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[Video] Nicki Minaj Talks New Clothing Collection & Revamped Image: 'I've Been Feeling Romantic & Sexy Lately'
Nicki loves her Barbz and loves her new style.
Last night, we were on the scene in West Hollywood as Nicki Minaj announced the launch of her new lifestyle brand, "The Nicki Minaj Collection" with Kmart and ShopYourWay, a new interactive website. Dressed in a beautiful knee-length dress and leopard-print heels, she took to the podium to explain how important it is for her to create an affordable shopping experience for her fans:
It's very important that I'm not just slapping my name on something. It's important that my fans are going to know that if Nicki is putting it in her line, then Nicki is going to be wearing it. That's why on Shopyourway.com we are creating catalogs, and I get to see what my fans like, and say 'Hey I like that too.' Right now it's very real time, it's very personable.
When we asked her what style of clothing we can expect from her line she said:
I want to create looks like these [dresses]. I have been doing a lot of dresses lately, and I feel more confident when I wear dresses. It doesn't have to be super over the top sexy. Some of the dresses that I have been doing lately have been completely covered like sweater dresses and my fans have really responded to it. My fans are like 'Hey Nicki, we want the crazy leggings' and stuff like that but we also want to have things that we can wear whether we are going to work or whatever. I'm really focused on the dresses! I've been feeling so romantic and sexy lately.
With a new clothing deal and her boyfriend in tow supporting her at the event, she's definitely feeling like she's on top of the world.
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A few Barbz that were invited to attend the event. (left to right: Michelle Charles, Atarah White and Lekisha Burke)
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On the eve of the start of the 2011 Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby sledRacer.com has seen fit to rank the top Champ 440 riders headed into the event. These rankings are not overall rankings, but rankings specifically for Eagle River. We took into consideration past performances, how the riders have been doing so far this season, any changes within their team structures and how cool their hoods look. Before we hit the rankings, we start with an honorable mention, Dan Fenhaus. Fenhaus has Eagle River dialed and the past two Derbys he's been money, finishing third in 2009 and second in 2010. With that, we move on to our Top 10.
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Equity Valuation and Advanced Financial Statement Analysis
Many lawyers routinely operate in a world that demands they understand the value and inner workings of the business organization. Whether working in a bank, a law firm, a prosecutor's office, an agency or an investment manager, lawyers must often get up to speed with scant information other than public information and financial statements. Unfortunately, very few lawyers are trained to undertake this important task, and those who do it well—very well—are highly valued. Not surprisingly, many of these lawyers end up running organizations, whether it be a law firm, a corporation or an agency.
This is a high-level course for those who have previously had experience in corporate finance and accounting. It is designed give the advanced law student a deeper dive into important concepts relating to equity valuation and financial statement analysis. Familiarity with numbers is essential.
The areas of focus include:
1. Equity Valuation Process
2. Discounted Dividend Valuation
3. Free Cash Flow Valuation
4. Market-Based Valuation: Price Multiples
5. Residual Income Valuation
6. Financial Reporting Mechanics
7. Financial Reporting Standards
8. Advanced Topics in Understanding the Income Statement
9. Advanced Topics in Understanding the Balance Sheet
10. Advanced Topics in Understanding the Cash Flow Statement
11. Financial Analysis Techniques
12. International Standards Convergence
13. Financial Statement Analysis: Applications
14. Inventories
15. Long-Lived Assets
16. Income Taxes
17. Long-Lived Liabilities and Leases
18. Employee Compensation: Postretirement and Share-Based
19. Intercorporate Investments
20. Multinational Operations
21. Evaluating Financial Reporting Quality
Course Materials
The two primary texts are Equity Asset Valuation (CFA Institute Investment Series), by Stowe, Robinson, Pinto and McLeavey (Wiley, 2007), and International Financial Statement Analysis (CFA Institute Investment Series), by Robinson, van Greuning, Henry and Broihahn (Wiley, 2009). Handouts and problem sets will be distributed in class. Problem sets will be graded.
Course Requirements
1. Class Attendance and Preparation.
Students are expected to attend all sessions. You should read appropriate materials prior to class.
2. Problem Sets.
Problem sets will be assigned throughout the class. Most of these will be graded. Some problems will not be graded and will be done in teams.
3. Examinations.
There will be a three-hour mid-term examination on the Equity Valuation section of the course and a three-hour final examination on the Financial Statement Analysis section.
4. Grading.
Final course grades will be determined by the following allocation:
25% Class Participation
25% Problem Sets
25% Mid-Term Exam
25% Final Exam
5. The Honor Code.
You are expected to follow the Duke University Honor Code. Specific issues concerning homework and the final examination will be discussed in the first class meeting.
6. Schedule.
Mondays for 1-1/2 hours and Wednesdays for 1-1/2 hours.
7. Prerequisites.
One of the following courses (or their equivalents): Corporate Finance, Financial Information or Fixed Income Markets and Quantitative Methods.
Please note that course organization and content may vary substantially from semester to semester and descriptions are not necessarily professor specific. Please contact the instructor directly if you have particular course-related questions.
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As News 3 told you about in May, Libby Stewart is an eight-year-old dealing with Type 1 Diabetes. Since her diagnosis two years ago, hospital trips have been frequent.
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On Saturday evening in Sunderland, an 18-year-old born in Belgium and of Albanian descent scored two fine goals to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory for Manchester United.
There was much marvelling at the eye-catching promise of the precociously talented youngster. The goals, the second in particular, were really very good indeed. Then everything went silly.
It emerged that the FA had tentatively enquired about whether Adnan Januzaj, for it was he, would be interested in playing for England.
This idea was a complete non-starter, for many reasons. Januzaj has no connection to England beyond the fact one of its football clubs pays him money to play for them. He has no English heritage or ancestry.
He arrived in England aged 16, meaning the FA would have to ride roughshod over their own Home Nations Agreement which states that a footballer must spend five years in education in England before the age of 18 in order to qualify.
Even if that was ignored, FIFA requires the five years of residency to begin at 18. So this hugely promising talent would then have to put his international career on hold until 2018, rather than immediately playing for one of the countries he is already eligible to play for.
Then there's the small matter of Januzaj himself who - and this can't be stressed enough - has given absolutely no indication that he has even the slightest interest in playing for England. Why should he?
But Januzaj made the mistake of scoring those two sublime, match-changing goals at the start of the international break. And thus, Januzaj for England became a story, a narrative, in spite of itself.
Smoking's Jack Wilshere was then asked about it in a press conference.
Incredibly, the 21-year-old footballer proved unable to adequately articulate his views on the complex, fluid, nuanced nature of what nationality is in a fast-changing world of ever-increasing mobility, and just what it means to be "English".
But, perhaps relieved not to be facing yet more questions about smoking a cigarette, he unguardedly, honestly answered the question.
"The only people who should play for England are English people," he said.
"If you live in England for five years it doesn't make you English. If I went to Spain and lived there for five years I am not going to play for Spain. We have to remember what we are. We are English. We tackle hard, are tough on the pitch and are hard to beat."
The only really upsetting thing there is the fact that England's most technically-accomplished young footballer still has such a backward view on English football.
But the papers twisted and exaggerated his clumsily-delivered words, filling the vast empty acres of newspaper that stretch out across the football-free desert that is international week with "England is for the English" headlines that painted Wilshere as some sort of right-wing nut.
Wilshere then took to Twitter - perhaps the only arena less suited than press conferences to the meaningful debate of a delicate issue - and made things worse.
Bizarrely, Wilshere claimed he was not talking about Januzaj, apparently in the belief the controversy over his remarks was because they disparaged the Manchester United man.
Wilshere was wrong on both counts. He was talking about Januzaj - the question he answered mentioned the headline-grabbing teenager by name - and clearly that was not the controversy.
But Wilshere's confusion was understandable. Because what he said, clumsily but honestly, was that you should be English to play football for England.
