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River View senior Ashley Owen is the starting forward/guard player for the Lady Bears. / MATTHEW LEASURE/Tribune
It's relatively easy to envision River View High School senior Ashley Owen sneaking into a darkened locker room, glancing in both directions to make sure the coast is clear and then slipping a tape recorder from a secret hiding place.
Pushing play, it begins with a greeting, followed by instructions for her next assignment and ending with the famous words.... "if you choose to accept this assignment..."
Like the 1970s Mission: Impossible television series, Owen has never turned down a mission, and rarely has she failed.
She's the top defender on a River View High School girls basketball team that thrives on applying a defense and has led to many opposing teams to self-destruct during her four-year career.
The 5-foot-6 senior Lady Bear will combine efforts with the rest of her teammates as they attempt to defend the Division II state title Thursday against Columbus Eastmoor.
Displaying modest 5.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, the figure she's most interested is zero - as in the number of points she allows.
"Doesn't matter to me at all that I'm not a scorer," Owen said. "I've just always been more focused on defense. If I score its great but if not, I'm not bummed out about it. I like the defense better. I love getting a big stop."
Defense is also what helped her garner All-Ohio honors in soccer.
In fact, it's one of her efforts on defense that has always stuck in the back of her mind.
"One of the things I remember was my sophomore year," she said. "We were playing West Holmes and it was a real close game. We got a trap set on defense and I was able to get the ball, make a layup and get a and-one and ended up beating them.
"It ended up being one of those memories that's always stuck with me."
Like fellow seniors Samantha Dickerson, Kristin Daugherty and Brittany Bailey, Owen began playing basketball in elementary school. She was coached by current assistant coach Bill Daugherty - Kristin's father.
She was soon hooked and was eventually battling her father Bob and brother Bobby for driveway supremacy.
"They always beat me," she admitted.
But over a four year period, the current senior class has won 87 games and lost just 11. The fact that the same girls have played together so long has convinced Owen that it helped breed success.
"It definitely has helped this team come together," she said. "We know how each other plays since we've been around each other so much."
A true sports junkie, Owen has no idea how she would survive without basketball and soccer.
"My whole life has been based around sports," she said. "I just go straight from one season to another. As soon as basketball is over, I'm in club soccer and as soon as that's over, I'm in high school soccer and basketball conditioning. I really don't know what I'd do without it." But should she ever cease competition, she'll always be able to recall the precious days when she played on back-to-back state final four basketball teams at River View and have an opportunity to win consecutive state championships.
"The fact that we're seniors now and this being our last go-around makes this season a little more special to me, but last year was awesome too."
The game is slated for 8 p.m. Thursday at Value City Arena in Columbus.


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SACRAMENTO — A former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy has been convicted of two federal charges stemming from the illegal sale of dozens of weapons, some of which were used by criminals.
The Sacramento Bee reports a jury on Wednesday returned guilty verdicts against 33-year-old Ryan McGowan of Elk Grove.
He was convicted of providing a large-capacity ammunition clip to a federal undercover agent and possession of an illegal shotgun.
McGowan was accused of serving as a straw buyer who trafficked in restricted handguns.
McGowan declined to comment after the verdict.
He faces a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in prison.
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This is a group for all Arizona Phamily to talk about local events , potlucks , Drum circles and any thing in the state :) Lovin you !
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I seriously miss the comfortable and positive energy.
Hey Arizonians! I'm in need of some fellow rainbow family. If there is anyone in AZ who wants to meet up and possible travel to cooler parts of the state/country please let me know (im in phoenix). Also looking for someone to go to internationals with. Either way much peace and love phamily!
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I have seen this problem several times in the last few weeks and figured it was worth a quick blog entry.
Here is what happens:
The reason this loop persist is each message receives a new Internet Message ID, thus it is considered a new message. With changes introduced in Exchange 2000 Post Service Pack 3 ( >= 6.0.6521) and in Exchange 2003 we set a maximum nested limit of 250 attachments. This limit can be adjust using a registry key entry outlined below. Eventually the nested depth of NDRs reaches 250 and Exchange begins NDR'ing the message due to Attachment limit being exceeded. At this point the message is ~3mb in size. This loop continues indefinitely as each NDR received by the Unix host is forwarded to the recipient which in turn is NDRed back to Unix.
For each message generated by this daemon running on Unix, a seperate looping message situation is created. So assuming over a 24 hour period 1 message is generated every 15 minutes, 96 messages are floating around the system each 3mb in size. By the end of the day 300mb of messages are continously trying to be processed. The eventually leds to the very poor performance from the server and growing STM files.
This problem can be prevented by aliasing/.forwarding the Unix contacts to a Distribution List on Exchange that is configured not to NDR messages. This way individuals can come and go from the DL and any delivery failures do not go back to the host.
To adjust the limits on number of attachments per message:
1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Locate and then click the following registry key:
3. On the "Edit" menu, click "Add Value".
4. In the "Value Name" box, type "LimitBodyParts" (without the
quotation marks).
5. In the "Data Type" list, click "REG_DWORD", and then click "OK".
6. In the "DWORD Editor" dialog box, click "Decimal". In the "Data"
box, type the number of attachments that you want to set the limit to,
and then click "OK".
When LimitBodyParts is set to a value of less than 250 or not present, a default value of 250 is used. The value can be set as high as 4294967295 (0xFFFFFFFF).
To prevent the original message from being attached to a NDR, see the following article:
[EDIT: 9/21/04 - Added Note regarding acceptable values of LimitBodyParts regkey]
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Caption ContestMay 30th, 2014 at 12:00 pm by David Farrar
From DC's Twitter account. As always go for funny, not nasty.Tags: caption contest, David Cunliffe
From DC's Twitter account. As always go for funny, not nasty.Tags: caption contest, David Cunliffe
Nobody in this picture is qualified to hold the positions they appear to.
Mum…??? Can we go now?
Hi Whale Oil and DPF – I know both of you will run a caption contest! Gotcha!
Labour trial merged Ministries of Police and Fisheries.
But Dad, if were become cops, we won't get paid enough to have a lifestyle like you and mummy.
From DC's Twitter account. As always go for funny, not nasty.
