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Bad sequel: C's repeat their horrific Game 1, fall again to Knicks in Game 2 | 04.23.13 at 10:39 pm ET |
NEW YORK — Another horrific second-half drought. Another very bad result for the Celtics.
Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points, NBA "Sixth Man of the Year" J.R. Smith added 19 while Raymond Felton (16 points) chipped in with several big drives to the basket, as the Knicks beat the Celtics, 87-71, in Game 2 Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. The series now shifts back to Boston with the Celtics, down 0-2, facing a virtual must-win on Friday night at TD Garden.
Paul Pierce scored 18 while Kevin Garnett added a double-double (12 points, 11 rebounds) for the Celtics, who suffered through another horrendous second-half drought, blowing a nine-point lead late in the first half to fall two games down to the Atlantic Division champs. After scoring just 25 points in the second half Saturday in Game 1, and eight in the fourth quarter, the Celtics scored just 11 points in the third quarter and finished the second half with just 23 points, the lowest second-half scoring output in team playoff history since the introduction of the shot clock.
The Celtics appeared to have momentum early. They built a 20-15 lead in the first quarter on Jason Terry's first field goal of the series. After going 0-for-5 in Game 1, Terry's 3-pointer was the first of three treys in the first half. But the Knicks then ran off the next 12 points, closing the first quarter on an 11-0 run, thanks in part to a troubling turn at the end of the period.
Smith hit a jumper with 6.8 seconds left to put the Knicks up 23-20. Pierce committed a turnover and the Knicks found Smith, who drained a 36-foot three at the buzzer, putting the Knicks up 26-20.
After the Knicks went up 27-20, the Celtics answered with the next 11 points as Terry led a resurgent bench. When Pierce hit a 12-foot turnaround with 1:02 left in the second quarter, Boston had its biggest lead, 48-39. That would be the last time the Celtics had control.
The Knicks scored the final three points as another Pierce turnover kept Boston from building momentum at the half. As hot as the Celtics were in shooting 11-of-18 from the field in the second quarter, the Knicks were just as cold, making just 4-of-17 shots.
Those three points at the end of the first half started a remarkable turnaround for New York. Iman Shumpert hit a pair of threes to open the third quarter as the Knicks exploded on a 29-6 run. Before the third quarter was over, the Knicks had outscored the Celtics 32-11, building their lead up to 15, 74-59, heading into the fourth. It was a complete role reversal for the two teams in the third, as the Celtics made just 4-of-18 while the Knicks were blazing hot, converting 12-of-17 from the field.
Pierce rattled in a three with 9:47 to cut New York's lead down to 11, 76-65. Jordan Crawford hit a jumper over Steve Novak with 9:15 left and Boston trimmed the deficit to single digits, 76-67.
Following a Knicks timeout, Anthony hit a shot over Garnett with 8:56 left to put the Knicks up, 78-67. After two Garnett free throws, it was Anthony again with a jumper. The Garden crowd exploded when Felton fed Smith with 7:52 left for an alley-oop dunk putting New York ahead, 82-69. After Garnett picked up his fifth foul with 6:28 left, Felton hit a mid-range jumper at the free throw line to put New York up, 84-69.
Pierce and Garnett came out with just over four minutes left as the Celtics conceded their second straight playoff loss in New York. With the Knicks up, 2-0, the series shifts to Boston for Game 3 Friday night at 8 p.m. at TD Garden. Game 4 will also be played in Boston (Sunday, 1 p.m.).
For more from Mike Petraglia with the Celtics in New York, visit the Celtics team page at weei.com/celtics.
Tuesday shootaround: Jeff Green says C's 'can still play good without force-feeding' Kevin Garnett | at 11:45 am ET |
NEW YORK — Jeff Green isn't necessarily buying into the theory that the Celtics have to get Kevin Garnett involved on every possession he's on the court for the Celtics to have a chance of tying the series, 1-1.
"I think we have one of the best coaches [Doc Rivers] in the league who can figure out the adjustment and how we can still play good without force-feeding [Garnett]," Green said Tuesday morning prior to the team's shootaround at Madison Square Garden.
But Green added later that an established Garnett in the post will clearly increase the chances of Boston walking out of MSG with a victory in Game 2 Tuesday night.
"Well, to make it easier for him in the post, I've got to continue to be aggressive off the dribble, trying to get to get to the rim, because if I do that it's going to take a man [to guard me] in the post and open up a lane for Kevin," Green said.
Green scored a team-high 26 points and played nearly 46 minutes in Saturday's Game 1 loss to the New York Knicks. Rivers Green also said he needs to work through the fatigue to remain productive. Green scored 20 points in the first half but only six in the second half as the Celtics offense went cold. Green split time with Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass in guarding Carmelo Anthony, who scored 36 but needed 29 shots to do so.
"I just have to do it. I have to play through the fatigue," Green said. "I have to continue to look for mine, basically. There's no excuses now. I want to be out there. I want to compete. I want to play against the best. I want to guard Carmelo. I want to do it all. It's something I just have to get through.
"Just continue to be more aggressive in the open court, that's about it. Defensively, continue to make everything for Carmelo tough, keep him off the offensive boards and get all the 50-50 plays."
Green is confident that if he remains aggressive, the offensive – and points – will continue to flow for him.
"I got to the free throw line," said Green, who made all seven free throws Saturday. "I made a couple of shots outside on the perimeter to get me going and I got some layups in transition. That's how you get yourself going. That's how you get a rhythm."
Told that Anthony feels this is a "must-win" game for the Knicks before the series shifts to Boston for Game 3 Friday, Green said Boston feels the same way.
"Every game is a must-win game," Green said. "It's the playoffs. That's the only way you can move on is to win. We go into every game thinking it's a must-win."
Jordan Crawford: 'I was trying to make sure I made my first shot' | 04.22.13 at 3:18 pm ET |
NEW YORK — On the same day he received a first-place vote for the NBA "Sixth Man" award (awarded to New York's J.R. Smith), Jordan Crawford was insistent on one thing Monday, he wanted his first shot in a playoff game to go in.
"I was trying to make sure I made my first shot," Crawford repeated several times when asked why, for the first time in his career, he didn't even attempt a shot when playing at least 10 minutes in a game. That's exactly what happened during Saturday's Game 1 loss to the Knicks.
The irony was not lost on coach Doc Rivers, who put Crawford in for his explosive scoring ability. Rivers actually wants to play Crawford more in Game 2 and that means Crawford needs to get over his pursuit for perfection and worry about putting up big numbers for a bench that didn't register a single field goal in Game 1 and was outscored, 33-4.
"I thought Jordan should have played more in the second half," Rivers said. "It's funny, he didn't score, but he created baskets. He created that [Jeff Green] three at the end of the [first quarter] because he has the ability to do that. And, I'll tell you, he's buying in defensively and if he can continue to do that, then he has a chance to help us."
Crawford was acquired from the Wizards at the NBA trade deadline in February, with the hope that he could provide some instant offense to a team that had just lost Rajon Rondo and was watching as Jason Terry went through a prolonged slump.
"Play my game, the game I continue to play that got me here that Doc Rivers wants me to play," Crawford said. "So I'm just trying to help them win any way…Just be precise, don't second guess nothing, be precise. Whatever you think to do, do it quick. If you make a mistake, do it hard."
As for his other big first – an NBA playoff game – Crawford said he didn't feel overwhelmed or overmatched.
