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TAR HEELS FINISH REGULAR SEASON WITH THREE GAMES IN TAR HEEL STATE: The 2012 University of North Carolina women's soccer team will finish out its regular season with three successive games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents to be played in the state of North Carolina.
The Tar Heels travel to Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C. on Thursday to meet Duke University at 7 p.m. This coming Sunday, the Tar Heels will play host to Wake Forest at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field. Next Thursday the Tar Heels will finish out the regular season with at 7 p.m. game against NC State in Raleigh, N.C.
SUCCESS AT HOME: After starting the ACC regular season with back-to-back road games at Maryland and Virginia and going 0-1-1 in those games, the 2012 University of North Carolina women's soccer team returned to Fetzer Field on September 20 to start a four-game homestand against ACC opponents. With the exception of a 1-0 loss to top-ranked and undefeated Florida State on September 27, the Tar Heels thrived on the homestand, going 3-1 overall and beating a pair of Top 15 teams, downing Virginia Tech 3-1 on September 20 and Boston College 1-0 on October 4. The homestand helped the Tar Heels get back on track and they carried that momentum over to a game at Clemson on October 12 in which they defeated the Tigers 4-0. That was the most lopsided home loss of the season for Clemson whose previous largest margin of defeat at home had been two goals.
THE BASICS OF THE DUKE MATCHUP: The Tar Heels enter the match against Duke with a record of 8-3-2 overall, including a 4-2-1 mark in the ACC. The Blue Devils come into the match at 11-3-2 overall and 5-2-2 in the ACC. Thursday will be Duke's final ACC match of the season.
Duke is ranked slightly higher than the Tar Heels in both national polls this week. The Blue Devils are ranked sxith by Soccer America and eighth by the NSCAA. North Carolina is seventh in the Soccer America poll and 10th in the NSCAA poll.
THE BASICS OF THE WAKE FOREST MATCHUP: Both North Carolina and Wake Forest play matches on Thursday prior to meeting up on Sunday in Chapel Hill. UNC plays at Duke on Thursday night while Wake Forest will play host to NC State.
The Tar Heels enter the match against Duke with a record of 8-3-2 overall, including a 4-2-1 mark in the ACC. The Demon Deacons come into the match against NC State at 10-4-2 overall and 4-2-1 in the ACC. Wake Forest has matches remaining in the regular season with NC State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech.
North Carolina is seventh in the Soccer America poll and 10th in the NSCAA poll this week. Wake Forest enters the week at 13th in the NSCAA poll and 12th in the Soccer America poll.
BROADCAST INFORMATION FOR BOTH GAMES: Unprecented coverage of North Carolina women soccer continues this weekend as both games will be webcast as well as broadcast on WCHL Radio.
Thursday's game against Duke will be webcast on the ACC Digital Network on YouTube. Patrick Kinas will serve as the play by play announcer and former Duke men's soccer coach John Rennie will be the analyst. Sunday's match against Wake Forest will be webcast nationally on ESPN3. Kyle Straub will serve as the play by play announcer while former UNC player Leea Murphy will serve as color analyst.
Links for both broadcast can be found on GoHeels.com. Links for the Thursday match will be on TheACC.com and YouTube.com. You can also go to WatchESPN to view Sunday's game versus Wake Forest.
Both games this weekend will also be broadcast live on WCHL FM/AM in Chapel Hill, N.C. (97.9 FM/1360 AM). Paul Connell will serve as the play by play announcer and Hampton Dellinger will be the analyst.
FINISHING THE REGULAR SEASON STRONG: Carolina came out of the gates this year a bit slow by historical standards, going 0-1-1 in the first two matches and standing 4-2-2 after eight games.
Four wins in the past five games have moved UNC into a tie for fourth place in the ACC standings with Virginia and Wake Forest.
Going into action on Thursday, Florida State leads the ACC standings with 21 points followed by Maryland with 19 points and Duke with 17 points. North Carolina, Wake Forest and Virginia are tied for fourth with 13 points while Boston College is seventh with nine points. Virginia Tech and Miami both have seven points and are currently tied for eighth place, the last team that qualifies for the ACC Tournament.
If the Tar Heels are to gain a final Top 4 spot in the league standings and with it a home game in the ACC quarterfinals, they do control their own fate as they play both Duke and Wake Forest head-to-head. UNC meets Duke on October 18 and Wake Forest on October 21.
THIS WEEK IN THE RANKINGS: UNC is now seventh in the Soccer America poll and 10th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.
It is the second highest ranking for Carolina this year in the NSCAA poll (8th in the preseason) and the third highest ranking int he Soccer America poll (fourth in preseason, sixth on September 11).
SOCIAL MEDIA: You can follow match action on Twitter at @ncwomenssoccer (official feed) and @uncwomenssoccer (players feed).
Live stats for the matches will also be available on GoHeels.com for both games.
TICKETS FOR SUNDAY'S MATCH: North Carolina's final regular season home match will be against Wake Forest on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are $5 for general admission seats and can be purchased in advance at the Ticket Center on GoHeels.com. Fans can also purchase tickets on game day at the Carmichael Arena Ticket Office. The ticket office will open up at 12 noon. Sunday's game will be Faculty/Staff Appreciation game at Fetzer Field as well.
All UNC faculty, staff and students will be admitted to the game free of charge by showing their UNC One Cards.
THE NCAA RPI: The NCAA announced the fourth RPI of the 2012 season Tuesday and North Carolina is in the Top 10 for the fourth straight week at No. 8. Stanford leads the RPI followed by Florida State, UCLA, BYU, Penn State, San Diego State, Florida and North Carolina.
Carolina has played a schedule dotted with teams high in the current RPI. In the coming week, UNC will play both #10 Duke on October 18 and #11 Wake Forest on October 21.
Carolina has already played games against #2 Florida State, #7 Florida, #14 Virginia, #25 Virginia Tech, #26 Notre Dame, #27 Boston College, #28 Maryland, #30 Portland, #37 Marquette, #51 San Diego, #71 Miami, #89 Connecticut and #100 Clemson.
Of UNC's 16 regular-season matches the only opponent not currently in the RPI Top 100 is NC State. The Tar Heels will play the Wolfpack (#155) on October 25.
UNC VERSUS DUKE: North Carolina leads the all-time series with Duke 34-2-1. UNC has won seven in a row in the series including a 1-0 victory last year in Chapel Hill.
UNC VERSUS WAKE FOREST: North Carolina leads the all-time series with Wake Forest 25-1-2. The two teams have drawn in each of their last two matches.
Carolina and Wake Forest played to a 1-1 tie in the 2010 ACC Tournament semifinals in Cary, N.C. Last year, Carolina and Wake Forest played to a scoreless tie at Fetzer Field.
WORLD CHAMPIONS RETURN TO SQUAD: Three key members of the victorious USA Team at the 2012 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup returned to the Tar Heel squad on Monday, September 11, 2012 after missing the first six games of the season.
Junior forward Kealia Ohai, junior defender Crystal Dunn and freshman goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin appeared in their first game of the season with the Tar Heels on September 13 against Maryland.
In the U20 gold-medal game win over Germany by a 1-0 score on September 8, Ohai scored the only goal of the game, Dunn had the assist on the game-winning goal by her UNC teammate and Heaberlin went the entire way in goal, posting a clean sheet and making five saves.
UNC'S U20 WORLD CHAMPIONS OVER THE YEARS: Ohai, Dunn and Heaberlin continued the legacy of outstanding UNC players who have won gold medals at the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup since 2002. Carolina players have now played key roles in all three tournament championships for the USA.
In 2002, six Tar Heels were on the American roster - Lindsay Tarpley, Amy Steadman, Lori Chalupny, Heather O'Reilly, Kendall Fletcher and Ashlyn Harris. All but Steadman started in the gold medal game for the U.S. against Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. Tarpley's goal in overtime on a rebound of her own saved shot lifted the U.S. to that title 1-0.
In 2008, a pair of UNC players - Nikki Washington and Meghan Klingenberg - started on the U.S. team which beat North Korea in the championship game on December 7, 2008 in Santiago, Chile. That same day, their UNC teammates defeated Notre Dame 2-1 to win the NCAA championship, their 20th national title, in Cary, N.C. at WakeMed Soccer Park.
BROOKS NAMED A FINALIST FOR 2012 SENIOR CLASS AWARD: University of North Carolina senior midfielder Amber Brooks of New Hope, Pa. is among the ten NCAA® women's soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field and were selected as finalists October 17 for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate soccer.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of finalists follows this release.
Brooks is the fifth Tar Heel to be named a finalist in the six years of the existence of the award. Previous finalists from UNC were Jessica Maxwell in 2007, Yael Averbuch in 2008, Kristi Eveland in 2009 and Ali Hawkins in 2010. Hawkins won the Senior CLASS Award two years ago.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 women's candidates announced in September. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through November 19. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches' votes to determine the winner.
