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A discussion topics for the OTC RPGs
This isn't unheard of; even before the move to the OTC forum, epics were allowed discussion topics. Now that we have our own forum, RPG discussion topics would be far from a drain on the system.
Profiles, plot updates and discussion would go into the discussion thread while the RP thread would remain straight RP.
Also some of the BZP contest RPs have their own profile thread and then the actual RP thread, it would be awesome if we could have the same.
It would be very useful to have separate topics for discussion and profiles.
I don't support three topics, because I think that's overkill. Profiles can be in the discussion topic just fine.
Yeah, I agree with this. But I do think it'd be nice to have Discussion (/profile) topics -- I don't play OTCRPGs at the moment, but if I did, I know I'd want a separate Discussion topic. =P
Edited by Velox, Jan 20 2013 - 02:53 PM.
Also seeing as new profiles don't constantly pop up either, there's no need to worry about 3 topics clogging everything up as Profiles topics could constantly drift back, they'd just be an easy resource via a link for players who need to see Profiles.
I think it makes more sense to have all the profiles in one single topic where people can actually find them, and then have the discussion in another. That's how it's done in the Bionicle RPG forum and it works well.
Though, Flex, if you were expecting a reply from me for that PM you sent it would help if you hadn't deleted it
From my experience 3 topics is how things run smoothly, Players can read profiles by just scrolling down or using the search bar, instead of having 7 pages of Discussion block things up for them. Afterall many of OTC RPGs have more profiles than some of the Bionicle RPG's.
Game hosts could always have a list in the first post of the discussion topic, too. Yeah, it'd be a lot of work, but still. Maybe even the host -- or a friend of the host, could have a blog entry or something where people post their profiles. Not exactly the most favorable option, but there are at least some other options.
I do get the convenience of profile topics, and it'd be nice to be able to have them, but at the same time, 3 topics is kind of a lot. There are four active RPGs right now (at least, very active), so that's 12 topics. 12 topics very often all on the first page, at least 8 (discussion and the RPG topic; profile topics would be used less) always on the front page.
Bionicle RPGs can have 3 topics each because they have their own forum -- having the front page full of just RPG topics (even if you don't include all of the BZPRPG topics) is okay because, well, what else is there? =P That's what the forum is for. But OTC is for a lot of things -- RPGs, artwork, stories, comics, etc. So having at least 12 topics (and I'm sure more will come soon -- I know at least one RPG has a couple approvals from judges, last I checked) that are very often on the front page, when shared with multiple other kinds of topics, is, as I said, kind of a lot. =/ Especially since the whole point of creating the OTC forum was to reduce story, artwork, etc. topics getting buried.
Edited by Velox, Jan 20 2013 - 04:54 PM.
And I fully support this proposal.
Pretty much this.
There no reason not to have a second topic and nowhere in the rules does it state that there is a limit to the number of topics one can post associated with a COT RPG. It's just that most people don't ask about it.
I'll make an amendment in the rules topic somewhere at some point to clarify that.
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Today, Harold Weekes would be considered a "daredevil," but in his era it was just a part of the job.
The standout halfback was known for his participation of one of the most dangerous of all football plays-the "flying hurdle," which has since been mad illegal. Weekes was a "hurdler," who would stand atop the shoulders of his teammates. He would then be propelled over top the heads of the defenders.
Weekes was one of the best at this specialty skill and possessed tremendous agility and a unique ability to keep his feet post-hurdle, sprinting past the surprised defense.
As a freshman in 1899, Weekes broke loose and streaked 55 yards to a touchdown that proved to be the decisive points in a 5-0 upset of previously unbeaten Yale. It was Columbia's first victory over Yale in 18 seasons. For the next three years, Weekes continued to dazzle enemy defenses, earning All-America honors each season. Walter Camp once claimed Weekes "was powerful and fast, and had that certain burst of speed at just the right moment." During Weekes' four-year career at Columbia, the Lions won 29 games, 19 by shutout.
Following graduation, Weekes worked as a successful broker on the New York Stock Exchange. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, four years after his death.


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Johnathan Sullivan was so nervous before the Saints' exhibition game against Philadelphia on Monday night that Coach Jim Haslett swears he saw the rookie defensive tackle hyperventilating during warmups.
The nervousness was understandable. A player's first game doesn't get much more daunting. National TV. Sellout crowd. Eagles Pro Bowl right guard Jermane Mayberry snorting across the line.
"It was the first time I've ever been nervous before a football game," Sullivan said.
Sullivan's official NFL debut was as underwhelming as the Saints' performance. He wasn't credited with a tackle while playing for most of the first half.
"He got a real indoctrination under fire against a really good team," Saints defensive coordinator Rick Venturi said. "He had his ups and down. He did his good things, and he did his bad things. That's being a rookie."
That's not what Saints fans expected when New Orleans selected him with the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL draft this past April and rewarded him with a seven-year, $21 million contract last month.
"Johnathan didn't play up to what I think his standards are," Haslett said. "He was a rookie who played his first game ever. He slumbered around a little bit, but you can see power, strength and quickness. He is going to be a good player."
Considering his high draft status and big contract, Sullivan has received relatively little fanfare during his first two weeks of camp. The preponderance of newcomers on defense and high-profile offensive stars like Aaron Brooks, Deuce McAllister and Joe Horn have dominated the headlines, allowing him to operate in the background, where he is more comfortable.
Like most rookies, especially those who report late to camp because of contract holdouts, he's behind.
Two weeks of workouts have melted the extra pounds from his thick, 6 feet 3 frame. He weighed 317 pounds Thursday, still about 5 more than he'd like, but six fewer than he weighed when he reported July 30.
"I'm still in the process of working it out," Sullivan said. "Hopefully, I can get back to where I was at Georgia. It's hard to learn what to do and what to watch out for and still try to make plays. But I'm getting there."
Sullivan's transition is aided by the presence of Charles Grant, a longtime friend and former Georgia teammate. In the locker room, Grant dresses a few feet to Sullivan's right in the next stall. On the field, he lines up a few feet to Sullivan's right along the defensive line at right end.
"We're different in that I'm more outgoing and he's laid-back," Grant said. "But he's an all-around good guy, trustworthy and a great guy to hang around with."
Like Grant, Sullivan attended Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia before joining the Bulldogs. Like Grant, Sullivan left college after his junior season to pursue his NFL dream.
And, like Grant, Sullivan owns a mean streak that belies his gentle, quiet personality off the field.
During predraft film study, Haslett watched Sullivan stomp on an opposing SEC lineman who he felt was playing dirty.
