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A day to remember and honor men and women who gave their lives to protect our freedom.Eight Third Infantry Division soldiers who died in the last month now are a permanent part of Fort Stewart at Warriors Walk. Families of the fallen soldiers came to one last military ceremony in their honor. Through the trees, the emotion of each and every person here can be seen all over their faces. Even the smallest finding comfort in the arms of a loved one. The soldiers involved in the ceremony itself remain stoic and steadfast. Even the patriotism of the National Anthem eventually gives way to more sadness and tears, and a light rain. The skies crying for the fallen. "They lived a life and embraced such words as loyalty, duty, respect, honor, selfless service, integrity and personal courage."Families sit and listen to the kind words from army brass, and the personal stories for each of the eight departed Dog Faced Soldiers. "He was so sure he was going to win, he rehearsed what he was going to say for the news reporter." Then it was time to officially unveil each soldier's plaque. With precision and respect, the honor guard unveils the names, etched in granite for all to see. Once each and every monument is revealed, families get their chance to say goodbye. Words of respect and dignity from the Honor Guard comfort some, but just bring more tears to others. A wife left without a husband, sons without their father. "We love him. He was special, and we will miss him terribly," said Claudine Ehlers, SSG Marc Scialdo's sister.While still mourning their loss, Staff Sergeant Marc Scialdo's family is putting sadness aside for a few moments on this day to remember the good things. "He loved what he did," explained Ehlers. "He did it proudly, he did it selflessly, as all these ladies and men do every single day. And we are grateful to them. We've always been Army proud."Proud of him, and proud of the service he and all these soldiers gave to their country.{Kim henderson} "He lived more in 27 years than most people do in a lifetime of 70 or 80. He went after what he wanted and he did it," explained Kim Henderson, CW2 Bryan Henderson's mother.That's how Staff Sergeant Bryan Henderson's family is remembering him on this day. Most people never got to meet Bryan, or any of these valiant service members, but through these eastern redbuds and the mementos among the leaves and the names below the trees, everyone who walks by will now get a small sense of who they were. "They are not going to forget him. They are going to remember him forever," smiled Henderson.5 of the 8 soldiers honored today were Captain Sara Knutson, Staff Sergeant Steven Blass, Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Henderson, Staff Sergeant Marc Scialdo, and Specialist Zachary Shannon. They were killed when a helicopter went down in Afghanistan on march 11th.Specialist David Proctor, SSG Rex Schad, and CW3 James Groves were also honored with trees on Warriors Walk.With the 8 trees unveiled Thursday, there are now 453 eastern redbuds planted along warriors walk in honor of fallen 3rd ID soldiers.
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Source: Matt Welsh, Spiritual Media Blog - The Dark Night of the Soul has appeared in traditional spiritual texts, famous stories and popular movies throughout our history. I believe it has been written about so much because it is a common experience that everyone who is committed to reaching his or her inner and outer potential must go through. It is a period of time where we learn our most difficult lessons because any flaw, inauthenticity or shadow that is holding us back must come to light so that it can be consciously released. Normally, this takes place right before we are about to have a major breakthrough or shift in our life.
A good description of this phenomenon is in the classic novel, TheAlchemist, when Paulo Coelho writes,
The boy remembered an old proverb from his country. It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn."
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KNOXVILLE (WATE) - You know the story of Anna Martin, the Knoxville 10-year-old who beat leukemia with a bone marrow transplant 15 months ago. When she was first diagnosed, the family held a bone marrow registry drive, hoping to find her a match. More than 700 people registered that day. While none of them was a match for Anna, one teenager matched someone else in need.
All it took was a simple cheek swab at his church back in June of 2011 and 19-year-old Jared Wilson joined the national bone marrow donor registry.
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"Recently my uncle got cancer and died. To think I could help someone else live and help their family spend more time with them, even if it wasn't for long, it was worth it," Jared said.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (221 votes).
In short: What a fabulous way to spend a Sunday morningIn full: Coming back from injury I wanted a race I could enjoy without pushing for a time and this was perfect. The start with the bus transport worked fantastically and the starting atmosphere was incredibly chilled. As I'm not use to running on tracks, trails and grass I found it a ittle energy zapping, so actually welcomed a few of the bottle necks. The scenery was amazing and the course was very well marshalled by lovely happy people. I would definelty take part in this race again and posted a time just outside my PB so was thrilled. If I had one small complaint, a bottle of water at the finish instead of a cup and something other than a banana for those of us who don't like them please!Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Fantastic organisation and beautiful route. Will deffo run again!Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Stunning riverside scenery and awe at incredible wealth of area serves as a great distraction for the mind. Totally loved itDate of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Loved it!In full: Agree with the other comments - a couple of little things which I am sure will be ironed out for the next race. Windsor to Marlow - can't wait :-)Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Expensive for a local half with no goodie bag. Good course with some major bottle necks.In full: Its down the Thames Path so its a beautiful course but there are some major bottle necks despite the grouping of runners at the start depending on expected times. My main issue with this was the cost at £25 on the day. Look at Wycombe half with a medal, t shirt and goodie bag all for half the price.Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Stunning. Worth doing for even a walk!In full: Didn't expect to beam my way around, but hard not to grin and feel exhilarated. The best of British countryside, plenty of variation, very well organised, friendly atmosphere. Narrow start means some bottlenecks, needs 4 waves, not 3. Numerous gates are a small price to pay, frankly. Though I cursed that bridge at the end!Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Well organised, great scenery, great raceIn full: This is always a great race - very well organised and superb scenery. The course is falt and the off-road surfaces generally good - while the nature of the course, narrow in places, means that PBs are unlikely, that is not the point of a race like this. If I could only do one half marathon a year this would undoubtedly be it.Date of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Well organised stroll by the ThamesIn full: Very well organised event especially for 'point to point'. Hold ups early on were frustrating. The first bottleneck after 100m meant over 1 minute of inertia and about 3 mins lost in first mile (at very back of 2nd wave) Fun event none the lessDate of review: July 29, 2013
In short: Well organised and enjoyableIn full: Thanks to organisers and the excellent marshals for staging a really nice event. An event to enjoy on a Sunday morning rather than worrying about PBsDate of review: July 28, 2013
In short: Well organised scenic raceIn full: Hard to fault the organisation, everything went very smoothly. The course is perhaps the most scenic half marathon in this area, but the fact that it's multi-terrain means that the PB potential isn't as good as the flatness of the course would suggest.Date of review: July 28, 2013
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Creekside at North Paulding
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, The Den, Dallas
Records, rankings: Creekside is 12-0, the No. 1 seed from Region 4 and No. 4; North Paulding is 11-1, the No. 1 seed from Region 5 and No. 8.
Last meeting: This is the teams' first meeting.
