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Course Architects: Mark McCumber and Gene Littler (1987)
Year Opened: October, 1987
Location: Amelia Island, Florida
Slope: 140. Rating: 72.9
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,738
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 427 Yds 10 - Par 4 413 Yds
2 - Par 5 572 Yds 11 - Par 4 438 Yds
3 - Par 4 343 Yds 12 - Par 5 513 Yds
4 - Par 4 407 Yds 13 - Par 3 150 Yds
5 - Par 3 160 Yds 14 - Par 4 349 Yds
6 - Par 4 365 Yds 15 - Par 5 490 Yds
7 - Par 4 392 Yds 16 - Par 3 199 Yds
8 - Par 5 491 Yds 17 - Par 4 382 Yds
9 - Par 3 206 Yds 18 - Par 4 441 Yds
Par 36 3,363 Yds Par 36 3,375 Yds
Awards Won: Nominated as Best New Course of the Year (1988),
3 1/2 Stars - Best Places to Play by Golf Digest (1994-95, 2002),
Top 100 Women-Friendly In US - Golf for Women (1995, 97-98, 2000),
Top 100 Courses in the United States by Links Magazine (1997),
Top 20 Courses by Florida Golf News (2001).
Top 10 World's Best Golf Resorts - (Travel & Leisure Golf (2003),
Top 50 Golf Resorts - Luxury Golf & Travel (2006),
4 Stars - Best Places to Play by Golf Digest (2006),
Top Golf Resorts by Conde Nast Traveler (2007-08, 2012),
Key Events Held: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (1998).
Websites: www.ritzcarlton.com/AmeliaIsland, golfclubofamelia.com.
HISTORY: As it turns out, The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach is a
perfect complement to the Ritz Carlton, which overlooks the stately course.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the course was designed by PGA Tour veteran
Mark McCumber, along with legendary golfer Gene Littler in 1987.
McCumber, who had a solid PGA Tour career, winning 10 times, including The
Players Championship and the Tour Championship, has been designing and
renovating courses for the past 30 years and the course at Amelia Island was
one of his first.
Littler, who is one of just 11 players to have captured the U.S. Amateur and
the U.S. Open, won 29 times on the PGA Tour and 47 worldwide and was voted into
the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.
With a swing as silky smooth as Sam Snead, Littler's nickname, "Gene the
Machine," was quite appropriate.
So when building this golf course, the owners had hired quite a pedigree to
craft a venue worthy of the area.
With five sets of tees, ranging from 5,767 to 6,738, the Golf Club of Amelia
Island fits all forms of golf. From the junior player to the inexperienced
golfer to the most skilled athletes, this course will provide not only a
challenge, but extreme enjoyment.
It's no wonder that in the past 25 years, it has garnered some of the most
prestigious awards in golf. From its Best New Course nomination in 1988 to its
rating as one of the Top Golf Resorts by Conde Nast Traveler in 2012.
The Champions Tour thought so highly of the venue, that after 20 years in Texas
and California, the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, the tournament which
started the Senior Tour, moved to the East Coast and the Amelia Island course.
The duo of Charles Coody and Dale Douglass defeated Hugh Baiocchi and David
Graham in a playoff to capture the title for the third time, when The Golf Club
of Amelia Island hosted the event in 1998.
After opening the tournament with a 10-under 62 for the lead, Coody and
Douglass fell one shot behind Baiocchi and Graham heading into the final round.
Trailing by one with one hole remaining, Baiocchi sank a 30-foot birdie putt to
tie for the lead and when Douglass got up and down for par, they headed to a
On the second extra hole, Douglass holed a 20-footer for birdie and the title
in the 54-hole better-ball event that was the precursor to the Champions Tour.
Legendary golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez and his partner Hubert Green matched the
low round of the event with a final day score of 62 to tie for eighth. In
addition to winning the Legends Division, Coody and Douglass also captured the
60-69 Legendary Division.
Interestingly enough, Littler, who paired with Don January that week, tied for
seventh in the Legendary Division.
HOLE-BY-HOLE REVIEW: The opening hole at The Golf Club of Amelia Island is not
your run of the mill starter. Not only is this the No. 3 handicap hole, it
stretches to 427 yards in length and is tree-lined on both the right and the
left. With 100-year-old trees encroaching on the fairway, you'll be pressed in
finding the fairway. A mid iron will remain to an undulating green that slopes
from back to front. If you can, stay below the hole and avoid the greenside
bunker to the right.
The second is a boomerang left par-5, the longest hole on the course and
rated the most difficult. Trees adorn the left side, while a pair of bunkers
run deep at the corner of the dogleg. The second shot is of utmost importance,
as the fairway tightens with water down the left side, narrowing the landing
area. If successful, you'll be left with a simple pitch to a very accessible
putting surface. Although sand protects both sides, the green is very wide, but
just 21 paces deep. A real birdie opportunity.
From the longest to the shortest, as we reach the par-4 third. Just 343 yards
in length, the key here is the tee ball, which must favor the left side, as a
tall, elegant oak stands watch down the right side of the hole. Bending
slightly to the right, just a short iron should remain to a small demanding
putting surface. At 28 paces in length, a ridge in the front-right and a bunker
on the left, this hole is not as easy as it looks.
Hole No. 4 is a genuine test. This straightaway par-4 can be stretched to 407
yards from the gold markers and usually plays into a stiff breeze. The fairway
is fairly generous, but the key is the approach. Be careful off the tee, as the
landing area runs out at the 288-yard mark with a lake on the left, tightening
the landing area. With a mid-iron, your best play would be toward the right
portion of the green, as water and sand run quite close to the green. Although
a bunker looms right, it beats the alternative. The green is less than 30 paces
in length and narrow. Complete these four holes close to par and you'll have an
opportunity to shoot a good score.
The first par-3 on the course comes your way at the fifth. Just 160 yards in
length, it's all carry to the green, as a lake fronts the putting surface.
Don't fool with a front flag, especially when the wind is in your face. Take an
extra stick, play for the center of the green, one of seven on the front nine
under 30 paces in depth and move on.
As you reach the sixth, you'll realize The Golf Club of Amelia Island is all
about angles. This sharp dogleg left puts extreme emphasis on your tee shot,
as three trees guard the left corner of the bend and two bunkers flank the
right. Although just 365 yards, you'll need a precise tee shot to conquer this
beauty. Now it's time for your approach to a tiny green with sand and water on
the left and a shaved chipping area on the right. Remember, short does not mean
One of the more deceiving holes on the course, the seventh is not the longest
of par-4s, but certainly of the most entertaining. Bending slightly to the
left, your tee shot must clear the meandering body of water that cuts in front
of the tee and winds down the left side. Cut your tee shot too much to the left
and you'll be in the drink. With a tee shot down the right side of the rolling
fairway, a mid-iron approach is all that is required. The green is oval in
shape with a daunting front bunker complex. Take a extra stick, as the putting
surface is slightly raised and the last thing you need is your second shot
plugged in the bunker.
Finally, a realistic shot at birdie, the par-5 eighth. Only 491 yards in
length, so take advantage as best you can. Attack the corner of this dogleg
right with your tee shot to give you a chance at getting home in two. With a
fairway metal, you'll be able to get home, but you'll need to be precise, as
the green is long and slender and guarded on both sides by sand. Even so, the
putting surface is without drama, so go for it.
