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Chaz Davies is enjoying his factory rider status in WSBKSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Thursday, 28th March 2013, 18:30 GMT
One of Chaz Davies' dreams has come true last September as he put pen to paper to join the BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team for 2013 eni FIM Superbike World Championship. The 26 year old Welshman is now part of a factory team, something he's been looking forward for a long time. All the expectations he had about being a works rider were fulfilled. "It's actually even more than I expected, especially away from the racetrack" he told WorldSBK.com. "Last week I was in Germany for some BMW Motorrad dealer conferences and I was really impressed, there were people of BMW Motorrad from all around the world coming to the event. You get the chance to meet with the ones who actually sell the bikes and hear what they have to say. I feel part of a big family but at the same time of a close team, everybody gets along very well. It's like a family team under a big organisation." Chaz has made his way into SBK showing a consistent improving of his performances, an important key to his achievements along with his full commitment to racing and humble attitude. "I think it comes hand in hand with getting the right opportunities at the right time. There were parts of my career when my results were not the best but I felt like I was doing all that I could. No doubt I'm still improving but also the time when you can smell a victory brings out the best in everybody. If you're doing your best and this translates into good results, I think that's a different incentive because you can actually show what you can do." Chaz joined the team two weeks ago for two days of testing at Jerez to evaluate the upgrades developed by BMW Motorrad in Munich. "Actually we worked on electronic settings for two days. We didn't touch a single click of suspension during the whole test. We thought it was really important to get the electronics sorted and we did a good work, BMW have done very well with the next phase of development for the bike." The team will perform a further two day test at the southern Spanish venue on April 4-5 and will mainly focus once again on the improved electronics for the BMW S 1000 RR. "It's early days yet, but we will test again next week in Jerez and from what I've seen so far it looks like a good step forward. We will see in Aragon. I did all the work I could during the two days and the guys have some time to analyse the data to further improve the bike." Read article
Rea one round away from his 100th WSBK race milestoneSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 30th January 2013, 11:01 GMT
Since his rookie season in 2009, Jonathan Rea has established himself as one of the top riders in the FIM Superbike World Championship. Despite not having reached the ultimate goal of becoming World Champion yet, the almost 26 year old from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, has so far secured a total of 10 race wins and 29 podium finishes. A much closer target, though, is available to Rea as the Pata Honda World Superbike rider has the chance, at the upcoming Season Opener of Phillip Island scheduled for February 24th, to mark his 100th individual race start in the series: "I'm looking forward to Phillip Island", he told WorldSBK.com, "especially this year as race two will be my 100th World Superbike race. As far as wins go, I have a 10% strike rate in SBK which is OK, especially with the current level of the championship, but I would like to improve on it. I love winning races and I've enjoyed being in the World Superbike family for all my races so far. I'm with a great team and riding against great competitors, so I hope I can continue towards another 100 races after Phillip Island." Read article
Change of set-up brings Laverty back near the topSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 11th July 2012, 8:38 GMT
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) started the season as one of the favourites to post a top three in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship overall. Fast from the first moment that he tested the Aprilia machine at Portimao last winter, his early results were good but not great, until two podiums at Assen and Monza put him back into the groove again. From then on things started to go wrong, as one key element on the electronics package of his bike started to play up, and his 'home' round at Donington was nothing like he had hoped, with a DNF and a 15th place overall. "The big change was between Monza and Donington," he explained to WorldSBK.com. "We left Monza knowing we were in a position to move forward in the championship race and it was a big shock that lasted for three rounds. I really could not get out of turns. When we went to the Aragon tests to have a reference - same track we tested at in March - it was clear that something was wrong with the bike after just two or three laps. We put our heads together and it took all of five or ten minutes to find out what the problems was, which was frustrating in a way. I went back out again and it was back to business, so I could have left the test after three laps. The bike had thought it was wheelying all the time, a similar problem to what we had in Donington race one, even though that was an extreme case of it. It was cutting power before the bike was wheelying, which then in turn created more wheelie. It had been such a big problem it had been losing me 0.75 or a second a lap, and you cannot give that away to your rivals in SBK, especially when Max Biaggi is your team-mate." It was a bad time to find a problem that proved difficult to diagnose, with the season getting into its full swing. "What is really eating me is that we left Monza and I had raved about the electronics aspect of the bike, that it was our strongest area, and knowing what we were capable of. Then I feel we got robbed of a championship challenge because we went from 30 points behind to 110, just like that. It ruined my season, that is the long and the short of it, and I am not best pleased. The engine has got to be the strongest area but as a whole the package is great, so to be restricted in that way, not to be able to use the engine power from the Aprilia, means I could not get out of the corner and overtake people. I was getting desperate trying to overtake and it was like a yo-yo effect. They would go away and I would pull them back and I then knew there was a problem because at this level you should be able to follow other riders wheel for wheel." With this problem solved Laverty is now ready to shoot for his first Aprilia win, having taken two when riding for Yamaha in 2011. "I will still try for top three in the championship but that is not my concern right now. I just want to win as many races as possible. With the bike we have I reckon we can have a good shot at it. I want to win a lot of races." Read article
