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WV Berkeley Co / Virginia
Rt 11
I thought Vatrader01 had them all in Berk. Co.
I go by this sign 5-10 times a week - think i may stop and clear the brush and trees from it...
"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during the French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England. Site of the first permanent English settlement in America, 1607. One of the 13 original colonies. The Old Dominion is the birthplace of eight United States Presidents.
A lot of history up and down the Martinsburg/Winchester Pike. There are quiet a few unincorporated communities between Martinsburg and Winchester.
Shenandoah valley pioneers and their descendants published the following in 1908:
Another important Turnpike in the Valley is "The Martinsburg and Winchester Turnpike." A charter was granted this company March 24, 1838, "with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities herein given to and imposed upon the Valley Turnpike Company," the state giving same aid as granted the Valley Turnpike Company. This road is too well known to need any description; it being a continuation of the Valley system. It is managed and controlled by its own President and Directors. The route is through one of the most highly cultivated sections of the Valleygorgeous scenery to the right and left;and the great Valley lying to the south gives the traveler full satisfaction in his effort to study the landscapes so well known to thousands, who once in the line of duty marched over this Pike; when the armies of the North and South frequently used this highway. It has been estimated that more than a million soldiers marched over this road within the space of three yearswith attendant artillery and army trains; that fully one hundred thousand horses, wagons, etc., also traveled it. The close of the war found it in bad condition. The company, however, rallied to their work, and had the Pike pass through its reconstruction period
RebRider - Great find! This one was listed as missing. I will update the spreadsheet ASAP (hopefully in the next day or two) and update the link on Post #1.
I would be surprised if VaTrader missed it if it was actually in place when he was looking for these. He was a pretty thorough guy. Has anyone heard from him? He just up and disappeared about 2 years ago and has not been on ADV or the KLR forums since. Super nice guy, very interesting to talk with, and would give you the shirt off his back.
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One more time, Cazenovia's indoor track and field teams went to Colgate University's Sanford Field House for Mohawk Valley Indoor Track Association action on Saturday afternoon.
And the girls Lakers would prevail in the Division II portion, with 172 points to runner-up Clinton's total of 135 points. West Canada Valley was third with 98 points.
Paige Biviano won twice, as she claimed the 55-meter hurdles in 9.47 seconds and also took the long jump by going 16 feet 4 1/2 inches. Anna Schultz (13 feet 3/4 inch) was fourth in the long jump and Kleine was sixth.
In addition, Biviano was second in the high jump, clearing 5 feet as Sissy Bigsby and Laura Fitch were fourth and fifth, respectively, leading to 14 total points in the event.
Michelle McGinnis was second (6 feet 6 inches) in the pole vault. Christy Tainter had a second-place shot put toss of 27 feet 1 inch, with Molly Woodworth (26 feet 7 1/2 inches) third. Kleine got to fourth in the triple jump, with Kara Stadler sixth. Grace Eberle claimed fifth in the weight throw, just ahead of Gaby Nunez in sixth.
On the oval, Cazenovia's 4x200 relay team of Jillian Vogl, Katie Kleine, Katie Woodworth and Audrey Bowers won in a time of 1:55.64. Over in the 4x800, Hollie Marcelle, Meaghan Liddell, Caroline Marshall and Rachel Grimm claimed first place in 11:17.28. And the Lakers completed the sweep as Marcelle, Liddell, Jackie O'Sullivan and Emmajean Spear won in 4:31.98.
Vogl would run to second in the 300-meter dash (44.58 seconds), inches behind West Canada's Sarah Wiatr (44.54 seconds), with Ashley Winn taking fifth place. In the 55-meter dash, Vogl again was second -- 7.83 seconds, to the 7.78 of South Lewis' Shelby Loomis, with Bowers fourth and Woodworth fifth.
Sarah Fellows was second in the 1,500-meter run in 5:42.80 as Emma Wolsey took sixth. But Woolsey fared better in the 3,000-meter run as she posted a second-place time of 12:17.94.
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20 Questions With...Linda Marlowe
Editorial Staff • West End • 28 Jan 2002
Actress Linda Marlowe has had a long and distinguished stage career, working with a variety of co-stars and directors on productions such as A Flea in Her Ear, Too Clever By Half, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Suddenly Last Summer, A Streetcar Named Desire, Virtuoso and The Theban Trilogy.
But her career has perhaps been most distinguished by her work with one person in particular - a playwright, director and actor all in one, Steven Berkoff. In the West End, Marlowe has appeared in six Berkoff productions - Decadence, The Trial, Hamlet, Metamorphosis, Greek and Coriolanus.
It was also Berkoff from whom she drew inspiration for her latest project - Berkoff's Women. In the one-woman show, Marlowe presents a compendium of female roles from some of Berkoff's best-known works. In addition to receiving rave reviews, the production has been nominated - and is currently leading the voting - for a 2002 Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Solo Performance (click here to vote).
This week, Marlowe brings Berkoff's Women into London's Arts Theatre for a second, limited West End season before continuing on tour. Never one to rest easy, she launches at the weekend a simultaneous tour for her other one-woman show, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Diatribe of Love.
