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Author: Health and Disabilty Advocates
Last updated: March 2015
A waiver is a separate and distinct remedy from challenging the existence of an overpayment or the amount of an overpayment. A waiver is an appropriate remedy when the beneficiary was overpaid and there are reasons why it was not the beneficiary's (or client's) fault.
Advocates should be aware that challenging the existence of an overpayment by filing an appeal and seeking a waiver of repayment of the overpayment are not mutually exclusive. A beneficiary can pursue both remedies with SSA simultaneously.
Waiver Part One: Fault
Without Fault for SSDI
Without Fault for SSI
Presumptions about Fault
Representative Payees and Fault
Waiver Part Two: Reasons for SSA Not to Collect
Recovery Defeats SSI's Purpose
Recovery Against Equity and Good Conscience
Administrative Waiver
Request for Waiver Form and Steps
Further POMS Legal Research
A waiver can be requested at any time. In addition, a second or subsequent request for waiver may be made even though a prior waiver request was denied and the appeal period has expired. POMS GN 02201.019. Waiver may be requested after SSA has begun recovery or even after recovery is complete. POMS SI 02260.001.
For Social Security to waive recovery of an overpayment, you must demonstrate two things: 1) the beneficiary is without fault, and; 2) recovery would either defeat the purpose of the Social Security Act or be against equity and good conscience.
SSA regulations state that although SSA may have been at fault in making an overpayment, that fact does not relieve the overpaid individual from liability for the overpayment. The individual must demonstrate that he or she is without fault in causing the overpayment in order to have the overpayment waived. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.507 (SSDI); 416.552 (SSI). In determining whether an individual is at fault, SSA will consider all pertinent circumstances, including the individual's age and intelligence, and any physical, mental, educational, or linguistic limitations (including any lack of facility with the English language) the individual has. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.507 (SSDI); 416.416.552 (SSI).
The POMS provide the best source of law for examining waiver issues for two reasons: Requests for Waiver are submitted to SSA's local District Offices and the POMS is used as the primary source for SSA policy by the District Office staff.
POMS GN 02250.005 provides District Office staff detailed instructions for how to determine fault in overpayment cases for SSDI beneficiaries. Two important concepts discussed in POMS GN 02250.005 are a beneficiary's degree of care and good faith in preventing the occurrence of an overpayment.
A beneficiary is expected to exercise a high degree of care in preventing an overpayment. SSA will determine a beneficiary is at fault for an overpayment if facts demonstrate that either the beneficiary lacked good faith or failed to exercise a high degree of care in reporting circumstances which may have affected their entitlement to benefits or their benefit amount. POMS GN 02250.005.
Facts that show a beneficiary lacked good faith in preventing the overpayment include:
Establishing that a SSI beneficiary was without fault in an overpayment case is discussed in POMS SI 02260.015. Advocates should note that the burden of proof lies with the SSI beneficiary to prove they were without fault. POMS SI 02260.015.A.
POMS SI 02260.015 sets forth instructions for District Office staff to determine whether a SSI beneficiary is without fault in an overpayment case. According to POMS SI 02260.015, District Office staff should consider the following:
SSA makes certain presumptions about whether to hold a beneficiary "at fault" for an overpayment based on the actions of another person.
Examples of presumptions include the following scenarios:
Some SSI and SSDI beneficiaries have representative-payees who are appointed to receive a beneficiary's monthly payments because SSA determined the beneficiary lacked the ability to manage their own funds in their own self-interest. If an overpayment occurs due to the actions or inactions of the representative payee, waiver is often warranted. SSR 64-7 provides that a beneficiary will be presumed to be "without fault" in the absence of evidence that the beneficiary knew the payments to be incorrect or deliberately concealed or misrepresented material facts contributing to the overpayment.
Showing that the beneficiary was not at fault in receiving an overpayment only satisfies part of the test for granting a Waiver Request. To complete the requirements for a Waiver, there must also be a showing as to why SSA should not enforce the overpayment. For both SSI and SSDI beneficiaries, advocates may argue waiver of the overpayment is warranted if: recovery would defeat the purpose of the SSI/SSDI programs by causing the beneficiary undue hardship, or that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
Under a limited exception, SSA gives SSI beneficiaries an additional ground to support the granting a waiver. The waiver requirements can be met by showing that recovery would impede the efficient or effective administration of the Social Security Act.
Recovery of an overpayment will defeat the purpose of Title II of the Social Security Act if recovery would deprive the beneficiary of income required for ordinary and necessary living expenses. POMS GN 02250.100; 20 C.F.R. § 404.508. Such ordinary living expenses can include: food, clothing, rent/mortgage, utilities, insurance premiums, taxes, medical expenses, and other miscellaneous expenses. Proof that recovery would deprive the person of such income can be shown on SSA's Request for Waiver form.
SSA's recovery of the claim for overpayment will defeat the purpose of Title II if the overpaid beneficiary:
A person is presumed to not have sufficient funds if they are on a "cash public assistance" program such as SSI, VA Service and Nonservice-Connect Disability Pensions, or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Medicaid, unemployment, food stamps, and workers' compensation do not count as public assistance programs. POMS GN 02250.110.
Recovery of the claim for overpayment is acceptable if the overpaid person still has possession of all or part of the overpayment amount (though it may still be against equity in good conscience). POMS GN 02250.105. In these cases, SSA may proceed to recover the debt owed to the extent of the value of the overpayment, even if the overpayment was turned into clearly identifiable assets. POMS GN 02250.105(4).
POMS SI 02260.020 provides that SSA's recovery of a claim for overpayment is considered to defeat the purpose of the SSI program if the overpaid individual is without fault and both of the following conditions are met: a) the individual needs substantially all of his or her current income to meet their current ordinary and necessary living expenses; and b) recovery would reduce the individual's total resources to below $3,000 for a person and $5,000 for a person and one dependent. An additional $600 is allowed for each additional dependent. POMS SI 02260.020.1.
However, SSA's recovery of an overpayment would not defeat the purpose of Title XVI of the Act (SSI) if the liable individual has in their possession any of the incorrectly paid payment(s) or identifiable proceeds from such payments in liquid resources which accumulated during the overpayment period. POMS SI 02260.020.3.
Illinois Example
A finding that SSA's recovery of an overpayment would defeat the purpose of the SSI program would result in the following scenario:
The SSI beneficiary resides in Illinois and receives the maximum SSI monthly benefit amount of $733 (for 2015) plus $85, or less. Thus, persons on SSI who have a total monthly income that does not exceed $818 a month are deemed to meet this requirement. POMS SI 02260.020.2.
