and open to the public and you can email Dr. Kelly Landman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, with any questions at
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"E. Pluribus Unum: Leukemia From Patients to Bench and Back Again"
Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jack Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.P., Chief of Hematology and Medical Oncology,
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Welcome to the 424th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance!
If you're new to this blog, welcome! My name is Cassie and I've been blogging about personal finance for about three years now. While I've learned a thing or two along the way, I'm by no means an expert. In fact, I'm just digging my toes back in on the investing front right now, so hosting this carnival and reading some of the great submissions I received has been an absolutely invaluable experience. My personal favourites have been highlighted in bold, so if you're running short on time by all means check these ones out first!
I bought my house three and a half years ago, and like many first time home owners I bit off a little more than I could chew. Quite frankly, I bought too much house. I had been carting a lot of junk from rental to rental in the past, and I honestly thought I needed the space. I was wrong, and I should have spent more time looking at the numbers. That's one of the reasons why I liked Emily's post on choosing a home size so much. I admire that she crunched the numbers in trying to decide between a 1, 2 or 3 bedroom place. I wish I had a sounding board for the subject back then who could have talked me out of a three bedroom space, but sadly I didn't.
Long story short, I ended up with a whack load of debt, and I dug myself into a deep hole fast! Big Cajun Man posted a great quote he found about how using credit pulls expected future earnings into the present in his post on Simple Financial Ideas. It's such a simple, straight forward idea, and yet I was a complete train wreck on the subject. I pulled expected (and sometimes unrealized) future earnings into the present to pay for things I didn't need, or sometimes even want.
My savings rate was
absolutely abysmal non-existant. If Reach Financial Independence had asked me where my savings rate was taking me, I would probably laughed (crying inside) and told them nowhere fast. I couldn't find $10 a week to save, but I could apparently find $10 for lattes… I should have taken Adam Hagerman's advice and tried marketing savings to myself. I probably would have convinced myself to start saving earlier if I had.
I can't say I've ever complained about free money, but it also didn't find its way to me as quickly as I would have liked it to. I had one credit card, and it wasn't exactly flush with free rewards options. Especially not ones that would have paid me $800 in cash and rewards flights over the course of the year! To be fair I don't think a rewards card would have been beneficial for me at the time, because my card spent more time on ice in the freezer than it did in my wallet. It's an interesting concept to consider now, but I think I still have a ways to go before I could pull something like that off.
For the time being, I'm working on keeping myself out of debt, while building up a small stash of cash and getting back into investing. It hasn't been a quick process. Fortunately I have been able to put some money away for retirement over the years, and I have a couple accounts as a result of working for more than one employer. One of the things this has allowed me to do is play with my asset allocation and watch the outcome. As Save and Conquer notes in their post, one way to divvy up the allocation is to hold your age as a percentage in bonds. This allows your investments to gradually become less risky as you age. I've been playing with this a little in my accounts. My RRSP account carries approximately 30% in bonds, while my TFSA is sitting closer to 25%. The post discusses the tax efficiency of different products in different accounts, which being an American post unfortunately didn't help me directly, but it did remind me that this is an important subject that I should learn more about as I learn about investing. I want more of my money to stay with me!
My TFSA is sitting with a much smaller balance than my RRSP, but that's because I just started contributing to it again. One of the things I did in my TFSA is start using ETFs, since some trading platforms are brushing their commissions aside for these particular products. I am excited to see what happens with the emerging markets. It's more volatile, but also has a lot of potential for growth. Being young, with a long term investing horizon, this seems like a reasonable time of my life to dabble in it (with a little bit of money).
Eventually though, I would like to move back into individual dividend paying stocks. I still have a lot to learn, and not necessarily a clue of where to start, so the Frequently Asked Questions post by Dividend Growth Investor seemed like a great place to do exactly that! Again, the tax information is American, but the vast majority of the information is applicable across all borders. I'm hoping that by the time I do retire, my accounts will be generating enough reasonably passive income that I won't have to worry about the fact that most savings accounts and other secure financial products are paying next to nothing in interest, which brings a whole new slew of issues to the retirement table.
More than anything else though, I hope that I can put myself in a position where I'm financially secure well before I decide to retire. While I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with my cubicle, I would like to be able to jump on opportunities as they arrive, rather than being a slave to my pay cheque. As it stands, I'm pretty shackled.
Everyone else out there, what's your story? How do you invest your money, and how did you get started? Do you follow a specific investing philosophy, or did you come up with one on your own?


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DANVILLE — Once again, Winter Storm Ion was the winner in the local sports scene.
