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U.S. Talks Tough on Syria, Ramps Up Attack Planning
The Obama administration hardened its stance against Syria and stepped up plans for possible military action, dismissing as too late the regime's offer to let United Nations officials inspect areas where the U.S. believes Damascus used chemical weapons last week.
The White House and Pentagon signaled the U.S. wasn't backing away from a possible showdown despite apparent efforts by the Syrian government to ease tensions by letting U.N. inspectors visit areas near the capital where hundreds were killed, allegedly by chemical weapons.
If he decides to act militarily, Mr. Obama would prefer to do so with U.N. Security Council backing, but officials said he could decide to work instead with international partners such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Arab League.
"We'll consult with the U.N. They're an important avenue. But they're not the only avenue," a senior administration official said.
In recent days, the Pentagon has moved more warships into place in the eastern Mediterranean and U.S. war planners have updated military options that include cruise-missile strikes on regime targets, officials said. The White House held high-level meetings over the weekend, but officials said late Sunday that Mr. Obama had yet to decide how to proceed.
The U.S. had urged the Syrians to let U.N. inspectors visit the areas that were bombarded on Wednesday in suspected chemical attacks that opposition groups said killed more than 1,000 people. But the U.S. concluded that evidence at the scene has since been compromised due to continued Syrian shelling and the likely dissipation of any poison gases.
The administration also stepped up its diplomatic outreach to European and Middle Eastern allies this weekend in what officials described as an effort to build a consensus. A day after consulting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Mr. Obama spoke Sunday with French President François Hollande about "possible responses by the international community," the White House said.
Administration lawyers have been crafting legal justifications for an intervention without U.N. approval that could be based on findings that Mr. Assad used chemical weapons and created a major humanitarian crisis.
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The developments reflect a striking shift in tone by the administration that could signal growing support for military action. The White House has guarded against deep U.S. involvement since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011. But over the past year, Mr. Obama has authorized an expanding Central Intelligence Agency role amid signs that Mr. Assad was prevailing with the help of his allies Iran and Hezbollah of Lebanon, officials said.
A final assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies on Mr. Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons could be completed soon, clearing the way for Mr. Obama to decide how to respond. Statements Sunday by senior officials and lawmakers suggested the White House was closer than ever to a decision to strike.
The White House hasn't said which chemical agents it believes were used nor how many people it believes were killed in the alleged chemical-arms attack. That determination could be a major factor for Mr. Obama in deciding what to do, officials said.
A senior administration official stressed that Mr. Obama could act now because of the scale of casualties in last week's incident. Previously, the U.S. accused Mr. Assad of using of chemical weapons only on a small scale.
British, French, Turkish and Israeli officials also have accused the Syrian regime in the suspected chemical attack.
Syria has denied using chemical weapons, and a Syrian army spokesman said Saturday that it found chemicals in liquid form and U.S.-made gas masks in a rebel hideout. The spokesman said this constituted "definitive proof" that it was rebels who used the chemical weapons last week, not the Syrian military.
Syria's Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi, speaking on a Lebanese news channel, warned Saturday against a military strike. "The chaos and the ball of fire and flames will consume not only Syria but the entire Middle East," he said.
The White House's reluctance to intervene more forcefully in Syria over the last 2½ years has fueled criticism from some U.S. lawmakers and regional allies.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, traveling in Malaysia, said Sunday that the U.S. was weighing both the risks of taking action as well as the costs of not acting. Mr. Hagel said it was critical for the U.S. government and its allies to determine "what would be the objective" of any actions against the Syrian government.
Officials cautious of intervening say targeted strikes to punish Mr. Assad for using chemical weapons risk triggering a bloody escalation. If the regime digs in and uses chemical weapons again, or launches retaliatory attacks against the U.S. and its allies in the region, Mr. Obama will come under fierce pressure to respond more forcefully, increasing the chances of full-scale war, the officials say.
In keeping with Mr. Obama's goal of avoiding deep U.S. involvement, the leading military options presented to the White House wouldn't require American warplanes to fly through Syria's heavily guarded airspace, officials briefed on the plans say.
Rather, the options call for pinpoint strikes with cruise missiles, most likely from warships that have been moved into the eastern Mediterranean, within striking distance of Damascus.
Officials who support intervening say the biggest danger for the U.S. would be for Mr. Obama to threaten to take military action now and then not follow through. They say Mr. Assad would interpret inaction by the U.S. as a green light to step up his offensive and use chemical weapons in the conflict on a wider scale.
Arab officials have told their American counterparts that the U.S. needs to intervene now because failure to do so will be interpreted by Iran as a sign that the U.S. will do nothing to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb.
A guiding principle for Mr. Obama has been to take steps in Syria with the least risk of drawing the U.S. into the conflict, which has become a messy regional proxy war in which fighters linked to al Qaeda play an increasingly important part in the fight against Mr. Assad. The U.S. wants Mr. Assad to go but doesn't want to empower the Islamists either, officials and diplomats say.
U.S. and Arab officials who advocate limited American strikes say they won't only send a message to Mr. Assad's forces that chemical weapons use won't be tolerated but could create rifts within the Syrian regime and military that could undercut Mr. Assad's hold on power down the road.
Russia put Washington on notice Sunday that it would oppose any unilateral military action in Syria. The Russian Foreign Ministry drew a parallel between reports of chemical-weapons use and Washington's 2003 intervention in Iraq following what proved to be unfounded U.S. accusations that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government had weapons of mass destruction.
In the past, U.N. Security Council resolutions seeking to punish Mr. Assad have been blocked by Russia, which was critical of the NATO-led mission in Libya in 2011.
Administration lawyers have, however, developed alternative legal approaches that Mr. Obama could opt to use to justify a military intervention without U.N. backing, including a finding that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons contrary to "established international norms," officials said. Administration lawyers based these approaches on President Bill Clinton's justification for the Kosovo bombing campaign in 1999, which wasn't authorized by the U.N. Security Council.
On Sunday, the U.N. said its inspection team was preparing to start its fact-finding mission on Monday after Syria said it would allow U.N. personnel now in Damascus immediate access to the affected areas.
