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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 3, 2010) - The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team closed out the FIVB World Championship first round Pool C undefeated after defeating NORCECA rival Cuba 30-28, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23 in a nail-biter Wednesday evening at Matsumoto, Japan.
Team USA finished atop Pool C with a 5-0 record and takes zero losses into the second round crossover Pool F at Nagoya. The Americans, ranked second in the world by the FIVB, will face Pool B's fourth-place Czech Republic on Nov. 6 at a time to be determined. Cuba, ranked sixth in the world, finished the first round with a 2-3 record after losing its first two matches of the tournament. Cuba finished third in Pool C as it held the tiebreaker over Thailand and Croatia, which both finished 2-3. The U.S. has now defeated Cuba in all three matches between the two countries in 2010.
In the World Championship second round, the top four teams in first round Pools B and C crossover into Pool F and play teams from the opposite pool with first-round records versus remaining teams carrying over. Likewise, Pool A and Pool D crossover into Pool E for the second round. The top two teams in Pools E and F advance to the semifinal to be held Nov. 13 followed by the medal matches on Nov. 14. The third and fourth-place teams in the second round will play for fifth through eighth place in the final round held Nov. 13-14, while the fifth and sixth place teams in the second round will play for ninth through 12th place in the final round.
The U.S. rallied from a 23-21 deficit in the first set to Cuba to win 30-28 on its fifth set-point opportunity. The opening set had 17 ties and six lead changes. In the second set, Team USA scored three straight points to take a 21-17 lead and held on for a 25-23 victory. The Americans jumped to a 12-4 lead in the third set, but Cuba responded with a 12-3 run to take an 18-17 lead en route to a 25-22 victory in which the U.S. had 11 errors. In contrast to the third set, the USA came back from a 13-6 deficit with a 10-2 run taking a 16-15 advantage en route to winning 25-23.
"It was a battle," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "It was a tough match. I thought it was a very high level of volleyball from both sides. From our point of view, I think we made an uncharacteristically high number of unforced errors, and that has to change if we're going to be successful in the next round. We're happy to go through to the next phase of the competition and we're also very happy that Cuba's coming through with us. But for the USA, we have to get better and we have to get better quickly."
The U.S. had four players reach double-digit scoring led by Destinee Hooker's (San Antonio, Texas) 20 points on 15 kills, four aces and a block. Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) added 18 kills on 30 attacks and a block for 19 points, while Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) chipped in 15 kills on 29 swings and an ace for 16 points. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) recorded six kills on nine attacks and a team-high four blocks for 10 points. Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) contributed eight points with six kills and two blocks, while Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) came off the bench in the fourth set to provide a kill and ace for two points. Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) rounded out the scoring with a point each.
"I still believe our best Volleyball is yet to come," McCutcheon said. "I think there are some things we are doing at a very high level, but our group collectively has yet to find the synergy I think we had towards the end of the World Grand Prix. I'm optimistic that we can keep building on these performances here – a lot of good matches against a lot of good teams. It was a very tough pool and we feel fortunate to come out unscathed."
Glass tallied 60 running sets in helping the USA offense to a 50 kill percent and .347 hitting efficiency. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) provided a team-high 18 digs in addition to 17 excellent service receptions on 30 attempts. Tom chipped in a team-high 23 excellent service receptions on 37 attempts, while Larson contributed 13 excellent service receptions on 20 errorless attempts.
"Cuba played a really well-played match," said Tamas, the U.S. captain. "It's always tough to play against Cuba – high hitters and good blockers. It was a high level of volleyball and we appreciate that. We're trying to get better every day and hope that we haven't peaked yet. We're looking forward to playing in Nagoya and we're going to try and be a more consistent volleyball team. Hopefully, our best volleyball's to come. Great match tonight by Cuba."
McCutcheon started Tom and Larson at outside hitter, Akinradewo and Bown at middle blocker, Hooker at opposite and Glass at setter. Sykora was the libero during the match. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) subbed into the match to serve in the first set, while Nnamani, Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) and Tamas all subbed into the fourth set help the Americans rally for the set victory.
The two teams had matching totals in kills (62), blocks (eight) and digs (34), but the USA used a 7-3 ace margin to its advantage. The Americans committed 26 errors in the match to Cuba's 25. While the U.S. held a .346 hitting efficiency, Cuba was limited to a .314 hitting efficiency and 44.3 kill percent. Team USA had 55 excellent service receptions on 91 attempts, while Cuba was 50 of 90.
"I want to congratulate the USA," Cuba Head Coach Juan Gala Rodriguez said. "It was a great match. At this moment I am a happy man because I have seen my team growing, and to advance to the next round is a source of pride for us. The team has been improving steadily, but that's a consequence of our preparation. After starting with two losses, we've been playing like we're playing for the championship, and our athletes have responded, as expected. I think our best volleyball is yet to come."
Cuba's Kenia Carcaces turned in a match-high 23 points with 21 kills and two aces, while Yoana Palacios provided 17 kills in the loss.
"We want to congratulate the USA team for the win," Cuba captain Yusidey Silie said. "For us, this match was almost like a victory. We came in very focused and ready to enjoy the match and with great team spirit. But the most important thing is we could develop our game. Our game worked well for most of the match, but as usual we had some trouble with reception. But in general it was a good game for us."
For complete coverage of the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship, visit usavolleyball.org/events/3055.
The FIVB World Championship first round has six teams in four pools playing a round-robin schedule with the top four teams in each pool advancing to the second round for crossover play. The U.S. is grouped in Pool C at Matsumoto with Cuba, Germany, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Croatia. In the second round, Pool C crosses over with Pool B (Brazil, Italy, Netherlands, Kenya, Puerto Rico and Czech Republic) to form Pool F in Nagoya. The semifinals and finals will be played in Tokyo on Nov. 13-14.
Earlier today in Pool C, Croatia (2-3) defeated Kazakhstan (0-5) 25-19, 25-17, 25-18 and Germany (4-1) edged Thailand (2-3) 25-14, 25-15, 25-10. With Croatia, Thailand and Cuba all tied at 2-3, but Croatia was the odd team out in advancing to the second round based on points ratio as Cuba held a ..993 ratio, Thailand .960 and Croatia .899. Germany finished second, followed by Cuba in third and Thailand in fourth.
In Pool B in Hamamatsu, Netherlands (3-2) earned its spot into the second round with a 25-12, 25-13, 25-16 victory over Puerto Rico (1-4). Czech Republic (3-2, 1.065) stopped Kenya (0-5) 25-20, 25-15, 25-20 and Brazil (5-0) finished the pool undefeated with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-7 win over Italy (3-2, 1.072). Brazil finished the pool in first place, followed by Netherlands in second, Italy in third and Czech Republic in fourth.
Peru (2-3) confirmed its spot into the second round with a 25-18, 25-18, 32-34, 25-19 victory over Costa Rica (1-4) to start the day in Pool A in Tokyo. In other Pool A matches, Poland (3-2) blanked Algeria (0-5) 25-17, 25-16, 25-12 and host Japan (5-0) edged Serbia (4-1) 28-26, 29-27, 18-25, 27-25 in a battle of previously undefeated teams. Japan finished in first place, followed by Serbia in second, Poland in third and Peru in fourth.
In Pool D at Osaka, Dominican Republic finished its World Championship with a 21-25, 28-26, 25-11, 25-20 victory over NORCECA rival Canada (0-5) as both teams failed to advance to the second round. Korea (4-1) outlasted Turkey (3-2) 16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 15-13, while Russia (5-0) downed China (2-3) 25-22, 25-17, 25-19 in the Pool D finale. Behind pool winner Russia, Korea finished second, Turkey third and China fourth in teams advancing to the second round.
