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he might be the next Tom Brady. we`ll probabaly never know. KFFL?, the rhonda moss offical website.
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As is my nightly custom, I generally take a few minutes out to visit some of the NFL information
sites to get the lastest news about our Chiefs. Tonight without exception I buzzed over to one
of my favorites, KFFL (great site, highly recommend it!).
There was the "breaking news" about the Chiefs re-signing DT James Reed to a blockbuster
3-year deal, and the uplifting spit about Chiefs RB Derrick Ross being selected as the NFL Europa's
Offensive Player of the Week. But what brought things to a quick stand still was the piece about
QB Tyler Thigpen:
KFFL: Joey Turner has comfirmed to KFFL that the Kansas City Chiefs will meet with
Coastal Carolina QB Tyler Thigpen.
Alright, I'll be an Honest Abe here...no, I've never heard of QB Tyler Thigpen. But what actually
drew my attention was;
(1) What and where on earth is Coastal College? Sorry, no disrepect intended towards the
Big South Conference or Coastal College but it kind of sounds like a nursing school or something.
Was this guy being scouted from their flag football team?
(2) Thigpen!! Now that's a name that brings back memories. I seem to recall a wide receiver with
the Pittsburgh Steelers of the early/mid 90's by this name, could they be related?!
Well, my interest had been pricked by this point...So off to "research land".
Check this out: Coastal College is a small Division I-AA school with an enrollment of about 8,000
students and the kicker here is, it's about eight miles away from Myrtle Beach South Carolina!
Nursing school or not, that's not such a bad location for doing most anything.
Knee deep into this thing already, I thought I should at least find out what I could about
Mr. Tyler "Tom Brady II" Thigpen. Come to find out, Thigpen was selected as an Division I-AA
All-American and was a starter for all four seasons. To boot, this guy put up some impressive
numbers even though it was in the Big South; 339-217 with a passer completion rate of 64%,
29 TDs and 11 INTs, ranked second nationally in Division I-AA and amassed a total of nine
Big South seasonal records and missed the 3,000 passing yard mark by just 55 yards. Not bad!
Tyler Thigpen [6-3 223] was not invited to the NFL combine tryouts and may not even be
drafted, seventh round at best, but that doesn't mean he has gone unnoticed. Aside from the
Chiefs, other NFL teams have shown interest; Philadelphia, Minnesota, Cincinnati, and Detroit.
Is Tyler Thigpen the next late round diamond in the rough Tom Brady type? Probably not, but if
he is to become that, how sweet it would be if he were wearing Chiefs red & gold!
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he might be the next Tom Brady. we`ll probabaly never know. KFFL?, the rhonda moss offical website.
i can remember what a chief super bowl team looks like! ......
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Ernest Aldersley is my 3rd cousin 1x removed. Our common ancestors are my 3x great grandparents John Dinsdale and Esther Mason.
Ernest was born in Bradford in 1899 and is the only child of Jeremiah Aldersley and Rose Jowett.
As far as I have been able to establish Ernest enlisted in Keighley, West Yorkshire. He was a private in the Machine Gun Corps and his service number was 154978. Here is a link to some history of the units of The Machine Gun Corps of 1914-1918. Ernest was killed in action on 2 September 1918 – although some pages on the Internet suggest that it might have been 3 September 1918. His death was reported in the Craven Herald newspaper on 20 September 1918 as follows.
GARGRAVE – KILLED ON HIS 19th BIRTHDAY
The sad news has reached Mr. and Mrs. J. Aldersley, West Street, that their only son, Ernest, was killed by a shell while in action on the 3rd inst. Authentic news through the War Office is not yet to hand, but his pal, Private Charles Goddard, sends the information to his parents in a very sympathetic communication. It appears they were fast friends, having been companions for some time. It was young Aldersley's first baptism of fire, and on his nineteenth birthday. A well-built strapping young fellow, he was, prior to enlisting, a Canal Office clerk and clerk at Delaney's Gargrave quarries. The deep sympathy of the whole parish goes out to his bereaved relatives. At the Parish Church the Dead March was played in his honour on Sunday night after very feeling references to the event by the Vicar at the close of his sermon.
Ernest is commemorated on the Gargrave War Memorial and his grave is at the Vaulx Hill Cemetery in the Pas de Calais, France.
Vaulx-Vraucourt village was taken in the spring of 1917, lost (after severe fighting) in March 1918, and retaken in the following September. Vaulx Hill Cemetery started with just 17 graves of September 1918 (in Plot I, Rows A and B). The rest of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields in the immediate neighbourhood and the following smaller cemeteries:-
• Chafours Wood Cemetery, Morchies, which contained 17 Australian and five United Kingdom graves of 1917.
• Lagnicourt Australian Cemetery, which contained seven Australian graves of 1917 and 27 United Kingdom of September 1918.
• New Zealand Cemetery No.17, Favreuil, where 22 of the 2nd New Zealand Rifles Brigade were buried in August 1918.
• Sunken Road Cemetery, Beaumetz-Les-Cambrai, which contained 23 Australian and five United Kingdom graves of May 1917.
• Vraucourt Churchyard Extension, which was across the road from the Church and contained 185 United Kingdom and seven Australian graves of 1917 and 1918 (a German Extension was also removed).
The cemetery now contains 856 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 258 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 29 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and four others buried in other cemeteries whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

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DENVER -- The Colorado Board of Regents unanimously approved a five-year contract for new football coach Mike MacIntyre today and in doing so provided an unprecedented level of the support to the beleaguered program.
MacIntyre's deal will pay him $2 million annually with an additional $300,000 in off-field incentives related to the academic performance and citizenship of his players and community outreach. There are numerous incentives for on-field results as well.
In addition, the university committed at least $2.6 million annually to fund assistant coaches' salaries and adding three new positions specific to the football program. Those positions are a football recruiting director, a football academic director and a football only equipment manager.
In all, the board and the school committed to more than $5 million in salaries for MacIntyre, his staff and support staff annually.
Immediately after the meeting and approval of the contract, Regent Chairman Michael Carrigan issued a challenge to CU fans.
"It's time for Buffnation to step up and open their checkbooks," Carrigan said. "The university has made a significant financial commitment to the success -- and we heard a lot of emails saying, 'Well, I used to give.' or 'I might give.' Now is the time.
"...I call on all of our fans. The university has done what they asked. Now we need them to help."
But there was more.
CU will direct $1.5 million toward immediate enhancements at the Dal Ward Center for improved meeting space for the team and new office space for the three new staffers.
The school also included a clause in the coach's contract related to the planning stages of facilities enhancements such as an indoor practice facility, expansion of the Dal Ward Center and upgrades to Folsom Field.
CU must complete a program plan for those improvements by Dec. 1, 2013 and must award the design contract and sign the design bid build contract for the improvements by Dec. 1, 2014.
"That is an aggressive time line and our full commitment is to meet them," athletic director Mike Bohn said.
Asked why it is an aggressive timeline, Bohn said, "Because of the complexities associated with the project and all the key pieces we want to put in."
If CU fails to meet those deadlines, MacIntyre could leave the school for another job without having to fulfill the substantial buyout clause on his end. That clause calls for MacIntyre to pay the school $2.3 million if he left at any time in 2013, $1.9 million in 2014, $1.6 million in 2015, $1.3 million in 2016 and $1 million in 2017.
CU also agreed to pay the $400,000 buyout in MacIntyre's contract with San Jose State.
CU officials and regents acknowledged planned facilities improvements in and around Folsom Field will depend largely on the level of private giving by CU fans and boosters. The more revenue received in donations the more CU will be able to afford.
"How quickly we go from phase one to phase three will depend on the level of support we get," Carrigan said.
The total cost of facilities improvements can't be known at this time because those plans are so dependent on private donations. Bohn said he anticipates that upgrades will be accomplished in stages as they were for the basketball programs at the Coors Events Center.
"They're going to come together in different pieces," Bohn said. "It's not all going to come together all at once. Obviously now that we have these approvals, it will be a significant part of our appeal to our donor base, which is a significant piece of our continued enhancements."
Colorado fans and donors have never given to the athletic department at the levels that would be required to make a $175-$220 million project feasible within the next few years. CU will likely be able to finance future Pac-12 Conference television revenue and provide $100-$125 million but that would leave CU fans and boosters needing to donate $50-$100 million to complete the full project, including an indoor facility, expansion of the Dal Ward Center, enclosing the north end of the stadium and adding suites and a new press box on the west side.
