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Green super foods, such as broccoli, parsley and spinach, contain large amounts of chlorophyll, which is what gives green vegetables their wonderful green coloring. When chlorophyll found in green vegetables is consumed, hemoglobin in blood is increased. Hemoglobin provides more oxygen-rich blood, and oxygen-rich blood helps cells thrive. Green super foods also contain large amounts of easily digestible nutrients, minerals, proteins and vitamins.
Orange fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, mangoes, oranges and pumpkins, are high in beta carotenes. Beta carotenes may help improve immune function and reduce the risk of heart disease. And beta carotenes help strengthen eyesight, the esophagus, the lungs, and the stomach and may help fight cancer in these areas.
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This Studio 6 is minutes away from Thunder Hill Raceway and Glenn Golf Course. The motel offers an 8 acre layout with large rooms, free Wi-Fi, a conference room and truck parking.
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CANTON Peyton VanBibber scored three goals to lead the third-seeded Canton boys lacrosse team to a 12-2 victory over No. 6 Ogdensburg Free Academy in a Section 10 Class C quarterfinal game Monday.
The Golden Bears (11-5 overall) will travel to play No. 2 St. Lawrence Central in a semifinal game at 5 p.m. today.
Garrett Glasglow recorded two goals and two assists for Canton, and Jake Facey added two goals.
Ryan Huiatt, Jack Elberty, Josh Pierson, Issac Thrasher and Cody Moore all scored once. Andrew Roddy scored twice for OFA (2-13).
Cody Burns scored two goals and assisted on four others as the No. 2 Larries (13-2) beat the No. 7 Colts in a Class C quarterfinal in Brasher Falls.
Luke Arquiett added two goals and three assists for St. Lawrence Central. Cody Green scored the only goal for the Colts (0-16).
Hayden Hart scored one goal and set up six others to help the No. 4 Sandstoners defeat the No. 5 Red Storm (4-12) in a Class C quarterfinal in Potsdam.
Potsdam (8-9) will travel to face top-seeded Salmon River in a semifinal game today at 5 p.m.
Garrett Kilgore scored three goals for Potsdam, and Steven Lewis and Kyle Grant each tallied two.
Seth Pickering led Saranac Lake with five goals and Jeff Stevens scored twice.
Jackie Sovie scored three goals as No. 6 Heuvelton (4-12) upset No. 3 Potsdam in a Class C first-round game in Potsdam.
Heuvelton will travel to play No. 2 Canton at 5 p.m. Wednesday in a semifinal.
Olivia St. Pierre scored two goals for Heuvelton and Maddie St. Pierre also scored.
Ally Miller led Potsdam (11-6) with two goals. Hannah Drechsel, Jenny Tardell and Michaela Cole also scored for Potsdam.
Kalie Sappone scored her fourth goal of the game with 14 seconds left to lead the No. 4 Red Storm past the No. 5 Blue Devils in a Class C first-round contest at Saranac Lake.
The Red Storm (6-7) will travel to play top-seeded Massena in a semifinal at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Kylie Woodrow added three goals for Saranac Lake.
Nikki Holmes led the Blue Devils (6-11) with three goals, and Mackenzie Bresett and Kaitlin Sheppard each scored twice.
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Alexandria took second place in the Section 3 Class D Golf Championships held Monday at Twin Ponds Golf and Country Club in New York Mills.
The Purple Ghosts, which finished 19 strokes behind winner Utica Notre Dame, also had three qualifiers for the Section 3 Individual Championships, which begin Thursday at Seven Oaks Golf Club in Clinton.
Nik Shangraw led Alexandria with an 83, while Zach Heschke shot an 85 and Cameron Morgan an 86. Also qualifying for Thursday were Michael Bamann of Immaculate Heart Central with an 85 and Dan Leek from LaFargeville with an 87.
In the Class B event at Kanon Valley in Oneida, Pearce Parsons from South Jefferson shot an 83 to qualify for Seven Oaks. Also making the field was Jacob Wojasinski of General Brown with an 86.
Three Frontier League golfers made the qualifying cut at the Class C championships held at Barker Brook Golf Course in Oriskany. Nick Arrigo from South Lewis led the way with an 83, Jacob Baldwin of Thousand Islands fired an 84 and J. T. Smith from South Lewis shot 86.
Thousand Islands was sixth and South Lewis eighth in the team standings.
No local players qualified in the Class A event at Radisson Greens.
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LOUSIVILLE – St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency members say they will not support a proposal that would allow a board appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to make decisions about who gets proceeds from the sale of the agencys 20 megawatts of low-cost hydropower.
The St. Lawrence Local Government Task Force formed the River Agency in 2010 to manage $16 million left over from the failed St. Lawrence Aquarium project and 20 megawatts of low-cost power from the New York Power Authority for economic development.
The money and power was granted to alleviate what local officials have called inequities between NYPAs 2003 relicensing settlement to operate the St. Lawrence-FDR hydrodam in Massena and the Niagara settlement in Western New York. NYPA had initially agreed to allow the River Agency to sell on the open market any power not allocated to help businesses and use the proceeds as it sees fit.
That ability was left out of a contract Mr. Cuomo approved last year between NYPA and the River Agency granting the power, and special legislation has been sought since to allow the agency to move ahead with its original plan. Proceeds from the power were intended to fund the River Agencys operations and replenish its community development fund which aids municipalities and organizations with economic development projects.
The sale of the power would equate to about $3 million per year.
State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, told River Agency members in October that before a bill can be reintroduced in January, agency members will have to decide whether to support a proposal by Mr. Cuomo to establish a separate economic development council to allocate proceeds from the sale of the power.
Massena resident Charlie McGrath called on the River Agency to support keeping control of the proceeds local during a public comment session at its meeting Tuesday.
I continue to see these resources moving farther and farther away from the host communities, Mr. McGrath said. This is our money, this is our power, and anything that takes these resources and moves it anywhere away from the shoreline I have reservations about. I want you guys to echo my feelings if they are yours, and to tell some of the politicians who are hoping they can save us from this.
River Agency Chairman Robert O. McNeil and board member Edward J. Murphy agreed.
