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Challenger Point Climber's Log
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|End of a long day.
|Climbed in a long day+ after Princeton, Perfectly clear day great views of the dunes, ran the last couple miles to finish 26+ miles and 12k feet in the last 36 hours or so.
|Posted Feb 21, 2006 12:53 am
|Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: September 2005
|This was my third summit of challanger. I took a co-worker who has never been up a 14er but she was in good shape. Clouds were scary and big and white. We saw mulitudes of wildlife. A great day.
|Posted Jan 28, 2006 1:49 am
|Route Climbed: Southwest Face of Kit Carson Date Climbed: January 7, 2006
|challenging winter climb. it was awesome! and yes, we're insane.....first two up in 2006
|Posted Jan 10, 2006 2:17 am
|Route Climbed: Southwest Face of Kit Carson Date Climbed: January 7, 2006
|Kit Carson in January? I must be crazy...
|Posted Jan 9, 2006 8:16 pm
|Route Climbed: North Face of Challenger Date Climbed: August 28, 2005
|"Standard Route" a little loose, check out my image on the route section for a more solid alternate.
|Posted Jan 9, 2006 8:15 pm
|Route Climbed: Not Sure Date Climbed: August 20 1981
|Journal says that we climbed Kit Cason mountain today 14165 ft. Its getting to be old hand climbing these peaks but it is still always a thrill. We had an orienteering course. We are cooking diiner now. It suks making sure that everyone does everyting right. We are to get resuply tomorrow.
|Posted Dec 31, 2005 12:29 am
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: June 2002
|I only remember the date because I remember the mountains were full of haze from all the fires that year. Otherwise a good climb with a partner I met on the yahoo group. My first class 4 climb.
|Posted Dec 22, 2005 7:16 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge via Challenger Point Date Climbed: 2001?
|The 14ers run together after you've done a few and it's been a while. Next to the final move on Sunlight, the most challenng of the umpteen some I've done. Good views -- started to snow on the way down making the grassy slope hard to negotiate. I was beat after all that scree.
|Posted Nov 6, 2005 4:10 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge via Challenger Point Date Climbed: August 25, 2005
|This was a beautiful two day trip with outstanding weather, and I was able to take my nephew on his first 14er!
|Posted Aug 29, 2005 4:52 pm
|Route Climbed: west ridge Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2005
|Quite a long but rewarding climb of these two! We backpacked in late and started early the next day. I would recommend doing an alpine start dayhike for these as it is pretty steep to Willow Lake with a heavy pack. Some of the best scenery I have seen in CO at Willow Lake. The gully to Challenger's n.w. ridge is looser than I thought it would be and is not fun coming down!
|Posted Aug 29, 2005 12:03 am
|Mike Mc
|Route Climbed: West Ridge ( via Challenger) Date Climbed: July 27, 2005
|The fog was so heavy, the visibility was maybe 100 feet.
|Posted Aug 28, 2005 10:32 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge - Colony Lakes Date Climbed: 8-21-05
|Hard to believe but a very relaxing climb / hike compared to the Needle the day before. Quite a few people on Kit, majority from the Challenger point side of the mtn. Great views the whole way to the summit , very slick and wet majority of the way. Same problem here as with Needle, rock cairns everywhere, hard to follow the right ones when you have 2 or 4 to choose from at one time, but we dble. checked our route quite a bit the whole way the the summit. Didn't have enough time or good weather to make it over to Challenger, but I will definately be back to this area.
|Posted Aug 27, 2005 1:52 pm
|Route Climbed: North Face of Challenger Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2005
|Although I did not summit Kit Carson, I did reach the summit of Challenger. Had I had another 3 hours I would have summited Kit Carson. It took me 6 hours to climb Challenger from just below Willow lake.
|Posted Aug 24, 2005 11:33 am
|Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: 14 Aug 2005
|The lower parts of the ridge were pretty wet from a thunderstorm the previous day which made things a little treacherous, but the upper parts were fantastic! Solid rock, lots of good holds, and an excellent position! Highly recommended route! Traversed over to Columbia Point, got lost in the clouds and summitted Kit Carson again, and then got my bearings right and returned to Willow Lake over Challenger Point.
|Posted Aug 15, 2005 1:02 am
|Ken Dammen
|Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: July 27, 2005
|Heavy Fog on the way up. Reached summit at 0930. Was slick on the way down. Nice Hike.
|Posted Aug 3, 2005 12:43 am
|alpine master
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 21 2005
|This was a long haul from South Colony lakes. Didn't do Challenger.
|Posted Jul 24, 2005 1:11 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Via Challenger Point Date Climbed: July 03
|Great day to bag two in one day. Had to assist a fallen climber, all OK.
|Posted Jul 20, 2005 6:19 am
|Route Climbed: Outward Bound Couloir Date Climbed: July 2, 2005
|Climbed with brother (ahansen54, see below). Late start but snow was good in the couloir. It was easy to sidestep the small cornice at the top. Summitted Kit Carson and headed over to Challenger Pt. via Kit Carson Avenue. Still a few patches of snow on the avenue. Storms held off as we hiked the west ridge back down to Willow Lake. I enjoyed the ascent much more than surfing down all the scree on the main route. Pretty area, but a little crowded due to the fact it was the 4th of July weekend.
|Posted Jul 18, 2005 5:05 pm
|Route Climbed: North Slopes / West Ridge Date Climbed: July, 31 2004
|28th and 29th 14ers!
|Posted Jul 13, 2005 3:01 pm
|Route Climbed: Outward Bound Couloir Date Climbed: July 2, 2005
|Climbed with jhansen007 via the Outward Bound Couloir (tops out at the saddle between Kat Carson and Kit Carson) and then continued up the last portion of the standard route. Descended via the West Ridge and hit Challenger Point on the way out. Great weather despite getting a late start.
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A 22-year-old man who was described by close friends as badly in need of mental health treatment was arrested early Sunday in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in the Sheridan-Parkside housing development in the Town of Tonawanda.
Town police said Edmund M. Serwinowski, a town resident, was arrested after a 34-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her apartment on Blackmore Street at about 4:30 a.m.
Serwinowski is charged with second-degree murder, said police, who still had not released the victim's name as of 6 p.m. Sunday. The victim lived in a disheveled, white row house in a neighborhood of poor and working-poor families. A festive Christmas wreath hangs on the door of the homicide scene.
While police released few details about the crime, neighbors said the victim was a girlfriend of Serwinowski's, and they said she had a young son, believed to be about 10 years old, from another relationship.
According to four neighbors who were close friends of Serwinowski's, the alleged killer has had trouble for years with drugs and criminal activity, but all four said they have never known him to be violent.
