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Organizers of the first Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon & Half Marathon are in the race — literally and figuratively.
"Mile marker 2.8 is right out there," President David Beck said, pointing out the front door of the event's downtown headquarters on Market Avenue N, the former home of Art's Diamond Jewelers. "We feel very fortunate that we were able to find an office right on the route."
The Marathon moved its office into the location in August, to continue preparing for the April 27, 2014 event.
One of the biggest obstacles so far is communicating the fact this is a brand new race. The team of Beck, Executive Director Jim Chaney, Finance Director Andrew Rowles and Operations Director Matt Mapley were not involved with local marathons held the past two years.
"There still is some confusion out there, more than we'd expected," said Chaney. "Our team here is marathoners. We run races around the country. We have experienced it first-hand."
Having the Pro Football Hall of Fame on board, allowing the use of its name and symbols, is invaluable.
"None of this would be happening without them," Chaney acknowledged.
Where prior recent marathon events included a handful of races, such as relays, the Hall of Fame Marathon & Half Marathon is just that. You either run the 26.2-mile full, or 13.1-mile half.
"We want to become a national presence ... where we are truly unique is with the brand," Chaney said.
The race theme? Pro football, of course.
Runners will experience it throughout the race, as organizers continue to iron out details to incorporate football throughout the entire course, which begins at the Hall and ends at Fawcett Stadium. Already confirmed on the route are cheer zone sections, bands and the Canton Bluecoats. And all race finishers will earn a football-shaped medal to hang around their necks.
Chaney said 700 runners from 30 states, Canada, the United Kingdom and Thailand have registered to run in the event. That's already a few hundred more than they'd expected at this point, for a race that's still five months away. They've capped the maximum number of entries at 6,000.
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Every Wednesday during the Advent season, we will post a reflection in hopes that it may help you on your own journey through Advent. This weekís reflection is offered by Father Mark Lane, CFCA preacher.
"Ö Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." (Luke 1:45)
When my oldest sister was expecting her first child, I called her close to the end of her last trimester because I had just eaten something that had given me such a pain in the stomach, and I was feeling a deeper sympathy for her situation.
My brother-in-law answered the phone to say she had gone into labor.
Human birth is as old as humanity and fresh as every new generation. The popular appeal of Christmas is because it speaks to deep and abiding human realities.
In the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Luke's intent in the first chapter of his Gospel is seriously theological, but it is wrapped in a tender humanity that touches even the hardest of hearts.
What could be more ordinary than this beguilingly domestic narrative: two cousins sharing the joy and apprehension of unexpected pregnancies?
It is hard not to feel the very human mix of anxiety and hope.
The theological enormity of Mary's simple "yes" has yet to be fully revealed in this early section of Luke's Gospel.
Human history has been unable to resist the romantic domesticity of the birth of Jesus.
I have spent some time in the remote north of Kenya in a province called Turkana.
As in Christian tradition where Joseph was a mature man and Mary a young maiden, men in Turkana are often at the end of their working lives, about 33, and the girls about 16, and at the beginning of a long life of domestic responsibility.
As in many places in the world, a young woman's life moves from her own childhood to motherhood very quickly.
Tradition suggests Mary's circumstances, on the most human level, are a no-less- demanding and life-altering "YES" to God's improbable will.
Surely it is her very ordinary acceptance of God's will that best illuminates her extraordinariness?
No one should say yes to violence, abuse or oppression, but all of us ó be we young women in Turkana, two anxious cousins in Galilee or a nervous uncle ó are called to answer "yes" at times to uncertain outcomes, even perhaps in dangerous settings.
This is Christmas on the practical, everyday level:
To say "yes" to relationships when we are unsure of the return.
To find courage when our fear is great.
To believe in goodness when the evidence is thin.
To speak up when we would rather stay neutral and presumably safe.
To give up our agenda for someone in need.
To open our hearts and our resources when we are tempted to cuddle our own desires.
To work for the oppressed, marginalized, abused.
After all God was in fact born of a simple maiden in Galilee in rather humble circumstances in the historical Christmas, and he will be born so again and again.
Related links:
Awakening our hearts to love [1st Advent reflection]
'For it is in giving that we receive' [2nd Advent reflection]
'God dwells within the human family' [3rd Advent reflection]


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BOSTON — Lawyers and advocates for victims of Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse have welcomed news that former Boston archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law has resigned from his position in Rome.
The Vatican announced on Nov. 21 that the 80-year-old Law had resigned his post as archpriest of St. Mary Major basilica. Spanish Monsignor Santos Abril y Castello has been named as Law's replacement.
Law stepped down as Boston's archbishop in 2002. Critics have said he did little to protect children from predatory priests. The archdiocese deferred comment to the Vatican.
Mitchell Garabedian, a lawyer for many sex abuse victims, told The Associated Press that now is the time for Law to return to Boston to apologize for his "immoral actions," but acknowledged that was "highly unlikely."
Terence McKiernan of bishopaccountability.org told WGBH News, "It's good to see the back of Cardinal Law and I think that anyone experienced his time in Boston and has seen how he's been honored in Rome despite what he did here is happy to see him go."
McKiernan read significance into the way the Vatican announced the news.
"I think it's also important that he was removed unceremoniously — that his replacement was announced and no great trouble was taken in announcing the fact that he was no longer going to be the archpriest," he said. "All of that indicates to me that Pope Benedict and his people are really deciding that this is the end of the Cardinal Law era, that Cardinal Law is no longer going to be a patronage boss in the Catholic Church."
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Just ask Deborah Shaer, who got a call about a mission to reuse items last week, then heard from the contractor working on the Tahanto Regional Middle/High School project about how much stuff was left in the old building they are preparing to raze.
Shaer was on the phone to Institutional Recycling Network (IRN) and within two days had organized the effort that Wednesday morning saw about 1,200 items loaded onto trailers bound for Jamaica, where the leftovers from the old school will gain a new life in that Caribbean nation.
