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St. John’s has everything to prove as it looks for breakthrough season

St. John’s has everything to prove as it looks for breakthrough season

It’s a prove-it season for everyone in Queens. For coach Mike Anderson. For his two-star point guards, Posh Alexander and Andre Curbelo. For the man who hired Anderson four years ago, athletic director Mike Cragg. The pressure is on everyone to produce a breakthrough season. By March, it will have been 23 years since St. John’s last won an NCAA Tournament game. The Johnnies last reached the main…

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So… this was, apparently, a thing. It's almost like a reboot of the 90s sitcom that lasted 22 episodes, also based on the John Candy movie of the same name. Except, you know… "Blacker". That doesn't make it bad, of course. It just makes it confusing.

It garnered around 3-million views per episode during its run on ABC. Regardless, it was universally panned and didn't last but 8 episodes. I, myself, watched about five minutes of the first episode and completely tuned out when Buck made a pass at his girlfriend's "sexy ham". It doesn't help that he's a proud slacker, layabout, and self-proclaimed "ladies man" — which only perpetuates negative Black stereotypes. Well done, Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley.

So… that was something. A mercifully short-loved something.

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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by Mute City from the album Post-Glacial

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The Shining Levels - The Gallows Pole OST - Northern folktronica

Written and recorded on the edge of the northern English moors using rural folk musicians, loops and electronics, the result is a heady brew of gritty landscape hymns, ethereal acid-folk, borderlands ballads, 70s folk horror TV/film atmospherics, mood pieces, echoes of the colliery bands of old, moor-top drones and much, much more.

Music inspired by the novel The Gallows Pole sees The Shining Levels tread similar topographical terrain to The Unthanks, and shares DNA with such disparate musical ancestors such as Pentangle, Sandy Denny, Bridget St. John and Tom Waits, though is its own beast entirely. Inspired by the real life events of 18th century Yorkshire criminal gang the Cragg Vale Coiners who operate in the Upper Calder Valley in the Pennines, the album’s source material, The Gallows Pole by author Benjamin Myers, has rapidly become a modern cult classic. First published in 2017 by Bluemoose Books, it has sold out seven print-runs before being reissued by Bloomsbury Publishing. It is the first novel to be signed to Jack White’s Third Man Books, and will be published in the US/Canada in November 2019. Drawing on a shared childhood and background with the author, The Shining Levels’ music explores themes from the book: an England divided, the potency and mystery of remote rural landscapes, industrial progress, the changing seasons, shifting fortunes, self-delusion and self-aggrandisement, poverty vs wealth, societal power structures…and strange visions of mythical creatures. Created and performed by Dan W Coggins and Davey J. With contributions from: Laura Smith. Jenny Mahler, George Hutton, Charlotte Sellers, Mike Coleman, Joe Smith, Sarah Scott, Benjamin Myers, Dave Sugarbeet, Owain Bennett.

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“Visions from the Upside Down”-Stranger Things:Artbook Artists List

As we inch close to the release date of our latest and most amazing Artbook release to date, We wanted to post a list of all of the included artists in the project. I am including their Social media @nametags  for Instagram (if they have an account there) so you can follow up on their amazing works outside of our new book.

Remember you can pre-order the book here:

Charles Adi @blackoutbrother

Brian Aldridge @aerosoulpro

Nick Allsop @nick_alsopp_art

Rafael Alvarez @alvarez_studio

Kwasi Amankwah @kwasi81

Stephen Andrade @stephen.andrade.7 (Facebook)

Orlando Arocena @mexifunk

Edgar Ascensao @edgar_asc

Dane Ault @monkeyminionpress

Noah Bailey @boyishdeathtribe

Giuseppe Balestra @artbygb

Mark Bell @markbellillustration

Angelina Benedetti @angelinabenedetti

Freya Betts @freyabettsart

Rick "dienzo" Blanco @dienzoart

Alejandro Blasi @alejandroblasi.art (Facebook)

Aaron Bolduc @alphaazieru

Alex Boniwell @erodingdesigns

Mark Borgions @handmade_monster

Bonnie Bozell @bbozellart

Michael Vincent Bramley @mvbramleyart

Matthew Brazier @matthew_brazier

Rio Burton @rioburton

Lin-Zy Busch @withlovelinzy

Matt Busch @matt_busch_instagram

Butcher Billy @thebutcherbilly

Sheila  C @studiosheila

Carlos  Cabaleiro @cabaleiroart

Chris Callahan @rgb_alpha

Josh Campbell @paybackpenguin

Daniel  Campos @stalk_danielcampos

Kate Carleton @keelhaulkate

Simon  Carpenter @simcarpe

Ryan Caskey @ryancaskeyillustration

Christa Cassano @christacassano

Justin Castaneda @whenuwerelittle

Victor Castro @victoroil

Lon Chan @lonchanillustrates

Alexander Cherepanov @cherepanov_inkart

Chogrin @chogrin

GMB Chomichuk @gmbchomichuk

Chris Chuckry @chrischuckry

Darren Coburn-James @asylumartz

Adam Cockerton @adamcockertonart

Joe Corroney @joecorroney

Carolyn Craggs @carriejc1983

Paul Cremin @paul_cremin_art

Ryan Crosby @rcillustration

Ronnie Crowther @ronniecrowtherart

Justin Currie @chasingartwork

Bob Dahlstrom @bobdahlstrom

Ted Dastick @teddastickjr (Twitter)

Jason Davies @jasondaviesart_

Neil Davies @neildaviesillustration1

Rich Davies @turksworks

Simon  Delart @s2lart

Mike Diaz

Garrett Dix @garrett_dix_artist

Rodney Dollah @rodneydollah

Dug Nation @sketchymonsters

Matt Dunn @matthewdunnart

Roberto Duque @rad_pencils

Damian Edwardson @damianedwardsonart

Sarah Elkins @NeilaK20 (Twitter)

