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Tickle, tease, stroke and please with this beautiful beginner's flogger. One of the most versatile spanking tools money can by, its lightweight miniature design and soft faux leather fronds make first time whip play exciting, and anything but frightening.
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Tickle, tease, stroke and please with this beautiful beginner's flogger. One of the most versatile spanking tools money can by, its lightweight miniature design and soft faux leather fronds make first time whip play exciting, and anything but frightening.
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Our first go at bondage
Reviewed: 20 May 2016 by Billybob12344, a Straight Going Steady Male
I recommend for first time users as it is not expensive but still a good quality product. Me and my partner have been talking about doing something like this ever since we watched Fifty Shades of Grey. We have always been nervous of hurting each other and it's been awkward. We saw this had good reviews and at a reasonable price, so we went for it.
The first impressions were good, not intimidating, nice soft leather fronds and a good light handle to hold. The only thing is I thought there would be more fronds and a little longer. But at the end of the day it for beginners and if you like it you can always get a longer one.
We tested it on each other first just to see what it was like and we were both surprised. We were expecting a big sting and it to last a while. But no it wasn't really a sting, more of a quick shock to your body. It was quite nice, I have to say.
The first time we used it in the bedroom was excellent. It's great for teasing and tickling, not just for whipping. You can really play around with each other's senses. The more times we use it, the more we get experimental with it. This has put more trust in each other and brought our relationship closer.
Think everyone should try it at least once, it great for teasing and tickling. You don't have just whip each other with it. You can easily store it out of the way when it's not in use.
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- Well made. Light weight. Soft leather. Easy to hold. Good value.
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- Longer and more fronds.
- Bottom line
- Highly recommend to beginners and anyone who is intrigued. Great product with great results.
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Reviewed: 16 October 2015 by naughty mum, a Straight Going Steady Female
Another secret tester that I got in the post to test out with my new partner.
This was a new toy for both of us as we did not have anything like this to play with in the bedroom. My partner had recently voiced an interest in trying something more kinky and I let on that we had some toys to try out.
I had left this in the box under his side of the bed with a few of the the tassels hanging out to pique his interest and give him a chance to look them over before we got to play. It worked, he was very intrigued!
The flogger is not very big, almost travel-kit sized. The overall feel is sexy and quite a tease and not in the least intimidating for those new to bondage. It's compact nature means it isn't going to mark that much when used as you can't really get any serious strength into any stroke. But it does allow for soft ticklish teasing and a thwack that delivers a mild sting.
Using it with restraints and a blindfold does allow for ultimate teasing. Needless to say, my partner was wriggling with anticipation when I used this as he couldn't see it coming! I found out that he has far more sensitive spots that can hot up with this!
- Pros
- Small and compact and not intimidating.
- Cons
- If you want hardcore, this would not do it for you.
- Bottom line
- Good value and great fun for those new to bondage.
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Reviewed: 19 September 2015 by Will B, a Straight Married Male
The flogger was sent in a plastic bag. There is a very nice information card with the flogger to give people a few hints and tips if this is a new thing for them, which I found to be helpful.
The flogger self is well made and sits great in the hand.
The satin grip and leather tails make for a great mix, and you can use both to tease tickle and, if wished, to give a little pain too.
The tails are leather but are soft and can be run gently over the body to tease, or if needed you can start to flog the body .
This is a great toy to get people started on the joys of pleasure and pain play.
You can start with out pain and built up or not.
We have now started use the flogger for both, and I must say it is great. I would like to add that if you wish to take this sort of play to the next level, get some restraints and blindfold. This with the teasing play will make for a great night or day.
We have both restraints and a blindfold and now have the problem that we both love to the person in the restraints and blindfold and have the other be in control. Not seeing anything is mind-blowing, and we are not hardcore bondage people. But wow, just having your control taken away and having the other person take control, and not knowing what is going to happen or just feeling a little here and then nothing then something.
Give it a go, but please make sure you know the limits and have fun
All in all, a great toy that you should get and give a try.
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- That you can do so many things with it.
- Cons
- Nothing to not like.
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- Great toy to start tease play.
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Apocalypse? Now? It depends who you're talking to. One in four Christians believe that Jesus will return in their lifetime, an Associated Press poll reported in 1997. The idea, popular in some groups, that the apocalypse and the coming of Jesus will occur on Jan. 1, 2000 is derived, -- imperfectly, perhaps -- from the Bible, which nowhere gives an exact date for the event.
But Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Zoroastrians also have ideas about how the world will end. Indeed, almost every religion includes a notion of end time. Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and American Indians all had apocalyptic beliefs, for instance.
Some scholars say that Zoroastrianism, founded by the Iranian prophet Zarathustra (or Zoroaster, as the Greeks called him) around 1300 B.C., laid the foundation for Judeo-Christian teachings about the apocalypse. Zoroastrians ''taught that the world has a beginning and an end and forms the field of a cosmic battle between good and evil,'' between Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom, and Ahriman, who is wicked, said James Russell, a professor at Harvard University. Zoroaster never specified a date for the world's end. But ''he suggested it would end with the coming of a savior; and that the world would then be cleansed of death and wickedness and people would rise from the dead,'' Mr. Russell said.
Zoroaster's followers later said the world would last 12,000 years; the final 6,000 years represent human history. ''The process of apocalypse is played out over the final 3,000 years of the human era with three saviors,'' said Mr. Russell. The final savior, and most important, is Astvat Ereta whose name means ''righteousness embodied.'' Like Jesus, Astvat Ereta had a miraculous birth; his virgin mother was impregnated with Zoroaster's seed while bathing in a lake.
Although Zoroastrians have no concept of an eternal hell, they believe the wicked will be judged and punished in an ordeal of molten metal. Evil will be destroyed, and purified sinners will be renewed for eternity. A minority of Zoroastrians believe that humanity is in the final phase of the 3,000 years. But, said Mr. Russell, ''Most Zoroastrians don't think about the end too much.''
''The date when the world absolutely ends is the spring equinox of the 12,000th year from the creation of the universe,'' Mr. Russell said. ''The problem is, no one knows exactly what year that was.''
