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UFC Fight Night 29 preview: 45 pre-fight facts for 'Maia vs. Shields' in Brazil
Maia is undefeated (3-0) since dropping to the welterweight division.
Maia's six UFC submission wins are tied with Chris Lytle and Cole Miller for third most in the modern era.
Maia's four "Submission of the Night" bonuses are tied with Terry Etim for third most in UFC history. Only Nate Diaz and Joe Lauzon have earned more submission bonuses.
Maia's 13 submission attempts in his UFC middleweight career are tied for third most in the division's history.
Maia's five consecutive submission victories to start his UFC career are a modern-era record.
Maia is 12-0 in UFC fights in which he lands at least one takedown.
Shields' average fight time of 14:13 is the third longest in welterweight history behind Georges St-Pierre (15:10) and Carlos Condit (14:48).
Shields has not been submitted in his 36-fight career.
Shields' 280 total strikes landed against Dan Henderson in their 2010 Strikeforce bout are a single-fight record for the now-defunct organization. For comparison's sake, Chael Sonnen's 320 total strikes landed against Anderson Silva at UFC 117 is the single-fight UFC record.
Shields has landed 40.3 percent of his significant strikes to the body, the second largest proportion in UFC history (minimum of 350 significant strike attempts). Fabio Maldonado, who also fights on the card, leads the category at 41.1 percent.
Shields averages 11.4 takedown attempts per 15 minutes of fighting, the second highest rate in welterweight history (minimum of five UFC fights). Justin Edwards leads the category at 12.1 attempts. Shields has attempted six or more takedowns in each of his previous five fights that went to a decision.
Erick Silva (15-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has finished his opponent by first-round knockout or submission in all three of his UFC victories.
Silva owns the shortest average fight time of any active UFC fighter at 4:23.
Silva averages 3.43 submission attempts per 15 minutes of fighting, the second highest average in welterweight history (minimum of five UFC fights). T.J. Waldburger leads the category with 6.36 attempts.
Silva's last victory against Jason High at UFC on FUEL TV 10 was just the fourth fight in UFC history to feature zero strikes landed by either fighter.
Dong Hyun Kim (17-2-1 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has earned seven of his eight UFC victories by decision. He has not finished an opponent since a knockout of Jason Tan in his octagon debut at UFC 84 in May 2008.
Kim's 54.66 percent significant strike accuracy is the second best rate in welterweight history behind Matt Brown (56.67 percent). Kim absorbs just 1.42 strikes per minute, the sixth lowest rate in divisional history.
Kim has controlled his opponents for 54.2 percent of his total fight time, the third largest proportion in welterweight history (minimum of five UFC fights).
Kim's takedown defense rate of 80.6 percent is the third highest among active welterweights and fifth highest in the division's history (minimum of five UFC fights and 20 opponent attempts).
Thiago Silva's (15-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) six total finishes in modern light heavyweight history ranks third behind only Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones. The Brazilian has finished his opponent in all of his UFC victories.
Matt Hamill (11-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) can tie former 205-pound champion Lyoto Machida for the third most wins in light heavyweight history with his 11th UFC victory.
Hamill's 28 completed takedowns in UFC competition are the third most in light heavyweight history behind Tito Ortiz (33) and Rashad Evans (49).
Hamill's 857 total strikes landed in UFC competition are the second most among active light heavyweight fighters behind Jon Jones (878).
Hamill's 70 significant ground strikes landed against Roger Hollett at UFC 152 are the fifth most ever landed in a single UFC bout.
Silva and Hamill each own five UFC knockout victories, which is tied for the second most in light heavyweight history behind Liddell.
Joey Beltran (14-8 MMA, 3-5 UFC) returns from a nine-month suspension due to a positive drug test that forced his UFC on FX 6 victory over Igor Pokrajac to be overturned into a no-contest.
Beltran is winless in his past four UFC fights and is 1-5 with one no-contest in his last seven trips to the octagon.
Beltran landed 206 total strikes against Pokrajac at UFC on FX 6, the third most ever landed by a light heavyweight in a single bout. Beltran landed 185 total strikes against Aaron Rosa at UFC 131, the third most by a heavyweight. "The Mexicutioner" is the only fighter in UFC history with a top-five striking total in two weight classes.
Fabio Maldonado's (19-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) 63.45 percent significant strike accuracy is the best in light heavyweight history and the second highest percentage overall in UFC history behind Anderson Silva (67.45 percent).
Maldonado's 5.7 strikes landed per minute are the second most in light heavyweight history behind Glover Teixeira (6.35).
Raphael Assuncao (20-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and T.J. Dillashaw's (8-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streaks are the second longest in the bantamweight division behind interim champion Renan Barao.
Assuncao and Dillashaw have defended all takedown attempts against them in the UFC.
Assuncao is undefeated (4-0) since dropping to the UFC bantamweight division.
Dillashaw has been controlled by his opponents for a total of three seconds, which is tied with Chris Weidman for the smallest amount of time in UFC history (minimum of five UFC fights). Right behind them is Assuncao, who has been controlled for just 10 seconds in the UFC.
Dillashaw's 4.82 strikes landed per minute is the highest rate in UFC bantamweight history. His rate of 1.64 strikes absorbed per minute is the lowest rate in 135-pound history.
Dillashaw's 3.18 strike differential rate is the third largest margin for any fighter in UFC history and largest margin in bantamweight history.
Dillashaw's average fight time of 5:51 is the second shortest in bantamweight history behind John Albert (4:24).
Dillashaw's 76 significant ground strikes landed against Walel Watson at UFC on FUEL TV 1 are the most ever by a fighter in a single UFC bout.
Mike Pierce's (17-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) four-fight UFC winning streak is the fourth longest in the welterweight division.
Pierce's 10 slam takedowns are the third most in UFC history. One-third of his 30 UFC takedowns are slams, giving him the second highest slam rate in UFC history (minimum of 15 takedowns landed). Tyson Griffin and Nate Diaz are tied for the lead in the category with 40 percent of their takedowns coming via slam.
Rousimar Palhares (14-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) will make his welterweight debut after competing in his first 19 career MMA bouts as a middleweight.
Palhares' four leg lock submission wins are the most in UFC history, and the most in UFC/PRIDE/WEC/Strikeforce combined history. His 11 leg lock submission attempts are the most in UFC/PRIDE/WEC/Strikeforce history as well.
Palhares' 45-second submission of Tomasz Drwal at UFC 111 is the second fastest in middleweight history. Rory Singer's 44-second submission of Ross Pointon at The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale leads the category.
Yan Cabral (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will compete in his first MMA bout since a second-round submission of Kazushi Sakuraba in September 2011. Cabral has earned all 10 of his career victories by submission.
Chris Cariaso (14-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) enters the event on the first two-fight losing streak of his career.
Never gonna happen.... his striking, even after all of these years, is still the shits.
