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Welcome to the 2012 MVC Swimming and Diving Championship Central. For complete results from every event in the 2012 MVC Championships, click HERE.
Evansville - Alex Howard, Michelle Tipton, and Sadie Wells
Illinois State - Tori Alland, Cecilia Holmes, Valerie Jones, Katherine Nelson, Danielle Schumacher, Wenting Zhang, Jeanette Holte, and Erica Halley
Missouri State - Anna Ahlin, Roni Balzam, Janke Engelbrecht, Megan Holthoff, Melissa Oishi, Renata Sander, Ali Stauffer, Andrea Uzcategui, Brianna Willoughby, Dimitra Drakopoulou, and Suzanna Van Rensburg
Southern Illinois - Anna Beeck, Pamela Benitez, Isabela Castro, Charlotte Davies, Kristin Geppert, Kirsten Groome, Hannah Pinion, Luisa Silveira, Brittany Weigel
Evansville - Samantha Montgomery and Caroline Lee
Illinois State - Morgan Buechele, Maureen Doyle, April Livingston, Sarah Rendek, Samantha Schuckles, Brittany Tazzioli, Arica Woolbright, Lauren Pojman, and Polly Hirt
Missouri State - Lindsey Conway, Hannah Molden, Marta Nogueroles, Laura Peterson, Dawn Richerson, Kaylee Steffen, Brynne Bvell, Katie Lindeman, and Paige Koebbe
Northern Iowa - Natalie Johnson, Bethany Olson and Chelsea Hartman
Southern Illinois - Rachael Barry, Melissa Larocque, Marcella Otto and Jessica England
Swimming Coach of the Year - Rickey Perkins, Evansville
Diving Coach of the Year - Phil Hoffmann, Illinois State
Swimmer of the Year - Renata Sander, Missouri State
Diver of the Year - Wenting Zhang, Illinois State
Elite 18 Award - Danielle Schumacher
7:05 p.m. - For complete results from every event in the 2012 MVC Championships, click HERE. If you just want results from Saturday's final session, click HERE.
6:30 p.m. - Limited updates from here in the next hour as I work on my release and content, but I'll post All-Conference members, Swimmer of the Year, Diver of the Year and Coach of the Year when I get the chance. Thanks for following along.
6:15 p.m. - Illinois State won the 400 free relay, as well. Congratulations to the Missouri State Bears, who have won their fifth consecutive MVC Championship, tying Southern Illinois' record for most consecutive MVC titles. The Bears have won nine of the last 10 MVC Championships. Illinois State finished second for the fourth consecutive year.
Missouri State - 977
Illinois State - 725
Southern Illinois - 705
Evansville - 440
Northern Iowa - 298
6:10 p.m. - Wenting Zhang set a Championship record in the three-meter dive and put Illinois State in second, enough points ahead that SIU can't catch them. Zhang scored a 313.15, which she needed to beat Anna Beeck's (SIU) score of 291.45, which would have been a Championship record if she had won.
5:40 p.m. - We're in the three-meter dive right now. Team scores getting interesting. Southern Illinois is in second place by only four points over Illinois State. But ILS has three divers to Southern's two. Basically, second place is likely to be decided by the final event of the Championship, the 400 freestyle relay. As if relays needed any extra gusto.
5:30 p.m. - Isabela Castro defends her title in the 200 butterfly and breaks the MVC Championship record in the process. She broke her own record that she set this morning in preliminaries, and she needed to. MSU's Roni Balzam also broke the previous record, but Castro beat her in the final by about a half second.
5:10 p.m. - Another MVC Championship record falls. Missouri State's Renata Sander just won the 200 breaststroke and broke the Championship and pool records in the process.
4:55 p.m. - Michelle Tipton (UE) won the 100 freestyle, taking her second event of the Championships. Should be a close vote for MVC Swimmer of the Year. So far, three girls, representing three different schools, have all won two individual events. Two of those, Anna Ahlin (MSU) and Hannah Pinion (SIU), set MVC records in one of their wins.
4:40 p.m. - Anna Ahlin (MSU) led the backstroke start to finish and earned her second win the these Championships. Ahlin broke the MVC record set in 2009.
4:20 p.m. - Missouri State swimmer Dimi Drakopoulou led the mile start to finish. Two-time defending champion Kirsten Groome held with her for a while and made a run at the end, but Drakopoulou's lead was too much.
4 p.m. - SIU Assistant Coach Scott Olson surprised head coach Rick Walker and honored him before we got underway. Each of the current athletes came out in a custom shirt and gave him a diet Coke. So he got about 50 Cokes. That should last him until about Tuesday. They also presented him with a banner signed by the current team and a framed picture with the name of every athlete he's coached. And there have been a lot of them. This is Coach Walker's 25th year at Southern Illinois. Under his watch, SIU has had 52 All-America selections, 162 All-Conference selections, three MVC Swimmers of the Year, eight conference championships, and five Olympians.
3:50 p.m. - We're 10 minutes away from getting the final session underway. They're honoring all the senior on all five teams before we get started.
3:35 p.m. - Awards will be handed out after the finals tonight. Individuals who place in the top three in an individual event or are part of a winning relay team earn first-team All-Conference honors. Those who place fourth through eighth in an individual event or finish second on a relay team earn honorable mention All-Conference honors. Swimmer and Diver of the Year and Coach of the Year will be voted on by the head coaches.
3:30 p.m. - SIU head coach Rick Walker just told me a few facts, which explain why he's smiling. Even before these last seven events, SIU swimmers have set one school record, two MVC Championship records and have swimmers among the five fastest in school history in five events. Not bad.
3:20 p.m. - Swimmers are in the pool warming up. About 40 minutes to the start of the final session. We have seven events for the session: Mile, 200 back, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, three-meter dive and 400 freestyle. SIU coaches are smiling and loose. Everyone is excited to get this underway.
1 p.m. - Three hours away from the final seven events. Should be a great last session. I'll be back with updates and results then. Complete results from the preliminaries this morning are posted below.
12:05 p.m. - We're halfway through the first heat of the mile. In the meantime, you can check out a PDF of tonight's heat sheet HERE.
11:35 p.m. - There will be two mile heats now, starting at Noon. The final heat--based on the fastest 1000-yard times from the season--will swim tonight. Kirsten Groome (SIU) has won the event each of the last two years, and her 1000 free time from the season is more than 10 seconds better than the next fastest time, which is held by teammate Jennifer Kwok.
11:30 a.m. - Castro will be going for her second straight MVC crown in the 200 fly tonight in the final. She's the second Saluki swimmer to set an MVC record during the Championships, joining Hannah Pinion. Now we're in a half-hour break until the mile starts.
11:25 a.m. - Saluki Isabela Castro just broke the MVC record in the 200 fly by a full second. She swam a 2:02.40, breaking last year's mark of 2:03.38 set by Illinois State's Sarah Rendek. Fourth and final heat is going on now.
11:15 a.m. - Renata Sander posted the top time in the 200 breaststroke by more than three seconds. SIU placed two women in the top four, including last year's champ in the event, Kristin Geppert, who finished with the second-best time. Melissa Larocque continued her great Championship run for SIU with a fourth-best time in the preliminary. Now we're on to the 200-yard butterfly. After the fly, we'll have a half hour break before running the 1650-yard freestyle--the mile--which concludes the prelims.
10:35 a.m. - MSU's Anna Ahlin posted the top time by more than three seconds (1:59.36). Ahlin won the event last year. She was followed by a pair of SIU swimmers, who were followed by four more MSU swimmers in the A Final. Evansville's Alexandra Howard will round out the top eight. Results posted below.
10:20 a.m. - We had a false start in the fourth heat, so we're taking a 10-minute break before we run the heat again. We should have results by about 10:30. Then we're going to run right into the 100 freestyle instead of having the usual a five-minute break.
9:55 a.m. - Today, we have five swimming preliminaries. The events are the 200 backstroke (5 heats), 100 freestyle (7 heats), 200 breaststroke (5 heats), 200 butterfly (4 heats) and the mile (3 heats), in that order.
9:50 a.m. - We're back for the final day of the MVC Championships. First up: the preliminaries get under way in about 10 minutes. I'll be updating this live blog section with winners and notes, and results from each event will be posted below as soon as I get them. If you have any questions or comments, email me (John Lock) at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
8:35 p.m. - That's a wrap from Day Two at the MVC Championship. Tomorrow prelims start at 10 a.m., and the finals start at 4 p.m. I'll be back with updated results and notes. Missouri State is in first place with 635 points. Illinois State and Southern Illinois continue to go back and forth; Illinois State holds a nine-point advantage over the Salukis for second place. Evansville has 304 points and Northern Iowa has 203.