The closing hole on the front nine is also the longest of the par-3s at 198
yards. This gem features a false front, making a tucked pin quite difficult to
get at and a back-left flag will bring the greenside trap into play. One word
of caution, do not miss right and long, as thick brush and trees receive plenty
of play off the sloped back of the green.
Running parallel with the 18th, the opening hole on the back nine is a medium-
length par-4 of 413 yards. Playing fairly straight, the first key here is the
tee ball, which must avoid the left-side bunker. Although a small lake
protrudes into the fairway, it should not come into play off the tee. Your
approach with a mid-iron must be struck precisely, as the green is slightly
elevated, not to mention just 23 paces in depth. Sand also protects both sides,
so you'll need to be spot on.
The same can be said for the 11th, another par-4 that runs 438 yards and bends
ever so slightly to the right. The big difference here: no fairway bunker and a
very generous landing area. The second shot is the deciding factor of scoring
on this hole, as you'll have a fairly long approach to another minuscule green
with sand guarding the left side. The green is not difficult, but a back-left
pin could cause issues.
A realistic birdie chance, No. 12 is just 513 yards from the tips and very
reachable in two. Avoid the water that swings to the right and the bunkers to
the left and you'll have a shot. Your approach in two must be spot on, as the
green is guarded on the right by sand and the left is very close to the 13th
tee box and out-of-bounds. If you decide to lay up, you'll need to clear a
wetlands area that sneaks out into the fairway at the 130-yard mark. The green
is bland in undulations, but quite small, circular and just 26 paces in depth.
The first par-3 on the back nine is the 13th and it's also the shortest. The
tee box is slightly elevated, as it provides a great view of the green, which
is a whopping 35 yards in length. Sand protects several angles of this narrow
putting surface, that features plenty of slope and a ridge on the left. It's
rated as the easiest on the course, but it's not to be taken lightly.
One of the several signature holes on the course, the 14th is a wonderful,
short par-4. At just 349 yards, a three-metal is the play off the tee, as the
fairway runs out at the 260-yard mark. Your approach over wetlands and into the
wind, must be struck with authority, as the trouble borders the putting
surface. This green is one of the biggest on the course and features plenty of
slope. Take an extra stick with a left pin and don't forget the wind!
The 15th is risk-reward at its best. This par-5 of just 490 yards doglegs to
the left and requires two carries over wetlands. From the tips, the first carry
is 215 yards over the first marsh. A sweeping draw off the tee aimed at the
fairway bunker in the distance will work exquisitely. Here is where it gets
tricky. With just under 230 yards remaining, you're faced with an uphill
approach over the 30-yard wetlands to a severely elevated green. It's doable,
but difficult. If you decide to lay up, you'll have to contend with a small
landing strip short of the green and a pot bunker fronting the putting surface.
The icing on the cake is the green is only 22 paces long with a severe ridge in
the center. And you thought you were making birdie.
The final par-3 is the best on the course and certainly no pushover. Just under
200 yards, it generally plays into the wind on most days and features one of
the most difficult greens. Your approach is all carry over wetlands to a very
wide and fairly deep putting surface. The ridge in the center will move balls
left or right and the bunker short sees an enormous amount of play. A back-
right flag will bring the marsh into play, as the green slopes hard toward the
water. It's hard to be believe that this is the 16th handicap hole.
A sweeping dogleg left awaits as you reach the 17th tee. With a very wide
landing area, the tee shot should be the least of your worries. The series of
bunkers down the right is a great aiming spot to turn one over in the fairway.
A medium iron should do the trick to this narrow and fairly long putting
surface. Little undulation on this hole, including the green, but be wary of
the bunkers on either side. It's never as easy as it looks.
The closing hole is the longest par-4 on the course, a robust 441 yards from
the gold markers. Putting your tee shot in the fairway is of utmost importance,
as trees right are like a jail and OB left is death to the scorecard. The
rolling fairway will leave a possible uneven lie to strike your approach that
comes in the form of a long iron or hybrid. This putting surface has plenty of
slope and is 31 paces in depth, so pick the right stick or you'll be faced with
a possible three-putt. Although no sand, the grass hollows around the green
will keep you guessing.
FINAL WORD: Comparing golf courses is not like comparing apples to apples and
oranges to oranges. You can't do it.
How can you say that Augusta National is better than Pine Valley or that Merion
is finer than Pebble Beach? Again, you can't.
What you can do is decide wether you would want to go back and play that
course again and again. Obviously in these cases, yes.
That's what you need to figure out when visiting the Ritz Carlton at Amelia
Island and, more specifically, The Golf Club at Amelia Island.
You can't confuse this course with Augusta National or nearby TPC Sawgrass.
But, what you can do, is figure out if you'd play the course over and over.
Again, the answer is yes.
The Golf Club at Amelia Island is a wonderful mix of long and short holes that
wind through the majestic moss-draped oaks that populate the northeast Florida
Rarely will you find a hole that resembles another, and yet you'll remember
each and every hole.
From the tree-lined first to the par-3 fifth over water or the wonderful
stretch from 14 through 16, the GC at Amelia Island will be a memorable one.
A real test of a course's conditions is generally in the rough months of the
summer and GCAI passes with flying colors.
The diversity of the layout, with its great contrast of holes, is sensational.
Although not long by today's standards, GCAI is quite a test. It's a course
that will challenge the best players, and reward good shots and penalize bad
The course is manicured to perfection. In fact, it's so good that the Concours
D'Elegance, an event showcasing vintage and rare cars from around the globe, is
annually held on the 10th and 18th fairways each March. In addition, those two
fairways are maintained by the event year round.
But the course is just the icing on the cake at Amelia Island Ritz Carlton.
The amenities at this outstanding resort will bring you back, again and again.
From the surf of the Atlantic Ocean, just a pitching wedge away from the
glorious hotel, to the culinary delight of SALT, the 5-star dining experience.
Not a company to rest on its laurels, The Ritz-Carlton, Ameilia Island
completed its $65 million, five-year project earlier this year. Renovating all
of its 446 guest rooms, adding a full-service spa and other wonderful
"We approached this extensive project with a comprehensive plan, but the
cornerstone of the investment is our continued dedication to an exceptional
guest experience for travelers and meeting groups," said James E. McManemon,
general manager of the resort.
Part of the room renovation included integrating natural colors, shapes and
textures from the nearby Atlantic Ocean. To say that the views from the rooms
are stunning would be an understatement.
"The overall look is a dramatic conclusion to the five-year investment in
enhancing the guest experience," McManemon added.
Don't judge a golf course solely on reputation. Decide what you want out of
your visit. A family experience second to none. An alternative to the hustle
and bustle of Orlando, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and other golfing destinations.
The Golf Club of Amelia Island will become your "Golden Delicious."


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Manage a group of 1-6 small people who, depending on what tools or weapons you outfit them with, will gather resources for you. Wipe out enemy tribes, meet allies and watch while your archers slaughter rabbits and loot fallen foes as the clouds sail by overhead.Help
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Has racist campaigning now become acceptable to the thing that used to be The People's Party – Labour?
Or was it always endorsed with a nod and a wink, and only disowned once they were found out?
Jack Dromey: I have always believed in standing on what I call the moral high ground …
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NEW ORLEANS — A coroner is trying to determine whether the decomposed body of a man recovered from the Gulf of Mexico is a worker missing since a fire erupted on Houston-based Black Elk Energy's offshore oil platform on Nov. 16.
