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BEACON FALLS — Thanksgiving eve may have been a record-breaking night for Woodland wide receiver Anthony Scirpo, but his effort one week later was probably the best of his life.
The Hawks, seeded seventh in Wednesday's Class S quarterfinals, trailed No. 2 Capital Prep for most of the second and all of the third quarters. The deficit reached as many as 16 points. But every time Woodland needed a pick-me-up to get back into the game, Scirpo was there.
His second-quarter touchdown catch, an 8-yarder on which he survived hits from three Trailblazers coming from three directions, ensured the Hawks would not trail by double digits at the half.
"I stuck in there, caught the ball and got us back into the game before halftime so we weren't down by two touchdowns," said Scirpo, a senior who cited that grab as his favorite of his 12 on the night.
It may have been his favorite but it certainly was no more important than his 31-yard score in the third that cut Capital Prep's lead from 16 to eight. Ditto with his 24-yard touchdown catch on a jump ball early in the fourth that helped Woodland tie the game.
Or maybe the most crucial reception of the night, a 24-yard catch in double coverage on the left sideline to convert a fourth-and-14 late in the game. It led to the game-winning touchdown on a screen to Rahmi Rountree.
In almost all the big situations, junior quarterback Tanner Kingsley had the utmost confidence in his longtime friend and teammate.
"The plays were unbelievable," Kingsley said. "Every game coming up to that game, Scirpo has been making big plays for us. I like going to him a lot. He makes me look good."
"We've had good chemistry throughout the whole year," Scirpo said. "He just looks to me to make big plays and I'm always there to make it for him."
Their relationship is about decade old, stretching back to their youth baseball and basketball days in Beacon Falls. Together, they've etched their names at different levels in the Woodland, Naugatuck Valley League and state record books.
Kingsley's 47 passing touchdowns this year are a state record, as are his 615 passing yards against Seymour. He could move into the NVL all-time lead and state top five in single-season yards with a strong effort in Sunday's semifinal against North Branford, and he's already creeping onto career lists.
None of those incredible numbers would be happening without Scirpo's efforts. His eight touchdown grabs over the last two games give him 23 on the season, a league record and one off former Bristol Central star and current New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez's state record.
His 32 career scoring grabs are fifth-most in state history, and he's likely to crack at least the state's top 25 in both career and single-season catches and yards this weekend.
Scirpo said after his school-record 283 receiving yards and four touchdowns against Seymour that the records barely occur to him. A few days in class changed that.
"It's definitely clicked in," Scirpo said. "It's been the buzz around school."
Scirpo, a three-year varsity starter, had eight touchdown catches his junior year but knew he needed to do more as the Hawks moved back to the spread offense.
"I've definitely worked on my route-running this year and getting off the ball quicker," Scirpo said. "I've had to concentrate on going up for the ball to make big catches. I've really decreased my drops this year and it's made a big difference."
He got off to a bit of a slow start this season. Through Week 6, he had seven touchdown catches but only 211 yards, including a shutout against Ansonia in Week 2.
Over the last six games, though, Scirpo has been as good as anyone in the state. He has 876 yards, 16 touchdowns and five 100-yard games in that span.
"A lot of it is want(ing the ball)," Woodland coach Tim Shea said. "When the ball goes up, he's got the confidence factor that he's going to be the one who comes down with it. On the bigger stage he's making bigger plays, and we need that."
The plan for the Hawks against the Thunderbirds on Sunday at Meriden's Falcon Field won't change—they want Kingsley to find Scirpo.
"We have confidence in all of Tanner's reads and Anthony's pass patterns, along with the rest of the guys. But when that guy's on, we have to go to him," Shea said. "The more touches he gets, the better we're going to be."
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Hello Gentlemen - I'm here! Just haven't been on a trail for awhile. Probably won't be for a couple of more weeks, either, unfortunately. 'Til then, it's the hard, cold pavement for me. I may be able to hit the Arcata Forest next Saturday - my old tried and true trail system. At least I can't get lost there!
Greg - Congrats on your 50, and I can't wait to read the report.
So is it pretty much just the four of us in here now? I'm the only chick?? Damn, I feel special!
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Leslie invited me to come over here. I run more trails than pavement, but I am not an ultrarunner. I ran for a solid hour ONCE, but had to backtrack after a non-running related injury. I am simply a newbie who is fortunate enough to have a trail system less than .25 miles from my front door. I started running the flattest sections and then gradually worked in some hills. I am getting better at running those uphills, but I still need to learn/practice NOT leaning back on the downhills. I don't ski, so this may take some time.
I ran the trails twice this week, but my run tomorrow will be on pavement. I am running my first 5K next weekend (the 13th) and this will give me practice for that. To sum up my trail running attitude:
I like the scenery and strategy of trail running because it is easier to keep my mind engaged. It is difficult for me to "let my mind wander" as I run and the extra mental effort that trail running requires keeps me from counting my steps (can you say OCD?). I do not expect to do long runs in the near future.
Regards to all,
Welcome Kitrin. If trailrunning is new for you, you're in for a world of fun.
Welcome home Leslie,we missed you.
Hey Everyone - Still no trail running. Does an intoxicated walk on the beach count?!?
Welcome, Kitrin! Glad you found us.
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Hellooooo there !
I am back from my long weekend on the trails in PA and NY !
I had a great time on some wonderful trails but boy were they
hard !
On Friday I did a trail in the Allegheny National Forest. Its called the Tracy Ridge/Johnnycake trail ... part of a network of trails that add up to 33 miles. I did about 15 or 16miles and it was quite difficult. The terrain was rugged ... mainly single track with lots of roots & rocks and many, many large felled trees which really slow you down. There were deep ravines and a few creekbeds which were mostly dry. A few sections were fairly easy going but for the most part, it was one of the more difficult trails i have done. The blazing was pretty good but there were many sections thru deep woods and brush with no real established trail ... that makes for slow progress and lots of backtracking for me. I was out there a pretty long time and not really prepared with adequate hydration. It was a long day !
