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One fine Wednesday in July Phil found a magic wand. He was so excited that he ran to tell everybody. He made printouts and posters and DVDs and a website about his new wand. Then he was called up to ol' DV's office to have a little chat about his overdramatic nature. When he got to Vader's Comfy office he immediately began hopping on the desk. Darth was not amused and Forced him into a chair. "Phil," said Vader, "We need to talk." Phil raised his hand. "OH! OH! OH!" he said in a squeaky voice. "Yes, Phil." said his boss.
"I learned a new word!"
"What is it?"
"RIBBITUS!" screeched Phil, lifting his wand.
There was a flash of light as Darth Vader slowly shrank to the floor. "Ribbit." He said. "Ribbit."
"Oops." said Phil. "Should I tell somebody?" He thought for a second. "Nah. I'd rather go eat some potato chips dipped in mustard and mayonnaise. And thats exactly what he did.
P.S. No Sith Lords were harmed in the making of this Creation. Rest assured, Darth Vader returned to his natural form in just a few hours, thanks to our friends from the Ministry of Magic. Hats off to you, Cornelius Fudge!
Pic1: An overview of the whole base
Pic2: The Rebel defenders.
Pic3: The Imperial attackers!
As long as the wall holds it'll be alright!
This speeder, drivin by only the best, won the Kamino 1,000,000,000.
Hey guys. It's been a while. Well, I'm starting a new thing called Pocket Squad, cause they travel in my pockets :P
Any way, TK421, Rifle, and two newbies, Sandy and Jerry were just chilling with me, …
Happy thanksgiving every one enjoy these pics and eat a bunch of food. Arc out~
This walker is the best in the galaxy! It has won many battles!
Sorry this took so long! Here we go! The battle was harsh as we ran up the hill. We were being blasted by land and air. From snipers to fighters we were out numbered. I stopped and told everyone to h …
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Have a great day! P.S. I can't eat turkey on Thanksgiving 'cause I'm a vegetarian. Heck, I can't eat turkey ever. :P
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These troopers are cleaning up the galaxy.
This is a plane with a turret at the back. The guy in the front controls the plane. The guy in the back shoots the turret.
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join my new club the 21st NOVA CORPS GALACTIC MARINES. The tag to enter is 21stnova. And may the force be with you.
Today's creation is a mini Droid Gunship. Pic 1: Front view. Pic 2: Side view. Pic 3: Back view. Pic 4: Above view.
Hey guys! Here's a preview of my club updates for the MWE!
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Happy Thanksgiving! This is a MOC I made featuring an Utapau clone trooper captain battling a Tri-Droid. In picture A, you see the captain running towards him with his blaster, in picture B you see h …
This is a poster I put together for StrikeForce, an organization led by top GAM members. Our first mission is to infiltrate the New Jedi Order and investigate why the Jedi are interested with Mandalo …
Giant clone carrier
My version of the AT-TE.
(Left to right): Shadow, Gregor, Jek-14, Skids, Raptor, Slit, Captain Wave.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today we give thanks for the things we have been blessed with and spend time with family and friends. Unfortunately, I have a cold so I can't do that very much. :( Rem …
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WASHINGTON — In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer's disease, a major study got underway Monday to see if an experimental drug can protect healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk.
Scientists plan to eventually scan the brains of thousands of older volunteers in the U.S., Canada and Australia to find those with a sticky build-up believed to play a key role in development of Alzheimer's — the first time so many people without memory problems get the chance to learn the potentially troubling news.
Having lots of that gunky protein called beta-amyloid doesn't guarantee someone will get sick. But the big question: Could intervening so early make a difference for those who do?
"We have to get them at the stage when we can save their brains," said Dr. Reisa Sperling of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who is leading the huge effort to find out.
Researchers are just beginning to recruit volunteers, and on Monday, a Rhode Island man was hooked up for an IV infusion at Butler Hospital in Providence, the first treated.
Peter Bristol, 70, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, figured he was at risk because his mother died of Alzheimer's and his brother has it.
