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Softball Meets Seton Hall for First Time in BIG EAST Road Series
On Deck: The Creighton softball team travels to Seton Hall for a three-game series with the Pirates in South Orange, N.J. with a doubleheader slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. CT Saturday at SHU's Mike Sheppard, Sr. Field.
Creighton (24-14, 5-3 BIG EAST) enters the contest on a five-game win streak after home sweeps of Villanova and South Dakota State. As a result, the Bluejays stand third in the conference standing just one game behind second-place Georgetown in the loss column.
Seton Hall (9-25, 3-3 BIG EAST) comes into the doubleheader on a four-game slide. The Pirates dropped a three-game conference road series at DePaul last weekend before dropping a 6-5 decision at Rutgers on Wednesday. SHU is fourth in the league standings this week.
The series marks the first meeting between the schools and just the second league road trip for the Bluejays in BIG EAST play. Earlier this year, CU went into Butler and swept two games on March 22.
The Jays and Pirates share three common opponents this season. Both schools defeated UMass-Lowell and lost at nationally ranked Arizona State. However, SHU fell 6-4 to Drake in Arizona while CU knocked off the Bulldogs in Des Moines 4-2.
Following the Jays: Live stats and live video links for this weekend can be found on the softball schedule page of GoCreighton.com. Fans can also keep in touch with Creighton softball by following the Jays on Twitter - @BluejaySoftball and liking the Jays on Facebook.com/CreightonSoftball.
Last Time Out: Creighton claimed game one of a midweek doubleheader over South Dakota State by exploding for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to secure a 10-2 run-rule victory.
In the nightcap, back-to-back home runs from senior Alexis Cantu and Bri Lingl provided the difference in the first inning to give the Jays a 3-0 win and achieve the sweep. Both players also hit a round tripper in game one.
CU's Lingl led the offense with four hits and four RBI while Cantu added three hits and three RBI. Seven Jays posted a hit on the day and five registered an RBI.
In the circle, the Creighton pitching staff of Cantu, junior Mac Millspaugh and senior Brittany Telecky held the Jackrabbits to just four hits over the twin bill.
Changstrom Collects Third BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week Award of 2014
Senior Becca Changstrom collected her third BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week Award of the season the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Changstrom (13-8) turned in one of her best performances of the season last week going 2-1 at No. 20 Nebraska and against Villanova, finishing with a 0.90 ERA in 23.1 innings of work.
She was dominant against VU, shutting out the Wildcats for 17.1 scoreless innings -once as a starter and once in over 10 innings of relief - over a marathon Saturday doubleheader while striking out 26 batters on the day. Changstrom claimed two wins for her efforts and set a career high of 16 K's in game two of the series.
Earlier in the week she started at No. 20 Nebraska and held the Huskers to just three earned runs and struck out six to give her a weekly strikeout total to 32.
Changstrom currently leads the BIG EAST in ERA (1.60), strikeouts (189), complete games (18) and shutouts (7). Her strikeout total also ranks No. 9 nationally in the latest NCAA rankings compiled Monday.
Scouting Creighton (24-14, 5-3 BIG EAST): The Bluejays have won 15 of their last 17 contests entering the weekend at Seton Hall.
The Bluejays are 3-6 in true road games this season including a two-win sweep at Butler on March 22 in Creighton's BIG EAST conference debut. Four of the Jays' six road losses have come at the hands of nationally ranked teams at Arizona State, Tulsa and Nebraska.
Senior Ellen Homan continues to lead the Creighton offense this spring. She started all three games for the Jays last weekend against Villanova totaling a team-high five hits that included a pair of doubles and three RBI. She currently leads the team and is eighth in the BIG EAST with a .340 clip at the plate.
Junior Liz Dike is currently tied for the BIG EAST lead in home runs (10) and tied for second in RBI (27). She also stands third in runs scored (22) and fourth in total bases (66) in the league.
Five Creighton players who have notched at least 90 at-bats in 2014 are hitting .240 or better including Homan (.340), senior Alexis Cantu (.275), senior Blair Lowe (.248), junior Bri Lingl (.243) and Dike (.252). CU ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with a .229 team batting average. The Jays' 28 home runs rank second in the conference and their 126 RBI total stands third in the league.
Senior Becca Changstrom is closing in on 200 strikeouts for the second straight season in Omaha. She currently stands at 189 K's on the year to surpass her 2012 total of 177 and move into ninth all-time at Creighton. Changstrom's career-high total of 254 strikeouts last season ranks seventh all-time at Creighton.
Changstrom currently ranks No. 9 nationally for strikeouts. Remarkably, her total of 189 K's this season are more than three of the seven other BIG EAST pitching staff team totals for strikeouts in 2014.
In the circle, CU senior starting pitchers Changstrom and Alexis Cantu are among the top five in the BIG EAST ERA standings. Changstrom leads the conference with a 1.60 ERA while Cantu boasts a 2.39 ERA. As a staff, the Jays lead the conference with a 2.16 ERA and 274 strikeouts.
Changstrom currently leads the BIG EAST in ERA (1.60), strikeouts (189), complete games (18) and shutouts (7).
Scouting Seton Hall (9-25, 5-3 BIG EAST): The Pirates enter the three-game set on a four-game slide. SHU dropped a three-game league series at league-leading DePaul last weekend then lost 6-5 at Rutgers on Wednesday.
Three of the Pirates' wins came in the opening weekend of BIG EAST play when they swept three games against Providence at home, outscoring the Friars 23-8 March 22-23. But SHU has dropped five straight since then and had a road series at Villanova postponed due to weather.
At the plate SDSU is hitting .267 as a team. Four regular Pirate starters are hitting .300 or better at the plate in 2014 including Danielle Destaso (.337), Yasmin Harrell (.333), Meredith Henze (.307) and Maria Seluca (.304).
Harrell leads the team with 33 hits while Destaso's 21 RBI are tops on SHU. Henze leads the squad with eight homers.