Serwinowski has bounced from home to home in recent years, neighbors said, and has spent much of the past 18 months living in Sheridan-Parkside with a family friend, Hazel Masten, 43.
In recent weeks, Serwinowski has been depressed and at times has made suicidal remarks, stating that he was going to kill himself and "take other people with him," a shaken Masten told The Buffalo News.
"One of his girlfriends is a young woman in Kenmore who is going to have his baby any day now," Masten said. "She told me [Sunday] that she and the Tonawanda police have tried to get him admitted into mental hospitals for the past two weeks. She told me no hospital would admit him."
Standing outside her apartment near the crime scene, Masten told a reporter that she talked with Serwinowski last week about his efforts to get admitted into a mental health facility.
"He's been really messed up lately because of all the drugs he has been taking," Masten said. "The other day, he walked into my home, and I said, 'Why aren't you in the hospital?' He said, 'We went to the hospital, and they told me I was too calm for them to admit me, so they sent me home.' "
Masten said that, in her view, Sunday morning's tragedy would not have happened if Serwinowski had been admitted to a mental hospital.
Neighbor Matthew McMullen, 22, who grew up with Serwinowski and once got arrested with him for use of a stolen credit card, said Serwinowski needed help and apparently didn't get it.
"I've known him since we were 9 years old," said McMullen. "Eddie has been dealing with a lot of problems lately. … He was going through a depression. I have heard he was talking about suicide."
McMullen said he attended Hoover Middle School and Kenmore West High School with Serwinowski. He said he never knew his friend to be violent and didn't know what made him "snap."
"Why does a teacher's son go into an elementary school [in Connecticut] and kill a bunch of little kids? Why does a guy suddenly think he's the Joker and go into a movie theater and start shooting people?" McMullen said. "I don't know what makes people snap."
Similar descriptions of Serwinowski came from two other neighbors and close friends – Kelly Rosenberger, 44, and Jessie Guize, 16 – as they stood outside in nearly 60-degree weather and talked about the tragedy.
"My husband said our dogs started going crazy about 3:30 in the morning, but I didn't hear anything," said Rosenberger, who lives two doors from the homicide scene. "I got up about 5:30, and there were police cars and yellow police tape everywhere."
"I guarantee you that half of the people in these projects either knew Eddie, had him in their house, or had him watch their kids over the years," said Guize, who wiped away tears as she spoke.
Police arrested Serwinowski near the cime scene shortly after they were called to the residence, Lt. Paul Yakono said. He said he did not know whether Serwinowski had mental health problems, adding that police will probably release more details today.
"It looks like they had an argument, and he killed her," said James F. Bargnesi, chief of the Homicide Bureau of the Erie County District Attorney's Office. Bargnesi spoke briefly with a reporter after conferring with detectives at the Tonawanda police station.
The knife allegedly used in the homicide was recovered near the slaying scene, authorities said, but the specific location was not disclosed.
Police declined to discuss what led to the slaying and released no information about the victim.
None of the neighbors who spoke to The News knew the victim's name. They said she had lived in the neighborhood for several months. Neighbors said the woman had a son, about 10 years old, who was apparently in the apartment when his mother was killed.
"People are saying she was carried out on a stretcher, and they saw police officers carrying the boy out of the apartment with a blanket over his face, so he couldn't see his mother's body," Masten said.
The young woman who is pregnant with Serwinowski's baby declined by telephone to talk to The News.
Blackmore Street is close to the intersection of Ensminger Road and Sheridan Parkside Drive, not far from the Parkside Community Center, Sheridan Park golf course, St. Timothy Catholic Church and the Tonawanda Senior Citizens Center. A police substation is located inside the Parkside Community Center.
The neighborhood has had some serious problems with drugs and other issues, said several neighbors close to Serwinowski and his family.
McMullen noted that his cousin, Michael Santiago, 25, was killed in August 2009 on Burns Court, a few blocks from the scene of Sunday's homicide. Police said Jose LaTorre, 19, shot Santiago during an argument and was convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2010.
"There are a lot of drugs in this neighborhood, but you don't see a lot of violent crime, The police cruise through here constantly," Masten said. "There are a few bad apples here, but a lot of good, hard-working people. I'd call them the working poor."
Neighbors said that, as far as they knew, Serwinowski was unemployed.
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TRUCKEE - The Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers and Sugar Bowl Resort have signed an agreement to return a sled dog race to the Truckee / North Lake Tahoe region after a 16-year hiatus. Sugar Bowl Resort will host the Jack London Commemorative Sierra Sled Dog Derby on the 3,000-acre property of the Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort on March 2-3, 2013. The race will be conducted by the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, a nonprofit California corporation, under rules and the animal welfare policy of the International Sled Dog Racing Association.
Sled dog teams in classes of from three to eight dogs will depart the starting line in Soda Springs and run to the Village at Sugar Bowl Resort and return. "As part of our overall efforts to return Royal Gorge Cross Country to its once and former glory, adding special events to the calendar is important. And with history in mind, this particular event fits the brand perfectly. It should be a lot of fun to watch," said Sugar Bowl Director of Marketing John Monson.
The Sled Dog Derby highlights the area's heritage and races that were centerpieces of Winter Carnivals in the early 1900s. The first sled dog race in the "lower 48" was held in Truckee in 1915 and was attended by Jack London. Sled dogs contributed to early regional development being relied upon for transportation, work chores, law enforcement and search and rescue. Annual races were a popular winter sports event until World War II and the advent of modern transportation led to their discontinuation.
Completion of Interstate 80 brought growth to the area. In the 1960s local mushers, led by Truckee resident Bob Levorsen, formed the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers and held races at Hobart Mills. The Truckee Lions Club initiated races at the Truckee Tahoe Airport in 1979. These annual races were successful in drawing mushers from western states and in attracting spectators. However, chronically poor snow cover at the site forced many races to be canceled and the last was held in 1997.
"I traveled from southern California to run a team in the 1997 race and was very impressed by the local community. It's wonderful to have the opportunity to assist in the return of this exciting family-oriented event to the founding location of our organization," said Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers Vice-President Preston Springston, now a full-time Truckee area resident. "The race site at Donner Summit and the support of Sugar Bowl in trail grooming ensures a dependable and fast race course for our canine athletes," said Springston.
Race proceeds will benefit local animal welfare organizations. Volunteers and nonprofit service organizations interested in participating in the race should contact Preston Springston, firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers
The Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers (SNDD) was formed in 1961 in Truckee by northern California mushers to organize and promote the recreational sport of sled dog racing in California. SNDD is a sled dog Race Giving Organization (RGO) that works closely with communities and service organizations. The importance of good sportsmanship and humane treatment of sled dogs is emphasized.