"I felt I needed to be proactive in seeking whatever therapies might be available for myself in the coming years," said Bristol, who said he was prepared when a PET scan of his brain showed he harbored enough amyloid to qualify for the research.
"Just because I have it doesn't mean I'm going to get Alzheimer's," he stressed. But Bristol and his wife are "going into the situation with our eyes wide open."
He won't know until the end of the so-called A4 Study — it stands for Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's — whether he received monthly infusions of the experimental medicine, Eli Lilly & Co.'s solanezumab, or a dummy drug.
Solanezumab is designed to help catch amyloid before it builds into the brain plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's. It failed in earlier studies to treat full-blown Alzheimer's — but it did appear to help slow mental decline in patients with mild disease, raising interest in testing it even earlier.
Scientists now think Alzheimer's begins ravaging the brain at least a decade before memory problems appear, much like heart disease is triggered by quiet cholesterol build-up. Many believe the best chance of preventing or at least slowing the disease requires intervening, somehow, when people still appear healthy.
The $140 million study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, Lilly and others, will track if participants' memory and amyloid levels change over three years.
Whether this particular drug works or not, the Alzheimer's study is being watched closely as a chance to learn more about how amyloid works and how people handle the uncertainty of knowing it's there.
"Amyloid we know is a huge risk factor, but someone can have a head full of amyloid and not decline" mentally, Sperling said. "We need to understand more about why some brains are resilient and some are not."
Before any brain scans, interested 65- to 85-year-olds will undergo cognitive tests to make sure their memory is normal. Volunteers also must be willing to learn their amyloid levels, and researchers can turn away those whose psychological assessments suggest they may not cope well with the news. Sperling expects to screen more than 5,000 healthy seniors to find the needed 1,000 participants, who will be monitored for anxiety or distress.
"It is breaking new ground," said Dr. Laurie Ryan of the NIH's National Institute on Aging. "We really do have to understand how that affects people."
More than 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's or similar dementia, including about 5 million in the U.S., numbers expected to rise rapidly as the baby boomers age.
Alzheimer's affects 1 in 9 people over age 65, and about a third of those 85 and older, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
Today's medications only temporarily ease some symptoms, and scientists don't even know exactly how the disease forms. A leading theory is that amyloid plaques kick off the disease but tangles of a second protein, named tau, speed up the brain destruction.
As scientists shift their attention to the still healthy, a few studies are underway to try blocking Alzheimer's in people genetically at risk to get a form of the disease that runs in their families.
The A4 study widens the focus beyond a genetic link.
Like Bristol, the first participant, some people do want to know if they're at risk, said Dr. Jason Karlawish, a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania who helped design the study's psychological precautions. After all, many already get tested for Alzheimer's-related genes.
He calls the research "an opportunity to study the future of the way we're going to think about, talk about and live with the risks of Alzheimer's disease."
Online: Study information: http://www.a4study.org
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Tuesday, November 4
Listen to some great jazz from these world-renowned artists.
4 p.m., Main 101
November 8 & 22
R.A.D. Rape Aggression Defense Training Program
R.A.D. is a comprehensive program for women that is taught by a nationally certified R.A.D. instructor. The program aims to teach techniques, tactics, awareness, and risk-reduction that can aid in self defense. This program is free for Penn State Brandywine students.
9 a.m.-1 p.m., Auxiliary Gym
Monday, November 10
Faculty Forum
Assistant Professor of Biology Mick Yoder will present "Shaping the Vertebrate Embryo, Lessons from the Frog" and Assistant Professor of Accounting Karen McDougal will present "International Diversification and Auditor Reporting."
12:30 p.m., Main 113
November 10-14 is Unity Week to celebrate our diversity!
Monday, November 10: Star Party, 12:30 p.m., Lion's Den
Tuesday, November 11: Veteran's Luncheon: Guest speaker Damien Melendez, Brandywine senior and verteran. 11:30 a.m., Tomezsko Lounge.
Wednesday, November 12: 100 Days 'till THON: Celebrate 100 days till THON with a kick-off event. 12:30 p.m., Lion's Den. "The Dark Side of Chocolate" documentary, 12:30 p.m., Tomezsko. Diversity Showcase Coffeehouse and talent show, 4 p.m., Lion's Den.
