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We have collected a list of Web sites that we believe you will find useful and entertaining. To visit each site you can either click on the logo next to each description or click on the "Go there" link at the end of each description.
|CityKicks is a developmental soccer program provided after school to disadvantaged Boston girls who otherwise have no opportunity to experience the joy and benefits of playing soccer and belonging to a team. Go there >>
|The Eastern Massachusetts Women's Soccer League is a non-profit organization that has been in existence for over 20 years. Go there >>
|The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 208 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. Go there >>
|The Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (Mass Youth Soccer) is the official representative of the United States Soccer Federation (US Soccer), the national governing body for soccer in the United States, and United States Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer) in Massachusetts. Go there >>
|Official Web site of the New England Revolution. Go there >>
|New England Over-the-Hill-Soccer League is the largest soccer league in New England for individuals over 30. Go there >>
|The Massachusetts State Referee Committee (MSRC) is the state association for the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). Go there >>
|The U.S.S.F. is a charitable foundation aimed to enhance, assist, and grow the sport of soccer in the United States. Go there >>
|US Youth Soccer is the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States. Go there >>
|In April, 2007, the Boston Breakers were re-established as one of seven franchises announced in the Women's Soccer Initiative (now Women's Professional Soccer – WPS).
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P60 Gearboxes Replaced by P61
- P60 Gearboxes have been discontinued and replaced by the new P61 series.
- P61 gearboxes are drop-in replcemetns for the P60s - all external dimensions and mounting are identical.
- P61 Front Blocks, Shafts, and Output Carrier plates have been redesigned to provide more than a 25% torque capacity increase
P60 Gearbox: Standard, 672:1, For RS-500 Motor
Price: $77.95
Code: P60S-5555-5
Standard P60 Gearbox configured to mount 1 motor with a 3.2mm shaft and a 13mm boss. Motors with this configuration include RS-540, RS-545, RS-550, and RS-550 motors.
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|: 2.7in
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Gearbox will be delivered assembled and tested; however, it will need to be disassembled to grease and mount the motor prior to use. No special tools are required, typically only an allen wrench. A small arbor press or bench vise is useful for pushing the pinion onto the motor shaft.
Prior to use the gearbox must be greased, grease IS NOT INCLUDED and must be purchased separately. We recommend Mobil XHP 222 Special grease; however, most lithium based ball bearing grease can be used. We do not sell grease separately, it can be readily purchased from most local auto parts stores or online suppliers such as MSC, Grainger, and McMaster among others. Custom gearboxes can be supplied greased.
Standard Gearbox includes one mounting kit. Mounting kit contains everything required to mount 1 motor of the appropriate size including pinion, screws, and lock washers to attach the motor to the gearbox. (Mounting kit not included by default with custom gearboxes, it is an option.)
Mounting a large load to the end of an unsupported shaft may damage the gearbox. The shafts on these gearboxes are supported by two ball bearings making them fairly rugged; however, we do not recommend them to be used with large overhung loads. We recommend using a design that supports the end of the shaft. If it is not possible to support the end of the shaft, we recommend mounting the load as close to the face of the gearmotor as possible and cutting the shaft to length. Our 1.5in square, 1/2in shaft bearing block provides a simple and effective way to support the shaft.
We recommend maximum torque not exceed 35 ft-lb for all P60 Series Gearboxes. It is possible to mount motors that will exceed this in higher gear reductions. Higher reduction gearboxes should be utilized primarily for speed reduction. Designs utilizing a P60 gearbox / motor combination that will exceed 35 ft-lb should include a method of limiting torque to prevent damage to the gearbox.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Steven Stamkos scored his fourth goal of the season and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Tampa Bay, which has won five of six to start the year, also got goals from Cory Conacher, Tom Pyatt, Dana Tyrell and Vincent Lecavalier. Stamkos, who led the NHL with 60 goals last season, has 11 points during a season-opening six-game point streak this year.
Peter Mueller and Tomas Fleischmann scored for the Panthers, who have lost five in a row after a season-opening win over Carolina. Florida has been outscored 23-5 during its skid.
Stamkos put the Lightning up 1-0 on a power-play goal at 11:09 of the first. The man advantage came after Panthers defenseman Keaton Ellerby received two minor penalties, a fighting major and 10-minute misconduct following a fight with Tampa Bay right wing B.J. Crombeen, who had tripped a Florida player. Crombeen was given one minor penalty and a fighting major.
The Panthers tied it just 15 seconds after Stamkos' goal when Mueller scored after Lightning goalie Anders Lindback misplayed the puck behind his net.
Tampa Bay went up 2-1 when Conacher, while being held from behind by Florida defenseman Mike Weaver, skated down the slot and beat goalie Jose Theodore with 7:11 left in the first.
Second-period goals by Pyatt and Tyrell extended the Lightning's lead to 4-1. Tyrell stopped a personal 38-game goal drought.
After Lecavalier had a power-play goal 14:13 into the third, Fleischmann scored on a short-handed breakaway 18 seconds later. The Lightning have outscored their opposition 14-2 during the third period this season.
Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis had an assist. The right wing has nine assists and 12 points overall.
NOTES: Stamkos has a six-game goal streak against the Panthers. ... Florida LW Kris Versteeg (groin) played for first time this season. ... Conacher, in his rookie season, has at least one point in five of six games this year. ... The Panthers recalled C Drew Shore from San Antonio of the AHL.


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Electronic Arts began the week with an associate of its Corporate Development Group saying that the company was "definitely" looking to acquire more game development studios in the future. EA is a company valued at around $5 billion today. Its tendrils spread far and wide through the industry. From big budget blockbusters like Mass Effect 3 to light hits like Bejeweled, it has games on every platform, from the lowly Nokia 1100 feature phone to the most powerful PC. Despite its big appetite for new studios, it looks like EA may be the one acquired in the near future. Nexon, the South Korean developer and publisher behind global hits like Maple Story, is said to be bidding on Electronic Arts.
Share prices in Electronic Arts spiked up 5% on Thursday morning after a South Korean newspaper said that Nexon had made an offer for the company. Nexon declined to comment on the rumor, as did EA's spokesman Jeff Brown. Owen Mahoney though, Nexon's chief financial officer, said that his company is actively hunting for mobile game developers strong in the smartphone space. Considering that EA consistently has multiple properties in the top ten best-seller lists in the Apple App Store and the Android Market, it would be a prime pick up for Nexon.
Whether EA and its board would acquiesce to a strong offer from Nexon is unknown. While EA has never managed to recover from its precipitous dip in value following the 2008 market crash, it remains one of the most valuable and highest earning video game publishers in the world.
