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As the El-Nino-fueled NPAC big-wave frenzy comes to an end — with remarkably few injuries and drownings — we figured it was high time to take a look at how big-wave surfers prepare for heavy situations.
To get the best range of advice, we contacted two guys from different ends of the spectrum: North Shore crazyman Mark Healey and wavesofhealth doctor Clayton Everline.
Breath training for big waves
– Mark Healey
When it comes to holding my breath in big waves, I think there are three factors involved: lung capacity, cardiovascular fitness, and staying calm. All three are important, but the most important one for me is being in a strong mental state and staying calm. Here are some of the things that I do that I think helps:
I find that freediving helps my lung capacity, and almost more importantly is a mental exercise in being calm. Freediving has done more to teach me how to switch back and forth between an active thought process with a high state of awareness to a state of calmness that I can only liken to meditation. This is very important in big waves because if you are ever staring down a 60ft wall of water you know that your adrenalin will be pumping and your heart will be beating through your chest which are the two most detrimental things I can think of for a good breath hold. So we surfers are really between a rock and a hard place when it comes to this one. You really need to have the ability to "flip the switch" and put yourself into a relaxed mental and physical state when under extreme duress.
Bodysurfing helps because it's great cardio and I like that I am forced into a sporadic breathing pattern. You can practice your breathing pattern all you want on land, but when you are in a real situation in big surf the ocean is in control and you just have to adapt yourself to each situation.
Anaerobic exercises
These are exercises done without breathing. BE CAREFUL WHEN DOING THESE — there is a good chance that you will black out. That's why I do them on land. My favorite one is to find a good stationary bike that shows resistance level, RPMs, and time. First, I'll find a medium/high resistance level and get it going up to an RPM rate that is high — but at the same time is something that I know I can keep up for 45 minutes. I'll do a five-minute warm-up, and then start my breath-holds.
Where I'm at now, I do 30 seconds holding my breath, then a minute breathing, 30sec hold, one minute breathe. The whole point is to keep the resistance and RPM's the same the whole time. So if there was a printout of what you did on the bike it wouldn't show ups and downs, just a constant even pace. I'll do this for half an hour breathing only through my mouth. This exercise teaches my body to deal with oxygen and carbon dioxide more efficiently and to 'recover on my feet'. When I'm done with the exercise I will have held my breath for 10 minutes out of 30.
Again, be careful! If you black out, you'll hit the ground like a ton of bricks. Find where your limits are before you try to push them. It's not worth fracturing your skull over! The closest I've been to drowning was blacking out in a pool in Florida that was 4ft deep while training.
Editor's note: Mark Healey also likes to swim with sharks for fun.
More thoughts on preparing for heavy situations
–Clayton Everline, MD
About a month and a half ago, I got axed by a top-to-bottom double overhead lip at Alligators. The board snapped in two and I was held under for 20 seconds. The only reason I know it was twenty seconds and did not use up my oxygen in a panic was that I counted "1-1000, 2-1000…" while ragdolling underwater to keep from panicking. Panic is the first step to drowning.
Covering the mouth and nose when possible during a wipeout can help prevent air from being ripped out of the lungs. Practice timed and supervised breath holding both with lungs full of air and lungs emptied of air to count the difference. This information can be crucial to confidence in big-wave situations. Informed confidence in the ability to handle severe situations is so important.
One last thing on hypoxic training for big wave sessions:
In a recent advertisement, a pro surfer is running across the ocean floor carrying rocks, a breath-hold training program popularized by numerous surf films, pro surfers and surfing specialists. Hypoxic training is fairly specific to surfing and freediving and illustrates surfing's divergence from land-based sports when it comes to training.
Breath holding trains the body to ignore signals from the brain that the body needs air. This may lead to increased confidence in the water for paddling into big waves and may reduce risk of panic in hold-down situations. However, it has risks of death from shallow-water blackout and should never be performed unsupervised. "Shallow water blackout" has been described as loss of consciousness from intentional breath holding underwater which could lead to drowning and death.
According to the Wilderness Medical Society's Marine Medicine conference on Maui, the consensus on drowning is that the initial events upon submersion progressing to death are:
1. Panic and struggle
2. Breath holding
3. Inhalation and swallowing of water
4. Reflex laryngospasm to protect the airway
5. Intermittent strong inhalations
6. Hypoventilation, hypoxia, hypercapnia,
7. Asphyxia with loss of consciousness
8. Laryngospasm abates, the glottis opens, and water passively enters airways
9. Up to 15% victims may have persistent laryngospasm
10. Cardiopulmonary arrest, pulmonary edema, neurological asphyxia?
Most near-drowning victims aspirate 3 to 4 ml/kg of body weight (200cc's or about a cup in a 70kg surfer). 22ml/kg is the lethal volume (about 1.5 liters in same surfer). As little as 2.2 ml/kg decrease Pa02 to 60mmHg (a dangerous level where the brain shuts down).
Of course, none of this process matters in the surfer is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head from surfboard, rock, reef, sandbar or lip. Another valid reason to invest in a helmet when planning to roll the dice on heavy days.
Other fun facts:
Rip currents were reported in 22% of surf beach drownings. Surfboard usage does not prevent drowning. Pre-existing cardiovascular conditions were implicated in 26% of surf-related drownings. (Injury Prevention 2008; 14:62-65).
Approximately 20,000 surfers a year will be injured badly enough to require emergency care by analysis of a study documenting ED visits by outdoor sports enthusiasts. (Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 19:2, June 2008; 91-98)
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Just in case you mistakenly heard that it was all ice and snow in Russia, take a peek at the Big Bikini Exposition. This is right on the river Moskva in Moscow!
Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history. The exception is during the period of the Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 until the Russian Revolution 1917. For these two centuries the capital was St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire was the second largest contiguous Empire in world memory; only the Mongol Empire had been greater.
Check out what's happening north of Mongolia these days, in Chita
Although you may not have heard of Sochi, on the Black Sea, they're building up quickly and hope to host the 2014 Olympics.
Other periods of Russian history include the Tsardom of Russia, from Ivan IV to Peter the Great, and the Grand Duchy (14th-16th centuries).
The earliest period of Russian history was ruled by the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus, which was the first Russian state dating back to 800AD in Kiev.
Modern Russia remains one of the world's superpowers. They launched the earth's second satellite, called Sputnik 1, and were the first country to put a human being into orbit around earth. (The first one is called the Moon.)
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Andrew Sullivan is Right: Obama Has Governed as a Conservative
Last week, Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast published an article by Andrew Sullivan, "How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics," which excoriated left-wing critics for failing to appreciate how much Obama has accomplished, while at the same time trying to convince conservatives that Obama is not a liberal, let alone a socialist, and that, in fact, he has governed as a conservative. The fact that these two critiques are internally inconsistent has somehow managed to escape Mr. Sullivan.
The main case Mr. Sullivan, a self-described "conservative-minded independent," makes for Obama is that, "he continued the bank bailout begun by George W. Bush, he initiated the bailout of the auto industry, and he worked to pass a huge stimulus package of $787 billion."
In fact, Obama deserves even more credit for the bank bailout (TARP) than Sullivan gives him: Obama did not simply "continue the bank bail-out," he, more than Bush, was the main reason TARP passed Congress, as Congress first rejected TARP, then passed it by a narrow margin when Obama, then far in the lead of McCain in the Presidential race, endorsed it and actively campaigned for its passage. It was the first, but not the last, example of Obama promoting a Republican plan.