Date & place of birth
Sydney, Australia in 1943. My parents were both English, but had been taken out to New Zealand as children, where they met, and then moved to Australia before I was born. When I was ten, my father - who was an actor - wanted to come back to England to try the bigger pond. I've never been back.
Lives now
In a big house on the north side of Clapham Common, south London.
Trained at
Central School of Speech and Drama
First big break
As soon as I left drama school, I got a leading role in weekly rep at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing. It was the ingenue lead in a play called The Pleasure of His Company. We had a rehearsal week and then played for a week. They then asked me back for another production shortly afterwards. I did lots of rep, including a season at the Birmingham Rep, and then got a big leading role in a play at the Gate Theatre in Dublin.
One of my first film parts was a small role in Beckett with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole, which was a glamorous thing to do. I also had leading roles in a series of films that sold well in the Far East in the early 1970s - Big Zapper and Zapper's Blade of Vengeance - in which I was a female James Bond, sword-fighting private detective character.
Career highlights to date
The work I did with Steven Berkoff is one. We did some exciting plays together, including Decadence, which we did six times all over the world and three times in the West End. Also, working with the opera and theatre director Richard Jones, for two seasons at the Old Vic - I had leading roles in both Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear and Too Clever by Half. And now, of course, doing my own one-woman shows - I've got two successfully running all over the place, and a third one being planned.
In an altogether different vein, in the early 1970s I was part of a female rock group, the Sadista Sisters, and we had an album out and played the Reading Festival to 30,000 people. We were quite successful, and were one of the first all-girl groups with a record contract.
Favourite productions you've ever worked on
There are two: Too Clever by Half with Richard Jones and Decadence with Steven. The first was a very inventive, wonderful production, and it was nice to be at the Old Vic. Decadence was written specially by Steven for me to do with him, so was a really exciting thing.
Favourite co-star
Albert Finney. I did a big television three-part mini-series for the BBC with him, The Green Man, in which I played his wife, and he was absolutely lovely.
Favourite director
Richard Jones. He has a very exciting mind as a director. He's wonderful at developing character and a whole vision of the piece. He put me in a space of doing things that I didn't think I could do. I had a complete rapport with him; he helped me to be better than I thought I could be.
Favourite playwrights
I would have to say Steven Berkoff, as I'm so steeped in his work. We've done so many plays together. It's such a stretch to bring his characters to life on stage because of the density and poetry of his language; and I love the things he writes about as well. But I also love Tennessee Williams. My favourite part I've ever played was Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. I also loved Mrs Venables in Suddenly Last Summer. I think I affiliate myself with Williams' characters more than any other parts.
What role would you most like to play still?
My biggest ambition now is to play Lady Torrance in Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending. I'd also like to play Alexandra del Lago in Sweet Bird of Youth, and Blanche DuBois again. In fact, I'd like to play any of the older women in his plays.
In your opinion, what's the best thing currently on stage (not including your own productions)?
Eddie Izzard in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. I love that play, and this is the third time I've seen it.
What advice would you give the government to secure the future of British theatre?
Give it more money! Celebrate the fact that art is important to human beings' lives, by making it an important feature in terms of funding.
If you hadn't become an actor, what would you have done professionally?
I would love to have become a dancer - that was my biggest love, and what I wanted to do from when I was five or six. I trained in ballet up to the age of 16, but I was never good enough, nor the right shape or build to be a ballet dancer. So I decided to become an actress instead. And if I hadn't done that, I would have become a barrister. It's quite akin to acting, and law has always interested me.
If you could swap places with one person (living or dead), who would it be?
Mother Theresa - someone who devoted her life to other people.
Favourite book
When I was a little girl, it was Gone with The Wind. But more recently, Oswald Wynde's The Ginger Tree has stayed with me. It's a wonderful story about a single woman's bravery and courage, charting how her life takes a different course to the one she expected when she goes out to Japan. I found it very touching and moving.
Favourite holiday destination
South America. I've been to Brazil and worked in Bogota. I love the people: I feel a great affiliation with them. I love their spirit and passion and am intrigued by the whole continent. I want to go to Chile, and to the Andes.
How did you come to create Berkoff's Women?
It came about out of the doldrums I was in about being an older woman and not getting the kind of parts I wanted to play. Steven, being a friend and ally, had always said to me that I needed to do a one-woman show. That way you take the power over your career into your own hands, you are in control, and you can take it anywhere in the world. Then he suggested that I build it around his work. That was sensible, since I'd done so many of his plays. The hard bit, though, was to then go away and devise it as a show. With a lot of help from an actor called Tim Walker, we started compiling it, and making it into a collage of different types of women. As I worked on it, one of the most important things was to work on each character as if I was doing the whole play; and from that to let the audience see the metamorphosis from one character to another, and totally change the mood. That's what makes it interesting for them to watch, and me to play.
What's it like working with Steven Berkoff?
