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05/02/2012 Signed Matt Leinart to one year contract
04/29/2012 Signed Conroy Black, Kaelin Burnett, Derek Carrier, Brandon Carswell, Dominique Hamilton, Aaron Henry, Marquett King, Lucas Nix, Thomas Mayo and Chaz Powell to reserve/future contracts
04/28/2012 Drafted LB Miles Burris, Jack Crawford, WR Juron Criner, DT Christo Bilukidi and LB Nathan Stupar
04/27/2012 Drafted OL Tony Bergstrom
04/12/2012 Signed TE Andre Hardy to a 3 year reserve/future contract.
04/06/2012 Signed DE Dave Tollefson to 2 year deal.
04/02/2012 Released WR Derrick Jones (cut)
03/30/2012 Signed LB Philip Wheeler to one year deal; Traded G/T Bruce Campbell to Carolina, received RB Mike Goodson
03/22/2012 Signed DB Pat Lee to one year deal
03/22/2012 Re-signed T Kahlif Barnes
03/19/2012 Re-signed G Cooper Carlisle, signed CB Shawtae Spencer
03/16/2012 Signed CB Ronald Bartell, signed G Mike Brisiel
03/16/2012 Released LB Kamerion Wimbley (cut)
03/14/2012 Released G Cooper Carlisle (cut), Released DT John Henderson (failed physical)
03/13/2012 Released TE Kevin Boss (cut)
03/09/2012 Released S Hiram Eugene (failed physical), released CB Chris Johnson (cut)
03/09/2012 Restructure agreement with LB Aaron Curry
03/09/2012 Restructure agreement with QB Carson Palmer
03/07/2012 Restructure agreement with FS Michael Huff, Restructure agreement with DT Richard Seymour
03/01/2012 Designated SS Tyvon Branch as Franchise Player
02/17/2012 Senior Executive John Herrera retires
02/16/2012 Former squad development coach Willie Brown retained in undefined defensive assistant role
02/16/2012 Signed DB Brandon Underwood
02/14/2012 Clayton Lopez hired as defensive backs coach
02/13/2012 Terrell Williams hired as defensive line coach
02/12/2012 Johnny Lynn hired as defensive backs coach and Mark Hutson hired as tight ends coach
02/09/2012 Released CB Stanford Routt
02/09/2012 Johnny Holland hired as linebackers coach and Kieth Burns as assistant special teams coach
02/08/2012 John Difillipo hired as quarterbacks coach
02/08/2012 Al Saunders retained as Senior Offensive Assistant with contract extension through 2013
02/07/2012 Ted Gilmore hired as Wide Receivers coach
02/06/2012 Jason Tarver hired as Defensive Coordinator
02/02/2012 Former offensive assistant Eric Sanders hired as Defensive Quality Control coach, and Justin Griffith hired as Offensive Quality Control coach
02/01/2012 Steve Hoffman hired as Special Teams Coordinator
02/01/2012 Steve Wisniewski retained as Assistant Offensive Line coach
02/01/2012 Frank Pollack hired as Offensive Line coach
01/31/2012 Al Miller hired as Strength and Conditioning coach and John Greico as Assistant Stength and Conditioning coach
01/31/2012 Kelly Skipper retained as Running Backs coach
01/31/2012 Greg Knapp hired as Offensive Coordinator
01/24/2012 Dennis Allen hired as head coach
01/17/2012 Team does not renew the contracts of Defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan, Offensive line coach Bob Wylie, Tight Ends coach Adam Henry, Wide Receivers coach Sanjay Lal, Defensive line coach Mike Waufle, Linebackers coach Greg Biekert, Assistant linebackers coach Ricky Hunley, Assistant coach- safeties Kevin Ross, Assistant coach- cornerbacks Rod Woodson, Squad development Willie Brown, Special Teams coordinator John Fassel, and Strength and conditioning coach Brad Roll
01/10/2012 Fired Head Coach Hue Jackson
01/09/2012 Hired Reggie McKenzie as General Manager
01/09/2012 Signed RB Rashawn Jackson to a Reserve/Future contract
01/06/2012 Signed QB Rhett Bomar, DE Hall Davis, DB Curtis Taylor to reserve/future contract
01/03/2012 Signed DT Jamie Cumbie, OL Zach Hurd, DE Carl Ihenacho, NT Travis Ivey, DB Terrail Lambert, WR Eddie McGee, RB Lonyae Miller, and G Alex Parsons to reserve/future contract
12/19/2011 Signed NT Travis Ivey to practice squad
12/17/2011 Signed DE Mason Brodine to the active roster
12/17/2011 Placed CB Chris Johnson on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list
12/07/2011 Signed RB Lonyae Miller and LB Carl Ihenacho to the practice squad
12/06/2011 Released TE Kevin Brock and LB Jeremy Leman from practice squad
11/17/2011 Signed DB Bryan McCann
11/17/2011 Placed CB Chimdi Chekwa on Injured Reserve
11/15/2011 Signed DB Terrail Lambert to practice squad
11/10/2011 Waived S Chinedum Ndukwe
11/10/2011 Signed S Jerome Boyd to active roster
11/02/2011 Waived WR Derek Hagan
11/01/2011 Signed WR TJ Houshmandzadeh
10/31/2011 Signed CB Lito Sheppard
10/25/2011 Waived K Dave Rayner
10/22/2011 Signed K Dave Rayner, waived DB Ron Parker
10/19/2011 Signed S Jerome Boyd to practice squad
10/19/2011 Signed OL Zach Hurd to practice squad
10/19/2011 Placed DE Matt Shaughnessy on Injured Reserve
10/18/2011 Acquired QB Carson Palmer via trade with Cincinnati in exchange for 2012 round one draft choice and 2013 round two draft choice (conditional round one draft choice)
10/18/2011 Signed S Chinedum Ndukwe, waived S Jerome Boyd and released RB Nic Grigsby from the practice squad.
