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Just got this from someone. Have not spent any time looking for bona fides. Good video. This video link is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia. These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL's and STO's in a three week period. The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard. Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea trials. No catapult... No hook.... It's a new world out there! The shape and scope of warfare – worldwide – just changed.http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE&feature=colike
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That's pretty cool. When I was in AZ last spring I got to watch a BUNCH or harriers. Those are cool.
Very nice video. I understand the issue with the Harriers is range. They are thirsty when utilizing their vertical abilities, and VERY thirsty when heavy with ordinance. Maybe not so much a problem in forward bases, maybe without runways, providing real close ground support (what I believe they were intended for), but big disadvantage when flying off a carrier thats on station safely way the hell out at sea. At least thats what I read someplace. No doubt the F35 is more efficient fuel wise than the Harrier, but still, all things being equal . .
F-35B isn't per-say a new fighter. Its simply a variation of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The JSF series was designed to be a cost savings application as it would use one basic fighter design to service all branches of the military. From Wikipedia:
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We will miss those extra F-22 Raptors when the Chinese get bolder and start attacking our interests and allies. The F-35 is a boondoggle waiting to fail. Another Senate-approved committee-designed compromise to make one basic airframe do many very disimlar tasks and missions for three very different services with very different requirements..... in a 'light fighter' no less! Doesn't have the air combat acumen of the F-22, doesn't carry the air-to-mud ordnance load of the F/A-18 Hornet, and will again end up 'too expensive' to risk in actual combat, requiring us to maintain the older aircraft it is to 'replace'. Been there, done that, too many times. Our fighting forces deserve better. This aircraft was originally intended to augment the F-22, the way the F-16 Fighting Falcon augmented the F-15 Eagle. Different aircraft for different missions. Drop a few of these failed Social Programs, drop the horrendous abomination of obamacare looming in our very near future - we could have doubled our fleet of F-22 Raptors. Close military bases in foreign lands that hate us, ditto!
I was under the impression that the F-22 Raptor was the best fighter jet made right now?
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June 8-September 14, 2014
Once again, my dear friend Lena Rivkin and I set off for one of our days at LACMA. I went on line and ordered two tickets for us to attend the expensive show on Expressionism and to my delight our total cost was only $25. Of course, all things that seem to be too good to be true are, but the mistake was LACMA's. For some reason we were given general admission ticket prices to a special event. How do I know this? I copied LACMA's confirmation as follows:
"Thank you for using our website. Your order has been processed and your order number is 632719.
If you have ordered tickets, they can be collected at any time from our Ticket Office. Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the start time of your event and bring your order number with you."
I sent the confirmation to Lena in case I got delayed along the way and she arrived at the ticket office just minutes before I did and held up the line arguing with the lovely ticket taker, who wanted to charge us $25 each, stating that a mistake had been made. When I arrived, I agreed. Yes, there was a mistake and it was the museum's mistake, and they were legally required to honor their commitment. As the message from the Museum noted, we had to show up early for the "event," and this is not the instruction for general admission. Faced with two indignant and unmoving customers, thanks to Lena, who had stated that I was "press," she found an out and gave me a press pass. It is not clear to me why Lena and I have such adventures at the museum but off we went to see the Expressionists. We were lucky enough to have tickets for ten in the morning and the crowd was light and we could see the paintings and take our time without an problem. I remembered the mobs that attended the Van Gogh's van Goghs show years ago and this early morning experience was wonderful. Perfect for artists and art historians. So thank you ticket taker, for giving me a press pass. And thank you Art Scene for making me Press.
First, the Expressionism show is excellent and well worth seeing (maybe not paying $25 a person). But second, I have no idea what the criteria for the selection might be or what the theme or organizing principle was. Nabis, Vuillard and Bonnard, were included as well as a few Cubist works and a hybrid Marc painted under the spell of Parisian orphism—all under the rubric of Expressionism. I cannot explain the presence of the Cézannes, although the examples were excellent. That said, there were excellent examples of Expressionists on view and the organizers did an excellent job of bringing together very good example of Expressionism from many sources. We were told at the show was very expensive to mount and I believe it–the insurance alone must have been quite high. Since we have only scattered remnants or survivors of Nazi bonfires, this show is all the more precious. Sometimes it is tempting to overlook the prints but the selection here is outstanding and to my mind the Die Brücke artists were better printmaker than painters.
The Die Brücke painters were better represented than the Der Blaue Reiter. The Franz Marc was beautiful to see in all its bright colors and Kandinsky had a few good paintings and really shone with that marvelous Phalanx poster we all know. I wish that the Dresden/Berlin group had been shown as a unit, instead of being spread out, but it was interesting to note how much the artists improved as painters over the course of their short careers before the Great War. The highlights, for me, were the lovely van Goghs and the unexpected pleasure of seeing Matisse's "The Open Window," which was much smaller than I expected. And another unexpected work was Braque's Violin and Palette. Why that work is Expressionist is unclear to me. Possibly the catalogue explains the odd inclusions but it was hardback only and cost plus or minus seventy dollars, depending upon whether or not one is a member. The low point was my perennial bête noir, the frames, which are all too often, Baroque and gold and ridiculously heavy and out of time with the very modern works that these elaborate monstrosities encase.
Among the highlights were the examples of rarely seen women Expressionists, one really nice Marianne von Werefkin, and several works by Gabriel Münter and a beautiful Paula Modernsohn-Becker painting. Along the way, Lena and I paused to make a new friend named Aaron Bjork, who was sketching a beautiful Cézanne. We chatted for a while and took his picture, after which he promptly vanished into the growing crowds. We continued on our way and took pictures of the pictures as we always do and I learned a very important lesson: in this age of camera phones and selfies, always dress for the occasion. Match the art. Sadly, I was wrongly dressed for Expressionism. I was dressed for a Bauhaus show but not for the Matisses. Lena in contrast always seems to know how to dress for museum exhibitions. So learn from Lena, research the works of art before getting dressed for the occasion and make sure that you coordinate. As it turned out, I was better dressed for the Calder show, which I saw for the second time.
