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In ArtForum Nuit Banai suggests that a productive friction emerged from Ho's engagement with the art community in Telluride, which sparked the creation of fictional artist "Hirsch E. P. Rothko,'" an embittered conceptual artist turned born-again painter. "The show consists of twelve abstract paintings and Hirsch's acerbic memoir (supposedly ghostwritten by one Inez Kruckev). Overall, it underscores an earnest attempt to carve out an alternative model of criticality by contending with the contemporary meaning of regionalism. After dutifully ingesting all the 'correct' critical texts, rubbing elbows with powerful people, teaching at a respected art academy . . . and still not seeing his career flourish in New York City, Rothko decamps to Colorado, lives in a shed covered with license plates, and discovers his passion for painting. Away from the commercial and critical framework of the metropolis, he realizes that regionalism is' not about a specific look or style' but operates from a 'position alongside the main.' Regionalism's 'side-guard' status, which obeys neither the avant-garde's imperative for newness nor the rear guard's for unoriginality, opens up new options."
At Hyperallergic, Stephen Truax, one of Ho's former students at RISD, writes that Ho combines two opposing points of view: one, the regional artist who makes art for the sake of art, and two, the self-aware critic/academic who seeks to advance the field. "Before this offering, Ho was merely the latter, and now, he can be both. By deploying a self-deprecating sense of humor, the absurdity of the art school, a love of making, critical theory, and his own unique brand of compulsive attention to detail, Ho manages to hit that sweet spot between regionalism and the international/critical art world. It is not his paintings' 'lack of pursuit of originality' (from the press release) that makes them register as a valuable contribution, which would only constitute a purposeful regression or reactionary conservatism. Rather, Ho's unrelenting analysis of the significance of making art in the present cultural moment, every possible method of making meaning, interpretation, cultural register, signifier or sign, that we find valuable. The center of Ho's show is not the paintings at all, but the real work of being a conceptual artist in 2010."
Unfortunately, artists like Ho find thought and analysis so deeply engaging that authentic unmediated experience is beyond their grasp. In the not-too-distant future perhaps we might look back on the ruminative analysis that marks much of the art of our era and wonder whether it was a little too unrelenting.
"Christopher K. Ho: Regional Painting (2010)," Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY. Through December 23, 2010.


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The Interior Ministry has released suspected organized crime boss Semyon Mogilevich, who is wanted by the United States for fraud and racketeering, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Mogilevich, who the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says created a powerful crime group headquartered in Budapest in the 1990s, was arrested in Moscow last year and accused of tax evasion at Arbat Prestige.
Mogilevich and Vladimir Nekrasov, the cosmetics chain's owner, were released on orders not to flee because the terms under which they could be held had expired, said Irina Dudukina, a spokeswoman at the Interior Ministry's Investigative Committee.
The charges "are not of a particularly grave nature so investigators had no particular reason to keep them imprisoned," Dudukina said.
Mogilevich's lawyers have repeatedly said their client was innocent and denied any links to Arbat Prestige, where prosecutors said the tax evasion took place.
Dudukina said the case would be sent to court on Monday or Tuesday after investigators had corrected a mistake that had delayed it.
The Moscow court had begun to hear the case but in June sent it back to prosecutors for corrections.
The FBI director said in 2005 that Mogilevich's organization engaged in drug and weapons trafficking, prostitution, money laundering and stock fraud. He has been on the FBI's wanted list since 2003. Ukrainian-born Mogilevich has denied U.S. allegations that he is a crime boss.
Moscow has received an extradition request for Mogilevich from the United States but has said it will not hand him over. The Constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens.
When Mogilevich was arrested, analysts said the real motive could be linked to accusations that he was involved in the multibillion-dollar gas trade between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused Mogilevich of being behind RosUkrEnergo, an intermediary that sells gas to Ukraine. Mogilevich has denied through a lawyer any links to the firm.
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TOGA_COARE project descriptionTOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment
The Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) has as its goal an improved understanding of the role of the western Pacific Ocean warm water pool in the mean and transient state of the tropical ocean/global atmosphere system. Project objectives: 1) The principal processes responsible for the coupling of the ocean and the atmosphere in the western-Pacific Ocean warm-pool system; 2) The principal atmospheric processes that organize convection in the warm-pool region; 3) The oceanic response to combined buoyancy and wind stress forcing in the western Pacific Ocean warm-pool region; and 4) The multiple-scale interactions that extend the oceanic and atmospheric influence of the western Pacific Ocean warm-pool system to other regions and vice-versa. NOTE: The data from all radiosonde stations that utilized Vaisala radiosondes are in the process of being replaced with versions corrected for the humidity bias.
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Yeah, and it just happened yesterday, out of the blue. Well, I take that back- it happened after I uninstalled radiant and reinstalled it. Anyways, the problem is this- when I Try to compile my map, it gets majorly hung up on the PassagePortalFlow "procedure". I mean, it eventually finishes, but I swear it takes half the day to do it. It was never that slow before yesterday. So I'm thinking when I reinstalled radiant (using same version as before), I did............something to mess it up. I'd really appreciate some advice here.
What version of Radiant are you using, and which compiler?
Also, how big is your map and have you used detail / structural brushes properly?
I'm using Gtk Radiant 1.2.11 with the updated Q3map compiler. Anyways, I think I've narrowed down the problem. I created a chair from brushes, and I copy/paste-d about twelve or so into a room. I'm going to try deleting them all and seeing if that does it. Because it wasn't until I made this particular room that the "lag" started.
You don't have to delete them.
If u make the brushes in the chairs out of detail brushes then they will be ignored by the compial proces.
If u have any Large rooms like a hangar or something... those take a while to compile.
LOL I know I didn't have to delete them, but I just figured it would be easier. If I took the one chair I made and turned it into detail, then every copy of it I made would already be a detail brush................... right?
@ Lil Killa - Detail brushes are not ignored by the compile process. However, when the VIS portion of the compile process finds a detail brush, it doesn't block VIS. Meaning that anything behind it will be drawn.
If the chairs are actually slowing down the framerate, making them detail brushes won't do a whole lot to help that. It should speed compiles, however. The engine still has to draw all the triangles that make up the chairs. Speaking of which...
@ Mr. Chopper - How detailed are these chairs? And is there anything else in that part of the map that could be causing the slowdown?
The chairs aren't slowing the framerate- I'm pushing upwards of 65 FPS in this particular area. My original problem was chairs. See, I have this long table with chairs around it..... I think about 17 chairs. I deleted all of them and bam, just like normal the thing compiled without any of the lag I had been experiencing. So the chairs were the problem. I took the one main chair I had made and turned it into a detail brush, so now when I copy/paste the chairs back around the table where they were, they should all be detail brushes like the original. I think I got this problem solved. Thx all. :)
I meant to say that by making them detail the compile would co faster but as ussual I never explain things right. Evryone would be lost if only i was around to try and help =Pdoesn't matter any more though...
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A successful player and coach at every level, Lagana returned home to take the reins of the Green Terror women's soccer program in 2012.
She immediately made an impact on the program, leading the team to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2000. Her 2012 squad finished with seven wins – the most since 2006.