8:25 p.m. - After seven and a half minutes in the pool, Illinois State won by less than two tenths of a second. The Redbirds broke last year's MVC record that Missouri State set--and Missouri State beat last year's mark, too. Great swims for both schools.
8:10 p.m. - And we're back. Only event left: the 800 freestyle relay. Southern Illinois won the event five straight years between 2006 and 2010, but Missouri State ended that streak at set an MVC record last year to take the title.
7:40 p.m. - We're now in the diving for the evening. It's the consolation final for the three-meter dive. The finals for the event will be held tomorrow night. After the diving is over, we'll have only one more event to go, the 800 freestyle relay.
7:35 p.m. - Anna Ahlin takes the 100 backstroke for the second consecutive year. In the battle between Illinois State and Southern Illinois, the Redbirds have taken a one-point lead.
7:20 p.m. - Starting the 100 backstroke finals now. As for team scores, Missouri State has put some distance between itself and the rest of the field. Southern Illinois and Illinois State have been back and forth for each of the last two days. For now, it's SIU in second place with 399 points. Illinois State is just 12 points behind.
7:15 p.m. - Renata Sander knocks off the two-time defending MVC Champ and nearly set a conference record in the process. Sander finished a hundredth of a second away from breaking the conference record. Geppert finished second.
7:10 p.m. - Coming up on the 100 breaststroke final. Saluki senior Kristin Geppert is a two-time defending MVC Champion in the event.
7 p.m. - Evansville's Michelle Tipton won the 200 freestyle with a 1:49.98. She edged out Illinois State's Danielle Schumacher (1:50.29) and SIU's Pamela Benitez (1:50.30) to take the crown. Schumacher beat Benitez by one hundredth of a second.
6:40 p.m. - We're through the 100 butterfly and moving on to the 200-yard freestyle. Roni Balzam won the 100 fly. SIU swimmers Isabela Castro and Charlotte Davies finished 2-3, respectively.
6:30 p.m. - Hannah Pinion wins easily in the 400 IM. She flew out to a lead after the breaststroke and won by 10 or 15 yards. SIU has won the event three years in a row now. Pinion beat the swimmer who had won each of the last two years: Kirsten Groome. Groome still holds the MVC record in the event, which she set two years ago. But Pinion's time (1:21.41) was the second-fastest time in MVC Championship history, behind Groome.
6:25 p.m. - We're about to start the A Final here. They're walking out. In the meantime, here's a Photo Gallery of some SIU swimmers. We'll add a bunch more pictures tomorrow.
6:15 p.m. - Just finished up presenting the awards for the 400 medley relay and the one-meter dive. Now we're set for the 400-yard individual medley. Hannah Pinion, who set the Championship record for the 200 IM yesterday, was more than three seconds faster than everyone else in prelims.
6:05 p.m. - Missouri State takes the first event, the 200 medley relay. The atmosphere was just as crazy and loud as it was yesterday, if not more so. It's a circus in here. In a good way.
5:50 p.m. - Just finished up with my favorite pre-meet routine; the UNI athletes and parents jump and dance around for about three minutes, then scream in joy. Evansville joined in today. We'll try to get a photo to you sometime. In a wrinkle that's new today, eight UNI dads ripped off their shirts to reveal PANTHERS painted on their chests. (Probably won't share a picture of that, though.) Not to be outdone, four Evansville dads ripped off shirts and had ACES spelled out on undershirts. "This is why the Missouri Valley Conference is the best conference in America!" one UNI parent yelled afterwards.
5:45 p.m. - Back for the finals tonight. Should be an exciting bunch of swims. Fifteen minutes away from getting things started.
3:20 p.m. - Just posted the complete results below. Check back at 6 p.m. for live updates from tonight's finals.
2:10 p.m. - Diving just got over. Wenting Zhang, from Illinois State, took the top spot and will be the favorite going into tomorrow night's finals. Remember, the finals for this event aren't held until tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Every other event held today will have its finals tonight. Brittany Weigel (SIU) posted the second-best score. The other finalists are as follows: Bethany Olson (UNI), Sadie Wells (UE), Anna Beeck (SIU), Paige Koebbe (MSU), Maureen Doyle (ILS) and Polly Hirt (ILS). I'll post results as soon as I get them.
12:35 p.m. - That's it from me for a while. I'll post diving results as soon as I get them. Every other prelim result is posted below. I'll try to get a few photos posted before we start the finals tonight.
12:30 p.m. - And that's it for the swimming prelims today. The 100 backstroke is over. Missouri State's Anna Ahlin, the defending champion in the event, posted the time to beat. The Bears placed three swimmers on the top eight; Megan Holthoff and Janke Engelbrecht will join Ahlin in the A Final tonight.
12:25 p.m. - The 100 backstroke prelim will be the final swimming preliminary today. The three-meter diving prelims will start at 1 p.m. Then we're back tonight at 6 p.m. for the finals of all these events, plus the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.
12:20 p.m. - Renata Sander posted the top time in the 100 breaststroke prelims. She'll be trying to knock off two-time defending MVC champion Kristin Geppert, who posted the second-fastest time in the event.
12:05 p.m. - Illinois State's Danielle Schumacher posted the top time in the 200-yard freestyle, swimming more than a second faster than Pamela Benitez (SIU), who finished second. Tori Alland posted the third-fastest time, giving ILS two of the top three times. Missouri State got four swimmers in the A Final. Michelle Tipton (UE) posted the fourth-best time in the prelim. We're on to four heats of the 100 breaststroke.
11:40 a.m. - MSU swimmer Roni Balzam will lead the A Final in the 100 fly tonight. She had the fastest time coming in, and she swam even faster to claim the top spot. She'll be joined by teammate Ali Stauffer. SIU placed three swimmers in the top eight, led by Isabela Castro and Charlotte Davies, who posted the second and third fastest times, respectively. Sarah Rendek (ILS), Samantha Montgomery (UE), Jeanette Nolte (ILS), Rachael Barry (SIU) and Stauffer (MSU) round out the top eight. On to the 200 freestyle prelims.
11:35 a.m. - Results are posted below. I'll post results of every prelim as I receive them. After the morning session is over, I'll remove all those individual links and post a link to results from the whole morning session. Halfway through the 100 fly now. After that, we have the 200-yard freestyle.
11:30 a.m. - Hannah Pinion posted the fastest time in the prelims convincingly in the 400 IM. She swam more than three seconds faster than Brianna Willoughby, who won this event when she was a freshman.
11:12 a.m. - We have our second tie of the Championship, and this one was for first place. Southern Illinois' Kirsten Groome came from behind to tie Missouri State's Suzanne Van Rensburg for first place in the second heat of the 400 IM prelims. Both swam 4:29.79, just ahead of Illinois State's Valerie Jones. Groome set the Championship record in this event two years ago.
11:10 a.m. - There will be four heats for the 400 IM, six heats for the 100 fly, six heats for the 200 free, four heats for the 100 breast and four heats for the 100 back. We're in the middle of the second heat of the 400 IM. Rhennetta Bork of Northern Iowa won the first heat.
10:50 a.m. - Anticipating another exciting day today. Two records fell yesterday in six events. SIU's Hannah Pinion broke the Championship record in the prelim--and she needed to re-break her own record just to win the final. The top four swimmers in the 200 IM would have broken last year's record time. And Missouri State's 400 medley relay team won the MVCs for the fourth consecutive year, setting a record in the process. Today, we have five swimming events in prelims and one diving event. The three-meter diving prelims will start at 1 p.m. The swimming events are the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. Tonight, we'll have the finals of all those events and add in the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.
10:45 a.m. - We're 15 minutes away from getting the second day of preliminaries started. Once again, this is John Lock, an SIU media services graduate assistant, live blogging you through the action here at the MVC Championship if you're not able to be here in person. We'll have results for each event as soon as possible after each event. If you have questions or comments, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll do my best to get back to you as quickly as I can.
8:30 p.m. - That's a wrap here from the Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium for tonight. Missouri State is leading with 293 points. Illinois State and Southern Illinois are tight, with 225 and 213 points, respectively. Evansville and Northern Iowa round out the field. Come back tomorrow, and we'll be doing the same thing. Or come to the Natatorium and cheer on the women. The atmosphere for the finals is really great. It's as loud an raucous as any other sport. I'll be back tomorrow with more.