Saturday was just a hiking day with a friend at Allegany State Park. Only 5 miles but it was kind of slow going. One big climb and descent and then an easy stroll through some large interesting rock formations called the "Bear Caves".
Yesterday I did a short section of the North Country Trail which led to the Conservation Trail which is also congruent with part of the Finger Lakes Trail in NY. It was an out and back route which added up to about 8miles. Again some tough terrain for running , similar to Friday's adventure, but the trail itself was much more established and easier to navigate. A rolling course in the woods, no real change in scenery or views but an enjoyable jaunt. The weather was brutal with the heat and humity here and 8 miles was really all I could manage.
Will post a link to pics in Photobucket later in the week if anyone is interested.
I am ready for some rest today and looking forward to some easy days on local trails for the next week or so ... !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!
Kitrin! Tell us about the trails You have been doing.
Thank you for the welcome. I have been a bit of a slacker lately. When I run, it is usually on the canal portion of the canal trail that is used during the Auburn Triathalon. Here is a map:
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There is no way I am going to run 13.1 miles (at this time), but I am walking distance from the start area and the trail is very well used (at least the canal portion is). This past May, my sister (swim), her husband (bike) and my uncle (run) competed as a team. Watching them and the world class athletes compete inspired me to get my rear in gear and do something with my body that I had not done before.
The day after the event, I went out and ran 2 miles or so, using the markers from the triathlon as a guide. I walked the steep uphills (you can see the elevation on the maps underneath), but really enjoyed the experience. That hooked me and I kept running through the summer. I could not have done it if I did not have a canal full of cold water near to splash myself when I heated up. Thus, I became dedicated to the trails. I am running my first 5K this Saturday.
I will be out your way at the end of this month. I arrive in Syracuse on 27 Oct and plan to run the Old Erie Canal trail while I am out there. Perhaps I can make a practice of running canals all over the US? I will be back again from Thanksgiving to mid-December, but who knows what kind of running conditions I will find then? Those wonderful trails on the Tug Hill Plateau will be cold, to say the least, maybe even under a little snow. We'll see how dedicated I am. I bet I head for the treadmill instead.
All the best,
What's everyone up to this weekend ?
It's fall and time for some serious trail tramping so
get out there and frolic !!Splash around in the sea of leaves
Kitrin! Is it a road race or
JJJ, whatchya been up to? havent seen any pics from you lately, where have you been ? Hopefully you are too busy having fun on the trails to post them !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!
What's up. I've been too tired, lazy, depressed after the VT50 to write a report. I also can't remember large chunks of the race as I was so internally focused that I missed alot of it. It was kind of a blur. I can tell y'all what the ground looked like in front of me for 50 miles!
I've been trying to get my training back in gear after fits and starts following VT. My feet are inflamed with a wicked case of PF in my right foot. I put em both in ice water for 10 minutes last night which I'm planning on doing for the next 1-2 weeks. So, tomorrow the plan is to hit my normal trails in the Wissahickon Gorge. I will bring my camera. I ran in there on Tuesday, though I had a fever and it was a miserable run. I staggered through the woods losing the trail a couple of times due to the leaves. Maybe I'll go out to Evansburg state park, a new place, and do my 4 hours there. Trying to keep my long runs up as I may run the Stonecat50 on Nov 10 just for S***'s and giggles then knuckle down for winter base building. RunNytrails, get your miles up bro and next year we can run the Fingerlake 50 together. You too Jesse as I think you're in the PA area too right? That's supposed to be a wonderful race. NY has got some real beauty and good races.
Kitrin, welcome and good luck. If you like to spend time in the woods, you can join our little sub-community. We started this as fledgling trail runners/hikers and welcome those who want to join. Bring your camera. I haven't posted any pictures yet but am definitely going to change that. We opine about the beauty on our runs, but pictures really spice things up. Give it yer all in your 5K. Don't quit! Push hard.
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Still no trail running. Does an intoxicated walk on the beach count?!?
Yes!! Wait a minute...intoxicatING, or intoxicatED?
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Still no trail running. Does an intoxicated walk on the beach count?!?
Yes!! Wait a minute...intoxicatING, or intoxicatED?
Ha!! Gotta love margaritas!!! At least I wasn't stupid enough to let my hub talk me into getting in the water. "Come on! It's not cold!" Yeah, right. We're in Oregon, it's raining, it's the Pacific Ocean - - IT'S' COLD! And I don't do cold water. Nope, nada. I am not a Labrador. Is my hub? No - - he's just stupid. (okay, not really, except when he's intoxicatED)
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RunNytrails, get your miles up bro and next year we can run the Fingerlake 50 together. You too Jesse as I think you're in the PA area too right? That's supposed to be a wonderful race. NY has got some real beauty and good races.
GregoloweI will try n ramp up my miles for next year I have actually done the FL50's run a couple times, the 25 & 50K, as well as many other of the Finger Lakes Running Club races. They are all great events on some very nice trails . . . challenging but not killer. I have also done the StoneCat 50 that You mentioned. You will enjoy that one. Its a nice loop course, not too punishing.