Scholars say Zoroastrianism found its way into Old Testament accounts of the apocalypse, which were supposed to console Jews in their suffering. The Book of Daniel, for instance, offered hope to Jews persecuted during the second century B.C. In the New Testament, in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus draws on the Old Testament Book of Isaiah to describe his apocalyptic return. When Jesus failed to come as soon as his followers had hoped, they focused on his eventual return, which is described allegorically in the Book of Revelation.
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Technical Committees
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- Coding of Audio Signals
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This Committee is the portal through which the AES becomes more widely informed of and responsive to the needs of Audio for Games. We will be proactive in defining recommended game audio practices, capabilities, services and standards. Our mission is to cooperatively influence hardware and software design, to leverage the combined skills of the diverse audio community and to improve the performance of audio across all gaming platforms and applications.
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AES 139 NYC 2015 - Game Audio Sessions
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Emerging technology trends
New console technology and increasing resources in PCs have made significant amounts of processing power and memory available to games and other interactive applications. Previous trends in game audio have revolved around squeezing audio solutions into low memory and designing effects with minimized processor usage. In contrast, current trends arise due to the vast flexibility available for interactive audio given by high processing power and more memory.
Some general trends are:
- Interactive audio was dominantly the domain of games, but increases in processing power and wider availability of high-level audio APIs have opened up more possibilities for research, training, and educational applications.
- There is still little understanding of multimodal interaction and coordination: how do the aural and visual components of a game interact and how well do they match?
- Standardization of audio within games is still not a reality. Interactive file formats such as AudioBIFS in MPEG-4 or interactive XMF have seen little take-up. There are no industry-wide standards for mix levels, listening levels, or mastering techniques.
- The growth in high-definition (HD) formats and media, such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD, has pushed consumer expectations of audio. It is now feasible to represent the majority of audio assets using bit resolutions of 16 and sample rates of 48 kHz and potentially higher over the next few years. Use of compression reduces storage requirements but raw uncompressed data used within applications at runtime, even on modern platforms, can still strain resources.
- Use of HD formats and widespread acceptance of multichannel audio has led to 5.1 channels becoming a standard specification on many computer games. Support is also strong for up to 7.1 channels and other formats such as binaural sound over head-phones. With increased processing power, developers are even looking to new possibilities including the potential application of ambisonics in games. The industry is unlikely to exploit this over the next few years, but this interest illustrates the keenness of game developers to make good use of new hardware. Clearly, outside of the games industry ambisonics, wavefield synthesis, and other spatial audio techniques are commonly used in applications where they are suitable.
- Greater proliferation of audio codecs is currently having a big impact on the games industry. Developers are no longer forced to use codecs that are tied to a particular hardware platform but are free to implement their own in software. Greater understanding of audio codecs means developers can choose from a number of options with regard to quality and means of delivery. However, cost and complexity of licensing agreements is an important factor in this choice.
- Sound design tools for interactive audio remain primitive compared to their linear audio counterparts. More powerful interactive audio tools would help during the design of applications with many audio assets and help to ease the task of creative management. Such tools are beginning to appear from middleware providers and platform holders.
- The technical knowledge and skills required for all game professionals is rising. Academia and industry need to teach and prepare students specifically in game-audio skills. Details of game-audio careers, job opportunities, necessary skill sets, and institutions that offer game-audio courses would be valuable to people starting game-audio careers. The industry also needs to work with such institutions to ensure that course content is relevant. Educational facilities that do offer game-audio curricula would be likely to benefit from certification by recognized bodies.
The significant shift from performing audio processing on dedicated hardware to processing on general purpose DSPs that are also used for graphics, physics, artificial intelligence, and other tasks has a number of effects:
- While more power is theoretically available, shared use of processors does not offer guaranteed cycles for audio. Processing budgets for audio must be carefully balanced with other elements of a game or application. Understanding and appreciating the role of audio is now a necessity for chief technology officers and other nonaudio team members when balancing processor loads on projects.
- Physical modeling and sound synthesis are potentially possible in real time using current technology. Such techniques would provide an ideal means for generating truly dynamic content for interactive applications. Common use of such techniques is still some time off as there is currently little knowledge of these areas within the games industry.
- Creative management of audio poses new challenges. In modern systems the number of voices is virtually limitless. There is a trend in some games for a very large number of on-screen objects or nonplayer characters. In these situations the sound designer must imply the quantity of sound sources that the user expects while retaining creative control of the mix. Again, appropriate tools are required to allow the sound designer to dynamically emphasize certain individual sources and group or prioritize others.
- Real-time processing of sample data may lead to greater use of plugins in interactive audio applications. Developers of audio processing plug-ins and plug-in formats may see an opportunity to explore newer emerging markets.
- Greater quantities of audio data place high demands on the bandwidth of modern platforms. Data transfer from mastered media (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.) has not increased with the newer hardware systems, thus creating a need to prioritize and balance data bandwidth usage among all game data, not just audio.
- The more data seeks to the media, the less efficient the data reads and therefore the data transfer bandwidth becomes less efficient. Streaming audio data from mastered media may require multiple seeks, therefore creating an efficiency loss in data transfer.
- As nonaudio data vies for this bandwidth, the balance between streaming audio and nonaudio data becomes more difficult to achieve and often audio data is given lower priority.
- Generating guidelines or technical specifications for audio data bandwidth(s) for specific hardware devices would help to provide game developers with the metrics needed to initiate audio technology designs.
- Acceptance of online gaming and trends towards downloadable games or episodic game content place extra bandwidth requirements on audio assets, with downloadable games being typically under 50 MB.
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2009-5-28 TC Meeting Minutes
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2009-4-30 TC Meeting Minutes
Description: Minutes of the AES Technical Committee on Audio for Games - October 4, 2008 - AES 125th Convention, San Francisco, USA
2006-7-31 TC Meeting Minutes
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2006-4-11 TC Meeting Minutes
Description: Minutes from TC meeting on Friday, October 9, 2005 at the 119th AES convention.
