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Justin Bieber may be the King of Twitter, but Rihanna is now the Queen of Youtube. According to Billboard, she has passed the tween heartthrob to become the site's most-watched artist.
Rihanna has 77 videos posted on her official VEVO channel, which have now racked up a combined 3.7 billion views. Rihanna also has outdone the Biebs when it comes to Youtube subscribers. She has accumulated 8.7 million subscribers on the platform, compared to Bieber's 4.9 million. Billboard notes as well that Rihanna is beating Bieber on Facebook too, with 72 million likes compared to his 54 million.
Others artists who can boast impressive Youtube view counts include South Korean rapper Psy, whose "Gangnam Style" has more than a billion views alone, Eminem and Lady Gaga.
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Britain is to supply Saudi Arabia with Typhoon jets in a massive deal reported to be worth up to 70 billion dollars, that primarily benefits British company BAE Systems, the Ministry of Defence said.
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With the owners' permission, I tried two other random WPA APs to no avail -- no handshakes captured. I manually disconnect and reconnect the clients, as well as successfully deauth them, but nothing; I don't capture any handshakes. Tried both BT4 and BT5 again. As before, when the same APs are set to WEP, I can aireplay and capture IVs just fine.
I read somewhere on the forums that this may have something to do with the modulation and that they should be set to the same, but the command "iwconfig wlan0 modu 11g" is apparently not supported by the RTL8187 chipset, nor any other change in modulation.
I have also tried changing my MAC to a client MAC and disabling that client, but that has no effect; not that it should, since the APs are not set to filter by MAC.


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Hi again all, well here i am with another problem. I have now managed to get a soft ap all set up and working. after discovering that my last wifi card wouldnt give out ip address! I now have a atheros card installed and all is working fine.
what i have here is a script that i have rapped from other peoples that i have found on the net. mainly from Nick the Greek, with a few ideas from Slippery. thanks guys i have learnt so much from your work.hope you dont mind. i have made this mainly as a way of learning new code, instructions and so i dont have to type it all in all the time.
everything in the script is working fine, but i cant get the upside down images to work correctly? iv tried rearranging all sorts but to no avail.
the script is posted on Pastebin. would anybody be so kind as to have a look over it and see what the flaw could be. thank you all.


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In the passionate debates over providing equal educational opportunity for all children, it's frequently argued that large financial inequities create challenges for many public schools, particularly those in lower-income urban areas. This study compares the revenues and operating expenditures of Michigan's urban, suburban, town and rural school districts. The study's findings provide a new and unique perspective on Michigan's school districts. ...more
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A small redstone-and-granite chessboard now stands as a monument to the peaceful co-existence of the old and the new. Attorney Walter Gerash, whose law firm occupies 1439 Court Place -- known in Denver landmark circles as the Curry/Chucovich House -- persuaded workers constructing his twelve-story neighbor, the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, to spend their spare time and spare stone building the chessboard that now stands in the front yard of the restored two-story Victorian.
Greg Moore, a former managing editor with the Boston Globe who was cherry-picked by owner Dean Singleton for the position of Denver Post editor, has been on the job for less than a year, but he's already done what many observers thought would be impossible: He's got people talking about a paper previously regarded as stodgy and deadly dull. The Post isn't yet the great American newspaper that Moore and Singleton envision; there's still a long way to go. But Moore's energy and drive have helped make this goal seem like an actual possibility rather than the haziest of pipe dreams. The rest is up to him.
We'll admit it: At first the Rocky Mountain News's new design hurt our eyes, and we couldn't imagine how the paper would continue to fill its "channels" -- those left-hand columns earmarked for chatty tidbits, quotes and "by the numbers" trivia. But the News adjusted some type, we adjusted our expectations -- and the channels just kept getting better and better. The most successful of all: The Stump, with notes, odd news and observations from the campaign trail.
Two days after the new leaders of the Colorado General Assembly were sworn in this session, a correction appeared in the Denver Post: "Because of a reporter's error, Diane Carman's column on the Denver and the West cover Thursday incorrectly stated that Colorado House Speaker Lola Spradley's mother was among the family members at the Capitol on Wednesday to witness her swearing in. Spradley's mother is deceased." Easy mistake, though: In her speech, Spradley had referred to her mother, who passed away three decades earlier, looking "down from above." Guess Carman thought she wound up in the cheap seats.
In January, the Rocky Mountain News ran this correction on page two: "The cover photo of today's Spotlight section shows a snowshoer rather than a cross-country skier." Bet they know the difference now.
Welcome to the city of conditional love. You know about Denver's 300 days of sunshine a year, right? But nobody ever talks about the other 65 days, which are consumed by blizzards, tornadoes, wildfires, drought and calamity. The temperature here is mild, except when it isn't. Average precipitation is moderate, all of it coming in a single dump of snow that paralyzes the city for several weeks. We are the City of Trees, but in the post-blizzard weeks we become the City of Busted Trees (also the City of 10,000 Lakes). In the summer we bake in the cruel sun, except when we're pelted by guinea pig-sized hail. Our airport is terrific, except when it sucks. And did we mention the ever-evolving convention center, the wonderful freeway improvements known fondly as "T-Rex," and our very own Colorado Rockies? No, no, the pleasure is all ours. Well, mostly.


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Ed Sheeran Gives Details on His Collabo with Hilary Duff
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Ed Sheeran was recruited by Hilary Duff to help write and record the lead single for her 1st studio album in 7 years!
Due to their hectic lives they actually made it in the middle of the night.
Ed told us: "The only time I was available was 1 o'clock in the morning. She was a trooper. She came in and vocaled it. I'm very happy with the results, I hope she is too."
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MORTON GROVE, IL -- Lynne Morris of Morris Gaming (Skokie) became Illinois's first operator to have legal, payoff video poker on Sept. 7. Morris operates video lottery terminals at Bringer Inn, a neighborhood tavern just north of Chicago that became the state's first location to go live with lottery. | SEE ABC VIDEO
Morris Gaming was founded in 2009, the year that Illinois passed its Video Gaming Act.
The Illinois Gaming Board said it is gradually bringing five locations online for a two-week test of the terminals, and the central computer system that administers them. VLTs in the second location, Opsahl's Tavern (Rockford), went live on Sept. 13.
The statewide launch of the VLT system will follow "as soon as (we) are confident that all the kinks have been worked out," an IGB spokesman told the Chicago Tribune. Some 175 locations have now applied for VLT licenses, the paper said.
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The sounds of jazz will emanate from the Edmonds Center for the Arts when the 38th annual DeMiero Jazz Fest kicks off Thursday.
Singer Dee Daniels is the artistic director for the festival for a second year, hosting the festival's three evening concerts and bringing her gospel and blues-infused jazz style to the stage as the featured artist Thursday night.
In addition to the public performances, the festival offers three days of workshops during which jazz professionals, guest artists and clinicians will work with more than 75 middle- and high-school groups.
The vocal artists for the festival include Carmen Bradford, Deborah Brown, Charenee Wade and Greta Matassa.
The featured festival instrumental musicians will be Josh Nelson on piano, Jay Leonhart on bass, Alvester Garnett on drums and Jay Thomas on saxophone and trumpet.
Workshops are free and open to the public, according to a press release.
The two other evening concerts are March 1, featuring Brown, Nelson, Wade and the Seattle Jazz Singers, and March 2 featuring Bradford, Thomas and Soundsation Jazz Choir from Edmonds Community College.
Daniels called each of the performers gifted artists who can create a supportive environment for up-and-coming musicians.
"They will provide our young musicians with the tools they need to raise the bar of their performances to the next level," said Daniels in a prepared statement.
All three concerts begin at 7 p.m. at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds.
Reserved admission is $45, general admission is $35 and students pay $25. Subscription packages for all three concerts with reserved seating are available.
For tickets, go to www.edmondscenterforthearts.org or call 425-275-9595. For more information on the festival go to www.demierojazzfest.org.


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BELLFLOWER - Ana Ruiz, a student pursuing a cosmetology career at Bellflower Adult School, was optimistic about starting a new job to help support her family.