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- May 10:
- Purdy: Michael Sam: A watershed sports moment and embrace-and why it matters
- San Francisco 49ers hoping for help from their Drafted Dozen
- Thompson: Michael Sam saga is bigger than football -- it's all about struggle and overcoming
- St. Louis Rams draft Michael Sam, first openly gay player in NFL
- NFL Draft: Raiders complete the deal
- NFL draft: Michael Sam goes to Rams
- NFL draft: 49ers finish the deal
- NFL draft: Raiders take DE in seventh round
- NFL draft: Raiders make homecoming pick
- NFL draft: 49ers keep drafting defensive backs
- NFL draft: San Jose State's David Fales selected in sixth round by Chicago Bears
- NFL draft: 49ers add third DB to draft class
- NFL draft: 49ers take pass-rusher in fifth round
- NFL draft: Stanford chases history
- San Jose State's Bené Benwikere drafted in the fifth round by Carolina Panthers
- NFL draft: 49ers take another defensive back
- NFL draft: Cal's Khairi Fortt goes to Saints
- NFL draft: A look at the Raiders' draft class
- NFL draft: Raiders take DB Keith McGill
- NFL draft: A look at the 49ers' draft class
- NFL draft: Raiders take defensive tackle Justin Ellis
- NFL draft: 49ers draft WR Bruce Ellington
- May 9:
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Brandon Thomas
- Green Bay Packers draft Cal's Richard Rodgers
- NFL draft: 49ers pick offensive lineman Brandon Thomas
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Chris Borland
- NFL draft: Raiders take guard Jackson in third round
- NFL draft: 49ers take linebacker Borland
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Marcus Martin
- NFL draft: 49ers take center Martin with 70th pick
- NFL draft: Raiders' McKenzie trades for additional pick
- Thompson: For Raiders, Carr was a no-brainer
- NFL draft: Palo Alto's Adams, Stanford's Murphy lead Bay Area products taken on Day 2
- NFL draft: Raiders pick QB Derek Carr
- 49ers trade for receiver Stevie Johnson
- 49ers' top pick Jimmie Ward tells media 'I talk with my pads'
- 49ers' rookie Jimmie Ward will have toughest stretch beginning in mid-October
- Will Oakland Raiders draft quarterback Derek Carr in second round?
SANTA CLARA -- Offense ruled the 49ers' second day of the draft, with humble needs met in a variety of ways.
Veteran wideout Stevie Johnson came first, via a trade with the Buffalo Bills. Then came Ohio State's power tailback Carlos Hyde in the draft's second round and USC center Marcus Martin in the third round.
That talent boost should help Colin Kaepernick and Co. match up better with the NFC West's defensive juggernauts for years to come.
Johnson, a seventh-year veteran, became expendable when the Bills drafted Sammy Watkins fourth overall, and Friday's lunch-hour deal made the 49ers reconsider drafting a wideout.
"He's lined up in the slot quite a bit through his career, but he's also lined up outside and performed at a high level," general manager Trent Baalke said of Johnson. "Three of the last four years, he's been a 1,000-yard receiver in the NFL, which isn't easy to do."
But does Johnson, who grew up in San Francisco and Fairfield, offer the downfield threat coach Jim Harbaugh has yearned to exploit with Kaepernick?
"We feel we have guys that can get down the field," Baalke responded. "There's two ways to stretch a field: vertically or horizontally. You do what your talents allow you to do."
Johnson's talents came at the cost of a conditional 2015 fourth-round draft pick that could go up to a third-round choice, ESPN reported.
Johnson made 41 of his 52 receptions last season from the slot, including all three of his touchdowns. His career-best season was in 2010 (82 receptions, 1,073 yards, 10 touchdowns), prompting a 2012 extension that pays him $3.65 million in base salary this season.
The 49ers remain a run-oriented offense, however, no matter how their passing attack might look with Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Michael Crabtree and tight end Vernon Davis, not to mention Quinton Patton and the comeback-attempting Brandon Lloyd.
With the hard-charging Hyde, the 49ers found another potential successor to Frank Gore, their all-time leading rusher who's entering his 10th season.
"You can look at it that way in some respects, but the bottom line is it was the best player available," Baalke said. "We've said that four straight years now."
Last year, the 49ers selected South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore, who did not play as a rookie while rehabbing a knee injury. Baalke said Hyde's selection is not reflective of any doubt in Lattimore.
"They feel my skill set can really help them out, get to that next level and get that trophy," Hyde (6-foot, 235 pounds) said. "I'm so excited to get out there. They have Frank Gore. That's a guy I compare myself to."
Hyde described his game as "violent." Baalke scouted Hyde as a back who "runs our style of offense very well" and has shown the capability to pass protect, one of Gore's specialties. Baalke also highlighted Hyde's vision, feet and an ability to "run with pads low."
Hyde emerged from a three-game suspension to rush for 1,521 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior. The suspension stemmed from him being accused of assaulting a young woman at a bar, though no charges were filed.
"It was the first incident I had in college, and I didn't have any after," Hyde said. "The 49ers asked me about it one time, and that was at the combine, and that's the first time they met Carlos Hyde."
The 49ers understandably asked about the incident in the wake of their players getting arrested an NFL-high nine times over the last two years.
"We've cleared all concerns with Carlos, as we have with all other guys we selected," Baalke said. "We feel real good about the group, not only as football players but as young men."
Baalke felt better about the offensive line with the addition of Martin, who was the last of 30 players selected while attending the draft at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
"It was nerve-racking," Martin said. "I just kept the faith and kept my head on straight. I wasn't upset. ... When the 49ers called, it was great. It's a great opportunity."
Martin will challenge Daniel Kilgore for the starting center job that's been vacated by free agent Jonathan Goodwin. Although Martin played center last season, the Crenshaw High-Los Angeles product lined up at left guard his first two seasons at USC.
The 49ers haven't ignored their own elite defense. After defensive back Jimmie Ward got picked in Thursday's first round, the 49ers selected linebacker Chris Borland in the third round as a potential fill-in for the injured NaVorro Bowman.
Although Borland is just 5-foot-11 and has a twice surgically repaired left shoulder, Baalke raved about the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
"How can you not love him as a football player?" Baalke said. "He's not tall enough, not fast enough, his arms are too short. We just love his makeup. He has everything you're looking for from a DNA standpoint."
