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Two Texas men critically injured in separate tractor-trailer accidents in 2011, including one in Parker County, earned significant financial settlements against two companies that haul water to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, sites.
Fort Worth truck accident attorneys Steven C. Laird and Wade A. Barrow from The Law Offices of Steven C. Laird, P.C., secured the two settlements totaling $11.7 million for the men and their families.
"My clients suffered terrible injuries because these companies didn't comply with federal regulations and failed to make safety a priority," Laird said. "The growing energy industry has brought incredible revenue to Texas, but our roads are becoming more and more dangerous every day as a result."
The second of the two wrecks occurred Sept. 11, 2011, near Weatherford, that resulted brain damage to Arron Gomas, 32, after he broadsided a tractor-trailer owned by Weatherford-based Bob Phillips Trucking (also called Phillips Water Hauling) as the truck's driver attempted to make an illegal U-turn shortly before midnight.
The case was settled on behalf of Gomas and his family for $3 million on June 13. The $3 million award was the maximum payout available from the trucking firm's insurance carrier.
Diane Lamb, of Bob Phillips Trucking, said the wreck was not the company's fault and said the decision to settle was made by the insurance company.
"The guy was texting and he ran into the back of us," Lamb said. "We didn't even receive a citation. It wasn't our fault. This makes us look really bad and we didn't do anything wrong."
The first wreck occurred June 22, 2011, when a semitrailer blocked the right of way on a state highway near Carthage. Mike Allen crashed into a heavy truck owned by Coraopolis, Pa.-based Heckmann Water Resources. The truck was stopped on the road without turn signals or flashing lights.
The crash left Allen unable to financially support his wife and young daughter because of the injuries he sustained in the wreck. On June 20 a court approved a settlement in which Heckmann agreed to pay Allen and his family $8.7 million, which is believed to be the largest lawsuit settlement in Panola County history.


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Tim Cook says iPad will eventually outsell PCs
According to Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope, Apple COO Tim Cook suggested during a meeting that the tablet market -- which is currently dominated by the iPad -- could eclipse the PC market over the next several years.
Shope says, "the company appeared more overtly optimistic on the long-term prospects for the iOS platform than it has been in quite some time." Cook said, "he sees no reason why the tablet market shouldn't eclipse the PC market over the next several years," according to Shope's note.
Analysts say a lot of things, and Cook's words do seem a little far-fetched, but given Apple's growth in the tablet market (which they essentially created) it's not completely unheard of. Shope calculates Apple could sell 8.1 million iPads for the June quarter, which would represent a 72% increase year-over-year.
So how long before the iPad starts putting the stomp on PC sales? Sound off in the comments!
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Talk about hubris
But...but you can't activate an iPad without a PC :(
...or update it without one.
this will not happen although I do see the tablet market surpassing the PC market. I think though that in a years time Android will be on more tablets than iOS will. As the hardware gets better and the prices come down (which they already area) apple will lose some market share just like they have in the mobile phone market
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It is going to put an increasingly large hurt on PC sales, but eclipse them? Even assuming a future iPad does not require a PC to activate, this still will not happen without some fundamental changes in Apple's developer approach. The majority of PC sales are still to businesses, and the iPad, while great, is not a one-size-fits-all device. A plurality of these businesses require some type of custom software, or off-the-shelf-software that is customized after purchase, of the type that either cannot be made on and iPad, or cannot be made and deployed easily.
Yes, I am fully aware of the Enterprise Development program, but that is nowhere near what vertical apps need. It also applies only to the large outfits that have their own in-house staffs (or contractors). It does nothing for the small business (plumber, medical practice, retail outlet) at all. Of course, the quality of the average iOS app is much greater than that of the average VB app, but those VB (and now, .NET) apps sold -- and continue to sell -- a lot of systems to businesses both large and small.
Most of these flaws are more process than technical, though, so Apple could certainly correct these if they want those markets. Right now, though, they can't keep up with demand as it is, so they will not bother. In the future, if/when Android/Windows8/RIM tablets correct their own technical flaws and make a credible move after those markets, Apple will change. But not before.
Did he say the iPad will outsell PCs or that "tablets" will outsell PCs. There is a huge difference there. Wich is it?
It appears the analyst said tablets (from the meeting with Cook), but the author misinterpreted it as iPads. Also, he said they would eclipse, not diminish PC sales.
Actually it is completely unheard of. As was mentioned, the majority of PC sales are still for business use. As fun as tablets are for home use, they are simply inadequate for day to day business use. You simply cannot work an 8 hour day on a tablet, it would be uncomfortable and unproductive. You could attach a keyboard and external screen to it... but then is it really a tablet anymore? Furthermore, businesses are tied to their current legacy systems, as much as they may hate it, and migrating to a platform as drastically different as a tablet, would be a major and costly move. So unless there is any benefit in for them, they won't be in any hurry to ditch PCs in favour of tablets.
