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Narrabri RSL Superdraw and Meat Raffles Every Wednesday from 6pm
Narrabri Sporties Wednesday Nights
Narrabri Tennis Comp - Wednesday Nights 4 person Doubles
Narrabri Junior Basketball !
Narrabri Junior Basketball !
Commencing Wednesday 26th of February from 5pm
Ages 6-15 years. Boys and Girls.
Cost $80 (one full years registration which covers two seasons)
We run three 'age groups' which are quite flexible, allowing players to play up or down based on size and skill levels. Generally 6-8. 8-11. 11-15. There are a lot of players playing outside of this.
All registration fees are done online, a link can be found on the Narrabri Basketball Association Facebook page. After the first week, No Pay - No Play applies, so please be timely. Existing players and parents, please check when you are due to ensure you may take the court.
Also, any parents who can spare the time to referee, score or just wash some shirts, please put your hands up.
Narrabri Basketball Mixed and Men's Teams
Alrighty guys and girls,
Our first competitions for the year will be kicking off on Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of February. Mixed Como on Tuesday's and men's/juniors on Wednesdays.
Cost is still the same. $90 for adults, $80 for under 18.
This cost includes one full year of registration(we run two competitions per year) and covers all costs such as lighting and equipment.
Please nominate your mixed and men's teams on here so that we have an idea of who is playing. That way we can have games that matter from week 1.
Our next committee meeting will be at the RSL this coming Monday the 3rd of February from 6pm. Feel free to come along if you have anything you wish to contribute.
Also, our next raffle night is coming up on February 7th. Please come along for an hour to help out. These raffles go a long way to maintaining our low prices and equipment.
Pilates Narrabri
CLINICAL PILATES is back on!
Want to learn to move Pain-Free..
Reinforces good posture, inner core stability, flexibility, tailored exercises for your condition
➡Monday 2-3pm
➡Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
Delivered by Physiotherapist--Allyce Escuriale
Barefoot Bowls at the Narrabri Sporties Thursday's
Sporties Narrabri Bingo Thursday's
Narrabri Sporties Thursday Parmi Night
Junior Narrabri Rugby League Training nights. POSTPONED
Bring your mates & make new ones.
Get fit & have fun playing the greatest game.
Training has commenced for all internationals & registrations are now O P E N.
We need you to register so we can submit teams to Group 4 & have all your gear arrive before the season starts.
Keen...?... Catch you at training 🤜🏼🤛🏼
🔹 13's Tuesday 🔹 Friday 🔹
🔹 14/15's & 16's Wednesday & Friday 🔹
Tara Foley, our Women's Health Physiotherapist is now offering Pre & Post Natal Educational Exercise
♀Classes starting on Thursday March 5th.
♀The classes will be held upstairs at the Christian Outreach Centre from 2pm-3pm.
Make sure to wear your comfy clothing. Bubs are welcome to come along as well.
If you require any further information or if you wish to book your spot, please call us on 67925007.
Narrabri Sporties Bowls 9 am
Narrabri Eagles Training every Tuesday and Thursday
Big Deal Again at the Sporties
Narrabri RSL Spinna Winna / Meat Raffles and Badge Draw on Friday nights from 6pm
Narrabri Golfie Badge Draw and Meat raffles every Friday night from 6pm
Friday night at the Narrabri Sporties
Narrabri Sporties Alphy' back Friday's 10.30am
Chase the Ace at the Crossroads Hotel Narrabri
Collarenebri to Narrabri Bus Service
Narrabri to Burren Junction Bus Service
Narrabri District Tennis Comp - Junior Match Play
Narrabri Junior Sunday Rugby and Training Friday's. POSTPONED TO FIRST WEEK IN MAY
Mainly Music Friday's Narrabri
Parent child musical interaction, home made morning tea, fun, fellowship & friendships All welcome voluntary donation $5 per family at Christian Outreach Centre Tibbereena St, 10am Fridays
Narrabri Golfie Saturday Megadraw from 6pm
2nd Saturday of the Month at the Narrabri Golfie International Food Nights
Park Run Free Fitness Narrabri
Parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.
These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and we encourage people of every ability to take part; from walkers or those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience; we welcome you all.
North West Rugby Union Draw
Golfie Easter
Narrabri RSL Midday Meat Raffles and Badge draw on Sundays.
The Way Church
Look out ! 👀 February will soon be here and on Feb 2 we will commence a new Sunday teaching/ preaching series from the Book of Nehemiah.
Narrabri 10am
Wee Waa 4pm
Narrabri Sporties Sunday Lunch Roast
Church Services - Narrabri
Sunday Swing Narrabri Golfie
Narrabri Sporties - Line Dancing Monday 5.30
Gwabegar Pilliga Wee Waa Narrabri Bus run
Seats available on the Gwabegar to Narrabri Bus Service on Wednesday 10th October. Contact us now on 6795 4265 or firstname.lastname@example.com to book a seat or for future dates.
Narrabri Friends of Crossing Theatre presents Eye in the Skye
Henry V at the Crossing Theatre
Drovers Campfire BOGGABRI. Cancelled
Little Athletics Comences
Little athletics will commence in term 2, 29th April for children born up to Sept 2016. Keep an eye out here for online regos opening in March 2020.
Narrabri Show. CANCELLED
Nation Dance World Narrabri
Hits and Missus at Narrabri Golfie
Narrabri Markets
Narrabri Netball Competition
Its getting close to Netty time!!
Details below surrounding the 2020 Winter Competition.
Competition to start Saturday 2nd of May
Registrations will be open shortly and will be due by 17/04/20. Costs listed below.
Seniors - $135
Juniors - $110
NetSetGo - $110
Non-Player - $55
Teams are restricted to a maximum of 4 representative players per team (senior and junior) with a limit of 12 players per team. Please contact the committee with any issues regarding this.
If you have any questions please contact the committee via email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or private message the Facebook page! 😊
Carers Morning Tea Narrabri Crossing Theatre.
May the Fourth Be With You. CANCELLED
Stars of Narrabri Dance for Cancer
Narrabri Sporties Karaoke Night 20 singers
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Event date: 3/7/2020 Export event
Author: Kate Schwager
Categories: Events, Narrabri
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I Drank Bone Broth Every Day for a Month and Here's How It Went
I'm an Amazon Prime member, so I've been taking advantage of their free two-hour delivery from Whole Foods. As I celebrated the new year I added two small containers of Pacific Foods chicken bone broth to my cart so I could have one the first night of fasting. Day one went well. I decided to make my eating window 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. because breakfast is my absolute favorite meal (I once ate breakfast every meal for a week) and late-night snacking is my problem area. After 2 p.m. I sipped on green tea, water and seltzer and at dinnertime I heated up a bowl of the bone broth. Oh, good lord, the stuff was awful. I think I was expecting it to taste like chicken soup, and it absolutely did not.
