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Young Jack Thriller speaks with B-Real of Cypress Hill about the history behind "Insane In The Membrane", racism in hip-hop, and much more.
Late addition from 2012′s Cypress Hill / Rusko collaborative project.
In a recent interview with Vibe, DJ Muggs revealed that he is working on Cypress Hill's next album, and suggests it will be a return to form for the group. "I didn't do much on the last Cypress album," explains Muggs, alluding to 2010's Rise Up project on which he only contributed two tracks. "What [cont.]
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Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs talks about the early days of Cypress Hill and how a joint got them banned from Saturday Night Live forever.
This video comes from the Cypress X Rusko EP, which dropped earlier this year on V2/Cooperative Music.
Second single from Cypress Hill and Rusko's collaborative LP due next month.
Dim Mak recording artists Mustard Pimp take Cypress Hill and Rusko's dubstep single to drum & bass territory.
Cypress Hill and Rusko were recently joined by Travis Barker onstage at the Smokeout Festival 2012 to perform their new song "Lez Go." Cypress x Rusko's self-titled collaboration EP will be available everywhere June 4th & 5th.
Deadmau5 recently leaked this previously unreleased collabo with Cypress Hill via his own Soundcloud. That photo is of HHS co-founder Warren Peace and the Mau5 at XS Las Vegas. Photo by the legendary Danny Mahoney.
From the forthcoming EP release from the two acts.
First single from Cypress Hill and dubstep pioneer Rusko's forthcoming collaborative EP.
Bobo Meets Rhettmatic release their official Cypress Junkies Mixtape & Mini EP premiered by FRSH SLCTS. The highly anticipated mixtape + EP contains four new original studio tracks with a features by Dilated Peoples' Rakaa Iriscience and Fitz and The Tantrum's, Noelle Scaggs and three live mix sets programmed by genre. The seminal percussionist and [cont.]
Bobo Meets Rhettmatic offers new mixes from upcoming project Cypress Junkies – a three-part mixtape series with a mini EP due November 3, 2011. The group's new capsule-inspired release contains three new mixes and four original studio tracks with a feature by Dilated Peoples' Rakaa Iriscience and Fitz and The Tantrum's, Noelle Scaggs. BMR kicks [cont.]
The legendary B-Real of Cypress Hill talks about what he loves about Rock The Bells, paying respect to great music, tradition, and more.
Reebok Classics and Rock The Bells Present an exclusive interview with B-Reel, DJ Muggs, Eric Bobo and Sen Dog. We go way back to the days when Black Sunday was dropped and Cypress Hill became hip hop classics.
Looks like this years Rock The Bells festival has a lot to offer, as many classic groups will be performing their classic albums in full, at select dates in San Bernardino, Mountain View, Boston, and New York. Itinerary is as follows: 08.20 San Bernardino, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater 08.27 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline [cont.]
Cypress Hill drops one more video from their Rise Up LP, with Pete Rock on the boards. Directed by Tim Mcgurr / 13thWitness.
This footage aired on HD.Net in late September.
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Joseph Siravo is an American actor and graduate of both Stanford and New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Among his most notable roles is that of "Johnny Boy" Soprano, father of Tony Soprano, on The Sopranos. He is credited as the voice of Carmine in the Disney film The Wild. Joseph also played the role of the main antagonist and vengeful Vincent 'Vinnie' Taglialucci in the 1993 film Carlito's Way, who seeks revenge for the death of his father and brother at the hands of corrupt lawyer David Kleinfeld, and falsely accuses Carlito Brigante of helping in the murder. Siravo co-starred in the film WiseGirls as the overbearing and misogynistic manager of a mob-owned restaurant. He has played more than 1,000 performances in the first national tour of "Jersey Boys" as Gyp DeCarlo and others. Siravo also starred in the HBO series of In Treatment as Jesse's father.
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- Rockaway 2007
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- Walking and Talking 1996
- Carlito's Way 1993
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College Hockey:LSSU, UMD Draw After 14-Year Layoff
DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Duluth and Lake Superior State hadn't met in men's hockey in more than 14 years, as the rivalry was renewed Friday night in the inaugural Superior Showcase at the DECC.
They last played in the NCAA Division I West Regional in 1993 when scoring was a bit more plentiful.
Goals are much tougher to find now. UMD (13-21-4) and Lake Superior State (21-19-3) averaged 2.5 of them last season.
They battled to a 2-2 overtime tie before a crowd of 4,014 to open 2007-08. The Bulldogs outshot the Lakers of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association 39-25, yet had to rally on a Jordan Fulton goal in the second period.
"With that many shots, we should've had more than two goals," said Fulton, a sophomore center. "To be successful, you need every line to chip in and score. We looked decent, we really came on well in the third period and overtime, but we can look a lot better." Northern Michigan beat Michigan Tech 3-2 in the other Superior Showcase game Friday, in Houghton, Mich., and Northern Michigan travels to face UMD at 7:07 p.m. today at the DECC. Lake Superior State has an off-day before playing at Michigan Tech on Sunday afternoon on ESPNU.
The Bulldogs couldn't solve Lake Superior State sophomore goalie Pat Inglis of Calgary, Alberta, when they had numerous scoring chances in the game's final stages. It was the first start of a new goalie era at the school following the graduation of Jeff Jakaitis of Rochester, Minn., who was team MVP for four straight years, won 40 games and left as senior valedictorian.
"I looked at last year as a learning experience, but I also thought I earned my position this season," said Inglis, who was 5-3 last season. "Coach [Jim Roque] was good enough to put me in some key games last year to get me ready.
"At the end tonight, UMD was trying to storm the net. Both teams had their chances."
UMD sophomore defenseman Trent Palm recorded the season's first goal following a faceoff in the offensive zone with 72 seconds left in the first period. He took the draw from center MacGregor Sharp and equaled his goal total of last season.
The Lakers, picked to finish seventh in the 12-team CCHA, rallied with goals from wingers Nathan Perkovich and Dan Eves to go up 2-1.
Palm assisted on the tying goal at 6:33 of the third period, as Fulton had an open-net rebound of a Nick Kemp power-play shot. But that was it for the scoring.
"My job is to be a solid defenseman and if I can help out offensively, it's a bonus," said Palm, who had just one point in 32 games last season.
UMD was ranked eighth among 10 teams in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association preseason coaches poll. Lake Superior State, a school of 3,100 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is about 415 miles from Duluth . The Lakers drove 7 hours here Thursday and were on the road right after the game.
"Both teams competed and played hard, and both teams are looking for goal scorers. And we're still looking," said Lake Superior coach Jim Roque.
One thing UMD carried over from the end of last season was decent special teams play. The Bulldogs scored on a power play and killed all five opposing power plays (and now have a streak of 37 successful kills.) Sophomore goalie Alex Stalock was also solid with 23 saves.
"We needed a starting point and this wasn't bad," said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. "We didn't have a very good second period, when we had a few average shifts in a row, but at the end we did everything but score."
