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UTICA, NY (February 4, 2014) – The Utica College men's basketball team lost to visiting St. John Fisher College 92-69 in Empire 8 Conference action at the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium Tuesday night. Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) and freshman Agim Hamiti (Prishtina, Kosovo/Syracuse Academy of Science) each netted 13 points for the Pioneers, while Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) added ten points off the bench.
The Pioneers return to the hardwood next Tuesday when they travel to Empire 8 Conference provisional member Houghton College to take on the Highlanders at 6 p.m.
Fisher led from the first bucket of the contest and shot an impressive 63.8% from the floor (37-for-58) on the afternoon. Four different players scored in double figures for the Cardinals including reserve Charles McVay who registered 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the floor.
Sophomore Chaz Lott chipped in with 18 points for Fisher, while big man Keegan Ryan added 16 and Tyler Hart netted 12. Lott was one assist and four steals shy of a triple double as he finished the evening with nine assists, six steals and 18 points. Ryan posted a double-double as he hauled in 15 rebounds to go with his 16 points.
The Cardinals opened the contest on an 18-8 run in the first 6:44 behind six points from Tyler Hart. The Pioneers answered right away with a 9-2 run in a span of 2:08 to cut its deficit to just three points, 20-17, with 11:08 to go in the first half of play. UC's Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) netted all nine of the Pioneers' points in the run.
Fisher answered with a 20-6 run in the next 5:02 to take a commanding 40-23 advantage with 6:06 left in the first half of play. Fisher maintained its double-digit lead for the remainder of the first half and took a 50-28 lead into the locker room at the intermission.
The Cardinals did not slow in the second half as they opened on a 23-9 run to take a 73-39 lead with 11:36 left in regulation. Lott and Ryan each registered six points apiece for the Cardinals in the stretch. Hamiti and the Pioneers made one last push, outscoring the visitors 16-3 in a span of 4:48 to cut their deficit to 21 points, 76-55 with 6:48 remaining, but that was as close as they would get.
Mark Felicia (Phoenix, NY/Phoenix) came off the bench and added nine points and four rebounds for the Pioneers. Kendall Brown (Queens, NY/Benjamin Cardozo) also chipped in with nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor for Utica.
The Pioneers have lost 11 of their last 12 and their record moved to 6-14 overall and 1-10 in conference play. Fisher snapped a four game losing streak and improved to 12-9 overall and 6-5 in the conference.
Cardinals Defeat Pioneers in Empire 8 Women's Hoops
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Utica, NY (February 4, 2014) – The Utica College women's basketball team lost to visiting St. John Fisher College 80-57 in Empire 8 Conference action at the Clark Athletic Center on Tuesday night.
Utica's Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) netted 23 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor (3-of-5 from 3-point land). FreshmanKelsey Cowell (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) tied her career-high with 15 rebounds and she also added eight points for the Pioneers.
Fisher shot 51% (29-of-56) from the floor and led for the majority of the contest (88.4%). Fisher scored 17 points off of 19 Utica turnovers in the game. The Cardinals were led by 18 points from Portia Velasco, while Sydney Bloomstein (15), Camaryn Buckner (13) and Mary Kate Cusack (11) rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Cardinals.
The Pioneers opened up a 14-12 lead in the first 8:39 of the contest behind six points form Miceli and four from Samantha Stayer (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone). Utica was 5-of-6 form the charity stripe in the opening stretch and the Pioneers' caused five Fisher turnovers to start the game.
Fisher answered with a 34-15 run to close the first half of play as the Cardinals took a commanding 46-29 lead into the locker room at the half. Sydney Bloomstein, Portia Velasco and Camaryn Buckner combined for 27 points in the stretch.
The visitors did not slow down in the second half as they used a 21-10 run in a stretch of 12 minutes to open up their largest lead of the game, 67-39, over the Pioneers with 8:00 left in regulation.
Utica was able to finish the contest on an 18-13 run in the final 6:32 of the contest but it proved to be too late as the Cardinals capped the evening with a 23 point advantage as the final horn sounded.
Stayer finished the night with seven points, while Bridget Greenwlad also added eight points and seven rebounds for the home team. Christy Traglia (Mohawk, NY/Mohawk)also chipped in with seven points for the Pioneers.
Utica has lost seven in a row and dropped to 5-15 on the season and 0-11 in conference play. The Cardinals snapped a two game slide and improved to 13-8 overall and 6-5 in conference play.
Utica returns to the hardwood next Tuesday when it travels to Empire 8 provisional member Houghton College to take on the Highlanders at 8 p.m.
Utica, NY (2/3/14) – The Utica College men's basketball team looks to bounce back Tuesday, after losing six straight games, as it faces Empire 8 conference opponent St. John Fisher College at 6 p.m. Tuesday's contest marks the Pioneers' annual "Play 4Kay" game for breast cancer awareness.
Play 4 Kay: The 2013 Play 4Kay initiative is an opportunity for a nation of coaches to raise breast cancer awareness and funds for research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond… A 50/50 raffle and bake sale will take place during the game with proceeds benefiting the Perfect Fit Boutique … The boutique specializes in products for post mastectomy women who are breast cancer survivors, and provides bras and bathing suites unique to the needs of these patients.
Last Game: UC lost a pair of conference games last weekend… On Friday night, the Pioneers tied the game at 93 with nine seconds left, however, Alfred hit a buzzer-beating three pointer to win the game 96-93… Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) scored a career-high 31 points for the Pioneers while shooting 60% (12-for-20) from the field… On Saturday, Elmira held a lead from 10:21 in the first half and never lost it as they defeated the Pioneers 76-65… Lewis again led the team in scoring with 13 points and Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) chipped in with 12.
Empire 8 Leaders: Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) is currently third in the Empire 8 Conference in scoring per game (17.8)… Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn)(12.0) and Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) (11.2) are also on the leader board, with Jeffers also ranking fourth in rebounds per game (8.8).
Career Records: Junior point guard Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) recently moved into eighth place on the College's all-time assist list… Nevins has 262 career assists and needs just eight more to move into sole possession of seventh place on the list… Senior Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) currently ranks third on the College's career rebounding list with 603 over the course of the last three seasons… He needs 45 more to overtake Mark Carmichael (1987-90) for second all-time.
Cardinals Report: St. John Fisher is 11-9 overall and 5-5 in the conference… Fisher is coming off of two conference losses this past weekend to Stevens (76-59) and Hartwick (77-65)… The Cardinals have a balanced scoring attack and are led by their top three scorers Keegan Ryan (13.3), Chazz Lott (12.5), and Adam Ambielli (11.1)… St. John Fisher is third in the conference in scoring defense (69.5) and three point percentage (0.371).
Cardinals vs. Pioneers: In the first outing this season in Rochester, NY, Utica was handed an 83-65 loss… Five players for the Cardinals scored in double figures as they shot 58% from the field… In the last 10 games between the two teams, St. John Fisher holds a 9-1 record over Utica… The Pioneers last win was on Feb. 3, 2012.
Looking Ahead: Utica will hit the road to play provisional Empire 8 Conference opponent Houghton on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.
Women's Basketball Set to "Play 4 Kay" Tuesday Against St. John Fisher
Utica, NY (2/3/14)- The Utica College women's basketball team is set to host its annual Play 4 Kay game for breast cancer awareness as it takes on St. John Fisher College Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Play 4 Kay is a nationally recognized breast cancer awareness event spearheaded by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
LAST TIME OUT: The Pioneers dropped both Empire 8 Conference games over the weekend, losing to Alfred University 75-66 at home on Friday, before falling at Elmira 64-57 Saturday afternoon.
GAME COVERAGE: Live video and live stats for all home games are provided by Utica College… ESPN Radio (99.1 FM) and Utica College's WPNR radio station (90.7 FM) will also be providing live audio for the contest… Links to the game coverage can be found on the women's basketball schedule page at ucpioneers.com.
PLAY 4KAY: The 2014 Play 4Kay initiative (formerly known as WBCA Pink Zone) is an opportunity for a nation of coaches to raise breast cancer awareness and funds for research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond … Last year, during their game televised on Time Warner Cable, the Pioneers downed Empire 8 foe Hartwick College in a thrilling 64-61 victory… On top of winning, UC was able to raise over $500 for the Perfect Fit Boutique… A 50/50 raffle and bake sale will also take place during the game with proceeds going to the Perfect Fit Boutique … The boutique specializes in products for post mastectomy women who are breast cancer survivors, and provides bras and bathing suites unique to the needs of these patients … The Pioneers have hosted this event for the past five years, and have managed to raise over $2000.
GREENWALD MOVES UP ALL-TIME LIST: Senior Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) is currently 12th on the College's career rebounding list with 503 boards… This season, she leads the Empire 8 Conference and ranks 31st nationally with 11.5 rebounds per game… She has collected 217 rebounds and has eight double-doubles this season.
