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The Princeton women's lightweights plan on being even faster when they meet Stanford next time in California, but this weekend's results at the San Diego Crew Classic added to the optimism after the season-opening victory over reigning Eastern champion Wisconsin.
One week after beating Wisconsin by more than 13 seconds on Lake Carnegie, the women's lightweights went across the country and battled three-time reigning IRA national champion Stanford in back-to-back close races in the collegiate lightweight competition. The Cardinal won both the opening heat and the grand final, though both were decided by fewer than three seconds.
That was a far cry from last season, when Stanford topped Princeton by seven seconds in San Diego and 16 seconds in the IRA national final.
In the opening heat, the Stanford A boat won in 6:41.80, while Princeton took second in 6:43.94. According to head coach Paul Rassam, the two boats were in a dead heat through about 1250 meters, but the Cardinal pulled it out from there.
Though the margin would be slightly greater during Sunday's final, Princeton proved that its earlier performance was no fluke. Stanford won in 6:50.42, while Princeton took second in 6:53.33. No other boat was within 28 seconds of the two programs.
"The athletes seem proud of this early-season effort," Rassam said, "but they are also far from satisfied."
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Sterling College to dedicate Lonnie Kruse Court
Coach Lonnie Kruse will be honored in the Gleason Center at 6:30 p.m. with a dedication ceremony naming the court after the long-time and winning coach. Kruse has served as head women's basketball coach for 32 years and is the all-time winningest women's basketball coach in Kansas. He is second on the active list for wins in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
"Coach Kruse has been a leader to not only the women's basketball team, but the many other athletes that he has interacted with. His Christian faith influences every part of his life on and off of the court, and his family is continually opening up their lives to the athletes on the team. Coach Kruse excels at what he does but continues to be humble and appreciative of the awards he receives. It has been a privilege to work with him," said Gary Kempf, athletic director.
Over the last 33 years, Kruse has served the college in many different capacities, coaching several different sports, teaching in the exercise science department, being the athletic director for 18 years and serving as part of the administration of the College.
Kruse put Sterling College on the map at the national level through his women's basketball program, taking his team to the NAIA women's basketball national tournament 16 times over his 32 years as head coach, including 10 trips to the Sweet Sixteen, two trips to the Elite Eight and one Final Four appearance.
During his career, Kruse has completed 32 seasons of coaching with an overall record of 696-225. Thirty seasons ended with winning records, 20 of which had 21 or more wins overall. His teams have won 12 KCAC regular season titles. Kruse has won Coach of the Year awards 11 times from the KCAC, three times from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and elected twice by the NAIA District 10.
His players have been earned many recognitions and awards as well, including: one First Team All-American player, five Second Team All-American players, two Third Team All-American players, 10 Honorable Mention All-American players, 66 First Team All-KCAC players, two Second Team All-KCAC players, 53 All-KCAC Honorable Mention players, 10 KCAC Freshmen of the Year and 42 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.
Sterling College will host two alumni games on Saturday, Nov. 2. the dedication ceremony will take place between the two games. The women's alumni game will begin at 5 p.m., followed by the court dedication at 6:30 p.m., and the men's alumni game at 7:15 p.m.
Sterling College is a Christ-centered, four-year college located in Sterling, Kan., with a mission to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith. For more information, visit www.sterling.edu.
CUTLINE: The basketball court in the Gleason Center on the campus of Sterling College will be dedicated in honor of head women's basketball coach Lonnie Kruse on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.. Kruse is currently coaching the Lady Warriors for his 33rd season and is the all-time winningest coach in Kansas women's basketball history.
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DeKALB, Ill. - All 17 Northern Illinois teams surpassed the national standards for academic progress measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) through its Academic Progress Rate (APR) for 2013, the eighth consecutive year that every NIU team has "made the grade."
The primary tool used by the NCAA to measure the academic progress of every Division I team, the Academic Progress Rate is calculated based on the eligibility and retention of each scholarship student-athlete every year. The multi-year APR is based on the past four years' performance with the 2013 report released Tuesday based on data from 2008-09 through 2011-12.
Led by women's cross country, which last week earned a Public Recognition Award as one of the top APR teams in the nation with a perfect 1000 multi-year number, 15 of NIU's 17 teams posted a multi-year Academic Progress Rate of 950 or higher. The Northern Illinois football team, which was publicly recognized in each of the past two years, finished just out of that group in 2013 with an APR of 974 to rank tied for 16th nationally among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams. The Huskies' APR is 25 points above the national average for football. The NIU football, women's cross country and gymnastics teams had the highest APR (or tied) in the Mid-American Conference in their respective sports, while 10 Huskie squads ranked in the top three in the league for APR.
The Northern Illinois women's tennis team made the greatest single year improvement as the squad raised its APR by 23 points from a year ago. Women's cross country improved by nine points to achieve its perfect mark and women's basketball was up eight points to 990 to rank third in the MAC and 18 points above the national average for women's basketball. The Huskie men's basketball team APR of 958 also ranks above the national average of 952.
