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By John Shinn
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — The uniforms haven't changed, but there's a lot about Oklahoma's offense that doesn't appear the same.
Through three games, it hasn't played at the rapid pace of past seasons. It's run the ball effectively enough, averaging 6.1 yards per carry, but it only ran the ball 27 times in Saturday's 24-19 loss to Kansas State.
The 16th-ranked Sooners seem to have an offensive identity crisis. After three games, they haven't locked in to what they do well.
"I'd say we're making it confusing for the coaches," center Gabe Ikard said. "Some days we're running the ball really well and some days were not. Protection is firm and crisp some days and other days it's not. We've made it tough for (offensive coordinator Josh) Heupel to call plays."
They've been the model of an inconsistent unit, at times moving the ball with precision. At other times, it's simply grounding to a halt. Quarterback Landry Jones, who has admittedly struggled in the first three games, said there's no real difference between the Sooners' offense from 2010 and 2011 to the one he's running now. The plays are the same and so is the scheme. However, the personnel is different. Five of the eight receivers, running backs or tight ends that caught passes against Kansas State were playing in their third career games at OU.
Clearly, the comfort level Jones had with previous receiving corps hasn't carried over.
"You do scratch your head. You wonder and you think," Jones said. "It drives me nuts that we're kind of underachieving right now. I feel like, especially for myself, definitely been underachieving this whole year, but it's one of those things that we played a good team in Kansas State and we made mistakes that put us into a position that we couldn't win."
The mistakes were a fumble by Jones that gave Kansas State a touchdown and a fumble by backup quarterback Blake Bell at the Kansas State 2-yard line that ended a potential touchdown drive.
One of the reasons OU was in position to punch the ball in the end zone when Bell fumbled was because it picked up the speed of the offense during the drive. The Sooners have seemed to been their most effective when playing at a fast tempo. But a team that is only rotating two offensive linemen and about five receivers — with four of them in their first season with the program — can only go so fast.
"Depth and your youth play into it," Heupel said. "When you play efficiently, good things happen. You try to put your kids in positions to play efficient. Sometimes you put them in tempo situations and other times you keep them out of it."
Zeroing in on what works and what doesn't is the must-accomplish task this week. The Sooners don't play again until Oct. 6 at Texas Tech. Between now and then, some of the questions have to be answered. The Sooners have to claim some sort of identity and build on it.
It might mean playing faster and firing the ball all over the field. It might mean lining up in the I-formation and handing the ball to running backs Dominique Whaley and Damien Williams 40 times a game. The Sooners have shown the ability to do both, but they haven't shown the capability of building the offense around either.
"You're always tweaking things and trying to play to your personnel," OU coach Bob Stoops said. "… We've got quite a few new pieces that we're working with. All the new receivers, new tight ends. That needs to continue to develop. And then as they develop, who are our better ones and how do we play to their strengths? How do we stay away from their weaknesses? You're always looking at that."
After three games, the Sooners still haven't found what they're looking for.
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Gov. Chris Christie, who was to give his State of the State speech Tuesday, instead eulogized State Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (R-Parsippany), who died Monday night at the Statehouse. Christie had already called DeCroce "" earlier in the day.
During his speech, Christie spoke about DeCroce's manner of dealing with his colleagues, despite any political differences that may have existed at times.
"He was a friend to all of us, regardless of your position, regardless of your party, regardless of your station in life, and regardless whether the political winds were at your back or squarely in your face," Christie said. "Alex was a man who understood loyalty. When you were his friend, you were his friend. Regardless of whether he thought it helped him, or hurt him, politically. Having caused him both over the years, believe me, I speak from experience."
Christie described DeCroce as someone who knew how to both win and lose in the political arena gracefully.
DeCroce was scheduled to speak Tuesday as Assembly Minority Leader. Christie received a copy of the speech and reveled some of the comments he intended to make.
"Here was his message: 'We will solve more problems by working together than apart,' " Christie said. "Alex had planned to tell us to reach across the aisle, to work cooperatively toward solving our biggest problems. His closing words today were to be, 'we owe our constituents nothing less.' "
Christie finished by speaking to DeCroce.
"And to Alex–who no doubt is watching down on us as we sit here at this moment–we send our love, our respect, and our eternal gratitude," he said. "We will do our best to make you proud. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the good and kind sole of Alex DeCroce."
For Christie's full speech, as well as words from others at the Statehouse, watch the video above.
The governor's full statement is also below:
Speaker Oliver, President Sweeney, Leader Kean, Betty Lou and your family, friends gathered here today:
As you know, I had intended to come before you today to give a report on the State of our State.
And I will fulfill that constitutional obligation by addressing you and our citizens more fully next week. For today, it is enough to say that the State of our State is getting better, but today our hearts are filled with sadness.
Unfortunately, tragedy struck late last night. Our colleague, our friend, Alex DeCroce passed suddenly. Our State House flag is at half mast today in his honor.
He passed doing what he loved – serving the people of New Jersey.
But it does not lessen the pain.
To Betty Lou, to PJ and Christopher, to Jessica and Erin, and to Alex's grandchildren Connor, Kayla and Noah, we offer the most sincere condolences possible. We join you in deep sadness. And we express to you thanks for supporting Alex in a life well lived.
For me, Alex was a close family friend and a mentor for almost two decades. He helped me get my start in elective office as a freeholder in Morris County back in 1994. And ever since, he was a valued advisor, an unshakable ally, and a source of all that is good in politics and in public service. I had no more loyal friend in Trenton than Alex DeCroce. Mary Pat and I will miss him greatly.
Alex devoted much of his life to the public – to making Morris County and New Jersey a better place. He did it through business, as a partner with the late Congressman Dean Gallo. He did it through his service to many charitable boards and foundations. And he did it through government service. He was a Morris County Freeholder. And, since 1989, he was a member of this legislature.
He was loved by his constituents enough that he was re-elected eleven times. And he was respected by the members of his caucus enough that he was elected Republican Leader.
In government service, just as he was in business and in the community, Alex was incredibly hard-working.
He was a leader in this body on transportation issues – a former Chairman of the Transportation Committee, a sponsor of the laws to renew the Transportation Trust Fund and to dedicate the gas tax to transportation projects.
He fought hard for the rights of victims of crime and their families. He was, in many ways, the pioneer in this chamber of the modern victims' rights movement. His commitment was born out of his sense of fairness and his huge heart for those who had suffered a great personal loss. The victims of crime and their families have lost their greatest advocate.
He was a fierce competitor in the political arena. While Alex always had a smile and a kind word for everyone in this business, behind that genuine friendliness was the ferociousness of someone who had deeply held convictions. Alex was a fighter. He knew how to win and lose in this arena gracefully. He knew how to wage a good battle. But unlike many in this business today, waging that good battle did not prevent Alex from inviting you out after the battle was waged for a steak and a drink. He was a representative of an era that is slipping away and that his passing I hope motivates us to revive—that we are all in this together, disagreements and all, and none of it should make us forget our essential humanity or who we were sent here to fight for every day.
