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Playoffs underway, more drama to come
(Ed. Note: For the complete Falmouth-Greely, Greely-Waynflete and Greely-Yarmouth boys' soccer and Falmouth-Cape Elizabeth and Greely-Yarmouth girls' soccer game stories, please visit theforecaster.net)
The postseason is now in full swing for every sport save football (please see story). Cross country had its conference championship meet Friday (please see story). Golf wrapped up its 2012 campaign with individual championships Saturday. Field hockey's playoffs are underway and soccer and volleyball will commence starting this weekend.
Here's a glimpse:
Golf's individual championships were held Saturday at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.
In the girls' final, Yarmouth standout Monica Austin finished one shot shy of the title, as her round of 85 was only bested by Bangor's Alice Hwang (84). Greely's Sarah Hansen tied Westbrook's Paige Fogg for third (86). Yarmouth's Grace King placed fifth with an 87. Yarmouth's Jordan Brown tied Mt. Desert Island's Morgan Kelley for ninth with a 92.
In boys' action, in Class A (won by Gorham's Mike Caron with a 75), Greely's Kyle Bickford tied Scarborough's Kyle Parrott for 10th with an 82. Greely's Kyle Megathlin and Tom Buchholz finished in a four-way tie for fourth, with Bangor's Drew Powell and Gorham's Spencer LaPierre, with a round of 83. Falmouth's Joe Lesniak tied Gorham's Andrew Scontras, Lewiston's Cameron Marquis, Oceanside's Nick Mazuerk and Thornton Academy's Brett Baasch for 17th with an 88. Greely's Tucker Hawkinson and Bailey Train tied Lawrence's Tyler Boudreau for 30th with a 94.
In Class B, Yarmouth's Red DeSmith shot a 77 and tied Maranacook's Luke Ruffin for second behind champion Reese McFarlane of Cape Elizabeth (74). Yarmouth's Cal Cooper tied Wells' Nick Audet for ninth with an 82. Freeport's Nick Cartmell tied Hermon's Tyler Thayer and York's Luke Claflin for 13th with a round of 86. Yarmouth's Nick Lainey shot an 88 and tied Camden Hills' Julian Starbird and Lake Region's Adam Falk for 19th.
In Class C, North Yarmouth Academy's Brad Potter was 27th (95) and teammate Ryan Walters placed 28th (96).
Field hockey
Four of five Forecaster Country field hockey teams qualified for the postseason and all four were still alive at press time.
In Western B, Falmouth finished the regular season 8-4-2 with a 4-0 home win over Wells last Wednesday, as Elle Fitzgerald, Mikey Richards, Jillian Rothweiler and Leika Scott had goals.
"Our goal was to qualify for playoffs," said Falmouth coach Robin Haley. "I'm happy about that. Overall, I'm very pleased with the season. Early on, we had to fill some big shoes. There were some games I would have liked to see go the other way, but we continued to improve and we were competitive."
The Yachtsmen finished sixth in the Heal Points standings and hosted No. 11 Poland in the preliminary round Saturday. The teams didn't play in the regular season and had no postseason history. Falmouth shot to a 2-0 lead at halftime and went on to a 5-0 triumph behind two goals from Richards and one each from Rothweiler, Sarah Sparks and Ruth Shaw. Fitzgerald and Hayley Winslow had assists.
"The girls started out a little nervous since it was a playoff game, however, they were able to move the ball around and keep it in the offensive end for the majority of the time," said Haley. "Both Sarah Sparks and Katie Cooleen had a great defensive game."
The Yachtsmen advanced to play at No. 3 Leavitt (11-3) in the semifinals Tuesday. The teams don't play in the regular season. The lone prior playoff meeting resulted in a 2-0 Falmouth win in the 2009 quarterfinals.
"We saw Leavitt during preseason, however, they were missing many of their starters," Haley said. "Leavitt is fast, strong and highly skilled. We anticipate a very competitive game. Hopefully, we will make a smooth transition from turf to the grass. This season has really been about the team who makes the least amount of mistakes. Most of our games, along with Leavitt's, have been decided by one goal."
If Falmouth sprung the upset, it would go to No. 2 Fryeburg (12-2) or host No. 7 Cape Elizabeth (9-6) in the semifinals Saturday. During the regular season, the Yachtsmen lost twice to Fryeburg, 2-1 at home and 3-1 away, and swept the Capers, 3-0 away and 2-0 at home.
Yarmouth finished the regular year 7-6-1 after a 2-1 loss at Cape Elizabeth last Wednesday. Kallie Hutchinson had the goal in that one. The Clippers earned the No. 9 seed and had to travel to No. 8 Mountain Valley in Saturday's preliminary round. The teams don't play in the regular season. The lone prior playoff meetings came in the 2000 second round (a 2-0 Yarmouth triumph), the 2001 preliminary round (a 3-1 Clippers' victory) and the 2002 preliminary round (a 2-1 Yarmouth win in overtime).
Saturday, Yarmouth fell behind early, 1-0, but drew even on Emma Peterson's goal (assisted by Carlene Shaw). Peterson scored again after halftime (from Hutchinson) to give the Clippers a 2-1 lead, but the Falcons tied the score and forced overtime where Hutchinson played the hero, scoring on a penalty corner to give Yarmouth a stirring 3-2 triumph, its first in the postseason since 2004.
