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The 7 Best Kinds of Monkeys: A Drunk Column
Jack would blow out her flame if he could.
What he doesn't seem to realize, however, is that this country was built on the back of ingenuity and resourcefulness. I have found a way to kill two bald eagles with one stone, commemorating our secession from England's tyranny while still bending to Jack's. I will honor my revolutionary forefathers with a revolutionary idea: I'm going to write about monkeys while getting drunk. Happy birthday, America. This one is for you.
The rules here are simple: I will extol the virtues of my favorite kinds of monkeys and any time I need to research anything (as denoted by an asterisk), I will drink. I'm choosing monkeys because I need a topic I already know well enough that this experiment won't end with a stomach pump. Also, hunting for facts about monkeys is something I would do while drunk anyway so I'm drastically reducing the chances that I'll get bored and wander away. With any luck I will wake up tomorrow with a column written, but if it ends with me asphyxiating on my own vomit then I think we all know who to blame.
Jack. We are blaming Jack.
Capuchin Monkeys
You may know the capuchin better as a character from Pirates of the Caribbean*, Dr. Dolittle, The Zookeeper*, The Hangover II* and every other movie or television show with a script that says, "Monkey steals ____ and won't give it back." (And before you jump down to the comments to throw a bunch of examples of chimps and orangutans at me, those aren't monkeys, jerk. Trust me, I know ...*)
There's a reason Hollywood always uses capuchins: They are brilliant. They are one of the few monkeys who have exhibited long-term use of tools in the wild* and during one experiment, were able to learn the concept of currency.* They traded money for food throughout the study and, at one point, a single capuchin successfully traded currency for sex, thus initiating what was, "probably the first observed exchange of money for sex in the history of monkeykind."*
Capuchins are so smart that they are often raised to help paraplegics and quadriplegics. The program Helping Hands* trains capuchins to help with nearly every task, from preparing meals to scratching itches.
Every once in awhile, however, when the tasks get monotonous the capuchins get bored.* In those cases, they'll get destructive and even attack their already disabled owners.* They are, after all, wild animals that we have converted into tiny slaves.
Total drink count: 10
Pygmy Marmosets
The smallest of all monkeys, pygmy marmosets spend their entire lives high up in the canopies of South American rainforests*, eating sap out of trees*, and wearing thimbles as helmets. Many of them go their entire lives without ever touching the ground.* And, despite being impossibly tiny, they are also aggressively territorial.* To scare off unwanted visitors, the pygmy marmoset will raise and flatten its ears, arch its back and make grimacing faces.*
Apparently instead of fighting, they just try to out-adorable each other.
Even their general warning calls are so damn cute that predators have no choice but to smile, shake their heads and find something uglier to eat.
While some people keep pygmy marmosets as pets, it's actually easier to just make a baby from scratch than to try to get a permit* for one of these tiny monkeys. Pygmy marmosets are just as tough to take care of as a human child, if not more so; they notorious for catching and spreading diseases* so they are illegal to own in most states. Also, the government is fittingly concerned about what might happen if an owner accidentally spills water on one or feeds it after midnight.
Total drink count: 19
Spectacled Langur*
I'll be honest, I didn't anticipate drinking so much on those first two. They were the monkeys I knew the best. Plus, this species is the dark horse on the list. I don't know a ton about it and I feel like it's going to cost me. The spectacled langur is one of the largest species of monkey* and one of the few that lives almost exclusively on leaves.* They have specialized stomachs that allow them to absorb the cellulose in leaves* and even some fruits which would otherwise be toxic.*
Most notable, however, is that the spectacled langurs reconcile most of their fights with sex.* Much like bonobo apes, whenever there is a dispute over food or a position in the community, they will generally resolve it by doing one another.
We could learn a lot from langurs.
Because they move on forest floors, they have a number of predators and they have an intricate communication system* based on sounds-
Hold on. Hold the hell on, is that monkey in black face makeup?
Look! Look at that racist monkey! How has no one noticed this before? Has anyone noticed this before? No, no one has.* Jesus, what an unfortunate characteristic. All those years of evolution in this monkey and an atrocity in human history makes it look like an asshole. Now I feel terrible for including it on my list. I think I even called it a dark horse earlier. Goddammit, I did.* Man, you really screwed me here, spectacled langur.
Total drink count: 26
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey
The golden snub-nosed monkey can survive in arctic temperatures* because of its thick fur and also, listen, I feel really awful about what happened back there. I honestly did not foresee this happening. This was supposed to be a fun article and now I'm just drunk and kind of depressed.
"Pay attention to me."
The golden snub-nosed monkey can survive in the cold because of its thick fur and because it can subsist on lichen and bark which is now a necessity since they are being chased from the lowlands of China by loggers and poachers.* God, that spectacled langur really bummed me out. I had a great momentum going before and then that monkey dragged everything down. It's not fair to you and it's not fair to the golden snub-nosed monkey. It's not. That goddamn langur ruined everything.
Total drink count: 30?


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"The only thing I know I really want is to marry that guy," Nash told PEOPLE, pointing to her electrical-engineer fiancé Jay Tucker, at CAAF's 17th Annual Dream Halloween Party on Saturday.
Actually, the Emmy-winning Style Network host, 40, does have another detail sorted out: She has picked her bridesmaids.
"I know the ladies that I want standing up there with me. One of my bridesmaids is coming down here [now]," she said, referring to Sherri Sheperd, who also attended the event in Santa Monica. Nash jokingly continued: "When you see Sherri Sheperd from The View, ask her if she's lost any weight for my wedding."
Beyond that, the former Dancing with the Stars contestant hasn't made any other wedding plans. "Falling in love was easy," she says. "Planning a wedding, not so much."
For now. the couple are just happy being engaged and enjoying time together. "You know, when I wake up in the morning, every time I see him – and I'm not kidding – every time I see him, I dance," Nash said, which Tucker later confirmed.
The groom-to-be also had compliments to dish about his future wife. "She's really warm and genuine and funny and beautiful and all those things," Tucker said. "I've gotten a preview of that dating her and being engaged to her, so I'm looking forward to that for about 45 years."