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The next day at work I mentioned my negative first bone broth experience to a couple of colleagues, and they both recommended trying Brodo. The brand is the brainchild of James Beard Award-winning chef Marco Canora, who began offering homemade bone broth at the tiny takeout window at Hearth, his popular restaurant in New York City's East Village. Now the broth is sold at four Manhattan locations and, more importantly to me, is sold via home delivery and at Fairway Market (which delivers to my house via Instacart). I ordered some of the Brodo signature Hearth broth (a blend of chicken, turkey and beef) from Fairway that night and heated it up in the microwave.
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You Need to Drink It Hot, Hot, Hot
Ah, what a difference. When you find a bone broth you like, it is a warm, soothing liquid meal. I loved the Hearth version so much I was hesitant to try their other varieties, but after a couple of weeks I ordered one of their variety cases with all four flavors: Hearth, Chicken, Beef and a vegan broth, Seaweed Mushroom (which turned out to be my favorite). All arrived packed on ice and frozen. You can keep one in the fridge and use it as it defrosts (it keeps for 10 days in the fridge), but I found early on that the hotter it is, the better. Heat brings out the flavor; it also takes a little longer to savor and eat a bowl of very hot broth. And when it is the only thing you are eating for 8 hours, that means a lot. Of course, you can always make your own. Here's our guide to whipping up your own great-tasting bone broth. You can also buy pods of bone broth for your Keurig, how easy is that?
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It Melted My Hunger Pangs
The hardest thing about intermittent fasting is that hunger you get when everyone around you is eating and you are sipping on a seltzer water. I would be just fine all afternoon and during my commute home and then walk through the door to see my family eating chicken, macaroni and cheese, vegetables, fruit and yes, ice cream and cookies because we are all about dessert in my house as much as I try to fight it. It was hard not to eat! But knowing that I could warm up a nice bowl of bone broth and sit down and "eat" with the family helped me get over those tough moments. And afterwards I genuinely felt my hunger lessen.
Other Health Benefits
During the month I fasted five days a week and ate normally on the other two days (usually on weekends). I found overall that my digestion was better and my immune system seemed revved up. I didn't catch the office cold that seemed to fell all of my colleagues, and aside from one 24-hour stomach bug I felt really, really good and had energy to spare. My nails are growing and my skin is clearer. Some nagging heel pain I have been struggling with has lessened. Many people swear by bone broth to reduce inflammation, increase gut health and contribute to better joint function. Even Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are big fans of a pre-game bowl of bone broth.
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Healthy Meal Replacement
I found myself craving bone broth even on my non-fast days, and one night added some cooked corn and chicken to the broth for an instant soup. One Saturday night we went out to dinner with friends and I had two glasses of wine (that's a big night for me, especially at the end of Dry January); the next day I felt like I had been hit by a truck, so I heated up some bone broth because it is also touted as a hangover cure and it actually did make me feel better. Now after a month of having some in my fridge I can't imagine being without this new superfood staple.
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If you follow the world of crazy diets at all, you've heard the stories about intermittent fasting and how people eat Big Macs, fries and pasta and still manage to lose weight. And maybe if you are 25 with a nice speedy metabolism that might actually be true. But I know enough about my middle-aged metabolism to know that I had to make smart food choices during the eight hours I'm allowed to eat. But I did manage to sneak three meals every day and still lose weight, which I think is pretty cool. An average 16:8 day starts at 6 a.m. with overnight oats with almond milk, chia and flax seeds, almond slivers and blueberries. Then second breakfast is two fried eggs on Ezekiel bread with Trader Joe's everything seasoning. Lunch (my last meal, right before 2 p.m.) is usually a giant salad from Just Salad including black beans, pickled onions, chickpeas, avocado and red wine and olive oil dressing topped with either cilantro shrimp or seared ahi tuna. I made sure to always eat an apple, clementine or banana to get another serving of fruit in before my eating window closed. Then from 2 until bed I stuck with clear liquids (black coffee or tea, green tea, seltzer and, of course, my bowl of bone broth).
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So after a month of intermittent fasting I'm happy to report that I'd lost 7 pounds. I'm thrilled, and excited to keep going for the next couple of months to reach my goal. By eating healthy during my eating window and adding a nightly bowl of bone broth into the mix, I feel like I'm dieting responsibly and getting all the nutrients I need to stay strong and healthy. That's more than I can say for some of the crazy old-school diets your parents probably tried.
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20 Surprising Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
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Post No. 256!
Now we are getting somewhere.
I just got this comment from Grace who has helped someone in her search for her ancestors. Now it's her turn to get some help.
So here is what she wrote as a comment… as a reference to a message on Ancestry posted back in 2000!
I am Paul Chandler. My mother is Sarah Glory Chandler. My grandfather is Henry Glory. My great-grandmother was Annie Mary Lagasse Glory (1894-1970). My great-great-grandfather was Joseph Lagasse (1873?-1957). My great-great-great-grandfather was Henry Lagasse (1831-1909). THIS Henry was married to Mathilda Dazet and according to their tomb in Lafayette #2 (NOT L#1 across the street from Commander's Palace) they were both native of France. Henry and Mathilda had two sons and three daughters. The sons were Paul (1862-1935)and Joseph (my ancester). Joseph had at least 11 kids. Paul had at least 13 kids. Each of the sons had lots of boys to the point of where I am related to every Lagasse in town except for the famous Emeril who is from up north. Paul had a Henry who had a Henry. Joseph had two Henry's (one died as an infant). Which Henry is your grandfather? I am guessing that the original Henry came to New Orleans before the Civil War
Now her reply to Paul…
This is a reply to Henri Jean Lagasse by Paul. Well, what do you know, Paul , you are a relative of mine! My grandfather was Joseph Robert Lagasse (18 Mar 1899 – 17 Apr 1954). He married my grandmother, Mary Gerdes Cook on 6 Aug 1919 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in New Orleans. He was the son of Joseph Lucien Lagasse, my great-grandfather, your great-great grandfather. I saw you had a question mark by his birth. He was born on 17 Jan 1872. He married Josephine Schneeburger (not sure of the date) in New Orleans and he died on 14 Aug 1957 in New Orleans. My great-great-grandfather was Henri Jean Lagasse, who was your 3rd great grandfather. He was born in France (not sure where) on 09 May 1831 and died in New Orleans on 04 Dec 1909. He married Matilde Dazet somewhere in France because his first child Marie or Mary was born in 1857 in France according to the 1880 census.
I found Matilda Dazet, at the nice age of 70 and Henri Jean Lagasse, at 69, on the 1900 Census which confirms their marriage year of 1859 in France…. where again it does not state. Interesting because it appears that they had Mary before they were married. The 1900 Census states that his parents were born in France as well. At this time, they list Matilde as having 5 living children but gave birth to 7. In addition, I recently found two ship manifests for Henri Jean Lagasse.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Henri Lagasse
Name: Henri Lagasse
Arrival Date: 28 Aug 1898
Birth Year: abt 1831
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: American
Place of Origin: United States of America
Port of Departure: Havre
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: La Touraine
Search Ship Database: Search the La Touraine in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
THE SECOND MANIFEST states, because I can't place my finger on it at the moment that
Henri Jean Lagasse was on the Passenger list of 1897 at 66 years old coming back from France. His port of departure was Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. I asked myself why would a 66 year old man be going back to France- unless someone died. It would have been either his mom or dad, don't you think? Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. I can't see Henri at 66 traveling too far away from this port at his age back in 1897. I am researching this area and surrounding areas to see if any Lagasses lived there. Also the port in Havre, France. My last living aunt, Glory Lagasse Cronin, says she thinks that they may have come from Alsace Lorraine. Not sure.
