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Review: The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3)
Del Rey, 2019
About The Winter of the Witch:
"'Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen.
Now Moscow has been struck by disaster. Its people are searching for answers—and for someone to blame. Vasya finds herself alone, beset on all sides. The Grand Prince is in a rage, choosing allies that will lead him on a path to war and ruin. A wicked demon returns, stronger than ever and determined to spread chaos. Caught at the center of the conflict is Vasya, who finds the fate of two worlds resting on her shoulders. Her destiny uncertain, Vasya will uncover surprising truths about herself and her history as she desperately tries to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical world she treasures. But she may not be able to save them all."
*Although I will have no spoilers for this book itself, this review will have potential spoilers for the previous two books in the trilogy.
I've been struggling a little to write this review because all I want to do is gush and ramble all over this book, but I'll do my best to be coherent. Hands down, this is one of the best trilogies I've read in a long, long time and it will stay with me for a long time. It will be one I recommend to anyone and everyone and that I will continue to re-read over the years (probably during the winter months, of course).
The Winter of the Witch is heart-breaking in every sense of the word, in both positive and devastating ways, and it's full of captivating prose and such a tight plot that it's impossible not to be completely sucked into the story. Arden's world-building is phenomenal and it seems as though just when I think I've seen as much as I can about this world or the magical aspects, there's always more and I'm constantly learning about the lore and hidden magical elements and characters at play. I honestly could not put this book down. The action is incredible and written in such a way that I was never bored or weary of the more excitement-driven parts of the book.
I love Vasya more than I've loved a character in a long time. It initially surprised me at times by how much I was drawn to her because she has a lot of qualities that I generally become tired of in books--impulsive, makes rash decisions, etc.--and yet I wanted nothing more than to keep her safe and happy. Vasya is incredibly impulsive and consistently does things that seem completely irrational and unsafe, but the reason she does all of these things is due to her own strong morals, which is what truly cements her character. She has a strong will that refuses to be pulled into darkness or evil; she has a desire to protect people and to instill justice and goodness into the areas she visits. It's not that she's someone who is steadfast and follows the rules, because she certainly does not follow the rules, but rather she will do whatever is necessary to follow the things that she feels are right and just. I have loved watching her grow from this awkward, unhappy child that saw no future for herself because she didn't want to get married and into her own independent person and who refuses to let anyone take away her freedom and values.
Morozko continues to be a fascinating figure, and his relationship with Vasya has been one of the most compelling and unpredictable ones I've read in some time. There are so many different components to their relationship, and Vasya and Morzoko's own personalities even have a very basic trope element at their core, but somehow this ends up being so much more developed than one could hope for. Morozko himself is a very complex figure that constantly tugged at my attention and I loved that I was still able to explore more about him, even in the last book. We also get to see more of Vasya's brother, Sasha, and I appreciated his character arc so much in this book. Arden made me go back and forth between liking, disliking, and being unsure of him at so many moments, but by the end of it he stayed as true to character as I always expected of him and I was immensely pleased with that.
A minor thing that I also want to comment on is the dialogue, which I've found particularly well done throughout the entire trilogy. The historical tone is consistent at all times--something that many authors tend to struggle with--and it still remained fresh and captivating at the same time. Arden's usage of Russian terms also felt natural and expected and never felt as though it was forced just for effect as some books tend to do.
Arden's writing is something so rare and so deceptively perfect. She is not overt or obvious in her descriptions or prose, but there is an elegance and quiet beauty that accompany each and every line of the story. The themes that are interwoven throughout the events of this book are thought-provoking and carefully done, from dealing with the struggle of figuring out who you are to more contemporary themes and those associated with traditional folklore. The blend of true historical fact with the magical is something that I love.
Also, I need to talk about the horses. Solovey is everything to me and my heart was in such an emotional state throughout this book because of events surrounding him. I also love Pozhar and am so pleased that Arden never turned her into something she isn't, which also speaks to the respect that Arden has for all of her characters and their desires.
Overall, it's an obvious five stars from me. I could continue reading about these characters and this world forever, but I'm more than satisfied with this trilogy and cannot recommend it highly enough. If you haven't yet started it, be sure to do so! It's a perfect winter read.
*I received a copy of The Winter of the Witch courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This has no effect on my rating of the novel.*
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Erica Metcalf February 17, 2019 at 5:34 AM
AWESOME review!! I cannot wait to dive back into this series!!
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Why Do Men Take Break-Ups Harder?
And this is why men take break ups harder than women. When a woman breaks up with a man, it is Mommy telling him that she doesn't love him anymore. ... His cries of pain, either voiced or shown by his actions, are really him shouting, "Mommy, why did you stop loving me?" Whereas for a woman, she had no illusions that Daddy wasn't going to leave at some point. Sure, she's hurt initially, but she knew the score going into the game.
Can the disparate experience of emotional rejection between men and women be reduced to a matter of child psychology?