In the circle, Jen Metzger has 10 starts in 16 appearances and owns a 4.60 ERA while registering 30 strikeouts and a 4-5 record. Fellow starter, Casey Moses of SHU has logged 10 starts and 20 appearances. She carries a 6.51 ERA with a 1-9 mark and 25 K's this year.
Creighton Head Coach Brent Vigness: The winningest coach in Creighton athletics history, Brent Vigness enters his 21st season at the helm of one of the most successful softball programs in the Midwest. After 20 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference, Vigness leads Creighton into its inaugural BIG EAST campaign this year. A four-time MVC Coach of the Year, he has led the Bluejays to seven MVC regular-season titles (1998-2000, 2007-09, 2013), six Valley tournament titles (1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2010) and seven NCAA regional appearances (1999, 2003-05, 2007-08, 2010). He claimed MVC Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and guided the MVC Coaching Staffs of the Year in 2013, 2008 and 2007.
Vigness coached his 1,000th game at Creighton and recorded his 600th win at CU in 2012.
Creighton and the NCAA RPI: Creighton currently remains at No. 105 out of 293 squads in the NCAA ratings percentage index (RPI) compiled on Monday.
The Bluejays are 5-7 this season against teams ranked ahead of them in the latest calculations.
On opening day, CU dropped an 11-2 decision to No. 67 San Jose State and a 3-0 game at No. 11 Arizona State at the Sun Devils' Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. The Jays concluded the Classic with a 6-4 victory over No. 54 California.
The Bluejays split with No. 55 Texas Tech at the UTA Hilton Invitational. CU dropped a 7-3 decision before bouncing back for a 1-0 walk-off victory against the Red Raiders the next day. CU dropped a 9-1 contest to No. 48 Illinois to end the tourney.
Creighton dropped a pair of contests to No. 20 Tulsa at the Tulsa Invitational on Feb. 28 by scores of 3-0 and 8-0.
More recently, CU has won three straight against similarly ranked RPI squads. At the Rebel Spring Games last month, the Bluejays blanked No. 96 South Dakota twice by scores of 1-0 and 2-0. The also Jays knocked off No. 88 Wichita State 1-0 in their home opener on March 19.
Last week, the Jays dropped a 5-2 contest at No. 10 Nebraska.
Seton Hall stands at No. 241 this week.
Bluejays' NCAA Rankings this Week: Creighton ranks No. 35 in the country with a 2.24 team earned run average in the latest NCAA weekly statistical rankings released April 7.
The Bluejays stand at No. 67 nationally in win-loss percentage and No. 86 in fielding percentage at .964.
Individually, senior pitcher Becca Changstrom's 189 strikeouts this year ranks No. 9 in the country while her seven shutouts this season are good for No. 10 nationally. Her average of 8.9 strikeouts per seven innings stands at No. 24 in the NCAA while her 1.60 ERA ranks No. 41 nationally.
Junior shortstop Liz Dike's 10 home runs ranks at No. 37 in the nation.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Senior Alexis Cantu continues to attract to pitches this season to add to her career hit by pitch total at Creighton.
Last season she set the Creighton single-season mark for being hit by a pitch in 15 plate appearances after taking eight hurls to the body during her first year in Omaha.
This season Cantu has reached first five more times by an HBP to push her career total to 28. She currently ranks second all-time in the CU career record books for the marks behind former Bluejay Michelle Graner (2007-10) who holds the top mark of 34.
Bye-Bye Softball: The Jays have hit a homer in eight of their last nine contests including game-winners in each of game of the Villanova series last weekend.
Creighton has drilled a home run in 28 through 38 contests, including seven multi-homer games. Junior Liz Dike hit five homers of her own from March 19-22 to earn BIG EAST Player of the Week honors.
Six Bluejays have hit multiple home runs this season led by Dike's league-leading total of 10. Joining Dike with more than two homers in 2014 are senior Alexis Cantu (5), junior Bri Lingl (4) and senior Ellen Homan (3) Two others own a pair of home runs in sophomore Blake Ringle and freshman Jen Daro. Senior Blair Lowe and freshman Allie Reinhart each posted their first home runs of the year for game-winning runs against Villanova last weekend.
Marching into Spring: Creighton finished the month of March with a 15-5 record this year. The Jays closed out the month on a three-game losing streak to Georgetown that snapped a mid-month 10-game, season-best win streak.
Last season the Bluejays finished 14-5 compared to a 9-10 mark in the third month of 2012.
Marathon Game Two of Villanova Series Makes CU Record Books: Creighton's 16-inning game two marathon versus Villanova on April 5, was the longest Creighton softball game length in innings since head coach Brent Vigness' first year as coach in 1994 when the Bluejays fell 7-4 at Iowa State in Ames on April 6, also in 16 innings. Those games rank in a tie for fourth all-time in CU history. The Jays dropped a 3-2 contest at Kansas on April 26, 1989 in 19 frames.
Atop the CU record books is the NCAA-record setting Western Athletic Conference Tournament game between Creighton and Utah held in Omaha on May 11, 1991 that lasted 31 innings before the Jays claimed a 1-0 victory. That game still remains the longest in NCAA softball history for at-bats (114), innings (31) and in time elapsed.
At No. 2 all-time for CU and NCAA is the WAC Championship game played between the Utes and Jays the following day on May 12, 1991 that lasted 25 innings before Utah edged Creighton 4-3.
Villanova Series Recap: A Bluejay home run clinched each of the three Creighton victories over Villanova last weekend in a series sweep of the Wildcats.
A solo homer from senior Blair Lowe was the difference in a 1-0 game one victory Saturday. In the 16-inning game two nightcap it was senior Alexis Cantu's game-winning, two-out, two-run bomb down the right field line to claim a 6-4 walk-off decision. In the Sunday finale, freshman Allie Reinhart smacked her first career home run to bring in a trio of runs and give CU a 3-1 victory.
On Saturday seniors Ellen Homan and Blair Lowe hit back-to-back RBI doubles to put CU up 4-2 providing all of the RBI in game two. Cantu, Lowe and Homan combined for 11 of the Jays' 20 hits on the weekend. Junior Bri Lingl added four of her own on offense.