Sorry, Can't… just not in that kinda mood today.
Tonight on Border Patrol, Prime Minister Cunliffe helps point out which immigrants should and shouldn't be allowed into Aotearoa/New Zealand with some new Police recruits.
One of the three people in this picture is about as popular in the preferred PM poles as a shit in a swimming pool.
All three of them are pretending- 24/7
See! You fell for the same trick Shearer fell for! Stuck, holding a dead fish… You'll never catch me making a fool of myself like that. Now smile.
Just keep walking don't look behind you, don't make eye contact.
Two boys impersonating policemen one man impersonating the leader of the opposition.
Warning signs to look out for:
• Recognize the signs of a Cunnlife about to strike. These are general, sometimes there may be a strike without these signs because a Cunnlife can bite from any position if needed:
• A Cunnlife in a coiled position — the coil permits the Cunnliffe to make its most effective strike
• The front end of its body (head) is raised
• Its ratter is shaking and making rattle sound
A Cunnliffe's strike distance can be up to one third to one half of its overall length. It doesn't pay to underestimate a Cunnliffe's length, however, and a Cunnliffe might strike farther than you would expect. The strike of a Cunnliffe is faster than the human eye can follow.
Soon as the cameraman leaves I'm gonna tazer this smarmy fucker
Must be getting old.Cops just look so young these days.
Police 10/7- "tonight 2 brave officers take down a deceitful con-man and expose the web of lies around his secret trusts''
Cunliffe with his peer group.
Cunliffe with people who truly understand him.
''Mummy is this the bad man that daddy swears at on the TV?"
"Shhh..dear just smile for the picture."'
By the time you are eligible to vote, we might be a viable party again.
Blue is such a nasty colour. What do you boys think about RED uniforms…?
Police Officer naughties?
Kid Police Officers pose with Unidentified Guest
Righto you two cops, do your duty and throw the prick in gaol.
@ Richard Hurst 😛
One of three people in this picture is ranking higher than English's 21%
Now you're on board the next step is to report to Uncle Nanny everything that happens at home.
"Great day out with Chris Hipkins and Gareth Hughes, supporting our boys in blue"
Would one of those vests protect me for a stab in the back?
So boys, do you know this song, it starts with '2 little boys…'
I can assure this is not grass and that I wasn't walking on it.
These guys are looking into my campaign funding.
@ Judith
One of the three people in this picture was described by Matt McCarten :
"There's no doubt Cunliffe is a gifted performer. What is discomforting is his every nuance and action seems calculated.
With Shearer you can sense his real character. With Cunliffe, I can't escape the feeling that he has the same phoniness as the Republican US presidential nominee Mitt Romney".
Can u guess which one it was?
Hey kids this weekend if your parents go 5 kph over you can give 'em a ticket.
And remember boys ,if your parents smoke in the car ,that's child abuse so you should nick the bastards.
Repeat after me….
He's a member of the Labour party so it's not in the public interest to prosecute him….
Back in 1995 these 2 guys helped me planning the formation of Fonterra !
The thing they have in common is that it'll be 12 years before they get a real job.
This man says mummy and daddy shouldn't be in New Zealand!
I said I likes this guy and my friend said he didn't. He took my friends lunch off him and gave it to me…. I like socialism but my friend doesn't.
Keep off the grass
People in the background are keeping their distance from Cunliffe
Stranger danger!
peoplesflag and mikenmild pose with Glorious Leader.
Even after being pummelled with the new police issue batons (sharky and Whale) the offender still appeared to me happily unaffected. Maybe a Ken & Barbie baton combo would be the way to go.
"Hey Look! Two woman's legs wearing police costumes"
I suppose "Tojo" is telling these kids how his father is a policeman. Yesterday he was a pilot, the day before a fireman, the day before that an astronaut . . . he has a real problem!
Matt, remind me again why I'm walking around playgrounds with cardboard cutouts of toddlers in police gear taped to my hands? And weren't you going to tell the printers to make sure they had smiles on their faces?
Under Cunliffe and Labour these two boys won't have a job because Labour believes that criminals are victims too.
John Key boy (left): "Ok Labour, you can play in the sandpit with us." Bill English (right): "Hands off the train set tho'."
(Frowning boy):"Dress-up Friday, we two make a real effort and David the tallest boy in class comes dressed in a suit!"
At least I have two followers if I am still around when they are old enough to vote.


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- The Big Picture - http://www.ritholtz.com/blog -
The Hardly Efficient Market
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On March 23, 2005 @ 6:35 am In Markets | Comments Disabled
I got my first iPod (a Press loaner from Apple) the first week they came out. It was a transcendant experience, and I pounded the table to nearly everyone I knew that this was a huge winner. It made Apple stock, trading then at a pre-split price of $18, with $13 in cash, absurdly cheap. Yet AAPL traded essentially flat from that late 2001 intro until its breakout in 2004. In late '02/early '03, the stock was $15.
For those who believe in the efficient market thesis [1] — an increasingly discredited [2] theory that states markets (nearly) instantaneously reflect all available data — kindly explain this chart to us:
graphic courtesy of the NYT [4]
I told practically everyone I knew. From my mom to my co-workers to various fund managers, I went over the Apple iPod story til I was blue in the face (I eventauly came to be bored to tears with it).
The response? I heard every excuse as to why Apple was now irrelevant, the stock was "dead money," why the company couldn't make money, and why Dell was going to put them out of business. Then came the ubiquitous statement that it was impossible to compete with Microsoft. Some of Wall Street's dead fish analysts even suggested that Apple put out a Windows box based on an Intel CPU. (Can you imagine?)
My favorite comment came from someone who told me that since the market had valued Apple at a low price, it sees the reason that I don't (What are you, smarter than the entire market?). Apple's stock price, according to this perspective, was a fait accompli. There's an old Econ joke on the subject:
Two economists are walking down the street. One sees a $20 dollar bill lying on the sidewalk, and says so.
"Obviously not," says the other. "If there were, someone would have picked it up!"
That's a perfect example of bad theory costing you money.
As we stated previously in The kinda-eventually-sorta-mostly-almost Efficient Market Theory [1], markets do usually get there — not always [5], but most of the time, and not right away, but eventually [6].