Seven NIU women's teams boasted APR scores of 990 or better this year. Between women's cross country (1000) and women's basketball (990) were gymnastics (995), women's soccer (994), women's golf (993), women's outdoor track and field (992) and volleyball (991).
Northern Illinois places great value on the APR measurement, and works hard to maintain each Huskie team's academic standing, said NIU Acting Athletic Director Christian Spears.
"One reason we have had so much success in terms of the Academic Progress Rate report is that our coaches, administrators and Student-Athlete Academic Support Services staff emphasize it throughout the year," Spears said. "The APR is not a once a year discussion for us, and we're already looking at next year's numbers and making sure they continue to rise. Success in the classroom does not happen without the hard work put in by our student-athletes. They are the ones doing the work, making the grades and ultimately earning their degrees from NIU."
The NCAA released the complete APR reports for each school Tuesday, as well as the list of teams subject to penalties. In order to compete in the 2013-14 postseason, teams must achieve a 900 multi-year APR or a 930 average over the most recent two years. This standard will increase to a multi-year 930, which predicts to a Graduation Success Rate of approximately 50 percent, or a 940 two-year average APR for the 2014-15 postseason. The complete APR database is available online at www.ncaa.org.
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I mean I could ask him his favorite color or fav' skateboard perhaps......but I'm tryin' to die in my own regrets. Got it? So Lupe........can I still look to you for soulful music! (fingers crossed!!!)
Hey Lupe, how's it going? Is there any chance this could happen...Jay-Z, Eminem, and Lupe Fiasco collaborating on a song, or better yet an entire album? Maybe even a "We Are the World" type thing with a multitude of hip-hop artists, the 3 mentioned above plus Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, The Game, Kanye, T.I., Ludacris, Lil' Wayne, Fat Joe, Mike Skinner, Asher Roth, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, TechN9ne, Blind Fury, Bun B, Wale, J. Cole, Tyler The Creator...I could keep going but would you or anyone else care to add to the list of this fantasy all-star rap roster?
it's 'REAL TALK' and Lupe knows EXACTLY what I'm talking about. It's a fair question and I pray to God he hasn't and will continue to speak the TRUTH to the masses instead of dumbing them down. WAAAAAAAAAAY too many coincidences........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfBH-XOF_s
Do you feel as if your freestyles are on par with what you were putting out around the release of Food and Liquor?
LUPE IS SICK AND DOPE... ok I have to articulate my joy and enthusiasm for lupe and his music a little more intellectually. Lupe you have been my favourite rapper(plus the best) since I started listening to music. You are too skilled at what you do and you deserve way more appreciation and recognition not in terms of billboard charts though. The complexities of your multi layered subversive lyrics, your ingenious story telling and your fluid "flow" combined are unequalled, unparralleled and unmatched. I have so much respect for you and your music. And your japanese cartoon stuff is interesting. Truly inspirational. All I can say is dont quit.
Lupe! What was it that made you want to continue rap and write this upcoming album,lasers, instead of lupEND?
Lupe, have you sold your soul to the devil like Jay and Kanye claim to have? When you woke up........did you spend it on a necklace as well? Or have you invested in your soul instead? Thanks! stldynamite
I've been a Lupe fan since I first bought Food & Liquor based solely on the album cover/title, been rocking every album he's put out and that I've been able to find since...can't wait for Lasers, is March 8th the Canadian release date too?
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The UCLA men's cross country team recorded an impressive 13th place finish (376 points) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday at the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky. Sophomore Lane Werley ran an extraordinary race finishing in 25th place in a time of 29.49.5 to lead his Bruin teammates to one of the squad's best performances in recent history.
Led by the All-American performance of Werley, junior Dustin Fay and redshirt senior David McDonald both finished in the top 100 out of 245 runners. Fay came in 86th place with a time of 30:37.1, while McDonald was a second behind in 90th place with a time of 30:38.1.
Junior Daniel Herrera registered a time of 30:58.3 and came in 128th place. Herrera was followed by junior Nohe Lema, who finished in 155th place with a time of 31:09.1. Rounding out the Bruin's team performance was redshirt freshman Sergey Sushchikh in 171st place in a time of 31:19.4.
In the team's ninth appearance in an NCAA Championship, the Bruins 13th place finish marks the fifth best all-time and the highest finish by the squad since 1985 when the team finished in 12th place.
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25. Lane Werley, 29:49.5
86. Dustin Fay, 30:37.1
90. David McDonald, 30:38.7
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171. Sergey Sushchikh, 31:19.4
232. Jacob Wood, 32:30.5
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2. Wisconsin, 135 points
3. Colorado, 158 points
4. N. Arizona, 191 points
5. Florida State, 238 points
6. BYU, 245 points
7. Tulsa 247 points
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10. Arkansas, 327 points
11. Princeton, 358 points
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13. UCLA, 376 points
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If you haven't already started looking for housing, START NOW! August may seem far away, but sub-leasing in Boulder is surprisingly competitive. Now is the time to start figuring out who you want to live with, where you want to live and what kind of budget is involved.