8:05 p.m. - Missouri State win the 400 medley relay for the fourth year in a row. Ahlin, Sander, Balzam and Sauffer teamed up to swim a 3:44.24--an MVC record. SIU finished in second, four seconds behind Missouri State's record time.
7:55 p.m. - Just finished up the one-meter dive. Illinois State's impressive sophomore Wenting Zhang won the event with a 266.20. Southern Illinois' Anna Beeck and Brittany Weigel came in second and third, followed by UNI's Bethany Olson. Just one more event to go--the 400 medley relay.
7:05 p.m. - Illinois State swimmers won all three Finals for the 50 freestyle. Sammy Schuckles won the C Final and Jeanette Nolte took the B Final. Katherine Nelson won the event with a 24.09. Southern Illinois' Luisa Silveira finished second.
7 p.m. - Hannah Pinion broke her own record seven hours later. Here's the impressive part: The top four swimmers in this 200 IM would have broken last year's MVC record. And all of them are underclassmen. Should be a great event for years to come.
6:50 p.m. - Evansville freshman Mackenzie Powell (2:09.46) won the C Final for the 200 IM. Another Evansville freshman, Caroline Lee, won the B Final (2:06.49). Not a bad day for freshmen. And remember, another freshman, Southern's Hannah Pinion, set a Championship record in the prelims in this event. But she'll be racing against a senior, Missouri State's Brianna Willoughby, who has won the event three years in a row.
6:35 p.m. - SIU's Pamela Benitez and Illinois State's Danielle Schumacher were neck-and-neck the whole race. Schumacher took the title by 17 hudredths over Benitez. She swam a 4:52.33, which is the second-fastest time in Championship history.
6:31 p.m. - How competitive is this final? After 150 yards, the top four swimmers were within five-tenths of a second of each other.
6:30 p.m. - Before we get started on the final, the Northern Iowa crowd should get a shoutout. Impressive energy and noise coming from the UNI section up above. Good dancers, too.
6:20 p.m. - Just finished the C Final on the 500 freestyle. Kelly Healy edged out teammate Keely Hunt to take the top time in the heat. She won by six hundredths of a second over her teammate. In the B Final, Marta Nogueroles of Missouri State took the top spot with a time of 5:01.35. MSU teammate Dawn Richerson came in second. Now on to the final.
6:05 p.m. - Missouri State set the conference record in this event just last year. The environment for the finals has gotten off to a great start. The stands are packed. It was a boisterous finish; Missouri State won the event for the third consecutive year. They swam a 1:34.80 to take the win. Evansville finished second, Illinois State took third, Southern Illinois finished fourth and Northern Iowa finished fifth.
6 p.m. - One correction from earlier. Hannah Pinion broke a record in the 200 IM in the preliminaries. I said that was a 19-year-old record. It was actually a 29-year-old record. Impressive swim for the freshman.
5:50 p.m. - We're back for the finals. The swimmers are getting the last of their warm-ups in. We'll have six finals tonight, which are in order as follows: 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, one-meter dive and 400 medley relay.
2:45 p.m. - Diving prelims are complete. Illinois State's Wenting Zhang ran away with it, scoring a 287.60 on six dives. Northern Iowa's Bethany Olson--a three-time MVC Diver of the Week this year--was second with a score of 262.60. Complete results from today's prelims are linked below. By the way, I'm John Lock, a graduate assistant in the media services office at SIU. If you have any questions or comments, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I'll do my best to get back to you as soon as I can.
12:15 p.m. - And just like that, we're done with our first day of preliminary swimming. We still have the one-meter diving preliminaries coming up at 1 p.m., but our three swimming prelims for the day are done. I'll post results of the diving as soon as I get them. Look for a release on the preliminaries on SIUSalukis.com as soon as I get the diving results. There will be a couple updates in the afternoon, but I'll be back with constant updates when the finals start at 6 p.m. Come out to the natatorium at the pool to watch the finals. Tickets are $25 for all sessions and $7 for a single session ($20 and $5 for kids high school age or younger, respectively).
12:10 p.m. - Illinois State's Katherine Nelson posted the top time in the event with a 23.89. She was the only swimmer to break 24 seconds in the 50 free. Missouri State had another strong showing, posting the next three fastest times. Sarah Rendek will join Nelson in the A final for the Redbirds. Samantha Montomery, a freshman, made the A final for Evansville. Luisa Silveira and Rachael Barry give the Salukis two swimmers in the A final.
11:55 a.m. - That didn't take long. We have our first Championship record. Southern Illinois freshman Hannah Pinion just swam a 2:03.78 in the 200 IM, breaking a Championship record and a 19-year-old school record. Missouri State posted a remarkable six swimmers in the top eight in the event. The only two other swimmer to get in the A final were Pinion and fellow SIU swimmer Charlotte Davies. Tonight in the final, Missouri State senior Brianna Willoughby will be trying to win the 200 IM for the fourth consecutive year. The only swimmer to win the event four straight years is Diana Roberts from 1994-97. We've taken a five-minute break and are back with eight heats of the 50 freestyle.
11:45. a.m. - I don't think anyone is going to be able to touch Groome's 500 free MVC record for a long time. Two years ago, as a freshman, she swam a 4:44.48--more than nine seconds faster than any other 500 free winner in MVC Championship history.
11:40 a.m. - Groome's time held up as the top time from prelims, followed by Schumacher. Missouri State placed three swimmers in the top eight -- Dimi Drakopoulou, Suzanne Van Rensburg and Hannah Molden. Complete prelim results for the 500 free are posted at the bottom of the page. On to the 200 IM prelims now. We'll have six heats.
11:20 a.m. - Just finished third heat of the 500 freestyle. Southern Illinois' Kirsten Groome, a two-time defending champ in the event, won the heat. Groome set the MVC and pool record two years ago as a freshman, but the event is loaded this year. A pair of freshmen, SIU's Pamela Benitez and Evansville's Michelle Tipton, held the top two times during the regular season in the event. It's going to be a fun and competitive final. Benitez swims in the fourth heat and Tipton swims in the final preliminary. The rest the swimmers have gotten is apparent; Groome and Illinois State's Danielle Schumacher both swam faster than Tipton's regular-season MVC best time in the third heat of the prelim. Schumacher took more than five seconds off her seed time.
11 am. - And we're off. The first heat of the 500 freestyle is underway. We'll have five heats of the 500 free, six heats of the 200 IM and eight heats of the 50 free. We have 18 divers set to compete in the one-meter prelims at 1 p.m.
10:40 a.m. - Just talked to meet director Scott Olson. He won't say everything has run smoothly so far because he doesn't want to jinx it. But a smooth operation so far, thanks to a lot of hard work from Olson, SIU swimming graduate assistant Brittany Massengale, facilities people Andy Pettit and Katie Gerlach, aquatics director Jeff Goelz, and the folks at the MVC.
10:30 a.m. - We're a half an hour from kicking things off. The swimmers are in the pool, warming up. After each event, I'll post the results in the section below. After the whole first session wraps up, I'll post all-session results in the same section and on our schedule page. We'll have two releases per day, one for each session. I'll post comments and records in this space. Should be a quick morning session today; we only have three swimming events to run prelims. There will be six events tonight for finals. Diving prelims will start at 1 p.m. today, and the other two events tonight are relays.
8 a.m. - It's day one of the MVC Championship. The prelims will start at 11 a.m. The coaches met last night for the annual pre-championship meeting. The only notable change to come out of the meeting: Diving preliminaries will start at 1 p.m. both today and tomorrow. Previously, they had been scheduled for 12:30 p.m. (today) and 11:30 a.m. (Friday) starts.
WEDNESDAY--Noon - Welcome to the 2012 MVC Championship Central. We'll post observations and notes here periodically as the meet rolls along. Results will be posted after each event, and full-session results will be posted at the conclusion of each session. Updates will also periodically be posted on twitter @SalukiSwimDive.