In the circle, senior Becca Changstrom claimed two wins on the Saturday. She held Villanova to four hits in game one for a complete-game shutout while striking out 10 Wildcats. In game two, Changstrom came in as the Jays' third hurler but pitched 10 innings, yielding just six hits and striking out a career-high 16 more VU batters to total 26 in the twin bill. Changstrom finished the twin bill with a 0.00 ERA and gave up just one walk through 17.1 innings of work.
No. 20 Nebraska Game One Recap: Creighton fell 5-2 to No. 20 Nebraska at the Cornhuskers' Bowlin Stadium April 2.
CU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead but could not hold on, spreading five hits across the game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender connected on two hits and picked up an RBI, as did classmate Blake Ringle. No. 20 Nebraska tied the game early then held on for the home win.
The bats awoke for the Huskers in the bottom of the third frame. After a short fly out to left, NU posted an RBI single to score a run before another was thrown out at the plate to knot the game at 1-1 after three. Nebraska then scored two unearned in the bottom of the fifth to take control of the game 3-1.
Creighton closed back to within one run in the top of the sixth, thanks an Allender RBI single through the left side to cut the NU lead to 3-2 but the Cornhuskers added two in the bottom of the frame for the 5-2 victory.
Georgetown Series Recap: The Creighton softball team suffered a 6-1 setback to BIG EAST foe Georgetown in the series finale of a three-game series held at the CU Sports Complex March 30.
Creighton fell behind early to Georgetown in the game and could not recover. As a result the visiting Hoyas earned a three-game road sweep in conference play to take over first place in the conference.
Junior Bri Lingl led the Jays with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth for Creighton's only run of the final game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender added a pair of bunt singles for CU.
On March 29, the Jays dropped a doubleheader to the Hoyas by scores of 5-2 and 6-3 at the CU Sports Complex. Creighton could not overcome late runs scored by Georgetown in the twin bill. The Jays led in both contests but the Hoyas rallied twice for the wins.
CU senior Ellen Homan led the offense for the Bluejays with three hits, two RBI and her third home run of the year on the day. Junior Liz Dike added two hits and sophomore Blake Ringle belted her second homer of the year to pick up a pair of RBI.
Creighton's senior pitching staff of Becca Changstrom, Alexis Cantu and Brittany Telecky combined for 16 strikeouts from the circle but allowed 14 earned runs to Georgetown on the weekend.
Drake Game Recap: Creighton defeated former conference foe Drake 4-2 in eight innings in a single game at the Bulldogs' Buel Field last Wednesday.
CU won its tenth straight contest heading into their BIG EAST home-opening series against Georgetown. Senior Becca Changstrom struck out eight and held Drake to just four hits in the contest to improve to 11-5 after the complete-game win.
After the Bluejays jumped out to an early 2-0 lead battled back with two in the bottom of the fourth to knot the game at 2-2 and eventually send it into extra innings.
CU posted seven hits from seven different batters to secure the win. Senior Ellen Homan continued her hot bat at the plate with two RBI in the game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender secured the game winning run in the top of the eighth with an RBI single to right field.
Changstrom and Dike Sweep BIG EAST Softball Honors: Creighton softball senior Becca Changstrom and junior Liz Dike swept the BIG EAST Softball weekly honors as Changstrom was the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week and Dike claimed the BIG EAST Player of the week on March 24.
The award was the first for Dike while Changstrom earned the award for the second straight week from the BIG EAST. Previously, the two had combined for four league honor roll appearances from the conference in 2014.
From March 19-22, Dike was 6-of-9 from the plate for a .667 average in a 3-0 week for the Bluejays, which included a mid-week win over Wichita State and a Saturday sweep of league foe Butler. She belted a BIG EAST weekly-best five home runs and 10 RBI, showing a 2.333 slugging percentage. Dike provided the game-winning RBI in all three of Creighton's wins last week, a solo shot to give the Bluejays' a 2-1 lead in the second inning against the Shockers, a solo home run in the fourth in the opener at Butler and a three-run blast in the first inning of the second game.
Changstrom earned complete game victories on Wednesday in Creighton's home opener against Wichita State (2-1) and Saturday against Butler (6-0) in the Bluejays' BIG EAST Conference debut. Over the two-game span, she combined for 14 innings pitched and 27 strikeouts, with her 14 K's against the Bulldogs being the most in league play this season and one shy of the overall season high.
Butler Series Recap: CU Liz Dike blasted four home runs and accounted for nine RBI as Creighton opened BIG EAST play with a double-header sweep of Butler, 6-0 and 10-0 (6) on March 22.
Dike opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning with a leadoff home run over the left field wall, her seventh of the season.
That was all the offense that senior Becca Changstrom would need as she held Butler to just four hits in a complete game, seven-inning, effort. Changstrom moved to 10-5 on the season, recording 14 strikeouts and walking just two.
Dike was far from done, belting a three-run shot to center in the fifth and drawing a walk in the sixth. Designated player Blake Ringle added a two-run single in the sixth to cap Creighton's scoring.
Creighton continued to mash from the opening pitch of the second game as Ellen Homan led off game number two with a single to center. Blair Lowe followed with a bunt single and Dike made the Bulldogs pay with her tenth long ball of the season, depositing another one over the center field wall.
The Bluejays tacked on two runs in the second, one in the third to build a 6-0 lead. In the top of the sixth Creighton delivered crushing back-to-back-to-back home runs. With one-out in the frame Lowe worked a base on balls. Dike smashed home run number 10, once again to center. Alexis Cantu and Blake Ringle liked what they saw so much, each opted for the same result hitting solo home runs to center.
In the circle Cantu was superb, holding Butler to three hits in six innings to move to 4-3 on the year.
Wichita State Game Recap: Powered by solo home runs from Ellen Homan and Liz Dike, Creighton defeated Wichita State, 2-1, in the Bluejays home opener on Wednesday, March 19.
The tone of the game was set in the first inning as senior Becca Changstrom struck out the side in the top of the first, then Homan hit the first pitch of the Creighton half over the right field wall to give the Bluejays a 1-0 lead.