Tuesday's Danville at Champaign Centennial boys basketball game has been postponed until Saturday while five Vermilion Valley Conference boys games and two games in girls basketball featuring Wabash River Conference teams were also postponed.
Two of the postponed games from Tuesday, Schlarman Academy at Hoopeston Area and Oakwood at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, were tentatively re-scheduled for tonight, but Hoopeston Area will be closed today and all activities will be cancelled. The Oakwood at Georgetown-Ridge Farm is still tentatively set for 6 p.m. for the junior varsity game and 7:30 p.m for the varsity game.
The Chrisman girls basketball team was scheduled to play Shiloh today but the game has been postponed.
Attica, North Vermillion participate in Coaches vs. Cancer game on Friday
ATTICA, Ind. — The Attica Red Ramblers will be pairing up with the North Vermillion Falcons in a Coaches vs. Cancer game at 6 p.m. (Eastern) on Friday at Attica High School.
The game will raise fund to help support the American Cancer Society. Both teams will be selling tickets that night for a raffle and they will also be selling cards for the Wall of Hope. The cards, which can either honor or be in memory of a loved one that is or has battled cancer, will be hung up at the school.
For information on the Coaches vs. Cancer game at Attica, please contact Attica coach Bruce Patton at email@example.com.
Cardinals Caravan returns to Champaign
CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign stop on the 2014 St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will be on Jan. 17 at the I Hotel and Conference Center starting at 11 a.m.
The admission to the event is free and beverages will be available for purchase. A Cardinals broadcaster will emcee the event with past and present players sharing stories of the 2013 season and previewing the upcoming season.
A question and answer session will close the program before fans are allowed to get in line for autographs and photos. To find out more about the event and a lineup of players, go to www.espncu.com.
Prep Boys Basketball
Oakwood at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 6 p.m.
Schlarman Academy at Hoopeston Area, ppd.
Prep Girls Basketball
Shiloh at Chrisman, ppd.
Men's College Basketball
Illinois at Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Prep Girls Basketball
Attica at Covington, 5 p.m.
North Putnam at Fountain Central, 5 p.m.
North Vermillion at Riverton Parke, 5 p.m.
Seeger at Clinton Prairie, 5 p.m.
Armstrong-Potomac at Chrisman, 6 p.m.
Bismarck-Henning at Westville, 6 p.m.
Hoopeston Area at Salt Fork (Jamaica), 6 p.m.
Milford at Oakwood, 6 p.m.
Normal West at Danville, 6 p.m.
Schlarman Academy at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 6 p.m.
Prep Boys Swimming
Lafayette Central Catholic and North Vermillion at Attica, 5 p.m.
Prep Girls Swimming
Lafayette Central Catholic and North Vermillion at Attica, 5 p.m.
Prep Wrestling
Fountain Central at Crawfordsville, 5:30 p.m.
Danville and Westville at Oakwood, 6 p.m.
Women's College Basketball
Penn State at Illinois, 8 p.m.
Men's College Basketball
Minnesota at Penn State, Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Southern Illinois at Loyola, Fox Sports Net Midwest, Comcast Sports Net Chicago, 7 p.m.
Illinois at Wisconsin, WDAN-AM 1490, WDNL-FM 102.1, Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
National Basketball Association
Indiana Pacers at Atlanta Hawks, Fox Sports Net-PLUS, 6:30 p.m.
National Hockey League
New York Rangers at Chicago Blackhawks, NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Winter Testing, Fox Sports 1, noon
Men's College Basketball
DePaul at Butler, Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
Michigan at Nebraska, ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Northwestern at Iowa, ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Women's College Basketball
Penn State at Illinois, Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
PGA Tour: Sony Open, first round, GOLF, 6 p.m.
National Hockey League
St. Louis Blues at Calgary Flames, Fox Sports Net Midwest, 8 p.m.


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Espn is reporting that the Nuggets are trying to trade Andre Miller to clear space for Monta Ellis. Can the Bucks work out a sign and trade centered around these players? I think Miller is a good fit for the Bucks with or without Jennings in tow. Who else would need to be included to make it work. Would the Nuggets give up their 1st this year?
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Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
Especially if they happen to lose a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight by way of submission, something that happened to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) top female bantamweight contender Miesha Tate under the Strikeforce banner back in March of 2012.
The recently unwrapped "Cupcake" was victimized by Ronda Rousey and her seemingly unstoppable armbar.
It should come as no surprise then, to learn that Tate is working on her judo defense, to help avoid ending up in a similar situation when they hook 'em up for a second time at the upcoming UFC 168 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which takes place on Dec. 28, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
And if she does ... well, it could get ugly (via MMA Fight Corner):
"It's never too early to train and practice that gameplan over and over and over, I'm going to beat it into my skull if I have to. Swear to God, she's not going to armbar me if it's the last thing I do. I will seriously shoot myself in the face before I leave that cage if she armbars me again. It can't happen ... That's what I'm going to do from now until December 28, it's going to be an anti-judo camp."