Renting is anything but cheap, so the most important place to start is figuring out your budget. Whether your parents are paying, you're paying, or another arrangement, just make sure to have a rental max in mind BEFORE you start looking. Also remember that additional costs could include all or some portion of utilities, internet, and cable, depending where you live. Hear are some common areas of Boulder where students live and a generalization of the rental prices in those areas. These are generalizations, meaning that there are definitely housing options for much less and much more than the ranges mentioned here. Check out the Off-Campus Student Services Boulder apartment averages for 2008 and 2009 to get an idea of where you stand. For our purposes, here's what the pricing stands for: $$$$ = $700 + $$$ = $500-$700 $$ = $500 –
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$$$$ The Hill – Everyone wants to be the center of the party, right? Just make sure you really think about it before living there. The Hill definitely has tons of perks—being close to campus, easy access to food and shops, and a strong community of college students. But some cons include noisy nights and having your couch as a permanent place where people crash. The Hill is probably the most expensive area for students, but know that you're paying for prime location. $$$ Pearl Street – As the heart of Boulder, Pearl Street can be a great place to live. Being close to the mall is convenient and fun, it's a bus ride to campus, and the culture is true Boulder. If you're interested in the bar scene when you turn 21, it's awesome being walking distance from the bars —but that also means noisy nights and people crashing on your couch. Right on Pearl is very expensive, but a few blocks out is about average—again, for prime location. $$ North/South Boulder – The north and south outskirts of Boulder have very different personalities, but are both lovely places to settle off-campus. What's nice is these areas are still a bus ride to campus, the houses and apartments tend to be nicer for cheaper, and your home is more tucked away from everything else. These areas still have great student communities and are still convenient to shopping. The downside is a longer bus ride, or two, to campus. $$ Everywhere in between – There are COUNTLESS places to live beyond The Hill, Pearl Street, and north or south Boulder, so don't stop your searching there! Many students seek out the Bear Creek Apartments, around 29th Street Mall, rentals in Superior and Longmont, and really everywhere in between. These areas tend to be cheaper and can also provide a nice home away from the hustle and bustle of campus.
I like living in South Boulder because there are a lot of big houses, which are relatively cheap, and there's an amazing bus system to and from school. – Dori Bland, junior
Who to live with
Friends – Living with friends seems like the obvious option, but make sure to think it through first—and think through which friends you're living with. Make sure to think about your potential roommates' living habits, such as cleanliness, assertiveness, and time spent outside of school. Also, try to decide how many roommates you would want to live with. Living with your best friends can ruin a friendship or strengthen it, so think about it before making a decision. Acquaintances – It may seem weird to live with people you don't know very well, but it can actually be great. Unlike close friends, acquaintances have respect for each other's spaces and don't feel privileged to use a roommate's things. By knowing someone first as a roommate, you are starting with a foundation of respect between you, allowing for a friendship to then flourish from it. A downside is that if you end up not liking them at all, then you're just roommates. Boyfriend or girlfriend – Before committing to living with your boyfriend or girlfriend, know that it can definitely make or break your relationship and that it is a huge commitment. Couples should live together because both people really want to, not because of convenience or budget reasons. And just because you "live together pretty much now" doesn't mean that actually living together will work. On the other hand, it could bring you much closer. Just think it through first.
Just because they're your best friend doesn't mean they'll be your best roommate.– Russell Shearer, senior
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2011: Played in all 13 games and was the starting quarterback in every game except Oregon State ... won the UW's Guy Flaherty Award (most inspirational), the Huskies' oldest and most prestigious honor, at the team's postseason banquet ... also won the Earle T. Glant Tough Husky Award ... earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... O'Brien Award semi-finalist ... put up an historically good year in his first season as a starting quarterback ... broke the UW single-season touchdown passes record with 33, beating the old record by five ... his 3,063 passing yards ranked No. 2 in UW history and 242 completions ranked No. 3 ... set UW records for season completion percentage (.669) and pass efficiency (161.09) ... will also enter junior season holding the UW career record for both of those stats ... seventh in the country and second in the Pac-12 in pass efficiency ... nine 200-yard games were good for third-highest season total in UW history ... threw four TDs in a game (tied for third-most in Husky history) four times and tossed three TDs on four other occasions ... capped his year by completing 23-of-37 for 438 yards and four touchdowns, running for an additional three TDs, in the Alamo Bowl vs. Baylor ... seven TDs responsible for were an NCAA record for a bowl game, as were he 42 points responsible for ... 438 passing yards were second-most in UW single-game history ... opened the season by going 17-for-25 for 102 yards, three TDs and no interceptions in the win over Eastern Washington ... followed that up with a terrific game to beat Hawai'i, completing 18-of-25 for 315 yards, four scores and one pick ... posted another four-TD game the next week at Nebraska, completing 21-of-37 for 274 yards, with two interceptions ... great day in the win over Cal, connecting on 19-of-25 for 292 yards and three TDs without an interception ... 22-for-30 for 226, one INT and three TDs in the victory at Utah ... another very good day in win over Colorado: 21-for-28, 257 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions ... went 23-for-36 for 247, one TD, one INT at Stanford ... in the win over Arizona, hit on 16-of-30 passing, good for 277 yards with one score and three interceptions ... vs. Oregon, was 24-for-35 for 143 with two TDs and two picks ... was 12-for-16 for 125 at USC and suffered a knee injury that kept him from starting the following week at Oregon State ... still, came off the bench vs. the Beavers and completed 5-of-9 for 76 yards, one touchdown and one interception ... was superb in the Apple Cup win over Washington State, completing 21-of-29 for 291 yards, no interceptions and three touchdowns ... spread his 29 touchdown passes this season to eight different receivers.
