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ESPN's Michael Wilbon talks about black MLB players at IUPUI program
In 1995, 19 percent of MLB players were black, but that number has dropped to 8.5 percent in 2013. Why the change? ESPN's Michael Wilbon discussed it during a program at IUPUI on Saturday.
There's no denying numbers in baseball.
On Opening Day in 2013, Major League Baseball rosters counted 8.5 percent as American-born black.
That's compared with about 61 percent Caucasian, 28 percent Hispanic and 1 percent Asian.
The percentage has not been at or above 10 percent since 2008. As recently as 1995, the figure was 19 percent.
Michael Wilbon, who once covered MLB for the Washington Post and now breaks down the National Basketball Association on television and co-hosts the popular ESPN Show "Pardon The Interruption" with former Post columnist Tony Kornheiser, takes a swing at lining up the contributions of baseball to civil rights while the numbers of black players and fans decline.
"Sport has almost always led the rest of our culture in racial awareness," Wilbon said as keynote speaker at a program called "Civil Rights and the National Pastime: The History of Black Baseball in Indiana," hosted Saturday, April 12, by the Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis School of Journalism. "Jackie Robinson and the Color Line can't be ignored. It's a seminal moment in American history. It's every bit as important as Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala."
Wilbon, who is 55 and black, pointed out that baseball paved the way for inclusion, but has lost its cool factor with many blacks.
"The irony of that is sort of inescapable," said Wilbon, who grew up on the south side of Chicago as a baseball fan.
"My father took me to baseball games," Wilbon said. "That's what we did. I remember being 4 years old and seeing Mickey Mantle hit a home run off the facade at Comiskey Park and my father lifting me to make sure I saw it.
"I take my (6-year-old) son to baseball. The (low) number of African-American parents I see with kids at baseball games scares me. This is not something we do. We have decided that this is not cool. This is not for us."
So the numbers dropped.
Wilbon said there are those that would say, "That's not a math problem, that's a Michael Jordan problem."
About the time MJ came along, basketball began to surpass baseball in the imagination of the black sporting public and it still has a tight grip.
When Wilbon talks with youngsters — regardless of race — all of them know LeBron James, but few know about (Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder) Matt Kemp.
Wilbon notes that the marketing of basketball has shown it as more glamorous and fast-paced — something baseball often is not — and more and more have chosen hoops over the diamond.
"We can't convince black and brown children in a lot of places to play baseball," Wilbon said. "We can give them all of the equipment in the world, outfit them with uniforms, they are not playing baseball.
"You are clearly going to have to make this product more accessible and more exciting before you bring in the people you appear to be missing either as a talent source or consumers."
The way Wilbon sees it, people are putting too many eggs (or basketballs) in one basket.
"All of our kids are not going to play professional basketball, we need to go back and be much more diverse in our sporting interests," Wilbon said. "It's bad business for us to only be interested in basketball in my opinion."
But it's just not basketball or football helping to shrink baseball's numbers among blacks.
"There was no soccer or lacrosse when I was growing up," Wilbon said. "You've got all these things taking great athletes away from baseball. How does baseball reclaim them?"
Wilbon offered no easy answer to that question.
The current level of participation may be the "new normal," but Wilbon suggested that Major League Baseball and baseball at the lower levels should not throw in the towel.
Wilbon applauded the efforts of programs like Play Ball Indiana, which brings baseball and softball to inner-city Indianapolis and MLB-sponsored RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities), which has sent many players on to college scholarships and turned out umpires and groundskeepers.
"Are these programs enough?," Wilbon said. "Major League Baseball has to make a sustained investment."
At the youth level, it's a matter of having adults interested in watching and teaching the game in order to get the ball rolling in a upward direction.
"If you are losing African-American participation what are you gaining?" Wilbon asked. "I don't know, but that has to be considered."


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Guacamole is a great dip to serve for your friends and guests when you're throwing a party but let's be honest, there's really only so many ways to spice up guacamole. For your next party instead of serving plain guacamole and chips change up the menu and serve some avocado tartare with toasted baguette chips for a more up scale approach or even avocado and lime deviled eggs? Both of these recipes are sure to make your guests smack their lips and never settle for regular guacamole again.
Avocado Tartare
(courtesy of Kitchen Daily)
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp minced red onions
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard, plus more for garnish (optional)
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp drained capers
1 Tbsp chopped parsley
½ small jalapeño, minced
3 drops of Worcestershire sauce
Kosher salt
Freshly ground pepper
2 medium Hass avocados, peeled and finely diced
Toasted baguette slices, for serving
In a medium bowl, stir the olive oil with the onion, mustard, lemon juice, capers, parsley. Stir in the jalapeño and Worcestershire sauce and season with salt and pepper. Gently fold in the avocados. Mound the tartare in the center of plates and place a dollop of mustard in the center of each mound. Serve with toasted baguette slices.
Avocado and Lime Deviled Eggs
(courtesy of Farm Flavor)
1 dozen hard-cooked large eggs, peeled
2 medium avocados, seeded and pulp scooped out
¼ cup reduced fat, light mayonnaise
4-5 teaspoons lime juice
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground red cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon salt
cilantro leaves and/or green onions, chopped, for garnish
Slice eggs in half lengthwise. Scoop out the yolks and place in a medium bowl. (Be careful not to damage the white halves).
Add avocado to bowl, and mash yolks and avocado thoroughly with a fork until fairly smooth. Add mayonnaise, lime juice, garlic powder, cayenne and salt. Stir well to blend all ingredients.
Place filling in the whites using a small spoon or pipe in with a pastry bag and decorative tube.
Garnish as desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate in a tightly covered container.
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New One Direction Song Called 'Best Song Ever', Plus Extended Movie Trailer
It seems like ages since we had a new single.
Today the boys themselves released a video with the amazing news that their next single 'Best Song Ever' will be featured in the movie.
It will be available to pre-order from midnight TONIGHT! So make sure you do it you don't want to miss out.
If you're wondering what the song sounds like, then wonder no more. The official movie trailer for 'This Is Us' was released this afternoon with little snippets of the song.
And it is quite possibly the 'Best Song Ever'!!
Yesterday the band account tweeted: "Looking forward to watching the FULL LENGTH @1DThisIsUs trailer? You should be – it's happening tomorrow! 1DHQ x"
And then tweeted again today saying: "The guys have some very exciting news for you later today. STAY TUNED for the announcement… 1DHQ x #1DMusicNews"
The boys haven't said when we get to hear the song in full, but we imagine it will be in the very near future.
However it is unlikely the boys will film another music video for the single, and instead just use clips from the movie.
'Best Song Ever' will be released on July 22nd!
The song was written by singer songwriter Ed Drewett who recently did an interview with our sister site OnePopz, check it out HERE!


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I am not the brightest bulb on the tree. But even I have picked up on a trend which calls for investigation: Adrien Broner, an HBO mainstay, showing up at and on Showtime events.
The Cinci kid was present in the house at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, for the card put on by Floyd Mayweather, presented on Showtime, and topped by a K9 Bundrage-Ishe Smith main event. Then, the next week, Broner was ringside at another Showtime card, this one in Las Vegas and topped by a Richar Abril-Sharif Bogere scrap.