Baalke did his usual wheeling and dealing, making four trades up and down the board before emerging with Friday's crop, finishing with offensive lineman Brandon Thomas (who will rehabilitate an anterior cruciate ligament tear this year).
With seven picks remaining Saturday, the 49ers could search for help at cornerback and return specialist.


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LODI - A shooting Monday afternoon at Hale Park near East Elm and North Stockton streets left one man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his arm, Lodi police reported.
The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced during a national conference call on Tuesday that he has filed official appeals with the IBF and the WBA on behalf of Amir Khan of England seeking the restoration of his junior welterweight belts if not an immediate rematch with Lamont Peterson, whose HBO-televised upset split-decision on Dec. 10 dethroned Khan at the Washington Convention Center in Peterson's hometown of Washington, D.C.
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"Well, we believe that there is enough grounds to get it overturned, and, you know that's our first priority," said Schaefer. "But as I said, at the very least, there really shouldn't be any question about it and there shouldn't be any argument about it that an immediate rematch should be ordered."
Schaefer and Khan's camp have alledged scoring descrepancies and the contention that the match was poorly officiated by Virginia-based referee Joe Cooper, who penalizeed Khan, one point each, for pushing Peterson's head down in the seventh, and for shoving Peterson away in the 12th.
As a result, Peterson (30-1-1, 15 knockouts) edged Khan, 113-112 on the cards of judges George Hill of New Jersey and Valerie Dorsett of North Carolina. Khan won, 115-110, on the card of Nelson Vazquez of Puerto Rico. RingTV.com had Khan winning, 113-112.
"I wasn't happy refereeing and the way that I was judged in that fight. I thought that bringing the fight to D.C. that I would have it better, because D.C. hasn't had a fight there in a long time. I thought that this would be the time where we could bring the big, super fight to D.C. and that the world of boxing could use D.C. as a big venue," said Khan.
"The fans were great, and they were so nice after the fight. They were all so honest. There were a lot of them who came up to me and said, 'we know that you won the fight, but you fought Peterson in his home town. Other boxers said they were never going to fight in D.C. if we get that chance if this is what happens in D.C."
Organizations assign their own supervisors who score the bouts as backup references, and WBA representative Michael Welsh scored it a draw, according to Schaefer, while the IBF's rep Paul Artisst had it for Peterson.
Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) and company want the decision to be either overturned, rendered a draw or else they want to be granted an immediate rematch.
"I think that I deserve a fair chance for a fair fight, somewhere neutral. I'm willing to come back to the United Kingdom to put a fight on here. I'm willing to come back to the United States to put a fight on there. But never in Washington again. I think that people have got to be very disappointed, especially the fans in Washington," said Khan.
"We brought the fight to the capitol. We brought boxing back there, but that performance wasn't fair with the unfair judging and the unfair refereeing. I'm hoping that Lamont Peterson gives me the rematch that he said he was going to give me. It's a rematch that I think that I deserved. I know that if the fight was judged and refereed fairly, I know that I would still be the world champion."
On Friday, after having reviewed both the three judges' scorecards and a DVD of the fight that was provided by promoter Golden Boy Promotions, the IBF decided not to order an immediate rematch for Khan against Peterson.
But that request was only a formal protest.
The official appeals were accompanied by the required monetary amount of $10,000 for both the IBF and the WBA.
"The fact is that appeals are expensive, and, we wouldn't do it if we were not as convinced as we are that this should be a slam dunk," said Schaefer. "Obvously, we wouldn't go through this if we weren't convinced that it is. We did enclose the appropriate fees with our appeals."
As a result, the IBF will set up a date on which to hold an official hearing during which it will appoint three judges or referees to convene as a panel and review the evidence. That panel will determine whether or not rules were violated and if there is justification for the bout's being overturned or for an immediate rematch.
Over the course of the next month or so, a hearing will be held during which members of Golden Boy and Khan's camp will give testimony which will be examined and reviewed by the panel toward coming back with a decision.
Schaefer was told that the WBA's process is similar to that of the IBF's, and that the appeals are expected to be heard on Jan. 18 for the WBA, and, Jan. 19 for the IBF in New York.
Schaefer said that Golden Boy's primary concern is the behavior of Cooper, who was chosen by the D.C. commission from a list of referees provided by the IBF that included New Jersey's Eddie Cotton, Pennsylvania's Ernest Sharif and Michigan's Sam Williams.


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Sally Poole is the owner of Poole Communications, with offices in Hannibal, Marshall and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She is very involved in Hannibal and Quincy, IL., with memberships in the Chamber of Commerce, Hannibal Arts Council, Affordable Community Education, Lions Club and Rotary. She has helped in the fund-raising campaign to build a Hannibal campus for Moberly Area Community College. Currently she is helping to start the Hannibal Chamber Business Development Committee.
The main mission of the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce is business growth in the Hannibal region. To help accomplish this, the chamber has set up a Business Development group. After meeting for the first time, we determined there was a need to set some baseline figures to determine how effective the group's efforts will be in the future. We turned to some of the DREAM documents to use as a guideline. While most of the work for DREAM was done in the downtown area, this group is committed to Hannibal as a whole.
One of our first steps will be to get an inventory of businesses that are currently located in Hannibal. The we will look at space available for new business to rent or build. This includes existing buildings and land that could be developed. All businesses are being held to a higher standard of accountability. Using this baseline we will be able to guage our progress.
Using the the award winning 50 Mile of Art program as a template, we'd like to then focus on the types of businesses we want and need in Hannibal. Then we intend to tenaciously court those businesses. We'll develop packages and presentations that outline why Hannibal is a great place to start or move a business.