Thursday, November 13: Snacks Around the World, 11:30 a.m., Tomezsko Lounge.
Monday, November 17
SGA Smoking Open Forum
Open forum regarding Penn State Brandywine's smoking policy.
12:30 p.m., Main 101
Wednesday, November 19
Alumni Networking Event
Network with alumni and gain valuable tips in professionalism and career development. Business casual required.
12:30 p.m., Tomezsko Lounge
Friday, November 21
A Write-In with the Library and Writing Studio to Celebrate National Novel Writing Month!
Don't worry if you don't plan to write an entire novel; November is a great time to write regardless of word count. Join other students, faculty, staff, and community members for a write-in. You'll find snacks, solidarity with other writers, and writing prompts if you're stuck! Already taking creative writing? Bring your assignment with you. For more information, contact Nina Clements, firstname.lastname@example.com in the library.
12:30 p.m., 108 Vairo
December 3 & 4
Career Services' Winter Wonderland & Resumania
Come visit with Advising and Career Services in our Winter Wonderland. De-stress with some fun winter activities and pizza! Bring your resume for one of our Career Coaches to review and a chance to win a gift card!
Tomezsko Lounge during Common Hour
Saturday December 6
NYC Bus Trip
Enjoy a day in the Big Apple with Student Affairs. The bus will depart from campus at 8 a.m. and will return around 8 p.m. Sign up in the Office of Student Affairs, $5 reserves your space on the bus. This trip is open to current Penn State students.
Wednesday, December 10
Character Workshop
Please join our fictional character workshop, sponsored by Brandywine's literary magazine, Penn in Hand. Come to explore and learn how to construct the ideal character for your short story. Bring your own inspiration or get a little help from your peers to make the best short fiction! The best will be featured in Penn in Hand's 2015 edition. All are welcome! Food and drinks will be provided.
12:30 p.m., 108 Vairo Library
Book Discussion
Our November/December book discussion will take place on Wednesday, December 10 at 3 p.m. in the library conference room (Vairo 201A). We've decided to dive into short stories and will read Lorrie Moore's Birds of America. Published in 1998, it's still considered one of the foremost short story collections in contemporary American writing. For those of you who like to read ahead, our January book is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Friday, December 19
David Rosenberg will be the speaker for Brandywine's December 2014 Commencement ceremony. He is a Penn State alumnus with a bachelor's degree in human development and a graduate of the Howard University School of Law. Rosenberg and his wife, Marjorie, manage a family foundation focusing on children and character development. They have also been significant supporters of Brandywine's Laboratory for Civic and Community Engagement.
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- The #1 Gamification Platform to host exclusive event for regional business leaders
LONDON and REDWOOD CITY, California, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification platform, today announced its first international Engage Roadshow in London, UK, to be held on February 27, 2013. The event will feature keynotes, panels and workshops by global business innovators sharing stories of how brands -- from large automakers to consumer packaged goods firms -- are using gamification to increase their key business objectives across their businesses.
"There are exciting opportunities for businesses today to increase results by interacting with their users via automated systems," said David Rowan, editor of WIRED's British edition, who will keynote the event. "The lessons from Badgeville's extensive work with a wide range of clients show how effective these technologies can be in tracking user behaviour across these digital properties, and then in rewarding that behaviour with today's best gamification programs."
Featured sessions include keynote presentations by Rowan and Maggie Buggie, VP of Digital Transformation, Capgemini Consulting, along with a special Fireside Chat with Karen Kemble-Diaz, COO of A&N Media's Wowcher. The additional panels and talks will highlight case studies of successful customer loyalty and employee engagement programs across retail, internet services, consumer goods, technology, and business practices innovation.
"Modern businesses must embrace digital transformation across all aspects of their business to thrive in the next decade and beyond," said Maggie Buggie, VP, Digital Transformation, Capgemini Consulting. "Gamification is, at its core, an actionable strategy which analyzes customer and employee behavior across your organization and then creates sophisticated programs to actually change this behavior to benefit the business. If executives are serious about building the Digital Advantage, they should investigate the ability of gamification to play an important role in their business case realisation."