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First off, I love your plugin. It's the best I have used :)
The way I use it will pull a slideshow with the same slug name as the page in question, unless the page has a "thumbnail", which will override the slideshow. Here's my code:
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Skip to comments.Momentary Freefall: Europe's Getting Crushed (again) [NOT News]
Posted on 09/05/2011 7:08:42 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
It's a freefall at the moment.
Which means that it's gonna be bloody Tuesday here..and a nice backdrop to Obama's speech...
Good thing our market is closed today. Perhaps, cooler heads will prevail tomorrow.
A "downward spiral" in pictures.
Well, at least I have a job for now... We must survive the Obama Recession
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Here We Go: US Futures Plunge As Milan, Dax Down 5%, Italian Fins Halted, EURUSD Sub 1.41
It is unclear what just spooked the market, but whatever it is, stocks have had enough fun for the day. After the ECB just announced that it had monetized a whopping E13.3 billion in the past week, nearly double expectations, and a total of E134 billion since the SMP program's inception, the market took one quick look at just how effective this program has been, shuddered, and plunged realizing that neither ECB intervention, nor the shorting halt is doing anything at all. As a result, ES is now down 21, EURUSD just dropped below 1.41 (Chinabot is about to give up), and rolling halt of Italian banks have started, with Intessa, Mediaset and Impreglio all halted. We expect UniCredit to follow suit as usual.
Gold just hit $1900.
DAX now down 5.5%.
The Germans won't waste any more $$ to let Greeks retire at age 50, and if Merkel keeps trying...she'll be tossed out ....her party justhad a big loss in a regional election..a hint of what's to come..
Kidding, right?
THE International Monetary Fund has called on the US and Europe to abandon fiscal austerity and switch to stimulus measures, warning that the global economy faces a ''threatening downward spiral''. [emph added]And this when the US isn't around to pick up the slack.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/imf-urges-stimulus-over-austerity-20110905-1ju39.html#ixzz1X5UqWhI2
germany will bail them out.
Nope..and neither can Bernake....
you'll see.
I'll bet you ONE pfennig.....
Germany will end up owning Greece.
I can just picture the scene 3 days from now - the world financial markets will be in collapse, and boy-Obama will give his long-awaited speech, which will be full of empty lefty cliches and nonsense....
-——cooler heads will prevail -——
My thought is that the first string will return to the game after the August vacations and soothe the frenzy.
Then I thought...... that's exactly what happened in Europe and they declared the disaster worse than the second team would acknowledge. The first string is on the field and all hell broke loose.
Not only does the U.S. have to put up with our own citizens robbing the treasury, every other country and the IMF wants to help rob our treasury. Looks like its too late to be worried about tomorrow.
what'll that be worth when it's time to settle up?
that's too bad for the Germans! That place isn't worth having even as a colony.
apologies: it's ftse -3% and dax -5%.
Ohh I dunno,some of the women are pretty hot....
Won't affect me immediately regardless. I am divested from the stock market. All my money is in US bonds and physical gold and silver (which I bought at $600/once and $13/once respectively).
I have come to think of it as his VIAGRA Speech
It is the speech to overcome Presidential impotence
Blood will fill Wall Street above the street signs tomorrow.
German parliment votes tomorrow on the bailout. I guess a bad vote turns the whole thing into meltdown phase.
Buy When There's Blood In The Streets
" Baron Rothschild, an 18th century British nobleman and member of the Rothschild banking family, is credited with saying that "The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets."
Joe Weisenthal
Sep. 5, 2011, 10:38 AM
Fears that the Eurozone might go kaput led to a total bloodbath in Europe today (and it's not quite over).
We mentioned the selling earlier, when the major indices were down some 3%, but now it's worse.
Here's a quick look at the equity markets.
Italy -5.3%.
Germany -5.5%.
France -4.9%.
Athens -3.1%. That index is now down about 50% since March.
Greek 2-year yields blew past 50% for the first time.
Meanwhile, banks are getting destroyed.
Deutsche Bank if off over 8%.
Credit Suisse is down 8.8%.
Italy's UniCredit is off 7.4%.
And the major US equity indices, fresh off their ~2.5% losses on Friday are down another 2.5% or so today.
Drink up!
I suspect the Greek pols are gonna do something stupid..really stupid....
How ironic. If only Hitler had waited, the Third Reich could have eventually bought Europe at a discount. ;-)
I would not call that "freefall." It's probably a reaction more to the Greece thing than anything else. Their banking system no doubt has a lot of exposure to sovereign debt.
Yes, the Germans have finally accomplished what they were trying for in the 30s.
Too bad they don't have Labor Day in Europe.
germany will bail them out.
They closed a lot worse:
Now, Dow futures down 200+, S&P 500 Futures down 36.
Maybe the US market will continue going down this week to officially inform 0b0z0 that ANOTHER SPEECH loaded with stimulus and revenue won't cut it because it won't do anything as already proven and the added attraction of not passing the House.
g'luck with that, champ.
Okay, bub.
A mere formality.
Tell me -- think it through: what choice is there? Do you think the DAX is tanking because they're not going to bail them out?
let us know how it goes, pally.
At least they're not hypocrites in that regard.
You bet, chump.
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While his Office character may take himself seriously, actor Rainn Wilson seems to be all about the laughs. Wilson plays beet-farming, archery-loving middle-management kook Dwight Shrute on the NBC hit television series. Now, Wilson is trading his crossbow for a guitar in the new film The Rocker.
In The Rocker, Wilson plays a failed hair-metal musician. After he's kicked out of his band, the group goes on to achieve great success. But when he joins his nephew's garage band, he gets a second chance at fame.
Wilson made his breakthrough as an actor playing an eccentric mortician on the HBO series Six Feet Under. He has also appeared in the films Almost Famous, Galaxy Quest, and Juno.
