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WHAT'S HAPPENING: The University of Arizona women's basketball team (No. 22 A.P./No. 19 USA Today) kicks off the second round of Pac-10 play this weekend in the Pacific Northwest. The Wildcats play at Washington on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. PST, then they head to Pullman to take on Washington State on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. PST in a contest that will be broadcast live nationally on Fox Sports Net.
POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP: 35 Krista Warren F/G 6-2 So. Cloverdale, CA 8.9 ppg 5.6 rpg 1.9 apg 45 Elizabeth Pickney F 6-4 Jr. Houston, TX 15.2 ppg 6.3 rpg 1.4 bpg 4 Candice Allen G 5-10 Fr. Ontario, CA 5.4 ppg 2.3 rpg 1.1 apg 10 Reshea Bristol G 5-10 Sr. Omaha, NE 14.7 ppg 4.9 rpg 6.7 apg 14 Jen Chesney G 6-0 Fr. Newberg, OR 1.4 ppg 1.5 rpg
OFF THE BENCH: (in numerical order) 13 Aimee Grzyb G 5-7 Fr. San Jose, CA 8.3 ppg 1.9 rpg 2.1 apg 22 Veranda James F 6-3 Fr. Pomona, CA 13.7 ppg 8.3 rpg 1.3 apg 50 LaKeisha Taylor C 6-4 Jr. Houston, TX 10.6 ppg 5.9 rpg 51 Michelle Mitchell C 6-4 Jr. Oregon City, OR 1.5 ppg 1.6 rpg
ABOUT ARIZONA: The 22nd-ranked Wildcats are looking to stay on the winning track this week, after ending their three-game losing skid and improving to 16-5 overall and 6-3 in Pac-10 play last weekend. The Cats are coming off a sweep of then-No. 22 Oregon (88-76) and Oregon State (83-73) at home over the weekend. After dropping out of the Associated Press Top 25 for a week, the Cats are back in this week at No. 22. They moved from No. 23 in last week's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll up to No. 19 this week, their highest ranking of the season in that poll. Following a career performance of 26 points against Oregon last Thursday, junior forward Elizabeth Pickney continues to lead the Wildcats in scoring, with an average of 15.2 points per game. She is second in rebounding, at 6.3 per game. Senior guard Reshea Bristol is the second-leading scorer, at 14.7 ppg. She is leading Arizona and the Pac-10 in both assists (6.71 apg) and steals (3.00 spg). Although her playing status is still questionable for this weekend, freshman forward Veranda James is a close third in scoring at 13.7 ppg and has the team's top rebounding average at 8.3 per game. Junior center LaKeisha Taylor is fourth on the team in scoring, with 10.6 ppg, and second in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage, hitting 63.4 percent from the floor. As a team, Arizona is leading the Pac-10 in scoring (80.1 ppg), scoring margin (+13.3 ppg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.86). The Cats are second in three other categories, including rebounding (41.2 rpg) and free throw percentage (.708).
PICKNEY EARNS SECOND PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS: Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney was named the Pac-10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 29-Feb. 4. She averaged 22.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks while leading the Wildcats to a home sweep of the Oregon schools. On the week, Pickney shot 56.3 percent (18-of-32) from the floor and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the line. The Player of the Week honor is the second of Pickney's career, her second this season and the 22nd all-time selection for the Wildcats.
BOZEMAN DISMISSED FROM TEAM: Junior guard Tysell Bozeman was dismissed from the team on Monday for failure to comply with team policies. She had previously been suspended for two weeks early in January for related reasons. Bozeman played in 16 games for the Wildcats this season, starting 12. She averaged 9.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.
ARIZONA'S LAST TIME OUT: The Wildcats wrapped up the first round of Pac-10 play and head coach Joan Bonvicini earned career win No. 500 when the Cats defeated Oregon State, 83-73, at home on Feb. 3. Arizona jumped out to an 11-6 lead in the first four minutes of the game, only to see Oregon State use a 16-5 run to take a six-point (22-16) lead at 10:27. The Beavers stretched the lead to seven (29-22) at 6:31, then the Cats put on a 12-2 run to take a 34-31 edge into halftime. The Wildcats opened the second half with a 15-6 spurt that pushed their lead out to 12 points (49-37) just five minutes into the period. OSU never seemed able to cut the lead much under nine until it used a 13-4 run to get back to within two points (74-72) at 2:42. Arizona stepped up the tempo, however, and closed the game with a 9-1 spurt. LaKeisha Taylor came off the bench for a team-high 20 points, while Elizabeth Pickney had 19 points and a season-high 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Reshea Bristol contributed 19 points and five assists, and Aimee Grzyb added 12 points.
ABOUT WASHINGTON: Winners of three of their last four games, the Huskies are 13-6 overall and 6-3 in conference action after downing rival Washington State (91-71) in Pullman last weekend. UW is not currently ranked but is receiving votes for ranking in both polls. With 14.7 points per game, senior guard Megan Franza leads three Huskies averaging in double digits in scoring. Guards Giuliana Mendiola and Loree Payne are tied for second, each registering 10.5 ppg. Mendiola is the team's top rebounder, at 6.4 per game. Washington leads the Pac-10 in rebounding (43.7 rpg), assists (16.58 apg) and three-pointers made per game (6.79). Megan Franza is second in the conference in three-pointers made per game (1.84). Head coach June Daugherty (Ohio State, 1978) has a 72-62 mark in five years at Washington. She is 195-136 in 12 years as a head coach.
THE SERIES vs. WASHINGTON: Washington has a solid 22-8 lead in the series with Arizona, although the Wildcats have won each of the last four, and seven of the last 10, meetings. Earlier this season, the Cats earned an 88-72 victory over the Huskies on Jan. 13 in Tucson. Arizona has a 1-13 all-time record when playing UW in Seattle. The Cats' last loss to Washington was a 73-63 defeat on Jan. 9, 1999, in Seattle. Their first and only win in 14 tries in Seattle was a 96-85 victory there on Jan. 15, 2000.
LAST MEETING WITH WASHINGTON: LaKeisha Taylor scored a career-high 23 points, and Reshea Bristol tied a school record with 16 assists as the then-22nd-ranked Wildcats logged an 88-72 win over Washington at home on Jan. 13. Both teams got off to a slow start, with Arizona owning only a 25-12 lead by the 8:36 mark in the first half. Washington used a 22-12 run to cut the UA's lead to three (37-34) at 2:27, then the Wildcats finished the period on an 11-0 run to take a 48-34 edge into the break. Arizona pushed its lead out to 15 points (56-41) early in the second half, then UW got hot from three-point range and put on a 29-16 surge to cut the lead down to only two points (70-68) with 4:53 left in the game. The Cats managed to stop the bleeding and ended the contest with an 18-4 run that shut the Huskies down for good. In addition to her 16 assists, Bristol had 10 points. Elizabeth Pickney added 17 points on the strength of 9-for-10 shooting from the line, while both Veranda James and Aimee Grzyb contributed 13 points apiece. The victory gave Arizona a 4-0 start in Pac-10 play, marking the first time in the program's history that the Cats swept both of their first two weekends of conference action.
ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE: The Cougars have lost six of their last seven games and are 8-11 overall and 3-6 in Pac-10 play after dropping a 91-71 decision to Washington at home last weekend. WSU will play host to Arizona State on Thursday before taking on the Wildcats on Saturday. No Washington State player is averaging in double digits in scoring, although five players are posting seven points or more per game. With 9.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, sophomore center Kelley Berglund leads the Cougars in both categories. Senior forward Yvonne Volkman is second in scoring (9.5 ppg), followed by senior guard Katie Nyseth (8.7 ppg). Washington State is third in the Pac-10 in assists (15.74 apg) and is sixth in multiple categories, including free throw percentage (.668), field goal percentage (.413) and steals (8.79 spg). Katie Nyseth is second in the league in assists (4.89 apg) behind the UA's Reshea Bristol, but she leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.27). Cougar head coach Jenny Przekwas (Wyoming, 1986) holds a 12-35 record in her second season at WSU. She has a 145-134 record in 10 years as a collegiate head coach.
THE SERIES vs. WSU: The Cougars have the narrow 16-13 lead in the series with Arizona. The Wildcats have won four in a row against the Cougars and seven of the last nine. On Jan. 11, Arizona drilled WSU, 97-58 in Tucson. The Cats are 6-8 all-time when playing in Pullman. Their last win there came last season (83-68 on Jan. 13), and their last loss at WSU was an 87-77 defeat on Jan. 7, 1999.