"The team must be able to conduct a full, thorough and unimpeded investigation," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday night. However, the team is only mandated to determine if chemical weapons were used, not who used them, Mr. Ban's spokesman said.
Syrian state television, airing a statement attributed to the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said agreement was reached following a meeting between Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and Angela Kane, the U.N. disarmament chief, who arrived in Damascus on Saturday. The Syrian statement said the timing of the visit would be coordinated between the U.N. team led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom and the Syrian government.
However, it wasn't clear how the U.N. team would be able to start the work given the continuing military campaign. All areas in question have been sealed off by the military and strenuous restrictions were imposed at checkpoints.
Human-rights groups say victims of Wednesday's attack bear the hallmarks of sarin nerve gas. Doctors Without Borders said over the weekend that three opposition-run hospitals it supports in Damascus reported receiving about 3,600 patients with "neurotoxic symptoms" over less than three hours on Wednesday. Of those, 355 died, the Paris-based group said.
U.S. officials said the Syrian regime's unwillingness to allow inspectors to enter the area over the past five days has degraded their ability to conduct a thorough assessment.
"If the Syrian government had nothing to hide and wanted to prove to the world that it had not used chemical weapons in this incident, it would have ceased its attacks on the area and granted immediate access to the U.N. five days ago," a senior White House official said.
"At this juncture, the belated decision by the regime to grant access to the U.N. team is too late to be credible, including because the evidence available has been significantly corrupted as a result of the regime's persistent shelling and other intentional actions over the last five days," the official added.
The official said that—based on the reported number of victims, the reported symptoms of those who were killed or injured and other information—"there is very little doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in this incident."
— Julian E. Barnes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Gary Fields and Carol E. Lee in Washington contributed to this article.
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Merely Telling One to Go and Die Not Abetment to Suicide: HC
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Published: 12th May 2014 09:54 PM
Last Updated: 12th May 2014 09:54 PM
Merely shouting in anger and asking a person, "Why do you live? Go and die," would not be ground enough to charge a person with abetment to suicide, ruled the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.
Justice P N Prakash, quashing the conviction of a man whose wife committed suicide after killing her two children, said in order to bring the case under the purview of IPC 306 (abetment to suicide), the person said to have abetted the suicide "must have played an act of instigation or by doing certain act to facilitate the commission of suicide".
The act of abetment must be proved and established by the prosecution, the judge said, allowing the appeal by Arokiasamy, who had challenged his conviction and the 10 years rigorous imprisonment awarded to him for abetting the suicide by a lower court.
Quoting a Supreme Court ruling, the judge said, "Even if we accept the prosecution story that the appellant did tell the deceased 'to go and die', that itself does not constitute ingredient of instigation."
Besides, words uttered in a quarrel or in a spur of the moment could not be taken as to be uttered with mens rea (criminal intent), the judge held.
Arokiasamy had been convicted by the Assistant District and Sessions Court of Tuticorin in October 2002 for allegedly telling his wife in the midst of a quarrel, "Why do you live? Go and die".
Justice Prakash said the entire case was tried based upon the evidentiary value of a letter written by his 10-year old daughter, before her death, to her maternal uncle. The girl's letter was not sent for handwriting verification.
The judge said it "looked artificial for a 10-year old girl cataloguing the reasons for ending her life. I am unable to fathom as to how a 10-year-old girl would have the desire to commit suicide along with her mother and sibling and in anticipation of which she would leave such a passionate suicide note," he said.
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- China slow to compete in corn
- GMO obstacles
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Thinking about China, "it's really instructive to look at Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and how quickly they transitioned into high-value crops. China just can't afford to waste labor anymore," says Dermot Hayes of Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development.
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While Chinese corn production is seeing some modernization, much of the crop is still harvested, dried and stored by less modern methods.
GMO obstacles
First, China would need genetically modified seed adapted to its unique agronomic conditions.
Second, China may not be able to tap into some of the best genetic lines currently available because of seed companies' concerns about China's questionable record on intellectual property rights, according to Dermot Hayes, the Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Agribusiness at Iowa State's Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD). "The intellectual property issue is working against them. China has a history of small plots cultivated by hand, and their corn is bred for those conditions, for growing corn under intensive hand cultivation," says Hayes.
"That's not going to work anymore. Labor is becoming too expensive, and there are better things to do with it than hand cultivate corn."
Hayes cites pressures on the supply of farmland as another factor working against China's efforts to grow more corn.
"Some of their farmland now is on mountain sides that are steep and can never be mechanized, and their medium-sized cities are growing incredibly fast," he says.
Most of all, Hayes cites the growing cost of labor on Chinese farms.
"If you look at the examples of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, as labor became more expensive, they dropped corn production altogether and transitioned really quickly into higher value crops," he says.
"I would expect to see China shift acres out of corn and into fruits and vegetables – and homes. We're also seeing them move out of back-yard livestock production and into more intensive animal production.
"Everything points to them moving to more imports of corn and distillers grains and even to meat imports. Within ten years, they will be a major importer of animal feed," he concludes.


text: Johannesburg - The South African Football Association is on a wild goose chase in protesting against the elimination of Bafana Bafana from next year's African Cup of Nations tournament, Kaizer Chiefs boss Kaizer Motaung said.Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive Barker also criticised Safa over the team's elimination, after a goalless qualifying round draw against Sierra Leone in Nelspruit on Saturday. Motaung said: "I'm afraid Safa are way off the mark in stating that the deciding factor in such cases must be goal difference. SAFA are entitled to make their own rules for their own events and those presently tabulated have been in force for a number of years. SAFA should have been aware of this." SAFA should face the facts of its own bungling, Motaung said. Barker was even more scathing in his comments. "The rules employed for the African Nations Cup are entrenched and SAFA and the Bafana technical staff should have been aware of them before the deciding game against Sierra Leone," he said. "It is mind-boggling that no one at SAFA or in the Bafana set-up was familiar with the facts." After an initial celebration on Saturday, the Bafana players and the crowd at the Mbombela Stadium heard from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that it was Niger which had qualified from the group. Locals believed South Africa had qualified for next year's Afcon event on goal difference. The rules of the competition stipulate that if teams finish level on points - Niger, South Africa and Sierra Leone all finished with nine points - the nett results of games involving the sides would be the deciding factor. This gave Niger six points and SA and Sierra Leone five each. Motaung said several competitions under the control of the Union of European Football Associations followed a similar procedure to CAF. Barker said that adding to the embarrassment was the fact that a Safa technical team, including president Kirsten Nematandani and vice-president Danny Jordaan, had been at Caf's meeting in Cairo two weeks ago. The two also serve on the 2012 Afcon organising committee."The reality," said Barker, "was that Bafana had to win that final game to qualify, even if Niger were beaten by Egypt - which, in fact, was what happened - yet every last man at Safa and in the Bafana camp believed a draw could be good enough." Barker was also critical of goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, who appeared to feign injury in order to waste time towards the end of the game.