SCOUTING ST. JOHN FISHER: The Cardinals are 12-8 overall and 5-5 in the Empire 8 Conference… They are coming off a 73-51 loss to league-leader Hartwick College on Saturday…. Fisher is led by senior Camaryn Buckner, who is averaging 14.4 points per game.
AGAINST THE CARDINALS: UC is 5-6 against the Cardinals since 2008… Last year the teams split, with the home team winning each game… Fisher topped Utica 77-63 in Rochester on Jan. 18.
LOOKING AHEAD: Utica travels to Houghton, NY next Tuesday for a match up against Empire 8 provisional member, Houghton College… Tip off is set for 8 p.m.
Box Score
Utica, NY (1/31/2014) – Alfred University's Ryan Mahon drilled the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to lift the Saxons to a 96-93 victory over host Utica College in Empire 8 Conference action at the Clark Athletic Center on Friday night. Utica's Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) netted a career-high 31 points to pace the Pioneers.
Alfred used a 21-10 run in the final 5:44 of the contest to rally past the Pioneers. The match up featured ten ties and six lead changes.
Utica's largest lead of the game was 13 points, 60-47, 3:18 into the second half of play. The Pioneers led the majority of the contest (66.8%), holding the lead for a total of 26:43 throughout until surrendering the lead for good with 2:17 left in regulation.
Alfred, which averages 99.8 points per game for the season, has now won four in a row and improved to 14-4 overall and 6-2 in the Empire 8. The Pioneers have lost nine of their last ten contests and fell to 6-12 overall and 1-8 in conference play.
Alfred's run and gun style of play saw 15 players step foot on the court, 12 of whom netted at least two points. Thomas Tsatsis led the way for the Saxons with a team-high 18 points, while Jerry Kincel added 17 points.
Mahon scored 14 on 4-of-10 shooting from the floor while 6-foot-8 big man Steve Lothridge chipped in with 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
The Pioneers' used a 20-8 run in a span of 4:50 late in the first half to take a commanding ten point lead, 42-32, with 3:49 remaining before the halftime horn.
UC's Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay) led the first half charge with eight points, while Lewis and senior guard Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) added four points each for the Pioneers. Henderson finished the night with 14 points on 4-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Alfred answered with an 11-4 run in the final 3:34 of the first half to cut their deficit to 46-43 at the half.
UC opened the second half on a 14-4 run in a span of 3:33 to gain its largest lead of the game, 60-47, early in the second half. Lewis led the charge with seven points in the span.
Alfred slowly chipped away at the Pioneers lead throughout the second half, but UC still managed a six point advantage, 85-79, with 4:29 left in regulation. However, a 9-2 run in a span of 1:47, capped by a Tim Pacheco layup with 2:17 left in regulation gave the Saxons their first lead since the first half, 90-89.
UC would tie the score twice in the closing minutes to keep the Clark Athletic Center crowd on the edge of their seats. Utica point guard Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius), who finished the game with 23 points, tied the score at 93-93 when he made a lay-up and was fouled with nine seconds left on the game clock. Nevins missed the ensuing free throw and Alfred had time for one final possession.
Tsatsis drove the lane and collapsed the Pioneer defense, then found Mahon at the top of the arc. Mahon cashed in on the 3-pointer as time expired to push the Saxons to their 14th victory of the season. The Alfred bench cleared as it celebrated their sixth conference victory.
UC's Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds and chipped in with nine points, while Marty Felicia (Phoenix, NY/Phoenix) added eight points.
Utica hits the road on Saturday when the Pioneers travel to Elmira College for a conference match up against the Soaring Eagles at 2 p.m. Utica looks to avenge an early season loss (53-49) at the hands of Elmira.
Women's Hoops Falls to Alfred in E8 Play at Home
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Utica, NY (1-31-14) – Junior Samantha Stayer (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone) posted a double-double on 22 points and 11 boards to pace the Utica College women's basketball team Friday night despite a 75-66 loss to visiting Alfred University at the Clark Athletic Center in Empire 8 action.
UC falls to 5-13 overall and remains winless in league play at 0-9 while AU improves to 6-12 on the season and grabs its first win in conference play. Utica is back in action Saturday as it travels to Elmira (4 p.m.) for another E8 battle while the Saxons return to the hardwood on Tuesday when they travel to Elmira (8 p.m.).
The Pioneers jumped out to an early 9-0 lead off four points from Stayer and five from Miceli just two minutes into the game. AU answered however with six straight points to pull within three, 9-6, at 17:34.
The teams traded baskets over the next six minutes before the Saxons took their first lead of the game, 21-19, close to halfway through the first 20 minutes.
Alfred would manage an 18-5 run over the next seven minutes to take its biggest lead of the half, 36-24, with just under four minutes left. UC would respond with a 7-0 push to pull within six points, 36-30, headed into the break.
The home team opened up the second half on a 9-0 run, over the first three minutes, to knot the contest up, 39-39, before Alfred began to regain the lead and momentum. The visitors, nonetheless, managed another run over the next ten minutes to take a nine point advantage, 61-52, at 10:33 and would hold on for their first league victory of the season.
Sophomore guard Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) netted 18 points for the Pioneers along with eight rebounds, four assists and four steals while Kelsey Cowell (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) added 10 points as well as eight boards in the loss.
Alfred's Harley Cleary scored a team-high 21 points while Kathryn Polletta chipped in with 11 for the Saxons.
Utica, NY (1/29/14) – The Utica College men's basketball team looks to bounce back this weekend, after losing four straight games, as it faces Empire 8 conference opponents, Alfred University and Elmira College. UC plays Alfred at home Friday at 6 p.m. and then travels to Elmira Saturday at 2 p.m.
Game Coverage: Live video for all home games is available at empire8.tv… Links for live stats for this weekend's contests are available on the Pioneers' schedule page at www.ucpioneers.com. Friday's game against Alfred can be heard on the radio on ESPN Radio 99.1 FM.
Social Media: If you can't make it out to the game, make sure to follow live updates on the Pioneers official Twitter feed, @UCPioneers… If you are at the game and on Twitter, or talking about the game on Twitter, make sure to use #letsgoUC… You can also "Like" the Pioneers on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UCpioneers.
Last Game: UC lost a pair of home conference games this past weekend to Hartwick College, Friday (93-82) and Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday (92-67) … Four UC players finished Friday's contest with double figures, junior Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay) led the team with 23 points, followed by Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) (14), Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) (12) and Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) (11) … Two players registered double figures on Saturday as seniorChris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) led the team with 14 points and seven rebounds and Marion Lewis (Bronx, NY/Lehman) chipped in off the bench with 12 points … UC went 15-for-20 (75.0%) at the free throw line and outrebounded Stevens 44-to-42.
Individual Season Records: A pair of Pioneer players are close to reaching UC's single-season record book … In 17 games this season, Henderson has made 31 3-point shots and needs just 21 more to crack the top 10 list for most 3-pointers in a single-season … Marty Felicia (Phoenix, NY/Phoenix) has 13 blocks on the season and needs 17 more to crack the College's single season top 10 list.
Career Records: Junior point guard Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) recently moved into eighth place on the College's all-time assist list … Nevins has 257 career assists and he needs just nine more to move into sole possession of seventh place on the list … Senior Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) currently ranks fourth on the College's career rebounding list with 584 over the course of the last three seasons … Jeffers needs 11 rebounds to move into third place all-time … Former Pioneer Jeff Ward (Ossining, NY/Ossining High School) currently occupies third place after collecting 594 rebounds in four seasons at UC (2009-2013).
Saxons Report: The Saxons are 13-4 on the year and 4-2 in the conference … They have won all of their home games thus far (five) … Alfred is coming to Utica after a win against Houghton College (103-73) … As a team, the Saxons are ranked first in the conference in scoring offense (100.2), scoring margin (13.6), 3-point field goals made (9.9 per game), and offensive rebounds (22.8) …The player to watch out for is senior Thomas Tsatsis … Tsatsis is third in the conference in steals per game (2.0), 10th in points per game, averaging 14.1 and 16th in assists per game (2.4).
Last 10 years: In the last 10 years, UC is 16-4 against Alfred … The Pioneers have won the last four meetings against the Saxons, including two 86-74 victories last season … The last time UC lost to Alfred was back on Jan. 8, 2011 by the score of 65-60.
Stats against Elmira: The Pioneers lost a close home game to Elmira a few weeks ago, 53-49 … Two Pioneer players finished the game with double figures as Nevins and Felicia both tallied 11 points … In the last ten years, UC is 18-3 against Elmira.
Eagles Report: Elmira is off to a 5-10 start and is 1-4 in the Empire 8… The Soaring Eagles are coming off a road loss against conference opponent St. John Fisher, 69-63… As a team, they rank second in the conference in rebounding defense (32.6), third in 3-point field goals made (7.5 per game), and fourth in the conference in free throw percentage (70.4) … The player to watch out for is junior forward Neil Randolph… Randolph is second in the conference in points per game (18.9), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (39.7), fifth in free throw percentage (83.3), sixth in 3-point field goals per game (2.1), and ninth in field goal percentage (43.5).