Leonov attempts to recover for AragonSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Thursday, 28th June 2012, 14:54 GMT
After becoming the first-ever Russian rider to get onto the podium in a world championship race, at Assen, Vladimir Leonov then had a bad accident at Donington Park in UK during the fifth round of the 2012 FIM Supersport World Championship. In the crash the talented Russian rider suffered a small tibia fracture. After returning to Moscow the Yakhnich Motorsport racer underwent complicated surgery and has recently started a rehabilitation program. WorldSBK.com recently spoke to Leonov to see how his recovery was progressing. "The Donington events were very disappointing and a bit painful for us," declared Leonov. "I ran well during free practice, looking for the best set-up and for the best pace, and... then suddenly I had this crash - absolutely unexpected and unaccountable. In Moscow they inserted a pair of screws into me during the surgery, and after that I had to take regular massages - to get rid of swelling and bruising. Starting from the second week the recovery program had begun: they used Magnetic therapy and added the decompression chamber procedures. The first x-ray examination showed that I still couldn't ride a bike, so I went on doing my exercises, additionally starting fitness training to keep myself in shape. "My great desire is to be back in the championship at Aragon, but the decision could be done only after the additional x-ray examination. As for now, I have missed one of our training stages in the Italian Championship, that was held on June 22-24 at Mugello. I have been to Aragon only once, training with the team, but this track had impressed me greatly and I'd like to race there very much". Read article
Cutting the chicane at Monza: exclusive videos!Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Monday, 16th May 2011, 15:28 GMT
The Italian Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship at Monza was marked by a controversial ride-through penalty handed out by Race Direction to Aprilia Alitalia rider Max Biaggi for cutting the first chicane without following the regulations, which the riders had been informed about during the Thursday briefing. The Italian, who was leading the race at the time, came into the pit-lane in compliance with the penalty and then returned to the track in twelfth place, eventually finishing eighth after a strong recovery. In order to clear up any lingering doubts about what exactly happened at the Prima Variante, WorldSBK.com is making available to the public some exclusive Monza CCTV video footage of the first chicane, which clearly indicates the funnel-shaped path riders were required to follow in case they were unable to negotiate the right-left-right in the normal fashion. To see Leon Haslam's and Ayrton Badovini's passage through the run-off area in race 1, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubsUk2Jl4Bc To see what happened to Max Biaggi in race 2, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5JVoqaVoaY CCTV video footage kindly provided by the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. Read article
Assen post-race statisticsSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Tuesday, 19th April 2011, 14:17 GMT
WorldSBK.com takes a quick look at the facts & figures that emerged from the third round of the Superbike World Championship at Assen. Superbike• Another great weekend for Carlos Checa: the Spaniard scored his third straight pole, has won four of the six races run in 2011 and has been on the podium in every race this season. It was Checa's 25th all-time SBK podium and he is currently on a ten-race streak in the points;• Jonathan Rea obtained his seventh career win, reaching Ben Bostrom in 25th place. Jonathan also scored his 20th podium with third place in race two. The British rider has won three of the last four races run at Assen. With him Honda won its 110th race, second in the all-time rankings behind Ducati (295);• Max Biaggi with two second places in Assen became the tenth rider in history to have scored at least 50 podium finishes. At the top of the list is Troy Corser, with 130 podiums;• First career fastest lap both for Leon Camier and Tom Sykes. A Kawasaki hasn't set a fastest race lap since Sugo 2000, eleven years ago: at the time the fastest in the race was Hitoyasu Izutsu;• First career points for Maxime Berger, thirteenth in race two;• Noriyuki Haga with a fourth spot in qualifying gained his first placement on the front row since the Imola races of two years ago;• First front row spot for Eugene Laverty. Supersport and Superstock• First win for Chaz Davies in Supersport, in his nineteenth race and first fastest lap for Luca Scassa;• First Superstock 1000 pole for Sylvain Barrier, first win for Davide Giugliano in his 30th race and first podium for Danilo Petrucci. Ducati hasn't won in Superstock 1000 since the Portimao round back in 2009;• First podium, pole and fastest lap for Jed Metcher in Superstock 600, first Australian to score pole in this category;• First win for Michael van der Mark: a Dutch rider hasn't won in Superstock 600 since the 2007 Vallelunga race (Roy Ten Napel). Read article