Now the 43-year-old fears the school will close before she makes it to graduation day, which is only seven months away.
Bellflower Unified School District Superintendent Brian Jacobs is asking the school board at Thursday's meeting to eliminate the Adult School program as part of several service cuts.
"I'm upset and I'm hurt that they would even do this right now with all these cuts - with people losing jobs," Ruiz said. "How fair is that for us who are trying to do something to get jobs?"
According to a report with the board's meeting agenda, the move is "in the best interest of the district." The cuts would eliminate the equivalent of 21 full-time positions districtwide, including seven in the Adult School program, the report says.
The report doesn't say why the cuts are recommended, how much money they will save or whether Bellflower Unified even has a budget deficit. Jacobs refused multiple interview requests Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, Bellflower Unified, like most California school districts, has had ongoing budget problems.
Bellflower has an annual budget of roughly $100 million and serves 14,000 students in Bellflower and portions of Lakewood and Cerritos.
Over the past few years, the district has taken several cost-cutting measures to help balance its budget, such as furloughs and increasing class sizes.
With statewide budget woes and the uncertainty of future funding for education, school districts across the state are being forced to make difficult financial decisions.
The California Department of Education in its first interim status report for the 2011-2012 school year listed 120 school districts in danger of not meeting their financial obligations for this fiscal year and the next two years. Bellflower made the list in 2011 but wasn't on the most recent list released in February.
Students and teachers at the Bellflower Adult School say they have heard that the district may shutter the program because of budget shortfalls.
"I understand they are deciding to close all the adult education programs, not just cosmetology, but the other adult academic programs they have in place," said an Adult School instructor who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "We were told it was due to our state's mismanagement of funds and that this is something they need to do to get bigger and better funds together for (kindergarten) through (12th grade)."
Several students, who are set to graduate this year and who have possible jobs waiting for them, will be significantly affected by the closure, said the instructor.
"I think (school district officials) are giving us the run around because there are other ways they can pare down," said the instructor. "These are the young adults of today who are either coming to learn a new skill or those who have been laid off due to the state's economic downfall, and (district officials) are being made to cater to K through 12."
As an older adult who has worked in several different industries, Ruiz just wants to make it to graduation, she said.
"I was able to save up enough to put down to come here to do something I enjoy, because everywhere else was so expensive. But now, they are shutting us out," she said. "Don't close our doors. Wait until we graduate. Don't just throw us out in the street."
School district officials need to look at the long term, the instructor said.
"I would hope they would find it feasible to leave us open at least through January to allow all these students to graduate and take their state board exam and start earning their living," she said.
Brandi Innamorato, 20, who is scheduled to graduate in June, is worried not only about not being able to graduate, but also about whether she will be reimbursed for her tuition if the school closes before she has finished.
"I would have to find a new school to go to because I probably would not graduate on time," she said. "I don't even know if I should make my last payment, because if it closes down and I put money in, they are going to have to reimburse me. It's just a big hassle for nothing."
In addition to cosmetology, Bellflower Adult School offers courses such as GED classes, esthetician training and photography.
No matter what happens, students and teachers plan to stand and fight to the end, said Innamorato.
"If we're all going down, we're not going down easy," she said.
According to the instructor, who is also a member of the Bellflower Teacher's Association, the Adult School program's funds had been guaranteed until 2015, but now, "officials need to sweep $2 million from under us."
The president of the Bellflower Teacher's Association couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday.
"My students are going to suffer tremendously," the instructor said. "If this goes down in June, there will be a lot of students here who will not be able to continue their education. They've already invested into their local education and they are being denied."
The board meeting will be held at 7:30p.m. Thursday at the District Administration Building, 16703 S. Clark Ave.
Staff Writer Kelly Puente contributed to this report.
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Nah I am talking about immoral's mop.
Nah I am talking about immoral's mop.
yea nyc's are kinda not practical
and paying some 20 dollars for a mop, I don't think so.
whats the point of having a concealed
marker that you have to refill ever 3 tags?
think of it as one of those emergency markers.
not like you go tagging EVERYTIME you step outside ur house.
some people carry markers "like me" all the time where ever they go. whether its church or ur friends house or u walk into a bathroom. u never kno when ur gonna get a chance at a spot.
and since ur not going "bombing" u dont really care about the amount of tags u can get. its just a marker thats just thier for any moment u feel like tagging something. graffiti isnt anybodys TOP priority everytime they step outside thier house. so they dont really care about carrying supplies with them.
then again. its just a easy to hide marker when being patted down
why dont u just let people do what they wanna do?
and no. ud be suprised how many tags u can get. i bet u squeez the living shit out of ur markers when u tag cuz ur worried about getting streaks cuz u dont kno how to use a dam mop. no beef. just sayin
I honestly just thought out how I tag I usually don't carry
markers on me. When I feel like tagging I tag 2 markers and
just walk around looking for spots.
I know how to use a mop I normally don't use ink cause its
a waste of money. I normally use paint and yea I squeeze
alot when I have paint cause I don't like my shit like water
because it comes out shitty. I was just thinking it barely got
any tags cause its the size of a quarter.
gorillamart is gay.
Sorry man, really cool with the guy
so I figured I would help him would
and put up a link.
yea im back. whoopty fuckin do.
Everyone needs to step the fuck off of imorral. the kid makes a good homemade mop and then this fool bitches about it? Well excuse the fuck outta him for trying to help out.
Lets see u get ur head outta the gorilla guys asshole and make something better cheif.
Dont give a damn and I've never gave a fuck..
Not like I was dissin him.
I said what is the point. You are tellin
me to get my head out of the guys ass
when you are dick ridin immoral. Don't
even start with me man cause I have
seen your shit before and you are a e-thug
toy. Everytime I see you post it is always
talking shit or trying to start beef.
Just keep your mouth closed and mind your
own business. And if you call this e-beef and
wanna battle me I am not participating.
So have fun.
Thats the first thing ive said about him.
U call someone out on being toy, and then puss out of a battle.
Plus, who said anything about a battle?
And ive taken a break from BS and havent posted anything in a good 3 or so months, so u dont know shit about my work.
Dont give a damn and I've never gave a fuck..
anyone no if the k 63 are good??
Tofu Eater please shut the fuck up. This was an enjoyable thread before you came in here and started talking shit.
Peace to Dawzr
and immortal and muse are somewhat friends. i think.
and if i were you i wouldnt give a shit about peoples decisions. dont matter if the guy wants to make a minimop for shits n giggles. atleast he can do something productive then draw on a wall with cans you found laying in a yard.
like i said. no beef. but having micro shit comes in handy. markers like that are easy to hide.
i dont even kno what those words mean
tofu just think about it.
would u run around with a 16oz bottle eye dropper full of ink
or a reasonable size 1oz bottle.
just because u carry most supplies dont mean ur fuckin rockin shit.
and remember. ur not out tagging. your just taking a stroll
Yea I know I never dissed him just said whats the
point then you pointed it out to me. I think totally
different I don't just walk around with a marker.
Like I said before.
Shit man I normally two 4oz mops when I go tagging.


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Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm f/1.4, the equivalent of a 50mm f/1.4 lens for micro 4/3 camerasWednesday February 22 2012
A relatively recent arrival on the photography market, Panasonic has rather limited experience in the field and does not yet have the same name recognition and reputation as its principal rivals and partners (starting with Olympus).
To add some gravitas to its line of high-end lenses, Panasonic had the very good idea to team up with one of the most experienced and reputable lens manufacturers in the field (in terms of image quality), Leica. This arrangement is similar to the one for Sony cameras and their high-end Carl Zeiss-signed lenses.
But keep in mind that we're not talking about manufacturing here: just as with Zeiss for Sony, Leica retains the design and the production process — with Panasonic taking care of the rest.
So, let's see how this lens performs:
The Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm f/1.4 review
Further readings for the Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm f/1.4, the equivalent of a 50mm f/1.4 lens for micro 4/3 cameras
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Added by templarkk | May 30 , 2013
dont like this lens
This lens is too wide for full body portrait and distortion makes it also not very good for head-shoulder, or full head or even face only portrait photography.