"I saw that and said, 'Whoa, I need to look at this guy,' " said Haslett, who has an affinity for aggressive, physical players.
"He's got a wild, aggressive side to him," Grant said of Sullivan. "He's not going to let anyone run over him. He's not going to go out there and pick a fight, but he will be physical when he has to be.
During practice two weeks ago, Sullivan locked horns with veteran offensive tackle Victor Riley in a heated altercation during pass protection drills. Riley became incensed and objected to the rookie holding his jersey after the play. Sullivan did not back down, charging the 6-5, 328-pound Riley and exchanging blows.
"People will try to intimidate you, so you can't back down from anyone," Sullivan said. "If somebody crosses the line or takes it to another level, I can cross the line, too."
After working primarily at nose tackle during spring drills, he's learning the other defensive tackle position, called the "three technique" tackle. Saints coaches believe his quick feet and hands and penetration skills make him a natural for the position.
"He's a work in progress," Venturi said. "The competition here is another level than it was in college. Plus, it's a whole new defense. His learning curve is probably the highest of anyone on the whole defense, because of being a rookie and what we're asking him to do."
Time, however, isn't a luxury for the Saints or Sullivan. The season opener is less than four weeks away, Sept. 7 at Seattle.
"I don't think the young guys like Johnathan understood how fast it was going to be" on Monday night, Haslett said. "It is not like practice, and it is not like anything else you have ever seen. The thing they have to understand is that it speeds up every day. Every week gets faster. When you into the regular season, it is a lot faster. It is like a blur."
Grant is confident that by that time, it will be the opponents, not Sullivan, who will be hyperventilating.
"The defensive interior line has to be better prepared than any other position in the National Football League," Grant said. "Defensive ends are more of a finesse-type player. You see a lot of stuff before it happens. At defensive tackle, I don't think you can see it unless you've been in the league and you learn how to read really well.
"He's going to come into his own. And when he does, it's going to be all good. Just watch."
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Ahead of last night's all-German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the American actor and his son Jaden took part in the Ultimate Champions Match, which also featured a number of legends from the world of football.
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as good as roh was as a freshman, in any other year he would have red-shirted and benefitted from that. i hope beyer can take a year.
2011 Recruiting: Brennen Beyer
Previously: CB Greg Brown, CB/S Tamani Carter, CB Blake Countess, CB Delonte Hollowell, CB Raymon Taylor, LB Antonio Poole, LB Desmond Morgan, LB Frank Clark,
LB Kellen Jones, DE Keith Heitzman, and DE Chris Rock.
|Plymouth, MI - 6'4" 220
|4*, #12 DE, #76 overall
|4*, #16 SDE(?), #5 MI, #201 overall
|247: 4*, #11 OLB, #6 MI, #208 overall
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|Notre Dame, MSU, UCLA, NW
|Craig Roh
|Previously On MGoBlog
|Commitment post from Tim. FNL video as well.
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Brennen Beyer is a throwback to the Natural Way of Things in-state as established by Bo and Mo and Carr before the cliff Michigan recruiting went off. He's a universal four star from Michigan, he wanted to go to Michigan, he got the offer, committed, and never wavered. Bully for Beyer and the Natural Way.
All four recruiting services have him a four-star player and Scout had him in their top 100. It's easy to see why if you hit up the senior-year footage above, which features a lot of Beyer taking on and defeating blocks en route to making plays. That's a changeup from highlight reels that feature the star swooshing past confused linemen en route to killing some poor 5'10" sophomore. (See: Brown, Pharaoh and Ryan, Jake, not that there's anything wrong with killing sophomores.)
Beyer gets past people even when they try to do something about it:
Beyer overwhelms offensive linemen with his initial burst off the ball and his hands are so quick, it must appear to the linemen that there's simply a flurry of movement in his face. Beyer has a terrific frame and sometimes seems to be made of elastic as he's able to lay out and contort his body to get a ball carrier trying to elude him. Simply needs to add weight and continue to get stronger to be a dominant defender - Scott Kennedy, Scout.com
Tim reported back that Beyer has an odd build with a long torso, long arms, and short legs but didn't know what to make of that, good or bad.
The scouting reports think the bit about the arms is good, anyway. A coach quote:
"I saw him do a 330-pound power clean. For a high school kid? Wow! His arms are so long, too. He's got really long arms and knows how to use them. But he's just so strong." …
"You can't block him one on one as a defensive end," Sawchuk said. "He had those sacks against Rockford, and that's a well-coached team."
Sawchuk returns to those arms in a freebie interview with Sam Webb:
Sam Webb: From a skill set standpoint; what does he do well, what are the strengths of his game?
Mike Sawchuk: "He has got a motor that does not quit. He just keeps on coming at you. He has got great arm length. He's really worked on his explosiveness in the weight room with power cleans and the parallel squat and all the stuff we do in the weight room. Probably his greatest thing is his quickness and his motor." …
people look at the way he uses his hands and gets separation and he's got those long limbs and his motor and they just love it."
Beyer also draws praise for his lateral quickness and corner-turning first step. A report from the Michigan Elite camp($), which was the only one he attended:
There may not have been a more impressive prospect at the camp … Beyer's first step was unmatched and there was not an offensive lineman in the camp that could keep him from turning the corner. With 4.5 speed and tremendous lateral quickness, Beyer could be a standout at either DE or LB.
All this and he's an excellent student (3.9 GPA, pursuit by Northwestern and Stanford) and citizen. A bit more from Sawchuk and Webb:
Sam Webb: In your experience with Brennen (Beyer) as a player over the years, just what [do] you think of him as a player?
Mike Sawchuk: "Obviously since he's been in our program he's done nothing but work his tail off. He's one of those kids that worked his tail off, not only on the football field and in the offseason and that, but in the classroom as well. He also works at being a great citizen, good character kid. He really has no weaknesses in my eyes."
That's probably why he was the center of an "epic" M-ND battle that thankfully didn't turn out to be at all epic.
Downsides? There must be downsides since he's not rated higher. All right, yes, there is some disagreement about just how advanced Beyer's technique is. ESPN—the least enthusiastic of the services by a good distance—put out a report that's only middling($):
… He gets off the ball well. While he can tend to lose them at times for the most part he uses his hands well to take on blockers. He needs to watch his pad level, but flashes the ability to keep leverage and be tough at the point of attack. Displays the ability to shoot his hands and create some separation, bend at the knees, generate power from his lower body, and hold his ground. Does a good job of being able to stay square and work along the line of scrimmage. … He is a productive pass rusher. He will use his hands to punch and try and knock blockers out of their cylinder. Displays the ability to try and work to the shoulder and use a move to clear from the blocker.
