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Friday, March 02, 2007
Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - March 2
To start things off, we would like to get on our soapbox and let off some steam: There is no way that the Colonial will get three bids. Anyone out there with 3 CAA teams in is being foolish, and is ignoring that fact that the potential Drexel vs. VCU game in the semifinals is an elimination game. The only way that the CAA could get 3 bids is if Hofstra wins the auto bid and somehow the winner of the Drexel/VCU game gets a bid along with ODU. That is still a long shot, though, unless there are no other upsets in conference tournies (Memphis, Nevada, Butler, Xavier all win). Another thing that will be tough to see happening is 8 teams dancing out of the Big East (unless there is an upset conference tourney winner). It is definitely possible after the results of the games so far this week (Syracuse and 'Nova both winning), but once again it is not likely because things would need to break perfectly in the conference tournament.
Now on to the breakdown....
Many may be surprised that we removed Illinois from this bracket. Here is our reasoning behind their exclusion: Illinois has a tough road game this weekend at Iowa, which we are not that confident in them winning. Should they get by Iowa, then they will likely end up a #4 seed in the Big Ten Tourney and likely have to play Purdue in the quarterfinals. We like Purdue's chances in this game on a neutral court. For Illinois to feel completely safe, they need to win their next 3 games (assuming Indiana beats Penn State and gets the 3 seed). Otherwise they will be right on the top of the bubble. Many believe that the Big Ten can not possibly get 6 teams in the field. We still disagree with this sentiment. With Michigan's win against Michigan State, the conference now has 7 teams that have a legitimate shot at a bid. It is all going to come down to the conference tourney.
As previously stated we believe there is no chance for 3 bids out of the CAA, but we have come around to the idea of 2 bids. Should Drexel and VCU meet in the semifinals, then the winner of that game has a good chance of receiving a bid (especially if Drexel wins). Should VCU make it to the finals they would have a good chance at a bid unless numerous bids were stolen in other conference tournies. Right now we are going with Drexel and ODU out of the CAA.
Many posted this week about the merits of FSU getting an at-large bid. They are still very much alive for a bid, but need to win 2 more games to feel somewhat comfortable. We are weary of the game at Miami (who recently beat UVa at home) this weekend, since no conference road game is easy. If they can win that game, then they will have another meeting with Clemson in the conference tourney. If the 'Noles can get by Clemson, they can be seriously considered for an at-large bid.
Here is Bracketology 101's Field of 65 for March 2:
Last Four In
Missouri State, Syracuse, Purdue, Drexel
Last Four Out
Florida State, Illinois, West Virginia, VCU
Next Four Out
Kansas State, Alabama, Appalachian State, Massachusetts
Conference Breakdown
ACC (7), Big East (7), Pac-10 (6), Big Ten (5), Big XII (4), SEC (4), MVC (3), MWC (3), Colonial (2), Horizon (2), WAC (2)
(Teams listed first from multiple bid conferences are automatics.)
America East - Vermont
ACC - North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Duke, Boston College, Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun - East Tennessee State
A-10 - Xavier
Big East - Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Louisville, Notre Dame, Villanova, Syracuse
Big Sky - Weber State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue
Big 12 - Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas, Texas Tech
Big West - Long Beach State
Colonial - Old Dominion, Drexel
C-USA - Memphis
Horizon - Wright State, Butler
Ivy - Penn
Metro Atlantic - Marist
MAC - Kent State
MCC - Oral Roberts
MEAC - Delaware State
MVC - Southern Illinois, Creighton, Missouri State
MWC - UNLV, BYU, Air Force
Northeast - Central Connecticut State
Ohio Valley - Austin Peay
Pac-10 - UCLA, Washington State, Oregon, Arizona, USC, Stanford
Patriot - Holy Cross
SEC - Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky
Southern - Davidson
Southland - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
SWAC - Jackson State
Sun Belt - South Alabama
WAC - New Mexico State, Nevada
WCC - Gonzaga
The Seeds
The 1s
UCLA, Ohio State, Kansas, Wisconsin
The 2s
Florida, North Carolina, Georgetown, Southern Illinois
The 3s
Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Virginia
The 4s
Maryland, Washington State, Vanderbilt, Tennessee
The 5s
Virginia Tech, UNLV, Nevada, Duke
The 6s
Texas, Marquette, Oregon, Arizona
The 7s
Kentucky, Boston College, USC, Louisville
The 8s
BYU, Butler, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech
The 9s
Indiana, Stanford, Villanova, Xavier
The 10s
Air Force, Michigan State, Creighton, Old Dominion
The 11s
Texas Tech, Winthrop, Missouri State, Gonzaga
The 12s
Syracuse, Purdue, Drexel, Davidson
The 13s
New Mexico State, Wright State, Holy Cross, Kent State
The 14s
Vermont, Oral Roberts, Penn, Long Beach State
The 15s
South Alabama, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Marist, East Tennessee State
The 16s
Weber State, Austin Peay, Central Connecticut State, Delaware State (Play-In Game), Jackson State (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
This Week's Bracket - March 2
(Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves)
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If UVA can beat Wake, then the espn bracket will be looking bad. They still have Tech above UVA and now the Cavs have a better record then them, and are about to win the ACC. I like a 3 seed for them because they will win the regular season and maybe go on to the finals in the ACC tourney
As a UVA grad, I have to say that I think a #3 seed is probably a bit high for the Cavs, who traditionally do not win games in the ACC tournament. The Committee also tends to under-seed teams like Virginia who had surprising seasons (while over-seeding underachieving powers like Michigan St. and Duke). I predict UVA will end up at a #4 seed, the same line as Maryland.
Way down the bracket, but I don't think Delaware State gets sent to the play-in game. I think the committee is sensitive to sending HBCUs to the play-in game consistently and will probably slot them at one of the other 16 seeds.
- Bracketology 101 said...
