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College Hockey:Sunday Playoff Update: 3/9/14
By Dan Rubin • Atlantic Hockey Columnist •
Over the past couple of seasons, Atlantic Hockey's grown a reputation of having a rough and tumble, unpredictable playoff series where anything is possible. In the true spirit, thereof, two playoff series will go to three games this year in the first round, including the 5-vs-12 matchup reserved for the best team not to get a bye and the so-called worst team in the league. Since playoff matchups reseed for the second round, I figured it might behoove fans of teams to try and measure up who they could be playing by the time they wake up tomorrow. Let's have a look.
• Everything is contingent on who wins the Robert Morris-Army series. It's not shocking to some that Army's gone to a third game with the way they've been playing as of late, and tonight they'll try to become the first last place team to win a playoff game since American International beat the Black Knights in the weird divisional playoff single-game format of 2011. Rochester Institute of Technology and Holy Cross are also in a third game at 5 p.m. today out in Worcester. But we won't know the matchups until after the RMU-Army game at 7 p.m. down in Pennsylvania.
• Canisius and Niagara advanced with two-game sweeps. One of those two teams is going to Air Force next week.
• If Army wins, the Black Knights automatically lock into going to Mercyhurst next week. That would send the winner of RIT-Holy Cross to Bentley, with Canisius going to Air Force and Niagara going to UConn.
• If Robert Morris wins, everyone slots up one seed in their opponent because the Colonials are locked into a series at fourth-seeded UConn, should they advance. That would mean Niagara is the lucky recipient of a trip to Air Force, with Canisius going to Bentley, and the RIT-Holy Cross winner going to Mercyhurst.
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- Danmanfu
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- Shaunmc04
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- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JBQC34XSYM4Q4VGCKWTO53PIGQ Anonymous
It's like watching some bad reality show. Just think, we have two years of this before it's over.
- Dan
Brian Patterson makes some good points and I totally agree that this would not be happening in football. Of course, this isn't football and hockey isn't paying the athletic department bills at many universities like it does at small schools. Willfully eliminating a Division I, multiple national championship winning team from conference membership because the gate isn't big enough is about as sad as it gets and, if it happens, is a blow to college hockey. Ask Doug Weight if LSSU belongs in the big leagues.
- Csitzman
Very interesting and I agree that it is a shame that LSSU is being cast off. There have been a number of colleges that have in the past 10-15 years who have moved up to DI and trying to build up strong programs. My alma mater, Bemidji State, has been the beneficiary of being able to play some of the top programs in college hockey, with some success in post season play. For newer DI programs like Bemidji, this realignment threatens the survival in college hockey. When you talk about historically successful teams, Bemidji State is in that class. Yes, their many championships have come at the DII and DIII levels, but they have demonstrated recently they can play with the best at the DI level. But what happens when a program like BSU is no longer allowed the opportunity to compete with the top programs? College hockey is likely about to lose some programs at the DI level, which will only weaken the overall sport, not grow it.
- NC_Buckeye
Buckeye alum here so you know. Good points and I agree LSSU being in this position sucks (as well as BGSU, Ferris, WMU, and Alaska).
As a Big Ten alum, I have to be honest, I've always wanted for hockey to be a Big Ten sport. And realistically if it weren't for the BTN, the abdication of these five schools from CCHA and WCHA might never have happened. The nationwide network coverage of the BTN will provide more exposure (and money) for Big Ten hockey. It appears that the NCHC schools came to the same conclusion (i.e. their pursuit of a contract with Versus/NBC). And I believe Hockey East already had a deal in the works with CBS College Sports.
So where's that leave everybody else? Not sure. There's definitely going to be a delineation of the have/have nots even more now. But I think it's time for the sport to move forward. By my estimation that hasn't happened since the 90′s.
I've brought this up on the Mid American Conference blog, Hustle Belt, that I think this is an opportunity for an all sports conference (like the MAC) to come forward and establish itself in hockey. Fox Sports is developing a nationwide college sports network and might view this as a programming opportunity themselves. I'm pretty sure that LSSU is D-I in only hockey (as is Ferris), but the MAC has history of single sport associate members. Something to think about.
BTW, I'm also a Kent alum which explains my fondness for the MAC.
- yooper
I appreciate your honesty when you say that you've always wanted college hockey to be a big ten sport. I'm familiar with your feelings because I have traveled to many big ten schools to watch my team (NMU) play. I always get the same vibes… pure arrogance on the part of the larger school. I really would like to know where this elitist mind set comes from. I'm not referring to you in any way, I would just like to know why the likes of Michigan or Wisconsin feel that it is inappropriate for them to play SCSU or FSU etc. Just because they have only one DI sport, are they somehow second class? If the likes of LSSU can field a class A hockey team, why should they not be in the national limelight? Hockey isn't quite like football or basketball, whereas nearly all
participants are recruited nationwide from US schools. Hockey gets European and many Canadian players. They come from small towns and they don't mind playing in a small town college. Why is it the mindset that the big ten has to be big ten for everything? Because one school has 40k students and Bemidji
has only 10k, are the Bemidji folks supposed to feel lucky. Certainly not when their team can play toe to toe. Why can't the hockey fans just stick to hockey and forget about their status in football, basketball or whatever? To be honest with you, I think it is just a lack of character.
- NC_Buckeye
First, having reread my post it occurs to me that my observation about LSSU and Ferris being D-I in only one sport might come across as elitist. That wasn't my intention. While admittedly I have no knowledge of MAC by-laws, I only raised that to point out that I'm pretty sure the MAC would work with a school for a single sport only. But that's all day-dreaming at this point as someone below mentioned.
I'll be the first to admit that Big Ten fans can be pretty over-bearing. My perspective, however, is that elitism didn't drive this as much as a historical identity. We've been playing each other in every sport but hockey since 1912 (for my Buckeyes, 1896 for the rest of the conference). We've just been programmed over time to think of competing athletically against fellow Big Ten schools; be it in wrestling, gymnastics, swimming & diving, softball… you get my drift. Hockey has always been kind of an asterick sport for me personally because of that. And yes I'm aware that there was resistance to this by Minnesota but I think their fans are starting to warm up to it.
I realize that hockey is special due to the fact that it is extremely regional and working with a very limited recruiting base compared to other sports. On top of that you have this mix of D-I, D-II, and D-III schools playing each other as D-I. Which naturally is going to produce a disparity of resources among schools especially since hockey is such an expensive program to fund.
Like I said above I don't want LSSU, Ferris, WMU, or Alaska to fold because of realignment. I also hope that tOSU continues to play the above schools both home and away. But I also think it's time for college hockey to take the next step and become something more than it is now.
- Some Guy
Michigan fan here. I don't think that its so much that we feel too good to play the smaller schools as much as, like the OSU fan responded, that we're trained to care about other Big Ten schools.
In my experience at least, we care very much when a good small school comes to Yost. When Miami comes, its a big game to us, and the same can be said for any other MAC or normally DII team that's having a strong year. When a bad BG team comes though, we tend to take it less seriously because they are having a bad year and because they are a school we just normally don't care about. On the other hand, if Wisconsin or Minnesota shows up, even if they are having a bad year, we care about the game just because we're used to caring about those teams no matter how good they are. If we played, say, Western Michigan and they came in at 5-10, then played a Minnesota team with the same record the next night, we're just going to care more about Minnesota because we are that much more used to playing them across the board.
Money is certainly involved here, but Big Ten hockey is still, I think, very much rooted in the fact that all the schools like being affiliated with each other and we want to do so in as many ways as we can. We even all have an academic consortium in which we share materials and faculty. This extra realignment is really a knee-jerk reaction by the moving parties I think, since even the Big Ten schools aren't on top every year. Wisconsin had a down year, Minnesota has been in rough times, MSU has fallen off somewhat, OSU I'm not sure has ever been consistently good, and PSU is a start-up. Even Michigan almost had the steak ended without a major run at the end of the season in 2010.