If you can, please respond to my post.
Thanks, Grace
P.S. My mother, Grace , use to talk about her Uncle Henry Glory all the time. She lived on Annunciation street uptown New Orleans and I think they did not live far away.
Thanks to Pierre Lagacé for this blog.
Now the ball is rolling…
Not only rolling but I will translate this in French, my mother tongue since I also have a French version of this blog, and I have many readers from France and abroad.
So who knows?
Maybe someone knows something about Henri Jean Lagasse who emigrated to America in the 1800s.
We'll just have to sit and wait this one out.
Next time, I will have the translation in French.


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The global economy will shrink this year for the first time in nearly six decades, the World Bank said Sunday.
Poor countries across the globe will continue to lose access to credit and global trade will shrink dramatically as part of the biggest decline since World War II, the New York Times reported.
Until now, most economic forecasters thought that the global market would at least show a tiny expansion -- for most experts, thoughts of a shrinking economy didn't even enter the equation.
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The day's top national and international news.
The bank created the report in anticipation of a meeting it will hold next week with finance ministers from the world's 20 industrialized and large developing countries.
Bank officials begged wealthy countries to set aside funds for poor countries, saying that institutions like theirs and the International Monetary Fund could only help out for so long.
"This global crisis needs a global solution," said Robert B. Zoellick, the World Bank's president.
Lower commodity prices, decreased interest in trade and stifled credit are to blame for the decline of countries in need, the Bank said in the report.


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Abdurrahman Wahid, who became Indonesia's first democratically elected president in 1999 after half a century of authoritarian rule, died Wednesday in Jakarta. He was 69.
Long in failing health, Wahid left an indelible mark on Indonesia as a liberal Muslim cleric who spoke with moral authority and defended the rights of ethnic minorities and the disenfranchised.
He had been receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of a Jakarta hospital for the last week. Doctors said the former president, who had long been confined to a wheelchair, unable to see and suffering kidney problems, died during surgery to remove a blood clot in his heart.
During his political life, Wahid was often unpredictable and outspoken, putting together unlikely political coalitions, changing policies to appease various factions and battling the establishment in the world's fourth-most-populous nation. But he was a wily deal-maker and had the respect of most groups in his diverse nation, from rebellious students and liberals to powerful army generals and former presidents Suharto and B.J. Habibie.
Wahid's power base came from his leadership of the 30-million-member Nahdlatul Ulama, a conservative Muslim organization founded in 1926 by his grandfather, Hasyim Ashari. But Wahid, who said he did not want to turn non-Muslims into second-class citizens, had liberal views on religion that often put him at odds with the Islamic establishment.
Though he had never run for political office before, Wahid was elected president Oct. 20, 1999, by the national assembly in a close vote over Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's first president. Her father, Sukarno, had held the last free election in 1955. In a gesture of reconciliation, Wahid made Megawati his vice president.
Wahid took over a scandal-ridden, corrupt government and a country beset by economic depression, separatist movements in the regions of Aceh and Irian Jaya, and a disgraced military whose widespread human rights abuses had aroused international condemnation.
After nearly five decades of dictatorial rule by Sukarno and Suharto and 17 months of chaotic transition under Habibie, Wahid moved quickly to strengthen civilian control over the military, appointing the first civilian defense minister since independence in 1949. He also took steps to root out corruption and nepotism in the government. Leading by inspiration more than by decree, he was conciliatory and tolerant.
Wahid offered autonomy to the rebellious region of Aceh, set up economic ties with Israel and worked to strengthen relations with China. He reached out to East Timor, whose people had voted in August 1999 to sever links with Indonesia in favor of independence, and scurried through the region looking for funds to support his country's economic recovery.
Wahid had a wry sense of humor but was often perceived as a bumbler in important affairs, and his presidency stumbled. He was impeached by parliament in 2001 over charges of corruption and incompetence and replaced by Megawati.
Affectionately known as Gus Dur, a nickname that combines an honorific title with a shortened form of his name, Abdurrahman Wahid was born Aug. 4, 1940, in East Java. His father, Wahid Hasyim, was a prominent Muslim leader who died in a car accident when Gus Dur was 13 and was honored by a huge turnout at his funeral.
"Seeing all those people weeping and saying goodbye to him like that," he told author V.S. Naipaul years later, "the impression on me was like this: Is there anything greater in life than being loved by so many people?"
In the 1960s, Wahid went abroad to study literature and social sciences at the University of Baghdad in Iraq and Islamic law at Al Azhar University in Cairo. He later studied at the University of Toronto. He returned to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, in 1974 and began writing a column for Tempo magazine. He was elected chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama in 1984.
His liberalism annoyed Suharto, who ruled for 32 years until forced from power in May 1998 by street protests. And Wahid's willingness to defend human rights peeved the Indonesian military. His accusation that Habibie, Suharto's successor, had appointed five racist, anti-Chinese ministers to the Cabinet in 1998 brought anonymous threats by phone. But Wahid refused to be silenced.
In February 1998, Wahid suffered the first of two strokes and fell into a coma. Brain surgery saved his life but left him nearly blind. Even as president, Wahid assigned four aides to guide him virtually everywhere, and he gave speeches off the cuff because he could not read documents.
A year before his election, he was asked at a conference of Chinese businesspeople how he would like his epitaph to read. Wahid said: "Here lies a humanist."
Lamb is a former Times staff writer.
Times staff writer John M. Glionna in Beijing contributed to this report.


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University of Rhode Island Psychology Professor Mark Wood, a nationally recognized alcohol researcher, wants parents to be aware that this is a time when teens tend to increase their alcohol consumption.
The URI expert advises parents to monitor their children–know where they are, whom they are with and what they are doing.
"This type of monitoring, particularly in combination with an emotionally supportive parenting style, is associated with less drinking and fewer alcohol-related problems across numerous studies," Wood said.
"It is also important for parents to express clear disapproval of alcohol use and to provide clear and fair consequences associated with breaking the rules. Research shows this combination of factors decreases alcohol use and problems through adolescence and into college," continued Wood who helps create interventions to reduce alcohol related-harm, particularly among college-age students. Results of his recent study bear this out.
Is Wood advocating that parents become helicopter parents–ones who hover over their children and their problems or experiences, especially when they are in college?
"We live in a era when students are texting and talking to parents, sometimes many times a day. Although the term helicopter parent does have a negative connotation, I think conversations about drinking are good whenever and wherever they occur," said the researcher.
But is too late for parents to begin monitoring teenagers after they have already graduated from high school?