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2012 NCAA Women's College Cup® championships. The Women's College Cup will take place November 30 and December 2 in San Diego.
The finalists for this year's award are Amber Brooks of North Carolina, Tara Campbell of Duke, Adrianna Franch of Oklahoma State, Tishia Jewell of UCF, Lindsi Cutshall of BYU, Aly Miller of Marquette, Mariah Nogueira of Stanford, Natalie Morris of Utah State, Mallory Schaffer of William and Mary and Colleen Williams of Dayton.
GREEN NAMED ACC, SOCCER AMERICA & TOP DRAWER SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: North Carolina freshman forward Summer Green was named the ACC Women's Soccer Player of the Week, the Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week and the Soccer America National Player of the Week on September 11, 2012 following her role in wins over Marquette 4-0 and San Diego 5-0.
Green was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Duke Nike Classic following a pair of two-goal games which helped the Tar Heels defeat Marquette, 4-0, and San Diego, 5-0. The rookie from Milford, Mich., tallied two-second half goals in the rout of the Golden Eagles and scored the game-winner against the Toreros. She added the third goal in the victory over San Diego as the Tar Heels pulled away in the second half. Green leads the team with five goals and two assists.
This was her first career ACC Player of the Week nod. Green also earned national honors that week when she was named TopDrawerSoccer.com's National Player of the Week and Soccer America's National Player of the Week. Green was joined on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week by senior defender Amber Brooks.
ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS FOR THE HEELS: At the 2012 Notre Dame adidas Invitational August 31 and September 2, freshman forward Summer Green was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player and senior defender Amber Brooks was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player. Senior midfielder Ranee Premji and sophomore defender Satara Murray joined those two Tar Heels on the All-Tournament Team.
At the Duke Nike Invitational on September 7 and 9, Green was named the tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Brooks, Premji and senior forward Maria Lubrano.
SHUTOUTS ARE INFREQUENT: UNC's 1-0 loss to Florida State on September 27 was only the 33rd time the Tar Heels have been shut out in their history in the 810 matches played since 1979. Carolina has suffered 23 shutout losses in its history. The Tar Heels have also played 10 scoreless ties in their history.
DUNN NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA: North Carolina junior defender Crystal Dunn of Rockville Centre, N.Y., was named to the preseason All-America Team announced by Soccer America Magazine in mid-August. This was the second successive year that the Dunn was named to Soccer America's preseason team.
DUNN NAMED TO HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST: North Carolina junior Crystal Dunn was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List for 2011 in early August. The marks the second straight year Dunn was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List. She was a semifinalist for the 2010 Hermann Trophy. The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually to the national player of the year in conjunction with the Missouri Athletic Club and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
TAR HEELS TAP CO-CAPTAINS: A pair of UNC veterans with plenty of starting experience were elected by their teammates as co-captains of the 2012 Tar Heel team.
Senior forward Maria Lubrano of High Point, N.C.and senior midfielder Amber Brooks of New Hope, Pa. were elected co-captains. Brooks is in her fourth year as a starter while Lubrano earned significant starting experience in both 2009 and 2011.
Lubrano is one of the great success stories on the UNC roster as she was granted a sixth season of eligibility in 2012. Lubrano missed the entirety of the 2008 and 2010 seasons with two different season-ending injuries. She was a solid performer on the 2009 national championship team and then returned after a year off to be an impact player in 2011.
THREE TAR HEELS ON TOP DRAWER SOCCER LIST: Top Drawer Soccer Magazine has named both a preseason and midseason list of the Top 100 upperclassmen to watch in the 2012 season. UNC had three players named to the list, including the top-ranked player in senior mifielder Amber Brooks. Junior defender Crystal Dunn is the 29th-ranked player on the TDS List of Upperclassmen while junior forward Kealia Ohai was the No. 46 player on the list.
FIVE TAR HEELS ON TOP DRAWER SOCCER FRESHMAN LIST: Top Drawer Soccer Magazine recently named the list of the Top 100 freshman to watch in the 2012 season. The midseason report had five Tar Heels on it, including forward Summer Green at No. 1, midfielder Katie Bowen at No. 4, defender Hanna Gardner at No. 32, midfielder Reilly Parker at No. 72 and goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin at No. 78.
CAROLINA'S STELLAR ACC RECORD: Carolina has gone 57-12-3 in ACC regular-season matches since a 2-1 loss to Duke at Fetzer Field on October 9, 2005.
The losses were to Miami in 2007, Virginia Tech, Florida State and Miami in 2009, Boston College and Maryland in 2010, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Maryland in 2011 and Maryland and Florida State in 2012 while the ties were with Florida State in 2008, Wake Forest in 2011 and Virginia in 2012.
In an era of the greatest parity in ACC history over the past eight years, Tar Heels have still won 81.3 percent of their last 72 ACC regular season games.
CAROLINA IN SEASON OPENERS: After a 1-0 loss at Portland on August 17, 2012, UNC saw a four-game winning streak in season openers come to an end after having lost two in a row in 2006 and 2007. The Tar Heels are 28-4-2 all-time in season openers with losses in 1983 (road), 2006 (road), 2007 (home) and 2012 (road) and ties in 1985 (home) and 2002 (road).
UNC IN HOME OPENERS: North Carolina has a record of 30-1-3 in home openers all-time. The only loss came to South Carolina 1-0 in 2007 and the ties were against George Mason in 1985, against Stanford in 2010 and against Florida in 2012.
THE ALL-TIME RECORD: UNC heads into its match against Duke with a record of 736-47-28 overall, a winning percentage of .925.
AVERAGE RECORD PER YEAR: UNC's average record per year in its 34 years of soccer is 21.65 wins per year, 1.38 losses per year and 0.82 ties per year.
FIFTEEN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS SINCE 2005: UNC has had 15 selections for the Capital One Academic All-America first, second and third teams since 2005, including two players in 2011. Carolina also had seven women's soccer players named Academic All-Americas from 1983-2001, giving the program 22 selections since the Academic All-America program began in 1983. Following is a summary of the 15 selections from 2005-11.
- 2005 - Heather O'Reilly, second team; Lindsay Tarpley, third team.
- 2006 - Heather O'Reilly, first team (Academic All-America of the Year); Anna Rodenbough, second team; Yael Averbuch, third team.
- 2007 - Yael Averbuch, second team; Anna Rodenbough, second team.
- 2008 - Kristi Eveland, first team; Yael Averbuch, first team (Academic All-America of the Year); Anna Rodenbough, second team.
- 2009 - Kristi Eveland, first team; Whitney Engen, second team; Ashlyn Harris, second team.
- 2011 - Adelaide Gay, first team; Amber Brooks, second team.
30 TOURNAMENT BIDS IN 30 YEARS: Carolina's at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament insured that it was playing in The Big Dance for the 30th successive year.
Only North Carolina and Connecticut made the NCAA Tournament field in each of the first 26 years of tournament play. However, the Huskies did not make the tournament field in 2008 so Carolina has the distinction of being the only team to make the NCAA field in all 30 years. The Tar Heels have won 20 of the 30 NCAA titles since the tournament began in 1982.
TAR HEELS PICKED FOURTH IN PRESEASON ACC POLL: The North Carolina women's soccer team was picked to finish fourth during the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference season in a head coaches' poll released August 10.
Duke collected a total of 119 total points (11 points for each first-place vote, 10 points for each second-place vote, etc.). Wake Forest and Florida State, which joined Duke in the 2011 NCAA College Cup, were selected second and third, respectively. The Demon Deacons amassed 99 total points to the Seminoles' 94. North Carolina (92 points) and Virginia (89) were selected to finish fourth and fifth in the tight voting.
The Blue Devils received 10 first-place votes in balloting among the ACC's 11 head coaches. Defending conference champion Florida State received the other first-place vote. Duke is the first team other than North Carolina to be selected first in the ACC preseason poll since the coaches' vote began in 1992.
O'REILLY AND HEATH REPEAT AS GOLD MEDALISTS: North Carolina alumnae Heather O'Reilly and Tobin Heath were officially crowned as Olympic gold medalists again as the U.S. defeated Japan 2-1 in the gold medal match August 9 before an Olympic record crowd of 80,203 fans at the Hallowed Grounds of Wembley Stadium. The U.S. has now won three gold medals in a row and four of the five tournaments since the sport was added to the Olympic docket in 1996 in Atlanta.
It was the third Olympic gold medal for O'Reilly who also was on winning teams in 2004 and 2008. Heath won her second gold medal. She was also on the winning side in Beijing.