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Motivator encourages Custer students to overcome adversity
Carrie Moore
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2011
While teenagers may often feel they have no one to talk to, that surely is not the case. Chelle Sorensen-Schefeik, a chemical dependency counselor with Lifeways at Central High School, wants that idea among high school students to change.
In her job, Sorensen-Schefeik provides prevention, intervention and counseling services to students at Central High School. She also gives motivational speeches across the Black Hills — something she has done for over 10 years.
Many students come to Sorensen-Schefeik with questions or issues about personal use, dependency or abuse of substances. She also gives support to students who are children of alcoholics or children of substance abusing parents. Some of her students come voluntarily, while others have been court-ordered or referred from administrators and parents.
Sorensen-Schefeik spoke to Custer High School students on Native American Day, encouraging them to overcome adversity, build their self-esteem, stop bullying and to be positive sources of support for those around them in hopes of creating environmental change.
"It was very motivating and inspiring," Custer High School principal Paul Anderson said. "She made it very clear to everyone that each of us has control of our own destiny and that it is a choice we all make, regardless of life's circumstances."
Sorensen-Schefeik became a chemical dependency counselor because she grew up surrounded by addiction. Sorensen-Schefeik has a birth defect to both her arms and to many of her internal organs.
"I wanted to help people avoid that path," she said. "Or if they are already on that path, I want to help reduce further harm and help facilitate recovery."
Before this job, Sorensen-Schefeik worked in Nebraska as a dual diagnosis programmer for clients with mental health and substance abuse. For the first six years, Sorensen-Schefeik mainly worked with adults before working with adolescents with addiction.
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Stephen Craig Swick, 54, a resident of Beverly, passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at his residence.
He was born Sept. 16, 1959, at Philippi, a son of the late Edwin R. Swick and Liberty B. Swick White.
On Sept. 8, 1990, he was married to the former Mary Anita Ott, who survives.
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Also surviving are two half brothers, Conrad and Edwin Swick; one sister, Edwinia Swick Van Sant; and one brother-in-law, Thomas Rexrode of Elkins. Stephen is also survived by his "kids," Vandy, Cotton, Pecan and Cooper.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Buck J. White; his half brother, Robert West; and two half sisters, Daryl Hanson and Barbara Rexrode.
Stephen was a 1977 graduate of Elkins High School and attended West Virginia University. He was a sports reporter with The Inter-Mountain at the time of his death and an avid WVU sports fan.
At Stephen's request, his remains were cremated. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. At 2 p.m., Friday, a memorial service will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Krysta Rexrode Wolfe officiating.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Randolph County Humane Society, P.O. Box 785, Elkins, WV, 26241. Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Stephen Craig Swick. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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Morissette, 35, tells Runner's World that "running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity."
The Grammy-winning singer, who has run two marathons, tries to live a healthy lifestyle, including eating lots of kale. But she still occasionally indulges "in red wine, and it's fun to have medical marijuana once in a while," she says. "I still party and include a little debauchery."
Always an active athlete – Morissette says she was once a "hard core" swimmer who trained seven days a week – she sometimes struggles with the motivation to run. "But I tie my laces, put on a tight bra and get out there like a little robot. The first 10 minutes are excruciating, but soon I get into the flow."
Morissette ran the two marathons for charity and did November's New York City Marathon with Edward Norton on behalf of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. In October, she did the Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon through Lassen National Forest in California, representing the National Eating Disorders Association.
"I struggled with eating disorders, especially in my teens," she says, "but I've noticed when I treat my body like an instrument instead of an ornament, my relationship with food completely changes.'
To ease aching muscles, she takes ibuprofen. But after a long run she sits in an ice bath to "get that inflammation down. It's not too pleasant, but you get used to it."
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HANOVER — Police have arrested a woman they say stole jewelry from a township home where she worked as a maid.
Two diamond rings were stolen from a residence on Kearney Avenue in December, police said. Police have charged Crystal Frisbie, 41, with theft of moveable property.
"Frisbie apparently worked as a maid for Merry Maids and admitted to stealing jewelry from the houses she cleaned," Chief Steve Gallagher said.
Boonton Township police said last week they arrested Frisbie after a months-long investigation.
In that case, a Boonton Township resident reported in November that about $1,000 worth of jewelry was missing from a residence, Boonton Township police said.
The home's cleaning woman, Frisbie, became a suspect, and a warrant was issued for her arrest after officers traced several stolen items back to her, police said. Realizing she was linked to the theft, she stopped showing up for work at her cleaning service, police said.
On Wednesday, Boonton Township officers received information about her location in Newark, and Frisbie was arrested, police said.
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PINCONNING, MI — A handful of local residents and officials gathered at the Pinconning Branch Library on Thursday, June 26, for a town hall meeting on the topic of state road funding.
Joan Brausch, a Democratic candidate for Michigan's 98th State House district, hosted the event, held at the library's 218 S. Kaiser St. location. She explained that the meeting was an attempt to help local residents see beyond the Bay County Road Commission's role in maintaining their roads and see the importance of flagging state dollars.
"I hope that the people who came had their eyes opened about how we fund the roads from the state, and they better understand how the state is responsible for major portions of our road funding," she said.