"The commitments we are making for athletic facilities recognizes this university intends to be a player and a winner in the Pac-12," Carrigan said.
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved 500-foot buffers between new wells and homes on Monday, but the state legislature may have a final say on the issue.
The oil and gas industry opposed the new setback, which will replace a 350-foot rule for urban areas and 150 feet for rural areas. Environmental and community groups called for a 1,000-foot setback, and said they will push for legislation.
"Undoubtedly, this decision will go under the dome," said Mike King, executive director of state Department of Natural Resources and a commission member. King said he was "comfortable" with the rule and that the legislators would see how contentious an issue setbacks are.
House Majority Leader, Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Boulder, issued a statement saying the rules "fall far short of protecting Coloradans."
"As the State legislature continues its work this session, my colleagues and I will be looking to pursue measures that put the health and safety of Coloradans first," Hullinghorst said.
A legislative push would add more regulatory uncertainty for the industry, said Tisha Schuller, president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, a trade group.
"It is an area of concern for us," Schuller said. "We need to create some regulatory stability in Colorado."
The rules adopted by the oil and gas commission, after months of meetings and hearings, set a 500-foot buffer between homes and buildings and new wells in Colorado beginning Aug. 1.
The vote was 8 to 1, with Fort Lupton Mayor Tommy Holton casting the no vote.
Holton said there was not enough data to show a health risk or that a 500-foot setback would protect anyone.
Environmental groups and homeowners testified before the commission that odors and pollutants from drilling sites were impacting communities. A few studies have indicated that fumes from drilling activities could impact nearby residents. In Wyoming and Utah, studies have linked drilling to air pollution problems.
In addition to the 500-foot setback, operators drilling within 1,000 feet of a home will have to use enhanced drilling measures — such as closed-loop systems that eliminate pits and devices to capture air emissions and control noise.
Drilling within 1,000 feet of a building with a large number of people, such as a school or nursing home,
will need commission approval.
Chris Urbina, director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and a commission member, said the rule "increases the likelihood the public will be safer than before."
The rule allows operators to apply for a variance to drill closer than 500 feet.
In rural areas, operators can drill within 500 feet if they adopt all the mitigation measures and get approval from the commission director.
"It will be troublesome," said Commissioner DeAnn Craig. "There will be more work for the operator, but at least there is a process."
Those variances and waivers, however, are pushing environmentalists to seek legislation.
"The way it stands, homeowners have no certainty a well won't be drilled close to their houses," said Matt Sura, an attorney representing Western Slope conservation groups.
The setback issue isn't the only one that may be addressed in legislation, said Pete Maysmith, executive director of Conservation Colorado. "Setbacks aren't the be all and end all, there are other issues around oil and gas drilling that we may see addressed," Maysm ith said.
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Governor seeking federal help with cleanup
Roads and many businesses reopened, but tens of thousands of southeastern Connecticut residents remained without power Saturday as the region started digging out from what one meteorologist said could be the second-worst blizzard in recorded weather history.
The blizzard brought 2 feet of snow to southeastern Connecticut with wind gusts approaching hurricane force intensity. The National Weather Service reported 60 mph peak wind gust speeds at the Groton-New London Airport - the third-highest in the state, after Westport (82 mph) and Portland (81 mph).
Thunder and lightning were added to the mix as well, giving the region a brief national spotlight on The Weather Channel.
The sun came out by midday, but temperatures dipped into the 20s by nightfall, with below-zero and single-digit temperatures expected overnight.
Today is supposed to be sunny with highs in the mid-30s. The next storm is expected to arrive by Monday, bringing a possibility of sleet and snow before 9 a.m. followed by rain and temperatures in the 40s in a region where many storm drains are buried deep under several feet of plowed snow.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Saturday night that he has asked President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration for Connecticut, mainly to obtain assistance from federal contracts and equipment such as payloaders to clear snow. The Connecticut congressional delegation echoed the governor's request with its own letter to Obama.
"Federal resources are critical to ensure rapid, effective response and recovery from this record breaking snowfall and wind damage," the congressional letter said.
Malloy visited the emergency shelter in East Lyme Saturday afternoon, calling the region the hardest-hit by the storm.
More than 27,900 Connecticut Light & Power customers - down from more than 33,000 early Saturday morning - remained without power as of 9 p.m. Saturday, most of them in southeastern Connecticut. Regional emergency shelters run by the local chapter of the American Red Cross are open in East Lyme and Stonington.
"Road conditions are hazardous and have made travel difficult for our line workers and tree workers," said Bill Quinlan, CL&P senior vice president of emergency preparedness. "We will continue working around the clock and expect to make strong progress in the harder hit southeastern part of the state; however, some customers may be without power for a day or more."
According to the CL&P website Saturday night, 75 percent of North Stonington customers, 67 percent of East Lyme's, 64 percent of Old Lyme's, 53 percent of Stonington's and 40 percent of Waterford's remained without power.
Mitch Gross, media spokesman for CL&P, said the company is assessing the damage, which includes heavy snowfall and downed wires.
The company has hundreds of line and tree workers in the region and is staging in Madison and at the Waterford Speedbowl, he said, and is working with towns to coordinate assessment and restoration efforts, he said.
"There was a great deal to assess and repair," he added. "We will do everything we can to move as quickly and as safely as we can."
A 'phenomenal' storm
Meteorologist Gary Lessor of the Weather Center at Western Connecticut State University offered just one adjective for the storm that walloped New England: "Phenomenal."
"No other words to describe it," he said.
Lessor said this blizzard could end up knocking the other whopper of recent memory out of its second-place spot in Connecticut history - the blizzard of 1978, which rolled in 35 years ago Thursday.
In terms of intensity, he said - the snowfall and powerful winds - this storm has its '78 predecessor beat. The highest snow accumulation in the state clocked in at 38 inches in Milford, and the highest wind gust blew through Westport at 82 mph.
Still No. 1, though, is the blizzard of 1888, which buried Middletown in 50 inches of snow - the only officially recorded accumulation in the state, Lessor said.
"That basically just paralyzed everybody," he said. "Throughout the state it was just absolute gridlock for days on end because obviously they didn't have the tools to get rid of it."
An average of 25 inches buried New London County, with 30 inches reported in Old Saybrook. Norwich and Colchester saw 25 inches or more, while Ledyard had 22 inches and Stonington and Mystic measured 21 inches.
Some areas saw 4 or 5 inches per hour for long stretches. Lessor said no official snowfall totals were available for New London and Groton.
Roads re-opened
Malloy reopened all state roads as of 4 p.m. Saturday, saying it was important to resume commercial deliveries to stores depleted of basic supplies. Some large tractor-trailer trucks ventured out to make deliveries to stores that were picked clean before the storm.
Still, many roads and intersections remained clogged with snow by late afternoon.
Norwich Public Works Director Barry Ellison said city plow crews worked 34 straight hours clearing snow during and after the storm Friday night and Saturday. A small emergency crew was assigned to work overnight Saturday, and crews will return for another 10-hour shift today in the hopes of clearing roads enough to allow school to reopen Monday. Some crews will remove excess snow from downtown and deposit it at the Hamilton Avenue recreation field.
Norwich Superintendent Abby Dolliver said she was hopeful that schools could reopen Monday, but that it would depend on the roads. Custodians worked throughout the weekend clearing school parking lots, but "some need a place to put it all."
Preston First Selectman Bob Congdon said several roads were closed in town because of downed trees and wires, including Brickyard, Mathewson Mill and Prodell. He was optimistic that roads would be cleared by Monday so schools could reopen.
New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said the city's public works personnel had been "working around the clock" to clear snow. The city has also hired two contracting firms to assist. But full snow removal could take days, he said, and there is no estimate of when all roads will be clear. He is asking residents to remain patient.
Finizio said Saturday evening that all roads were still considered closed, and it was imperative that residents remained off them. City personnel blocked off State and Bank streets Saturday night to allow crews to remove snow.
In Stonington borough, Warden Paul Burgess said late Saturday afternoon that most roads were passable. Several roads, though, were blocked by wires: Diving Street at Hancox Street, Elm Street at High Street, Broad Street, and Bayview Avenue, where a utility pole snapped in front of the American Velvet Mill.