On a recent trip to Mexico I had the chance to use my Spanish (oh I'm quite the Renaissance man) and found that what I lose first is my ability to quickly say "he did X" or "they do Y". Worse is my need to reverse-engineer what I'm hearing back to an infinitive. If someone says "Ellos me hablaban", I decipher it like: "hablaban, ok, that is the third person plural for hablaba, which is hablar, which means to speak, so it's they were speaking." That probably explains the glassy look in my eyes as I listen to native speakers.
Once home I searched for a database of conjugated verbs to make flash cards that, rather than working with infinitives, would read simple actions like "They walk", "He used to sing" or "We would have spoken" and the reverse would have the proper Spanish conjugation. Despite my uber Google skills, I was unable to find any non-commercial products. However, I did come across one great resource that had the data I needed.
Fred Jehle, formerly a professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, published approximately 600 verbs, fully conjugated in all moods and tenses, on his website in 1998. The resource helped students improve their verb use in addition to a variety of notes on other aspects of the language. I contacted Mr. Jehle to inquire if a database of his verbs were behind the scenes but unfortunately only the static web pages exist.
Out of curiosity, I opened up a couple of pages to see what the source HTML looked like and, luckily, it was pretty uniform. I broke out my editor and wrote a script to read in each page, parse out the various conjugations and dump them in to a (PostgreSQL 9.x) database. The roughly 600 verbs converted to 11,467 combinations of moods + tenses.
In coordination with copyright holder Professor Jehle, this data is available free of charge via a Creative Commons license for anyone to use for non-commercial purposes so long as you provide attribution. If you alter, transform or build upon this work then you may distribute the resulting work only under the same license.
My thanks go to Mr. Jehle for quickly answering my questions and allowing me to publish the data for other would-be Spanish students. I recommend that you also check out his website for additional Spanish content at http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/VERBLIST.HTM.
Thanks for the effort and the willingness to put this online. This is proving to be very useful for me.
Thanks Jim – let your friends know! I hope people build some useful tools out of this and maybe contribute back additional conjugated verbs.


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Wilhelm will only talk to you if you are friendly with the Argent Dawn.
Craftsman Wilhelm will offer to craft frost resist armors in exchange for materials and a hefty sum of gold, however you must first receive Omarion's Handbook from Master Craftsman Omarion, who is inconveniently locked up in a cage a few pulls into the Deathknight Wing of Naxxramas. If I remember correctly, you have to be at least Honored to obtain the book and all you have to do is speak with him. However, dealing with Wilhelm is not your only option.
It shouldn't be too difficult to clear to Omarion with a small handful of people, and it should be noted that crafting the blacksmithing pieces require the Icebellow Anvil found within the same room.
Player Willhelm is a prolific poster on the official World of Warcraft Professions Discussion forums, known for providing a wealth of information for all things blacksmith.
He has a stickied thread "Willhelm's Blacksmithing Guides"
Although his character is a human, I wouldn't be surprised if this npc was a hats off to to Willhelm's continued contributions to the Blacksmithing profession community.
His character also resides on the US Argent Dawn role-playing realm.
He does the /rude emote when you speak to him.
Because Master Craftsman Omarion was removed from Naxxramas in patch 3.0.2, it appears that it is no longer possible to get the quest or epic items from Craftsman Wilhelm.
Killing him will reduce your Argent Dawn rep by 125. It will also flag you for PvP and aggro all nearby Argent Crusade NPCs. The results are quite painful. Finally, he respawns really quickly. He was up by the time I finished running back to my corpse.


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CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 20: Yoenis Cespedes #52 of the New York Mets singles in the top of the sixth inning of Game 3 of the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 in Chicago , Illinois. (Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
The New York Mets have agreed to a four-year, $110 million deal with free-agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, FOX's Ken Rosenthal reports.
It is a record-breaking deal for the Mets and puts Cespedes in some pretty exclusive company in terms of major-league salaries:
Cespedes, 31, recently opted out of the final two years of the three-year, $75 million contract he signed last offseason with the Mets.
With Cespedes back in the mix, New York will return an outfield of Cespedes in left, Curtis Granderon in center and Jay Bruce in right. However, the Mets could explore a trade for Granderson or Bruce because they have solid outfield depth with Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares.
In 132 games this past season, Cespedes hit .280/.354/.530 with 31 homers, 25 doubles and 86 RBI. Acquired from the Tigers on July 31, 2015, Cespedes helped lead the Mets to the World Series two seasons ago.


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What Is The True Goal Of Multiculturalism?
I think we can all agree that at the heart of national and world events is the issue of multiculturalism. The official definition of multiculturalism is "the co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviours, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles."
The last few decades has seen it become a major political issue, both here in the U.S. and Europe. The fact is that the world is unraveling; you can see it in the Middle East, in South America, and in Africa, for instance. Peoples of different ethnicities and races; different religious beliefs; and different social values are clashing in countries where the politically correct politicians are forcing their social agenda views. The true results of multiculturalism are hidden behind utopian rhetoric that promotes equality and justice and a homogenous society; one in which everyone is seen as identical, similar, and comparable. Why can't the world see that this can never be!