- RamboWildcat
Very well said, Yooper! Ironically, Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State are very, very average programs right now….some could argue on a big decline to mediocrity. Look who just won the national title??? A small, little school in Duluth. College hockey is a total different animal. It's much more associated with basketball than football….i.e. see Butler and VCU in the final four.
- blackswampblues
while generally agreeing with the letter…it is bizarre that the writer–ostensibly speaking of tradition and storied teams–only goes back 25 years and himself casts off the 1984 National Champion, Bowling Green State Univ.
LSSU is not the only program left in limbo.
- http://www.Vernon-J.com Vernon J
He admitted that he was an LSSU grad & that he was biases.
- yooper
Isn't the NCAA supposed to be leading here. Where is their leadership? It seems that they like to make all the other rules. They choose the playoff contenders, they decide on what infractions on the ice will not be tolerated. etc. etc. Yet they sit idly
by and watch UAH get left out. Now it's LSSU and others. They have all the cards,
why don't they use them. They should dictate to the conferences (if they want to
participate in NCAA postseason) that they will except these teams. Or, to reconfigure themselves to accomodate the leftouts. They should insist that TV coverage will include smaller schools, and that no school should experience a dilution of their usual schedules. They preach that college sports is to be sportsmanlike and its purpose is for the physical training of our younger generation and that monetary gain is not the purpose. Why don't they follow the philosophys they exhort.
- NC_Buckeye
The NCAA got burned by dictating TV rights and have abdicated that responsibility. See the Supreme Court case Univ. of Oklahoma vs NCAA.
So I wouldn't look for any help from them as far as TV coverage. But you're correct that this should be something of concern for the smaller schools.
There are so many factors at play it makes the head spin. Is college hockey going to continue to be a regional sport where most of the players come from the "M" states, junior hockey, and Canada? How is global climate change going to affect the sport? (Will pond hockey become a thing of the past?) What about population shifts? If the economy doesn't start to recover, how does that affect budgets at schools? Will this affect state schools more than private schools? Most of these issues have been on the minds of the NHL and USA Hockey for some time now. And they don't know the answers either.
I think the only definite objective that can be derived from realignment is that the powers-that-be want the sport to change. Whether that change is positive or negative depends on the eye of the beholder.
- da GUC
I agree that the MAC has an opportunity to develop a league with Kent St., Ohio, EMU, CMU etc. but that is not likely to happen when most universities are getting their budgets slashed to beyound the bone. Too bad too.
- NC_Buckeye
I see Buffalo, Ohio, EMU, and NIU as good candidates. I can't believe there isn't already a college team in the hockey-crazy northern Illinois area. But like you said AD budgets and Title IX are going to be issues for MAC schools.
Both Kent State and Ohio have flirted with D-I hockey in the past.
- Zekeskar
I wonder how this shake up would be further shaken up if the NCAA declared that a a league minimum of 8 teams is necessary to get an automatic championship tournament spot? It seems the Big 10 would not exist, the NCHC and WCHA both would HAVE to invite a couple more teams and therefore a lot of the orphans' problems would be solved.
- jawbones
I think it is incumbent on the WCHA to make sure that teams like LSSU, BGSU and FSU have a place to play.
- Stephen
I think these changes will be a fine thing for college hockey. The last time something like this happened was when the five original Hockey East schools left the ECAC. This new conference created division one opportunities at two UMass campuses and Merrimack in short time. It also improved the level of play at most of the HE schools. ECAC has only themselves to blame (mostly due to the Ivy's insistence on playing a reduced schedule) for their inability to keep up, though they still routinely place multiple teams in the tournament.
These new conference alignments will create opportunities for the sport in general. The one caveat is obviously the Big Ten conference is limited by its nature to who it can include. Within five years, though, I would not be the slightest bit surprised to see Illinois or Iowa or Nebraska add hockey programs, which would be a boon to college hockey in general.
One thing that made Hockey East viable in the early days before they expanded to eight and eventually ten teams was their interlocking schedule with the WCHA. Any chance we might see that with the CCHA and ECAC or NCHC and HE or WCHA and Big Ten? That could also be an unexpected benefit to all of this.
- http://www.Vernon-J.com Vernon J
The University of Nebraska system already has a hockey team.
Is it safe to say that you are talking about the little brother of UNO southwest of Omaha adding a hockey team or UNK adding a hockey team?
- Joe C
Hockey East alum here. Having gone through this as a fan, I hope that it will work out for all the institutions the way it work with Hockey East/ECAC and very recently AHA. This means:
1) Schools and leagues work together to make sure that everyone has a chair when the music stops.
2) The newer and smaller programs get a role in their future, the way Merrimack, Union, RIT, UConn and Umass did.
3) Programs that find in a few years they really belong somewhere else are allowed to make secondary moves/delayed moves, the way Vermont did, paving the way for new and natural rivalries like the one with UNH
4) There is a clear path for new programs and "left out" programs like LSSU, BGSU, UAH to have leagues to join, the way that RIT and Bemidji joined. The presence of RIT and Bemidji in Frozen Fours is testament to the positives of growth in NCAA.
5) If there are independent programs in two years, that B10 and NCHC are especially accomodating to home-and-home out of conference play
6) I think the AHA will play a huge role in the future of smaller programs. I wonder if CCHA can survive on its own, now that WCHA has its sixth team.
While I agree with the main points of Todd's article and thank him for his insight, I think we should go further than just 25 years and national championships. UVM has two frozen fours and high profile NHL alumni, just like Providence. Schools like St Lawrence and Clarkson have plenty of history and importance. I do not like any of the schools currently on the outside looking in being in there situation. I hope that they can make it through.
In the end, I hope that 20 years from now, we are celebrating NCAA Division I hockey with many more programs, some in places that would shock us today. There are a lot of empty spaces in the Northern half of the country with otherwise huge universities and local high school hockey programs supplying players to many current college programs in other states.
- blackswampblues
unfortunately, there is no clear path for BGSU.
BGSU is a public school with almost 20,000 students and Division I programs across the board. The AHA schools that would be most likely to move to a new CCHA are tiny, private, and Catholic (NU, Mercyhurst, Canisius). BGSU has no natural rivalries with any of those schools. Neither is there any natural rivalry with UAH or RMU, nor is there ever likely to be one.This is not a situation comparable to the ECAC/Hockey East breakup, where Clarkson and St. Lawrence stayed together, or Vermont and UNH developed new rivalry based on similarities.It's one thing to look at the map and group schools geographically–another to find a lasting institutional match.
If BGSU ends up in the new CCHA–it's strictly a shotgun marriage, and we'll be doing this dance again in a few short years.
- Jondsni
As a UVM grad, who was there during ECAC years, I see a lot of valid arguments. But as I live in the heart of the Big 10, to anybody who believes that more of their 12 schools will jump to D1, there is little chance. These schools, particularly Northwestern and Illinois have a bunch of D1 prospects in their backyards, places to play AND zero desire to fight either budget, Title IX fights or both. And you could use UVM as an example; the Cats cut both baseball and softball last year.
- Anonymous
It will take a good 3-5 years to see what happens to the College Hockey world,but there will be winners and losers no matter what…you will see the so called super conferences get the TV deals and will have the best of the best in recruiting…money talks these days. Sadly I see College Hockey shooting themseleves in the foot instead of keeping the game and teams together,instead we are going to the route of B-ball and FB…2bad indeed.
- Brian P
It will never happen, but wouldn't it be great if Notre Dame, who currently holds all the cards, makes it a condition that they only way they join the NCHC is if LSSU is admitted as well? Why? Because ND coach Jeff Jackson, who won two Championships at Lake State, decided to throw them a lifeline. Now–this won't happen, but that would be a good story.
- guest
ND Alum here. It will be very interesting to see what we do; I'm sad to see the CCHA go, I know Western and BGSU certainly aren't the biggest games but it was fun to take roadtrips to see them play; those trips will certainly be tougher being in either the NCHC or hockey east.