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2009: Participated on the service teams, but didn't see any game action and redshirted the season ... traveled with the team and served as the No. 3 quarterback ... won the Bob Jarvis Offensive Scout Squad MVP award at the Huskies' postseason awards banquet.
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About half of my fabric stack for this project is from Laurie Wisbrun's adorable springtime-bright Modern Whimsy line, and the other half are prints I pulled from my stash to coordinate with the Modern Whimsy.
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The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Arthur Andrew Barnhill, 44, of 268 W. Fifth St., was charged with felony attempting to obtain property by false pretense, $500 secured bond, April 17.
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6/3/1940 - 12/5/2013 Sonny, 73 years young at heart, was diagnosed w/lung cancer in May & died December 5th surrounded by great love at his daughter's home in Maryland. Sonny is survived by a loving family and many treasured friends who will be carrying his one-of-a kind spirit with them always. Friends were a GIFT he continually gave himself - whether it was the community maintenance man, or his brother from another mother, or the lifelong relationships he made as a young man in the U.S. Air Force: Sonny's passion was people. He had a tremendous giving spirit and a gift of hospitality, generosity, communication, and humor. Sonny owned Regal Painting and Wallcovering, Inc., a commercial contracting business in the Washington/DC/VA area. He loved his business and his associates loved him. Everyone Sonny did business with became his friend. While in business, he spent 10 incredible years boating each weekend with treasured friends & associates on the Chesapeake Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway on his Boat, "Lovin' Life", and then the "DONE DEAL". He retired to Camden, DE from Silver Spring, MD in 2006 & would often say, "there are no words to express how much I love retirement." He and his wife Ann adored each other and he loved cooking & entertaining, playing cards, eating out with the guys each week, or taking rides with friends. Some of his many senior activities were: boating, crabbing, dancing, 4-wheeling, zip lining, parasailing, riding a segway, snow tubing, traveled on his Goldwing Motorcycle, & taking cruise vacations. He treasured all the friends he met in the Motorcycle Ministry at his church and just loved greeting at the door on Sundays. Sonny is survived by his loving wife Ann and a Son, Daughter & 2 Stepdaughters and families - 11 Grandchildren in all from Maryland. Jeff Sheapp & April, Granddaughters Kaitlyn & Kylie; Tammy Lofink & Dennis, Grandchildren Robert & Leah; Stepdaughter Dotty McAllister & Ron: Grandchildren Ryan & Wife Amanda; Rory, Grace, Riley, & Reagan; Stepdaughter Kathy Angueira; Grandchildren Christian & Ashley. Sonny is also survived by Nieces Pam Durbin and Sherri Rice and their families. Sonny's mother Mamie (Peggy) Hensley (2nd cousin to Patsy Cline) died when he was a child, and in recent years he lost his Sister and Brother-in-Law, Curtis & Juanita (Nita) Ferguson. Memorial Service: Saturday, December 21st at 10:30a.m. Location: Calvary Assembly of God, 1141 Lebanon Road (Route 10), Dover, DE 19901, www.calvarydover.org 302-697-7776. In lieu of flowers, charitable gifts to his church or specifically to the Calvary Assembly of God Motorcycle Ministry would be a blessing.
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STILLWATER, Okla. - The Arizona State University baseball team used a seven-run fourth inning to rally from an early deficit, but ultimately dropped the series finale to No. 9 Oklahoma State, 14-12, on Sunday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.
There were four lead changes in the game as the two teams combined for 28 hits, including 10 by the Sun Devils (24-20), who set a season high with three home runs and 12 runs batted in.
Catcher Brian Serven's grand slam to left field capped off ASU's offensive outburst in the fourth inning and put them ahead by three, 11-8, but the Cowboys (35-13) responded with six runs over the final four frames to complete the series sweep.
Left fielder Jake Peevyhouse secured a season high three RBI and tied his career high with three hits for the second straight game and the fourth time this season. Serven notched a career-high four RBI behind his first career grand slam and his third home run of the season.
Right-hander Eder Erives set career marks in both strikeouts and innings pitched as he set down five across the game's final 2 2/3 innings. Left-hander Nick Diamond (0-3) took the mound in the fifth inning and surrendered two runs on a pair of hits to take the loss.
ASU jumped out to a 3-0 lead for the second consecutive game behind an RBI double from first baseman Nate Causey and a two-run single from Peevyhouse in the opening frame, but the Cowboys responded with a trio of runs in both the first and second inning to pull ahead, 6-3.