You havent said anything I disagree with, Mr. McNeil said. It has been frustrating. We have all signed the contract, and we want it implemented between the state, county and five towns.
Mr. McNeil said Tuesday he is working with Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell, D-Theresa, who has been in contact with the governors office, to schedule a meeting discuss the proposal.
We are working through this, Mr. McNeil said. I am optimistic about it.
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This unit focuses on local plant species; students learn to identify common species and will examine their life cycle characteristics as evidence of climate change. Through the use of the national citizen science project titled Project BudBurst,... (View More) students explore the impacts of climate variation on plant species distribution. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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This curriculum uses an inquiry-based Earth system science approach, and leverages Project BudBurst, a citizen science phenology project, to engage students in authentic research on plant and ecosystem responses to climate change. Students collect... (View More) local data then analyze that data in the context of NASA regional and global data sets and satellite imagery to understand their data in personal, regional, and global contexts. The curriculum is divided into four units: The Earth as a System; Identifying the key changing conditions of the Earth system; Earth system responses to natural and human induced changes; and Predicting the consequences of changes for human civilization. Each unit consists of several activities with accompanying teacher answer sheets. (View Less)
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PAWTUCKET — Professional catchers are part of a select fraternity and understand the physical grind which stems from crouching for nine innings a night multiplied by six or seventh months. Compound that with the never-ending pursuit of processing and distributing data regarding his team's pitching staff, it's easy to see that these men play the sport's most demanding position.
PAWTUCKET — Professional catchers are part of a select fraternity and understand the physical grind which stems from crouching for nine innings a night multiplied by six or seventh months. Compound that with the never-ending pursuit of processing and distributing data regarding his team's pitching staff, it's easy to see that these men play the sport's most demanding position.
From one lifetime member to a person who someday hopes to follow in his footsteps, ex-Red Sox backstop Jason Varitek passed along some thoughts via text message to Ryan Lavarnway during Boston's visit to Seattle in early September. From a distance, Varitek could see that the 25-year-old Lavarnway wasn't the same player as he was when the two were Boston teammates during the final month of the 2011 season, particularly from an offensive standpoint.
"(Varitek) said, 'Stay strong, man; it's harder on a player to hit .200 than .300.' That was something I had never thought of because I had never hit .200," Lavarnway shared Saturday during the PawSox' annual Christmas Party for fans at McCoy Stadium.
What did Lavarnway take away from Varitek's words of wisdom and support?
"It's harder on a player's psyche because it's easier when things are going well. Staying mentally strong in this game is huge. You can't ride the highs and lows."
Lavarnway had a steep learning curve in 2012, a season that saw the Yale product catch over 100 games for the first time ever (between Pawtucket and Boston, he logged 108 games behind the plate). He became the PawSox' primary backstop in mid-April, the classification change opening the door to a whole other realm that was going to have to be comprehended on the fly.
For comparison's sake, Red Sox management informed Daniel Bard that he would be shifted from the bullpen to the starting rotation during the offseason, meaning he had time to mentally and physically prepare for what awaited him. In Lavarnway's case, his introduction to a higher realm of catching responsibilities came during the heat of the season. What ensued was a juggling act that at the end of the day may end up serving him well moving forward, hence why Red Sox fans shouldn't look at Lavarnway's numbers and quickly dismiss his future merit.
A favorite of ex-Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, Lavarnway hit .157 with two home runs and a .248 slugging percentage during his two-month stay with Boston while striking struck out 41 times in 153 at-bats. Such numbers were an extension of Lavarnway's output with Pawtucket, where he hit just eight homers and slugged at a .439 clip.
Clearly Lavarnway was not the same menacing offensive force that he had been in three previous seasons – all ending with 20 or more home runs. With the additional catching workload he took on, it seemed almost unrealistic to expect that he would continue slugging at his career rate. The past season was about Lavarnway striking the right balance in order to help him to better deal with his more encompassing role.
"It was a very big learning experience for me to catch over 100 games and try to figure out how to stay strong while at the same time not exhaust myself in the gym," said Lavarnway, looking back. "I think that I learned some things that I would do better going forward and that there's a few things I did well that I would like to continue."
Learning what is required to run a pitching staff represented a sizable hurdle for Lavarnway to clear.
"The biggest thing for me was catching guys multiple starts in a row whereas before I would catch two or three of the five in the rotation," he mentioned. "When I started catching four out of the five, I got to see patterns along with consistencies and inconsistencies. I could pick up what they were doing well a lot faster on a given day because I had seen patterns – misfires or pitches in the zone – and knew them better."
Talking about his offensive production and the back seat it ended up taking, Lavarnway expressed, "Looking back it's easy to see what happened, but in the moment you to try to be your best at both (meaning behind the plate and in the batter's box). I didn't hit as well as I normally do, but to a certain extent that was OK because I was catching well."
Lavarnway smiled when asked about Baseball America lauding him as the International League's best defensive catcher as part of the publication's annual minor-league tools survey. For someone who's been forced to defend his abilities on more than one occasion, the recognition helped to momentarily silence the critics.
"That was a breath of fresh air because that was voted on by the coaches and the people who see me play every day," said Lavarnway. "They not only saw me but all the other catchers in the league, which made it a nice honor."
With a season of on-site job training behind him, Lavarnway is using the offseason to better himself for what he anticipates is another heavy workload in 2013. He relocated to Denver where the only request he made to his fiancé Jamie was to have a suitable workout facility nearby. Lavarnway hit the jackpot with Viking Power Fitness, where he's been training under the supervision of owner/performance coach Oyvind Gulbrandsen.
Upon informing the Red Sox of his plans, Lavarnway said that team strength coach Pat Sandora collaborated with the Norwegian Gulbrandsen and came up with a program that wasn't 100 percent baseball-specific, but that made no difference.
"I loved (Gulbrandsen's) energy and the way he went about his business," said Lavarnway about what drew him to this particular workout guru. "We lift four days a week and I do Pilates. We'll go to an outdoor amphitheater about 7,000 feet above sea level and we'll run on the stairs – stuff that will get me stronger and more explosive."
