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Ruben Volta completed his eighth season as head coach at Sacramento State in 2015. He took over the head coaching duties in 2008 after longtime coach Debby Colberg announced her retirement.
Volta was named the 2015 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the program to a 26-7 overall record and a 12-4 mark in the league. Despite Sacramento State being picked 10th out of 12 teams in the Big Sky's preseason coaches poll, the Hornets finished the regular season with the third best conference record. Moreover, Sacramento State made an 18-win improvement over the 2014 season with nearly the same roster.
The 2015 Hornets, who posted their most wins since 2007, had two winning streaks of at least eight matches long and were taken to five sets just twice all season. The Hornets were 11-1 at home, and one of only two teams in the Big Sky to finish conference play with a perfect 8-0 record on the home floor. Sacramento State finished the regular season first in the Big Sky in hitting percentage (.263), kills (14.26 per set) and assists (13.09 per set), second in aces (1.66 per set) and third in digs (15.74 per set).
Not only did the Hornets improve their overall record by 18 wins, the team also quadrupled its conference win total from the previous year. In addition, after finishing 2014 ranked 280th in the NCAA RPI ratings, the team jumped all the way up to 78th in the final 2015 report. Sacramento State's hitting percentage of .256 was the best mark in 20 years and the second best mark in the program's Div. I era (1991-pres.).
The Hornets' winning percentage of .788 was the 25th best mark in the nation, and, statistically, the team ranked among the nation's top 40 teams in aces per set (16th; 1.66), kills per set (32nd) and hitting percentage (36th).
Not only is Volta the indoor coach, he was also instrumental in Sacramento State adding beach volleyball to its roster of sports in the spring of 2013. He currently serves as the co-head coach for a beach squad that boasts four wins over Cal during its first three years as a program.
Volta has been a member of the Sacramento State indoor coaching staff a combined 16 years, including one year as the associate head coach (2007), five years as an assistant (2002-06), and two seasons as a volunteer assistant (2000-01).
During Volta's 16-year tenure with the program, Sacramento State has combined for a 317-198 overall record (.616 winning percentage), a 164-90 mark (.646) in the Big Sky Conference, seven Big Sky Tournament championships, five regular season conference titles and seven NCAA Tournament appearances.
Also during that 16-year span, Sacramento State players have combined for 73 all-academic selections, 50 all-conference awards (including 16 first team selections), three MVPs and four all-Pacific Region selections. One of those all-region players was outside hitter Lauren Kissell, who earned the prize in 2015 after averaging 4.12 kills per set to go along with a .305 hitting percentage.
In addition, over the last 13 years, and every season of Volta's head coaching tenure, the Hornets have had at least three Big Sky all-academic selections each year, including a program-best eight in 2008. Eight Hornets will enter the 2016 beach volleyball season with overall grade point averages above a 3.0.
Volta's players graduate as well. Of the 21 student-athletes that have expired their eligibility during Volta's head coaching tenure, all 21 have graduated.
The Hornets have consistently shown the ability to play well both offensively and defensively under Volta. That includes averages of 14.08 kills, 15.66 digs and 2.29 blocks per set. In 2013, Sacramento State's hitting percentage tied for the program's second best mark in the previous 17 years as all six starters hit better than .210. Prior to that, the 2011 and 2012 squads both finished 13th in the nation in blocks while the 2011 team was the only program in the country to rank among the nation's top 35 squads in both digs per set (9th) and blocks per set (13th).
Also during that 2011 season, Sacramento State went 17-15 overall, including a 10-6 record and third place finish in the conference. The Hornets ranked among the top half of all Div. I teams in the final RPI report, and three Hornets received all-conference accolades. The team concluded the year by winning 12 of its final 18 matches, including a six-match winning streak from Sept. 24-Oct. 8, the longest since the 2007 season.
In 2010, the Hornets played without projected starters at setter and middle hitter all season. In addition, the roster averaged just 19 years of age and Volta started four underclassmen in nearly every match. Despite the injuries, youth and relative inexperience, Sacramento State placed three players on the all-conference team (second teamer Janelle Currey, and honorable mentions Eryn Kirby and Breanne Menees), won 15 matches, and completed the season with a 10-3 record at home.
In 2009, the Hornets improved their overall win total by six from the previous season, finishing with a 16-16 record. Sacramento State beat local rivals Pacific, UC Davis and San Jose State, and had two players selected to the all-conference team. In addition, eleven of the team's 14 players had overall grade point averages above a 3.0. At the conclusion of the 2009-10 academic year, the volleyball squad's overall grade point average of 3.30 was the highest among the 20 sports at Sacramento State.
In Volta's first season as head coach in 2008, he led the program to its 33rd consecutive season with double figures in wins and an 8-8 mark in conference despite losing both starting outside hitters, both starting middle hitters and the starting libero from the previous year. The 2008 squad featured two all-conference performers, and set the program record for most Big Sky all-academic selections in a season with eight.
A graduate of Sacramento State in 1993 with a degree in physical education, Volta played four years for the Hornet men's club team (1991-93, 1995). He starred for the 1995 squad that went undefeated and won the National Club Championship. That season, Volta earned All-America honors as a setter and was named all-tourney at the Big 10 Tournament. He was inducted into the Sacramento State Men's Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2009.
In 1995, he opened the High Voltage volleyball facility in Sacramento, and began running a juniors club. In 1997, the club operated 18 juniors teams of different age groups.
In the seven years of High Voltage's existence, the team qualified for the junior nationals (18-open division) five times, including an 11th-place finish in 1996. The junior nationals include the top 32 teams in the country.
Some of his former club players with High Voltage include past Hornets Sandra Bandimere, Tasman Dwyer, Kazmiera Imrie, Michelle Franz, Jackie Coudert, Brenda Moorlag, Korri Kuelper, Sharon Stutts and Holly Olmsted. In 2006, he coached the Gold Cal (18-under) Juniors club volleyball team to an 11th-place finish at the junior nationals. That team featured former Hornet Anna Schoener.
In the summer of 2008, he was the assistant coach for the 18-under Gold Cal Junior Club team that placed fifth in the American division at the Junior Olympics. That team featured former Hornet middle blocker Kelsey Elston.
He also spent the 2001 season coaching the 18-under Davis club team and spent time as an assistant coach at Rio Americano High School for one season (1999) where he helped guide the Raiders to the Sac-Joaquin Section championship. Prior to that, Volta spent two seasons as the varsity head coach at Country Day High School (1998-99) where the team finished third in the section championships. He started his coaching career at Grant High School in 1992, spending two years as the varsity head coach for the boys and girls teams.
Volta, who resides in Sacramento, also taught physical education at Sacramento's St. Philomenes School from 1999-2002.

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US Women Block Germany in Grand Prix Opener
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2012) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team opened its 2012 season with a 25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-11 victory over Germany on Friday evening in a FIVB World Grand Prix Pool B match at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.S., the two-time defending champions of the FIVB World Grand Prix and ranked No. 1 in the world, returns to the court on Saturday versus Chinese Taipei at 2 p.m. PT before concluding the round-robin Pool B versus host Dominican Republic at 2 p.m. PT on Sunday. Later today host Dominican Republic begins its FIVB World Grand Prix campaign against Chinese Taipei.