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More Pressure On City Says Rooney
There is more pressure on Manchester City to win today's derby than there is on United according to striker Wayne Rooney.
Both sides appear tbe confident going into the game, but it's United that have a three point advantage and that places the bulk of the pressure on the home side to get a result.
United of course, could end the day being six points clear of their rivals by the final whistle and with City recently being dumped out of all European competitions; the cracks may be beginning to show.
Speaking to reporters, Rooney said: "City are out of the Champions League and are having a bit of a tough time - I think everyone can see that behind the scenes.
"If we win, we can put more pressure on them. If we get three points there, it will be massive for us.
"Obviously, it is a massive game, probably up there with Liverpool - the two of them. There is a big rivalry; the two of us are fighting for that number one spot. We're trying to go there and get three points. We are all excited for the game."
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First Northern Community Bancorp (the "Company," ticker symbol FNRN), holding company for First Northern Bank ("First Northern" or the "Bank"), today announced earnings through the third quarter of 2012. Louise Walker, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The Company reported year-to-date net income as of September 30, 2012 of $3.5 million, up 40% compared to net income of $2.5 million reported for the same fiscal period last year." Net income available to common shareholders totaled $2.6 million as of September 30, 2012 up 85.7% compared to net income available to common shareholders at September 30, 2011 totaling $1.4 million. Diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $0.29, up 93.3% compared to diluted income per share of $0.15 reported for the same fiscal period a year ago.
Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $1.2 million compared to $0.9 million for the same fiscal period last year. Net income available to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 totaled $0.9 million or $0.10 per diluted common share, compared to $0.3 million or $0.04 per diluted common share for the same fiscal period last year.
Total assets at September 30, 2012 were $805.6 million, an increase of $38.9 million, or 5.1% compared to the same period in 2011. Total deposits of $705.9 million increased $43.1 million or 6.5% compared to September 30, 2011 figures. During that same period, total net loans (including loans held-for-sale) increased $19.3 million, or 4.5%, to $450.7 million. Total risk-based capital was 17.65%, far exceeding the 'well-capitalized' threshold of 10%.
Commenting on the third quarter of 2012, Walker stated, "The environment we're operating in continues to be a challenging one. Yet, in spite of the low interest rate environment, sluggish small business loan demand, and the need for increased resources focused on ever-changing government regulations, First Northern Community Bancorp's performance has continued to make steady and consistent progress. Assets and deposits are at record levels, and loan totals are up. Efforts to reduce operating expenses and improve credit quality also continue to yield positive results; provisions for potential loan losses were down 44% over the same period last year. We are pleased to report continued capital strength, and we want those in our communities to know that we have money to lend. Our entire First Northern team is working hard to attract new quality loans, as we understand that it is the health and growth of our small businesses that will help to drive healthy and prosperous communities."
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Mark you calendar for MAHPERD's 85th Annual MAHPERD State Convention, "Educate-Advocate-Innovate" on November 17 & 18, 2014 in Worcester MA at the DCU Convention Center. The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel is our host hotel, so be sure to take advantage of this wonderfully relaxing environment with your colleagues!
MAHPERD's Executive Board is currently finalizing the program & events for Convention 2014. Click below of a preliminary convention program schedule. Please keep in mind that this is a preliminary program and could change.
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Monday General Session Speaker: Dayle Hayes, MS, RD
Dayle Hayes is an award-winning author and educator. Her creativity and common-sense have made her a sought-after speaker across the USA. As a parent and member of the School Nutrition Association, Dayle is dedicated to making school environments healthy for students and staff. She collected school success stories for Making It Happen, a joint CDC-USDA project, wrote a chapter on communicating with students in Managing Child Nutrition Programs: Leadership for Excellence, and co-authored the Position of the American Dietetic Association: Nutrition Guidance for Healthy Children Ages 2 to 11 Years.
In recognition of her professional and volunteer leadership, Dayle has received numerous honors, including Montana Dietitian of the Year and an ADA Excellence in Consultation and Business Practice Award. In January 2012, she received the Silver FAME Award as a Friend of Child Nutrition from the national School Nutrition Association and FoodService Director magazine named her as one of their 20 Most Influential in the same year. Most recently in 2013, she was honored with a Medallion Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Montana School Food Service Professional of the Year.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP)
Tom Crean watched his young Hoosiers grow up Tuesday night.
Stunned fans were overjoyed with the results.
The turnovers and fouls were down. The defense improved and the Hoosiers did more than just play for pride -- they protected their home court against a team that hadn't lost all season.
Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell scored 25 points, including two free throws with 18.1 seconds left, and freshman Stanford Robinson added a career-best 13 before grabbing the final rebound on a missed 3-pointer to preserve Indiana's 75-72 upset over No. 3 Wisconsin -- a win that sent students streaming onto the court.
"The program has had a lot of big wins. To the team, it means a great deal," Crean said. "To me, the team needs this. I mean we had a long week from Michigan State to Penn State but we've gotten a lot better, and we got a lot better the last couple of days. It's amazing what happens when some real confidence starts to come."
The postgame celebration exemplified how critical the win was to a team that has been mostly inconsistent.
Until Saturday's win at Penn State, the Hoosiers had beaten only one power conference foe -- Washington -- way back in November. Now they have two straight wins over Big Ten foes, taking down a team that had given it nothing but fits for seven years.
Wisconsin (16-1, 3-1 Big Ten) entered the night as one of the nation's last four unbeaten teams and was trying to become the first team to ever win 13 straight over Indiana.
The tale of the tape appeared to be stacked against the Hoosiers, too.
Somehow, though, Indiana (12-5, 2-2) responded with its best performance of the season.
It committed only nine turnovers, limited Wisconsin to four free throws and somehow managed to dig itself out from a 10-point second-half deficit with a remarkable 12-0 run that gave the Hoosiers the lead for good.