This is correct; it is self-fulfilling. By definition you have to be English to play for England. What is trickier, where the problems start, is the definition of English. Wilshere's only attempt to define it was to say that living in England for five years was not in itself enough.
That's a fair view. Despite what the reporting of Wilshere's words on Wednesday morning would have you believe, Wilshere at no point defined English in its strictest sense: born in England. The papers leapt for that definition, perhaps saying more about them than about him.
It's not stated outright by Wilshere, but, in the absence of any evidence the other way, it's reasonable to assume that his definition of English has, like most people's, some flexibility but just not enough to stretch to a Belgian teenager of Albanian descent who happens to play football there.
The problem is that wherever you decide to define the point that denotes someone's nationality, you are drawing an arbitrary line in the sand based on arbitrary lines on a map.
Wilshere's relatively mundane quotes drew such opprobrium because of the media's crucial twist. Few would argue that restricting people to representing only the country of their birth is reasonable, but everything after that is subjective and up for debate.
It's quite easy to point to Mo Farah, who has a London-born father and came to the England at eight years old to escape civil war in Somalia, and say "English", or Adnan Januzaj and say "not English", but these relatively clear-cut outliers help not a jot when analysing the vast grey area that exists between.
Some have been quick to liken Januzaj's case to the England cricket team's use of South African-born stars like Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior.
Pietersen himself initiated a Twitter Storm by challenging Wilshere on his views. Understandable, but unhelpful.
These are not like-for-like comparisons. Pietersen and co are dual-citizens, with English parentage. One could even argue that the current England cricket team more accurately reflects the ever-changing notion of Englishness by virtue of reflecting what could be but almost never is called the English diaspora in a way the football team does not.
Pietersen, Trott et al have historical connections to England. Those links may have proved fortuitously beneficial and exploited to advance those players' cricket careers, but they exist in a way entirely absent in the case of Januzaj.
Wilshere, or anyone else for that matter, arguing against any attempt to make Januzaj English does not mean that argument extends automatically to the likes of Pietersen or Trott.
Wilshere may not have made the point very well, but he is right to say only the English should play sport for England - otherwise, what's the point? The difficulty is defining what English means in the 21st century. That Januzaj may fall foul of any such definition does not mean the same is true for everyone not born on the correct arbitrary piece of land.
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The Invisible Committee's The Coming Insurrection was a phenomenon, celebrated in some quarters and inveighed against in others, publicized in media that ranged from campus bulletin boards to Fox News. Seven years later, The Invisible Committee follows up their premonitory manifesto with a new book, To Our Friends.
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The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. It has undermined European security, raised questions about NATO's future, and put an end to one of the most ambitious projects of U.S. foreign policy—building a partnership with Russia. It also threatens to undermine U.S. diplomatic efforts on issues ranging from terrorism to nuclear proliferation. And in the absence of direct negotiations, each side is betting that political and economic pressure will force the other to blink first.
Illegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over "anchor babies," job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism, al-Qaeda terrorists disguised as Latinos, even a conspiracy by Latinos to "retake" the Southwest. State and local governments have passed more than 300 laws that attempt to restrict undocumented immigrants' access to hospitals, schools, food stamps, and driver's licenses.
Neoliberal rationality—ubiquitous today in statecraft and the workplace, in jurisprudence, education, and culture—remakes everything and everyone in the image of homo oeconomicus. What happens when this rationality transposes the constituent elements of democracy into an economic register? In Undoing the Demos, Wendy Brown explains how democracy itself is imperiled.
Experts, pundits, and politicians agree: public debt is hindering growth and increasing unemployment. Governments must reduce debt at all cost if they want to restore confidence and get back on a path to prosperity. Maurizio Lazzarato's diagnosis, however, is completely different: under capitalism, debt is not primarily a question of budget and economic concerns but a political relation of subjection and enslavement. Debt has become infinite and unpayable.
Although George W. Bush memorably declared, "I'm the decider," as president he was remarkably indecisive when it came to U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His administration's policymaking featured an ongoing clash between moderate realists and conservative hard-liners inspired by right-wing religious ideas and a vision of democracy as cure-all. Riven by these competing agendas, the Bush administration vacillated between recognizing the Palestinian right to self-determination and embracing Israeli leaders who often chose war over negotiations.
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The day my G1 arrived in the mail, I discovered that it was useless without activation and that I needed a data plan to activate it. Now that I'm fulfilling all my mobile networking needs over WiFi and enjoying all the plain-old-phone features, I thought I'd share my experience.
This Should Not Be Possible
The issue is complicated by contradictory myths from a few high-profile sources. Most notably, T-Mobile asserts that the G1 would not be functional without their G1 data plan. According to representatives, even an activated phone would stop working the moment the data service is disabled.
Let's think about this logically. What if one takes the phone on a plane or into the subway system where radio connectivity is nonexistent or limited? Since smartphones also serve PDA-like functions, it would upset most users if their phones became nonfunctional during their commute. Still, many people believe the implausible claims of the company who's trying really hard to sell their value-added services.


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When it comes to social services, there are many programs out there to help people.
Whether in the form of food stamps, financial assistance, medical care or child care, the task of enrolling in those programs can be daunting, especially for someone already living dollar-to-dollar who can't afford to drive to all those locations or take time off from a minimum wage job.
Columbia City sophomore Chris Walker stretches for the ball against East Noble's Gavin Goodrich Monday night. The Eagles took a 1-0 match over the Knights at home with a late first half goal from Devin Rice.
Whitley County Consolidated Schools officials are meeting regularly with architects for renovations at the Marshall Community Center in preparation for the Eagle Tech program slated to launch next fall.
The board of school trustees recently approved the combination of the first two phases of the renovations that will be done by Gibraltar Design.
The architectural fees for both phases will cost $131,800, plus other reimbursable expenses.
A Columbia City teenager who pleaded guilty to child molesting for taking off a three-year-old girl's clothes and bouncing her on his lap was sentenced Monday to six years at the Whitley County Jail with four to serve.
Whitley Circuit Court Judge James Heuer said he wanted to have some portion of the sentence suspended so 18-year-old William B. Leeka could be under the court's authority and be made to seek sex offender treatment classes.
Senior nursing students at Huntington University will begin working in the Parkview Huntington and Parkview Whitley hospitals this Thursday.
The 10 students will conduct health assessments, give medications, perform several treatments and assist with activities of daily living to fulfill a clinical requirement for one of their current courses, Adult Health II. Five students will work at the Huntington location, and five will care for patients in Columbia City.
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Twenty-six-year-old John W. Reed was originally charged with aggravated battery, battery causing bodily injury and criminal recklessness, but those charges were amended to a class C felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon.
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"We're not going to allow it to be sold in the county and be possessed in the county," Whitley County Commissioner Mike Schrader said after the commissioners voted Tuesday to put the ordinance in place.
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Jill Valentine seems to always be on the short end of the stick when it comes to the Resident Evil franchise. Her dialog in the first Resident Evil game is so contrived and almost as brainless as the zombies she's killing. She doesn't appear in the second game, Code: Veronica, nor the fourth installment. Hell, Chris reveals right in the beginning of the fifth Resident Evil title that she DIED before that games events transpired. But before Jill faded into an obscurity that she didn't deserve (her MvC2 appearance was more fluff than anything), there was Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — a RE title that tried to change up a few of the already tired and true aspects of the first two games, and not only succeeds, but infuses more of a fear factor and suspense than the first two title combined.
Resident Evil 3 succeeds with a few gameplay elements added in, including a quick 180 degree turn., which seems to have slowed down in speed during future installments. This maneuver ends up being an invaluable tool in your escape from the brainless zombies and other evils you'll encounter during your attempted escape. Then there's the dodge moves, where you can dodge an oncoming zombie from nibbling your neck with a correct button press at the correct time. Situational at times, but a welcome addition. Throughout the game, you'll come across moments where you'll have to choose what to do next, usually involving the hulking behemoth Nemesis chasing you down. Being able to choose between a set number of options adds to the experience, as you feel that you can almost craft the story you want out of your experience. This somewhat makes up for the fact that Jill Valentine is the only character you can choose a the beginning of the game, and leads up to experimentation down the line, trying different options after you beat the game.
