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The Guardian once described Delia Derbyshire as "The unsung heroine of British electronic music," seemingly implying that there are other heroines of British electronic music that are more widely… sung. I suppose there is Daphne Oram but the English never use less than three adjectives when one will suffice, so let's just say that Delia Derbyshire is an unsung heroine of music. That she happens to have worked primarily in electronic music is secondary and that she was British shouldn't be held against her. She was a wizard and pioneer who, instead of guarding her magical abililties, eagerly shared her techniques and discoveries, but was stifled by the BBC's draconian demands that their artists work and die in anonymity.
Delia was born in Coventry on May 5th, 1937. As a girl, she learned piano and violin and attended Barr's Hill School. She later attended college at Girton in Cambridge. After initially pursuing studies in math, she switched courses to music before graduation. After graduation, she began to look for work in the music field, quickly butting up against the deeply entrenched sexism of the field. In fact, in 1959, upon applying for a job at Decca, she was flatly told that their policy was to not hire women to work in the studios. The United Nations proved more diplomatic than the folks at Decca, and she worked there for a short while. Then she returned to England and found employment at the London-based music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes. She didn't stay long.
In 1960, she was hired as a trainee studio manager at the BBC, working with the Radiophonic Workshop, then just a few years old. It was an organization charged with producing experimental incidental music and sound effects for the BBC Third Programme's radio plays in cases where the normal orchestral score was deemed inappropriate. Her predecessors had included Harry Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram, two noted pioneers of electronic music and musique concrète.
Derbyshire came on board following Oram's departure, as part of a group of young artists that also included Brian Hodgson and John Baker. Many of her initial pieces were collaborations with artist/playwright Barry Bermange. One such piece was 1964's The Dreams, a sound collage of people describing their dreams with Derbyshire's electronic sounds.
Gradually, the Radiophonic Workshop began producing more music and sound effects for television than radio. One year earlier, in 1963, Derbyshire performed her mostly widely-heard work when given the score for Ron Grainer's theme to a new science-fiction series, Doctor Who. Incorporating filters, tape loops and valve oscillators, she fashioned one of the most memorable pieces of electronic music ever, and one that's especially dear to Whovians. Grainer was so impressed he sought to give Derbyshire co-author credit but the BBC prevented it. Although officially uncredited, the popularity of the theme resulted in her employers giving her many other assignments and she ultimately produced over 200 pieces including noteworthy scores for Great Zoos of the World and Cyprian Queen. The BBC was, however, by no means entirely supportive of her work, rejecting many of her compositions, claiming they were too bizarre, "too lascivious for 11 year olds" and "too sophisticated for the BBC2 audience."


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 106 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
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The EmpyreLounge.com is a online music site that focuses primarily on concert photography in the Boston area. The site can be found at http://www.empyrelounge.com.
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First off, The Lorax. I wanted my students to read the book and view the classic Lorax movie. Call me old fashioned but I think the book is always better than the movie.
Although, I saw many Lorax inspired ideas, I couldn't find the "right" one to fit my students' needs. I created a very simple Lorax themed writing paper for them to use with stickers I found at Michaels. Together, we came up with suggestions to help our environment.
Yesterday, we read and cooked Green Eggs and Ham. This was a perfect opportunity to practice How to writing. Amazingly, I managed to facilitate this while cooking green eggs and ham.
Next week, more Dr. Seuss!
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The heavy-handedness of the piece becomes apparent as soon as we encounter Sean McNall's winning, but slightly too poised, Figaro, and Jolly Abraham's pert, mischievous, and just a little "street" Suzanne. The two performers race through their exposition about their impending nuptials and the "romantic" designs of their master, the lasciviously oily Count Almaviva (an amusing, but overly muggy, Chris Mixon).
The pace only accelerates once they're been joined by Marceline (imbued with a snippy, dry hauteur by Robin Leslie Brown), an older woman who has her own amorous eye turned toward Figaro, and Doctor Bartholo (the always reliable Dan Daily), a fuddy-duddy quack who once fathered a child out of wedlock with her. And while Figaro schemes to undermine the Count's plots to bed Suzanne, Marceline sets her own designs in motion to get the boy of her dreams.The action is only further revved up by the hurly-burly assignations that another servant, Cherubin (Ben Charles, who has a certain angelic childishness about him), attempts to make, and by the plots that the Countess (Joey Parsons) lays – with the help of Suzanne – to catch her husband in his adulterous love-making.