The schools hadn't met since March 27, 1993, in an NCAA Division I West Regional game at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena. Defending champion Lake Superior State won 4-3 to advance to the Frozen Four and eventually lost to Maine in the title game. The Lakers were in the midst of playing in the NCAA final three straight years, winning championships in 1992 and 1994.
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TULSA , Okla.?-- The University of Arizona menˇ?s tennis team will compete in the Polo Ralph Lauren All American Championship Sept. 29 ?C Oct. 7.
The Polo Ralph Lauren All American Championship will be held on the campus on the University of Tulsa in the Michael D. Case Tennis Center and will feature the top collegiate menˇ?s players.
Prequalifying matches will take place on Sept. 29 and 30, with qualifying play from Oct. 1 ?C 3. The main draw will run from Oct. 4 ?C 7.
Seniors Claudio Christen and Bruno Alcala will lead a group of Wildcats that also includes junior Peter Zimmer and freshman Jay Goldman.
This year, the draw includes last yearˇ?s singles national champion and No. 1 ranked player in the nation, Somdev Devvarman from Virginia. For the doubles action, all 10 of the top ranked teams will be participating.? The tournament will offer the first national singles and doubles titles of the 2007-08 season.? Overall, there will be over 150 players from all the top ranked tennis schools competing over the weekend.
Former champions of this event include current professional stars, James Blake (1998), Bob Bryan (1997) and John Isner (2006).


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The adorable spouting whale invitation served as the inspiration for the party's color scheme of orange, white, navy and sky blue set on a backdrop of khaki burlap to evoke the look of sand!
To set the sweets-table stage, we filled a pedestal beverage dispenser with blue "ocean water" punch and filled three old fashioned glass jars with scrumptious sweets, including blue raspberry gummy rings, orange gumballs and, of course, blueberry salt water taffy – reminiscent of cruising the boardwalk! Party-goers can fill personalized fabric whale favor bags with the candy to take home as a special treat!
A pod of sweet navy blue whale sugar cookies are placed on a white serving platter atop a multi-blue chevron fabric table runner that mimics ocean waves! White milk glass cake stands are stacked with white-frosted cupcakes adorned with navy and orange paper wrappers and polka dot ribbon flag toppers. The cupcake pièce de résistance is the charming blue fondant whale that sits at the very top of the cupcake tower!
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Oct. 31, 2011
HOUSTON (SMU) – The SMU cross country team brought home the gold medal at the Conference USA Championships hosted by Rice Monday morning. The Mustangs scored a total of 57 points, edging out Tulsa, the defending C-USA Champions, by a mere two points. This was the second closest conference meet in league history.
Silje Fjortoft set a new conference record to take first place finishing the 5K race with a time of 16:06.8. In her fifth consecutive gold-medal finish, she defeated the two-time defending champion, Risper Kimaiyo from UTEP, by an astounding eight seconds.
"Silje's race was one of the most impressive races I have ever seen her run" said cross country coach Cathy Casey, who was named the C-USA Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. "Her and Kimaiyo ran side by side through the 4K mark. It was very exciting."
Along with Fjortoft, Kristine Eikrem-Engeset had a top-ten finish (7th), crossing the line with a time of 17:22.2. Both runners were named to the All-Conference First Team. Fjortoft was also named the conference's Outstanding Senior.
Mary Alenbratt (12th) and Monika Korra (14th) clocked in at 17:37.7 and 17:49.0, respectively, contributing to the Ponies' first-place finish. Both received All-Conference Second Team honors.
Freshman Kajsa Barr finished 23rd out of 92 runners with a time of 18:06.9. Senior Aasha Marietta (33rd) and sophomore Caitlin Keen (44th) also finished in the top half of the competition.
"Coming in, we knew this would be a tough competition. It really took a special effort from every girl. They never stopped believing they could win the entire race. I am so proud of all of them," Coach Casey said.
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- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/3 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons capers, drained
- Hot cooked bow tie pasta
- Flatten chicken slightly; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook chicken in oil for 5-7 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
- Stir in the cream, wine, tomatoes and capers; cook until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve with pasta. Yield: 4 servings.
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Music is said to be "in the blood" of Germans – so it's no wonder Germany has a full slate of music festivals planned for the summer. Here are some of the biggies:
Rock am Ring: Set for June 5-8 in Eifel, the country's biggest rock festival is expected to draw some 150,000 rockers this year. An all-star lineup of 60 artists includes Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park and Metallica.
Rock im Park: Another huge draw is also set for June 5-8, but in Nuremberg. Performers will alternate with appearances at Rock am Ring.
Bachfest: The country's classical music spotlight will be on Leipzig June 13-22 when the city celebrates the 300th anniversary of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (son of Johann Sebastian Bach).
Fete de la Musique: Berlin will celebrate the official beginning of summer on June 21 with a broadside of performances on more than 80 open-air stages, a street festival and musical offerings ranging from reggae to jazz to hip hop.
In July and August, as a tribute to 19th century German composer Richard Wagner, the town of Bayreuth holds an annual festival -- sold out every year since 1876 -- playing his operas, including his last completed opera "Parsifal."
Germany is also home to the world's largest open-air heavy metal festival, slated every summer in the small town of Wacken. This year's event is set for July 31 to Aug. 2 (it's so popular there's a waiting list and subsequent raffle for tickets).
More info: Visit the German National Tourist Board (GNTB). A full listing of events slated for this summer and beyond is shown on the GNTB calendar.


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Everything You Think You Know About the 'Big Bad Fed' Is Wrong
By Mark Dow and Michael Sedacca Apr 22, 2013 12:40 pm
These five common misconceptions about the effects of QE and how monetary policy works put investors at risk.
Few would still argue against the assertion that the Federal Reserve has been central to the financial stabilization and economic recovery from the 2008 crisis. They fixed the plumbing and are now trying to incentivize animal spirits to pump water through the pipes. The debate has now migrated to exit strategies and whether the accumulating side effects of exceptional monetary accommodation outweigh incremental benefits.
Nonetheless, it is the Fed, so views are heated, and many misperceptions persist. The concept of money-printing resonates strongly and intuitively with almost everyone, but most of the intuitive reactions to the Fed's QE are turning out to have been wrong. Here are some of the major myths that linger.
1. Money printing increases the money supply. The Fed does not control the money supply; they control base money (or outside money), which is a small fraction of the broader money supply. In our fractional reserve system, the banks (loosely defined) control the other 90% or so of the money supply (a.k.a. inside money). And the banks have not been lending. This is why the money supply has not grown rapidly in response to years now of QE.
2. QE is "pumping cash into the stock market." The truth is, little of this money finds its way into the stock market. When the Fed implements QE, they are buying low-risk US Treasuries and agency mortgages from the market, mostly from banks. About 82% of the money the Fed has injected since QE started has been re-deposited with the Fed as excess reserves. With the remaining 18%, banks have tended to buy other fixed income assets of a slightly riskier nature-moving out on the risk spectrum for a bank doesn't mean jumping into equities, especially given the near-death experience that most of them have just experienced.