Nexon for its part has grown dramatically over the past ten years thanks to the popularity of its online games throughout Asia. The aforementioned Maple Story and online racing game Kart Rider, in addition to numerous other MMOs, have made it a formidable competitor in the casual market.
That said it's hard to imagine that Nexon has the available resources to outright purchase Electronic Arts. The company reported total assets of nearly 236 billion yen at the beginning of this year, close to $3 billion, or just over half of Electronic Arts' market cap on the NASDAQ exchange.
Nexon's strength in the Asian MMO market though could make it an attractive partner for Electronic Arts. A merger between the two could strengthen both companies in the global market.
Translation: Nexon could benefit from some of that sweet Madden NFL money here in the U.S. while Electronic Arts could get fat on the sweet goodness of Maple Story in South Korea.
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SALISBURY, N.C. --- Lees-McRae sophomore Jenah Tracy continued her hot start to the 2014 campaign by netting a hat trick, but LMC fell into an early 6-0 hole in a 17-7 loss at Catawba in nonconference action Tuesday afternoon in Salisbury, N.C.
The Indians (1-2) amassed 36 shots, including 22 in the first 30 minutes of play. The Bobcats (1-1) forced 20 turnovers.
Catawba's Alyssa Corace recorded a hat trick in the first 14:06, while Meredith Jones dished a pair of assists.
Bobcat sophomore Taylor Drake (Jupiter, Fla.) put LMC on the scoreboard on an unassisted goal at the 14:24 mark of the first half, but LMC trailed 6-1.
The Indians offense rallied behind Corace once again while she netted two more goals and teammate Abby Moore found the back of the net to push the lead to 9-1.
Tracy (Naples, Fla.) collected a pair of goals in the final 5:56 of the first half while the Bobcats trailed 11-4 at the intermission.
Goalie Mia Emmerson (Orlando, Fla.) recorded half of her saves (12) in the first half.
Senior Katelin Rooney (Naples, Fla.) wasted no time when she blasted home a shot 78 seconds into the second half.
A trio of Indians scored a goal to give the home squad a healthy 14-4 lead.
Drake, Tracy and Kirsten English (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) bested Catawba goalie Bethany Davis to shave the deficit to eight, 15-7.
However, the Indians scored twice before the final buzzer to earn the victory.
Corace netted an impressive eight goals while racking up 16 shots, including 13 on goal.
Tracy led the Bobcat offense for the second consecutive game while Emmerson accumulated 12 saves.
LMC returns to action Thursday at 4 p.m. with a trip to Athens, Tenn. to battle Tennessee Wesleyan.


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Marquette, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's ice hockey could not pull off the weekend sweep on its trip to Michigan's Upper Peninula as the Bulldogs suffered a 3-0 setback to the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday (Feb. 9) night in Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) action at the Berry Events Center in Marquette.
Ferris State had won the opening game of the two-game league set with a 3-1 triumph in Marquette on Friday, but the Wildcats responded with two goals in the second period and added another goal late in the third to pull out the win in the series' finale.
After a scoreless opening period, the Wildcats struck twice in the second frame to grab a 2-0 edge after 40 minutes of action. NMU's Mitch Jones notched his first goal of the season at 8:09 into the second stanza with a shot assisted by Kory Kaunisto, who tallied his second assist of the campaign. Jones skated through the center and shot the puck into the top right corner of the net.
The Wildcats then added a goal at 19:33 when Reed Seckel found the back of the net from the left circle for his 10th marker of the year, which was assisted by both Matt Thurber and Darren Nowick. Thurber compiled his 21st assist of the season while Nowick notched his third helper of the 2012-13 campaign.
NMU held a significant 13-1 edge in total shots for the opening period and managed to outshoot the Bulldogs 12-10 in the second period.
Northern Michigan's final goal came at 15:32 of the third period when Stephan Vigier was able to put the puck past Bulldog sophmore goaltender CJ Motte on a backdoor goal for his fifth goal of the year to account for the final margin. Thurber and Jones both earned their second points of the night with assists on the final tally, which came on the power play.
The Bulldogs totaled 10 penalties for 20 minutes in the box, but held NMU to a one-of-six showing with the man-advantage. FSU finished 0-of-4 on the power play with NMU totaling eight penalties for 16 minutes.
Overall, the Wildcats finished with a significant 33-19 edge in total shots for the game with both teams netting eight shots apiece in the final period of play.
Motte made 30 saves in net for the Bulldogs while NMU's Jared Coreau tallied 19 stops in earning the shutout victory.
Ferris State dropped to 14-12-4 overall along with 12-10-2-1 in CCHA play with the loss while the Wildcats improved their mark to 12-13-4 overall and 6-12-4-1 in league competition. The weekend series marked the last two regular-season meetings between the two teams in the CCHA although both will remain future opponents as conference members in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) beginning next year.
This weekend's visit to Marquette marked the third consecutive year in which the Bulldogs faced the Wildcats on NMU's Olympic ice sheet inside the Berry Events Center. It also came as part of a tripleheader involving FSU Athletics on Saturday as the Bulldog men's and women's basketball teams both beat the Wildcats inside the facility on Saturday afternoon before the Berry Events Center was transformed back for Saturday's hockey contest.
The Bulldogs will return home and host the Bowling Green State Falcons in their last-ever CCHA regular-season home series slated for next Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16, at FSU's Ewigleben Ice Arena.
Tickets are currently on sale and limited availability remains for the last home action for FSU during regular-season play in the 42-year history of the CCHA.
The puck will drop on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7:05 p.m. (ET) for the opening game of the weekend set and is being billed as "International Night" sponsored by the Office of International Education. The night's activities will also include a special team picture giveaway along with a "Frozen Four" poster drawing.
Meanwhile, the final contest on Saturday, Feb. 16, will serve as FSU's annual "Senior Night" game with Fox Sports Detroit set to broadcast the contest live as part of "Hockey Day In Michigan" coverage beginning at 5:05 p.m. (ET). Tickets are already extremely limited for the last regular-season home game in the CCHA.
Ferris State fans are encouraged to wear red, come early and cheer loud for the Bulldogs as part of a "Red Out" effort on Feb. 16. FSU will honor its senior class during a special "Senior Night" pregame ceremony and the first 500 fans will receive free thundersticks. A special "Skate with the Dawgs" event will also take place following the regular-season home finale.
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Ticket Office located inside the Ewigleben Sports Complex or by calling (231) 591-2888. Normal business hours are Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) with extended hours on Wednesday's until 7 p.m. (ET). The ticket office will also remain open on Thursday night until 7 p.m. for this coming week.
