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Somebody asked so we may as well start a new thread for this year;
Who do you have in your preseason Top 10? Any sleepers?
Personally I think Orono is going to make some noise, they return all of their starters from a solid team last year.
Somebody asked so we may as well start a new thread for this year;
Who do you have in your preseason Top 10? Any sleepers?
Personally I think Orono is going to make some noise, they return all of their starters from a solid team last year.
1. Eden Prairie
2. Eastview
3. Blake
4. Minnetonka
5. Edina
6. Orono
7. Maple Grove
8. Benilde
9. Champlin Park
10. Totino Grace
I was thinking that it's way too early for this, but then again stores are selling Christmas stuff already, so...
1a. Orono? Who are they going to have on their schedule this year? Last year's SOS was dismal, but they deserve some slack since they were new to MSHSL and might have found it hard to find quality opponents.
1b and 1c. Maple Grove and Champlin Park....see comment above. Maybe you'd do better at the end of the year if you played a tougher schedule during the year?
2. I'm really curious to see whether Edina develops from last year's darkhorse pick into a legit "Westside" program.
3. Eastview returns Mighty Mac and most (all?) of their smothering d-poles. Whether they return to an expanded state tourney might hinge on who steps up to stand in between the pipes.
4. And the reason why Eastview's goalie is so critical is the fact that Eagan returns four kids who each scored 20+ goals with last year's tough schedule. Yes, they lose almost all d-poles, but they can't give up goals if the ball is always in the Cats' offensive zone. Keep Eagan off your preseason Top 10 list at your own risk.
5. Finally, I know this is the new thread about the upcoming season, but...does anyone out there have last year's South Suburban All-conference list? They never posted it on the conference website...maybe the rumors from last spring were true, and they're too embarrassed to release it to the public?
Blaine and Wayzata should be considered as well.
Blaine returns starting goalie(and back-up), 3-4 starting poles, all starting attackmen & their best midfield scoring threat.
Wayzata only graduated 2-4 seniors I believe. They will have to replace Braun in goal but return a ton of skilled athletic players.
Are there any new teams coming into the MSHSL?
New head coaches?
Frank Clark at Blake
Someone at Breck
Any news/rumors floating around out there?
A glance at MSHSL competitive section assignments...two new teams this year are CDH and Groves Academy? Knew about Cretin from last year's thread, but Groves came as a surprise (to me at least).
I believe North St Paul is moving from MBSLA to MSHSL this year.
MSHSL has placed the Polars into the new Section 4. It's the right place for them geographically, but it gives that section 10 teams, at the same time that 5 of the other 7 sections still only have 7.
So while more than half of the #1 seeds will get first round byes this year (and one less game in an already too short season), four Sec 4 teams will have play-in games. Doesn't make sense.
Would it have been too hard for MSHSL to have slid NSP into Sec 7, or slip Hastings into Sec 3 along with neighboring Rosemount?
Looking at the MSHSL site, besides CDH and North St Paul, it looks like Tartan is also moving up and Rogers is cooping with Elk River.
This is only a conjecture but the MSHSL tends to try and keep the sections somewhat consistent from sport to sport so that may partially explain why the assignments are they way they are.
In other news, either somebody saw my complaint and posted SSC all-conference selections, or I was totally blind and was staring right at them the whole time, or it was a complete coincidence. In any event, they are out there. Don't want to relitigate last season or revisit the whole issue of "who got robbed." But I will say that giving each team 3 honorable mention awards across the board, irregardless of relative talent/performance, is certainly a unique approach to decision-making (or lack thereof).
all i know is that charlie hase and grant wilson made it from lakeville
Why is Lakeville North not put towards the top here? They have 15+ returning Seniors and they took down egan and eastview last year.
Last edited by OldPtboBoy; 12-22-2012 at 09:24 AM.
He was an amazing goalie yes and sorry for the typo but our defense stepped it up and durring summer ball we did better than eagan. we have returning austin tisdale harry lauche at dpole. Matt Mulcare Jack Jughes and Romain Robach (sophmore who is already getting scout attention) at attack and some fresh young goaltenders who are ready to step to the plate
It's too bad that, if your team is going to be that good, that it won't play a tougher non-conf schedule. Games against WBL, Chanhassen, Wayzata and Stillwater are an upgrade compared to last year (Chanhassen, Owataonna, Farmington). But it still doesn't come close to what other SSC teams like Burnsville, Eastview, Eagan, and AV take on year after year.
The list I made above is just what I think. #4-10 were basically all guessing. Land O' Lax is right about predicting a top 10 off of Summer ball and Winter League. My top 10 is probably not accurate at all. I'd like to see some other people post a top 10 though.
Quinnipiac coaches Bill Tully and Brian Small will be running two intense three-hour camps on Saturday December 1 at the new dome in West Saint Paul. Bill Tully ran a clinic this past summer helping players understand how intense NCAA Division 1 practices are run. Bill is doubling the intensity by bringing another Bobcat Coach, Brian Small.
This camp is open to all lacrosse players to get ready for Winter League.
Register for Jaxx Q Camp at mnjaxx.com
- Session size is small and is capped
- Session One for grades 9 & 10 runs 10 am to 1 pm.
- Session Two for grades 11 & 12 runs 2 pm to 5 pm.
- Water provided. Blue Line Medical on site.
- Players must have full equipment
- Eighth graders allowed only with prior approval and will be in the 9/10 morning session.
- Sessions are divided by graduation year for college recruiting/instruction purposes.
- Sessions will be video recorded and available for players at a later date.
- Attendance at the brief college recruiting talk is required.
- Cost is $150
- Players with Jaxx pinny must use that pinny. Pinny will be provided to players without a Jaxx 3-number pinny.
Register for Jaxx Q Camp at mnjaxx.com
Dome location is at 1655 Livingston Av, West St Paul, MN 55118
Last edited by OldPtboBoy; 12-22-2012 at 09:25 AM.
This is from the South Suburban Conference website.
Quinnipiac Division One Lacrosse Coach's Camp
Quinnipiac coaches Bill Tully and Brian Small will be running ONE 5-hour camp on Saturday December 1 at the new dome in West Saint Paul. Bill Tully ran a camp this past summer and MN laxers learned how intense NCAA Division 1 practices are run.
This camp is open to all lacrosse players and gets players ready for Winter League. ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE VALID US LACROSSE MEMBERSHIP
Register for Jaxx Q Camp at mnjaxx.com-- use the Jaxx Q Camp button
- Session size is small and is capped
- Session for grades 9 thru 12 runs 10 am to 3 pm.
- Water provided. Blue Line Medical on site.
- Players must have full equipment including mouth guard
- Eighth graders allowed only with approval and will be in the 9/10 morning session.
- Session will be video recorded and available for players at a later date.
- Attendance at the brief college recruiting talk is required.
- Cost is $150
- Players with Jaxx pinny must use that pinny. Pinny will be provided to players without a Jaxx 3-number pinny.