LAST MEETING WITH WSU: Six Wildcats reached double figures in scoring as then-22nd-ranked Arizona pounded Washington State, 97-58, at home on Jan. 11. It was the UA's biggest win ever in the series between the two schools. Never trailing in the contest, Arizona opened the game with a 17-7 run and never looked back, pushing its lead out to 26 points (44-18) by the 4:36 mark. WSU ended the period with its own 6-2 mini-spurt, but the Cats took the 48-26 advantage into the break. The Wildcats opened the second half with a 22-9 run and then stretched their lead to 40 points (85-45) with 6:50 left. Washington State drained a couple of threes and made some free throws, scoring eight unanswered points to cut the lead to 32 points (85-53) at the 4:37 mark. That proved to be WSU's last gasp, as Arizona ended the game with a 12-5 spurt. LaKeisha Taylor led all scorers with 18 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Veranda James had 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, and Reshea Bristol contributed 15 points and a game-high 10 assists.
LOOKING AHEAD: The Wildcats return home next weekend for a pair of games against the L.A. schools. Arizona will be looking for revenge when it plays UCLA on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. The Cats will face USC on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. in a contest that will be broadcast live nationally on Fox Sports Net.
JAMES STILL QUESTIONABLE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES: Freshman forward Veranda James fell in her dorm room on Jan. 31 and hit her head, suffering her second concussion of the season. She had previously sustained a concussion during the Cats' game against UNLV on Dec. 6. As of press time, doctors had not yet cleared James for practice, and she is considered to be currently on a day-to-day basis. She may be unable to travel this weekend as well.
CREEPING UP ON A RECORD: With 227 career steals, Reshea Bristol just moved ahead of former teammate Lisa Griffith into the No. 2 spot on Arizona's all-time steals list. She needs only 29 more steals to tie Adia Barnes, another former teammate, for the career lead with 256 thefts.
HEAD COACH JOAN BONVICINI: In her 10th year at the helm of the Arizona women's basketball program, head coach Joan Bonvicini has collected an unparalleled list of accomplishments, both for the university and for her career. Bonvicini has posted a 175-110 (.614) mark in 10 seasons at Arizona and has more wins at the UA than all six of the previous Wildcat coaches combined. In 22 years as a collegiate head coach, Bonvicini has a 500-181 (.734) career record. She also has a 23-14 mark in NCAA tournament play and has never lost a first-round game in 14 appearances. Prior to taking over at the UA, Bonvicini led Long Beach State to 10 consecutive NCAA appearances, including two trips to the Final Four. She registered a 325-71 mark in 12 seasons with the 49ers.
BONVICINI GAINS WIN No. 500: Wildcat head coach Joan Bonvicini earned her 500th career victory against Oregon State on Feb. 3. She is one of only 17 active Division I women's basketball coaches to reach that 500-win mark.
THE REST OF THE STAFF: Awarded the title of associate head coach two years ago, Denise Dove Ianello (Northern Illinois, 1991) is in her ninth year at the UA, functioning as both the team's recruiting coordinator and a perimeter coach. Third-year assistant coach Karen Caires (Cal State Northridge, 1990) works with the perimeter players, assists with scouting and recruiting and directs the Joan Bonvicini Hoop Camp. In his second year at the UA, assistant coach Curtis Loyd (Southern Utah, 1994) is involved with scouting and with coaching the post players.
DID YOU KNOW: Since Joan Bonvicini took over the Arizona program in 1991, the Wildcats have gone 91-80 against Pac-10 teams, although they have a 57-24 league mark over the last five seasons combined.
ARIZONA'S PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Here is the upcoming practice schedule for the Wildcats... Wed. Feb. 7 12-2:30 p.m. (lifting before) McKale depart for Seattle Thurs. Feb. 8 at Washington, 7 p.m. PST Fri. Feb. 9 practice TBA at Washington State Sat. Feb. 10 at Washington State, 1 p.m. PST Sun. Feb. 11 OFF Mon. Feb. 12 2-4:30 p.m. (lifting after) McKale Tues. Feb. 13 4:30-7 p.m. McKale Wed. Feb. 14 2:30-4:30 p.m. (lifting after) McKale Thurs. Feb. 15 vs. UCLA, 7 p.m. Fri. Feb. 16 2-4:30 p.m. (lifting after) McKale Sat. Feb. 18 12-2 p.m. McKale
80 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: It seems that the 80-point mark almost always means adding another to the "win" column for the Wildcats. In the 29-year history of UA women's basketball, the Cats have posted a 132-16 record when scoring 80 points or more in a game. Under Bonvicini, the Wildcats have gone 92-9 when topping that 80-point plateau.
WILDCAT RADIO FREQUENCY HAS CHANGED: All Arizona women's basketball broadcasts have moved, along with host station KCEE, to a new frequency. All broadcasts, including games and the Joan Bonvicini Coach's Show (Mondays, 6-7 p.m.), can now be heard on 97.1 KCEE FM, instead of the previous frequency of 940 AM.
NEXT UP FOR 1,000: Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney is the Wildcats' next candidate for the the UA "1,000-Point Club". She has 965 points for her career, just 35 points away from the 1,000 mark. Once she reaches that mark, she'll be only the 10th Wildcat ever to score a thousand points, and that would make her the second player to join the 1,000-Point Club this season. Her teammate Reshea Bristol reached the 1,000-point mark on Jan. 18 at USC.
KEYS TO THE WIN: This season, Arizona is... 10-3 when out-rebounding its opponent... 14-2 when shooting better than its opponent from the floor... 15-3 when shooting 40% or better from the field... 13-1 when four or more players reach double digits in scoring... 11-0 when leading at halftime... 12-1 when forcing more turnovers than it commits... 15-0 when scoring 70 points or more... 11-3 when opponents score 71 points or less.
HOW TO AVOID A LOSS: According to the season's trends thus far, the best way for Arizona to avoid losing this season might be to lead at the half, shoot better from the floor than the opponent, commit fewer turnovers than the opponent and score 70 points or more. The Cats are only 5-5 this year when tied or trailing at halftime, 2-3 when shooting worse from the field than the opponent, 3-4 when committing more turnovers than the opponent, 1-2 when shooting below 40% from the floor, 1-5 when scoring 69 points or less, and 3-4 when three or fewer Wildcats reach double digits in scoring.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Including a perfect 11-0 record so far this year, the Wildcats have won 16 of their last 17 home games and are 38-6 on their home court over the last three seasons combined. During Joan Bonvicini's 10 seasons at Arizona, the Wildcats have posted a 103-41 mark in McKale Center. Arizona has a record of 169-149 on its home court since the 1976-77 season.
ROAD WOES: In contrast to their 11-0 home record this year, the Wildcats are only 4-4 in road games this season. They are averaging 88.1 points per game and are out-scoring opponents by an average of 22.1 ppg in home games. Those numbers are significantly lower in road contests this year. A comparison...
The Cats at Home - Arizona 88.1 ppg 42.5 rpg 19.4 apg 9.8 spg .492 fg pct .723 ft pct Opp. 66.0 ppg 38.5 rpg 15.3 apg 5.7 spg .369 fg pct .667 ft pct +22.1 ppg +4.0 rpg
The Cats on the Road - Arizona 71.0 ppg 39.9 rpg 13.5 apg 8.8 spg .431 fg pct .694 ft pct Opp. 67.4 ppg 37.6 rpg 15.8 apg 9.6 spg .422 fg pct .601 ft pct +3.6 ppg +2.3 rpg
STEPPING UP: Junior center LaKeisha Taylor seems to have come into her own this season. During her first six games, Taylor registered only 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 58.3 percent (14-24) from the floor. However, over the last 14 games, Taylor has averaged to 12.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game while hitting 64.5 percent (69-107) from the field. She has reached double digits in scoring in 10 of the Cats' last 14 games.
A TALE OF TWO HALVES: Arizona seems to be a "second-half team" this season. The Cats are averaging 37.1 ppg during the first halves of this season's contests, out-scoring opponents by an average of only 4.5 ppg in that period. During the second halves of this season's games, though, the Wildcats are averaging 42.8 ppg and are out-scoring opponents by an average of 8.9 ppg for that period.
BY THE NUMBERS: Twelve of Arizona's wins this year have been by a total of 10 points or more... Five of those wins have been by spreads of 30 points or more... The Cats have hit four or more 3-pointers in 16 games... Arizona has had 15 or more assists in 12 games... The Cats have had 10 or more steals in 10 games... Arizona has forced its opponent into 20 or more turnovers in 12 contests... The UA has scored 80 points or better in 11 games.
GETTING TO THE LINE: Arizona is averaging 17.9 points per game from the free throw line this season. The Cats have made it to the free throw line 531 times over 21 games, for an average of 25.3 attempts per contest. The Wildcats have connected on 376 of those attempts (70.8 percent).