As for Jackson, that would be nice, but you can forget it, Jack Swarbrink and Fr. Jenkins hold the cards as to where we go and I wouldn't be suprised if its east at this point since:
1) We're trying to enhance our eastern fanbase in football (the be all and end all) by playing several neutral site games out east. By playeing in an eastern league that would only enhance this effort
2) Hockey east is not only the hockey equilivant of the Big East, but also already has 3 Catholic members; Notre Dame-BC is the NCAA's biggest Catholic rivalry and ND- Providence is already a frequent matchup in Big East play
Also I want to point out that while ND football hasn't exactally been the greatest (class of 2011 saw the worst football record of any class in school history), we still have arguably more exposure than any other program in the country
- Tb111960
If ND moves to Hockey East, don't be totally shocked if BG is asked to come along. ND and BG have been partnered for many years in the CCHA, meaning they always have played 4 games each year. Coach Jackson I think will lobby for them as he might want at least one closer league member and also knows of BG's storied hockey history and their re-commitment to hockey. Also, BC might also support that as Jerry York coached at BG in his early years and won his first National Championship with them. However, even if they are asked, I'm not sure BG would accept. Travel costs would increase and they are one of the founding members of the CCHA and have played more consecutive years than any other team in that conference.
- Guest
Oh, you mean the 4 years that Jimmy Clausen was going to win 4 national championship? LOL!!!!!
- Aofste
I think one other thing to consider is losing some of the best rivalries in college hockey. With the WCHA splitting in three are we going to see Minnesota versus North Dakota? Ask any fan of those two schools and they will most likely say that is one of the best rivalries in all of college hockey. Great losses in great matchups all around.
- BeaverHockey
With the smaller conferences, there will be a lot more room for non-conference games. Being a Minnesotan, trust me, Minnesota and North Dakota will play each other every year. Most likely in a home and home series. Play in Grand Forks one night and then Minneapolis the next, or vice versa.
- Laker_one
When teams are in a conference together, they have an obligation to play and to play in each others' barns. Although Big10 schools might, on occasion, schedule the small schools, now they will insist that those games be played in their rinks where they get to keep the revenue. This argument that non-conference schedules will save the small schools ignores how much the power structure is shifting.
- Ballgamer2
It's a 5 hr bus ride from GF to MSP and visa versa. Now add winter weather possibilities. Only thing that works is 2 games in GFone year and MSP the next. Please don't consider flying. Same weather possibilities, and, we are speaking of Delta.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HKXU6GCWSTGTBLWRNPJMHNDJ6I HelenE
This rivalry will likely go away because of the North Dakota nickname. Minnesota has already stated that they will not play North Dakota in any sport except for conference post-season obligations until the current nickname is retired. The North Dakota legislature passed a law requiring the university to keep the nickname.
- Thericefamily
don't quite understand all the anger and resentment being directed at the
schools that have left for the Big Ten or National College Hockey Conference
(NCHC). Being a member of a conference, when you boil it down, is just being in
a scheduling agreement. We'll play you, you play us, maybe we'll have a
conference tournament at the end of the regular season, and that's it. It's not
like a marriage where you promise to stick together through good and bad, till
death, nor is it like being a parent, where you have a responsibility to your children.
Schools should be free to schedule who they want, when they want, without being
accused of abandoning other schools, or even worse, causing the death of other programs.
If a school needs Minnesota or Michigan to come into your rink and play you in
order to survive, what does that say about your program? I was perplexed by the
criticism leveled at the CCHA for not accepting Alabama-Huntsville into the
conference, like it was somehow an obligation of the CCHA to schedule
Alabama-Huntsville, and it would be the CCHA's fault if Alabama-Huntsville
dropped its program. Why is it the responsibility of the CCHA (or the WCHA or
Hockey East for that matter) to ensure the survival of any program? Further, the five schools leaving the CCHA and
WCHA to start the Big ten hockey conference shouldn't be criticized for doing
that. They have no obligation to any school other than themselves, and the
schools are already in a scheduling agreement (aka conference) in all other
sports. As far as the teams leaving the WCHA and CCHA to form the NCHC, what is
wrong with that? They want to play schools who have made a similar commitment
to the sport. Where is it written that they can never leave the WCHA or CCHA? Personally,
I think everything that has happened is for the good. The three major
conferences (WCHA, CCHA, and Hockey East) play too many conference games
(usually 28 of their 34 allowed games), with only six or so out of conference
games. In basketball and football, a much higher percentage of games are out of
conference. With the Big Ten and the NCHC playing a 20 game conference
schedule, there will be more out of conference games. As far as the Mankato
States, Michigan Techs, Ferris States, and Bowling Greens of the world, they
will do just fine as long as the schools are committed to the sport. The "leftovers"
(not what I would call them but what others have been calling them) can form
very competitive conferences among themselves, and schedule each other, which,
after all, is all a conference is.
- blackswampblues
This is so far off the mark that I hardly know where to begin.
Sounds almost like some sort of weird athletic-conference darwinism: "survival of the fittest conference, the biggest conference, and the conference with the most $$$". That's just fine for the biggest and the richest–but not so good for keeping smaller programs from shutting down.
Hockey programs are expensive to run, and financing is a challenge for smaller schools. For that reason, conferences are about much more than simple scheduling. they are about rivalries, $$$, branding, $$$, marketing, $$$, scheduling, $$$, and TV contracts. To deny that is naive.
BGSU's imminent loss of all long-time regional and MAC rivalries (Michigan, Ohio St., Miami, Western, Notre Dame) will directly affect attendance, earnings, and the overall health of the program.
Obviously, a season of conference games vs. historical rivals will draw much better than a slate of games vs. distant schools with no shared history.
And as for the pie-in-the-sky nonsense, "they will do just fine as long as the schools are committed to the sport"…tell that to Kent, Ohio, Wayne St., Findlay, St. Louis, and all the other schools that have pulled the plug on hockey for financial reasons.
- NC_Buckeye
Not sure that Kent State and Ohio are good examples of programs that were committed to D-I hockey. Since both schools sponsored hockey for two years each (Ohio 71-73, Kent 92-94) it appears that the administration was just toying with the idea but backed off when the cost became apparent. However, I should point out that both schools now have very popular M-1 ACHL club teams.
Can't speak about Wayne St., Findlay, and St. Louis though.
- blackswampblues
pretty sure Kent's DI team was independent for a number of years before joining the CCHA for 92-94.
We can add Fairfield (1974-2003), Iona (1967-2003), and Illinois-Chicago (1966-1996) to the list of DI teams that had to pull the plug.
Point is, being "committed" is pretty much entirely a matter of having the $$$.
- Gfkbob
The theory that schools will only "make it" doesn't seem to hold true. St Louis, UI-Chicago and others were in the same league as the big boys of Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State. I do believe that committment is the key.
- RamboWildcat
Great piece of writing. LSSU was almost a four-time champ during this time period. They were an awesome winning machine unlike any other program you see today. For them, it comes down to very poor leadership at the University. They should have joined forces with NMU and walked over to the WCHA. Now they are in limbo, ready to die at the vine. So long Lake State, it was a real pleasure. Take care.
- Dick
UNH alum and splitter of season tickets here – what makes college hockey so different is that small schools that can't compete in basketball for example (the Ncaa could expand to a 200 team hoop tournament and UNH wouldn't get in) or football, can become a national power in hockey. Just look at the top 20 from last year. In schools like ours, hockey is king. Talked about all year long. Players become legends.. we still talk about the Clark-Hislop-Cox line from 1975! The point being – to deny schools like Lake Superior State or St Cloud or Alaska-Fairbanks to enjoy this opportunity to be part of the college hockey frenzy is a crime. The NCAA (Never Cares About Athletes) should do something, but they are useless. The heads of the hockey conferences need to meet and act on this injustice for the betterment of the sport.