I could however, see tablets overtake the Personal PC sales segment. Tablets are at the point that for your average Joe, they almost do everything you do on a day to day basis. Internet, Email, basic Word Processing, and simple Gaming. We might see the personal PC resigned to just gamers and enthusiasts as the tablet becomes the personal device of choice.
Flash has nothing to do with sales. Personally I'd like flash on Apple devices like my touch(Actually I have it on my Droid Incredible)
On the other hand while flash is widely used it's terrible and very memory hoarding. Like say.....iTunes. Heh.
Tablet sales going over PC is a bit farfetched though. I can see the whole cell phone market outgrowing the PC market. At this point tablets are more luxury or middle of the road than neccesary in world society compared to a PC, laptop, or cell phone.
So it could happen. But not soon.
8.1 million? oooh, PCs are shaking in their boots. Seriously this is bad reporting. PC sales were over 346 million last year.
Apple is still a very small player in the market, all all the Ipads and Mac's combined and they are still much less than 10% of the market.
How many PCs were sold the 1st quarter of the second year they were out, hmm? Yeah, I thought so.
I would day I could see this happen because with all due honesty tablets power will continue to grow and maybe even catch up to PC ( if not then at least to netbooks and laptops) . Also main word in this story is ECLIPSE ! there will always be a NEED for a PC however with the rise in computing power of smartphones and tablet , there will be less need to update a PC because people will do a lot more computing on mobile devIces
Forget activating - if you don't have a pc (or a Mac), you can't add media to your iPad, and that's what most people want them for. I just finished explaining to someone that no, he can't get rid of his pc and get an iPad and a usb drive to put movies onto his iPad.
Exactly... and this is the main reason I won't get a tablet unless it can be used as a standalone device, without any need for a computer.
@alli... So if he were to get rid of his pc, where would he be getting stuff for his flash drive from?
That is the situation now for the iPad. That can easily be changed in the future, look at the Blackberry Playbook, it does not need a computer to be activiated, all it needs is an internet connection.
As for media, there is not much you can do without iTunes (except for downloading from the app store). If the iPad adds support to external backup and media is managed directly on the device, it would eliminate the need for a PC (in terms of being to function on its own).
Over time the dependancy obstacles can be overcome.
According to Canalys, 5 notebooks or 5 netbooks will not be sold for every 10 tablets sold. Deloitte predicts tablets and smartphones will outsell computers in 2011.
While the tablet industry is in its infancy (let's just forget about MS's 10 years of failure), with growing power and, thus, capabilities, there is little to believe that the computer in ten years will look like the lame boxes and towers we use today.
As for requiring a computer for an iPad, not true. Just ask your salesperson at the Apple Store to assist you with setting it up.
As for Flash, I think Walt Mossberg says it best at the 1:40 point.http://online.wsj.com/video/d9-video-adobe-ceo----flash-war-is-over/7425...ArticleVideocarousel_1
Besides, didn't Adobe raise the white flag?http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/04/adobe-throws-in-towel-adopts-h...
Sounds good to me. If the iPad outsells laptops it'll drive prices down and since I want absolutely nothing to do with these silly tablets but DO want a banging gaming laptop this is a win/win for me.
Bring on more stupid tablets!!!
They really need to stop with this idealistic "tablet takeover". Tablets will NEVER replace the PC. Tablet parts can't be swapped out for newer parts. You want a faster tablet and more memory, you have to buy a new one, you can't open it up and swap out the parts yourself. We will more likely see an evolution in laptops, with touch screen monitors that can swivel around to become tablets. While desktops get touch screen monitors. Because not all programs can be controlled on screen, some require a mouse and keyboard.
And tablets still require a PC to load media onto it, snyc and back up. Tablets don't ever have USB ports, at least with a USB port you can hook up an external CD drive if needed. Tablets are still an expensive ereader that plays movies and has a gimped web browser.
I agree. Besides upgrading, the biggest issue is replacing broken parts, such as the screen or a dead battery. There will always be a need for PC muscle, but for browsing the web, and watching videos, a tablet is fine. Look at the Playbook, it can be hooked up to a monitor via hdmi, and a keyboard and mouse via Bluetooth, which would allow editing of documents and spreadsheets as easily on a regular PC.
Anyway, a tablet is just a PC without a physical keyboard and the processing power.
It'll happen when the iPad gets flash.
They ( Apple ) need more than 7 weeks to deliver my two ordered ipad's and I still don't have theme! They ( Apple ) need more than 11 weeks to deliver my ordered iMac 27" with SSD! I don't think Apple will take over :-)


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The Christie administration has proposed easing some of the state's teacher-certification rules for charter schools, saying the move would give the schools more flexibility in hiring.
The provision, which is tucked deep within the administration's Professional Licensure and Standards Code for NJ Teachers proposed new administrative code for teacher licensure], would essentially give charter schools their own alternate route similar to the state's long-established and popular "alternate route" process for hiring public-school teachers who did earn a traditional education degree in college.