Register for Jaxx Q Camp at mnjaxx.com
Note: Yup this camp with D1 coaches costs more per hour than some of the other upcoming local camps. Pay more... get more... pay less.... Coaches are independently compensated.
Dome location is at 1655 Livingston Av, West St Paul, MN 55118
Following the camp there will be a Jaxx tryout at the West St Paul Dome. There is no charge for camp participants. There is a $25 charge for tryout-only players (to pay for dome time.)
Can we get a list of all the recruits that have committed already?
Laxhub only has McNamara (Marquette) and Woodring (Denver) listed.
Laxpower also has:
Arik Andreen--Hobart
Tony Fritch-- Florida Southern
Ned Hartfiel-- Depauw
Zach Hable- Aurora
And 2014's
James Riley -- Duke
Blake Gillund-- Air Force
At this point in the year, I wouldn't expect many D3 commitments yet--early decision applications haven't been processed yet, but should be coming out soon (early December-ish). There will be a much better picture of the 2013 recruits at that point.
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I know it's Thanksgiving weekend, but Christmas might have come early for lacrosse fans in the Upper Midwest. In case anyone didn't hear the big news yesterday, Rutgers and Maryland have accepted invitations to join the B1G Ten Conference, beginning with the 2014-15 season. This brings the number of B1G Ten Conference mens lacrosse programs up to 5 (already have Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State).
You need six schools playing a sport before the conference will add it. And the B1G Ten Conference doesn't take "associate" memberships (where a school joins in only one or two sports), so it can't get to six men's lacrosse teams by adding, say, Denver.
I have to think that Maryland had to have a reasonable expectation (and/or closed-door off-the-record assurances) that at least one other B1G Ten school will be fielding a D1 mens lacrosse team in Spring 2015. Otherwise, its men's lacrosse program is left hanging without a conference to play in and an automatic NCAA tournament bid to play for.
This is a fabulous development for anyone with hopes of seeing Goldie or Bucky recruiting Minnesota high schoolers to play D1 lacrosse sooner, rather than later. As Nick Myers, the Ohio State coach said, "The bottom line is we're a lot closer to Big Ten lacrosse than we were yesterday. That's the exciting part. It's something we've talked about and you hope for. What felt like a long ways off as recently as last week suddenly seems a lot closer."
Last edited by Land_O'Lax; 11-22-2012 at 09:53 AM.
Ted Goltzman from Edina just committed to Marquette - http://mn.truelacrosse.com/news_arti...rrer_id=379515
Also, I've heard rumors that UVA and UNC are looking at the B1G Ten as well, while BC and Georgia Tech are other options. Other ACC schools are looking at the SEC. Could be some interesting changes to the conferences coming up in the next few years.
(I wonder why this post was edited by someone other than me-- FYI-- The Marquette Camp was cancelled due to lack of interest. The following remains standing as it was a separate post before it was combined. LL)
Foremost, I admit my rant is totally self-interest-- but here goes. The new 2013 state tournament dates are June 11-14. There will be eight teams still playing those days.
Many of those 192 players will be on summer travel teams (not the seniors). With the potential to be playing on June 14, how do summer travel teams book the events like the Denver Shootout and MVP1 (starts 14th) among many others.
Then the HS coaches cannot have contact with players during the 4th of July week and we are done on July 31. That is 39 days by my count.
He are not a "Hotbeds" for lacrosse to draw any NCAA coaches here. So that leaves very limited time to prepare a team to travel to big events. Essentially, we get about 30 days to pick events to attend.
Maybe that limited window works for other sports, but we only have east coast tournaments and select-player-camps to showcase MN players.
How does this adjusted high school lacrosse season help get MN laxers more opportunity to be recruited?
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Send your U13/U15 teams to the earlier events and your Rising Sophs/Juniors to later events like Hotbeds or Hogans or any number of other high quality events.
Lots of people complain about the length of the season. It's not going to start any earlier.....unless you think the MSHSL and coaches can come to an agreement to start the season earlier with a big indoor jamboree weekend or two in March $$$$$.
The girls side (historically Blake & EP final) has played their final game before the 3rd place game two years in a row. Frankly, I think picking dates and sticking with them makes it less likely for people to have conflict and the net/net will be that attendance will increase substantially for both sides.
As for travel team/Select Team practices: ... Wouldn't the only players affected be those who play on teams headed to state (and maybe the later part of sections)? Not sure of all the rules there, but typically there is not a lot of practice time before the first tournament anyway and since you're just coming off the season, everyone's skills should be at their best regardless. And if you want to get really nit-picky - they're saying the championship would be the 14th meaning those playing could feasibly fly out first thing on Saturday and meet the rest of the team.
As an aside, the girls teams (Lakers & Elite) have been traveling to a great tournament in November in Naples Fl that coincides with the national women's lax coaches annual meeting. They just have non-MSHSL coaches coach that weekend. It's proven to be a very successful recruiting tournament, especially for underclassmen (Of those I know of, girls now playing or headed to Ohio State, George Washington, Harvard, Denver, Duke, USC). I'd be surprised if there wasn't something similar for boys. There are actually some great coaches who are no longer coaching for MSHSL, but who would love a weekend opportunity if the personalities mesh - i.e., the philosophy being that the players come before coaching egos.
Also - If there is a particular school you are hoping might recruit you, it would be a pretty good idea anyway to attend their camp if they've got one. While I am not sure of all the contact dates, etc, I do know that recruiting commitments seem to be coming earlier and earlier than they used to.
In looking at the calendar, the last day for Sections is June 4. Not sure of ALL the school's graduations, but most graduations fall the weekend after this. State doesn't begin until the 11th. Where's the conflict (except for a kid's desire to party)? Basically, they blacked out graduation.
One: the MSHSL essential adjusted the season one week later-- it starts later and ends later. I hear the words as to why, but think that it could have stayed the same. The season lasting one week into summer takes a week away from the top players getting on the road to camps and clinics with their summer travel teams. I do not expect 2500 families to understand (or care much) but for the 300+ families that do have a kid or two in summer travel-- they know that week matters.
Two: The "blackout" refers to the week that July 4th falls in. HS coaches are not to have contact with players they coach during that week. Again, I hear the words as to why, but it affects those 300+ families with a son on the road in the hunt for an NCAA spot. Those players and families on select teams chose to be on the road-- no one is forcing someone to play on a summer travel team. As noted earlier, there are solutions using non-HS coaches (and we do) but the coaches get something out of these summer teams too-- they get better at coaching.
These rules essential retard (think Hangover) the players growth and the coaches growth. And again-- it affects the players, families and coaches that WANT to be on the road early and during the week of the fourth. And specifically for the coaches-- it is tough enough finding adults that can take off from work to travel-- removing qualified adults (coaches) makes it harder for no reason.
There is a petition that has been submitted to the MSHSL to add lacrosse to the list of sports exempt from the no-contact week. Yes-- some sports are already exempt from the no-contact rule-- like baseball. The rule against lacrosse-coach contact and the no travel beyond x-miles is misguided and retards laxers from access to NCAA programs.