Frankly, in all that we have accomplished together in these last two years—we owe a major debt to Alex DeCroce. None of it would have been possible without his help.
Perhaps his greatest accomplishments were personal. In a business that is sometimes rough and tumble and replete with broken commitments, he was one of the kindest, most gentle and most trustworthy people I have ever known. Due to all of these extraordinary traits, you couldn't find anyone, on either side of the aisle, that didn't like Alex DeCroce.
He was a friend to all of us – regardless of our position, regardless of our party, regardless of our station in life, regardless of whether the political winds were at our back or squarely in our face. Alex was a man who understood loyalty. When you were his friend, you were his friend—regardless of whether he thought it helped him or hurt him politically. Having caused him both over the years, believe me, I speak from experience.
He was dedicated, honest and down to earth. A source of advice. A source of insight. A source of consolation for friends, and the object of admiration even from political adversaries.
Somehow, standing here, it seems fitting that we should honor Alex in the chamber where he spent so much of his life, the chamber to which he was so dedicated, and in which he accomplished so much.
He loved this chamber. He loved all of you. He loved the people of New Jersey. And we loved him back.
Alex had intended to speak here today. I was given his planned remarks this morning when I arrived at the State House by his former colleague Rich Bagger. Here was his message: "We will solve more problems by working together than apart."
Alex had planned to tell us to "reach across the aisle to work cooperatively toward solving our biggest problems." His closing words were to be: "We owe our constituents nothing less."
God has a way of taking the best away from us before we are ready to see them go.
The Prophet Isaiah says, "Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest even as they lie in death."
Alex walked uprightly to the end. Last night, he fought the good fight on this floor right to the very end of his life. That is often said metaphorically about some in our business. For those of you who were here last night, you know it was literally true about Alex.
He fought for his beloved colleagues, for his steadfast principles, for his belief in this chamber and for the people he was elected to serve until the very last moments of his life.
When his work was done last night, the Lord took Alex, still hard at work on behalf of the State, still giving his all to the people of New Jersey. And we know that He took him in peace, and will care for him gently in the palm of His hand.
To Betty Lou, and to Alex's family, we send our condolences. And to Alex, no doubt watching down on us as we sit here now, we send our love, our respect, and our eternal gratitude. We will do our best to make you proud.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the good and kind soul of Alex DeCroce.

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Able and Will are backstage talking about keeping it minimal today, which seems a bit counter to their usual busy styles, but we predict itll serve them both well.
Able Parris lives in Carrboro, NC, and works at McKinney in Durham, NC, so he presumably spends his days serving the design needs of the Greater Research Triangle Area and his nights partying with Superchunk and UNC cheerleaders. Or as he puts it, "Able Parris is an artist and designer who enjoys exploring the mountains and seas with his wife, and personal photographer, Julia." Before the glamor of Carrboro (we hear they have an amazing artisan popsicle shoppe) he attended Rhode Island School of Design (our second RISDer in a row!), then ran his own boutique design studio in Providence. He has self-published two poetry chapbooks, and his collages have been published both in the states and abroad. He is also a contributor to welovetypography.com and fieldmic.com. He played a solid qualifier last year and wanted another shot at glory, who are we to say no, especially since we dig his Guided-by-Voices-album-cover collage style?
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Weatherford Democrat
— By JUDY SHERIDAN
Weatherford native Don Huddleston, 77, stepped into the pages of Parker County's history in 1994 when he unveiled a remarkable tribute to the Parker County Courthouse, an intricate replica built without benefit of blueprint or kit.
Dedicated to his mother, Lucy, whose final breath is recorded in the hands of the clock tower, the engaging miniature is a masterpiece crafted by a master tinkerer — from the authentic-looking rockwork at its base to the tiny owl perched at the top, frightening off the pigeons.
"I started with a board and worked up," Huddleston said modestly of the 19 months of painstaking effort that will one day be his legacy. "I tried to put every detail into it."
Initially displayed in the front window of First Citizens' Bank, Huddleston's model has been relegated to the Courthouse Annex for more than 20 years at the request of its maker, who worried that the present courthouse — erected in 1884 — might go the way of its predecessors — up in smoke.
"That was my stipulation," Huddleston said. "The courthouse hadn't been remodeled, and the wiring was old. I didn't want the two of them together.
"If everything was gone, all we'd have left would be the pictures."
As county officials prepared for courthouse tours this spring, however, they managed to wheedle Huddleston into temporarily giving the model center stage at the courthouse, where it now beckons visitors like a jewel in a crown.
Like the real courthouse, it will be decorated for Christmas this year.
Public Information Officer Joel Kertok said the resourceful Huddleston, who answered when the call for old photos for the tours went up, has been "a huge help in Judge Riley's effort to promote awareness of the courthouse and rally community support."
Kertok and Huddleston met while volunteering at the Weatherford Senior Center, then grew close as Huddleston worked to collect and frame most of the courthouse pictures displayed on the courthouse tours.
His innate design/build skills, along with an ability to restore and creatively recycle what others cast away, struck Kertok as genius.
"I knew this guy was greatness," he said.
Those pictures now fill a small wall in Huddleston's living room, which also boasts a large, well-furnished dollhouse — built with dogwood "logs" from Cartwright Park and dedicated to the memory of his late wife, Joyce.
"She passed away two years ago, and I needed something to do," he said. "I found little strips of stained glass she had wrapped up, and that was what started it."
Huddleston's latest project, on display at the courthouse annex in place of the absent courthouse replica, is a church building with no connection to any found nearby.
"I did some research through books and the library, and I couldn't come up with one I liked so I made my own," he said.
Outside the structure an airplane appears to soar — for the kids — he said, while a peek inside reveals a portrait of Jesus gazing down from the front of a lighted pew-filled sanctuary.
In typical Huddleston style there is carved wood recycled from an old chair, extra linoleum from a neighbor and carpet samples from a home improvement store — inexpensively pieced together and artfully composed.
"I do this for my benefit," he said. "When someone else can get something out of it, that's my blessing.
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If you thought soufflé was decadent, this recipe rises to another level. Crispy bacon, reduced cream and melting cheese happily make a hearty base for puffed up mustardy soufflés.
500ml/18fl oz milk
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 tbsp olive oil
150g/5oz heavily cured bacon, finely chopped
65g/2½oz butter, plus extra for greasing
55g/2oz plain flour
pinch English mustard powder
5 free-range eggs, separated
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp fresh chopped chives
300ml/11oz double cream
110g/4oz gruyère cheese, very finely grated
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (convection mode) and generously grease six ramekins of 7cm x 4cm/2¾in x 1½in.
Place the milk in a saucepan, add the thyme, bay leaf and nutmeg, and bring to a simmer.
Turn off the heat and leave to infuse for a few minutes.
Heat a frying pan until hot, add the olive oil and bacon and cook until crisp. Remove and place on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the flour and mustard. Cook for a couple of minutes until a nutty aroma is released.