10/17/2011 Waived DB Joe Porter
10/14/2011 Waived LB Bruce Davis II
10/13/2011 Acquired LB Aaron Curry via trade with Seattle in exchange for 2012 round seven draft choice and conditional 2013 round five draft choice.
10/09/2011 Managing general partner Al Davis passes on, Mark Davis assumes ownership duties
10/08/2011 Signed FB Manase Tonga to active roster
10/08/2011 Placed LB Ricky Brown on injured reserve
10/05/2011 Signed RB Nic Grigsby to practice squad
09/30/2011 Signed DB Ron Parker to active roster
09/30/2011 Waived WR Nick Miller
09/26/2011 Signed DB Ron Parker to practice squad
09/26/2011 Released CB Sterling Moore from practice squad
09/04/2011 Signed LB Ricky Brown
09/04/2011 Waived OT Seth Wand
09/04/2011 Signed to practice squad: TE Kevin Brock, DE Mason Brodine, DT Jamie Cumbie, LB Jeremy Leman, WR Eddie McGee, CB Sterling Moore, OL Alex Parsons, FB Manase Tonga
09/03/2011 QB Terrelle Pryor placed on the reserve/suspended list
09/03/2011 Termination of vested veteran: WR Shaun Bodiford, QB Trent Edwards, S Matt Giordano, G Daniel Loper, CB Lito Sheppard, LB Sam Williams
09/03/2011 Waived/Injured: WR Shawn Bayes, G Roy Shuening, CB Jeremy Ware
09/03/2011 Waived: TE Kevin Brock, DE Mason Brodine, DB Stevie Brown, DT Jamie Cumbie, LB Chris Francis, LB Bani Gbadyu, DT Derrick Hill, DE Tommie Hill, WR Chad Jackson, LB J Leman, CB Walter McFadden, WR Eddie McGee, CB Sterling Moore, P Glenn Pakulak, G Alex Parsons, RB Louis Rankin, FB Manase Tonga
09/01/2011 Waived/injured FB James McCluskey and re-signed DT Derrick Hill
08/31/2011 Signed LB Jeremy Leman
08/31/2011 Waived S Zac Etheridge
08/31/2011 Placed OL Lou Eliades on injured reserve
08/30/2011 Waived FB Bryson Kelly, OL Ben Lamaak, WR Damola Adeniji, WR Steve Goulet, S Josh Bullocks, DT Derrick Hill and OL Lou Eliades
08/30/2011 Placed OL Alan Pelc and LB Travis Goethel on Injured Reserve.
08/26/2011 Signed CB Lito Sheppard
08/26/2011 Waived QB Jordan LeSecla and OL Alan Pelc
08/25/2011 Signed QB Terrelle Pryor to 4 year contract SD3-11
08/22/2011 Selected QB Terrelle Pryor with pick #74 (Round 3) in NFL Supplemental draft
08/15/2011 Signed S Josh Bullocks and S Matt Giordano
08/15/2011 Placed S Hiram Eugene on injured reserve
08/10/2011 Waived T Cody Habben, placed WR Derrick Jones on Injured Reserve
08/09/2011 OG Justin Smiley retires
08/09/2011 Waived WR Derrick Jones
08/06/2011 Signed WR Derek Hagan, WR Chad Jackson, WR Shawn Bayes, and FB Bryson Kelly
08/06/2011 Re-signed RB Michael Bush
08/05/2011 Signed TE Kevin Boss
08/03/2011 Signed LB Darryl Blackstock
08/02/2011 Re-Signed C Samson Satele
08/02/2011 Signed OT Seth Wand, OG Justin Smiley, and OL Stephon Heyer.