"We were so proud to represent UNC at the Olympics," said O'Reilly. "UNC is a special place, and it was there that our passion, skills, and competitive fire grew. UNC and North Carolina as a whole has always been so supportive of women's soccer and we are happy we could bring home another gold to an already title rich community."
Robyn Gayle, a defender for the Canadian team, won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics after the Canadians defeated France 1-0 in the bronze medal game. Gayle is a 2008 alumna of UNC.
SEVEN TAR HEEL GAMES TO BE TELEVISED IN 2012: The Atlantic Coast Conference announced broadcast coverage August 3 for its Olympic sports for the upcoming fall season. The league's media rights-holders will distribute at least 77 events live, more than double any previous fall package.
Seven University of North Carolina women's soccer games are available this year either through regional television coverage or webcasting. Earlier this summer, UNC announced a partnership with WCHL Radio in Chapel Hill that will see eight games broadcast live this season.
The two packages will give Carolina women's soccer unprecedented media coverage during the 2012 season. Additional UNC games will be webcast including the September 30 game against Miami on GoHeelsTV.
Here are details of the telecasting/webcasting schedule for women's soccer:
Friday, August 24 vs. Florida at Fetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. (ESPN3)
Thursday, September 20 vs. Virginia Tech at Fetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. (ESPN3)
Thursday, September 27 vs. Florida State at Fetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. (ESPN3)
Thursday, October 4 vs. Boston College at Fetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. (RSN)
Thursday, October 18 at Duke, Durham, N.C. (ACCDN on You Tube)
Sunday, October 21 vs. Wake Forest at Fetzer Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. (ESPN3)
Thursday, October 25 at NC State, Raleigh, N.C. (ESPN3)
EIGHT UNC WOMEN'S SOCCER GAMES TO BE BROADCAST ON WCHL: Eight of the University of North Carolina's 16 regular-season women's soccer matches in 2012 are being broadcast live on WCHL Radio (97.9 FM) in Chapel Hill this season. The announcement was made by WCHL CEO Barry Leffler and UNC Associate Athletic Director Rick Steinbacher this past summer.
This will mark the third successive year that WCHL is broadcasting UNC women's soccer games. The eight-game broadcast schedule is the largest yet announced by the station. All games will be simulcast on WCHL AM (1360) and WCHL FM (97.9. Five of UNC's seven home matches will be broadcast as well as three road games. The complete broadcast schedule includes:
Sun., Sept. 9, vs. San Diego at Duke Nike Classic, Durham, N.C., 11 a.m.
Thurs., Sept. 20, vs. Virginia Tech at Fetzer Field, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Sept. 27 vs. Florida State at Fetzer Field, 7 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 30 vs. Miami at Fetzer Field, 1 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 4 vs. Boston College at Fetzer Field, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 18 at Duke, 7 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 21 vs. Wake Forest at Fetzer Field, 1 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 25 at NC State, 7 p.m.
HAMM NAMED TOP FEMALE ATHLETE OF TITLE IX ERA: North Carolina soccer legends Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly were honored by ESPNW as two of the top 40 female athletes of the Title IX era this past summer. Hamm was named the top athlete of the past 40 years by ESPNW while Lilly ranked 36th on the list of the Top 40.
ESPNW announced its choices to mark the 40th anniversary of Title IX legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972. Title IX is credited with opening up not only educational opportunities for women but also being the key legislation that led to the rise of women's collegiate sports.
There is no arguing that both Hamm and Lilly were key players in the growth of women's sports. Hamm, from the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Lilly, from Wilton, Conn., both arrived at Carolina in the fall of 1989. Collectively they played key roles in the Tar Heels domination of the NCAA and ACC during their collegiate runs. Lilly played on NCAA championship teams in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. Hamm red-shirted in 1991 and was on NCAA title-winning teams in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993. They both played roles on teams which posted 103-match unbeaten and 92-game winning streaks. The only loss of their Tar Heel era came at Connecticut in 1990.
COWIE WINS INTERNATIONAL FREESTYLE COMPETITION: Indi Cowie, a freshman on the University of North Carolina women's soccer team, was named the winner of the 2012 FIFA Street vs. Street World Soccer Freestyle champion sponsored by EA Sports. The highly touted freshman forward from Cary, N.C., was one of 13 recruits in Anson Dorrance's class of newcomers that begin play in August 2012.
Cowie entered the competition with the blessing of both Dorrance and assistant coach Chris Ducar, who was the primary recruiter of Cowie when she was in high school. EA Sports ran this year's competition on a global scale. Contestants entered by submitting videos on YouTube.
The online contest was open to both male and female competitors and for the first four weeks public voting helped determine who would advance to the later stages of the competition. The top eight vote getters were advanced on as well as two wild card entries chosen by the EA Sports staff. Four top European soccer players narrowed the field to four with Cowie's video making it to the finals. These players included Jack Wilshere of Arsenal, Xabi Alonso of Real Madrid, Steve Mandanda of Marseille and Bafetimbi Gomis of Lyon. Cowie was named the winner of the competition with the final judgment being made by Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, considered by many to be the world's top soccer player.
A TRIO OF INGLORIOUS FIRSTS: As North Carolina seeks to continue its winning streak Thursday versus Duke, the Tar Heels have to own up to a trio of program firsts earlier in the year.
Carolina's 0-1-1 start was the first time it ever went winless in its first two games of a season. The 1-0 loss at Portland and the 0-0 tie with Florida also marked the first time in Carolina history that the Tar Heels had been shutout in back-to-back games.
By starting the ACC season 0-1-1, Carolina was winless through its opening two ACC games for the first time in school history.
That it took 811 games to accomplish any of these rather unwanted milestones is equally amazing.
Despite those ignominous firsts, the Tar Heels are still No. 8 in the NCAA's fourth RPI of the 2012 season.seasonseasonseason.2EN AND HARRIS REAP TOP WPS AWARDS: Whitney Engen and Ashlyn Harris, who played together on three NCAA championship teams at UNC from 2006-09, were named the winners of the WPS defender and goalkeeper of the year awards for 2011. Both players were only in their second years in the league.


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Why We Like Crisp, New Dollar Bills
Economists may understand money, but they don't get cash. Not just a means of payment, cash is a consumer item that people like fresh and clean, like lettuce. So say two marketing professors in a study that will be published in the April 2013 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research.
Their study's lengthy title says it all: "Money Isn't Everything, But It Helps If It Doesn't Look Used: How the Physical Appearance of Money Influences Spending."
In five studies with University of Winnipeg undergraduates, the researchers found that people tend to spend worn bills faster to get rid of them. But when they think they're being watched, pride kicks in and they pull out crisp bills to show off.
"People want to rid themselves of worn bills because they are disgusted by the contamination from others, whereas people put a premium on crisp currency because they take pride in owning bills that can be spent around others," write Fabrizio Di Muro, of the University of Winnipeg, and Theodore Noseworthy, who is affiliated with the University of Guelph and the University of Cincinnati's Lindner College of Business.
The professors identify what they call a "push-and-pull emotional mechanism." Namely, "People generally spend more when they have worn bills and spend less when they have crisp bills." However, "People tend to spend crisp bills more when they believe they are being socially monitored."
Distaste for older bills is not completely irrational. The researchers note that when the U.S. Federal Reserve removes a bill from circulation, it's usually not because it's worn but because its "soil content" is too high—i.e., too many bacteria are living on it. Yuck.

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These noises are driving me crazy!
Not as bad as the title sounds! But to the point my car has always produced a slight ticking diesel noise. I learned to live with it accepting that it will always be there. I assume that it is the lifters. However over summer it got a little worse and then about 2 weeks ago i changed from Castrol 0-30 to Castrol 5-30 and it go worse right away. I assume it is lifters because it comes primarily from the mid engine area(most noticeable along the fuel injector rail.) also it is consistent with RPM. Now here is what puzzles me 5w30 and 0w30 are pretty close, when i changed from M10w40 to Castrol 0w30 No change what gives? Also the ticking is consistent with engine temps, maybe even gets louder after it warms up. it is also very noticeable down next to the passenger wheel, however it has gotten so loud you can easily here it from behind the car now. It is not a savage ticking, just consistent and annoying. Even if I change back back to M1 the ticking still got louder while the M1 was in the motor after 3K. Then I switched to these two oils to see if I could cure it. HEELLLPP!! I really can't think what it could be other than lifters and I am not sure what else I can do to quiet them.
My engine used to do a tick aswell I think it was a a/c belt tensioner that fixed it.
I replaced all pulleys including tensioners.
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http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edi...id=pwGKtdSoKEA You can tell it mainly comes from the injector area
Try that YouTube link again...
And my car is making similar noises if it is what I think it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGKtdSoKEA Sorry posted wrong link.