Strain the milk and add it to the saucepan containing the flour and mustard. Whisk continuously until thick, then beat in the egg yolks and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Allow to cool slightly.
Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until firm, adding a pinch of salt.
Add one-third of the egg white to the soufflé base mix and beat in. Stir in the chives and then carefully fold in the remaining egg whites. Spoon the mixture into the buttered ramekins and bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the tops begin to brown.
To serve, preheat the grill to high.
Warm the cream in a saucepan and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Increase the temperature and cook until the volume of liquid has reduced by one-third.
Add the crispy bacon and mix well, then add salt and pepper, to taste. Pour the cream into six serving bowls and turn the soufflés out onto the cream.
Cover the soufflés with the grated gruyère cheese and place under the grill. Once golden-brown and bubbling, remove from the grill and serve immediately.
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Toolkit for Providers Serving Children with Hearing Loss
Tip #1: Ensure the Child's Primary Care Provider is Correctly Identified
What We Learned
• A significant proportion- more than 50% in some series- of babies that "referred" after newborn hearing screening did not have their primary care provider correctly identified at the birth hospital.
• Without correct identification of the PCP, it was not possible to ensure that screen results could be communicated to the physician responsible for follow-up.
• The attending physician in the nursery was sometimes incorrectly named as the PCP responsible for follow-up.
• Some families had not decided on a PCP for their infant by the time they left the birth hospital.
What We Did
• Screeners asked families directly for the name of the PCP they were planning to follow-up with after discharge from the birth hospital.
• Correct PCP was documented, and a copy of the screen results faxed to the PCP. Click here for a sample letter to PCP.
• Encouraged hospitals to consider the most effective ways to correctly document each infant's PCP e.g. asking parents at time of registration for delivery if they have yet chosen a PCP for their infant.
Questions for My Practice
• At what stage do most newborns entering my practice identify me as their PCP- before delivery, during the birth hospital admission, or after discharge from the birth hospital?
• Do families planning to follow-up with our practice have the name and contact numbers (phone, fax and mailing address) for our practice before they leave the birth hospital?
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GARRISON, George C., 76, cattleman, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. today, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.
McLEMORE, John V., 84, retired, died Tuesday. Services 11 a.m. today, Bradley Belltower Chapel, Bradley Funeral Service of Muskogee.
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PENNINGTON, Teddy C., 71, maintenance, died March 1. Services 10 a.m. today, New Hope Assembly of God, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.
SIMPSON, Christine D., 86, Muskogee Public Schools child nutrition, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. today, Bradley Belltower Chapel, Bradley Funeral Service of Muskogee.
WRIGHT, Nancy Graves, 65, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Paul United Methodist Church, Foster-Petering Funeral Home.
CHECOTAH — HESTER, Nita, 58, Walmart deli clerk, died March 1. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Britton Road Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Garrett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Checotah.
CHECOTAH — WALLS, Marlowe Gentry, 41, laborer, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Eastside First Baptist Church, Ragsdale Funeral Center.
CHECOTAH — WENCL, Dean, 60, Boeing Aircraft machinist, died Sunday. Services pending, Garrett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Checotah.
HASKELL — HOUSTON, Earnest E., 59, disabled veteran, died Thursday. Services pending, Granger-House of Winn.
HULBERT — NEWMAN, Dennis W., 58, landscape, died Tuesday. Services pending, Green Country Funeral Home, Tahlequah.
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To the Editor:
Cumberland Times-News
According to the FBI's uniform crime reports, California had the highest number of gun murders in 2011 with 1,220, which makes up 68 percent of all murders in the state that year and equates to 3.25 murders per 100,000 people.
For the fifth year in a row, the Brady Campaign has issued a 100-point scorecard ranking all 50 states on the basis of laws that can reduce gun violence, such as background checks on all gun sales, permit-to-purchase requirements and limiting handgun purchases to one a month.
The irony of such a grisly statistic is that California was named the state with the strongest gun control laws in 2011 by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady considers the state ideal. It had a score of 81. Amazingly, the Brady Bunch is wrong. The state is No. 1.
Other states of interests are:
Maryland scored 45, seventh strictest (even before the new gun laws). Connecticut scored 51, fifth strictest (home of Newtown and Sandy Hook). New York scored 61, fourth strictest; Massachusetts scored 65, third best (didn't stop the Boston bombings). New Jersey scored 72, second strictest .
Maryland will probably outscore California on the Brady Bunch Benchmark next year. Let's hope it doesn't mirror California's gun murders. Maryland was already the seventh most restrictive state in the nation with a total of 31 murders by rifles in seven years. None of them could have been linked to "assault rifles."
What tax is next to be gained, what freedom will be lost? Kris Kristofferson was singing about Malleyland when he said "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose"
What will be next for Malleyland?
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City needs experienced and strong leaders
Dear Editor:
The City of Claremore is at a very low point. I have seen this coming for some time with even talk of a change in the Charter. We have had a lot of people (city managers, mayor and several council members) leave the city and they knew when it was time to go. We have city employees past and present who were and are waiting for the time they could retire and get out. I am no stranger to this city having spent 22 years on the City Council. I am very concerned about our present situation and would like to offer my services to the council and the people of Claremore. How many people on the council had to run for their present terms? We have members who were either appointed or had not one who ran against them. Do the people have a say in our government? You have covered the county government very will and until recently you did very little to cover city hall. It seems as if you allowed the city manager and past mayor to give you the information they wanted you to know. Did the paper ever announce the last election of the council?
We have many seats on the council that will have to be filled in April. We need experienced and strong leadership.
Lets step up to the plate.
Don Purkey
Limestone firefighters are my heroes
Dear Editor,
I would like to bring some attention to a very important group of dedicated people who helps us when we are in deep need. (I could use another term but you know what I mean.) That group is the volunteer firefighters that some of our towns are fortunate to have, particularly the volunteer firefighters of the Limestone Fire Department up on Highway 20. They serve many localities, but especially mine.
On Nov. 6, I didn't have to work at my regular job, so I spent much of the day outside, cutting dead limbs off trees, cutting out brush and cleaning up the property on which I live. I was burning this dead wood all day, watching it and making sure none of the leaves around the fire pit caught fire. About 7 p.m., the fire had died down so I went inside, took a shower, ate some supper and proceeded to watch a movie. I fell asleep on the sofa for about an hour, only to awaken to blue and red lights flashing outside my home. I stepped outside and through they needed directions until I looked around the corner of my porch and saw the hill below my house ablaze. I was in shock but ran to open the gate for the fire truck. Soon my front yard was filled with fire trucks and volunteer firefighters heading into the brush with hoses and axes and rakes. Those firefighters knew exactly what to do while I stood there watching in amazement as they put out the flames. I was both embarrassed that the fire I started got out of hand when the wind changed direction scattering burning embers and grateful that these professionals came to my rescue and knew exactly how to deal with this kind of fire.