Sullivan essentially argues that the bank rescue was necessary, so stop whining about it and give Obama the credit he deserves. There are many problems with this theory, the first of which is that TARP, and the subsequent giveaways and guarantees given to banks by the Federal Reserve and overseen by Obama, put too much of a burden on taxpayers, too little on the bank shareholders, and placed almost no conditions on the banks in terms of how they used the federal hand-outs or how they compensated the managers of these failed banks. Normally, when a business fails in a capitalist economy, the shareholders take the losses. But what TARP did was shift losses for toxic investments in poorly collateralized debts (mostly mortgages) to taxpayers. At the same time the private equity market was paying 20 cents on the dollar for toxic assets, Obama's advisor and later Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, was counseling Obama to agree to pay 100 cents on the dollar for the same junk, which he did. If you read Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz' book, "Freefall," you will see that Obama did this passively and reflexively, without any serious consideration of alternatives. Not only did the federal government overpay and over-guarantee bank obligations, it imposed no conditions on the banks to loan money to Main Street.
The central economic problem, of course, was the freezing up of credit, which blocked investment and development; even if saving the biggest banks was required (as opposed to other options, such as nationalizing the largest banks or letting banks fail and establishing a federal lending institution), the fact that money was not distributed downward into the economy allowed the economy to continue to stagnate while the banks were awash in cash, which they used mainly to buy up small and mid-sized banks so today the big banks are even bigger and there are fewer community-based and mid-sized banks to compete with them. And, of course, the banks continued their excessive compensation practices unabated while most taxpayers saw their house values, pension plans and net worth fall 30-40%. Arianna Huffington said at the time that Obama had sacrificed 70% of his credibility with voters by standing with the banks, and not average people, and that seems about right to me. The Democrats historic shellacking in the November 2010 election confirms this assessment. Was that huge election defeat part of Obama's "long game," Mr. Sullivan?
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For the first time, the 2004 VH1 Divas concert featured "in the round" performances during its live show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The new spherical perspective of Divas 2004 generated heightened excitement for the event's audience as well as for those watching via television around the world on April 18th.
The broadcast showcased the stellar talents of divas from all musical genres. Standout performers included Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Jessica Simpson, Ashanti, Eve, teenage newcomer Joss Stone, and honorary "man-diva" Tom Jones. Special appearances by Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Gloria Estefan, and many others rounded out the star-studded line-up.
Alongside the concert's reoccurring theme of powerful female singers, a powerful microphone made itself present during numerous performances: the Neumann KK 105-S/Sennheiser 5000 wireless microphone system. For the seventh consecutive year, Kevin Sanford, owner and founder of Wireless First, supplied and coordinated the Neumann/Sennheiser hybrids–used by LaBelle, Simpson, Stone, Eve, and all presenters. Sanford's firm focuses on the wireless systems needs of top television productions throughout the United States.
"This is the third year for Divas at the MGM Grand," explains Sanford, "To change it up a bit, they did it in-the-round, and configured everything in the middle of the arena. For me, of course, that makes things a little more difficult."
Instead of only covering one side of the arena, Sanford had the hefty task of insuring coverage of the entire venue."I had to cover it high and wide," chuckles Sanford. "On stage, a center, doughnut-shaped area gave the performers a place to walk, and they generally would walk around the entire perimeter during each performance."
Sanford placed antennas at 15' above the top of the arena seats, for a total height of 50' in the air. He also placed antennas on far stage left and right, using two SAS 232 antennas, some helical antennas along with a set of log periodic antennas, and several Sennheiser 2003s. With his equipment placed accordingly, "everything worked great," Sanford says. "As with any wireless system: height, a good switching system, and line-of-sight for the antennas are key."
Sanford used a large amount of Neumann/Sennheiser combo systems, because he trusts the hybrid's smooth-sounding 105-S capsule and powerful SKM 5000 transmitter. "These microphones are my personal choice," he says. "As an RF guy, I always want to go with what I know performs the best in an RF environment. In shows like this, I don't have a lot of control over what people use. Artists will come in with their requests for what they choose to use. However, my choice for this kind of event in this setup is always Neumann/Sennheiser wireless microphone systems."
Along with Wireless First, Mikael Stewart of ATK Audiotek Corp. provided sound reinforcement for the audience, while Biff Dawson of Westwood One was the broadcast music mixer. In live broadcast situations such as Divas, when artist upon artist and mike system upon mike system are waiting in the wings, tremendous responsibility lies on the shoulders of the event's wireless specialist.
"Mikael and Biff would count on me to make sure that things are the same every time," reflects Sanford. "From their perspective, they are pulling up snapshots of scenes, and it's more about me checking in with them as things change just to make sure that everyone's on top of what's going on. With the way that these shows go, we don't have a lot of information before we get there. There are so many artists and they can't possibly get it all perfectly pulled together beforehand. The artists come in and we make it happen. Sometimes they change things at the last minute and you just have to be prepared for that."
While reflecting on highlights of the Divas 2004 event, Sanford remembers that the whole show ran uncommonly smooth. "I'll have to say that this year was really smooth," he says. "It was not any less large, or any less grand, but during the show, we were looking at each other and saying, 'wow, this is going really smooth!' Typically with the Divas shows, for some odd reason, we'll get an artist that just screeches it to a halt, or there's some sort of strange calamity. This time, from the top on down, it was completely smooth; it's a nice change!"
VH1's Divas specials, raise funds for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music programs in America's public schools, and to raising awareness of the positive impact that music participation has on students. Since VH1 Save The Music was created in 1997, more than $25 million worth of musical instruments has been donated to 1,000 public schools in 75 cities, improving the lives of more than 500,000 children.


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ZURICH – Switzerland has frozen assets possibly belonging to Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as president of Egypt Friday after 30 years of rule, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said.
"I can confirm that Switzerland has frozen possible assets of the former Egyptian president with immediate effect," spokesman Lars Knuchel said, declining to specify how much money was involved.
In recent years, Switzerland has worked hard to improve its image as a haven for ill-gotten assets and has also frozen assets belonging to Tunisia's former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali as well as those of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo.
(Reporting by Catherine Bosley and Oliver Hirt; editing by David Stamp)
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Great idea!
I think most of the "frozen Mubarak assets" belongs to the American taxpayer. Gosh, thanks federal Amerikan government. Why you insist on propping up tinpot dictators and asshat Arabian kings remains to this day, a mystery.
Ok. If so, another step toward global penal enforcement for thieves.
LOL… they're signators of the conventions against torture. They have to do that! But I guess with all those gold teeth from dead Jews they sort of need to polish their image a little.
Now if we can get the money Bush and Cheney & Co. stole.
I wonder if they'll freeze the assets of the torturer Omar Suleiman once he steps down. And why haven't they frozen the assets of Bush43, Cheney and Rumsfeld?
I love how they are framing it as if Mubarak just stepped down … no …. he was driven out like a dog with his tail between his legs … running for one of his villas which he paid for with stollen money. And … there is not much difference between the war crimes of the Bush/Cheney regime and the outright theft of the treasury, the acts of aggression and torture from Mubarak's regime. It's all a bunch of thugs from Goldman Sachs to the Koch brothers. Thugs and mobsters with power using and abusing people.
How much of this money has been stolen from the American middle class, by the corrupt Congress, and given to the equally corrupt "leaders" in Egypt? The Swiss, at least, have the courage and decency to demand an accounting. What will happen in the US – nothing. Like 90% of our tax dollars it is down a rat hole.
I want an accounting and every dime of our tax money returned NOW! Enough of this theft from US citizens. Hang them all.
It will go for executive bonuses, legal fees, and bribes to lobbyists.
To protect ME oil supply. If nice guys ruled, they'd probably do business with us too. May cost a little more though.
So why now? Right, stick a fork in 'im, he's done. He's toast.
I find this arbitrary and capricious in regards to the whole Swiss banking
flimflam. Still waiting for that list of all the US high rollers who play hide the assets, avoiding taxation…while enforced taxation is reserved solely for the little guy.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see every dime come back to the US, once this toady's stench has been wiped off.
In a just US, we could choose where and how our fair share of taxation went.
I'd like to see mine go to education, single payer / universal healh-care.
Up keep of infrastructure that benefit the many, not the few.
This funneling money toward perpetual use to tear down rather than to
create is unhealthy. And that's the truth.
