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I ran into Sara Jessica Berman of the blog FashinNY at during the ss2014 Nolcha Fashion Week shows at Industria Superstudios. She was a vision in an emerald green sleeveless dress and the confidence of a conquering queen. I asked if I could take her photo, and we ended up staying in contact. Over the course of the last 6 months, the sspecial ed schoolteacher has gained in followers and credibility, throwing blogger events with the BestyList and beginning a career as a stylist on Keaton Row.
This NYFW, I ran into SJ again and decided that the time had come for our interview. To coincide with my (finally) acquiring a beautiful new apartment in Brooklyn, it seemed like a great idea to do a photoshoot. One of my favorite shows from last year was Vincetta NYC, Designer Deanna Ansara's Halston-esque, disco tinged extravaganza last November wowed me. When I asked for a few pieces to style SJ with, the ever affable Deanna agreed, and you can see the results in the slide show.
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Faith Bowman: What made you decide to be a blogger?
SJ Berman: My career started in Fashion but then I had a change of heart and decided to go into teaching. While I love teaching I felt like something was missing and I had a craving to get back into the fashion world. I started the blog my second year teaching to keep my passion alive and I enjoy balancing both worlds. My day job is amazing but I love kicking off my sneakers, throwing on a pair of heels and taking on the world of fashion after 3pm!
FB: What is your favorite part of being a blogger?
SJB: Connecting with people. I have found the more I put myself out there the greater the response is. I have met incredibly interesting people and have had the chance to do things that most people read about in magazines. I feel incredibly lucky with the connections I have made over time and am excited to see what the future holds.
FB. What shows did you see during NYFW? Any standout collections?
SJB: I attended Nolcha Fashion week and Launch NY. What's great about them is it gives a platform to smaller, lesser known designers some of whom manufacture in NY. I love meeting and seeing the creations from NY made designs and am happy to see the industry start to thrive here again.
I had the opportunity to attend the Cynthia Rowley presentation for MBFW, that experience was amazing. Seeing the clothing up close and personal instead of on the runway was such a great experience.
FB. How did you end up styling for Keaton Row?
SJB: A close friend read about it in the Wall Street Journal and thought it was right up my alley. I was weary at first not knowing what to expect. The experience has been amazing, I really am able to connect with my clients and I love knowing that there are people walking the streets in cities all through the US in clothing I styled for them.
FB: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
SJB: 5 years ago I was happy my friends were reading my blog I never imagined being where I am today. In 5 years from now hopefully the blog will still be kicking presenting me with multiple opportunities. I would love to collaborate with designers, have opportunities to attend more fashion shows and dream of endless possibilities!
Previous NY Fashion Blogger Project interviews:
Alexa Curtis/A Life in the Fashion Lane
Renata Certo-Ware/Scorpion Disco
Ashley Rudolph /What Ashley Wears
Nathan Moy/The Provoker


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Moultrup, Mark (J.), keyboardist, vocalist, composer, arranger, producer.
His education was in Jazz Studies at Wayne State University and Oakland University. He's studied with Herbie Williams, Matt Micheals, Don Thompson, Harold McKinney, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Russell, Dave Holland, and Harold Danko. His singing has been compared to Bob Dorough, Mose Allison and Mark Murphy. He has performed with Johnny Trudell, Marcus Belgrave, Mike Stern, Lincoln Goines, Ritchie Morales Smokey Robinson, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Lesley Gore, Lou Christie, George Russell, Chapter 8, Pancho Hagood, Larry Smith, Doug Hammond, and others. He is active in local schools, conducting music clinics and lending his talents to high school drama, and theater activities. In the year 2000 Mark co-founded and co-directed the Petoskey Jazz Festival.
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In profile: Morecambe
by Stuart Vose
Background on tonight's opponents.
Morecambe are competing in their sixth successive nPower League Two season after securing promotion to the Football League for the first time in their history in following a 2-1 Conference Play-Offs victory over Exeter City at Wembley Stadium.
In their first season in league football, the club finished in a very respectable 11th place and recorded memorable victories over Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2007-08 League Cup.
The following year, they again finished in 11th place, and announced plans to move from Christie Park, the club's home since 1921, to a new 6,476 capacity stadium.
In 2010-11, Morecambe surpassed expectations to finish in fourth place in League Two, reaching the play-off semi-finals where they would be beaten 7-2 on aggregate by Dagenham & Redbridge.
The Shrimps played their first game at their new stadium, the Globe Arena, earlier that season in a League Cup clash against Coventry, securing a 2-0 win.
In May 2011 legendary manager Sammy McIlroy left the club after five highly successful years at the helm. Four days after his departure, Morecambe announced defender Jim Bentley as their new player-manager.
Morecambe headed into last season hoping to consolidate their position in League Two but surprised everyone by topping the table by October after just three defeats.
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Any statistical method for determining a mean (and confidence limit) from a set of observations is based on a probability density function. This function describes the distribution of observations for a hypothetical, infinite set of observations called a population. The Gaussian probability density function (normal distribution) has the familiar bell-shaped form shown in Figure 11.1a. The meaning of the probability density function f(z) is that the proportion of observations within an interval of incremental width dz centered on z is f(z)dz.
The Gaussian probability density function is given by:
x is the variable measured, μ is the true mean, and σ is the standard deviation. The parameter μ determines the value of x about which the distribution is centered, while σ determines the width of the distribution about the true mean. By performing the required integrals (computing area under curve f(z)), it can be shown that 68% of the readings in a normal distribution are within σ of μ, while 95% are within 1.96σ of μ.
The usual situation is that one has made a finite number of measurements of a variable x. In the literature of statistics, this set of measurements is referred to as a sample. Let us say that we made 1000 measurements of some parameter, say bed thickness (in cm) in a particular sedimentary formation. We plot these in histogram form in Figure 11.1b.
By using the methods of Gaussian statistics, one is supposing that the observed sample has been drawn from a population of observations that is normally distributed. The true mean and standard deviation of the population are, of course, unknown. But the following methods allow estimation of these quantities from the observed sample. A normal distribution can be characterized by two parameters, the mean (μ) and the variance σ2. How to estimate the parameters of the underlying distribution is the art of statistics. We all know that the arithmetic mean of a batch of data drawn from a normal distribution is calculated by:
The mean estimated from the data shown in Figure 11.1b is 10.09. If we had measured an infinite number of bed thicknesses, we would have gotten the bell curve shown as the dashed line and calculated a mean of 10.
The "spread" in the data is characterized by the variance σ2. Variance for normal distributions can be estimated by the statistic s2:
In order to get the units right on the spread about the mean (cm – not cm2), we have to take the square root of s2. The statistic s gives an estimate of the standard deviation σ and is the bounds around the mean that includes 63% of the values. The 95% confidence bounds are given by 1.96s (this is what a "2-σ error" is), and should include 95% of the observations. The bell curve shown in Figure 11.1b has a σ (standard deviation) of 3, while the s is 2.97.
If you repeat the bed measuring experiment a few times, you will never get exactly the same measurements in the different trials. The mean and standard deviations measured for each trial then are "sample" means and standard deviations. If you plotted up all those sample means, you would get another normal distribution whose mean should be pretty close to the true mean, but with a much more narrow standard deviation. In Figure 11.1c we plot a histogram of means from 100 such trials of 1000 measurements each drawn from the same distribution of μ = 10,σ = 3. In general, we expect the standard deviation of the means (or standard error of the mean, sm) to be related to s by
What if we were to plot up a histogram of the estimated variances as in Figure 11.1c? Are these also normally distributed? The answer is no, because variance is a squared parameter relative to the original units. In fact, the distribution of variance estimates from normal distibutions is expected to be chi-squared (χ2). The width of the χ2 distribution is also governed by how many measurements were made. The so-called number of degrees of freedom (ν) is given by the number of measurements made minus the number of measurements required to make the estimate, so ν for our case is N - 1. Therefore we expect the variance estimates to follow a χ2 distribution with N - 1 degrees of freedom of χν2.