"I really wanted to see if it was any different, if the intensity picked up or anything. But it's pretty much the same, games just matter more," he said.
Rivers made a point of saying how much he appreciated Crawford's self control in his NBA playoff debut.
"I thought he was good. He stayed in his lane, let's put it that way," Rivers said. "He didn't go outside of it. And usually guys in their first game, young guys do one or the other. They don't do anything, and I thought he did far better than that. Or they try to do too much. I thought he was pretty much under control, emotionally."
Maybe, as it turned out, too much.
J.R. Smith wins NBA 'Sixth Man' award, Jordan Crawford gets a first-place vote, finishes seventh | at 2:31 pm ET |
NEW YORK — The Celtics got an up-close and personal look at just how dangerous J.R. Smith can be off the New York bench on March 26.
He scored 32 points and powered the Knicks to a 100-85 win, a victory that was part of New York's 13-game winning streak at the end of the season that propelled them toward the Atlantic Division title.
On Monday, Smith was honored as the 2012-13 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award as the league's best player in a reserve role. Smith, who came off the bench in all 80 games in which he appeared, led all reserves in scoring, averaging 18.1 points. Additionally, Smith added 5.3 rebounds per game, 2.7 assits and 1.3 steals in 33.5 minutes per game to a Knicks squad that went 54-28 and earned the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Smith received 484 of a possible 1,084 points, including 72 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers finished second with 352 points (31 first-place votes). Jarrett Jack of the Golden State Warriors finished third with 170 points (14 first-place votes).
Boston's Jordan Crawford received a first-place vote and finished seventh.
In order to be eligible for this award, players had to have come off the bench in more games than they started. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.
Smith, who led reserves in 30-point (seven) and 20-point games (29), became the first player with four 30-point games off bench in same month (March) since Ricky Pierce had four in November of 1990. He earned Player of the Week honors for games played March 25-31, leading the Knicks to a 4-0 record with averages of 29.8 points (second in the league), 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals. In Smith's 80 games, the Knicks enjoyed a +5.3 score differential with him on the court compared with +1.9 when he was on the bench. Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday notes: Celtics need a way to feed Kevin Garnett, get more out of Jason Terry, bench | 04.21.13 at 2:08 pm ET |
NEW YORK — The Celtics didn't practice Sunday. Instead, they hunkered down in a suite inside the Four Seasons Hotel in midtown Manhattan to go over the ugly details of their 85-78 loss to the Knicks in Game 1 Saturday afternoon.
Specifically, what happened in the final 13 minutes, 40 seconds when they scored exactly eight points.
Part of the issue, admitted coach Doc Rivers, was not efficiently feeding Kevin Garnett, and forcing it to him when he wasn't open, leading to the avalanche of turnovers that led to their demise.
'I thought, from an offensive standpoint, I didn't have a lot of different opportunities," Garnett said. "Obviously, I had shots and stuff. Some went down, some didn't. But I try not to let that predicate things or my level of play. I thought I moved the ball very well, got other guys open, was able to rebound obviously, trying to be as much of a force as I can on defense. In Game 2, I'd like to be a little more aggressive, obviously, but being consistent with the overall game.'
For the first time in his career, Jason Terry was held scoreless in a playoff game. But Terry was far from alone on an unproductive Boston bench. To Rivers, it was a case of something he likes to call "hero-ball" – where the ball stagnates and teammates watch as one player tries to generate something all by himself.
'We didn't do a good job with Terry [Saturday], especially in the second half, there were so many [isolations] that Jason has nothing to do with," Rivers said. "In the first half, Jason didn't score, but we ran that play with the pick-and-roll with him and Paul. We scored five times in a row because of Jason Terry's involvement, so I don't actually look at if he scored. I look at the points he created, and in the first half he created 12 points. In the second half, it was all ISOs. I mean, it's not us. We're not built that way.'
Courtney Lee provided the only four points (all on free throws) as Boston's reserves were outscored by New York's bench, 33-4. Boston didn't get a single field goal from their bench in the entire game.
'I'm looking for a better overall effort, whether it's the bench, whether it's the starters,' Paul Pierce said. 'The starters, you look, me and Jeff [Green] had 12 turnovers ' just us two. We have to be better, regardless of our bench. Overall as a team, we have to be better.'
Rivers acknowledged that he might look to shake up a bench rotation was limited solely to Terry, Jordan Crawford and Lee. Rivers said he would consider adding a big man to the rotation, either Shav Randolph or Chris Wilcox. Crawford played just 10 minutes, 46 seconds, including just over three minutes in the second half.
"I thought Jordan should have played more in the second half," Rivers said. "It's funny, he didn't score, but he created baskets. And, I'll tell you, he's buying in defensively and if he can continue to do that, then he has a chance to help us."
Speaking of the Four Seasons Hotel, that's also where Rivers' old friend Tom Thibodeau and Chicago Bulls are spending their weekend in the Big Apple. Their Saturday was even worse in Brooklyn as they were down by 25 at halftime and lost Game 1 at Barclays Center. They will play Game 2 Monday night in Brooklyn.
'It's not a good hotel today,' Rivers said in dark humor. 'Two losing teams, I think one should leave. This was a quiet, dark hotel last night. The New York area teams didn't treat the guests very well."
While Rivers expects the Celtics to execute better in Game 2 Tuesday night, he expects the same of the Knicks, who shot just 40.5 percent and had two starters (Tyson Chandler and Chris Copeland) who went scoreless. J.R. Smith, who torched the Celtics for 32 in late March at TD Garden, made just 7-of-19 shots and finished with 15.
'They're going to play better, too,' Rivers said. 'J.R. Smith missed a couple open 3s. [Steve] Novak didn't get involved. So we have to anticipate them playing way better, and then we have to play way better. And that's what, in the playoffs, you just have to anticipate that.'
The Celtics didn't practice Sunday but will on Monday at Madison Square Garden in advance of Game 2.
Jeff Green: 'We just got tired, I guess' | 04.20.13 at 8:29 pm ET |
NEW YORK — The numbers were so obviously bad no one could avoid them afterward.
Add them all up and you get Knicks 85, Celtics 78 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Madison Square Garden.
What did the Celtics have to say for themselves afterward?
"We turned the ball over a ton and I thought our spacing was horrendous in the second half," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. " I thought each guy held the ball and tried to make their own play and I talked about that before the game. That's not who we are. We can't be that way, and we tried to play that way in the second half. I really couldn't get them out of it, either, so that was disappointing.
"We had bad turnovers. If we had those turnovers in any game, you probably should lose the game, and we did."
Pierce: "Some [turnovers] were forced, some were just bonehead plays. We have got to have better execution. Everyone has to know where they've got to be on the floor. Everyone has to get to their spots, understand when we get to the fourth quarter, everyone has to be on the same page. Games are too big at this point for us to be at that point, especially in the playoffs down the stretch."
Green: "We just got tired, I guess. We just have to figure out a way to close out quarters and close out the game. We were in a great position to take over the game, to win the game. Turnovers killed us."
Turnover tale: Celtics drop Game 1 to Knicks | at 5:32 pm ET |
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony was just too much.
Anthony scored a game-high 36 points while J.R. Smith added 15 as the Knicks beat the Celtics, 85-78, Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series.
Jeff Green started out hot but scored just six points in the second half and finished with 26 while Paul Pierce added 20 for the Celtics, who committed 21 turnovers in falling down 1-0 in the series.