Another successful element that was not only the first appearance but the last as well, was the Reloading Tool. This device, in conjunction with Gun Powder you'll come across, will help create ammunition for your weapons, whether it be handgun bullets, grenade rounds, or even magnum rounds. The flexibility is apparent, as you can work towards compiling more acid grenade rounds into your inventory, or for a quick fix, some handgun rounds. It helped fill the void for the lack of ammo pick ups throughout the game.
Probably the biggest compliment one can give RE3 is the fact that there's a ton of suspense to it. Maybe the fact that I've previously never played more than a hour of this installment has to do with it, but there's a sense of tension and unease that I've only felt during Code Veronica. The music stings here and there add to that uncertainty vibe, and along with the grittier, more detailed environment than the previous two RE titles, you can feel the suspense through the hairs on your forearms.
To be honest, there's not a lot to be up in arms over. With the only additions to the controls being the useful 180 spin as well as dodging enemy attacks, no other functionality changes were introduced to make the tank-like controls less stiff and robotic. Throughout the series, there's been little to no change to the mechanics of the game in order to make them feel less rigid and more fluid, which can be annoying at times, especially for games with an identity crisis, such as Resident Evil 5 (more on that later this week). Also, this game can be a lot more difficult than the first two titles combined, even on easy mode, which sets you up with a plethora of ammo and guns in your trunk, not to mention infinite ink ribbons.
I guess its fitting to say that Jill Valentine's second and last appearance as a playable character in the Resident Evil series (not counting anything 5 vomited up), ends up being one of the most enjoyable installments. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis manages to do mostly everything right, with almost nothing going against it. The suspense is plentiful, the graphics are the best of the series on the system, the 180 degree turn helps heaps, and it's a pretty difficult game, even on easy mode. One of the most underrated games on the Sony PlayStation, and definitely a chapter in the Resident Evil saga that you shouldn't miss. It's a shame the character mechanics are still painfully stiff.
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IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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Widespread throughout the north Pacific, the Ancient Murrelet nests colonially in burrows or rock crevices. It is the only seabird that raises its young entirely at sea.
Mostly pelagic; nests along rocky seacoasts in crevices, under rocks, and in burrows in the ground.
Dives underwater to capture prey, using its wings to swim.
Introduced mammals, including foxes and raccoons, can have severe negative impacts on Ancient Murrelet colonies. Removal programs have led to rapid recovery in some cases, but repeated recolonization by raccoons remains the most pressing conservation issue for Ancient Murrelets in British Columbia.
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Over her last four matches, Annie Lopez ranks third on the team with 39 digs.
Nov. 2, 2009
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Match Info: Mizzou (15-9, 6-6 Big 12) at No. 10 Nebraska (16-6, 9-4 Big 12)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Arena: NU Coliseum
Live Stats: www.MUTigers.com or Huskers.com
Streaming Radio: www.MUTigers.com
Television:Nebraska Education Television
Series Information: Mizzou has not beaten Nebraska since 2003 when they shocked the Huskers in a five-set thriller in Lincoln. Mizzou trails the all-time series 68-3-1, but two of the Tigers' three wins have come in Lincoln.
What You Need to Know
The Tigers are in search of their first four-match winning streak of the season as they square off against Nebraska at the NU Coliseum.
Wednesday's match against No. 10 Nebraska marks the first of two-straight contests against top 10 opponents. Mizzou will host No. 2 Texas at the Hearnes Center on Saturday.
The Tigers have not beaten Nebraska since 2003 when they shocked Nebraska in five sets at the NU Coliseum. Mizzou has only beaten Nebraska three times in the program's history, but two of the three wins have come in Lincoln.
Julianna Klein returned to the Tiger lineup last week after missing three matches due to illness. Klein posted 13 kills on .393 hitting in limited time last week. She also added five digs, three aces and a solo block.
This Wednesday
Mizzou will hit the road for its first of two matches against top-10 teams this week as it will face No. 10 Nebraska at the NU Coliseum on Wednesday. The match will prove crucial for the Tigers - who stand at 15-9 overall and 6-6 in Big 12 play - as they look to pad their NCAA Tournament resume. Mizzou has not beaten Nebraska since 2003 when they shocked the Huskers in a five-set thriller in Lincoln. Mizzou trails the all-time series 68-3-1, but two of the Tigers' three wins have come in Lincoln. A win Wednesday would help solidify Mizzou as an NCAA Tournament contender this season.
Last Time Out
Mizzou squared off against SIU-Edwardsville on Saturday as they stepped out of league play for the final time this season. The Tigers rested several starters in the match as they coasted to a three-set victory over the Cougars. Julianna Klein and Paola Ampudia led Mizzou with nine kills each while eight different Tigers posted kills in the match. Weiwen Wang hit a season-best .636 with seven kills in the match as she returned to the middle hitter position after playing outside in her last three matches. Freshman setter Kate Harris also saw increased playing time as she entered the match at the 13-8 mark of the second set. She finished the match with 16 assists, her best since spreading 28 in the Tigers' win over Fairfield earlier this season.
The win over the Cougars improved Mizzou to 9-3 outside of league play this season, an improvement from last season when Mizzou went just 6-4 outside of the Big 12.
The Return of Klein
Although junior Paola Ampudia led Mizzou with 27 kills last week, the Tigers' two matches last week were all about the return of Julianna Klein, who had missed the previous three matches due to illness. Klein played in two of three sets against Kansas State on Wednesday and hit .500 with four kills in the match. She followed that by playing in all three sets against SIUE, posting a team-best nine kills on .350 hitting. For the week, the Tiger junior posted 13 kills on .393 hitting while serving up three aces.
Klein led Mizzou with 216 kills before missing those three matches and was averaging a team-best 3.22 kills per set. Her 229 total kills this season now ranks second on the team behind Paola Ampudia who has 273. With the return of Klein, Mizzou now boasts one of the best one-two punches in the league in her and Ampudia. In fact, Mizzou is one of only four teams in the Big 12 that features two players with at least 220 kills on the season.
Three in a Row
With Mizzou's win over SIUE on Saturday, it has now won three-straight matches, dating back to a four-set win at Kansas last Saturday. The three straight wins equals the Tigers' longest winning streak of the season - set on two separate occasions - and they will look to post their first four-match winning streak of the season on Wednesday against Kansas.
Nearly Perfect at Hearnes
Saturday's win over SIUE improved Mizzou to 10-1 inside Hearnes Center this season. The last time that Mizzou was 10-1 at home was 2002 when they opened the season 11-1 at home. Mizzou has swept six of its opponents at home and knocked off Texas A&M in its only five-set match of the season. At home, Mizzou has lost only eight sets this season, three of which came in its only loss of the season to Nebraska. The Tigers look to enact some revenge for their only home loss of the season as they face Nebraska on Wednesday in Lincoln.
It's That Time of Year...
...to start looking at the Tigers' NCAA Tournament resume. With the selection committee placing an increased emphasis on what teams did in the non-conference part of the schedule, Mizzou should feel pretty good as it racked up a 9-3 mark against non-Big 12 opponents, including one win over an RPI top-100 team and a 4-1 mark away from home. Staying on the RPI topic, Mizzou has earned four wins over RPI top 100 teams this season and has taken sets from thee others that rank in the top 100. Mizzou does not have a loss to a team ranked outside of the RPI top 100 this season. Finally, the Tigers have played nine teams that are currently ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA/Bison Top 25 poll or were ranked at the time that they played. Mizzou stands at six matches over .500 of the third time this season and 6-6 in the Big 12. A win at Nebraska on Wednesday would go a long way to helping Mizzou's tournament chances.
