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Junior Women's 2000m: 4 Junior women, all together after one lap, led by Erin Bedell. Bedell gaps the field down the backstraight on the 2nd lap. Bedell is 2:27 at 800 meters, with a 20 meter lead over the chase group of 3, led by Danielle Tauro. Bedell continues to lead after 3 laps in 3:42 with a 30 meter gap over the chase pack of Tauro, Amy Fowler, and Marie Lawrence. Bedell through 1600 meters in 4:56. Tauro and Lawrence are running strong down the backstraight, having dropped Fowler, but they can't close on Bedell. It's getting very dark in the stadium as Bedell hits the finish in about 6:05 with Tauro 2nd and Lawrence 3rd. An uncharacteristic scoreboard malfunction continues as Bedell does the final interview of the night at the finish line and fans file out as the final set of next season's track tickets is given away. Bedell throws a victory t-shirt into the stands and the meet is over.
Men's 1500m: Jason Lunn goes directly to the lead, goes through 300m in 42.5. The runners are already in a long line. Lunn 56.3 at 400 meters. Andrew Bumbalough,Matt Tegenkamp, Said Ahmed and Anthony Famiglietti follow Lunn . AJ Acosta is 3rd from the back. 1:40 with 2 laps to go for the lead pack of 6. 800 meters in 1:54.5 for Lunn. The pack is now 4; Lunn, Tegenkamp, Ahmed, and Bumbalough. Acosta is now 4th from the last. Bumbalough drops out with 500 meters to go. Lunn drops out at the bell. Tegenkamp takes over and Ahmed follows through 1200 meters in 2:53.7. Gabe Jennings is moving well down the backstraight, trying to catch Anthony Famiglietti, who is 3rd, with 200 meters to go. Tegenkamp pulls away from Ahmed down the homestraight to win in 3:36.06. Ahmed, looking over his shoulder, holds on for 2nd in 3:38.31 over a hard-charging Famiglietti (3rd, 3:38.61) with Jennings 4th in 3:38.96. Acosta is 10th of 11 finishers in 3:47.48.
Women's 800m: There is a lengthy delay due to timing. Sara Schaaf, the pacesetter, goes to the lead with Frances Santin and Alice Schmidt 5 meters back at 200 meters. Schaaf is 27.4 at 200 meters. Noble sits 4th on the pole. Santin on Schaaf's shoulder at the bell in 58.00. Rebekah Noble is well back, running on the outside of Lane 1 around the curve. Schmidt goes to the lead with 300 meters to go. Noble in 7th. Tiffany McWilliams edges into 2nd before 600 meters. Schmidt 1:28.7 at 600 meters. Erin Donohue moves to 3rd with 150 meters to go. Schmidt powers away to a big win over McWilliams in 2:00.24, McWilliams 2nd in 2:00.88. Donohue an easy 3rd in 2:02.57 over Santin (2:03.17). Noble is never in it over the last lap and finishes 7th in 2:04.80.
Junior Women's 300m: Jessica Young in Lane 7 atic timing glitch, the ragets out very fast and leads all the way around the curve, with Sa'de Williams, Jessica Beard, and Brandi Cross even, just behind her, coming off the curve. Williams pulls away in the last 50 meters to win in 37.13. Cross is 2nd in 37.55 and Beard, the Junior 400m champ, is 3rd in 37.66. Young ends up 4th in 37.84.
Junior Men's 300m: Jacob Scheurman runs hard down the backstraight and suddenly leaps, hops, and grabs his hamstring, and he's finished. With 120 meters to go, Calvin Smith has a slim lead over Bryshon Nellum in the middle of the track. Smith still leads with 50 meters to go, but Nellum edges by for the win in 33.19. Smith is 2nd in a hotly contested 33.27. Karjuan Williams is 3rd on the outside in 34.08. Scheurman will have to get on a plane to Beijing tomorrow with what could be a major hamstring injury.
Attendance for the meet is at 5962.
Men's 400m Hurdles: Kenneth Ferguson takes the early lead over the first 2 hurdles, then James Carter jumps to the lead around the curve with Joey Woody running well over hurdles 7 and 8. Ferguson comes on strong over the 9th hurdles and takes the lead from Carter before the 10th hurdle and wins easily in 49.47. Carter hangs on over Woody for 2nd in 49.70 to 49.78.
Women's 400m Hurdles: Melanie Walker of Jamaica takes the early lead but everyone is even at the end of the backstraight over the 5th hurdle. Sandra Glover takes the lead over the 7th hurdle and leads easily over 10 hurdles, but Nicole Leach is close. Sheena Johnson closes strongly as Glover falters in the last 30 meters, but hangs on to win in 55.49. Johnson is 2nd in 55.58, and Leach, a USA Jr bound for Beijing tomorrow, is 3rd in 55.70.
Men's 100m: After one call-up but no gun, Jason Smoots gets a great start and leads through 40 meters, then Shawn Crawford takes over but eases up big-time in the last 20 meters to win in 10.15. Smoots 2nd in 10.17. Darvis Patton is 3rd in 10.19. The wind is +1.0. Crawford clearly could have run close to 10.00 if he had powered through the finish.
Women's 200m: Crystal Cox and Me'Lisa Barber jump to the lead and are even after 60 meters, but Barber pulls to the lead off the curve and holds on to win in 22.92. Cox is 2nd in 23.08. Moushaumi Robinson is 3rd in 23.19. The wind is +0.4mps. The homestraight and most of the curve is in the shade. The temperature is great....an idyllic night.
Men 300m: Lashawn Merritt and Matt Scherer get out best and lead through 100 meters. Merritt takes command around the curve and crushes the field to win in 31.31, 2nd fastest time ever. Derrick Brew is 2nd in 32.40 and Darold Williamson in 32.42. Scherer is next in 32.77. Only Michael Johnson has run faster (30.85), apparently at altitude.
Junior Women's 100m: There is a full field of 8 athletes. Kenyanna Wilson in Lane 2 gets the best start and leads through 60 meters as Alexandria Anderson and Gabi Mayo challenge. Mayo edges ahead at the finish in 11.42 and Wilson hangs on for 2nd in 11.43 with Anderson 3rd in 11.46. The wind is +0.5. Mayo anchored the WJR 4x100m earlier in the meet.
(Men's Junior 100m wind was -1.6, not +1.6)
Junior Men's 100m: After 2 call-ups but no gun, Evander Wells in Lane 3 gets out of the blocks first. Brandon Myers seperates himself from the field after 80m and eases across the line in 10.62. Chris Dykes is second in 10.68 and Odell Harris is 3rd in 10.69. The wind is + 1.6mps.
Men's 110m Hurdles: After false start by Aubrey Herring, he gets away best in the re-start, but Robby Hughes in Lane 4 takes control mid-race and wins by .10 in 13.37. There is a blanket finish in lanes 5-8. Allen Johnson 2nd in 13.47, edging Herring (13.48) and Ryan Wilson (13.50). The wind is +0.4. Dennis Martin is the better Junior, 7th in 13.73.
Women's 100m Hurdles: Danielle Carruthers out to a fast start, leads over 3 hurdles, but LoLo Jones comes on strong in mid-race and runs away to win in 12.70, followed by Carruthers in 12.81, and Joanna Hayes gets up for 3rd in her first outdoor race of the season in 12.92. The flags are not blowing, so the wind appears to be legal.
Junior Men's 4 x 100m Relay: USA Red, anchored by Wilie Perry, wins in 39.43 over USA Blue in 40.29.
Junior Women's 4x 100m Relay: USA Blue runs World Junior Record 43.29 to win over USA Red (43.78). Winning team members include Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, ELizabeth Olear, Gabi Mayo. Old WJR was 43.38 by USA in 1999.