For complete results from every event in the 2012 MVC Championships, click HERE.
|200 Freestyle Relay
|Ahlin, Uzcategui, Engelbrecht, Stauffer
|Missouri State
|500 Freestyle
|Danielle Schumacher
|Illinois State
|200 Individual Medley
|Hannah Pinion
|Southern Illinois
|50 Freestyle
|Katherine Nelson
|Illinois State
|One-Meter Diving (Six Dives)
|Wenting Zhang
|Illinois State
|400 Medley Relay
|Ahlin, Sander, Balzam, Stauffer
|Missouri State
|200 Medley Relay
|Missouri State
|Missouri State
|400 Individual Medley
|Hannah Pinion
|Southern Illinois
|100 Butterfly
|Roni Balzam
|Missouri State
|200 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton
|100 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander
|Missouri State
|100 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin
|Missouri State
|800 Freestyle Relay
|Schumacher, Alland, Jones, Holmes
|Illinois State
|1650 Freestyle
|Dimi Drakopoulou
|Missouri State
|200 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin
|Missouri State
|100 Freestyle
|Michelle Tipton
|200 Breaststroke
|Renata Sander
|Missouri State
|200 Butterfly
|Isabela Castro
|Southern Illinois
|Three-Meter Diving (Six Dives)
|Wenting Zhang
|Illinois State
|400 Freestyle Relay
|Schumacher, Halley, Alland, Nelson
|Illinois State
Day 1 - Thursday, February 16
Preliminaries 11 a.m. -- Finals 6 p.m.
For complete results from the Thursday's preliminaries, click HERE.
For complete results from Thursday's finals, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2011 Champion
|2012 Results
|200 Freestyle Relay
|Missouri State
|500 Freestyle
|Kirsten Groome, SIU*
|200 Individual Medley
|Brianna Willoughby, MSU*
|50 Freestyle
|Amber Green, MSU
|1-Meter Diving
|Bethany Olson, UNI*
|400 Medley Relay
|Missouri State
Day 2 - Friday, February 17
Preliminaries 11 a.m. -- Finals 6 p.m.
For complete results from Friday's preliminaries, click HERE.
For complete results from Friday's finals, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2011 Champion
|2012 Results
|200 Medley Relay
|Missouri State
|400 Individual Medley
|Kirsten Groome, SIU*
|100 Butterfly
|Sarah Rendek, ILS*
|200 Freestyle
|Amber Green, MSU
|100 Breaststroke
|Kristin Geppert, SIU*
|100 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin, MSU*
|800 Freestyle Relay
|Missouri State
Day 3 - Saturday, February 18
Preliminaries 10 a.m. -- Finals 4 p.m.
For complete results from Saturday's preliminaries, click HERE.
For complete results from Saturday's finals, click HERE.
For complete results from every event in the 2012 MVC Championships, click HERE.
|Event Number
|2011 Champion
|2012 Results
|1650 Freestyle
|Kirsten Groome, SIU*
|200 Backstroke
|Anna Ahlin, MSU*
|100 Freestyle
|Amber Green, MSU
|200 Breaststroke
|Kristin Geppert, SIU*
|200 Butterfly
|Isabela Castro, SIU*
|3-Meter Diving
|Brittany Weigel, SIU*
|400 Freestyle Relay
|Southern Illinois

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Helene Neville has made it her mission to make a difference. Possessing more than 30 years of experience in nursing, business and coaching Ms. Neville has parlayed her interest in health and fitness to accomplish a record making – and record breaking – feat of athletic skill. She is a true visionary with an indomitable spirit.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she attended high school in Burlington, Vermont and college in Iowa. After graduation, she began her nursing and coaching career in 1984.
From 1993 to 2001, Ms. Neville served as Community Health Education Consultant for the Iowa Department of Public Health. While there, she was recognized by CDC, FEMA, and ATSDR and was awarded the Governors Seal for Community Service. In 1999, she started her first business Well-Fit, LLC coaching corporate employees on health and fitness strategies. She volunteered at the Iowa Department for the Blind as a fitness coach. She spearheaded a bone marrow registry through the University of Iowa and served as volunteer coach at the YMCA and Special Olympics. In 2000, she received Des Moines' Key to the City and Proclamation.
In 2001, she single-handedly founded the Des Moines Marathon. For her accomplishment, she received Runner's World George Sheehan Golden Shoe Award and was a finalist for the Iowa Star Award. The 2002 Des Moines Marathon made the top 50 marathons out of 306 marathons in 2002. In 2005, Ms. Neville sold the Des Moines Marathon, which is valued today at $1.2 million dollars, to Endurance Sports Marketing Corporation.
In 2010, she wrote her first book, "Nurses In Shape: The Right Dose!" On May 1, 2102 with book in hand, Ms. Neville became the first person to run the entire length of the southern half of the United States in the hot and humid conditions of summer. It took her only 93 days to cover the 2,520 miles from Ocean Beach, California to Atlantic Beach, Florida.
During her 2010 run, the Mayor of Las Cruces presented Ms. Neville with the key to the city for inspiring an underserved community. The Mayor of Phoenix awarded Ms. Neville the Friends of Phoenix Service award.
After her second book, "One On The Run, 93 Days Across America," she started running on May 1, 2103 running from Vancouver, British Columbia and transected the west coast ending in Tijuana, Mexico. It took her 45 days to run the 1,500 miles. Along this run, she carried the ashes of her recently departed brother.
Along her journeys, Ms. Neville stops at hospitals, schools and businesses to inspire others to realize their dreams. Helene is inspired to do more stating "I believe that we can restore the health of America. But it's up to you and me to take positive action to ensure that the future is everything it can possibly be."
She recently founded the National Nurses Health Institute which includes a two-day conference, half marathon and 5K. The inaugural event was held October 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was a huge hit.
Following a successful National Nurses event, Ms. Neville was nominated for inclusion into the 16th annual special edition of "Distinguished Women of Nevada" book.
Ms. Neville is a nationally-known speaker and spokesperson on health, fitness and wellness and has been featured in print and on radio and television. She is the proud mother of sons Steven and Danny.
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For any West Virginia sports team, defeating in-state rival Marshall is a defining moment.
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I felt that this game would be a strong indicator if the Mountaineers were going to be consistent throughout the season. Facing an in-state rival such as Marshall could motivate West Virginia, but a loss could certainly question how consistent the team would be in winning consecutive games.
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On the evenings of June 22, July 20 and August 17, members will have the aquarium all to themselves! Enjoy the indoor exhibits, explore the Titanic exhibit and experience the 4-D Theater without the summer crowds. You'll also receive free admission - normally $3 per person - to Birds of the Outback.
Bring a friend and they'll receive $4 off their general admission ticket. Tickets to Birds of the Outback and 4-D Theater can be purchased separately.
Birds of the Outback open until 7 p.m.; outdoor exhibits will be open until 7:30 p.m., both weather permitting. The Ocean Exploration Center and 4-D Theater will be open until 7:30 p.m. Ray Touch Pool and Marine Theater will not be open during the evening hours. All other exhibits and activities subject to availability.
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Feb. 27, 2014
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina and Florida have agreed on a single-game contract for the Pirates and Gators to play at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Sept. 12, 2015, according to a joint announcement by both institutions Thursday.
The meeting will mark ECU's second visit to Gainesville and first since 1983 when No. 6 UF used a late fourth-quarter touchdown run by Neal Anderson to post a 24-17 victory on Oct. 22.
"I'm sure many of our fans will remember the last time we played in The Swamp," East Carolina Director of Athletics Jeff Compher said. "While it's a great opportunity to compete in that environment against a program with the tradition Florida has, I'm confident Coach (Ruffin) McNeill will have the Pirates ready to play."
The contest against Florida will also maintain the continuity of Southeastern Conference opponents on the Pirates' future schedules, which includes visits to South Carolina in both 2014 and 2016. In addition to a 17-game series with the Gamecocks that dates back to 1977 and one previous encounter with the Gators, ECU has also faced current SEC members Alabama (1998), Arkansas (2010), Auburn (1985, 1986, 1994), Georgia (1990), Kentucky (1993, 2009), LSU (1981), Missouri (1982, 1983) and Tennessee (1995) in its history.
ECU's 2015 non-conference schedule now includes road games at Florida and BYU with home matchups again Virginia Tech and an opponent to be announced.
The Pirates, who compiled a 10-3 record and made their seventh bowl appearance in the last eight years in 2013, will open play in the American Athletic Conference this season after a 17-year membership in Conference USA.
Florida was 4-8 under third-year head coach Will Muschamp last fall.