Incidentally, the Efficient Market theory is the prime motivator behind indexing, which has been a losing propostion over the past few years (but I think thats more a function of market cap weighting than inefficient markets).
Expect to hear about this theory's decline in the coming years . . .
To Cut Online Chatter, Apple Goes to Court [7]
By JOHN MARKOFF
NYT, March 21, 2005
Article printed from The Big Picture: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog
URL to article: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2005/03/the-hardly-efficient-market/
URLs in this post:
[1] efficient market thesis: http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2004/11/the_mostlykinda.html
[2] discredited: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109804865418747444,00.html
[3] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ipod_apple_chart.jpg
[4] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/03/21/business/21apple.chart.html
[5] always: http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2004/01/iowa_and_predec.html
[6] eventually: http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2004/10/presidential_fu.html
[7] To Cut Online Chatter, Apple Goes to Court: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/technology/21apple.html?ex=1269061200&en=1d0d7c80991f571f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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Friday Morning Cup O'Chiefs
When the Chiefs begin their OTA sessions on Monday at the Truman Sports Complex, there will not be a No. 88 running around on the field.
But Tony Gonzalez will be there.
He will be there in the form of No. 87, second-year tight end Brad Cottam.
Cottam would appear to be the guy who will step into the starting role in the Chiefs offense at tight end. He knows he can't replace a 12-year, 10-time Pro Bowl veteran like Gonzalez and he won't even try. If you want to read more about Cottam and stepping into the shoes of No. 88, then visit my story from kcchiefs.com right here.
But Cottam will bring a little bit of Tony G. to the field this year because of everything he learned from No. 88 last year.
"For a guy like me, all I had to do was watch him, watch how he did things, watch how he went about practice every day, watch how he always was doing something to get better," Cottam said. "He outworks people.
"The best part was he was also willing to share things. If you asked questions, he would answer. There are certain little things and drills that I've seen him do that if I keep doing them, it's going to help me tremendously."
Now, don't translate that into Cottam is going to become the type of receiver that Gonzalez was at tight end.
"We really play two different positions," said Cottam. "I got to play a lot last year, but I was lining up at the tight end spot. Tony was out in the slot, lined up really as a wide receiver. He's been catching 100 balls a year. I'm not going to be catching that many passes."
Cottam is more of a traditional tight end than Gonzalez. But the tips he picked up along the way from No. 88 will be a big help for No. 87 when the time comes to catch the ball.
"He does the little things over and over," Cottam said of Gonzalez. He's always catching balls after practice, he's always having somebody throw him passes in between the drills we are doing. I'm trying to make sure I do that now. Get on the jugs machine and take 50 to 100 balls after practice, spend a few extra minutes with the quarterbacks and catch some more balls. I'm just trying to do extra, the way he did."
Just watching two parts of Gonzalez's game – his feet and hands – provides plenty of learning opportunities for any young tight end.
"The biggest thing with him is his feet," Cottam said. "He's always doing these itty-bitty little steps, usually not even at full speed, but he always had his feet moving. Then you watch him in the games or practices when he runs a play and goes out for a pass, and you see that his feet were always moving. He didn't stand still, he kept himself in motion."
Gonzalez is gifted with big hands, but that doesn't always mean a player can catch the ball. But his ability to make all the catches with his hands and not allow the ball to get to his body has always made him a favorite among quarterbacks. The receivers who catch the ball that way, don't often see passes bounce off their pads and get picked off by a safety.
"We are always told that, to catch the ball in our hands, but he does it consistently, 100 percent of the time," said Cottam. "I think it's from all the extra passes he's caught along the way. He does not drop it very often and when it happens, a big deal is made of it."
Running routes is always something that takes a rookie time to learn in the NFL. But sometimes Gonzalez wasn't the best example for young players to watch.
"I would ask last year and I would be told that this is how the route gets run, but check with Tony because he does it this way and he gets open," Cottam said with a laugh. "What he has is great vision and he would get on the same page with the quarterback and find open spots in the defense and get the ball.
"We would run the same route and he would end up some place different than me, but it always worked out for him. He wouldn't always be where he was supposed to be, but he would get the ball. That's his vision.
"He's not overly fast. He doesn't always do everything the way it's drawn up. But he's so smooth in what he does and he produces. I'm going to try and copy as much as that as I can."
Through the off-season strength and conditioning program there have been short sessions on the field with the Chiefs quarterbacks and receivers, so Cottam has gotten the chance to catch a few passes from new QB Matt Cassel.
"It doesn't matter who or where you are, it's going to take time to build the chemistry with a quarterback, so you can learn how he does things, how quickly the ball comes off his hands, how fast he makes his reads and decisions," said Cottam. "It's a process that we are going through. Right now, it's huge to be out there doing those things and advancing the relationships."
No. 88 is gone. But a piece of him lives on in Brad Cottam.
Howard Mudd got into NFL coaching back in 1974 with the San Diego Chargers. Tom Moore entered t he NFL as an assistant coach in 1977 with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both Mudd and Moore had been coaching in the college ranks before finding the NFL, Mudd for two years, but Moore for 14 years.
Both men landed in Indianapolis in 1998 as part of Jim Mora's coaching staff, Mudd handling the offensive line and Moore as offensive coordinator. They stayed with the Colts until Thursday, when both of them retired.
The reasons behind their retirements are unanswered, since neither man has talked about the situation publicly. But part of the problem appears to be changes in the NFL's pension plan that have caused ripples throughout the pro coaching world since March. That's when owners voted to allow teams to pull out of the NFL pension plan if they choose.
There are questions about the access to a lump sum retirement payment after this time because of the changes to the plan.
Mudd and Moore were big factors in all the offensive success the Colts have enjoyed with QB Peyton Manning.
Mudd spent four years as the offensive line coach of the Chiefs (1989-92).
Chiefs defensive end-outside linebacker Turk McBride will be inducted next month into the South Jersey Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
A two-time Philadelphia Inquirer South Jersey defensive player of the year from Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, McBride is among six inductees.
McBride was a four-year starter at receiver and at two-year starter at defensive end. In his junior-senior seasons, he had 127 tackles, 29 sacks, 7 recovered fumbles, 4 blocked field goals and 4 blocked punts.