"Deb took the initiative," Paul Queeney, of PMA, said. Shaer is a senior consultant for PMA, the owner project manager overseeing the Tahanto School project.
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Not in the plans were the single digit temperatures as workers brought items out into one of the coldest days.
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Because it all came together so quickly, there were some items, such as lockers, that would have been ideal, but were part of another contract. But that still left plenty of items that could be used.
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"They just don't get them where they're going," Draper said of thing like sports equipment and musical instruments.
When the items arrive, IRN plans to follow the donation and Tahanto students may build a connection with the Jamaican school.
The bonus for Draper is "the district wants to be connected to the destination."
The cold kept everyone moving.
Draper said moves like this tend to happen in the summer, when heat is the issue.
"I'll remember this in July," he said of the cold that numbed fingers and affected equipment like cameras.
The key, he said, was "to keep things fluid," referring to the process of loading, since there was nothing fluid that wasn't going to freeze Wednesday morning.
Among the items were hundreds of chairs, desks and tables that were left over after the school moved, and after a community surplus sale. A piano, an organ, an old microscope, a washing machine, items well used by students and staff at Tahanto, are moving on to a new home in Jamaica.
Draper said the key is that things have to be in safe condition.
"We don't ship trash," he noted.
And careful packing maximizes the amount that fits into each shipping container.
But the effort actually reduces the cost of disposing of the unneeded items by about 30 percent, he said. As a bonus, the materials don't end up in a landfill, and they are reused someplace where they are appreciated.
Draper said there are 12 school rebuilding projects in Jamaica. The funding does not include furniture, making these donations crucial to getting students a better learning environment, including simple things like chairs with backs.
He noted IRN had shipped items to Haiti beginning in 2002 until the 2010 earthquake, when many of the items were lost.
"It's sad having to go back," he said.
Some areas expect certain damage, which makes the used items perfect, and also drives design, such as the central hub for key utilities.
Dana said one of the things IRN likes is dorm furniture, which fits well in the hut situation in many of the communities. Places like UMass, he said, contribute 15 to 20 containers of dorm furniture yearly.
"This initiative nicely incorporates the district's desire to demonstrate a green environment and incorporate recycling technologies into the project," Ekstrom said. "We are proud to know this incorporation involved our salvaged equipment and furnishings from the old Tahanto building. We are also proud of the fact that we can assist other children in less fortunate countries in promoting a more positive learning environment than they currently have."
Past projects have resulted in students in the donating schools communicating with students getting the materials, with IRN doing case studies of each major donation, including sending photos and feedback when the items are received.
The cost of the effort is being shared, with the district and CTA each picking up half the cost, and PMA forgoing its costs for contracting with IRN, which Shaer said also worked to trim costs.


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Ready to get down and boogie? The excesses of the disco era get another going-through in the recent French-Canadian production Funkytown. Ugly polyester shirts, glitter balls, snorting coke off a model's tummy ... it's all here in a sprawling, multi-story format that calls to mind Boogie Nights mixed in with some torrid TV soap opera that might have played on a North-of-the-border equivalent of the CW.
Set in the years 1976-1980, Funkytown differs from many of the other disco-era dramas in exploring how the glamour and decadence of the music affected a specific group of people who worked and hung out at Montreal's hottest discotheque. The very Canadian-ness of the film becomes apparent right off the bat as English and French is spoken interchangeably, sometimes within the same sentence. The film's disco, The Starlight, is based on a real Quebec hotspot called The Limelight (it was even filmed in and around the same building). A few of the film's characters are modeled after true-life Canadian notables of the time as well, although they're simply used here as figureheads in what is ultimately a soapy melodrama.
For something that initially looks like a huge chunk of camp-o-rama, Funkytown actually turns out to be an ambitious and oddly affecting film. It doesn't score all the time - the filmmakers' attempt at drawing parallels between the fall of disco and Quebec's 1980 attempt at becoming a sovereign state don't come off as elegantly as they hoped, for one. However, the way the drama wallows in the characters' mostly dismal prospects winds up being very watchable and fun. Screenwriter Steve Galluccio and director Daniel Roby keep things moving at an agreeable pace, packing in enough intrigue-filled subplots in its two-plus hours to fill an entire season of a TV series. In my household, we watched this at the same time that the second season of the similarly implausible but addictive The L.A. Complex came to an exciting conclusion. They're both Canadian productions that take on a jaundiced attitude toward the glitz of showbiz. If you've got it, flaunt it, the film says. Be on guard for the leeches who want a piece of you, however. And if you no longer got it, get the hell outta the way.
The main players in Funkytown are a diverse group:
Funkytown does a good job of capturing the freewheeling '70s, even though there are some serious mis-steps regarding period accuracy (it occurs most glaringly when iconic songs like "Funkytown" and "Bad Girls" appear in sections taking place years before those records were released). The production design and costuming are somewhat overdone - a forgivable flaw, since the film covers a scene where that "garish is better" aesthetic would fit in perfectly fine. Wolfe Video's DVD edition of the film plays up the film's soundtrack, which uses a few overlooked disco tunes such as "Daddy Cool" (Boney M.) and "Doctor's Orders" (Carol Douglas) to good effect. Unfortunately, at least half of the film's wall-to-wall disco is scored to re-recordings without the original artists, which contribute to the film's earnest charm.
The DVD:
Funkytown is one of those films where the (admittedly nice) cinematography got digitally color-enhanced during post-production, giving the film a constant honey yellow glow. While not exactly evocative of the '70s, the anamorphic, letterboxed image looks sharp and clean.
The DVD's soundtrack, available in either 2.0 Stereo or 5.1 Surround, is a good and clean mix which gives a slight over-emphasis on the music. Dialogue is clear throughout, however, never overwhelmed by the thumping backdrop. Optional English subtitles are available as well, although disappointingly the film's English subtitles on the French-language parts are burned into the image and cannot be turned off.
Wolfe Video has supplied the DVD with only the film's theatrical trailer as a bonus, along with additional trailers for the company's other gay and lesbian-geared products.