Shields predicts St-Pierre over Hendricks, hopes to work back to 'GSP' rematch
"St-Pierre vs. Hendricks is a good fight," Shields told MMAjunkie.com. "I think it's a really exciting fight and one I want to watch. But ultimately, I think 'GSP' is so good at what he does. He's such a smart fighter."
Shields, of course, fought St-Pierre in the main event of UFC 129, the record-setting UFC event that featured a crowd of more than 55,000 fans at Toronto's Rogers Centre. While St-Pierre didn't necessarily have his best night, Shields couldn't capitalize and wound up losing by unanimous decision.
St-Pierre (24-2 MMA, 18-2 UFC) has since earned wins over Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit and is now scheduled to meet Hendricks (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC 167, which takes place on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas. Hendricks boasts the best wrestling credentials of any opponent St-Pierre has ever faced, and he's also capable of dropping anyone in the division with his powerful boxing attacks.
It's a combination of skills many believe will prove to be St-Pierre's undoing, but Shields doesn't see it that way.
"I think 'GSP' will end up using his distance, range his standup and end up taking Hendricks down and wearing him down and winning a tough fight," Shields said.
That suits Shields just fine, as he'd love to one day book a rematch with the Canadian champ.
"I think 'GSP' is one of the greatest of all time; he's arguably the greatest of all-time," Shields said. "He always looks great, every fight, so to go out there and beat the guy? That's the guy I've wanted to fight for years. I fought him, and unfortunately I fell short. I would love to get another opportunity to fight him."
First up, of course, is a key bout with Demian Maia (18-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) in the main event of Wednesday's UFC Fight Night 29 event in Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A win isn't likely to earn Shields another shot at St-Pierre, especially with key matchups like Condit vs. Matt Brown and Rory MacDonald vs. Robbie Lawler on the horizon. But an impressive win would go a long way toward again establishing Shields as a top contender, and no less than UFC President Dana White recently said that the winner of the bout would be "in a good position in that weight division."
Shields understands the importance of the moment and what it means toward his ultimate goal.
"I want to fight for the title again," Shields said. "That's why I'm fighting. This is a big fight, and you never really know where you're at, but this would put me a lot closer."
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Update, 12:09 p.m. Thursday: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that will be in effect from 3 p.m. today until 3 a.m. Friday. According to the National Weather Service office in Chicago, the heaviest snow in the Chicago area is expected to fall between 5 and 9 p.m. Between 2 and 6 inches of snow could fall.
Check road conditions at Lake County Passage.
It's taken a while for the season's snow to show itself, but it looks like it's coming back with a vengeance.
The forecast for Grayslake calls for a rain and snow mix throughout the day today and heavy snow by this evening.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Thursday evening through late Thursday night. A total of two to six inches of snow is likely, with more accumulation in the north and northwest suburbs than in the city.
Rain will likely change to wet snow from west to east in the afternoon and evening, growing heavy at times, the weather service says. Strong winds are also likely to develop.
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ESTERO -- After experiencing her "lost" weekend, Kristin Zarrella found a shining light.
The Lakewood Ranch senior came in third to lead the Mustangs to a second-place finish at the Class 3A-District 11 cross country meet Friday at Estero Community Park.
It was a nice rebound for Zarrella, who led the pack at last weekend's Manatee County meet when students monitoring the race directed her in the wrong direction. It cost her the race.
The 17-year-old started to turn things around earlier in the week when she verbally committed to Division I Southern Mississippi, where she will compete in multiple sports.
In the district race, there was no confusion for Zarrella and her teammates. The Mustangs placed three runners in the top 11 and five in the top 14 to finish with 44 points behind defending state champion Estero (20), a perennial powerhouse.
"I am very happy and content with third place, and I am proud of everyone on our team. They really pushed it," Zarrella said. "I was thinking about last week during part of this race. It was disappointing what happened, but a learning experience. It's over now, and there are more important races."
Natalie Novak, who also went the wrong way last weekend, placed sixth overall at the district meet and was second for Lakewood Ranch.
Zarrella finished in 19 minutes, 42.10 seconds. Estero's heralded runner Kacy Smith won the race (18:55.80), and her teammate, Katy Gladis Solis, was second (19:28.20).
Novak ran a 20.19.10. Her sophomore teammate Katie Wray was 10th (20:48.20), and freshman Julia Ortiz was right behind at 11th (20:55.30). Rounding out the scoring for the Mustangs was junior Michelle Last (21:16.00), who placed 14th.
"I am happy with how we did. This is a very tough course. There is a big hill you have to run up twice and a lot of sand," Lakewood Ranch head girls coach Kristina Bratton said. "Kristin ran very well and rose to the occasion. We are hoping to get second at regions. It should be between us and Fort Myers."
The Lakewood Ranch boys also finished second with 70 points to qualify for the region meet with Estero (31) easily cruising ahead of the rest of the field.
Mitch Arnold led the Mustangs by placing eighth (17:32.60). Josh Napier was next for Lakewood Ranch, finishing 11th (18:02.40), and Steven Estes was 12th (18:04.00). The rest of the scoring came from George Dabbiero (19th) with a time of 18:20.90 and Jon Milkovich (20th, 18:21.90).
The first four teams and top 13 runners advance to the region meet. Braden River's Alexis Cullen placed 13th with a time of 21:04.90 to advance. The Pirates' Matthew McFall was edged out, placing 15th (18:06.07).
The Braden River girls just missed qualifying for regions with a fifth-place finish (132) behind Punta Gorda Charlotte (116). Palmetto was eighth among nine teams with a score of 234. The Braden River boys placed eighth (221), and the Palmetto boys were ninth (242).
Life has been good for Zarrella since the county meet with her commitment and opportunity to compete in cross country, winter indoor track and outdoor track in college. She also considered Wyoming and Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.
"It's been my dream since I was 8 years old to run in college, and now it's happening," Zarrella said. "I am so grateful. I took three official visits and the minute I got to Southern Mississippi I knew that was the place for me. It was a no-brainer. The campus is beautiful, and I loved the coach.
"Wyoming was nice, but it was too cold for me. My first year at Southern Miss. I will do some experimenting, but in track will concentrate on middle-distance running like the 800 and 1,500 meters. I definitely see the school as a home for me."


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I will stick to Teamspeak 3 does everything my clan need's including creating rooms, moving people to different rooms etc.
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We get a free TS3 server with our gameserver.
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A Washington, D.C., gay couple who made a documentary of gay life in the Pennsylvania hometown of one of the men attracted controversy when they held a screening of the film at a public library on July 28.
Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer's 2009 movie "Out in the Silence," which follows an Oil City, Pa., gay high school student named C.J. Springer as he navigates his life and education in the town the filmmakers say was often hostile to gays, was screened last week at Coudersport Public Library in Coudersport, Pa., a small town in north-central Pennsylvania. The men are on a tour, seeking to have the film screened in all 67 counties in the state. They've shown it about 50 times so far but say the Coudersport controversy, in which a local pastor and a Tea Party activist attempted to halt the screening, was the most opposition they've encountered.