The estimated standard error of the mean, sm, provides a confidence limit for the calculated mean. Of all the possible samples that can be drawn from a particular normal distribution, 95% have means, , within 2sm of . (Only 5% of possible samples have means that lie farther than 2sm from .) Thus the 95% confidence limit on the calculated mean, , is 2sm, and we are 95% certain that the true mean of the population from which the sample was drawn lies within 2sm of . The estimated standard error of the mean, sm decreases 1/. Larger samples provide more precise estimations of the true mean; this is reflected in the smaller confidence limit with increasing N.
We often wish to consider ratios of variances derived from normal distributions (for example to decide if the data are more scattered in one data set relative to another). In order to do this, we must know what ratio would be expected from data sets drawn from the same distributions. Ratios of such variances follow a so-called F distribution with ν1 and ν2 degrees of freedom for the two data sets. This is denoted F[ν1,ν2]. Thus if the ratio F, given by:
A related test to the F test is Student's t-test. This test compares differences in normal data sets and provides a means for judging their significance. Given two sets of measurements of bed thickness, for example in two different sections, the t test addresses the likelihood that the difference between the two means is significant at a given level of probability. If the estimated means and standard deviations of the two sets of N1 and N2 measurements are 1,σ1 and 2,σ2 respectively, the t statistic can be calculated by:


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By Jennifer Jones
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FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State (11-9) hit .462 as a team in its 14-2 win over Kent State Tuesday night at Pete Beiden Field. The Bulldogs combined for 18 hits, four doubles and nine walks to earn their fourth consecutive win of the season.
"This is truly a team," said head coach Mike Batesole. "It takes everybody and everything that every one of us has to win games."
The Bulldogs held Kent State scoreless for over eight innings. Senior Thomas Harlan earned his third win of the year. The southpaw struck out six and gave up only four hits in six innings of work.
"We're gelling," said Harlan. "Bats are starting to come alive. We're looking strong."
Sophomore Aaron Judge and freshman Jordan Brink finished with three hits each. Judge went 3-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk.
"Our whole team, these past few days, we're working on taking team at bats," said Judge. "Everyone is going out there and taking some nice loose swings and just getting the job done."
Fresno State recorded at least one hit in every inning and consistently scored from the second inning on.
Junior Austin Wynns led off the second inning with a single through the right side. With two outs, sophomore Jake Alvarez singled to short, advancing Wynns. The pair would get an extra base after George Roberts couldn't corral a late throw to first by the shortstop that sailed into the visiting dugout.
Senior Patrick Hutcheson was then hit by Kent State starter Michael Clarke to load the bases and the lefty walked in the Bulldogs first run of the game.
The 'Dogs put three more across before Kent State tried to rally in the fifth. With one out, Cody Koch doubled to right field and advanced to third when Joe Koch grounded out to second. But Harlan struck out the next batter to get out of the jam and keep the shutout alive.
Fresno State's biggest offensive inning came in the sixth. The Bulldogs put up four runs off five hits to take a 10-0 lead.
"That proves that our team can score runs like that," said Brink. "If we just have that same approach and stick to the plan, we can have that in multiple games."
The run gap allowed for other 'Dogs to see time on the diamond. After junior Daniel Moultrie led off the seventh inning with a walk, senior Sam Donald took his second at-bat of the season, pinch hitting for Judge. Donald worked into a full count before getting beamed by Dan Kopcak, the Golden Flashes third pitcher of the night. Sophomore Jordan Mullins came in to pinch run for Donald and advanced to second when junior Trent Garrison walked to load the bases.
Brink then swung on the first pitch and was thrown out at first, but not before Moultrie came around to score the 11th run of the night. Freshman Taylor Tempel then singled to short and Mullins came in to score.
Roberts, who had started the game at first base and moved to third in the fourth inning, started the eighth inning on the mound for the Golden Flashes. He gave Kent State the jump start their defense needed, retiring the first two batters before walking Moultrie.
Mullins got to take his first at-bat of the year and worked the count to a walk. Roberts then hit Wise to load the bases and Garrison singled to the first baseman, scoring Moultrie and extending the lead to 13.
Brink then hit a high chopper to first and beat Cody Koch to the base for his third hit and third RBI of the night. Roberts struck out the next batter to end the inning.
"It felt good," said Mullins of his first at-bat of the season. "But it was a great effort by our team today. Tom did a great job on the mound, and it opened up other opportunities for other guys to get out there."
Bulldogs making their first appearances this season included junior college transfers Matt Fontaine and Austin Wiggins. The pair of right-handed pitchers saw one inning on the mound each, respectively.
"Sammy and Fontaine and Wiggins have been doing tremendous work for us in the middle of the week," said Batesole. "On practice days we've been asking an awful lot of those guys, to have them playing a lot in time, and you heard our dugout the loudest when those three guys were in the game because they appreciate it."
Kent State (8-9) finally put runs across with one out in the top of the ninth to end the shutout.
The second and final game of the series between the two programs is Wednesday, March 21 at 4:05 p.m.
"These guys aren't going to take a step backwards," said Batesole of the Golden Flashes. "I guarantee you they didn't like what happened today and they're going to be ready to answer the bell."
"We have to jump on them early," said Judge of tomorrow's matchup. "Kent State is a great team. Hopefully we go out there, jump on the first few innings and just take care of business."
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Prove using a direct proof that
$$\prod_{i=1}^n \left(\frac{1}{i} + 1\right) = n+1$$
Okay, so I think I have done it correctly using an inductive proof:
Base case: $(1+\frac11)=2$, therefore $n=1$ is true. Assume that $n=k$ is true for some $k \geq 1$. Now we must prove that $n=k+1$ is true.
$$\left(1+\frac11\right)\left(1+\frac12\right)\cdots\left(1+\frac1k\right)\left(1+\frac1{k+1}\right) = (k+1)+1 = k+2$$
therefore $n=k+1$ is true and QED by mathematical induction. But by direct proof I am sort of lost.
To relate each term with their previous one, I came to this step.
$$1+\frac{1}{k-1} = 1+\frac{1}{k} - \frac{1}{k-k^2}$$
But I'm quite confused at this stage anyway. Any help or advice would be very appreciated.


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June 2016
Q: May an institution provide apparel and/or other merchandise (posters, equipment, gifts, etc.) to camp or clinic participants?
A: Yes, provided the total cost of the items is covered in each camp or clinic participant's admissions fee. If the cost of the item(s) is not included in the admissions, then the institution is providing an impermissible benefit.
January 2009
Q: How long is a prospective student-athlete considered to be a prospect?
A: A prospective student-athlete remains a prospect even after committing to or signing a National Letter of Intent with the Mississippi State University or any institution, and both the institution and the prospect continue to be governed by NCAA recruiting legislation regarding prospects until the prospects reports for regular squad practice or the prospect attends his/her first day of classes in any regular semester.
February 2009
Q: While on an official or un-official visit, can Mississippi State University and/or its fans, alumni or boosters identify or utilize personalized recruiting aids for prospects?
A: No, the university may not arrange miscellaneous, personalized recruiting aids (personalized jerseys, personalized audio/video scoreboard presentation, game day simulations, etc...) during any visit a prospect may make. Personalized recruiting aids include any decorative and special additions to any location the prospect will visit regardless of whether or not the items include the prospects name or picture. Posters with prospects names or chants for those prospects are prohibited.