The inductees will be honored on June 24.
Former Chiefs running back Donnell Bennett has gotten into the coaching ranks and was named recently the head coach at Miami's Northeast High School.
"I have always loved to teach and help to mold character," Bennett told the Miami Herald. "I just wanted to give back a little of what was given to me by my father and those who were instrumental in my life and career."
Over the last few years, Bennett has been working as an assistant coach at his alma mater in Ft. Lauderdale, Cardinal Gibbons. When he was offered the chance to take over the program of one of Gibbons rivals, he never hesitated.
"What the move was about and still is was to help teach the young men we have on this team to do things the right way," Bennett said. "We wanted to help develop positive skills and work habits and teach them that nothing comes without making sacrifices and plenty of hard work.'"
Here's the story from the Herald.
BILLS - RB Marshawn Lynch has filed an appeal over his three-game suspsension from the NFL.
49ERS – signed fifth-round draft choice LB Scott McKillops and seventh-round pick DL Ricky Jean-Francois. There are the second and third 2009 NFL Draft picks signed, after No. 1 choice QB Matt Stafford in Detroit.
Born n May 15, 1986 in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina was current Chiefs OT Barry Richardson. He was selected in the sixth-round of the 2008 NFL Draft out of Clemson. He got only minimal playing time in his rookie season.
Born on May 15, 1965 in Vincennes, Indiana was P Dan Stryzinski. He spent 14 seasons punting in the NFL, including two seasons (2001-02) with the Chiefs. He kicked in 32 games, averaging 39.4 yards on 137 punts.
17 Responses to "Friday Morning Cup O'Chiefs"
May 15, 2009 - Anonymous says:
Thanks for helping us get to know Brad Cottam a little better Bob. Great stuff.
May 15, 2009 - Mark says:
It sounds as if Brad spent his first year in the league very wisely … learning from the best TE in the league and quite possibly the best there has ever been. If he retaines what he has learned, and practices as he has been taught, perhaps there is hope for the Chiefs at TE down the road. Only time will answer these two questions. Best of luck to you Brad!
May 15, 2009 - Harold C. says:
Yeah….I'm encouraged by this article. I look forward to seeing how Cottam does on his own. BTW…1st post…mine. Yeah…I did it again.
May 15, 2009 - Rip 'em a new one says:
Interesting to note that the Chiefs have been drafting TEs for the past few years in hopes of building depth and, obviously, replacing Tony G in due time. That time came a little sooner than we all thought but actually, given his age, how much more or how much longer could a team expect out of Tony G anyway?
The book on Cottam's drafting last year was about his blocking skills as I recall. It'll be interesting to see how the Chiefs use him now that Tony G is gone as there aren't many TEs around that possess WR skills.
If the Chiefs somehow get 40-50 catches and 5 TDs out of Cottam in 2009 while getting solid blocking out of him for their running and protection schemes, Cottam will have more than earned his keep. Comparing his numbers to Tony G would not be fair from the standpoint of pure offensive production alone and I believe we should all keep that in mind.
May 15, 2009 - Scott says:
The comparisons are going to be there from a lot of people, no matter what…which is pretty unfair to Brad Cottam. At least he has his "head straight" about it. He'll never be Tony G…and he knows that. As long as everyone doesn't expect him to be, I think he'll do just fine. That's a lot of extra pressure to put on a young man.
May 15, 2009 - findthedr says:
nice post JBchiefs.
Health will definetly be an issue for him. His competition for pass catching TE will likely be Jack O'Connel who has been good in OTA's and has similar speed, but not size.
Bob, thanks for the article during the NFL doldrums. Keep 'em coming!
May 15, 2009 - Mike in MO says:
T appears that Brad Colttam watched and learned last year. He understands how TG's work ethic allowed him to become the best TE in league history, and I get the feeling Brad will work very hard to become the best TE he can become.
May 15, 2009 - Rin Tin Tin says:
Dear Brad
How's the weather up there? Say 'hi' to Morris Stroud for me, will you?
Now then, season second & future yours awaits… attack it as a shipwrecked man clings to a life preserver & imagines rescue.
From 'The Graduate' 1967: "I want you to remember one word…plastics." Brad, your plastic comes by way a legendary TE who set the standard…he was so good your words must number two: Fred Arbanas.
Fred is the goal – shoot for the top – but a Tony Gonzalez is the more 'realistic' destination your football travels nee travails will bring you.
You only go around once…give it your best shot, Brad. While you may not ever become even as good as Gonzalez who likewise never became as good as Fred Arbanas – persevere at any, as did Tony.
As a complete player you can exceed #88, whose ID and name recognition to the casual fan was in the passing game – even to the end he wasn't a really good blocker – but, from as bad as he was when he arrived here in KC, he became serviceable.
Remember, no one can become a Fred Arbanas – even Fred himself had a daunting task living up to his own matchless game. So don't seek to exceed Fred, just be satisfied with 2nd best – set your sights on Tony.
Rin Tin Tin
May 15, 2009 - boomer says:
It's sad to hear that two good men have to retire because of some pension plan dispute. What a crock that is!
Good article on Brad Cottam! I seem to remember Tony dropping a lot of balls early in his career. But he kept working at it, as the article points out.
Early in his career Willie Lanier was compared to other linebackers, especially Dick Butkus and Mike Curtis. It wasn't long that other linebackers were soon being compared to Willie Lanier. Right now Brad Cottam is being compared to other tight ends…but maybe someday, with a lot of work, other tight ends will be compared to Brad Cottam.
May 15, 2009 - jimbo says:
I personally had no idea that Cottam was that big. A man would have to think his hands are big too.
You would think with Cottam's size and blocking ability that he could very well be a integral part of the Chiefs offense. Now, if he has learned anything.. something.. from Tony G's work ethic, footwork and catching with his hands only ability. Mr. Cottam could certainly develop to be a "go to guy" on third down situations.
Maybe the "Minds That Be" have recognized Cottams potential to be a solid replacement for Tony.
Thus Tony being traded to Atlanta.
Maybe we are consistently a step behind the decisions of the "Minds That Be". Time will tell… The Right 53 ???