A pre-event complimentary workshop for public attendees on Gamifying Your Business will be led by Stephen Sims, VP of Production, Badgeville, formerly Executive Producer at Electronic Arts. The workshop will provide business innovators an opportunity to explore the value gamification adds to the bottom line, focusing on increasing customer and employee behavior. A second pre-event workshop, The Technical Side of Gamification workshop by Paul Reeves, Senior Director of Support, Badgeville, will be available for customers only. Workshop spaces are limited.
"Working with hundreds of customers across the globe, my team has designed hundreds of use cases for gamification applicable to modern business problems," said Stephen Sims, VP of Production, Badgeville. "In this workshop, I look forward to sharing learnings of how businesses have increased their key business objectives by 20 percent or more using techniques from game design, modern loyalty programs, and social experiences."
Gartner Research predicts more than 70 percent of Global 2000 organisations will use gamification by 2015, and states that gamification is one of the top 10 trends in IT for 2013. Badgeville, the leading gamification platform, works with hundreds of businesses to help significantly increase value out of their existing enterprise software and marketing investments.
Tickets for the exclusive event are available to select senior business executives. For more information about Engage London, and to request a ticket, please email [email protected].
About Badgeville
Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, enables companies in virtually every industry to influence and measure user behavior. World-class businesses in more than 20 countries use Badgeville's Behavior Platform, an award-winning Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution to increase customer loyalty, user engagement, and employee performance across an organization's websites, mobile apps and enterprise applications. With over 180 customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including Deloitte, EMC, Oracle, Autodesk, Bell Media, NBC, Universal Music, VMware, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Redwood City, Calif. and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit www.badgeville.com.)
Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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"There is a natural synchronization between the business models, the IoT is there to support ," explained Brendan O'Brien, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Aria Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 15th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the real benefits to focus on, how to understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of ...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Focused on this fast-growing market's needs, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance "Ethernet Everywhere" in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, introduced its IStaX™ software (VSC6815SDK), a robust protocol stack to simplify deployment and management of Industrial-IoT network applications such as Industrial Ethernet switching, surveillance, video distribution, LCD signage, intelligent sensors, and metering equipment. Leveraging technologies proven in the Carrier and Enterprise markets, IStaX is designed to work ac...
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C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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SOUTH WHITLEY ŌĆö At the beginning of each new season, there are bugs to be worked out. The Whitko Lady Wildcat basketball team overcame early game offensive struggles to open the new season with a 48-27 home win over the visiting Central Noble Lady Cougars.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Former Whitley County Auditor Jennifer McGuire has entered a not-guilty plea through the Whitley County Court after she was charged with three felonies last week.
CHURUBUSCO ŌĆö The thespians of the Churubusco Theater Department are bringing the Southern sass and laughs to the stage of the Jason Smith Auditorium next weekend with their rendition of the play ŌĆ£Steel Magnolias.ŌĆØ
Written by Robert Harling, the stage production is the basis for the 1989 film of the same name starring Sally Fields, Daryl Hannah and Dolly Parton.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö After struggling to get into an offensive rhythm in their opening game, the Lady Eagles were able to fall back on senior leader Aubrey Wright to carry the team to a 1-0 start on the season, beating West Noble, 39-36. Wright scored all but two of Columbia CityŌĆÖs 24 second-half points, draining 10-of-13 free throws and shooting 6-of-13 from the field.
March. 17, 1953 ŌĆö Nov. 10, 2014
Rickie A. Hunnicutt, 61, a lifelong Allen County resident, died at 8:38 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 at his home of natural causes.
He was born March 17, 1953 in Wolf Lake, a son of Vaughn E. and Virginia I. (Stuver) Hunnicutt. He graduated from Carroll High School.
On June 24, 1972, he was united in marriage to Cynthia L. Trimmer.
An employee of Dana Corp. since 1978, he was also a general contractor, operating Hunnicutt Construction.