Don England @donaldengland_art

Nicole Falk @legendsofthefalk

Bastian Faulk @bastianfaulk

Jaimie Filer @jaimie_filer

Malcolm Fisher @mal_made

Francisco Flores @artofmetalhand

Jared Flores (Circusbear) @jaredcircusbear

Julie Fordham @juliefordham

Luke Francis @twistedabnormality

Devin Francisco @devin_francisco_art

Bryan Fyffe @bryanfyffe

Anthony Galatis @anthonygalatis

Paul Gates @pickle.vision

Bruce Gerlach @bruce_gerlach (Twitter)

Sam Gilbey @samgilbey

Donny Gillies @dirtydonnyart

Dustin  Goebel @dgoebel00

Jason Goungor @jasongoungor

Art Grafunkel @artgrafunkel

Joshua Green @lvciferx

Justin Harder @clausstudioss

Paul Harrison-Davies @paulmhd

Matthew Harrower @hpmatt1984

Jordan Hart @jordyjordith

Simon  Heard @sinagedesign

Tomas Hijo @tomashijo

John J Hill @johnjhill

Michelle Hiraishi @_mhiraishi

Matthew Hirons @saintworksart

Chris Hitchman @chris_hitchman

James Hobson @jamesjamesjamescreative

Tony Hodgkinson @epictonedogg

Josh Howard @josh_howard

Rian Hughes @rianhughes

Faryn Hughes @farynh

Jon Hunt @huntillustration

Ian Jepson @ian_jepson

Bernard Jezowski @berniedave

Robert Jimenez @zerostreet

JoeJr @joejrberrelleza

Adem Kaan @ademkaanillustration

Ana Kahana @kahanita

Sandra Kamenz @sandrakamenz

Chris Kay @chris_kay_art

Michael Kelleher @michaelkelleherillustrator (Facebook)

Josh Kelly @jmonsterart

Tom Kelly @tomkellyart

Jemma Klein @jemmaklein

Heather Landry @sandpaperdaisy

Doug Larocca @douglaslaroccaart

Mark Levy @marklevyart

Alice Meichi Li @alicemeichi

Matthew Lineham @mlinehamart

Chelsea Lowe @cmloweart

Jerry Ma @epicprops

Ian MacDougall @ianmacart

Mike Mahle @mikemahleart

Tomasz Majewski @tomasz.majewski

Chris Malbon @melbs74

Matthew Manlove @mattmanlove

Christopher Maul @christopher_maul

Sam Mayle @sammaylearts

Kristopher McClanahan @deeplydapper

Bill McConkey @bill_mcconkey

John McCrea (w/ Dee Cunniffe) @mccreaman1 w/ @deezoid

Scott McKay @thescottmckay

Axel Medellin @axelmedellinmachain

Kelly Migliori @heyghoulhey

Jason Miller @jasonmillerart

Peach  Momoko @peachmomoko60

Akane  Morinishi @akaneschibiart

Micah Mowbray @curiousartglass

Murugiah @_murugiah

Christian Nannipieri @christian.nannipieri

Matt Needle @needledesign

William O'Neill @william.oneill.792

NOS4A2 Design @nos4a2lives

Angel Onofre @angelonofre

Rey Paez @reypaezart

Luke Parker @artofparker

John Pearson @johnjpearson

Xurxo Penalta @xurxopenalta

Jerry Pesce @pesceffects

Pestmeester @thepestmeester

Lucas Peverill @lucas_peverill_art

Michelle Prebich @batinyourbelfry

Dave Pryor @davepryor72

Gary Pullin @ghoulishgary

L.Jason Queen @ljasonqueen

Aldo Requena @aldorequenavalgorth

Joey Rex @iamjoeyrex

Rodolfo Reyes @rodolforever

Aleksey Rico @alekseyrico

Julien Rico jr @julienricojr

Dylan Riley @dylandraw

Matt Riste @mattristeillustration

Rafal Rola @rolsrafal

Stephanie Rosales @rosalesart1 (Twitter)

Stephen Sampson @thedarkinker

Scott Saslow @scottsaslow

Valerie Savarie @valeriesavarie

SCAR Studios @antoinette.rydyr (Facebook)

James Schneider @boardinker

Markee Shadows @markeeshadows

Jerry Shirts @artisticaerosol

Liza Shumskaya @kino_maniac

Bill Sienkiewicz @therealthatpolishguy

Randy Siplon @randysiplon

John Sloboda @sloboart

Brian Soriano @wrathcomics

Rob Stanley @robstanleyart

Guy Stauber @guystauber

Eileen Steinbach @sg_posters

Blake Stevenson @jetpacksandrollerskates

R.H. Stewart @rhsillustratorgmailcom

Justin Stewart @justin3000stewart

Matthew Stewart @stewartillustrations

Glen Stone @glenstoneillustration

Adam Stothard @ad_illustrator

Laura Streit @laurastreit_art

Mark Stroud @markblackblue (Twitter)

Andrew Swainson @andrew_swainson

Nick Taylor @nickillustratesthings

Theoretical Part @theoreticalpart

Steve Thomas @stevethomasart

Kevin Tiernan @jurassickevin

Felix Tindall @f_tindall

Angel Trancon @angeltranconstudio

Wayne Tully @waynetully

Cody Vrosh @codyvrosh

Jonny Wellman @jonnys_pixels

Bryan West @bryanwestart

Trent Westbrook @2023comics

Chris Willdig @rebelart1984

Matthew Woods @hallowwoods

Scott Woolston @scottwool

Clinton Yeager @screamingclint

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2021-22 Cincinnati Cyclones Roster

Wingers

#8 Mason Mitchell (Edmonton, Alberta)

#10 Hirano Yushiroh (Tomakomai, Japan)

#11 Dominic Franco (Scituate, Rhode Island)

#16 Jason Tackett (West Chester Township, Ohio)

#18 Mike Gornall (Irwin, Pennsylvania)