08/01/2011 Re-signed LB Kamerion Wimbley
07/31/2011 Re-signed FS Michael Huff
07/30/2011 Signed QB Trent Edwards
07/30/2011 Re-signed LB Sam Williams, OT Khalif Barnes, FB Marcel Reece, DT Desmond Bryant, LB Bruce Davis Jr
07/30/2011 Signed undrafted free agent DT Derrick Hill
07/29/2011 Signed undrafted free agent OT Cody Habben
07/29/2011 Waived LB Quentin Scott
07/29/2011 Re-signed LS/LB Jon Condo and DE Jarvis Moss
07/28/2011 Signed T Joseph Barksdale D3-11
07/28/2011 Signed undrafted free agents: WR Steve Goulet, WR Derrick Jones, WR Edward McGee, QB Jordan La Secla, CB Sterling Moore, FB James McCluskey, S Zac Etheridge, LB Chris Francis, LB Bani Gbadyu, OL Lou Eliades, OL Ben Lamaak, OL Alan Pelc, DT Jamie Cumbie, DL Mason Brodine
07/28/2011 Signed C Stefen Wisniewski D2-11, DB DeMarcus Van Dyke D3-11, CB Chimdi Chekwa D4-11, WR Denarius Moore D5-11, TE Richard Gordon D6-11, WR David Ausberry D7-11
07/27/2011 Signed RB Taiwan Jones D4-11
04/30/2011 Selected TE/WR David Ausberry (USC) with pick #241 (Round 7 compensatory) in NFL Draft
04/30/2011 Selected TE Richard Gordon (Miami) with pick #181 (Round 6) in NFL Draft
04/30/2011 Selected WR Denarius Moore (Tennessee) with pick #148 (Round 5) in NFL Draft
04/30/2011 Selected RB Taiwan Jones (Eastern Washington) with pick #125 (Round 4) in NFL Draft
04/30/2011 Selected CB Chimdi Chekwa (Ohio State) with pick #113 (Round 4) in NFL Draft
04/29/2011 Selected OT Joseph Barksdale (LSU) with pick #92 (Round 3) in NFL Draft
04/29/2011 Selected CB Demarcus Van Dyke (Miami) with pick #81 (Round 3) in NFL Draft
04/29/2011 Raiders traded a 2011 7th round draft pick (#219 overall) and a 2nd round pick in 2012 to New England for a 2011 3rd round pick (#92 overall) and a 2011 4th round pick (#125 overall)
04/29/2011 Selected C Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State) with pick #48 (Round 2) in NFL Draft
03/01/2011 Signed S Jerome Boyd
02/25/2011 Re-signed RB Rock Cartwright
02/24/2011 Re-signed CB Stanford Routt
02/24/2011 LB Kamerion Wimbley designated Franchise Player
02/16/2011 Re-signed DT Richard Seymour
02/14/2011 Rod Woodson hired as assistant defensive backs coach
02/08/2011 Greg Biekert named linebackers coach
02/01/2011 Chuck Bresnahan hired as defensive assistant
01/30/2011 Bob Wylie hired as offensive line coach
01/27/2011 Steve Wisniewski hired as assistant offensive line coach
01/20/2011 Al Saunders hired as offensive coordinator
01/18/2011 Hue Jackson named head coach
01/05/2011 Reserve/Future signing P Glenn Pakulak
01/04/2011 Reserve/Future signings WR
01/04/2011 Coach contracts not renewed: Defensive Coordinator John Marshall, linebackers coach Mike Haluchak, quarterbacks coach Ted Tollner, quartebacks coach Paul Hackett, offensive line coach Jim Michalczik and assistant offensive line coach Chris Morgan.
01/04/2011 Head Coach Tom Cable contract not renewed
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Softball Hosts Miami For Games Saturday And Sunday
► THIS WEEK IN BALL STATE SOFTBALL: The Ball State softball team will host its Mid-American Conference travel partner this weekend when Miami visits the BSU Softball Complex for single games Saturday (2 pm) and Sunday (1 pm).
► FOLLOW THE ACTION: Ball State fans can follow this weekend's action with live stats available at BallStateSports.com ... WCRD 91.3 FM continues its coverage this weekend, with Torey Fox, Jake Bartelson and Alexis Williams calling the action live from the BSU Softball Complex for WCRD and BallStateSports.com ... Fans can also get regular updates by following the team on Twitter: @BallStateSB - Instagram: ballstatesb - Facebook: BallStateSoftball
► CARDINALS ALL-TIME: The Ball State softball program enters the Miami series with an 881-931-4 (.486) all-time record in 39-plus seasons of play ... Established as a varsity program in 1975, Ball State has won four Mid-American Conference regular season titles (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013), two MAC Tournament championships (1998 and 2010) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice (1998 and 2010).
