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Head Coach Dan Hawkins
ON KANSAS STATE ATMOSPHERE—"I think it will be tremendously louder, tremendously wilder, a lot more people, a lot more noise, a lot more excitement (than previous road games)."
ON THE ATMOSPHERE AT BAYLOR—"It certainly wasn't as loud as some other places we've played."
ON BEING MORE FIRED UP FOR A ROAD GAME—"The good teams always get fired up. The good teams get fired up and it doesn't matter if you're home or away or who your opponent is or when it is. They see an opportunity and they maximize that opportunity; that has been my experience anyway."
ON THE BAYLOR GAME—"I think, again, that there was some frustration but it was that we were just a hair away from some big plays. It wasn't like 'Oh you missed that pass' or 'Oh you missed that block,' it was more 'One more guy and we return that kick for a touchdown' or 'One more guy and we return that interception for a touchdown.' Just one inch further and we'd have gotten a blocked punt or one inch further and we'd have got the fumble on the return. There were just a bunch of those plays in there where you go 'Oh my gosh we were just so close to it right there.'"
ON KANSAS STATE KICK RETURNERS—"Yeah, that is probably fair enough to say (that they are the best kick returners CU has seen). They are one of the better teams we'll play, I like the way they play. They play hard, they come after you in every phase, and they do a great job of limiting mistakes. I like the way Ron (Prince) coaches his guys and the way they play. They definitely have an atmosphere about them."
ON KSU QB JOSH FREEMAN—"He's done a nice job, I'm sure he threw some interceptions last week that I'm sure he was not happy about but he's played pretty good football. Particularly for being a young guy, he's a big part of what they do on offense. Both from the standpoint of throwing the football but also it is hard to get to him. He's mobile and even if you're lucky enough to get to him you better have somebody big tackle him or you are not going to get him down."
ON FREEMAN'S TOUCHDOWN TO INTERCEPTION RATIO--"I don't know, I'm sure it is youth a little bit, I'm sure as he learns and gets better he will grow from that."
ON WHAT IT TAKES TO RETURN A KICK FOR A TD—"It is usually 11 guys going full speed, doing one small technique correctly. People aren't taking plays off or taking plays for granted. It certainly helps to have personnel, to have somebody who is fast or elusive with the ball, but when you have a program like theirs, they have a combination of good guys and guys who bust their fanny to get it done."
ON WR/PR CHASE MCBRIDE'S AVAILABILITY—"There is a chance he'll be available, there is a chance. We just have to see how he comes around."
ON THE TEAM'S REACTION TO THE NEW PRACTICE BUBBLE—"They were excited, they really were. It was great to see the smiles on their faces. Whether it is a win or a new facility you just continue to see this program grow and things develop. It was fun to see the looks on their faces."
ON KSU WR JORDY NELSON—"He can do it all. They will hand him the ball, they'll throw it to him underneath and let him run, they'll throw it deep and he makes tough catches in traffic. He is a really, really good player. He is big and physical but he can get in and out of his breaks. He is a really good player, he really is. They will do a variety of all those things with him."
ON HAVING SIX KSU GAMES TO STUDY RATHER THAN JUST ONE OR TWO—"Well every week you are putting together everything they do, so you are getting some statistical input from every game they put together. So the more games that you have, the more statistical validity you have in that. Everyone always has new wrinkles they throw in there for you, something to throw you off."
ON KSU DEFENSE—"I think the thing that really sticks out is how aggressive and physical they are, and I mean all of them. They come off the ball and come after you, they can run and they have good size and strength. They are very sound in all of that.
"It is a little bit different in terms of how they come after you. Some of the things you are doing against an even front team you aren't going to be doing against an odd front team, so it is just a little different."
ON KSU DE IAN CAMPBELL—"Again, all of those guys, and I don't know about the hype—I'm not into the hype, I just watch tape and all of those guys can make plays. He's probably made a few more plays than those other guys but they all do a nice job. It is hard to block them; they are always playing downhill on you and coming hard."
ON KSU BEING THE MOST PHYSICAL DEFENSE CU HAS SEEN—"You know it is hard to say because
ON KSU COMING OFF A LOSS TO RIVAL KANSAS—"I do expect them to come out with their horns out, I think that is Ron's mentality a little bit. They will bounce back and they'll be ready to go."
ON TALKING TO TEAM ABOUT KSU'S MENTALITY AFTER LAST WEEK—"We talk about that a little bit, we always try to give them a little bit of a flavor of what they can anticipate. Again I think you have to be careful because you don't want to externalize a bunch of things."
ON KSU BRINGING AN EXTRA DEFENSIVE RUSHER—"Yeah, they will. They are an odd front team (3-4 defense); they will generally bring at least one guy extra but that is the nature of their defense; that is how they play. They are an up field defense so it isn't necessarily the guy they are rushing but people getting off of blocks."
ON KSU'S OFFENSE COMPARED TO BAYLOR'S—"It is quite a bit different in nature, I don't think they are what I'd call a spread offense. They are more like we are in having a multiple formation offense in getting the quarterback under the center and doing those type of things. Where as Baylor is much more out of the gun and spreading guys out, less two back and having a true tight end, those type of things."
ON WHAT PLAY FROM THE BAYLOR GAME HE MOST WANTED TO SEE ON FILM—"The one play...oh man...that is hard to say. I don't really look at it like that, but it was nice that our offense took the ball down and scored on the first series, it is always nice to start fast, that was good. (WR) Dusty (Sprague) made a lot of plays on that. I thought there was one drive that (TB) Hugh (Charles) got a lot of tough yards and ran hard, that was impressive. The defense had a lot of great moments as well, so I don't know if there was a single play."
ON HIS MIDSEASON GRADE FOR THE TEAM—"Again, I'm one of those guys where you are never there and you are never not there. I always tell our guys that the average ought to be good, your average performance ought to be good. I think we are getting there and getting used to that but there are a lot of games to be played."
ON WHAT THE TEAM HAS DONE BEST THIS SEASON—"I think the biggest thing that they have done is adhere to the principals and philosophies of what it is that we are trying to get done. I have been very pleased with their leadership, toughness, work ethic and their ability to start fast and finish. All those things that we talk about that are so important, not only in football but other things. That, to me has been awesome and that is why we have played better. Clearly when you have your sophomore season (as a coach) you have a little more experience and your guys have a better understanding of what is going on and that helps."
ON WHAT HE WANTS THE TEAM TO IMPROVE ON—"Well our turnover ratio is still not good. I think offensively the last three games we have been playing pretty good. We had a few glitches there early on and our offense has made tremendous strides, as has our defense, but I think our offense had been a little bit behind. I think if you look at the body of work our offense has done the last three weeks or so has been pretty good, pretty consistent. But we're always working on turnovers and trying to get to that next level and that is why I say when you get to a scenario, like that Baylor game, where you say 'Gee wiz, we were so close to blocking that punt' and those kinds of things you'd like to just get over the hump a little bit, special teams wise."
ON PRACTICING IN THE BUBBLE TODAY—"It is the greatest day in
ON SCOUT TEAM—"I really mean this, part of the reason that we are better is that our scout team has been getting better. We do a lot of service team work in practice and it is interesting because a lot of the defensive guys, to some degree, would rather go against the scout team versus service because they are giving them a better look and they know what is going on. That has helped us all the way around, we have been way better on scout team and I don't know if it is one guy over another but we have a number of people who have stepped up and that is part of learning how to be a good football team. Those guys are understanding and appreciating it, and that is hard. You're playing somebody else's scheme every week and coaches are yelling at you and players are yelling at you, you aren't getting a lot of rest but you have to keep coming."
ON WHAT KSU HEAD COACH RON PRINCE HAS DONE FOR THE PROGRAM—"I think he has a lot of passion, a lot of desire, a lot of fire. He is a personable guy, he does a great job of motivating his players; you can see that on film and their style. They play hard and they get after it and do what they are supposed to do and that stuff shows up. I think every coach who has ever coached football loves it when the other coach comes up and says your guys played hard. I don't know what it is in your business but in our business when another coach goes 'Your team plays hard' you are thinking 'Alright, that is a big deal.'"
QB Cody Hawkins
ON MIDSEASON GRADE—"...My grade right now is 4-2 because that is what our record is. Obviously our job is to win football games and put enough points on the scoreboard to win. We are either getting that done or we are not. There are obviously some things that we could have done better and should have done better, and there are some things that our guys have responded to and done well. Obviously I think our biggest grade is our record right now."
ON GAINING COMFORT AS THE SEASON GOES ON—"I think that I have always been pretty comfortable with the guys around me and the scheme that we play, but there is definitely a learning curve your first couple of games. You start to get used to things and things start to slow down. I think during the
ON WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE ON PERSONALLY—"Wow, taking care of the football, score more points, converting on third-down is always huge, so bringing up the third-down efficiency a little bit, managing the clock a little better and being a little more of a vocal leader. I have always been a pretty vocal kid but I kind of had my feelers out the first half of the season. I wasn't really trying to call people out and trying to stay quiet and not talk too much, but I think that is part of my deal. I like to talk and get people fired up and communicate with people. As I continue to get more comfortable with the guys on the team and my role on the team that will have to step up as well."
ON THE KSU DEFENSE—"They play an odd front which is three down lineman and four linebackers, but all of their linebackers are about the size of D-lineman so they stack a lot of big guys in the box and they play hard. They blitz a lot of different guys, any of their four linebackers will blitz, and usually they bring at least one on every play sometimes two or three. Their secondary does a nice job of rallying and making plays, flying around and making things happen. I think they are very well coached and they play hard. Obviously you saw what they did to
ON WR DUSTY SPRAGUE—"...Dusty knows every position on the field so he was playing more roles in the first half. On that first reception I got flushed out and he stayed alive on a scramble drill and made a play. It just so happened with our down and position on the field that he was our Z (receiver) and he ran a cake route which resulted in a touchdown. On another reception he had, we call that "Creek," he was the inside receiver and just because he's a big body and can get down the field. Because (TE) Tyson (DeVree) wasn't playing Dusty is probably our biggest receiver right now."
ON PLAYING AGAINST THE KSU DEFENSE—"I think the kind of defense that they play they get fired up when they are on a roll and you just have to stay and keep executing and move the ball. You will get a lot of defenses who get real excited and then get some tendencies like blitzing all the time or they will get real conservative when they are doing well. But I think