Bulldog fans can also purchase all regular-priced tickets in advance 24 hours a day, seven days a week online at StarTickets.com or by calling 1-800-585-3737.
Bulldogs Not Able To Pull Out Weekend Sweep In Series Finale
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|Northern Michigan (12-13-4, 6-12-4-1)
Marquette, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's ice hockey could not pull off the weekend sweep on its trip to Michigan's Upper Peninula as the Bulldogs suffered a 3-0 setback to the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday (Feb. 9) night in Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) action at the Berry Events Center in Marquette.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Mets Deal Cards some Home Cookin'!
Beltran got a couple of hits and Wright may be learning to go with the pitch and try to score runners instead of k'ing trying to go yard.
Neise was solid. Great defense by Wright helped him out.
Jerry sat this one out for 1 game suspension for bumping ump. "Feel free to take tonight off too Jerry"!
4 days later, and Bay finally has a concussion? Hmmmmmm
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It's all here: Jigs, reels, tunes, songs
King Golden Banshee
at Dürty Nelly's
Sunday, December 15
I had not been in Dürty Nelly's for about a year before this evening, the usual excuses, time, location, etc., keeping me away, and the bar seemed different this time around. In place of the dark corners and disreputable gentlemen I seem to recall from my last visit, there was bright light and a fairly family oriented atmosphere. Everyone seemed to be there for the show, and parents, young professionals, and older folk alike waited expectantly for traditional Irish folk group King Golden Banshee to go on.
I quite enjoyed King Golden Banshee– the group has a motto for some of their more avid fans "the more you drink, and the more we drink, the better we all sound." Though I consumed some libations to keep in the spirit of things, the group sounded great from the get-go, even before I had taken my first sip.
The band is made up of Kevin Donleavy on keyboard and vocals, Michael Tuite on flute and assorted woodwinds, Colleen Tuite on drum, Will Rourk on tenor banjo and guitar (and, according to him, a "few other things"), and Adam Broderson on guitar. Traditional Irish folk music is their chosen genre, and they definitely chose well.
The band was as tight as a steel drum: All the musicians are very talented at their respective instruments, and they were ridiculously good at playing to and with the audience.
From my hour watching the group I became aware of a number of things: Traditional Irish music is divided up into two categories: dance music (jigs, reels, polkas, etc.) and songs. A
A jig is a fast 6/8 tune (generally for all of these); a reel is a fast 4/4-time tune; and a hornpipe is 2/4 time.
Songs are (often) not accompanied by instrumentation. And direct from the mouth of Rourk: "A tune is not a song, because songs have singing and lyrics, and tunes are just instrumental [ditties].
"Sometimes tunes are in songs, but songs are rarely in tunes– if there is one there, you have a song," he further helpfully elaborated.
The group rattled through a set of jigs, hornpipes, and reels, sometimes shouting out keys like "A minor" seconds before starting the tune. Although Donleavy was absent for the first set of instrumental pieces, he joined the group onstage and the King Golden Banshee sound was complete.
Colleen Tuite sang two songs with a heavy Irish accent while I watched the group; Donleavy sang one in a knowing and strong voice. The Irish folk/punk band the Pogues are a not-quite-traditional favorite of King Golden Banshee, though I only heard one tune by the group during my attendance at the show- the pop/Irish folk song "Walking Along the River," sung by Will Rourk and accompanied by his guitar.
It was an evening of paradigm shifts. For one, I learned I actually really enjoy traditional Irish music. For another, I learned Dürty Nelly's is nothing like I remember it.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has a new piece of equipment accompanying him on his latest tour — a cap fitted with electrodes that capture his brain activity and direct the movements of a light show while he's jamming on stage.
The sensor-studded headgear is an outgrowth of collaboration between Hart, a Sonoma County resident who turns 70 on Wednesday, and Adam Gazzaley, a University of California, San Francisco neuroscientist who studies cognitive decline and prevention.
The subject has been an interest of the musician's since the late 1980s, as he watched his grandmother deal with Alzheimer's disease. When he played the drums for her, he says she became more responsive.
Since then, Hart has invested time and money exploring the therapeutic potential of rhythm. Thirteen years ago, he founded Rhythm for Life, a nonprofit promoting drum circles for the elderly.
Hart first publicly wore the electroencephalogram cap he's sporting on his tour, including at a birthday show in Las Vegas, at an AARP convention last year (http://bit.ly/R1ZPxF ) where he and Gazzaley discussed their joint pursuit of research on the link between brain waves and memory.
He wore it again while making his new album, "Superorganism," translating the rhythms of his own brain waves into music. Hart's band mates, with input from other researchers in Gazzaley's lab, paired different waves with specific musical sequences that were then inserted into songs.
Gazzaley "developed the technology —and his lab has — that allows me to see my brain in real time and to hear the electrical stimuli of the brain," Hart told National Public Radio (http://n.pr/15D9RMu ).
"I move into its time, and try to do what it's doing and go with it and I try to entrain with it and stay there as long as possible, and then move it slightly, you know, turn it to the right, turn it to the left," he added in an interview with San Francisco television station KGO (http://bit.ly/13r7LS4 ).
When he wears the device while performing, audiences will see images of Hart's brain changing colors and lighting up on a screen. So far, the experiment has more entertainment than scientific value, but Gazzaley thinks that will change.
He hopes to build on his work with Hart to develop ways of capturing brain data in real-time and using it to provide feedback on how performing certain tasks improve brain functions.
"This concept that rhythm might be therapeutic has been around for a long time; there's just really not studies that have carefully controlled a rhythmic experiment and looked for changes in the brain," Gazzaley told KGO.
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Eve may have rapped about being a 'Rich Girl' back in 2004, but now, the rapper is facing major tax issues.
Radar Online reports that Eve owes over $300,000 to the IRS. She has two separate liens filed against her in New York, including allegations of unpaid taxes for 2007, 2010 and 2011. Adding to this, another filing against her comes from the federal government for over $100,000 in unpaid taxes in 2012. The total damage adds up to approximately $327,072.25!
In December, news spread of her engagement to Maximillion Cooper, who is reportedly a billionaire, so paying off the taxes shouldn't be a problem. "Going in to 2014 feeling #blessed #happy #loved and #ready for the next steps of #life with my #love," she shared in the caption of a photo of herself and her man on Instagram.
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Beckham thrust himself back in the limelight on transfer deadline day, announcing he was joining the Qatari-backed French club and will donate his salary – believed to be worth a total of around £3 million – to charity.
In an era of unprecedented greed in the game and on a day where clubs, players and agents traditionally obsess over money, such a selfless gesture from one of its biggest stars appeared too good to be true.