On the bright side, at least she'll go out with a bang.
Tate cut to the front of the 135-pound line after news broke that Cat Zingano was injured and unable to handle her coaching duties opposite the former Olympian for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 18, which is expected to air on Wednesday nights beginning September 4, 2013 on FOX Sports 1.
To date, no fighter has been able to escape "Rowdy's" first-round armbar through 10 fights (three amateur and seven professional). Whether or not Tate can do it remains to be seen, but let's just hope there aren't any firearms present inside the Octagon.
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Rugged mountains, lush valleys, and churning rivers surround participants during Heaven's Gate Outfitters' adventurous expeditions into the Idaho wilderness. A staff of avid outdoor enthusiasts leads horseback rides and hikes at elevations of up to 7,500 feet along the Seven Devils Mountains and Hells Canyon. They can also voyage to idyllic mountain lakes and the nearby Salmon River for rafting and fishing trips, during which participants might nab salmon or trout. To further familiarize patrons with the backcountry's wildlife, Heaven's Gate Outfitters can arrange multiday pack trips and shelter travelers inside its own private lodge.
Snake River Adventures makes the scenic waterways of the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers accessible to outdoor enthusiasts and curious sightseers alike. Licensed jet-boat captains ferry groups through natural wonders, such as Hells Canyon—America's deepest and most inaccurately named river gorge—and manmade locales including the Kirkwood Historical Ranch and museum. Hunting and fishing expeditions may be chartered to snare the bass, trout, steelhead, and sturgeon swimming the waters as well as the big game roaming the shore. Comfortable camp may be made at Historic Sheep Creek Ranch—furnished with wood cook stoves and oil lamps—or the Kirby Creek Lodge bed and breakfast.
Hemmed into the rippling hills of Lewiston, Bryden Canyon Golf Course was established in 1974. Golfers of all experience levels can find a challenge, especially on the skill-testing par 4 holes and the risk-rewarding par 5's. Away from the course, visitors can stock up on gear and friendly advice at the pro shop. They can also refuel their tanks at the bar and grill and prepare for their next round by taking part in the facility's camps, clinics, and private lessons.
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Beamers Hells Canyon Tours ferries passengers through the vacillating rapids of one of the deepest river gorges in North America. Along nearly 200 miles of majestic landscapes and American history, certified tour captains delve into detailed narratives on geological landmarks, Native American history, and how U.S. mail delivery developed from horseback to the modern-day jetpack. Wine-tasting and brunch cruises complement degustation with stunning scenes of mountain ranges, rivers, and rare glimpses of local wildlife foraging for food or preparing their tax-return forms, and fishing charters let anglers test their mettles against the river's crafty steelhead, sturgeon, and bass.


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NFL.com lists "blue chip" and "red chip" players on each NFC team
In the NFC, they've got us and Dallas with the most blue and red chip players. What do you think of the list? I don't have much of a problem with leaving Shockey and Bush off the lists, though I'm a little baffled by Hargrove and Bushrod as red chips. My list would be similar, but bump up Colston to blue, add PT, J Greer, and Will Smith to red, and take off Hargrove and Bushrod.


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Sometimes it's just time.
As it turned out, he would be, and he remains an important part of the team. As his fiancee, Catherine Panagiotopoulos, points out in a Boston Globe feature, the veteran backstop could never really consider playing for anyone else.
"He never wants to play anywhere else and I don't think he will," Panagiotopoulos told the Globe's Peter Abraham. "He lives, eats, breathes, and sleeps the Red Sox."
I'm going to miss Tek. He represented what an athlete should be, extremely loyal and extremely hard-working. He worked his ass off, and because of it, was named an all-star three times and led the team to two World Series victories. A lot of people have been talking about his identity and his spirit, and I completely agree, and not to get all literary about it, but this is the best way I can explain it. Every city has a personality, and when you self-identify as a Bostonian or a New Yorker or a Philadelphian, you embrace a culture. Boston is not the biggest city, it's not well known as the capital of any particular industry, an economic or social powerhouse but nonetheless we won't let anybody get away with saying anything negative about our town. We may be aggressive, rude (on occasion) and have a superiority complex but we are gritty, hard working, and fiercely loyal.