Three things to know: 1. Creekside was tied with Harris County 7-7 early in the second quarter but scored 21 points over the next 15 minutes to pull away in a 42-21 second-round victory. Jayson Stanley caught touchdown passes of 28 and 45 yards from Felix Harper, and Dexter Knox had touchdowns rushing and receiving. Creekside is 12-0 for the fourth time in the program's 24-year history. 2. North Paulding QB Chase Noonan threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Mac Seagle on the first play of the game and hit Seagle for a 67-yard TD four minutes later in a 35-7 second-round victory against Stephenson. Brandon Townsend returned two first-quarter interceptions for touchdowns as the Wolfpack led 28-0 less than eight minutes into the game. Noonan passed for 2,125 yards in the regular season and had 319 against Stephenson. 3. Creekview is in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2006 and fourth time overall. The Seminoles were 1-2 in the quarters in their previous three appearances. North Paulding, which opened in 2008, is in the quarterfinals for the first time. The Wolfpack lost to Tucker in the second round last year in its only previous playoff appearance.
Maxwell Ratings' projection: Creekside by 6
Winner plays: Warner Robins/Kell winner
Warner Robins at Kell
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, C.J. Kell Stadium, Marietta
Records, rankings: Warner Robins is 11-1, the No. 1 seed from Region 2 and No. 6; Kell is 12-0, the No. 1 seed from Region 7 and No. 2.
Last meeting: This is the teams' first meeting.
Three things to know: 1. Warner Robins has two 1,000-yard rushers in Danny Hite Jr. (1,150 yards, 187 carries, 13 touchdowns) and Jacquan Burns (1,028, 153, four). QB Caden Johnston has passed for 1,330 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed for 319 yards and six scores. The Demons are averaging 364.7 yards of total offense but were outgained 416-326 in a 45-28 victory over Richmond Hill in the second round. 2. Kell sophomore Evan Carnes scored on a 14-yard reception and a 20-yard interception return in the third quarter as the Longhorns pulled away from Mays for a 26-15 second-round victory. Jay Moxey, who leads the Longhorns in rushing with 1,269 yards (unofficially), ran for 146 yards on 26 carries against Mays. 3. Warner Robins, which won state titles in 1976, 1981, 1988 and 2004, is in the quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons. A victory this week would give the Demons 12 wins for the first time since the 2004 title team went 14-0-1. Kell, which opened in 2003, is in the quarterfinals for the second time in four years and seeks its first 13-win season.
Maxwell Ratings' projection: Kell by 5
Winner plays: Creekside/North Paulding winner
Ware County at Tucker
When, where: 8 p.m. Friday, Hallford Stadium, Clarkston
Records, rankings: Ware County is 11-1, the No. 1 seed from Region 3 and No. 5; Tucker is 12-0, the No. 1 seed from Region 6 and No. 1.
Last meeting: Tucker won 42-3 in the 2010 Class AAAA quarterfinals.
Three things to know: 1. Sophomores Dedrick Mills and Jaquez Bolds form a dangerous backfield tandem for Ware County. Both had more than 100 yards rushing as the Gators routed Northside of Warner Robins 35-7 in the second round. Mills scored three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving). Ware County also eliminated Northside in 2012. 2. Tucker had the closest second-round game of any of the quarterfinalists, holding on for a 16-13 victory that wasn't secure until East Paulding fumbled at the Tucker 7-yard line in the closing seconds. The Tigers are the leading rushing team in DeKalb County, averaging 238 yards per game, but have no player averaging more than 50. 3. Ware County is in the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive a season, a streak that began in 2010 when it lost to the Tigers. Tucker is in the quarterfinals for the fourth straight season and the 10th time since 2000. The Tigers won state championships in 2008 and 2011.
Maxwell Ratings' projection: Tucker by 2
Winner plays: Mundy's Mill/Gainesville winner
Mundy's Mill at Gainesville
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, City Park Stadium/Bobby Gruhn Field, Gainesville
Records, rankings: Mundy's Mill is 8-4, the No. 2 seed from Region 4 and unranked; Gainesville is 11-1, the No. 1 seed from Region 8 and No. 3.
Last meeting: This is the teams' first meeting.
Three things to know: 1. Mundy's Mill RB Rodney Smith has rushed for 613 yards and eight touchdowns in the Tigers' two playoff games, including 266 yards and four TDs in a 41-35 second-round victory over Lee County. Smith, who suffered a torn ACL last season, ran for 1,361 yards during the regular season. 2. Gainesville QB Deshaun Watson passed for 423 yards in a 51-12 victory over South Paulding in the second round to increase his season total to 3,233 yards. Watson, the state's all-time leader in career passing yards, has thrown for 12,535 yards in four seasons, almost 3,500 yards more than previous record-holder Zach Stanford of Metter. 3. Gainesville, the defending state champion, is 19-4 in home playoff games since 2001, and a victory this week would put the Red Elephants in the semifinals for the third consecutive season. Mundy's Mill, an 11-year-old program in Clayton County, had never won a playoff game before beating Houston County and Lee County in the first two rounds this year.
Maxwell Ratings' projection: Gainesville by 22
Winner plays: Ware County/Tucker winner
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November 25th, 2013
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Beat Kell.
November 25th, 2013
11:21 am
Lets go Mundy's Mill.
November 25th, 2013
11:29 am
Tucker wins by 20!!
November 25th, 2013
11:34 am
@JAB….oh ooops sorry his team is out. Then again i know he will read this….wow SHS what a vanilla offense! after you realized you dont dare throw again..#25 off tackle left..#25 off tackle right…and repeat…and tell your D1 corners to not peek in the backfield when they get to college. Looking forward to Fri and creekside. My friend was at the south game last week said Creek is a solid team. Cant wait!!!
November 25th, 2013
11:41 am
Sportsnut, props to your wildcats, earlier exit than you wanted, but in shame in losing to lowndes.
What can you tell us about MM? #1 looks big and fast, does he play both ways? Looks like a decent passing team also with a mobile qb.
I think their defense may be suspect…
November 25th, 2013
11:42 am
No shame in losing to lowndes.
November 25th, 2013
11:52 am
Looks like there's two Nphspack's on here! I'm the lower case!
November 25th, 2013
12:25 pm
Tucker turns it up in this week Ware Co.
November 25th, 2013
1:06 pm
Way to show some class… :-\
November 25th, 2013
1:20 pm
You mean like every SHS player standing over a player after 80% of the tackles..or the multiple late hits out of bounds..or the fake onside kick where all the players pointed and laughed as it the just did something amazing…shall i continue? JAB beat down north with somewhere near 25 post.
November 25th, 2013
1:31 pm
@JFOTTT == Hard to tell about them. We played them the first game and it was no contest. This has become their way. Lose early and come on late. They would have been in it last year if not for Rodney getting hurt. He is a very talented back. He runs with purpose. Their passing game is decent also. Rodricus, their qb is an athlete. He came run and throw. They may be in over their heads but you never know what will happen. They will come to play.
November 25th, 2013
1:36 pm
By your response I'm going to assume that you are a high school student, so understand this.