The Celtics scored just 25 points in the second half, including just eight in the fourth quarter. They had three more turnovers (10) in the second half than field goals (7).
After the Celtics scored the first four points of the game, the Knicks went on a 12-2 run as Anthony started off on fire. He hit a pair of threes and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field, scoring 10 points in the opening four minutes of the game. But the Celtics responded and quieted the crowd for the rest of the quarter, taking a 29-26 lead after one as Green drilled a three at the buzzer.
The Celtics turned up the defensive pressure on Anthony and the Knicks in the second quarter as Anthony missed nine of his next 11 shots from the floor. Coach Doc Rivers, meanwhile, took Green off Anthony defensively, allowing him to get into an offensive rhythm. The result was immediately felt. He scored 12 of his 20 first-half points in the second quarter as the Celtics took a 53-49 halftime lead. Green was on fire in the first half, going 7-of-10 from the field. Avery Bradley (11) and Paul Pierce (10, six assists) were the only other in double figures in the first 24 minutes.
The Knicks scored the first five points of the third quarter to regain the lead but the Celtics used an 11-1 run late in the third quarter to built their biggest lead, 70-63, capped off when Pierce hit a long pull-up three.
Kevin Garnett's turnaround over Kenyon Martin with just over eight minutes left tied the game, 72-72. Anthony responded on the next possession to give the Knicks the lead again.
Anthony hit a jumper over Green to put the Knicks up four, 76-72, before Pierce responded with a tough jumper with 6:03 left. But then, in a pivotal moment of the game, J.R. Smith drove to the basket and converted a layup with 5:44 left and drew the fifth foul on Kevin Garnett.
Pierce hit a jumper with 4:34 to close Boston within three, 79-76. But on consecutive possessions the Knicks missed open looks at threes and the Celtics were unable to execute offensively. Anthony's layup with 2:31 left put New York up, 81-76.
Smith had a key steal of an Bradley pass to Pierce with just under four minutes left but Raymond Felton missed a wide-open three. Pierce missed a three that would have tied the game with just over three minutes left. Anthony hit a long two-point jumper over Green with 1:21 left to give the Knicks an 83-76 lead.
Game 2 is Tuesday night back at Madison Square Garden at 8 p.m. before the series shifts back to Boston next Friday. For complete coverage from Madison Square Garden, visit the Celtics team page at weei.com/celtics.
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Courtney Alexis Stodden's mom offers TMI about her daughter and new son-in-law!
16-year-old Courtney Alexis Stodden has made headlines by getting married to 51-year-old Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison, and now her mother is speaking out — and she couldn't be more proud!
Krista Stodden thinks the union is totally perfect, she tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.
"We are totally supportive of this marriage," she says. "Doug is a wonderful man and we love him."
She then went on to shower her daughter with plenty of pseudo-creepy compliments.
"They are very much in love and we are so supportive of this," Krista says. "Courtney was a virgin when she married Doug. She is a good Christian girl. She is a beautiful girl. She has real breasts, real lips, she's not plastic."
And by the way, these two aren't breaking the law with their marriage! "Shockingly it is legal," says top NYC divorce attorney Vikki Ziegler. "However generally you must have one parent or a legal guardian be present at the ceremony or a notarized document for the individual who is 16-years-old to get a marriage license. If you're under 16, marriage can only be authorized under a court order. If the parents refuse to sign or give their permission then perhaps a court would intervene. Courts unless there is a crime alleged or committed generally do not step in."
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this is sad to see she will probably be scarred for life i no i was i was sexxually abused by my brother and sissters dad and my mom didnt care when i told police she denied even though i proved andshowed memoreys and proof that i was abused around age 6 to 8 but now im messed up in the head and will never trust guys because i think they will leave or want a younger girl for rest of my life isnt that sad say no to pedos lock them up because they didnt lock him up and it hurts because he is married to another woman now she has little daughters and 3 boys and im 17 now
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move on-dont let this define you! u are young enough to make yr life!as for wanting younger girl …hello you are a young girl! stop looking to men to make or break you.
make yourself school education= good job and independence!
you rely on yrself and in the fture when ready look twice before you leap…nice guys arounds- dont give it up too easy …nice guy will wait!dont undervalue yrself!
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this is just sick i think any guy marying a girl under 17 and they are over18 is sick she is a kid its gross and a pedophile dont yell at me but if she gets older he will prob dump her is all imsaying cuss idk its sickand wrong for guys to like young girls grow up u fuking old pedos
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A) Ewww. He's a perve. (SHE'S UNDERAGE!)
B) "Good Christian girl"? Posing almost nude isn't exactly Biblical.
These are two fame-hungry, lost people, but the parents are the saddest part. That's they're little girl they're letting sleep with a grown man. That's so sick it's unreal.
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PAGE, Ariz. (Oct 1, 2010) – Page Hospital is pleased to join other patient-centered organizations from around the world in commemorating the fourth annual Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month in October.
Page Hospital will engage in a variety of activities designed to empower patients, strengthen their patient-centered practices, publicly proclaim their commitment to patient-centered care, and reflect on their efforts to transform the healthcare experience. The public is invited to join the celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 5 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Page Hospital
The theme of Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month this year is "transforming the healthcare experience for patients, through communication." A butterfly logo reinforces that while the process of transformation is gradual and at times challenging, with patience, creativity and perseverance, the results can be beautiful, vibrant and uplifting.
"We certainly hope that when patients and their loved ones come to Page Hospital, they feel safe, secure and well cared for," said CEO Sandy Haryasz. "But we consider these the minimum expectations for care. As a hospital committed to providing patient-centered care, we want patients who come to Page Hospital to expect more. We want them to expect to be treated as partners in their own care. We want them to expect ample information about their treatment in language they can understand. And we want them to expect that when they go home, they will feel prepared to confidently manage their healthcare needs. This Patient-Centered Care Awareness Month campaign is an opportunity for us to reinforce to our patients and their families what they can anticipate from us as a patient-centered hospital."
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Animals gain just as well on tall fescue infected with toxin-free endophytes as on endophyte-free varieties – and stand persistence may be better.
That's according to University of Arkansas researchers. They grazed beef steers in three groups. One group consumed fescue containing toxin-free, also called novel, endophytes. Another group grazed endophyte-free fescue, and the third group was on fescue with toxin-producing endophytes.
Average daily weight gains from novel endophytes were the same as those of endophyte-free fescue and nearly double those of toxic fescue. Early results also show that novel endophytes tended to improve stand persistence over endophyte-free fescue.