I could not thank these volunteers enough. Each of these volunteers was at home, having a nice Saturday evening with their families when the call went out that a fire had been reported. Each one geared up and came to work, without pay, without benefits, simply because each person of this group is community-minded and committed to serving when called upon. These men and women of the Limestone Fire Department are my heroes and I am indebted that they were available and ready to jump in and put this fire out.
Chief Carl Smith gently reminded me to always hose down the ground all around a pit fire and thoroughly soak the burning wood when leaving the fire. Never leave a fire unattended, especially in this dry fall season.
Christine Rodriguez
Rogers County


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The Rock Hill baseball team left the bases loaded in each of the first two innings Tuesday night at South Pointe High School.
In a normal baseball game, that usually comes back to haunt you. But this was no normal baseball game, and the trouble for the home-standing Stallions in the first two innings was the four errors, six walks, two hit batters, three calls to the bullpen, 10 hits and 15 runs that were surrendered in a 15-4 defeat.
The Bearcats batted around in the first inning and scored three runs on four hits and an error. That paled by comparison to the second inning when every hitter in the lineup batted twice more and the team scored 12 times. Freshman catcher Brandon Banks was hit by a pitch twice in the inning.
Rock Hill Coach Keith Cottrell's rotator cuff may need to be checked after waiving so many runners home coming around the turnstile that was third base. A little over an hour after the game began and three times through the Rock Hill batting order, only 1 1/2 innings had been played, but the story had already been written.
"Never been associated with a game like that in my life," Cottrell said. "I've truly never seen anything like it. I didn't know what to do."
The Bearcats hit the ball well but the bleeding could have been stopped by better Stallions defense as only five of the 15 runs were earned despite the 10 early hits. The first three batters of the game got base hits for Rock Hill and after a force at home and a sacrifice fly by Josh Willaby it was 1-0 with one out. However, Banks' dribbler to the right of pitcher Ethan Hinson glanced off his glove and he threw the ball away trying to get a force-out at third. The error allowed two runs to score.
In the second, the first three batters again reached on base hits and Hinson was taken out for Wade Hopper. Cody Edkins walked to bring one run in and Willaby's grounder to third was thrown away at the plate allowing two more in. At that point the floodgates were open. What followed was a hit batter, another pitching change, a pop to left-center the fielders could not see, another throw-away at the plate for two more runs, two RBI-base hits, a walk, two fielder's choices, another walk, another hit batter, a dropped ball in left for two more runs, and another walk before the final out was made unassisted at first base.
Josh Massey pitched two thirds of the inning and gave up six unearned runs. Colby Robbins came in to put out the fire and only gave up one hit and no runs in 3 1/3 while fanning four.
Rock Hill 15,
South Pointe 4
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Cody Edkins. Ethan Hinson, Wade Hopper, Josh Massey, and Colby Robbins. WP - Edkins. LP - Hinson. 2B - Edkins (RH), Massey (SP). 3B - Hopper (SP). Records: Rock Hill 7-4, 4-1 Region 3-AAAA; South Pointe 5-5, 2-3.


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LANCASTER — Two hours before a scrimmage, and Bennie McMurray is cranky.
It's a hot afternoon, early in the school year, and he's getting the players who missed workouts caught up, taking them to a practice field to flip large tires.
"Yeah I'm in a bad mood," McMurray barked when one of his players piped up. "I'm always in a bad mood."
McMurray's frustration is understandable, in part, because he's trying to fix a program that he thinks can be a lot better.
The veteran coach (who went 143-46 in 14 years at Lewisville) inherited an 0-11 team when he took over in Lancaster in 2006. Within three years he had the Bruins to 10 wins and the state Class AAAA semifinals.
Since then, things have tapered sharply. The Bruins followed a respectable eight-win campaign in 2009 with an ugly 4-7 record last year.
And McMurray wants to make sure things turn around again, and quickly.
"Last year was totally non-productive," McMurray said. "We have to show some positive progress this season. We've got to, whether we feel good about where we are right now or not.
"I've challenged these men, and I've challenged their manhood, because we can't accept this. We've got to change what we're doing."
The Bruins have been hampered by a number of things recently, including weather knocking out a significant chunk of their scrimmage time. One was rained out and they got a quarter of another, leaving them with questions unanswered going into the season.
The one thing McMurray's counting on is more of a contribution from senior quarterback Shaq Williams, by virtue of him not having to do so much himself.
Williams led the Bruins with more than 900 yards passing and 700 yards rushing last season, but was occasionally the only threat on the field. This year, McMurray sees a deeper group of skill players who can contribute to the Spread offense, including players such as receivers Keanthony Foster, C.D. Pelham, Michael Cooper and Kaderrious Jackson. Running back Roy Watts will help in the running game, but McMurray wants Williams throwing the ball to take advantage of the team's speed.
"Shaq's a great athlete, and as he went last year, that's how we went," McMurray said. "We didn't throw enough last year, I think our leading receiver had about 400 yards, and our offense couldn't get any continuity going.
"I don't necessarily like tooting his horn above everyone else's, because he'd be the first to tell you his success depends on everyone around him."
Williams said he feels infinitely more comfortable running the offense with a year of starting experience under his belt.
"I think all the seniors have taken it up to be leaders this year," Williams said. "We're all working harder, and coach is getting on us harder than before. To me, it's starting to pay off. You can tell in practices, things are just starting to get a little easier as far as learning the offense, because all the backs and receivers have been doing it another year. That just helps us be more efficient when we practice.
"For last year to be my first year starting, I don't want to say it was embarrassing, but we expected more. There were a lot of guys who were on the 10-win team, so we definitely didn't expect it to go the way it did."
On defense, linebacker A.J. Williams captains a defense that returns just four starters. Most of the experience is in the back, as they're breaking in a line consisting largely of sophomores.
The senior linebacker said that's caused him to step out of character a bit, to become a little more vocal than he'd ordinarily be.
"I'm a pretty quiet guy," he said. "When I'm in the weight room or meetings, I'm not the kind to say much. But when we get out on the field I don't have any choice. I have to step up and be more of a leader, to help some of these young guys make sure they're in the right place."
Of course, vocal leadership's not a scarcity around Lancaster, where McMurray is blunt about the way things went last year, and his determination to fix them.
"We only won four games last year -- that's terrible," McMurray said. "I was very disappointed, because to be honest we underachieved last season.
"So far, we've had a good offseason, good participation in our workouts, but we'll see once the games start whether we're ready or not."
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LANSING - Schools, students, and teachers across Michigan would benefit from a restructured and integrated system of school accountability with proposals in the Michigan Department of Education's (MDE) request to waive portions of the decade-old federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
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Top Teachers: Stephanie Tucker
Crestview E.S., preschool
Years spent working in the mortgage industry left Stephanie Tucker with a vacant feeling. During a drive past a Henrico school one day, she saw a sign inviting applications for an instructional assistant position. She interviewed and soon had a job at Crestview Elementary working in one of the school's Head Start preschool classes (now known as Federal Programs Preschool).