Oh, I know, there will be those who say America has always been "the melting pot" of the world; that we are a nation made up of immigrants. That is true, but there is a major difference between our policies of yesteryear and those of today. In the past, other cultures were assimilated into ours. They were not heralded and protected, or labeled as mistreated and abused. There were no terms like "Irishphobic" or "Italianphobic". Every nationality that came to America arrived on our shores because they wanted what we had ... the freedom to become all they wanted to be. And they were willing to become like us; to adopt our values, our standards, and our behavior. Their faith was a matter of their own conscience, and it served to reinforce the principles of freedom and liberty for the individual -- the backbone of our national existence.
But that idea of assimilation is no longer applauded. Today, entire countries are being overrun by huge populations of immigrants, and it is the native citizens that are expected to adapt and capitulate their rights to accommodate the migrants. Understandably, there is going to be conflict. And I would suggest that this is really the ultimate goal of multiculturalism; both here and in Europe.
Can you concede that behind this massive push to open up the floodgates to migrants from the world's trouble spots is a political ideology that wishes to destroy the basis of Western civilization? Are you able to see the puppet masters who are hard at work to dismantle capitalism and free enterprise, and who wish to institute collectivism and communal property? Can you accept that this chaos and conflict are all about Power?
As it was so deftly worded on the website, Gothamresistance.com, "Turning Americans into a minority in their own country is the only way to control these pesky, greedy, racist people who are so obsessed with freedom and prosperity." We're already seeing it happen in Europe. Entire communities in France and Germany are controlled by Muslim immigrants who refuse to assimilate, and who are outright antagonistic towards Western behavior and values. Furthermore, this particular population is increasing rapidly (especially with recent policy), and they are younger and angrier than their fellow citizens.
Both British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have both publicly admitted that "multiculturalism has failed". Well, duh! As Chuck Coulson explained in a 2011 article at The Christian Post, "The underlying reason for this is that culture reflects beliefs of the people. In fact, cultures are formed by those beliefs. For a society to survive it has to have one culture -- a culture that enjoys the participation and contributions of all of its peoples." But that implies a willingness to cooperate and compromise. What about sharia law suggests that this is even a remote possibility?
And I must agree with the sentiments of Walter E. Williams, an economist, commentator, and the Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Mr. Williams said, "At the very heart of multiculturalism is an attack on Christianity... and also on free market capitalism. [This is because] Christian nations, which have a great measure of economic liberty, have been at the forefront of the struggle for personal liberty and private property rights for centuries. Personal liberty and private property are anathemas to people who want to control our lives. That is part and parcel of the multicultural and diversity movements infecting the Western world."
Just listen to the words and look at the actions of the immigrants that come to the West. Do you see any evidence that they will ever agree with our basic tenets of freedom, whether religious or social? Just their attitudes about the rights of women should tell you something. And targeting Christians for torture and death clearly speaks of their hatred for any religion not their own. That has never been the way of the West!
I found this observation by Melvin Rhodes at Beyond Today quite compelling: "There's an interesting verse in the New Testament of your Bible that stands in direct contradiction to the multicultural idea. While "God shows no partiality" (Acts 10:34), we read in the same book that "He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings (Acts 17:26)."
He goes on .... "It is also interesting to note that Jesus Christ, when asked, "What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3), warned that "nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom" (verse 7). A kingdom is a political entity. But the word "nation" here is translated from the Greek word ethnos, from which we get the words ethnic and ethnicity. In other words, Jesus was saying that immediately prior to His coming to establish God's Kingdom on this earth, there would be a time of great ethnic conflict—the inevitable result of mingling diverse people groups together." There's no doubt that this is what we're seeing today!
Here is what the Politicians and the Elite will never realize ... the only way for the world to truly live in harmony is to come to the One who died to make all of us His own. And that is the battle that we see unfolding right now. This conflict is going to continue until every person on earth has made their choice. I believe the terror attacks and social upheaval are the beginning of the birth pangs that will force the nations to choose who they will follow. We cannot remain on the sidelines, nor can we compromise to try to win their allegiance. It is time to face the music ... not only has multiculturalism failed, but it is ushering in the final showdown and the world's day of reckoning. Are you ready?
Psalm 117:1-2 "Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is His steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!"
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That changes in a hurry. The cause of the devastation is a phenomenon that will come to be known as The Pulse, and the delivery method is a cell phone. Everyone's cell phone. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization's darkest age, surrounded by chaos, carnage, and a human horde that has been reduced to its basest nature...and then begins to evolve.
There are 193 million cell phones in the United States alone. Who doesn't have one? Stephen King's utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn't just ask the question "Can you hear me now?" It answers it with a vengeance.