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Celeb Don't Watch THAT! Watch THIS! Its Adrian Ryans Occasional Celebrity Round Up!
posted by August 9 at 16:55 PMon
Tonight the 08 presidential so-called hopefuls or whatever (who will all be shot dead in the upcoming Bush takeover, mark my words) will all gather like a flock of old hens to debate that most divisive of issues, The Gays. Gayness. Fudgepackery. Homosexing. Indeed.
It might seem a bit out of character for such a rouser of the rabble as I, but fuck you. I rather Zenly encourage all of yougay, filthy breeder, two-spirit, whatever—- to ignore these alleged gay debates entirely. ENTIRELY! Go fly a kite, watch the sun set, bang your two-spirits manpussy. Get out there and enjoy some global warming. Me? I plan to do all four. Right after I write this. If you dont fly kites or have easy access to two-spirit manpussy, you can read it instead. Its win-win!
So then. Im twisted and conflicted to report that dark and terrible things have been going down in the world of celebrite. Lets touch upon a few. Dont worry. I'm wearing gloves.
And so it begins.
Terrible Happening The First: Whitney Houston celebrated her 444th birthday early this week by aging hard and fast. In some unfathomable moment of weakness, complete insanity, and/or the bad crack, the ever-screeching freak also reconciled with she baby daddy and world famous paranoid schizophrenic, Bobby B., and they spent a magical evening ducking private eyes and federal agents looking to collect on trillions of dollars in back-due child support. Osama bin Laden is, understandably, furious.
Terrible Happening The Second: Something called a Spice Girl has secretly married her secret boyfriend in a secret wedding ceremony in Las Vegas, which is tacky, right after not secretly insisting to the universe that she Eddie Murphie baby mamma, and that he should give her tonney money. Apparently, shes just a huge slut.
Terrible Happening The Third: Tori Spelling, whose poor face seems be slowly breaking into continents that are drifting apart (oh! And whos allegedly just been ordained a minister of some sort! A MINISTER!) is pregnant for the second time, having just recently given birth to a horrifying monster called Cthulhu. And I know. I was fucking THERE, man.
Terrible Happening The Fourth: Some horrible thing called a K-Fed (I think its a sort of overnight shipping franchise) has finally had the good sense to file an official looking court order to take custody of Britney Spears apparently endangered chillens! She chain smokes in front of them, tells them that cigarettes are candy, feeds them bags of sugar, tries to bribe her dentist to whiten their rotten teeth, drops them, and drives possibly drunk with them sitting unbuckled on her ever-widening lap. Also, shes a snatch-flashing spermbag who trusts George Bush, a source that cant be trusted and which is totally me reports. Disturbing.
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The odds of hanging on are good so long as the economy doesn't go into the toilet. The real estate market crash from 2007 to 2010 was one of the most destructive financial collapses in history. It caused millions of people to lose their homes—which really makes it hard to do much of anything else.
Today, the real estate market is on an upswing. Rising interest rates sink the real estate market, but the current real estate forecast looks good. People have started ponying up again to buy houses. Many are making financial investments by buying single-family homes and renting them out to the large pool of folks that lost their homes in the crash. Talk about a pool you don't want to dip your toe into.
But who knows what tomorrow will bring? Real estate brokers have a good chance of hanging on, but like anything else there's no guarantee, especially in the world of finance. So it's always a good idea to have a back-up plan.


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By Reginald Rogers / ParaglideSeptember 11, 2011
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- In observance of an event that changed the lives of Americans forever, more than 300 community leaders and spectators met at Fort Bragg's main post flagpole to remember events of Sept. 11, 2001.
"I will begin today by humbly offering my prayers for the peaceful repose of those who died violently on American soil, September 11, 2001," said Gen. Dan K. McNeill, guest speaker and retired former XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, as he addressed the spectators. "And for the solace and comfort of the Families and friends who survived on that otherwise peaceful Monday."
McNeill also recall when, as a 13 year old, he listened as J.J. Armstrong, the manager of a local A&P;supermarket in Warsaw, N.C., described his experiences when Schofield Barracks, Hawaii were attacked during the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
McNeill said he remembered the undertone of helplessness in Armstrong's voice as he described the events of that day because he experienced it again in 2001.
"On the morning of 9/11, I was on a brand new C-130J (transport aircraft), circling Sicily Drop Zone, waiting for the fog to clear and the fresh breeze to become a little less fresh," McNeill said. "On the next to the last pass, the civilian crew chief took a step across the isle and yells in my ear, 'the flight deck wants you to know that an airplane has flown into one of the World Trade towers.'"
McNeill said the statement did not register with him and he continued observing the drop zone.
He said just a few months before that day, he had given a speech and was asked by a member of a large audience, if terrorists would attack America.
"My response was similar to what many senior Army officers uttered in those days: 'it's not a question of will the U.S. be attacked, the questions are when, where and how,'" McNeill said.
He said jump conditions improved and within minutes, they were on the ground at Sicily Drop Zone. McNeill said a few minutes later, the drop zone safety officer told him, "Sir, corps headquarters wants you to know that an airplane has flown into the World Trade tower."
"I said, 'I know, I got it in the airplane.' He said, 'no sir, another one has flown into the other world trade tower.'"
McNeill said by the time he arrived at the XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters, he was able to see a news replay of the second airliner flying into the second tower. Seconds later, he was informed that there were also reports of an airplane flying into the Pentagon.
"It would be days before I knew with certainty that my friend, Lieutenant General Tim Maude perished in that heinous act," McNeill recalled. "It was not on September 11, but in the early hours of September 12, about 2 or 3 a.m., when I finally laid down for a little sleep, that I began to understand the unspoken helplessness in Mr. Armstrong's voice many years before."
McNeill also spoke of Lt. Gen. Frank G. Helmick, XVIII Airborne Corps commanding general, who is currently leading the corps during its deployment in Iraq.
"My prayers not only go out to the dead on this day, those that we remember, but they go out to Frank Helmick, they go out to (Lieutenant Generals) Joe Votel, John Mulholland and Jim Huggins," he said. "All back and forth, into a combat zone. All representing Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who now have more accumulative time in combat than their grandfathers and fathers of the greatest generation."