And that is exactly what Tek is. He is Boston, he works and fights and plays like a Boston Red Sox. Think to yourself, what do we remember most about Tek: For me, because I'm a visual person, I remember four distinct images. First is game four of the 2004 World Series, just Tek and Foulke charging from the plate and the mound, and then again in 2007, Tek and Pap. Then of course I remember Tek just forcing A-Rod to eat his fist. Don't fuck with us. And the day he caught his 991st game, breaking Carlton Fiske's record for most number of games caught in a Red Sox uniform. For everyone around my age, he will forever be the Captain.
I'm reminded of something I heard about the B's after they won the Stanley Cup. The gist of it was, they weren't the most talented team, but they played and fought harder and more than anyone else in the NHL, and the exact same thing could and should be said about Tek. He wasn't some catching Wunderkind, but he worked his ass off, on and off the field, and won himself the title of Captain.
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New technology is available for people who have suffered a loss of hearing.
Advanced Hearing Solutions is offering the Audibel A-2 Platinum hearing aids.
The hearing aid is wireless and is most advanced in dealing with background noise.
It also can be hooked to many electronic devices.
"When it comes to this device here, hooking it to the television, it's automatic so you can adjust the range for the size of your room, and you adjust it when walk into the door. If the television is on, you directly pick up that feed," said Shane Halle, of Advanced Hearing Solutions.
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Mt Hutt 'all systems go' for 40th season opening
Immaculately groomed slopes and a genuinely warm welcome await avid skiers and snowboarders.....
Queenstown's Coronet Peak ski area first to open in Australasia
Queenstown's Coronet Peak ski area today (June 8) celebrated in style as the first Australasian ski field to open for winter....
Coronet Peak first ski area in Australasia to open on Saturday
Queenstown is officially open for winter as the 2013 season kicks off at Coronet Peak on Saturday (June 8).
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort: # 1 Snow in the Rockies Opened 4,139', Top to Bottom Today.
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Lake Wanaka, NZ, April 1, 2009 - The Burton NZ Snowboard Open (NZO) today announced
The Burton NZ Snowboard Open (NZO) today announced they are heading back to the NZO place of origin, Cardrona Alpine Resort.
After three years of tremendous competition at Snow Park NZ, the Burton NZ Open will step back across the valley to where it all began.
With Cardrona having invested heavily in new facilities over the past couple of years and with 22-foot pipes now being the 'standard' globally for high level events, this is a strategic move for the organisers of the Burton NZ Open.
"We are pleased with the move," says event manager Reuben Yeoman. "We have enjoyed a great three years at Snow Park NZ and it is with some sadness but also enthusiasm that we have made this move. Cardrona have done a phenomenal job over the past couple of years in bringing their pipe and park up to international competition standard and in doing so have created a great venue for hosting international events. We are simply moving with the times and giving the riders what they want."
The first stop on both the prestigious Burton Global Open Series and TTR World Tour, the Burton NZ Open will again take Wanaka and the Cardrona Valley by storm.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Whether they're setting up game-winning shots or hitting them, Andrew and Aaron Harrison have been the maestros orchestrating Kentucky's unexpected run to the Final Four.
Andrew Harrison is the point guard who runs the show. He's dished out 21 assists in four NCAA tournament games, including six in a win over Michigan that sent the Wildcats to Dallas.
Aaron Harrison is the shooting guard with the hot outside stroke. He had 12 points against the Wolverines, including the deciding 3-pointer with four seconds left in the 75-72 victory.
Naturally, it was a shot set up by his twin brother.
Now, the Harrison boys will try to guide Kentucky past Wisconsin in the national semifinals on Saturday night, and move one step close to winning the Wildcats' ninth national title.
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France tv has available a two part documentary program (both episodes about 55 minutes) to celebrate the 100th Tour.
Part 1 - http://www.francetvsport.fr/la-legende-du-tour-de-france-1re-partie-160777
Part 2 - http://www.francetvsport.fr/la-legende-du-tour-de-france-2e-partie-160779
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The official blurb (gnomed - got to get 75 words after all)
"Run for the first time in 1903, the Tour de France is the showpiece of cycling. Since the pioneering, climbing unpaved passes with their spare tubes to teh champions doped with EPO the race has undergone considerable changes....The greatest strength of the event is the incredible popularity of its champions - Coppi to Bobet through Hinault, Indurain and Armstrong they are symbols of their time. Through these iconic figures tell the story of 100 years of cycling in this documentary"
The footage is excellent, and in particular of the early races in the first episode.