Dominating the Middle
Last week, the Tigers' four middle hitters - Catie Wilson, Amanda Hantouli, Brittney Brimmage and Weiwen Wang - seemed nearly unstoppable as they hit .354 with 37 kills in the Tigers' two wins last week. Wang paced the four by hitting .450 while Hantouli posted the most kills of the four with 11. Not only did the foursome shine offensively, but it pitched in 13 total blocks on the week and accounted for 45.0 total points on the week.
The Nebraska Connection
Over the past several years, Mizzou has seen a steady influx of players that call the Cornhusker state home. This season, Tiger middle blockers Amanda Hantouli and Catie Wilson represent the state of Nebraska. They are just two of 10 student-athletes that have played under Wayne and Susan Kreklow that have come from the state of Nebraska. Two of those 10 - Lindsey Hunter and Nicole Wilson - earned All-American accolades while another - Tatum Ailes - was named Big 12 Libero of the Year.
Spreading the Wealth
In each of the Tigers' last three wins, at least eight players on the Tiger roster collected kills, marking only the second time that Mizzou has done that in back-to-back-to-back matches this season. The previous time was a three-match stretch at the beginning of the season when Mizzou had eight players with a kill against BYU, Washington State and Utah Valley.
Winning Streak by the Numbers
During Mizzou's current three-match winning streak, there are plenty of numbers to support how well Mizzou has played in those three matches, most notably the team's .259 attack percentage - their best over any three-match span this season. The Tigers have also killed 28 more points than their opponents at 160-132 and have out-blocked their opponents 24-15 in that span. Mizzou has also served up 14 aces to their opponents' one in that span. In fact, Mizzou's opponents have served as many errors as the Tigers have aces in the past three matches.
Staying on the Ace Topic
Last week, Mizzou aced its two opponents - Kansas State and SIUE - 10 times while not committing a single reception error, finishing the week plus 10 in service aces. Mizzou's opponents finished the week with 12 service errors, giving Mizzou a net service margin of plus 15 on the week.
The Tigers currently rank first in the Big 12 with 1.35 service aces per set this season. Mizzou's 113 total aces leads the Big 12, 11 more than the second-place team. Both Caitlyn Vann (fifth, 0.30 per set) and Julianna Klein (fourth, 0.31 per set) rank amongst the Big 12's top 10 this season. Klein has posted the most service aces in a match by a Big 12 player with her eight against Colorado, while Vann's six aces against UMKC comes in ranked second overall. Catie Wilson served four against Texas Tech, the fourth-best mark in the league this season. Mizzou posted a season-best 11 aces in the win over Colorado and also hit the 11-ace mark against UMKC. That mark is tops in a Big 12 match this season.
52 Kills
Mizzou posted a three-set season-high 52 kills in its win over Kansas State last Wednesday. That mark is even more impressive when considering that the Tigers were just three shy of a season-low in attack errors in the match as they hit .333. Eight different Tigers posted a kill in the match as four Tigers posted at least seven. In addition, Mizzou limited K-State to just 38 kills in the match.
Scouting the Huskers
Nebraska comes into Wednesday's match as the Big 12's No. 3 team behind Texas and Iowa State at 16-6 overall and 9-4 in Big 12 play. The six total losses this season are more than Nebraska had in the two previous seasons combined as are their four Big 12 losses. They have also lost three matches at home this season and two of its last four matches.
The Huskers are led by a trio of players that have at least 200 kills in Hanna Werth (234), Tara Mueller (233) and Lindsey Licht (215).Werth, in just her freshman season, joins the Tigers' Paola Ampudia as one of the two frontrunners for the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year as she leads the team in kills and has pulled in 212 digs in her first year as a Husker.
Nebraska is hitting .235 this season and has posted 1,140 kills on the season. That along with its 15.96 digs per frame, makes Nebraska one of the best all-around teams in the nation. The Huskers lead the all-time series with Mizzou, 68-3-1.
43 Assists
Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco passed out a three-set season-best 43 assists in the Tigers' win over K-State last Wednesday. The 43 assists are also the most by any Big 12 player in a three-set match this season. Wang-Francisco now has 4,528 assists in her career and needs 426 over the Tigers' last eight matches to move into second place all-time at Mizzou.
Season-Best for Mizzou
2,721 fans filed into the Hearnes Center last Wednesday night, a season-best for the Tigers. Over the last three home matches, Mizzou has seen 6,768 fans have packed into Hearnes, averaging 2,256 fans per contest.
Monkey off the Back?
The Tigers' win over Kansas marked Mizzou's first Big 12 road win of the 2009 season as the Tigers went 0-5 in the first half of Big 12 play on the road. Despite coming close at Oklahoma and at Kansas State, Mizzou had not won a true road match since September 5, when it knocked off Utah Valley. Mizzou won only two Big 12 matches on the road last season.
Making an Impact
Fifth-year senior Amanda Hantouli has made her presence felt as of late, coming off the bench and accounting for some big production. Her performance last Wednesday against K-State was evidence of that as she tallied a season-best seven kills on .385 hitting. She also came off the bench at Kansas and had a huge impact, posting four blocks - her most since the season-opening match against Texas State when she had eight - to help the Tigers out-block the Jayhawks, 10.0-7.0. Over her last three matches, Hantouli has 12 kills on .250 hitting with a team-best 10 blocks.
Hantouli now has 340 blocks in her career, fourth-most all-time at Mizzou while her 38 solos blocks are the most amongst active Tigers. Hantouli has 38 blocks on the season - which ranks fifth on the team.
Performance of a Lifetime?
The performance by Paola Ampudia at Kansas on Oct. 24 will likely go down as one of the best - if not the best - single-match effort in program history. Ampudia's 35 kills bested Yvette Buhlig's 20-year school record of 34 kills, set on September 5, 1989. The 35 kills are a Big 12 four-set record and she joins Buhlig as one of only two Tigers to post 30 or more kills in a four-set match. Her 78 attacks in the match are also a school-record - tying the mark set by Julianna Klein earlier this season in a five-set win over Texas A&M - and are the most-ever in a four-set match at Mizzou. Ampudia also pulled in 11 digs in the match, her second-best total of the season, to earn her third career double-double. Her .282 clip in the match is also her fourth-best of the season.
More on Paola
Over the last eight matches, few players in the Big 12 and nationally have been as dominant as Ampudia has. Averaging 5.14 kills per set, the Tiger junior has 144 kills - 91 more than any other Tiger - and is hitting .245 in that span. She is also tied for first on the team with 22 total blocks in those eight matches and is third on the team with 62 digs. In fact, all three of her kill-dig double-doubles this season have come in her last six matches. Ampudia now ranks second in the Big 12 in kills per set (4.34) and third in points per set (4.85) during league play and ranks sixth overall with 3.46 kills per set and fifth with 3.95 points per set this season. Ampudia did not rank in the top 10 in any of those statistical categories eight matches ago.
Weekly Honors for Paola
For her efforts two weeks ago, Ampudia was named Big 12 Player of the Week, her fourth Big 12 weekly honor of the season, the most by any Tiger in a single season. The Player of the Week laurel is the first of her career while she has taken home Big 12 Rookie of the Week three times. She is the only player in the history of the Big 12 to take home Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors in the same season. Ampudia averaged 7.29 kills per set that week while hitting .274 with 15 digs.
No `Hard-knock Life' for this Annie
Sophomore defensive specialist Annie Lopez posted 12 digs in the Tigers' win over K-State last Wednesday. The 12 digs match her season-high, set three matches earlier against Nebraska. Over her last four, Lopez ranks third on the team with 39 digs, trailing only libero Caitlyn Vann.