This is hardly subtle stuff in anyone's hands, but there's a bluntness to Morey writing that makes the action curiously unfunny. Nor does it help that all of the performers suffer from a propensity to shout their lines. The one notable exception is a sequence where the Count has called in a stuttering judge (a multiply cast Brad Heberlee) to determine whether Figaro is legally bound to marry Marceline. Here, McNall and Daily share an exchange that sparkles with the kind of delicacy that would benefit the entire undertaking.
The production's cartoonish tone is underscored by scenic designer Jo Winiarski's garish recreation of an ornate French interior in which Dayglo fuschia, lemon yellow, and bright turquoise brush up against one another painfully -- and are ill-complemented by a puce glow (courtesy of lighting designer Stephen Petrilli) that frequently emanates from behind the set.
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|Skin-Picking and Nail-Biting - Related Disorders
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
Although this newsletter has always been limited to discussing matters related to trichotillomania, I would like to introduce a slightly different but related topic. It may come as no surprise that there are other types of problem behaviors quite similar to trich in a number of ways. I am referring specifically to compulsive skin picking and nail biting (also known as onychophagia). These may not sound serious, but neither does hair pulling to some people. Since I have met quite a number of people who have one of these problems in addition to trich, I now routinely screen for them.
What I am referring to is not the kind of little bits of rough nail or cuticle that everyone picks at or bites from time to time, nor is it the occasional blemish that people might squeeze or pick. These nail-biters continually bite their nails past the nail bed and their cuticles until they bleed and are constantly walking around with red, sore, and sometimes infected fingers. Those who pick their skin compulsively have their faces and bodies covered, at times, with red sores and scabs known as acne excoria, a self-inflicted skin disorder that resembles acne. The smallest pimple or blemish must be opened and picked at or squeezed, either with the fingers or another implement such as tweezers, needles, pins, toothpicks, etc. Numerous scars are often the result.
Just as those with trich wear hats, scarves, wigs and makeup, nail-biters keep their hands behind their backs or in their pockets, and skin pickers wear makeup, put on clothing that covers bad areas, apply Band-Aids or just stay indoors when looking their worst. They feel the same shame and social embarrassment and experience that out-of-control feelings at times. They, too, wonder why they can't stop and they also question whether or not they are crazy.
Another similarity between these problems and trichotillomania is that they seem to happen when people are in one of two modes. Some do it in an automatic way, as if they are in a trance and not really thinking about what they are doing. Usually, they are involved in some other activity at the same time such as reading, talking on the phone, working at the computer, watching TV, etc. For others, the deliberate picking or biting is their main activity at the time, and they will frequently interrupt other activities to engage in it.
There is also a strong commonality seen in the various purposes behind these three problems. At the most basic level, they satisfy an urge. Many report an almost uncontrollable feeling of needing to do them. Pulling, picking or biting also seem to deliver a pleasurable or relaxed sensation. When sufferers feel stressed, doing these things has a kind of soothing effect on their nervous systems, and reduces levels of stimulation. On the other hand, when they are bored or inactive, they seems to provide a needed level of stimulation to the nervous system. This probably accounts for why so many people who dislike doing them find it so hard to stop. It simply "feels good" at the time, no matter what the consequences. These behaviors may really be all about self-regulation in certain individuals whose nervous system may not be doing a very good job of regulating itself (see the article "A Sensory Regulation Theory of Trichotillomania," on this website).
Another factor also seems to be at work for a subgroup of people. This involves a kind of compulsive perfectionism. Some hair-pullers must pull "special" hairs that feel "different" or as if they don't belong due to their look or feel. In the same way, nail-biters will often try to bite off rough-feeling or broken bits of cuticle or nail sticking out in order to make their nails feel smooth and look "perfect" or regular. Skin-pickers will stand for hours in front of mirrors closely examining their faces or other body areas for the tiniest bump, irregularity or enlarged pore and then try to eliminate it, or drain it, in hopes of achieving a 'perfectly' clear complexion. Paradoxically, all of those who pursue such goals always end up looking much worse in spite of their efforts, as a result of the damage that they do to themselves.