Scassa heads to Assen with head held highSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Thursday, 7th April 2011, 8:58 GMT
After two rounds Italian Luca Scassa is leading the Supersport World Championship with maximum points and with his morale sky-high. The Yamaha YZF-R6 looks to be a cut above the rest and his Kawasaki and Honda rivals look to be struggling in his wake. WorldSBK.com spoke to the Yamaha ParkinGO in the run-up to this crucial third round. "The Netherlands is a special place for me," declared the 28 year-old from Arezzo. "One of the first Superbike races I saw was at Assen in 1998 with that great battle between Chili and Fogarty! The old track was fantastic, full of banked curves, without any visual reference points or kerbing: it was truly the 'Cathedral' of motorcycling. Unfortunately today the track has changed a lot." Any thoughts already about the world title? "After two rounds and two wins, we come to Assen as everyone else's target: the win in the first race might have come about by chance but in England the ParkinGO team totally cleaned up! I'm in the lead of the standings with maximum points and I'm pleased that in the last race Chaz also showed he could easily fight for the win. But for sure our rivals are not giving up. Kawasaki will be wanting to make up for their disappointing results and Sam Lowes will be there as well after his technical problem at Donington." How will you approach bike set-up at Assen? "We'll continue with the development of the Bitubo suspension to find the ideal set-up and get a perfect feeling with the bike: every time we go out on the track we improve and I hope it'll continue like that in the Netherlands. Everything's going really well, I want to thank Giuliano Rovelli (in the photo with Scassa) and the entire team for the incredible support they're giving me and I hope what I'm doing on the track can continue to produce excellent results in the next few races. I'm happy, fast and on top form. Hopefully it'll continue." Read article
A quick chat with Marco MelandriSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Tuesday, 5th April 2011, 11:10 GMT
Following his maiden World Superbike win at Donington Park, WorldSBK.com caught up with Italy's Marco Melandri, who rides the No. 33 factory Yamaha YZF-R1 for the Yamaha World Superbike Team. Melandri is a newcomer to World Superbike, having spent the past seven seasons in MotoGP. Prior to moving up to MotoGP, he won the 250cc World Championship for Aprilia in 2002. After taking his first World Superbike podium with a third-place finish in the second race of the season opener in Philip Island, Australia, Melandri won the first race of the second round at England's Donington Park and backed it up with a second-place finish in the second race. He currently stands second in the championship standings with 72 points, 19 points behind current leader Carlos Checa. You have spent more than a decade riding purpose-built race bikes and prototypes. How difficult has the transition to production-based bikes been, and how have you had to adapt your riding style to suit your new Yamaha? "The biggest difference is the weight of the bike and the braking, I think everything else is relatively similar and I haven't had any difficulty adjusting. The only big difference is having to adapt your riding style that is used to MotoGP tyres, to a style more adapt for our Pirelli Superbike tyres. " In the first two rounds, you often appear to be stronger than the others entering corners. Can you please explain your apparent strength going into corners on your Yamaha? "I think that's just down to getting the right balance and having a good feeling with the bike. I feel my R1 is working perfect with my style of riding, so I feel very comfortable on it and am confident entering into the corners." Is your background as a 250cc rider been an advantage or disadvantage in coming to grips with the production-based Yamaha? "I think it was an advantage. I believe riding a two stroke bike is always the best way to learn how to use the throttle and therefore my experience on a 250 cc really helped me to master that." Now that you have contested two rounds in the Superbike World Championship after spending seven years in MotoGP, please talk about the level of competition in the two series. "WSBK is more competitive. I think many different bikes, manufacturers and riders are in with a good chance of winning a race. And that makes it so much more exciting. In MotoGP however, only 2 or 3 riders are really in with a chance of winning, so every race is always the same. You go there and you try you hardest, but in the end of the day, you are just a number." Read article
Donington Park post-race statisticsSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Tuesday, 29th March 2011, 9:31 GMT
WorldSBK.com takes a quick look at the facts & figures that emerged from the second round of the Superbike World Championship at Donington Park. QUALIFYING • For the first time in his career, Carlos Checa was able to score poles in back-to-back races. The Spanish rider can now count four pole positions and he has reached two former world champions at the seventeenth all-time spot: Fred Merkel and James Toseland;• Tom Sykes was able to start again from the front row after Imola last year; RACES • Marco Melandri won his maiden superbike race: he is the 65th winner in WSBK history, the 40th in the age ranking and the 10th Italian to do so;• Carlos Checa won his eighth race and the twentieth for Spain. The Spaniard has won five of the last eight championship races, missing out on the podium only once in this time span. Checa during the weekend was able to break all the track records: qualifying lap, race fastest lap and race distance, even though it must be said that the circuit, although not modified in lap distance, is now much faster;• Jakub Smrz scored his best-ever result, second, his second podium after the third place in the second Assen race, back in 2009, a wait of one year and eleven months;• Leon Camier scored his fourth superbike podium, matching the result he obtained last year at his other home circuit, Silverstone;• Max Biaggi was given a black flag in race two and this brought a halt to his all-time record sequence of races in the points: 39. Max has been scoring points since the 2009 Brno races;• In race one Noriyuki Haga scored his 57th fastest lap: he is already the all-time leader in this ranking, but throughout the entire 2010 season he wasn't able to post a single fastest lap with the works Ducati; SUPERSPORT • Luca Scassa scored his second win exactly one month after his maiden one in Australia and added a maiden pole to the record books;• Sam Lowes became the 40th rider to have scored at least one fastest lap in Supersport history;• First-ever presence on the front row for Chaz Davies; Read article