For the SSDI program, there are two general grounds to argue that SSA's recovery of an overpayment would be against equity and good conscience. The first grounds is to demonstrate that a beneficiary relinquished a valuable right or changed their position for the worse in reliance on the payment of SSDI benefits or notice that SSDI benefits would be paid. POMS GN 02250.150 The other grounds that supports a finding that SSA's recovery of an overpayment would be against equity and good conscience is when a contingently liable beneficiary was living in a separate household from the overpaid person at the time of the overpayment and did not receive the overpayment. POMS GN 02250.150; 20 C.F.R. § 404.509.
Financial information is not needed for an against equity and good conscience finding. POMS GN 02250.240B.3.
The SSI Program rules set out two separate scenarios for when recovery of an overpayment by SSA would be against equity and good conscience. First is when a person changed their position for the worse or relinquished a valuable right. Second is when the person is a member of an eligible couple that is legally separated or living apart from the overpaid person when the event occurred and the person did not benefit from the overpayment. POMS 02260.025. Both positions can be further developed on the Waiver application. Financial information is not needed for the first option.
There is a separate set of rules for excess resource overpayments. Remember that because SSI is a needs-based program, resource limitations are part of a beneficiary's eligibility. An individual may not have more than $2,000 in countable resources and an eligible couple (both persons are eligible for SSI) may not have more than $3,000 in countable resources.
If the overpayment was caused by excess resources, SSA may only find "at fault" if the individual "willfully and knowingly" failed to report excess resources. POMS SI 022060.035A; POMS SI 02260.025C.
SSA defines "willfully and knowingly" to mean that the evidence clearly shows the individual (and spouse, if any) was both fully aware of their reporting requirements, and of the excess resources, but did not report the excess resources. POMS SI 022060.035A
If the individual has been found not "at fault" for causing the overpayment based on excess resources, then SSA applies three means tests to determine if recouping the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience for the waiver met. The three tests are as follows:
If an overpayment is $1000 or less, SSA will waive the overpayment without further development if a waiver request is made. POMS GN 02201.013. The key here is that the individual must request it. Otherwise, SSA will follow its normal collection procedures.
If a resource overpayment is caused by resources exceeding the limit by $50 or less in a given month, waiver of the overpayment for that given month should occur automatically. POMS SI 02260.035. For example, if an individual's resources were $2011 in October, $2022 in November and $2075 in December, SSA should assess an overpayment only for December. It is important to check any resource overpayment for months in which the overpayment exceed the limit by $50 or less to make sure that SSA has not charged an overpayment for that month.
In cases where an administrative waiver is requested, it is recommended that advocates NOT fill out the SSA-632-BK (Request for Waiver of Overpayment). Rather, a Statement of Claimant Form or a simple letter written requesting waiver should suffice. SSA-632-BK inquires into fault, which does not have to be determined in these cases. Filling out SSA-632-BK only further complicates what should be a simple request.
SSA has a standard Request for Waiver form that is available on the Social Security website. In addition, the POMS provide detailed instructions on completing the waiver form as well as rules that SSA's District Office follow in making waiver determinations. The applicable POMS sections are listed below:
Advocates should also review two additional POMS sections: GN 02250.250—Proving Allegations on the SSA-632-Bk and GN 02250.255—Acceptable Proof.
Requests for waiver may be filed at any time. In addition, a second or subsequent request for waiver may be made even though a prior waiver request was denied and the appeal period has expired. POMS GN 02201.019. Waiver may be requested after SSA has begun recovery or even after recovery is complete. POMS SI 02260.001.
If the request for waiver is filed within 30 days of the date of receipt of the notice (35 days from the date on the notice), SSA will not begin overpayment recovery until the appeal or waiver is resolved. 20 C.F.R. 404.502a(h); 404.506(b).
If a SSDI beneficiary requests waiver of adjustment or recovery of a title II overpayment (SSDI) within 30 days after receiving a notice of overpayment that contains the information in §404.502a, no adjustment or recovery action will be taken until after the initial waiver determination is made. If the individual requests a waiver more than 30 days after receiving the notice of overpayment, SSA will stop any adjustment or recovery actions until after the initial waiver determination is made. 20 C.F.R. § 404.506(b)
There is no similar "automatic stay" provision in the federal regulations for SSI waivers. However, the POMS state that SSI waiver requests will also stay recovery action on an overpayment if filed within 30 days after receiving overpayment notice. POMS GN 02201.019. In addition, for waiver requests filed later than 30 days after the date of the overpayment notice, recovery will be stopped as of the month of receipt of the waiver request. POMS GN 02201.019
Once a Request for Waiver form has been completed and submitted to the appropriate SSA District Office, the advocate should follow up with the Attorney Liaison for the District Office to make sure that the Request for Waiver was received and to find out which Claims Representative will be responsible for evaluating the Request. The Advocate can then contact that Claims Representative to ensure that he or she has all the information that is needed to evaluate the Request for Waiver.
When SSA decides a waiver request, it must provide written notice to the party requesting waiver. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.902(k) and 404.904; 416.1402(c); 416.1404; POMS § GN 02250.370.
Like overpayments, adverse decisions on Requests for Waiver are considered initial determinations that may be appealed. 20 C.F.R. 404.902(k); 416.1402(c). Filing a request for reconsideration is first step in the administrative review process that SSA provides when a person is dissatisfied with the initial determination. 20 C.F.R. 404. 907; 416.1407.
The Request for Reconsideration must be filed within 60 days of the date that the person received the initial determination. 20 C.F.R. 404.909; 416.1409. SSA assumes that all mailed notices are received in 5 days so it accepts appeals filed on or before the 65th day following the initial determination. 20 C.F.R. 404.901; 416.1401 ("Date you receive notice means 5 days after the date on the notice, unless you show us that you did not receive it within the 5-day period."). The Request for Reconsideration must be filed in writing. 20 C.F.R. 404.909; 416.1409.