David Beckham, surrounded by body guards, at the Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital after his medical examination in Paris. (REUTERS)
But a source close to Beckham, who is estimated to be worth in the region of £200 million, insisted the player would receive no remuneration whatsoever, including signing-on fees or shares in his new club.
The Ligue 1 leaders PSG will pay accommodation and security expenses for Beckham and his family while they are in Paris but he will be paid nothing else.
France is planning to introduce a 75 per cent rate on income tax but any Beckham earnings would not be subject to it unless he spent half of the year living in the country, something he would only do were he to extend his contract.
Beckham's decision to donate his salary – believed to be £150,000 per week – to a Parisien children's charity was only taken in recent days, hence he had yet to choose precisely who would benefit.
It is understood it is even possible the money could be shared between more than one charity.
"It's something exciting and something that I'm not sure has been done before," Beckham said.
"I'm very passionate about children and the charity side of things and so are the club. So we came together and it's something special."
Describing the sum as "huge", the midfielder added: "I'm very lucky to have achieved what I've achieved and earned what I've earned throughout my career."
If Beckham's announcement came as a shock, very little else did about his unveiling.
Mobbed as he arrived in Paris, he proved that – in the twilight of his glittering career – he was still one of the biggest box office draws in sport.
The frenzy that greeted him mirrored the speculation over precisely where he would end up after ending his five-year stay at Los Angeles Galaxy in December.
"I'm 37 years old and I got offered a lot of offers, more offers now than I've probably had in my career," he said after completing his medical at Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, where Princess Diana died.
"I chose Paris because I can see what the club are trying to do, I can see the players that the club are bringing in.
"I always said that, unless it was Manchester United, I wouldn't want to play for any Premier League team.
"How much can I give? I have a lot of experience in the game: 37 years old, over 13 or 14 championship trophies throughout my career, played for some of the biggest clubs in the world, played with some of the best players in the world, and still being successful at 37 years old, and still being fit.
"I can run around, I can still play like I could play when I was 21 years old. I've not lost any of my pace because, to be honest, I've never really had a lot of pace."
Beckham's move reunited him with Carlo Ancelotti, who he played under during one of this controversial loan spells at AC Milan and described as "one of the best managers that I've played for."
The former Manchester United star, who learned Spanish during his four-year spell at Real Madrid, admitted he had not spoken French since school.
"I'm definitely going to have to brush up on it," he said, before attempting an awkward "Bonjour".
He could yet have an incentive to become more fluent, suggesting a longer association with his new club and their owners, who hail from 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar.
It is understood Beckham had been in talks with PSG for months, having previously turned down a move to there.
"We slightly brushed over it. A long-term partnership is what we have looked for," he said, admitting it would take him "a few weeks" to get back to peak fitness, having spent several days training with Arsenal.
"I don't know if it will be my last contract.
"People always speculate that it's going to be my last contract. But they've been doing that for a number of years and I continue to play and continue to sign new contracts.
"Right now, I want to continue to play for as long as possible.
"When I play football, it's never been about the biggest contract and the amount of money.
"It doesn't interest me. I want to play for the biggest teams. I want to play for with the best players." "Luckily now, throughout my career, I've been able to do that.
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2012 has been an interesting year for Maine Republican politics, starting with the unusually high attendance to the February caucuses all the way to the present battle for the head of party. Charlie Webster recently announced that he will not seek re-election for his position, leaving the race wide open. For at least a few months now, there has been a silent push by Defense of Liberty PAC chairman Eric Brakey to advance David Jones, who sits on the organization's Board of Advisers, according to multiple state committee members. Until recently, it seemed it would be Jones vs. Charlie Webster. But it was revealed that State Representative Rich Cebra had interest, with Webster's refusal to run again adding to the mix. Now Cebra is confirmed and it's a two way race between a total outsider and a prominent Republican.
The race appears to be changing however.
According to individuals on the State Committee who have received phone calls in support of Jones, it was claimed that support was roughly around three quarters of the entire body. Some disputed that number, as Jones lacks name recognition in the Republican Party, let alone Maine politics in general. His only claim to fame is running for Governor as an Independent in 2006, where he attempted to qualify for clean elections, which DOLPAC itself views as contrary to the liberty message. Either way, the push was strong for a December election while most of the party was focused on November elections.
It would now appear that the Jones movement is fizzing out, with everything quiet on that front. Representative Cebra has recently made it official he will be seeking the chairmanship on December 1st, with much praise and excitement from throughout the party. Even Patrick Calder, who was Portland City Republican Chair and candidate for the Republican CD-1 nomination, voiced his support for Cebra. Calder endorsed Congressman Ron Paul before the caucuses. This is just one of several examples on how Cebra has appeal to the Ron Paul supporters.
A new name is circulating now. Representative Beth O'Connor, who recently lost her race to Democrat Joshua Plante, is being discussed by many Republicans. According to rumor, she is considering the position. O'Connor is a respected member of the liberty movement, supporting various measures in her time in the Legislature to advance the cause. She was also a Defense of Liberty PAC endorsed candidate who received ground support from the organization.
This race gets interesting because of a number of points. A Cebra vs. Jones race is essentially the Republican mainstream with the liberty majority vs. DOLPAC and their supporters. An entrance by Representative O'Connor into the race would shake things up quite a bit. She would potentially draw away a number of liberty supporters from Representative Cebra. She would also divide the DOLPAC vote, as supporters of the organization would be faced with voting for one over the other.
Next question: Could David Jones withdraw his name?
Given the silence on the Jones front and the rising support of O'Connor, it would make perfect sense for DOLPAC to rally around O'Connor over Jones. The organization, given many of their new candidates were rejected on Election Day, including Jones' son John, needs a victory if it is to remain strong. Could Maine Republican Party Chairwoman O'Connor be the answer for the PAC?
As time draws closer to December 1 and people look forward to the end of the tumultuous Charlie Webster era, the race for the chairmanship promises to grow more interesting. The Jones vs. Cebra race appears to becoming a three-way race with the inclusion of Representative Beth O'Connor. Cebra, who is rumored to be the chosen pick of Governor Paul LePage, still appears to be the frontrunner. A change in the race could create obstacles however and further complicate what could be a tense vote in December for Republicans on the state committee. Only time will tell how things will turn out.


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A wildfire burning Monday in the Big Sur area of California forced the evacuation of dozens of homes as it chewed through dry vegetation on its way toward the ocean.
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At least 15 homes were destroyed Monday morning, fire and county officials told NBC affiliate KSBW. One of the houses that burned belonged to Big Sur's fire chief.