Burgess said the borough's two-person highway crew worked 36 hours straight until midday Saturday. He said they would be back removing snow today with the help of several contractors.
East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica said town crews had been out working since 7 a.m. Friday, and snow plow crews had passed over all town roads at least once. Crews will continue to work on snow removal today.
National Guard lends hand
Malloy activated the Connecticut National Guard to help with both emergency response and storm cleanup.
About 770 National Guard troops are active this weekend, and some already assisting state and local officials responding to the blizzard and cleanup, Lt. Col. John Whitford said Saturday.
National Guardsmen Saturday helped transport about 40 senior citizens who lost power to a regional shelter in town, Whitford said.
Even before the storm, this weekend was a scheduled training weekend for 500 National Guard troops throughout the state. Another 270 troops were placed on active duty Friday night when the storm intensified.
Whitford said overnight Friday, National Guard troops responded to 67 calls to assist stranded motorists, including two medical emergencies in which people were taken to local hospitals. He said most of the calls were in central Connecticut.
National Guard crews also were available to help municipalities clean up from the storm. While they would not do traditional road plowing, the Guard does have heavy equipment to help with snow removal, Whitford said.
Staff writers Kimberly Drelich, Anna Isaacs, Sasha Goldstein and Joe Wojtas contributed to this report.
Highways open, reduced lanes
State Department of Transportation spokesman Kevin Nursick said Saturday night that all highways in the state were considered passable but that many had reduced lanes.
"There's so much snow," Nursick said, "so much snow that we're having great difficulty getting highways open to their full width."
Nursick estimates that about 50 percent of the highway ramps across the state were not functional due to the snow.
The department has been clearing the roads with 632 state plow trucks and 200 contractor trucks.
"I think this recovery is going to take days in terms of the transportation infrastructure,"
he said, but added
that each day, drivers will see an improvement.
He urged people to refrain from driving if possible.
He said most people heeded the department's warning and stayed off the roads, but some drivers had to abandon their vehicles because they ran into trouble
on the snowy roads.
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Putting a name on it is considered modifying the panel and costs extra... 3$.... I've built that cost in it. You can put a low resolution picture of the president humping a rabbit if you really want
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put me down for 1 jersey XL
put me down for a jersey maybe more stuff once we get there.
http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs"You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." RU
Forgot to post here, so sign me up for a jersey in XL, thanks!
Everyone pick some colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to go with the Blue Black and White from the standard color Magpies logo.
the blue is
Thats it! Thanks for all your work BT. Good lookin' out.
ok, what size? and do you want your sock to match your jersey?
I'm surprised I've only had 1 "make it this sports team colors" request
I will also take the magpie color for mine
after several coin flips i want my with the USA splash, Vintage on the back, no number, the *** kicker line on the bottom and the honeycomb in a dark green if possible. i'll send you more money if needed.youtheman
and still a tourney cut, right?
Ok, I want my jersey fire splash-xxxdamn, name FLATLINER, # 333, keep the ***kicker slogan, keep the makers marks and Animal tag . (art option 2) i Would like the hex boarders the same color Gold that is in the Fire splash with Black hex's. Also two barrel socks ( one Fire the other Joker). Thanks BT for putting up with our crap.
Ps if anyone has the American flag Automag logo ( post 196 of the magpie teamthread) in the correct vector form I would love to have it on my jersey if at all possible, under my # on the back, but if not possible I understand.
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yes, still tourney cut.
ok vintage...
flatliner, you track down the logo, I'll send it, if not oh well.
In for one.
Camo. Med. Tourney cut
anything on the back or any socks?
Looks great BT... Thank you will do
you and vintage...man...
In for one. XL, tourney cut, extra padding, headband, gun mat. "Kwik175" Pm sent.
do you want your name and number seperate?
4xl, moss splash, extra venting
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Robert Dewitt Coons, otherwise known to his loved ones as "Rob," "Robby" or "Uncle Shlob," passed away peacefully at Madrone Hospice House in Yreka on Nov. 8, 2012.
Robert Dewitt Coons, otherwise known to his loved ones as "Rob," "Robby" or "Uncle Shlob," passed away peacefully at Madrone Hospice House in Yreka on Nov. 8, 2012.
He was born on Sept. 22, 1965 in San Francisco and grew up in Novato, Calif., where he was a graduate of San Marin High and participated in just about every sport offered – always on the "All Star" team of the sport in season.
His first career after high school was construction with Middendorf Construction, working for his brother-in-law and father. Later, he relocated to help run the RV Park his parents bought and ran as a family business in Dunsmuir.
He enjoyed his volunteer work with the Castella Fire Department for many years, as well as volunteering to treat the water for the Dunsmuir Municipal Water District, when the task was a necessity.
Rob had a huge heart for helping and giving and will be remembered and missed for those special qualities.
He is preceded in death by his father Robert Lowell Coons, whom he loved and admired.
He is survived by his mother Agnes; his brothers Russell (Cheryl) and Brad (Shelly); his sister Cathy (Erik); nephews Rob, Kyle and Brett; nieces Sarah and Summer; six great-nieces and nephews and numerous other extended family and close friends. He is also survived by his longtime companion Shelly "Mouse" Wilson and their pup Cinders.
"We will dearly miss you, Rob."
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DURHAM, N.C.—Duke scored two goals in 44 seconds in the waning minutes of the second half to battle No. 15 Wake Forest to a 2-2 draw tonight in ACC men's soccer action. Senior Will Donovan netted a goal on senior night, while Luis Rendon got the equalizer for the Blue Devils in the tie.
Trailing 2-0 with 4:26 left to play against a team which had allowed just 14 goals in 15 games, Duke (6-4-6, 1-3-5) never gave up and rallied back to earn the point for the tie. It marked the fifth time this season the Blue Devils had comeback after trailing in the first half. Duke is 2-0-3 when trailing at halftime this year and 1-0-5 in overtime contests.
"It shows the spirit in our team," said head coach John Kerr. "It was senior night and we just weren't going to give up and we thought we were hard done by in that play where [Zach Mathers] scored and we reacted in a real positive way and refused to lose. I love our team spirit."
Wake Forest (8-3-5, 5-0-4 ACC) grabbed a lead in the 21st minute after winning a free kick 30 yards from goal. Ian Harkes stepped behind the ball and served a great ball to the back post where Sam Fink headed it back across the goal for Sean Okoli to tap in.
The Demon Deacons controlled the run of play throughout much of the first half as Duke managed just three shots in the opening 45 minutes. Overall both squads fired just seven shots in the first period with three of those coming on goal.
Much like they have done all season, the Blue Devils came out strong in the second half. After some early possession by Wake Forest, Duke started to take over and pressure the Demon Deacons' backline.
Sophomore Zach Mathers put a scare into Wake Forest with an incredible individual effort before drawing a foul just outside the penalty area. Junior Sean Davis stepped up and nearly put the Blue Devils up 1-0 in the 61st minute as his curling free kick from 19 yards sailed just wide.
Duke continued to control the run of play and appeared on the brink of finding the back of the net. And finally in the 84th minute, it was Mathers again wreaking havoc as he beat the goalie to ball and headed it into the goal to seemingly tie the game. However, a whistle had blown to disallow the goal and keep Wake Forest up 1-0.
The Demon Deacons took advantage of the ensuing confusion from the Blue Devils and quickly made it 2-0 with 3:43 remaining in regulation. Luca Gimenez finished a Harkes cross to clinch the win many thought.
A resilient bunch all season, the Blue Devils answered right off the kickoff as junior Jack Coleman raced down the left sideline and earned a corner kick. Mathers served the corner kick low into the box and after a dummy from Rendon, Donovan stepped up on the back post to put away his first tally of the season.
Just 43 seconds later, Rendon notched his first goal as he calmly tapped in a cross from the right flank. Rookie Brody Huitema and junior Nick Palodichuk provided assists on the tying goal.
"We had some momentum going through and I really can't remember that much from it," Rendon said. "I remember a cross and it just came right to my feet and I just tapped it. I knew it was a huge game for us. I can't describe it. I was so emotional because I knew it was a big goal for our team."
Wake Forest controlled the first overtime and Duke dominated the action in the second, but neither team could score as both squads came away with another tie on the year.
The Demon Deacons held an 18-13 edge in shots. Senior goalkeeper Alex Long made three saves, while Andrew Harris had three for Wake Forest.