SNDD partners with northern Sierra communities and service organizations to conduct sled dog race events on snow during the winter season. Proceeds from the events support local charities and youth activities. Race events are currently conducted at Chester, Portola (Lake Davis), and Foresthill (China Wall) in California. The later is conducted in partnership with the Foresthill Chamber of Commerce.
SNDD is an IRS 501 c(3) non-profit incorporated in the state of California. Governance is by a seven member Board of Directors. Annual membership averages 45, principally from California, Nevada and Oregon. Visit www.sndd.org.
About Sugar Bowl Resort
Sugar Bowl Inc. owns and operates Sugar Bowl Resort in Norden, Calif. Sugar Bowl Resort, California owned and operated since 1939, provides family-oriented alpine skiing and sports events on terrain that receives the most annual snowfall in North Lake Tahoe.
Sugar Bowl Resort recently inked a deal making it the operator of the Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, America's largest cross-country operation. Sugar Bowl plans to invest $500,000 into Royal Gorge this season, including upgrades and renovations to Summit Station, the purchase of two new grooming machines, enhanced way-finding signage and a new website with comprehensive daily grooming report. Sugar Bowl and Royal Gorge are already connected by an "interconnect trail" that allows skiers to ski back and forth between the Donner Summit resorts. Plans are in the works to further enhance the connection with two additional beginner-friendly routes. Visit www.sugarbowl.com.
About International Sled Dog Racing Association
The International Sled Dog Racing Association (ISDRA) was formed in 1966 by Canadian and American mushers to organize and unify the sport of sled dog racing. Beginning in the New England states and lower Canadian provinces, ISDRA sought to standardize rules for "Nome style sprint racing."
Today ISDRA annually represents more than 100 days of sled dog racing and thousands of individual race performances. Traditional sleds, wheeled rigs or "gigs," ski-joring and, most recently, bike-joring competitions are held for adult and junior divisions and team sizes from "unlimited" to one dog. The racing action begins in mid-October and ends in late March with multiple ISDRA sanctioned events occurring on any given weekend during January and February.
ISDRA gives the highest priority to the welfare of the canine athletes that are partners in the wonderful world of sled dog sports. To underscore that commitment, each sanctioned event is provided with the Animal Welfare policy as an important component of their sanctioning materials. No abuse is tolerated and all injuries are documented and investigated.
Annual membership averages 850 total members with 55 to 75 sanctioned events and 30 to 40 member clubs. ISDRA is an IRS 501 c (7) nonprofit incorporated in the state of New York. Governance is by an 18 member board of directors and an executive director.


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The trial of a Des Moines pharmacist has been delayed until October.
Mark Graziano has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs, wire fraud and tax evasion. The indictments stem from the disappearance of nearly 700,000 pills of addictive painkillers.
The Des Moines Register says Graziano's June 2 trial date has been changed to Oct. 27. Defense and prosecution lawyers requested the delay, which was granted by U.S. District Judge James Gritzner.
Another man, Andrew Michael Enloe, is accused of helping Graziano. Enloe has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute drugs.


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CLYDE - There was a tight race at the Midland Athletic League Golf Championships. Five teams finished within 10 shots of each other.
But that was the race for second place. Nobody was catching Hopewell-Loudon.
There only were five rounds in the 70s Thursday at Green Hills. Two of those were carded by Chieftains. Jarid Gelinas shot a 75 and Bryce Gorrell was close behind him with a 77 as Hopewell-Loudon scored 331 as a team, 23 shots better than its closest competitor, Lakota, which posted a 354. Mohawk (357) grabbed third place, followed by Fremont St. Joe (362). St. Wendelin and North Baltimore each shot 364, with the Mohawks beating out the Tigers for fifth, based on their fifth golfer score.
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Taking the top spot Thursday locked up the MAL title for the unbeaten Chieftains. Points earned during Thursday's meet combined with points from two earlier MAL shootouts to determine the league champion and top individuals.
"I'm proud of the guys," Gorrell said. "We've played well all year. We've practiced this summer and played a lot. It's just nice for us to finally have a good team this year and win the MAL."
Gorrell has been Hopewell-Loudon's No. 1 player all year, and earned the league's top individual honors, but Gelinas had a little something extra in his bag Thursday.
"I think I just had a little bit of senior adrenaline going out there," Gelinas said. "It's my last time I'll get to do this, so I just wanted to do something special."
Also for the Chieftains, Aric Creeger fired an 82 and Garret Sendelbach shot a 97. Gelinas and Creeger finished the MAL season ranked second and third in the league behind Gorrell.
"We have a good top three that have been playing well all year. They feed off each other, " said Chieftain coach Bob Maurer. "Bryce Gorrell played a little bit rougher than normal, but he game back and got better. Jarid Gelinas played exceptionally well and Aric Creeger's just a steady rock out there. We got our fourth man, Garret Sendelbach, that solidified the entire team.
Gelinas was one shot off the medalist score of 74 shot by Fremont St. Joe's Aaron Burns. However, he said the goal was a team victory.
"Really, I just wanted the team to win today," Gelinas said. "We're undefeated and all I was hoping for was a first-place finish and we got it. Bryce played solid, and Aric and Garret are our X-factors. I was just hoping for a first place finish for the team today."
Hopewell-Loudon now looks towards the postseason. Gorrell says the way the team is playing is a good sign with sectionals coming up next week.
"As a team we're playing pretty well right now," he said. "We've been pretty consistent all year. We've put some good rounds together. We keep it up and we'll make it out of sectionals pretty easy."
St. Joe took second in the final MAL standings, with Mohawk and Lakota tying for third based off strong showings Thursday.
"These kids, the Mohawk golf team has been amazing all year long," Mohawk coach Dave Myers said. "They outdid themselves today. ... They've improved so much. They came here today in a pressure situation and played really good. I'm really proud of them."
Powering Mohawk's effort was Chet Margraf who shot the fourth best round of the day with a 78.
"He was just calm, cool and collected today," Myers said. "He went out and did his business, put the ball in the fairway, put the ball on the green and made the putts he needed to make. He just played really good golf."
"I started out really good, had a little trouble in the middle, but I was able to recover at the end there," Margraf said. "I started out with pars and I was really happy. Missed a few birdie putts, but that was OK.
"I hope I can keep it going for sectionals. I liked the scores I put up today. A lot better than the 90s I started with. I'd love to continue these scores."
Mohawk also got an 82 from Brayden Dunlap, a 98 from Carson Weinandy and a 99 from Billy Dunlap.