"It was like a light bulb went on," Tucker said.
Six years later, she realizes every day that she made the right decision.
"As a kid, I always wanted to be a teacher. When I came back to that, I just knew this is where I needed to be."
From her perch on the front line of preschool education, Tucker has seen the difference it can make for students.
"Preschool is such a critical age," Tucker said. "You can turn on or turn off a child's love of learning. If you've got a nurturing, safe environment, then you're giving them one of the tools that they need to be successful.
"It's really wonderful that the public is really embracing preschool as more than daycare."
Though the program at Crestview, and those at other Henrico elementaries, pull students from different attendance zones, some of Tucker's students have continued at Crestview. Several of her first students are now fifth-graders at the school whose continued development she has enjoyed watching.
"Mrs. Tucker rolls up her sleeves and brings joy and determination to the classroom," one nominator wrote. "Her students are higher needs [students] but she does not see them as such. Her zest for engaging them is limitless."
For Tucker, it's a simple concept.
"Kids are kids, and their basic needs are that they want to be safe and happy, and they want to learn," she said. "If you can provide that, then they're successful."
For the youngsters in her class, there is amazement in some of life's simplest lessons, such as watching caterpillar larvae turn into butterflies or taking a nature walk.
"So many kids, depending on their background, that's not happened in their life," she said. "That's a great experience. One of the neatest things about it is that kids that age are just 'eyes wide open,' unbiased about everything around them. Everything is exciting. I get so much from them by watching all those 'ah-ha' moments.
"One thing I think is important is that children absolutely deserve respect. They need to feel that they're valued. Every child deserves that. Most times when you give a child respect, then you get that back from them."
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Canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts soon will have a new access point to the Chickahominy River. VDOT, the James River Association and Henrico County Parks and Recreation are teaming up to establish a new site in Eastern Henrico.
The James River Association negotiated the deal with VDOT to procure official access to the area located just east of I-295 on North Airport Road in Sandston. The site includes a park-and-ride commuter lot bordering the Chickahominy River and has been an unofficial launch site used by paddlers for years. > Read more.
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Henrico equestrians interested in deepening the bond between themselves and their horses have the opportunity to attend a two day clinic, held at Steppin' High Stables on July 7-8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic, "Become Partners with your Horse," will be taught by multiple world champion equestrienne Terry Preiser and will focus on how riders and horses can work together to achieve more. > Read more.
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The Henrico-based Hephaestus Society recently awarded its first annual community heroes award (the Hephaestus Award) to Hicham Elgharouch (pictured, center) for what it termed his "selfless acts of caring" in his duties as a Henrico County Public Schools bus driver. Henrico County Director of Pupil Transportation Josh Davis, joined Hephaestus Society President Travis Gardner, in presenting the award and an accompanying $1,500 check to Elgharouch last month.
Elgharouch was selected for his clear and demonstrated patience and for his infectious positive attitude, according to the society. > Read more.
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Grab the kids and check out these fun family-friendly events taking place this weekend! Speed over to the Henrico Theatre for the film "Turbo" or watch "Dumbo" under the stars at Clarke-Palmore House Museum. Little ones can meet Thomas the Tank Engine at CMOR-Central or play at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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When Chris Domeier, Doug Pierzina and Jeff Malzahn went fishing on the Minnesota River recently, there wasn't a bait bucket or fishing pole to be found.
Still, whether they would catch any fish was never in doubt.
After motoring upstream, churning up a rooster tail of sand in the shallow water with the outboard, Domeier, the assistant manager at the Department of Natural Resources Ortonville Fisheries office, opened a hatch and yanked the starter rope off the generator stored there.
It clattered to life, reverberating through the hull of the aluminum boat as fisheries workers Pierzina and Malzahn worked at the bow, swinging two fiberglass poles each dangling a half-dozen electrodes away and into the water in front of them.
The bait of choice today would be about 250 volts of direct current.
"Any fish within about five feet of the electrodes will be temporarily stunned and when they drift to the surface and then netted," he explained.
In a moment, Pierzina and Malzahn were dipping and scooping with long handled nets at the flashes of white as fish caught in the force field turned belly-up.
A multitude of minnow species, quillbacks, river carp, German carp, a few walleyes including a couple of dandy 24-inchers, channel catfish, striped bass, sheepshead, several shovelnose sturgeon, a couple of juvenile flathead catfish soon were sloshing in the livewell.
The DNR crew was surveying a 500-meter stretch of the Minnesota River between Redwood Falls and Morton.
During the last several weeks, DNR crews have been conducting similar electro-fishing surveys along 15 other stretches of the Minnesota river from Ortonville to the 35W bridge at Bloomington.
Until three of four years ago, the surveys were done on a less regular basis. More recently, the surveys intended to measure the health and diversity of the river's fish populations have become an annual event.
"We now do them every year to get better data on the overall health of the fish populations," he said.
By doing the surveys every year, he said, trends and patterns in fish populations can be more easily detected.
"Especially as we see more land-use changes, we're trying the measure how those land-use changes affect the fishery in the river."
The threat of invasive species such as the big-headed carp finding their way into Minnesota River system also is an added impetus to doing annual surveys.
"We haven't seen any evidence of them yet," he said.
With myriad species lurking in the stained river waters, traditional hook-and-line Minnesota River anglers are never quite sure what they might catch.
Likewise for the electro-fishermen.
Last week, dozens of species turned belly-up in the shallow water as the DNR crew attempted to negotiate the channel made shallow after months of drought.
Notably absent on this survey stretch, however, were the largest river predators - adult flathead catfish. Twenty-pound specimens are routinely caught by catfish anglers who pursue them with a passion. Thirty-pounders barely raised eyebrows in serious catfishing circles.
Several of the long-lived behemoths were captured at other sites during the surveys, however.
Local anglers will be interested to know that the largest flathead — a fifty-incher that was too big to weigh — was caught by the electro-fishing crew at the confluence of the Minnesota and Blue Earth Rivers at Mankato.
"Pretty close to a state record," Domeier speculated.
One of the most unexpected catches - a braggin'-sized tiger muskie - also was netted by the crew, again at the Minnesota-Blue Earth River confluence.
Both were released and presumably still lurk in the area.
After being measured, weighed and checked for deformities, most of fish netted near Redwood Falls also were released.
However, some of the nicer specimens first would be making a temporary sidetrip to the Lac qui Parle County Fair to be displayed in the popular fish exhibit before being returned to the Minnesota River.
One of the biggest walleyes made the supreme sacrifice. It was slipped into a cooler to eventually be shipped to a St. Paul for testing for contamination levels.
That data would be plugged into the fish consumption guidelines issued annually by the Minnesota Department of Health.
"The catch today was s pretty typical mixture of species," Domeier said, as the three men worked their way through some 70 fish, recording the data of every one, right down to the minnows.