The Coast Guard says the body was spotted Monday by the crew of a supply vessel about 2.5 miles off Grand Isle.
Jefferson Parish coroner investigator Tommy Evans said no ID was available after an autopsy Tuesday. Evans said his office planned to use dental records and possibly DNA tests to determine whether the body is of missing worker Jerome Malagapo.
The fire killed two other workers. Ellroy Corporal's body was found in the Gulf near the platform. Avelino Tajonera was critically burned and died at a Baton Rouge hospital on Nov. 23.


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CAREER: Became a member of the Major League staff in 1999...has worked the 2015 and 2017 NL Wild Card Games; Division Series (2005, 07-08, 12-14, 16); the League Championship Series (2010, 15-17); the 2014 World Series; the 2004 All-Star Game; and the 2004 Japan All-Star Tour...worked the final game at Tiger Stadium and the first game at Comerica Park...attended the Jim Evans Umpire Academy in 1992 and was an instructor there from 1993-96...previously umpired in the NY-Penn League (1992), South Atlantic League (1993), California League (1994), Eastern League (1995), Southern League (1996), American Association (1997) and International League (1998)...serves as Treasurer/Secretary of Umps Care Charities.
PERSONAL: James N. Reynolds IV...born in December 1968 in Massachusetts...resides in Arizona...married and has one child, James N. Reynolds V...graduated from South Catholic High School in Hartford, CT...received a B.A. in Communications Journalism from the University of Connecticut in 1991...started umpiring while at UConn under former baseball coach Andy Baylock...as a father, his hobbies include playing; watching Disney Pixar movies; Thomas the Train track building; and answering the question, "Why?"« Back to umpire roster


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I was one of the lucky ones. After the first plane hit that Tuesday morning, I was out of the World Trade Center within a few minutes.
Covering a breakfast meeting at a conference of business economists, I was in the ballroom of the Marriott World Trade Center hotel. The morning's keynote speaker was well into his remarks when the impact of the jetliner sent an explosive shock wave through the building.
With no idea what was happening, we stayed inside as debris rained down onto lower Manhattan. Then security guards herded us out toward the south, and we got our first view of the giant, flaming gash in the north tower, 100 stories above.
I remained in the area long enough to see both towers blazing against the crystal-blue sky, and then I watched in horror and disbelief as victims trapped by heat and smoke made the terrible choice of jumping to their deaths.
Then I began walking away, and I basically kept moving until I was home with my family in Seattle a week later.
Five years later, I am still processing that day and my reaction to it, learning new details and trying to understand how it affected me and those around me.
And all the while I have wrestled with my decision to leave New York on Sept. 12 rather than return to the Trade Center site or remain in the city to report on the aftermath. I have always come to the conclusion that I made the only possible decision for myself at that time.
Yet even to this day when I tell my story to other journalists, I feel at least a hint of disbelief that I turned my back on the story of a lifetime.
True, I filed what was probably the first eyewitness account of a survivor to be published on the Internet, posting it less than three hours after the initial attack. But then, unlike other reporters who elected to go toward the burning structures or made their way downtown after the towers collapsed, I essentially wandered through Greenwich Village for much of that day. I halfheartedly interviewed doctors at St. Vincent's hospital, waiting for injured victims who never arrived, but I really did not know what I could contribute to the coverage.
Thoughts of quitting a career
In fact there were times in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 when I seriously wondered why I should continue even to pursue my career. What was the point of being a reporter, I thought to myself, when I just experienced an event of such historic proportions and was unable to comprehend what I had witnessed?
By the time an editor finally contacted me the following morning with a plan of action, I had made my mind up decisively: I was leaving Manhattan that day to head home to my wife, Liz, and our two young boys.
One friend of mine, a veteran correspondent, asked me later why my editors didn't demand that I stay in New York to help out. I think they knew that by then, 24 hours later, no amount of arguing was going to persuade me to change my mind. I had set my priorities as a husband and father.
Sept. 11 was a test that forced me to choose what was important to me in my life. In a strange way, even though I was 41 at the time, I felt like I became an adult on that day, with new responsibilities and a newfound awe for how quickly life can be taken away.
When I accepted the assignment to reflect on those events five years later, I found myself thinking about a couple of people who had helped me get through that day. So I decided to retrace my steps by tracking down and interviewing some of the people who had played important roles, trying to find out how their thinking had evolved in five years, and how they felt 9/11 had changed them.
In the process of returning to New York and doing so I learned more about what had happened to me — there really is no end to the stories of that day — and I had inspiring reunions with a couple of men who had helped restore my faith in humanity in the face of inhuman evil.
The first person I looked up was John Roccosalva , a Greenwich Village resident who invited me and dozens of others of World Trade Center refugees to use the telephone in his apartment on a day when people were desperate to communicate with their loved ones.
A modest, almost self-effacing man who works as a florist and has lived in the same tiny apartment for most of the past 30 years, Roccosalva, 55, downplayed the assistance he provided, noting that others had done so much more to help. But his eyes welled with tears as he recalled one young woman who was able to reach her family and assure them she was alive. The girl's mother was so grateful she insisted that Roccosalva get on the phone himself so she could thank him for bringing so much happiness and relief.
"It was a little gesture, but I guess in its own way it made a difference for some people," Roccosalva said. "The city was made up of a lot of people who made a lot of small gestures, and they added up to a lot."
Don't let Roccosalva's modesty fool you: New Yorkers don't just open their apartments to people on the street and let them use their phone. And they certainly are not in the habit of going out and recruiting people on the street to come inside their home. The scene inside the tiny apartment that day was truly moving.
Ari Schonbrun , another person I met on 9/11, remembered Roccosalva as an "absolute saint."
"He was a messenger from God, and I firmly believe that," said Schonbrun, 49, an executive at Cantor Fitzgerald, the brokerage based in the Trade Center that lost 658 employees that day.
Fleeting friend turns out to be a hero
It was strange to hear Schonbrun's voice on the telephone after five years. I had met him briefly in Roccosalva's apartment and knew he had been in the 78th floor elevator lobby of the north tower at the moment of impact. But I only later learned that he had been a true 9/11 hero, helping a horribly burned colleague down all those flights of stairs and into an ambulance.
Schonbrun agreed to meet me in one of the broker's new Midtown offices, and he offered me an inspiring personal perspective, saying the events of that day had reinforced his religious faith as an Orthodox Jew, even if he admits he cannot understand God's "master plan."
Schonbrun also forced me to make a revision in the 9/11 story I have been telling for five years.
In my story, I met a man who escaped from the north tower and stood with me outside the World Financial Center watching the two towers burn. This survivor also had been in the tower when it was attacked in 1993 and told me in no uncertain terms he was never going back inside. When the first victims began jumping from the top floors, I turned to him and said, "I can't watch this." He agreed, and we parted company making our way from the scene.
Two hours later, I met the same man in line at a phone booth in Greenwich Village, where Roccosalva plucked us out of line and invited us into his apartment. In telling the story, I always have assumed that man was Schonbrun, whom I did meet in Roccosalva's apartment. But I now realize there was a third man. Checking my scrawled notes from that day I did find another name, but I have been unable to confirm the identity.