"We've come very far, had a lot of early losses, but I felt like we learned from watching film," said Ferrell, a sophomore who has emerged as Indiana's top scorer. "We've been working hard in practice, but we're not going to be content with it."
Nor should they be.
While Ferrell and Robinson led the way, only two other players -- senior Will Sheehey and freshman Noah Vonleh reached double figures. Sheehey had 13 points, Vonleh 11. They lost the rebounding battle 33-28 and allowed the Badgers to shoot 53.3 percent from the field. They also struggled to defend Wisconsin guard Traevon Jackson, who had 16 of his career-high 21 in the second half.
But it was the more experienced Badgers who got out of sorts late.
Jackson missed a 3 from the top of the key with 12 seconds to go. Josh Gasser grabbed the rebound and flipped the ball out to Ben Brust in the corner, who rushed his shot with 5 seconds left and came up short.
"When the clock's ticking in your head like that, he felt like there were two seconds to go or three," Badgers coach Bo Ryan said. "Also he felt that he needed to get the shot up in case the first touch from 3-point range is the call. There was actually just under four seconds left when the ball came down."
All five Badgers starters scored in double figures -- Brust had 13, Gasser and Frank Kaminsky both had 11 and Sam Dekker finished with 10.
But over the final 13 minutes, the Badgers had trouble scoring. The shooting woes gave Indiana the opening it so desperately needed, and after Crean called a timeout everything changed.
Evan Gordon started the rally with a 17-foot jumper. Sheehey and Robinson followed that with consecutive layups. Vonleh finished the 12-0 run with a jumper in the paint to give Indiana a 54-52 lead with 8:58 left, and the Hoosiers never trailed again.
But Wisconsin tied the score at 61 and closed to 73-72 on Kaminsky's putback with 28.5 seconds left.
Ferrell then made two free throws, the Badgers missed the two 3s -- and the crowd went wild over the Hoosiers their biggest win of the season.
"We're not going to sit and watch this tape and have a pizza party and get some ice cream and say `Wow, we couldn't have played any better,'" said Crean, who beat Ryan for the first time since he was hired by Indiana. "We're not. I think we've got a lot of potential, but you coach this game expecting to win."
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Obama on Wednesday signed the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' for gays in the military. On Capitol Hill, Republicans are grumbling about all the unanticipated activity of the lame-duck Congress.
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President Obama on Wednesday signed into law a historic bill that will reverse the ban on gay men and women serving openly in United States military forces.
The White House described the legislation as equivalent to civil-rights-era laws that expanded the rights of minorities. The signing ceremony included so many supporters of the move and legislators who approved the bill that it had to be moved to the Department of the Interior, as the White House is full of holiday decorations and tours.
"I couldn't be prouder," said Mr. Obama of the repeal of the current "don't ask don't tell" policy. The repeal law, he said, "will strengthen our national security and uphold the ideals that our fighting men and women risk their lives to defend."
What are the political implications of this move? After all, many conservatives remain adamantly opposed to allowing gay couples to marry. That's an issue that has proved divisive in many states. Some military leaders – notably those in the Marine Corps – say that allowing gay personnel to serve openly will disrupt the cohesion of front-line combat units. Former GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona led Senate opposition to repeal.


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CHRIS ROCK, a comedian, is a big fan of Oprah Winfrey, a television host and philanthropist. He recalls one of Ms Winfrey's shows during which a woman confessed to her husband that she had frittered away $300,000 and as a consequence their home was about to be repossessed. "By the end of the show, it was all the guy's fault," a clearly impressed Mr Rock told David Letterman, another talk-show host. "He was apologising for not loving her enough—it was the greatest 'Oprah' of all time."
This may seem an odd sort of blame-shifting. Yet reasoning of this kind is increasingly used to explain how spendthrift countries get into trouble. On this view America's credit boom and bust owed as much to a savings glut in Asia as to laxity at home. A new paper* by Barry Eichengreen of the University of California, Berkeley, and Peter Temin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adds a dash of subtlety and a generous slice of history to this sort of analysis. The authors examine the role of fixed exchange rates in booms and busts and draw parallels between the inter-war gold standard and contemporary schemes, such as the euro and China's peg with the dollar.
The strains in the rich-world economy in the inter-war years sketched out by Messrs Eichengreen and Temin seem eerily familiar to modern students of global imbalances. Today, America is a deficit country but back then it ran large trade surpluses. Unlike Britain, France and Germany, the world's other big economies, America had kept its currency linked to gold during the first world war. While the others were preoccupied with fighting, America strengthened its export markets at their expense. The European powers emerged from the war with heavy debts and a depleted capital stock. They struggled to contain inflation—or in Germany's case, hyperinflation.
Backing paper currencies with gold at a fixed rate, as its countries had done before the war, seemed to offer Europe a return to prosperity. By the mid-1920s Britain was back on the gold standard at its pre-war parity, despite inflation and rapid growth in the money supply in the interim. A new German currency was pegged to gold at its pre-war rate. France joined later but at a lower rate; high inflation had made the pre-war rate unrealistic.
This set the stage for a period of wide trade imbalances and for the Depression that followed. America's export prowess meant that by the end of the 1920s it held almost two-fifths of the world's gold reserves. A cheaper currency gave French exports a lift and France built up its gold holdings rapidly. The deficit countries in this constellation were Britain and Germany. Britain's exports struggled against an overvalued currency. The economy was further held back by the high interest rates needed to retain scarce gold reserves. Britain, like Germany, found cutting wages to make exports competitive was made harder by trade unions.
When recession came it was made worse by the strictures of the gold standard. An "unexceptional downturn then was converted into the Great Depression by the actions of central banks and governments," say the authors. Central banks kept interest rates high to counter fears that their currencies would be devalued and to attract gold deposits. A banking crisis that had spread from Austria and Germany finally forced Britain to abandon its gold peg in September 1931. The following month the Federal Reserve raised interest rates sharply to show America's commitment to gold. Indeed, America and France shrank their money supplies by more than was strictly necessary by liquidating gold-backed currencies from their reserves. That only increased the deflationary pressures at home and abroad.
