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College Hockey:Miami completes home sweep of Alabama-Huntsville
OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami RedHawks completed a weekend sweep of visiting Alabama-Huntsville with a commanding 4-1 victory Saturday night at the Steve Cady Arena.
Four different skaters scored for the RedHawks, who outshot the Chargers 48-16.
Miami coach Enrico Blasi said it wasn't easy for his players to not look beyond this non-conference series with the CCHA standings as tight as they are. Entering play on Saturday, Miami was in a three-way tie for sixth place in the CCHA, eight points behind league-leader Ferris State.
"Obviously, everybody's focused on our league, but these were huge games," Blasi said. "If you don't take care of business, they could really hurt you, so I thought our guys did what we needed to do and now we can move forward. We should know what we need to do going into next weekend [against Notre Dame]."
After a scoreless first period, it was the Chargers who got on the scoreboard early in the second frame.
Junior assistant captain Sebastian Geoffrion earned his second goal of the season when he intercepted an errant Miami pass at center ice and brought it into the offensive zone, wristing it past senior goaltender Cody Reichard from the circle right of the net at 1:28.
That lead held up for most of the period, but the RedHawks (17-13-2) turned the tables in the blink of an eye. Miami freshman Alex Wideman scored his fourth career goal at 16:33 in the period by scooping up a blocked shot right in front of the net and poking it by UAH sophomore goalie Clarke Saunders.
Miami took the lead just 14 seconds later when senior Matt Tomassoni picked the puck off the boards behind the net and forced it just inside the post for his fifth goal.
Tomassoni said the team was energized by the back-to-back scores and was able to take control of the play going forward.
"We were struggling there, not really playing our game," Tomassoni said. "[The goal] really got momentum going and we kind of fed off that. [Freshman Cody Murphy] got in there. He chipped the puck in and he did all the work. I just kinda waited until the puck popped out. I think I caught [Saunders] off guard."
The RedHawks added a pair of insurance goals in the third period, once again scoring them in succession.
Seconds after Reichard made a charging, diving save out in the faceoff circle to thwart a breakaway attempt by the Chargers, the RedHawks went back the other way and stormed Saunders in the crease. Sophomore Bryon Paulazzo was the beneficiary of a bouncing puck that sailed up over Saunders' shoulder at 8:49.
Just 49 seconds later, the Chargers (2-28-1) were unable to clear the puck out of their zone and Miami freshman Blake Coleman put the puck on net. Senior Alden Hirschfeld was there to put the loose puck away in the twine.
Chargers' head coach Chris Luongo saw a great deal of effort from his players in the series.
"I thought we competed hard," said Luongo. "Obviously, a little span there in the second period where they turned the tide on us. They run a lot of traffic to the net and they're big guys and it's a handful to defend around there."
Saunders made 44 saves in the losing effort.
Reichard stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced before being relieved for the final 3:27 by little-used senior netminder Ben Saksa.
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When we have a lot of data, we often say to ourselves: "Fantastic! Look at all this information we have to work with!"
When it comes to big data, our assumptions are often wrong. If information is disorganized, more will be less. And we won't be able to improve our customers' experience.
Email Campaigns
Let's say Jane Johnson is a loyal customer. She has one of your company credit cards. You then send her repeated emails about how she can lower her shopping costs by signing up for an in-store credit card. Jane eventually gets annoyed when she gets these emails repeatedly.
If this is something your customers are experiencing, you're not doing a great job of managing your data. You've managed to alienate a loyal customer.
Customers like Jane, who is happy with her credit card, probably needs to be dropped from the list of folks to send email blasts and snail mailers. Think of how much resources you would save if you ensured the lists you were sending out were not to already existing clients.
Mixed Customer Lists
Here's another big data conundrum you may be facing: mixing customer lists. When you do a marketing campaign, you need to make sure that you message is targeted towards an appropriate audience.
For instance, don't send a message to existing mortgage holders from your banking institution with financial offers in the same email blast that you're sending to other customers who have already taken advantage of such offers.
People hate junk mail and spam. They especially hate messages that are not relevant to them. When you reach out to prospects and customers, you need to offer compelling value.
Using Big Data
Use your data to determine ways to send out effective emails and letters. Your data should tell you who ordered what products.
For example, if you are an auto parts dealer, all of the Web-based orders that get shipped out will have a lot of things in common. There'll be customers who order aftermarket parts, those who primarily order large box items like short and long block engines, and those who buy common parts, such as spark plugs, fuel filters, air filters, breather elements, and so on.
Creating separate campaigns for each of these customer sets is a much better approach than a general email blast. Find "value drivers" for each type of customer.
What motivates shoppers who mainly purchase aftermarket parts? What motivates shoppers who buy high-priced items?
How you manage data should also be optimized when it comes to your phone operations.
Make sure each client account is notated with what they have purchased before, what their interest rate is (if that applies) so your phone agents aren't asking redundant questions or offering them promos they have already signed up for.
Organizing big data certainly takes effort. You may have to use business intelligence software (such as QlikView) to become operationally smarter.
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June Woo begins the novel by explaining the "Joy Luck Club." She watches the mothers and explains at the end of the section, "They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds 'joy luck' is not a word, it does not exist." Does the novel argue that certain cultural concepts, like "joy luck," cannot be translated? If so, why? If not, why not? Or, could the failure to translate provide the momentum of the novel? Explain the role of language and/or translation in the novel.
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Iraq says it will tighten controls on Iranian flights to Syria using its airspace
Iraq has agreed to keep tighter controls on flights moving through its airspace from Iran to Syria, AP reported.
The move came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the region to plead with Iraq to search planes traveling from Iran to its war-torn neighbor.
Government spokesman, Ali al-Moussawi told AP that they would be conducting more random searches to ensure that Iranian weapons did not reach the Syrian regime's army using Iraqi airspace.
Iran is one of the only regional supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's government and had previously been relying on Iraq's lack of checks to get through their weapons shipments.
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TC TO LORD ASHBURTON; 6 February 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18490206-TC-LOA-01; CL 23: 224-227
Chelsea, 6 feby, 1849—
Dear Lord Ashburton,
On Sunday1 the sublime Mason had announced to me a Box of Cigars,
ordered to be sent, about which the way was to be enquired into: on Sunday Evening, after leaving you, I got the Box from his Excellency on the stairs; carried it home in my own hired democratic vehicle; and here it now is. A most acceptable, friendly and truly useful Gift. May your shadow never be less! The Cigars are of known excellence; such a quantity, of such a quality, may justly excite thankfulness in the narcotic mind. I shall often remember you, in my most meditative moments, for a long while to come.
Furthermore there arrived yesterday morning this Letter from Emerson; which I now inclose, hoping it may quicken the Drummond hunt after that lost £50, and speedily now lead to the capture of the same, here being the right scent for the hounds.2 American Hart, it would seem, has paid the money; Shipley & Co of Liverpool, who undertook to answer all comers on that subject, have, I suppose, never been applied to; and with them it rests. Pray stir in the matter; and let us get it conquered and ended. If the Draft be even lost, Hart of Philadelphia is still extant acknowledging the debt as due at that time; and if Shipley and Co have not paid to anybody, let them now pay it,—the Drummonds must be fully equal to saying how. And so let us despatch, and happily finish at length!