If you stoop to the level of the ones your perceive to be lower than you, then you are apparently on the same level… Let that soak in
And if you are a parent, then shame on you…
November 25th, 2013
1:39 pm
I know I did not give you much but that is who they are. They have won 8 games in a row. Their loses have been to Lovejoy 41-12, Coffee 18-14, Whitewater 32-0 and McIntosh 28-27. They will compete.
November 25th, 2013
2:08 pm
November 25th, 2013
2:11 pm
@Sportsnut … its crazy how MM is a #2 seed but Whitewater is a #4 … smh doesnt make ANY sense… lol
November 25th, 2013
2:14 pm
I was at the Mundy's Mill/Lee Co game and here is my take on Mundy's Mill. Their offensive line has good size across the front and does a good job run and pass blocking. Their running back got a lot of yards after first contact and would drag a pile if not wrapped up. If he gets the corner, watch out, he is fast and if your DB's take a bad angle he will add to his yard total in big chunks. They have a least one tall receiver that was able to out jump the DB's and make the catch. Their QB throws a good ball and is very mobile when needed. Gainesville will score on their defense but if they don't keep Mundy's Mill's offense off the field it will be a much closer game than the Maxwell rating anticipates and may come down to who gets the most stops and who benefits from unforced errors.
November 25th, 2013
3:05 pm
@ Tiger4Life, TuckerDAD, TuckerD, BcS2010 and the other TUCKER folks…
Don't make it look like a mistake…tighten up…EAST beat ya'll up and down the field ALL night last Friday! We RAN with you…AT you…and THRU your vaunted "D" all night and if not for those last few seconds and the fumble in the rain it would be EAST traveling to WARE Co.
SO make it count!!! You won the coin toss and got em' at HOME…
Take care of business!!! Good Luck!
November 25th, 2013
3:10 pm
JAB came on here after the game and in one sentence says he has all the respect for North, then proceeds to tell us how the Jags shut down North after the first quarter, and how Dallas rivers had his best game going up and sown the field. DOME ON MAN. JAB has been on here for years trash talking and talking how no one else can play or understand Reg6 or Jags football. You can't blame folks for giving it back to him when he's proven dead wrong.
Stephenson vaulted defense gave up over 150 yards and 14 points in the first 5 minutes of the game. The team gave up 19 more points in the first 8 min and 26 more points over their average. Te Stephenson defense gave up 300+yards passing and 175+ yards rushing. They did slow the bleeding down from a gush to a constant flow but no they didn't ever shut that offense down. Rivers best game……not hardly. He had 1 run over 12 yards I think and even in that one 30+ yard run he was caught from behind. Conversely he North WR, constantly got past the CBs even behind the Jags talented Safety's. I promised when I came on that Norths speed would be surprising to Stephenson and sure it was proved on that first pass play with the North receiver running away from the safety. I also promised this would come down to the trenches and in particular the Stephenson D line against the North O line. I said that if North could continue its stellar play and give the qb time to pas that it could be a runaway or if the Jags could stuff them it would be a fought night for North. nearly 500 yards of offense answers that.
November 25th, 2013
3:27 pm
Give Stephenson some credit man, they did hold us 9 points below our average!
Looking forward, not backward. Go Pack! Got to get ready for Creekside.
November 25th, 2013
3:44 pm
Good ole JAB had it coming with all the smack he talks. With JAB's continuously making bad predictions this year, his approval ratings on the blogs have fallen quit a bit. Folks are starting to take him as a real joke.
The North Pauding – Creekside game will be a good one this Friday.
November 25th, 2013
4:40 pm
@ Tiger4Life, TuckerDAD, TuckerD, BcS2010 and the other TUCKER folks…Much respect and admiration for the Tucker Tigers ….But Ware takes this if your offense doesn't get rolling …..Ware is on fire right now , I hadn't really seen the Tigers the last couple of weeks but 16 points against Mays and EP's defense''s makes us wonder…….You'll need a lot more against the Gators……..Good luck , we'll be pulling for you.
November 25th, 2013
4:48 pm
i second and third that realfan…it was put best in another blog..SHS looked like a bunch of talented kids not getting their way. I still cant get over that offense. Was thinking why in the world at 28 down they are still running off tackle every play….then late the QB started trying to throw downfield…i am AMAZED some shotguns didnt come out to shoot those wounded ducks out of the sky.
November 25th, 2013
5:02 pm
@ the cannon rules if you did all of that the game would have ended the other way. You slowed us down but didnt stop us, you seem to be the one that got the situation twisted your team scored one touchdown….We have shown respect for East that game was a surprise for the tigers, but while you are talking about next year and putting up your pads we are strapping them on for the next game. TICK TICK TICK BYE
November 25th, 2013
5:45 pm
Tucker better get ready for basketball season. Ware Co. will bring the hammer!!!
November 25th, 2013
5:51 pm
@TheBeatdown-Is Ware Co. looking past Tucker ? The Cannon Rules & Reeze the Tigers will be ready.
November 25th, 2013
5:53 pm
But you did not run into the end zone The one touchdown was a well contested 3rd and long play. Your QB extended the play and the WR went up and made a great catch. Your two next most effective plays were trick plays. The two point try and the hook and ladder.
Run With Us or Run From Us
November 25th, 2013
6:29 pm
North Paulding LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAVELING TO THE Den THIS FRIDAY. IMPRESSED WITH YOUR QB I'M SURE A NUMBER OF COLLEGES ARE KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR. WE HAVE A FEW IMPRESSIVE PLAYERS OURSELVES. LET STEPHENSON GO AND LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE CONVO.
November 25th, 2013
7:15 pm
Ware are no push overs! I'm just saying that the 4 hour trip and the fact they normally get humiliated when they have big away games is telling me that we have a great chance! But yes our offense has to get back right!! And we should be ok
November 25th, 2013
8:25 pm
Unfinished Business !!!!! KELL finish what you started, Down the DEMONS HOOK"EM HORNS
November 25th, 2013
8:38 pm
Creekside noles, been watching film. Everybody knows about the twins. But #5 looks impressive. He likes to come up and hit. Both running backs , #12 and #44 look like they're tough to bring down. They both look short and stout, the kind that are hard to tackle. I also think you guys have more of a passing attack than did Stephenson.
Speed on defense, maybe small across the front. Looks like a great team. Looks like you guys started kind of slow in both playoff games, but finished strong.
November 25th, 2013
10:32 pm
Everyone knows what Tucker is capable of. You don't become #1 for just showing up. Ware County is a very balanced team that flies to the ball on defense and their running attack has gotten stronger as the season has progressed. If Ware County can hang close till the 4th quarter they will have a shot. Should be a good game. Just hope we don't look ahead and think about a rematch with Gainesville. But when you're playing the #1 team in the state in their neck of the woods (wait that's a South Ga saying) I should have said,"on their home turf," it shouldn't be hard to get up for this game.