That's a lot of "flashes," "can," and "displays." It's pretty positive overall but the implication is clear. TTB echoes:
Has a tendency to turn his shoulders, allowing blockers to get into his chest. He does not drive his feet when making contact with the ballcarrier; stronger runners will gain extra yards after contact. He needs to refine his pass rushing moves, because he uses virtually no technique aside from his speed. Beyer rarely uses his strength to overpower blockers or deliver a strong initial blow.
Don't let me take Magnus out of context here—that's just one part of the "weaknesses" section in a scouting report that praises his hands, agility, and dedication ("the definition of a high-motor player") before making the inevitable comparison to Roh. It's just that we're in the weaknesses bit of the profile.
There's also the usual bit about how high school player Brennen Beyer is in high school, which is not college, and if Brennen Beyer would like to play in college he should become college-sized. Everyone (ESPN, coach, TTB, Scout) says this shouldn't be a problem since he, like Chris Rock, has giant meaty bones on which to hang sheets of muscle.
So let's and then see what happens in two years. Hopefully something that sounds disgustingly like celery when we watch the replays of it twenty times.
Etc.: Turned Rockford into Mudville:
LANSING -- The cheers and screaming fell silent in a matter of seconds for the Rockford football team and its fans.
Tears of joy quickly became tears of sorrow. A return trip to Ford Field and a chance at another Division 1 state championship was denied when Plymouth senior end Brennen Beyer made a game-winning touchdown catch with two Ram defenders in tight coverage in the back corner of the end zone with 4.5 seconds remaining. …
"(Beyer) is a great kid, and he just keeps playing," Plymouth coach Mike Sawchuk said. "As a coach, obviously, you have doubt (when they score that touchdown with just over a minute to play), but these kids never quit."
registered 65 tackles and 12 sacks at defensive end as a senior year... caught 31 passes for 10 TDs as a senior ... compiled 45 tackles, nine tackles for loss and nine sacks during his junior season ...
Teammate and future ND (boo) K Kyle Brindiza on Beyer:
The skills he possesses are crazy," Brindza said of Beyer. "On defense, he comes off the ball so well and he's super-fast, so he's able to get to the quarterback quickly. On offense, he's a big, fast target with great hands. He can outjump a lot of defensive backs, which makes him hard to stop."
Why Craig Roh? Again, take it from the horse's mouth:
"He said they could see me playing a defensive end-linebacker hybrid position like Craig Roh's playing now for them. It's been exciting."
That was the Rodriguez crew, but there's no indication Hoke and company think any different. (Except for that linebacker business. Screw that in the ear.) They're recruiting Craig Roh WDE types in Mario Ojemudia and Pharoah Brown, so that spot will exist.
Roh, meanwhile, was a too-light 6'5"-ish pass rusher who high school offensive tackles thought had super powers. He had a bigger profile thanks to a standout performance at the UA game [Ed-M: and a bit more technical praise -- see: "crab people" meme)], but in all other ways Beyer is Roh-like.
Guru Reliability: Not quite high. Would have been nice to see Beyer go up against elite folk at an all-star game, as those are often illuminating when it comes to the best of the best. As it is there's a not-insignificant spread in his rankings from all-conference sort to good starter.
General Excitement Level: High. Near universal acclaim, impeccable academics, effort level widely praised, high level of athleticism, and good size. If there are any red flags for Beyer they are hard to make out. He'll need some time to get big, I guess.
Projection: Weakside DE is one spot where Michigan is fairly well stocked. Roh and Jibreel Black (and maybe Brandon Herron?) make for an enticing rotation, one that hopefully allows Beyer to redshirt. If Ryan Van Bergen's graduation forces Black to flip to the strongside—and it probably will since the other options are Rock, Heitzman, or a true freshman—Beyer will see plenty of time spelling Roh as a redshirt freshman in 2012. The starting spot will be his to lose in 2013.
Is it pronounced BUY-er or BAY-er? I've been saying the former in my head.
hmm in my head it was Bay-er, like the asprin.
And he went by BUY-er, which is what I always assumed.
Now I have to know.
needs after getting hit by Brennen...
What...are you from the south
Not sure whether it's very reliable, but about a minute into his film above, the announcer pronounces it BUY-er. Looks like it's a home game though, so he may know.
Because his recruitment was so easy, he hdidn't garner nearly as much hype as some of his classmates. But he may have had the best senior season of any of them. I'm thrilled ot have him on board..
Dude has one of the most dominating vids I've seen. Especially because its 13 minutes not 3
"Brennen Beyer is a throwback to the Natural Way of Things in-state as established by Bo and Mo and Carr before the cliff Michigan recruiting went off."
Growing up in Plymouth, we all dreamed about playing football at the big house (as im sure many have). From pick up games before & after a Michigan victory, watching the goodyear blimp float its way to the stadium, to running back home in time to catch the Michigan marching band play "Hail to the Victors"! Its great to see another generation of athletes not have to think twice about playing for the greatest school in the nation.
You know what, if Brennan can come in and prove capable of playing time right away, I say why the hell not. We need help on Defense right?
From reading the profile and watching the film, this kid is a stud. Guys are leaving to go to the NFL early so much anymore that if Beyer was red shirted he would prolly be heading to the next level after RS Junior year if he's as good as he seems, there's no gaurantee he stays for a fifth year.
We need all the help we can get and with all the Defensive players we've recruited, guys have to start playing right away if they're capable, you can't RS everyone.
With the NFL Rookie Cap, I think players will want to get into that league ASAP so they can get to their 2nd and more lucrative contract.
There was another cat-quick Michigan defensive lineman a while back who was 6-3, 220 as a freshman, and he is still first or second in the MIchigan record book for season and career records for sacks, sack yardage, TFLs, and TFL yardage.
Mark Messner,Hartland Michigan
Great kid and also great football player. I was at that game vs John Glenn (Westland) He had a great game and also a great senior season. He will probably be red-shirted his first year.


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County to discuss issues tied to state budget
Catawba County Commissioners will hold a special meeting Thursday to discuss legislative opportunities, challenges and consequences of the state's budget.
Commissioners will meet with members of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' Advocacy Team (NCACC) on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Catawba Valley Community College's Sipe Boardroom.
County officials say commissioners normally discuss legislative agendas for the N.C. General Assembly and U.S. Congress, and Thursday's meeting will highlight current issues facing the state.
Job creation, economic development, tax/revenue, public safety and human services issues are just some of items the board and NCACC will discuss Thursday, according to the meeting's agenda.
County officials will also lead discussions on various topics at the meeting, and all commissioners were invited to participate.
