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The calmness of the financial markets in the face of the deteriorating Cyprus crisis in the past week has been remarkable. Although Cyprus is tiny enough to be completely overlooked in most circumstances, its economy and banking system have characteristics similar to other, much larger, eurozone countries. Cyprus is certainly at the extreme end, but an over-leveraged banking system, with insufficient capital and reliance on foreign funding, is familiar territory in the eurozone.
Cyprus is therefore, in some respects, a microcosm of the entire eurozone crisis, if a microcosm on steroids. The manner in which the crisis has been handled by the Eurogroup and the ECB will have demonstration effects on other economies, for good or ill.
At the time of writing, the outcome of this weekend's negotiations remains uncertain. However, assuming that there is no catastrophic breakdown in the talks, leading to the exit of Cyprus from the euro area, the broad outline of the settlement seems to be taking shape. It is reported that the Cypriot government will accept a "bail in" of depositors in one or both of its troubled banks, allowing the release of eurozone financial support, while still keeping the government debt/GDP ratio under 150 per cent. Read more


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Hazrat Umar (ra), the second caliph of Rasulullah (Our Messenger) (saas), was one of the closest Companions of our Prophet (saas) and was at his side from the age of 33. With the powerful character he exhibited in the face of persecution by the pagans and the profound sense of justice that spread his name across the world, he was one of the leading proponents of Islamic moral values.
Abdullah Ibn Masud described the importance of Hazrat Umar's conversion to Islam by saying:
"Umar's becoming a Muslim was a conquest."(Ali ibn al-Athir, Usud al-Ghabah, IV, p. 151)
Like Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar (ra) participated in all our Prophet's (saas) battles.
Hazrat Umar was a Companion whose intelligence and foresight our Prophet (saas) trusted and made use of.
He played a significant role in the selection of Hazrat Abu Bakr as Caliph and thus putting an end to the confusion that followed the death of Rasulullah (Our Prophet) (saas), and he was the first person to swear allegiance to Hazrat Abu Bakr. In addition, Hazrat Umar was Hazrat Abu Bakr's greatest helper during his caliphate.
Hazrat Umar spent all his wealth on the spread of Islam, and with his just administration he was an excellent role model for subsequent administrators. Rasulullah (Our Prophet) (saas) gave him the name of 'Faruq,' meaning "he who distinguishes between good and evil, truth and superstition", and he thus became known as Umar Faruq.
Since he obeyed the injunctions of the Qur'an and the Sunna throughout his life, he was also known as "Al wakkafu indel haq (He who immediately stops and pays heed when the truth is mentioned.)"
Following the Battle of the Trench, our Prophet (saas) married Hazrat Umar's daughter Hazrat Hafsa. Hazrat Umar thus achieved the honor of being a relative of Rasulullah (Our Prophet) (saas).
Hazrat Umar possessed a very good knowledge of genealogy, Arab family lines of descent , in other words. He learned that from his father. He was also a good wrestler. He won first prize many times in wrestling contests in the Ukas market, the largest market of Hejaz Region at that time. He was also famous for his horse-riding skills. He was very majestic, brave and strong. He was one of the few people in the time of ignorance who knew how to read and write. Hazrat Umar had a powerful way of speaking and always used the most pleasant language. His voice was deep and impressive. His superior abilities also applied to writing. The instructions and letters he wrote to his governors employed an exemplary Arabic. In battle, he was a leader who acted in a highly organized manner. Hazrat Umar knew all the routes to be taken by the armies of Islam in war and the stages involved. On arrival at the field of battle, he would ask for a map of the region and deploy his troops accordingly.
With his courage and determination, Hazrat Umar was a role model for all Muslims:
Hazrat Ali (ra) describes his migration and honorable attitude toward the pagans:
"I know none other than Umar who migrated without concealment. When he was ready to travel, he put on his sword, put his bow on his shoulder, took his arrows in his hand and went to the Kaaba. Leading members of the Quraysh were sitting in the courtyard of the Kaaba. Once he had walked around the Kaaba seven times, he performed two prayers at the rock of Abraham. He came one by one to the pagans sitting in circles and said, "Faces have been polluted. Whoever wishes to leave his mother childless, his children orphaned and his wife a widow, let him follow me in this valley." None of them had the courage to prevent him (Suyutî, History of the Caliphs, Tarikh al-Khulafa, Beirut 1986, 130).
When his death approached, Abu Bakr called the leading Companions together and spoke with them, following which he appointed Hazrat Umar the new Caliph.
The 10-year Caliphate of Hazrat Umar was one of the most peaceful and just periods in Islamic history, lasting from 634 to 644 AD.
Hazrat Umar treated everyone equally in his administration of justice, as required by Qur'anic moral values. He never permitted factors such as line of descent, wealth, family or station to prevent the administration of justice.
He always acted out of a deep sense of responsibility toward Muslims. Indeed, he said,
"If a camel is killed on the shores of the Euphrates, I will hold myself responsible."
A letter sent by Hazrat Umar to the religious judges of the time served as a guide for all the administrators who followed him:
"In hearing cases, never permit over-excitement, noise or belittling behavior on the part of the different sides. Because calm and majesty are essential if justice is to be done. Manifestation of the truth will lead to increased respect for Divine justice. The duty of the judge is the just distribution of the treasures of Allah's blessings and approval among His servants." (Great History of Islam from Its Birth to the Present Day, Vol. 2 p. 109)
The time of Hazrat Umar witnessed many new developments. Syria, Iraq-Iran, Algeria and Egypt became Islamic countries. Hazrat Umar laid the foundations of the State of Islam by spreading his territories over a wide area. 1,036 large towns were captured in his time. Four thousand mosques were built. New settlements were erected in captured territories .
Other New Developments Hazrat Umar brought about for the State of Islam Include:
The greatest milestone in the history of Palestine was the conquest of the region in 637 by Islamic armies under the command of Hazrat Umar. Hazrat Umar's entry into Jerusalem and the extraordinary maturity and kindness he showed to members of different faiths thereafter foretold the beginning of a glorious age.
After its capture by Hazrat Umar, Muslims, Christians and Jews in Jerusalem lived together in peace and tranquility for hundreds of years. Muslims never compelled anyone to convert, but many non-Muslims who saw that Islam is the true faith did indeed choose to become Muslims of their own free will.