Courage? You jest!
Shoulda kept his money in Dubai, the place built on the backs of slaves, the place with no conscience.
"…they're signators of the conventions against torture. They have to do that!"
As is Uncle Satan but…..
Love to see the UK seize the family real estate and kick his all of spawn out of Britain. Still waiting…
No time like the present.
Now, if they would just start applying the "Money Laundering Control Act" to the US congress, we'd be on a roll.
yeah, that's the point and that's also why Bush isn't visiting there anytime soon. If the offending country does not try the person than the other countries are required by treaty to do so.
The bank freezes the money to protect themselves,should he want to pull it all out and take it to where ever and to stop any hacker from taking it or the new government from seizing it. It is done solely to protect the corp.bank.
Yes, correct and the present is truly a gift. (pun intended)
Most of my board "questions " have a rhetorical bend/slant. (Bent?)
I tip my hat to the tao-like balance you bring to the table, and melt like butter
for all things Zappa…
Why are his ill-gotten assets frozen the moment he resigns, but prior to that instant, everything is fine? Why exactly has this change of status effected his accounts status?
Aahhhh, the Swiss….you hold the assets as long as possible, already knowing that the dictators aren't clean, and then in the end, freeze their assets and look clean. One question, dear Swiss people, what do you do with those frozen assets? Distribute it back to the poor in Egypt? Just wondering. Hypocrites.
your question has excellent insight….
You are correct rebecca meritt, the banks froze those accounts because they don't want him to pull it out but not because it may be the wrong person. It's because if he walked in there and decided he wanted 7 billion dollars from one account, the bank may not have the money so they don't want him to insolvent the bank. Another reason is that he isn't in power no more, no leader of a country. And to add to the fact that they don't want one or more of their banks to dish out billions of dollars, will say that this money is ill gotten gains. He will ahve to prove it's his, but he won't get the money. They may even hold it for Egypt minus the govt. percentage for stopping this 30 YEAR FRAUD lololololo.
You see they knew what he was doing and everything was fine, now that he got ran out of the country they don't want to pay him his money. What is he going to do launch an attack on switzerland. He could take it to world court and such, but he doesn't want to do that and I bet many govt. won't allow him either. Because he killed, tortured and did alot of stuff to his own country men and for other countries. And on top of that he stole alot of money from his country. The last thing he needs or wants it a forum for the Egyptian govt. to come in and demand the money back (which they most certainly will do). The banks have him between a rock and a hardplace.
I totally agree. It is always the law abiding citizens that get taxed and controlled. The Swiss are a bunch of hypocrites – first they hide all the money for the scums of this world, profit off of it as long as possible, and then appear to come clean. Neutrality, my a**.
Why not also freeze the assets of corrupt U.S. banksters, CEOs, corporations, and politicians who are trying to evade U.S. tax laws?
To date, approximately 3400 corrupt Indian politicians (as an example), are hiding approx. $3 billion in Swiss bank accounts, but Switzerland does not want to release their names even after the Indian government is asking for them, because, and this is their written explanation – "Switzerland and India do not have an AGREEMENT to disclose the names."
Not to mention the sweat and blood of the poor, where dictators, thieves and murderers have robbed their nations' wealth.
The Swiss wanted his banking business. Now that he is damaged goods, not so much.
Most of the US aid to Egypt (1.2 out of 1.4 billion a year) is military aid, which is not given as cash. It comes with a provision to buy American weapons and training. It's corporate welfare to arms dealers. The other aid was cheap grain, bought from corporate agri-business. Mubarak may have used American weapons to control economic activity and make his fortune, but it's not like he ever got pallets of US taxpayer cash.
What about the So-Called U.S. Corporations which had/have secret accounts. In which they have used the accounts illegally to hide their wealth and from paying any taxes..
The so-called independent Swiss country is turning out to be just as much BS as other governments and countries.
This is probably what changed his mind about stepping down.
In related news, protesters have order a large refrigerator to freeze Mubarak's ass.
Better yet, why not just freeze their asses.
What, no 70 billion dollar spending spree from our money we gave him?
Clean the bastard out and divy up the money among Egypt's poorest. I'm okay with donating whatever share of my tax dollars went into his private coffers vis-a-vis "aid" to those poor people. When you're done, lightening his load, take him to the gallows. If for no other reason that for the 300 lives that were just wasted during the protests.
Whatever amount of money Mubarak received from the US is money stolen from the middle class. Money given in military aid is money wasted. Murder is committed in the name of the US taxpayer, and dictators like Mubarak are enabled to do their dirty deeds by our weapons and money. The US has blood on its hands, and one day…the chickens will come home to roost.
I'm sure he managed to siphon off plenty…
Peace, teach!
Refusing to do so for Obama is, ironically enough, an impeachable offense and quite literally a crime.
That's why most of Congress is guilty… 2382, misprision of treason
Hey Switzerland !
Show us the money.
Send the money back where it came from.
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While many people are busy planning summer vacations, a local dog rescue says they keep busy trying to find our four-legged friends new homes.Many times those trips don't end up including their pet and they see more animals being given up this time of year.They come in all breeds and sizes. From Charlie, to Marbles, to even Ollie.Dogs like this looking for a home."We've never seem to have empty dogs or kennels," says Kristi Rowekamp, a volunteer with the 4 Luv of Dog Rescue.4 Luv of Dog rescue in Fargo re-homes and rescues animals that can no longer be taken care of."We have from 60 to even 90 dogs at a time," says Jaycee Cole, a volunteer with the 4 Luv of Dog Rescue.And while some of these guys and gals are found in the pound. During the summer months, most of them come from owners surrendering them."That is really hard when some one has to give away there dog," says Cole.It's hard to believe that anyone gives up their dog but it happens but for reasons that may shock you, like were going to the lake this weekend and we need some one to watch our pet."We try not to judge. We are not there for the people, we are there for the dogs," says Cole.So for what ever the reason, 4 luv of dog rescue will do what they can to make sure these pictures, will end up on the wall of this little guys new home soon.
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— Wittenberg University football standout and former Plainfield Quaker Sean Williams recently put the finishing touches on a stellar collegiate career, but not before etching his name in the hallowed program's record books.
Williams was a three-year starting kicker and four-year letter winner for the Tigers, who lost in the second round of the 2012 NCAA Division III Tournament to Hobart College. Wittenberg punched its ticket to the postseason competition by winning a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference title for the 11th time since joining the league in 1989 and the third time in four years.
Wittenberg finished with records of 10-2 overall and 6-1 in the NCAC in 2012, and the Tigers posted a record of 40-6 over the course of the last four years.
Williams led the Tigers in scoring with a record-breaking 88 points by kicking in 2012, including 18 points in two playoff games. In a 52-38 win over Heidelberg in the first round, Williams tied the school record of 14 kicking points in a game.
He finished his career with 244 points, just five short of the school record and third in program history. Williams also holds school records for consecutive field goals (19) and extra points (50), in addition to career field goals (36).
Finally, he holds the school record for career field goal percentage (81.8 percent, 36 of 44) and PAT percentage (96.5 percent, 137 of 142).
He is the third Williams brother to play football at Wittenberg. Brother Scott was a special teams standout for the Tigers between 2003 and '06, followed by Patrick, who was a record-breaking wide receiver from 2006-09. Patrick was also a four-year starting outfielder for the Tigers' baseball team, and ranks in the top 10 in numerous season and career offensive records.
Scott, Patrick, and Sean are the sons of Joan and Dan Williams of Plainfield. Notably, Joan and Dan were road warriors for nearly a decade, missing just one Wittenberg football game.


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Chief Mark J. Becker, East Chicago, Indiana Police Department today released the following information:
On August 15, 2013 at approximately 5:50pm, a vehicle occupied Timothy Pearson,
34 years of age and Kevin Rhodes, 40 years of age, was curbed by an officer assigned to the department's recently established "STOP Team". The officer had been patrolling the area of Guthrie and Deodar Streets, East Chicago, Indiana when he recognized Pearson to be in the vehicle. The officer had prior knowledge of the existence of an arrest warrant was on file for Pearson and proceeded to curb the vehicle.