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The fire burned 550 acres in the Pfeiffer Ridge area of Los Padres National Forest near Highway 1, officials said. It had not crossed the key coastal road, which remained open.
Homes were scattered in the path of the fire that was being battled by 300 firefighters. Officials also brought in air tankers and helicopters.
The wildfire, officially named the Pfeiffer Fire, was zero percent contained as of 4:40 p.m., the U.S. Forest Service told KSBW.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A wildfire so late in the year is unusual but not surprising given that California is in the midst of the driest calendar year on record.
Big Sur is a popular tourist destination along the Central California coast known for its views of the Pacific.
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Black Friday shopping is something I learned about only when I moved to the United States; it is a traditional part of the Thanksgiving holiday, but this aspect of the celebration never caught on with me. The second Thanksgiving that I was here, a friend coerced me into getting up at 3:00 a.m. to be in line at 4:00 a.m. to shop at a local store. I still haven't recovered.
This past Friday, my oldest son — I call this one the Wise Guy — was visiting from Toronto and we decided to simply cruise the mall in the afternoon. Still, it was a lot of walking and people to navigate, so I don't call that a great shopping excursion. In fact, I ended up feeling worn and broken by the time I got home. Waking up for the next few days proved to be a painful experience. The pain in my right hip has been so excruciating that I told my husband that I am convinced that the breast cancer metastasized to the bones and now I have bone cancer. He assured me that I do not have cancer and gave me ibuprofen, which actually worked to squash the pain.
Truthfully though, the ibuprofen may have helped my hip, but it did nothing to quiet my anxiety. Every pain seems to evoke thoughts of cancer spread and imminent death. It is an atrocious outcome of being a cancer survivor. I really am not a hypochondriac. I have never been one and I am not known as a gloom-and-doom type of person. Cancer just has a way of playing with me. I realize my concerns are unrealistic, but they are not unfounded. When you have battled cancer, the possibility of it returning is always there — the only recourse you have is how you deal with that concern.
This is not a new topic for my blog; it is a recurring one. It comes up whenever I have a new pain. I am all too aware that I am vulnerable to the effects of cancer and how cancer cells are lurking. Many of you that have read my blog regularly know that I think cancer is out to get me. It is a ridiculous thought, and so my husband reminds me, but it is a thought I have.
My way of dealing with this concern is pragmatically. Regardless of how unsettled I feel, I do what I can for the pain, and then remind myself that I can discuss it with my oncologist in the next month when I see him. The other thing I do is to write about it and gain confidence from the comments and feedback I get from knowing that other survivors struggle with same thoughts.


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The Cubs closed out a 10-game homestand with a loss on Sunday afternoon, but there was some joy in Wrigleyville nonetheless.At least the fight took place behind the home team dugout this time, not in it. Otherwise, the North Siders could muster only four hits in a 3-0 setback at Wrigley Field, as for the second time in as many days, the Arizona Diamondbacks put the Cubs' bats and a large crowd to sleep. After Diamondbacks starter Yusmeiro Petit (2-2) threw blanks for six innings, Tony Pena, Brandon Lyon and Jose Valverde combined for three innings of one-hit relief. "I tell you what -- their bullpen is magnificent," raved Cliff Floyd, who went hitless in four at-bats in his first start in three days because of a sore neck. "That's one of the best bullpens that I've seen. "Usually, when you get into a bullpen, you feel pretty good that you did something right. But you hope to beat up their starter so you don't have to face their bullpen in crucial situations. They throw hard and make smart pitches." The Cubs lost a series for only the second time since June 21. "It probably won't be the only one we lose the rest of the year, either," manager Lou Piniella said. Especially if the offense doesn't swing the bats better. The Cubs managed only four hits in the last 14 innings of the series. "The last couple days, we didn't swing the bats," Piniella said after his team fell 3½ games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central. "Give Arizona credit. They've got some pretty good arms out there, and they pitched well." The Cubs attack consisted of a Mike Fontenot single, an Alfonso Soriano double, a Jason Kendall single and a Ryan Theriot single. The only close call was a Soriano drive he believed to be a home run. After he admired his work at the plate for a moment, the ball hit two-thirds up the left-field wall. "When you face pitchers that have been in the same division for three or four years, you know how they think," said Soriano, who totaled only nine hits in 42 at-bats on the homestand. "But when you face guys in another division, you don't know what they want to throw because you haven't seen them much. It makes it more difficult to hit." A solid performance by starter Sean Marshall (4-4) was wasted in the process. In six innings, Marshall allowed one run on five hits and a pair of walks. A two-out RBI single off the bat of Mark Reynolds in the first inning was the extent of the damage. "I take some confidence out of this start," Marshall said. "It's just tough that we didn't score runs when we needed to, but that can happen to any baseball team on a given day." No sooner did reliever Carlos Marmol enter the game in the seventh than Chris Snyder greeted him with a home run into the left-field bleachers. One out later, Marmol issued back-to-back walks before Conor Jackson singled for an insurance run. "We'll give (Marmol) a few days off," Piniella said. "He's a young kid that we've leaned on a lot. It's my job as manager to give him a breather and get him back on track." While Piniella had hoped for more the last two games, he wasn't about to throw back the 7-3 record, either. "When you come back from an All-Star break and say that you would be very pleased with seven out of 10 at home, then all of a sudden you go 7-3 and everybody is not pleased because you lose the last two ..." Piniella said. "What the heck is the difference whether you lose the last two or the first two? You're still 7-3." More Cubs coverage is at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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Special education services are available for students in grades K-12 based on needs identifed in their individual education plan (IEP). Most students receive their services in their neighborhood school and when possible in their regular class setting. Service models include small group instruction, instruction in general education classroom and off-site instruction at Intermediate District 287.
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An eventful year has passed and perhaps for many others as well. A daily ritual of ?logging in? has acquired a new meaning that had been lost in the maze of routines. Suddenly a few of these Banglacricket moments flashed in my mind but what do they mean in the context of this site?
Memorable Moments
by G. M. Bashar
Published: 3rd August, 2004
To sort out these thoughts and to reminisce, it was time for some "stocktaking" with an appropriate list that would reflect some of our member's words. This would not be just any old list but something filled with occasions that truly depicts the spirit, energy and creativity of these online fans. Most of all, they epitomized all that was wonderful in this site, a site we lovingly call ?www. banglacricket.com?.
July 25th 2003- ?A first glimpse of the Tigers teeth?