I enclose also, by way of literary specimen, a Letter that came from Squire yesterday; who a little shudders at the promise he made me in regard to Peterboro Cathedral;3—and is otherwise, as you will see, a man fit to set the Thames on fire by his power of hoaxing in the literary way!— On the whole, I decided that, for this Third Edition of Cromwell, I will not introduce the Squire Papers,4 or concern myself except from a safe distance with the Squire Affair at all; the new light produced by Squire is not of a pin's value for any object I specially had in view. O. Cromwell's character remaining precisely what it was in all points, whether Squire be real or be imaginary; and to raise a tempest of Dryasdust dubitations, etymologisings, riddle-ma-ree-ings, and foolish barking of all the dogs in the parish,5 about simply nothing whatever,—can be no part of the little enterprise I took in hand with respect to the great Memory of a Hero!— Alas, the stupidity (want of truth, and therefore of the source for truth) of human creatures generally in England, at this time, fatally manifests itself in all provinces of their existence,—from the Poodle's drains and upwards, to the Bishop of Dogbolt, Murphy's Almanac, Macaulay's History, and the Queen upon the Throne!6
Milnes has summoned for Thursday to his Museum Commission,7—where I think you also ought to be? Nay in fact you are wiser away. Good cannot be done with any Museum in such circumstances as ours, by such "commissions" from without. You must find a real Pilot to your ship, if you would have it prosper. Put a Sham Pilot on board, can any cackling, shouting, conniving and bellowing by speaking-trumpets from the shore, by assembled multitudes, ever bring it into harbour?8 "Beware of that rock! Quicksand ahead!" shout they; and the poor Sham-Pilot veers and whirls, awake only to the condition of his own ear-drum and his own skin, and never arrives anywhere, nor will, nor by the nature of things can arrive.— However, I must answer what they ask me, in the truest way I can; above all, in the quietest.
Today I will look after my Lady's Books; and have them despatched to their quarters: tell her so, and that I hope to report before your return. On Tuesday next, this day week, we are to go, my Wife and I, for three or four days into Surrey with A. Sterling (John's elder Brother): nothing there but a nice little country-house, horses, heaths, one old Scotch housemaid; and the blue sky which bends over all. I expect to get a little benefit from three days of nearly absolute silence, in these circumstances; being really somewhat considerably out of order just at present.— I cannot for you account it a happiness that you must leave the young buds, and nascent Spring green, for anything we have to offer you here: nevertheless you must;—and we for our part, we will try to make our bit of profit of it!— Good be about The Grange. Take the Lady to ride on Muff, with my respects.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE ; 17 February 1853; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18530217-TC-JAC-01; CL 28: 46-47
Chelsea, Thursday [17 February 1853]
My dear Brother,—Here has a Letter come, which I find lying as I come down stairs (already too late) for my modicum of walk amid the snow. I despatch it without delay.
I was much obliged by your little bulletin about our Mother. This hard weather is not good for her,—nor, I doubt, for your Phoebe either. I wrote to my Mother on Monday; and hope to hear again about her, from you, one of these days. The shortest word, you are aware, is better than none.
We have our winter here, like others, now at last. Gentle snows or ungentle, almost every day there is snow; yet it never comes to anything; and the Parks and gardens hardly maintain a light ragged coat of white. We get sleet too, according to the varieties of wind; and have always frost in the mornings, crisp under foot,—generally with an hour or two of sunshine about the noon "tide," followed by blanketted skies a while after. The worst for me is, the vile effect for the hands of the bather in the morning, which absolutely freeze in handling the cold buttons, one by one, after the plunge is over. A run however, and then a royal cup of coffee, sets all to rights. We are both of us abt as well as usual,—tho' Jane hovers on the edge of a little cold today.
Poor Forster has fallen into his rheumatic fever again; these relapses are not of good augury for him; Darwin too is a prisoner.— We work, and are very solitary here. Mazzini's "insurrection" pass[es] the bounds of the comico-tragic: too bad after all;—and ought to end that species of operations. He himself is about the Ticino region,1 and not out of danger.— Yours ever
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The Bulls doubled up their division rival Kingston Frontenacs 4-2 on home ice behind Danill Zharkov's two goals and Malcolm Subban's 36 saves. (Photo Credit: Aaron Bell/OHL Images)
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If Nebraska is going to have a banner season, it will have to navigate a challenging non-conference slate that is highlighted by a visit from Oregon. Conversely, Purdue's Darrell Hazell catches a break by not having much heavy lifting out of conference.
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The Big Ten announced on Thursday the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2015-16 academic year. These standouts were chosen from a group of more than 350 students honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship.
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Welcome to Week 9, which has a couple of hefty matchups with Michigan at Michigan State and Nebraska at Wisconsin. And, Northwestern's trip to Ohio State could be compelling, too. This could be a season-defining Saturday, which features six games.
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Happy Mother's Day!
We wish all mothers a very happy Mother's Day today. Mothers want to be pampered and loved, especially on mother's day. But there is something perhaps even more important than the pampering that a mother wants more than ever. Listed in the article is a list of five of the best gifts a mother wants more than ever for mother's day and her entire life. Read the Christian Post reflection on Mother's Day posted Friday.
First, mothers want the day off from cooking. No cooking is allowed on Mother's Day. Breakfast in bed, brunch out, lunch served or dinner out on the town. But absolutely no cooking or working for mothers this day.
Second, mothers want their mothers to know they are loved. Mothers want a good relationship with their own mother. If your mother has passed away, remember the good times and forget about the bad. And today, we pray for all mother and children relationships to be mended.
Third, mothers want their husbands to love them. In the book of Ephesians, the Bible instructs men to love their wives as they love their very own bodies, and as Christ loved the church. Mothers also want the father of their children to support and appreciate them.
Fourth, mothers want their children to be healthy and whole. Mothers want their children to respect and give adoration to God. Children are an extension of the love of God. Children are prized and praised among mothers. Whether you have a new born, a toddler, elementary school child, high school student, college student, or grown and married - mothers want the best for their children. And when their children aren't at their best, a mother feels the pain. And when children are celebrated, they glow with pride.
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The first fourteen years of the twenty-first century was a lost time. The world experienced a gasp of freedom and prosperity in the prior two decades before recessions, terrorism, and a resurgent Russia spoiled the progress. However, new technologies revolutionized society and how people interact with one another. The following are the top ten people of the 21st century's first decade. They are arranged alphabetically.
1. Osama bin Laden: Osama bin Laden founded the al-Queda terror network and launched a number of attacks on western targets in the 1990s and 2000s. His goal was "to lift the word of God, to make his religion victorious." He declared war on "Jews and Crusaders" in 1998, but few paid attention. Bin Laden's group orchestrated the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon, and Washington D.C. El-Queda's efforts killed 3,000 people, led to the war on terror, and a massive manhunt that culminated in bin Laden's death.