► IN THE MAC PART 1: The Ball State softball team is 362-378-1 (.489) all-time in Mid-American Conference action ... The Cardinals best two seasons, based on winning percentage, came in 2009 and 2013 when BSU went 18-3 (.857) ... Ball State has claimed four (2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013) of the last five MAC Regular Season titles and won the 1998 and 2010 MAC Tournaments to earn the only two NCAA Regional berths in program history.
► IN THE MAC PART 2: From 2009 through last weekend's MAC action, the Cardinals have proven to be one of the league's premier programs by racking up a 90-25 (.783) record in league play ... Kent State has the second-best league record during the span at 75-41 (.647), while this weekend's opponent Miami is third at 74-50 (.597).
► HEAD COACH TYRA PERRY: A two-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (2009 & 2013), Tyra Perry was named the eighth head coach in Ball State softball history Aug. 6, 2013 ... Perry enters the weekend series versus Miami with a 369-360-1 (.506) career record, including a 27-16 ledger so far in her first season at Ball State ... Perry's biggest win to date with the Cardinals was a 3-0 victory at then-No. 3 Arizona State (March 2) ... Prior to coming to Ball State, Perry had six-year head coaching stints at both Western Kentucky (2008-13) and Birmingham-Southern (2002-07) ... In 2013, Perry guided WKU to the program's first-ever NCAA Regional appearance and to a final ranking of 26th in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), the highest final ranking in program history ... The Lady Toppers also posted the program's first 40-plus win season (43-18) under Perry's tutelage in 2013, and earned its first SBC regular season title with a 20-3 league record.
► SCOUTING THE CARDINALS: Ball State enters Saturday's game versus Miami with a 27-16 (7-3 MAC) record after posting a 4-2 mark last week ... The Cardinals split a Wednesday doubleheader at Indiana (L, 2-3 / W, 6-3) and a Friday twinbill versus MAC foe Akron (L, 2-4 / W, 15-2 in 5 inn.), before closing out the weekend with a pair of wins over league-leading Ohio Saturday (10-0 in 5 inn.) and Sunday (7-0) ... The Cardinals are the top batting team in the MAC with a .324 average, and also lead the league in runs scored (246), hits (382), doubles (75) and home runs (50) ... Senior left fielder Jennifer Gilbert leads the league in nearly every offensive category entering the week, including batting average (.420), slugging percentage (.969), on base percentage (.513), runs scored (46), runs batted in (54), home runs (17) and total bases (127) ... Sophomore center fielder Briana Evans is second on the squad and third in the MAC with a .392 batting average ... In the circle, sophomore Kelsey Schifferdecker paces the squad with a 13-5 record and has three complete game shutouts on the year ... Schifferdecker also has a team-best 3.29 ERA over 121.1 innings of work and has struck out 62 batters.
► RPI UPDATE: Based on the strength of its 27-16 record entering the week, the Ball State softball team is ranked 72nd in the latest NCAA RPI rankings released April 21 ... The Cardinals have played 17 games versus top 100 teams and own a 6-11 record in those games ... BSU's average RPI loss this season is 74 ... Kent State is the highest-ranked MAC team at 48th, followed by Ball State.
► SCOUTING MIAMI (RPI - 213): The RedHawks enter the weekend with an 18-23 overall record, including a 6-8 mark in MAC action ... Miami went 1-3 in league play last week, dropping both ends of a Friday doubleheader versus Ohio by scores of 1-0 (9 inn.) and 4-3 ... The RedHawks picked up a 3-0 win over Akron Saturday, while the Zips answered with a 3-0 win Sunday ... Taylor Shuey leads Miami with a .326 batting average and 23 runs scored ... Bree Lipscomb is the top slugger on the team with 18 doubles and eight home runs, she also has a team-best 35 RBI ... Paige Myers is Miami's top pitcher, boasting an 8-7 record in the circle with a 2.89 ERA over 89.2 innings of work ... Myers is also holding opponents to a .261 average and has tallied 76 strikeouts on the year ... The RedHawks are batting .273 as a team, while opponents are slightly better at .274 ... Miami has been out-scored 171-to-162 this season ... Ball State holds a 49-42 lead in the all-time series versus Miami, including wins in six of the last nine meetings ... Last season, the RedHawks took the first game of an April 21 doubleheader by a score of 3-1, before the Cardinals rallied for a 6-0 win in the nightcap.
► LEADING THE NATION: Jennifer Gilbert enters the week as the NCAA Division I active career leader in RBI (239), runs scored (207), doubles (62) and home runs (73), all of which are also MAC career records ... Gilbert's 239 career RBI are 32 ahead of the next closest player, Alabama's Kaila Hunt ... Her 73 career home runs are seven ahead of Oklahoma junior Lauren Chamberlain, while her 207 career runs scored are nine ahead of Arizona State's Alix Johnson ... Gilbert's 62 career doubles are one ahead of Harvard's Kasey Lange and just five more than her Ball State classmate first baseman Taylor Rager in fourth at 54 ... Gilbert also enters the week ranked fourth in career hits (269), seventh in slugging percentage (.823), eighth in at bats (693) and 22nd in triples (10) among active NCAA Division I players.