Following McNeill's comments, Huggins, commanding general of the 82nd Abn. Div., along with Calvin Prouty, Fort Bragg deputy provost marshal; Steven Blackburn, fire chief, Sgt. 1st Class Shawndell A. Rouse, 82nd Abn. Div. and Air Force Master Sgt. George Morris, 2nd Airlift Squadron at Pope Field laid a wreath near Fort Bragg's eternal flame in remembrance of the fallen as taps was played and a 21-gun salute rendered.
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THAT punch was a desperate, wildly thrown punch, and I advise you to look at it again, especially the slo-mo. Marquez's head was down actually past Pacquiao's right-side waist, when the punch landed. He may have wanted it to connect, but he had no idea where it was really going. Pacquiao didn't see it coming and that was to be expected.
I distinctly recall a similar punch I threw many, many years ago. We were preparing for the Universities Chamionships, and a former member, who by now was a doctor, and around 40 years old used to come every year to spar and get us into shape. He had been a phenomenon in his day, won the Uiversities Junior, Senior, and Irish National Junior and Senior Championships in the same year. He was a welterweight then but sparring with us he was likely a middle. I was a featherweight with a heavy left hand punch not so much a right hand. He was all over me around the ring and in sheer desperation from very close in, I threw a right hand exactly like Marquez's. My head was down around his waist and I had no idea where it would land. Ivan said after the round to us all, that he thought his jaw was broken (it wasn't) but it had to have been the heaviest punch I ever threw.
That sort of punch is a lucky punch.
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He got "lucky" twice...did people that say its a lucky punch forget the first knockdown? hahaha
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It's not a lucky punch if he trained for it. It wasn't lucky anyway because he dropped Pacquiao in the 3rd with the same punch. I'm tired of people acting like this could've happened to either fighter. Marquez knew what he was doing and he knew he was smarter! Pacquaio is the one that does'nt have the smarts not to walk into another right hand. There is no need for a rematch! The knockout just justified all the robberies that came before it. If Marquez would've gotten KO'd do you think we would be doing a 5th fight?? Why does Pacquiao get so many chances to just get a win. If Marquez is better than he is better plain and simple!!!!!!!
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hey all. was just wwondering. i got my bros xbox chipped up a while ago and i completed nfsu2 on his box. got myself an xbox on sunday and was wondering if there is a way of transfering my saved game from his chipped box to my normal one, without using a memory card. i just bought a router so we can both go on live as well so maybe a ftp?? any help would be much appreciated
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Posted 16 January 2005 - 07:21 PM
You can't FTP. You can only do that if both boxes are modded. You could probably make/buy a usb to xbox adapter so you could format a usb thumb/jum drive and then take it to your pc and connect to it using codejunkies action replay. Not all jump/thumb drives are compatible so search on X-S for the compatbility list. So to get the save off of the modded xbox you will need to use Xbox Saves Manager to FTP into your modded box and then copy the save you want to your pc hdd. Then plug in the jump/thumb drive and copy the save to it. Then plug the drive into your xbox using the adapter I mentioned above and use the M$ dash to copy the save to your unmodded xbox.
Posted 16 January 2005 - 07:25 PM
so in reality would it be easier just to get a mem card? i want it asap and id probably have to order the adapter of the net. if i did geta mem card could i just stick it on there from the usual m$ dash? or can i tranfer it to the mem card in the evox dash?
Posted 16 January 2005 - 08:11 PM
If you're gonna get a memory card, get an official MS one because they are the most reliable. And yes, you would transfer the game save to the memory card through the regular MS dashboard.
Posted 16 January 2005 - 11:08 PM
ok thanx for your help. ill buy one 2moro
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This is a game that has been there for a long time and has had very few features changed or added but it still remains one of the best football games. This game now has few hitches unlike the FIFA 10.
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FIFA 11 landed on the Xbox 360 by way of Activision, this latest football game is the follow up to FIFA 10 and included all new upgrades, we figured we would test out this latest football game to see what if anything has changed since our last encounter.
The main changes in FIFA 11 you will notice are the crosses are more efficient and they are met with more often impressive results, if performed correctly, with timing, the combination of the tweaked crosses and well introduced in this world cups game. However, here the game is taken further by the variety of how the crosses are responded to, whether they are an acrobatic volley or an outstretched toe or they are with a hammer-strong header.
This leads to greater chances of attacking, you will find that flanks are attacked and are now open and to score, it will take you more than hitting the ball around until it gets to someone who can put it straight in the goal. You will also notice that finding the back of the net is more difficult in FIFA 11. However it does not mean that just because there are more options it does not obviously follow that you will have more goals.
There is more emphasis placed on the good passes, with the games easier to overpower or under power the ball, also the postponing of a player is important here. You will also notice that there is more focus on individual player attributes than what the whole team does this is highlighted by the new prominence of the players in the team. The key to success in FIFA 11 is knowing each of your teams' players and their strengths. If there is a star player on the other team, the best thing is to mark them out of the game. All these new elements combined, the game is more thoughtful and the best players are expected to think two to three moves in advance.
You will notice that the game is slower and more real and it is likely that some encounters in the field may bubble up. The game initially may lack the steadiness but as you progress, and if you can manage to have put in a goal at the last minute or so, this adds to the air of excitement. There is also the visual upgrade which helps raise the level of immersion, the new improved pitch textures that add life to the game while the key players' resemblance has been enhanced . Sound too has bee upgraded to give an artistic feel to the game.
The crowd makes noises that are more atmospheric and are tailored to specific regions in the game. For example if you are playing a game in South America, samba drums will be heard. The voices of the ever-present commentators, Andy and Martin Tyler are also present. The fans' screaming helps to sustain the atmosphere as well. The single player options that have been consolidated to a career mode that does not have some of the statistical disfigurements that were in the previous versions. The excellence of the game is what wins in this version otherwise there is no innovation at all. It is a game you will enjoy playing and the upgrades will make you enjoy the game more.