March 2009
Q: Can I get an autographed football to be auctioned at a fundraiser for my high school booster club?
A: It is not permissible for an institution's athletics department, in response to requests from high school (or prep school or two-year college) groups, to provide items (autographed balls, jerseys) to assist in raising money for its programs (athletics or other). An institution may not donate institutional memorabilia (jerseys, hats, T-shirts) to any organization for the purpose of being auctioned to raise funds to provide financial assistance to high school students to attend collegiate institutions. An institution (or an institution's coach or representative of its athletics interests) may contribute to a nonathletics organization that includes prospective student-athletes and nonprospects (e.g., YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Clubs), provided the assistance is not earmarked for a particular prospective student-athlete and is offered in conjunction with the organization's regular fund-raising activities. If you do have a memorabilia request, please contact the Bulldog Club at 662-325-3074.
April 2009
Q: What is "Grayshirting?"
A: "Grayshirting" is a term used in the recruiting process to describe situations in which a student-athlete delays initial enrollment in a collegiate institution to the winter or spring term after the traditional academic year begins. Students who "grayshirt" often use the fall to take classes part time or choose not to enroll in college at all. "Grayshirting" is not a formal designation by the NCAA or the National Letter of Intent program.
May 2009
Q: May a prospect eat off-campus in Starkville with coaches, student-athletes and or institutional staff members during an un-official visit?
A: Possibly, but only after July 1 following the prospect's junior year of high school, only those coaches that can recruit off-campus can be in attendance and only during a contact period for that sport. No institutional staff member or current student-athlete can have off-campus, in-person contact with a prospect.
June 2009
Q: What do athletic scholarships pay for?
Athletic scholarships may be full scholarships or partial scholarships, depending on the sport and the discretion of the coaching staff. Some sports, like football, basketball and volleyball, are head count sports where each student-athlete is on a full athletic scholarship that pays for tuition, fees, books, room & board. Some sports, such as baseball, track, and soccer, are equivalency sports, meaning that a coaching staff is limited to a specified number of scholarships (such as 11.7 in baseball) to divide among the roster. Therefore, different student-athletes receive different scholarship amounts varying from a book scholarship to a full scholarship.
July 2009
Q: What is the NCAA Eligibility Center?
A: The NCAA Eligibility Center certifies the academic and amateur credentials of all college bound student-athletes who wish to compete in NCAA Division I or II athletics. In order to compete in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during your first year at the Division I level, a student-athlete must:
- Graduate from high school
- Complete 16 core courses
- Earn a minimum required GPA in core courses
- Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches your core-course GPA
Please click here to see initial eligibility standards.
August 2009
Q: Can a current student-athlete come and speak to my organization?
A: It may be permissible for student-athletes to speak to charitable organizations. Mississippi State Athletics has set-up a process to insure our student-athletes do not violate NCAA Bylaws concerning Promotional Activities. If you wish to have a student-athlete speak, please see the Promotional Activities Request Form on the Compliance Website and contact Ann Carr, Senior Associate Athletics Director/Women's Sports, Student-Athlete Services at email@example.com.
September 2009
Q: What are the hourly and weekly limits on countable athletically related activities?
A: During the academic year when the sport is in-season the limits on countable activities are no more than four hours per day, 20 hours per week with one day off during that week. Out-of-season limits are 8 hours per week with two days off for that week.
October 2009
Q: What is a "contact" per NCAA rules and regulations and when can a coach begin off-campus contact with prospects?
A: A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospective student-athlete or the parents, any relative or legal guardian and an institutional staff member or athletics representative (booster) during which the dialogue that occurs is in excess of a greeting. No booster should have any contact with a prospect. Generally speaking all off-campus recruiting contact shall not be made with a prospect or parents, relatives or legal guardians prior to July 1 following the completion of the prospect's junior year of high school.
November 2009
Q: Can a student-athlete receive any type of discount for services or goods?
A: If the discount is due to the fact the individual is a student-athlete this would be considered an impermissible benefit. If the discount was received because it is available to all students per se, then yes that would be allowable. If you have any concerns about this or any issue, please contact the MSU Compliance Office at 662-325-5891.
January 2010
Q: What is a non-qualifier?
A: A non-qualifier is a student who has not graduated from high school or who, at the time specified in the regulations has not successfully completed the required core-curriculum or has not presented the required minimum core-curriculum grade-point average and/or the corresponding SAT/ACT score required for a qualifier.
February 2010
Q. Who is eligible to sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) and Financial Aid Agreement?
A: An institution shall not provide a high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete a written offer of athletically related financial aid until he or she has registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center and the institution has placed the prospective student-athlete on its institutional request list (IRL) with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Effective August 1, 2010: The following requirements must be met before an institution may provide a written offer of athletically related financial aid to a prospective student-athlete:
(a) A high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center;
(b) A high school or preparatory school prospective student-athlete must be placed on the institution's institutional request list (IRL) with the NAA Eligibility Center; and
(c) A high school, preparatory school or transfer (if applicable) prospective student-athlete must complete the amateurism certification questionnaire administered by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
March 2010
Q. What are Nontraditional Courses?
A: Typically these are courses that are taught via the internet, distance learning, independent study, individualized instruction, correspondence, and courses taught by similar means. Some of these courses MAY be used to satisfy NCAA core-course requirements if the following criteria are satisfied:
a. The course meets all requirements for a core course;
b. The instructor and the student have ongoing access to one another for purposes of teaching, evaluating and providing assistance to the student throughout the duration of the course;
c. The instructor and the student have regular interaction with one another for purposes of teaching, evaluating and providing assistance to the student throughout the duration of the course;
d. The student's work (e.g., exams, papers, assignments) is available for evaluation and validation;
e. Evaluation of the student's work is conducted by the appropriate academic authorities in accordance with the high school's established academic policies;
f. The course includes a defined time period for completion; and
g. The course is acceptable for any student and is placed on the high school transcript.
April 2010
Q. What are an institution's Sports Camps and Clinics?
A. An institution's sports camp or instructional clinic shall be any camp or clinic that is owned or operated by a member institution or an employee of the member institution's athletics department, either on or off its campus, and in which prospective student-athletes participate.
May 2010
Q. What is the Five-Year Rule for Division I?
A. A student-athlete shall complete four seasons of participation within five calendar years from the beginning of the semester or quarter in which the student-athlete first registered for a minimum full-time program of studies in a collegiate institution, with time spent in the armed services, on official church missions or with recognized foreign aid services of the U.S. government being excepted.
June 2010
Q. What is the criteria governing compensation to student athletes?
A. Compensation may be paid to a student-athlete:
(a) Only for work actually performed; and
(b) At a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services.
Such compensation may not include any remuneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athletics ability.
July 2010
Q. What is the general rule on Nonpermissible Benefits, Gifts, and Services?
A. The student-athlete shall not receive any extra benefit. The term "extra benefit" refers to any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution's athletics interests (Booster) to provide the student-athlete or his or her relatives or friends with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.
August 2010
Q. What are the requirements for an Official Visit by a high school or preparatory school senior?
A. The prospective student-athlete must:
(a) present the institution with a score from a PSAT, SAT, PLAN, OR ACT taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions, except that a state-administered ACT may be used to meet the requirement, the score must be presented through a testing agency document, on a high school or preparatory school academic transcript (official or unofficial) or through the use of the applicable testing agency's automated-voice system.
(b) present the institution with a high school academic transcript (official or unofficial),
(c) register with the NCAA Eligibility Center, and
(d) be placed on the institution's Institutional Request List(IRL) with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
September 2010
Q. When is the first opportunity for a prospective student-athlete to come on an expense paid visit to the institution?
A. No earlier than the opening day of classes of the prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school.
October 2010
Q: What is an "evaluation" per NCAA rules and regulations?