SBK expresses solidarity for JapanSource: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 16th March 2011, 9:20 GMT
Just like the rest of the world, Infront Motor Sports and WorldSBK.com have been moved by the natural disasters that have recently hit Japan. Last Friday a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting 10-metre high tsunami wave devastated vast coastal and inland areas of the northern part of the country, leaving a still unidentifiable number of victims, many thousands missing and homeless, the possibility of leaking radiation and the country's economy in a difficult condition. In this very sad period we would just like to express our sincerest support and solidarity to all Japanese teams, riders, manufacturers and companies involved in motorsport, to our Japanese friends and colleagues in the motorcycle industry and to the entire Japanese population. Read article


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I know it's cliche, but I thought, given that it's Thanksgiving week, I'd write about some books for which I'm thankful in lieu of an typical review.
Have you ever had that experience where you pick up a book and begin to read and it's like the author wrote it just for you? Maybe it even feels like a voice from the sky is actually speaking the words on the page to you, like it knows you?! I know it sounds creepy, but if you dig what I'm saying, then you know how comforting and inspiring it can be to have a book (or ten) that you can call your own.
I've been fortunate enough to come across the right book at the right time on multiple occasions throughout my life. Perhaps that's why I love literature and writing more than almost anything else in this gorgeous, tragic universe. Books have been my soothing companions in moments when the world was stretching me, and sometimes they've done the stretching themselves. They've made me more aware of the life around me, and they've given me a sense that I can change the world.
Here are the top 5 books for which I am most thankful. Share your own in the comments!
1. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (1967) I had the most amazing class in junior high, called Recreational Reading. Literally, all the class involved was reading. The women who co-taught it shared a classroom overflowing with books. It was better than the actual library (plus they had edgy stuff like Stephen King, so that was exciting.) It was in this class that I first picked up The Outsiders. It blew my mind. Never before had a book seduced me like this, and proceeded to break my heart. It was so…effective. Then I learned that Hinton was a teenager when she wrote it, and I immediately believed that I could be a writer. I will never not be in love with this book.
2. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) I know that everyone loves this book, so it's not very hipster of me; but I can't not mention it. I don't remember exactly when I read it–I'm thinking maybe 8th grade? All I know is that it was another mind-blower. What is it about Lee's writing that is so…perfect? I've read this book at least five times, and its evocative effect on me never fades. Certainly it made me wish Atticus was my dad (who didn't?) but more importantly I really think it opened my mind to a way of seeing the world that prioritizes courage and self-sacrifice for the sake of justice. It sparked a fire in my conscience, and, after a few readings, I realized it wasn't good enough to wish I knew Atticus; I needed to try to be him.
3. The Portrait of A Lady by Henry James (1906) I came across this beautiful piece of literature my sophomore or junior year of college in an American Literature class that happened to be taught by one of my favorite professors. So, maybe her presence had something to do with the James obsession that followed; but read The Portrait of A Lady and it's not hard to see that he's worth obsessing over. I was mesmerized by James' impressionistic style, and his long, meandering sentences that take the scenic route. I was also captivated by the relationship between Isabel Archer (the titular "Lady") and her cousin Ralph Touchett. Again, just like my experience with The Outsiders, I was overtaken by how invested in these lives I had become. The magic of fiction, man. I love it!
4. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RIlke (1929) This is a book (well, really it's a collection of letters) that I resolutely recommend to everyone. Read it at least once in your lifetime. Chances are that whenever you choose to pick it up, it will be the right moment for you. In 1903, a young writer named Franz Kappus decided to write to the poet Rilke in hopes of getting some help with his writing and some career advice. The two ended up corresponding for a number of years, and Kappus published the letters a few years after Rilke's death. A simple enough story, but here's the thing: never, in all my reading, have I encountered so much wisdom distilled into so few pages. I seriously think Rilke had a lifeline to the gods. I remember I first read this book when I had just returned to my hometown from 6 months in New Zealand and had no idea what to do with my life. I was sitting in a coffee shop going through it, and what it said to me–I started crying, right then and there. This is powerful stuff, people. And it's short, so you can carry it around with you and refer to it often. Seriously, it wouldn't be a bad idea. I consider this book my Bible.