Looking Ahead: Utica will return home to play conference opponent St. John Fisher on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m.
UTICA, NY (1/7/2014) – The Utica College men's basketball team lost to visiting SUNYIT 95-77 in non-conference action at the Harold T. Clark Athletic Center on Tuesday afternoon. UC's Chris Jeffers (Albany, NY/Bishop Maginn) led the Pioneers with his sixth double-double of the season as he netted 16 points and hauled in 11 rebounds.
The Pioneers dropped their first home contest of the season and their record moved to 5-6 overall. UC continues its three game home stand this weekend as the Pioneers host a pair of Empire 8 Conference contests. UC will take on Elmira College at 6 p.m. Friday night, before hosting Ithaca College at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
SUNYIT was led by 20 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks from second semester newcomer Sallo Fofana (Bronx, N.Y.) who was making his debut with the Wildcats. 17 of the freshman's 20 points came in the first half.
SUNYIT opened the contest on a 20-7 run in the first 5:29 of the game. Ryan James and Alexander Drake led the opening charge for the Wildcats. The SUNYIT defense was active in the stretch, forcing six turnovers in the first five minutes of the game.
The Pioneers responded with a 24-14 run of their own in the next 8:04 of the contest to pull within three points of lead, 34-31, with 14:21. Utica was 3-for-6 from 3-point range and 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the stretch. Junior point guard Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) and junior transfer Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay)each posted five points in the run for UC.
UC closed within one point of the lead after sophomore Robert Tutein (Nanuet, NY/Nanuet) drilled one of his two three pointers of the night with 5:19 to go in first half of play. That is when SUNYIT turned it on, with a 15-2 run in the final 5:19 of the first half, to earn a commanding 52-38 advantage at the half.
The Pioneers were able to dwindle their deficit to 12 points with 14:42 to go in regulation, but that was as close as they would get, as SUNYIT kept the offensive pressure on for the remainder of the second half to earn the 18 point victory.
SUNYIT did not surrender the lead the entire contest after scoring the first two buckets early on. The Wildcats' largest lead of the game was 27 points, 90-63, with 5:39 to go in the contest. 21 Pioneer turnovers led to 29 points on the other end for SUNYIT.
Aaron Nevins (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) and Agim Hamiti (Prishtina, Kosovo/Syracuse Academy of Science) each recorded nine points apiece for the Pioneers. Hamiti connected on 4-of-5 shots and also added three assists. Utica's Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay) knocked down 3-of-7 3-pointers and finished with 11 points, marking his second double-digit scoring effort in the last four games.
Junior Jon Pimentel (Bronx, NY/John F. Kennedy) registered his first points as a Pioneer going 2-for-2 from the floor and 2-for-3 from the charity stripe for a total of seven points. Mark Felicia (Phoenix, NY/Phoenix) also provided a spark for UC off the bench, grabbing seven rebounds and posting six points. Kendall Brown (Queens, NY/Benjamin Cardozo) and Michael Howard (Bronx, NY/John F. Kennedy) each chipped in with four points apiece for UC.
Five different players scored in double figures for the Wildcats, including Fofana (20), Alonzo Grainger (17), Alexander Drake (16), Malcolm Jones (14) and Maverick Hodge (13).
SUNYIT completed the regular season sweep of the Pioneers and UC is now 14-9 against the local rival since 2001.
UTICA, NY (1-6-13) – The Utica College men's basketball team looks to get back on track Tuesday afternoon as they welcome cross-town rival SUNYIT for a non-conference match … Tip-of is set for 2 p.m. at the Clark Athletic Center.
Struggles on the Road:Utica had its three-game winning streak snapped this past weekend as its dropped back-to-back games, on the road, to Stevens Institute of Technology and Hartwick College, both by double digits … UC lost to the Ducks, 81-67, on Friday evening before losing to Wick on Saturday, 92-77 to remain winless at 0-4 in regular season play.
UC Flawless at Home:The Pioneers are a perfect 3-0 on their home court this season and 7-0 dating back to the end of last season winning by an average of 8.5 points over that span … This December, the squad rattled off three straight to close out the 2013 calendar year … Utica hit triple digits against SUNY Canton on Dec.4th en route to a 17-point win, 103-86, before edging out two victories over Union College (78-74) and SUNY Cortland (71-67) to wrap up 2013 … Over the last five years under Coach Connolly's reign, Utica has posted a 29-32 ledger on their home hardwood.
Scooping the Cross-Town "Cats": SUNY Institute of Technology presently holds a 4-2 overall mark including a 2-1 ledger in SUNYAC play … The Wildcats are 3-1 on the road losing only to Cazenovia by two points, 86-84 … Their three victories, however, have come by three points over Cobleskill, two points to Keuka and nine most recently to SUNY Cortland …SUNYIT downed UC earlier this season, 90-80, at Campus Center in Marcy, NY on Dec. 1st.
Welcome Back Coach Durr: SUNYIT Assistant Coach Pete Durr spent two seasons an assistant coach under Head Coach Chris Connolly right here at Utica College (2009-2011). Following his two year stint with the Pioneers, the 2006 graduate of Notre Dame High School accepted a position at Union College where he spent two seasons prior to coming back to Utica to assist SUNYIT Head Coach Kevin Grimmer.
January Home-Friendly: UC will play three straight at the Clark Athletic Center this week and 6-of-8 throughout the month of January … Following Tuesday's non-conference match against the Wildcats, Utica opens up a stretch of nine consecutive Empire 8 battles starting with Elmira (1/10/14) and Ithaca (1/11/14) … After a weekend away from home versus Naz and Fisher, the squad heads back home for three straight against Wick, Stevens and Alfred.
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The Utica College men's basketball team held off a late Cortland State surge to win today's non league matchup by a score of 71-67, at UC's beautiful Clark Athletic Center. With the win, UC improves to (5-3) on the season.
It was a sluggish start for both clubs, not at all surprising considering Utica College has been off the floor for three long weeks.
Both the Red Dragons and Pioneers got into foul trouble early as well, with each team sending two starters to the bench in the first six minutes of the contest.
The Pioneers did get it rolling late in the first half, riding a 16-2 run, over a five minute span. Ian Henderson came off the bench and hit two key three pointers during the run, adding to Mark Felicia's 6 first half points, lifting Utica to a 36-31 lead at the break.
The Pioneers, who won their third straight game and fourth in their last five starts, opened the second half almost as sluggish as they did the first.
Cortland reeled off a 9-3 run of their own, fueled by two long three's from freshman guard Terrence Felder, to give the Red Dragons a 48-46 lead with 11:18 remaining in the game.
Following a key timeout to settle his troops after losing the lead, Pioneers head coach Chris Connolly saw his club go on an 8-2 run over the next three and a half minutes, regaining the lead at 54-50.
The seesaw battle continued down the stretch in the second half, as Cortland State converted on two consecutive UC miscues and regained the lead at 64-61 with just 3:18 to go in the game.
The Pioneers responded with a well timed, 10-3 run over the final three minutes to pull out the victory.
Marion Lewis and Aaron Nevins led the balanced UC attack with 14 points each this afternoon.
Cortland was led by the superb efforts of big man Garen Spendjian, who poured in a season, and career high 30 points for the Red Dragons.
The game featured seven lead changes and six ties, but the Pioneers managed to hang tough and head in to conference play on a high note.
Utica's largest lead was 18-7 early in the first after a crushing 16-2 run in a span of 5:10.
Mark Felicia (Phoenix, NY/Phoenix) and Ian Henderson (Chateaugay, NY/Chateaugay) fueled the Pioneers' early push with six points apiece and the Utica defense held the visitors to 1-for-10 from the floor in the stretch.
Utica College will surely break out the party hats and noise makers to celebrate today's New Years Eve win. The Pioneers will then prepare for their key Empire 8 season opener on Friday night at Stevens Institute, in Hoboken, NJ.


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Some time ago, the parents of a 4-year-old girl asked for my thoughts on why their daughter was pulling out her own hair and what they should do about it. The hair-pulling had suddenly and mysteriously started six months before and was producing huge bald spots on the little girl's otherwise pretty head.
The parents sought the advice of a psychologist who told them the child was stressed out over the impending birth of a sibling. Meanwhile, the hair-pulling got progressively worse. After four months the parents stopped the "therapy," after which there was serious question as to who was pulling out more hair, the child or her parents.
Quite obviously, by yanking bald spots in her head, this little girl was able to secure the center of attention in the family. Someone might ask why a child would be willing to endure such discomfort, even pain, just to get something she was getting enough of already.
Answer: Because children are irrational. And by the way, a child never gets enough attention. And by the way again, I do not think the girl was being "manipulative." She wasn't thinking this through; she was simply doing what comes naturally to children: to wit, whatever it takes to be at the center of a cyclone.