Places of worship in captured territories were scrupulously protected in the time of Hazrat Umar. Abu Yusuf described this fact:
"All places of worship were left as they were. They were not demolished, and the defeated were not deprived of their property or possessions." (Abu Yusuf, Kitab al- Kharaj; The Administration of the State under Islam, Abul A'la Al-Mawdudi, Hilal Press, 1967, p. 74)
Hazrat Umar was martyred as he prayed in the last month of 645.
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PLANS to build a solar farm which would generate enough power for more than 500 homes were rejected by the parish council at a meeting last week.
The farm is planned on land at the back of Higher Knapp Farm and would see 6,270 panels installed across 4.7 hectares.
Parish council chairman Tina Stodgell said they are not against the idea of 'green energy', but said it was the wrong location.
She said: "Most people were sympathetic to the application, but the problem is that there are too many south-facing panels, so it's too visible to too many people.
"The majority were not in favour as we don't see too much of an advantage to the parish."
Lightsource Renewable Energy are hoping to acquire the site, which they say will generate enough power to run 531 homes.
Chief executive Nick Boyle said: "Renewable energy sources and schemes such as this need to become part of our domestic power output if we're to achieve the Government's target by 2020."
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Mars Attacks returns with Volume 6 packed with progressive goodness from four top class artists.
First up is DJK aka Kevin Miller with "Trust In Me". This is Kevin's third time appearing on Mars Attacks which is a testament to the awesome talent from this UK based producer. This track intros with a solid kick and hat combi, a subtle bassline fades in as the track builds. The track takes on a laidback approach with some super cool synth chords providing the main focus alongside a few nice FX lines and retro vocal samples, very nice.
Eprome Inc returns to the Bonzai stable, after his 2009 release on Nemesis, with "Bathsheba". A nice kick and clap intro, with a distant melodic arp filling in the background, is accompanied by cool effects and short vocal samples. The drop brings the track to life with a huge, gritty progressive bassline. Throughout the track some real cool, almost retro sounding stabs ease us between parts, while on the break expertly crafted synth work takes us back to this solid prog groove.
John Scott's "Summer Rains" is up next and takes on a bit of a deeper progressive vibe. Warm lush bass and pads provide the intro with top quality FX work taking us to the main groove in style. The kick drops and this tune takes off on a hypnotic ride through progressive heaven. Super tight arrangement with a lot of punch here as the very subtle melodies slowly build up to a satisfying climax.
Lastly we have Jesse Mairo and "Andromeda", a much more upbeat prog house vibe is evident here with the bassline standing out very well over an array of melodic sequences and sweeping pads. The drum arrangement is a bouncy affair that will get any floor shakin' and ass groovin'. Some very nice synth work on this and a track that is for sure a must for any DJ bag.
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Miami Shores, Fla. (April 4, 2008) – The Saint Leo softball team (27-8, 8-2 SSC) fell to the No.2 Barry University Buccaneers (32-2, 10-0 SSC) Friday evening at Miami Shores by the final score of 3-0.
Ally Maddox (Jr., Brandon, Fla.) went 1-for-2 in the doubleheader while April Slate (Sr., Land O'Lakes, Fla.)picked up an infield single going 1-for-3. Elysha Agen (Fr., Palm Harbor, Fla.) added a third Lion hit going 1-for-3 with a single and Heather Stroud (Sr., San Antonio, Fla.) added the final hit of the game with a single to right field finishing 1-for-3. Ashley Urbanik (Jr., Riverview, Fla.) concluded the night throwing 6.0 innings, giving up six hits, three runs (two earned), walking four and striking out five in the complete game loss. Urbanik falls to 19-5 on the season. The Lions registered four hits on the night leaving six runners on base with two in scoring position. Barry picked up six hits and left eight runners on base.
Barry put pressure on the Lions right from the start, but the Lions used effective defense to get out a first inning situation. The Buccaneers had runners on first and third but Urbanik forced the Buccaneers' Young to line out to Monique Dominguez (Sr., LaPuente, Calif.) at third base and she alertly fired the ball back over to first base to complete the double play getting the Lions out of the jam.
Saint Leo pulled themselves out of another tight situation in the bottom of the third, as Barry put runners at second and third. Urbanik shut the door on the Bucs' getting the final two batters of the inning to pop out.
The best opportunities for both teams to score came in the sixth inning. The Lions' offense established some momentum but weren't able to capitalize on it.
In the sixth, Slate led off with an infield single to the Bucs' left side between the third baseman and shortstop. Slate was followed by Agen, who hit a single down the left field line advancing Slate to second. After an Amanda Patrick (Fr., Tampa, Fla.) groundout advancing the runners one base each, Urbanik was intentionally walked to load the bases. The final batter of the inning went down swinging for the Lions, giving Barry momentum heading into the bottom of the inning.
Barry did their damage in the bottom of the inning scoring three times. The Buccaneers led off with a double to centerfield, and then advanced to third on a sacrifice. The following batter sent an Urbanik offering over the centerfield fence for a two-run home run giving Barry a 2-0 lead. Barry added one more run on a Lions' error to push the lead to 3-0, proving to be the final score.
The Lions resume their SSC series with the No. 2 Buccaneers Saturday, April 5 in an afternoon doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m.


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Weather forecasters have some idea what will happen through the end of February, but when you get to March and beyond, "our crystal ball isn't that good," acknowledged Jed Lafferty, managing director of life sciences for Planalytics, during a webinar on Wednesday.
Whether a full-fledged El Niño, La Niña, or something more neutral develops, "it's too early for us to tell," he added.
The possibility of La Niña is something to keep an eye on, since it's usually associated with warm winters and drier-than-normal conditions in the South. No one needs dry weather, since much of the nation is already suffering severe drought.
"(La Niña) is not our forecast, but it has to be a consideration," says Fred Gesser, senior global agricultural meteorologist at Planalytics.
A La Niña pattern was responsible for warmer-than-normal weather across much of the United States last winter. It allowed the jet stream to flow from west to east, without a "blocking" ridge, which effectively kept arctic air bottled up well north of the U.S.
By March, soil temperatures were much warmer than usual. March itself was very warm. And, the six-month period from January through June period was the warmest January-June in much of the U.S. since temperatures began being recorded in 1895.