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The 138-pound semifinal bouts of the District 6 Class AA Tournament were filled with so much talent they should have had spotlights shining on them.
On one mat, in front of a vocal Bellwood-Antis section, B-A's Trevor Helsley was knocking off Claysburg-Kimmel's Ty Dively, 6-2, and on the other, Penn Cambria's Nick Szala was beating Blairsville's Noah Tarr, 7-3.
That's four returning Southwest Regional qualifiers on two mats. The fifth regional qualifier at the weight, Juniata's Brandon Rowles, who was also a state qualifier last season, was the odd man out.
Helsley beat Rowles, 6-1, in the quarterfinals, and Tarr stopped his run to the regionals with an 8-2 victory in the consolation semifinals. Rowles went on to finish fifth - one place shy of qualifying for regionals.
Dively, the three-time district runner-up who placed fourth at the PIAA Championships last season, finished fourth, losing to Tarr, 6-3, in the third-place finals. The fourth-place finish was arguably the most surprising news at the weight and possibly in the tournament.
Szala captured his first district title with a 4-2 win over Helsley in an intense finals bout. Whether a reversal should have given to Szala at the end of the second, and it was after the referee and mat judge conferred, will be debated for awhile. The back points that PC wanted while Szala was riding in the second period weren't counted, so that could be debated.
What can't be debated is Szala was at his best over the weekend. He met the challenges head-on and won a much-needed district title for a good program that struggled to a 2-16 record battling a small roster and lack of experience.
In a little less than two weeks, at the Southwest Regional Tournament, Szala, Helsley, Dively and Tarr will begin striving again to be the best. They could be in the top four at the weight again, and the order of finish could change they're so close in talent.
"I know all those guys will be gunning for Nick," PC coach Todd Niebauer said. "He's one of the smartest wrestlers I've ever had come through. Trevor Helsley had a great, great tournament. I love the kid's work ethic. He's strong, fast and flexible, and you don't get that often in a wrestler. We were just a little bit better than him.
"There's two other guys at that weight class that could throw it right at [Szala]. We just can't have a down week, and we've got to make sure we're at the top of our game in two weeks. I fully believe those four could be in the semifinals down at regionals."
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The most inspirational story of the tournament was Glendale 285-pounder Tucker Weakland's run to the semis and fourth-place finish.
I wrote about Weakland when he was wrestling for the Glendale junior high team. Weakland wasn't letting his blindness stop him from being just one of the guys on the team or keep him from winning. He could have insisted that his opponents stay in contact with him at all times, but he chose not to.
His high school career as a two-year starter had been unremarkable, but that changed when he beat United's second-seeded Ben Mountain, 4-2, in the quarterfinals.
His goal is to place at the Southwest Regional. That would be even more inspirational.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed rebates of $350 each to about 1 million New Yorkers. The checks are slated to arrive in October of next year. But that might be too soon for the voters. I propose that the checks be sent out and arrive the day before Election Day in 2014. Voters have short memories. This way, they will surely remember Cuomo on Election Day.
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The superlatives are endless for HB-HPI's Ty Tessmann, who has taken on all comers at the first big international 1/8th scale off-road race of the year, and come out the winner on all fronts!
This past weekend was 15th annual Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm RC Raceway, and Ty's weekend got off to a great start with 'Team Tessmann' and HB designer Torrance Deguzman on hand to help Ty defend his two consecutive DNC truggy wins using the HB D8T.
This time around, Ty was using what he and Torrance called the 'Ty Tessmann Edition' version of the truggy to set an unbeatable TQ time in the top class of truggy racers - and Ty went on to completely control the 45-minute A Main with a solid win over super-tough competition for his THIRD STRAIGHT WIN in the class at The Dirt!
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Not only that, but in the Open Truggy class, HB-HPI Infantry team member Adnan Musaefendic took a well-deserved second place finish to help wrap up a fabulous opening salvo for the HB-HPI crew!
In the buggy racing, Ty used the HB D812 to full effect, and although he didn't get TQ, in the 45-minute A Main race Ty was able to rocket past Dakota Phend on the first lap and never looked back!
Taking to the track like a metronome and running to a consistent fuel strategy, Team Tessmann got the D812 in and out of the pits like clockwork, making loads of time on other racers who suffered with flame-outs or who had problems contending with the changes in the ambient weather. With top international racers not even making it in the A Main and the top race stuffed with Worlds A Finalists, there was no respite and resting on his heels was not an option! It was run and gun for the entire race, not stopping to take a breath until the very end - when he finished 13 seconds ahead of second place!
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Agriculture is a vital industry in every country, as food, fiber and fuel are the building blocks of life.
Recently, members of the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program, myself included, flew to China for the international aspect of the program to learn about agriculture there. The trip started in Beijing, and included the cities Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai.
In Beijing, the group visited with the U.S. Embassy about agriculture, as well as the political and social structure of the country. We also had the opportunity to visit the Great Wall of China.
In terms of agricultural stops, the group visited an ecological farm. Most of their food crops are grown in greenhouses, and some of the harvest is sold and the rest is consumed by the people in the village. Only about 10 percent of what they produce is sold total. Many of the veggies are sold, but all of the corn is kept to feed the livestock and all of the livestock are consumed by the village.
On our last day in Beijing we had a lecture in the morning from the China Science Academy on the past of Chinese agriculture and how it got to where it is today. Previous to 1930, farmers owned their own land and farmed. In 1930 the government took possession of all land in the entire country, and adopted the methods of the Soviet Union called a production brigade in their farming practices.
In the 1980s, the government abandoned that method and allowed farmers to have control over what they grow, also they have to lease the land and cannot own it.
The group also visited a beef feedlot. The animals are housed in concrete pens, and when they are fed, each animal is tried to a rail that goes around their horns. They told us they let the animals loose when they are not eating. They process 200 head every Wednesday and every Saturday. The carcasses are hung for three days and then they are fabricated. Beef is not currently a largely consumed meat in China, but demand is growing.
In Guilin, the group had a chance to learn about rice farming and processing. We hiked to our hotel on Longji Peak, which is where hundreds of rice terrace are located. Even though it was winter and the rice was not in the ground, the group was able to see how it is grown and what it takes.