In 2013, she took the program to new heights with the first Centennial Conference tournament appearance. Her squad also earned an ECAC South tournament bid, finishing the season 13-6-1 for the program's first winning season since 2004 to earn conference and NSCAA regional Coach of the Year honors.
In 2014, Lagana led the Green Terror to the ECAC South tournament final, recording another 10-win season.
Lagana served as the head women's soccer at Ferrum from 2007-11. She spent the last five seasons building the Panthers program into a perennial playoff contender in the USA South Athletic Conference.
In her tenure, Lagana produced 10 all-conference players, two all-state players and the program's second ever all-region selection. In 2010, she guided Ferrum to an 11-6-1 record, which was the program's best finish since 1998. The Panthers' third-place finish in the USA South standings was the highest ever, earning the team its first home playoff game.
In 2011, she made it back-to-back winning season – the first time that occurred since 1997-98. Her five conference wins in each of the last two seasons were the most in program history. A six-game winning in 2010 was tied for the longest winning streak in program history.
A Sykesville, Md., native, Lagana graduated as Class Valedictorian from South Carroll High School in 2000. Following graduation, she played soccer and lacrosse at Bridgewater.
An All-ODAC selection after leading the Eagles with 11 goals and 22 points as a senior, she was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III second team.
Her 62 career points still ranks third all-time in program history. She is also second all-time with 28 career goals and 12th all-time with her six career assists.
Playing in 66 career games, she averaged 0.94 points per game and 0.42 goals per game, which both still rank in the all-time top five at Bridgewater.
Lagana's 11 goals and 22 points during her senior season both still rank in the all-time top 10 for a single season.
On the lacrosse field, she was an honorable mention All-ODAC selection in 2002 after registering 16 goals and 18 assists. She was also named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in 2003.
For her lacrosse career, she scored 37 goals and handed out 48 assists.
She holds her NSCAA Premier Diploma and has been asked to joins the NSCAA as an associate staff member.
Lagana graduated from Bridgewater in 2004 with a bachelor of arts in communication studies. She earned her masters of science in kinesiology and recreation studies with concentrations in athletic administration and coaching from James Madison in Dec. 2006.


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XWA OPT release: Droid Bomber
Work on DTM's Clone Wars shipset and campaign appears to have picked back up, as Berruga has released a new Droid Bomber OPT. This thread on the XWA Upgrade Forums has plenty of screenshots for your viewing pleasure (these are new forums, BTW). If you can't wait for the shipset, the OPT can be downloaded from MTD Industries.
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Fowler in Focus: Radiance and Resilience: Arts of Africa and the Americas from the Goldenberg Collection
May 29–September 11, 2011
Radiance and Resilience offers a first chance to view highlights from the major bequest of 180 objects to the Fowler Museum by Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg. The selection was made to emphasize the qualities of radiance and resilience embodied in the arts as well as in the Goldenbergs themselves, long-standing patrons and friends of the Fowler Museum. Objects of splendor and beauty also possess the capacity to address the challenges of everyday life.
From Africa, the installation will include: striking power figures and initiation masks from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola; fascinating divination objects made by the Baule, Luba, and Yoruba peoples; a stately Fang reliquary guardian; and a stunning Yoruba beaded crown. In addition, a group of elaborately modeled pre-Columbian ceramic figurines from the Maya island of Jaina suggest the historical and geographical breadth of the Goldenbergs' artistic interests.


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Although I absolutely adore the sounds and music in this game, I find myself sometimes thinking of other songs and music that would fit in with the style this game takes on.
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That's an advantage of playing the PC version, all you have to do is dump your MP3s in the proper folders and the game will automatically add them to the ambient/battle music rotation for that environment.
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On another note, I'm still trying to figure out this persuasion system. I've been spending too much coin on bribery. I'll keep trying until I figure it out, but, any helpful tips are greatly appreciated.
It's fairly simple once you get the hang of it, and not very realistic. There are four groups of things you may "say" to the NPC:
. Each NPC will love one, like one, dislike one and hate one of each (I think their likes/dislikes are randomly decided by the game, but stay the same if you return later). If you hover the mouse pointer (or its console equivalent) over each group quadrant in the Persuasion circle you can view from the facial expression the NPC makes what he feels about that particular group.
Unsurprisingly you gain/lose disposition with the NPC depending on how much they like/dislike what you say, and how filled the quadrant is when you click it.
For each persuasion round you must pick all four groups. So, you should try to pick the Loved and Liked group when that quadrant is as filled as possible, while you should pick the Disliked and Hated group when they are as empty as possible. Between each pick the persuasion circle will rotate, making each quadrant fill up differently.
When your persuasion skill gets high enough you get the option to rotate the persuasion circle once per persuasion round without picking anything, making the quadrants fill up differently, giving you another chance to get out of sticky situations like when the Disliked and Hated groups are full and the Liked and Loved groups are near-empty.
Since NPCs have notoriously short patience their Disposition will decrease steadily during a persuasion round, so you should be fairly quick at picking your choices as well (unless you want to lose Disposition so you can play the persuade game some more with that NPC to increase your Skill - Once you max out your Disposition with that NPC you can't persuade them any more).
Not a very realistic to emulate social interaction, but it can be worthwhile to increase your Disposition with NPCs, in particular merchants and quest givers, since you tend to get lower prices and more info/rewards if they like you. Some more violent NPCs won't attack you on sight either if your Disposition with them is high, which they might otherwise do (which might be good or bad, depending on what you want with them
). If you have high enough disposition with a Guard they might let you go if they catch you with a bounty on your head.
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Afghan Midwives Target High Infant Mortality
Afghanistan's youngest citizens are the ones in the most peril. The war-ravaged country has one of the highest infant-mortality rates in the world. That's because nearly nine out of ten Afghan women give birth without medical help.
Now, Afghan health officials and Western aid groups are trying to change that. They've developed a program to train midwives. Women learn how to assist in childbirth — and men learn to support the women in their work.
At one hospital in Jalalabad, trainees come from among Afghanistan's most underserved and dangerous provinces. These are places where illiteracy is rampant, and women's roles are limited to that of subservient wife and mother.
The head trainer at the hospital, an obstetrician named Dr. Hafiza Sahak, believes her trainees are the only hope to curb her country's staggering infant mortality rate.
"Three years before, when we started we started this midwifery education program, we prepared some advertisements and flyers printed and distributed in remote areas," Sahak says. "You know, in the first entrance exam, just six students coming from the whole region. And we needed 48 students."
Now, she has so many applicants she has to turn them away. Sahak says her secret was winning the cooperation of the trainees' male relatives. For example, each girl's father — or if she's married, her husband and father-in-law — sign or mark a contract pledging the trainee will work after graduation. The head of the tribe is also required to sign off on the deal.
In exchange, the program director houses the girls in a walled compound off limits to men. Female relatives and in-laws visit periodically, to make sure the girls are behaving.
As an added bonus, trainees with children have full-time, on-site day care at their disposal.