Lavarnway has set a goal to report to spring training weighing in at 235 pounds; he tips the scales at 240 right now. Reminded of Boston's crowded catching situation with free agents David Ross and Mike Napoli joining incumbent Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Lavarnway is looking forward to what figures to be an intriguing position battle.
"Spring training is important, especially for young players," said Lavarnway, who plans to incorporate baseball activities into his fitness regime this week. "You really have to go in and establish yourself."
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The most important goal for the Council this year is the replacement of the City Manager. The Council needs to engage the community in this process, much like the Council did when Joe Dancer was Manager and announced his retirement.
McMinnville is blessed with many highly trained and experienced individuals that hired staff for local, state and even national organizations during their careers.
I hope the Council doesn't follow the example of Newberg and involve a head hunter via the Council of Governments. Using local folks with be much more cost effective and engaging to our community.
City Manager position - I hope the council doesn't get caught up in MBA degrees,
etc. The individuals management and leadership style needs to fit community
personality. Our City has been very fortunate with the first 2, and I hope good
judgement prevails throughout the interview process. Conservative fiscal
management is a must. So, many factors are the focus throughout the process.
Good luck to the coucil, staff and community members in this process !!


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Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory, was popularized in the minds of people worldwide with the great Klondike Gold Rush that occurred over a century ago. Today Whitehorse has much more than gold to offer. Located on the beautiful Yukon River, Whitehorse is surrounded by spectacular scenery and historic sites, including some of North Americas highest mountains and crystal clear waters that are seen when flying into Whitehorse's international airport. Whitehorse is a city of 23,000 people with a vibrant arts community, sports, and recreation to appeal to everyone, excellent schooling including French and Catholic, and Yukon College. All this in addition to affordable housing and a broad range of shopping and services make our city a great place to live. Browse the following web sites for information about Whitehorse and the Yukon: www.touryukon.com, www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca, www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca.


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Friday, September 30, 2011
Whether you're a regular Out for Good reader, or have just landed here for the first time, you'll glean pretty quickly that one purpose of this blog is to celebrate the upbeat, positive, and good. As I noted when this blog was launched, ...There are lists and lists of problems and challenges that seem all too familiar in the terrain of LGBT life. Sometimes, it just seems really hard....And yet, there are those other times too. Where despite the pitfalls and challenges...there is some pretty good stuff happening...So yes, I am also Out For Good.
Please join with me in literally going Out for Good - celebrate the 10th anniversary of the LGBT Center with me by doing good for others! In the process, we'll also have a bit of fun, a bit of fitness, and a bit of colorful rainbowy-goodness too.
Saturday October 15, 9 am
5K run on campus with Lis and Habitat for Humanity!
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We're Out for Good - The LGBT Center program director will run the Habidash 5K on campus, and invites all LGBT and Allied students, alumni, and members of the campus community to join in - come be a part of a fun run for a great cause! Registration and fee for the run is required through IC's Habitat for Humanity, alumni may register while signing up to attend Fall Splash, or onsite, or at a table in Campus Center for current students to register from now through Oct 7. Or, see their Facebook event for additional details.
Please join us - run along with us, walk, or cheer us on from the sidelines of the race, as we LGBTA folks do something good to give back to Habitat for Humanity and the community.who created that page and who is devoting many hours of service in helping to plan and facilitate our participation!
And did I mention there will be a small but rainbow-y gift for the first 100 LGBTA people who participate?
Special thanks to LGBTA Alumni from the Classes of 2007 and 2008 for challenging meto this run, and to IC Habitat for Humanity for their enthusiastic response to our participation. For information about all the events that will mark the 10th anniversary of the LGBT Center, visit the 10th Anniversary of the LGBT Center and Fall Splash webpage.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Two big steps in the world of sport happened recently - the publication of the On The Team: Equal Opportunity for Transgender Student Athletes, and news stories about Kye Allums, the first out transgender person to play NCAA Division I basketball, at George Washington University. Allums joins a very short list of out transgender college athletes which also includes hammer thrower Keelin Godsey of Bates College.
On the Team, by Dr. Pat Griffin, Former Director of the It Takes A Team! Education Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Sport, Women's Sports Foundation and Helen J. Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights, provides information and resources on this important topic, and precisely at a time when the issue is gaining more widespread media attention. The report provides guidance to high school and collegiate athletic programs about ensuring transgender student athletes fair, respectful, and legal access to school sports teams. Short stories and quotes of student athletes, coaches, and other professionals throughout the report highlight the important of sport in the lives of all students, as well as some of the unequal terrain transgender students must traverse as they seek full inclusion on the playing field.
Discussions about the unique challenges and opportunities facing sexual minority and gender minority student athletes were also a highlight of the Sport, Sexuality and Culture conference held on our campus in 2009. Undergraduate and graduate students played an active role in the conference as presenters, session leaders, and guest hosts. The conference featured the work of over 125 scholars from Brazil, Canada, England, Japan, Korea, and the United States; and included presentations and panel discussions on topics such as:
- Legal issues: sex and sexual orientation discrimination
- Sport, media, sexuality, and culture
- Gender, race, sexuality, and culture
- Research trends and issues
- Replacing homophobia/transphobia with humanism in sport settings
For more information about LGBT people and themes in sports, contact the LGBT Center or the Association of Gay and Straight Student Athletes, an IC student organization. Additional resources and information are also available from the blog post Out of the Closet and Onto the Team: LGBT Student-Athletes.


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ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- The chance of the federal government shutting down on Tuesday left workers at Acadia National Park feeling waves of uncertainty as they clocked out Monday evening.
Park directors say if the government enters a state of shutdown, they will have no choice but to shut down roads and services at the park and furlough its more than 200 workers on staff.
This would not be the first time that affairs in Washington have impacted services at Acadia. Earlier this year the park was forced to open roughly one month later than usual due to federal sequestration cuts.
Administrators at Acadia say that the park was expected to see about 200,000 visitors in that first month from April to May. In October they say the park usually sees about 600,000 visitors who come to catch glimpses of Maine's fall foliage.


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When Andrew Allemann, a 2000 Business Honors graduate, was applying to college, he knew only one thing: that he was going to be a business major.