Fire away.
Late to respond to upthread question, but here's a link to a blog that seems to be doing a good job of tracking college recruits (both those who will be leaving MN to play D1/2 lax , and those who are returning home to play club ball):
The UMLOA Training Schedule for new and junior officials has been posted at http://www.umloa.org/training/
Please let your friends, teammates and colleagues know if you think they might be interested in becoming boys lacrosse officials. High-school-aged officials make $35-$40 per hour game (mostly on weekends in the spring and on weeknights and weekends in the summer). The classes will be held FebruaryJune.
If you officiated last year, you have already been notified about training. If not, the main options are:
--If you are a freshman, sophomore, or junior, you should sign up for Level 1.
--If you are a senior or an adult, you should sign up for Level 1 + 2.
More information about the training is posted on the web page listed above. You can PM me are send an e-mail using the web form at http://www.umloa.org/contact/ if you have questions.
You can also sign up to receive updates about training opportunities at http://www.umloa.org/interested-form/
Dates: January 21st (morning session and/or afternoon session)
Time: Morning Session: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Afternoon Session: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ages: Ages 13 - 18
Location: Academy of Holy Angels Star Dome
6600 Nicollet Avenue South, Richfield, MN 55423
Cost: $150 per session - includes all instruction and a performance jersey
Session 1: January 21st Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 2: January 21st Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Our day camps are enjoyable sessions designed to develop the essential skills for the field player. Each day the players will enjoy a technical training circuit, lacrosse skills games and small-sided games. Includes organized Division 3 practice conducted by the Concordia Wisconsin Lacrosse Staff and coaches from Defiance, Augustana, Beliot, Fontbonne and other D3 Universities and Colleges in the Mid-West. Open to Teams and Individuals. Space is limited to 50 players per session to ensure a quality experience. Team discounts are available for any team or club sending more than 12 players. All participants should have their own equipment. Sticks, helmets, gloves, arm pads, shoulder pads and mouth guards are required.
Event is organized by Jeff Roberts, Head Coach at CUW
Register at: born2runlacrosse.com
It's a new year, days are getting longer, time to think spring season...
Many South Suburban Conference teams have posted updated schedules that identify their 2013 non-conf schedule aside from their 9 league games...
Eastview: Blake, EP, Tonka, ?
Eagan: BSM, EP, Totino-Grace, Blaine
Rosemount:Tonka, Blaine, Woodbury, Hill-Murray
Apple Valley: Osseo, Breck, BSM
Jefferson: Tonka, Edina, Blake, Hopkins
Lakeville N: WBL, Chanhassen, Wayzata, Stillwater
Burnsville: Roch Century, Roch Mayo, Roch Marshall, Chaska
My thoughts...
1. State Champs Eastview continue to schedule prime-time opponents (as they've done year after year). Jefferson's opponents look just as strong.
2. Burnsville's non-conference schedule (which used to be just as brutal) has gone South (both literally and figuratively). Was there a package deal offered to play all three Rochester schools? Should've just scheduled Owatonna and camped downstate all season.
3. Meanwhile, Eagan isn't backing down after losing a large and talented graduating class.
4. Good to see Blaine beef up their strength of schedule this year with games scheduled against Eagan and Rosemount.
5. Also good to see Lakeville North with a full 13 game schedule after a couple of seasons with only 12. Panthers have also upgraded their schedule strength...last year they played Owatonna, Chaska, and Farmington.
6. And speaking of Farmington...the Tigers are joining the SSC next year. If there are no other membership changes, SSC teams will be down to only 3 non-conf games in 2014. Whether this hurts strength-of-schedule will depend on whether Farmington boys' lax program continues to show year-over-year improvements.
been a while, but with some down time from classes tonight i was trolling the recruiting forums and saw this kid from Minny. anybody know the kid? only a sophmore......
Ohio State
Michael Laviano, A, Holy Trinity (N.Y.)
Malcolm Flynn, LSM/D, Half Hollow Hills West (N.Y.)
Brian Lang, M, Holy Trinity (N.Y.)
Willie Klan, G, Webster Schroeder (N.Y.)
Ryan Bray, A/M, Shoreham-Wading River (N.Y.)
Michael Viera, LSM/D, Worthington Kilbourne (Oh.)
Dylan Kinnear, A, Bowness (Alb.)
Matthew Borges, LSM/D, Garden City (N.Y.)
Connor Slomka, M/FO, Pine Richland (Pa.)
Cullen Sowder, M, Prior Lake (Minn.)
6'0 frame as a sophomore and from the video looks like he has some pretty good athleticism. Potential to be a great player for sure.
I am interested to see how many commits Team MN will be getting as their top teams are getting to that age. They have done a good job with that program.


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Provo, UT (Sports Network) - Preston Medlin poured in a game-high 22 points at
the Utah State Aggies outlasted the Idaho Vandals to earn an 82-75 victory in
a Western Athletic Conference tilt at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
Kyisean Reed added 17 points and three blocks for Utah State (13-1, 4-0 WAC)
as it picked up its 12th victory in a row. Marcel Davis chipped in 14 points,
Spencer Butterfield scored 11, and Jarred Shaw recorded a double-double with
12 points and the same number rebounds.
Connor Hill paced Idaho (6-7, 2-1) by netting 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting
from the floor. Stephen Madison chimed in with 14 points for the Vandals, who
suffered their first setback in conference play this season. Kyle Barone
registered a double-double of 13 points and 10 boards, while Mike McChristian
did the same by scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Although the Aggies had a terrible first half performance in which they shot
just 29.7 percent from the field and allowed Idaho to connect on 41.4 percent
of its field goal tries, the contest went into the intermission tied up at 30.
Utah State found its touch after the break as it sank 56.5 percent of its
attempts from the floor while converting 11-of-13 at the charity stripe. The
Vandals kept up by knocking down 15-of-24 from the field including 5-of-10
from 3-point range in the second stanza. The Aggies appeared to be headed for
their first WAC loss of the season as they trailed 69-61 with 3:38 left before
the final buzzer. However, Medlin connected on a 3-pointer with two seconds
left to conclude the 8-0 run Utah State produced down the stretch to force an
extra session.
The Aggies then scored seven unanswered points and created some extra
opportunities with four offensive rebounds in overtime to bury the Vandals'
The hosts enjoyed a 46-36 edge in the rebounding battle and committed just six
turnovers to Idaho's 11.
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Jim Foley Receives International Recognition
September 16, 2013
A Bradley University expert on trade and international business will receive global recognition for his work. Director of Operations at the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University, Jim Foley, will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Trade Training Organizations (IATTO) this month in Greece.
Foley is being recognized for his leadership and outstanding contributions in trade training. At the International Trade Center at Bradley University, he coordinates a program of counseling and training in international business planning, marketing, logistics and export finance. He works with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and Bradley University with a mission to promote international trade and assist companies with trade-related expansion and training.