"This was probably the biggest blow-out to date," Wilson said. "We've had some opposition on one or two other occasions. The common denominator is that in most places it goes off without a hitch but in places where there are fundamentalist activists based there, they start to stir the pot."
The news site CoudyNews.com reported that Coudersport Free Methodist Church was calling for "a peaceful phone-in protest" and that Pastor Pete Tremblay urged supporters to "call the library … and in a Christian manner inform them that this event is not a benefit to our community and ask that it be canceled."
It almost worked. The library waffled and at one point planned to cancel the screening.
"There was some back and forth," Wilson said. "I said it's at exactly times like this when the library needs to play its important role in the community that all are welcome and a diversity of programs must be offered."
Wilson said things got somewhat heated after the screening, which played to a packed house of about 80. He guesses about 25 Coudersport residents appeared in opposition.
He said one minister "started shouting and demeaning" a woman who spoke after the film "reducing her to tears."
Tremblay, initially reluctant to comment to the Blade, said the experience has left him frustrated.
"They haven't heard anything we've said or answered any of our questions," Tremblay told the Blade. "It's obvious to me there's not interest in a discussion, there's only interest in vilifying people who disagree."
Tremblay said he objects most to the film's assertion that all gays should embrace their sexual orientation.
"I know people who are not comfortable with [same-sex desires] and want to seek healing," he said. "But if all we say is you have to come to grips with it, those who feel this is not appropriate, there's no place where they can go. We have to disagree that this behavior should be presented as normative."
James Carville is right when he says that Pennsylvania is Philadelphia in the lower right, Pittsburgh in the lower left, and Alabama right up the middle.
Exactly, It's called Pennsyltucky!
I am not surprised. There is still a loooong way to go before the GLBT community will be accepted in rural PA.
Rural PA should be excised from the state and annexed to W. Virginia.
Rural America has a long way to go. But, we are making progress. The filmmakers echo only what we all know. Coming out helps not only our causes, our futures, and our families, but yes even ourselves.
Why is it that whenever anything to do with gay issues or gay relations…You have these preachers who rally their community to protest when in reality alot of those in their churches are gay themseleves..Its also a fact that this thing called "healing of gays" is a
certainly a farce…Being gay is not a virus or cold that you can just take a pill and boom you are cured and now straight…now you can go out and find a wife!!
Plezzzzzzzz you are who you are and all the hiding in the world will not change that. The movie was about a teen and his struggles and there were many more like him wanting to see how he handled his situation so that they too could overcome the social anxiety…and
lurid comments and family disputes….Preachers stay in your church and preach…leave the information police alone.
I applaud these courageous gentlemen for their work. I have seen this movie and the hateful things that were done to that young man were psychologically very damaging. It's too bad that the religious haters in this country don't go back into their pews and pray for forgiveness in interfering in other people's lives. They are going to get what's coming to them though, our Constitution doesn't give these people the right to legislate their version of morality and oppress us through the law. The overturning of Proposition 8 and it's ramifications for our freedom are awesome. The only thing the religious haters have on their side is hate, fueled by dogma that can't withstand the witness stand. They can shout and scream in the pulpit, but they can't lie in court.
And most people do not realize this === Pennsylvania does not have a non-discrimination law for the LGBT community. Ask people in Pittsburgh and Philly, and they think such a law exists. Remember, it was a regressive legislator in PA who blocked a Domestic Violence Awareness Month resolution because it didn't explicity limit the recognition to heterosexual couples.
From the picture I can't possibly figure out how Dean Hamer could be away from his Botox clinician long enough to tour rural Pennsylvania. I guess though that the evidence would suggest if there is a way to leverage controversy and publicity to further his narcissistic self absorption he can find a way.
There are plenty of enlightened people(and really good colleges and universities)throughout Pennsylvania but with shale oil production threatening the water supply, etc. they have other matters top of mind rather then Dean's self promtional tour. Dean Hamer, film maker, indeed! Once a hack, always a hack.


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(Note: I'll be on Supertalk Mississippi tomorrow morning at 8:05 ET to talk about Hayne.)
As I mentioned last night, this afternoon Mississippi barred embattled medical examiner Dr. Steven Hayne from doing any more autopsies in the state. But they were coy about it.
Mississippi Commissioner of Public Safety Steve Simpson held a press conference in Jackson earlier today to announce a new arrangement between the state and a company called Forensic Medical, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. Medical examiners from the company will travel to Mississippi to handle the bulk of the state's autopsies until Simpson hires a new official state medical examiner.
I was wondering how Simpson would handle all of this. The move is clearly aimed at preventing Hayne from doing any more autopsies in the state. But outright admitting as much would have opened the state up to a deluge of motions from the thousands of people convicted in trials involving Hayne's testimony, as well as the real potential of civil lawsuits against the state from those harmed by Hayne. There's also the possibility that admitting the new arrangement is explicitly an effort to sever ties with Hayne might open the state to a lawsuit from Hayne himself. Hayne has a history of threatening litigation against his detractors (in the last year he has threatened to sue a Mississippi State Supreme Court justice and me, among others).
So flanked by Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant and several state legislators and county coroners, Simpson talked about the new arrangement, and how this was a great step forward for Mississippi's crime investigations. But he didn't even mention Hayne in his opening statement. Of course, Hayne immediately came up in the Q&A. And there Simpson went out of his way to say that even though Hayne would no longer be performing autopsies in the state, he "has not been terminated." Simpson went on to say that Hayne "was not let go because of any allegation of incompetence by anybody." He repeatedly praised Hayne's work over the years, feigned ignorance on Hayne's culpability in the DNA exonerations of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, and took a somewhat dismissive tone when someone mentioned the Innocence Project's demands for a comprehensive review of Hayne's work over the last 20 years. Simpson also explicitly said that the Department of Public Safety isn't currently investigating any cases involving Dr. Hayne.
But make no mistake, this move was clearly intended to sever the state's ties with Hayne. Hayne was doing about 80 percent of the state's autopsies. He's now doing zero. Simpson tried to say the new arrangement was merely the next step in the state's renewed effort to hire an official medical examiner. But if Simpson has no quibble with Hayne's qualifications or credibility, there's no reason why Hayne couldn't continue to perform autopsies until the next medical examiner is hired, as he's been doing for the last several months. Simpson also neglected to note that the reason the state legislature finally appropriated $500,000 to fund the office in the first place is that it was embarrassed into doing so by the investigations by reason and the Innocence Projects of New York and Mississippi, and by the exoneration of Brooks and Brewer. It's the first time in 14 years that the legislature has adequately funded the office.
One final bit of amusement: Simpson said that Hayne will remain on contract with the state for the next 90 days while he completes a backlog of 400-500 outstanding autopsy reports. Hayne's backlog for Mississippi is nearly twice the number of autopsies the National Association of Medical Examiners recommends a doctor perform in an entire year. And that's not counting the autopsies he does in Louisiana.