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city, seat (1916) of Deschutes county, central Oregon, U.S. It lies along the Deschutes River, in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range (west), and is bordered by Pilot Butte (east). Laid out in 1904, the community grew after the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company opened farmland for settlement in 1909. Vast timber resources influenced a railroad boom (1911), sawmills were built, and wood industries developed. Bend is now the headquarters for the Deschutes National Forest and is a centre for tourism because of its proximity to lakes, lava beds, caves, and mountain and ski resorts. Central Oregon Community College was established there in 1949. Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which includes the 6,200-foot- (1,890-metre-) long Lava River Cave, is 12.5 miles (20 km) south of the city. Inc. 1904. Pop. (1990) 20,469; (2000) 52,029.


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Dentists at other clinics boast of having studied implantology under the world-renowned Dr. Arun Garg. Dr. Garg began his practice at Center for Dental Implants of South Florida after two decades of building a sterling reputation in academic dentistry. During those years, he published more than 100 medical articles and wrote several textbooks that have been translated into eight different languages. He also founded the American Dental Implant Association, where he still serves as president.
Dr. Garg and his associates handle services ranging from general checkups to advanced implant procedures. The dental team was among the first to adopt technologies such as surgical lasers and the cone-beam CT scanner for facial imaging.
North Miami Beach Dental?s dentists have been polishing teeth for more than two decades. Dentists open the doors at 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday to ensure appointments for even the busiest of workers, whether they're scheduled for bridges, basic checkups, or laser teeth whitening. In addition, Tooth Fairy Mobile, the practice's mobile branch, sends a team of dentists, dental hygienists, and skilled smile complimenters with all the equipment necessary to perform on-location services for seniors.
When your father is a dentist and your uncle is a cofounder of the Board of Endodontics, it's probably safe to assume dentistry is in your blood. But when you find yourself making orthodontic appliances at your family's kitchen table as a teen—instead of petitioning the government to rename it the Washington Monument: Presented by Mountain Dew like most teenagers—that's the moment you really know you're meant to take care of teeth.
Dr. Frederick E. Knoll grew up loving dentistry, and since 1976, he has been able to put this love into practice. Now at his office, he and Dr. Judith L. Gartner tend to smiles with everything from cleanings to implants to whitening. When he isn't working with clients, Dr. Knoll can often be found traveling throughout the United States presenting educational programs and training other dentists.
All Care Dental's team of dentists specializes in what they call "smile makeovers." These makeovers could involve veneers and lumineers that even out teeth or laser whitening treatments that remove stains caused by gargling with coffee grounds. No matter what the treatment, they aim to make patients?especially kids?feel safe and comfortable.


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- Gold stocks to buy amid the Ukraine crisis
These three hot movers could rise by double digits in the coming months.
- RadioShack weighs rescue deal options
The electronics retailer is burning through cash, could run out by the end of '15.
The billionaire investor tells '60 Minutes' his farmer son may one day oversee operations.
Warren Buffett says he would like his farmer son Howard Buffett to act as an unpaid nonexecutive guardian of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) after Buffett dies, according to a release of an interview that the legendary investor conducted with CBS News' "60 Minutes" that was to be shown in its entirety Sunday.
Howard Buffett, who is a corn and soybean farmer and does not hold a college degree, is the right choice to oversee Berkshire Hathaway because he understands the value of companies, his father said. Currently, Berkshire has a market cap near $200 billion and earned nearly $13 billion in 2010 profits.
Shale gas added $76 billion to the country's economy last year and has the potential to add close to $230 billion by 2036, predicts IHS Global Insights.
Although Chesapeake is looking to reduce its natural gas position in favor of the more profitable oil drilling, several reports suggest there is huge potential for the country to reduce its energy deficit and unemployment rate through more shale gas drilling.
Just four dividend-paying stocks and time can help today's college graduate retire as a millionaire.
My nephew Sam -- fresh out of college -- would rather chase the latest big momentum stock than actually work to build true wealth over time.
But despite his rookie mistakes, he does have the most valuable investment asset of them all. It's called time. Here's a look at four solid dividend-paying stocks and a long-term strategy that could make him rich.
And the best part is he doesn't need to be a star trader or market timer to get there. All Sam needs to do is use what Albert Einstein once called "the most powerful force on earth."
Developments in key bond ETFs could shift the outlook for the stock market in the weeks ahead.
By Tom Aspray, MoneyShow.com
The bond bull market of 2011 is likely to be remembered for many years. Who would have expected the sale of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 100-year bonds to be oversubscribed?
The summer spike highs did suggest a top was being formed, but after an initial round of selling, bonds have held up quite well. The technicals for the longer-term instruments can be interpreted as continuation patterns that would be resolved by another push higher in prices and a corresponding push lower in yields.