Final Thoughts:
The sprawling, fractured, overlong yet very watchable Funkytown chronicles the players, artists and hangers-on at Canada's most legendary dance club. The drama looks like a complete cheese-fest at first glance, but its cynical look at the dark side of showbiz has the same can't-look-away appeal as, say, Ethel Merman's disco album. Recommended.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


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The Challenge of Containing Iran's Enrichment Activities
Simon Henderson and Olli Heinonen
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April 12, 2012
With talks between the P5+1 (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany) and Iran set to resume in Istanbul on April 13, officials are discussing possible compromises that might persuade Tehran to give up any ambition of developing nuclear weapons. Apparently, one of the principal components of these proposals is acceptance of Iran's right to enrich uranium to around 3.5%, a level suitable for civilian power reactors. But this could turn out to be a fatal bargain: centrifuge technology is easy to hide, and there are few barriers to continuing enrichment up to 90%, the level needed for an atomic bomb.
Natural uranium contains just 0.7% of the fissile isotope U-235, which is the key to both controlled chain reactions in nuclear power plants and uncontrolled, explosive chain reactions in atomic bombs. Enriching this material is a progressively easier process. For example, if the aim is to produce 90% enriched uranium, reaching the 3.5% level requires some 75% of the work. By the time 20% enrichment is reached -- the level Iran currently achieves -- 90% of the work has been done. Therefore, cutting a deal in which Iran gives up enriching to 20% but continues enriching to 3.5% would buy relatively little time. Worse, it would not solve the more fundamental problem: the unknown scope and nature of Iran's nuclear program.
In 1943, when the United States was trying to enrich uranium to make a bomb, it used two different methods. One scheme, based on magnets called calutrons, used huge amounts of electricity and employed more than 10,000 people. The other, using diffusion through specially made barriers, was housed in the largest building ever constructed. The beauty of the centrifuge method, used in Europe to fuel civilian nuclear power plants since the 1970s, is that it requires much less: a building the size of a supermarket and electricity equivalent to a small industrial plant. The danger is that the same technology, when mastered, can easily make the high-enriched uranium (HEU) needed for nuclear explosives. And the building where this is being done can be difficult to detect, as evidenced by North Korea's surprise 2010 revelation that it had built a centrifuge plant in its Yongbyon nuclear complex, and Iran's 2009 admission of work on a new facility at Fordow.
Currently, Iran's capabilities appear limited because of operational problems with its IR-1 centrifuge, based on a design received from Pakistan but originally developed in Europe. The IR-1 is prone to breaking down, and Tehran's efforts to develop more advanced models have been hampered by international restrictions on its ability to import the requisite high-strength steel, carbon fiber, aluminum, and other components and machine tools.
Nevertheless, Iran has built a formidable number of IR-1s and has succeeded in enriching uranium to around 20%. Tehran claims it has enriched to only 19.75%, thereby avoiding the 20% level, which is notionally the divide between low-enriched uranium and HEU (so designated because it is theoretically possible to make a nuclear explosive using 20% enriched uranium, though such a device would be so bulky and otherwise impractical that it would hardly qualify as a bomb).
Originally, the government's enrichment activities were confined to the giant facility at Natanz in central Iran. Recently, however, the higher-enrichment centrifuge cascades were transferred to Fordow near the holy city of Qom. This new facility was built under a mountain so as to be immune from attack. Tehran has publicly stated that it plans to build ten such facilities, so other locations may already be designated or even under construction. Similarly, Pakistan -- the source of Iran's technology -- began with a main centrifuge plant at Kahuta, then built a second facility at Gadwal, housed in one building on the grounds of a huge munitions factory near Islamabad. Pakistan also has one or more small centrifuge plants hidden in mountain tunnels.
Without a diplomatic breakthrough, Iran would likely be able to produce weapons-grade HEU eventually despite the IR-1's limitations, since even inefficient centrifuges seem capable of success given enough time. Although many Western experts sneer at the IR-1's poor performance, some estimate that Iran could make enough HEU for a bomb perhaps later this year or in 2013. If Iran chose the breakout path, it could conceivably make several bombs' worth of HEU within a matter of a few weeks or months, depending on the number of centrifuges deployed.
The compromises that will be considered in Istanbul likely include tight safeguard arrangements to prevent undisclosed Iranian activities and/or the diversion of nuclear material, as well as inspection of any suspicious sites. But a more immediate challenge is for Tehran to answer existing questions about suspect activities that suggest it has, at least in the past, worked on nuclear weapons designs and breached its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This is a fundamental part of restoring international confidence in the peaceful scope of Iran's nuclear program, in both the immediate and long term. Without this more complete sort of understanding, the reputation and work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be fundamentally undermined.
Throughout past discussions, Iran has repeatedly offered "transparency" to build international confidence in its activities. Thus, the first step going forward should be to secure a clear commitment by competent Iranian authorities to full openness and cooperation with the IAEA. Tehran must fully implement its obligations under the IAEA statutes and Safeguards Agreement. It must also return to provisional implementation of the Additional Protocol, which strengthens inspection regimes, and work toward early ratification of that protocol. In addition, it must provide all necessary access and cooperation as the IAEA verifies the correctness and completeness of its declaration.
Restraining Iran's enrichment activities might also involve limiting its number of operational centrifuges from around 10,000 to just 1,000 -- a figure commensurate with estimates of the country's maximum conceivable need for enriched uranium. In reality, though, Iran has no need to make enriched uranium at all -- the fuel for its Bushehr power reactor is supplied by Russia, and the fuel rods in the Tehran Research Reactor (used to produce medical isotopes) could be supplied from abroad if Tehran permitted it. In the past, Iran has explained its activities by speaking of elaborate plans to become a global supplier of enriched uranium for nuclear power stations. It could try this gambit once again in Istanbul or later talks.