Following the discussion, commissioners will lead a tour of CVCC's simulated hospital.
According to the meeting's agenda, these items — among others — will be discussed:
Tax/revenue issues
*Support an increase to $35,000 in the Homestead Exclusion Income limit. (Board of Commissioners)
*Support an equitable distribution method in the School Capital Fund Formula/Lottery Proceeds. (Rodney Miller, finance director)
*Support maintaining local control of the North Carolina ABC System and preservation of local revenues from the system. (Kitty Barnes, Board of Commissioners chairwoman)
*Acknowledgment for supporting an increase in the reimbursement rate for local government legal work related to in rem tax foreclosures. (Debra Bechtel, county attorney)
Economic development and job-creation issues
*Support changes to North Carolina's economic development tiering structure and state funding of economic development projects. (Scott Millar, Economic Development Corporation president)
*Support changes to development regulations pertaining to building and environmental health inspections. (Barry Edwards, Utilities and Engineering director/Doug Urland, Public Health director)
*Support local legislation similar to legislation passed last year. (Cleanfields Act of 2010) to allow Catawba County to provide triple credit toward renewable energy portfolios. (Barry Edwards, Utilities and Engineering director)
Public Safety Issues
*Discuss impacts of Justice Reinvestment Act and other jail issues. (Debra Bechtel, county attorney/Capt. Mark Shook, Sheriff's Department)
*Continue to oppose changes for unsecured bonds. (Debra Bechtel, county attorney)
*Trends/issues in animal services. (Bryan Blanton, Emergency Services director)
Human Services Issues
*The State should maintain "electing counties" and maintain the county's financial incentive. (John Eller, Social Services director)
*Impact of consolidating human services. (Doug Urland, Public Health director)
Elections Issues
*Support legislation to provide for less-expensive alternatives for run-off elections. (Larry Brewer, elections director)


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I kinda wanted to share with y'all a really cool thing that happened in Seattle today. I manage a coffee shop, and my shop stayed open for 24 hours today for the sole reason of supporting the LGBT community.
So I was able to witness history with the first signings of marriage licenses in Washington to LGBT couples. Big ole lesbians, twinky boys, trans boys and girls, bears, dudes, ladies, women, and sassy girls alike came downtown to get married to their partners. They started lining up at around 10 p.m., in anticipation of the first signings of marriage licenses at midnight.
Hetero couples came down in the middle of the night to show support and love to the couples waiting in line for licenses (and the baristas!), and some even brought their kids to witness the event and learn from it.
We baristas made hundreds of people waiting for hours in line for marriage licenses REALLY happy by being open 24 hours and giving drink specials and just being there in the first place. Estimates were that 50 licenses would be signed per hour throughout the early morning hours. Lots of couples took tickets with an estimated time for their license signing. People were looking for warmth and support starting at midnight while waiting for their 3 or 4 a.m. time to come around. We were there for them.
I had a ton of fun with my fellow baristas for 13 hours today. The shifts were volunteer positions, and it was great to come together with my coworkers to support marriage equality. And, of course, we all made some dolla dolla billz y'all.
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The consensus among members of the Blue Earth City Council seems to be that the expense and hassle of operating a campground in the city may be too much for the city to continue to handle.
At a budget work session Monday night, public works department supervisor Jamison Holland laid out a plan for necessary improvements to the current camping area located on the south side of the Faribault County Fairgrounds property that is owned by the city.
That proposal carried a $25,200 estimated price tag.
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Currently the city has four camping sites with sewer, water and electric hookups, as well as six independent sites for camping units that do not require sewer, water or electric hookups.
Holland's new plan calls for nine spaces for units desiring hookups and six for those not needing services.
"The State Department of Health noted concerns about our facilities during their annual inspection," Holland says. "They gave us one more year to make corrections."
The concerns were over the water and sewer systems. Plus, the four spaces for camping units are too close together.
"We need 10 feet between our spaces for units with slide outs," Holland says. "Currently we have five feet."
One solution would be to simply eliminate two of those spaces, he says. But, his new plan is to build nine new sites in a semi-circle ring around where the current four are located, taking advantage of the trees and grass in the area.
But, the council thought the increase cost was too much.
"We should do just the two full service spots and the six tenting sites," Councilman Glenn Gaylord says. "We can't be spending $25,000 on something where we will never recoup the money."
Holland agreed that the camping area will never make any money for the city, and added that he was hesitant to continue the operation itself.
That is because there have been quite a few other incidents with the campground he says.
"We have had some social misbehavior incidents," he says. "Even some illegal activities. I believe we either need to clean it up and make it nice, or close it down."
Mayor Rob Hammond agreed.
"The police have been called out there a number of times this past year," he says. "There have been problems with drugs, vagrants and people with some mental illness issues."
Councilman Allen Aukes questioned whether it was really that much of a problem area.
"The last two years there have been considerable problems," Holland says, citing that they even had some picnic tables broken up and burned.
With Monday night being a work session and not a regular meeting, the council did not take any official vote on the matter.
Holland had several other proposals for the council as part of his 2012 budget for the public works department.
One dealt with purchasing and installing $69,000 in new playground equipment at Blue Earth's city parks.
Included in the proposal was $28,000 for equipment in Putnam Park, $9,000 for the 14th Street Ball Park, $14,000 for Third Ward Park and $18,000 for equipment at the fairgrounds.
When asked, Holland said he felt Putnam Park and the 14th Street Ball Park would be the highest priority.
"I would like to see better numbers," Councilman Gaylord said. "What is it that we need for sure."
Councilman John Huisman suggested not doing all of the purchasing in one year, but spreading it out over two to five years.
Holland said that there were recent complaints and a possible lawsuit over the old equipment, causing a close inspection of all the playgrounds in the city.
"We ended up removing much of the older equipment, a lot was in bad shape." he says. "So, we do have a need to replace it."
Holland added that the costs include having to put down a mulch material under the new equipment.
"We can't get by with pea rock any more," he says. "We either need a wood mulch or the new rubber stuff which is more expensive."