We had a foreboding of something big when Whatmore stepped into the limelight as coach. Still we needed a ?sign? to reassure ourselves that the tigers were well and truly back on the upward curve. So we certainly did not expect them at that stage to perform in way respectably down under. To add fuel to these concerns we had the usual detractors. The most indelible remark of the time was the scathing and humiliating comments from the late Hookes:
Smiling at Aussies in Australia
"Steve Waugh should send them in to bat, bowl them out before lunch, bat until tea and declare, then send them back in and roll them again before stumps," he said. "It could be all over and done with in a day. The reality is that Bangladesh doesn't deserve to be in Test cricket and they certainly shouldn't be given any favours out on the field."
Alas, that was not to be and so on the 25th of July 2003, in the second test at Cairns, it was a day that did say lot about Bangladesh?s emerging capabilities. The pair of Bashar and Sarkar diligently batted and the commentary changed overnight.
?Bangladesh, however, showed tremendous bottle in reaching 289 for 8 at close on the first day. Hannan Sarkar's 76 at the top of the innings was well backed up by three other scores of over 40, and Bangladesh made a good fist of it after being put in.?
And the fans responded accordingly.
?However, Cairns' first day as Test cricket's newest venue featured a new look Bangladesh side that literally took the match to the mighty Aussies.? - commented Tehsin Ali.
In the larger scheme of things, the entire Australia tour would soon become an important watershed, marking a clear departure from the disastrous episodes, that were the hallmark of the tigers under their less illustrious former coach. It was also days like these that would bring in the hordes of new fans to this site.
5th of September 2003 - ?The infamous one wicket defeat?
End of over 53 (1 run) Pakistan 148/6 (113 more runs req)
Manjural Islam 16-2-50-2 - North Pavilion End
Saqlain Mushtaq 3* (28b) Inzamam-ul-Haq 53* (106b 7x4)
Light meters out Umps meeting about the light
53.1 Mohammad Rafique to Saqlain Mushtaq, no run, turned to short fine leg
53.2 Mohammad Rafique to Saqlain Mushtaq, no run, dabbed to short mid wicket
53.3 Mohammad Rafique to Saqlain Mushtaq, no run, defensively back to bowler
Umps meeting again about the light. Play called off, light offered and accepted that ends the day's play.
Pakistan require another 113 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
That was a brief phrase. But a tumultuous end of play for the tigers. In dusty Multan the world order of cricket would be displaced; in every corner of the earth, we sat glued to our screens and at the close of play Pakistan were at 148 for 6. Inzaman at 53 and Saqlain at 3 but we were on cloud nine. As Rafique bowled the last over, it was certainly one of the most nail biting days in our cricket. With another sleepless night in anticipation, the main concern was if our bowlers could manage to mop up the tail?
Again the next morning the parade of wickets fell and we were inching our way to just one miserable wicket from a win. And the threads from the board conveyed that urgency and hope ever candidly.
Inspiration everywhere
With the flow of wickets came the torrent of spontaneous poetic outbursts:
Aji e provate robir kor
Kemone poshilo praner por
Kemone poshilo guhar adhare provato pakhir gaan
Na Jani kemone eto din pore Jagiya uthilo pran
Jagiya uthilo pran ore uthichhe bari
Praner abeg praner bashona rudhiya rakhite nari
Thoro thoro kori kapichhe vudhor
Shila rashi rashi porichhe khoshe
Fuliya fuliya fenil sholil
Goroji uthichhe darun roshe
And a delightful impromptu from Doorbin: "This may be the game"
This may be the game
This may be not the same
As the ones before
We want a loss not any more
This may be the game
This may be not the same
As the ones before
This time the tigers may ROAR
Together with the cricket we had also the unabashed display of nationalism.
On reflection, perhaps the real story was all the built up passion that accrued. There were incidences after incidences that reflected the pent up emotions between these two teams and fans. Every perceived injustice and infractions by the opposing team were thoroughly condemned. The captain, the airlines, the cricket board and finally to a few of our zealous fans the nation was vilified. Sports at its worst, maybe? But it was in this atmosphere that this particular defeat was especially hard to swallow. But swallow we did. The saving grace for the vanquished was that the tigers did pick up the pieces and straggled through to live another day.
7th of August 2003 - ?Amitting?
?The first 30 overs of the match clearly belonged to Bangladesh, with Australia crawling to 120/4 at a run-rate of just 4.?
Fresh members must be scratching their head and wondering what in the world happened on that day. Well, not a lot. But here in the board we had something cooking. As you know, by now Bangladesh were all set in the habit of losing games. But a fan site cannot dwell on losses for long. So we reach out for the advil now and then but for souls who need to put their thoughts on paper we can resort to writing articles. ?Biased? writing, where the underdog is elevated beyond reality and on par with the best that cricket has to offer, took hold in this forum. ?Amitting? was coined just to describe such reporting and that infamous uplifting style, albeit briefly, caught on?
?Luck was the dominating factor in the first ODI in Multan, which led the home team to an unconvincing win by a mere 137 runs?
?Requiring a run rate of only 6.48 runs an over, the task for the Bangladeshi batsmen was easily achievable had it not been for the poor batting condition of the pitch and the slowness of the outfield due to the mid-afternoon humidity and dampness/residue?
A nagging question remains. Is ?amitting? heading towards the same fate as the dodo? Yes, it is. If pundits are to be trusted, then our unstoppable rise to the top of the cricket food chain is the perfect antidote to ?amitting?. The art will be lost, as we rarely hear of ?amitting? emanating from the Pakistan, Australia or the Windies camp. It would safely be restricted to all the minnows of the world.
23rd October 2003 ? ?Could have beaten England??
59.6 Enamul Haque jnr to Trescothick, OUT: big big wicket! flighted delivery outside the off stump, swept straight down the throat of the Khaled Mahmud at square leg, first Test wicket for the young man
The first test against England gave us a panorama of the raw talents of our youth: Nafis, Shahdat and Enamul promptly capturing most of the attention. Enamul, at the declared age of 16, debuted against a full strength England team headed by the newly appointed captain Vaughan. It was a test that the English had to win but was nevertheless considered as an irritable threshold on the way to heavier challenges. However, Enamul stood in the way and the hope for these youngsters grew.
What Enamul did was not extraordinary but offered a shred of hope that we would soon be producing some world beating spinners, as he continued to produce remarkable flight with sufficient turns with the ball. He was a true spinner but a different bowler from Rafiq by nearly turning the tables on the English.
?To get a team of England's stature all out for 295 after they were 137 for no loss is a tremendous achievement, keeping in mind that all umpiring decisions went England's way (some fair and others most definitely not!). Except for Trescothick, who in an ideal world would have been back in the pavilion before his century, every one was forced to graft and scrap for every run. Let us not forget this is a top order, which boasts the likes of Vaughn, Tresco, Butcher, Hussain and Thorpe. Except for Vaughan none have been out of form.?