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Rocking out to songs our students wants to learn, and Maddy crushed it. Well done girl…
Hitting hight notes in private Voice lessons and performance takes breath support, practicing resonance and straight up confidence. Tools that Maddy has worked hard to master. Coming from a choral back ground she has made the choice to grow her gifts in contemporary rock, pop, and other simular genres… Students like her @ 333 Music Studios enjoy the power of the classical training while doing and applying it to songs they hear, love and sing off the radio… its what we do (Olympia, wa).
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We had an amazing time! I have seen many KISS tribute bands, as well as KISS, themselves, and No One puts on a better show than Rock n' Roll Over! They have studied KISS down to every little detail and it shows in their stage presence and antics, as well as their expert musical talents! Do Not miss this band! Amazing!
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This band Never disappoints! And they had an amazing Pantera tribute band open up for them! Great night of music!
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House of Blues Dallas opened in 2007 in the historic White Swan Building at the crossroads of Dallas' West End and the newly established Victory Park development. The building dates back to the 1920's when it housed a White Swan Coffee processing plant. Home to unique pieces of art such as Alan Sainte James Boudrot's "A Dream Come True" and S. Guion's painting of Robert Johnson, this unique and history-rich building continues to celebrate and showcase art and music. In keeping with tradition, the House of Blues Dallas displays the "Crazy Quilt" and keeps a metal box of mud from the Delta Mississippi underneath its stage.


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Method Man: DOJ Report Contributed to Ferguson Police Shooting (Watch)
*Method Man called the Department of Justice's recent report exposing racial discrimination on behalf of Ferguson, Mo.'s police department "common knowledge" to residents in America, although it might have been surprising to some. The rapper appeared on MSNBC's "NewsNation," and he blamed the DOJ report as a contributing factor to the shooting of two police officers outside … Continue reading Method Man: DOJ Report Contributed to Ferguson Police Shooting (Watch)
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*Ferguson Mayor James Knowles was a guest on Tamron Hall's MSNBC program "NewsNation" Tuesday to discuss the racial disparity in his town that has played a part in the police shooting of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests. The Republican mayor first informed Hall that there is "no racial divide" in the area. When Hall asked … Continue reading 'There Is No Racial Divide' in Ferguson, Says its White Mayor (Watch)
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*The media is sprouting up celebrities of its own every day. Everyone knows Matt Lauer, Anderson Cooper, Al Roker, Katie Couric, and the O, but there are more and more TV anchors gaining popularity and we're delving into their private lives just as much as entertainment celebrities. The newest anchors gaining popularity are Lawrence O'Donnell … Continue reading Lawrence O'Donnell and Tamron Hall Dating?!


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Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Arrests of Four Individuals in Northern California Real Estate Scheme
September 21, 2012 Contact: (415) 703-5837 SACRAMENTO — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the arrest Thursday of four suspects who have been charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and elder abuse for operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens of investors of over $ 2.3 million. The arrest declaration alleges that Gold Country Lenders, a real estate company in Grass ... Read More »
California Passes Protections for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
According to the L.A. Times, California legislators have passed new laws that now await Governor Brown's signature. These laws would provide the toughest protections for consumers facing problems with the mortgage. "The legislation would make California the first state to prohibit lenders from "dual tracking," the practice of negotiating with clients to modify a mortgage so that payments become more ... Read More »
Stockton, California Seeks a Financial Fresh Start in Bankruptcy
The economy has taken a serious hit on a lot of people. But it's also hit the 290,000 people in Stockton, California pretty damn hard. Tonight the city council is voting on filing bankruptcy to try and give the city a fresh financial start under a chapter 9 bankruptcy. Like big airlines and companies, sometimes cities find themselves in a ... Read More »
Final MTA Debt Collection Fraudster Pleads Guilty
The last defendant in the MTA debt collection scheme has pleaded guilty. Paul Anthony Vasquez pleaded guilty on January 17, 2012 to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud and money laundering. Vasquez also agreed to pay full restitution and forfeit assets seized by federal agents, including over $950,000 in cash and a 1.5 carat diamond ring. If Vasquez's name ... Read More »
Corrupt Criminal Club: Member's Only
On Wednesday of last week word broke about the largest insider trading scheme involving single stock charged to date. Three defendants have pled guilty and are cooperating with the government's investigating a scheme that allegedly netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits. Charges were announced against seven investment professionals, who worked at three different hedge funds and two other ... Read More »
Investment Fraudster Defrauds Over 200 Out Of $14 Million
Bradley Stark, the fraudster defendant who represented himself at trail was convicted by a federal jury for deceiving investors about an investment scheme that involved more than 200 victims and more than $14 million. Following Stark's five-day trial he has been convicted on all counts of an indictment charging him with seven counts of wire fraud and one count of ... Read More »
Hells Angel Commits Mortgage Fraud For Marijuana Grow House
In September I covered a story about two leaders of the Hells Angels that had been accused of mortgage fraud. A mortgage broker in the San Francisco bay area was charged with conspiracy to arrange more than $10 million in fraudulent home loans including the two Hells Angels leaders. Raymond Foakes, former President of the Hells Angels Sonoma Chapter, pleaded ... Read More »
Contractors Beware! $99 Advance Fee Job Scam
It was announced yesterday that the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is alerting contractors across the country to be on the look out for telephone solicitors attempting to convince them to sign up for an online program that offers free job leads. Apparently, numerous contractors have reported to the BBB about a scheme in which they paid a $99 background screening ... Read More »
FTC Bans Landmark Clearing From Using Remotely Created Payment Orders
It was announced today that a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action has banned a payment processor from using a new payment method to debit accounts after allegedly debiting millions from consumers' bank accounts without their consent. Payment processors provide merchants with the ability to obtain customer payments for products and services via electronic banking. According to the FTC's complaint against ... Read More »
Fraudster Deported Back To United States To Face $3.2 Million Fraud Charges
This past New Year's weekend Joseph Randall Medcalf was deported by Panama officials back to the United States after being charged with defrauding investors of $3.2 million. Medcalf fled the country back in 2008 after filing for personal bankruptcy in 2007 in order to discharge debts related to his scheme. According to the indictment, between May of 2002 until October ... Read More »
Telelmarketers Charged With Illegal Robocalling By FTC
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a telemarketing operation that allegedly made illegal robocalls, called phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and masked Caller ID information, in violation of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule. The FTC's complaint seeks to make the defendants pay civil penalties and stop the illegal calls. The action is part of ... Read More »
Another Adoption Scam?!? Come On…
Roxanne Janel Jones, of Kansas City, had pleaded guilty to running an adoption scam where she pretended to be pregnant with twins and willing to let them be adopted in return for money and gifts. Jones pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud along with one count of aggravated identity theft. In her plea, ... Read More »
$78 Million Mortgage Fraud "Dream Home" Scheme Owner Convicted
Andrew Hamilton Williams, Jr., was convicted last week in Maryland of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a massive mortgage fraud scheme. The scheme, entitled "Metro Dream Homes" promised to pay off homeowners' mortgages on the homes of their dreams but instead left them high and dry. According to evidence presented at the ... Read More »
Is Bank Of America Taking Advantage Of The Unemployed With Debit Card Fees?