We also visited a rice processing facility in the town of Guilin. Our biggest surprise was all of the technology they utilized. Up to this point, the group had seen very limited technology. The way the rice is processed is completely done by machine, which has allowed the company to turn a profit and continue to invest in their business. Developed nations, such as the United States, feature state of the art technology and advancements that allows farmers and ranchers to grow more with less.
However, these technologies are not available or not regularly utilized in many other countries, and agriculture in a country such as China is mainly done by hand.
"China is one of the world's most important agricultural economies and a major player in international markets for many agricultural commodities," according to the United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
China has only 10 percent of the arable land worldwide, and produces food for approximately 20 percent of the global population.
Nearly 50 percent of China's population are farmers. They raise rice, potatoes, wheat, tea, millet, cotton, pork, fish, sorghum, peanuts, barley and oilseed.
We had the opportunity to visit a pig breed facility in Guilin, which is a joint venture between a United States company and a Chinese company. This company provides high quality breeding stock for local pork growers.
In Shanghai, the group visited our third and largest local market, called a wet floor market. The wet floor market is their food market, and nearly every type of food can be purchased there.
Meat, produce, grains, fish and tea can all be purchased. Fresh, cooked, bagged and in every form you can imagine. Some of it is local, other shipped in. However, the biggest difference is how it is presented.
In the U.S., produce is sold in a clean building, temperature controlled. Meat is sold is refrigerated cases. This system does not exist in China. Food is sold in bulk in a building. Meat is not refrigerated. It's displayed on a table as whole parts, cuts and every part of the animal, not just the meat. Organs, ears, tongues and tails are common sales of pork.
Poultry is sold as a whole bird, feet and head intact. Ducks are sold in a similar way. The way their food is sold is basically a giant farmers market, similar to the ones that we have in the U.S., except you don't usually see fresh meat or seafood products.
The most interesting part of the wet floor market in Shanghai was the seafood. Almost everything was live. The only items that weren't were items such as Octopus and Squid, and also the shellfish such as clams. Almost everything else including several varieties of fish, crabs, turtles and eels were live. There were some frozen fish, but very little.
Seafood doesn't get any fresher. People pick the item that they want, and the shop keeping will process it right there. Crabs are picked out of the tank and then tied with string (all their appendages) and away they go.
While in Shanghai the CALP group also visited the agricultural trade office (ATO) to meet with representatives from there and from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). The ATO Shanghai Director, Keith Schneller spoke first. He talked about the programs they have, and how much product China imports from the U.S.
"China imports 28 billion dollars worth of product from the U.S., half of which are from soybeans. China imports 1 million metric tons (2,200 lbs) every week of soybeans, half from the U.S. and half from South America. That equates to 20, 50,000 ton Panamax (the biggest ship that fits through the Panama Canal) every single week. Almost all of that goes for livestock feed. Income is increasing in China, and as incomes rise, people eat more meat," he said.
He also talked about the meat and dairy industry, and how those markets are growing in China. "The dairy industry is also growing in China. In fact, they import 600,000 tons of alfalfa each year now. People want more dairy products now, even if they don't trust it coming from China," he said.
He continued, "The biggest meat product that is imported to China is pork. Chinese people eat a lot of pork, and in 2012, 450,000 metric tons (990 million lbs) of U.S. pork was imported into China. They are the largest pork importer into China."
We were presented with some studies about American products in China. According to the studies, American products are extremely popular in China. Forty percent of Chinese people prefer American products, and will pay up to 80 percent more for these products, because they see them as higher quality. Many Chinese people see products made in China as inferior and not good quality.
Agriculture is growing in China, and the members of the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program were also to see that first hand on their trip to China.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, "In the coming future, China will be in a stage of accelerated industrialization, urbanization, marketization and internationalization, and sustainable socioeconomic growth will require stronger support from agriculture. China will continue to put the issue of agriculture, rural areas and farmers as the top priority. It will continue to fortify agriculture as the economic basis, seek a route of agricultural modernization with
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Puffing a cigarette on the Animas River Trail or at a restaurant and bar patio could soon be punishable by up to a $100 fine for a first-time offense and fines of $200 to $300 for additional violations within the same year.
Durango City Council on Oct. 2 will schedule a public hearing for a proposed smoking ordinance that would prohibit smoking at most public outdoor areas such as bus stops, the river trail, ball fields, playgrounds, picnic pavilions and other city recreation areas.
It also would restrict smoking at enclosed and open-air patios of businesses and any hookah bar where water pipes are smoked.
The city manager would also be given additional authority to impose further smoking restrictions on any city-owned property.
City Manager Ron LeBlanc promised not �to go crazy� under the proposed ordinance advocated by the anti-smoking group Lasso Tobacco Coalition, and the San Juan Basin Health Department, but Councilor Paul Broderick thought the proposal was �harsh,� especially for unaware tourists and out-of-towners.
�Welcome to Durango, here�s a $100 fine,� Broderick said at a study session on Tuesday.
Councilor Sweetie Marbury supported the proposal, arguing that it was good to have standards.
�It speaks highly of our community,� she said.
�Reasonable people will abide by the law. It�s an OK thing to have standards,� she said, noting that Texas imposes $1,000 fines for littering on the highway.
Patricia Senecal, the health policy and systems director for the San Juan Basin Health Department, said young people have been very supportive of banning smoking at restaurant patios because they want to eat �without somebody blowing smoke� in their face.
Senecal also argued that workers, such as servers and bartenders, need to be protected from secondhand smoke, too.
Teal Stetson-Lee from the Lasso Tobacco Coalition said their objective was not to trample on the rights of smokers, but to go after the tobacco industry.
Revenue generated by the fines would be earmarked for anti-smoking and cessation efforts because Senecal said the health departments gets many calls from smokers who want help quitting the habit.
LeBlanc clarified that enforcement will be on a complaint basis only.
�We won�t have a smoking patrol,� he said.
Officials also acknowledged that teenage smoking is prevalent on the section of the Animas River Trail behind the Durango High School.
The ban will be supported with signs, including a playground sign that reads: �Young lungs at play.�
Marbury said the public signs would be helpful in confronting a smoker in a public space.
Without the sign, �I�m just a grouchy grandmother,� she said.