Added by mkln | February 25 , 2012
it's not
50 f/1.4 equivalent. it's not. it's probably more like 50 f/2.8 equivalent.
I wish I could use my canon 85/1.2 in a crop body and think of it as a 135/1.2 equivalent.
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Added by anentropic | February 25 , 2012
Re: it's not
Your comment makes no sense. An f1.4 lens is f1.4 regardless of crop factor, in terms of the brightness. It will have a depth of field like an f2.8 lens on full-frame.
Either way the same rule would apply to your 85mm f1.2. It'd be like a 170mm on micro 4/3, f1.2 brightness and depth of field like an f2.8
Olympus have announced a 75mm f1.8 for m43, coming later in the year. Will be much smaller than the Canon of course.


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Washington D.C. – More than 3,700 charge card management officials will be participating in the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Eighth Annual GSA SmartPay® Training Conference in St. Louis, MO, on August 1-3, 2006. This conference provides annual training and networking opportunities to charge card program managers from across the federal government and other organizations to learn proven practices for managing this program in their respective organizations. Access the conference site at:http://www.gsasmartpayconference.org/.
This year GSA Administrator Lurita Doan will be among the conference's featured speakers. Presenters are expected to focus on elements of the program that allow participating agencies to avoid an estimated $1.7 billion in administrative costs each year compared to traditional, paper-based methods. During Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, the GSA SmartPay® program also generated more than $118 million in refunds to customer agencies.
GSA's SmartPay® is the largest charge card program of its kind in the world with over 2.7 million cardholders. Of these, approximately 439,000 are fleet (vehicle) charge cards, 300,000 are purchase charge cards and 2 million are travel cards. More than 350 Federal agencies and tribal organizations participate in the GSA SmartPay® program.
In FY 2005, customer organizations transacted approximately $25 billion worth using the GSA SmartPay® program. Through May FY 2006, GSA SmartPay® generated more than $17.8 billion in sales and 64.6 million transactions.
GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.


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By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
Community Transit has rejected thousands of dollars in bus advertising from a statewide gun control group citing a new policy banning ads on controversial religious, social and political issues.
Washington CeaseFire sought to put up the same ads it ran on Community Transit buses a year ago but learned their content now runs afoul of a provision in the two-week-old policy barring political advertisements.
"It's disappointing. We're just trying to educate people," said Ralph Fascitelli, the group's president.
Washington CeaseFire is the first organization to have its ads rejected under the policy approved May 2. But it was not the target, transit district leaders said.
Board members had been working for months crafting rules to prohibit ads that could generate controversy and offend bus riders or create a perception the district was pushing a position on an issue.
"At the end of the day we are a transit agency and doing that means we do not want to become caught in the middle of debates on controversial issues," said Mukilteo Mayor Joe Marine, president of the Community Transit Board of Directors.
Fascitelli would not say exactly how much the group desired to spend but said it was in the range of "five figures."
Marine said the potential of losing money as a result of the policy did not factor into the board's decision-making.
Advertising accounts for less than 1 percent of Community Transit's annual revenues, according to district officials. In 2012, it took in roughly $550,000 in ad revenue out of a $96 million budget, they said.
Marine said he'd rather not run any ads on buses to avert skirmishes with groups like CeaseFire or the public.
"We don't want to start alienating people because they think we're taking a stand," he said.
CeaseFire wanted to run two ads throughout May as part of its "Know The Facts" public education campaign. They focus on the increased danger of having guns in homes.
Both ads contain the headline: "Think twice about having a gun in your home." One goes on to say, "It could mean the difference between a mere argument or a funeral" while the other reads "There is a 5x greater chance of suicide." Both also list the organization's website.
The new policy bans advertisements containing "political speech referring to a particular ballot question, initiative, petition, referendum, law, candidate, political party or social issue or expresses or advocates opinions or positions upon any of the foregoing."
It also bars inclusion of website addresses or telephone numbers directing people to materials banned by the policy.
"I think the ads are pretty innocuous," Fascitelli said. "We try to make this nonpolitical. Like the campaign slogan says, 'Know the Facts.'"
The ads are running on King County Metro buses, he said. But Pierce Transit in Pierce County, like Community Transit, turned down the ads.
Fueling Fascitelli's frustration with the Community Transit is that the group made its ad request April 22, two weeks before the board approved its new policy.
"Why were the ads not grandfathered in?" he said. "Somebody went out of their way to make life difficult for them."
District directors had scheduled a vote for May 2 before CeaseFire's request arrived, according to spokesman Martin Munguia.
So a couple of days before the vote, the district sent a rejection letter to the group with an explanation.
"Under the new policy, the CeaseFire campaign will not be allowed. Rather than accept and have to rescind it the same day we are declining to accept it at this time," according to the letter.
"We did not change our policy for them," Marine said. "This is exactly the kind of stuff we are trying to avoid."
Jerry Cornfield: 360-352-8623; email@example.com.
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Community Transit rejected ads from Washington CeaseFire because the content did not comply with its new advertising policy. Here is the provision applied in turning down the ads:
Political Advertisements. Political advertisements are defined as advertisements that contain political speech referring to a particular ballot question, initiative, petition, referendum, law, candidate, political party or social issue or expresses or advocates opinions or positions upon any of the foregoing. This prohibition includes any advertisement referring to or depicting a candidate for public office in any context.


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Tint portions of white fondant black, orange and ivory. Roll out all fondant 1/8 in. thick; cut out shapes using truck, sailboat, car, plane, train engine and dinosaur cookie cutters. Cut dinosaur dots using small end of tip 9. Cut wheels using large end of tip 9. Attach fondant pieces together with damp brush. Cut out message using alphabet cutters. Set all aside to dry on cornstarch-dusted cake board. When dry, draw details on fondant pieces with FoodWriters.
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Game One – Brown 9, Penn 0
Box Score
A pair of home runs gave Brown all the offense they would need in the opener, but an ugly sixth inning made it official as Penn gave up six insurance runs in the late stages of the game. Connor Cuff had his four-game winning streak snapped, falling to 4-2 on the season. For Brown, Anthony Galan threw a complete game four-hitter to improve to 1-2.
With both pitchers cruising through the early innings, the game turned in the bottom of the third inning as a Penn error put one man aboard with one out. Will Marcal's second home run of the season then put Brown up 2-0 as the game moved into the top of the fourth.
Penn left one man aboard in the fourth inning, and the offensive frustrations of the game were summed up in the fifth. After Rick Brebner doubled and Mitch Montaldo walked to open the frame, the two found themselves at second and third with two down after a wild pitch moved them both up into scoring position. Connor Betbeze then lined sharply into left field but a sliding two-handed grab from Daniel Massey robbed the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week and kept Penn off the board yet again.
In the bottom half of the fifth, Brown added onto the lead as JJ Franco hit one out into the power alley in left-center to put the Bears on top, 3-0.
The last real chance for the Quakers came in the top of the sixth as Ryan Deitrich and Spencer Branigan walked with one away. The two were at the corners with two down as Brebner came to the plate with a chance to cut into the lead. The lefty batter connected solidly on a Galan offering and lined it into right field, however it was straight at Marcal, who barely had to move to end the side and keep the Red and Blue scoreless.
Brown all but ended it in the bottom of the sixth. A potential double play ball hit off the glove of Ryan Mincher, allowing the first run to score with one away. Franco then plated two with a RBI single to make it 6-0. That was followed by RBIs from John Sheridan, Marcal and Cody Slaughter before Penn could escape the inning.
Despite Penn's struggles, Deitrich managed to go 2-for-2 with a walk to up his Ivy League leading totals at the plate.
Game Two – Penn 9, Brown 5
Box Score
Penn got on track in the second game with some help from Brown starter Heath Mayo. The senior's last go-round against the Quakers didn't go quite as he planned, as he walked three batters, hit another and allowed a single to Mike Vilardo to fall behind 2-0 before being lifted from the ballgame without recording an out.
Brown recovered to get out of the inning without any further damage and actually cut into the lead in the bottom of the first with an RBI double, but that was as close as the Bears would get.