Even if the parties make some diplomatic progress at the Istanbul summit, they are unlikely to build much trust. Yet such confidence building -- which includes an even stricter safeguards regime -- is essential if compromise is to work. In the absence of progress, Iran could be tempted to pursue clandestine programs. And in the meantime, its centrifuge skills and ability to produce enough high-enriched uranium for a small arsenal of bombs are steadily increasing.
Simon Henderson is the Baker fellow and director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at The Washington Institute. Olli Heinonen, a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, formerly served as deputy director-general and head of the Department of Safeguards at the IAEA.


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How to Create Contacts in the AfriNIC Whois Database
The AfriNIC whois database is made up of various types of "objects". An object that contains contact information about a person is called a person object, and is identified by a "nic-handle", or usually abbreviated as "nic-hdl". Once asked for an abuse or technical contact, simply submit a "nic-handle" that has been created in the AfriNIC whois database. To have a detailed information on the person object, click here
Creating a Person Object
To create a person object, follow the following procedure:
- Complete the returned person object template from your favourite text editor, say - Notepad in Windows, or emacs in Linux, or simply, copy and paste the object to your email program. The following is an example of a completed object:
Some lines have been deleted from the original template, such as "mnt-by", "org", etc... They add extra protection to the above object. Please refer to our database reference documents if you would like to create extra protection to your information.
If the object is successfully created, you will receive a success message with your new "nic-hdl". If it failed, you will also receive a "FAILED" message with a detailed error report including a reason for failure. Please ammend and try again.
You can now use the new nic-hdl as a technical, administrative or abuse contact. You can create as many nic-handles as you wish for the different types of contacts.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A winter storm headed toward the East Coast has Amtrak trimming schedules for its Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains.
Amtrak says passengers should also expect fewer runs than normal on its Keystone Service, from Harrisburg through Philadelphia to New York City.
Trains should operate normally farther north, where less snow was expected. They include Empire Service from New York City to Albany and Buffalo; the Downeaster from Brunswick, Maine to Boston; and the Springfield Shuttle between New Haven, Conn., and Springfield, Mass.
Amtrak says other trains north of New York City, and those south and east of Washington, D.C., will operate normally.
Passengers with reservations on the affected routes were being notified by Amtrak, which will try to place them on other trains.


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as get to know them one-on-one. There will be a formal panel for about an
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§ Rishi Agrawal- Eimer Stahl
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products liability, and commercial litigation. Rishi was previously
employed as an assistant public defender in Will County, Illinois.
§ Mateen Husami - Abbott Labs
practice is focused on antitrust and trade regulation, commercial law,
international law and international trade.
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Comparing the AI Hydra to the Hydra TwentySix
Recently we have received several customer comments and concerns regarding the Hydra vs. the Hydra TwentySix. Most of these comments suggest that the Hydra with 4 LED clusters is better than the Hydra TwentySix because it has only 2 LED clusters. The goal here is to put that perception to rest. We consulted with Joel at Aqua Illumination to better understand the rationale behind the development of the Hydra TwentySix since the Hydra was a fairly new product and still in good demand. Here's a quick look at the differences and why Aqua Illumination feels that the Hydra TwentySix is a viable alternative to the Hydra.
Hydra vs. Hydra TwentySix – key points of interest:
- The AI Hydra TwentySix has 26 LEDs versus the Hydra's 20 LEDs at the same wattage. (The Hydra TwentySix is more efficient)
- The LEDs on the Hydra TwentySix are in a tighter cluster which lessens the shadowing or "disco ball" effect.
- The 2 LED clusters are further apart in the Hydra TwentySix VS the 2 center clusters on the Hydra. Basically, the Hydra TwentySix provides the power of each two outer clusters of the Hydra within each of its individual clusters.
- The footprint of the Hydra TwentySix is 7.28″x5.375″x1.6 while the Hydra is 11.9″ x 5.4″ x 2.1″
- What is not to love about more output over the same area in a smaller package at the same price?
BioTek Marine is currently developing a Hydra TwentySix mounting bracket similar to the HM mounting arm which presently exists for the standard Hydra fixture, but at a reduced price. Keep watching our blog posts or stay tuned to our newsletters for information and pictures relating to this new product offering from Aqua Specialty and BioTek Marine.


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I haven't really had a chance recently to record my daily activities like I used to. And I guess that's a good thing since it means I've been super busy working on some amazing projects!
Here's what I've been up to for the past few weeks:
- Working on my first real freelance illustration job!!! I've been more or less hired to design some covers and interior illustrations. More details to come.
- Working on blog posts documenting my Cannes/London trip. There are about 20-23 related posts I've been working on since I got back. I just want to polish them all before sharing them!
- Figuring out inventory for upcoming online store and expos/fests/conventions. This includes putting together my first zine and The Flea plush toy among other products.
- Production of my first zine. I've been printing, cutting, and assembling like mad and can't wait to share my work! Plus, I already have a great idea for my second zine.
- Production of The Flea plush toy. This has involved a few failed attempts, but I've finally hit upon a great prototype and am ready to start making more. 😀
- Setting up a Storenvy account. Drafting product descriptions, etc.
- Pre-production for The Man Who Never Smiled. One of my short scripts is being made into a film!!! I've been working with a Sacramento-based director named Josh on this. We're planning on filming in July. More details to come.
- Planning on finishing the first 10 pages of The First Reich. As soon as I'm done with the first deadline for the freelance illustration job, I plan to work on this.
- Officially began writing my third full-length screenplay. I've had this strange idea floating around my brain for a while now. Without giving anything away, I think the best way to describe it is as a dark dramedy.
- Planning on submitting some new short screenplays to various contests. While at Cannes, I had a chance to write a few new shorts. 🙂
To be continued…!
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rebounded Monday from jitters about a struggling Portuguese bank as investors looked ahead to a busy week of data releases in the U.S., China and Europe.
Oil edged up to stay above $100 after tumbling more than $2 last week amid expectations more Libyan crude will soon hit markets.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.4 percent to 15,219.59 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.4 percent to 23,326.78. Seoul, Taiwan and Sydney also rose.