"Most American teenagers begin to drink by age 15. By the time they go off to college, most have considerable drinking experience," explained Wood. "Ideally, parents should be having conversations about alcohol throughout high school. But it's never too late to begin an ongoing dialogue about drinking with teens."
There is good reason to be concerned. It's estimated that more than 1,800 college students die each year in car accidents and more than 750,000 are involved in alcohol related physical or sexual assaults.
Summer before college, first semester
Adolescents tend to increase their alcohol use the summer before entering college and during their first semester at college. This is also true of children who have been consistently monitored and emotionally supported. However, these children don't increase consumption to the levels of kids who didn't have that kind of parental involvement in high school.
"The protective effects that parents exert in high school continue to be influential into college even at a time when the kids have left the home. It's the internalization of those values, attitudes, expectations that seem to continue to exert an effect," said Wood.
Study Intervention.
Wood and his team applied some of their research findings to an intervention to reduce the increases in drinking and the negative consequences that typically occur during matriculation and into college. Results of the study were published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
In this study, which began in 2004, they recruited and randomly assigned 1,000 incoming freshmen to receive either a Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI) or a parent-based intervention, both, or an assessment-only control. The motivational intervention is considered to be the most effective individual alcohol prevention approach with college students.
In contrast to other BMI studies that have focused on heavier drinkers, the URI study recruited students whether they drank or not. In fact, about 28 percent of the 1,000 students in the study didn't drink when they came to college.
Students met with an intervention provider who went over a tailored report compiled from information provided by the students about a range of factors, including their alcohol use patterns, consequences associated with use, and family history of alcohol problems. Students were recognized as responsible adults, and weren't preached to or told not to drink.
Among other things, the report showed the student how his or her drinking compared to others of the same age and gender, correcting misperceptions students have about how much other students are drinking. For example, students often overestimate how much their peers are drinking, and correcting these misconceptions as part of motivational interventions has resulted in lower levels of alcohol use and problems.
"A message that we would give a student who told us her father was an alcoholic is that we know that alcohol problems run in families. But it's also important for you to know that this doesn't mean that you're destined to become an alcoholic. It just means that you have an increased risk of drinking problems based on family history," says Wood.
The message is different with non-drinkers: "Congratulations, you've made the safest choice in terms of alcohol use at this point. One of the things we want to tell you is that there are more students like you than you think. We'd like to talk to you about ways that you can continue to make the safe choice around drinking now that you're in an environment where there is more drinking."
URI researchers followed up with the students in the spring of their freshman and sophomore years. The team found the intervention was successful for non-drinkers and drinkers. Students who received the BMI were significantly less likely to transition into heavy drinking or begin experiencing alcohol-related problems. For those who were already drinking, the BMI reduced heavy drinking and alcohol problems indirectly by altering students' misperceptions about alcohol use.
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ABOUT THE RESEARCHER: Mark Wood joined URI in 1998. He has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than $11.3 million in research grants. In addition to his role at URI, he is also a visiting professor in community health at Brown University. His research articles have appeared in more than 35 peer-reviewed journals. He has presented at 80 conferences across the U.S in Canada, and in Europe. URI Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.
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With his retirement ride wrapping up in the Super Bowl, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis remains a popular topic on social media. And while perceptions have changed since Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in relation to a double murder in Atlanta in 2000, some on social media remain critical of the 17-year NFL veteran.
According to Forbes.com, which recently spoke to a social media firm called Fizziology, approximately 20 percent of all mentions of Lewis on sites like Twitter and Facebook were analyzed as negative or mixed in the past week. And half of those negative mentions referenced his alleged involvement in the murders.
Forty percent of the mentions of Lewis from Jan. 21-27 were analyzed as positive and 40 percent were neutral.
Fizziology found that here in Baltimore, only three percent of mentions of Lewis on social media were negative. Thirty-five percent were positive -- I figured it would be higher -- and 61 percent were neutral.
San Francisco, so far at least, is keeping it classy. Only 20 percent of their social media mentions over the past week were negative, and just 37 percent of the negative opinions referenced Lewis and the murder incident.
If there is a conclusion to be drawn, it is that while Lewis can shake free of blockers and tackle ball-carriers, he may never shake free of the stigmas surrounding him after he was accused of murder 13 years ago.


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On A Positive Note: Holiday party benefits Advocacy Denver, another agency changes its name and two couples become first-time parents
When Jeanette Blanco-Wellers offered to lend her home for a holiday party hosted by Jesse Ogas, director of community relations for the Denver Public Schools, it was a gesture that paid a handsome dividend for one local charity.
Blanco-Wellers, of JBlanco Enterprises, and Ogas asked their guests to bring either a present or a donation — not for themselves, but for the clients served by Advocacy Denver. "We did very well," Ogas reports.
The 100-plus guests included state Sens. Pat Steadman and Irene Aguilar; Sandy Wolf, vice president of the Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation; and the executive director of Advocacy Denver, Aileen Mcginley, who was celebrating her birthday that day. Ogas, who is also an actor and vocalist, honored her by singing the traditional Mexican birthday song, Las Mananitas.


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New year celebrations are over, and it's time to get back to business. In Brazil, that means changes to the makeup of the Bovespa index.
Reuters reports today that the exchange's operator, BM&FBovespa announced modifications to the benchmark stock index for the first four months of 2014. The new index portfolio will take effect on Monday, and is set to include a few surprises, namely the inclusion of electricity firm Tractebel Energia (TBLEY) and the exclusion of mining firm MMX Mineracao e Metalicos (MMXMY). Reuters reports that in earlier previews, the exchange did not hint at either move.
Other new additions to the index include insurance holding company BB Seguridade Participações, education firm Estácio Participações (ECPCY), homebuilder Even Construtora e Incorporadora (EVEN3-BR), health benefits administrator Qualicorp (QUAIF) and toll road operator Ecorodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica (ECOR3-BR).
Meanwhile, shares of online retailer B2W (BTOW3-BR), agribusiness firm Vanguarda Agro (VAGR3-BR), and electric utility Cteep are set to be removed from the index, as well as common shares of telecommunications firm Grupo Oi and steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (USIM5-BR), known as Usiminas.


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Check out the November issue of Romantic Times Book Reveiws magazine to read all about me and Silver Silence, the third book in my Druids of Avalon trilogy!
4-1/2 stars! "Nash beautifully presents another slice of the Arthuran legend featuring characters with great depth. She seamlessly merges the hero's and heroine's maturation with Druid legends as they move 300 years [into the future] to help ensure Arthur's birth. This tale, full of adventure and romance, will suck you in and be long remembered. As it moves to its startling and totally unexpected conclusion, readers will gasp for breath."