The warmer temperatures and early planting "got us off to a rip-roaring start" last spring regarding the crops, but then chinks in the armor started to develop, pointed out Jeff Doran, senior business meteorologist at Planalytics. The hot, dry weather continued. In July, a critical month for corn pollination, that particular weather pattern became "kind of the death knell for corn crops in many areas," Doran added.
"It was just amazing how fast (the drought) crept up on us," Doran said. On May 1, U.S. government drought monitors showed normal conditions in much of the nation's midsection, but by Aug. 28 that area was covered by extreme drought.
Now, there is concern that the drought pattern will continue into 2013.
In the absence of definitive prediction models, there is one consolation: Weather rarely repeats itself from one year to the next, the meteorologists from Planalytics point out. Year-over-year weather only repeats itself 20 percent of the time.


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I am staggered that Hodges could have the arrogance to think he could waltz into the Test Team on the strength of half a dozen Shield matches.
Not to mention his lack of respect for what being in the Test team actually means.
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- February 05, 2013, 1:19PM
ABC deserves a blast for not broadcasting the Indian test matches. At least it should be live on ABC Granstand.
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- Perth 1
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- Perth
- Date and time
- February 10, 2013, 10:13PM
ABC like many other news and photo agencies are NOT ALLOWED to cover the tests.
I think we should boycott.
The game is bigger than any one country, and the reedy, petty nationalist short-sightedness being peddled by the BCCI in causing a virtual blackout of the test coverage, should not be let slide.
They keep saying they are generating all the money for cricket, lets see how much they generate when nobody will play them?
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- douglas
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- February 22, 2013, 4:24PM
BCCI asked too much for the broadcast rights and accreditation
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- meneka
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- February 22, 2013, 5:33PM
well given the current test side i think Hodge is justified in thinking that...
as for the indian tour let's face it footy is back....and the cricket has been shunted to the side for another 7 months...suffice to say not that interested in the indian tour
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- Wigmus
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- February 18, 2013, 12:52PM
Perth 1. The Board of Control for Cricket in India held the ABC over a barrel, charging an extortionate broadcast fee and refused accreditation for Neil Maxwell. Blame them, not Aunty.
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- Timbo
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- February 22, 2013, 4:51PM
Should be on free to air TV. Bet the ashes will be.
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- jetlaggedagain
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- February 22, 2013, 5:03PM
A bit difficult to get involved in a series no one can get even a still picture of, The media blackout is absurd and frustrating for cricket fans. Does this happen with India playing in Australia? I don't think so. If it did there would be all sorts of complaints from the Indian media and probably riots in the streets!
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- February 22, 2013, 5:26PM
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Here's a couple of possibilities for Marquis. I don't have many because I don't think there's a lot of teams who'd be interested. You have to look at teams who are either in need of a back-up wing or who badly need to shed salary.
Atlanta - Marquis in a sign & trade for Josh Childress.
They might do this once it becomes apparent that Childress will not just re-sign with them. If they don't get any good offers, they can rent Marquis for a year, use him to back-up Johnson and Smith (much as they do with Childress right now), and then be done with him, or pick-up his option and trade him as a $7 million expiring. It would be a desperation move, but it's not terribly unlikely.
Dallas - Marquis and either Ike or Shawne for Jason Terry.
Apparently they still like Marquis in Dallas, and with Avery gone, he'd get a chance under a new coach. He'd also be a defensive upgrade over Terry and could thrive catching passes from Kidd. They also get some young talent in return, and that's something they're very short of in Dallas.
Golden State - Marquis for ????
I could see Nellie wanting Marquis. He played very well for him in Dallas. I don't know what we'd get in return.
Phoenix - Marquis, Tinsley, and Ike/Shawne for Barbosa, Diaw.
Phoenix gets a good backup for Nash and a good perimeter defender in Daniels. They also get some young talent which they're short on.
Denver - Marquis & Ike for Nene
Denver gets a good defensive wing who would complement Melo and AI nicely. They also get a young big to replace Nene. We get legit. C who, if healthy, can block shots, rebound, and hurt people.


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This video has been circulating around a bit, but if you haven't seen it, some quality footage of ben bourgeois scoring really good surf in costa rica.
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This video has been circulating around a bit, but if you haven't seen it, some quality footage of ben bourgeois scoring really good surf in costa rica.
Good footage of Benny, curious where that is in CR , I don't think thats hermosa, doesn't get much better than that. He lit up lowers right after that for the 6.0 victory. Good stuff
i saw him surf at his home break at WB and on the good days he's just amazing.
it's like he's controlling his speed on the wave with a pedal. super smooth riding... i'm glad a pro surfer is from southern NC.
Hope he can do well at the Bay coming up, its his front side so should be interesting, so hopefully he can have a little redemption since Fiji, Try to move on up the WCT ratings.
I spend a lot of time down in CR and the first minute of the vid to me looks like Withces, just not on the main peak at the rivermouth. About 600 meters to the south of the rivermouth there is a spot called El Burro which breaks at low tide only when its big, and its shack city.
At about the :58 mark it switches over to Hermosa it looks like.
Could be Playa Negra though, but I think Hermosa, you can kinda see some black sand
ah witches... haven't surfed there yet. Really good footage. Ben is killing it.
its not Hermosa or Witches. but it is all in one spot.
well, wherever it is, its better than I've ever got costa !
got all of the waves on my youtube page. youtube.com/tdeitz


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Founded in 1953 by a multi-racial collective of educators including Horace Mann Bond, then President of Lincoln University, and William Leo Hansberry, a professor of history at Howard University, the Africa American Institute has encouraged and supported African students in pursuit of higher education in the United States. From its early years, AAI provided financial and social support for African students studying in the U.S., but it has expanded its activities in scope with the goal of helping to building leadership for Africa within the academic, professional, business, and policy making classes. It has become a vibrant intellectual center for developing human capacity, drawing together thought leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in issues relating to the continent.
A massive body of material documenting the history of the AAI from its founding in the early 1950s to the present, the collection is a remarkable resource for study of American relations with Africa as the continent emerged from colonial domination. With a focus on the history of educational support and exchange between the continents, the collection contains a vibrant record of the growth of leadership in Africa.