I can't access the link, but a rattling at the injector rail could also be a failed DISA flap. Youtube vids out there on that too.
EDIT: Saw your vid now - doesn't sound like DISA, does sound like lifter/cam noise. Not sure if that's considerably more than normal or not.
If it is normal to hear it while driving along walls or other cars while accelerating in the lower rpm band then I guess I'm okay.
Although..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbbBE45txeU
been a while since I've listened to the DISA rattle. (EDIT: the disa could just be the extra clicking and his valve train sounds as loud as yours?) mine sounded more like marbles in a can and was worse than this one.
if yours is just lifter noise, yours is definitely more pronounced than mine. my 03 330 has 85k miles on it and while I can hear some valve train noise, it's pretty quiet.
I checked the DISA first thing and no change when it is unpluged.
Are one of your spark plugs loose?.
Nope just checked spark plugs.
Could it be from an intake or vacation leak? Also don't think its a plug because of the consistent pace of the tick
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So I took a listen with the screw driver and it is for sure the injectors/fuel rail. And thinking about it I started using 93 from Exxon, switching from Shell 91 other than that I am still lost on this.
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Disa ?
Hey, did you ever find out what was causing the noise?!
I've replaced timing chain. tensioner and guides on advice of BMW dealer and no difference!!
Thanks H
Sorry to resurrect this thread but problem was never solved.
Engine ticking noise E46
Hi, finally managed to find an independent BMW garage to repair my E46 engine ticking noise.
It was the Cam Shaft Inlet Retainer Spring!! £4.25 for part and over £400 for labour. It is an 'H' shaped spring with two long prongs - one of the prongs had snapped off and was in the oil reservour - lucky not to have caused any other damage as it had been driving like this for about a year!! Unsure if it was caused by the awful freezing temperatures here in Scotland freezing the engine condensation - as we all know we need to get the engine temp up to optimum at all times. My theory is that the ice in the engine had strained the Cam Shaft Inlet Retainer Spring causing it to snap!! It is all I can think off that could have caused this on a vehicle with 36,000 miles !! I remember when the vehicle was started in the cold it sounded like a tractor running on 3 cylinders!! If you can find a good BMW Indy then whatever it is can be repaired. I do not think that BMW dealerships see older vehicles, because of the enormous labour charges, and therefore do not get to see the real ongoing problems with BMW's that are a bit older!! Running fine now with no noise - bliss!! Think I have an airleak problem or could be the CSV value needs replacing as when at optimum temp with rev on its own - now calling her Christine!! this forum is great to get to the bottom of the problems & would recommend to everyone. Good luck. H
P.S. had an independent garage, not specialising in BMW tell me that it was pitting on my cam shaft - looked myself and it was kind of shaded but not pitted - they wanted £1500.00 to replace but could not guarantee would fix!! Such nonsense - glad I had more sense to get a recommendation to a BMW indy!!
My honest thought is that I have loud injectors that I hear at idle. But while driving the ticking ibhear that gets very rapid is either a lifter or header leak at the engine.
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U.S. 55th Fighter Group P-38 planes at Nuthampstead Airfield (Station 131) in England. Mechanics prepare P-38 planes prior to the 55th Fighter Group's first combat mission on 15th October 1943. Some of the mechanics work on the .50 Browning machine guns mounted in the nose of the plane. One of them checks fuel lines and the interior of the plane. 38th Fighter Squadron pilots gather in front of their Commander, prior to the mission. Pilots include the Group's first P-38 "Ace," Gerald Brown, and fellow 38th pilots, Jerry Leinweber and Jo Myers. Visual and Audio of 55th Fighter Group Commander, Lt. Colonel, Frank James (Group CO), briefing pilots and emphasizing their bomber escort mission. He tells them not to break off to pursue individual German aircraft. The crews disperse to their respective aircraft for take off. View of LCol. Jack Jenkins' P-38H "Texas Ranger" readies for take-off with assistance from his crew chief Sgt. Donald Maloney
38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing.
World War 2 invasion of Normandy, France. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marshal Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill, meeting at Tehran, Iran, in December 1943. U.S. Generals George Marshall and Hap Arnold, at conference table. Closeup of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Map showing defense areas of the German 7th, 15th and 19th Armies in Europe. Map showing ports at Brest, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, and Calais. Cherbourg is highlighted. U.S. Army trucks, tanks, and artillery, stockpiled in England. Railroad train carrying M3 Stuart tanks. U.S soldiers leaving troop ships and marching to their camps in Britain. Allied troops practicing amphibious assaults on Southern coast of England. Formation of B-26 bombers.View from Allied aircraft flying low over German-occupied area. B-17dropping bombs over Germany. German fighter planes attacking B-17 bombers beginning in February 1944. Gunner in turret of B-17 firing at them. A B-17 exploding in the air. German fighter downed by B-17 gunner. Gun camera footage of German Bf 109 attacked from rear by gunfire. American soldiers in trucks, DUKWs, M4 tanks, and M8 armored Cars. Troops receive gas masks, waist life belts, field rations, and French money. May 30, 1944, American soldiers board tanks, trucks and other vehicles bound for embarkation points in England. Seen are Stuart M3 light tanks, jeeps, and M7 Priest tanks. M7 tanks are seen, equipped with intake and exhaust ducts. (At TC:11:39, U.S. M7 Priest tanks,equipped for deep wading, are seen passing the base of the Jubilee clock on the beachfront at Weymouth, on their way toward Castle Town in Portland for embarkation.) Transport ships are loaded at the embarkation ports. Trucks being backed onto LCT-453. U.S. Army infantry marching and boarding transport ships. Troops marching into LST 376 at Plymouth, England. Higgins Boats, from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) bringing troops to board her. Troops on deck of Attack transport, USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers shooting craps on a troop ship deck. Coastguardsmen playing with a puppy dog. Gun crews on U.S. Navy warship being briefed. Soldiers field-strip and check their weapons
B-17Fs of the 8th Bomber Command, 1st Bomb Division, 305th Bomb Group, 366th Bomb Squadron, landing at their base, RAF Chelveston, in Northamptonshire, England, during World War II. The first to land displays a dozen yellow bombs, for missions, painted under the pilot's cockpit window, and Squadron code KY, and L, on its fuselage. Its tail number is 42-5053. The second plane to land displays KY and D, on fuselage, and tail number 42-29553. The third, shows the squadron's KY, but other markings are not readable. The fourth to land displays some mission bombs below its cockpit window, the Squadron KY, and J on the fuselage. Its tail number is 41-21624. Bomb Group tail codes and nose art are not seen on any of the aircraft. But, researchers have identified names of three of them: Bloody Tangier Show (42-5053), Arkie II (42-29553),and Madame Betterfly (41-24624), and estimate the film to have been shot between 3/1/1943 and 5/19/1943.
Film titled 'D-Day Convoy' based on invasion of Normandy (D-Day) by Allied Forces during World War II. Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill seated at Tehran Conference in December 1943. Other officials stand behind the big three. U.S. General George Marshall, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe Dwight Eisenhower and other officials seated at a conference table. Map of France details cross channel assault of France by Allied Forces. Map shows coastal locations to be attacked by Allies. Weapons and equipment from America pouring into England. U.S. soldiers arrive in England and train, for the invasion, on southern coast of England. U.S. B-26 bombers hitting German targets and smoke billowing up from exploding bombs. B-17 bomber in flight and bombs falling on German industrial targets. Gunners on B-17s defend against German fighter aircraft. American bomber explodes in flight after attack by German fighter airplane. German Messerschmitt fighter is destroyed. From edited film produced in 1947.
U.S. B-17s of the 8th Air Force complete a bombing mission against German positions in Rouen, France during World War II. Ground crew men of the U.S. Army Air Forces as they write on a bomb. Bombs being loaded onto a B-17 aircraft. Pilots and flight crews ride bicycles to a quonset hut, on an airbase in England, where they are briefed by an RAF officer, who identifies the coded target and radio codes to be used. Eighth Air Force B-17s prepare to take off. The lead aircraft is "Yankee Doodle" piloted by Brigadier General Ira Eaker. He is followed by B-17s "Stinky", "Littleskunkface" and the "Berlinsleeper." Aerial view of the target and bombs dropping. Flak explodes well below the formation of B-17s.
The formation heads home to England. A large group of Army officers stands on top of the control tower watching the returning aircraft. Brigadier General Ira Eaker jumps from his parked B-17, "Yankee Doodle" and shakes hands with Major General Carl Spaatz, Commander of the 8th Air Force. Eaker is seen later, smoking a cigar and being interviewed about the raid by a surrounding group of Army personnel. ( Note: Reportedly, the B-17 "Stinky" crashlanded in Athenry Co Galway Ireland on the 15th January 1943 with General Jacob Devers and a party of other Generals onboard, but none were injured and and all arrived safely at 2AM the same day, in Belleek, Nothern Ireland.)