2. Tony Blair: Tony Blair entered Parliament in 1983, ascended to Labour Party Party Leader in 1994, and finally British Prime Minister in 1997. He followed Bill Clinton's example by steering a middle course after the disastrous policies of previous progressive governments turned voters away from Labour the way Americans steered away from the Democrats. Blair served ten years at Downing Street and tallied a number of important domestic victories including the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 with Northern Ireland. He led Britain into Afghanistan and Iraq following the 911 attacks and intelligence regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Blair is the only person to lead Labour to more than two consecutive election victories and served longer as Prime Minister than any other member of his party.
3. George W. Bush: George W. Bush wanted to change American policy away from nation building and concentrate on restoring and strengthening the economy. That changed with the September 11 terrorist attacks. In response, he launched the War on Terror, invaded Afghanistan, and later initiated the Iraq War. U.S. forces routed and overthrew the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. The administration also established the infrastructure to fight terrorism. Some argued many of the moves, such as the Patriot Act, were unconstitutional attacks on civil liberties. However, those same people did not voice concerns when the policies were vastly expanded by Barack Obama. On the domestic front, the Bush tax cuts were credited with helping the economy through the Clinton recession and 911 attacks. Additionally, the Bush Administration ushered in No Child Left Behind education reform, a Medicare prescription drug benefit that came in under budget, and the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
Bush enjoyed a successful first term and won re-election. However, the second term proved extremely challenging. The administration was criticized for its handling of Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War. A myth developed that the administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to scare people into supporting the Iraq War. Political war planners failed to send enough troops to secure Iraq after Hussein fell and the country fell into chaos. Bush later remedied this mistake with a troop surge that stabilized Iraq. Later, Obama pulled the troops and allowed Iraq to spiral out of control. In December 2007, the U.S. entered into a recession. People did not really recognize the downturn until September 2008. The housing bubble created by policies over a decade before, but left unchecked, nearly caused a great depression. The administration managed to stabilize the economy and the country pulled out of the recession. However, Bush's successor initiated policies that handcuffed the economy and led to anemic growth and little, if any, job growth.
4. Dick Cheney: Dick Cheney enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service before the vice presidency. He worked as White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, served ten years in the House of Representatives, became Secretary of Defense in 1989, and then finally Vice President of the United States. Cheney might have been the most powerful vice president in history. He helped lead the response to the 911 attacks and formulate policies regarding wiretaps and enhanced interrogation. Many pundits portrayed Cheney as a Machiavellian operator behind the scenes at the White House. As a result, he became the target of criticism.
5. Bill Gates: Bill Gates helped usher in the computer revolution of the late 20th century. He founded Microsoft in 1975 and served as the primary decision maker for the company through 2006. In the company's early days, Gates helped develop software. By the 21st century, Microsoft systems basically help run the world. Gates remains an active philanthropist, maintains one of the most open charities in the world, and works with Bono for third world debt relief.
6. Saddam Hussein: Saddam Hussein ran afoul of the United States in 1990. Iraq invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia. The world could not allow one nation's unchecked aggression against another and George H.W. Bush led a coalition to evict Hussein from his conquest. The Iraqi dictator agreed to surrender his weapons of mass destruction (WMD), give up his weapons programs, and allow U.N. inspections. In 1998, President Bill Clinton determined Hussein had continued developing weapons of mass destruction and led a three day bombing campaign against Iraq. By 2002, international intelligence sources reported that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. This jibbed with U.S. intelligence and Hussein's actions. The dictator ended weapons inspections and made every effort to appear that he possessed WMD. In the end, Hussein violated the Gulf War Cease Fire agreement and several U.N. resolutions. Hussein's obstinacy combined with the intelligence reports led the U.S. to invade. Hussein was deposed and later executed. In the end, WMD were never found. Hussein told interrogators that he wanted the "Persians" (Iranians) to believe Iraq possessed the weapons in order to deter to Mullahs. Had Hussein complied with the cease fire and U.N. resolutions, the invasion would never have happened.
7. Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs pioneered the computer revolution. Then, he re-engineered Apple Computers after the company nearly folded. Apple became the most valuable public company in 2011. His real impact came when he revolutionized society through the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. His genius helped destroy the music industry and severely crippled the publishing industry. The iPhone, along with other cell phones, made life less personal. As a result, the question becomes whether or not Jobs made a positive or negative impact.
8. Anthony Kennedy: Ronald Reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court in 1988. Although Kennedy has a consistent conservative voting record, he has become the swing vote on the court on many key issues. For example, the justice voted with the majority over 90% of the time and was in the majority in 16 of 23 cases decided 5-4 in 2008-09. His vote helped end the 2000 Presidential Election debacle.
9. Vladimir Putin: Russia had become a third world country with nuclear weapons. Russian plutocrats and mobsters controlled the nation. Then, Vladimir Putin assumed control. He brought the billionaires and mobsters to heel and reasserted government control. Additionally, Putin managed to restore the collapsed Russian economy. Under his stewardship, wages rose dramatically, unemployment dropped, and quality of life increased significantly. Putin attracted foreign investment, realigned energy policy, and reformed security services. By 2009, he made Russia a world power again after a two decade absence.
10. Mark Zuckerberg: Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard classmates invented Facebook from their dorm in 2004. The social network expanded dramatically and Zuckerberg was a billionaire by 2007. Five years later, Facebook boasts over 1 billion people users. The site allows people to communicate with friends, keep track of their interests, and post their thoughts or comments. Facebook interconnects the world, but ironically some critics have claimed that the network also decreases the ability to socialize.


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Here's the result of some playtime with the Canon 7D. It's a 360°x180° panorama of Times Square, played in Flash. Of course there's much room for improvement – I need to refine my makeshift pano-head and locate the lens' nodal point* more precisely, but the modest result is fun and immersive. Make sure to click on the Full Screen button at the lower right of the preview below, and once in the real thing, you can click and drag the image in any direction, including up and down… Press Esc to exit Full Screen.
Note: By referring to the nodal point, I seem to be subscribing to a popular panoramic photography misconception; the actual no-parallax point of a lens would be its entrance pupil, not the nodal point.


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by Scott Williams oil on board 12x14 inches.
Everything around us is of the brilliance
shining all around us
We are the ongoing brilliance of time and space.
Surrender to the brilliance and shine
a smile of existence.
Self surrenders to the open space of the
Opening doors of perception of the brilliance.
Allowing brilliance to perform the very
miracle that we are.
Like a wash of breath seeking the open internal spaces inside
raising the form of our machinations to lighter wave lengths.
'Spacing out' as they say back at the club.
Each moment is of the brilliance with body,
perception, time, space.
Warping space energy, full-filling our mystic body with ice cream.
A youthful reference creates a smile as we
always smile at the new arrivals.
Reminders of purity of spirit without lies other wise known as ignorance).
Brilliance, always brilliant are love waves
washing the shores of our soul.
Higher, up further, sky-high, beyond, empty, naked, maxed, expanded, space time continuum,
Kaleidoscopic spectrums of kosmic energy dancing in the streets.
Love is a mystery arriving as a kosmic
infusion of what is true and beautiful.
With each breath it grows by leaps and bounds.
Soft warm words spring into action
softening the blows of humanatation.