Lakota was paced by the 79 of two-time state girls qualifier Makayla Dull. Despite a fifth place showing Thursday, and a fifth place spot in the final league rankings, Dull said her day could've gone better.
"It was so-so, I felt I played better than how it came out," she said. "I was hitting my irons very well. There was just a few shots that didn't really help. It was an average day I think. Not great, but not terrible."
Hunter Chalfin backed up Dull's performance with an 83. Josh Mason fired a 95 and Kevin Woodruff carded a 97.
"I'm very proud of them," said Lakota coach Chad Garberich. "We've made a lot of progress. We struggled in the second MAL shootout, which we shot ourselves in the foot, sort of took us out of it today. Came back with a strong showing today. Hunter played well, Makayla played well. Josh had a good front nine, struggled on the back nine. Kevin did his thing. Very proud of them."
St. Wendelin's top day came from Dalton Murray with an 89. But it was the 97 from fifth golfer Makenzie McAfee that put them ahead of North Baltimore for fifth. The Mohawks also edged the Tigers for fifth in the final standings.
Seneca East and Old Fort shared seventh. Johnny Diehm led Seneca East with an 88; Old Fort got an 83 from Brad Heilman. The teams' fifth golfers tied creating a tie Thursday. Seneca East edged out Old Fort for seventh in the final standings.
New Riegel (402) took ninth led by Travis Williams with a 96. Carey finished 10th (409) led by Grant Wentling with a 97. Ryan Hager shot a 100 to top Bettsville in 11th place. Calvert didn't field a full team, but got an 88 from Matt Huffmon.


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The simplest advice is all it takes sometimes, and when the Curve were hitting rock bottom last week, all they needed was a reminder of one basic principle.
Have fun.
Catcher Miguel Perez, who's serving as a player/coach even though he's not on the active roster, showed some leadership when he addressed the hitters a week ago in Erie.
"Miggy came up to us and said, 'You guys just don't look like you're having fun. Baseball is fun. I know you guys love to have fun with each other, but have some fun out there and enjoy your time out there,'" catcher Tony Sanchez recalled.
The Curve were having a tough time enjoying the game because they were playing so poorly. They were trailing in the early innings nearly every night, were committing bad errors and not getting many hits, especially in the clutch.
Losing isn't fun, and when the club dropped six in a row to fall to 13-22, no one was having a good time.
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The Curve won their fifth straight game Saturday against Erie -- the first time that's happened since August of 2010 -- and the difference between the club a week ago and now is night and day.
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If a player can't find a way to enjoy the day-to-day grind and somehow find a way to make it fun, Forbes said, "This game will eat you up."
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Now that they're playing well and winning, that shouldn't be a problem.
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TYRONE - Tyrone junior scatback James Oliver possesses the type of breakaway speed that can literally break open a football game.
The 5-10, 189-pounder, who runs the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, showcased that speed in a big way on two occasions Saturday night, scampering 42 yards to set up Tyrone's first touchdown in the third quarter, and racing 52 yards for the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, as the Golden Eagles trimmed Cambria Heights, 14-7 in a District 6-AA quarterfinal playoff game at Gray-Veterans Memorial Field.
Tyrone's defense also came up big on several occasions, enabling the fourth-seeded Eagles (8-3) to punch their ticket into next Friday night's District 6-AA semifinal-round game against undefeated top seed Richland (11-0). Kickoff for that matchup is 7 p.m. at Richland's Herlinger Field.
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Tyrone's Corey Snyder runs away from Heights' Ken Cunningham.
Oliver's decisive touchdown came on a 52-yard bolt off left tackle with 10:28 remaining in regulation. He made the run on the first play from scrimmage after senior Seth Welch had returned a Heights kickoff to the Eagles' 48.
"The linemen opened a hole for me, I saw it, and I just took off,'' Oliver said of his game-winning jaunt.
Tyrone coach Steve Guthoff said that Oliver is the type of back for whom teammates enjoy blocking.
"Our other players feel real good about blocking for James, because they know he can always break something,'' Guthoff said. "He's our workhorse, and in crunch time, we want him carrying the ball.''
Oliver - the Mirror region's leading rusher this season with 1,849 yards - picked up 175 yards on 26 carries Saturday. His 42-yard burst through the middle of the field in the third quarter was the biggest play on Tyrone's first scoring drive, a 71-yard, nine-play march that senior quarterback Erik Wagner capped with a 2-yard touchdown run 2:32 before the close of the third quarter that put the Eagles ahead, 7-0.
"Our linemen made a hole for me near the line of scrimmage, and when that hole closed, [senior fullback] Corey Snyder opened another hole for me downfield,'' Oliver said.
Defensively, except for a secondary lapse that paved the way for Cambria Heights' only touchdown - senior quarterback Nathan Bearer's 19-yard play-fake scoring throw to wide-open senior wideout Andrew Brawley with 10:49 left in the fourth quarter - the Golden Eagles registered a strong performance.
"The defense did a generally nice job,'' Guthoff said. "We did have a couple breakdowns in the secondary, though, and you can't have that at this time of the year.''
After Oliver's go-ahead touchdown run, Tyrone senior defensive back Charles Wilson-Adams came up with a touchdown-saving tackle on defense following Bearer's 25-yard completion down the middle to Brawley. Brawley had a step on Tyrone's defense before Wilson-Adams corraled him by the ankles and brought him down at the Eagles' 25.
It proved to be a game-saver, as Heights' march was stopped when Tyrone senior defensive back Josh Fetters intercepted a tipped Bearer pass at the Eagles' 10 moments later.
"Charles saved our rear ends on that tackle,'' Guthoff said of Wilson-Adams. "That's as plain as you can say it. He's a four-year veteran, it's playoff time, and he really stepped up there.''
Cambria Heights, which closed a 6-5 season with its first berth in the District 6 playoffs since 1998, kept on fighting until the end. Tyrone stuffed a fourth-and-one situation when senior tackle Maverick Mills led a surge of defenders who stopped standout Heights senior back Tyler Crawford in his tracks near midfield in the final minutes.
Tyrone was then able to run out the clock.
Heights played inspired football despite injuries to two key two-way starting seniors, Ben Myers (thumb) and Donnie Contorchick (leg). Myers was out of Saturday's game altogether, and Contorchick played only sparingly. Bearer completed nine of 18 passes for 126 yards, and Crawford rushed for 86 yards on 22 carries.
"I'm proud of our team, and proud of our seniors,'' Heights coach Jarrod Lewis said. "We had a great season. We moved the ball tonight. We just didn't punch it in.''
Guthoff is stressing that his team must rachet up its effort a few notches next week against Richland.