"When you look at the schools in the U.S., there are only a couple business programs that stand out," Allemann said. "The Business Honors Program with its class sizes and teaching style was a no-brainer compared to the other schools."
While also majoring in finance, Allemann was very involved in the program, eventually becoming Vice President of Honors Business Association. During his college career, he also witnessed the beginning of the Make-a-Mark scholarship campaign, an initiative in which the senior class raises money to provide a scholarship for incoming freshman.
Andrew started giving to the BHP while still a student, "Between HBA and other organizations, we were giving back and doing philanthropy events on a regular basis," Allemann said.
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ISLANDERS INSIST RICKY'S OH-SO-FINEDespite the rumor mill, team says he'll be ready
Apparently, I'm the only person in New York who has not recently seen Rick DiPietro on crutches.
In 2009, it's impossible for just about anyone to go unnoticed. When you're Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders and the U.S. Olympic Team, forget about it. It used to be everyone on Long Island knew someone who knew Bobby Nystrom. Now it seems everyone knows someone who has seen the Islanders' franchise goalie hopping around the last few weeks.
The rumors reached the proverbial and hysterical next level on Sunday, when an old friend of mine came up during the ESPN Radio show on the Garden plaza. Get this: my guy told me his sister recently waited on Rick at an area steakhouse and he wasn't on crutches, he was using a walker. My buddy was also two sheets to the wind an hour before Rangers-Capitals faceoff.
What's next – Ricky using one of those scooters? DiPietro filming an updated version of "I've fallen and I can't get up"?
Hey, it's not like the organization doesn't understand the power of people talking on the information superhighway. The Islanders are tech-savvy, and they had a Crutchgate just last summer. They had to know that once DiPietro used those crutches, the news would reverberate all around Islanders Country.
I waited until the 100th eyewitness account of DiPietro hobbled like the guy in Misery before I finally called Garth Snow. Two weeks ago, blogger extraordinaire Greg Logan first reported that the goalie was spotted on crutches at a physical rehabilitation center. Over the last week emails have poured in about an Internet report that said DiPietro may be done. The Islanders have been quiet on the subject.
I asked Snow if he had anything to add to his statement of two weeks ago, the one that said DiPietro is going to be A-OK. I asked if DiPietro had any recent medical procedures.
The GM provided this on-the-record for Point Blank:
"I'm sure what our fans want to know is whether Rick is on schedule to be with us for the start of training camp. The answer to that is yes. The plan is for him to begin skating this summer and then be with us for the opening of camp in Saskatoon."
A text to DiPietro for his confirmation of the team's position, not surprisingly, has not been returned. Can't really blame him.
Since all the rumors on the negative side have been fueled by the World Wide Web, let's give equal time. Over the last month, I've run into several people "close to DiPietro." None of them said that his 2009-10 season – let alone his career – is in jeopardy. And any problems he may be experiencing are with his knee. His hips – fixed by the same doc who worked on Alex Rodriquez – are said to be completely healed and strengthened.
To take this Internet noise thing to admittedly crazy lengths, I received an email from a loyal reader about a recent encounter with Mike Dunham. A staffer at a Connecticut country club, he asked the visiting Islanders goalie coach about the status of DiPietro. Dunham assured the fan that his No. 1 goaltender would be fine for the start of the season.
So in terms of third-hand information from the caddy shack, we've got that going for us…which is nice.
Coming soon: a look at goaltending possibilities for the Islanders next season. Right now, DiPietro is the only goalie under contract for '09-10. Expect the team to sign a 1-B, plus a No. 3 for Bridgeport capable of being a No. 2. Comments. Guidelines.


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FLO commends ILRF for its report on the situation of workers in the sports ball industry
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) commends the International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) for its recent investigations into the conditions of workers manufacturing sports balls in Pakistan, India, China and Thailand. We hope that on the eve of the World Cup, the ILRF's findings will draw attention to the poverty and labour violations that these workers experience every day, despite pledges by business and government to improve the situation.
Among its findings, the ILRF's report cites poor working conditions and alleges labour violations at Fairtrade certified sports ball manufacturers in Pakistan. We take these allegations very seriously and have launched our own investigations to verify the findings. As an ISO-65 accredited certifier for Fairtrade Standards, FLO-CERT investigates all allegations following a documented procedure. If FLO-CERT finds that certified companies fail to meet Fairtrade Standards it takes action ranging from timelines for the company to demonstrate improvements to suspension or decertification.
In addition to these immediate steps, FLO has stepped up its actions to support workers and defend their rights at Fairtrade certified producer organizations. We have been in close dialogue with the ILRF since we became aware of their concerns and the report. FLO is planning a long term collaboration with IRLF on worker rights issues in general. We are seeking insight on ways to improve protection of workers rights and better their situation by setting up an Advisory Committee on Workers' Rights with key trade unions, labour rights organizations and other stakeholders. The Committee will make recommendations at the highest level on a range of issues concerning workers.
FLO will also roll out a program to strengthen cooperation with local unions and other organizations to make it easier for Fairtrade workers to be aware of their rights and to be able to unionize. This year in Latin America FLO and FLO-CERT will take part in a series of meetings with unions to look at potential collaboration. FLO-CERT is also exploring a pilot for pre-certification orientation meetings between unions and workers in plantations applying for Fairtrade certification.
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Washington, D.C.—Last month WholeFoods reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was giving signs it would approve the introduction of a genetically modified salmon product. Eleven senators from mostly coastal states have since tried to halt the approval process, urging FDA to consider the matter more closely before making a decision.
Pomegranate product makers POM Wonderful are embroiled in a fight with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over their use of health claims-based marketing for their products. The action is the latest example of efforts by FTC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to more heavily scrutinize and regulate health claims from product manufacturers.
A ruling by the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals has overturned an existing Ohio ban on milk labels carrying a hormone-free claim. Now, dairy products not produced from cows raised on rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) can say so on the package.
Chicago, IL—At the 2010 Shopper Marketing Expo, held here, a marketing seminar discussed areas of interest and change in consumer behavior toward their food and beverage purchases.
Las Vegas, NV—More than 1,200 exhibit booths (with 779 total companies) and a packed educational session drew 8,500 industry members to this year's SupplySide West tradeshow and convention, held here from October 19 to 23.