STRONG SCHEDULE: Several of Arizona's 2001 opponents were listed in this week's national rankings. In this week's Associated Press Top 25, Notre Dame is No. 1 and Arizona State is No. 23. Oregon, Stanford, Washington, Auburn and UC Santa Barbara were among teams receiving votes for ranking. In the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, Notre Dame is No. 1 and Oregon is No. 23. Stanford, Auburn, Arizona State, Washington, Louisville and UC Santa Barbara were all among the teams receiving votes.
CHECKING THE RECORD BOOK: Senior guard Reshea Bristol is second on the Arizona career list in steals (227), third in free throws made (304), fourth in free throws attempted (419), fifth in three-pointers attempted (233), fifth in three-pointers made (77), seventh in assists (370), eight in three-point percentage (.330) and tenth in field goals attempted (890). She is in the No. 7 spot on the UA's all-time scoring list, with 1,071 career points, and needs 73 points to move into the No. 6 spot. Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney is third on the UA career list in blocked shots (96), fourth in rebounding average (5.4 rpg), fourth in scoring average (11.8 ppg), fourth in free throws made (278), fifth in free throws attempted (372), seventh in free throw percentage (.747) and eighth in field goal percentage (.485). She just moved into the No. 14 spot on the all-time scoring chart with 965 career points, needing just two more points to move to No. 13. She is only 35 points away from becoming the 10th Wildcat to reach the 1,000-point mark in career scoring.
WE CAN HANDLE THE CLOSE ONES...: Under head coach Joan Bonvicini, the Cats have gone 27-21 in games settled by five points or less, including a 9-4 mark in games settled by one or two points.
...BUT WE REALLY PREFER THE BLOWOUTS: Over the last 10 seasons, Bonvicini's Arizona teams have won 55 games by spreads of 20 points or more.
ON LOCATION: Arizona has an 11-0 mark at home this year, is 4-4 on the road and is 1-1 in neutral games. The Wildcats were 12-3 at home last season, 9-4 in road games and 4-0 in neutral contests.
CAT SCRATCHES: The Arizona women's basketball program has a 334-400 (.455) all-time record, however it is 138-64 (.683) from 1994 to present... Joan Bonvicini has a 181-94 career record against Pac-10 teams.
WILDCATS ON TELEVISION: The Cats are currently scheduled to make television appearances for at least three more games...
Sat., Feb. 10 at Washington St. Fox Sports Net 1 p.m. PST Sun., Feb. 18 USC Fox Sports Net 2 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 1 at Oregon State Fox Sports Northwest (taped delay)
The Mar. 3 (at Oregon) and Mar. 10 (California) contests have been selected by Fox Sports Net as potential TV games. The television status of each contest will be determined approximately 12 days before the specified dates.
BRISTOL HITS 1,000: At the 17:03 mark in the second half of the game at USC on Jan. 18, senior guard Reshea Bristol drained a three-pointer and became only the ninth Wildcat women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point mark in career scoring.
NICE START: With their 14-2 start, the Wildcats tied the 1999-2000 team for the best record ever through the first 16 games of a season. The Cats' 4-0 start in Pac-10 play this year is their best start ever in conference action.
BRISTOL NAMED NATIONAL STAR OF THE WEEK (Jan. 8): After leading the Cats to a road sweep of the Bay Area schools, senior guard Reshea Bristol was named the WomensCollegeHoops.com "National Star of the Week" for Jan. 2-9.
BRISTOL NAMED PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK AGAIN (Jan 8): Wildcat senior guard Reshea Bristol was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week for Jan. 2-8. She averaged 22.0 points, 6.5 assists, 4.5 steals, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks while leading the Wildcats to a road sweep of the Bay Area schools. She shot 90.9 percent (10-11) from the line, 66.7 percent (4-6) from three-point range and 46.9 percent (15-32) from the floor. That was the second straight week that Bristol earned the Player of the Week honor. The Player of the Week honor is the third of Bristol's career, her second this season and the 22nd all-time selection for Arizona.
BRISTOL NAMED PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Jan. 1): Wildcat senior guard Reshea Bristol was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week for Dec. 18-31. She helped lead Arizona to a 3-1 mark during that time frame, including all-tournament acclaim as the Cats earned runner-up honors at the San Juan Shootout. In wins over Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Nebraska and Kansas and a narrow loss to then-No. 9 Auburn, she averaged 16.0 points, 5.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in 123 total minutes of play. The Player of the Week honor is the second of Bristol's career.
THE CATS AND PAC-10 OPENERS: Under Joan Bonvicini, Arizona has a 7-3 mark in Pac-10 openers and has won its first conference contest in seven of the last eight years.
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: The Wildcats wrapped up regular season non-conference play this year with an outstanding 10-2 mark. Their only two losses were to No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 9 Auburn. During its 10 non-conference wins, Arizona averaged an astounding 86.8 points per game and out-scored opponents by an average of 24.9 points per game. Arizona has recorded a 60-14 mark against non-conference opponents over the last six years combined.
WHAT A GAME!: During the Dec. 20 contest against UPR-Mayaguez at the San Juan Shootout, Arizona set a new school record for margin of victory by defeating the Bulldogs, 105-41, a margin of 63 points. That surpassed the previous record if 56 points (99-43) set only 12 days earlier against Bowling Green on Dec. 8. Arizona's 105 points in that contest is its highest offensive output since scoring 105 points against Sacramento State at home on Dec. 17, 1994. The 41 points scored by the Bulldogs is the best defensive effort since the Cats allowed Cal Poly-SLO to score only 39 on Jan. 9, 1996, in Tucson. The Cats also out-rebounded the Bulldogs by 24 (46-22), the best rebounding margin since the UA out-rebounded Sacramento State by 31 (59-28) during that Dec. 17, 1994 game.
OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: For the first time in the program's history, the Wildcats had four consecutive games of 90 points or more. Arizona defeated UNLV (91-74) on Dec. 6, Bowling Green (99-43) on Dec. 8, Fresno State (92-55) on Dec. 10 and Louisville (90-60) on Dec. 17 to put together the first-ever string of four straight games with offensive outputs of 90+ points.
PICKNEY NAMED PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Dec. 11): Junior forward Elizabeth Pickney was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for Dec. 4-11. She averaged 20.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game while leading the Wildcats to a 3-0 record for the week. In the three home victories, she shot a combined .489 from the floor (23-for-47), .824 from the line (14-for-17) and hit her first career three-pointer. This is Pickney's second career Pac-10 Player of the Week honor and Arizona's 20th Player of the Week honor all-time.
DISHING IT OUT: Against UNLV on Dec. 6, senior guard Reshea Bristol racked up a career-high 14 assists. That was the highest single-game assists total for any individual since former Wildcat Brenda Pantoja -- who was on UNLV's bench for that Dec. 6 game as an assistant coach -- collected 14 against Washington State at home on Feb. 29, 1996.
GOOD BEGINNINGS: With Joan Bonvicini at the program's helm, the Wildcats have won six straight season openers and eight in the 10 years she has been at the UA.
BRASE TO REDSHIRT: Wildcat junior guard Julie Brase will redshirt for the 2000-2001 season after having wrist surgery before the start of the season. Brase played in all 32 games last year, starting 19, and averaged 6.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
WHAT THE COACHES THINK: Here is the predicted order of finish for the Pac-10 this season, according to the league's coaches... 1. Stanford, 2. Oregon, 3. USC, 4. ARIZONA, 5. Arizona State, t6. UCLA, t6. Washington, 8. Oregon State, 9. California, 10. Washington State. The Pac-10 women's basketball media members picked Arizona to finish fourth, as well.
BUT WE CAN DO BETTER: In each of the previous three years, Arizona has equalled or bettered the Pac-10 coaches' pick for its finish... 2000 - picked fourth, finished tied for second; 1999 - picked fifth, finished fourth; 1998 - picked second, finished tied for second.
CATS INK EARLY SIGNEES: The Arizona women's basketball program signed four players on the first day of the early signing period last week. Forwards Danielle Adefeso (Santa Monica, CA/St. Monica HS) and Shawntinice Polk (Hanford, CA/Hanford HS) and guards Robin Roberson (Berkeley, CA/Berkeley HS) and Dee Dee Wheeler (Chicago, IL/Dunbar HS) will all join the Wildcats for the 2001-02 season.
PAC-10 APPROVES CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: The Pacific-10 Conference Chief Executive Officers have approved the establishment of men's and women's post-season basketball tournaments. The men's tournament will be an eight-team event to be staged at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The women's tournament will be a 10-team event hosted on campus by one of the Pac-10 members. Both tournaments will begin in March 2002. In each case, the winner of the Tournament will earn the Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. Oregon has been selected as the first school to host the Pac-10 women's basketball tournament. The historical event will take place in March 2002 on the UO campus.