Traders regained confidence following concern about the soundness of Portugal's Espirito Santo International, which reportedly missed a debt payment last week, echoing issues that spawned Europe's debt crisis. Investors appeared to have been reassured any problems would be contained.
"Concerns about a widespread spill-over across Europe eased," said Mizuho Bank in a report. "Sentiment improved across the board."
China's Shanghai Composite Index was flat at 2,047.98.
Investors were looking ahead to announcements Tuesday about monetary policy in Australia and Japan and European inflation. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen is due to testify before a congressional committee.
On Wednesday, China is due to report quarterly economic growth. The country's top economic official, Premier Li Keqiang, said last week performance improved compared with the first quarter, when growth tumbled to 7.4 percent, but gave no details.
Seoul's Kospi gained 0.5 percent to 1,998.32 and Taiwan's Taiex added 0.5 percent to 9,545.99. Sydney's S&P ASX 200 rose 0.4 percent to 5,511.70. New Zealand also gained.
Last week, Germany's DAX and Britain's FTSE 100 ended 0.1 percent higher while France's CAC-40 gained 0.4 percent.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 both gained 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq composite was up 0.4 percent.
Benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery gained 1 cent to $100.84 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $2.10 to close at $100.83 in the previous session on expectations of higher supplies and muted global demand.
In currency markets, the dollar rose to 101.37 yen from 101.32 yen late Friday. The euro fell to $1.3603 from $1.3608.


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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Miss Each Other Terribly And Hate Their Long Distance Relationship!
Rob and Kristen are both working nonstop on their new non 'Twilight' flicks and now that Kristen is between London and LA, they can't even find time to talk on the phone!
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are not enjoying their time apart. A new report in In Touch reveals that Rob and Kristen are taking their long distance in stride, but it's emotionally hard on both of them.
"Rob and Kristen are used to spending every second together, working and living in the same place," a source says. "Not being together has been hard."
Rob is currently shooting Cosmopolis in Toronto and Kristen is in London working on Snow White and the Huntsman.
The happy couple only have eyes for each other despite recent reports linking Kristen and her On The Road co-star Garrett Hedlund as potential love interests.
Since being together June 5 at the MTV Movie Awards Rob and Kristen really haven't seen each other! They can barely talk on the phone with the time difference and hectic schedules.
We just hope they reunite soon — especially so that their dog Bear can have both of their parents around!


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Life is a hoot when you display these sweet owls in a child's bedroom. This applique wall hanging features your favorite forest friends.
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Congratulations to Jake Long on agreeing to terms with the Miami Dolphins worth close to 950,158 Guitar Hero games. Don Chavez takes us back to a time when Mr. Long was just a serious-looking giant boy laying on the couch in a Michigan sweatshirt as big a picnic blanket playing GH with his buddy.
Don't you go Hollywood, Jake.
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Clarkson University Professor Emeritus Petr Zuman Receives Wichterle Award
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Clarkson University Distinguished Emeritus Research Professor Petr Zuman was honored with the Wichterle Award at the12th International Conference on Electroanalysis, organized by the European Societies on Electroanalytical Chemistry, and held in June in Prague.
Zuman received the award for his contributions to the development of analytical and physical chemistry, as reflected by his publishing of 15 books and 440 papers in research journals. Zuman was also honorary president of the conference.
Zuman, whose research interests include organic electrochemistry, studies mechanisms of organic reactions using polarographic, voltammetric and kinetic measurements that contribute to a better understanding of biological activity.
Zuman, who joined Clarkson University's Chemistry Department in 1970, was appointed emeritus professor in 1996 and continues to be active in the academic and research life of the University. He currently supervises both graduate and undergraduate students.
In addition to teaching and conducting research, Zuman has served on the editorial boards of the Microchemical Journal, Analytical Letter, the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and others.
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June 28. 2014 8:43PM
Courting freedom: A good week for the rule of law
The misuse of government power was frowned upon by the scowling face of justice last week, which should make the rest of us smile.
On Thursday the New York State Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, struck down Nanny Bloomberg's ban on large sodas. It ruled 4-2 that the city's Board of Health "exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority" in banning sodas larger than 16 ounces.
Restraining government from going beyond limits set by the people was a common theme last week. In a case involving instances of police officers seizing and searching people's cellphones, the U.S. Supreme Court held - unanimously - that police may not search cellphones without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment still lives.
On Thursday the court struck down Massachusetts' buffer zone law, which banned most people from entering public space within 35 feet of an abortion clinic. (New Hampshire's 25-foot buffer zone law was copied from Massachusetts'.) The court ruled, again unanimously, that Massachusetts had overstepped its authority and violated the people's First Amendment rights.
Also on Thursday the court ruled that three of President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the President made them when the Senate was not actually in recess. Again, the court reaffirmed a pre-existing legal boundary. In another ruling, the court checked the EPA from exceeding its rule-making authority on emissions.
The rule of law protects citizens by preventing the government from overstepping boundaries set by the people. But it is worthless if the courts don't uphold it. Last week's pushback was needed. We wish the courts would do it more often.


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Scott S. Lazo's pub is back. After about a decade of delays, the outspoken and controversial School Committee member and Pop Warner football leader recently opened Lazo's Café, his pub on Mill Street.
Scott S. Lazo's pub is back.
After about a decade of delays, the outspoken and controversial School Committee member and Pop Warner football leader recently opened Lazo's Café, his pub on Mill Street.
Building issues forced him to rebuild. A gasoline spill from nearby Hi Lo gas station spread into his business. Financial hurdles had him owing more than $12,000 in back taxes. In the middle of doing the work, he had a hip replaced.
But at long last, the establishment is open for spirits, sports viewing and sandwiches.
Some, however, question whether the town would have been as patient about a dormant liquor license had it dealt with someone less politically connected.
Although the town has been dealing with three other dormant licenses in recent years, Mr. Lazo has become the face of the issue, because his had been inactive the longest, and because of his local prominence.