I knew the WCHA was in trouble when Minnesota State – Moorhead was being considered for entry — without having a team. Names aside, I like the new NCHC and look forward to the non-conference schedule against quality teams from other conferences. The lack of non-conference games is a problem for all of college hockey. I'd also like to see a mid-season tournament featuring 8 teams from the top conferences. Next up — Big 12 and Pac 10 hockey!
- Simon
"The ironic thing is, and I am not the first to say this — for years
college hockey fans have wanted their sport to get more attention within
the overall collegiate landscape and be more "like" NCAA football and
basketball. Well, we got it.
Be careful what you wish for."
I think that the majority of fans are going to be happy with the change because they are fans of the big schools and not of the small schools like yourself. As a BSU alum, I was looking forward to BSU joining the WCHA and maybe becoming competitive at some point. I still think that is possible, but only because the seven best teams just quit. This whole thing is tough to swallow if you are a fan of a small school or tradition. But like you said, those things don't matter for basketball and football because it is all about money and being corporate sellouts. Now college hockey will be effectively ruined and I can honestly say that I probably won't pay as close attention to the college hockey world outside of BSU anymore.


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Mary Lee 'Cookie' Hargrave
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Mary Lee "Cookie" Hargrave, 58, of South Cecil Street, answered God's call Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at North Lexington Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be a half hour before the service.
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She was born Dec. 29, 1954, in Davidson County to Leroy Hargrave and Frances Smith Hargrave. She was a member of North Lexington Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Donald Ray Hargrave and James Carter; and a sister, Robin Hargrave Perkins.
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Field Hockey Wins Rematch vs. Penn State, Advances to NCAA Second Round
Box Score
When Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Julia Reinprecht went down midway through the first half the Princeton field hockey team could only think of its last NCAA tournament match – the national championship game.
The night before the title game Reinprecht's older sister Katie '13 battled a stomach bug, during warm-ups Teresa Benvenuti went down with an injury and minutes into the match Molly Goodman '13 suffered an injury herself.
But for the eighth-ranked Tigers they did what they did then and have always done, rallied, picked up their play and found a way win.
A resilient Princeton team earned a 5-4 victory over No. 9 Penn State in the NCAA tournament first round, avenging its regular season loss to the Nittany Lions Saturday in College Park, Md.
The Tigers (14-4) now have a date with No. 1 Maryland in the NCAA second round on Sunday at 2 p.m., another rematch and loss from the regular season.
The first half saw a much more dominant Tiger side, holding a 6-3 shot advantage, but Penn State made it count on its few offensive chances to keep pace where it mattered – the scoreboard.
Princeton pulled the momentum first, striking the 4th minute for a 1-0 lead. Cat Caro had the ball on the left side in traffic drawing out Penn State's goalkeeper Kylie Licata. With the defense surrounding Caro, she dished a quick pass to an open Allison Evans to knock in her 10th goal of the year.
Before the Tigers were able to add an insurance goal PSU capitalized on its first true offensive chance in the circle, tying the score on a penalty corner at 9:06.
In a battle for control, Princeton worked relentlessly to reestablish its momentum and nearly regained the lead in the 14th minutes off a Caro open shot. She beat the defensive line and sent in a hard shot to the far post that Licata got a last second touch to redirect it.
Despite containing the ball for much of the half inside the PSU side, the Nittany Lions again capitalized on their next chance in the 19th minute to take their only lead, 2-1.
Avoiding going into halftime with a deficit, Maddie Copeland evened the game with her first career postseason goal in the 22nd minute. Evans retrieved the ball near the top of the circle, took a touch and lifted it to Copeland waiting on the left post. In a swift motion the sophomore striker volleyed it past Licata to tie the score, 2-2.
Princeton opened the second period setting an upbeat pace of play and immediately earned a penalty corner. In the 37th minute, Michelle Cesan served the ball to Annabeth Donovan, who made a perfect stop for Amanda Bird to put the Tigers up 4-3.
Not much can be said about the brilliant play in the middle from Cesan and Sydney Kirby, who forced numerous PSU turnovers and constantly frustrated the Nittany Lion attackers.
The Tigers doubled its advantage five minutes later thanks to a Caro hard drive into the circle. Near the middle of the PSU half Copeland found a charging Caro on the right flank. This time in her second one-on-one effort with Licata, it was Caro to rocket in the ball to the top corner and put Princeton up 4-2 at 41:03.
As they had all day, Penn State found a way to squeeze back into the game and make things interesting. With less than 10 to play, the Nittany Lions scored a second goal off a penalty corner to cut Princeton's lead to 4-3.
But PSU's brief momentum pull was short lived when a Bird shot deflected off a Nittany Lion defender into the goal to provide a much needed insurance goal in the 62nd minute.
With its postseason hopes on the line, Penn State began to push its team deep into the Tiger circle and scored to make it 5-4 in the 65th minute.
The Nittany Lions nearly forced overtime with less than three minutes to play when a PSU shot got past goalie Anya Gersoff and fortuitously deflected off the post out of the cage.
Gersoff finished with four saves.
Princeton was the dominant side for much of the match, holding a 16-10 shot, 10-8 on goal, and 5-2 penalty corner advantages.
The Tigers are now 4-3 all-time versus Penn State in the NCAA tournament.


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Nikki & Rich dropped by Billboard's NYC offices to perform a cover of the Muse song "Uprising" for Mashup Mondays. They also took some glamorous behind-the-scenes photos, which you can check out after the jump.
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Electronic Recordings and Written Transcripts
You can obtain either electronic recordings or written transcripts for many court proceedings.
Transcripts: A court reporter's transcript is considered the official record of the court proceeding. When there is no court reporter at a court hearing or trial, such as in limited jurisdiction civil, unlawful detainer cases, small claims and traffic calendars, the audio recording of the proceeding is considered the official court record. There is a 'per page' fee charged for all transcripts plus mailing when applicable.
CD (Audio Recording): If the hearing was electronically recorded (no court reporter), the audio recording of a proceeding can be purchased for your use, however, it is not considered the 'official record.' There is a flat fee for a CD of electronically reported proceedings plus mailing (see order form ER-001).
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*Please note that this list reflects the current status of Reporting Services, which is updated routinely. Consult your case file of minute order to determine the type of reporting services that were available on the date of your court hearing.
Effective 1/1/13, unless otherwise noted on the Notice of Availability of Reporting Services, there are no reporting services available in Unlimited and Limited Civil matters, including Family Law, Probate, Small Claims and Unlawful Detainer cases. You will not be able to obtain a recording or a transcript from the court for any proceedings in these civil case types after 1/1/13. Any party may privately arrange in advance for the presence of a court reporter from an outside reporting service provider, or freelance reporter, for an upcoming hearing in these departments. The Court does not provide referrals and does not pay for the services of the reporter for these proceedings. See Local Rule 24 and go to the "Civil" web page for detailed information on use of private reporters.
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Cornhole tournament set for Aug. 4 to aid cancer victim
Published: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 10:12 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 10:12 a.m.
A cornhole tournament scheduled for Aug. 4 will raise funds for a Lexington man battling a rare form of cancer.
The First Kirkendall Cornhole Tournament will start at 2 p.m. in the Lanier's Hardware parking lot on South State Street. A bounce house, face painting and activities for children are planned along with the double-elimination tournament. Food and drinks will be sold on site as well.
Cash prizes are $300 for first place, $100 for second and $40 for third place. Raffle items will include a Richard Petty Driving Experience package, Carolina Panthers football tickets and many other items.
All proceeds will be donated to Chad Kirkendall, 39. He has lost his leg, half his pelvis and tailbone and is still battling the disease that has spread to other areas of his body. He is the owner of Kirk's Carpet Cleaning, a husband and the father of 2 1/2-year-old twin girls.
A Facebook page called Prayers for Chad Kirkendall offers updates on his condition.