Pearson's arrest warrant was based on a recent traffic stop made earlier this week, again initiated by a STOP Team officer, who at that time had found him to be in possession of marijuana. Rhodes was also found to have outstanding arrest warrants on file with East Chicago Police as well as with the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Both Pearson and Rhodes are residents of East Chicago.
At the time of the traffic stop last night, as the officer approached the vehicle, he observed a clear plastic bag containing a green leaf like substance, consistent in appearance with that of marijuana, to be sitting on top of the gear shift control. Both suspects were taken into custody.
As a result of the investigation, STOP Team officers executed a search warrant at 4016 Grand. As the officers approached the residence, they noted a strong smell of marijuana, which was detectable from standing outside the residence.
Upon entry into the residence, Adrian Paynes, female, 34 years of age, was found to be present. The ensuing search found approximately 11 pounds of marijuana, two loaded hand guns, over $12,000 in US Currency and several television sets that are suspected to have been stolen from locations yet unknown. Paynes was taken into custody and is facing related charges.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has joined in the investigation. A decision will be made in the near future as to perhaps seeking federal charges.
Chief Becker commended the actions of all involved, from those involved in the traffic stops, to the detectives who executed the search warrant. Becker also stated his gratitude for the assistance provided by the ATF, the United States Attorney's Office and the Lake County Prosecutor's Office.
Additionally, Chief Becker noted that recently area law enforcement agencies have had several discussions as to how to deal with increased murders, gang presence and other types of violent crime. Those discussions are continuing and new initiatives will soon appear. Although new ideas and methods are welcome, as is evidenced in this investigation, increasing traffic enforcement is a very basic and effective manner to help reduce the violence the Region has faced. As of July 1, 2013 the East Chicago Police Department has already exceeded the total traffic stops made for all of 2012.
Research has proven that one of the simplest ways to reduce crime is to stop those who drive poorly. People who commit serious crimes oftentimes make for poor drivers. If we remain aggressive and stop would be criminals for minor traffic issues, we will positively impact our crime rate. The STOP Team is one such initiative that the department has deployed in furtherance of increasing a very visible police presence in the city.
The STOP Team is an aggressive patrol based initiative that the department initiated in April of this year. Those assigned to the unit are expected to deal with any and all public safety issues that may arise. Those issues range from dealing with speeding in school zones to dealing with those who would opt to use locations in East Chicago to distribute illegal drugs.
Through July, over the course of just 3 ½ months, the team has executed nearly 800 traffic stops, made 137 arrests and continue efforts to reach out to the community to gain their trust and assistance in addressing matters such as that described in this release. The activities of this team coupled with the diligence of all of our officers and support personnel, are very much responsible for the 18% reduction in violent crime during the first 6 months of 2013 compared to the same period of 2012.
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How Do the Canon C300 and Sony F3 Compare in Low Light?
Cameras have been getting more and more sensitive, so it follows that low light tests are a nice showcase of the latest in camera technology. Here, Sebastian Wiegärtner pits the Canon C300 against the Sony F3 (with S-Log) and Canon 7D:
Thoughts? I think one of the reasons people were initially disappointed with the C300′s announcement wasn't just the RED announcement that followed — it was the fact that the Sony F3 has S-log (for a price) and the C300 doesn't have a similar upgrade option. Will a C-log picture profile be enough? Well, yes. It's a hell of a camera. Without handling the C300, I still suspect I would prefer the F3 with S-log, but… it's not like anyone's going to say no to either of these cameras if they're available for a project. They're exactly the kind of post-HDSLR camera we were hoping for from Sony and Canon — though they might not be at the FS100/AF100 price point people were hoping for.
As you read this I'm actually out with Raafi Rivero and Timur Civan shooting a test short on my SCARLET-X, and in the weeks to come I might conduct some with other cameras as well (F3, ALEXA, C300 if I can get my hands on one). Regardless… all of these cameras are appropriate for shooting low budget features, and I would expect a high percentage of festival submissions to be shot on the C300/F3/SCARLET over the next few years. Don't get me wrong — DSLRs are great — but XLR audio inputs, timecode, and better monitoring options (to name a few factors) all make a huge difference on set.
Link: CANON C300 C-LOG AND SONY F3 S-LOG COMPARISON – Sebastian Wiegärtner
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Panasonic AF300 S35mm on 12.19.11 @ 12:57PM
Thanx Koo for posting this video. Thanx also to Sebastian for the time he took to do the test. I think the F3 and C300 are both good cameras. I particularly like the looks of the F3 s-Log for the possibility It will give in post Prod.
Rev. Benjamin on 12.19.11 @ 2:36PM
"Don't get me wrong — DSLRs are great — but XLR audio inputs, timecode, and better monitoring options (to name a few factors) all make a huge difference on set."
You know, these things are nice, but I think I'm against the 'have to have' nature that usually follows this comment (you stop short at "huge difference"). I'll take a DSLR, great prime or two, zoom h4n, mid-grade audio gear, and rent some lights, over the price of what it takes to buy either of those cams. All without xlr (use a mini adapter and a rode mic for your cam audio, clap your sync to the zoom off-cam), timecode (I edit just fine without it), and better monitoring (though I can go hdmi-out just fine too).
James0b57 on 12.19.11 @ 3:58PM
There is little I hate more than being tethered to audio on set. For purely cinema and hobby shooting, I actually prefer no audio. Audio and time code come more handy in doc, eng, live events, etc.
Ryan on 12.19.11 @ 4:39PM
not everybody needs professional gear, to each his own
Rev. Benjamin on 12.20.11 @ 2:36PM
I'd quip Ryan (one replying on my post, not Koo), that a dslr is every bit as professional as one of these cameras, save xlrs (no big deal) and timecode (granted, though again I don't necessarily work with it). You can get a similar or better image, just happens to cost thousands less.
You know, I think there is one edge these cams have that dslrs will not have I suppose – the appearance of being a bigger professional camera to the untrained eye (eg, a client). Show up on set with a c300 vs a gh2 and ask the client which one they're more comfortable working with, I would wager they'd say the c300 bc it looks bigger, period.
I can't really respond to that, so much misinformations that I'm sure if I refute with facts, they will not be received well
Jonathan on 12.21.11 @ 1:44PM
It was painfully obvious that the two "pro" cameras have considerably better image quality than the 7D. Why not just rent the better cameras, when you need them, and keep the 7D for your personal, need to shoot right now moments?
Rev. Benjamin on 12.21.11 @ 2:57PM
Now see there's a quandary for you, Ryan McSnarky, because your attitude isn't being received well either.
GH2 shoots 200mbs 1080p24, unbelievable ISO range. Period. You can use whatever fantastical lens your heart desires. That's not possible for these other cameras. I'm saying let audio guys take care of the on-set audio, with their fancy mixers, and just get something you can sync to. And in the process – save yourself thousands. Or – pad b&h's pockets a little more, whatever.
Also, "image quality" is in the eye of the beholder and isn't measurable.
Rev. Benjamin on 12.21.11 @ 3:15PM
And here's a fun source for you over with our pal Philip Bloom. Can YOU guess which cam is which? Hint: the yucky looking one (pre CC but still) costs much, much more.
James0b57 on 12.21.11 @ 5:39PM
Which one is the yucky one?
James0b57 on 12.21.11 @ 5:46PM
The GH2 has been blowing me away recently.
Do we keep forgetting the RED Scarlet does not have XLR inputs?