The state of South Carolina and Bank of America have teamed up together to administer unemployment benefits to South Carolina residents. Unemployment benefits used to come in the form of a check but are now being issued in the form of a Bank of America prepaid debit card. Bank of America claims that it's good deal for everyone from taxpayers ... Read More »


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The Homework Desk
Even adults have homework – paying bills, doing paperwork, drafting correspondence and keeping a jam-packed calendar. If our work is artistic in nature, we need a space to design or sketch. Everyone's home office needs are different, and that's the point of the Homework Desk. This clever piece is fully adaptable to whatever type of desk space you can dream up.
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IN 2011–12: Had a breakout season for the Black Bears... Saw action in 36 games for Maine with two goals and 11 assists for 13 points... Has arguably the hardest shot on the team... Scored his first career goal and it turned out to be the game-winner at BU (1/28) when the Terriers were ranked second in the nation... Tallied a power play goal at UMass (2/17)... Had two points in back-to-back games vs. Clarkson (11/26) and at Vermont (12/2)... Named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
IN 2010–11: Played in five games during his sophomore season, battling injuries all season long... Tallied his first collegiate points with a pair of assists in Maine's 4-1 win over UMass (12/12)... Named the second star of the game for his performance.
IN 2009–10: Saw action in six games for the Black Bears during his rookie season... Suffered a season-ending injury in January.
BEFORE MAINE: Played for coach P.K. O'Handley and the Waterloo Black Hawks... During the 2008-09 season, scored 10 goals and added 16 assists for 26 points in 43 games... Played for the US Under 18 Team during the 2007-08 season where he scored four goals and added 11 assists in 45 games... Earned a bronze medal at the 2008 IIHF World Under-18 Championships... Was selected in the seventh round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, 208th overall by the Anaheim Ducks.
PERSONAL: A mass communication major... Born Sept. 6, 1990... Son of Joan and Chris Pryor... Has a brother, Mike, and a sister, Jena... Father, Chris, played for New Hampshire and professional hockey for the New York Islanders and the Minnesota North Stars.


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Actors Cameron Mathison and Jack Wagner star in the Hallmark Movie Channel original movie "My Gal Sunday," premiering Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST. Based on the Mary Higgins Clark novel of the same name, the movie tells the story of Sandra "Sunday" O'Brien-Parker (Rachel Blanchard) and her husband Henry Parker (Mathison), who team up as amateur detectives to solve the disappearance and kidnapping of Sunday's dad, Danny (Jack Wagner).
Daytime TV Examiner caught up with Mathison to get a preview of "My Gal Sunday," his thoughts on playing "All My Children's" Ryan Lavery and with the Oscar and Grammys Awards coming up, he also talked about his experiences hosting the red carpet for ABC and "Good Morning America."
How did you end up with the role as Henry Parker?
Cameron Mathison: I had a relationship with Hallmark and I had done a couple of the projects for them earlier in the year. After working with them for a little bit, I think they saw that I was a good fit to play this role.
Is there a chance that this movie may turn into a series?
Cameron Mathison: Yeah. I think there's always a chance of that.
In the movie your character and "Sunday" have a sort of "Hart to Hart" relationship. How did you guys work together and how would you describe your roles with each other in the movie.
Cameron Mathison: It was fun to get to know Rachel [Blanchard, (Sunday)] and at the same time working with her. There's a beautiful kind of relationship I think between the two main characters. I think that there is so much admiration and trust between the two that its fun to play off of. You have that level where you have faith in each other and confidence in each other. It becomes very comical and you can kind of play off each other in a way, to make each other laugh. There are certainly more aspects that can come out of it. These two know each other so well, they finish each others sentences. We give each other a little bit of a hard time and as you said it is sort of Hart to Hart. It's a little bit like that.
Jack Wagner plays your father-in-law?
Cameron Mathison: Yeah (laughs)
What was it like working with Jack and what was the dynamic between your two characters?
Cameron Mathison: I'm supposed to be quite a bit older than his daughter. So really Jack's character and Henry Parker are similar in age, sometimes it happens in marriages. I love Jack and I'm a big fan of his. I have been for a long time. I think he's really good at what he does. You gotta have a certain level of confidence, just a little relaxed way about everything that he does on screen and off screen...it's actually very helpful to watch him. He's just so confident and relaxed in work, which is such an incredible and valuable skill to have because then the characters can come out a lot more in a genuine way. There's no tension, there's no blockage. I could just see him really being this character. It was so it was fun to watch.
You wear so many hats – actor, reporter... what do you find the most rewarding about your career right now?
Cameron Mathison: Good question. I definitely think all the different aspects like being a correspondent or a special contributor for "Good Morning America" and hosting brings something different. And acting obviously is something different. I think that they all bring a different sense of reward for sure, but I would probably say the most rewarding is getting to work on acting projects...shooting it, having it being edited, doing the voice over and having it become a finished product. Yeah the most rewarding is beginning to shoot and then completing an acting project.
Of course so well as and we know you so well as Ryan Lavery. What process did you use to make this character different than your "All My Children character?
Cameron Mathison: Every character is different but the process just similar for me. I just try to read the script over and over to try to get a sense of the character. I kind of get a couple ideas and have those come through and obviously I work with the other people, from the director and the other actors. The character kind of develops from there. Now with some of these projects, like this one, you don't really have the time to kind of to come up with these at the expense of character. It's done pretty quickly. But I think in many ways, the process is very similar but I think it's pretty different with "All My Children because after a certain period, I didn't have to do any character work at all. I knew the character better than the writers did after playing him for 14 years and many writers had come and gone throughout the years. So I would just show up for work and the words would come out as Ryan. I'd be very in touch with a story line, with what just happened, etc. Where as with a different role like Parker, it's more of a creation. Ryan on "All My Children" was sort of never ending. Many times there was a lot of growth and probably regression with Ryan over the years but I knew the character so well and for such a long time to be able to care and work on that.
You've been doing a lot of TV movies lately. What do you like most about doing TV movies?
Cameron Mathison: It's the closest thing between a soap and a prime time show in the sense that it's not quite as much material and as fast as a soap and it's not as drawn out as a prime time series. I like that. I like that is a good transition from so much time on "All My Children" and going through a hundred ten pages of dialogue a day for the show and maybe just seeing 30 pages just for yourself. Here, doing just seven to nine pages. It's great that kind of environment I like the fact that it's got some good pace to it. There's an element of excitement for that. It's almost a little bit like doing it live and I really enjoy that aspect.
Lastly, you were a correspondent for the Oscars nominations. You do a lot of red carpet events and so many interviews. What kind of homework do you do to prepare for all the interviews you have to take on in such a short amount of time when you are live on the carpet?