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In July 2012, Natasha Noland, a popular 25-year-old Santa Cruz woman, fell out of a party bus on Highway 17 in Los Gatos and died.
Noland worked at her parent's surf store, Pacific Wave Surf Shop, in downtown Santa Cruz.
A new law was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday that will hold "party bus" companies more accountable and close legal loopholes. AB 45 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.
The CHP said they believe Noland got into a fight with a 20-year-old woman who was also drunk on the bus just before midnight. The group was on their way back to Santa Cruz after attending a Brad Paisley country music concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.
During the chaos of the fight, the two women fell through the bus' door while the bus was traveling at 45 mph, the CHP said.
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Gerald Haan
Gerald works directly with all ongoing development and consulting projects. After studying economics at the University of Tennessee, Gerald went to work in the commercial real estate and development field, which eventually led him into securities and financial markets. Through the various city boards and commissions that he has served on, Gerald has gained valuable experience in the inner workings of municipal governance. In addition, Gerald has developed thorough construction knowledge through his association with a regional lumber company and his strong partnerships with construction firms. Gerald has been involved with multi-family and senior development, specializing in the use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and agency backed financing. Furthermore, Haan has been active in national brand hotel development, assisted care facilities, and other commercial enterprises.
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Lacy is responsible for all accounting functions for the company and provides support service for the application, financing, and development phases of company projects. She manages construction draw funding paperwork, loan application, due diligence, and oversees the NLR accounting team. Lacy holds a degree in Accounting and is a Certified Credit Compliance Professional.
Benjamin Ide
Director of Development
Ben is responsible for new project development and oversight of the development team. He researches potential opportunities for feasibility and builds the financial plans to warrant a successful project. Prior to joining the company, Ben served as a Housing Development Officer for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Ben holds a degree in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and is a certified Housing Development Finance Professional.
Andrew Schorfhaar
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Andrew works on the development of new projects including identifying new markets, developing financial plans, and seeking funding from various sources. Previously Andrew served as Director or Operations for Haan Development's sister company NLR Property Management. Andrew holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and is a Housing Certified Credit Professional.
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Justin's focus is on Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects in the Western United States. He builds relationships with local non-profits and state finance agencies, models feasibility, applies for tax credits, and monitors construction. Prior to joining the company, Justin served as the Housing Development and Asset Manager for the City of Phoenix, AZ. Justin holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Humboldt State University. He is also a Housing Certified Credit Professional, a Certified Public Housing Manager, and he holds California General Contractor and Real Estate Brokers Licenses.
Kathy Schorfhaar
Project Coordinator
Kathy provides several vital functions for our company, including sales and marketing, design-development and implementation, and construction oversight. She holds a degree from Western Michigan University in Industrial Design Engineering and has 12 years experience in commercial design.
Erin Davison
Erin works closely with on-site managers and is responsible for managing accounts receivable and accounts payable as well as assists in the budgeting activities for the properties in our NLR portfolio. She is currently working towards a degree in accounting through North Central Michigan College.
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Kim provides support to executive staff and ensures day-to-day office functions run effectively. Kim holds a degree in Business Administration from Davenport University and has over ten years experience serving in this capacity.


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The mission of C.E.O. Women is to create economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women through teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills, so they can establish successful livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then provides women with intensive mentoring, coaching and access to capital needed to start a small business.
C.E.O. Women has a proven model of training and supporting low-income immigrant and refugee women who have dreams of starting their own businesses. We create entrepreneurs and improve women's economic livelihoods. Our data shows that we've served over 1,000 women since inception. In C.E.O. Women's 2007 annual outcomes survey of women who received more than 10 hours of service, we found the following: * 64 % of women report an average income increase of $28,000 per household. * 36 % of women start or grow businesses. * 87% of women increase their confidence speaking, writing and reading English. C.E.O. Women knows that when you help an individual woman, you help her community. C.E.O. Women measures the impact that we have on the economy both in terms of the increase in dollars spent locally as well as the total projected benefit on the local economy. By 2011, C.E.O. Women expects that graduates will contribute more than $30M in income spent in their local economies annually and provide more than $75M in economic value than they would have provided without participating in our program.
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I met Farhana Huq, the founder, almost 8 years ago when we were both involved in an organization called Women for Women International. Farhana was just about to launch CEO Women, as a "one woman show" at the time. I was thoroughly impressed by the energy and dedication exhibited by Farhana. Over the following years, I saw Farhana nurse and grow the organization into a flourishing entity. Farhana then brought on Kate Hamilton, yet another extremely dedicated and dynamic woman who has been truly devoted to the cause of helping the under-privileged women. Over the years, I witnessed innovative ideas that came out of the CEO Women team, the basic training program became a formula of success, which helped women grow from helplessness to independent entrepreneurs. I believe the organization is on an amazing path to great success, and many more women will benefit from the program.
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CLEMSON — A dangerously prolific invasive ant species, which first surfaced in the United States 15 years ago, has been spreading throughout the South and now appears on the verge of entering South Carolina for the first time.
The Lancaster County Planning Department has completed the new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Zoning Map after an 18-month-long effort that included several public input meetings.
The new zoning map and UDO will be on display at the Lancaster County Voter Registration Office, with planning department staff available for comments and questions, for the next few weeks leading up to an Aug. 23 public hearing on it.
The Rock Hill and Fort Mill Area Transportation Study (RFATS) is seeking community input on its effort to facilitate bicycle and pedestrian connectivity by creating local bikeways, walkways and trails.
An online survey is available through July 31 asking what would make the community safer and more friendly for walking and biking. It also wants to know what destinations that are most likely safe to walk and bike to, as well as demographic information. It also asks survey takers to rank types of bike facilities.
In the wake of violent incidents across the country involving police and young black men, Lancaster County leaders are joining together to hold a public forum Aug. 1 to discuss race relations and police practices.
The leaders include Lancaster County Councilwoman Charlene McGriff, Sheriff Barry Faile, Lancaster Police Chief Harlean Carter and other county officials, clergy and young people.
The "Let's Talk About It" forum will be 6-8 p.m. at Lancaster High School.