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Marcio Sicoli
Waves Head to Gulf Shores for First-Ever NCAA Tournament
The Waves have won two AVCA national championships in 2012 and 2014.
Waves Tab No. 2-Spot on AVCA Preseason Poll
The 2016 season opens on March 5-6 at Zuma Beach in Malibu.
Sand Volleyball Opens National Championships on Friday
Pepperdine opens defense of its national title on Friday morning vs. Georgia State.
Sand Volleyball Hosts Long Beach State on Wednesday
The Waves hosts the 49ers on Wednesday, before concluding the regular season in Hermosa Beach this weekend.
#3 Waves Host #1 USC on Saturday
Pepperdine in action twice more at home, April 4 and April 8, before concluding the regular season at the USAV Collegiate Challenge in Hermosa Beach.
Sand Volleyball: AVCA National Championship vs. Florida State
Pepperdine def. Florida State, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the AVCA National Championship (Photos by Bobby McDuffie)
Sand Volleyball: Waves Win AVCA National Championship
Waves top Florida State to reclaim the national championship crown. (Photos by Xtreme Photo FX/Bobby McDuffie)
Sand Volleyball: Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State
Sand Volleyball: Pepperdine vs. Long Beach State (Photos by Ron Hall)
Sand Volleyball: Pepperdine at USAV Collegiate Challenge
Pepperdine at USAV Collegiate Challenge in Hermosa Beach (Photos by Tyler Daugherty/USAV)
2013 AVCA National Championship - Saturday vs. Florida State
Pepperdine def. Florida State 3-2 in the semifinals of the AVCA National Championship
An expert in both indoor and beach volleyball, Marcio Sicoli enters his eighth season with the Waves in 2015-16.
Sicoli was a member of the indoor volleyball coaching staff for six seasons from 2008-13. He now focusses solely on the beach game, where he has been Nina Matthies' assistant coach since the sport emerged in the spring of 2012.
In his four seasons with the sand squad, the Waves have taken home the AVCA National Championship title twice.
Sicoli tutored Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor, arguably the best beach volleyball duo of all time, during the 2012 Olympics in London. Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor entered the Games as the No. 3 seed, and went a perfect 7-0 to claim an unprecedented third-straight gold medal. He continues to train Walsh Jennings and April Ross as the pair sets their sights on the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Prior to London, Sicoli served as the assistant coach for the Waves during the inaugural year of collegiate sand volleyball. After an undefeated season, Pepperdine captured the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. The team's top pair of Caitlin Racich and Summer Ross won the individual pairs championship.
Pepperdine reached the finals of the sand national championship once again in 2013 after finishing the regular season with an 18-0 record.
Since joining the Waves' staff in 2008, the indoor squad has posted a record of 116-57 (.671), won one West Coast Conference Championship and reached the NCAA Tournament three times.
Pepperdine has gone a combined 65-8 (.890) in beach volleyball with Sicoli on the sidelines.
Sicoli, a native of
"His wisdom is well beyond his years," Walsh Jennings said of Sicoli. "There's also a youthfulness and enthusiasm that is really contagious. He makes practice every single day really fast, really challenging."
He has coached various other indoor and beach volleyball teams, including serving as the head coach for women's beach volleyball legend Holly McPeak and as head coach of the AVP women's beach volleyball team of Tatiana Minello and Semirames Marins during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In 2007, Sicoli served as head coach for the women's beach team of Minello and Carrie Dodd and as coach of the men's beach team of Casey Jennings and Matt Fuerbringer.
"We're really excited to have Marcio," said head coach
Sicoli has also coached at the Beverly Hills-based Sports Shack Volleyball Club. He received the Sports Shack Coach of the Year Award in 2007 as the coach of the 18-2 team. Sicoli also recently served as the head coach of the Southern California Volleyball Club's
Sicoli received his bachelor's of physical education degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 and competed for the men's volleyball team as the setter from 1999-2002. He holds a specialization in sports training (earned in 2002-03) and holds a Brazilian Beach Volleyball Level II coaching credential (earned in 2001).

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There are last 3-4 years to the full awakening of the God, which means the Creation process will be completed and the Creation will be Full and Total. There will be no lies, no greed, no manipulation, no wars, no control over someone, no hate,no anger and no fear ,once the Creation process ends. Duality of Negative and Positive will trasmute into Unity of Oneness.
The Final stage of awakening of The God - The Only One living being will bring End of the World For those who need to control others, who hate, who manipulate and who spread fear..They kept us as slaves locked inside their beliefs and their rules for millenia.
For those who respect and share, who love and support and who are willing to accept that We are the Consciousness of the Awakened God, we are the ones who creator uses to appretiate own creation, for those who are One with God, there will be everything possisble. [ This is not my Idea, The Universe of Infinite Possibilities has been discovered by Edwin Hubble after the end of World War 1 ]
So what the hell is happenning to our economy????
Nothing extraordinanry. Every human being on this planet has got this thought or similar thought often in their mind. ITS ENOUGHT!!! GOVERNMENTS ARE GIVING BILLIONS TO TOP BANKERS AND WANT ME TO PAY FOR IT. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The World as we knew it is falling faster and faster apart. What makes it happening is ETHICS We Human beings, The people of The EARTH are not willing anymore to act as slaves and as puppets anymore. Look at the news and see this truth happening
And do not worry about economy. Why the car manufacturers are falling???
Nobody wants new cars. There is a different method of transportation just waiting to appear within next year or two so why to save bankrupted car industry with your money?????
Why the banks are falling yet governments do not let it to manifest [ they think they can do that ]? The whole world economy and financial system is flawed - announced by FED Reserve ex chairman - and so it has to fall. There is no other way forward. There is a new system waiting to appear which will be beneficial to all, not only to elite.
So lets take our power back from the politicians, bankers aand laweyrs back into our hands and lets act for ourselves.
Happy Awakening, brother and sister


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Huang Mi Guo
Firstly, a special frutex got from the mountain is burned to ash which is wrapped in a cloth; then the wrapped cloth with ash is put into the water and the ash water has formed; the sticky rice is dipped in the ash water for some time; later braise the clean sticky price which was smashed to conglobation in the stone mortar; then they are chopped into pieces; lastly they are pressed into flat and round or strip. The color is crystal and the taste is fragrant. Once it is stir-fried with greengrocery, pork, bamboo shoot, the taste is better. It is a kind of food to entertain honored guest or be used on the traditional festivals in Songyang County, Suichang County, Longquan County, Qingyuan County, Jingyuan County and so on.
Shan Fen Yuan
Composed of sweet potato faecula, dasheen, gravy of cooking chicken, dogmeat and seasoning, it is cooked in the steam box. It is chopped into pieces or bars when it is eaten. Now the sweet potato faecula is often used.
Mushroom Feast
Taking edible mushroom and venison as main material, it is cooked in many ways, such as, frying, stir-frying, quick-frying, braising, and so on. It has more than two hundred kinds of tastes combining the pleasant fresh taste enjoyed by southern persons and .the salty and hot taste enjoyed by northern persons. It is high-grade in color, taste, appearance and is a kind of green food. It also has the efficacy to keep healthy.
Anren Salmon Head Chaffy Dish
Taking salmon head caught in the Asgard Lake near Anren Town of Longquan County as main material, it is cooked with farmhouse pickle, ginger, garlic, capsicum together. In the same way with the traditional chaffy dish, you can eat while it is braised. The taste is funny and it is also very interesting.
Yu Bao Xia Qiu
Taking Minced Fish, minced shrimp and Crab spawn as material, it was awarded the Golden Medal on the second Cate Festival of China due to its fresh taste, crisp appearance and tender inside.
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Minister confident of fast-track visa bearers
Immigration Minister Nathan Guy says any risks arising from a deal with China Southern Airlines to fast-track visas for some passengers can be managed.