For me, it was a humbling lesson in the fallibility of memory even on a day when so many details were burned unforgettably into my mind.
As I talked to the people about the events of those days, I was reminded how badly shaken I was by the events of 9/11, especially the next day, when the impact of my close call began to sink in. Both my brother Jeff and my friend Laurie Berkman reminded me that I told them I might never return to New York City after that experience.
A return to New York City
I am happy to say that I did return to New York in 2002 and have been back several times since. Everybody I talked to feels differently about the city now — we know it is a target and we feel the city is more closely connected to geopolitical events. But while I am still uncomfortable with the new air travel security procedures, I am glad I have regained the confidence that allows me to fly to New York and other cities, maintaining my family connections and friendships and forging ahead with my career.
To this day, whenever I tell the story of what I saw on 9/11 — whenever I really tell it to somebody who has never heard it before — I am transported back to that time and place when I witnessed something that even today seems almost incomprehensible.
But retracing my steps and talking to people about that day has been surprisingly cathartic and has done nothing to change my opinion that I did the right thing — for myself and my family —by heading home Sept. 12 instead of returning to the scene of the crime.
For my generation 9/11 will always be the marker date — the before-and-after, the where-were-you, the date when everything changed. For me it was also the day when I was presented with a very clear decision — and I chose my role as a husband and father over my role as reporter and editor. And I will never regret it.
Martin Wolk is MSNBC.com's business editor.


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No Way Back By Andrew Gross (William Morrow)
'No Way Back' is the latest high-octane thriller from Andrew Gross, the best-selling author of '15 Seconds.' One woman's life is destroyed and another hides a secret from her past.
Wendy Gould has a fight with her husband. She waits in a bar for a girlfriend who doesn't show. Wendy flirts with a stranger and soon finds herself in his hotel room. Before things get hot and heavy, she realizes her mistake and runs into the bathroom. When she hears another voice in the room, she peeks out to see a man with a gun. Soon, two men are dead - and she's on the run.
Meanwhile, young nanny Lauritzia Velez has a secret that could prove deadly. She's on a shopping trip at a mall with her charges when a gunman tries to shoot them. A security guard kills the shooter before he can harm them, but Velez realizes she has to flee if she wants the family to survive.
Gross is a master of suspense, and 'No Way Back' will put him on the best-seller lists once again. However, one weakness in the story is that both women need men to help them survive. It's too bad neither character comes across as strong enough to do it without help.
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ALAMEDA — Raiders rookie tackle Menelik Watson will miss up to a month after having arthroscopic knee surgery, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported in a tweet Thursday.
Watson missed almost all of training camp with a calf injury sustained during training in the offseason. After one padded practice, Watson was inserted at left tackle and played into the third quarter of the preseason finale against Seattle, playing well enough to earn the starting job.
He never made it to the opener, injuring his knee. Raiders coach Dennis Allen has been asked about Watson's condition and declined to give specifics regarding how long Watson will be out.
Asked if he had any information on Watson Wednesday, Allen said, "Nothing other than he didn't practice today."
The Raiders added tackle James Cornell to the practice squad to replace Matt McCants, who was elevated to the 53-man roster when it was determined Watson would not play against Indianapolis.
There was no sign of either Watson or tigh tend David Ausberry (shoulder).
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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What Happens When People Believe Jesus is Lord of All?
Ask a Christian Reformed Church member what it means to be Reformed and one of the answers you'll probably get is 'It means to have a world and life view" or "It means to recognize the Lordship of Christ over all things." That's a good answer, but what does it mean? Do we understand what that means today? Does it make a difference in the way we practice our faith?
Praying Our Songs, Singing Our Prayers
The Seminary Choir was ready to lead the entire worship service. The planning was complete, and different students took various leader¬ship roles. The planning team had chosen a Psalter Hymnal setting of Psalm 43, "Send Out Your Light and Your Truth," as a sung prayer for illumination before the sermon. One worship leader began the service. After we sang this prayer, another student stepped into the pulpit and said, "Let us pray." He then offered a spoken prayer for illumination, read the Scripture, and opened the Word.
Peacemaking in Israel and Palestine
On my recent trip to Israel and Palestine, I read a book by Julie Orringer. In the beginning of The Invisible Bridge, the main character, Andras, expresses doubts about his ability to fulfill the expectations placed upon him as he embarks to study in Paris on a scholarship. He speaks to his father about his doubt. Orringer writes, "At best, he told his father, he was the beneficiary of misplaced faith; at worst, a simple fraud." He asks his father, "And what if I fail?'' His father's answer is succinct: "Ah! Then you'll have a story to tell!"
God's Deepest Purposes for the Human Family
What does the Bible really teach about the unity and diversity of the human family?
The coming of the nations to North America is one of the most dramatic developments of our time. From major cities to many rural communities, ethnic differences are a way of life today. With ethnic differences often come fear, misunderstanding, and prejudice. Unfortunately, Christians are often a part of the problem instead of the solution. And often, conversation among Christians reveals some important misunderstandings of the Bible's teaching in this area.
Facing, Not Fearing, the Future
People fear the past in different ways. In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge Michael Henchard has a shameful past. Early in his life, while drunk, he auctioned off his young wife and his baby daughter to a sailor for five guineas. Later, filled with shame, he swore off drinking, moved away, and eventually became the mayor of his new home, Casterbridge. As the narrative unfolds his past catches up with him. For people with guilty secrets the past is a wounded bear that seems to be gaining on them.
The Self-Reflective Teacher in Christian Ministry
It's true for nurses, plumbers, seminary professors, and workers of all kinds: some of the most promising approaches to our work come to us after a day that didn't go so well. As we walk or drive home, cook supper, and tuck our children in bed, we ponder how we could have done it better. Some of the best cures for a dry spell in our work often come from a co-worker who arrives at work with the words, "You know, last night I was thinking about our common challenge, and I wonder if we might...."
United, Separated, Re-united: The Story of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
The history of children at the Lord's Supper is essentially the story of the relationship between the sacraments. In the early church, all baptized persons were welcome at communion. This practice was gradually abandoned in the Middle Ages, so that by the Reformation the Western church had separated the Lord's Supper from baptism and attached it to confirmation or profession of faith. Today, Protestant denominations have begun to reunite baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Reclaiming God's Gifts
Questions and adventure have always coexisted in my life. My mother will tell you I've always had a lot of questions. Once I learned to talk, she patiently endured my incessant ponderings and propositions. An event from my early childhood illustrates the wondering soul God placed within me. I was five and loved to play in the woods between my house and the family dairy farm. On one wooded adventure I discovered an injured bird quivering in the dirt. Terrified and broken, it tried to regain use of its body.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 71 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
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Small Los Angeles based roofing company looking to redo our website. The person who does the design may also be awarded the job of redoing the site as well an implementing the design.
We deal with mostly Property Management firms, Property Owners, Commercial companies and some small single family home owners. Our business is ONLY in the Los Angeles County market. Our main focus is commercial/apartment buildings so the main photo on the site should reflect that over a house, or some combo of buildings, but not just a single family house.
you can visit our current site at http://www.restoroofing.com. We want to keep the same basic navigation that we have now. You're welcome to pull stock roofing photos from the web also. The color scheme can change but the logo will remain the same. Looking for something lighter and airy, so no heavy dark colors. Also, we want to make sure the design is inexpensive to implement.