I'll use this blog to keep you updated on our progress. In the mean time, if you'd like to look at the DREAM documents that were done a few years ago, visit http://www.hannibal-mo.gov/planning-documents/


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Local gymnasts heading to regional meet
Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 11:56 p.m.
James Academy of Gymnastics in Houma will send three gymnasts to a regional competition this weekend in Atlanta.
The local gymnasts who will compete in the event are Chloe James in the Level 8 competition and Emery Prentice and Emily Schouest in the Level 7 competition. James and Prentice made the Louisiana State Regional Team, while Schouest will compete as an All-Star.
They will face off against other gymnasts from a region that includes the Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.
The competition will be held on Friday and Saturday at Georgia State University Sports Arena in Atlanta.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, in the spirit of celebrating the life of John La Montagne, I would like to spend a few minutes telling you something about this extraordinary human being from the perspective of someone who knew him for 28 years, was his friend and colleague for 20 years and was his close professional partner for the past 6 years. In this regard, as many of you know, John at the time of his death was the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a position that he had held since 1998.
John died suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 2, 2004 as he disembarked at the airport in Mexico City, the place of his birth, on his way to doing what he loved best, participating, and as would certainly have been the case had events turned out differently, contributing substantially to discussions and activities involving international health in the arena of Infectious Diseases. What brought John to this important PAHO meeting on Nov. 2, 2004 in Mexico City?
We need to quickly flash back several decades to answer this question. It all started when John was a young boy and developed a keen interest in science and discovery. This soon evolved into a fascination with microbes and infectious diseases that led to his early training at Tulane where he received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology and then went on to Pittsburg for post-doctoral training under Julius Youngner. He joined NIAID in 1976 as our first influenza program officer at the time of the swine flu crisis. It was a baptism of fire. It was at that time 28 years ago that I first met John. I was an intramural scientist at the time and his world of extramural programs and mine of the laboratory and clinic here on campus did not often cross. However, my quick impression at the time, and I remember it well, was that he was very smart, a true gentleman and everyone seemed to really like him. I left it at that. Little did I know then how much those qualities would ultimately benefit me professionally and personally, the Institute that I would direct almost a decade later, the global infectious diseases community and global health in general.
In 1983 John advanced to become the program officer for the Viral Vaccines Program, and was named Influenza and Viral Respiratory Diseases Program Officer the following year when I became NIAID Director. Almost immediately upon becoming Director, it was difficult for me not to notice John. It was obvious then that he was a rapidly rising star, a perfect fit, in my mind, to some day lead our infectious diseases extramural program, now known as the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. I would remember to keep my eye on him. Coincidentally, however, this period was right at the very early years of the AIDS epidemic. I had started to build up substantially our AIDS portfolio and decided in 1986 to establish an official AIDS Division within NIAID. We needed someone to head this Division who could hit the ground running. The problem was that there really were very few AIDS experts around in these early years of the pandemic. We had to go with the generic qualities of maturity, experience, and plenty of smarts. This was not a difficult discussion. The choice was obvious. Although John loved the field of influenza and respiratory viruses, his loyalty, dedication, and sense of duty to the Institute and to me prompted him to accept my offer to head the AIDS program. He quickly jumped into the job and began establishing what was for a time the largest extramural division in NIAID. But fate had something else in store for John. One year later, the position of Director of the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases opened up and there was no one in the world more suited for that position than John La Montagne. Again, the choice was obvious. This was John's meat. The young boy who was born in Mexico City and moved to Houston, Texas to attend High School and who was fascinated by science was now as an already accomplished adult where he always wanted to be. There was malaria, tuberculosis, diarrheal, respiratory, and parasitic diseases, emerging and re-emerging microbes and ultimately biodefense. John accepted my offer on the spot, and so began the golden years of John La Montagne's professional career.
His accomplishments in this arena are part of the lore of NIAID. He and his colleagues at DMID spearheaded the highly successful acellular pertussis vaccine trials. If one wanted to write a textbook on how to plan and execute on an international scale what we commonly refer to today as government – industry – academic collaborations, the pertussis trial would be the model chapter. John's fingerprints are all over that highly successful endeavor. The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria was also a project that is strongly identified with John La Montagne. His commitment to the development of a malaria vaccine has been an inspiration to investigators in the field. It was the international community's trust in John that contributed greatly to the success of this important program. John has also been a major player in the tuberculosis initiatives, the rotavirus and other diarrheal diseases initiatives and the understanding of the importance of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Yet, it was in the field of influenza that John has played perhaps his most important role. Influenza, particularly the threat of a pandemic flu emanating from the H5N1 avian flu currently smoldering in Asia has made headline news over the past year. John had been deeply concerned about the yearly burden of flu and particularly the inevitability of a pandemic influenza ong before it became the hot topic that it is today. In fact, he spearheaded the DMID pandemic flu research plan years ago. This was part of his mantra: identifying hot issues and acting on them before they became fashionable. It is no accident that NIAID had the beginnings of a biodefense research program years before September 11, 2001. John would speak frequently to me over the years about his concern over the use of microbes as weapons of bioterror and the importance of our taking a research initiative to help us prepare. Many of our colleagues in the biomedical research community were skeptical and even critical about any investment on the part of NIAID in biodefense research. Once again, it was fortunate that I heeded John's gentle prodding and moved NIAID in this direction well before September 11, 2001, which positioned us well to accept the enormous responsibilities that the NIH now has in the Department's broader biodefense agenda.
After eleven years of historic accomplishments at DMID, I again needed John to fill another critical position in NIAID. The position of Deputy Director of the Institute opened in 1998. Once again, John was the obvious choice and once again he did not let the Institute or me down. He accepted only under the condition that I allow him to maintain an active participation in global health issues. By this he meant personal, on-hands involvement including travel to represent NIAID in those places in the world where the action in global health was taking place. For me, there was no choice at all. If I had not agreed to his request, it would have been like asking Joe DiMaggio at the peak of his career to become a coach and not allowing him to continue playing center field. John accepted the position of coach, but continued playing until his very last day, and the Institute and the world are much better off for it.