Yes, those are Lancaster native Dondraico Johnson's dance moves in the summer blockbuster "Ghostbusters."
The 36-year-old choreographer mapped out scenes involving up to 150 actors and and even got to appear on screen himself.
Johnson, who has worked on many movies and TV shows since moving to Hollywood, said it was tremendous fun working with stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, as well as director Paul Feig.
Among the deferred agenda items at Monday night's Lancaster County Council meeting was a proposed ordinance that would establish a storm-water utility for the Lancaster County Panhandle.
Monday night's discussion and deferral was the first many residents had heard of what will essentially be a new county department charged with managing storm-water issues and infrastructure in the Panhandle – and a new fee on their tax bills to pay for it.
Lancaster News and Carolina Gateway staffers won nine awards this week in the 2015 news and editorial contest sponsored by the papers' parent company, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.
LCNI, based in Shelbyville, Ky., owns 51 community newspapers and dozens of other publications in 12 states, including the two Lancaster County papers.
Publisher Susan Rowell said it is an honor to be recognized by LCNI and she is proud of the editorial staff's commitment.
KERSHAW – Town officials hope that another big utility project – running a 12-inch water line to Haile Gold Mine – can begin once the town gets the go-ahead from L&C Railway.
"All the in-town construction easements have been obtained," said Kershaw Mayor Mark Dorman. "They'll be filed with the clerk of court's office by the end of the month."
The town is still awaiting official confirmation from L&C Railway for a construction easement to cross under the railroad tracks along Church Street.
The J. Marion Sims Foundation is hosting a "Sims Talk" this Wednesday to explore what changes youth want to see in Lancaster County, Great Falls and Fort Lawn.
The event, targeting 16- to 25-year-olds, is the second in a series of Sims Talks created to gather grassroots insights from local communities and use that information to create greater change in local government.
A Sun City Carolina Lakes man has been arrested on multiple child-pornography charges following an investigation by the S.C. Attorney General's Office and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's office investigators arrested Ray Gene Cook Jr., 63, of 12298 Gadwell Place, Indian Land, July 15 on 17 counts related to the distribution of child pornography via an internet file-sharing network.
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The protected habitat of the Far-Eastern (Amur) leopards would be enlarged.
On May 16 at the meeting held in Vladivostok, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov talked about creation of Leopard Land national park and threats to the survival of the Far-Eastern leopard.
According to the Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, who supervises the Far-Eastern leopard conservation program, the population of this extremely rare species in Russia has almost halved over the last 20 years, with no more than 45 individuals remaining in the wild.
Today, the main role in the Far-Eastern leopard conservation belongs to the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve and Leopardovy Wildlife Refuge, but their state leaves much to be desired. Main question that was discussed during the meeting concerned the borders of the pending national park. The territory of the Leopardovy Wildlife Refuge critically needs to be enlarged, considering the actual habitat of the predator. The national park will include lands behind the engineering facilities, "Nezhinsky" and "Borisovsky" hunting estates, and other lands. No stalking and hunting with dogs will be allowed in the new protected area. The emphasis of the development should be made on tourism. Also Sergei Ivanov said that a 600-meters long tunnel will be constructed near the Narvinsky pass on the Razdolnoe-Khasan route, so that the federal highway doesn't disturb the leopards. The tunnel is designed for preservation of animals' traditional migratory paths and its construction will be funded from federal budget and out of the funds provided by "Gasprom".
"We agreed on park borders. Scientists have been repeatedly registering tracks of leopards to the north of Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, therefore it was decided to include a number of these forestlands in a protected zone. Borders of the future Leopard Land national park were defined relying on this data, and they have increased to 380 hectares, which is twice as large as the present protected area. In two weeks all legal documents will be signed. I want to notice that we are not "ecological extremists", and park borders would not affect territories important for households and gas pipeline. We should do the utmost to conserve the most northern leopard living in Russia", - Ivanov declared in conclusion.
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If checklists weren't so eager to disclose the cache, art viewing might aptly resemble an Easter egg hunt. Boomerang (1998), Melissa McGill's small mirrored gobs of blown glass thoughtfully deposited throughout C/R/G's premises, proposes an arduous round of hide and seek. Linking loneliness with joy, Boomerang indeed ricochets, as you locate abundance amidst an apparent barrenness. Remarkably, you can still appreciate this exhibit if you overlook some of the 50 or so silver splashes, dots, bumps, drips, slugs, bubbles, leaks, and scars punctuating the white cube's erratic bends.
Just as Boomerang solicits an intimate rapport with the gallery's surfaces, two conch shells beckon your attention. As you press an ear against a shell, breaths and vocal bits eclipse the expected ocean breeze. Clipped from Anna Magnani's lines in Roberto Rossellini's film Amore, the snippets suggest anticipation, surprise, agreement, and horror, though the nonverbal track lacks a conversational context. Like the silver slivers that emphasize the empty site, fragmented gasps bracket Magnani's erased voice. By isolating speech's pacesetters, McGill's shells incidentally test Theodor Adorno's theory that punctuation brings writing closer to musical cadence.
You could easily read Portrait X (19) (1998) as a parody of last fall's notable appearance of Franz Xaver Messer- schmidt's busts. Handwrought from mill-gathered polar-fleece lint, Portrait X possesses equally expressive faces, yet the emotional content remains elusive. Expressions of doubt, smugness, want, inquiry, empathy, and frustration abound, yet the looks vary as your focus shifts between sunken eyes, distorted noses, and gaping mouths. More eerie still is the cadre of deformed art-historical characters unearthed: Giacometti's alienated beings, Grosz's pig heads, and Dubuffet's Ur-men. By hiding clues, trimming text, and re-forming fuzz, McGill highlights sensual delight.
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Compared to four days last year, it took only three days to play the 2013 KSHSAA 4A Girls' State tennis tournament this year at Topeka.
With state-wide rain and snow nixing any possibility of starting on Friday, all classes rescheduled tournaments for Saturday and Sunday when temperatures climbed to ideal temperatures in the 60s and 70s.