From next week members of the airline's frequent flier club won't have to show they have sufficient funds to support themselves or provide details of their employment history.
A leaked email from a senior Immigration Department official says that under the deal, criminals could enter the country undetected.
It warns that frequent flier membership is no guarantee a passenger won't be a security risk.
New Zealand First says the deal compromises the integrity of the immigration system but Mr Guy says high-net-worth passengers will still need to obtain visas, and pass health and good character checks.
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Confession: Last Wednesday was the highlight of my career
Our company Christmas party was held last week and, believe it or not, I think it was the highlight of my career. I realize that is saying a whole lot. I've been fortunate enough to have been recognized recently for a few professional awards, but last Wednesday night takes the cake.
First, a little history. The Christmas party I'm talking about is for all of Accent Inns general managers, sales people, everyone who works here at Head Office and the folks that have retired with us. I organize the party completely because it's my way of thanking everyone for taking such good care of me throughout the year. This year I decided it was going to be a surprise, just to keep everyone guessing. (more…)


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THEATER; Mae West, Still There for Us to Come Up and See
Published: February 13, 2000
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The Hourglass Group's production of ''Sex'' is something else: a chance to see the three-act play more or less as it was presented with music interludes in 1926, but also framed with quotations taken from the court proceedings against it. Elyse Singer is the director of the first-rate cast headed by Carolyn Baeumler in the Mae West role.
Mae not only starred in ''Sex'' as Margy LaMont, an upwardly mobile whore with a heart of gold, but she also took credit as the playwright. According to Emily Wortis Leider's biography ''Becoming Mae West,'' ''Sex'' has its origins in ''Following the Fleet,'' a play by J. J. Byrne that Mae bought and rewrote in collaboration with the uncredited Adeline Leitzbach -- Mae never shared credit easily. What distinguishes ''Sex'' from other so-called exploitation plays of the time is Margy LaMont's brazenly untroubled attitude toward her profession.
Mae always said she was too nervous to read, so it is unlikely that she ever had contact with George Bernard Shaw's ''Mrs. Warren's Profession.'' Yet she would seem to agree with Shaw that prostitution, while not something to be celebrated, should be understood as a natural consequence in a society that denies women their economic rights and encourages their ignorance.
In the introduction to ''Three Plays by Mae West,'' published by Routledge, Lillian Schlissel, the editor, notes that at the end of ''Sex,'' Margy LaMont ''is neither saved or reborn.''
She continues, ''There is no spiritual redemption . . . The ethical arithmetic is redrawn -- the wages of sin are reduced from mortal transgression to misdemeanor.''
This is what scared Broadway and then delighted the movie audiences in the early years of the Great Depression.
When Mae went to Hollywood, her good humor and bold assumption of sexual authority, coupled with her raunchy aphorisms of Wildean balance, transformed her into one of the world's biggest box-office attractions. She was also the reason Hollywood overhauled the Production Code, the apparatus by which the industry censored its own material, in this way to combat the new licentiousness represented by little Mae.
Her first three movies, ''Night After Night'' (1932), ''She Done Him Wrong'' (1933) and ''I'm No Angel'' (1933), are stuffed with the grand doubles-entendres that she never tired of recycling for the rest of her life. It's in ''I'm No Angel'' that she plays a lion tamer who sticks her head into the big cat's mouth, prompting an admirer to say significantly, ''She's safer in that cage than she is in bed.'' This is the same movie in which she enunciated as her dictum about men: ''Find 'em, fool 'em, 'n forget 'em.'' Which, in 1933, was her variation on what men, especially the sort whom Mae admired most, were supposed to say about women.
Yet by the end of the 1930's, Mae's movies were no longer sure-fire box-office hits. It wasn't only because the Production Code was sanitizing her material. Her range was limited and she was repeating herself. She might have gone on forever as the supporting character actress she was in ''Night After Night,'' but she couldn't resist playing the star. When she hogs the screen a certain monotony creeps into her work; it soon seems as if she is imitating herself.
A further problem was her age. Mae started late in Hollywood; she had her 40th birthday while shooting ''I'm No Angel.'' Her ample figure was less easily disguised in contemporary clothes than in the sort of gowns worn by Lillian Russell, but she couldn't confine her films to tales set in the Gay Nineties.
Mae West isn't forgotten today, but she is probably best remembered in oblique ways, in association with other things, like the busty life jackets that World War II servicemen nicknamed for her. She is still recalled by occasional impersonators, some of whom are more bizarre than others. Following the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, there was a news photograph of the child wearing the sort of feather boa and cartwheel hat that Mae sported in ''She Done Him Wrong.''
Mae's films still can be found in video rental shops, of course. Yet I suspect that the one rented most frequently is ''My Little Chickadee.'' This 1940 comedy-western about a hooker and a card shark is not, strictly speaking, a true Mae West movie, having been stolen by the nimble, white-gloved digits of W. C. Fields, her larcenous co-star.
Mae made three films after ''My Little Chickadee,'' but she might as well have retired then and there. Fields -- no gallant gentleman he (as Mae well knew) -- damaged her reputation in subtle ways that, for lethal effect, equaled the destruction wreaked on her pictures by the Production Code.
Fields didn't try to clean up her act; he did something far worse: he made Mae, the laid-back, self-mocking good-time girl of ''She Done Him Wrong'' and ''I'm No Angel,'' look not only humorless but mean and spiteful. Though Mae, playing Flower Belle, sets up the elaborate gag that transforms ''My Little Chickadee'' into one of the funniest movies ever made, the way the gag works out demolishes Mae's public persona.


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Good to see Mel Kiper Jr. put a former Cyclone on his All NFL Rookie team. We sure missed him this year!!
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...We Belong Together... by dityaWatch
©2008-2016 ditya
ini kayak di tempat syutingnya mulan jameela deh...
"kamulah makhluk tuhaaan yang tercipta...yang paling sexy.."
"kamulah makhluk tuhaaan yang tercipta...yang paling sexy.."
wah....syuting video klip ya ?? malah ndak tau saya...
Thank u yaa commentnya...maap telat reply nya...
Thank u yaa commentnya...maap telat reply nya...
kaka ditya.. suka komposisi n tonenya. tapi kayanya si perempuannya mukanya kurang nengok kanan dikiiit lagi.. biar sisi sebelah mukanya agak lebih kliatan juga. hehe. maaf kalo sotoy.
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...it si a lovely photo,but I would expect more,by seeing the title you have choosen...."belonging together..."I mean,there is something going on,when you nsay so.I could imagine the boy laying down in on side on tha stairs,and the girl in the opposite way,with her head down,touching their bot hands,something like that,you know,strong and crazy...and another "look on their faces..."Well that's what I feel about it,sorry,if you do not agree,and please,don't take it wrong..it is just a suggestion!
Thank you Thank you , im really wanted to have some suggestion for improving my work later in the future.... Im so apreciatte it , Thanks so much my friend.
...I'm glad you didn't take it badI think you have much talent,and "power"to express yourself in photography.Maybe,sometimes you just need a "touch"of ideas for accomplishment of special inspiration.Just to make things,not in "traditional way",something crazy,something strong-and:always with EMOTIONlooking forward for your next one,my dear
"Don't you know
WE belong together
can't you see
You're the one I favor
Don't you know
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together, together..."
Especially the down/up perspective...
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ASK IRA: How will delayed camp impact Heat?
Q: Hey Ira, what does the loss of the start of camp and the first weeks of the preseason mean for the Heat? — Brandon.
A: As with any team, it would mean somewhat of a lack of continuity whenever play might resume. But such lost time shouldn't be as crucial for a veteran roster. One benefit could be a more likely return by Mario Chalmers, who is a restricted free agent and simply might not see it as prudent to go through the process of chasing offer sheets under such a tight schedule. As I've said before, the quicker the turnaround, the more likely the Heat return more of the veterans from last season's roster, players such as House and Ilgauskas (who have small contracts), as well as possibly Bibby and even Juwan Howard.