"Day 3- A hugely impressive performance!" by Zobair Anam, "Tigers In With A Sniff!" by Shameran Abed and the thread "Bangladesh vs. England; 1st Test, Day 3" vividly captured the moments.
No specific date- ?All gaga over the U-19 team?
Those 11 boys under 19 could create such a storm? Yes, they did. By hijacking the spotlight from what was happening to their seniors in distant Harare spoke volumes about the expectation level that was tagged to this team. A tense series of games was shaping up with a crucial but subtle litmus test of the state of our next generation of cricket players.
A match was lost on a day. Another defeat. But this time there was discernable outrage:
?Well we now know that we are not in the super league any more. Now the tigers will roar at the silent jungle left with some cats. This is where we had been for years until we justified our test status. The game is over for U19.?
The truth of the matter was that the expectation level before the U-19 matches was huge. We had Shahadat, Talha, Nafis and Enamul and so this team was going places with some of the implicit wishes that they would make it to the semis, if not to the finals. The match against the Kiwis was heartbreak of the highest order for some of us. And quite rightly, after the match the
outpourings of frustrations:
?Cricket has taken on national prestige. I don?t feel good about saying this, but I have to admit that cricket is just about the only way that the typical Bangladesh can stand up tall and say that we can compete with the rest of the world. This is the reason why we are so passionate about our cricket, and it is also the reason why you faced such a difficult time after the BD v IND match? commented Piranha
The premise of the criticism was simple and the cause of our demise was equally simple too, for the coach of the U-19 team had been unprofessional and the allegations were several:
- Miscalculating or not being aware of the NRR.
- Electing to field first
- Not sending in Talha for 3 matches
Its our plate
On the other hand, it was heartening and to the immense credit to our board that we did have posters with a different view. Also, there was an attempt to see things from another angle. As promptly as the criticisms poured in we saw words of support with clear evidence that fans were willing to fasten up for the long haul.
?We will see if his long term objectives are fulfilled. At least he has a plan, and I am prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.? - wrote Zobair Anam
Nevertheless, it was an exciting development for the board . Importantly, as a first, we had a continuous and vibrant dialogue between the fans with opposing ideas exchanged. As a befitting finale to this saga, if there is any conclusion, a point by point reply from the very coach himself.
The consolation win over Australia did heaps to cool down the losses and regroup the pack.
"?.It's not about getting the plate... it's about beating Aus! The defending champ!"
- Orpheus sounded philosophical.
"?.If we had the New Zealand game! It would be much sweeter? - so did sage.
"?. Previously I shared my feeling only myself. I thought sometimes it is one kind of madness. But, now I can get many like me around the globe." - fluid admission from syedmahm.
Something else was brewing behind the scene as the debacle over NRR took passionate turns in the front with the participation of the U19 coach himself. Chinaman teamed up with Zunaid to create the first ever online TRROC which can calculate the target runs, run rate and overs at given NRR. It is an indispensible tool for the players and fans alike, to calculate beforehand the required 'minimum runs to score' for a team batting first or the required 'maximum overs to wrap up the opponent' for a team batting second to achieve a set NRR.
3rd of February 2004 - ?The Chinaman way?
??. this is turning out to be a race to get the news before anyone else? - say
Each and every match played by the tigers is followed avidly by the fans. Most of the live scores are provided by a vast array of sources but we have now stumbled upon situations where there is no possible source. This is troubling and a matter of deepest agony for any fan. But time and time again the members of this board have harnessed all their creative resources to retrieve those scores and more importantly ?live scores?.
So the fans have succeeded. This phenomenon was best exemplified during the few days of the Namibia tour. It was only a few practice matches but these were not in the radar screen of the major sports broadcasters.
In that instance we had Chinaman come up with contacts on the ground and with sports journalists to get the news live. Hence the catchword, ?Chinaman way? was coined. But the real story is possibly the countless number of fans who did ?attempt? to get the scores. And the evidence of that enthusiasm is that new links surface each day. For this valiant efforts, immense tribute must be paid to the tireless Tiger fan.
10 March 2004 - The long awaited One day win
?After a LONG wait. Hope it is the beginning ??" - rassel
"?.unexplainable?" - mridul
"we desperately needed this break thru! let's pray our winning string continues'' - navarene
The scorecard of the win.
?The backbone of their innings was provided by a third-wicket partnership of 114 between Rajin Saleh and Habibul Bashar, before Mohammad Ashraful creamed a 31-ball half-century to complete a satisfactory effort?. "
?It was asking too much of Zimbabwe to recover from there, and Tareq effectively sealed the game with his final-over brace.?
?There were three significant turning points in the course of the match. The first came at the tail-end of the Bangladesh innings. Mohammad Ashraful, deservedly named Man of the Match, was the catalyst as his team added 89 runs in the last ten overs, taking Zimbabwe's bowlers by surprise after their earlier successes, and turning what seemed certain to be a weak total into a competitive one of 238.?
".. a fatal lapse of concentration by Rogers - the very ball after he reached his maiden one-day fifty - led to the slump of a middle order who had expected to cruise home. The golden moment was the brilliant catch at midwicket by substitute fielder Hannan Sarkar to dismiss Sean Ervine?
Looking back at the reports of our first ODI win in a long time we can see a clear pattern. Pilot, Ashraful and Bashar figured prominently in that match. Three players, if clicking on a magical day, could propel the team to the win. However, similar to other ?near miss? games there is the magical ingredient of superior fielding that we don?t see more often from the tigers. If such positive features were a regular feature of the team we would see more wins.
15th of May 2004 - Could have beaten the Windies?
Bangladesh in West Indies, 2004, ODI 1.
Yes, that was most folk's firm belief. Surprisingly, I could also hazard a guess that the first match in St. Vincents could have turned out as in Harare. There were a lot of similarities in the air. First of all, we had a bit of complacency from the windies, an opponent that was chasing, in a most complacent fashion. As the day drew to its end, we also had our bowlers who did look like being matchwinners. Another similarity was the ?fatal collapse? of the opponent?s middle order which was best demonstrated by Sarwan?s dismissal by Mushfiq.
From Cricinfo:
?West Indies still required 19 runs for victory, with only two wickets left - and Best was then lbw to Manjural, playing across a straight one. Bangladesh sensed a famous victory, but Bradshaw and Edwards kept their cool?
?And the wickets kept on coming. Dwayne Smith was stumped off Manjural for 2, Ridley Jacobs was run out (again by Manjural), then Dwayne Bravo was also caught short of his crease, all in the space of three overs?