Hoboken, NJ—New research published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates there may be a new application for a well-known branded extract of the French maritime pine tree bark (Pycnogenol from Natural Health Sciences, based here).
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been mighty busy lately. WholeFoods reports in this issue about their legal square-offs against companies like POM Wonderful over contentious marketing claims. The agency is also finding time to set its sights on all the "greenwashers" out there in marketing land. "Greenwashing" is a term some use to describe marketing efforts that exploit the eco-friendly trend, even when the product being marketed may not be so eco-friendly.
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Women as the next smart business strategy
by Candice Silverstone of Deloitte Consulting
Women may well be the dominant source of economic growth in the near future – and organizations that are able to capitalize on the roles women play as economic actors will most likely have a competitive advantage as the world pulls out of the global recession. Deloitte research suggests that investment in women is the next source of substantial economic growth, for firms and countries, with direct correlations between increases in women in the workforce and increases in National GDP. In fact, a positive and often double-digit difference was found in productivity between those organizations with more women as leaders compared to those with less.
Fully integrating women into both the workplace and the marketplace can yield a significant return—what is termed the Gender Dividend. Maybe because great value derives not only from women as leaders, but also from the diversity of thought that women can help provide, as well as the use of a talent pool which, in many instances goes underutilised. There is a steady benefit that is earned by making wise, balanced investments in developing women as workers and potential leaders as well as understanding women as consumers and their impact on the economy and the bottom line. Done right, the Gender Dividend should be reflected in creating a better strategic position in terms of the broader socio-political environment; an ability to compete successfully in a global market; significant cost reductions in unwanted turnover; building a Talent Brand among female Talent; increased sales, expanded markets, increased innovation and improved recruitment and retention of a key talent segment.
Reaping the Gender Dividend, however, requires going well beyond achieving the numbers, and even eliminating the explicit discrimination that laws and policies have taken aim at over the past decades. It requires a concerted, strategic focus on how to fully integrate women's experiences, perspectives, and voices into the fabric of an organization; as history has shown, this will not happen on its own. Instead, senior leaders must elevate women's advancement to a strategic objective tied to their overall plan for growth—and having a business case is critical to getting started.
The Harsh Reality
Our clients increasingly recognise that in order to achieve sustainable economic, organizational, and consumer market growth, they must capitalize on historically untapped markets, and are demanding strategies and solutions to do so. However, the idea that most corporations have become gender-balanced or women-friendly is still a myth. Reports of progress in advancement, compensation and career satisfaction remain relatively bleak. Policies and procedures have often been changed but the problem lies in their application by managers, especially when they are under pressure. Despite an aging population and glaring skill shortages, leaders continue to overlook and underutilize women as a source of talent.
What is needed, therefore, is a business response to what is essentially a business problem, that is, an evaluation of the bottom line impact of investing in women. Organizations need to assess in real terms—revenues, profits, growth, productivity, customer satisfaction, or whatever metrics they use, to deem themselves successful—what they will achieve by shifting their mindset, re-evaluating investments, and reconsidering their leadership model to reflect a more balanced mix of women and men as workers and consumers. This shouldn't be an abstract management exercise. Rather, organizations should use the same models that apply to any significant organizational or policy change; because in order to change the results, the model requires change.
The data clearly shows that time alone will not ensure that organizations reap the Gender Dividend; rather, there needs to be a clear, strategic focus on gender. While South Africa may be more progressive than its global counterparts in boasting females in management positions (attributed largely to legislated gender equality and employment equity, this finding falls short at more senior positions, with glaring absences of women at CxO and Board levels. The most common obstacles cited by our clients for the advancement of women include: lack of female role models at senior management levels; prevailing gender stereotypes; a male dominant culture; poor work / life integration and lack of meaningful advancement opportunities for females.
Consider this: a 2010 global Deloitte survey of executives found that 72 percent agree that there is a direct connection between gender diversity and business success, but only 28 percent document it as a top-10 priority for senior leadership. And while many leading companies have a number of women-focused initiatives in place at any given moment, they do not seem to be achieving the goal of consistently moving women into key decision-making and leadership roles—the roles that have the most impact on business success.
Deloitte recognizes that there is no standard, universal starting point or final endpoint in terms of gender mainstreaming. Our approach is similar to any diversity initiative – the aim being for organizations, corporations, and governments to benchmark where they are and where they need to go in order to capitalize on the Gender Dividend.
Worst of all, by depicting a single, unvarying obstacle, the glass ceiling fails to incorporate the complexity and variety of challenges that women can face in their leadership journeys. Added to the complexity of addressing women as a critical workforce segment, is the generational transition. This appears to be an appropriate term to encapsulate the challenges with which most organisations are faced. Such a term not only incorporates obvious age differences but also changing attitudes towards work and home; career and commitment etc. Even if organisations have not faced this transition already, they certainly will over the next few years.
Situational Adaptability
Deloitte views diversity management as a means of remaining recurrently adaptable to dynamic local and global contexts and managing the people within these contexts in an effective and value-adding way. What we know from experience in South Africa, for example, is that the attraction and retention of diverse staff depends in large part on management style, an inclusive and supportive culture, individual development opportunities and a visible top-management commitment to diversity (strategic alignment pulled through into the performance management system).
What we know from research is that, increasingly, the need to be treated as an individual constitutes an important reason for staying with an organisation. What we also know is that increased employee engagement positively impacts performance, and that 80% of the variance in employee engagement is the result of the individual's relationship with hisher manager. The integration of peoplediversity into a measurable set of managerial competences also assists with simplifying the people management role and reducing the tendency for managers to view the elements identified as "flavour of the month" initiatives which will be a passing fad and be replaced by others.They begin to understand that the need to achieve targets, to get the most out of their direct reports and to manage diversity effectively, are here to stay and for critical business reasons. In essence, the starting point has always been the 'business case' for effective diversity/people management. In other words, the point of departure is to 'get organisations excited' about female diversity and people issues by highlighting their relevance to improving retention, productivity, motivation, commitment and organisational effectiveness. This 'buy-in' to the business case is crucial, particularly at a top management level.