The Scarlet has balanced audio via two 3.5mm jacks…when converted to XLR, it should provide the same audio (including phantom power) as other video cameras…though I'm not sure it's activated in the firmware yet. This was designed to convert the 3.5mm jacks on the Epic and Scarlet to XLR: http://woodencamera.com/a-box-epic-scarlet
Phantom power is not active in firmware yet, but yes the 1/8″ inputs on the SCARLET/EPIC are balanced. Which is a blessing and a curse — your standard 1/8″ plugs will NOT work. More soon…
William on 12.22.11 @ 8:26PM
Hi Gabe,
Audio is indeed enabled on the EPIC since quite some time now. When was the last time you used one?
The Minijack audio inputs of the EPIC/Scarlet can not and will never be able to provide Phantom power, unless you use an accessory that converts them to XLR and provides 48V phantom.
That Wooden camera accessory is good and well-made but does not provide Phantom power. There are some XLR/DSLR adapters from Beachtek that do provide Phantom power.
William on 12.22.11 @ 8:45PM
Oops, my bad: Phantom power should indeed be enabled in futur builds.
Nagato on 12.19.11 @ 7:33PM
The F3 looked awesome in this test. A clear winner IMO. The C300 looked like a slightly clearn 7D to me. The F3 was like…damn
cows on 12.19.11 @ 7:57PM
I have to say I'm surprised with how substantially similar all three cameras seem, at least with "normal" ISO. It's hard to believe that the only light on her face is an iPhone screen.
Obviously the 7D is worse than the other two, but aside from the nose at high ISO and some of the weird artifacts (like stripes), it's quite reasonable. It really looks like you could inter-cut the 7D footage with footage from either of the other two without it being distracting. There are so many of these tests where the 7D comes out looking devastatingly awful so I'm pleasantly surprised to see it perform reasonably well.
Ryan on 12.19.11 @ 8:14PM
I've been trying to get this question answered a few times. I've gotten some answers (form factor) but nothing compelling. Why would someone buy a c300 over an f3? Thanks
Jeez crucify the guy just because he wants to shoot one step above a DSLR. If DSLRs were so damn good why doesn't Hollywood just drop Panavision 35mm, RED and Alexa and just shoot on DSLR's. I think DSLR's are great but like always fanboys are not. Most of the features I have seen shot on DSLR's look like crap when put up against a Hollywood film. Like Crazy, I Melt With You, and Tiny Furniture were all shot on DSLRs and all cannot not even compare to 35mm film or some of the newer high end digital cameras . Do you really think Apocalypse Now or Days Of Heaven could be shot on a DSLR? If you're just going to limit yourself to one camera for the rest of your life, you're probably not going to shoot on anything else.
moebius22 on 12.19.11 @ 9:01PM
The mistake people make is thinking that it's just the camera that accounts for the look of a Hollywood blockbuster. It's also the huge budgets and crew dedicated to lighting, sets/props, and rigs.
That said, you don't need all of that to shoot a good movie. They have bigger budgets to work with, and have a need (back then as now) to justify people paying for the price of a movie ticket versus staying home.
Augusto Alves da SIlva on 12.27.11 @ 7:40PM
Just have a look at Shae Hurlbut work with DSLR´s and them tell me it´s not possible to shoot a Hollywood blockbuster with it…
Did anyone catch Sebastian's comment in Vimeo. "Please, don't judge the picture quality, it's absolutely compressed (H264). C300 and Sony F3 has a nice grain in the blacks."
good, I was actually going to say something about how crappy the signal looked in the shadows…
Jonathan on 12.20.11 @ 2:55AM
Looking forward to details on Scarlet shoot. There's very little test footage online from early users…
*sigh* on 12.20.11 @ 8:21AM
Seems like ever since Koo ordered a RED each post is becoming more and more bias, and he continues to downplay DSLR's/users when thats what brought most of us to this site. Please keep that in mind.
And lets face it, the best film in the world can be shot on the C300 but Koo would never see it because we're too stuck on comparing it to the Scarlet.
* relax and be patient, there's no conspiracy
* to each his own
* right tool for the job
Ryan on 12.20.11 @ 9:29AM
there is no new about dslr, and the small insignificant stuff like discount pricing on dslr, koo has an article on it. what are you talking about? Plus every article on nofilmschool is for dslr shooters, but perhaps just the ones who are trying to do bigger and better things.
Ahh, so someone else too noticed that ; )
moebius22 on 12.20.11 @ 2:11PM
Seems to me like someone is trying to justify a pricey purchase with every consecutive post. Should have rented an Epic and Scarlet.
- Where is the big DSLR news that I've missed?
- I've posted as much about the C300 as I have about the SCARLET.
- I still have my 5D.
Saying something makes a "huge difference on set" is not turning my back on DSLR shooters. A proper 1080p monitor output makes a huge difference versus a scaled 480p output. I've been covering the GH2 quite a bit lately because I love the idea of an inexpensive camera that can be hacked (like, oh, I don't know, the 5D with Magic Lantern years ago). If there was a brand new DSLR that was making headlines you'd see more coverage about that, but at this particular time there's not. As Samuel said… relax, there's no conspiracy.
Rev. Benjamin on 12.20.11 @ 2:37PM
I love how this blog has grown big enough that conspiracy theories are starting to develop… : D. Yeah you have done a great job covering gh2 lately btw, thank you.
moebius22 on 12.20.11 @ 6:07PM
I'm just saying man, that you sound like you are trying to convince yourself you made the right purchase. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how your C300 posts are starting to sound.
Thanks for that free book link.
Dude, really? I don't want to come across combative at all – believe me, I'm just curious – but what about the C300 posts has seemed biased? This one, for instance, check out the quotes: "It's a hell of a camera", "no-one's going to say no to either of these cameras if they're available for a project", "they're exactly the kind of post-DSLR we were hoping for". Pretty positive. I have to say, I'd spring for the C300 if I had a spare $20k lying around, largely from the info made available through this site. Aside from being mindful of the C300′s admitted planned obsolescence – and that's a pretty big deal when you're in the market to buy – I'd say Koo's been very positive about the cam, and certainly fair.
But I'm a NFS fanboy, so take it with a grain of salt. :)
Thanks Lachian.
Moebius, I'm not trying to convince myself of anything… We actually just shot a micro-short on my SCARLET the other day and it looks great (coming soon). I think the RED is designed for a very specific set of needs and those just happen to be my needs. The C300 is a different camera with a lot of positives, so when I praise it I'm really not worrying about justifying my purchase.
William on 12.21.11 @ 8:51PM
"the Sony F3 has S-log (for a price) and the C300 doesn't have a similar upgrade option. Will a C-log picture profile be enough?"
The C-Log is not a normal "picture profile" but a real log curve similar to the S-Log. There is even a "cinema" mode when you use the camera that locks all the settings but the more basic so you are sure to shoot in the good color/gamma setting that will get the more info out of the camera without messing things up (more like a film camera). The difference is that it is included in the C300 while you have to pay extra to get it from Sony.
My thanks to Sebastian – this was a very interesting and valuable test that I've been wanting to see. I've been a very happy user of the Sony F3 with and without S-log. I've also been an admirer of the Canon C300 – especially after seeing all of the Canon sponsored short films projected on a large screen by a Christie 2K projector. I was very impressed with all of the films – especially the green screen footage. The C300 may only be 8 bits color, but the results that I saw projected were quite impressive. Even light blonde hair keyed very cleanly. As for this test, it's obvious that both cameras perform extremely well in low light. I noticed on Sebastian's blog that many people thought that the Sony F3 was more light sensitive because it produced brighter images than the Canon C300 at similar db levels. I would like to point out something for viewers to consider when comparing. The Sony S-log raises the effective ISO of the F3 from a native 800 ISO to 1600 ISO (1 stop). So, if you want to make an apples to apples comparison between the Canon and the Sony, one should look at the C300 at double the db level of the Sony. So, for instance, the C300 at + 6db is ISO 1600 because it is a native ISO 800 camera even with C-log. This should compare to the Sony F3 with S-log (ISO 1600) at 0db. When you compare like this, the brightness differences are very close between cameras. However, there is a different look overall. I believe that the Canon C300 begins to outshine the Sony F3 when the ISO gets above 3200. The noise in the Canon C300 looks more like film grain which is more pleasing than the blocky noise exhibited by the Sony F3. But this is only apparent at very high ISO. IMO, for a 1080P deliverable film, one can't go wrong with either camera.