The event that came to be known as The Pulse began at 3:03 p.m., eastern standard time, on the afternoon of October 1. The term was a misnomer, of course, but within ten hours of the event, most of the scientists capable of pointing this out were either dead or insane. The name hardly mattered, in any case. What mattered was the effect.
At three o'clock on that day, a young man of no particular importance to history came walking--almost bouncing--east along Boylston Street in Boston. His name was Clayton Riddell. There was an expression of undoubted contentment on his face to go along with the spring in his step. From his left hand there swung the handles of an artist's portfolio, the kind that closes and latches to make a traveling case. Twined around the fingers of his right hand was the drawstring of a brown plastic shopping bag with the words small treasures printed on it for anyone who cared to read them.
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Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing at Baylor University
Overview Rankings Applying Academics Student Life Paying Outcomes
Faculty Composition
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64 Bachelor's Degrees
$41,100 Bachelor's Salary
$24,625 Bachelor's Debt
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is one of the majors in the business, management & marketing program at Baylor University.
We've pulled together some essential information you should know about the program, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, average starting salaries, and more. Also, learn how Baylor ranks among other schools offering degrees in specialized marketing.
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Popularity of Specialized Marketing at Baylor
During the 2018-2019 academic year, Baylor University handed out 64 bachelor's degrees in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. Due to this, the school was ranked #14 out of all colleges and universities that offer this degree. This is a decrease of 6% over the previous year when 68 degrees were handed out.
How Much Do Specialized Marketing Graduates from Baylor Make?
$41,100 Bachelor's Median Salary
Salary of Specialized Marketing Graduates with a Bachelor's Degree
Specialized Marketing majors who earn their bachelor's degree from Baylor go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $41,100 a year. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is higher than the national average of $30,300 for all specialized marketing bachelor's degree recipients.
How Much Student Debt Do Specialized Marketing Graduates from Baylor Have?
$24,625 Bachelor's Median Debt
Student Debt of Specialized Marketing Graduates with a Bachelor's Degree
While getting their bachelor's degree at Baylor, specialized marketing students borrow a median amount of $24,625 in student loans. This is not too bad considering that the median debt load of all specialized marketing bachelor's degree recipients across the country is $29,028.
The typical student loan payment of a bachelor's degree student from the specialized marketing program at Baylor is $256 per month.
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Baylor Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor's Program
The specialized marketing program at Baylor awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.
The majority of the students with this major are white. About 69% of 2019 graduates were in this category.
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Finance & Financial Management 153
Management Information Systems 128
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The teams will try again to play two games on Friday at 11 a.m. St. Mary's is 31-14 overall and 8-3 in Heartland Conference play. MSUB is 18-20 overall and 6-5 in Heartland play.


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Doug Zumbach behind his coffee shop's counter. Credit: Catherine Gorey.
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Israel has completed its pull-out from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements.
It had been feared that the protesters in the two West Bank towns, Sanur and Homesh, would put up strong resistance but in the end only made token protests, pelting soldiers with fruit, flour, and paint and burning Israeli flags. The residents of the two other towns went peacefully.
In the synagogues of the settlements Israeli troops had to cut through barricades of iron bars and barbed wire before carrying out protesters, but they did not resist. Around 40 settlers made a last stand on the roof of an old fort before giving themselves up to riot police after being sprayed with water cannons.
The Israeli Chief of Staff said, "There has been less violence than we thought. One of the reasons was because rabbis worked to calm tensions."
Four police officers received minor injuries.
Local Palestinians looked on as the protesters were cleared, and told reporters that life would be easier for them now. Previously, Israeli settlers had stopped Palestinian farmers from travelling, and had even stopped some of them visiting a village cemetery.
Israelis will retain responsibility for security in the West Bank settlements, although in the Gaza strip that role has now been handed over to Palestinians.
In the Gaza strip, Israeli forces have already demolished six of the settlements left behind by the evacuation of 8,500 Israeli settlers to make way for new Palestinian construction.
In the West Bank, there remain some 120 Jewish settlements housing more than 230,000.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has seen his poll ratings raise despite the angry scenes. Hamas, a radical Palestinian group, has attempted to present the pull-out as a surrender by Israel. "We believe that this unilateral withdrawal is a complete failure for the Israeli enemy, that it deserves no concession from our side whatsoever," said a spokesman.
US President George Bush said the pull-out has "changed the dynamics on the ground and has provided hope for the Palestinian people."
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Maryland's season of hype and hope, the twin elixirs fueling fans of a talented team, is a week old.
Three games in November rarely define a season, barring a spate of injuries.
Three games in November generally are a poor sample size for sweeping statements.
Three games in November usually prompt reminders of the universal truth of teams looking far different months down the road than they do less than 10 percent of the way in their seasons.
So any evaluation of the Terrapins in the wake of Friday's harrowing 65-58 defeat of Rider is undoubtedly premature.
Well, except for one thing: Maryland might finish the season on a tier without peer. It isn't there now.