Duke hits the road for its final two ACC games. The Blue Devils travel to Pittsburgh next Saturday, Nov. 2 for a 7 p.m. game before closing out the season at Clemson Nov. 8.


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SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — As much as he despises the current strain of Democrats, George Vucelich said he was not thinking about race or lynching — or anything beyond his political beliefs — when he slipped a noose around the neck of a plastic skeleton wearing an Obama-Biden T-shirt and suspended it from a maple tree in his yard.
"I thought it was a joke," Vucelich said Tuesday while standing in front of his Dutch colonial home. "I put it up on a Sunday afternoon, and by Sunday evening the police were out front because someone had called 911 and complained."
Vucelich, who is white, said others have snapped pictures and voiced their displeasure to township officials. As of Tuesday afternoon, he said no one from the township had asked him to modify his Halloween display.
An accountant between jobs, Vucelich described himself as a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and former Democrat who campaigned for George McGovern during his ill-fated presidential run in 1972.
"If there was a Democrat running in the area from 1973 to 1979, I supported them," he said.
"I left the party because I felt it had become too extreme. I was a conservative Democrat and there wasn't a place for me. They're fascists. If you do something and they don't approve, you're evil. I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me."
His left-leaning skeleton has arched a few eyebrows and irked some people on Hillborn, a steep, tree-lined street.
"At first blush, I found it kind of disturbing and was embarrassed that it was near our house," said a Hillborn resident who requested anonymity. "It's his house and his tree, so I guess he can do what he wants, but I think it's wrong, mean and not right."
The neighbor did not initially view the skeleton as having racist overtones.
"It did not come to my mind right away, but when I mentioned it to a friend of mine, it came to her mind right away," the neighbor said. "She said, 'Does he know what he's doing?'"
Vucelich said race did not enter his mind while he was putting up his skeleton.
"I certainly hope we have gotten past that in America — people playing the race card all the time," he said. "It shows where they are if that's what they think. In this day and age, I didn't think people would make that association."


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Clay Buchholz is the first Red Sox rookie to pitch a no-hitter!
IP H R ER BB K PITIt is the 17th no-hitter in Red Sox history and the third no-hitter thrown this season (Mark Buehrle on April 18 and Justin Verlander on June 12).
Buchholz 9 0 0 0 3 9 115
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Red Sox - 010 304 02x - 10 14 0
Buchholz is also the 17th rookie to throw a no-hitter. And he is the third pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second major league start. Bobo Hollomon of the St. Louis Browns did it in his first start on May 6, 1953, at home against the Philadelphia A's, and Wilson Alvarez did it in his second start on August 11, 1991, for the Chicago White Sox at Baltimore.
Buchholz's changeup -- something that was missing from his debut a few weeks ago against the Angels -- was deadly and he relied on it for much of the game. He mixed in his curveball here and there, and then -- in the top of the ninth -- he suddenly went to his fastball.
Although both Brian Roberts and Corey Patterson had tried to bunt earlier in the game, both Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis were playing back at the corners and the Orioles hitters did not even fake a bunt attempt in the ninth.
Buchholz's 0-1 curveball to Roberts was perhaps his best bender of the night, but home plate umpire Joe West did not call it a strike (he seemed fooled by at least three perfect pitches from Clay tonight). At 1-1, Roberts then swung and missed a 92 fastball, fouled off a 94 fastball and fanned on a 93 fastball.
Patterson looked at two balls and a called strike (changeup) before flying out to Coco Crisp in center. It seemed hard hit off the bat but Coco jogged eight or 10 steps towards left-center and had no trouble.
Nick Markakis looked at a 92 fastball up and away and a 71 curveball for a strike, and fouled off a 92 fastball for a 1-2 count. Buchholz's 115th pitch of the night was a beautiful curveball that dropped right into the heart of the zone. It was clearly a strike, but West waited a beat before ringing up Markakis.
There were no thoughts of a perfect game, as Clay plunked Markakis with two outs in the first inning. He began the fifth with walks to Kevin Millar and Aubrey Huff and he walked Roberts to start the sixth.
The fielding gem came courtesy of Dustin Pedroia. Miguel Tejada opened the seventh with a line drive that skipped past Buchholz and seemed headed for center field. Pedoria ranged far to his right, dove and gloved the ball, then popped back up and spun around and fired to first, just getting Tejada.
Buchholz also won a footrace with Corey Patterson on a grounder to Yook to open the third. Crisp ran down a few balls in the gaps, the scariest one hit by Patterson in the sixth.
David Ortiz's bases-loaded double in the fourth brought in three runs and gave Boston a 4-0 lead. Lowell's run-scoring double and Youkilis's three-run home run made it 8-0 in the sixth. Jacoby Ellsbury, who entered the game in the eighth inning, doubled on the only pitch he saw tonight to score two more in the eighth.
Garrett Olson (7.33, 60 ERA+) / Clay Buchholz (4.50, 100 ERA+)
Rookie LHP Olson makes his sixth career start (log). He lost to the Red Sox on August 11 (6.1-8-4-6-6, 115). He is subbing for Erik Bedard (strained muscle in his right side).
For Buchholz, it's his second career start. On August 17, Clay (6-8-4-3-3-5, 91) got credit for the 8-4 win over the Angels.


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The audit found that the county's financial statements, in all material respects, fairly present the county's assets, liabilities, and net assets arising from cash transactions and revenues received and expenditures paid in conformity with the modified cash basis of accounting.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior Nick McCrory earned a spot on the United States' 2014 FINA World Cup team Saturday with a second-place finish on the 3-meter springboard at the USA Diving Winter National Championships, held at the University of Texas' Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
McCrory totaled 1434.25 points over three lists of dives, including Wednesday's preliminary and semifinals rounds, to finish second behind his Olympic 10-meter synchronized diving partner David Boudia (1442.80).
Boudia led the field by over 30 points through the semifinals, but McCrory netted more than 80 points on each of his first three dives. The Duke senior and Chapel Hill, N.C., native garnered an award of 91.80 on an inward 3 ½ somersault in the tuck position and took over the lead midway through the final. McCrory once again earned a score of 91.80 in the fifth round on a forward 2 ½ somersault with two twists in the pike position, but Boudia would regain the lead in the final round and hold on for the national title.
Four-time Olympian Troy Dumais was third with a cumulative score of 1325.20 points.
The 2014 FINA Diving World Cup is slated for July 15-20, 2014 in Shanghai, China.
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Scientists Discover More Than 50 Unmarked Graves at Fla. Boys' Reform School
Scientists and researchers from the University of South Florida in Tampa said that 98 deaths occurred at a Florida boys' reform school between 1911 and 1973 and that the victims were beaten, raped and murdered, the Daily Mail (U.K) reports.
More recently, anthropologists from the university claim that they found of at least 50 grave shafts at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Fla. (located six miles north of Jackson, Fla.), which is 19 more than had been discovered by a 2010 investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
"We anticipated finding about 25 to 30 grave shafts," Christian Wells, an assistant professor of anthropology who was in charge of the anthropological work at the site, said. "But in fact we found a minimum of 50."
The article notes that scientists say that a minimum of 96 boys between the ages of six and 18 have died between 1911 and 1973 and that, two adults have died at the school. Many of the burials have not been documented but researchers believe that there may be even more victims since privacy laws forbid researchers to access records after 1960.
The Dozier School opened in 1900 but was closed in June 2011 by the Department of Juvenile Justice after it was at the center of a controversy related to physical and sexual abuse.
Just before the school was shutdown, a group of former students sued the state in 2010 but their case was dismissed because the statue of limitations had expired. Some students, however, have gone on to write books about their experiences at Dozier. Norman Whiddon, was interviewed by Tallahassee, Fla., CBS affiliate WCTV and described the abuse he suffered while he was a student at Dozier.
"You take a 350 pound man against a 125 pound youngin', who's gonna win? The man. I've had both of my arms broke on account of them," he told the station. Whiddon, 61, attended the school in 1964 when hew as 12.
"I've been beat from the back of my neck all the way down to my ankles with a leather paddle about that long, that wide with a wooden handle on it," he continued. "You could hear it hit the wall behind them, the ceiling, the wall, you, and then the wall behind them again. You had to lay down and put your hands on a metal bed while they done it."