There may be a new player in premium TV with a DVD rental partner, but it's still no big deal.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz
Building on the Reuters story about Verizon (VZ) rolling out stand-alone video streaming next year, TechCrunch is now reporting that Verizon's service will roll out in cahoots with Coinstar's (CSTR) Redbox.
The alliance makes sense. Redbox promised investors a digital distribution strategy that failed to materialize last year, and it was always assumed that the cheap DVD rental kiosk operator wouldn't go in alone.
One analyst firm says the retailer's operating performance continues to deteriorate.
The move comes as other analysts expect Sears, which also owns the struggling Kmart chain, to move from annual profits to losses. The company lost $421 million in the quarter ended Oct. 29 and is expected to report a loss for the full fiscal year.
One analyst says the company is losing share opportunities to Apple and Google's Android platform.
Citigroup analyst Jim Suva lists 10 reasons the company could get even worse. Suva, who understandably has a "sell" rating on the stock, says he thinks RIM will probably start to guide more conservatively after missing expectations for the past few quarters. In fact, he added, he wouldn't be surprised if the company stopped giving full-year guidance completely.
Despite recent good economic news, Toyota Motor and other companies continue to ratchet down expectations.
Toyota Motor (TM) slashed its earnings outlook this week, citing the disruption to production caused by the worst floods in Thailand in almost 70 years. The timing couldn't be worse for the Japanese company, which is fighting the surging popularity of Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors. In November, Toyota posted a 6.7% gain in deliveries, its first monthly sales increase since April. Meanwhile, Hyundai's sales gained 29%, surpassing analysts' estimates.
The actor's onboard kerfuffle has turned attention to the game company's 'Words With Friends.'
Baldwin was reportedly so into the Zynga game "Words With Friends" that he refused to turn it off as the plane prepared to leave. The actor took the phone into the lavatory, reports say, slamming the door so hard it alarmed the pilots in the cockpit.
Bernstein upgraded Yum! Brands to 'outperform,' while Citigroup initiated Sirius XM with a 'buy.'
Friday's noteworthy upgrades include:
One analyst says there are no significant technical hurdles in the way of the tablet's release.
In a note to clients, Richard Gardner says several sources have told him of the February launch, reports Business Insider. The new iPad's screen is likely to be twice the resolution of the current iPad's.
By dividing the company, CEO Rosenfeld is hoping to allow each section to focus more closely on strategic priorities and allocates its resources appropriately.
Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft since 2006 and chairwoman since 2007, will head the new Global Snacks business. Tony Vernon, currently president of Kraft Foods, North America, will be CEO of the new North American Grocery Business. He will be joined by John Cahill from private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings as non-executive chairman.
A quick look at the Trefis breakdown for the company can help us determine the potential impact of this proposed split.
The 5-cent payout adds to Ford's attractiveness for investors.
Ford Motor (F) made headlines on Thursday by reinstating its dividend. The Detroit automaker had eliminated quarterly dividend payments about five years ago. But Ford will now pay 5 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Jan. 31, 2012, with the first payment to be made Mar. 1.
The move raises two questions. First, is the dividend all that great? Second, is does the quarterly payout make Ford stock a buy?
Exciting new products and rapid growth suggest a target of $655 within 3 years.
Apple (AAPL) has a unique ability to identify what customers want, produce easy-to-use products, and launch unique marketing campaigns to create demand.
The company's revolutionary iPod digital music player, iTune online music store, and iPhone helped sales to increase 33% per year during the past five years, while earnings per share surged 70% per year during the same period.
Moody's has concluded that the bonds of some high-profile leveraged buyouts are too junky for most investors.
To some fund managers, they are known as the "Big Five:" The junk bonds that Clear Channel Communications, Harrah's Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (the utility formerly known as TXU), Realogy, and Hawker Beechcraft originally issued in the midst of the leveraged buyout frenzy between 2006 and 2008.
All are trading at eye-popping yields that rise into the mid-teens. But to many investment managers, they are distinctive not because of the high yields, but because even as the default risk has ebbed for junk bonds as a whole, and the overall rate of defaults has fallen, the securities of the Big Five are still seen as perilous.
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---- — PERU — Ivy Tech is offering gift certificates for its non-credit cooking classes being offered next semester at the Peru culinary arts lab.
Eight classes are on the schedule at Ivy Tech's Peru instructional site, located at 425 W. Main St. All sessions will run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Holiday gift discounts are available for a couples-only Valentine Menu event and for the purchase of a gift certificate for two or more classes.
To purchase a gift certificate by credit card, call Sarah Fawcett at 765-459-0561 ext. 285. Purchasers will receive a gift certificate to present at Christmas along with a flyer detailing the class offerings and how to register. Gift certificate recipients are asked to register for the class(es) they choose by Jan. 15.