The analogy between these events and today's problems is not perfect, as the authors concede. Modern-day fiat currencies mean that money supply is not restricted by the stock of gold. It can expand elastically to meet the increased demand for cash during a slump. Other differences are less comforting. Countries left the gold standard in wartime without much fuss and discovered they could do the same in peacetime. Those that stayed on gold for longer, such as America, suffered the most painful recessions. Modern members of the euro cannot easily quit it.
What would Keynes (and Oprah) do?
There are similarities, too. The "façade of stability" created by the gold standard encouraged a rapid build-up of loans to deficit countries until doubts were raised about their solvency. The huge foreign debts that Spain, Greece and Portugal ran up during the euro's first decade are the modern equivalent.
The thing that the authors put most emphasis on is the role of surplus countries in fixed exchange-rate schemes. When trade imbalances reach a limit the onus is on countries with trade deficits to keep the system intact by cutting wages and prices (think of Greece's struggles today). But countries with surpluses, such as Germany (or China), are not similarly obliged to offset this by boosting their own spending. This defect means fixed exchange-rate schemes have a bias towards deflation.
Messrs Eichengreen and Temin argue that both deficit and surplus countries are equally responsible for making exchange-rate systems work. This was recognised by John Maynard Keynes, who in the 1940s argued for a global clearing bank that would tax or even confiscate the excess earnings of surplus countries. America opposed the principle that creditors should play a role in balance-of-payments adjustments—although it is now in favour of it. This is an irony that Keynes would have appreciated, according to his biographer, Robert Skidelsky. The idea may yet be revived as policymakers in the euro area rewrite the rules governing the currency. Germany, like America in the 1940s, would resist this shift in focus. But perhaps Oprah would approve.


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Published on Jan 12, 2013 5:37 PM
Surgeon Koh Poh Koon spent the first Saturday following his introduction as the People's Action Party's (PAP's) candidate for Punggol East visiting temples, a community centre, a busy road junction and a shopping mall.
His first stop in the single-seat ward was to a Hindu temple and a Chinese temple, both at Rivervale Crescent.
Dr Koh, 40, told reporters later: "Singapore being a multi-racial and multi-religious society, it's important to understand and touch base with the key religious institutions here because these can be potential flashpoints of unhappiness."
He acknowledged that noise from the temples, especially over festive periods, is a grouse among residents.
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Jane L. Campbell | |
56th Mayor of Cleveland | |
In office January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Michael R. White |
Succeeded by | Frank G. Jackson |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 11th district | |
In office January 3, 1985 – December 31, 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mary Boyle |
Succeeded by | Peter Lawson Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan | May 19, 1953
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Cleveland State University |
Jane L. Campbell | |
56th Mayor of Cleveland | |
In office January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Michael R. White |
Succeeded by | Frank G. Jackson |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 11th district | |
In office January 3, 1985 – December 31, 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mary Boyle |
Succeeded by | Peter Lawson Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan | May 19, 1953
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Cleveland State University |
Jane Louise Campbell, (born May 19, 1953) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 56th and first female mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2006.
Campbell, the daughter of former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches Joan Brown Campbell, and retired partner at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey Paul Barton Campbell, was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She attended Shaker Heights High School and earned her undergraduate degree in American History at the University of Michigan and a Master's in Urban Studies at Cleveland State University. She married urban planner Hunter Morrison, who is the head of Youngstown State University's Office of Campus Planning and Community Partnerships and is currently redeveloping Youngstown, Ohio through its Youngstown 2010 renewal plan.[1] Campbell and Morrison have two daughters, Jessica and Catherine Campbell-Morrison. The couple divorced in 2008.
Prior to elected office, Campbell began her early career by holding leadership roles in several community organizations and advocacy groups. In 1975, she founded WomenSpace, a coalition of women's organizations that, in addition to promoting the creation of Ohio's first shelter for battered women, helped identify and promote women for community and government leadership.
Soon after in 1979, she worked as National Field Director for ERAmerica in Washington, D.C., coordinating national support for state coalitions supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. In the early 80s, as the executive director of the Friends of Shaker Square, a neighborhood on Cleveland's east side, Campbell managed economic development, organized security patrols and expanded the historic district.
Campbell's political career began in 1984, when she was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. She was reelected five times, and chosen by her colleagues as the majority whip and later the assistant minority leader. Legislative leaders across the country elected her to serve as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures in 1996. Campbell authored numerous laws that included tax incentives for economic development, financing for Cleveland Browns Stadium, Gateway complex (now Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena), authorizing prosecution of abuse and neglect of elderly and disabled people, creating a state wide review of child deaths, reforming juvenile justice, and establishing child support guidelines and penalties.
Campbell was also appointed to work with the Clinton administration on a small intergovernmental group made up of governors, mayors, county officials, and state legislators on the Welfare Reform effort of the mid 90s.
In 1996 she was elected Cuyahoga County commissioner, a position to which she was reelected in 2000. As commissioner, she transformed the county welfare department into Cuyahoga Work and Training, the agency charged with implementing the federal welfare reform law. This reformed agency assisted over 20,000 families in moving from welfare to work between 1997 and 2001. Campbell also brokered a new public–private alliance for workforce training, and developed training academies at Cuyahoga Community College to provide job training to dislocated workers. She also led the drive to create Cuyahoga County's first Brownfield Loan Fund in conjunction with seven local banks to redevelop abandoned industrial and commercial sites. To date, this fund has generated over $50M in private investment.
While serving as commissioner, she continued her national involvement, presiding over both the Welfare Reform: Next Step Task Force for the National Association of Counties and the association's Human Services and Youth committee.