Cracking the Top 10
With 11 digs against SIUE, junior libero Caitlyn Vann moved into 10th place on Mizzou's single-season list with 363 in 2009. Vann now has 1,239 digs in her career and sits just 67 shy of cracking the top three all-time at Mizzou as well. Vann is averaging 4.32 dps and if the season were to end today, that mark would rank fourth all-time at Mizzou in a single season.
Playing Up to Her Competition
When playing against the top six teams in the Big 12 Conference this season, junior libero Caitlyn Vann has brought her best game. In those six matches against the leagues' top six teams, Vann is averaging 5.00 digs per set and has eclipsed the 20-dig plateau in three of those matches. Vann posted a season-best 29 digs against Texas A&M - the sixth-place team - and pulled in 21 and 20 against Oklahoma and Iowa State, respectively.
Nice Night for Lei
Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco passed out a season-high and Big 12 four-set high 57 assists in Mizzou's win over Kansas. This season, Wang-Francisco has 112 assists against KU as she passed out her previous season-best 55 against KU back in September. The Tiger setter also pulled in 10 digs at Kansas for her team-leading sixth double-double this season. Wang-Francisco has now played in 425 sets as a Tiger, cracking the top 10 all time at No. 9.
Double-Double Trouble
Lei Wang-Francisco has begun to show that she is one of the best all-around players in the Big 12 Conference as of late. Wang-Francisco posted her team-leading sixth double-double of the season after handing out 57 assists and collecting 10 digs at Kansas last Saturday. She now ranks third on the team in total digs with 181, fourth in total blocks with 44 and has anchored the Tiger attack by handing out 851 assists this season.
Wilson's Back
After struggling by her standards against Texas and Nebraska, Catie Wilson had another fine performance at Kansas as she posted 13 kills on a team-best .433 hitting. Her 13 kills are a career-best and were second on the team to only Paola Ampudia. She followed that performance by hitting .389 with nine kills against K-State last Wednesday, moving her season clip to .327, sixth-best in the Big 12 this season. Wilson ranks fourth on the team with 175 kills this season and is first in blocks with 66 total (10 solo, 56 assists). She also has 17 service aces this season, moving her point total to 230.0 on the season, third-best on the team.
More on Wilson
With her 175 kills this season, Wilson is just 10 shy of equaling her kill total from her previous two seasons at Mizzou combined. Coming into the season Wilson had 185 kills in her freshman and sophomore seasons combined and has nearly doubled that mark with eight matches remaining in the 2009 regular season.
Wilson Goes Wild
Catie Wilson had one of her finest weeks as a Tiger against Colorado and Texas Tech as she hit .750 with 19 kills, four service aces and three blocks. Wilson hit .733 - the ninth-best clip in program history when totaling more than 10 kills - with 12 kills on 15 attacks. Her .733 clip is the second-best mark by any player in the Big 12 in a single match this season. She followed that with seven kills at clip of .778 and four aces in Mizzou's win over Texas Tech.
Relentless Attack
With 49 attacks at Kansas State earlier this season, junior outside hitter Julianna Klein passed Gwen Mullens for eighth-place on the Tigers' career attack list. Klein now has 2,853 total attacks at Mizzou, the most among active Tigers. She also is the active leader in total service aces (73) and kills (935).
Career Night for Klein
Julianna Klein posted the 1,000th point of her career in the Tigers' win over Texas A&M on her final kill of the match. Klein has the most points among active Tigers and with 179.5 more, she will crack the all-time top 10 career point list at Mizzou. Klein also posted a school-record 78 total attacks in that match.
No. 22 Nationally in Average Attendance
The 2,721 fans that watched Mizzou sweep K-State helped bump Mizzou's season average to 1,704 fans per match, ranking the team 22nd in the nation this season. Mizzou has ranked in the top 10 nationally in attendance from 2004-2008, prompting Volleyball Magazine to rank Hearnes as one of the top-10 toughest places to play in the nation.
Holding `em In Check
The Tigers had their best defensive match of the season against Texas A&M. The Aggies came into the match leading the Big 12 in hitting at .301 and the Tigers - due in large part to season-highs in total blocks (18.0) and digs (96) - limited A&M to .111 hitting, its worst output of the season. Mizzou is 12-0 this season when hitting at a better percentage than its opponents. Mizzou held UMKC and Texas A&M to a combined .055 hitting percentage that week, highlighted by a -.065 clip by the `Roos.
Quite a Comeback
In MU's match against Texas A&M, Mizzou rallied from down 2-0 to top the Aggies, 3-2, in its only five-set match of 2009. The win marked the first time since Oct. 1, 2005, that the Tigers have come back from a 2-0 deficit in a five-set match. The Tigers also limited Texas A&M to a then season-low .111 hitting. A&M entered the match hitting a Big 12-best .301.
Downright Defensive
In the Tigers' match with UMKC, they limited the `Roos to only 39 total points, their best mark of the season, and held the `Roos to -.065 hitting, their best mark since holding Alabama State to -.250 hitting on Aug. 25, 2006.
Return to Sender
In its win over Texas A&M, Mizzou posted a season-high 18.0 total blocks, their best since sending back 14.5 against Texas State in the 2009 opener. Senior setter Lei Wang-Francisco led the Tigers with a season-best six total blocks in the match while Catie Wilson, Weiwen Wang and Rosa Medrano each accounted for five in match.
Rookie of the Week Part Three
Junior Paola Ampudia was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week for the second-consecutive week on September 21, 2009. Ampudia is the first Tiger ever to take home back-to-back Big 12 weekly honors. She became the first-ever Tiger to take home four Big 12 weekly laurels after being named Player of the Week two weeks ago.
A Full-Team Effort
In Mizzou's win over UMKC, every student-athlete on the Tigers' 14-player roster saw action. That was the first time this season that that has happened as two Tigers - Marissa Ferri and Lindsey Petrick - saw their first action in a regular season match this year. Ferri posted her first career dig in the third frame while Petrick entered late in the set and earned her first career solo block and registered three total attacks.
Dig `em Pip!
Sophomore Priscilla Armendariz was a silver lining in the Tigers' loss at Kansas State earlier this season. Armendariz pulled in 24 digs - a season-best and the Tigers' second-best individual performance - in the loss. the 24 total digs are also a personal-best for Armendariz who currently ranks second on the team with 194 digs.
Big Night for Brit
Brittney Brimmage tallied 13 kills with only one error on 20 swings in the Tigers' four-set loss to No. 17 Utah. That stat line gave Brimmage a .600 hitting percentage in the match. The .600 clip is a career-best for Brimmage as she becomes one of only 27 athletes in school history to post a .600 hitting percentage with more than 10 kills.
The 700-Club
Team Kreklow (Wayne and Susan together) earned its 700th career win after topping UMKC last week. The 700 combined wins dates back to their time as the head coaching tandem at Columbia College, where they mentored both the men's and women's programs. The pair has won 197 matches in their 10 seasons at Mizzou.
Mr. 400
With the Tigers' win over Fairfield earlier this season, head coach Wayne Kreklow earned his 400th victory as a head coach. Dating back to his time at Columbia College, where he coached both the men's and women's teams, Kreklow has compiled a 408-110 record as a head coach, including a 354-86 mark coaching women's volleyball. 88 of his 354 wins in women's volleyball have come during his time at Mizzou.
All-Access Video and Radio
Be sure to follow the Tiger volleyball program all season long on www.mutigers.com. The matches will be streamed live on Mizzou All-Access. Also, all Big 12 road matches can be heard live on www.mutigers.com.
Tigers on Television
Mizzou's match at Texas Tech has been chosen for a live broadcast and will air live on Fox 34 in Lubbock, marking what will be the final televised match for Mizzou. Wednesday's match will air on Nebraska Education Television.
Next up
The Tigers will square off against their second top-10 opponent of the week as they host No. 2 Texas on Saturday at the Hearnes Center. The match is slated for a 5 p.m. start, following the Mizzou-Baylor football game.