After compiling the species, size and relative health of fish captured, the survey section is scored — the higher, the better.
Domeir said that the section of the river surveyed in Bloomington at the 35W bridge typically has received the highest score of the 16 river sections, mainly because of the numbers, diversity and health of the fish captured.
With all of the river sections surveyed, all that will remain will be compiling the numbers and comparing them with numbers gathered in earlier surveys.
"Over time, you can get a nice trend set of data and an idea of what's going on out there," Domeier said.
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AFC East
1. New England — Pats' offense is wonderful. Their defense? Not so much. That could cost them when the chips are down in January.
2. N.Y. Jets — Once again, the concern is their ability to score against top defenses.
3. Miami — Enough good players to give the division's two best teams a game every so often, but not a major threat in the East.
4. Buffalo — Bills will be entertaining, but they have too many weaknesses to make a run in tough division.
AFC North
1. Pittsburgh — Passing game will be potent, and defense will be strong. No Super Bowl hangover this time.
2. Baltimore — Ravens are contenders, but they have come up short against conference's best the past three years. I can't stack them any higher than this.
3. Cleveland — Browns' offense will be improved, but defense is a work in progress. Browns can make run at .500, not division.
4. Cincinnati — Defense has fallen off after playing so well in '09 division-title season, and offense starts over with new scheme, rookie QB.
AFC South
1. Houston — A little defensive improvement will go a long way for the Texans.
2. Indianapolis — Obvious top threat to push and potentially overtake Houston if Peyton Manning is healthy.
3. Tennessee — Titans have enough skilled players to be dangerous in this division, but too much uncertainty, change, inconsistency faces them for my taste.
4. Jacksonville — Jaguars' defense remains a concern.
AFC West
1. San Diego — Hard to love Chargers after 2010 debacle, but they are the most talented team in the division.
2. Kansas City — If Chargers fall apart, Chiefs will pick up the pieces.
3. Denver — Rebuilding defense will take time, but Broncos can be competitive in this division.
4. Oakland — Raiders were unbeaten in division a season ago, but they still didn't win the West, and they lost three of their best players in free agency. Pass.
NFC East
1. Philadelphia — Eagles might take a little time to jell, but their depth, skill will prove too much in East.
2. Dallas — Not the worst bounce-back pick to win the East for those so inclined.
3. N.Y. Giants — They have faded late in each of the past three seasons, and they are not as deep as in past years.
4. Washington — Top three teams in East have enough weaknesses for Redskins to believe they have a chance to make a run in Mike Shanahan's second season as head coach, but a lot has to break right for Washington.
NFC North
1. Green Bay — Shook off so many injuries a season ago to win Super Bowl from NFC wild-card spot. Packers are class of the NFL, and it will take a big effort to keep them from repeating.
2. Detroit — Exciting team that's still a few pieces away from being a major player in the NFC.
3. Chicago — In a tough spot relative to division and conference competition. NFC North is very tough, and NFC's power teams look strong. Bears' glaring OL weakness, offensive inconsistency are concerns.
4. Minnesota — No reason Vikings can't challenge for second place on their best, but just think Detroit, Chicago will prove to be slightly better.
NFC South
1. New Orleans — A deep, balanced club. Defense will be better.
2. Atlanta — Falcons again will be formidable, but I believe they are a slight cut below NFL's best. Their defense had no answers for the Eagles and Packers a season ago, and I don't see that changing.
3. Tampa Bay — Gave Falcons all they could handle in two narrow defeats last season and can play Saints tough, too.
4. Carolina — Panthers might need big seasons from defense, running game to be competitive.
NFC West
1. St. Louis — A tepid pick to win a division that again lacks a standout.
2. Arizona — Offense will be improved, but really wonder about Cards' defense.
3. Seattle — If Seahawks get decent QB play, they can challenge for division once again.
4. San Francisco — The 49ers' defense doesn't look quite as good, and the offense again appears shaky.
Offensive MVP — Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
Defensive MVP — Lions DT Ndamukong Suh
Super Bowl XLVI — Packers over Texans


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Duke coach Robbie Church's sixth-ranked Blue Devils, picked to win the ACC women's soccer championship by the league's coaches for the first time in conference history, are scoring goals in bunches, 14 in three matches (plus six in two exhibition wins).
And two of Duke's best offensive players, Mollie Pathman and Kelly Cobb, haven't even joined the team yet because they are playing for the U.S. squad in the Under 20 Women's World Cup in Japan. They might not be available until after the championship and third-place matches scheduled for Sept. 8.
When they return, Church will have to find a way to keep electrifying freshman Cassie Pecht in the lineup. Pecht, playing at forward and midfielder, has two goals and two assists already. She also got a goal and an assist in a 4-1 exhibition win over the University of Montreal.
"She's been good for us wherever we put her," Church said. "She's quick and takes players on. No question, she's one of our top 11. We just have to find a spot for her on the field."
Cobb and Pathman are also forwards, but Pecht could move to the midfield, and Pathman could play in the back to utilize her skills going forward. She is playing defender for the U.S. team in Japan, and Duke's defense might need shoring up after a 3-2 overtime loss to No. 22 Florida on Sunday.
World Cup update: Besides the two Blue Devils, four North Carolina players have been playing in the U20 Women's World Cup, and another will be leaving for the U17 Women's World Cup in Mexico next month.
The U.S. U20 team, which finished second in its pool to advance to a quarterfinal match Friday against North Korea, includes Crystal Dunn, Kealia Ohai and Bryane Heaberlin of No. 19 UNC. UNC freshman Katie Bowen was playing for New Zealand, which has been eliminated. A fifth Tar Heel, freshman Summer Green, missed last weekend's two UNC games while practicing with the U.S. U17 team.
Walk-on defense: Three minutes into the Aug. 17 season opener at No. 20 Portland, North Carolina lost senior defender Megan Brigman for at least a month to a fracture in her right leg.
When the Tar Heels hosted Florida and Montreal a week later, Anson Dorrance, logging his 800th career match as the UNC women's coach, inserted freshman walk-on Hannah Gardner of East Chapel Hill High at left back. That was fitting because sophomore walk-on Caitlin Ball, another ECHS grad, was at center back. The Tar Heels did not surrender a goal all weekend.
Gardner "didn't even make the travel squad for Portland," said Dorrance, who proclaimed East Chapel Hill "the gold mine of girls soccer in America."
Said Gardner: "It's not when I expected it to come, but I knew I'd get my time. It came earlier than I expected. I had some nerves – I was a little shaky at first. But it's awesome to represent UNC and East."
Looking ahead: There are no nationally ranked opponents on tap, but the ACC's Triangle teams are all in action Friday and Sunday. The Duke and N.C. State men play Delaware and Santa Clara in the John Rennie Nike Classic at Duke, while No. 1 UNC hosts West Virginia and Boston University.
