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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The former director of information technology for the South Carolina Department of Revenue says the security of taxpayer information didn't get the attention it deserved at the agency.
Scott Shealy testified Thursday before a special House committee investigating how a hacker accessed 4 million state tax returns, getting information like Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. His hands and voice shook sometimes as he spoke.
Shealy left the Revenue Department in September 2011, a year before the hacker attacked. He says his bosses felt it was more important to block employees from seeing websites on their computers than securing sensitive information. He says he suggested encrypting data and making signing into the system more secure, but was ignored.
Shealy now handles computer information for Chief Justice Jean Toal.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Chicago Fire Reserves followed up the first team's victory over Houston Saturday with a 4-2 win of their own over Coastal Carolina University on a chilly Sunday afternoon in Charleston.
Despite the final score line, the Fire Reserves fell behind early when Coastal's Jacob Stourac pounced on a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and moved into space before placing a low effort past Fire 'keeper James Belshaw in the second minute.
The goal was a wakeup call and gave a spark to the Fire who didn't take long to equalize.
In the 13th minute, Maicon Santos collected a ball at midfield and moved easily through a high Chanticleers backline to break in alone on goal before easily finishing.
Just six minutes later Steven Kinney played a great ball out of the back to find Michael Videira on the right. The veteran midfielder strolled towards the endline before centering for Alex who one-timed his effort inside the near post for a 2-1 lead.
The Fire would make it 3-1 in the 31st minute when Alex won the ball just outside the penalty area before crossing for Wells Thompson (right) who chipped over the Chanticleers 'keeper to take the Fire into halftime with the two-goal lead.
With many Fire substitutions at the break, Coastal Carolina again scored an early goal inside the second half. The Fire began to dominate in possession again and threatened immediately after the goal when Corben Bone pushed Kellen Gulley through alone before the Coastal 'keeper came off his line to make a point blank save.
Gulley would make amends minutes later when he played a great diagonal through ball for trialist Colin Rolfe who sent a low, right footed effort inside the left post to restore the team's two goal lead and bring an end to the scoring.
Sunday's reserve game was the last one of preseason and was used to evaluate the remaining unsigned players in camp. Fire head coach Frank Klopas said earlier this week that the team was close to making roster decisions and likely to fill out remaining spots with the players still in camp.
Scoring Summary
CCU – Jacob Stourac (unassisted) 2'
CHI – Maicon Santos (unassisted) 13'
CHI – Alex (Michael Videira) 19'
CHI – Wells Thompson (Alex) 31'
CCU – unidentified 42'
CHI – Colin Rolfe (Kellen Gulley) 56'
Fire Lineup: James Belshaw** (Alec Kann^ 41'); Pascal Chimbonda^ (Brendan King 59'), Steven Kinney (Cameron Lindley# 41', Ricky Aldape# 65'), Leo Lelis^, Hunter Jumper; Michael Videira, Wells Thompson, Daniel Paladini (Cody Witkowski# 41'), Yazid Atouba* (Corben Bone 41'); Alex (Kellen Gulley 41'), Maicon Santos (Colin Rolfe^ 41')
*-SuperDraft Pick, **-Supplemental Draft Pick ^-Trialist #-Fire Academy


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - June 2010
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e-Subscription of Latest UN
Using web feeds (RSS) in your browser (Internet Explorer)
The Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) is pleased to announce the next step in our shift from printed to electronic documents with the introduction of an e-subscription programme based on RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a web feed technology which is used to channel United Nations documents. In simple words, RSS gathers all the documents you have subscribed to, in one place, as soon as they are published. By subscribing to RSS, the system will provide the latest documents to you according to your subscription criteria. Once you receive the list of documents, all you have to do is to click on the document of interest.
General Assembly 65th session -
Annotated Agenda
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/100
The annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly is now available (A/65/100).
Greening the Blue
'Greening the Blue,' a new website, shows what is happening to make the UN more sustainable and provides advice to Staff Members of UN System offices, agencies and organizations how they can contribute. It includes the greenhouse gas inventories of 49 UN organizations, as well as detailed tips and tools for staff in how to reduce their personal carbon footprints.
UN Global Compact 2010 Leaders Summit (24-25 June 2010, New York)
More than 1,000 leaders representing business, governments, civil society, academia and the UN System are expected to attend the largest-ever UN-business event on the issue of corporate responsibility.
Partnership Report
By making a difference in the lives of tens of millions of people in over a hundred countries, the United Nations team in Brussels is showcasing the concrete results of an increasingly dynamic partnership between the United Nations and the European Union. With the motto, "Improving Lives" the UN Office in Brussels has published its fifth annual report on joint actions undertaken with its EU partners ranging from crisis prevention, through humanitarian action and promoting sustainable development to building democratic and just societies. Rich in detail, this year's report puts a human face to the UN-EU partnership with a wide array of concrete examples spanning the globe from: mine clearance projects in Albania to hygiene improvement initiatives in Uganda.
What Will It Take To Achieve The
Millennium Development Goals? An International Assessment (UNDP)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched on 17 June 2010 an extensive assessment of what must be done to advance sustainable development and reduce global poverty. The report identifies a concrete action agenda to inform the outcome of the World leaders' MDG Summit in New York, this September. "For the many people living in poverty, the Millennium Development Goals are not abstract and aspirational targets; they offer a means to a better life, and overall a more just and peaceful world," said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark at the launch. "Our hope is that this evidence of tried and tested policies, and this agenda for accelerating the pace of success, informs a positive outcome at the world leaders summit on the MDGs in September", Helen Clark added.
WIPO GOLD - new gateway launched
by the World Intellectual Property Organization
"WIPO GOLD" is a free, on-line global intellectual property (IP) reference resource that provides quick and easy access to a broad collection of searchable IP data and tools relating to, for example, technology, brands, designs, statistics, WIPO standards, IP classification systems and IP laws and treaties.
General Assembly Thematic Debate
on "UN Peacekeeping: Looking into the Future" -
22 June 2010, United Nations Headquarters
A thematic debate of the General Assembly, entitled "United Nations peacekeeping: Looking into the future", was held on Tuesday, 22 June 2010, in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB). A note verbale, dated 17 June 2010, transmitting the draft programme, was sent by the Office of the President of the General Assembly to all permanent representatives and observers. The draft programme can be consulted at http://www.un.org/ga/president/64/letters/peacekeeping170610.pdf.
Machel Study 10-Year Strategic
Review "Children and Conflict in a Changing World" – new online version
The first Machel report submitted to the General Assembly in 1996, the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, concluded that in war all child rights are violated, and as long as the world tolerates this situation, every one of us is complicit. Today, this 10-year strategic review finds further points of progress but also many gaps in the implementation and monitoring of the new norms, standards and programmatic guidelines. And while some analysts point to progress in the decline of inter-state conflicts during the intervening period, the changing nature of conflict has expanded the number of situations to address and presents new threats to children. We must renew our efforts to meet these challenges, addressing all issues in detail while aiming at a holistic understanding of how we can advance the rights of children affected by conflict.