He passionately believes international trade, especially for small and midsized companies, is critical to our country's economic success. "In working at the Illinois Small Business Development Center's International Trade center for many years at Bradley University, I've had the chance to personally see the impact exports have made to the strength of our communities. The 2008-2009 recession would have had a far greater impact had so many of our outstanding companies not already been engaged in international trade."
Foley was instrumental in establishing a certification system that sets a professional standard for skills in international trade. "For ten years I led a voluntary effort to create the Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP). In fact the first meeting to develop the national exam was right here at Bradley University. Today nearly 1,500 individuals have received their CGBP designation." IATTO is seeking to promote a global certification and his work with the CGBP helps support that effort.
Foley was recently the President of NASBITE, the North American Small Business International Trade Educators and now serves as the Board Liaison for International Trade Certification. He also serves as national co-chair of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) International Trade Committee.
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The essence of data analysis involves setting up data pipelines that consist of several operations that are chained together – starting from data collection, data quality checks, data integration, data analysis and data visualization (including the setting up of interaction paths in that visualization). In our opinion, the challenges stem from the technology diversity at each stage of the data pipeline as well as the lack of process around the analysis.
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The 19th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Containers, Microservices and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportunity. Submit y...
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Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 19th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world and ThingsExpo New York Call for Papers is now open.
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Designing IoT applications is complex, but deploying them in a scalable fashion is even more complex. A scalable, API first IaaS cloud is a good start, but in order to understand the various components specific to deploying IoT applications, one needs to understand the architecture of these applications and figure out how to scale these components independently. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Nara Rajagopalan is CEO of Accelerite, will discuss the fundamental architecture of IoT applications, ...
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In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Bruce Swann, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Adobe, will discuss how the Adobe Marketing Cloud can help marketers embrace opportunities for personalized, relevant and real-time customer engagement across offline (direct mail, point of sale, call center) and digital (email, website, SMS, mobile apps, social networks, connected objects). Bruce Swann has more than 15 years of experience working with digital marketing disciplines like web analytics, social med...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Enzu, a leading provider of cloud hosting solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Enzu's mission is to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions worldwide. Enzu enables online businesses to use its IT infrastructure to their competitive advantage. By offering a suite of proven hosting and management services, Enzu wants companies to foc...
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Customer experience has become a competitive differentiator for companies, and it's imperative that brands seamlessly connect the customer journey across all platforms. With the continued explosion of IoT, join us for a look at how to build a winning digital foundation in the connected era – today and in the future. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Nguyen, Group Product Marketing Manager at Adobe, will discuss how to successfully leverage mobile, rapidly deploy content, capture real-time d...
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IoT generates lots of temporal data. But how do you unlock its value? How do you coordinate the diverse moving parts that must come together when developing your IoT product? What are the key challenges addressed by Data as a Service? How does cloud computing underlie and connect the notions of Digital and DevOps What is the impact of the API economy? What is the business imperative for Cognitive Computing? Get all these questions and hundreds more like them answered at the 18th Cloud Expo...
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As cloud and storage projections continue to rise, the number of organizations moving to the cloud is escalating and it is clear cloud storage is here to stay. However, is it secure? Data is the lifeblood for government entities, countries, cloud service providers and enterprises alike and losing or exposing that data can have disastrous results. There are new concepts for data storage on the horizon that will deliver secure solutions for storing and moving sensitive data around the world. ...
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What a difference a year makes. Organizations aren't just talking about IoT possibilities, it is now baked into their core business strategy. With IoT, billions of devices generating data from different companies on different networks around the globe need to interact. From efficiency to better customer insights to completely new business models, IoT will turn traditional business models upside down. In the new customer-centric age, the key to success is delivering critical services and apps wit...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that 24Notion has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. 24Notion is full-service global creative digital marketing, technology and lifestyle agency that combines strategic ideas with customized tactical execution. With a broad understand of the art of traditional marketing, new media, communications and social influence, 24Notion uniquely understands how to con...
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WebRTC is bringing significant change to the communications landscape that will bridge the worlds of web and telephony, making the Internet the new standard for communications. Cloud9 took the road less traveled and used WebRTC to create a downloadable enterprise-grade communications platform that is changing the communication dynamic in the financial sector. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Leo Papadopoulos, CTO of Cloud9, will discuss the importance of WebRTC and how it enables companies to fo...
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SYS-CON Events announced today TechTarget has been named "Media Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7–9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. TechTarget is the Web's leading destination for serious technology buyers researching and making enterprise technology decisions. Its extensive global networ...
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Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) will feature the upcoming 18th Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo in a New York news documentary about the "New IT for the Future." The documentary will cover how big companies are transmitting or adopting the new IT for the future and will be filmed on the expo floor between June 7-June 9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. KBS has long been a leader in the development of the broadcasting culture of Korea. As the key public service broadcaster of Korea...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York and Silicon Valley. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place Nov 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 17th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty ...
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There are several IoTs: the Industrial Internet, Consumer Wearables, Wearables and Healthcare, Supply Chains, and the movement toward Smart Grids, Cities, Regions, and Nations. There are competing communications standards every step of the way, a bewildering array of sensors and devices, and an entire world of competing data analytics platforms. To some this appears to be chaos. In this power panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists will discuss the vast to...
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A.When using LAST SET in the Power Up Mode, the XV series memorizes the Mode and the Bank and numbers of the Performances and the Patches when turning off the power. When you next turn the unit on, the XV series will recall that Performance and Patches.
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ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) — The wrecking ball is returning to display at a Michigan school.
Grand Valley State University says the swinging sculpture will be reinstalled on Tuesday outside of the Padnos Hall of Science.
The sculpture – a bifilar pendulum – was removed in September because of safety concerns after workers discovered the cable holding it was frayed.
Students at the Allendale campus had been riding on it more often since the release of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" video. Photos and video emerged of people parodying the Cyrus video, which shows her without clothes on a swinging wrecking ball.
PHOTOS: Miley Cyrus Through The Years | WATCH: Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball"
Tim Thimmesch, associate vice president for Facilities Services, said educational signs about the artwork, made by faculty and staff in the Physics Department and Art Gallery, also will be installed.
WATCH: Betty White spoofs Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" video
The project is expected to be completed Dec. 6.


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|Around Town
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
|Wednesday, 23 January 2013 13:49
Citywide power outage Monday
A citywide power outage is planned for Monday, Jan. 28 from 1-3 p.m. for maintenance on the Holyoke substation by Western Area Power.
Community pep band set for February
Musicians are needed for a community/alumni pep band organized for the Tuesday, Feb. 19 HHS basketball games. Practices will be Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. in the HHS band room on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 and 14.
Holyoke Enterprise January 24, 2013


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A local family's desperate search for a loved one has gone on for four agonizing years.
Forty-seven-year-old Pamela Butler, an Environmental Protection Agency analyst, disappeared around Valentine's Day in 2009.