Jim Lillo, engineer-manager for the Bay County Road Commission, gave a roughly 30-minute presentation outlining the funding structure, pointing largely toward shortfalls in state funding.
In many places, prices for various materials like road salt and building materials have risen while funding levels from Michigan have remained relatively stagnant, Lillo said. That has created a situation where the Road Commission is working to provide 2014 services with a $7.5 million budget, which is roughly equivalent to late-1990s spending power, he said.
Additionally, Lillo worked to correct the misconception that the group is funded at all by personal taxes.
"We do not operate, nor use any personal or business income tax or your property taxes," he said, noting that the lion's share of the Road Commission's funding comes from a 19 cents-per-gallon statewide gas tax, as well as sources linked to licensing fees and similar measures.
During his presentation, he noted that 59 percent of Bay County's primary roads are in a "poor" or "failed" condition. To bring 80 percent of primary roads to a "fair/good" condition, he said, would cost approximately $90 million.
Bridges are a similar story, he said, with roughly 20 percent of the county's 78 bridges in "poor" condition.
Lillo also made a point to distinguish between how the Road Commission categorizes roads. Michigan Department of Transportation roads, like US-10 or Interstate 75, receive maintenance from the Road Commission; primary county roads see upgrades and maintenance; local township roads see maintenance, and require township participation in upgrades; and private roads are the responsibility of property owners.
Richard Gromaski, a Bay County road commissioner, was present as well.
Local residents responded to Lillo's presentation with pointed questions following the meeting. One area resident spoke on their concerns that a local road had been converted into a gravel road.
"The system we have of grinding the road and going back to gravel — that's ridiculous," he said. "I can't even tell what color my truck is the day after it rains. It's ridiculous to go back in time."
After the meeting, Lillo explained the issue.
"Yes, is it dusty? We get it, I understand, but you're trying to maintain a road that's basically past its lifespan," he said, noting that maintaining a hard surface along at least one stretch of township road had become financially unjustifiable. "It's the trickle down … we'd love to send more money down to the township level."
Pinconning Township Supervisor Sharon Stalsberg also weighed in, noting her displeasure that a portion of the dollars allocated by the Road Commission for primary and local roads in her area are oftentimes spent elsewhere.
Lillo also spoke to the Times about Stalsberg's concerns following the meeting.
"It isn't assigned specifically to that township — it's split up based on historic numbers, but then shifted where the need is," he said. "You've lived in Michigan long enough — you'll get rain in Bay City and won't get a drop up here."
Ed Rivet, a Bay County road commissioner, was present at the meeting as well, and spoke beforehand about his concerns regarding funding. He called it "frustrating" to be a road commissioner, owing largely to a lack of state funding and slow action on behalf of Lansing legislators to fix the problem.
"They can't agree on any issue," he said. "They're talking about adding 1 percent to the sales tax, raising the gas tax, but there doesn't seem to be anything they can agree on."
What's more, he said, legislation passed now won't affect road construction until the 2015 construction season.
"We're ready and willing to fix the roads in this county, but if we don't have the money …" he trailed off. "It's frustrating. It's very frustrating to be a road commissioner right now."
Brausch, who lives in Midland, is the lone Democrat seeking the 98th District seat. Republican challengers squaring off in the August primary are Gary Glenn and Karl Ieuter, both of Midland. The winner in November replaces Jim Stamas, who is term limited in the state House.
Near the end of the meeting, Brausch made sure to note that road problems are persistent not just in townships and primary roads, but throughout much of the state.
"The cities and villages are in the same condition or worse," she said. "The cities have the same problem. It's not just our local roads that are the problem. It's roads in general."
She noted that legislators coming together to benefit their portions of the state could make a difference for local residents.
"If you can have a block of legislators who are a concerted voice for this area in Lansing … that could have a huge impact," she said. "Saying 'We want money here, and we want it now,' that could make a difference."
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We review Sega's journey into the Japanese underworld.
As a myriad of publishers get up to speed with the Grand Theft Auto formula in an attempt to cash in on the seemingly limitless contemporary desire for urban sandbox violence, Sega stealthily slips into contention with something altogether different. Despite the inevitable comparisons, Yakuza is neither as open-ended and free-roaming as GTA, nor as meandering or self-indulgent as Shenmue. Heavily driven by its narrative, Yakuza is a tightly focused, action-heavy crime saga that offers plenty of variety without excess.
Much of this has to do with the game's pacing. Part mystery, part tale of vengeance, Kiryiu Kazuma -- a rare noble samurai among modern yakuza -- must unravel the mystery of a missing 10 billion yen and his missing childhood friend, Yumi. Along the way, Kazuma befriends small children, wayward detectives, other yakuza, and crime bosses, all in the name of old-fashioned justice. Yakuza's plot and pacing feel authentic, realistic and genuine (expertly scripted by renowned Japanese gangster crime author Seishu Hase). It has more in common with classic gangster cinema than it does with any crime-themed game, and that's saying something.
After the initial cut-scenes and a brief tutorial, the player begins a play sequence of street fighting, exploring and then unfurling of a story segment. There's almost always someone willing to pick a fight with Kazuma, and you can usually tell who these people are a mile away: They stand out from the usual throng of black-suited salarymen and umbrella-clutching schoolgirls walking by. Battles serve a greater purpose than merely providing longevity and distraction, though. As Kazuma wins fights, he earns points that he can use to improve himself by increasing attributes, such as how much damage he can take or how effective his holds are, or the points can be used to learn new moves. So, while you can avoid confrontation fairly easily (by basically running away), it's actually in your best interest to smack down the punks who block your path. Plus, vanquished foes always cough up money or loot after battles, so it's a win-win situation almost every time.