"We knew we'd be in a fight tonight, and Cambria Heights played a heck of a game,'' Guthoff said. "Richland is a very good team. If we play just well enough to win against them, like we did tonight, we'll lose by 20 points. We're going to have to reach down deep to compete with those guys.''
Game notes: Fetters intercepted two passes for Tyrone, while Snyder had another interception. Bearer picked off a pass on defense for Heights.
Cambria Heights0 0 0 7 - 7
Tyrone0 0 7 7 - 14
Third quarter
T-Wagner 2 run (Umholtz kick), 2:32.
Fourth quarter
CH-Brawley 19 pass from Bearer (Irwin kick), 10:49.
T-Oliver 52 run (Umholtz kick), 10:28.
RUSHING: Cambria Heights-Crawford 22-86, Fees 3-11, Miller 2-8, Brawley 1-0, Bearer 6-(-2). Tyrone-Oliver 26-175, Snyder 4-15, Wagner 4-17.
PASSING: Cambria Heights-Bearer 9-18-3-126. Tyrone-Wagner 5-11-1-32.
RECEIVING: Cambria Heights-Brawley 3-77, Legros 4-19, Miller 1-17, Crawford 1-13. Tyrone-Snyder 2-21, Wilson-Adams 1-8, Woomer 1-3, Zook 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS: Cambria Heights-Bearer. Tyrone-Fetters 2, Snyder.
First downs1310
Yards rushing34-10334-217
Passing (cmp.-att.-int.)9-18-35-11-1
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Like what? "Like right now I'm supposedly too skinny. I just had to release a comment about how I'm eating enough and I'm healthy," says Barton, who nibbled on a sweet onion tart with mushroom and a burger during the event. "I'm more concerned for young girls these days … and I think it's important that you say I'm comfortable and I'm fine and you should to be too because it's, like, silly … You're always too skinny or too fat or too something."
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Samsung Galaxy S III vs Sony Xperia S
Currently, the Samsung Galaxy S III is much better positioned as far as software goes, because it's running Android 4 ICS out of the box. Meanwhile, the Sony Xperia S is still rocking Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is waiting for an update to ICS, which should come very soon.
Right now, however, the GS III is much more fluid than the Xperia S, and most of the apps perform visibly better as well. All in all, TouchWiz Nature UX on the Galaxy S III and TimeScape UI on the Xperia S are quite different when it comes to their visuals, but the core functionality concepts are basically the same – homescreen pages, widgets, context menus, etc., etc. Honestly, we like them both, and the only thing that's troubling us right now is the Xperia's laggy performance. We sincerely hope that this will get fixed once the ICS update arrives.
We've come to the conclusion that whether a certain phone will be comfortable to type with depends on a number of things, not just its screen size. Of course, screen size is important too – that's the main reason why typing on the GS III's portrait keyboard is considerably easier than on the one of the Xperia S. When you're typing in landscape view, however, there's hardly any difference between the two, as the Xperia S manages to provide a very well-made keyboard design.
The ICS browser was a huge step forward from what we had in Gingerbread. In addition to this, Samsung has always put effort into enhancing the Android browser and improving it even further. By now it should be clear to you that the GS III has a wonderful browsing experience, while the Xperia S, unfortunately, is quite poor in this respect, due to its laggy browser. Of course, you can always try to fix that by installing a third-party browser like Opera Mobile, for example, but this kind of stuff comes to show you that there's still quite a bit of work ahead of Sony. Naturally, Flash Player is supported on both handsets.
Processor and memory:
One of the key features of the international Galaxy S III is the quad-core Exynos love. Unfortunately, it's expected that the U.S. versions of the phone will come with a dual-core Qualcomm chipset, because of the quad-core CPU's incompatibility with LTE.
Meanwhile, LTE or not LTE, the Xperia S comes with a dual-core Snapdragon, clocked at 1.5 GHz, which isn't bad. The international GS III will have an edge in performance, but hardware-wise, the Xperia S is not bad either. It's only the software that's holding it back now.
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Their makers have been generous when it comes to RAM as well – both the Galaxy S III and Xperia S have 1 GB RAM, which is more than enough at this point.
The GS III comes in 16, 32 and 64 GB flavors, which is supplemented with a microSD slot for cards of up to 64 GB. Sony's product, on the other hand, comes with 32 GB, and that's that – no other storage options, no microSD expansions.
100 Comments
1. 09wbd03516 (banned) (Posts: 140; Member since: 30 May 2012)
Eww!!! Fugly xperia s!!! why PA!! WHY!!!
3. mercorp (Posts: 1027; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
Now let us see next how the gx can perform.
The xperia s is total s***.
8. 09wbd03516 (banned) (Posts: 140; Member since: 30 May 2012)
Yeah!! I cant take it!! xperia s should rate below 8 because of the s*** design~~~
96. pooria076 (Posts: 3; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
hey shut the f**k up boy!close your f***ing mouth.
95. pooria076 (Posts: 3; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
s3 is total s*** the design is like my fu**ing ass
100. iBoss (Posts: 12; Member since: 10 Nov 2012)
I was like lmao when the SGS III failed in the drop test agains't the iFault 5 (apple s**t) and yeah, the SGS III f**ked up, the display was totally shattered, and the battery with the micro SD came outta the back cover, all came a parts... while in the previous drop test with SGS II VS ifault 4s, the SGS II won the test while the iFault 4s got broken, the front and the rear glass, and damn!!!
so the SGS III strength is Zer0 compare it to the Xperia S or the other Xperia products. the Xperia S is a high f**king end smartphone and the SGS III only make itself special with the QUAD CORE CPU, no further, but despite the DUAL CORE that was built-in the Xperia S u may go check its specs before u talk whatever.
so u better have some knowledge about something than keep saying gibberish!!!
12. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
Have you SEEN the s3, now that, that is 'fugly' I actually much prefer the xperia s design to that, i'm surprised samsung havent included half an apple on the back of the s3 too, since they copied siri, seriously the s3 was a let down..
15. 09wbd03516 (banned) (Posts: 140; Member since: 30 May 2012)
xperia s is fuglier~~ samsung never disappoint me right after may 3~ and it was the sexiest phone ever~ sony is the one who need to take design lesson frm sammy~ and everybody wil gonna deny u for that~ here's your big thumb down hater!!
19. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
honestly S3 is the best one right now in the market and m a samsung fan but when you talk about the design and looks then i will say Sony is way better than samsung...just see this two phones back side...vast difference...watch out for xperia acro s..sure it will beat the S2.
16. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Sony fanboy getting mad. lol
Well, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I also think that the Xperia S looks better than the S3 but specs wise, it just can't compete. Gotta wait for the GX.