5. Taking Leave of God by Don Cupitt (1980) Okay, we're gonna end with a little controversy here. I graduated from seminary four years ago, and halfway between that moment and now, it dawned on me that I didn't really believe (or need to believe, quite frankly) in the Christian story as historical fact. Sure, Jesus was a real person and all that; but I suddenly realized that I saw no truly compelling evidence that the cosmos worked the way I'd been taught my whole life–that "God" did not actually exist in the way that I had always believed "God" to exist. Cupitt's book–found quite coincidentally (or was it?!) in the bargain pile at Vroman's–showed me that there was a way of appreciating the Christian story and applying its ultimate significance to my life without needing to say that there was a God that actually existed who was this way or that way and that this was Truth. All of that theology had become for me, to use a phrase from an essay I just read by Peter Enns, high-maintenance. Cupitt's book helped set me free, and I've never been more satisfied with where I stand (or shuffle around quite a bit, as it were) on the spiritual side of things.
So, there you have it. The five books for which I am most grateful. Like I said, please share your own list in the comments below. I love trading book ideas!
Also, one final note: the links provided here go to Amazon, which I feel conflicted about because they've changed the market in a way that is difficult for regular bookstores; but they provide a lot of information that can be helpful in deciding whether or not to read a book, and also a space for used books to be sold, so if you can please buy your books from there used. Even better, if a book sounds good to you from the reviews on Amazon, try to find what you're looking for from a local, independent bookstore first. To my readers in the Pasadena area, as I know many of you are, I highly recommend Book Alley on Colorado.
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Raleigh conference showcases N.C. tech sector
Allison Wood finished singing under the bright lights with a flourish, raising her arm with fingers extended on her last note.
She sang Wednesday as part of a pitch to try to win new investors for a business she co-founded, Chapel Hill-based LCMS Plus Inc.
The start-up is working to build a business for an educational computer system for schools of medicine and other health fields.
Wood said they need investors to help them add staff. She said she hoped the song would get attention.
"We just have to find the best investors, some wicked smart investors, and together we'll take (it) all the way," she sang.
She was one of a string of entrepreneurs who made two-minute pitches at the CED Tech Venture Conference 2013, which brought investors and entrepreneurs together at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Hosted by the Durham-based nonprofit Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the conference included pitches from aspiring tech entrepreneurs, as well as talks from executives at larger companies such as Bronto Software, a Durham-based email marketing company that now employs about 170 people.
Entrepreneurs pitched a range of new businesses and products. The participants included Wake Forest-based FokusLabs, a start-up that's working to build a business for a wristband that vibrates to help provide focus to people with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
It also included Raleigh-based Platinix LLC, which was spun out from an N.C. State University materials science laboratory. Brian C. Iezzi, Platinix's co-founder and director of business development, said that the company wants to build on research into a material they believe can be used to more cheaply make fuel for hydrogen-powered vehicles.
As for LCMS Plus, the company is a spin-out out of the Duke School of Medicine. Wood said health-related schools have complex and different computer system requirements. The system was initially built internally for the Duke medical school, she said, and was spun out in 2011. She said other schools are using the system and others are knocking at their door, so they're looking to raise money to hire additional developers.
The pitches at the conference showed the maturity of the technology sector in the state, said Joan Siefert Rose, president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, in an interview at the conference on Wednesday.
The conference started 29 years ago, she said, to get North Carolina and the Triangle on the map for investors looking for opportunities.
Now she said there's a competitive system for entrepreneurs that want to pitch, and they also showcase later-stage, more established businesses.
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I nearly became a contestant... But, I suppose, wasn't lucky enough or maybe I got them scared by answering too many questions they asked me on the phone. :) Anyways, I just love this game. Long live WWTBAM!
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Have you ever heard something so good, you don't care if no one else likes it you just feel the urge to make everyone check it out? Well that this right now, recently while checking out new ARTists, I came across an artist by the name of JMSN who recently at the end of last year released an EP titled, "Pllajë". I swear, the orchestration on this project will make you either want to call everyone you know and go to an Medieval style war, or sit in a dark room while blazing some of the best weed you can afford. This 10 track EP is literally the definition of MUSIC. make sure to check it out below and let know what you think. Listen


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Josh Mellette (SLHS) proved to be unstoppable last week as the 6'5" forward dominated the court scoring a season and career high 28 points while adding 14 rebounds, seven assists, four steals and four blocked shots in leading Wake Tech (10-6, 4-1) past Tidewater CC, 105-64. Mellette shot 75 percent, going 12-of-16 from the floor while knocking down four-of-six foul shots. This was Mellette's 12th double/double of the season. Wake Tech would later succumb to Louisburg College, 99-83, in their second game of the week.