Whiddon added that administration sent students "up on the hill to this little place and put you in a room that was about as big as a bathroom" with a bunk bed, toilet and sink. He went on to say that there wasn't a blanket or mattress "just a metal bed to sleep on. That's the kind of abuse they did to you. That's the slate." He then recalls about a time he was "chained to a wall with a dog collar around my neck" and had his nose broken because he had to use the bathroom.
"The man wouldn't let me go," he told WCTV. "He hit me square in the nose, broke my nose and told me don't bleed on the floor. I had one of my arms broke on account of I didn't cook a steak right for a staff employee. The instructor grabbed me by my arm and twisted my arm until my elbow snapped. He told me he'd teach me how to cook."
When scientists from the university were investigating the school they used technology, such as radar, that led them to believe there are more bodies buried at the school than what was organically reported. The Daily Mail notes, "the largest gravesite is on the north side of the campus, where African-American boys were buried. It is at this site where 31 graves are marked with white crosses, but researchers believe they do not correspond with actual burial sites."
As the Miami Herald reports, the school's own documents state that more than 50 children were buried on the school's campus and more than 30 other bodies were sent to a second gravesite. Administrators from Dozier, however, did not record the burial locations for 22 students who died on the site.
The reports also say that the school's officials segregated the boys' graves, as African-American students were three times more likely to be buried in an unspecified location than white children.
"I didn't realize going in how much of a story of civil rights it was," Erin Kimmerle, an assistant professor of anthropology at the university, told the media.
According to documents, some of the children as well as the two adults died in a fire and an influenza outbreak at the school in the early 1900s. In January, researchers will go back to Dozier to investigate the boys' living areas and they say they believe to find even more graves.
"We will continue to work with the researchers on how best to provide them access to the site," the Juvenile Justice Secretary said.
The report goes on to say that seven boys most likely died while trying to escape the school. The school's documents on the incident state that children who escaped from Dozier died in a violently. For example, reports say that Thomas Curry allegedly died of blunt head trauma after he tried to leave the campus, while two other boys died of gunshot wounds to the chest or head.


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id is readying two traditional big-budget titles in Doom 4 and Rage, the latter marking the company's first original IP in some time. Founded late last year, id Mobile will be releasing its first project later this year with Wolfenstein RPG, the follow-up to the Doom RPG. Finally, the company is forging new ground in the web-based gaming sector with Quake Live, a free version of Quake III Arena without all the fuss--or the cost.
Recently I had a chance to talk with id Software co-founder John Carmack, as well as executive producer Marty Stratton. While the theme of the talk was Quake Live, we also covered topics ranging from the state of PC gaming to the potential of iPhone development.
Shack: I had a chance to check out the Quake Live beta last night, and more than the technology or the price point, the thing that impressed me the most was how easy it was to get started and jump into a game. I assume that was a primary goal in development?
John Carmack: Yes, and I'm so happy we're finally talking to somebody that's actually been on the beta and gone and looked at it so I don't have to explain everything from first principle.
But yeah, the idea is that we know that we had a good core gameplay experience there, but, for instance, if somebody was given a copy of Quake Arena right now and they wanted to go play the game and navigate online, they would have a wretched experience. Because we have people that have been playing the game for nine years online, and somebody who just gets the game for the first time and says, "Oh I'm gonna jump on here," there's no way they would have a decent experience.
But so much of what we're trying to do here is to make that possible. To have somebody who is not necessarily a first person shooter player, and would not go and spend 50 or 60 bucks on a brand new AAA title, or might not even own a console or something, but can just, from practically any computer in the country--if not the world--sit down, go to Quake Live, get the things on there, jump in, be led through a new style of play, and have everything catered around what they're capable of doing and what's going to be enjoyable for them.
So that's the hope. We're hoping that we get something that you could basically tell anybody, "Hey, go check this out, you might enjoy it." And if they're willing to spend 20 minutes to go through and play through the basic match, and get a look at it, that they might say, "Hey, I do kind of like this style of game."
Shack: Do you see the future of PC game development becoming focused on that challenge of streamlining the user experience?
John Carmack: Yeah, I think that the PC definitely can't.. we can't go on making PC games like we used to. The combination of the dominance of the consoles, as far as market forces there, and piracy.. the traditional AAA, media-heavy boxed game that sells for a bunch of money, and goes out on the PC for a single player experience--it's just not happening. Even if we look at something that had such a push like Crysis, it didn't really do all that well.
While at id Software we're still certainly doing those types of AAA titles on [the PC platform], we have to look at it from a cross-platform product perspective on there, rather than being PC-focused like we used to be. I mean, all the way up to our last major title, which was Doom 3, we were a PC company. We made PC games, and we gave some thought to how they might be deployed on consoles, but that wasn't what we were fundamentally doing. And that has changed with this generation.
But still, there are some things that the PC does fundamentally better than the console. I mean, the internet interaction, as far as displaying and navigating large amounts of information on a website--while you have web browsers on consoles, they suck, you know, they're just not good. It's not like what you've got on the PC.
And from a first person shooter perspective, the keyboard/mouse interface is still just a lot better than a console interface. It's a much more direct position vs. integrating over time.. it's just plain better, and that's one of the things we want to cater to.
So there are strengths that the PC has, and we think Quake Live is very much playing to them. While given infinite resources, yeah, it'd be great to go ahead and do another technology showcase on the PC, because you've got a couple times the power in a modern high-end system than you do in a current generation console.
But it's just not feasible for us as a company to continue taking that route. So we are branching out into some different areas and diversifying a little bit, where we've got our id Tech 5, cross-platform, high-end stuff that we are pushing, and we've also got Quake Live and our mobile products.
Shack: Speaking of mobile products, the second generation iPhone launched today. What's going on at id Mobile?
John Carmack: I'm really kind of sad about.. how things played out outside of our real control on that. I'm really bullish on the iPhone market. I think that what they're doing with iTunes, cutting the carriers out of there.. it's a great hardware platform.
Robert Duffy and I actually hacked together a kind of a port of some of the Orcs & Elves stuff using the 3D engine, but we just didn't have the manpower to do something that would be what we would consider our best foot forward. We still have a lot of effort going on in the Java and BREW stuff. Wolfenstein RPG is gonna be coming out later this year, and that's really great in a lot of ways. _PAGE_BREAK_
Shack: Does a 3G cellphone connection offer any advantage as far as online gaming?
John Carmack: Bandwidth is good with 3G, but latency is still worse than an old dialup connection. Of course with WiFi, it is as good as any other computer.
Shack: So would you say that id committed to developing an iPhone game?
John Carmack: I definitely want to, and we have some experiments running, but the main team is probably going on to a Doom RPG sequel for Java/BREW next. We have been trying to find someone to lead a dedicated iPhone project that we have been discussing.
Shack: Getting back to Quake Live--is the plan still for the game to be totally ad-supported?
John Carmack: We think that there may eventually be some kind of--I think that there will likely be some kind of premium subscription at some point, but we really don't know what it is. We don't know what we want to offer.
It would not be eliminating the ads, because the ads are actually--if you turned the ads off in the game, it would look worse. The game is so wrapped around this kind of ESPN-ish look and feel that if all of those turned into blank billboards, it would be a detraction from that experience rather than any kind of enhancement.
But there may be something just in terms of people wanting to separate themselves into tiers, or maybe adding some other stuff, but we really don't know, and we're definitely not rolling out with any kind of subscription-based stuff on there.
But it's not just in-game advertising that's supporting it, there are going to be a lot of specific sponsorship things as well. Sponsored levels, sponsored skins, sponsored tournaments, leaderboards and so on. We just don't know how this is going to play out business-wise. It's a big experiment for us. There aren't any real [comparable examples] for us to point to that are really close to what we're doing here.
We can certainly look at lots of successful things that go on on the web, with free content and various things that have done well. There are lots of casual games that are doing moderately well. But this is a new data point, and I'm sure a lot of people will be watching very closely to see how we do.
Shack: As far as capitalizing on the strengths of the PC, will you be planning any kind of community generated content or mod support?
John Carmack: Not initially. That's been one of the toughest questions that people have asked us from day one, is how we're going to be integrating all of that. It is a tough call I expect.
Marty Stratton: Yeah, it is. I mean, in making a system easier--and again, as John has said, this is kind of a test case for us, so we're solving these issues to some extent as we go--in making the system easier, it's required us to take control of a lot more things that we normally do. Taking control of servers, taking control of content, delivering that content--as you probably went through the registration process, you downloaded maybe 180 megs of information basically without even knowing it, because it happened while you were playing your warm-up match. Those types of things require us to take control and somewhat close the system a little bit.