Starting right-hander Darin Gillies gave up a leadoff single and a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, and a sacrifice fly and a two-run single in the second. He allowed six runs on seven hits and three walks, and struck out one in a two-inning no-decision.
Center fielder Trever Allen led off the third inning with his fourth home run of the season to bring the Devils within a pair, 6-4, but the Cowboys countered once again with a pair of unearned runs to stretch their lead to four. A fielding error by Causey with two outs brought home OSU's first run of the frame and led to a double and an RBI single in the next two at-bats.
The Devils sent 11 players to the plate in the fourth inning and retook the lead, 11-8. ASU loaded the bases with no outs on shortstop Drew Stankiewicz's double and a pair of walks. They scored three runs in three straight at-bats on RBI singles from Allen and Peevyhouse, and a fielder's choice by Graybill before Serven cleared the bases.
OSU scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a single and a fielder's choice, and looked to be in line to knot the game at 11 apiece with a deep fly ball to right field, but Graybill threw out the tying run at the plate to complete the double play and keep ASU's lead intact, 11-10.
The Cowboys loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth and used a pair of run-scoring singles and a sacrifice fly to regain the lead by a pair.
Ybarra tallied his team-leading 35th RBI of the season with a solo home run, his second on the year, in the seventh inning to cut the Devils' deficit in half, 13-12.
Catcher Bryan Case added a solo home run, the fifth of the game between the two teams, to put the Cowboys ahead by two in the eighth inning.
Right-hander Seth Martinez relieved Gillies in the third inning and allowed four runs, including two earned, on six hits in 2 1/3 frames.
OSU right-hander Mark Robinette (2-2) earned the win after giving up just one run on one hit across three innings. Starting left-hander Tyler Nurdin was replaced with two outs in the second inning after he conceded three runs on a pair of hits and four walks in 1 2/3 frames.
ASU moved to 13-10 all-time against Oklahoma State, including 1-3 this season…this is the first time ASU has hit three home runs in a game since May 5, 2013, against Stanford, and the first time they hit three home runs in a road game since May 12, 2012…the 18 hits and two home runs by OSU were a season high against the Sun Devils.
Up Next
ASU hosts No. 10 Oregon at Packard Stadium May 9-11. First pitch on Friday and Saturday is at 6:30 pm PT and Sunday is set for a 12 pm start. Friday and Saturday's games will be live streamed online, while Sunday's will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks. All three games will be broadcast on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 and live stats will be available.
Tip Your Cap To Packard Promotions
After two months of voting, Sun Devil Athletics, the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com are set to unveil the All-Packard Stadium Team throughout the week of May 5-9. The first 750 fans inside the gate at Packard Stadium on May 9 will receive a commemorative 30-card set of the all All-Packard Stadium Team trading cards.
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Join the Sun Devil Baseball program and fellow supporters for an unforgettable evening. The 31st annual Baseball Postseason Banquet will be held on May 27 on the outfield grass at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $60 or buy a table for 10 people for $600. Fans can also sponsor a student-athlete's dinner for $60. There will be open parking in front of Packard Stadium in Lot 59.
Single-game tickets, Mini Packs and Flex Plans are on sale now. Admission for ASU students is free with a valid Sun Card. Purchasing season tickets will give fans first opportunity and priority at selecting seats at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in 2015. Ariz.
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Junior Naoki Takeda has been placed as the eighth ranked player in the Southwest Region, according to the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional rankings, which goes down as the highest regional ranking ever obtained by an Arizona player.
The Wildcats' season opener hosting UTSA will be played on Thurs., Sept. 3 at Arizona Stadium.
Madi Kingdon is the only player in the country to be named an All-American in both sand and indoor volleyball
Former Wildcat Renae Cuellar was selected to play for the Mexican National Team in the 2015 Women's World Cup, which began on Saturday, June 6.
Shortstop Kevin Newman was selected 19th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates, while second baseman Scott Kingery went 48th overall to the Philadelphia Phillies.
While the home/away designations have been set for each week, the exact dates of games will not be determined until television selections are finalized in late August or early September.
The Mountain West Coach of the Year becomes only the seventh head coach since 1922 at Arizona.
The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place on June 10-13 in Eugene, Ore.
Future Wildcat Trent Botha put on quite a show, as he advanced to the semifinals in doubles play out at the Standard Bank Open this week in Maputo, Mozambique.
Arizona gymnastics' head coach Tabitha Yim announced on Friday that former University of Washington associate head coach David McCreary will be joining Arizona as an assistant coach this fall.
Mo Mercado and Chelsea Suitos were second team selections while Michelle Floyd, Kellie Fox, Chelsea Goodacre, Katiyana Mauga and Lauren Young were placed on the honorable mention.
Four members of the women's golf team earned Pac-12 Conference All-Academic honors.


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What Happens With Systemic Chemotherapy for Bladder Cancer
For systemic chemotherapy, your doctor or nurse injects anticancer drugs into your vein. The benefit of systemic treatment is that the drugs can attack cancer cells throughout your body, not just in your bladder. It's used to treat cancers that may have spread.