What all these similarities seem to point to is that these three behaviors are probably all different aspects of the same problem.Some have theorized that theret may be that the same out-of-control grooming mechanism in the brain underlies them all. My own theory is that there may be some type of dysfunction of a brain mechanism that regulates levels of stimulation within the central nervous system, and that these behaviors represent an attempt to control these internal stimulation levels externally. People seem to pull, pick, or bite when thery are either overstimulated (dus to stress or excitement) or understimulated (due to boredom or inactivity). Many similar behaviors can be observed in animals who are kept in confined or unstimulating environments, or who live in stressful conditions.
There are many that now believe that compulsive hair pulling, skin picking, and nail biting form a subgroup of what is becoming known as the Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder Spectrum. OCD has been previously been regarded as only a single disorder. It may in fact represent a range of related disorders, including classic OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Trichotillomania, Onychophagia, Compulsive Skin Picking, Compulsive Nail Biting, and Tourette's Syndrome. Recently, a new term has been coined for these problems - Body-focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs). As with trichotillomania, skin picking and nail biting are considered to originate within the chemistry of the brain, and may well have an underlying genetic cause.
In my own practice, I have seen quite a few hair pullers who also bite their nails and/or pick at their skin. While it has never been surveyed systematically, there may be many out there with multiple symptoms. Interestingly, quite a number of people don't realize that their several problems may be connected until it is pointed out.
As with trich, these other two disorders appear to respond best to medication and behavioral therapy. Medication should never be considered an end in itself, but a tool to help you do the therapy. Drugs which remedy these problems do not work instantly- It may take several weeks before you see any results. They also may not work perfectly. Usually, 60-70% improvement from a medication is considered a good result. The medications mainly used to treat picking or biting problems are the same group as those used for Trich and OCD. This group is made up of the latest and most potent antidepressants, and includes Anafranil, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Lexapro, Serzone and Effexor. Sometimes, these drugs may also be augmented with other medications, most often small amounts of the same medications used to treat schizophrenia. These would include Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon, and Abilify. Please note that this does not imply that people with BFRBs are in any way psychotic. Keep in mind that no one drug is best, since there is no drug works for everyone. You have to work your way through them in a trial-and-error way, until you find the one that is most effective for you. One further caution on medications is that they do not necessarily work for everyone.
One other option might be to try the B-vitamin inositol. I have seen this work in a number of cases. It seems to reduce the urge to pull or pick. It is broken down by the body into two secondary neurotransmitter chemicals that enhance the activity of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin, is a brain transmitter that may be implicated in OCD and related disorders. Inositol is usually taken in large quantities, but will not build up to toxic levels in your system, as it is a water soluble vitamin. Side effects can include gas and diarrhea, but usually, they will either quickly pass, or not occur at all. The vitamin is taken in powered form, and is built up to a maximum dosage of 18 grams over a six week period. Some people require the maximum, but some can get by with less. (You can get more detailed information about this in another article listed on this website. The title is "Inositol and Trichotillomania.") Inositol can also be safely used to augment antidepressant medication. The only exception is that it cannot be taken together with Lithium. Children generally take smaller doses than adults.
Therapy for these disorders consists of two parts. The first, is Habit Reversal Training (HRT), a four-step process which teaches you awareness of your habits, how to relax, how to breathe and center yourself, and to perform a competing and opposing muscle response. (I have described this technique in a previous issue of TLC's IN TOUCH, in an article on cognitive/behavioral therapy for trich, which I'm sure you can get copies of.) It can be extremely useful if practiced daily and stubbornly, as it must become as automatic as the habit you are aiming to eliminate. These are stubborn problems for two reasons. First, you have probably rehearsed the unwanted behaviors hundreds or even thousands of times. It is important to accept that they will not simply be overcome in a few days or weeks. Second, you are fighting the fact that they feel good to do, and provide much short range satisfaction and either stimulation or soothing. It takes time and a good deal of effort to master, but I believe it is worth it. Research shows it to be an effective technique.