Not after spotting Georgetown a 9-0 lead on Tuesday. Not after falling behind by 14 points to a solid (but hardly imposing) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team.
This isn't a bad thing for the Terps (3-0). There is no guaranteed path to a Final Four, and the reality is having some issues exposed while winning is exponentially better than the other option. In a month, Maryland not taking a lead against the Broncs (0-3) for the first time until a Melo Trimble 3-pointer with 3:25 to play.
Mid-November basketball isn't usually the smoothest, and the Terps endured their share of defensive deficiencies for the better part of 24 minutes. They also had no answer for Rider's zone, and for all of coach Mark Turgeon's insistence his team can handle that defense, expect Maryland to see more of it in the coming week or two --- perhaps even as early as early as Tuesday in Cancun against Illinois State.
But that's hardly a permanent fate, just as freshman center Diamond Stone's struggles against Georgetown gave way to an efficient 12-point showing in 19 minutes against the Broncs. Likewise, Turgeon's insistence his team had not worked much with a lineup featuring Jake Layman at the four and Robert Carter Jr. as the lone big earlier in the week isn't true anymore; Maryland spent much of the second half going small.
The Terps ultimately emerged as too big, too deep and eventually too good on defense (while throwing out their own 1-3-1 scheme for a while in the second half) for Rider. All of those are enviable traits. None provide a guarantee.
The hype of a juggernaut, at least from the start of the season, is rightfully tempered in College Park. That's not a bad thing. The hope of a memorable season rightfully remains.
Still, getting a proper read on the Terps is going to take some time. It's good for them, then, that plenty of it remains to truly sort things out.
* Maryland used a nine-man rotation in the first half. Aside from a cameo from Varun Ram, it rotated seven after the break. Neither center Michal Cekovsky (making his second career start) nor reserve point guard Jaylen Brantley played in the second half.
* Trimble has missed eight free throws (out of 26) in three games. Last year, he missed 33 (out of 240) over 35 games.
* Jake Layman (11 points, 11 rebounds) had the fifth double-double of his career. The previous four came last season (against Oklahoma State, Oakland, Rutgers and Michigan State).
Greg Kampe knows a bit about assessing power conference programs. Nevermind that he's spent the last 31 years as the head coach at Oakland, a Detroit in suburban Detroit.
Kampe is the architect of one of the great scheduling philosophies in Division I. The Grizzlies routinely play as many high-level teams as possible, constructing a brutally difficult road schedule that simultaneously pays plenty of bills and routinely places Oakland in the top 50 (and often higher) in nonconference schedule strength.
The Grizzlies, who have faced 27 ranked teams over the last 10 seasons, already met Iowa State, Arizona, Michigan State and Pittsburgh this year. So Kampe's opinion is worth pondering in the wake of Maryland's 72-56 defeat of Oakland on Saturday.
How, then, do the 12-1 Terrapins stack up?
"We think they're really good," Kampe said. "We think they're different than Arizona. They're different than Michigan State. They don't have the physicality that those teams have. But they have finesse and [Jake Layman] can score in multiple ways. [Dez] Wells can score in multiple ways. And they have players who can make plays."
And now, Maryland has more of them than at any point all season.
Saturday marked the first time both Wells and Evan Smotrycz played in the same game since March. Smotrycz missed the first five games this season with a broken foot, then three more with a sprained ankle. Wells, who scored all 10 of his points in the second half, had sat out seven games with a broken wrist before coming off the bench Saturday.
It's debatable Maryland was at full strength against Oakland, especially with Wells acknowledging he wasn't particularly aggressive in the game's early stages. He also didn't need to be, considering Maryland built a a 37-19 halftime lead.
That advantage was built on stingy defense and a few timely 3-pointers, major elements of the same formula that allowed the Terps to survive a month without their best returning player in the lineup. Yet it was also constructed with a different rotation, the closest approximation Maryland's offered yet on how its minutes will be allocated in the coming months.
"It was weird looking down the bench and not seeing anybody hurt," Layman said. "It's great. We have so much firepower on our bench. It's just really exciting to see how good we are and how good we're going to be moving forward.
Clearly, Layman, Wells and Melo Trimble are the centerpieces of this team. How the minutes at shooting guard (and at backup point guard) are divvied up between Jared Nickens, Richaud Pack and Dion Wiley remains to be seen.
Precisely how much Smotrycz ultimately plays, and how willing coach Mark Turgeon is to go with a smaller lineup remains to be seen. Bigs Michal Cekovsky, Damonte Dodd and Jon Graham combined for 41 minutes against Oakland.
"I think today was a peek behind the curtain, but we have a lot more in store," Wells said.
Just how much will be learned soon enough. A trip to Michigan State on Tuesday commences Big Ten play, and Kampe --- and who saw the Spartans, and a few other high-profile programs, already this season --- offered an endorsement of Maryland's potential.