Dike doubled the Bluejay edge with a towering shot over the left-center field wall with one down in the second. It was Dike's sixth bomb, and Homan's second long ball of the season.
That was all the offense Changstrom would need as she limited Wichita State to three hits and one walk in a complete game to move to 9-5 on the season. Changstrom surrendered an unearned run in the fourth and stranded a runner at third with one down in the fifth but otherwise cruised.
Changstrom Earns BIG EAST Pitching Honor: Creighton senior Becca Changstrom earned her first BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honor on March 17.
In four appearances at the Rebel Spring Games, Changstrom went 3-0, putting in 23.0 innings of work. The senior hurled the first Bluejay no-hitter since 2011 with her seven-inning, 11-strikeout showing against Army on March 14. Changstrom recorded double-digit strikeouts in three-of-four appearances last weekend, boasting a 0.30 ERA and allowing just one extra-base hit.
Rebel Spring Games Recap: The Bluejays went 11-1 at the 2014 Rebel Spring Games March 9-15. The wins increased Creighton's all-time record at the tourney to 60-10 (.857) in seven appearances at the Florida tourney all under current head coach Brent Vigness.
The Bluejays shut out seven opponents (Manhattan, Indiana State, Saint Peter's, Howard, Army and South Dakota twice) over the six-day span. The Jays' one downfall occurred March 11 in a 4-1 loss to Utah Valley.
February Finishes: The Bluejays finished the month of February with a disappointing 4-8 ledger. The mark snapped seven straight seasons that head coach Brent Vigness had directed the Bluejays to a winning record in the first month of the season.
Creighton finished the month of February in 2013 with a 5-4 record.
The Bluejays are 50-32 in February spanning the last eight seasons to the beginning of 2007.
Tulsa Invitational Recap: The Bluejays dropped three tough games at the nationally ranked Golden Hurricane's Tulsa Invitational Feb. 28-March 1. Then No. 21 Tulsa swept the Bluejays in a doubleheader on Feb. 28 by scores of 3-0 and 8-0 (6).
The Bluejays then lost a 2-1 heartbreaker to Northwestern State in eight innings to open the month of March.
Senior Blair Lowe led the Jays' offense with four hits on the weekend. The CU senior pitcher staff combined for 22 strikeouts on the weekend despite the rough outing.
UTA Hilton Invitational Recap: The Bluejays went 1-4 at the UTA Hilton Invitational in Arlington, Texas on Feb. 21-23.
The Bluejays split a pair of games with Texas Tech of the Big 12 in the first two days of the tourney. CU dropped a 7-3 decision in the tourney opener before a walk-off 1-0 win a day later.
Creighton dropped both games against host UTA by margins of 8-0 (5) and 6-5 in the same span.
The Jays fell 9-1 to Illinois of the Big Ten in their tournament finale.
CU senior Alexis Cantu returned to her former school to lead the Jays' offense with four hits, three RBI and a home run. Senior Blair Lowe also added four hits on the weekend.
Cantu was also solid in the circle to lead the Jays with a 1.91 ERA and a 1-1 record.
Kajikawa Classic Recap: Creighton opened 2014 at the Kajikawa Classic Feb. 6-8.
After an opening-day doubleheader loss to a pair of NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago in San Jose State (11-2) and at then-No. 7 Arizona State (3-0), the Jays closed out the tourney with three straight wins.
The Jays collected double-bagel wins over Western Michigan (9-0 (5)) and Boise State (4-0), leading to even its record to 2-2 on day two.
Creighton saved the best for last as the Bluejays upset then-No. 24 California 6-4 in their tournament finale. It marked CU's first win over a ranked foe since last March 2 when the Jays upended then-No. 21 Tulsa 4-3 in extra innings at the UTA Maverick Invitational for its first win over a ranked team since February 2010.
The Bluejays are 8-8 all-time at the Kajikawa Classic following a 2-3 record last season and a 3-3 ledger at Tempe in 2010.
Changstrom Named Candidate for Senior Class Award: Creighton senior pitcher Becca Changstrom was named one of 30 softball players in the NCAA to be selected as a candidate for the Senior Class Award on Feb. 20.
Heading into the season, the top pitcher in the Bluejay rotation in each of her four seasons in Omaha, Changstrom has a combined record of 59-34 in 103 appearances. The 2013 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team selection, was the 2013 MVC Pitcher of the Year as well as a member of the 2013 All-MVC First Team.
Changstrom boasts a 3.79 GPA in chemistry. After graduation this spring, she plans on pursuing a Master's degree in Physical Therapy at Creighton. A member of the 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team, she was also a 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Teamer.
Over her first three years at Creighton, Changstrom logged over 80 hours of community service in Omaha including working with the Special Olympics, Salvation Army and Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Thirty NCAA® softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate softball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The 2014 candidate class includes 13 student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Four were named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American team, and nine were members of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America team in 2013.
Season-Opening Salvo: The Bluejays' season-opening loss to San Jose State snapped Creighton's three-year opening-day win streak of 2011-13. That first-game win streak matches the longest in program history when the Jays previously won three consecutive openers from 2006-08 and 1998-2000. All three streaks were under the direction of current head coach Brent Vigness.
Creighton is 19-19 overall in season-opening contests including an 11-10 record under head coach Brent Vigness.
Preseason Predictions: Creighton was picked to finish second overall in its inaugural BIG EAST season, the league office announced Feb. 5.
Creighton received two first-place votes and collected 44 points, just behind DePaul who amassed 48 points and accounted for the remaining six first-place votes.
While none of the eight conference teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament a season ago, DePaul finished with the best record of returning squads at 32-21 overall and 16-6 in the BIG EAST to claim a fourth-place league finish a year ago. The Blue Demons have appeared in 17 of the last 19 NCAA Tournaments.
The Bluejays won the 2013 MVC regular season title and finished with a 29-18 record overall and a 15-7 mark in conference. The Bluejays were picked fourth in the preseason.
The second-place prediction is the highest preseason ranking for Creighton since 2010 when they were picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference. Creighton has finished lower than fourth in the MVC regular season standings just three times in the past 16 seasons.