May 15, 2009 - anonymous says:
Cottam nailed it when he talked about how TG's feet are always moving. I think that's been the secret to his longevity and incredibly injury free career. The way TG absorbed hits, much like safer barriers in NASCAR or crumple zones in modern vehicles, Tony absorb the energy of hits by keeping his feet moving. Another positive about keeping your feet moving, especially for really tall guys like TG and Cottam, is it protects those knees from diving saftys and corners.
I think the kid gets it, mentally, now lets see if he can physically.
May 15, 2009 - SG says:
"He doesn't always do everything the way it's drawn up. But he's so smooth in what he does and he produces. I'm going to try and copy as much as that as I can."Âť
Hopefully Cottam will be able to practice his own game in the way that TG88 practiced his game. If he finds out the parts of his own game where he surpasses TG88 and then applies the techniques he was able to while watching him, he might find himself on the road to success.
May 15, 2009 - RedandGoldRice says:
Damn, Will Franklin already got cut from the Lions. I wonder how much you can read into that about him as a player?
May 15, 2009 - anonymous says:
Guess he really made a big impression!
Not sure what it is but, something about Franklin is turning Coaches off, in a hurry.
May 16, 2009 - colby says:
Well guys, apparently Haley and Pioli weren't foolish when they cut Franklin. There's certainly something he isn't doing right as a player or person.
May 16, 2009 - ED says:
Actually I think Brad will do fine if he can stay healthy. He's about as big as Tony but I think he's got alot more speed than Tony has. If he can just stay healthy which was always a concern in college I think he can be a productive tight end in this league because he certainly has the size and athleticism to be.


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Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 5 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Relax with a refreshing drink from a poolside bar or one of the 3 bars/lounges.
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In addition to a full-service spa, Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok features an outdoor pool and a sauna. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 5 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a grocery/convenience store. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 3 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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Farmer, a Clay County native says its good to be home.
"I'm first a country boy...an eastern Kentucky boy at heart. That's the people I represent as well as the rest of the people in Kentucky but eastern Kentucky people mean a lot to me," said Farmer.
The duo spent time talking to voters at every stop.
Williams says job creation is a priority.
"We are in a time period were people are hurting. They want to talk about the job prospects and what our plans are that allows them to get back to work," said Williams.
Another issue the pair plans to tackle is the growing drug problem.
Farmer says he supports a bill that's getting a lot of attention that makes people have a prescription in order to buy medicines containing pseudoephedrine-a key ingredient used to make meth.
Williams and Farmer say they plan to have several stops in the region before the campaign is over.
Williams and Farmer will finish the day in Whitley County at a fundraiser.


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Dr. Vesselle obtained both his medical degree and his PhD in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. He is fellowship trained in both Nuclear Medicine and Abdominal Imaging. Dr. Vesselle joined the University of Washington in 1997.
He devotes one day a week to the Abdominal Imaging section and the remainder of his time to research, teaching and clinical work in the Division of Nuclear Medicine. His areas of research are in PET applied to oncology, lung cancer and imaging tumor proliferation with PET. He is also particularly interested in PET/CT systems. As part of his clinical activity he focuses on correlative imaging between nuclear imaging and anatomic cross-sectional imaging.
Dr. Vesselle is a dedicated teacher and researcher and serves as a mentor for medical students, fellows and residents. Dr. Vesselle participates in several courses for medical students including diagnostic radiology courses (RAD 693), nuclear medicine preceptorship (RADGY 505). He also presents several Nuclear Medicine and PET lectures each year. Dr. Vesselle also organizes and chairs the annual University of Washington PET CME course.


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What gps reciever do you use?Originally Posted by maxipad96
Route 66 is dead on for me.. maybe its your gps unit cause mine is accurate enough to tell me my exact speed and shows right when i'm going through intersections. I believe the refresh rate is every 1 second.
What gps reciever do you use?Originally Posted by maxipad96
Carputer status: [-*---------]
Im thinking laptop...
Rikaline 6010
ive got the same prob, just installed 2004, i had 2002 running fine but wanted the newer updates. 2004 takes like 20 seconds to catch up with me, thats with a bu-303 on a 1.3 powerbook with 768 ram!Originally Posted by sars
it really ****ed me off, im gonna try the gps unit in other places tho. it was on my windscreen today, will try the back.
Hmm, got exactly the same problem with 5 seconds delay, even with the newest version. Very nice for navigation :-(
The support guys at R66 continue to tell me it is not possible and that they have real-time GPS and this has been fixed long time ago. Maybe when I get <censored> just a little bit more, I will drop by at their HQ (not far from where I live) and show them...
Except for this, no problems whatsoever running R66 on Tiger (PowerBook G4 1.25 and Mac mini 1.4)
i just got the newest update for 2004 uk 66 and it works fine now. i belive 66 standard is a fix every 15s, with the patch i just installed its every 1s so now is heaps better than the last trip i drove where it was just sooo slow!
i just drove round the block to check it was ok. whoop
I have a GlobalSat BT-308 Bluetooth GPS and it was working well with Route 66 before 10.4.x. It was very precise even at higher speed (on the highway).
Now, I am with 10.4.2 and it is not working properly. The problem does not come from the GPS since, my GPS is working fine with KisMac (mapping function) and 10.4.2.
I wrote to Route 66. They were nice and gave me an answer:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for the feedback.
Our development team will investigate this issue as soon as possible.
You will be informed as soon as a solution for this problem is found.
Kind regards,
ROUTE 66 Customer Supp
This is a little off topic but where do you have to place the GPS reciever. Does it need to go on the roof or can you have it inside like on the back hatch cover or something? Thanks
It is much better to have a direct line of sight to the sky, but if it is not waterproof I would recommend inside the car, like on the back hatch cover, or the corner of the front dash works, too.Originally Posted by kwik18t
Carputer status: [-*---------]
Im thinking laptop...