I always appreciated what he was trying to do with his company. He's a perfectionist and a strong character but also an immensely loyal man. Once we got a rapport going, he wanted to work with me. I was also strong enough to stand up to him. Knowing who you are yourself as you work with him is important, because he's very easy to imitate, but if you just do that, you are only producing a copy of what he does. He did a bravura performance, but I did a different kind of bravura performance, so I was a good foil to him but strong in my own right. That's what kept us working together for so long. I enjoyed the danger of it - it was like going into a boxing ring with a sparring partner, he always kept me on my toes, and that's why the work was so stimulating for so many years. That sense of danger continues now with Berkoff's Women. Even though I've done it so many times, it still frightens me every time I go on stage.
What's your favourite Berkoff play? Character? Line of dialogue?
Greek, his modern, East End version of the Oedipus story is my favourite play. It has such beautiful, tender love speeches in it. My favourite character is Helen in Decadence - an outrageous upper-class woman who is a wonderfully funny character, and I love doing comedy. My favourite line is hers: "I'll wear a fulsome, daring Chanel robe slashed to the thigh in black cashmere gathered from the bellies of baby goats."
What are the special challenges, fears & pleasures that you derive from performing solo?
The challenge is definitely that you are out there alone, with no one else to hold the audience. The biggest fear is of 'drying' - of going wrong and forgetting the words. Even though I know them, the fear is always there that I'll be standing there with nothing to say. I've done it nearly 250 times and I still feel that fear and danger. But on the other hand, it's a wonderful reward when you do it and know that it's you alone who has been entertaining the audience. But you also get a wonderful rapport with them: they become the other characters. And there's great power to going out and entertaining people by yourself. I couldn't have done it when I was younger. You need maturity and experience to be able to do it. The fear is huge, but the rewards are great artistically, too.
You look set to win the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Solo Performance for Berkoff's Women - against stiff competition from the likes of Jackie Mason. Anything you'd like to say to the voters?
I'm honoured to be in such competition. I'm so thrilled and flattered that people have been voting for me, and I beg everyone to continue doing so! This show has been such a highlight of my career, but it's also very tough, so there would be nothing better for me to win an award for: it would be such an honour. You can win awards for being in plays, but for something you've created yourself it is a huge accolade. Thank you for having faith in me.
What are your plans for the future?
Because I'm a complete masochist, I'm now planning a third solo show. It's going to be different to the other two, both of which have been based on literary figures, Berkoff and Gabriel Marquez, because this is based on my own experiences. I'm devising it in collaboration with two or three writers. I have some amazing stories of what has befallen me over my life and the different eras I've gone through. But I hope that it won't stand up or fall on the fact that it's about me, but stand up on its own as an interesting piece of theatre. I hope to have it ready by June, and will start performing it in the autumn.
- Linda Marlowe was speaking to Mark Shenton
Berkoff's Women plays at the Arts Theatre from 28 January to 2 February and then again from 11 to 23 February 2002. It and Diatribe of Love will both tour the UK until the end of June 2002.


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Running back Steven Jackson will have the option to explore free agency after the season, raising the question of whether Sunday's finale at Seattle will be his final game in a St. Louis Rams uniform. Jackson intimated Thursday that he might retire at the end of this season. Though he laughed as he said it, the 29-year-old running back didn't retreat from the idea when asked how serious he was about the possibility He has expressed interest in ending his career with the only team he's played for as a professional, but he hasn't publicly committed to returning. Coach Jeff Fisher said the team wants him back, but Jackson's demands could price him out of a Rams uniform.
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Growth Fears Weigh on Asia Shares
Asian share markets tumbled Thursday, after U.S. economic news raised questions about demand for Asian exports and fed into worries about the trajectory of global growth.
Several exporters were hit hard. Nintendo fell 3.3% and Fanuc dropped 2.6% in Tokyo, while Samsung Electronics slid 3.1% in Seoul. Tata Consultancy Services fell 0.9% in Mumbai.
Figures released Wednesday on U.S. May private-sector employment fell far short of market expectations. Growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector also receded in May; it was the biggest one-month slowdown since 1984.
Analysts at Daiwa said manufacturing was "an especially effective barometer of the health of the U.S. economy," and that the reading for May suggests that Asia's exports to the U.S. are likely to decelerate sharply.
The news, following softer manufacturing surveys from China and the U.K. earlier Wednesday, sparked a sharp selloff on Wall Street. It shifted analysts' focus to a debate over whether the Federal Reserve might consider supporting the U.S. economy by extending its asset purchases, which have been often criticized in Asia as an inflation driver.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell by 1.7% to 9555.04 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index fell by 2.3% to 4600.4. South Korea's Kospi dropped 1.3% to 2114.20, and China's Shanghai Composite index eased 1.4% to 2705.18. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gave up 1.6% to 23253.84 and India's Sensex fell 0.6% to 18494.18.
Taiwan's Taiex ended 0.8% lower at 8991.36. Singpaore's Straits Times Index shed 0.4% to 3160.60.
"Robust employment growth is the No. 1 political imperative in the U.S.," said Peter Eadon-Clarke, Asia strategist at Macquarie Research in Tokyo. He said that U.S. non-farm payrolls will need to "materially decelerate" for two to three months for the Fed to consider more stimulus after its current asset-purchase program ends this month.
Acer plunged by the daily 7% limit in Taipei. The maker of personal computers said Wednesday it will take a $150 million charge to earnings to write off disputed accounts in Europe.