The POMS provide a long list of specific circumstances in which SSA assumes individuals are or are not without fault in an overpayment case. The ability to direct District Office staff to a POMS citation in support of your client's Request for Waiver is a power tool. Please note that when reading the POMS, Title II refers to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Title XVI refers to Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
GN 02250.020 Incorrect Benefit Rates—Waiver of Overpayment Recovery
GN 02250.022 Lack of Insured Status—Waiver of Overpayment Recovery
GN 02250.024 Duplicate Payments—Waiver of Overpayment Recovery
GN 02250.026 Subsequent Overpayments—Waiver of Overpayment Recovery
GN 02250.030 Benefits Not Terminated When Child Attains Age 16, 18, 19—Waiver of Overpayment Recovery
GN 02250.032 Family Relationship—Waiver Title II Title XVI
GN 02250.036 Payment Continuation—Waiver Title II Title XVI
GN 02250.038 Return to or Increase in Work—Disability Case—Waiver
GN 02250.040 Overpayment Caused by Receipt of Workers' Compensation/Public Disability Benefits—Waiver
GN 02250.042 Incorrect Disposition of Property Reported Event—Waiver
GN 02250.044 Overpayment Resulting from Continued Payments to Incarcerated Felons—Waiver
GN 02250.060 Misunderstanding About Allowable Wage Earnings—Waiver
GN 02250.061 Misinformation From an Official Source—Waiver
GN 02250.062 Short Taxable Year Ending in Death—Waiver
GN 02250.064 Individuals Not Aware That Earnings Before First Month of Entitlement Would Cause Deductions—Waiver
GN 02250.065 Earnings Greater Than Anticipated—Waiver
GN 02250.066 Continued Issuance of Checks After Suspension/Termination Event Reported—Waiver
GN 02250.067 Lack of Knowledge That Special Types of Payments (Bonus, Vacation Pay, Traveling Expenses, etc.) Are Included for Deduction Purposes—Waiver
GN 02250.069 Confusion About Charging Provision of Annual Earnings Test—Waiver
GN 02250.070 Overpaid Person Unaware That Actions of Another Affect Amount of Entitlement to Benefits—Waiver
GN 02250.071 Person Not Aware That Earnings After Termination of Entitlement Would Cause Deductions for Prior Months—Waiver
GN 02250.072 Overpayment Caused by Failure To Understand Deduction or Entitlement Provisions or by Unusual or Unavoidable Circumstances—Waiver
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As the winter weather impacts West Michigan, review these winter weather safety tips:
Winter hazards awareness week 2013 - Understanding winter weather terms
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Although it doesn't take place until Aug. 8-10 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, Outside Lands has already announced its daily schedule.
Headliners Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Killers are joined by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, Ray LaMontagne, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Spoon, Cut Copy, John Butler Trio, Local Natives, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Deer Tick, Capital Cities, Warpaint, Phosphorescent, Greensky Bluegrass, Jonathan Wilson and Woods.
Single-day tickets for this year's event went on sale today and are available at the fest's website.
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WXPN hosts the Xponential Music Festival, July 25-27 at the Susquehanna Bank Center.
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General admission tickets went on sale today.
The 49th edition of the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival, June 21 and 22 on the banks of the Hudson River in Croton-On-Hudson, New York, will be a celebration of the lives and work of Pete and Toshi Seeger who passed away within the past year.
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For more information, visit http://www.clearwaterfestival.org.
The resurrected Pemberton Music Festival, July 18-20 at from Pemberton Valley, British Columbia, features headliners Nine Inch Nails, OutKast, Deadmau5 and Soundgarden. Additional artists include Snoop Dogg, TV On the Radio, Blondie, Cage the Elephant, The Flaming Lips, Violent Femmes, Big Gigantic, Dan Deacon and more.
It also presents a special performance by Hallelujah Train which includes Daniel Lanois, Pastor Brady Blade, Brian Blade, Brady Blade Jr., Anders Osborne, Will Sexton, Chris Thomas and Malcolm Burn accompanied by a gospel choir.
There will be a comedy lineup with Bob Saget, Nick Swardson, Norm Macdonald, Hannibal Buress, Tom Green, Lisa Lampanelli and more.
For more information, visit http://pembertonmusicfestival.com.
It's a mix of generations at the 47th annual Festival d'été de Québec. The festival — Canada's largest outdoor music event —takes place July 3-13 at 10 different indoor and outdoor venues.
The classic and current rockers will be among the more than 100 acts scheduled. It includes Billy Joel, The Killers, Bryan Adams, Soundgarden, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Blondie, Queens of the Stone Age, St. Vincent, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Local Natives and Gary Clark Jr.
For more information, visit http://www.infofestival.com.
Canada's largest outdoor music festival, Ottawa Bluesfest, takes place July 3-13 at LeBreton Flats Park. This year's event mixes rock, pop and country with Queens of the Stone Age, Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, Jeff Tweedy, Drive-By Truckers, St. Vincent, Journey, Blondie, Lady Antebellum, Zedd, Jake Bugg, Foreigner, Lord Huron, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blake Shelton, Langhorne Slim, Barenaked Ladies, Styx and JJ Grey & Mofro and more over the fest's 10 days.
For more information, visit http://ottawabluesfest.ca.
The flags will be waving as the legendary Glastonbury returns June 27-29 in Pilton, England with another international lineup.
The top of the bill comes from North America and the UK with headliners Arcade Fire and Kasabian with Jack White, The Black Keys, Robert Plant, Dolly Parton and Elbow. Another headliner will be announced soon.
Other acts are Pixies, Lily Allen, Skrillex, Massive Attack, Blondie, Bryan Ferry, Manic Street Preachers, Lana Del Rey, M.I.A., Richie Hawtin, Disclosure, Chromeo, De La Soul, Golfrapp, Ed Sheeran, CHVRCHES, Foster the People, MGMT, Jake Bugg, Suzanne Vega, Paolo Nutini, Jurassic 5, Phosphorescent, tUnE-yArDs, Warpaint, The Wailers, Wilko Johnson, Kelis, Tinariwen, The 1975 and more.
For more information, visit http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk.


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Emily spoke at Feminist Summer Camp, and we had our June HOLLAhappy hour! It was a blast — and we made some incredible signs in preparation for PRIDE.
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Hollaback! Edinburgh announced a new session with the Scottish Parliament happening on June 14th as a part of Next Generation Feminism. Are you interested in attending?
Hollaback! Philly went to Wizard Con this past weekend, donning creative outfits and signs that read cosplay =/= consent
Hollaback! Appalachian Ohio launched a bystander intervention certification program for area bartenders! Check out their great accomplishment!
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Crystal Falls Forest Park's Lexi Gussert, right, has decided to play college basketball at Michigan State. She will be a senior in Crystal Falls this season. At left is Watersmeet's Joette Baldwin from a Dec. 16, 2011 game at Nimrod Nation.
CRYSTAL FALLS — Forest Park girls basketball star Lexi Gussert verbally committed Thursday to play for the Michigan State Spartans in the 2014-15 season.
Gussert, who will be a senior at Forest Park this fall, had also drawn recruiting interest from such basketball powerhouses as Connecticut and Tennessee.
"Proud and blessed to say I will be a Michigan State Spartan next year! Thanks to everyone who has recruited me, and everyone for the support," Gussert tweeted.
The 6-foot Gussert was Michigan's Class D Player of the Year last season. She averaged 32 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and four blocks for the Lady Trojans. She is also a two-time All-State selection.
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VPPPA: the conference for workplace safety and health leaders
The Department of Consumer and Business Services, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) invites Oregon employers ready to make an advanced commitment to workplace safety and
health to attend the 11th annual Region X VPPPA Conference, May 3-5 in Boise, Idaho.