You can use GPSUtility to help you place your GPS. This software let you see how many Satellites you are receiving and even their signal strength.Originally Posted by kwik18t
You can find it at:
(I do not like VersionTracker... but they have a link to this software)
Developer site: http://www.gpsnavx.com/index.php?page=Screenshots


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Ink and color on wood; 2 x 7 15/16 in. (5.1 x 20.2 cm)
Lent by The Kronos Collections (L.1985.42.28)
Depicted on this manuscript cover are two delicately painted scenes from the play Shakuntala, which was written by the famous Indian poet and dramatist Kalidasa in the fourth or fifth century. Unlike the religious subjects that appear on the vast majority of other surviving manuscript covers, Shakuntala is a secular story. It is a romance about a king, Dushyanta, who encounters the miraculously beautiful Shakuntala while hunting in the woods near her stepfather's hermitage. They instantly fall in love, marry, have a child, separate because of a curse, and finally reunite. On the left, King Dushyanta and Shakuntala appear seated on decorated cushions. This scene most likely depicts the king's gift of his ring, to remind his wife of his love. Later, it is the sight of the ring that dispels the curse and causes the lovers to be reunited. The scene to the right depicts the king, with his left hand raised to his chin, listening to a jester.


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YORKTOWN - Clint Inman Sr., 52, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Saturday April 14th, 2012, following a brief illness.
Clint was born May 30th, 1959 to his parents, Fred P. Inman and Merla (Tweedy) Cawood.
He was a graduate of Southside High School, class of 1978. Clint spent his years doing what he loved as a master auto technician for Stanley Chevrolet before starting his own business, Southside Automotive in Anderson.
He is survived by his wife, Tracy Inman of Yorktown, IN; daughters, Christy Buis, Haley S. Inman, Regina Vore, Tarina Webb and Kristina Walton (husband, Aaron), all of Muncie, IN; sons, Kyle Keihn (wife, Nichole) and Noah T. Inman, both of Muncie, IN; his mother, Merladene Cawood (husband, Jim) of Muncie, IN; a sister, Lori Shaver (husband, Paul), of Muncie, IN; a brother, Gary Benassi (wife, Teresa), of Worthington, IN; nieces, Chelsy, Cambry and Carly Shaver; a nephew, Cabron Shaver; and several beloved grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Fred Inman, and a son, Clint Inman Jr.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Gant Funeral Home, Yorktown chapel. Interment will be held in the Beech Grove Cemetery in Muncie, IN.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and one hour prior to services on Thursday.


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Shock Trauma kicks off a fundraiser campaign to add a new critical care tower to save more lives
BALTIMORE, Md - The University of Maryland Shock Trauma is a worldwide leader in Trauma Care. It is the first coordinated system in the country and the heart of Maryland's Emergency Medical System.
More than 150,000 people in the state have been served at Shock Trauma. There is an immediate need to add a new critical care tower for Shock Trauma to save more lives.
Karen Doyle, Vice President of Operations and Nursing along with Marianne Rowan-Braun who is overseeing the campaign dropped by Good Morning Maryland Saturday to discuss the campaign.


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From The Telegraph:
Scientists at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never looked at pornography – but couldn't find any.
Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users.
But their project stumbled at the first hurdle when they failed to find a single man who had not been seen it.
"We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography," said Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse. "We couldn't find any."
Although hampered in its original aim, the study did examined the habits of those young men who used pornography – which would appear to be all of them.
Prof Lajeunesse interviewed 20 heterosexual male university students who consumed pornography, and found on average, they first watched pornography when they were 10 years old.
Around 90 per cent of consumption was on the internet, while 10 per cent of material came from video stores.
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As airlines are trying to limit their financial losses by imposing new fees, consumer advocates are loudly criticizing these ideas as examples of these businesses trampling on travelers' rights.
Earlier this month, discount carrier Spirit Airlines stirred controversy by announcing that it would charge passengers for carry-on luggage stowed in overhead bins. This caused the organization called FlyersRights.org to demand that Congress ban such practices permanently.
Its president and founder, Kate Hanni, has sought to expose airlines' motivations behind such decisions by saying that the United States has become known as the "Land of the Fee" when it comes to air travel. She added that this is because fees are treated differently than other revenue in terms of the taxes airlines have to pay to fund the national aviation system.
"So not only do these latest gimmicks harm passengers, they are shortchanging all of us by skirting [the airlines'] responsibility to help maintain and upgrade our nation's aviation infrastructure," Hanni stressed.
In a related development, European carrier Ryanair said it will begin charging passengers for in-flight bathroom use, and FlyersRights.org also urged Congress to prohibit U.S. carriers from doing this same.


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"So Long Marianne" - Leonard Cohen and Friends
(This song just popped into my head for some reason.)
- As I alluded to in comments, this David Brooks piece was really too much. I was particularly taken by his notion of multi-generational grittiness, a kind of immigrant DNA that is evidently handed down to the right kind of people -- people like Mitt Romney, who is just a step removed from hearty pioneers and immigrant coal miners. (As someone who has spent a small chunk of his career trying to deal with sons who have driven their fathers' construction companies into the ground, I nearly spit my coffee out at this notion -- the name Paris Hilton also immediately jumped to mind.) The only thing that matters about Romney is that he has shown the work ethic and persistence of the salt of the earth working man types of which Brooks has heard tell.
His wealth is, according to Brooks, a sideshow. No one cares that he pays a 15% tax rate on his eight figure income or that he has up to $100 million in his freakin' IRA (really??!!), or that he is off-shoring some part of his considerable fortune in the Cayman Islands. No, this hard working white man, this starched-shirt striver, is just what the zeitgeist demands.
To which I say, keep telling yourself that story David.
Evidently, the people of South Carolina -- the most beautiful people in the world -- are not buying what Romney is selling. According to Nate, Gingrich has an 87% chance of winning there. We really can't be that lucky, can we?
We got an inch of snow last night and it's a little bit icy, so an excellent day to hang around and see what's going on in South Carolina.
Whats doing with you?
A little liveblogging update: MSNBC has already called it for Gingrich, CNN just showed exit polls with Gingrich up by 9%, and Fox News has also called it for Gingrich. This is surely good news for John McCain.
David Gergen just referred to Newt Gingrich as an "alpha male." Only in the odd world of Republican politics. In my world, he would have been the guy whose lunch money would have been up for grabs on a daily basis.