Series Recap
Oct. 22, 1983 - No. 6 Florida 24, East Carolina 17 (73,943 at Florida Field)
Notes: A six-yard TD run by the Gators' Neal Anderson with 6:23 remaining in the contest broke 17-17 deadlock ... ECU had two chances after Anderson's TD, reaching the Florida 34- and 37-yard lines on successive possessions, but the Gators used defensive stands on both drives to end the threat ... Earnest Byner led the Pirates with 97 rushing yards on 16 carries, while the East Carolina defense picked off four Wayne Peace passes ... ECU jumped out to a 10-0 lead before settling for a 10-7 edge at the half.


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Why Did My Government Tax Return Get Selected For An Audit?
In the last few years the government has increased the amount of tax returns that they randomly audit. Most of the time, when you receive an audit notice, you were randomly selected to have your taxes reviewed. You will more than likely just have to provide the government with any documents they request, and worst case scenario, possibly loose a days pay to attend a face to face meeting. The government has justified this new measure with the claim that more and more people are cheating on their taxes. In an effort to cut back on this they are auditing additional people each year in hopes to randomly catch a bad claim.
What Should I Do If The government Wants To Audit Me
If the government wants to audit your Tax return you should prepare to comply with their request. If it is a simple audit, as most are, you should make copies of all the documents they have requested and prepare to submit them by the time line the government provides. However, if the government tax return that is being audited states you owe a lot of additional money or are being questioned for fraud, you should immediately seek the help of a tax attorney.
How Long Should I Keep My government Tax Return And Supporting Documents
By law you are required to keep your government tax return documents for 7 years if you are an individual 10 years if you are a business. Certain professions may be required to keep the documents for a longer period of time. When you keep your tax return documents make sure that you keep all the records that are relevant to your return with the document. If you have claimed any type of deductions you must keep the supporting documentation. This way, in the event you are randomly selected for an audit, you will always be prepared. When the time line expires for your records make sure you shred them properly. Tax documents are the number one source of paperwork identity thieves look for to retrieve information.


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Mike Hamilton, an acclaimed guitarist and vocalist who has performed with Sting, Kenny Loggins and other legendary artists, is now appearing at Salt Creek Grille, 32802 Pacific Coast Highway, and Dana Point. He will perform on Fridays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Hamilton's music has been described as easy to admire and hard to categorize. His musicianship prompted Coast Magazine to call him "one of the more valued gems of the Orange Coast." His inventive performances escort audiences through a sonic travelogue of diverse styles - from alternative, rock, blues, R&B, pop and country to jazz fusion and classical.
Hamilton toured internationally with Kenny Loggins, recording lead guitar solos, background vocals and rhythm guitar parts on seven of Loggins' gold and platinum Sony/Columbia albums.
Salt Creek Grill, located on the corner of Crown Valley Parkway and Pacific Coast Highway, offers a comprehensive menu from burgers and salads to entrees that include Atlantic salmon, chicken, baby back ribs and steaks.
Among some of its most popular items for dinner are Stuffed "Blues" burger with Gorgonzola cheese for $15; French Dip for $18, Kale & Quinoa Salad for $14; Thai Noodle Chicken Salad, also $14; Citrus Glazed Mahi Mahi for $24, Mary's Rotisserie Chicken for $17; Mesquite Grilled Baby Back Ribs for $27; Roasted Squash & Ricotta Ravioli for $17; Double Cut Grille Chop for $25; and Porterhouse Stroganoff for $23.
The restaurant also serves craft beers including the draft beers Avery White Rascal, Hanger 24 Double IPA and Epic Brewing 825 State Stout. Among its bottled beers are Sam Adams, Guinness and Stella. Signature martinis also are on the menu, all at $12.
The menu also notes which items are gluten free.
Salt Creek Grille is on the corner of Crown Valley Parkway and Pacific Coast Highway. For more information or reservations, call 949-661-7799.


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Getting a Job after a Felony
Recently released statistics from the Pew Center for the States revealed that more than 1% of adult Americans are in prison, a statistic that is reflected in the growing problem of prison crowding in the U.S. Unfortunately, many offenders are finding that their sentences aren't really over when they're released from jail.
Tucson Weekly recently reported on the problem of finding employment for ex-felons. Specifically, those with felony convictions face obstacles when applying for jobs that require a state-issued license – and such jobs include dentistry, nursing, truck driving, accounting and more!
Critics of Arizona's hiring policy (which is similar to others around the country) have reportedly identified two major sources of trouble for ex-felons: first, the licensing requirements are unfair in that they effectively judge applicants based on their morality.
Sources indicate that, though many felons serve the full sentence required by the court, they continue to face consequences when attempting to pursue certain careers.
The second part of the problem, evidently, is a lack of awareness. Reports suggest that even professors and advisors at community colleges where many ex-felons pursue higher education are unaware of the licensing restrictions that could prevent students from finding employment. This, it seems, can translate to wasted time and tuition dollars for students attempting to prepare for positions for which they don't qualify.
Ironically, many occupations that exclude ex-felons (including nursing and truck driving) are facing historic shortages, but cannot hire many willing and qualified convicts.
And, despite the efforts of certain activists who hope to address the morality requirements and modify felony restrictions for state licensing, many people advocate imposing new restrictions. In the world of instantaneous Internet searches, Americans have grown accustomed to learning more information than ever in less time than ever.
The Arizona Republic ran a story that illuminated Americans' growing awareness and support of criminal background checks. Apparently, a company called CrimShield now provides background checking services to contract employers like plumbers, construction workers and pest control workers.
Once CrimShield has verified that an employee has no criminal history, it evidently issues an ID card that lets homeowners know the worker entering their home has never been convicted of a crime.
Unfortunately, many people don't realize that overly-stringent restrictions on employment options for ex-offenders can lead to a cycle of recidivism, or repeat offending. The president of Arizona's Community Reintegration Coalition recently blogged about tips for ex-offenders looking for work at job fairs. Here's a summary:
- Dress for an interview, or one step up from how you'd dress on an average day of work.
- Arrive armed with copies of your resume and cover letter. Fill out all applications thoroughly.
- Invest time in conversations with representatives. These are the people who will present you to your potential employer/hirer.
- Ask about the company policy for hiring ex-offenders (an open-ended question is more likely to meet a positive response than a yes/no question).
- Don't be intimidated by background checks.
- Don't get upset if a company can't hire you. Some recruiters will refer you to companies they know have more lenient hiring policies.
The problem of incarceration remains a serious one in the United States. Increasing awareness is the first step toward achieving a more balanced criminal justice system.


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Parents worried after 'Purge: Anarchy' spawns disturbing online 'purges' on Facebook and Instagram
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you could get away with anything for a 12-hour period, free of consequences, what would you do? A new horror film's sequel is based on this premise and it has some parents concerned.
That's because some teens are posting risqué or downright obscene photos and malicious commentary on social media. Except unlike in the movies, these actions have real-life consequences, as some area teens are learning today.
Inspired by the horror film "Purge: Anarchy", dozens of Facebook pages and Instagram hashtags are spawning across social media urging users to post anything, expose anything, and say anything for a 12- or 24-hour period.
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Some of these pages, including a now-removed "Purge KC" Facebook page, attracted police attention when underage users posted naked photos of themselves or others.
One Johnson County, Kan., mother, who asked to remain anonymous to protect her teenage daughter from retribution, told our Scripps sister station 41 Action News she saw a photo of a girl she recognized, exposed, on the page on Thursday. She alerted the police.
"It's disturbing to see," that mother said in an interview Thursday. "You know, it's also disturbing that there's not parents monitoring their children's social media activity."
Police contacted the girl's parents and the photo was removed. A Shawnee, Kan., police official said the girl would not be charged with any crime. She was guilty only of poor judgment.
Meanwhile, with the film set to debut in many cities July 18, #PurgeNight and similar hashtags are flooding Instagram with photos, and accounts like KCPurge are posting obscene photos to thousands of followers.
Neither Universal Pictures nor Blumhouse Productions, who produce the "Purge" films, responded to request for comment on Thursday.
"This is on the Internet. It's in ink. It's not in pencil. You can't erase it," the Johnson County mother warned. "Once it's out there, it's out there."


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Ada Lovelace Day: Wendy Hall
It's Ada Lovelace Day – the day to bring to the fore the successful female role models in the traditionally male dominated fields of technology and science.
I've chosen to blog about Wendy Hall – now Dame Wendy Hall DBE, FREng, FBCS, FIET, FCGI, FRS. Today she's Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton, UK, and Dean of the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences.