He was a member of First Church of God in Columbia City.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Columbia CityŌĆÖs Common Council decided not to divvy raises to elected officials in its annual salary ordinance, with little discussion and by unanimous vote. The 2015 salary ordinance is similar to the 2014 ordinance, which imparted a slight raise for Columbia City Mayor Ryan Daniel and Clerk-Treasurer Rosie Coyle, in the amount of $1,040.
Authorities say a northeastern Indiana man collapsed and died after stepping away from a fight he had started with a neighbor.
The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department says Edward Garnaat died in the driveway of a home near the town of Howe.
The News Sun reports Garnaat was arguing with a neighbor on Sunday when he punched a neighbor several times.
The sheriff's department says the neighbor didn't punch back but Garnaat collapsed as he began walking away. Officials said Garnaat was believed to be in his late 60s or early 70s.
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Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive, which offers an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life. "Conversations With Myself" gives readers access to the private man behind the public figure: from letters written in the darkest hours of Mandela's twenty-seven years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to "Long Walk to Freedom". Here he is making notes and even doodling during meetings, or recording troubled dreams on the desk calendar of his cell on Robben Island; writing journals while on the run during the anti-apartheid struggles in the early 1960s, or conversing with friends in almost seventy hours of recorded conversations. In these pages, he is neither an icon nor a saint; here he is like you and me. An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanizing role on the world stage, "Conversations With Myself" is a rare chance to spend time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own words: direct, clear, and private.
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Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on 18 July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. From 1964 to 1982, he was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison and then later moved to Pollsmoor Prison, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the anti-apartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first democratically-elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom.


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Okur, Boozer should make Jazz stronger
The Hot Stove has finally begun to cool.
The NBA has simply never had an offseason like this one. For that matter, neither has baseball.
|Rating the offseason
|Aldridge: Teams 1-10
|Aldridge: Teams 11-20
|Aldridge: Teams 21-30
Every team in the league has had an opportunity, at one time or another since the end of the Finals, to do something big. Just about every team tried to do something meaningful to shake things up, change the landscape. (That is, by the way, the biggest impact of the Laker Follies; everyone now thinks they have a real chance to win, which hasn't been the case in five years.) And as July descends into August, we now have enough information to make some judgments. While the final destination of players like Jamal Crawford and Erick Dampier could still impact the scoreboard, we can at least take a stab at the question: Who has improved the most this offseason?
By "offseason," I refer to everything that's happened to a team since the day it played its final game. That means everything -- new ownership, new coaches, new buildings, new players. Some teams, obviously, have thus had a little longer to make changes. Some teams concentrated on the draft, while others banked on free agency. And others were better to begin with, and didn't have as much work to do. I tried to take all of that into account when ranking the teams -- as well as noting smaller moves that may not make headlines, but will help.
Please keep in mind: This is not a predicted order of finish for next season. Nor does it mean that I think the teams at the bottom of the rankings will be in the lottery. This only covers the offseason, where owners, GMs and agents rule, and is only a measure of where these teams are relative to themselves last season. Once the ball goes up, the players usually decide who wins for real.
|Offseason rankings
1. Utah Jazz
2003-04 RECORD: 42-40, did not make playoffs
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: G Kirk Snyder (1st round, draft); F Kris Humphries (1st round, draft); F Carlos Boozer (restricted free agent, Cleveland); C Mehmet Okur (restricted free agent, Detroit)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: C Greg Ostertag (signed with Sacramento)
Last summer, the Jazz stuck a toe in the free agent waters, signing Jason Terry and Corey Maggette to offer sheets. Both were matched, and Utah came away with nothing. But instead of shying away this summer, the Jazz jumped in neck deep. They targeted Okur and got him early. And when whatever happened with Boozer happened in Cleveland, GM Kevin O'Connor was ready to pounce. It is a measure of how much O'Connor is respected around the league that absolutely no one is angry with him for taking advantage of the rules. The free agency boom also overshadows the selection of Snyder midway through the first round of the draft, a player some scouts compare to Latrell Sprewell. And don't forget Matt Harpring, who missed the last half of last season but is expected to be back in time for training camp. Utah now boasts a talented, deep young frontcourt that will give Andrei Kirilenko some help, and allow the precocious Humphries time to develop. We can only hope that Jerry Sloan's heart is in coaching next season after losing his wife, Bobbye, to cancer. We wish him well.