In November 2001, Campbell won the Cleveland mayoral election with 54% of the vote, defeating former Clinton administration official and attorney Raymond Pierce, who received 46% of votes. She took office on January 1, 2002, becoming the city's first female mayor.
In office, Campbell inherited a $60 million budget deficit and a city government in financial turmoil. In just one year, she stabilized the city's budget without a tax increase, however some city services endured cutbacks and the following year she had to layoff many city employees in order to maintain financial stability.[2]
One of her political accomplishments was bringing the Lakefront Plan to the forefront of regional awareness, a plan that emphasized Lake Erie as the region's most valuable asset and a vital element for revitalization in Downtown Cleveland.
Throughout her four years, Campbell worked with other levels of government and the private sector to initiate nearly $3 billion of investments for urban development and redevelopment projects. By 2005, several of these projects were underway, including Steelyard Commons (a Brownfield-turned-shopping center, opened Sept. 2007), Gordon Square Arts District, Battery Park (redeveloped Eveready Battery Plant), The Avenue District, Fourth Street redevelopment, and Euclid Avenue rapid transit corridor.
Also under her administration, Ohio's first state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center was built, and in 2004, Cleveland became the first city in the country to host the International Children's Games.
Ethics of the city government dominated the headlines for much of Campbell's term. During Campbell's mayoralty, the federal corruption investigation continued of the prior city administration, resulting in subsequent convictions of two of the former Mayor's confidantes.[3]
In 2005, Intel named Cleveland as one of the "World's Digital Communities" in 2005, after Campbell set the stage for using technology as a platform for innovative economic development.[4]
On October 4, 2005, after serving one term as mayor, Campbell came in second to Frank G. Jackson, president of Cleveland City Council, in a field of seven candidates in the non-partisan mayoral primary. Only 16% of Cleveland's population participated in the primary, the lowest voter turnout in the city's history. In the November 8, 2005 general election, Jackson defeated Campbell by 55% to 45%. At 11:25 pm (EST), she conceded to Jackson, who became the city's mayor on January 2, 2006.
After leaving office, Campbell accepted a short-term position at Harvard University as part of a fellowship with the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her teaching covered issues in city governance and Ohio politics. She taught at the school during the spring of 2006.
From 2006 to 2009, she served as managing director of public-private partnerships for Colliers Ostendorf-Morris, in Cleveland's Colliers International office.[5]
In January 2009, it was announced that Campbell would become Chief of Staff to Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.[6]
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Final medal count: Germany 5, Russia 3, Austria 2, Italy and Canada 1 each
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Myrko October 22, 2012 at 3:20 am
Thanks for the nice guest-post Juha. I think this whole post is really about living your life inside-out, enjoying life with a strong and unshakable inner basis.
October 22, 2012
Does your life sometimes feel like a constant rollercoaster ride – full of emotional ups and downs? Are you tired of the feeling of being 'off centre'?
I've been there myself, and I now know that life don't have to be this way. There's an alternative. This alternative path involves a solid foundation you're then able to live from.
It leads to emotional immunity even in face of matters that would normally cause you upset.
I used to live life on shaky ground with endless emotional highs and lows. Everyone around me seemed to be living their lives similarly. I was completely unaware that an alternative path even existed.
I was extremely centred on my possessions. I had to have nice things. For example, when I bought myself a nice pair of jeans I would be feeling great, but only for a short period of time.
Money was also a primary foundation I based my self-worth on. I remember thinking that I'd attain happiness when I grew up to be a wealthy businessman.
There was also a time when I was obsessed about my looks. In my mind, I had tied the way I looked to my wellbeing. If I was looking good one day I felt good about myself as a result. But almost literally a bad hair-day could through me off balance.
I had basically tied the centre of my being to these volatile external factors. This was a very unhealthy centre to live from but I didn't know that there was an alternative.
What do you think would have happened to my wellbeing, if I weren't able to buy new things for myself.. if I lost all my money.. if I had a disaster with my outer appearances?
I would have been feeling awful about myself, and this feeling would have affected all aspects of my life.
This goes to prove how poor of a centre these particular external factors form. I have my own life experience to prove this. I used to be shaken by negative developments in any of these external circumstances.
Here are 6 of the most prevalent, and unhealthy, centres people choose to live through. See if you can't relate to any one of them.
At first glance, relationships seem not to be such a bad centre. Relationships facilitate many positive things such as sharing, compassion, and love. But as a centre, it still isn't good enough. To prove this, you only have to think of a situation where you have to let go of a particular friendship or a loved one. If you are a relationship centred person these events can upset you quite a bit.
A new Mercedes Benz can be fun for a while. Getting one can make you feel on top of the world. But how long does it take for the novelty to wear off. You've probably heard of examples when the wealthiest among us feel the most depressed. Possessions can never deliver the hype it promises. Focusing on your possessions also fails the test of a healthy centre.
'Youth is beautiful and oldness is ugly.' This is the modern paradigm most have internalized. When you're young and looking like a million bucks, you feel good about yourself. But what happens, in the inevitable case, that your body begins showing signs of aging. How will the first grey hair affect you? Will it through you off?
Look around you. Can't you notice that personal wealth dictates how people see themselves, and relate to others? This is the outcome of an entire society centring itself on money and wealth. Many people derive their personal status through wealth. But money is an extremely volatile matter. These kinds of people are standing on shaky ground.
People are willing to do all kinds of things for fame and glory. They are willing to step on people, manipulate, and even stab friends in the back. All of this just for favourable reputation. It's clear to see that reputation is on the top of the list of priorities for many. Yet, it's another fleeting and unhealthy centre. How will you react when time has passed you, and your reputation, by?
Especially men tend to base their centre on the work they do. "What do you do?" is probably the most frequent question we ask a person when we meet them for the first time. "Oh, you're a doctor! How awesome is that." We compare ourselves through the tittles we have. But what if you get laid off and you're unable to get a new job immediately?