I've attached a word doc titled Website Roofing Home Page that has the verbiage we want on the home page as well as the NAV buttons. PLEASE DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THIS AND INCLUDE ALL THE INFO IN THAT DOC ON THE HOME PAGE.
It's also importnat our contact info be prominenty displayed on the home page.
We also want the BBB logo somewhere on the home page.
Sites that look good:
Our main focus is commercial/apartment buildings so the main photo on the site should reflect that over a house, or some combo of buildings, but not just a single family house.
The designer who wins this contest will be required to provide designs for the sub pages as well. I've attached a PDF containing the verbiage for all those pages.


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Panthers can't solve Carey Price, fall to Canadiens
MONTREAL (AP) — Carey Price closed out another win for the Canadiens.
With Montreal leading by one to start the third period, Price turned away 16 shots by the Panthers in the final frame to give Montreal a 2-1 victory over Florida on Monday night.
The Panthers outshot Montreal 16-10 in the final frame, but were repeatedly frustrated by Price, who made 26 saves on the night.
"The Panthers gave a big push in the third," Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. "Again, Carey Price was solid. He shut the door. There was no way in his mind the Panthers would score another against him. I really liked his reaction.
"He played really well. He was like a closer in baseball."
Price frustrated 11 different Panthers in the third period, including four shots by Sean Bergenheim, who had Florida's goal.
"We relied on him a little more than we would have liked to in the third," Brendan Gallagher said. "But he's done that all year. He's there for us when we need him."
The Canadiens took the lead at 15:46 of the second when captain Brian Gionta beat Tim Thomas in the roof of the net.
Panthers captain Ed Jovanovski started the play by giving the puck away softly behind the Florida net to Tomas Plekanec, who fed a wide-open Gionta for his seventh goal of the year.
Jovanovski was back in the Panthers' lineup after having hip surgery in April. He made his season debut on Saturday in a win over the Nashville Predators.
"It's his second game since March," Florida coach Peter Horachek said of Jovanovski, who missed 83 games with the injury. "It's late in the game, he fanned on the pass. That stuff is going to happen sometimes.
"I think he's done a good job for the amount of time he's been out. It's a process. I think he would like to have (that pass) back."
Montreal opened the scoring at 6:23 of the first period on the team's first shot on net.
David Desharnais took a pass from Max Pacioretty while crossing the blue line to start the play, fanned on the initial shot, but recovered to score his sixth goal of the year, on the backhand.
The fan on the first shot forced Thomas out of position for the second.
"I tried staying with the puck, to get any kind of shot I could," Desharnais said. "Usually the goaltender will be well positioned there. He was a little off. I know he wasn't where he was supposed to be. I tried bringing it back on my backhand, and (Thomas) was already on the ground."
Montreal gained momentum after the goal, outshooting Florida 9-0 over the next 10 minutes.
But it was the Panthers who equalized when Bergenheim beat Price at 17:09 with a backhander.
Rookie Aleksander Barkov had an assist on the goal, his team-leading 15th of the year, to extend his point streak to six games — the longest by a rookie in Panthers history.
Bergenheim almost gave the Panthers the lead a minute later, but his shot rang off the crossbar.
The win was Montreal's first against Florida this season. The Panthers beat the Habs twice last month: 4-1 in Florida and 2-1 at the Bell Centre.
"We generated a lot of chances, but nothing went in," Tomas Fleischmann said. "We won our last two games against them, and we felt that we could get the points tonight, too.
"Tonight they were fresh, and you could feel they were a different team than before. We expected that. But it took us a little longer to get adjusted to it."
The Panthers and Canadiens meet for the fourth and final time this season on March 29 in Sunrise, Fla.
NOTES: Ryan White missed the game due to an upper-body injury sustained Thursday against the Dallas Stars. He is expected to be out two weeks. … Pacioretty finished the game with nine shots on net. … Hockey Canada will announce its Olympic roster on Tuesday. Montreal's Price and defenseman P.K. Subban are expected to make the cut. … The Canadiens head to Philadelphia to face the Flyers on Wednesday.


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ATLANTA — At least Hyun-Jin Ryu could crack a small smile Wednesday night.
"It's not that serious," he said through an interpreter.
Ryu exited in the sixth inning of the Dodgers' 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves with a strained right gluteal muscle. He's officially day-to-day, but no one knew for sure if Ryu would be able to make his next scheduled start Tuesday against the San Diego Padres.
Manager Don Mattingly said the pitcher might undergo an MRI exam today or meet with team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache after the team flies home tonight. An off-day in the schedule Monday might allow Ryu an extra day to recover, or allow the Dodgers to skip his turn and keep their other four starters on regular rest.
The 6-foot-2, 254-pound pitcher didn't appear shaken after the game, but he expressed a sense of regret that he didn't report the injury sooner. With two outs in the sixth and B.J. Upton battling through a long at-bat, Ryu said he first noticed something.
After issuing ball four on his ninth pitch to Upton, Ryu winced and motioned to the Dodgers' bench for head athletic trainer Stan Conte.
"I thought I could pitch out of it," he said, "but it just kept getting worse and worse."
Ryu (13-6) missed 20 games in April and May with left shoulder inflammation. That's the only time Ryu has been placed on the disabled list since the Dodgers signed him out of South Korea last year. Prior to Wednesday, Dodgers pitchers had a streak of nine consecutive starts of six innings or more dating to Aug. 3.
Right-hander Jamey Wright took over for Ryu and warmed up on the spot. He got the final out of the sixth inning to preserve the 3-2 deficit, but the Dodgers couldn't tie the game despite a golden opportunity.
A walk by Andre Ethier, and singles by Dee Gordon and Adrian Gonzalez, loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against Braves closer Craig Kimbrel. That brought up Matt Kemp, who had already extended his hitting streak to nine games with a double.
Kemp grounded into a routine 4-6-3 double play to end the game, making him 0-for-8 this season with the bases loaded. The Dodgers left a total of 11 runners on base against the Braves, whom they had beaten in five straight meetings.
The loss ended the Dodgers' three-game winning streak and narrowed their lead in the National League West standings to five games.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning against Braves starter Ervin Santana (12-6). Kemp led off with a double to left-center field and scored on an RBI single by Carl Crawford. With Crawford on third base and two outs, Miguel Rojas singled up the middle to score the Dodgers' second run.
Atlanta scored single runs against Ryu in the second, fourth and fifth innings to take a 3-2 lead.
A controversial instant replay decision in the eighth inning went against the Dodgers. With one out, first-base umpire Lance Barksdale ruled that Juan Uribe had beaten out a chopper to second baseman Phil Gosselin. Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez challenged the call, which was overturned after a lengthy review.
Mattingly questioned video replays that showed the ball entering first baseman Freddie Freeman's glove at the same time Uribe crossed first base.
"For me, that ball's not in the back of his glove when (Uribe's) foot is on the bag," Mattingly said. "It's just interpretation. That's why I feel like the language in a lot of this has to get cleared up where it's strict, where this is an out and this is a stand. One day, we see the same call get overturned, one day it stands, one day it doesn't. It's almost like the crew that's in New York's interpretation of what it's saying.
"I hope that we just clarify the language on all this stuff."
Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis agreed.
"There's a little bit of gray area there, what actually constitutes an out at first base," Ellis said. "Is it a ball in the mitt? A ball squeezed in the mitt? I just think there's some confusion there that could easily be cleared up with some conversation."