She probably wouldn't know me from Adam, but my first job after graduating was working for the language lab at the University whilst I started my (as yet unfinished) PhD, scanning language texts and linking them using this new 'thing' – hypertext – on a project called Microcosm, which was absolutely her baby. She was one of the first people to seriously research the possibilities of multimedia and hypermedia.
For the first time, it was easy to make associations between subjects in unrelated documents. It seems almost impossible now, but we were at the bleeding edge at the University, with students using word processors!
I've rarely seen Wendy's name on the conference circuit. and she's not prolific on Twitter (@DameWendyOBE). But she became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year's Honours list, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 2009.
Why? Her work has has had huge significance for digital libraries, the semantic web, and more.
According to the University, her current research includes applications of the Semantic Web and exploring the interface between the life sciences and the physical sciences. She is also the MD of the Web Science Trust and helps shape science and engineering policy and education. – she is currently a member of the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology, and is a founder member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council. She was President of the British Computer Society (2003-4) and an EPSRC Senior Research Fellow from 1996 to 2002.
It's something of a shame that much of the recognition she earns is on the basis of her gender rather than the amazing work she's done, not only in her own right, but in inspiring others and shaping the minds of future scientists. That's an impressive CV by anyone's standards. I don't think we see or hear anything near enough of Wendy Hall, now one of the UK's most influential women in computing, and hope that others will see her as I do: an inspiring role model for generations of future computer scientists…. of any gender.
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Massively parallel, programmable architectures will make major inroads in integrated circuits for both computational infrastructure and peripheral devices, inspired by power and time-to-market concerns.
The challenges of parameter variability and circuit reliability are best addressed by allocating an increasing number of transistors to the tasks of dynamic on-line tuning and providing error-resiliency. Ultimately, it probably will lead to computational models that are substantially different from those that are in vogue today.
Each of the above strategies addresses a particular problem, such as power, concurrency, variability or reliability, and integrates aspects from multiple communities (such as modeling, exploration, synthesis, verification, and test). To do this successfully requires a common design technology framework for complex heterogeneous systems which can be shared over technology domains and optimization targets.
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The end of the semester also marks the conclusion of the first year of the Duke Library's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board (GPSAB). Inaugurated in October, GPSAB serves a function similar to the Library's First Year Advisory Board and Undergraduate Student Advisory Board, providing a place for students and librarians to think together about the Library and how best it can meet student needs. This year's GPSAB members included masters and doctoral students from nine different graduate departments including Economics, History, Art History, English, Literature, Classics, Chemistry, Music, and Slavic Studies. The board met once a month with a team of library staff to address a wide variety of agenda items proposed by the graduate student members.
As a graduate student in the history department and frequent user of library resources, I was excited to be a member of the board and be part of the conversation about the role of the library in the graduate student experience. Over the course of the year, students on the board brought a wide range of thoughts, questions, and suggestions to the table. Among these, we all seemed to feel strongly that new incoming graduate students needed to be introduced to the library and its resources from day one. I think all of us expressed a sense that we had only slowly over our time at Duke come to realize all that librarians and the library could bring to our research. As a result, members of GPSAB are now working to integrate library subject specialists and discipline specific library resources more directly into new student orientation at the departmental level. Likewise, several members of the board emphasized the need for more graduate student training and hands-on experience in areas of new digital scholarship. Duke is home to so many great digital projects and resources, many hosted within the library itself, that we felt the library could play more of a lead role in helping students find, use, and/or create these tools. To this end, the library staff on the board were incredibly supportive, soliciting our feedback on a new position in the library for digital projects as well as keeping us up to date on digital resources and acquisitions.
Through our monthly conversations with the library staff on the board, it became clear how much the library values and needs input from graduate students on their needs. This was a somewhat eye-opening experience for me thinking back to all the times I'd been frustrated by a missing book or wished something about the catalog interface had been different but hadn't bothered to get in touch with librarians to let them know. I think those of us on the board are now spreading the word within our departments about the importance of active communication between students and librarians. It's my sense and I think the sense of many on the board, that the library will be an ever more important role in graduate student research and academic life in the coming years as new information technologies and digital resources transform the landscape of universities and scholarship in increasingly profound ways.
It's exciting to see the library take steps, like the creation of the GPSAB, towards including us in conversation and planning around what this transformation will look like. I'll be graduating this year but I know I will hear more and more about the work of GPSAB in the future.
The Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board is interested in hearing from prospective new members for the coming academic year 2011-12. Look for a call for member applications in the fall.


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Welcome from Student Government President
To the Class of 2018,
Congratulations! On behalf of the students and members of the St. Lawrence community, I want to welcome you into your first days as a Laurentian. I know these first couple weeks are going to be quite overwhelming, but soon you will be on campus with all of us and your college journey will begin. We cannot wait for you to get here.
I want to take a moment to offer some advice to each of you, even though I am sure you will be bombarded all summer with advice from friends and family, but bear with me. When you arrive here in August, be yourself! St. Lawrence is a great place because students pursue their desires and dreams, so go ahead and be creative. Join clubs and teams that interest you and make sure to attend the Student Club and Organization Fair in the first week of classes. It's personally one of my favorite days on campus, and I think you will really enjoy seeing students of all class years with their banners and members of their clubs- careful, Frisbees and free t-shirts will be flying all around! Also, make sure to really get to know each and every member of your FYP, some of your FYP-mates are going to become your lifelong friends and will be the backbone to your success at St. Lawrence.
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"Guardians of the Galaxy" is probably the closest thing we've had to the next "Star Wars" in many years. It's a sci-fi movie, but it isn't one that's drenched in politics and moral conundrums. "Guardians of the Galaxy" is a character-driven film that, like the very first "Star Wars" movie, is just a lot of fun.
Directed by James Gunn, the movie, which features characters from Marvel comics, opens on a young boy getting sucked into space by a giant ship. Fast forward twenty years, and that boy is now Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), an outlaw who travels the galaxy under the nickname Star Lord. When he comes in contact with a strange orb that he steals for a job, Quill soon finds himself the subject of a manhunt led by the powerful villain Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) and Nebula (Karen Gillan), the daughter of the even more powerful Thanos (Josh Brolin). A string of occurrences leads to Quill teaming up with a bunch of misfits: Gamora (Zoe Saldana), the other daughter of Thanos who wants the orb to betray Ronan; Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), who wants revenge on Ronan for killing his family; and Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Groot (Vin Diesel), possibly the quirkiest pair of bounty hunters you'll ever meet—Rocket being a talking raccoon and Groot being a giant tree and all.
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is the first installment of the Marvel cinematic universe in a while that introduces a new set of characters, so you shouldn't need to be familiar with the rest of the franchise's offerings to understand what's going on. Key word: shouldn't. As it turns out, "Guardians of the Galaxy" is probably the least coherent of all the Marvel origin stories so far. It's not that the plot itself is very confusing, but characters like Ronan, Thanos, and Nebula are just kind of there, and it's expected that the audience already knows their backstory and what their purpose is. This doesn't detract from the plot enough to turn it into a complete mess, but it is a significant enough problem to raise some questions.
Aside from that, "Guardians" is a lot of fun. It brings together a group of characters who should by all means hate each other—and they do, in the beginning—but end up being the only friends they have. The entire cast has great chemistry, with Rocket and Groot stealing every scene. They're the Han and Chewbacca of this film—don't be surprised if they get their own movie in the future. The quirkiness of the film and characters is enhanced by the soundtrack of 1970s hits—taken from a mix tape Quill had with him when he was taken from Earth—and humorous dialogue and sight gags. At times it feels like the movie is trying too hard to be irreverent, but the majority of the time, the jokes work well. The cast is rounded out by small appearances by the likes of John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, and Benicio Del Toro.
The special effects are also very well done in this film. They're always present, but never overwhelming, which helps add to the film's retro vibe. With a plethora of alien species and mysterious planets present, it's no wonder that the first film this reminded me of was "Star Wars". "Guardians" is a breath of fresh air from all of Marvel's "Avengers" nonsense, and while it's far from perfect, it's ambitious and imaginative enough.
As always, be sure to stay through the end of the credits. "Guardians of the Galaxy" boasts the funniest, cleverest, and most appropriate end-credit scene of any Marvel movie so far.
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- Bultas, M. & Koetting, C. (2014). Autism Spectrum Disorders in the New DSM 5. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.
- Bultas, M. W. & Curtis, M. (2013). Using Simulation to Teach Child Injury Prevention to Mothers Recovering from Substance Abuse. Journal of Community Health Nursing 30(3), 155-163. doi: 10.1080/07370016.2013.806720.