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The Anti-Defamation League withdrew from participating in a national Jewish-Christian interfaith dialogue after church leaders asked Congress to reevaluate U.S. military aid to Israel.
The ADL in a statement called the request "a serious breach of trust by mainline Protestant Church leaders" participating in the annual interfaith meeting, which will be held on Oct. 22.
The religious leaders from the Lutheran, Methodist and United Church of Christ churches, and the National Council of Churches sent a letter to Congress members on Oct. 8 calling for an investigation into possible violations by Israel of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. The violations would make Israel ineligible for U.S. military aid.
The letter also decried what it called "a troubling and consistent pattern of disregard by the government of Israel for U.S. policies that support a just and lasting peace," citing Israel's failure to halt settlement activity despite repeated U.S. government requests.
"In light of the failure of any of the church leaders to reach out to us, we have decided not to attend this interfaith meeting," said Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director. "The blatant lack of sensitivity by the Protestant dialogue partners we had been planning to meet with has seriously damaged the foundation for mutual respect, which is essential for meaningful interfaith dialogue.
"It is outrageous that mere days after the Iranian president repeated his call for Israel's elimination, these American Protestant leaders would launch a biased attack against the Jewish state by calling on Congress to investigate Israel's use of foreign aid. In its clear bias against Israel, it is striking that their letter fails to also call for an investigation of Palestinian use of U.S. foreign aid, thus once again placing the blame entirely on Israel."
Foxman called on other Jewish organizations to "understand the level of disrespect the American Jewish community is being shown here" and to also withdraw from the conference.
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I absolutely stand behind Foxman's decision to turn his back and walk away from this group of Christians. I would have done it along time ago because groups like this have been disrespecting Israel for many years. One has to be morally and intellectually pea-brained to equate the actions of the Israelis, which have been defensive, with the aggression and barbarism of the Arabs - Palestinians and others. The fact that this group of Christians actually chooses to side with the Palestinians is morally perverted and virtually anti-semitic by definition.

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TUCSON, Ariz. ?- University of Arizona golfer Erica Blasberg will forego her remaining collegiate eligibility to pursue her dream of becoming a professional golfer, she announced Monday.
A native of Corona, Calif., Blasberg won six individual titles in 20 collegiate tournaments appearances. She held a stroke average of 72.33 during her career at Arizona. Blasberg also had 12 rounds in the 60s and 32 rounds below par.
"We will surely miss Erica [Blasberg] next season, but wish her the best of luck as she pursues her dream of playing on the LPGA Tour," said Head Coach Greg Allen about Blasberg's departure. "We appreciate everything she did on and off the golf course for the University of Arizona the past two seasons."
While at Arizona, Blasberg was honored with numerous accolades. In 2003, Blasberg was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year and the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year; she became the only Pac-10 women's golfer to ever be named both in the same year. In addition, she was also two-time Pac-10 First Team and two-time NGCA First Team All-American. She also was a finalist for the 2003 Honda Award for women's golf. Her freshman season (2002-03) also included earning the Golfstat Cup, which is given to the player with the lowest stroke average in the country. In addition to all the awards she was able to maintain standing within the top-5 on the Golfweek/Saragrin Performance Index both years at Arizona, including rounding out her successful freshman (2002-03) campaign atop the Index. Blasberg also was honorable mention for Pac-10 All-Academics in 2004
As a sophomore, Blasberg helped lead the young Arizona squad. Hyped as a pre-season All-American she did not disappoint. She was Arizona's top-finisher in all tournaments she participated in. During the 2003 Stanford-Pepsi Invitational, which Blasberg won, she set her Wildcat career-low tournament of 209 (-7). The highlight of her sophomore season was a victory at the NCAA Central Regional in Normal, Ill., where Blasberg went 212 (-1) in a effort to help her team place 2nd in the Regional. In addition to her Central Regional victory Blasberg also had five rounds in the 60s and 16 rounds below par during the season.
Her freshman season was her most impressive, Blasberg followed in the footsteps of Lorena Ochoa, Annika Sorentstam, Marisa Baena and Natalie Gulbis as University of Arizona women who have medalist honors their freshman seasons, by capturing two titles. Blasberg placed within the top-10 in all, but her first collegiate tournament. Notably she came in third at both the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA Championships. Her first season also included seven rounds in the 60s and 16 rounds below par. She became one of only two women to shoot a round in the 60s at the NCAA Championships.
Blasberg will join the Futures Tour on July 8-10 at the Stratton Mountain (Vermont) Classic, hoping to earn her LPGA exempt card through a top-5 finish.
Erica Blasberg ?- At A Glance
Career Scoring Average: 72.33
2002-03: 72.36, National low
2001-02: 72.29
Tournaments Won (6):
2002-03 (2)
Stanford-Pepsi Invitational Oct. 18-20, 2002 Palo Alto, Calif.
Wildcat Invitational Feb. 24-26, 2003 Tucson, Ariz.
2003-04 (4)
Mason Rudolph Invitational Sept. 26-28, 2003 Nashville, Tenn.
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (tied) Oct. 6-8, 2003 Seattle, Wash.
Pepsi-Stanford Invitational (tied) Oct. 17-19, 2003 Palo Alto, Calif.
NCAA Central Regional May 6-8, 2004 Normal, Ill.
Honors, Awards and Accolades
2003 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year
2003 Pac-10 Freshman Golfer of the Year
Pac-10 First Team ?- 2003, 2004
NGCA First Team All-American ?- 2003, 2004
Golfstat Cup for nation's lowest scoring average ?- 2003 (72.36)
Honda Award for Women's Golf ?- finalist 2003
Golf Digest Player of the Year ?- 2003
- In 61 rounds of collegiate golf, Blasberg was at par or better in 32 rounds
- Blasberg competed in 4 LPGA events as an amateur
- Blasberg finished only three times outside the top-10 in all 20 tournaments she participated in
- Blasberg was a member of the 2004 Curtis Cup team
- Blasberg advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2003 U.S. women's amateur
- Blasberg will join 10 other former Wildcats golfers once she reaches the LPGA Tour
- Blasberg finished the 2003 season ranked first on the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, and finished the 2004 season ranked third
- Blasberg made the cut as an amateur in the 2003 Welch's/Fry's Championship, finished tied for 49th