"I think they're different than those teams, but they're a good different," Kampe said. "I think they can make a run for the Big Ten championship. I'm not saying they can win it. I wouldn't do that to Mark. But I think they can make a run for it."
Students streamed onto the Comcast Center court Wednesday evening, Maryland's lengthy drought against ranked teams over at last.
Mark Turgeon didn't need the history lesson. He invoked the fairly recent past, though, one that felt so close and so far away for the Terrapins as they ponded a 51-50 defeat of No. 14 N.C. State.
"We haven't won a big game since Greivis was here," Turgeon said, and he was spot-on in mentioning Greivis Vasquez.
It really was three years ago --- OK, two years, 10 months and 13 days if you want to be a stickler --- since the Terrapins snagged anything resembling a landmark victory. It didn't happen in Vasquez's final NCAA tournament thanks to one buzzer-beater. It didn't happen in what became former coach Gary Williams' swan song, with close-but-not-quite become that team's signature.
And it certainly didn't happen last year, when a victory over NIT-bound Miami qualified as the Terps' emotional high.
How it was achieved probably doesn't matter for Maryland (14-3, 2-2 ACC), which conquered the 50-point plateau only on Alex Len's tip-in with 0.9 seconds remaining. The game, in and of itself, reinforced two present-day realities.
The Terps can defend the snot out of anyone. And their offense remains downright agonizing to watch against remotely capable opponents, a designation for which N.C. State (14-3, 3-1) more than qualifies.
Turgeon, ever candid, knows this. In a postgame session that at times was befitting a coach on the wrong end of a last-second win, he bemoaned Maryland's inability to run plays out of timeouts, to absorb all of the wrinkles he would like to install and a complete uncertainty whether a revamped starting lineup would work.
But there was no disputing the potential upshot of a victory, which was why he went around the locker room before tha game and asked player after player after player just why they came to College Park in the first place.
"He told us if we want to make it big this year, we have to win this game to bounce back --- which we did," Len said.
Len chuckled knowingly, but Maryland just as easily could have limped out with its third straight loss after squandering a 10-point lead in the second half. Turgeon, as much as anyone, intuited how fortunate the Terps were to survive.
Instead of upscreening on the final play, the Terps downscreened. Pe'Shon Howard drove into the lane, giving Turgeon hope something good would happen. It did, only it required Len to collect Howard's airball and drop it in for the go-ahead score.
"He said it wasn't miss," Len said. "He said it was a pass."
(For what it's worth, the final statistics listed it as a missed jumper for the junior. Box score don't lie).
And so brought an end to Maryland's 17-game losing streak to ranked teams, one that dated back to Vasquez's final appearance as a player in College Park. The length of the drought was, in calendar days, the program's longest against ranked foes since a stretch from 1965 to 1971.
It wasn't difficult to summon the past Wednesday. Maryland, though, would like to believe its victory reflected well on the future.
"I came here to do great things," Turgeon said. "We haven't done a lot of great things since I've been here. This is one great thing and hopefully it's going to lead to many other things and help us in a lot of different areas down the road."
So if the recent past is forgettable and the future is promising, what can be said about the present? That's a far murkier issue, one Maryland has yet to define despite easily its most impressive victory of the season.
Turgeon trotted out two freshmen and three sophomores to start Wednesday, which says plenty about the state of the Terps' program. Maryland played ugly and lost at Miami on Sunday, then played slightly less ugly and beat N.C. State.
Up and down the Terps figure to go, though their latest victory provides at least the start of building a profile certain to face scrutiny exactly two months from now when the NCAA tournament's 68-team field is unveiled.
"This is a great group we have," guard Seth Allen said. "I feel like we could do that. We really want to hang a banner up like everybody else."
Look toward the ceiling at Comcast Center, and the last team to earn a banner was the Terps' 2009-10 edition. They were the last to beat a ranked team, the last to provoke a court-storming.
Only one current player was part of it. Local product Nick Faust, then a college junior, wasn't in attendance as a recruit.
"Pe'Shon was here," Faust said. "He told me. They started rioting."
"I hope they riot," he said jokingly.
Not yet, not after a single mid-January triumph. An escape of the Wolfpack guarantees nothing for Maryland and doesn't solve the team's biggest problems. But it might just be a start --- perhaps of something bigger than the Terps have enjoyed in what feels like quite some time.
Maryland quarterback/wide receiver Devin Burns intends to transfer, a team spokesman said Tuesday.
Burns was one of four scholarship quarterbacks lost for the season last year. His is still recovering from a Lisfranc injury, and coach Randy Edsall said last month it was possible Burns could be limited in the spring.
If he does participate in spring ball, it will happen elsewhere.
Burns, who arrived at Maryland as a quarterback, moved to wide receiver after Edsall's hire in early 2011. As a redshirt freshman, he caught one pass for 17 yards.