The U.S. started the first set with a 2-0 lead on a Hooker kill and Cuba attack error. Cuba knotted the score at 4-all on consecutive American errors, then gained its first lead of the set at 6-5. However, Team USA reversed the lead to its side at 8-6 on a Tom kill and successive Akinradewo blocks heading into the first technical timeout. Out of the break, Cuba tied the score at 8-all on a block. The U.S. secured a two-point cushion at 12-10 on a Larson kill and Cuba attack error, but Cuba quickly tied the set at 12-all and gained the lead back at 14-13. Cuba reached the second technical timeout leading 16-14 on the strength of a 6-2 scoring run. Out of the break, Cuba put up a block to stretch its lead to three points at 17-14. The U.S. cut into the gap with consecutive kills from Akinradewo and Tom at 17-16. The U.S. tied the set at 20-all on a Hooker ace after she tapped down a left-handed Hooker kill. Cuba regained a two-point cushion at 23-21, but the Americans knotted the score at 23-all on a Tom kill and Cuba attack that went wide. Out of a Cuba timeout, the U.S. took a 24-23 advantage on an Akinradewo kill after Cuba mishandled Bown's serve. Cuba saved three set points and gained its first set point attempt at 27-26 after a mishandled reception. Team USA earned its fourth set point at 28-27 on consecutive kills from Hooker and Tom. On its fifth set point opportunity, Hooker served an ace at 30-28 after a Cuba service error. Hooker finished the set with a team-high seven points, while Tom added six points.
After Cuba scored the opening point of the second set, the U.S. rolled off the next three points including two Cuba errors at 3-1. Team USA doubled-up the score at 6-3 on consecutive kills from Hooker and Tom. Cuba cut the margin down to one at 9-8 after a USA attack error. The Americans regained a three-point cushion at 12-9 with a Hooker kill and Cuba net violation on a Larson attack. After a Cuba timeout, the U.S. scored a third straight point on a Larson kill at 13-9. However, Cuba picked up two straight points to narrow the score to 13-11. Team USA answered with a Tom back-row kill and Bown block at 15-11, but Cuba scored the next three points to cut the deficit to one at 15-14. Larson collected consecutive kills and Cuba hit wide on the next rally to extend the U.S. lead to four points at 21-17. Out of its own timeout, Cuba scored the next two points to cut the deficit in half at 21-19. Cuba moved to within one point at 22-21. However, the U.S. picked up set points at 24-21 following a Bown block and Larson ace. Cuba saved two set points, including a block to send the score to 24-23, but Tom ended the set with a kill off the block at 25-23. Larson collected seven points in the set and Tom added six points for the Americans.
Team USA bolted to a 4-1 lead in the third set with kills from Hooker and Larson after a Cuba error. The Americans increased their lead to 7-3 with back-to-back kills from Tom and Larson. Akinradewo and Tom had kills on each side of the first technical timeout and Akinradewo put up back-to-back blocks to yield an 11-4 lead. Hooker scored a fifth straight USA point at 12-4 leading to a Cuba timeout. Cuba cut the deficit to 15-11 on a 5-1 scoring run. Three consecutive USA errors out of the second technical timeout and a Cuba kill whittled the lead down to 16-15. Cuba knotted the score at 17-all with a block and took completed the rally by taking an 18-17 lead. Cuba served an ace to increased its margin to two points at 20-18, then reached set points at 24-20. The U.S. saved two set points with a Bown kill and Cuba error at 24-22, but a USA service error ended the set at 25-22. Hooker scored a team-high seven points in the third set, but the USA had 11 errors in the set.
Cuba scored four unanswered points to take a 4-1 advantage in the fourth set. Cuba scored three straight points heading into the first technical timeout leading 8-3. Out of the break Cuba added a fourth straight point to take a 9-3 advantage. The U.S. scored three consecutive points with kills from Larson and Hooker followed by a Hooker ace to cut the deficit to 9-6. Cuba answered with four unanswered points to take a 13-6 advantage. The U.S. stopped the run with a Nnamani kill and Tom block at 13-8. Tamas served an ace after a Cuba service error to cut the deficit to 14-10. Team USA continued the comeback with a Tom kill and Akinradewo block leading to a Cuba timeout at 15-12. Out of the break, Glass served an ace and Cuba hit long to narrow the deficit to 15-14. Tom tied the set with a fifth straight point with a kill at 15-all, then Akinradewo pounded an overpass for a kill to yield a 16-15 USA lead at the second technical timeout. Cuba regained the lead back at 18-17 with back-to-back points. Team USA pushed back into the lead at 21-19 with two Cuba errors and a block. The Americans increased the lead to 23-20 on a Tamas kill and Cuba attack error. Cuba answered with three consecutive points to tie the score at 23-all. USA closed out the set with a Tom kill and Cuba attack error that went wide at 25-23. Tom ended the fourth set with five points to lead the Americans, who only had one error in the set.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for FIVB World Championship
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Ogonna Nnamani (OPP, 6-1, Bloomington, Ill., Stanford)
2 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
18 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
19 - Destinee Hooker (OPP, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Doctor: Dr. William Briner
Team Manager: Ken Sullivan
FIVB World Championship First Round Pools with FIVB World Ranking
(first three countries by seed, then next three based on drawing of lots)
Pool A (Tokyo): Japan (5), Serbia (9), Poland (8), Peru (17), Algeria (14), Costa Rica (31)
Pool B (Hamamatsu): Brazil (1), Italy (4), Netherlands (10), Kenya (35), Puerto Rico (13), Czech Republic (38)
Pool C (Matsumoto): USA (2), Cuba (6), Germany (15), Kazakhstan (16), Thailand (12), Croatia (45)
Pool D (Osaka): China (3), Russia (7), Korea (21), Dominican Republic (11), Turkey (22), Canada (24)
First Round Schedule
Pool A:
Oct. 29: Peru def. Algeria 25-16, 25-12, 25-18
Oct. 29: Serbia def. Costa Rica 25-15, 25-18, 25-14
Oct. 29: Japan def. Poland 26-28, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 15-12
Oct. 30: Costa Rica def. Algeria 25-18, 25-21, 25-10
Oct. 30: Serbia def. Poland 19-25, 27-25, 26-24, 25-22
Oct. 30: Japan def. Peru 25-15, 25-17, 22-25, 25-14
Oct. 31: Serbia def. Peru 25-21, 16-25, 25-21, 25-18
Oct. 31: Poland def. Costa Rica 25-14, 25-12, 25-15
Oct. 31: Japan def. Algeria 25-18, 25-7, 25-14
Nov. 2: Serbia def. Algeria 25-15, 25-12, 25-21
Nov. 2: Poland def. Peru 25-10, 25-15, 25-16
Nov. 2: Japan def. Costa Rica 25-9, 25-13, 25-8
Nov. 3: Peru def. Costa Rica 25-18, 25-18, 32-34, 25-19
Nov. 3: Poland def. Algeria 25-17, 25-16, 25-12
Nov. 3: Japan def. Serbia 28-26, 29-27, 18-25, 27-25
Pool A Standings: 1. Japan (5-0, 1.313); 2. Serbia (4-1, 1.167); 3. Poland (3-2, 1.277); 4. Peru (2-3, .952); 5. Costa Rica (1-4, .740); 6. Algeria (0-5, .605)
Pool B:
Oct. 29: Brazil def. Kenya 25-15, 25-16, 25-11
Oct. 29: Netherlands def. Czech Republic 26-24, 25-20, 25-14
Oct. 29: Italy def. Puerto Rico 25-20, 25-11, 25-18
ct. 30: Brazil def. Czech Republic 22-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-10, 15-9
Oct. 30: Puerto Rico def. Kenya 25-20, 25-23, 25-19
Oct. 30: Italy def. Netherlands 18-25, 25-21, 25-23, 26-28, 15-12
Oct. 31: Czech Republic def. Puerto Rico 25-14, 25-14, 25-17
Oct. 31: Italy def. Kenya 25-9, 25-7, 25-21
Oct. 31: Brazil def. Netherlands 25-19, 25-18, 25-14
Nov. 2: Brazil def. Puerto Rico 25-20, 25-18, 25-20
Nov. 2: Netherlands def. Kenya 25-8, 25-14, 25-11
Nov. 2: Czech Republic def. Italy 25-27, 27-29, 25-23, 25-22, 17-15
Nov. 3: Netherlands def. Puerto Rico 25-12, 25-13, 25-16
Nov. 3: Czech Republic def. Kenya 25-20, 25-15, 25-20
Nov. 3: Brazil def. Italy 25-16, 25-19, 25-7