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Hey yo. It's Mr. TJR John Canton filling in for Andrew Johnson with the Monday Headlines. Andrew wasn't able to do it because he had some work commitments he couldn't get out of. Hopefully he gets some revenge on them like the guys in that hilarious film Office Space from over a decade ago. That scene when they destroy the fax machine is wonderful.
Moving on to actual wrestling related things, there was the WWE Elimination Chamber PPV last night. Hopefully you've read (or at least skimmed) by review of the event RIGHT HERE.
Due to the Elimination Chamber event happening last night there isn't a whole lot of news to joke about, so I'll just hit on some of the bigger things that happened at the event.
* The Rock defeated CM Punk in the main event to retain his WWE Title. It was expected to happen. There were two ref bumps including once when CM Punk hit Rock with a GTS, so I'd expect Punk to complain about how unfair things are.
Since John Cena won the Royal Rumble match that means he'll challenge The Rock for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 29. I've been writing about this happening since July 23 when Rock said he'd get a title shot at the Royal Rumble. It made sense.
Last year's tagline was "once in a lifetime" for their match. They heavily promoted it. This year? "We lied. Deal with it." That may not be official.
For those expecting Undertaker (even I wrote about that in the preview) at Elimination Chamber, he didn't appear. I don't think that means anything about his future because it's not like he was at the event the last couple of years. I think his match with CM Punk at WrestleMania 29 will happen, but it's not confirmed obviously. Maybe we'll see him tonight on Raw or next week. If he's not a part of WrestleMania I doubt we'll see him at all. Nobody really knows. It's okay to be surprised.
* In the Elimination Chamber match to determine a #1 contender for the World Title, Jack Swagger emerged as the winner. I thought it was the best match of the night. Mark Henry was booked like a monster, Jericho lasted over 30 minutes, Orton was on fire towards the end and Swagger was crafty in getting the win.
That win sets up the World Title match at WrestleMania 29 with Alberto Del Rio defending against Jack Swagger, who has his manager Zeb Colter cutting promos about foreigners. Del Rio is Mexican born. Expect plenty of angry promos from Colter.
* My favorite part of the show was The Shield's win over John Cena, Sheamus & Ryback. I had picked the babyface team to win, but I'm happy to be wrong! Why? Because The Shield was booked in an intelligent manner. They outsmarted their opponents. They worked as a team. Everything they did made sense. The booking was smart and the work during the match was exciting. The final five minutes were especially great.
What was interesting is that Ryback stormed off after his loss. Could he turn heel heading into WrestleMania and then they could use him as an opponent for John Cena after WrestleMania? It's a possibility. I'm not sure if turning him heel is the right move. It's something to keep an eye on.
That's it as far as big moments. For the full results of everything that happened as well as my analysis read my review of Elimination Chamber 2013.
There are a lot of photos and videos on WWE.com if you want even more coverage of Elimination Chamber.
In Other News
- WrestleMania 30 is going to be in New Orleans. We've known it for several months, but it's official now. The date for the event is April 6, 2014. It's the first time New Orleans will host a WrestleMania.
The official announcement will happen during a live press conference today on WWE.com at 1pmET. There was an article in today's New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper. Here's a quote from New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu:
"We are proud to have played host to some of the greatest sports and entertainment events in the world over the past two years, and hosting WrestleMania is a great way to continue this unprecedented streak. We look forward to hosting WWE and its global fan base as they celebrate this historic milestone at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome."
That's such a generic statement. I don't like politicians. I'm sure that during Raw tonight we'll see clips of the press conference as well. They will probably call it the biggest WrestleMania of all-time, which is what they say every year.
If you're wondering why they wouldn't go to MSG in New York City for WrestleMania 30 since they did #10 and #20 there here's the reason: money. When you do a WrestleMania in a football stadium you can fit 65,000 or more people and the gate for the event will top $9 million. If you do a WrestleMania in a 17,000 your gate will be a third of that if not less. The bottom line is if you know you can sell over 60,000 tickets for an event every year you would be stupid to not do it.
If I had to pencil in a match for that event it would The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar. Of course it's way too early to speculate about something over a year away, but that's never stopped internet wrestling fans before!
- There's a TMZ article about how Ric Flair's fourth wife Jackie is a drunk lady that attacked him with a glass object in the past. They're in the process of getting a divorce because that's what Ric Flair does.
I'm not shocked that Ric Flair's ex-wife is a crazy, drunk woman. I think that's a prerequisite for agreeing to marry Ric Flair. Woo!
I'm pretty sure I've used that Flair meme before. I don't care. It's wonderful.
- Finally here's a picture of Shane McMahon along with his dad Vince and some random fan wearing a New York Knicks shirt. I don't know when the pic is from, but was told it was recent within the last month or so. It has a lot of people talking because of Shane's hair color.
He's pretty grey looking there. Shane is 43 years old with a wife and three sons. He's been out of WWE for three years. He's involved with a number of businesses including a sports agency company and the Chairman of YOU on Demand in China.
Could he come back to WWE one day? It's possible. I think he was probably burned out from it. There's a lot of travel there and since he has three sons under the age of ten perhaps he wanted to stay at home more or at least keep his family out of the demanding wrestling business. I have no idea.
I'll have you know that I google searched "Shane McMahon testicles" and "Shane McMahon electrocuted" many times to see that clip of him with Kane from 2003, but it did not pop up on youtube. I'm guessing WWE and Linda McMahon's people did their best to remove videos like that. Kudos to them on a job well done. Could you imagine if that was your job, though? Searching for clips of a guy getting his testicles electrocuted is a good way to make a living. That's your job?
No wonder Jack Swagger is going to fix America.
That's all I got for ya. There's not much else going on. I wrote nearly 6,000 words last night live. Tonight I'm writing the Raw Deal live, which is usually around 6,000 words too. On Tuesday night at 10pmET we also have TJR Radio. By that point I'll be sick of saying the letters "WWE" or the world WrestleMania, but I'll get through it. I always do.
I'll be back here tonight for the live Raw Deal. Have a great week.
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Haiyan Santian Science&technology Co., Ltd.
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|Zhejiang, China (Mainland)
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|51 - 100 People
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|US$10 Million - US$50 Million
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Haiyan Santian Science&Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2001, located in Liuli industry zone. We cover about 4300aquare m...
Haiyan Santian Science&Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2001, located in Liuli industry zone. We cover about 4300aquare meters and has more than 50 employees.
With 12 years' experience in the production of UV cured coating, we are able to produce a series of UV cured coatings, such as glossy UV liquid, mirror roller oil, matte UV liquid, especially in UV coating liquid for PVC pinch plate. These products are exported to Asia, Russia and the Middle East, wining wide praise from customers both at home and abroad.
Our company has earned respect for our high standards, competitive prices and excellent services. Customers' satisfaction is and always be our goal. For more information, please feel free to contact us. We promise any inquiry from you will receive our most careful and immediate attention.
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Trade Capacity
Africa : 50.00%
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Factory Size : 3,000-5,000 square meters
No. of Production Lines : 4
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No. of R&D Staff : 5 - 10 People
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By REID TUCKER
A police tactical team creeps unseen through the shadows of a dimly-lit room of crowded machinery and storage equipment, weapons and sinews cocked back, searching for an armed suspect and his two captives.
Ears strain in the eerie quiet and at any moment someone could get a case of nerves and snap. If that happens, things are going to get really bad really fast. Tension is palpable, omnipresent and oppressive.
In spite of the air of uncertainty and fear, the part of a hostage situation that stands out most is the waiting.
Whether it's the hostages waiting to see what their captor will do to them or the hostage-taker waiting for the police's next move, everyone waits, quietly and in the dark, for something to happen. Even the police tactical units, like the Walton County Sheriff's Special Response Team, that get sent in to resolve these potentially deadly situations are trained to wait it out with hostage-takers, said SRT Commander Andy Casavant. He says suspects invariably mess up sometime, and it's to the SRT's advantage to make the most of those mistakes.