Report on Afghanistan
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2010/318
While the overall security situation has not improved in recent months, Afghanistan has witnessed a number of positive developments, according to a new United Nations report, which urges continued international support for what is a critical period for the country. Earlier this month, the Government hosted the Consultative Peace Jirga outside the capital, Kabul, with the participation of 1,600 delegates, including 300 women, to discuss the way forward for the country's peace process. "Despite rocket fire and thwarted suicide attacks during the opening session, the Jirga proceeded undeterred," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in his latest report to the Security Council.
Second Generation Disarmament,
Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Practices in Peace Operations: A
Contribution to the New Horizon Discussion on Challenges and Opportunities for
UN Peacekeeping (DPKO)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/publications/ddr/ddr_062010.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/orolsi.shtml
The aim of the report is to provide policy makers and practitioners with the tools needed to address the increasingly complex reality of DDR operations. The report is primarily based on four field studies (Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Haiti and Liberia).
United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations – Background Note: 30 April 2010 (DPI/1634/Rev.108,
May 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
United Nations Political and
Peacebuilding Missions - Background Note: 30 April 2010 (DPI/2166/Rev.83, May 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf
Dead planet, living planet:
Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development (UNEP)
Report & Interactive E-book: http://www.grida.no/publications/rr/dead-planet/
Restoring lost and damaged ecosystems-from forests and freshwaters to mangroves and wetlands-can trigger multi-million dollar returns, generate jobs and combat poverty according to this report compiled by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It draws on thousands of ecosystem restoration projects world-wide and showcases over 30 initiatives that are transforming the lives of communities and countries across the globe.
Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey (UNODC)
Afghanistan, the world's leading producer of opium and hashish, is seeing an increasing number of its own citizens taking drugs, according to a new report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which found that around one million people – eight per cent of the population – suffer from addiction.
International Year of Youth (12
August 2010 - 11 August 2011)
Website: http://social.un.org/youthyear/
Logo: http://social.un.org/youthyear/iyylogo.shtml
The official logo and slogan ("Our Year. Our Voice") for the International Year of Youth are now available.
NEWSMAKER: Equal opportunity key
to sustainable urban development – Interview with Anna Tibaijuka, the Executive
Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 18 June 2010
Third Report on G20 Investment
Measures (UNCTAD / OECD)
Full text: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/unctad_oecd2010_en.pdf
Summary: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/unctad_oecd2010_summary_en.pdf
The global economic picture has improved over the last six months, but the recovery is still subject to significant downside risks.
UNODC to Launch First-ever
Organized Crime Report (UNODC)
Produced by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the report examines major trafficking flows of drugs, firearms, counterfeit products, stolen natural resources, people trafficked for sex or forced labour and smuggled migrants, and offers ways to tackle these threats. The report also highlights the inadequacies of national responses to transnational crime, calling for global responses based on the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which was adopted in the Italian city of Palermo a decade ago.
United Nations Girls' Education
Initiative (UNGEI): "UNGEI at 10: a journey to gender equality in
education" (UNICEF)
The report overviews UNGEI's activities in advancing the MDGs related to gender, education, poverty reduction and education for all.
World Economic and Social Survey
Retooling global development is the main theme of this year's Survey. The study does not pretend to offer a blueprint; it aims instead to present ideas that could become the basis of a new, coherent "toolbox" for guiding development policies and international cooperation.
Committee to monitor
investigations into Gaza
conflict named
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, announced Monday the membership of a committee of three independent experts mandated by the Human Rights Council to monitor Israeli and Palestinian investigations into the serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law reported by the UN Fact Finding Mission, led by Justice Richard Goldstone. The three experts who have agreed to form the committee are Professor Christian Tomuschat (Chair), Justice Mary McGowan Davis and Mr. Param Cumaraswamy.
Impeding Assistance: Challenges to
Meeting the Humanitarian Needs of Palestinians; Special Focus, May 2010 (OCHA/OPT)
The situation in the Gaza Strip presents severe impediments to humanitarian operations. UNRWA reports that it has had 24 construction and infrastructure projects, totalling some US$ 109 million in donor funds, frozen as a result of the blockade.
ReliefWeb – Countries &
Emergencies: Kyrgyzstan
Towards gender equality in humanitarian
response: Addressing the needs of women & men in Gaza; A guidebook for the humanitarian sector
This guidebook aims to provide actors in Gaza with guidance on gender analysis, planning and actions to ensure that the needs, contributions and capacities of women, girls, boys and men are considered in all aspects of humanitarian response.
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Michigan women fall to No. 7 Penn State 68-57 despite 25 from Thompson, watch PSU clinch title
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico looked down and put her hand to her forehead as if she had a headache.
A seven-minute scoreless stretch in the first half really hurt the Wolverines in a 68-57 loss Sunday to No. 7 Penn State.
After trailing by 19 early, Michigan (19-8, 8-6 Big Ten) clawed back to within four with 8 minutes left with the help of two 3s from Kate Thompson (25 points) during a 12-4 run early in the second half.
Penn State turned to defense to hold on and finish unbeaten at home. The Lady Lions nearly frittered away an early big lead built during an 18-0 run during Michigan's scoreless first-half stretch.
"Golly, if you could figure it out to help me," Barnes Arico said after the game when asked about the early struggles. "What you do is ... you just sit there as a coach and go 'Holy Cow!'"
Junior Maggie Lucas scored 21 points and Penn State held off the late charge to clinch at least a share of its second straight regular-season title on Senior Day.
Alex Bentley had 11 points and four steals, and set the emotional tone in the final appearance at the Jordan Center for the vocal guard and the other four seniors who helped bring the Lady Lions (23-3, 13-1) back to Big Ten prominence.
They got a second-half scare from Michigan after shots started falling for the Wolverines before both teams settled into a tight defensive contest.
Nya Jordan added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan. Thompson was 5 of 13 from 3-point territory, and the nation's leader in 3-point buckets (3.69 per game) helped narrow the huge deficit to a two-possession game midway through the second half.
But the Lady Lions staved off their opponent, fueled by a sea of vocal fans wearing pink for the annual Pink Zone game to raise money breast cancer causes.
Ariel Edwards (11 points) gave the Lady Lions the break they needed on offense, hitting a 3 from the wing just before the shot-clock buzzer sounded for a seven-point lead with 7:11 left.
With the Jordan Center rocking, it was Penn State's turn to turn up the defensive pressure. Tori Waldner blocked Branae Harris' off-balance jumper in the lane with the shot clock winding down, and Bentley followed at the other end with a jumper from the top of the circle for a 57-48 lead with 6:25 left.
"Any time you start the way we started, it's hard to come back against a top team in the country," Barnes Arico said.
All Penn State needs now is to beat Minnesota on the road Thursday night to clinch the conference crown outright.
Michigan lost its second straight to a ranked foe after getting blown out by No. 24 Nebraska at home 57-39 last week. They entered Sunday in a three-way tie for fourth in the Big Ten and the last spot for an important first-round bye in the conference tournament next week.