Pool B Standings: 1. Brazil (5-0, 1.395); 2. Netherlands (3-2, 1.222); 3. Italy (3-2, 1.072); 4. Czech Republic (3-2, 1.065); 5. Puerto Rico (1-4, 0.740); 6. Kenya (0-5, .611)
Pool C:
Oct. 29: Germany def. Kazakhstan 25-21, 25-14, 25-16
Oct. 29: USA def. Thailand 23-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-21
Oct. 29: Croatia def. Cuba 25-23, 34-32, 25-21
Oct. 30: USA def. Croatia 25-16, 25-13, 25-23
Oct. 30: Thailand def. Kazakhstan 25-16, 25-18, 20-25, 25-16
Oct. 30: Germany def. Cuba 26-24, 25-17, 25-23
Oct. 31: Cuba def. Kazakhstan 20-25, 25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 15-10
Oct. 31: Thailand def. Croatia 25-15, 25-14, 25-17
Oct. 31: USA def. Germany 25-23, 26-24, 25-17
Nov. 2: Germany def. Croatia 26-24, 25-18, 25-21
Nov. 2: Cuba def. Thailand 25-19, 29-27, 27-25
Nov. 2: USA def. Kazakhstan 25-17, 25-19, 25-19
Nov. 3: Croatia def. Kazakhstan 25-19, 25-17, 25-18
Nov. 3: Germany def. Thailand 25-14, 25-15, 25-10
Nov. 3: USA def. Cuba 30-28, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23
Pool C Standings: 1. USA (5-0, 1.217); 2. Germany (4-1, 1.249); 3. Cuba (2-3, .993); 4. Thailand (2-3, .960); 5. Croatia (2-3, .899); 6. Kazakhstan (0-5, .779)
Pool D:
Oct. 29: Russia def. Dominican Republic 21-25, 25-9, 25-17, 25-11
Oct. 29: Korea def. Canada 25-19, 25-19, 25-14
Oct. 29: Turkey def. China 19-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-17
Oct. 30: Russia def. Turkey 25-27, 25-22, 25-11, 25-17
Oct. 30: Korea def. Dominican Republic 29-27, 25-23, 25-20
Oct. 30: China def. Canada 25-16, 25-19, 25-10
Oct. 31: Turkey def. Dominican Republic 25-20, 25-14, 23-25, 23-25, 17-15
Oct. 31: Russia def. Canada 25-13, 25-16, 25-21
Oct. 31: Korea def. China 25-22, 25-23, 25-23
Nov. 2: Turkey def. Canada 19-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-17, 15-8
Nov. 2: Russia def. Korea 25-18, 25-17, 19-25, 25-22
Nov. 2: China def. Dominican Republic 25-12, 25-21, 25-14
Nov. 3: Dominican Republic def. Canada 21-25, 28-26, 25-11, 25-20
Nov. 3: Korea def. Turkey 16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 15-13
Nov. 3: Russia def. China 25-22, 25-17, 25-19
Pool D Standings: 1. Russia (5-0, 1.337); 2. Korea (4-1, 1.057); 3. Turkey (3-2, 1.063); 4. China (2-3, 1.048); 5. Dominican Republic (1-4, .847); 6. Canada (0-5, 0.743)
Second Round (Nov. 6-10) - teams play opposite pool in crossover
Pool E (Tokyo): 1A, 1D, 2A, 2D, 3A, 3D, 4A, 4D
Pool F (Nagoya): 1B, 1C, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C, 4B, 4C
Semifinals and Finals (Nov. 13-14 in Tokyo)


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Further to the first successful and highly competitive Student Research Workshop associated with the conference 'Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing' (RANLP 2009), we are pleased to announce the second edition of the workshop which will be held during the main RANLP 2011 conference days on 12-14 September 2011. This year the conference and the workshop will take place in a new location (Hissar, Bulgaria) which is worth being visited.
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BEIJING (AP) Britain's Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms staged a dramatic comeback in the third game Tuesday to defeat China's Gao Ling and Zheng Bo in mixed doubles at the Olympic badminton tournament.
Trailing 17-12 in the third game, Robertson and Emms scored seven straight points to take a 19-17 lead on their way to a 21-16, 16-21, 21-19 win over the second-seeded Chinese pair and a place in the quarterfinals.
"That's probably the best seven points we've ever played," said Robertson. "The Chinese fight when they are down and never give you anything so it was nice to turn the tables."
Robertson and Emms won the silver medal in Athens four years ago and said they have only one goal here in Beijing.
"We've waited four years for another chance," said Robertson. "We only came here for the gold. We won silver last time so we only want to win the gold."
Robertson scored the winning point with a cross-court smash and pumped his first before embracing Emms.
It was a setback for the host nation, which is hoping to dominate the Olympic badminton tournament after wining three of five golds in Athens.
It was an even bigger disappointment for Gao, who was bidding for her third straight gold medal. Gao won gold in Sydney in 2000 and in Athens four years later with partner Zhang Jun.
Emms and Robertson will face Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae in the quarterfinals. The South Koreans defeated Craig Cooper and Renee Flavell of New Zealand 21-12, 21-11.
The top-seeded pair of Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia also advanced to the quarterfinals when they defeated South Koreans Han Sung-hun and Hwang Yu-mi 23-21, 21-19.
Earlier Tuesday, second-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia coasted to a 21-5, 21-7 win over Kestutis Navickas of Lithuania to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
Lee, who is bidding for Malaysia's first gold medal in the Olympics, will meet sixth-seeded Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in Thursday's quarterfinals. Dwi Koncoro defeated Finland's Ville Lang 21-13, 21-18.
Top-seeded Lin Dan of China coasted to a 21-8, 21-11 over South Korea's Park Sung-hwan to set up a quarterfinal showdown with Denmark's Peter Gade.
Gade defeated Japan's Shoji Sato 19-21, 22-20, 21-15.
In other men's singles matches, South Korea's Lee Hyun-il overpowered Germany's Marc Zwiebler 21-13, 21-11.
Third-seeded Bao Chunlai of China survived a scare but held on to defeat Poland's Przemyslaw 21-11, 19-21, 21-13. Bao won the match with a powerful smash that Przemyslaw returned into the net.
In men's doubles, top-seeded Markus Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia defeated unseeded Chinese pair Guo Zhendong and Xie Zhongbo 22-20, 10-21, 21-17.
Americans Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong defeated South African brothers Chris and Roelof Dednam 21-10, 21-16 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Malaythong and Bach will meet second-seeded Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Cai and Fu, who are third in the world rankings, defeated Jens Dyrloev Eriksen and Martin Hansen Lundgaard of Denmark 21-12, 21-11.
The top-seeded pair of Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia defeated South Koreans Han Sung-hun and Hwang Yu-mi 23-21, 21-19 to move into the quarterfinals.


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Topic: Is rails broken out of the gates on ubuntu edgy, and centos 4?
Well I'm a J2EE guy trying to get rails up and running on ubuntu edy.
I have build an app on my XP box, and in the windows world it works just fine.
Today I was supposed to deploy the app, but I cant get Rails running on unbuntu.
I have followed a few tutorials, and even tried on Centos 4, each time with he same result.
When I run webrick if get 404's even with a very basic set up. the console log shows "Anonymous modules have no name..."
This should be easier than what I have gone through.
So I tried Apache 2, and cgi, and fast cgi. I get as far a showing the welcome page, but when I hit an action, I get "Routing Error".
I dont need to support a large number of user, so webrick would be fine, but I'm just pulling my hair out wondering what could be wrong.
The funny part is that rails was super easy to set up in windows.
One of the many guides is https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails
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Edgar Miraku is the head coach of the U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team, which is based at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. On May 28-30, the team is playing in the Sarajevo Open in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team closed the Sarajevo Open with a 2-1 victory against "Start" Poland, finishing seventh for the tournament on Sunday.