The acquisition of the papers of W.E.B. Du Bois in 1972 established SCUA as a center for research in African American history. In subsequent years, UMass has supported publication of three volumes of Du Bois' correspondence and SCUA has digitized the papers and made them freely available on the internet while serving as a resource for many dozens of scholarly articles and books. SCUA continues in its efforts to build around the Du Bois collection, adding other important printed and manuscript materials both in African American history and in the history of efforts to promote social change.
Every February, SCUA and the Du Bois Department of Afro-Americans Studies at UMass Amherst commemorate Du Bois's birthday by co-sponsoring a public colloquium on Du Bois and his legacy. Our lecturers have included distinguished scholars such as Herbert and Bethina Aptheker, Randolph Bromery, Clayborne Carson, Arnold Rampersad, and David Levering Lewis.
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A poet and translator of Kashmiri descent, Agha Shahid was raised in a household where poetry was recited in Persian, Urdu, Hindi, and English. Born in New Delhi on February 4, 1949, he was educated at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, and University of Delhi, earning earned a doctorate in English from Pennsylvania State University in 1984 and an MFA from the University of Arizona in 1985. The author of nine volumes of poetry, and widely anthologized, Ali was on faculty in the MFA Program at University of Massachusetts Amherst, when he died of brain cancer in December, 2001.
This small collection contains copies of Ali's first two books, Bone-Sculpture (1972) and In Memory of Begum Akhtar (1979), a self-produced chapbook, and a rough manuscript of poems. All are inscribed to his colleague and friend Zabelle Stodola.
Founded under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College, UMass Amherst has long been dedicated to the study and teaching of agriculture and the natural sciences. One of two land grant institutions in the Commonwealth (along with MIT), the university has played an important role in the development of scientific agriculture in New England and has been a major factor in agricultural instruction through its classes and extension service.
SCUA's collections contain a wealth of information on the history of agriculture and related fields, including horticulture, botany, entomology, animal husbandry, gardening, and landscape design. The strength of the collection lies in documenting the development of American agricultural sciences with an emphasis upon the northeastern states, but it is supplemented with numerous works on British, French, and German agriculture. Adding additional depth are the records of the several departments at UMass Amherst charged with instruction in the agricultural sciences and the papers of individual agricultural educators.
Currently, SCUA is particularly interested in documenting the growth of organic agriculture, heritage breeds, and the practices of sustainable living.
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A tanner, currier, and shoemaker, Benjamin Akin was born into a prominent Bristol County family in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on May 18, 1715. With a prolific and well-connected family and successful in his own business endeavors, Akin attained some stature in Dartmouth. First appointed town clerk in 1745, he filled that office from 1754-1770 and again from 1776-1780, adding the title "Esq." to his name by the 1760s. During the Revolutionary years, he served on the town's public safety committee. He died on April 10, 1802.
The Akin ledger offers insight into the fortunes of an 18th-century artisan during the most productive years of his life, as well as into the structure of a local community in southeastern Massachusetts. The ledger includes accounts of with customers for tanning and currying of calf and sheepskin, day-book entries, and accounts with the Town of Dartmouth for services performed at Town Clerk.
A merchant, town clerk, part-owner of many ships, and involved citizen, Ebenezer Akin lived nearly all of his 87 years in the town of Fairhaven, Mass.
This miscellaneous personal ledger includes documentation of Ebenezer Akin's work as town clerk and includes accounts for ships he may have owned, entries made as an estate executor, accounts of expenditures for clothing and incidentals, and accounts of lot purchases and loans. The volume also contains genealogical information about the Blossom family of Bridgewater and the family of Benjamin and Eunice Akin, Ebenezer's great-grandfather.
A long-time faculty member at UMass Amherst, Dean Albertson was a twentieth century U.S. historian with a specialty in oral history. A veteran of the Second World War, Albertson received his BA from University of California Berkeley (1942) and doctorate from Columbia (1955), joining the Department of History at UMass in 1965 after several years at Brooklyn College. Interested throughout his career in new methods in research and teaching history, he was author of books on Dwight Eisenhower, Claude Wickard (Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of Agriculture), and the student movements of the 1960s. Albertson died at his home in Longmeadow, Mass., on March 31, 1989, at the age of 68.
The Albertson Papers consist of the records of three summer institutes in history at UMass run during the summer 1966-1968, and funded by the National Defence Education Act (NDEA). Aimed at high school teachers of social sciences and history in western Massachusetts, the institutes were designed to provide in-service training and to expose teachers to newer material and techniques in teaching U.S. history. See also Dean Albertson's collection of oral histories.
Born in Reading, Mass., on Sept 13, 1948, Jeff Albertson was still a student at Boston University, working on the staff of the BU News, when he was hired as a photographer by the Boston Globe. Reflecting the youth culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s, his photographs earned him positions with several prominent Boston alternative media outlets. Covering news, music, and the political interests of his generation, he served as photo editor for the Boston Phoenix and associate publisher for the Real Paper, and his work appeared regularly in mainstream publications such as Rolling Stone, People, and Boston Magazine. After becoming photo editor for the Medical Tribune News Group and moving to New York City in the 1980s, he met and married Charlene Laino. In later years, he became involved in early efforts to create websites devoted to issues surrounding health. Albertson died in 2008.
As a photographer, Albertson covered a wide range of subjects, with particular focus on music and social change. The many thousands of prints, slides, and negatives in the collection include stunning shots of Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and John Lee Hooker, activists such as Abbie Hoffman, politicians, and public personalities. The collection also includes several photographic essays centered on poverty, old age, fire fighting in Boston, and prisoners in Massachusetts (among other issues) along with a wide array of landscapes and street scenes.
Mark Bartlett Aldrich was employed for many years at the Montague Rod and Reel Co. in Montague City. His grandfather, Eugene Bartlett, was the founder of the firm, which made split-bamboo fishing rods. He owned and operated Aldrich's New England store from 1948 until selling it in 1962. Aldrich then sold cars for Spenser Brothers Ford in Northfield until he and his wife Edith moved to Florida in 1964.
The collection consists primarily of family records relating to the wedding, anniversaries, and funerals of Edith and Mark Aldrich. The Aldrich Family Papers are organized into three series: Wedding and Anniversaries, Funeral and Legal, and Personal.