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Jan. 10, 2000
THIS WEEK - The pre-season No. 3 UCLA Gymnastics team (1-4) will compete twice this week with a quad meet at Arizona and a dual meet at Cal State Fullerton. First up for UCLA is a meeting with Arizona (0-0), Iowa (0-0) and Central Michigan (3-0) on Friday, Jan. 14 in Tucson, Ariz. The meet will take place at the McKale Center at 7:30 pm MT. UCLA returns to Southern California on Monday, Jan. 17 to face Cal State Fullerton (1-1) at Titan Gym at 7:00 pm.
A LOOK AT FRIDAY'S COMPETITION - Arizona and Iowa will open their 2000 season on Friday. The Wildcats, who placed fourth at the Pac-10 Championships a year ago, return All-Americans Heidi Hornbeek (1997 NCAA floor champion) and Maureen Kealey. Iowa, which finished with a 5-10 record a year ago, is looking for a fresh start with new head coach Mike Lorenzen. The Hawkeyes are led by Giselle Boniforti, who holds the school record on bars (9.95) and Robyn Gamble, the school record-holder on beam (9.9). Central Michigan had a strong season a year ago, finishing 23-5 and just missing a spot in the NCAA Championships after placing third at Regionals. The Chippewas opened 2000 last weekend with a winning score of 191.575 in a quad meet at Northern Illinois. UCLA is 39-1 all-time against Arizona and 1-0 against Iowa. The Bruins and Chippewas have never met.
A LOOK AT CAL STATE FULLERTON - The Titans last weekend recorded their best-ever season-opening score, a 192.15. Sophomore newcomer Joanna Hughes, a member of the Australian National Team and a 1996 Olympian, tied the school record on bars with a 9.85. UCLA owns a 29-24 all-time advantage over the Titans.
YOUNG BRUINS SEEK EXPERIENCE -The youthful 2000 Bruins will be using the early part of the season to gain experience. UCLA returns just six athletes who competed a year ago and only four who competed at the NCAA Championships. Prior to last weekend, the Bruins had one athlete who had not competed in four years (Doni Thompson), one who had not competed in two years (Amy Young) and another who had not competed in one year (Onnie Willis).
VELASCO TO COMPETE IN HOMETOWN - Sophomore Valerie Velasco will compete in her hometown of Fullerton on Jan. 17 when the Bruins face Cal State Fullerton. Velasco, one of four returning all-arounders for the Bruins, attended school at Rosary HS and trained at Gym-Max.
LAST WEEK - UCLA placed fifth in the inaugural Super Six Challenge in Athens, Ga. last weekend. The Bruins were impressive after a shaky first rotation which saw five athletes fall off the beam. UCLA posted 49+ scores on floor (49.15) and vault (49.025) to surpass Florida into fifth place. Second-ranked Alabama won the meet with a score of 195.75, handing second-place Georgia its first loss in 30 meets.
BHARDWAJ SHINES FOR BRUINS - Junior All-American Mohini Bhardwaj (Cincinnati, Ohio) showed why she was tabbed by head coach Valorie Kondos as the "most talented gymnast we've ever had at UCLA." Bhardwaj set a new career-high with a first-place mark of 9.95 on bars, placed second on floor with a 9.9 and third on vault with a 9.875. She had the highest level of difficulty in the competition, competing a double layout on floor, a full-twisting double layout dismount on bars and a 1 1/2 twisting Yurchenko layout on vault.
THE COMEBACK KID - Freshman Doni Thompson (Olympia, Wash.) not only made her collegiate debut last weekend, but she also competed in her first meet in four and a half years. The former U.S. National Team member retired from gymnastics in 1995 after winning a gold medal at the Pan American Games (team) and USA Championships (beam) and a bronze at the World Championships (team). She returned in 1998 but had not competed since the 1995 World Championships. Thompson showed little signs of rust, scoring a 9.8 on bars and a 9.775 on floor. She was also the only Bruin to stay on the beam, scoring a 9.525.
THE COMEBACK KID 2 - Redshirt freshman Amy Young also returned to competition after a lengthy absence. A torn ACL in her left knee kept her out of competition in 1998, and she re-tore it during pre-season practice a year ago, forcing her to redshirt the 1999 season. Young competed for the first time since 1997, leading off the Bruins on beam at the Super Six Challenge.
FRESHMEN MAKE IMPRESSIVE DEBUTS - UCLA's highly-touted freshman class made a strong impression in their first collegiate meet. Along with the aforementioned Thompson, Onnie Willis (Tacoma, Wash.) scored a 9.8 on vault and a 9.75 with an out-of-bounds deduction on floor. Malia Jones (Sparks, Nev.) scored a 9.7 on vault and a 9.775 on floor, and Kristin Parker (Hanford, Calif.) recorded a 9.825 on bars and a 9.625 on vault.
BRUINS RANK THIRD IN PRE-SEASON POLL - UCLA earned the No. 3 spot in the pre-season coaches' poll, earning six first-place votes. Two-time defending champion Georgia was selected No. 1 with 17 first-place votes, followed by No. 2 Alabama with seven first-place votes. Rounding out the Top 10 are No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Utah, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 7 Arizona State, No. 8 Penn State, No. 9 Florida and No. 10 LSU. All six teams participating in the Super Six Challenge are ranked in the Top 10. UCLA will face six additional Top 25 teams in the 2000 season. The Bruins were ranked No. 4 in a pre-season poll by Sports Illustrated for Women.
HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION ... - The 2000 Bruins will be led by returning All-Americans Heidi Moneymaker (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Lena Degteva (Mississauga, Ont.) and Mohini Bhardwaj. All three Bruins competed in the 1999 World University Games during the summer, with Moneymaker and Bhardwaj representing the United States and Degteva representing Canada. Degteva, an eight-time All-American, finished 13th in the all-around finals. Eight-time All-American Moneymaker, the defending NCAA vault champion and the 1998 NCAA bars champion, placed 16th but was ninth all-around during team competition. Bhardwaj, a five-time All-American, qualified for the all-around finals but had to withdraw due to injury. In addition to competing at the World University Games, Moneymaker competed at her first-ever USA Championships, where she placed 21st.
ROSTER UPDATE - Freshman Carly Raab (Seattle, Wash.), who was a Top 10 all-around finisher at the 1998 Level 10 Championships, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in November and will redshirt the 2000 season. Sophomore Alison Stoner (Laguna Hills, Calif.) tore ligaments in her knee while competing on floor at the NCAA Championships in April and will also sit out the 2000 season. Freshman Sarah Deegan (Oshawa, Ont.) has retired from the sport and moved back to Canada to attend school there. Kaitie Dyson, a freshman in 1999, injury-retired from gymnastics due to back injuries. Dyson will serve as an undergraduate assistant coach for the Bruins.
BRUINS OPEN AT HOME JAN. 28 - UCLA's first home meet will be Friday, Jan. 28 against Arizona State in Pauley Pavilion at 7:00 pm. The Sun Devils placed fourth at last year's NCAA Championships and return All-Americans Elizabeth Reid, Elizabeth McNabb and Kelly Christensen.
UCLA AGAIN SIGNS TOP RECRUITING CLASS - UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos signed in 1999 what was considered to be the greatest recruiting class in the history of the sport. This year, she one-upped that by signing an even more impressive group of recruits.
Kondos signed three 1999 World Championships competitors and 2000 Olympic hopefuls to national letters of intent in November and reaffirmed commitments with two other Olympic hopefuls who originally signed letters of intent a year ago. The three signed this year are five-time U.S. National Team member Jeanette Antolin (Huntington Beach, Calif./ SCATS), 1999 U.S. bars champion Jamie Dantzscher (Palmdale, Calif./Charter Oaks Gliders) and 1996 Olympian and 1999 Canadian vault and floor champion Yvonne Tousek (Cambridge, Ont./Cambridge Kips).
Joining Antolin, Dantzscher and Tousek in the freshman class of 2001 will be two-time defending national all-around champion Kristen Maloney (Allentown, PA/Parkettes/ Pen Argyl HS) and 1999 World Championships qualifier Alyssa Beckerman (Middletown, NJ/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy/Wyoming HS), who originally signed letters of intent a year ago and deferred enrollment until after the 2000 Olympics. Maloney and Beckerman signed new grant-in-aids forms for the 2000-2001 school year.


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Former NKU AD Sentenced To 10-Years
Posted On May 23, 2014
(Highland Heights, Ky.) – A 10 year prison sentence has been ordered for the former athletic director at Northern Kentucky University.
Scott Eaton had pleaded guilty last month to theft charges. Eaton admitted to stealing more than $300,000 from NKU between 2007 and 2013.
The revelation came after an audit of the NKU athletic department after Eaton was fired for having relationships with multiple NKU staffers and a student.
In addition to his prison time, Eaton must repay $311,000 in restitution at a minimum of $500 per month.
Former NKU Athletic Director Pleads To Theft Charge
Athletic Director Defrauds NKU