The proposal, which is now before the state Board of Education, is facing some resistance from the state's dominant teachers union, among others. But it nonetheless moved ahead with preliminary approval at the board's meeting on Wednesday.
Under the proposal, the charter schools would no longer need to meet the existing requirements that their alternate route teachers have at least 30 hours of credits in their content area, nor would they need to have a set number of hours of classroom training before they are hired and once they are hired. They would also not be required to have a mentor teacher as rookie teachers do in the public schools.
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A number of other states have eased certification requirements for charter schools even more. Four states have no certification requirements at all for charter schools, and another 17 allow for some hiring of noncertified teachers, usually up to a certain percentage of staff.
The proposed certification rules for alternate-route teachers in charter schools would not be transferable to a public school.
"We believe this would be more the exception than the rule because it is not transferable," Ruck added.
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"With all the teacher evaluations now being required and the concerns about teacher effectiveness, you are now reducing the qualifications for teachers in charter schools?" said board member Edithe Fulton, a former president of the NJEA.
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Let's face it, this is no longer America. We are in HUGE trouble as it relates to the survival of our so called free nation. But the people who are in control are making sure that we can not gather any steam when it comes to stopping them. Anyone who realizes that the people at the highest levels of government and the people in the shadow government comprised of the three letter agencies, think tanks, etc., are the enemy of the people, knows that any efforts to counter their control will be deemed a threat to national security.
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6:00pm Monday 20th February 2012 in Business
A POPULAR Southampton pub has been put up for sale.
The Ship Inn, in Victoria Road, Woolston, above, is on the market with a guide price of £350,000.
The pub is located opposite the new Crest Nicholson Centenary Quay development, which will provide new homes, retail space, restaurants and a supermarket.
Owners Punch Taverns have appointed international real estate advisor Savills to find a buyer for the two-storey building, which also has the potential to be redeveloped into a residential property.


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We've already seen some of what is likely coming in iOS 6, including a new version of the Maps app that replaces Google data with Apple data. It wouldn't surprise us in the least if it brings turn-by-turn navigation with it either, by way of Siri...
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UPDATE: As expected, Rogue Ameoba's Airfoil Touch has been approved, with the original graphics displayed from Mac OS X. Meanwhile, Gx5 tells us it took over a year to get their one-touch search portal app, iClueless approved following a string of rejections (arguably some warranted, but still incredibly time consuming given Apple's process). Again we wonder if having a "big voice" makes a big difference?
ORIGINAL: Apple Senior VP of Marketing, Phil Schiller, has once again stepped forward to address growing concerns about the iTunes App Store approval process -- but this time he's avoided developers and their complaints about opacity and inconsistency, and instead gone to BusinessWeek to get ahead of the story going mainstream.
Let's think about this for a moment. Schiller's previous, highly publicized comments have been emails addressed to bloggers and Mac developers, and wrung truthy enough to give a tiny glimmer of hope to those who just assumed Apple's upper management was oblivious to the problems around rejected apps. These comments read more like spin; like instead of fixing the App Store, they're worried concerns are spreading beyond developers and the blogsphere, and instead of earnestly working even harder to fix them, they just want to minimize and marginalize the complaints in the minds of the general press and public, who might be hearing about it for the first time following Facebook developer Joe Hewitt's high-profile exodus from the App Store.
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As the Florida State College at Jacksonville's board of trustees were to convene a special meeting to talk about terminating President Steven Wallace's employment contract, he offered to resign at the end of this year and leave the college in 2014.
After more than two hours of discussion, the board approved a modified contract that will pay Wallace nearly $1.2 million in pay and benefits over the next 20 months.
In an email to the board, Wallace offered the alternative contract in which he would step down as president at the end of this year, then remain with the college in a reduced capacity through June 2014. He wrote this would allow him a "soft landing."
"At this point the key consideration for me and my family is to be treated fairly in recognition of my 15 years of successful leadership, in taking this college to a significantly higher level," Wallace told the board.
Over the last week, the board began considering its options and costs to part ways with Wallace. During Tuesday morning's discussions, the board's attorney said Wallace could be paid over the next two years under his suggested contract modification.
Douglas Burnett, vice-chairman of the board, told the trustees he preferred a "clean crisp break," and was the only person to vote against the retirement package.
"I had to vote no because I didn't feel like what was on the table met the test of reasonableness" Burnett said.
In approving Wallace's amended contract, the board said he would be on special assignment after Jan. 1, 2013, work from home, not use any school resources or funds.
Wallace pointed out the trustees signed Wallace to a new, four-year contract in June.
"This is a win-win," board of trustees Chairwoman Gwen Yates said after the meeting. " I think the board came together, and I think they were engaged and they dealt with a very, very difficult situation."
The board said it would discuss the search process for its next president at its scheduled Nov. 6 meeting.
Growing crisis of leadership
Wallace has been under increasing criticism after two audits of the college's finances and management structure, $4.7 million in inappropriate awards of federal Pell grants, and the subsequent discipline and demotion of employees.