Silence is free of words
Pretending to be of importance.
Non-existent existence dances anyway.
Beholding brilliance we come to open in the
Being non-being, cool, on top of ones game, all important for now,
Or the common, ordinary, plan spectacle flashing with stars coming out of our seams.
A light show of energy able to accommodate humanatation
Whilst laughing and smiling inwardly at the 'adult' story.
Sweet child within; brilliance.
I surrender to the bliss of our brilliance.
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May 8, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Three UCLA water polo players - KK Clark and Caitlin Dement of the women's team, and Josh Samuels of the men's team - have been named finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award, as announced by the Olympic Club earlier this week.
The award is given to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players in the United States each season, as voted by the coaches of the Division I schools.
Clark, Dement and Stanford's Kiley Neushul are the three female finalists.
Samuels, along with USC goalkeeper Joel Dennerley and California's Ivan Rackov, had been previously announced as the three male finalists.
The winners will be announced Saturday, June 2, at the 13th Annual Cutino Awards Night Dinner at The Olympic Club's City Clubhouse in San Francisco.
Clark and Dement have helped lead UCLA to a No. 2 seed in this weekend's NCAA Tournament after the Bruins won the MPSF Tournament title with an 8-7 victory in the championship match against Stanford on April 21. Clark leads UCLA with 51 goals, and Dement has posted a 5.22 goals against average as the Bruins' starting goalkeeper.
Both Clark and Dement secured first-team All-MPSF honors, as announced last week by the conference office. Dement was also honored as the 2012 MPSF Player of the Year.
Samuels registered a team-leading 49 goals for the UCLA men's water polo team last fall. He guided the Bruins to their second MPSF Tournament title and NCAA Tournament runner-up finish in the last three seasons. The junior from Villa Park, Calif., led the Bruins with 48 steals and 19 field blocks as UCLA posted a 24-5 record.
The UCLA women's water polo team returns to action with a first-round NCAA Tournament match on Friday, May 11. Game time against No. 7-seed Iona at San Diego State University is 12 p.m.


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Another of the many ridiculous petitions posted at the White House website seeks to have pro-hunting groups classified as "domestic terrorist groups." Apparently, it hasn't occurred to these geniuses that if these groups actually wanted what they claim is their goal–hunting animals "to the brink of extinction"–there wouldn't be anything left for them to hunt.
Nobody ever claimed that leftists were intelligent…
Online Petition Wants NRA, RMEF and SCI Declared "Domestic Terrorist Groups"
An online petition is asking the White House to label the National Rifle Association (NRA), Safari Club International (SCI), Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) and other sportsmen's organizations "domestic terrorist groups."
The petition, created on November 20 on the White House's petitions portal We the People, accuses the "anti-predatory animal organizations" of "decimating predators to the brink of extinction." Specifically, the petition states:
Groups like Lobo Watch, Big Game Forever, Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, NRA, Safari Club, etc., are a menace in our midst. Not only do many of them want our native predators like bears, wolves, wild cats, and the like decimated to the brink of extinction, but some of them have the nerve to harass, threaten, and downright intimidate anyone who dares to oppose them, even the government. And they've got some powerful people in their corner, too. They throw their mammoth monetary weight around, and think they can buy their way into power in America and put down anyone who's got a backbone and might provide resistance. It's time to put these groups in their place and strike them down. Time to protect our carnivorous wildlife from those who seek to decimate them!
The petition has been called "loony" and "ridiculous" by the organizations it seeks to defame.
"It's a stupid petition. Plain and simple. But, it does give hunters insight into the mindset of the anti-hunting extremists and the extent that are willing to go to in their determined effort to dismantle our hunting heritage," says J.R. Robbins, managing editor of NRAhuntersrights.org. "There is in fact no single group that has done more for wildlife in this country than hunters. We pay for wildlife conservation through the licenses, permits, and stamps we buy. If hunting were banned, as these radicals want, where would the funding come from for habitat work? Land acquistion? Predator and disease control? Research? Wildlife management is a science in which hunters and fishermen pay a key role–and pay to do so."


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Bethune-Cookman Places Three on MEAC All-Academic Team
Courtesy: BCUathletics.com
Release: 03/22/2013
NORFOLK, Va. – Three student-athletes from Bethune-Cookman University were honored Friday in being named to the 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Academic Bowling Team announced by the conference office in Norfolk, Va. The MEAC recognizes student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, including sophomores to seniors, as well as transfer student-athletes, who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year.
Natalee Armstrong, Felicia Baker and Staci Hilliard were all present on the team representing Bethune-Cookman.
"I applaud our bowling student-athletes who have maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average during the current academic school year," said Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas. "In addition to acknowledging the accomplishments of these student-athletes, I also commend the athletic academic support staff, personnel and coaching staffs who contributed to the academic success of these student-athletes."
Natalee Armstrong, a sophomore from West Palm Beach, Fla., served as a key contributor for the Wildcats this season, holding the third-highest average on the team throughout the campaign. In four tournaments this year, she picked up high games of 220 or better, including a career-best 235 twice (Wildcat Invitational / Fred E. Underwood Classic).
Felicia Baker, a sophomore from Marietta, Ga., held the second-highest average on the year for the Cats, and turned in a career-high game of 235 at the MEAC Southern Division event in which the Wildcats served as host in nearby DeLand, Fla.
Staci Hilliard rounds out the student-athletes for B-CU as she was also a member of the 2012 Commissioner's All-Academic Team. A native of Port Huron, Mich., she was recently named to the All-MEAC Bowling Team, announced earlier today. Throughout the 2012-13 campaign, Hilliard was selected to six all-tournament teams, including picking up Most Outstanding Performer accolades at the MEAC Southern Division event on Nov. 11, 2012. In fact, she finished ranked as one of the top six individualists in all three southern divisional events on the campaign. Hilliard was also named to the 2012-13 Preseason All-MEAC Team to begin the year.
Listed below are the 2013 Women's Bowling All-Academic honorees (by institutions):
Bethune-Cookman (3)
Natalee Armstrong
Felicia Baker
Staci Hilliard
Delaware State (5)
Victoria Bush
Crystal Connelly
Courtney Davis
Ashlen Kuhar
Noe'l Walker
Florida A&M (4)
Amber Brunson
Janell Dykes
Carrie Hopkinson
Carrie Jeffris
Hampton (3)
Rebecca Glazier
Pamela Kettler
Cierra Stancil
Howard (3)
Jordan Frazier
Jasmine Hardesty
Chantel Mitchell
Maryland Eastern Shore (7)
Mariana Alvarado
Megan Buja
Valentina Collazos
T'nia Falbo
Victoria Jones
Tatiana Munoz
Anggie Ramirez
Morgan State (4)
Danielle Hale
Atoya Leatherbury
Cedale Templeton
Ciera Troy
Norfolk State (8)
Thea Aspiras
Delilah Bethel
Courtney Brown
Ashley Buck
Carrie Hickey
Jessica Overton
Shelia-Marie Smith
Courtney Williford
North Carolina A&T State (2)
Amber Brown
Cherise Poole


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Arizona Head Coach Joan Bonvicini Quotes:
I was pleased with the better second half that we had tonight, but we need to play a whole lot better. We had a lot of open looks tonight and we didn't knock them down. We have to make our key shots and definitely play better if we want to beat Stanford on Saturday.