As you pound away at the opposition, the exploratory segments allow you to interact with an incredibly realistic and accurate portrayal of Tokyo's Kabuki-cho district. Filled with neon signs, glittering lights and hundreds of pedestrians, this bustling environment throbs with life. Kazuma can stop in convenience stores to purchase life-replenishing goods as well as other useful items (along with issues of Sabra, a Japanese skin mag). Various fast-food curry and ramen shops exist for largely the same purpose, although the meals obtained here are consumed instantly, rather than put into inventory. While the number of real-world licenses here are few, one famous retail chain in Japan, Don Quixote, is featured here as a department store along with Japanese whiskey manufacturer Suntory. Other oddities, such as a rent-a-locker, batting cages, a lottery agent, nightclubs, bars, secret weapons dealers, and hostess clubs, all offer various diversions and entertainment once you find situational NPCs and trigger events to unlock these diversions. That makes talking to NPCs (those with something to say are conveniently marked by a green arrow over their heads) a worthwhile endeavor in most cases.
As Kazuma moves from fight scene to cut-scene, his next primary objective is clearly highlighted on the on-screen map. While he's free to do anything he wants in between objectives, the next story-advancing element is always a short run away, which reduces a lot of potential frustration. Excellent voice acting contributes to the story's convincing aura. While various disposable thugs and hostesses waver in vocal quality, the principal characters speak with rock solid delivery. Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville's Lex Luthor) is phenomenal as the villain Nishiki, while Michael Madsen and Mark Hammil (who is barely recognizable, but still excellent, as unhinged yakuza boss Goro Majima) execute their roles well. The supporting cast of yakuza crime bosses and peripheral characters (like Rachel Leigh Cook and Eliza Dushku) keep the majority of the voice acting a painless experience. While Yakuza doesn't allow for the original Japanese voice acting with subtitles, as many purists would prefer (there wasn't enough disc space), you won't feel let down by the English dub.
Visually, the game may not be on par with the next generation of Xbox 360 games and beyond. But as one of the late, major titles to come out for PS2, it provides ample graphic splendor. It's hard not to be impressed by what's presented here. A staggeringly faithful rendition of the Kabuki-cho red-light district of Tokyo, with all of the variety and detail of the real-world area, is represented. If you haven't been to Kabuki-cho, it may be harder to appreciate what Sega's done here. Imagine if a section of New York City was replicated, down to the texture of every individual building, each billboard, each neon sign, every lamppost, manhole cover, street sigh, convenience store, gambling parlor, retail storefront, and subway station, in excruciating detail. That's what the development team has done with Yakuza.
Interior environments are as equally detailed. Nightclubs not only look but sound lifelike (the dance music in a nightclub, for example, sounds bass-heavy and muffled while in the lobby, but is distinct and clear when you enter the dancefloor), while hostess clubs convey the same cheesy, velvety-couch atmosphere as they do in real life. While the character models aren't as painstakingly textured or detailed as their counterparts in Sega's Shenmue, they're still quite good, especially in terms of the clothing variety and facial detail.
Combat is probably the biggest concern, though, as it is the principal form of interaction in Yakuza. Based loosely on the Spikeout: Battle Street engine (while not actually using that game's technology), fighting multiple foes is a generally satisfying experience. Using a simple-to-execute arsenal of responsive punches and kicks, hold moves and throws, Kazuma -- aka The Dojima Dragon -- feels like a badass as he furiously pummels opponents, using not only his bare knuckles, knees, elbows and feet, but nearly anything lying within arm's reach, such as pipes, bicycles, street signs, knives, guns, brass knuckles, and planks of wood. While most street fights are usually just a diversion with experience and loot as a reward, some are story-advancing events, handled on the street or in an underground cage match.
But the brawling isn't perfect. During fights, you may find yourself frequently vexed by the game's poor lock on system. Using the R1 shoulder button to lock on to your nearest opponent is fine, but once you initiate a series of attacks, you lose your target lock if the enemy dodges (which at higher levels occurs often), and while you flail away at the air and the enemy hits you from behind. While you also have evasive maneuvers, you'll rarely pull them off as consistently and flawlessly as your enemy. This is most obvious in the cage matches, where you attempt to gain fame and fortune fighting various thugs, Muay Thai experts, and yakuza sub-bosses. Another problem occurs when multiple enemies are clustered together and circle you; as you grab or lunge after the wrong target, you expose yourself to counterattack. That wouldn't be so bad if you could at least grab or even punch the unintended opponent, but then that whole "swing at the air thing" problem pops up again. This is a failing of many 3D brawlers, but in an otherwise stellar game, it's a serious blemish.
Another issue the game's load times. The very same richly detailed environments become a hindrance as the PlayStation 2 struggles to keep up. This occurs during transitions to fight scenes or merely exploring the Kabuki-cho area itself. While loading times for battles are nothing new, merely transitioning from one preset camera angle to another while running around frequently takes a second or two to load, which becomes annoying. Such is the compromise made in a game with so much detail, but it's something that would never happen on a more powerful console. This happens primarily in the outdoor areas, though, and most interior settings are free of such concerns.
Still, despite the niggles, what Sega has accomplished here is impressive. The one-time giant has managed to underwhelm us time and again over the last decade. But in the case of Yakuza, Sega has not only managed to conquer the tricky task of getting a 'gangster game' right, it's also succeeded in creating a game that owes nothing to any of its contemporaries. As the start of a new franchise, Yakuza is a wonderful foundation for a new fan-favorite series. And as an entry into the ever-growing criminal underground genre, Yakuza is a wholly unique, high-quality package that, while possessing as many flaws as it does triumphs, is a crime drama worth mentioning in the same breath as The Godfather (the movie, not the game).
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A valuable lesson was learned Saturday night by the expansion Harrisburg Stampede.
When you have an opponent down, maintain your intensity and step on them.
After dominating play in the first half against visiting South Carolina, themselves a fledging franchise, Harrisburg came out flat in the second half and was blind-sided 40-37 by the Force in an AIFA crossover contest.
The estimated crowd of 3,000 at the Farm Show Arena left with puzzled looks as the Stampede (1-2) took a step back after showing promise a week ago in a victory against Baltimore.