In women's soccer, N.C. State hosts The Citadel and Elon; Duke travels to Los Angeles to take on Southern Cal and Washington State; and UNC gets Notre Dame and Connecticut in South Bend, Ind.


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RALEIGH — Wake County's new school board majority continued to flex its political muscles by securing control of nearly all of the major committees, including the group that will review the elimination of the diversity policy, a key campaign promise of the majority.
A committee list released Wednesday shows that new members make up the leadership and membership of most of the committees while some members of the board minority have nearly been shut out. In one example, school board chairman Ron Margiotta said he assigned Kevin Hill to only one committee because of Hill's actions against the board majority.
"Kevin Hill has been the most critical of what we're trying to do," said Margiotta, who deposed Hill as chairman last month. "The committees can be adjusted once I feel Kevin Hill is willing to be more cooperative."
Margiotta said he had received copies of e-mail messages sent by Hill to members of the public in which he was trying to "stir the pot" against the new board. Margiotta didn't elaborate on the messages.
Hill complained that he and board member Anne McLaurin were put on few committees when they've been on the board longer than anyone other than Margiotta. He questioned why the four board members who were sworn into office last month are serving on so many more committees.
"My new colleagues are talking about the need to work together, and we have to," Hill said. "The committee assignments don't back that up."
Tensions have been high since four board members were elected last fall and joined Margiotta in creating a coalition on the nine-member board. The new majority is pushing changes such as ending mandatory enrollment in year-round schools, ending the socioeconomic diversity policy and moving toward neighborhood schools.
At the past three meetings, Hill and other members of the board minority have repeatedly complained about the majority introducing resolutions at the board table for a vote without notice.
Hill had drawn up the composition of the committees before he was unexpectedly removed as chairman seven months before his term ended. He had Margiotta staying on as chairman of the policy committee and new board member Debra Goldman leading the facilities committee with members of the minority leading three other committees.
Margiotta said he accommodated nearly all the requests by board members to serve on the committees they had requested. New school board member John Tedesco is on five committees, including two newly created ones he heads: the student assignment committee and the economically disadvantaged student performance task force.
Tedesco noted how they're able to work with some members of the board minority, including Keith Sutton and Carolyn Morrison. Combined, Sutton and Morrison lead one committee and are vice chairmen of four committees.
Margiotta argued that he is treating other board members better than how he was treated as the lone dissenter for the past six years. He said he had been asked to lead the policy committee because the old majority considered it "a meaningless committee."
But Margiotta explained that the policy committee is not meaningless anymore, especially now that it has been charged with reviewing changes to the student assignment policy that would eliminate all references to diversity.
Goldman, chairwoman of the policy committee, said she isn't sure when the group will start reviewing the assignment policy. But she said she expects it will take some time.
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Every week a panel of voters participate in The News' large and small school boys basketball polls.
And every week we let you know, like the title says ... how The News voted.
The sixth polls were published today in the Scholastic Spotlight on day we enter the month of the Section VI boys basketball tournament.
Here's a link to our previous How The News voted posts: last week (Jan. 25) Jan. 18 (after the MLK Classic), Jan. 11 (first poll of 2011), Dec. 21 (holiday edition) and Dec. 14 (first polls). And here's this week's:
1. Niagara Falls (12-0) [last week: 1] -- LOVED what coach Constantino had to say about going independent.
2. Jamestown (9-2) [2] -- Another two-fer week to see the Red Raiders up north, at Frontier tonight and a big one at Lancaster Friday.
3. Williamsville South (11-1) [3] -- Quality statement in rout at Will East.
4. St. Joe's (14-4) [7] -- If all those pieces keep playing consistent, team ball together, look out. Agbeko is getting better, and Joe's did just fine with him shackled by two early fouls at Canisius. Moser and Louie provided very good two-way guard play. Kelly's rebounding is key. Spitler is always a three threat. Escott returns to provide steady, reliable play down low at both ends. Rehbaum is the go-to scorer who hits big buckets. And there are a couple more trustworthy players off the bench.
A great little scene on the first play of the half at Canisius: St. Joe's runs a great play, Mark Simon nearly narrating it as it happens, knowing that Rehbaum is going to come open and talking through the passes his team needs to make it happen -- almost willing them to be patient and run it ... they do, Rehbaum is open, Simon says "there it is," Rehbaum nails the three, Simon yells "BOOM!" as it hits the net.
Moral of the story: Playing team ball and listening to coach Simon will lead to some loud noise-making.
I had had doubts about St. Joe's consistency and their schedule (thus the No. 7 vote last week), but nine wins in a row and a convincing fourth quarter win at Canisius addressed that.
5. Bennett (8-3) [5] -- A good test of the Tigers' talk about having a full lineup (last week on PrepTalkTV) now after missing some players at the start of the season comes Thursday when Bennett hosts a Hutch-Tech team which started a rough-and-tumble week by hanging at McKinley on Monday (Engineers are at Riverside today).
6. McKinley (9-1) [6] -- Game of the Week: Thursday at East.
7. Canisius (12-6) [4] -- As I mentioned last week, some games they have looked superior in. Those have been the ones in which everyone is involved -- especially those three-point shooters. On the other hand, the fourth quarters at home in losses to Falls and Joe's have not been good. Should be interesting to see what happens Friday down in ...
8. Bishop Timon-St. Jude (12-3) [9] -- ... South Buffalo, where Timon is of course always tough, and where the Tigers lost in OT to St. Joe's.
9. Riverside (7-3) [10] -- Before Monday: The win over Joe's is a big reason they're still here. After Monday: Never mind the win at Joe's in December; they shouldn't be here.
East would definitely get a top 10 vote, and probably this spot (although it could be higher after Thursday). Big win at Riverside was the kind of victory I needed to see before I voted for them.
10. Lancaster (9-4) [NR] --The what-have-you-done-for-me-lately clause is kicking in here. Very nice win at home over North splits the season series, bumps the Spartans out of the poll and helps us concentrate on the high points of the Redskins (four-point loss at Jamestown, which visits Friday) rather than the low (losses to Depew and West Seneca West).
Williamsville North gets bumped after the Lancaster loss and is a clear No. 11a or 11b with East. Cheektowaga, Maryvale, Kenmore West, Hutch-Tech, Williamsville East and the rest of ECIC I are in the next grouping.
1. International Prep at Grover Cleveland (9-3) [1] -- At least this part is easy.
2. Wilson (10-4) [6] --Once upon a time, Wilson was No. 2 after beating St. Mary's, which had an edge over Newfane because it beat the Panthers in OT.
After seeing the Lakemen hold serve against Newfane, we've moved them back up. We liked the defense and the balance that came through with the Tylers even though senior leader Moxham had an off-night scoring-wise. Martin was clutch, Truesdell was all over the place.
With that said, they have split close games with Newfane, and we think spots No. 2 through No. 6 in this poll are awfullllllly tight. We're giving them credit for the big league win and the balance they showed in it.