"The girls played great on Saturday," said Clippers coach Mandy Lewis. "They came out with intensity and set the tone early. We ended the first half with even more effort and intensity than we came out with at the start of the game. We created more offensive opportunities than we have seen yet in a competitive game this season. At the end of regulation, the girls were ready to take them on 7 vs. 7. It didn't take long for us to force an offensive corner and put one in the net for sudden victory. As a coach, you always hope your team will peak at the right time, and it definitely feels like that is happening for us."
Yarmouth's reward for the victory was a trip to No. 1 Lake Region (13-1) in the quarterfinals Wednesday. The Clippers lost at home to the Lakers, 4-1, and also fell in Naples Sept. 27, 2-0. Last fall, Lake Region ousted Yarmouth in the preliminary round, 4-0. The teams also met in the 1999 semifinals (a 2-1 Clippers' triumph) and the 2003 preliminary round (a 3-1 Lake Region win).
"We are in great shape to face Lake Region," Lewis said. "We lost during our season opener, but were tied at the half. We lost when we traveled to Lake Region a few weeks ago, an improvement from the opening loss, but were down a few key players. Now in postseason play, everyone is healthy and we are putting all of the pieces together for a major upset. The girls are so excited."
If Yarmouth was able to shock the world, it would go to either No. 4 York (10-3-1) or No. 5 Spruce Mountain (11-2-1) in the semifinals Saturday. The Clippers don't play the Phoenix in the regular season. They did fall at York in the lone regular season meeting, 4-0.
Greely wound up 2-10-2 and finished 12th in Western B, but only 11 teams made the postseason.
In Western C, two-time defending state champion NYA ended another stellar season 12-2 with a 1-0 win at Sacopee Wednesday.
"With a 12-2 record and losses only to two excellent Class B teams, York and Falmouth, we are very happy with the team's regular season play," said Panthers coach Tracy Quimby. "This year's defense, with a year of experience behind them, has been solid. Also as anticipated, our midfielders have stepped up the game's offense. Eight players have scored and five forwards share the majority of goals and assists."
The Panthers earned the No. 2 seed in the Heals behind Lisbon and hosted No. 7 Sacopee (2-11-1) in the quarterfinals Tuesday. In addition to the season finale, NYA handled the Hawks at home, 4-0, on Sept. 18. In previous playoff meetings, Sacopee triumphed, 1-0, in overtime, in the 1997 quarterfinals, 2-1, in the 1999 quarterfinals, 2-0 in the 2000 quarterfinals and 2-1 in the 2006 quarterfinals. The Panthers beat the Hawks, 4-0, in the 2007 quarterfinals and 2-1 in last year's regional final.
"Going into the playoffs in second place has been good to us," said Quimby, alluding to last year's title run. "And, we have already played five of the seven teams in the playoffs twice each. We know our competition. They have challenged us and we look forward to our next game. Nothing is a given. Nothing will be handed to us. This team knows that they will have to work hard for every win they earn. They have the talent and the determination. It is up to them. "
A quarterfinal win would allow the Panthers to either host No. 3 Waynflete (8-4-2) or No. 6 Dirigo (5-8-1) in the semifinals Saturday. NYA didn't play Dirigo this year. The Panthers swept the Flyers, 4-0 away and 5-0 at home. NYA also beat Waynflete in the 2010 quarterfinals, 10-0.
Freeport finished the regular season 5-8-1 with a 3-2 loss to visiting Traip last Wednesday. The Falcons got goals from Sydney Ambrose and Emily Sturtevant. Tallie Martin made six saves. Freeport earned the No. 5 seed in Western C and the Rangers wound up fourth, sending the Falcons to Traip for a quarterfinal round game Wednesday. Freeport lost, 1-0, at the Rangers Sept. 18. In last year's quarterfinals, Traip beat the host Falcons, 4-1. The teams also met in the 1991 quarterfinals (a 2-0 Freeport victory ) and the 1992 quarterfinals (a 1-0 Traip win).
If the Falcons survived the quarterfinals, they'd go to top-ranked Lisbon (13-0-1) or host No. 8 Old Orchard Beach (3-11) Saturday in the semifinals. Freeport doesn't face the Greyhounds in the regular season. The Falcons beat the visiting Seagulls, 5-0, and lost at Old Orchard Beach, 2-1, in overtime, in the regular year.
Looking ahead, the regional finals are Tuesday at Scarborough High School. The state finals are Saturday, Oct. 27, at the University of Maine in Orono.
Boys' soccer
The boys' soccer regular season came to a close Tuesday night and while final playoff positioning was yet to be determined, all five local teams had hopes of earning a postseason spot.
In Western A, Greely closed with a flourish, winning games at defending Class C champion Waynflete (4-1), longtime nemesis Yarmouth (2-0) and reigning Class B champion Falmouth (1-0) to wind up 10-4.
Against the Flyers, Greely got a goal from Ben Ingraham just 95 seconds in, then got a pair of tallies from Jacob Nason and a late score from Matt Crowley in the second half.
"I feel like we moved the ball more today," Crowley said. "We weren't selfish and we played smart."