With each passing year the hope in finding 47-year-old Pam Butler grows dim.
Derrick Butler, brother, "They say time heals everything, but it doesn't heal this."
On a blistering cold day, family and friends continue to gather in front of Pamela's former home, each year, and pray for answers.
Thelma Butler, "I wonder where, when or why someone did this to her."
Pam's mother never asks 'who.'
Police have long suspected Pam's ex-boyfriend but there has never been enough evidence to charge him.
Her family says he had backed out of taking a lie detector test.
The home has since undergone a makeover and has a new homeowner. Technically, Pam's disappearance is considered a missing person's case but D.C. Police have long believed that Pam was probably murdered.
Pam had an extensive surveillance camera system, which captured her on the night of February 12. She picked up her mail, went inside and hasn't been seen since.
Her brother claims cameras also capture her ex on video.
"he's seen going in after her."
Another mother haunted by her daughter's disappearance came to the candlelight vigil, crying out for answers.
Valencia Harris, "someone knows what happened to our children. Someone knows."
24-year-old Unique Harris was snatched from her Southeast home on Hartford Street on October 9, 2010, while her two young sons were sleeping in the next room.
They are two mothers agonizing over their daughters who seemed to have simply vanished.
Thelma Butler, "I try to hold on. I pray every day."
If you have any information about these two cases call D.C. Police at 202-727-9099.


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Global travel gives wings to H7N9 bird flu
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A growing concern is the doubtful reliability of reportage from Chinese authorities. Last week Chinese police detained more than 10 people for "spreading rumors" about the H7N9 flu. Many people are skeptical about the government's information. In blogs, they point to a history of government cover-ups and scandals regarding other outbreaks, like SARS, which emerged in 2002 and killed one in 10.
On April 1, The Department of Health and Human Services released this information about the H7N9 virus:
"This is a 'novel' (non-human) virus and therefore has the potential to cause a pandemic if it were to change to become easily and sustainably spread from person to person. So far, this virus has not been determined to have that capability. However, influenza viruses constantly change and it's possible that this virus could gain that ability. CDC takes routine preparedness actions whenever a new virus with pandemic potential is identified, including developing a candidate vaccine virus to make a vaccine if it were to be needed. There is no licensed H7N9 vaccine available at this time."
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Uzbekistan jails three women for spying for Tajikistan
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|5 November 2012
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November 05, 2012
By RFE/RL
Uzbek officials have announced that three women from the southeastern region of Surhondaryo have been jailed for spying for neighboring Tajikistan.
A televised statement on November 5 said the three women had received between 14 and 15 years in jail.
Investigators say two of the women are Uzbek citizens and the third is a Tajik-born woman without any citizenship.
Investigators say they received payments from the Tajik secret services for information about Uzbek military and law-enforcement buildings.
No other information has been made public.
Uzbek-Tajik relations have been strained for years due to disputes over water and energy resources as well as transit routes.
Tashkent has cut electricity and natural-gas supplies and closing road and railway connections between the two countries in recent years.
With reporting by Interfax
Link to original story on RFE/RL website


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What follows is an excerpt from Michael Moorcock's foreword to the upcoming Alan Moore: Storyteller by Ilex Press. You can pre-order your copy of this sumptuous, 320 page, full-colour book now to avoid disappointment.
"I believe that magic is art, and that art, whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form, is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness . . . . Indeed to cast a spell is simply to spell, to manipulate words, to change people's consciousness, and this is why I believe that an artist or writer is the closest thing in the contemporary world to a shaman." Alan Moore
The history of comics dates from BAM to SAM—from Before Alan Moore to Since Alan Moore—because quite simply no one had the ambition, the imagination, and the talent to do what he did until he emerged on the scene, rising from the ashes of traditional British comics (of the kind I worked for) at a time when UK publishers were beginning to believe that dramatic weeklies (as opposed to funny ones like The Dandy) were as dead as the text "story papers" which had preceded them. They had lasted, it seemed, for less than half a century, from, say, Knockout (1939) to Action (1976), which some of us felt simply took the old formulas to their violent ultimate but didn't take any fundamentally different direction. Similarly in the U.S., apart from making some characters a little less self-righteous and a tad more self-questioning, the big adventure comic publishers had reached a hiatus where they looked for new blood in Britain without knowing quite what that blood was infected by and not sure they trusted it to do the job of bumping up dwindling circulations among the young who were turning increasingly, as in the UK, to new media for their pleasure.
What Moore was to offer them was a committed idealism which refused any significant compromises and would rather not make money than make the kind of concessions his predecessors had habitually made. The story of his early life and work is the substance of this book's first chapters and needn't be repeated here, but whatever was in the Northampton water when he was born fueled a genius which was to save a medium from increasingly rapid extinction and make it what it is today.
Restlessly staying ahead of his imitators, constantly reviewing and creating precedents, Moore brought innovations to text narratives as well as to graphic storytelling, from V for Vendetta to Voice of the Fire, and kept on going while inspiring others along the way. He might argue that he merely represented the zeitgeist but the zeitgeist had no more significant representative, substituting true originality for sensationalism, idiosyncrasy for derivation, and an intellectual constancy revealed even in his minor expeditions. It was his good fortune that he chose a medium where his originality would be needed and recognized and in a couple of decades he became the chief voice of a generation, in true shamanistic fashion. He spoke for us and offered us the symbols and stories reflecting how we felt. For me he does for fiction what Dylan does for music. He's a Robert Johnson of the Age of Doubt; questioning, confronting, mourning and yearning, representing his readers in profound ways, an intellectual autodidact, one of my few true peers for whom I have limitless respect.
A shaman is, among other things, a visionary who acts on behalf of the people, putting all its emotions, fears, hopes, and aspirations into words and pictures. The shaman makes the journeys others have either not thought of or are too fearful to make themselves. The shaman takes risks, expresses ideas, tells stories, and, often, makes music on behalf of the rest of us. Many believe that our best poets function as shamans but I think that certain popular artists also serve that function, including the best song writers and composers. Frequently they offer us old myths in modern guises, voicing spells that function as nostrums with which we ease our souls and picture our desires. Unlike the demagogues who exploit us, shamans feed our imaginations and confer dignity on our dreams. They teach us how to handle the world. Various popular artists have achieved this over the centuries. Sometimes they are rewarded for their pains and at other times they are punished, usually by an authority which fears the power they place in public hands. There is no doubt that those who identify their own interests with authority and temporal power frequently denigrate them at best and destroy them at worst. They are, of course, ultimately indestructible.
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|New website informs Spanish-speaking Colo. parents about child vaccinations
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
A Spanish language version of the award-winning, Colorado-based childhood vaccine information website Immunize for Good (www.ImmunizeforGood.com) has been launched by the Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition with support from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Vacúnalos Por Su Bien (VacunalosPorSuBien.com) now is available to help Spanish-speaking parents learn more about the vaccines recommended to keep their children healthy.
