No. 15 Men’s Soccer Ready for 2010 Campaign; Play Violets of NY Today at 5PM

HOBOKEN, N.J. (August 31, 2010) – The No. 15 Stevens Institute of Technology men’s soccer team will $\"Stevens\"$ open its 2010 season on Wednesday night against cross-river rival New York University at the De Baun Athletic Complex. The Ducks are coming off a season in which they made their sixth trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship, won their seventh-straight conference title, and finished with a mark of 17-3-2.

The Ducks will be led by a quartet of experienced and battle-tested seniors in goalkeeper Zach Carr (Carmel, Ind.), back Bryan De Faria (Hillside, N.J.), midfielder/back Michael Quijano (Jersey City, N.J.), and the reigning Empire 8 Player of the Year midfielder Nolan Sandberg (Grayslake, Ill.).

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Coaching Videos Available Through WBCA, Xpressplay Partnership

press release August 30

ATLANTA – The Women\’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) is proud to $\"CNB$ announce Xpressplay Online Game Management and Exchange as an official provider partner.

The centerpiece of the partnership is the use of Xpressplay’s technology and expertise in filming and editing to provide access to videos of the WBCA’s on-court clinics held during the 2010 National Convention in San Antonio, Texas. With nine presentations by top women’s basketball coaches, including Jeff Walz (Louisville), Lin Dunn (Indiana Fever) and Agnes Berenato (Pittsburgh), these videos are the cornerstone of the Association’s newly re-launched website, www.wbca.org, allowing WBCA members access to professional development year-round.

Beginning in 2010, Xpressplay and the WBCA have teamed up to provide WBCA members and non-members a convenient way to purchase and download their very own copy of these valuable videos, either individually or as a set through Xpressplay’s website, www.xpressplay.com. Both individual videos and the entire set are available via downloadable files or a DVD. A portion of each sale goes to the WBCA’s Betty F. Jaynes Internship Program, which gives seven young professionals an opportunity to work in women’s sports each year.

\”We’re proud to be a provider partner of the WBCA and to offer this valuable service,\” says co-founder Beth Kane. \”It’s another way we provide online video solutions that enable sports teams to improve their performance. Coaches will have on-demand access to these clinic videos, and can download the ones they want, edit them or use them however they want.\”

Xpressplay provides video exchange services that enable sports teams to manage their video exchange online and digitally – eliminating form letters, physical media copies, shipping hassles – making opponent scouting faster and more efficient. Xpressplay also offers a video-based recruiting service which enables athletes and their agents to promote themselves through online video.

About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women\’s basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as a sport for women and girls. For additional information about the WBCA, please visit wbca.org.

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A Visit to Okagaki and the Naritasan Fudoji Temple

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.

Great natural beauty, history and tradition, peaceful scenery, and the friendly local $\"Hank$ citizens. Okagaki is a town to make you feel happy, and right at home and only 20 minutes from our home. We have been going there since 1983. It’s the most relaxing place with beautiful scenery.

PHOTO: Hank Miller at the Naritasan Fudoji Temple…CNB news hounds are all over the world bringing you the latest…

Quiet and somehow familiar scenery greets you here: the sparkling waters of the Hibiki Sea, the grandeur of the Sanri Matsubara Pine Forest, and the beautiful landscape.

Naritasan Fudoji Temple is where our pictures are taken. This shingon Buddhist temple is famed for its cherry blossoms, and attracts many worshippers from around Japan for a variety of prayers, including freedom from disasters, longevity, luck, and traffic safety.

During the major festivals, believers read their prayers aloud from the small boards they are written on, and then cast them into the flames in a special ceremony. The believers also walk on fire here in a ceremony of esoteric Buddhism. The view from the temple grounds is superb, covering all of Sanri Matsubara and, on a clear day one can $\"Hank$ see all the way to Honshu.

Photo: Hank standing at the temple Honshu is in the distance… a satisfying moment, feeling the blue sea and green hills. Click to enlarge photos.

Warm regards from Kitakyushu-city, Japan

Hank F. Miller Jr.

Hank is a former resident of Gloucester City NJ

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Field Hockey Set for 2010 Campaign; Ducks Eye Third Straight Conference Title

HOBOKEN, N.J. (August 30, 2010) – The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team will open its 2010 season on Wednesday, September 1 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. Stevens, winners of the past two Empire 8 titles, will be eyeing a three-peat as well as the program’s third trip to the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship in as many years. The Ducks have won 36 games over the past two seasons against just eight losses and the 2010 squad comes into the year as the 18th-ranked team in the nation.