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Beazley on notice: it's time for spine
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Kim Beazley will be elected unopposed to the Labor leadership, but remains under pressure in the party to change his style, his policy approach and the factional company he keeps.
Labor's health spokeswoman, Julia Gillard, became the last rival to drop out of the leadership contest yesterday, but warned that party unity was fragile and contingent on Mr Beazley adopting an inclusive and bold approach to the job.
Ms Gillard, who is on Labor's Left and a strong supporter of the former leader, Mark Latham, said Mr Beazley had to change the factional and personal animosities, leaks and white-anting afflicting Labor. "What we do lack at present is a culture that can allow us to move forward," she said.
"Our recent history demonstrates that electing a new leader, even unopposed, does not guarantee party unity."
Mr Beazley's return to the leadership will be formally confirmed at a caucus meeting in Canberra tomorrow.
Ms Gillard called for a "new culture of mutual respect and shared conviction" and for stronger discipline against MPs and senators "not prepared to play for the team".
Her words were widely seen as an appeal to Mr Beazley to put more distance between himself and several machine men on the Right, notably Wayne Swan, Stephen Smith and Stephen Conroy. She did not name them, but when asked about the destabilisation of both Simon Crean's and Mr Latham's leadership, said many in the party had issues with "the way in which some members of caucus have behaved in the past three years".
It has long been a concern of many in the party that Mr Beazley has surrounded himself with poll-driven advisers that are averse to taking risks.
Ms Gillard said the Latham experiment should provoke "new policy solutions ... not timidity".
"The solutions to these [policy] challenges are not in the results of yesterday's polling," she said.
Ms Gillard also wants Mr Beazley to stop going to Right faction meetings.
While pledging her "unfettered loyalty" to Mr Beazley, she listed various areas she wanted to see bold decisions on.
"The policy challenges ... include our lack of an independent foreign policy in a world of new security challenges, a population that is ageing, infrastructure that needs renewing, a natural environment that is under threat, the changing nature of work and the entrenchment of poverty in some areas," she said.
Mr Beazley thanked Ms Gillard. "What her decision displays, I think, is part of that sense of unity and purpose there is in the federal caucus now," he said.
"The Labor Party now has an absolute hunger for unity and effectiveness. We want to walk away from the disunity and difficulties of the last few years."
Mr Beazley, who spoke to Ms Gillard before her public announcement, promised that the issues she raised would be part of Labor's policy discussions.
But he sidestepped questions on whether he would distance himself from Labor's Right.
"The Australian public wants to hear what the Labor Party's got to say, not any individual part of it and so I am going to operate on that basis," he said.
Mr Beazley said he would not make any changes to his front bench but that Ms Gillard, as manager of Labor business in the House of Representatives, would be critical in holding the Government to account after it takes control of the Senate on July 1.
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Happy Fiftieth to… Me!
No, not wedding anniversary. Mine is in June and it'll take quite a few more before Mr. Twistie and I have been married that long.
Still, it's a fiftieth anniversary of a sort: the fiftieth anniversary of my birth. Just thought I'd share that with you all today.
Oh, and if you feel like celebrating Twistie style, or are looking for a delicious thing to add to your reception dessert table, I'd like to direct your attention to this delicious cake created by pastry chef Elizabeth Falkner. The combination of chocolate, hazelnuts, and orange is just my kind of celebratory confection.
A Public Service Announcement From Manolo for the Brides
LOVE/HATE: Something Fishy
A couple weeks ago on Bridezillas, there was a bride who insisted on a fantasy wedding cake (which was going to be paid with by someone else's food stamps until the baker informed them that would be illegal!) featuring the concepts of castles and under the sea. So it was for aquatic royalty, apparently. Alas, I can't seem to find a picture of the specific cake online, but one thing the baker added – seemingly of her own volition – was real, live fish.
Fear not, though! For I have found other illustrations of what this looks like:
Okay, I admit this melting blue icing and guppy creation isn't the best illustration I found. Let's be fair. Here's another that is far better made, and actually includes some apparatus dedicated to keeping those poor fishies alive through the reception, unlike the one on Bridezillas which wound up with a sadly ironic illustration of the relationship well before the cake was cut:
Even with the better organization and decoration of the second cake, I'm going to have to go with Hate on this one. I frankly disapprove of using living creatures as pure decoration. Also, there is far too high a likelihood of the poor creatures suffocating because even though they breathe under water, fishes still need oxygen to live.
What about you? Do you find it exploitive and icky? Harmless fun? Painfully unappetizing? Tell me what you think!
Let's Honeymoon on the Death Star
I got all giddy seeing this fabulous cake of the Millennium Falcon, complete with 'Just Married' banner. Check out more pics at Between the Pages… and if anyone can tell me who made this wonderful cake, I'd love to feature more of their work.
The Art of Wedding Cake
I love cake. It's delicious, decadent, and an impressive blank canvas for the imaginative decorator. Nowhere is this more evident in designs for wedding cakes.
And so I thought today that I would share some examples of cake artists doing fabulous things with buttercream and fondant. Let's take a look, shall we?
This Klimt-inspired cake from Sweet Ladies Bakery would make quite a focal point at your wedding reception. After all, what's not to love about a classic done in a different format?
Of course not everyone loves Klimt.
A Piece of Professional Cake
One thing is for sure at the vast majority of weddings: there will be cake.
Whether it's a simple homemade pound cake or a professional confection standing five tiers high and decorated within an inch of your budget, most people do expect to at least see a cake of some sort at your reception.
Obviously, one can do without. I did. Mr. Twistie and I served our guests individual fruit tarts. They were a huge hit.
Most couples, however, will not only have cake, they will buy it. But have you ever thought about how a professional cake is made for a wedding? Here are a few fun facts to keep in mind that may help you make good decisions when it comes time to find and purchase your wedding cake.


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Hi there! I hope this week is going well for you. I'm feeling a lot perkier this week, probably the best I've felt since early December so that makes me happy. In fact, yesterday was the 3-month anniversary of my surgery which marks my 90th day of being a cancer survivor. It still feels weird for me to say that, sometimes I still can't believe I had cancer in the first place.
Yesterday was interesting, too, because when I was out yesterday afternoon for an appointment, a woman randomly asked me about my scar and I launched into the whole story about the cancer and how it was discovered. The conversation then turned to nutrition and it came up that I am vegan. After asking me where I get my protein (the famous first question, ha ha), I then had the opportunity to talk about my reasons which I said were because of my concerns about factory farming and animal welfare and then, later, because I learned all of the associated health benefits with following a plant-based diet. I watched her face carefully to see how she would react and she still seemed interested even when I talked about the animals. It made me feel good to do a little activism and built my confidence. It's much, much easier for me to write about this stuff and talk to a sympathetic audience, but it certainly is a challenge to figure out how to connect with people in the "real world." You can read more about my burgeoning activism here, by the way.
Anywho, thanks for reading, it feels good to share. For today's photo food journal report, I started off with an Energizing Green Smoothie:
I was trying to capture my smoothie serving but had to zoom out to get the light, so I thought you might be interested to see the kitchen where I've been working for the past month or so. I'll be here a few more weeks until Alan and I re-locate back to the coast, you can see I have quite a bit of fresh fruit to work through:
Since I was feeling good, I had a great workout at the gym after breakfast and decided to make some black bean, mushroom and collard green tacos for lunch. Here were the veggies:
I used a teeny bit of coconut oil for the greens (you could totally leave out the oil and just water-saute them instead) and then added onion, mushrooms and black beans:
I served it on a corn tortilla with my favorite no-salt salsa from Trader Joe's:
This tasted like a restaurant meal in a good way:
You can see I served it with chopped scallions plus a Vegan Sour Cream Sauce I whipped up in the Vitamix. The ingredients for that included tofu, shallot, lime juice, garlic powder, cashews and vinegar and it was so creamy and flavorful:
Here's the recipe:
Vegan Sour Cream Sauce
6 servings
1 8-ounce container firm or extra-firm tofu
1 shallot, chopped
1/3 cup raw, unsalted cashews
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Combine ingredients in a high-speed blender and process until smooth. Note: you don't need to worry about pressing the tofu for this recipe, just drain the liquid out of the container and pop the tofu in the blender. Also, fyi, this sauce can be used as a salad dressing.
Dinner was some leftover soup that I served over fresh salad greens to get an extra serving of veggies, plus fresh chopped red onion:
This tasted pretty good and was a nice little trick that I'll be using in the future. Dessert last night was a bowl (make that two bowls) of Tahini Cherry Ice Cream, my absolute favorite dessert of the moment:
The dessert was indulgent and I ate a little more than I was hungry for just because it tasted so good, but sometimes that just happens.