So Hayne is out of the autopsy business. That's a fine first step, if much belated. But there still seems to be very little concern from Mississippi officials into looking back at the 20 years of damage Hayne has done to the state's criminal and civil court systems. There seems to be no concern for the possibility that there are likely other innocent people he has helped convict, or guilty people his testimony had allowed to go free. There's a troubling lack of candor, here, much less shame or embarrassment.
Extra links, source documents, and multimedia on all of this:
Here's a copy of the press release from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
Reaction from the Innocence Project in New York.
Archive of my prior reporting on Hayne.
Here's an audio file of today's press conference.
Here's Jackson TV station WLBT's initial report of my investigation of Hayne:
Here's the reason.tv documentary on the Cory Maye case, which features a section on Hayne:
Here's an interview I did for reason.tv on the Maye case where I also discuss Hayne:
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That's cool, I guess...
Simpson also neglected to note that the reason the state legislature finally appropriated $500,000 to fund the office in the first place is that it was embarrassed into doing so by the investigations by reason and the Innocence Projects of New York and Mississippi, and by the exoneration of Brooks and Brewer.
Embarrassed? I don't know. I kinda think the Mississippi Legislature wouldn't be embarrassed if they got caught giving each other blowjobs in church.
Also, Jake Boon has a good idea
Without sounding too paranoid, has anyone else noticed a surprising number of commenters defending Hayne on the Google News available articles?
As Warren linked above, I've declared a Radley Balko moneybomb. Not so he can run for president (though that'd be cool, too), but as a way for all of us to say thanks for putting in all the work to get that miserable bastard Hayne fired.
Just go to Radley's site (www.theagitator.com) and scroll down the left-hand column until you see the "Contribute" heading. I sent $25 as a small token of my appreciation.
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Of course they praise him. He helped them get convictions. He was important to them. They wanted him around. The bigger problem is the people that kept him employed and would have gladly continued to do so if it wasn't for that meddling Balko guy
Hayne was nothing but a nasty pimple on the face of a corrupt government.
Sounds like he might have "McCain" disease. Say ro do something then 10 minutes later do or say the exact opposite ! LOL
There's a troubling lack of candor, here, much less shame or embarrassment.
That's a surprise? SOP for politicians is to sweep problems under the rug and declare how bright the future is. Any other angle would cost the state money and cost the politicians their jobs.
Hayne may be the point person in this tragedy of justice, but Hayne is far from solely culpable. The system in MS that is culpable will take every measure to defend itself, even if in this case it means vomiting up one of its own for ritual sacrifice.
90 days = 12.8 weeks = 64 business days = 514 business hours.
He's going to be doing 1 autopsy report per hour, for the next 3 months. This is after he's obviously been let go for incompetence/corruption?
Great investigative journalism can still make a difference. Pity that it is so rare these days.


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Twin Cedars needed to win to make the playoffs and win they did. The Sabers used a big rushing night by Drew Carlson to down Tri-County 49-6 in Eight-Player football action Friday night in Bussey.
The Sabers' win sends them to a rematch with Murray next Wednesday in Murray. Murray defeated the Sabers one year ago.
"We're excited to be back in the playoffs," said Twin Cedars coach Aaron Allspach. "We shook off those three early losses and are now playing our best football."
Tri-County fumbled on their first possession at the Saber 10. Two plays later, Carlson scored the first of his four touchdowns on a 66-yard run. The 7-0 score held up at the quarter's end.
The Trojans had the longest drive of the opening quarter and a seven play drive in the second but the Saber defense led by Chris Selix and Corey Harrell kept the visitors scoreless in the half.
Harrell had what some defensive linemen would call a dream game. He spent most of the game in the Trojan backfield rushing the quarterback, he pursued down the line to tackle a pass receiver for a short gain and he took the ball from a Tri-County back and returned it 20 yards early in the game.
"It was a really fun game," said Harrell. "I really like rushing the passer but when Hunter (Embray) had the guy stood up, I just had to take the ball."
A Tri-County win would have put them in the playoffs but they came into the game with a limited passing attack. Spencer Steinke, the Trojans leading receiver, was lost for the season last week. Near the end of the half, quarterback Nick Watts left with an injury and didn't return.
"Injuries have hurt us all season and these were big ones," said Tri-County coach Scott Edmundson.
Twin Cedars put the game out of reach with a 28 point second quarter.
Carlson scored his second toucdown less than a minute into the second quarter. His one yard run made the score 13-0. Less than two minutes later, after a short Trojan punt, the Sabers needed only a 26 yard pass from Brent Parker to Dylan Roberts to go up 21-0 after the sucessful extra point pass from Parker to Otis Roby.
The next Saber score came at the end of a 10 play drive. Dalton Garcia scored on a one yard run. Then Twin Cedars took advantage of a high punt snap and took over at the Trojan one yard line. Carlson's third touchdown run came on the next play.
Twin Cedars rushed for 177 yards in the opening half.
"Their offfensive line did a really good job on our guys up front," said Edmundson.
The entire second half was played with a running clock. That limited the scoring in the final two qurters. Again the Saber defense was controlling the Tri-County offense. Selix, the game's leading tackler with 14, talked about his game. "This was a good game for me. I was getting good reads and able to make plays all over the field."
The only score of the third quarter was a 12 yard scoring pass from Parker to tightend Hunter Embray. On the previous play, Parker hooked up with Embray on a 49 yarder. Embray led the Sabers with three catches for 79 yards.
"The touchdown play was just a fade that we have worked on all year," said Embray.
The final Saber score came on a 36-yard run by Carlson, his fourth rushing score of the game.
"This is my biggest rushing game of the season," said Carlson. "I like to run inside and break it outside when I can."
"Tri-County took away some of our passing game but our guys did a good job of creating lanes for our backs," added Allspach.
Tri-County got on the board with just 20 ticks left on the clock. Back-up quarterback, Austin Blythe, threw his fifth second half completion to Zach Kitzman for a 12 yard score.
Twin Cedars 49, Tri-County 6
TriCo 00 00 00 6 — 6
TwinC 7 28 7 7 — 49
Scoring By Quarters
First Quarter
TwC — Carlson 66 yard run (Max Wautrin kick)
Second Quarter
TwC — Carlson 1 yard run (kick blocked)
TwC — Parker 26 yard pass to Roberts (Parker pass to Roby)
TwC — Garcia 1 yard run (kick wide)
TwC - Carlson 1 yard run (Parker pass to Tim Loeffler)
Third Quarter
TwC — Parker 6 yard pass to Embray (Wautrin kick)
Fourth Quarter
TwC — Carlson 36 yard run (Wautrin kick)
TCo — Blythe 12 yard pass to Kitzman (XP pass incomplete)
Tri Twin
First downs 14 13
Rushes-yards 35-52 24-218
Passing yards 135 126
Total Yards 187 344
Comp-Att-Int 10-21-1 7-12-0
Return Yards 4-62 3-31
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 3-2
Penalties-Yds 6-26 7-50
RUSHING — Dakota Thomas 2-9 yards, Jake Brumbaugh 10-11 yards, Tyler Lally 4-8 yards, Watts 6-(-1) yards, Kitzman 5-2 yards, Trenton Steinke 2-0 yards, Josh Edmundson 5-21 yards, Blythe 1-2 yards.