So, is Broner making like Mayweather, jumping ship to Showtime? Because that's what the rumor mill is saying…
What about it, trainer-mentor-father figure Mike Stafford? Is Adrien Broner following Floyd's footsteps to Showtime?
"He's a fight fan, that's all, he happened to be in Vegas, went to the fight, that's all," Stafford told me. "He talked to Floyd in Detroit, Floyd invited him to come for a week in Vegas, that's all it was." Just a rumor, then? Stafford chuckled. "It was a Golden Boy event, we happened to be there. I mean, I think that's Showtime, trying to show him some love."
Stafford said it's looking like June 15 will be the date of Broner's next scrap. Boxrec lists it at the Mandalay Bay, against TBA. And who might TBA be, I wondered. "It's depending on Ricky Burns, and some other people," he said. "I'm pretty sure Adrien wants to unify." Burns, a 29-year-old Scot, holds the WBO lightweight crown. He was slated to fight IBF champ Miguel Vazquez on March 16, but that whole card blew up, because of…well, boxing being boxing. The Frank Warren-promoted event was shifted to April 20, and the Burns-Vazquez face-off is supposed to take place then.
The Broner vs. TBA fight will run on HBO then?
"I'm pretty sure it will be," Stafford told me. "It could change. He's just fighting." Does that mean he's on a fight by fight contract with HBO? Yes, Stafford indicated. "It's depending on Golden Boy, I'm pretty sure, and depending on the money."
So, it looks like Broner is in a leverage sweet spot, then? "You got to get it while you can," Stafford said. "The kid just wants to fight, he just wants to win. We don't want to sit on a shelf, with contract stuff."
Yes, Stafford said, if he had to guess, he'd think they'd be getting ready for Burns in June. What about Vazquez? I admitted I'm not a fan of his fighting style, and Stafford agreed. "Fans don't want to watch him," he said. "Burns will be ready to fight. He'll have enough time to get ready, no excuses, enough money is going to be there, just come on with it." Burns held a super feather crown and a deal was almost signed for Broner to fight him for it in November 2011. But Burns deliberated and decided to go up to 135. Whispers resounded that he was ducking Broner. Instead of Broner, Burns met on the downside Michael Katsidis on Nov. 5, 2011, and won the interim WBO lightweight crown. He's beaten Paulus Moses and Kevin Mitchell since. Last October, he said he wanted to fight 13-0 Liam Walsh, and then do Broner. Walsh got hurt and a Dec. 15 Burns-Walsh tussle was scrapped after Walsh was in a car accident. Jose Ocampo was to sub in, but that fell through when his trainer died. "Burns has been sitting around," Stafford noted.
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I'm missing something about this copy. Somebody and his sidekick please clue and glue me in?
It is all about da money! Ain't uh d@mn funny! Ya' have ta' have it ta' live in diz (sic) world of milk and honey.
Da bullsyetology telecasting outfit, which does da-biggest-score PAY, GETS da biggest-score PLAY!
Who ya' SAY?
No BLING! BLING! No drawing-da-fans boksing ding-a-ling! Gettin' fighters on da cheap is almost gone. You KNOW! Just like a landline house telephone!
And neither HBO or Showtime is hollering at the cheap-fighting dames, a-few-thousand-dollars damsels and da million-dollar dolls. So it is a guy's thing! And a BIG POT of moola, you have to BRING! Holla!
Yall know me. Hehehehe! I will always spit da O-P-P! Holla!
probably if broner lasts that long. these two grown men talking about little brother and big brother. you guys are not blood so cut it out. floyd and broner like to brag about cherry picking and making easy work so yeah I see broner copying floyd as much as possible. re watch broner vs ponce de leon and you will see the blueprint and you will know broner will not last that long against live guys.
Deepwater we will see if he moves up to 140 and beats up on the top fighters there give him his props no excuses.
DW! Broner is gonna be working dat duck-and-jive, fool-da-fans-and-fanfaronades magic for a long time. He has da Money May's blueprint of how to fool "suckas born every minute" with "cherry picking" and inflating an opponent's slim chances into made-da-suckas-believe-great dances.
Ninety-nine percent of all the cybercats who have never been in dat squared jungle are convinced that Broner is the second coming a Carlos Ortiz or a Willie Pep or Sugar Ray Leonard or Hector "Macho Time" Camacho or some real-deal boxing Jesus-Christ-walking-on-water meal. Hehehehe! But you and I know that Broner is at most a mildly-tasty snack. And far from a pound-for-pound boxing Mack.
All da muthasuckas are looking, but they are not seeing. And the worst type of blinding is looking but not seeing. Also know as "Inattention blindness. Holla!
If he beats the winner of burns vasquez then takes on a top guy at 140 and wins I will give him props. broner vs ponce deleon was more of a robbery then castillo mayweahter 1 was. An Radam, Carlos Ortis is the man and a nice guy to see at the fights.
if broner can beat judah,lucas m, garcia,abril,peterson or rios/alvarado I will give him his props. If he ducks any of those guys then we see he is cherry picking
Broner will never fight that murder-roll list. Maybe he will fight Lucas, Abril and maybe Alvarado. But the rest, with the exception of an ancient, long-in-da-tooth Judah in about three years. Holla!
Broner's going to continue to act obnoxious and outlandish and kickass in between. While he does so we'll all pay attention ...assisting in making him a very rich and successful man. Whether he jumps ship to Showtime, only the mans has the answer to that question.
I had ponce beating broner as well.
Broner def has the skills but it will be up to him
whether or not he wants to master his craft. Taking soft fights will never help him get any better.
Floyd had a great résumé till after the Castillo 2 fight.
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Together with Veggie Chick and MartyThyme, I write this column for The Star newspaper
Don't Call Us Chef in StarTwo
Let There Be Light – Pistachio Kulfi
Three In One – Pumpkin and Tempe Sambal
Ready For A Feast – Harira
Open and Shut Case – Corned Beef and Potatoes
Relishing The Preserves – Preserved Lemons
Snacks for World Cup – Lemon Garlic Grilled Chicken
The Good Egg – Egg Kesum (Kelantan Peranakan)
Stacked In Your Favour – Dried Prawns Sambal Sandwich
Basket Case – Kuih Kosui
Chinese Kitchen – Mixed Vegetables (Chap Chye)
Test Kitchen – Cupcake with Icing
Cream of Our Crop – Sambal Melanau
Clean Sweep – Rice Cakes
A Saucy Tango – Chimichurri sauce
Past Perfect – Rock Buns
Dinner Is Surfed – Dorie Greenspan's Apple Tartlets
Friendly Fire – Green Chilli Pachadi – Chitty-style
Let's Do Lunch – Quiche
Do It On The Cheap – Barley Fuchok
The Envelope Please – "Fake" Asam Laksa
Mums Rule In The Kitchen – Assam Fish
Celebrate – Chicken and Potatoes Tray
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Chinari Cattle Breeding Project # 27-0245-01
The family of Vosyankans lives in the village of Chinari. They live their daily life in unrest because they know that the Azeri snipers may any moment again break the cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan and shoot at them which severally happened during the last year. The village is located directly at the bottom of the hill from where the snipers watch the inhabitants of the village.