Uribe's take?
"I was out," he said.
The greater concern for the Dodgers is Ryu, whose 13 wins are tied for second in the National League.
"Our starting rotation has been keeping us in ballgames, giving us a great chance to win," Ellis said. "Especially the top half" – Ryu, Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw – "those three guys."


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Derek Needham scored 19 points and Desmond Wade posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards as Fairfield defeated Saint Peter's 61-54 Sunday in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.
Saint Peter's (6-14, 1-9) held an early 12-6 advantage but Fairfield used an 11-2 run to take the lead for good, 17-14. The Stags led 28-24 at the break and pushed their lead to 11 four times in the second half.
The Peacocks shot 47.6 percent (10 of 21) in the first half but fell to 34.4 percent (11 of 32) in the second half.
Fairfield (12-10, 4-6), which didn't shoot a single free throw in the first half, made 12 of 16 shots from the line in the second half, including six in the final 2 minutes.
Yvon Raymond's 19 points led Saint Peter's.
Fairfield has had both a five-game skid and six-game winning streak this season.


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Release Date: April 4, 2014 (limited)
Studio: Exxodus Pictures, Freestyle Releasing
Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad
Screenwriter: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad
Starring: Dominic Rains, Serinda Swan, Ray Park, Faran Tahir, William Atherton
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In the beginning, three were created. Man made of clay. Angels made of light. And a third made of fire. For centuries, stories of angels and men have captured the imagination and been etched into history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology, shrouding the evidence that a third was ever created. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was named the jinn. Modern man has all but forgotten this third race ever existed. It is time for him to remember.
Shawn, an automotive designer, enjoys an idyllic life with his new wife Jasmine until it is interrupted by a cryptic message. The message warns of imminent danger and a curse that has afflicted his family for generations. Having lost his parents as a child, Shawn doesn't believe this unsettling revelation of his past....until strange things start to happen. Unable to explain the threats and fearing for his life, Shawn turns to Gabriel and Father Westhoff, a mysterious duo claiming to have answers. With their help, and the aid of Ali, a shackled mental patient, Shawn discovers that there is far more to this world than he ever imagined. These revelations set Shawn on a collision course with the unknown, and he alone must find the strength protect his family and confront the ancient evil that is hunting them.


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Market Vectors ETF Trust said early Thursday that it launched four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) powered by factors, or investment screens, that track companies according to their return on equity, leverage, earnings growth and dividends.
The new ETFs are the Market Vectors MSCI International Quality ETF (QXUS), Market Vectors MSCI Emerging Markets Quality ETF (QEM), Market Vectors MSCI International Quality Dividend ETF (QDXU), and Market Vectors MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Dividend ETF (QDEM).
"Quality matters. Quality as an investment factor has historically outperformed broad international and emerging markets equities with relatively lower volatility over long time periods, but until now, a quality — focused, factor — based approach has usually been accessible only through active strategies," said Amrita Bagaria, international-equity ETF product manager with Market Vectors, in a press release.
"We have heard the concerns of investors who understand that you need to be selective and find a way to identify quality stocks, because you don't necessarily want to hold every single company when investing in international or emerging markets," Bagaria explained.
QXUS's gross expense ratio is 0.69%, and its net expense ratio is 0.45%. QEM has a gross expense ratio of 0.74% and a net expense ratio of 0.50%. QDXU's gross expense ratio is 0.67% and its net expense ratio is 0.45%. QDEM has a gross expense ratio of 0.73% and a net expense ratio of 0.50%.
The net expense ratios for all four funds are capped contractually until at least Feb. 1, 2015, according to Market Vectors.
"Holdings in both indexes are screened for historically high return on equity [ROE], stable annual earnings growth and low financial leverage," said Diana Tidd, managing director and head of the MSCI Index Business in the Americas, in a statement. "Our research suggests that the Quality growth companies have high ROE, low financial leverage and stable earnings that are uncorrelated with the broad business cycle and may provide diversification benefits in portfolio allocation."
Forces Behind Factoring
iShares recencenty introduced factor-based ETFs. The iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL), for instance, now has about $290 million in assets. According to Morningstar, QUAL had a price return of 11.7% in the fourth quarter vs. 10.5% for the S&P 500.
In a 2013 report on factor-based investment, two experts at State Street Global Advisors explained that issues like market instability, lowered return expectations and higher return requirements have put traditional portfolio construction approaches under "intense scrutiny."
"Factor-based frameworks that hold the promise of working better during periods of instability and crisis, have begun to gain traction," wrote Stacy Marino and Rick Thomas of SSGA. "The main advantages of a factor-based approach are a better quantification of underlying risk exposures and an ability to directly benefit from factor payoffs. Its main limitation is the same limitation found in a more traditional approach."
In other words, factor-based portfolios rely on the traditional asset classes and hence the returns they produce, they note. But such an approach may lead to well-thought-out asset allocation, "one that better aligns an investment plan's objectives and risk tolerances with reasonable asset class exposures."
Overall, the SSGA experts conclude, using a factor-based approach "forces an investment committee to think about the true sources of risk and return, and it opens a framework to harvest return premiums from unconventional sources."
The current level of assets held by investors across the Market Vectors ETF product line is $22.1 billion. The product sponsor is Van Eck Global.
"By combining the search for dividend yield in international and emerging markets with MSCI's quality screens, investors will be able to add exposures that may potentially generate excess returns and benefit their portfolios in down markets," Bagaria said.
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U.S. Navy details MQ-4C plans while continuing BAMS crash investigation
Maritime patrol is a mission as old as the naval service, but with the advent of the unmanned MQ-4C Triton, the seagoing version of the Global Hawk, the U.S. Navy plans to elevate this definition to an entirely new level.
The move to unmanned air systems (UAS) for the yeoman's work of long-range surveillance is part of a two-pronged transformational strategy that includes replacing aging P-3 patrol aircraft with the Boeing P-8A. However, as the apparently still unexplained crash of a maritime Global Hawk demonstrator just three days before the June 14 Triton roll-out shows, the transition remains more challenging than the basic development of a new concept of operations.
The Navy appeared determined not to let the loss of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Block 10 demonstrator (BAMS-D) overshadow the unveiling of the first MQ-4C at Northrop Grumman's facility in Palmdale, Calif. Officials note that the lost demonstrator, one of five modified ex-U.S. Air Force RQ-4 vehicles paving the way for the MQ-4C, is radically different from the gray-and-white-painted aircraft now being readied for its first flight.
The 116-ft.-wingspan demonstrator crashed in unpopulated wetlands June 11 near Bloodsworth Island in Dorchester County, Md., 22 mi. east of its base at NAS Patuxent River. Although declining to comment on the progress of the investigation, the Navy is confident it will gain a clear picture of what happened. "It will take weeks to sort it out, but one of the good things with UAVs is all the information on the health and state of the vehicle it collected," says Rear Adm. Bill Shannon, unmanned aviation and strike weapons program executive officer.
Shannon adds that the accident took place 10 min. after takeoff while the RQ-4 was still orbiting in a climbing spiral within restricted airspace, enroute to its operating altitude of 50,000 ft. Images of the crash site appear to show that the RQ-4 impacted in a relatively flat attitude, having evidently descended in a slow spiral.