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Located within the local Guadalajara University campus in Ixtapa (known in Spanish as Centro Universitario de la Costa, or CUC), the Peter Gray Art Museum is considered one of Puerto Vallarta's most treasured and underrated secrets by visual arts devotees. It was founded in 2002 by the late Peter Gray, who, along with his wife Buri, decided to donate their personal art collection for the benefit of future generations of university students and the Puerto Vallarta citizenship at large. Its collection includes representative art produced by local artists from each of the last six decades, along with that of new and promising artists. The museum also features special exhibitions through the year, and a unique program designed to bring elementary school students into the campus to experience the museum, learn basic painting and collage techniques, and engage with local artists who volunteer their time and expertise to stimulate their imagination and creativity.
To enjoy this 360º panoramic tour, simply let it spin on its own, or use your mouse to move through the image. You will notice an upward arrow on the museum door. Clicking on the arrow will allow you to "step" into the museum to enjoy the next image. Continue in this fashion through the five 360º images included here.


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Must association provide and pay for interpreter as a reasonable accommodation?
(guest post by Lisa Magill, Esq.)
Discrimination claims against associations seem to be on the rise. Community leaders and managers should know that the Fair Housing Act prohibits any person to refuse to make a reasonable accommodation in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a handicapped person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling unit.
What if a condominium owner or resident is deaf and cannot participate at meetings since she or he cannot hear what is being said? Would the association have to provide an interpreter under those circumstances?
The housing provider (community association in this context) must make requested accommodations unless:
1. the accommodation imposes an undue financial or administrative burden, or
2. requires a fundamental alteration in the nature of its program.
There is a big distinction between accommodations and modifications under the Fair Housing Laws. A modification is generally defined as any change to the public or common use areas of a building or any change to a dwelling unit. In 2008, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") issued a Joint Statement providing technical assistance regarding the rights and obligations of handicapped persons and housing providers under the Act relating to reasonable modifications. The Joint Statement gives examples of modifications that are typically considered reasonable, such as:
1. widening doorways to make rooms more accessible for persons in wheelchairs;
2. installing grab bars in bathrooms;
3. lowering kitchen cabinets to a height suitable for persons in wheelchairs;
4. adding a ramp to make a primary entrance accessible for persons in wheelchairs; or
5. altering a walkway to provide access to a public or common use area.
Modifications are made at the expense of the person requesting the modification. Accommodations are made by the housing provider and can result in an expense to the housing provider. However, if the expense creates a financial burden on the housing provider, it is not reasonable. The Joint Statement issued by DOJ and HUD regarding reasonable accommodations says you determine whether a requested accommodation presents an undue financial and administrative burden on a case-by-case basis taking various factors into account, such as the cost, the resources of the provider, the benefit of the accommodation, and whether alternatives would meet the disability-related needs.
In the employment setting, reasonable accommodations include telecommunication devices for the deaf (TTYs), amplified telephones, visual alarms, assistive listening systems, visible accommodations to communicate audible alarms and messages, and, for deaf employees who rely on sign language, provision of qualified sign language interpreter services. For some individuals and for some jobs, it may be necessary to have interpreter services available on a regular basis. For other employees or for job applicants, occasional interpreting on an as-needed basis may be sufficient. The ADA requires employers to make sure that deaf employees or job applicants can communicate effectively when necessary. This includes special occasions and meetings, training, job evaluations, and communication concerning work, discipline or job benefits. It also includes regular work-related communication and employee-sponsored benefits and programs.
The National Association for the Deaf says housing providers must make these accommodations:
- A building with a "no pets" policy must allow deaf or blind tenants to keep trained service animals.
- A building or community that has an intercom or other coded entry system must provide an equally effective alternative for deaf or hard of hearing visitors or tenants to enter
- A condominium or homeowner's association must provide interpreters to enable deaf or hard of hearing people to participate in the association meetings.
Does that mean your condo or HOA has to do the same? It depends. These are sensitive issues that expose the association to significant liability – therefore its best to address each request on a case by case basis with your counsel.


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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: The Natural Step
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Full SubmissionPROPOSING A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The Natural Step Network
Our vision:
?An application framework emerges from the Rio + 20 process which enables communication between sectors (public, private, civil society), social groups and regions. A Unifying Framework provides a practical definition of sustainability making it possible to get consensus on the gap between current situation and sustainability. This enables a systematic evaluation of policies, strategies and actions and their return on investment. The public is re-energized and galvanized into action, as happened with Local Agenda 21 and the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). ?
This document is the result of the collective wisdom of a community of around 1,000 sustainability practitioners from all over the world. They base their practice on a research that dedicated the last 20 years to develop, test, apply, and improve a robust, scientific-based framework which emerged in Sweden from a process of consensus building. The participants?scientists, policy makers, and business leaders?aimed to add value to the transition process of businesses, municipalities and organizations in general to move towards sustainability.
This Unifying Framework proposes principles that address a ?holist, equitable and far-sighted approach to decision making at all levels?. In complying with these principles we will ensure ?intra- and intergenerational equity? enabling institutions to be in service of the goal of sustainable development. The Unifying Framework makes it practical to integrate economic, social, environmental goals and objectives. It will also be of service to the decisions and policies on both the first pillar ?Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication? and the second pillar: "Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development".
According to the Rio+20 guidelines, the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development pillar is mostly focused in proposing an institutional reform within the UN system, examining its governance model with the aim to address sustainable development. Although, it is absolutely needed and urgent that those discussions happen within the conference process and beyond, this is not enough to ensure that the UN system will be equipped appropriately to face all the governance challenges to implement strategies towards sustainable development.
Therefore we propose here that `The Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development? discussions take one step further, as to besides agreeing on an effective UN governance model, also adopt and indicate in the Conference Final Report what we call the ?Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development?, enabling the various stakeholders to be effective in making concrete steps towards sustainability.
Throughout the last 40 years, most notably after Rio Earth Summit in 1992, a number of tools, concepts and standards have emerged for better ecological performance especially in businesses and industries. Many initiatives with general or specific applications have been developed, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the Ecological Footprint, Cradle-to-Cradle, Factor X, EMS, ISO 14001, among others. Likewise, many other tools and concepts which included the social and economic perspectives were developed and widely applied, to name a few: Agenda 21, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), The Earth Charter, Fair-Trade, Global Compact, TNS Framework, ISO 26001 and GRI.
The United Nations recognize the relevance of the tools, standards and concepts to establish a common knowledge which enables nations, municipalities, businesses, NGOs and UN bodies to standardize, create and measure policies, transnational agreements and strategic plans, to accelerate the process towards sustainable development.
Many tools and concepts for Sustainable Development created promising assemblies, networks and organizations using bits and pieces of those concepts and tools for their respective projects and programs. In fact, a systemic view of these tools shows them to be complementary, instead of competing with each other, as well as potentially beneficial for deciding on policies and actions that create economic benefit from both environmental and social wellbeing perspective.
However, a vast resource still lies unexploited: the highest potential of using all tools, concepts and standards articulated within a unifying framework, brings needed clarity, enables actions as part of ?fullpicture? strategic plans, and helps monitor complete processes to track true progress.
The proposal here is to guide sustainable solutions by systems thinking. Ever so well-intended decisions outside the realm of a systems perspective, often leads to sub-optimization or worse ? blind alleys. By inviting the most accepted tools, concepts and standards to convene in evaluating and co-creating a Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development, already proven scientifically to be possible (Rob�rt, K.-H. (2000), "Tools and concepts for sustainable development, how do they relate to a general framework for sustainable development, and to each other?" Journal of Cleaner Production 8(3): 243- 254), we envision:
?An application framework emerges from the Rio + 20 process which enables communication between sectors (public, private, civil society), social groups and regions. A Unifying Framework provides a practical definition of sustainability making it possible to get consensus on the gap between current situation and sustainability. This enables a systematic evaluation of policies, strategies and actions and their return on investment. The public is re-energized and galvanized into action, as happened with Local Agenda 21 and the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). ?