The most dangerous season for the people of Chinari is spring. In spring the peasants work on the fields which are not green yet and their movements are easily seen from the Armenian-Azeri border. This way, the fear in the heart, the Chinari people cultivate their fields, work in the garden and spend their regular daily routine on their native land.
The Vosyanyan family became Heifer Armenia's project participant in the fall of 2011. They received a pregnant heifer as a pass-on from their co-villager. The family consists of 6 members: a middle aged lady Ofik Voskanyan, her son Mher with his wife and 2 little sons, and granny Siranush who is Ofik's mother-in-law.
The family grows grapes which they sell to care for the family expenses. Before getting assistance from Heifer the family had no animal. They could no way afford themselves having at least one cow.
"Thanks to Heifer we now have a cow and a calf. Our cow delivered a bull-calf. We turned to our neighbor with a request to exchange it with their female calf. Now we take a very good care of this calf to grow it into a heifer to pass it on to another family in need. At the moment our cow is again pregnant and will deliver in a couple of weeks. Life in Chinari is very dangerous. Every day my wife takes our two kids to the kindergarten with a feeling of fear in her heart. The other day the nurse in the kindergarten told my wife that every time when the shootings start she turns on the music very loudly so that the children don't hear the shootings", Mher shared.
As Mher and his wife told the cow that Heifer provided made the family burden lighter. The cow gives 10-12 liters of milk daily. Though at the moment the milk quantity is far less because the cow is pregnant but Mher is sure they'll start getting much milk again as soon as their cow gives birth.
"My grandchildren like to have a cup of milk at the breakfast before going to the kindergarten. I often prepare home-made cookies which they adore to eat with sour-cream I prepare from our cow's milk. I also prepare butter out of the milk which is so expensive nowadays and we save on not buying butter. Thanks to all the people who made this project possible and assisted us in our difficult life full of trouble", said Ofik-Mher's mother.
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Edward Everett Hare
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Height: 6-4 Weight: 209 lbs.
Born: May 30, 1957 in Ulysses, KS
High School: Kilgore
College: Tulsa (school history) (Hare college stats)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 4th round (106th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (13070th overall since 1950)
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The Moody's Downgrades Hurt More Than Banks Will Admit
The big lenders would have you think Moody's European bank downgrades are meaningless. Much ado about nothing.
But that doesn't really stack up.
As soon as the news was out, the banks busily briefed that the kind of issues Moody's raised in its report were old hat. Many pointed to the sterling work they had done beefing up their balance sheets and improving their risk profiles. RBS was one of the first to retaliate, branding the downgrades as "backward looking".
There was even talk that the downgrades sent out a dangerous message to the financial world. Ian Gordon, an analyst at Investec, said: "Scaremongering is an unhealthy national pastime."
The markets seemed to agree. The Euro STOXX banks index was up 1.2% Friday afternoon.
However, all this sits at odds with what's been happening behind the scenes over the last few weeks.
Top bankers have been trashing their competitors at closed-door briefings and heavily lobbying the ratings agencies. The last thing they wanted was a downgrade. The lower ratings will likely raise the banks' borrowing costs, affect how they raise capital, and could deprive some banks of trading revenue. The higher costs may well be passed on to businesses and homeowners. Anyone who wants a bank loan.
Morgan Stanley was one of the winners. Its credit rating was cut by two notches, rather than the three that Moody's had originally threatened, after it launched a campaign to persuade the ratings agency not to be so nasty.
The Bank of England is clearly worried by negative sentiment in the banking sector. Earlier this week it promised the banks another raft of cheap loans in an attempt to stimulate the economy. The banks were quick to pocket the £5 billion on offer and take advantage of the bargain-basement interest rate of 0.75%.
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The Department of Mass Media and Visual Arts offers a mass media major with three tracks at the upper level:
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The department also offers a minor in mass media.
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Hi folks, I'm newly subscribed to this list, and while I've searched for a mention of this before and come up with nothing, I apologise if I'm duplicating a report. I'm using perdition-1.17.1 with perditiondb_ldap. Due to the nature of our site, some users will have a mailhost configured in here, and some will not. I am hoping to use the outgoing_server configuration option as a default should the server return a partial response, since one of our existing systems will break if we started adding this to all the currently empty fields. This works if the user had a mailhost set, but was refusing to use the outgoing_server option if they did not, instead attempting to connect to the person's username, treating it as a hostname. Omitting the port works whether the server is set or not. I have tracked down this problem to user_server_port_strn_assign in getserver.c. This function appears to be dual-purpose, used for both parsing the outgoing_server option in the configuration file, and also for parsing the string returned by dbserver_get. Since these have a slightly different format (hostname[:port] vs username[<delimiter>hostname[:port]]), it gets confused when the string returned from the DB doesn't contain a server. It falls through into its configuration parsing option at the end, setting (*usp)->server to (*usp)->user (the start of the string), and so the connection attempts gethostbyname(username).(Continue reading)


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My room lacks a TV, so I moved into the living room – of course, no one but me is around since the family is out in Texas moving my brother into TAMU.
Things aren't always what they seem to be…
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About a week before this picture was taken, I saw this same woman with her two suitcases (who could forget such a lime-green suitcase) sitting in almost the same spot here in Verdi Square at 72nd Street & Broadway, reading a book or working on a crossword puzzle; click here to see the picture.
At the time, I thought she was a slightly confused, but peacefully content, tourist; now it seems that my first impression was mistaken…
And, in fact, it's best not to leap to any conclusions: three weeks later, on August 18th, I saw this same woman (apparently wearing the same shoes and slacks) sitting wide-awake and writing busily in a notebook, on a park bench in Riverside Park, some 5 blocks north and 3 blocks west of here (click here to see it).
Note: this photo was published in an Aug 22, 2009 "Poverty in America" blog article titled "1 in 5 Americans Are Poor." It was also published in a Nov 17, 2009 blog titled "Payday Loans and Bankruptcy in Canada: No Clear Correlation."
Moving into 2010, the photo was published in an Apr 10, 2010 blog titled "Mind Blowing American Wealth Disparity: The Bottom 50% Have Comparatively Nothing." It was also published in an undated (Sep 2010) blog titled "109th Street, part 3." And it was published in a Nov 22, 2010 blog titled "Prepare Yourself If You Go Abroad." It was also published in a Dec 27, 2010 blog titled "Are there any private lenders that give student loans after bankruptcy?"
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a blig titled "Covington Cash." It was also published in an undated (late Apr 2011) blog titled "Private Student Loans Set to Stage a Major Comeback."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a May 24, 2012 blog titled "Author Archives: admin."
This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan — between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting — literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture … after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes …
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed … but there was just nothing memorable about them.
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I just wanted to tell everyone how much I like the Hitachi Cordless 14.4-volt Driver Drill Kit with Flashlight. I purchased mine several years ago and use it all the time. That is a testimony to its' rugged construction and durability. I am retired now from working in a Diesel Repair Body Shop, now I have my own Carpentry Shop and I purchased that Home Hitachi Tool because of the lightweight (3.3 lbs), well balanced, ergonomic, fatigue reducing design with little vibration. Although most of my tools were pneumatic and heavy there are many tight places that those tools would not fit.
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On his official website Jan. 8, Paul McCartney said in a statement that Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who died Jan. 3 at age 74, was one of his personal heroes and a huge influence for the Beatles.