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I didn't immediately go for the coffeecake. In fact, I didn't order it at all—my friend did, and I think I sighed when she suggested it. We were at Sofra, Ana Sortun and Maura Kilpatrick's excellent Middle Eastern bakery/café in Cambridge, where the counter was stacked with interesting sweets like chocolate-hazelnut baklava, sesame-cashew bars, and delicate-yet-creamy kunefe (Levantine ricotta-phyllo pastry) with cardamom syrup. Ordering the coffeecake felt like ordering wonton soup in a world-class Sichuan restaurant: the token safety dish for picky eaters.
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Whether you're doing this yourself or hiring someone, knowing some basic tips will ensure a good job. If you're going with the same paint that was previously used, there should be no compatibility problem. However, if you've chosen to switch, you will have to apply a conversion coat first.
If the existing paint is in fairly good shape, first make sure the surface is clean and free of contaminants like loose paint and grease that will lead to adhesion failure. Start by sanding with 80-grit paper, followed by a thorough wipe-down with a solvent recommended by your paint manufacturer to remove residue. Two coats of bottom paint should suffice, but make sure the first coat is thoroughly dry before applying the second.
If your bottom paint is in poor condition and needs to be removed, once again sand with 80-grit, then clean the bottom of any residue with the recommended solvent. As fiberglass is prone to osmotic blistering, the better bottom painting systems supply a special protective coat that you should apply to bare fiberglass before the bottom paint. Of course, if you discover any blisters at or below the waterline, you must repair them before applying any paint.
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I am fairly consistent about checking the specific gravity of all my batteries. As I need my hydrometer at the ready, I would like to know if there is some sort of holder on the market that allows easy access instead of going to the tool box. A.N., via e-mail
I don't know of any holder on the market, but I made a handy tool rack out of several pieces of PVC pipe, and you could easily adapt the design to hold a hydrometer.
Make sure the tube is long enough to protect the glass and rubber tip and that the diameter allows the bulb to protrude from the top. Secure the pipe to a nearby bulkhead with either a pair of screws or strips of hook-and-loop fasteners.
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Apert syndrome is a genetic disease in which the seams between the skull bones close earlier than normal. This affects the shape of the head and face.
Apert syndrome can be passed down through families (inherited). The syndrome is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, which means that only one parent needs to pass on the faulty gene for a child to have the condition.
Some cases may occur without a known family history.
Apert syndrome is caused by mutations in a gene called fibroblast growth factor receptor 2. This gene defect causes some of the bony sutures of the skull to close too early, a condition called craniosynostosis.
Several other syndromes can lead to a similar appearance of the face and head, but do not include the severe hand and foot problems of Apert syndrome. These similar syndromes include:
The doctor will perform a physical exam. Hand, foot, and skull x-rays will be done. Hearing tests should always be performed.
Genetic testing can confirm the diagnosis of Apert syndrome.
Treatment consists of surgery to correct abnormal bone growth. Children with this disorder should be examined by a specialized craniofacial surgery team at a children's medical center.
A hearing specialist should be consulted if there are hearing problems.
Children's Craniofacial Association -- www.ccakids.com
Call your health care provider if you have a family history of Apert syndrome or you notice your baby's skull is not developing normally.
Genetic counseling may be helpful if you have a family history of this disorder and are planning to become pregnant. Your doctor can test your baby for this disease during pregnancy.
Kinsman SL, Johnston MV. Congenital anomalies of the central nervous system. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics . 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 592.


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AN EASIER maths subject will be introduced in years 11 and 12 under the national curriculum, raising fears of an exodus from more difficult maths courses.
Victoria has warned that a ''clear risk'' of the new ''essential mathematics'' is that enrolments will shift away from more demanding VCE maths subjects.
''This would run counter to current policy settings in Victoria, and indeed nationally, which are designed to produce exactly the opposite impact,'' says a report prepared by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Australia's chief scientist, Ian Chubb, was commissioned last year by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to recommend ways of improving the country's declining performance in maths and science. Professor Chubb warned secondary students were switching from advanced and intermediate maths to the more elementary version and recommended cash incentives for maths and science graduates to become teachers.
And The Sunday Age reported universities were forced to run bridging courses in year-12 maths for many first-year engineering and science students, following a decline in the number of VCE students taking the hardest maths subjects due to a lack of quality teachers.
Essential mathematics - focusing on using maths in daily life - will be one of the four senior national courses, along with general mathematics, mathematical methods and specialist mathematics.
State and federal education ministers endorsed the senior secondary national curriculum for maths, English, science and history late last year, as the common base for development of year 11 and 12 courses. But the VCAA report said Victorian responses to the modern history course and four science subjects had been ''overwhelmingly negative''.
Although aspects of Australian history could be taught as part of modern history, a submission quoted in the report said ''the notion that there should be no opportunity for students to study a serious Australian history course is unthinkable''.
The VCAA said the proposed science subjects - biology, chemistry, physics and earth and environmental science - either did not provide the depth or complexity of VCE science subjects or occasionally included content taught at university in most countries.
It said VCE subjects included contemporary developments in each field, such as genomics and proteomics in biology, nanotechnologies in chemistry and photonics in physics. ''The proposed changes, that would … eliminate the study of these contemporary applications of each discipline, were widely regarded as regressive by Victorian stakeholders,'' the report said.
A spokesman for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority said the states could continue to offer their own courses. The authority hoped to address the concerns in the coming months.
Education Minister Martin Dixon said Victoria had agreed to work within the Australian curriculum, but he would put students' interests ahead of adherence to the model.
''Mathematics is particularly important, and we don't want to see the subject watered down. That is essential in preparing for further study in areas of need such as engineering. We also don't want to see history and science preoccupied with politically correct proselytising.''


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GALMINGTON Netball Club has been re-accredited with the England Netball Gold CAPS award.
CAPS, or the Club Action Planning Scheme to give it its full name, is aligned to the Sport England Clubmark accreditation scheme which is the only national cross sports quality accreditation scheme for clubs with junior sections.
It is built around a set of core criteria which ensure that all accredited clubs operate to a set of consistent, accepted and adopted minimum operating standards.
Clubs achieving CAPS accreditation are recognised nationally as being a well-run club which is both active and accessible.
This means helping young people reach their full potential and giving everyone, at all levels, a chance to participate.