"It was workmanlike," said Greely coach Mike Andreasen. "We needed this to help distance ourselves a little bit. That's what we did. The score looks like we won comfortably, but we didn't."
At Yarmouth, the Rangers snapped a five-year, nine-game losing streak to the Clippers. After a scoreless first half, Greely got the only goal it would need just 74 seconds into the second half, thanks to a great individual effort from Mitchel Donovan. With 27:16 to go, Nason finished a feed from junior Crowley and goalkeeper Elijah Leverett and the Greely defense did the rest, slamming the door on a 2-0 win.
It feels so good," said Leverett, who had previously lost to Yarmouth as the starting goalie as a sophomore, junior and senior. "We knew they'd come out as hard as we do, so that meant we had to go that much harder. We knew we could win it."
"It's big for us going into the playoffs," said Donovan. "It made us feel like we can go in strong and win some games. It's been a long time. It's great to get a win over them at their own house."
At the Yachtsmen, after an even first half with good, yet futile opportunities on both sides, Falmouth controlled play in the second half, but couldn't break through. Then, with 8:42 to play, Greely got a rare chance and Nason delivered.
"It feels great," Nason said. "We really brought it. I knew we could do it. In practice, we started to peak this past week. It's paid off."
"We got back on the map last year," said Andreasen . "This year, we wanted to go a step further and make a dent. We've made strides. I didn't think we'd get to 10-4 when we were 7-4, but the kids persevered and were mentally tough."
The Rangers will likely be the No. 3 seed and will have a bye into the quarterfinals. They next take the field Wednesday of next week.
"I think we have a good run in us," said Nason. "We'll have a good week of practice. I think we're in good shape."
In Western B, Yarmouth will either finish first or second, depending on how Maraancook did in its finale, at Winslow, Tuesday. The Clippers finished 10-1-3 after sandwiching wins at Fryeburg (2-1, in overtime) and at home over York (2-1) around the 2-0 home loss to Greely.
Against the Raiders, David Clemmer (from Wyatt Jackson) had the lone goal. In the loss, goalkeeper Andrew Fochler made three saves. Against the Wildcats, the Clippers rallied from down 1-0 in the second half, tying the score on David Murphy's tally with 21 minutes left. Eleven minutes later, a Murphy corner kick was headed home by Max Watson for the winner.
Yarmouth didn't finish undefeated, but considering all the holes the Clippers had to fill and all the young players who see huge chunks of playing time, the regular season was excellent.
"We never mentioned the fact we hadn't lost this year," said Yarmouth coach Mike Hagerty. "With our schedule, we don't expect to go undefeated. It's really hard to do that. Our goal seems silly, but we always worry about the next game."
Falmouth entered its regular season finale versus visiting York third in Western B with an 8-3-2 record. The Yachtsmen sandwiched 1-0 losses at Cape Elizabeth and at home to Greely around a 3-0 home victory over Poland last week. J.P. White had two goals and Cooper Lycan one in the win. Against the Rangers, Falmouth had great chances, but couldn't finish.
"You don't get points for possession," said Yachtsmen coach Dave Halligan. "You have to put the ball in the net. I'm not upset at my players. I wish I could be upset with something we didn't do, but we just didn't put the ball in the net. If we hadn't created opportunities, I'd be more concerned."
Falmouth will likely either be third or fourth for the playoffs.
"We don't worry about the (Heal Points)," Halligan said. "We just worry about what we can take care of. We had a tough ending stretch with Cape, Yarmouth, York and Greely. I think we're making progress."
The Clippers and Yachtsmen will open the playoffs Wednesday of next week in the quarterfinals.
Freeport still had hope entering its finale, versus visiting Gray-New Gloucester, Tuesday. The Falcons fell to 2-9-2 with losses last week to visiting York (3-0) and at Fryeburg (4-2). Connor Dietrich and Jack Davenport had the goals against the Raiders. Freeport was 12th in Western B entering the finale, but would make the cut and earn a road preliminary round test Saturday with a win over the Patriots.
In Western C, NYA closed with a 3-1 loss (D.J. Nicholas had the goal) at Gray-New Gloucester last Tuesday to finish 8-5-1 and seventh in the Heals. The Panthers will likely have a quarterfinal round test at old rival St. Dom's Wednesday of next week.
Girls' soccer
On the girls' side, Greely went 3-0-1 down the stretch to wind up 9-3-2. The Rangers blanked visiting Waynflete, 3-0, rallied for a 2-1 triumph at Yarmouth, settled for a 1-1 draw at Falmouth, then closed with a 10-0 romp at Lake Region.
Against the Flyers, Izzy Hutnak scored twice and Julia Mitiguy had one goal. Mitiguy and Gabby Morris had assists. In the win over the Clippers, Hutnak and Mitiguy both scored in the second half. Mitiguy and Young had assists.
"We definitely picked it up, came out and set the tone," said Mitiguy. "We were first to the ball and set the pace. We didn't come out ready to play. They set the tone in the first half, but we turned that around and had more intensity in the second half. It's important to score early in the second half."
"(The girls) did a good job keeping their composure," said Greely coach Michael Kennedy. "Second half, we played our line higher and played better. There's still a ways to go. It's a younger team. We're still getting it."