Mellette currently leads the Eagles in three major categories — rebounds, averaging 11.3 a game; blocks, averaging 3.7 a game, and shooting percentage at 66.7 percent per game. He is Wake's second-leading scorer this season averaging 14.9 points per game. The Eagles will be on the road for both games this week, traveling to Pitt CC on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game and then a rematch with Tidewater CC on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Akeem Richmond (SLHS) and East Carolina (11-5, 0-1) dropped their Conference USA opener in falling to Old Dominion, 81-70. Richmond was the Pirates' second leading scorer going 5-of-13 from the field, 4-of-11 from behind the arc, to finish with 14 points while adding three rebounds, two assists and a steal in 28 minutes of play. After the loss, Richmond reflected on the game, "They weren't doing anything too tricky; we just didn't have a good game defensively. Guys were just beating us one-on-one. Ball screens really hurt us. I don't want to make up any excuses, we were just sloppy. We can't get down on ourselves, we can't panic or anything like that. We have to really stay positive and keep working." The Pirates will look to rebound this week as they travel to Florida for their first conference road games of the season facing Florida Atlantic on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Florida International on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Alex Tucker (LCHS) and Bethel University (10-4, 2-2) had their game against Hiwassee College postponed last week, and then picked up a 77-58 victory over Southern Polytechnic State University. The Wildcats will be on the road this week, traveling to William Carey University on Thursday for a 7:30 p.m. game and the University of Mobile on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tipoff.
Mark Riches (Grace), DJ McEachin (Grace), Elijah Buie (Grace) and Davis College return to action tonight after a long Christmas break as they travel to Penn State Worthington for an 8 p.m. tipoff. The Falcons will have two more road games this week, traveling to Berkeley College of New Jersey on Thursday for a 6 p.m. game and Broome CC on Saturday for a 3 p.m. contest.
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Brianna Taylor (SLHS) and Wake Tech (5-4, 2-2) were defeated by Lenoir CC, 91-81. Taylor led the Lady Eagles in steals with five while adding a rebound and an assist. Wake Tech will play four games this week having traveled to Cape Fear CC yesterday, they return home to host Brunswick CC on Wednesday at 6 p.m. and then hit the road again for away games against Northern Virginia CC on Saturday at 3 p.m. and Guilford Tech CC at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Hailee Lilly (LCHS) and 13th-ranked McKendree University (11-8) finished eighth in the NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals in Des Moines, Iowa, after going 2-3 in the tournament. The Bearcats opened the tournament downing 14th-ranked Midland University 35-1, but then fell to top-seeded King College 45-2. On the second day, McKendree knocked off eighth-ranked Missouri Valley College 27-20, but then fell in the consolation bracket to Lindenwood 36-11 and sixth-seeded Campbellsville University 35-12. Lilly is wrestling this season in the 130-pound class competing against two other Bearcats for mat time.
Nick Durazo (LCHS) and the East Carolina Pirates baseball team announced that they will host "Meet the Pirates" on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 11 a.m. at the Murphy Center's Harvey Banquet Hall. "Meet the Pirates" offers fans a chance to get autographs and photos of the ECU baseball team as well as enjoy a catered lunch with the Pirate coaches and players. Pirate baseball play-by-play announcer Darren Headrick will serve as the emcee. After lunch, fans are encouraged to head over to Clark-LeClair Stadium to enjoy the Pirate baseball intra-squad scrimmage, which will start at approximately 2:30 p.m. Durazo returns for his sophomore year as a left-handed pitcher having picked up a considerable amount of experience during his freshman season having played in 10 games, starting in six of them. His final 2013 season stats included a 1-4 record with a 7.36 ERA in 29 innings with 16 strikeouts. The Pirates open their season on Feb. 14 when they host James Madison for a three-game series.
Dillon Frye (LCHS) transferred during the offseason from N.C. State to Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where the junior right-handed pitcher will look to make a difference on the Sharks' pitching staff. Nova Southeastern will open its season with an alumni game on Jan. 25 at the NSU Baseball Complex with the 2014 season set to start one week later as the Sharks host Tusculum in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
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It was just the second shootout win of the year for the Blues, who have had an horrific time finding ways to get the puck home in the skills portion of the competition. They managed to miss seeing Martin Brodeur, currently out with an ankle injury, and I don't think any of the Blues' players were complaining. The Devils' backup, Johan Hedberg, played reasonably well in place of Brodeur, but any time you can avoid playing against a surefire Hall of Famer you don't get too very upset about it.
There were two really encouraging things about this game; one very general and one very specific.
Let's start with the specific: it was good to see Patrik Berglund and Chris Stewart contribute. Berglund continues to frustrate with his inconsistency, oscillating wildly between a physical presence on the boards with a sniper's shot and a timid dump-and-chase specialist. Trouble is, you never really know which Berglund is going to show up on any given night. Stewart has had just a miserable season to this point, and the clock is beginning to tick on him having any chance of turning it around and really salvaging the year.