Exceptions to the ban would be made for private homes, entranceways for treatment centers of nicotine addiction, retail tobacco businesses and city-owned open spaces and natural lands such as Horse Gulch.


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I am no fan, but Crosby is already a sure-fire Hall of Famer, even if he never plays another game.
You simply can't allow someone into the Hall based on what might have been. As it is, Crosby has 1 Cup, 1 Olympic Gold, 2 Finals appearances, a Pearson, Hart, Ross and 4 All-Star appearances. Compared to other notables not in the Hall, that's nothing.
Pavel Bure: 6 All-Star games, Calder and 2 Richards.
Phil Housley: 7 All-Star games, 1 Finals appearance, 2nd most points by an American.
Sergei Makarov: nearly a point per game for his career, despite starting in NHL late. 8 World Championships, Calder, Canada Cup.
Adam Oates: 4 All-Star games, better than a point per game for his career.
Fred Shero: 2 Cups as a coach, 4 trips to the Finals, Adams, Patrick.
Eric Lindros: Hart, Pearson, 7 All-Star games, 1 Finals appearance.
How exactly does he stand out as a lock when the likes of Housley, Oates and Bure are out?


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An 18-year-old Town of Tonawanda man was killed early this morning as he darted across the Youngmann Memorial Highway and was hit by a tractor trailer, town police said.
The victim was identified as Marc Zellner.
Police said Zellner was running across the westbound lanes of the I-290 and was west of the entrance ramp from Colvin Boulevard when he was hit. The accident was reported at about 1:30 a.m.
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For the first time since winning the office 20 years ago, Sheriff Wayne DeWitt will face two opponents for the Republican nomination to hold his seat June 10.
In 1994, DeWitt ran and won against two other Republicans for the nomination. He later won in the general against a Democratic opponent. Since those elections, he has run unopposed in both primaries and general elections.
He is being challenged by two police officers: Brian Adams and Matt Smoak.
Brian Adams
Adams is a married father of four. He first worked as an officer with City of Goose Creek until 1996. Since that time he has worked in the North Charleston Police Department.
Why are you running?
I am running because, well, honestly when I was a little kid I always wanted to be sheriff. As I was looking at the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office, I see that were wasting money and services not provided, and I figured this was the perfect opportunity for me to get involved.
Why should voters vote for you?
I have 23 years of law enforcement experience. Ive been working within an accredited department for the last 12 years so I know what it takes to be an accredited department. I want to get more deputies back on the road. I want to work with the communities. I want a quarterly community forum. I also want to start a community service officer program to benefit the future of the sheriffs office and building on top of the deputies. Theyre going to be your feeder source for the sheriffs office.
What is the biggest problem in Berkeley County and how can it be solved?
The biggest problem is we have to get more deputies on the road. Theyre just mismanaged. Theyre top heavy. Theres several administrative positions that are removed from the road and that takes away from us as well. The next thing I noticed was the waste of money, especially in overtime budget. The turnover rate is high for the detention center. The fuel consumption by civilians is way too high. The training cost is unreal because nobody stays in the detention center.
Wayne DeWitt
DeWitt attended the Citadel and is a graduate of the S. C. Criminal Justice Academy and National Sheriffs Institute. He previously worked for the Holly Hill Police Department, the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office and as Controlled Substance Investigator at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has been married to Amelia Henderson DeWitt of Moncks Corner for 22 years.
Why are you seeking a sixth term?
Law enforcement is a passion of mine. Berkeley County is my passion. Im trying to take care of the citizens. I fully recognize and understand the fact that the sheriffs office does not belong to Wayne DeWitt, it belongs to the citizens. And they have trusted me to handle the office for five terms.
Why should voters vote for you?
I have a greater knowledge of the actual responsibilities of the office. Ive got 35 years experience involved in the office. Its different than a police department. A sheriffs office has a lot of state-mandated statutes to take care of. I have a greater understanding of what a sheriffs office is all about. I have the experience.
What is the biggest problem in Berkeley County and how can it be solved?
I wouldnt call it a problem, but I put it to you this way: were the fastest growing county in South Carolina. The population boom will be a problem we have to confront to begin with. When you have more people you have more crime. We have a great team in place with a lot of law enforcement experience. We ask for deputy sheriffs every year in the budget. We have not gotten any but what we try to do is put people out in the communities and have more visibility.
Matt Smoak
Smoak is a married father of three and a Lowcountry native. In 2007, Smoak joined the Charleston Police Department. As a motor officer, he has worked Charleston County Sheriffs Office, Summerville Police Department, North Charleston Police Department, S.C. Highway Patrol and the U.S. Secret Service.
Why are you running?
There needs to be a change in Berkeley County. The current sheriff has gotten complacent with trying to contain the growth the county has. I dont feel like his department is growing like it should. I also want deputies in the area where they arent normally, like Daniel Island. They dont feel like their tax dollars are being utilized.
Why should voters vote for you?
Im not lazy. Im very high strung. I have a desire to, when I start a project, to finish it. I have a good grasp of how public safety should be run. I want to bring the sheriffs department and the community more in line with one another. I want to have the deputies more involved, and I dont believe thats been an issue the current sheriff has been dealing with.
What is the biggest problem in Berkeley County and how can it be solved?
The biggest problem that theyre facing right now is the continued growth within the county and the agency not keeping up with that growth. Theyre understaffed, and understaffed at the detention center. I believe that the collisions and other violent crimes are high from lack of enforcement, and enforcement is lacking due to them being understaffed. The department is top heavy. There needs to be a reallocation of manpower and there needs to be more accountability within the department.
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By all accounts, Barbara McQuade the newly confirmed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, nominated by President Barack Obama, is not only a seasoned federal prosecutor, but also a rising star. After serving as assistant U.S. Attorney on 211 West Fort Street, downtown Detroit, for 12 years, where she was deputy chief of the National Security Unit, McQuade, is now at the helm of federal law enforcement. A wife and mother of four, McQuade, who served as a law professor, practiced with a Detroit law firm and once worked as a reporter, brings real life perspective to the application of the law.