I immediately thought about otherwise normal children whose tantrums take the form of banging their heads against the floor or other hard objects while screaming at the top of their lungs. My stock advice: Draw a circle on an out-of-the-way wall and tell the child "This is your new head-banging place. If you want to bang your head, stand here and bang in this circle. It's the best head-banging spot in the whole house!"
I've never, in the 25 years I've been proffering this, heard of it failing.
I told the parents that there was no way of making a definitive connection between the hair-pulling and the new sibling - this was pure speculation.
Furthermore, it was speculation of the sort that, even if true, was fairly worthless. What were the parents to do? Postpone the second child's arrival?
Psychological explanations of misbehavior - and make no mistake about it, this child's hair-pulling was most definitely a misbehavior - often have the unintended effect of paralyzing parents' ability to act authoritatively, and when a child senses a vacuum of authority, the child's problems, whatever their source, will surely worsen.
With the "head-banging place" in mind, I advised the parents to tell their daughter that she could only pull her hair in the downstairs bathroom; that it was her new "hair-pulling place." If she pulled her hair elsewhere, they would put her in the bathroom and require her to stay for at least 10 minutes, with instruction to pull to her heart's content. Meanwhile, the parents had to stop mentioning hair in any context, a prohibition that even extended to praising her for not pulling.
The next day, the mom sent me the following e-mail: "When she began pulling her hair during lunch today, I calmly led her to the bathroom. I told her that this was the new hair-pulling place, the only place where she could pull her hair, and to go right ahead pull as much as she wanted. 'Will you watch?' she asked. I told her no, shut the door, and returned to the table. Fifteen minutes later she came out and finished her lunch. Her dad is reading to her as I type this, and we have not made one mention of hair all evening. I can't say that she is 'cured,' but after being in the bathroom just that once and my not flipping out about it seems to be helping already. This has been the calmest evening we've had in half a year."
Over the next couple of weeks, the little girl pulled her hair only around people whom she thought would give her attention for it, like her grandparents. On each occasion, her parents simply put her in the bathroom and encouraged her to pull, pull and pull some more. On none of these occasions did she stay in the bathroom for more than a few minutes and always emerged with no sign of having pulled at all! They also noticed that she did not seem to pull unconsciously, like when she was watching television, but only when there was the possibility of a payoff - so much for "she can't help it."
Decades ago, this sort of approach to a disciplinary issue was referred to as "reverse psychology." Just goes to show: There is nothing new under the sun.


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Several people were hurt in the crash. None of the injuries were life threatening.
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Since joining CNN, Mr. Cooper has anchored major breaking news stories, including the networks overnight coverage of the war in Iraq, as news of the military conflict was unfolding live during the day in Baghdad. Mr. Cooper also anchored much of CNNs live coverage of the D.C.-area sniper story and the coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion. For America Votes 2004, he moderated a democratic presidential candidates forum the network jointly sponsored with Rock the Vote.
With a background as a war correspondent for Channel One News, Mr. Cooper was sent to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to report on the U.S. military conflict and to Qatar where he reported on the testing of CENTCOMs new mobile headquarters. More recently, Mr. Cooper interviewed Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide shortly before a 2004 revolt.
Before joining CNN, Mr. Cooper was an ABC News correspondent and host of the networks reality program, The Mole. Mr. Cooper anchored ABCs live, interactive, overnight news and interview program, World News Now as well as providing reports for World News Tonight, 2020 and 2020 Downtown. Previously, he was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, reporting primarily for World News SaturdaySunday.
Mr. Cooper joined ABC from Channel One News, where he served as a reporter and producer. During that time, he was a chief international correspondent, reporting and producing stories from Bosnia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa and Vietnam. He also reported national stories that were broadcast over the Channel One News school television network and seen in more than 12,000 classrooms nationwide.
Mr. Cooper has won several awards for his work, including an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABCs coverage of Princess Dianas funeral; a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for his 2020 Downtown report on gay high school athlete Corey Johnson.
Mr. Cooper graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a BA in political science. He also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi.
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Rapid reaction: Oklahoma State falls 69-68 to Gonzaga in a tough one
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Oklahoma State closed out its nonconference schedule with a tough 69-68 loss to 10th-ranked Gonzaga on Monday night in Stillwater. Here's some rapid reaction:
Turning point
The deciding play in this back-and-forth affair came with 38 seconds left. Trailing by one, Gonzaga coach Mark Few diagramed the perfect play and his veteran team flawlessly executed it, leading to Gary Bell Jr.'s go ahead three. Kevin Pangos' drive-and-kick opened up Bell, who was coming off a great pin-down screen, for the open look and easy game-winning triple.
It was over when…
…Marcus Smart's marvelous game came to a crashing halt. The do-everything point guard, well, did just about everything for Oklahoma State in the final 20 minutes. But ask the ultra-competitive Smart what he'll remember most from an impressive night, and it's his final two foul shots. With a chance to tie the game with eight seconds left, Smart clanged both, dooming the Cowboys and leaving the frustrated freshman seething as the final seconds ticked off.
Star of the game – Kelly Olynyk
Acting as a double-agent, Quinn Sharp pulled double duty, starring as Gonzaga's center on Monday night before he kicks for Oklahoma State tomorrow morning. But in all seriousness, Bulldog big man Kelly Olynyk (who bears a striking resemblance to the Cowboys' strong-legged punter/kicker) was the definitive difference in this game. In the first half, Olynyk had no points or rebounds, struggling to stay out of foul trouble. But in the final 20 minutes, he went off for 21 points and nine rebounds, forcing OSU to double-team him and beating it any way. His dominance could speak to a bigger problem down the road for the Cowboys, who are light on frontcourt size.
Rising – Marcus Smart's big game reputation
With his other five-star sidekick struggling, Smart once again rose to the occasion, going off for a career-high 23 points (on 9/15 shooting), six assists and four rebounds. During his first semester of college ball, the freshman has had two defining games. And both provided a positive glimpse into the future. Against 6th-ranked NC State in Puerto Rico, Smart dominated an All-American backcourt to burst onto the national scene. And on Monday against 10th-ranked Gonzaga, he was great again. In huge games, against tough teams, Smart is already developing a big-time reputation.
Falling – Le'Bryan Nash's stock
As Smart's stock rises, Nash's drops. And it's warranted. Before his team's biggest game of the season, Nash missed a team meeting, forcing Ford to bench him at the start of the game. And once he was on the floor, a disengaged Nash struggled throughout the game. Overall, he shot a team-worst 4-13 from the field, compounding bad shot selection with bad body language.
Up next
Big 12 play kicks off Saturday, and it'll be a challenging opener for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys travel to Manhattan for a big road test against #25 Kansas State. Along with OSU and Kansas, the Wildcats are the only other Big 12 team currently ranked.


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Xavi explained that he was "disappointed" at the end of last season after being benched against Atletico Madrid and at the World Cup and admitted that his original decsion to leave was "too impulsive".
He's now fully committed and believes he can be "useful and competitive" after thanking the Club for their patience.
Xavi Hernández spoke publically for the first time today about his decision to stay at the Club: " I finished last season feeling a little disappointed. I had two big collective and personal disappointments, maybe the biggest in my career. I was benched for the last game of the season and I didn't feel I was of any use to the team – the same feeling I had with Spain. So I decided, maybe a little too impulsively, to tell the Club that it was best for me to put an end to this part of my career. I hope that people can understand that decision".
Xavi continued: "I went on holiday and spoke with Zubizarreta and Luis Enrique, who made me see that I can still be important here, useful and competitive. I want to thank the Club for their patience. It was purely a footballing decision and nothing to do with money or a lack of other alternatives, despite what has been written. Now I am happy here and still excited about the future".
Xavi insisted that more than anybody else, Luis Enrique has been key in his decision to continue at the Club: "he spoke very clearly to me and made it clear that I was starting anew, just like everyone else and that I had to show what I could do in training, just like the rest of the squad . I like to feel that way. I know him from way back and I have a good relationship with him. I am starting again, feeling strong and excited.".
Xavi also confirmed his retirement from international football and revealed that: "we voted on the captaincy in the changing rooms this morning – I'm prepared to do whatever is needed, I would be proud to take over from Carles Puyol".
Xavi also referred to his first impressions of Luis Enrique's new Barça: "I 've got a good feeling and the new signings are good .I think we will achieve things at the end of the season". The return of Neymar, Alves, Messi and Mascherano this morning is "really important for us, they trained apart, but they all seemed happy".
Finally, quizzed about the signing of Luis Suárez, Xavi explained "it's a spectacular signing. I think he's one of the best forwards in the world. He's coming off a great season and we just have to wait on his suspension – let's hope it gets reduced a little. I have a good relation with him and I think he's a good person. He's apologised and we will be waiting for him with open arms".