November 25th, 2013
10:52 pm
One thing is for sure, both the Pack and the Noles got it……Speed Kills!
November 26th, 2013
1:43 am
I have to agree with Tiger 4 Life. I love the Pack and have watched and supported them all year since the first game. But those of us who are in the stands rooting for the Pack, let's keep our mouths shut and let the players do the talking on the field. We played a great game aganst SHS and it will be obvious to anybody who can read a box score how the game went. There is no need to continue to talk about that game, it is over, we need to move on and get ready for Creekside. And those who are letting themselves get sucked into the trash talk and beat their chests like they are unbeatable while ripping the team we are playing, get a life and use your energy and your comments to support our players. There are always going to fans who have no class and fans who are ignorant and would argue with a STOP sign and I don't know about you but I would rather the team and our fans be remembered for how played and conducted ourselves instead of how it sounds like everybody feels about JAB judging by the comments made. I am assuming every one who is making comments are adults and are supporters or parents of the players so let's let the boys on the field play the game. As we can see from last week, most of the time the big talkers end up eating their words because they talk too much and make predictions that don't happen or worse than that those who aren't playing on the field make comments that can give the opposing team bulletin board material that backfires. Be humble and show some class and stop the trash talk.
November 26th, 2013
6:31 am
Nphspack yes those players are solid along with #30 our defensive end. I saw Stephenson play a couple times this year on GPB and we do pass a bit more than they do. However, as you saw we can also run the ball effectively. This late in the season we can't take anyone for granted.
November 26th, 2013
7:23 am
@ I'm just saying…
IF you were watching the same game then you KNOW that EAST started DEEP in it's own end EVERY drive. EAST drove the length of the field and was inside the TUCKER red zone 3 or 4 times (?) only to miss 2 critical Field Goals that would have been the difference ion this game. TUCKER played GREAT "D" when it had to forcing EAST to try the FG's. This had been EAST strong point up to this game but the kicker unfortunately had a bad night. Go back and read some of my post early last week, and I said I thought this game would be close and come down to the kicking game.
TUCKER started from MID-FIELD, even on the EAST side on virtually EVERY DRIVE due to EAST trying onside kicks and short kicking…No I don't know why…even with that kind of field position TUCKER only put up 16 points and we both know the game was STILL ON THE LINE at the 17 second mark.
Don't get me wrong…GREAT game! Nothing but praise for BOTH teams…those kids played their hearts out! MY point in the earlier post was TUCKER won, NOW finish the deal! I do not think 16 points will beat WARE COUNTY!!! GOOD LUCK!
November 26th, 2013
7:30 am
@ Tiger4Life…
OK…if that's how you want to believe the game played out…but EAST was starting DEEP in it's own end EVERY drive and breaking off runs of…4…5…6… yards UP THE MIDDLE…ALL NIGHT!
This game was an old fashion smash mouth football game and the low score shows it. In this age of wide open offense's and teams hanging 50+ on folks week in and week out we sometimes tend to forget the "D" and this time BOTH teams "D" showed up and put on a show! This time 50+ wasn't needed…16 pts did it. GOOD LUCK! this week!
November 26th, 2013
7:44 am
Finally for my post to go through on the 'other' thread that I tried to post earlier. Hopefully you got it.
November 26th, 2013
7:59 am
UGH a divided house. Wife from the WR area may be forced tom leave her home friday night. Will be a Great Game and hopefully this week we have clear skies. Safe Travels Warner Robbins and good luck, but bring your A game We are waiting for you and WE ARE KELL.
November 26th, 2013
8:16 am
AMEN! Stay Humble Pack!
November 26th, 2013
8:44 am
@ East lets try this again in football the bigger # is acutally better. This isnt golf, no matter how many ways you try to justify and make your self feel better we won you lost. That is the difference between a team that's been there and trying to get there…. Winning by any means nescessary it wasnt Tucker's best moment but we do what we have to do to acheive the only outcome that really matters the W. Good look next year I hope my Tigers are able to finish the drill but either way its GREAT TO BE A TUCKER TIGER.
November 26th, 2013
8:58 am
Good points Cannon. East drove inside the 30 six times. Tucker drove (if you call 20 to 30 yards a drive) inside the 30 twice. I don't count a 50y TD run or a kick return to the 20 a drive. East had one 3 and out and Tucker had multiple 3 and outs. Example Tuckers 1st FG was a return to the 20 and then 3 and out forced to kick a FG. East did control the game it all phases but special teams and that why we lost (I say we lost because IMO you didn't beat us we did).
November 26th, 2013
9:18 am
I know it's going to be a tough game but I would love to see the Creekside Seminoles pull out a W Friday night. We are fast on defense but we need to start out a little faster. We can't afford to get behind a team like N. Paulding.
Go Noles! Win it for Duece!
November 26th, 2013
9:27 am
Yeah, this should be a heck of a game. Cold weather, two seemingly well matched teams, all good, very prepared teams at this time of the year. Will probably come down to execution, mistakes, who can capitalize on a key turn over.
November 26th, 2013
9:28 am
Good luck all Friday night. I'm pulling for North Paulding (reg5), Kell (Cobb County team and ex Reg5 team) and Tucker (if East has to lose, better to the team that goes a long way).
November 26th, 2013
9:35 am
Sportsnut, thanks for the update on MM. Been watching some film on them and your analysis is spot on. They remind me of Harris co last year, started 0-4 and then caught fire with the help of a big fast tailback.
Swag: are you a MM fan? Your insights were helpful
Don't think MM is ready for the tempo of the GHS offense. If you watch, most defenses are still trying to get in position or stance when we snap the ball.
Our defense is undersized but we have had good success against big fast running backs when we can swarm to the ball. I don't think the MM oline can keep our speedy linebackers off that big #1.
Only Tuesday? Dam!!! Go Big Red!
November 26th, 2013
10:14 am
It kills me that people aren't humble enough to admit we they lose. That will be the first step to being great when you can look into the mirror and admit you weren't good enough to win. Keep thinking we should've won and you will be in the same situation next year, coming up a little short. If you believe you played perfect then what is there to work on this off season?
Tucker was up on NSWR 28-7 going into the half of the Simi's in 2007 and we loss 31-28, we didn't look at it as we gave that game away and NSWR didn't beat us. We took the approach as to why we didn't finish the drill, and the answer was fatigue. NSWR had better conditioning and it showed in the second half. So during the off season we knew what needed to be worked on in order to make it to the next level.
Keep taking the same approach and you will continue to get the same results, moral victories don't mean a thing in the game of football.
November 26th, 2013
10:34 am
@ Tucker fans, Stop trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with these East Paulding fans. We yield to them the "moral victory". We gave them credit for playing a tough, hard, and inspired game. But here's something that EP needs to learn from a proven champion…. At this point in the season playing for "moral victories" is for losers! The one thing that Tucker can hang our hats on is that our team pull out a victory against a team that WE allowed to hang with us deep into the fourth quarter.