A couple more things. My friend Jasmin suggested that I give you a peak into my smoothie cabinet where I keep all my fixings. Do you want to see that?
And, I got some really helpful comments about my post on finding vegan shoes. Turns out that even if shoes are not made directly from animal-based products like leather, they can contain glues that are made from animals. Yikes! I did not know this. Also, a reader pointed out that products made from petroleum-based sources are bad for the environment because they end up in a landfill at some point and aren't biodegradable. I really appreciated this input because I'm learning as I go along and it made me think more about my options. I'll definitely be posting about this in the future.
Have you downloaded my app Vegan Delish yet? I'm working my way to 75 recipes, the Vegan Sour Cream Sauce will be uploaded soon as recipe #74. Check out the iTunes preview for the app here, the website, or like the Facebook page for special updates.
Enjoy the rest of your week and see ya back here on Friday.


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According to a report published on Tuesday, Snapchat is in talks with media companies, content providers and news organizations about a service to be called Snapchat Discovery. All of the media and advertisements involved would be shown to Snapchat subscribers, and would disappear in the same manner as personal messages do. According to one source, a dozen media players have shown interest in the service, which is scheduled to debut this November. While there have been companies like Taco Bell that use Snapchat for promotions, Snapchat Discovery would be the first service that would require corporations to pay Snapchat to promote their products inside the app. Other messaging apps sell stickers of famous characters, or offer users the chance to pay to play video games inside their app. These solutions don't fit the Snapchat business model, which includes the disappearing content..
Turning down the Google bid, and a rumored $3 billion bid from Facebook, Snapchat has decided to raise money the old-fashioned way, through financing rounds conducted at higher and higher valuations. Recently, an investment in the company at a valuation of $10 billion was rejected by an investor.
According to Snapchat, 27 million iOS and Android flavored smartphone users employed Snapchat in June. That was up from 11 million such users, the year before. Whether the demographics are what advertisers are craving for is another matter. Half of Snapchat's subscribers are between 13 years of age and 17. That might be a tad too young for most corporations. The average Snapchat user checks his account 14 times a day. 500 million "snaps," or disappearing messages, are sent daily.
Snapchat is dying to show that it didn't make a mistake in turning down $3 billion or $4 billion for the company. But if this proof doesn't come soon in the form of a strong monetizing scheme, texts and video might not be the only thing about Snapchat that disappears.
source: WSJ


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This course will help prepare aspiring administrators to manage organizational systems and safety. Students will study the financial support for public schools from local, state, and federal governments and understand the importance of the budget process in achieving educational goals and objectives. Students will examine aspects of organizational structure and behavior and learn how to support a safe and healthy learning environment for all students. All coursework is aligned with TEAC, ISLLC, and ISTE-NETS Standards. (At Least Once per Year).
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The goal of this course is to provide aspiring administrators with a strong background in educational law enabling them to meet the legal challenges associated with the field of education. Students will be expected to work individually and collaboratively with other members of the class to analyze case studies and provide information to determine case outcomes or in another sense what the district(s) could have done differently to prevent the legal issue from arising. This process will include researching topics (e.g., 3020a, Part 83, Collective Bargaining, etc.) within their individual districts to present their findings for critique. The culminating activity for the course is designed for students to do research on a legal topic of interest, present their findings, defend their conclusions, and be subject to inquiry (a written submission of their research is required). All course work is aligned with TEAC, ISLLC, and ISTE-NETS Standards. This course fulfills state-mandated requirements for the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). (At Least Once per Year).
EDA5070 - ISLLC Seminar Series: Application of Standards to Practice (3 cr.)
Provides interns with continuous and timely support during ten seminar series meetings. Students' work will include large and small group interactive tasks; Socratic deliberations; video exercises requiring decision making review and analysis; case studies of relevant issues; current educational events of a local, state, national, and global perspective; study of best educational leadership practices and peer-reviewed research; guest speakers; and personal reflections on observations and experiences which will result in a cumulative self assessment and digital, multimedia presentation to peers at the conclusion of the seminar series. (At Least Once per Year). Prerequisites: EDA5000, EDA5010, EDA5020, EDA5030, EDA5040, EDA5050, and EDA5060.
EDA508 - Curriculum Improvement (3 cr.)
Contemporary theories of curriculum design and evaluation are explored. Candidates are expected to develop an eclectic approach to curriculum improvement based upon those theories and contemporary organizational factors, including leadership and management. Material is presented relating to developing community education programs, and to personnel and program planning. (Summer).
EDA5080 - Education Administrative Internship (3 cr.)
The internship is an integrated experience in the Educational Leadership Program. The internship is spread over an entire school year. Interns are expected to participate in school functions that occur before and after college semesters begin and end. Each intern has a mentor, who is an experienced administrator and practitioner who signs a contract agreeing to the requirements which comprise the experience. In addition, an internship supervisor will be assigned during each semester of the internship. This highly experienced school leader will make periodic site visits to meet with the intern and mentor, in order to assess progress and/or needs. The intern is expected to maintain a log of experiences during the internship which serves as evidence of the ability to demonstrate the identified competencies. Can be repeated for a total of six credits. (At Least Once per Year). Corequisite: EDA5070. Prerequisites: EDA5000, EDA5010, EDA5020, EDA5030, EDA5040, EDA5050, and EDA5060.
EDA510 - Supervision for the Improvement of Instruction (3 cr.)
This course will examine the communication, relationship, and problem solving skills required in the role of the principal in working effectively with teachers. This course details skills needed to work effectively with teachers individually and with the faculty as a group in creating a school culture for work. (Fall).
EDA512 - Public School Law (3 cr.)
Intended for administrators and prospective administrators and teachers interested in the legal perspectives of schools. The constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and contractual aspects of public teaching contracts, labor relations, collective bargaining, and tenure. (Summer, Fall).
EDA513 - School Business Administration (3 cr.)
A study of the financial support for public schools from local, state, and federal governments. The following topics will be addressed: fiscal planning, budgeting, plant management, state and municipal financing, accounting and purchasing procedures, distribution of supplies and services, transportation, and food service. (Spring, Summer).
EDA529 - Internship I - Educational Administration and Supervision (3 cr.)
Administrative and supervisory experiences in a public school system. Credit will not be given until thesis/ research project has been completed. Prerequisites: Permission of student's program advisor and the Coordinator of the Internship Experience. Note: The student must be enrolled in the 42 or 60 hour certificate options in Administration/Supervision. (Spring, Summer, Fall).
EDA530 - Internship II Educational Administration and Supervision (3 cr.)
The internship is an integrated experience in the Educational Leadership program at SUNY Plattsburgh. It requires 200 hours of experience over a school year and is guided by a set of competencies based on the ELCC (AASA, ASCD, NASSP, and NAEP) standards. Requirements for these courses are included with a packet which contains an outline of the objectives of the internship contract. Each intern has a mentor who is an experienced administrator and practitioner who signs a contract agreeing to the requirements which comprise the experience. Orientation and training for interns and mentors is held prior to and during the internship period. (Spring, Fall).
EDA556 - Technology Trends for Tomorrow's Administrators (3 cr.)
This course is designed to provide aspiring school administrators with technological knowledge and skills necessary for success in today's school systems. In order to complete class projects, access to a computer system, along with Internet connectivity, will be required. (Fall). Prerequisite: Matriculation in the CAS Program in Educational Leadership.
EDA557 - Understanding Assessments for Administrators (3 cr.)
This course is designed to provide aspiring school administrators with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand a variety of assessments and to use data from the assessments for planning. In order to complete class projects, access to a computer system, along with Internet connectivity, will be required. (Spring). Prerequisite: Class members must be matriculated in the CAS Program in Educational Leadership.
EDA5600 - School District Leader: Board and Community Relations and Internship (4 cr.)
This performance-based course will assist students in developing and demonstrating basic skills needed to work effectively with internal and external stakeholder in the school setting. Students who complete this course will gain knowledge and skill needed to promote the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members, responding to unique community needs and interests, and gaining public support to mobilize actions within the school setting. As a broad outcome of this course, students will gain an appreciation of the political process that is the reality of school community relations and understand the role of the school superintendent in directing the response to such reality. Discussions, simulations, direct observation of school and community events, conferencing, team building activities, case studies, readings and guest presenters will serve as the primary instructional methods. These methods are designed to allow students to experience the wide range of responsibilities that superintendents face in the daily exercise of their responsibilities. All course work is aligned with TEAC, ISLLC, and ISTE NETS Standards. (Fall). Prerequisites: completion of SBL 30 credit hour requirements.
EDA5602 - School District Leader: Lead Evaluator, Law, Contracts, Ethics and Accountability (4 cr.)