The second part is known as Stimulus Control (SC). Skin picking and nail biting are a complex behaviors, with many different inputs. SC is a behavioral treatment that seeks to help sufferers first identify, and then eliminate, avoid, or change the particular activities, environmental factors, mood states, or circumstances that have become associated with, and that trigger picking or pulling. The goal here, is to consciously control these triggers that lead to the undesirable behaviors, and to create new learned connections between the urges new non-destructive behaviors. A much more in-depth description of these treatments can be found in my two books - "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," and "The Hair Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania." Both are published by the Oxford University Press, and you can find out more about them at www.ocdbook.com and www.trichbook.com ..
Even if you have more than one of these problems, don't despair. They can be overcome if you have the motivation. More important is learning to "de-stigmatize" yourself. You are not crazy, helpless, morally weak or totally out of control, even though you may feel like some or all of these things at times. Once you get down to realizing that you are just a person who simply happens to have a problem, you can start to make some serious progress. Skin picking and nail biting are chronic problems, so there currently isn't a 'cure', but you can find a recovery if you are willing to work at it.
Please Note: Then information in this site is presented as a public service to our patients and friends. It is not a substitute for a careful evaluation by a qualified mental health professional. If you are already under treatment, do not make any changes in your regimen without consulting your doctor.
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- Behavioral Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- The Boy Who Didn't Know Who He Was (Teen Obsessions About Homosexuality)
- Acceptance and OCD
- Acceptance and OCD
- But I Love My Kids (Parents With Thoughts of Harming Their Children)
- Call Me Irresponsible (OCD and hyperresponsibility)
- Coming To Terms With The Lost Years
- Contamination and OCD ("Stronger than Dirt")
- Do-it-Yourself Therapy: Self-Directed Treatment
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for an OCD Specialist
- Getting the Right Treatment (Finding proper CBT treatment for OCD and BFRBs)
- Here's Looking At You, Kid: People With OCD Who Notice Things Too Much
- How Clean is Clean? (Compulsive cleaning and ordering)
- How Do I Know I'm Not Gay? (Homosexuality obsessions)
- How I Treat Violent Obsessions
- How Much Is Too Much? (Taking a more humane approach to behavioral therapy)
- How to Manage Your Parents When You Have OCD (a guide for teens)
- In Search of the Elusive Behavior Therapist
- Inositol and OCD
- Intensive vs. Self-Directed OCD Treatment
- Langley Collyer: The Mystery Hoarder of Harlem
- Let He Who is Without Sin (Religious obsessions)
- Loves Me? Loves Me Not? (Relationship obsessions)
- Morbid Obsessions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (General information)
- Obsessive Love (When People Become "Obsessed" with Other People)
- Panic Disorder (General information)
- Samuel Johnson: A Patron Saint of OCD
- Saving the World (Compulsive Hoarding)
- Teens With Morbid Obsessions
- Ten Things You Need to Know to Overcome OCD
- A Touching Story (Touching and movement compulsions)
- Treating Morbid Obsessions
- Very Superstitious (Magical and superstitious obsessions)
- What Do You Say After You Say You're Sorry (Coming to terms after you recover from OCD)
- What The Heck Is "Obsessive Slowness?"
- When Epidemics Collide: OCD and AIDS
- Your Number is Up! ("Magical" numbers and OCD)
- Advice for Significant Others (Dealing with a TTM sufferer)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania
- Coming to Terms With Your Child's Hair Pulling
- Childhood Trichotillomania (Dealing with the reluctant child's pulling)
- Fight for Your Rights: Getting Insurance to Pay for Your Treatment
- Inositol and Trichotillomania
- A Stimulus Regulation Model of Trichotillomania (Why people pull)
- Trichotillomania (General information)
- Unconditional Self Acceptance and Trichotillomania
- What Cognitive Therapy Can Do for TTM
- Skin-Picking and Nail-Biting - Related Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders: More Than "A Bad Case of Nerves"
- Common Questions, Myths and Misconceptions About Psychiatric Medicine
- Medications that Treat OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders
- OCD and Managed Care
- PANDAS: The OCD - Strep Connection
- Depression: from Children through Adults
- How Do I Know I'm Not Really Gay - Part 2
- How To Defeat OCD By Surrendering
- Living With Your Loved One's OCD: Some Advice For Significant Others
- NAC and Trichotillomania
- Stimulation Substitutes for Trichotillomania
- To Be Or Not To Be. That Is The Obsession: Existential And Philosophical Obsessions
- 25 Tips For Succeeding In Your OCD Therapy
- My Parents Don't Believe I Have OCD
- Both Ends Against The Middle: When OCD Tries To Disrupt Its Own Treatment
- Driven To Distraction: Hit and Run OCD


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Kilkivan is home to the Great Kilkivan Horse Ride, a spectacular sight attracting over 1000 horses, riders and horse drawn vehicles every April. Riders traverse 20 to 30 kilometress of beautiful countryside before joining the grand parade through the township. A new experience for the region is the Kilkivan Rail Trail, where mountain bikers and hikers can travel the 27 kilometre journey on the old rail corridor from Kilkivan to Goomeri.