Q: Hi Ira, I think the Heat should make a play on Kenyon Martin now that he is signed through March in China. He is a tough defender who I think would be willing to take a role with the Heat for a championship. What do you think? — Jose.
A: I think it's too late, and you can't plan for March now. Further, I still think players who have signed in China will try find a way to make it back to the NBA before the end of the season there. The real issue is whether the NBA would recognize Chinese sovereignty and not allow the player to return early to the NBA. I would think diplomatic relations with China might be more meaningful to David Stern than some end run by a player who panicked during the lockout.
Q: Why aren't the league and the players meeting every day? — Sid.
A: Because they're playing the stubborn card, refusing to be the first to appear desperate. You know what? Both sides should be desperate.
Q: Bloggers are wanting you to do a "Free-agent focus" on Jeff Foster. It's hard to believe that he would stick buried deep in Indy when he can be an integral part of Heat rotation. — Martin.
A: Integral? Behind Anthony, Bosh and Haslem? No, injury-prone is not where the Heat need to add. And I'm not sure if Jeff isn't at an Indy-or-retire stage of his career.
Q: Why are you still answering questions? — Sam.
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Police are looking for a man who they said tried to rob a 71-year-old man at knife-point in the Food Lion parking lot Sept. 18.
At 9:55 a.m., Middletown Police responded to the Food Lion on U.S. Route 301 where the victim said a man wielding a knife or box cutter confronted him.
The suspect and the victim engaged in a brief struggle where the 71-year-old victim received minor injuries, police said. The suspect then fled.
Police canvassed the area with their K-9 unit but were unsuccessful in finding the suspect, who is described as a black male between 20 and 30 years old, between 5-feet, six-inches and five-feet, nine-inches and about 145 pounds.
Anyone with information or who witnessed the crime is asked to contact the Middletown Police Department at (302) 376-9950.
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On the eve of the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia warned the U.S. about backing Ukrainian rebels currently challenging the Kremlin-backed government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich. Led by Ukranian-born world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the U.S. has shown sympathy to pro-Democracy rebels seeking to oust Moscow-leaning Yanukovich. Russian President Vladimir Putin, under the gun from Chechen terror threats in Sochi, whose prestige rests on a safe-and-secure Winter Olympics, sees U.S. backing of anti-Moscow rebels as a breach of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum joint-security and sovereignty agreement with the Ukraine. Putin's Ukraine advisor Sergei Glazyev, said U.S. "interference" backing Ukranian rebels violated the Russian-U.S. security agreement. Glazyev hinted that if the security situation deteriorates Moscow might intervene.
Ending the Iraq War Dec. 15, 2011 and now the Afghan War in 2014, President Barack Obama has no stomach to getting into another confrontation, certainly not with Moscow. Russia might "actively intervene," Glazyev told the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper, putting the White House on notice to stop backing Klitschko's pro-European Union rebels. "Under the document, Russia and the USA are guarantors of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine . . . and obliged to intervene when conflict situation of this nature . . " said Glazyev. U.S. officials remember well when Putin sent the Red Army Aug. 7-13, 2008 into South Ossetia and Abkhasia, in what's known as the Russian-Georgian War. U.S.-backed Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili found out the hard way defying Moscow and losing some 20% of Georgia, where Russia still occupies South Ossetia and Abkhasia.
Putin won't hesitate to use the Russian Army again to assure the Kremlin's stake in the Ukraine, a former Soviet satellite. "And what the Americans are getting up to now, unilaterally and crudely interfering in Ukraine's internal affairs, is a clear breach of that treaty. The agreement is for collective guarantees and collective action," said Glazyev. Since turning away Dec. 1, 2013 from the European Union and toward Moscow, Ukrainian rebels have turned out in full force. Ukrainians don't want to return to Soviet Days where Ukrainian sovereignty was usurped by Moscow. "The United State is committed to working with both the Ukrainian government and the opposition to help de-escalate this crisis," said White House spokeswoman Laura Lucas Magnuson, trying to defuse more tensions with Moscow. Yanukovich got a much better deal with Moscow on Ukrainian debt.
Owed millions from Russia's Gasprom utility, Yanukovich had no choice but to work with the Kremlin to restructure its debt, when the EU signaled it would not retire Ukrainian debt. White House officials continue to push Putin to defend Kremilin interests in the Ukraine. "We condemn the use of violence by any party in the Ukraine. Russian officials should be doing the same," said Magnuson, missing the point about U.S.-paramilitary support for Ukranian rebels. Moscow accuses the U.S. of giving some $20 million a month to back the insurgency against Yanukovich's Russian-backed government. "There is information that within the grounds of the American embassy, there is training for fighters, that they're arming them," said Glazyev, raising the stake for possible Kremlin action. White House officials must decide what kind of relationship it wants with Moscow.
Under Obama, U.S.-Russian relations have hit the lowest point since the Cold War. In the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, U.S. officials waited too long to provide some joint-security or at least intel assistance to combat almost daily terrorist threats. Only recently has U.S. helped alert Russian authorities to questionable intel about possible explosives smuggled in toothpaste tubes. U.S. officials insist that the Ukrainian people should determine their own form of government yet, like Syria, no rebel group should upend a U.N.-recognized sovereign state. Lending economic or military help to rebel groups undermines a government's sovereignty. "The authorities are not fulfilling their duty to defend the state, negotiating with putschists as if they are law-abiding citizens," said Glazyev, hinting that Moscow could get involved militarily if rebels threaten Yanukovich's rule.
Before the Ukraine heads to the brink, the U.S. should rethink the geopolitical consequences of alienating Moscow to back opposition forces that seek closer ties to the European Union. While Klitschko backs pro-EU rebels, the Ukraine has bills to pay and order to maintain. "As for starting to use force, in a situation where the authorities face an attempted coup d'etat, they simply have no other course of action," said Glazyev, giving Putin's bottom line if pushed to the wall. If the shoe were on the other foot and the U.S. faced an insurgency, would the White House think kindly of Moscow-backed rebels? Instead of replaying the Cold War, the White House and State Department should get on the same page as Moscow to combat global terrorists and promote regional stability. Backing Ukrainian rebels or toppling Yanukovich because he's doesn't back a relationship the EU makes no sense.
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For awhile, it looked like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless had run away with the mobile market, each trying to out-do the other in building the most reliable and speedy 4G LTE network.
The game began to change when Sprint and T-Mobile sped their expansions of 4G LTE service across the country, while still undercutting Verizon and AT&T on price. T-Mobile and AT&T went at each other with both barrels, while Sprint revamped their mobile plans in a way that sets them apart from everyone else.
Verizon and AT&T followed suit, making changes to their plans while trying to please both the customers who still want highly subsidized phones in exchange for a two-year contract along with a new breed of commitment-shy consumers. Mobile phone users have fled in large numbers to prepaid carriers such as Sprint's Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile, which charge more for their phones but cost much less per month than the contract players.
Last year, Boost and Virgin even began offering phones that use Sprint's quickly expanding 4G LTE network, while continuing to charge as little as $35 per month, which will give you 2.5 GB of full-speed data, 300 voice minutes and unlimited texts with Virgin Mobile. Paying on time for 18 months with Boost Mobile gets you 2.5 GB of full-speed data plus unlimited voice and text for $40 a month.
Through March, Boost Mobile offers a $30 bill credit and a discounted monthly rate of $35 for the first 6 months with a new phone activation. They sell some very nice Android smart phones in the $150 to $250 price range plus pre-owned Samsung Galaxy S III devices for $160.99.
Verizon's current offers include various devices free with contract, such as their new house brand tablet, the Ellipsis 7, plus the Blackberry Z10, Droid Mini and Droid Ultra smart phones.