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Brittany Wenger, a 17-year-old science whiz from Florida, has taken the Google Science Fair's top prize with her invention of an artificial brain with an uncanny ability to diagnose breast cancer. "I taught the computer how to diagnose breast cancer," Brittany said. "And this is really important because currently the least invasive form of biopsy is actually the least conclusive, so a lot of doctors can't use them." Brittany's artificial neural network is a computer program coded to do turbo-charged brain-like thinking, in this case, with the power to detect complex patterns. She built it with Java, deployed it in the cloud, and ran more than 7 million trials. The accuracy of artificial neural networks improves with use. Brittany brought her project to the point of having a greater than 99 percent sensitivity to malignancy. "It will require a little bit of coding and tweaking, but it would be very easy to adapt it so it could diagnose other types of cancer and potentially other medical problems," Brittany said. See on www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com
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Fifteen years ago the girls of Pandora Events created Girls In Wonderland® so that women coming to Orlando for the weekend would have first class events and a host hotel just for them. With over a decade of amazing parties, special performances, celebrity appearances and thousands of new friends we are thrilled to announce that we are taking Girls In Wonderland to a new level with a gorgeous new resort take over, new events, a new local charity to support and a new style.
Amy Alonso, Alison Burgos & Yesenia Leon, are the women behind Pandora Events and this powerhouse lesbian event production company from South Beach have created and produce some of the hottest women's soiree's in the country including Girls In Wonderland in Orlando, Shedonism Las Vegas, Aqua Girl in Miami Beach, Women's White Party and the official women's events of Atlanta Pride and Charlotte Pride, as well as, monthly themed parties from Miami to the Palm Beaches.


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Reggie Bush, who was previously stripped of his 2005 Heisman Trophy honors, reportedly finally returned his copy of the famous trophy to the Heisman Trust, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com.
A spokesman for the Heisman Trust told the web site in a phone interview that Bush had personally returned the trophy "some time" ago and "has it in their possession," a fact Bush reiterated in an interview on the nationally syndicated "Dan Patrick Show."
Bush received his copy of the Heisman Trophy shortly after winning the prize in December 2005. When the NCAA issued sanctions against USC for violations in June 2010 that included Bush and his family, the school began a path that eventually disassociated itself completely from Bush. That included the school returning its copy of the Heisman in August 2010, removed all references to Bush at the school's Heritage Hall and took down his jersey, which had been hanging in the Trojans' home stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Bush had said shortly afterward that he had agreed to forfeit his copy of the trophy and that he would return it to the Trust, but it apparently took him nearly two more years to do so.
Bush told Patrick in the interview that he has no plans to visit USC anytime soon.
"I haven't wanted to go back," Bush said. "I don't feel like that's an issue. Even if it was, I wouldn't go back."


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Please Take Her Picture!
Perhaps second to only Heather Mills, not many women are as universally despised as Denise Richards, which is why it's baffling that any network would give her her own reality tv show. A show in which she will gratuitously pimp her children so as to more effectively fellate the MiniVan Majority.
Check out Denise Richards this weekend at Malibu Market – photos courtesy of Flynetonline.com.
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So Denise decides to take her girls out for some playtime at the park. There are several parks, lovely parks, near her house. But these parks aren't very pap friendly. Too many obstructions blocking the perfect shot.
As such, Denise drives out to Malibu – if you've been to LA you KNOW how traffic is – she goes way out of her way to go to a park with wide open access, where representatives from several pap agencies are waiting, and she gave it up nice and good for photographers, deliberately situating herself in an area that made it much easier for them to grab as many shots as possible. One pap I spoke with took 600 images of her.
How obliging does a subject have to be to deliver 600 images???
Denise Richards is a famewhore. And she is indefensible.
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New York, April 29, 2013--Part-time reporter Jitendra Singh was killed Saturday in Khunti district, Jharkhand state, according to news reports. Members of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway Maoist faction, claimed responsibility, but the motive is unclear. Singh also ran a construction business.
"The Indian government should fully investigate this murder to determine the motive and bring the killers to justice," said Bob Dietz, Asia program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In a letter found in Singh's pocket, the PLFI said the journalist was killed because he did not cooperate with them, according to news reports. "No one can work in the area without approval of the PLFI," local media reported the letter as reading. News reports said Singh had written about activities of the rebels for the past 16 years.
But Singh also ran a construction business, and the daily newspaper The Hindu said he was allegedly killed in a dispute over collection of a levy on a road-building contract.
Because of electoral political disputes, Jharkhand state, in the east of India, is under direct federal rule.
With six unsolved journalist murders in the past 10 years, India ranks as the 12th worst country on CPJ's global Impunity Index. All of the victims were print journalists who reported on crime, corruption, or politics.


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Transcendence will be released in IMAX 3D in select theatres in China. Please check your theatre's listings for format information.
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him.
However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can…but if they should.
Their worst fears are realized as Will's thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.
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Customer Response to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Pricing: Choices and Performance. Berkeley: LBNL, 2006. LBNL-58114..
Demand Response from Day-Ahead Hourly Pricing for Large Customers. Berkeley: LBNL, 2006. LBNL-59630..
Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006. LBNL-59739..
"Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Can Real-Time Pricing Support Retail Competition and Demand Response?." 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Pacific Grove, CA , 2006..
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Kori Bustard
Kori Bustard making his mating call
Saddle Billed Stork
Fiscal Shrike
Sometimes named jackie hangman or butcher bird due to its habit of impaling its prey on acacia thorns to store the food for later consumption.
Auger Buzzard
At the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. It is similar to the Red Tailed Hawk in the Northern Hemisphere
Marabou Stork
Quite the ugliest bird in the world
Ruppels Vulture
Lappert Faced Vulture
Grey Crowned Crane
Photographed with the early morning sunrise illuminating his amazing crown
Lilac Breasted Roller
Beautiful bird with incandescent feathers feeds on insects. Note he has not spotted the one hiding underneath him on the branch!
Hildebrandt's Starling in flight
Secretary Bird
Variable Sunbird
The sunbirds are a group of small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.
Baglafecht Weaver
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Happy New Year, everyone! Some quotes to kick off 2016…
From an article about Taylor Swift in GQ:
Swift mentions that she wrote a non-autobiographical novel when she was 14, titled A Girl Named Girl, and that her parents still have it. I ask her what it was about, assuming she will laugh. But her memory of the plot is remarkably detailed. (It's about a mother who wants a son but instead has a girl.)
From a biography of North Carolina businessman Edward James Parrish in the book Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, vol. II (1916):
Colonel Parrish was born near Round Hill Post Office, then in Orange County (now Durham County), on October 20, 1846, son of Colonel Doctor Claiborn and Ruthy Anne (Ward) Parrish. His father had the peculiar given name of Doctor because he was a seventh son, in accordance with the old belief that the seventh son has the gift of healing.
From What's in a name? Everything, if you are a migrant and Muslim by Yusuf Sheikh Omar (found via Anna's Wintery Name News post at Waltzing More than Matilda):
Many Somali refugees have changed their names. Since 1991 a brutal civil war in our homeland, in the Horn of Africa, has displaced 1.7 million people, roughly one-fifth of the population. The displaced spent years in refugee camps or embarked on long, treacherous journeys to safety; the luckier ones found haven in countries such as Australia and elsewhere in the West. Some of these newly arrived refugees feared that if they kept their real names, the authorities would trace their travel route and return people to their last country of departure. So these Somalis changed their names on arrival at the airport. Many still use these bogus names in official documents, but use their real names in the community.