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ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Scott Little Band rocked the Metromix Soundcheck stage Friday, January 15.
The alternative country band is from Atlanta and plays all across Georgia and the country.
On the band's website members describe themselves as a band that "takes you on a ride through small town American life, leaving you feeling like you were wrapped in a musical blanket."
The four-piece band includes Colin Blakely on drums, Charles Gaston on bass, Scott Little doing vocals and Trey Thompson on guitar and vocals.
They're releasing a new CD in late January. You can find more about the Scott Little Band by clicking here.
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A Scientific Method of Rewards
A few years ago, management consultant Aubrey Daniels stood before members of the National Association for Employee Recognition and made a bold suggestion: Companies should eliminate their recognition programs.
His point is that many organizations design and implement their reward and recognition programs so poorly, they anger rather than motivate workers and can cause more harm than good.
In truth, Daniels isn't against employee recognition. Far from it. He advocates providing positive reinforcement every day. But he believes that companies should approach rewards and recognition scientifically, with criteria for how to earn it and measures for employee progress. Daniels is a psychologist who has spent almost 30 years coaching organizations about how to use B.F. Skinner's research into shaping behavior to motivate employees and outperform competitors.
"The problem with reward and recognition as it's typically done is that it tends to violate everything that we know about positive reinforcement from a scientific perspective," Daniels says. "It's not immediate. Most of the time there is a poor connection between the behavior that generated the recognition and the recognition itself. It's delayed. And it's not specific."
Daniels didn't begin his career as a coach and adviser to corporate America. After earning his doctorate from the University of Florida, he served as chief psychologist at the Georgia Mental Health Institute and later as director of psychology at Georgia Regional Hospital-Atlanta.
But in the early 1970s, he started a firm with NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton to prepare the so-called unemployable for the workplace. He also began consulting to businesses about how to improve performance.
Then in 1978, he began what now is known as Aubrey Daniels International, a management consulting firm that works with organizations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, DaimlerChrysler and NASA.
He also has written the best-selling books Bringing Out the Best in People, Performance Management, Other People's Habits and the forthcoming Measure of a Leader, which applies scientific principles to leadership.
"I consider Aubrey a living legend and the father of positive reinforcement theory and application," says Bob Nelson, president of Nelson Motivation Inc. and author of the best-selling 1001 Ways to Reward Employees. "He has created the 'science of reinforcement' and has helped countless organizations systematically apply its proven principles."
In his books, Daniels says he is on a crusade to stop the use of what most people consider "common sense" when it comes to recognition programs, calling it by definition "unreflective opinions." He advocates looking at data for proof of what works and what doesn't.
"People have ideas about how to praise people and how to treat people every day at work, and much of it is based on their own personal experiences rather than than any systematic ways of approaching them to sort out fact from fiction."
"People have ideas about how to praise people and how to treat people every day at work, and much of it is based on their own personal experiences rather than any systematic ways of approaching them to sort out fact from fiction," Daniels says.
He criticizes programs--like employee of the month--that have unclear criteria for winning and limit the number of winners. Instead, he says, organizations should pinpoint the behavior they seek, establish ways to measure it, provide feedback to employees on their performance and reward the behavior when it is demonstrated.
Discount-store chain Dollar General Corp. turned to Aubrey Daniels International to tackle high absenteeism when attendance at the company's distribution centers fell to 84 percent.
"If you decide not to go, most of us think, 'I have a day off,' " says Jeff Sims, senior vice president of Dollar General. If people decide not to go to work, they feel like they're getting a free play day. They get something good immediately--a chance to goof around. Nothing bad comes of it until later, and maybe not even then.
For example, the boss might tell them in their performance review that they miss too much work, but that review could be months off. So Dollar General introduced a point system, put employees into teams and drew a racetrack on the wall with each team represented by a car.
Members of the team could earn points by arriving on time. But even if they arrived late, they could still earn points for their team four other ways, such as by returning from breaks on time. Each day, their cars advanced by the number of points earned.
"And we talked to all of our supervisors and got rid of the punishing behavior of yelling at them if they were late," Sims says. "We started thanking them for coming to work and then saying, 'We really need your help to get those points tomorrow morning.' "
After a certain number of laps, the team with the most points got to choose the food served at a celebration in the distribution center. "They get the honor of selecting how everyone celebrates," Sims says. Within two weeks of the program's introduction, attendance had skyrocketed to 95 percent.
Sims credits Daniels with teaching him how to manage.
"I thought I was pretty bright," says Sims, who has an MBA and a doctorate. "I thought, 'I know what management is all about.' Throughout my career I bloodied my nose and skinned my knees, and I didn't know what I was doing wrong.
"When I heard Aubrey speak about consequences and why men and women do what they do and how do you alter what they do, because if you can't alter that you can't alter results, it struck a chord. This isn't a fad. It's a science of management."
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Silver Stars Fall to Lynx
Silver Stars @ Lynx
August 4, 2011
Targe Center // Minneapolis
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored 18 points, including the game-winning jumper with 1.3 seconds left, and added seven rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx held on for a 62-60 win against the San Antonio Silver Stars on Thursday.
Candice Wiggins added 15 points on a career-high five 3-pointers for Minnesota (15-4), which extended its franchise-best winning streak to eight games, the longest streak in the WNBA this season.
The Lynx have won 10 of their past 11 games and extended their Western Conference lead over San Antonio, Phoenix and Seattle to four games.
Sophia Young had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Silver Stars (11-8), who have lost three in a row. Becky Hammon added 15 points.
Tied at 60, Minnesota point guard Lindsay Whalen drove the length of the court and kicked the ball out to an open McWilliams-Franklin, who connected from 18 feet.
It was reminiscent of Sunday's game between the two teams, when Whalen hit a game-winning jumper with 1.5 seconds left in a 70-69 Lynx victory.
Minnesota continued its run against the top teams in the West. During their winning streak, the Lynx have beaten San Antonio, Phoenix and Seattle.
This win had a rough start.
The teams combined to shoot 19 percent (6 of 31) in the second quarter after a sluggish opening period. They combined for 15 points in the second and also combined for 17 turnovers in the first half.
Seimone Augustus, the reigning Western Conference player of the month, was 1 of 7 in the first half. Augustus and Whalen were a combined 6 of 26 for the game.
San Antonio led late in the fourth quarter until McWilliams-Franklin made two free throws for a 58-57 lead with just over a minute left.
The Lynx's defense held on the ensuing possession as McWilliams-Franklin deflected a pass and the Silver Stars missed a desperate, deep 3-pointer. Minnesota added a pair of free throws, but Jia Perkins hit three free throws to tie the game 60-all.
San Antonio continues to struggle without rookie forward Danielle Adams. Adams, an All-Star, has missed four games with a sprained right foot and the Silver Stars are 1-3 without her. She is expected to miss at least another three weeks.
After starting the season with an 8-2 record, San Antonio is 3-6 since.
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A Straight-Up Musical Adaptation
It's no secret that Whedon is a total theater queen – he has overseen a musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (something Ryan Murphy called "one of the great musical episodes in the history of television"), a ballet episode of undervalued 'Buffy' spin-off "Angel," an episode of "Glee" and an award-winning musical web series called "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" that featured Broadway stalwart Neil Patrick Harris in the title role (not to mention the "Marco Polo" Disney project). So clearly the dude knows his shit. And it would be fascinating to see him take on one of his favorite musicals, especially considering the amount of successful Broadway musicals that have either a) never been tackled cinematically or b) haven't been remade for literally decades, is kind of staggering. In the same way that he refashioned one of his favorite Shakespeare plays for a modern audience while keeping much of the original text, Whedon could redo a musical (even one that's musty and covered in wig residue), contemporizing it and upping the number of witty quips. There isn't one particular musical that stands out as being ripe for the Whedon picking, but that makes the possibility even more exciting. It's a shame that Disney's big adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" is being mounted during Whedon's extended tenure at Marvel U because that would have been perfect for the filmmaker (Whedon is a huge Sondheim buff). Alas. Superheroes punching each other called.
Whedon's "Firefly"/"Serenity" is first and foremost a sci-fi tale, with zooming space ships and cannibalistic mutants (or something), but it's also very much a western. Part of the shock of the series was just how much of a western it was, complete with people riding horses, a kind of lawless frontier aesthetic (both thematically and design-wise) and a honky tonk theme song. It would be fun to see Whedon tackle, in a more pure fashion, a genre he clearly loves, taking all of the hackneyed trappings and inverting them in a way that only Whedon can do (he's a filmmaker constantly celebrating genre while also deconstructing it). Whedon is also clearly obsessed with period settings, with some of the most effective episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" being flashback-intensive ones (his run on ace Marvel comic "Runaways" also featured an extensive time travel angle that sent the main characters back to a steampunk-y New York). He's already comfortable with horses, which is always a requirement.