Tools, concepts and standards all convening to a common platform that we call ?The Unifying Framework? to be applied on a collaborative and complementary basis to support UN system, nations, municipalities, businesses and NGOs to make concrete stepping stones towards sustainability; that is the most effective way to accelerate the journey towards sustainability ? through COLLABORATION. There is no more powerful word in actual days to tackle current worldwide challenges. WHAT A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK CONSISTS OF Through a five level structure it is possible to understand how all the tools, concepts and standards can serve to a Unifying Framework: A Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development [Rio+20 Secretariat: Please refer to full submission document for graph] SYSTEMS LEVEL - Level 1 represents the overarching system that we are focusing on, i.e. the economy and society as a wholly owned subsidiary of the biosphere. Sustainability has to do with society being able to perpetuate the cycles of nature and allow new generations of people to live and prosper on a healthy planet. The challenge society is facing today is that humankind is acting in a way that compromises the system?s conditions?creating unbalances by dispersing extracts from the earth?s crust & synthetic products foreign to nature, faster than it can assimilate them; by physically destroying eco-systems; and by hindering people?s capacity to meet basic needs?since we live in a closed system in regard to matter, the only open element being the sun regenerating the system through photosynthesis?. Biosphere within the Systems Level [Rio+20 Secretariat: Please refer to full submission document for graph] SUCCESS LEVEL - Level 2 defines the shared goal, the vision of sustainability within the biosphere. This requires having a clear and practical definition of what sustainability means. The ?Brundtland Report? defines sustainable development as development that ?meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' (WCED, 1987, 8). This widely accepted definition describes what we have succeeded to accomplish when we have a sustainable society. However, this definition should be complemented with additional detail which makes it more operational and provides guidance for sustainable development planning. A principle-based definition of sustainability, building-block of the methodology we propose here, gives us such guidance. The principles are derived by clustering known sustainability-related impacts to identify root cause mechanisms. By reversing those mechanisms, and then testing their creativity potential on out-of-the-box solutions & basic re-designs, it has been possible to derive basic principles for sustainability: "In a sustainable society nature is not subject to systematically increasing... I . concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth?s crust, (such as fossil carbon or metals), II . concentrations of substances produced by society, (such as nitrogen compounds, CFC?s, and endocrine disrupters), III. degradation by physical means (such as large scale clear-cutting of forests and over-fishing) And, in that society... IV. people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs.? (such as from the abuse of political and economic power)." From: Holmberg, John and Karl-Henrik Rob�rt. (2000). Backcasting from non-overlapping sustainability principles--a framework for strategic planning. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, no. 7: 291-308. p> These principles have been tested, and continuously refined in cooperation between researchers and scientists, business corporations and local governments with the objective of being (i) necessary to not confuse the picture with highly debatable values etc., (ii) sufficient to cover all aspects of sustainability, (iii) general to be easy to understand in any area or on any arena to allow cooperation across sectors and disciplines, (iv) concrete to guide decisions and actions in real life, and (v) mutually exclusive to allow comprehension and development of indicators to monitor progress towards compliance with the principles. STRATEGIC LEVEL - Level 3 focuses the process to reach the vision (level 2). Investments should be planned strategically. This implies a step-by-step approach towards the success level in a way that ensures that financial, social, and ecological resources continue to feed the process. Trade-offs are selected according to their capacity to serve as platforms towards complying with principles of success. BACKCASTING FROM PRINCIPLES To analyze outcomes and take strategic decisions with reference to a full systems perspective in the future, i.e. to seek smart development paths once it is made clear what we want to accomplish, we propose the Backcasting planning methodology. This approach begins by formulating a shared vision of an imagined future success. Keeping this goal in mind while examining the present situation, stakeholders may devise smart development paths to reach their shared vision (level 2). We acknowledge that it is difficult to make many people agree on detailed images of a distant future since we have different values, while technical and cultural conditions keep developing and changing. What may be a smart solution today might appear as a hopelessly obsolete solution tomorrow. That is why the proposed methodology suggests that we apply backcasting based on principles, meaning that we can do anything, but constrained by the limits of a sustainable society - the Four Sustainability Principles (4 SPs). Smart strategic pathways (i) lead in the direction of the vision, (ii) are flexible with regard to other possible measures and steps further ahead, and (iii) are likely to give good return on investment? financial, social, environmental, political?for further investments in new stepping stones towards sustainability. ACTION LEVEL - Level 4 is about everything we do in concrete terms. We apply the strategic guidelines at level 3 to inspire, inform and scrutinize every action or investment. TOOLS LEVEL - Level 5 relates to Tools, Concepts and Standards that are often required for decision support, in addition to monitoring and disclosures of the (level 4) actions to ensure they are chosen (level 3) strategically to arrive stepwise at the (level 2) objectives in the (level 1) system. An attempt to contribute to a visual understanding of the dynamics of 5 levels above is presented in the figure below: ABCD Process [Rio+20 Secretariat: Please refer to full submission document for graph] This is what we call the ABCD process: A) design and share visions of success that are informed by the sustainability principles; B) perform assessments of the current situation, using the envisioned future within sustainability principles as a lens; C) brainstorm actions potentially leading to the vision including the sustainability principles, and D) find smart strategic pathways that make use of the identified actions as stepping stones. The prioritized actions and measures are then clustered and formulated into clear targets. AN INVITATION FOR COLLABORATION The Tools, Concepts and Standards provide important contributions for Levels 4 (Actions) and 5 (Tools) by management, communication and monitoring processes and represent key pillars in the Unifying Framework. With this document we are specifically seeking cooperation with key tools-developer entities which developed and/or manage such concepts and approaches, to play a complementary role in crafting a strong Unifying Framework allowing different types of organizations to have a systemic perspective; envision a sustainable future; and create, implement & monitor a journey towards sustainability. If chosen actions are guided by a system?s perspective and a long term vision of sustainable development, following smart strategic pathways and using a toolkit which encompasses all the knowledge developed so far, we will most likely be on the right track to build the society we envision together. In summary, we believe the Rio+20 Conference can be a key milestone in society?s journey towards sustainability by creating the opportunity to bring together methodologies proven over the years to be effective for their own specific purpose, but that acquire a more powerful role in the broader context of the Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development - a new era of accelerated transformation towards sustainability. CONCRETE ACTIONS OF THE PROJECT TOWARDS RIO+20 1) Invite the most accepted tools, concepts and standards to convene in evaluating and co-creating the Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development. Such coalition will be developed during the process towards Rio +20; 2) Participate in forums and conferences preparatory to Rio+20, in different parts of the world to present the Unifying Framework concept; 3) Pre-launch the Global Game for transformational social change (developed by the Brazilian Edgard Gouveia Jr ? Ashoka fellow who developed the Oasis Game in Brazil). The pre-launch will take place in Rio during the Rio+20 Conference, inviting all participants and present audience to participate in the game?which envisions having 2 billion players in 4 years. Official launch is scheduled for December 2012. This game will integrate an online platform with the real world by connecting and challenging people around the world to play with and against each other to perform tasks that transform our world. Through the game?s online platform, players will be challenged to create individual, local, regional and global actions. The game is being developed with the conceptual basis of the Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development. The Global Game Development Process [Rio+20 Secretariat: Please refer to full submission document for graph] 4) Build leadership capacity for sustainable development through transformative dialogues using the World Caf� format, combined with the ABCD process (which is part of the Unifying Framework) to build the Shared Vision for Sustainability. These Roundtables will take place in various parts of the world during the process towards Rio+20 (Dec ? Jun, 2012), culminating in a huge event called "1000 Round Tables", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the days of the conference. Pictures of the ?1000 Round Tables? held in Tel Aviv, Israel in Sept, 2011 [Rio+20 Secretariat: Please refer to full submission document for graph] The event will invite 10,000 people (10 people per table) to participate in an energizing and engaging dialogue calling for action to build the future of a sustainable society (which starts now!). This World Caf� model was inspired by the ?1000 Round Tables? held in Tel Aviv, Israel last Sept, 2011. The proposal of the Unifying Framework for Sustainable Development together with these powerful actions ? The Global Game for Transformational Social Change and the Round Tables process ? will definitely inspire renewed commitment and increased actions towards sustainable development. We hope the Rio+20 Secretariat sees value in this initiative and give us full support to move it forward. For further information, please contact Stanley Nyoni (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Telma Gomes (email@example.com). The Natural Step Global Network November 2011


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Classic Material is a movement. Boasting seventeen contributors with some of the UK's finest DJ talent, Classic Material celebrates "30+ years of recorded rap music through a series of events, exhibitions, mixtape releases and more." Each month focuses on paying tribute to a defining era or year in hip hop's history via "music, design, photography and film."