The FIVB World Grand Prix is the premier annual international women's volleyball tournament. The 16-team tournament features three preliminary round weekends that lead into a six-team Final Round slated for June 27 to July 1 in Ningbo, China.
After trailing 10-8 early in the opening set that included three Germany aces, the U.S. caught fire with a 12-3 scoring run to establish a 20-13 advantage en route to a 25-17 set victory that included seven blocks. Team USA scorched to a 7-1 lead in the second set and widened the lead to 11-3 before cruising to a 25-15 victory. Germany rolled to a 9-0 lead in the third set, but the U.S. made it very interesting down the stretch by closing to within one at 24-23 with a 13-4 scoring run before falling 25-23. Team USA broke a 6-all tie in the fourth set with a 16-3 scoring run in closing out the match with a 25-11 victory.
"We played very consistent and I am really happy the way we reacted in the third set when we almost leveled the score," U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "We executed well and we not playing our best volleyball. I think we will reach our peak in July and August."
Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) led the U.S. and all scorers with 20 points via 14 kills, five blocks and an ace. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) chipped in 16 points with nine kills on 18 errorless attacks, four blocks and three aces. Christa Harmotto (Hopewell Township, Pa.) charted seven kills on 12 attacks, five blocks and two aces for 14 points. Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) recorded 13 points on 10 kills, two blocks and an ace. Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) chipped in four kills and four blocks for eight points. Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) and Tama Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) rounded out the scoring with a kill and ace, respectively.
"It was a great start for our team," Hooker said. "I am really excited about our start and we need to continue focused."
Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) contributed team highs of 12 digs and 15 excellent service receptions on 25 attempts. Tom added seven digs, while Larson contributed eight excellent service receptions. Berg provided 12 running sets on a total of 98 set attempts.
"It is good to play after one month only training," said Berg, the U.S. captain. "After taking the first two sets we were able to come back strong in the third set and finished with a victory."
McCutcheon started Tom and Larson at outside hitter, Akinradewo and Harmotto at middle blocker, Hooker at opposite and Berg at setter. Davis was the libero for the match. Miyashiro was a serving in the first three sets, while Hodge was a sub in the third set.
The U.S. produced a 20-11 advantage in blocks and 32-24 margin in digs as both teams served eight aces. Team USA held a 45-35 advantage in kills and benefited from 25 Germany errors. Meanwhile, the Americans limited their errors to 14 in the match. Overall, the U.S. converted 33.6 percent of its attacks into points with a .231 hitting efficiency (45-14-134). Germany converted 23.8 percent of its attacks with a .014 hitting efficiency (35-33-147).
Maren Brinker paced Germany with 14 points, while Margareta Kozuch added 13 points.
"It was a very tough match but we did our best," Germany Head Coach Giovanni Guidetti said. "I think the blocking was the difference of the match today."
In other action on the opening day of the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, three matches were extended to five sets. Brazil edged Italy 18-25, 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 15-6 and Poland defeated Serbia 24-26, 25-22, 20-25, 25-16, 15-10 in Pool D held in Lodz, Poland. In Pool C at Busan, Korea, Turkey upset Japan 25-19, 25-21, 25-21 and Cuba held off Korea 23-25, 27-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-11 in a five-set thriller. In Pool A at Macau, China, Thailand blanked Argentina 25-18, 25-9, 25-22 and China handled Puerto Rico 25-15, 25-19, 25-16.
Team USA will travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the second preliminary round weekend with matches against Italy, Germany and Brazil on June 15-17, followed by the final preliminary round weekend June 22-24 in Bangkok, Thailand, with matches against Serbia, Argentina and Thailand.
Team USA, which has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, will try to become just the second country to win the FIVB World Grand Prix for three consecutive years. Aside from the U.S., only Brazil has successfully defended its title having won the tournament three consecutive years from 2004 to 2006 and back-to-back years in 2008 and 2009.
Heike Beier opened the first set with consecutive aces to give Germany a quick 2-0 lead. However, the U.S. knotted the score at 2-2 with an Akinradewo kill and German attack error. Team USA went in front 5-4 with consecutive kills from Larson and Hooker, only to have Germany side out, serve its third ace of the set and put up a block for a 7-5 advantage. The U.S. answered with back-to-back kills from Larson and Harmotto to level the score at 7-all. Germany took a two-point edge at 10-8, but the USA answered with consecutive Tom blocks after a German error to produce an 11-10 American lead. After Germany tied the set at 11-all, Team USA benefited from consecutive German errors to take a 13-11 lead. The U.S. went into the second technical timeout leading 16-13 with a Hooker block after a Larson kill. Out of the break, Harmotto added a quick block to force Germany into a timeout trailing 17-13. Out of the timeout, Akinradewo added an ace, Larson powered down a kill and Hooker put up a block for a 20-13 margin on the 6-0 scoring run. After Germany stopped the run, Harmotto put up back-to-back blocks for a 22-14 lead. The U.S. ended the set 25-17 on a Miyashiro ace coming off the bench. The U.S. used a 7-2 block advantage in the set to offset three Germany errors. Hooker paced the American offense with six points, while Larson added five points.
The U.S. started the second set with a 3-0 lead with a Tom kill and block around a Germany error. Consecutive roll shot kills by Hooker and Larson over the German block and an Akinradewo block pushed the U.S. to a 6-1 lead at a Germany timeout. Out of the break, Akinradewo added another kill to widen the gap to 7-1. Hooker scored a kill and block on both sides of the first technical timeout to extend the U.S. lead to 9-2. Hooker and Harmotto put up consecutive blocks to widen the gap to 11-3. Germany sliced the deficit to 13-7 with consecutive USA errors, only to have the Americans regain an eight-point lead at 15-7 on an Akinradewo kill and German error. The Germans notched three straight points before the U.S. could reach the second technical timeout leading 16-10. Hooker scored a kill out of the back row and Germany hit wide on back-to-back attacks to extend the U.S. lead to 21-13. Larson extended the scoring run with an ace followed by a Germany attack error for a 23-14 lead. Harmotto and Hooker ended the set with kills at 25-15. Hooker and Akinradewo totaled five points each in the second set, while Harmotto tallied four points. The U.S. added four additional blocks in the set and kept its errors to four in the set and eight for the match.
Germany started the third set with a quick 8-0 lead to the first technical timeout that included three blocks and an ace, then increased the lead to 9-0 out of the break. Germany pushed the gap to 11 points at 12-1 with an ace. The U.S. sliced three points off the deficit with two Akinradewo blocks around a Germany error and Larson kill leading to a Germany timeout leading 12-6. Out of the break, Germany had consecutive attack errors to narrow the lead to 12-7 on a 6-0 run on Tom's serve. Germany broke the scoring run with a side out and consecutive aces at 15-7. The U.S. sliced two points off the deficit with back-to-back kills by Tom and Akinradewo at 19-12. Team USA closed to 20-15 with an Akinradewo kill, Germany error and Tom block forcing a Germany timeout. The U.S. scoring run was extended to five points with a Hooker kill and Germany error closing the gap to 20-17. Team USA moved to within two at 21-19 with a Hooker kill and Akinradewo block. Germany reached set points at 24-20 following a Team USA attack error. Hooker saved consecutive set points with a kill and ace at 24-22. Larson powered down a kill to save a third set point at 24-23, but Germany ended the set at 25-23 before the U.S. could tie it. Akinradewo scored seven points in the third set for the U.S., while Hooker added four points. Germany used five blocks and five aces in the third set.