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College Hockey:Pioneers Down Seawolves
Six Different Players Score for Denver
DENVER — No head coach? No problem.
With George Gwozdecky serving a one game suspension Friday night, the University of Denver Pioneers performed admirably under the tutelage of assistant coach Steve Miller, defeating the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, 6-2.
From the top of the roster, everybody contributed, said Miller. We had a great week of practice and thats where it started.
After a back-and-forth first period which the Pioneers mostly dominated, it looked like the two teams would go into the second scoreless until Luke Salazar scored a power play goal with 1:15 left in the frame. Kyle Ostrows shot made it past Seawolf netminder Jon Olthius (36 saves) and popped out to Salazar who was waiting unmolested on the back door and tapped the puck into a wide open net.
The Pioneers extended their lead to 2-0 1:19 into the second on a similar play, this time, even-strength. Dustin Jackson tipped a Patrick Wiercioch shot on net. Olthius made the initial save, but it popped out to his right where Anthony Maiani was waiting and knocked it in.
Normally were pretty good [with those plays] and we worked on it all week, said UAA coach Dave Shyiak. We were overall lethargic in our play and we didnt compete well. I thought the team let Jonny down.
Kyle Ostrow made it 3-0 four minutes later when he sniped a shot just underneath the crossbar past Olthius. The goal was first signaled, then waved off and then reviewed and given to the Pioneers at the next whistle.
I thought it went in right away, said Ostrow. I celebrated, but I noticed I was the only one celebrating so I was a little unsure at first, but guys were saying they thought it went in too, so I felt a little more confident after that.
With 5:01 to play in the second, Wiercioch put DU up 4-0 with a power play blast from the high slot that went over Olthiuss right shoulder.
UAA cut the lead to three with 2:20 to go in the period with a power play tally of their own. Trevor Hunt took a shot from the point that bounced off of Pioneer goaltender Marc Cheveries (24 saves) glove and in.
The Pioneers regained the four-goal cushion 2:42 into the third period. Brandon Vossberg carried the puck from behind the Seawolf net to the low slot and backhanded it over Olthiuss glove to make it a 5-1 game.
Sean Wiles sniped a shot far side past Cheverie from the right circle to make it 5-2 with just under 14 minutes remaining in the contest. However, it was the Pioneers who would have the final say in scoring when Joe Colborne took a Patrick Mullen pass and fired it low just inside the left post past Olthius.
Thats the most shots weve given up in two years and weve got to get better, said Shyiak, referencing the final total of 42 shots against. What can I say? They executed and we didnt.
I thought we handled their pressure, because they come at you, said Miller. I thought we handled their pressure well.
The two teams face off again Saturday night. The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. MT.
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Breakfast at the
Twine Loft
Served between 8:30am-9:30am
The Twine Loft is located just a short walk away from all Artisan Inn properties
For breakfast reservations:
call 709 464 3377 or email the Twine Loft.
A continental breakfast is included for Artisan Inn guests renting rooms or suites*
Home Baked Newfoundland Berry Muffins
Tea Buns
A Selection of Cereals
Fruit Salad
Coffee, Tea and Orange Juice.
Hot Breakfast Items for Purchase:
Pea Meal Bacon, Eggs and Toast – $7.50
French Toast – $6.50
Pea Meal Bacon: $1.50 per slice
2 Eggs (scrambled or fried) $3.99
Toast: $1.50 per slice
Menu subject to change
*Guests renting self-catering Vacation Homes managed by the Artisan Inn may purchase a continental breakfast for $7 and or hot dishes for the prices listed. Vacation Home renters should inform the Twine Loft staff the day before if they wish to reserve a table for breakfast.
Please inform us of any special dietary needs you may have and special arrangements can be made.
What if you are not staying at the Artisan Inn?
While the Twine Loft is licensed to serve breakfast to the public, tables are primarily reserved for guests staying in the Artisan Inn's rooms and vacation homes. If you are staying at another establishment and wish to purchase breakfast at the Twine Loft please call 1-709-464-3377 the day before to see if a table will be available, as walk-ins unfortunately cannot be accommodated.
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Counter Service Restaurants
- ABC Commissary (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Anaheim Produce
- Backlot Express (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Catalina Eddie's (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Club Disney (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction
- Fairfax Fare (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Fantasmic Hollywood Hills Amphitheater
- Herbie's Drive-In
- Hollywood Scoops
- KRNR: The Rock Station
- Min & Bill's Dockside Diner (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Muppets Joffrey's
- Oasis Canteen
- Peevy's Polar Pipeline
- Pizza Planet (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Rosie's All-American Cafe (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Starring Rolls Cafe (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Sweet Spells
- The Trolley Car Cafe
- Toluca Legs Turkey Co. (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Woody's Round-Up
- Writer's Stop
Table Service Restaurants
- 50's Prime Time Cafe (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Hollywood & Vine (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant (Disney Dining Plan participant)
- The Hollywood Brown Derby (Disney Dining Plan participant)
Food Carts
- Animation Courtyard Ice Cream Cart
- Bocados del Lago
- Cool Set Productions
- DHS Hub Popcorn Cart
- Frozen Sing Along Ice Cream Cart
- Frozen Sing-A-Long Beverage Station
- Great Movie Ride Nut and Ice CreamWagon
- Great Movie Ride Pretzel Cart
- Hollywood Boulevard Ice Cream Cart
- Hollywood Waffles of Fame
- Hot and Fresh Popcorn - Near Great Movie Ride
- Hot and Fresh Popcorn - Near Tip Board
- Ice Cold Stand
- Indiana Jones Ice Cream Cart
- Muppets Courtyard Ice Cream Cart
- Pixar Place Joffrey's
- Pretzel Garden
- Sliders to the Stars
- Star Tours Ice Cream Cart
- Star Wars Popcorn Cart
- Streets of America Nut Cart
- Tower of Terror Ice Cream Cart
- Tower of Terror Joffrey's
Bars or Lounges
Dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios is more interesting than in the Magic Kingdom and less ethnic than at Epcot. Disney's Hollywood Studios has five restaurants where advance reservations is recommended: The Hollywood Brown Derby, 50's Prime Time Cafe, Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant, Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, and the Hollywood and Vine Cafeteria. The upscale Brown Derby is by far the best restaurant at the Studios.
For simple Italian food, including pizza, Mama Melrose's is fine. Just don't expect anything fancy. At the Sci-Fi Dine-In, you eat in little cars at a simulated drive-in movie of the 1950s. Though you won't find a more entertaining restaurant in Walt Disney World, the food is quite disappointing. Somewhat better is the 50's Prime Time Cafe, where you sit in Mom's kitchen of the 1950s and scarf down meat loaf while watching clips of vintage TV sitcoms. The 50's Prime Time Cafe is fun, and the food is a step up. The best way to experience either restaurant is to stop in for dessert or a drink between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.
Author's Favorite Counter-Service Restaurants
We receive considerable mail from readers recounting their Disney Studios dining experiences. A man from Sumter, South Carolina, writes:
We had lunch at the Sci-Fi Dine-In. In the guide you gave it a terrible review, but I have always felt you guys are too hard on the Disney restaurants, so we went ahead and ate there. Well, on this one you were right on target! While the atmosphere was fun, and the clips were a hoot, the food was lousy... and expensive!
A Mechanicsville, Virginia, family agreed:
You tried to warn us about the Sci-Fi Dine-In, but my four-year old was dying to eat there. The food was even worse than you said—and the cost! $9.50 for a hot dog and fries.
Readers respectively from Yakima, Washington and Glendale Heights, Illinois, chimed in, writing:
I admit I didn't follow your advice and we ate at the Sci-Fi. You were right, the food was expensive. It was actually our most expensive lunch on the trip. Eating in miniature cars was original. But the food was mediocre and way overpriced. The proverbial hot dog and fries were $9.50.
The 50's Prime Time Cafe is always a hot topic. First from a Maryland reader:
50's Prime Time Café was a fun experience, but again, the food quality was, at best, mediocre. If my mom really did cook that way, I would have many times run away from home. Our poor reaction to the food quality pushed us quickly into the car and out of WDW. I never thought I would get down on my knees and kiss the sidewalk outside of a Perkins Pancake House.
But a West Newton, Massachusetts, family loved the Prime Time:
50's Prime Time Café: We know you guys didn't rate it very well, but we decided to go against your recommendation and give it a shot. We're so glad we did! For the five of us (ages 16–20), this dining experience was a blast. Our waiter (and big brother for the meal),"Leroy," came and sat at our table and helped us set our places so we wouldn't get in trouble with "Mom." When one member of our party cursed, "Mom" arrived to punish him, making him clear the table onto her tray, which he did shamefully. Overall, the experience was a total kick, which we talked about for the rest of the trip.
Other Prime Time advocates had this to say:
Best meal in park, but you must get into character [i.e., go along with the role-playing] to have fun.
The 50's Prime Time Café had very good food. It's hardly a gourmet dish, but I have had lots of chicken Caesar salads, many of them bad. The Prime Time Café's salad was really excellent! The chicken was amazingly moist, and the salad was very fresh tasting. Even the croutons were above par.
The Brown Derby was a favorite of a San Diego reader:
Delicious food, great selections, and an excellent end to an evening at the Studios.
While yet another reader made a culinary find at Mama Melrose's Ristorante:
Great flatbread pizza!! Our waiter was as slow as a snail, but the food was good.
If you arrive at Disney's Hollywood Studios without previously arranging advance reservations for meals, do so at the the advance reservations kiosk at the corner of Hollywood and Sunset boulevards or at the restaurants.
If you have no advance reservations and become hungry during meal times, try Toy Story Pizza Planet (sometimes overlooked by the teeming hordes).
Each Disney's Hollywood Studios full-service and counter-service restaurant is profiled below.
If you dine at the Hollywood & Vine buffet (dinner only) or at Mama Melrose's or Brown Derby full-service restaurants, you can obtain a ticket/voucher for the members of your dining party to enter the night's first showing of Fantasmic! without waiting in line and sit in a section of seats (one of the best in the theater) reserved specifically for dining package patrons..
Here are the rules: You may call 407-WDW-DINE (or book online) up to 180 days in advance and request the Fantasmic! Dining Package for the night you want to see the show. This is a reservation and must be guaranteed with a credit card at the time of booking. There's a 48-hour cancellation policy. Disney Dining Plan credits can be used to pay for the meal.
To keep guests from coming in and ordering the cheapest thing on the menu just to get Fantasmic! vouchers, Disney includes a fixed price meal in the package. Sample 2013 prices (peak season, excluding park admission and gratuity) are roughly as follows:
Brown Derby
(Lunch or Dinner)
|Mama Melrose's
Ristorante Italiano
(Lunch or Dinner)
|Hollywood & Vine
(Dinner Only)
|Child (3-9)
The price covers all you care to eat at the Hollywood & Vine Buffet or entree and dessert at the Brown Derby or Mama Melrose. Nonalcoholic drinks are included with the package at all three restaurants. Allow yourself a minimum of two hours to eat and make your way to the Fantasmic! show. If you have made ordinary reservations for any of the participating restaurants, they will not include reserved seats for Fantasmic!. You have to buy the package to get the good seats.
You will receive your tickets/vouchers at the restaurant. 30-45 minutes before the first Fantasmic! show of the night, report to the VIP seating entrance on Sunset Boulevard next to Beauty and the Beast. A cast member will collect your vouchers and direct or escort you to the seating reserved for dining package guests. Though you're required to arrive early, you can be seated immediately and won't have to stand in any lines. You will not have specific assigned seats in the reserved section. It's first-come/first-served, so arrive early for the best choice. Finally, understand that you're out of luck if Fantasmic! is cancelled due to weather or other circumstances; you will not receive a refund or even a voucher for another performance.


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Significant Changes To Homepage Slide Show
By Matthew J. Adams
Feb 25, 2013
Over the rest of this week LSA Web Services will be finalizing changes to the Slide Show content type used on all CMS websites. This change will take effect this coming Saturday (March 2, 2013). Beginning at 4 am, the CMS will unavailable until an "all clear" message is emailed. This work will take between 4 and 6 hours to complete and will affect both editing and the "live" system as well. Visitors to our "live" web sites in the early morning hours of Saturday will receive a message saying that the system is down for routine maintenance.
The improved Slide Show content type will offer users:
- captions with automated slide shows (our #1 user request)
- the ability to load random initial images in your slideshow (via a checkbox)
- the ability to temporarily take slides out of rotation without having to delete them (via a checkbox)
- the ability to post YouTube videos instead of only static images (our #2 user request)
- better compliance with accessibility standards as visitors will have more control over the speed and duration of the slide show
- improved code and a simplified, more intuitive interface
Additional details about the changes will be announced closer to completion, along with introductory training videos.
Impact on our CMS users
We anticipate little (if any) disturbance or required work on your part during this upgrade and your slideshow will look and behave much the same way it does right now.
Because the new functionality will display existing captions in the slideshow, we have a list of about 20 customers we will be contacting this week to consult with them about these changes.
Please look for communications from us about this project in the next few days. If you have any questions or concerns about this endeavor, please contact me (email@example.com).