AT&T's free with contract phones include the Blackberry Z10, Blackberry Q10, Samsung Galaxy S III, Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC First.
While still offering free and heavily discounted phones under contract, Verizon and AT&T have both introduced no-commitment options with full-price phones, paid up front or through installment plans. Both carriers' cheapest no-contract phones costs about $250, with most running between $300 to $600.
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Business-people who never have enough hands when making electronic presentations will applaud the new Nortek Duplus Mini Wireless Presenter 2.4GHz Mouse. Co-designed by Samsung, it's a mouse and laser pointer all-in-one with an operating range of up to 10m, multi-functional click wheel, quick and continuous scrolling, and rechargeable battery.Read More
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October 28, 2006 Given all the convergence going on, it seems those items which we cannot do without will begin attracting their share of additional powers. Accordingly, Microsoft's four-in-one Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 makes perfect sense. It's still an ergonomic Bluetooth laser mouse with all the company's signature comfort and performance features, including tilt wheel and magnifier button but it also functions as a slide presenter, a laser pointer, digital ink device and a media remote control. So you can click through the slides of a presentation, highlight a key message with the laser pointer, draw on the presentation screen or control your Media Centre PC remotely. The bottom of the mouse features all the control buttons needed for presentation navigation or media control; users can play, pause, change tracks and adjust volume, or watch a DVD and it's compatible with RealPlayer, iTunes and Windows Media Player. All for less than a hundred (US) bucks!Read More
April 17, 2006 The Powerpoint presentation remains a crucial corporate communication tool and the latest X-Pointer II Wireless presenters look to us to offer a significant advantage over most other presentation devices. Boasting a 50 metre, the US$180 X-Pointer II operating range allow users complete geographic freedom to walk amongst the audience to read the response, while controlling PowerPoint presentations remotely without the need to physically stand by their computers. The wireless mouse and laser pointer weighs in at just 60g but the ability to have 256 MB of built-in flash memory means you can have your presentation in the remote too – great for plug-and-play functionality after last minute adjustments. The built-in memory means users have the ultimate in mobility as they can save their presentations on the unit without the need for additional disks or drives. X-Pointer is seeking international distribution.Read More
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Missing Chicago student Pravis Varughese was found dead Tuesday morning. WSIL3 News reports Feb. 18 that his body was in a wooded area on the 1400 block of East Main Street in Carbondale. The Southern Illionois University student was last seen Wednesday at a party on West College Street.
Varughese, 19, was discovered dead around 9:45 a.m.
According to police Varughese got a ride from someone at that party but got into a "dispute and left the car, running into the woods."
Before the missing Chicago student was found, crews were spotted searching for him near Kohl's and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Cause of the student's death is unknown. An autopsy will be conducted to learn more details. Apparently no foul play is suspected.
It is tragic that missing Chicago student Pravis Varughese was found dead instead of alive. It is unclear how he wound up in the wooded area by himself.
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As the press release is out and so is the cat from the bag it's official: I'll be voicing Miss Risk, a character based off of myself for the new Chainsaw Sally animated series, along with Chris Judge from Stargate SG1!" - Tristan Risk
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Leaders at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy by unveiling a five-year strategic plan they said could help repeal "the last great wall of anti-gay discrimination in our country."
The SLDN plan calls for educating members of Congress, Pentagon officials and other decision-makers about why "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' harms national security and offends basic notions of equality." The regulation took effect in late 1993.
"Ten years, more than 7,500 discharges and a quarter billion dollars after implementation of this policy, we have a mountain of evidence showing the real damage of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" said C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of SLDN in Washington, D.C. "Harassment and discharges continue unabated and, just as important, talented Americans continue to be turned away from service to our country."
Steve E. Ralls, an SLDN spokesperson, said, "We're going to be much more proactive in our outreach to members of Congress and the Bush administration."
A White House spokesperson recently told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that President Bush "supports the policy and believes it is up to the nation's military leaders to determine the best way to implement that policy."
SLDN officials hired Christopher Neff in November as the policy associate in charge of coordinating the organization's outreach efforts on Capitol Hill. Ralls said the strategic plan also puts into place a revitalized focus on grassroots organizing at a level SLDN has not done before.
C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said talented Americans continue to be turned away from U.S. military service because of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy.
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SLDN is not alone in renewing calls for an end to the ban. The New York-based Human Rights Watch, the largest human rights organization in the nation, released a report last month titled "Uniform Discrimination: The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy of the U.S. Military."
The report cites in particular the U.S. Army's discharge between October 2001 and September 2002 of 10 trained linguists based on their sexual orientation, seven of whom are proficient in Arabic.
Elaine Donnelly, president of the Michigan-based Center for Military Readiness, a public policy organization that supports barring gay men and women from the military, endorsed the discharges.
"The most important question to ask about the homosexual students dismissed from the Defense Language Institute is why they were allowed to enter in the first place," Center officials said in a written statement. "For many months, they occupied spaces that could have been offered to eligible trainees who could have been learning Arabic, Korean, Farsi, and other languages valuable in the war on terrorism. Instead, DLI tolerated a situation that was an unconscionable waste of time and resources."
The Center for Military Readiness would like the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" regulations eliminated, Donnelly said, and a 1993 statute enforced that fully excludes gay people from the military. The center also supports restoring a question that military recruits once had to answer on applications about their sexual orientation.
The 54-page Human Rights Watch report notes that although the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was intended to allow gay, lesbian and bisexual service members to remain in the military, discharges have steadily increased since its adoption by Congress in 1993.
SLDN figures show that from 1994 to 2001, more than 7,800 men and women were discharged from the military based on actual or perceived homosexuality. Figures from the U.S. Department of Defense show that 8,529 men and women have been discharged under the policy since 1993. A spokesperson for the Department of Defense said this week that discharges related to violating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" have remained steady for more than four years, "at just six tenths of 1 percent of all discharges" from 1998 to 2001.
When asked to respond to critics who contend that the policy is discriminatory and harmful to gay military members, an unidentified Defense Department official noted in a written statement that the department's policy is prescribed in law.
"In passing that law, Congress expressed concern about risks to morale, good order and discipline, and unit readiness," the official said. "The department continues to work tirelessly to administer that law in a manner that is both fair and consistent [and] remains committed to treating all service members with dignity and respect, while fairly enforcing the
provisions of the law."
SLDN officials said in 2001, a record 1,256 military members were dismissed, which was almost double the homosexual separation rate of 730 in 1992, before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was enacted. They also noted that the vast majority of men and women discharged because of the policy earn $12,000 to $20,000 annually.
Aaron Belkin, a political science professor and director of the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will be difficult to overturn in the current political and legal climate. (Osburn of SLDN is a member of the center's board of advisers.)
Ralls at SLDN said officials there predict it would take 10 years to get the policy repealed.
"Our plan is to put in place the grassroots program and outreach and education programs that will be necessary for Congress to take another look at the policy," he said.
A major obstacle, Belkin said, is that military leaders do not want the policy changed. He also noted that courts and members of Congress have expressed reluctance to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
"We don't know how long it will take to get it overturned because the ban is locked in place by the courts, which have not signaled any willingness to do anything about the policy," Belkin said.
"The Republicans always appear to be unfair to gay people when they talk about this issue," he said, "and Democrats look weak on defense when they bring it up."
As a result, Belkin said, neither political party is pushing to have the policy repealed.
Nevertheless, Belkin said proponents of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" recently appeared to be on the defensive about the policy for the first time. "Because of the story about the linguists, the public now understands in a much more profound way how the ban is hurting the military," he said.
The discharge of the linguists prompted members of Congress and the media to complain late last year that the Army was expelling qualified service members at a time when it faces a severe shortage, especially of Arab linguists, as the nation prepares for possible military action in the Middle East.