Last week, Yates authorized former board chairman to discuss "matters involving the employment contract of Wallace and make recommendations for possible resolution."
Documents obtained by Channel 4 from FSCJ showed officials were looking at the cost of "separation" with Wallace, which would vary from $362,160 if he was terminated for "cause," to nearly $800,000 if he leaves voluntarily, to $851,020 if he is let go "without cause."
DOCUMENTS: Wallace's employment discussions | Trustee Suanne Thamm's email
Florida State Sen. Steve Oelrich, of Gainesville, has called for a grand jury investigation into FSCJ for a number of reasons. The college wrongly approved 1,700 federal loans, and Wallace may have misused public funds, according to Oelrich.
"There is just so much suspicion. And me as the higher chairman, I've got serious concerns about how that college is being conducted in the past, and there's good evidence of a coverup," Oelrich said.
A state audit looked into whether Wallace moved nearly 100 days of unused sick leave into his vacation. The audit deemed the move legal because it's money that would be paid to him.
Celine McArthur, a former investigative reporter who briefly worked for the college, blew the whistle on the school's financial mismanagement earlier this year and has provided documents to the state about issues at the school.


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By Cam Huffman
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The rosters for the Class AA vs. Class A game at the annual Scott Brown Memorial Classic — which will be played April 13 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center — were released Saturday night, and, just like the national game that evening, the squads will be loaded with talent.
Between the two teams, there will be six first-team all-staters and plenty of second-team, third-team and honorable mention picks. A mix of local stars and the best from around the state, should draw plenty of interest.
"People prefer to see a competitive game, instead of just a show," said tournament organizer Bob Bolen. "I think this format leads to that. The players want to win for their class."
Here's a look at the makeup of the rosters.
C. Adam Toney Class A Team
Keith Mullins (Greater Beckley) — A first-team all-state selection, Mullins averaged 19.1 points per game in helping to get the Crusaders to Charleston for the state tournament.
Austin Brewer (Tug Valley) — A first-team all-state selection, Brewer averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists per game for the Class A state champions.
Colby Ennis (Greenbrier West) — An honorable mention selection for the all-state squad, Ennis averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Cavs.
Mikey Newsome (Tug Valley) — A first-team all-state pick, Newsome averaged 18 points per game for the Class A state champions.
Aaron Muncy (Tug Valley) — A Class A honorable mention selection, Muncy led all scorers in the state championship game with 21 points.
Cody White (Meadow Bridge) — A Class A honorable mention pick, White averaged 11.8 points per game, helping lead Meadow Bridge to a strong season.
Josh Martin (Greenbrier West) — The Cavaliers 6-foot-8 center averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks per game and was a second-team all-state pick.
Zach Casto (Charleston Catholic) — A Class A all-state honorable mention pick, the 6-foot-3 swing man scored 16 points in a semifinal game to help lead his team into the Class A championship round.
Jake Grimmett (Midland Trail) — A Class A honorable mention pick, Grimmett averaged 13.5 points per game and finished the regular season with 41 made 3-pointers.
One spot is still to be filled.
Jan-Care Class AA Team
Brett Morris (Webster County) — The Class AA all-state first-team captain, Morris averaged 26 points, nine rebounds and five assists per game.
Travon Horton (Fairmont Senior) — A first-team all-state honoree, Horton averaged 18.5 points and seven rebounds per game, helping to lead the Polar Bears to the Class AA championship game.
Shaquille Washington (Fairmont Senior) — A third-team all-state selection, Washington nearly averaged a double-double with 11.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
Devante Waites (Fairmont Senior) — An honorable mention selection on the all-state list, Waites averaged 12.6 points per game for the Class AA runners-up.
Tyler Sprouse (Bridgeport) — The senior first-team all-state pick averaged 14.7 points, three assists and 2.5 steals per game, helping lead the Indians deep into the playoffs.
Brett Bowling (Wyoming East) — The 6-foot-4 senior averaged 16.9 points per game for the Warriors, good enough for a spot on the Class AA all-state third team.
Shane Greco (Independence) — The 6-foot-7 senior averaged 14 points and 13 rebounds per game for the Patriots this season.
Iziah Hill (Robert C. Byrd) — A third-team all-state pick, Hill loaded the stat sheet with 10.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
Josh Ganoe (James Monroe) — The 6-foot-8 center was the Mavericks top scorer and rebounder this season.
Jack Null (Sissonville) — A second-team all-state pick, Null averaged 17.8 points and 4.5 assists per game.
Garland Thompson, who led Tug Valley to a Class AA championship last year and a Class A title this season will coach the Class A squad, while Robert C. Byrd's Bill Bennett, who led his squad to the Class AA semifinals this season, will coach the Class AA team.
"Having Keith Mullins, one of the leading scorers in the area and one of the best 3-point shooters in the state and the three guys from Tug Valley that won a AA championship last year and a A championship this year, guarantees that team won't be out-manned," said Bolen.