The last 3 seed for this bracket came down to Virginia and Maryland and for now Virginia got the nod for a couple of reasons. Assuming they both win their final game (UVa @ Wake, Maryland vs. NC State), Virginia would finish two games better in conference and have a sweep of the Terps on their resume to boot. For that, they deserve to be a seed line higher than their ACC rival.
With a finals appearance in the ACC tourney, the Cavs' current 3 seed will stick; a semifinals loss would almost certainly knock them down to the 4 line.
If the Hokies can regroup, beat Clemson and make a run in the ACC tourney, does this make sense...
semifinals of ACC - 4 seed
finals of ACC - possible 3 seed
champions of ACC - 3 seed
good work on the bracket, VT should be a 5 after last night.
I agree with your call on West Virginia out of the bracket. How many games do the Mountaineers have to win in the Big East tourney to get in the bracket? I also agree that Illinois will lost to Iowa. Why is Syracuse in your last 4 in? They have 10 conference wins & have been playing their best at the right time of the year. I think Syracuse is a lock even if they lose their last 2 games.
Is Marquette in any danger of backing out of a bid?
Does Stanford need to beat Arizona on Saturday to secure a bid?
- Bracketology 101 said...
Anonymous' analysis of Va Tech is right on seed-wise. Like Virginia, the Hokies will be a 3 if they win the ACC tourney, will be a four with a finals appearance, and will maybe be a 4 (maybe a 5) with a semifinals loss.
Syracuse is by no means safe right now, and if they were to lose their last two games, they would be on the outside looking in on Selection Sunday. The Orange have a non-existent OOC resume and a mediocre 49 RPI, and they only have three quality conference wins (two coming at home). A loss at Villanova Saturday (even on the road) means Syracuse has to win at least one Big East game to get a bid, and they might have to win two depending on how other conference tournies play out. A first round Big East loss - against a to-be-determined non-tourney team - would be killer and would keep them from dancing.
Marquette and Stanford are safe, but their final seeds will rely heavily on their conference tourney performances.
I want to know how Purdue gets in and not Illinois? I can accept both not getting in, but Purdue has nothing more tournament worthy than Illinois, save beating the Illini in West Lafayette in a conference that doesn't lose home games much. Illinois has a better RPI, won more road games (5-3), has a better record, has a better conference record, is 7-3 in their last 10 games (Purdue is 6-4), has lost only to tourney teams or teams on the bubble (purdue has lost to indiana state, minnesota, and iowa) and has a stronger schedule.
If Illinois loses to Iowa, then it would be more appropriate to talk about Purdue over Illinois, but certainly Illinois is the more worthy team at this moment.
How many wins in the MWC Tourney do you think Air Force needs to feel safe? Would 1 be enough?
They've now lost 3 straight including a horrible loss to TCU and a home loss against BYU. Yes, they had an impressive win @Stanford and beat Texas Tech on a neutral court but those were all the way back in November. They went 2-4 vs. the good teams in the conference and had 2 losses to the horrible teams in the conference.
Is it safe to say that they are out without a win in Vegas?
I would like to commend bracketology 101 for their comments on FSU. I'm a huge FSU fan and I hope like anything that they make it into the tournament, especially after last year However, as 101 stated, it really is in their hands to win two games. If they beat Miami (who played Clemson into OT) and win at least one game in the ACC tourney, I think they'll be a lock, if not, it'll be another bid to the Not Invited Tournament. Of course any fans of bubble teams right now have to be crossing their fingers that Butler wins the Horizon League.
As some final food for thought, what does everyone think about the Villanova-Syracuse game? I think that this may very well be considered the first round of the Big East tourney, and that likewise, the loser may be left behind.
- Dan Holmes said...
I was wondering what everybody's thoughts were on the Kansas-Texas game tomorrow from a seeding perspective. If Kansas loses, are they absolutely locked out of a 1 seed?
I think whoever wins the Cuse/Nova game is definitely in. If the loser wins their first round Big East tourney game, they are also more than likely in.
- jbeek said...
Because I like to geek out on the bracket principles ----
BYU shouldn't be setup to play UCLA in the second round because they already played this year.
Notre Dame shouldn't be in Chicago - that's less than 100 miles from South Bend, kind of a nasty ambush for Kansas who should have a better protected seed.
Memphis being a 3 is ridictulous. You can argue them out of a 1.But they are adleast a definite top 2.
They doing the best they can do under confrence circumstances. All the other top seeds are coasting to the finish line loosing games against med level talented teams. give me a break. Win it's all said in done Memphis would have only lost 3 games, other top seeds 5&6.
Are you kiddin me. UCONN,DUKE,VILLANOVA earned the other top seeds last year no team outside maybe UCLA is winning out. They are loosing every other game. It means nothing to play in a big time conference if you are taking care of business. ENDPOINT
Yeah I hate to say it but you have a point. I think it would be fair to put teams in front of Memphis if they were wining as many games against maybe better talent. But loosing against qaulity teams is not credited in my eye. If the teams like Ohio St., Wis, Kansas, ect. like loose more than 4 games Memphis should be maybe a 1 by default.
Stanford just lost a heartbreaker to Arizona. They trailed by 20 and game back to lose in OT. Does this game keep them out of the dance? Or do you think they are in?
I think that there is no question that Memphis should be a 2 seed simply because of their conference record. It's hard to go undefeated in any conference let alone one that is so traditionally strong as CUSA. However, the conference is down this year, and I think that that will inhibit them from receiving a 1 seed, but they definiely deserve a 2.
I don't think that Stanford is completely out, but it certainly places them below teams like Florida State and Purdue in the pecking order. Assuming that the Cardinal wins at least one game in the Pac 10 tourney, and some other teams mess up, then they'll be in. It certainly doesn't help their cause though.
I agree that there's a little more pressure on Stanford now, but I'm pretty sure they still have a leg up on both Purdue and FSU. Of course, that's just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. The committee and this website may see it differently.
- Bryan said...