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=============================================================== From: Dave Brockman ------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All I wanted for Christmas was a 10GBe copper switch... (Not made by Netgear, and not with a half-bandwidth back-plane, Arista, I'm looking at you) Bonding for iSCSI is generally less preferred to MPIO. Rather difficult to implement in practice in a stable fashion and perform any kernel upgrades I am finding however :( Regards, dtb - -- "Some things in life can never be fully appreciated nor understood unless experienced firsthand. Some things in networking can never be fully understood by someone who neither builds commercial networking equipment nor runs an operational network." RFC 1925 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDsb50ACgkQABP1RO+tr2RdSQCeNkmTHsmPD7QPdhrvtutd81Fv qnMAn1tQwizFwxjjAK85RWw1ZKlZUfKp =m4Ll -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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One of my 7 yr old little girls asked me to make a video of her Hula Hooping, showing her mad skills. She wants Ellen Degeneres to see this video. So I am posting it where I can to see if I get get enough shares to actually have Ellen see the video. She keeps asking me is Ellen has seen it yet. She is so excited. So here is it!
I post this in another group and one nasty person said, maybe I should slap her at the end! Sickning it made my stomach turn. What is up with people now days!
She's adorable!! Great job! My daughter is a hula hooping nut! She can go for about 20min. straight! She times herself! I hope she gets to Ellen!!
I guess to make it more entertaining. I dont know. I told her she was wrong and she said she was kidding. But still not someting to kid around about.
Quoting Hottmomma607:
BTW why would you slap her?
Thanks Ladies, she has only been doing this for a couple weeks. It started out as me just recording her, and she is the one who started the whole Ellen thing lol..
Thanks, My favorite is when she spins around and keeps going.
Quoting proudmommy690:
Wow!! Shes awesome!!


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Dissertation: Filtering by Projection on the Manifold of Exponential Densities
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'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm will host the ESPYS
The ESPYS, ESPN's annual celebration of sports, have landed St. Louis sports fan Jon Hamm to host this year's telecast.
The "Mad Men" star will host the live broadcast from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 17.
"The ESPYS is designed to showcase the year's best sports moments in a sharp, fun and entertaining manner and Jon's the perfect host for this year's show. His appearances on shows like '30 Rock' and 'SNL' show that humor and creativity are two of his main strengths," blurbs Maura Mandt, the show's executive producer. "The combination of Jon's dry wit with his passion for sports will give fans a unique and original view of the year in sports."
Adds Hamm, "I'm very excited to be hosting the ESPYS. As a longtime sports fan and a marginally successful high school athlete I feel my skill-set jibes well with a host's duties. I now have to figure out what cleats to wear with a tuxedo."
ESPN wants you to know that Hamm played in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Games in 2009 (St. Louis) and in 2012 (Kansas City).


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Bastion Review
Bastion is the perfect game to kick off Microsoft's Summer of Arcade, capturing that certain something that Limbo and Braid had in previous years.
If for whatever reason you grow tired of collecting Cores and advancing the story, you could choose to visit the Proving Grounds, where you can take on weapon-specific challenges at your leisure. The Cael Hammer challenge, for example, asks you to smash 100 objects in the fastest time possible, while for the Breakers Bow you're required to eliminate a set number of targets with as few arrows as possible. Getting first place in each challenge offers a new skill for that weapon as a reward.
In addition to this there are three 'Who Knows Where' challenges to complete, which pit The Kid against increasingly difficult waves of enemy as the narrator fleshes out the backgrounds of key characters in the story. Each challenge comes with its own leaderboards, so you can compare scores with friends. In order to beat said chums, you'll want to make things as difficult for yourself as possible.
At the Bastion's shrine you can invoke the wrath of the gods which – depending on which god you choose – gives your enemies certain advantages. You can make them quicker and stronger, give them regenerative powers and ensure they don't drop any health potions. On the flip side, you'll earn more XP and money. It's swings and roundabouts: The more gods you invoke, the higher the leaderboards you'll climb.
The sound design needs some words dedicated to it before we go any further, as it's fantastic from start to finish. While the instrumental themes have an almost Wild Western twang to them – similar to the score of Firefly, I found – later on in the game this is swapped out for actual songs, with lyrics contributing to the story as a whole. As with Braid, the soundtrack goes a long way in defining the tone and atmosphere of the game.
Comparisons to Jonathan Blow's indie sensation don't end there. As with Tim's time-travelling jaunts and all that nonsense about the atomic bomb, there's a deeper meaning to everything in Bastion. Once the credits roll, you'll flock to the internet, desperate to discover what others made of it. It's not quite as open to interpretation as Braid, but you'll enjoy the conversations it inspires nonetheless.
I'm currently working my way through a second playthrough, hoping to gleam a deeper meaning from the script, and there's a lot to pick up on the second time around. With the main game finished there's the option to start a New Game +, which transfers your XP, skills and upgrades from your first save. There's just under six hours worth of content in a single playthrough, more if you spend time satisfying the requirements of Vigils (achievements, of sorts), which can be tracked through the Memorial in the Bastion.
Bastion is the perfect game to kick off Microsoft's Summer of Arcade, capturing that certain something that Limbo and Braid had in previous years. For 1200 Microsoft Points you'll be rewarded with an experience just as memorable as any retail release this year. It's kind of upsetting returning to the real world after adventuring in Caelondia; without that velvety voice narrating what you're doing, giving purpose to your actions, life isn't quite so entertaining.


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Roche said today it acquired Genia Technologies, the developer of a single-molecule, semiconductor-based, DNA sequencing platform using nanopore technology. The deal could net Genia shareholders up to $350 million.
According to Roche, Genia's sequencing technology is expected to reduce the price of sequencing while increasing speed and sensitivity. "The acquisition of Genia is a further step for Roche to introduce a potentially disruptive technology to the market," Roland Diggelmann, COO of Roche Diagnostics, said in a statement.
The acquisition answers the question of what presence Roche wants to have in sequencing following its ill-fated 2012 effort to acquire Illumina for $6.7 billion—the sequencing giant held out for a higher price—then opting last year to shut down its 454 Life Sciences subsidiary and eliminate jobs based there, while restructuring its diagnostic businesses, in part by creating a new sequencing unit.
Roche agreed to pay Genia shareholders $125 million cash upfront, plus up to $225 million in contingent payments tied to achieving undisclosed milestones.