William on 12.22.11 @ 8:19PM
"The Sony S-log raises the effective ISO of the F3 from a native 800 ISO to 1600 ISO (1 stop)."
This in incorrect, the F3′s ISO in Video gamma is 400, and it is 800 in S-Log mode.
The F-3′s (and any camera's) "native" ISO depends on the gamma curve used, (gamma curve being the equivalent of the characteristic curve of film stock). It is a rating, which means that the people who built the camera believe that the camera will give the best results at that ISO. In 8-bit compressed Rec-709 style recording, you do not have much latitude so you will always rate the camera at the ISO provided by the manufacturer, because the amplification of the signal occurs in-camera and is hard to change in post. But in S-Log, you decide what ISO you use IN POST. Yes, just like in raw. This is for this reason that Sony introduced the S-Log EI mode, which are in fact a set of LUT's that match different ISO ratings. All this means that in fact, you are free to rate the camera at the ISO you want, the camera is still recording the same "simil-raw" image.
This is also true with film stock is not rated in ISO but in EI (Exposure Index), which you can push/pull in post.
Now about dBs, 0db is the nominal level of amplification of the signal coming from the sensor according to the engineers. That's all what it means. When comparing two cameras, one should start comparing them at 0dB to have an idea. Then one should compare using the ISO! (both the F3 and the C300 can display sensitivity in ISO or dB, which makes things easy)
Comparing the dBs like in this video doesn't mean much. Then of course they compare the images that have a similar luminosity but that's not precise.
Also the video does not explan how they graded the S-Log footage.
William, I agree that a camera's native ISO depends on the gamma curve used. I will also concede that perhaps 400 ISO may technically provide the cleanest signal for the Sony F3. However, I think that you will find that most DP's are rating the Sony F3 at 800 ISO in the Rec 709 gamma. At 400 ISO, there is just so little highlight dynamic range. Although still not equally balanced between shadow and highlight detail, 800 ISO is much more workable because the camera is so noise free. I based my own ISO evaluation by placing the 18% gray on a chip chart at 50 IRE on a waveform monitor and measuring the corresponding stop and ASA rating with both an incident and a spot meter. Abel Cinetech came up with the same conclusion using even more accurate measuring tools: http://blog.abelcine.com/2011/03/11/abelcine-tests-the-sony-f3-iso-rating/. If you look on Sony's website there is a report on the F3 written by Jon Fauer: http://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/assets/files/mkt/cinema/articles/36FDT-SonyF3-3-5-Med-Rez-RGB.pdf. On page 8, he quotes Sam Nicholson, ASC that the F3 had an EI of 800 and that Sony conservatively estimates the S-log at an EI of 1600. There are many user forums which report the same numbers. Even Sony's field reps are stating that the F3 is an 800 ISO camera. Yes it does depend on the gamma curve used. The Cine Gamma 1 curve is much more effective at holding more highlight detail than Rec 709 and the middle gray will fall much lower as a result. For purposes of comparison, I would rate that gamma setting at 400 ISO. But these numbers are all somewhat subjective because it all depends on how one wants to expose an image and what part of the dynamic range scale one wants to emphasize or protect. The same was true of film stock EI ratings. Different DP's used different EI's for the same film stock depending on their exposure and printing preferences.
Wow! I learn so much from you guys – nothing beats experience. Thanks.
In choosing between these cameras, I guess the bottom line is to pick a camera that delivers the beauty of the color, the details delivered in the highlights and shadows, least amount of noise for night shots (do a lot of that), the clean crystal clear image shown on the theater screen after post, color corrections, SFX etc. the burn to blu-ray, the copies, and which one will leave the audience with a sense of wonder and awe. I know it is no 4K unit, but then again, neither was the $200k Sony F35 either and the DP were drooling over that unit. And what about upgrades, firmware releases, third party software guys like magic lantern. Yes, the C300 is sure small, like about the size of a 5D, where the Sony is the size of Mack Truck. But who cares, the final result is what the audience sees and how easy is it to get those great moments. As it sits now, with Sony's 3 lenses and S-log, that is a hellova deal, seeing that Canon wants $6,200 a pop (ouch).
I heard somewhere that these Sony's lenses were made by Cooke – nahhh – can't see that. Another question, are the 3 lenses of 35, 50 and 85, a 35mm equivalent? Will they work on a 5D?
Tough calls, eh? But sure is fun watching it all unfold.
jason krasnov on 02.4.12 @ 4:16PM
Check out this ultimate low light field test with the Canon C300 using an iPad for key lighting and an iPhone for fill lighting.
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ELWOOD, Ind. — ELWOOD — In a critical meeting June 3, the Elwood City Council unanimously voted to approve a rate hike for water and sewer utility services.
The rate increase is unpopular among both ratepayers and officials, but there seemed to be a consensus and a realization that the increase needed to happen. Elwood still operates under a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), a water treatment system that was outlawed under the Clean Water Act because of the negative environmental impact they create.
Having been built in the 1940s and with its newest equipment coming from the 1970s, Elwood's system is even more antiquated than some other still-extant CSOs around the country.
The current system has to go, and while officials like Mayor Ron Arnold and City Council members Tim Roby and Todd Jones said they are loathe to raise utility rates, they agree the increases must happen to bring the city to code.
The solution that comes with the rate increases is a brand-new water treatment facility to be built starting 2014 and expected to be operational by 2015. This is what city officials have dubbed Phase 2 of the upgrade.
Phase 1 must come first, and involves making the current water treatment equipment up to date with state code. Phase 1, a $7-million project, was approved June 3, with estimations the average utility user will see sewer rates go from about $28.33 a month to $34.99 a month and water rates go from about $21.56 a month to $26.67 a month.
As Arnold said, the city cannot just tell state inspectors to "wait until we have the new plant." And that is the reason for Phase 1 increases.
"We had an IDEM inspection in June 2012 which cited a dozen violations, each with penalties, and it was going to be significant. We were getting ready to be fined and we had a choice: accept the penalties or fix the problems. Well, it wasn't much of a choice."
Arnold said the penalties for noncompliance would have made the rate increases more severe.
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The City Council is on board with the increases and the new water treatment plant, but some of them have expressed trepidation for how the funds raised are being spent.
"How much of it is fluff?" Jones, councilman of District 2, asked during the meeting.
Jones was referring to almost $450,000 of the project he and other council members deemed questionable. The council asked the Indiana State Board of Accounts to audit the project earlier in the year, and in March received a soft audit containing a few issues that gave them pause.
Some of the items from the audit include payments made to an Alan Moore, LLC questioning its relation to the project, "in-service days" for project personnel and vehicle and cellphone benefits provided to employees.
Jones said he's fine with the project as long as everything indicated in the budget is going toward what it should, but he wants the city to be true to its ratepayers.
Arnold said the funds in question were all used appropriately as part of the goal to bring the current plant up to standard.
"Some citizens have been throwing that number around but we've used it all as part of complying with the state's order," Arnold said.
Another wave of rate increases will be on the way once the city reaches Phase 2 and construction of the new plant begins at the beginning of 2014. According to estimates, average sewer rates will raise another $7.69 to $42.68 a month and average water rates another $2.77 to $29.44 a month.


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The Sumiton Christian Eagles and the Meek Tigers, who have both kicked off the season with 2-0 records, meet on Friday night at Meek Field to see which team will gain solid footing in Class 1A, Region 6.
Also in Region 6 action, the Addison Bulldogs will look for their first win of the year against the hosting Southeastern Mustangs.
