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High School Sports
High school notebook: Havelock football program believes in competition
Havelock High football coach Jim Bob Bryant believes in competition.
His Rams have won three straight N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3A football titles and are 79-8 since an 8-4 season in 2006.
The Havelock staff keeps score whether it is during the two weeks of 6 a.m., Black Rein conditioning before school in the spring, weekly practices in the fall, year-round workouts in the weight room or closing sprints at the end of practices.
"The biggest thing is having great assistants and great athletes," Bryant said. "But I think the competition helps."
The number of sprints the team runs after the end of practice is determined by how many punts offensive and defensive linemen drop during a special big man punt return session.
The Saturday morning practice includes a run of either a mile or half mile determined by whether the team reaches a predetermined winning margin in the preceding game. Bryant once offered to cancel a Saturday workout if the team won by a wide enough margin, but he was overruled by the players, who insisted on practicing on Saturday.
"They want to do things differently. That's what we're known for," Bryant said.
Bryant's training methods in the weight room have gained national attention, and he or his assistants have spoken at clinics at LSU, Auburn, N.C. State, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina.
Every set in the weight room is timed in 25-second bursts because football is a game of exertion and brief rests.
"We are training to train for quickness," Bryant said.
This year's team is led by senior quarterback Travis Sabdo, who has throw for 2,160 yards and 32 touchdowns. Only two of his passes have been intercepted.
Bryant believes the club has five Division I recruits at wide receiver, including junior University of North Carolina commitment Kyran Bowman.
Junior Keion Joyner is ranked by the 247 recruiting site as the best outside linebacker prospect in the country in the Class of 2016.
Bryant believes in competition, but the Rams haven't gotten much in games. Their average winning margin is 42 points, and last week they pounded Jacksonville White Oak 84-28, after leading 70-21 at the half.
But the team is not unbeatable. The Rams (8-1) lost to New Bern 25-21 on Aug. 29. The Rams play West Carteret (8-1) in a key Coastal 3A Conference game on Friday night.
Community service: The NCHSAA is sponsoring a community service award. The Commissioner's Cup will recognize two teams or schools in each of the NCHSAA's four classifications for service in their communities.
The Cup winners receive $1,000 each.
Entries will consist of a one-minute video that will be submitted to the NCHSAA.
Deadline for project submission is April 1, 2015.
Grace Christian cross country: Grace Christian Raleigh recently completed its third consecutive undefeated Eastern Plains Independent Conference cross-country season.
Grace's Alex Dolwick has won every conference meet during his junior and senior seasons. He also won the league title as a sophomore.
He will defend his N.C. Independent School Athletic Association 2A title on Friday at Jackson Park in Hendersonville. Grace is attempting to win its fourth straight NCISAA 2A boys' championship.
The NCISAA title races begin at 10 a.m., with boys' 1A. The last race is 3A boys at 3:25 p.m.
NCHSAA tennis: The NCHSAA girls' individual tennis championships are Friday and Saturday.
Susanne Boyden of Wakefield, the 2013 4A singles champ, heads the field that will play at Millbrook Exchange Park. Sammi Smith and Jordan Strickland of Panther Creek are seeking a three-peat of the doubles title.
Cardinal Gibbons has advanced six players – two singles players and two doubles teams – to the 3A competition at the Burlington Tennis Center. The Cary Tennis Center will be the site of the 2A and the 1A championships.
River Mill coach: Hamilton Perkins, the River Mill Academy girls' basketball coach, is taking a hiatus from the varsity team this year. He has led the Jaguars into the NCHSAA 1A playoffs each season since 2006 and has a 357-59 record in 14 seasons at River Mill.
He said he needs to trim his coaching responsibilities because of a recent death in his family. He will coach the middle school girls' team, which does not practice as much as a high school varsity and plays a shorter season.

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It's hard to fathom the kind of calling and commitment that is expressed in the life of a Christian missionary. One senses a divine call to culture-crossing immersion for the sake of bearing witness to the reality of Jesus Christ over a lifetime or at least the heart of a lifetime. Who can adequately grasp such? And at the same time, who cannot grasp that God calls and empowers each of us for life and service? But some accounts, like that of E. Stanley Jones, seem to be truly set apart.
ON THE BRINK. I've been re-reading E. Stanley Jones' autobiography, A Song of Ascents, in advance of my initial visit to India. Writing at age 82, Jones reflects on his life and calling as a missionary in India through the period of its revolution for independence from England. Jones' sense of calling and commitment were tested early on with physical disease and emotional exhaustion. On the brink of being sent home a broken person, Jones writes of a divine moment of healing and promise that occurred--a healing that touched him instantly but continued to buoy him with renewed life and focus for his service. Here is Jones' response to this divine encounter:
VERY HUMAN INSTRUMENTS. "From nothing I was led into everything. Not that it was an accomplished fact, but this was a promise, the earnest money, a down payment. I knew what I could bank on. The working out of all this was adventure--and adventure in faith in the trustworthiness of God my Father, Christ my Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit my Empowerer. But I also knew God was using a very human instrument who would have to learn by experience, be guided by trial and error, be corrected by mistakes, and be limited by my capacity to take what was offered."