"What was it, 11 years almost?" said Liquor Licensing Board member Dale F. Ferron, who has criticized the handling of Mr. Lazo's license.
Mr. Lazo countered, "People have to understand: In Southbridge, I get no preferential treatment. I am looked at under a magnifying glass times two."
The local Liquor Licensing Board had scheduled Sept. 20 hearings to revoke dormant licenses belonging to Mr. Lazo and another pub owner, and Oct. 18 hearings for two other businessmen.
But Mr. Lazo reopened the day before Thanksgiving, and two of the other three are on the verge of opening after years of prodding by the town.
Mr. Ferron said that during the first of his two stints on the board, in 2008, he "tried to move things forward and make sure that that license (Mr. Lazo's) was going to be used again — or it would be relinquished."
Asked what the roadblock was, Mr. Ferron said, "I really don't know. As it was expressed to me at the time, it was, 'Well they (Mr. Lazo and his then-councilman brother Steven) do a lot for the town. We're not going to push them any further than we have to.' "
Mr. Ferron also said he took issue with Mr. Lazo's not having to pay annual $1,000 renewal fees on the license for seven years, a savings of $7,000. Mr. Ferron said the license sat in the manager's office during those years because something had been worked out.
Mr. Lazo closed the bar for what he thought were minor renovations, but the project mushroomed into a complete rebuilding effort that no one could have predicted, he said.
The gas spill occurred four years ago, forcing remediation efforts and making it impossible to get financing.
Repairs were made out of pocket.
Mr. Lazo said he had no idea what he's spent. He said he had to borrow from friends.
If he could do it over again, he said, he would have simply moved the license to another site because the building "wasn't worth 10 cents."
But Mr. Ferron said he dug deeper into the issue, and asked the state Department of Environmental Protection how long it had put Mr. Lazo's building out of service from the gas spill.
He said he was told it was 30 days or less.
"What needed to happen was Scott needed to come up with some money to get all the paperwork back in line to say he could reuse the building and reuse the property, and he didn't have the money to do that."
Now that Mr. Lazo is open and the two others are close to doing so, Mr. Ferron said, he is just hopeful they bring jobs to town.
Town Manager Christopher Clark said Mr. Lazo has not been treated differently, but he could not speak to the management of licenses before he took the manager position in 2008.
Mr. Clark said he got more involved with the autonomous liquor board two years ago, when, he said, he was approached by people who said, "You're responsible for appointing those people (to the board)." They also wanted to know, " 'Where are the results and are they operating the way they're intended to?' "
To have a restaurant pouring license, a business also has to have a common victualer license, which is the manager's responsibility.
"I decided to approach it as more of a collaborative partnership in trying to work closely with the liquor licensing board," Mr. Clark said.
But Mr. Lazo said he is convinced the dormant license discussion is "99.9 percent political." He said the law allows for unforeseen circumstances.
Reached by phone, liquor licensing board Chairman Bruce Newlands said he had no comment, and hung up.
The third board member, Michael Daniels, dismissed the preferential treatment argument and noted Mr. Lazo's extenuating circumstances.
"You can cancel a license all you want, but then they can appeal it to the (state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission), and naturally the ABCC is going to look at all the circumstances and say, 'Here's a period where this person was unable to open even if he wanted to.' "
He added, "I admit, for a long time these licenses haven't been being used. But our intention for a long time has been to try to get these licenses used so that they can employ people. We try to be very supportive of any business."
Mr. Lazo, whose lineage spans four generations in the Southbridge tavern business, said he intends to hang a sign that says, "We get by with a little help from our friends."
"I couldn't have done it alone," he said. "I couldn't have done it without my friends, and I especially couldn't have done it without the patience of the town.
"I wasn't hurting anybody," he continued. "And I wasn't doing anything illegal as far as holding the license, although some people like to tell a different story."


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WBC: Dominican Republic Handily Beats US, Heads to Final Round
Miami – After beating the United States, Dominican manager Tony Peña sat at a microphone in an interview room, choking back tears, while fans in the stadium's plaza cheered and celebrated.
"I feel so emotional," Peña said finally. "Today was the battle of two titans."
The Dominican Republic won 3-1 Thursday night to earn a berth in the final round of the World Baseball Classic.
Pinch-hitter Erick Aybar singled home Nelson Cruz with the go-ahead run in the ninth for the Dominicans, who improved to 5-0. They're assured of a spot in the semifinals beginning Sunday in San Francisco, where two-time defending champion Japan and the Netherlands have already advanced.
No doubt it's the best atmosphere I ever played in... Thanks to the fans, we had extra motivation you don't have every day.
The United States must face Puerto Rico on Friday night, with the winner earning a trip to San Francisco and the loser being eliminated. Ryan Vogelsong will pitch for the Americans against Nelson Figueroa.
Playing the U.S. team for the first time ever in the WBC, the Dominicans drew raucous support all night. Horns and percussion pulsed from start to finish, especially in a noisy ninth.
"No doubt it's the best atmosphere I ever played in," said Cruz, who has twice reached the World Series. "Thanks to the fans, we had extra motivation you don't have every day."
With the score 1-all in the ninth, Cruz led off with a double against Craig Kimbrel (0-1), then took third on a groundout. Aybar singled sharply and ran to first with his index finger raised as his teammates poured out of the dugout to greet Cruz crossing the plate.
Aybar's hit came one pitch after a called strike two left him irate.
"An umpire makes a mistake," Aybar said. "What I did was forget about it and make contact."
Until Aybar's hit, the Dominicans were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
Aybar stole second and scored on Jose Reyes' two-out single off Kimbrel.
"I didn't go out and do my job," Kimbrel said.
Former Miami Marlin Hanley Ramirez silenced jeers from the crowd with a home run in the second inning for the other Dominican run.
Fernando Rodney, the fifth Dominican pitcher, threw a perfect ninth to complete a six-hitter for his fourth save. He has yet to allow a hit in 4 1-3 innings.
With the final out, several teammates joined Rodney in his familiar arrow-shooting ritual.