On some of the mod stuff, we've actually talked to the mod teams, particularly the competitive mod type stuff, who have maintained a community of people continuing to play the game nine years later. And we've incorporated a number of things that casual players won't know about. In fact, they're things that will actually make the experience a little bit better for players, but also things that experienced players will really appreciate: weapon tweaks, physics tweaks, networking tweaks, anti-lag stuff. Things that have been done in the mod community previously. We talked to those groups, and in some cases contracted those people to roll that stuff in on our site.
As far as content goes, it really is something that I want to bring in as we go forward, and as the product gets successful. My personal feeling is that it will come in more like user-generated content comes into, say, current social website communities. An idea would be like: we make our SDK available, we run a level design contest, a certain period of time passes, we take those levels, weed out the ones that basically aren't up to some level of quality, and then we put those up on the game, and they go out to everybody. So that again, we don't get that fractured community, where this person is running this mod, this person is running this map, and when you connect to the server it doesn't know that you have it--which is kind of the current state of the original Quake III.
But basically we push all this content to everybody, make it available to everybody, and then on the website we can enable people to either automatically, or by their own input, vote on this content, or put it up a ladder of quality or preference. And then either reward or award the people who created that content, or [reward them] just because it's up on the site and it's the most played map out of all of this user generated content, just like a Youtube video has a certain cache when your stuff rises to the top. I think that is probably the future of the way we're going to be able to deliver new content.
And of course I say all that--that won't be what we do initially. What we're initially focusing on for our first release is getting this core experience, this technology all in place to create a great user experience. But I think down the road, as we do roll in that type of content, we're thinking of new ways to integrate it.
John Carmack: But it's worth remembering that Quake Arena is not going away. It's still there, and I can very much see millions of people making Quake Live as their entry into that, and then the mod community will probably have a huge boost from all of this. The people that want to do something different that's not [supported] in Quake Live, well they've still got Quake Arena. It's open sourced and they can do anything want in there, and build whatever new mods they want, and I would expect this to have a positive effect on that entire community on a lot of different levels.
Marty Stratton: And because the fundamental engine and really the game hasn't changed, we can actually take Quake III content, a Quake III map--not so much a full mod--but a Quake III map, and it basically comes into the game in a matter of minutes. It's very easy, so, you know, it could be something where it just reinvigorates the Quake III mod scene, and we can continue to take a look at that and bring stuff to market that makes sense. _PAGE_BREAK_
Shack: It sounds like adding content to the game is relatively easy. How much of a challenge has the project been so far?
John Carmack: That's kind of an interesting thing where we announced this at QuakeCon last year, and we started putting our team together, and honestly, we underestimated some of the effort. The idea was, "Oh, we'll take this whole game that we've got, we'll wrap a weapon around it, and put it out and see what happens."
But when we started getting getting down to decisions and saying, we really want to do an absolutely top notch--the game's not state of the art, but the web interface around it really is. And we did not have the experience in website development, database management, and all of that web world type stuff. And honestly, we underestimated the challenge involved in that. So it has been a significant effort taking the game to this point, and I'm sure we're going to run into significant problems as we roll it out and scale it up.
There are challenges there that--it's not that we didn't think there would be any problems, but it's just that we're honestly ignorant of a lot of the challenges. And as far as how successful it is, we can just cross our fingers and hope. We're going to put something really good out there, but in the world of business and everything, sometimes you can have a great product that doesn't succeed. But we can do our side of it, and see what the market thinks of it. But I have some high hopes.
Marty Stratton: And you know, even to John's point, we did underestimate--it's become a much larger project. I think we still make the decisions that are going to make it the absolute best product of its kind--it's kind of a one-of-a-kind product, anyway. But a lot of stuff that we're developing right now and rolling out over the next couple of weeks you didn't see yet today when you joined the beta.
I mean the website even still is totally not--when we launch the new website here in about a week, it's completely different looking. It's really pretty dramatic. So we've taken these challenges, but we're still developing it fairly efficiently. We have a team of about eight guys internally and four contractors externally working on it, so still a relatively small team that's been able to put this together.
John Carmack: I would expect that if we are successful, there will be a lot of other people that say, "Hey, we've got games from nine years ago, let's do the same thing," and a lot of them will probably be surprised at how non-trivial it actually is. It's just one of those napkin ideas that you can lay out really quick, sounds really plausible, doesn't sound like too terribly much work, but they always are.
Shack: How involved are you in the development of Rage and Doom 4 right now, John?
John Carmack: Essentially all of my programming time is on Rage right now, and I will be talking a lot about Rage development at QuakeCon. I duck out for a few days at a time in "retreat mode" to work on mobile projects a couple times a year. Kevin Cloud is running the Doom project, and I won't be involved on a day to day basis with it, although Kevin does run the core decisions by me.
Shack: Have there been any major developments with id Tech 5 since last year's reveal at QuakeCon?
John Carmack: None of the core decisions have changed, it is now just a lot closer to being a game.
Shack: Will you be speaking at this year's QuakeCon? And will there be any major announces from id?
John Carmack: We don't have any shocking news, but I will be giving my usual open discussion about all of our software development efforts and experiences on the different platforms.
Shack: Thanks for talking with us guys.


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"The Healing Oils of the Bible" is the title of a special Lenten program, offered at Lighthouse Chapel in Chillicothe today (Saturday, Feb. 23), and open to the public.
"The Healing Oils of the Bible" is the title of a special Lenten program, offered at Lighthouse Chapel in Chillicothe on Saturday, February 23, and open to the public. Many who have heard of Frankincense, Myrrh, Spikenard, and Cassia have never smelled these costly oils, mentioned in history books and Sunday church services. This program will provide the opportunity to experience these precious healing oils and several others, along with information explaining their history, as well as why and how they were used. Treasured for many centuries because of their healing powers, these oils were revered as a gift from God. Medical science is just beginning to rediscover their power, and much laboratory research is currently taking place. This program addresses both the spiritual and the scientific aspects of being "anointed." Adult and Young Adult Sunday school classes in search of a special Lenten Bible study are encouraged to attend. Everyone is encouraged to bring a Bible, but that is not a requirement for admission to this free program. Although this is a program for the whole family, it is 2 hours long; therefore, young children should be accompanied by a responsible adult. Lighthouse Chapel is at 10365 Old Highway 190. The program begins at 2 p.m., with at 10-minute break at 3 PM, then continues until 4 p.m. For more information, contact Pastor McCully at 660.247.3932.


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Are the best biographies necessarily sympathetic to their subjects? I had oddly never considered this idea until an unflattering life of Hemingway led the Scottish journalist Allen Massie to write in a recent issue of the Spectator:
"The best biographies are sympathetic. Their authors don't gloss over their subjects' failures and faults of character, but they don't seek to do them down. The biographer who sets out to mock his subjects or diminish their achievements is likely to arouse the reader's sympathy for them. Lytton Strachey's four Eminent Victorians have survived his debunking, and Strachey now seems less than any of them. Conversely, and paradoxically, however, the admiring but scrupulous biographer may provoke a contrary response from the reader."
After I read Massie's comment, I thought about my favorite biographies, which include James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, Gordon Haight's George Eliot, Jean Strouse's Alice James, A. Scott Berg's Max Perkins, and William Manchester's The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory. All are sympathetic to their subjects. Yet there must be a good biography of Hitler, Stalin or Saddam Hussein, though you could hardly write a "sympathetic" one. Have I missed the good, sympathetic biographies of those men? Or are the lives of tyrants the exceptions to Massie's rule?
What books have you read that support or challenge Massie's argument?
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Aggies Complete Preseason With Win Over Sabers
GREENSBORO - There was good sharing and then there was bad sharing for the North Carolina A&T men's basketball team Sunday night.
In their final tune up before the start of the regular season 8 p.m., on Friday, Nov.9 against Division III Greensboro College at Corbett Sports Center, the Aggies dished out 23 assists in a convincing 101-66 exhibition win over Division II Barber Scotia at Corbett. Senior forward Austin Witter showed the most generosity with 11 points, six assists and five rebounds as the Aggies had 10 different players record assists. Junior guard Lamont Middleton added 20 points and Adrian Powell had 17 points, three assists and four steals.