Some of the generation who changed their names have since passed away leaving their children with unknown family and clan names. These young people are in limbo, both in the Somali community in Australia and in their country of origin. From other Somalis they often hear insults, such as "you have a fake family name."
From an article about late Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla:
Selena continues to have influence over other known and up-and-coming performers. Born in 1992 near Dallas, Disney bopper Selena Gomez, now a pop star of her own, was named after the queen of Tejano (during Selena's 1991-1995 reign, her name skyrocketed from 780 to 91 in the rankings of most popular baby names in America).
From Anthony S. Kline's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 9:
When the pains grew, and her burden pushed its own way into the world, and a girl was born, the mother ordered it to be reared, deceitfully, as a boy, without the father realising. She had all that she needed, and no one but the nurse knew of the fraud. The father made good his vows, and gave it the name of the grandfather: he was Iphis. The mother was delighted with the name, since it was appropriate for either gender, and no one was cheated by it.
From Dear Saint West: I Too Once Had an Unusual Name by Logan Hill:
Baby Saint, maybe you're thinking: No way am I going to be some middle-aged man with some basic name. Well, I used to think the same thing, back when I was No. 902. Now I'm No. 13 on the list.
You know who was No. 13 in 1975? Fucking Eric.
Now I'm the Eric.
You may not want to hear this, Baby Saint, but, some day — and probably some day soon, thanks to your family's fame — you'll be the Eric, too.
From the book The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) by Oliver Goldsmith:
Our second child, a girl, I intended to call after her aunt Grissel; but my wife, who during her pregnancy had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grissel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia; so that we had two romantic names in the family; but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
(Elea of British Baby Names also mentioned this passage in one of her 'Twas Ever Thus posts.)
From an article about unique names in a 1990 issue of the Harvard Crimson:
"When I was growing up, everyone in my community knew my name," Caraway Seed '93 says. "Sometimes it's a little disconcerting because a lot of people at Harvard have never met me, but know my name," she added.
"I feel like I'm always noticed because of my name…I want people to know me for who I am," she says.
Seed says her name was chosen by her father, who as a child was often asked "What kind of Seed are you?" In order to save his children from a similar fate, he decided to name three of them after plants: Caraway, Cotton and Huckleberry.
"I guess they just wanted to be interesting," Seed says.
From Sunday Summary: 48/2015 by Abby of Appellation Mountain:
A few days ago, I picked him up from a [hockey] skills clinic. "Who else was there tonight?" I asked. He rattled off some names, finishing with, "… and Kelly."
"Is Kelly a boy or a girl?"
"A boy, mom! Who names a girl Kelly?"
Mind blown.
Have you spotted any good name-related quotes/articles lately? Let me know!


text: The history of Silicon Valley is the history of digital technology. To become a part of that history, do you go to work for one of the giants — Apple, Google, Intel, HP, Oracle, Facebook? Or do you catch a wave that hasn't crested yet? Longtime Silicon Valley venture capitalist turned Stanford faculty member and entrepreneur Andy Rachleff tells his students the best thing they can do is join a mid-size company that has proven its durability but is still growing rapidly. In a recent blog post on the website of his software-driven money management service Wealthfront, he writes: You get more credit than you deserve for being part of a successful company, and less credit than you deserve for being part of an unsuccessful company. Success will help propel your career. At a fast-growing company, chances are good you'll have a higher position two years after you join. At a slow-growth company, no matter how good a job you do, you won't have the same opportunities to advance. 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U.S. Women's Update - March 16, 2010
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 16, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on March 16 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.
For the complete PDF version including a complete list of players training at the team's facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, a thumbnail gallery of the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts with full gallery links, the U.S. international transfer list, 2009 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Who served as head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team the last time it appeared in the Montreux event in 2005? 2. Who served as the technical coordinator for the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2004 Olympic Games? 3. Which NCAA school's volleyball coaching staff includes an Olympic volleyball player, an Olympic volleyball coach and former USAV Technical Coordinator? Answers can be found on page three in the full PDF version of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
McCUTCHEON ON OVERSEAS TRIP: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) headed to Europe on March 11 to visit with U.S. Women's National Team players. He will take in Italian Serie A matches as Lindsey Berg (Honolulu, Hawaii), Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) and competing in the league. Berg plays for second-place MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese, while Bown plays for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi and Tom suits up for Asystel Volley Novara. McCutcheon will also make a stop in Czech Republic to visit with Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) and Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.). Both Glass and Nnamani play for Prostejov, which captured the Czech League regular season without a loss, reach the CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff 12 Round and captured a few Cups along the way. After his stops in Italy and Czech Republic to watch the U.S. Olympians, McCutcheon will take part in a coaching clinic held March 19-21 in Finland.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: USA Volleyball processed a handful of international transfer paperwork allowing Americans to compete in foreign professional leagues over the past week. Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), who has been training at the USA National Team Center in Anaheim, signed briefly with Caguas in the Puerto Rico Superliga before leaving and joining Corozal the same week. Marcie Hampton has joined Guaynabo of the Puerto Rico Superliga after leaving Lindesberg Volley BK in Sweden on March 9. Jamie Houston has signed to play in Puerto Rico for Caguas. For a full listing of the 149 international transfers for American female players to other countries to play professional volleyball, visit the full PDF version of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update.
UPDATE TO SECOND TRAINING SESSION ROSTER: A total of 14 players are currently training with the U.S. Women's National Team during its second winter training block that ends April 9. The team training sessions, held at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif., are open to the public. Training times are generally Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., while Fridays often vary on times. Middle blockers include Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.), Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mekana Barnes (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Brittnee Cooper (Houston). Outside hitters/opposite include Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), Brittany Moore (Orange, Calif.) and Jill Collymore (Bellevue, Wash.). The setters training include Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio) and Nicole Vargas (Seal Beach, Calif.). The libero position has Jessica Fine (Tarzana, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) training with the U.S. Women's National Team. Some players could leave for pro opportunities or other circumstances.
BOWN COMPETING FOR JESI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda,Calif.), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi in the Italian Serie A professional league. Bown scored 17 points on March 14 as Jesi upset second-place MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese 25-21, 23-25, 15-25, 25-22, 16-14. Jesi improves to 13-7 on the season and is in fourth place with 38 points. She collected 14 kills on 23 swings to go with two blocks and an ace. In the second to last match of the regular season, Jesi takes on league-leader Scavolini Pesaro on March 21.
BERG PUSHING ITALIAN TEAM TO TOP: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a setter on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team which won the silver medal in Beijing, is playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese of the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Berg set Villa Cortese to a 45 kill percent on 162 attacks, but Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi notched a 25-21, 23-25, 15-25, 25-22, 16-14 victory on March 14. Berg produced two aces, a kill on two swings and a block in the five-set heartbreaker. Villa Cortese, which remains in second place with a 15-5 record, takes on eighth-place Riso Scotti Pavia on March 21 in the second-to-last regular season match. To follow Berg throughout the season, check out her blog at blogspot.lindseyberg.com.