#19 Jesse Schultz (Strasbourg, Saskatchewan) A

#22 Lukas Craggs (Elmhurst, Illinois)

#28 Gianluca Esteves (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#46 Justin Vaive (Buffalo, New York) C

#94 Brett Van Os (St. Albert, Alberta)

Centers

#9 Matt McLeod (Toronto, Ontario)

#23 Louie Caporousso (Toronto, Ontario) A

Defensemen

#2 Samuel Hunter (Toronto, Ontario)

#3 Johnny Coughlin (Perinton, New York)

#4 Colton Waltz (Vermilion, Alberta)

#6 Peter Tischke (Downers Grove Township, Illinois)

#17 Matthew Cairns (Mississauga, Ontario)

#25 Dajon Mingo (Canton Charter Township, Michigan)

#74 Nick Boka (Plymouth, Michigan)

#77 Jack Van Boekel (Cambridge, Ontario)

Goalies

#1 Cole Kehler (Winkler, Manitoba)

#30 Sean Bonar (Delta, British Columbia)

#40 Mat Robson (Mississauga, Ontario)

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New Post has been published on Qube Magazine

New Post has been published on https://www.qubeonline.co.uk/corps-security-strengthens-board-with-new-non-executive-director/

Corps Security strengthens board with new non-executive director

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Fiona Strens, Professor of Practice on Security & Resilience at the University of Strathclyde, joins Corps Security as non-executive director.

Prior to her position as Professor of Practice leading on Security & Resilience at the University of Strathclyde, Strens spent ten years leading CrowdVision, the video analytics company she co-founded. CrowdVision was designed to keep people safe and optimise traffic flow in crowded places like airports, events, and venues. Her career has spanned Government (UK Ministry of Defence), and consultancy, always with a focus on strategies and innovations for enhanced security and business efficiencies and productivity.

Strens has previous non-executive director and advisory experience, and mentors entrepreneurs and young people considering science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) careers.

Strens will sit alongside the Corps board comprising: Malcolm Groat, chairman; Chris Nickols, non-executive director; Nick Pearch, non-executive director; Mike Bullock, chief executive officer; and Paul Craggs, chief financial officer.

Fiona Strens, non-executive director, Corps Security said: “I am both delighted and proud to be joining the world’s oldest security company as non-executive director. With the organisation receiving social enterprise certification last month this is an exciting time to be joining the team.”

Malcolm Groat, chairman, Corps Security commented: “I’m very pleased to welcome Fiona to the board. Her depth of security expertise is invaluable. This combined with her board and mentoring experience means she was the natural choice. We are pleased to have Fiona onboard, and we welcome her to the Corps team.”

  Corps Security strengthens board with new non-executive director

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Kopps joins likes of McFadden, Williamson

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Kopps joins likes of McFadden, Williamson

FAYETTEVILLE — Kevin Kopps’ spectacular 2021 season inspired a study by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette of the best individual seasons in University of Arkansas history.

Kopps allowed 9 earned runs in 89 2/3 innings spanning 33 appearances for a nation’s best ERA of 0.90. The 24-year-old right-hander from Sugar Land, Texas, also led the NCAA with a 0.76 WHIP based on 50 hits and 18 walks allowed.

Kopps struck out 131 batters to average 13.15 strikeouts per nine innings, a rate that ranked 15th in the country. The sixth-year senior credited his workout routine, dietary discipline and beet juice for improving his stamina and bounce-back ability.

He has already earned college player of the year honors by winning the Dick Howser Trophy and from various other outlets, and he’s a favorite to win the Golden Spikes Award given in July to the best amateur baseball player.

In Saturday’s edition, the Democrat-Gazette presented 10 remarkable Razorback seasons in a variety of sports, in alphabetical order: Mike Conley (men’s track and field, 1985); Alistair Cragg (men’s track and field, 2004); Maria Fassi (women’s golf, 2018); Katherine Grable (gymnastics, 2014); Jarrion Lawson (men’s track and field, 2016); Stacy Lewis (women’s golf, 2007); Aurelija Miseviciute (women’s tennis, 2008); Brooke Schultz (swimming and diving, 2018); R.H. Sikes (men’s golf, 1963); and Erick Walder (men’s track and field, 1994).

Today, we tackle football, basketball, baseball and softball for the other half of what we deemed the best individual seasons in UA sports history.

A reminder of the loose criteria: The chosen athletes were to have won an individual NCAA championship or national award, earned All-America honors, been chosen conference player of the year or broken a school record.

The entries are not ranked and are presented in alphabetical order.

Andrew Benintendi, Baseball, 2015

The Razorbacks’ first winner of the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award, Andrew Benintendi helped send Arkansas back to the College World Series for the first time since 2012.

Benintendi’s monumental season would have been hard to predict, though Dave Van Horn and the Arkansas coaching staff thought he’d probably have a breakout sophomore year.

Benintendi was the top signee in the Razorbacks’ Class of 2013, but he broke the hamate bone in his hand prior to the season and had trouble swinging the bat without pain for a while.

As a freshman, he hit .276 — third on the team behind fellow future major-leaguer Brian Anderson’s .328 — with 1 home run, 27 RBI, 17 stolen bases in 21 tries and 5 outfield assists.

The next year, the left-handed hitting whiz from Cincinnati tore it up. He raised his batting average 100 percentage points to .376, hit 20 home runs, drove in a team-high 57 runs, went 24 of 28 on stolen bases, drew 50 walks against 32 strikeouts and had 2 outfield assists.

Benintendi was the first Razorback to be named SEC player of the year after batting .415 during the regular season and .443 in conference play. He had an NCAA-best .771 slugging percentage entering the postseason and had not struck out in 46 plate appearances entering the SEC Tournament.

Braxton Burnside, Softball, 2021

Braxton Burnside’s whopping final season is still fresh in memory because she just completed it in late May. The Paragould native and graduate student hit .357 with a school-record 25 home runs and 54 RBI.