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EAPS PhD candidate Li Zhang was awarded Dissertation Research Fellowship Award 2014-2015 by the Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education. This award will be used to support her dissertation research activity in China in Spring 2015. Her dissertation is on the strategies international branch campuses use to gain acceptance and support from different stakeholders in China. This research aims to understand forms of legitimacy in a non-Western context. | |
Valverde delivers keynote inaugural address at national policy forum in Uruguay. July 28th. At the invitation of the Ministry of Education and with the sponsorship of the United States Embassy in Uruguay, Dr. Gilbert Valverde, EAPS associate professor and IGEPS senior researcher, delivered the keynote opening address at a policy forum organized by the Uruguayan government and the United Nations Development Programme. Dr. Valverde's address, entitled "Challenges in Curriculum and Evaluation Policy: Contributions to the Policy Debate in Uruguay", opened a three-day forum launching a major new initiative in curriculum reform for primary and secondary schools in Uruguay. |
Kevin Kinser and Jason Lane Post new Worldwise Blog EAPS Chair Kevin Kinser and Associate Professor Jason Lane write about the impact on local cultures of importing foreign higher education in their latest Chronicle of Higher Education Worldwise blog. In the post, "Can Overseas Branch Campuses Reflect Local Values?" they discuss the impact of international education activities in Africa over the last 50 years, and how education must connect to homegrown demands to be successful. Click here to read the blog, and also to see previous Worldwise posts. |
Professor Valverde Delivers Public Lecture in Buenos Aires, Argentina EAPS professor and IGEPS Senior Researcher, Gilbert Valverde, delivered a public lecture at the invitation of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entitled "Latin America's Open Agenda in Teacher Evaluation" – Dr. Valverde addressed the growing interest in teacher evaluation in the Latin America, coming from such politically diverse countries as Ecuador, Mexico and Chile, and addressed the technical and policy challenges such evaluations pose for countries such as Argentina, and the Province of Buenos Aires, which have nascent efforts in this area. |
Leventhal to Serve as Senior Advisor for AIEA New Mentorship Program Professor Mitch Leventhal has accepted an invitation from the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), and has agreed to participate in their new mentorship program as a "Senior Advisor". For the next year, Dr. Leventhal will lead focused discussions among SIOs (and equivalents) from four institutions: Kansas State University, Dominican University, Stetson University Law School, and LCI Language Centers (an accredited for-profit). These discussions are already proving very interesting in honing in on issues of interest for a potential senior leadership program. |
Kevin Kinser on the Australian program Rear Vision EAPS Chair Dr. Kevin Kinser was featured in a radio program on the market for higher education in Australia. He talked about for-profit higher education and the lessons that Australia should take from recent experience in the United States. Listen to the broadcast and read the transcript here. |
Meyer Receives NEH Award Albany, NY (May 28, 2014) - Dr. Heinz-Dieter Meyer, associate professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) award to support two months of uninterrupted writing in completion of his book "The Institutional Design of the University: German, American, Global." |
State Governments Leverage Higher Education in International Engagement Jason Lane and colleagues Taya Owens and Patrick Ziegler co-authored a Rockefeller Institute of Government report analyzing the emerging role that states play in promoting the internationalization of higher education institutions. Through these efforts, the researchers suggest, colleges and universities engaged in international activity strengthen economic development and public diplomacy. Research assistants include EAPS doctoral students Kelly Hermann, Jill Lansing, Dante Salto, Ruirui Sun, and Gloria Zambrano. The report can be accessed here. |
Innovative Financing for Global Education Taya Louise Owens, EAPS PhD student, co-authored a Open Society Foundations Working Paper series report on innovative financing in education, a comprehensive yet practical analysis of the current state of innovative financing in global education. This report was developed with Robert Filipp, Leonard Lerer, and Diego Filmus at the CEU Summer School 2012. |
EAPS PhD student and OAS fellowship holder Dante J. Salto has won competitive admission and a full scholarship for the 2014 Central European University - Summer University program on Innovative Financing for Education.This summer school brings world-class scholars, advanced graduate students and development professionals in education financing together with state-of-the-art instruments for a five-day course. In previous years, EAPS PhD students, Lina Uribe, Ruirui Sun, Taya L. Owens have also been selected to participate in CEU's Summer program. More information is available at http://www.summer.ceu.hu/innovfinancing-2014 |
EAPS doctoral student Odilbek Kattaev attended the 1st Annual Conference on Central Asian Languages and Linguistics at Indiana University in May. He presented a poster on "Low-Level Learners and Study Abroad: A Case Study," based on his work in Arizona State University's 'hybrid' summer Uzbek program, which combines intensive coursework in the U.S. and in Uzbekistan. For more information about conference click here . For information about the Arizona State University program, click here |
Alan France, first deputy Rector at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan visited EAPS from April 30 to May 2 to meet C-BERT and EAPS faculty and students to discuss the challenges facing international education management. He also gave a presentation on the role of partnerships in transitional environments. More information about WUIT can be found at www.westminster.uz |
Elizabeth vonWurmb, EAPS PhD 2013 graduate, presented a paper at The Global Learning Alliance 2014 Conference, which took place at Teachers College Columbia University in NYC April 8-10. The paper, "Assessing Musical Capacities: 21st Century Skill Acquisition Through the Learning of Instrumental Music in the K-12 Setting," extends dissertation work done at UA with Dr. Alan P. Wagner. Dr. vonWurmb is the K-12 Fine Arts Coordinator in the Clarkstown Central School System. |
Ben Wildavsky on CNN.com EAPS Policy Professor Ben Wildavsky writes about the need for a standard measure of student learning in an article on CNN.com. To read the full article, please click here. |
EAPS PhD student Michelle Feder and EAPS professor Dr Hal Lawson have each received The 2014 President's Award for Exemplary Community Engagement. Michelle also received the President's Award for Leadership. Join us in congratulating Michelle and Hal for gaining these prestigious honors! |
Dr. Aaron Benavot has been appointed as the new director of the Education for All Global Monitoring report. He will be taking a one-year leave of absence from the University to take up the position at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. For more information, click here. |
Heinz-Dieter Meyer, Associate Professor of EAPS, received a National Endowment for the Humanities award to support two months of uninterrupted writing in completion of his book "The Institutional Design of the University: German, American, Global." The competitive award carries a stipend of 6000 dollars to be used by the recipient towards defraying research and writing related costs. Meyer's book, which he expects to finish by January 2015, is under contract with Routledge. |
Gilbert Valverde and Renzo Roncagliolo Evaluating United States Education Development Assistance to the Dominican Republic EAPS Associate Professor and Director of the Educational Evaluation Research Consortium, Gilbert Valverde, and EAPS doctoral alumnus Renzo Roncagliolo are working at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, on the monitoring and evaluation of a $16.7 million dollar project to strengthen primary school outcomes in Mathematics and Literacy. Responding to the findings of a prior $2 million dollar grant to Professor Valverde, which conducted a nationally representative longitudinal study of primary school learning in Mathematics and Reading in the Dominican Republic (the first of its kind ever conducted in Latin America), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated the Effective Schools Program in partnership with the PUCMM. Dr. Valverde, assisted by Dr. Roncagliolo, directs the monitoring and evaluation of this multi-million dollar investment by the American people. (In the photo: Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation of the PUCMM, Professor Sarah González de Lora; Dr Valverde and Dr. Roncagliolo). |
Kevin Kinser Quoted in The New Republic EAPS Associate Professor and Chair Dr. Kevin Kinser was quoted in the New Republic article "Obama Is Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges—And Liberals Should Applaud Him for It". To read the full article, please click here. |
