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Quotes on Excellence
"Whether you think you can; or you can't, you are right."
— Unknown
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.
– Doris Mortman
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
– Freya Stark
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– Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
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The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
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There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose – the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it.
– Nepolean Hill
There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living.
– Nelson Mandela
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
– Vince Lombardi
If you want to be successful, know what you are doing, love what you are doing and believe in what you are doing.
– Will Rogers
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
– Richard Bach
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
– George Carlin
Face reality as it is…not as you wish it to be.
– Jack Welch
There is nothing so powerful as truth – and often nothing so strange.
– Daniel Webster
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– Andre Gide
When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick.
– Bill Lemley
You will become like the five people you associate with the most. This can be either a blessing or a curse.
– Billy Cox
It is surprising how much you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit.
– Abraham Lincoln
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before going to bed.
– Bernard Baruch
You see things; and say, "Why?"
But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
– George Bernard Shaw
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
– Japanese Proverb
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
– Frank Gaines
Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (on focus)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
– Bill Cosby
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
– Denis Waitney
Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.
– C.S. Lewis
Don't wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
– Napoleon Hill
One of the marks of successful people is that they are action-oriented. One of the marks of average people is that they are talk-oriented.
– Brian Tracy
Everyone who has taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
– Nolan Bushnell
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
– Anonymous
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
– William Faulkner
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
– Confucius
In teaching others, we teach ourselves.
– Proverb
We are continuously faced with great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvable problems.
– Lee Iacocca
If you never change your mind, why have one?
– Edward De Bono
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
– Max PePree
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn…and change.
– Carl Rogers
You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass, it will come and sit on your shoulder.
– Anonymous
Patience is also a form of action.
– Auguste Rodin
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
– Roger Staubach
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.
– Anonymous
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
– John W. Gardner
People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.
– Howard W. Newton
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|March 14, 2012
|Stats at a Glance
|FG Percentage
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|.491 (26-53)
|3P FG Percentage
|.185 (5-27)
|.455 (10-22)
|FT Percentage
|.778 (7-9)
|.667 (4-6)
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Valparaiso (22-11, 14-4 Horizon)
Game #34: Wednesday, Mar. 14 - 6:30 p.m. CDT
at Miami (19-12, 9-7 Atlantic Coast Conference)
BankUnited Center (8,000) - Coral Gables, Fla.
Next Up in Crusader Basketball: Valparaiso takes to the postseason for the 11th time in the last 17 seasons, as the Crusaders travel to Coral Gables, Fla. as a seventh seed in the 2012 National Invitation Tournament to take on second-seeded Miami out of the ACC. It marks Valpo's second all-time appearance in the postseason NIT, as the Crusaders also earned an NIT berth in 2003.
Last Time Out: Valparaiso led by three at the half in the 2012 Horizon League Championship title game last Tuesday evening at the ARC, but Detroit out-scored the Crusaders 46-23 over the final 20 minutes as Valpo fell by a 70-50 final. Kevin Van Wijk led the Crusaders with 17 points and eight rebounds, hitting 9-of-10 from the free throw line. Ryan Broekhoff added 13 points and six rebounds, while Matt Kenney contributed seven points and a career-best 10 rebounds off the bench. The Crusaders shot just 36.4% (16-of-44) for the game, including just 2-of-18 from beyond the 3-point line.
Following the Crusaders: Wednesday night's game will be broadcast live on ESPNU, the fifth appearance for Valpo on the ESPN family of networks in its last six games. Mark Jones and Tim Welsh will be on the call on the U Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Todd Ickow - in his 20th year on the call of Crusader men's basketball - will have the play-by-play on Wednesday night live on WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso), while Aaron Leavitt will join him on color commentary. As always, the live audio and video (through ESPN3.com) webcasts, as well as a link for live statistics, will be available through www.valpoathletics.com.
Head Coach Bryce Drew: 2012 Horizon League Coach of the Year Bryce Drew made his head coaching debut at Arizona on Nov. 7, as he was named the 21st head coach in the history of the Valparaiso men's basketball program on May 17, 2011. Just the fourth new head coach to grace the Crusader sidelines in the last 31 years, Drew had spent the last six seasons as a member of the Crusader coaching staff before earning the head position. He famously hit the game-winning shot against Ole Miss for Valpo in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament to cap an illustrious Crusader career, before going on to a seven-year professional career, six of which were spent in the NBA.
Series Notes: The Crusaders and Hurricanes have met just once in program history, way back on Dec. 28, 1956 as part of the Orange Bowl Classic, a game which Valpo won 81-76. Valpo holds a 2-9 record all-time against current members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Miami will mark the fourth different ACC squad that the Crusaders have faced in postseason play.
