The Emporia State soccer team added another loss against the Washburn Lady Blues on Nov. 1 at the ESU Pitch, 1-2. Now ESU (1-15-1 on the season) is faced with a 12 game losing streak.
ESU has not had a win since they defeated Missouri Western, 1-0, on Sep. 17.
ESU played very aggressively during their first possession. They got a first corner kick chance and missed the shot on the goal. Even though they did not make the goal, the team was still confident. The Lady Blues’ luck was absent – a shot by WU from the middle distance in the first half hit the crossbar.
However, Washburn dominated the game with their good pass work skills. They shot the ball seven times during just eight minutes. It was a one sided game. WU kept the ball nearly the entire match. Junior goalkeeper Katrina Goscha was very busy, while the Washburn goal keeper was doing nothing. Goscha showed great defense; she did not allow any goals in the first half, even though WU tried nine shots. Near the end of the first half, senior forward Tina Commons had many chances to score, but she did not succeed. ESU finished the first half 0-0.
WU kept pushing against ESU in the second half. Finally the tie was broken at minute 73. Washburn forward Keeley Lambeth shot the ball high at the right corner. The ball went into the net over Goscha’s hand.
“It was an unfortunate goal,” Goscha said. “It was a real fluke.”
WU was never satisfied with their first goal. Nine minutes after their first goal, they had a second chance. Washburn forward Tia Stovall made a second score with her right in-step kick assisted by midfielder Ashley Taylor.
The Hornets never gave up. They were trying to keep attacking even though they did not have enough time to upset the Lady Blues. Commons shot the ball in front of the goal area at the 87th minute –the ball hit the left side of the goal net, which brought the score to 1-2, but there was no time to celebrate.
ESU did not have enough fire power for the game. Freshmen forwards Ashley Hill (four goals on the season) and Amanda Penny could not play due to illness and family-related issues.
“I appreciate to the effort of players,” said Head Coach Jim Schneiderhahn. “This game really showed we were lacking who is missing right now. It is a personal concern. We missed some players because of flu and family things. We were just short handed.”
Commons had a good performance by making her second goal of the season. Her first goal of this season was also against Washburn on Oct.15.
“I am definitely not so happy,” Commons said. “I got a lot of chances and enough opportunities. We had to score before first goal.”
Schneiderhahn was satisfied with her Commons’ play.
“Tina is tremendous,” Schneiderhahn said. “She started a little slowly this year comeback from off-season surgery. The last three weeks, she was a one of the most consistent players…she does simple things very well. We should do that more to compete.”
The Hornets now have two more games in the season. The team would like to get their first home game win in front of many ESU students. Schneiderhahn has a strong belief in his players – he does not feel any pressure about the 12-game losing streak
“I think pressure is self imposed,” Schneiderhahn said. “I can not look at that and worry about it. My job is to try and coach the girls to my best ability and hopefully be successful…it is about us trying to succeed.”
Schneiderhahn has a confidence about rest of his season, as well.
“We’ve got two more games,” Schneiderhahn said. “We try to prove to everybody that we are not as bad as we look. We are looking at the big picture. It is lucky that we have more opportunities to prove ourselves.”
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FTC CASE AGAINST DECEPTIVE ROBOCALLERS LEADS TO RECORD $30M IN CIVIL PENALTIES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News April 3, 2012 WASHINGTON, April 2 — The Federal Trade Commission issued the following press release:
In response to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the defendants behind a deceptive robocall scheme to pay a total of $30 million in civil penalties and give up more than $1.1 million in ill-gotten gains for violations of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The court order includes a $20 million judgment against Paul Navestad, which is the largest civil penalty against a defendant in an FTC case, and a $10 million judgment against Christine Maspakorn. The $30 million in total fines is, by far, the largest penalty ever imposed for unlawful calls to consumers on the Do-Not-Call Registry.
According to a Decision and Order issued March 23, 2012 by the U.
S. District Court for the Western District of New York, Navestad and Maspakorn, operating primarily as the “Cash Grant Institute,” made more than eight million robocalls to consumers, including more than 2.7 million calls to phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. These calls falsely claimed that “cash grants” for consumers were readily available from federal, state, and local governments, private foundations, and “wealthy individuals.” The calls promised consumers that they had already qualified for these “grants,” and that they could receive up to $25,000 to overcome personal financial problems.
The robocalls directed interested consumers to one of Navestad and Maspakorn’s websites, requestagrant.com, which repeated many of the same deceptive claims about the availability of “Free Grant Money.” Another of the defendants’ websites, cashgrantsearch.com, declared that it was the “Source of Free Money from the Government.” It contained pictures of the U. site free grant money
S. Capitol Building and President Obama, and stated, “Did you know that grant money exists for almost any purpose and does not need to be repaid?” Yet as the FTC demonstrated to the court, government grant money does not exist for almost any purpose, and none of the defendants’ websites actually provided grants. Instead, they merely referred consumers to other grant-related websites that charged a fee for providing general information about how to obtain grants from public or private sources. It was only after consumers had paid the fee that they learned that it was very difficult to obtain cash grants from public or private sources, that very few people qualified for such grants, and that obtaining a grant involves a lengthy, competitive application process.
The FTC filed the case in July 2009 as part of the FTC’s ongoing crackdown on schemes that prey on financially strapped consumers. Shortly after filing, the court halted the defendants’ operation, froze their assets, and appointed a receiver to oversee the business pending litigation.
Navestad and Maspakorn then asserted their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testify or turn over evidence. Through his attorney, however, Navestad contested the charges, claiming that he was merely a “consultant” for the companies engaged in the deceptive scheme. U. freegrantmoneynow.net free grant money
S. District Court Judge Michael Telesca rejected Navestad’s claims and held that the FTC had “submitted copious amounts of evidence” – including 120 exhibits consisting of bank records, contracts, witness statements, depositions correspondence, and photographs – “supporting each and every element” of its case against Navestad and Maspakorn. Judge Telesca then issued orders permanently banning the defendants from marketing grants, grant-procurement goods or services, and credit-related products; from misrepresenting any good or service; and from violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule in any fashion in the future. In addition, the court orders bar the defendants from selling or otherwise benefitting from customers’ personal information, and require them to properly dispose of customers’ personal information within 30 days.
The defendants are Paul Navestad, also known as Paul Richard, and Chintana Maspakorn, also known as Christina Maspakorn, both doing business as, among others, The Cash Grant Institute, Global Ad Agency, Global Advertising Agency, Domain Leasing Company, and/or Cash Grant Search. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com Frank Dorman, Office of Public Affairs, 202-326-2180