The important thing about Berglund's goal last night wasn't actually the shot itself; he deflected a high puck from about three feet. Not exactly a masterpiece of the shooter's art. What was important, though, was where Berglund tipped the puck in from. He was right in front of the net, a space his frame and strength would seem to make him an ideal candidate to occupy. All too often, though, we see him elsewhere, on the periphery rather than taking up space down low in the crease. He needs to go to there far more often.
Stewart's goal was just a good old fashioned power forward scoring play. Not much to say about it and not much that would make it all that special except for the exceeding rarity with which he's executed exactly that play this season. I've been fooled too many times by Stewart this year to predict yet another breakout; I'm just going to be glad for the goals he scores whenever he scores them.
The more general point about the game last night that is so encouraging is this: the Blues won a game in which they did not get miraculous goaltending. Night after night we see this team win when the defense puts the screws to the opposition and the goalie play is airtight; last night neither of those things were true.
Jaroslav Halak had a really rough outing, his first in a very, very long time. Brian Elliott probably deserves the game's MVP award for his work after taking over for Jaro. Even so, Elliott made a few very nice stops -- one breakaway by Adam Henrique looked like an absolute sure thing to me -- but didn't have to completely stand on his head. Instead, the Blues just played good enough defense and the talent on the offensive side led the comeback.
Great teams in any sport can beat you a variety of ways. Teams with just one way of winning (see also: 2011 Patriots), invariably become exposed somewhere along the line. That has been the case with this Blues team at times, as they simply don't score enough many nights to compensate for a goalie having a rough outing or a freak soft goal or two finding the net. Last night, though, they had to score to win and score they did. It isn't a magic fix, by any means, but it's mightily encouraging to see all the same.
David Perron did score the other goal, his third in two games, but that's just what David Perron does. Berglund and Stewart score? Instant column! David Perron scores? Not so much. Chalk it up to the pitfalls of brilliance.
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And a little background information... my boyfriend & I have been together for just over a year now, but unfortunately he lives across the country. He flew over (for the first time) to see me and go on a 6-day Disneyland vacation with me. I've been to Disneyland tons of times but he'd never been, so we tried to get as much done as possible. Luckily for us, the week was incredibly slow and almost all of the rides were walk-ons.
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We couldn't go into the actual parks until the next day, so after we settled into the hotel room, we wandered around Downtown Disney and had dinner at the Jazz Kitchen Express. I had the gumbo... it was alright but not nearly as good as the rest of the gumbo you can find in the resort.
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By G. Chambers Williams, The Tennessean
As Americans observe Labor Day, the working person's holiday, a
once-strong labor union faces a watershed moment in its efforts to
rebuild membership by organizing autoworkers in an increasingly
anti-union South.
The UAW, or International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, has
ramped up efforts to gain a foothold amid the booming
foreign-transplant auto industry below the Mason-Dixon Line, most
recently by targeting a sprawling Nissan
plant in Canton, Miss., where workers' average wages are $1.50 an hour
less than those at a comparable Nissan factory near Nashville.
battle to unionize Canton - where the workforce is 75 percent
African-American - has garnered the support of the NAACP chapter there
as well as church ministers.
But winning a union vote - or even getting one scheduled - will be a daunting task.
officials are fighting back vigorously, and the automaker has a strong
track record of fending off the UAW. Eleven years ago, Nissan defeated
the most recent organizing push at its Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plant,
arguing that workers didn't need a union local to get a fair shake or
competitive pay.
The stakes remain high, though, as the union
tries to rebuild its sagging membership. The UAW has watched membership
tank from a high of 1.5 million in 1979 to just 390,000 nationwide today
as the U.S. auto industry as a whole downsized, shuttered plants and
laid off workers during the recession.
"The UAW is really
desperate to add membership, especially now that they are at a quarter
of their peak," said David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Michigan-based
Center for Automotive Research and son of former General Motors'
President Edward Cole.
It's unclear whether a UAW victory in Canton would spark follow-up campaigns to organize
other plants, including Nissan's Smyrna facility again or the new
Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, both of which have seen recent
production increases.
Tennessee has always been a tough market for
labor unions, said Gary Moore, president of the state's branch of the
AFL-CIO and a former president of the Tennessee Professional Fire
Fighters Association. In 2011, only 4.6 percent of Tennessee's workers
were members of unions, compared with the national average of 11.8
Unions have lost power elsewhere in the state. Last year, Gov. Bill
Haslam signed a bill into law that critics blasted as a Republican
effort to break the main teachers union, the Tennessee Education
Association, by abolishing collective bargaining in more than 90 school
districts. Formal contract negotiations have been replaced with a
concept dubbed "collaborative conferencing," basically non-binding
discussions that strip away much of the teachers union's clout.
powers that be in Tennessee are anti-union and are pressing companies
like Volkswagen not to let (unions) in," Moore said. "Public employees
in Tennessee don't have any real negotiating rights, and teachers had it
until it was taken away last year."