It would also be nice to see Whedon tackle a straight-up horror film, since "Cabin in the Woods" (which he co-wrote and produced) sometimes felt more like a heady thesis project than an actual scare-the-shit-out-of-you chiller. And it might be nice to see Whedon return to the action genre – he famously co-wrote (without receiving screen credit) Jan de Bont's masterful "Speed" and sold a $1 million spec script called "Suspension" about a terrorist attack on a bridge (it was never actualized and was, at one point, considered for a sequel to the Sylvester Stallone disaster movie "Daylight"). Also, it'd be interesting to see if DC and Warner Bros. try to woo him back to that universe, following the contentious development of a Whedon-helmed "Wonder Woman" project (felled largely due to producer Joel Silver's unhappiness with Whedon's script). If he did that, he might as well be called the superhero whisperer. Or something.
Thoughts? Where do you want to see Whedon go next? "Much Ado About Nothing" opens this Friday, June 7th.


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Thinking about washing your car . . . ?
You might want to wait. See those pine tree candles here? They are swollen with clouds of microscopic green pollen and all it takes right now to cut that pollen loose is a little breeze or the flick from a squirrel's tail. In a couple of weeks, this green fall in the spring should be over.


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Canara Bank has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation to one of its ex-employees for debiting excess amount from his account towards interest of a housing loan taken by him.
The South II District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum observed that as per the records placed before it, an excess amount of Rs 2,228 was debited from the bank account of the borrower and the amount was refunded by the bank only after
filing the complaint.
"The bank checked its system and refunded the said amount on September 17, 2012 after filing of this complaint. We hold it deficient in service.
"We, therefore, direct the bank to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation for harassment... We further direct it to pay a sum of Rs 5,000 as cost of litigation," the bench presided by M C Mehra said.
The complainant, R D Bhargava, an ex-employee of Canara Bank had said in his plea that he had fully repaid the housing loan taken by him but the bank had debited an excess amount of Rs 2,228 from his account towards interest and had also demanded Rs 7,000 as amount overdue.
The bank had refused to issue him a no dues certificate till he paid the amount demanded, Bhargava had alleged.
The bank had been proceeded against ex-parte and its counsel had appeared before the forum at the time of final arguments when it had handed over the excess amount debited from Bhargava's account.


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Why is it that hands always go up in front of the face. Pose and smile and be done with it. And someone please get Kirsten Dunst a stylist.
Feeble Attempts At Shielding Paparazz
June 14th, 2005 // 7 Comments
who is the guy with kirsten? she looks like she just rolled out of bed in a t-shirt a great aunt or grandma bought her.
who is that guy?!?
it's jake gyllenhaal. come on. tell me that you were on coke when you didn't recognize him.
I don't think you can be respected as a "real star" uuntil you are "annoyed" by constant media attention.
Isnt that first pic scarlett johansen?
That guy looks like Josh Hartnett checking out her boobs in the first pic…
What boobs?
josh is fit scarlett looks like shit she is soooooooo ugly and untalented and no i'm not jealous yes i think he's good looking but he can't act 2 save himself


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Lindsay Lohan's Jail Sentence - Third Time the Charm?Emma Brady
Let's see – 84 minutes didn't scare her straight and 14 days didn't keep her on the path to sobriety. Will 29 days in jail finally get Lindsay Lohan to clean up her act?
That certainly seems to be the question that a Los Angeles area judge is asking herself as she sends Lohan back behind bars for the third time since 2007.
Lindsay's current stay in the Lynwood Correctional Facility stems from a series of arrests way back in 2007. How did the once promising actress end up in this never-ending downward spiral?
Lindsay's battle with drugs and alcohol began in January 2007 when the actress voluntarily admitted herself to the Wonderland Rehabilitation Facility for a 30-day stay. After a year of party girl rumors and misbehavior on-set, it was simply a case of clean-up or ship out for Lohan.
Upon her release from rehab, Lohan was arrested several times for DUI over the course of the summer. In May 2007, Lindsay was arrested for DUI after she lost control of her car, jumped a curb and hita tree. Lindsay entered the Promises rehab center for 45 days and was fitted with the SCRAM alcohol monitoring bracelet upon her release.
Just two weeks after leaving the rehab center, Lindsay was again arrested for driving under the influence on July 24th, 2007. During both arrests, Lindsay was in possession of cocaine. This time she opted to leave LA and headed to the Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Sundance, Utah. For her second arrest, Lindsay plead guilty to cocaine possession and driving under the influence. She was sentenced to one day in jail of which she served just 84 minutes.
Everything seemed to be quieting down for Lohan until May 2010 when she opted to stay at the Cannes Film Festival instead of attending a DUI progress report hearing. At this point, the judge finally lost his patience with the troubled actress and decided it was time to teach her a lesson. She was ordered to attend weekly alcohol education classes and wear aSCRAM alcohol monitoring bracelet. This was her last and final warning before landing hehind bars.
In July 2010, the judge determined that Lindsay was in violation of her probation and sentenced her to 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab. She was immediately taken into custody and spent 14 days inside the Lynwood Correctional Facility. Upon her release, Lindsay stayed an additional 23 days in the rehabilitation center at UCLA Medical Center.
Finally, Lindsay failed a mandatory drug test on September 17, 2010. She tested positive for cocaine and amphetamines. For this violation, Lohan was ordered to be taken into custody until her formal probation violation hearing on October 22. Time will tell if this incarceration will finally scare Lindsay straight or if she will ultimately end up a troubled former child star beaten down by drugs and alcohol.
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Villa v Fulham media watch [12.04.13 PM]: More big-match previews
Express and Star: Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert today hailed red-hot striker Gabby Agbonlahor and believes he could stay at the club for life. The Villa boss reckons the 26-year-old can be a one club man to emulate Paolo Maldini and Ryan Giggs.
Express and Star: Gabby Agbonlahor goes hunting Dwight Yorke's Premier League scoring record for Aston Villa hailed as a survival saviour. Paul Lambert's team face Fulham at Villa Park tomorrow with Agbonlahor having matched Yorke's 60-goal tally in the Premier League.
ClubCall: Fulham captain Brede Hangeland is determined to end Aston Villa's recent revival - and seal Premier League safety in the process. Villa have climbed out of the bottom three with a run of three wins in four matches but their position is still precarious, just two points clear of the relegation zone.
ClubCall: Aston Villa could welcome back defender Ciaran Clark and striker Darren Bent to the squad for Saturday's home clash with Fulham. Bent made his comeback from a foot injury as a late substitute in the 3-1 win at Stoke last week though he is expected to start from the bench yet again against the Cottagers.
ClubCall: Fulham midfielder Eyong Enoh is set to undergo a fitness test on an ankle injury ahead of Saturday's clash at Aston Villa. The defensive midfielder, who is on loan from Ajax, will be given as much time as possible to prove his fitness after initially picking up the injury during the late 1-0 defeat against Newcastle last week.
Sky Sports: Paul Lambert says there is no chance of Aston Villa resting on their laurels as they continue the fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Villa have hit form in recent weeks, winning three of their last four games, but they are still only two points outside the bottom three heading into the final six matches of the season.
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Model animation (PAGE 2)
On this page, you'll find details of all the Cosgrove Hall series made using models and sets. You can call it 3D animation or puppet animation if you want, but don't call it claymation or I'll put you in the Naughty Corner. One-off specials have their own page here.
Lavender Castle
"In deepest space Captain Thrice embarks on a search for the legendary Lavender Castle. Other characters included Roger and Isambard." Sorry, I just totally got that from another Web site, because I've never actually seen this show. But I wish I had, because I saw the puppets on display in The Lowry and they were insanely gorgeous. Look closely at the credits too it was made in association with Gerry "Thunderbirds are go" Anderson.
Star of Enid Blyton's books and many tedious pieces in the Daily Mail about how it's a crying shame that innocent golliwogs get such rough treatment at the hands of Political Correctness. Cosgrove and Hall have had two cracks at the Noddy stories, one in the seventies (by Brian Cosgrove alone) and one in the nineties. Both versions look quite similar, and both have been big hits all over the world. Of course, it helps that Noddy, Big Ears, Mr Plod and co have been around for donkey's years, and thousands of parents who read the books when they were kids want their children to watch the cartoon so they can go on big ol' nostalgia trips. But hey, there's nothing wrong with that.
Oakie Doke
The adventures of Oakie Doke, a helpful little acorn-man, and his various woodland friends. These include a family of frogs and some mischievous squirrels.
The adventures of a bunch of dodos (Rocky, Elvis, Bill, Wonda, Astra and Tantra) on a remote island. I haven't seen much of this show, but I do know that it features amusingly bog-eyed puppets.
Ralph is a cat who tries his best to be good, but always ends up doing bad. His owner, Sarah, knows he means well, but somehow he just can't help being rotten! This show was based on the well-known Rotten Ralph books, created by Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel. The style of the show reproduces Rubel's illustations very accurately.