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Kings River Arts Council (KRAC) invites the Greater Fresno community to come to the Blossom Trail Art Exhibit, hosted by the Reedley Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is located at 1633 11th St. in Reedley. Donations will be accepted at the Chamber for the memorial fund for the officers killed in last week's shooting incident in Minkler. Melanie Fountain of the KRAC assures that "100 percent of the money raised will go towards this cause." Those who donate will automatically be entered into a raffle for one of the featured artworks.
A Blossom Trail Art Exhibit featuring fine artwork by local artists is held annually during the month of March. Viewing is free to the public during regular business hours in the month of March. An artist reception is planned for Saturday, March 6,at the Chamber offices. The art exhibit will also be open to the public for viewing on that Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00.
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Looking for something to do this glorious spring evening? Why not spend it enjoying art and engaging in conversation about it with fellow art lovers at one of the many gallery events throughout the city of Chicago this evening. On the North Side, Thomas Masters Gallery, located at 245 W. North Avenue is opening a new painting exhibition by Susan Hall, reception from 5 p.m. till 8 p.m.
In the River North gallery district, Andrew Bae Gallery at 300 W. Superior opens Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers, reception 5 p.m. till 8 p.m. Down the block, Schneider Gallery has two new exhibitions: Sherry Karver: A Likely Story, and Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women Draped, with the reception running from 5 p.m. till 7:30 p.m.
Moving to the West Loop/West Side gallery area, Woman Made Gallery at 685 N. Milwaukee Avenue celebrates the opening of the group exhibition Mutations of Otherness with a reception from 6 p.m. til 9 p.m.
As we continue our feast for the eyes and work our way south, the Fine Arts Building at 410 South Michgan Avenue holds its Second Friday open studios event fro 5 p.m. till 9 p.m. And we ae ale to round out the evening in the Pilsen East neighorhood, where the Chicago Arts District holds its Second Friday event, with 25 artists opening their studios to the public in the South Halsted & 18th Street area from 6 p.m. till 10 p.m. Prospectus Gallery at 1210 W. 18th Street hosts Continuum, a 20-year retrospective (1993-2013) of work by Ginny Sykes, reception from 5 p.m. till 10 p.m., and last but not least, Ugly Step Sister Gallery at 17590 S. Union opens the second installment of Kieran McGonnell: Round trip ticket, a three-month exhibition with part two focused on the artist's mid-career and later works, reception 6 p.m. till 10 pm.
An evening well-filled with art is definitely to be had in the city tonight.


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As you know, I've been been pretty fed up with the comment spammers. I have now chosen not to be a pawn in their silly game any longer.
I have now closed the comments on all but the most recent posts on this site. As it is now, any post that is over 15 days old has the comments "closed". So far, I haven't seen comment spam at all since closing these comments.
I'm betting that the lecherous spam-bots focus on archived posts more than current ones. Perhaps their system looks for posts that are over 30 days old. I'm hoping to find the sweet-spot where I can keep posts open for a maximum amount of time without attracting spam.
To close the archived comments, I used MT-Close2 (by The Dead One). This will allow you to easily close all the comments or trackbacks on any entry that is "X" days old.
Also, I use Jay Allen's MT-Blacklist for blacklisting and most importantly for despamming (removing the offending comments).
It's so nice to have these tools available- they have made my life easier.


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The Lister Hospital in London has established a national and international reputation for offering the best in private healthcare. They provide the very highest standards of clinical skills and nursing care across a wide range of specialties.
Their commitment to the highest standards is supported by a comprehensive quality assurance programme. The professional standards maintained within the organisation are monitored through a rigorous external audit.
Latest Medical Technology
Their continuous investment programme ensures that the hospital is equipped with the latest surgical and medical technology. The hospital has four operating theatres which are equipped to the highest standard, including one specially designed for orthopaedic surgery. A high dependency/intensive care unit, staffed by a specialist team of nurses, is also available for post-surgery recovery if required. High-tech diagnostic imaging facilities, such as MRI, CT and ultrasound, enable them to perform the most up to date interventional and diagnostic procedures.
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Using modern techniques and equipment, even complex treatment can now be carried out without requiring an overnight stay. Their day care facilities provide treatment in comfortable surroundings.
Out-Patient Consultation
With such extensive medical facilities on site, many of their consultants hold out-patient sessions in the hospital's well-equipped consulting rooms. Patients can therefore receive all their care, from initial consultation to follow-up, in one convenient location.
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They ensure that their consultants and other clinical specialists meet the highest standards before they can practice at The Lister Hospital. Most hold senior positions at the leading London teaching hospitals and many are recognised nationally and internationally as experts in their fields.
Resident doctors are available 24 hours a day to provide on-going care and emergency cover. Their consultants are also supported by our team of highly specialised paramedical professionals.
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You will be looked after by a team of nurses with specialist skills to support your particular clinical needs. Because they also understand the anxieties involved with any hospital stay, you and your family can rely on their care and reassurance. Hospital provides it's nurses with a comprehensive training programme to ensure that they are constantly updating their professional skills.
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Their commitment to the highest standards is supported by a comprehensive quality assurance programme. The professional standards maintained within the organisation are monitored through rigorous external audit, including:
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I have a USB 3g modem, which also supports voice calling, I want to implement IVR ( Interactive Voice response) with it on linux, Can I do it with Asterisk? If yes, then please help me on how to do this ( references) ?
Is there example or howtos available to do this?
Can I develop IVR system in linux without Asterisk?
Note: I am very new to Asterisk and IVR.


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Wouldn't it be ironic – in a tragic, fatalistic way – if the Ukraine crisis dashes the possibility of offshore wind for Long Island and gives Cuomo his excuse to okay fracking, because of new political pressure to build the Port Ambrose LNG port and boost US natural gas production and exports to defuse Russia's power over Ukraine and Europe?
The resurgence of the Cold War couldn't have come at a worse time, when New York State is about to adopt a long-term energy plan which environmentalists fear is already too meek when it comes to renewables development and, in fact, is really a back-door way of promoting investments to support natural gas extraction and delivery (and position Cuomo for national office). Environmentalists see the potential for becoming fossil-fuel-free by 2030 – let alone 80% by 2050 as the plan modestly suggests - evaporating.
Speaking at a public hearing - the fifth of six hearings being held around the state prior to final adoption of the plan - at SUNY Farmingdale on Monday, March 3, virtually every speaker blasted natural gas as a fossil fuel which may burn cleaner than coal, but that is even more dangerous to air, water, and climate-change causing emissions. "It is not a bridge fuel," they insist.
But just as New York State's environmental activists were holding on to their hope of banning fracking, blocking the Port Ambrose LNG facility, and pressing for aggressive development of renewable energy, Congressional Republicans were seizing opportunity posed by the Crimean crisis.
Republicans have long been the party of the "Drill here, drill now, fossil fuels forever," embracing and protecting every possible form of dirty energy, which also protects the corporatists and oligarchs who fund SuperPacs and lobbyists. They refuse to end giving Big Oil & Gas billions in tax "incentives" (as if they needed incentives) – the most profitable industry in history – and yet, interestingly, deny offering the same development stimulus to solar, wind, geothermal.
What is the difference, you might ask? Because in addition to making the country energy independent, renewables also make every energy consumer (that is everyone) relatively independent of Big Corporations. At minimum, a shift to renewables decentralizes energy production, breaks up virtual monopolies. To some extent, every home and every business could become its own little factory of energy production, or at very least, less of a consumer, with more disposable income.
Governments would have more money freed up as well, and would have to shell out less tax money on public health, environmental remediation, and disaster rebuilding.
And we have seen how the need to protect the supply of oil has impacted foreign policy and defense spending (case in point, Iraq, see Rachel Maddow's documentary, "Why We Did It").
How things have changed! In 2012, America finally produced more oil and gas than we imported. In fact, in 2013, America became the largest producer of oil and gas in the world, bigger than Saudi Arabia and Russia, and the largest producer of natural gas in the world (as that lady on TV keeps reminding us).
Now, because Europe depends on Russia for 30% of its natural gas, the Europeans are unwilling to exert any real leverage to force Russia back from Crimea. Republicans now see the potential for the US to become the supplier to the world.
Rather than pursue a fossil-fuel-free world, Republicans see our oil and gas as the new coin of the realm to reassert America's world domination (democracy alone doesn't seem to be working). The US would become the new PetroState - a thoroughly misguided fantasy since most of the rest of the world, including the Oil-Producing Middle East, are moving to sustainable energy.
So far, the US does not export its natural gas, but there are scores of companies that are chomping at the bit, and have applications pending at the Energy Department to construct Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) ports - like Port Ambrose off Long Island's south shore.
Speaker of the House John Boehner is pushing to speed up the timeline for the DoE to issue those permits, while Congressman Paul Ryan is using the Ukraine crisis as the latest excuse to press Obama to give his blessing to the Keystone XL pipeline, which environmentalists like Bill McGibbon of 350.org have warned would be a death sentence for a habitable planet.
"I think we should move forward on natural gas exports very quickly," Ryan said when asked what Congress can do to alleviate the Crimea crisis. "I think we should approve an LNG [liquefied natural gas] terminal on the East Coast to go to Europe. I think we should approve the Keystone pipeline. I think we should show the U.S. is moving forward on becoming energy independent and supplying energy to Europe–"
The fact that none of these changes could be in place in time to impact the Crimea crisis, think about what this would mean for average Americans: natural gas which is pitched as being relatively cheap now in the US (and the rationale for not developing renewables), would inevitably rise in price. The US would become like any third world nation that is exploited for its resources, the impacts on local environment and communities be damned. Our food prices would rise, as well, as more and more land is despoiled by extractions, not to mention the droughts and floods that accompany climate change, and water supplies, already strained through much of the country, would be destroyed because fracking consumes millions and millions of gallons of water and produces millions and millions of gallons of toxic liquid.
Ironically, the US has actually been assisting Europe in developing its renewable energy. In Germany, solar panels can be seen on centuries-old farm houses; and Europe's cultivation of wind has been at a remarkable pace, and now generates 14% of the European Union's electricity demand.
The Ukraine crisis was not top of mind, though, at the public hearing at SUNY Farmingdale. Who would have thought that Long Island, let alone New York State, could become in an international crisis (Perhaps Cuomo, though, who aspires to national office might relish this opportunity). No, what they were focusing on was the fate of our communities and Mother Earth.
See next:
Draft New York State Energy Plan Opens Door for Natural Gas Development
Karen Rubin, Long Island Populist Examiner
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You receive a check in the mail; weather conditions make a trip to the bank nearly impossible, for anyone. In yesteryears, you're up a creek. In today's terms, one can do banking deposits using a cell-phone and camera. The underlying theme is clearly economics and limited choices. So, this is not about disrupting your desire to enjoy social events with friends; your right to earn money thru employment; nor your favorite meal, drink, or musical listening pleasure. Taking an interest in tech gadgets is more related to curiosity, coupled with fascination, of how the world is and will be changing; but make no mistake, privacy concerns remain part of the mix.
On another note, did anyone catch a CBS news report, some months ago? It showed an owner of a business, upgrading his manufacturing process, with robotics. Factually, he created a process resulting in increased staff, improved efficiency, and increased profitability. Also, a philanthropist, who recognized a need, of young kids in Africa, to have reading materials, donated mobile devices, like kindles and ipads, downloading, onto them, the availability of numerous books; two mere illustrations, in a sea of examples.
As always, there's a coooool-ness about making people aware of new electronics, building relationships with those bringing them to market. And given the 2014 CES, there are an abundance of possibilities. In this light, writers are perceived by some, as perhaps, indicia towards things we are not; while others fail to see some key benefits. We welcome the constructive viewpoints of our readers, supporters, naysayers, and well wishers; however, ultimately, it's the writer's true internal and external principles, standing as the sole and final orbiter, on what writing means to the writer.
1.) IZON Digital Signage Launching at CES; Delivers Glasses-Free 3D Advertising; www.izontv.com;
2.) Razer Nabu is a revolutionary wearable technology that can assist with life efficiencies, health/fitness and even social life. http://www.razerzone.com/;
3.) Lynx Grills, Inc. introduces voice-activated smart grill. www.lynxgrills.com;
4.) CES's 2014 Green Guide: http://cesweb.org/CES/media/2014/landing%20pages/About%20CES/Green/2014-CES-Green-Guide.pdf.
5.) TECHRADAR ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE BEST OF CES AWARDS 2014 SPONSORED BY DTS http://www.digitalfuture.com/ces/
6.) "DASH IT" a simple mount for the car dashboard that props the phone up at an angle so that drivers can see their directions; http://www.DashITstore.com;
7.) Amzer will be retailing: AMZERcontrol™ control unit, AMZERcontrol™ white light bulb, AMZERcontrol™ RGB light bulb and the AMZERcontrol™ Wireless Plug. http://www.amzer.com/
8.) Paramount Digital Entertainment new series premiering on Hulu called "The Hotwives of Orlando;
9.) Talygen's single cloud application; try out app at talygen.com;
10.) ZTE Car Mode application for ZTE Android devices; www.zte.com.cn; www.nuance.com;
11.) Voice recognition added to M100 Smart Glasses; www.vuzix.com;
12.) AirDrop Gaming HipShotDot, an exclusive powered red dot sight attachment for first person shooter games;
13.) Cellcontrol's DriveID™keeping drivers from being distracted while allowing passengers to use phones freely. cellcontrol.com/driveid;
14.) INSIDE Secure (NYSE Euronext Paris: INSD), introduces new approach to embedding a robust security platform in mobile devices www.insidesecure.com;
15.) SenseGiz brings STAR, a wearable smart tech product with safety and activity tracker; http://sensegiz.com/star;
16.) Plustek's scanning products: SmartOffice SC8016U; SmartOffice PS456U; OpticSlim 1180, and A3 tabloid sized flatbed scanner. www.plustek.com/usa;
17.) AORUS X7: Slimmest and Lightest GTX SLI Gaming Laptop on Earth; http://www.aorus.com;
18.) The Germany-based start-up tado° presenting 'The Heating App'. http://www.tado.com;
19.) DJI showcasing it's aerial camera systems. http://www.dji.com;
20.) MD Revolution launching a new digital health platform, RevUp! Health Accelerated;
21.) ClubVINCI, a trans-media mobile learning platform for children ages 3 to 8; http://www.vincieducation.com/;
22.) Sharp Unveils Five New Audio Products for 2014; http://www.sharpusa.com/;
23.) Kaleidescape debuts Limited Edition Cinema One with preloaded content! Kaleidescape, Inc.;
24.) iRing™, the first motion-tracking controller for iOS music apps; www.ikmultimedia.com/iring;
25.) Polaroid's new smartphone and tablet line up for Europe and Asia; www.Polaroid.com;
26.) Scosche magicMOUNT; a system of cradle free magnetic mounts for car, home or office.
27.) The One Llama (www.onellama.com) adds audio smarts to any devices, ranging from smartphones, watches, activity cameras, fitness monitors, and other wearables.
28.) CONNECTEDEVICE Ltd introduces COGITO POP™, the connected watche. http://www.cogitowatch.com.
Danalock allows you to open your door with your smartphone; www.danalock.com.