► IN THE TOP 10: With home runs against Indiana and Akron last week, Jennifer Gilbert moved into a tie for eighth on the NCAA Division I career home run list at 73 ... Gilbert, who is already the NCAA career home run leader among Canadian-born players, needs four homers to pass Arizona's Jenny Dalton (1993-96) for seventh all-time ... Former UCLA slugger Stacey Nuveman (1997, 99, 2001-02) is the NCAA Division I career home leader with 90 long balls ... Gilbert also enters the week ranked ninth in NCAA Division I history with a .823 career slugging percentage, which includes all active players meeting the minimum requirements (250 career at bats).
► THE RAGER FACTOR: In addition to being the program's record holder for career double plays turned at 64, Taylor Rager is also close to the top in nearly every career offensive category ... Rager is currently fourth in program history with a .350 career batting average ... Her 167 career RBI are second in both BSU and MAC annals, while her 56 career doubles are third in both BSU and MAC history ... Rager also ranks third in program history in home runs (34) and fifth in hits (220).
► WALK IT OUT: Taylor Rager became just the sixth player in Mid-American Conference history to draw 100 career walks when she was issued a free pass in the third inning of the April 5 win over Toledo ... She enters the week ranked second in program history and fourth in MAC annals with 109 career walks ... Jennifer Gilbert is tied for 11th in league history with 87 career walks, while senior third baseman Audrey Bickel is tied for 13th at 84 ... The only other active MAC players ranked in the top 15 on the league's career walks chart are Ohio senior Raven King (84) and Miami senior Kayla Ledbetter (84) who are both tied with Bickel.
► WINNING IN THE CIRCLE: In picking up her 28th career pitching victory in last Sunday's 7-0 win over league-leading Ohio, sophomore Kelsey Schifferdecker moved into 10th on Ball State's career wins list ... Sophomore pitcher Nicole Steinbach is not far behind, as she is tied for 12th with 25 career pitching wins in a Ball State uniform ... Elizabeth Milian (2007-10) is the program's all-time wins leader at 85 ... Steinbach also enters the weekend tied for third in BSU annals with five career saves.
► Ball State posted a 3-0 win at then-No. 3 Arizona State March 2, marking the highest-ranked opponent the Cardinals have defeated since a 2-1 victory at then-No. 3 Missouri March 19, 2010.
► In MAC-only games, the Cardinals pace the league in batting average (.324), earned run average (1.72) and fielding percentage (.975).
► Through Ball State's first 10 league games, Jennifer Gilbert paces all league batters with a .552 (16-for-29) batting average and a 1.069 slugging percentage ... She has also drawn six walks and been hit by a pitch twice for a league-best .649 on base percentage.
► Sophomore designated player Sammi Cowger has also put together a solid league season, ranking second among league players in MAC-only contests with a .450 (9-for-20) batting average ... She blasted her first career home run in last Friday's 15-2 (5 inn.) win over Akron, and also has a pair of doubles ... Cowger is also second in the MAC-only contest with a .577 on base percentage, having been walked and hit by a pitch three times each.
► Kelsey Schifferdecker enters the weekend ranked second in league-only games with a 1.53 ERA, while Nicole Steinbach is fourth at 1.75
► Jennifer Gilbert, Taylor Rager and Audrey Bickel entered the week ranked 1-2-3 in total bases among all league players ... Gilbert's 127 total bases are first in the conference by a wide margin, with Rager in second (86) and Bickel third (84) ... BSU's three starting seniors also rank 1-3-4 in RBI, once again led by Gilbert (54) ... Bickel is third (39) and Rager is fourth (35).
► Of Briana Evans' 49 hits this season, 27 have been either infield hits or bunt singles ... Evans is also tied for ninth in the MAC with 10 stolen bases this season.
► Briana Evans leads the league with five triples this season, with all five coming in BSU victories ... Her first triple came in a 7-1 win over Morehead State (Feb. 22) ... Her second came in a 12-0 (5 inn.) win over Alabama A&M (March 14) ... She posted triples in back-to-back games versus North Dakota State (6-4) and UMKC (8-0, 5 inn.) March 22 ... Her latest triple came in Ball State's 10-0 (5 inn.) win over Ohio (April 19).
► Junior right fielder Loren Cihlar remains the top base stealer in program history based on percentage, with a .906 (29-for-32) rate of success over her career ... She is 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts this season, earning her first swipe of the year versus Virginia Tech (Feb. 16).