Gift certificates for A Romantic Valentine Menu, a couples-only event on Feb. 4, are $143. Gift certificates for the remaining seven classes are priced as follows:
• One class — $95
• Two classes (25 percent discount) — $143
• Four classes (40 percent discount) — $228
• All seven individual classes (50 percent discount) — $332
Culinary classes being offered during spring semester 2014 include:
• Feb. 4 – "Love is in the Air, A Romantic Valentine Menu" limited to six couples. Instructor Harry Kilmer, Old Kettle Saloon, Wabash.
• Feb. 17 – "Hectic Schedule Alert!" on preparing meals with limited time. Instructor Amy Black, Main Occasions, Kokomo.
• March 4 – "Sushi?? Oh, No, Not Sushi!!" on learning to understand, love and make sushi. Instructor Fen, manager of Taku Japanese Steakhouse, Kokomo.
• April 1 – "Chicken 101" on how to deconstruct a whole chicken and different ways to prepare the bird. Instructor Melanie Kiefer, FACS teacher, Peru High School.
• April 15 – "Herbalicious!!" to learn to cook with and grow herbs. Instructor Lynn Hauser, master gardener, Peru.
• April 29 – "Grill like a Pro" on different styles of barbecue, grilling techniques and smoking meats on a charcoal grill. Instructor Noah Peconga, accomplished grillmaster, Indianapolis.
• May 13 – "Seafood Ahoy!!" on handling and cooking seafood. Instructor Mathew Cary, manager of Passion Fish, Washington, D.C.
• May 20 – "Bread – Quickly!" on a variety of quick bread recipes. Instructor Shelly Rust, Kokomo Area Career Center.


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John Kerr waited 22 years for last Saturday.
When a desperation Farragut foul in the closing minutes robbed him of a likely crowning moment in a long and distinguished career, the Maryville High School soccer coach reacted with the grace of a champion he deservedly should have been.
"We've got to put this behind us and move on," he said.
Tuesday night in Oak Ridge, the man most responsible for high school soccer in Blount County likely coached his last game. The Wildcats put home a goal in each half and held off a late Rebel charge to take the Region 2AAA semifinal, 2-1, ending Maryville's season.
Assistant coach Steve Feather is expected to be named the new Rebel skipper in the near future, with Kerr's son, Andy, returning as his assistant. If the Maryville administration approves the change, John Kerr said he will stay on in an advisory role, but the program he founded all those years ago — Blount County's first for prep soccer — is now in their hands.
Tuesday wasn't a fitting end.
Maryville outshot Oak Ridge, 14-11, pulling within a goal late when senior Oscar Sanchez headed in a corner kick from freshman Austin Pugh. A sluggish first half, where the Rebels failed to convert on a pair of tantalizing chances, was costly.
"That's been our problem the whole year," Kerr said, "and it came back to haunt us tonight."
The District 4AAA final with Farragut a week ago cut deeper.
Farragut's Joseph Muth received a red card ejection when he pulled down Maryville's Ridge Carter from behind at the edge of the Admiral penalty with a handful of minutes remaining in overtime, the score knotted at 2-all. The resulting free kick, handled by the Admiral goalkeeper, came from 19 yards instead of the point-blank, breakaway tap in Carter had sized up.
Farragut put home the winner a minute later for a 3-2 victory.
"That was a professional foul, no doubt," Maryville senior David Large said.
Euphemisms aside, the Muth foul was especially galling considering why Kerr became a high school coach and teacher in the first place.
A Maryville High and Maryville College graduate, Kerr, then a professor at New Jersey community college, said he grew alarmed at the quality of the work his students were submitting.
"I was fed up with the lack of preparation," he said. "Instead of just complaining, I decided to do something about it."
When a position came open at Maryville High, Kerr returned to his alma matter, launching the Rebel soccer program in 1987.
There was little to work with in the beginning. Few in the area had ever played the game. There were no development or support systems. The Rebels looked nothing like the skilled squad that came up just short on Tuesday.
"For years, we didn't know what club (soccer) was," Kerr said. "We played parks and rec."
Help arrived when Vulcan/APEC began sponsoring club teams, enabling Kerr to build the Maryville High program upon a solid foundation.
"I think a lot of what we are today we owe to Vulcan," Kerr said.
In just over a decade after his arrival, Kerr made Maryville a district power. The 1998 team, led by Feather and his son Andy, was one of his best, he said. They were the last to reach the region tournament prior to this season. Several players from the squad would go on to play on the collegiate level.