Superlative adaptation of the well-known book by Terry Pratchett. The story revolves around a group of Nomes, whose spaceship accidently crashed to Earth 15,000 years ago, and their quest to return home. Truckers was originally envisioned as part of an ongoing adaptation of the trilogy known as the Bromeliad (the other books being Diggers and Wings). Sadly, this was shelved when Thames lost their broadcasting license in the early nineties, and everything at Cosgrove Hall went pear-shaped for a while. I hear DreamWorks have the rights to the series now, so stay tuned.
Did you know?
The Wind in the Willows
Cosgrove Hall's multi-award winning adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's famous books, concerning the adventures of Toad, Ratty, Badger and Mole. (All of the following info is taken from Cosgrove Hall's official company information documents, because I never actually watched this show. I know it's a classic, but hey, sue me.)
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Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
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The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America
|Lester M. Salamon is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. Dr. Salamon was a pioneer in the empirical study of the nonprofit sector in the United States and, more recently, throughout the world. His 1982 book, The Federal Budget and the Nonprofit Sector, was the first to document the scale of the American nonprofit sector and the extent of government support to it. His book Partners in Public Service: Government-Nonprofit Relations in the Modern Welfare State (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995), which examines government-nonprofit relations in the United States, won the 1996 ARNOVA Book Award. As director of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, Dr. Salamon has extended this analysis to the international sphere, producing the first comparative empirical assessment of the size, structure, financing, and role of the nonprofit sector at the global level. His recent book on this work, Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, won the Virginia Hodgkinson Award from Independent Sector in 2001. Dr. Salamon serves on the Boards of the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations and the Chesapeake Community Foundation, on the Editorial Boards of Voluntas, Administration and Society, Society, Public Administration Review, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and on the Social Science Research Councils Committee on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Dr. Salamon received his B.A. degree in Economics and Policy Studies from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University.
Chapter Summary
Lester M. Salamon
Americas nonprofit organizationsthat vast assortment of hospitals and universities, orchestras and opera companies, family service agencies and religious congregations, environmental advocacy and civil rights organizations, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and morehave demonstrated enormous resilience in the face of extraordinary challenges over the past 20 years. As a consequence, this set of organizations has entered the new millennium in surprisingly robust condition, though the re-engineering that has made this possible may be pulling the sector in directions that are highly corrosive of its special character and role.
These are the principal conclusions that emerge from a major new assessment of The State of Nonprofit America prepared by Dr. Lester M. Salamon and a team of associates (see box inside) and published jointly by the Brookings Institution Press and the Aspen Institute. In his introduction to this book, Salamon provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities nonprofit organizations have faced in the United States in recent years and details the responses of the sectors organizations and the implications these responses seem to hold for the sectors character and role.
The State of Nonprofit America is a joint undertaking of the Aspen Institutes Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program and Lester M. Salamon of Johns Hopkins University. Generous support for this project has been provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
The Invisible Sector
Nonprofit America is one of the least understood segments of national life, yet also one of the most crucial. A diverse collection of private institutions that mobilizes individual initiative for the common good, these organizations employed an estimated 11 million workers, or 7 percent of the nations workforce as of 1998. In addition, they engaged a volunteer workforce equivalent to another 5.7 million full-time workers.
Encompassing multi-million dollar health complexes and far larger numbers of small operations with annual budgets of less than $25,000, nonprofit organizations deliver much of the hospital care, higher education, social services, cultural entertainment, employment and training, low-income housing, community development, social welfare and emergency aid services available in our country. They also perform a crucial advocacy role, identifying unattended problems and bringing them to public attention. Most of the social movements that have animated American life over the past century or more operated in and through this set of institutions.
Nonprofit organizations also give expression to a wide variety of artistic, religious, cultural, ethnic, social, and recreational impulses that add richness to community life. And they help foster social capital, the bonds of trust and reciprocity that seem to be crucial for a democratic polity and a market economy to function.
Despite the important contributions they make, nonprofit organizations have recently found themselves in a time of testing.
The Fiscal Challenge
In the first place, a considerable portion of Americas nonprofit organizations experienced a significant fiscal squeeze in the early to mid-1980s that has left a continuing scar of uncertainty. Government support, which had fueled much of the growth of the sector over the previous two decades, declined sharply in the early 1980s, at least outside of the health field, and did not return to its 1980 level until the mid-1990s.
Not only the amount, but also the form, of government support to the nonprofit sector changed during this period as government grants and contracts, which provide assistance directly to the providers of services, increasingly gave way to vouchers and tax expenditures, which channel money instead to clients, forcing nonprofits to compete for it in the market. Already by 1986, 70 percent of all federal support to nonprofit organizations took the form of such consumer-side subsidies. What is more, the rise of managed care in the health and social service fields has added to the competitive and financial pessures on nonprofits.
Private philanthropy, meanwhile, while growing absolutely, has not kept pace either with the growth of the overall economy or of the nonprofit sector. Until the latter 1990s, in fact, giving had declined steadily as a share of personal income. And the recent stock market sell-off and recession of 2000-2002 have reversed the growth spurt that was evident in the boom period of the late 1990s despite the outpouring of support in response to September 11.
The Competition Challenge
In addition to a fiscal squeeze, nonprofits have also been facing increased competition from for-profit firms that have entered fields that nonprofits earlier dominated. The nonprofit share of day care jobs, for example, dropped from 52 percent to 38 percent between 1982 and 1997, and similar declines have occurred in other fields as well, such as rehabilitation services, home health, health insurance, kidney dialysis, mental health services, and hospice care.
This increased competition has resulted in part from the growth of government voucher-type payments, which opened new markets for for-profit firms. Also at work has been the advantage that for-profit firms enjoy in raising capital by issuing stock, something nonprofit organizations cannot do. Nonprofits are thus at a competitive disadvantage in fields where rapid increases in demand or new technological innovations necessitate increased capital expenditures.
The Effectiveness Challenge
In the face of increased competition, nonprofits are also confronting growing pressures to demonstrate their effectiveness. Earlier notions of the inherent trustworthiness of nonprofit organizations have given way to a pervasive accountability environment in which performance must be proved, typically with empirical performance measures. In response, organizations like United Way of America have launched elaborate efforts to establish performance measures for its funded agencies and a new venture philanthropy model has taken root encouraging grantmakers to take a more active hand in organizational governance and to insist on measurable results.
The Technology Challenge
Rapid technological change has added further to the pressures nonprofit organizations are confronting. While opening new opportunities to nonprofits in such areas as advocacy, health care, education, and the dissemination of culture, technology also poses an enormous risk because of the structural disadvantage nonprofits face in raising capital. This is especially true of small agencies, creating a significant digital divide within the sector and putting nonprofits generally at a disadvantage vis--vis their forprofit competitors. For example, the difficulties nonprofit health insurers have confronted in financing needed information-processing equipment have led to a rapid loss of market share to for-profit firms. Technology also poses philosophical challenges related to creative control and intellectual property rights that have become particularly significant in the arts field.
The Legitimacy Challenge
A serious fault-line also seems to have opened in the publics confidence in the nonprofit sector. In 1994, only a third of Americans expressed a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in nonprofit human service agencies. Although this improved considerably by 1998, still only 20 percent strongly agreed that charitable organizations play a major role in making our communities better places to live, and only 10 percent were willing to agree strongly that most charities are honest and ethical in their use of donated funds.
Human Resource Challenge
Inevitably, fiscal stress, increased competition, expanded accountability demands, and significant public ambivalence have taken their toll on the sectors human resources. The job of executive director has become especially demanding, leading to considerable turnover and burnout. But the pressures on front-line workers have also been intense due to relatively low wages and benefits. Leadership recruitment has become a particular challenge in the arts field where the vacancy rate for art museum directors hit a 15-year high in 1999.
Side by side with the challenges that nonprofit America has been confronting, however, are an important set of opportunities. Included here are:
- Social and demographic shifts such as the growth of the elderly population and the increased female participation in the labor force that are expanding demand for many of the services that nonprofit organizations provide, as well as the emergence of a new population groupthe cultural creativeswhose search for a better balance between work and personal values has attracted them to the nonprofit sector.
- New philanthropic resources resulting from the inter-generational transfer of wealth, the new wealth created by the dot-com economy, and the growing willingness of businesses to forge partnerships with nonprofit organizations in order to help build consumer confidence, ensure corporations a license to operate, and promote employee loyalty and morale.
- The increased visibility and credibility that nonprofits have gained as a result of the attention lavished on them by conservative politicians such as Ronald Reagan, the role civil society organizations seemed to play in the collapse of Communism in Central Europe, the new-found interest in social capital, and the events of September 11, which reawakened Americans to the importance of the functions that nonprofit institutions perform.