Michigan finishes the regular-season schedule by hosting Northwestern on Thursday before traveling to Ohio State on Sunday. Barnes Arico said the tough two-game stretch will give her team a measuring stick for the final two games.
"We're not that far away," she said, "but being close and winning are two different things."
A game after shooting a season-low 27 percent in the loss to the Cornhuskers, Michigan wasn't much better against Penn State after hitting just 35 percent (19 of 54). The Lady Lions also held a 43-32 advantage on the boards, including nine from senior Nikki Greene.
Michigan just couldn't recover from Penn State's big first-half run. Penn State already had a 23-4 lead by the time Thompson hit a 3 with 8:25 left in the half to end the drought.
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USA Chicken & Biscuit in Derry closesBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 25. 2014 9:41PM
DERRY — After recently cleaning up and taking over the vacant KFC restaurant on Crystal Avenue, USA Chicken & Biscuit has suddenly closed.
Local officials said they were surprised by the recent closing of the business that opened earlier this year at 10 Crystal Ave. USA Chicken & Biscuit owner Rahim Woodod had done a great job cleaning up the property that was called an eyesore because of its unsightly condition, according to officials.
"The gentleman purchased it, and he did a wonderful job," said Elizabeth Robidoux, planning department assistant. "It opened and the next thing we know, it's closed."
Woodod couldn't be reached for comment Friday.
At the property recently, brightly colored banners fluttered in the breeze above the neat landscaping that was added when USA Chicken and Biscuit took over the business. The property looked clean and well-maintained, which is in stark contrast to how it once appeared.
The old KFC sat vacant for months as tall weeds grew in the front of the building and at the side of the parking lot. Some residents stepped forward last year at a Town Council meeting to complain about it. One resident called the former KFC an eyesore.
But a lot changed since the restaurant was sold in November, according to town officials.
Since the sale, workers removed vegetation and cleaned up the exterior of the property, Woodod said at the time. He added that approximately $3,000 was spent on landscaping alone.
USA Chicken & Biscuit also has a restaurant in Manchester, at 990 Elm St., that remains open. A worker who answered the phone Friday said he didn't know what the plans were for the Derry property.
Local officials were also unsure of what will happen to the closed restaurant.
"We haven't heard of any future plans for the business," Robidoux said.


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Eagles running back Dion Lewis was arrested at 4 a.m. Saturday in Albany, N.Y. and charged with a felony count of falsely reporting a fire and misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, the Daily News confirmed.
Lewis, who attended Albany Academy, was arrested with his older brother, according to Albany police. The brothers were locked out of the Hampton Inn, where they were staying as guests. They banged on the glass doors and pulled the fire alarm.
Dion Lewis was released from jail after his arraignment.
Lewis issued a statement Monday afternoon: "I want to apologize to my family, the Albany community, the Eagles organization and fans, and to the NFL for my involvement in an incident this past weekend. It was never my intention to cause any public alarm or damage any property. I am sorry for any embarrassment and inconvenience that my actions have caused. I am committed to continuing to conduct myself in conformance with the high moral, ethical and professional standards that I have my entire life and of which so many others rightly expect of me. Because the matter is still in the hands of the court system, I cannot comment any further."
The Eagles released a statement Monday afternoon: "We are aware of the incident involving Dion Lewis over the weekend in Albany and have since spoken to Dion and his representatives about it. They have a good understanding of the serious nature of this matter and understand the embarrassment it caused to not only himself, but the entire organization. Because it is a pending legal matter, we will have no further comment at this point."


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Surprise! LinkedIn Company Pages are about to get a little design makeover, the social network announced on its blog today. But it looks like you'll have to wait a bit -- LinkedIn is only rolling out these changes to select companies this week, including Philips, Citi, HP, and Dell, and the social network indicated the design won't be available for all Company Pages until later this year.
HubSpot's Company Page was lucky enough to be included in the early rollout, so let's take a look at HubSpot's page before and after the redesign so you can see what's in store for your own page once the new design is universally available.
Company Page Changes: General Overview
First, let's review the changes at a high level. All in all, the changes you'll see will affect only the design of your Company Page. In other words, no new features will be added; just the look and feel will be different. Here is a general overview of the biggest changes you'll notice:
- More prominently featured page elements, such as Company Updates and the Products & Services sections of your page.
- The ability to add a cover-style image that represents your company/brand to the top of your page.
- The availability of Company Pages on iPhone, Android, and iPad apps.
- A new look for the Career Pages section for select Company Pages.
- A more obvious, prominently displayed option for targeting your Company Updates to certain segments of your audience.
Example Makeover: HubSpot's LinkedIn Company Page
Now let's take a look at how these changes manifest on a real, live page. We've compared the old design of HubSpot's Company Page with the new look.
The Old Homepage
The New Homepage
Notice how you now have the capability to add a cover image near the top of the page, and the Products & Services section of the page is now featured on the right sidebar (compared to the tiny link in the tabbed section at the top of the old page design).
Furthermore, the ability to target Company Updates is much more prominent when you click on the update field to create a page post.
Finally, the "About" section of the page has been moved to the very bottom, below the page's Company Updates. To be perfectly honest, we're not sure how optimized and user-friendly this new placement is, particularly for visitors who are trying to learn about a new company they've come across.
The Old Products & Services Page
The New Products & Services Page
Structurally, the new version of the Products & Services page is very similar. The main difference is in the right sidebar, which now highlights the names, job titles, companies, and profile images of LinkedIn users in the visitor's network who have recommended particular products/services on your page. This is great news for marketers, because it puts recommendations at the forefront and displays testimonials much more prominently.
Below these highlighted users, you'll find any videos you've added to the page, which were also available in the former page design. The page also excludes the short, descriptive section at the top of the page, which you'll notice in the old page design. Again, we're not sure why LinkedIn is making it more difficult for page visitors to get to know the company behind the page.
While the new LinkedIn Company Page design isn't dramatically different and we're a little dismayed by the less prominent placement of pages' "About" sections, the design is a bit more customizable like the business pages of other social networks such as Facebook and Google+. This gives companies a better opportunity to create a more branded, unique-looking LinkedIn page that stands out from other Company Pages. As soon as the new design is available for all LinkedIn users, marketers should be sure to optimize their page for the new design.
What do you think of the new design? Does it motivate you to make better use of your LinkedIn Company Page?


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Patriots search for consistency
The correct scheme was in place for the Cummings High School defense last week, coach Steve Johnson said.
That meant little as South Granville rolled up more than 500 rushing yards and cruised past the Cavaliers for a 56-27 victory.
�They were going on one-play, two-play drives. That�s just really bad effort, there�s no other way to candy coat it,� Johnson said. �(Defensive coordinator) Danny McCawley came up with a very good scheme, but some of our kids basically refused to do what we were asking them to do. Once they saw the film, it was one of those things where the kids were embarrassed by how they played.�
That means Cummings has had one thing on its agenda during its off week.