The conference will highlight participation in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), a workplace safety-and-health-management program that encourages employers to voluntarily meet advanced
workplace safety standards to protect workers and reduce injuries. Employers who may be interested in expanding their workplace safety and health program to a superior performance level are
encouraged to attend and hear about the program's benefits from current VPP members.
Conference topics include:
The conference is presented at the Doubletree Hotel Riverside in Boise, Idaho. Registration fees for the conference are $175 to attend both Wednesday and Thursday conference sessions. Attend
any single day for $95. Two pre-conference workshops - "VPP Application Workshop" and "Human Errors and How to Prevent Them" are available on Tuesday May 3. The fee for the
VPP Application Workshop is $250 and the fee for the Human Errors and How to Prevent Them workshop is $50. All registration fees include lunch for the day in attendance. More than 20 exhibitors
will offer demonstrations and introduce their products or services.
Registration materials for the conference are available on the Oregon OSHA Web site at www.orosha.org/conferences. You may call the Oregon OSHA
conferences section at (503) 378-3272 to get additional information.
To achieve VPP status, a work site must undergo an extensive Oregon OSHA review of workplace conditions, safety records, employee safety and health programs, and regulatory compliance, including
interviews with employees. Evaluators review 19 program elements including management commitment to safety, employee participation, self-inspection, safety and health training, emergency programs
and drills, and preventive maintenance. Oregon OSHA's VPP employers are removed from routine scheduled inspections for the duration of their participation. Employees do not lose any rights under
the program. Oregon OSHA still investigates accidents, formal complaints and chemical spills.
Currently, seven sites in Oregon qualify for VPP status; VPP sites are Georgia-Pacific Coos Bay mill, Georgia-Pacific Philomath mill, Georgia-Pacific Toledo pulp and paper mill, Kerr McGee Chemical
in The Dalles, Marvin Wood Products in Baker City, PW Eagle in Eugene and Timber Products Spectrum Division (TP Spectrum) in White City.
The conference is a partnership between the DCBS Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) and the Region X Voluntary Protection Program Participants' Association (VPPPA).
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Canon Lide 110 worked fine with ubuntu 11.04.
When I upgraded to 12.04 (unfortunately) it doesn't work anymore.
Is there anything that can be done so I can use my very nice scanner again?
I had exactly the same issue. Something changed between 11.10 and 12.04 concerning the connection between SAMBA and CUPS
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Under XP and Vista, connect using (Add printer dialog, network printer):
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text: May 22, 2014 20:05 Ferguson, Gremillion named Athletes of Year Ferguson, Gremillion named Athletes of Year Advocate staff photo by HEATHER McCLELLAND -- Kara Gremillion from St. Amant High, left, and Jazz Ferguson from West Feliciana High are awarded Athletes of the Year from The Advocate's executive editor Peter Kovacs at the Star of Stars banquet on Wednesday at the LHSAA office. Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Kara Gremillion from St. Amant High is awarded Athlete of the Year from The Advocate's executive editor Peter Kovacs at the Star of Stars banquet on Wednesday at the LHSAA office in Baton Rouge. Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Jazz Ferguson from West Feliciana High is awarded Athlete of the Year from The Advocate's executive editor Peter Kovacs at the Star of Stars banquet on Wednesday at the LHSAA office in Baton Rouge. BY ROBIN FAMBROUGH| firstname.lastname@example.com May 22, 2014; 12:20 a.m. Comments West Feliciana High's Jazz Ferguson and St. Amant High's Kara Gremillion attend schools located in different metro Baton Rouge area parishes and compete in sports on different classifications. The two juniors rarely had a day off from either practice or games during the 2013-14 school year. But on one of those rare off nights the two multi-sport standouts ultimately shared the spotlight, winning top honors at The Advocate's 29th annual Athlete of the Year/Star of Stars banquet. Ferguson was announced as the Boys Athlete of the Year, while Gremillion took home the Girls Athlete of the Year honor at the event held Wednesday night at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association office complex. "My coach and my Mom knew about this, but they never told me until earlier this week," Ferguson said. "The whole ride here, and it was about an hour, I was nervous and thinking about it a lot. "It means so much to win an award like this. It makes me believe the hard work really does pay off." In addition to honoring the Athlete of the Year winners and four other Athlete of the Year finalists, The Advocate also honored the Star of Stars in a total of 15 other high school sports during its banquet. "During the season I focus on what our team is going to do and not what I can get out of it," Gremillion said. "I was pretty excited and honestly, I was happy with being a finalist. I was just going to be happy to be here and get recognized." Ferguson, an LSU football commitment, excelled in football, basketball, track and field and baseball. He claimed the top award voted on by the Advocate sports staff over two other finalists he knew well, seniors Redemptorist's Russell Gage and Nicholaus Parker of Port Allen. Gremillion, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette softball commitment, was an All-Metro player in three sports, softball, volleyball and basketball. She knew something about the senior finalists, because both Baton Rouge High track star Mikiah Brisco and McKinley's Rondolyn Bryant, also were volleyball players in her district. Brant also was a basketball rival. Ferguson and Gage, an LSU football signee, could line up together as Tigers. "The guy from Redemptorist … I saw him all the time on TV when they showed highlights last fall," Ferguson said. "And I know we'll be together at LSU. Nick Parker and I competed against each other in basketball and track and his team beat us to win the district title in track. I knew they were both good." Interestingly, both Ferguson and Gremillion had recent Athlete of the Year winners to cite as examples. Current Southern University women's basketball player Britney Washington was the Girls Athlete winner for West Feliciana in 2012; another St. Amant competitor, Toni Rodriguez, won the girls award last spring. "When Toni won it last year she played three sports and I knew I played three sports, so I thought there was a chance I'd be considered," Gremillion noted. "But I didn't think much about it after last spring. Like Ferguson, Gremillion put thoughts of awards aside while competing in back-to-back seasons. Ferguson admitted he was a little down after the Saints lost to Brusly in the Class 3A baseball quarterfinals. He went to the gym and played basketball. And he attended the final two spring football practices before scoring two touchdowns in WFHS' spring game three days after the baseball loss. Gremillion also continued to work after St. Amant lost in the Class 5A softball quarterfinals earlier this month. She didn't take a day off until this week. "There are always things you can work on to get better," Gremillion said as she gazed around the LHSAA meeting room not long after the other finalists had departed. "I still in shock that I won it." Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Horse Racing
Right on the doorstep, is the Cork Racecourse at Mallow. This makes Longueville and ideal stopover for both owners, trainers and of course those of you who are attending the races!
Cork Racecourse is situated on the banks of the Blackwater, the crossroads of Munster and Home of the National Hunt racing located only 2km from Longueville House Hotel.