Huge, HUGE win for FSU against Miami this afternoon..very nice comback from 6 down with 1:30 remaining, and thank heaven for Toney Douglas returning..no question that his absence from the team really hurt their performance. If FSU can get by Clemson in rd. 1 of the ACC tourney, I think they have a real shot at upsetting the #1 seed in the tourney, since they've played the top of the division very competitively (except against UNC).. Going to be interesting to see who is the #1 seed though since UVA blew their chance by losing to Wake Forest. I'd hate to have to figure out the tie-breaker for the top 4 teams if they all finish 11-5.
- Bryan said...
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- Bryan said...
40+ points from Al Thornton against Miami today?? I really hope he gets his shot in the NCAA this year.. he's also got a great chance for ACC player of the year honors, in my opinion.
- Bracketology 101 said...
In response to the Memphis posts...They only have one quality win and lost to the three other good teams they played. C-USA is terrible this year as well. Even so, their run thru the conference has been impressive. They do have an outside shot at a 2 seed but we don't think it will happen.
The reasons for us including Purdue over Illinois were posted in the breakdown. We anticipated the Illinois loss to Iowa and we were right.
If Air Force losses in their first MWC tourney then they may be sweating things out a little bit come Selection Sunday. They do have some OOC wins to fall back on though and as we see it now they would still likely get a bid.
Villanova probably locked up their bid today while Syracuse will need a win in the Big East tourney to have a chance to make the tourney. One win will likely be enough for Syracuse to get a bid.
Stanford is still pretty safe. They just need one conference tourney win and they are a lock.
BYU is in the same pod as UCLA because BYU isn't supposed to play on Sundays for religious reasons - at least I've read that in a few places. Because of this that narrows them down to only two regions (San Jose and San Antonio). Then as an 8 seed we have to either put them with UCLA in Sacramento (Thurs/Sat site) or Wisconsin in Chicago (Fri/Sun site), which leaves them with UCLA.
As for Notre Dame in Chicago, the bracketing principles only protect from home court disadvantages for the top five seed lines in the first round. Notre Dame was kind of locked into that spot due to other conferencing rules, and that's probably one of reason they limit the home-court disadvantage limitations. If you tried to eliminate that stuff all over the bracket it would be almost impossible to follow the other principles.
Is the loser of the USC-Stanford game out of big dance? Stanford has a very iffy resume.
Is West Virginia NIT bound? They have basically just beaten the easy teams they should beat. WVU has done nothing away from home. Is Texas Tech a lock now?
What do you mean Stanford "just needs 1 win in conference tourney to be safe"? It would be a surprise if the Cardinal beat USC. I don't think you guys are correct about Stanford being a lock. Their RPI is over 50 & they have been slumping now. Anthony Goods is not the reason they are losing. They had him for the bad home loss to Gonzaga. If Stanford loses to USC, I think they are out. Just look at their resume. It isn't any better than Purdue or Illinois.
Why is Memphis a 2 for sure? Who have they beaten? Memphis should be no higher than a 3 but a 4 would be more fitting. They lost their 3 toughest games. That guy who said that they should be no lower than a 2 must be John Calipari whining again! Memphis would be a 9-7 type team in the ACC. Heck they have trouble beating awful teams like SMU or UTEP. Memphis overrated and ripe for an early exit in the big dance.
Can someone please explain how Alabama has such a good RPI rating? They are 2-6 against the top 50 and got swept by Auburn and Arkansas. Arkansas has a better resume than Bama but they both belong in the NIT. The SEC should only get 4 teams. Even if MIke Slive is on the committee.
You make some good points on Stanford. And they may very well be left out, but they have an advantage over the teams you mention (Illinois and Purdue) based on who each have won against IMO.
Key Wins:
Stanford - UCLA, Texas Tech, @Virginia, USC, Washington St, Oregon (that's a nice list of wins as all these teams will probably be in the tourney)
Illinois - @Bradley, Indiana, Mich St, @Mizzou, Michigan, Iowa
Purdue - @Oklahoma, DePaul, Virginia, Mizzou, Michigan, Illinois, Mich St, Indiana
On Alabama RPI: the problem with the RPI is that in takes into account Win Pct (25%), Win Pct of your opponents (50%), and Win Pct of your opponents' opponents (25%). So if you play a stacked schedule, you don't even have to beat anybody good to get to 75% of a good RPI. In other words, if you go 20-10 against schedule A, it doesn't matter which teams you beat or lose to in schedule A.
- Bracketology 101 said...
A couple loose ends...
Texas Tech just needs to win their Big XII tourney game against Colorado to secure a bid, while West Virginia needs a finals run in the Big East tourney (very unlikely) to get back in the discussion. Their only road wins in conference were against sub-.500 teams, and aside from beating Villanova, their Big East record is full of cupcake wins. They had their chance for a marquee win at Pittsburgh last week and lost by 14.
Stanford's stock has definitely dropped quickly of late - maybe to the point where they get in the Last 4 In discussion - but their well-documented big wins should be enough to get them in the final field. It wouldn't be shocking if they were left out (the committee could easily cite their last 10 games as a reason), but we feel that they'd have a legit gripe if they were excluded.
Purdue's win over Oklahoma was in Maui at the Preseaon NIT, not on the road.
Therefore, all the big wins you posted for them are at home. I'm sorry, doing nothing but winning at home does not impress me. I really hope they are not given a bid.
- Bracketology 101 said...
One more quick thing on Memphis: It's easy to play the "it's not their fault they play in a bad league" card when arguing that Memphis deserves a two seed, but the argument would be better if Tigers supporters also included which team they want to take off the 2 seed to make room for Memphis. One team that continues to be overlooked as a solid two seed - and one that has a much better resume than Memphis - is Southern Illinois. Provided the Salukis beat Creighton today to win the MVC championship, they (along with the Big East champ if its GTown or Pitt), and the rest of the teams we have on the 2 line all deserve a 2 more than Memphis. Things could break in a way that Memphis gets a 2, but barring big upset champs in power conference tourneys, the Tigers deserve and will get a 3.
- Paymon said...
Spot on with Memphis. When they've had to impress on the big stage, they have not. The statistics are there to back it up.