"The big thing we came away with offensively is that we made the extra pass to get good shots," said A&T head coach Cy Alexander. "They played zone 95 percent of the time, and I thought our zone offense was very effective."
Alexander said the result of the Aggies making the extra pass was their 49 percent shooting percentage, which was decisively better than what they shot Thursday night (37 percent) in their exhibition win over Fayetteville State. A&T's ability to share the ball with its opponent didn't go unnoticed by Alexander either. The Aggies turned the ball over 17 times. In addition, the Sabers shot a whopping 46 free throws.
"We simply can't be successful if we turn the ball over that many times, and if we foul that many times," Alexander said. "We put them on the line way too much. We were not moving our feet the way we should have. That's something that can be corrected. We've just got to work on our shell defensive principles."
If the defense the Aggies played during their two exhibition games improves any further, there could be some smiling faces in Aggieland. The Aggies compiled 27 steals and blocked 16 shots in two games versus Fayetteville State and Barber Scotia. On Sunday, the Aggies forced the Sabers into 35 turnovers. Despite the Sabers' many mistakes, they remained competitive the first 10 minutes of the game. Two Damien McLendon free throws put the Sabers down six, 16-10.
But a barrage of Powell 3-pointers broke the game open for A&T. The Aggies hit six 3-pointers over a seven-minute stretch. Junior point guard Jeremy Underwood capped off the fireworks with a three from the top of the key that gave A&T a commanding 44-17 lead with 4:31 remaining in the half.
The Aggies were never threatened from there as they grew their lead to as many as 37. They finished the night with 12 threes.
"We've got to play 10-times harder Friday (vs. Greensboro College) than we played in our exhibition games," Alexander said. "If we play our system the way we're capable of, it doesn't matter what the other team does because we'll be able to defend them."
The Aggies not only came away with a defensive identity during the preseason, but it also looks like they have some players who can put the ball in the basket. Including the Blue & Gold scrimmage from Saturday night, Middleton averaged 21.7 points and was 25-for-30 from the free throw line. Senior guard Jean Louisme looks to be a superb sixth man, he averaged 13.0 points in the two exhibition contest.
It all counts on Friday. "The preparation for Greensboro College has started," Alexander said as closed his postgame interview.


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A homely outcast high school girl with a religious zealot mom has long had telekinetic powers. When bullied by her peers she exhibits her powers more, and when a cruel trick plays out on prom night she unleashes her telekinetic wrath and destroys her school, her mother, and herself..
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A homely outcast high school girl with a religious zealot mom has long had telekinetic powers. When bullied by her peers she exhibits her powers more, and when a cruel trick plays out on prom night she unleashes her telekinetic wrath and destroys her school, her mother, and herself..
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Those are the film's best moments: when it confronts the sublime via literal darkness and mystery. Wan pushes these moments of dread from the unknown in some scenes to the point of comedy, mostly via Elise's surviving assistants, Specs (Leigh Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson). You can't be in here, one spirit, a little girl in pigtails, tells them. If she sees you, she'll make me kill you. The threat of the unknown from forbidden trespass is encapsulated in those lines. The fact that Specs and Tucker take this warning very seriously verges on humorous because it satisfies that urge to tell the characters on screen to get out before anyone can yell their advice at the screen.
If there is fault in Insidious: Chapter 2, it comes in the form of further rationalizing this world Wan has created with writer/actor Whannell. The better horror movies plummet further into the darkness of mystery rather than trying to shed light on the motivations of evil spirits. This second chapter offers further explanation of the spirit world journey that closed the first Insidious. Though some may find relief in this, over-explanation also saps the film of its creepy energy, which Wan works so shrewdly to draw up.
Even though he leans on some cinematic horror tropes, as noted earlier, the film's eerie atmosphere has a signature stylistic flourish. He uses low angles to present his looming haunted houses in shadowy darkness, but Wan serves up a subtle new ambiance for the genre with the help of production designer Jennifer Spence. Bright patches of color here and there liven up the sets, especially a reliance on red accents, be it on doors, stained glass or parts of clothing. But the rest of his world features darker shades of color, often painted thick on nice solid, creaky wood. There is also a whimsy to his sets featuring clouds of fog billowing from out of nowhere and slow fade outs and fades to black, lending a surreal atmosphere to the happenings in Insidious: Chapter 2. There is nothing like the irrational to pull the rug out of reality and unnerve the audience, and the film is at its best lingering and peering at that edge.
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Delaware State Police detectives are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who stole a truck and then attempted to use the truck to steal tires.
Police said the incident occurred on January 1 at 11:30 p.m. when a concerned citizen noticed the white male suspect removing tires from the parking lot of the BP gas station at 3622 South DuPont Parkway in Townsend, and loading the tires into a pickup truck.
The citizen confronted the suspect and took a picture of him, causing the suspect to run away, abandoning the vehicle. Troopers later determined that the truck had been stolen from a nearby tow yard that same evening.
Police said the suspect is described as being a white male in his late teens to early 20s, with dark color hair, and was last seen wearing a black jacket with white writing on the left chest area, and a gray hooded sweatshirt.
To offer information in reference to this incident, the public is asked to contact detectives at Troop 2 at (302) 834-2630 extension 285, or Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333. Information may also be provided via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com.
Send an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."


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10 Winter-Friendly Face Products for Men
Once January hits you may wake up looking like "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" instead of "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
Forget the chemical peel to achieve that smooth-as-a-baby's-bottom complexion and instead rely on our suggestions for ten of the best facial moisturizers and products to keep you looking young and fresh.
Just remember, a little goes a long way when using high-quality products. Use sparingly and you'll be as fresh as a daisy by the time they actually bloom this spring.
Slather with Care
Christina Cosmeceuticals Age Fighter Cream SPF 15
Repair and protect skin with the Age-Fighter Cream, which takes advantage of the newest UVA and UVB filters for maximum sun protection. The Age-Fighter Cream reverses signs of aging by mimicking young skin's natural cell rebuilding mechanisms. This matte-textured cream treatment improves the skin's moisture levels leaving skin smooth and without residue. Christina Zehavi, the woman behind the Christina Company, has been developing skincare products since 1982 and she still looks fabulous, so we're trusting that this stuff works. $74
Blade Butter
Skip the toast and instead slather this all-natural shaving product on your scruff. BladeButter takes advantage of Nano Filtration, a process that makes oil molecules smaller and better able to penetrate into the metal of your razor blade. A 1.5 oz. jar lasts four to six months. $17.95
Richard Steffan Facial Moisture Lotion
Formulated in Switzerland, Richard Steffan's products were first tested and used in the 70s by international flight attendants, and we all know how fabulous they looked. This moisturizer is paraben-free and utilizes pharmaceutical-grade ingredients. $50/1.7 oz.
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TURO SKIN Regenerating Night Cream
While you're counting sheep, this regenerating night cream works its magic by renewing, repairing, and rejuvenating your skin overnight. How? A highly-effective? cream treatment harnesses the powers of encapsulated retinol and other? potent actives in order to hydrate and repair photodamaged skin? while also minimizing fine lines and wrinkles. $50/1.67 oz.
Jack Black Dry Erase® Ultra-Calming Face Cream
Cher famously sang, "If we could turn back time." Wipe the slate clean with this powerful, non-greasy cream that provides immediate and lasting moisture for dry skin, calms sensitive skin, and helps reduce redness and irritation. The exclusive formula mimics the structure of natural skin lipids by trapping essential moisture and aiding in the repair and replenishment of the skin's natural protective barrier. $38/2.5 oz.
Sustainable Shanti Organic Razorburn and Aftershave Balm
Even the best restorative yoga class can't unravel the irritation that comes with razor burn. This organic balm relies on organic ingredients like coconut oil, tea tree oil and lavender oil to moisturize, sooth inflammation, and combat redness. You'll be ready for downward dog (or doggy position) in no time. $15/2 oz.
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men-u Facial Moisturizer Lift
Have you ever traveled by plane only to get to security and have your very expensive moisturizer tossed with the rest of the trash? If that doesn't put a wrinkle in your brow, nothing will. This ultra-concentrated formula provides 165 perfectly pumped applications of aftershave balm and moisturizer all in one. $18.99/3.3 oz.