The Road Ahead: A win on Wednesday would move the Crusaders on into the second round of the NIT on a to-be-determined date against either third-seeded La Salle or sixth-seeded Minnesota. The game woudl be played anywhere from Friday, March 16 to Monday, March 19.
Scouting Miami: The Hurricanes enter Wednesday's first-round NIT matchup at 19-12 overall, having finished in a tie for fourth place in the ACC regular season with a 9-7 league mark. Miami lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to eventual champion Florida State, and owns victories over the Seminoles and at Duke this season. Four players average in double figures for the Hurricanes, which average 71.2 ppg as a team, led by 12.9 ppg from Durand Scott. Post player Reggie Johnson posts a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game to go with 10.1 points per game.
Back in the NIT: This year marks Valpo's second foray into the postseason NIT, with the Crusaders looking for a better result than the first go-round. Valpo previously participated in the NIT in the 2003 season, learning Sunday afternoon it would play at Iowa just over 24 hours later on Monday night, March 17. The Crusaders battled with the Hawkeyes in Iowa City before suffering a narrow 62-60 loss. Valpo was led by 14 points off the bench from Stalin Ortiz, while Ali Berdiel added 13 points.
Crusaders In the Postseason: Valpo's bid to the NIT marks the Crusaders' 11th postseason appearance in the last 17 years. Valpo has been to the NCAA Tournament seven times and the NIT, CBI and CIT one time apiece, with an overall record in postseason play of 3-9. See page four of the PDF notes for a complete list of D-I postseason games.
Keeping a Postseason Tradition Alive: With this year's bid to the NIT, the Crusaders continue a streak that started with the Valpo basketball class of 1996, which was the first to appear in postseason play on the D-I level. Since then, all 20 four-year classes (counting through this year's freshmen class) have experienced at least one postseason tournament over their four years.
Award Winners: When the Horizon League announced its postseason award winners at the conclusion of the regular season, it was a haul unlike any for Valpo since the 2001-2002 campaign in the Mid-Con. Junior forward Ryan Broekhoff claimed the HL Player of the Year hardware, the first Crusader to be named Player of the Year since Lubos Barton in 01-02, while first-year head coach Bryce Drew was tabbed as Coach of the Year, Valpo's first such honor since Homer Drew earned the Mid-Con CoY award in 01-02. Meanwhile, junior forward Kevin Van Wijk joined Broekhoff on the All-League First Team, giving Valpo two First Team honorees for the first time since 01-02.
Regular Season Champions: Valpo's 66-62 overtime victory over Loyola on Feb. 21 assured the Crusaders they would be outright Horizon League regular season champions, and the Crusaders closed the regular season two games up on the field with a 71-59 victory in the season finale over Butler. Valpo won the outright title in just its fifth season as a Horizon League member, and the championship assured the Crusaders of the #1 seed and hosting rights for the Horizon League Championship.
It's Been a While: While the Valpo men's basketball program has a legacy of championships, it's been a few years since the Crusaders have been able to celebrate a title. Valpo's last regular season championship came in the 2003-2004 season, when the Crusaders defeated Chicago State in the regular season finale to claim the outright Mid-Continent Conference title. That regular season title also ended a stretch of nine regular season Mid-Con titles in ten years.
20 x 12: The Crusaders' victory over Loyola Feb. 21 also assured Valpo of winning at least 20 games for the second consecutive year, a milestone which the program has now reached in 12 of the last 19 seasons. Homer Drew led Valpo to ten 20+ win campaigns, while Scott Drew and Bryce Drew have now both guided the Crusaders to at least 20 victories in their seasons as head coach.
Proficiency Inside the Arc: Valparaiso's success shooting from 2-point range has carried over into the 2011-2012 season. Last season, the Crusaders finished the year hitting 55.3% of their 2-point attempts, good for third nationally. So far this year, Valpo has connected at just about the same rate from inside, knocking down 55.2% of its tries from inside the arc, good for fifth nationally. In fact, of Valpo's seven rotation players who have been playing the entire season, all seven are hitting at least half of their 2-point attempts. Despite a subpar overall shooting performance in the HL title game agaisnt Detroit last Tuesday, Valpo still connected on 14-of-26 (53.8%) of its tries from inside the arc.
Finishing Close Games: One reason the Crusaders were able to win the league's regular season title was their ability to win the tight games. Valpo owns an 8-2 overall record this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Within Horizon League play, the Crusaders were 7-1 in games decided by either five or fewer points or in overtime, and in fact have won their last six such games, including the clincher over Loyola on Feb. 21.