�That�s all we�re spending our time on, defense. Just defense,� Johnson said. �We�re able to rethink some things that we�ve been doing. Defensively, we�re going to very much simplify our defense.�
▪ POSSIBLE RETURN: Will Richardsons season might not be finished.
The Cummings offensive / defensive lineman underwent surgery Tuesday for a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss at least the next three games.
But the two-time Times-News All-Region selection could return for a Nov. 1 game against Reidsville.
�It just kind of depends on his rehab,� Johnson said. �From what we understand, everything went fine. Now it�s just see how well it heals.�
▪ DOING IT IN SPURTS: Southern Alamance put up some big numbers against Graham in last weeks game.
�We played really well in spurts,� Patriots coach Andrew Carrouth said. �We never really seemed to get comfortable and seem to throttle down like we�ve been doing. The offensive rhythm seemed to ebb and flow.�
Graham stayed within striking distance and that concerned Carrouth.
�We�ve got to learn how to keep the motor going and finish people off,� he said. �I feel we made some plays defensively and we haven�t made enough of them.�
▪ THINGS TO WORK ON: Graham and Southern Alamance are off this week, so their meeting last week set them up for respective conference play.
For Graham, a regular dose of non-conference games against larger schools might have set a nice foundation going into Mid-State 2-A Conference play.
�It will pay off,� coach Anthony Timmons said. �It starts with conference.�
Carrouth said he liked the open week on the schedule before embarking on the All Metro Conference slate.
�Now we have a week to get ourselves prepared,� he said. �We�re a little beaten up, bruised up. We need to go back and work on some things fundamentally right now. It�s a great week because I really like how our schedule is set.�
▪ A LITTLE BIT OF HEART: Williams High School coach David Green dealt with a short-handed lineup Friday night as offensive juggernauts Jamieon Harvey and Jaylin Jeffries both sat on the sidelines, Harvey with a jersey over street clothes.
But he was happy with the heart of his team.
�I thought our kids played hard,� Green said. �Can�t complain about that when they give you what they�ve got.�
He said he hopes for a little relief after going through the gauntlet of Mid-State 3-A powerhouses Northern Guilford, Western Alamance and Eastern Alamance.
Unfortunately, Green will only have a chance to see one of those two players on the field again this season.
Jeffries will have surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in mid-October. The Old Dominion-commit will not return this season. Harvey will miss about 3-4 weeks with a broken pinkie finger. Green said he hopes to have Harvey back for the last couple games of the season.
▪ EAGLES OUT OF SYNC: Once again, Eastern Alamance scored a lot of points in a Friday night football game. But to coach John Kirby, it looked a little sloppy.
�We just didn�t look smooth. I thought we looked out of sync,� he said. �We couldn�t get into a rhythm like we have in previous games. I think Williams had a lot to do with that, they put pressure on us and frustrated us.�
The Eagles were whistled for 11 penalties for 97 yards. The high-powered, quick-moving Eagles offense made up for it.
�Malcolm Summers and John Lamot made great plays and I�m glad they�re on our team,� Kirby said.
▪ BIG OPPONENT THIS WEEK: Eastern Alamance heads into this weeks showdown with Northern Guilford, a date thats big on the Eagles calendar.
�I think if you ask most of our players and they look what game they want to play the most, that�s probably it,� Kirby said. �Those guys have kind of been a nemesis to most everybody in the state of North Carolina for the last three or four years. They�ve got great tradition, great coaching staff and they�ve got a great program.�
He added that his team is not �going to put all our eggs in the basket� for this one game. And Lamot echoed that sentiment when asked about preparing for the Nighthawks.
�Work hard throughout the week like we�ve been doing all summer and just play our game,� he said.
▪ NO CONTROVERSY: When Western Alamance was forced to punt on its first possession of the second half during Friday nights game against Northern Guilford, the Warriors were down 17 and grasping for momentum.
The Warriors found a spark on the punt, when Northern Guilford was unable to field the ball. Several Western Alamance and Northern Guilford players frenetically jockeyed for the ball, with a player from each team kicking it before Northern Guilford�s Mook Reynolds fell on the ball in the end zone.
The play was initially ruled a touchback with Northern Guilford taking over. Then the Warriors were told it was a safety, before the call was flipped back to a touchback.
That sequence served a blow to the Warriors� chances.
�We got excited for that one second, and then right after that they took it away from us,� said defensive back / receiver Britton Smith. �That definitely hurt us.�
But the ruling was correct, according to coach Jeff Snuffer.
�That was the right call, because it touched him and it touched our guy,� Snuffer said. �If it crosses the goal line and nobody had possession, it�s a dead ball. And that�s a high school rule.�
▪ RUNNING BACK WOES: Last weeks game against Northern Guilford marked the first time in 17 games that Donovan Apple didnt score a touchdown for Western Alamance. But for the last 17 minutes of the game, Apple didnt have a chance to extend his streak.
Apple was injured with five minutes left in the third quarter. The junior took a helmet to his left knee and didn�t return to the action.
The injury isn�t as bad as it first appeared, according to Snuffer, who said it was likely a strain and that he hoped Apple would return to practicing at full speed soon.
�He�s been in practice � the swelling has been going down,� Snuffer said. �We hope to get him going by (today), if not by Monday.�
This season, Apple has 480 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.
▪ GOOD ENOUGH: Despite his teams unblemished record, Eastern Guilford coach Doug Robertson is looking for major improvements from one unit on his team.
Robertson would like to fix the offensive inconsistencies that have kept his team from reaching the 30-point plateau.
�We�ve been kind of out of sync and off all year. Play good at times, play poorly at times,� Robertson said. �Fortunately, we had enough good plays to win (last week).�
One of the culprits for a sputtering offense last week was the Wildcats defense, which allowed several lengthy drives. That translated to 38 offensive plays for Eastern Guilford, far below the number Robertson would like. A failed conversion of a fourth-and-goal from the half-yard line and too many three-and-outs also limited the Wildcats.
�It�s hard to score when you don�t have plays,� Robertson said. �When we were out there, we missed some plays that could have been scores.�
With a 5-0 record, Eastern Guilford�s defense has been the strength. The biggest moment of last week�s victory came with about six minutes left, when McMichael attempted a two-point conversion to tie the game.
After a facemask penalty gave McMichael a second chance, Khayree Lundy and Trey McLean made a stop to preserve the 20-18 lead, which was eventually the winning score.


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Much to my regret I've never managed to visit the battlefield at Waterloo – the closest I have got was a realisation at Brussels main station that we didn't have enough time to get to Waterloo, have a good look, and get back again in time for the Eurostar. But in lieu of a visit in the past 10 years, this DVD, and the others in the Waterloo series, are easily the next best thing.
I'm somebody who has devoured everything about the battle of Waterloo that I could lay my hands on – down to playing with little cut out squares of paper, each representing a unit, when I was but a wee lad. Not to mention being ever so slightly obsessed with Sharpe.But even I learnt something from this programme – in particular, the amount of depth given to the attack on Hougoumont was fascinating. I also enjoyed the little 'diversions' from the battle, to explain aspects such as the British heavy cavalry sabre, or the French Artillery system.