Computer maker Lenovo Group dropped 2.9% in Hong Kong a day after announcing a €465 million ($670 million) deal to buy Germany's Medion.
Many financial stocks also weakened. Bank shares fell Wednesday in both the U.S. and Europe as investors reasoned that slower growth will cut into loan demand, while higher unemployment will make it harder for people to pay their debts. HSBC Holdings lost 1.8% in Hong Kong, while Australia & New Zealand Banking Group dropped 2.6% in Sydney.
Resource-sector stocks lost ground after commodities were sold down overnight. Japan's Inpex fell 2.9%, Cnooc dropped 2.2% in Hong Kong and BHP Billiton gave up 2.2% in Sydney.
Japanese auto makers declined in response to news that their U.S. sales declined sharply in May. Toyota Motor fell 3.3%, Honda Motor declined 2.4% and Nissan Motor was down 3.2%.
Trading in Tokyo was taking place against a background of political uncertainty, related to a no-confidence motion by Japan's opposition parties against Prime Minister Naoto Kan. In the end, it was defeated by the lower house of Parliament, 293-152..
Macquarie's Mr. Eadon-Clarke said that while a defeat for Mr. Kan would have forced him to step down, further complicating Japan's economic recovery, the failure to oust him was still a "nonevent" given the challenges the country faces.
"What Japan needs is political leadership to tackle the state of the government finances," he said. "So whether that is possible under the existing configuration of Japan's political parties is obviously very problematic."


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By: Adline A. Ghani
These days, there's a reality show for anything and everything under the sun, from babies in beauty pageants to grownups with social disorders. It would seem that every conceivable angle is milked for entertainment value, as short-lived as it may be, and let's not even get started on the burgeoning number of talent shows taking over our TVs! While some channels continue to bank on makeover reality shows, one Malaysian channel decided to give reality shows a makeover. Enter – Imam Muda (Young Religious Leader).
Developed by Astro with the help of the Malaysia's Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department (Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan or JAWI), Imam Muda sought to find not the next top model nor biggest loser, but the next top Muslim leader. The producers of the programme boldly ask – Is there a dependable young man out there with the integrity and credibility to bear the great responsibilities of an Imam? Furthermore, can he be versatile enough to make religious matters relevant to young people today?
In response to the call, more than a thousand young Muslim men auditioned for the show. They vied not only the coveted title, but the winner stood to gain an all-expenses-paid trip to Mecca, a scholarship to be trained as an Imam at the al-Madinah University in Saudi Arabia, and a job at a top mosque in Malaysia. At the auditions, the men were tested on their grasp of Islamic knowledge and current affairs, and were even subjected to background checks. In the end, only ten of them made the cut. Take a look at this video to see the chosen ones:
The ten finalists, aged between 18 and 27, would live together in a dormitory for the next 3 months. Denied access to their families and the outside world, they would receive intensive training on leadership and religious matters from the country's top religious leaders and educators. Their lives were strictly regimented and they had to adhere to religious rules and routines that would stress upon the many responsibilities of an Imam, who is both leader to his own family and his community.
Each week, the contestants were tested in a variety of challenges that would see them tackling various religious topics and situations. Poised to test each contestant not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually, the challenges included bathing and burying unclaimed and AIDS-infected bodies at a morgue according to Islamic rites; joining police crackdowns on teenage motorcyclists; and counseling unmarried pregnant women at a shelter, a task that reduced many of the contestants to tears. In this next video the contestants are asked to counsel couples during a divorce:
Their performance for the week would then be evaluated by a panel of three religious scholars. Each week, the best student would be announced and three students with the lowest scores would be assigned social work. By the ninth and penultimate week, two students would remain for the show's highly anticipated finale.
Despite the show's often somber tone, the public's response to it was overwhelming. For many Muslim viewers, Imam Muda was a long-awaited breath of fresh air, as they've grown weary of reality shows that bank merely on looks and entertainment value.
Finally, here's a show with not just substance, but religious values, and it provides a true picture of Islamic principles. Watched by the young and old alike, Imam Muda has become the most-watched programme on the Astro Oasis channel and its Facebook page has garnered more than 30,000 fans (and counting).
The contestants, meanwhile, have been hailed as role models. The first season of Imam Muda was so popular in Malaysia that a second season was created. Astro Oasis has also introduced a similar show with female contestants, called Ustazah Pilihan (Religious Teacher of Choice), which hopes to inspire young Muslim women and showcase their capabilities.
For more information on Imam Muda and Ustazah Pilihan, please visit:
The official Imam Muda website
The official Ustazah Pilihan website
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Im not sure if I have heard the theory you are speaking of. Are these plates magnets? If so that sounds like magnetoaerodynamic propulsion. Or maybe it could be some kind of electrogravitic pulse effect possibley. I know there are alot of theories on anti-gravity and space travel though.
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May I ask where you attained this information from? I am not familiar with the Nazi project thor. I did a quick search on the internet and only found a couple sketchy sites mentioning this. I only know of the U.S. project thor relating to the rod from god weapon. If you could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.
