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If you like your healthcare you can keep, public sector unions version

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/us/detroit-looks-to-health-law-to-ease-costs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1&

Oh boy, the unions are going to lose it over this one. Buyer's remorse on Obamacare? Now all taxpayers will have to live with the costs associated with local public sector union benefits. This law is going to be such a disaster....I'm sure CBO will tell us this someone saves money.

Computer control and the Russians

I
just read something fascinating about the Russians and how they they
are tightening IT security inside the Kremlin walls. They are often using
typewriters instead of computers to communicate. Have you ever hacked
into an IBM selectric? Are you old enough to recognize an IBM selectric if you saw one? I'm certainly not a fan of the Russian Gov't but
it's brilliant.

Which brings us to a broader question. Can
you go a month without a computer, facebook or a cell phone for
emergency purposes only? Most of us did as kids (I wasn't allowed to
answer the phone as a kid and I still don't). Or have all of us become
electronic addicts?

Gee from Ohio State - Remembered

"You just can't trust those damn Catholics"
Even though this was said in the context of a private meeting, can you imagine any university president or executive surviving this if you substitute Jew, Muslim or Homosexual in place of Catholic?
If comments like these are not punished, I fear it is time for Catholics to defend themselves!

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Loisville and UConn make BIG EAST NCAA Championship

It will be a fitting curtain call before many members including our C7 departs from the storied conference that has meant so much to so many. Hopefully our players will both enjoy and prosper in their new league beginning next year possibly with games scheduled with some of our departing BE members.

This years BE final four with 3 BE teams among the 4 mirrors the men's 1985 one where Villanova brought down the house.

Congratulations to Villanova's own Denise Dillon and her Drexel Dragons for winning this years NIT championship.

Ncaa qualifying

Lipari is the only woman who qualified, running 4:15+ in the 1500. Schappert ran a personal best of 4:18.94 to qualify for the regional finals but did not advance to the NCAA finals.

Denault and McEntee qualified for the 1500 m finals, Williamsz came up .03 of a second short. Denault and McEntee join Ellison at the NCAA finals for the men.
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Ben Malone Picks Villanova over Georgetown

A story in today's Record states that Ben Malone (2012 US prep Indoor 800 meter champion 1:49.94) has narrowed his college choice to either Villanova or Georgetown. He intends to make a choice soon. Below is the link to the full story, video, PRs, etc at the Villanova Running website.



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Ben Malone Down to Two

Benghazi

I got up at some ungodly hour this morning and doing my daily reading: thoughts on Benghazi. We discussed this at length and it now appears some very damning stuff coming out that essentially backs up the position of gross incompetence from the Administration as well as a direct attempt to mislead Americans prior to the election. Specifically, they were lying about the video and knew this was an act of terror at the time and covered it up with purpose. Furthermore, a special forces team was prepared to assist when the attack was launched and told to stand down for what we believe to be political reasons.

STRICK/MAV other defenders I would welcome your thoughts on the issue.

NCAA Regionals

Declarations were regionals were yesterday. 12 women and 6 men will be at regionals.


800 Meters

Angel Piccirillo

Kelsey Margey

1500 Meters

Emily Lipari

Nicky Akande

Stephanie Schappert

Ariann Neutts

5000 Meters

Summer Cook

100 Meter Hurdles

Emerald Walden

400 Meter Hurdles

Faith Dismuke

High Jump

Samantha Yeats

Pole Vault

Alexandra Wasik
Javelin

Jamie Klein


800 Meters

Samuel Ellison

Dusty Solis

1500 Meters

Rob Denault

Jordy Williamsz

Sam McEntee

10000 Meters

Matt Kane

2013-2014 Nova Schedule previewed at Awards Banquet

The awards banquet program included the opponents for the upcoming season, the first in the "new" Big East for the Nova women.

As expected, we will play a home and away with all nine of the other Big East teams, making our first visits to Omaha (Creighton) and Indianapolis (Butler), while making an annual visit to Cincinnati (Xavier) to replace the every other year to play Cincinnati who remains in the "old" Big East, now called America's Dumping Ground, or some similar name.

The four Big Five games will have us at Temple and LaSalle, and staying at home for St. Joes and Penn.

The other seven non-conference games will consist of a home game with Lafayette, road games at Lehigh and Sacred Heart, with the other four games taking place at Florida International for a Thanksgiving tournament and at Toledo's Tip-Off tournament to start the season (probably playing Drexel in one of those games).

Say goodbye to a top 50 RPI, but probably a good shot at 18 or 19 wins against that schedule, even with the significant loss of talent and experience this year. Still no word on a Big East commissioner or a site for the women's Big East tournament. They need to get their crap together soon if they expect to be taken seriously as anything more than a mid-major conference getting an NCAA bid for only the conference tournament champion and maybe one other team each year.
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