► After serving mainly as a pinch hitter/runner last season, sophomore Emily Dabkowski has stepped nicely into the starting role at second base for the Cardinals in 2014 ... She has reached base safely in 37 of Ball State's 43 games and put together a career-best 10-game hitting streak starting versus No. 3 Arizona State (March 2) and ending following a single versus No. 23 Auburn (March 15).
► Emily Dabkowski drove in what proved to be the game-winning run versus No. 3 Arizona State (March 2) with a two-out RBI single through the left side in the top of the seventh inning ... She also showed a flair for the dramatic versus Murray State (Feb. 22), blasting an eighth inning walk-off two-run homer over the left-center field wall to give BSU the 5-3 victory ... In BSU's 7-4 win at Northern Illinois (April 11), Dabkowski blasted her first career grand slam with two outs in the seventh inning to drive in what proved to be the game-winning run ... Dabkowski added another game-winning home run at Indiana (April 16), blasting a three-run shot with one out in the seventh inning.
► Overall, Emily Dabkowski has helped account for 11 game-winning runs this season, including scoring the winning run six times and adding five game-winning RBI ... Jennifer Gilbert is first on the squad, accounting for 12 game winning runs, with nine game-winning RBI and six game-winning runs scored (three of which were on her own home runs and are factored out) ... Six of Gilbert's MAC-leading 17 home runs this season have produced game-winning RBI, while three of Dabkowski's six home runs have provided game-winning runs.
► Lauren Schroeder blasted a three-run, pinch-hit home run with two outs in the third inning of the April 5 win over Toledo ... It was her eighth career home run and fourth career three-run blast ... Of her eight career home runs, five have been pinch-hit bombs, including a walk-off grand slam to cap last season's run rule of Butler (April 9, 2013).
► Ball State's defense collected three double plays last week, raising its season total to 19 ... The Cardinals entered the week ranked first in the league and 22nd nationally with a 0.44 double plays-per-game average ... Last season, Ball State ranked fourth nationally with a 0.56 double plays per game average, turning 30 double plays in 54 games.
► Uniform Watch 2014: Ball State enters the Miami series with a 10-2 record in its white uniform, a 13-9 mark in its black uniform, a 4-4 ledger in its grey uniform and a 0-1 mark in its red tops.

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Evan Rachel Wood Pictures and Biography
Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again. She made her debut as a leading film actress in Little Secrets (2002) and became well known after her transition to a more adult-oriented Golden Globe-nominated role in the teen drama film Thirteen (2003).
Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including Pretty Persuasion (2005), Down in the Valley (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), and in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007). Wood's acting has drawn critical praise, and she has been described by The Guardian newspaper as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation." Wood was in a relationship with singer Marilyn Manson, to whom she was engaged until August 2010.


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MARTINSBURG - There's good news to report locally, because about 1,100 people now have health insurance as a result of Shenandoah Community Health Center employees' efforts during the new Affordable Care Act's first enrollment period that ended March 31.
That number includes coverage obtained through Medicaid expansion as well as the Health Insurance Marketplace, said Sara Koontz, Shenandoah's health care enrollment coordinator who worked with a team of six certified application staff members to make this happen.
"What that number doesn't reflect is that many people came back to us multiple times, because that's just what it took to get them through this process. It might take three or four appointments for us to get someone enrolled in a plan," Koontz said.
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Shenandoah Community Health Center employees Sara Koontz and Heather Wilson recently attended the "State of Enrollment Conference" held in Washington, D.C.
"You have to remember that we had a lot of people who'd never had health insurance before, so consequently they weren't aware of terms like co-pay, so they definitely didn't know what it meant when a provider was in or out of their network," she said.
"We also had to look at how often they need to go to the doctor and whether the prescriptions they used regularly were in the plan."
Enrollment team members also worked to help new enrollees understand what it means to have health insurance coverage, urging them to get a primary care physician who'll provide preventive care instead of routinely going to the emergency room, Koontz said.
Overall, it was a big step forward, especially for many working people who were now qualified for coverage thanks to the Medicaid expansion - people (and sometimes entire families) who didn't have health coverage before, she said.
However, the new law didn't provide reasonably priced insurance for everyone, said Koontz, who has since learned this is a nationwide challenge that's termed the "family glitch."
"Essentially what can happen is that families can be priced out of health insurance in certain situations, because they can't afford the employer insurance being offered from their job and they also can't get financial help from the government to purchase private health insurance on their own," she said.
This kind of problem stems from the federal government's definition of affordable and who it applies to, Koontz said.
"If a husband's employer offers insurance to him, it is considered affordable by the federal government standards - is 9.5 percent or less of his income. And if his wife is able to get on that policy, even though it might cost a lot more for her than that to get on, it is still considered affordable for their family. As a result, she is not eligible for a subsidy or assistance on the marketplace for health insurance," she said.