Another "Copied siri/apple" argument from a Samsung hater. As you already know, voice command already exist on Android well before Siri. Samsung just upgraded the 'not-so-good' Vlingo to its own S-Voice.
99. iBoss (Posts: 12; Member since: 10 Nov 2012)
well, im an iphone hater and i really hate a limited featured phones cuz u'd feel like a disable person, u have the device but u can't enjoy its features, and jailbreak my ass! its bulls**t, android phones are greater even without being rooted, and u can widely enjoy its fun apps, unlike for the limited crap of using the Apple ifault phone... and just imagine when u have a rooted android device , u'd feel u're the developper himself or like a BOSS with all the privileges of an Admin!
101. iBoss (Posts: 12; Member since: 10 Nov 2012)
lets talk more as a teamwork, and as a a android users, forget about sony or samsung haters, this is a crap! i really hate apple low outcome, but i love all the android smartphones, tablets and every freaking device came with that great OS. Nokia is a crap too, despite some of its beautifully designed phones.
to be honest, HTC, LG, HUWAEII, Sony, Samsung, Motorola, all of them, are one family because they're working on the same platform :)
so we gotta love'em all despite the huge differences of design and specs amongst all of these competitive brands!
20. MEeee (Posts: 351; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
"Voice Talk" from Vlingo existed in Galaxy S2. Galaxy S2 was released before iPhone 4S. Therefore, Apple stole the idea from Samsung and made weak minded people think that Apple is first to come up with everything.
22. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Lets say that design of a mobile is something for its user. A phone should be compared with its performance. Right now the GS3 is a pathetic phone compared with the Xperia, because although the Xperia doesn't run ICS and the GS3 does, the difference in performance is not so big. When Xperia gets ICS and may even defeat the GS3 in some of its performance sides. Don't be forgetting the price of a GS3 and the price of a Xperia s.
25. SleepingOz (unregistered)
ROFL! Nice one! xD
Seriously dude, do some research before posting comment like this.
28. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
I may have bad news for you but I always do research and especially in these subjects. So i don't think someone like you can teach me what I must and must not understand. But if I am wrong, please be useful and post a link or so that proves my info may not be reliable.
31. SleepingOz (unregistered)
If you've really done some research as you said, you'd probably already know what you wrote is stupid and nonsensical. Indeed, no surprise from an in denial fanboy. I won't waste my time trying to explain to you the differences between the crappy S3 and the Quad-Core Exynos. 'Cause I'm pretty sure, no matter how hard I'll try, you'll still be in denial.
But well, Google is your friend, use it wisely.
34. Aaron_R96 (Posts: 198; Member since: 22 Jan 2012)
you really like calling people fanboy's and haters don't you? how extremely witty of you... :)
35. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
Why did you change your picture? I miss the other Tiger! :p
38. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Again this is a reply, which in my eyes, proofs the fact of your limited information. And on the other side, this 'denial fanboy' doesn't ask from you to go and EXPLAIN to him what " the differences are between the crappy S3 and the Quad-Core Exynos" and the Xperia s. So you don't have to worry about that any more :)
60. dax0330 (Posts: 23; Member since: 01 Jun 2012)
but seriously man, i have to agree with them. The GS3 has a number of advantages over xperia S spec-wise, the screen, processor, OS installed. design is debatable i would say. but for me who own a sony tv and laptop i would go for the xperia s.
39. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
And another thing, I still haven't seen any links posted which proofs my info is wrong. So how can i be the one who, like you said "has really done some research, you'd probably already know what you wrote is stupid and nonsensical." If you, on the other hand, can't even support your own arguments? So you tell me, who is the "denial fanboy" now?
40. SleepingOz (unregistered)
OMG, seriously?! So you're the kind of stupid person who thinks he's always right, no matter what. Do you even know what's a S3 SoC? As I told you before, instead of losing your time trying to argue without any valid argument, go make some research, man. Google is your friend. =]
Or else well, keep on dreaming.
41. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
I'm not arguing with anyone. And i'm not "the kind of stupid person who thinks he's always right, no matter what" because I asked you about a link that proofs my info is wrong, twice. My first argument: Meanwhile, the Xperia S has a better camera (as far as photos go), as well as a competitive specs sheet, but it will take a good ICS update for it to be able to compete on the same level as the Galaxy S III (in this review). I know it says 'a good update' but it is something you can expect from a manufacture who designed a phone to compete with the toppers. Enough said to someone who is so pathetic, that he keeps calling people "denial fanboy" and "hater".
42. SleepingOz (unregistered)
better camera? Have you read the camera comparison yet?
Pathetic? Just don't take your own case for a generality man, your stupidity is pathetic. The XPERIA S will never be able to compete with the GSIII because of its crappy S3 SoC. Rather wait for the GX for a fair comparison. You have privileged access to internet, why don't you use it wisely to make some research?
Damn, I just can't stand ignorant people like you.
43. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
I understand how you feel :p This Sony guy is really funny :) Maybe he/she's just a kid. :p
48. SleepingOz (unregistered)
haha right..
and for my new avatar, I find this one more "artistic". I was tired of the previous one also.
44. romeo1 (Posts: 718; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
if you have made some pictures with both of them you would know wich one has a better camera.
the s3 isn't as crappy as you think it was just crappy in the gs2 and sensation but thats just because samsung and htc aren't that good in tweaking their software to get the most out of the hardware.
sony on the other hand does do that and that's why it's usually almost as good or better than the competition
like the arc s is in most of the common tasks faster than the gs2
46. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Even I am a kid and understand that the SGS3 is by far the more superior than the Xperia S. The Exynos 4212 provides nearly 4X the strength of the s3 Soc of the Xperia S. Then we get to GPU which the SGS2's lower clocked Mali-400mp4 already destroyed the s3 soc's GPU which now since higher clocked in the SGS3 is far, far better.
62. romeo1 (Posts: 718; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
Ofcourse the chipset of the gs3 is superior to the xperia s.
I was talking about the gs2 with the s3 chipset wich was crappy as well as the sensation but the s3 in the xperia s does a good job cause sony makes good use of the hardware by software tweaks.
and for the gs2 with the exynos 4210 with mali-400mp gpu also gets destroyed by the xperia s(with the s3 chipset) if you didn't know.
only with the 3d benchmark the gs2 was a little bit faster but that is only because the xperia s has a 720p screen and the gs2 has a wvga screen.
49. xMan123 (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Jun 2012)
Dude are you a f**king idiot? Xperia does have a better camera and that argument he used comes from this review. So i think you didn't read this review at all xD. And the GX will have the same chipset as xperia s so that to is bulls**t you are shouting......