Burnside’s home run count tied for the SEC lead with Texas A&M’s Hailey Lee and was one shy of the conference record of 26 held by Alabama’s Bailey Hemphill and Mississippi State’s Mia Davidson, both in 2019.

Burnside’s robust .892 slugging percentage was second in the SEC behind Lee. She earned first-team All-America honors by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and was a first-team All-SEC selection.

A transfer from Missouri, Burnside started all 25 games at shortstop during the covid-19 shortened 2020 season and hit .392 with 3 doubles, 5 home runs, 16 runs and 20 RBI.

Bettye Fiscus, Women’s Basketball, 1985

Razorback women’s hoops was a fledgling sport when Bettye Fiscus arrived in 1981 after leading Wynne to a AAA state championship and earning player of the year honors from the Arkansas Democrat.

Fiscus was a household name in Arkansas by the time she finished her career as the first superstar in the program with a school-record 2,073 points.

Fiscus holds several distinctions, having become the first female athlete inducted into the UA Sports Hall of Honor in 1994 and having her No. 5 jersey retired as the first male or female athlete to be afforded that honor in basketball in 1986.

Fiscus averaged 16.9 or more points every year at Arkansas, capped by her career-best average of 19.8 points in 1984-85.

Dan Hampton, Football, 1978

Before this Cabot native earned the nickname “Danimal” as a regular member of John Madden’s rugged All-Madden team, Dan Hampton was a “Junkyard Dog” on an Arkansas defense that helped the Hogs to big seasons in the mid-to-late 1970s.

The epitome of the era came in Hampton’s junior year of 1977, when the Razorbacks went 11-1, smothered No. 2 Oklahoma 31-6 in the Orange Bowl and finished No. 3 under first-year Coach Lou Holtz.

However, Hampton turned it up a notch individually as a senior in 1978, when he earned first-team All-America honors and was named Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year after racking up 98 tackles, including 18 for loss. The Houston Post tabbed Hampton as its SWC player of the year.

A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2002, Hampton recorded 57 sacks and 10 fumble recoveries as an inside-outside force for the Chicago Bears’ famed 46 defense from 1979-90.

Kevin Kopps, Baseball, 2021

Kopps came out of the gate slowly, allowing an earned run in the season opener against Texas Tech, then turned into college baseball’s most dominant pitcher.

Kopps’ ERA of 0.90 was 0.39 better than the second-place pitcher in the NCAA statistics.

He led Division I with a 0.76 WHIP, a product of walks plus hits allowed divided by innings pitched. Only 36 Division I players have a WHIP lower than 1.0 this season.

The sixth-year senior right-hander, who notched 13.15 strikeouts per nine innings, was named a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award on Thursday along with Vanderbilt starters Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter.

Darren McFadden, Football, 2007

Darren McFadden’s sophomore and junior seasons in 2006 and 2007 represented possibly the most sublime individual campaigns in Razorback athletics.

But which McFadden year was better?

He rushed for 1,647 yards and 14 touchdowns and accounted for 19 touchdowns in 2006. He racked up a school-record 1,830 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns and accounted for 21 touchdowns, including 4 as a passer, as a junior.

McFadden won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back both seasons and finished as the Heisman Trophy runner-up each year. While he probably was more deserving of the Heisman Trophy over Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith in 2006, rather than Florida’s Tim Tebow in 2007, the latter season was arguably his best. He earned the Walter Camp Trophy that season as the best player in college football.

The Little Rock native played through a rib injury suffered in midseason and had a monster game in the Razorbacks’ 50-48 triple overtime upset at No. 1 LSU in his final regular-season game.

McFadden also tied the SEC single-game rushing record with 321 yards in a 48-36 win over South Carolina on the night “Frank Broyles Field” was dedicated at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Arkansas played in the SEC Championship Game during his sophomore year, but McFadden’s 2007 season just might be the best in Razorback history.

Sidney Moncrief, Men’s basketball, 1979

Little Rock’s Sidney Moncrief was one of the famed “Triplets” with Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph on the Razorbacks’ first Final Four team in 1978, where his defense, rebounding and all-around game made him stand out.

With Brewer and Delph gone from the 1979 team, Moncrief increased his productivity and his value as a senior and helped lead Arkansas to the Elite Eight, where it lost in controversial fashion to an Indiana State team headlined by Larry Bird.

Moncrief was a consensus All-American and was named Southwest Conference player of the year in 1978-79 after averaging 22 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals while leading the Hogs to a 25-5 record.

Moncrief averaged 38.6 minutes, shot 56% from the field and 85.5% from the free-throw line that season. The 6-4 Moncrief held the school scoring record with 2,066 points until it was eclipsed by Todd Day, and his 1,015 career rebounds still stand as the UA record.

The No. 5 pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1979 NBA Draft, Moncrief won the first two NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards in 1983 and ’84, was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Loyd Phillips, Football, 1966

A key performer as a sophomore on the Razorbacks’ 1964 national championship team, Loyd Phillips went on to have two more big seasons.

His work in 1966 as a relentless defensive tackle led to his selection as the Outland Trophy winner as the best lineman in college football. Phillips earned consensus first-team All-America status that season by The Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News and Walter Camp as well as first-team All-SWC for the third consecutive year.

Phillips posted 97 tackles in 1966 after notching 100 the year before, and he finished with 304 career tackles, including 22 in a game against Tulsa.

The native of Longview, Texas, who died in December was proud to say his teams at Arkansas never lost to Texas.

Clyde Scott, Football/Track and field, 1948

Clyde “Smackover” Scott transferred to Arkansas in 1946 after resigning his post at the U.S. Naval Academy in order to marry Leslie Hampton, whom he met as the reigning Miss Arkansas when he escorted her around Annapolis, Md., while at the pageant.

Scott became a legend with the Razorbacks, an All-American in 1948 as a two-way star and self-taught sprinter on the track team.