High-Scoring Coaching Staff: Valparaiso boasts the third-highest scoring coaching staff in Division I basketball, as judged by points scored by the core four coaches at the Division I level. Head coach Bryce Drew scored 2,142 points at Valpo, while assistant coach Jake Diebler scored 826 points as a Crusader. Assistant coach Roger Powell Jr. added 1,178 points during his time at Illinois. Valpo's total of 4,146 Division I points trails just Tennessee and Auburn.
Shots From the Heart: Both Valpo head coach Bryce Drew and assistant coach Roger Powell Jr. participated in the 2nd Annual Shots From the Heart Tournament, in benefit of the Skip Prosser Foundation. The tournament was started last year to help create more awareness for the growing problem of heart disease, and consists of two 64-coach fields (one bracket of head coaches and one bracket of assistant coaches) participating in a free throw shooting contest. Drew was eliminated in the second round, while Powell fell in the third round.
A Lonely Banner: Each year's senior class has banners hung inside the ARC during their senior season, but this season, there is just one men's basketball banner hanging from the rafters. Walk-on guard Nick Shelton started the season as the lone member of this year's senior class, as fellow senior walk-on Nathan Stegelmann was added to the roster in mid-November.
Calling All Captains: With no scholarship seniors on this year's squad, Valpo looks to a trio of juniors to lead the way as the captains for the 2011-2012 team. Ryan Broekhoff, Erik Buggs and Matt Kenney will share the captaincy this season.
A Set Rotation: Head coach Bryce Drew seems to have settled into a regular eight-man rotation over the second half of the season. Other than the disqualification of Richie Edwards after just four minutes at Milwaukee and an injury to Kevin Van Wijk at Cleveland State which forced him to miss the YSU and LMU games, over the last 17 games, all eight regulars have played at least 10 minutes in every game, while over the same stretch, only three times (Broekhoff at Wright State, against Loyola and in the HL title game vs. Detroit) has any Crusader been asked to play more than 35 minutes. Last time out in the league championship game, Broekhoff played a team-high 37 minutes, while all eight players saw at least 13 minutes of action.
Player of the Year: HL Player of the Year Ryan Broekhoff leads the league in rebounding, averaging 8.6 rebounds per game, and has totaled 283 rebounds to date, already sixth-most in a single season in Crusader history and most by any Crusader since 1996. Broekhoff also ranks fourth in the league in scoring, posting 14.8 ppg, and has scored in double figures in 28 out of Valpo's 33 games. The junior forward earned All-Tournament Team honors at the HL Championship after going for 13 points and six rebounds against Detroit and 19 points with a career-high 16 rebounds against Butler, his 12th double-double of the year. The 12 double-doubles matches the most by a Valpo player since Chris Ensminger had 16 such games during the 1995-1996 campaign.
Onward and Upward: Broekhoff's tremendous season also has him already moving up Valpo's all-time charts in a number of categories. The junior swatted another shot in the HL title game and now is ninth all-time at Valpo with 73 career blocked shots. Broekhoff also made a triple last Tuesday, giving him 167 career 3-pointers, seventh-most all-time. With his six rebounds against the Titans, he now has 594 career rebounds as well, moving him into 13th in Crusader history.
Doing Work in the Post: First Team All-HL honoree Kevin Van Wijk has been a stalwart for the Crusaders in the paint all season long. Van Wijk ranks fifth in the league in scoring (14.4 ppg) and easily leads the league in field goal percentage, hitting 62.5% of his shots, good for fifth nationally. The two-time HL Player of the Week has had just four games all season in which he hit less than half of his field goal attempts and scored in double figures on 26 occasions, including six efforts of 20+ points. Van Wijk earned HL All-Tournament Team honors as well following games of 11 points/7 rebounds against Butler and 17 points/8 rebounds versus Detroit.
Production From the Bench: Valpo's eight-man rotation features a trio of legitimate scoring threats coming off the bench in Richie Edwards, Jay Harris and Matt Kenney, who rank third, fourth and fifth on the team, respectively, in scoring. The trio has averaged 25.5 ppg for the Crusaders this season. Individually, Edwards has led the Crusaders on six occasions, including three consecutive games late in the season. Harris has paced Valpo in the scoring column three times, while Kenney led all Crusaders in their home win over Green Bay earlier this season.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Spectacular rare gemstones and innovative silverware designs with a practical edge stood out at the 30th annual edition of Goldsmiths' Fair held in the British capital.
Wealthy customers mingled with designer-makers standing at their booths in the guilded surrounds of the Goldsmiths' Company building beside St. Paul's Cathedral, which showcased jewels set in 18-carat gold and vermeil, and state-of-the-art silverware.