1999-2000 IN REVIEW: After returning 10 letterwinners and all five starters from the previous year's squad, the 1999-2000 Wildcats utilized their depth and experience to roll to a 25-7 overall mark, setting a new school record for most wins in a season. The Cats garnered a 13-5 record in Pac-10 play, finishing in a tie for second with Stanford. Arizona opened the season with a nine-game win streak and went on to register an 11-1 mark in non-conference action. By winning their first Pac-10 game to improve to 12-1, the Cats tied the school record for the best start in the history of the program. The Wildcats earned their fourth consecutive NCAA tournament berth, ending up as the No. 8 seed in the Mideast Region. Arizona travelled to Knoxville, Tenn., where it downed No. 9 seed Kent, 73-61, in the first round of the tournament. The Cats faced No. 1 seed and eventual national runner-up Tennessee in the second round and put up a valiant fight, only to fall, 75-60. The UA set or tied 23 school records during the season, including most wins in a season (25), highest winning percentage (.781), most three-point field goals made in a season (162) and most points in a season (2,484). The Wildcats were ranked 21st in the final Associated Press Poll of the year and were 20th in the last USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll.
ON THE INDIVIDUAL FRONT: With 12.7 points per game, forward Angela Lackey finished as Arizona's leading scorer for the second straight year. She was second in rebounding, at 5.3 per game. Fellow forward Tatum Brown was second in scoring, with 12.4 points per game, and was the team's top rebounder, with 7.7 boards per contest. Forward Elizabeth Pickney was third in both categories, averaging 9.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
Guards Lisa Griffith (8.9 ppg), Reshea Bristol (8.6 ppg), Felecity Willis (7.8 ppg) and Julie Brase (6.1 ppg) followed on the scoring chart. Willis was the team's assists leader, at 5.3 per game, while Griffith had the highest steals average, at 2.1 per game.


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The Knicks have fought their way back up to the sixth seed in the playoff standings. They are back to where they've been for most of the season. There is however still a chance for the Philadelphia 76ers to retain the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference. In either scenario, the Knicks potential first round matchup would be between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. The Heat have won an important game against Boston on Sunday. They managed to take the second seed with a 56-24 record.
The New York Knicks topped the Miami Heat, 93-88, at Madison Square Garden last night.
In one of the best basketball games in a long time at The Garden, Stoudemire and the Knicks show they can play with the big boys.

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The Austin Poetry Society (APS) is currently accepting submissions for their annual contests. There are 29 contests with prizing totaling over $2,500. Poets must be members of APS in order to submit, and the deadline for the annual contests is March 31.
Poets who win the annual contests will receive both a monetary award and the potential to have their work included in the APS anthology, published in May 2014, titled 'Best Austin Poetry 2013-2014.'
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17 November 2012
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: David Ferrer gave defending champions Spain the lead on the opening day after defeating 33-year-old veteran Radek Stepanek 63 64 64 in the first of the singles rubbers on Friday.
In a battle of two men aged in their 30s, it was the Spaniard who continued his fine form from the back-end of the season to give the visitors the perfect start.
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The 100th Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final lived up to its hype with a first day full of thrills and spills at the O2 Arena in Prague
David Ferrer defeats Radek Stepanek 63 64 64 in the opening rubber of the 100th Final proving why he is the leading man of the men's game this season
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The Bishop of Rome can resign any time, but Benedict XVI is the first in centuries to do so. The decision shows that this theologian has made the papal job description more professional and less regal. Some corporate leaders would do well to follow his precedent.
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January 26, 1999
This Week Bruins Host UC Irvine, Open Pac-10 Play In Desert
The UCLA men's tennis team, tied for No. 5 in the national rankings, continues its early season homestand hosting local foe UC Irvine on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the Los Angles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus. The Bruins also open Pac-10 Conference action this weekend by traveling to the desert to play at the University of Arizona on Friday. Jan. 29 at 1:30 p.m. and Arizona State on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Noon.
About This Week's Opponents
UC Irvine opened 1999 dual match play going 3-0 in the Atrium Anteater Quad by sweeping Gonzaga, Northern Arizona and Fairleigh Dickinson. Senior Thomas Bohun is 3-0 in the top-slot for No. 67 ranked UCI. Last year UCLA won 7-0 at UCI on Jan. 21.
Both the University of Arizona and Arizona State open their dual match seasons this week, hosting Fresno State midweek and UCLA and USC over the weekend. Arizona is currently tied for No. 45 in the national rankings, while ASU is listed No. 17. ASU has two individuals ranked in singles (Gustavo Marcaccio is tied for No. 31 and Jeff Williams is tied for No. 92) and one doubles team (Williams and Ed Carter are No. 26). No Arizona players are currently ranked. Last year UCLA dropped just one point in each of three matches and swept the other as it posted two victories over both Arizona and ASU.
The Bruins Last Week
UCLA registered its second sweep of the young season despite four tiebreakers in the match with No. 28 ranked Tulane. The final 7-0 score was not indicative of the closeness of the match which began with UCLA claiming the doubles point as the No. 1 team of Jean-Noel Grinda and Jong-Min Lee prevailed in the first tiebreaker of the day to give the Bruins the necessary second victory in doubles action. The Bruins registered solid wins on court Nos. 4-6 to seal the team victory and kept the slate clean with hard-fought victories on the front courts as Grinda and Zack Fleishman won tiebreakers.
Next Up
UCLA returns home for a non-conference match against New Mexico on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Noon, then sends individuals to compete in the ITA Rolex National Indoor Championships in Dallas, Feb. 4-7 and in the San Diego Tournament Feb. 5-6.
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Current Team Rank: Tie No. 5 - Fall (12/8)
Team's Dual Match Record: 2-0
Pac-10 Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Billy Martin (6th season)
Current Career Dual-match Record: 112-25
Last Year's Record: 17-8 overall, 5-2 Pac-10
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Pos. Name Dual Overall 1S Jean-Noel Grinda 2-0 9-1 2S Zack Fleishman 2-0 12-5 3S Jason Cook 2-0 3-1 4S Brandon Kramer 2-0 12-5 5S Jong-Min Lee 2-0 9-4 6S Chris Sands 2-0 10-4 1D Grinda / Lee 2-0 3-1 2D Cook / Kramer 2-0 4-1 3D Rozpedski / Sands 1-0 1-0
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A tiny Tillandsia attached to a tree amongst the lichens. In Sarasota! (that's Florida)
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Arctostaphylos rudis "Vandenberg" is a very attractive manzanita from the wilds of California. Wild indeed. Found originally on Vandenberg Air Force Base, near San Diego, it is a satisfying 7 foot tall tree with shaggy red bark. Left in its wild state it will be much wider than tall, even over 10ft. wide, but it can be kept pruned for shape to as wide as tall, though I wouldn't recommend trying to prune this into a vertical tree.
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The other day Apple pushed up the 10.5.2 upgrade, which meant another exciting day of hacking around the Mac to figure out how it works. I've blogged about building the hackintosh, upgrading it to 10.5.1, and here is how you move to 10.5.2:
If you neglect to do steps 7 and 8 your system will reboot into the grey spinner screen and be stuck at it forever.
Other Notes
Don't install the Leopard Video Driver Updates, they really break a lot of stuff. Also, Leopard 10.5.2 feels a LOT slower than 10.5.1 at least in my limited use of the PC as a digital picture frame.
I still find MacOS X to be a fairly useless as a platform in general. You can only launch a single instance of an application (not kidding) which means you can only run one copy of Firefox or one copy of terminal. This is incredibly limiting for any actual use beyond hobbyist that works on one thing at a time (or has plenty of time to keep on launching additional windows or from the terminal) – so while it can launch multiple windows, they all still run under the same instance – and when that instance bails, so does everything else.
However, it is SSSOOO pretty! (written with a lisp and a limp wrist flip)
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Could you explain to me what it is you find most offensive about me? Is it that I don't need to run multiple instances of an application (http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+os+x+launch+multiple+instances) often? Is it that I like attractive things? Or is it that I'm a fag?
I'm not sure where your anger comes from, but it's hurtful.
All of those, but most of all it's the one you didn't name – stupidity. Your Google search points to exactly what I quoted as idiotic, spawning processes from terminal:
"or has plenty of time to keep on launching additional windows or from the terminal"
Go put some ice on it.
It seems that you are running your system with Dual-Core enabled. Set the Bios to single core. Then you will be able to run multiple apps!
With mine, I can play movie, searching the web, and editing a song from Garage Band all at once.
to your comments about "useless". I use my MacBookPro at work versus my co-workers with Windows laptops. They are complaining that their system:
1. is booting up a long time. Mine boots within 46 seconds.
2. Windows loaded another patch and my program does work. HA-HA!
3. Damm, got hit with a virus again. LOL on Mac.
4. My Internet Explorer crashed! again and again. Safari RULES!
A good geek friend once said, "Why do you want a system that always work? When you can have Windows that will surprise you every minute. Macs are boring…"
Yeah, I am still laughing at my friend when I see him pulling his hair on Windows Errors.