Scott rushed for 670 yards on 95 carries to average 7.1 yards per carry in 1948, but his contributions were perhaps more critical on defense, where he was already famous for stopping an LSU ball carrier at the 1 in the 1947 Cotton Bowl to preserve a 0-0 tie with the favored Tigers.

Scott held the UA record in the 100-meter dash at 9.4 seconds, and he won the 110 high hurdles at the NCAA championships with a 13.7 to edge Northwestern’s Bill Porter.

At the London Olympics later that summer, Porter edged Scott in a photo finish, giving the Razorback a silver medal.

Scott, who passed away in Little Rock on Jan. 30, 2018, at age 93, had his No. 12 jersey retired by Athletic Director John Barnhill in 1950, the first Razorback to earn that distinction.

Corliss Williamson, Men’s basketball, 1994

Corliss Williamson, a native of Russellville, was the best player on the best Arkansas basketball team of all time, easily earning a spot on this list.

Williamson averaged a career-high 20.4 points per game as a sophomore during the 1993-94 season, leading the Razorbacks and Coach Nolan Richardson to a 76-72 win over Duke in the NCAA title game in Charlotte, N.C.

The 6-7, 245-pound power forward, given the nickname “Big Nasty” as a teenager, earned Most Outstanding Player honors at the 1994 NCAA Tournament, and he earned consensus All-America honors that year and also in 1995, when the Razorbacks fell to UCLA in the NCAA championship game.

Williamson was named SEC player of the year in his sophomore and junior seasons while helping lead the Razorbacks to SEC West titles all three years.

A longtime NBA assistant coach after serving as head coach at Arkansas Baptist (2009-10) and Central Arkansas (2010-13), Williamson won championships at the AAU, NCAA and NBA (Detroit Pistons, 2004). Williamson was inducted into the UA Hall of Honor in 2009.

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The Butterfly Effect: 1 Year Ago

There was a bitter chill in the air that night. I remember the cold well, and how I'd draped my jacket over my legs to keep them warm. I was curled up in the living room, my feet tucked firmly under my butt. A half empty glass was positioned on the table beside me and I was half way through The Hobbit. Even though I loved the story, my mind had been wandering that night. Stuck between wanting to hang out with Josh, Chris, Hannah and Beth or just enjoying the time away from the rest of the world.

"Just because he's class Prez doesn't mean he belongs to everyone... Mike is my man." I turned on the couch as the biggest portion of our group came in.

Jess and Emily, the biggest pains in the ass you would ever come across. Of course followed by our fearless class president, ever popular school hottie, and my older brother, Mike. Tailing them was Samantha, probably one of the nicest people I'd ever known. Though despite that, I'd never been able to get along with her. Last was Ashley and Matt, whom I was generally shocked to see around people like Emily and Jess.

"Hey Em, I'm not anybody's man."

"Whatever you say darling..." Emily chortled back at Mike as they headed toward his room. My gazed landed on Sam as she side stepped the group and headed up the stairs. My eyes followed her until she disappeared through a door. I turned my attention back to my book. Once again attempting to focus on the story.

"Hey... Did you see that?" Beth's voice came faintly from the kitchen. "Dad said it'd just be us this weekend. Josh?"

I slipped my book marker into the center of my book before placing it on the couch and sliding my jacket over it. I swung my feet from under my butt and down to the floor so I could lace up my boots. I stood, stretching as I did. My pony tail brushed against the back of my neck, I'd pulled it up sloppily so lose strands of dark brown hair framed my face as they fell out of their elastic binding. Rubbing my hands together to get some warmth I shuffled into the kitchen.

"See what Beth?" I asked. She looked up at my voice.

"I think I saw someone outside, just a minute ago." She looked at me concerned. I headed for the window across the room. Peeking outside I couldn't see much other than trees, snow and darkness. I squinted, attempting to see something that even resembled a person outside.

"It's too early for you to start seeing things isn't it?" I asked turning away from the window so I could lean against the counter. Beth seemed more focused on a sheet of paper on the counter. I cocked my head to the side and folded my arms.

"What did our naive sister get herself into now..." Beth mumbled.

"Hmm?" I stepped away from the counter and reach for the paper. Beth passed it to me without a second glance. My eyes skimmed down the short letter.

Hannah-- You look so damn hot in that shirt... but I bet you're even hotter out of it. Come to the guest room at 2:00 a.m. Mike xxx

"Oh shit..." I dropped the note back on the counter. Beth was focused on the window, I glanced over in time to see Hannah run past.

"Get the others!" I waved Beth toward the living room before reaching for Josh's shoulder. I grabbed his arm and shook him. His head lolled and a groan escaped from his lips but otherwise he remained unresponsive. Across from him Chris was slumped against the counter. An empty bottle of Jeremiah Cragg was between them. Any other time it would have been kind of cute. I shook my head and took off after Beth. The group was all standing outside as I came out, Sam was facing everyone bitching them out.

"Where's Beth?" I questioned coming to a stop.

"Look it was just a prank..." Mike stated.

"That's isn't what I asked! Where did Beth and Hannah go?!"

"Out there, essh!" Jess gestured toward the woods. I darted toward the path that ran from the house all the way to the lodge.

"Beth?! Hannah?!" I called out. Even if they would have called out I couldn't have heard them over the howling of the snow. I turned around, squinting through the trees. Already my hands were freezing, my skin damp from the snow that was whipping through the air.

"HANNAH!?" I cried out, taking off along the path. Every so often I stumbled over a fallen branch, or a lose rock. I didn't stop until I was at the small cabin where the cable car unloaded at. I doubled over and sucked in lung fulls of air before heading inside. It was warmer, despite the cracks in the walls. I didn't hesitate before heading out into the cold again. Slowly I made my way back to the cabin, calling for Beth and Hannah as I went. By the time I returned I was freezing and soaked to the skin. The others had dressed, woken Josh and Chris and already been outside looking for our friends.

"Robin!" Sam greeted me at the front door. I looked up slowly and felt my skin prickle at the tension inside.