"Phil Everly was one of my great heroes. With his brother Don, they were one of the major influences on The Beatles. When John and I first started to write songs, I was Phil and he was Don," he said in the statement.
"Years later when I finally met Phil, I was completely starstruck and at the same time extremely impressed by his humility and gentleness of soul. I will always love him for giving me some of the sweetest musical memories of my life."
The Everly Brothers paid a big role not only in the Beatles' music, but also the Rolling Stones' as well. Former Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, in his autobiography "Stoned," says the group's tour with the Everlys was a pivotal point in their development.
"The Rolling Stones themselves were struggling with the physical and emotional demands of their first tours. If the Stones thought the ballroom trek with its alien and indifferent audiences was an ordeal, they were about to find the meaning of real work. On 29 September they embarked on the Everly Brothers' theater tour. The schedule was exhausting with two shows a night and only three travel days off in a relentless thirty-two day schedule.
"The tour with Don and Phil was, to the young Stones, what Hamburg had been for the even younger Beatles, and it is hard to see how they could have become the most durable touring band of all time if they had not suffered this thankless first rung. Night after night, they fought to win over audiences that, at best found them a poor substitute for the Beatles. I may have emphasized the Stones' roughness, but it was the road that brought out and hardened their toughness."
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As much fun as it is to watch the "Jackass" guys perform their seemingly never-ending multitude of crazy, unbelievably dangerous stunts, there have been serious repercussions. Namely: injuries.
" ['Jackass 3D'] was pretty competitive," Steve-O said, referring to the number of injuries sustained by castmembers. "I feel like we all got hospitalized at least a couple times. You, probably more than anybody," he said, speaking to Johnny Knoxville.
"Injuries just come along with it," Knoxville replied, not revealing any specifics. "It's just part of it."
Bam Margera, on the other hand, had no problem sharing his battle wounds.
"I got a broken clavicle, three broken ribs, a busted knee and then a [broken] foot," he said. "Honestly, half of the stunts that I got major hurt on will be in ['Jackass] 3.5.' "
Director Jeff Tremaine revealed the film's most-serious injury: "For this movie, Loomis [Fall] probably got it the worst. He jumped behind the fighter jet [engine], and just got put out like a cigarette.
"He was holding an umbrella, and that guy weighs probably 68 pounds soaking wet. It crushed him. He broke his collar bone and his hand real bad.
"I think the worst injuries are gonna turn up on a microbiological level with these guys," he joked.
Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña said Knoxville has suffered the most for his art.
"He got hit by a car," Acuña recalled. "He got knocked out by [former professional boxer and mixed martial arts specialist] Butterbean."
"What about way a long time ago when he just took a gun and shot himself with a bulletproof vest on?" Dave England offered.
"I don't think they're going to show that!" Acuña replied.
It's true: That stunt allegedly occurred before MTV's "Jackass" show was born.
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The Best Spots To Meet Women In Nightclubs
prime real estateNow for the good stuff; where exactly are these "comfort zones"? Read on, but don't forget to wipe the smirk off your face:
The BarThe bar allows you to speak to women who are waiting behind you to order a drink. Here's a line that works well. If a woman is waiting behind you, say something like, "Hi, you know the bartender is really busy tonight. You might be waiting a while." Then show her what a nice guy you are by offering to order for her, and say something like, "What are you having, I'll order for you."
If you're a good customer and a good tipper, the bartender will give you quick service. Of course, I don't need to explain that this scores big points in your favor. Women love resourceful men.
By the way, don't assume that you're obligated to pay for her drinks. You won't look cheap, in fact, you'll look confident while not looking like all the other sheep who think they can get into a woman's pants just because they bought her a drink.
Then, while you wait for the drinks or once the favor is served, simply initiate the conversation; "Hi, what's your name?"
"My name's Kelly. What's your name?"
If she asks for your name, don't be shy to continue the conversation. But if she doesn't bother asking, then don't waste your time. She's not interested, or her boyfriend is the jealous type. Get the picture?
The Washroom LineAssuming of course that the two washrooms are side by side, you can always spark up a conversation with just about any woman in the bar... they all use the ladies' room at one point or another.
So while she's waiting in line, you can always break the ice by smiling at her while saying something like, "Don't you wish you had urinals?" This line is almost guaranteed to make any woman laugh, lower her guard, and provide for a good opportunity to introduce yourself.
The Dance FloorAside from the washroom, the second place where women spend most of their time in a club is the dance floor. So you'd have to be pretty foolish to avoid this area. Get your feet tapping their way to the music's rhythm using the silent approach.
no-nos that'll get you no-blowsOf course, just because you lay claim to the hot spot in the club, that doesn't necessarily mean that women will be open to your advances. You still need to be friendly, respectful, harmless, and charming.
But above all, make sure that you're not acting too suspicious — you'll have the women on their high guard. Also don't stand around in the same spot all night long — you don't want to look like the bouncer either.
Remember, have fun and don't take things too seriously, otherwise you'll find yourself hearing, "no, no, no" all night long.
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The government changes regulations periodically. These changes now apply to sunscreens. Look for the terms "broad-spectrum" and "water-resistant." There will no longer be products labeled "sun block" and "water proof."
"Broad-spectrum" products are best used for overall protection against skin cancer, premature aging and sunburn. "Water-resistant" products are best used for sun protection when water sports are involved. Reapplication is always necessary, usually before the two-hour mark or after excessive sweating. Read the label for specific details.
When thinking sun protection, choose SPF 30. Do not forget to protect the lips. Skin cancers that occur on the lips can be very aggressive. Look for a lip balm with a "Broad Spectrum SPF 30" label and be sure to use that year round.
Broad-spectrum products protect against UVA and UVB rays. UVA rays account for about 95 percent of the radiation that reaches the Earth's surface. They can penetrate glass and clouds. Long-term UVA ray exposure causes photo damaging to the skin: wrinkles. Tanning booths use UVA rays.
UVB rays damage the superficial skin layers by causing sunburn. UVB rays are prominent between 10 AM and 4 PM from April to October. Though damaging all year round UVB rays hit the skin twice on reflective surfaces such as snow or ice and at high altitudes.
UV rays are invisible to the naked eye but do penetrate the atmosphere. In addition to overall skin damage, UV rays cause eye damage, so it is a good reason to wear sunglasses.