In Class 1A, Region 5, state-defending champion and top-ranked Marion County travels to Harland-Nelson Stadium to take on the Parrish Tornadoes, who suffered their first loss of the season in a heartbreaker to Hubbertville, while the No. 6 Pickens County Tornadoes take on the No. 8 Lynn Bears.
Class 3A battles include Cordova taking on Vinemont and Good Hope hosting Winston County. In Class 2A, Oakman hosts Francis Marion.
Friday, Sept. 14
Sumiton Christian (2-0) at Meek (2-0)
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The Tigers have been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2012 season - obtaining their first 2-0 start since 2006 under third-year coach Lance Archer.
The Eagles have also been riding high since transitioning from Class 2A to 1A to the tune of a 2-0 mark, setting up a crucial early-season Region 6 battle for both teams.
For both programs, a win would help ensure a place in the top of the region standings going into future matchups with fellow front-runners Ragland and Falkville.
Both also have a prominent rusher — Meek's Cameron Hallmark has 240 yards on 38 carries, while Sumiton Christian's DeMonte' Hobbs has tallied 215 yards on 19 carries. The teams also have a mutual opponent they've faced this year: Appalachian. Meek took out Appalachian in their season opener, 21-20 in overtime, and Sumiton Christian topped Appalachian 24-20 last Friday. It will be the first meeting between the two programs. The game will be broadcast on WJBE 88.5 FM.
Francis Marion (0-2) at Oakman (1-1)
After dropping a disappointing season-opener to Parrish, Oakman bounced back by beating Lamar County, 41-24 in the Wildcats first-ever win over the Bulldogs. Francis Marion has struggled in their first two games this season — scoring only six points in the consecutive losses. It will be the first meeting between the two programs.
Addison (0-2) at Southeastern (0-1)
The start of the David Smothers era at Addison hasn't gone as planned, as the Bulldogs fell to playoff contenders Ider and Ragland to begin 2012. Southeastern played its first-ever football game on Aug. 31 in a 61-7 loss to Falkville in Region 6 play.
No. 1 Marion County (2-0) at Parrish (1-1)
After an emotional start to the season (Parrish suffered a deflating 31-25 overtime loss last week at Hubbertville), the Tornadoes return to the friendly confines of Harland-Nelson Stadium to find the defending state champion and top-ranked Marion County Red Raiders awaiting them.
The Red Raiders avenged their only loss of the 2011 season last week in a 62-6 rout of the Berry Wildcats — who the Tornadoes will also face next week. Marion County posted a 35-13 victory over Parrish last year, while the Tornadoes hold a 13-7 edge in the overall series.
No. 6 Pickens County (2-0) at No. 8 Lynn (2-0)
The sixth-ranked Tornadoes made a splash in their Region 5 debut, dominating South Lamar 75-6. The No. 8 Bears dispatched the Brilliant Tigers 28-7 to kick off region play, leading into this week's battle between tradition-rich programs, who will be meeting for the first time. The winner of the contest will carry additional momentum in the remainder of the challenging Region 5 schedule.
Cordova (0-2) at Vinemont (2-0)
It's been a rough start for the Blue Devils, who have been outscored 19-86 in previous outings against Dora and Hamilton. Vinemont has jumped out to their best start since 2007, including last week's 21-16 nail-biter against Danville. Cordova holds a perfect 4-0 record against the Eagles, including last year's 34-8 victory.
Winston County (1-1) at Good Hope (1-1)
The Yellow Jackets handed Winfield its worse loss in five season last week, 54-0, to break a 15-game losing-skid. Good Hope rallied from its season-opening loss to defeat Hanceville, 34-27. Winston County holds the series edge, 5-4, while Good Hope won the last meeting between the programs, 17-6 in 2005.


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HOCKEY: Oxford Hawks felled by high-flying Chichester
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OXFORD Hawks were outgunned 4-1 at home to Chichester Priory Park in the South League Premier Division 1.
Their only crumb of comfort came via a Sam Chilvers goal as Chichester consolidated their third place in the table.
Oxford finished the first half of their MBBO Regional Division 1 season with a 2-2 draw away to PHC Chiswick. In a cagey encounter, there were few clear-cut chances at either end.
Oxford took the lead from their first short corner, Matt McKeown firing home, but Chiswick were soon level.
After the break, Oxford soon found themselves in arrears but battled back to take a point when Dan Bleach snatched the equaliser.
Wallingford put in a disciplined and patient performance to take all three MBB&O Regional Division 1 points in a 3-0 win at home to Sonning. The home side looked comfortable throughout, enjoying much of the possession and the breakthrough came via Row-an Wheeler's first goal of the season. Further goals from Ed Allen and Tom Charleston wrapped up the victory.
Witney signed off in style by winning 3-0 at fellow promotion prospects Newbury & Thatcham in Regional Division 2.
Goals from Justin Peel, Gareth Pritchard and Ben Wells ensure Witney go into the Christmas break second in the table.
Bicester kept themselves in the hunt for promotion from MBB&O Division 1 with a thrilling 5-4 win away to Wycombe 3rd.
Adam Drewitt gave the Foxes an early lead but defensive lapses allowed Wycombe go in 3-1 up at half-time. Jonny Reid's reverse stick shot made it 3-2, but Wycombe looked well set when they bagged their fourth goal.
Bicester refused to panic and Andy Brown controlled the midfield well, alongside Harry Gaunt. Reid reduced the arrears and then completed his hat-trick, before CJ Birtles finished superbly to clinch the points and send Bicester happily into the Christmas break.
Other results.
MBBO Regional Div 1: Oxford Hawks 2nd 6, Slough 4. MBBO Regional Div 2: Oxford 2nd 3 (A Small 2, N Greenwood), Ramgarhia 4; Oxford Hawks 3rd 1 (S Dawson), Sonning 2nd 1. MBBO Div 1: Oxford 3rd 2 (A Bull, C Grey), Banbury 2nd 4. Div 3: Oxford 4th 2, West Hampstead 4th 4; Oxford 5th 1 (O Armstrong), Eastcote 4th 2.
MBBO Open Div 6: Oxford 6th 0, Wycombe 5th 1; Oxford 7th 1 (G Cadman), Slough 3rd 1.
Div 9: Oxford 8th 3 (J Fisher 3), Banbury 4A 7; Oxford Hamsters 0, Bracknell 1.
Div 10 West: Oxford 9th 1 (J Flather), Wall-ingford 5th 9.
Wessex Masters League Div 1: Oxford Bulls 3, Salisbury Striders 2.
Other matches: Witney 2nd 4 (S Summers, M Godwin, T Yallop, og), Wycombe 4th 2; Abingdon 2nd 0, Witney 3rd 12 (N Dunnington 4, A Birnie 2, N Vigar 2, D Nasralla, D Hulme, H Squire, P Button); Witney 4th 0, Reading Rovers 2; Oxford Hawks 4th 3, Wallingford 3rd 0; Oxford Hawks 5th 3, South Bucks 3rd 3; Oxford Hawks Senators 1, Old Georgians Fire 3; Oxford Hawks Falcons 2 (S Griffiths, D Hughes), Epsom Vagabonds 4; Windsor 3, Wallingford 2nd 2.
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A 21-year-old Long Island man is accused of filling up at 16 gas stations, then driving away without paying.
Suffolk County Police say that Walter Amerbach of Smithtown was filling up for free over a period of four months.
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They say the attendant at a station on Tuesday got his license plate number and police found his SUV outside the Planet Fitness gym on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore.
Amerbach was awaiting arraignment Wednesday on 11 petit larceny charges.
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Welcome to Trans Am Country!
Established in 2002, TAC is an online all generation firebird community dedicated to the preservation of the Pontiac firebird and its heritage. TAC is a family oriented site that is free to use. If you are still looking for your dream firebird, have had one in the past or are lucky enough to own one these cars that defined a generation then you have found a site meant just for you.