A combination of chemotherapy drugs is most often used to treat bladder cancer. Several different combinations may be used.
You will get chemotherapy is given in cycles. You'll get chemotherapy treatment for a certain length of time. And then you'll have a rest period. Then treatment will begin again. Each treatment and rest period makes up one cycle.
Most people have chemotherapy as an outpatient. You may have it at a local hospital, your doctor's office, or at home. Or you may go to a special chemotherapy-only clinic.


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From | Stay-at-Home Mom
To | Moving-Company Owner
On a steamy morning in June 2005, Cindy Myer wandered around the warehouse of Ridgewood Moving Services, the New Jersey–based company owned by her husband, Rob. Only days earlier, he'd died of a heart attack, leaving her in charge during the busiest season. By sifting through the files stashed in Rob's office and questioning the 15-person staff, Myer, then 45, tried to figure out the procedures he'd used to run the business. As far as she could tell, a system didn't exist: There was no paperwork showing who was assigned to a move or how income and expenses flowed. Myer had once worked as a manager at Saks Fifth Avenue and as a buyer for retail catalogs, but for 17 years she'd been a full-time mother of two daughters. She'd taken little interest in her husband's world of moving vans and customer service. Now the family business would be her only source of income, and she was determined to keep it going. "We buried Rob on Saturday, and I was in the office on Monday," she says. "I wanted to send my daughters a message that we have choices in life and you should never give up, even if you don't know what the heck you're doing."
Over the next few months, Myer learned the business from scratch. "My signature was on the checks, and I wanted to see where the money was going," she says. But the employees were uncooperative. "I'd request something from the operations-support woman, and she'd say, 'That's not my job.' " Myer soon discovered that the drivers had been doing moves on their own time, using Ridgewood's equipment. "I'd notice a truck was missing, supply boxes were disappearing," she says. "That's money flying out the window. I told them using company equipment is stealing, and anyone caught would be fired immediately." Six months later, on a holiday weekend, she got a phone call from a friend.
"Are you doing a job today?" the friend asked.
"No. Why?" Myer answered.
"Because we're driving in Pennsylvania, and we just saw a Ridgewood Moving truck in front of someone's house."
Myer immediately drove to the warehouse, saw that one of the trucks was missing and spotted one of her workers' cars. "I was so angry, so upset," she says. She called him several times; eventually he answered. Myer demanded to know where he was.
"Where do you think I am?" he snapped. "I'm doing a job—for myself."
Myer stood in the hot parking lot, sweat rolling down her back, feeling very alone. She phoned the police, and after a standoff, the employee returned the truck. That was the last Myer saw of him. (A week later he opened his own moving company, and continues to be one of her competitors.)
Other labor problems surfaced, and the business was losing money. "I'd put on a big show at the office, and then I'd go home and cry," says Myer. Friends pitched in for free, doing job estimates and calling suppliers to win time to pay bills. Against the advice of experts, she pumped her husband's life insurance money into the business. She joined an entrepreneurial association, the Women Presidents' Organization, and members there gave her the advice that helped her move forward: Fire fast and hire slow. "The day I fired the last of the original -employees—two years after taking over—was the first day I was able to exhale," she says.
In 2008, Myer became one of the first female members of the New Jersey Warehousemen & Movers Association's executive board. Initially, the men there gave her a less-than-enthusiastic welcome. But in the fall of 2010, at its annual dinner, the group honored her with a special service award. "It really touched me," she says. Last year, sales increased 17 percent over the previous year, and by the end of 2011, her cash flow had improved by 300 percent. "I am so proud of this company," she says. "We've survived the recession. And we're in such a different place. I've really accomplished something here."
Jayne Millard, 49
From | Dance-Company Fund Raiser
To | Electrical Business CEO
Jayne Millard was sitting at the kitchen table in her cottage overlooking the hills of Marin County, California, one morning in January 1999 when she got a call from her mother, Suzanne. "The business needs you," said Suzanne, referring to the family's New Jersey–based electrical and industrial--products distribution company. "I want you to come back east and prepare to run Turtle & Hughes." Millard felt a chill. All her life, she'd hoped that this moment wouldn't come, that one of her siblings would take over the CEO spot from their mother. It wasn't the first time Suzanne had raised the subject, but Millard's heart had always called her in another direction.
Millard had spent the previous 12 years as a marketing consultant and fund raiser for the choreographer Martha Graham and, after her death, as a trustee for the Graham company. "I loved working for an American genius," she says. "Every day was like reporting to a shaman." Millard and her husband, a software engineer, and their children were attached to California's laid-back lifestyle, and Millard didn't want to give up her flexible schedule.
A part-time MBA student and a member of Turtle & Hughes's board of directors, Millard had a basic understanding of the company. Still, listening to her mother, she says, "I felt conflicted and scared. But my mother is forceful, dynamic, full of conviction. She said to me, 'You've got so much experience in marketing and sales; you're the right one.' " For the first time, Millard heard something else in her mother's voice: She was getting old and needed help. "What finally pushed me to say yes was having the chance to be part of something bigger than me, something that my great-grandfather had started," says Millard. "Now I would see where I could take it."