Dante J. Salto, EAPS PhD student, publishes in a special issue on higher education governance Governance through the market and the state: Postgraduate education in Argentina" appears in the special issue of Bordon: Journal of Education edited by Hugo Casanova Cardiel and Roberto Rodriguez Gomez. The special issue brings together some of the best- known Latin Americanists in the study of higher education. The article addresses the growing role of both market and state coordination in university governance at the graduate level in Argentina, Dante's dissertation topic. To view the full article, please click here. |
EAPS welcomes our newest faculty member: Dr Mitch Leventhal joins us as a Professor of Professional Practice and Entrepreneurship from his former position as SUNY Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs. Leventhal has had extensive experience in the private sector and is an international leader in the area of global higher education management. His interests include global strategy, risk management, private equity flows, entrepreneurship, and cross-border mobility in higher education. |
Sanford H. Levine Fellowship 2012-13 and 2013-14 Recipients: Jill Crombie-Borgos (2012-13), Mrs. Sanford H. Levine, Leigh Yannuzzi (2013-14) & Jason Toole via Skype, stationed in Alaska (2012-13) Sanford H. Levine served a distinguished career in Higher Education Law and Policy, as counsel to the State University of New York and as professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies. In 2011, the Levine family, former colleagues and friends established a Fellowship in the name of Sanford H. Levine. The Fellowship recognizes doctoral students who have demonstrated evidence and show promise of leadership, service and commitment to higher education and policy. Those named Fellows receive support for conduct and completion of the doctoral project and or engagement in a professional development activity. |
Dr. Gilbert A. Valverde, faculty member in EAPS and senior researcher with the Department's Institute for Global Education Policy Studies (IGEPS), delivers his Presidential Address at the 58th Annual Meeting of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in Toronto, Canada on March 12, 2014. His address will also be published in the Comparative Education Review later this year. Dr. Valverde was elected President of the CIES, the oldest and largest scholarly society in the field, for the year 2013-14. In his address, entitled Educational Quality: Global Politics, Comparative Inquiry, and Opportunities to Learn, Dr. Valverde explores the global and domestic agents, regimes and structures that promote and embody policy concerned with educational quality and considers the challenges for scholarship and practice that these pose for Comparative and International Education. Click here to see the Presidential Address powerpoint |
EAPS congratulates Professor Dr. Hal A. Lawson for receiving the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Review of Research Award for his article "New Conceptual Frameworks for Student Engagement Research, Policy, and Practice." This award will be presented at the Awards Luncheon at the 2014 AERA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. |
EAPS congratulates Distinguished Professor Dr. Daniel C. Levy for receiving the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Higher Education SIG award for Lifetime Contribution to the field. The award will be presented at the CIES conference in Toronto, Canada, on 12 March 2014. |
EAPS PhD student Leigh Yannuzzi has been accepted to participate in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division K Graduate Student Seminar scheduled in conjunction with the Annual AERA Conference April 2nd and 3rd. |
EAPS Doctoral Student Christine Farrugia Won the Harold Josephson Award EAPS doctoral student Christine Farrugia has been named the 2014 recipient of the Harold Josephson Award for her outstanding graduate work in international education by The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). The award will be presented at the 2014 AIEA Conference in Washington DC on February 18. More about the award can be found here. |
Daniel Levy Quoted in The New York Times EAPS Distinguished Professor Dr. Daniel C. Levy was quoted in The New York Times article "A Testing Time for Private Schools in Eastern Europe". To read the full article, please click here. |
Kevin Kinser Quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education EAPS Associate Professor and Chair Dr. Kevin Kinser was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education article "For-Profit Colleges' Winter Meeting Focuses on Employment". To read the full article, please click here. |
EAPS Doctoral Student Dante J. Salto Awarded Prestigious Fellowship After a highly competitive selection process, the Organization of American States (OAS) has awarded a doctoral scholarship to Dante J. Salto. "The OAS academic scholarship program is intended to support the completion of advanced university degrees and foster intercultural exchange for an equitable number of outstanding candidates from each OAS Member State each year." More info can be found here. |
Kevin Kinser Quoted in Jerusalem Post NewspaperEAPS Associate Professor and Chair Dr. Kevin Kinser was quoted in the Jerusalem Post article After Brandeis and Syracuse, a US school decides to stay with Al-Quds. To read the full article, please click here. |
Kay Hinds-Skeete Appointed Senior Programme Officer in the Board of Undergraduate Studies, University of the West IndiesOur EAPS current Ph.D candidate Kay Hinds-Skeete (Thompson by marriage), has just been appointed Senior Programme Officer, Quality Assurance, in the Board of Undergraduate Studies, University of the West Indies, with responsibility for Cave Hill Campus. Kay is ABD, EAPS, Higher Education specialization, and has until now been Acting Senior Tutor (Head), Division of Commerce at the Barbados Community College. |
Kevin Kinser and Jason Lane published a chapter in the new book The Development of Higher Education in Africa: Prospects and Challenges.This volume addresses the fact that the global education revolution of the 20th century resulted in massive developments in education worldwide, but the higher education sector throughout Africa remains surprisingly underdeveloped. This book addresses the perceived and real gap in research productivity and scholarly reputation between African higher education and higher education systems in other parts of the world with rigorous in-depth analysis and discussion. Kevin Kinser and Jason Lane contributed a chapter titled Cross-Border Higher Education in Africa: Collaboration and Competition. To view the table of contents, please click here. |
Prof. Liu Baocun and Dr. Teng Jun from Beijing Normal University paid a visit to our department on Oct. 7. Prof. Liu Baocun gave an informal talk on comparative and international education development in China. |
Dr. Silvina Gvirtz, our EAPS visiting professor, was featured in an interview in the Huffington Post. Click here to read the interview. Dr. Silvina Gvirtz is General Executive Director of the Conectar Igualdad, a program that distributes notebook computers to all secondary school students in Argentina. She also serves as Professor at the Universidad de San Martín, Visiting Professor in the School of Education at UAlbany-SUNY and researcher in the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) in Argentina. Between December 2011 and August 2012, she was the Minister of Education of the Province of Buenos Aires. |
Aaron Benavot, EAPS Professor of Global Education Policy, was invited to give two presentations at the International Experts' Meeting held at UNESCO's International Bureau of Education in Geneva, Switzerland on 23-25 September 2013. The 27 leading policy-makers, educators, curriculum specialists and researchers attending the meeting discussed a range of key curricular issues, research priorities and development trends in different regions in the world. |
Jason Lane Featured on National Higher Education Radio ShowDr. Jason Lane, deputy director for research, was featured on a national public broadcasting radio program, The Best of Our Knowledge, speaking about Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers, a book he co-edited with former SUNY Chancellor D. Bruce Johnstone. Lane and Johnstone's book is one of the fastest selling ever in the history of SUNY Press. This interview, and others being done by Dr. Lane, is part of an overall Rockefeller Institute campaign to illuminate the importance of the connection between higher education and economic development. To listen to the interview, go to http://wamc.org/post/best-our-knowledge-1199. |
This weekend on New York NOW Dr. Jason Lane, the Deputy Director of Research at the Rockefeller Institute of Government was featured. He is the co-editor of the book 'Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers,' a publication that measures the role of higher education in their surrounding communities. Click here to view a preview of the interview. |
Professors Kevin Kinser and Jason Lane write about India's new regulations for international branch campuses in their latest Chronicle of Higher Education blog. |
Drs Dan Levy and Kevin Kinser, as well as EAPS graduate Prachayani Praphamontripong, contributed to a new volume on the financing of higher educationJust published by Routledge Press, the book, edited by Donald Heller and Claire Callender, documents the changes in higher education financing around the world as governments increasingly require students and their families to pay for education, in addition to the emergence of a substantial private sector within the higher education systems of many countries. |