There have been some questions about whether there would be a gender gap in Gingrich's results given his dubious record in matters marital. My previous research on gender gaps in voting showed very little historical difference between southern white women and men. (And the South Carolina Republican primary is virtually all white.) This is not the case in the northeast or northwest where white men and women often diverge by a good 10-15% in their voting (by which I mean, for example [from memory] 67% of white women in Rhode Island voted for Obama, while only 50% of the white men there did]. There is a slight gender gap between black men and women, with men voting about 90% Democratic and women about 95%.
Gingrich's victory strikes me as a triumph of his ability to tap into the southern Republican Id-- a place where the "food stamps president" line is deemed a virtue. And once again this seems to stem from a fantasy that in a debate Gingrich will give Obama the ass-kicking that the fraudulent teleprompter addict deserves.
A couple of more things: First, on MSNBC they were discussing the exit polls that showed Gingrich beating Romney on the question of electability by ten points. This is a nightmare for Romney -- electability is his strongest argument in many respects. (It also indicates how delusional South Carolinian Republicans are -- at least in my estimation.) Second, they are noting, contra Brooks, how much the tax issue may have hurt Romney. I am guessing it did , even with this constituency.
Mitt is speaking and basically ignoring the result, making a perfunctory nod to Gingrich, and then launching into the identical anti-Obama speech that he gave when he won in New Hampshire. Strange. And it really is replete with lie upon lie. He is a contemptible sonofabitch. Oh wait, he has added a CODA attacking the idea of a candidate who has never run a business or a state. And now he is condeming the frontal assault on the free enterprise system by his Republican opponents. "We celebrate success in this party." "Those who pick up the weapons of the left today will find them turned against them tomorrow." You flatter us Mitt. He accuses Gingrich (not by name) of demonizing success and disparaging the free market. He cannot be too happy though. A week ago he looked to have this thing sewn up -- now he will need to spend more money and take more hits. I still think it will be him, but how long this thing will go on remains to be seen.
This is a huge loss for Romney. He got trounced and is bleeding from every orfice. If Gingrich can somehow take Florida, there is going to be panic all over the GOP establishment.
So a 14 point win for Gingrich and Romney stuck at 27% -- numbers that are really chilling for those in the Republican Party who understand just how toxic Gingrich would be in a general election. The question is whether Gingrich can get enough people to open their wallets for him. If he can, God help Mitt, who I suspect is going to be writing checks to make sure that Santorum stays in the race a bit longer. If Santorum drops out, this thing is wide open again.
Speaking of which, I remain baffled by the decision of the religous right groups attempting to rally around Santorum. Why would you take a chance on a fairly marginal campaign at this moment -- in the process exposing your weakness and inability to actually deliver your vote.
A couple of other things. This was the first race in which it appears that Romney's Mormonism seemed to hurt him. I'm not sure if this will prove an isolated event or will prove to be an issue in other southern states. If so, it's pretty fascinating. Basically, there's a group of evangelical voters who would prefer a thrice married, Catholic convert who is a serial adulterer to a solid family man who is also a Mormon.
One wrinkle in the Florida campaign is that there has been considerable early voting. This will almost certainly help Romney, although to what degree is difficult to say.
Romney had been making noises about skipping a debate next week in Florida. I am guessing that that isn't going to happen now.
And he is most certainly going to have to release his taxes soon. The issue is not going to go away and I think Gingrich will be more than willing to slap him around on this if he doesn't cough them up -- which will also mean that he can't wait until his 2011 taxes are filed. He will have to come up with an earlier and no doubt less carefully prepared return for public consumption.


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If you go
Where: 1202 Main St., Over-the-Rhine
Hours: The lunch counter is open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. The store is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Phone: 513-721-7275
Web: www.parkandvine.com
The eco-friendly Over-the-Rhine stores been selling green sundries since 2007, but its only been a year since they installed a vegan lunch counter, which just extended its weekday lunch to Saturdays and added a Sunday brunch.
The mood: Adam and I popped in during a Saturday afternoon. The dining area is small and almost all six of their tables were occupied with folks ready to eat healthy. A colorful chalkboard hung over the counter and listed five types of sandwiches, a few sides, salads, coffee drinks, herbal teas and fresh juices. Sunlight spilled through the windows, one of which showed off an aquaponics system. Framed photographs and artwork for sale coated the exposed brick walls, symbolizing art merging with a sustainable lifestyle.
Gleaning by the people eating tempeh sandwiches and kale salad, veganism now has universal appeal. Well, almost. Adam, a staunch omnivore, wouldve rather consumed a rare steak covered in gravy than tofu smothered in fake cheese, but he was a good sport about my need for earthy nourishment.
The food: Missy Cox Howard, who worked at another friendly vegan place, Melt, whips up P+Vs menu and makes sure to include local farms and businesses. Adam and I stepped up to the counter and we each ordered a sandwich ($6). I chose the Porta Bella Burger (marinated portabella mushroom, red onion, lettuce, tomato, daiya cheese and ground mustard on Shadeau rye bread) with a side of Raw Raw! ($3 kale salad) and Adam picked the Yoko Ono! Oh Yes! sandwich (hoisin-marinated tofu, cukes, greens and cheddar cheese spread on Shadeau sourdough rye) with a side of smoky potato salad ($3).
Because there were three groups of people ahead of us and everythings meticulously made with fresh ingredients, we had to wait over 30 minutes to get our food. Once our food arrived, we dug in and ate every last bite.
The daiya cheese had a stringy texture and tasted nothing like real cheese and is probably why Ill never evolve into a complete vegan. The best dishes were the sides: the kale had a light, sesame dressing mixed with carrots and beans; the potato salad had a smoky flavor, which wasnt from bacon but couldve easily been, and a Vegenaise-esque dressing that tasted better than potato salad soaked in mayo. As Adam happily ate his tofu, he commented the food was a pretty good illusion a huge compliment from a meat lover.
The drinks: Besides the self-serve water, we drank a fresh carrot/ginger/beet concoction that tasted good despite my general loathing of beets. Their cold case stocked bottles of Fab Ferments kombucha and other bottled beverages, so myself and a lot of other people drank those and then recycled the bottles.
The verdict: I seriously felt energized after eating the health food and confirmed there is something to this vegan movement. I also felt like I was doing my part to save the world, even if it entailed begrudgingly eating fake cheese.