She packed up the family and moved to Connecticut, near the company's satellite office, where she was assigned to the marketing department (her husband eventually took a position in IT). The 550-employee firm, where her father served as chief operating officer, sells engineering services and products such as generators and fiber-optic cable (they've providedthe lights for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree). "At Martha Graham, I'd been immersed in a world inspired by artistic creativity," she says. "Now I was in a world where profit was the inspiration. I didn't know if I had the right qualities."
Millard faced her first test within months of arriving when she noticed interdepartmental conflicts that were hurting productivity. "The electrical-sales division had highly trained, very technical people who sold high-tech equipment, while the industrial division sold things like adhesives, cutting tools, abrasives, even toilet paper. It was like putting students of the Cordon Bleu in a group with fans of McDonald's," she says. "We needed some sort of team intervention." Gradually, she discovered she had a knack for managing people. "I sat everyone in a room and opened the floodgates, and people started to talk," she says. After several sessions, Millard recommended changes, and the two divisions started to get along much better. Her self-doubt dissolved. "I just love that stuff," she says. "That's my forte, digging into conflict and coming to a resolution."
Six years later, she was promoted to VP of marketing, and in 2009, at age 46, she became CEO. "In the past year, revenues have grown from $400 million to $450 million, about 13 percent," she says. But her biggest reward has been working alongside her parents. "My mother was my mentor," she says. "At first, I wondered how I could ever fill her shoes. Now I feel honored. I'm carrying on a tradition across generations."
Tillie Hidalgo Lima, 51
From | Pharmacist
To | Concierge-Company CEO
In April 2002, Tillie Hidalgo Lima's husband, Dave, asked her to take over the concierge company he'd founded in Cincinnati. "I'm burned out," she remembers him saying, "and the financials are bad. I need to find another source of income for our family." A former pharmacist, Hidalgo Lima had zero executive experience, but she was already working in the company and knew enough to fear for its future. Best Upon Request, which provides services for hospital and business employees—travel planning, errand running—had recently lost its largest client. "They represented 74 percent of our business," she says. "And we hadn't yet replaced them." Hidalgo Lima had been drafted by her husband six years earlier to take charge of customer care. "We need someone with your numbers and people skills," he'd told her. Now Dave was asking her to run a business on the brink of bankruptcy.
"I was scared," says Hidalgo Lima. "But I said I would do it." Before leaving, Dave took out a $350,000 loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) so that the company would have some cash flow. The couple's home served as collateral.
In the next few weeks, with a growing sense of urgency, Hidalgo Lima, then 42, reached out for advice. Through the peer-to-peer advisory group Vistage, she signed up for monthly consultations with a coach. Dave taught her how to read their financial statements. That fall, she called all 13 of her employees into a conference room for a meeting. "Guys, I need your help," she said. "This ship is sinking. We've got to increase revenue and decrease expenses. Do you have any ideas?" They suggested that she set sales targets and incentives, and she quickly began putting their recommendations into practice.
Hidalgo Lima applied for Minority Business Enterprise certification. She was born in Cuba, and her parents escaped to the U.S. when she was nine months old, "with just one suitcase and 10 pesos," she says. The certification would help Best Upon Request seek contracts from companies with a mission to do business with minority vendors. But progress was slow. "There were nights I didn't sleep," she says. "At one point, I called my bank and said, 'Please, can you float us so we can make payroll? Please?' The banker said, 'Tillie, this is the last time.' And it was." The first year she took over, the business turned a small profit.
But as the company recovered, Hidalgo Lima's marriage struggled. "Dave was my greatest cheerleader," she says. "He believed I had it in me to become CEO. But he also felt unhappy about no longer being part of the team. He was working on consulting projects. I couldn't talk to him about the business for fear of hurting his feelings, and at home I was still doing the grocery shopping and all the cooking." One night, she straggled in after 8 pm, hungry, exhausted and loaded down with her briefcase and laptop. Dave and their three daughters were watching TV. They smiled at her and asked, "What's for dinner?"
Hidalgo Lima carried her resentment around for months, until she insisted that she and Dave go for couples therapy. "It was amazing," she says. "We learned to communicate better, and we've completely reversed roles. He does all the shopping, and when I get home, dinner is ready."
In 2010, Best Upon Request paid off its SBA loan. The company now employs more than 100 people at over 200 client locations in 12 states. Hidalgo Lima has received many honors, including the 2008 Brillante Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs. Two of her daughters have joined the business. "I'm very proud of the company. There's energy and a positive outlook here," says Hidalgo Lima, who likes to think that her CEO title stands for chief encouragement officer. "But lots of people helped me. There's no way I could have done this alone."
From | Insurance Agent
To | Feed-Store Owner
Sandy Hansen had been married for less than 15 months when she lost her husband, Randy, to leukemia. Days after the funeral, Hansen, an insurance agent living in Watkins, Minnesota, sat at Randy's desk, went through the financial paperwork and saw for the first time that her husband's -animal-feed store, AgVenture Feed & Seed, had racked up almost $500,000 in debt, much of it secured by the equity in their home. "There was no way I could have sold the business and broken even," she says.