Recapping 2013: The Bluejays return 13 players from last season's team that compiled a 29-18 overall record and finished first in the MVC at 15-7 to claim the regular season title.
Senior Becca Changstrom leads the Jays in the circle this year after claiming MVC Pitcher of the Year honors last season. At the plate CU returns three 2013 All-MVC selections including seniors Ellen Homan, Blair Lowe and junior Liz Dike.
After guiding the Jays to a regular-season Valley crown, CU head coach Brent Vigness garnered his fourth MVC Coach of the Year honor. He has led the Bluejays to seven MVC regular-season titles (1998-2000, 2007-09, 2013), six Valley tournament titles (1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2010) and seven NCAA regional appearances (1999, 2003-05, 2007-08, 2010) during his 20 years in the dugout.


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Little Alex, it turns out, violated his school's "absolutes" against fighting and weapons, "real or imaginary."
So-called "zero tolerance" policies of the sort on display at Mary Blair have long been in place in public schools throughout the country. Alex's mother said that she thought that they were "unrealistic" for kids her son's age. She is right as far as she goes. The problem is that she doesn't go nearly far enough.
Such policies are indeed unrealistic, yet they are unrealistic for people of all ages. Moreover, they aren't just unrealistic. They are at once idiotic and outrageous: Rather than enable children to become responsible adults, zero tolerance policies threaten to retard this developmental process.
Boys are particularly harmed by it. Alex Evans is a case in point. Here is a seven-year-old child whose only infraction is that he possesses an imagination that is both lively and heroic. Think about it: He delights in envisioning himself as a self-sworn enemy of all that is evil, a world savior.
The kid dreams, not about harming the world, but rescuing it. He longs to be more like Superman, not Stalin.
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Warhead wrote:Well, after ZZD I intend to do a short battle showing the Fall of Fico (with some pre-selected and some as yet to be contacted forum members) and after that it'll be a breakout battle as the Immortals expand their beachhead. Shadowscythe hopefully will be dealing with the space battle side of things in LDD at the same time.
YOU guys, IF you want can use any of these factions against each other in your games and can base battles around the central story which then progresses the games history. Some games may queer the story some but if people are into it they'll hopefully try not to, but... *shrug* I'm just inviting anyone who want to, to join in the fun.
If things look like they are going well you could organise your own games into a ladder campaign (I.e: Battle A Win = Go to Battle B. Or Battle A Lose = Go to Battle C, that sort of idea) with clearly defined goals and objectives but I would try to keep things loose.
All the results should be collated and refined (shoe-horned) into the overall story and then shoved on the wiki. (Ross? Arkbrik? any volunteers?)
It's a bit slap-dash but that can be a good thing as it is hard to break something this flexible.
Of course some people wont be bothered while others will have their own weird ideas but that's all part of the fun of Brikwars, anything could happen.
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Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist.
When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from someone who's occasionally called Jack. While it's doubtful that anyone knows his actual name or anything at all about his true identity, or even if he's still alive, he's in his mid-thirties and lives completely off the grid, a criminal's criminal who does entirely as he pleases and is almost impossible to get in touch with. But within hours a private jet is flying this exceptionally experienced fixer and cleaner-upper from Seattle to New Jersey and right into a spectacular mess: one heister dead in the parking lot, another winged but on the run, the shooter a complete mystery, the $1.2 million in freshly printed bills god knows where and the FBI already waiting for Jack at the airport, to be joined shortly by other extremely interested and elusive parties. He has only forty-eight hours until the twice-stolen cash literally explodes, taking with it the wider, byzantine ambitions behind the theft. To contend with all this will require every gram of his skill, ingenuity and self-protective instincts, especially when offense and defense soon become meaningless terms. And as he maneuvers these exceedingly slippery slopes, he relives the botched bank robbery in Kuala Lumpur five years earlier that has now landed him this unwanted new assignment.
From its riveting opening pages, Ghostman effortlessly pulls the reader into Jack's refined and peculiar world — and the sophisticated shadowboxing grows ever more intense as he moves, hour by hour, toward a constantly reimprovised solution. With a quicksilver plot, gripping prose and masterly expertise, Roger Hobbs has given us a novel that will immediately place him in the company of our most esteemed crime writers.
"Smoking-fast….Hobbs seizes our attention and holds it tight through his sheer, masterly use of details, and the authoritative, hard-boiled voice he has fashioned for Jack, a 'ghostman' [with] an encyclopedic knowledge of criminal tradecraft." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Hobbs, a first-time novelist who's barely out of college but already writing with the poise of an old pro, has put a great deal of wit and ingenuity into Jack's sophisticated professional skills....But Jack is no common trickster, and his daring criminal exploits are grounded in detailed, well-researched knowledge of all kinds of practical matters, from picking locks to faking the Kazakhstan Crown Diamond....Although Hobbs is an assured stylist who favors clean, precise prose, he handles violence with a lyric touch. In a narrative stuffed with gruesome murders, the most graphic death is executed in a gracefully choreographed scene that's remarkably poignant." Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"A stunningly accomplished debut [with] narrative speed and structure, as well as [an] encyclopedic knowledge of subjects ranging from the Federal Reserve's security measures to gunrunning in Malaysia....Hobbs has the talent to fuel best-sellers and summer blockbusters for years to come." The Richmond Times-Dispatch
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"A first novel comes along every few years that clearly separates itself from the field, like Secretariat winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. This year's Secretariat is going to be Ghostman, a propulsive thriller that combines incredible detail and nonstoppable narrative drive….The suspense builds inexorably, heightened by the supportive detail with which Hobbs undergirds the action….Comparisons to Lee Child are inevitable here, and surely Hobbs possesses a Child-like ability for first unleashing and then shrewdly directing a tornado of a plot, but he also evokes Elmore Leonard in the subtle interplay of his characters. A triumph on every level." Booklist
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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Going over the so-called fiscal cliff may, on the face of it, "improve" U.S. public finances, reduce the deficit and slow the rise of America's debt mountain.