Donnelly at the Center for Military Readiness disagreed.
"Gay activists and their allies in the media are trying to wrap their radical agenda in the flag of 'national security' and 'military necessity.' This should fool no one who supports the armed forces," she said in a written statement. "The Department of Defense has a critical need for expert linguists and translators who are eligible to serve, not men or women who are not. In the interests of national security, social engineering must be brought to an end."
The Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military is working with the Liberty Education Forum, a gay-friendly organization launched by the Log Cabin Republicans, on a study that evaluates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and addresses whether the policy has enhanced or undermined the U.S. military in the past decade. It is scheduled to be available next month, Belkin said, noting that the report's authors conclude that the policy has hurt the military in five ways.
The report states that the U.S. armed forces have been hurt by the policy because of a loss of knowledgeable and talented service members, the ban's financial costs, and the wedge it has caused between the public and the military. Belkin said this wedge exists because studies show most of the public supports lifting the ban.
In addition, the study concludes that the ban undermines the military because it contributes to violence against women and creates a climate of fear in the workplace. Officials at SLDN and the Human Rights Watch said, because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," female service members are subjected to "lesbian-baiting" in the military, which involves their male counterparts labeling them as lesbians if they rebuff their sexual advances or do not act "feminine" enough.
The Human Rights Watch report states that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has had a much greater adverse impact on women than men. In 2001, women comprised about 14 percent of the armed forces but 30 percent of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discharges, it states, based on information provided by SLDN. The report also states that the overall discharge rate of women under the policy has been increasing.
In the past decade, 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Israel have eliminated restrictions on gays serving in the military without impairing their armed forces' effectiveness, the Human Rights Watch report states.
The SLDN's five-year strategic plan includes six goals, the first of which is to lift the ban and allow gay military members to serve open and honestly. Other goals include providing free legal services to military members harmed by the policy and protecting men and women from harassment based on perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Additional goals involve advocating for policies and practices that improve service members' lives, supporting service member and veteran pride as gay persons, and strengthening organizational capacity "to assure the freedom to serve in the most cost-effective, strategic fashion."
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama head soccer coach Todd Bramble announced the signing midfielder Mia Jahr. A native of Norway, Jahr becomes the 11th member of the Crimson Tide's 2013 class.
"We are certainly fortunate to be adding a player of Mia's caliber at this stage of the recruiting process," Bramble said. "She is a left footed player that can play a variety of positions. She is also a good student that I am confident will fit well into our team and the university community. We are excited to begin working with her in August to see how she will fit into our team."
Jahr most recently helped lead her club team, Stabaek, to a Norwegian national championship in 2011 and a second-place finish with the ToppSerien League. She was also a participant in the UEFA Champions League with her club team.
Jahr maintained a 3.7 GPA at Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Baerum and plans to major in economics at the Capstone.
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Caroline Alexander, D, Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Soccer Academy/Myers Park HS) – Alexander attended the 2012 ECNL Regional Player Development Camp as well as being a regular attendee of the ODP Region Camp from 2007 through 2009. At Myers Park HS, Alexander was a four-year letterwinner and was named all-conference and all-region in 2010-12. Alexander sustained a 4.03 GPA and is planning on entering into the communications program at Alabama. Alexander will wear number 24 for the Tide.
"Caroline is a defensive player that can really play anywhere on the backline for us," said Bramble. "She can play with both feet, play on the right side or the left side, and has all the qualities to make a good central defender as well. We expect her to come in and make a quick transition to our backline."
Hailey Brohaugh, MF/D, Madison, Miss. (Chicago Fire Juniors/Madison Central HS) – Brohaugh helped lead the Chicago Fire Juniors club team to the 2012 US Club Soccer National Cup XII Finalists, as well as the 2011 Mississippi State Cup Champions title. She attended the Mississippi ODP every year from 2007 through 2012 as well as attending the 2008 and 2009 U14 National ID Camp. She is coming to the Capstone with an intended major of pre-physical therapy. Brohaugh will wear number 15 for the Tide.
"I like the fact that the lineage of players from Mississippi is continuing," Bramble said. "You look at our roster and see the success we have had with Molly Atherton and now Laura Lee Smith, to add Hailey Brohaugh from the same state is exciting. She can play in the back, she can play in the center of the midfield and can play a variety of different positions. She is super technical and comes to us with a lot of good youth experience."
Lauren Collins, D, Homewood, Ala. (BUSA '95/Homewood HS) – Collins was a member of the BUSA '95 ECNL team that was back-to-back state champions in 2011 and 2012. Collins received the 2012 Defensive POY and MVP awards, as well as the 2011 Offensive POY honor. She also competed in track and recently won the 5A Indoor State Championship in the 800m. Collins maintained a 3.9 GPA and was a member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. Collins has been accepted to the Honors College and is a UA Scholar intended on pre-med as a major. She will wear number 14 for the Tide.
"Lauren's story is unique with how we discovered her late in the recruiting process," Bramble said. "She has been a late-bloomer in the process and with that we think she has some untapped potential. We are really excited to sign Lauren and keep the Alabama connection going and have some homegrown talent on our team."
Danielle Herubin, F, Coppell, Texas (D'Feeters '93/Coppell HS) – Herubin was a member of the UA club team where she was selected All-Region forward and invited to walk-on this spring. She helped her club team to Premier League titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and LHGCL-D1 Grand Champions in 2009 and 2010. Herubin was a scholar athlete at Coppell HS where she received Academic All-State and was National Merit Commended. She maintained this academic prowess through college where she has made the Dean's List every semester and is in the computer based honors program. She is a chemical engineering major. She will wear number 8 for the Tide.
"She has been here at Alabama for two years," Bramble explained. "We saw her play with the D'Feeters Club, Hugh Bradford's team in Dallas, Texas, back in the recruiting process. We knew she was a good player and we have kept tabs on her and continued to monitor her progress and the timing was right to invite her to our team in the spring. She is an attacking player with great physical presence around the goal and we are excited she stuck with it and decided to join our team. "
Jordan Meier, D, St. Peters, Mo. (St. Louis Scott Gallagher Club/Fort Zumwalt HS) – Meier attended the February ID2 National Camp in 2010 and 2011, as well as the May U-15 NT Camp. As a senior in 2012, Meier was part of the ECNL Sanford and the Florida All-Event teams. At Fort Zumwalt South HS, Meier was named first team all-conference, second team all-metro and second team all-state. Meier has been accepted to the Honors College and is a UA Scholar majoring in Engineering. She will wear number 3 for the Tide.
"Jordan is a central defender who has a tremendous physical presence in there," said Bramble. She is calm and composed on the ball and we anticipate her having a great spring for us and really busting through the learning curve and getting off to a great start."
Auburn Mercer, MF, Matthews, N.C. (Charlotte Soccer Academy/Weddington HS) – Mercer was part of the Region III ODP in 2010 and again in 2011. In addition, she was showcased in the 2010 and in 2011 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional. Mercer is on Top Drawer Soccer's Top 150 list at No. 58. Mercer prepped at Weddington HS where she upheld a 4.1 GPA and spent three years on the varsity team collecting all-state and all-conference accolades twice and was named the conference MVP. Mercer is entering Alabama pursuing an exercise science major. Mercer will wear number 19 for the Tide.
"Auburn is an extremely versatile player," Bramble said. "I could literally picture Auburn playing on any line on the field from the front to the back. She has a good physical presence. She can head, tackle, she can distribute the ball, can score goals, defend, so she is a well-rounded player that a spring of college soccer is going to do her a world of good and really give her a head start going into next fall."