Angela Lackey played great for us tonight. She worked harder on the offensive glass tonight than I've seen her work all season long. But as a team, with as many offensive boards as we had tonight, we should have won by 20 or 25 points.
We missed a lot of our money shots tonight. Cal hung in there tonight, made a run at the end and we were strong enough to hold them off. Both our post players and our guards were careless tonight and everyone must pick up the intensity if we are going to beat Stanford on Saturday.
We won tonight because of our talent. We need more intensity if we want to meet the goals that this team has set for itself. It is a really good feeling to get that first conference win under our belts but this team needs to be a lot more focused next time out.
University of California head coach Marianne Stanley
On Shavaki Jackson
"She played very well tonight and was 7-of-8 from the field. She was the most consistent low post scorer for us. Her fouling out was not the difference in the game, but it definitely came at a critical time int he game.
"The free throws and turnovers were the difference tonight. We went to the line twice and they went 25 times. We had 27 turnovers, which is very uncharastic for us.
"Our kids just did not execute. In the first half, we were able to beat the press. We were not only beating the press, but we were getting a lot of good six or eight footers. The second half was completely different, like night and day. We know that we can beat the press, we just have to execute it."
Arizona Player Quotes
Angela Lackey
We didn't come out to play. I think we played harder in the second half but our intensity just wasn't up. I didn't expect us to play better because you play like you play in practice and it hasn't been great. We just need to pick it up in practice.
We will take any win we can get but we need to play well because in the tournament we are going to get beat if we don't play well.
Stanford is a big game. We have a sort of rivalry with them. We have to play hard and execute and we will win.
Tatum Brown
We have to play better. We took some shortcuts and we need to convert (Cal) turnovers to points. We have to execute the fundamentals. We didn't practice well and it showed.
We need to keep our poise and play hard. Slow the ball down when we need to. We need to practice harder. It was like there was a lid on the basket and the ball went in and out. We need to adjust our game and I think we did that in the second half.
I think Shavaki Jackson is a good player. Down in the post your performance better be good. Her ability didn't catch me off guard. I expected her to play well and she did.
Lisa Griffith
We had a long lay off. I think our last game was on Dec. 30 and that was a while ago. Our rust showed but we pulled it together in the second half.
When we play like we did tonight against quality teams we are going to lose. We need to be ready with intensity and we will have a better game on Saturday.
I am disappointed with how I played. I missed a lot of open jumpers. But you can't focus on that, you just need to move on. It is hard to simulate games in practice but we were ready to play in the Pac-10 and ready for Saturday.


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Builders Square Alamo Bowl Tickets Available at Tech Athletic Ticket Office
Over-The-Counter Bowl Ticket Sales Begin Wednesday
LUBBOCK, Texas - Over-the-counter sales for Texas Tech's allotment of 10,830 tickets to the upcoming Builders Square Alamo Bowl begin Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at the school's Athletic Ticket Office, school officials announced today.
Tickets to the December 29 game in San Antonio are priced at $60.50 for club level, $40.50 for the lower level and $20 for the upper level sideline. The upper level sideline tickets have been discounted from their original price of $35.50. Phone orders are being accepted by calling 806/742-4412 or toll-free 1-888-Go-Big 12.
"We have had an excellent response for tickets to the Builders Square Alamo Bowl during the first two days of telephone orders," said Gerald Myers, Tech's interim athletic director. "The support from the Tech community has been great and the telephone lines in our ticket office have been ringing non-stop.
"I feel confident that our fans will support this game and our team and I reiterate my challenge to our fans to come to San Antonio in full force. We want to show the nation what Lubbock and West Texas already knows: That the fans at Texas Tech are the most supportive and loyal around."
Texas Tech is playing in its school-record fourth-straight bowl game when it takes on the University of Iowa in the Builders Square Alamo Bowl. The game is scheduled for Sunday, December 29 at 7 p.m. in San Antonio's Alamodome. Tech finished the season with a 7-4 overall record and 5-3 mark in the inaugural season of the Big 12 Conference. Iowa finished the Big Ten season with an 8-3 overall record and 6-2 league mark.
For travel package information, contact the Texas Tech Red Raider Club at 806/762-2000.
Texas Tech Offers Discount Bowl Ticket Prices
Myers challenges fans to support Red Raiders in San Antonio
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech interim athletic director Gerald Myers is issuing a challenge to Texas Tech football fans, while offering a discounted game ticket to the Builders Square Alamo Bowl game in San Antonio.
Texas Tech's allotment of 2,185 upper level sideline tickets to the game are being offered through the Athletic Ticket Office for $20. The face value of the tickets is $35.50. Texas Tech is also selling its allotment of club level tickets for $60.50 and lower level tickets for $40.50. Phone orders are being accepted today and tomorrow by calling 806/742-4412 or toll-free 1-888-Go-Big 12. Over-the-counter sales begin Wednesday morning.
"We have experienced some of the greatest support for Texas Tech athletics than we have in the history of the University," said Myers. "We need to keep that support at its peak in San Antonio at the Builders Square Alamo Bowl. With that in mind, I am issuing a challenge to Tech fans throughout Texas and New Mexico to come to the Alamodome in full force on December 29 when we play Iowa in the Builders Square Alamo Bowl.
"Our fans have been great this season. We had three-straight sellouts, which surpassed anything we had projected prior to the season. Now, we have an opportunity to show how much of an impact our fans have to the people outside of Lubbock.
"It is important for fans to pledge their support for Tech at this game for three very solid reasons: 1) To show future bowl scouts that Texas Tech fans support its team. This plays a very important role in the bowl selection process. 2) To help increase the great exposure for Texas Tech. The Alamo Bowl is one of the top tier bowls in the nation and the eyes of the football world will be on San Antonio on December 29. And, 3) To show recruits exactly what kind of support to expect when they attend Texas Tech. We believe we have some of the most loyal fans in the nation. We are right on the edge of being on the next level and fan support is a big part of taking the next step toward a national championship.
"Finally, I think our support at the Builders Square Alamo Bowl is more important that the great support we received at the 1995 Cotton Bowl game. The excitement of the first year of the Big 12; the fact that we are one of five teams from the conference in a bowl game; and, the success of all of our teams is dependent on our fan support. We have proven that we have support in Lubbock. Now it is time to show the rest of the nation.


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Opening Date:
September 6, 2013
Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo, Shaun Benson, Mélanie Bernier, Nicolas Bedos, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell, Frédéric Pierrot, Maruis Colucci
Régis Roinsard
Run Time:
1 hr. 51 min.
MPAA Rating:
R for a scene of sexuality
Spring, 1958: 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled life of a housewife. But that's not the life Rose longs for. When she travels to Lisieux in Normandy, where charismatic insurance agency boss Louis Echard is advertising for a secretary, the ensuing interview is a disaster. But Rose reveals a special gift - she can type at extraordinary speed. Unwittingly, the young woman awakens the dormant sports fan in Louis. If she wants the job she'll have to compete in a speed typing competition. Whatever sacrifices Rose must make to reach the top, Louis declares himself her trainer. He'll turn her into the fastest girl not only in the country, but in the world! But a love of sport doesn't always mix well with love itself.