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LA Lakers trade rumors now involve Klay Thompson, Kevin Love, and the 2014 NBA Draft. These new LA Lakers trade rumors suggest the Golden State Warriors could acquire the No. 7 pick in the draft from them and then deal it to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a package to get Love. According to a report from NBC Sports on Saturday (June 21), Los Angeles is very interested in pairing Thompson with Kobe Bryant on the court.
The biggest snag here appears to be the reluctance of the Warriors to split up the tandem of Thompson and Stephen Curry that has worked very well the past two seasons. A report from Friday (June 20) revealed that team president Flip Saunders is trying to make it very clear that he doesn't want to part with Thompson in any deal that would replace him with Kevin Martin on the roster. Martin has developed a reputation of not playing defense that Saunders doesn't like.
The reality seems to be that these LA Lakers trade rumors won't make it much further than the negotiation phase if the Warriors are unprepared to part ways with Klay Thompson. Last season, he played in 81 games, averaging 18.4 points per game. The Warriors were very deadly from three-point range when he and Curry were on the court together and have even developed a nickname: The Splash Brothers. A fan favorite with the team, the front office would like to keep him in place.
Giving up the No. 7 selection in the 2014 NBA Draft seems like a good deal for the Lakers, as it would net them a proven player rather than a good prospect. As part of a three-team deal it might make a lot of sense for them, but it doesn't appear that the sentiment is shared by the front office in Golden State at the moment.
Just because a roadblock has been reached doesn't mean that these LA Lakers trade rumors are going to quiet down. The team is looking to upgrade its current roster by dealing away that pick, with the intent being that they could compete for the NBA Playoffs immediately. Getting a healthy Kobe Bryant back on the court is the first major step, but surrounding him with proven talent is also the goal for the 2014-15 NBA season.


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Prince Saud attends Arab Foreign Ministerial Council meeting
March 4, 2010
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal led the Kingdom's delegation to the 133rd Arab Foreign Ministerial Council meeting at Arab League headquarters in Cairo yesterday. The session was attended by Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and twenty Arab ministers.
During their deliberations, the delegates drafted the agenda for the March 27-28 Arab Summit to be held in Sirt, Libya. Other topics of discussion included the Arab-Israeli conflict, Yemen, mechanisms for settling inter-Arab disputes and U.S. sanctions against Arab countries.
At the conclusion of the meeting, a final communiqué touching on a wide range of subjects was issued. It welcomed the framework agreement between Sudan's government and the Justice and Equality Movement, paying tribute to Qatar for hosting the talks and providing aid to Darfur. It warned of negative results if a U.S. bill imposing sanctions on Arab satellite network operators was passed. Finally, the communiqué strongly condemned Israel's decision to add the Ibrahimi Haram and Bilal mosques to its list of Heritage Sites and reiterated the need for Israel to withdraw from all Arab lands.


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Baby Face Morgan (1942)When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living it the country with his mother. Rogers has Edward brought to the city and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency, unbeknownst to the young Edward this is just a cover for the gang's racekteering activities.
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Earlier this year, in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, a study was published which linked a commonly used class of antidepressant medications with temporarily delays in achieving lactation. What the study showed was that in some cases where women must use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs, such as Zoloft or Prozac, to counteract depression, these women may not establish full lactation as quickly during the first few days following birth as they would have if they were not taking medication. This is due to the fact that, even though they are considered compatible with breastfeeding, these drugs do affect serotonin, a key player in mammary gland development. Normally, mature milk is beginning to develop around 3 days following delivery, but there may be some delays in this process when SSRI's are used. In the research study, the women using SSRI medications achieved milk production in about 85.8 hours on average, while the women who were not on these medications had their milk by about 69.1 hours. If a woman were not aware of this issue, she may believe inaccurately that her milk just is not going to come, and may switch to formula use unnecessarily. Proper support and education can help her and her baby overcome this temporary set back.
The good news is that these delays are generally temporary, and proper support of the newly-delivered mother by health care providers can help to increase her opportunities for success in breastfeeding. Most women who take SSRI medications do so because without the medication, their struggle with depression is unbearable. Therefore, the authors of the study do not suggest that women avoid these medications. Instead they point out that "while women on SSRIs may be at a greater risk of a delay in the establishment of a full milk supply, with proper supportive care from pediatricians, nurses and lactation consultants those difficulties appear to be only temporary." The key is to begin the process of stimulating milk supply early and often, to assist the body's normal mechanisms for milk development.
In Fresno, many women who are prescribed antidepressants also wish to breastfeed. The lactation support offered by an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is crucial to these mothers. Fresno's lactation resources are listed on this page, and include some hospital-based providers, some options for low income mothers, such as consultants at WIC, and a private home-visit based lactation service, that offers one-on-one support by an IBCLC. The main thing to remember is that it is not a good idea to give up too early, if lactation is delayed. Things may very likely look better in just a few days, and there is help available which can easily bring mom and baby to their breastfeeding goals.