Molly O'Keefe, MF, Anaheim Hills, Calif. (Strikers FC/Mater Dei HS) – O'Keefe was on the honor roll throughout her high school career with a 4.0 at Mater Dei HS. She was an ID2 selection as well as leading the team in assists for four years. On her high school team, O'Keefe led the team in scoring in 2011. O'Keefe will be pursuing a political science major when she enrolls in the fall. She has been accepted to the Honors College and is a UA Scholar. She will wear number 18 for the Tide.
"Molly is a midfielder with a big physical presence," Bramble said. "She plays on both sides of the ball and is a really good defensive midfielder. She can really contribute to the attack with how she can distribute the ball around. She can score goals from long range, so she can really come in and be a threat for us at the midfield. It has really been good for us to keep getting kids from California with some of the best competition in the country. Week-in and week-out the competition really helps them with the transition to college soccer. We are really excited that Molly has decided to join our team."
Noelle Sanz, D, Temecula, Calif. (Legends FC/ Charparral HS) – Sanz enters her freshman year having already played on the international level as a member of the Costa Rican Women's National Team. Sanz was an exceptional student at Charparral HS receiving the AP scholar with Honors, CSF, AP Excellence Award, AP Human Geography and Academic Excellence award twice. On her prep team she was awarded the Defensive MVP two years and scholar-athlete all three years. Her intended major at Alabama is chemistry- pre-health. She has been accepted to the Honors College and is a UA Scholar. She will wear number 13 for the Tide.
"We are really happy to get another player from California to add to our team out here," said Bramble. "Noelle brings the unique quality of being a dual citizen, she also has Costa Rican heritage so because of that she has been with the Costa Rican U-17 National Team. She has also recently been called up to their full team. She played on the US Gold Medal Tour, she was able to play in the game in Rochester, Minn., game against the United States and she has another call-up ahead of her. She is an outside back that comes in from the west coast mixed in with some international experience that should really help with her transition to college soccer."
Beatrice Sesu, MF, Ghana (Ghana U-20 National Team) – Sesu comes all the way to Tuscaloosa from Ghana where she has been a part of the national youth system and is now a member of the national team. Sesu first made the national pool at the U-17 level where she played at the All-African Games and helped her nation to a second-place finish. Later she helped lead Ghana to the U-20 World Cup, which was held in Japan. At the U-20 World Cup, Sesu started in all three matches for Ghana, including a matchup against the United States. Sesu played every minute of all three games at the midfield for her country. She also played every minute of the U-17 World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago.
"Beatrice was the captain of the U-17 team that competed in the World Cup and we really got to know her when that U-17 team came to Tuscaloosa three years ago," Bramble said. "She has plenty of international experience and is clearly a really talented player. We are lucky to be adding Beatrice to our team and I think she is going to have a wonderful experience coming over here."
Kat Stratton, GK, Tupelo, Miss. (Chicago Fire Juniors/Tupelo HS) – Stratton is considered one of the top goalkeeping prospects in the country. In 2010, she appeared in the U-15 National Team Player Pool, Region III ODP and the November U-15 National Team camp. She excelled in 2011, making the Region III Europe Trip and the Region III ODP. She participated in the 2012 February ODP National Camp and the Region III ODP. She maintained a GPA of 3.8, earning the recognition of the THS National Honor Society. Her brother Chris Stratton played baseball at Mississippi State and is now with the San Francisco Giants organization. She will wear number 1 for the Tide.
"Kat has had a great youth career, coming in and out of the youth national team pool," Bramble said. "As a goalkeeper her potential is unlimited. Once she gets into our daily training environment and working with Jason [Lowe] on a daily basis we really think Kat is going to blossom into a great college goalkeeper."


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- Corn Belt on edge of drought abyss
- Marketing crops
- Official parameters to declare a full-on, serious drought for the Corn Belt may not yet have been met. But with continuing triple-digit temperatures and a lack of rain, the situation could easily tip.
- There's a 60 percent chance of an El Nino by August.
Marketing crops
On farmers marketing crops based on Taylor's predictions…
"Different people call asking what I'd do in certain situations.
"I'm not in the business of giving crop marketing advice. I am in the business of likely yields and yield risks.
"What is the chance of having a trend-line yield? What is the chance of it being above trend or below trend? What about the probabilities of how much or below?
"The economists can provide an estimate of what the November contract for soybeans or the December contract for corn, people can say 'with this national yield what could we expect the December contract to be at harvest?'"
On farmer queries…
"Most producers are as interested in their own place as they are in the market. They're interested in the market for how much they'll be able to sell their product for. But they're interested in their own place to know what their product will be, what they'll have to sell, maybe what they'll have t commit to, right now.
"Most of them with old crop in storage have it committed, sold on some futures contract.
"The first question I ask them is 'you may have some of your yield committed locally. You need to find out if the person you have the commitment with will take money at the CBOT price if you can't deliver. Or do they insist you contracted for a bushel of corn and they want to be handed a bushel of corn, not a bushel of money.'
"These days, many times, cattle feeders won't accept money. They want the corn or soybeans.
"This is a consideration that must be at the forefront. If you're in a case where they'll only take the product, you've got to hope you can deliver it. But don't go speculating on that, at this time.
"You speculate with futures derivatives – calls, puts and the like – rather than with actual grain.
"If you do have the capability of delivering money rather than grain, then you can begin to commit your actual grain to the point you're insured.
"Many have asked me 'should I commit 25 to 30 percent of my guaranteed insured yield for this year? Corn is over $6.60.'
"In those cases, I think about one-fourth of it should be committed. If the price hits $7, go for half."


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Following last week's successful presentation of a silent horror movie double-feature at the Rialto, The Film Society is back with another equally amazing event this Sunday night, October 24th, again at the classic Rialto theater. Another horror double-feature, this time feature classic Universal Studios horror from the 1930s, starring the kings of horror: Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Having become famous for embodying the classic and definitive characters of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster in the early 30s, they continued to play monsters, madmen and murderers up until the 1950s.
They were the Robert deNiro and Al Pacino of their time: men in the same caliber who were rarely seen together on screen, but it was a grand event when it happened. (I`m not saying Righteous Kill was a grand event).
You can come to the Rialto to witness the pairing of The Black Cat and White Zombie, two of the better schlock-tastic horrorfests to come out of the early period. I must remind you that the 80 year old Rialto was catering to movies like this way back when, and cheapo cheesy horror flicks were presented in this way, as a double bill, usually with short films, serials, news reels in between. This also accounts for the short running time of these films.
The Black Cat (1934) was part of a string of Edgar Allen Poe adaptations that had virtually nothing to do with the Edgar Allen Poe stories. It`s like saying this remake of The Exorcist is about a young man who falls in love with a young girl, and they rob a bank on New Year`s Day; and maybe the young man is a priest. The Black Cat was one of those rare occasions where Lugosi and Karloff were in a movie together, so the studio decided to make it as bizarre and over the top as hell. No point in giving you a summary. A car breaks down, a creepy man lives in a creepy house, he may have a dead wife or may not have a dead wife, there is a black cat somewhere, and there is some bondage and torture. Too postmodern for the easy-plot-monster movies of its time, and too extreme for the audience back then, but you could probably bring your kids (if you are demented).
White Zombie (1932) is not a zombie movie. Zombies as we know them today have been quite popular for the last 40 years, but these zombies refer to somnobulists or partially dead people who may or may not be hypnotized/controlled by a voodoo priest/madman. There is a love triangle, a bunch of rich white kids who go to Haiti to get married, Lugosi as a voodoo priest, and people become passive zombies who do your bidding.
These movies are classics in any format, but on the big screen, with Halloween around the corner, and two for the price of one, you have NO excuse. Tickets can be purchased at the door, snacks and drinks shall be available, party starts at 7pm and the price is super cheap. Come one come all, keep the classics alive and keep those cameras rolling.