PASSING — Watts 5-12, 72 yards, Blythe 5-9, 63 yards.
RECEIVING — Justin Dekleine 3-17 yards, Kitzman 2-28 yards, Brumbaugh 1-11 yards, Lally 4-79 yards.
INTERCEPTIONS — none.
TACKLES — Watts 4.
Twin Cedars
RUSHING — Carlson 10-168 yards, Parker 4-3 yards, Loeffler 7-33 yards, Garcia 1-1 yards, Levi Jones 1-14 yards, David Williams 1-(-1) yards.
PASSING — Parker 7-12, 126 yards.
RECEIVING — Roberts 1-26 yards, Roby 2-18 yards, Loeffler 1-3 yards, Embray 3-79 yards.
INTERCEPTIONS — Roberts.
TACKLES — Selix 14.


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We Attend 1022's new menu party on 10/22
Hilltop. A place infamous to those in even the most remote places. Even Pullman, Washington. I'm not sure how a kid like me, growing up amid wheat fields and fraternities was allowed to develop any preconceptions about a geographical locale within a city on the other side of the state. The mention of Hilltop would elicit Compton-esque visions of drug trafficking and gang violence, all enshrouded within a stinky cloud of Tacoma Aroma so thick one could barely make out the unsavory spectacle before facing a mugging and/or an untimely death. Once I moved to Tacoma, and faced the reality that is Hilltop today, I felt a little…well…let down.
Hilltop. You used to be so…exciting. Whatever happened to that mystique? What will rural white boys fear beyond the comfortable confines of their idyllic little towns? Good luck attracting Anderson Cooper any time soon. Luckily for us there are a few places keeping Hilltop funky, keeping souls lubricated and expectations high. Places like 1022. The most literate bar in Tacoma is ready to teach you a few things.
The fine folks at 1022 celebrated their namesake date with a new menu and $6 drinks – a far cry from the usual $10-12 one of these elixirs usually carry. We arrived at the old Monsoon Room location on South J a tiny bit tardy at 6:15 pm. The place only opened at 6:00 but already there was a 45-60 minute wait for a table. We stubbornly put in our name and number and made the trek up the hill to the Tempest to pass our time sipping cheap rum and cokes and a citrus explosion called "Larry's Lick of Love" (served by Larry) – all while squirming through an always-uncomfortable viewing of Naked Lunch on the bar television. After a couple drinks and several of Burroughs' awkward scenes involving alien typewriters and talking anuses, we hightailed it back down to 1022. After a short while longer we were seated, crammed in the corner adjacent to everyone else. The place is goddamn tiny.
The Drinks
The three categories remain from the previous menu: Literary, Classics, and Apothecary.
The menu is loaded with bizarre creations for every palate. This post surely won't do the menu justice, as our short visit allowed us to sample only a very small portion of the offerings, but I'll do my best to break categories down here for all you fine liquor enthusiasts.
The literary category contains drinks inspired by literature: phrases, allusions, and presumably content. Drinks span the gamut here from the basic: "Lost in Translation" a revamped whiskey sour with Drambuie, to the intricate: "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" with Fernet Branca, Green Chartreuse, cocoa, and egg white. The category hosts all types of spirits, warm and cold drinks, short and tall. There is no discernible running theme here ingredient-wise, just the literary connection. The ingredients truly do stretch the imagination. There are many different bitters, herb-infused liquors, and seemingly (to a beer drinker like myself) unusual additions. The egg white proved to be a big hit at our table however. The Grasshopper Lies Heavy was a rather tasty little critter, both sweet and herbal. The egg whites gave it a remarkable consistency and creaminess.
Another egg white masterpiece – "South of No North." This unbelievable concoction began with an unsurprising base of Reposado tequila upon which was added cold pressed coffee, mole bitters, egg white, and Cynar (an Italian bitter apéritif liqueur made from 13 herbs and plants…Google was our best friend this evening). The chocolate of the mole combined with the smooth coffee notes and full body of the egg whites gave the impression of a very fine barrel aged stout. A perfect drink for the coffee and beer lover.
As the title states, these are the classics. These drinks weren't quite as adventurous as we typically aim to be, but we did enjoy the simplicity of the "Rose Martinez," made from Old Tom gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino, and rose cordial. Much of the drinks listed here could be made from the dusty bottles in the back of your liquor cabinet – you know the ones: Triple Sec, Dry Vermouth, Campari, brandy. If you're a fan of bourbon and rye whiskey, you'll find favorites in drinks like the "1022 Vieux Carre" or the "1022 Old Fashioned." A fantastic way to go on your next "Madmen" costume night.
The drinks spanned from new twists on old favorites to unusual herbal-infused remedies engineered to cure any sober malady. Most of these drinks included some sort of herb or extract: echinacea, lavender, rooibos, yerba matte, cayenne, even truly weird shit like horny goat weed and goji tincture. I cut myself off early because I'm a damn responsible driver, but the next drink on my list was definitely the "Holiday Hero," made with Demerara Rum, masala chai, walnut/brown sugar and cream or soy served hot. I'm looking forward to this my next visit. For the more brazen individual, you can throw caution to the wind and select the "Apothecary Cup," the description reads 'bartender's choice; bonne chance."
The Food
When the Monsoon Room occupied this space they were infamous for their $50 chicken pot pie. It wasn't some amazing pastry with gold-infused crust, it was simply the same microwaveable after-school filler consumed across America by 7th grade boys on a daily basis. The Monsoon Room consciously decided to focus their rays of awesomeness on their drinks. Unfortunately, it is required by law that food be available in places of drink. So as the legend goes, the Monsoon Room got around this by putting chicken pot pies and Easy Mac on their menu, but asked a prohibitively high amount of money for them, in essence removing food from the equation. I do remember having some very nice Wasabi peas there once.
1022 is not the Monsoon Room. Their food menu isn't enormous, but it's legit. You can find many small plates like crostini or hummus, large meat and cheese plates, salads, panini, sandwiches and desserts. We tried the large meat plate (or charcuterie…I always hated that goddamn word), the Hilltop Grilled Cheese, and the Chocolate Torte.
The meat plate was standard at best. The meats fresh and the accompanying items adequate (although the pickled beets were nice and spicy tasty) but nothing special. I'll try their cheese plate in the future.
The sandwich too was a bit underwhelming, tasty but nothing to write home about.