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(17) Dawn, September 27, 2007 11:06 AM
I wish you were my neighbor - I'd certainly enjoy getting to know you. Have you ever had dream, where in the dream you were doing something and it really felt like you were actually doing the activity in the dream? ... and in the morning you felt exausted because of what you did in your dream? In my dream I am looking for something, and going from room to room, closet to closet, and drawer to drawer - emptying it out and then putting everything back when I can't find what I am looking for I go on to the next room. In my dream my family follows me in my crazy search from room to room but not until I get to the garage (my husband's sacred room) does he ask what I am searching for. I tell them I am searching for God. Lori, I am searching for God but it didn't dawn on me until your video clip I'm looking in the wrong places, like in my dream - I am searching for God in people. God is in prayer, in the bible, in church. You know I don't feel foresaken or lonely, I feel God's power and love, and it scares me. That is a strange thing to think and say. It is a hard thing to even type - my youngest daughter is sick. She begs me, especially at night "mommy, please let me go home." I know God is suppose to be our #1 but I fall short of this, I love my family, my kids more. If God is wanting me to release her and say if it is God's will then ok... I could say it but I wouldn't mean it. I guess that is why I am searching for God, for answers, for a miracle...
Thank for your videos. All of them.
Peace, Dawn
(16) Linda Bunch, June 9, 2007 5:57 AM
GPS....WOW! I love this thought!
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(14) Leanne, May 3, 2007 11:16 PM
Great analogy
(13) Bob, May 2, 2007 4:34 PM
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The latest weapon against the scourge of the flu has arrived just in time.
The latest weapon against the scourge of the flu has arrived just in time.
When you go for your annual flu shot this season, you might be asked if you would like the quadrivalent vaccine. Though the name may be unfamiliar to you, its protective effect is impressive. Basically, a quadrivalent flu vaccine is a combination of two A strains and two B strains of flu virus.
In past flu seasons, you received the trivalent vaccine that contained both A strains and one B strain of flu virus. The decision of which B strain to include in a particular year's trivalent vaccine was based on a prediction of which B strain would be most commonly circulating during the upcoming season.
If the wrong B strain was chosen, the flu vaccine for that season would not be as effective against the circulating B strain.
The good news is that the quadrivalent vaccine eliminates any risk of that happening. Instead, you get the best of both worlds, or strains, so to speak — both As and both Bs for full protection against all flu strains.
Before you get too excited, keep in mind that the quadrivalent will not be widely available this season due to cost and the short time frame for production. Most of the flu vaccine offered for the 2013-14 season will be trivalent (three-strain).
Though all nasal spray vaccines are expected to be quadrivalent, this makes up only a small portion of total vaccine availability. Also, only persons between the ages of 2 and 49 years are eligible to receive the nasal spray vaccine.
Ask your provider about the quadrivalent if you're interested. But if it's not available to you this season, rest assured that it's better to take the trivalent vaccine than none at all. The CDC states that within approved indications and recommendations, no preferential recommendation is made for any type of brand of licensed influenza vaccine over another.
In other words, any flu vaccine combination is your best protection against the flu.
You might remember the large flu vaccine clinics the Health Department offered in past years and are wondering when we will have a flu vaccine clinic for this season. Change is a constant, and that is true for the Health Department too. As we have watched flu vaccine become more readily available in pharmacies in the community, we realized that our focus for flu immunization clinics needed to change.
One way to protect more people in the community is to vaccinate the children. Last year we held clinics at the four middle schools, and we were able to provide flu vaccines at no cost to any student thanks to a generous underwriting agreement with Pardee Hospital and Park Ridge Health.
While some students qualified for state-supplied vaccine, the donations assured that no student would be turned away for inability to pay. The clinics were very successful. More than 1,600 students were immunized against the flu.
We're happy to report that Pardee Hospital and Park Ridge Health agreed to partner with us again. Because of their generosity, we will be able to offer flu vaccinations to all students, grades K-12, at no charge.
We will be working with Henderson County Public Schools to hold clinics at each of the county's middle schools in October. Dates will be announced soon. At this time, we do not plan to offer a flu vaccine clinic to the general public.
Immunizing students is a good practice, and it is based on studies indicating that vaccinating students benefits an entire community. In public health, it's called herd immunity. That means that if enough children are vaccinated (and flu outbreaks are driven by children), then the rest of the community will have a much lower risk of infection.
When you think of how often you have contact with children you know or don't know — whether standing behind them in a grocery store line or baby-sitting your grandchildren — it's easy to see that the more children immunized, the less chance you have of catching the flu. And since infants younger than 6 months old cannot receive the flu vaccine, immunizing students is another way to protect infants.
But even if we immunize every school child in Henderson County, you still improve your protection if you get your own flu shot. According to the CDC, the 2012-13 flu season was more severe than other recent seasons, with a higher percentage of flu-associated deaths, hospitalizations and visits to physicians. It was also particularly hard on older persons.
Don't delay getting your shot this year. Everyone 6 months of age and older needs a flu shot.
The best time to get a flu shot is now. In fact, the CDC recommends getting one as soon as they are available. And an easy way to locate a pharmacy offering flu vaccine is to visit www.hendersoncountyflu.org. On the Henderson County Flu web page, use the Flu Vaccine Finder to locate pharmacies offering flu vaccine close by.
Remember this: The flu vaccine, whether trivalent or quadrivalent, injectable or nasal spray, is still your best protection against the flu for the coming season. I'll be getting mine soon!
Kim Horton is the public information officer at the Henderson County Department of Public Health. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Part seven in this series left off with phone numbers being exchanged between Gregg and I. We finally had that phone conversation a few weeks back. He called me one evening at about 9:30 and we spoke for three and a half hours. Can you believe it? I thought it was three hours but I have been corrected.
For me this was a most fascinating conversation. I learn more and more about the Mendenhall history and family all the time. It is amazing what one remembers when it involves your own family. Gregg remembered and shared so much with me. Everything was so exciting, it was difficult sometimes to believe I really wasn't part of the family. I have found history much more appealing these days compared to when I was in school and it was presented in such a dry manner. I really appreciate the stories I hear from family descendants, they aren't just dates and places, they are the meat and bones of the family.
We discussed what brought us together in the first place and why. I was given more explicit information regarding a story he wanted to share. He seemed content to have me present when the time comes that he meets the Historical Society President. What an honor, I was going to be present for this meeting!
I believe had it not been so very late when we ended the phone conversation we would have talked much longer. However, by the end our conversation Gregg was ready to meet with Jeff. Within a couple of days I was speaking with Jeff electronically. Jeff agreed to a meeting place and time. We were to meet on a Sunday morning at 9:00 and our meeting place was to be Roselawn Cemetery in Livermore.
Gregg had some doubts about the whole meeting. I totally understood. Maybe Jeff wouldn't be interested in what Gregg had to tell him. Several years ago, Gregg had tried to tell this story to someone else, but the person he spoke with wasn't interested. Why would this encounter be any different? One benefit he had this time was that he had me. I was interested. It would be a few short days and we would all finally be meeting. I sat and wondered...what if Jeff wasn't interested? It didn't matter to me. I knew the story and would be able to reveal it once this meeting took place, no matter the consequences. Gregg gave me permission.