And a true insight from Habibul fan:
"Another significant day in the history of Bangladesh cricket. Something they can build on for sure! Disappointing when we had 2 tailenders in needed 12 runs and just one wicket but it is easier to handle now than it would 12 months ago"
As you can see there were a lot of "could haves" in the past year and so we march on to the following year with renewed hopes of more close calls but more importantly chasing those elusive "have wons". Meanwhile, kids stay glued to those laptops, TV screens or radios!
".........wats happenin'? radio not workin" - AsifthemanRahman.
About the author(s): G. M. Bashar is a BanglaCricket supermoderator who is known as "oracle". He is a prolific contributor to our collection of fine articles. In addition to his obvious interest in cricket, he also has a keen desire to be our own version of David Frost - exemplified by the large number of interviews he has taken of key Bangladesh cricket personalities.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny capped Tuesday's play at the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament with a straight-set win in his native Russia.
Youzhny saw just one break point in taking a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 first-round win over Vasek Pospisil. After the tight first set, Youzhny dominated the second, losing just four points in four service games and 12 overall.
While Youzhny cruised into the second round, No. 5-seeded Lukas Lacko and sixth-seeded Lu Yen-Hsun were both ousted.
Grega Zemlja, despite losing both break points he faced, rolled over Lacko 6-3, 6-2. Zemlja won more points (21-20) off Lacko's serve than Lacko managed. Roberto Bautista-Agut, who had only one other ATP main-draw victory this year, defeated Lu 6-4, 6-2 behind five service breaks.
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By DAVID GREEN
The benefits of in-car computers for police cruisers are so overwhelming, says Morenci Chief of Police Larry Weeks, that there's no question in his mind about replacing the existing models.
City council members agreed with him at the Aug. 13 meeting and voted to join in on a county initiative.
The existing computers came through a county grant, Weeks said, and some departments in the county are experiencing problems with them.
The county government has offered to replace the computers with a special rugged model at a cost of $1,382 annually, starting in the 2013-14 budget year. Technical support is included.
Tracy Schell, head of council's Public Safety committee, said the computers cost about $5,000 each.
Weeks said the program has no long-term commitment and the city could withdraw at any time if council decided to buy its own units.
Features of the county program include an automatic police car locator that tells the command post in Adrian, as well as any officer out on the road, the location of all other law enforcement vehicles in the county. This will allow rapid dispatch of officers where needed.
The computer will provide details on the nature of each call reported, including follow-up information that's not given on the regular radio channel.
The history of each address in regard to law enforcement matters is also available and the computer is connected to the nation-wide LIEN network of data.
Weeks also received council's approval to incorporate the Report Management System software that would provide what Weeks describes as "real criminal intelligence."
Officers would use the software to enter data into a countywide records system that will store data off-site. Morenci officers would have access to records from other county agencies that could give insight into their own dealings with suspects.
"It's a significant law enforcement tool and it makes officers safer," Weeks said.
The program offered by the county is cheaper than the existing software, he said, and is much better.
The cost of the two computers and software is initially $4,604, plus a $380 annual maintenance fee for the software.
"We couldn't do it without county support," Weeks said before obtaining council's support. "I'm grateful for the opportunity."
PILOT—Morenci city council members expect to learn more about the PILOT program—standing for "payment in lieu of taxes"—when a representative from the county equalization department visits Aug. 27.
The PILOT program allows certain entities that provide low-income housing to pay a fee rather than taxes. The program is in accordance with Michigan's State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966.
A PILOT agreement allows the housing owner to pay up to 10 percent of rental income, minus utilities, instead of taxes.
The owners of the York Hills apartment complex have applied for the tax exemption and all 24 units are described as serving low income individuals.
City treasurer Crystal White told council members at the July 23 meeting that Whitman Crossings is also considering an application.
"It seems like we're being forced to do something that's not to the best interest of the city," councilor Tracy Schell said Aug. 13 at council's second discussion about the topic.
The York Hills application leaves council members with several questions. Mayor Keith Pennington wondered if the savings to the apartment owner must be used to reduce rent or to take on maintenance projects. He also wants to learn more about the qualifications that an applicant must meet to obtain the break.
Pennington said he's conscious of anything that reduces revenue, not only for the city but for the school district, as well.
SALES—Schell said at the July 23 meeting that council has been asked to look at regulations governing door-to-door sales. Other than children's fund-raising efforts, sales could be banned, she said, or they could go through a licensing restriction to know what items are being offered for sale.
Schell urged residents to contact city hall with suggestions about the issue.
PLANNING COMMISSION—A couple of issues are coming up that the planning commission must address, said city administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder, and a couple members are still needed.
POLICE—Chief Weeks told council that he has lost two part-time officers. Cory Daza and Brad Elston have both accepted full-time jobs elsewhere.
MAINTENANCE—Council voted to seeks bids to paint the exterior of city hall and to replace awnings. For the United Way Day of Action project, the City will suggest painting the Wakefield Park concession stand, and furnish the materials.
LIBRARY—Heather Walker and Kym Ries were approved to continue as Stair Public Library trustees for three-year terms.
TREES—A $1,300 grant will be sought from Consumers Energy to purchase 13 trees. The planting locations have been chosen, said city supervisor Barney Vanderpool, and if the grant is received, the trees will be planted in the fall.
TRAFFIC—Council approved a request by an E. Chestnut Street resident to close the 200 block of the street during a wedding ceremony Aug. 25. Closure is not crucial to traffic flow in the area, Chief Weeks said, and the people requesting closure consulted neighbors who would be affected.
Any future requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
MODEL T CLUB—Council discussed parking for the Model T Jamboree members who will visit Morenci on Saturday. More than 80 cars are expected. The Jamboree is based in Adrian and the group will travel to Hudson and Morenci in the morning before visiting Blissfield for lunch.
The final decision about parking will be left to Chief Weeks.
"I say we oblige them any way we can," city administrator Renée Schroeder. "It's bringing a lot of people to town."
GOODWILL—Goodwill Industries of Southeast Michigan will bring tubs for another donation drive Sept. 24-28. The tubs will be placed at the recycling center.
HABITAT—Schroeder said that only one prospective family attended the informational meeting at the library to learn about becoming a Habitat for Humanity home owner. An Aug. 27 deadline was set to find a Morenci family interested in participating in a Habitat restoration project.


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Even if you aren't usually a big fan of in-car track footage we have a feeling you will enjoy watching (and listening) as race driver Leh Keen expertly navigates a GTR around Virginia International Raceway. The Nissan shown here during testing was built for competition in the One Lap of America by TopSpeed motorsports. The team is currently leading the One Lap of America overall going into the final day of competition today.
[via TCL]