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Game Design and Development
Bachelor of Science
General Education Requirements(39 Credits)
ART 210 Basic Design
CTA 210 Computer Science
COM 300 Communication Theory
ECO 105 Fundamentals of Economics
ENG 121 English Composition I
ENG 122 English Composition II
HIS 230 History of Art and Design
HUM 360 Human World Views: 3500 BCE-1650 AD
HUM 361 Human World Views: 1650 AD-Present
LIT 313 Visual Approaches to Literature: The Graphic Novel
MAT 121 College Math I
PHI 100 Introduction to Critical Thinking
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
SCI 240 Concepts in Physics
Media Design Requirements(18 Credits)
DSN 105 Visual Communications
DSN 210 Digital Image Manipulation
DSN 220 Concept Development
DSN 410 Advanced Digital Image Manipulation
VMG 201 Fundamentals of Motion Graphics
VMG 422 Non-Linear Editing (Mac)
Game Design and Development Program Core(57 Credits)
GMD 100 Introduction to Game Engines
GMD 105 Video and Audio for Game Design
GMD 110 Introduction to JavaScript for Unity3D
GMD 202 Soundtracks for Film, Video and Games
GMD 203 Creating Sound Effects and Dialog for Film, Video and Games
GMD 210 Advanced JavaScript for Unity3D
GMD 300 Advanced Game Engines: Using Unity 3D
GMD 310 Environment Creation for Games
GMD 401 Game Development I
GMD 405 Game Development II
GMD 487 Game Design and Development Senior Project
MAT 200 Pre Calc
MAT 320 Finite Math
VMG 222 Story Design Methods
VMG 310 Advanced Motion Graphics
VMG 321 Introduction to 3D
VMG 322 3D Modeling Techniques
VMG 323 3D Texture, Rendering and Lighting Techniques
VMG 324 Character Creation and Texturing
VMG 325 Character Rigging
Free Electives(6 Credits)
CAP/Co-op Program Option (6 credits)
The co-op option is an alternative to GMD 401 - Game Development I and GMD 405 - Game Development II. Each co-op assignment is one semester long and normally the two co-op assignments span two consecutive semesters with the same employer. In order to be eligible, students must first have completed GMD 300 - Advanced Game Engines and have at least 60 credits, plus a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students must inform the Director of the CAP/Co-op program and the GMD Program Chair one semester before they would like to begin a co-op assignment.
For additional information on the CAP/Co-op program option, please see the website: www.wilmu.edu/coop/
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2015-2016 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2015 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.


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2010: Started every game at nose guard for the 2010 Huskies after missing the entire 2009 season due to a medical condition. One of the top scholar-athletes on the Huskie team, earned recognition as a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. One of five Huskies named to the Academic All-MAC squad. Tied for fifth on the team in tackles for loss with 5.5, while making a career-high 27 tackles, knocking down two passes and blocking one kick. Top performer on the Huskie defensive line through the first half of the season, according to NIU coaches. Made at least one tackle in 12 games on the year. Tallied three tackles, one-and-a-half for loss, at Illinois (9-18). Credited with three tackles at Akron (10-2). Named NIU's Defensive Linemen of the Week for the second consecutive week and third time on the season after making a career-high five tackles, including two tackles for loss, against Toledo (11-9). Recorded two pass break-ups and blocked an extra point against Miami (Ohio) in the 2010 MAC Championship game (12-3). The PAT play looked to be the difference in the contest until Miami's late touchdown. Tallied three tackles against Fresno State in the 2010 Humanitarian Bowl (12-18). Recorded two tackles against Minnesota (9-25), Central Michigan (10-23), Ball State (11-20) and Eastern Michigan (11-26). Added a tackle for loss in the EMU game.
2009: Did not appear in any games. Forced to sit out the season due to a medical condition.
2008: Started all 13 games at nose guard. Made 20 tackles with 12 solo and three for loss. Led the team with two fumble recoveries. Named team defensive lineman of the week twice vs. Indiana State and Eastern Michigan. Made a season-high four unassisted tackles at Eastern Michigan (9-27). Against Central Michigan (11-12), forced a fumble that halted a Chippewa drive on the NIU 30-yard line. Also made two tackles in that game. Tallied two stops and recovered a fumble that resulted in a field goal in the Tennessee game (10-4). In the Independence Bowl (12-28), blocked a 41-yard field goal attempt by Louisiana Tech at the end of the first half, then recovered the ball. Also had a tackle for loss in that game. Made one tackle for loss and broke up a pass on third-and-10 to end a drive versus Bowling Green (10-25). Recorded two tackles against Ball State (11/5), Navy (11/25), and Toledo (10-18). Made at least one tackle in all but one game.
2007: Appeared in seven games with four starts on the defensive line. Ranked fourth on the team among linemen with 13 tackles. Added two tackles for loss, including one sack. Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener vs. Iowa (9-1). Totaled four tackles, and was in on one tackle for loss before suffering a knee injury in that game. Returned to action as a starter with one tackle, and one-half tackle for loss at Central Michigan (9-29). Made two tackles at Toledo (10-17) and in the win over Kent State (11-10). Recorded a career-high three stops, including a 15-yard sack, vs. Ball State (11-24).
2006: Redshirted.
High School: Team captain and MVP. Earned first team All-North Shore Conference honors at both offensive tackle and defensive tackle and was named league Offensive Lineman of the Year. First team Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Region selection and first team Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All-Area and Area Lineman of the Year. First team WFCA All-State choice on both sides of the ball and first team Associated Press All-State at defensive tackle. A second team AP All-State honoree at offensive tackle, and was first team all-state at defensive tackle by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a senior. Recorded 65 stops and six sacks on 9-3 WIAA Division 2 quarterfinalist squad during his senior campaign. Wrapped up prep career by playing in WFCA Shrine All-Star Game. Racked up 146 career tackles and 14 sacks. Team captain and Defensive MVP, first team All-NSC at OT and DT, plus league offensive lineman of year, and made 51 tackles and six sacks on 8-4 state quarterfinalist as a junior. Team "Rookie of the Year" with 30 tackles for 12-2 state champion as a sophomore. Earned three letters in football and track. Placed second in the state in the discus (162-1) and was 15th in state in the shot put (50-6.75) as a senior. Placed 12th in the discus and 19th in shot put at state meet as a junior. National Honor Society member and seven-semester High Honor Roll student.
Personal: Born July 3, 1988 in Menomonee Falls, Wis. Business management major. Huskie Scholar owns a 3.372 GPA. Son of Adrian and Kathleen Krause. Brett Favre fan. Hobbies include weightlifting and showing cows.
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How much you need: Have one serving of some sort of flavonoid each day—an ounce of chocolate or a glass of purple grape juice. But if you choose wine, don't go overboard. "One drink is OK; more is not," says Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, associate professor of nutritional sciences at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson. A study reported last year in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that for women each additional daily drink significantly increased the risk of breast cancer and other cancers. Limit yourself to 5 ounces of wine daily; use a measuring cup until you can pour accurately.
Bonus benefits: Flavonoids boost heart health, making arteries more flexible and reducing plaque formation.
Powerhouse Preventive: Vitamin A
Why you need it: A 2008 study that compared newly diagnosed breast-cancer patients with healthy women concluded that running short on this vitamin doubles the risk of developing breast cancer. The theory: Vitamin A (along with other antioxidants) can help stem the damage caused by free radicals in the body.
Find it in: Very dark green vegetables like broccoli, spinach and bok choy and deep-orange fruits or vegetables like carrots, sweet potatoes, winter squash, cantaloupes and mangoes. Despite their color, oranges don't belong in this group.
How much you need: Collins recommends 700 to 900 mcg a day for women. You'll get this amount if you eat a half cup each day of one of the aforementioned foods, Collins notes. (If the spinach is raw, up your serving to three quarters of a cup.) Since this fat-soluble vitamin is stored in the liver, it's possible to get a toxic overdose over time, so nutritionists recommend getting your A from food rather than pills.
Bonus benefits: Vitamin A is crucial for maintaining your immune system.