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Eileen Galinski, senior director of development for RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering, was recently named one of the 2012 Forty Under 40, the Rochester Business Journal's list of young professionals making a significant impact at work and in the community.
Described as a "friend-raiser," Galinski has been instrumental in helping the engineering college build some of its important relationships with potential donors and maintain the connections to longtime advocates.
"It's wonderful to be among those recognized this year," says Galinski, who began as assistant director of development and alumni relations before being promoted to her current position.
During nearly seven years at RIT, Galinski has managed several key initiatives including a gift from the Gleason Family Foundation to support faculty development to launch both the chemical and biomedical engineering degree programs, an anonymous gift to support student scholarship and educational enhancement in the college, a grant from the Toyota USA Foundation in support of Women in Engineering outreach efforts to enhance the engineering/STEM pipeline, and a donation from Harris Corp. to support scholarships for girls to attend the college's Women in Engineering summer camps.
"An important strength of Eileen's that cannot be reflected in the fund-raising metrics is the high level of professionalism, integrity and ethics that Eileen brings to her job each and every day," says Harvey Palmer, dean of the engineering college. "She really cares about the people she engages in development conversations, and they respond in kind. People trust her implicitly, and for good reason."
She uses those same qualities to build self-esteem and confidence in young women in community education programs sponsored by the Junior League of Rochester. Julie Goodsell Marsilio, past president of the organization, stated in her recommendation for Galinski: "Eileen has been a tremendous champion of the organization's mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers."
As president of the organization this year, Galinski participates in GIRLSRock!, a series that provides educational, career, health and life skills courses for middle and high school age girls in the area.
"It can be a tough world to grow up in today," says Galinski, who has been with the Junior League for 10 years, holding several leadership positions. "The programs are a way to show the girls that they are cared for and that people support them."
That type of support has taken on a whole new meaning for Galinski, who had a daughter a year ago. She and her husband, Mark, look at themselves as role models for Olivia, similar to their parents who were able to balance work, volunteerism and family life.
The Forty Under 40 event takes place Nov. 13 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Galinski will be recognized along with Todd Pagano, associate professor and director of Laboratory Science Technology at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, in the 2012 class of honorees.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Six Harvard football players have already received preseason accolades with mentions on various "watch lists" and All-America teams.
Harvard, which has had at least one All-American in each of the last 13 years, has been prominently featured with its incredible duo at tight end in Kyle Juszczyk and Cam Brate. Juszczyk has been named to preseason All-America teams by The Sports Network (TSN) and Beyond College Sports Network (BCSN) as well as the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Watch List at tight end. Brate meanwhile, has earned honorable mention All-America mention from BCSN.
Juszczyk, a second team All-American in 2011, led all Ivy League tight ends and led Harvard receivers with 37 receptions, compiling 512 yards and seven touchdowns. The seven TDs tied for the team lead as well as the most among Ivy tight ends.
His versatility often provided matchups problems for opposing teams as the 6 foot 3, 240-pound Juszczyk played virtually every down and lined up at H-back, tight end, slot and wide receiver positions. He also played on all special teams.
He caught passes in every game and had two-touchdown games against Bucknell and Columbia. He had seven catches against the Lions for a career-best 118 yards while also catching seven passes for 107 yards at Yale.
Brate caught 25 passes and was second on the team in yards per reception at 15.4 while tying Juszczyk with seven touchdowns. He caught at least one pass in every game and had a string of five consecutive games with a score.
Seitu Smith II has also received preseason accolades with his selection to the BCSN first team at kickoff returner and mention from CFPA Watch List at kickoff return and all-purpose yards. As a freshman, Smith II had a record-setting year with 658 kickoff return yards and a 29.9 yard-per-return average highlighted by a 91-yard return for a touchdown against Bucknell.
Jack Holuba earned honorable mention All-America status from BCSN and seniors Alexander Norman and Jacob Dombrowski were included in the CFPA Watch List at linebacker and punter, respectively. Norman collecting 40 tackles with five for a loss in 2011 while Dombrowski averagewd 40.2 yards per punt in 2011 with 13 kicks pinned inside the 20 yard line.


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By The Special Correspondent
*This awesome piece was written by The Special Correspondent, a very special personal friend of mine, for the magazine Homme, which in turn published it some time back. I would like to share this with all of you. Many thanks to The Special Correspondent for his consent for the republication of this story here. For the record, The Special Correspondent is part man part computer chip who owes his life to the chip more than anything else. He is currently at the tail end of his mid-life crisis but is fast sliding into an old life crisis. According to him, he had had nine near-death experiences. One thing for sure though, he can only count up to one.
Our story begins thus, as do all bedtime stories …
Once upon a time, far, far away, there lived a poor sod called Adam. God made him from dust. He was immortal. Our hero lived in a beautiful garden called Eden. In the garden there was a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. If Adam ate its fruit, he would know the difference between … yes, good and evil. And that would be bad, or must have been, because God told Adam that if he ate from it, he would surely die (Genesis 2:16). Our hero got lonely. So God created Woman from his rib to be his 'helper'. God loved them. He made them in his image, perfect and sinless. They would never be ill, never be harmed and never die. And God was a real sport when he said, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:27).
And how could they not live happily ever after? …
I must pause here. There is a tiny dispute of fact. This tale in Genesis of the Christian God, his Adam and Eve, suggests that Eve was the first woman. However, a Jewish book called The Alphabet of Ben Sira (circa 8th Century A.D.) tells the story of Lilith; that she and not Eve, was Adam's first wife, created at the same time and from the same dust. Claiming to be thus created equal, Lilith refused to sleep "under him". This was a problem for our hero who, ever the ladies man, insisted,
"I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one."
Lilith freaked. She flew away into the air where she 'knew' many demons, spawning hundreds of baby demons a day. And thus was coined the oath "I wouldn't sleep with you if you were the only man in the whole universe". Adam sobbed to God, "O Sovereign of the Universe, the woman you gave me has run away". Oh boo hoo. But God was good to Adam, so he sent three angels after her. They threatened to drown her if she refused to return to him. "O piss off" she must have said, because they did. So God, perhaps regretting Free Will a little, made Eve, but this time from Adam's rib to prevent her from leaving him.[1]
I readily accept this version as Genesis 1:27 suggests a woman before Eve, but more so because Lilith sounds really hot. Despite Lilith, the consensus is that Eve represents Woman and that She did not come into existence in her own right but only to fulfill man's needs. This is significant, as we shall see.
Where was I?