What I really like about this programme, is that you actually feel that you are there. You are given a very good feel for the lie of the land – what Montgomery would have called 'smelling the battlefield'. That's one thing that is very hard to put across without actually being there, so to convey that sense by DVD is a great achievement. The height of Hougoumont's walls, the steepness and proximity of the French and Allied ridges, and the feel of the cropfields. There are some great graphics in this as well, perfectly illustrating the conduct of the battle, and some pretty interesting scenes of living history enthusiasts on the battlefield itself.
Using experienced battlefield guides at experts makes complete sense – the experience in showing visitors round the battlefield shows. In fact, the programme feels very much like a virtual battlefield tour, from the comfort of your own armchair. I enjoyed it immensely.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A study using mice found heavy alcohol use rewires the brain making it harder for alcoholics to recover from a traumatic experience, U.S. researchers say.
Study author Thomas Kash of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine said those who drank heavily were at increased risk for traumatic events such as car accidents and domestic violence, but that only partially explained the connection.
"There's a whole spectrum to how people react to a traumatic event," Kash said in a statement. "It's the recovery that we're looking at -- the ability to say 'this is not dangerous anymore.'"
Over the course of one month, the researchers gave one group of mice doses of alcohol equivalent to double the legal driving limit in humans. A second group of mice was given no alcohol.
The researchers used mild electric shocks to train all the mice to fear the sound of a brief tone.
The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found when the tone was repeatedly played without the accompanying electric shock, the mice with no alcohol exposure gradually stopped fearing it, but the mice with chronic alcohol exposure froze in place each time the tone was played.


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Sharon Day 10/26/2005 6:07:27 AMFantastic image, Eric!!! One of my favorite special effects are slide sandwiches. Well done! #333063
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September 1 was my 15th anniversary as National Director of Priests for Life. This is a good point, therefore, at which to reflect aloud with you on some of my perspective right now on the pro-life movement and the steps we need to take in the immediate future.
From 1976, when I attended the Annual March for Life in Washington as a high school senior, to 1993, when I dropped everything else I was doing to devote myself full-time to the protection of my unborn brothers and sisters, a fire was growing within me. It was a passion for justice, focused on the single greatest injustice of our day: abortion. As the fire raged full-force, it made me realize that every ounce of my strength, and every moment of my time, must be devoted to ending this holocaust.
Since then, every hour of my days and nights has been focused on this mission, and I have been inspired to a limitless degree by all those around me who have the same focus, the same passion, and live it out to the extent that their own vocations permit. There has not been a day that I have looked back. There has not been a day that I have not felt the enthusiasm of the very first day of this mission.
I am convinced at the present moment that our movement is entering yet another phase of this battle. We are closer to victory than ever before, and now is the time to redouble every effort and to push over the finish line. Now is the time to cut off any "dead wood," any projects that aren't bearing fruit, any expenditures and efforts that are not actually moving us toward the goal of ending abortion, and any bureaucracy in our structures that is hindering rather than advancing the mission.
There is a new thirst for unity in our movement, and I have been committed to promoting that unity in various ways since 1993. Gathering leaders for retreats and strategy sessions, and building bridges of communication and collaboration that didn't exist before, continues to be one of the most important things in which I am involved. These efforts for unity are bearing fruit, and many leaders have approached me about how we can harvest that fruit and begin more joint efforts, rather than just pursuing, on parallel paths, the work of our individual organizations. More leaders than ever are ready to do this.
Moreover, people who want to support the pro-life movement financially are looking for that kind of active unity and collaboration. They are looking for convincing plans that have a promise of success and that meet the varied needs of the movement rather than the vision of just one organization. Various leaders on the national level, including myself, have been formulating such plans and it is time to invest even greater effort and attention to bringing them to fruition.
My team and I have therefore enacted a number of changes, in order to best use your resources and ours to hasten the day of victory.
For one thing, Priests for Life is not going to have its own seminarians. We started down that road a couple of years ago, convinced that we had to leave no stone unturned in looking for ways to advance the pro-life cause within the Church. We tried it, but it began to divert too much time, energy, and resources away from the primary purpose of our organization. (You can click here for more about our experiment with a community.) Experience has proven that it's best to stay with the original design of Priests for Life, namely, that the dioceses, seminaries, and religious communities take care of training men for the priesthood, and that we take care of specialized training in the pro-life cause, both for priests who want to work with us full-time, and for all the priests, deacons, seminarians, and laity in the Church (and outside the Church).
In regard to that training, I'm announcing this week a whole series of new training programs that we will provide for clergy and laity alike. These are being developed into online courses that can be followed from the comfort of one's home, and that will draw on the wisdom and experience of pro-life leaders nationwide, and provide simple "how-to" resources for getting the pro-life job done!
Another one of the matters I want to let you know about is that we're going to vastly scale down the building projects that we have in the works. After all, we are a missionary organization. My suitcase and those of our whole pastoral team are never unpacked. Moreover, we come into people's homes and cars through television, radio, and internet on a daily basis. Both of those dynamics suggest that a big central headquarters isn't necessary. A small one suffices. Again, our current approach is working, so I don't want to divert all kinds of attention and resources to building anything that may prove superfluous. We're closer to victory than ever before. The focus now needs to be getting the job done, not setting up more structures for plans to get it done in the next generation. The time is now.
Now is the time to stop all the cautious dancing with language and plainly challenge our citizens to elect pro-life candidates.
Now is the time to stop lamenting that we're not reaching abortion-minded women and instead, simply go to the places where they obviously are – the abortion clinics – and be present at those killing centers twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, until the killing stops.
Now is the time to stop worrying about those who aren't doing their job, and partnering more closely with those who are. It doesn't take a majority to get the job done; it takes a minority who risk everything and stop at nothing.
We have entered a new phase of the pro-life movement. Come with us. It's time for victory.
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director
September 8, 2008
Click here for a joint statement from Priests for Life and the Diocese of Amarillo


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California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, who has been undergoing a course of radiotherapy for early-stage prostate cancer, said on Tuesday that he had completed his treatment and was "rarin' to go."
Brown, 74, announced that his treatments were finished during a press conference in Sacramento on prison overcrowding.
Asked if he was feeling better after the treatment, Brown drew laughter when he held out his arms and said, "You choose."
"I'm ready. I'm rarin' to go," Brown said. "Don't expect me to leave too soon."
The completion of Brown's cancer treatment comes as the California Legislature reconvenes for a new session following an election that gave Democrats a supermajority in both houses - the first time any party has had such a grip on the legislature in 79 years.
Brown has been riding a string of successes in recent months. Voters in November approved a tax hike he championed, while soundly rejecting a measure he opposed that would have gutted union political power.
He also oversaw approval of a high-speed rail project and has been reining in an unwieldy budget deficit that has plagued California for years.
In announcing the cancer treatments in December, Brown's office had described his prognosis for recovery as excellent and said he would to keep up a full work schedule.
Dr. Eric Small, an oncologist treating the governor, had called it an early-stage, localized prostate cancer.