Vacúnalos Por Su Bien is the first comprehensive vaccine information website for Spanish-speaking parents in Colorado and one of just a few nationwide. As a go-to source for everything Spanish-speaking parents need to know about getting their child vaccinated, the website answers questions such as these:
—Why should I vaccinate my child?
—Are vaccines safe?
—How do vaccines work?
—Where can I get my child vaccinated?
—How can I make shots less stressful or painful for my child?
—What are my options for paying for vaccines?
The Spanish immunization site was modeled after the English site which launched in January 2011 as a partnership between the department and the Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition. The site has received nearly 100,000 visits from users in 171 countries.
"This site has proven to be an essential resource for Colorado parents who are interested in learning more about the importance of vaccines in keeping children healthy," said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, interim deputy director, Division of Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology. "We are excited this information now is available to address Spanish-speaking parents' needs and concerns in a thoughtful and culturally sensitive manner."
Stephanie Wasserman, executive director of the Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition, added, "Research shows there is a need for vaccination-related outreach and awareness among Spanish-speaking parents. We are pleased to announce there is now somewhere these parents can go to get the facts and learn why immunization is one of the smartest, safest choices they can make for their kids' health."
Vacúnalos Por Su Bien features original design and photography by marketing firm Rabble + Rouser and is supported by billboards and radio advertisements throughout metro Denver.
Jesus Fuentes, with the firm Ideas Que Funcionan, handled the trans-creation of the site from English to Spanish to ensure it would connect with the Spanish-speaking population in Colorado, which is primarily of Mexican descent. Colorado parents also will be able to receive Vacúnalos Por Su Bien print materials from their provider.
As a statewide 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition promotes improved access, delivery and demand for children's vaccinations to keep Colorado healthy. More information is available at childrensimmunization.org.
Holyoke Enterprise July 11, 2013


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Hello everyone! Like I said in my intro post, I am looking for some maps for a novel I am writing. Here is the template for requesting them!!
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I cannot afford a large payment upfront. I can afford a small amount at completion (message or email me about rates). However, as the project progresses, more funds may become available. Also: If it becomes a published novel, you would still get full credit for the map as well as additional money.
Generally, I need a world map (Consisting of a Pangaea-style continent with some lakes and at least one country-sized desert island in the ocean. Also, I would like a map of a fortified capital city surrounded by two rivers (think Tigris and Euphrates) with the inclusion of a Hanging Garden/Forbidden Palace area. (More details available if you take the job!) I also want a map of the country island (the country of origin of the main character).
The scale of the map will vary by map.
This seems like a tall order as I write it out. I apologize. But for what it counts, you will be allowed to use your creativity as much as you'd like, as well as be credited throughout the project, from the initial print to the (hopefully) published work.
Style is up to the cartographer who takes the job. I do want it to look professional, but honestly any decent looking style is fine by me!
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It doesn't really matter, but the quicker the better.
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The film "Mulberry Child," the story of the persecution and survival of a family during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Smith Hall at Old Main. After the documentary screening, the story's main characters, Jian Ping and her daughter Lisa, will speak and answer questions.
North Central's Cultural Events, Chinese language, and gender and women's studies programs are event sponsors.


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i have the folowing problem with zimbra version 8.0/8.0.1/8.0.2.
the content of the trash folder will not displayed when you have "search in shared objects" enabled and
you are connect to some shared folder. If you not connected folder it will work well!
if you switch of the "search in shared object" the the delete objects will displayed well.
Is this property is intended to zimbra or is it a bug??
I would normally want to see the content always whether the "search in shared objects" function is turned on or not.
Is this problem known and is there a solution for this?


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State Sen. Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster) is introducing legislation Thursday that would attach mandatory drug testing to welfare benefits, even though similar policies have proven to be costly with little gain in other states.
"It is time that we recognize that many families are trying to survive in drug-induced poverty, and we have an obligation to make sure taxpayer money is not being used to support drug dealers," Schaffer told The Columbus Dispatch. "We can no longer turn a blind eye to this problem."
Under the proposal, welfare recipients in three counties would be required to take a drug test if they admit in a questionnaire to using drugs in the past six months. Children, who make up a bulk of welfare recipients, would be exempt. (In June, 24,443 adults and 105,822 children obtained welfare benefits in Ohio, according to data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.)
The policy, which was originally touted as a way to reduce welfare costs, has backfired in many states. That's why the supporting line is now about preventing dollars from going to drug dealers instead of cost savings.
Deseret News reports the latest problems in Utah: "Utah has spent more than $30,000 to screen welfare applicants for drug use since a new law went into effect a year ago, but only 12 people have tested positive, state figures show."
When Ohio legislators in 2012 proposed a drug testing requirement for welfare benefits, CityBeat reported another failure in Florida originally covered by The Miami Herald: In that state, the program had a net loss of $45,780 after it reimbursed falsely accused welfare recipients for their drug tests. Only 108 people out of the 4,086 accused, or 2.9 percent, tested positive, and most tested positive for marijuana.
Utah and Florida are among eight states that have enacted drug testing requirements for welfare recipients since 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
A court placed an injunction on the Florida program after the American Civil Liberties Union sued on September 2011. That injunction was upheld on Feb. 26 by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, which concluded, "The simple fact of seeking public assistance does not deprive a TANF (welfare) applicant of the same constitutional protection from unreasonable searches that all other citizens enjoy."
Given that Schaffer's bill would require drug testing only after information is solicited through questionnaires, it's unclear whether legal challenges like the one in Florida would be successful in Ohio.
The Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services (HCDJFS) was reprimanded in a state audit released Thursday that uncovered inadequate protocols and failures to correct previous audits' findings.
But HCDJFS spokesperson Brian Gregg says a lot of the audit's findings could be outdated because they're based on data from 2011. "We're working on information that is two years old but was just presented to us," he says.
HCDJFS, which handles the county's social services and welfare programs, was criticized for not keeping proper documentation and failing to conduct various checks required to gauge whether federal, state and local funds should be used for child support services.
Gregg blames the inadequacies on a bout of temporary chaos caused by funding reductions and layoffs, which he
pinned on state government cuts from 2008 that cost HCDJFS roughly half
its budget. Since then, he says the county has retrained staff to manage the agency's smaller size.
Gregg also noted that the sampling size for the findings — 25 — was fairly low. "You can get a bad batch," he says. "I don't want this to be indicative of the program."
Instead, Gregg points to county-by-county data for child support that put Hamilton County above all other metropolitan counties in Ohio for cost effectiveness. The data, produced by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services in 2012, found Hamilton County is getting $28.52 in child support for every $1 it pays staff to collect support. In comparison, Cuyahoga County's ratio was $8.56-to-$1 and Franklin County's was $11.62-to-$1.
"We're probably the best and most efficient metropolitan county in the state when it comes to child support collection," Gregg says.