CHRISTIAN IN THE MAKING. "I was conscious--deeply conscious--that I was only a Christian-in-the making, but I also knew that we are made by the greatness of our tasks; and here I was undertaking the greatest task I knew--the evangelization of the greatest philosophical nation on earth and the nation with the deepest spiritual potentialities..."
FREE TO PURSUE TRUTH. "I felt I should make the adventure and follow truth found anywhere, to whatever end it would lead me. I inwardly turned pale as I let go the securities of blocked-off faith to follow truth to unknown destinations...I was thrust out into the open seas and would meet life head-on. Only the truth could set me free. There was a stormy period, but I found that by his grace I could face these storms and come out better and freer than ever..."
ANCHORED IN JESUS. "My one point of the compass was on Jesus, and the other point could swing as far into truth as it was able. For I was anchored--and free!"


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This suggests that there are more than 100million "mystery keys" in the country, weighing more than 1,000 tons.
The poll, by Esure insurance, found that the average woman owned 10 keys but didn't know what two of them did.
Men own an average of eight, but again the purpose of two of these is unknown.
The research also found that, while the average bunch comprises nine keys, more than a quarter of those polled owned between 10 and 15 different keys, with a further nine per cent of people possessing 21 or more separate keys.
The poll also found that one in five homes had a key hidden within 10 feet of the front door, with the most common hiding place a garden rock, followed by plant pots and door mats.
One in 10 respondents did not bother to change locks after losing a set of keys, and two thirds left a set of keys with neighbours, family or friends.
The over–55s are the most trusting, and frequently leave keys with others, while a third of under–25s said they had never done so.


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Welcome to the Red Sky Golf Academy at Red Sky Golf Club. RSGA is truly a sight to behold with the breathtaking views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains. The RSGA is pleased to have Short Game Specialist, Larry Rinker, as our Director of Instruction. Larry is a 37 year PGA Tour Veteran Member and 33 Year Member of the PGA of America. He was notorious for his short game wizardry, especially putting, which he won the putts per green in regulation statistic on the PGA Tour in 1990. His experience in competing in 525 PGA Tour events is an extremely valuable asset to our Academy. Our members and guests will benefit dramatically from his personal tutelage. Larry has become one of the most sought after short game coaches ranging from Tour professionals to high level collegiate and junior players.
Born and raised in Stuart, Florida, Larry Rinker was first introduced to the game by his father, who inspired three children to go on and play golf at the highest level. Larry started competing in major Florida state junior golf tournaments at the age of twelve, and earned a full golf scholarship to the University of Florida. In 1979, Larry graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. He is a graduate of the PGA TOUR Qualifying School on four different occasions: 1981-1982-1983-1996. Larry's successful career includes finishing in the top 125 on the PGA Tour Money List 12 times and playing in 525 PGA TOUR events, of which he made 283 cuts.
Career Highlights
• Finished 30th on the final PGA TOUR Money List in 1985.
• Won the 1985 J.C. Penney Mixed Team Classic with sister Laurie Rinker.
• Tied for 2nd at the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, 2nd USF&G Classic.
• Finished 3rd at the Players Championship and the Greater Milwaukee Open.
• Played in 7 U.S. Opens', 3 British Opens', 3 PGA Championships' and 2 Masters.
• Best finishes in Majors; T-12th 1992 British Open, T-15th 1982 U.S. Open
• Led the TOUR in Putting Statistic in 1990. (Putts per greens in regulation)
• Led the Tour in Eagles in 1985.
• 14 career hole-in-ones, seven in PGA TOUR events.
• Member AMF Instructor Division, AMF Golf Management.
• Analyst and on course correspondent for Sirius XM Satellite Radio, the PGA Tour Network.
The Red Sky Golf Academy features an Academy building reminiscent of the classic log cabin homes in the Rocky Mountains to blend seamlessly with the surrounding environment. Inside the Academy, you'll find an indoor hitting bay with a Flightscope X3 Launch Monitor and state of the art video analysis. All golf instruction by Larry is followed up with email V1 Video Reviews posted to your own V1 Online Locker. Outside the Academy, you'll find our spacious practice tee which comfortably accommodates individuals in a private lesson or large corporate events. The manicured short game area features a picturesque putting green nearly 5,000 ft in size surrounded by several bunkers to work on all aspects of your short game.