Champions find ways to win games that they played poorly enough to lose, contenders find excuses as to why they lost and call them "moral victories".
SO I say this to you EP fans, take this "moral victory and use it as fuel to build your program to the heights of a Tucker and one day you will have other teams playing you for the "moral victory".
@Cannon Rules, We can indeed continue to score only 16 points and win if our defense only gives up less than that! "It doesn't matter by how much but just by enough"!
TUCKER FOOTBALL "Either run with us, or Run from us" <=== Tiger4Life
November 26th, 2013
10:42 am
Just looking at your past records
2006 12-2
2007 12-1
2008 9-3
2010 10-3
2011 11-2
2012 11-1
You guys are right at the threshold similar to how Tucker was. Find the missing link and KICK the door open.
November 26th, 2013
11:12 am
@TuckerDad. You gave me a great laugh when you said you came up with the "run with us or run from us." I thought for sure it was Tiger4Life. Glad you corrected yourself. Lol
November 26th, 2013
11:26 am
EP guys, Unfortunately I agree, going to have to move on. Very painful way to lose and sadly yes it will need serve as character building and fuel for the program over the long haul. They may have just turned the corner with their showing against Tucker. Many saw 6-7 years starting to go in a negative decline, however it would seem the past 4-5 games would indicate the ability to reload and continue to compete at a high level. Like I said, it's another threshold of knowing they belong and can compete with the storied programs in this classification. Great way to finish the season Raiders.


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Shameless Plug Time. I've expanded upon on thoughts about the trailer, and the issue of how folks would react to Superman in the real world:
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There is a hilarious scene between Marvelman and the UN, where he has every countries nuclear arsenal simultaneously teleported into the sun.
Also, for those who have read it, I love his little confrontation with Maggie Thatcher.
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Shameless Plug Time. I've expanded upon on thoughts about the trailer, and the issue of how folks would react to Superman in the real world:
Okay, I've been pretty skeptical since day one but that trailer sold it for me. I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed that. The film is definitely in my "To see" pile now.
I've got to be honest, that trailer still gave me a very big "depressing" vibe, even with the optimistic narration. Maybe it's the colors (Which are definitely not as bright as I personally believe Superman should be displayed), maybe it's the tone of some of the narration (That woman talking about the schoolbus sounds so accusatory, as if she's about to decry Clark as a wich and demand that he be stoned instead of being grateful that her own son is alive) or maybe it's that we still see Clark lost, isolated and being hated by the government. Whatever it is, it's still giving me the impression that the movie will not have the uplifting and welcoming message that a Superman movie should have.
That doesn't mean it won't be good, and I'm sure they'll get the positive message in there somewhere, but it just doesn't feel like a Superman movie to me.
Life is like a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs, but if you sit back and relax you get a heck of a ride.
I just don't have any faith in the director. He is all style, no substance.
I'm pretty excited about this. Of all the summer movies coming up, this is the one I'm most interested in/excited about seeing.
As I've said before, I have no problem with the "depressing" vibe. If Superman were real, he would inspire as much terror and fear as he would hope. Governments would fear him and try to find ways to insure against him.Ordinary people would be horrified by what they could not understand or control. Xenophobia would be a major problem. And some people would go to the other extreme, worshipping him as a god.
This film seems very close, in plot and substance (or at least in some of its plot and substance) to JMS's "Superman: Earth One" or his "Supreme Power" (though less dark than SP). I have no problem with this. I really like the idea of a "realistic" Superman that treats human beings as human beings, with all of their flaws and fears.
This is the first real Superman origin movie we've had in decades. It wouldn't make much sense for it to start out 'feeling' like a Superman movie, the whole idea is that its a world that's lost and jaded without ideals to aspire to, and then enter Superman, who gives them such an ideal. And frankly, given the times we live in, I think most people would find it completely unrealistic if the arrival of an unknown power like Superman wasn't initially treated with fear and suspicion.
Just pointing out, a trailer is not a movie. Nor should it be.
All very true, but a trailer is supposed to give you the FEEL of the movie, give a taste of what it will be like, and this tase...it was more broccoli (Good for you, but not to my liking) instead of an apple (Good for you and also very much to my liking).
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(03/31/13) - It was a mother's worst nightmare. A woman's baby boy was in the backseat of her car when a carjacker jumped inside and drove away.
It started Saturday night in Flint around 11 p.m. at the Sunoco gas station on Atherton.
A mother went inside, and left her car running. Her 1-year-old baby, Deonte Keyes Jr., was in the back seat when a man jumped inside and took off, heading west down Atherton.The mother and another customer, Marshey Wilson, saw the whole thing unfold. They ran outside and hopped in Wilson's car, frantically chasing after the man and her baby boy.
In the mayhem, Wilson ended up crashing her own car at the corner of Ogema and Hemphill.But the carjacker was still on the run. Finally, he ditched the car at Western and Layton near Rollingwood Park, but he took off on foot.Thankfully, Deonte was not hurt. Police have not tracked down the carjacker. He's described as a white man, last seen wearing a beige baseball hat with a blue jean rim and a tan coat.
If you have any information, contact Flint Police.
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Nintendo Explains 'Game-Breaking' Metroid: Other M Glitch, Offers Impractical SupportNintendo has outlined the cause and effect of a game-breaking bug affecting a segment of Metroid: Other M players and how they can avoid or remedy the situation.
The bug takes place in the game's third sector (aka the lava section) after squaring off a room of spiked enemies with purple legs. If, in this section, users decide to backtrack towards the area where the Ice Beam is obtained, a door that is supposed to unlock remains closed and will not allow players to continue through Samus' latest adventure. To avoid the issue, Nintendo recommends going through the door immediately after defeating the enemies and do any desired backtracking at a later time.
Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Japan have also set up an interesting approach to fixing the issue for players who have already been hit with the bug. Players are invited save their affected data on an SD card and send it to Nintendo for service. Sadly, snail mail is the only option available to users as the Nintendo Wii does not have the necessary online software framework in place to patch the glitch.
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Most assuredly you've heard of PowerShell. But perhaps you haven't had the chance to see it in action. In fact, you might not even quite grasp what it is, exactly. Is it an entire scripting language? A replacement for VBScript? Today, I'm going to crack open PowerShell and reveal what it's all about.
Primarily PowerShell is a CLI shell aimed at helping Windows admins better manage, well, just about anything, from Active Directory to Exchange to third-party apps. It's available for free download for Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Vista; it's built in to Server 2008.
Yes, PowerShell is a CLI, not a GUI, which lets admins know right away that it's type-y, not click-y. Nevertheless, you can use PowerShell to do some incredible things without ever writing a script. It does support a powerful scripting language (although let's make it clear that it was not meant to replace VBScript). That scripting support offers admins the opportunity to put aside their point solution tools and utilize a single CLI solution.