With 19 national hunt and flat race meetings year round Cork Racecourse provides the facilities to enjoy the excitment and spectacle of a day at the races!
Whether you are an occassional race goer or racing is your passion a day at the races is unlike any other sporting event. At cork Racecourse Mallow you will enjoy your day to the full and feel part of the fun, excitement, colour and 'craic' that is racing in Ireland.
Enjoy the spectacle of the parade ring and the weigh room. Feel the tension build in the betting ring as the bookmakers call out the 'odds' and compete for your attention before the races begin. Then pick your spot to watch the horse's race to the finish as the ground rumbles and cheers of the winning punters fill the stands. Enjoy all this in the surroundings of this wonderful facility just 2km away from your hotel.
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- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 4-1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (8 ounces) no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1-1/3 cups crushed baked tortilla chip scoops
- 7 tablespoons shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- In a Dutch oven, saute onion and green onions in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
- Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, chilies, oregano, cumin and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add chicken and cilantro; heat through.
- For each serving, place 2 tablespoons chips in a soup bowl. Top with 1-1/2 cups soup. Garnish each serving with 1 tablespoon each of cheese and chips. Yield: 7 servings.
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Nokia C2-02 to be a slightly different C2-06?
Spotted a couple of days ago on one of Nokia's official blogs, the unannounced C2-06 dual SIM phone seems to have a slightly different version: the Nokia C2-02.
The C2-02 looks exactly like the C2-06, thus it's a slider with a QVGA touchscreen display and an alphanumeric keyboard.
According to Mobil.cz (which got the photos and the details from a Chinese source), the C2-02 features a 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, and a 2MP camera. Apparently, the new S40 phone doesn't have 3G, and neither Wi-Fi or GPS.
Google's automated translation doesn't really clarify if the C2-02 is a dual-SIM phone, too, or if Mobil.cz talks about the C2-06 when dual SIM capabilities are mentioned. In any case, Nokia should officially announce the new handsets soon, so we'll find out more when this happens.


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Can Gifting Retirement Money to Sons & Daughters Save on Taxes?
Original post by Leslie McClintock of Demand Media
As of 2011, the United States levies an estate tax of 35 percent on anything over an estate tax exemption of $5 million. There is no tax levied on transfers to surviving spouses, but the tax applies when assets get passed on to children or to any non-spouse individual or entity, with the exception of qualified charities. The law also levies a gift tax, however, that limits your ability to transfer assets tax-free through gifting. Much estate planning takes place in the interrelationship between the estate tax and the gift tax.
Gift Taxes
As of 2011, you can give up to $13,000 to any individual, without tax consequence. Your spouse can also give up to $13,000 to any individual. One commonly used technique, then, is for each person in a married couple to give the maximum allowance to each member of another married couple. In this way, a set of parents can gift up to $52,000 to a married child's family. However, gift taxes are still subject to a lifetime exemption of $1 million, before the gift tax applies. A generation-skipping transfer tax limits your ability to avoid estate taxes by transferring assets to grandchilden and great-grandchildren.
Benefits of Gifting
In addition to the obvious pleasure in giving money to loved ones while you are still alive to see them enjoy it, gifting can also have longer-term financial benefits. Specifically, anything you gift prior to death does not fall victim to the 35-percent estate tax after you (or if you are married, you and your spouse) pass on.
Retirement Accounts
If you have money in a traditional IRA or 401(k) account you want to give, you must first take a distribution and pay income taxes on that distribution. However, your net tax bill in doing so will, in most cases, be lower than the eventual taxes on the estate, if you have more than $5 million in the taxable estate. This is because only a small minority of taxpayers has a marginal income tax bracket of over 35 percent.
Roth Conversions
Another estate-reducing strategy is the Roth conversion. By converting IRA assets to Roth IRA assets, you are reducing the amount of your estate that may be subject to the 35-percent tax rate by the amount of taxes you pay to convert. If you have to gift one or the other, you will obtain the most estate tax benefit by gifting a traditional IRA. However, if you are running up against the lifetime exemption limit, you may be able to generate a higher after-tax gift for your family by giving assets from a Roth IRA instead.
- IRS.gov: Publication 590 - Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes
- Charles Schwab; Sophisticated Estate Planning Strategies; Rande Spiegelman; January 2011
- Charles Schwab; Estate Tax Repeal and Lifetime Giving -- The Impact on Your Estate Plan; Rande Spiegelman; January 2011
- Bills.com; I Want to Start Gifting IRA Money to Family Members -- What Do I Need to Know?; May 2011
- Forbes.com; New Year, Different Rules -- Estate Tax, Gift Tax, & GST Tax Rules For 2011; Hanji Sarji; January 2011
About the Author
Leslie McClintock has been writing professionally since 2001. She has been published in "Wealth and Retirement Planner," "Senior Market Advisor," "The Annuity Selling Guide," and many other outlets. A licensed life and health insurance agent, McClintock holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California.


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We Live in an Age of Disintegration
The Terrible Cost to Democrats and American Society of Ignoring Thomas Frank's Warnings
Debt Deflation -- the Economic Concept That Proves Market Optimists Wrong
With Half a Million Ballots Left to Count, Likelihood of Sanders Win in California Dims
Neoconservatives Endorse Hillary Clinton for President Because They Know She's One of Them
By Orville Schell
By Fyodor M. Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett (Translator)
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A congressional investigative committee interrogated government officials Wednesday about why they supported giving a $535 million loan package to the recently failed California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
While testifying before the British Parliament on what he called "the most humble day of my life," Rupert Murdoch nearly took a pie in the face. Luckily for the media tycoon, his wife, Wendi, literally leaped to the rescue with all of her athletic ability.
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Making a move that, while certainly bold, may not help his case much in the end, Rep. Charles Rangel decided to peace out of a House ethics committee meeting as members deliberated over charges of ethics violations against Rangel himself.
If you can't take the McCain, get out of the hearing. Gen. David Petraeus was rushed from a Senate chamber Tuesday after fainting in the middle of a question from Sen. John McCain.
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The fate of the Guantanamo Bay prison remained unclear on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, but all the same, pretrial hearings began Monday for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other prisoners implicated in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Hillary Clinton began the first phase of her official vetting session for the position of secretary of state Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill, where she made opening remarks and faced her peers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as they took a close look at her credentials—and her husband's globe-trotting fundraising activities.
White House / Joyce N. Boghosian
How's this for not mincing words? "I believe if the credit markets are not functioning, that jobs will be lost, that our credit rate will rise, more houses will be foreclosed upon, GDP will contract, that the economy will just not be able to recover in a normal, healthy way." So sayeth Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, in a dire warning to Congress.