The U.S. gained the first two-point edge of the fourth set at 4-2 with Hooker scoring a block after a Germany service error. Germany tied the set at 6-all following a block. However, a German service error and a Larson back-row kill led the U.S. into the first technical timeout leading 8-6. Out of the break, Harmotto connected for consecutive aces to push the lead to 10-6. Consecutive Germany errors extended Team USA's advantage to 12-7. The Americans moved in front 14-8 with a Tom kill and Hooker block leading to a Germany timeout. Hooker nailed back-to-back kills, Larson hit a winner and Akinradewo served an ace for an 18-9 U.S. lead on a 4-0 scoring run. Harmotto put up three consecutive blocks to stretch the scoring run to 7-0 and a 21-9 lead. Akinradewo served her second ace of the 7-0 run to produce a 22-9 lead. Team USA reached set and match points at 24-10 on a Larson block after a Harmotto kill. Hooker ended the set at 25-11 with a back-row kill.
For more details on the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, visit the U.S. event page at usavolleyball.org/events/10257 or the FIVB event page by clicking here.
To view the 2012 U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team FIVB World Grand Prix Press Kit, click here.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - * Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
2 - * Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - * Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Opp, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach 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)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - * Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (Opp, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
13 - * Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell, Pa., Penn State)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (Opp, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
15 - * Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
16 - * Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Carli Lloyd (S, 5-11, Bonsall, Calif., California-Berkeley)
18 - * Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
19 - * Destinee Hooker (Opp, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
20 - Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford)
21 - * Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
22 - Courtney Thompson (S, 5-8, Kent, Wash., Washington)
23 - Mary 'Nellie' Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
24 - Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
25 - Lauren Gibbemeyer (MB, 6-2, St. Paul, Minn., Minnesota)
Legend: * Weekend 1; # Weekend 2; ^ Weekend 3; % Final Round
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach/Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Manager: Ken Sullivan
2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Standings
Team (Points, Record)
Thailand (3, 1-0)
China (3, 1-0)
Turkey (3, 1-0)
Poland (2, 1-0)
Cuba (2, 1-0)
Brazil (2, 1-0)
Italy (1, 0-1)
Korea (1, 0-1)
Serbia (1, 0-1)
Japan (0, 0-1)
Puerto Rico (0, 0-1)
Argentina (0, 0-1)
Germany (0, 0-1)
Dominican Republic (0, 0-0) vs. Chinese Taipei 6/8
Chinese Taipei (0, 0-0) vs. Dominican Republic 6/8
POINTS NOTE: 3 points for 3-0 or 3-1 win, 2 points for 3-2 win; 1 point for 3-2 loss; 0 points for 3-0 or 3-1 loss
FIVB Women's World Cup Schedule
Pool A – Macau, China
June 8: Thailand def. Argentina 25-18, 25-9, 25-22
June 8: China def. Puerto Rico 25-15, 25-19, 25-16
June 9: Puerto Rico vs. Thailand, 2:50 p.m.
June 9: Argentina vs. China, 5:20 p.m.
June 10: Argentina vs. Puerto Rico, 12:50 p.m.
June 10: China vs. Thailand, 3:20 p.m.
Pool B – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
June 8: USA def. Germany 25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-11
June 8: Dominican Republic vs. Chinese Taipei, 7:30 p.m.
June 9: USA vs. Chinese Taipei, 5 p.m. (2 p.m. PT)
June 9: Germany vs. Dominican Republic, 7:30 p.m.
June 10: Germany vs. Chinese Taipei, 2:30 p.m.
June 10: USA vs. Dominican Republic, 5 p.m. (2 p.m. PT)
Pool C – Busan, Korea
June 8: Turkey def. Japan 25-19, 25-21, 25-21
June 8: Cuba def. Korea 23-25, 27-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-11
June 9: Korea vs. Turkey, 2 p.m.
June 9: Japan vs. Cuba, 4:30 p.m.
June 10: Korea vs. Japan, 2 p.m.
June 10: Cuba vs. Turkey, 4:30 p.m.
Pool D – Lodz, Poland
June 8: Brazil def. Italy 18-25, 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 15-6
June 8: Poland def. Serbia 24-26, 25-22, 20-25, 25-16, 15-10
June 9: Serbia vs. Brazil, 12:30 p.m.
June 9: Poland vs. Italy, 3 p.m.
June 10: Italy vs. Serbia, 5:30 p.m.
June 10: Poland vs. Brazil, 8 p.m.
Pool E – Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 15: USA vs. Italy, 6:20 p.m. (2:20 p.m. PT)
June 15: Brazil vs. Germany, 8:20 p.m.
June 16: USA vs. Germany, 6:20 p.m. (2:20 p.m. PT)
June 16: Brazil vs. Italy, 8:20 p.m.
June 17: USA vs. Brazil, 1:20 p.m. (9:20 a.m. PT)
June 17: Germany vs. Italy, 3:20 p.m.
Pool F – Komaki, Japan
June 15: Thailand vs. Puerto Rico, 3:20 p.m.
June 15: Japan vs. Dominican Republic, 6:20 p.m.
June 16: Dominican Republic vs. Thailand, 3:20 p.m.
June 16: Japan vs. Puerto Rico, 6:20 p.m.
June 17: Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 3 p.m.
June 17: Japan vs. Thailand, 6 p.m.
Pool G – Foshan, China
June 15: Korea vs. Poland, 4 p.m.
June 15: China vs. Chinese Taipei, 7:30 p.m.
June 16: Poland vs. Chinese Taipei, 4 p.m.
June 16: China vs. Korea, 7:30 p.m.
June 17: Korea vs. Chinese Taipei, 4 p.m.
June 17: China vs. Poland, 7:30 p.m.
Pool H – Belgrade, Serbia
June 15: Serbia vs. Argentina, 5:20 p.m.
June 15: Cuba vs. Turkey, 8:05 p.m.
June 16: Cuba vs. Serbia, 5:20 p.m.
June 16: Turkey vs. Argentina, 8:05 p.m.
June 17: Serbia vs. Turkey, 5:20 p.m.
June 17: Argentina vs. Cuba, 8:05 p.m.
Pool I – Osaka, Japan
June 22: Korea vs. Turkey, 3:20 p.m.
June 22: Japan vs. Germany, 6:20 p.m.
June 23: Germany vs. Korea, 3:20 p.m.
June 23: Japan vs. Turkey, 6:20 p.m.
June 24: Germany vs. Turkey, 3 p.m.
June 24: Japan vs. Korea, 6 p.m.
Pool J – Bangkok, Thailand
June 22: USA vs. Serbia, 1:50 p.m. (11:50 p.m. PT on June 21)
June 22: Thailand vs. Argentina, 4:20 p.m.