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I have some time today, as classes are cancelled for a big test, so I
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Mr. Bullitt, editor of Access to Insight, I just pointed out to him
what I saw as an obvious misrepresentation of a sutta. This is part
of what I wrote to Mr. Bullitt:
What disturbs me the most about Thanissaro's article is where he
writes, "In fact, the one place where the Buddha was asked point-
blank whether or not there was a self, he refused to answer. When
later asked why, he said that to hold either that there is a self or
that there is no self is to fall into extreme forms of wrong view
that make the path of Buddhist practice impossible. Thus the question
should be put aside." The sutta that Thanissaro is referring to is
the Ananda Sutta and that isn't at all what the sutta states- and
Thanissaro should know since he translated it! In that sutta, the
Buddha refused to answer the question because he knew that either
answer would be misunderstood. To answer yes or no to the person
asking, a wandering ascetic, would have resulted in confusion because
the questioner wasn't fluent in the Dhamma, he was of a different
faith. The Buddha doesn't say that the question should be put aside
because it "falls into extreme forms of wrong view that make the path
of Buddhist practice impossible." The sutta in question doesn't state
anything of the sort: <end quote>
Mr. Bullitt must have sent my e-mail to Thanissaro because the article
in question "The Not-Self Strategy" was revised August 14, 2007 and it
no longer contains the statement I found objectionable. Actually, the
article has been rewritten to argue the specific point I made in my
e-mail to Mr. Bullitt, that the Buddha refused to answer the question
because the questioner was from a different faith. Thanissaro now
writes in the new, revised article:
"The first passage is one of the most controversial in the Canon.
Those who hold that the Buddha took a position one way or the other on
the question of whether or not there is a self have to explain the
Buddha's silence away, and usually do so by focusing on the his final
statement to Ananda. If someone else more spiritually mature than
Vacchagotta had asked the question, they say, the Buddha would have
revealed his true position. This interpretation, though, ignores the
Buddha's first two sentences to Ananda: No matter who asks the
question, to say that there is or is not a self would be to fall into
one of the two philosophical positions which the Buddha avoided
throughout his career. As for his third sentence, he was concerned not
to contradict "the arising of knowledge that all phenomena are
not-self" not because he felt that this knowledge alone was
metaphysically correct, but because he saw that its arising could be
liberating. (We will deal further with the content of this knowledge
below in Point 2.) Thus it would seem most honest to take the first
dialogue at face value, and to say that the question of whether or not
there is a self is one on which the Buddha did not take a position,
regardless of whether he was talking to a spiritually confused person
like Vacchagotta, or a more advanced person like Ananda. For him, the
doctrine of not-self is a technique or strategy for liberation, and
not a metaphysical or ontological position."
These sentences were not in the original article; and what I quoted
from the original article is now missing. I am glad that Thanissaro
changed his original article because it did blatantly misrepresent
what the sutta in question states.
Personally, however, I still don't agree with Thanisarro's
conclusions. Thanissaro writes, "This interpretation, though, ignores
the Buddha's first two sentences to Ananda: No matter who asks the
question, to say that there is or is not a self would be to fall into
one of the two philosophical positions which the Buddha avoided
throughout his career." The Buddha doesn't say anything in this sutta
about `No matter who asks the question'!! It matters a great deal who
asks the question! The Buddha was mainly concerned about his teaching
being misinterpreted by members of other sects so he refused to answer
the question.