You may ask "Why would I want to go back to a CLI when I have a GUI administration tool?" Let's compare the difference between creating an Active Directory user through the GUI and a CLI. Imagine the amount of time it takes is one minute using the GUI to create that single user. Now imagine having to create 1,000 users by repeating that task (assuming you haven't taken other steps to script the process). Don Jones, author of the book "PowerShell TFM" used that example this past week at the TechMentor Conference in Orlando, Fla. He went on to show that you might need to do 20 minutes of research to find the exact commands required to create the users with PowerShell -- but then you can accomplish the task in minutes once you've located the syntax. Indeed, for repetitive tasks, PowerShell is your tool.
So, how does one get started with PowerShell? Quite honestly, if you know any DOS commands from the days of old, you can begin using PowerShell instead of your CMD. All the commands (DIR, CD, IPCONFIG, and so forth) work just fine. But now you are going to want to move beyond this and begin learning the 130-plus cmdlets (as commands are called) available. The cmdlets follow a simple verb-noun structure. So, for example, if you want to create a new user, you type "new-user." To see a list of services, type "get-service." And then you can utilize the information you pull from one cmdlet and pipleline that over to another set of instructions.


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Arm and Hand Exercises for Stroke Rehab
Arm-Strengthening Exercises After a Stroke
In the past, there has been some controversy about strength training for the arm and hand after a stroke. It was thought that strengthening spastic muscles might do more harm than good. Now research indicates that strengthening spastic muscles can even reduce spasticity.
A recent review of 13 studies including 517 stroke patients with mild to moderate impairment of their arms found that strengthening hands and arms with small weights, resistance bands, and pulley weights could be done without increasing spasticity and pain.
Other Techniques to Help With Arm Recovery
In addition to stretching, functional, and strengthening exercises, other techniques may also help you recover use of your arm after a stroke. The effectiveness of some of these techniques and devices is still being explored.
Active-passive bilateral therapy. A stroke upsets the balance between the two sides of the brain. Active-passive bilateral therapy involves performing a task by using the non-affected and the affected hand together. It may help the two sides of the brain work better together, restoring balance and possibly improving hand function when combined with other therapy.
A form of bilateral therapy called BATRAC (bilateral arm training with rhythmic auditory cueing) may also help the brain reorganize after a stroke. It uses sound cues to signal participants to start pushing or pulling on two T-bar handles. You may do this by either using both arms at the same time or by using one arm, and then the other.
Ryerson takes these principles and adapts them so that patients can use everyday objects to act as an assist. "Can they take their cane or a broom handle or a towel rolled up into a cylinder and reach it forward, rotate up and down, slide it left and right, and reach it to the floor?"
Robotic devices. As consultants for robotics companies, Stein and Ryerson have worked with a variety of devices and have seen some potential for stroke patients. Robotic devices assist movement, achieving more consistent, measurable repetition than can be achieved with conventional therapy, Stein says. And, though not widely available, they have the potential to be a labor-saving device, he says. "If we can create devices that supplement our standard therapy, then I think we have a better shot at improving outcomes."
Functional electrical stimulation. This technique involves generation of an electrical current that stimulates nerve activity in limbs affected by stroke, strengthening weak or spastic muscles. Ryerson says this technique may be helpful for opening a contracted hand. Some devices are commercially available and becoming more widely used, even in the home, Stein says. However, they are not currently covered by insurance.
Brain stimulation. Magnetic or direct current stimulation of the healthy hemisphere of the brain is a technique that can reduce the activity of overactive neurons. This may help restore balance in the brain after a stroke.
Biofeedback. Although biofeedback is not well researched, this technique provides a sound or light signal that shows if muscles are active. This might help by creating greater awareness of muscle contractions, which is impaired after a stroke. With greater awareness, it may become easier to relax muscles and coordinate hand movements.


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Parque Nacional Volcán Nevado de Colima straddles the Colima–Jalisco border. It includes two dramatic volcanoes: the still-active Volcán de Fuego and the inactive Volcán Nevado de Colima. Colima Magic is one of the area's best adventure tour operator. It runs day trips from Colima to Volcán Nevado de Colima's peak, with English-speaking guides.


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Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 22 shots he faced and earned the 40th shutout of his National Hockey League career Tuesday night as the Rangers arrived at the All Star break with a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. With 66 points, the Rangers sit alone in first place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Boston Bruins at the break.
Ironically Lundqvist was not even supposed to play Tuesday against the Jets. The start was supposed to belong to Martin Biron, who had backstopped a pair of victories over the Jets already this season, but who came down with a case of the flu and was not even able to dress for the game---Chad Johnson was summoned from Connecticut to back up Lundqvist---much less play.
The Rangers played a very strong defensive game, limiting Winnipeg to only six shots on goal in each of the first two periods. Lundqvist was tested most often in the third period, but was up to the task denying all ten shots he faced in the final stanza. Lundqvist now has five shutouts on the season, second most in the NHL.
Ryan Callahan led the Rangers with a goal and an assist, while playing more than 20 minutes. The Blueshirts' captain opened the scoring 4:05 into the first period, converting a rebound of Anton Stralman's slap shot for his 17th goal. Callahan later stole the puck in the Winnipeg zone and quickly fed Brad Richards for a goal at 16:22 of the third period which closed out the scoring.
In between those two tallies John Mitchell netted his fifth of the season---and third in the last five games---when he beat Winnipeg goalie Ondrej Pavelec from the left circle at 13:22 of the second period.
In what was a very physical contest, Mike Rupp stood tall for his teammates by twice dropping the gloves with Jets' heavyweight Chris Thorburn.
The Rangers now have five full days off before they practice next Monday. The Blueshirts return to action next Tuesday in New Jersey.
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"The Renaissance is well known for its cultural giants. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and above all Michelangelo epitomize a period when the human spirit seemed to grow and gain in confidence. This collection of complete works celebrates the musical geniuses who contributed to this astonishing period in European history." (Peter Phillips)
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The High Renaissance is well known for its cultural giants. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and above all Michelangelo epitomize a period when the human spirit seemed to grow and gain in confidence. There is no more visible proof of this than Michelangelos seventeen-foot-tall statue of David, more than twice the height of any major piece of sculpture before it. And Italy was not the only country which suddenly seemed to be populated by more-than-life-size men of genius, Shakespeare and Cervantes among them. This collection is designed to illustrate the musical side of this astonishing period in European history, from England via Flanders and Spain to Rome.
Music and musicians can bestride their world in one of two ways. They can either write a masterpiece which is in itself colossal; or they can write so many great works that they slowly change the countryside around them. Thomas Tallis did both. By writing music of the highest quality in every style of the period for nearly sixty years he influenced everybody who followed him. And he also wrote Spem in alium, perhaps not his most influential composition who could follow it? but unquestionably the largest single work of the period. Conceived for forty independent voice-parts arranged in eight five-part choirs, Spem in alium, like Michelangelos David, seems to break through what lesser men had come to accept as normal in music and enter a new world. The effect of forty parts coming together in properly argued polyphony is quite staggering. How did Tallis do it, without modern aids like computers or even sufficiently large pieces of manuscript paper on which to line up all the voices? There is much about Spem in alium which is not known like why he thought of such a thing in the first place but the greatest imponderable is how any mind could invent so much detail. Nothing comes close to rivalling it.