The U.S. team started the match blocking well early on and building a lead. It was able to protect and widen the lead as the set went on, finishing it 25-14. The team had six blocks in the first set.
After a slight lineup adjustment, the U.S. Men's Sitting Team dropped the second set (15-25).
In set three, after falling behind 5-1, the U.S. team gradually improved its play and exercised more patience and better judgment. The score was tied for most of the set, but after being down match point, Team USA put together three points in a row, winning the set 16-14 and the match 2-1.
As a team, we had 11 blocks for the match, all coming in first and third sets.
Next up for the U.S. Men's Team is training camp at the University of Central Oklahoma on June 16-19 in Edmond. Then it will play in the Continental Cup in July in Kettering, Great Britain.
U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team
Name (Hometown/Resident athletes at the University of Central Oklahoma are noted)
Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo./Edmond, Okla.)
Charlie Swearingen (Gulfport, Miss./Edmond, Okla.)
Ed O'Neil (Amherst, Mass./Edmond, Okla.)
Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Edmond, Okla.)
James Stuck (New Kensington, Pa./Edmond, Okla.)
Edgardo Laforest (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Brent Rasmussen (Omaha, Neb.)
J. Dee Marinko (Newcastle, Okla.)
Head Coach: Edgar Miraku (Elbasan, Albania)
Assistant Coach: Dixie Collins (Marshall, Va.)
Athletic Trainer: Chad Miller
Statistician: Patricia Stein
About the Host City
Sarajevo is the capitol of Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is the largest urban area and houses the capitol of Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sarajevo Canton headquarters. The city is made up of sacral buildings, equally architectural and artistic mosques from the Ottoman Empire, catholic and orthodox churches and synagogues. Approximately 297,416 residents call the capital city home.


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Skip to comments.Middle school coach Timothy Forbes bites off part of opposing coachs ear following loss
Posted on 03/12/2012 8:24:50 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA
In one of the most bizarre and troubling incidents in recent youth sports history, an assistant coach of a Massachusetts middle school basketball team channeled his inner Mike Tyson after a 6th grade basketball championship, attacking the coach of a team which defeated his side and biting his opponent's ear.
According to Springfield, Mass. news network WWLP, 34-year-old Timothy Forbes was charged with mayhem, assault and batter and disorderly conduct on Monday in Springfield District Court after turning himself in to police. The charges follow Forbes' attack on an unnamed fellow middle school basketball coach at Springfield (Mass.) Holy Name School following his Springfield Heat's loss to the Sprinfield Migs in the Springfield Catholic Youth Organization middle school basketball finals.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
No pics of the victim. Hmmm...
"Who Needs Two Ears?" PING
Unabashed cursing and virulent personal attacks are becoming more common on FR lately. Disappointing.
It's an Obama world...
Contact the Admin to pull the thread if you're offended.
Sad story on the state of our society.
Teach your children well.
Just be grateful they can't reach your ears. BTW, what the he** does your comment have to do with the article? Is your favorite candidate(whoever that may be)not to the liking of some FReepers?
Wow, thanks for reinforcing my point.
Yeesh... saw this story on our local news tonight. Talk about taking a stupid little kid's game too seriously...
What I said to you was neither rude nor profane, you complain too much, try to get a life will you?
BTW, I notice you didn't answer my questions about your comments all you did was complain some more.
6th grade? Seriously, this man needs help and some drug therapy - stat!
Gotta ping you to LOL at your tagline. That is a great ad!
I don't mean to pile on, but what are you talking about?
There was no cursing or personal attacks, unless there is something in the linked article, which I didn't read, but I doubt anything like that is in there.
And, it's Massachusetts, a Catholic school league, my guess is that ALL involved are white, and you know....IRISH. (Full disclaimer - as am I.)
Wish there was video.
another reason why they call 'em "MASS-holes"
You got that right!
Disgusting beyond words.
Still no pics or video of the victim...hmmm...I think I know why.
Disgusting beyond words.
Still no pics or video of th victim...hmmm...I think I know why.
If you can't beat 'em, bite 'em.
Good one!
The perp, Timothy Forbes. I've my suspicions of why they do not name or picture the victim.
And you are correct as to the reason for the complete blackout on info about the victim until the story died down.
The victim of the attack is Jose Feliciano
And your guess would be wrong. See #27 and 28 and you will know the reason for the info blackout regarding the victim.
Sure looks like a hate crime to me. Glad to see the judge denied bail for the beast that did this.
Well, I couldn't have been more hopelessly wrong!
Oh well, thanks for the ping. You know I think I did see a pic of the perp elsewhere, but I didn'think back to this thread.
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Issue Brief #3791 on Agriculture
December 5, 2012
December 5, 2012 | Issue Brief on Agriculture
Lobbyists for sugar growers—already forced to rely on shady arguments to persuade Congress to keep giving handouts to their clients—are facing a new P.R. problem: Twinkie production may be moving to Mexico. Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, has blamed union troubles for its bankruptcy, but other experts have pointed to U.S. government-inflated sugar prices as a possible factor in the company's decline.[1]
Government interference in the sugar market hurts consumers and food manufacturers by driving up the price of sugar, reducing export opportunities by giving other countries an excuse to impose similar penalties on U.S.-made products, and weakening the U.S. economy. This Depression-era program, which was supposed to end in 1940, should be abolished.[2]
Sugar Industry Lobbyists: A War on "Big Candy"
Ironically, Hostess announced it was closing its doors just one week after the American Sugar Alliance (ASA), which supports the costly U.S. sugar program, said big U.S. sugar users are not hurt by the sugar program. Referring to a recent drop in sugar prices, the Sugar Alliance appealed for continued protectionism:
"Big Candy says it needs rock bottom prices with surpluses as far as the eye can see, and it has spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress with the message that the no-cost U.S. sugar policy stands in the way of that goal. Now that their wish has come true, perhaps they can acknowledge that current U.S. policy is not the bogeyman they pretend and can stop lobbying to put U.S. farmers out of business," said Phillip Hayes, spokesperson for the American Sugar Alliance. "U.S. sugar producers desperately need Congress to renew no-cost sugar policy if they are going to have a chance to survive."[3]
Use of the expression "no-cost U.S. sugar policy" is no innocent mistake. So far this year, 27 of the 35 Sugar Alliance press releases repeat this language. However, the deceptive phrase "no-cost U.S. sugar policy" is an outrageous misrepresentation of the truth.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, "U.S. sugar prices have been well above world prices since 1982 because the U.S. Government supports domestic sugar prices through loans to sugar processors and a marketing allotment program."[4]
The U.S. government artificially inflates sugar prices to help sugar growers by imposing quotas that restrict the amount food manufacturers and consumers in the United States can buy from producers in other countries. If a bakery or a candy company wants to import more sugar than is allowed under the government's quota, it must pay a prohibitive tariff of 15.36 cents per pound for raw sugar.
In October, sugar cost 52.54 cents per pound in the United States and 44.78 cents per pound in other countries.[5] The difference between 52.54 cents and 44.78 cents is not "zero."
In October, people in the United States paid 7.76 cents per pound extra for sugar, but the "no-cost" sugar program usually costs Americans even more. Over the past 12 months, Americans paid a big surcharge for sugar. The average price of sugar in the United States was 68.95 cents per pound, 41 percent above the world market price.
This is a no-cost program?
In fact, since President Obama took office, prices for sugar and sweets have increased by 8.9 percent.[6]
Sugar Industry Lobbyists vs. Freedom
Sugar lobbyists have attempted to present a false choice between sugar farmers and "big candy." However, the real choice is between freedom and big government: Should Congress be able to override Americans' freedom of choice by dictating the price of sugar based on which industries have the most political clout?