This course is designed to provide aspiring school district leaders with a strong background knowledge of the school district leader's role as a lead evaluator of professional and support staff; to understand the school district leader's responsibility to address complex legal and ethical issues; to negotiate fair and ethical contracts with multiple constituent groups; and to recognize the school district leader's responsibility for the school district's accountability to the multiple stakeholders within the school district's boundaries and the broader political landscape for all actions taken in this leadership role. All coursework is aligned with TEAC, ISLLC, and ISTE NETS Standards. (Spring). Prerequisites: completion of SBL 30 credit hour requirements.
EDA599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. (Summer, Fall).
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By Erin Ryder
The newly completed equine genome map will be an invaluable asset for those looking to breed and manage the ideal equine athlete, as well as giving researchers a whole new set of tools for investigating equine disease.
According to Dr. Claire Wade, a senior research scientist at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, by testing horses for an array of genetic traits linked to athleticism, it will be easier to decide which horses are likely to succeed.
"I see the greatest benefit for racing horses as being things like determining which weanlings to take forward into training, for example," Wade said.
While some fear that breeders with financial resources will get an advantage over other breeders by using this genetic information to breed better or faster horses, Wade doesn't feel that is the case.
"I think that it (benefits of research on breeding) would very quickly be public knowledge, at which time everyone would be equally able to benefit," Wade said. "There's really no benefit in all horses being faster, there's only a benefit if you're the only one who knows how to make your horse go faster,"
Because the information would be so widely available, Wade said she doesn't think certain breeders would have an unfair lead over others. From a performance aspect, the main advantage of the increased understanding of the equine genome will be in management decisions.
Athleticism is a complex trait – one that is controlled by many different genes and the environment. According to Wade, it's fairly easy to map simply inherited traits, but so far no one has successfully mapped complex traits because researchers don't have the numbers of horses genotyped that would be needed for such assessments. Researchers are just beginning to map complex traits in humans, which Wade says is due to the larger pool of subjects and increased funding for human studies.
"It's very early days – the sequence has just hit the ground, so to speak," Wade said. "What will be done will depend on who's financing it. Usually public funding will be there to search for things that might be of benefit to animal welfare, and I think things to profit will be left to the private sector. I think once the private sector sees that progress is being made in these other things, then the potential is there for them to use that."
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Kenya to use drones to fight elephant, rhino poachers
By Humphrey Malalo
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya plans to deploy surveillance drones to help fight elephant and rhino poachers and has introduced stiffer penalties for offenders, officials said on Tuesday.
Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants for tusks and rhinos for horns that are often shipped to Asia for use in ornaments and medicines.
"We will start piloting the use of drones in the Tsavo National Park eco system, one of the largest national parks in the world," said Patrick Omondi, deputy director for wildlife conservation at the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Omondi said the surveillance aircraft would be imported, but did not give details of how many or at what cost.
Tsavo National Park in the southeast is Kenya's largest, with sweeping plains and occasional water holes dotted with wildlife, including elephants.
"We attribute the problem of poaching in Kenya and other African states to growing demand and high prices offered for rhino horn and elephant ivory in the Far East countries," William Kiprono, Kenya Wildlife Service's acting Director General told a news conference in Nairobi.
Kiprono said Kenya had lost 18 rhinos and 51 elephants to poachers so far this year. Last year, 59 rhinos and 302 elephants were killed, compared with 30 rhinos and 384 elephants in 2012.
Kenyan officers seized 13.5 tonnes of ivory at the port city of Mombasa last year, mostly originating from other countries in the region. At least 249 suspects have so far been arrested this year and prosecuted for various wildlife offences. Continued...


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Creator's Night
It was Creator's Night Eve, and none of the servants in the People's Palace were stirring—they had been waiting for Lord Rahl, his brother and Grand Vizier Lord Darken, and his sister and unofficial advisor Lady Jennsen, to get out of the banquet hall so it could be cleared properly, but they'd given up on the three siblings leaving before first light.
"—so I'm the naïve young peasant of hitherto unsuspected royal birth, raised by poor but deserving adoptive parents—" Richard was saying, gesturing with his wine goblet at the board spread over his dining table. It was covered in crumbs and other food detritus.
"Oh, not again," sighed Darken, rolling his eyes.
"So that's the Beginner's Luck and Young Hero bonuses for you," Jennsen murmured, scribbling on a spare bit of parchment. "Richard, why are you always the fresh-faced young hero from the countryside?"
"Destiny, I guess," Richard shrugged. "What you should be asking is how Darken fudges the roll every time so it's nearly impossible to steal anything from his im-impreg-nable fortress guarded by fifty fiercesome fiendish forces of fire—ha, say that ten times fast!"
"They go by the name of dragons, brother," Darken commented drily. He'd had quite as much to drink as Richard, but years of competitive diplomacy had hardened his stomach. (Or possibly that was an illusion, since the body he was currently living in hadn't been his from birth—not that he would've been surprised to learn that worthless Walter had frequented ale houses.) "And if we're going to discuss fair play, may I point out that, despite our initial advantages, after half the night, Jennsen remains a persistent victor? I fear she has a natural gift for strategy."
Jennsen grinned, tucking her red hair behind her ears and putting her elbows defiantly on the table. Instantly, her sleeve picked up some unidentifiable sugary substance and stuck fast to the tabletop. "I've had very good teachers," she said, as close as she was going to get to referring to how she'd met her two brothers—at least until she'd had more to drink. She didn't know whether to be grateful or horrified that being Pristinely Ungifted had no effect on her consumption of alcohol.
"This time," Richard insisted, "I'm going to find the instruction scroll before activating the all-powerful magical whatsit—"
"Finally learning to play it safe, 'Lord Rahl'?" Jennsen teased.
"Don't remind me," Richard grimaced. "Creator's Night is tomorrow—the parade alone is going to be torture."
"Let us drown your sorrows," Darken proposed, lifting his goblet ironically.
Richard really dreaded the night part of Creator's Night, of course, because tradition suggested Lord Rahl be locked in his own dungeons with three Mord'Sith and three buckets of whipped cream, and that wasn't something he was prepared to face, because the Mord'Sith would be lucky to survive Kahlan's wrath, and it just wasn't right to involve them, particularly since the hot weather made Kahlan so extra cranky—
Richard found there were all sorts of traditions he'd had to modify, since becoming Lord of D'Hara. (He proposed to allow himself to be locked in his own dungeons with Kahlan, Cara, and a key.)
Darken, of course, would have had no difficulty with any of it, from the day kissing babies and listening to old women yammer on about the good old days to the night locked in his own dungeon with three Mord'Sith—and the whipped cream…(Of course, there was a good possibility he'd skip the parade, Richard guessed.)
In fact, Richard was wrong: Darken was remembering previous parades with a certain nostalgic fondness. True, it had been torment the likes of which few people ever experienced, but he'd been the Lord of the land then—it had been his duty. And when it became completely unbearable, there was always Tryseis Rahl's Dark Weather Magic Compendium—a little lightning, and soon they were all safe back in the dungeons…
Tryseis Rahl had been a strange man—but then, the People's Palace library yielded to the patient seeker of knowledge the obscure careers of many Lords Rahl, who had, collectively, done almost everything that could be imagined—except died a peaceful, natural death.
Jennsen looked forward to the purely Midlands tradition of the May Queen, even though she knew down to the very marrow of her Ungifted bones it would be Kahlan. Not because her sister-in-law was the Mother Confessor, either—Kahlan was just the sort of woman who got crowned May Queen, it was plain fact. Jennsen liked the flowers and the dancing, though—it was so festive. Normally, they already would've crowned the May Queen, of course, but various crises had pushed it back to Creator's Night—and it was really all the same celebration, anyway.
But tonight, the three siblings were here, together, without the threat of an apocalyptic evil over their heads—it made even the banquet hall's oppressive heat seem a minor inconvenience.
So Darken and Richard smirked wryly at one another and clanged their goblets together in a toast to family, and Jennsen rolled the dice…
"How long," Denna drawled, leaning her head back in her chair on the balcony, "do you think they're going to keep that up?"
Nicci glanced at the curtain separating the balcony from the banquet hall, and shuddered delicately. "Darken can play Evil Empires for hours," she said. "Apparently, it's a gift." Her tone made it plain that if it were her gift, she'd return it.
"Play Evil Empires?" Kahlan muttered, lifting her hair off her neck in a vain attempt to cool down. It was just so hot. "I thought that was what he did for a living."
"Oh, but don't you prefer this tame amusement to something actually fun, like a real war?" Denna said snidely. "I thought you were a pacifist." In her mouth, it was practically a curse word.