There are three levels of award – bronze, silver and gold. Silver and Gold CAPS awards are given to clubs that have demonstrated a further and ongoing commitment to ensuring a club environment which provides a higher quality of coaching, leadership and volunteer opportunities for young people.
Galmington are the only netball club in Somerset to have achieved the Gold CAPS award and one of only nine in the whole of the South-West.
Galmington, who are based at Taunton Vale Sports Club, run sections for all ages from as young as six in the High 5 section, through the thriving junior section running Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 teams, to a senior section of eight teams playing in the South West Regional League and the Somerset League.
For more details and contact information visit www.galmington-netball.co.uk.


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When "classical music" or "serious music" is mentioned, one might think of the symphony orchestra, a string quartet, an English choir, or maybe even the opera, however debatable that may be. I'd be willing to bet that very few would think of wind ensemble music, and that is unfortunate. The wind ensemble gets lost, perhaps because when most people think of bands, they think of marching bands. They are not the same thing. The one is entertainment; the other, art—at least when there is a competent conductor to choose good repertoire. Confusion is magnified by the many town bands throughout the country who play Sousa marches out on the grass, while the war veterans say, "Thank God we killed all those Germans back in 1945; otherwise they would have taken over the world, and we'd have to listen to a bunch of stuff written by Hindemith."
I once asked a high school band mother how good their director was. I was looking for musical things. She responded by praising his excellence at picking the right color guard moves and flags—and probably getting high scores at competitions, for all I remember. This is what serious band directors—the ones who care about music—are up against. I decided that, given some of my frank comments in the past about marching bands, it would probably be a good gesture on my part to help undue some of this ignorance, so I have come up with a list of some of my favorite wind band pieces.
I have to confess that I couldn't take this little trip down Amnesia Lane with a dry eye. I miss a lot of this repertoire, and I miss playing the trumpet, which was one of my happier youthful follies. I can't listen to the suites of Gustav Holst without feeling sixteen again, and I'm happy to have rediscovered this pleasure. It's all thanks to my iPod, which has done much to break my musical listening habits—or ruts, if you prefer. In order to complete this list, I also had to rely on some rather amazing feats that Google could perform. Sometimes I could only remember some aspect of the program of a piece of music, and even that would get me the title of the piece and the name of the composer.
The wind band, as far as I can tell, had its genesis in the State, but I'm willing to overlook this since much progress has been made in its artistic development over the years. In fact, much music written more recently has focused on the evils rather than the glories of the government. Ironically, however, even the military pieces are better played by college and other non-military groups. Musicianship seems to be prohibited by the Department of Defense, with a few exceptions such as the U.S. Marine Band. Why am I politicizing this music? Well, I'm not. This music has always been politicized, and I'm just acknowledging that.
Some of those military pieces were written by England's finest composers. Holst's First and Second Military Band Suites are classics. The first suite actually went a long way in the early 20th century to convince other composers that serious music could in fact be written for the concert band. After this, it seems as if the floodgates opened.
Another English composer was called upon in 1937 to write a march for the coronation of King Edward VII. William Walton derived his title "Crown Imperial" from a phrase in William Dunbar's poem "In Honour of the City of London." It's all English imperialist nonsense, of course, but it's an inspiring form of nonsense that neither Ronald Reagan nor William Jennings Bryan could ever compete with. But I digress. As it turns out, Edward abdicated, and so this march was instead premiered as King George VI (the main character in "The King's Speech") was crowned. One waits with bated breath for a graduate student in musicology to outline stuttering in Walton's compositional technique.
One of the virtues of the English march composers is their sense of melody. These pieces are not all just flag-waving; the trio section often features a theme worthy of an art song. Perhaps this is at least in part due to the influence that Johannes Brahms had on late 19th and early 20th century composers of that nation. Walton's Crown Imperial arguably has one of the most beautiful trio sections of any of these marches, and its triumphant return at the end of the piece is enough to wet the pants even of the descendants of John Calvin.
I like these aforementioned pieces very much, but enough with Statism. The most special place in my heart is for wind band pieces that reflect what the government is really like rather than what it wants us to think. Yasuhide Ito's symphonic poem, "Gloriosa" is a good place to start. Written in honor of Christians persecuted in Japan, it begins with a chant, which when I played it was one of my first exposures to Gregorian melody. I went to Catholic Mass every Sunday as a child, but I learned the Church's music from Jewish musicologists and Southern Baptist band directors.
One of the really likable things about Ito's composition is how the whole first movement grows out of the chant, even with such a violent story to tell. This reveals the fallacy in the belief that all music based on chant has to sound like a distant mooing sound. I'm curious about the particular melody that Ito uses. It's most likely mode I, and it appears in none of my own chant books, which make use of a completely different mode II melody. Furthermore, Ito uses the older version (pre-1632) of the text of this hymn—O Gloriosa Domina, instead of O Gloriosa Virginum. I'm curious as to why all this is, and if it has anything to do with the particular story of these persecuted Japanese Christians. Granted, during the persecution in the Edo period, the melodies and texts ("Gloriosa" became "Gururiyoza") of Christian song were being distorted, but this is actually a different problem. Slight melodic variation in chant is actually to be expected. If any chant scholars can chime in, please do.
The second movement of Ito's piece, which springs from a flute solo, is also based on chant, with references to Dies Irae that are hard to miss. The percussion in particular add elements of the Far East into the mix. The third movement is based on a folk melody but doesn't fail to embrace material from earlier in the composition. This work is an example of what good "inculturation" is all about. It is a natural comixture of disparate elements with an artistic impulse. Ito has given us a gift here.