Prof. Gilbert Valverde hosts delegation of Evaluation and Standards Policymakers from Uruguay.At the invitation of the US Embassy in Uruguay and the US Department of State, Professor Gilbert Valverde hosted a delegation of government policy makers in evaluation and standards from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education, the National Administration of Public Education, and the newly created National Institute for Education Evaluation. In Uruguay, weaknesses in the public education system are high profile issues as rising dissatisfaction with the quality of the schools and instruction that children are receiving, particularly in rural schools, has put pressure on the government to improve education across all levels. The delegation came to discuss with Professor Valverde, an expert in both Latin American and international evaluation and standards policies and current President of the Comparative and International Education Society, topics including educational indicators, evidenced-based policymaking, teacher evaluation and educational research policies. Joining in the informal conversation were EAPS colleagues Drs. Alan Wagner, James Butterworth (Executive Director of CASDA, the Capital Area School Development Association) and doctoral candidate Ms. Gloria Zambrano. |
PISA, Power and Policy: the emergence of global educational governanceDrs. Heinz-Deiter Meyer and Aaron Benavot have co-edited the most recent volume of the Oxford Studies in Comparative Education series. The book scrutinizes the role of PISA in the emerging regime of global educational governance and questions the presumption that the quality of a nation's school system can be evaluated through a standardized assessment that is insensitive to the world's vast cultural and institutional diversity. This edited volume includes research by EAPS faculty Meyer, Benavot, Kathryn Schiller and doctoral student, Taya Owens. |
Professor Hal Lawson received the National Cooperative Leadership Award.The National School Development Council has bestowed one of its two National Cooperative Leadership Awards on Professor Hal A. Lawson. This award recognizes outstanding, national leadership, including demonstrated success in improving school leadership preparation and practice, facilitating collaboration with educational partners, and investing in research frameworks that benefit educational practice. Professor Lawson was honored at the Capital School Development Association's annual award dinner, April 16, 2013. |
Prof. Jason Lane and several EAPS doctoral students discussed foreign university partnerships with members of the Duke Kunshan University Preparatory Group in China.EAPS and the Cross-Border Education Research Team (C-BERT) hosted members of the team who helped establish Duke's branch campus in Kunshan China. Bruce Jiang, Gary Zhang, and Patricia Song talked with Professor Jason Lane and EAPS students Ruirui Sun, Li Zhang, and Patrick Ziegler about foreign university partnerships in China as well as the current trends in cross-border education worldwide. |
EAPS doctoral student, Paulina Berrios, has won Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Research Abroad Award.This award allowed Berrios to conduct dissertation fieldwork in her native country during the fall 2012. This international award is part of the SYLFF fellowship program that supports graduate students in humanities and social sciences from 69 universities and consortia in 44 countries. "The Sylff program aims to identify and nurture leaders who will overcome differences such as nationality, language, ethnicity, religion, and political systems to tackle global issues, and whose high integrity and drive to address issues unique to their respective countries can make a real difference". As a result of her research abroad, Berrios now share her experiences in a featured article at the SYLFF program website. |
NAFSA Announces Kevin Kinser as Senior Fellow in Internationalization.Kevin Kinser has been named a NAFSA Senior Fellow for Internationalization. NAFSA is the largest professional association dedicated to international education. Kinser will join seven other Fellows to help NAFSA identify and define the key cutting-edge topics the association should be addressing to foster internationalization dialogue. |
Dr. Kathryn Schiller co-authored a recently published NCES Mathematics Curriculum Study.Dr. Kathryn Schiller has co-authored a recently published NCES Mathematics Curriculum Study, which explored the relationship between coursetaking and achievement by examining the content and challenge of two mathematics courses taught in the nation's public high schools—algebra I and geometry. This study analyzed textbook information and usage as a means to explain the apparent disconnect between coursetaking and achievement. |
Dr. Johanna Hakala, a visiting Finnish Fulbright Scholar with EAPS for March and April 2013.Dr. Johanna Hakala is a Finnish Fulbright Scholar visiting two U.S. universities in spring 2013: North Carolina State University (Jan-Feb) and SUNY/Albany (March-April). Her Fulbright project concerns strategies for research development and their implementation, recruitment and tenure track policies, and leadership in U.S. public universities. |
Institutions & Societies: a graduate student conference at Rockefeller CollegeSEA Change and GAPS are hosting a graduate student conference March 1 at the Rockefeller College campus. Students from 9 social science programs will present current research papers in an interdisciplinary format. The conference is designed to provide constructive criticism for graduate students preparing papers to present at national conferences; foster and encourage interdisciplinary engagements; and, build a broader sense of community among UAlbany graduate students. Register here. |
Professor Aaron Benavot Gave the Valedictory Address at The Comparative Education Society of India (CESI)The Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), as part of its annual conference held at the University of Jammu in October of 2012, invited EAPS Professor Aaron Benavot to give the Valedictory Address, entitled, "International education policy targets in the post-2015 Period: Past trends, future scenarios." |
Marcellus Taylor Spoke at Bahamas Business Outlook SeminarOur own doctoral candidate, Marcellus Taylor, Deputy Director of Education for Planning and Development in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in the Bahamas spoke on the topic of "The Interrelations between Education and Society in the 22nd annual Bahamas Business Outlook (BBO) seminar in The Bahamas". |
CIES Annual Conference: New Orleans March 10-15, 2013The Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the annual Comparative and International Education Society's annual conference. |
Maria Ishaq Khan got 2011-12 World Fellowship AwardPlease join the department of EAPS in congratulating our own Maria Ishaq Khan as a 2011-12 World Fellowship Award recipient. |
International visitor to EAPS DepartmentDra. Malva Uribe Rivera Is visiting EAPS and its ICATA (International Curriculum and Textbook Archive) and EERC (Educational Evaluation Research Consortium) from September 20 to 28. |
Christine Farrugia Authors Policy BriefEAPS student and C-BERT member Christine Farrugia has authored a policy brief for the Al Qasimi Foundation. |


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In discussing the Seahawks' running backs, the best place to start is where it all starts.
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Workhorse doesn't begin to describe Lynch's impact on – and importance to – the Seahawks' offense. It also isn't the best description of Lynch, who can be Clydesdale or thoroughbred on any given run, and often morphs from one to the other on the same run.
Where would the Seahawks be without everything Lynch brings? Sherman Smith just smiles when asked that question. The franchise's original running back who now coaches the position can smile because he doesn't have to ponder life without Lynch. Instead, he's working on how life can be even better for Lynch, the offense and the entire team as the Seahawks will begin preparing next Monday to defend the Super Bowl title they won in February.
The lynchpin of Smith's self-scouting sessions that followed the 43-8 romp over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII was Lynch. And for the obvious reasons.
"Marshawn is a special athlete," Smith said. "I'm not going to take him for granted and I don't think anyone in this building takes him for granted. He's special. He's different.
"And the other guys know that Marshawn is the guy."
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Last season, Smith challenged Lynch to be even better than he was in 2012, when he produced a career-best 1,590 rushing yards and also scored 12 touchdowns. And Lynch was up to the challenge, scoring a career-high 14 touchdowns, catching the second-most passes (36) of his seven-season NFL career and also producing his second-highest yardage total (1,257).
"Marshawn was more consistent and did things better," Smith said. "He took care of the football better (four fumbles, compared to five in 2012). He had a lot of impactful plays for us. So I just saw him improving in all aspects of the game."