Get your mind out of the gutter, bald is beautiful. Perfect for your tropical winter getaway, this moisturizing lotion offers SPF 30 protection and is free of dyes and perfumes and won't clog your pores. It's non-comedogenic and contains vitamins A, C, E and Pro-Vitamin B5. Perfect to use after shaving your head or anytime you're heading into the sun. $9.97/5 oz.
Arbonne RE9 Advanced for Men Facial Moisturizer SPF 20
Founded in Switzerland and available in the United States since 1980, Arbonne's team of bio-chemists, biologists and herbalists have created a line that has withstood the test of time. And so can you. This daily moisturizer reduces visible signs of fatigue, stress and aging. $46/2 oz.
SKIN & CO Face Velvet Tuber Lotion with Truffle Formula
While you may not be able to pull off a velvet ascot (or evening gown), consider SKIN & CO's equally decadent face lotion that combines truffle extract, almond oil, shea butter and other key ingredients to give the appearance of firmer, renewed skin. As delicious as it is for your skin, resist tossing it with pasta. $49/1.69 oz.


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I recently attended the Kansas City Woodworkers' Show. There were all the usual trappings of the show like the many vendors, various clubs with their booths basically doing a large scale show-and-tell, and a bunch of classes going on all day.
I recently attended the Kansas City Woodworkers' Show. There were all the usual trappings of the show like the many vendors, various clubs with their booths basically doing a large scale show-and-tell, and a bunch of classes going on all day.
My favorite was the fellow from Wales who demonstrated the use of hand tools.
He had no products that he was selling other than he mentioned his woodworking schools in New York and Wales. His main reason for being there seemed to be to remind people that there is great value in working with your hands. I attended two of his classes on Friday and while they were both different, he emphasized the importance of working with hand tools and especially engaging youths to work with you.
I guess that you could say that he was an evangelist for working with your hands.
This reminded me of the 4-H programs that we have and of woodworking in particular. For several years, I served as the superintendent of woodworking at the Leavenworth County Fair. I would not say that it was always peaceful as some parents seem to get way too involved with their kids on projects, but overall, I really enjoyed the opportunity.
Before I was a fair superintendent, I also did at least one or two woodworking classes for 4-H'ers. We brought a bunch of cottonwood lumber to the 4-H building in Lansing and we sawed the lumber into smaller boards to make stools. I believe that we had close to 30 youths participating and I remember that some parents were concerned that there would be 30 exact replicas of stools at the county fair.
No way! The kids managed to take that lumber and put their own ideas into it and we had nearly 20 stools that were quite different from each other at the fair. I considered that to have been a very successful activity for those kids and their parents.
You have to know something about 4-H and the county fair to understand why it would not have mattered if every one of those stools were exactly alike anyway. The kids are judged on their projects based on their probable level of experience which is at least partially dependent on their age and how many years they have been doing woodworking. The judge may also ask about what kind of tools were available and how much adult assistance was given.
The kids are judged only against themselves and not against anyone else. Each 4-H'er could get a blue ribbon based on their experience in doing the project. I really like the Dutch system, which is how the judging is done at the fair.
I highly recommend that you consider introducing your kids to the 4-H program and that you might want to consider woodworking as a project area. Personally, I think that woodworking and clothing construction are two project areas that offer youths from the very young to young adults an opportunity to be challenged to think, to solve problems, and to overcome failures. I always encourage kids to make the same project over again several times and to put the best one in the Fair. Do not wait until the month before the Fair to take just one shot at a project and then enter that one.
Ideally, in woodworking and clothing construction, youths will develop a love of working with their hands using their minds to follow examples, someday create projects from their own creativity, and learn from adversity when they overcome mistakes. It may be highly unlikely that any of them would make a career out of these interest areas, but working with your hands in your spare time as an avocation is something worth doing.
I was really glad to run into the guy from Wales at the Woodworking Show this year to be reminded of the value in working with your hands. If you are interested in his philosophy, you can visit the Paul Sellers website to learn more.
In the meantime, don't wait until June to start a 4-H project. Start working on projects now and do them over and over until you get it right and then keep on working on them for many years after.
Matt Nowak lives in Lansing and works as a natural resources manager.


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HARTFORD, Conn. - After day one of the 2013 College Squash Association Individual National Championships, a trio of Columbia student-athletes remain alive. Ramit Tandon and Mohamed AbdelMaksoud are continuing on in the men's draws, while Reyna Pacheco has advanced in Holleran Cup.
Pacheco will begin Saturday with a round of 16 match against the fifth-seeded Alexis Saunders from Princeton. The first-year from San Diego, Calif. opened the tournament with an 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 over Jessica Rubine from Tufts. In her second match of the day, Pacheco faced Penn's Chloe Blacker who had received a bye in the round of 64. Pacheco went up two sets early and then closed out the match in the fourth game.
In the Pool Trophy (A Division), Tandon knocked off a pair of opponents to set up a quarterfinal contest against Bates' Khalek Abdel. Tandon, the fourth seed, captured a straight-game win over Yale's Zachary Leman to start the tournament and then toppled Rochester's Neil Cordell. Columbia's top player allowed just 13 points to Cordell.
AbdelMaksoud, the top seed in the Molloy Cup (B Division), competed just once after receiving a bye in the opening round. The Columbia sophomore downed Aditya Advani from Tufts, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10, to advance to the round of 16. Amherst's Noah Browne will be on court opposite AbdelMaksoud Saturday.
Tony Zou and Alisha Maity also represented Columbia Friday, but dropped opening round matches.
Fans can catch up on all the action at the CSA Individual Nationals HERE.


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Missing Linfield College student found safe in Newport
She's been reunited with family
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"She apparently went to the coast to relax and think through some things and forgot her phone charger," Capt. Dennis Marks said. "She is OK and her family is very excited."
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The University of Colorado might have a hit on its hands.
"Boulder Box Set," a concert series featuring local musicians, is being considered for an Emmy nomination after its premiere episode aired.
Visit: boulderboxset.org
The show is filmed and produced by students, faculty and staff in CU's Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) program before it's edited by the Public Broadcast Station and aired as part of the Rocky Mountain Music Series.
ATLAS' Kathleen Archuleta said the show was submitted for consideration as an Emmy nominee in the category, Arts and Entertainment: Program or Special, as submitted by PBS. Official nominations will be announced in June.
In the summer of 2011, Andy Hill and Renée Safier, folk musicians and friends of Archuleta's, came to Colorado from California to work with PBS and agreed to have CU's Black Box Theater be the guinea pigs for the project.
"We didn't know what we wanted to do yet, but we had the equipment, some students and now some musicians who were willing to cooperate," Archuleta said. "Somewhere between the taping of Andy and Renee's performance and the end result, we found our concept."
The show will feature local up-and-comers performing simple, intimate shows for small crowds in the campus theater. A crew of university staff and students will film each show.
Since the premiere episode aired in July, four more bands -- including Princess Music, Paper Bird, The Congress and Ian Cook -- have been filmed, but the network is still tooling around with the series' content before airing another episode, Archuleta said.
Denver rock trio The Congress performed in the Black Box Theater in December with an unusually quiet crowd of about 60 people and a handful of camera handlers filming the set, said drummer Mark Levy.
The vibe of the show was different than the band's typical performance, he said, the audience was seated throughout the rock show, no alcohol was served and the crowd held applause until the end of each song -- rather than shouting when inspired, he said.
"It was more of a recital than a rock show," he said. "But it wasn't so much us thinking about getting the perfect take, or not making funny faces in front of the cameras.
"We want to just do what we do best and leave it at that."
Broadcast engineer Bret Mann said the show is based on similar concepts like "Austin City Limits," a PBS series that records live performances in Austin, Texas, and hosts the annual music festival of the same name.
"Boulder Box Set" is focused on providing a wide range of music genres to (PBS's) live and television audiences," Mann said. "We want to highlight the talented, local musicians and provide that same intimate experience that the live audience is getting to the viewers at home."
Mann has been dreaming up the idea for nearly a decade in hopes of showcasing the talents of CU students and performers.
Each performance requires about 10 crewmembers for filming -- a mix of CU and ATLAS students and staff, Mann said.
While the university crew awaits a decision from PBS about future episodes, they will continue to host live performances.
Archuleta said the crew is hoping to host a few bands in May, once the spring semester is over and there are fewer students vying for the theater space.
Footage of past performances and updates on upcoming shows can be found on boulderboxset.org.
--Follow Whitney Bryen on Twitter: @SoonerReporter.
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