During those years when he was Deputy Director, I was blessed with daily and intensive interaction with John. I realized even more the extraordinary depth and breath of his truly encyclopedic knowledge of microbiology and infectious diseases. In his understated way, he was second to none in his comprehension of the field of vaccinology. More importantly, his judgment and counsel were invaluable. I soon came to the realization that if we proceeded with an initiative or a direction with which John was uncomfortable, we did so at our own peril. He was calm and steady under crisis conditions, and there were plenty of those. I always knew where the honest broker was….a few steps away, right across the waiting room from me. He was so much more than a Deputy. It was such a privilege to have this decent, soothing, witty man with the keen intellect always there for you when you needed him. He could make me laugh at myself with just an expression on his face. It is a sad truth that you do not fully appreciate some of the wonderful things and people in life as you are experiencing them because they just seem so natural. Such was the case with John La Montagne. Now that John is gone, I ask myself the question how he could have been so incredibly good at what he did.
To answer this question adequately, one cannot separate John, the scientist and science administrator from John, the human being whom I have tried to briefly describe to you. For it is the combination of these elements that explains a phenomenon that I experienced immediately after learning of John's death. I had barely regained my composure from the shock of the middle of the night call from Mexico City that delivered the tragic news, when the next day I sent out an e-mail to NIAID colleagues that John had died suddenly. I learned something about the capacity of the global network of electronic communication and how it illuminated like a shining beacon just what John La Montagne meant to the world of infectious diseases and global health. Literally within minutes of sending that e-mail, I began receiving in an ever increasing crescendo literally hundreds of e-mails with expressions of shock, grief, disbelief, condolences, and above all affection. Every continent was represented several-fold in the waves of e-mails and telephone calls.
And so what are these qualities of John that has triggered a deep sense of loss among people all over the world, some of whom were his good friends and others who had just met him a few times? Indeed, John was a very, very special person. It is true that he was an accomplished scientist and science administrator. But it was his qualities as a human being together with his scientific capabilities that set him apart.
John was kind, gentle, unselfish, warm, witty, loyal and accessible to everyone from government officials to the woman who emptied the trash can in his office, and with whom he enjoyed so much speaking Spanish. One quality that was eminently obvious to me who saw and spoke with him 10 to 20 times per day for several years is that he was the least self-aggrandizing person that I have ever met. Taking credit for anything that he did (and he did many wonderful things) was beyond him. When I sent out that e-mail on the morning of Nov. 3, I spontaneously wrote down what I was intensely feeling at the time. I told our NIAID colleagues that "Everyone knows that John was one of the finest human beings that we have ever known". I must have received 50 return e-mails referring directly to that statement and saying that this is exactly the way so many people feel about John.
One cannot talk about his human side without mentioning his devotion to his wife Elaine and to his dogs, the most recent of which was Annie. John would regularly leave in the evening to go home to walk Annie. I would often get very involved in a conversation with John in the evening and I could see that he was getting a bit fidgety. He had to get home to walk his dog, but that never interfered with his responsibilities to the Institute. We had an agreement that he would go walk the dog, but I would call him on his cell phone as he was fulfilling this responsibility. You all cannot imagine how much institute business and how many important discussions took place via cell phone as I was in my office and John was walking Annie along the shores of the Potomac in Old Town, Alexandria, often with the wind whistling in the background. Also, I might add that I do not think that I have ever had to wait for more than 2 rings on his cell phone before John picked up whether he was in Japan, Boston, India, or on his tractor on his farm in Virginia. He was always there for me and for the Institute.
Finally, John was deeply concerned about younger colleagues in the early phases of their careers. What message can I convey to them about John? For the young scientists and science administrators in the audience and beyond: if you are looking for a role model and someone to emulate, you have the perfect one in John La Montagne. Think about what I have told you about John and how you might try to be more like him, a man who in a quiet and dignified manner went about doing his job day-by-day and accomplishing wonderful things in a way that was never motivated by the desire for recognition, but whose death nonetheless triggered an avalanche of recognition in the form of grief, sorrow, and a profound feeling of professional and personal loss from every corner of the world.
John, we will miss you my dear friend, but your spirit will be with us always.
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#OOW2013: Internet of Things... and Big Data
By Eric Bezille-Oracle on sept. 29, 2013
As promised in my first entry few weeks ago, in preparing Oracle
OpenWorld, I am coming back to IoT: Internet of Things... and Big Data.
As this was the closing topic develop by Edward Screven, Chris Baker and
Deutche Telekom, Dr. Thomas Kiessling. Of course, Big Data and Internet
of Things (or M2M - Machine2Machine) have been topics not only covered
the last day, but all along the conference, including in JavaOne, with 2
interesting sessions from Gemalto. Gemalto even developed a kit to test
your own use cases for M2M. Internet of Things is opening new
opportunities but also challenges to overcome to get it right, that at
Oracle we classify in 3 categories : Acquire & Transmit, Integrate
& Secure, and Analyze & Act.
Acquire & Transmit
Just think of potentially billions of devices that you need to remotely deploy, maintain, update, insure proper transmission of data (the right data at the right time - as your power budget is constrain) and even extend decision making closer to the source. With standards-based Java platform optimized for devices, we are already covering today all those requirements, and are already involved in major Internet of Things projects, like the Smart Grids or Connected Cars.