Populaire (R)
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Almost every game I've ever looked at, played, or worked on, has someone or a team behind the wheel that thinks it's always a good idea to put something incredibly awesome into the hands of one race/faction/class that the others do not. It is. People don't like being the same as everyone else, and everyone loves customisation, I mean. why play a game if you can't play it the way you want to do a degree of satisfaction (you're never going to have it all your way!)? Having said that however, I find myself playing games more frequently which often incorporate something that is awesome and 'totally cool', but also very, very annoying to be on the end of.
Now most people usually retort this with "give the others something which is the same", but then you end up with a game in which everyone is annoying everyone else, and that's not fun. You don't play a game to be annoyed, you play it to enjoy yourself (and yes, there are those of you who play to annoy others). But hang on there and stop and think for a second. What happens if the other players get tired of being annoyed, and decide to just not put up with it anymore. You end up damaging your playerbase, which in turn means less players, which in turn means there is a greater chance of those who use the mechanic annoying those who are frustrated by it, which in turn means even less players. The tool or mechanic in which you thought was 'totally cool' and awesome, has in turn started destroying your game. Game over man.
I work on a game called DarkSpace (link on the side of the site), and it went through a turbulent patch a few years ago when someone thought many of these ideas should be put into play and would make the game more deep and strategic (counters to counters to counters to counters). In the end, players found the deepest counter to everything and all jumped aboard abusing the tools which had originally been put in place to make the game 'totally cool' and awesome. You couldn't balance it because then everything else was thrown out of wack, and so a year later, our playerbase had shrunk to less than a quarter of what it was prior. Putting tools and mechanics into players hands that annoyed the other side/team destroyed our game. No-one wanted to play it, and we ended up with a playerbase full of people who enjoyed annoying others. Fun times.
Years later we're still repairing the damage, still tweaking and removing redundant stuff that almost destroyed one of the most fun and promising games I've ever played and had the pleasure to work on. So next time you think you have a good idea for something, stop and think. Turn it around and think how fun it would be for others to be on the receiving end. If it's not, drop it like a plague. Move on, think of something else.
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"Don't underestimate the power of a negative role model," my analyst had said when I was pregnant with our first child and fearful I might be less than the good-enough mother. Every dream we dismantled was a nightmare. My mother, 18 when I was born, moved through all of them like a vampire, pale and deadly. "You were supposed to ransom me," she said, reporting epiphanies from her own sessions with a therapist, too few and too late. "Another daughter to give my mother, to replace me so I could escape." By then it had been seven years since she'd moved out of her parents' home, looking for a life she never found. I saw her on the weekends, each visit reminding me of my young mother's misery, and its cause. I don't remember a time when I didn't know that all she wanted and didn't have—college, career, husband (for she considered me baggage discouraging to potential suitors)—I had taken from her. She made me understand that I was the thief of her happiness.
My grandmother accepted the ransom. Her vicious battles with my mother ceased; the house grew calm; I thought I would die of grief. The person I wanted before any other didn't want me. Years of psychoanalysis couldn't deliver me from what I understood as a fall from grace, stranding me in the purgatory of those whose love goes unrequited, from which I was determined to escape. Love is given, of course, not earned, but I couldn't turn away from the red taillights of her turquoise Pontiac, ever sliding away from me down the long driveway. Having arrived under circumstances that made me my mother's unwanted burden, I looked for opportunities to prove myself worthy of love. If I could distract her from the form I'd assumed—a cross to bear—she'd see I'd eclipsed that unsatisfactory girl with a new, radically improved me.
It didn't work, of course. Nor did her death, when I was 24, release me from the habit of wooing her: of trying to anticipate what loveworthy form I might tailor myself to fit. For a decade already I'd been the emblematic anorexic, precocious in my discovery of mortification of the flesh, punishing parts of my body before I set myself against the whole. I couldn't balance a perfect arabesque on pointe shoes, but a burn might suffice to catch her eye. I was the good girl who got straight A's, who hadn't had a drink, much less sex, before college, the woman who never found a way to escape the long--reflexive habit of always becoming and never being, perpetually striving to evolve.
Shoved by therapy, I arrived at the familiar truism: It hadn't been me who was unlovable but my mother who had been unable to love. Pregnant with our first child, I rehearsed the compressed litany that supported what still felt more like a conceit than a truth: My mother had been a child when I was born. Raised by governesses, each of whom left her, she never perceived herself as capable of sustaining a mother's love. Resigned to abandonment, she couldn't admit how gravely she'd hurt me without resurrecting the agonies she must have endured.


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We have recently released four Basketball DVDs featuring Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Coaching Staff. Mike Krzyzewski is a 4x NCAA Champion. This new All-Access Basketball DVD is titled:
All Access Duke Basketball Practice (2010-11)
View more DVDs from Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Coaching Staff below:
All Access Duke Basketball Practice: National Championship Season (2009-10)
All Access Duke Basketball Practice with Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Attacking the Zone
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Developmental Drills for Post Players
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Breaking the Press
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Agility & Conditioning Drills for Defense
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Developmental Drills for Point Guards
Mike Krzyzewski: Duke Basketball – Developmental Drills for Perimeter Players
In this week's edition of All-Access, we take you to Durham, North Carolina for an exclusive look at a Duke men's basketball practice. Watch as head coach Mike Krzyzewski leads his squad through two-man drills, a consistent and instrumental part of Blue Devil basketball practices.
Two-man drills are typically used at the onset of a Duke basketball practice and are aimed at getting players moving around the floor and warmed up before more demanding elements of practice are implemented.
The workouts being performed — which include a variety of fastbreak and transition break segments like baseball passes and stop & dish plays — are influential in developing game-like communication and "real situations" between teammates as well. They are also helpful in sparking player communication and awareness during practices set at odd hours, such as early morning sessions that may find athletes rather groggy.
It's also a good time for the coaches to talk with the training staff to see if there are any new injuries, updates or other developments with particular athletes. For instance, at this time, Coach K can observe a player early on in the practice who may have a lingering injury and will be able to deduce whether they may be restricted from any upcoming drills or particular activity.
This video is featured in Championship Productions' DVD "All-Access Duke Basketball Practice with Mike Krzyzewski." To view more videos featuring Duke men's basketball and Coach K, click here.
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The Catawba River generates electricity, fuels the Charlotte-area economy and provides a place to play and drinking water for most of Charlotte, Mount Holly and Belmont -- all with little fanfare. Even the land surrounding the river has yet to experience the expansive development that's enveloped the rest of the Charlotte metro region, thought that's expected ...


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In celebration of the love month and to express my gratitude - yet again - for all the support that you've showered TechPinas through the years, today - Valentine's Day - I'm officially launching our O+ Android Smartphones TechPinas Love Month Gadget Bonanza!