If you're like most, you could probably relate to some of the six points above. Chances are that your centre is a combination of these and others.
Did you notice what connects the above common centres together? Yes, they are all dependent on external circumstances.
The problem is that the external world is in constant flux.
If you base your centre on external things, you too will be in constant flux as a result. This explains the rollercoaster ride that we call our life, where never reach a solid and constant centre to live from.
The solution is to base your centre on something internal, opposed to something external.
It is wise to base it on something that is fundamentally unchangeable, no matter what happens in the outside world.
If you do this, it's the end of the unpredictable and emotionally draining emotional ups and downs.
Some examples of these unchangeable principles are:
Fairness, courage, unity, love, wisdom, kindness, gratitude.
The good thing is that you're completely in charge of your personal centre. You're in the driver's seat. You can continue to give power to external circumstances, or you can choose to create a foundation based on consistent inner principles.
A life lived through these unchangeable principles looks extremely different from a life centered on fluctuating external matters.
It's a life of inner power. It's a life where you affect your surroundings, rather than you being tossed around by them.
It's a life where you can finally have some inner peace.
Roshmi October 23, 2012 at 11:40 am
Thanks Juha for sharing your thoughts. It is a great reminder to focus on the stable / timeless values which seem to have lost their importance in modern life. But as your article reveals, there is no other shortcut. :)
Thanks Myrko for the keeping this site so relevant and refreshing.
Marlene October 31, 2012 at 5:15 pm
I just happen on your site Myrko and I am stuck on it with all the positveness. Personal Development is the most important a person can use to enjoy life as it is meant to enjoy. The Creator provide all, we just have to Believe; however the world as we know it have made it the most difficult.
Thank You Myrko for sharing!!!!!!
Mike June 25, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Your're words are inspiring, and yet I still have feelings of desperation. Tell me there's an answer.
Leila July 2, 2013 at 11:06 am
Thanks a lot for the information. I was searching google about order in life when i came across this article. I really appreciate the point that you made about external circumstances. But there are times in life that because of your dependence on others or sharing things with them you cannot have full control on your own life. Especially, if it is with family members whom you care about much. For example, you share your room with a sibling. You want to wake up early and they don't and the alarm clock bothers them. What can you do? You cannot sleep elsewhere in the house because others stay up late and you don't!! I think there is no solution to that as long as you have to live with your family due to financial matters.


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New rezoning shrinks acreage needed for a farm Also allows up to nine pet chickens to be kept inside homes in residential zones 1 and 2
Thursday, April 24, 2014
ROCHESTER — The rules behind farming, and keeping of livestock and other animals have changed under a new zoning ordinance, which was approved by the City Council Tuesday as part of the comprehensive rezoning plan.
One of the major changes in the new ordinance also pertains to commercial keeping of livestock and growing of crops — uses that are only allowed in an area designated as a "farm." Under the old zoning ordinance, a piece of land had to be at least 10 acres to be considered a "farm." Under the new ordinance, only five acres are required, and farms can only exist by right in an agricultural zone. In zones designated as Residential 1, office commercial, highway commercial and recycling industrial, farms are allowed only by special exception, through approval by Zoning Board of Adjustments.
The agricultural zone — which allows an unlimited number of hens — is the only zone that now allows roosters, because roosters, which are known to be loud and aggressive, are only allowed in areas classified as "farms." An unlimited number of roosters is allowed those areas.
With the new ordinance, more of the city's land is now deemed agricultural. Sixty-five percent of Rochester is zoned agricultural, compared to 59 percent under the old zoning ordinance. |


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UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (KMOV) – Police have released sketches of three suspects they believe shot and killed a man and woman in University City on Monday.
According to police, officers responded to the Cunningham Business Park near the intersection of Sutter and Chamberlin around 3 p.m. and found a man and woman with gunshot wounds.
Both were transported to the hospital in unknown condition where they later died.
The victims have been identified as Mosary Stallings, 23, and Phebe Stallings, 54. Both resided in the 6500 block of Bartmer Avenue.
A K-9 unit was called to the scene and followed a scent that came off clothing found near five shell casings. It was not known if anything was discovered.
On Tuesday, police released composite sketches for three men they believe may have been involved. Anyone with information regarding the subjects in the sketches is asked to call authorities.


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Weather: Cor-phew! Get set for warm days in a Derbyshire Easter pleaser
Posted: April 17, 2014
|By Isaac Crowson
DERBYSHIRE is gearing up for a "lovely" weekend of bank holiday weather, according to forecasters, as tourist attractions throw open their doors.
With the exception of Monday, the weekend should remain mostly rain-free as temperatures equal Corfu.
A spokesman for the Met Office was encouraging people to get out and enjoy the sunshine.
She said temperatures would reach 15C tomorrow and Saturday, and 14C on Sunday.
It has forecast 12 hours of sun from 7am-7pm on both tomorrow and Saturday.
She said: "Friday and Saturday look quite nice and Sunday looks the same but there will be a little cloud.
"There will be plenty of sun over the weekend, with a little more on Saturday, making it a really nice weekend.''
Derby will be competing with Mediterranean countries this weekend and not coming off too badly in some cases.
Tomorrow, we share the same temperature forecast as Corfu with 15C. Athens is not too far ahead with 17C and Barcelona is hotter with 22C.
Sam Higton, manager at Pitcher & Piano at Friar Gate, said the bar was ready to welcome the punters.
The 30-year-old said: "It's great news that the sun will be out because that means we will be really busy. We have two-for-one cocktails today to start the weekend.
"Our bar terrace will also be open so people can enjoy a few drinks outside. We've had a busy spring so far and we are hoping for more of the same."
The hot weather looks particularly exciting as there is a whole set of events to get involved in.
On Sunday, there is an Easter egg hunt for youngsters at Dovedale Stepping Stones from 11am-3pm.
The Peak District venue is also hosting a hook-a-duck competition.