3. Newfane (9-4) [3] -- Definitely were impressive in flashes at Wilson.
4. St. Mary's (8-10) [2] --We saw them put forward what was clearly not their best effort against Timon at home last Tuesday, and that's probably reflected in this poll (so is a closer-than-we-thought-it-would-be win at Nichols). Based on seeing the three teams (not to mention I-Prep and OTC as well) during the week, this is how we're lining it up. Intriguing week for the Lancers -- before the return bout at Timon on Wednesday is tonight's hosting of Archbishop Walsh.
5. Maple Grove (11-1) [4] -- Thought about these guys at No. 2.
6. OTC Middle College (7-5) [5] -- Similarly: These guys might be able to beat anyone on this list but I-Prep (they'll get another shot in the season finale).
7. Dunkirk (11-0) [7] -- These guys are just rolling along undefeated. The Niagara Falls of the South. :-)
8. Tapestry Charter (10-2) [8] -- I think these guys also have the potential to beat any team on this ballot -- other than the one their coach used to coach at.
9. Tonawanda (10-3) [9] -- Rematch with JFK on Friday night. Biggest game in a long time among current ECIC IV teams not named Lackawanna, fair to say?
10. Panama (11-2) [10] -- Representing Class D with a box out of JFK first, then a crew of Southern Tier teams including Walsh, and probably Cleveland Hill in there too. Darkhorse/wild card/look out for these guys: Lackawanna seems to have solved its lineup issues and hosts JFK tonight.
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In today's market, technology affords employers greater access to your career information than ever before, and the threat and costs associated with bad hiring decisions are pushing employers to scrutinize candidates more closely than ever.
As a resume writer, I work to coach my clients that resume integrity is critical. Whilst a good resume will portray you in your best light, it's never a good idea under any circumstances to lie. Not ever.
A lie on a resume may get you to interview. But at what price? Today's interviews are based on sophisticated behavioural interviewing techniques that demand a depth of detail not easily fudged. Nothing is more telling of a resume lie than a blank look as someone stumbles to put together feasible responses to what they wrote.
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Even if you manage to get through the interview - what then? Many employers now use professional pre-screening companies that are experts in hounding out resume lies and inaccuracies. As the internet has grown with sites offering access to a wealth of opportunities to buy mock degrees and fraudulent documentation, now we are seeing the backlash to this, as legal history is being made with individuals seeing the consequences both legally and financially for these actions. And of course, what if you do get the job? You've painted yourself as an expert in your field and now you are expected to deliver. Of course you'll most likely fail and instead of having a great role, you have a failure leaving you with poor morale and a terrible hole in your resume that you now need to lie again about to cover what happened. It's a vicious circle and a place you don't want to be.
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Build yourself a resume that really sells you on your merits. A good resume writer will be able to structure your background to show achievements on any level. Typically when I write my client's resume their response is twofold. One they are astounded to see on paper how much they actually achieved and how much they had previously overlooked in their resumes because "its just what I do on a daily basis". Secondly their confidence soars as they see quantifiably how much they offer employers.
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Listing 7. Typo: Yubikey Authentication Part 2
filename: app/model/user.rb ... # Authenticate a user's Yubikey ID. # # Example: # @user.authenticate_yubikey(this_blog, 'thcrefhcvijl', # 'thcrefhcvijldvlfugbhrghkibjigdbunhjlfnbtvfbc') # def authenticate_yubikey(this_blog, yubikey_id = '', yubikey_otp = '') if (yubikey_id.empty? || yubikey_otp.empty? || !yubikey_otp[0, 12].eql?(yubikey_id)) return false else begin yk = Yubico.new(this_blog.yubikey_api_id, this_blog.yubikey_api_key) return yk.verify(yubikey_otp).eql?('OK') rescue return false end end end ...
That's it! My Typo blog is now Yubikey-enabled. I will be submitting a patch to make these changes permanent by integrating them into the Typo codebase.
You might want to consider a few variations when implementing Yubikey authentication. First, you can choose to omit the user name, because the Yubikey token already includes a public ID that can be used to link to the user's account. This scheme works as long as you are not allowing users to associate a single Yubikey with multiple accounts.
Second, you can minimize modifications required to the UI of existing systems by including the Yubikey token in the password field. Because the OTP is of fixed length, it stands to reason that the remaining characters belong to the password. Also, as the Yubikey appends a newline character to the token, users would have to type their password first, followed by the OTP—rather than the other way around.
Third, you might want to consider making login a two-step process. First, prompt the user for the OTP and validate it. If the validation request is approved, prompt the user for the regular login and password. To see the advantage of this approach, consider the scenario in which user name, password and OTP are submitted simultaneously. If malicious parties are able to intercept the submission and prevent the OTP from being submitted to the validation server, they effectively have all three pieces of information they need to penetrate the system to which you are trying to authenticate. However, if you submit the OTP only during the first stop of the login process, malicious parties can intercept the token without gaining access to the system because they do not have the corresponding user name and password. To make you supply the user name and password, they need to let the OTP pass through and be validated, which also makes the OTP useless for subsequent uses. Thus, the attackers' task will be complicated significantly.
On its Web site, Yubico maintains a growing list of applications and services that take advantage of the Yubikey. There is a plugin for WordPress, SSH integration, phpBB forum access and Windows login (commercial beta). As the above example of integrating the Yubikey into the Typo blog software's authentication routine shows, the process is fairly straightforward. Hopefully, this article inspires you to use this as a starting point to make your favorite piece of open-source software more secure by adding Yubikey authentication.
Yubico's Yubikey Page: www.yubico.com/products/yubikey
Applications Supporting Yubikey: yubico.com/products/apps
RoundCube Web-Based E-Mail Client: www.roundcube.net
Typo Blogging Software: www.typosphere.org
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the link to supported apps is broken.
http://yubico.com/applications/software/ is the correct one
Hi Dirk,
If you are interested in authentication you should also have a look on the swekey.
It is a totally different approach than the Yubikey.
If you want a free sample for evaluation I'll be happy to send you one...
2 step authentication
What is to prevent the attacker from simulating the response to the first step? More than a simple challenge to the user will be too much of a burden to the user, while a simple challenge will likely be easy to work-around.
I would suggest using the Yubikey device with HTTP Digest Authentication. Of course, the Yubikey OTP will have to be entered in the User Name field, not the password.
It is 10 dreams come true!
Secure, elegant, and innovative!
Keep the good work!
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"There is a huge amount of revenue here," state Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, told the paper.
Earlier this month, top Albany lobbyists partnered with Big Marijuana to push for legalization in New York State, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still hesitant to back medicinal pot.
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For marijuana opponents, the issue is not money, however.
"It sends a wrong message to the youth of the state, and that's more important than any amount of revenue the state would take in," the state's Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long told the Daily News.
But legalized medicinal marijuana is not only a revenue source, but a humane effort to help those suffering from pain caused by cancer and other illnesses, says Gabriel Sayegh, state director for the Drug Policy Alliance, adding that "the time for [legalization] has long passed."
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