The Western Wind Mass by John Taverner is big in a quite different way from Spem in alium. Throughout the Renaissance period there was a vogue for taking popular tunes of the day and dressing them up, a technique which jazz musicians were to emulate in later times. Taverner chose the beautiful melody known as Westron Wynde, a love song which encourages the wind and the rain to do their worst so long as the singer and his beloved can be together. In choosing such a profane model for a Mass-setting Taverner was not in fact doing anything very uncommon; what was unusual was quoting the tune thirty-six times. I do not know any set of variations before Purcells grounds to go so far; and, like Purcell, Taverner has the imagination to make them all interesting. He is quite deliberate about it: nine statements in each of the four movements, each one taking on new ideas and counter-themes. No one can miss the tune itself, since it is quoted twenty-one times in the top part, where it is always perfectly audible. It also comes ten times in the tenor part and five in the bass, though it is never sung by the altos. Taverner also helps the listener by making each variation self-contained and running them straight into each other without extra material. This makes the music quite sectional, alternating solo and full passages, but with the melody always present. Taverner was sufficiently a giant of his time to start a brief tradition of Western Wind settings: there are examples by his younger contemporaries Christopher Tye and John Sheppard.
If ever there was a giant among Renaissance composers, it was Josquin des Prés. It has become something of a modern cliché to compare his standing with that of Beethoven: a composer who could take any form of music and transform it. Part of his great influence came from the fact that he travelled throughout Europe, the first super-star among composers, a fact which was acknowledged at the time not least because he expected to be paid more than anyone else. He was especially present in Rome, from where he undoubtedly shaped the course of Italian polyphony in general, and Palestrinas style in particular.
Josquins Missa Pange lingua is perhaps his best-known work and possibly his last Mass-setting. In general outline it is not dissimilar from Taverners Western Wind Mass: a set of variations on a well-known tune, but in this case the tune is a chant melody from the liturgy for the feast of Corpus Christi; and Josquin almost never quotes it straight. Indeed it is so hidden in the polyphonic texture that one may think of the whole composition as a fantasy on a plainsong, rather than a set of variations. The clearest statement is at the beginning of the third Agnus Dei, where the melody finally emerges in recognizable form in the soprano part.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was by far and away the most celebrated Italian composer of the High Renaissance and, like Josquin, a legend in his lifetime. He was also, unlike any other Renaissance composer of any nationality, celebrated from his own time to ours without interruption. I wonder if any other composer in the history of music, apart from Wagner, has had so much written about him. And apart from all this he was working in and around the Vatican at the same time as Michelangelo in his later years, whom he must have known. As a result there is no other composer who is so closely identified with the culture of the Italian Renaissance period.
His Missa brevis was probably written for the Sistine Chapel choir to sing, which would mean that its first performances would have taken place surrounded by Michelangelos newly painted frescoes. Why the piece is called brevis is something of a mystery, since the music is not especially short and all the usual movements are present. It may be because it is scored for only four voices, though this was quite commonplace. The final, glorious Agnus Dei increases the number of voices to five by introducing a second soprano part, in canon with the first.
Unlike his teacher Tallis, William Byrd didnt write any single gigantic work by which he may be remembered. Indeed he is best remembered for his many small-scale pieces which, despite their size, revolutionized English composition. Like several of the other giants in this collection, Byrd turned his hand to every form of music available to him, transforming them as he went: music for keyboard, lute, viol consort, voices with viol consort, sacred vocal writing for both the Catholic and Protestant churches, and madrigals. To compare him with Shakespeare has some force since their lives overlapped, they both worked in London at the same time, and they both had the same characteristic intelligence of mind which penetrated to the heart of the words they were involved with. Byrds Mass for four voices is one of the three Masses he wrote in the 1590s and published, without title pages, in defiance of the Protestant ban on Catholic artefacts. This is not gigantic music in any sense, but subtle, intimate writing which in recent times has achieved greater renown than many much weightier musical edifices of the period.
The Spanish sixteenth century had its own great men and women to celebrate, from St Ignatius Loyola and St Teresa of Avila, to El Greco, Morales and Victoria. It will be seen from these names that the accent there in the High Renaissance was on the Catholic Church and spiritual life. Tomás Luis de Victoria was no exception to this. After being ordained priest in Rome in 1575 he spent the years from 1587 until his death employed at the court in Madrid, initially acting as chaplain to the Dowager Empress Maria, for whose funeral he wrote this Requiem in 1603. It comes as no surprise to discover that Victoria only wrote sacred music, and not very much of it by some standards, but what he did write is of such intensity that for many people his larger works, and especially the six-voice Requiem, are without rival amongst High Renaissance masterpieces. The slow, inevitable unfolding of this music, movement by movement, in complete serenity surely has a message for all time.
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Some guys they just give up living
Start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racin' in the street
Bruce Springsteen
SAMOA Another late-summer Friday night here on the edge of the continent has brought out all the regulars.
Mitch has swapped the slicks for road tires on his Dodge Challenger to make his machine street legal. Jose's got his white Acura purring in the pits, raring to run. Suzy's here all the way from Modesto in her Honda Civic EG CX hatchback. Hakim's best car, his choice '95 Mitsubishi Eclipse, is in the shop, so he's behind the wheel of a "crappy" Lincoln LS with a child's seat in back. But he's here. Wouldn't miss it. Got to represent.
"We're all just out here to have fun," Jose Garcia of Fortuna said. "There's not a lot to do out here in this area, you know."
So, these guys (and a few women, such as Suzy Valdivia) cut out of work early on a Friday to start their weekend racing each other, two-by-two, down a quarter-mile stretch of shimmering asphalt at the Samoa Drag Strip, a former World War II tethering base for blimps, as far west in Humboldt County as you can get without splashing in the Pacific.
Samoa's strip, opened in 1952, has played host to many a pro drag racing event and boasts being the second- oldest National Hot Rod Association venue in the state, behind the Redding Drag Strip.
But tonight, these aren't pros. These are friends and neighbors, gearheads all, the "shut-down strangers and hot rod angels, rumbling through this promised land," as Springsteen sings.
See them on the street, and they stand out. Theirs are the cars that roar and rumble up to the stoplight, as frustrated as leashed greyhounds ready to bolt. Here at the strip, they are in their element. They let out the clutch and let go their inhibitions. They seek speed, that 12-second rush of burning up the strip, something that law and decorum prohibit on the police-prowled roads.