"The AA team has a lot of first- and second-team all-staters," he continued. "And Brett Morris was the captain of the all-state team. So it should be a great game."
The Class A vs. Class AA game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start. The national game — which will feature four WVU signees (Devin Williams, Elijah Macon, Brandon Watkins and Nathan Adrian) playing on the same team — will begin at 6 p.m. In between, there will be a dunk contest and 3-point contest.
"Tickets are really selling well," said Bolen. "There's a lot of buzz about seeing those WVU signees on the same floor. I'd like to see it sell out before the game even starts."
Tickets are available at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center box office, by calling the Convention Center at 1-888-695-0888 or online at www.beckleyconventioncenter.com.
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By Ryan Atkinson
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. —
The Webb City Cardinals are kings of Class 4.
The Cardinals put an emphatic stamp on the first three-peat in school history on Saturday, rolling past the Jefferson City Helias Crusaders 49-14 in the MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl at the Edward Jones Dome.
Besides marking the third straight state title, the runaway win also was the 45th consecutive for the Cardinals and marked the fifth crown in seven years and 11th in program history.
"I'm fortunate to be the head coach at Webb City High School," coach John Roderique said. "I get to work with a lot of great players and a lot of great coaches. I guess I'm just humbled by everything. We've got a great fan base, we've got a lot of young guys who want to grow up and be Webb City Cardinals and have a chance to do this. We tell them 'if you show up with great work ethic and great effort, anything is possible.' "
Like so many games in this three-year undefeated stretch, Saturday's contest was all but over in the first half.
The Cardinals (15-0) scored on their first five drives — including three in the first quarter — and were never challenged.
Senior quarterback John Roderique — Coach Roderique's son — was nearly unstoppable in the first half, rushing for three touchdowns and passing for another. And while his first score — a 38-yard run — made it just 7-0 with less than four minutes eclipsed in the game, it definitely set the tone.
It came five plays after Helias' first possession ended when Garrett Buschjost was stopped for no gain on fourth down-and-1 from the Webb City 47-yard-line.
"It was pretty huge for the overall momentum of the game," Webb City linebacker Nate Brown said of the early fourth-down stop. "I feel like the defense really stepped up to the plate there and made a play."
It was an early indication that Helias (10-5) felt it needed all the momentum it could muster against the Cardinals.
"When you're playing a team the quality of Webb City, you need a fast start," Helias coach Phil Pitts said. "We felt like we had a quality drive going to open it up then we got stopped on fourth-and-short and then the first quarter just went downhill from there."
After Roderique's first touchdown run came a Helias three-and-out, a 28-yard punt and, on the next play, a 53-yard touchdown pass from Roderique to Kohl Slaughter.
The Cardinals then forced another Crusader punt, benefited from a facemask penalty on the return and then took a 21-0 lead on Roderique's 14-yard run after a holding call wiped out a TD run on the previous play.
Roderique, fittingly, finished with 105 yards rushing and 105 passing.
"He did a great job of leading the offense," Coach Roderique said of his son. "That's been an easy transition for him, putting him in the shotgun and having him make reads. Everything we do is timing-based and read-based. When you have a guy making good decisions and making reads, it works well."
Pitts — whose Crusaders have seen their season end at the hands of Webb City in four of the last five years — had even more words of praise for the younger Roderique.
"The last five years, we keep getting beat by Webb City and I think John Roderique is as good a quarterback as they've had in that entire time," Pitts said. "He did a phenomenal job running their offense … he's a heck of a football player. Give them credit and give him credit for their talent and ability, because they've got a lot of it and he's got a lot of it."
Phoenix Johnson, a senior running back, rushed 10 times for 144 yards and a touchdown. It was his second straight 100-yard performance in the Show-Me Bowl after going for 192 yards in last year's win over MICDS.
His 54-yard touchdown gave the Cards a 35-0 lead in the second quarter.
Cooper Smith carried 16 times for 68 yards and a score while Trey Parra had 38 yards and a touchdown on six carries.
In all, the Cardinals racked up 361 rushing yards and averaged 8.2 yards per carry. They outgained Helias 466-265 after holding the Crusaders to 99 rushing yards and 166 passing.
Webb City — and its group of 30 seniors — wraps up its perfect season with an average margin of victory of 46-7.6. Their closest game came in a 30-15 win over Springdale Har-Ber, an Arkansas Class 7A playoff team.
And those 30 seniors get to leave the Webb City program knowing they have accomplished something no other class in the storied Cardinal history has done — win three straight state titles.
"We feel like we've got an outstanding team and we're extremely proud of them," Coach Roderique said. "These seniors, they've been here since 10th grade, they've been here for 45 games. This is one of those goals where it won't hit me for a long time. It's been a great run."


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CINCINNATI — The second trophy was harder to get, Andrew Dorn said.
Dorn birdied Nos. 15 and 16 and passed 17-year-old Will Grimmer down the stretch in a head-to-head battle to capture his second consecutive Ohio Amateur championship today at Coldstream Country Club.