A Pentagon representative has confirmed that "about four or five dozen" news journalists and associated personnel from both the U.S. and abroad are being invited to attend the June 5 arraignment at Guantanamo Bay of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, often referred to as the "mastermind" of 9/11, and four others allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The shocking truth about FAA plane inspections was revealed Thursday when three inspectors told a congressional hearing their supervisors ignored their concerns about the safety of Southwest planes and reprimanded them for raising questions.
By Mr. Fish
Blackwater USA founder and chairman Erik Prince stubbornly defended his company Tuesday while members of the House Oversight Committee grilled him with questions such as "Why are we privatizing our military to an organization that has been aggressive and in some cases reckless in the handling of their duties?"
Testifying before the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman's brother and mother criticized the Pentagon and the government, which they said manipulated the truth for the sake of political gain.
When asked during his confirmation hearing today whether the United States was winning the war in Iraq, Robert Gates said simply, "No, sir." The nominee for defense secretary, who later went on to soften his position, is expected to receive a speedy confirmation.
Update: The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted unanimously to recommend approval of Gates' confirmation.
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That's what Gen. Hayden said about the prewar Iraq intelligence failures. But there was no contrition for the domestic wiretapping activities he oversaw at the NSA. In contrast, he strongly defended the programs.
Well, now that he's taken responsibility, at least we know what we're in for if he gets confirmed.
Gen. Michael Hayden bemoaned the "endless picking apart" of CIA operations in the news media during today's confirmation hearing on his nomination to head the intelligence agency.
If the architect of the NSA domestic wiretapping program gets this promotion, it will be like a Jon Stewart joke gone horribly wrong.
A protester interrupts the secretary of state at a budget hearing: "The blood is on your hands and you cannot wash it away."
From Fox News via Newsbusters
Did Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fall asleep while hearing a key redistricting case—as Fox charges? If so, most traditional media outlets didn't report it.
A conservative website poses an interesting question here: if Justice Thomas or Scalia fell asleep, would most news outlets ignore that, as well?
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Holy Cross' Brad Mish
Jan. 6, 2009
Brad Mish partly feels he missed out on what could have been some high school glory. His high school, Hopkins Academy in Hadley, didn't offer cross country or track, so Mish never got a chance to be the best runner - or any type of runner - at his school.
Mish, though, said he may have caught a break by not running competitively in high school. Every year at the College of the Holy Cross, Mish has seen many former elite high school runners suffer mental and physical breakdowns.
But for Mish, a senior at the Worcester school, running is fresh. It's fun, and since joining the cross country team as a walk-on in the fall of 2005, he's regularly improved in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track.
Mish played soccer at Hopkins Academy, which is one of the smallest schools in the state. It was in soccer where Mish realized he had some talent for running.
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Axioms play an important role to describe the relationships among the concepts of an ontology. Hence, axioms can be written in different ways depending the relation that exist between the concepts. But wanted to know what are most known and most used 'axiom patterns'? Pattens as for example: (Symmetric case for two concepts .., transitive case, negation case ...etc... ).
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I don't have numbers about the most used axioms. But one way of answering this is by looking at the axioms that are most widely supported in the simpler (and hence more popular) subsets of OWL.
The following are already supported in RDF Schema, and hence very common:
The subset sometimes known as "RDFS++" adds:
Also quite popular are:
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Cotto Vs. Mayorga + Don King and Bob Arum Square off!
The historic joint appearance by legendary promoters Bob Arum and Don King will be streamed live and free of charge on BoxingChannel.com at 9:30 eastern standard time (6:30 Pacific Standard time) on Thursday, March 10.th Viewers will get a chance to watch these two icons share boxing war stories and talk about the past, present and future of the sport.
The event, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will be moderated by Al Bernstein. Members of the press will also get a chance to ask questions of both Arum and King.
These two are co-promoting the Saturday, March 12th battle between Miguel Cotto and Ricardo Mayorga.
A special preview on that big fight can now be seen on boxingchannel.com. The show includes interviews with the two fighters and Arum and King, predictions from boxing experts and Al Bernstein's keys to victory.
Complete same day coverage of the March 11th weigh-in and the post fight press conference on March 12th will also be seen on boxingchannel.com.
Da Bobfather and Da Don were a riot. They shot one another much luv. I guess Stevie Wonder can see better than we. Ivory and Ebony blah, blah, blah. However that song goes. Holla!
Highly entertaining... Mayorga should pay a visit to the comedy club on open mike nite... King, and Stewart came prepared as well talking their fair share of crap while Arum played the calm facillitator... I read reports claiming Cotto was terrified of Mayorga and that being the reason why he didn't do the face-off. It wasn't fear,.. that was righteous indignation... and it'll show on fight night.
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March 31, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY -- Washington improved to 2-0 in conference with another gritty road win on Sunday. The Dawgs defeated Utah, 4-3, to earn a second conference road win of the weekend.
Washington began by winning the doubles points when the earned victories at No. 2 and No. 3. Max Manthou and Hudson Barnhart defeating the Utah squad, 8-5, at No. 3.
Kyle McMorrow made it 2-0 Dawgs after making quick work of Dmytro Mamedow at No. 1 singles. The Husky senior cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory to prove his No. 21 national ranking.
The Dawgs then clinched the victory with wins at No. 3 and No. 4 singles. Manthou defeated Alejandro Medinilla, 6-4, 6-3, followed by Egger beating Devin Lane, 6-4, 6-3.
Utah stormed back to win the final three matches, but it was too late as Washington had already clinched the victory. Marton Bots and Hawke lost in three sets each.
The Dawgs return home next weekend to face Stanford and California. The Dawgs take on the Cardinal on Friday, April 5 at 1:30 p.m., followed by the Golden Bears on Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m. for senior day.
Washington Men's Tennis
March 31, 2013 - Salt Lake City, Utah
No. 29 Washington 4, Utah 3
1. Lane/Hamza (UU) vs. McMorrow/Bots (WASH), 4-6 unf.
2. Hawke/Egger (WASH) def. Mamedov/Medinilla, 8-3
3. Manthou/Bardhart (WASH) def. Tasevac/Willems, 8-5
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
1. No. 21 Kyle McMorrow (WASH) def. Dmytro Mamedov (UU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Slim Hamza (UU) def. Marton Bots (WASH), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. Max Manthou (WASH) def. Alejandro Medinilla (UU), 6-4, 6-3
4. Emmett Egger (WASH) def. Devin Lane (UU), 6-4, 7-5
5. Cedric Willems (UU) def. Viktor Farkas (WASH), 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
6. Ben Tasevac (UU) def. Jeff Hawke (WASH), 3-6, 7-5, 14-12
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Michelle Obama appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night and shared her and her husband the president's concerns about young people who were not signing up for Obamacare reported Fox News. She vented to Fallon that "Young People are knuckleheads!" Well could say that she may have missed out on the class on how to win friends and influence people, by targeting young people for her derisive remarks.