Ah yes. There was a serpent in the garden who was actually Satan (Revelations 12:9). Before he lost the War in Heaven, he was called Lucifer, God's first and most beautiful angel, the Angel of Light. The Morning Star. He felt that although Adam and Eve would be eternally happy in paradise, they would also be eternally ignorant. So he persuaded Eve to eat the forbidden fruit for then her eyes would be opened, and like God, she would have knowledge. She ate. The now wicked Eve then seduced poor Adam into taking a bite himself. Immediately his eyes were opened. With all this knowledge, he realised he was butt naked and so put on an apron (Genesis 3:7).
But then he heard God walking in Eden in the cool of the day. 'O bummer', he must have thought and he hid. But God called for him and Adam said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." (Genesis 3:10). (What happened to the apron?).
God figured it out (well, of course He would) and asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" Adam blamed Eve, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." (Genesis 3:12). Eve blamed the snake, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate (Genesis 3:13).
God didn't buy it. The serpent got off lightly though, probably because it was Satan and he was only doing his job. But it was off on its belly for the rest of its life. And to be hated by Eve and her children (oh that must have hurt).
Adam was cursed (for listening to evil wifey, of course), (Genesis 3:17-19):
"And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it', cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
But Eve's curse was worse (Genesis 3:16):
"To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."
And God banished them from Heaven, to the East of Eden. And Death did come to Adam and Eve.
The Christians, in another one of their cool euphemisms like 'the Rapture', call it 'the Fall'. I think 'the Almighty Cock-Up' would be more appropriate. But I don't get what's so awful about knowledge. Certain Gnostic sects actually honour the snake for bringing knowledge to Adam and Eve. But it is the treatment of Eve that is truly baffling.
Her curse is two-fold. The first was increased pain[2] during childbirth and in raising children.[3] There is also the post natal extra fat, wider hips, stretch marks and of course, the sag. And children will always find ways to break a mother's heart. Coincidence? Perhaps not. Women have more pain in childbirth than any other creature.
God 1, Woman 0.
And the Puritans took the Curse very seriously. In 16th and 17th century Europe, midwives were tried and burned at the stake as witches for administering any form of pain relief. There was an outcry from the Church when chloroform was discovered and used in childbirth by Sir James Simpson in the early 19th century. It was seen as an unholy attempt to rebel against God's curse on Eve. Even Queen Victoria was heavily criticized for having used anaesthesia with the birth of her 8th child.
But Eve's second curse is the real cracker: "… yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." I confess I am thoroughly enjoying the very suggestion of a man's divine right to rule over his wife. After all, Adam did name her Woman because she was created of man (Genesis 2:18-23). This is no slip of the quill; Genesis earlier recognised the headship of man before the Fall (Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). This means that God's later ruling 'he shall rule over you' cannot be a punishment in itself and is accordingly, simply the way things are. So to obey God's edict the wife must submit to her husband, I surmise with glee. What's worse is 'desire' is interpreted as Woman's need to 'control'[4] her husband. This is a curse because her need can never be fulfilled, as man's headship is an edict of God that cannot be usurped.
God 2, Woman 0.
St. Paul himself did not accept Woman's control over man. He said (I Timothy 2:11-15), "And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control."
The Twentieth Century New Testament provides a truly brave translation of this clause, "But women will find their salvation in motherhood". Try telling Liz Taylor that childbearing and submission to her husband (singular) are her salvation.
But the puritans condemn Eve for the consequence of her deeds. This is what they say. She disobeyed God and seduced Adam to follow suit. Adam was then punished because he 'listened' to her over God. Consequently, God cursed the Earth. Their sin, which had not been forgiven by God, was bequeathed to all their descendants. To absolve Man of this 'original sin', God sacrificed Jesus, his son in Christian dogma. (Umm, why God did not simply forgive us all without crucifying Jesus is not for me to ask.)
So Eve caused Adam's sin, the original sin of all Man, the death of Christ and the end of the world. It's like blaming the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil for a tornado in Texas.[5] All butterflies should have their wings removed and like Woman, find salvation in raising larvae.
The reality, however, is that women are attributed with the qualities of the Biblical Eve, unworthy, manipulative and filled with deception and guile.[6] As an example, see Ecclesiastes 7:26-28: "I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare ... while I was still searching but not finding, I found one upright man among a thousand but not one upright woman among them all".
Orthodox Jewish men in their morning prayers recite the following benediction to Yahweh, "Blessed be [God] King of the universe that Thou has not made me a woman."[7] And another: "Praised be [God] that he has not created me a gentile. Praised be [God] that he has not created me a woman. Praised be [God] that he has not created me an ignoramus." Equating Woman with gentiles is a little harsh.
But there are limits to this sexist Biblical nonsense. The joke ends with the original Protestant, Martin Luther, if he actually[8] said: "If they become tired or even die, that does not matter. Let them die in childbirth, that's why they are there".
Ironically, there is no Quranic condemnation of the Muslim Eve and her purdahpracticing daughters. In the Islamic version of our story (2:31-36), (7:19-25), (20:115-123), Allah never blamed Eve for Adam's sin and neither Eve nor her daughters were cursed with the misery depicted in the Bible. The Hadiths may say otherwise, but not the Quran.
The real disappointment is Adam, or at least the Genesis/Ben Sira version. He is a wuss. He was given Lilith but went whinging to God when she left him for demons. He was then given Eve. But he could not even say 'No' to her for God's sake. He hid behind aprons and even blamed Eve for disobeying God. Clearly, he was no match for Woman. He was conned by Eve and bollocked by Lillith; but in her defence, Lilith cannot be blamed for refusing to spend eternity with a poof like Adam.
God, of course, is far more formidable. So after more than 3,000 years, Christian puritans must be appalled at Woman's late charge in the 21st century in meeting her Curse.
The epidural has all but rendered pain in childbirth obsolete. God 2, Woman 1. And in the modern home, her control over her domesticated husband (inexplicably called a pussy) is all but complete. God 2, Woman 2. And even without a Hilary win, we have women prime ministers and presidents who, despite St. Paul, rule over nations of men. God 2, Woman 3. Oh ... and what was that Curse again?
Thus endeth the story. Oh, I almost forgot. … And Woman lived happily ever after.
[1] This is the version of the Armenian writer Avetik Isahakyan.
[2] There has been some argument about the translation: the word translated as 'pain' is the Hebrew etzev. The Christian apologist will argue that to ensure consistency, etzev means 'toil' as is used in relation to Adam in Genesis 3:17 and not 'pain'. This remains a minority view. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible to translate etzev in Genesis 3:16 made by 70 scholars in 300 B.C. uses the Greek wordlupê, meaning also pain of body.