In 1968 the Soviet Union and other members of the Communist Bloc invaded Czechoslovakia to put a halt to the liberalizing reforms taking place in that country that was stuck behind the Iron Curtain. Karel Husa, a native of the country in exile for failing to sufficiently suck up to the government, listened from America as the events were broadcast over the radio, and he was inspired to write "Music for Prague, 1968" to commemorate the oppression. This piece, having originally been written for concert band, has also been transcribed for orchestra. (How often does it happen in that sequence?) As Husa asks his forward to the piece to be included in all concert programs when it is performed, it might be best to let his own words suffice:
Three main ideas bind the composition together. The first and most important is an old Hussite war song from the 15th century, 'Ye Warriors of God and His Law,' a symbol of resistance and hope for hundreds of years, whenever fate lay heavy on the Czech nation. It has been utilized by many Czech composers, including Smetana in My Country. The beginning of this religious song is announced very softly in the first movement by timpani and concludes in a strong unison Chorale. The song is never used in its entirety. The second idea is the sound of bells throughout; Prague, named also the City of Hundreds of Towers, has used its magnificently sounding church bells as calls of distress as well as of victory. The last idea is a motif of three chords first appearing very softly under the piccolo solo at the beginning of the piece, in flutes, clarinets, and horns. Later it appears at extremely strong dynamic levels, for example in the middle of the Aria movement. Much symbolism also appears: in addition to the distress calls in the first movement (Fanfares), the unbroken hope of the Hussite song, sound of bells, or the tragedy (Aria), there is also a bird call at the beginning (piccolo solo), symbol of the liberty which the city of Prague has seen only for moments during its thousand years of existence.
Husa's music makes use of ultramodern techniques, and if the story it tells were about anything else, it likely wouldn't enjoy the popular acceptance that it has. Much as it reminds us of the evils of certain regimes, it's also very easy to slide into that "Soviet Union bad, Western Democracy good" pigeonhole.
That is decidedly not the case with Daniel Bukvich's Symphony No. 1 ("In Memoriam, Dresden 1945"). I first got to know this piece from a college roommate, whose high school had performed it a few years before. Written as a master's thesis, Bukvich uses, of all things, a favorite chord of Duke Ellington's—C, D-flat, E, and G. While there is no revolutionary intent in his program, the music depicts the bombing of Dresden in 1945 by Allied forces which killed tens of thousands of German civilians, a consequence of the commodification of entire nation-states into war machines. My roommate told me that emotions ran in every which direction the night his band performed it.
Not to be lost in any conversation about this piece is Bukvich's gift for melody. Listen to the French Horns about halfway through. The composer also does an excellent job of harmonizing modern compositional techniques with stuff that a lot of people would, I suppose, call "regular music." The human voice is used in addition to the instruments, percussion recalls the bombs falling, and there are even aleatoric techniques in this piece that transcend gimmickry. After the devastation, a flute completes the piece, sighing onomatopoeically.
Much band music that is not written about the State is written about God. Two pieces come to my mind, Charles Ives's band setting for From Greenland's Icy Mountains. I think that's the title, anyway; I can't find it anywhere. Ives wrote some good music when he wasn't distracted by surface impressions.
The other composition is Fisher Tull's "Introit," which is based on the famous hymn tune Rendez a Dieu. A straightforward beginning takes a surprising turn into some rather advanced techniques until the fun, if predictable, conclusion. An Introit has a flexible definition I suppose. It is the opening chant of the Catholic Mass; it could also be understood as a call to worship. So Tull's inclusion of bells, even a reference to the Westminster chimes, is fitting. I'm a sucker for pieces like this. One of my conductors used to call me "Chorale Boy." It's no wonder I ended up where I did.
One more piece about God, this one by Alfred Reed. I only have one recording of this work, Russian Christmas Music. It's a terrible CD, but I can't stop listening to it because the music itself is so inspiring. Fueled by folksong and the Russian Orthodox Liturgy, Reed composed this work at the last minute for a concert in Denver, CO in 1944 which aimed at improving American-Russian relations. By concert band standards, it's a humongous work and is perhaps most demanding in what it asks of the ensemble's musicianship rather than in what it requires as far as virtuosity goes. This is a hallmark of much substantial music.
The poet Dylan Thomas is possibly most famous for his "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." I wonder how many know that Elliot del Borgo has composed a piece based on this poem. As I recall, it was commissioned by a high school in Pennsylvania in memory of a deceased student. Fleeting references to Ein Feste Burg punctuate an indignantly petulant texture that conjures up an unwillingness to surrender to death. Del Borgo uses too much percussion, perhaps, but it is best to keep them occupied lest they be a distraction with their paper airplanes in rehearsal.
I have discussed God and death (which encompasses the State) entirely too much in this entry. Maybe it's time for a little fun. Everyone loves the Lord of the Rings, and as it turns out Johan de Mei has written a wind symphony on that theme. This is not his only work for band; he also wrote a "Big Apple" Symphony. Use this piece to cleanse your palette from all that heavy stuff that I subjected you to. Unlike "Flight of the Bumblebee," this music does not suffer artistic damage from its levity. One can indulge with a clear conscience.
There is so much music in the world, and it's impossible to get to know it all. That's a mixed blessing, with alternating feelings of discouragement at the largeness of the task, and then delight at the little surprises that are inevitable. There are all kinds of unharvested corners of the music world for all of us. Discovering them is one of the capital joys of my life. I hope you have found something edifying in this little exploration of wind ensemble music. And best wishes to all the directors out there who have to deal with the color guard moms.
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KNOXVILLE (UT Athletics) -- The University of Tennessee football team's spring football practice schedule begins March 7, including five practices before the University's spring break (March 17-21).
The Vols open on Friday, March 7, with the first of 14 practices leading into the DISH Orange and White Game, which is set for April 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Neyland Stadium.
The Spring Coaches Clinic will be held April 3-5.
A pre-spring practice press conference with head coach Butch Jones will be held on Thursday, March 6 at the Stokely Family Media Center at Neyland Stadium, at a time to be determined.
Additionally, the annual NFL Pro Day is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2.
Tentative Spring Practice Dates
March 6 - Pre-Spring Practice Press Conference, Stokely Family Media Center, Neyland Stadium
March practice days: 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 27, 29, 30
April practice days: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Following an exciting 2011 Ivy League field hockey season in which the League title came down to the final weekend of play, the 2011 All-Ivy teams and postseason individual award winners have been announced.
To cap off a career in which she re-wrote the Dartmouth record book, senior midfielder Kelly Hood earned 2011 Offensive Player of the Year honors. After leading Yale to a share of its first Ivy League title since 1980, Yale's Erin Carter, also a senior, was named the 2011 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. Rounding out the Individual award winners, Princeton freshman Allison Evans has been named the League's Rookie of the Year.