Powerhouse Preventive: Folate
Why you need it: This B vitamin helps keep DNA healthy and is needed for cell growth. A large Swedish study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women with the highest folate levels had a 44 percent lower risk of breast cancer than those with the lowest. Folate is particularly protective in women who drink alcohol. But while it's impossible to overdose on the folate found naturally in foods, getting too much of its cousin, folic acid—the form of folate that's added to multivitamins and fortified foods—can actually cause cancer cells to grow, Collins says. Check labels and aim for 400 mcg a day; levels over 1,000 mcg are considered dangerous.
Find it in: Dark green leafy vegetables, beans, peas, lentils and citrus fruits.
How much you need: One to two servings daily.
Bonus benefits: Folate plays a key role in the formation of red blood cells.
Powerhouse Preventive: Lycopene
Why you need it: It has been shown to inhibit the growth of breast-cancer cells, Ledesma says.
Find it in: Watermelons, apricots, guavas, papayas and tomatoes. Cooked and canned tomatoes and tomato sauce contain even more lycopene than the fresh ones do. Why? Heating breaks down the cell wall of the tomato, allowing the micronutrient to be better absorbed by the body's cells. To make this fat-soluble pigment more available to your body, drizzle tomatoes with olive oil.
How much you need: Aim for at least two servings each week.
Bonus benefits: Lycopene helps prevent lung and stomach cancer as well.
Powerhouse Preventive: Sulforaphane
Why you need it: This compound inhibits the growth and spread of human breast-cancer cells, according to research by Nancy E. Davidson, MD, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
Find it in: Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli (especially the sprouts), kale and other veggies that contain sulfur compounds, which give off a telltale odor when cooked.
How much you need: "Try to eat one of these veggies every day," Weiss advises.
Bonus benefits: Sulforaphane is also critical in fighting other cancers, especially lung and prostate.


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COACH BLUDER: We wanted to challenge ourselves with a good Division II school. Quincy did have a good team last year, but they lost a lot of players. We're looking at a team with nine freshmen. We know they're going to be young and inexperienced.
I think the exhibition games, you go in there, you want to set the tempo for your team and win every game you step on the floor, but hopefully you're going to learn against yourselves.
Going against each other in practice or against the guys, you stop learning about yourselves. I think when you play against somebody that doesn't know you as well, I think that helps you. It will be great for us in our preparation for the Northern Illinois game, just having this exhibition game, getting those jitters over, freshmen putting on their uniforms officially for the first time, playing in front of a crowd.
So I think that will be very beneficial to us on Sunday.
Starting lineup that we're going to go with, before practice today the starting lineup was going to be Sam Logic, Jaime Printy, Theairra Taylor, Bethany Doolittle and Morgan Johnson. Jaime did get hurt in practice and is doubtful for Sunday. It's an injury to her other leg, not a knee. It will not keep her out the year, but she did strain a hamstring and that can keep you out for a significant amount of time.
We don't know what's status is for Jaime. This just occurred in practice today. Again, she's doubtful for Sunday, and there's really no reason to risk anything. I would rather have her full force on Friday than having her on Sunday.
Other than that, we're very excited about getting the season started and underway.
Q. What did you learn about on your scrimmage? You had Creighton come in?
COACH BLUDER: We had Creighton last Saturday.
You know, I love playing them because they play so aggressively. They are a team that's always at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference. They are a good defensive team and they pose some things in the full court press we don't see all the time. It's good we play against a team that's really very different from us as far as the full court pressure part.
They don't have a true post, so that makes it a little bit unusual for us to defend against them. I don't think there were any big surprises in that game. It reminded us we need a quick start. We had a slow start in the game. It reminded us we need to have a good start.
I thought we played average the first half; I thought we played very well the second half. It was a good reminder we've got to be ready to go right from the start. That's something that, again, is good to learn early.
As far as offensively or defensively, there were no big surprises out there really.
Q. I take it Jaime had been in the starting lineup, progressing fine from the ACL.
COACH BLUDER: She will be, absolutely. She still is. The ACL is fine. Now it's just the other leg we have to worry about, getting that hamstring strain taken care of.
Q. Was it a compensating type of injury?
COACH BLUDER: It may have been. It may have been that she was compensating for that other leg. But those are tough things to tell.
Q. If this was a regular season or post season game...
COACH BLUDER: I think she would be doubtful no matter who we're playing on Sunday.
Q. On your list of things you want to accomplish in the exhibition, what are some of the things on the top of the list you'd like to see?
COACH BLUDER: Now we've lost some depth. We have more depth this year than we've had before. In saying that, Jaime is gone. But we really need to figure out our best rotations, which group works best together.
We need to continue to work on some fundamental skills. I'm not going to point those out. I don't think that's a good thing to point out to you guys. I'll point them out to my team.
There are certain areas we need to shore up on. I think again this game against Quincy will help the players realize we need to work on those areas, too.
Q. Without Jaime, does that muddle everything for you, finding that best rotation?
COACH BLUDER: It does. It doesn't give us the opportunity to have some extra rotations in there with somebody that's going to be in there a lot with Jaime. It definitely takes away from that.
What I'm excited about, too, it gives Bethany her first opportunity to start at the power forward. Her entire life she's played center. This is the first time she's been a starter, and playing a whole new position. That will be a good test for her as well. Hopefully our experiment will work. That's what we're banking on.
But, yeah, it does take away a little bit from our rotations.
Q. How has that been going, two bigs in the front court?
COACH BLUDER: We have liked it. We're getting progressively better at playing a double low post. Bethany is capable of playing on the block, she's capable of playing face in the basket. I think she's strong in both areas. It gives us more versatility. If they have a short lineup, we can go with a double post offense. If they have a power forward, we can take Bethany out of rebounding action.
Just having that height there will give us great versatility.
Q. What are the advantages of having that lineup?
COACH BLUDER: Especially defensively some things we wanted to work on with a post we couldn't work on with Creighton. I don't know what Quincy is going to bring to the table as far as offenses and defenses. I haven't watched any of their film from last year. We don't conduct a normal scouting report for this game.
We are really focusing more on ourselves, getting ourselves better, than preparing for an opponent, which is very different than we do during the year.
Q. Doubleheader with the men, how much fun are those, to have that type of crowd, that type of atmosphere?
COACH BLUDER: We do have several men's and women's doubleheaders this year. I think it's good for our program because we have the opportunity to expose our program to some fans that may not have come to our game, some men's basketball fans that haven't seen women's basketball for a long time.
It gives them an opportunity to see us by sticking around later or coming early for their game. That's good for our program. It's a great environment to have the extra fans here. That's good for our players to get used to that.
Q. With Jaime out, is Melissa the natural two or are you going to open it up?
COACH BLUDER: Melissa will fill in now. I didn't mention that. She'll take over for Jaime as the starting off guard position just like last year.
Q. Update on the freshmen health and performance wise?
COACH BLUDER: Health wise everybody is good. Nicole Smith is a little bit slowed because of having that late ACL, later than Jaime's, then having some extra work done when she got here in the fall. She's a little bit slowed.
But we have some pretty good depth at that position with Morgan, Bethany backing up the five, then Kayla Timmerman as well. All the other freshmen are doing fine. Kali Peschel will probably see the most playing time of anybody. I've seen some really good growth in Kayla Timmerman this week. She's been better at focusing and getting better at that five position.