Theres always the pressure of repeating, the Coastal Carolina senior-to-be from West Chester said. Many people will tell you its difficult winning any tournament two years in a row. But I kept my head in the game and tried to take it a shot at a time.
That strategy paid off, particularly with Dorn playing in the final threesome with Grimmer, who started the final round with a three-stroke head start.
The 21-year-old Dorn caught Grimmer with a birdie on No. 15, taking advantage of forward tees to drive the par-4 hole then two-putt from 40 feet as Grimmer was making par.
Both players, with separation from the rest of the field, birdied No. 16 to remain deadlocked.
Then Grimmer, who will be a senior at Mariemont High School in suburban Cincinnati, made one of his few mistakes of the week. He missed the fairway and ended up right of the green with his second shot, then failed to get up and down. His bogey gave Dorn a lead he held onto by hitting a nervy 5-foot par putt at No. 17.
After both missed the fairway on the closing hole, Grimmer applied pressure by hitting his third shot to three feet. That meant Dorn had to two-putt to clinch the win.
It was a tricky downhiller, he said. But I lagged the first putt to a foot.
Dorn becomes the 10th player in the tournaments 108 years to win back-to-back. Others who have done it include Arnold Palmer, John Cook and current PGA Tour pros Ben Curtis and Jason Kokrak.
Its really a great honor to be mentioned in the same breath with great players like them, Dorn said.
His 5-under 66 matched Grimmers second-round score Wednesday for the low 18 of the week. It left Dorn at 8-under 276 and a shot ahead of Grimmer, who closed with a 70.
Despite living a few miles apart, the two barely knew each other before this week. Grimmer, who has committed to Ohio State, asked Dorn to play a practice round Monday. Then they played together in each of the first two rounds and again in the final round.
It was really fun to play with him, somebody who was playing that good this week, Dorn said. After we finished, I told him to just keep his head up, that he had played really well and his future was in front of him.
Dublins Jack Sparling, who will be a junior at Miami (Ohio) this fall, closed with a 67 and was alone in third at 281. Ohio State senior Boo Timko, of Girard, was fourth, shooting a 69 to finish at 2-under 282.
Tim Crouch, a former Florida Southern player from Mount Vernon, was fifth after a 74 that put him at 284.
Cincinnatis Bill Williamson (69) and Columbus Michael Ricaurte (71) were next at 287, followed by Dovers Ryan Troyer (70) and Daytons Alec Tahy (72) at 288.


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Be careful when the GM people weigh in. The ones on this blog are very nice, but they have no power when it comes to the important decisions. They will open a file for you, make the appointment for you at the dealer, I even had someone named Raymond call and tried to be helpful. when push came to shove his supervisor took over and I got nothing.. they said i was over warranty, even though i started complaining about this prior to the warranty being expired. and as I said to the saturntech (who is no longer with GM, just someone VERY helpful on this blog) You know I have weighed in a lot on this..... And I, being from southern california can confirm what you have said. Does not depend on the cold weather to start or not.. An old friend of my daughter's who is an ace mechanic put the starter in which both the dealership and the mechanic said I needed. GM dealership wanted $600 to replace the starter, the mechanic wanted $300, Jason bought the starter for $180 and it was in. Car started fine each and every time he started it up. At first he watched the utube video about cutting the wire, than adding the switch so I could pass smog, etc. Everything was great, but when he tried to put the switch in, it froze. turned out to be a loose fuse, but we let them be b/c it was starting fine. He had it for about 10 days and each time started right up. I got it back and it started each time i tried. then on the 3rd try (which was a week after i got it back) it would not start and now the key is stuck in the ignition. it won't turn to off, it's stuck somewhere between "on" (the furthest to the right it can go as when you are starting the car) and the middle (between on and off). Won't budge, won't come out of the ignition. Next up for us, the ignition relay switch, which seems to be the most talked about part on this blog for fixing this problem. He is going to switch out the ignition relay switch with a new one and I pray to God this works. If it does I will be selling my 2005 over 100,000 miles Saturn Ion and be happy with whatever I can get for it. I am so over this and I can't wait to get rid of this car... not sure what i'm going to get, but I am 100% sure it will not be a GM
Wow! A Saturn Tech that admits something is wrong! And in this posting sharing with us that 'most of the time' the problem is traced to the ignition switch (a GM dealer sourced part at about $50 - available from rockauto.com for less than $20 ...same identical part) and its failing pass lock sensor.
Note - we now learn there is a bulletin from saturn about this!! How come that saturn did not take care of this during the warranty period? How come those gm dealers that service and repair saturn's know about this? The one we have dealt with is 100% clueless about any bulletin - but will happily sell us the $50 part and point out, no return, it's an electrical part. Do I have one, yes, did it work? No ...
Like so many other owners posting ...go elsewhere but a new gm product!