The audit also found HCDJFS paid more than $330,000 in excess rent in 2011, more than $24,000 of which was allocated to local funds while the rest was charged to state and federal funds. A 2010 state audit found similar excess rent charges.
The agency told the state auditor's office it will continue working with the county budget office and prosecutor to correct the lease agreement that led to the excess rent.
"That's a result of a way the state interpreted a federal law in 2010," Gregg says. "We've had that lease from '93 on. There was a change in 2010, and we're now working with the county to get in compliance."
HCDJFS employees were also found to be inadequately tracking their working hours, which the agency says it's now correcting by setting up a new computer system.
The new findings were heaped on top of old errors found in previous state audits, including several misused funds. Many of the old errors remain uncorrected.
But none of the new findings indicated that HCDJFS has to refund money to other government agencies.
"We feel good that there were no findings for recovery. We don't owe anything. These few things that they did find are managerial, and we'll work them out," Gregg says.
The same didn't apply to one case of overcharge — totaling
$2,400 — at the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, which the Sheriff's Office says led to an investigation and criminal
charges against the property officer supervisor as well as new policies to protect payment systems in the future.
The federal government announced yesterday that same-sex marriages will be recognized for federal tax and Medicare purposes even if the marriage is considered illegal in the state where the couple resides. That means gay Ohioans could get married in a state where it's legal, such as Massachusetts or California, and have their marriages recognized by the federal government even if the couple lives in Ohio. The change does not apply to Social Security, which will continue basing benefits on where couples live, not where they got married. The changes also won't apply to taxes at the local and state level until those governments legalize same-sex marriage for themselves. Freedom Ohio is currently working to get same-sex marriage on Ohio's ballot in 2014, as CityBeat covered in further detail here.
Attorney General Mike DeWine on Thursday appointed the panel that will review the state's facial recognition program. It includes Democrats, Republicans, judges, law enforcement and prosecutors, but not civil liberties groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, that asked to be involved. Shortly after the program was formally unveiled on Monday, the ACLU asked DeWine to shut it down until proper protocols are put in place to protect Ohioans' rights to privacy. The program allows police officers and civilian employees to use a photo to search databases for names and contact information. Previously, law enforcement officials needed a name or address to search such databases.
A Republican state senator is introducing legislation that would attach drug testing to welfare benefits in Ohio, but similar measures have failed in other states. Under the proposal, welfare recipients in three counties would be required to take a drug test if they admit in a questionnaire to using drugs in the past six months. In Utah, the state government spent more than $30,000 screening welfare applicants, but only 12 people tested positive, according to Deseret News. The policy has also faced legal troubles, particularly in Florida, but since the Ohio proposal only requires drug testing after information is solicited through a questionnaire, it's unclear whether privacy concerns will hold up in court.
Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann, a Republican, is speaking out against a $300 million light rail project that would run from downtown Cincinnati to Milford, Ohio. Hartmann says he's concerned ridership numbers will be low and costs will be too high. County commissioners are involved with the project through the Hamilton County Transportation Improvement District.
Ex-Councilman John Cranley continues to outraise and outspend Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls in the mayoral race. But money rarely matters in political campaigns, according to research and Cincinnati's mayoral history.
The conservative Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) is asking the city solicitor to force Councilman Chris Seelbach to repay the city for his trip to Washington, D.C., where Seelbach, Cincinnati's first openly gay council member, received the White House's Champion of Change Award. Seelbach says the trip served a public purpose; mainly, the trip allowed him and his staff to spend time with other award recipients to learn how to better deal with LGBT issues.
Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble announced it backs legislation that would prevent employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Ohio currently has no such law.
Ohio's prison population is growing again, which has spurred further calls from state officials to continue pursuing sentencing reform. The state government in 2012 passed some reform that weakened sentences and made it easier for convicts to have their records expunged, but Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Gary Mohr says more needs to be done.
Ohio gun owners are gathering in Columbus today to call on Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to support comprehensive background checks for firearms, according to a press release from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Polling data released by the group found 83 percent of Ohioans support comprehensive background checks.
A Democratic state representative is asking Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, to explain why he's accused of forcing the Ohio EPA's top water watchdog to resign, but Kasich's people don't seem to be taking the concern too seriously. Kasich spokesperson Rob Nichols responded to the demands by telling The Columbus Dispatch, "If she had her way, we'd all be living on a collective farm cooking organic quinoa over a dung fire. So I think we'll take her views in context." George Elmaraghy, chief of the Ohio EPA's surface-water division, was allegedly asked to step down by Kasich after Elmaraghy claimed Ohio coal companies want water-pollution permits "that may have a negative impact on Ohio's streams and wetlands and violate state and federal laws." Republican lawmakers are notoriously friendly with oil, gas and coal companies.
Two more are being investigated by the Hamilton County Board of Elections for illegally voting in Ohio while living in other states.
Gas prices are rising in time for Labor Day weekend, but they should be cheaper than last year.
The famous "47 percent" is now down to 43 percent. The Tax Policy Center says the change is driven by the recovering economy, rising incomes and cuts to federal assistance programs.
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Two suspects are now under arrest for what police described as a "gunman wildly firing" at an apartment complex last month.
Greenville police charged 17-year-old Travis Roberson and 20-year-old Devante McLawhorn with the August 13 shootings on Brookwood Drive in Greenville.
Police say three people were shot in the River Bluff subdivision that night, including 29-year-old Kaiwanna Langley, who was shot trying to drive away. A 15 year old was shot in the leg, and someone inside their apartment was hit.
McLawhorn is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill, and his bond is set at $350,000. Roberson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and his bond is set at $50,000.
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Greenville police say at least three people were shot after a gunman wildly started firing outside an apartment complex late Monday night.
It happened just before midnight at 100 Brookwood Drive.
Police arrived and found 29-year-old Kaiwanna Langley shot in the buttocks and torso. She was taken to Vidant Medical Center.
Tyshevia Barksdale told officers that an intoxicated man got into an argument with someone, left and then came back with a shotgun and started shooting.
Barksdale says the man shot at her car as she and Langley were leaving and Langley was hit.
A person lying on her couch inside her apartment was struck in the foot by a flying bullet and a 15-year-old was hit in the leg.
Another resident reported his big screen TV was hit by a bullet as well.
Police say the shooter left the area and now police are searching for him.
Detectives say they have several leads in the case and the GPD Gang Unit is assisting in interviews.
Officers described the gunman as a black male with a medium complexion. He is about 5'8" tall and has dreadlocks.
No further description was provided.
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The scene is now clear at the location of a shooting, Pitt County dispatchers say occurred overnight Monday.
Pitt County Dispatchers say it happened just before midnight in the River Bluff Subdivision near Brookwood Drive in Greenville.
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(ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE) -- Career website TheLadders.com recently conducted a study to see if the names mothers choose for their children dictate future success in the workplace.
Turns out, they do.
TheLadders.com says it first analyzed data around first names from the company's nearly 6 million members against variables such as industry, salary level and location.