The investigation is assessing the mishap against causes of previous Global Hawk losses. Those ranged from inadvertent radio transmission on the aircraft's flight termination frequency to incorrectly installed hardware and a faulty fuel nozzle valve.
Meanwhile, preparations continue for first flight of the initial MQ-4C by the end of 2012, says Northrop Grumman. For the Navy, flight testing and build-up to initial operational capability in 2015 cannot come soon enough. "This capability has never been needed more as we rebalance toward the Pacific," says Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson. Describing the UAS as a force multiplier, Ferguson says, "BAMS will provide an asymmetric advantage to the U.S. Navy. Long-range persistent surveillance transforms the nature of warfare at sea."
Unlike the heavily adapted Block 10 BAMS-Ds, the larger-span, heavier MQ-4C is purpose-designed to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) at a mission radius of 2,000 nm for 24 hr. seven days per week with 80% effective time-on-station. The Triton is externally distinguished from all previous Global Hawk variants by the bulbous belly housing of its 360-deg. multifunction active sensor active, electronically steered array (MFAS AESA) X-band radar, as well as a titanium engine inlet cowl incorporating an anti-ice/deice system. The wing leading edges are also configured with a deicing system and treated to improve resistance to hail and bird-strike.
Internally, the wing is strengthened to withstand gust loads that will be encountered on sea patrol, while the forward fuselage is also beefed up to house the MFAS and other sensors. A fixed chin fairing is positioned under the chin for the Raytheon-supplied auto-target tracking electro-optic/infrared turret system. The multispectral system includes full-motion video and can zoom in to visually identify ships using its high-resolution optics.
The MFAS, in development flight tests on a Northrop Grumman Gulfstream II testbed, is designed for maritime detection, tracking and classification using maritime search, inverse synthetic aperture (ISAR) and SAR modes. MFAS test flights are "scheduled through October as the program matures," says Capt. James Hoke, program manager for the Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office (PMA-262). "Thirty testbed aircraft flights for early MFAS trials are planned. The tests will focus on maturing the performance of maritime surface surveillance modes of the radar," he adds.
The MFAS is the "highest-risk sensor," says Hoke. Flight tests in the Gulfstream "allow us to learn a lot about what the needs of the P-3 community are that will operate it. This tells us everything from what that community expects to what sort of data will be shared," he adds, referring to the UAS's role as part of a broader set of systems.
Unlike its land-bound predecessors, the MQ-4C will also carry the Automatic Identification System (AIS), which provides information received from VHF broadcasts on maritime vessel movements around the world. It incorporates an AN/ZLQ-1 electronic support measures system as well, and a "due-regard," nose-mounted radar forward of the large wideband satcom antenna for safe separation.
Developed by ITT Excelis, the due-regard system, also known as the Air-to-Air Radar Sub-System is a three-panel AESA designed to provide a sense-and-avoid capability for the MQ-4C. The radar is "post-critical design review and is currently performing component-level integration and test," says Hoke.
Following a series of up to nine test flights in the Edwards AFB restricted airspace, the first system demonstrator aircraft (SDD 1) will transit to Patuxent River to complete development work. "SDD 2 will be about a month behind it," says Hoke. "Our goal is to fly SDD 1 will all sensors on its first flight." In all, the Navy plans to acquire 68 MQ-4Cs to maintain a standing operational fleet of 22 aircraft.
Although no firm decisions have been announced, the MQ-4Cs are expected to be based at sites in Hawaii, Diego Garcia, Japan, Italy and at NAS Jacksonville, Fla., and NAS Point Mugu, Calif.
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SARKIS KONSULIAN, Appellant,
BUSEY BANK, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY ACQUISITION OF TARPON COAST NATIONAL BANK, Appellee.
Case No. 2D10-2163.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Opinion filed June 1, 2011.
Gregg Horowitz, Sarasota, for Appellant.
Mark A. Horowitz of Warchol, Merchant & Rollings, LLP, Cape Coral, for Appellee.
BLACK, Judge.
Sarkis Konsulian appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Busey Bank ("Busey"). On appeal, Konsulian argues that Busey failed to meet a condition precedent to the filing of the complaint. Specifically, Konsulian asserts that Busey filed suit prematurely, giving Konsulian incomplete and inadequate notice and opportunity to cure. In addition to being prematurely filed, Konsulian claims that the acceleration letter failed to state the default as required by the mortgage terms. We agree and reverse. Because our ruling is based on the conditions precedent issue, we do not reach the issue of the accuracy of the damages calculation as challenged in Konsulian's affidavit.
On October 6, 2008, Busey sent a preacceleration letter to Konsulian. On October 9, 2008, only three days later, the bank filed a mortgage foreclosure action against Konsulian. However, pursuant to paragraph twenty-two of the mortgage, Busey was required to give Konsulian thirty days notice prior to filing suit. Paragraph twenty-two of Konsulian's mortgage provides as follows:
22. Acceleration; Remedies. Lenders shall give notice to the Borrower prior to acceleration following Borrower's breach of any covenant or agreement in this Security Instrument (but not prior to acceleration under Section 18 unless Applicable Law provides otherwise). The notice shall specify: (a) the default; (b) the action required to cure the default; (c) a date, not less than thirty (30) days from the date the notice is given to Borrower, by which the default must be cured; and, (d) that the failure to cure the default on or before the date specified in the notice may result in an acceleration of the sums secured by this Security Instrument, foreclosure by judicial proceeding and sale of the Property. The notice shall inform Borrower of the right to reinstate after acceleration and the right to assert in the foreclosure proceedings the non-existence of a default or any other defense of Borrower to acceleration and foreclosure. If the default is not cured on or before the date specified in the notice, a Lender, at its option, may require immediate payment in full of all sums secured by this Security Instrument by judicial proceeding. Lender shall be entitled to collect all expenses incurred in pursuing the remedies provided in this Section 22, including, but not limited to all attorneys' fees and costs of title evidence.
Konsulian appropriately raised both the timeliness argument and the sufficiency of the acceleration letter argument in his affirmative defenses. In addition, Konsulian filed an affidavit in opposition to the summary judgment motion contesting the amounts claimed by Busey. Konsulian challenged the interest and late fee calculation, as well as whether all payments were credited. At the time of the summary judgment hearing, the affirmative defenses were still viable.
On April 19, 2010, the trial court entered final judgment of foreclosure, which resulted in the sale of the property to Busey. The final judgment does not address the merits or disposition of Konsulian's defenses.