Sugar represents less than 2 percent of the value of all U.S. crop production, but in 2012 sugar lobbyists have accounted for more than one-third of all crop-industry lobbying expenditures. Sugar producers reported $5.4 million in 2012 lobbying expenses, compared to $10 million for all other crops.[7] In the 2012 election cycle, sugar industry Political Action Committees (PACs) donated $3.4 million to candidates, which is more than the combined $3.3 million spent by PACS for wheat, soybeans, and all other crops.[8]
What to Do Next
The Senate nearly killed the sugar program earlier this year by a 50-46 vote. Only 50 Senators backed the program—32 Democrats, 16 Republicans, and two Independents—which inched the sugar program closer to its long-overdue demise.
There are several reasons to end the sugar program, including the prospect of Mexican-made Twinkies, as food manufacturers continue to relocate to countries where sugar is affordable. However, the most important reason Congress should end the sugar program is to demonstrate that Americans' freedom is more important than the profits of any particular special interest group.
Twinkies Never Die, But Sugar Subsidies Should
Eventually, Americans will be able to buy Hostess products again, whether they are produced in the United States or Mexico. In the meantime, people who crave Twinkies can drive north to Canada to satisfy their desires. In Canada, where tariffs on imported sugar are insignificant, the country's largest snack-cake manufacturer will continue to crank out Hostess Twinkies and CupCakes.[9]
—Bryan Riley is Jay Van Andel Senior Analyst in Trade Policy in the Center for International Trade and Economics at The Heritage Foundation.
Show references in this report
[1]Patrik Jonsson, "Did Congress Kill the Twinkie? The Tariff Tale Behind the Hostess Demise," The Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2012, http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/1116/Did-Congress-kill-the-Twinkie-The-tariff-tale-behind-the-Hostess-demise.-video (accessed November 20, 2012).
[2]Jose Alvarez and Leo C. Polopolus, "The History of U.S. Sugar Protection," University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, revised June 2002, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sc019 (accessed November 20, 2012).
[3]News Release, "Sugar Surpluses Reach Decade High," American Sugar Alliance, November 9, 2012, http://www.sugaralliance.org/newsroom/news-alert-sugar-surpluses-reach-decade-high.html, (accessed November 20, 2012).
[4]United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Sugar and Sweeteners, October 9, 2012, http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/sugar-sweeteners/background.aspx#prices (accessed November 20, 2012).
[5]The World Bank Group, Prospects Commodity Markets, 2012, http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/0,,contentMDK:21574907~menuPK:7859231~pagePK:64165401~piPK:64165026~theSitePK:476883,00.html (accessed November 20, 2012).
[6]Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers: Sugar and sweets, U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Series CUSR0000SEFR, November 15, 2012, http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/CUSR0000SEFR.txt (accessed November 20, 2012).
[7]"Lobbying Crop Production and Basic Processing," Center for Responsive Politics, October 31, 2012, http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=A01&year=2012 (accessed November 20, 2012).
[8]"PACS Crop Production and Basic Processing," Center for Responsive Politics, November 12, 2012, http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=A01&cycle=2012 (accessed November 20, 2012).
[9]Ari Altstedter, "Twinkies, Wonder Bread Carry on in Canada Post Hostess," Bloomberg, November 19, 2012, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-19/twinkies-wonder-bread-carry-on-in-canada-post-hostess.html (accessed November 20, 2012).


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Alpine Meadows
Alpine Meadows: A Cocktail Collaboration
I often turn to my good friend forrest (click his name to go to his blog) to help me come up with a cocktail. In this case I wanted construct an elegant cocktail for the fifteen year old Glenfiddich whisky that would enhance the alpine meadow aroma I noted on the nose and temper the woody oakiness I noted in the flavour profile. Forrest and I collaborate (or rather I force forrest to help me) on the cocktail recipes, and his versions always turn out great.
This is what forrest came up with:
Alpine Meadows 1
(a cocktail by forrest)
1 1/2 Oz Glenfiddich 15
3/4 Oz Gin
3/4 Oz Gran Gala (sub any great triple distilled orange liqueur)
Stir with ice until chilled,
strain into chilled cocktail glass, garnish
With lime zest
Alpine Meadows 2
(a snifter version of the Alpine Meadows 1)
If you like, you can build the Alpine Meadows as a snifter drink. I cut back the ingredients of the original cocktail to a level I preferred, and altered them to suit what I had on my bar shelf. I then took the picture and drank this nice drink.
1 oz Glenfiddich 15
1/2 oz Tangueray #10 Gin
1/2 oz Triple Sec
Build on one ice-cube in a glen cairn glass
Garnish with a small wedge of lime.
Although this recipe has been great with the Glenfiddich whisky for which it was intended, I have found that it works extremely well for many other scotch whiskies. I have used this recipe with outstanding success with these whiskies: Highland park 12 Year, Macallan Travel Series the Thirties, Amrut Indian Single Malt, Johnnie Walker Gold Label, and Old Parr Superior 18 Year old.
Note: If you are interested in more of my original cocktail recipes, please click this link (Cocktails and Recipes) for more of my mixed drink recipes!
One Response to "Alpine Meadows"
January 24, 2010 at 8:49 am
Chip, thanks for the nice words and thanks for the inspiration!
i'll be honest this drink was a happy accident and like you i have tried it with 'quite a few' different scotches always with great success. Actually a walk in the 'Alpine Meadows' seems very intriguing right now!! Slainte!


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Apparently he ranks second among right handed starters in horizontal movement on his curve. His xFIP (park adjusted FIP) is ninth among starters with at least 20 innings (small sample size alert) and his K/BB ratio is 10th among that same group of 158 starters.
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The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae; also known as long-horned beetles or longicorns) are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short (e.g., Neandra brunnea, figured below) and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as Chrysomelidae. The family is large, with over 20,000 species described, slightly more than half from the Eastern Hemisphere. Several are serious pests, with the larvae boring into wood, where they can cause extensive damage to either living trees or untreated lumber (or, occasionally, to wood in buildings; the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus, being a particular problem indoors). A number of species mimic ants, bees, and wasps, though a majority of species are cryptically colored. The rare titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) from northeastern South America is often considered the largest (though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs) insect, with a maximum known body length of just over 16.7 centimetres (6.6 in).[2]
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- Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
- Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
- Necydalinae Latreille, 1825
- Parandrinae Blanchard, 1845
- Prioninae Latreille, 1802
- Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
Notable genera and species
- Moneilema – cactus longhorn beetles
- Anoplophora chinensis – citrus long-horned beetle
- Phymatodes nitidus
- Anoplophora glabripennis – Asian long-horned beetle
- Tetraopes tetrophthalmus – red milkweed beetle
- Desmocerus californicus dimorphus – valley elderberry longhorn beetle
- Petrognatha gigas – giant African longhorn
See also
- ^ "Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114497. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ Max Barclay (2010). "Titanus giganteus Linnaeus (1771)". Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/biodiversity/loss-of-habitat/titanus-giganteus/index.html. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ Sergio Antonio Vanin & Sergio Ide (2002). "Classificação comentada de Coleoptera [An annotated classification of the Coleoptera]". In C. Costa, S. A. Vanin, J. M. Lobo & A. Melic (in Portuguese) (PDF). Proyecto de Red Iberoamericana de Biogeografía y Entomología Sistemática PrIBES 2002. Monografias Tercer Milenio (M3M). 3. pp. 193–206. ISBN 84–922495–8–7. http://www.sea-entomologia.org/PDF/M3M_PRIBES_2002/193_206_Vanin.pdf.
- ^ Miguel A. Monné (2006). "Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Anoplodermatinae, Aseminae, Spondylidinae, Lepturinae, Oxypeltinae, and addenda to the Cerambycinae and Lamiinae" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 1212: 1–244. ISBN 1-877407-96-8. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01212p244f.pdf.
- ^ Arnett, et al. (2002) American Beetles, Vol. 2. CRC Press, 861 pp.
- ^ Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Anthony E. Davies, Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga, John F. Lawrence, Chris H. C. Lyal, Alfred F. Newton, Chris A. M. Reid, Michael Schmitt, S. Adam Ślipiński, Andrew B. T. Smith (2010). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys 88: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/807/family-group-names-in-coleoptera-insecta-Cerambycidae.