In this one-on-one interview McQuade opens up to Bankole Thompson, Michigan Chronicle senior editor, in a rare, exclusive interview since accepting her new presidential appointment about her objectives for the office and the launching for the first time of civil rights and violent crime units.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE: What is the role of the U.S. Attorney?
BARBARA MCQUADE: I think the U.S. Attorney has the ability to do tremendous good in the district. As an assistant U.S. Attorney for the last 12 years I had a chance to actually prosecute the cases. But I saw a chance to do even more as the U.S. Attorney, not just handling individual cases but you really set priorities for the district and kind of direct the kinds of cases that we are going to work on. And I see so many needs in this district. So its been a chance to make sure we are using all of the resources we have to attack the problems that this community faces right now. Beyond just handling cases, the U.S. Attorney has an even larger role in seeking justice, prevention and community trust. It's a tremendous opportunity to serve the people of the district, my home.
MC: When you say needs can you expound on what you mean?
BM: I have set some new district priorities, which were things that this community really needs right now. And those priorities are terrorism — the Abdulmutallab case, Militia case — violent crime, public corruption. I've put more prosecutors on public corruption to move those cases more quickly, financial fraud which victimizes many of our citizens in terms of mortgage fraud, health care fraud and environmental cases. And civil rights, another priority area that I think has been underserved in the past. We created a new civil rights unit to address some of those needs.
MC: With you at the top, what is going to change as far as cases and investigations moving quickly?
BM: I understand that perspective and I share the frustration that sometimes our cases take such a long time to come to fruition. I think the reason they can take so long is that we want to make sure that when people's liberty is at stake that we are being careful and thorough. To prove someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt is a very high standard and it should be. But we want to make sure that we have a very strong likelihood of winning before we bring a case. I also understand that there is a need for some urgency and a need for people to move on. Targets of an investigation deserve the opportunity to either be charged or not be charged. And the city needs the opportunity to not always be under a cloud of suspicion.
At some point people need closure. So one of the things I've done in the public corruption arena is re-staff that group. We've got a core group of people who have been working very hard on cases for a long time. We've beefed up that group to 11 lawyers and we've also tried to move off their plates some additional kinds of cases they had so they can focus all of their attention on public corruption. We try to give them all the resources they need both within the office and through investigative agencies.
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Colum McCannColum McCann won the National Book Award for his acclaimed novel and book-club favorite, Let The Great World Spin. He celebrates Ireland with his latest work in literary fiction, Transatlantic, "emotionally charges, beautifully controlled tales..." raves Kirkus Reviews.03/10/2014Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
An Evening with Carol BrownChatham University presents its 2014 Hollander Award for Women in Leadership to Carol Brown, retired President & CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Brown's lecture on the changing climate for women in Pittsburgh is free and open to the public. Prior registration is recommended.03/10/2014Location: Campbell Chapel, Chatham University, Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
OnceWinner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, ONCE tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them grows, his music soars to powerful new heights... but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. Emotionally captivating and theatrically breathtaking, Once draws you in from the very first note and never lets go.03/11/2014 - 03/16/2014Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Recital & LuncheonGreater Johnstown High School Jazz Band, directed by Adam Bukosky followed by light lunch.03/11/2014Time: 12:00 pmLocation: First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine Street, Johnstown, PA website
Ravel's BoleroFeatured in Disney's Fantasia and based on a poem by Goethe, Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice tells the story of a student who uses magical spells he hasn't yet learned to control. Pianist Michel Camilo, whose music combines elements of classical, jazz and world music, performs his own Piano Concerto #2. Conductor Leonard Slatkin presents four Ravel works, including his famous Bolero that demonstrate the composer's penchant for traditional dance forms.03/14/2014 - 03/16/201403/14 - 8:00 pm03/16 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Junie B. Jones (Theatreworks USA)Dear first-grade journal, This is the bestest musical ever, I tell you! Its got loads of funny songs, and its based on a bunch of books about the things I do in first grade by Barbara, Park. Whew! I'm glad I can write everything down in my Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal! And you know what? I think I might like first grade after all. Love, (but not the mushy kind) Junie B. (60 minutes, ages 3-10)03/14/2014 - 03/15/201403/14 - 10:15 am03/14 - 12:15 pm03/15 - 11:00 am03/15 - 2:00 pm03/15 - 5:00 pmLocation: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Behind the Notes - Ravel's BoleroConductor Leonard Slatkin explains and the PSO demonstrates details inside The Sorcerer's Apprentice and four Ravel works that demonstrate Ravel's penchant for traditional dance forms. On the second half, hear these complete works including Ravel's Bolero and Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice which tells the story of a student who uses magical spells he hasn't yet learned to control.03/15/2014Time: 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Missed the game, but it sounds like Smith was terrible. The offense could probably be fixed by splitting Datsyuk and Z up, on paper that second line we started the game with looked pretty bad, I think it was Flip-Franzen-Cleary?
I listened to the last period on the radio, and it sounded like Smith was out there all the time. It won't help his confidence to get torn apart. If Babs doesn't sit him, the least he can do is limit his minutes. I almost think White should come back in. I worry he's too rusty, but there's not a way we can rearrange the defensive lines, which I think are more important at this point.
If you move Smith down, then you end up with Quincey and Kindl again. If you move Colaiacovo up, you end up with Kindl-Smith. White would add some stability at least. Smith's jitters are just too costly at this point.
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Cable car had 50 passengers on board
Five people were injured Wednesday when a San Francisco cable car came to a sudden stop in the city's Nob Hill neighborhood, authorities said.
One of the injuries - an elderly man who fell and hit his head - was considered life-threatening, San Francisco Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
Four other people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The cable car had about 50 passengers on board.
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director John Haley told reporters at the scene that it appeared a 1.5-inch bolt stuck in the cable car's track caused the sudden stop.
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Nancy and Carl Mittelstadt of Mount Pleasant announce the engagement of their daughter Megan Laurel Mittelstadt of Boston. Mass., to Nicholas Blake Colvard of Boston, Mass. He is a son of Pamela and Stephan Colvard of Santa Paula, Calif.
Mittelstadt is a granddaughter of Shirley and David Clark, Susanne and Eric Mittelstadt and Anne Cummings. Colvard is a grandson of Genelle and Buddy Colvard.