"We wanted to prove the null hypothesis that what your mother names you makes a difference," the company said.
"Doing a simple linear regression, it looks like every additional letter added to your name (after five letters) accounts for a $3,600 drop in annual salary. One exception is names with seven letters, like Stephen, but closer inspection showed that seven-letter names lend themselves to males over females, so it's higher paid males over-indexing and inflating the seven-letter bucket."
The site also looked at nicknames.
Steve earned more than Stephen, Bill earned more than William, Debbie out-earned Deborah, Chris earned more than Christopher, and even Sara made more than Sarah.
Of 24 pairing, only in one case -- Lawrence vs. Larry -- did the longer name win.
The conclusion, TheLadders.com says, is that it DOES make a difference what your mother names you.
"So, to all prospective mother, our advice is to keep Baby's name short and sweet -- your child will thank you when they're raking in the money one day," writes TheLadders.com blogger Daniel Bronyn.
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DERWOOD, Md. (WUSA) - The body of a Frederick businessman reported missing has been discovered in the trunk of his car in a Montgomery County parking lot on Monday, according to Maryland State Police.
John P. Ryan, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.
His car was found by a Homeland Security investigations agent assigned to the Frederick County Narcotics Task Force just before 2:30 p.m. Monday. Investigators were searching for Ryan's black 2007 Lexus LS460L and found it parked in a parking lot used by multiple businesses in the 15000-block of Somerville Drive in Derwood.
Ryan's car was removed from the lot and transported by truck under police escort back to the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack where investigators obtained a search warrant to search the car.
Police found Ryan's body in the trunk and report what appeared to be trauma to the body. Police also found suspected marijuana and cash in the trunk.
Ryan's wife had reported him missing on November 29, and said she last saw him at their home on the night of November 27th. She said that he had left the house before she awoke on November 28th.
Police had been looking for Ryan since his wife reported him missing.
Ryan was a businessman who specialized in property maintenance. He traveled for business throughout the region of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
No arrests have been made. A motive is unknown at this time. The investigation is continuing.
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A look back at the memorable moments and Hollywood high notes that occurred on Oct 25.
1962: Author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
1964: The Beatles dominated the British music industry awards, winning five. The songs "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" placed one and two in the best-selling record category.
1964: The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." So many people complained that Sullivan said he'd never invite them back, but they made another appearance in 1965.
1982: Bob Newhart returned to TV in another sitcom with the debut of "Newhart" on CBS.
1993: Actor Vincent Price died. He was 82.
1996: Singer Paula Abdul married sportswear designer Brad Beckerman in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce 17 months later.
Today's Birthdays: Singer-actress Barbra Cook is 86. Actress Marion Ross is 85. Country singer Jeanne Black is 76. Singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 69. Singer Taffy Danoff of Starland Vocal Band is 69. Guitarist Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest is 66. Actor Brian Kerwin is 64. Guitarist Matthias Jabs of Scorpions is 57. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 56. Country singer Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown is 55. Drummer Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and of Chickenfoot is 52. Actress Tracy Nelson ("Father Dowling Mysteries") is 50. Actor Michael Boatman ("The Good Wife," "Spin City") is 49. Actor Kevin Michael Richardson ("The Cleveland Show") is 49. Singer Speech (Arrested Development) is 45. Actor Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan") is 43. Guitarist Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies is 43. Actor Craig Robinson ("The Office") is 42. Actor Mehcad (muh-CAD') Brooks ("Desperate Housewives") is 33. Singer Jerome Jones of Immature is 32. Singer Katy Perry is 29. Singer Austin Winkler of Hinder is 29. Singer Ciara is 28.


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MORRISTOWN - The maintenance department at Union Local High School was busy Saturday night installing light bulbs inside ''The Hangar.''
That's because Shadyside's Adam Stupak and Co. had shot them out earlier in the day during a 90-54 blowout of Barnesville in an Ohio Division IV co-sectional boys' basketball tournament final.
With the victory, Shadyside advances to a district semifinal matchup with River at 7 p.m. Tuesday back at UL.
The Tigers (13-11) went 31 of 44 from the field through three periods (70.5 percent) behind Stupak's near-perfect 12-for-13 effort, which included a 5 of 6 performance from downtown. He finished with a career-high 30 points.
"My teammates just found ways to get me the basketball and that always helps when everyone is unselfish," Stupak said after his outstanding game, which also featured four rebounds and a like number of steals. "We knew they were going to play zone against us, so we knew we would have to knock down some shots."
And knock them down they did.
Stupak, a 6-foot-1 senior, led an early assault by tickling the twine on his first five attempts, with two of them being trifectas. Dylan Frizzi, who gave the Tigers some instant offense off the bench, and Skyler Gibson also canned threes, while Austin Dorris worked the paint for five first-quarter points as the second-seeded Tigers led 25-13.
Frizzi, a sweet-shooting southpaw, scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half, including 11 in the second quarter when he buried a trio of triples. Dorris added five more points and plenty of muscle on the boards as the margin increased to 47-22.
"We couldn't have shot any better in the first half," Shadyside coach Ed Andes said. "The kids had wide-open looks and they knocked them down."
The third quarter belonged to Stupak. After Gibson opened the second half with a three, Stupak proceeded to put on a clinic as his next three shots - all from beyond the arc - were nothing but net. For good measure, he added a pair of 2-point baskets and a free throw to complete his day.
"That's great," Andes said when informed of Stupak's stat line. "It's nice when a kid steps up like that. Hopefully we get the same from him and more from other kids the next game."
Behind Stupak, Shadyside roared to a 76-28 margin after three quarters as the starters got a well-deserved break for the final period.
In addition to Stupak's and Frizzi's double-digit days, Dorris added 14 markers and a game-best eight rebounds. Gibson and Jared Brooks evenly divided a dozen points, while Ryan Richardson dished out five assists.
Shadyside was charted with 18 assists, many of which led to wide-open looks and, subsequently, baskets. They were 12 of 20 from 3-point land.
"These guys play so well together as a team," Andes added. "They share the ball and don't care who scores the points. Whoever is open, they get the ball to them. I'm proud of them because of their unselfishness."
Barnesville coach Chris Pack was trying to remember when an opponent shot the ball that well against his Shamrocks.
"I can't really out a finger on when I've last seen a team shot the ball like that,'' he said. ''The way they played tonight I'm not sure there was anybody in this sectional that could've beat them. I'm not sure anybody in D-3 or D-2 would've beat them the way they shot it, moved it around and executed at a high level."
Brandon Burkhart and Dylan MacMillan evenly divided 20 points for the Shamrocks (8-16). Brian Clark and Jacob Anderson each had eight points in reserve roles. MacMillan finished with half-a-dozen rebounds.
The Tigers led 33-21 off the glass behind Dorris's effort. They also turned the ball over 12 times, but eight of those came in the final chapter. The Shamrocks had 19 turnovers, with 12 of those coming in the middle two periods when they got outscored 51-15.


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