Brown had a cancerous growth removed from the right side of his nose in April 2011, followed by reconstructive surgery.
He became one of the youngest governors of California when he took office in 1975 at age 36, going on to serve two consecutive terms. He later returned to that office in 2011 and is now the oldest governor the state has ever had.
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President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline marks one of the biggest victories for the U.S. environmental movement in years. Speaking this morning from the White House, Obama–flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry–made one of his most forceful statements to date about the importance of moving the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels.
"Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America's energy security," the president said. "America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change. And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership."
Then, in a clear echo of the environmental movement's overarching message, the president said, "Today, we're continuing to lead by example, because ultimately, if we're going to prevent large parts of this earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetime, we're going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky."
Make no mistake: You never would have heard Obama say "keep some fossil fuels in the ground" had the environmental movement not made Keystone XL one of the defining issues of his presidency.
Coming after years of protests, marches, civil disobedience actions, and nonstop political pressure from both the grassroots and the Democratic party's major donors, the defeat of the pipeline is a clear win for the environment. The president's decision removes a potential threat to the Great Plains' groundwater. It stems the sludgy tide of Canadian tar sands, an especially dirty source of crude oil that would, if fully extracted, accelerate global climate change.
Just as important, the pipeline's defeat represents a major victory for the ideal of citizen action. "People power" is an overused and almost hackneyed phrase. But in this case, nothing else explains how such a political victory happened.
Just four years ago, many Washington insiders presumed that Keystone XL was a done deal. But Native American tribes, ranchers in the Great Plains, and environmental organizations ignored the conventional wisdom and decided to make Keystone XL a symbol for the choices we face in the era of climate change: Will we continue with the anachronistic fossil fuel economy, or make a pivot toward a society powered by clean energy? As author-activist Bill McKibben got in the habit of saying, Keystone was a "line in the sand." The cynical "wise men" in Washington said the campaign against Keystone XL was quixotic, if not misguided. (Just see,, and.) In the end, they were proven wonderfully wrong. The president's decision proves that–even in a money-soaked and lobbyist-chocked political system–ordinary citizens can frustrate the best-laid plans of the powers-that-be.
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On average, firing rates in 80 ms windows were higher preceding notes than after notes (f pre = 37.5 Hz, f post = 30.7 Hz). However, these differences could not explain the higher similarity of NIf HVC firing prior to quasi-identical notes: After randomly removing spikes in pre-note windows to equalize average firing rates in pre- and post-note windows, the similarity among NIf HVC spike trains preceding quasi-identical notes was still exceedingly high (median r pre = 0.66 > median r post = 0.07, p < 10 −6 ; median r random = –0.15, p < 2 × 10 −14 , Wilcoxon rank-sum test).
We hypothesized that there is a simple predictive relationship between NIf's motor code and the neural representation of auditory feedback in field L. To directly compare NIf's motor code with field L's feedback responses, we recorded multi-unit activity during singing simultaneously in NIf and in the surrounding lateral field L using a 16-pad linear electrode array (silicon probe, see Materials and Methods ). Electrodes were implanted such that the tip of the electrode array was located in field L2a, the middle in NIf, and the top recording pads picked up signals from field L1 ( Fig 7 ). Multi-unit firing during singing increased markedly in L2a and in NIf but only weakly in L1 ( Fig 7A and 7B ). Playback of a loud white-noise stimulus during singing (song perturbation) caused the bird to truncate its song; but unlike in NIf, neurons in field L1 and L2a responded strongly to such white-noise stimuli, thus demonstrating that in field L we recorded feedback-sensitive neurons [ 5 ].
A. Distortion of auditory feedback by playback of white noise during song (red horizontal bar) leads to interruption of both song and NIf activity (pads 9–11) but evokes increased responses in fields L1 (pads 13–16) and L2a (pads 1–7). Activity on pads 6 and 8 is not plotted because of excessively high electrode impedance. B. NIf, field L1, and L2a activity during unperturbed singing (same animal and electrode array position). The part of the song in which noise is played in A is marked "no white noise." C. Cross-covariance function of simultaneously recorded neuronal activity of three example pairs of recordings in field L2a and NIf, averaged over song renditions (full black line; the dashed line shows 3 standard deviations). The CC function exceeds a shuffle predictor (grey line) of covariance between NIf activity during one song and field L2a activity during the following song (averaged over songs). D. Histological verification of recording location. The electrode track is marked with a fluorescent dye (Dil). Red arrows indicate locations of electrolytic lesions that were made on electrode pads 1 and 16. Most pads were in the field L—NIf complex with the first pad potentially located in the caudal auditory striatum (CSt) below field L2a. E. A zebra finch carrying a 16-channel silicon probe mounted on a manual microdrive and connected to a headstage. The inset shows the microdrive and the digital headstage without shielding. All data can be downloaded as part of the supporting information files ( S1 Data ).
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Create a Plan B. Leaders should also help their employee set realistic expectations about what he or she can accomplish. For example, your employee might insist she can be just as productive during her treatment and think of this time away as a variation on "working from home." That would be great, and maybe indeed be the case. But you should also clearly set up a Plan B just in case those good intentions don't work out.Create a Plan B.
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Thank you for this article. Last year, I had two people on my team of 12 impacted by cancer - one was dealing with treatments herself, the other was caring for her husband with Stage 4 cancer. It very much stretched me as a manager. Any additional thoughts you can provide about managing primary caregivers of those undergoing treatment?


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Hipster Deer Skirt
Added Mar 29, 2013
By MegH
Toronto, Canada
I got this Hipster Deer fabric from Harts Fabric back in December, and I have been pondering what to do with it. I wanted a simple design pattern, and something that I could mix and match in my wardrobe. A skirt was the perfect thing to make! I decided to make the under skirt from this Layered Skirt pattern. I loved the dart placement and it fits so well!
My original plan was to add a shorter over-skirt…but plans changed, and after I attached it I knew it didn't look quite right. Sometimes things look great in my head and illustrations, but when brought to life it fails to deliver. So instead, I added a center back exposed zipper to add some edge to this hipster skirt. This skirt pattern fits so great, and I can't wait to make it in a bunch of other fabrics for spring and summer time.
Check out my sewing process in the latest edition of Meg's Magazine Mash Up: March Issue
Material Notes
5% linen, 45% cotton
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Jul 26, 2013, 08.42 PMby therajoyce
I adore this skirt! So cute! :)
Mar 29, 2013, 08.38 PMby lienepien
Nice skirt! And those reindeers with glasses on great!
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Mar 31, 2013, 01.26 AMby MegH
Thanks so much, I just love the fabric print. It's so quirky.
Mar 29, 2013, 06.09 PMby Mary Athey
i think this is gorgeous on you and the fabrics fab. i thought it was just spotty until i looked at in on my laptop. its adorable xx
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Mar 31, 2013, 01.54 AMby MegH
Thanks Mary, I know the deer with glasses were a nice surprise for me as well when I first saw the fabric.