Mittelstadt graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Biology. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Molecular Biology. She is a lecturer in Genetics at the Harvard Medical School.
Colvard graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Biology. He earned a master's degree in Biology from Cal State Northridge. He is currently enrolled at Northeastern University in the Ph.D. program in Environmental Sciences.
The wedding is planned for Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church on May 31, 2014.
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The open source business model for higher education
The disruptive business model for higher education is open source
How do you make money from something that is free? Borrow some moves from the commercial open source playbook.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are disrupting the higher education marketplace the way free and open source software disrupted the world of proprietary software more than two decades ago. The disruption in higher education, however, will be different in two key ways:
- It will happen twice as fast.
- It may spark a competition far different from the one you expect.
At America's top universities, MOOCs are fueling a heated debate between faculty and administrators. Many professors fear that intimate classroom settings will be replaced by online courses where superstar professors teach on the web and everyone else becomes a glorified teaching assistant. Administrators, in contrast, see MOOCs as a way to reduce costs, gain efficiencies in non-core offerings and 'export' courses that reflect their university's strengths.
Meanwhile, startups like 2u and nonprofits like edX are ready to capitalize on new business models evolving around MOOCs. These arguments for and against MOOCs make sense if you believe that the leading higher education institutions are in the business of selling and delivering education. Given this business model, the focus naturally falls on who teaches courses today, who will teach tomorrow and who will make money producing, delivering and distributing the courses.
But, what if we consider for a moment that the business model of leading universities may be undergoing a significant change that could render these discussions irrelevant?
Sound absurd? Well, it also sounds preposterous to be in the business of free software. When I tell colleagues from other industries that I run an open source software company, they immediately ask, "How do you make money if you give away your product for free?" Here is where the collective experience of commercial open source strategy might be able to shed some light on emerging business models ready to disrupt higher education.
Let's imagine that the top tier of higher education is actually not in the business of selling education. Instead, they are in what I would term the "talent identification" business. The real payoff for universities comes not from selling courses but rather from finding and nurturing talent and then waiting for payback in the form of contributions to their endowments.
Look at the size of the endowments of Harvard ($30 billion) and Stanford ($17 billion) and the returns that these universities make off of these endowments compared to income from student tuition. In 2012, Harvard had total operating income of $4 billion. $264 million—or 6.5%—of that amount came from undergraduate tuition. Meanwhile, investment income (return on the endowment) was worth more than $1.5 billion.
Besides through investment, endowments grow when successful alumni donate large sums of money back to their alma-mater. Harvard alumni donated $289 million for current use and $361 million for the endowment in 2012. Total giving increased by 2% over the previous year.
Therefore, there should be growing competition to identify talent early, nurture it, and build loyalty. Furthermore, if tomorrow's talent can come from anywhere, then it's advantageous to develop sophisticated "lead funnel" management techniques to spot and woo talent around the world.
Free courses could provide what free software provides for commercial open source companies: a way to build the lead funnel. MOOC providers or universities could offer courses free—including tests and a certification—to create the perfect "self-identifying lead funnel." Students take the courses and tests on their own, and then the provider can identify the best talent and the brightest minds everywhere in the world. Apply a little marketing automation software from a company like Marketo, Acton, or Pardot, and bingo: the next Steve Jobs, Marc Zuckerberg, or Bill Gates shows up at the top of the list whether they live in Palo Alto or Karachi.
So, let's compare the two models of higher education. On one hand, we have the exclusive proprietary education (i.e. Harvard) which we can equate to the sales style of the proprietary software companies. Of course, the best of the best will always do well with this model. On the other hand, we have the market disrupters (i.e. 2U, Edx, or another upstart) which start by giving away courses and end up owning the talent identification business.
By making that their business model 2u and Edx would not necessarily compete with higher education. They could instead invent a new market by selling data to universities, which are constantly searching for better ways to identify talent. Better yet, MOOCs could partner with firms in a similar business—venture capitalists, incubators, and accelerators who identify talent, give money and bet on outcomes. Or, MOOCs could just dive into the talent business headfirst and compete.
The funds that have setup shop in India and China in the past 10 years get it. They know that Silicon Valley may own the market for finance and have the best ecosystem for startups, but no geography has an exclusive lock on brains and talent. If you want to see which city in the developing world has the best chance at producing the next hundred billion dollar company, read the World Startup Report. VCs want first dibs on talent that is difficult to spot and cheap to cultivate, but MOOCs could beat them to it.
Y Combinator, TechStars, the Founder Institute, and others are creating huge networks that identify and nurture talent early on in hopes of capitalizing on future success. Companies like the Starter League (formerly Code Academy) could have gone the same direction but instead decided to charge for coding classes. lumni.net, which offers finance education in return for a fixed percentage of future earnings, is yet another business model betting on future talent. It's not hard to imagine students who are identified in a MOOC and instead of paying $200,000 for the Harvard education and landing in debt, they simply pay a small percentage of future earnings to the MOOC provider who covers their tuition.
As someone who has grown up in the open source world and founded a commercial open source company, I can't but help but think about the unobvious ways to derive revenue from something that is ostensibly free. Higher education need not run from MOOCs, but they should give some serious thought to how the education business of tomorrow could be quite different from today's.
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The title caught my eye, with regards to the term 'disruptive'. You should really read the following post about disruptive technology: http://www.cmsconnection.com/technology-is-no-longer-a-disruptive-force.
One piece of the educational model that should and does endure, despite MOOC efforts at its "disruption," is the instructor/student relationship. While the costs of employing living, breathing, high-quality mentors may be prohibitive, eliminating those instructors is disruptive to the learning process. Such effort to eliminate instructors has played out at universities, for example, San Jose State: http://tinyurl.com/lclgbyz
While MOOCs may offer a great repository of excellent information that can be widely disseminated, it is in essence a virtual library rather than a school.
Most of the experiments being conducted now in online education have been done, and we know their outcomes. (See Useractive founder, Scott Gray's series of articles from 2010. The third post in the series is particularly illuminating: http://www.oreillyschool.com/2010/07/the-story-of-the-oreilly-school-of-...)