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In the 2005 animated movie Robots an optimistic bot named Rodney sought out his dream of being an inventor. His idol was a famous inventor named Bigweld who was known for his "See a need Fill a need" moto. As the movie unfolds we learn that Bigweld tried to help the masses, but was over run by big business and the masses were forced to upgrade to next years model or be sent to the chop shop. 6LE is the Rodney of today where our firebirds are concerned. The founder of the company has this philosphy on the home page.
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On Pro Football
Bill Burt
"We will find out how good of a coach Bill Belichick is in 2008."
How many times have we heard that the last two weeks? Maybe 250,000.
If the New England Patriots go 9-7, finish in second or God forbid, third behind the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets, Belichick will be over-rated as a coach.
So his coaching during 2001 season, playoff run and eventual Super Bowl title win in New Orleans over the St. Louis Rams was apparently a mirage.
What about the 20-3 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Divisional game, the same Colts team whose quarterback threw for 49 TD passes in 2004?
Or the next week, when the Patriots scored 41 points against the NFL's best defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in the AFC Championship, in Pittsburgh?
We could point toward other games and more specifically, other game plans that would make the opening line of this column seem foolish, but I don't have the space.
Maybe it's time for some of the brunt of this season to fall on the players.
Maybe it's time for Tedy Bruschi, Randy Moss, Richard Seymour, Rodney Harrison, Adalius Thomas and Mike Vrabel, to name just a few, to step up and take charge of the 2008 season.
Doctors have confirmed that Tom Brady is not walking through that Gillette Stadium tunnel again in 2008.
Leadership is apparently in question. And Cassel doesn't have enough cache or experience yet to start pointing, shouting or demanding answers.
For a long time, Belichick and, most recently, Brady have copped a lion's share of the credit for what has happened around here since 2000.
While both have been categorized among the all-time greats among their coaching and quarterbacking peers, you can bet, quietly, many Patriots players have bit their tongues.
With Brady gone, opportunity is knocking like it's never knocked before inside of Gillette Stadium.
As the Patriots have learned, the vast majority of American football fans are rooting against them. Sunday was a holiday of sorts as the Patriots were pasted by a team that won only one of 21 games.
The disappointing Patriots, not the upstart Dolphins, were the story. Heck, they had won 21 straight regular season games, which we have come to realize isn't as sexy or as important as winning one Super Bowl.
Losing to the Dolphins was painful enough.
Losing to the Dolphins the way they did, getting shoved (and tricked) around, was as painful as watching Brady's left knee twist.
There were some ugly missed tackles (see Deltha O'Neal's weak attempt on Ronnie Brown's 62-yard TD run in the second half and Ellis Hobbs' being plowed over by Brown on a 15-yard TD run in the first half).
And the Patriots Big Three on the defensive line - Seymour, Vince Wilfork and Ty Warren - were non-factors when it was still a game in the third quarter.
This is not to let Belichick off the hook. While his players were being outplayed, he and his staff were outcoached on Sunday. They had no answers, especially to the trickery when Brown was taking direct snaps and Chad Pennington played wide receiver.
But if the Patriots are going to shoot for the moon this season, and finish 13-3 or 12-4, and be a legitimate Super Bowl threat, then Belichick will only be a bit player.
Remember, eight Patriots were voted to the Pro Bowl last season. Two of them, Brady and Asante Samuel, now with Philadelphia, won't be around. But that leaves six - Moss, Vrabel, Matt Light, Logan Mankins, Dan Koppen and Wilfork - healthy bodies. That does not include Seymour and Thomas, both of whom are Pro Bowl alums. Both are in the prime of their careers, with Seymour making about $14 million over this and next season and Thomas will paid/guaranteed $22 million from the Pats through this season.
Should we raise the expectation bar on both of them, too?
Cassel's development will also be key here. But the point is he shouldn't be put in position to having to do it alone like he was Sunday, when he wasn't up to it.
This is not going to be easy. Brady's injury leaves a big hole on the Patriots roster.
If several Patriots were looking to get what is likely theirs - credit - it's there for the taking.
E-mail Bill Burt at email@example.com.


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This is a delightful photographic anthology retelling the Full Monty as performed by the Players of Utica. The story is about of out of work steel workers in Buffalo, NY., and how they deal with their "spare time".
As a native of Buffalo this story hits very close to home, as I watched a grand and powerful industry decline from its heyday in the late 60's, and subsequent decline throughout the 70's. Recently the coke oven was shut down ending a grand era of industral might in the Niagara Frontier.


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Northwoods Log Home/Private Beach in Lake George
- bedrooms 6
- baths 4
- sleeps 15
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- community Northwoods
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This beautiful Adirondack log home is a short walk from a private
Lake Forest, a sister lake running from Lake Vanare. with dock for fishing and raft for swimming.
Row boat,available with rental,private and secluded and only 5 miles
from Lake George Village.
Cathedral ceilings throughout,biuld a fire in the fireplace on rainy
days and listen to it on the roof as you read a good book.3000 sq
feet of space,full basemeant with washer/dryer,1900 ft paved
driveway, on 1 acre.1 bedroom with 2 twin bunkbeds (4 beds)/closet,2nd bedroom with queen bed/closet,3rd bedroom with queen bed/closet,4th bedroom with 2 twin beds/closet,tv.5th bedroom with queen bed,6th and the master bedroom has a queen bed/3 closets,ceiling fan and private bathroom/shower,tv.
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Joseph R Ruggiero 518-225-6714
cabin rental amenities
Great room with large flagstone fireplace,large screen tv,(CABLE ON ALL TV'S),(WIRELESS INTERNET,WIFI), (Movies on Demand) ( FREE LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE UNLIMITED PHONE SERVICE)large leather sofa and
chairs/ottoman's,ceiling fan.large dining room table for six,wall to
wall carpet throughout,except foyer,iron,ironing board,kitchen has
all that is needed . All linens included, towels, sheets, etc.
dishwasher,stove,frig,toaster,micro,coffeemaker,corner kitchen
table,all the pots,pans,utensils,etc.large coverd porch with large
sundeck,chairs,table,barbecue.out door fireplace.body rafts and
tubes.stand by generator.Public Tennis Courts,with in 2 miles.Bend of the river Public Golf Course,4 miles away.
Play ground for children.
activities and attractions in Lake George Adirondacks
Lake George village is 5 miles away,the Great Escape is 8 miles.horse
back riding within walking distance,painted poney championship rodeo
2 miles away,whitewater rafting,golfing,west moutain skiing, numerous
hiking and mountain biking trails just outside your door.1 exit south to exit 19,glensfalls.there is shoping,restaurants,movies,go-karting,aviation mall,Pricechopper Supermarket.
supermarket,etc.Saratoga Springs is 20 minutes south.Lake Luzerne is 2 miles,lake george is 5 miles.local restaurants all around.(DISCOUNT TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR HORSEBACK RIDING AND THE GREAT ESCAPE THEME PARK)
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Off Season Rates, Sept to the end of May, is 50% off @ $1450.00 per week. Depending on size of party. Please scroll down to see all information. Ask about discounts for smaller party's.
June-$2900.00,Weekly, July-$3400.00,Weekly, August-and 1st week in Sept-$3400.00,weekly.
Check-in 4pm,Check-out 11am,Sunday-Sunday, July and August only.Rest of year at renters choice.
$400.00,Rental deposit to secure week in season, $200.00 off season.
$300.00 security deposit upon arrival,refunded last day of stay.
Senior citizens, Veterans, Military, Law inforcement and Firefighters. will get a $50 dicount on all weeks, except off season rates.
Refund Policy- Cancelation 4 weeks out-Full refund. 3 weeeks out-3/4s refund.2 weeks out-1/2 refund. 1 week out no refund, unless we rent it, you will get full refund. We always rent it out.
Total of people over 14, add $200.00 per person, per week.
Everything is included in rental price, Taxes, Cleaning, Etc. We mean everything, no hidden fees.
Joseph R Ruggiero 518-225-6714
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