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As the region's arts council, a membership organization comprised of many non-profits and artists, we receive calls and requests of all kinds, all in the name of helping our region's arts community thrive. This spring, after having run into fellow photographer Heather Mull and hearing about her plans to go to South Africa, I received an email from Linda Dukess, Heather's colleague, asking to talk about their wild idea to teach documentary photography in South Africa. Having taught media in the field in Northern Ireland, Jamaica, the Navajo Nation, and Alabama, my interest was piqued.
There is nothing quite like looking through the lens of a camera, in the field and working with young people, if you want to instantly cause intercultural learning, global awareness and serious reflection about one's place in this world. The photographs are usually good, even for a short term, immersive project, but the profound takeaways – compassion, humility, gratitude, and self-determination – are better than good. People think cameras are about the gear. Think, again - cameras are literally about seeing, teaching a person to observe, consider, and reflect.
Linda and I met, and she shared her passion project, the Kliptown Photography Project, involving herself, her partner Jody DiPerna, Heather, and their friend Juliana Kreinik. Moved to do something to help the situation in a South African shantytown, their plan is to work with South African photographers Jerry Obakeng Gaegane, Patrick Selemani and Tila Nomvula Mathizerd with South African curator Zanele Mashumi and let the power of the documentary image take hold. Together, they would enact a week-long photography program for teens in Kliptown, one of the most impoverished townships in South Africa. In the mix is the Kliptown Youth Program, helping the photography project work with teens in the area and providing a space for the project within the township.
Linda and her colleagues are in Kliptown, now, and I asked them to share their stories with The Arts Blog readers to raise awareness of their efforts to make a difference, and to broaden our understanding of how the arts function within a set of larger community concerns, such as poverty and racism. Find out more about the project, here, and we will post three blog posts from their adventures, today and into early next week.
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And so it begins, Chase Race Number 1 is in the books and Matt Kensenth is the big winner. After a week that brought a cloud of doubt over NASCAR as a whole, its great to have that first race officially in the books. NASCAR officials issued unprecedented penalties on Monday of last week when it fined Michael Waltrip Racing $300,000, suspended MWR VP of Racing Ty Norris and docked each of the three teams 50 owner and 50 bonus points. The result of which left MWR driver of the number 56, Martin Truex Jr. on the outside of the chase looking in. These penalties allowed Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing to retain the second Wildcard spot in the chase.
Fans of NASCAR thought that was the end of it and left some with a bad taste in their mouths because officials didn't address the issue of MWRs #15 driver, Clint Bowyer's suspected intentional spin which left Jeff Gordon out of the Chase. Over the next few days, Gordon fans united with a barrage of complaints and petitions on social media and by Friday there would be another unprecedented event in NASCAR. On Friday the 13th after reviewing new audio from Team Penske and Front Row Motorsports, NASCAR determined that actions of the teams on the audio from Richmond conspired to give Joey Logano the last chase spot and cause 4 time Champion Gordon to be left out of the Chase by one point. Brian France issued a statement at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday that there would be a thirteenth car added to the chase and that car would be the Number 24 of Jeff Gordon. Whether it was fan complaints on social media or just good investigation from NASCAR, it now seems that the issues that began in Richmond on September 7th have now been righted.
Jeff Gordon seemed like a man on mission during the first Chase race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill when the rain extended race finally came to a close in the late hours of Sunday night. Matt Kensenth posted his sixth win of the season and the first of the chase while two chase contenders, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano both ended the night in the garage with blown engines. The chase resumes on September 22, 2013 in Loudon, New Hampshire.


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A few days ago, China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) announced that it sold about 1 million iPhones on its network in February, following the widely anticipated launch in mid-January. Shares however were down somewhat on the news, indicating that investors may have been slightly disappointed with the figure.
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It was to Earls Court on Thursday for the trade and press day of the annual Cycle Show. It seemed there were fewer exhibitors than in past years, with Sunrace Sturmey Archer perhaps the most noticeable and from my point of view, regrettable, absentee. What the Cycle Show 2010 lacked in venerable British (now Taiwanese) […]
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A collection of photographs taken over a period of eighteen months of a beautiful young model. My first book (more to come) focused on a single human subject: a young Filipina-American woman, whose unusual beauty, physical grace, complex moods, and subtle expressiveness lend themselves to a visually rich character study. In a wide range of images we view Syrah in the photographer's studio posing in a variety of costume and attitudes, exploring a hidden forest, and turning a shower into a shadow realm of personal theater. 2008, 80 pages.
I began photographing in 1994, following many years as a Hindu monk, writer, and academic scholar. With no background in the visual arts, photography appeared serendipitously and soon absorbed my full attention. For me, the essence of photography is found in the pure pleasure of seeing: the experience of opening a more patient, contemplative, intuitive, imaginative eye to the world. It's about surrendering to the strange synergy between quiet receptivity and probing curiosity -- appreciating the "suchness" of things, while experiencing their complex resonances within personal consciousness. Moving about the world with a camera opens my eyes and mind to the beauty, strangeness, and mystery of it all, while crafting images in the darkroom provides a means for communicating my wonder and delight. My work can be found in many private collections. Most images in my books are available as original photographic (silver-gelatin) prints. Feel free to contact me via my website.
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A shoplifting cop is the last thing that embattled New Jersey governor Chris Christie needs these days. On the other hand, perhaps the pilfering policeman can take a little heat off of Christie's antics.
According to a report Monday from The Associated Press, New Jersey State Trooper William Carvounis, 35, of North Brunswick, pulled an old bait and switch, appropriately, at a Cabelas sporting goods store back on Jan. 8.
According to the complaint, Carvounis pocketed a few handgun grips, a pistol magazine and a hat into his cargo pants. He also evidently felt that a $29.99 binocular strap was far too pricey, and swapped it out by placing it into a box for a product with a price tag of $19.99.
The concealed items were worth close to $270, which equates to a first-degree misdemeanor that can carry up to five years in prison.
When confronted by store officials and the local police, the cop said he was afraid that if his crimes were reported, he might lose his job as a member of Gov. Chris Christie's security detail.
Tilden Township Police Chief William McEllroy said Carvounis wanted a cop-to-cop break.
"It was, more or less, 'Look, I've got a good job, I'm on the governor's security detail, I don't want to lose my job,' along those lines," McEllroy said. "It was more or less one cop asking another cop for a break, multiple times."
Trooper Carvounis retained an attorney, Charles Sciarra, who said his client denies he sought special treatment from the arresting officers.
"The initial reports we have don't indicate anything about such a request," said Sciarra. "With that said, my client made purchases that day and denies any allegation of any shoplifting. And quite frankly, we see no connection between what's occurred in the store in Pennsylvania and his duties for the New Jersey State Police."
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Q: Who decided on the Seahawks' new men's basketball uniforms for this season?
A: According to UNCW senior associate athletic director Joe Browning, it was a collaboration between their athletic director and head men's basketball coach, Jimmy Bass and Buzz Peterson, respectively.
"We wanted an alternate set of home uniforms for this season," he said.
Q: Will school buses stop picking up and dropping off students on Market Street?
A: Mick Wayne, director of transportation for New Hanover County Schools, knows that Market Street – along with Carolina Beach Road, College Road and Oleander Drive – is one of the county's busiest thoroughfares.
But Market Street is also one of the transportation department's main routes and has been for at least 40 years, Wayne said.
"We stop on these major thoroughfares," he said. "Otherwise, we'd never get students to school on time. It'd be physically impossible."
The county drops off and picks up about 12,500 students at about 5,000 stops daily. There are almost 1,000 stops on those main thoroughfares, Wayne said.
While students are let off the bus on the busy roads, Wayne said the stops are positioned so students don't have to cross the street to get to or from their house.
And a big part of keeping students safe falls on the drivers, Wayne said.
"We understand it's very dangerous," he said. "But as with anyplace else in the county, drivers have to be responsible for how they stop their vehicles."
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