According to Debra Woods, OST Executive Director, "One problem with MOOC's having such a low completion rate is that they still haven't changed the mode of instruction all that differently than the traditional face to face lecture model of instruction. They are still requiring students to complete the course by the time the professor is finished delivering the course. Once students fall behind, they begin to feel it is hopeless to continue and then they disengage.
A model where the instructor is more of a facilitator of learning and where students remain actively engaged in the material by interacting with mentors throughout the course would make a world of difference."
Space exists for the MOOC library to serve students in an educational environment, but so far this has not been the case. However, simply replacing the teacher with a video doesn't change education for the better.
Your points are very valid but suggest that you don't have much experience in the University sector. First off; there are the 'top' Universities of this world, the Harvard's if you will:
1. They don't need to teach and they know it. There was a not-entirely-a-joke proposal at Oxford to stop accepting students. If you are business minded, work out what the profit margin on that 6.5% is and see that it is one of the less profitable things they do.
2. What they sell is not education; it is signalling value. For this the need to maintain their brand, so they have to educate to a very high standard and select students well. What you are proposing as a new business model is a concequence of their existing one.
3. As such, they see MOOCs as a revenue stream where they can sell things with similar branding but less signalling value. For every car that Ferarri sell, how many items of branded clothing do they sell? How many people who buy a Ferarri cap could afford the car? They are interested in MOOCs but if some 'disruptive' takes over, they don't really care. Is Ferarri worried by the sales of Burberry caps?
Next you have the 'national top 20' Universities:
1. They get enough of their income through teaching that they are interested but their teaching offerings are such that they aren't that worried by MOOCs. If you really believe that a MOOC can replace education at an elite University then you have been drinking the Internet kool-aid too long and should get offline and go outside for a bit.
2. Many of these want to get involved in MOOCs but their brand probably isn't high profile enough and their organisation not willing or able to commit what it would take. Expect them to have an offering, more 'widening participation', 'foundation courses' and 'distance learning' and trading much more on "the student experience".
Then you have the non-research Universities. Many of these, due to poor management, have been delivering poor value for money for many years and in some cases the degrees simply aren't worth the paper they are printed on. They have been trading on the signalling value of 'having a degree' while undermining it's value through budget education. They are the people who are really threatened by MOOCs.
And if you don't believe me, look up the Open University and seem an organisation with 40 years experience in massive participation distance learning that has already exceeded most of the non-research Universities in the UK but is not regarded as a threat to the top Universities.
1) The problem with most universities around the world is that most teachers do no add real value to the education process, they just repeat content in a way similar to a virtual course. It is not uncommon that the content is obsolete and ignores world class best practices.
2) Facebook, LinkedIn & Co. have already proved that networking can be initiated virtually. Of course face to face relationships are necessary to develop trust and confidence. But virtual networking is an excellent starting point and travel has become economically available.
3) Talent is spread out through the world, and most companies have difficulties identifying the talent. Talent shortage is a common problem, not just in G8 countries but all around our planet.
I think the greatest challenge of MOOCs is to produce world class content, this requires some "superstars" but in most cases just very good teachers. In many fields content quickly becomes outdated. And talented people that also are productive regularly update their knowledge.
Identifying this very good teachers is probably the greatest challenge of MOOCs and government education agencies. Teachers have "titles", categories, "names", artificial reputations, etc. that can make it very difficult to identify the ones that really excel in teaching.
Identifying talent and productive people is a great business for MOOCs. They do not compete with Harvard & Co., they reach out to a talent source that due to economical and relationship constraints they can never tap into.
MOOCs do not compete with top universities, the focus on another segment in the business of identifying talent. They will be successful only if they provide top instruction at Harvard level.
Open Source does not focus on the economical elite, it is open to whoever has the talent, will and discipline of taking advantage of it. Now imagine this last statement on developing professionals that have the talent, will and discipline to take advantage of MOOCs.
I strongly disagree with your first presumption: "1) The problem with most universities around the world is that most teachers do no add real value to the education process, they just repeat content in a way similar to a virtual course."
We know from experience (as do many MOOC providers now, after experiences the excruciatingly low completion rates in their courses) that most students require the participation and guidance of an excellent instructor to succeed. Personally, as a student and an educator, I have found this to be true in both the traditional brick-and-mortar universities, and in online learning.
Of course the MOOC (which for all intents and purposes thus far, is a library, a repository for often great information) so far has been a good tool for from which great students may learn, but most students are not top-tier learners.
I have always been pro libraries. The more good information we can get out to the masses, the better! We also want to be sure address the needs of the masses, as well though, as they are the vast majority of students
Interesting article on NYTimes on the subject:
Thanks for sharing this article. It suggests (as I do) that adding an actual teacher to the equation will bolster the currently floundering MOOC (Coursera), and hopefully help to change it from a library to an actual course:
"The learning hubs represent a new stage in the evolution of "massive open online courses," or MOOCs, and address two issues: the lack of reliable Internet access in some countries, and the growing conviction that students do better if they can discuss course materials, and meet at least occasionally with a teacher or facilitator."
Very good article. I love the comparison of the online service like edx and coursera to open source software!
Thank you for this great article!
Interesting book chapter on the same topic.
Title: Use of Open Source Software and Virtualization in Academia to Enhance Higher Education Everywhere
Abstract: As costs around the world continue to rise for education, institutions must become innovative in the ways they teach and grow students. To do this effectively, professors and administrative staff should push toward the utilization of Open Source Software (OSS) and virtual tools to enhance or supplement currently available tools. In developing countries, OSS applications would allow students the ability to learn critical technological skills for success at small fraction of the cost. OSS also provides faculty members the ability to dissect source code and prepare students for low-level software development. It is critical that all institutions look at alternatives in providing training and delivering educational material regardless of limitations going forward as the world continues to be more global due to the increased use of technologies everywhere. Doing this could provide a means of shortening the education gap in many countries. Through reviewing the available technology, possible implementations of these technologies, and the application of these items in graduate coursework could provide a starting point in integrating these tools into academia. When administrators or faculty debate the possibilities of OSS, gaming, and simulation tools, this applied research provides a guide for changing the ability to develop students that will be competitive on a global level.
Link to book chapter: http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=i7a...