But the fiscal cliff will not of itself solve America's large and deep-seated financial problems.
Absent political agreement, a series of automatic federal tax increases and spending cuts — the fiscal cliff — will be triggered on Jan. 1. Several temporary tax cuts will expire. These include President George W. Bush's tax cuts on income, investments, married couples, families with children, and inheritances, which were supposed to expire in 2010 but were extended for two years by President Barack Obama.
Avoiding the fiscal cliff
The White House plans an aggressive public campaign to build support for its approach to reduce the deficit through tax increases and spending cuts. Photo: Reuters.
In addition, the Alternative Minimum Tax would affect up to 26-30 million middle-class Americans, whose tax bill would balloon by an average of $3,700 each.
Also, the payroll-tax cut of 2% and extended unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed (both implemented by the Obama Administration to stimulate the economy) would terminate, along with smaller tax cuts for individuals and business (most notably tax credits for research and development and a deduction for state sales taxes).
Meanwhile, automatic spending cuts will kick in, totaling about $600 billion per year and $6.1 trillion over 10 years. The spending cuts would affect most government programs, including a $55 billion cut in defense spending and $55 billion in domestic programs. Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly, would reduce payments by 2%, including a sharp reduction (as much as 30%) in reimbursements to doctors.
The automatic tax increases, non-renewal of tax cuts and spending cuts are equivalent to about 5% of GDP. In a recent report, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the tax increases and spending cuts would reduce output by around 3% and increase unemployment to 9.1%. Read more: MarketWatch's complete fiscal cliff coverage.
Negotiation and reform
Yet a decision does not have to be reached by the end of 2012. The Treasury can juggle its finances to buy time, perhaps until February, especially if an agreement is likely. The major constraint is the need to increase the government's borrowing cap or debt limit (currently $16.4 trillion), which will be hit before year-end or early in 2013.
Necessary reform of the tax system, especially a broadening of the tax base, and all spending, including social welfare programs, is unlikely to be easy.
President Obama's ability to implement policy is constrained by Republican control of the House of Representatives. Republicans are reluctant to entertain tax increases or reductions in exemptions. Democrats are reluctant to consider reductions in entitlements and spending. Read more: Kicking the fiscal can has advantages.
The president asserts that he has a mandate to reform the budget, particularly to increase taxes on wealthier Americans. Having lost the presidential election and also having failed to make hoped-for gains in congressional elections, Republicans are defensive. The GOP position is complicated by fractious internal politics. More conservative elements believe GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney lost due to a shift to centrist policies, and that a return to more strict conservatism is required.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner has been conciliatory to the administration, signalling a willingness to consider some higher taxes. In the fissiparous world of U.S. politics, nothing is guaranteed, especially given the short electoral cycle. The prospects for a definitive, so-called grand bargain remain poor. The more likely scenario is an incremental, ground-game strategy. Read more Das commentary: Financial WMDs debase U.S. dollar, risk inflation.


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I haven't made a post in awhile so i thought I might post something that may be useful. My apt sources list for my Lenny (testing) box for example. Maybe other Debian users could post theirs as well.
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080505-10:54]/ lenny main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
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deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
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deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ testing main
deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian testing main contrib non-free restricted
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15 U.S. Code § 1693a - Definitions
As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term "accepted card or other means of access" means a card, code, or other means of access to a consumer's account for the purpose of initiating electronic fund transfers when the person to whom such card or other means of access was issued has requested and received or has signed or has used, or authorized another to use, such card or other means of access for the purpose of transferring money between accounts or obtaining money, property, labor, or services;
(2) the term "account" means a demand deposit, savings deposit, or other asset account (other than an occasional or incidental credit balance in an open end credit plan as defined in section 1602 (i) [1] of this title), as described in regulations of the Bureau, established primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, but such term does not include an account held by a financial institution pursuant to a bona fide trust agreement;
(4) [2] the term "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(4) [2] the term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;
(5) the term "business day" means any day on which the offices of the consumer's financial institution involved in an electronic fund transfer are open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its business functions;
(7) the term "electronic fund transfer" means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, which is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape so as to order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account. Such term includes, but is not limited to, point-of-sale transfers, automated teller machine transactions, direct deposits or withdrawals of funds, and transfers initiated by telephone. Such term does not include—
(A) any check guarantee or authorization service which does not directly result in a debit or credit to a consumer's account: [3]
(B) any transfer of funds, other than those processed by automated clearinghouse, made by a financial institution on behalf of a consumer by means of a service that transfers funds held at either Federal Reserve banks or other depository institutions and which is not designed primarily to transfer funds on behalf of a consumer;
(C) any transaction the primary purpose of which is the purchase or sale of securities or commodities through a broker-dealer registered with or regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(D) any automatic transfer from a savings account to a demand deposit account pursuant to an agreement between a consumer and a financial institution for the purpose of covering an overdraft or maintaining an agreed upon minimum balance in the consumer's demand deposit account; or
(E) any transfer of funds which is initiated by a telephone conversation between a consumer and an officer or employee of a financial institution which is not pursuant to a prearranged plan and under which periodic or recurring transfers are not contemplated;
as determined under regulations of the Bureau;
(8) the term "electronic terminal" means an electronic device, other than a telephone operated by a consumer, through which a consumer may initiate an electronic fund transfer. Such term includes, but is not limited to, point-of-sale terminals, automated teller machines, and cash dispensing machines;
(9) the term "financial institution" means a State or National bank, a State or Federal savings and loan association, a mutual savings bank, a State or Federal credit union, or any other person who, directly or indirectly, holds an account belonging to a consumer;
(10) the term "preauthorized electronic fund transfer" means an electronic fund transfer authorized in advance to recur at substantially regular intervals;
(11) the term "State" means any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing; and
(12) the term "unauthorized electronic fund transfer" means an electronic fund transfer from a consumer's account initiated by a person other than the consumer without actual authority to initiate such transfer and from which the consumer receives no benefit, but the term does not include any electronic fund transfer
(A) initiated by a person other than the consumer who was furnished with the card, code, or other means of access to such consumer's account by such consumer, unless the consumer has notified the financial institution involved that transfers by such other person are no longer authorized,
(B) initiated with fraudulent intent by the consumer or any person acting in concert with the consumer, or
[1] See References in Text note below.