UK designer-makers Catherine Best, David Marshall, James Fairhurst and Ingo Henn presented hand-crafted jewels with stunning colour stones from around the world.
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NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The Iona College men's basketball team won its fourth straight game in an 85-73 hard fought victory over Manhattan in front of a raucous capacity crowd at the Hynes Center. The Gaels honored the legacy of Naismith Hall of Famer Richie Guerin - one of its greatest players - and retired his number 14 during a halftime ceremony. The Maroon & Gold (12-8, 9-2 MAAC) remained even a top the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings with Canisius with the win.
Eight tie scores and two lead changes characterized the first 20 minutes of the contest. The Jaspers (14-6, 7-4 MAAC) led for just 11 seconds in the frame as sophomore Ashton Pankey's layup made the score 14-13 at 12:53. Junior David Laury knotted the score at 14 on the Gaels' next possession with a free throw. The eighth and final tie score of the half was broken by Laury with 8:32 remaining to spark an 8-2 mini-run for the Maroon & Gold. Iona led by as many as eight points following Mike Poole's jumper with 2:11 on the clock. Manhattan sophomore Shane Richards' three pointer made the halftime score 39-34 in favor of the home team.
Manhattan scored the first 11 points of the second half to take its largest advantage of the contest. Senior George Beamon's jumper gave the Jaspers a 45-39 advantage just under four minutes in. Less than four minutes later, a thunderous dunk in transition by Laury knotted the score at 50-50 with 12:09 left. Sophomore A.J. English drained a huge three pointer to cap a 12-0 Gael and gave his team a 56-50 lead at 10:59. Manhattan got as close as two points following two Pankey free throws with 4:50 left but could not find an equalizer. A 10-3 run gave the Maroon & Gold a nine-point cushion with 2:09 to play and went 7-of-8 from the free throw line in the final 70 seconds to come away with the 12-point win.
Laury matched his season-high with 21 points to lead the Gaels. He was 6-of-7 from the field and added eight rebounds, also a team-high. Shooting just 47.5% from the charity stripe this season, Laury was 9-of-11 on the night. Four other Iona performers scored 10 or more points. Senior Mike Poole had a career-high 19 points with eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals. Senior Sean Armand had 18 points, four boards and four assists, English had 14 points and four assists and sophomore Isaiah Williams added 10 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and three steals in the win.
Manhattan senior Rhamel Brown had 15 points and eight boards. Senior Michael Alvarado and junior Emmy Andujar each had 11. The Gaels held the MAAC's No. 3 scorer in Beamon to just nine points in the win.
Iona is back in action Monday evening at Monmouth as they embark on a three-game road trip and meet the Hawks for the first time in history.


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I am actually making EXTRA effort to be kind and spend time together and bond (when she is not picking a fight about the gounding etc. . .) There is no reason to treat her with spite on top of being a firmer parent.
Still tightrope walking! How early can they get emancipated??? (just kidding)
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How are things going now? Just thinking of you and your dd
Originally Posted by johub
Along this line,
My dd just got a part in the Chorus of her school's spring musical! I am just as thrilled as she is. Rehearsals will take up a TON of time and she will love it. She will get to dance and sing, two things she is good at, and not just 1 hour a week.
Originally Posted by Lisa P
Joline, I think you have made some wonderful changes. While I don't have a teenager (for a while yet), my family went through something similar with my kid sister. At 12 she generally was out of control and lied/stole/ditched school/smoked, etc. She was in and out of rehab by 15 for drug addiction. My parents had been the more laid back type until then. Then they reined her in. Her choices were certainly influenced by her peer group so my parents told her she could no longer socialize with ANY of her old crew outside of school. That even meant no going over to Sarah's house, even if her mom would be supervizing b/c it wasn't the situations alone, it was the influence of her peers.
My sis had all privileges taken away for an indeterminate amount of time...no X weeks stuff. She only earned freedoms when she showed she could handle them and had earned them through her desire to be an active part of the family and respectful of my parents.
Finally, my mom gave her something to replace what had been taken away... My sis always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. So, she got one for her Birthday (a bit early) and was enrolled in weekly private lessons. Without a computer in her room and no tv or phone privileges, she had nothing to do but practice and play her guitar. She hated it the concept, but then decided she really loved the music and it was no biggie to not have access to those other things. When she finally earned those privileges back, she hardly used them. The next school year, my parents looked into and enrolled her in a public performing arts highschool (which further seperated her from her old friends) not because they wanted to punish her by yanking her out of the old environment, but because sis was so into music by then she was practically beging to go.