Last year, Burns volunteered to move back to quarterback after C.J. Brown was lost for the season with a torn ACL in August. Burns made cameos against West Virginia and Virginia, but received his most extensive playing time Oct. 20 against N.C. State.
Burns entered in place of Perry Hills, who suffered a torn ACL of his own, and rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown while completing three of four passes for 47 yards to help give the Terps a chance to pull off a surprising victory. However, he was injured in the fourth quarter, and five days later Maryland announced he would be done for the season.
Burns' departure takes one option out of what looked to be a crowded quarterback competition next season. Brown, Hills and Caleb Rowe all figure to return from their ACL injuries, while transfer Ricardo Young will also be in the mix for Maryland. Edsall gave no indication last month Burns would move back to receiver.
Maryland has not experienced nearly the same sort of roster exodus as last year, with Burns' exit marking only the fourth scholarship player to leave since the start of the 2012 season. Nonetheless, 11 of the Terps' 19 scholarship true freshmen from the 2010 season are no longer with the program.
Maryland guard Nick Faust took the last two days off with muscle spasms, but coach Mark Turgeon still anticipates the sophomore will play Wednesday against Florida State.
Faust played only five minutes in Saturday's 94-71 defeat of Virginia Tech.
"It's become more than I anticipated; I expected him to play Saturday, but it locked up," Turgeon said on Monday's ACC teleconference. "He took yesterday off, took today off and he'll give it a go tomorrow. I'll be shocked and disappointed if he doesn't pplay Wednesday. He's feeling better. Hopefully, he'll be full go tomorrow."
Faust is averaging 9.1 points and 3.7 rebounds for the Terrapins, and Turgeon is optimistic the Baltimore product will be able to resume a larger role Wednesday. Faust did not play in the second half of Saturday's victory.
"I'd like to think Nick never gets out of shape," Turgeon said. "I'll know more tomorrow when we practice. The doctors advised us to give him today off. ... I expect him tomorrow to go full tilt tomorrow."
As a bonus, here's Maryland's highest-scoring ACC openers ... with Maryland's effort Saturday against Virginia Tech ranking fourth in largest output in the first league game of the season over the last six decades.
Nick Faust played a career-low five minutes Saturday, though Maryland coach Mark Turgeon anticipates the sophomore will be ready to play Wednesday against Florida State.
Faust suffered from muscle spasms in his back and shoulder, and did not practice Friday. He had his first scoreless game in 46 career outings as Maryland coasted past Virginia Tech 94-71.
"From everything I'm told, it's just muscle spasms," Turgeon said. "So I expect him to relax and get treatment all day tomorrow. When he got in the game, I think it just tightened up. When he got in the game, he was ready to go. He worked out early this morning just to make sure he was ready. Warmups, start of the game, I said 'Are you fine,' and he went out there and it just cramped up on him."
Freshman Jake Layman scored 20 points while starting in place of Faust. Between Faust's absence (he didn't play in the second half) and Dez Wells' foul trouble, Maryland used an alternate look than usual while putting away the Hokies.
Still, Turgeon is eager to get Faust, who entered Saturday averaging 9.8 points, back into the rotation.
"We need him [Wednesday], so he'll be ready," Turgeon said. "Nick will work around the clock to get ready."
Jake Layman became the first Maryland freshman this season to hit the 20-point plateau in Saturday's 94-71 defeat of Virginia Tech.
Then Seth Allen did the same a few minutes later.
And if you're wondering the last time two Maryland freshmen did that in a game, well, your guess is as good as mine. It wasn't Joe Smith and Keith Booth in 1993-94; Booth never had 20 points in a game as a freshman.
In fact, the last time Maryland had two different freshmen score 20 points in a game in the same season was 1992-93, when both Exree Hipp and Johnny Rhodes did it (h/t to the fantastic site Terrapinstats.com for making that bit of research possible).
In any case, here's the breakdown from the post-Joe Smith-as-a-freshman era of the most points scored by a freshman in one game for the Terps.
Maryland coach Mark Turgeon offered a bit of a surprise in Saturday's starting lineup for the Terrapins' conference opener.
Forward Jake Layman will make his second start of the season, getting the nod at small forward. Nick Faust will come off the bench.
Layman has played better since returning from Christmas break, scoring seven points against Delaware State and logging a season-best 23 minutes against IUPUI. Faust had started 21 of Maryland's last 22 games dating back to last season. He's averaging 9.8 points.
Virginia Tech also made a lineup tweak, inserting Joey van Zegeren at forward over C.J. Barksdale. It is the first career start for van Zegeren.


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Because of the increase in Covid cases locally and regionally, 10AM Sunday services are by Zoom only,
until it is safe to do otherwise.
Read statement by Rev. David and Deacons here.
The Interfaith Council of Franklin County is raising $2,000 (which will be matched by a local family) with the monies going to help shelter the homeless in our area. "If you are praying for a way to help during these cold days and nights, we hope you will support this challenge! Your check can be made out to: The Interfaith Council of Franklin County, with "shelter" in the memo line, and mailed to P.O. Box 1171, Greenfield, MA 01302.