"When I fought that war," Kahlan sighed, "I didn't expect Richard to change the game on me, and free all the prisoners." Normally, she wouldn't speak so frankly, but the cool drink in her fingers, the only thing currently anchoring her to sanity, had something much more potent than ale or Eldorian wine in it. She was at the stage where guarding her tongue seemed a futile effort.
Besides, what difference did it make? Richard would insist that she was with family. Ha! Family—when she'd married Richard, she'd known about Jennsen, the annoying kid sister, she'd known about Darken, the tyrannical older brother—
But she hadn't been prepared for Jennsen to announce blithely that she and Denna (of all people!) were getting married, and she certainly hadn't been prepared for Nicci, whose power games with Darken were far too byzantine to understand, even when sober. (Kahlan had the nasty suspicion that she would understand if she thought about it long enough, but she was determined not to.)
Then there was the, to Kahlan, inescapable fact that these women were her enemies, and Richard's, too, if only he could be brought to realize it—Denna had tortured him, murdered his mother, killed him, stolen the compass, and then had the nerve to save Jennsen's life, and help Richard and Kahlan and Cara and Zedd defeat Jagang; Nicci had tried to destroy the world, had stolen Richard away from Kahlan using the Maternity Spell, had Confessed Kahlan with her own power, had been taken over by Jagang and killed huge numbers of innocent people, only to be released from his control and kill him—in a very final way, too.
"And don't get me started on Darken," Kahlan muttered indistinctly, reflecting that in-laws were a sad trial, and taking another sip of her drink.
"I think we have a real war," Nicci commented softly. She conjured a large fan and began waving it gently in front of her face. Didn't anyone remember about the Southerners? They thought Richard was weak—what kind of Lord hires his predecessor as his new Grand Vizier? they asked—and, although D'Hara had a long-standing treaty with Eldoria, that was only on account of Darken's mother, and furthermore Eldoria wasn't the omnipotent world power it had once been. Of course, so far it was only what one might call political unrest, but that was what made this place so charming—it was absolutely never restful.
In some ways, all this forced inaction on account of the heat was a relief.
"Not in the summer, we don't," Denna said firmly. She'd first loosened, then removed, her neckguard and corset. Cara never wore them at all anymore, and she might have a point about the optimum trade-off between freedom of movement and protection, not that Denna would ever tell her so. Now she kicked her heeled boots off.
"Why do you still wear the uniform?" Kahlan asked abruptly. "Richard doesn't give you orders."
"Richard doesn't give anyone orders," Nicci said, rolling her eyes at Richard in absentia.
The gesture reminded Kahlan of Cara, and she wondered very much what her dearest friend was doing right now…
"I am Mord'Sith, Confessor," Denna said, bristling. But then she leaned back in her chair with a sigh—it was too hot to be angry. "Cara and I have an understanding—she doesn't give me orders, and I don't give her any."
"How can she stand to be inside on a night like this?" Kahlan wondered. It went without saying that the three Rahl siblings, while the bravest, kindest, handsomest man ever to have lived, a pesky girl with poor taste in marital partners, and a tyrant currently working as a Grand Vizier, when taken separately, underwent some kind of strange magical alchemy and became completely insane when together, which explained what they were doing in the stifling banquet hall. But Cara had more sense in her little finger than those three put together.
Kahlan would feel guilty about having a thought like this, but it was hot and tomorrow was Creator's Night and the children were going to be absolute terrors over the whole thing—getting them to sit still and behave properly for the parade would be impossible. Besides, Kahlan felt guilty enough as it was—she had a son, a male Confessor, and she'd let him live, and now he'd probably kill them all someday, and Richard could never be brought to understand what a terrible disaster waiting to happen little Rick was.
The part of Kahlan's mind that she apportioned for worrying was typically occupied with this, but there was also her fear that Darken would someday, when they least expected it, snatch back the throne from Richard. After all, wasn't that what a Grand Vizier was for? (Thus, Kahlan tried to avert this catastrophe by expecting it.)
"I think it's nice out," Nicci said mildly, earning herself identical glares from Kahlan and Denna. "Warm." It was hotter than the Underworld, of course, and Nicci ought to know, but seeing their stunned and exasperated faces was worth it.
Besides, Sisters of the Dark had a real advantage over Mord'Sith and Confessors when it came to weather like this. Just because Nicci was an ex-Sister of the Dark, and an ex-Sister of Anything, didn't mean she didn't still remember how to keep her sleeves nicely open to the breeze, not to mention her skirts—it was all in how you moved, and where you'd put your sun-protective potion, and of course wearing really diaphanous fabrics. And that was even without using weather magic.
Leather was all very well for winter, and as an armor substitute, but silk was made for the desert. And Nicci had grown up in the Old World, where they had real deserts, not like the ones in D'Hara.
"Nice out," Denna muttered darkly, wishing fervently for the company of her erstwhile Sisters. Mord'Sith could make summers go by very quickly—you just stayed in the bath until any orders arrived, and then you delegated them. Stepping outside the hierarchy had cost Denna something, but she wasn't about to answer to Cara. And she had to stay and protect Jennsen from all the well-meaning harm Lord Rahl and Richard might do her. In Denna's experience, people who tried to help were even worse than the ones that tried to hinder.
But if Denna knew anything of Cara, she wasn't wasting the night before Creator's Night getting drunk with her in-laws—technically, Creator's Night was supposed to be when the first people were conceived, and thus was even luckier for lovers than Kieran's Eve. But then the first people had been born six months later, at Creatormas—Denna had always felt this meant that the world, in a sense, had been born prematurely, and that this explained a lot.
In fact, Denna was right—Cara was not wasting her time getting drunk with either Richard, Darken and Jennsen or Kahlan, Nicci, and Denna. (In fact, she'd heartlessly abandoned Kahlan to a former Mistress of the Mord'Sith and an ex-Sister of the Dark, and left Richard to defend himself from Darken's twisted plots for the night, because, even loving them as she did, some things were important.)
It was very, very hot inside the normally drafty Palace, but Cara and her wife, Dahlia, had worked out a way around that—it involved absolutely no clothes and a bathtub full of ice.
Elsewhere in the Palace, there was an odd coincidence: the nursery was directly above the banquet hall. Not all the children were asleep.
And Sam, Rick, and Gracie Rahl were also playing Evil Empires. Further, in one of those twists of genetics, Sam so closely resembled his father, Darken, that he looked like a teenage, blond copy of the man, down to the sneer. Rick also closely resembled his father, Richard, but he had his mother's serious blue eyes and freckles. He was careful not to touch anyone (there'd been a few near things, and Rick had an excellent survival instinct. Everyone was always watching him, so he was perpetually on his best behavior. Sometimes, he wished he wasn't a prince. He nearly always wished he wasn't a Confessor.) Gracie, only four, had her aunt's red hair and cheerful ingenuousness.
She was clutching a blanket around her shoulders as a makeshift cape—the nursery was actually a little cool, ever since Gracie had begged and pleaded until Auntie Nicci relented and summoned her a heat-sucking demon. The demon hovered in one corner of the room, huddled into a ball and sending a warm light not quite like fire over the proceedings. Gracie had named the demon Sunspot.
"I win, I win!" she was murmuring excitedly.
"You cheat," Rick protested. He wasn't about to be beaten by his little sister!
"Hush," Sam muttered. "You'll wake the baby."
It was hard being the eldest—Sam had to look out for them all, from Rick and Gracie to Cousin Cali to Renn and Edmund, to little baby Jenna.
Still, it was Creator's Night tomorrow—maybe after the parade he could sneak off to the Tyreisan Tavern before his mothers found out. Get in a fight, maybe—he needed practice, before the inevitable war with the Southerners…he was old enough to fight. He would show them all.
All through the Palace, not a servant was stirring…but the family was awake. They were the ones who'd have to go out in public and smile for the holiday—but there you had it: royalty never had any sense.
Not far from the Palace, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, the First Wizard, snored peacefully. He might babysit occasionally, burn the odd enemy with Wizard's Fire, but he'd had enough of court life for a lifetime.


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[WISCONSIN-PENN STATE: Women] No. 8 Penn State extended its winning streak to nine games with a 2-1 win at No. 25 Wisconsin in a battle of Big Ten teams. The Nittany Lions used goals from seniors Tani Costa and Maya Hayes to improve to 10-1-1 overall and 4-0-0 in the Big Ten.
"Mentally, we were ready to play," said Nittany Lion coach Erica Walsh. "We came out with
an incredible amount of energy and fight and put them on their heels. I thought that, in particular, our leaders were very good tonight."
The Lions went ahead in the 31st
minute when Hayes beat a Badger defender and sent a through ball to Costa, who found the back of the net from just outside the box. They extended their lead to 2-0 just five minutes later as Hayes
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Rose Lavelle gave the
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