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When we (Cina & Young) started YouWorkForThem 6 years ago, we soon realized our time for client work was very thin. Over the years we have cut back, putting almost all of our focus and time into this little child of ours. But sometimes, we make time to help friends, fellow peers or big buckaroo… Read More
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President Will Visit Ground Zero on Thursday
And meet with victims' families.
On the heels of killing Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama will visit ground zero in lower Manhattan on Thursday. There, he'll meet with the families of victims of the September 11 attacks. Ground zero attracted hundreds on Sunday night at the news of bin Laden's demise. [NYP]


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Marriott, Thomas (Paul)
Marriott, Thomas (Paul), trumpet, flugelhorn; b. Seattle, WA, 16 December 1975. His mom is Helen Plut Marriott (DOB 9/22/45,born in Port Townsed, WA) and his father is David McClean Marriott (DOB: 10/1/43, born in Port Townsend). His grandfather, Robert Reese Marriott, was a stride pianist born 1910 in Seattle. His grandmother, Jean McClean Marriott, was a classical pianist born in 1903. Both were musicians by profession. Thomas's sister is Rebecca Jean Marriott (DOB 5/13/02 in Seattle WA), a trumpet player. His brother is David McClean Marriott Jr. (DOB 12/18/73 in Seattle WA), a trombonist).
Thomas is a graduate of Garfield High School, Seattle WA 1994 and a graduate of the University of Washington, 1999 (BA in Jazz Studies). He has done live performances with jazz luminaries such as Maynard Ferguson, Rosemary Clooney, Richie Cole, Joe Locke, Kenny Kirkland, Eric Reed, The Tito Puente Orchestra, & The Brian Lynch Big Band. His quintet, which is co-led by Thomas and his brother David, is active and busy in & around New York. The New York-based trumpet player recently finished three world tours as the featured trumpet soloist with the Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band. He can be seen playing with vibist Joe Locke's Wirewalkers. Thomas Marriott is a C.G. Conn artist.
Open Season (1997); The High Country (1999)
As sideperson:
Emerald City Jazz Orchestra: Alive & Swingin' (1997); Alex Guilbert: Post Destructivism (1997); David Marriott: Septology (1998); The Roger Rogers Band: The Roger Rogers Band (1998); Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band: What a System (1999); Danny Ward & Ritchie "Alto Madness" Cole: Live from Whidby Island (1999); Charene Dawn: Dark Angel (2000); Rosemary Clooney: Sentimental Journey (2001); Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchester: Live (2001);
Television broadcasts:
2000 Louis Armstrong Tribute Concert, Radio Bremin TV, Germany w/Maynard Ferguson
Film scores:
Starstruck, 1999 (performed on score)
Works about Mariott:
International Trumpet Guild Journal, March 2000
Downbeat, February 2000
Seattle Times, May 8, 1997
Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition Winner 1999
Contact information:
33-10 28th Avenue, 2nd floor
Astoria, NY 11103
718-956-0078 / 917-324-7501


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Approaching four months in space, Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri this week finished unloading their supply ship and performed some maintenance and repair work on the station's oxygen and air purification system and reviewed preliminary procedures for the first station-based spacewalk since spring 2003.
The spacewalk is set to begin about 3 p.m. CST on Feb. 26 with a scheduled duration of 51/2 hours. The crew begins shifting its sleep schedule this weekend to accommodate the start time of the spacewalk and to optimize near continuous communications with the crew through both U.S. and Russian communications resources.
Earlier this week, Foale moved the robotic arm - Canadarm2 - to a strategic position so that its cameras can provide the best video coverage of the spacewalk. Additionally, the arm operations provided Foale some proficiency training from the workstation within the Destiny laboratory.
Foale this week also prepared the lab's window for installation of a new flex hose used to prevent condensate buildup between panes of the high fidelity optical window. The new hose was delivered in the Progress after the previous hose was determined to be the cause of a small pressure degradation aboard the station a few weeks ago. In advance of the installation of the hose, which has not been scheduled, the inner panes of the window will be vented this weekend to remove residual condensation that has built up over the past few weeks.
Foale and Kaleri Thursday joined school children in California for a long-distance "interview" answering questions ranging from how a yo-yo works in space, to the engineering challenges of keeping the ISS and its systems updated over its lifetime.
The week wrapped up with the two crewmembers preparing for their spacewalk by reviewing detailed procedures with flight controllers at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, outside Moscow. The spacewalk, or Extravehicular Activity, will begin and end from the Russian Pirs Docking Compartment with the crew wearing Orlan spacesuits.
Next week the crew focuses more intently on the spacewalk by checking out the spacesuits and procedures in addition to continuing to slowly adjust their sleep/wake schedule to match the time of the EVA.


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Related to this question, if 4 segments have length of 4 consecutive primes, can they always form a 4-vertex polygon?
This question occurred to me out of sheer curiosity, but now I can't prove or disprove it, and I can't sleep knowing that.
According to one form of Bertrand's postulate, $p_ {n+1} < 1.1 \times p_{n}$ for large enough $n$, so it is easy to prove that for large enough $n$, the statement about polygon is true. But how to know the value of "large enough $n$", so that the statement about polygon can be manually checked for smaller $n$?