The Vail Valley's most extraordinary golf facility, Red Sky Golf Club is a private membership club with limited access for guests of Vail Resorts family of lodges and participants of the Red Sky Golf Academy. Here, TOM FAZIO and GREG NORMAN have each sculpted a piece of Colorado into an alpine playground that will reward your highest expectations. Two championship courses weave through 800 acres of historic ranchlands filled with sage, aspen groves and spectacular mountain vistas. With an unprecedented commitment to service, elegant western architecture and Vail/Beaver Creek nearby, Red Sky Golf Club offers you the most rewarding golf experience in the Rocky Mountains.
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In Times is the title of the forthcoming studio album by Enslaved! The cover and tracklisting follow. Once again the cover is by Truls Espedal who did Axioma Ethica Odini, Vertebrae, Riitiir and others. The album will be released on March 6th via Nuclear Blast.
I like the cover, its dark and foreboding. Some say black water like this means upcoming disaster. And I see what looks like the Thurisaz rune in the red background. The shadowy figures look like their breaking up. What does it all mean?
In Times tracklist:
"Thurisaz Dreaming" Esoteric meaning of Thurisaz : Strong one, Resistance
"Building With Fire"
"One Thousand Years Of Rain"
"Nauthir Bleeding" Esoteric meaning Nauthir: Constraint, Friction
"In Times"
Only six songs for a 53 minute album… that means long songs.
Ivar Bjørnson, main composer for Enslaved gives up the following info:
I was so deep into the songs and ideas for such a long time (or have my head so far up my own ass, if you prefer more direct language) that it is hard to have any 'opinions' about them that is anything else than the high-flying mumbo-jumbo of the introvert song-smith. The songs are extensions of my inner and outer life, the thoughts I am aware of having, as well as those that lie too deep to register in everyday consciousness. The songs are the resounds of grandiose altered states and mundane tiny micro-events.
In addition, they are, of course, also the result of inspiration from other music and art. I do think this new album is the most consistent body of work we have so far: It incorporates our 'blacker' past with our influences from prog rock, our present sense of absolute freedom, and the joy of being in this band, if that makes any sense… Ha, ha, ha. It is higher in energy, more aggressive, yet more beautiful and subtle. It simply sounds inspired.
This doesn't tell us a whole lot, could describe nearly any of their records from the last 15 years. I HOPE ITS GOOD! "Please be better that Riitiir! Please be better that Riitiir! Please be better that Riitiir!"


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Sunday, January 25, 2009
For a war movie Rescue Dawn has almost no conflicts
I've just finished watching Rescue Dawn a few days ago. A few of my colleagues also watched it. Some liked it, others not too much.
For a war movie based in Vietnam, somehow I just can't feel the conflict and the OMG-what-are-they-going-to-do moments. While Christian Bale was tortured continuously, at no time did I think he was going to die. When he decides to escape, one of his prisoner friends threatens to tell on him. That's the only conflict in the movie. There was no tension anywhere else.
This is a very strange movie, especially when it's rated at 90% on rottentomatoes.
Posted by Unknown at Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tags: movie_review
1 comment:
- AnonymousJanuary 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM
hi TeohReplyDelete
i have not seen this one but have you seen director werner herzog's earlier work? If not check out Aguirre wrath of God (1973) and Fritzcarraldo (1982)
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Glastonbury may be on its last legs. Founder Michael Eavis claims the festival has "probably got another three or four years" before apathy and the economy bring the 41-year-old event to an end. "It's on the way out," he insisted, citing everything from cheaper alternatives to rising tuition fees.
At this rate, Eavis may never get the chance to retire. Although the 75-year-old said last year he saw "no signs of giving up", promising "another 10 years" at Glastonbury's helm, the festival may no longer be around by the time he is ready to quit. "Partly it's economics, but there is a feeling that people have seen it all before," he told the Times. "Womad and Latitude are not selling out ... We sell out only because we get huge headliners."
It's a peculiar statement – tickets to Glastonbury 2011 sold out in two hours, months before headliners were announced. Even in 2008, when tickets were still available on opening day, it eventually sold out. And yet Eavis claimed the festival lost Ł22m that year. "We nearly went bankrupt," he said.
The market is too crowded, Eavis said, pointing to sunny foreign festivalssuch as Benicassim in Spain, and in the current financial climate concertgoers are looking for bargains. Just a week before Suffolk's Latitude festival, there are still apparently 1,000 tickets left. And as much as 40% of tickets for the Reading and Leeds festival in August may still be available.
In 2012, at least, the pressure is off for Glastonbury. The festival is taking a fallow year, ceding the summer to the London Olympics. But Eavis has said something of his booking dreams for the years to come - he recently named Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Dolly Parton as potential future performers