$\"!cid_image001_jpg@01CA639E\"$ Leading the Ducks will be a trio of experienced captains in senior goalkeeper Ellyn Griggs (Hillsborough, N.J.), senior forward Lauren Griggs (Hillsborough, N.J.), and juniorMallory Swanson (Princeton Junction, N.J.).

Griggs was a first-team All-Empire 8 performer in 2009 and is one of the hardest workers in the history of the program. She was 17-4 between the pipes and compiled a goals-against average of 0.84. She made 82 saves and had a save percentage of .812 to make her one of the stingiest goalkeepers in the nation. Griggs and the Ducks’ defense allowed a total of just 19 goals while pitching eight shutouts.

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DRPA rail plans delayed by funding shortfall

By Paul Nussbaum

Inquirer Staff Writer

State funding has been held up for a proposed commuter rail line between Glassboro and $\"Light$ Camden, victim of a troubled Transportation Trust Fund and a tough economy.Then-Gov. Jon S. Corzine promised last year to provide $500 million to the Delaware River Port Authority for the $1.5 billion, 18-mile rail line. The money was to come from the Transportation Trust Fund, which is funded with gas-tax revenues and borrowed money.The DRPA was counting on up to $9 million of that aid to pay for an environmental impact statement that is required before work can proceed on the rail line.The environmental study money, to be provided by NJ Transit, has not been forthcoming.Meanwhile, the DRPA is holding about $427,000 in bills submitted by engineering consultant STV Inc. for the environmental work, which has slowed dramatically.

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Hyundai steers business to the port | South Philly Review

More than 10,000 shiny, new vehicles have been packed and shipped on approximately 12-story vessels from South Korea and unloaded at the port for last-minute preparations prior to shipping them to dealerships. And there are many more on the way.

Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors began delivering to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Packer Avenue and Columbus Boulevard, with five shipments already here and two more expected to arrive tomorrow and Saturday bringing in more than 17,000 automobiles to prepare for sale this month alone.

\”Contracts have been negotiated between various parties as the facility has been built out and when we were finally ready with contracts secured and a proper facility, we have begun to receive vessels,\” Robert C. Blackburn, senior deputy executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, said.

The first vessel, Hyundai 203, arrived Aug. 2 with crews unloading 1,811 vehicles the following morning at 8. About 3,400 were unloaded Aug. 14 plus 1,500 more the next day. About 2,500 cars on average will be unloaded from each vessel, Blackburn said.

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Mt. Ephraim School District Ready for New Academic Year

By Leigh Anne Hubbs

NEWS Correspondent

Last month, Mount Ephraim School Board members accepted the donation of a washer
$\"100_6721\"$ and dryer from the parents of a special education student.

During last week’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Superintendent Joseph Rafferty (photo) was pleased to announce that the washer and dryer are now installed, thanks to Maintenance Supervisor Chalie Blaylock.

Rafferty said the units are a \”great asset to the PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) classroom\” that teaches life skills to special education students.

The Board thanked Attorney Steven Morgan for his offer to pay for the Philadelphia Zoo Program this school year.

A Gateway monitor was donated by Holly Romond. Board members said that the district can always use an extra computer monitor.

In other news, the cost of a student breakfast will increase by 10 cents because the state will no longer subsidize breakfast due to its financial crisis.

Even with the increase, prices will still be lower than the maximum rate allowed.

Board Administrator Melissa Raywood said the meal price increases are necessary in

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Black Conservatives React to Obama Speech on Iraq

August 31, 2010 Washington, D.C. – With President Barack Obama\’s announcement tonight of what he considers to be the end of combat operations in Iraq, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about this administration\’s approach to operations in the Iraq theater and the debt of gratitude owed to our nation\’s armed forces.

Coby Dillard: \”As a Navy veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, no one is prouder than I to see our troops return from combat. However, President Obama made his speech tonight more about the fulfillment of a campaign promise than about the brave, honorable and victorious service of our fighting men and women. It is unfortunate to see him attempt to lay claim to a victory that his brief voting record in the Senate and remarks as a presidential candidate shows he didn\’t support and whose end was negotiated by President George W. Bush — the same Bush whose policies and actions Obama routinely speaks of as \’failed.\’

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