Once she had music to focus on, she went from a C/D student to an A/B student. She hit some bumps but got it worked out.
You said your dd is into singing... what about getting her private lessons...or auditioning her for a local children's choir? It would give her something to focus on when she's not at rehersal for the musical and once its over.
Also, you mentioned she had a hard time talking to her and she said it was because you made her feel belittled etc. Then you went on to say something to the effect of "...but she reacts to me saying such innocuous things." Maybe if you tried to have the conversation with her again and asked her to eplain why certain things you say make her feel a certain way you'll get further. I think the reaction you exhibited here on the board suggested that maybe your responses to her in that initial conversation belittled her (just as she feared) when you couldn't understand why "innocuous" things upset her. It may have come off as more of a judgement about her ability to understand things than you intended.
Glad things are on the up and up!
Originally Posted by johub
Thank you for this post. THis is pretty much exactly what is going on.
And things have actually gotten worse. See, I dropped the ball just a little bit. I wouldnt let her take the bus to her friends house so DH dropped her off there after work. I went to pick her up yesterday and she wasnt there, she hadnt even spent the night. She had been there and both girls left saying they were coming here. So i was left finding her the next day. Even though we had personally escorted her to her destiation. She was a smart cookie. Handing me the phone and telling me to go ahead and call her friends dad to verify the plans and that he would be home. I BOUGHT IT and didn't call. Just made sure she didnt go anywhere else when we dropped her off. SO she had basically 24 hours of free time and I found her at a boys house.
GRRR. I am way too laid back and trusting.
And this was only 24 hours after getting in trouble for lying.
So it is no grounding for her either. just like your sister. She is in for a long time of being always supervised.
And surprisingly enough. she got a guitar for Christmas and is oging to be taking lessons too! (what a concidence)
It is almost the exact same story. I had already decided that she would go down to no priviledges/trust indefinitely and that if she wanted to socialize it would be in organized activities. And here I get this post stating the success of just such a plan.
It just seems almost divinely inspired!
And just like your parents, it is also part of my plan to minimize her out of school contact with her friends by eliminating her phone and internet access.
And this is not for a specified time either, but until she grows up and shows initiative and honesty and responsibility.
I just hate this though because I am such an easygoing person by nature. So non confrontational that deep down I resent her for being this way and forcing me to go so against my nature because she refuses to be guided by the gentle guidance I Have offered her for the past 13 years.
Life is supposed to have its challenges though and this is mine. So I take up my arms and do the best job I can.
Thank you ladies for all of your continued support. I need it and will continue to do so.
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3026: Sensory Room: Reducing Violent Behavior and a Viable Alternative to Seclusion and Restraints?
Emerging evidence shows that sensory modalities can reduce restraint use. We developed a Sensory Room as a QI project to determine if this would significantly impact aggressive behaviors and the need for seclusion and restraint in our acutely ill population. We will present the data from this project and review our ongoing efforts to find creative alternatives to restraints.
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Jones, a 5-10 190-pound Dillon native, tossed a five-hit (all singles) shutout against 28th-ranked Lander University on Saturday, with FMU winning 4-0. He allowed only two Lander baserunners to reach second base, while throwing only 96 pitches in the one-hour-and-55-minute game. He struck out seven and walked no one. It was the only shutout in PBC play this past weekend.
The win improved Jones' school record for career wins to 28, and his strikeout total moved him into second place on the PBC career strikeout list with 308.
In his three seasons at Francis Marion, he has recorded 28 complete games in 40 career starts.
This season, Jones is 7-3 with a 3.10 earned run average. He has 83 strikeouts in 93 innings, while walking only 18 batters.
Jones is a product of Dillon High School. He played his freshman year at Coastal Carolina University before transferring to FMU.
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Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and knowledge of the game.
So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in statistical categories that ownership deems most important. Managers make in-game decisions based not on instincts, but on probability - how a particular batter might fare against left-handedpitching, for instance.
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To start, this is an extremely well done book. If you are proficient in programming/databases and love baseball statistics you should enjoy these hacks. Please Note: you will need to refer to the book's errata to complete/understand a few of the hacks (i.e. fetchretro.pl if you use WinXP). Doing this will save you a great deal of time. Enjoy!
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Adler jacks SABRmetrics!
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I forgot to mention that the sub-title "Tips and tools for analyzing and winning with statistics," is applicable to most any topic that has lots of measurements. Stuff that matters like the financial crisis, health care, school policy....