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There's only a couple hundred topics about Nazi ufo's in the archives. This should help you out!
Originally posted by Mactire
They guy that documented this information and released it online [Bob Lazar] died of cancer. He swore that his cancer came from the government trying to silence him.
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I came across these referred to by author Joseph Farrell. I personally find him a bit unhinged however he is a very meticulous researcher. One would have to consult the sources given in his book Black Sun to find the exact references.


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Daniel Holtzclaw, 125
Andre Hatchett, 2
Interceptions: Ryan Downard, 6
Star of the defense: Senior LB Daniel Holtzclaw
Player who has to step up and become a star: Redshirt
freshman DT Brandon Slater
Unsung star on the rise: Redshirt freshman DE Brad Ohrman
Best pro prospect: Holtzclaw
Top three all-star candidates: 1)
Holtzclaw, 2) DT Josh Hunt, 3) FS Ryan Downard
Strength of the defense: Experience, Holtzclaw
Weakness of the defense:
Size, defensive end
Defensive Line
Projected Starters: Step one on the line will be
to replace Jason Jones, a tremendous interior pass rusher who finished
fourth on the team with 70 tackles. Looking to fill the gap is 6-3, 273-pound redshirt freshman Brandon Slater,
who was a top high school defensive end and a decent tight end
option. While he beefed up quickly, he ran track early in his high
school career and has the quickness to grow into an interior pass
Helping to ease the loss of Jones is senior Josh Hunt, a tough
290-pound veteran who made 30 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss. Decent
against the run, but not anything special, he's a tough interior
defender who's at his best when he can use his quickness to get into the
backfield and be disruptive. Not only did he come up with three fumble
recoveries, he tied for second on the team with two interceptions. He
missed two games last season with an elbow problem, but it's fine now.
Back on the outside is 6-1, 240-pound senior Spenser Smith after
making 35 tackles, a sack, and six tackles for loss. While he's a great
athlete and he's fast around the edge, he's not a natural pass rusher.
Lacking the last step to actually come up with the sack, he's decent at
generating pressure but isn't a closer. He has to be a more consistent
threat in the backfield, but first he has to get over an off-season
hamstring injury.
Replacing Eric Young, the team's
defensive MVP, on the other side will be junior Brandon Downs,
one of the team's only experienced backups before breaking
out this spring. He saw action
in every game last season and made five tackles, and while he
didn't do too much against the run, he was decent at getting
into the backfield in his limited time. At a linebacker-like 6-0
and 257 pounds, he's quick enough to be a situational pass
rusher, if nothing else.
Projected Top Reserves: True sophomore Adam
Brockman is a promising 6-3, 244-pound prospect who made 13
tackles and a tackle for loss. More like a linebacker playing on
the end, he's an active player who should grow into the team's
best pass rusher. There's a good chance he can become the
breakout star with more time and more seasoning.
6-3, 273-pound sophomore Tyler Palsrok after making three tackles and
a sack as a reserve. One of EMU's big defensive recruits last season,
Palsrok is a smart, quick player who should be in the backfield on a
regular basis.
Another top recruit from last year was 6-4, 244-pound end
prospect Brad Ohrman, who'll see time on the end behind
Spenser Smith. A tackling machine, he could be the line's best
athlete and with a little work should be a dangerous pass
rusher. He has a little more room on his frame to add weight,
but he should be a key factor as is.
Watch Out For ... more of a pass rush. The Eagles
were second-to-last in the MAC in sacks despite having two
tackles who could get into the backfield. With the expected
emergence of young players like Ohrman, Brockman and Downs, there will likely be more than 17 sacks on the
Strength: Young prospects. EMU paid special
attention to the defensive line in the last few recruiting
classes, and it should pay off with several promising players
ready to shine. There's more athleticism than usual on the Eagle
Weakness: Proven production. Hunt is a decent tackle, but
that's about it. Smith hasn't been anything special and
all the young players have yet to actually get the job done on a
full-time basis. Things might get a tad worse before they get a
lot better.
Outlook: The key will be the run defense. There
are several promising young pass rushers who'll pin their ears
back and get into the backfield, but can the Eagles stop
someone's running game? After giving up 196 yards per game, now
the line has to replace Jason Jones and doesn't have enough beef
to be a brick wall against anyone with a little bit of power.
Rating: 4.5
Projected Starters: The star of the defense will
once again be senior Daniel Holtzclaw, a tackling machine
with 330 career stops. He led the team with 125 tackles and five
tackles for loss as one of the MAC's most consistent and
productive defenders. At 6-1 and 246 pounds he has good size and
fantastic range from his spot in the middle. Not just a run
stuffer, he has the quickness to seamlessly drop into pass
coverage with two interceptions and four broken up passes. He's
tremendously strong and doesn't miss a tackle, while he showed
off the range to get to everything last season.