UAW officials, who tried and
failed to organize Nissan's Smyrna plant several years ago, argue that
the autoworkers union is more partner than corporate foe these days as
carmakers strive to rebound from weak sales.
"We fully understand that for our members to prosper, the company has to be successful," said Gary Casteel, Lebanon-based director of the UAW's District 8, which includes most of the South.
He also understands what's at stake as the UAW attempts to rebuild its membership after years of decline.
not in boom times for unions," Casteel said. "But the numbers are
coming back. We lost members not because the companies were going
non-union; they were just closing their facilities."
Organizing Nissan workers at Canton will be extremely difficult
unless the UAW can make a plausible case they need the union, said Sujit
CanagaRetna, an expert on the South's auto industry who works for the
Council of Governments' Southern office in Atlanta.
Foreign auto
plants have been providing jobs and expanding during a down economy,
while their U.S. auto-industry counterparts were closing plants and
laying off workers.
"The backdrop is that the foreign automakers
rank among the most successful industries in the country, and they have
been a real economic
driver for the entire South during an anemic national economic
picture," CanagaRetna said. "Nissan workers average $60,000 a year, and
that is very good in that part of country."
No vote has been
scheduled in Canton yet. The UAW is still trying to get enough workers
to sign cards to force a union referendum.
The UAW failed in two
highly publicized prior efforts to organize workers at the Nissan plant
in Smyrna. Both concluded in overwhelming votes against the union, the
last time in 2001. There also have been two previous unsuccessful
attempts (but no votes taken) to organize the Canton workers, the last
time in 2007.
This time, the union is keying on a couple of
issues: an hourly pay difference of about $1.50 between Canton and
Smyrna assembly workers, as well as some incompatibilities in benefits;
and the fairly recent practice of Nissan to hire temporary "associate"
workers rather than putting new hires on the payroll as regular
Canton assembly worker Morris Mock, 38, who has been with Nissan almost 10 years, is among those pushing to bring in the union.
"I think it's a great idea," he said. "I think the UAW would give the technicians a voice."
There are serious issues that need to be solved, Mock said.
put pressure on you to produce, produce, produce and keep the line
moving, even when a technician is saying we need to slow the line down
to make sure this car is right," he said. "It's stressful when you
always have a whip over your head.
"There's a lot of fear inside
the factory," he added. "We're trying to organize a union, and the
company is completely against it, as we expected. They're holding round
tables and even showing videos about plant closings to try to scare my
brothers and sisters."
Mock said anti-union T-shirts are being
handed out in the plant and that workers who turn them down are
penalized by not getting overtime or other perks. The shirts are
emblazoned with messages such as, "If You Want a Union, Move to
Other Nissan employees at the plant see no reason to
unionize. Assembly worker Stephanie Sutton, 48, said she's the person
behind the "no union" T-shirts, and that no managers are involved in
that project.
"I've been handing out the T-shirts," Sutton said. "I wanted to stand up and say, 'Hey, I'm pro-Nissan.' "
Before she signed on with Nissan in 2003, Sutton was a single mother making $20 a day selling jewelry from a booth at the Jackson Medical Mart. Today, she earns $23 an hour and sees a big benefit for her family.
Nissan said it doesn't believe its workers need a union, and it has been telling employees just that.
communicate routinely with our workers in all of our facilities, and
the topic of union organizing is very important to our business," said
Nissan spokesman David Reuter. "We have talked openly about it with our
Jay Moon, president of the Mississippi Manufacturers
Association, took part in his state's economic development efforts to
recruit Nissan, and he says a low rate of unionization in the South was a
key selling point.
"Our opinion is we don't feel unions have a
place in the state," Moon said. "The workers of Mississippi consistently
vote against unions in the rare instance that it even comes to a vote."
argue that companies should evaluate the quality of a state's education
system or determine how progressive a city is socially before moving a
plant or corporate headquarters somewhere, and that union status of
workers shouldn't make any difference. But union officials who have
fought and lost battles in the South say that's a pipe dream.
is more difficult in the South for labor unions to get traction, and
that's just the way things are," said Robert O'Connell, head of the
Tennessee State Employees Association, a group that lobbies on behalf of
public employees but has no power to negotiate for its members. "The
South has a history of being less than friendly to unions."
But as
for today's holiday, he said: "On Labor Day, we should stop and think
about the value of those who pack their lunch pails every day and go to
work to do their jobs. It's on their backs that our economic system was


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