Of course, not all of the US Treasury bonds (USTs) and mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) injected into the economy were purchased from banks. And some of the money does end up in equities. But, really, not all that much. The other big holders of USTs/MBSs who've been selling to the Fed for the most part have fixed-income mandates too, and they are also unlikely to take the cash from the Fed and cross over into equities with it.
So, the natural question is why-if the above is true-have equities gone up so much in response to QE? The simple answer? Psychology and misconception.
By taking an aggressive stand, the Fed signaled a positive message to markets: "I've got this." The confidence that the Fed would do everything it could to protect our economic downside stabilized animal spirits. Then it slowly but surely enabled risk-taking to re-engage. The fact that so many people believe that the Fed would be "pumping money into the stock market," and because so many buy into the "don't fight the Fed" aphorism (notwithstanding September 2007 to March 2009), the effect of the Fed's message was that much more powerful.
In short, this largely psychological effect on markets-one that I had initially underestimated-bought time for household balance sheets to heal and is allowing fundamentals to catch up somewhat with market prices.
3. QE will create runaway inflation. "Yet" has become the favorite word of the inflationistas. As in, "Oh, it'll come, just hasn't yet." And the magnitude of that expected inflation has been dialed down from 'hyperinflation' to 'high inflation.'
But some continue to hang on. The most extreme inflationistas insist that it is here now and the Fed is cooking the books. The reality, of course, is the Fed has nothing to do with the compilation of US inflation statistics, which is done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Moreover, for those who are worried that all departments of government are conspiring against the American people, you would also have to believe the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in on it, too. MIT runs the Billion Price Project, a means of testing, using broad-based Internet price sampling techniques, the extent to which the government's measure of CPI reflects reality.
But, there really has been no inflation, even with rounds of QE and interest rates stuck at zero. What we have learned in this crisis has driven home the points that the lending and borrowing that drive the money supply are more sensitive to risk appetite than they are to the price of money.
Is it possible that this will end in a bout of inflation? Yes. But the odds are lower than consensus had been thinking and they are dropping fast, as inflation continues to be well anchored and people come to understand better how the transmission mechanism of monetary policy actually works.
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Number Rockets
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Students identify numerals and the number each numeral represents. Graphics to support this lesson are included with the document.
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Two state ballot initiatives of particular interest to agriculture have been defeated. California's GMO labeling measure—Proposition 37—was defeated 53 percent to 47 percent.
In North Dakota, voters handily rejected a measure Tuesday that would have created a felony penalty for malicious cruelty to a dog, cat or horse. The measure was defeated 66 to 34 percent.


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Sunday night, March 16, CNN highlighted the story of how Joyce Ride spent 10 years and $100,000 of her own money to prove the innocence of Gloria Killian. Killian had been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 32 years to life in 1985. Ride got to know the inmate while visiting prisoners as part of a "friends of prisoners" program and believed Killian's insistence that she was innocent of the crime.
Gloria Killian first heard about the murder of Ed Davies and shooting of his wife Grace during a home robbery on the evening news. An anonymous tip named Stephen DeSantis and his cousin Gary Masse as the men who committed the robbery. When police officers talked with Masse's wife Joanne, she told them that a woman named Gloria had coordinated the crime. The shooting was not pre-planned.
Somehow police felt the named Gloria was Gloria Killian, then 35, who worked at a coin shop where Mr. Davies had been a customer. According to Killian's book, "Full Circle," which talks about the case, police questioned her and held her for four months without bail. She was eventually released for lack of evidence.
However Masse was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. On the day he began his sentence he asked to see the district attorney. During that meeting he told the prosecutor that he would testify against Killian for a reduced sentence.
Once again Killian, a law student, insisted she had nothing to do with either crime. In fact the other robber, DeSantis, had testified at trial that Gloria was not involved with the robbery and murder. Each time Killian appealed she lost. She finally accepted reality and began to use her legal education to helping other inmates at the California Institution for Women prison at Chino.
In the early 1990s she met Joyce Ride who listened to Gloria as she told how she ended up behind bars. On hearing the story Mrs. Ride said she felt profoundly that Killian was innocent and annoyed by the injustice.
Ride financed the private investigation and legal battle that eventually exposed the use of false testimony and hidden evidence in the trial that found Killian guilty. Investigators found a letter which exposed that Masse cut a deal with the prosecutor, a letter never shared with the defense. Then another letter was found where Masse admitted "he lied [his] ass off on the stand."
Without Masse's testimony the case against Killian crumbled and the conviction was overturned. Gloria Killian has spent from 1985 to 2002 in prison, 17 years, as an innocent person.
All together Joyce Ride spent $100,000 of her own money. The elderly widow even sold some of her stock to pay lawyers despite protests from Gloria. On the day Killian was released Mrs. Ride, who was then in her 70's, waited at the gate to pick her up.
Ms Ride told CNN, "Seeing her walk out was a really great joy. It was like a load was lifted off my shoulders."
The two women noticed a crowd of inmates and visitors had gathered to watch Gloria leaving prison as a free woman. Suddenly the inmates started waving goodbye. Killian settled into Ride's passenger seat and Ride steered toward the exit. "We did a lap around the parking lot to wave back at them," said Ride.
Ride invited her to live with her since all of Gloria's relatives had passed away while she had been in prison. A decade later the women still share a home in Claremont, California along with a third woman that Ms Killian made friends with in prison.
Since her release, Ms Killian has written a book about her story and founded a program called Action Committee for Women in Prison.
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Montello firefighters, assisted with mutual aid by Princeton, were called to the scene of a house fire in the early morning hours of Monday, January 14th. The Montello Fire Department was called at 6:16 a.m. to a structure fire at W3934 Davis Drive off County Road C, east of Montello.
Fire Chief Glen Bubolz reported that the 2-story house was fully engulfed when they arrived. Bubolz and Sheriff's Deputy Larry Witt were the first on the scene, just ahead of the fire department's engine crew.
Bubolz said they went to the back side of the building, where they called out to an adult female. Jamie Corrigan, the mother of three children ages 4 years, 2 years and 18 months, was near a window on the second story, which was only about 8 feet up on that side of the building She was able to stick her arm out to show her location, but then they lost contact with her.
Fearing the worst, the engine crew then arrived and got a ladder set up, charged a water line and broke open a window, and they were again able to contact the woman inside. She helped hand out her three young children, one at a time, and firefighters got each child down the ladder and ran some 100 yards to get them to the waiting ambulances. Bubolz said they then were able to get the woman outside and down to the ground, where waiting EMT's administered oxygen and provided blankets to keep everyone warm. All were conscious and breathing, he reported.