A: An evaluation is any off-campus activity designed to assess the academic qualifications or athletics ability of a prospective student-athlete, including any visit to a prospective student-athlete's educational institution (during which no contact occurs) or the observation of a prospective student-athlete participating in any practice or competition at any site.
November 2010
Q. As an alumnus, can I provide employment to a current student-athlete?
A. This is possible, please contact our MSU Office of Athletic Compliance before employing a current student-athlete. We require all enrolled student-athletes to maintain a written employment record with the athletic department.
December 2010
Q: My son's high school coach has encouraged him to participate in a high school all-star event with hopes that your college coaches will be in attendance. Will NCAA bylaws allow your coaches to attend this event?
A: In order for any FBS football coaches to attend this high school event, the event in this case must be organized and conducted solely by the applicable state high school athletics association, or state preparatory school association and the event must be conducted during an evaluation or contact period.
January 2011
Q: As a student athlete, can I sell or exchange for any item of value, a post-season event award and/or memorabilia that I received?
A: No. Any awards received for intercollegiate athletics participation may not be sold, exchanged or assigned for another item of value, even if the student-athlete's name or picture does not appear on the award.
February 2011
Q. I am an outside consultant who travels across the country giving pointers to coaches and their team. Can I come to your campus and present to your coaches and teams?
A. A Division I institution may use or arrange for a temporary consultant to provide in-service training for the coaching staff, but no interaction with student-athletes is permitted unless the individual is counted against the applicable coaching limits.
March 2011
Q: My daughter wants to transfer from her current 4 year Division I institution to your Division I institution and participate in women's basketball. She has been told that she will need to satisfy an academic year of residence. What must she do to satisfy this academic year of residence?
A: To satisfy an academic year of residence at that institution, the student shall:
(a) Be enrolled in and complete a minimum full-time program of studies for two full semesters or three full quarters (excluding summer term); or
(b) Be enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies for two full semesters or three full quarters and pass a number of hours (including hours earned at the certifying institution during a summer term) that is at least equal to the sum total of the minimum load of each of the required terms.
April 2011
Q. My son is a senior in high school. He has been informed that he will need to have 16 academic core courses in high school to meet freshman academic requirements to participate in athletics at a Division I NCAA member institution. What are the academic core course areas required for the 16?
A: The qualified academic core course areas are:
(a) English – 4 years;
(b) Mathematics – 3 years (at level of Algebra I or higher);
(c) Natural/physical science – 2 years (including at least one laboratory course if offered);
(d) Additional course – 1 year (in English, mathematics, or natural/physical science)
(e) Social science – 2 years
(f) Additional courses – 4 years (in any above areas or foreign language, philosophy or nondoctrinal religion courses.
May 2011
Q. What are the purposes of institutional camps and clinics?
A. An institution's sports camp or clinic shall be one that:
(a) Places special emphasis on a particular sport or sports and provides specialized instruction or practice and may include competition;
(b) Involves activities designed to improve overall skills and general knowledge in the sport; or
(c) Offers a diversified experience without emphasis on instruction, practice or competition in any particular sport.
June 2011
Q. As a booster, can I treat any team or individual student-athlete to a meal?
A. Yes, a student-athlete or the entire team in a sport may receive an occasional meal from a representative of athletics interests on infrequent and special occasions provided the meal:
(a) has prior approval from the Athletic Compliance Office; and
(b) may only be provided in an individual's home, on campus or at a facility that is regularly used for home competition and may be catered.
July 2011
Q: What certification is required before Division I Coaches are allowed to recruit any prospective student-athletes off campus?
A: Annual Certification is required. Such certification procedures shall include a requirement that the coaches shall have passed a standardized national test developed by the NCAA national office covering NCAA recruiting legislation, including Bylaw 13 and other bylaws that relate to the recruitment of prospective student-athletes as a condition for being permitted to engage in off-campus recruiting.
August 2011
Q: My daughter is a high school 10th grade volleyball player. When can Division I coaches have in-person contact with my daughter about playing volleyball on the collegiate level?
A: The General Rule - Off-campus recruiting contacts shall not be made with an individual (or his or her relatives or legal guardians) before July 1 following the completion of his or her junior year in high school (July 7 after the junior year in high school in women's ice hockey and July 15 after the junior year in high school in women's gymnastics), or the opening day of classes of his or her senior year in high school (as designated by the high school), whichever is earlier.
September 2011
Q: As a multiple-sport prospective student-athlete playing football and baseball, how many official visits am I allowed per a single Division I institution?
A: Not more than one official (expense-paid) visit is permitted to any single institution regardless of the number of sports in which the prospective student-athlete is involved.
October 2011
Q: How may an institutional staff member deliver the National Letter of Intent to a prospective student-athlete?
A: The letter may be delivered by express mail, courier service, regular mail, electronic mail or facsimile machine. In-person, off-campus delivery of the letter of intent shall be prohibited.
November 2011
Q: When a prospective student-athlete is on an official visit, can any current student of the institution serve as Student Host?
A: No, the student host must be either a current student-athlete or a student designated in a manner consistent with the institution's policy for providing campus visits or tours to prospective students in general.
December 2011
Q: After a prospective student-athlete commits to a Division I institution, are there any limits on the telephone calls from the coaches?
A: There shall be no limit on the number of telephone calls by the institution to a prospective student-athlete beginning the calendar day after one of the following:
(a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the institution's written offer of admission and /or financial aid; or
(b) The institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution's offer of admission.
January 2012
Q. As a Division I student-athlete, am I permitted to establish my own business?
A. A student-athlete may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete's name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business
February 2012
Q. Can a National Letter of Intent (NLI) signee be released from an NLI?
A. Yes, a request for release must be initiated by the student-athlete by submitting the NLI Release Request. Also, it is the institution's discretion to grant a release or not.
March 2012
Q. Are student-athletes allowed to participate in community service/promotional activities?
A. Yes, it is possible for student-athletes to participate in institutional or recognized entity thereof, member conference or noninstitutional charitable, educational, or nonprofit agency promotions, provided prior approval is received from the athletic director (or their designee).
April 2012
Q. What is amateurism certification?
A. The amateurism certification process ensures incoming Division I and II student-athletes meet NCAA amateurism principles.
May 2012
Q. Is it possible for my athletics scholarship awarded amount for a given period to be reduced or canceled?
A. Yes, Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may be reduced or canceled during the period of the award if the recipient:
(a) Renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition;
(b) Fraudulently misrepresents any information on an application, letter of intent or financial aid agreement;
(c) Engages in serious misconduct warranting substantial disciplinary penalty; or
(d) Voluntarily (on his or her initiative) withdraws from a sport at any time for personal reasons. A student-athlete's request for written permission to contact another four-year collegiate institution regarding a possible transfer does not constitute a voluntary withdrawal.
June 2012
Q. What is Initial Eligibility and why is it important?
A. Initial Eligibility is a process each prospective student-athlete must go through with the NCAA Eligibility Center to ensure NCAA academic and amateurism guidelines have been met. It is important, because prospective student-athletes cannot participate in any sport for a Division I or II institution without this approved certification.
July 2012
Q: If prospective student-athlete has satisfied all requirements with the NCAA Eligibility Center and has been offered an athletic scholarship, is this a guarantee he/she will be admitted to the institution?
A: No, satisfying the NCAA Eligibility Center requirements does not mean a prospect will automatically be accepted to the school offering the scholarship. Every school has unique admissions requirements; therefore, the prospect must apply to and be accepted by the school.
August 2012
Q: How is Progress-Toward-Degree for Division I student-athletes eligibility defined?