Saturntech - As I told the last one who posted on this. You are the only one who actually helped me on this site. The 2 GM people that have their eye on this blog. nice, but useless (sorry ladies, but setting up a "file" that you basically know is not going anywhere - not really helping).... As I said, when GM called me after one of the ladies on here set a file up for me.. He wanted to hep. Raymond knew i was over warranty, knew I'd had this problem b/f i was over warrenty and was pushing to get GM to pay. Last thing he said to me was "Don't worry, I am here to help." The next thing I knew his supervisor called and was extremely rude and told me there is no way GM will be paying. When I asked for her supervisor she told me she is the general manager (or some such title) of southern california and there was no one higher than her to talk to. Basically dismissed me like yesterday's trash. Don't know if you read my other postings, but had it started for a whole week after the starter was put in. now it is frozen and the key won't come out of the ignition, there is no power, no clicks, no nothing. oh yeah, and the mechanic put a new battery in over the summer for $180. next up... that ignition relay switch for $25. we are hoping this does the trick and then good bye Saturn Ion! Hopefully, someone will buy it
Hi everyone. I bought my '03 ION brand new from the dealer and didn't have any problems until 2 years ago. Then I started getting this no start/no crank problem. At first I thought, OK probably the battery (it was in the winter and well, the battery was 6 years old, why not?). I bought a new one and that of course didn't fix the problem. So I asked the guys who service our cars about it. They started by replacing the ignition switch (better grease they promised too) but that didn't totally take care of it. So last year they replaced the ignition cylinder. Better, but still not 100%. Then on Tuesday, the key wouldn't turn back to the 'off' position. So back to the shop. They fixed the key issue by taking apart the cylinder again, but since then the car won't stay on at all. It cranks, but then stalls. They think the computer is toast, but they don't know. I've tried calling the closest GM dealer to see if they can even diagnose the issue (BCM or just a complete failure of the computer) and I'm still waiting to hear from them. What did I see about disconnecting the anti-theft? Did that actually work for anyone?
My key is also now stuck in the ignition. i was told a simple ignition relay switch will do the job. this is after installing a new battery, new starter.... it actually worked for a whole week after the starter was put in!!
my AAA expired, I have to reup and get it towed AGAIN and try the ignition relay switch this time. btw, I live in southern california. cold weather has nothing to do with it!!
there is a utube video about all this, but be careful. good luck. this is so insane. every week more and more people on here, yet GM won't do a thing if we are over warranty. So over 40 pages on this blog going back years and no recall. they simply have their people monitoring this site. I was very sweet when i started on here. Now I am jaded and just want the car working so I can get rid of it and NEVER buy a GM car again
I'm right there with you. IF I can get this thing working, I'm unloading it ASAP. But this is the only issue I've had since 2003, so I'm not throwing GM out the door just yet. Then again, if I can't find someone who THINKS they MIGHT be able to fix it, then I'm out of luck and I have to figure out some way to buy another car - and all of the joy that THAT will bring me.
And the cold weather just seems to bring this issue out in my ION. It may be anecdotal, but that's when it happens. Not necesarily below freezing, but I had no issues when it was over 70 degrees outside.
notcrankyion - It does seem as if many people do have issues in the cold weather. I don't know how much of this blog you have read, but I started here months ago. At that time I was still on the fence about GM and thought, despite everything I read, that maybe they really did want to help. Some do, some don't, but the people that don't are the supervisors of GM and they are the ones with the power. I bought my 2005 Ion brand new in 2005 and not until the summer of 2009 did I start having this problem.. Even though I contacted Saturn several times I was told on here that GM could not do anything for me b/c I was over warranty and there was no documentation. I never brought it in b/c all the wanted to do was charge me $129 to run a diagnostic and I knew the problem, didn't need that I needed it fixed. GM contacted me on this blog, set up a file, made an appointment at the local GM dealer all the while completely aware that I was over warranty. yet, someone from GM called and told me he wanted to help and not to worry. After that call I never heard from him again, but I did hear from his supervisor telling me too bad for me they wouldn't cover it b/c I was over warranty and did not seem to care at all that I had tried b/f the warranty was over..... I need to buy the ignition relay switch and have my friend/mechanic put it in. Not sure how much of this blog you've read, but it's quite interesting and very repetitive in the problems. Plus you should watch the u tube video
seansmommy1 Posts: 1I have a 2003 Saturn, I use a blow dryer to heat the ignition switch before putting key in. Usually works. Try disconnecting battery to reset security. Buy a FORD buy a Honda, anything else. I have gone up the GM ladder too and they will not help. Its all a ploy, which is why Saturn is out of business. A large class action lawsuit and general boycott are the only solutions. God luck everyone, I've taken mine everywhere. No luck.
lynn224 Posts: 1I bought my 2004 Saturn Ion 2 brand new with 10 miles on it in July 2004. I have loved this car even thought I had to replace the ignition switch 3 times. Thursday Nov. 17 my car would not start. I got it to the mechanic on Saturday they tell me it's the ignition switch. A few hours later they tell me they can't reset the security code (passlock system) On Monday they brought the car to a local GM dealership an electrician looked at it and couldn't figure out the problem. Now we are at Wednesday Nov. 23 and it is going to yet another GM dealership to have the car "flashed" (I have no idea what it means) My car has 135,000 miles on it, but this is ridiculous I am going on almost a week without a car and no one seems to be able to fix it. I am starting to get very frustrated and have no idea what to do!!!!!