Summary judgment cannot be granted unless the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file together with affidavits, if any, conclusively show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c). The standard of review for an order granting summary judgment is de novo. See Volusia Cnty. v. Aberdeen at Ormond Beach, L.P., 760 So. 2d 126, 130 (Fla. 2000). When reviewing a ruling on summary judgment, an appellate court must examine the record in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. See Suarez v. City of Tampa, 987 So. 2d 681, 682-83 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)Garden St. Iron & Metal, Inc. v. Tanner, 789 So. 2d 1148, 1149 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)). "The party moving for summary judgment has the burden of showing the nonexistence of [a] genuine issue of material fact." Richardson v. Wal-Mark Contracting Group, LLC, 814 So. 2d 534, 535 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (citing Holl v. Talcott, 191 So. 2d 40, 43-44 (Fla. 1966)). A summary judgment must not only establish that no genuine issues of material fact exist as to the parties' claims, but it also must either factually refute the affirmative defenses or establish that they are legally insufficient. Moroni v. Household Fin. Corp. III, 903 So. 2d 311, 312 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). (citing
Here, nothing in Busey's complaint, motion for summary judgment, or affidavits indicates that Busey gave Konsulian the notice which the mortgage required. The language in the mortgage is clear and unambiguous. The word "shall" in the mortgage created conditions precedent to foreclosure, which were not satisfied. See Frost v. Regions Bank, 15 So. 3d 905, 906 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). Under Florida law, contracts are construed in accordance with their plain language, as bargained for by the parties. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Anderson, 756 So. 2d 29, 34 (Fla. 2000). Further, Busey did not refute Konsulian's defenses nor did it establish that Konsulian's defenses were legally insufficient. Because Busey did not prove that it met the conditions precedent to filing for foreclosure, it failed to meet its burden, and it is not entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
Reversed and remanded.
CASANUEVA, C.J., and WHATLEY, J., Concur.
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The Ravens have an acute need for inside linebacker help, but draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said there's "no way," Manti Te'o is on the board when they pick, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The Ravens, who own the 32nd overall pick, seem like a reasonable fit for the Notre Dame linebacker. But Kiper predicted he wouldn't get past the Giants (19th overall), Bears (20th) or Vikings (23rd and 25th).
Kiper also predicted Georgia's Alec Ogletree would be gone before the Ravens are on the clock, with LSU's Kevin Minter as a possibility there.
While those teams could use middle linebacker help, what we don't know is whether those teams' evaluations of Te'o match Kiper's.
It's possible they view him as simply a two-down player, who lacks the speed and range to be effective on passing downs.
Te'o was manhandled by Alabama in the national championship game, and that tape, coupled with average speed, make it reasonable to wonder whether he's worth a first-rounder at all.


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When the 2009 season concludes, it will be eight seasons since Jon Gruden was head coach of the Raiders.
That's twice as long as he was coach of the Raiders.
Yet the topic of his potential return is never far from the minds of a significant segment of Raiders fans, in part because none of his successors has lasted more than two years since Al Davis traded Gruden to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a long-ago spent $8 million and some draft picks that never amounted to much.
The possibility of Gruden returning is probably the most asked question every week during on-line chats. I usually brush most of them off with a quick "no," or never post the question at all and move on to something else.
It's rare when a week goes by where I don't receive e-mails about Gruden coming back to the team where he first became a head coach in 1998.
When Gruden and Bruce Allen were fired in Tampa Bay last Jan. 16, this blog shut down for a few hours, and I'm convinced it had to do with excess traffic. Could have been something else, I suppose, but it was a heck of a coincidence.
I'm guessing the Raiders got their share of e-mails and phone calls as well, because by Jan. 18, John Herrera was telling reporters "We've been down that road" and that any talk about bringing Gruden back was reckless speculation.
Coach Tom Cable is in a tenuous position with the club acknowledging it will take a serious look at ESPN allegations regarding his his history of violence toward women, which comes on the heels of the Randy Hanson affair.
Those issues, accompanied by a 2-6 record from a team Davis proclaimed to be "pretty good" two days before the season started, have the Gruden wishful thinking rumor mill churning again.
I said during Tuesday's chat I'd give a more detailed explanation as to why I don't see Gruden coming back since the bye week afforded some time with just two days of practice, so here goes.
For all the talk of Gruden leaving because of Al's ego, or Gruden wanting to get away from Al, or Gruden requesting Tampa to be closer to his family, the reasons for his departure were contractual.
The two sides were working on a contract extension in 2001. Even when Gruden's agent, Bob LaMonte, was making his return sound dire, Allen, an important middle man in the Davis-Gruden alliance, always thought a deal would get done.
Very late in the season, Gruden thought he had a deal. The extension was for three years, averaging around $3 million per season. In it, Gruden had control of the 53-man roster and the ability to pick his own coaching staff. He was fine with Davis running the draft and free agency, where he would have input but not the final say. But his two main issues were picking his own team, and picking his own coaches.
When Gruden and LaMonte met at a restaurant not far from the club facility and opened the envelope containing the contract, the provisions regarding control of the 53-man roster and picking the coaches had been removed. Much of the money had been pushed to the last season.
If this was a negotiating ploy by the Raiders to get Gruden to take less, it backfired. At that point he was intent on coaching his last season and looking for another job.
Gruden loved coaching the Raiders. Loved the fans, the tradition. He was proud of having taken the mess he inherited from Joe Bugel and making it special again. He used to tell Rich Gannon, "If we can turn this place around and win a championship here, it will be our legacy."
Working with Davis is no picnic, but as we sat in a hotel room that served as his office at the Bucs Orlando, Fla., training camp in 2004, Gruden said, "I thought we were doing OK. We made it work."
One former Raiders assistant told me that when Davis would make a request that Gruden didn't agree with, he would have a film cut-up made detailing his reasons. Davis would see that his idea had been seriously considered and back off _ in large part because the Raiders under Gruden's watch were wildly successful by today's Raiders standards.
With that as a backdrop, what do you think are the chances that Gruden would come to work for the Raiders without control of the 53-man roster and the coaching staff? Especially when he can probably get it someplace else.
And what do you think are the chances that he'd come to work even for the $3 million that was offered in 2004 _ considerably more than any Raiders coach has been paid since then? Especially when he can probably get it someplace else.
And what are the chances that Davis would grant control of the 53-man roster as well as complete control of the coaching staff?
And what are the chances that Davis would pay Gruden what he'd receive from owners with deeper pockets on the open market?
Gruden isn't the only part of the equation.
One of the reasons the Davis-Gruden collaboration worked in Oakland was because of Allen. As single-minded as Davis is about what he believes in, Gruden is equally as driven and determined. He can be impatient and after a period of time can wear on even his most loyal friends and assistants.
Allen was the perfect buffer between Davis and Gruden. One former assistant coach described Allen as the person who made it all work, because without him, the owner and coach would have never co-existed comfortably.
Allen came to the Raiders in part because his father, the late George Allen, was an iconoclastic football lifer like Davis. Bruce Allen, like Davis, was a head coach at a young age, a young GM for his father in the USFL, and later became an agent. But Allen held coaches in reverence, having been raised by one, while Davis was more about players than coaches.
Trading Gruden was just fundamentally the wrong thing to do in Allen's mind, and it was really no surprise when he opted to join Gruden in Tampa.
If Gruden were to return to the Raiders, the spike in interest would be off the charts. The success Gruden built in the form of two division championships and setting the table for a third, is reason enough for a lot of fans to long for the closest thing to the good old days that exist since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995.
How can that happen?
Davis admits his mistake and Gruden returns with control of the 53-man roster, control of his coaching staff, and a salary considerably more than any Raiders coach has ever been paid.
Allen returns to manage the salary cap run the day-to-day operations, mostly at Gruden's behest.
Other members of the support staff who left the Raiders for the Bucs, and closely aligned with Gruden and Allen, also return.
Davis takes a back seat and lets someone else do the heavy lifting to rebuild his tattered franchise, available for advice, support and perspective but letting his coach and senior executive do their jobs.
If you think all those things can happen, dream on.
Hey, the Raiders came back to Oakland in 1995 after 13 years in Los Angeles. What's another miracle 15 years later?


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