Upon completion of the deal, Roche said Genia will be integrated into its new Roche Sequencing Unit and will continue to focus on development of Genia's sequencing platform.
Founded in 2009, Genia has focused on developing a sequencing system that allows for single molecule, electrical real-time analysis without the need for complicated optics, labels, amplification, or fluidics.
In 2012, Genia launched a collaboration for its system that would combine Genia's standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit, with new protein constructs developed by George Church, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School, who is also founding core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University; and a Tag-based sequencing chemistry approach using an electronic Nano-SBS system developed by Jingyue Ju, Ph.D., Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science with John J. Kasianowicz, Ph.D. and his group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Last year, the three-way collaboration won a three-year, $5.25 million Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies–The $1,000 Genome grant from NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Columbia, Harvard, and Genia were jointly awarded the largest grant from the latest NHGRI initiative, which distributed about $17 million under its Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program to eight research teams developing technology aimed at driving down the cost of DNA sequencing.
Genia's technology uses a semiconductor integrated circuit where an automated assembly of nanopores in a lipid bilayer allows for measurement of single molecules. Genia's sensor technology and its NanoTag chemistry are intended to enable accurate base calls, overcoming many limitations faced by other nanopore-based sequencing efforts.
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Utah Workers File Appeal to Stop Union Power Grab Involving Jobs Connected to West Coast Ports
Salt Lake City, Utah (June 4, 2003) – Threatened with losing their jobs simply because they had rejected unionization, over thirty Salt Lake City area workers are appealing a preliminary decision by a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional office that whitewashes actions by union officials and a conglomerate of port employers to transfer Utah-based jobs to unionized marine clerks on the West Coast.
With the help of attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation, over thirty non-union employees of Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) are filing an appeal in Washington, DC with NRLB General Counsel Arthur Rosenfeld. Unless Rosenfeld issues a complaint, the employees will likely lose their jobs simply because they chose to refrain from union representation.
Despite the fact that the employees' case was based on well-established law, the NLRB regional office dismissed the unfair labor practice charges last month. Last February, several members of Utah's Congressional delegation, including Senator Hatch, Senator Bennett, and Representative Cannon, urged the NLRB to take quick action to protect the employees.
"Now is the time for NRLB General Counsel Arthur Rosenfeld to step up and protect these workers from another blatant union power grab," stated Stefan Gleason, Vice President of the National Right to Work Foundation. "It is wrong for employees to lose their jobs because they exercised their freedom of association."
In November 2002, with the help of attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, the workers filed charges with the NLRB against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) for making an agreement that would require SSA to eliminate jobs at its non-union Salt Lake City facility.
The employees are responsible for tactical management of day-to-day activities and perform computerized planning work over the company's rail, yard, and vessel functions. By insisting that this planning work instead be performed at new facilities at the ports staffed by unionized "marine clerks" rather than non-union employees, ILWU and PMA officials violate the employees' right to refrain from unionization under federal law and Utah's Right to Work Law. If allowed to stand, the NRLB's decision solidifies union control over vital jobs performed by non-union employees.
Control over the clerk jobs was a top bargaining priority for the union hierarchy, whose actions sparked a $2-billion-a-day shutdown of West Coast ports last Fall. Before the 10-day lockout in October, the ILWU hierarchy employed a variety of work slowdown tactics, including deliberately understaffing key operations and sending workers to jobs for which they were not qualified, which made it impossible for the ports to function.
"The shutdown of West Coast ports was a naked attempt to exploit an economic crisis for the purpose of increasing union coercive power at the expense of workers," said Gleason. "Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Union bosses have a long history of using economic and wartime crises to grab power."


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Deadline to register for the event at the South Shore Country Club in Huguenot is this Sunday and all information, including a registration form, can be accessed by clicking "Support" at the Janine Brawer Scholarship Fund website, www.jbsf.weebly.com.
Miss Brawer was born and raised in Eltingville and was a senior at Tottenville High School when she was struck by a car outside the school on Nov. 13, 2009. She succumbed to her injuries six days later.
The 17-year-old was described as a creative teenager who had a strong interest in art. Her family said she was known for considering the world around her and following her own values, no matter what others thought.
The Fund provides college scholarships to Tottenville High School seniors who produce material persuading others to consider a decision that had been made by Miss Brawer: To be an organ donor.


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Council approves 45-day moratorium
Porn producers appear to be looking for new places to film.
Los Angeles County and the cities of Los Angeles and Simi Valley passed condom ordinances last year, requiring adult film actors to practice safe sex.
At least three adult film companies have inquired about film permits in Camarillo.
They have also asked whether the city has a condom ordinance or other conditions.
The City Council voted unanimously, Wednesday night, to pass an urgency ordinance that establishes a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of adult film and adult film-related permits.
Brian Pierik, the city attorney, calls it a "timeout" to give them time to study the impact of adult film making on public health and welfare.
Pierik said cities can't stop porn from being made, but they can adopt rules.
People who live in Camarillo call it a hot topic.
The city will take up the issue again in mid-May.
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Ready for dinner
Your first instincts when seeing Spider Jack will possibly be to call it Cut The Rope With Spiders. It's true that MaxNick's game is quite similar to publisher Chillingo's other title, but there are some important differences here.
The first thing you'll notice is that Jack, our Spider hero, climbs up the strand of webbing as it swings. This adds a whole new mechanic to the mix. Yes, you'll still need to cut the threads to let him drop on to his prey, but the game is made all the more tricky by the constantly moving spider.
Secondly, the webs have to be made in the first place, allowing for more thought to go into solving the later levels. While the first few levels gently ease you into the game, by the time you near the 75 initial stages you'll be ready to hurl your iDevice across the room. But a few more attempts and the answer will become clear, allowing you to move forward with a sense of achievement.
The new mechanics do cause the odd issue, though. Some levels seem needlessly difficult and being stuck on the same stage for a dozen attempts doesn't aid the fun factor. Those who relish a challenge will simply see it as a bonus over Cut The Rope's fairly easy campaign, others may be turned off by the need to repeat a level many times.