In the draw, Kristina Volta scored. Goalkeeper Caton Beaulieu preserved the tie with 12 saves.
"We wanted to win," said Kennedy. "I think (Falmouth) played for the tie. We played well and outpassed them. We really moved the ball we wanted. They packed it in a little bit."
In the finale, Hutnak, Mitiguy and Morrill all had two goals.
"We'll be 5 or 6 (in the Heals), which gets us a home prelim (Friday)," Kennedy. "We're playing the way I want. We're unbeaten in our last eight games and only gave up two goals."
In Western B, Falmouth entered its finale at York Tuesday hopeful of ending its late season struggles and leapfrogging Morse for the top spot in the standings. Last week, the Yachtsmen fell at home to Cape Elizabeth (3-1), at Poland (1-0) and played visiting Greely to a 1-1 tie.
Tyler Spence had the lone goal in the loss to the Capers.
"I welcome adversity," said Falmouth coach Wally LeBlanc. "I really do. Games like tonight are what help us grow and hopefully strengthen us down the road. When you cruise through the season and everything goes right, you just think it will. Let's face it. In the playoffs, anything can happen."
Against the Rangers, Julia Spugnardi scored.
"We knew the last four games of the season would be difficult," said LeBlanc. "I like the way the girls worked as a team for each other today. We'll try to figure out how to finish strong going into the playoffs."
Falmouth will open its title defense Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
Yarmouth and Freeport appear prelim-bound, as the Clippers were seventh and the Falcons eighth in the Western B Heals at press time.
Yarmouth sandwiched home wins over Fryeburg (1-0) and York (2-0) around a 2-1 home loss to Greely last week to finish 4-6-4. Against the Raiders, Tess Merrill had the goal. In the loss, Merrill scored again, but the Clippers couldn't hold a 1-0 halftime lead.
"The second half, (Greely) put more numbers up and we didn't mark them like we needed to," Yarmouth coach Rich Smith said. "They're definitely a good team and they stepped up. We didn't match them. I feel like we're close. We're as good as anybody. When the girls put their minds to it, they can do it. We've played good teams tough."
Against the Wildcats, Merrill and Eavan O'Neill had the goals.
Freeport lost, 1-0, at York last Tuesday, but beat visiting Poland, 1-0, in the finale Saturday to wind up 6-7-1. Ashley Richardson had the goal in the victory.
In Western C, NYA finished 3-11 and 12th in the Heals, but only the top 11 teams qualified for the playoffs. After falling at Traip (4-0) and Wells (2-1, in double overtime), the Panthers closed with a 3-0 home win over Buckfield.
Reigning Class A volleyball state champion Greely finished the regular season on an eight-game win streak, closing with victories at Cape Elizabeth (3-0), Falmouth (3-2) and at home over Cheverus (3-0). The Rangers (12-2) will be the No. 2 seed for the playoffs and will likely host No. 7 Falmouth Saturday.
The Yachtsmen finished 9-5 after Friday's 3-2 home loss to Greely.
Defending Class B champion Yarmouth closed the regular season with a 3-0 win over NYA to wind up 10-4 and fourth in the standings. Grace Mallett had 13 service points and seven aces in the finale. Kate Myers finished with eight service points and six kills. The Clippers will likely host Machias in the quarterfinals Saturday.
NYA finished 1-12 and ninth in Class B (where the top seven teams qualify). Last weekend, the Panthers lost to Narraguagus (3-2), Jonesport-Beals (3-0) and Machias (3-1) and defeated Sumner (3-1).


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Total revenue from all Android tablets combined has for the first time exceeded Apple's revenue for its iPad sales, according to IDC data crunched by Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty.
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Wired also tests heat of new iPad, finds it middle of tablet road
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Pew Research published some incredibly impressive tablet sales data over the weekend. From December to January, tablet ownership almost doubled.
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Amazon to launch its iPad competitor on September 28th?
If all of the rumors are true, Amazon has a 7-inch "media tablet" that runs a forked version of Android and will connect to all of Amazon's services, including its Appstore, Movies, TV, Music and of course eBooks. It won't be true multi-touch but the rumored price is half of the iPad's (just like the screen) at $250. Who is making this for Amazon? Foxconn of course.
Yes, it sounds just like a Nook (which is getting an interesting update soon) with a better backend store.
YouGov survey shows rise of the two iPad household
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And more from our Gossip Girl: Former ad man Peter Rogers, then and now … David Cronenberg's new Carl Jung biopic (was E.L. Doctorow's right?)
"AS A matter of racial pride, we want to be called blacks. Which has replaced the term African-American. Which replaced Negroes. Which replaced colored people. Which replaced darkies. Which replaced blacks."
This was used by cartoonist Jules Feiffer in one of his perspicacious drawings. I thought of it on the opening night last week of "The Mountaintop," a play about Dr. Martin Luther King on the eve before his assassination. More on this play further on.
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Recently, I was writing here about Janet Jackson in the new "What becomes a legend most?" ads for Blackgama mink.
I noted that the creator of the original advertising slogan, one Peter Rogers, now lives in New Orleans and has a new career as a portrait painter. He disapproves of the new ads and is not an enthusiast when it comes to Janet Jackson.