50. hosam (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
leave him man or else he will get suicidal xD
53. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Unlike you, I'm not stupid enough to do such silly things. As I told you previously, just don't take your own case for a generality, thanks. =]
52. SleepingOz (unregistered)
I have read it completely and I've also read the deeper Camera comparison(which you haven't read yet).
The XPERIA S produces better details that all! Colours are warmer and oversaturated, smoother macro, inferior indoor shots and blurry video.
And oh, sorry to disappoint you but the GX will come with a S4 not the crappy S3 used in the XPERIA S.
Talking about "f**king idiot"? How ironic is that?! HAHAHA! Perhaps, I'll give you the same advice as your ignorant friend, hosam; do some research before posting s**tty comments in order not to look stupid here.
54. Oxygen (Posts: 125; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
You killed me with this one! lol
As an xs user, i know what you mean by "crappy s3".. It does lag quite often and it is a bit sluggish compared to my note.. but design wise, the xs is sexier imho..
For the better detailed photo, i guess it is due to the 12mp..
79. GoodGuy (Posts: 3; Member since: 11 Jun 2012)
Its strange u should say that coz I too have SXS and it is very snappy with no lags/freezes at all! Compared it with friends note and frankly it doesn't feel laggy/ sluggish, rather felt a bit smoother or at least at par.. I think you need to update the firmware on SXS.
91. faisalabdukunju (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Jul 2012)
Dear, Sony Xperia is better when compare to SIII. Because this model is totally different when compared to any other smart phones. Sony introduce 12 MP camera for this Xperia S edition. Xperia is very fast when compare to SIII. I am using both phones. Samsung SIII simply look like same as old smart phone models. Xperia is very different and very sexy. Amazing glass light panel...like it....
51. jeraldjamescapao (Posts: 23; Member since: 17 May 2012)
Ok... I agree with you, Sony Xperia S's camera is VERYYYY nice! I rate it 10/10! :)
64. neon_wombat (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Jun 2012)
I am a bit late commenting but I have to agree with the below user that your comment is coming off slightly absurd. The performance difference is actually huge if you look at the benchmark scores. ICS won't fill the gap. I can pretty much guarantee it since my gingerbread SGSII handedly beats the bench mark scores of the xperia - despite running gingerbread 2.3.6 as opposed to 2.3.7. Perhaps it is due to the greater amount of pixels that the xperia has, but the galaxy note is the same story. Furthermore, the Xperia S is running last years S3 processor which could not hold its own to the expnos 1.5 ghz or not in ANY of last years comparisons in bench marks or real life use. Infact any web browsing comparison between the note and the xperia s shows favor in the Note. I cannot imagine for the life of me why the x peria s would compete an against a quad core expnos when it is running the same dual core as previous generation phones.
94. pooria076 (Posts: 3; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
fugly xperia s????????!!!!?s3 is fugly because its like my ass.
102. iBoss (Posts: 12; Member since: 10 Nov 2012)
u are the f**king ugly alien!!
2. thethird92 (Posts: 10; Member since: 15 May 2012)
None of this phones makes me drool for good.
33. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
The Xperia S is just....Sexy... The design is the best aspect....
4. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
The Xperia S was good when it first released but Sony released their first dual-core handset wayyyyy to late.
5. thethird92 (Posts: 10; Member since: 15 May 2012)
I like the GSIII for ICS and Xperia S for the camera..
6. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
Hold your breath...Xperia acro s is coming...but dont die please.
13. shadowcell (Posts: 300; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
i can't promise you anything...
14. Tjey007 (Posts: 86; Member since: 22 May 2012)
pls i dont wanna go to jail now...on 5th m going to buy the s3...u can die if they let me take s3 with me in the jail...xD
24. Nematc (Posts: 28; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
If you have an iPhone then you can jailbreak
7. thethird92 (Posts: 10; Member since: 15 May 2012)
After all these comparisons between the GSIII and other high end phones. it makes me wanna think of an "overrated" status for GSIII. Don't know why, but this is just me. [+]
26. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1130; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
See the Verge's SIII review and you may get the idea that you aren't the only one that feels this way
9. ryq24 (Posts: 721; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
xperia s looks old compared to galalxy s3. no contest.
10. dizmatt (Posts: 2; Member since: 30 May 2012)
well I like the SII and own the xperia S.
SIII seems to beat it in most respects. nice to see the xperia camera gets a decent mention here, as I think it's nearly as good as the iphone 4S camera.
what is shocking here though is the mention of the xperian battery life, it's awful
with moderate use it doesn't last the whole day (wifi and account sync active)
needs topping up at work and putting on over night, if not...no alarm in the morning!
Like the screen but I still think the AMOLED screen is better as I used to have a samsung wave I which had this excellent display.
also the BRAVIA display is one of the reasons that the xperia just eats through its battery reserve. I'm hoping ICS will sort a few things out, like how the screen behaves etc.
no SD card didn't bother me to start with, 32Gb is a fair amount, but 32 or 64 on the SIII with a SD card slot is excellent.
11. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
so s3 wins only because of ICS?
come on, Ray, even i, a Sony supporter, will readily admit this is not even a contest - S3 kills it in processor, battery life, and memory department, and also, with the bigger screen, given the fact it's not a bigger phone - heck it's even lighter and slimmer.
Xperia only has a slightly better photos and hardware shutter key going for it.
17. Galaxys2...R (Posts: 46; Member since: 04 Oct 2011)
I had the xperia s and it got boring very quickly not to mention the sound qaulity was rubbish, the pre set eqaulizers like bass booster was more like flat booster, I mean where did the bass go and the volume output was awful. After a while the touch sensitive buttons annoyed me. The cameras constant trying to auto focus led me to miss alot of shots i wanted to take which really peed me off and generally after 4 weeks of havign it i have it to my sister and now just waiting for my galaxy s 3.
18. Galaxys2...R (Posts: 46; Member since: 04 Oct 2011)
oh and the battery life of the xperia s wasnt that great either
21. maherk (Posts: 3724; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
I dont understand why people over here wanna suck up for a brand over the other, its a matter of choice and taste fgs!! In the last 4 months, i ve had the s2, note, xpeeia s, and now the one x. For me the best design out of the 4 is xperia s, sexy as fluck! Aa for the screen, its true the xperia has the highest ppi in the market, still one x and amoled screens shines out next to it, the limitations of bravia engine kills it! As for the battery, it sucks, had to charge it 3 times a day! And not to mention how the video player lacks support for many type files. Best design and cam goes for xperia s imo, other than that the 1 year old s2 beats it. As whose the better its like this one x >g note > s2> xperia s. And it might change in a wewk or so, cuz am getting s3 in the next 2 days. Dont lock urself to one brand, cuz ur the one whose missing out, in other words stop being sheeps!