I'm pretty sure it would take you longer to start a new instance of Firefox than it would to just open a new window or tab. I don't understand why this is a problem for you unless you crash Firefox or Terminal on a regular basis.
Your obvious confusion of launching multiple processes and running multiple programs simultaneously / multitasking really paints you as the stereotypical Mac idiot that regergerates decade old "Mac is better but I have no idea how other platforms work"
Might want to give Vlad a bit of credit here, as much as he obviously hates Mactards, he is trying the platform out. I sure don't see anything of value in it. Good to see Mactards have not evolved any over the years.
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How the rest of the tech world feels about Vista.
Leaving OS X aside for the moment, Vista isn't good enough to lick the bottom of the shoes of XP. Everyone knows it and we are just waiting until Windowss "7" comes out.
I was reading through your other articles and came across references to you hating "Mactards". I do find it more than a bit ironic that your a huge Wintard yourself but can't see it. XP or OS X, anything but Vista. Please God, anything but Vista.
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Quinn Weeps Speaking About Supreme Court Decision
Christine Quinn, who aspires to be New York City's first openly gay mayor, wept Wednesday at a City Hall news conference when talking about the personal impact of the Supreme Court rulings expanding gay rights.
"It's hard to describe. You know, the best day in my life was the day I got married," Ms. Quinn said, her voice catching as tears began to stream from her eyes
Last year, Ms. Quinn married her longtime partner, Kim Catullo, a lawyer. The couple celebrated their first anniversary this spring.
"My brother-in-law was dying of pancreatic cancer and he got to be at the wedding, and it's one of the most amazing things," she said, noting how the family has photos of Anthony Catullo from that day looking "so happy."
"Not every family in America is going to get to have their Anthony in their LGBT marriage pictures because not every state has done what we did, and, today, to add on top of that gift that I've had," she said, stopping for a moment to gather her composure.
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On the last day that her brother-in-law was lucid, he learned that the Supreme Court would take a case seeking to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
"So, the last real memory Anthony had before he died – and he was a gay man – was that the Supreme Court of the United States was going to take up the question of marriage equality," she said, her voice breaking. "Think of that. Think of that. As he died, he knew the highest court in this land would likely to say that him and his sister and his sister-in-law were just as equal as anyone else. So, I thought about Anthony today and how proud he would be."
"So, it's almost impossible for me to describe what this means, what it means to have my family fully part of this country, what it means to have a law that was quite frankly a cancer in and of itself on the (law books) of this country, a law that even though I could go to the White House and eat with the president of the United States, there was a law that somehow said me and Kim weren't as good as everybody else even though we got invited to the White House by the president, thank you very much."
"It's indescribable — the feeling to be more of a citizen of the United States, even when you're speaker of the New York City Council to have something happen that makes you feel more fully an American and your family fully recognized. It's indescribable."
The officials who were gathered at the news conference then applauded as the speaker composed herself.


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Quick Hits Archives - Page 5 of 95 - The Millions
July 20, 2011
On Treating Books Badly 20
by Bezalel Stern
Books as books – as tangible things you can hold in your hands and show off to curious onlookers on the subway and friends who visit your apartment – are something I hold in high esteem. But there is, as I say, some pleasure in letting go, in allowing a book to get wet, in treasuring a book not for what it looks like but for what it says.
July 18, 2011
Exclusive: The First Lines of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 16
by C. Max Magee
Classical music and a taxi ride kick off Murakami's long awaited novel.
June 16, 2011
On Bloomsdays Past 0
by Henriette Lazaridis
We brought the world of Ulysses to, say, the Tivoli, or the Grand Canal, or the Art Museum and the Rocky statue.
June 14, 2011
Last Words 14
by Frank Kovarik
When do we, as writers, accept that a piece is as good as it will ever be, even if it's not that great? When do we decide that a piece will never be good enough to be published?
May 23, 2011
Exclusive: The First Lines of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Marriage Plot 14
by C. Max Magee
A bookish first paragraph kicks off this new novel set to come out in October.
May 19, 2011
Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Air: Reconnecting with Children's Books as a Parent 13
by Kevin Hartnett
The market for children's books is probably more resistant to cultural churn than just about any other slice of the consumer economy; it's a closed circuit that reproduces itself one generation after another.
May 5, 2011
Requiem for a Video Store 9
by Jacob Lambert
By the latter half of the decade the slide was irreversible: if Blockbuster had been injurious, Netflix was a cancer. And so was On Demand, Hulu, and the thousand other ways we now put stories before our eyes.
March 25, 2011
A Writer Without Borders 9
by Bryan Charles
As a reader and writer, the current moment is endlessly confusing to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm on a one-man mission to save publishing, buying books weekly from indies and chains alike, for the sake not only of my future work, but that of future writers, young people far from urban centers, dreaming up stories in Texas or Idaho or Michigan.
March 15, 2011
Exclusive: The First Lines of David Foster Wallace's The Pale King 27
by C. Max Magee
The book's lyrical opening sentence may be familiar to Wallace completists.
February 3, 2011
Ismail Kadare and the Girl in the Bridge 2
by Henriette Lazaridis
When I was a child traveling to my family's ancestral home in Northern Greece, we would always come to a point in the road where the left went north to Albania and the right went northeast into the Pindus mountains.


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Before I left the house today, I rushed a load of laundry into the washer, argued with a delivery service that didn't want to leave a package on my doorstep and dealt with the fact that my dog had managed to get into something truly vile. All by 6:30 in the morning.
Life happens. Stuff happens. Which is why, long ago, I gave up trying to control the things that are beyond my control. Particularly when it comes to money. Living through the economic roller coaster of the past 18 months has taught us all that we can't change stock prices, gas prices or milk prices. So why worry about them, particularly when we can focus our energy on things we can fix. Like?
Our expenses. People everywhere are coming to the realization that yes, you should spend less than you earn each month. Preferably substantially less, to create a fatter emergency cushion in the short term and subsidize diminished retirement assets in the long term. It's an exercise that goes way beyond easing off on the manicures. In fact, I think you'll be surprised at the money you can save if you put your mind to it.
Lower your interest rates
Mortgage, car loan, credit card debt. List your top expenses for any month, and these likely rank among the highest. You can knock them down by working on the interest rates. First, your mortgage. Thanks to the president's Making Home Affordable program, you no longer need 10 to 20 percent equity to refinance. You can qualify if you owe as much as 105 percent of the value of your house; you should consider refinancing if you have an interest rate of six percent or higher, says Fred Brock, author of Live Well on Less Than You Think. Start by going back to your lender for a quote on a new loan. Then, shop Web sites such as lendingtree.com for comparison. Skip the mortgage brokers this time around, as some lenders aren't willing to work through them anymore.
For roughly $15 out of pocket, you can refinance your car loan as well—right now, the average interest rate on a 36-month used-car loan is 7.89 percent. If your original interest rate was three points higher, you could save about $35 a month with a simple refi. To do it, call a local credit union (a good source for loans). If you're not already a member, find one at the Credit Union National Association, cuna.org.
If your credit card interest rates have soared, call your company and ask for a reduction. If the answer is no, look for a balance transfer offer at a lower rate and make the switch. It's important to remember that paying down a credit card balance gives you a guaranteed return equal to the interest rate on the card. That makes it a better deal than just about any other investment these days.
Take a whack at your insurance bills
Too many people consider homeowner's insurance a fixed expense because they make the payment with the mortgage, says financial adviser Ellie Kay, author of Living Rich for Less. That's wrong. "You could save hundreds of dollars in some cases by having the policy reevaluated," she says. "Tell the insurer you're shopping around. It's incredible motivation for them to look for discounts." Those include rate reductions for improvements such as security systems and roof upgrades. Increasing your deductible to $1,000 can get you another 20 to 25 percent off. If you buy home and auto insurance from the same carrier, you can net 5 to 15 percent off both bills.
A recent survey noted that 25 percent of consumers believe auto insurance rates are standardized among companies. Also wrong. Many discounts are available; make sure you're getting the "midcentury" rate for drivers ages 30 to 59. And watch which driver is assigned to which car: A stay-at-home parent should be on the vehicle that's most expensive to insure. You can save by shopping around for this insurance too. Start with a quote from your current agent, then compare that with quotes from Geico, esurance.com and other companies.
Then there's life insurance
When your major life expenses—mortgage, college, building a nest egg—are behind you, you can think about letting your life insurance lapse. If something happened to your spouse, would you be OK without a payout? Think about it this way: Could you invest your capital at a guaranteed rate of return, add that amount to any future income and have enough to live on? If so, you can stop paying for the policy. If it's not quite enough, think about buying less coverage.