Lo and behold, this very morning, sorting through my papers, I discover an interesting photograph of my good friend Peter, so I thought you might like to see it. Here he is, posing with a painting of the late socialite and fashion icon Nan Kempner.
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I SEE that there is a new movie coming about the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (to be played by Michael Fassbender) and his "father figure," Sigmund Freud (to be played by Viggo Mortensen.)
The film is David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method." Critic Graham Fuller in Vanity Fair magazine describes it all as "coolly perverse" and calls it a "new seductive psychodrama."
I just wondered if the movie will offer up even a fraction of the facts about Jung? These, according to the brilliant writer E. L. Doctorow, explain what a braggart and sexual conquest person Jung became as he fell out with Freud. And I wonder if any of the film deals with Jung's embrace of spiritualism and pagan mystery cults. There is also his rampant anti-Semitism. (He believed Aryans were heroic and Jews weren't). Then he embraced Adolf Hitler and later said he was only defending psychoanalysis, yet he is on the record saying, "Hitler is Germany's only chance!") Doctorow also tells us that in the end, Jung inherited a fortune, traveled, lectured and died at 86 "revered around the world as modern man's great guide to self-knowledge."
You could read all about this in artist Edward Sorel's celebrated little book with Doctorow, titled "Literary Lives," from Bloomsbury Publishing in 2006. Herein, these two geniuses examine Leo Tolstoy, Ayn Rand, Marcel Proust, W.B. Yeats, Lillian Hellman, Carl Jung, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Eliot, Bertold Brecht and Norman Mailer.
None of these writers really come off well in this collector's item, which caused Doctorow to write: "Even as I laugh I am made uneasy by Sorel's wicked send-ups of my fellow tradesmen. I'm of course aware of his cunning in having enlisted me to cover his flank. I must remember to ask what it is about writers that so disappoints him."
Nevertheless, I don't want to remember Jung in any good way. And I have, ever since reading Doctorow and observing Sorel's cartoons, attempted to get my own shrink's mad-about-Jung crap out of my psyche and mind.
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Well, friends, when the Tony Awards arrive on Broadway, we will surely see actress Angela Bassett coming up onstage to accept for her bravura performance as a waitress who brings the aforesaid Dr. King a cup of coffee in his down-at-the-heels crummy hotel room.
Without giving away its "plot," one cannot really give the details of this dramatic play written by young Katori Hall. (It already won the Olivier Award in London as a best new work!) And one can never quarrel with Dr. King's place in the firmament of moving America forward with inspiration. The opening night audience was hysterical with joy and recognition.
But I will just say that having simply adored Angela Bassett when she played the great Tina Turner onscreen, I was severely disappointed in her overwrought difficult-to-understand performance. And I didn't think she was believable as a low level waitress, myth, angel, or appealing young woman. But if you want to be blown out of your seat, go see her. Most of the audience will always find her "histrionics" of a piece with the important messages of the play.
Samuel Jackson is one of Hollywood's greats and also one of the most attractive men I've ever met. He stands out as the all-too-human Dr. King. He seems born for the stage.
I do think the playwright and maybe the director, Kenny Leon, could have cut the hysterical film-plus-harangue at play's end, but it sent the audience into screaming approval. (And some of the critics as well.)
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Fair Grounds: Up With the Birds targets Keeneland stakes, Queen's Plate
Up With the Birds, a determined quarter-length winner of the Black Gold Stakes on Saturday in his 3-year-old debut, is likely to start next at the Keeneland meet, trainer Malcolm Pierce said Monday.
Being an Ontario-bred, Up With the Birds, a Sam-Son Farms homebred, has the Queen's Plate in July at Woodbine as a primary summer goal. But that does not mean he won't have a chance at significant races in the interim. Pierce said Up With the Birds would be considered for three Keeneland stakes: the Transylvania on turf and the Blue Grass and Lexington on Polytrack.
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Up With the Birds won a maiden race and the $250,000 Coronation Cup for Ontario-bred 2-year-olds last year on Woodbine's Polytrack. He made his turf debut in the Black Gold and collared Animal Style after making a long, wide run on a soggy turf course.
"I was a little worried running on that soft turf, but he seemed to come out of it fine," Pierce said. "He'd had plenty of works since he came back from having 30 days off in Ocala. They don't really lose that much in 30 days, and he had plenty of miles on him before he took a break. He's good-sized, got great weight on him now. He's easy to train."
The Pierce-trained, Ontario-bred 3-year-old filly Deceptive Vision also could race next at Keeneland. Deceptive Vision won a first-level allowance race on a sloppy track Feb. 22 and came out of that race with a bruised foot. Pierce said the relatively minor problem has improved, and Deceptive Vision could start in the Appalachian on turf or the Ashland on Polytrack in April at Keeneland.
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BIKE enthusiasts are preparing to don their leathers and wheel their way down to the third annual Mablethorpe motorcycle festival.
The event takes place on March 24 and looks set to be bigger and better than ever with activities this year centred around Queen's Park.
Stunt riders will be showing off their skills throughout the day and those wanting to have a go themselves can try out a special wheelie machine.
Organiser Gary Barnes said: "Queen's Park has a lot of facilities which will be open on the day so the event will be a real family day out, not just something for mum or dad.
"We will have about 25 stalls ranging from traders to charities as well as advanced road groups, the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership and hopefully Honda Racing from Louth.