By the time you get to the electrical gates that zap your poor spider friend, the game has you in its grip and only the strong will survive through to the end. Another 25 levels have also been added since the game arrived on the App Store, bringing chewing gum and trampolines to add to an already exciting mix of objects that can help or hinder your progress.
Graphically there are more similarities with Chillingo's other physics game, Spider Jack certainly looks a lot like Cut The Rope in artistic design, but the graphics are given a slightly more pencil sketched look which adds to their charm. Other than this, the two games aren't all that different in the visual department.
Some may argue that Spider Jack is playing on the popularity of Chillingo's other title. I would agree, but at the same time Spider Jack offers enough new ideas to make it a worthy addition to your collection, especially if you've completed all of Cut The Rope and are looking for something else to play until new upates arrive.
With a harder (some may say more unfair) difficulty level and some interesting new ideas, Spider Jack succeeds in being more than just another clone of a popular game. If you're after a challenge and you can forgive some of the design flaws, the game is well worth the entry fee.
- Sound: 7
- Graphics: 8
- Gameplay: 8
- Longevity: 8
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Northwest NEWS
ay 28, 2001
Buzz cuts will help bus driver with cancer
by Lisa Allen
Valley View Editor
When popular Riverview bus driver Kim Sheldon was diagnosed recently with ovarian cancer, and lost her hair due to chemotherapy treatments, fellow driver Shelly Johnson decided an appropriate way for the community to show their support would be for them to have the opportunity to share in the hair loss.
So, on June 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., residents (male or female) can get free "bus driver buzz cuts" at Country Rose Hair Salon, next to Stillwater Store on SR 203 north of Carnation, and make a donation in Sheldon's name to help the family with costs not covered by insurance.
Country Rose owner Rose Thomas-Warren and stylist Kelly Thomas "jumped at the chance to help," said Johnson.
Sheldon, the mother of four children, was unable to work for several months, but has returned to her bus driving job on a part-time basis.
Her husband also is a bus driver for the Riverview School District. Recently, he underwent surgery to remove a tumor on his spine and was also out of work for a time.


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College coaches have been flying all over the country this week trying to evaluate and impress high school basketball players during the open recruiting period. One of the most popular places in
· Duke (Steve Wojciechowski)
· Marquette (Buzz Williams)
· Stanford (Johnny Dawkins)
This recruiting period is also important to a lot of die-hard college basketball fans who are trying to figure out who will fill out their rosters over the next few years. As often as fans ask me "Who leads for this guy", or "Who is the #1 priority", I am more often asked, "What happens at these 'open gyms'?" So, when I headed out to Menomonee Falls on Tuesday night, I could have interviewed JP Tokoto, his parents, Ritchie Davis, his coach with the Wisconsin Playground Warriors or Ben Siebert, JP's high school coach, for a story asking where he would go to college, but the story would have been the same as it has been, "It's early". So, instead, I thought I would answer the question of "What happens at these 'open gyms'?"
As 6:00 approached, college coaches, JP's family and the
Game 1: 8 pts on 4-9 shooting, 0-1 from 3pt land, 4 rebs, 1 block and 1 steal.
It looked like it got JP a bit to get going, but he finished the game with two thunderous dunks (looked like he was getting warmed up).
Game 2: 9 points on 4-7 shooting, 1-1 from 3pt land, 4 rebs, 1 assist, 2 steals.
JP was on the receiving end of an amazing alley-oop dunk, and also missed on two other tomahawks that resulted in oohs and ahhs from the dozen or so fans in attendance.
From there they took a break from the pickup games, and the players left the gym for JP's individual workout. JP was worked out by Thad McGrew and Trevor Trimble, JP's step father. Here is what that included….
Ball Control Drills
1) Dribble down & back with two balls, with both balls hitting the floor in unison.
2) Dribble down & back with two balls, with balls alternating as they hit the floor
3) Dribble down & back with two balls, bouncing from side to side (imagine swinging your arms from side to side in front of you, now get those arms to dribble as they do it.)
4) Dribble down & back with two balls, bouncing from front to back in unison
5) Dribble down & back with one ball, two bounces with one hand, crossover, two with other hand, crossover etc. etc.
6) Dribble down & back with one ball, two bounces with one hand, between the legs, two with other hand, between the legs etc. etc.
7) Dribble down & back with one ball, two bounces with one hand, behind the back, two with other hand, behind the back etc. etc.
8) Dribble down & back with one ball, one dribble with right hand, two with left, under the legs and behind the back – two dribbles with left hand, one with right, under the legs and behind the back etc. etc.
JP was overly impressive in the ball control drill, demonstrating each drill to perfection, though he struggled a bit with the final drill.
Shooting drills
1) Free Throws – 4-5
2) Catch & drive drill from right side, then from left side
3) Catch & shoot drill from right side, then from left side
4) 3 pt shooting drill (stations around the arc)
5) Fight off of a screen, catch & drive from right side, then from left side
6) Free throw drill – 4-5
JP showed a lot of athleticism and body control during these drills, but his shot wasn't falling. I overheard a classmate a few rows behind me say, "He's got to be tired, he went through the same work out I did today and I can barely move!" JP found his shot during the 3 pt drill and showed solid range.
From there JP's teammates returned and the pickup games resumed…..
Game 3: 16 points on 8-14 from the field, 0-1 from 3pt. 5 rebounds, 2 steals 1 assist.
12 of his 16 points were on dunks, only one of which was a 'basic dunk'. The rest were all highlight reel, show stopper dunks including another alley-oop.
Game 4: 9 points on 4-5 shooting, 1-3 from 3pt. 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist, 1 block.
JP seemed to still have some gas left in the tank, but it was time to wrap things up.
So, there you have it, that is what took place at JP Tokoto's "open gym", and pretty much what happens at most open gyms around the country.
So why is it important for college coaches to go? It gives them a chance to show the player and his family that they are important to them, it gives them the opportunity to see the player in a different setting, and in the gym on Tuesday night, it gave them a chance to sample Laurence Tokoto's (JP's mom) home made cookies.