While his return isn't a a sure-thing, junior Andre Hatchett
should end up on the strongside, replacing Darran Matthews,
after missing spring ball to work on his studies. The 5-11, 215
pounder was third on the team with 98 tackles to go along with
two sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss, and while he's not all that
big, he's tough against the run. He's fast enough to do far more
against the pass and get into the backfield on a more regular
Looking to step in on the weakside is 6-2, 207-pound senior
Jermaine Jenkins, a safety by nature who was moved over to
linebacker this off-season. He didn't start last year but he
made nine tackles as a star on special teams. Speed isn't an
issue and he's plenty tough, but to be effective at his size
he'll have to be a disruptive force in the backfield and a rock
in pass defense against the quicker tight ends.
Projected Top Reserves: Getting the work this
spring on the strongside with Andre Hatchett out was sophomore
Tim Fort. At 6-0 and 214 pounds, he's not all that big,
and he doesn't have a ton of experience making four tackles in
seven games of backup action, but he's a hard worker and has a
good motor.
Being groomed for the 2009 middle linebacker job is true
freshman Steve Brown, a woefully undersized 6-0,
208-pound prospect who nevertheless is expected to do big
things. A tremendous high school safety, he made 181 tackles in
two years and was an excellent running back leading the way to a
Virginia state high school championship.
Working behind Jermaine Jenkins on the weakside is promising
6-1, 209-pound redshirt freshman Marcus English.
Considering he's more like a safety than a linebacker, he should
be strong against the pass and he should come up with some big
plays with his with huge hitting ability.
Watch Out For ... Holtzclaw to be the MAC Defensive
Player of the Year. He has the reputation now as one of the
league's most feared defenders, and he's really that good. This
will be the year he gets his just recognition.
Strength: Quickness. By design, the linebacking
corps is full of safety-sized players, not counting Holtzclaw,
who should fly to the ball and be disruptive. However ...
Weakness: Size. By design, the linebacking corps is full
of safety-sized players, not counting Holtzclaw, and it can be
steamrolled over late in games by anyone with a big, strapping
line. Considering the defensive line isn't full of big bodies,
there needs to be a consistent rotation in the linebacking corps
to hold up.
Outlook: The linebackers on the EMU defense have
to spend far too much time cleaning things up against the run,
and while that's fine, they're not able to use their one big
advantage, quickness, to wreak more havoc in the backfield. Holtzclaw
is one of the nation's most productive middle linebackers, and
now everyone has to start doing more around him. Hatchett, Brown, Jenkins and English form a very small, very speedy group that has the
potential to be good. It just might take a while to jell.
Rating: 4.5
Defensive Backs
Projected Starters: Cornerback was a relative
strength last season and it should be a big positive going into
this year. Returning to the Field Corner spot (the corner who
takes the wide side of the field) is sophomore Kevin Long
after he took over the job late last season. At 6-1 and 196
pounds, he has excellent size and good enough speed to handle
himself against more quick receivers. He took a few lumps
learning on the fly as a true freshman, and he didn't pick off
any passes, but he made 21 tackles and broke up four throws.
At the Boundary Corner (the short side of the field) will be
true sophomore Arrington Hicks, who took over a starting
spot for the last two games last season and finished with nine
tackles and a broken up pass. One of the team's fastest players,
he was a Florida high school track star as one of the state's
best hurdlers. He's not going to be too physical at 5-10 and 166
pounds, but he can move.
Both starting safeties return led by 5-11, 197-pound senior
strong safety Jacob Wyatt, who finished fifth on the team
with 65 tackles to go along with two interceptions and three
broken up passes. An experienced veteran who made 89 stops as a
sophomore, he's a good run stopper and is a solid open field
tackler. While he's not lightning fast, he's extremely physical.
Back at free safety is 6-1, 201-pound sophomore Ryan Downard
after making 43 tackles and a team-leading six interceptions.
The coaching staff raved about him before last season, and they
were right on the money as he turned into an excellent playmaker
when the ball was in the air highlighted by two picks against
Vanderbilt and two against Western Michigan. Now he needs to be
more consistent against the run; he wasn't in on nearly enough
Projected Top Reserves: With the emergence of the
true sophomores at corner, veterans were pushed to backup roles.
That's not a bad thing considering senior Lyle Garrison
and junior Derrick Hunter
combined to start 18 games last
The 6-0, 184-pound Hunter is a speedster who finished sixth on
the team with 49 tackles, but he only came up with one
interception and three broken up passes. His highlight came on a
fumble return for an 80-yard score in the loss to Ohio. He's a
much bigger option on the Boundary side than Arrington Hicks,
but he doesn't have the same cover skills.
Garrison is a 5-8, 167-pound plugger who has excellent quickness
and is able hold up against the run from time to time. However,
he just doesn't make things happen and was passed up by Kevin
Long on the Field side. Even so, he's a good veteran who made 28
tackles and picked off a pass.
5-10, 200-pound senior Chris May is great when he's
healthy, but he hasn't been able to stay on the field. After
making 89 stops as a sophomore, he overcame a broken arm and
played in eight games last season at free safety finishing with
35 tackles. Now he'll play behind Jacob Wyatt at strong safety.
Watch Out For ... more production. The secondary took
a necessary step backward late last season to get the promising
freshmen on the field, and now the experience should pay off.
This is a far more talented EMU secondary than the program has
had in a long time.