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A Court of Appeal in the Second Appellate District in the State of California awarded "litigation expenses" (which include attorneys' and appraisers' fees and costs) to a defendant who was dismissed during the litigation because he sold his property interest (to another defendant) while the action was pending - thus mooting the action against him. The appellate court held Code of Civil Procedure section 1268.610(a) provides that litigation expenses shall be awarded to a defendant whenever "the proceeding is wholly or partly dismissed for any reason."
Although litigation expenses in eminent domain actions are generally not awarded unless the plaintiff's final offer was unreasonable (Code Civ. Proc. section 1250.410(b)) or the case is wholly or partially dismissed (or abandoned), the court reasoned the plain meaning of the phrase "for any reason" includes dismissal of the defendant because he sold his property interest during the litigation of the matter. For the full text see Temple City Redevelopment Agency v. Bayside Drive Limited Partnership (2007) 2007 SOS 474: http://www.metnews.com/sos.cgi?0107%2FB189736
In City of Encinitas v. F Street, the Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment in favor of the City of Encinitas, declaring the F Street adult retail store in Encinitas to be a public nuisance because it was operating in violation of the City's zoning code and in close proximity to residential neighborhoods and a daycare facility. Encinitas' adult business definition employs the defining term of "regular and substantial." The adult retail operator insisted that Encinitas had to specify a set percentage of inventory or floor space area devoted to adult materials. The Court rejected F Street's position and found that the City's definition of an adult business was constitutionally sound. The Court relied on the California Supreme Court's decision in People v. Superior Court (Lucero) (1989) 49 Cal.3d 14, 26, where the high court specifically rejected the premise that a local agency must utilize a mathematical standard to determine whether a business is an "adult business" subject to the agency's adult ordinances.
The Court also rejected F Street's argument that adult materials could not be considered to be a "substantial" portion of the business if they only constituted 12% of the store's floor space and inventory. The Court recognized that floor space and inventory figures are both subject to significant manipulation and found it compelling that sales and rentals of adult videos and DVDs made up well over 25% of the store's gross revenue in the first several months, even though they constituted a fraction of the adult inventory and were displayed on wall racks, thereby occupying a miniscule amount of floor area. The Court upheld the trial court's conclusion that the F Street store in Encinitas was an "adult business" within the meaning of the City's ordinances.
The Court summarily rejected F Street's claim that the City violated its right to equal protection as being completely unsupported by the evidence. The Court then remanded the opinion to the trial court for the limited purpose of re-crafting the permanent injunction in keeping with the decision and the City's adult ordinance.
In Vineyard Area Citizens v. City of Rancho Cordova, the California Supreme Court Case held an EIR failed to adequately analyze the impacts of a long-term water supply for a long-range plan to develop 6,000 acres with approximately 22,000 residential units.
The Court identified the principal disputed issue as "how firmly future water supplies for a proposed project must be identified or, to put the question in reverse, what level of uncertainty regarding the availability of water supplies can be tolerated in an EIR for a land use plan." The Court emphasized that "CEQA should not be understood to require assurances of certainty regarding long-term future water supplies at an early phase of planning for large land development projects." However, "[i]f the uncertainties inherent in long-term land use and water planning make it impossible to confidently identify the future water sources, an EIR may satisfy CEQA if it acknowledges the degree of uncertainty involved, discusses the reasonably foreseeable alternatives—including alternative water sources and the option of curtailing the development if sufficient water is not available for later phases—and discloses the significant foreseeable environmental effects of each alternative, as well as mitigation measures to minimize each adverse impact."
As applied to the Project, the Court held that the EIR adequately evaluated the near-term water supply for the Project. Although much uncertainty still remained, the Court held that there was substantial evidence in the record demonstrating a reasonable likelihood that the near-term groundwater supplies would be available at least in substantial part to apply to the Project's near-term needs. However, the Court held that the EIR did not adequately analyze the long-term water supply for the Project. The Court found that there were factual inconsistencies and lack of clarity in the EIR that made it unclear whether sufficient water would be available for the Project at full build out. The Court also held that the EIR for the Project did not properly tier off of or incorporate a prior EIR's analysis of water sources.
The Court also held that the EIR should have been recirculated on the impact of the groundwater extraction on the Cosumnes River salmon. The Court held that the County's response in the Final EIR that this impact was insignificant was not supported by substantial evidence.
Property owners near Coalinga, California, are going to trial in an inverse condemnation action filed against the U.S. Department of Energy. The government used eminent domain four years ago to add a high-tension electrical wire over the property. Owners David Wood and Donald Devine sued two years ago, claiming the power line destroyed their plans to build more than 1,000 homes and a golf course on the property. The property owners are seeking $12 million; the government offered $85,000. The government defends their offer amount because development in the area is unlikely due to its location far from a major city and water issues.
In Alcala v. City of Corcoran, the Court of Appeal was faced with a wrongful death action involving a bystander hit by a police vehicle during a high-speed chase. Jose Jesus Alcala died from complications resulting from injuries he suffered after being hit by a vehicle driven by police officers engaged in a high-speed pursuit of a murder suspect.
The Court agreed with the trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings, and affirmed the judgment in favor of defendants City of Corcoran and Corcoran Police Department. The Court so ruled because it found that defendants were one public entity and that they were entitled to immunity under Vehicle Code section 17004.7, which grants immunity to public entities/agencies that have adopted a written policy governing vehicular pursuits that clearly and specifically sets forth standards to guide officers in the field.
In Concerned McCloud Citizens v. McCloud Community Services District, the Court of Appeal rejected a citizen group's claim that the District violated CEQA by approving a contract with a water bottling company to develop and sell the District's mountain spring water without conducting environmental review.
The contract was subject to numerous contingencies, including a provision that the actual water bottling project would be reviewed under CEQA and the agreement could be modified as a result. In addition, the agreement did not give the water bottler any vested rights, or commit the District to a definite course of action, or limit the District's discretion to consider mitigation measures and alternatives under CEQA. In light of these facts, the Court held the District was not required to conduct a CEQA review before approving the contract.
The solution to traffic problems at the Brisco Road interchange remains to be decided after the use of eminent domain to acquire land and relocate 200 to 250 gravesites for a roundabout has come to a halt. According to City officials, the roundabout option could have mitigated the need to widen the Brisco Road undercrossing at Highway 101 and was a cheaper alternative at $5 million versus $15 million or more for other options. However, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Arnold and Councilman Jim Guthrie and members of the Arroyo Grande Cemetery District opposed the condemnation. The majority of the public comments received were negative. Many people, including those at the City, believed it to be a moral issue. The City will look into other options and select a preferred alternative in late spring or early summer.
In People v. Chacon, the California Supreme Court held that a Bell Gardens City Councilmember could not use the entrapment by estoppel defense against charges that she violated Government Code Section 1090 by seeking and obtaining appointment as the city manager while serving as a councilmember. Entrapment by estoppel rests on the premise that the government may not actively provide assurances that conduct is lawful, and then prosecute those who act in reasonable reliance on those assurances.
The Councilmember raised the defense because the Bell Gardens City Attorney drafted an ordinance eliminating a municipal code provision that required one year of ineligibility for city manager appointment after departure from council service, and advised the Councilmember that such appointment would comply with state law. However, the Supreme Court declined to apply the defense to public officials who seek to defend conflicts-of-interest violations by claiming reliance on public attorney advice: "If permitted to rely on the defense of entrapment by estoppel, such an official could insulate herself from prosecution by influencing an employee to provide the advice she seeks. The appointee would be forced to choose between two masters: the official in whose hands his continued employment rests and the public that both are sworn to serve."
The Supreme Court indicated that it had no opinion as to the Councilmember's guilt or innocence.
In a separate portion of the opinion, the Supreme Court held that an order of dismissal made because the prosecution announces it is unable to proceed as the result of a pretrial motion is appealable.
Sacramento Police Officers Association v. City of Sacramento
The Sacramento County Superior Court issued a writ of mandate at the behest of the Sacramento Police Officers Association ("POA") directing the City and County of Sacramento Police Department to meet and confer with the POA regarding the implementation of a policy to hire retirees as temporary employees. This policy was designed to remedy a short-term staffing shortage in the Police Department. The Superior Court's ruling was based on the language in the Meyers-Milias Brown Act which requires covered public agencies to negotiate in good faith with employee organizations before challenging the status quo regarding terms and conditions of employment that fall within the "scope of representation."
The Court of Appeal overturned the Superior Court's ruling, and held that the proposal to hire retirees in response to an "abrupt shortage in the staffing of the police force" was a fundamental management policy decision designed to maintain the existing level of public safety in the community. This determination was based in part on evidence which indicated that the staffing shortage could not be remedied through the ordinary process of recruiting and hiring.
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1929 PWD (Lagos) [dissolved] 1932 Oduko FC (Ife-Ife) [dissolved] 1937 Hercules FC (Ibadan) [dissolved] Nigeria Railway FC (Lagos) 1938 Zik's Athletic Club (Lagos) [dissolved] 1946 Agric FC (Ibadan) [dissolved] 1950 Oluyole Warriors (Ibadan) 1958 Stationery Stores Wonder FC (Lagos) 1960 Pepsi Cola FC (Ibadan) [merged 1963 with WNDC Ibadan to ICC Shooting Stars] 1963 ICC Shooting Stars (Ibadan) [merger of West Nigeria Development Company Ibadan and Pepsi Cola FC Ibadan] 1964 CRSN FC (?) 1970 Enugu Rangers International FC Sharks FC (Port Harcourt) 1971 Brighton FC (Lagos) [dissolved] 1972 Julius Berger FC (Lagos) Bendel Insurance FC (Benin City) 1973 Lagos Dynamos 1974 Kwara United FC (Ilorin) 1976 Enyimba International FC (Aba) Heartland FC (Owerri) [founded as Spartans FC Owerri] Alyufsalam Rocks (Ilorin) [dissolved] 1977 Niger Tornadoes FC (Minna) 1981 Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 1982 BCC Lions (Gboko) [founded as Benue Clement Club Lions Gboko] 1988 Dolphin FC (Port Harcourt) [founded as Eagle Cement Port Harcourt] 1990 Kano Pillars FC [merger of WREKA FC, Kano Golden Stars and Bank of the North] 1993 Bora United SC (Ijero) 1994 Katsina United FC 1995 Gombe United FC Sunshine Stars FC (Akure) 1996 Akwa United FC (Uyo) Plateau Pyramids SC (Jos) Buffaloes FC (Kano) 1997 Jos University Teaching Hospital FC Ibom Stars FC (Akwa) 1998 FC Abuja [founded as Buffalo FC Abuja] Gateway FC (Abeokuta) [founded as Gateway United FC] Warri Wolves FC [founded as Nigerian Ports Authority] Babanawa FC (Anyigba) 2000 Wikki Tourists FC (Bauchi) Bayelsa United FC (Yenagoa) 2001 Kaduna United FC Zamfara United FC (Gusau) Makwada FC (Fufore) Bussdor United FC (Owerri) 2002 Ocean Boys FC (Brass) 2005 Nasarawa United FC (Lafia) Gabros International FC (Nnewi)
Sources: [Akp 85], [Bak 97]
Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 20 Jul 2010
(C) Copyright Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 2005/10
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.


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A special summer pop-up in the heart of Boston at Charles River Park, Jugos, offers you your very own island escape. Charles River Park, the residential complex best known, perhaps, for the billboard, "If you lived here, you'd be home now," is home this summer to Jugos, the popular juice bar in Back Bay Station on Dartmouth St.
Jugos at Charles River Park is open through Labor Day this summer. Normally it costs $40 to enter the pool area but if you mention Jugos, you get in free. The menu is a cross between beach favorites and a Latin experience - think guacamole in the fish tacos, Batidos (smoothies with mango, banana, coconut, raw cacao and more), and favorite juices such as the Montauk with kale, pear, pineapple, coconut and mint, which make sipping healthy delicious too!
There is also the Jugos Detox, six juices for a one, three, or five day cleanse.
Don't miss the Island/Beach treats such as Taco Fish (fried fish, cabbage, guacamole, crema, salsa verde). Veggie Taco (portobello, summer squash, maiz, queso cotija, cabbage and salsa roja); Avocado Toast (crushed avocado on multigrain toast, with fresh lemon, olive oil, and red pepper); El Maiz Grilled Cord (crema, queso, cotija,cayenne, and lime); Empanadas de carne, and salsa jalisco. There also Tostones Fried Plantains, Yucca Fries, and Salsa Amarilla.
Celebrate the island/beach fare, sip refreshing juices and healthy and toast the fact that the menu is not only attractive and delicious but it's also good for you!


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September 11, 2013
Just a few days back, when Canes beat Gators at the Sun Life Stadium, it was hardly known that apart from the football match, there is something more to come to the fore. The focus is on the recent college rankings declared by the The annual U.S. News & World Report. The University of Miami ranked 47th on the ranking list after beating University of Florida by two positions. This is definitely another big win for the UM after the glorious 21-16 football triumph.
Thomas LeBlanc, the executive vice president of University of Miami or UM has numerous plans to keep improving the performance. He recently stated that the school "will continue to focus on attracting top students, providing them with a world-class educational experience, and doing everything possible to ensure that they graduate with a University of Miami degree."
As per the analysis of U.S. News, UM started the year on a lower note with a bit low graduation rate. However, after considering the overall performance of the institution, it can be said that UM deserves to be there on the 47th position on the list. UF was a tough contender actually for UM to beat. According to the UF chief Joseph Glover, the strongest point of UF is its level of performance during the tough years of recession. Glover stated, "University faculty, staff, students, and supporters helped pull UF through five difficult years of a down national economy and state budget cuts". He even said "UF's national ranking is in large part due to their efforts and reflects our continued quest to increase our standing among the nation's top public universities." It's quite clear that both UF and UM worked hard to improve their positions over the time.
Apart from the UM and UF, other schools in Florida which made it to the list successfully are - Florida State University ranking 91 and University of Central Florida and University of South Florida jointly on no 170. There are several other schools in Florida like Florida International University, Barry University and Nova Southeastern University which secured place in the unnumbered list in the "second tier".
There are a few debates regarding the ranking by the U.S. News. According to educationalists, students should research more rather than just depending on the rankings. The rankings may change according to the overall performance. So, there is hardly any assurance that the current top school will remain in the same position even tomorrow. Jeffrey Brenzel, the former dean of admissions in Yale University feels that students should choose a school after considering personal interests and the priorities. Yale has topped the list of college ranking this year. Even after that Brenzel feels, "There are many excellent reasons to apply to Yale, but Yale's position in the rankings is not one of them,"
So, whether it's UM or UF or any other school in Miami, student must select an institution that suits their requirements best. Just a few changes in ranking hardly do any harm to the actual standard and position of an educational institute.
--Written by Selena C. A blogger of OneDIY