A: Once prospective student-athletes have cleared initial eligibility to compete, they must continue to meet academic and amateurism benchmarks to stay eligible for competition. These are referred to as "continuing eligibility" or "progress-toward-degree" rules. The rules' purpose is for student-athletes to continually be on track to earn their degree.
September 2012
Q: What is the benefit of signing the National Letter of Intent (NLI)?
A: Since the NLI is a binding contract, it guarantees the signee at least one academic year of athletic aid for college. Also, signing an NLI essentially puts an end to the recruiting process since NLI schools are prohibited from recruiting prospective student-athletes who have already signed letters with other NLI schools.
October 2012
Q: What happens when a prospective student-athlete signs an NLI with one school but attend a different school? A: If a prospective student-athlete signs an NLI with one school but opts to attend a different school participating in the NLI program, the prospect may not compete in intercollegiate athletics until he or she completes one full academic year in residence at the new school. The prospect will also be charged with the loss of one season of intercollegiate athletics competition in all sports.
November 2012
Q: Is it possible for a student-athlete to receive complimentary admissions to allow for guest to attend the institutional event in which he or she participates?
A: Yes, an institution may provide four complimentary admissions per home or away intercollegiate athletics event to a student-athlete in the sport in which the individual participates. Complimentary admissions shall be provided only through a pass list for individuals designated by the student-athlete. "Hard tickets" shall not be issued.
December 2012
Q: Are student-athletes automatically eligible for Postseason Competition - Between Terms?
A: No, to be eligible to compete in a post-season event (e.g., conference tournament, bowl game, National Invitation Tournament, NCAA championship) that occurs between regular terms (including summer) a student-athlete shall have satisfactorily completed six-semester or six-quarter hours of academic credit during the preceding regular academic term of full-time enrollment.
January 2013
Q: What is the NCAA bylaw on sports wagering Activities?
A: The following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition:
(a) Staff members of an institution's athletics department;
(b) Nonathletics department staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g., chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative, individual to whom athletics reports);
(c) Staff members of a conference office; and
(d) Student-athletes.
February 2013
Q. What is a "Dead Period"?
A. A dead period is a period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the institution's campus. It is not permissible for a prospective student-athlete to have an official or unofficial visit to the institution's campus and no complimentary admissions for a prospect during a dead period. It remains permissible to write or telephone a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.
March 2013
Q: The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and illegal sports wagering. With March Madness right around the corner, many want to know how the NCAA defines sports wagering?
A: Sports wagering includes placing, accepting or soliciting a wager (on a staff member's or student-athlete's own behalf or on the behalf of others) of any type with any individual or organization on any intercollegiate, amateur or professional team or contest. Sports wagering include, but are not limited to, the use of a bookmaker or parlay card; Internet sports wagering; auctions in which bids are placed on teams, individuals or contest; and pools or fantasy leagues in which an entry fee is required and there is an opportunity to win a prize.
April 2013
Q: What are examples of permissible activities for a booster, when it comes to recruiting?
A: There are many rules prohibiting booster involvement with prospects and the recruiting process, as a booster, you may:
• Notify university coaching staff members about noteworthy prospects in your area.
• Attend high school or two-year college athletic contests or other events where prospects may compete, provided no contact occurs.
• Contact compliance office with any questions at (662)325-5891.
Q: How does a student satisfy an academic year of residence?
A: To satisfy an academic year of residence, a student shall:
(a) Be enrolled in and complete a minimum full-time program of studies for two full semesters or three full quarters; or
(b) Be enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies for two full semesters or three full quarters and pass a number of hours (including hours earned at the certifying institution during a summer term) that is at least equal to the sum total of the minimum load of each of the required terms.
June 2013
Q: Can a student-athlete receive compensation for teaching or coaching sport skills or techniques in his or her sport on a fee-for-lesson basis?
Q: Once an individual has been identified as a "Booster", how long does he/she retain this identity?
August 2013
A: Yes, on or after August 1 of a prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school, an institution may indicate in writing to a prospective student-athlete that an athletically related grant-in-aid will be offered by the institution; however, the institution may not permit the prospective student-athlete to sign a form indicating his or her acceptance of such an award before the initial signing date in that sport in the NLI program.
Q: The NCAA allows institutions to provide complimentary admissions for home and away intercollegiate athletics events to a student-athlete in the sport in which the individual participates. Is it allowable for the student-athlete to sell the complimentary admissions?
October 2013
Q: Is an NLI binding, if the coach for the sport leaves the institution?
A: Yes, the NLI you signed with the institution remains binding even if the coach who recruited you leaves the institution with which you signed. When you sign an NLI, you sign with an institution and not with a coach or a specific team.
November 2013
Q: How long can the prospective student-athlete hold on to the National Letter of Intent (NLI) and athletics aid agreement documents once they have been issued by the institution?
A: The prospective student-athlete must sign the NLI and athletics aid agreement within 7 days of issuance; otherwise the NLI is invalid.
December 2013
Q: What is Countable Athletically Related Activities (CARA)?
A: CARA include ANY required activity with an athletics purpose involving student-athletes and at the direction of, or supervised by, one or more of an institution's coaching staff (including strength and conditioning coaches) and must be counted within the weekly and daily limitations under NCAA Bylaws 18.104.22.168 and 188.8.131.52. Administrative activities shall not be considered as CARA.
January 2014
Q: How much publicity can an institution issue regarding a prospect signing the National Letter of Intent (NLI)?
A: There are no restrictions on publicity related to a prospective student-athlete after he or she has signed an NLI or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid or after the institution has received his or her financial deposit in response to its offer of admission.
February 2014
Q: When is the first opportunity for a prospective student-athlete (psa) to be provided an expense-paid visit (Official Visit) in Division I basketball?
A: In men's basketball, a psa may not be provided an expense –paid visit earlier than January 1 of his junior year in high school.
In women's basketball, a psa may not be provided an expense-paid visit earlier than the Thursday following the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship game of the prospect's junior year in high school.
March 2014
Q: May college courses be used to satisfy core-curriculum requirements for a prospective student-athlete's initial eligibility?
A: Yes, college courses may be used to satisfy core-curriculum requirements if accepted by the high school, provided the courses are accepted for any other student, meet all other requirements for core courses and are placed on the student's high school transcript.
April 2014
Q: When is athletically related activity for the student-athlete considered "voluntary"?
A: When the following conditions are met:
a. The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member any information related to the activity;
b. The activity must be initiated and requested solely by the student-athlete;
c. The student-athlete's attendance and participation in the activity (or lack thereof) may not be recorded for the purposes of reporting such information to coaching staff members or other student-athletes; and
d. The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty if he or she elects not to participate in the activity.
May 2014
Q: May student-athletes be employed at a sports camp or clinic?
A: Yes, student-athletes may be employed in any sports camp or clinic, provided compensation is provided only for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services. A student-athlete who only lectures or demonstrates at a camp/clinic may not receive compensation for his/her appearance at the camp/clinic.
June 2014
Q: Can a current student-athlete's name and picture appear on a camp or clinic brochure?
A: Yes, an institutional or privately owned camp may use a student-athlete's name, picture and institutional affiliation only in the camp counselor section in its camp brochure to identify the student-athlete as a staff member. A student-athlete's name or picture may not be used in any other way to directly advertise or promote the camp.
July 2014
Q: What are the weekly limits for required summer athletically related activities for NCAA Division I basketball?
A: Student-athletes are limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, with not more than two hours per week spent on skill-related instruction. There is no requirement to provide a day (or days) off during the eight weeks of required activities.
August 2014
Q: What is a temporary certification for amateurism?