Bubolz said all four were transported by ambulance to Divine Savior Healthcare in Portage, and one child was further transported by Med-Flight to UW Hospital in Madison.
He said it appears the fire started in the middle area of the house, cutting off the family's avenue of escape. They all stayed together, however, greatly aiding the rescue effort. Bubolz said the mother was also able to stay in contact with the Sheriff's Department dispatcher Greg Bond, with the assistance of fellow dispatcher Jeremy Breiwa, until help arrived on the scene.
Bubolz said that as of Monday afternoon, the hospital reported to him that all four victims were reported in stable condition.
He added that the home was a total loss, and the family was rescued with only the clothes on their backs. The Red Cross was notified about the incident. In addition, a family pet dog perished in the fire, he reported.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Sheriff's Department, but Bubolz said at this point it does not appear to be suspicious in origin. "This is just a routine check," he reported. He added that he did not hear smoke detectors going off when he arrived at the scene, but did not know for sure if the family had any.
Firefighters from Montello and Princeton were on the scene nearly four hours. Bubolz gave praise to everyone on the scene, as well as the Sheriff's dispatchers and other officers who assisted that morning. He gave credit to the efficient work of his engine crew: Jon Vote, Doug Isberner, Andy Knight, Andy Krafft and Paden Drew, along with the EMS ambulance crews from Montello and Oxford, and anyone else he may have not named.
"It was a good job by everyone, and God was on our side on this one," Bubolz reflected afterwards, thankful that the family was saved. Despite the single-digit temperatures that morning, Bubolz was also grateful that the firefighters had no problems with freeze-ups.
"Everybody says we're heroes," Bubolz said, "but we're here to protect and serve. That's what we do."
Marquette County Sheriff Kim Gaffney had high praises for the emergency crews who were on the scene, as well as his patrol officers there, along with dispatchers back at the Sheriff's Office. Gaffney said Bond, an experienced dispatcher, did "an outstanding job" of directing the mother to keep her and her children safe and together until help arrived. Gaffney listened to the 911 call tape and recalled what he heard, calling it "a classic" with intense drama unfolding as the family waited for help to arrive.
Gaffney also reported that an adult male who resides at the home, Richard Labumbard, had left earlier that morning to go to work.
The chief said there were plans to hold a debriefing for the emergency workers on Tuesday, and he said the incident will also be discussed at an upcoming countywide meeting.


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1.1 General Tracing Approaches
The record of different actions, which affect the update of ratings and statuses is based, take place during the battle.
The account may have one of the following statuses:
1.Clear (not a teamkiller)
2.Under suspicion
A player possesses local and global statuses "Clear" on default and the respective ratings equal zero. Statuses depend on the changes of the respective ratings. The update of ratings is underway both during the battle and after it.
Teamdamage and teamkills (as extreme cases of teamdamage) are used for defining the degree of suspicion. Some cases of teamdamage and teamkills should be considered separately.
If the account has been identified as a teamkiller and has received a ban for it, its global status is reset to "Under suspicion" after the ban is over. The global rating is also set to the indicator equal to the first extreme valuation of teamkilling (see Extreme valuations and factors for teamkilling).
1.1.1 Special cases of teamdamage/teamkills
188.8.131.52 Non-teamdamage
The following cases are NOT teamdamage:
• Self-destruction
• Damaging the player whose local status equals "Teamkiller". They can be destroyed with no further punishment. (ATTENTION! Only a player with special signs (described in the paragraph 2.1.1) is counted as a 'TeamKiller'
• Damaging the player of one's own platoon/Tank Company. Though formally the player is part of a team, they can deal with the problems of the platoon/Tank Company on their own.
• Damaging the player in the training room.
1.2 The Degree of Responsibility
The following indicators increase the degree of responsibility:
• On one's own base: damaging the player who happened to be on the team's base
• On enemy's base: damaging the player who happened to be on the enemy's base
*The degree of responsibility increases seriously in case of relapse.
1.3 Penalties and Contribution
Regardless of the status (local or global) the player who has done a teamdamage or a teamkill should be fined and pay with experience and credits after the battle. Apart from that the teamkiller pays contribution to the player who was killed for teamkills (not teamdamage).
For calculation the following rules are applied:
1. Experience and credits are counted for any teamdamage as for a rival team player. They will be doubled and taken away from the overall quantity of experience and credits the player gained in this battle. Further on in this instruction the amount of such extractions is called "penalty".
2. 50% of credits that are taken away for a teamkill (not a teamdamage) are enrolled to the victim's account after deduction of standard commission for transaction between the players. These payments (contributions) are carried out from the amount that has been enrolled to the teamkiller's account after the battle. If the amount enrolled in not sufficient to cover all the pay-outs to the victims, all the credits received are given out to the victims and are divided proportionally as in case if full pay-outs were possible.
The payment for the battle cannot be negative.
The calculation after the battle looks like this:
1. Bonuses for the battle are taken away (teamdamage excluded)
2. The amounts of contribution are taken away from the amount received
3. Penalty for teamdamage is taken away from the remaining sum
4. The rest is given to the player as bonus for the battle
2. Displaying in in-game interface
2.1.1 Battle interface
Having received the local status of "teamkiller" in a battle, the player has to immediately get visual identification of the status in in-game interface for the team-mates (his appearance does not change for rivals).
His nick either has to appear in blue in the "ears" or a special blue sign has to appear next to it (or him).
Instead of a traditional green sign above the tank the same blue sign has to appear.
2.1.2 Battle statistics (during and after the battle)
In the tournament final table the nickname of a player with teamkills will appear in blue.
The players who have been killed by him will appear in a different colour.
2.1.3 Displaying in player's hangar and profile
The global status of the account has to appear everywhere in the profile of the player where it can be checked: in a hangar and in the web. However it should be seen by a player only – this is his private information.
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Delta Dental recommends the smart use of antibiotics.
OAK BROOK, Ill. (Oct. 9, 2012) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most pressing public health problems. According to the CDC, an estimated 50 percent of antibiotic prescription use in hospitals is inappropriate or unnecessary.1
Other studies have found that dentists also may prescribe antibiotics unnecessarily.2-3 During "Talk About Prescriptions Month," Delta Dental advises people to be responsible about how they use antibiotics.
Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. They work by killing bacteria or preventing them from reproducing until the body's immune system can fight off the rest of the infection. When prescribed and taken correctly, their value in helping cure or prevent the spread of disease is significant. Contrary to popular belief, antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses such as the common cold, flu and bronchitis.
Every time a person takes antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed, but resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. These resistant germs can then be spread to others and over time, an antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria can become a community problem. Repeated and improper uses of antibiotics are primary causes of the increase in drug-resistant bacteria.