The First Lady must be channeling the nervousness that Obama administration officials are facing and do not have a clue on how to fix. According to their own projections before the Affordable Care Act launched, the health plan needed at least 40 percent of the total seven million enrollees to be young people between the ages of 18 and 34-year-olds.
Currently that total is a little over 807,000 as of the beginning of February. Yet, the supporters in the administration, including the president had hoped that the number would be closer to the targeted 1.6 million that should be signed up by now, according to KipSat Sun News.
The ads which the administration have not convinced the so called "Invincibles" that Obamacare with its one size fits all approach is cost effective or will meet their insurance coverage needs.
Of course this is not the same view advanced by the Obamacare supporters or by Michelle Obama as she spun a different view on the Tonight Show. She suggested that young people can get the insurance coverage for less than a pair of gym shoes. She stressed, "A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads," and added "that they often cut themselves while cooking or injure themselves by dancing on bar stools," reported Fox News.
The question that must be vexing young people is if "they are such knuckleheads," why are they viewing a knucklehead president and his wife try to sale a bill of goods that does not work for millions of Americans? So who is the true knucklehead?
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I have a good paying full time job. I don't hate it...but I show up frustrated and leave the same way, if not worse. It's not something I want to be doing now, let alone the rest of my life...not even in the general field of work.
I got my bachelor's in psychology two years ago, took 12 hours towards a Master's degree in counseling then fizzed out. Since then I re-located with this company but I know I need a change. This position is a technical/chemistry/mechanical type and I am (obviously through the degree I have) more of a creative being, which there isn't room for in my current industry.
The idea of going back to school for my master's degree has been on my mind, along with a career change in general, for over the last two weeks. I have student loans to pay off for my bachelor's...the thought of adding to that to gain my master's makes me groan with naseua. It's just me...so I need my full time paycheck.
The benefits, the good money, the freedom/comfort of knowing my job...these thoughts weigh on me.
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Would it be possible to start with an online class or two while still working and see how
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I got my project manager certification at 43. It was a year worth of courses while the economy was bust and I was forced to work part time....about 30 hours a week. My fiancee is finishing up his 2 year online and working full time. The online thing seems to be working well for him, but I'm not sure if you can get a masters online. But I think the overwhelming thing here is you are not happy and that is going to show up in other ways in your life. So do what makes you happy and the rest will fall into place. Reggie and I are contemplating moving into a much smaller but much more cost effective place once my daughter graduates from high school so we can retire early and have the life we want. Where there is a will there is a way. You've got this sis!!! Hugs....Robin
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I have not gone back to school since I left grad school myself in my early 20s! But I've taken individual courses here & there, & I didn't enter my field (book editing) until I was in my 30s. Fortunately I found an entry-level job that didn't pay well, but I decided to think of it as being paid to go to school. I made various job changes over the years, & now I'm a senior manuscript editor at the largest university press in the US; I love it & plan to stay till I retire.
But I'm all for going back to school if you can make it work financially. A big if, I know! Another alternative is to find more satisfying work that would NOT require you to return to school, as I did. You'd have to start out at an entry level, probably, unless you can show that your work experience has prepared you for a more responsible position.
My niece has only a bachelor's in psychology, but her career has been pretty impressive: She got a job in a YMCA straight out of college & has stayed in the Y ever since. She just got a new position as the executive director of a Y that's just a few miles from her home--pretty amazing when you live in the L.A. area, as she does, to work that close to home. So, just a bachelor's degree, but an executive position at this point (late 30s, just had her first child). Granted, she's super smart & capable, but you probably are too!
Best wishes with your decision-marking process! You still have lots of life ahead, God willing, so it would be good to find work that will bring you joy.
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College Hockey:Hat trick of trophies makes Union's Bennett the choice as top coach
Of the six teams that won regular season championships in Division I men's college hockey this season, only one also claimed its league's postseason crown.
For good measure, coach Rick Bennett and Union added the big hardware at the end of the season.
In three seasons in charge at Union, Bennett has twice guided his teams to a sweep of the ECAC championships twice; last season, the Dutchmen finished fourth in the regular season but still won the playoff title.
Bennett and the Dutchmen posted 32 wins this season, a national high and the most in program history. The last of those wins was over Minnesota for the national championship, the first in Union's history.
Those additions to Bennett's resume were enough to earn USCHO's coach of the year award.
In the last five seasons, only the 2011-12 Boston College team has posted more wins in a season (33) than the Dutchmen did this season.
It has to be noted that Bennett missed three of those wins and one of the team's six losses after being suspended for a total of four games — two from his school and two more from ECAC Hockey. That followed an on-ice incident after a loss to Rensselaer in which Bennett shoved Engineers coach Seth Appert.
The Dutchmen's loss on Jan. 31 at St. Lawrence — the first of the four games Bennett missed — was Union's last of the season.
Union went 16-0-1 to close the season, at one point earning three straight shutouts and averaging 4.35 goals of offense per game.
USCHO's awards were selected by staff writers at the Frozen Four. The All-USCHO teams and rookie of the year were unveiled earlier this week; the player of the year will be announced later Friday.
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First-team honoree Gonzalo Quiroga, a senior outside hitter, was one of five Bruins selected to the 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-MPSF teams announced on Thursday. Senior hitter Robart Page and senior opposite Spencer Rowe were named to the All-MPSF second-team. Middle blocker Mitch Stahl and libero Jackson Bantle were chosen to the All-MPSF Freshman team.
UCLA has served an MPSF-high of 151 aces this season, led by Quiroga's MPSF leading 56.The team tied the school record with 14 aces v. BYU (4/12) with Quiroga and Stahl each registering six aces. Quiroga, who holds the school career record for aces, tops the MPSF with his 0.53 service aces/set average, a mark which is flirting with Mark Williams' (2001) school record of 0.51 for a season. He has double-digit kills in 26 of the 28 matches this season and totaled at least three service aces in nine matches this season. The native of Argentina ranked eighth in the league in kills (3.71) and fourth in points per set (4.54).
Page recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches and has gone over the 20-kill mark a team-high four times this season. The New York product ended the regular season ranked seventh in the MPSF in kills per set (3.79), a mark which would rank among the top 10 in school history in the rally scoring era (2001-present). He was listed sixth in points per set (4.35).
Rowe, who shifted to opposite during the season, tallied a then career-best 19 kills at BYU (Mar. 29) and then topped that performance with a 24-kill effort while hitting .525 at CSUN on Apr. 3. He hovered near the .400 hitting percentage mark all season long and enters the playoffs ranked 12th in the MPSF with a .397 percentage.