Cameron Mathison: I'll tell you this right now, any red carpet job I'll do for GMA or for ABC related outlets, I think it's the hardest thing that I have to do for them and I mean that sincerely. The reason is I don't live, breath, and study the movie industry all year long. So when the Oscars come around, its just second nature and I have all the information and I know it. So whether it's the Grammys red carpet or the Oscars, it's by far the hardest thing compared to other things that I do like sit down interviews or anything like that. Any kind of informative segments -that is easier because then you just kind of dive in and do your specific homework, which is fun. I feel like with every segment I do, I learn more and more about things especially on something like GMA. Often times there's very cool things to learn about, whether it be a person, an actor, a celebrity. Whether it's a subject or whether it's a lifestyle thing or family subject, its very educational. It really is professional for me because being a contributor on a news show is so different than anything else that you do. It's so different than hosting. People think it's sort of in the same category as hosting and it's not at all. Hosting is way easier, it's quite challenging.
Catch "My Gal Sunday" premiering Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 p.m. EST/ 8:00 p.m. CST on the Hallmark Movie Channel.
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I'm constantly expanding my understanding of all the options and systems within the APM 2.5 by re-reading the wiki and looking for things that have changed or things that I hadn't considered before.
One thing that has recently caught my eye was the section here in the ArduPlane wiki titled
'How to flash the Atmega32U2 (PPM encoder) through USB'
The downloads section title description states
The wiki page was most recently updated almost a year ago (Dec 29, 2011) and doesn't specify what versions it applies to.....I don't know why this text is coming out italicized....I don't have Italics on...anyway the wiki instructions specifically refer to APM 2.0 not 2.x and the images are all of an APM 2.0 board. I realize that this is just a representation of the board at the time but it doesn't make any reference to APM 2.5. The downloads section here states
APM 2.x ArduPPM Firmware v2.3.13 (recommended update for Futaba radio users)
ArduPPM v2.3.13 ATMega32U2 firmware for APM 2.x
So is the upgrade necessary for APM 2.5 or not, and is there a list of Futaba receivers known to
have n issue with the stock PPM encoder firmware? So perhaps if someone could clarify this itwould be great, also are the instructions in the wiki still applicable to an APM 2.5?
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
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Latest generation Futaba receivers like the R6208SB is the only confirmed one with problem.
If you bench test for an hour or so and see no spikes in the GCS, it should be fine.
If you want to be absolutely sure, I recommend using a receiver with PPM output. Using PPM-passthrough there should not be a spike problem regardless of receiver brand or ArduPPM firmware revision. For this I would recommend this Futaba FASST compatible receiver. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19626__FrSky_TFR4_4ch_2_...
Yeah that's the standard receiver that ships with the Futaba T8FG Super 14 channel system. Personally I haven't noticed a problem yet, but I don't expect it would be as obvious in a fixed wing system. I'll be updating the encoder just to be sure.
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
In my opinion unfortunately there is not a rule, may depend on the rx firmware, Orange Futaba and FR-Sky TFR8 (is the same rx) cause these problems here, tested with APM2/2.5 in different setup.
For this reason owners of Futaba update you encoder whatever, with the new one the problem is completely gone here.
I agree that the list shown in this post isn't complete, and may not be considered accurate until people add confirmed receivers to the list. I disagree however that there isn't a 'rule'. In my opinion this problem seems to affect any Futaba compatible receiver working in either MULT or MLT2 mode which makes the capable of reading a signal containing more than 7 channels. I thinks that all S-Bus compatible receivers and any native 8 channel Futaba compatible receiver. However until we start to see a list of confirmed receivers and the Transmission mode they are being used with it's only an opinion.
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
A glitch does not automatically make it a problem with the PPM encoder. It might just as well be a bad connector or electronic interference related problems. It might even be a bug in the radio system. Certain OrangeRX/FrSKy FASST receivers for example has a problem with throttle glitches because of compatibility problems with the Futaba radio fail-safe system.
So I what I am trying to say is that "I had a glitch using receiver xxx, fix it" does not really help. If we are not able to reproduce the problem, it can be close to impossible to fix at times. Simply because we might not even know what we are trying to fix.
At current the MULT channel grouping is the only thing that makes sense technically. And confirmed reports of fixing the glitch problem by improving the interrupt system response time, further validates that view.
I used to get twitches on my Tricopter firmware 2.6 using a Futaba 10c fitted with Frsky module
With the Usb connector on my APM2 trashed I will have to pull the board and solder the isp header to update the PPM encoder.
Are all Futaba radios seeing the glitches? The discussion had reference to some receivers not displaying the problem. My FS617 receiver in 7Ch mode did not have motor log spikes last time I looked at the logs. Does it just happen when CH 6 or 7 are used ?
Drone Savant,
Follow the link on Steve's reply Pg1 of this discussion and you will find many good descriptions of what occurs if and when you are having a problem. I don't think this is a problem that could have been foreseen or prepared for as it has to do worth a non standard output on some very specific receivers.
It wouldn't be a bad idea though to have a sketch that could read the incoming signals and determine if your receivers output is compatible.
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
Based on what I've been able to find on Futaba's website I would suspect that the following receivers when used with the compatible transmitters (most but perhaps not all of which are listed following the list of receivers) outputting in either MULT or MLT2 modes will experience the same issue with the PPM encoder on the APM 2.5.
Receivers: R608FS, R6008HS, R6014FS, R6014HS, R6108SB, R6208SB, R6203SB, R6203SBE, R6202SBW, R6303SB, R6303SBE
Transmitters: T8FG, T8FG SUPER, T10C, T10CG, TM14, T18MZ, T14SG
If you have one of these Receivers/Transmitters and can cofirm or add to this list that would be great!
I can confirm that the R6208SB that ships with the T8FG Super does in fact have an issue with ArduPPM firmware before 2.3.13.
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY


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Mickey Rooney died at the age of 93 over the weekend, and with him died the amazing art of storytelling.
I got the unique chance to meet Mickey a few times in my three decades in Los Angeles, but one of them that was the most memorable was sitting with his publisher friend, and historian pal of mine at the classic Musso & Frank's in Hollywood, known for it's dirty Martini's and a booth that was always set aside for Mickey in the back.
"Ask me about anyone in Hollywood, and I'll have a story to tell about them," Mickey quipped to me. Indeed, it was true. But, that was in the 1990s and he was only talking about anyone who was born before I was three decades earlier.
"People loved to talk to me, they thought they could confide in me, they told me lots of gossip," Mickey said. "I always had a good ear."
Yes, and he loved to talk, as much as he said he loved to listen.
He told me about how he told Marilyn Monroe (then Norma Jean Baker) that she should dye her hair blonde. (I knew many other Marilyn friends who completely dispute that story, but he claimed to give her the superstar's great boost with that idea.)
He told me about women he had bedded, lots of starlets, many many of them. One starlet I later met, I related the story he told me and she said it was all "hogwash" and they were both married at the time, and it never happened. He fell in love with his co-stars, and that was often only on the set, and only in his mind. But, he told good stories.
Later, I got to see him again, and told him that the actress denies knowing him in the Biblical sense, and he said, "Oh, is she still alive? Send her my love next time you see her." That was it.
Mickey Rooney was a hysterical, funny, wonderful man—an actor that other actors loved and admired, but his value of a film historian was questionable, and most of the stories always centered around him.