- Resumption of government social welfare spending growth in the mid-1980s as a result of a massive broadening of entitlement program eligibility and coverage, the inauguration of new programs in such fields as care for people living with HIV/AIDS and homelessness, and the financial windfall that state governments received when the welfare reform law of 1996 guaranteed federal payments to them at preexisting levels while welfare rolls unexpectedly declined sharply.
The Nonprofit Response: A Story of Resilience
How has nonprofit America responded to this combination of challenges and opportunities? From the evidence at hand, the answer appears to be very well. Though largely unheralded, nonprofit America has undergone a quiet revolution over the past 10-15 years, a massive process of reinvention and re-engineering that is still very much under way. To be sure, the resulting changes are hardly universal. Nor are they without significant risks. Still, there is no denying the dominant impression of extraordinary resilience, adaptation, and change.
Overall Sector Growth
Perhaps the most vivid evidence of this resilience is the recent record of sector growth. Between 1977 and 1997, the revenues of Americas nonprofit organizations increased by 144 percent after adjusting for inflation, nearly twice the growth rate of the nations economy. Especially robust was the revenue growth among arts and culture, social service, and health organizations. Not only nonprofit revenues but also the number of organizations has grown substantially. Between 1977 and 1997 the number of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service increased by 115 percent, or about 23,000 organizations per year. This compares with a 76 percent growth rate among for-profit businesses.
Successful Marketing to Paying Customers
An important reason for this growth has been the success that nonprofit organizations have had in competing for paying customers. Fee income accounted for 47 percent of total sector growth, 51 percent with religious congregations excluded. Moreover, reliance on fee income spread well beyond the fields of health and education, where it was formerly concentrated, into arts and culture and social services. For example, a significant 35 percent of the considerable growth of social service organization income during this period came from this source.
In addition to boosting their income from fees, nonprofits have also aggressively pursued a variety of business-type ventures. Examples here include museum gift shops and on-line stores, church rentals of social halls, and licensing agreements between research universities and commercial firms. The Guggenheim Museum has even gone global, with franchises in Italy, Germany, and Spain. More generally, the Internal Revenue Service reports a 35 percent increase in the number of charities reporting so-called unrelated business income between 1990 and 1997. Perhaps the most interesting facet of this development is the recent tendency of some nonprofit organizations to form social ventures, businesses that are designed not simply to generate income but to build skills, develop selfconfidence, and teach work habits among chronically unemployed people.
Successful Pursuit of Public Funds
Equally striking has been the success with which nonprofits have adapted to the new government funding terrain and taken advantage of the recent growth in government spending. Nonprofit revenues from government increased in real terms by 195 percent between 1977 and 1997, proportionally more than any other source, and these figures do not even include the welfare reform windfall discussed earlier. Nonprofit health, social service, and arts organizations were particularly successful in attracting government funds, in each case boosting their government support by 200 percent or more after adjusting for inflation. Housing and community development organizations were also effective in mobilizing public sector support, though in their case this took the form of exploiting tax incentives designed to leverage private-sector funds.
This government support has not been without its downsides. Particularly problematic has been the tendency for Medicaid (and to some extent Medicare) to reimburse at less than the cost of providing services, forcing nonprofits to subsidize government-supported initiatives with limited private charitable support. What is more, the economic recession of 2001-02 and the tax cuts of 2001 are again putting significant constraints on the growth of government support, so it is far from clear whether this source of growth will persist.
The Revolution in Charitable Fundraising
Nonprofit America has also responded to the recent challenges it has faced by significantly re-making charitable fundraising. Fundraising has been thoroughly professionalized over the past twenty years and new techniques such as telephone solicitation and direct mail developed to reach a broader cross-section of the population. New for-profit companies have also gotten into the act, offering a variety of planned giving mechanisms. Indeed, an alternative entrepreneurial model of institutional philanthropy seems to be emerging modeled on the decentralized, entrepreneurial firms that have been the source of much of the new-economy wealth. While these changes have not succeeded in countering the effects of other developments, such as tax and other policies that have discouraged the growth of giving, they have doubtless boosted charitable giving above what it might otherwise have been.
Adoption of the Market Culture
Behind these various responses lies a broader and deeper penetration of the market culture into the fabric of nonprofit operations. Nonprofit organizations are increasingly marketing their product, viewing their clients as customers, segmenting their markets, differentiating their output, identifying their market niche, formulating business plans, and generally incorporating the language, and the style, of business management into the operation of their agencies. Significant changes are also occurring in the basic governance of nonprofit organizations. Boards are being made smaller and more selective, substituting a corporate model for a more community-based one. In addition, the internal structure of organizations is growing more complex. Behind the comforting facade of relatively homey charities, nonprofit organizations are being transformed into complex holding companies, with multiple nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries, significantly complicating the task of operational, and financial, management and control.
New Business Partnerships
As part of this overall trend as well, nonprofits have been taking increasing advantage of the growing willingness of businesses to forge strategic alliances with them in order to generate reputational capital. Cause-related marketing arrangements, in which a nonprofit lends its name to a commercial product in return for a share of the proceeds from the sale of that product, as well as broader corporate-nonprofit partnerships have thus become commonplace.
The Creation of a Nonprofit Infrastructure
Nonprofit America has also been busy developing its own institutional infrastructure to provide services, support, and representation for the nonprofit sector as a whole. Independent Sector, the largest and most visible of the sector-wide infrastructure groups, was created only in 1980 and now counts over 700 foundations, corporations, and nonprofit umbrella organizations among its members. Other infrastructure organizations represent organized philanthropy, nonprofits in particular regions, and nonprofits serving particular populations. While infrastructure organizations were once a scatteration of largely overlooked institutions, they have now become a booming cottage industry of organizations, publications, educational offerings, research institutes, conferences, and websites.
Meeting the For-Profit Competition
Nonprofits have also begun to hold their own in the face of growing for-profit competition. For-profits, it turns out, have competitive advantages during growth spurts in particular fields when their superior access to capital allows them to build new facilities, acquire new technology, and attract sophisticated management. But when contractions occur or reimbursement rates decline, they are often unable to maintain the continuing expectation of stock price escalation on which their financial viability often depends. Nonprofits have thus been able to reclaim lost ground in such fields as nursing home care and general hospitals after periods of for-profit growth. All of this demonstrates why nonprofit involvement is so crucial, especially in fields where the public has an important stake in the maintenance of a reasonable level of quality care.
Meeting the Political Competition
Finally, in addition to fending off for-profit competition in the economic sphere, nonprofit organizations have demonstrated unusual, and growing, effectiveness in the political sphere. Though representing only 7 percent of the Washington interest group universe, for example, nonprofit citizen groups managed during the 1970s-90s to dominate the Washington policy agenda, to claim disproportionate shares of the media coverage and Congressional testimony, and to prevail 80 percent as often in passing legislation they favored as the business lobbies against which they were often arrayed. What is more, they have recently extended their reach upward to the international level and downward to states and localities.
On balance, the resilience that nonprofit America has displayed over the past twenty years has worked to the sectors advantage, strengthening its fiscal base, upgrading its operations, enlisting new partners and new resources in its activities, and generally improving its image for organizational effectiveness. But they have also brought significant risks that may well overwhelm the gains. Most seriously, an identity crisis seems to be growing between the market character of the services the nonprofit sector is increasingly providing and the continued nonprofit character of the institutions providing them. Nonprofit missions emphasizing quality or service to the poor are particularly at risk as a consequence. This has vastly complicated the task of nonprofit management and subjected nonprofit managers to escalating tensions. Smaller agencies are at a particular disadvantage as successful nonprofit operation comes to require advanced technology, professional marketing, corporate partners, sophisticated fundraising, and complex government reimbursement systems, all of which are problematic for smaller agencies. Market pressures are therefore creating not just a digital divide, but a much broader sustainability chasm that smaller organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to bridge. All of this puts the publics understanding of this sector, and hence its trust in it, in further jeopardy.
All of this suggests the need for a better balance between the steps nonprofits must take to survive and those they must take to remain distinctive. This will require a clearer understanding and articulation of the sectors special purposes as well as concrete efforts to address the survival challenges the sector faces. For example, efforts are needed to ease the sectors access to capital through tax incentives for nonprofit bonds of the sort that nonprofit housing and community development organizations have recently used effectively. Similarly, both public and private health insurers must be persuaded to give greater weight to the special nonprofit contributions in such areas as charity care and commitment to education and research in setting their reimbursement rates.
It has been said that the quality of a nation can be seen in the way it treats its least advantaged citizens. But it can also be seen in the way it treats its most valued institutions. Americans have long paid lip service to the importance they attach to their voluntary institutions while largely ignoring the challenges these institutions face. Now we need to re-think in a more explicit way whether the balancebetween survival and distinctiveness that nonprofit institutions have had to strike in recent years is the right one for the future, and, if not, what steps might now beneeded to shift this balance for the years ahead. Hopefully, this book will help inform that re-thinking.


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