Record collector, former BBC 1Xtra resident DJ, and hip hop historian of sorts, Chris Read functions as the curator of the Classic Material mix series. All the mixes are streamable online and free for download. June saw the 8th edition of the series, focusing on the hip hop of 1994. Stream and download below.
Download Classic Material, Edition #8: 1994 [MP3]


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ETSU begins its Southern Conference schedule with a series at Furman on Mar. 11-13. The Bucs first home SoCon series will take place as
"As always we are playing a difficult and exciting non-conference schedule which I hope will prepare us for conference play," said Skole Thursday afternoon. "I anticipate the talent level of all the programs in the Southern Conference to be the highest it has ever been."
The Bucs will take on
The Southern Conference Tournament will be held on May 25-28 from Riley Park in
ETSU also returns most of its pitching staff, led by junior righty Jeremy Hall (
The coaching staff has also brought in another highly-rated recruiting class, headlined by
"I am very excited about the challenges that our schedule possesses," commented Skole. "Our program is also excited about the number of games we will be playing at


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Paul Simon was born.
Paul Simon's first solo album, The Paul Simon Songbook, is released in the U.K. on CBS Records. It never sees the light of day in the U.S.
Paul Simon's self-titled album is released a year after the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel. It yields two popular singles
Paul Simon's second album, 'There Goes Rhymin' Simon,' is released. It is his best-selling album until 1986's 'Graceland,' producing a pair of singles that each hit #2
Paul Simon hits #2 with "Kodachrome".
Paul Simon hits #2 with "Loves Me Like a Rock".
Paul Simon hits #35 with "American Tune".
Paul Simon and Phoebe Snow hit #23 with "Gone At Last".
'Still Crazy After All These Years,' Paul Simon's third solo album of the Seventies, tops the album charts.
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," by Paul Simon, reaches #1 for the first of three weeks. It is the biggest single of his career.
Paul Simon hits #40 with "Still Crazy After All These Years".
The film 'One Trick Pony,' written and directed by Paul Simon, opens in theaters. Simon also acts in the film and performs the soundtrack music, which includes "Late in the Evening" (#6).
'Hearts and Bones,' originally intended to be a Simon and Garfunkel reunion album, is instead released as a Paul Simon solo effort with Garfunkel's vocals wiped off.
'Graceland,' the signature album of Paul Simon's career, is released. Much of it was recorded in South Africa with native musicians.
Paul Simon brings the Graceland tour to Zimbabwe, Africa.
Paul Simon wins Album of the Year for 'Graceland'at the 29th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It is his 11th Grammy to date.
"You Can Call Me Al," by Paul Simon, peaks at #23. It is his last Top Forty hit to date.
'The Rhythm of the Saints,' Paul Simon's long-awaited followup to 'Graceland,' is released. Much of it was recorded in Brazil with native musicians.
Paul Simon performs a free concert in Central Park, which is released in November as the double-disc set 'Paul Simon's Concert in the Park.'
Paul Simon marries singer Edie Brickell.
MTV presents the planetary premiere of "MTV Unplugged" with Paul Simon. The one hour acoustic performance marks the first time an episode of the series is aired the same day in 57 of the 70 countries worldwide where MTV can be seen with MTV Asia, MTV Brazil and MTV Europe.
'Paul Simon 1964-93,' a retrospective three-disc box set, is released.
'You're the One,' Paul Simon's ninth solo album (excepting compilations and concert discs), is released. It is his first album of songs not tied to a larger conceptual framework since 1983's 'Hearts and Bones.'
Paul Simon is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the sixteenth annual induction dinner. Marc Anthony is his presenter.
'Songs from the Capeman,' featuring material from the Paul Simon-authored Broadway musical, is released. The album is well-received but the musical flops.


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Can Miami Dolphins count on rookies to start?
All of the Miami Dolphins' draft picks are signed, sealed and delivered. All eight of the Trifecta's draft selections will be on the field Friday when training camp opens.
And it's a good thing because defensive end Jared Odrick, and outside linebacker Koa Misi, the lone holdouts till agreeing to terms on Thursday, need every practice they can get.
Since this regime took over three years ago two draftees have never opened up training camp in the driver's seat to earn starting spots, and it's possible three could (don't forget OG John Jerry) this summer.
In 2008 Jake Long began camp as the starting left tackle, but it took Kendall Langford a week to unseat Matt Roth. O.K., what's a week? And let's not forget Donald Thomas eventually leapfrogged the rest of the offensive guards. But you get the point.
Last year cornerback Sean Smith needed a week to unseat Eric Green, and fellow defensive back Vontae Davis eventually became a starter in week six after veteran starter Will Allen suffered his season-ending injury. And we saw both those cornerbacks experience growing pains.
There's a high probability AT LEAST two rookies will eventually wind up starters considering that's been the case annually under Tony Sparano. But this will likely be the first batch that will begin camp in the driver's seat.
That leads me to this question. Is it really wise to count on rookies performing like veterans right away, no matter how high they are picked? What will the learning curve be like if Odrick, Misi and Jerry do hold off the veterans jockeying to unseat them?
Can we count on them to struggle, and if they do will that be a good thing? Does that accelerate their development?
Misi worked with the starting unit all offseason because the coaches love his never-ending motor. But it'll likely take some time, and seasoning, before he's ready to be a consistent sack producer considering that wasn't his forte at Utah.
Odrick, who worked behind Phillip Merling most of this offseason, is a stout defensive lineman who should help the Dolphins improve it's run defense. But how quickly can this former Penn State defensive tackle learn the complicated "five-technique" required to play defensive end?
Long, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, should provide him plenty of lessons daily. Will that be discouraging? What suppose they struggle early in camp? Will their confidence be lost?
Jerry's involved in camp's most headed battle as he's competing with Richie Incognito, Nate Garner, Cory Procter and Donald Thomas for both of the starting guard spot. It doesn't help that he's playing on a side (left) he never lined up in during college.
That's why I wonder if it would wise for Odrick, Misi, Jerry to begin camp with the second unit, as Langford did, and have them work their way up? That way the veteran ahead of them (say DE Tony McDaniel, OG Nate Garner, and OLBer Cameron Wake or Charlie Anderson) feels pressure to perform, and the rookie has something to aspire towards.
Clearly the best players will play at each position, but I'm wondering what's the best approach for rookies, who often times act like very delicate flowers when demoted.


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Belt, Lindbergh, King Collection
On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. More than 75 years after the Spirit's historic flight, Lindbergh's name still has the power help sell manufactured goods.
Gift of the Stanley King Family.
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A gray belt with a silver buckle. The belt has a pattern of an image of Lindbergh, the text "Capt. Lindbergh" inside a triangle, an aircraft hangar with the text "Le Bourget Field Paris", an image of the island of Ireland with a sailboat and the text "Is this Ireland?", An aircraft hangar with the text "Roosevelt Field N.Y.", an image of the Spirit of St. Louis and the text "Spirit of St. Louis", and the image of Lindbergh and text "Capt. Lindbergh repeated.