Strength: Potential. EMU hasn't been known for its
shut-down corners or all-star safeties, and only time will tell
if the promising young starters will live up to their promise,
but there's speed, size, and hope for this to be the best Eagle
pass defense in the Jeff Genyk era.
Weakness: Interceptions. Downard came up with six, but he
wasn't enough of a ball-hawker over the second half of the
season. LB Daniel Holtzclaw and DT Josh Hunt each came up with
two picks meaning the corners didn't do nearly enough to help
the total.
Outlook: It's not like the pass defense was awful
last season, but it allowed 200 yards or more six times over the
last seven games. Part of the problem was a youth movement that
should pay off big-time with sophomores Long and Hicks
looking good at corner and Downard a
potential star at free safety. With the emergence of the young
players meant a shoving aside of some long-time veterans, and
that means there's tremendous depth to count on, especially at
corner. This won't be a brick wall of a secondary unless the
pass defense improves, but it'll grow into a good group as the
year goes on.
Rating: 5
Special Teams
Projected Starters: Junior Zach Johnson
handled all the kicking duties in a phenomenal season.
EMU finished sixth in the nation in net punting helped by a booming
42.1-yard average. Johnson also dropped 24 inside the 20, forced eight
fair catches, and put it in the end zone just once. He has a huge leg
and has turned into a special placekicker nailing five of seven shots
after taking over midway through the year. He nailed a 50 yarder, but he
has to be consistent inside the 40 to win back the job from sophomore Sean Dutcher, who
made two of five kicks. Dutcher is the start going into the year, but he
has no deep leg and wasn't consistent.
The return game could use some help. EMU averaged a mere five yards per
punt return and an average 20.92 yards on kickoff returns. Dontayo
Gage is an excellent kickoff returner averaging 23.1 yards per pop
last season, while Nate Beard has to do more than last year if
he's going to be the punt returner.
Watch Out For ... Johnson to have to play second
fiddle in the MAC. He might be one of the nation's best punters, but
Ball State's Chris Miller is likely to get most of the All-America love.
Strength: The punting game. Johnson has bailed out
the Eagles over the last two years with 44 kicks put inside the 20. He's
the team's best weapon.
Weakness: Punt returns. For a mediocre offense that needs field
position, averaging five yards per try won't cut it.
Outlook: Johnson is everything for the EMU
special teams if Dutcher struggles again. Not only is Johnson a special punter with tremendous accuracy,
he also proved he could handle the placekicking duties on a regular
basis. Getting more pop from the return game would be nice. The coverage
units have improved over the last few years and should be fine.
Rating: 6.5


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Sudan's Q4 trade surplus at $85 million
Recently published official statistics reveal that the Sudanese foreign trade balance reflected an $84.71 million surplus at the end of the Q4 2000, down from the $130.94 million surplus at Q3-end that same year. In the fourth quarter of 1999, the Sudanese trade balance recorded a $25.9 million surplus, according to Al-Rayaam daily.
Statistics also indicate that the current Sudanese account balance reflected a $166.28 million deficit at the end of Q4 2000, compared with a $134.57 million deficit at Q3-end 2000, and a $17.6 million deficit in the last quarter of 1999.
The Sudanese Central Bank recently disclosed that the value of credit granted by Qatari commercial banks during the fourth quarter of 2000 reached 17.188 million Sudanese dinars ($66,800). This figure reflects a 27 percent credit increase compared with the previous quarter. The value of this credit fell by 5.1 percent in the Q4 1999 compared Q3 that year. ― (MENA Report)
© 2001 Mena Report (www.menareport.com)
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- US Dollar, Japanese Yen Diverge as US Trade Deficit Widens - US Retail Sales Could Reflect Slight Increase
- Sudan Earns Trade Surplus with Oil Exports
- A helping hand for Arab brethren: Iraq receives Sudan's $100 million aid request but spares $10 million


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The New York Jets take on the buffalo Bills in their season opener at home this season. While people are left wondering if the Jets start Mark Sanchez of Tim Tebow at the quarterback position many are left wondering if this revelry Ryan says doesn't exist will over shadow the game itself. The Buffalo Bills may be just caught in the middle of this controversy that is sure to take place before the Jets even report to training camp. The Bills know that, The Jets know that and the good people of the State of New York know that as does the rest of the entire free world.
All eyes will be focused on the New York Jets training camp this summer. This is one of the reason even Jets legend Joe Namath was totally against the idea of bringing Tim Tebow to the Big Apple. It isn't as though Namath dislikes Tebow, he doesn't want to see the controversy take place that is going to be unavoidable this season. Nobody can honestly stand back and say there won't be a quarterback controversy in New York this season and say it with a straight face.
The Jets didn't go out and get Tim Tebow to have him sitting on the side lines. They fully expect to have Tebow be a part of the team to help sell tickets and put patrons in the seats. Face it people, Tim Tebow is a very popular guy and people like him. Heck there is brand new Tebow songs coming out in anticipation of the up-coming NFL season. Like this one for instance done by Fan Anthem's. Tebow and the Jets / The Tim Tebow Song – Single Hey I have listened to the song and it is selling like wild-fire that is how popular Tim Tebow is.