Sudbury Hall has a Cadbury's Easter trail around the gardens from noon-4pm tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
Thrill-seekers are also in for a treat tomorrow when Europe's tallest mobile ride, the towering 68m Starflyer, ride will be premiering at the Market Place in Derby.
It promises great views over Derby so clear blue skies should be the ideal opportunity to enjoy it.
Spondon forecaster Martin Harris said: "Good Friday looks to be the best day over the Easter weekend with good spells of sunshine and light winds.
"Saturday will also see sunny spells although there will be occasional cloud.
"Sunday will remain dry through the day with the risk of rain on Sunday night and into bank holiday Monday, which will be rather unsettled with cloudy spells and the chance of April showers."
Samantha Harrison, of Wye Street, Alvaston, who sells ice creams from her van, Sam's Ices, said the weekend could be a challenge.
She said: "Often the Easter weekend is hard to sell because parents tell their children they've got their eggs to eat.
"I'll still be in Chaddesden, Alvaston and Spondon and I hope the nice weather makes up for it."
EVENTS taking place over Easter weekend:
The Mellors Group's Starflyer ride will be premiering at the Market Place in Derby on Friday, April 18. At a towering 223ft in height, the thrilling ride will be open to the public from 10am every day until Sunday, May 11. Tickets will be priced at adults £5, under 12s £4 and they will be available to purchase from an onsite box office.
Cadbury Eggsplorers Easter Egg Trail from April 18 to April 21 at locations including Hardwick Hall, Eyam Hall, Kedleston Hall, Sudbury Hall, Ilam Park, Longshaw and Calke Abbey. For more details visit, www.eastereggtrail.co.uk
About 5,000 toy ducks will take to the River Dove for an Easter Sunday dip for charity. This year's race takes place at Dovedale Stepping Stones on Easter Sunday at 2pm. People can pay £1 for a duck, which will be dropped into the river for a race down the rapids. Fun and games, including an Easter Egg hunt, start at 11am.
Crich Tramway Village: On Sunday and Monday, visitors can expect air-raid warnings and the sound of low-flying aircraft during the Easter 1940s event. It will run from 10am-11pm (last admissions 6pm) on Sunday and 10am-6pm (last admissions 4pm) on Monday. Adults £13, seniors £10.50, children £8, family ticket £35. More details at www.tramway.co.uk.


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Education Conference
Informa's education events are the meeting place for the australian education industry. The flagship Higher Education Summit has been running since 2002 and is the premier education networking event in Australia. The Social Inclusion in Education conference focuses on equity in education and attracts nearly 200 attendees. The University Planning & Design Forum looks at the design issues that impact upon higher education facilities. Informa also organise the annual University Governance & Regulations Forum, bringing together professionals to examine regulatory issues within the higher education. The Student Housing Summit will look at the issues of housing growth, supply and demand across the student housing sector.
The 3rd Annual Student Experience Conference
Dates for 2015 to be announced
The Inaugural Student Recruitment and Retention Forum
With Australian Higher Education becoming more and more competitive and the Federal Government proposing the deregulation of University fees, student recruitment and retention has become increasingly important in the area of Higher Education.
University Efficiency and Shared Services Forum
28-29 April 2015 | Park Royal Darling Harbour
Driving greater value in university business processes and services.
The Inaugural K-12 National Curriculum Conference
7 – 8 May 2015 | Bayview Eden, Melbourne
Examining the principles for a sound, innovative and evidence based curriculum
UK Higher Education Regulation Forum
19 - 20 May 2015 | Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre, London
School Planning, Design & Construction Conference
1-2 June 2015 | Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel
Creating innovative classrooms to sustain Australia's education future. See what 2015 has to offer in the latest classroom designs & innovations.
2nd Annual STEM Education Conference
29-30 June 2015 | Sydney Harbour Marriott
A Highly Practical & Interactive Series That Will Provide Solutions For The Biggest Challenges In STEM. View The Program & Speaker Faculty Today!
The Future of Learning in Higher Education Summit
Dates for 2016 to be announced.
K12 Cultural Innovation in Australian Schools Conference
Dates for 2016 to be announced.
Regional Universities Conference
Dates for 2015 to be announced
AFR Higher Education Reform Summit
Dates for 2015 to be announced
Annual University Governance and Regulations Forum
Dates for 2015 to be announced.


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Admission: FREE for RMSC members $3 requested donation for general public $10 requested donation per family for general public Small charges may apply for certain programs.
Rentals Available: Ski package (skis, poles and boots): $15; Snowshoes: $5 Not a member? Consider joining the RMSC and take advantage of great member benefits. Learn more by clicking here.


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How North Miami Watches TV
Do you know how many people still watch TV as it is broadcast? And how many wait and watch shows on their DVRs? Well, cable TV use in North Miami, OK tends to follow larger trends. In America, 97% of people watch television as it is broadcast, 48% stream at least one show online and 7% use their DVRs to watch TV whenever they want. And, 72% of the population bundles TV and Internet, while 33% of homes have four or more televisions.
467 people live in North Miami, which means there are:
- 453 people who watch broadcast TV
- 224 people who stream TV online
- 33 people who regularly use DVRs
- 336 people with bundled services
- 154 people with a plethora of plasma-screens


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Microfinance can mean a lot to the environment
Earthtalk: Little payments can jump-start a business and lead to greener communities.
Q: What is "microfinance," and how does it help poor countries and preserve the environment?
– Eliza Clark, Seattle
A: The brainchild of Grameen Foundation founder Muhammad Yunus, microfinance is a form of banking whereby financial institutions offer small loans to the poor. The idea behind the concept, which originated in Bangladesh in the mid-1970s, is that motivated and disciplined poor people could climb out of poverty if they had access to funding – even small amounts – that help get businesses off the ground. With access to revolving loan funds, these "micro-entrepreneurs" can build businesses, pay back the loan, and continue to provide for themselves and their families in a sustainable way.