TOM, ASYSTEL VOLLEY NOVARA: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time Olympian and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medal roster, is competing for Asystel Volley Novara in the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. In CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff Round 6, Novara swept the home-and-home series with Turkey's VakifGunesTelekom to advance to the Champions League Final Four to be held April 3-4 at Cannes, France. On March 10, Novara topped the team from Istanbul 25-22, 25-22, 25-23 to win six of the seven sets played in the two matches. Tom scored nine points in the victory with seven kills and two aces. For video of the match, click here. Novara will play Volley Bergamo on April 3 in one Final Four semifinal. Volley Bergamo edged Scavolini Pesaro (5-4 in sets won) in the home-and-home Playoff 6 Round among Italian squads. The other semifinal will have host RC Cannes playing Turkey's Fenerbahce Acibadem. During an Italian Serie A regular season match, Novara lost to Perugia 25-23, 25-19, 27-25 on March 14 to fall to 8-12 on the season and into a ninth-place tie with 22 points. Tom totaled eight kills and two aces for 10 points in the loss. Novara will look to move back into the top eight on March 21 against 12th-place Zoppas Industries Conegliano.
METCALF PROVIDING OFFENSE IN BRAZIL: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Games roster, is in Brazil playing for Usiminas/Minas of the Brazilian Superliga. Metcalf carried Usiminas to a 17-25, 25-17, 25-16, 17-25, 15-13 victory over 10th-place Sport/Banco BMG on March 11. She scored a match-high 24 points with 20 kills on 64 attacks, three aces and a block. Usiminas, who was idle during the next round of league action on March 13, improved to 15-6 on the season (8-1 in the second half) and is in a tie for fourth place with 36 points. Usiminas moved up one spot in the league standings to third place with a 14-6 overall record (7-1 in the second half. Usiminas seventh-place Volei Futuro on March 16 and sixth-place Praia Clube/Banana Boat on March 18.
RICHARDS, SYKORA HELPING OMICHKA TO RUSSIAN FOREFRONT: Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, and three-time U.S. Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) are playing in the Russia Super League with Omichka in Omsk. Omichka returned to the victory column on March 14 as it topped Leningradka 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 to improve to 14-6 on the season. Omichka, which remains in third place in the league standings, is idle in league play for nine day until it faces Nugget on March 23 in the next to last regular season match of the Russia Super League.
LARSON PUSHING DINAMO KAZAN TO NEW HEIGHTS: Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is playing in her first professional season of her career in the Russia Superliga with Dinamo Kazan. She helped Dinamo Kazan trip Nugget 25-27, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20 on March 13. Larson nailed 25 kills to go with four blocks for 29 points in the victory. She also had a 91 positive and 55 excellent percent on service receptions. Dinamo Kazan returns to the Russia Super League court on March 25 as it takes on Dinamo-Yantar in the next to last Russia Super League match. Kazan is now 10-10 overall and in a tie for sixth place in the league standings.
FAWCETT SCORING IN RUSSIA: Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), a U.S. Women's National Team player, continues to pay dividends for Dinamo-Yantar after joining the team in mid-season. Dinamo-Yantar dropped a 25-20, 25-23, 25-8 match to league-leader Dinamo-Moscow on March 14. Fawcett recorded a team-high 10 points with eight kills on 28 attacks, one block and one ace. Dinamo-Yantar challenges Dinamo Kazan on March 25 in its next to last Russia Super League regular season match. Dinamo-Yantar is in eighth-place with a 9-11 record and 29 points.
JOINES TAMAS, BUSSE WITH TOA BAJA: Jen Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) and Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), both members of the U.S. Women's National Team, are playing for 2009 Puerto Rico League champion Toa Baja in 2010. Busse scored 18 points with 15 kills and three blocks in helping the Llaneras to a hard-fought 25-20, 23-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-13 victory over Bayamon on March 10 to move into sole possession of first place. Joines Tamas added 10 points – including six aces – in the victory while Canadian import Stacey Gordon chipped in 24 points. Toa Baja defeated Catano 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-10 on March 13 to avenge its only loss of the season, which was the first match of 2010. Busse produced 15 points with 13 digs in the victory, while Joines added seven points. For the second straight match, Gordon had a match-high 24 points. Busse and Joines Tamas notched 13 points apiece to help the Llaneras to a 25-13, 24-26, 25-23, 25-21 victory over Ponce on March 14. Gordon was credited with 27 points and 24 digs. Toa Baja now holds an 11-1 overall record and is three victories ahead of second-place Catano and Mayaguez in the league standings. The Llaneras will be busy in the next seven days as they play Guaynabo on March 16, Carolina on March 18 and Mayaguez, March 19 and Juncos on March 22.
THOMPSON, SALVO WITH CATANO: Setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) and outside hitter Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah), both members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team and products of University of Washington, are playing for Catano de Lancheras of the Puerto Rico Superliga. Catano lost its second match of the season in a 25-22, 25-19, 18-25, 17-25, 15-10 setback to Caguas on March 10. Thompson totaled 13 assists, three aces and a block in the loss. Salvo slammed 16 kills and three blocks for 19 points in the defeat. Catano was handed a 25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 26-24, 15-10 loss to league-leader Toa Baja on March 13. Salvo turned in 16 points and 15 digs in the loss. Thompson added eight assists, 10 digs and two blocks. Catano suffered its second consecutive five-set loss with a 25-22, 17-25, 25-20, 19-25, 16-14 setback to Mayaguez on March 14. Thompson charted 13 assists, 13 digs, two aces and a kill. Salvo tallied 17 points and 21 digs. Catano is now 8-4 on the season and tied for second place in the league standings. The Llancheras play Ponce on March 17 in their only match of the week.
SPICER WITH PONCE: Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.), a setter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Ponce of the Puerto Rico Superliga in 2010. Spicer led Ponce to a 25-21, 21-25, 25-16, 26-24 victory over Corozal on March 10. She turned in 11 assists, 19 digs, two kills and three aces for a five-point night. Spicer was credited with 13 assists, four kills, one block, one ace and eight digs as Ponce rallied to defeat Guaynabo 17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-13, 15-11 on March 12. In a 25-13, 24-26, 25-23, 25-21 loss to league-leader Toa Baja on March 14, she scored two aces, a kill, 11 digs and seven assists for Ponce. The Leonas, now 6-6 on the year and in fourth place, challenge Catano on March 17, Caguas on March 19 and Bayamon on March 20.
HUGHES WITH COROZAL: Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), an opposite with the U.S. Women's National Team, was picked up in mid-season by Corozal of the Puerto Rico Super League. She scored 18 points with 13 service receptions in 24-26, 26-24, 25-17, 26-24 loss to Bayamon on March 14. Hughes was credited with 15 kills, two blocks and an ace to go with 19 digs. Corozal is now 5-7 on the season and in fifth place. The Pinkin play Mayaguez on March 16 and Caguas on March 20.