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"Moneyball," perhaps the greatest of all sports books, showed us the utility, nay the necessity of "SABRmetric" thinking. Michael Lewis' showed how smarts makes for competitiveness even in unfair pursuits.In "Baseball Hacks," Joseph Adler shows how to get those "smarts."With "Baseball Hacks" any contender has a shot at becoming a champion. Any industrious kid now has access to the information, and tools to play smart. Think of "Baseball Hacks" as legal intellectual steroids!Now, (mid Feb. 2009,) anybody with some free time should get and read this book. Use the knowledge to work on the "stuff that matters" much more efficiently.The "hacks," is just a hip word for creative, analytical techniques. See Stewart Brand's definition in "Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death among the Computer Bums" for a pre criminalized definition of "Hacker."
A Must for baseball geeks like me!!!
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Walking into my favorite bookstore last summer I was surprised as all get out when I saw an O'Reilly book - being very familiar with the look of their books - and being a baseball fan, I picked it up. I loved it! Not only did it give me a chance to further my enjoyment of the great American pasttime, I was introduced to several new data analysis tools - which I have subsequently used in my job. Well written and perfectly detailed - I recommend this book highly.
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I have to say that I have only read four or five chapters thus far, and yet this is the best book I have read in a long, long while. The breadth is both deep and wide: it covers a lot of ground regarding baseball's rules, statistics, history, etc.; and somehow no subject is given short shrift.The writing is lively--Mr. Adler's love for the game shines through on every page. But here is the best part: if you are a new fan of baseball, or a diehard who remembers the pre-DH days, there is something for you. So far, all the code examples I have tried are correct. I am just not seeing much "first edition"-isms in this book. Again to be fair, I have not read the whole book yet, but what I have read is truly excellent.Can't wait for opening day!
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Room OK, bathroom nice. Lot of shops and pups in the area No aircon in the rooms, a lot of noice from the street in the night (every night), only 2 pools for way too many people.
quiet and calmness, everything you need you can find around, information and reception services are perfect only one entrance
Good location, very nice room and excellent breakfast check-in was at 14.00 - a bit to late I think They served leftovers from lunch for dinner :o(
I liked the sea view, the availability of a microwave oven, electric stove, dishware and a fridge, and a proximity to various shops and restaurants. The shower gel in small packets was provided only on the first day, and then we had to purchase it.
i would recomend this hotel for familys with young children we were a couple and thought at this time of year it would be couples but it was 99 per cent familys with young children i was bitten by mosquitoes which turned infec and i have since been treated with antibiotics for this and the bed bugs couldnt sleep in the bed for scratching
The all inklusive care was very good and varied Although pre-consulted on that we have to check out 13 o'clock, at 12 o'clock we had to go with the 2 little children
The pool was good. A lot of noise from the evening entertainment every night
Nice area, good pools, and okay entertaiment More information about things at the hotel would be good
Adult only, good layout of small accommodation blocks around central pool, excellent buffet choice of food, friendly staff, quiet. no
the family athmosphere and the silence. I really rested. it was quite an comfortable.
The pool and surrounding area was beautiful and peaceful. The evening entertainment was enjoyable without being intrusive and over exciting - music just the right level to carry on a conversation or read. Staff were friendly and helpful and it was a great place for a relaxing quiet holiday My single occupancy room was small and basic - very clean however.


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-- TuneIn will be carrying live and recorded broadcasts of SXSW music through Sunday including sets from Andrew Bird, Keane and The Magnetic Fields. Go to TuneIn.com for the complete schedule.
-- You can watch the MTVu Woodie Awards today, starting at 2 p.m. ET, including Kimbra, Gary Clark Jr., and fun on MTV's website.
Our original post: Just because you can't get to Austin, Texas, doesn't mean you can't be a part of the South By Southwest Festival, which runs through March 18.
The SXSW Interactive festival is live streaming its keynote presentations at sxsw.com/interactive/live. Among Saturday's offerings, at 5 p.m. CT: "The View from inside Rainn Wilson's Brainstem" starring The Office actor, who is also founder of soul-searching discussion web site SoulPancake.
Some planned music streams:
--NPR Music already has a SXSW 2012 music preview show of All Songs Considered to get you in the mood. Then, NPR Music will be streaming two musical shows, one on Wednesday, March 14 and another on March 15. The site will also stream Bruce Springsteen's keynote speech on Thursday, March 15, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
Wednesday's NPR Music Presents SXSW Showcase Live from Stubb's begins at 8:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT and is scheduled to include Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, The Alabama Shakes, Dan Deacon and Sharon Van Etten.
Thursday's NPR Music Presents Live from the Parish begins at 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT is scheduled to include The Magnetic Fields, Polica, Sugar Tongue Slim and La Vida Boheme.