Stahl, from Chambersburg, PA, hit at least .500 in seven matches this season. He recorded season bests of 12 kills in a match versus Stanford. Ranked sixth in the MPSF with 0.33 aces per sets, Stahl registered mulitple aces in three matches this season and ranked second on the squad with 21 aces on the year.
Bantle, who played both outside and at libero this season, had at least five digs in 13 contests during the year, including a season-best 15 in a big win at Long Beach State. He blasted at least seven kills in six matches, with a high 12 against USC, and added a total of 14 aces for the season.
Quiroga was also named one of four finalists for the National Server of the Year Award. This is the second year for the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year award. The voting committee for this award is comprised of more than 20 college men's volleyball head coaches and volleyball reporters from around the nation.The overall winner of the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Server of the Year will be announced Wednesday, April 23.
The Bruins, the fifth seed, begin play in the MPSF Tournament on Saturday night at fourth-seeded UC Santa Barbara. First serve will be at 7 p.m. in Rob Gym. Tickets for the MPSF Quarterfinal match will be sold at $10 for adults and $5 for students and youth. Tickets can be purchased by calling 805-893-UCSB or at the ucsbgauchos.com website.


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For much of the past few months, Venus, second planet from the Sun and third brightest object in the sky, has been putting on quite the show in the dusk sky, easily out-shining everything else in its neighborhood of sky. However, last week, that all ended as the 'evening star' disappeared into the Sn's glare. Now, though, in the coming days, Venus will be making a return in the morning.
Starting mid week, it will, once again, be possible to see Venus, but now the planet will be rising just ahead of the sun before dawn.
So, why is this?
As seen from Earth, Venus goes through two periods of invisibility when it moves behind the Sun (superior conjunction) or when it come directly between the Earth and Sun (inferior conjunction). This time, Venus went through an inferior conjunction, as evidenced by its crescent shape (if you looked at it through a telescope). Either conjunction, though, produces the same result: the planet reappears on the opposite end of the day from which it disappeared. This time, Venus disappeared from the evening sky to return as a morning object.
Reasons why now known, why not go out on a clear morning just before sunrise late this week and try to spot the dazzling planet for yourself?
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I have two blueberry plants that have done absolutely nothing. They haven't grown at all. They have never produced any berries…They just exist. It's a living thing so I am having a problem with throwing them out.
Would there be any chance of something positive happening like maybe the plants at least growing…..let alone producing berries? Can blueberry plants grow in pots? If so, can they overwinter in pots?
What's up with the writing here? There's no bold. Humm… Anyway are the plants getting enough sun? I grew some a while back (ok years but who wants to say years!) and I found they like lots of light and weak sun. Not a lot of berries but some were there. Mine were in pots too. Hope you can grow some! 🙂
They must have acidic soil…..that could be the problem. However, I have never grown them, so maybe someone else can help you more.
I love blueberries and want to try them some day.
Stella, how young/old are your plants?
This is what I know…..If the plants were bought at a reputable place they may replace them. I know Home Depot will replace plants that don't grow or produce. The other thing I know is that when planting blueberry bushes they need to be of different species. One of one species the other of another species. and their are care facts that you need to follow at certain times of the year. Now this is what I learned from an experience I had. And when I followed what I learned I had success…now it might have been more dumb luck I don't know. I hope you have better luck with your Berries. Thank you for your time.
Arr they getting enough sun & the right fertilizer/plant food?
Sorry I took so long to reply. My 2 blueberry plants are at least 5 years old. I just threw out one that was doing absolutely nothing…I mean nothing. The other one is not doing well at all. I give up. I just can't throw the second. I'll just leave it there. No more blueberry plants for me. Thanks for all your replies.
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Brad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums).
Recorded: New York, May 27-28, 1998
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It's become as common these days for jazz musicians to play Radiohead as Rodgers & Hart. The whole thing started with this little gem smack dab in the middle of Brad Mehldau's fourth major-label album. Mehldau himself has made a cottage industry out of covering Radiohead, but he has yet to outdo his first effort, on which he makes the minor-key ballad seem more at home in his hands than in Thom Yorke's. It's something between a dirge and a sonata, and Mehldau treats it with reverence, stating its theme fully before veering off into his own excursions. Larry Grenadier and Jorge Rossy provide the barest of accoutrements, which are all it needs.
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Women Drop Close Game to Concordia
Concordia, Neb. - The Sterling College Women's Basketball Team dropped a close game to Concordia University in Concordia, Nebraska on Friday night. In a game that was back and forth, Concordia came out on top 65-59 to give the Sterling Women their first loss of the 2010-11 season.
Megan Patrick was big for Sterling again, scoring nearly half of the Lady Warriors' points with 24. Britany Gasper and Laura Patrick each added seven points.
Concordia had three players in double-digit scoring. Lori Laboda and Kathryn Ommen each had 11 points while Amber Kistler added ten points.
A 19-2 run to start the second half was the main reason for a Concordia victory. SC was unable to put a stop to the run until seven minutes had gone by in the second half. There were a total of eight lead changes in the game, but none came after the big Concordia second half run.
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Kimberly Henry Named MCC Newcomer of the Year
March 8, 2000
Detroit, Mich. - After an inaugural season in which she led the UIC women's basketball team in scoring and finished third in the league in the category, junior Kimberly Henry was named Midwestern Collegiate Conference Newcomer of the Year at the 2000 MCC Women's Basketball Tournament Tip-Off Banquet. Joining Henry on the All-MCC Newcomer team, was fellow Flame Melea Clark.
Henry, a product of Meridian Community College, led UIC to an 8-6 league record and a six-game winning streak to finish off the season, averaging 13.4 points and 2.2 steals per contest while shooting 72 percent from the free throw line. The 5-foot-10 guard is only the second UIC player all-time to be named newcomer of the year, as former Flame Jackie Gray was the first to win the honor in 1998.
Clark, a 5-foot-9 guard out of Trinity Valley Community College, was second on the team in scoring, sixth in the MCC, averaging 12.4 ppg while leading all newcomers in steals (2.28 spg). The junior was also deadly from behind the three-point line, bombing in 42 percent of her shots from downtown, second-best in the league.
The Flames did not have a representative on the MCC All-Conference first or second team, as well as the MCC All-Defensive Team. Cleveland State's Audra Cook was named player of the year while UW-Green Bay's Kevin Borseth was selected coach of the year. All-Conference and All-Newcomer teams were voted on by MCC head women's basketball coaches, sports information directors and members of the media
Fourth-seeded UIC takes on No.5 Butler in the quarterfinals of the 2000 MCC Women's Basketball Tournament, Thursday, March 10, at 3:00 p.m. EST.