The torte was different. I originally had no interest in getting dessert. In fact, when Sheli ordered this I didn't pay much attention at first, but I couldn't help but notice the ecstasy with which she began eating it. She didn't say anything. This wasn't exactly Meg Ryan having an orgasm over corned beef hash, but she silently sat at the edge of the table slowly taking bites of this dessert, head tilted, eyes rolling. I eventually managed to sneak a bite and realized what all the fuss was over. This was one of the best desserts I've ever had. The torte came from Corina's, where presumably they are mixing angel turds with crack, baking it, then layering it with Valhalla espresso and chocolate ganache. As glorious as my description sounds, it was even better. This almost filled the hole in my heart left by the world's moistest brownie from the Herban Cafe. I loved that brownie. I never had it again. This will haunt me, unless I can buy more of this torte.
The Wrap
1022 is a destination. Not that Hilltop doesn't have other stuff going for it, but I don't know many other reasons you'd hang out next to a vacant lot on South J late at night surrounded by shopping carts and empty cans of Four Loko. Maybe the next addition to the menu should be "The Naked Lunch." The ingredients would be mind blowing I'm sure.
1022, where your drink makes you think.
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The Batesville High School varsity baseball team dropped a 2-1 decision to Class A, No. 3 ranked Rising Sun on Monday.
The Bulldogs took an early lead with a run by Wes McKinney in the top of the third inning. Rising Sun answered with the tieing run in the fifth and game-winner in the seventh.
Noah Gausman had the only two hits of the game for the Bulldogs, while Bryan Hoeing drove in McKinney in the third.
Cody Weaver pitched a complete game for the Shiners. He gave up just two hits and struck out 11.
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"It's really tough," Ricketts said. "I had planned everything around playing for Team USA this summer. Of course I love playing in Oklahoma City in front of all the Sooner fans. I'm sad I can't be there with the team."
USA Softball national teams director Ronnie Ishim said it was Ricketts decision to not play. Ricketts said that's not the case. According to her, it was Team USA who told her she could not be on the field unless she signed a long-term contract with the organization.
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Several years ago President Hamid Karzai likened balancing Afghanistan's various internal pressures and the demands of external allies and foes with walking while holding a fragile dish. With no end in sight to the U.S.-led war now in its 10th year, he must feel as if he is juggling the entire dinner service.
For years Karzai has said that peace talks with the insurgents was key to the solution of the Afghan conflict and termed them as a priority since last year, but he also has to take on board the frequently conflicting interests of all the players.
The result is best summed up by an old Afghan proverb: "Too many butchers spoil the cow".
The key stakeholder is Washington which has the bulk of some 150,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan fighting a war that Barack Obama has called the country's top foreign policy priority.
Corruption's tentacles reaching across Afghanistan
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Petty corruption has more than doubled in Afghanistan since 2007, a new survey shows, and nine years after the fall of the Taliban graft drains at least $1 billion a year from the $11 billion economy.
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If Afghanistan is a fight for hearts and minds, then the war against the Taliban is on shaky ground in central Kabul, where roadblocks and the concrete-encased fortresses of Western countries infuriate near everyone.
Potential allies: Karzai, Pakistan and the Taliban?
If you still thought things hadn't dramatically changed on the Afghan chessboard ever since U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans to begin pulling out from mid-2011, you only need to look at President Hamid Karzai's recent utterances, or more accurately the lack of it, on the Taliban and Pakistan, the other heavyweights on the stage.
For months Karzai has gone noticeably quiet on Pakistan, refusing to excoriate the neighbour for aiding the Taliban as he routinely did in the past, The Guardian quoted a source close to the country's former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh as saying.
Saving Afghanistan from its neighbours
Walking into a giant tent at the foothills of Kabul, you are conscious of the importance of jirgas throughout Afghanistan's troubled history. These assemblies of tribal elders have been called at key moments in the country's history from whether it should participate in the two World Wars to a call for a national uprising against an Iranian invasion in the 18th century.
Next week's jirga is aimed at building a national consensus behind Afghan President Hamid Karzai's effort to seek a negotiated settlement of the nine year conflict now that the Taliban have fought U.S. and NATO forces to a virtual stalemate and the clock on a U.S. military withdrawal has begun.
Afghanistan's violent summer: 400 attacks in a week
U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus last month warned residents of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar of a violent summer ahead as his troops prepared to take full control of the southern province (with the same name) from the Taliban. He spoke of the insurgents taking "horrific action" to stop the military advance into their spiritual centre.
Some of it may already be unfolding although the offensive is still thought to be weeks away. In one week alone toward the end of April there were 400 attacks , 60 percent of them roadside bombs. Which makes it 57 attacks in a day, telling you more than anything else the deteriorating military situation in the country.
Guest Column: Getting Obama's Afghan policy back on track
(C. Uday Bhaskar is a New Delhi-based strategic analyst. The views expressed in the column are his own).
By C. Uday Bhaskar
The May 12 summit meeting in the White House between visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his host, U.S. President Barack Obama comes against the backdrop of the mercifully aborted May 1 terrorist bombing incident in New York's Times Square.
Karzai, the West and the diplomatic marriage from hell
One of my Kabul press corps colleagues once described covering President Hamid Karzai's government and the Western diplomats who are supposed to be supporting it as a lot like being friends with a couple while they go through a savage divorce. We reporters hop back and forth, from cocktail party to quiet lunch to private briefing, listening to charming Afghans and Westerners -– many of whom we personally like very much — say outrageously nasty things about each other. Usually, the invective is whispered "off the record" by both sides, so you, dear reader, miss out on the opportunity to learn just how dysfunctional one of the world's most important diplomatic relationships has become.
Over the past few weeks, the secret got out. Karzai — in a speech that was described as an outburst but which palace insiders say was carefully planned — said in public what his allies have been muttering in private for months: that Western diplomats orchestrated the notorious election debacle last year that saw a third of his votes thrown out for fraud. The White House and State Department were apoplectic: "disturbing", "untrue", "preposterous" they called it. Peter Galbraith, the U.S. diplomat who was the number two U.N. official in Kabul during last year's election, went on TV and said he thought Karzai might be crazy or on drugs. Karzai's camp's response: Who's being preposterous now?
While Karzai and the West dueled, Afghans lost
While Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his American backers were having a very public row, 170 people were killed in political violence in Afghanistan last week, foreign affairs expert Juan Cole points out on his blog Informed Comment.
There were 117 incidents according to the Afghan interior ministry, four times the number for the previous week. Most of the violence was in the south casting a shadow over supposed U.S. gains in the region, Cole says. Indeed residents in Marjah, the site of a major military offensive against the Taliban, are complaining of lack of security, he quotes a report by the local Pajwhok news agency as saying.
Why Karzai decided to attack the West
It was a strange or at least unusual event. Reuters, other news wires and mostly Afghan journalists were summoned to the presidential palace early in the morning. A frequent and very familiar routine of standing around, waiting and multiple security checks then started .