Dentists mainly prescribe antibiotics for the management of infections in and around the mouth, which are usually caused by bacteria. They are sometimes used after oral surgery as a preventive measure or to treat a toothache. Most common dental infections take the form of a toothache and require some type of treatment, like a filling, root canal therapy, or tooth extraction. Antibiotics cannot cure a toothache and are not always necessary after routine oral surgery.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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2Zadik Y and Levn L. Clinical Decision Making in Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics, and Antibiotic Prescription. Journal of Dental Education January 1, 2008 vol. 72 no. 1 81-86
3Dar-Odeh NS, Abu-Hammad OA, et.al. Antibiotic prescribing practices by dentists: a review. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2010; 6: 301-306.


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The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking into how delays at ports and other loading and unloading facilities may be affecting driver compliance with hours-of-service rules designed to increase safety.
Union Pacific's failure to maintain its track and equipment resulted in broken and sheared lag bolts, which caused the June 3 derailment of a train near Mosier, Ore., according to a preliminary report from the Federal Railroad Administration.
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In 2002, California passed Laura's Law, under pressure from families of mentally ill adults. Laura's Law implements court ordered treatment for individuals with severe mental illnesses, who meet strict legal criteria, such as being non- compliant with medications. It allows for outpatient commitment in the hopes of reducing homelessness, risk of incarceration, crime against mentally ill individuals and violence.
Only one of California's 58 counties has implemented the law. Due to a caveat attached to the passage of the law, each county was required to implement their own programs. Now, due mostly to some high profile cases, such as the Kelly Thomas case, other larger counties are preparing plans for implementation.
According to an article in the LA Times, advocates and critics are each voicing concerns regarding avoiding more tragedies versus taking away fundamental rights of an individual. While the article sites some cases that have received a lot of press, there are thousands of stories that go untold. Some of these stories tell us about individuals, those not forced into court appointed treatment and instead, wind up in jails and prisons, untreated.
This issue is far more encompassing than it seems and calls us to look at how we are providing mental health care, everywhere. It is worth noting that on any given day, here in the Chicagoland area, there are sometimes no beds in the very few mental health hospitals left. We are fundamentally failing to provide access to treatment and leaving the families of individuals left to wonder, 'Where do we go for help?'
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We all have a flair for certain things.
Sport is not my bag but, having already written features following the recent news that women boxers will now be able to compete in the Olympics, I decided to see whether I too could pack a punch!
I'm not one for violence. I struggle with my conscience swatting a fly, so I knew I would be useless at sparring.
But, nevertheless, after seeing the women jabbing away at Bradford College when it hosted a recent Box Camp – a first for the city – I was eager to find out the appeal of the sport from a female perspective.
Traditionally, boxing gyms were a male domain. I have to admit it isn't a sport I would naturally associate with women. Most squirm over a broken nail, so they're hardly likely to welcome sporting a cauliflower ear or a re-arranged nose!
I wouldn't bother over a broken nail – I've done dry stone walling before – but I did feel a bit of a wuss when I walked into the Bradford Police and College Boxing Academy.
The Academy, primarily for college and university students, opened a year ago at Bradford College after college principal, Michele Sutton and Ronnie Todd, the college's project manager, saw a boxing academy at another college and developed the idea for Bradford.
"They saw the value of it," says Bradford's boxing development officer and former amateur boxer, Paul Porter. "Amateur boxing is seen as a sport which is good for engaging young people, men and women."
With the support of Bradford Council and the police, the gym is now up and running and has just been affiliated to the Amateur Boxing Association, enabling them to compete in amateur boxing competitions.
"Bradford should be proud of its boxing heritage, and it can really look to the future now," says Paul.
Bradford is, of course, the home city of the legendary Richard Dunn, the only Yorkshireman to fight Muhammad Ali.
The city is also home to two promising young female fighters – Ambreen Sadiq and Jess Wilson. Maybe they could teach me a thing or two about the sport...
What I really wanted to find out was how a potentially violent sport can be enjoyable. Learning the basics of amateur boxing taught me you don't have to be a competitor to participate. Boxing isn't all about the bouts. It can be fun as well as serious.
It's a fantastic full-body work-out – as I discovered, you use the majority of your muscles, and it is a very disciplined sport. There is probably more respect in boxing than in any other sport.
So how did it go? Well, once the gloves were on, I was off! Seeing the punch bag, I was eager to get jabbing away, but before I could be let loose with my huge gloves, head coach Mally MacIver taught me a few techniques.
First and foremost, I learned the correct stance which is imperative to a boxer's balance. Standing along a white line, he tells me to put my left foot forward – a pose I shall maintain as it gives me strength to pack the punches and – if I was sparring – would prevent me falling back.
Mally explains you jab with your lead hand which is your weakest, usually the left as it's the hand you don't write with.
Standing before me sporting protective pads on his hands to cushion the blows, he encourages me to jab. I was so conscious of missing the pad, but Mally, an ex-pro, immediately put me at ease.
He's so calm – a natural quality of a professional fighter – and a great coach which is why he's now nurturing Bradford's up and coming boxing talent.
Mally was nine when he came into the sport. He competed professionally for three years, winning 12 out of 15 fights. Back injury forced him to quit competing, and he's been coaching ever since.
He loves the discipline and the respect boxing brings and believes the sport can bring great benefit for youngsters.
Poised for action, I start jabbing away with some basic straight punches at Mally's pads. My rigid stance was affecting my performance (you need an excuse!), but once I loosened up I found myself really getting into it, twisting my feet and getting into the swing. I even managed a few crosses and hooks.
Jabbing away at the bag was a fantastic energy release. Then I got the opportunity to go in the ring where I was able to cover more ground moving around while jabbing at Mally's pads.
I couldn't believe how physically challenging boxing is. It is a tough and very intense sport, and I wouldn't want to compete, but it is exhilarating.
It is a fantastic way to keep fit, which Paul believes is why boxing is becoming a popular sport for women, so what are you waiting for?
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Amazon Web Services announces Zocalo collaboration tool
Joins a crowded marketplace
AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) has announced the launch of Zocalo, its office productivity collaboration and storage service.
Zocalo offers document creation and collaboration with the ability to annotate or add comments, and can create revision versions of all documents for easy retrieval.
It includes email, and administrators can incorporate an existing Active Directory authentication hierarchy into the system.
The system works across Windows, Mac and Android, including Kindle Fire, and iOS. Files saved in Zocalo can be encrypted and synced with other devices automatically.
The Amazon storage service joins a marketplace already crowded with similar offerings from Dropbox, Sugarsync, Box and Google Apps.
"Customers have told us that they're fed up with the cost, complexity, and performance of their existing old guard enterprise document and collaboration management tools," said Noah Eisner, Amazon Web Services GM of Zocalo.
"AWS was increasingly being asked to provide an enterprise storage and sharing tool that was easy to use, allowed users to quickly collaborate with others, and met the strict security needs of their organizations. That's what Amazon Zocalo was built to do."
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10.14.2010 / The Longhorns are headed to Lincoln and the Huskers are ready. Posting by Greg Sharpe, The Voice of the Huskers.