The delay was apparently to the liking of senior doubles partners Lauren McClain and Dani Williams, who racked up a 4-2 record to take 6th place out the 24 teams that started the tournament. Pratt finished 10th in the team standings out of 23 schools that competed.
The girls completed their high school tennis careers in grand fashion, outperforming expectations. With an easy 6-1, 6-1 opening round victory over Ottawa, the girls followed up with a slightly more challenging 6-3, 6-1 win over Independence.
In the quarterfinals, McClain and Williams faced the #1 seeded and undefeated 27-0 Wamego team. Basketball fans might recognize the 6' 2" Page sisters who paired up for doubles this year. The Pratt duo got off to a promising start with a 2-1 lead, but that was about it as the sisters kicked in to take a 6-3, 6-1 win and knock Pratt to the backside.
"It was just a tough match-up," said coach Larry Kahmeyer. "We got an early lead, but they are so tall we couldn't get the ball over them, by them, or through them. They're a good doubles team that ended up being the state runners-up to McPherson. We didn't play that badly – they are just that good."
On Sunday's backside matches, McClain and Williams won a hard-fought 9-6 battle with Parsons, then steam-rolled Winfield 9-2 to find themselves in the 5th place match with Andover Central, a team Pratt defeated at the Wellington regional. McClain and Williams took the first game, then quickly found themselves down 1-4, then 2-7, to ultimately lose 3-9.
"Central had everything working – serves, groundstrokes, volleys, you name it." said Kahmeyer. "The mistakes they made at regionals weren't there and they were really clicking. Still – I was very pleased with a 6th place finish in a tough field of talent."
"Lauren and Dani really built something together," reflected Kahmeyer. "Lauren was a four-time state qualifier and Dani twice. They paired up for doubles their last two years and amassed an impressive 42-10 record with two 3rd place regional finishes and 10th and 6th place state medals. They have every reason to take pride in what they did together."
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Economy Grew Slightly Faster Than Previously Thought In 4Q 2010
The nation's gross domestic product expanded at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2010, a bit faster than the previous estimate of 2.8 percent growth, the Bureau of Economic Analysis just reported.
Since the summer of 2009, when the economy officially emerged from its latest recession, GDP has now expanded for six straight quarters:
Second-quarter, 2009: - 0.7 percent.
Third-quarter 2009: + 1.6 percent.
Fourth-quarter 2009: + 5 percent
First-quarter 2010: + 3.7 percent
Second-quarter 2010: + 1.7 percent
Third-quarter 2010: + 2.6 percent
Fourth-quarter 2010: + 3.1 percent
(Note: All changes are expressed as annual rates. Source: BEA.gov.)
The Associated Press cautions that "rising oil prices will likely limit growth this year." Bloomberg News notes that "the upward revision to growth was paced by a bigger increase in business investment and a smaller slowdown in stockpiling than previously estimated."
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I still recommend all players I recommended before, and now I am much happier with Cleverley's growth (he is also an excellent player). Carroll has gone from strength to strength and is much more enjoyable to play with (although he is not my top scorer this year). I can't recommend Richards enough, a fantastic player to use and probably the best young right back in the world - stole him for cheap from Man City reserves and was worth every penny. Forrest has scored plenty of goals and been fun to play with despite his lack of growth this season, however fingers crossed he'll go up a bit in the next few years.
Leali is one for the future and has got a +2 this season despite not playing - I've been really happy with him. Wickham has also been a good back up striker in the brief time that I've had him and will probably replace Rhodes on the bench next season - Rhodes seems a bit sluggish (1 goal in 11) and still isn't quite showing the growth I'd hoped.
Vertonghen has been disappointing, he has not had a single stat growth in nearly two seasons and has spent long periods out due to injury, so I'm likely to sell him in the summer and replace him with Subotic, Howedes, Clark or Dede (my summer targets before I chosen Tomkins). Nick Powell clearly has plenty of potential, but I've never managed to get him out on loan in two seasons of trying and he has barely grown in my reserves - I'm hoping next season he will prove me wrong.
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The St. Peter-Marian Guardians lived up to their nickname by defending the basket about as well as can be expected.
SPM limited North High to seven field goals, including just five until the final minute, in a 56-25 victory Sunday in the opening round of the T&G Hometeam Worcester City Boys' Basketball Tournament at the Polar Bears' gym.
The Guardians took an 18-2 lead late in the first quarter and didn't allow North to score a basket until James Bowhile drove for a layup with 5:48 left in the half. Bowhile's basket pulled North within 20-9, but that was as close as the Polar Bears got.
St. Peter-Marian (15-5) will play South (14-4) at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in a semifinal. Rod Milton scored 24 points to carry the Colonels to a 61-58 victory at SPM on Dec. 14.
North (2-17) will play Worcester Tech (15-4) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in a consolation game. Both games will be at North High.
Junior Michael Boaheng led the Guardians with nine points. Seniors Jalen Evans-Ashton, Terence Watson and Anthony Manzello each scored seven.
Sophomore A.J. Pettway led North with 10 points.
St. Peter-Marian used its experience, size and a trapping defense to create numerous turnovers. SPM started five seniors; the Polar Bears don't have a senior on their roster.
"Our game plan was to get into a man-to-man full-court press," Manzello said, "and try to get as many turnovers as we could off that."
"We really wanted to get back on a roll," SPM coach Marcus Watson said, "playing good, solid, fundamental defense. The last couple of games, we've done that."
Watson cleared his bench in the fourth quarter with the outcome no longer in doubt and Greg Kuakumensah, a 6-foot-3 freshman, stole the ball and race down the court for a dunk to bring the crowd to its feet.
"He could play varsity for most teams in the area," Watson said. "He could play varsity for us, but we have a lot of seniors and juniors. He's by far the most athletic kid we have in our program. The dunk you saw tonight doesn't touch the tip of the iceberg of the things he's done in practice."
Kuakumensah's two free throws capped a 10-0 run that stretched SPM's lead to 47-18 early in the fourth quarter.
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