June 23: USA vs. Argentina, 1:50 p.m. (11:50 p.m. PT on June 22)
June 23: Serbia vs. Thailand, 4:20 p.m.
June 24: Argentina vs. Serbia, 1:50 p.m.
June 24: USA vs. Thailand, 4:20 p.m. (2:20 a.m. PT)
Pool K – Luohe, China
June 22: Cuba vs. Brazil, 4 p.m.
June 22: China vs. Puerto Rico, 7:30 p.m.
June 23: Puerto Rico vs. Brazil, 4 p.m.
June 23: China vs. Cuba, 7:30 p.m.
June 24: Cuba vs. Puerto Rico, 4 p.m.
June 24: China vs. Brazil, 7:30 p.m.
Pool L – Taipei, Chinese Taipei
June 22: Italy vs. Dominican Republic, 4 p.m.
June 22: Poland vs. Chinese Taipei, 7:30 p.m.
June 23: Italy vs. Chinese Taipei, 5 p.m.
June 23: Poland vs. Dominican Republic, 7 p.m.
June 24: Dominican Republic vs. Chinese Taipei, 5 p.m.
June 24: Italy vs. Poland, 7 p.m.
FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round
Ningbo, China – June 27 to July 1
Top five teams from preliminary round plus China


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Clouded Leopard
The Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a felid found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008 by IUCN. Its total population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults.[2]
Clouded leopards have a tan or tawny coat, and are distinctively marked with large, irregularly-shaped, dark-edged ellipses which are said to be shaped like clouds. This unique appearance gave the cat both its common and scientific species name — nebulosus is Latin for "cloudy". The clouded leopard was confusing to scientists for a long time because of its appearance and skeleton. It seemed to be a cross between a big cat and a small cat.
The average clouded leopard typically weighs between 15 and 23 kilograms (33 and 51 lb), and has a shoulder height of 25 to 40 centimetres (9.8 to 16 in).[3] Females have a head-body length varying from 68 to 94 centimetres (27 to 37 in), with a 61 to 82 centimetres (24 to 32 in) tail, while the males are larger at 81 to 108 centimetres (32 to 43 in) with a 74 to 91 centimetres (29 to 36 in) tail.[4] Clouded leopards have a heavy build and, proportionately, the longest canine teeth of any living felid — of 2 inches (5.1 cm), about the same as a tiger's.[5] These characteristics led early researchers to speculate that they preyed on large land-dwelling mammals.
The background color of clouded leopard fur ranges from yellow-brown to dark grey, with paler underparts. The sides and back of the animal are marked with numerous dark cloud-like blotches, which may be partly outlined in black. There are black spots on the head, underparts, and legs, and short black stripes on the neck; the backs of the ears are also black, and there are black rings on the tail. A few melanistic clouded leopards have been reported from Borneo, but this color phase is uncommon.[4]
As might be expected from the fact some of its prey lives in trees, the clouded leopard is an excellent climber. Short, flexible legs, large paws, and sharp claws combine to make it very sure-footed in the canopy. The clouded leopard's tail can be as long as its body, further aiding in balance, giving it a squirrel-like agility similar to the margay of South America. Surprisingly, this arboreal creature can climb while hanging upside-down under branches, and descend tree trunks head-first.[3] In captivity, the clouded leopard routinely hangs by its hind legs using its long tail for balance, and runs head-first down tree trunks. Little is known about its behavior in the wild, but it is assumed from this behavior that a favored hunting tactic is to drop on prey from the trees.
The clouded leopard, despite its name, is not closely related to the leopard. The clouded leopard is regarded as having three subspecies:
- Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides: Nepal to Myanmar (Burma)
- Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa: Southern China to eastern Myanmar
- Neofelis nebulosa brachyura: Taiwan (extinct)
The Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) found on Sumatra and Borneo is genetically distinct and considered a separate species.[6]
Distribution and habitat
The clouded leopard is found only in Southeast Asia, and ranges through southern China (at least as far north as Wuyi Shan), the eastern Himalayas, western Malaysia, Nepal, northeast India, Bangladesh, and Indochina.[4] It is thought to be extinct in Taiwan. The last confirmed sighting of a clouded leopard in Taiwan was in 1989, when the skin from a small leopard was found in the Taroko area. This subspecies was characterized by its relatively much shorter tail.
The preferred habitat of clouded leopards is tropical and subtropical forests at altitudes up to about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). They are sometimes found, however, in mangrove swamps and grassland. The clouded leopard lives in temperatures from 18-49 degrees Celsius (65 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit).[citation needed]
Behavior and diet
Because of the animal's reclusive nature, the behavior of the clouded leopard in the wild is little known. With no evidence for a pack or pride society like that of the lion, it is assumed that it is a generally solitary creature, and it appears to be primarily nocturnal. Clouded leopards are largely arboreal, hunting prey in the trees, and also using trees to rest during the day. However, they spend a significant proportion of their time on the ground, and sometimes inhabit environments without tall trees.[4]
Clouded leopards have been observed to scent mark in captivity, for example by urine spraying and head-rubbing on prominent objects. Presumably such habits are used to mark their territory in the wild, although the size of their home ranges is unknown. Like other big cats, they do not appear able to purr, but they otherwise have a wide range of vocalisations, including mewing, hissing, growling, moaning, and snorting.[4]
Though remarkably little is known about the natural history and behavioral habits of this species in the wild, it is now thought that its primary prey includes both arboreal and terrestrial mammals, particularly deer, supplemented by similarly sized prey such as monkeys, civets, birds, porcupines, and domestic livestock.[4] Clouded leopards that are held in captivity also eat eggs and some vegetation.
Breeding and life history
Females give birth to a litter of 2 to 4 cubs after a gestation period of about 85 to 93 days.[3] Initially, the young are blind and helpless, much like the young of many other cats, and weigh from 140 to 280 grams (4.9 to 9.9 oz). Unlike adults, the kittens' spots are "solid"—completely dark rather than dark rings. The young can see within about 10 days of birth, are active within 5 weeks, and are fully weaned at around three month of age.[4]
Clouded leopards attain the adult coat pattern at around six months, and probably become independent after around ten months. They reach sexual maturity at two years of age, and females are able to bear one litter each year.[4] Adults in captivity have lived as long as 17 years;[7] in the wild, they have an average 11 year lifespan.[citation needed]
Captive breeding programs met with little success in their early stages, largely due to ignorance of courtship activity among these cats in the wild. Experience has taught keepers that introducing pairs of clouded leopards at a young age gives opportunities for the pair to bond and breed successfully. Introducing pairs as older adults may cause the animals such stress that the male may kill the female.[3] Normally, the clouded leopard is not an aggressive animal, except to prey.
Modern breeding programs involve carefully regulated introductions between prospective mating pairs and take into account the requirements for enriched enclosures. Providing these animals with adequate space to permit climbing stimulates natural behaviour and minimizes stress. This, combined with a feeding program that fulfills the proper dietary requirements, has promoted more successful breeding in recent years. Cats born in captivity may one day supplement threatened populations in the wild.