Go greener
Head to the Web site of your power company and see if it offers an energy audit. This is a process in which a representative goes through your home to show you where you're losing energy and how to fix it; they also check out the efficiency of your heating and cooling systems and suggest ways you can conserve hot water or electricity. If you don't go for the bigger fixes (like new windows), the less expensive ones (like caulking your old ones) typically enable you to make up the cost of the audit in a month or so.
Or you can do it yourself using the tips at energystar.gov. The site offers a home energy yardstick, which will help you figure out the degree to which you're overspending. In some areas, you can also save by agreeing to a restricted use of power during times of high energy usage. (These load management programs vary by company, but many give you a discount for a limited number of months, say, June to September.) The power company will install a programmable thermostat, then, if there's a crisis, it may turn off your air conditioner from a remote location for a few hours. Savings: from $60 to $200 a year.
Play hardball with your communications provider
You probably already know that you can save by purchasing phone, Internet and cable from a single vendor. You can also save by threatening to take all of that business to another company. I employed this strategy when Verizon came to my town—and knocked $60 a month off my Cable-vision bills for the next six months. Also, look around the house for communication redundancies. Do you need DVRs on every set? Also, how often do you use that landline? Nearly 20 percent of American homeowners have already dropped theirs.
Reevaluate your automatic debits
Ordinarily I'm a big fan of putting bills on autopilot. But sometimes when we have money zapped out of our accounts automatically, we forget how much we're spending. So it's time to take another look at the health club, Netflix and the credit monitoring service. You can put a fraud alert on your card for no fee simply by calling one of the three major credit bureaus and asking. (They'll share the information.)
Finally, stay focused
One problem with cutting expenses is that people devote time to the challenge for a month or so, then stop. It's important to consider this a work in progress. One way to keep your outlook positive is to track how much you're saving. The $100 you knocked off your insurance bills, plus the $65 that you've trimmed from the heating bills, plus the $115 a month that you're no longer paying in interest to your creditors? That's $1,545 a year—real money.
So what do you get when you've slashed this and cut that? Allow me to answer that question with a story. My pal Fran Rubel Kuzui, who in her former life helped create Buffy the Vampire Slayer and now runs a yoga studio in Japan, was seated on a recent flight next to an executive from a luxury accessories label. He was wringing his hands over the fact that the $1,000 handbag is no longer the "it" item. "I don't think there is an 'it' item anymore," he lamented. "Oh, but you're wrong," Fran said. "It's called peace of mind."
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Working ranchlands and exceptional wildlife habitat are protected today, thanks to five conservation easements, totaling 9,500 acres on important ranchlands in Northwest Colorado. Routt County's Purchase of Development Rights Program, Great Outdoors Colorado, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service provided funds for the completion of the easements. A conservation easement is a tool that reduces development while protecting land as well as agriculture business. All of the easements will be held by The Nature Conservancy.
One of the easements is on the Camilletti and Sons, Inc. property along the Yampa River. The 430-acre property is south of Milner, about ten miles west of Steamboat Springs. It encompasses a large expanse of trees and wetlands that protect the river, help prevent floods and provide healthy habitat and corridors for wildlife. The Camillettis will continue to use this land for irrigated hay production as well as pasture for their cattle operation. The easement was funded by Routt County and the NRCS.
With Steamboat Springs only 10 miles away, the pressure to subdivide this area is growing, which threatens ranching heritage. "When my grandparents started this ranching operation in the 1930s, they wanted nothing more than for us to continue the tradition," says Ed Camilletti.
Routt County also supported a conservation easement on the 620-acre Finger Rock Preserve. The property is located where the Yampa River's Brinker and Chimney Creeks meet, south of the town of Yampa along County Highway 131. The property includes habitat that supports both the Columbian sharp-tailed and Greater sage grouse, both declining species in Colorado, as well as important wetlands.
Additionally, The Nature Conservancy has placed three conservation easements, totaling 8,500 acres, on the Smith Rancho property located near Hayden in Northwest Colorado. Supported by Routt County PDR, Great Outdoors Colorado and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the easements protect habitat for Columbian sharp-tailed grouse and Greater sage grouse, as well as critical areas for the nation's second largest herd of elk. Smith Rancho is one of Routt County's oldest and largest ranches. The family has been ranching sheep and cattle since the early 1900s.
"We're excited about the success of these partnerships," says Geoff Blakeslee, Yampa Valley project director for the Conservancy of Colorado. "This work is protecting important land and water that provide a great home for birds, mammals and other wildlife which are crucial to conservation in our state. "We can breathe a sigh of relief because all of these easements also prevent the threat of residential development while helping family businesses thrive."
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March 27, 2014
DeKALB, Ill. - NIU's women's tennis team will be at home this weekend, continuing MAC play this spring. On Friday, March 28, the Huskies will host the Akron Zips (10-9, 0-2 MAC) at 1:00 p.m. On Saturday, March 29, they'll host the Buffalo Bulls (10-3, 1-1 MAC) for a contest at 4:00 p.m. Both will be held at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford, Ill.
Last weekend, the Huskies kicked off MAC play in 2014. They played two MAC foes on the road to start conference play. First up was Ball State. On Friday, March 21, the Huskies fell to the Cardinals, 6-1. NIU then traveled to Miami (Ohio) to face the Redhawks. They fell there as well in a 6-1 final. The losses dropped NIU's record to 5-7 this season with a 0-2 MAC record.
Nelle Youel was recognized by the MAC for the second consecutive week for her efforts in the two matches over the season. She won MAC Player of the Week once again, the fifth time in her career that she has taken the honor. Youel defeated Ball State's Courtney Wild, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday. She followed that with a 6-3, 7-5 win against Nimisha Mohan on Saturday. Youel is 8-4 this spring singles play.
The Akron Zips have had their struggles as of late, losing six of their last seven. This includes losses against MAC opponents Toledo and Eastern Michigan. Brandon Padgett heads the coaching staff for a fourth year. Padgett is the first Akron coach in program history to steer the team to the MAC Tournament, doing so in both 2011 and 2012.
The Buffalo Bulls started MAC play last weekend with two very close matches. On Friday, they lost to Eastern Michigan, 4-3. The Bulls rebounded with a 4-3 win against Toledo on Saturday. Tanvi Shah has been excellent for the Bulls this season. She is 8-3 in No. 1 singles matches this spring.
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Trevor Lane Taken by New York Yankees in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft
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The steady influence instilled in the University of Illinois at Chicago's baseball program since the arrival of Mike Dee as head coach 17 years ago has been evident across every facet, both on and off the diamond.
Well over 50 of Dee's former players have gone on to professional baseball careers. Most recently, Dee saw pitcher Ryan Hinchley (Chicago White Sox) and infielder Jeff Boehm (Los Angeles Angels) begin their pro careers when they were drafted in 2015.
They follow Steve Carlson (New York Yankees, 2001), Curtis Granderson (Detroit Tigers, 2002), Wes Gilliam (Arizona Diamondbacks, 2002), Kevin Ryan (San Diego Padres, 2002), Kevin Nelson (New York Yankees, 2003), David Haehnel (Baltimore Orioles, 2004), Jordan DeVoir (New York Yankees, 2004), Ryan Gehring (Minnesota Twins, 2004), Mike Hughes (Anaheim Angels, 2004), Nelson Gord (Schaumburg Flyers, 2004; Houston Astros, 2007), Bryan Russo (Schaumburg Flyers, 2004), Justin Johnson (Baltimore Orioles, 2006), Ryan Zink (New York Yankees, 2007), Zach Peterson (Kansas City Royals, 2007), Kevin Coddington (Cincinnati Reds, 2008), Adam Worthington (Arizona Diamondbacks, 2009) and Tomas Michelson (Tampa Bay, 2014) as UIC players playing professionally since Dee's arrival.
One of the most notable professional products to develop under Dee and his staff while at UIC is current Major League Baseball All-Star Curtis Granderson, a New York Met and a Flames outfielder from 2000-2002. In November 2011, Granderson was given the AL's Silver Slugger award and finished fourth in the MVP voting. In September of 2012, he became just the fifth Yankee all-time to post back-to-back 40 home run seasons, a list that includes Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Jason Giambi.
On February 6, 2013, Mike Dee and the UIC baseball program retired Granderson's No. 28 Flames jersey at the first annual Diamond Dinner. At that event, Granderson unveiled his plans to help fund a new baseball stadium on UIC's campus. His gift of $5 million dollars is the largest one-time donation from a professional athlete to their alma mater in history, according to Sports Illustrated. The facility officially opened on April 17, 2014 as Granderson was on-hand to cut the ribbon and throw out the first pitch. The stadium is home for Flames Baseball, but more importantly, is intended to serve area youth and the Chicago community. Partnerships with Major League Baseball (MLB), Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and various youth organizations provide access to the aptly named "Curtis Granderson Stadium" for a multitude of events.