"Did they come back?" I asked softly. Sam licked her lips and glanced over her shoulder at Josh. He looked like his world had began to cave in.

"No... we were waiting to see if you came back with them..." She whispered pulling me away from the others. I was hardly aware as she wrapped me in a blanket.

It wasn't until the next morning that the police showed up, and they began their search. It lasted days, and all of us found ourselves outside searching for them but time passed. And in the end the search was called off. I remember attending the funeral, one where the caskets were closed. And I couldn't help but wonder what we were burying, because it wasn't Beth or Hannah. It wasn't until later that we'd learn not everyone had let to rest their feelings either.

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Midnight Sky "Miley Cyrus"

“Midnight Sky” is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, released on August 14, 2020, by RCA Records as the lead single from her upcoming seventh studio album She Is Miley Cyrus. The disco, synth-pop, electropop, and pop rock song was written by Cyrus, Ali Tamposi, Ilsey Juber and Jonathan Bellion with song’s producers: Louis Bell and Andrew Watt.

Background and release

On August 4, 2020, Cyrus posted on social media a clip of the music video for her song “Start All Over” with the hashtags “#sheiscoming” and “#butforrealthistime”, in reference to her long-delayed seventh studio album She Is Miley Cyrus. Later that day, she shared a preview of “Midnight Sky” on social media. The track was released on August 14 as planned. The song and video were inspired by other female musicians, such as Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett and Debbie Harry, specifically, Nicks’ song “Edge of Seventeen”. Cyrus reached out to Nicks before release, asking for her blessing of the song. In an interview with Hits 1, the singer explained the song’s background, stating:

You just definitely want to feel like you are just in control of your own life and not trying to control anyone else’s, so for me to be able to really have a good, clear understanding of the last two years, which there was some traumatic experiences – losing the house in Malibu and going through a really public breakup – I think I just really needed some clarity. And so it was just really important to me to be able to like really sit with my thoughts.

Composition and lyrics

“Midnight Sky” is an uptempo “Prince-esque” disco, pop, synth-pop, electropop and pop rock song with “gritty”, “raw” arena rock vocals and “pristinely glossy” production. Written in the key of E minor, it has a tempo of 110 beats per minute, with Cyrus’ vocal range spanning from the low note of D3 to the high note of D5.

Its lyrics are inspired by Cyrus’ divorce from Liam Hemsworth and relationships with Kaitlynn Carter and Cody Simpson, and show the singer “tak[ing] back her narrative” and being confident in herself. She also revealed in an interview in Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast that her desire was for the song to be an anthem that normalized Pansexuality and provided visibility for those living in fear of rejection over their authentic selves.

Cyrus described the song as a “reflection of everyone kind of having this personal kind of woke moment” during an interview on the Zach Sang Show, where she declared:

I feel like a lot of us are waking up. And you know, the midnight sky, I think is kind of a road that feels like it could be nice to take with our head up in the clouds. You know, I feel like right now in society, we don’t want to live with our heads in the clouds. But I think in time that’s maybe why I’ve created worlds like this. Because this is kind of my idea of living with my head in the clouds of my own kind of fantasy and the world I wanna create.

So I think that it’s a cool message, to tell people to create the environment and the world that you wanna live in and I think that’s happening on a very political level right now. But also we can do it especially in this quarantine time, in these intimate spaces of our home that we have a place that feels like we’ve created our own environment, our own head in the clouds, so this is mine.

Critical reception

“Midnight Sky” has received critical acclaim from music critics upon its release. Alex Gallagher of NME described the song as an “assertive disco-tinged bop”. Praising its lyrics he stated, “The lyrics to ‘Midnight Sky’ see Cyrus asserting control and independence, with the singer declaring ‘I was born to run, I don’t belong to anyone/ Oh no, I don’t need to be loved by you,’ on the track’s rousing chorus”.

Michael Cragg of The Guardian called the song a “disco-tinged, post-divorce banger”, commenting that it “sounds suitably refreshed after the double-meh of 2017’s country singer rebirth and last year’s, erm, ‘Cattitude’, ‘Midnight Sky’ is everything all that wasn’t: impassioned, energised and delivered by someone brave enough to sport a platinum-blonde mullet”.

Nina Corcoran of Consequence of Sound described “Midnight Sky” as a “Flashy Synthpop Number” stating “Midnight Sky is a flashy synthpop number that’s arguably sleeker than anything Cyrus has released before”.

Mike Wass of Idolator described the song as a “Dreamy Disco Anthem”. He praised the personal lyrics stating, “The first taste of MC7 is a deeply autobiographical account of the pop star’s emotional journey post-divorce”.

Promotion

A preview of “Midnight Sky” was released to coincide with the launch of Instagram Reels, a video-sharing service similar to TikTok, on August 6, 2020. On August 31, the Midnight Sky Truck, an experiential pop-up, appeared in Los Angeles, with various influencers sharing photographs and videos of themselves in the truck.

Commercial performance

In the US, “Midnight Sky” debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus’ 14th Top 20 hit in the country and 50th entry on the chart, making her one of the artists with most Hot 100 entries. The song also became her best solo debut on the chart since “Malibu”, which took 10th place in 2017, although in the meantime the singer had also reached 13th place with “Don’t Call Me Angel”, along with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey.

In its first week “Midnight Sky” was the 20th most heard song in the United States in streaming and the third most downloaded legally. The single debuted at number three on Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart after only Cardi B’s “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion and Morgan Wallen’s “7 Summers”, another release of the week.

In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart for the issue dated August 21, 2020 and reached the number 10 in its fourth week there, becoming Cyrus’ sixth Top 10 hit in the country.

“Midnight Sky” also debuted at number 16 in Australia, number 13 in Canada and number four in Scotland.

Music video

An accompanying, self-directed music video for “Midnight Sky” was released on August 14, 2020. It features Cyrus in various settings, such as a room with mirrors, a “colorful” gumball pit and a neon disco setting with streamers and Technicolor statues of jungle animals, while wearing a mullet, glittery makeup, black Chanel bodysuit, Swarovski gem-covered black gloves.