Deloitte refers to the global competence of diversity as "situational adaptability": the ability to respond appropriately to unique diverse and dynamic individuals and groups in a variety of ever-changing contexts. Organisational diversity competence consists of creating an enabling, fair and engaged space where individuals feel trusted and respected and are encouraged to be who they are (within business constraints) and to go the extra mile. Unlike Deloitte, many of the products of numerous consultancies, particularly in the area of diversity and more general people management, are not based on sound theoretical principles or conceptual models, but rather consist of an ad hoc series of piecemeal interventions gleaned from a variety of insubstantial sources.
The evidence is clear: the more women in the workforce, the more per capita income rises and well-managed diverse teams deliver more robust and successful solutions. As a result, supporting the retention and advancement of women, and securing an inclusive environment where diverse talent can succeed should be a top priority. To do this, industries need to ensure that women are part of their talent pipelines, from entry level to senior levels.
Creating the optimum workplace for women requires change. Identifying issues and initiating change efforts to create an inclusive work environment that supports female talent, moves way beyond compliance to inclusion. Inclusion means behaviours, policies, and practices that allow all employees to achieve their full potential. An inclusive culture transforms diverse perspectives into value for the organisation, their people, clients, suppliers, and the communities where they live and work.
In so doing, this initiative needs to be driven by the typical key change elements – i.e. a Solid Business Case, Senior Leadership Support, Effective Communication, clear Accountability and Metrics and Integration with relevant HR policies.
A conservative estimate of the cost of turnover for knowledge workers ranges from 200 to 500 percent of salary. The consideration of gender as part of the entire employment experience, including life-stages such as childbirth and childrearing, therefore becomes relevant. With adjustments to organizational policies and culture, we can close the gap between the professional horizons of working mothers, working fathers, and their colleagues. Questions that need to be answered concerning the recruiting and advancement of women should therefore centre on three key areas: employment needs and current efforts to attract women; retention, the bottom line, and competitive advantage; and building a diverse workforce.
Attracting and retaining women is not an end in itself for an organization, however. As noted earlier, the goal is better decisions and more effective leadership. Companies that can foster more gender diverse teams should have a competitive advantage. An organization that understands how to attract, retain, and advance women will be in a better position to capture its fair share of talent, reduce the costs of attrition, and generate a robust pipeline to leadership.
The importance of identifying the largely untapped female markets and guiding solutions to cultivate them for sustainable growth is indisputable. The development of meaningful gender strategies and building a reputable gender capability will assist not only in building the Employer Brand, but also reaffirm the organisation's commitment to diversity and inclusion as a core strength that is integral to business strategy and the bottom line.
This report was produced by Candice Silverstone, a Manager in Human Capital, Deloitte Consulting. She has both generalist and organisational development experience, with extensive involvement in Human Capital and Talent Strategy formation, Employee Value Propositions, Executive Assessment, Leadership Development and Human Capital Benchmarking. Some of her recent client engagements include the design and implementation of attitude and perception studies, competency framework design and Talent Management Effectiveness Reviews. Candice has a particular interest in best practice with regard to attracting and retaining Generation Y Knowledge workers, as well as non-traditional teams that work virtually and remotely.
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OptiX is NVIDIA's SDK for easy ray tracing performance. It provides a simple framework for accessing the GPU's massive ray tracing power using state-of-the-art GPU algorithms.
OptiX has been in active development since 2008 and has incredible momentum, with thousands of active developers. OptiX is the most advanced and performant ray tracing engine on any platform in the industry and works on an installed base of over half a billion GPUs.
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Pixar's Real-Time Previewer (RTP) is an internal tool based on OptiX. This tool enables lighting design and look development much faster than prior tools. It uses a full global illumination renderer with progressive refinement while the artist makes changes.
See RTP in action in Pixar's GTC 2014 keynote, starting at time 27:00.[Image courtesy of Pixar]
Visual Molecular Dynamics (VMD) is a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting. VMD's preferred rendering mode for both viewport and final render is OptiX, with full VCA support available. The OptiX path renders the highest visual quality and even has a frame rate five times higher than OpenGL on massive datasets.
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[Image courtesy of VMD, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.]
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Sep. 19, 2015
Federal Judge Kimba Wood dismisses civil lawsuit filed by Yulia V Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian prime minister and presidential candidate found guilty in 2011 for abusing power; Tymoshenko accused Dimitry V Firtash and other political opponents of running American-based money-laundering operation that lead to her defeat in presidential race and incarceration. MORE
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Polls show that Petro Poroshenko, pro-Western Ukrainian billionaire who has taken active role in country's conflict, is clear frontrunner in election, with enough support to avoid runoff with opponent Yulia V Tymoshenko; likelihood of Poroshenko's victory presents Russia with prospect of negotiating partner and softened Pres Vladimir V Putin's stance. MORE
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Hopes of pro-Western Ukrainians are now resting on billionaire presidential candidate Petro Olekseyevich Poroshenko, after leading contender Vitali Klitschko withdraws from race; Poroshenko is known as a centrist, and became a strong advocate of integration with Europe after Russia banned imports of his chocolate; shuffle leaves former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko as the remaining credible competitor. MORE
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Former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko says she will run for president in May elections; announcement indicates that Tymoshenko, who spent two years in jail on charges that West called politically motivated, will play active role as Ukraine struggles with political upheaval, financial crisis and Russian aggression. MORE