Granderson became the first UIC player to start for a major league club on Opening Day when he manned centerfield for the Detroit Tigers in 2006. He played a big role during the Tigers' magical 2006 campaign, helping bring an American League Championship and World Series berth back to Motown for the first time since 1984, and in 2007 he accumulated 23 homers, 23 triples, 38 doubles and 26 steals to become just the third player in major league history with 20-plus homers, 20-plus triples, 20-plus doubles and 20-plus stolen bases and the first since the legendary Willie Mays accomplished the feat in 1957.
There is no denying the success achieved on the field by UIC under Dee's tutelage. In 14 of the past 16 seasons, the Flames have finished either first or second in the Horizon League regular season, serving as the highest total among conference schools. UIC also owns 11 regular-season crowns having won eight straight from the years 2002-09.
With Dee's guidance, the Flames have proven themselves highly successful in Horizon League tournament play, garnering nine championship and runner-up titles since 2000. UIC has also earned their way into the NCAA tournament on four separate occasions since 2003, the most among league programs.
With Dee on the bench, UIC rattled off nine consecutive 30-plus win seasons from 2000-08, including seven straight campaigns of 35 victories or more from 2002-08, just another example that winning is a staple of Dee's program.
Many of those wins have come against some of college baseball's premier programs. In recent years, UIC has defeated a nationally-ranked foe on the road in six of the last eight seasons, with a triumph over No. 24 Texas A&M being the latest in a line of Top 25 teams, including No. 23 Western Kentucky in 2010, No. 5 Vanderbilt in 2008, No. 18 Ole Miss in 2006 and both No. 17 Long Beach State and No. 19 Tennessee in 2007, that have fallen to the Flames.
Dee has made road dates against some the toughest teams in the country an essential portion of the Flames' schedule each season, with Alabama, Baylor, Long Beach State, Missouri, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Santa Clara, Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, Purdue, Vanderbilt and various other national powers on the slate. One of the keys Dee has emphasized within his program is being competitive on the regional level, and UIC has looked no further than the Big Ten in its journey as one of the top programs in the Midwest. Dee's UIC teams have gone 34-29 against Big Ten opponents in the past 15 years.
Taking on tough opposition during the regular season has helped UIC steadily improve its postseason results. UIC beat Long Beach State in the 2007 regional opener for the team's first NCAA tournament win, and the Flames eliminated a tough Dallas Baptist team to chalk up their second-ever regional victory six years ago.
Dee's style of play has not only translated into consistent winning on the field; it has a lasting way of developing talent that has garnered an extensive array of awards in addition to opening up opportunities to play at the professional level. In the last 16 seasons UIC has featured 85 All-Horizon League selections, 14 league individual award-winners (including three conference player of the year honorees), 46 league all-newcomer team picks, 38 league all-tournament team players, four league tournament most valuable players, five NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team members and eight All-Mideast Region Team athletes.
Aside from the new multi-million dollar stadium, continuous upgrades in facilities have taken place since the first day of Dee's tenure. Les Miller Field, the home park of the Flames, has undergone renovations ranging from a brand-new FieldTurf surface to new lights to refurbished dugouts and a list of improvements from 1998 to today. Seven years ago the Peggy Colvin Baseball Center for Excellence, a state-of-the-art 4,690-square-foot clubhouse exclusive to the UIC baseball team, was constructed. The Colvin Center houses a players' locker room, coaches' offices, a study laboratory, a video lounge and numerous other amenities.
In 2009, the program welcomed a new indoor hitting facility, complete with up to six batting cages and FieldTurf, to the fold.
Dee's emphasis on steadiness to his players transcends their participation in the sport. An equal focus is placed on their dual status as both students and athletes, and if the accomplishments on the field are any indicator, each and every member of the UIC baseball team is also expected to give maximum effort to succeed in the classroom.
The tools to fulfill school duties are provided through required study sessions, course performance monitoring and strong academic resources. The UIC baseball program has responded to such concentration on thriving in the classroom by constantly ranking among the athletic department's top-performing teams in terms of grade point average, having an annual presence on the Horizon League's academic honor roll and academic all-league team, and, most recently, attaining the UIC Athletic Department's Male Academic Team of the Year award in 2007-08.
Dee came to UIC after serving the previous 11 seasons as the pitching coach for the University of Minnesota, where his pitching staff was frequently one of the best in the Big Ten. Dee's Minnesota staffs finished first or second in the conference for team ERA in seven of his last nine years as the Golden Gophers compiled a 405-254 (.615) record while registering a 190-101 (.653) ledger against Big Ten foes during his time in the Twin Cities.
In 1997, Dee's pitchers set a school record as they fanned 406 batters in 444.1 innings of work, led by 110 strikeouts from Mike Diebolt, a 1997 draft pick of the Detroit Tigers. Dee's 1993 squad set a then-school record with 43 wins. Minnesota captured the Big Ten Tournament title four times during Dee's tenure and earned the regular season championship twice, in 1988 and 1992. The Golden Gophers qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times while Dee was an assistant, including as recently as 1998.
In addition to his coaching duties with the Golden Gophers, Dee also served as the chief executive officer for the Minnesota Baseball Instructional School in Minneapolis. In that position, he handled all staff hiring/training, marketing and scheduling and all business accounting. Under Dee's direction, the business grew into one of the largest baseball camps in the United States.
Dee began his coaching career at his prep alma mater, Aquinas High School in LaCrosse, Wis. As the school's head coach for six years, his squads compiled a 100-26 record. Dee led Aquinas to six straight state tournament appearances and won the Wisconsin state title four consecutive years (1984-87). Following the 1987 season, Dee was named the Wisconsin State High School Coach of the Year before moving on to the Golden Gophers staff the next year.
Dee spent the first 17 years of his life raised in the Chicagoland area. He was an all-state selection as a high school junior at Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., before finishing his prep career at Aquinas, where he garnered all-state honors.
He then attended the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he was a three-year letterwinner and an NAIA All-America selection following his junior and senior seasons. Dee helped the Indians place fourth at the 1979 NAIA College World Series as a senior. Following his collegiate career, Dee played one season in the Milwaukee Brewers organization before entering the coaching ranks.
The body of work of the UIC baseball program has earned Dee a long stretch of awards from his peers. He has garnered an unprecedented eight Horizon League Coach of the Year awards, winning the honor in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and in each of the last four seasons (2005-2008). Dee's accomplishments at UIC, Minnesota and Aquinas gained him induction into the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in February of 2006, and he was also honored as the 2007 Division I College Coach of the Year by the Pitch and Hit Club of Chicago at the organization's 62nd annual awards dinner in 2008.
In addition to coaching, Dee has also served as a featured clinician at over 100 clinics nationwide, including the National Baseball Convention in 1991, 2001 and 2006.


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UFC light heavyweight contender Thiago Silva will now reportedly take on Europe Top Team product Antonio Mendes at UFC 84: Ill Will on May 24th.
The news comes from a report by Sherdog's Greg Savage.
The event will be headlined by a bad blood-filled UFC lightweight title bout that pits current champion B.J. Penn up against former champion Sean Sherk.
Silva was originally scheduled to face the heavyweight winner of the second season of "The Ultimate Fighter in Rashad Evans but Evans was tapped to fill in as an injury replacement against Chuck Liddell at UFC 85 in June.
He has won his first three fights inside the Octagon and remains undefeated in his professional career. Silva's last fight was a stoppage victory over Houston Alexander two months ago. Reports have been circulating that Silva has chosen to train with American Top Team for this fight instead of his usual Chute Boxe home.
Mendes, who will be making his debut inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is currently riding an eleven-fight winning streak that stretches all the way back to October 2004. The Fortaleza, Brazil native last defeated Kiril Sidelnikov by doctor's stoppage at an M-1 event last summer.
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Fifth-seeded UCLA dropped a MPSF Tournament Quarterfinal match at UC Santa Barbara in five sets on Saturday night. Scores of the contest were 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 20-25, 12-15. UCLA's record fell to 18-11 with the setback.
In set one, the Bruins started strong by taking a 5-0 edge behind the serve of Steve O'Dell. The Gauchos narrowed the gap to 8-6 before another Bruin spurt made it 12-6. The home team climbed back in the set at 16-13 and soon closed to 21-20. A Robart Page kill made it 22-20 and an attack error moved the difference to 23-20. Trent Kersten's kill pushed UCLA's lead out to 24-21. UCSB closed to 24-23 before a Gonzalo Quiroga spike clinched the set at 25-23.