- Bultas, M. W., Budhathoki, C., & Balakas, K. (2013). Evaluation of child and parent outcomes after a pediatric cardiac camp experience. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jspn.12040
- Bultas, M. & McLaughlin, L. (2013). Using Evidence-based Practice in the School Health Room. NASN School Nurse, 28(1). doi: 10.1177/1942602X12465964
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- McKee, S., Bultas, M., Ahearn, T. (2011). School Nurse Survival: Reviewing Clinical Skills in the Simulation Laboratory. NASN School Nurse 26(4). doi: 10.1177/1942602X11409419
- Bultas, M. W. (2011). Enhancing the Pediatric Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum through Simulation. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 26(3). doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2010.06.012
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A photo of Arthur Douglas Harmon has been released by police moments ago. Arthur Douglas Harmon remains the suspected shooter in the Phoenix, Arizona attack today January 30, 2013. Arthur Douglas Harmon is wanted by police. Officials tell news that Harmon remains on the loose and might be driving a Kia Optima car with Arizona license plate number AVS 2052. Phoenix PD Sgt. Tommy Thompson released the above photo moments ago during a late news conference.
Police believe that Arthur Douglas Harmon allegedly took the life of Steven D. Singer. Singer worked as CEO of Fusion Contact Centers in Scottsdale. Mark Hummels reportedly is in critical condition. He is an attorney with Osborn Maledon and president of the Phoenix chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He has suffered multiple bullet wounds, police tell news. But Andrea Marconi issued a news statement this afternoon that Mark is out of surgery and that doctors are "optimistic". She also reports that he has a "strong pulse".
Three people were shot today in violence that erupted in an office building located at 7310 N. 16th Street. Police immediate dispatched to Harmon's house in the 14000 block of North 28th Street. After arriving at the Harmon residence at 10:30 am, Harmon's son told officers they would not be allowed in without a search warrant. Officers wouldn't gain entry until 3:45 pm when a warrant was issued. Sgt. Tommy Thompson says that Arthur Douglas Harmon is still on the loose and remains armed and dangerous.


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Communication for Families in Crisis
Theories, Research, Strategies
Year of Publication: 2012
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In this volume, the first book-length work to address effective family communication during times of crisis, leading researchers provide in-depth discussions of communication theory vis-à-vis specific scientific analysis of families in crisis. Three general types of crises are examined: relational crises (infidelity, infertility, identity shifts, parental deployment, death of a child); health crises (mothers with breast cancer, children with disabilities, pediatric cancer, geriatric health crises); and economic crises (job loss, divorce, homelessness, post-hurricane survival).
Each chapter ends with practical advice for families on how to communicate effectively during crisis. Given its presentation of diverse theories, research methodologies, and crises, this volume can serve as a useful textbook for graduate courses in communication and family studies. In addition, the accessible writing style and engaging topics make it an ideal supplemental text for upper division undergraduate classes and a useful resource for practitioners who assist families in crisis.
Contents: John P. Caughlin: Foreword: Families in Crucibles: Toward a Communication Perspective on Helping Families in Crises – Lynne M. Webb/Fran C. Dickson: Effective Family Communication for Coping with Crises – Patricia Amason/Megan L. Wilson/Justin T. Rusinowski: Family Communication and Effectively Addressing Infertility – Allison R. Thorson: Parental Infidelity: Adult Children's Attributions for Parents' Extramarital Relationships – Christine Aramburu Alegría/Deborah Ballard-Reisch: And Then He Was a She: Communication Following a Gender-Identity Shift – Katheryn Maguire/Erin Sahlstein: In the Line of Fire: Family Management of Acute Stress during Wartime Deployment – Kayla B. Johnson/Lynne M. Webb: Death of a Child: Mothers' Accounts of Interactions with Surviving Children – Heather E. Canary: Children with Invisible Disabilities: Communicating to Manage Family Contradiction – Carla L. Fisher/Jon F. Nussbaum: «Linked Lives»: Mother-Adult Daughter Communication after a Breast Cancer Diagnosis – Jennifer A. Samp/Tara J. Abbot: Women Coping with Cancer: Family Communication, Conflict, and Support – Kathleen M. Galvin/Lauren H. Grill/Paul H. Arntson/Karen E. Kinahan: Beyond the Crisis: Communication between Parents and Children Who Survived Cancer – Kandi L. Walker/Joy L. Hart/Lindsay J. Della/Mary Z. Ashlock/Anita Hoag: Mom Is No Longer Mom: Adult Children Discuss Their Parents' Acute Health Events – Patrice M. Buzzanell/Lynn H. Turner: Effective Family Communication and Job Loss: Crafting the Narrative for Family Crisis – John H. Nicholson/Steve Duck: Sibling Alliances in Family Crises: Communication Surrounding Redefinitions of Family – Fran C. Dickson/Justin P. Borowsky/Kathryn Tiffiani Baldwin/Jennifer Kelly Corti/Daniel Johnson/Lucie Lawrence/Joseph Velasco: Communication Challenges of Parenting in Homeless Families – James M. Honeycutt/Christopher M. Mapp: Family Communication Surrounding Emotional Trauma: The Aftermath of Hurricanes.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
Fran C. Dickson received her PhD from Bowling Green State University. She is Professor and Department Chair of Communication Studies at Chapman University. Her research focuses primarily on later-life adults' communication in personal and family relationships.
Lynne M. Webb received her PhD from the University of Oregon. She is Professor of Communication at the University of Arkansas. Her research focuses primarily on young adults' interpersonal communication in romantic and family contexts.
«With this volume, the editors have significantly improved what we know about families' actual experiences with crises and the role communication plays in dealing with them. The research is original, engaging, useful, and highly likely to be heuristic.» (J. D. Ragsdale, Editor of 'Southern Journal of Communication')
«Fran C. Dickson and Lynne M. Webb have gathered together some of the top scholars in the communication discipline to examine how families experience, confront, and manage crisis in their everyday lives. The chapters are grounded in theory and research while maintaining a 'real world' focus on key areas such as family relationship crises, family health crises, and family economic crises. As such, this book provides both a much-needed scholarly and applied contribution to a critically important area of family communication studies.» (Glen Stamp, Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies, Ball State University)
«The scholars mine the depth of the communication discipline's offerings to understand messages and discourses family members experience and employ when faced with crises.» (Dawn O. Braithwaite, Willa Cather Professor of Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)


text: Pretoria - Misappropriation of municipal funds has, according to the latest report by the Auditor-General (AG) increased dramatically, but the situation might be even worse than it currently appears.Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure by municipalities rose 77% in the financial year to end-June 2010 – and this is probably an underestimate.A full R9.2bn was lost to service delivery in this manner. The comparative amount in the previous financial year was R5.2bn.This was revealed on Wednesday in the latest report on countrywide municipal audits for the 2009/10 financial year announced by AG Terence Nombembe at a National Press Club news conference in Pretoria.The R3.5bn revenue loss from water and electricity distribution, write-offs of R3.6bn in bad debts and underexpenditure amounting to R1.2bn which occurred in only five Western Cape municipalities was not included in the above R9.2bn.Nombembe attributed the sharp increase to improved financial reporting. But he conceded that most municipalities had not yet attained the required standard of reporting. The real picture might therefore be even gloomier.Nombembe said that as reporting improved problems became more evident and it was easier to do something about them.He said that although progress with financial reporting was slow, it was moving in the right direction.In all, 57 municipalities had improved audit outcomes, 165 were unchanged and 15 had regressed.The number of municipalities with clean audits rose from four to seven. The number of municipalities for which an audit opinion had been withheld – the poorest possible outcome – had fallen 46% from 121 to 65. But Nombembe pointed out that 51 audits were still outstanding at January 31, and had therefore not been included in the analysis. Of these laggards, most had received withheld opinions or unfavourable reports in the previous financial year. Johannesburg was one of those whose report had not been received by deadline.Nombembe said systemic problems existed in Johannesburg, which included the widely reported consumer accounts headache.In Tshwane R1.5bn worth of unauthorised expenditure had taken place in the period under review. This was more than in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape combined. According to Nombembe, Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa was spearheading efforts to improve corporate governance in his council. Reporting on service delivery was generally poor, with 84% of municipalities and municipal entities having failed to comply with regulatory requirements. The information supplied by 65% was not meaningful and 48% were unable to substantiate the information that they provided.Nombembe said adequate funds, instruments and support were available to make local government in South Africa work, but there was a lack of leadership. The following municipal authorities received totally clean reports:Cape Town Metro (Western Cape)Ehlanzeni District Municipality (Mpumalanga)Steve Tshwete (Mpumalanga)Victor Khanye (Mpumalanga)Metsweding (Gauteng, since incorporated into Tshwane)Frances Baard (Northern Cape)Fetakgomo (Limpopo)- Sake24 For business news in Afrikaans, go to Sake24.com.