In this way, some families were facing having to pay 20 percent of their income for health insurance due to this problematic clause in the new law, Koontz said.
"And that is simply not affordable. It really is a loophole families are falling into because it is considered affordable for the primary individual being insured, but that same assumption is being made for anyone else who's added on, and as a result they can't get other assistance to help pay for health care," she said.
Individuals who make too much for Medicaid but still meet the federal poverty level likely qualify and don't have a problem getting marketplace coverage. These people also often qualify for a cost-sharing reduction that means lower monthly premiums and lower deductibles on a silver plan, Koontz said.
But some families haven't been as fortunate, she said.
"They fall over that amount and are in the middle because of the amount of money that they make, their age and whether or not they are a smoker. So we have seen cases like this where their deductible was still not affordable to them because it might be $5,000 on the bronze plan, and the premium a couple hundred dollars a month. And that's not something they can handle," Koontz said.
"Some people have told us they can't do it, they will just have to pay the penalty. And they can't afford a couple hundred dollars a month, so this is basically offering them catastrophic coverage when they are looking for something more comprehensive," she said.
Attending the "State of Enrollment Conference" held earlier this month in Washington, D.C., was an eye-opening experience because it was an opportunity to hear from policy-makers like former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as well as others at the state and local level who've been directly involved with implementing the Affordable Care Act, said Koontz, who was accompanied by fellow employee Heather Wilson.
Sponsored by Enroll America, the event attracted about 900 participants from places as far away as Alaska and Guam, she said.
Networking with others who had similar enrollment experiences was helpful, including people who'd also had problems with the family glitch, Koontz said.
"We began to see it wasn't just us, that it was a national problem and allowed us to ask where we are on getting this fixed? Would it be done in time for the next enrollment period that begins Nov. 15? So I think everyone is aware it is an issue, and we are told it is being worked on," she said.
Since the law is new and everyone is learning together, Koontz said it is easy to feel isolated from time to time.
"For example, there were some citizenship issues and challenges with that here. Issues such as people who'd lived here legally five years but didn't qualify for Medicaid, or if they were here and were not documented, they were not able to purchase an insurance plan," she said.
The good news is that help is available locally as a result of Shenandoah Community Health Center's sliding-fee schedule, Koontz said.
"I knew there were probably other places experiencing these kinds of situations, and at this conference I was able to hear how they were handling things in states like Texas and how other community services were being tapped as resources. It reinforced that we were doing the right thing," she said.
- Staff writer Jenni Vincent can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 131.


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African American Lives - Toledo
WNET's program AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES II provided the opportunity for WGTE to have a local individual's DNA tested so that a Toledo Story could be produced. The WGTE story revolves around Charlene Gilbert, the Director of the Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women at the University of Toledo. Gilbert, a nationally-known Public Television film maker, steps in front of the camera in order to localize the experience for Toledo audiences. Thanks to DNA evidence, Gilbert furthers her own understanding of her unique ancestry.
In conjunction with this special evening of programming, WGTE also presented Gilbert's film, HOMECOMING, about her own family history.


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An Island to Remember (Book 1)Photojournalist Noah Bennett has been running from himself forever. Covering war zones around the world has kept him away from his mistakes and, more important, from Sophie Rousseau, his high school sweetheart. But he's never forgotten her.He's returned to idyllic Mirabelle Island to heal, to finish his latest book...and to face Sophie again.Months after Noah escaped the island for college, Sophie
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Heavy rain and snowmelt prompted the National Weather Service in Portland to issue a flood watch late Friday afternoon for the lower portions of the Nehalem River near Foss.
A total of three to four inches of rain is expected to fall tonight, Saturday and Sunday, combined with melting snow that will push the river to flood stage and perhaps cause minor flooding tonight through Monday afternoon.
Officials said flooding was not expected on the upper Nehalem River at Vernonia, where flooding caused major damage last December. The river will see a significant rise through the weekend, however.
Check for flood updates.
Also Friday, the Northwest Avalanche Center in Seattle issued an extreme avalanche warning for the South Washington and Northern Oregon Cascades through the weekend.
The center warned that "widespread avalanches with large destructive slides" are possible, due to heavy snow and high winds during the past several days.
Officials said a snow slide buried cars at the Alpental Ski Area parking lot during an evacuation of the ski area Friday. Earlier in the day, an avalanche covered U.S. 2 east of Stevens Pass in 18 feet of snow.
The warning also said "this may be the greatest avalanche risk the Pacific Northwest has seen in 20 years or more!"
Check the latest avalanche report.
Heavy snow and the threat of avalanche danger also forced the closure of all three of Washington's major mountain passes Friday afternoon. Officials said it was the first time Stevens, White and Snoqualmie passes were closed at the same time in 11 years.