kikib Posts: 14Tell them to check the body control module, the fuse box, and the gear shift box. My son's 2005 Saturn Ion had to have all three replaced in the past several months. He has less than 60,000 miles on his car. Not one mechanic or service advisor seemed to know what to do until my son went to pick up his car at the dealership yet again after being towed there and they were unable to "duplicate the problem." Thankfully, while he attempted to start his car and leave the dealership lot, his key got stuck in the ignition and the car wouldn't start. Only then was a mechanic able to figure out that it was the body control module. Why? It doesn't make sense. GM should never have been bailed out by the government. This ongoing blog proves that.
hallie11 Posts: 1I'm beyond fed up with this issue. So I need help with knowing what I need to do for my car. This is my third winter with it and I refuse to put up with this bs again. Seems to only happen when its cold it won't start and the security light flashes at me...but I'm concerned that something may be wrong with my computer someone help me please! I'm sick of trying to talk to gm they haven't helped me a bit but try to rape my billfold any help would be appreciated..I have an 03 Saturn ion level 3
The advise is pretty straight forward, and simple .... Get rid of the Saturn ION, trade it for a non-gm product, go for a Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, KIA etc but stay away from GM. They have not earned your business, especially after how they have mishandled the ignition issue for thousand's and thousand's of GM-Saturn owners, and this from the very first day the problem was reported.
After having purchased total of 17 Saturn's --- we, like so many other Saturn owners, have given up on GM products. Have replaced most of the fleet at this time with but still a few to go, maybe one or two in December this as I just had report of one more of the remaining 2005 ION's are 'acting' up to frequently.
I was reading this thread and looked like others were having problems similar to mine so I figured id see if anyone might be able to give me anymore information. I have a 2005 saturn Ion with about 70,000 miles. A couple days ago my inside lights started acting up, and would stay on til i drove a yard or two. Also my factory alarm would not sound when I locked my car via the keyless entry keypad. Went to start it the next morning and nothing. I assumed my battery was dead because I got nothing when I put the key in the ignition but clicking. So i jumped it. All my lights would come on, my aircondition turned on. everything as far as power was working, but not my car just wont start. wont turn over, or click, or anything. My security light flashes when trying to start it. I called it quits and locked my car with the key fob. The next days my battery had died again, and my alarm would randomly go off faintly and quietly when I wasnt around. Any suggestions from anyone on what It may be or what I should do?
Kirstie_H Posts: 10,824From what I see in this discussion, I tend to agree. Unless you can go in to the dealership already armed with info about what's causing the problem (and what part(s) might need replacement), it appears to often turn in to a pointless waste of time and money. The key seems to be to find a really GOOD mechanic (dealership or independent) who can diagnose & fix the problem the first time.
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I am sure some of you are tired of hearing from me. I must say this. I did find a very good mechanic whom I told exactly what I was told time and again in this blog what the problem was. And I had/have the same problems as what was described by nforr121287, except as most of you know mine started in the summer of 2009 and finally died altogether. From this blog i learned it was the ignition relay switch. the mechanic assured me i needed a battery and by that time I probably did. He also said I needed the starter. after reading this 48+ page bog he was uncomfortable working on it further and also, b/c GM told me they would help me. I took it to the dealer and told them about the ignition relay switch a $25 part. they said they had to run the diagnostic on it and then would see. so $180 for the battery, another $129 for the diagnostic and I was told for $600 more a starter. An old friend of my daughters who is an ace mechanic did put a new starter in for $180 (for the part) and for a week it worked fine. now the key is stuck in the ignition, it won;t turn on, the lights, nothing,. I have to get it towed and try this $25 part, but this is so upsetting, frustrating and expensive. My problem started when the car was well under 100,000 and still in warranty. now that it is over warranty GM refuses to pay. And one would think after 843 posts and 43 pages that they would do a recall and make good on the part. I will NEVER by another GM car again. I only hope and pray to get this fixed and get rid of it and have my life back
Would an ignition relay switch cause my battery to die? That is what confuses me. My battery died before my ignition switch problems. Is it possible that my battery died due to leaving my trunk ajar and that cause my passlock system to lock up. I am considering doing a passlock reset before I replace the ignition switch because some people are saying that their car will start once in a while after 10-15 minutes. Mine does not start at all. Just flashes the security lock symbol.


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Joseph McClain, left, artistic director of Opera San Miguel, coaches Lorena Flores Ruiz, one of the finalists in the Opera San Miguel contest on March 3 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Opera is well loved in Mexico and is taking hold in cities more associated with mayhem than mezzo-sopranos.
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Audio: How can we better prepare for tornadoes?
An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.
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