In a radio interview with Chris Kelly for Toronto’s KiSS 92.5, Cyrus said that the bubblegum in the video represents “[her] being lost in the bubblegum pop scene” and that the disco ball reflected that “it’s this kind of broken pieces that were put back together to make something whole again”.

Live performances

Cyrus performed “Midnight Sky” for the first time at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, where she swung on a disco ball, in reference to her 2013 song, “Wrecking Ball”. The next day, she performed the song on Live Lounge. On September 10, she performed the song at the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak position Bulgaria (PROPHON) 1 North Macedonia (Radiomonitor) 2 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) 3 Hungary (Single Top 40) 3 Scotland (Official Charts Company) 3 Panama Anglo (Monitor Latino) 4 Croatia (HRT) 6 Israel (Media Forest) 6 US Rolling Stone Top 100 8 UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 10 Ireland (IRMA) 11 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 11 Iceland (Tonlist) 12 Malta (Radiomonitor) 12 United Arab Emirates (Radiomonitor) 12 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 13 Canada Hot AC (Billboard) 13 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 13 US Billboard Hot 100 14 Australia (ARIA) 16 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard) 16 Latvia (Latvijas Top 40) 17 Lithuania (AGATA) 18 Costa Rica Anglo (Monitor Latino) 19 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) 19 Hungary (Stream Top 40) 19 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) 20 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 21 Global 200 (Billboard) 23 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 24 Canada AC (Billboard) 25 Norway (VG-lista) 25 Global Excl. US (Billboard) 26 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) 26 Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) 27 New Zealand (RMNZ) 27 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 32 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 35 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 38 Germany (Official German Charts) 41 Portugal (AFP) 44 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 52 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 69 Italy (FIMI) 80 France (SNEP) 123

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Dirtbag by Mute City from the album Wooden Sword

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Collection Project Inspiration

Tony Cragg, Barry Rosenthal, Joseph Grigley, Tony Feher, Mike Kelley, Glithero, Sarah Sze, Mark Dion, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Louise Nevelson 

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Back for my first Illini football game since the epic game two years ago when the Craggs family and the Leitch family at last came together as one. I suspect Nebraska will prove a more formidable opponent than Middle Tennessee State. (And we just barely won that one.) Go. Illini.

Here are this week’s stories:

SATURDAY Review: “Kingsman: The Golden Circle.” (Paste Magazine) Glance at the Eliminated, Volume 2 (Sports On Earth) Dive Dive Dive (Sports On Earth)

MONDAY Intro to Philadelphia Sports Tourist (Sports On Earth)

TUESDAY The Passion of the Eagles Fan (Sports On Earth)

WEDNESDAY Mike Schmidt and What Phillies Fans Want (Sports On Earth)

THURSDAY Trust the Process! (Sports On Earth) Confidence Pool, Week Four (Sports On Earth)

FRIDAY Wrapping Up Philadelphia Sports Tourist (Sports On Earth) Speech to MHS Lettermans Club (Mothership)

This Week’s Story Count: Ten.

Podcasts!

Grierson & Leitch (subscribe in iTunes) Discussing “Battle of the Sexes,” “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” “Me and Orson Welles” and “Holy Motors”

The Will Leitch Experience (subscribe in iTunes) No shows this week, but a TON of them coming next week.

Waitin’ Since Last Saturday (subscribe in iTunes) It’s a very fun time to be a Georgia fan. I missed the Tennessee preview, but the Mississippi State wrapup was giddy.

Philadelphia was wonderful: You should watch the videos in those posts. I’m ready to be off the road for a while, though. Have a great weekend, everyone, and remember: I'm lazy and an imperfectionist. Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese will work on the details until midnight and sweat it out, whereas for me, come 6 o'clock, I want to go home, I want to have dinner, I want to watch the ballgame. 

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2020-21 Florida Everblades Roster

Wingers

#13 Mike Neville (Woodbridge, Ontario)

#18 Myles Powell (Comox, British Columbia)

#19 Patrick Harper (New Canaan, Connecticut)

#20 Lukas Craggs (Elmhurst, Illinois)

#24 Kyle Neuber (London, Ontario)

#25 John McCarron (Macomb Township, Michigan) C

#26 Cole Smith (Brainerd, Minnesota)

#28 Tanner Jeannot (Oxbow, Saskatchewan)

#37 Mike Huntebrinker (Chesterfield, Missouri)

#38 Josh Wilkins (Duluth, Georgia)

#40 Levko Koper (Edmonton, Alberta)

#42 Tommy Marchin (Algonac, Michigan)

Centers

#7 Alex Kile (Troy, Michigan)

#8 Cameron Hebig (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

#17 Tommy Novak (River Falls, Wisconsin)

#22 Joe Pendenza (Wilmington, Massachusetts)

#41 Blake Winiecki (Lakeville, Minnesota)

Defensemen

#3 Ben Masella (Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec) A

#5 Mike Downing (Canton Township, Michigan)

#6 Arvin Atwal (Delta, British Columbia)

#11 Cole MacDonald (Wetaskiwin, Alberta)

#22 Matt Petgrave (Brampton, Ontario)

#23 Stefan LeBlanc (Oakville, Ontario)

#44 Cody Sol (Woodstock, Ontario)

#47 Logan Roe (Ft. Myers, Florida) A

Goalies

#1 Devin Cooley (Los Gatos, California)

#33 Cam Johnson (Troy, Michigan)

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St. John’s Hires Mike Anderson as New Men’s Basketball Coach

Mike Anderson was hired as the new men’s basketball coach at St. John’s on Friday after being fired at Arkansas last month.

Anderson, 59, takes over for the former St. John’s star Chris Mullin, who resigned on April 9, citing a “recent personal loss.” Mullin’s older brother, Roddy, died recently at 58 after having cancer for years.