All events will be streamed on NPR.org/music and through NPR Music's iPad and iPhone app. Concert webcasts, archived recordings, photos and the SXSW podcast and the Austin 100, a streaming and downloadable sampler of must-hear SXSW bands can be found NPR.org/sxsw.
--Rolling Stone also have a SXSW 2012 playlist on Spotify to augment its story on 25 Can't Miss Acts at SXSW 2012 including We Were Promised Jetpacks.
-- Jay-Z's Monday performance at Austin City Limits Live at 7 p.m. ET will be streamed on YouTube (here's the viewable YouTube link).
-- Warner Music and Nikon will stream SXSW showcases at La Zona Rosa for three consecutive nights at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT starting on Tuesday, March 13. Headliners on Tuesday include Santigold and Chuckie; Dr. John and Gary Clark Jr. on Wednesday; and T.I. and B.o.B on Thursday. Look for updates on The Warner Sound captured by Nikon site.
-- Fuse TV will be streaming music from The Fader Fort Wednesday through Saturday March 14-17 including 50 Cent and Santigold. Check the Fuse TV site here for the lineup.
-- Beginning Wednesday, Clear Channel's iHeartRadio site (http://www.iheart.com/) and mobile apps will include reports from Austin's 98.7 FM. Get more information on the blog at iHeartRadio site.
-- On Thursday, Vans and Stickam.com will be streaming daily select sets from the Mess With Texas event live through Saturday at www.mwtxparty.com. Among the artists planned to perform Built To Spill, ASAP Rocky and Cults (check the site for schedule).
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That's why people with chronic back pain should bring sexual problems into the open, with their partner and with an understanding doctor who can help, says Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Sexual trouble related to back pain "is probably more common than physicians think and for patients to admit to," Marks says. It's still a bit of a taboo subject, but during 25 years of practice as an orthopaedic surgeon, he discusses the issue routinely with his patients, he says.
While a few patients will volunteer that back pain interferes with sexual intimacy, most won't broach the subject, he says. "I think that there's a lot of embarrassment about it." But many are relieved to be able to finally talk about it, says Marks.
Still, many doctors don't ask, he says, so patients might need to take the first step. "If your physician may not quite know how to broach the subject, it's OK for you to," he says.
Those with sexual problems related to chronic back pain often have disk disease or arthritis in the spine, but patients who are recovering from back surgery may also struggle.
But no type of chronic back pain rules out having an active sex life, Marks says.
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As for back pain and sex difficulties between partners, "It's something that's really important to discuss," Marks says. Over the years, his patients have confided that they are reluctant to tell their partners that they can't have sex because it hurts too much or that they want to change longstanding sexual positions to ease the pain.
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Prescribed fire is one of the most cost-effective and efficient tools available for managing quail habitat. On most sites, burns should be conducted from winter through spring.
When applied correctly, prescribed burning is one of the most cost-effective and efficient tools available for managing quail habitat. Prescribed fire: 1) increases insect, legume and soft mast abundance; 2) improves ground layer vegetation structure to enhance nesting cover, brood range, and insect and seed foraging conditions; 3) helps control hardwood invasion into the forest midstory; 4) decreases the abundance of invertebrates that parasitize quail; and 5) decreases the chances of wildfire.
Prescribed burns should be applied to forest stands that have at least 40 percent of the ground in direct sunlight. Burning is of little wildlife value in shaded woodlands where sunlight cannot reach the forest floor. Prescribed burns should be conducted so that approximately 30 to 50 percent of the land is left unburned to provide food, nesting and escape cover.
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Alex's operation is Wednesday morning on Long Island. Borys says the community is asked to turn on porch lights Tuesday night, take a picture and then upload them to the Fight For Alex Facebook page to show your support. There is also a fish fry fundraiser August 2nd at Calvary Lutheran Church in Waterloo on North Street from 11AM to 6PM.


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Coming off the worst loss in the Lovie Smith era, there are a lot of questions about personnel, but Smith isn't discussing them as the Bears prepare to host the Browns at noon Sunday.
Smith admitted nothing Wednesday afternoon in the way of potential personnel changes for Sunday, but general manager Jerry Angelo all but confirmed a shakeup on the team's Web site earlier in the day.
"Do we need to look at some personnel?" Angelo said. "Yeah, we do. There's some of that going on, as you'll see Sunday."
The most likely change is Josh Beekman for Frank Omiyale at left guard, although neither left tackle Orlando Pace nor right tackle Chris Williams has played well enough to be above reproach. Backup tackle Kevin Shaffer would be a logical replacement since he was a starter with the Browns the past three years and with the Falcons for two and a half years before that. Another scenario could see Omiyale moved outside to his natural tackle position in place of Pace or Williams, with Beekman taking over at left guard. Another possibility is rotating players at some positions.