The Quakers added onto their advantage in the second inning as Mincher tripled into center field and came in to score on a Betbeze single between first and second. After Betbeze moved into scoring position with a stolen base, Vilardo singled into left field, allowing Betbeze to scamper around to make it a 4-1 Penn lead.
It was more of the same in the third inning as the Red and Blue put two more on the board. Brebner started the rally with a one-out walk and then moved to third as Brown pitcher Chris Smith threw wildly to first on a pickoff attempt. Austin Bossart drove Brebner in with a grounder right down the third base line that went for two bases, and Montaldo brought the Penn catcher with a single into shallow center for a 6-1 Quaker edge.
After giving up a run in the first inning to the Bears, McGarry settled into a groove and had things under control until the sixth. Giving Brown life by hitting Marcal to lead off in the bottom of the sixth and then walking Jake Levine, the Bears were able to string together consecutive base hits to score two runs before McGarry could strike out Dan Kerr for the first out of the stanza. John Beasley came on with one away and runners on the corners and got consecutive groundouts to end the inning, but not before one more run was able to come across, cutting the Penn lead to 6-4.
Just when it looked like the game could be getting dicey, the middle of the Quaker order rediscovered their hitting stroke to put the game away. Deitrich started it off with a one-out single to center and moved to second on a passed ball. Given the RBI opportunity, Branigan was right there to single into center himself, scoring Deitrich to make it 7-4. After Brown went deeper into its bullpen, Brebner recovered from a foul ball off his foot to crank a two-run shot over the scoreboard in right field – his first home run of the season – to up the Penn lead to 9-4.
The Bears managed one run in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the steep deficit. McGarry improved to 3-2 with the victory, while Mayo's struggles continue as he goes to 0-4 on the season. Beasley worked the final 3.2 innings to earn his first career save, allowing only two hits in that stretch to squelch any chance of a Brown comeback.
Vilardo led the Penn attack in the second game, going 3-for-5 with a double. Brebner was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.
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The Salmon River is the longest undammed river in the continental United States. But it wasn't always that way.
In 1910 Sunbeam dam was erected on the Salmon above its confluence with the Yankee Fork. The dam was built to supply cheap power to gold mining operations along the Yankee Fork. The dam supplied power to stamp mills and dredges for just over a year before the mining operation went bankrupt and closed.
A historical marker adjacent to the river claims that the Idaho Department of Fish & Game contracted demolition of the dam in 1934. However, locals know a different story. Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus wrote in his memoir, "A party or parties unknown ran a dynamite-laden raft into Sunbeam Dam. The dam blocked the annual salmon run. The party or parties unknown were never caught, a fairly unusual circumstance in this thinly populated country. But history was against them."
Crumbling remains of the dam still cross half the canyon while the river flows freely against the southern bank. Many people consider these remnants a blight on an otherwise pristine river but every time I see the corpse of Sunbeam Dam I smile. The ruins serve as a reminder that Idaho's salmon are more precious than gold. They're priceless.
Any Idahoan will tell you that the Salmon River and its namesake salmon runs are two of the things that make Idaho special. I grew up playing and fishing along the banks of the Salmon and now I work for an organization called Idaho Rivers United protecting and restoring Idaho's rivers and native fish.
I like the story of Sunbeam dam because it offers a lesson from our history and vision forward to the future.


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16/18 K-State Returns Home To Face Oklahoma Saturday
16/18 K-State Returns Home To Face Oklahoma Saturday
Jan. 18, 2013
Game Notes | Live Stats | Live Audio | ESPN3
Game 17
16/18 Kansas State (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma (12-3, 3-0 Big 12)
Saturday, January 19, 2013 * 3:01 p.m. CT
Manhattan, Kan. * Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
Television: Big 12 Network (ESPN Full Court)
Dave Armstrong (play-by-play); Rich Zvosec (analyst)
Channels: KMCI (Kansas City), KSAS (Wichita), KSNT (Topeka)
Internet: www.ESPN3.com and WatchESPN
Radio: K-State Sports Network
Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play); Stan Weber (analyst)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 85/XM 85
Live Stats: http://www.kstatesports.com/multimedia/ksu-gt-live-stats.html
Live Audio: http://www.k-statesports.com/allaccess (free)
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/kstate_gameday
vs. Big 12: K-State leads 439-449 (240-161 at home)
vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma leads 104-91 (55-35 at home)
Last Meeting: Oklahoma won 63-60 (1/28/2012)
No. 16/18 Kansas State (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) returns to the friendly confines of Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon, as the Wildcats welcome former player and head coach Lon Kruger and his Oklahoma Sooners (12-3, 3-0 Big 12) for a 3 p.m. tip on Legends Weekend. The game will be broadcast on the Big 12 Network with Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Rich Zvosec (analyst) on the call. Riding a season-long seven-game winning streak, the Wildcats are 3-0 in Big 12 play for just the second time since the league's inception in 1997 and for the first time since the 2007-08 team won its first five conference contests. The overall seven-game winning streak is the longest since the team also won seven in a row from Feb. 2-27, 2010. Overall, K-State has posted 14 winning streaks of at least five games (including a 10-game streak from Nov. 21, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010) in the last six seasons. The Wildcats are 10-0 at home this season, including a 9-0 mark at Bramlage Coliseum, and have won 11 straight at home dating back to last season. The 10-game winning streak ties for seventh-longest in the arena's 25-year history, including the longest since K-State rattled off 14 consecutive wins (ties for the longest) from Jan. 15, 2011 to Jan. 7, 2012.
One of the greatest players in school history, Kruger was a two-time Big Eight Player of the Year before guiding the Wildcats to an 81-46 record and four NCAA Tournament appearances as head coach from 1986-90. This will mark the 10th time (and second this season) K-State has faced a former coach (Tex Winter, Kruger and Bob Huggins) with the Wildcats winning just two of those previous nine meetings (a 95-80 win over a Kruger-coached UNLV squad on Dec. 12, 2009 and a 65-64 win over Huggins' West Virginia squad on Jan. 12). Kruger is 4-1 against his alma mater in stops at Illinois (1999), UNLV (2009, 2010) and Oklahoma (2012).
Saturday's contest will be the third of eight games on the Big 12 Network. The league television package can be seen locally on KMCI-TV in Kansas City, KSAS-TV in Wichita and KSNT-TV in Topeka. The game can also seen in the Big 12 region on KTXA-TV in Dallas, KTVI-TV in St. Louis, KOCB-TV in Oklahoma City, KMYT-TV in Tulsa, WOI-TV in Des Moines, KXVO-TV in Omaha, KUBE-TV in Houston and KCWX-TV in San Antonio. All games on the Big 12 Network can be found on ESPN Full Court as well as ESPN3.com.
K-State is ranked in both major polls, jumping two spots in The Associated Press Top 25 poll to No. 16 and moving five spots in the USA Today Coaches poll to No. 18. It marks the fourth straight week that the Wildcats have been ranked in the AP poll, while the No. 16 ranking is the highest in the AP poll since placing 11th on Dec. 20, 2010. The program has now been ranked at least one week in each of the last four years, which had not happened since doing it six straight years from 1972-78.
Oklahoma (12-3, 3-0 Big 12) has won five games in a row, including three straight in Big 12 play, since losing its first and only home game of the year against Southland leader Stephen F. Austin on Dec. 18. The Sooners are averaging 69.3 points on 42.4 percent shooting, including 32.5 percent from 3-point range, while holding foes to 61.6 points on 40 percent shooting, including 29.2 percent from beyond the arc. A balanced team with seven players averaging five or more points, the Sooners are led by senior Romero Osby, who leads the squad in scoring (13.7 ppg.), field goal percentage (52.3) and rebounding (6.3 rpg.). Fellow senior Steven Pledger also averages in double figures at 11.5 points per game, while junior Amath M'Baye (9.8 ppg.) and freshman Buddy Hield (9.3 ppg.) nearly average in twin figures. One of just five head coaches to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament, Kruger recently joined the 500-win club and enters the game with a 506-323 record in 27 seasons.