[2] So in original. There are two pars. designated "(4)" and no par. (3).
[3] So in original. The colon probably should be a semicolon.
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2010—Pub. L. 111–203, § 1084(1), which directed the substitution of "Bureau" for "Board" wherever appearing, was executed by making the substitution in pars. (2) and (6) but not in par. (3), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 111–203, § 1084(2)(A), redesignated par. (3) as (4) defining the term "Board".
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Pub. L. 111–203, § 1084(2)(A), redesignated par. (3) as (4) defining the term "Board". Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Pars. (5) to (12). Pub. L. 111–203, § 1084(2)(A), redesignated pars. (4) to (11) as (5) to (12), respectively.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WUSA) - It was not pretty, but a win is a win. After finding an offensive rhythm LIU Brooklyn, the Terps offense sputtered at times vs. Lafayette. They finished the game shooting 52 percent, but they were very stagnant during large portions of the game.
If you look at the box score, you'd swear that, defensively, Maryland was dominant. The Leopards shot 39 percent from the field on 66 shots. Maryland out-rebounded their Patriot League opponent 44 to 28 and only grabbed 13 defensive boards. But those of us who attended the game no better.
Lafayette made 15 of 32 three point shots, 10 in the second half, and forced 12 turnovers to shrink the deficit from 19 to nine. They Terps could not shoot a jumper to save their athletic department (get it?) and the zone-look Lafayette showed them made it difficult to get the ball to star center, Alex Len. Head coach Mark Turgeon said he thought they make more jumpers in the second half, but when the buckets didn't fall, players realized they had to drive to get points.
Nevertheless, despite the few offensive struggles the team made, you can see that Maryland is beginning to get a feel for each other and getting more comfortable. They had 18 assists on the Tuesday night and seemed to really play team basketball. Turgeon said it was Nick Faust best game of the season and the sophomore concurred. A couple days after Turgeon said Faust was playing just to be a scorer, he finished with 13 points, but added eight rebounds to his stat line and did not force any bad shots.
However, my player of the night is the most underrated player on the team.
The Stock
James Padgett - UP
He is often the forgotten man in the eyes of Terp loyalist, but he is probably the player having the most consistent season. In 20 minutes, essentially a half, he had 14 point and four rebounds. With teams trying hard to deny Len the ball, the senior forward plays with a high motor on the back end and provides good minutes, every time. He is the glue that keeps the starting rotation stable.
Seth Allen - Even
His minutes seemed to shrink in Tuesday's game and after his only three, he disappeared in the offense. Allen played good defense, but nothing spectacular. Still my favorite freshman, but clearly his worst game so far.
Shaq Cleare - Up
Shaq did not make a huge impact in Tuesday night's game, but his minutes are steadily increasing and his defense presence is being noticed.
Charles Mitchell - Even
The kid is still a rebounding stud. He took more shots and is making more of an offensive impact. If he can put it all together, the freshman could be dangerous during ACC play.
Jake Layman - Down
Turgeon has previously said that Layman has a huge learning curve and his minutes reflect it. In 16 minutes, the freshman took one shot and missed, but tallied four boards and two assists. But his on the court impact is looking minimal.
Quote of the Night:
"The Big Ten is supposed to be the number one league right now, right? They are rated right now the number one league. So I feel like it's a good opportunity for us." - Nick Faust when asked how he felt about the announcement on Maryland moving to the Big Ten Conference.


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Yet sadly, despite the wonders that you can see here, we were never blessed with a Starcrash video game.
The image you're seeing above is a mock-up of what a Starcrash game could have looked like, put together by Sean Hartter and Daniel Th1rte3n.
Over the decades we've been subjected to scores of Star Wars games, some good, some not so great. Yet there's been not a single adaptation of Starcrash, or as it was known in its native Italy, Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione. Not even a bad C64 game. Not even an iPhone cash-in. There isn't even a Kickstarter project to cobble one together.
Released in 1978 (Star Wars was out in 1977), it's regarded not only as a poor Star Wars clone, but as one of the worst sci-fi movies of the 20th century. Which is a bit unfair, since it's point was not to create an epic for the ages. Its point was to put attractive women in perilous situations alongside elements from Star Wars to help make a quick buck.
A Starcrash game could easily work. The plot, while sharing similar elements from Star Wars (an imprisoned princess, a smuggler on the run, a secret weapon), takes in many more locations and features many more characters and opponents, meaning even a rudimentary platformer could have been easily slapped together and helped contribute to the great video game crash.
Like I said, if you've never seen it, try and track down a copy. Ignore the haters: this is sci-fi camp at its very best, and definitely worth spending a Saturday night in front of, especially if friends and beers are involved.


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ESIC is driven by the idea that changes in current industrial structures and business models in a region do not happen by sticking to a narrow sectoral perspective, but rather by taking a system-wide, cross-sectoral approach that places service innovation at the core of regional development strategies.
A major part of the European Service Innovation Centre's initial work with the regions is being concentrated on solving the following puzzle: how do we define a systemic approach to, and an ideal policy framework for, capitalising on service innovation at regional level?
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This study will determine if blood levels of anti-HIV drugs in pregnant women change at different stages of pregnancy and if these changes require dosage adjustments in order to maintain adequate drug levels during pregnancy. Anti-HIV medications are recommended for HIV-infected women during pregnancy not only to treat their infection, but also to reduce the chance of passing the virus to the baby during pregnancy. Changes in the body that occur during pregnancy may affect how the body uses and eliminates these drugs, reducing their levels during pregnancy.
Pregnant women 18 years of age or older who are infected with HIV may be eligible for this study. Candidates will have a medical history and physical examination, pregnancy test and blood tests.