"Wait for the right opportunity," Casavant says, directing his team through a closed-circuit headset. "Capitalize on your opponent's mistakes."
Casavant has been involved with training SWAT and other tactical teams since 1978, and he's published several works on the sixth-century B.C. masterwork of Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," which Casavant calls "the tactical Bible." To speak plainly, he's very knowledgeable and possesses a naturally commanding intensity.
There's a sudden shuffling of feet and a brief, silent, exchange of fire and the suspect hits the ground. Casavant smiles a little and calls his team with congratulations. One of several training exercises is complete, and it went off without a hitch.
As captives, captor and police return to the impromptu debriefing room in the staff lounge at the Professional Products, Inc. office building on Hugh Adams Road, it's good to know that what just concluded was a training exercise and not the real thing, but Casavant says the experience is invaluable for the officers of the SRT. There's no room for error in the event of a real hostage situation, he says. The learning process has to take place in exercises like this one, which the SRT performs about twice a month.
"The most important aspect of any operation is patience," Casavant said, explaining the most crucial and difficult to master part of the tactical team's training. "You have to find the fine line with patience where you're waiting for the right reason. At the same time you don't want to go so fast that you blow it."
In the past, Walton County's SRT has worked with the FBI, State Department, Drug Enforcement Agency as well as other state and federal agencies. The team has also supported other local police forces, thanks to the skills afforded them by their more advanced training. Casavant said this readiness to work with other law enforcement agencies has been one of the main features of his time spent with the sheriff's office.
"The sheriff is really big on that [assistance for other agencies]," he said. "If there is any outside agency that needs help, he makes sure we're available."
The operational scope of the SRT is divided into two types. The first are classified as "dynamic operations," or those necessitating heavy weapons, body armor and riot gear, such as raid scenarios. Operations of the "covert" variety require a greater degree of discretion since they often involve hostages, and it was this kind of situation the team was preparing for during their last training exercise on Monday, May 12.
The night's exercise was divided into distinct scenarios, each involving more complex variables than the last. Despite the necessary controls placed on a training exercise, Casavant said restrictions are as minimal as possible so as to ensure the most realistic training experience possible for the team.
For example, when this reporter took a turn in the role of the hostage-taker, there were no time limits on these mock operations. "We let them run their natural course," Casavant said, referring to the hour-and-a-half game of hide and seek this Herald reporter played with the SRT before being taken down most unglamorously. "We don't place unrealistic limits on the scenarios. If we did, there wouldn't be much point to the training. Most limitations are set by the person, not the situation."
The first scenario the team had to resolve didn't involve hostages. Rather, a lone gunman was barricaded inside the Professional Products office complex and was holed up, waiting for police. Casavant said this type of situation is potentially more dangerous than those involving hostages.
"In these situations, the general philosophy is to sit out there and wait," he said. "My philosophy is just the opposite. A barricaded individual is more dangerous to the police than a hostage-taker, since his only focus is on the police."
The second and third scenarios involved hostages, and as such added a new dynamic to the SRT's job of solving the problem. In hostage situations the use of a negotiator is critical, officers say, to getting inside a suspect's head, wearing down their will to resist, leaving the tactical unit free to pursue a means to halt their ability to resist. This forces the hostage-taker to divide his attention between the hostages, the negotiator and the police.
"There's really no way out for a hostage-taker," Casavant said. "They already know that the outcome will be one of two things: they're leaving in custody or in a bag. A hostage taker knows that they're going to lose, so the only question is 'how badly do they want to lose?'"
Despite the complexities arising when a suspect takes hostages, officers with the SRT, whose names are withheld due to security concerns, said that hostage-taking is a largely unplanned action, where suspects go into a building with the intent of committing another crime, get trapped and try to use hostages as a bargaining chip. Hostage situations are characterized along the same lines as school shootings, in that they often involve few individuals referred to as "active shooters." Casavant said the biggest difference was the time-frame involved, as most school shootings are over with in under 10 minutes, while more traditional hostage situations can last much longer than that, bringing the patience element back into the scenario.
"Anything over eight hours is considered a protracted situation," Casavant said. "We try to end them a lot quicker than that, one way or another."
The SRT feel that regular training exercises are the best way to prepare for the specific kinds of operations the team is capable of handling, ranging from hostage situations to manhunts, drug raids and school shootings. Casavant said about the only special operation the SRT wasn't capable of dealing with were counter-terrorism operations, as these situations were simply outside the team's intended purpose and training.
However, it isn't just SRT team members that benefit from this kind of specialized training. Three patrol officers were brought in to act as either hostage-takers or hostages, and they learned a lot from their participation in the training exercises as well. Deputy Wendy Ammons said playing the role of a suspect was "a little intimidating, but very beneficial since it makes you really see things from their [a suspect's] perspective."
Casavant said one of the most crucial aspects of the training exercise is to make sure that the officers involved see the situation from the suspect's perspective. "Our point of view is irrelevant," he said, explaining how officers learn from thinking like a suspect. "What's important is to take consideration of what the suspect hears and sees. Awareness is the key. It's the little things that get you killed."
Casavant said he would ideally like to make sure the SRT gets to do a similar training exercise at least once a month, as that's the bare minimum necessary to keep the team ready for any situation that might occur. He said what's most important is that the team not rest on its successes and continue to improve its abilities through constant training.
"We're always going to train, it's an ongoing thing," Casavant said. "Police training is depreciable, like any other skill."
BEFORE THE TRAINING exercise began, the Walton County Special Response Team did a careful weapons check, ensuring that no live ammunition made it into the mock hostage situation.


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Is Courtney Stodden just putting on a show? We, along with her Couples Therapy cast mates, have been asking ourselves the same question. We'll have to wait and see how the season will play out, but in the meantime we can watch some of her most infamous YouTube performances. These videos, in addition to her controversial marriage to Doug Hutchison, catapulted her from a not-so-average high school sophomore into a full-blown tabloid star.
The first video is briefly featured on the Couples Therapy premiere and we felt that it would greatly benefit every one of our viewers to see the full video. It is titled "Hello Courtney," an homage to, or in her words a "spoof" of Hello Kitty and shows off Courtney's acting chops. Remember she and Doug met because she was interested in an acting course he was teaching at the time. This video was published in May 2012, a full year after she and Doug were married.
Our next pick is Courtney's PSA for going vegetarian. Courtney announced her support for anti-animal cruelty group PETA and decision to subscribe to a vegetarian diet in March of this year so it only makes sense that she would spread the vegetable gospel on her YouTube channel. Apparently even vegetables can be sexy. Take a look:
Her debut music video "Don't Put It On Me" premiered on YouTube July 28, 2010 which pre-dates her online courtship with Doug. It is so awesomely bad that it rival's Heidi Montag's 2009 release of "Higher." "Don't Put It On Me" gets points because her dog is rocking a pink Rachel hair-do, beside that it takes place on a boat. This is a must-see for any Courtney fans out there:
Courtney's YouTube channel boasts 9384 subscribers, over 50 different (and equally amazing) uploads and a whopping 13 million total views. After watching these videos, her behavior during the premiere of Couples Therapy certainly seems demure, but the jury is still out on whether or not she's being real, or as she says RILL. Do you think Courntey is being real/RILL on Couples Therapy? Which of her videos is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section and don't forget to tune in to Couples Therapy, Wednesday nights at 10/9c.


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Hawks Struggle In Mud at Franciscan
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STEUBENVILLE, OH – With the 2-0 victory, Franciscan University snapped Hilbert College's three-game winning streak in women's soccer October 1. After today's match, Franciscan and Hilbert are tied 1-1 in AMCC league standings.