The Dominicans were demonstrative from the outset. Pitcher Samuel Deduno struck out Eric Hosmer looking to end the third, then walked to the dugout shouting with both arms raised. He was just as animated after fanning Jimmy Rollins to end the fourth.
Pedro Strop (3-0) pounded his chest when he kept the score tied by getting three outs in the eighth.
"We came here to play baseball without disrespecting anyone," Rodney said. "A Dominican's adrenaline is like that. If you want to understand it, go there and experience it."
U.S. manager Joe Torre had no complaint.
"There's passion on both sides," he said. "It's just showed a little different. It's nothing we didn't expect."
The retractable roof at Marlins Park was closed, which reinforced the racket generated by Dominican spectators. They more than matched the cheers of U.S. fans in the crowd of 34,366.
There was plenty of flag-waving, even by the players. During the game someone gave the Americans a U.S. flag to hang in their dugout.
"That's the loudest it's ever been here with the atmosphere, the noisemakers and everything that they brought," Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton said. "It was definitely a fun crowd to play in front of."
The U.S. team was without slugger David Wright, scratched shortly before the game because of sore ribs. Wright said he doesn't think the injury's serious, but he's likely to miss the rest of the WBC, Torre said.
Both starting pitchers benefited from umpire Angel Hernández's large strike zone, and they cooled off two teams that came into the game batting over .300.
R.A. Dickey, the NL Cy Young Award winner last year, gave up one run and struck out four in five innings. Deduno allowed one run and struck out seven, mostly on curves, in four innings.
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The FOX19 Friday Prep Rally makes it way to Cardinal Stadium for a West Side showdown between the Colerain Cardinals and the Elder Panthers.
Colerain enters the game as the top-ranked team in the latest QueenCityHigh.com / FOX19 Ohio Division I Rankings following an impressive opening-week win over Northmont.
Elder, who moved up three spots in the rankings to No. 3 this week, defeated Winton Woods handedly in its first game.
The Panthers beat the Cardinals the past two seasons, but if they are going to do it this time they'll have to accomplish it at Colerain.
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This week's matchup is stacked with stellar players across the field. Few have the potential to make an impact on the game's outcome that Elder's Ben Coffaro possesses. The senior exploded in last week's season-opening win over Winton Woods by catching five balls for 137 yards and picking up another 90 yards on the ground while scoring three touchdowns. Colerain arguably fields the Tri-state's top trio of linebackers in seniors Andrew Smith and Jarrett Grace as well as junior Joe Bolden. All three are major Division I prospects and collectively they possess a great challenge for the Elder offense.
Colerain missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 1999. The Cardinals are 9-6 against the GCL South since 2004 and have not suffered a loss at Cardinal Stadium in that span. Elder only returns six starters from last year's team which advanced to the state semi-finals. The Panthers have won in each of the last two seasons in their match-up with the Cardinals. They beat them in the Regional Finals in 2008 and knocked them off last year in a nationally televised game from The Pit. For the second straight season Elder is playing with just nine games on the schedule.
With over 10,000 people expected on game night at Cardinal Stadium, getting the fans into the game early on and keeping them in it throughout will be invaluable against an inexperienced Panthers' squad. After rushing for 2,226 yards during his first two seasons as a running back, Tyler Williams has moved to quarterback in his senior season. He needs to avoid mistakes and to continue to get comfortable under center. If the Cardinals are going to win this game they'll need to do it on the ground. Look for running backs Trayion Durham and Chris Davis to also play large factors in the offense. Defensively, containing Elder's rushing game will force the Panthers to throw the football. Defensive back Chris Dukes needs to capitalize on any mistakes by Elder's young signal caller.
The Panthers struggled to stop Winton Woods' Thomas Owens last week before he left the game with injury and will need to show up better against Colerain's Tyler Williams. The Cardinals are going to run, run, and run some more. Elder will need big defensive efforts from its senior leaders, Jake Lindsey and Kevin Hyland along with junior defensive end Rakim Johnson. Junior quarterback Ben Gramke was solid last week in his varsity debut throwing for 261 yards and four scores. If Elder is going to pull off a road win they will need their rebuilt offensive line (4 junior starters) to give Gramke time in the pocket and to be able to open up holes for Coffaro.
Both teams are going to be tough and playoff contenders in 2010. However, with home field advantage and experience greatly on their side it's going to be tough for Elder to knock off the Cardinals. Look for the young Panthers to hang early, but in the end Colerain pulls away and wins by 10 points or more.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (August 18, 2011) – The prelude to a new era for the ETSU women's soccer program has concluded, and on Friday night first year head coach Adam Sayers will lead the Bucs into Snyder Field to take on the Wofford Terriers at 7 p.m.
For Sayers, Friday will be the first official time he has led any collegiate squad onto the pitch and, coming off an unbeaten 1-0-1 preseason, things look very promising for his youthful team of nine freshmen, nine sophomores, four juniors and three seniors to continue its success into the regular season.
Wofford boasted a record of 7-8-4 (2-5-4 SoCon) last year, placing eighth in the Southern Conference, and was ousted in the first round of the SoCon tournament by eventual champion UNC Greensboro. Under the helm for the Terriers is head coach Amy Klah, entering her 13th season. Wofford leads the all-time series against ETSU, holding a record of 4-3-1 in the eight contests between the squads.
The Terriers return their leading scorer in sophomore Emily Bougas, who netted six goals, tallying one assist, through 18 matches on her freshman season. On the whole, Wofford returns 77 percent of its scoring, 24 of 31 goals, as well as goalkeeper Kimberly Cohn, who led her team with a goals against average of 0.86.
"[Wofford] treated the preseason very much like us by experimenting with different players at different positions and testing concepts," said Sayers. "Since it is our first game and we don't really know much about Wofford, we'll again focus primarily on ourselves and ensure we implement what we worked on from an offensive and defensive standpoint."