She decided to fight to turn the company around. "I'm going to try to learn the business," Hansen told the staff, "and we'll work things out." She extended the leave of absence she'd taken from the insurance job and headed to AgVenture every day, her stomach in knots. "I kept wondering, Would this be the day that we have to declare bankruptcy?" she says. With no background in the business and no idea why it was doing so poorly, she spent hours with an accountant and a banker, trying to figure out ways to make the store more efficient.
The company had always ground most of its own feed, a costly process, so she decided to eliminate that step and sell preground feed. She began to contract out some parts of the business, such as deliveries. "I made it up as I went along," she says. She never let on to the farmers who shopped at the store that she was near bankruptcy, never told her parents or siblings what was happening. The experience reminded her of an undergraduate internship she'd had at a nonprofit. "My boss threw me into roles where I was completely lost. But I always got the job done," she says. "That taught me to take limited information and just go for it."
Hansen soon discovered that some of her freelance sales representatives were selling feed directly to farmers, which was cutting into her business. Hansen invited the reps (all men), one by one, to her back office for a chat and let them know flat out that this would not be tolerated: "I had to be stern and direct and establish myself as a force. I had to let people know, 'I'm not going away.' This is what women have to do in business. We have to work twice as hard as men to establish credibility, and only then do we get to play in the game. But in the end, being a woman is a blessing because once you establish yourself, you stand out."
Since Hansen took over in 2003 (she quit her insurance job in 2004), she's paid off all of AgVenture's debt. It took three years of nearly 24/7 devotion to stabilize the business, but annual revenues have risen from $1.4 million to $4 million. Hansen donates at least 10 percent of her profits (and 10 percent of her personal wages) to local charities each year, leading the community to root for her success. "Some huge miracles have happened because I had to take over the business," says Hansen. "That I had the tenacity to get through this is a miracle in itself."
Andrea Atkins, a frequent contributor to national magazines, lives in Rye, New York.
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Hudson Valley Community College students transfer to a wide variety
of colleges and universities throughout the country. As a result
of their academic performance here, many students gain admission
to colleges and universities that might not have been obtainable
after high school.
Hudson Valley Community College has many formal articulation agreements
with public and private four-year institutions. Some agreements
are general in nature as they simply specify certain criteria that
must be met to ensure junior status at the four-year institution.
More often, agreements are program-to-program in that they address
specific majors at both our college and the transfer institution.
Agreements may contain specific information on course equivalencies,
minimum grade point average, pre-requisites, designated courses
or credits, scholarship availability, and full-time or part-time
Below are institutions with which Hudson Valley Community College
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Learn more about transfer services available through the Center for Careers and Transfer.
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I have installed PLASMA and MAGMA on the Intel MIC. MAGMA performs very well - better than MKL, but PLASMA is relatively poor, significantly slower than MKL. I believe I have used MKL BLAS in PLASMA and have set MKL_NUM_THREADS and OMP_NUM_THREADS to 1, but I have not tried any changes to the blocking sizes. (It is built explicitly for use on the MIC itself, not for use with offloading from the host.) I know that for MAGMA, setting the thread affinity with KMP_AFFINITY is crucial for best performance (a factor of 2 difference), and so wondered whether this might be the case with PLASMA. However KMP_AFFINITY seems to be ignored - there is no output of thread/node binding even when verbose is specified. It seems that some aspect of the PLASMA implementation results in KMP_AFFINITY being ignored. I know there is some reference to thread affinity within the code, specifically the sched_setaffinity function in plasmaos.c, However i do not know the implications of this, nor whether it would be possible or even desirable, to enable KMP_AFFINITY.
Given MAGMA works well and is designed (in part) for the MIC, I do not intend to pursue this much further, but it would be useful to identify the reason for poor performance, and whether enabling KMP_AFFINITY helps. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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Air Cargo Alert: 100% Screening Requirement
Effective August 1, 2010, all domestic and export cargoes shipped on passenger flights originating in the United States must be screened at the piece level - the individual item within a shipment - before it can be loaded on the aircraft. TSA has created the voluntary Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) which allows air supply chains to screen their own cargoes to avoid shipping delays. For more information on this requirement and CCSP, please see TSA's CCSP page, or call the Trade Information Center at 1-800-USA-TRAD(E) or ITA/Services at 202-482-5086.


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Many of you probably remember sweating yourself into an funky euphoria after catching the spirit from The Funk Ark's last release, From The Rooftops. Less than a year later, the group is bringing us High Noon, which continues on with 60′s and 70′s African and Latin funk that'll have your senses on overdrive.
Below you can sample a couple tracks, the celebratory sounding "Hey Mamajo" and the sexy, lilting "El Rancho Motel."
Look forward to High Noon to drop on April 3.
Also, catch the crew at their album release party next week! Enter our contest to win a free pair of tickets!
Event Details
The Funk Ark Release Party
w/ Chico Mann, Federico Aubele, and Ursula 1000
Thursday, April 5
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
Tickets: $15
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