He died in Studio City, Calif. on Sunday with his family around him. In later years, he was living with Mark Aber and his wife in a hillside house. Aber is the son of Rooney's last wife Jan Chamberlin, who is brother to Christopher Aber, whom Rooney accused of elder abuse at one time. His wife hadn't seen him since last April.
A Facebook post by the family says that Mickey will be buried at the Westlake Village at the Pierce Brothers cemetery. He still has movies coming up, including The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Night at the Museum 3 according to reports.
Mickey always loved talking, and he especially loved talking to other authors and other journalists. He wanted his stories to go down in history, and he wanted them retold. You never knew if they were true, and you never knew if they had some Mickey "embellishment" spun in with it, but it didn't matter, really. It was MICKEY ROONEY telling the stories! A little bit of research, or timeline investigation could poke holes in many of his stories, but that didn't matter either. He survived to tell the tales.
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March 7, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Arizona men's golf team hosts the National Invitational Tournament, March 16-17, at Omni Tucson National Golf Club. It is Arizona's second home tournament of the season.
The 2012 National Invitational Tournament is a 54-hole event, which will be contested at Omni Tucson National Golf Club, a par 72, 7,094-yard layout. Thirty-six holes will be played on Friday, March 16 with continuous play scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. MST. The final 18 holes will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 17.
Five of the teams in the field of 12 currently are ranked in the top 50 places of the current Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, which includes (ranking): Army, BYU, Hawaii, Memphis (46), Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, San Diego State (14), SMU (40), UNLV (11), UTEP, Wyoming, and host Arizona (47).
In the event's nine-year history, Arizona has won the event once (2003) and finished as the runner-up two times (2004 and 2009). In that same span, Jonathan Khan is the lone Wildcat to claim individual medalist honors, accomplishing the feat in 2011.
Live tournament scoring will also be available at www.golfstat.com.
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, March 15 Practice Round
Friday, March 16 First Round, 8 a.m. MST Second Round follows immediately
Saturday, March 17 Third Round, 8 a.m. MST
2011 Champions:
Individual: Jonathan Khan, Arizona (67-70-73=210/-6)
Team: Tulsa (302-282-283=867/+11)


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Feeding a 7 month old
Can anyone share their feeding schedule for around a 7 month old? I am concerned my daughter isn't getting enough food or liquid. She gets 3 meals a day, all have cereal, breakfast has half a gerber pack of fruit and 2 oz bottle, lunch half a gerber pack of a veggie and 2 oz bottle and dinner the second half of the fruit and veggie, no bottle. She also gets a 8 oz bottle of formula once a day. What do you think?
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The most important part of the meal is the milk/formula at this age. My baby is 6 and half months and eats three meals a day and still get between 20 and 23 ounces of formula a day. My peds said this was more important than the food. You should ask your doctor if they think your baby is getting enough formula/breastmilk for the day.posted 03/16/2010 by Natalie47
The most important part of the meal is the milk/formula at this age. My baby is 6 and half months and eats three meals a day and still get between 20 and 23 ounces of formula a day. My peds said this was more important than the food. You should ask your doctor if they think your baby is getting enough formula/breastmilk for the day.posted 03/16/2010 by Natalie47
My son is 7 months and is on this schedule: 5am: 4 oz formula 9am: 6 oz formula 10-12 nap 1pm: Cereal and 1 jar stage two fruit 4 oz 100% juice in sippy cup (diluted in water) in the afternoon 3pm: 6oz formula 330-530: nap 630pm: oatmeal and 1 jar of stage two veggies 8pm: 8 oz formula and bed timeposted 07/31/2009 by annemela
I have twin 7 1/2 month infants. They nurse between 6:00-6:30. They then eat breakfast (1 stage 2 fruit mixed with cereal) at 8:00. They then go down for nap. 10:30-11:00 they nurse. 1:00 they eat lunch (one stage 2 veg mixed with with cereal) then go down for nap. 3:30-4:00 they nurse. 6:00 they eat dinner (one stage 2 fruit or veg). 7:00 they nurse and go to bed. I feel like I feed all the time. Many people have recommended nursing a bit then food, then finish eating. However, I find it hard to get set up nursing two then break for food and go back to nursing. Does anyone with twins have a better system?posted 07/31/2009 by LadyLink
My 7 month old eats cereal and a fruit for breakfast (9:00 a.m.) plus a 6 oz. bottle, for lunch (1:00 p.m.) he has a veggie (no cereal) and a 6 oz. bottle, for dinner (5:00 p.m.) he has a meat and a veggie 1/2 of each jar and a 6 oz. bottle and then at 9:00 p.m. right before bed he has a 8 oz. bottle. My dr. said he would like him to be drinking more bottles then what he is drinking. He would like him drinking 32-40 oz a day. Hope this helps :)posted 07/28/2009 by adimter
My son is 7 months and his schedule is breakfast is 1 stage 2 fruit/oat mix with little oatmeal, lunch is 1 stage 2 veggie and whole wheate cereal, dinner is 2 stage 2 jars a veggie and meat. One bottle inbetween each feeding and before bed.posted 07/24/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
My 7 1/2 month old daughter wakes up around 8:30 and has 3T of cereal with half a jar of fruit. An hour later has an 8oz bottle. For lunch she has a serving of veggies and the rest of the fruit from breakfast. About 1 1/2 to 2 hours later she has an 8oz bottle. For dinner she has 3T of cereal and some more fruit. At around 8:30 or 9 she has another 8oz bottle and heads off to bed. Right now she is still on stage 1 fruits and veggies but am getting ready to move to stage 2. My pediatrician doesn't want her starting with meats until 9 months.posted 07/20/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
When my son was 7 months (he's 3 years now) I met with a sleep consultant because he wasn't napping well. She looked at a typical schedule and determined he wasn't getting enough milk/formula. When I started him on solids at 4 months, I mistakingly thought solids would replace some of the milk he was drinking. She said milk/formula is the primary source of nutrition for a baby under 12 months and that solids were more about flavor/texture experimentation and to supplement the milk/formula...not to replace it. A baby should get 2-2.5 oz of breastmilk or formula per 2 lbs of bodyweight - so for a baby that weighs 15 lbs he should get 30-32 oz of milk/formula. This equation maxes out at 32oz so if your baby is over 16 lbs you just stay with 32 oz a day. When I changed his schedule to 32 oz a day I found he was happier, more even tempered and slept really well.posted 07/19/2009 by Amy Venier
My son Lukas is 7 1/2 months. I usually alternate between formula and solids. Around 8 am, he gets oatmeal or rice cereal with some bananas, 3-4 hours later he gets an 8oz bottle, 3-4 hours later he gets, 2nd stage chicken dinner or veggie dinner with juice, and usually the last two meals of the day he gets a bottle. (Sometimes if he seems thristy in between meals, I will give him Pedialyte or Gerber juice, and if he is hungry I'll give him a snack. At Wal-Mart I found the rice cakes called Baby Mum Mums; they have original and veggie flavored. Lukas only has two teeth so he gums the cake to death but they disolve quickly and he seems like he is satisfied after eating one.)posted 03/09/2008 by Kasidi Pack
by the way...its doctor recommended at this age, they shouldnt be getting any less then 24oz of BM or formula and no more then 32oz if u have introduced solids into their diet.posted 05/23/2009 by xXJesikaXx
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Sean Penn Calls for Wyclef Jean to Drop Haitian Presidential Bid
Actor Sean Penn is calling for rapper Wyclef Jean to drop out of the Haitian presidential race.