It's exciting for the freshmen to be able to put the uniform on for the first time and see how they do.
Q. How about your sophomore point guard?
COACH BLUDER: Kathy? She's plateaued a little bit right now. I need her to have more confidence bringing the ball up against the pressure. Again, I think this exhibition game will do a lot for her.
But Trisha Nesbitt has also been playing some point guard for us and been doing a very good job.
Q. Talk about Theairra. I don't think she started since her freshman year.
COACH BLUDER: That's correct.
Q. What does that mean for her now to be out there with the starting five?
COACH BLUDER: I'm sure she loves it. I know I do. I'm so excited that Theairra is back. She's healthy. She's in our starting lineup because she deserves to be there. She's earned it.
I know this team has tremendous confidence in her. This team loves to have her on the floor. I know I've said this before, but if there's ever a kid that deserves it, she does. I'm so excited to see her in a uniform, healthy, being able to contribute for us because she's been through so much.
Q. Talent wise maybe she could have started in other years, but maybe couldn't trust her on her knees for that number of minutes.
COACH BLUDER: She was in the mix last season. She was our first sub off the bench, definitely getting that playing time.
I really don't know why last year, we just felt like that was the best lineup to go with, went with that. This year this is what we feel is the best lineup for us now.
Q. How is it different going into this game where you're focused on yourself than maybe beating the opponent?
COACH BLUDER: Scouts are different. The amount of film work we do to prepare the team. The scouting report length, the amount of plays we put in, personnel strengths are totally different.
We won't slow down. For example, if we're playing a regular game, we may back up the day before or even the two days before. This week we're going as hard as we can all the way through Saturday's practice.
We may be a little bit more fatigued on Sunday than normal, but I want to keep with getting as many quality practices as we can and not worry so much about the outcome of the game, albeit I want to win the game. But more concerned about continuing to grow our team instead of taking the time to go through a Quincy scout in practice.
Q. How is Jaime mentally through this now? Pretty upbeat person. How is she taking all of this?
COACH BLUDER: Jaime is a great kid. It's tough, though. Right now she's a little bit down. She wants to play. This is what she came here to do. She wants to play. It was so close, within her grasp, starting again on Sunday.
Again, my priority here has got to be to have her healthy for the season opener, not healthy for Sunday. So we're not going to do anything silly or push it in any way. But she's pretty disappointed right now.
Q. What kind of luxury is it to have Melissa, who started 10 games last year come right in?
COACH BLUDER: There's always a benefit when somebody gets injured. You hate to see it, but there is a benefit. The benefit of Jaime getting hurt last year was that Melissa became comfortable as a starter. She got a lot of extra minutes. So that was the by product. Now it's going to pay off again for us. For her entire career that's going to help her.


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- Participate in all IA/UR sponsored events, when deemed necessary by the advisor(s) of the Student Alumni Association.
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People with bad attitudes constantly think negative thoughts. They have a hard time seeing the good in other people and look down on almost everything. As a result, they are often tired, stressed out, and unhappy. Unless they begin counteracting their negative thoughts they may also begin to experience other health problems such as a heart attack.
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Freshmen Sarah Strasner (foreground) and Miah Diirell (wearing No. 3) split the first two sets with Florida State's No. 5 tandem before falling in the third and deciding frame.
April 11, 2014
SIESTA KEY, Fla. - In what will be the one of the most action-packed weekends of the 2014 season, the Tulane University sand volleyball team got off to a rough start as the Green Wave dropped a 5-0 decision to fourth-ranked Florida State on Friday afternoon.
The loss was the second in a row for the Green Wave, who fall to 5-5 on the year. The Seminoles, who defeated Webber International earlier in the day 4-1, won their ninth-straight contest to improve to 16-1 overall. Despite the loss, however, first-year Tulane head coach Wayne Holly said he saw things that personified his team's continued improvement.
"Despite the results, we competed well today overall and at times we competed very well on every court," Holly said. "Florida State is an excellent program with highly-skilled, experienced beach volleyball players and they pushed us to raise our level. They are among the best and you always want to play the best teams."
Four of the Green Wave's losses came in straight sets, but Tulane had a chance to get a victory in No. 5 action where the freshman tandem of Miah Diirell and Sarah Strasner won their opening set against Elizabeth Montgomery and Julia Thompson, 21-17, before dropping a hard-fought second set, 22-20. In the match-deciding stanza, however, the Seminole pair proved to be too much and came away with a 15-9 decision.
At the top of the lineup, Florida State's Aurora Davis and Jace Pardon defeated Tulane's top team of freshman Tea Juric and sophomore Jackie Wegner 21-13 and 21-18, and it was a similar story in No. 2 play where the Seminoles' Kristina and Stephanie Pellitteri downed Green Wave junior Grace Weaver and Annie Shurtz 21-13 and 21-17.
FSU's Sarah Wickstrom and Fatma Yildirum made quick work of Tulane junior Anna Wruck and freshman Hannah Holmes - 21-16, 21-7 - before Julie Brown and Melanie Pavels did the same to Green Wave junior Olivia Utt and sophomore Courtney Liddle to the tune of 21-14, 21-19.
"I saw flashes of much, much better volleyball from us in each of the flights," Holly said. "As we grow, we will be better capable of sustaining a high level of play more consistently throughout a match. Although we did not get a win today, we certainly raised our level. Now, the goal is to sustain this over the weekend and beyond. If we do, we can finish the season strong."
The Green Wave return to action on Saturday when they join the Seminoles and 28 other teams participating in the Fiesta at Siesta Key. Other Division I teams joining the event are College of Charleston, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, FIU, Georgia State, Grand Canyon, Jacksonville, LSU, Stetson, North Florida, South Carolina, South Florida, UAB and ULM.
Also rounding out the field over the weekend on the East Coast are Florida State College-Jacksonville, Hillsborough State, Palm Beach State, Pasco-Hernando State College, Polk State College, South Florida State College, Southeastern University, St. Catherine University, St. Johns River State College, St. Petersburg College, St. Thomas University, State College of Florida, Warner and Webber International.
The Fiesta at Siesta Key begins at 7:30 a.m. and will be split up into two groups of pool play. The top two pairs from 10 schools and four at-large teams will be placed into six pools of our competing for the Siesta Sand Pairs Challenge. The results from pool play will determine the seeding for bracket play which will be played on Sunday. Each match will be best-of-three sets, with rally scoring to 21 in the first two sets and to 15 in the third.
The remaining pairs from each school will compete in the Fiesta on Siesta Team Cup starting on Saturday at 9 a.m. There will be 27 different pools of four teams with pool play being one set to 25 points. After pool play, all teams will advance into four single elimination bracket playoffs. The Fiesta on Siesta Team Cup title will be awarded based on the final finish points for the top four pairs from each school.
"The next two days are full of pairs competitions and will be an excellent opportunity to see how well we can play against a variety of schools," Holly added. "This tournament is a perfect setting for getting our game where it needs to be as we begin to see the last third of the season approaching."
After the Fiesta at Siesta Key, the Green Wave return to action on Saturday, April 19, when they travel to Baton Rouge to take on host LSU and UAB at 10 a.m. and noon, respectively.