A: If a prospective student-athlete reports for athletics participation before the student's amateur status has been certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center, the student may practice, but not compete, for a maximum period of 45 days. After this period, the student shall have his or her amateur status certified to continue to practice or to compete.
September 2014
Q: Are skill-related instructions that are being conducted outside of the playing season for any sport allowed to be publicized?
A: No, skill-related instruction shall not be publicized and shall not be conducted in view of a general public audience.
October 2014
Q: What is the allowable length of time for an Official Visit (Expense Paid) for a prospective student-athlete visiting a Division I institution?
A: The official visit shall not exceed 48 hours, measured from the time the prospect first reaches campus or is entertained in any manner by the institution whichever comes first. At the completion of the 48-hour visit, the prospective student-athlete must depart the institution's campus immediately.
November 2014
Q: Can an institution issue a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to a prospective student-athlete without an athletics aid agreement?
A: No, the NLI must be accompanied by an athletics aid agreement.
December 2014
Q: What is crowdfunding and is a student-athlete permitted to participate in a for-profit crowdfunding service?
A: Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet. No, a student-athlete is not permitted to use his or her name or picture to advertise, recommend or promote directly the sale or use of a commercial product or service of any kind including a crowdfunding entity.
January 2015
Q: May a current student-athlete and a prospective student-athlete (PSA) connect and communicate via a social media platform at any time and publicly communicate with or about a PSA?
A: Yes, provided the communication does not occur at the direction of a coach or other athletics department staff member and the communication does not relate to the PSA's recruitment (e.g., a student-athlete may not publicly comment on a PSA's verbal commitment, a student-athlete may not post any information that would publicize a PSA's visit to campus), including information that was initially generated by the PSA (e.g., "retweet").
February 2015
Q: After a prospective student-athlete has verbally committed to an institution, is it allowable for the institution to publicize the prospect's intentions?
A: No, an institution shall not publicize (or arrange for publicity of) a prospective student-athlete's intention to accept its offer of financial assistance.
March 2015
Q: Is it permissible for student-athletes, athletics department staff members and non-athletics staff members with responsibilities within or over the athletics department to participate in a NCAA Tournament Challenge (i.e. Sports Wagering Activity)?
A: No, it is not permissible to do so if there is an entry fee and an opportunity to win a prize associated with it.
April 2015
Q: Can an undergraduate football, basketball or baseball player transfer to Mississippi State from another 4-year school and not sit out a year (i.e. get a waiver)?
A: Generally speaking, no, the NCAA Board of Directors recently specified that immediate eligibility will no longer be provided for 4-4 undergraduate student-athletes in those sports. Instead, a one-year extension of their five-year clock for mitigating circumstances may be provided.
June 2015
Q: Can the women's basketball staff include a picture of a group of prospects doing defensive drills from last year's camp in this year's online camp brochure?
A: Yes. Photographs of prospects taken during the normal course of camp or clinic activities (e.g., instruction, competition, meals, entertainment) may be used in camp or clinic information and advertisements for future camps or clinics.
July 2015
Q: A golf student-athlete would like to set up a meeting with his coach one day this summer to discuss ways he can improve his game for the upcoming season. Is this permissible?
A: Yes, as long as the meeting is initiated voluntarily by the student-athlete and any discussion is limited to general counseling activity and does not involve practice activities (e.g., chalk talk, use of equipment relating to the sport; field, floor, or on-court activity).
August 2015
Q: Can a coach accept a friend or follow request from a prospect who is only a freshmen in high school?
A: Yes, a coach can accept a friend or follow request from a prospect at any time, including prior to the first permissible date to send electronic correspondence, even if the social media site sends an automatically generated electronic notification, as long as the coach does not modify the notification and no additional communication is included.
September 2015
Q: Women's basketball has three prospects visiting campus this weekend for an official visit. Can the coaches decorate each prospect's hotel room with Mississippi State colors and leave a gift basket with snacks and drinks in each prospect's hotel room?
A: No. Per NCAA Bylaw 22.214.171.124, an institution may not arrange miscellaneous, personalized recruiting aids, which includes leaving any decorative items and special additions in any location the prospect may visit (e.g., hotel room, locker room, coach's office, conference room, arena) regardless of whether the items include the prospect's name or picture.
October 2015
Q: If a prospect has taken the SAT or ACT but has yet to receive his score, can he come on an official visit to Mississippi State?
A: No. NCAA Bylaw 13.6.3 states that a high school or preparatory prospect must present the institution with a score from the PSAT, SAT, PLAN, or ACT taken on a national testing date under national testing standards.
November 2015
Q: Can a prospective student-athlete sign a NLI before being certified eligible by the NCAA Eligibility Center?
A: Yes. A prospective student-athlete may sign a NLI before receiving a final certification from the NCAA Eligibility Center, but if you are not academically eligible by the opening day of classes, your NLI will be considered null and void by the signing institution.
December 2015
Q: Can a booster give a student-athlete a gift card for the holidays?
A: No. No matter how minimal the item, it is never permissible to provide gifts, gift cards, or money to student-athletes or their relatives.
February 2016
Q: Is there a limit on how many prospective student-athletes that football can sign?
A: Yes, football can only sign 25 prospective student-athletes to a National Letter of Intent or an institutional offer of financial aid from December 1st to May 31st.
May 2016
Q: Can a student-athlete place a bet on any of the NCAA Tournament Final Four games?
A: No, Bylaw 10.3 states that student-athletes shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities.
April 2016
Q: Can an incoming prospective student-athlete who has received athletically related financial aid and is already enrolled in summer classes also complete a core course?
A: No, a prospective student-athlete may not use a core course completed after high school graduation to satisfy initial eligibility requirements if the prospective student-athlete is already enrolled in the core course while receiving athletically related financial aid to attend an institution's summer term.


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ALL HALLOWS EVE 2010 – REVIEW: Blood & Ice by Robert Masello
The cover is beautiful, but it's a shame about the drawbacks of the story.
The synopsis sounds so good, I wish it had grabbed you more. I still would add it to my tbr list.
That's a really gorgeous cover. I've added it to my wishlist for that alone.
Hi Athenna – Thanks, yes I love the cover too – that's what drew me to the book in the first place
Hi Amanda – The cover is gorgeous – I will keep the book just for that alone – It's still a good read.
Hi Ladystorm – Thanks, yes I wish I had enjoyed it more, but alas it just didn't reach its potential.
Hi Icedream – It does sound like a great read and it is to a point, so I'm pleased you've added it to your tbr list
Hi Kelly – I love the cover too, it's the first thing that made me pick up the book. I'm glad you've added it to your wishlist as it's still a good read even though I had some issues with it
Yes, you did give it 6 stars, could have been worse. I think I'm going to put it on my TBR list–can't resist that cover!
I bought the book a little while ago because I was fascinated by its cover and I thought it would be kinda scary at least!!!
I haven't started it yet but I am eager to do so after I finish the two I am reading right now! 😛
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You know, I have been to Whole Foods a few times mostly to gawk, but I just couldn't bear to buy anything. Everything is just so much more expensive than WinCo, our usual grocery store. Are organic foods really worth the premium they command? We like to go to the farmer market once in a while and pick up local cheeses, bread, and a few vegetables. The farmer market is more expensive, but we like supporting the local farmers. Shopping at Whole Foods on the other hand seems like supporting a big corporation.
Mrs.RB40's mom recently sent us an article from Dr. Oz about this very subject. (Dr. Oz is a daytime talk show host who seems to be very popular among the retired crowd.) He argued that frozen and canned foods are just as nutritious, and they are much more affordable than their organic counterpart. The flash freezing technique preserves most of the vitamins and freshness resulting in healthy affordable vegetables. Dr. Oz also pointed out that free range chickens and grass-fed, pasture-dwelling cows are nutritionally identical. The absence of hormones and antibiotics can be important if you're sensitive to that though. Let's look at a few of the items on Dr. Oz's list and see which ones we buy.