Integrate & Secure
Of course integrating -securely- all the pieces together is key. As you want it 1) to reliably work with potentially a very large amount of devices and 2) not be compromised by any means. Here again, at the device level, Java is providing the intrinsic security functions that you need, from secure code loading, verification, and execution, confidentiality of data handling, storage, and communication, up to authentication of entities involved in secure operations. And we are driving this secured integration up to the Datacenter, thanks to our comprehensive Identity and Access Management system, up to Data masking, fraud detection, and built-in network security and encryption.
Analyze & Act
Last but not least, is to analyze and correlate those Data and take appropriate actions. This is where M2M and Internet of Things link to Big Data. There are different things that characterize "Big Data" : Volume, Velocity (time & speed), Variety (data format), Value (what is really interesting in those data related to my business), Vizualization (how do I find something in this, of value ?), Veracity (insure that what I will add into my trusted data (DWH...) coming from those new sources is something validated. In M2M, we don't always have Volume, but we still have the other "Vs" to take care. To handle all this IoT generated information inside the Datacenter, and do correlation with existing Data relevant to your customer business (being ERP, Supply Chain, quality tracking of supplier, improving purchasing process, etc...), you may need need tools. That's why Oracle developed the Oracle Big Data Appliance to build an "HPC for Data" grid including Hadoop & NoSQL to capture those IoT data, and Oracle Exalytics/Oracle Endeca Information Discovery, to enable the vizualisation/discovery phase. Once you pass the discovery phase we can act automatically in real time ! on the specific triggers that you will have identified, thanks to Oracle Event Processing solution.
As you see, Oracle Internet of Things platform enables you to quickly develop and deliver, securely, an end-to-end solution.
The end result is a quick time-to-market for an M2M project like the one presented on stage and used live during the conference. This project was develop in 4 weeks, with 6 individuals ! The goal was to control the room capacity and in/out doors live control depending on the participants flow in the room. And as you can see in the architecture diagram we are effectively covering from Java on the device up to Exalytics in the Datacenter.


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Like other bird species in Guam, the Guam Micronesian kingfisher (Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina) population was decimated after the arrival of the brown tree snake. Faced with imminent extinction in the wild, Guam's Department of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources and several institutions captured the last 29 kingfishers between 1984 and 1986.
The Micronesian kingfisher has proven to be difficult to breed in captivity. The Species Survival Program began with the 29 individuals and grew to 65 birds by 1991 but dropped to only 59 birds in ten U.S. institutions in late 1999.
When the program began, there was very little information on the nutrition and behavioral ecology of wild Micronesian kingfishers. The kingfishers had very specific nest log requirements. When successful nesting did occur, propagators were discouraged to discover that newly hatched chicks were disappearing from the nest.
Most zoos were feeding newborn mice to their kingfishers, and scientists feared that some parents were confusing their blind and naked hatchlings with food. Micronesian kingfishers are now fed a more natural diet featuring small lizards called anoles. Researchers are hopeful that the population will begin to increase once again as our understanding of their behavior grows.
A Micronesian kingfisher chick was hatched at the National Zoo's Rock Creek facility in 1998. He has since matured into a beautiful adult male. In 2003, a new male arrived at the Zoo and was paired with a female. In July 2004, perhaps the world's 65th kingfisher hatched at the Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Virginia.
At the Zoo's Bird House, visitors can see Micronesian kingfishers as well as Guam rails. See the brown tree snakes that decimated these birds on Guam in the Reptile Discovery Center.
The captive population in 2004 consists of about 65 birds. The long-term goal of the captive breeding program is to have 100 to 200 birds in captivity in 25 separate zoological institutions.


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Jimmy's BBQ Place opens in Hendersonville
Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 4:04 p.m.
Jimmy Parham, 66, couldn't keep up with the competitive overseas manufacturing market that forced his local company, Tar Heel Mold Specialties, to go under.
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As a result, Parham traded his tool-and-die-making experience for his love of pit-smoked barbecue and recently opened Jimmy's BBQ Place at 1201 Asheville Highway in Hendersonville.
The doors opened a couple weeks ago, and Parham said he sticks to a simple plan for his business.
"We are not trying to do anything fancy, but make good food that customers enjoy," he said.
Signature items are pulled pork and beef brisket that smokes for about 11 hours. Eleven employees dish out ribs, sandwiches, homemade sides and desserts, along with a children's menu.
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OAKLAND -- It's quantifiable, it's palpable and it's only deniable if you view all things through the prism of David Lee's All-Star reputation.
It's a real thing, though: The Warriors are a more dangerous playoff team without Lee than they ever were when he was healthy.
OK, let me also point out that Lee was absolutely necessary during the regular season when Andrew Bogut was out or limited and the team's younger players were playing young.
The Warriors don't win 47 games without him, his work ethic, his ability to pile up double-digit rebounds and points (the much-publicized "double-double") and his true vocal leadership.
But at this advanced stage of Warriors activity -- tied 1-1 with the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals -- there just isn't much doubt that Lee's torn hip-flexor in Game 1 of the first round hasn't hurt them.
It freed the Warriors to be more of who they truly should be, actually.
They're faster, more flexible, more aggressive, tougher, more balanced, better on defense and now they're built around a powerful three-piece axis:
Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Bogut, a straight line of influence, and just ask the San Antonio Spurs how imposing that is.
Before I get into the specific reasons, a few statistics on this issue:
All this raises issues, of course, about the logic of keeping Lee into the future, but we'll all deal with that once this playoff run is over.
Lee is co-owner Joe Lacob's hand-picked favorite, one of coach Mark Jackson's untouchables, owed $44.4 million over the next three seasons, and beloved byfans.
He'll be tough to trade, if ever the Warriors could bring themselves to try.
But here are five reasons the Warriors matched up better against Denver and are currently bedeviling the Spurs without their sole All-Star:
Lee led the league with 56 of them this season. And that meant ... what?
Bogut has only two double-doubles in eight playoff games and do you think he hasn't been valuable enough?