Face it folks, it would be nice if the Jets took on the Bills and the focus was the interstate revelry, that isn't what is going to take place and the circus of events in Ryans zoo is just getting started. I can hear the New Tim Tebow song playing now in Jets stadium come the season opener. The Buffalo Bills are going to enjoy it too….
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This comprehensive and informative review of the physiologic effects of nicotine on mothers and fetuses cites key studies and statistics revealing both the pervasive, injurious effects of smoking, and incentives for breaking the habit. More than 22 million American women are smoking, the vast majority (87%) of whom began before 18 years of age. In fact, about 90% of new female smokers are teens. Only 2.5 % of smokers succeed in escaping from nicotine addiction. Fifteen percent continue to smoke throughout pregnancy. Of these, only 18% are able to quit during pregnancy, although doing so could result in measurable improvements in both weight (an additional 241 g.) and an additional week of gestation in the womb. Table 1 conveniently lists the known adverse reproductive consequences of smoking: premature birth, intrauterine growth restriction, premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, placental abruption, spontaneous abortion, and placenta previa. Table 2 lists the complications for the baby of the smoker: low-birthweight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, asthma, lower IQ (5 points lower), smaller head circumference, behavior problems, attention deficit disorder, and upper respiratory infections. Nicotine, the chief alkaloid in tobacco, directly stimulates acetylcholine receptors primarily located in the autonomic ganglion, adrenal medulla, and neuromuscular junctions releasing a multitude of vasoactive catecholamines and peptides. It is metabolized in the liver where over 20 metabolites have been identified. The primary one is cotinine which has a half life of 15-20 hours and concentrates in serum 10-fold higher than nicotine itself which means that the prenate gets larger doses than the mother, 54% larger dose according to one study, and an 88% higher dose according to another. The effects of nicotine are seen in every trimester from spontaneous abortions in first trimester to premature delivery and decreased birthweight in the third. Smoking poses a 33% risk of fetal death after 20 weeks g.a. as well as death in the first 28 days of life. Smoking reduces fertility, a problem which can be reversed after breaking the addiction. Average weight of babies exposed to nicotine in utero is from 100 to 320 g. lighter than babies born to non-smoking mothers. Nicotine decreases uterine blood flow by 30 to 40% depending on the dose. And 78% of women are smoking brands yielding high amounts of nicotine which reduce nutrients and oxygen supply to fetal tissues. Smoking results in respiratory problems in the baby because nicotine interferes with normal construction of microvilli and other basic structures of the lungs. Nicotine interferes with formation of elastic tissue leading to emphysema-like rigidity of the neonatal lungs. Mental and behavioral problems from nicotine exposure include attention deficit disorder, lower scores in expressive language and conceptual comprehension, smaller heads and lower height, and compromised arterial blood flow in the brain. Passive smoke exposure significantly adds to the effects of the mother,s smoking alone. One ray of hope: The number of mothers smoking during pregnancy has decreased from 48% in the 1950,s to 16% currently.
Smoking and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Results from 1993-1995 Case-Controlled Study for Confidential Inquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy.
By P.S. Blair, P.J. Fleming, D. Bensley, I. Smith, C. Bacon, E. Taylor, J.G. Berry and J. Tripp. (1996). British Medical Journal 313 (27 July), 195-198.
This study was done in England, beginning a year after a national "Back to Sleep campaign in 1991 had caused the incidence of S.I.D.S to fall. Yet, this malady was still responsible for the largest single group of deaths of infants in the first year of life. Parental interviews were conducted for each infant who died and four controls were matched for age and date of interview. The one hundred ninety five babies who died and the 780 controls were drawn from three regions in England with a total population of 17 million people, giving the study extraordinary authority. Compared to controls, the dead babies had mothers who smoked during pregnancy, 63% to 25%. Paternal smoking had an additional independent effect. The more the mother smoked, the greater the risk of death to the infant. The risk of death rose with increasing postnatal exposure to tobacco smoke after prenatal exposure. The authors of the study concluded that about 60% of S.I.D.S deaths are due to the effects of exposure to tobacco smoke before and after birth. They estimate that these deaths could be reduced by almost two thirds if parents did not smoke.
Placental Transfer of Selected Substances of Abuse.
B.B. Little and T.T. Beveren (1996). Seminars in Perinatology 20 (2), 147-153.
One of the early myths in the field of obstetrics, lasting into the late 1950,s, was that the placenta functioned as a barrier organ to protect the fetus from multiple noxious elements which might be circulating in the mother,s system. Although thoroughly discredited by modern research revealing that the placenta is an organ of transfer rather than a barrier, this myth gives the appearance of being alive and well in the minds of many mothers today. Substance abuse during pregnancy in the United States is at epidemic levels, with some hospitals reporting that more than 50% of pregnant women were using a substance of abuse in the peri-partum period, although wider studies estimate the national average closer to 15%. Substance abuse in pregnancy is therefore a national public health problem. The bad news: Virtually all substances of abuse freely cross the placenta exposing the fetus to whatever the mother may be using. This review gets specific about the placental transfer of the 17 leading substances of abuse (Table 3). The technicalities of placental transfer are summarized in Table 1.
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