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Look who is back in town, working out with his former teammates and maybe even tossing one or two at their feet.
It's Donovan McNabb.
If you're too young to remember, McNabb was an Eagles quarterback of some note. He led the team to its second Super Bowl after the 2004 season. He was steeped in various dramas along the way, much of it his own doing. He also is, like him or not, the greatest quarterback in Eagles' history.
McNabb was traded to Washington on Easter Sunday 2010. He did not lead the Redskins to the playoffs, and was actually benched down the stretch of a lost season.
McNabb, 34, got together yesterday in South Jersey with Jason Avant and Jeremy Maclin, among others, according to his publicist Rich Burg. "He has been working out in Arizona with the Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald and other wide receivers from around the league," Burg said. "Now that he is on the East Coast, he wanted to continue to throw to wide receivers."
There is nothing sinister about McNabb being back in Philly, quite the opposite. He is here to help dedicate the McNabb Family NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, N.J. The ceremonies are today and Donovan will attend along with his wife, Raquel.
"All four of his children were born at Virtua," Burg said. "When his twins were born in 2008, they spent time 2 weeks in the neonatal unit."
McNabb's participation goes way beyond just showing up. He made a six-figure donation to the unit and helped raise $2.5 million.


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PARIS (AP) — France's parliament has passed a contentious budget for next year that includes a raft of new taxes aimed slashing the country's deficit and putting it on the path to economic recovery.
Socialist President Francois Hollande's budget aims to cut €30 billion ($40 billion), with two-thirds of that coming in tax hikes, including a 75 percent levy on incomes earned over €1 million. But it was the increase in taxes on profits from investments that raised the most hackles in France, touching off a Twitter revolution of entrepreneurs who accused the government of punishing those who take risks.
The bill, which the conservative opposition complained doesn't make enough spending cuts, has struggled to get through parliament. The lower house eventually passed it Thursday in a show of hands vote.


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BEIJING (AP) — The remains of 437 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War returned home Friday, more than 60 years after an armistice ended the fighting.
A Chinese plane carrying the caskets arrived in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang, following a handover ceremony at the Incheon International Airport in Seoul between the South Korean and Chinese governments. South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo said the gesture was aimed at fostering "an international community full of humanitarianism and trust."
In the 1950-53 Korean War, China fought on North Korea's side against U.N. forces led by the United States.
The return of the soldiers' remains became possible when South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered to send them back during a visit to China last June, highlighting warming ties between the former combatants.
Qin Furong, whose father died in the war, said she appreciated the move, although it's unclear if her father's remains were among those returned because many were still unidentified.
"We relatives feel gratitude that they could return the bodies to our home country, and I'm glad to see the friendliness South Korea shows toward us," Qin said.
In Seoul, Zou Ming, an official from the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, thanked South Korea for its "proactive efforts and sincerity."
For decades, the remains had been buried on a quiet hillside just south of South Korea's border with North Korea, outside the city of Paju. In recent years, the burying ground became popular with Chinese tourists visiting Paju.
Beijing has never given a precise number for its Korean War dead, but estimates run as high as 900,000.
While China remains North Korea's only real ally, it has also established close ties with the South since the two normalized diplomatic relations in 1992. China has overtaken the U.S. as South Korea's biggest trading partner, with two-way commerce between the two hitting $215 billion in 2012.
The Chinese soldiers' bodies were returned just ahead of China's traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day when families remember their dead ancestors. They are to be reburied in Shenyang, and it was not immediately clear if the Chinese government planned to carry out DNA testing of the remains.
Qin, who did not go to Shenyang on Friday, said she plans to visit the new burial ground in the city on the day of remembrance, April 5.
"Now that they are retuned, I will visit the grave on Tomb-Sweeping Day every April," she said.


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BOSTON (AP) — A Boston firefighter and former Marine killed in an apartment blaze last week was praised Thursday as a courageous, compassionate man who served his country in Iraq and his community at home.
Firefighters from around the country and citizens numbering in the thousands lined the streets as Michael Kennedy's casket, escorted by hundreds of bagpipers and drummers, was carried on a fire engine to a church in the West Roxbury neighborhood where he grew up.
Kennedy, 33, died March 26 when he and a colleague were trapped in a burning brownstone building in Boston's Back Bay area. His funeral came a day after friends, family and fellow firefighters from far and wide gathered to remember Lt. Edward Walsh, 43, in suburban Watertown.
"We are a brotherhood," said Don Gaber, a Columbus, Ohio, firefighter who drove more than 12 hours for both funerals.
The Rev. John Unni, pastor of a church near Kennedy's firehouse, said Kennedy's family and friends described him as a prankster and a gym guru with a passion for helping others.
He was a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and worked with charities for wounded veterans and burn victims. Kennedy was one of the first responders during last year's Boston Marathon bombings, and had been training to run this year's race after winning a bib number in an essay contest.
Unni said Kennedy's father, Paul, called him "a good soul" and remembered praying for his son's protection in both military and public service.
Paul Kennedy was presented with the firefighter's union medal of honor for his son. He received a standing ovation in the church as he raised it above his head, then placed it on his son's casket.
A firefighter carried Kennedy's Ladder 15 helmet out of the church ahead of his casket. Kennedy was buried down the street in a historic cemetery plot dedicated to fallen firefighters.
"The loss of such a courageous, vibrant, compassionate man, leaves a void in our communities that is impossible to fill," Mayor Martin Walsh said at his funeral.


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Smyrna wrestlers won the 2014 Henlopen Conference Wrestling Crown Saturday night at Milford High School. Cape Henlopen came in second place and Caesar Rodney came in third.
Smyrna High School claims the 2014 Henlopen Conference by outscoring its nearing rival, Cape Henlopen, by a 265 to 205 point margin. Perennial powerhouse Caesar Rodney came in a close third place with 198.5 points.
The Eagles placed eight wrestlers in the conference finals, and came away with three overall champions. Senior Brent Fleetwood brought home the 120-pound title with an 14-1 decision, while fellow senior Tyler Carney won a hard-fought 8-0 victory at 132 pounds, and Jarren Wilson pinned his opponent to earn the 182-pound. crown. Cape Henlopen had fourth conference champions, but Smyrna won easily by having a number of second and third place winners. Wilson was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler and Milford's Dan Rigby was the Conference Coach of the Year. Cape Henlopen will host the individual championships next weekend.
Other winners included:
106- C.R.'s Nick Klink over Snyrna's Chase Archangelo
113- Sussex Tech's Petey Massey
126- Polytech's Andy Schmuesser
138- Milford's John Badger
145-CR's Tony Scarfo
152-Woodbridge's Willie Davis major decision 16-2
160- Cape Austin Smith
170-Cape Henlopen's Justin Lopez 9-4
195- Cape Henlopen's Aaron Matthews
220-Cape's Thomas Ott
285-CR's Zach Parker pin- 57 sec.
Finals Lineup:
106: Chase Archangelo (Smyrna, Fr.) vs. Nick Klink (Caesar Rodney, Sr.)