Many of the remaining forest areas are too small to ensure the long-term persistence of clouded leopard populations.[8] They are threatened by habitat loss following large–scale deforestation and commercial poaching for the wildlife trade. Skins, claws and teeth are offered for decoration and clothing, bones and meat as substitute for tiger in traditional Asian medicines and tonics, and live animals for the pet trade. Few poaching incidents have been documented, but all range states are believed to have some degree of commercial poaching. In recent years, substantial domestic markets existed in Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam.[9][10] In Myanmar, 301 body parts of at least 279 clouded leopards, mostly skins and skeletons, were observed in four markets surveyed between 1991 to 2006. Three of the surveyed markets are situated on international borders with China and Thailand, and cater to international buyers, although clouded leopards are completely protected under Myanmar's national legislation. Effective implementation and enforcement of CITES is considered inadequate.[11]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that fewer than 10,000 mature individuals exist, but reliable estimates of the effective population do not exist.[2] Only seven clouded leopards have ever been radio collared and their territorial movements monitored and recorded. Most of these cats were studied in Thailand and Nepal. Other available information on their ecology is anecdotal, based on local interviews and a few sighting reports, or stems from captive animals.[8] Very little is known of their natural history, ecology and behavior in the wild throughout their range, because due to their largely arboreal and nocturnal habits they are difficult to study.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora included the clouded leopard as an Appendix I species, which bans international trade. Over most of their range, they are protected by national legislation. Hunting is banned in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Hunting regulations apply in Lao PDR.[2] The United States also lists the clouded leopard under the Endangered Species Act, further prohibiting trade in the animals or any parts or products made from them in the United States. These bans, however, are poorly enforced.
Cultural influence
The Rukai people of Taiwan consider the clouded leopard to be their spiritual ancestor who led them to their homeland.[12]
The scientific name of the genus Neofelis is a composite of the Greek word νεο- meaning "new", and the Latin word feles meaning "cat", so it literally means "new cat."[13][14]
- ^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 545. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000222.
- ^ a b c d Sanderson, J., Khan, J., Grassman, L., Mallon, D.P. (2008). Neofelis nebulosa. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Felid TAG Clouded Leopard Factsheet". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/AZA/FelidTAG/Species/Factsheets/clouded-leopard.cfm. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sunquist, Mel; Sunquist, Fiona (2002). Wild cats of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 278–284. ISBN 0-226-77999-8.
- ^ Garman, A. (1997) Clouded Leopard. Big Cats On Line online
- ^ Hearn, A., Sanderson, J., Ross, J., Wilting, A., Sunarto, S. (2008). "Neofelis diardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4.. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136603.
- ^ Achariyo, L.N. and Mishra, Ch. G. (1981). "Some notes on the longevity of two species of Indian wild cats in captivity". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 78: 155.
- ^ a b Wilting, A., Fischer, F., Bakar, S.A., Linsenmair, K.E. (2006) Clouded leopards, the secretive top-carnivore of South-East Asian rainforests: their distribution, status and conservation needs in Sabah, Malaysia. BMC Ecology 2006, 6:16 online
- ^ Nowell, K. (2007) Asian big cat conservation and trade control in selected range States: evaluating implementation and effectiveness of CITES Recommendations. A TRAFFIC Report, June 2007 pdf
- ^ "Clouded Leopard — Neofelis nebulosa". Defenders of Wildlife. http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/clouded_leopard.php.
- ^ Shepherd, C. R., Nijman, V. (2008) The wild cat trade in Myanmar. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. pdf
- ^ "Cats from A to Z, The Clouded Leopard". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. http://www.nhm.org/cats/. Retrieved 2009-06-06. [dead link]
- ^ Perseus Digital Library. Greek Dictionary νεο Headword Search Result
- ^ Perseus Digital Library. Latin Dictionary feles Headword Search Result


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See how the Beatles and the Beach Boys used the rivalry to make their music better and didn't make it into a sort of bitter personal thing. They respected each other and made each other better.
If it happened today, there would be dissin' and the distinct possibiliy of an unstable Brian Wilson trying to put a cap in John Lennon's a-s-s or an East Coast - West Coast sort of thing. Instead, they used the rivalry to make them better


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USAT Members Win Numerous Medals at Toronto Open
USA Taekwondo members had a fine showing at the Nov. 15-16 Toronto Open in Canada, with 26 athletes winning a total of 27 medals.
Gold medalists in the senior division were Jermaine James (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the Olympic flyweight class and Aziza Chambers (Springfield, Ohio) in the Olympic featherweight class.
Junior division gold medalists included junior flyweight Stephanie Popken (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), junior featherweights Kiana Lo (Danville, Calif.) and Aaron Porras (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), junior welterweights Emilia Morrow (Alexandria, Va.) and Jacob Amerman (Littleton, Colo.), junior middleweight Ally Creel (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and junior heavyweight Adrienne Ivey (Ashburn, Va.).
Winning silver medals in the senior divisions were Christian Valencia (Renton, Wash.) in the Olympic flyweight class, Cheryl Krause (Fairfax Station, Va.) and Brian Gallagher (Littleton, Colo.) in the Olympic featherweight class, Tyler Knittel-McDavid (Loveland, Ohio) and Creel in the Olympic welterweight class, and Mike Walker (Detroit, Mich.) in the Olympic heavyweight class.
Junior silver medalists were Olie Burton (Alexandria, Va.) in the junior featherweight division, Shaina Krause (Fairfax Station, Va.) and William Jackson (Ann Arbor, Mich.) in the junior welterweight division, and Carly Rem (Maple Grove, Minn.) in the junior heavyweight division.
Bronze medalists in the senior competition were Adam Lautner (Hilliard, Ohio) and Jeremy Raymer (Indianapolis, Ind.) in the Olympic heavweight division.
Taking home bronze medals from the junior competition were Taylor Brennan (Hilliard, Ohio) in the junior flyweight division, Jennie McGurn (Anchorage, Alaska), Jackie Piansay (Alexandria, Va.) and Tim Kinley (Alexandria, Va.) in the junior welterweight division, Sana Jafarzadeh (Alexandria, Va.) in the junior middleweight division, and Nathan Hickel (Plymouth, Mich.) in the junior heavyweight division.


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LINGUIST List 25.1471
Wed Mar 26 2014
Jobs: Mandarin Chinese; Comp Ling; General Ling: Consultant, Ivona Software
Editor for this issue: Andrew Lamont
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As a Linguist for Mandarin Chinese you will work alongside Software Developers who are subject matter experts in speech synthesis and related fields to define and fulfill linguistic data needs. You will be working on tasks to improve natural language processing of TTS. You will help Software Developer with linguistic expertise throughout the whole language and voice building process at Ivona.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 410
Total Fat 10 g
Saturated Fat 1.5 g
Sodium 220 mg
Total Carbohydrate 47 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 32 g
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Penne pasta 4 ounces
Olive oil 1 tablespoon
Medium or large uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined ½ pound
Garlic cloves, minced 2
Basil, chopped 2 tablespoons
Baby spinach 4 cups
Grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons
Water to boil pasta
- Cook pasta al dente according to package directions. When pasta is done, reserve ½ cup of the water and drain the rest.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute. Then, turn shrimp over and add the garlic and basil. Cook for another 1-2 minutes, until shrimp is cooked through.