October 16th. That is the date that all Husker fans have had circled since last December. That is the day the Texas Longhorns come to town. Forget the fact that Texas has lost two straight. Forget that the Horns are no longer ranked. This is a big game for the Cornhuskers.
NU got their swagger back last Thursday in Manhattan. The Big Red came up big in the 48-13 thumping of the Wildcats. The offensive line reestablished their push and Taylor Martinez resumed his push to be in the Heisman discussion. It's been wildly fun to watch Martinez shred defenses. Last Thursday he posted the most rushing yards in a game for a Nebraska quarterback EVER!
The task will be more difficult this week. Texas has a terrific defense. That side of the ball hasn't been the problem for the Longhorns. UT is extremely talented on defense and will make the Huskers earn every yard. Don't expect this game to turn into a track meet.
The same can be said on the other side of the ball. Texas has struggled with sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert at the helm. Gilbert has been okay but the lack of a running attack would make it tough on any signal caller.
Texas is playing the no chance card this week and talking up that all the pressure is on Nebraska to protect their perfect season. This is where it gets scary. Texas has very athletic and talented players that have been hearing for two weeks how bad things are in Austin. UT will bring an attitude with them to Lincoln. But beating Texas has been a rallying cry for months here so I don't think that will work.
I'm expecting a tight game, because the Texas defense is good, but I don't see the Longhorns scoring many points. Look for the Huskers to win a close one that will keep your attention all afternoon.
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the reaction of two victims' watchdog groups, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and BishopAccountability.org, to reports this week on sexual abuse: On Monday, the Vatican issued guidelines on how to address the issue of sexual abuse. The day before, SNAP condemned the guidelines.... [Read more...]MEDIA JUMP ON ABUSE REPORT
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Bill Donohue will issue an extended analysis of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report on the "Causes and Context" of priestly sexual abuse next week. Today, he addresses what the media are saying: The report says that fewer than 5 percent of abusive priests were pedophiles. The New York Times takes issue with the report... [Read more...]VATICAN ABUSE NORMS RELEASED
May 16, 2011
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the Vatican's guidelines on sex abuse and the early reaction to it: The three most noteworthy features of the Vatican's new guidelines are (a) its commitment to the due process rights of priests (b) its insistence on cooperation with civil authorities and (c) its restatement of episcopal... [Read more...]CONFRONTING OUR FOES; TIDE IS TURNING
May 16, 2011
The attacks on the Catholic Church are running at a fever pitch this spring, but so is our resolve: we are confronting the foes of Catholicism head-on, scoring impressive results. Our full-page ad in the New York Times on April 11, which also ran in the April 17 edition of the Chicago Tribune, elicited a tremendous response. While we are not here to... [Read more...]LADY GAGA FLOPS
May 16, 2011
To demonstrate that it is not just the United States that is celebrity-crazy, consider that a quick telephone interview with Bill Donohue by a reporter for Hollywood Life resulted in his comments being posted all over the world. The subject? Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga, a pop-star with a strange following, released her "Judas" video in April where she... [Read more...]STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
May 16, 2011
In place of the usual "President's Desk" article on this page, and the review/essay section on pp. 8-9, we are instead running the Catholic League advertisement that I wrote which appeared in the April 11 edition of The New York Times. The same ad ran in the April 17 edition of the Chicago Tribune. This is an important statement, and it is one... [Read more...]ANOTHER BOGUS VATICAN LAWSUIT
May 16, 2011
In April, the notorious anti-Catholic lawyer Jeffrey Anderson brought another lawsuit against the Vatican. Anderson has tried several times to sue the Vatican over alleged abuse cases that date back decades. He has never won. Nor will he win this time. That's because his charges are bogus. Anderson accused Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now the pope,... [Read more...]


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Devlin was born to a pair of Wild West rodeo show performers who later became regulars with a traveling circus. It made for an interesting time growing up. Was performing on stage at three having bits of paper the size of a cigarette snapped from her fingers by her mother's sixteen foot bullwhip.
Since someone decided it would be useful for her to know how to read and write, she ended up at Catholic boarding school. It was an equitable trade-the nuns gave her literacy and she gave them heartburn.
During the summer months she traveled with the circus and was lucky enough to count very special people as her friends, including Gorilla Girl, Caterpillar Man, Alligator Boy and many more denizens from the sawdust covered carnival midway.
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THIS WEEK: The No. 21 Arizona volleyball team (17-9, 9-7) closes out regular-season play with 7 p.m. matches against No. 14 California (15-10, 10-6) and No. 7 Stanford (21-6, 13-3) this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27. Live video and stats of both matches are available at www.arizonaathletics.com.
As is custom at the last home match of the season, Arizona's three seniors - Cassidy Crum, Jolene Killough and Kelli Mulvany - will be honored prior to the match on Saturday.
A QUICK LOOK AT ARIZONA: The Wildcats went 1-0 last week, completing the season sweep of rival Arizona State by defeating the Sun Devils in three games (30-16, 30-25, 30-27) in Tempe last Friday.
On the season, Arizona is led by junior Kim Glass, who averages 4.81 kills and 3.08 digs per game. Sophomore Meghan Cumpston adds 3.65 kills and 2.31 digs per game, while junior Jennifer Abernathy averages 3.53 kills and 2.18 digs per game. Setter Stephanie Butkus is averaging 12.36 assists per game, while libero Kelli Mulvany averages 3.36 digs per game.
California- The Golden Bears went 1-1 last weekend, sweeping Washington State (30-23, 30-21, 30-18) on Thursday before falling in four games (21-30, 30-26, 23-30, 20-30) to No. 1 Washington on Friday.
California is led by Angie Pressey, who averages 3.90 kills and 2.95 digs per game. Gabrielle Abernathy, the older sister of Arizona's Jennifer, adds 3.48 kills and a team-high 1.17 blocks per game, while setter Samantha Carter dishes out 13.67 assists per game. Jillian Davis leads the team in digs with 5.43 per game.
Stanford - The Cardinal went 2-0 last week, handing then-No. 1 Washington its first loss of the season, a 3-2 defeat (28-30, 11-30, 30-27, 34-32, 20-18) on Thursday before sweeping past Washington State (30-19, 30-22, 30-22) on Friday.
Stanford is led by reigning Pac-10 Player of the Week Ogonna Nnamani, who averages 5.89 kills per game. Kristen Richards adds 3.76 kills and a team-high 3.69 digs per game. Setter Bryn Kehoe averages 12.12 assists per game, while Lizzie Suiter boasts a 1.54 blocks per game average.
California- Arizona is 30-9 all-time vs. the Golden Bears. The two teams last faced each other on Sept. 24, with the Wildcats falling 3-2 in Berkeley. Arizona is 14-5 at home, 15-4 away and 1-0 at a neutral site vs. California.