Purdue still has work to do, although they're in position for a bid.
As for the SEC, I think one team from the bubble pack will separate itself at the conference tournament.
Will VT be bumped down to maybe even a 7 seed or so with that terrible loss vs. Clemson. Also GT is playing really well right now, I see them making a huge run in the ACC tourney
West Virginia does not need a finals run to get in the tournament. That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard yet. If they beat Providence and Syracuse lays an egg against UCONN WVU will be in. If they then go on to beat Louisville in the second round they are definately in. To say that WVU has to beat Providence, Louisville and Georgetown is absurd.
Are you guys serious, Memphis lost all 3 games at the start of the year due to freshmanism. Here's my point. G.Tech is clearly not better than Memphis they blew that game because of youth. They certainly would not blow a 16 point lead to anybody in the country now! The Tennessee game was like a deer in headlights type of thing. They had to play their first road game against a rival team who are undefeated at home in SEC play. The Arizona game was a good game. AZ was a better team at the time, better than most teams. On the road loosing in the last minuts against a top 10 team is not a let down. At the end if Memphis had the ability to play easier games at the start of the year like everybody else they would be cool.But instead they play a top heavy schedule. This is clearly a team that you have judge with your eyes and not paper because they are a way better team now. Thats why the Tigers played the zags at home this late on ESPN. So that you can juge with your eyes.
What are your thoughts on FSU and Clemson now that FSU beat Miami and Clemson upset VT? Is the winner of their ACC 1st round meeting in? Or would they need to beat UNC also?
VCU's win today will hopefully put to rest the idea that had Frank Elegar been playing during their previous meeting, VCU would have lost.
How about those Patriots? Yet another improbable run through a tournament, beating both Hofstra and ODU teams who were getting ahead of themselves and looking towards the finals. They both put up terrible performances this weekend. While I was hoping for an ODU/VCU final, this matchup will be just as fun to watch. Mason has great inside defense, but VCU likes to stay around the perimeter. Should be a great game.
This puts the CAA in an interesting position for at-large bids. VCU's at-large should be secured with a trip to the CAA finals. Drexel needed to beat VCU to get in, so I believe a trip to the NIT is in their future. ODU has a legit case, and I feel they are safe even though they lost today. If Mason were to win the tournament, could this be a 3-bid CAA? If that happened, but the committee only decided two teams were good enough, I don't think they would pick ODU over VCU, as they finished 2nd in the conference (don't talk to me about a supposedly unbalanced schedule - VCU won games that mattered against the CAA bottom feeders, while Drexel, Hofstra, and ODU did not always pull through) and made an early exit in the tournament. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
- Bracketology 101 said...
A win over Providence doesn't guarantee West Virginia anything, and the way the mid-major tournaments are going, a win over Louisville might not be enough either. If Wright State (and more importantly George Mason) win their respective finals, WVU might get squeezed. A Mason win brings 3 from the Colonial into play, and depending on how the committeee judges VCU if they were to lose, another at-large bid could be taken away from teams like West Virginia. That's not to say a win over Louisville would not do the job for WVU (they actually got lucky the Cardinals ended up the 2 and gave them a shot at a big second round win), but it doesn't 100% guarantee anything.
SIU's loss opened the door for Memphis to sneak onto the 2 line, but that's not a guarantee either, especially if Texas A&M were to make a finals run in the Big XII. It's hard to see the committee rationalizing all of Memphis' losses as in-depth as Anonymous did. If they did that for every team, you could make the argument for dozens of teams to be higher than what they are. The bottom line is that the Tigers' OOC resume is weak and their conference is weaker, and shoudn't be an outcry if they end up on the 3 line.
Alright dude I'm no Memphis fan but I must agree with you, if they could play more teams right now they could do alot of damage. "Judging with my eyes" I must say the times they were on ESPN late in the year they have impressed me. I mean there spurtability can go off against ANYBODY! They will get a 2
- Bracketology 101 said...
We started out this week's Breakdown by blasting the idea of three teams out of the CAA, but incredibly, thanks to Mason's upset of ODU, the perfect storm has occured for that to happen. ODU should feel pretty good about their chances even with their semifinal loss, and the committee could easily justify VCU's inclusion even if they were to lose to Mason in the final. The biggest losers in all this are Drexel, who is all-but NIT bound, and a handful of big conference bubble boys who might see last year's Cinderella pull off some more magic by stealing a bid this year.
Bracketology your right, The committee would not do that for Memphis. But isn't that a problem, Considering they will for Duke! I Guess thats when your jersey name and coach come into play! Duke is just now pulling there team together, and it's tournament time.lol
Should Ohio St and Wis. get #1 seeds, when only one team will be the best in the conference. Same for Texas A&M and Kansas. We saw this in football and I'm smelling dejavu! Two teams look amazing in their conference. But when they play against a team from other conf. They look adverage. The two times OSU & WIS have played they were not playing top of the line ball. It was more like a allision since the rankings were so high. Now the Texas, Texas A&M games were good to watch. This is the the equation bad team versus bad team equals good game,TO THE UNTRAINED EYE!lol
Should Memphis get a higher seed if others keep loosing every day. UCLA lost the other day. Taking this into consideration are we willing to put 3 or 4 teams as top spots loosing late conference games. 5 & 6 losses in my eye is not a #1 type year, it's a 2 or 3.
No because these teams are losing to very good teams. Memphis is beating non tourney teams. Their win over is not impressive cause of Heyfelt being out. The Zags may wind up in the NIT. No Memphis should not be rewarded just because they play in a bad conference.
This is some teams record against the top 50.
Memphis- 1-3
Ohio State- 8-3
North Carolina- 10-4
Wisconsin- 7-4
Florida- 6-4
Kansas- 3-2
It is obvious that Memphis doesn't merit a 1-2 seed. They should feel lucky to even get a 3 with the horrible schedule they have played. Memphis has lost when they played the top teams on their schedule.
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As the community mourns the loss of a local seven-year-old, benefits have been planned for the affected families.