2. San Antonio Spurs
2003-04 RECORD: 57-25, lost in second round
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: G Brent Barry (unrestricted free agent, Seattle); G Beno Udrih (1st round, draft)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: F Hedo Turkoglu (signed with Orlando)
We say it a lot around here: When you're already good, often, the goal is just to keep what you've got. And the Spurs did that again. Last year, they kept Tim Duncan on the reservation before things got, shall we say, Boozerized. This summer, they fended off serious pushes from Denver and Phoenix for Manu Ginobili, re-signing the guard for $52 million, and re-upping Bruce Bowen for three years. Some think the price tag for Ginobili was too high, considering he's a guy who's more comfortable coming off the bench. In most places, it would be. But in San Antonio, where Ginobili's Latino heritage makes him a near-god among the locals, it was a smart investment. And Barry is exactly what the doctor ordered -- a perennial top-10 three-point shooter who should get five or six open looks a game playing off of the Big Fundamental. We love Brother Hedo, but the Spurs had to get better on the perimeter. In the Duncan Era, when the Spurs have knocked down jumpers, they've won titles. And don't overlook Udrih, who seems to be missing a consonant but who could solidify the Spurs' backup point position.
3. Denver Nuggets
2003-04 RECORD: 43-39, lost in first round
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: F Kenyon Martin (acquired from New Jersey)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: F/C Chris Anderson (signed with New Orleans); F/C Michael Doleac (signed with Miami)
Yes, the Nuggets may still need another shooter. But they needed a cop for Carmelo Anthony even more. When the Wolves are talking junk to you, as they did to Denver in the first round, you need to go get an enforcer. K-Mart fits the bill, and then some. He's ornery. He's physical. He's a leader in the clubhouse. He's one of those guys whose impact on the game is so much greater than his numbers. Guys really don't want to mess with him. And with Martin running the floor (call it the Mailman Effect), Anthony and the other Nuggets should be even more lethal in transition. The Nuggets also strengthened their bench, bringing in Michael Cooper from the WNBA as top assistant and making Adrian Dantley -- extremely well-respected around the league -- a fulltime assistant coach. Jeff Bzdelik knows full well that this is his last season in Denver, and that Cooper is his likely replacement. But he's handled it with grace. Besides, if Martin does what he's getting paid $92 mil to do, Bzdelik's going to go out in style.
4. Detroit Pistons
2003-04 RECORD: 54-28, won NBA championship
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: F Antonio McDyess (unrestricted free agent, Phoenix); G Carlos Delfino (reached buyout with Skipper Bologna)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: C Mehmet Okur (signed with Utah)
The champs took about five seconds to replace Okur with McDyess, with a reasonable four-year, $23 million deal with an option for a fifth season. If McDyess can stay healthy, he should provide Larry Brown with the rebounding that Okur did only sporadically. And the 6-foot-6 Delfino, one of the Pistons' first-round picks in 2003, is finally in the fold. He'll be a combo guard who will give Detroit a little bit of everything behind Rip Hamilton. Plus -- you laugh at your peril -- Darko Milicic should get on the court next season. So Detroit's adding three players to an already-strong rotation. Potential glitch: Brown lost a lot of brain power with the departures of assistant Mike Woodson -- who took the head job with the Hawks and took Brown's brother Herb with him -- and assistant John Kuester, who's going to New Jersey. We know that Pound-for-Pound is the best guy out there, but on his teams, the buffer between head coach and players that the assistants provide is critical.