The Buccaneer women's soccer program heads into 2011 looking to build off its 8-7-3 (4-5-1 A-Sun) mark from a year ago with the help of nine new freshmen faces. Two freshmen in particular, Ellis Parsons (Cardiff, Wales) and Jasmin Dutton (Kimmel Bay, North Wales), come to ETSU with experience on the international level, as both have competed in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions for the U19 Welsh national team. Dutton carries quite the résumé from overseas having scored six goals for the U19 nationals, being voted team captain, representing the Welsh Senior Team and earning Welsh Girl Player of the Year honors.
"It's very significant to have players of that caliber bring their experience to our program," said Sayers. "Having been involved with the national program for several years, as both of them have, they've played against some of the best players in Europe and the world in some cases. The experience they've garnered is really invaluable and it will certainly help them individually and our team as a whole moving forward."
Other newcomers have already stood out through the Bucs' two exhibitions. Freshmen Jenna Caudle (Middletown, Md.) and Taylor Maxson (Lewisville, Texas) totaled for six of the eight points ETSU accumulated in their two friendlies against Campbell and Presbyterian. Caudle assisted the Bucs' only goal of a, 1-1, draw against Campbell and scored the first of two goals in a convincing, 2-0, win against Presbyterian. The second goal against Presbyterian was netted by Maxson, with an assist from Caudle, as Maxson attacked the net all game taking five shots, just one shy of the six shots PC's entire team could manage the entire 90 minutes.
Although experience may seem to be lacking, the Bucs' roster of 25 student-athletes returns six starters and 16 letterwinners from a season ago, including senior Genna Petersen (Loveland, Ohio). Petersen, a talented and tactical midfielder, assisted three goals in 2010 to rank second on the team. In a double-overtime victory over Winthrop, Petersen assisted the game-winning goal in the 104th minute to secure ETSU its fourth victory of the year and complete non-conference play with a record of 4-2-1 overall. Seniors Caitlin Gaughan (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Jessica Hiltenbrand (Bartlett, Tenn.) join Petersen as the three senior forces for the Bucs. Gaughan is slotted as the lone goalkeeper and comes off a 2010 campaign in which she was the team leader in goals allowed average (0.83).
A core four-some of sophomores join Hiltenbrand on defense to assist the experienced Gaughan protecting goal. Lindsay Bickel (Hampstead, Md.) and Shaun Riddle (Solon, Ohio) are the two returning second-year defenders who took part in all 18 games for ETSU in 2010. Bickel started off her freshman season scoring her first goal in the team's first game against UNC Asheville. Their accompanying classmates Samantha Kron (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) and Hannah Goffe (Birmingham, England) each contributed in their freshmen season, having combined for a goal and an assist in 2010. All four defenders head into 2011 having gained valuable experience in a season in which ETSU ranked third in the Atlantic Sun and 89th nationally in goals against average, posting a 1.00 mark. With the addition of Tessa Johnson (Knoxville, Tenn.) and the aforementioned Welsh national Parsons, ETSU's defense will be a challenging one for the opposition to breakthrough, and a foreground for success.
"I'm certainly happy with the defense so far," said Sayers. "We've been very encouraged by what we've seen from the defensive unit in the preseason. Samantha Kron is a very good player and she's excelled so far, but overall the unit has been very competent in implementing what we've asked them to from a defensive strategy standpoint and we expect them to be very important for us."
Another crucial returner for the Bucs is sophomore Ramey Kerns (Kings Mountain, N.C.), the team's co-leader in both goals and points from 2010. Kerns amassed 13 points on one assist and six goals her freshman season, which included the game-winner in a two-goal game for the then-freshman, when ETSU defeated Campbell, 2-0. Kerns will be a vital part of the ETSU attack which includes her fellow classmate Kayla White (Virginia Beach, Va.). White will be looking to build on her three goals from last year, while junior forward Tori Head (Kingsport, Tenn.) will be counted on for a considerable increase in production with the loss of significant point scorers from a year ago. Junior forward Morgan Thomas (Maryville, Tenn.) has already had an immediate impact in the early going of 2011, having scored the first goal of exhibition play earlier this month against Campbell. Last season the Bucs managed 23 goals through 18 matches to average 1.28 goals per game. Based on those statistics, goal scoring and creating chances will be an attentive matter Sayers will have to improve upon heading into 2011.
"We have the group of returners back who are still relatively young this year, along with a few upperclassmen who will add experience to our offense," said Sayers. "With the addition of Jenna Caudle, who's been very exciting in the last two preseason games, our offense is certainly something that we will focus on a lot. I think it will take time for us to be as productive and as efficient as we would like, but the players have been fantastic, their attitudes have been wonderful and we're certainly moving in the right direction."
The midfield, led by Petersen, will also be counting on its young talent to attain success in 2011. Sophomore Lucy Goffe (Birmingham, England) will play an integral role in how the Bucs fair through the upcoming season as she is one of the few who took part in all 18 games for ETSU last year. Goffe made a mark her freshman year, assisting the game-winning goal against Lipscomb, and will look to manufacture more scoring opportunities this season with the help of six incoming freshmen at the position. While one of the newcomers, Maxson, has already made a mark in exhibition play, a trio of high school standouts in Emilee Engelhaupt (Charlotte, N.C.), Kim Elmore (Salem, Va.) and Summer Peterson (Lorton, Va.) await the chance to impress upon their first year head coach as well. All three newcomers have already proved their talent, with each having been part of a high school or club championship team prior to landing in Johnson City.
"We've been attempting to find the balance between defensive security and the initiation of the attacking play," said Sayers. "It certainly has been very exciting to see all of these freshmen involved in the preseason games. They've got a lot of ability, energy and enthusiasm which gives us a lot of options at midfield.
Loaded with young talent, coach Sayers and the Bucs expect to set a new foundation for ETSU women's soccer based on hard work that will hopefully lead to many accomplishments in 2011.
Live Stats and live streaming video of Friday's contest will be provided courtesy of athletics.wofford.edu.
For more information on ETSU women's soccer please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer links.


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