On this occasion, we were packed onto mini buses with blacked-out windows and told only that we would be leaving the palace and going "some place outside". The guessing game ended when the buses, flanked by armored Land Cruisers and charging down a busy city highway, honking other vehicles out of the way, turned into another building very familiar to reporters in Kabul: the Independent Election Commission (IEC).


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Blignaut, J.J.G. (1928) Clays derived from the Lower Dwyka Shales, occurring in the vicinity of Grahamstown. Masters thesis, Rhodes University College.
The Lower Dwyka Shales in South Africa oocur south of latitude 32⁰; resting conformably upon the Witteberg quartzites, which extend as coastal mountain rangee along the length of the South Coast. The shales, being less resistant to weathering than the quartzites below, and the Dwyka Tillite immediately above, are consequently found in valleys between these two formations. In one of these valleys Grahamstown is situated; where the Lower Dwyka Shales have been eroded by the various rivulets forming the eource of the Blaauwkrantz River. A geological map of the country round Grahamstown was prepared in eome detail, showing all the various rock formations occurring in the area, the full extent of the Lower Dwyka Shales being mapped with the Dwyka Tillite and the Witteberg Quartzite along its margins. The map includes an area of about six miles by three, with the Cathedral spire occupying an approximately central position, and is prepared on a scale of 5.65 inches to one mile. Traversing was done by means of prismatic compass and pacing.
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Standing tall and straight, the 11-month-old youngster gets his hair trimmed, all the while quieted by Hannah Koch, as she prepares him to be judged.
The 952-pound youngster is Maverick, a steer born in April, and Koch is a junior at Botkins High School. The pair competed Saturday in the third annual Moon City Preview held in the Show Barn at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.
With seven wins in nine varsity matches, the Wapakoneta High School Scholastic Bowl team won the ninth annual Scholastic Bowl Tournament held Friday at The Ohio State University at Lima.
The Redskins team, under the direction of coach Adam Friemering, consists of Joey Jose, George Jose, Austin Klingler, Ross Kohler, Chris Schwartz and Cole Thrush.
Schwartz also earned recognition as being named to the WBL Scholastic Bowl All-Tournament Team, chosen by the coaches of the other teams.
Dressed as the late magician Harry Houdini, Kaleb Benny would rather slip the handcuffs of school work to be on a lined soccer field.
Benny, a sixth-grader at Wapakoneta Middle School, said he was no longer nervous about giving his presentation after having given his speech to two judges Friday during the annual Biography Fair.
While he likes schools, the 11-year-old son of Wendy and Steve Benny is quick to point out he would rather have given his presentation on a soccer player or be playing on the soccer field.
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State won't have far to travel to play in the NCAA tournament.
At the same time, though, the Buckeyes face a logistical nightmare.
The Buckeyes (27-7) will play 15th-seeded Loyola of Maryland in the second round in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
Since the game is just a half-day drive from campus for Ohio State's mass of scarlet-clad fans, that's good news.
Pearl Walker, 84, formerly of 319 S. Beech St., St. Marys, died at 8:40 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center – Valley in St. Marys.
She was born April 26, 1927, in Pruden, Tenn., to Elvin and Mary (Adkins) Orick.
Services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens near Moulton.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be expressed at millerfuneralhomes.net.
Marie M. Arnett, 90, of Wapakoneta, died at 2:40 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2012, at her residence surrounded by her family.
She was born May 6, 1921, in Fryburg, the daughter of Mary (Reier) and John Roth, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 26, 1944, she married Frederick "Fritz" Arnett, who died Jan. 17, 1992.
FATHER-SON SKILLS CLINIC: The Wapakoneta High School boys basketball coaching staff will be conducting its 1st annual Father-Son Skills Clinic (Saturday, March 23 at Wapakoneta Elementary School) to give dads the opportunity to take the court with their sons and receive valuable instruction at the same time.
E. Lucille (Bushong) Eichhorn, 86, of Wapakoneta, died at 8:41 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2012, at Otterbein-Cridersville.
She was born July 27, 1925, in Williamstown, the daughter of M. Marie (Steinman) and Marion U. Bushong, who preceded her in death. In 1964, she married C. Gaylord Eichhorn who died in 1967.
Surviving are a brother, Everett Bushong, of Dunkirk; a step-daughter, Gladys Whitmer, of Kettering; and several nieces, nephews, and step-relatives.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Randall C. "Randy" Hensley, 61 of Lima died 7 a. m., Friday, March 9 at Criders-ville Health Care.
He was born Oct. 5, 1950, in Borger, Texas, to Betty (Jacobs) and Thomas Richard Hensley. They survive in Floyd, Va.
He married Gwen Wooley on June 18, 1994, and she survives in Lima.
Mr. Hensley served in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include a son, Cody Hensley of Lima; and a daughter Rachel Hensley of Lima.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Thomas Jefferson, Martha Stewart and William Shakespeare all lurked through the halls Friday at the Wapakoneta Middle School.
The sixth-graders, who held their annual Biography Fair on Thursday for parents and Friday for fellow students and judges, had the opportunity to select a famous person, research that person and then dress-up like them. All their work was judged by members of the local community.
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How safe are community pools? Chlorine, cleanliness, common sense help
So, just how safe are they?
A packed pool can become a soup of germs that can cause stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that can take weeks to shake off. While testing and disinfecting pools with chlorine are the primary weapons used to beat back the bugs, health agencies and officials also stress that personal behaviors and hygiene play a key role.
Tim Wilson, coordinator of the state Department of Environmental Services Public Pool and Spa Program, said that while recreational water illness cases have increased, New Hampshire has not seen any major outbreaks.
New Hampshire's 2009 total of all recreational water illnesses, the most recent figures available, was 318 cases.
"We test every hour on the hour," Goffstown Parks and Recreation Director Rick Wilhemi said, noting: "Every day is different."
Lifeguards at Bedford's public pool test the water every two hours. Nashua Health Officer Heidi Peek said testing increases with large crowds and hot weather.
Keene Parks and Recreation Director Andy Bohannon said state regulations require three tests a day at the city's two public pools; under certain circumstances the staff will test more often.
When it comes to keeping swimmers safe, most people put their confidence in chlorine.
"Everything is in parts per million," said Wilhemi. "As long as the chlorine is between 1.5 and four, we're good. Nothing can live in chlorine."
Chloramines can sting eyes, burn noses, trigger rashes and cause breathing trouble, especially for people with asthma, Peek said. And when chlorine reacts and becomes chloramines, it's no longer doing its job as a disinfectant.
"That's why it's so important for people to shower and pay attention to hygiene," said Peek, who added that the lifeguards at Nashua's pools do a good job of making sure everyone showers before swimming.
Bedford Health Agent Gary Pariseau admits enforcing good hygiene is an almost impossible task. There are other signs of problems that are easier to pinpoint, he said.