KIMMICH WITH GUAYNABO: Katie Wilkins Kimmich (Lakeside, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for the Mets of Guaynabo in the Puerto Rico Superliga. Kimmich scored a team-high 19 points with 17 kills and two aces on March 12, but her Mets squad dropped a 17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-13, 15-11 contest to Ponce. She tallied a team-high 14 points and 11 receptions for Guaynabo on March 13, but Corozal came out in front with a three-set victory. Guaynabo is 4-8 on the season and in ninth place. The Mets challenge league-leader Toa Baja on March 16, Juncos on March 18 and Carolina on March 20.
OTHER AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS IN PUERTO RICO: Jessica Jones notched 24 points for Carolina on March 10, but her squad lost a heart-breaking five-set match to Mayaguez. Katie Olsovsky added 16 points for Carolina…Sonja Newcombe posted a match-high 18 points and Sarah Ammerman pocketed 16 kills in helping Ponce to a four-set victory over Corozal on March 10…Caguas' Shonda Cole produced a team-high 20 points in helping the Criollas upset then-league-leader Catano in five sets on March 10…Christal Morrison and Erin Moore scored matching 14 points as they nearly helped Bayamon to a five-set upset over league-leader Toa Baja on March 10…Kelly Wing carried Juncos to a five-set win over Mayaguez on March 12 as she turned in 22 points and American teammate Erica Lott added 12 points…Sonja Newcombe registered 20 points and Sarah Ammerman added 17 points as Ponce delivered a five-set victory over Guaynabo on March 12…Kristee Porter and Kaitlin Sather had matching 11-point performances as Corozal defeated Guaynabo in straight sets on March 13…Shonda Cole slammed 17 kills in helping Caguas to a slim five-set victory over Carolina on March 13. On the opposite side of the net, Jessica Jones totaled 18 points and Katie Olsovsky added 16 points for Carolina in the five-set loss…Shonda Cole scored 24 points leading Juncos to a five-set victory over Caguas on March 14. In her pro debut, Jamie Houston added three points in the victory coming off the bench. In the loss, Kelly Wing scored a match-high 28 points and added 15 digs while teammate Erica Lott chipped in 16 points…Sonja Newcombe produced 18 points for Ponce in a four-set loss to league-leader Toa Baja on March 14, while teammate Sarah Ammerman added 17 points…Christal Morrison chipped in 16 kills, 10 digs and 20 receptions in pacing Corozal to a four-set victory over Bayamon on March 14…Kristee Porter nailed a team-high 19 points for Bayamon in a four-set loss to Corozal on March 14…Kelly Wing notched a match-high 14 points and Erica Lott added 10 in helping Juncos to a sweep of Carolina on March 15.
BARBOZA WITH TORAY IN JAPAN: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team and alternate on both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games rosters, is playing in her first professional volleyball season in Japan V-League with Toray. Barboza picked up 14 points in a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 sweep of fourth-place Denso on March 13. She scored 12 kills on 26 attacks without an error while including two aces. Toray edged Okayama 25-21, 20-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 on March 14 as Barboza turned in nine kills on 29 errorless attacks and a block for 10 points. Toray, which improved to 19-7 on the season and is in second place in the V-League standings, travels to Mie on March 20 and Gifu on March 21 for matches against league-leader JT (25-1) and sixth-place NEC (10-16), respectively. JT absorbed its first loss of the season on March 14 as Hisamitsu won in five sets.
NNAMANI, GLASS PACING PROSTEJOV IN CZECH REPUBLIC: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) continue to lead their Czech Republic professional team Prostejov. The squad concluded its regular season with a 20-0 record, while also winning the Czech Cup and Czech-Slovakian Cup. Prostejov dominated Brno 25-16, 25-22, 25-14 in the Czech Extraliga on March 11. Nnamani and Glass each totaled 15 points in the victory. Glass, who recently returned from a brief vacation in the United States, scored nine kills on 17 swings with only two errors to go with an ace and five blocks. Nnamani added 13 kills on 29 attacks and two blocks. Prostejov swept Frydek-Mistek 25-6, 25-14, 25-16 on March 13. Glass scored eight points with seven kills coming off 12 attacks with only one error. She added an ace in the victory. Nnamani, who started and played in just the first two sets, scored four kills on nine swings with one error.
DAVIS PICKS UP AZERBAIJAN: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), the U.S. Women's National Team libero during the 2008 Olympic Games, has shifted her professional season from China to Azerbaijan. After helping the Evergrande Volleyball Club to a perfect 12-0 season in the Chinese club season, she is now part of Lokomotiv of the Azerbaijan Super League. To start the Azerbaijan second half of the season, Lokomotiv lost to Rabita and Igtisadchi before topping Azerreyl last week. For an azerisport.com article translated into English on Davis, click here.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Paula Weishoff; 2. Robyn Romansky; 3. Texas A&M (Laurie Corbelli played in 1984 Olympic Games, John Corbelli was assistant coach at 1984 Olympic Games and Robyn Romansky was 2004 technical coordinator)


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Record-Setters Tanner Foust, War Wizard Surge Into BMS
Anyone with an appetite for monster jumps and fast-paced thrills can satisfy their hunger Saturday, July 20 with a ticket to Bristol Motor Speedway's Thompson Metal Monster Truck Madness presented by Beef O Brady's and inaugural Global Rallycross event.
With a field expected to feature record-breaking Rally driver Tanner Foust and War Wizard, monster truck's fastest machine, this unique event and custom-designed courses guarantee attendees witness the excitement of big air and breakneck speeds.
Foust, who holds multiple world records including longest jump in a four-wheeled vehicle, leaps into the Bristol bullring as one of GRC's most decorated drivers boasting three U.S. rallycross championships and three X Games gold medals. Currently third in points with two wins in 2013, he enters the World's Fastest Half Mile looking to improve upon his bronze-medal finish at last month's Munich X Games.
After Foust and his fellow GRC negotiate the mixed-surface, high-banked circuit, monster trucks stomp onto the track primed for destruction. Hometown hero War Wizard piloted by Bristol, Tenn.'s Randy Moore takes center stage for the event's initial racing segment, consisting of two qualifying rounds and a final elimination. With a body design that pays homage to Moore's former drag racing machines, War Wizard's world-record-setting speed of 96.8 mph makes him one of the favorites to claim the title of quickest around the course. Once the racing champion is crowned, trucks return to the track bent on laying waste to any obstacle in their path in the sport's most popular segment - freestyle.
Action on the track is bookended by opportunities for guests to get up-close-and-personal with the stars of GRC and Monster Truck. Jumpstarting the event is a Monster Truck Pit Road/GRC Paddock Party at 2:30 p.m. and the evening is capped with a post-race pit party. A ticket to the Saturday, July 20 event provides unparalleled access to the drivers and their awe-inspiring machines.
Cost to experience this one-of-a-kind show is just $25 for adults and $5 for kids 10 and under. If tickets are purchased by July 15th BMS is offering $5 off the adult ticket price so visit www.bristoltix.com or call (423)-BRISTOL and reserve your seats today.