Hood (Berlin, N.H.), who was also a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection, finished her career as the Big Green's all-time leader in goals (58) and points (134). This season, she started each of Dartmouth's 17 games and scored 14 goals and added five assists for 33 points, with her 14 goals and 33 points ranking second in the League. After earning Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors as a freshman, Hood earned first team honors in her final three seasons, becoming the 36th Ivy League field hockey player to earn first-team honors three times, and just the sixth to do so while wearing a Big Green uniform. Hood is also just the third Dartmouth player to garner one of the League's postseason individual awards and first since 1987 when Kate Perle was named the Player of the Year and Ann Rosamond earned Rookie of the Year honors.
Carter (Perkiomenville, Pa.) won the inaugural Defensive Player of the Year award after producing at both ends of the field for the Bulldogs in 2011. She set career-best marks in goals (18) and points (40) this season to lead Yale in both categories. She finished the season as the League leader in points, points per game, goals and goals per game, and ranked ninth nationally in goals per game and 13th in points per game. Defensively, Carter led a squad that limited Ivy opponents to nine goals in seven games, including one shutout. Thanks to her efforts, the team matched its best conference record in program history, previously set in 2009, and won a share of its first Ivy title in 31 years. Carter was also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, marking her second consecutive appearance on the All-Ivy first team.
Evans (Macungie, Pa.) led the Tigers to a share of the 2011 Ivy League title for the seventh-consecutive season and Princeton claimed at least a share of its 18th title in the past 19 seasons. The freshman forward also earned All-Ivy first team honors after a season in which she led the Tigers in goals (10) and points (25). In Ivy play, Evans had four goals, including a game-winning tally, and five assists for 13 points. She earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 13 after her two-goal effort versus Penn State helped the Tigers upset the Nittany Lions. Evans becomes the 17th Princeton player to earn Rookie of the Year honors since the award was first bestowed in 1980 and the third Tiger to earn the honor in the last four seasons.
Joining Hood and Carter as unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections on the 2011 team are Columbia's Gabby Kozlowski (Voorhees, N.J.) as well as the Yale duo of Dinah Landshut (Hamburg, Germany) and Georgia Holland (Stony Brook, N.Y.). For Kozlowski, a junior forward, it marks the second year in a row she has been a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection. Landshut, a senior midfielder, also earned her second consecutive unanimous first team All-Ivy honor and she was a second team All-Ivy selection in 2009. Holland, a sophomore midfielder, was a second team selection in 2010 and the League's co-Rookie of the Year.
Other first team notes include Harvard senior midfielder Carly Dickson (Victoria, B.C.) earning her fourth career All-Ivy honor, as she was a second-team honoree in 2009 and 2010 and an honorable mention selection in 2008. Princeton's Amanda Bird (Vancouver, B.C.) and Alyssa Pyros (Shavertown, Pa.) are making their first career appearances on the All-Ivy first team but Bird, a sophomore midfielder, earned second-team honors last season and Pyros, a senior midfielder, was an honorable mention selection in 2010 and a second-team honoree in 2009.
The 2011 field hockey All-Ivy teams were determined in a vote by the League's eight head coaches, as were the individual award winners. This year is the first year the League is honoring both an Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year. From 1980-2010, the individual awards included a Player of the Year and a Rookie of the Year.
Player of the Year
Kelly Hood, Dartmouth (Sr., M, Berlin, N.H.)
Player of the Year
Erin Carter, Yale (Sr., B, Perkiomenville, Pa.)
Rookie of the
Allison Evans, Princeton (Fr., F, Macungie, Pa.)
First Team
All-Ivy (13)^
Amanda Bird, Princeton (So., M, Vancouver, B.C.)
Erica Borgo, Yale (So., F, Randolph, N.J.)
Erin Carter, Yale (Sr., B, Perkiomenville, Pa.)*
Carly Dickson, Harvard (Sr., M, Victoria, B.C.)
Allison Evans, Princeton (Fr., F, Macungie, Pa.)
Leti Freaney, Columbia (Sr., M, Elizaville, N.Y.)
Georgia Holland, Yale (So., M, Stony Brook, N.Y.)*
Kelly Hood, Dartmouth (Sr., M, Berlin, N.H.)*
Gabby Kozlowski, Columbia (Jr., F, Voorhees, N.J.)*
Charlotte Krause, Princeton (Jr., B, Braunschweig, Germany)
Dinah Landshut, Yale (Sr., M, Hamburg, Germany)*
Christie O'Hara, Columbia (Jr., GK, St. Louis, Mo.)
Alyssa Pyros, Princeton (Sr., M, Shavertown, Pa.)
Second Team
All-Ivy (14)^
Hannah Balleza, Cornell (So., F, Saverna Park, Md.)
Mallory Bannon, Cornell (So., B, Hopkinton, Mass.)
Mary Beth Barham, Yale (Jr., M, Fairfax, Va.)
Emily Cain, Yale (So., GK, Laytonsville, Md.)
Carson Christus, Columbia (Sr., F, Bernardsville, N.J.)
Katie DeSandis, Columbia (Jr., B, Emmaus, Pa.)
Laura Iacovetti, Brown (Sr., B, Blue Bell, Pa.)
Alex Iqbal, Penn (Fr., M, Darien, Conn.)
Erin Jennings, Princeton (Sr., M, Macungie, Pa.)
Sydney Kirby, Princeton (Fr., F, Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
Lisa Masini, Dartmouth (Jr., M, Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Georgia McGillivray, Harvard (Sr., B, Victoria, B.C.)
Mia Rosati, Yale (Sr., F, Lower Gwynedd, Pa.)
Ali Savage, Dartmouth (Fr., F, Orange, New South Wales, Australia)
Mention All-Ivy (8)
MaryRose Croddick, Penn (Fr., B, Fair Haven, N.J.)
Amy Donovan, Princeton (Jr., B, Unionville, Pa.)
Janine Leger, Dartmouth (Fr., M, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Shannon McSweeney, Brown (Fr., GK, Boxborough, Mass.)
Noel Painter, Harvard (Fr., F, Los Gatos, Calif.)
Paige Simmons, Columbia (Jr., M, Del Mar, Calif.)
Leslie Springmeyer, Brown (Sr., B, New Vernon, N.J.)
Cynthia Tassopoulos, Harvard (Jr., GK, Dallas, Texas)
* - unanimous selection
^ - due to ties in the voting, the first and second All-Ivy teams were expanded from 11