As the community mourns the loss of a local seven-year-old, benefits have been planned for the affected families.
On Saturday, Feb. 2, Landree F. Heese, 7, was killed, while the driver, Daniel D. Castor, 33, and passengers Kip Castor, 7; Andrew M. Heese, 39; and Avery J. Heese, 10, were injured in a crash involving freezing rain in Vernon County, three miles south of Nevada. Andrew Heese and Daniel Castor are currently at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.
In this difficult time, the community has rallied. Friends, family and even strangers have collaborated their efforts. To date, a dinner and auction has been set for April 7 at Lucky J Steakhouse and Arena east of Carthage. The bands Live Wire and Center Creek Sinners have agreed to play at the event, and more are expected. Donations for this event are currently being accepted at Specialty Risk Management, 2023 S. Garrison Ave. (To inquire about this call 417-388-1249.)
A friend of the families, Tricia Charleston, is one of the organizers for the benefit.
"I had three pages of volunteers in two days," she said of the reaction from the community. "In just two hours, a person I didn't even know had two Facebook pages set up, and they are updated constantly. It's just been a crazy week. I've never had so many people calling me to help. I have people I don't even know calling me by my first name."
On the Facebook pages, "Castor Family Benefit," and "Heese Family Benefit" locals show support, concern, and stay updated on the survivors' recoveries.
"I tell everyone we are so blessed to live in such a close community," Charleston said. "It's certainly been a blessing to me."
At MadStyle Salon, in Carthage, Shanna Potter has started offering purple hair extensions in memory of Landree, which will also benefit the families. The salon benefit began Friday and will continue through March.
Besides the auction / dinner event on April 7 – volunteers have expressed interest in also holding a fish fry, softball tournament, hunting trip and a travel agent has promised proceeds of her services will go to the families.
"It's heart-breaking to see these kids impacted by losing Landree," Charleston said. "It's touching because we all have babies and I think that's why I'm willing to do anything for them. If I can give them a glimpse of happiness for a second, it's all worth it."
The leaders for the benefits of the families are: Tricia and Kevin Charleston, John and Jeanna Bartosh, Matt and Jessie Freeman, Karen and Norman Rouse, Shanna and Brian Potter and Miranda Wolf.
Separate bank accounts have been set up at Southwest Missouri Bank for Andy Heese and Danny Castor. Donations may be made at any SMB location.
Fundraiser for Washburns
Carl Junction residents are rallying to help another family involved in a terrible crash almost a month ago.
On Jan. 12, John Washburn, Asbury, was driving his family, wife Deborah Washburn, 49 and daughters Abby Washburn, 19; Samantha Washburn, 13 and Karli Washburn, 12, to St. Louis to take Abby Washburn back to college.
At 12:25 p.m., the family was driving east on Interstate 44 near Sarcoxie when a vehicle, driven by Bonnie Weaver, 75, Tulsa, traveling the wrong way in the eastbound lanes, hit the Washburns' SUV head on.
John Washburn, who owned the Gringo's restaurants in Carthage, Webb City, Joplin and Neosho, was killed instantly, and the rest of the family suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospitals in Springfield and Kansas City, Kan.
Deborah Washburn and the girls are recovering but will have to endure months of rehabilitation, according to family members posting on a Facebook page titled Pray for the Washburns.
Deborah Washburn and Abby Washburn were released from the hospital to start rehabilitation at a hospital in Nebraska, while the two younger children are still hospitalized.
The Carl Junction Asbury communities are getting together to hold Jazz 'n' Java at the Junction, an event featuring more than 10 different jazz bands, at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Carl Junction High School.
Organizers say it will be a night of "cool jazz, hot java and smokin' great eats from the area's best restaurants! All proceeds benefit the Washburn family's medical expenses."
"Bring your appetite, the area's best restaurants are generously providing great food," states the event's Facebook page. "Gift baskets, gift cards and items, donated from the region's best shops and restaurants are available during the silent auction."
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The first is for what looks like the name of Michael Fenelon. The page of the newspaper is very worn. He died on 1 September 1891 in Brooklyn, New York City.[1] His parents were James and Catherine Fenelon. He was about 56 years of age when he died and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn. An address of his last place of residence is given. Again, the page is quite worn here but it looks like 83 Amity St, which is in Brooklyn.
The second is for Catherine O'Haire who died on 3 May 1931 at the age of 92 in the town of Niagara, NY.[2] She was born in the parish of Paulstown about 1839 and came to the United States in 1863. Her husband was John O'Haire and the obituary says that he died 33 years previously. They had two daughters and three sons and she was buried in Riverdale Cemetery.
[1] Author Unknown, Died in Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 2 September 1891, p.5 ; digital image, Fulton History, http://www.fultonhistory.com ; accessed 02 April 2011
[2] Author Unknown, Mrs. O'Haire -92- Dies at Niagara in Niagara Falls Gazette, 4 May 1931; digital image, Fulton History, http://www.fultonhistory.com ; accessed 02 April 2011


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Smartphones make life more interesting. Can you even remember a time when you couldn't call your mom, text your brother, take a picture of your bare chest in the mirror and play a video game simultaneously? We've turned the corner on tizight and there's no stopping the train.
Unless, of course, you become embroiled in a phone-hacking scandal.
While that would never happen to you (right?), other mortals make the mistake of not securing their mobiles. If there's one thing that levels the playing field between regular folks and celebrities, it's phone-hacking stories. The only difference is that no one but you and your frenemy know about how your phone was hacked and that mirror shot was sent to mom "by mistake." Ouch.
2011 was a rich year for phone-hacking stories, unfortunately. However, you can learn from the following mistakes and start the New Year with a clean slate (literally, if you take the "back up and delete" route).
How do you destroy a major newspaper that has been in business for 168 years? You call them out on a decade of violating the privacy of those in the public eye — including the royal family, celebrities and crime victims. News of the World was just one of the publications involved in this shocking betrayal of public trust. The latest casualty report from this mish mash of a hack casserole identified 800 people, making it the mac daddy of phone-hacking stories in 2011.