Playing their first game in cold, rainy and windy conditions, the Hawks struggled to find open looks at the goal. During the 90 minute contest, Hilbert was able to get just four shots off with Julie Bossard's one shot at (49:27) being the only shot on goal. The Barons fired 19 shots (7 on goal) towards Hilbert's Mary Zinni who finished with 5 saves.
Julia Cocozza scored the game winner just before half time (44:37) off an Amanda Looman assist. With just over 20 minutes into the second half, Stacy Lancour stretched the lead after Ashley Ruttencutter pushed the ball towards Zinni. After Franciscan's second goal, Hilbert took two more shots in their failed attempt to capture an AMCC road win.
Up next for Hilbert (6-4, 1-1) is a home contest against Pitt-Bradford October 5 at 4pm.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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4 eating habits to help older women maintain weight loss
Study says weight gain is diet, not metabolism
Older women who want to keep off weight after menopause -- may want to consider four specific eating behaviors. A new study, looked at both short-term and long-term changes made by nearly 500 overweight or obese women, all in their late 50's. According to Health Day News, the study found specific eating habits linked with weight loss. Those who decreased desserts, sugary beverages,cheeses and meats and increased fruits and vegetables did best.
Some older women blame weight gain on a slower metabolism, but the process is more complicated than that. As people age, their amount of muscle declines and their amount of body fat rises, so they burn fewer calories. It is ultimately not your metabolism speed that determines if you are too heavy, experts say, but the amount you eat and how much activity you get.
The study is published in the September issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.


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A couple of days ago Andrew Sullivan wrote, "This week Peter Wehner read Newsweek's Iraq cover story and declared victory." He added this:
How many times has Pete Wehner declared victory? I'll be covering the elections this weekend with purple fingers crossed. But I remain a pessimist on Iraq, which is always a safe thing to be.
The answer to Andrew's question is: none. In virtually every posting I have done on Iraq, I have inserted necessary qualifiers, as I did in the piece Sullivan links to. I wrote, for example, that "the successes there remain fragile and can still be undone. Iraq has proven to be treacherous terrain for foreign powers." I added, "Nothing is guaranteed; 'Everything in Iraq is hard,' Ambassador Crocker once said."
My points were rather different from what Andrew says, and fairly obvious. They were that: (a) the progress in Iraq has been truly remarkable, especially when one considers where things were at the end of 2006; (b) the "emergence of politics" that we are seeing in Iraq is unprecedented in the Arab world; (c) President Bush's decision to champion a new counterinsurgency strategy was right, wise, and politically courageous; (d) the opponents of the surge were wrong and in some instances irresponsible; and (e) the surge is one of the greatest military turnabouts in American military history. None of these assertions is really in dispute. Neither is the claim that Iraq is on the mend.
What eventually happens in Iraq is impossible to know; it increasingly depends on the Iraqis, themselves. We will see what unfolds in the months and years ahead. It will take at least that long before a final judgment can be rendered. But what we do know is that America has given Iraq a chance to succeed, to live in freedom, to be free of a sadistic ruler. And doing that was, in fact, a noble act by our nation. Why is Sullivan reluctant to acknowledge this, even as one can still debate the wisdom of the war itself?
I will leave the last word to Sullivan's Atlantic colleague Jeffrey Goldberg, who put things this way: "Andrew Sullivan doesn't know that much about the Middle East."


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SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) - San Bruno police have arrested three suspects in the shooting of an 18-year-old man at Skyline College, and they're looking for three more.
Wednesday's shooting prompted officials to lock down the campus and evacuate students and staff, while the suspects were on the loose. Classes also were canceled Thursday.
Police Cmdr. Marc Catalano says 18-year-olds Germaine Benjamin and Jacori Bender and 20-year-old Dimaryea McGhee are being held on suspicion of attempted murder and conspiracy.
Police say the shooting happened during a dispute between two groups of teenagers. The victim was shot in the buttocks and ran into the campus learning center for help.
Catalano says police are still looking for three more suspects, who drove off in an iridescent purple Ford Escort with a rear spoiler, chrome rims and paper plates.
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When most people think of mobile display ads, they think of intrusive and irrelevant banners cluttering their favorite apps. But as more and more users are moving from desktop to mobile, advertisers are closely eyeing smartphones and tablets for new opportunities. And this is a good thing for consumers, because it means an increase in relevant and well-placed advertisements. Both consumers and companies both benefit from ads that actually benefit the user, and Gradient X is helping bring mobile advertising up to speed.
The company helps advertisers target users using advanced parameters and an ad auction platform where companies bid on ad placements based on key demographics. This is the first time this type of ad-targeting and bidding is available for mobile, and gives advertisers the same control as web-based advertising. Many popular apps in the iOS and Android app store rely on ad revenue to remain free to users. An increase in quality advertisement could also bring an influx of high quality free applications.
Mobile advertisement, however, is still in its infancy and everyone is scrambling to figure out the mobile monetization landscape that will support apps in the future. Many advertisers are still wary of investing money in mobile, citing low returns on investment and click through rates. Brian Baumgart, founder and CEO of Gradient X, isn't concerned.
"Some studies show that mobile has low click-through rates, but many of these are put out by companies who want to keep advertising dollars in their currently platform," said Baumgart. "We're seeing great performance and advertisers are happy with their results with [Gradient X]."
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Reward yourself with a gift card each week.
Each week I lose weight, I am buying a gift card. This helps me to save "cash" toward achieving my goal and I am able to make the purchase. If any hiccups should come along, I can't spend the $$ (i.e., if car breaks down I don't use my Macy's gift card at Meinike).
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Protecting Your Digital Food Scale
Having to whipe down your scale after each use can be a pain. I find that placing saran (plastic) wrap over the scale, including the key pad does the trick.
Adding a Link(s) to your message board posts or blogs!
When you want to share a link to your favorite Sparkrecipe or whatever in your message posts or blogs, it's very simple and easy.
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This tool is great for keeping leftovers, and the bags help prevent freezer burn too. It definitely helps to eliminate wasted food. Use it to divide up your meats, fruits, veggies. Store them in the freezer or fridge for later use.
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Need to refocus, so I joined a 90 Day Challenge. Here are the Rules:
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Don't Text ... CALL or WRITE!!!
We need to slow down in life. Email, snail mail and texting has taken us to a place that, I believe, is impersonal. Yes I realize there is a time and place for this, BUT its nice to actually hear a voice than receive a text. This generation does not write letters as much as it should. While dating my husband, he wrote me letters - something to look back at years later.
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No bread? no problem. When having a tuna, chicken or egg salad, skipping the bread is not a problem. Take a small red bell pepper (yellow, orange or green) and stuff the pepper with your salad mix. A great way to get a veggie in.
- Submitted by SOOKIE 6/10/2010 in Healthy Eating | 1 Comment
Meal Plan calls for a Smoothie in the middle of the Work Day
How often do you see a meal plan that calls for a smoothie as your mid-morning or afternoon snack? How do you do this without lugging your blender to work? Prepare it the night before, place it in the freezer. When you get to work, place it in the freezer (if your work has one).
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There's a saying I used to hear "a moment on the lips = a lifetime on the hips." I don't think just applies to weight loss efforts, but n every area of our lives. Sometimes we get so caught up in the moment, that that 1 decision not only effects us, but so many others. So before you take that
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Become One With Your Pedometer
Wearing a dress without something to clip your pedometer to? Or want to wear your birthday suit around the house and still count your steps? Take an old pair of undergarments. Carefully remove the elastic and toss the fabric (bottom portion).


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By Anders Eld, Harlan Daily Enterprise
The City of Harlan plans to make drastic cuts and reduce staff levels to close a $200,000 hole in next year's budget. The cuts were presented at a special called council meeting Wednesday. "We will cut two positions in the street department, one position in the sewer department and one in the fire department," said Mayor Danny Howard. Besides the cuts in the staffing levels, the city is also proposing a 15 percent cut across the board in every department.


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