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Former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, released from prison by country's rebellious Parliament, has emerged as a pivotal, if not beloved, figure amid nation in crisis; skepticism toward Tymoshenko reflects her dual image as heroine and villain, with deep ties to country's oligarchic past, but also a victim of corruption who was imprisoned on politically motivated charges; she wields tremendous behind-the-scenes influence in fledgling government, though most analysts think her expected presidential bid will fail. MORE
Feb. 24, 2014
Yulia V Tymoshenko squelches speculation that she might take up her old duties as Ukrainian prime minister, saying she does not wish to be considered; statement only fuels expectations that she hopes to win the presidential election scheduled for May 25. MORE
Feb. 23, 2014
Ukrainian Pres Viktor F Yanukovych flees Kiev to denounce what he calls violent coup as his official residence and other once impregnable centers of power fall without a fight to throngs of joyous citizens stunned by their triumph; Yanukovych's nemesis, former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, is released from penitentiary hospital and Parliament finds president unable to fulfill his duties. MORE
Dec. 21, 2013
Evgenia Tymoshenko, daughter of former Ukranian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, urges Pres Viktor Yanukovich to free her mother, who was jailed in 2011 on what her supporters say are blatant political charges; request follows Russian Pres Vladimir Putin's pardoning and release of oil tycoon Mikhail B Khodorkovsky. MORE
Nov. 17, 2013
Editorial observes tug-of-war between Russia and the European Union over Ukraine may come down to whether former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia Tymoshenko is released from prison; urges EU to stand firmly behind her release as a requirement for signing an 'association agreement' with Ukraine. MORE
Nov. 14, 2013
Ukraine's Parliament postpones consideration of bill that would free jailed former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko and allow her to seek medical treatment in Germany; delay threatens to derail negotiations for closer ties with European Union. MORE
Nov. 12, 2013
Prosecutors in Ukraine question the chief defense lawyer of Yulia V Tymoshenko, main political opposition figure, on suspicion that he beat his former wife; spokeswoman for Tymoshenko calls such questioning of Sergei Vlasenko absurd and another example of the government abusing its prosecutorial powers. MORE
Oct. 18, 2013
Ukraine's Pres Viktor F Yanukovich says his main rival, former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, could be released from prison and sent to Germany to get treated for a back problem; European Union has refused to sign an integration agreement with Ukraine as long as Tymoshenko remains in jail, which West condemns as politically motivated. MORE
Oct. 9, 2013
European diplomats appear close to negotiating release of former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, whose imprisonment by government under her political rival Pres Viktor F Yanukovich has strained ties with the West and threatened to derail trade agreement with Europe; under agreement, Tymoshenko would be pardoned by Yanukovich in exchange for promise to leave country. MORE
May. 1, 2013
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, rules that 2011 arrest of former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko on charges of abuse of power was illegal and politically motivated; ruling is first significant legal decision in Tymoshenko's favor, but does not oblige Ukraine to order her release. MORE
Apr. 8, 2013
Ukraine's Pres Viktor F Yanukovich pardons Yuri V Lutsenko, country's second-most-prominent political prisoner, but keeps his biggest rival, former prime minister Yulia V Tymoshenko, in custody. MORE
Mar. 7, 2013
Ukraine's top administrative court strips Sergey Vlasenko of his seat in Parliament in what Western officials call a matter of political retribution; Vlasenko is the lead defender for jailed former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko. MORE
Jan. 19, 2013
Government of Ukraine's Pres Viktor F Yanukovich says it plans to bring murder charges against his political rival, jailed former prime minister Yulia V Tymoshenko, in connection with the 1996 assassination of member of Parliament. MORE
Dec. 13, 2012
American legal team commissioned by Ukrainian government concludes that rights of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko were violated during her trial on abuse of power charges, and that she was wrongly imprisoned even before her conviction, but that her conviction was supported by evidence presented at trial. MORE
Sep. 30, 2012
Yulia V Tymoshenko, jailed former prime minister of Ukraine, lashes out against Pres Viktor F Yanukovich, who is widely viewed as responsible for her imprisonment, and urges voters to defeat his party in parliamentary elections; Tymoshenko has been in prison for nearly a year, since she was sentenced to seven-year term on charges of abuse of office. MORE
Jun. 16, 2012
Ukraine Pres Viktor F Yanukovich, in an interview with Time magazine, says he wants to release former prime minister Yulia V Tymoshenko from prison, but does not have the legal authority to do so. MORE
May. 17, 2012
Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says that the European Union will be allowed to send experts to assess the medical state of his jailed predecessor, Yulia V Tymoshenko, and the legal process that led to her conviction and seven-year sentence. MORE
May. 10, 2012
Yulia V Tymoshenko, the former prime minister of Ukraine, ends a nearly three-week hunger strike as she is moved from jail to a hospital for treatment of a severe back condition under the supervision of a German doctor; news is likely to allay at least some Western concerns over Tymoshenko's health and handling in prison. MORE
May. 9, 2012
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announces that it will postpone a summit meeting of the Central and Eastern European countries because many leaders plan to boycott it to protest the treatment of Yulia V Tymoshenko; Tymoshenko, an opposition leader, has been imprisoned since October. MORE
May. 4, 2012
Prime Min Vladimir V Putin of Russia says that the jailed Ukrainian opposition figure Yulia V Tymoshenko is welcome to receive medical treatment in Russia; comments appear to be dig at Ukraine Pres Viktor F Yanukovich, who imprisoned her in a case widely condemned as politically motivated. MORE
May. 3, 2012
Austria will join a growing list of European countries and institutions whose leaders are planning to boycott soccer championship matches in Ukraine in protest of the imprisonment of Yulia V Tymoshenko, a former prime minister; her supporters believe she has been targeted for reprisals by her main political rival, Ukraine's president, Viktor F Yanukovich. MORE
Apr. 28, 2012
At least four bombs explode in eastern Ukraine, wounding more than two dozen people in what officials describe as a coordinated terrorist attack; there is no immediate claim of responsibility, but the location is the hometown of jailed former prime minister, Yulia V Tymoshenko. MORE
Apr. 27, 2012
European Union presses Ukraine to allow independent doctors to visit Yulia V Tymoshenko, the country's jailed former prime minister, after she claimed to have been beaten by prison guards; Pres Joachim Gauck of Germany cancels a visit there in protest. MORE
Apr. 25, 2012
Yulia V Tymoshenko, Ukraine's jailed former prime minister, declares a hunger strike, citing an assault by prison guards that left her bruised. MORE
Apr. 13, 2012