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Charles "Chuck" Stemm, a regional commissioner within USA Volleyball since 1992 and a current member of its board of directors, was presented with the 2008 Harold T. Friermood Award, the highest honor USA Volleyball can bestow, at the USA Volleyball Dorothy C. Boyce 63rd Annual Awards and Recognitions Banquet on May 22 in Atlanta. Stemm is the 39th recipient of the "Frier" Award.
"It hasn't sunk in yet," Stemm said. "It is fantastic. I have sat and watched my idols receive this reward in the past. I would never have thought of myself as in this company of people. To receive this honor is the highlight of my life."
Earlier in the evening, Albert M. Monaco, Jr., was honored as the William G. Morgan "Founders Award" recipient, Tom Blue was honored as the Harry E. Wilson Distinguished Service Award, Kim Norman, Kathy Ferraraccio and Anne Hughes were presented George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball awards, Richard E. Smith and Benjamin Jordan III (posthumously) were presented with the Wilbur H. Peck Referee Emeritus award, Karen M. Johnson and Peter J. Dunn were bestowed the USA Volleyball Medallion of Merit award. USA Volleyball All-Time Great Players were presented to Ninja Jorgensen and Bernie Holtzman
The Boyce Moment spotlighted the 20th anniversary of the 1988 U.S. Men's Olympic Team capturing the gold medal in Seoul. Among the honorees in attendance were players Scott Fortune and Ricci Luyties, team manager Gary Moy, consultant Rudy Suwara and team physician Dr. Lee Rice. Other 1988 players honored were Craig Buck, Bob Ctvrtlik, Karch Kiraly, Doug Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, Dave Saunders, Jeff Stork, Troy Tanner, Steve Timmons. Staff for the 1988 U.S. Men's Olympic Team included head coach Marv Dunphy, assistant coaches Gary Sato and Jim Coleman (deceased) and head of delegation Bill Baird. Bobby Clarke served as the FIVB arbiter. Five members of the 1988 team – Buck, Ctvrtlik, Kiraly, Timmons and Dunphy – have been inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. In 1999 this gold-medal winning Olympic Team was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame "Court of Honor."
The Southern Region Salute recognized 11 individuals from USA Volleyball's Southern Region who have made a difference in the sport. The group included Ken Cain, Don Crawley, Sr., Sid Feldman, Bud Fields, Carmen Foster, Bill Fulford, Brenda McIntosh, Catherine Neely, Rose Powell, Keith Ricketts and Jim Stewart.
Stemm's administrative duties within the USA Volleyball umbrella took off in 1982 when he was elected as regional commissioner for the Michiana Region (the States of Michigan and Indiana). After a geographic shift to the regions, the Hoosier Regional Volleyball Association was born and Stemm held control of the state of Indiana (Michigan became the Lakeshore Regional Volleyball Association). With the redistricting the only interruption to his commissioner role, Stemm has served 26 years in the USA Volleyball regional movement.
"The group of people we surrounded ourselves with when we started out the Michiana Region is one of my proudest accomplishments," Stemm said. "They took the ball and ran with it. Success of our region is based on the people who helped run the organization. Our region's success in junior volleyball is due to Tom Pingel. Without him, we would not have as successful of a program."
In 1986, Stemm was appointed to the USA Volleyball Special Events Division, the forerunner of the National Championships Division. He was invited to serve as a member of the Junior Olympic Volleyball Advisory Committee in 1988, and the committee evolved into what is known today as the Youth Junior Olympic Volleyball Division (YJOVD). Stemm was a key player with the junior movement in its beginning stages.
Stemm was assigned the responsibility of chairing the awards for the Junior Olympic Championships in 1988 and 1989. After that assignment, he took over the chair of the All-American Awards Committee at the U.S. Open and remained in that position until 1998. As part of his real profession, Stemm was an insurance agent in his father's firm.
Stemm has also contributed his leadership for many years to the USA Volleyball Grass Outdoor Championships. He became a vocal and influential force while serving on the Regional Operations Division (ROD) as part of its insurance committee.
As one of six current ROD directors serving on the USA Volleyball Board of Directors, he has been previously honored by USA Volleyball with the George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Award in 1990, the Dr. Neville A. "Doc" Booth Commissioner's Award in 1993 and the Karen M. Johnson Human Resources Award in 2003.
Stemm, who retired from active competition in 1990, began playing elite volleyball in 1966. When the AAU selected Elkhart as the site of its National Championships, he was tagged as the local tournament director.
Stemm played in his first USA Volleyball Open National Championships at Salt Lake City in 1972. He continued playing for several years. At the1980 Open in Portland, Oregon. Stemm earned his National Referee rating and became the head official for the Michiana Region.


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Westfield elects new mayor
There is a new mayor in Westfield.
Following Tuesday's spring election results, Michael VandeVelde is the new mayor of the village. He defeated incumbent David Carr, who had been mayor since 2005. VandeVelde won the election with 519 votes. Carr received 227 votes.
The new mayor said the people of Westfield were ready for a change.
"I'm impressed by the village residents. We put a message out there, and they went to the polls and said they want to move Westfield in a new direction," he said.
VandeVelde, who ran on the Democratic and Westfield First party lines, said he has lived in Westfield his whole life. He served as a village trustee in 2005-06.
"I've been here and seen it sit and be stagnate. I have new ideas and hope to move Westfield forward in a direction it has never gone before," he said.
"My goal is economic gardening. To grow our economy from the inside. I want to work with the Westfield Economic Corp. to grow the economy from the inside out. Economic development is my number one priority."
In the Westfield village trustee election, incumbent Robert Cochran, running on the Democrat and Westfield First party lines, won re-election, receiving 547 votes. Newly elected trustee Debra S. Puckhaber won the other available spot, receiving 349 votes running on the Democrat and Westfield First party lines. Incumbent Republican and Concord party candidate Chris Jaynes lost re-election with 337 votes. Republican and Concord party candidate Thomas Rackowski was defeated with 223 votes.
Incumbent Village Justice Jeffrey R. Thomas was re-elected with 648 votes.
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DUNNELL – Celebration of Life services for Julane F. Gripentrog, 77, of North Mankato, formerly of Dunnell, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sherburn. Burial will be in Lake Fremont Cemetery, Dunnell.
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How the Mormon GOP runs Utah with a collectivist touch
"Our object is to labor for the benefit of the whole ..."
--Brigham Young, 1873
A throng of cars floats down Interstate 15 on an end-of-summer morning, the rising sun wreathed in the orange gauze of distant wildfire smoke. In Lehi, a suburb sandwiched between Salt Lake City and Provo, a massive steel-and-glass shape juts out from the hillside over the interstate, sporting a huge banner that reads "Adobe." It's the 280,000-square-foot first phase of the software giant's new campus, which will house more than 1,000 employees, adding to the 600 already in Utah. Behind the building, rows of new houses are marching up the hillside, watched over by the gleaming white steeples of Mormon meeting houses. A flock of paragliders hangs in the hazy air above the subdivision.