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- Leather and metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 87.6 x 5.1cm (34 1/2 x 2 in.)


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Awesome build tutorial!!! That's definitely one I want to shoot. This should be in the library.
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Awesome build tutorial!!! That's definitely one I want to shoot. This should be in the library.
thanks 555th!
glad you like it. i'll bring it with me for sure when we hook up & i'll also have it on my back at knob creek this spring. :headbang:
if they think the tutorial is good enough they can stick it in the library.
Great look at how to build one. Thanks! Another vote for the librarian to catalog this thread.
Thanks for sharing your Thompson project dutigaf !! The tutorial will help others in their Thompson semi-auto builds. Neet work !!!
Superb job as usual. I wish I'd bought two of the minty 28 kits from Sportsmans guide.
I'm having trouble coming to grips with grinding my parts up. But then............Why not??????? I just dropped a bundle on a Philly front section.
thanks to everyone for looking and taking time to read thru it all.
actually looking for another m1 or m1a1 kit so can do sbr on the next one...
gonna send this one in and see if i can get my approval soon as all the paperwork is put in order and worded correctly. thats gonna take a little bit. :-)
got a PM about the change to the guide rod...
mentioned up there that im using a full length guide rod with a welded in sleeve now and that retains the spring and lets the full length rod go thru with no issues..
was asked for some pix of this, there is just nothing that you can see from the outside.
you slide a 3/8" long piece of 3/8" brake tubing up the guide rod tunnel to the end and then weld it thru the hole you made in the top of the bolt.
unless you had a spy cam on a flexi shaft theres just no way to get a pic of this.
its a real simple mod to do and it works either way.
i just like the longer guide rod as there is now way anything can ever get out of line that way.
Great job!!! can you paste a link to the 1928a1 conversion with the edit button on page one.
hi Frogman,
the 28a1 version is posted here on the site already... but ive got no clue where it is now.
LOL i cleaned out my subscripts a while back and dont even have my own thread listed.
LMAO it may turn up on the search. if not i'll do a C&P of it all over again on the weekend.... but its a MUCH longer build thread.


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Catholic Charities Executive Director Monsignor Kevin Sullivan joined a high-profile delegation from New York City in Bangladesh to gather the latest on-the-ground information on the progress made towards the improvement of factory safety since the Rana Plaza collapse, reports the Daily Star and Catholic New York.
The American contingent that included New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and others met survivors of the building collapse, officials of the Swedish retail giant H&M and labor leaders involved in getting global retailers to sign on the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and improve conditions for garment workers.
The goal was to bring back to New York City compelling facts and testimonial that will help raise awareness of the importance of the Accord and to encourage shoppers in New York City, one of the world's largest consumer markets, to support the 100-odd brands that have signed the Accord.
"In this holiday season, Americans will purchase huge volumes of clothing apparel. We need to become even more aware of the working conditions in the countries around the world that produce these goods," said Msgr. Sullivan.
Read the full story in the Daily Star.
Click here to read a story from Catholic New York highlighting Monsignor Sullivan's trip to Bangladesh


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Joined: 15 Jan 2012
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:24 pm
Post subject: Used Bookshops in Boston, DC and Seattle
Hi guys
I will be visiting these locations during Summer and I always enjoy checking out used bookshops whenever I visit the US as they often have a lot of different authors. I know a lot of people have moved onto e-books, but I still enjoy picking up paperbacks and wanted to find out if anyone had any suggestions for used bookshops with good romance sections in Boston, DC or Seattle?
I will be staying in the main city centres, but visiting most of the tourist trap areas so am happy to travel to any places accesible by public transport without going too far e.g a 4-hour journey!
I usually read historical and suspense novels.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated - thanks very much!
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Location: Boston, MA
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:57 pm
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In the greater Boston area, I love the Used Book superstore (it's a chain).
I went to the one in Burlington and spent two hours there with my kids, spent $40 and walked out with bags fulls of books and videos... look online for their weekly specials as well.
You could also try Annie's Book Stop (http://www.anniesbooks.com/locations.html) but I didn't enjoy the experience quite as much.
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Location: Washington, D.C.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:40 am
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In the Washington DC area, I would recommend Silver Spring Books, partly owned by Cynthia Parker. (She's the romance book expert and collector at the store and she has plenty.) The store is within walking distance from the Silver Spring metro stop on the red line at 938 Bonifant Street.
I cannot believe there's a Youtube video of Cynthia and the store, but here's one that someone created for a class project! Ha!
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:59 pm
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In Seattle, try Elliott Bay Book Company (though I should admit I do not know if they have used books there after they moved - they had a huge used book section at their old store downtown, though)
and Half Price books are great. There is on in the U District neighborhood
and one in the Capitol Hill neighborhood (not too far from Elliott Bay Book Company)
Twice Sold Tales is good, too, but I do NOT recommend the Capitol Hill neighborhood location unless they have remodeled the store and put in new carpet and taken the cats out. The place was famous for the cat pee smell.
Those are the ones I have been to myself. This one also looks pretty good, in the Ravenna neighborhood:
When you come to Seattle, do not jaywalk.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:07 pm
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I second Sandlynn's recommendation of Silver Spring Books. Cynthia is both extremely knowledgable about romance and very nice. The shop is small but packed with romance, mysteries, and various other books
If you are looking for a broad selection of used books, from fiction to non-fiction to various genres, you should try Second Story Books. They have a store in DC and one in Rockville. The DC store rarely has romance, although they will have authors like Nora Roberts and Jennifer Crusie, whom they consider general fiction. I've never been to the Rockville store, but I've heard that they do have romance. They are a far bigger operation than Cynthia's. I've attached a link to their website, so you may be able to search for specific authors/titles before you go.
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Location: Washington, D.C.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:12 pm
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Another used book store in the DC area that has (or, at least, had) a sizeable selection of romance is the Book Alcove in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which was bought out by another bookseller and is now called Wonder Book.
I have taken the metro out there, to the Shady Grove station, but the store is a bit of a hike from the station.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:54 pm
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I will definitely put them on the list!
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:20 pm
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Thought I should also add a mention of FOLio at the Chevy Chase, DC public library. FOLio (for Friends Of the Library) sponsors a used book sale every Saturday, located in a big room on the second floor of the library. Until Labor Day trade PB are $1 (they are usually $2), and other books are priced as marked, usually only $3 or $4. My husband bought 10 jazz CDs there today for $20. They also have MM PB, including lots of mysteries and romance, for 50 cents. Not only do readers get great bargains, but it supports the library.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:26 am
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Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who made suggestions about used bookstores. I particularly liked Silver Spring Books in DC which had an excellent collection and Cynthia was very friendly and helpful, she really does have a passion for romance books and knows her stuff. If you ever go to DC then I would definitely recommend it if you are interested in used books.
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ZF-12142: Code128 Barcode Object does not respect barThinWidth option
In Zend_Barcode_Object_Code128 when adding entries to the $barcodeTable in _prepareBarcode all entries are added with a width of 1 pixel instead of respecting the barThinWidth option.
This results in barcodes being output where the bars fill only a fraction of the available width.
It's worth noting that _calculateBarcodeWidth does respect this option correctly.
$barcodeTable[] = array($c, 1, 0, 1);
$barcodeTable[] = array($c, $this->_barThinWidth, 0, 1);
As a workaround the scaling factor option may be provided instead so long as the barThinWidth is left at 1. This is not ideal however and does of course impact other sizing calculations.
Version number blindness on my part here. This is in fact resolved as part of ZF-11106.
Exactly, that was corrected with ZF-11106


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Gale Eugene Sayers (The Kansas Comet) (twitter: @Kansas_Comet)
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: May 30, 1943 in Wichita, KS
High School: Central
College: Kansas (school history) (Sayers college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 59 (981st overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of Ron Sayers
4-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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