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I'm always amazed when this dessert comes out of the oven. The batter is bathed in boiling water before baking but results in a very cake-like-looking product. That is, until you spoon it up into your awaiting bowl. Then you notice that luscious sauce hiding at the bottom of the baking dish. Because most sticky toffee puddings wouldn't be totally over-the-top without a little cream to 'dress' it, mine certainly gets the same treatment. Heavenly...
Easy Sticky-Toffee Pudding
For the cake:
100 g dark muscovado sugar
175 g self-raising flour
125 ml full-fat milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla, extract
50 g unsalted butter, melted
200 g chopped rolled dates
For the sauce:
200 g dark muscovado sugar
25 g unsalted butter, approximately, in little blobs
500 ml boiling water
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and butter a 1 ½ quart baking dish.Combine the sugar with the flour in a large bowl. Measure out the milk, beat in the egg, vanilla and melted butter, and pour this mixture over the sugar and flour, stirring just to combine. Fold in the dates, then pour into the prepared dish.
Sprinkle over the 200 g (3/4 cup) dark muscovado sugar and dot with the butter. Pour over the boiling water and transfer to the oven. Check after 45 minutes, though you might find the pudding needs 5 or 10 minutes more. The top of the pudding should be springy and spongy when it's cooked; underneath, the butter, dark muscovado sugar and boiling water will have turned into a rich, sticky sauce. Serve with vanilla ice cream, crème fraiche, double or single cream as desired.
Serves 6-8.
Source: Nigella Bites, copyright 2002
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Sticky Toffee Pudding
2 comments:
- Linda said...
Lori... that looks really wonderful....
love that first pic...just delicious!
- February 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- once in a blue moon... said...
i think i better try this soon, it looks decadent!
- February 21, 2009 at 8:19 PM
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The race for hydrocarbon reserves in the South China Sea is aggravating conflicting territorial claims. The regional players need cooperation, yet have increasingly open confrontations at sea. For peaceful joint energy development, all parties need to stop acting unilaterally and do more to understand the others' goals and limitations.
The South China Sea is the cockpit of geopolitics in East Asia, and growing tensions pose a serious threat to stability in the region. China and ASEAN must take advantage of the currently favourable environment to establish new codes of crisis management, especially at sea, to withstand any new conflicts.
The deterioration in relations between China and Japan has spiraled beyond an island sovereignty dispute and risks an armed conflict neither wants. A November regional summit is a fence-mending opportunity – if the two countries' leaders rise above nationalism and manage multiple flashpoints.
China and Japan must begin talks on crisis prevention and mitigation regarding the disputed waters of the East China Sea to avoid an accidental clash that could lead to a larger conflict.
China's influence is growing rapidly in Central Asia at a time when the region is looking increasingly unstable.
The long-simmering South China Sea dispute is doomed to escalate if the countries contesting its waters fail to take steps to reduce tensions.
China is one of its own worst enemies in the South China Sea, as its local governments and agencies struggle for power and money, inflaming tensions with its neighbours, illustrated by Beijing's latest standoff with the Philippines.
China is undermining its own security interests by downplaying North Korea's deadly provocations in the Yellow Sea.
As Myanmar approaches its first elections in two decades, China's primary concerns are the security and stability of its south-western border and protecting its strategic and economic interests in the country.
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The program helps students who are placed in developmental education courses reach college readiness in a timely manner and enroll in college-level courses sooner.
LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - A new and innovative way to shorten a student's time in remediation and help them move on to college-level courses is making the grade at Laredo Community College.
With last year's implementation of the state-mandated Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSI) at all Texas public colleges and universities, LCC took swift action by creating a TSI initiative pilot program, which was implemented by the LCC TSI Taskforce under the direction of the Division of College Readiness.
The program helps students who are placed in developmental education courses reach college readiness in a timely manner and enroll in college-level courses sooner, saving them time and money.
Created by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the TSI exam includes mandatory cut-off scores that place students into one of three categories: college ready, developmental education, and adult basic education.
Dean of College Readiness, Marissa G. Longoria, said that despite the challenges of the new placement exam, the program has seen promising results.
During the 2014 spring pilot, 49% percent of the 96 students advanced out of the developmental education course in which they were registered. Many of the students were enrolled in the lowest developmental courses and advanced one to three levels, skipped up to three courses, and shortened their college studies by two or more whole semesters.
LCC's College Readiness and the TSI Taskforce hope to serve as a Best Practices model for the state of Texas.
The TSI Taskforce will continue to offer the new program this summer with a series of summer boot camps for incoming freshman, including June 7- 13, June 16-20 and June 23-27.
The summer boot camps are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and are free of charge. Participants will only have to pay the cost of the test.
Students are encouraged to apply by visiting www.laredo.edu/sbc.
Semester-long help also is available.
For more information about the TSI program, please contact Longoria at 721-5416 or the Student Success Center at 721-5135.
Registration for May-mester, summer and fall is under way.
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Walnut Creek, Calif. - Sophomore defender Joe Sofia has been named the Bank of the West Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of October 25-31, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today.
The Dove Canyon, Calif., native played a key role in the Bruins' 1-0 victories over Washington and Oregon State. On Friday against the Huskies, Joe scored the game-winning goal in the 70th minute while also contributing to UCLA's stout defense that allowed no shots on goal. On Sunday, Sofia and the Bruins held Oregon State to just three shots on goal in the shutout win. UCLA has shut out seven of its last 10 Pac-12 opponents, with Sofia starting and playing in every minute of those games.
This is Joe's first weekly honor and UCLA's 44th all-time Player of the Week.
The Bruins will travel up to the Bay Area this weekend to take on California on Friday, Nov. 4 at 3:30 pm and Stanford on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 pm.
Also nominated: Jacob Hustedt, WASH
Pac-12 Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Miles Byass, SDSU
Sept. 6 - Brent Richards, WASH
Sept. 13 - Jose Altamirano, SDSU
Sept. 20 - Chandler Hoffman, UCLA
Sept. 27 - Adam Jahn, STAN
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Oct. 11 - Victor Munoz, UCLA
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Whiteway Named UMass Athlete Of The Week
March 17, 2014
AMHERST, Mass. - Men's lacrosse junior Grant Whiteway was named the UMass Athlete of the Week on Monday after the Billerica, Mass., native helped the Minutemen earn wins over Providence, 16-11 and No. 5 Penn State, 8-6 with 10 points on eight goals and two assists. Whiteway will be recognized on Wednesday, March 19 beginning at Noon in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center.
The starting attackman totaled a career-best eight points through seven goals and one assists as Massachusetts defeated Providence, 16-11 at home on Tuesday, March 11. He followed up he stellar play against the Friars with a multi-point day at No. 5 Penn State as he tallied once and assisted on another UMass goal during the 8-6 victory earned on Saturday, March 15.
The salad-to-dessert buffet costs attendees $13 per person while parking is free in the lot located directly West of the Mullins Center. Guest speakers include a pair of Olympic medal-winning UMass coaches in rowing head coach Jim Dietz and softball associate head coach Danielle Henderson. The event is free of charge to attend and is open to the public.
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Meagan Bell, a senior from Belgrade High School in Belgrade, MT will join the Lady Yellow Jacket Softball team for the 2009-2010 season. Meagan will be the Yellow Jackets first Montana player. "Meagan is a great addition to our team, commented Coach Gurney. She will be able to represent the Montana softball league in the college arena; she will also add power to the batting lineup and a solid infield glove on defense."
Meagan plays third and first base. She was a 1st team all-state and all-conference selection at third base both her junior and senior years. She also received academic all-state three consecutive years of high school. "Meagan has shown her strong commitment to her academics and athletics in high school. She is a great fit for our program because of her desire to be a successful college athlete and to earn a degree at Black Hills State University," said Coach Gurney.
Meagan will pursue a degree in dental hygiene at BHSU. Her parents are Scott and Patti Bell.