In Oregon, U.S. 20 was closed yet again Friday afternoon 23 miles east of Sweet Home by blowing and drifting snow.
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The Indians LOOGY turned long reliever tonight as Nick Hagadone threw 2.1 innings, striking out three and allowing just one hit. Hagadone came in for Trevor Bauer in the fifth and the Indians needed a few scoreless innings just to keep things within reaching distance. His one hit allowed was triple against his last batter faced as he threw 29 pitches (20 strikes) in his career high 2.1 innings.
Feathers Up
The game was slightly closer than the 5-2 score would appear. Three Indians hits (Nick Swisher and David Murphy's doubles along with Asdrubal Cabrera's single) all hit hard against outfield walls within a few feet of the top. Of these, only Swisher scored, so had they left the stadium the game would have been at least two runs closer.
Feathers Down
Indians outfielders showed the best and worst ways to play a ball off the outfield wall in the fourth inning as Trevor Bauer gave them plenty of chances with three of four consecutive batters hitting doubles deep into the outfield. After Kyle Seager bunted a single down the third base line against the shift, Corey Hart, Dustin Ackley and Chris Taylor doubled in the first four runs of the game. Ackley's double could have easily been a triple, but David Murphy noticed that it would hit an odd angle of the wall and rushed to his left to cut off the ball before it even made contact. On the other side, Dickerson attempted to catch the ball high off the left field wall, but was no where close as the ball bounced back towards the infield and away from Dickerson.
Trevor Bauer started the game off fine, but was knocked out quickly after giving up four in the fourth, as detailed above, and another in the fifth. In the end, he threw just 4.1 innings, striking out only two while hitting two batters and giving up five extra base hits. Six of his eight hits allowed came in his last inning and a third, during which he allowed all five runs.
Replay hurt the Indians twice tonight, although one of the calls appeared to be accurate. The Mariners scored their fifth run of the night on a Mike Zunino home run that hit the rail in left and was caught by a fan. While this play seemed to be correctly called, another home run later on was not. In the seventh, David Murphy smashed a liner to right that flew over the glove of Corey Hart and above the wall before ricocheting back into center field for a double. The play was reviewed, and despite evidence to the contrary it was called a double, costing the Indians a run.
Final Score: Cleveland Indians 2 – Seattle Mariners 5
On Deck: There will be a battle of aces in Cleveland tomorrow night with Corey Kluber facing the All-Star starting pitcher, Felix Hernandez at 7:05 PM.


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The festival, a staple at the Strongsville Historical Village for more than two decades, hearkens back to the harvests at the turn of the 20th century, with rope and candle making, pumpkins and squash for sale and a petting zoo full of farm animals.
The event also serves as the Strongsville Historical Society's biggest fundraiser of the year, which helps fund maintenance and restoration of the eight buildings on the grounds.
Rachele and Isabella Zona, of Strongsville, said they come to at least one day of the festival every year.
"Not all cities have a historical society and a harvest festival," Rachele said. Daughter Isabella, a 10th grader at Strongsville High School, finished the thought. "That makes it unique."
On the other end of the spectrum, this was Donna Dietz's first Harvest Festival.
"This is my first year in Strongsville," she said as her her 4-year-old grandson, Giovanni Garst, of Parma, giggled as he fed blades of grass to a sheep. "It's nice to see what's here."
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Now that the the 2011-2012 EPL campaign has ended and the domestic trophies have been awarded, it's a great time to reflect on the season that was.
From beginning to end, this last Premier League season was one of the most unpredictable on record. Beginning with Arsenal's dismal start, to Newcastle's amazing surge and Manchester City's eventual title winner scored in "Fergie time," the EPL offered up many surprises.
We now know that Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was awarded the Barclay's Player of the Season honor while Newcastle's Alan Pardew picked up the Manager of the Season award. Of course, we also know that Arsenal's Robin van Persie was the winner of the Golden Boot Award with 30 total goals.
While the following awards don't actually exist, here's a look at some of those that could have been awarded for the recent Premier League Season.


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"Symantec's report says that significant strides in file encryption technology is one of the main drivers of growth in the ransomware business. A record number of new strands, or families, of ransomware were detected in 2015 and about 80 percent of them were able to encrypt the files of the affected server."
07/19/16 Bradley Joseph Saacks, bloomberg.com
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"Spear phishing is the term for when a hacker sends you an email that pretends to be from someone you trust, but is in fact a scammer. 'The spear phisher thrives on familiarity. He knows your name, your email address, and at least a little about you,' security firm, Norton, warned."
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 22, 2016 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the global leader in cyber security, today revealed new research demonstrating how cybercriminal networks are taking advantage of lax Internet of Things (IoT) device security to spread malware and create zombie networks, or botnets, unbeknownst to their device owners. Read More >
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