Click here for a complete listing of church events.
FOOD PANTRY: The Hilltown Churches Food Pantry "client choice" distribution hours are 3-5 PM every other Tuesday. Read more about the Food Pantry here.
From Rev. David Jones' sermon, Jan. 16, 2022, MLKing Sunday: "Dr. King had the same shimmering faith in the inherent worth of every person that Christ did; the same faith in the great dignity of humankind. King had so much faith in you and in me, and in all the people he met, that it was worth it to fight for and to organize a new way of being. He was so persuaded by God's goodness, by the beauty of Creation, that he could look on a world of segregation and prejudice, he could look on a country embroiled in violence at home and abroad, and strangely enough he could see signs of peace and justice for all; 'only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.'"
Two Ashfield Churches to Launch Sacred Ground, a Study Group on History of Race, Grounded in Faith
Sacred Ground is a film and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America's history of race and racism, while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity.
The 10-part series is built around a powerful online curriculum of documentary films and readings that focus on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American histories as they intersect with European American histories.
This series is free and open to all, though limited to six people per congregation. It is especially designed to help white people talk with other white people. Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love. Registration will open on January 24th. Read details about the series and curriculum here. Watch a video message about Sacred Ground from Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
Congregants participating in 11th Hour Bell Ringing to Save Our Climate on January 11, 2022 at 11 AM.
The First Congregational Church of Ashfield participated for the first time in the 11th Hour Bell Ringing to Save Our Climate (see photo above). 11th Hour Calling is an interfaith collection of people who intend to build hope through faith-based actions. Read more here.
Church Awarded Grant to Work with Bug Hill Farm and Food Pantry
Our church has received a grant of $12,000 from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation to support a collaboration with Bug Hill Farm and the Food Pantry. This is seed funding to get the project off the ground over a two year period. The grant will bring together young people and adult volunteers from the First Congregational Church, St. John's Episcopal, local schools, and from Food Pantry families themselves at Bug Hill Farm to help owners Sam and Charlotte Perkins plant, tend, and harvest vegetables for the Hilltown Churches Food Pantry. Read more here.
Creating Community, Welcoming All
"Creating Community, Welcoming All" -- Those words sum up our aspirations for our Ashfield church. For over 250 years, we have been group of people who strive to know God — in each other, in our life together, in the wider community, and in ourselves. Read more.
As of June 20, in-person worship services and church meetings have resumed. The service will continue to be offered on-line for those who wish to connect virtually. To receive information about online services, contact uccashfield@gmail.com. Read more.
Bubble Up meets monthly
Spiritual Resources from Rev. David Jones, and Vicar Vicki Ix, leaders of Ashfield Churches Together (ACT).


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Fourteen people were killed and thousands fled when Boko Haram attacked a remote town in northeast Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday.
The medical charity said Monday's attack in Rann, in Borno state near the border with Cameroon, also destroyed some of its facilities and would affect humanitarian operations.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram targeted a military base in the town and torched buildings as they left.
MSF's emergency programme manager, Hugues Robert, said a small team returned to Rann on Tuesday to assess the damage, and described the situation on the ground as "chaotic".
"The figures we got yesterday from people who have been there... were 14 people died," he told AFP by phone from Geneva.
Three of the 14 were soldiers, he added.
Military and humanitarian sources said on Tuesday that seven people were killed, including three soldiers.
Rann, which is some 175 kilometres (110 miles) northeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, has now been hit three times since March last year.
The first attack killed three aid workers and saw three others kidnapped. Two of the three were later executed. The last attack happened in early December.
The raids are part of a wider pattern of assaults on military positions in northern Borno, which the United Nations has warned is increasingly affecting civilians.
More than 27,000 people have been killed since the Islamist insurgency began in 2009 while some 1.8 million people are still homeless and in need of humanitarian assistance.
Nigeria's government and military have repeatedly insisted Boko Haram is a spent force and over the last year has encouraged internally displaced people (IDPs) to return.
The UN last week said attacks in and around the Baga area, also in northern Borno, had forced more than 30,000 people to flee, mostly to Maiduguri, putting extra strain on resources.
Some 35,000 IDPs were in Rann at the time of the attack. MSF's Robert said about 10,000 had fled to the border.
Another aid worker in Maiduguri, who asked not to be identified, said many of the thousands went to the town of Bodo, and would be taken to a camp in Ngala.
"Ngala, with 80,000 IDPs, is already stretched and you can imagine the situation if these thousands from Rann move in," he added.
Robert said the effect of the attacks on the population in Rann was "worrying" and would likely hit operations.
"Access was very difficult already. The structures and warehouses of humanitarian organisations have been affected," he added.
"People are extremely isolated. Services were already very basic. Even that emergency response is reduced."
The UN has said some 260 aid workers have recently been forced to withdraw from northern Borno because of the fighting.