Stanford- Arizona is 5-44 all-time against the Cardinal. The last time the two teams met, in both teams' Pac-10 opener on Sept. 23, the Wildcats fell in three games in Palo Alto, Calif. Arizona is 3-18 at home, 1-25 away and 1-1 at a neutral site vs. Stanford.
USA Today/CSTV Coaches Poll Nov. 22, 2004
Rank School Total 2004 Last
(1st-place Votes) Points Record Week
1 Hawai'i (37) 1,570 26-0 2
2 Nebraska (23) 1,559 25-1 3
3 Washington (5) 1,505 23-1 1
4 Penn State 1,450 25-2 4
5 Minnesota 1,335 26-4 5
7 Stanford 1,210 21-6 9
8 Ohio State 1,172 25-3 7
9 Colorado State 1,120 25-3 8
10 Tennessee 997 29-2 12
11 Texas 963 23-3 11
12 Florida 860 25-4 10
13 San Diego 773 21-4 15
14 California 714 15-10 14
15 Saint Mary's 660 23-3 16
17 UC Santa Barbara 589 23-3 18
18 Texas A&M 579 17-7 13
19 Utah 416 23-5 19
20 Louisville 396 26-2 21
21 Arizona 300 17-9 22
22 Florida A&M 243 26-2 24
23 Kansas State 228 18-9 20
24 Missouri 172 18-7 25
25 Santa Clara 117 18-7 23
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Ohio 103, Rice 32, Georgia Tech 31, Wisconsin 28, Long Beach State 25,
Wichita State 23, Illinois 12, Loyola Marymount 11.
Pac-10 Standings
Pac-10 Overall
W-L Pct. W-L Pct.
Washington 15-1 .938 23-1 .958
Stanford 13-3 .813 21-6 .778
California 10-6 .625 15-10 .600
Arizona 9-7 .563 17-9 .654
Arizona State 5-11 .313 10-15 .400
Oregon State 4-13 .235 10-16 .385
Washington State 1-15 .063 4-25 .138
Oregon 1-16 .059 9-18 .333
POLL FACTS: Arizona has been ranked in the Top 25 in 99 of the last 108 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Polls. The nine-week lapse occurred last year.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Junior Kim Glass leads the Wildcats with nine double-doubles this season, while junior Jennifer Abernathy has seven. Sophomores Stephanie Butkus and Meghan Cumpston have six and five, respectively. Rounding out the group is junior Bre Ladd with two.
RANKING NATIONALLY: As a team, the Wildcats rank 26th nationally in hitting percentage (.267) and 28th in kills per game (16.43). Individually, senior Jolene Killough ranks eighth in the nation in attack percentage (.417).
CLOSING IN: Junior Jennifer Abernathy is 12 digs away from 450 on her career, while setter Stephanie Butkus is one kill away from 150 and 10 digs shy of 350 on her career. Senior Cassidy Crum needs 11 digs to reach 400, while sophomore Meghan Cumpston is one dig away from 200. Freshman Amy Dyck is eight assists away from 100 on her career, while junior Kim Glass is 17 blocks away from 200 and 23 digs shy of 800. Senior Jolene Killough is 29 kills away from 500 and 12 digs shy of 100, while freshman Dominique Lamb is four blocks shy of 50.
RANKING IN THE PAC-10: Sophomore setter Stephanie Butkus ranks third in the Pac-10 in assists per game, while sophomore Meghan Cumpston is ninth in kills. Senior Jolene Killough is second in hitting percentage and eighth in blocks per game. Meanwhile, sophomore Kristina Baum is 10th in hitting percentage and senior Kelli Mulvany is 10th in digs.
In conference matches only, Killough leads the league in hitting percentage and ranks ninth in blocks. Junior Kim Glass is second in points and kills, and seventh in service aces. Meanwhile, Butkus is third in assists and Mulvany is seventh in digs. Junior Bre Ladd ranks sixth in hitting percentage.
As a team, the Wildcats rank in the top half of the conference in every category but digs.
.300 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER: All 12 matches during which the Wildcats have hit .300 or better have been wins. Arizona is hitting .346 in its nine league victories, while posting a .178 attack percentage in the seven league defeats.
KILLOUGH KILLING IT: Last Friday at Arizona State, senior middle blocker Jolene Killough posted her sixth error-free match over the last nine matches. During that time, she is hitting .545 with 87 kills (3.22 kpg) on 145 attempts and just eight errors.
BUTKUS ENTERS ELITE STATUS: Sophomore setter Stephanie Butkus is just the sixth Wildcat ever to eclipse the 2,000-assist mark. She now has 2,357 on her career, 336 away from fifth place.
GLASS' STREAKS: Junior Kim Glass has at least three kills and three digs in 78 of the 80 matches on her career. What's more, she has recorded double-digit kills in all but nine (71 of 80) matches during her three years. With 1,456 career kills, the junior is just 16 away from third place, currently held by Lisa Rutledge (1999-2002).
BLOCKING MACHINE: Junior Bre Ladd has been a consistent defensive threat at the net ever since she arrived on campus in the fall of 2002. The middle blocker has at least one block in 85 of 90 career matches, including 25 of 26 this season. What's more, the Tucson native currently has 322 total blocks on her career, good for 10th place all-time at Arizona and just three away from ninth place, currently held by Barb Bell (1993-96).
MULVANY DIGGING IT UP: Senior Kelli Mulvany has been a steady defensive player for the Wildcats this season. She has reached double-digit digs 17 times on the season and has led the team in digs 15 times, including 12 of the 16 Pac-10 matches. She is currently tied for third all-time in career digs at Arizona with (1,146), 10 away from second place.
WILDCATS RANK NATIONALLY IN ATTENDANCE: Arizona currently ranks 20th nationally in home attendance with an average of 1,458 over 10 matches.
RUBIO APPROACHING ARIZONA WINS RECORD: Head Coach David Rubio currently has 251 wins in his 13 seasons at the helm. He needs just eight more to become the winningest coach in Arizona volleyball history. Rosie Wegrich, who coached from 1977-1991, compiled 258 wins in 15 seasons for an average of 17 per year.
NEXT UP: Arizona will find out its postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show at 4:40 p.m. next Sunday, Nov. 28. It will be broadcast live on ESPNews.


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Author Notes: This is my favorite way to do lamb chops - marinated in lemon, olive oil and a Greek rub and then grilled to medium rare. I usually pair them with a simple marinated salad. I use loin chops but rib chops are also great and require less grilling time. We did 30 of them for Easter and 12 last night. This recipes calls for 8. —inpatskitchen
Serves 3 to 4
For the Greek rub
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- Place all ingredients in a spice grinder or mini processor and process until finely ground.
For the chops
- 8 loin lamb chops cut 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick
- 3 tablespoons of the Greek rub
- Zest of one lemon
- Juice of two lemons
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- Lemon wedges for serving
- In a covered container or large plastic freezer bag, place all ingredients and marinate in the refrigerator for 3 to 6 hours.