Peanut Butter – Gourmet PB can cost 2-3x the price of generic. Dr. Oz said paying extra gets you a glass jar and a few more calories, but there is no difference nutrition-wise. We tried a "natural" peanut-only PB and baby RB40 didn't like it. We're back to generic creamy PB and we are all happy with the lower price and the more familiar taste.
Mustard – Whole-grain Dijon can cost $3 more than the familiar bright yellow French's mustard. Dr. Oz gave them a tie because the gourmet mustard has a more complex taste and adds class to a sandwich. We usually get variety of generic mustards. Right now we have Honey, Dijon, and Spicy Brown in the pantry. I'll give the edge to generic because I'm quite happy with them.
Tuna – Who doesn't have canned tuna in their pantry? A tuna sandwich is easy to prepare, tastes great, and is very healthy. Dr. Oz gave canned tuna and tuna steak a tie. I agree with him. A tuna steak is more expensive, but they both have a place on our menu.
Olive Oil – More chemicals are used to extract the mass market brand, but they are still heart healthy. Gourmet extra virgin olive oil can cost 5 times as much, but are nutritionally identical. Dr. Oz gave the win to the cheaper supermarket olive oil. We buy supermarket olive oil for most of our cooking, but Mrs. RB40 occasionally splurges on primo olive oil which she uses for dipping bread. When you really taste the flavor of the oil, premium is a lot better than the supermarket version. I'll have to say this is a tie for us.
Eggs – Dr. Oz went with the supermarket eggs here too. Cage free chickens might be happier, but their eggs are the same nutritionally. Premium eggs are way too expensive for us. I'll pass unless someone can show me that it's worth it.
Milk – The clear winner here is supermarket milk. We purchased organic whole milk for baby RB40 when he was under 12 months, but now that he is chugging a gallon a week, we're buying regular milk. He seems happy with either one so I don't think it's a big deal.
Generic and mass market brands are all winners or tied according to Dr. Oz and I agree. They are more affordable and they are perfectly healthy. We spend about $3-$400 per month on groceries and that can easily doubled if we shop at Whole Foods exclusively. When it comes to food, I think it's better to concentrate on cooking healthy meals and controlling the portion size. Organic foods are great, but they just cost so much more than supermarket food. I have a hard time paying the premium because they all seem similar after I cook them.
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Super Girls in Flight!
Dear Super Girl:
I'm in awe of everything unfolding around us right now. I've said it before, but this year is really cool. In the last five weeks we turned TWO and I won the Young Nonprofit Professional of the Year for Phoenix award!
These two milestones alone have created a lot of great momentum around us. The award ceremony for the Young Nonprofit Professional of the Year award was really sweet because my mom came with me. I'm proud that she was there to experience that with me because she sees Severson Sisters in its raw, behind-the-scenes form.
I remember saying in my speech that night that I believe as long as individuals live their life from a place of service, they are automatically Professionals of the Year.
We're in the business of service and our service just happens to be empowerment. It occurred to me earlier this week that I honestly only have to look across my desk right now to see that piece in action.
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I'm grateful to have a partnership with the Service Learning Center at Arizona State University. I have five ASU students working as our 2013 Spring Super Girl Interns and it's honestly one of the most empowering parts of my journey so far.
Up to this point, I've done a lot of the day-to-day operations for Severson Sisters myself. *Side note here – I have a Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Severson Sisters Ambassadors, Partners and Volunteers working with me and I am aware and thankful for every single one of these folks. There are roughly 50 individuals that make up all of those categories.*
These five Spring Super Girl Interns are working right alongside me on a daily basis. They all jumped in and took on big assignments, events, campaigns and programs. They're writing for us, reaching out to corporate partners and schools, volunteering with the programs, brainstorming and implementing new initiatives and involved with big new extensions of our brand.
They all look for guidance, feedback, support and training. To sum that up – they all welcome opportunities to grow as women and leaders. I understand that. We're an empowering brand and everyone involved with the brand knows the importance of empowerment.
Here's what I'm learning in this experience: This added layer of our company is in itself one big milestone. There is an abundance of opportunity for these students to take on and really invest in and that's sweet to see. We're growing and these Super Girl Interns showed up at the most perfect time!
I'm learning about myself through these students. I trust I'm teaching them something too. I love letting go of projects and assigning them to the Super Girl Interns knowing how empowering that sense of ownership and accomplishment is to individuals.
I love understanding their different communication and learning styles so I can best be of service to these Super Girl Interns.
After all, if you live your life from a place of service good things come your way.
Super Girls in Flight…join us as we fly!
Sending you all my very best Super Girl energy for a very special day!
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The Arizona-Arizona State rivalry weekend will officially start Friday, Nov. 24, as the Arizona women's volleyball team (13-16, 4-13 Pac-10) travels to Tempe, Ariz., to take on arch-rival Arizona State (14-14, 6-11 Pac-10) in the regular-season finale at 7 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena. The Wildcats look to redeem a 3-1 loss to the Sun Devils on Sept. 22 in McKale Center, as Arizona has won three of its last four matches.
Arizona split its trip to the state of Washington this past weekend, as the Wildcats have now won three of its last four matches for the first time since Sept. 15. On Thursday, UA dropped a 3-1 decision (30-19, 30-25, 29-31, 30-19) to No. 2-ranked Washington, before beating Washington State on Friday night 3-1 (24-30, 30-22, 30-14, 31-29).
On the season, sophomore Brooke Buringrud leads the team with 3.54 kills per game, 0.35 service aces per game, and is third on the team with 2.48 digs per game. Freshman Whitney Dosty posts 3.41 kills per game, and junior Dominique Lamb adds 2.55 kills per game, a team-high .333 hitting percentage, and a team-best 1.58 blocks per game average. Sophomore libero Brittany Leonard averages a team-high 3.87 digs per game.
As a team, Arizona is hitting .184 on the season, averaging 14.28 kills per game, and a Pac-10 best 3.44 blocks per game.
Arizona State - The Arizona State University Sun Devils (14-14, 6-11 Pac-10) enter Friday's matchup looking to stay above the .500 mark for a possible postseason berth. ASU won three-straight matches before getting swept by No. 2 Washington on Friday (30-22, 30-22, 30-23). As a team, ASU hits .199 and averages 14.87 kills, 2.68 blocks, 18.56 digs (tops in the Pac-10), and 1.28 service aces per game. Individually for the Sun Devils, senior Nicole Morton leads the team with 3.27 kills per game, and senior Nina Reeves adds 3.19 kpg. Head coach Brad Saidon is in his fourth season at the helm of the ASU program.
Arizona State - Friday's match will mark the 71st match in the all-time series between the two schools. Arizona holds a 36-34 series lead dating back to 1977. The Wildcats had won five straight matches against the Sun Devils, and 11 of the last 13, before losing 3-1 (30-21, 21-30, 30-25, 30-28) to ASU on Sept. 22 in McKale Center. Head coach Dave Rubio is 17-13 all-time against Arizona State. The Wildcats have won their last two-straight matches against the Sun Devils in Wells Fargo Arena.
Junior Dominique Lamb ranks second in the Pac-10 and 12th nationally in blocks (1.58), and ranks sixth in the Pac-10 with a .333 hitting percentage. Senior Stephanie Butkus is seventh in the conference in assists (11.59), while sophomore Brooke Buringrud is third in service aces (0.35). Freshman Jacy Norton is fourth in the conference in blocks (1.47), and sophomore Brittany Leonard is eighth in the Pac-10 in digs (3.87 dpg).