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U.S. Women's Update - Feb. 24
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 24, 2009) – The current edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Feb. 24 includes briefs on national team players competing overseas, U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts, trivia questions, how to purchase replica national team jerseys, updated list of United States players competing professionally overseas (including non-National Team members) and much more.
For the complete PDF document that includes the international transfer list, trivia questions and other fan interaction sections, click here.
OPEN TRYOUTS FOR U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: USA Volleyball conducted its three-day U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout Feb. 20-22 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The tryout attracted a record 160 athletes seeking spots on the U.S. Women's National Team, the U.S. Women's Junior National Team or the USA Women's Senior A2 Team. "I was very impressed with the talent and depth of the players who participated in the tryout this past weekend," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "The athletes worked very hard to be evaluated by our tryout coaching staff, who put in many hours over the weekend to make for a successful tryout. Overall, this was a very positive experience for our program." The 2009 U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout roster included 39 outside hitters, 39 middle blockers, 37 liberos, 28 setters and 17 opposites. A total of 64 different colleges were represented on the roster, including four non-NCAA Division I institutions. A total of 33 athletes were competing for roster spots for U.S. Women's Junior National Team inclusion, as well as the U.S. Women's National Team and its A2 program. For the full story, click here.
CLIMBING THE WORLD RANKINGS: The U.S. Women's National Team has moved into second place in the FIVB World Ranking released on Jan. 15, which aligns with the 2008 Olympic Games silver-medal finish. Team USA was ranked third in the world at the end of 2008 before the ranking formula adjusted based on past performances. Brazil is currently leading the world ranking with 255 points, followed by the Americans with 198 points. Cuba is ranked third with 190 points, closely followed by Italy with 185 points. China ranks fifth followed by Japan in sixth place.
FORMER NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER ON AMAZING RACE: Jennifer Hoffman, who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team in 2004 and was part of the 2004 Montreux roster, is part of the current season of the CBS series Amazing Race. She is taking part in the series with her sister LaKisha Hoffman. Jennifer was an All-American volleyball player at the University of Louisville. For more details on the pair, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTION: How many 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Players are playing professionally overseas? Answer can be found on page four in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
AH MOW-SANTOS UPDATE: Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu), a three-time Olympian for Team USA, has returned to her professional team in Switzerland as Volero continues into the playoffs. With Ah Mow-Santos, Volero defeated Tech-Laser VBC Cheseaux in the Playoff 1/4 Final with a three-set and four-set victory to advance to the finals. Volero takes on VC Kanti Schaffhausen on Feb. 28, followed by a March 4 home contest. The third match of the best-of-five is scheduled for March 3. If needed, the final two matches will be played on March 11 and March 14.
TOM UPDATE: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian and Best Scorer of the 2008 Olympic Games, is playing with Hisamitsu Springs in the Japanese V-League. She aided her Japanese team to two victories this past weekend. Tom scored 20 points in a 25-15, 21-25, 28-26, 17-25, 15-10 victory over Okayama on Feb. 21. During the match, she tallied 17 kills, one block and two aces while recording an 83.3 percent on serve receive. One day later, Tom scored 16 kills, two blocks and three aces for 21 points in a 25-21, 27-25, 21-25, 25-17 victory over Toyota. Hisamitsu Springs is currently fourth in the league standings and will play the league's bottom two opponents next weekend: Hitachi (0-21) on Feb. 28 and JT (8-13) on March 1.
HANEEF-PARK UPDATE: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, is competing for the Pioneer Red Wings of the Japanese V-League. Pioneer dropped a 27-25, 25-22, 25-22 match to league-leading NEC on Feb. 21. Haneef-Park tallied 14 kills and two aces in the loss for 16 points. Pioneer came back the following day to take a 25-23, 25-23, 27-25 victory over second-place Denso. In the victory, Haneef-Park contributed 17 kills on 31 attacks without an error to go with a block for 18 points. Pioneer, at 11-11 during the league and in sixth place, plays Hitachi (0-21) on March 1.