Another red flag: The sides and bottom of a pool should not feel slippery or slimy
Pariseau feels confident in a pool's safety as long as the chlorine and ph levels stay within the set parameters.
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By DOUG EADS, CJ Correspondent
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
If losing is contagious, then The PC Gym may have been put on lockdown on Monday night.
The Cumberland County Lady Panthers invaded Pulaski County High School on Monday evening, with both teams needing a win in the worst way.
Combined, the two teams had lost 17 of their last 18 games, so something had to give on PC's home turf.
Cumberland County - 6-15 on the season - had lost nine of its last 10 games headed into the PC game, while Brian Miller's club was in the midst of an eight-game losing skid with a 9-14 mark on the year.
However on Monday night, the Lady Maroons got well and got well in a hurry.
In short, the streak - one of the losing variety over a span of 27 days that saw PC play with a depleted lineup due to injuries - came to an abrupt halt on Monday evening.
Brittany Warren scored a game-high 28 points for Pulaski County, while Haley Warren added 19 points, on a night when Miller's club rolled past visiting Cumberland County by an 85-49 margin.
And, it was a total team effort on a night when the Lady Maroons simply hit their shots.
"I really felt like the difference in the game was the way we shot the ball, because we shot the ball extremely well and we made free throws," stated a very happy coach Miller who saw his club end the eight-game losing slide with the victory.
"It's like I told our kids, we won by quite a bit and we hadn't been making our free throws of late," added the PC coach. "Tonight, we made 19 of 21 free throw attempts, and most nights if we shoot 21 free throws, we're lucky to make 11. I felt like early on we passed the ball well and moved the ball, which led to some open looks that we made tonight."
Each of the Warren twins scored eight points in the opening stanza, helping PC erase its only deficit of the game - 2-0 - to take an 18-14 lead at the end of the first period.
In the second period - a stanza that saw the Lady Maroons stretch out the lead to 40-28 at the half - was an eight-minute segment that saw everyone Miller called upon contribute to the cause.
Cherokee Capps - who led Cumberland County with 13 points - drained a three-pointer earlier in the second stanza that capped a modest, 7-0 spurt by the Lady Panthers, cutting the PC lead down to 26-23.
At that point, the Lady Panthers would get no closer.
A strong drive to the bucket by Brittany Warren extended the PC lead out to 28-23, but there would be much more to come from Miller and company.
A Sarah Howard three-pointer would ease the lead out to 33-25 moments later, while a basket from Eulah Perkins would give her club its first double digit lead of the night over Cumberland County, 35-25.
"It's good to have everybody back and dressed on our team," stated Miller.
"This is only the second game that we've had everybody back and in uniform for a long, long time, and I feel like we're only going to get better and better now that we're finally getting healthy once again," pointed out the PC coach. "We need to win, and the kids shot the ball extremely well tonight. Hopefully, we can keep getting better and better each day leading all the way up to the district tournament in a couple of weeks."
Already leading Cumberland County by that 4-28 margin at the half, if this game wasn't over by that juncture, it certainly was just moments into the third quarter.
Pulaski simply put this one away by beginning the second half on an impressive, 15-0 run, breaking open a somewhat close game, by taking a 55-28 lead.
PC outscored the Lady Panthers by a 23-10 margin in the third period, taking a commanding, 63-38 lead into the fourth quarter, and would never look back on their way to improving their season record to 10-14 on the year.
"Taylor Brock had started every game for us all year long, and tonight she came off the bench and played extremely well," stated Miller.
"That's the thing about having seven seniors on this team - they lead by example and it really doesn't matter who starts, it's who's playing and who's finishing the game, and I like that about her," added the Lady Maroon coach. "She gave us a spark off the bench we she came in there. That's what we've got to have, and that's people giving us a spark when they come off the bench. I thought Andrea (Jenkins) played well off the bench tonight, and that's what we've got to have coming down this very important stretch of the season."
Pulaski County will be back in action tonight, as the Lady Maroons will host Rockcastle County in a pivotal 47th District matchup for both clubs.
That game is set to tip off this evening at The PC Gym beginning at 7:30 p.m.
CUMBERLAND CO. - Capps 13, Davidson 13, Stalcup 9, Flatt 9, Waid 3, Key 2.
PULASKI CO. - B. Warren 28, H. Warren 19, Howard 9, Brock 8, Jenkins 7, Correll 5, Hudson 5, Perkins 4.


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Is Visual Basic "object oriented"?
VB.NET certainly is. One of the big changes introduced by .NET was complete object oriented architecture. Visual Basic 6 was "mostly" object oriented but lacked a few features such as "inheritance". The subject of object oriented software is a big topic by itself and is beyond the scope of this article.
What is the Visual Basic "runtime" and do we still need it?
One of the big innovations introduced by Visual Basic was a way to split a program into two parts. One part is written by the programmer and does everything that makes that program unique, such as adding two specific values. The other part does all of the processing that any program might need such as the programming to add any values. The second part is called the "runtime" in Visual Basic 6 and earlier and is part of the Visual Basic system. The runtime is actually a specific program and each version of Visual Basic has a corresponding version of the runtime. In VB 6, the runtime is called MSVBVM60. (Several other files are also normally needed for a complete VB 6 runtime environment.)
In .NET, the same concept is still used in a very general way, but it's not called a "runtime" anymore (it's part of the .NET Framework) and it does a lot more. See the next question.
What is the Visual Basic .NET Framework?
Like the old Visual Basic runtimes, the Microsoft .NET Framework is combined with specific .NET programs written in Visual Basic .NET or any other .NET language to provide a complete system. The Framework is much more than a runtime, however. The .NET Framework is the basis of the entire .NET software architecture. One major part is a huge library of programming code called the Framework Class Library (FCL). The .NET Framework is separate from VB.NET and can be downloaded free of charge from Microsoft. The Framework is an included part of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
What is Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and how does it fit in?
VBA is a version of Visual Basic 6.0 that is used as an internal programming language in many other systems such as Microsoft Office programs like Word and Excel. (Earlier versions of Visual Basic were used with earlier versions of Office.) Many other companies in addition to Microsoft have used VBA to add programming ability to their own systems. VBA makes it possible for another system, like Excel, to run a program internally and provide what is essentially a custom version of Excel for a particular purpose. For example, a program could be written in VBA that will make Excel create an accounting balance sheet using a series of accounting entries in a spreadsheet at the click of a button.
VBA is the only version of VB 6 that is still sold and supported by Microsoft and only as an internal component of Office programs. Microsoft is developing a completely .NET capability (called VSTO, Visual Studio Tools for Office) but VBA continues to be used.
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CartoonNetworkShop.com is the official online store of Cartoon Network. We carry a huge selection of DVDs & Blu-rays, toys, clothing, accessories and home decor from your favorite shows including Adventure Time, Regular Show, Ben 10, Scooby Doo and more!
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