The Wildcats have excelled this season at providing plenty of rejections at the net, as Arizona ranks first in the Pac-10 Conference and second in the nation with 3.44 blocks per game. Arizona has posted double-digit team stuffs in 13 of its last 15 matches, and 21 of its last 24 matches. Against Stanford on Oct. 28, the Wildcats had their streak of eight-consecutive matches with double-digit blocks snapped with a total of 8.0 blocks. Arizona had a season-high 21 blocks against Arizona State on Sept. 22 and nearly matched that figure against UCLA on Oct. 6 and Cal on Oct. 27 when it finished with 20. Arizona finished with 19.0 blocks against USC, and had 19.0 blocks against Oregon on Thursday night. In 29 matches played this year, UA has finished with 10 or more blocks 23 times.
Arizona has been on fire in its last four matches, which has helped the Wildcats win three of four for the first time since Sept. 15. In its last four matches, Arizona has hit .254 (258-95-642), while averaging 16.12 kills, 3.09 blocks, 1.69 service aces, and 16.44 digs per game, numbers well above the team's season averages.
Arizona was on fire against Washington State on Friday night, using a season-high .323 hitting percentage (72-22-155) for a 3-1 win over the Cougars on the road. After a slow start in the first game, the Wildcats posted a .400 (18-4-35) mark in the second game, a .516 (18-2-31) hitting percentage in the third game, and a .317 (19-6-41) mark in the fourth and deciding game. The Wildcats posted 72 kills to the Cougars 57 in the match.
Junior middle blocker Dominique Lamb is working her way up the block charts at UA. With 366 total stuffs, Lamb is now sixth all-time at Arizona, and needs 10 more blocks to move past Trina Smith (1989-90, 92-93 - 375) for fifth all-time. Her current career average of 1.29 blocks per game places her second in school history behind only Kelly Waage (1.43). Lamb's 366 total blocks is currently third among all active Pac-10 players.
Freshman Whitney Dosty delivered when Arizona needed a big performance, helping to lead the Wildcats to back-to-back Pac-10 wins for the first time this season. Against No. 24 Oregon on Thursday night, the Tucson, Ariz., native posted a career-best 29 kills on a .365 (29-6-63) hitting percentage, as she became the first Wildcat this season to break the 20-kill plateau. Against Oregon State on Friday, Dosty finished with 13 kills and five blocks. For the week, Dosty finished with a team-best 42 kills and a .269 (42-13-108) hitting percentage.
In her last four matches, Dosty is averaging 4.50 kills per game to go with a .270 (72-25-174) hitting percentage. On the season, Dosty is averaging 3.41 kills a game.
After spending the majority of last season as the starting setter for Arizona, junior Amy Dyck finds herself in a new position. The Sandpoint, Idaho, playing opposite, is averaging 1.25 digs and 1.25 kills a game. Against Tennessee Tech, Dyck posted career highs of 14 kills and 17 digs.
As a freshman last season, Brittany Leonard set the Arizona single season record for digs per game at 3.70. In 29 matches this year, the sophomore is averaging a team-best 3.87 digs per game.
With the loss of MB Kristina Baum for the year, the Wildcats needed someone to step up, and freshman Jacy Norton has been that player. In the 22 matches since Baum went down with her knee injury, Norton is averaging 1.49 blocks per game, 1.79 kills and is hitting at a .234 clip, numbers that are very similar to Baum's prior to her injury (1.00 BPG, 1.59 KPG, .237 hitting percentage)
Arizona's trip to the state of Oregon (Oct. 12-13) was a huge week for individual milestones. Against Oregon State, sophomore Brooke Buringrud tallied 13 kills in route to her 250th career kill, and posted four blocks for the 40th of her career. Senior Stephanie Butkus posted her 3,500th career assist against the Beavers, and later earned her 600th dig against Washington State the following week. Freshman Whitney Dosty posted 10 kills against OSU on the way to the 200th kill in her career, while junior Katie Jackels notched her 275th career dig in Corvallis, Ore. Junior Dominique Lamb tallied the 300th block of her career, her 425th career kill, and now owns 104 digs in her career. Sophomore libero Brittany Leonard now has 757 career digs, and classmate Randy Goodenough posted the 100th kill in her career against the Beavers and now owns 91 career blocks.
Arizona has dropped out of the Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2003 season. Arizona has a long tradition in the top 25, having been listed in 120 of the last 139 polls, dating back to the 1998 season. The previous nine-week lapse occurred during the 2003 season.
Head Coach Dave Rubio boasts a 230-156 record (.596) in 15 seasons at the helm of the Wildcat program. Last year, he not only became the winningest coach in Arizona history, but he notched his 400th career victory in the team's win over Ohio in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. In 20 years as a head coach, Rubio has a 412-222 (.650) record.
This past week, Rubio missed the first matches of his career at Arizona. Rubio stayed in Tucson to be with his wife Amanda as she gave birth to twins on the morning of Friday, Nov. 17.
When she dished out her 3,000th career assist at Louisville on Sept. 2, senior Stephanie Butkus became just the fourth Wildcat ever to surpass the plateau. When she dished out her 4,000th assist against Washington State on Friday, she became just the third player in school history to reach that milestone. Butkus is currently third all-time at Arizona with 4,004 assists, behind only assistant coach Dana Burkholder and Laura Bartsch. Butkus needs 21 assists against Arizona State on Friday to surpass Bartsch (4,024) for second-place all-time. What's more impressive about her numbers is the fact that she missed the majority of last season with a knee injury.
After going two years without being picked, junior Dominique Lamb went a perfect 4-for-4 this season on all-tournament team selections. In the first week of the season, during the Arizona Invitational, she averaged 2.20 kills, 1.60 blocks, 0.50 digs and 0.40 service aces over the three matches. At Louisville's Courtyard by Marriott Airport East Classic, the middle blocker posted averages of 3.27 kills, 0.73 blocks and 0.45 service aces. At the Four Points Sheraton Wildcat Classic, Lamb averaged 2.91 kills and 2.09 blocks. Last weekend, at Northwestern's Wildcat Classic, she hit a team-best .438 and averaged 2.92 kills and 1.33 blocks per game.
Senior middle blocker Kristina Baum will miss the remainder of the 2006 season after injuring her right knee in the first game of Arizona's Sept. 8 match against Bradley. Baum, who will attempt to regain her senior year through either a redshirt season or a medical hardship, has racked up 610 career kills in 98 matches played at Arizona. She has hit .275 during her career and averaged 1.83 kills, 1.45 digs and 0.69 blocks per game.
With the graduation of all-time kills leader and three-time All-American Kim Glass, third-team All-American Jennifer Abernathy and four-time All-Pac-10 selection Bre Ladd, Arizona lost a considerable amount of not only its offense, but its defense, as well. The trio accounted for 71 percent of last year's service aces, 70 percent of the kills and 46 percent of the team's digs.
As always, Arizona faces a tough schedule this season. The Wildcats play 14 matches against nine teams that competed in last year's NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats also face six teams (California, Louisville, Stanford, UCLA, USC and Washington) that were ranked in the Top 25 in the preseason AVCA/CSTV Coaches Poll. The Pac-10 schedule will again be difficult as the conference continues to show its dominance. Last year, six Pac-10 teams competed in the NCAA Tournament and all six advanced to the second round. Three teams advanced to the Sweet 16, two to the Elite Eight and Washington won the national championship.
With Washington capturing the NCAA title last season, the Pac-10 has now won five consecutive national championships (Washington in 2005, Stanford in 2004 and 2001, USC in 2003 and 2002), including the last three by three different teams. Pac-10 teams have claimed 13 of the sport's 25 NCAA championships.