No. 4 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (16-1) DEFEATS TULANE GREEN WAVE (5-5): 5-0
No. 1: Aurora Davis / Jace Pardon (FSU) def. Tea Juric / Jackie Wegner (TLN) - 21-13, 21-18
No. 2: Kristina Pellitteri / Stephanie Pellitteri (FSU) def. Annie Shurtz / Grace Weaver (TLN) - 21-13, 21-17
No. 3: Sarah Wickstrom / Fatma Yildirum (FSU) def. Hannah Holmes / Anna Wruck (TLN) - 21-16, 21-7
No. 4: Julie Brown / Melanie Pavels (FSU) def. Courtney Liddle / Olivia Utt (TLN) - 21-14, 21-19
No. 5: Elizabeth Montgomery / Julia Thompson (FSU) def. Miah Diirell / Sarah Strasner (TLN) - 17-21, 22-20, 15-9


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My baby has stopped nursing but will take a bottle, anything I can do?
My 3 and a half month old has just recently stopped nursing. If I put him to my breast he screams and cries and won't even try to nurse but then will automatically take a bottle right after me trying to nurse him. I had to put him on a bottle part of the time to return to work but would still like to nurse when I am home with him. Is there anything I can do?
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Same here with me!!! My son only nurses during the night but not really during the day. I think its because I work often and so he has found the bottle to be more reliable than the breast. I don't worry about it because he still lights up when he sees me come home but after a while would gravitate back to his babysitter..his dad!!! lolposted 07/30/2011 by Danarri
I am the one posted the 1st question, my son just fixed himself. I know that doesn't help you but he stopped for a couple days with me still offering it to him and then he just started by himself again and now nurses like crazy. He is almost ten months now. I still do not get anything when I pump though. I would just keep trying with her, and don't let her know that you are frustrated. They really pick up on that. Or maybe she wasn't getting full from nursing, as we have no way to tell how much they are actually getting. I hope this helped some. Sorry if it didn't. Good Luck!posted 07/27/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
My baby is 3 months and 1 week and just over the weekend, we've had the same problem. I work full time and she's been on a bottle during the day since she was 6 weeks. I am also trying to find a solution to this. I've tried forcing her but she just won't do it. I was able to get her to nurse in the middle of the night once since she's stopped. As soon as she started to refuse me, my milk supply diminished. I'm almost ready to give up but have also noticed a difference in how she's calmed if she cries. When I was breastfeeding all I had to do was hold her and she'd stop, now, it's completely changed. She doesn't stop crying when I walk in the door anymore. I need to find a cure for this..posted 07/25/2011 by jefferyandrea
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Ricky Gervais says he plans to feature David Brent, The Office character that propelled the UK comedian to worldwide fame, in a film about the music industry.PT2M13S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2sg2k 620 349 August 23, 2013
Ten years after the British version of The Office wrapped up with two stirring Christmas Specials, Ricky Gervais has admitted he wants to make his management anti-hero David Brent into a movie star.
The British comedian, TV and movie star, and three time Golden Globes host, has set his sights on taking his most famous comic creation to the big screen.
Gervais recently resurrected Brent, the gif-generating, what-not-to-do paper company manager he played in the original UK TV series, for a one-off series on YouTube kicked off by a video he made for the Comic Relief charity in England.
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Learn Guitar with David Brent has proved to be a hit with fans and racked up millions of views, and Gervais has now apparently told The Hollywood Reporter that he wants to take the story further.
In the interview, Gervais suggests the web series is "the basis for a movie about Brent trying to make it in the music industry".
The Office has aired in more than 100 countries to date, and with comedians such as Steve Coogan making films from past comedic characters - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was released in British cinemas earlier this month and just secured American distribution next year - there is grounds for believing a movie could work financially.
Gervais insists he wouldn't be doing it for the money however and that the story would have to be a new one. "I want to take the audience to places it hasn't been before, otherwise what's the point?" he says in the interview.
"When the first cheque came through for The Office, it ruined it a bit. I thought, 'I didn't do it for that.'"
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CG talks with the Canadian Coast Guard about icebreaking, polar
bears and protecting Canadian waters
By Holly Gordon
The red and white ships of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) have been a familiar sight off the
country's shores since 1962. The specialized CCG fleet of 17 icebreakers helps ships navigate
icy waters, clears harbours of ice, resupplies northern communities and government sites
when commercial carriers can't get through and controls possible floods caused by ice build-up.
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John Jenner is currently the acting commanding officer of the Louis S. St. Laurent,
the CCG's biggest icebreaking ship and the only CCG ship that has travelled to the North
"I think one of the most enjoyable parts of being on
an icebreaker is all of the different wildlife that we get to see in the Arctic that
the rest of the population only gets to read about."
—John Jenner
A Coast Guard ship's bow has a shallow angle, which lets it slide up on top of the ice
and break it with the ship's weight. A ship is best at icebreaking when she's at her heaviest.
In addition, the front of the hull has what's called suctionalized air bubbles. They are
small holes across the front of the hull where compressed air created inside the ship is
forced through. The air bubbles minimize friction on the hull as it moves through the ice.
It's useful when there is lots of broken ice around, creating a kind of sludge to get through;
therefore, reducing the power needed to get going.
They're used to tell where the heaviest ice is and what the best route for a vessel to
take would be. Canada's Ice Service creates the ice chart and the Ice Office in Sarnia gives
them out and recommends safe routes for ships to take. The charts are on the internet and
can be downloaded. If a ship takes a recommended route but still runs into trouble, then
they call the Coast Guard for assistance.
The wildlife. I think one of the most enjoyable parts of being on an icebreaker is all
of the different wildlife that we get to see in the Arctic that the rest of the population
only gets to read about. This last ship, I saw beluga whales up off of the Resolute area.
But we also see snowy owls, arctic foxes, narwhales, walrus and polar bears. More...
Do you have any problems with the wildlife?
Polar bears run away from the ship as we come through the ice. They could follow
our track for a number of miles and then make a wrong turn and go in the ice. We have to
stop so that they can get out of the way. We have to be careful with them because they can
get heat stress. So we usually give them a pretty wide berth.
"If we were to collide with an iceberg
at a certain speed it would certainly do damage."
Although we're built to break ice, if we were to collide with an iceberg at a certain speed
it would certainly do damage. When you have an iceberg you have all types of little pieces
of it breaking off, and they're very hard. When we're manoeuvering and laying out course
lines and we know there's a 'berg, we will pass on the side that we know is clear.
You also have to keep in mind that seven-eighths of an iceberg is under the water so you
can't just come right up to it ― you have to give yourself some distance. So we slow
down at night and when the concentration of icebergs increases because we have to keep track
of them.
What's the difference between the different types of ice you break through?
There is first-year ice, which is ice that happens in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and freezes
and thaws within a one-year period. Multi-year ice is ice leftover from previous years that
has never melted and is harder than first-year ice. And then you have glacial ice, which
is really hard stuff.
And you break all three types?
Well, we break through it, yes. In areas like Peel Sound, where you would find those three
types of ice, the ship has been tasked to go through and break for a variety of different
reasons. In 1999, we were in a really tough area where in about 24-hours the vessel made
about 5.6 kilometres. It took us a couple of days to get through a ridge that was very hard.
We had all five engines online and we burned about 100 tonnes of fuel. We can't do that for
an extended period.