It's a perfect snapshot of Utah's economy, which by nearly all measures is doing quite well. The state has more manufacturing than its neighbors, greater economic diversity, and in August the unemployment rate was 5.8 percent, tied with Wyoming for lowest in the West (Nevada was highest with 12.1). Big businesses like Adobe and Goldman Sachs are expanding their presence here. A lower percentage of people live in poverty in Utah than in most of the nation, and Utah consistently has the best Gini Index score, meaning the wealth is more evenly distributed. In the past year alone, at least a half-dozen media outlets have ranked Utah among the top five places to live or do business, and the Brookings Institution's Metro Monitor consistently gives Ogden, Salt Lake City and Provo top scores in recovery from the recession.
This success has observers asking: What's Utah's secret sauce? Republican Gov. Gary Herbert says that the main ingredient is a laissez-faire, no-government-interference, free-market approach. "This is no surprise to Utah, again confirming that reasonable regulation, low taxes and an unparalleled workforce are the best components to promote economic growth," Herbert told The Salt Lake Tribune in August, after CNBC chose his state as number two for business in the nation. "We achieve this growth by creating the best conditions for the free market to do what it does best."
In other words, Utah -- one of the politically reddest states -- provides an ideal atmosphere for the "We Built It" slogan that the Republican Party has adopted this campaign season. Utah's relatively low corporate tax rate (5 percent) and the Herbert administration's recent effort to streamline regulations have also attracted businesses fleeing states with higher taxes and more onerous rules.
But look a little more closely at Lehi, and a more complex recipe emerges. Adobe may, indeed, have been lured here by low taxes, but $40 million in incentives from the state government, plus millions more in local incentives, also helped. So did the state-funded effort to turn its universities into high-tech incubators of sorts and the taxpayer-funded commuter rail that will be extended to near the company's campus later this year. Adobe employees will overlook the whirling industrial sculpture of state-incentivized wind turbines, along with an even bigger campus of sorts across the valley, a 1 million-square-foot, $2 billion National Security Agency "spy center" funded by federal taxpayers.
We Built It? Sure, as long as the "We" includes a healthy dose of all levels of government involvement, and impressive influence from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, building on a long history of strong centralized planning and rebellion against unfettered capitalism and the Western frontier individualist ethos. "To the very desirable assets of the Western landscape, they've added good policy," says Mark Muro, co-director of the Brookings Mountain West think tank. "It's not a big government, but they're doing smart things. It's a planning-oriented, smart, lean government."
1. Typically such comparisons as these don't include defense spending. That's because one could argue that since federal defense spending is for the benefit of the entire nation, it's unfair to put it into a particular state's expense "column" (despite the fact that that spending does benefit that state's economy). Obviously, if defense spending were included, each state's "debt" to the federal government would be much greater.
2. Defense jobs are included in the jobs chart. They are included here because a defense job has an impact on the economy that is similar to any other similar-paying job.
I hope this answers your questions.
It's a really good question, and unfortunately I don't have a great answer, although I can tell you why I chose to leave defense spending out.
This type of comparison is going to be messy and inexact no matter how you slice it. That's true if you're trying to figure out whether a particular individual is getting more from the federal government than he/she pays in taxes; it's even more true, I think, when you try to extend it to the state level. But the defense spending thing...
1. The first reason is for consistency's sake. Typically, when this federal revenues vs. spending comparison is done, defense spending is left out. I suspect that this is for the reason I gave before: Because defense spending is for the benefit of the whole nation, it's could be decreed unfair to put defense spending in the "expenses" column for a particular state, even if the spending was done in that state (as opposed to social security, Medicaid, or grants to schools, for example).
2. Of course, this leaves plenty of grey areas like the ones you mention. If a Utah company is paid by the military to build rockets, it's providing jobs to the people in that state, in the same exact way as the IRS is providing jobs to people in that state, for the benefit of the entire nation.
3. This is where it gets messy, and the person who's making a graph like this one has to make somewhat arbitrary decisions about what kind of spending to include, and what kind not to include. The Consolidated Federal Funds Report is set up in a way that makes it easy to pull defense spending, in general, out of the equation. It has two major categories of spending: Defense and Non-Defense. Everything else is a line-item.
So, this is where precedent comes in again: In order to be consistent, I chose to leave out defense, though I had the exact same qualms and questions that you had.
Generally speaking, the overall message remains the same whether you include defense spending or not: Nearly all Western states receive more in federal spending than they collectively pay in taxes. With defense spending added in, things simply become more lopsided for every state. Colorado is the exception to that: Without defense spending, it pays more in taxes than it gets back. With defense spending added in, it, too, has a spending deficit with the feds.
Thanks again for the questions.
I also think that since Defense is something like 60% of Congress's "discretionary" spending that the impact of that money should be noted when we look at the decisions that the western Congressional delegations make.


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USA Blue Defeats USA Red in Women's Scrimmage
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 16, 2011) – USA Blue defeated its USA Red counterpart 20-25, 25-19, 32-30, 16-25, 15-13 in an intrasquad scrimmage of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Training Team held Wednesday evening at Irvine, Calif.
For USA Blue, Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) scored a match-high 24 points with 19 kills on 36 attacks as part of a 53 kill percent. She added three aces and two blocks in the victory. Becky Perry (Austin, Texas) and Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) each contributed 17 points for USA Blue. Perry notched her total with 14 kills, two aces and a block. Sather pocketed 15 kills on a team-high 49 attacks and two aces. Kari Pestolesi (Huntington Beach, Calif.) recorded 12 points, while Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) added 10 points. Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) rounded out the scoring for USA Blue with five points while setting the team to a 37 kill percent.
Kindra Carlson (Eaton, Colo.) led USA Red with 20 kills on 36 attacks and three blocks for a total of 23 points. Juliann Faucette (San Diego, Calif.), who is training with the group during her spring break from University of Texas, added 16 kills on a team-high 53 attacks as part of a17-point performance. Ashley Benson (Bloomington, Ind.) chipped in 12 kills and a match-high four blocks for 16 points. Cassidy Lichtman (Poway, Calif.), who missed the U.S. exhibitions last month with the Japan Girls' Youth National Team due to school commitments at Stanford, added 10 points, while Dominique Olowolafe (Lansing, Mich.) charted nine points. Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) set USA Red to a 40 kill percent while adding five individual points.
U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Karch Kiraly, who served as USA Blue's head coach, started Lloyd at setter, Perry at opposite, Gibbemeyer and Johnson at middle blocker, and Sather and Pestolesi at outside hitter. Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa) was the libero for USA Blue and provided an 80 excellent percent on 30 service reception attempts.
U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Paula Weishoff, who served as USA Red's head coach, started Hagglund at setter, Carlson at opposite, Benson and Olowolafe at middle blocker, and Faucette and Lichtman at outside hitter. Cami Croteau (Orange, Calif.) was the libero for first two sets, while Ellie Blankenship (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) was the USA Red libero in the final three sets. Blankenship held a 73 positive percent on 22 receptions, while Croteau turned in a 69 positive percent.
In the deciding fifth set, USA Blue came back from a 12-11 deficit to win 15-13, scoring four of the last five points. USA Red held a 14-9 advantage in blocks for the match, but USA Blue made up the difference with a 9-3 margin in aces.
The two teams will hold a second scrimmage at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on March 17 at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, Calif.