Further reading
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An 11-year-old Oklahoma boy and his mother have been arrested after the boy allegedly raped his 6-year-old sister and the mother failed to report the incident, according to authorities.
Police made the arrests on Friday afternoon after an Oklahoma Department of Human Services worker received a tip about the alleged assault and interviewed family members.
The 6-year-old girl told the human services worker that she was in her bedroom doing homework on Wednesday when her brother and a 7-year-old cousin asked her to pull her pants off, according to a police report obtained by MailOnline.
The girl said after her pants were off, both of the boys 'put their things in her and it hurt,' the police report states. The victim added that her mother told her not to tell anyone about the incident.
MailOnline is not naming any of the suspects or witnesses in order to protect the identity of the victim.
When the DHS worker confronted the mother, she admitted that she did not take the girl to the hospital or report the incident. The mother said she spoke to her son about the incident and he told her it was his younger cousin who assaulted her daughter.
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Disgusting! I hope the kid serves hard time. And the cousin, too.
11 years old is young, but not too young to know that what he was doing was wrong.
Oh that poor girl... Her brother and her cousin, and her mother told her NOT TO TELL???? Thank God someone told, and kudos to the little girl for being brave enough to tell the truth to the Human Services Dept.. I pray she can stay with someone she perhaps already knows, and if not find a loving home with people who will actually protect her, and care for her as parents should...
I will never understand mothers who protect one child at the expense of another... no matter how hard it may be. I'm glad the LEOs are NOT letting the Mother off the hook for failure to report. There is obviously some deeply disturbing stuff going on in that house/family. I wonder if they can also charge the mother with abuse and neglect in relation to this. I certainly hope so.
My prayers for this young girl. It's a horrible, horrible thing to happen - especially at such a young age. And, I can't imagine how she must feel when her Mom told her not to tell... *tears*
It's a screwed up world. Horrible, disgusting things happen to the good and innocent among us every day. We're all adults here, and we know that.
But what purpose does it serve for you to put these sorts of monstrous crimes in our faces every day?
I've asked you these questions before, and you've never answered. Care to finally give it whirl? Go on. Explain to me how these disturbing posts serve some noble purpose.
Agreed. He won't likely get "hard time", but hopefully he can be put on a sex offender registry, and receive mandatory therapy. The 7-year-old will likely never be charged with a crime as he is too young to form requisite intent. (I am basing this on personal experience in a case I was involved with - mother of a victim/survivor)
It's the mother I am even more disgusted with at this point... Who tells their daughter NOT to tell??? I mean, it may be difficult, but to tell her not to tell? What did she think would happen to her son if he didn't get help? Did she think he'd somehow grow out of it??? I'm wondering at this point what other kind of abuse was perhaps going on. I'm guessing (from known statistics) that their father is either not in the home, or is estranged, etc...
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Just like in Brave New World-—except there is still so-called "mothers" (probably no father there, though)
——and with the encouragement and endorsement of Sex Education in schools and glorifying sex—(all sex acts like sodomy) to young children in MSM they will use their bodies as pieces of meat, as they are taught.
This is the Leftist Godless World they are forcing with their "Sex Ed" and "Glee" programming to your children——no morality in the sex act. It is nothing and there is no "moral" component to the sex act.
Freud said it best-—to unleash the sex act from morality will destroy civil societies. (And he was an Atheist).
So do you think a 7 year old boy is capable of getting an erection and putting it in a younger girl? I ask because there is a family situation where an adult woman is accusing her then 6 and 7 year old brother of raping her for a couple of years and then quitting. My feeling is that if a 7 year old was capable of this behaviour he would continue forever, not quit after a couple of years.
I always agreed with Dr. Freud when it came to the ideas of sex.
Dr. Kinsey however, well he is why stories like this happened.
Why is it important? So that others may know they are not alone. So that perhaps another mother will not choose to handle the situation in an inappropriate manner. So maybe victims can find the strength to tell and hence become survivors. So that society will become more aware of how these cases are treated within the judicial system, and perhaps promote change to some of the laws to protect more children.
There are many numerous reasons in addition to those I have cited above for why we should speak about these horrific crimes, and not turn a blind eye...
I can't speak for Morgana, but I can speak to why I read these articles and participate in these discussions. No-one is forcing you to read the thread itself. It's not being forced in your face any more than any other article posted here at FR is it?
I find it rather ironic that you want people to turn a blind-eye to these things. Kind of like the little girls' mother apparently did...
"My feeling is that if a 7 year old was capable of this behaviour he would continue forever, not quit after a couple of years."
He quit raping HER after a couple years. Then moved on to his next victim. Most likely someone younger than she.
Thanks LR.
Once again I am posting stuff on just how much Kinsey has F***** society. No pun intended. Well actually there was a pun intended there but never mind.
Teach them sex education they said, it will be good for the kids they said.
Now we have kids having sex with kids and mommy does not care?
Yep Kinsey is winning.
Is it just me, or does it bother anyone else to see an American news story published by the London Daily Mail, yet no American paper has filed the story at all?
Yes, it is absolutely physically possible for a 7-year-old male to get and maintain an erection. The rest of the process does not exactly "work" as if it were a mature male. Shocking, I know, but it's very, very true.
As for the abuse continuing for a few years and then stopping. That is not unheard of either. MOST people in abusive situations may do things that sound very abnormal to those of us in normal situations, but they are only mimicking or acting out abuse - behaving normally given that they are in an abnormal environment to begin with.
However, some of those children do grow up and when they reach the age of accountability and realize what they are doing, and learn that the behavior is inappropriate they can stop the behavior. They will likely carry guilt, but they can stop and never abuse again — if they aren't too far gone already.
Gosh, I really wish I didn't know so much about this...
"Gosh, I really wish I didnt know so much about this..."
and thanks to Kinsey you do! We all do and we don't want to know!!
Not always... Not all children who behave in that manner end up being abusers forever. It is much different than dealing with someone who is a teenager, or even someone who is 11yo. There ARE still some who can respond positively to intense therapy at those ages provided they are not people already suffering from devastating mental illnesses.
I reflexively oppose anything the Europeans are up to, and I believe that it we always do the opposite of what they do, we'll come out on top because they have an intuitive feel for stupidity. This is a qualified opinion, by the way. I lived in Europe for 7 years. In Italy, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, the age of consent is 12. So, if you were a pedophile, ...............
I didn't address you, minion. I asked Morgana a question, and I'll wait for her answer.
It's a discussion board. People post, other people discuss.
As horrendous as this is, sadly it's not new - even at age 11. I hate to infer that it's the "good side" of our permissive society, but the fact is that kids today ARE more apt to tell someone when assaults like this happen. In years past, inhibitions about sex and the stigma attached to an assault result in more girls (and boys, even more so) keeping the secret, and paying the price in the long run.
That does not even matter in my opinion. A preteen cannot naturally have any concept of adult sexual urges. Any actual flaws in an individual's personality will continue even after reaching majority age.
I worry much more about the stigma on young children of being branded as criminals for actions of which they can have no actual understanding. Discretely private counseling may have saved these children's futures but exposing this publicly will condemn them to institutionalized ruin.
I actually did find this in the Oklahoma News paper also.
Oklahoma City boy, 11, accused of raping younger sister - by LeighAnne Manwarren
"Explain to me how these disturbing posts serve some noble purpose."
Gives Texans material for more Okie stories?
Other than that, I agree - there is no reason to wallow in the behavior of those who dwell in the shallow end of the acculturation pool.
Excuse me? I thought that this was a public forum. I am no-one's "minion". I'm betting you'll be waiting a long time for an answer from her - just like it'll be a long time before you ever get another answer from me. Get over yourself...
I'm thinking you may have wanted to address this to another poster? - at least the first portion?
I completely agree with the second part of your post. When I was growing up in an abusive household myself in the 70s no-one talked about this. It wasn't until the late 80s that I learned in HS more about the stigma and long-term effects of abuse. And, I'm grateful that people no longer assume that every child who was abused grows up to continue that cycle - that was one of the most difficult things I had to overcome in discussing my own experiences.