"This is like an extended family out here," said Jim Lowsley, Samoa Drag Strip's tech official for street-legal racing. "I love these people. We all know each other and are friends. But we let anybody come out and take a run."
Speaking of which, yonder comes a new guy pulling into the pit and lining up for a run in can this be possible? a forest-green Volkswagen Vanagon.
Behind the wheel is Robert Sherman, 66, of Arcata. And yes, mister, he's here to race. He took his van all the way to Stephan's Auto Haus in Sacramento to get it totally tricked out, the engine converted to a 1.8- liter turbo with 240 horsepower at 5,500 rpm. He's ready to kick some fuel- injected butt.
Well, actually, Sherman seems a bit tentative while waiting in line for his first run.
"I've never raced before," he said. "This'll be my first race. I love drag racing, but I'm just really nervous right now."
You can tell. Sherman has both hands gripping the wheel and he is still three-deep in line.
Across the way, veteran racer Mitch Valentine orbits his metallic-green Dodge Challenger, giving off a confident vibe. Lowsley has just checked on the Dodge's specs, as he does with all cars beforehand, given it a thumbs-up.
Valentine likes his chances tonight. He's not racing for a prize or money, just to reach personal goals.
"It's only the second time I've raced this one," he said. "Last weekend and now this weekend. I was at mid-11s (seconds, over a quarter mile), but I think I can get into high 10s tonight if I get traction."
Ask Valentine about the Dodge, and he talks as fast as he drives.
"The engine," he said, "It's a 440 that's stroked to 500 cubic inches, with nitrous (oxide), running 650 horsepower without the nitrous. I bought it pretty much the way you see it. It went direct from the drag strip to my garage to convert it. I drive it around town.
"Yes, it can be loud. But the mufflers are still on it and everything. It's what they call tubbed and back-halfed. They basically cut out the whole back of the car, from the seats back, and then (put in an) all-new frame, chassis, suspension. It's what they call a 4-link suspension. It makes the launch better."
The launch, a newcomer soon learns, is the start of the race, when the "Christmas tree" lights at the starting line flash from red to yellow to green and the combatants peel off in a smoky cloud of burned rubber.
Racers say a quick launch is pivotal because there's scant time to slingshot back into contention from a slow start.
"That's the whole race there," said Hakim Wyllie of McKinleyville, idling in his Lincoln. "That, and you need smooth shifts along the way."
As Valentine positions his Challenger against Dave Cummerow of Modesto, driving a 1961 Chevy Bel Air with a 409 under the hood, he warms up the tires with a burnout, making a deafening screech and sending up plumes of acrid smoke skyward.
Then, at the green, they floor it. Valentine has an early car-length lead, but swerves a little to the right, traveling well over 100 mph, before correcting. Cummerow shuts it down halfway, later discovering he'd shredded a belt. Valentine isn't happy with his time, high 12s.
"If I had the slicks on," he yells over his engines' roar. "I'd be having a good ol' time."
Valentine's friend Bob Johnson, leaning against the fence near the start line, has another view.
"He was sleeping at the light," he said. "Let's see how he does in the next run."
As Johnson speaks, Sherman rolls to the start in the Vanagon. (His opponent is a guy on a motorcycle.) Johnson does a double-take, chuckles.
"If it makes him happy, good for him," he said of Sherman. "Guy's living the dream. Nothing wrong with that."
But the Vanagon gets smoked by the motorcycle, which pulls away quickly. Sherman gamely shifts on. Back in the pits, he smiles broadly.
"It was surprising, I spun the wheels, and I didn't think this thing was capable of that," Sherman said. "I had no idea how fast I went. I should've looked down at the speedometer. But I'm over my nervousness. I think I'll do a lot better next time."
And, no doubt, there will be a next time. You could see it in his eyes, hear it in his engine.
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(UPDATE: FOX 2's Roop Raj reports demolotion on Ford Auditorium has been delayed until next week as contractors continue to secure demolition permits.)
Detroit's Ford Auditorium was once home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and was the site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior and Malcom X gave historic speeches.
However, it appears Ford Auditorium has reached the end on the road. Demolition is scheduled to start in a matter of hours, but you could call this a beginning.
"It's about time that it gets a facelift," said Kathie Hrnjak. "It will add more to the beauty of this city."
That facelift is already underway. Crews have started demolishing the interior of Cobo Arena. By 2014, Cobo Hall will be completely transformed and feature a 40,000 square foot ballroom with a panoramic view of the Detroit River. Other upgrades include more floor space, parking and the building will be more energy efficient.
It's all part of the plan to turn Detroit's riverfront into a true destination.
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CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WKZO) -- A Calhoun County woman is dead and two others injured after a two car collision yesterday morning on 14-mile Road in Convis Township.
Deputies say they collided head-on near the intersection of J. Drive north. The victim was a 50-year-old female passenger from Convis Township. She was dead at the scene.
The two drivers, both men in their 20's were transported to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo where they were admitted for treatment. Their names won't be released until investigators can sort out what happened, and who is responsible for crossing the centerline, and determine if charges should be filed.


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Nintendo-inspired Playhouse
For those of us who grew up with Nintendo, it was instantly recognizable and evoked immediate nostalgia for days of yore. We still want to shoot that stupid, giggling dog. But we're curious if the kids wondered what is that clunky, gray box on top?
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You clearly haven't been in Hot Topic lately (Lucky you...). Old school NES stuff is pretty popular. The Mario mushrooms, Link from Zelda, the controllers, etc. are on every type of clothing and accessory you can think of. NES systems go for upwards of $60 on eBay and Nintendo's Virtual Console for the Wii is bringing these games back for a whole new generation of gamer. I'm pretty sure the kids know all about the frustrations of that stupid, giggling dog...
I think the Wii is the first Nintendo gaming system I own where the usual, "blow dust out of cartridge" method of getting things to work won't be necessary... I kinda miss the ritual!


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May 9, 2012 at 12:49 PM ET
On the Syfy network's new lights-out reality competition, "Total Blackout," host Jaleel White takes delight in putting players through outrageous and often humiliating challenges. After all, in the dark, they have no idea what they're facing.
That's why some contestants reacted with yelps when they recently reached into a tank to feel around for a bra -- which could have just as easily been a spider. And it's why others trembled as they inhaled cautiously to identity what turned out to be someone's rear end -- which could have been … well, that's about as bad as it gets. So far.
On the next episode, the gag-inducing gags just keep coming as players line up to identify one familiar item using only their mouths.
"Is it a boomerang?" one contestant asked after running his tongue along a toilet seat. "Feels like a boomerang."
Soon enough his old fraternity days came rushing back and he yelled out the correct answer with a smile.
But another challenger didn't find the humor in it.
After mouthing her way around the seat and biting the lid, she seemed stumped.
"Does it feel like anything you've had in your mouth before?" the ever-helpful host asked.
"Pthlpth! A toilet seat!" was all she had to say.
"Total Blackout" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on SyFy.
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