113: Jarek Lugo (Milford, Jr.) vs. JuWan Massey (Sussex Tech, So.)
120: Brent Fleetwood (Smyrna, Sr.) vs. Kody Stevens (Polytech, Jr.)
126: Othniel Edmond (Smyrna, Sr.) vs. Andy Schmeusser (Polytech, Jr.)
132: Tyler Carney (Smyrna, Sr.) vs. Jordan Olfus (Dover, Sr.)
138: Tyreq Nelson (Woodbridge, Jr.) vs. John Badger (Milford, Sr.)
145: Justin Bennett (Sussex Central, So.) vs. Tony Scarfo (Caesar Rodney, Sr.)
152: Willie Davis (Woodbridge, Sr.) vs. Eli Hutchinson (Smyrna, Fr.)
160: Austin Smith (Cape Henlopen, Sr.) vs. Josh Hutchinson (Smyrna, Fr.)
170: Justin Lopez (Cape Henlopen, Sr.) vs. Ronnie Wuest (Smyrna, Jr.)
182: Clay Conaway (Sussex Central, Sr.) vs. Jarren Wilson (Smyrna, Sr.)
195: Aaron Mattioni (Cape Henlopen, Sr.) vs. Jake Troublefield (Indian River, Sr.)
220: Thomas Ott (Cape Henlopen, Sr.) vs. Troy McNally (Caesar Rodney, Jr.)
285: Zack Parker (Caesar Rodney, Sr.) vs. Nick Carroll (Cape Henlopen, Sr.)


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Sogard enjoying Major 'face' time with Athletics
PHOENIX -- In his mind, Eric Sogard is more like a heart than anything else. Out of sight, but always working.
Yet over the past month, the typically low-profile second baseman has been anything but anonymous. His fans and teammates have made sure of that, transforming the relatively unknown player into an internet sensation and the "face" of the A's.
PHOENIX -- In his mind, Eric Sogard is more like a heart than anything else. Out of sight, but always working.
Yet over the past month, the typically low-profile second baseman has been anything but anonymous. His fans and teammates have made sure of that, transforming the relatively unknown player into an internet sensation and the "face" of the A's.
Sogard's sprint to stardom began in January, when fans surprisingly voted him as the A's nominee for MLB Network's "The Face of MLB" competition, a Twitter-driven bracket-style tournament pitting one player from each club against each other. Sogard, the most unlikely entrant into the contest given his limited big league résumé, has since blown past his first three opponents, garnering 57 percent of the vote to defeat Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo before receiving a whopping 69 percent to top Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki before defeating Giants catcher Buster Posey to win a spot in the semifinals.
Often drawing inspiration from Sogard's trademark glasses and the "Nerd Power" movement that grew out of the spectacles, A's players and fans alike have taken social media sites by storm with clever words of support, and even more clever superimposed pictures of the 27-year-old in famous pop-culture film posters and scenes to promote their man.
"The fans have been absolutely crazy with their support," Sogard said, smiling. "And I appreciate that for sure. We'll see how long I go I guess. I'm having fun with it so might as well take it the whole way."
So just who is this previously unfamiliar character and why are so many people rushing to his side? Well, if you ask anybody who has spent time around Sogard, the answer isn't too tough to figure out.
"He's truly one of my favorite of all-time," said Padres Triple-A manager Pat Murphy, who coached Sogard along with the likes of Dustin Pedroia and Andre Ethier at Arizona State. "He brought the same attitude every day, he was ready every pitch and he was just a winner. I can't say enough about him, I love the kid."
Added A's relief pitcher Jesse Chavez, "It's all about the type of character he has. He lets his talent speak for himself. He just goes out there and plays the game the right way while having fun. I think fans respond to that."
A year ago, Sogard arrived to A's camp to much less fanfare. Competing for a roster spot all spring, the second baseman wowed the club by hitting .444 in 54 Cactus League at-bats while also flashing some nice leather. The A's soon after rewarded Sogard by penciling his name into the Opening Day lineup.
Sogard ended up playing 130 games for Oakland last year, hitting .266 with 45 runs scored and 29 extra-base hits. One his most memorable games of the season came on April 28, when he scored the winning run in the 10th inning before later taking a celebratory pie to the face with his glasses still on.
"I think last year, I was able to show the team what I am capable of," Sogard said. "I put a lot of heart and passion into the game and I leave everything on the field so it was important to prove that given the opportunity, I am good enough. It was a confidence booster no doubt."
Expected to have a similar role on this year's club as part of a second base platoon, Sogard is enjoying the luxury of being able to tinker a bit this spring instead of constantly worry about securing a roster spot.
"Obviously the last few years it was an absolute battle for me not knowing where I'd end up," Sogard said. "But I think after a full season last year with what I did, I can feel a little more comfortable even though I'm not just sitting back. It's not do or die out here, so that's nice that I can work on the little things more and I think that's going to really help me."
Whether or not Sogard ends up taking home the "Face of MLB" crown, his future in the game appears bright. And that's not just for a guy who wears glasses.
"He's a sneaky phenomenal athlete," Murphy said. "You think about a Craig Counsell or a Willie Bloomquist, and I think Sogy will be around a long time just like them."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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The Terriers host the Bulldogs on Wednesday night.
Gardner-Webb at Wofford
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Benjamin Johnson Arena
Records: Gardner-Webb (5-4), Wofford (3-5)
Top scorers: Gardner-Webb — So. G Donta Harper (14.6 ppg., 6.2 rpg., 25 assists); So. G Max Landis (12.2 ppg.); Sr. G Tashan Newsome (8.5 ppg.); Sr. F Kevin Hartley (7.0 ppg., 6.8 rpg.). Wofford — So. G Karl Cochran (17.5 ppg., 20 steals); So. F Lee Skinner (11.6 ppg., 7.6 rpg., 17 assists); Fr. G Spencer Collins (10.3 ppg.)
Notes: The Terriers are coming off a 70-55 home win Nov. 28 against Winthrop. Cochran scored 27 points. … Gardner-Webb on Monday night beat Virginia-Wise, 77-58. … Gardner-Webb leads the all-time series, 5-2. This is the first meeting since 1995, when the Runnin' Bulldogs took a 92-77 win in Boiling Springs, N.C. Wofford had won the two previous games, 1993 and 1995. GWU won the other four in the 1970s. … Wofford has the lowest shooting percentage (.376) in the Southern Conference and is the second-lowest scoring team (59.8 points per game). … Cochran is the fourth-leading scorer in the Southern Conference and leads in steals by seven. … Skinner is the fifth-leading rebounder. … Among Gardner-Webb's losses were games at North Carolina, Iowa and Illinois (63-62). The Bulldogs won at DePaul, 71-59. Gardner-Webb returned all five starters from last season. …Gardner-Webb assistant Jay McAuley is in his third season after two years at Wofford.
Next: Wofford opens Southern Conference action 7 p.m. Saturday at league favorite Davidson. The Terriers then play four more road games (Jacksonville, Xavier, Virginia and Tulane) before the next home game Jan. 8 against Appalachian State.