As I posted above, this issue has affected my own children, but not through anyone in our family, and it was due to my education of my children about these issues that we found out immediately - I'm very grateful to say. My daughters are adults now, and doing well. (I do have their standing permission to discuss these issues in public, btw... Just for the record)
disgusting that Mom would want to pretend it never happened
I don't think it should have been publicly reported with the names not censored. It's a glaring abuse of privacy of the victim, imo - regardless that her mother as an adult was charged, and I'm assuming that it was through her publicly available records that the reporters got the information they used in the article(s).
As for the Sex Offender Registries. I know in Colorado that if one is charged as a juvenile the statutes allow for the child to petition the court to have mandatory reporting as a sexual offender removed after they have successfully completed sexual offense counseling, and have met their other probationary terms. I have mixed feelings on this, but the records would still be available to Law Enforcement if the person is ever suspected in a crime at any time in the future (if I understood the laws correctly).
In the case I am speaking of a 30 something married mother of 3 went to inner healing at her church and came out convinced her older brother raped her repeatedly when she was 5 and he 6. He continued this behaviour for a couple years then ignored her sexually. The girl now hates her brother and has cut herself off from her parents as well because they "let the abuse happen" to her and ruined her life. The parents are still married (40 years) and in love with their grandchildren who they have also been cut off from. They don't know what to believe but feel their life is ruined as well.
I have been talking to the girl's mother and have told her that my feeling is that the boy would not have stopped the behaviour if he was physically capable of it and would have felt empowered to continue it forever, and that we don't know where these memories came from suddenly. There is such a thing as false memory.
Now I'm wondering if I am wrong in my thinking.
Slight correction - it should have been published without revealing the location of the home for which public records could easily be obtained thereby identifying the people involved. That's if it should have been published at all. But, it was published, so that's neither here nor there at this point.
I have heard of false memory syndrome, but I'm not a big believer of that. I don't know about the church or the people involved in the "inner healing" counseling either.
It is possible that she is telling the truth. It's also possible that her parents didn't know it was going on, but that would be less likely, imo. Even if they didn't know precisely what was going on, I would tend to think there may have been signs that a parent definitely could overlook.
As for being married for 40 years, I can't count that personally as a reason to completely believe their claims over that of their daughter. So many things are screwy like that - particularly if there was/is some sort of abuse or dysfunction.
If I were in their shoes, I would believe my daughter over the son, but that is my opinion, and I don't know what, if any, other behaviors the daughter may display now, or may have displayed in the past, y'know?
I will say that I had to cut my (adopted) father and sister out of my life completely due to the health, safety and well-being of myself and my family. I kept in touch with my mother and sister until my mother passed, but at that point other things came to light that gave me no alternative.
I'm sorry to hear you know a family that is dealing with so much pain in their lives. I'll say a prayer for all of them... It's a horrible thing to deal with, that's for sure. I hope the daughter is at least seeing a reputable therapist now who will help her address her anger, and resentment, and come to accept the things she cannot change, and find her happiness again. A good therapist might possibly be able to tell if she's been manipulated in any way. I don't know if there's a way to inquire about the people in the church, or those who ran the retreat, but perhaps it would be possible to discover if there have been any other similar circumstances that do not go along with statistical likelihood? It is important to keep in mind though that the statistics of female abuse victims is quite high these days.
Recovering memories of abuse in a woman's 30s is not uncommon at all - particularly if she has a child that is right around the age that she was first abused. There is also the possibility that she has remembered all along, but just recently found the strength to tell.
Sorry so long... I'll say a few prayers for you, too as I imagine it's hard for you to deal with the situation seeing all the pain as well. If it truly did happen when both she and her brother were young I hope that there is some way they can work through things. Nothing is worse, imho, than a family torn apart... :(
"...a 30 something married mother of 3 went to inner healing at her church and came out convinced her older brother raped her repeatedly...."
I don't know if you are privy to the specifics of the case ... but was it a case of the woman suddenly "remembering" what had gone on ... or had she always remembered, and the inner healing session finally empowered her to speak out? There's a world of difference there. Many abuse victims keep their secrets for decades, but it does not mean they are lying, simply that they were so shamed that they could not bring themselves to speak out.
FWIW, I think it's very possible that her story is true. It may be that as she herself got older, larger, and more angry about the situation, she did something, such as threatening to tell their parents, etc., that made the brother quit.
Wow, thank you for all your input. It does help me get a different perspective on what my sister and her family are all going through.
My sister did not work when the children were growing up and was a consistent (evangelical) Bible study leader etc. No one ever drank or even smoked. She cannot believe she wouldn't have known something was wrong. However the father did idolize the son and try to live all his own childhood dreams through the son via sports etc. Boy could do no wrong but rebelled when older. The girl was so sweet and kind and smart and beautiful.
Only the two kids know for sure what happened but in the meantime a whole family is devastated.
I have been thinking that since it was in my eyes physically impossible for the boy to act this way that it was probably false memories but it looks like I could be very wrong.
Thanks again for all your time and imput.
to be honest...i have no clue
i have kids...3 boys...i think a 7 year old lad will only have what one might call a need to urinate ..er..firmness...whew
anyhow...i think it would be difficult
molestation and feeling up that sort of thing would be more likely than rape
i doubt any boy under mid puberty can technically rape
when i was a boy in the 60s...i knew of an 11 year old who had sex...
girls...i don't know...i knew some who were having intercourse at 13...that is about the earliest i ever could verify
but some of those girls once they got started and liked it or enjoyed the attraction power it gave them...howver warped...cut quite a path..like...they shoulda locked em up in a convent maybe
i feel for their parents looking back
i was a late bloomer till an older married woman forced herself on me...despite my protestations..lol..bless her heart../s
it's a strange world..i look back and wince sometimes
but today we mommy the stew out of kids...those who do actually parent yet our culture hypersexulaizes them
it's a paradox
It is a paradox and thanks for your input.
I have been having trouble visualizing a child of the 70's/80's who could envision rape at 6/7 years old and corner his sister for years without the parents being aware.
Today I would hesitate more to think that envisioning rape or even sex was out of the question because hormones could be enhanced from modern diet. Schools are required to teach young children about sex and especially in one parent homes I would think the mother would have trouble paying attention to everything. Especially the TV with sex everywhere.
When I was 12 I slept in a truck cabin with my male cousin, my aunt and uncle and I was sure for a year afterwards that I was pregnant because I had slept with a man. I was afraid to confess my sin even! No one told me it could be otherwise. That's how you got pregnant!
Our culture is so different now from then that it is almost incomprehensible.
I have 3 sons. My oldest will be 36 this year.
I will never forget how surprised I was when I realized infants have erections. There is no sexual aspect to it at that age, but little boys learn it is a particularly "sensitive" part of their bodies.
I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but a 7 yr old & 11 yr old doing these things suggests either poor parenting or the possibility they had been victimized
"Real gentlemen don't engage in viewing pornography."
Not everyone that raises kids is a 'real gentleman'. And that was true in the past too, when 15 year olds would try to buy some of this garbage - not much luck.
I don't think the name "Gentlemen's Club" is intended to be an accurate assessment of the patrons.
What kind of hard time would be appropriate for kids their age?
Prurient interests are noble...aren't they?
Maybe they don't consider it appropriate?
You wish you didn't know so much about this, yet you still tell everyone?
I cannot imagine the sort of hell there would be to pay had I or anyone of my generation done anything like this and my father learned of it. But we now live in a world where single motherhood is considered "normal" even on FR and so it is natural that "the state" takes over the father role.
Raising boys in the absence of a real father is a recipe for trouble. This is just one example. But no point dwelling on root causes. That would spoil the 'outrage'.
Obviously the mother should have a talk with them but this is hardly something to call the ghestapo over.
People call the cops for anything these days...
It's like the evening 'news'. Most of us won't watch it, because it's full of sensationalism and violence that does nothing to actually inform the viewer.
The OP has been posting articles with a focus on sexual perversion on FR for a long time now. I've asked her before what value these articles bring to the forum, but she's never answered.