"We will also have information about a new blood bikers group which is currently being set up to transport blood around the county."
The event runs between 11and and 5pm and admission is free. Donations will be welcomed however, towards the cost of putting on the event.
Various owners clubs will also be present on the day including Triumph and Harley Davidson and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance will have a stall.
Gary added: "We will also have information about a new group myself and my partner Tina started in the summer. We are trying to get people to come along and have a bit of a social meet in Mablethorpe.
"We want to build it up this year as somewhere else for bikers to ride to."
Those wanting to make a weekend of it in Mablethorpe will also be able to watch the sand racing on Sunday, March 25 which takes place on the beach at the end of Mablethorpe High Street.
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A MAN has been fined £75 for making a 20p-sized hole in a police-issued blanket.
Leigh Webb, 21, was arrested and taken to Swansea Central Police Station on November 18 and given a standard issue anti-rip suit and police blanket as he arrived at the custody suite.
When he was then put into a cell, officers watched him on CCTV biting a hole in the blanket, leaving a hole the size of a 20 pence piece.
Officers then went into the cell and spoke to him.
When he was told he was being charged with criminal damage, Webb replied: "Sorry".
Prosecutor Lisa Jones told Swansea Magistrates' Court he had later told officers he could not remember the incident because he was under the influence of drugs.
"He said he was the only person in the cell and he recalled having a blanket so said he must have caused the damage," Mrs Jones said.
Matt Henson, representing Webb at Swansea Magistrates' Court, said his client, who had pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage, had apologised for causing the damage and was "very remorseful".
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It felt like the pinnacle of his career, working the graveyard shift in a windowless plywood facility in Afghanistan, monitoring a Special Operations mission as it unfolded in real time on grainy video feeds.
After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars training Landon Wilson to intercept communications, the U.S. military was capitalizing on its investment in the young sailor, already regarded as a rising star in a critical, highly technical field.
But shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 7, when a superior tapped him on the back and summoned him outside, one of the secrets that mattered most to Wilson began to unravel.
"This Navy record says female, but this paper says male," the grim-faced sergeant major noted, displaying two sets of personnel records. "So, what are you?"
After an awkward pause, Wilson, who joined the Navy as a woman but who has long felt like a man, provided the answer that set in motion the end of his military career: "I am male."
More than two years after the repeal of the law that barred gay men and lesbians from serving in the military openly, transgender service members can still be dismissed from the force without question, the result of a decades-old policy that dates back to an era when gender nonconformity was widely seen as a mental illness.
The policy, however, is now coming under scrutiny as service members like Wilson become more visible. Transgender service members are increasingly undergoing procedures to align their bodies more closely with the genders with which they identify. Medical experts, meanwhile, are urging the Defense Department to rescind a policy they view as discriminatory and outdated, noting that some of America's closest allies, including Canada, Britain and Australia, have done so seamlessly.
Although the American Psychiatric Association revised its manual last year to indicate gender nonconformity is "not in itself a mental disorder," the Defense Department relies on guidelines that describe transgender individuals as sexual deviants, and their condition as a "paraphilia." Thousands of transgender men and women are now serving in the military while remaining in the closet, according to studies.
"It is a terrible tragedy our people are facing in our great country for no other reason than the fact that they want to express their gender," said Joycelyn Elders, a former U.S. surgeon general who last year co-chaired a study that recommended the military lift its ban on transgender personnel. "We could find no credible medical reason for why transgender persons should be discharged or not allowed in the service."
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Wilson, 24, was born in Warner Robins, a small city in central Georgia that revolved around the namesake Air Force base. An only child raised by a single mother, he recalls feeling he had been assigned the wrong sex as early as infancy.
"Hey, I'm a boy," he recalls blurting out to his mother as a 4-year-old. "The reaction I got was one that even at that young age made me aware that that was not what you were supposed to feel like. So I suppressed it for as long as I could."
As a teenager, Wilson carried himself as a "masculine female," wearing men's clothes and keeping his hair cropped short. A military career appealed to him for the honor that comes with service. But there was another draw, one that researchers say explains why the percentage of transgender people in the U.S. military is twice as high as it is in the civilian population.
"It comes down to the masculinity of it all," Wilson explained. Men struggling with their temptation to transition to women have told researchers that they see military culture as a barrier to keep them from taking the daunting step. In the reverse scenario, Wilson said, it's an easy environment to fit into. "But I think a lot of people look to the military for a new beginning," he added.
As he enlisted, he was urged to become a cryptologic technician. By Wilson's estimate, the Navy spent at least a half-million dollars getting him the highest-level security clearance in government and training him for an intelligence job that involves intercepting and analyzing communications from foreign governments and extremists.
He developed a reputation as a talented, meticulous, hard-working sailor, said Shayne Allen, a former colleague who was stationed with Wilson at the Navy Information Operations Command in Hawaii.
"Landon was someone who you don't see a lot of in the military these days," Allen said. "He not only checked all the boxes, but went above and beyond."
During his time in Hawaii, Wilson earned several awards and accolades for his work. In a unit of roughly 10,000 sailors, he was recognized as the performer of the quarter in 2012 and the enlisted sailor of the quarter in 2013.