The U.S. Women's National Training Team is currently in its winter training block, which started Jan. 17 and runs through mid-April at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif.
USA Red
# - Name (Position, Hometown, College)
2 – Ashley Benson (Middle Blocker, Bloomington, Ind., Indiana University)
3 – Kindra Carlson (Opposite, Eaton, Colo., University of Washington)
5 – Jenna Hagglund (Setter, West Chester, Ohio, University of Washington)
13 – Dominique Olowolafe (Middle Blocker, Lansing, Mich., Cal Poly)
15 – Juliann Faucette (Outside Hitter, San Diego, Texas)
14 – Cami Croteau (Libero, Orange, Calif., Cal State Fullerton)
16 – Cassidy Lichtman (Outside Hitter, Poway, Calif., Stanford)
17 – Ellie Blankenship (Libero, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, University of Northern Iowa)
USA Blue
# - Name (Position, Hometown, College)
1 – Kayla Banwarth (Libero, Dubuque, Iowa, University of Nebraska)
4 – Lauren Gibbemeyer (Middle Blocker, St. Paul, Minn., University of Minnesota)
6 – Naomi Johnson (Middle Blocker, Bloomington, Minn., Northwestern University)
7 – Carli Lloyd (Setter, Bonsall, Calif., University of California-Berkeley)
8 – Becky Perry (Outside Hitter, Austin, Texas, University of Washington)
9 – Kari Pestolesi (Outside Hitter, Huntington Beach, Calif., UC Irvine)
10 – Julianne Piggott (Outside Hitter, Newport Beach, Calif., UC Irvine)
11 – Kaitlin Sather (Outside Hitter, Santa Rosa, Calif., UCLA)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coaches: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) and Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jenni Hirneisen (Parachute, Colo.)
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 21, 2008)
- U.S. beach volleyball teams had a busy weekend at the AVP Crocs Tour event in Dallas, at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event in Guatemala and at the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in San Diego.
At the Cuervo Gold Crown Dallas Open, the top-seeded teams of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) both won their second events of the season. May-Treanor and Walsh defeated second-seeded Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.), 17-21, 21-14, 15-13, for the women's title, but it wasn't easy. May-Treanor and Walsh were down 11-13 in the third set before fighting back for the victory.
"We can be down eight points, and we're still never out of it, and we like to make the other team feel the same way," Walsh said in an AVP release. "But we need to start turning it on a little bit sooner. We both want it so bad, and we're both in it, but we haven't gotten our rhythm yet at all this year. We're really looking forward to doing that."
On the men's side, Dalhausser/Rogers beat fourth-seeded Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), 16-21, 21-16, 15-12, in the final match.
"(Phil) wasn't on top of his game, not that I was great, but it was good enough to win," Rogers told the AVP.
May-Treanor and Walsh lead the U.S. women in qualifying points for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, followed by Branagh and Youngs. Dalhausser and Rogers lead the men in qualifying followed by Gibb and Rosenthal. Qualifying points are attained at FIVB international tour events. The United States will send two women's teams and two men's teams to Beijing. More information on the AVP Crocs tour is available at
In Guatemala City, Guatemala, the U.S. men's team of Kevin Gregan (White Plains, Md.) and Dan Madden (Whippany, N.J.) finished sixth at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event while the women's team of Kathleen Madden (Whippany, N.Y.) and Rosa Masler (Kahului, Hawai'i) placed eighth. Teams from Mexico won both championship titles, with Juan Virgen and Aldo Miramontes taking the men's division and Bibi Candelas and Mayra Garcia winning the women's. More information is available on the NORCECA web site at
Finally, in San Diego, Ashley Engle (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Kiley Hall (Costa Mesa, Calif.) of the University of Texas defeated Taylor Carico (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Jessica Gysin (Los Gatos, Calif.) of the University of Southern California, 21-8, 21-12, in the final to win the Second Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship on Sunday. The volleyball tournament, showcasing the nation's top women's collegiate volleyball players, was staged by CBS College Sports Network, along with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and the AVP. Both Engle and Carico have been involved in USA Volleyball's high performance program for indoor volleyball. Both were members of the 2007 U.S. Women's Junior National Team that finished fourth at the FIVB Junior World Championship in Thailand. Both were also members of the 2005 U.S. Girls Youth National Team that finished fourth in China. Coverage of the Collegiate Nationals, which crowns champions in 11 sports, kicks off with a special one-hour program airing on CBS Sports on Sunday, May 25 (2 p.m., EDT). More information is available on the AVCA web site at
The USA Volleyball beach volleyball web site is


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1. For a family of 4, generally, what size pie should I shoot for?
2. What Thickness Factor, again in general, would be a target?
3. If I'm going to buy a pan, what should I look for?
Out of curiousity, why not? Is it a tradition thing? I made my Chicago-style pie in a cast iron pan with slightly sloped sides, and had excellent results.
I wouldn't dispute that you can get excellent results in a cast iron skillet. You can also get drunk as hell by drinking Everclear but it just isn't the same as single malt Scotch.
So is it just that a 'real' Chicago pie isn't made in a slope-sided pan, or does it change the pie somehow?
I think the answer is yes on both accounts.
Does a pie with perfect 90 degree crust taste different?
I'm not mocking - I'm seriously curious.
If it's only tradition, I don't care what kind of pan I make the pie in. If it's going to change the pie somehow, I'm all about trying new things.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (18 votes).
In short: What a great race - well done NWRRCIn full: Now the third year I've run this race and can see me doing again and again. Great race and very well orgainsed. If you're looking for a race in February, try this one.Date of review: February 12, 2014
In short: wonderful raceIn full: 9th time of running this race, find it very hard ( especially as I am 69) but keep coming back for more, as I love it ! Marshals are so friendly and encouraging - just one thing this year which has not happened previously is that the route was not closed to traffic and got quite a few horns blowing and angy looks - I realise of course that closing the roads is a costly business these days - so am not complaining - and - please God - will be back next yearDate of review: February 11, 2014
In short: Great experience!In full: Uphill for first 4k but then you can really go quick down the other side and back on to the prom. Great mug momento, makes a change from a medal. My best time in a 10k by some distance! (45'55'')Date of review: February 10, 2014
In short: Fantastic Marshall's great support great raceIn full: One of the best 10k's Date of review: February 9, 2014
In short: Excellent 10k up and down the Great OrmeIn full: Really enjoyed this today, despite the fact the weather and route made it quite a challenging 10k. However the scenery is great and it was very well organised, will definitely do it again.Date of review: February 9, 2014
In full: The course is great. I've not enjoyed uphill runs before, but the atmosphere and the scenery made up for this. In fact, having only done a flat run before, I found this course to be refreshing! I will definitely be doing it again. I thought the award was a bit poor. But I came for the run, not the mug I guess!! I would recommend it for beginners.Date of review: February 14, 2013
In short: hard slog going up but a great run downDate of review: February 13, 2013
In short: A great scenic run - well organised - roll on next year!Date of review: February 12, 2013
In short: Great race, enjoyed every minute, don't let the climb put you off this race is worth doing no matter what your ability.Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Great race, fantastic organisation. Once again NWRRC do themselves proudDate of review: February 11, 2013
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