[3] The curse could not have been of actually having children as the earlier command was "be fruitful, and multiply" (Genesis 1:27).
[4] In the same sense as in Genesis 4:7: "[Sin's] desire is for you, but you should rule over it."
[5] See Edward Lorenz's lecture in 1972 for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
[6] The following quotes are taken from the controversial article Women in Islam Versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition, The Myth and The Reality by Sherif Abdel Azim, Ph.D. But see the rebuttal in A Response to Sherif Abdel Azeem's Eve's Fault and Eve's Legacy by Anthony Wales.
[7] Daily Prayer Book. (Phillip Birnbaum translator) (NewYork: Hebrew Publishing Co., 1977) pg. 18.
[8] See The Gospel According to Woman by Karen Armstrong for the source of this quote.


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Honesdale hung tough early on, but eventually fell prey to the Bucks' running game.
DUNMORE — After posting back-to-back wins the past two weeks, Honesdale was looking for a signature victory to jumpstart a possible playoff push.
What the Hornets received instead was a serious reality check.
Coach Jim Ludwig's lads hit the road Friday night for a battle with perennial Lackawanna Football Conference powerhouse Dunmore.
The Bucks came into the contest with a 4-1 record and sole possession of first place, while the Hornets were hoping to inject themselves into the Division II title talk.
Honesdale surrendered an early touchdown run, but retaliated quickly, thanks to a dazzling TD connection between quarterback Kevin Miller and wingback Kyle Carney.
Sadly for a big contingent of local fans who made the journey to John Henzes Veterans Memorial Stadium, Dunmore seized control of the game from this point onward. The Bucks piled up 34 points before intermission and cruised to a 41-7 victory.
"They're really big and physical up front and we just didn't match their intensity," Coach Ludwig told TWI Sports. "We did some nice things on both sides of the ball at times, but they overpowere us a little bit at the line of scrimmage."
The Hornets (2-4) will look to rebound from this lopsided loss Friday night when the return home to host Riverside. The Vikings (4-2) will invade the Maple City fresh off a wild 34-27 win over Western Wayne.
Opening kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the HHS Athletic Complex.
On the Turf
Honesdale and Dunmore entered this Week Six contest with wildly differing offensive philosophies.
The Hornets like diversity in their attack, balancing Miller's strong right arm with a healthy dose of Carney's quick feet. On the other hand, the Bucks boast a decades-long tradition of power football. Nothing fancy, just a relentless and physcial running game.
On this particular evening, these two strategies produced a stalemate early on.
Austin Seamon struck the first blow. Dunmore's hard-charging senior tailback broke loose for a 23-yard touchdown run with 9:35 left in the first quarter.
Miller and Carney wasted no time in evening things up. Kevin found Kyle open on a short route that quickly became an electrifying 51-yard TD strike at the 8:01 mark.
When TJ Knash banged home the extra point, the score stood knotted at 7-7.
"Kevin kept that play alive with his feet," Coach Ludwig said. "He always keeps his eyes upfield when he scrambles. Once he got the ball to Kyle, it was a footrace and there aren't many people who can stay with Kyle."
It didn't take long for Dunmore to up the ante, though. Junior quarterback Brandon Kujawski attempted just four passes all night long, but he brought the hometown fans to their feet with a 63-yard connection with senior wideout John Rinaldi.
After the Bucks' defense shut Honesdale down after the ensuing kickoff, Daiqwon Buckley got into the act. A hard-nosed junior fullback, Buckley rumbled into the Hornets endzone from three yards away. Although the Red & Black blocked the PAT try, Dunmore had seized the lead for good.
Seamon and Buckley proved to be a deadly 1-2 combination on this night. Austin needed only five carries to amass 86 yards. Daiqwon was even more impressive, piling up a game-high 106 yards on 16 attempts.
Buckley pushed Dunmore's advantage to 26-7 early in the second stanza, thanks to a 23-yard TD scamper. Rinaldi then tacked on his second score of the game, this one a 2-yard plunge with just over seven minutes remaining before halftime.
By the Numbers
Trailing by a margin of 34-7, Honesdale tried gamely to stage a rally after intermission.
Miller once again led the charge. The Hornets' junior signal caller completed 17-of-20 passes, good for 180 yards. His favorite target was Alex Evanitsky, who snared five balls for 30 yards.
Pat Hart contributed four catches to the cause, while Jonathan Gillow and Timmy Russell chipped in with three apiece.
Dunmore's defense was the difference, however. The Bucks completely suffocated Honesdale's rushing attack and forcing Miller to scramble for his life on several occasions.
All told, the Red & Black managed just 10 yards rushing on 15 carries as a team. By contrast, Dunmore accrued an eye-popping total of 331 yards on 52 tries (6.4 ypc).
Defensively, Russell enjoyed an outstanding night. The junior strong safety piled up a game-high 16 tackles.
"Timmy did a fantastic job," Coach Ludwig said. "He really came up hard on run support. You don't usually see a defensive back make that many tackles, but Timmy is a tough, tough kid."
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Follow The Money: 10 VC Investments To Watch In May
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A variety of dairy management topics is presented by nationally recognized experts through webinars offered by DAIReXNET.
DAIReXNET offers webinars for dairy producers, dairy farm employees, Extension educators, allied industry professionals, and veterinarians. DAIReXNET is part of the eXtension system that incorporates educational and informational resources from universities across the U.S.
The DAIReXNET webinars resumed this fall in early October. Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Development Manager for Vita Plus presented a webinar on "Economic Benchmarks for Dairies: Eight Rules You Cannot Break". Agricultural lenders use many financial benchmarks and ratios to evaluate a dairy farm's financial position and progress. During this webinar Sipiorski discussed eight key items that are critical for a dairy producer to monitor.
On Nov. 7, 2013 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, Mike Brouk, Kansas State University, will provide information on "Discovering Hidden Feed Costs in the Milking Herd". Brouk will help dairy producers identify some common sources of unseen feed costs on a dairy farm. He will cover factors such as commodity shrink, mixer errors, refusal, and expense of inventory.
Other topics and dates which have been finalized for upcoming DAIReXNET webinars are:
- December 16, 2013 – Critical Economic Decisions when Raising Heifers, Jason Karszes, Cornell University
- January 13, 2014 – Basic Vaccinology: Why Vaccines Work or Don't Work, Dr. Dan Grooms, Michigan State University
The format for each webinar is a 40-45 minute presentation followed by a 15-minute question and answer period. Details about how to participate in these webinars are available at the DAIReXNET website.
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