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John Thune speaks at a Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce function at C.J. Callaway's in August 2009. He says he'll support a curb on congressional earmarks. / Elisha Page / Argus Leader
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Thune will join a growing number of Republican senators in calling for a two-year moratorium on earmarks, those congressional pet projects that became the target of anti-spending, tea party conservatives in the recent congressional elections.
Last week, some Republican senators, including GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were defending the practice of earmarking as a way to make sure federal dollars go for important programs back home rather than letting government bureaucrats decide. He was opposed on the issue by a group of conservatives, some newly elected, who said the earmarks represent the kind of pork-barrel politics voters soundly rejected at the ballot box.
On Monday, McConnell said on the Senate floor that he is switching his position and will support the moratorium because "the voters have spoken (and) this is what they want us to do."
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Through his office, Thune, who was traveling Monday and unavailable for comment, said he would follow suit.
In an interview last week before he had decided, Thune said he was wrestling with the issue - as his record suggests.
Dozens of projects sought by Thune
He has backed similar moratoriums in the past but the proposed 2011 spending bills Congress will consider in the coming weeks include almost 30 Thune-requested projects, such as money for highway projects, water systems and safety programs on Indian reservations. Most of those requests were co-sponsored by Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., congressional documents show.
Thune predicted his party would take dramatic steps given the election results this month, which handed Republicans historic gains in Congress.
"In the end, there's a tremendous political imperative from the American people to do something on earmarks, and I expect we will do something," he said at the time. "The question is, what, and I think that's what the debate will be about."
Lewis & Clark money a concern
One of Thune's earmarks would direct $8 million to the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System, a congressionally authorized, multistate project that will serve southeastern South Dakota and still is waiting for $188.6 million in promised federal money. Troy Larson, the project's executive director, said he's "very concerned" that an earmark moratorium could affect Lewis & Clark if it doesn't distinguish between longstanding projects such as that and one-time items quietly inserted into spending bills.
"If you include projects like Lewis & Clark, you end up costing taxpayers much more in inflation and lost economic opportunities," Larson said Monday. "We applaud responsible efforts to rein in earmark spending, but if that effort wrongly includes authorized projects like Lewis & Clark, it's counterproductive."
Thune agrees.
"There are ways that you can do this that really legitimize Congress spending money, and one is authorized projects that went through the normal process and passed the House and the Senate," he said last week. "To me, that's a very different thing than an earmark that gets dropped into an appropriations bill in a conference committee that hasn't passed the House and the Senate."
Although the argument has been cast in spending terms, Thune cautioned that's not really the issue because earmarks generally don't add to the overall budget. Once a budget total is determined, lawmakers then put in requests for a portion of that money to fund home-state projects. The bigger issue, he said, is corruption - or at least the perception of it. Some lawmakers have gotten in trouble by steering money to favored causes and campaign contributors.
Whatever the pros and cons of earmarks, Thune was backed in a corner if he wants to pursue a White House bid in 2012, said Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Report, a Washington political newsletter.
Political awareness of tea party power
"Anybody who's looking to run for president has to be concerned about the tea party folks. And they are going to be evaluating potential 2012 candidates on a number of dimensions, but certainly at the top of the list is spending and earmarks," Rothenberg said. "I would think anybody who votes for politics as usual on Capitol Hill would arouse some ire amongst the tea party crowd, and that's something you just don't want to do."
The proposed Senate ban would take effect in January. It would not be binding because Democrats still will control the Senate, and they have not indicated whether they would ban earmarks. Republicans who will control the House in January plan to impose a moratorium.
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Issaquah Indians place fourth in Hawaii World Series
July 30, 2013
By Christina Corrales-Toy
Members of the Issaquah Indians 18U baseball team capped their playing careers in grand fashion, jetting to Oahu to compete in the 2013 Hawaii World Series July 16-21.
The team, comprised of Issaquah and Skyline high school students, finished the tournament with a 3-4 record, good enough to capture fourth place among the eight teams in the competition.
"It was great to finish the season playing our best baseball," coach Glenn Meyer said. "Our defense finally showed up as we had our entire team together for really the first time all year."
The Indians secured their finish with a win in the consolation bracket championship game against Big Island All-Stars. Troy Potensky knocked the game open with a bases-clearing double, while Anders Lindberg pitched six strong innings to secure the 11-6 victory, Meyer said.
Conditions were ripe for an offensive explosion, thanks to the hot air and large Hawaii playfields, Meyer said. The Indians hit the ball hard the entire tournament, notching a multitude of extra-base hits, resulting in several high-scoring games.
Meyer singled out Kevin Letourneau, Ryan Siefkes, Zach Garner, Chris Young and Anders Lindberg as Issaquah Indians who had solid performances at the plate.
The pitchers stepped up, too, putting together a string of gutsy pitching performances, Meyer said.
"On the mound, Jackson Meyer was a horse, pitching a complete game in sticky, humid 92 degree heat and then came back on two days rest and gave us five more strong innings," Meyer said.
Kyle Thomas had quite the tournament working behind the plate, throwing out a staggering six would-be base-stealers.
"By our last two games, the word got out and the other teams didn't attempt to steal much at all," Meyer said.
The tournament pitted the Indians against some of the top teams from Hawaii, and the Issaquah team more than held its own.
"The other thing that stood out to me during the tournament is just how much baseball talent there is in our area," Meyer said. "We finished in the bottom half of the standings in our senior American Legion League but were able to compete at a high level against the best teams here in Hawaii."
The Indians took full advantage of their time playing in paradise, using their downtime to go snorkeling, surfing and swimming, Meyer said.
One of the more meaningful excursions, though, was a trip to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
"To be able to stand on hallowed ground and see where World War II began for our country and ended, the USS Missouri, which accepted the formal surrender of Japan, is also at Pearl Harbor, I think was something our group will never forget," Meyer said.
It was the last time many of the players, who have been together since playing T-ball, will ever play baseball, so emotions were flowing after the very last game, Meyer said. All of the players will now head off to college for their freshman years within the next few months.
"I watched these guys grow up," Meyer said. "They are like an extended family, so it's kind of emotional for a coach."
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