Defensively, strong-side linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer and middle linebacker Nick Roach are expected to switch positions, leaving the responsibility of relaying play calls, switching calls and getting players lined up in the correct position to the more experienced Hillenmeyer.
After the blowout loss to the Bengals, Smith said: "There were several things we did wrong, starting with just getting aligned. We weren't aligned properly at times."
After six-time Pro Bowl middle linebacker Brian Urlacher suffered a season-ending dislocated wrist in the season opener, Hillenmeyer took over and then started the next two games, as the Bears defeated the Steelers and Seahawks. But Hillenmeyer went down with a fractured rib in the Seattle game, and Roach took over. Roach, a third-year player, has 14 NFL starts, including the past three games at middle linebacker. Hillenmeyer, a seven-year veteran with 59 starts, re-entered the starting lineup last week at strong-side linebacker after Pisa Tinoisamoa suffered a knee injury a week earlier.
Smith refused to provide any clarity regarding any lineup changes.
"We make changes when we think it warrants a change," he said. "It's as simple as that. That's the only thing you can go on. If we think somebody gives us a better chance to win, we make changes. Guys realize that."
Pressed on what specific personnel changes might be expected, Smith again declined to expound.
"Our football team didn't play well, starting with me, Sunday," he said. "The last couple weeks we haven't played as well as we need to – all positions. So it's no more than that. So I don't talk about it. If we were going to make a personnel change, we wouldn't talk about those through the week. Offensive line [and] every position on our football team, [we] can't feel good about what we did."
When the topic inevitably came back around, Smith said: "OK, I'm not going to talk about anything personnel-wise. To me, that's pretty clear. If that's all you want to talk about, there's nothing else to talk about."
Asked why he wouldn't discuss personnel changes, Smith said: "We don't want to give the opponent an advantage. We want them to wonder what we're going to do, like you are right now. That's the way it's been throughout. So it's not like there's something new that I'm coming up with right now."
Offensive coordinator Ron Turner also declined to address potential lineup changes, and when asked who lined up with the starters at left guard, he said: "We lined up in our normal lineup."
"You want to get big chunks of yardage, but you've got to somewhat stay a little bit balanced, if it's running out of [shot]guns or if it's catching them off guard at a certain point running the ball," Cutler said. "But your mind is, 'Throw it, throw it, throw it.' I get in that mode, as well.
"It's just a tough situation because defenses are going to start playing really conservative because they're not going to give up the big play, and they're going to make you eat up the clock, so it's a tough deal."
After throwing three interceptions last week, Cutler dropped to 21st in the NFL in passer rating at 82.9, but his fourth-quarter passer rating of 113.7 is third in the NFC behind only the Saints' Drew Brees (121.6) and the Packers' Aaron Rodgers (118.4). The Broncos' Kyle Orton leads the NFL with a 142.1 fourth-quarter passer rating.
The Browns' Derek Anderson is last in the NFL with a fourth-quarter passer rating of 7.8. He's also last in the NFL in third-down passer rating at 10.3. Cutler is 12th at 88.1, while Orton is fourth at 104.5. ...
Defensive tackle Anthony Adams denied that Sunday's blowout loss would erode the team's confidence.
"We've still got a lot of football left," he said. "We've still got 10 games left, and we can make a run or run away. I think we're going to make a run."
Adams said a sound thrashing could be just what the Bears needed, and they got it, especially on defense, where they allowed the Bengals to score on their first seven possessions.
"Sometimes you need a little bit of humble pie," he said. "We definitely got fed that." ...
Defensive tackle Marcus Harrison started in place of Tommie Harris a week after starting for Adams at nose tackle. Harrison got his most extensive playing time of the season and was credited with a season-high six tackles, which accounted for most of his soreness Monday.
"It was really two plays that did me in," Harrison said. "The play when I hit (Cedric Benson) in the backfield, and then, [at first], I thought it was Lance (Briggs) who hit me, but it was actually Nick Roach. I mean, those guys are flying around, those linebackers. He accidentally missed the guy and he hit me, and it felt like I should have been in a car wreck." ...
Tommie Harris, who missed all last week of practice with knee soreness and then was a healthy scratch for the game, essentially because of Smith's decision to rest him, practiced in full Wednesday.
"By giving him off last week, of course he was able to get a little bit more work in this week," Smith said. "That's got to be good for us. Tommie is a good football player when he's ready to go."
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