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As they used to say in my old neighborhood, "that's no fair."
Now you might have thought that with my Irish name and semi-Irish heritage, I would be blogging about Patrick's Feast today. Well, I've looked around and it appears that everyone, up to and including the Pope, has that pretty well covered.
So….let's turn to the big story on St. Joseph – from his place in Scripture to some nice ways to observe his feast, besides attending Mass: what to cook and what to bake, a song or two and, of course, the connection between him and the return of the swallows to Capistrano on March 19. I've discovered that it's customary to eat fish on Joseph's feast, wherever day it falls on the calendar.
And by the way, St. Joseph actually is a more important saint than Patrick. I heard this myself in my parish church on Sunday. It's that great big one on Fifth Avenue and 50th Street.
So Happy St. Joseph's Day to you and prayerful thanks to this strong, quiet man for being a role model for husbands and fathers.


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STEUBENVILLE - Two second half scoring bursts made the difference Tuesday as Steubenville knocked off Oak Glen, 53-39, and advanced to the finals of the Wheeling Hospital OVAC Class 4A tournament.
Phil Casinelli's top-seeded crew will play the survivor of tonight's Martins Ferry-Union Local clash at 3 p.m. Saturday for the conference crown. The title game is scheduled for Ohio University's Eastern campus in St. Clairsville.
"It definitely is a nice win for our program," Casinelli said. "I'm so proud of our girls. This is a great accomplishment for them. They work hard and they earned it.
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Oak Glen's Jessica Stivason shoots against Steubenville on Tuesday. (Photo by Mike Mathison)
"We'll enjoy this for maybe a day. We'll find how who our opponent will be then we'll get to work and come up with a game plan."
The trip to the OVAC championship contest will be Big Red's first in four years.
Big Red, now 14-7, and Oak Glen went toe to toe during the first 16 minutes. The Golden Bears used baskets by Jessica Stivason, Casey Patterson and Kaitlyn Herstine to grab a 14-10 advantage after one quarter.
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Big Red 53, Oak Glen 39
ST (53): E. Masloski 3 3-4 10; H. Masloski 3 1-2 9; Young 3 0-0 6; Wilson 0 0-0 0; Barker 7 4-11 18; Rice 2 0-0 4; Bodo 0 1-2 1; Taylor 2 0-0 5. TOTALS: 20 9-19 53. 3-pointers: H, Masloski (2), E. Masloski, Taylor; Rebounds: 22 (Barker 9); Turnovers: 16.
OG (39): Alex Arnott 1 0-0 2; Alyson Snow 0 0-0 0; Casey Patterson 1 0-0 2; Brie Evans 1 2-2 4; Logan Andrews 1 1-2 3; Kaitlyn Herstine 1 0-0 2; Tori Feicht 4 0-0 8; Vanessa Hissam 4 0-3 8; Karly Wiley 0 0-0 0; Jessica Stivason 4 2-2 10. TOTALS: 17 5-9 39.
Three-point field goals:?Steubenville -?4 (H. Masloski 2, E. Masloski, Taylor); Oak Glen -?none.
Lysiah Rice and Hannah Masloski recorded back-to-back hoops to give Big Red a 22-20 lead at the intermission. The contest, played inside The Crimson Center, featured five opening half lead changes. Scott Wiley's Oak Glen club connected on seven of its first 12 field goal tries and shot 50 percent (10 for 20) for the half.
The hosts led 30-27 midway through the third before staging their initial scoring run. Rice got things rolling when she scored from the lane. The Masloski sisters (Hannah and Emiley) then drained consecutive triples and Big Red was up 38-27. It was 38-29 Big Red heading into the final eight minutes.
Oak Glen wasn't about to go away quietly. Vanessa Hissam, Stivanson and Tori Feicht all scored to open the fourth and slice the Big Red lead to 38-35. Points by Mytia Baker and E. Masloski put the score at 43-35. Oak Glen's Alex Arnott recorded a pair before Big Red put the semifinal win on ice with a second 8-0 burst.
Barker turned consecutive E. Masloski passes into points then the two juniors each sank a pair of free throws. Barker scored 10 of her team's 17 fourth stanza markers.
After shooting well in the first half, the Golden Bears were just seven for 24 during the final quarters and were guilty of 12 turnovers.
"Their pressure hurt us and we didn't handle the ball well," Wiley noted. "We had some open shots but we couldn't get the ball in the hole. They play tough man to man defense and we knew that coming. There's a reason why they're number one in the OVAC."
Barker led Big Red in scoring with 18 and also collected nine of her team's 22 rebounds.
E. Masloski, still not at full strength due to an injury, added 10 and dished out five assists. H. Masloski added nine and three assists.
Stivason, who canned her first four shots, paced Oak Glen, now 9-8, with 10 points. Feicht and Hissam each had eight. The Golden Bears had 30 rebounds, Hissam getting nine and also blocking five shots.
"We made it to the semifinals the last three years and it definitely is a good experience for our girls," Wiley said. "We need to keep them hungry and work to get a higher seed. We have always been the number four seed.
"We still have a few games left before our tournament. We'll fight back and keep working."
Oak Glen will play the loser of the Martins Ferry-Union Local game on Thursday.


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T he Flowertown Garden Club Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is planned for Dec. 3 on the plaza in front of Summerville Town Hall. The treelighting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. but the crowd traditionally gathers earlier to enjoy the pre-program concert.This year's musical performances begin at 6 p.m. with the Lower School Chorus from Pinewood Preparatory School under the direction of Erin Bromley.
The Summerville Brass Ensemble of the Summerville High School band will perform under the direction of Leslie Gilreath and Dr. Justin Clarkson.
The program will kickoff with a welcome by Flowertown Garden Club President Janice Messex followed by the invocation by Rev. Bob Howell, senior minister at Bethany United Methodist Church.
A musical selection from the Summerville High School Chorus under the direction of Joe Ford will be followed by the introduction of Mayor Bill Collins by Messex.
Collins will offer remarks and then give the word for the lights to be turned on.
The Lowcountry Saxophone Choir and the Pinewood Lower School Chorus will perform a selection of Christmas music.
The event will close with the singing of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," which traditionally is sung by all in attendance.
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