[Update: Wyclef Jean Responds to Sean Penn's Jabs]
Jean, who was born in Haiti but moved to the U.S. when he was a youngster, announced his intention to run for the presidency of Haiti earlier this summer. His bid seemed to be derailed when the Haitian governmental body that oversees the election left his name off of a list of approved candidates. Jean has since challenged that decision in an effort to proceed with his campaign.
In a story on the Huffington Post today, Penn said "My support is with the Haitian people, and whomever they lawfully select as their next President. It is, it seems, folly for we Americans to assume 'our Haitian' is their answer, simply because we enjoy the sense of identification we may feel, or are paid to espouse."
Penn concluded his article by saying "The real and devastating human issues in Haiti must be handled and led by a qualified president's deft hand. These elections are crucial, and I have no part in them. Neither should Mr. Jean."
It isn't immediately clear how Penn's words will play in Haiti, or if voters there will even care. Haitians have historically been wary of outsiders meddling in their political affairs and, on the face of it, Penn, who was born in Santa Monica, Calif., seems to be more of an outsider than the Haitian-born Jean.
Jean's representative didn't immediately respond to a request for a comment.
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Everyone has experienced some form of hardship in his or her life. How do you deal with hardships? Are you still suffering, even though some trial, challenge or event occurred many eons ago? If this is so, why is it that time has not healed your pain? Furthermore, is there an effective way to speed the process?
From my personal observations, there is a way to deal with hardships and hasten the process of recovery. My childhood was fraught with horrific pain. When I was only nine years old, a stranger raped me. In addition, I have experienced many life-changing events, including:
I suffered many years because of these trials. Time did not heal my pain. It was always with me. However, after meeting a shaman in 2007, a constructive transformation took place. I realized that, despite my pain, there was a quicker way to deal with my hardships.
Some steps to speed the process include:
It is important to recognize that you have a choice. To see results more quickly, you can choose to focus on the light and all the constructive power that is available within you. On the other hand, it is your right to choose to live in your dark pain. It all depends on you. How fast do you wish to release your suffering?
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The 2012 track and field season begins in a big way on January 14, as Washington hosts the UW Indoor Preview in the Dempsey Indoor. From there the Dawgs will compete through the NCAA Indoor Championships in March and then quickly switch to the outdoor season, continuing on until June. GoHuskies.com will take a look at what each unit has in store for the season ahead.
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SEATTLE - As his fifteenth season at Washington gets underway, assistant coach Pat Licari has one of his most well-rounded groups of jumpers, vaulters, and multi-event athletes in years. Last season, Licari's group produced some of the most memorable moments for UW track, with Scott Roth sweeping the NCAA indoor and outdoor pole vault titles, Jeremy Taiwo winning the Pac-10 Championship in the decathlon, and Logan Miller coming on strong late in the year to earn her first All-America honors in the pole vault.
Roth has moved on with his wheelbarrow full of awards, but Taiwo and Miller return to headline the group, along with six more NCAA West Prelim qualifiers from last spring who are looking to take the next step. A number of key newcomers will also aim to make an early impact in what promises to be a thrilling season.
Here is a breakdown of the jumps crew event by event.
Pole Vault
Last season Scott Roth was a Bowerman Award semifinalist and won the Tom Hansen Pac-10 Conference Medal for UW after closing out his career with both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor pole vault titles. Those gave Coach Licari a total of six NCAA titles in the pole vault in the past nine years combining men and women. So UW's pole vault dynasty is not about to run dry.
Expected to keep things running smoothly is heralded freshman J.J. Juilfs, who comes to Seattle from Eugene, Oregon. Juilfs has been one of the nation's best junior vaulters the past two years, winning the 2011 U.S. Junior Championship with a PR of 17-2 ¾. He then went on to earn silver at the 2011 Pan-Am Junior Championships.
But of course Juilfs cannot be expected to be collecting national titles from his first trip down the runway. Roth's first did not come until his junior year, and his first outdoor title was not until his final collegiate meet. But so far Licari is impressed with Juilfs' skill set.
"J.J. is having great practices and comes in at a level that is highly competitive at the conference level as well as a potential national competitor," says Licari. Juilfs would need to add inches to his PR to immediately be in contention for an NCAA bid, but as they say, the sky is the limit. "Obviously Scott Roth left pretty big shoes to fill, but I think that J.J. is ready to come in and be the next guy."
Senior Robby Fegles could be a candidate for a breakout season. In just his first year working with Licari in 2011, Fegles raised his PR to 16-9 ½ and he took 27th at West Prelims and scored at the Pac-10 meet.
"Robby," says Licari, "is our top returner and he's doing great this fall. He jumped almost at his personal best at the intrasquad meet from a short approach. I'm excited about him and hoping he can get up to that mid to high seventeen foot range that puts a person in contention for national championships. He's fully capable of that."
Looking to jump back on the wave of momentum she rode at the end of the 2011 season is junior Logan Miller, who leads the women's vaulters. Miller went into the West Prelims last year ranked 36th in the West with a PR of 13-0 ¾, but then cleared three-straight new personal-bests to advance to NCAAs at 13-5 ¼. She matched that clearance in Des Moines to place 11th overall and earn All-America Second Team honors. That was the first All-America honor for a Husky women's vaulter since 2008.
The end of last season should only fuel Miller's desire, says Licari. "The end of her season was a huge confidence boost for her and a big motivator I think. She's worked really hard over the summer and fall and she's in great shape."
During the indoor season, in order to reach a second straight national meet, Miller will have to up her personal-best yet again, possibly by as much as five inches, but Licari thinks that is within her grasp. "She's capable of not just getting to nationals and being in the middle of the pack, but maybe getting into the hunt and being competitive there."
Also training at a high level is redshirt freshman Georgia Reynolds, who has come a long way in a year and cleared 13-feet this summer in one of Licari's beach vaults. "I'm excited about her potential to be competitive at least at the conference level," says Licari.
Licari really likes the potential of freshman Kristina Owsinski, but the xxx native is rehabbing a foot injury from high school and will likely redshirt. Also getting into the mix on the men's side is freshman James Van Wyck with a 15-4 PR and Joseph Aubert, who will compete in multi-events but has caught Licari's eye in the vault as well.
"Joseph is a great kid, hard worker, and so I'm excited about him in the vault as well as multis," says Licari, adding of Owsinski that "she's been working really hard, doing what she is capable of. I think once she's healthy she's going to be great."
High Jump
Nothing looks quite as unlikely in sports as the high jump, until one witnesses an elite athlete bend back and over the bar. The Huskies have a deep group of jumpers this season, and are hoping this is a squad that can make a big impact at the conference level and jump up to meet some NCAA standards.
Heading things for the men will be sophomore A.J. Maricich, who impressed early at the intrasquad meet with a 6-10 ¾ clearance, just missing attempts at seven-feet. That was just off his freshman year PR, and hopefully sets the stage for a big year two.