The timeline is long and complicated, but worth reviewing for its intricacy and educational value. A well-referenced Security Week infographic outlines in stark detail the many steps and people involved in this sordid tale of underhanded journalism. The one positive to this story is a heightened awareness about just how easy it is to hack someone's cell phone.
In September, digitally purloined photos from ScarJo's iPhone hit the Wi-Fi world. These weren't sweet images of the Iron Man 2 actress posing with adoring fans on the streets of L.A. No, these were "artsy" megabyte versions of the Polaroids some of us used to keep hidden away under mattresses and in underwear drawers. Needless to say, the crowd went wild. In fact, one man even took it upon himself to make public art out of the hacked nudie shots, plastering them all over the Hollywood streets.
Ms. Johansson reacted immediately to the event, taking legal action and getting the FBI involved in what is now called "Operation Hackerazzi." The responsible party, Christopher Chaney, has apologized for what he referred to as an "addiction." Before you start researching how to tap a starlet's smartphone, be advised that Chaney faces a maximum penalty of 121 years in federal prison.
Johansson wasn't the only celebrity targeted by Chaney. Family Guy star Mila Kunis also appeared on the Operation Hackerazzi hit list, along with Christina Aguilera, adding to the depth of this phone-hacking story. In this case, Kunis unwittingly shared private pics of herself in a bathtub and, in what is a cautionary tale of why you should never, ever trust a pal with your pretty face. Additional hacked images included suggestive hot shots of Friends With Benefits co-star Justin Timberlake. Apparently, Timberlake has a penchant for pink panties, which he "jokingly" wore over his head.
The international hacking group Anonymous has an offshoot faction that has made it into the top phone-hacking stories of 2011. Hollywood Leaks made intrusion into the lives of the rich and famous a sport. Indeed, they said they did it for the Lulz. Why else would you distribute the phone numbers of Ashley Greene, Miley Cyrus, Joey Fatone, Mark Cuban and Lil Jon? This hacking circle also leaked Julianne Hough's health insurance information, cell phone pictures and a previously unreleased album. Taking the Lulz a little further, they also leaked topless pictures of rapper Kreayshawn during the MTV Video Music Awards.
Not all of the year's phone-hacking stories involve naked skin and provocative positions. Ironically, some hacks are implemented as a pro-security measure: as in international security. Over the summer, a rumor spread that the Taliban's telecommunications system was hacked —purportedly by U.S. intelligence— and the entire group received this message: "Spiritual Leader Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid has died. May Allah bless his soul."
However, it was just a ruse to get the terrorist chatter going. That's what the Taliban gets for not following Hollywood!
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Forms of tuberculosis are emerging that are costly, difficult and at times, nearly impossible to treat. This new, worldwide threat is called multidrug-resistant TB, and it occurs when the bacteria no longer respond to the most common TB medications. Doctors have to turn, instead, to older, less effective drugs that can have devastating side effects such as hearing loss, blindness, aches and severe depression.
Maria Smolnitcaia, a 52-year-old singer living on a TB ward in Balti, Moldova, says the drugs make her feel dizzy and uncomfortable. They also are damaging her hearing.
Curing an MDR-TB infection takes at least 18 to 24 months. And it's a challenge for patients of the communicable disease to endure.
Many patients become isolated from their community during the long treatment. When Igori Tian, 28, discovered he had TB, many of his friends and family deserted him. He was part of a now-defunct TB support group in Balti organized by the nonprofit Speranta Terrei.
And there's a stigma attached to the disease, says Snejana Negrescul, a 27-year-old mother from Balti, who finished treatment for MDR-TB last year.
Drug-resistant TB can now be found all over the planet, but some of the greatest concentrations of the disease are in the former Soviet Union.
The tiny country of Moldova, which sits right at the edge of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, has one of the highest rates of MDR-TB in the world outside of Africa. Roughly 18 percent of new TB cases in Moldova don't respond to conventional TB drugs, and 65 percent of patients who have previously been treated for TB now have MDR-TB, the World Health Organization reported a few years ago.
"This is really alarming, and it puts additional burdens on patients," says Andrei Moshneaga with the Center for Health Policies and Studies in Kishinau, Moldova.
MDR-TB can occur when TB drugs are prescribed or used incorrectly. Once established in a community, the bacteria can spread through a cough, or a sneeze, to anyone.
"Because these forms [of TB] are much more complicated, they require much longer and more complex treatment," he says. "Many patients default from treatment, they interrupt treatment." And this leads to the TB bacteria mutating further and causing even more drug resistance.
Nikolay Popa, 47, first caught TB while working in Ukraine. He abandoned the medications after two weeks because he felt better.
Now back in his home country of Moldova, Popa says he understands the need to stay on treatment. He's been in the hospital for eight months.
So why is MDR-TB so prevalent in Moldova?
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the communist health care system has caused part of the problem. There was a shortage of TB drugs throughout Eastern Europe in the 1990s, and that may have helped foster drug resistance.
TB has also been a huge problem in the prisons of Eastern Europe. Overcrowding and crumbling infrastructure turned penitentiaries into hotbeds of TB transmission.
Getting prisoners to stick with TB treatments is tough but crucial, says Svetlana Doltu, who is in charge of health care in Moldovan prisons.
But the main reason for the rise in drug-resistance in Moldova seems to be the country's poverty. TB gravitates toward the poor, the downtrodden, the immune-compromised and the dispossessed. In the United States the most recent large TB outbreak was on skid row in Los Angeles.
Moldova might not be exactly the skid row of Europe, but this small country of just 3.5 million people has the lowest per capita income on the continent. Moldova is the kind of place where TB flourishes.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, TB exploded as Moldova's economy collapsed.
The economy there remains stagnant. Roughly 30 percent of Moldovans regularly leave the country to find temporary work in Russia and the European Union.
Drug-resistant TB is placing huge burdens on the hospitals in Balti, the second-largest city in Moldova, says Veaceslav Batir, the head of the health department there.