I chose to partner with O+ for this landmark giveaway not only because Red is their corporate color (and it befits the season) but largely because I really believe in the outstanding quality of their products and services. I own and use several O+ handsets myself and I have nothing but good words to say about them. TP Friends, as you all know, I'll never give you gizmos that I don't personally like or believe in.
O+ is an American brand that specializes in creating smartphones for emerging markets including the Philippines. And just like Apple, all of O+'s handsets and tablets are designed in the USA and are assembled in China. With innovation at its core, O+ capitalizes on a unique technology called Air Shuffle, which permits a touch-less touch phone experience through a motion sensor.
The company currently has several amazing Android devices in various price categories that are available in the country. But these three Dual SIM Dual Standby smartphones, which I've chosen to giveaway to my readers via Raffecopter, are my most favorite.
O+ 8.9 phablet is currently the largest member of O+ smartphone line-up. It flaunts a massive 5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 5 MegaPixel autofocus camera with LED flash, an HD video recorder, and a Dual Core processor running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Available in Black and White, O+ 8.9 is currently sells for only Php 8,995 at all O+ booths and retailers nationwide.
O+ 8.12, on the other hand, is the company's early 2013 flagship handset. Compared to O+ 8.9, O+ 8.12 has a slightly smaller display, measuring 4.5 inches across, but it looks a lot sharper with its qHD 960 x 540 pixels resolution. Also, this Php 11,995 Dual Core smartphone comes replete with top-notch features including an 8 Megapixel camera with back-illuminated sensor, HD video recorder, shatter-proof and scratch-resistant touchscreen, Air Shuffle technology that lets you take photos and play music simply by waving your hand in front of the display, 1 GHz Dual Core processor running ICS with planned Jelly Bean upgrade, and 1 GB of RAM for efficient multitasking.
Finally, we have O+ 8.2, which offers a combination of a 2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen and full QWERTY fretted keyboard. Ideal for heavy texters and those who are looking for a secondary Dual SIM phone that can also work as a WiFi hotspot device and a music player, O+ 8.2 supports WiFi and 3G and even has dual cameras. You can get this cutie at all O+ stores and authorized retailers for only Php 3,795, which - I think - is already a bargain!
TP Friends, like most of our recent gadget bonanzas, I'll be giving away these three amazing smartphones via Rafflecopter! You already know this one works; We've done this many times already. I'll announce the three big time winners (one for each phone) on March 8, 2013. Again, don't forget to leave the link to your Facebook posts in this entry's comments section. You know the drill. What are you waiting for? Join now!


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Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 36 (Concord Jazz CCD-4635)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano).
Composed by Dizzy Gillespie.
Recorded: Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA, July 10, 1994
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
Con alma, meaning "with soul," was written by Dizzy Gillespie, born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Yet, as shown by Toshiko Akiyoshi, the soul in question need not derive from collard greens and black-eyed peas. Born in China, Toshiko moved at 17 to Japan following World War II, so it's unclear whether Peking duck or Ginza sushi accounts for her deep-dish piano flavoring. A composer herself, she obviously delights in Dizzy's recipe, which she not only prepares to perfection but delivers with the skill of a Zen waitress carrying steaming takeout on a Honda Super Sprint motorcycle through rush-hour Tokyo streets. Pedestrians fend for yourselves. This lady hauls alma.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Tags: con alma · dizzy gillespie covers · maybeck recital hall · solo piano
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A Jackson police officer is on paid administrative leave as an ongoing investigation into an accusation that he raped a woman while off-duty is being conducted, according to a Thursday afternoon news release from the Jackson Police Department.
Police said a 39-year-old woman reported on April 4 that she was raped inside her Jackson apartment by a male acquaintance, who is employed as a Jackson police patrol officer.
The patrol officer was not on-duty when the incident allegedly occurred, the release said.
JPD Command placed the patrol officer on paid administrative leave, on the day the incident was reported by the woman, while the investigation is conducted by the department's Criminal Investigation Division.
The name of the officer and how many years he has been with the department had not been released to the public Thursday night.
The release said because of the ongoing investigation, the department will not be making further comments about their investigation.
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Lodi Family Center has moved into the former Lodi Elementary School, 301 Mill St., and its executive director said the nonprofit not only has more room but more services to offer residents.
"We were part of community meetings that were held to decide what services people need, and what the barriers were to them accessing those services, and the barriers for agencies providing services," Lodi Family Center Executive Director Rebecca Rak said.
"During those meetings, we met the landlord and he made it possible for us to move here. We didn't think we could afford it, but he's been working with us."
The agency shut down its 1,800-square-foot facility at 119 Bank St. on Jan. 1, and moved into a 6,000-square-foot space on the west side of the former school.
Rak said the new building offers parking and more room to operate, making it easier to serve the more than 300 families who depend on the group's assistance every year.
"Each of my areas of programming now has its own space," Rak said.
"We expect this move to make it possible to serve clients more effectively."
In addition to parking, there's a playground and large yard, and access to a gymnasium and an auditorium.
Saturday is the grand opening for the center's K-5 services as well as a pantry. Free lunches for students in kindergarten through fifth grade funded by the Ohio Department of Education will be offered 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The group will continue to offer its free after-school and summer programs to provide activities like the 4-H Club's Junk Drawer Engineering & Robotics Club for kids age 10 and older.
The 5-18 Club, a program for kids in that age range, will continue parent support services, and Rak said they'll work to raise money for a teen center upstairs. The food pantry is four times larger than at the Bank Street site and allows for a personal care room to provide nonfood items that food stamps won't cover. That service is run in partnership with Love Inc. of Medina.
"These parents that we're helping to get better jobs, they still need to pay for gas or have better hygiene if they go from a factory job to an office job, and they keep kids clean at school," Rak said. "This helps them cut costs and keep up with those needs."
She said they will implement food and nutrition programs that teach kids to eat healthier and parents to plan and make healthy meals.
"If they eat better, that means better grades, and better grades mean better self-esteem and better home life and relationships," Rak said.
Rak said there will be cooking demonstrations for parents to learn how to make healthier meals from pantry items, food safety, and a couponing program to help stretch budgets.
"If we can teach parents skills like these, then paying that car repair bill that surprised you or having a birthday party for the kids becomes easier," she said.
There is also a partnership with Cloverleaf Elementary School's guidance staff to help parents help their kids prepare for school.
The agency will run summer "bridge" programs to help students retain what they learned the previous school year to avoid a lag going into the next grade.
The bigger space also provides a place for other agencies to provide specialized services in partnership with the center's basic programs. Rak added that the facility can be a shield against negative influences.
"I've been running it since 2001, and I can tell you your highest risk hours are 3 to 6 p.m. after school, and while they are alone during the summer," she said. "So this provides structure during those hours, with adult mentors and peer helpers.
The center partners with the Medina County Police Activities League — a partnership among Lodi police, Lodi Family Center and Montville police — to teach decision making and coping skills and stress and grief management.
"We want to give them tools that will help them avoid the temptation to use drugs or alcohol," she said.
The facility was started by Family First Council in 1998 as the Lodi Resource Center. In 2004, the Oaks Family Care Center of Brunswick took over as the funding agent, and the group developed its pantry and parenting and youth development programs with grants from Family First Council.