METCALF, STALLS UPDATE: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a 2004 Olympian, is playing for Eczacibasi Zentiva of the Turkish professional league along with 2008 Olympic Games alternate Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.). Eczacibasi won a five-set match over Vakibank Gunes S. Istanbul on Feb. 18 in the CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff 12 Round. Metcalf, who started and played only the first four sets, tallied 10 points with nine kills and a block. Stalls, who started the entire match, added a match-high five blocks to go with a kill and ace for seven points. Eczacibasi now advances to the Champions League Playoff 6 Round and will face Poland's Fakro Muszynianka Muszyna on March 4 or 5 to start the home-and-home series which concludes the following week. In Turkish League action on Feb. 21, Eczacibasi dropped a 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 match to rival Fenerbahce Acibadem. Stalls started her second straight match and tallied three kills on seven errorless attacks to go with a block and ace for five points. Metcalf did not play in the match.
NNAMANI UPDATE: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), a two-time Olympian now playing professionally in Turkey for Galatasaray, was idle in competition last week. Galatasaray returns to the court on Feb. 25 against V. Gunes Sigorta.
McGINNIS, HUGHES UPDATE: Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), both alternates on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and now competing for Besiktas JK Bayan of the Turkish professional volleyball league, did not have a match last week.
BUSSE, CRIMES, PRESSEY UPDATE: Toa Baja, competing in the Puerto Rico Super League, features three players who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team during 2008. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) all are sharing a heavy offensive load for Toa Baja. The Llaneras are now 8-0 to start the season after picking up two wins last week. Toa Baja defeated Carolina 25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 25-19 on Feb. 21. Pressey tallied 16 points, 10 digs and 11 successful service receptions in the victory. Busse added 15 points, while Crimes chipped in 11 points. Playing against Toa Baja, Kylie Atherstone charted 16 points for Carolina in the loss. In Toa Baja's Feb. 22 five-set victory over San Sebastian, it seemed like a reunion of U.S. Women's National Team players. Busse led Toa Baja with 18 points, while Pressey contributed 16 points and 20 digs followed by Crimes' 10 points. In defeat, former U.S. National Team player Jane Collymore racked up a match-high 26 points in her first match with new team San Sebastian. Shonda Cole added 21 points, followed by 12 points by Allison Daley and 11 points by Jessica Jones. Toa Baja has a 2.5 match lead over Corozal in the league standings.
OTHER AMERICAN STANDOUTS IN PUERTO RICO LEAGUE: Vicky Brown scored 11 points in Juncos' 25-18, 25-18, 25-12 victory over Ponce on Feb. 17…Kylie Atherstone compiled 20 points for Carolina as it defeated San Sebastian 25-20, 19-25, 27-25, 22-25, 15-3 on Feb. 19. Rachel Hartman added 15 assists in the victory. For San Sebastian, Lily Kahumoku recorded a team-high 14 points, while Allison Daley added 13 points and 19 digs and Jessica Jones followed with 10 points…Lindsay Phillips tallied a double-double of 15 points and 11 digs as Guaynabo defeated Caguas 16-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-18 on Feb. 19. Patrice Arrington added 13 points and 20 digs in the victory…Jordan Larson chalked up 19 points in a 25-18, 25-22, 25-19 Bayamon victory over Juncos…Arrington totaled 18 points on Feb. 21 as Guaynabo lost to Ponce 25-19, 22-25, 28-26, 25-22…Jeanne Fairchild ripped 19 points for Mayaguez in a 25-23, 25-19, 25-12 victory over Bayamon. Larson was credited with 11 points in the loss…Kristee Porter scored 18 points and Erin Moore added 15 points and 16 digs as Corozal defeated Caguas 25-15, 25-17, 23-25, 25-16 on Feb. 21…Lindsey Phillips tallied 13 points as Guaynabo topped Juncos 25-23, 25-18, 25-21 on Feb. 22…For more highlights from the Puerto Rico Super League, click here.
BOWN UPDATE: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian and middle blocker on the silver-medal winning 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, did not compete her Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi's loss to Famila Chieri on Feb. 21. With the loss, Jesi falls to 12-7 on the year and holds a slim one-point lead over fifth-place Despar Perugia. Jesi resumes Italian Serie A action on March 1 versus CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte, which has four-time U.S. Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda on the roster. As part of the CEV Challenge Cup, Jesi defeated France's Albi 25-21, 25-19, 25-21 on Feb. 18 without Bown competing. Jesi, which did not drop a set in the home-and-home quarterfinals, advances to the Challenge Cup semifinals on March 14 and will play Russia's Lenigradka St. Petersburg.