Nothing personal, but I directly addressed another member, and you butted in. I would have reacted to that interference the same way in real life.
I asked Morgana a question. She needs to speak for herself.
I suppose it depends on one's point of view. For someone looking up at life from the gutter, prurient interests probably are noble.
Sounds relative
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 15, 2009) – The U.S. Women's National Team defeated NORCECA rival Puerto Rico 25-16, 25-18, 25-22 on Saturday afternoon in Bangkok, Thailand, during the final preliminary round weekend of the FIVB World Grand Prix and Pool I group.
USA improves to 3-5 during the preliminary round, while Puerto Rico falls to 1-7. Only the top five teams in the 12-country FIVB World Grand Prix plus Japan advance to the Final Round to be held Aug. 19-23 in Tokyo. The Americans were eliminated from earning a berth into the Final Round earlier today when Russia defeated Thailand in four sets, putting five teams with at least a three-match victory lead in the standings with only two matches remaining on the schedule before the USA-Puerto Rico contest.
USA concludes Pool I and the overall preliminary rounds against host Thailand (3-5) on Sunday at 3 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Pacific Time).
The Americans jumped to an early 8-3 lead in the first set and never looked back in the 26-15 victory in which they committed just two errors. USA broke open a 9-all tie in the second set with a 10-4 run en route to a 25-18 victory in which it benefited from 12 Puerto Rico errors. Although Puerto Rico recovered from a 6-1 deficit in the third set in tying the score at 18-all, USA made a final push with six of the final nine points for a 25-22 victory.
"We tried to control what we must control the game and we accomplished that," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "We also tried to refrain from making mistakes. We played our level. I think we played a bit better than yesterday. We have to prepare for our next match against Thailand. It should be a competitive match against the host side."
USA captain Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) paced the American offense with 12 points via 11 kills on 31 attempts and a block. Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) contributed 11 points all on kills from 29 swings. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) added 11 points through eight kills on 14 attempts and a match-high three blocks. Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) charted four kills, two blocks and an ace for seven points. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) tallied six points all on kills, while Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) rounded out the scoring with a kill and ace.
"We expected to win this match and we could make it," said Metcalf. "I'm happy that we made it again. We have to keep on our form and will try our best to beat Thailand in our last match here."
Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) tallied a team-leading 10 digs, while Larson totaled seven excellent receptions on 27 attempts. Thompson provided 35 assists in the victory.
McCutcheon started Akinradewo and Crimes at middle blocker, Barboza and Larson at outside hitter, Metcalf at opposite and Thompson at setter. Sykora served as the libero for the match. Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) was a sub in all three sets, while Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was a sub in the first two sets. Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) came off the bench in the second set.
Team USA limited its errors for the match to just 12, while Puerto Rico committed 26 errors. The U.S. converted 37.6 percent of its spike attempts into points, committing just nine errors as part of a .294 hitting efficiency. Puerto Rico converted just 28.3 percent of its attacks into points and held a .142 hitting efficiency. Both teams had six blocks and Puerto Rico held a 4-2 advantage in aces. However, USA's 41-34 advantage in kills and the disparity in opponent miscues led to the victory.
"We made too many mistakes," Puerto Rico assistant coach Humberto Rodriguez said. "We wanted to win, but we could not do that. The USA blocked well. Their reception was also good. We have to come up with the better form in the match against Russia. However, I think that after losing the match to us, Russia must come up much stronger tomorrow. We have to improve our game for the match against Russia. As far as I'm concerned, the USA's head coach is so smart. He read our game well."
Aurea Cruz led Puerto Rico with 10 points, while Sarai Alvarez chipped in eight points.
"We played our level, but we played with a lot of mistakes," Puerto Rico captain Vilmarie Mojica said. "To match Russia, we have to improve our game."
USA rallied to defeat Puerto Rico 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 15-13 on Aug. 1 at Rio De Janeiro as part of the opening weekend of the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.
USA started the opening set with a 4-1 lead following kills from Barboza and Larson and two Puerto Rico errors. Team USA reached the first technical timeout with an 8-3 margin after kills from Crimes and Metcalf. A Thompson kill and Puerto Rico error stretched the Americans' advantage to 10-4. Crimes notched an ace after a Metcalf kill to push the margin to seven at 12-5. Puerto Rico scored consecutive points to close the gap to 12-7. USA moved back to a seven-point cushion after a Larson kill and Akinradewo block. Crimes and Metcalf scored blocks and Thompson served an ace to increase the advantage to double digits at 21-11. Puerto Rico scored three of the next four points to close back to within eight points at 22-14. USA closed out the set at 25-16 with a Barboza kill and Puerto Rico error. Larson and Metcalf scored five points apiece in the opening set, while USA committed just two errors in the first set.
Team USA reached the second set's first technical timeout on a 4-0 run with an 8-5 advantage after two Metcalf kills, a block from Crimes and a Puerto Rico error. Out of the break, Puerto Rico notched three consecutive points to tie the set at 8-all. Akinradewo provided a kill and block and Larson contributed a kill in a 4-1 scoring run to bump the USA advantage to 14-11. The U.S. increased its lead to 18-12 on a 4-0 run with an Akinradewo kill and three Puerto Rico errors. USA inched its way to the 25-18 victory, closing the set out on consecutive point with a kill from Barboza and Puerto Rico's 12th error of the set. Metcalf and Akinradewo paced the USA offense in the second set with four points apiece.
USA rolled to a 6-1 lead in the third set as Akinradewo scored two kills and a block, while Barboza added a kill around two Puerto Rico errors. Puerto Rico answered with consecutive points to cut the deficit to 6-3. After holding an 8-4 lead at the first technical timeout, Puerto Rico cut the gap in half at 9-7 with three of the next four points out of the break. A Larson kill and Puerto Rico error pushed the USA lead back to four at 11-7. The American lead stretched to five at 14-9 as Metcalf scored a kill. Puerto Rico rallied back to within three at 15-12 before the USA went into the second technical timeout up 16-12. Puerto Rico rallied to tie the set at 18-all with a 6-2 run out of the break. Crimes and Larson put together back-to-back kills to give USA a 21-19 advantage. A Metcalf kill and Puerto Rico error gave USA match points at 24-21. Akinradewo ended the match at 25-22, her sixth point of the final set.
The U.S. Women's Grand Prix media guide is available on the USA Volleyball Web site by clicking here.
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U.S. Women's National Team Roster for Pool I at Bangkok, Thailand
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 – Nicole Fawcett (OPP/OH, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
2 – Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, Ann Arbor, Mich., Texas)
4 – Angela McGinnis (S, 5-11, Fraser, Mich., Florida)
5 – Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 – Nicole Davis (L, 5-6, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
9 – Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State)
10 – Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
11 – Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 – Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
15 – Courtney Thompson (S, 5-7, Kent, Wash., Washington)
18 – Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator/Team Leader: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek
Schedule and Results for U.S. Women's National Team
Pool A - at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Maracanazihno Gym)
July 31: Germany def. USA 25-15, 25-15, 25-16
Aug. 1: USA def. Puerto Rico 21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-14, 15-13
Aug. 2: Brazil def. USA 25-18, 25-22, 25-13
Pool D - at Li Miao, Chinese Taipei (Miao Li Country Gymnasium)
Aug. 7: USA def. Dominican Republic 25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 21-25, 23-21
Aug. 8: Netherlands def. USA 25-12, 22-25, 16-25, 25-20, 15-13
Aug. 9: Germany def. USA 25-22, 25-18, 27-25
Pool I - at Bangkok, Thailand (Keelawes Gym) – times are local
Aug. 14: Russia def. USA 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 25-17
Aug. 15: USA def. Puerto Rico 25-16, 25-18, 25-22
Aug. 16: vs. Thailand, 3 p.m.
FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round Standings
Brazil 8-0
Netherlands 8-0
China 6-2
Russia 5-3
Germany 5-3
Japan 4-4
Poland 3-5
Thailand 3-5
Puerto Rico 1-7
Dominican Republic 1-7
Korea 1-7