Steven Pledger scored a game-high 30 points, as Oklahoma swept the season series from No. 22/24 K-State with a 63-60 win at Bramlage Coliseum on Jan. 28, 2012 in the teams' last meeting. The Sooners scored 22 points off of 20 Wildcat turnovers. Rodney McGruder led two K-State players in double figures with 19 points, while Angel Rodriguez added 10 points.
This will be the 196th meeting between K-State and Oklahoma with the Sooners holding a 104-91 edge in a series that dates back to 1920. The Sooners are one of just two Big 12 teams to hold a series advantage over the Wildcats. K-State is 55-35 all-time in the series in Manhattan, however, Oklahoma has won five of the last seven meetings and is 8-9 all-time at Bramlage Coliseum.
--Kansas State's 14-2 start ties for the best to start a season in the last 25 seasons with the 2009-10 team, which also produced a 14-2 start. The 3-0 start to Big 12 play is just the second since the league's inception in 1997 and the first since the 2007-08 team won its first five conference contests. The win over No. 22/21 Oklahoma State on Jan. 5 snapped a four-game losing streak in Big 12 openers and was the first since an 84-82 win at Oklahoma on Jan. 12, 2008. It was also the first win in a home Big 12 opener since a 68-44 victory over Texas Tech on Jan. 11, 2002. The Wildcats' two losses are to Top 10 teams in current No. 5/5 Michigan and No. 8/8 Gonzaga. The team faced three Top 15 teams (No. 4 Michigan, No. 14 Gonzaga and No. 8 Florida) in non-conference play for the first time in school history. K-State posted double-digit non-conference games for the seventh straight season, including its first regular-season Top 10 non-conference win (No. 8 Florida) since 1981.
--Bruce Weber's 14-2 record ties Zora Clevenger (1916-17) for the best start by a first-year K-State head coach in the program's 109-year history. The best campaign by a first-year head coach in school history is still held by Clevenger, who led the Wildcats to a 15-2 (.882) mark in his inaugural season in 1916-17. The current seven-game winning streak ties for the second-longest by a first-year head coach with Tom Asbury (1994-95) and Bob Huggins (2006-07), while Clevenger owns the longest winning streak with 13 straight wins (Jan. 25-March 6, 1917) to end the 1916-17 campaign. Clevenger made most of his impact on the gridiron, where he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and was the founder of the East-West Shrine game.
--K-State is having a stellar start to the 2012-13 athletics season, as the Wildcats have one of the best records among BCS schools when combining football and men's and women's basketball. As of Wednesday, the school's 35 wins tie for 16th nationally and its .761 winning percentage (35-11) places 13th. K-State is one of 16 BCS schools (along with Big 12 brethren Oklahoma) with 35+ combined wins among its three major sports. The football team produced just its second regular-season 11-win season and advanced to a BCS game (Fiesta Bowl) for the first time in eight years. The men's basketball team is off to its best start (14-2) in the past 25 seasons, while the women's basketball team has won 10 of its first 17 games. If you take into account the success of the volleyball team, which won 20 matches and advanced to NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats are 56-20 (.737) since August 24.
--The Wildcats are in the midst of their longest winning streak of the season and first seven-game winning streak since since also winning seven in a row from Feb. 2-27, 2010. The team has posted 14 winning streaks of at least five games in the last seven seasons. The squad has not won eight straight games since winning 10 in a row from Nov. 21, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010.
--K-State received its first national ranking of the season on Dec. 24, appearing at No. 25 in The Associated Press Top 25 with 152 points, and jumped two spots to No. 16 (with 670 points) in the latest poll on Jan. 14. The No. 16 ranking is the highest since checking in at No. 11 on Dec. 20, 2010. In addition, the squad moved to No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches poll after debuting at No. 23 on Jan. 7. K-State has now been ranked in the AP poll at least one week in each of the last four seasons, a feat which has not happened since doing it six consecutive seasons from 1972-78. The Wildcats have a 243-91 (.728) all-time record as a ranked team since first being ranked in 1949-50, including a 6-3 (.667) mark as the No. 16 team in The Associated Press poll.
--K-State ranks in the Top 50 in nine categories nationally, including fifth in offensive rebounds (15.5), ninth in 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.4), 17th in rebounding margin (+8.1), 20th in scoring defense (57.1), 27th in rebounding (39.8), 29th in assists (16.0), 35th in scoring margin (+12.2), 36th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.27) and 49th in field goal percentage defense (39.2). The Wildcats rank in the Top 5 in 16 of 21 Big 12 categories, including first in assist-to-turnover ratio, offensive rebounds, rebounding margin and rebounding defense and second in scoring defense and 3-point field goal percentage defense.
--Nine of the 16 games have been at home (including a home game vs. No. 8/9 Florida in Kansas City's Sprint Center), where the Wildcats have won 11 straight dating back to last season (including 10 in a row at Bramlage Coliseum). The school extended its non-conference home winning streak to 48 after a win over South Dakota on Dec. 31.
--K-State is 3-0 in true road games this season after winning contests at George Washington (65-62) on Dec. 8 and West Virginia (65-64) on Jan. 12 and TCU (67-54) on Jan. 16. The squad has won six consecutive road games, including five in a row in Big 12 play, dating back to last season, which is the longest since K-State rattled off six straight road wins (all in Big 12 play) from Jan. 16 to Feb. 23, 2010. The Wildcats have improved their play on the road in the Big 12, posting a 26-24 record over the past seven seasons (which began in 2006-07) after winning just 10 of 80 road games in the league's first 10 years (1997-2006).
--The Wildcats have been one of the best first-half defensive teams, holding its 16 opponents to just 24.5 points on 36.6 percent shooting, including 26.8 percent from 3-point range. It has held four opponents to 20 points or less in the first half. In contrast, the squad is allowing 32.6 points in the second half on 41.5 percent shooting, including 28 percent from beyond the arc.
--Saturday's meeting with Oklahoma will mark the 10th time K-State has faced a former head coach (Tex Winter, Lon Kruger and Bob Huggins) with the Wildcats winning just twice in those occurrences. Prior to the 65-64 win over Huggins' West Virginia team on Jan. 12, the last win over a former coach came in a 95-80 win over a Kruger-coached UNLV squad on Dec. 12, 2009. The team will play at least two more such games (at Oklahoma on Feb. 2 and West Virginia at home on Feb. 18) this season. K-State lost twice to Winter (Washington in 1971 and Long Beach State in 1978), while the Wildcats are 1-4 against Kruger in his stops at Illinois (1999), UNLV (2009, 2010) and Oklahoma (2012) and 1-1 against Huggins at West Virginia (2011). Interestingly enough, the Wildcats are 5-0 against head coaches prior to them coming to K-State. The school went 1-0 against Winter at Marquette (1953), 3-0 against Jack Hartman at Southern Illinois (1964, 1968 and 1969) and 1-0 against Huggins at Akron (1988).
--The 67-61 win over No. 8/9 Florida in the Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic on Dec. 22 was the first regular-season, non-conference Top 10 victory since knocking off No. 8 Minnesota at home, 62-52, on Dec. 21, 1981. Overall, it was just the 12th non-conference Top 10 win in school history (and the first since defeating No. 3 Purdue, 73-70, and then assistant coach Bruce Weber on March 25, 1988 in the NCAA Tournament), including the seventh in the regular season. Aside from Minnesota in 1981 and Florida in 2012, the Wildcats have also beaten No. 4 Long Island (85-65) on Jan. 31, 1951, No. 7 Notre Dame (80-64) on Dec. 19, 1952, No. 4 N.C. State (69-67) on Dec. 19, 1958, No. 5 North Carolina (77-69) on Dec. 16, 1960 and No. 9 St. John's (63-50) on Dec. 16, 1961.
--K-State had a tremendous semester in the classroom, as the team had a cumulative 2.839 GPA (the highest in 12 years) during the Fall 2012 semester. A program-best eight players - Adrian Diaz, Rodney McGruder, Angel Rodriguez, Brian Rohleder, Ryan Schultz, Shane Southwell, Will Spradling and Nino Williams - were named to the Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll on Jan. 9. Rohleder was one of 31 student-athletes to post a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester.