WILLOUGHBY UPDATE: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medalist, came off the bench in Despar Perugia's 25-17, 25-18, 25-21 victory over Minetti Vicenza in an Italian Serie A match on Feb. 22. Willoughby subbed into the contest during the third set and provided two kills on eight attacks to help Perugia improve to 11-8 on the season and move into fifth place. Perugia takes on Famila Chieri, tied for last place with Minetti Vicenza, on March 1.
SCOTT-ARRUDA UPDATE: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. Olympian middle blocker, provided 10 points for CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte on Feb. 22. However, her Italian Serie A team lost 25-11, 25-20, 25-14 to league-leader Pesaro. Scott-Arruda tallied all her points via kills. Castellana Grotte returns to action on March 1 against fourth-place Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi. The contest will match-up both Team USA starting middle blockers from the past three Olympic Games as Heather Bown competes for Jesi.
GLASS UPDATE: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian playing professionally in Russia with Universitet Belogorie, was part of a four-set loss to Indesit on Feb. 22. No statistics of the match are available at press time. Universitet Belogorie falls to 12-7 on the season and to fifth place by points, but only one match victory out of second place in a close league standings. Universitet Belogorie challenges Zarechie-Odintsovo, 6-10 on the season and in 10th place, on Feb. 28.
JOINES, RICHARDS UPDATE: Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, are competing for Fakel in the Russian professional league this winter. Fakel lost nearly upset Uralochka-NTMK on Feb. 22, but walked away with a 20-25, 28-26, 25-18, 19-25, 15-10 loss. Richards scored a match-high 27 points with 22 kills on 49 attacks and five aces on 22 serves. Joines added five kills on 12 attacks and three blocks for eight points. Fakel (1-15) plays Avtodor-Metar (7-9) on Feb. 28 in its next match.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).
OLYMPIC LIBEROS TO HOST CAMP: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), who have occupied the libero position for the last three Olympic Games for Team USA, will host a one-day clinic on ball control and defense for all positions on March 8. The clinic will be held at Grand Canyon University, located at 3300 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The session runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cost for the clinic is $160 per athlete with a cap of 60 participants. Athletes will be broken down into two age groups – 12-14 and 15-18. Sykora served as the U.S. libero at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, then earned a silver medal at her third Olympic Games in 2008 as a defensive specialist. Meanwhile, Davis was the 2008 Olympic Games libero. For more information or to register, click here.
McCUTCHEON IN STAR-STUDDED CLINIC LINEUP: U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), who led the U.S. Olympic Men's Team to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games before switching roles in December of 2008, is one of seven speakers at the 2009 Nebraska Volleyball Coaches Clinic set for March 27-28 at Lincoln, Neb. Cost for the clinic is $100 per person. McCutcheon will be joined by former UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist. She coached UCLA for 27 years guiding the Bruins to an 887-171-1 record with 11 national titles. Other presenters will be Nebraska Head Coach John Cook, Nebraska Assistant Coach and former Olympian Erik Sullivan, Nebraska Assistant Coach Lizzy Stemke, Papillion LaVista South High School Head Coach Gwen Egbert and Piux X High School Head Coach Jake Moore as presenters. For more information, contact the NU Volleyball Office at (402) 472-2399 or click here for the clinic brochure.
REPLICA JERSEY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME: Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your volleyball loved ones? USA Volleyball has the answer with replica jerseys from its 2008 Olympic Games indoor teams being made available for a limited time by clicking here. The U.S. Olympic Women's Team replica jerseys, priced at $65 apiece, are available in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large. Replica jerseys are available for all 12 U.S. players who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games. Each replica jersey will have the Olympian's name on the back with their jersey number on both the front and back. In addition, USA Volleyball has several other 2008 Olympic Games apparel items commemorating the unprecedented indoor and beach volleyball success obtained in Beijing. Products available on the online store include short and long-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies in multiple designs.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking here. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.


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