23. f1r3z0r (Posts: 92; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
everyone forgot what is the reason of having a phone? the phone is made for make phone calls and text. If you want to take picture buy a camera, if you want to listen musics buy MP3 player, if you want watch movies buy a DVD or BLUE RAY, etc do not expect to have everything in one device, especially a cellphone or now we called them SMARTPHONE...anyway SAMSUNG GSII still the best so far
27. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
decent DVD=$50
decent blue ray=$100-200
decent mp3=$50-100
Decent camera=$200-400
decent cellphone=$100
Decent TV to use with dvd/blue ray=$600-900
I can save an ass load of cash by buying a smartphone (a decent one at that for a bit over $400 (Galaxy nexus or Sgs2) or go crazy and buy a sgs3.
72. jeraldjamescapao (Posts: 23; Member since: 17 May 2012)
Hahaha. Yeah, you're right! ^^


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on November 27, 2012 - 9:46 PM
, updated November 27, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Levi Clayton's family members can't imagine who brutally attacked their 96-year-old uncle Saturday evening in his East Side home.
"They're monsters. It's just horrible some young men would beat a 96-year-old man. They could have just held him. He's got multiple fractures, and the doctors are keeping him sedated because he's traumatized," said Ela Goree, his niece, who lives several houses away from his Longview Avenue residence.
The home is just a few blocks from Erie County Medical Center, where Clayton was listed in fair condition late Tuesday with a broken jaw and other injuries.
His relatives say authorities need to quickly apprehend the three men responsible for the home-invasion robbery and attack on their uncle, a retired autoworker and World War II veteran who was an infantryman in Europe.
"If authorities don't stop them, they'll do it again, and someone else will get hurt," the 71-year-old niece said, taking a break Tuesday afternoon from holding vigil with other loved ones at Clayton's hospital bedside.
Fortunately for authorities, Clayton, a widower who lived alone, had surveillance cameras that captured images of the robbers as they entered and left the house.
Friends, relatives and community leaders gathered late Tuesday afternoon outside his modest 1½-story house for a rally to urge anyone with information on the attackers to come forward. At the same time, Erie County Assistant District Attorneys Michael P. Felicetta and Seth T. Molisani and Buffalo police crime technician Scott C. Seifert searched inside the home for clues.
"When you have a puppy that has been burned and a whole community effort that came forward to help, I know this community can again come forward with information to get these guys off the streets," Murray Holman, executive director of the Stop the Violence Coalition, said just before the rally. "It's really very important. [Clayton] is a pillar of the community, a deacon at his church."
Holman was referring to a Jack Russell terrier that was doused with lighter fluid Oct. 29 and set on fire. The puppy survived and is receiving treatment; the community donated thousands of dollars for its care. Two teenagers have been charged in that case.
Rufus Goree stood outside his uncle's home, saying that whatever the assailants stole cannot compare to the physical suffering they inflicted.
"The stuff they got is nothing compared to what they did to him," Goree said.
Police believe that jewelry, laptops, hunting rifles, shotguns and an undetermined amount of cash were taken during the robbery at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Images from the surveillance video show at least three "persons of interest," police said. One appears to be wearing a gray or white hoodie, another a red or pink hoodie, and the third a jacket with a possible scarf. The video also revealed a dark-colored minivan that might have been used by the criminals.
"This is a case we are vigorously pursuing and hopefully, in the very near future, there will be arrests," Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said.
The attackers, according to detectives, ruined two flat-screen televisions and ripped out sections of walls and ceiling. But if their efforts were to find hidden money, they may have been in vain.
Ela Goree said that she convinced her uncle to open up a checking account at a bank with direct deposits for his pension and Social Security checks in recent years.
"He had those flat-screen TVs because he loved to watch sports," she said. "He used a cane to walk, but he didn't leave the house that much. He had Meals on Wheels, and I would bring him over food after I cooked on the weekends."
Clayton, authorities said, relies on a pacemaker for his heart.
Neighbor Nate Boyd described Longview Avenue, a blocklong street between East Delavan and Northland avenues, as a quiet place.
"What can I say? It is a shame. He always sits on his porch and never bothers anybody," Boyd said. "We wish him a speedy recovery."
In his younger years, Clayton and his wife, Arlene, who died about two decades ago, filled their home with foster children because they never had children of their own, relatives said.
"They loved children and must have taken in 20 foster children over the years," Ela Goree said.
A native of Perry, Fla., Clayton, the oldest of 14 children, played semiprofessional baseball in Florida before he went off to fight in World War II, serving in Africa, Italy and France. He courted his wife-to-be, writing her letters from the front.
The former Arlene Dukes, who also was from Florida, moved to Buffalo during that time to take a job as a live-in housekeeper.
Clayton joined her here after the war and found employment at the Ford Stamping Plant, where he was employed for more than 30 years.
He also had served as chairman of the board of deacons at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on Clinton Street. "My uncle loves that church," Ela Goree said.
She said those responsible for the attack should consider surrendering "if you have any kind of conscience."
Tuesday afternoon, Clayton's relatives wiped away tears during the hastily called assembly in front of 99 Longview Ave., where they – and community leaders – pleaded for help in locating the criminals.
"Ain't no snitching – just do the right thing and tell who did this. Everyone knows," Rufus Goree said, flanked by another of Clayton's nieces, Paula Goree-Smith, along with Dwayne Ferguson, president and CEO of Mad Dads of Greater Buffalo, and Erie County Legislators Timothy R. Hogues and Betty Jean Grant.
Each lamented the crime and issued pleas for the community's help."We can't allow this in our community," Ferguson said. "Enough is enough."
Goree-Smith, who upon returning home from the grocery store was the first to find Clayton badly beaten, wept openly while talking with reporters about her uncle. She said she hasn't even been able, emotionally, to visit Clayton at ECMC.
"I can't look at him like that," Goree-Smith said. "To know they were in that house hurting him, it hurts my heart."
She asked those who might know something about the crime to put themselves in her place – if the victim were their neighbor, aunt or uncle – and come forward with information that could lead to the capture of Clayton's attackers.
"I really, really want you guys to pray for [him] and pray for me, too," Goree-Smith added.
Residents who might be uncomfortable contacting police directly can call the Stop the Violence Coalition, 24 hours a day, at 882-7882 or Mad Dads at 332-9366. Representatives for both promised to relay any tips or information to the proper authorities
Police urged anyone with information to call or text the police confidential TIP-CALL line at 847-2255 or submit information at bpdny.org.
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