Patients stay for extremely long periods of time at public hospitals. Other medical procedures have been moved out of the TB hospitals because even the doctors and nurses are afraid of getting infected.
Until this year, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria had been paying for all the TB drugs in Moldova. But that funding's being phased out.
The cost of treating a single case of MDR-TB in the U.S. runs up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, mainly because patients are isolated in medical facilities. In Moldova, the cost isn't anywhere near that high but is still significant — $5,000 for medicines alone to treat one case of MDR-TB, according to the Center for Health Policy and Studies in the Moldovan capital.
The Balti health minister, Batir, says this is money the government simply doesn't have.
"It's impossible. It's practically impossible for us to fight TB all by ourselves," Batir says.
And that brings up a bigger global concern: If drug-resistant TB gets worse in Moldova, it could easily spread through Europe and Russia as Moldovans are forced to look for work outside their own country.
All the photographs in this story were taken by Jason Beaubien for NPR.
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And I'm Robert Siegel.
Around the world, new forms of potentially fatal tuberculosis are emerging that are costly and difficult to treat, at times impossible to treat. Drug resistant TB is becoming a major burden in China, India and Eastern Europe. The former Soviet Republic of Moldova has one of the world's highest rates of TB.
This week, we've been hearing about Moldova from NPR's Jason Beaubien. Today, he reports on why TB is so bad there and what challenges it creates.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: First, while tuberculosis travels through the air and has the potential to jump indiscriminately from one person to another, TB doesn't really seem to work that way. Tuberculosis gravitates to the poor, the downtrodden, the dispossessed. In the United States, a recent outbreak of TB occurred on skid row in Los Angeles.
Moldova might not be exactly the skid row of Europe but it's the poorest nation on the continent. It has few natural resources and its greatest export is its youth. This is the kind of place where TB flourishes.
BORIS PUGA: (Through Translator) At the moment, the problem of tuberculosis is one of the leading problems in Moldova.
BEAUBIEN: Boris Puga is head of the X-ray department at the government TB hospital in Moldova's second largest city, Balti. Puga has worked in TB since 1977 when Moldova was still part of the Soviet Union. As far as TB is concerned, he says things were much better under the Soviets. TB treatment back then was compulsory but patients were also given stipends to support their families and treated in well-funded hospitals. They were fed six times a day.
Back then, Puga says TB could be treated in a matter of months. Now it takes at least 18 months and, at times years, to cure strains of TB that have grown drug resistant.
PUGA: (Through Translator) More and more, we have people resistant to all the medicines.
BEAUBIEN: After the fall of the Soviet Union, tuberculosis exploded throughout Eastern Europe. In the 1990s, rates of TB in the region nearly doubled. This was in part driven by the collapse of the communist health care system but also the ensuing social and economic turmoil. Moldova's economy still remains stagnant. Roughly 30 percent of Moldovans now work outside the country.
Puga says Moldova's economic woes contribute to the spread of TB.
PUGA: (Through Translator) A patient who is under daily stress, who is always worried, plus has poor nutrition, is at great risk of developing tuberculosis.
BEAUBIEN: The winters in Moldova are long. The summers are hot. Even in spring, dirty snow banks line Moldova's beat up highways. Ornate Russian Orthodox churches with golden domes standout against the drab Soviet style architecture.
BEAUBIEN: Since the fall of the USSR, the country can't seem to decide whether it wants to be aligned with the European Union or Moscow. In March, the government collapsed for the fourth time in four years. And amidst this political, economic and social turmoil, drug resistant tuberculosis has found a fertile breeding ground. Currently, 40 percent of TB cases in Moldova don't respond to conventional TB drugs.
ANDREI MOSHHNEAGA: So this is really alarming and puts additional burdens onto the patient
BEAUBIEN: Andrei Moshneaga is with the Center for Health Policy and Studies in the Moldovan capital of Kishinau.
MOSHHNEAGA: Because these forms are much more complicated, they require much longer and much more complex treatment.
BEAUBIEN: They cause devastating side effects including hearing loss, blindness, nausea, aches and severe depression. Moshneaga says a variety of factors have contributed to the growth of drug resistant TB in Moldova.
MOSHHNEAGA: So many reasons are quoted that we had shortage of TB drugs in the '90s, quite bad shortages of TB drugs. Many patients default from treatment, so they interrupt treatment.
BEAUBIEN: They default from treatment because many of them can't afford not to work for months or even years on end. After all, no one else is paying to support the patients' families.
Moshneaga adds that the old Soviet practice of treating patients in large TB hospitals may also contribute to the growth of drug resistance. Infection control in these aging hospitals is often poor, allowing a single patient with resistant TB to spread it to everyone else on the ward.
Veaceslav Batir, the head of the health department for the city of Balti is not just worried about drug resistant TB spreading on the streets of his city, he says it already is.
VEACESLAV BATIR: (Through Translator) This is type of infection already exists. That's why we have a national plan and a city plan to address it. And the mayor himself regularly monitors its progress.
BEAUBIEN: Batir says drug resistant TB is placing huge burdens on the municipal hospitals. Patients stay for extremely long periods of time. Other medical procedures have been moved out of the TB hospitals because even the doctors and nurses are afraid of getting infected.
Until this year, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria had been paying for all the TB treatment drugs in Moldova. But that's being phased out. The cost of medicines to treat just one case of drug resistant TB in Moldova starts at $5,000.
Batir says this is money the government simply doesn't have.
BATIR: (Through Translator) It's impossible. It's practically impossible to fight all by ourselves such a disease as tuberculosis.
BEAUBIEN: And the bigger global concern is that if drug resistant TB gets worse in Moldova, it could easily spread through Europe and Russia, as Moldovans are forced to look for work outside their own country.
Jason Beaubien, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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ERIE (AP) — A headless body found in a steel drum may be that of a man who went missing on Sept. 14 and is believed to have been killed by his girlfriend's father, police said Monday.