"What a great way to start out the year," said Licari of the intrasquad effort. "He's doing great and obviously he's a guy that will be a big contributor at the conference level. Indoors he'll need to improve by a couple inches to be a nationals kind of guy, but he started the year off just right for doing that kind of thing."
Decathlon All-American Jeremy Taiwo was typically right with Maricich last year, but Taiwo's return from offseason surgery is to be determined, as detailed in the multi-events section.
Adding depth for the men is freshman Chase Walker, also trying his hand at the multis, but sporting a 6-9 personal-best from high school at Seattle's O'Dea.
On the women's side, nothing has come easy for senior Kelly McNamee since her first indoor season which saw her reach the NCAA Indoor meet. The Spokane native has been snake bit with several injuries, and last season was the most frustrating one yet. After getting back in good form with a 5-10 clearance indoors, McNamee tripped on the metal curb at an outdoor meet and injured her ankle, undermining her outdoor season.
After enduring two frustrating years, the best could still lie ahead for McNamee, and Licari says "I would really be thrilled for her to have a season where she can put it all together. She's feeling healthy right now and doing great."
Junior Caroline Soules and sophomore Alice Verhovek should be factors. Soules went 5-5 at the intrasquad meet, and has conference meet experience. Another couple inches to her personal-best will have her chasing points at the conference level.
"Caroline and Alice both were right around their bests at the intrasquad meet, so I'm hoping those girls will surprise some people this season," says Licari.
The most versatile new athlete on the Husky squad might be Jaleecia Roland of Federal Way. She will test herself in the multi-events but should factor into several individual events as well, starting with the high jump, where she also went 5-5 at the intrasquad meet.
Long and Triple Jumps
A pair of NCAA West Prelim qualifiers are back to power the long and triple jumps for the Husky men. Boise native Kasen Covington set the freshman school record in the triple jump last year, going 50-feet, 8.25-inches during the indoor season. He went on to place sixth at his first Pac-12 meet despite battling a heel bruise late in the season. Bardwell, from Tacoma, qualified for his first Regional meet with a wind-aided best of 24-3 ¾ last season, and will aim to build on that mark indoors and out.
"Kasen and Julian can both do the long and triple jumps but each one has different strengths," says Licari. "Kasen had a strong year last year and was very consistent. The heel bruise affected his championships season negatively. But he's doing well right now and he can take a big step this year.
"Julian has been around the block and has shown consistent improvement and I know he wants to deliver at a conference meet and put some points on the board. It's great that he has two years still to go."
Another returner with a taste of Pac-12 competition is junior Clayton Johnson, who scored for UW indoors at the MPSF Championships last year, placing seventh in the triple jump. Licari would like to see Johnson add some points now at Pac-12s.
The big x-factor for UW will be the legs of standout football frosh Kasen Williams, who just wrapped up a great first fall on the gridiron. Williams was one of the top prep jumpers in the country last year, and he showed why in his first Apple Cup, when he made a highlight-reel leap over a Cougar defender down the sidelines. Williams had the No. 10 long jump in the country during his senior track season, and the No. 4 triple jump, while also winning every high jump competition he entered with a season-best of 6-11. Williams swept the three jump events at the 2011 Washington 4A state meet.
Nothing is set in stone, and Williams will need time to rest up from the long fall, but Licari knows that "Kasen Williams absolutely would just be a huge addition to that group. All indications from Kasen were that he's really excited about doing track so we're just hoping that he still feels the same way.
One of the top point scorers on the entire track team was debating whether or not to return for a fifth season. But with the success of her junior year, Bakersfield native Taylor Nichols ultimately decided to invest another year in track and field, instantly bolstering the experience of the unit.
Nichols was the MPSF runner-up last year in the triple jump, with a mark of 40-7 ½ that ranks third on the Husky indoor top-10. She then posted another PR at Pac-10s, going 41-2 ½ for the No. 4 mark outdoors and a fifth-place finish.
But Nichols will be pushed by her teammate, junior Shaniae Lakes, who also scored at both conference meets last year (seventh in both) and actually out-jumped Nichols at West Prelims, where Lakes was 20th overall with the top-12 advancing to Des Moines. Lakes, who hails from Richland, Wash., also extended her PR last year to 41-3 ¼.
If both Nichols and Lakes can consistently push the 42-foot mark, they could contend for a Pac-12 title and a trip to NCAAs, while also targeting the school record of 41-7 ¼ that has stood for 17 years.
"Taylor's decision to stay for her last year of eligibility is great for this group," says Licari. "Shaniae and Taylor were right there neck and neck; they jumped in the mid-41 range. If they can improve by a foot or a foot and a half they can start to be considered as NCAA competitors and that is what they are shooting for."
Not to be overlooked is another Bakersfield, Calif. native, sophomore Alana Alexander. She is just a couple inches away from cracking the 40-foot mark for the first time and was 12th at the Pac-10 meet last year.
The long jump will be a bit of a committee operation this season. Jaleecia Roland served notice that she could help the cause at the intrasquad meet as she long jumped 18-9. Nichols, Lakes and Alexander will all long jump as well, along with heptathlete Sarah Schireman.
Says Licari, "All those women as far as long jump is concerned are 18-6, 18-8 jumpers, and to be a competitive conference person they need to really improve a foot or so, be a 19-6 type of girl to start to sniff a possibility of points. So they'll keep working at that. Hopefully a couple of those girls can take their long jumping to the next level."
Jeremy Taiwo dominated the Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships last year en route to claiming the first Pac-10 decathlon title for a Husky in 25 years. But Taiwo has alternated outstanding performances with some physical setbacks, and last spring ended with an elbow needing surgery which had forced Taiwo to throw javelin left-handed at NCAAs, costing him hundreds of points. Taiwo also had an operation on a lingering hip issue that had caused him pain for two years.
Still, the Renton native is the team captain for the entire men's jumps group, a testament to the respect he carries and the hard work he puts in. The three-time All-American will likely be out for the indoor season, and Licari says the outdoor season is "still up in the air" at this point but that Taiwo is on the road to a full recovery.
Should Taiwo not defend his Pac-12 title this year, the Huskies could look to freshmen Joseph Aubert and Chase Walker to pick up the slack though there's certainly no replacing an athlete of Taiwo's caliber.
The women return their two Pac-10 heptathlon competitors from a year ago, junior Jaleecia Roland is showing a ton of promise as well.
"Sarah's looking really good, Shelby's also training well," says Licari. Williams was solid in the open shot put and will continue to help there, while Sarah "is a good jumper and a good runner, but we're working on making her throws better."
In winning two events and placing second in a third at the intrasquad meet, Roland "showed signs of being a great multi-event athlete. She's a great jumper, has picked up the hurdles really quick, she's a strong girl so she can throw well." Right now Licari says her biggest area of need is in fitness and conditioning "in order to do some of the longer events on the track."
The first indoor multi-events will come in the Dempsey at the UW Invitational, so coaches and athletes won't have to wait long to see how things begin to shape up.


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