Participants will come to the NIH Clinical Center once every 6 to 12 weeks until around their 34th week (8 months) of pregnancy and then again at least 1 month after the birth of the baby to have blood drawn. A catheter (thin plastic tube) will be placed in a vein to avoid multiple needle sticks for blood sampling during the day. The first sample will be collected before the patient takes the morning doses of anti-HIV medicines and additional samples will be drawn at 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 hours after taking the medication. A urine sample will also be collected at each visit.
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy is currently recommended for HIV-1 infected pregnant women for the management of maternal HIV infection and for prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Many physiological changes occur during pregnancy may lead to changes in pharmacokinetics of drugs. Some of these pharmacokinetic changes may include increases in volume of distribution and total body clearance as well as decreases in oral absorption, area under the concentration time curve, peak and trough concentrations. All of these changes may result in decrease in drug exposure. Other than zidovudine, little is known about the pharmacokinetics of other antiretroviral agents during pregnancy. A number of studies have suggested a correlation between trough concentration: IC50 ratio and virological responses. The objective of the study is to examine the pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral agents during different stages of pregnancy in comparison with the non-pregnant state (post-partum and historical control). HIV infected pregnant women in general good health who are on at least three antiretroviral drug combination will be enrolled in the study. Pharmacokinetic profiles of the antiretroviral agents taken by the subjects will be obtained two to four times during pregnancy and again at around one month post-partum. These data will be used to assess the need for dosage adjustment or therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretroviral agents during pregnancy.
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Hgb greater than or equal to 10 gm/dL, platelet greater than or equal to 100,000/mL, PT less than or equal to 14.0 sec
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Efavirenz as part of HAART regimen
Combination of didanosine and stavudine as part of HAART regimen
Presence of persistent diarrhea or history of malabsorption that will interfere with the subject's ability to absorb the antiretroviral drugs
Refusal to allow the investigators to obtain medical records from her HIV care provider and her obstetricians during the course of the study
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Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
Protease Inhibitor
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Anti-Retroviral Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-Infective Agents
Antiviral Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
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Red Onion and Goats' Cheese Tart
This is a kind of standby recipe for the Christmas holiday if you've got some goats' cheese and a packet of fresh thyme stashed away in the fridge. You can whip some rolled puff pastry out of the freezer and make this when you need an impromptu light lunch or late supper dish. Caramelised red onions are a great storecupboard standby, too – thanks to English Provender for a great cheats' ingredient.
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Just unroll the pastry on to a flat surface and then trim it to make a 9-in (23-cm) square and place the pastry square on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Now what you need to do is take a sharp knife and score the pastry without cutting right through, so you have a cut 1 in (2.5 cm) from the edge all the way round.
Next, take a large fork, prick the pastry all over inside the scored square and brush the whole lot with the beaten egg. hen pop it into the oven on a high shelf for 20 minutes until it has risen and become golden.
Meanwhile, drain the onions and reserve the juice.
Mix the chopped thyme and red wine vinegar into the onions and season them with salt and freshly milled black pepper.
After that, take the sharp knife again and dip it into boiling hot water before slicing the cheese into 12 rounds – cut it in half first, then cut 6 rounds from each half. When the pastry is ready, remove it from the oven and use the back of a fork to press the inner pastry base back down.
Now spread the onions all over, followed by the slices of cheese and place a small sprig of fresh thyme on each slice.
Finally, mix 1 tablespoon of the reserved onion juice with the tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle this all over everything before placing the tart back in the oven for a further 15–20 minutes.
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CANTON Chickens, but not pigs or other farm animals, would be allowed in the towns residential zones under a zoning change recommended Tuesday by the Planning Board.
Community gardens and community supported agriculture also would be allowed under the proposal to the Town Council.
The decision came after a lengthy meeting that drew about 40 people to the municipal building on a freezing cold night.
Many were there to support Robert J. Washo and Flip P. Filippi, who have been illegally operating a community supported agriculture garden called Little Grasse Foodworks on Miner Street Road near Taylor Park beach.
The town defines community supported agriculture as an alternative, locally based socio-economic model of agriculture and food production. It often refers to a network of individuals who sign up to support one or more farms, with growers and consumers sharing the risks. Food production would include fruits, vegetables, plants, flowers or herbs.
Although the majority turned out to support the zoning changes, a resident who opposed them sparked a debate that became heated at times.
Edward J. Nee said he built his home at 1 Woodmere Drive because he didnt want to live near agriculture. The CSA garden on Miner Street Road is near his home, and he criticized town officials for not enforcing its zoning code.
I bought the land because its residential, and I want to live in a residential area, Mr. Nee said. I really believe youre slapping everyone in the face who obeys zoning laws. At the same time, youre rewarding people who blatantly violate these laws.
Another town resident, Michael J. Furgal, 21 Woodmere Drive, said he wasnt opposed to agriculture, but he criticized town officials for not enforcing its existing zoning code.
The proposed change would require people to obtain a special-use permit from the Planning Board before they would be allowed to establish such a garden or raise chickens. A public hearing would be required and neighbors would be notified in advance. Also, only hens and cockrels would be allowed. Roosters, geese or other fowl would not be permitted.
We will consider each request on a case-by-case basis, said Planning Board Chairman Michael K. Morgan.
Requirements also include a minimum of 3 acres, off-street parking for all vehicles and an on-site water supply. Retail sales can include only the produce thats grown on the site.
Many at the meeting said the village allows chickens in its residential areas, and it only makes sense to also allow them in the town, which is less densely populated.
Richard W. Grover, a village resident who supports the revision, said expanding agricultural zones into residential areas is a national trend thats even taking place in large cities.
Several students from St. Lawrence University attended the meeting to show their support for Mr. Washo and Ms. Filippi. College students interested in sustainability and agriculture work at the garden.
This what young people are interested in, said Tricia Alden, Ames Road. Times do change. This is a healthy, productive change for our community.
Mr. Washo responded that he applied for a special-use permit and has been upfront with town officials about the activity on his property. The process has taken longer than he expected.
We werent flying in the face of the law, Mr. Washo said. Weve been completely above board and we were working in good faith.
Ms. Filippi said, This is a way of thinking about a residential area being more diverse.
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