Countless Rebels have distinguished themselves through the years, perhaps none more so than Carter. The senior forward/midfielder remains the only Rebel ever to be named District 4AAA Player of the Year, so honored a year ago in a league that not only contains the three-time state champion Farragut but three-time champion Bearden as well.
The Bulldogs and Admirals have combined for six of the last seven Class AAA state crowns.
"You can't say enough about Ridge Carter," Kerr said. "I think the only way to describe him is incredible."
Carter not only flourished on the soccer field, but his college choice speaks to Kerr's career-long emphasis on academics as well. A Division I caliber player in all respects, Carter spurned offers to take his prodigious skills elsewhere, choosing instead to follow his coach to Maryville College.
"I didn't want to play at a Division I school because I want to be a doctor," he said. "I didn't want to go somewhere where I couldn't focus on my studies."
The 2008 team wasn't his deepest, Kerr said, but their work rate was tireless. Sanchez did more than tally Maryville's lone goal Tuesday. He sparked a Rebel offense that dominated play for much of the second half.
When Sanchez wasn't forcing the ball deep into the Wildcat end, Pugh, playing more like a seasoned veteran than a rookie, and senior Graham Gilley took up the standard.
"I just tried to work," Pugh said. "This is the last game of the season, and I just wanted to make the region championship."
Tuesday's loss stung the Rebels deeply. They'd played the Wildcats to a 2-2 tie during the regular season, rally from two goals down inside the final two minutes, Carter knocking home both goals. They'd entered Tuesday a confident team, only to be denied the program's first berth in the region title match.
"Right now, it's disappointing," Large said. "In couple of weeks, I can look back on it and say we had a pretty good season."
The Rebels also had a courageous coach who never let soccer be all that he taught.


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The following amazing trip report and testimonial was written by student Vimary Toribio, a new CatRock Sierra Club Youth Leader describing the recent leadership retreat featuring caving/hiking/fishing/kayaking/swimming trip the weekend of June 7, 2014.
"My experiences on the first two Sierra Club Cat Rock trips have been amazing and each was one of a kind. The hiking trip was one of the longest and most challenging things that I have accomplished so far. However, it was a great experience to know that you had a team there to support you and for you to help support. If one of us needs to stop everyone else needs to stop too. Basically knowing the fact that you are going through such challenge with a team that supports you, made me want to not give up on the middle of the hike and keep going because they were my motivation. The view was truly beautiful - since I live in the city I sometimes forget how beautiful and relaxing can be nature.
On a beautiful and sunny June 28, 2014, a record size group of 51 students, recent high school grads, teachers, ICO volunteers and the Community TeamWorks volunteers from Goldman Sachs joined together for a great day of rafting, swimming and epic water fights on the Delaware Water Gap! It was a great way to cap the school year, as a few days earlier a number of the students celebrated their high school graduation! We were happy to help them celebrate.
Students and graduates were present from ELLIS High School as well as members of CatRock from West Bronx Academy for the Future, Kappa International High School and Bronx High School for Law and Community Service. In addition, 8 volunteers from Goldman Sach's Community TeamWorks program enthusiastically joined for the day! On the bus, ICO assistant leaders Pedro Jerez and Justin Zucker helped everyone on the bus get to know someone new through an ice breaking game so we started the day with new friends.
On May 31st, 2014, Sierra Club's New York Inner City Outings led a joint Ellis High School and OutdoorFest hike at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. 17 people plus Jasper the dog met at Ellis High School where our fearless and organized leader, Ray Greenwell, ensured everyone had maps and knew the Leave no Trace rules. Red Rabbit supplied lunches and Outdoor Exchange (http://www.usetheox.com/) generously lent us walking poles. Van Cortlandt isn't terribly steep, but it was a great opportunity for our kids to learn how to use new equipment.
We walked to the park from the Ellis High School, entering at the southwest corner. Ray led us along the east side of the Parade Ground towards the Northwest Forest. We alternated trails between the cross country course, bridle trail, and the Cass Gallagher Nature Trail. There was an early snack break where some of the kids were already so hungry, they ate their lunches. Luckily there were extra lunches and plenty of extra snacks. The trails were well groomed and not overly steep. The weather was glorious and the forested areas were cool and peaceful. There was a brief afternoon rain shower to cool us off, and no one got too wet since we were in a protected area. Lunch was atop the rocks with great views of the city, and then it was back to the trails. We took a break to play some group games (including an epic "knot" game that had everyone laughing) and also made a pit stop at the Van Cortlandt family cemetery on Vault Hill, which prompted a lot of questions from the kids. During one of the breaks, Ray attempted to teach everyone how to whistle with a blade of grass. The kids loved this and an hour later some of them were still picking blades and practicing.
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