5. Houston Rockets
2003-04 RECORD: 45-37, lost in first round
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: G Tracy McGrady (acquired from Orlando); F Juwan Howard (acquired from Orlando); G Tyronn Lue (acquired from Orlando)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: G Steve Francis (traded to Orlando); G Cuttino Mobley (traded to Orlando); F/C Kelvin Cato (traded to Orlando)
If McGrady's truly a great player, he'll raise his game to elite levels playing with Yao Ming in the hole and for Jeff Van Gundy on the bench. McGrady should become a great defensive player, for example; no excuse for him not being able to lock people up with his quickness and length. The same goes for Yao, by the way. Entering his third season, he should be close to full-formed. And with Shaq out of the West, Yao should be the best big man in the conference by a lot. Yao and T-Mac will discover what Kobe and Shaq should have known -- hey, together, we're even better. If that happens, the Rockets will be a force in the West. If you look at Howard's career, when he's been a third option -- as he should be in Houston -- he's been pretty good. Lue is a solid backup, but struggles as a starter; the Rockets still need to get a top-shelf ballhandler.
6. Miami Heat
2003-04 RECORD: 42-40, lost in second round
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: C Shaquille O'Neal (acquired from Lakers); G/F Dorell Wright (1st round, draft); F/C Michael Doleac (unrestricted free agent, Denver)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: F Lamar Odom (traded to Lakers); F/G Caron Butler (traded to Lakers); F/C Brian Grant (traded to Lakers); G Rafer Alston (signed with Toronto)
Let me be clear. You do not trade Shaquille O'Neal. Repeat. You do not trade Shaquille O'Neal. Once again, you do not trade Shaquille O'Neal. Everybody clear on where I stand? Yes, the Heat gave up a lot to get a 32-year-old center with iffy knees. But where, exactly, was Miami going next season? Was it going to be better than Detroit (nope) or Indiana (nope)? With O'Neal, the Heat have about a three-year window to get to the Finals. Hey, that's where we are in sports these days. There aren't any five-year plans. It's a trade that Riles should have made a million times out of a million. Let's get one more thing straight: I've read a lot about how Shaq is on the downhill side of his career. Maybe. But the naysayers forget one small thing -- Shaq is less dominant only when compared to Shaq. Entering this year, Shaq had averaged 28 points, 12.9 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in the playoffs. This postseason, O'Neal averaged 21 points, 13 boards and almost three blocks. Show me any team in the league that wouldn't take that from its starting center and I'll show you the Lakers.
7. Chicago Bulls
2003-04 RECORD: 23-59, did not make playoffs.
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: G Ben Gordon (1st round, draft); F Luol Deng (1st round, draft); G Chris Duhon (2nd round, draft)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: F Marcus Fizer (taken by Bobcats in expansion draft)
The Bulls turned one lottery pick into two, and will reap the benefits. I'm a big Ben Gordon guy, and so are most of the league's scouts -- "he's not going to fail," a personnel guy said before the draft. A Gordon-Kirk Hinrich backcourt is going to be rough sledding for opponents for a long time, and getting Deng, who should step in to the small forward spot, with the seventh pick is only a bonus. Deng isn't going to wow you with athletic prowess, but he does everything well. When he adds a jumper to his game, watch out. Plus, whatever John Paxson decides to do with Jamal Crawford, he should get something good in return, but he's also looking to also rid himself of some onerous contracts (Eddie Robinson and Jerome Williams), and that might not be possible. We know Chicago will only go as far as Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry improve this season, but with the new kids on the block, and with Scott Skiles getting an entire offseason and training camp to get everyone in shape, the Bulls should be much improved next season.