K-State has proven to be a balanced team across the board with seven players averaging five or more points, including just one in double figures, and six averaging three or more rebounds per game. Senior Rodney McGruder (15.3 ppg.) is the only Wildcat to average in double figures (ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring), while five others - Angel Rodriguez (9.0 ppg.), Will Spradling (8.3 ppg.), Thomas Gipson (7.3 ppg.), Shane Southwell (7.1 ppg.) and Nino Williams (6.5 ppg.) - are averaging better than six points per contest. The team has seen nine players collect 40 double-digit scoring games with McGruder (12) leading the way, while the squad has seven players with 30 or more field goals made with McGruder's 98 makes tops in the Big 12. Only West Virginia (10) has more players with double-digit scoring efforts in the Big 12 (TCU also has nine players with 10+ points), while only Iowa State (eight) has more players with 30 or more field goals (West Virginia also has seven players wth 30+ field goals made). In all, the Wildcats have had six players lead or share the lead in scoring led by McGruder (eight). Gipson (6.0 rpg.) paces the squad in rebounding despite leading in a game just four times, while McGruder (5.5 rpg.), Nino Williams (4.9 rpg.) and Jordan Henriquez (4.9 rpg.) are averaging better than four rebounds per game. The team has had eight players either lead or share the lead in rebounding with Gipson leading four times and McGruder and Williams doing it three times each.
The Wildcats have also been diverse in other categories, including seven players with double-digit assists and six with double-digit steals. Rodriguez has dished out a team-best 60 assists with six players either leading or sharing the lead in assists. McGruder has a team-best 19 steals, while eight have either led or shared the lead in steals. Four players -- McGruder (30.9 mpg.), Spradling (30.5), Rodriguez (23.1) and Southwell (20.9) -- are each averaging more than 20 minutes, while seven others are averaging double-digit minutes. Seven players have at least one start with only McGruder and Spradling starting all 16.
K-State has continued to be one of the best defensive teams not only in the Big 12, but nationally, where the squad entered the week ranking ninth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.4), 17th in rebounding margin (+8.1), 20th in scoring defense (57.1) and 27th in rebounding (39.8) and 49th in field goal percentage defense (39.2). In all, the Wildcats rank either first or second in four Big 12 defensive categories, including first in rebounding margin and rebounding defense, second in scoring defense and 3-point field goal percentage defense. The team is third in rebounding and fourth in field goal percentage defense.
The 914 points surrendered through the first 16 games are the fewest in the shot clock era (1985-86) and the fewest since the 1982-83 squad allowed just 845 points (52.8 ppg.) through the first 16 games. The team has held 12 of its 16 opponents to 65 points or less, including eight to 55 points or less, while seven have been held to under 40 percent shooting and four to under 20 percent shooting from 3-point range. The defensive effort was nearly historic in the 87-26 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 13, as the 26 points allowed were one shy of the Bramlage Coliseum record of 25 set against Savannah State on Jan. 7, 2008. The Chargers' 16.4 field goal percentage (9-of-55) was only surpassed by Savannah State's 15.5 percentage.
K-State continues to be one of the best rebounding squads in the country, as the Wildcats tie for 27th nationally in rebounding (39.8), including third in offensive rebounds (15.5), and 17th in rebounding margin (+8.1). The team ranks first in the Big 12 in rebounding margin and third in rebounding, while they are the leader in offensive rebounds (15.5 to Iowa State's 14.9).
Overall, the Wildcats have out-rebounded their foes by a 637-507 margin, including 248-167 on the offensive end. The squad is 14-0 this season when out-rebounding its opponent. K-State has at least 10 offensive rebounds in 15 of 16 games, including 20 or more on three occasions, with a season-high 29 against North Florida on Nov. 18. Two players - Thomas Gipson (6.0 rpg., 13th) and Rodney McGruder (5.5 rpg., 17th) - rank in the Big 12's Top 20 in rebounding. K-State joins Baylor with three players in the league's Top 15 in offensive boards, which includes Gipson (3.0, 2nd), Nino Williams (2.3, 12th) and McGruder (2.3, 15th). The team has collected 40+ rebounds in seven games, including a season-best 55 vs. UAH on Nov. 13. The Wildcats grabbed 42 defensive rebounds vs. UAH, which ties for the second-most in school history and are the most since 1998.
The Wildcats have taken advantage of its rebounding skills this season, averaging 30.2 points in the paint and 14.8 points off of second-chance opportunities. The team has at least 30 points in the paint in nine games, including a season-high 46 vs. Texas Southern on Dec. 18, while it has tallied at least 14 second-chance points nine times with a season-best 23 vs. USC Upstate.
A trademark of Frank Martin-coached teams were their ability to score points off of opponent's mistakes and Bruce Weber has continued that legacy in his first season. The Wildcats are out-scoring their opponents, 254-182 (an average of 15.9 points per game), through the first 16 games in points off of turnovers. The squad has posted 10 or more points off of miscues in 13 of 16 games, including a season-best 34 vs. Lamar on Nov. 12. They are 11-0 this season when scoring more points off of turnovers.
K-State is forcing its opponents into 14.8 turnovers per game (third-most in the Big 12), including a season-high 26 by Lamar, while turning the ball over an average of 12.6 times per game (fourth-lowest in the Big 12). The 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks 36th nationally and first in the Big 12 with junior Will Spradling boasting the league's best assist-to-turnover ratio. In Martin's five seasons, the Wildcats scored 3,081 points off of 2,763 turnovers in 169 games (an average of 18.2 points per game). Nearly 25 percent of the points scored in that period came off of offense generated from miscues. The school has scored 500 or more points off of opponent turnovers in six straight seasons, including 577 (17.5 average per game) in 2011-12.
Adding to the K-State's balanced attack is the production it's getting from its bench, where the Wildcats are averaging 23.6 points, including a 378-253 edge over opponents. The team has collected at least 20 points from its bench in 10 games, including 45 points vs. North Dakota on Nov. 9. Reserves have scored nearly half of the team's points four times with Thomas Gipson tying for the scoring lead against North Dakota and Delaware and Shane Southwell leading the way with a career-best 16 points vs. Alabama-Huntsville. Nino Williams posted a career-high 17 points off the bench in the win over No. 22/21 Oklahoma State. The rebounding leader has come from the bench in eight games with D.J. Johnson posting a team-high vs. North Dakota (9) and Lamar (8), Southwell recording a career-high nine boards vs. UAH, Adrian Diaz grabbing a career-best 10 vs. North Florida, Gipson tying Will Spradling for the rebounding lead (6) vs. Delaware, Williams snagging seven boards vs. No. 8/9 Florida and Jordan Henriquez posting the team-high against West Virginia and TCU. Over 40 percent (273) of the team's rebounding total and nearly 35 percent (388) of the scoring total has come from the bench.
Although K-State ranks 35th nationally in scoring margin (+12.2), the Wildcats have experience with close games this season, posting a 7-0 record in games decided by 10 points or less and a 5-0 mark in games decided by six points or less, including two of its three Big 12 wins. The Wildcats have knocked down 68.4 percent (54-of-79) from the free throw line in the last five minutes of games, including 71.7 percent (38-of-53) in the last five minutes of these seven close games. Junior Will Spradling, who went 10-of-10 in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware (66-63), George Washington (65-62) and Texas Southern (78-69), paces the team in both free throws (19) and free throw attempts (24) in the last five minutes of games. Junior Omari Lawrence (6-of-6), sophomore Angel Rodriguez (9-of-10), senior Rodney McGruder (6-of-8) and junior Shane Southwell (6-of-8) have all been solid in the last five minutes of games. In the 65-64 win over West Virginia on Jan. 12, Southwell knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds and also blocked the game-winning shot with just one second left.
K-State is averaging 17.6 personal fouls per game this season, including nearly 22.3 per game in its three Big 12 games. Opponents have knocked down 187 free throws in 280 attempts, an average of 11.7 makes per game, with the Wildcats countering with 203 makes on 314 attempts for an average of 12.7 makes per game. The three Big 12 opponents have combined to shoot 34 more free throws than K-State (75 to 41), while scoring 51 points to just 25 for the Wildcats from the line. Oklahoma State knocked down 24-of-29 free throws, including 16-of-17 in the second half, while TCU went 15-of-24 from the charity stripe.