A classic example would be a woman who borrows $50 to buy chickens so she can sell eggs. As her chickens multiply, she sells more eggs, and, later, chicks as well. As she climbs out of a perhaps desperate situation, she repays the money. The community, meanwhile, benefits from having a new source of nutritious food.
"Having access to money to start a small business isn't about fulfilling a dream, it's literally about keeping their families one step ahead of starvation and putting a roof over their heads," says Tracey Turner, founder of MicroPlace, an online "microfinance marketplace" launched by eBay in 2007. Individuals can put small or large amounts of money on MicroPlace and get a rate of return in the 2- to 3-percent range – better than a donation – and gain the satisfaction of knowing that their cash is helping someone in a developing country improve his or her lot and that of a poor community.


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RI Thunder Gold-Wilson 18u: Welcome
RI THUNDER GOLD-Wilson 18u
The RI Thunder Organization was founded by Dave Lotti and over the years has grown into one of the most well respected fastpitch programs in the country. This team will now be RI Thunder Gold-Wilson and playing in the top College Showcases starting this Fall and continuing into the Summer season. Come check us out...you won't be disappointed!
If you have questions or would like more information regarding our team please contact Joey Wilson at 401-578-9890 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
RI Thunder Gold-Wilson Announces 2014 Fall Schedule:
9/19- RI Thunder Fall Tune-Up- Plainville, MA
10/4- Fall Field of Champions Showcase- Edison, NJ
10/17- NE Finest Fall Showcase- Plainville, MA
10/25- NJ Nightmare Octoberfest- Voorhees, NJ
10/31- D9 Sun Classic Showcase- Orlando, FL
Final Fall Record: 18-6-1
RI Thunder Gold-Wilson Projected 2015 Summer Schedule: (subject to change)
Pennsbury Invitational- Lower Makefield TWP, PA
Premiere Girls Fastpitch (PGF) National Qualifier- TBD
Team NJ Summer Classic Showcase- Edison, NJ
TNT Summer Showcase- Quakertown, PA
PGF National Championship- Huntington Beach, CA
New England's Finest Showcase- Plainville, MA
"Somewhere, behind the athlete you've become, the hours of practice, the coaches who push you, and the fans who cheer for you, is the little girl who fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Play for her."


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NCAA tournament: David Lighty is the fuel that makes the Buckeyes...
Brian BennettDavid Lighty isn't as well-known as some of his Ohio State teammates, but his leadership and boundless energy are what make the Buckeyes go.
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'No-name' Marquette makes itself known
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- In the middle of the celebratory Marquette locker-room scrum stood Buzz Williams, stripped down to an undershirt over his dress pants. Williams then ripped off his tank top and went into the coaches' area. A moment later, he ran back int...
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Rapid reaction: Marquette 66, Syracuse 62
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- A Big East team got through Cleveland to the Sweet 16, just not the one most people expected. No. 11 seed Marquette took advantage of No. 3 seed Syracuse's mistakes and its knowledge of the Orange's 2-3 zone to score a 66-62 victory. ...
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Ohio State crushes competition
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- On Saturday night, Ohio State senior and Cleveland native David Lighty took all his teammates to his family's church. The parishioners treated the Buckeyes to a feast of soul food. Then at Sunday morning's shootaround, four Ohio State...
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Rapid Reaction: Ohio State 98, GMU 66
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- Ohio State didn't need to survive any scares this weekend. Heck, the Buckeyes barely broke a sweat. After cruising by Texas-San Antonio by 29 points on Friday, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed crushed short-handed George Mason 98-6...
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Preview: Sunday in Cleveland
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- The four remaining teams in this East Region pod know how to move on in March. All four have been to a Final Four since 2003, and three of them have national championship trophies encased in glass back home. Beyond that, we've got the...
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Rapid Reaction: Syracuse 77, Indiana St. 60
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- Larry Bird is not walking through that door. Indiana State played with a lot of heart, but Syracuse was the team with a lot of size. And that made a literal huge difference. A team with four starters 6-foot-5 and under simply can't...
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Marquette makes statement against Xavier
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- If you go by the seedings, Marquette was the 11th -- and last -- Big East team to make the NCAA tournament field. Appropriately enough, the selection committee awarded the Golden Eagles a No. 11 seed. "We were just happy we got in," g...
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Rapid reaction: Marquette 66, Xavier 55
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- Forget that "No. 11" by Marquette's name. This is officially a Team No One Wants To Play in this NCAA tournament. At least, that is, if the Golden Eagles can duplicate Friday's effort against Xavier. They were simply terrific from sta...
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Rapid Reaction: Ohio State 75, UTSA 46
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- Ohio State did what No. 1 seeds are supposed to do in their first NCAA tournament game: Squeeze the life out of a No. 16 seed and eliminate any possible drama. We didn't learn a lot new about the Buckeyes, except that they weren't ner...
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This George Mason makes own memories
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- The current George Mason players have nothing but respect for the 2005-06 Patriots team that made it to the Final Four. Many of them are at the school now at least partly because that team raised the profile of the program. But, hones...
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Rapid Reaction: George Mason 61, 'Nova 57
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- For George Mason, it was shades of 2006. For Villanova, it was more of the same. The Patriots won their first NCAA tournament game since their magical 2006 Final Four run with a 61-57 victory over No. 9 seed Villanova on Friday aftern...
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Previewing Cleveland: The night games
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- Here's a look at Friday's evening action from the East Regional at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena: No. 6 seed Xavier (24-7) vs. No. 11 Marquette (20-14), 7:27 ET (truTV) What to watch: Two basketball-obsessed, big-city, Jesuit sch...
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Previewing Cleveland: The day games
Brian BennettCLEVELAND -- This city has known more than its share of sports disappointments, from The Drive to The Decision, from Jordan over Ehlo to Modell's moving vans. Maybe this weekend can provide a little brightness. Two Ohio schools are here for the Ea...
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