The Gauchos moved out to an early 1-3 lead and then expanded the margin to 5-11. UCLA cut the deficit to 11-15 on a kill by Clayton Paullin and an attack error. UCSB went back out to a 19-23 advantage and took set two by a 20-25 score.
The serve of O'Dell keyed UCLA's run out to a 3-0 margin to begin set three. However, UCSB quickly tied the score at four. A block by Spencer Rowe and Paullin handed UCLA a 7-6 lead which it never surrendered. A Rowe kill made it 16-12 and then a Page kill took the score to 23-18. The two seniors then teamed up for a block to provide a 24-18 lead. A UCSB error gave set three to the Bruins.
The Bruins owned a 6-2 lead in set four after a kill by Paullin. A Quiroga kill made it 9-4 for UCLA. A Page and Mitch Stahl block put the Bruins in front 14-7. The Gauchos then stormed back to score six of the next seven points and closed to 15-13. After evening the set at 17-all, UCSB took the lead at 17-18 and never gave it back. The Gauchos held on to win set four 20-25.
Paullin's kill broke a 4-4 start to set five. UCLA took a 6-4 lead on a Page kill. The Gauchos came back to level the score at seven. Rowe put the Bruins in front, 8-7, with a kill. Santa Barbara tied it at 8 and then took the lead at 8-9 to force a timeout. UCSB was in the midst of a five-point run which lifted the home team into an 8-12 lead. That streak was snapped on a service error, but UCSB scored again for a 9-13 edge. Three-straight from the Bruins, on an attack error and kills from Page and Stahl, made it 12-13. However, the next two points went to UCSB for the win.
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BERN, Switzerland — Former Michigan defenseman Jack Johnson scored twice as the United States opened play at the IIHF world championship with a 4-2 victory over Latvia on Saturday.
Johnson put the Americans ahead for good in the second period with his second goal, scored less than five minutes after former North Dakota forward Drew Stafford tied the game at 2-2.
Patrick O'Sullivan added to the Americans' advantage in the third.
Robert Esche made 18 saves for the U.S., which plays Latvia on Monday.
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I wish I could say the failure of Flight Options will be the last travel company to collapse this year. But, honestly, I can't.
Though, hopefully, this is the last one to go bust slap-bang in the middle of the school summer holidays.
What a lousy year 2010 has been for British travellers. Ash from the Icelandic volcano and striking BA cabin staff have caused widespread disruption and 13 travel firms have collapsed - talk about unlucky.
There was some good news this week when strikes at BAA airports were averted.
And most of Flight Options' 60,000 customers with advance bookings will eventually get their money back under the Atol scheme.
Those due to fly out on holiday before 6pm last night were able to travel under special arrangements designed to minimise confusion and protect passengers.
And the Civil Aviation Authority will also make sure all 13,000 travellers overseas will get home.
The travel industry will, as usual, rally round to help with offers and deals to find alternative trips for those thousands of disappointed Flight Options' customers who have seen their summer plans wrecked.
But now the fear is smaller travel firms will be unable to pay the bills this autumn that they have built up during the peak summer holiday period.
The situation is made worse because the coalition's stringent spending cuts and the still-uncertain economic outlook are clearly putting off holidaymakers from heading abroad. However, my main concern is for any Flight Options customers abroad right now.
They may face being asked to stump up directly to the hotel for their accommodation, even though they've paid for a package holiday already - a justified complaint I've had in the past from many Mirror readers.
Well, here's a thought.
Perhaps the governments of tourist countries - let's use Spain as an example - that have happily taken British holidaymakers' money for decades could guarantee hotel payments so stranded people don't have to fork out on the spot?
That guaranteed money could eventually be recovered and paid back under, say, customers' own travel insurance, or Atol or Abta schemes. But in the meantime Brits stuck abroad would not have to effectively fork out twice.
In many instances loyal British holidaymakers have been the backbone of many tourist economies across the Mediterranean - returning to resorts year in, year out and spending hefty sums of their hardearned cash in shops, cafes, bars and restaurants.
Frankly, I wonder whether our European hosts sometimes see us as little more than walking euros? Returning to Spain, and to put things in perspective, even though numbers of visitors from the UK are markedly down because of the recession, 11 million Brits still went to the sunny Costas last year.
Just a little recognition of that would be nice, thanks.
Advice: When making any claim for loss of travel do be very persistent and remember, don't get emotional in your correspondence, just stick to the facts.
Info: Flight Options customers who are currently abroad should contact the CAA for more information on 0044 161 444 5811.
Those with advance bookings requiring general advice about refunds under the Atol scheme go to the CAA website (www.caa.co.uk) or call 0844 571 7262.
How am I covered if a holiday firm I've booked with goes bust?
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, if you buy a package holiday including air travel where you pay for everything in one go, legally you should be protected by Atol.
Atol also protects some flight-only firms who just sell seats on aeroplanes such as Kiss. So the money people paid for flights will be refunded.
What is Atol?
It stands for Air Travel Organ-isers' Licence and provides a financial protection scheme managed by the CAA.
All holiday companies selling air holiday packages and flights in the UK are required by law to hold a licence which is granted after the company has met the CAA's licensing requirements.
Each holder is then issued with a unique number that can be checked on the Atol website, and they must contribute to a protection fund.
If an Atol holder fails, the scheme ensures customers who booked through an Atol holder for a holiday package or a flight, don't lose money or aren't stranded abroad.
How do I know if my holiday is Atol protected?
Receipts for the holiday should have the Atol logo.
You can also check online at www.atol.org.uk . But a spokesman admitted the scheme these days isn't as straightforward as they would like.
He said: "For a few years some compa-years some compa-nies have been selling split packages.
"You may well think that you're buying an Atol-protected package, but what they are doing is making a number of different transactions on your credit card.
"For example separate transac-tions for your flights, hotel and car hire. We've brought cases against certain firms where they may have held an Atol, publicised Atol, but the holidaymakers may not be aware that they haven't bought a package, and legally we can't refund them.
"It has been decreed by the courts that it is not a package and does not need Atol protection.
"But in most cases if you book something that appears to be a package and is showing it's Atol protected, you should be fine.
"If you're worried check with the people you're buying the holiday from that all of it is Atol protected and get that in writing."
Can you be insured against your airline going bust?
Yes, you can buy separate 'failure' insurance. That's pointless if you're Atol protected but if you're on a scheduled airline and booked separate accommodations, separate insurance is the way to do it.
What if I pay by credit card?
Under the Consumer Protection Act, if you've paid by credit card, it costs more than £100 and the goods aren't delivered to you, your credit card company will cancel the transaction. But this only applies if the goods aren't available to you.
So if flights and accommodation have been booked separately - either directly by the traveller or their travel agent - only the flight will be covered.
As the accommodation provider hasn't ceased trading, the credit card company wouldn't refund the accommodation costs as they'll say the provider of that service has made it available it to you. If you can't get to it, that's not their problem.
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Childhood obesity has more than trippled in the past 30 years, according to the Center for Disease Control. Nearly 20 percent of kids ages 6 to 11 are obese, as are about 18 percent of adolescents ages 12 to 19. Without help to control their weight, obese children are prime targets for a variety of health-related problems, including heart disease, diabetes, bone and joint problems, asthma, and . Help to stop the fatal effects of this. Do you really want to sit there and watch these innocent childern die?
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The Value of Data Visualization to Corporate Culture
In a new article on BusinessWeek, they acknowledge that Data Visualization is becoming a prominent, and profitable, new field that's drawing in new experts and software systems into the corporate culture.
Data visualization has nothing to do with pie charts and bar graphs. And it's only marginally related to "infographics," information design that tends to be about objectivity and clarification. Such representations simply offer another iteration of the data—restating it visually and making it easier to digest. Data visualization, on the other hand, is an interpretation, a different way to look at and think about data that often exposes complex patterns or correlations.
Data visualization is a way to make sense of the ever-increasing stream of information with which we're bombarded and provides a creative antidote to the "analysis paralysis" that can result from the burden of processing such a large volume of information. "It's not about clarifying data," says Koblin. "It's about contextualizing it."
Focusing heavily on the work of Aaron Koblin, it's a great piece to keep on-hand when your boss comes around asking about the values of visualization.
via Data Visualization: Stories for the Information Age – BusinessWeek.


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College Hockey:Wisconsin remains top team in women's poll
There is not much change in this week's USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll as the top five teams remain the same as last week, with Wisconsin on top having garnered all 15 first place votes.
Cornell, Minnesota-Duluth, Mercyhurst and Boston University round out the top five in that order.
Minnesota, up a notch to No. 6, trades places with Boston College this week, while North Dakota remains the eighth-ranked team and Providence stays at No. 10.
Dartmouth, unranked last week, grabs the No. 9 rank this week.
Ohio State, Bemidji State, Quinnipiac, Northeastern and Harvard all received votes.
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