Ukrainian court sentences Valery Ivashchenko, a top ally of jailed former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko, to five years in prison for abusing his office; Ivashchenko denies any wrongdoing and calls the verdict unjust and politically motivated. MORE
Apr. 3, 2012
Ukraine's general prosecutor says jailed opposition leader Yulia V Tymoshenko can receive medical treatment outside the prison where she has been incarcerated. MORE
Jan. 7, 2012
Czech Republic grants political asylum to Oleksandr Tymoshenko, husband of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia V Tymoshenko. MORE
Dec. 31, 2011
Ukrainian officials abruptly transfer jailed opposition leader Yulia V Tymoshenko to a prison camp, a move that her supporters suspect is intended to cut off her access to the press and the public. MORE
Dec. 24, 2011
Appeals court in the Ukraine upholds a guilty verdict and seven-year sentence for former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko on charges of abuse of office. MORE
Dec. 23, 2011
Ukraine's former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko says she will boycott her appeal of a seven-year sentence for abuse of office, calling the entire case a farce. MORE
Dec. 10, 2011
Ukrainian authorities have formally rearrested Yulia Tymoshenko, the opposition leader, on a new criminal charge. MORE
Nov. 19, 2011
Former Prime Min Yulia V Tymoshenko of Ukraine asks international medical organizations to help her see independent doctors to treat her worsening health conditions; Tymoshenko is serving a seven-year jail sentence on charges she sees as politically motivated and says she does not trust government-appointed doctors. MORE
Nov. 12, 2011
Ukraine's opposition leader Yulia V Tymoshenko is formally charged with tax evasion and embezzlement, a move by the government of Pres Viktor F Yanukovich that is certain to further strain relations between Ukraine and the West. MORE
Oct. 25, 2011
Ukraine reopens fraud case against Yulia V Tymonshenko, opposition leader who is already serving seven-year sentence on charges that have been condemned in the West as politically motivated; reopened case, which dates back 15 years, alleges that she embezzled about $3 million from federal budget and evaded paying about $2.5 million in taxes. MORE
Oct. 19, 2011
European Union officials are struggling to oppose sentencing of Yulia V Tymoshenko, Ukraine's opposition leader, without driving Ukrainian Pres Viktor F Yanukovich closer to Moscow. MORE
Oct. 18, 2011
Ukraine's Pres Viktor F Yanukovich suggests that he is not bending to international pressure to free his political rival Yulia V Tymoshenko, despite desire to complete deal that would integrate country with Western Europe. MORE
Oct. 15, 2011
Editorial scores seven-year jail sentence imposed on former Ukrainian Prime Min Yulia Tymoshenko; holds that decision reeks of Soviet-style political revenge and reminds Ukrainian Pres Viktor Yanukovich that election victory gave him the right to run the country, not to jail those who oppose him. MORE
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Ukraine's Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
After his decisive election victory on Sunday, the pro-European billionaire Petro O. Poroshenko said he would not negotiate with armed rebels.
May 27, 2014, Tuesday
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Conflict Fatigue Deepens in East Ukraine, Just Days Before Vote
Pro-Russian separatists are facing increased anger from residents, a situation that could give an enormous lift to the provisional government in Kiev before the election on Sunday.
May 21, 2014, Wednesday
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A Critical Election in Ukraine
The winner will need to address the corruption underlying the nation's social and economic problems.
May 21, 2014, Wednesday
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May 19, 2014, Monday
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May 15, 2014, Thursday
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The NEK Pythons hit the road on Sunday, making their way to the New England qualifier's tournament in Essex Junction.
The team had an excellent showing, and will be sending six of their wrestlers to the New England Championships on March 10th in Plymouth New Hampshire. The rest of the team will head to Mount Mansfield to compete in a regular season event.
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ORLEANS – In front of the largest crowd of the season, Lake Region easily disposed of the BFA-Fairfax Bullets, while honoring their 6 seniors for 4 years of hard work and dedication, in the annual "Senior Night." Emily Comins, Sarah Bedard, Sara Piette, Autumn Beaton, Caylin Gallup, and Kylie Atwood have "represented what it means to be a Lady Ranger," in the words of coach Mark Tinker.
NEWPORT–This one hurt.
Coming so close to an important victory and having it land just out of your reach can be maddening. That is what happened Monday night when the Essex Hornets were able to snatch victory from the hands of defeat, coming back and trumping the North Country boys basketball team 61-59 in a highly emotional Metro Division showdown.
CRAFTSBURY–With the sun shinning outside a packed Craftsbury Academy gymnasium, the Chargers took home the inaugural Stephen Willey Memorial Tournament Championship with a 55-32 win over Mid-Vermont Christian School.
The event honors the late Stephen Willey, a former Craftsbury player who passed away in 2010, and according to the Academy's athletic director Joe Houston, the event could not have gone any better.
BARRE–North Country's girls basketball team gave Spaulding all they could handle on Friday before finally succumbing to the Tide 50-41 in overtime.
It was a very evenly matched game, but the difference came down to free throws for the Falcons.
The team was an overall 7/15 from the line, including a dismal 3/8 in the fourth quarter. Making any one of those eight freebies could have keyed a win, and coach Christiane Brown knows it.
"We had plenty of chances to seal the win, but we we did not finish and that is something we must tighten up."
JAY–In the second game of the doubleheader, the Falcons boys went up against one of the more surprising teams in division one this year, the Stowe Raiders.
Stowe made the jump to the top level of hockey this season and have done well, accruing only four loses on the season to date.
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JAY–The North Country girls hockey team had an improved showing on Friday night when they hosted the Stowe Raiders at the Ice Haus. Coming off of a sloppy win against Woodstock, the girls played a much more disciplined game, but fell short in their efforts, losing a quiet contest by the score of 2-0.
"I thought the girls all played pretty well," said assistant coach Tom Bernier, "Stowe is a tough team and we haven't played against a top seed in awhile and this was an eye opener for us."
CRAFTSBURY–In the consolation game of the Stephen Willey Memorial Tournament, the Whitcomb Hornets built a 43-24 lead at the half en-route to the 64-39 win over UCA.
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WOODSTOCK–What I assumed would be an easy return to the bench turned into quite the adventure as the North Country girls hockey team managed to escape with a 9-6 win over the Wasps on Wednesday night.
"It was not the prettiest win I have ever seen, but the girls need to put this one behind them and get ready for Stowe on Friday," I said to myself after the game.
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