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Actually you are the ignorant one! Last year Governor Bentley and the legislator cut the state education budget by 6% that money comes directly out of what is spent per child. Oh and by the way Alabama ranks 47th in the amount spent per student. Furthermore there were 3500 people gathered in front of the capitol building. Also, the state has taken away supply money for the classrooms for the last 6 years. That is also money that is taken away from the students. I have said many times before, "Unless you are in the classroom teaching everyday shut up and let us do our jobs." Oh yea and don't start talking about things you don't have the facts about it makes you look stupid.
It amazes me as a teacher, how many racist and bigoted comments have been made on this article. I was there and the final count was about 3500 people showed up. As a teacher who spends most of my summer getting ready for the next school year, a good deal of my time grading papers and tutoring my students after school I would like to point out some things. 1. Unless you went to a private school you are a product of public education and unless you are an ignoramus something worked. 2. There are far more dedicated and outstanding educators than there are bad ones, we just don't sell papers so we do not make the news. 3. You cannot have schools (public or private) without funding, buildings have to be maintained, books and supplies must be paid for, and unless you are willing to do it for free TEACHERS MUST BE PAID. 4. Public schools, unlike private schools must take everyone we do not get to be selective and recruit from the wealthiest families or the smartest students, thus the reason we have community based schools we have to take the people who live in the community where our schools were built. 5. No law passed by republican or democrat ever fixed any education problem it has always been the teacher who makes the difference. So, unless you are willing to get in the classrooms and work with the students we see every day to try and change education. You need to shut up, get out of the way and let us do our jobs!
As a teacher I say take all of the funding for public education (EVERY SINGLE PENNY) and let the parents start paying for it. As a teacher with a B.S.Ed in mathematics I get paid $25.00 an hour per person to tutor students for the ACT, SAT, GRE and high school math. I tutor in small groups of 4, and I have a waiting list, so when there are no more state funded schools or math teachers I will put my class fee schedule in place and if you want to be in my class you will have to pay. I will even give a discount to $20.00 per hour if you sign up for all of the required 180 days of the school year, HECK, for that matter I will cut my fee to $15.00 an hour if you sign up for the whole school year! Since I teach math do a little math with me. I know it will be hard for some of you to follow along but try. I currently have 30 students per class in 6 classes for 60 minutes a class each day, so at $15.00 per hour per students that is $2700.00 per day. The state requires 180 days of instruction 180 X 2,700.00 per day that is $486,000.00 per year for me. Since 30 students is a little much and I want to be fair and give each student more time I will make the max size of my class 15 students that's still $243,000.00, but wait since research shows a smaller class size will yield better results and I will have more time to address the individual needs of each student let me say the max class size is now 8. Even at 8 students per class my yearly income would be $129,000.00. BTW that's almost 3 times what I make now as a teacher with 16 years of teaching experience in this state. So by all means defund education, shut down the schools and let parents be responsible for getting their children's education.
I shall, just like I reminded all of the people on here that rush has a right to say what he wants it's a first amendment thing. From that document that most teapublicans think that the bible trumps.
Seriously you people can complain about Bill Maher but not Rush Limbaugh? I guess it is ok when Rush attacks an honor student in law who was defending what she believes in, but if Bill Maher attacks Sarah Palin based on her being a right wing nut job who is wrong 80% of the time she opens her mouth that's just too far, how dare he!
No our laws are not the ten commandments. We have this piece of paper called the constitution it specifically says that you cannot force yours or anyone else's religious beliefs on anyone else. Just in case you forgot here is the 1st amendment so you Tea'publicans don't think I am making it up. {{{{ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.}}}}}
As usual leaving out MOST of the truth the web site says a combined total house hold income of 6,000 with 5 children and is scaled down from there. After taxes that 6000 would become about 4200 and would have to be used to care for 7 people, furthermore the income level determines how much of the program the parents pay for. In other words the more you make the more you pay. It is not just a hand out so stop trying to mislead them with one tidbit of truth and the rest exaggerations this isn't FOX NEWS.
Obviously, you have not been in a school recently. First off, schools allow students to pray during their moment of silence and the pledge is said everyday where I teach. We have bible clubs and clubs that meet outside at the flag pole once a week to have prayer. Your lack of knowledge doesn't bother me as much as you wanting to separate the religious and non-religious students. What's next moving the Baptists students away from the Church of Christ students and then moving the Jewish or Hindu. After all none of these people believe the same way and according to each group the other is wrong. Furthermore, your indication that it is the "non-religious" students that are responsible for all the evils out there. I do believe it was the Catholic Church that paid out millions for all the harm they did and how many evangelical preachers in the last couple of years were caught in sex scandals or embezzlement schemes? You seem to miss out on some major biblical lessons of not judging, and speaking without all the facts.
Yay, another bill bought and paid for by the biggest lobbing group in the country the US Chamber of Commerce. They have most every right wing politician in their pocket and most judiciaries. Real quick note *the Us Chamber of Commerce is a private organization ran by a conglomerate of companies not a government entity.* Just before people start ranting that it is government controlled. None of this will be given to small businesses to help them expand. Who does this bill benefit the big companies and their profit margins. It must be great to be a multimillion dollar company today; you pay no taxes for doing business in a state and now the government you bought and paid for finds another to take money out of education, basic state services and give it back to corporations.