K-State has been solid protecting the ball this season, as the squad ranks first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3) and third in turnover margin (+2.2). Thus far, the Wildcats have produced 12.6 turnovers per game (fourth-lowest average in Big 12), while forcing its foes into an average of 14.8 turnovers (third-most in the Big 12). The team has 14 or fewer miscues in 11 games,while they have forced their foes into 19 or more turnovers four times, including a season-high 26 by Lamar on Nov. 12.
Seven Wildcats have posted an even or positive assist-to-turnover ratio this season, including its four primary ball-handlers (Angel Rodriguez, Martavious Irving, Shane Southwell and Will Spradling) combining for 184 assists to 82 turnovers (2.24 ratio). The current ratio for the quartet is a solid improvement after posting a 1.4 ratio (302 assists to 211 turnovers) as a group in 2011-12. Spradling ranks first in the Big 12 and 17th nationally with a 2.9 assist-to-turnover ratio, while Rodriguez places fourth in the league with a 1.9 ratio. Spradling, who has 53 assists to just 18 turnovers, led the team with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio a season ago, while Rodriguez has made a notable improvement (60 assists to 31 turnovers) in the area after posting a 1.2 ratio (101 assists to 85 turnovers) as a freshman. Irving has also doubled his ratio (2.8 from 1.5) with 37 assists to 13 turnovers, while Southwell has a solid 1.7 ratio (34 assists to 20 turnovers) after posting a 1.6 ratio last season.
McGRUDER AMONG ELITE COMPANY
Senior Rodney McGruder (1,273 points and 554 rebounds) joined elite company against USC Upstate on Dec. 2, as he became the eighth Wildcat in school history with at least 1,100 points and 500 rebounds in a career. He narrowed that company with his 1,200 career point against South Dakota on Dec. 31, making him one of just six with 1,200 points and 500 rebounds, along with Rolando Blackman (1,844 points and 607 rebounds), Bob Boozer (1,685 points and 824 rebounds), Cartier Martin (1,546 points and 546 rebounds), Ed Nealy (1,304 points and 1,069 rebounds) and Jamar Samuels (1,259 points and 716 rebounds).
McGruder ranks 11th in scoring with 1,273 points (needing 31 points to tie Nealy for 10th), while he places in the Top 10 in eight career categories, including consecutive starts (83, 3rd), 3-point field goals (159, 5th), 3-point field goal percentage (39%, 6th), 3-point field goals attempted (408, 7th), minutes (3,032, 7th), starts (83, 8th), consecutive games (92, 9th) and field goals (462, 10th). He is just outside the career Top 10 double-digit scoring games (69), steals (92) and games played (116). One of eight players to rank in the Big 12's Top 20 in both scoring (3rd) and rebounding (16th), he leads the Wildcats in scoring, field goals (98), double-digit scoring games (12) and steals (19). He ranks in the Top 20 in five Big 12 categories, including scoring (3rd), field goal percentage (5th), 3-point field goals made (14th), offensive rebounds (15th) and rebounding (16th). He is also in the Top 20 in six categories in Big 12-only games, including first in both scoring (22.0 ppg.) and 3-point field goals made (3.7).
McGRUDER NAMED PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THIRD TIME
Senior Rodney McGruder earned Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the third time in five weeks on Jan. 7 after helping K-State to wins over South Dakota and No. 22/21 Oklahoma State. He was also named the ESPN.com National Player of the Week for his efforts. The three Big 12 Player of the Week awards tie Michael Beasley (2007-08) for the most by a Wildcat in a single-season, while McGruder's four overall weekly awards are the most-ever by a K-State player in the Big 12 era. He won the first time as a junior on Dec. 26, 2011 then again on Dec. 10 and 24 of this year. He averaged a team-best 21.5 points on 48.6 percent shooting (17-of-35), including 50 percent (8-of-16) from 3-point range, with 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals in 36.5 minutes per game last week. He opened the week with a near double-double in the win over South Dakota with 15 points and a team-high nine rebounds. He scored a game-high 28 points, including 26 in the second half, in the win over OSU on 11-of-19 field goals, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range, in 37 minutes. It was his 16th career 20-point game, including the third this season. The Wildcats are 14-2 in games where McGruder has 20 or more points. McGruder's 26 second-half points are the most by a Wildcat since Denis Clemente had 32 in a win at Texas on Jan. 31, 2009. He went 10-of-13 from the field in the second half, including 5-of-5 from beyond the arc. He had more field goals (10) than the Cowboys (nine) in the half.
After playing in just 15 games his first season (including a medical redshirt in 2010-11), sophomore Nino Williams is starting to emerge as an impact player for K-State. He has played in 15 of 16 games with the third-most starts (11), averaging 6.5 points on 45.2 percent shooting (42-of-93) with 4.9 rebounds in 16.5 minutes per game. He is second to Rodney McGruder in field goals (42) and third to Thomas Gipson and McGruder in rebounding (4.9 rpg.), while he is one of six players to average more than seven points per game. Williams had career week in two wins against South Dakota and No. 22/21 Oklahoma State, in which, he averaged 16.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting (14-of-21) with 6.0 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game. He opened the week with a career-best 16 points vs. South Dakota on 7-of-10 field goals before eclipsing that mark with 17 points off the bench against OSU on 7-of-11 field goals. If you include the Kansas City game on Dec. 29, he is averaging 13.7 points on 51.5 percent shooting with 8.3 rebounds in three of the last five games in 25.7 minutes per game.
Junior Shane Southwell has made quite the jump in his productivity in year three, as he averages 7.1 points on 51.4 percent shooting, including 48.3 percent from 3-point range, with 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 20.9 minutes per game with seven starts in 14 games played. That production has been even more of factor during the team's seven-game winning streak, as he is averaging 7.9 points on 47.7 percent shooting, including 43.8 percent from 3-point range, with 3.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 26.3 minutes per game in seven starts. Southwell had a huge game in the win against West Virginia on Jan. 12, as he knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds to give the Wildcats the lead then blocked the game-winning shot with just one second remaining. His 17 points were a career-high and gave him double-digit points for the seventh time in his career, including the third time this season. He entered the 2012-13 campaign averaging just 2.5 points on 36.1 percent shooting, including 25 percent from 3-point range, with 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 14.8 minutes per game with 62 games played and 19 starts.
Despite missing the last two non-conference games, sophomore Angel Rodriguez has continued his improvement from his freshman season in 2012-13, as he ranks first or second on the squad in six categories, including first in assists (60) and second in scoring (9.0 ppg.) and double-figure scoring games (7). He has helped the Wildcats rank first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio and third in both assists and turnover margin, while he places in the league's Top 15 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9, 4th), assists (4.3, 6th) and 3-point field goals (1.4, 15th). He has scored in double figures seven times, including a career-best 19 points vs. Lamar to go with game-highs at George Washington (17) and Gonzaga (14). He was named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team after averaging 11 points and 5.5 assists in two games in New York, as the team finished in second place.
Junior Will Spradling has been a model of consistency from the free throw line, knocking down 33-of-38 opportunities, including going 10-of-10 in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware, George Washington and Texas Southern. His effort has raised his career free throw percentage to 83.2 (158-of-190), which is the second-highest in school history behind Steve Henson (90.0; 361-of-401; 1986-90). Spradling has not only been stellar on the free throw line, but he ranks 17th nationally and first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9). He also places ninth in assists (3.3 apg.) in the Big 12. He ranks first in 3-point field goals (23), second in double-digit scoring games (7) and assists (53) and third in scoring (8.3 ppg.), which includes a season-high 17 points in the win over No. 8/9 Florida on Dec. 22. He also had a career-tying six rebounds and five assists against the Gators.