When Oaks lost its grant, volunteers banded together to save the services and Lodi Resource Center became its own nonprofit organization last year under its current name. It's an all-volunteer agency that runs on donations from people, churches and civic organizations.
Rak said it's all about people helping each other.
"Families helping families is our motto. That's the best part of coming here — watching people help other people," she said. "It's what we do."
Rak said she hopes the rest of the building will be rented out to other businesses and agencies that will support and complement the center's services.
Cloverleaf Schools sold the Lodi Elementary School building last year for $40,000 to a bidder from New York. The Medina County auditor's website lists Lodi Holdings Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y., as the owner.
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With so much going on in the world of burlesque, it can be hard to keep one's calendar up to date. In Indianapolis, as in many other cities across the U.S., burlesque is back with a vengeance, taking local stages by storm and creating a wonderful scene at the local level that encourages confidence, creativity, and a celebration of sexuality and expression. My own burlesque troupe is approached regularly by both women interested in joining our group and venues interested in having us perform. So, as I thought about what was going on in the Indianapolis burlesque scene this summer, I felt a little like a politician giving a State of the Union address..."the state of burlesque in Indianapolis is good." Not just good...fantastic.
Most notably, and after much anticipation, the White Rabbit Caberet is now up and running in Fountain Square. A fabulous caberet club marked only by the white rabbit graphic on the door, this new venue is the brainchild of sisters Debra and Becky Silveus. Seeking to give the local performance art community something more, they have provided a new stage for exactly the sort of vaudevillian mix of entertainment that encompasses the world of burlesque. From hosting burlesque bingo, to featuring funky musical acts like this past weekend's Fishtank Ensemble, to the house burlesque troupe, Hasenpfeffer, the stage is certainly staying busy.
Two other groups continue to put on shows and events around town as well. The incredible Katie Angel, recently seen on stage with Bottoms Up Burlesque, has put her organization and perfomance talents to good use most recently with the "What Would the Neighbors Think" show that brought Chicago's Michele L'Amour to town. She is now hard at work planning for a four-night run with her newly formed Angel Burlesque. They will perform on September 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th at the White Rabbit Caberet in what will no doubt be a classy, vintage evening of burlesque entertainment. Creme de la Femme burlesque also continues to shimmy and shake around town, most notably in their Dr. Sketchy's figure drawing events. They are also hard at work planning for a show on August 14th with a visiting group from Chicago.
And then there are the ladies of Bottoms Up Burlesque, fresh off successful sold out shows at Radio Radio and at the American Legion. The girls now turn their attention to their annual fall extravaganza at the Melody Inn, set for October 23rd. They are also excited about a last minute addition to their calendar...a three-set performance at the "Resurrection Presents: Dark Mardi Gras" event on August 5th at Club Level, an event that kicks off Gen Con.
The presence of so many burlesque related performance groups in town begs the question, can Indianapolis support such a vibrant and active scene? Maybe I am too much the optimist, but I say yes indeed. These groups are putting on a variety of types of shows in an array of venues, bringing local musicians, comedians, and artists into the mix on a regular basis. They have integrated themselves into the fabric of Indy's art scene writ large, and have proven themselves able to entertain with the best of what Indy has to offer. So, with so many opportunities this fall to experience burlesque here in Indy, there is no excuse for staying home on your couch. Come out and join in the fun!
For more information:
Bottoms Up Burlesque: http://www.bottomsupburlesque.net or on Facebook as Bottoms Up Burlesque
White Rabbit Caberet: http://www.whiterabbitcabaret.com/
Angel Burlesque: firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook as Angel Burlesque
Creme de la femme burlesque: on Facebook as Creme de la Femme


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I just posted the other day about a security expert that created a program to hack the information contained in RFID-enabled credit cards. Now, a graduate student from the University of Virginia and some hacker buddies are causing additional concern with these RFID chips.
A graduate student from the University and several of his hacker buddies reportedly dismantled and hacked an RFID chip similar to those used in literally millions of credit cards. They identified the specific security algorithm and broke the encryption in a matter of hours.
These RFID chips are found inside all kinds of things, including credit cards, security key cards, car keys, and subway passes. By cracking the encryption code for these RFID chips, a thief could gain ready access to a wide variety of highly sensitive personal and financial information.
The company that makes the chips that were hacked says that the student and his buddies only managed to break part of the algorithm. Maybe it was only a part, but it sure doesn't seem as if it was too difficult for them to break at least a portion of it. Just how hard will it be for them – or a crook – to crack the entire thing?


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A trio of "American Idol" offspring will be shining on Broadway this spring, it was announced Thursday.
DeGarmo, who is nearly 18, will remain in the role of Tracy Turnblad's best friend through May 14.
Strickland and DeGarmo will join "Idol" castoff Frenchie Davis, who has been with the musical "Rent" for several months in a variety of roles.
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Audio: Concern's use of technology
Dominic Crowley, Cormac Staunton, and Jennifer O'Gorman were interviewed for the Pat Kenny show on RTE Radio 1 last week.
They talked about Concern's use of technology, explaining the role it plays in making humanitarian work more efficient. Listen to the interview by clicking on the play button below.


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Katie M. wrote in with a last-minute dilemma: "Question for you: I am going to an engagement party on Saturday. Normally, no problem figuring out what to wear. However, this engagement party is a 9 hole golf tournament, followed by a BBQ on the golf course. I will be golfing, but I'm not really sure what to wear that's still going to be cute after I've played 9 holes of golf. Any solutions? Thanks so much!"
Katie, from what we know of golf (which is mostly thanks to watching Caddyshack and playing minigolf on dates), polo shirts are required, and bright, preppy colors are always fun. Pair a cute skort with a polo shirt & golf shoes, and you're set! Just pack a pair of sandals in your bag for after the tournament.
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2 - Puma InvisiBonding Golf Polo Shirt ($65, in 2 colors)
3 - Scratch Skort ($69, in 3 colors)
4 - Lilly Pulitzer Iris Skort Printed Stretch ($118)
5 - Lilly Pulizter Printed Lemon Iris Skort ($118)
6 - Charlie Cap by Pistil ($28)
7 - Callaway Women's Brocade Golf Shoe ($83, in 3 colors)
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"And David asked the Lord saying: Shall I go up to one of the cities in Judea? And the Lord told him: Go up! And David said: To where shall I go up? And He said: to Hevron!" (Samuel B 2)
The Hevron District Coordination and Liaison Administration stretches from the Gush Etzion Junction in the north to the Meitar Crossing in the south, and from the slopes of the Judean Hills in the east to the Lachish Region in the west.
The District contains one central Palestinian city, Hevron, in addition to Palestinian villages such as Dura and Halhul and 14 Israeli settlements.
The Coordination and Liaison Administration is located at the Judea Brigade Regional Base (Har Manoach) near Kiryat Arba with another representation at the Tarqumiyah Crossing
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Richard Charles Houston
Position: WR
Height: 6-2 Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: November 16, 1945 in Texarkana, TX
Died: December 11, 1982 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Dunbar
College: Texas A&M-Commerce
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 4th round (92nd overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 14 (6050th overall since 1950)
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