Didn't you hear according to Shadrack Mcgill they need those increases and huge salaries so they do not fall victim to corruption.
OMG! How dare you quote the author, or use facts. Next you will say the world isn't flat and use actual pictures from space to prove it. I think the intent of the constitution is clear in the context of history to protect the public from religion and protect the government from being over-run by religion. The point of this article is that the politician in question is a moron. He thinks that money can dictate morals. To paraphrase what he said he deserves an exorbitant amount of money to remain honest, and that for teachers to remain honest they should be poor, sounds to me like he is justifying cutting teacher pay to raise his own. With the current right wing power structure that's good biblical and ethical thinking.
Bye Mrs. Etta you will be missed!
GWB-but he was a coke addict and a drunk, but he went through rehab.
You forgot the misogynistic catholic from and American Horror Story who hates everyone who is not a evangelical WASP.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Why is it always someone else's fault? No one makes anybody eat 4 pieces of fried chicken and a piece of cheese cake and a tub of butter. You choose to do that on your own! If you eat like that and then never take in and exercise the yes when you hit a certain age you will get diabetes. Paula Deen is not holding a gun to your head to eat it, and anyone who ever watches her knows that she repeatedly says she doesn't eat like this all the time and that moderation is necessary. It seems to me that people need to look in the mirror and if you don't like what you see change it or quit complaining.
I wondered why everyone on the right-wing always looks so full of bliss.
Yes! Take it all! Do away with public education. Nobody is benefiting from it anyway, that's what the conservatives have said since the inception of public education. Take all of that money and give more incentives to big corporations to come into Alabama and not pay any taxes on their earnings. In fact we can keep building their factories (most of them are built with tax payer money but we are not socialists) and subsidizing their payrolls with our tax money that way they can keep giving the people who live here the unskilled labor jobs and bringing in the upper management jobs from other places. Then there will be no education and plenty of jobs everyone will be happy.
Not everyone just you! And how would I know if it's slow at the meth house I don't know where you live.
Prayers to the family, I hope they can survive this loss.
Really like I said STUPID! It is people like you who can't do anything but call people names and try to deflect by making innuendos but are still allowed to vote who are ruining this country. You have no idea who I am or about me, and to make a comment claiming I am somehow involved in meth shows what an ignorant donkeys behind you really are!


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She has a cool cloth around her neck to combat the heat and a knife in her pocket.
Leigh Foxx is prepared as she walks through her neighborhood.
She has a cool cloth around her neck to combat the heat and a knife in her pocket.
She has carried the knife on her walks to the convenience store since police released a sketch and information after a woman walking alone reported she was raped July 27.
"It makes me feel better to have it in my possession," said Foxx, who doesn't own a car.
"I usually walk in the morning. This is late for me," she said, pausing to talk Tuesday during a 4 p.m. errand.
Foxx was unaware another rape was reported the same week in the same area. About a month later, a third woman told police a man tried to rape her while she was walking in the 900 block of Martin Luther King Avenue, within 2 miles of the other two locations.
An examination of police records turned up nine reports of rape or attempted rape over a three-month period in the northeast quadrant of the city, including the three reported attacks that happened while women were walking by themselves.
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A father reported his 18-year-old daughter was raped about midnight in the 2200 block of N Everest Avenue. The father said he looked outside and saw his daughter heading back to their home on Lottie Avenue. "He could tell that something was wrong with her," the police report states. The woman told police she met a man at a store where he usually hangs out and the two went to the park and began to smoke marijuana. The woman told police the man had sex with her in the park despite her protests. The man took her shorts and cellphone, according to the incident report. The woman told police she had known her attacker for a few weeks.
Police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said the male suspect in the case spoke to police and said the sex was consensual. Investigators tried to contact the woman again, but she did not return calls. The district attorney's office declined to press charges.
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Police have no suspect in the rape that occurred July 27. It happened early in the morning when a 23-year-old woman was walking to a convenience store at the corner of NE 23 and Lottie Avenue. She told police a man approached her, asked what she was doing and offered to sell her marijuana. She followed him to NE 24 and Jordan Avenue, where the man pulled her toward a vacant lot and tried to pull her clothes off, she told police. She pulled a knife out of her bra and begged her attacker, "Please don't do this," the police report states. The woman told police he raped her, while holding a flathead screwdriver to her neck, before taking her wallet with $43 in it. He also took her knife — a silver knife with a case shaped like a feather and an Indian warrior head on the hinge.
On Aug. 1, police released a community alert and composite sketch of the rapist, described as a black male, about 40 years old, with a medium build and a slight limp.
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A 40-year-old woman was walking in the 900 block of Martin Luther King Avenue when a man tried to rape her. Crying to an investigator over the phone, the woman said she was walking west on NE 10 near Carverdale Drive when she was approached by a man who kept asking her where she was going. She ignored him and kept walking. She said the man grabbed her from behind and told her, "I want to take you to the field." She told police the man forced her to the ground and got on all fours directly over her. She kicked him in the genitals and he fled.
The woman described the man as a black man wearing all black with a do-rag over his face. An officer noted the woman "was extremely intoxicated" at the time of the call. She was not able to give detailed information.
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