Value is about two-way team efficiency, not individual stat categories, and without Lee, the Warriors are operating at their highest level, on both offense and defense, possibly since the mid-1970s.
Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green were far better suited to chase Denver's quick forwards, and those two, plus Carl Landry, match up well with San Antonio's assortment.
Bogut can deal with Tim Duncan one on one and the offense runs more smoothly when Bogut isn't shunted over to the weak side to put Lee on the ball side.
Think of Allen Iverson, Monta Ellis, Amare Stoudemire, Rudy Gay ... high-volume shooters get stats that their teammates often can replicate at a more efficient rate with better ball movement.
Really, the Warriors have moved beyond a dependence on Lee.
They're better now, and they're proving that they went about as far as they could go with Lee as a centerpiece.
He's not a centerpiece now, and they haven't come close to hitting their playoff ceiling yet.
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Here's what Miley Cyrus played on Monday, Feb. 24, at Oracle Arena in Oakland:
1. "SMS (Bangerz)"
2. "4x4"
3. "Love Money Party"
4. "My Darlin'"
5. "Maybe You're Right"
6. "Do My Thang"
9. "Can't Be Tamed"
10. "Adore You"
11. "Drive"
12. "Rooting For My Baby"
13. "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
14. "Hey Ya!" (OutKast cover)
15. "Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
16. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1" (Flaming Lips cover)
17. "23"
18. "On My Own"
19. "Someone Else"
20: "We Can't Stop"
21. "Wrecking Ball"
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22. "Party in the U.S.A."
Now that you've read the set list, it's time to read what Cyrus had to say to about her own tour. You'll find our interview with Cyrus, previewing her tour, here.
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King police have charged two people in connection with an armed robbery at a pharmacy on Friday.
Eric Anthony Duncan, 25, and Bobby Joe Lawson, 31, both of King, were arrested after an incident around 1:45 p.m. at the CVS.
"The robber threatened to shoot pharmacy personnel but fled when he was given the prescription pills he demanded," King police said.
A "significant quantity" of prescription pills were taken, police said.
Duncan was charged with armed robbery and trafficking heroin or opium. Lawson was charged with aiding and abetting armed robbery.
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If you've read some of the past 600 or so updates I've provided on the changing face of the auto industry, you know I don't do much unprompted gushing, especially on the domestic front.
But after a short stint in the saddle in the absolutely brand-new Cadillac ATS, the heaping of praise started early and went pretty deep. Cadillac, bless its stoic and one-time stolid roots, did indeed do the seemingly impossible: It crafted a compact luxury machine that looks, behaves and drives with all the class and grace of its European targets, the Audi A4, the BMW 3-Series or a C-Class Mercedes.
Really. It's fast, it's comfortable and, thanks to a litany of new-for-Cadillac suspension refinements, it can handle all that high-performance mountain driving you love to do in a fashion that will leave you speechless.
You've seen the commercials, and you may be skeptical. I opted to head out into my favorite Front Range canyon at about 6 a.m. one day and put the five-link independent rear suspension, the magnificently balanced rear-wheel drive (though you're going to want the AWD version for mountain living) and the higher-end, 321-HP 3.6-liter V6 to the test.
The resulting thrill ride was pretty astounding for a car that starts at under $44,000. With revs holding as high as possible - mine had the six-speed automatic with large flappy paddles on the steering wheel - ATS's engine roared and provided a relentless and seemingly endless blast of non-turbocharged but still pleasantly torquey power (275 lb.-ft.). The car is a little less than 3,400 pounds and that makes it even more playful.
Combine that with a nicely refined steering system, the electro-magnetic suspension and the very effective Brembo brakes that come standard on ATS's better models (with 129-foot stops from 60 mph), and ... wow. The whole experience is solid, intense and quite admirably crafted. In a little Cadillac. Who knew?
Those of you who won't be spending all your time plowing through Chinese cave tunnels or over Moroccan switchbacks will still appreciate the ATS and its daily driving experience. The magnetic suspension can be completely forgiving for regular rolling around town.
The six-cylinder engine, under lighter velocities, can get you 28 mpg on the highway; you can also opt for higher-efficiency variations including a 2.5-liter I-4 or a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo (33 and 31 highway mpg, respectively).
The Lansing, Mich.-built ATS's looks also imaginatively combine Cadillac's church-steeple angles with a cool, nearly wraparound set of LED lamps that frame the edges of the car (there are even more that light up on the door handles when you chirp the door remote).
It's aggressive but not quite as over-the-top as the 2014 Stingray, with Cadillac's other design cues still intact. One cool feature: the grille shutters automatically close at speed to enhance the car's aerodynamics.
Particularly inside, where the small but comfortable cabin gets its own scaled-down version of the digital dash, Cadillac's innovative CUE touchscreen audio and navigation controller, piano black buttons on the steering wheel and a four-tone dash with sorta-woody-looking trim.
Skootch yourself into the driver's seat and you can be as Euro-highway-combat-ready as you'd like, with intense, adjustable side bolstering allowing almost M3-styled body lock; in a more relaxed mode, it'll still be a tighter fit for some drivers, but that's where the new XTS comes in (see my review in a couple of weeks).
The attention to detail is certainly there, including a nearly hidden starter button, the piano-black heat and audio controls with their slightly unpredictable haptic touch-sensing input and a small crab claw-shaped, leather-topped center console box.
My dream build for the car (besides maybe popping a CTS-V engine in for kicks, which you cannot actually do - yet) would also include the optional sunroof, which would lighten up the cabin a bit - and trying for some combination of available six-speed manual transmission and all-wheel drive.
Like other members of the family, safety systems also include front and rear automatic braking to help avoid low-speed parking lot collisions, and that sometimes surprising buzzing under your seat bottom if you stray out of your lane.