Sophomore Thomas Gipson is starting to emerge as the Wildcats' go-to player in the post, averaging 6.9 points on 50 percent shooting (24-of-48) with 6.0 rebounds in 21.1 minutes per game in his last 10 starts. After a poor game against No. 14/14 Gonzaga on Dec. 15, he rebounded to collect arguably his best all-around game of the season vs. Texas Southern on Dec. 18 with a season-high 14 points on 5-of-7 field goals to go with 12 rebounds and career-bests in blocks (4) and steals (3) in 26 minutes. It marked his fourth career double-double, but the first of the season. The 12-rebound effort tied his season-high that he also had against George Washington on Dec. 8. The leader in rebounds at 6.0 per game, he ranks 13th in the Big 12 in overall rebounds, while his second in offensive rebounds at 3.0 per game. He had a career-best seven offensive boards vs. Texas Southern.
McGRUDER NAMED PRESEASON CANDIDATE FOR NAISMITH, WOODEN AWARDS
Senior Rodney McGruder was selected as a preseason candidate for two of the most prestigious awards in college basketball, as he was named one of 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award on Nov. 8 before he was selected to the early season watch list for the Naismith Trophy on Nov. 12. The preseason lists, which reflects the early frontrunners for two of college basketball's Premier Player of the Year awards, is based on last year's individual performance. McGruder becomes the first Wildcat named to the preseason list for both awards since Jacob Pullen was selected in 2010. He was one of six Big 12 players selected to the Wooden list, which includes Baylor's Pierre Jackson, Kansas' Elijah Johnson and Jeff Withey and OSU's Le'Bryan Nash, while he was one of five on the Naismith list, including Jackson, Withey, Kansas' Ben McLemore and OSU's Marcus Smart.
McGRUDER NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
Senior Rodney McGruder was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big 12 team released by the conference office on Oct. 4. McGruder, who was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection in 2011-12, was one of three unanimous picks by the league's head coaches, joining Kansas' Jeff Withey and Oklahoma State's Le'Bryan Nash. The final two spots on the team went to Baylor's Pierre Jackson and Texas' Myck Kabongo. McGruder is the first Wildcat named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team since Jacob Pullen was named to the squad along with garnering Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year honors in 2010-11. It marks just the third time that a Wildcat (Manny Dies in 1998-99, Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11) has been selected to the preseason team.
K-State got a jump start on its preparations for the 2012-13 men's basketball season with its 10-day trip to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 8-17, 2012. The NCAA allows teams to make a foreign trip once every four years, but this was the first by the program since playing four games in and around Vancouver, British Columbia in October 2004. Overall, it was the program's fourth trip outside the country, which includes excursions to Japan in 1981 and Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden in 1993. K-State played four games during the trip, posting a 2-2 record as the squad had to adjust to international rules (four, eight-minute quarters among other differences with NCAA rules). The Wildcats averaged 70 points on 41.9 percent shooting (99-of-236), including 31.4 percent (22-of-70) from the 3-point range, while connecting on 75.9 percent (60-of-79) from the free throw line. The team averaged 37.5 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 17.5 turnovers, 4.8 blocks and 9.8 blocks per game.
Sophomore Angel Rodriguez paced all scorers in Brazil with a 10.3 points per game average on 40 percent shooting, including 35.7 percent from 3-point range, with a team-best 4.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Three others - Nino Williams, Rodney McGruder and Adrian Diaz - all averaged 9.0 points per game, while junior Will Spradling and senior Jordan Henriquez added 8.5 points and 7.3 points per game averages. Williams led the team in rebounding (6.0 rpg.), 3-point field goal percentage (40.0) and free throw percentage (83.3), while Diaz was tops in field goals (14), field goal percentage (58.3) and blocks (2.5 bpg.). Freshman D.J. Johnson was second in rebounding (5.3 rpg.), while Diaz and Henriquez were third at 4.8 rebounds per game.
UP NEXT: 4/4 KANSAS (15-1, 3-0 Big 12)
K-State concludes its brief two-game homestand with a visit from archrival and No. 4/4 Kansas (15-1, 3-0 Big 12) on Tuesday.


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The Native American peoples who historically have inhabited the area around Mount Shasta were as culturally diverse as the geography they occupied. The major indigenous peoples of this area were: the Shastans, Achumawi, Atsugewi, Wintu, and Modoc. These peoples all lived on lands, which both touch on and were affected by Mount Shasta. This landscape dominated by Mount Shasta provided for everything that the indigenous people needed - food, shelter, clothing, and tools. The mountains and streams of Siskiyou County provided the Indians with their most important foods: acorns, salmon, and deer. Other animals and plants were utilized for food, clothing, medicines, tools and trade goods. Timber was used for shelter and boats, and volcanic stone (basalt and obsidian) were fashioned into useful tools and weapons. Mount Shasta and the surrounding ecosystems provided everything for Siskiyou County's first inhabitants.
Dominating the landscape, Mount Shasta was also an important part of the Indians' worldview. A number of researchers have reported a variety of Indian terms used to refer to Mount Shasta. Zanger states that the Achumawi and Atsugewi called the mountain "Yet", the Wintu referred to it as "Behem Puyok", and the Modoc identified Mount Shasta as "Melaikshi" (26). A survey of Miesses's Mount Shasta: An Annotated Bibliography, reveals these additional Indians references to Mount Shasta: the Shasta people called the mountain withassa (5), or wai-i-ki (11); the Wintun utilized wai-mak (5), way wan buli, bulim phuyng, bulit (11), and Bú-lam Pó-yok (132).
Floyd Buckskin is Headman of the Ajumawi Band, Pit River Tribe whose traditional lands lie east and south of Mount Shasta. He wrote the following about realizing the Creator's purpose in Mount Shasta:
The mountain is sacred just as all things created by the Creator God are, but are we supposed to worship and glorify things created above the Creator himself? Where is that love for him? I love Mount Shasta because the Creator made it just like he created everything. But I love him more because he can help me, teach me, love me. He can heal and correct me. Mount Shasta cannot do that of itself. But the Creator's active spirit through Mount Shasta, through you or anything or direct from the Creator himself, can. It is the Creator's active spirit in all of creation that keeps us alive. It is in all of us if we just acknowledge and honor the Creator. Worship him in spirit aud truth, and throw out the middleman.
The only reason that Mount Shasta is important and any of his creation including you and me, is to remind one another of the Creator, God, and that his purposes will be realized in all of creation, so that honor and worship are directed to him, not to the thing created. I love the Creator, I love you, I love life, I love the earth, there is no need to fight over that. Let the Creator be praised on the mountain, in your home, in your heart, by the river, beneath the shade tree; everywhere at all times and places let him be praised. No mountain can contain him, no temple, no palace, even the earth, nor the stars, but he contains and maintains them all. He establishes his tents with us, and these things that we are expire and cease to exist efore him, but he calls us into being and we exist again, because he loves us, and his will and purpose is realized forever.
Then why protect anything? It's because the Creator gave us a responsibility the day of our creation to take care of the earth. Our people have been here for thousands of years. One of the old prophesies speaks about how we had to take care of this place, take care of this land, take care of this earth, these plants and things, because that's our life. The prophesy says that when the snow begins to disappear on Mount Shasta, we as a people will also disappear. It says that when the snow disappears, things will come upon your people, upon the land, that will threaten your very existence.
That's why we make any effort to protect sacred places, mountains, streams or lakes, animals. We don't own it, the Creator owns it, but he gave it to us to use, to respect and take care of it, until such time as he comes to reclaim it. The earth isn't just the planet, it's you and me. Do we love one another, take care of one another, feed one another? We're not Americans, we're nor Europeans, we're not Indians. We're not our own people but his people. The things that belong to him are his. So he is returning to examine us to see if we have fulfilled what he has put us here for. And if we have lived up to that, then we can enter into his joy, his life.
So what does Mount Shasta mean to Native people?. It means our culture, our way of life, our food, our religion, our symbols, and all those things like that. It's important to us. And those are for our teaching and our understanding, and they're not necessary for you. You have your teachings and traditions that you can draw on. It's available, it's not hidden anywhere. Eagle feathers aren't necessary to pray, to communicate with the Spirit.. We can do that freely, without material things before us. So we can go to the mountains, the rives, the streams, the quiet places, because the Creator calls us to those quiet places so that we can talk to him without interruption and without confusion. We need these places; that's why we need to take cart of them, because we're taking care of our need to be with and communicate with the Creator in a beautiful way.
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