Terms of Anderson’s contract were not disclosed. He also coached at Missouri and Alabama-Birmingham before leading the Razorbacks to five postseason appearances and a 169-102 record in eight seasons.

Anderson, a native of Birmingham, Ala., spent the first part of his career working for Nolan Richardson. Anderson played for Richardson at Tulsa before becoming an assistant under him there.

When Richardson left for Arkansas, Anderson joined him in Fayetteville. He was an assistant at Arkansas for 17 years, helping the Razorbacks win the 1995 national championship. Anderson is 369-200 in 17 seasons as a Division I coach and has never had a losing record.

He is known for coaching up-tempo teams that press on defense. Anderson said at a news conference that his goal was for St. John’s to play an exciting style of basketball, adding that the Red Storm would be “one of the top assist teams in the country” and “one of the top turnover teams in the country.”

Anderson said that he envisioned a team that was unpredictable.

“You don’t know what we’re going to do,” he said. “Our pressure may come from the half court. It may come full court. It may come from a zone. Now you’ve got to worry about what we’re doing. I don’t worry about what teams do. I worry more about what we’re doing.”

Mullin guided the Red Storm to the N.C.A.A. tournament this year for the only time in his four seasons as the coach. They were immediately eliminated by Arizona State in an opening-round game, and the program has not won in the tournament since 2000.

In the wake of Mullin’s departure, there was some criticism about the length of the hiring process, as certain top candidates withdrew from consideration.

Arizona State’s Bobby Hurley and Loyola-Chicago’s Porter Moser were initially targeted as replacements for Mullin but decided to stay at their universities. Iona Coach Tim Cluess said in a statement on Thursday that he had been contacted but was withdrawing his name from consideration.

The St. John’s athletic director, Mike Cragg, defended the process.

“I would say nine days is a pretty thorough and efficient search,” said Cragg, who came from Duke last fall.

Anderson said he had not spoken to Mullin about the state of the program, but planned to reach out to him. He will have plenty of work to do in order to build a strong Big East roster for next season. The junior guards Shamorie Ponds and Justin Simon have declared for the N.B.A. draft, and L. J. Figueroa and guard Bryan Trimble Jr. have reportedly placed their names in the transfer portal.

The new coach, who does not have ties to New York, said his plan was to recruit in the area.

“I had somebody ask me, ‘Who’s the guy who’s going to recruit for you?’ My staff’s going to recruit,” said Anderson, adding: “I think it comes down to building those relationships. I know that they’re going to see me. They’re going to get a chance to know me.”

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A Sad Ending To A Promising Career

In a plea agreement between the prosecution and defense, Dana Lauren Tapper, 30, of Richmond, pleaded guilty in Prince George Circuit Court to one count each of providing a prisoner with a cellphone, conspiracy to provide the prisoner with a cellphone and conspiracy to provide a controlled substance to the prisoner.

In exchange for her pleas, Assistant Prince George Commonwealth's Attorney Mark Bernard withdrew three accompanying felony charges.

In accordance with the agreement, Circuit Judge Allan Sharrett sentenced Tapper to 20 years in prison with all but three months suspended. The judge allowed a defense request that Tapper begin serving her time on Aug. 13.

The charges against Tapper, who received national attention in 2013 when she appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and was handed two $10,000 checks in a surprise gift, arose from two incidents five days apart at Riverside Regional Jail involving an inmate named Karon Porter. Tapper provided Porter a cellphone on Dec. 7 and passed him Suboxone strips on Dec. 12, according to a summary of evidence.

Suboxone is a frequently abused narcotic, Bernard told the court. It is typically used in the management of opioid abuse and withdrawal but can be abused resulting in addiction.

Tapper was not the attorney of record for Porter, but she went to visit him at Riverside Regional Jail 38 times between November 2016 and February 2018, according to jail records.

The investigation into Tapper's illegal activities at the jail, which is in Prince George, was investigated by Chesterfield County police who received a tip from another inmate about Tapper and Porter.

Tapper was represented Thursday by attorneys Craig Cooley and Chris Collins. Both the prosecution and defense emphasized in court Thursday there was no evidence that Tapper was having a sexual relationship with Porter.

Porter, 28, was sentenced in September to 30 years in prison on a felony murder charge for killing a third-generation Marine officer in a horrific crash while fleeing police in Chesterfield County in March 2013.

When asked by the judge if the defendant had anything to say, Tapper declined to comment. Tapper also declined to comment to reporters as she left the courthouse.

Collins said that Tapper plans to surrender her law license now that she has pleaded guilty.

Tapper was recognized in 2013 as a third-year law student for volunteering her time outside of her classes at the UVa School of Law "to help children transition out of juvenile detention centers in Virginia," according to a story on the school's website at the time.

During her televised appearance, DeGeneres presented her with a gift of $10,000 contributed by Shutterfly, an online photo service. "That'll help pay for your bar exam and other expenses, right?" DeGeneres said to Tapper.

 Moments later, a Shutterfly representative walked on stage and handled Tapper an oversized check for an additional $10,000.

Tapper worked with the JustChildren program at the Legal Aid Justice Center and also participated in the law school's Child Advocacy Clinic, which provides legal assistance to troubled low-income children.

A friend of Tapper, Kathryn Cragg, who also was a third-year law student at the time, had written DeGeneres a letter about Tapper, which DeGeneres read on the show.

"Most law students are lured in by promises of large corporate salaries to help pay off their debt, but Dana has been steadfast in her commitment to helping those less fortunate," Cragg wrote in her letter.

In the story for the school's website, Tapper was quoted as saying, "I want to be an advocate for kids. I've met some of the most incredible people. They have just this incredible untapped potential. I would like to help them realize it."

Tapper, who at the time of her arrest lived in a Richmond apartment in the 2300 block of East Cary Street, operated a law practice at 2222 Monument Avenue in the city. It has since closed,

WRIC ABA 8 had additional coverage of the conviction. (Mike Frisch)

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