But for Smith, the real proof was in Lynch's pass protection.
"The thing I challenged Marshawn with was, 'You've got Beast Mode running, now I want you to be Beast Mode in pass protection,' " Smith said. "As I told him, 'You can't be a Beast Mode runner and then in pass protection you're soft.' That doesn't correlate, and he understood that."
This offseason, the goal remains the same for Lynch and the other backs on the roster: Be better than you were last season.
Because of Lynch's productivity and durability, there are limited opportunities for the other backs. Robert Turbin, a fourth-round draft choice in 2012, had 77 carries for 264 yards in his role of giving Lynch an occasional respite. Because of Lynch's productivity and Turbin's dependability, second-round draft choice Christine Michael got 18 carries during his rookie season, when he was inactive for six games and did not play in six of the games where he was active.
That's not an indication that Turbin and Michael aren't good enough to carry the load, it's a fact of life that comes with having a back like Lynch in front of them.
As for Michael, you had to see him in practice during the week to understand why the Seahawks decided to use their top draft pick last year on a player at a position where they already had Lynch and Turbin.
"For Christine, it's just the development that he has to go through," Smith said. "You see the physical part of his game, there's no question about that. It's the mental part where most guys have to develop."
At fullback, Derrick Coleman is poised to enter the season as the starter after making the switch from running back last offseason.
"Derrick is going to develop," said Smith, who saw an NFL-caliber blocking back in the former college running back last year before many even knew Coleman's name. "He has shown he's got a willingness to block. He's smart. This is a guy who can play two positions, and then there are his contributions on special teams.
"This is a guy who's only going to get better. He's going to be a good one. I'm fired up about D.C."


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- Dolphins sometimes blow bubbles at herds of fish just for entertainment.
- Ben the Labrador retriever was known to swim for hours with his friend Duggie the dolphin.
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Man climbs rig in NSW gas drill protest
PUBLISHED: 05 Jul 2011 13:41:20 | UPDATED: 06 Jul 2011 07:52:29PRINT EDITION: 06 Jul 2011Eastern Star Gas plans to sink 550 coal seam gas wells in the Narrabri district. Photo Dean Sewell
A man has climbed a 20 metre high rig to protest against plans to drill for coal seam gas in NSW bushland.
Warrick Jordan climbed the drilling equipment late on Monday to demonstrate against an Eastern Star Gas proposal to extract gas from the Pilliga state forest, south of Narrabri, and pipe it to Newcastle and Wellington, south of Dubbo.
The 30-year-old environmental campaigner from Newcastle has spent 12 hours hoisted up the rig, with supplies of muesli bars, nuts, chocolate and water.
"I told police I would come down if I wasn't arrested but they knocked that back," Mr Jordan said. "We're here to make a statement."
Environmental campaigners say the project would threaten the Great Artesian Basin and see vast quantities of toxic water extracted.
It would also involve clearing 2400 hectares of bushland, which is home to endangered animals including the Pilliga mouse, south-eastern long-eared bat and regent honeyeater.
But Eastern Star Gas executive general manager of community relations, Peter Fox, said green groups opposed to the project were not representative of local community opinion.
He said the proposal to clear 2400 hectares of bushland to lay well pads represented just 0.5 per cent of the 500,000-hectare state forest.
The company had also identified the endangered species in extensive flora and fauna studies, he added.
"What we have done is propose details on how we can manage the impact on forests," he said.
Friends of Pilliga spokeswoman Jane Judd said the project would see drilling occur in a bushfire prone area, and would jeopardise an aquifer that inland communities depend on.
But Mr Fox said the water produced from coal seam drilling would come from an area below the Artesian Basin and would not be the same water used for irrigation and drinking.
A police rescue team from Bathurst is on its way to the Pilliga state forest, a NSW police spokeswoman said.
Mr Jordan, who works for the Wilderness Society as a campaigner, has previously chained himself to machinery in Tasmania to demonstrate against the logging of old-growth forests.
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Our games are filled with imaginative players that leave their marks on the digital worlds around them. For example, many players have created innovative in-game homes or original character designs that they're noticed for. In SOE Player Spotlight we highlight examples of noteworthy individuals in the player community.
This week, we're looking at Stormson's place, named Gih Maktal. This is an ancient themed lair is inside of DC Universe Online. This lair is extra special because it wasn't designed by Stormson. Instead, it was decorated by Stormsonswife, as an act of kindness for her husband Stormson.
What was your theme as you designed and decorated your home?
This home was inspired by Gih Maktal, which is the name of the city in which the character Stormson rules.
What is your favorite item that you have on display? What makes it special to you?
We like the Spartan that is fighting the lion. Stormson likes it because he feels that it tells a story to visitors without using words.
How can other players find this home in-game?
Simply add Stormson on the US PS3 server to your lair list, and he'll reciprocate.
Check out a few more neat screenshots from this home!
When Stormson is on the case, he has a proper command center for surveillance and recon before any mission!
Stormson's Trophy Room: A collection fit for a museum.
We're always grateful for the contributions and support from our player community! If you want to see other DC Universe Online submissions for Player Spotlight, or want to submit one on behalf of yourself or someone else in the community, see the forum thread here.


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Maata-N-Tudu Association is a non-political, non-religious, non-ethnic, non-governmental women's membership organization operating in northern Ghana. The english translation of "Maata-N-Tudu" is "Women of the North". The goal of MTA is to initiate and promote the socio-economic well being of women in the operational area through enterprise development. Its overall objective is to economically empower women through provision of micro-credit to support women's income generating activities and thereby improving upon their standards of living and that of their families.Objectives
- Encourage the organization and registration of women's groups for their mutual benefit
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The 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through the streets of New York City on Thursday.
More than 3.5 million people were expected to turn out to watch the procession of giant balloons, fantasy floats, cheerleaders, dancers, clowns and marching bands.
High winds overnight had threatened to ground the balloons for the first time in more than 40 years.
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I was a couple of chapters in when I laughed, and then wondered if I should. It immediately reminded me of my first exposure to the film Pulp Fiction; that first inadvertent burst of laughter when John Travolta's gun accidentally fired in the car. I was aghast at myself. Was I supposed to laugh? The scene was so over the top. So too is this novel. What is its classification: comedy horror or horror comedy, or something else? Is it supposed to be a serious novel? I finished reading without deciding.
It's set in the modern day and everything is familiar: the world, the way ordinary people live their lives and earn their living, the traumas we face. Even the incessant killing is a reflection of our gone-mad society. But there the similarities end.
From the cover, when I bought the book, I thought it was a sci-fi story. From the title, RENAISSANCE 2.0, I thought it was a nod to the 14th—16th century European Renaissance and the author was creating a second, 21st century, perhaps global, renaissance. And although I didn't see any evidence of one in this book it no doubt becomes apparent in subsequent books in the series.
There is a definite sci-fi element with technologies that shatter life being created in back rooms and just as quickly being disposed of by mysterious forces; there's a beserk drug culture; in fact it's sheer mayhem from start to finish. Multiple characters make brief appearances never to return and it's only well into the story that I realised there is a recurring character who, by the end, is identified as the protagonist who will be taking the series forward. He's a detective with a wife who is becoming a man, which is forcing him into thinking he should become a woman. Yes, you read that right!
The author takes you deep into the psyches of his characters. There's plenty of esoterica as he delves into psychology and philosophy. If you're not interested in that you can skim without losing the plot.