8. Orlando Magic
2003-04 RECORD: 21-61, did not make playoffs
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: F Dwight Howard (1st round, draft); G Steve Francis (acquired from Houston); G Cuttino Mobley (acquired from Houston); F/C Kelvin Cato (acquired from Houston; F Hedo Turkoglu (restricted free agent, San Antonio); G Jameer Nelson (acquired from Denver)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: G Tracy McGrady (traded to Houston); F Juwan Howard (traded to Houston); G Tyronn Lue (traded to Houston)
Considering he inherited a train wreck, with an unhappy superstar, new GM John Weisbrod performed, I think, a pretty good salvage operation. I would have held onto McGrady a little longer to see if there were more lucrative offers, but you certainly can't say Orlando got robbed. Francis is a big-time scorer, and it would surprise me if Johnny Davis doesn't give him the ball like he gave Allen Iverson the ball during AI's rookie season. Time will tell on Howard, but the Magic didn't flinch; they chose the high schooler over the polished college kid with the national championship pedigree. The $93 million question is always going to be Grant Hill's ankle. Again, Hill is hopeful that he'll play next season, but he doesn't know, I don't know, nobody knows. It may be more realistic to expect a return to health of forward Pat Garrity from knee surgery; his three-point shooting would come in handy. Turkoglu will be an able small forward whose passing skills should help Francis and Howard get good shots. It says here that Nelson will be a starter in this league; it's just a matter of whether it will be in Orlando.
9. Golden State Warriors
2003-04 RECORD: 37-45, did not make playoffs
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: F Andris Bierdins (1st round, draft); G Derek Fisher (unrestricted free agent, Lakers); C Dale Davis (acquired from Portland)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: G Nick Van Exel (traded to Portland); F Brian Cardinal (signed with Memphis)
They finally gave Chris Mullin the keys to the car, and Mully hasn't wasted any time. He brought in Rod Higgins as his right-hand man, drafted big man Bierdins out of Latvia with the 11th pick and hired Stanford's Mike Montgomery as head coach. The last is the biggest gamble, but at least Mullin put solid assistants (Terry Stotts, Mario Elie) around him, and the NBA guys who worked with Montgomery on the World Championship team say he's got a chance. And Mullin is surrounding his young core of Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy with veterans from winning situations -- enter 0.4 hero Fisher, and Davis, whose been in the playoffs for most of the last decade. Giving Adonal Foyle $41 million is a reach, though, even if Dampier won't be retained. That should set up an interesting negotiation next summer with Dan Fegan, Dampier's agent -- and the rep for Murphy and Richardson, both of whom could be restricted free agents after next season. But Mullin isn't going to back down from a fight.
10. Phoenix Suns
2003-04 RECORD: 29-53, did not make playoffs.
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS: G Steve Nash (unrestricted free agent, Dallas)
SIGNIFICANT LOSSES: F Antonio McDyess (signed with Detroit)
We love Nasty Nash around here, but giving the 30-year-old $65 million, with his history of injury, is a major risk. Still, it's indicative that new owner Robert Sarver, after writing Jerry Colangelo a check for $400 million, is willing to spend money to win, and that's the biggest reason the Suns have reason to hope. Colangelo was always there with his checkbook, but it's been harder the last few years as he tried to walk a financial tightrope with the Diamondbacks, too. The offseason will be even better if the Clippers don't match Phoenix's offer sheet for Quentin Richardson, which would give the Suns a dynamic guard rotation with Nash and Joe Johnson. It would be the best three-man weave this side of what Dallas used to have. But the guess here is that Q will never see the Valley of the Sun. If that's true, the Suns will lose a player, but gain cap room that can still be put to use.
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Pepco Supports Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Program Provides Unique Educational and Athletic Training
Washington, D.C. – The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy is now open with the support of Pepco. The academy is a year-round educational and athletic facility designed to provide high-quality after-school and summer learning programs for boys and girls in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.
"At the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, we believe deeply in the power of sport to positively influence young people, enhance their academic performance, and contribute to long, healthy, and productive lives," said Tal Alter, executive director, Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.
"In part due to Pepco's pioneering support, the Academy has been able to hit the ground running in providing programs for D.C. youth that use baseball and softball to contribute to these outcomes. We are extremely grateful to Pepco for sharing in our vision, and we look forward to the impact we can make together."
Academy creative programming, based on nationally acclaimed models, will help boys and girls develop a passion for and skill in the game of baseball, improve their English language, arts, science and mathematics skills, be physically active and learn about nutrition and how to cook healthy foods.
"Pepco is really pleased to be part of this wonderful experience created for youths, as well as our partnership with the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, and we are proud that we could provide support," said Donna Cooper, Pepco, Region president.
The program ultimately allows boys and girls to grow through the years with an organization committed to their success.
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