Investigators believe the body, which hasn't been positively identified, is that of 55-year-old Gerald P. VanDyke, the Erie Times-News (http://bit.ly/18H5Ust ) reported.
Last week, Richard A. Houy, of Cambridge Springs, was charged with killing VanDyke, the longtime boyfriend of Houy's daughter, and disposing of his body. Houy told police that during an argument he punched VanDyke, who fell and struck his head. Houy said he dumped the body in a creek.
An autopsy found that the man in the steel drum died from a hunting arrow that went through his heart. The body was missing its head and hands, and DNA testing will have to be done to determine the identity.
Houy's daughter told police he led her to believe that VanDyke's body, "in whole or in parts," was placed in barrels or drums, police said. She also told police that she had terminated her relationship with VanDyke and hired an attorney to split the 26 acres of land they jointly owned.
Houy became a person of interest in the case on Sept. 20, when he was suspected of being the source of two anonymous phone calls made to state police about VanDyke, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
In both calls, made the morning of Sept. 18, the caller told police that VanDyke indicated that he was leaving town and didn't want anyone to know where he was going.
Police said Houy at first denied making the anonymous phone calls but later admitted it.
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Council voted 8-2-3 on an ordinance that lowers the dollar amount from $50,000 to $25,000 for required Council approval of certain contracts and 7-3-3 on another that will prevent the executive from continuing to renew contracts without going through council first.
Two pieces of legislation designed to increase checks and balances on contract approval by New Castle County split council's vote Tuesday night.
It also raised questions on if council was trying to restrict the new executive and council presidents' powers.
Council voted 8-2-3 on an ordinance that lowers the dollar amount from $50,000 to $25,000 for required Council approval of certain contracts and 7-3-3 on another that will prevent the executive from continuing to renew contracts without going through council first.
"This is the opportunity to give council greater oversight," said Councilman Penrose Hollins (D- Wilmington). "Our role is to make sure there are checks and balances."
Councilman George Smiley (D- New Castle), who sponsored both pieces of legislation, said that past debacles that used tax payers' money to bail out certain projects prompted him to propose the laws.
That's not how Councilman Jea Street (D- Wilmington) saw it though.
"If I support this, I support [Council President] Bullock being cuffed," he said. "And I won't disrespect him."
Street and Smiley sparred over the true reason the legislation was proposed, but Smiley stuck to his guns and said that the only person who will truly know why he did it – was himself.
"It's good for the administration, council, and the residents," Smiley said. "The only person who knows why this legislation is going forward is me. I'm not using the term handcuffed."
It prevents continual renewal of certain contracts without council's approval, he said. It makes the developers responsible.
In 2008, New Castle County took over a wastewater treatment system in the Lea Eara Farms community near Middletown after Bass Properties abandoned it.
The county took over the system to protect the 282 households that the system serves, said former County Attorney Gregg Wilson in 2010.
This resulted in the county spending more than $545,000 in 2009 to bring the facility up to standards after being cited by the state for multiple shortcomings.
A settlement between the county and Bass Properties was eventually reached in the past year in which the county accepted a land donation valued at $2.5 million from the developer.
The substitute to county ordinance 12-106 changes the code eliminates the evergreen provisions and requires council approval and notification before the executive continues certain contracts and the substitute to county ordinance 12-107 lowers the dollar amount for required council approval from $50,000 to $25,000.
Smiley said that after six months, he is requesting the general managers of each department to give feedback on the new laws to see if they are working in the county's favor.
Council said it will monitor the fiscal impact of these ordinances because they may cause the county to have to pay for more staff time as a result of additional purchase orders that will require Council approval due to the changes.


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Word has got around that Bochum's 'Bermuda triangle' of bars and clubs is the party capital of the Ruhr at any time of year. But when the city at the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia plays host to Bochum Total, one of Europe's leading music festivals, the party atmosphere reaches fever pitch.
Bochum Total has taken place every summer since 1986, turning the city into one gigantic festival site. Around one million music fans come to this superlative open-air event to watch up to 60 pop and rock bands – from newcomers to big-name acts – perform on four days across three different stages, with a fourth devoted entirely to shows, comedy and readings. And all for free! The spectrum of music ranges from mainstream to experimental, covering every genre from grunge and metal to salsa, reggae and jazz. The inclusion of newcomers in the line-up is a deliberate move by the organisers, who have always had an eye for spotting talented acts that go on to headline the festival a few years later: Wir sind Helden, Silbermond, Seeed and many others played in front of their first big audiences here. The event kicks off at 5pm each day and after the last encore five hours later, the party really gets started. There is an extended programme of around 100 different events in the dozens of bars and clubs. With so much going on, it's easy for people to disappear off the radar for a while – but the good news is, they always turn up again!
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The "Roots of a Nation" Teaching American History Initiative: Hometown History Event
"Hometown History" demonstrated to educators how to make use of historical resources in their own communities; how to engage students in researching and studying the places where they live; and how to connect local history to larger historical events. As our "laboratory," we used Chestertown, Md., a town whose rich history stretches back more than 300 years. This seminar focused particularly on using original historical documents, whether in the classroom or during field trips. We will discover how records of one local community – including 19th-century newspaper articles, firsthand slave narratives, and census records – vividly reveal how the Underground Railroad and the Civil War were experienced by ordinary citizens of this small American town. Teachers learned how primary sources can "bring to life" a local historic site (such as Chestertown's Civil War veterans' hall) by revealing individual stories of people who took part in its history. Participants discussed research strategies and Maryland-specific resources with State Archivist Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, Jr. and Chris Haley, Research Director for the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program at the Maryland State Archives, and nephew of author Alex Haley.The "Roots of a Nation – A Chesapeake Journey" Teaching American History initiative is a consortium of seven Maryland school districts, including Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, and Talbot counties, working together to increase teacher content knowledge, improve pedagogical practices and measurably improve student achievement in American History. The program is produced by Sultana Projects, Inc. Teaching partners include the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, the Center for Environment & Society, the Calvert Marine Museum, and Sultana Projects, Inc.


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