I have no idea how the author will sustain this level of tortuous inventiveness over a series. As five volumes have already been published I don't have to wait to find out.
This is an exceptional read. I was gobsmacked from very early on and didn't pick my chin up until I'd finished reading.
It's very different. Read it and see what you think.
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Spanish Rice
The zesty taste of this rice dish appeals to old and young alike.
Serves: 8 servings
- 2 1/2 cups cooked rice
- 3 strips bacon, cooked crisp, crumbled
- 3 tablespoons onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
- 16-ounce can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Prepare rice according to package directions.
- Prepare bacon. Remove bacon from skillet.
- Add onion and green pepper. Saut� until onion is tender.
- Add tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper, and cooked rice.
- Pour mixture into casserole dish.
- Bake 25-30 minutes.
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MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team opens its Ohio Valley Conference slate this weekend when it takes on the Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Rudy Abbott Field. First pitch times are set for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 7 and 1 p.m. on both Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9.
After Mother Nature has altered the Skyhawks' schedule for their last two scheduled series, UT Martin will be taking the field for the first time in six days on Friday. The threat of inclement weather last Sunday forced the Skyhawks to play a doubleheader on March 1 at Stephen F. Austin and UT Martin's scheduled Wednesday doubleheader at Central Arkansas was cancelled because of icy conditions. The forecast in Jacksonville is calling for a 50 percent chance of rain this Friday but the final two days of the series look clear.
The Skyhawks (1-10) have altered their pitching rotation for this weekend. Redshirt senior right-hander Alex Boshers (0-1, 3.00 ERA) was originally listed as a starter for Game 1 of the Central Arkansas series and now is expected to open the series against the Gamecocks. UT Martin will follow with sophomore southpaw Dalton Potts (0-1, 9.22) and junior righty Alex Martin (0-2, 2.70) in Game 2 and Game 3, respectively.
Jacksonville State (6-5) is coming off a 5-2 loss at in-state rival Samford on Wednesday. The Gamecocks has previously taken two of three games in a weekend set against Kennesaw State, including a marathon 9-8 victory in 17 innings last Sunday.
The Gamecock lineup features three regulars who hit .300 or better, led by Ryan Sebra (.324). Griff Gordon's nine RBI's lead Jacksonville State while Preseason All-OVC selection Michael Bishop has scored eight runs.
Senior righty Taylor Shields (2-1, 4.50) is slated to start Game 1 of the series for the Gamecocks, followed by Zachary Fowler (1-1, 3.86) is the announced starting pitcher for Game 2. The starting pitcher for Game 3 is yet to be determined. Preseason OVC Pitcher of the Year Travis Stout has been automatic out of the bullpen for Jacksonville State, notching four saves in five appearances.
Fans can listen in on Jacksonville State's radio coverage of the series at the link above. Live stats will be available for each day by clicking the links at the top of the webpage.


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The 2007 Formula One season was one of the busiest ever in terms of press coverage. Not only did the thrilling on-track action provide huge headlines, there was also a seemingly endless stream of crucial off-track developments that kept the media constantly on their toes.
In the opening instalment of a four-part feature, we take a look back at the stories that caught our attention during the first three months of the year, from McLarens spectacular launch in Valencia, to the burgeoning customer car row...
The New Year gets underway with a bang as Ferrari CEO Jean Todt is awarded Frances second highest honour and made a Grand Officier of the Legion dHonneur. Super Aguri, meanwhile, announce they will retain their 2006 race driver Sakon Yamamoto as an official test driver.
Malaysias Sepang International Circuit announces it will host an official Formula One test in March and the FIA votes to establish a new Formula One Manufacturers Advisory Commission to provide all car makers an official voice. McLaren sells a 30 percent stake in its group to a company owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain.
World champion Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen both put in appearances with their respective new teams. Alonso visits McLarens Woking factory, while Raikkonen joins Ferrari for their annual ski event at Italian resort Madonna di Campiglio. Toyota, meanwhile, become the first team to unveil their 2007 challenger, the TF107.
A few days later, Ferrari also get back to business, revealing their new contender, the F2007. It is the 53rd single-seater built by the Italian team to compete in Formula One racing. Super Aguri team principal, Aguri Suzuki, returns to the cockpit to drive the SA06 at a special event at Silverstone, alongside fellow Formula One veterans Martin Brundle and Christian Danner.
McLaren launch the MP4-22 at a spectacular event held at Valencias Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. Both Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are in attendance. BMW Sauber swiftly follow suit, also choosing the Spanish city to unveil their 2007 car, the F1.07. Within a week, Renault, Honda and Red Bull get in on the action, revealing their new challengers to the media.
In track news, Barcelonas Circuit de Catalunya unveils several revisions to its layout, including a new safety-boosting chicane, while Bahrain signs a deal to extend its Formula One contract. Twenty-one year-old Giedo van der Garde makes his debut as an official tester for Super Aguri, while Toyota confirm Franck Montagny will replace fellow Frenchman Olivier Panis as the Japanese squads test driver.
Van der Garde makes the headlines again when Spyker name him as one of four new testers to join the team. In response Super Aguri assert that they have a contract with the young Dutch driver. After a trying 2006 campaign, Williams look ahead to the new season as they unveil the Toyota-powered FW29. Abu Dhabi is in high spirits too, as it celebrates news that it will host a Grand Prix from 2009 with a spectacular street demonstration.
Back in the United Kingdom, Spyker unveil the Ferrari-powered F8-VII, while a week later in Spain Toro Rosso reveal their similarly-engined 2007 challenger, the STR02. BMW Sauber continue to impress in testing, with Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock finishing first and third during a rainy last day in Jerez.
Renault announce they will leave the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association in the hope they will be better placed to enjoy a more constructive dialogue with the FIA. Ferraris Felipe Massa adds another trophy to his collection after winning the prestigious Lorenzo Bandini award.
Red Bulls Mark Webber and David Coulthard star in the teams pre-season film, while sister team Toro Rosso eventually confirm Scott Speed as a driver for the 07 season after a significant delay. Fernando Alonso takes a break from Formula One testing to help launch a new scholarship programme for budding Spanish engineers.
After debuting the RA107 back in January, Honda unveil its unique livery. The innovative green design, featuring a huge image of the earth, is part of an initiative to help raise awareness of environmental issues.
With testing time running out, Renaults Giancarlo Fisichella admits that the French title-holders may struggle to match the pace of Ferrari and McLaren once the season gets underway. Ferrari celebrate their 60th anniversary with a street demonstration in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.
Spyker replace their luminous livery with a much more subdued orange colour. Formula One racings sole tyre manufacturer Bridgestone announce they will make their two specifications of dry-weather race tyres visibly different from each other. In line with the 2007 Formula One Sporting Regulations, drivers must use both compounds during each race.
Honda sign British Formula Three champion Mike Conway in a testing role, while fellow Japanese competitors Super Aguri unveil their new challenger, the SA07, in Melbourne. Ferraris Raikkonen has the dubious honour of becoming the first driver to be fined in 2007, after exceeding the pit-lane speed limit during Friday practice for the season-opener in Australia. He makes up for the error on Saturday by clinching pole.
Spyker announce they plan to go to arbitration to determine the legality of the Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri cars after Melbourne stewards decline to rule over 'customer car' allegations. The FIA axes traction control for the 2008 season and beyond.
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