- On a hot grill, grill the chops until slightly charred and cooked to your desired doneness, flipping occasionally. Serve with the lemon wedges.
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NEW Breaking the Climate Deadlock Report launched by Tony Blair and The Climate Group
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The Office of Tony Blair and The Climate Group today launch "Doing the Deal: Key Elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement", the latest report from their joint Breaking The Climate Deadlock initiative.
The report, aimed at heads of government and ministers as they arrive in Copenhagen to seal a new climate agreement, outlines three elements that will need to be at heart of the accord - emissions reduction targets, finance and the basic architecture. It argues that countries should lock in the most ambitious pledges they have made already and then use the time between now and signing a formal treaty to ratchet up commitments.
In particular, countries should agree to:
- A review mechanism that allows automatic scaling up of ambition by 2015
- Commit now to deeper cuts beyond 2020
- Prepare low carbon growth plans that will identify new abatement opportunities
- Put money down for a fast start mechanism that starts cutting emissions immediately
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "What countries have pledged already is a major step in the right direction. We need to bind these pledges together and get on with implementation. I'm convinced that once we get going and unleash the creativity of business, we'll quickly find that it's easier than people thought and be able to scale up our ambition."
The Climate Group CEO Steve Howard agreed: "The businesses we work with need a long-term signal from Copenhagen. With the deal we outline we will see an unparalleled wave of investment and innovation: a clean energy and technology revolution. It is right for the planet and the right for the economy - we just need our leaders to seal the deal."
Click here to read the full report.
Click here to read Tony Blair's speech.
We've published three other major reports as part of this initiative:
- Cutting the Cost: The Economic Benefits of Collaborative Climate Action Using economic models, Cutting the Cost shows that a concerted global effort on climate change yields greater benefits for all major economies, than if nations were to go it alone.
Read the full report or the executive summary.
- Technology for a Low Carbon Future The report shows that we can achieve 70% of emission reductions needed by 2020 by using technologies that already exist and by addressing deforestation.
Read the full report or the executive summary.
- A Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future - Global Deal for Our Low Carbon Future targets policy makers, business leaders and opinion formers in the major industrialized and rapidly developing economies.
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Indianapolis - LSU linebacker Kelvin Sheppard met with the media at the NFL scouting combine Saturday, and one of the first questions asked was, "What was it like playing for Les Miles?"
"It was great. It was fun. All the things you hear, that just gives you more drive to go out and play for a man like that," Sheppard said of his coach, who became nationally known for his "Mad Hatter" persona during the 2010 season.
"All the heat he took from the different media only gave us bulletin board material," said Sheppard, who explained that he was normally the guy who gave speeches to the team on Thursday during the season, and he often put together some of the critiques of Miles to share with his teammates.
"He's a great guy, a great person, and he's the coach that recruited me and stuck by me," Sheppard said. "My first year I went there, I got a redshirt, and things didn't go as planned. But he stuck right there with me and it paid off for me."
Sheppard, who is from Stone Mountain, Ga., developed into a first team all-SEC middle linebacker. He was the Tigers' leading tackler, with more than 100 tackles in both his junior and senior seasons. And now he's being projected as a mid-round NFL draft pick.
Sheppard said he measured in at 6 feet, 1 7/8 inches and 250 pounds Saturday. He will perform his drills Monday.


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Gallandia annularis: a snail above the clouds
The first mountain we surveyed during our recent expedition in Turkey was the 2500-m high Honaz. When we first reached the peak in our van, it was cool and rainy. Soon the clouds started to disperse; we could begin to see thru mist the vast scenery below us.
Our first station was right below the peak at 2510 m. At that altitude we could find only one tiny species of snail: Gallandia annularis. Their shells barely reach 4 mm in diameter.
The range of this species extends from the Iberian Peninsula thru the Alps, the Crimea, Turkey to Afghanistan (Hausdorf. 1995. Zool. Anz. 234:63). It is always found in mountainous areas. Widespread species like G. annularis with restricted habitats always raise the same question: how do they get from one suitable habitat to another?


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Former Bulldog Chad Brown begins his first season as a volunteer assistant under Coach Dave Chesler.
As Cheslers first recruit into Fresno State, Brown lettered twice for the 'Dogs ('97-'98) after playing for Spokane Falls Community College and Bellevue Community College, both in Washington state.
At Fresno, Brown received first team All-WAC honors in 1998 after scoring four goals and dishing out a team-high five assists. He was named to WAC All-Tournament Team and was ranked fifth in the WAC in assists and was 13th in points.
Brown will graduate this year with a degree in sociology.
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Curtis Raymond Dickey
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Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 38 (2462nd overall since 1950)
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A photographic journey through South East Asia, including Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The sights of Bangkok, Angkor Wat, Chaing Mai, Mandalay, Bagan, and others are shown and described.
Two careers, twenty years in the Air Force as a navigator in cargo planes and twenty years at a Technology School as a teacher of computers, repair, programming and use. When I retired for the second time, I decided to make my third career World Traveler. I've been to a lot of places in the Air Force and more as a tourist, and I plan to continue for as long as I can. My next tours, Insha' Allah, will be Eastern Europe and Southern Africa, followed by the Carribean, Italy and Dalmatia, and Chile. I enjoy taking pictures and working with them on my Mac. Bookmaking is fun for me; my first was in 1958!
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Phil and I were driving home yesterday when we saw this beautiful Bull Elk with some of his friends. I thought it would make a great photograph with the rocks in the background.
These Bull Elk all seem to hang out together in the winter. There are about 8-10 of them that we call "the Men's Club!" We've seen together for years now.
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Taylor Hanson and wife Natalie have a take-no-complaints tradition for announcing their baby name picks. The couple, currently expecting their fifth child together, is open to name suggestions for now, but once they've made a selection no one in the family is allowed to gripe!
"I am not one of those who hides the name until delivery for fear of backlash," Natalie Hanson wrote in a blog post for People. "In fact, the stronger the reaction I get, the more I tend to like the name!"
She and Taylor Hanson are already the parents of Jordan Ezra, Penelope Anne, River Samuel — and the more controversially named Viggo Moriah.
The 28-year-old, expecting a girl this time around, went on to share:
"The Hansons have a large whiteboard in their kitchen where all family business is posted. I took a marker and wrote on the board, 'TH Family baby number four will be named Viggo Moriah. That is the name. It will not be changed."
"No one was so bold as to question it to our faces, but after Viggo was born, the truth came out that the name was definitely in hot debate when we weren't around!"
Brilliant? Certainly bold at the very least!
I couldn't help but ask my family 'what do you think?' and 'do you like it?' over and over again about the baby names my husband and I chose, I think because we didn't feel one hundred percent sold on our choices. Thankfully, I have family and friends polite enough to respond supportively no matter what their true feelings were!
How did you announce your baby name pick? Was the choice up for debate?
Natalie and Taylor Hanson are taking suggestions for baby five's name — what do you think?
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