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Lt. Patrick O'Rourke of the Derry Township Police Department became the township's fifth police chief this week with big ideas that he said will increase efficiency, communication and safety.
A 28-year veteran, O'Rourke holds the distinction of being the only officer in the department's history to hold every rank.
Despite his father's 36-year career with the state police, O'Rourke wasn't drawn to law enforcement. After graduating from Lebanon Catholic High School, he attended York College of Pennsylvania and majored in business management.
"I was actually pursuing a career in the fire service," O'Rourke said. "I wanted to be a career firefighter, and that didn't work out. I was paid for the fire department here in Hershey as the day driver medic unit when this opportunity opened up and they were hiring three guys on a federal grant. They asked me if I wanted to give it a shot, and I did. It turned out really well."
O'Rourke graduated from Northwestern University's Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command.
O'Rourke has served in nearly every aspect of the department, from his start as a K-9 patrol officer to becoming a detective in the criminal investigation unit to going undercover for the Dauphin County Drug Task Force, as well as working as a hostage negotiator for the SWAT crisis response team.
"The last two chiefs went from detective to the top, but I visited as many field assignments that I could and each rank that I could," O'Rourke said. He also received cause-and-origin certification from the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., and took on the incident command program for the township. He wrote the first policy for incident command and developed the training for everyone in Derry Township to receive incident and command training.
O'Rourke said he believes that his experiences provide him with a unique perspective and distinctive knowledge of the department.
"I think my broad range of experience gives me a better functional working knowledge of every section and division in the organization to have a better understanding of what needs to be done, what needs to be changed, and what we can do to better improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of each of those sections to make it one, well-oiled machine to go forward," O'Rourke said.
Of all the issues at hand within the department, communication is at the top of the list for O'Rourke.
"I'm big on communications. It'll be a lot of leading by example, so if we're going to request changes be made at the bottom of the organization, we, ourselves, as leaders have to be able to make changes within ourselves and lead by example, and that's the only way you're going to get the troops to follow you. That's going to be huge with me."
O'Rourke also wants to involve officers of all ranks in key matters, as well as incorporate fresh ideas from those in lower ranks so that everyone in the department has a voice.
"My goal is to involve decision-making at every level of the organization, to allow everybody to have that buy-in effect so that they have some kind of ownership for what we are doing. There's a lot of — when I use the term 'downstairs' I'm talking to the patrol people and the sergeants — there's a lot of young and innovative ideas down there that we need to tap into, and I plan on exploiting that to the best of my abilities," he said.
While fraud is the number one crime in Derry Township, O'Rourke also has his sights set on another problem — traffic.
"One of our biggest problems is traffic," O'Rourke said. "We get over 5 million visitors a year here. I want to come up with some kind of a more comprehensive traffic-management unit. We're given the infrastructure that we do with the highways, but we have to come up with some kind of a comprehensive plan where we can get the flow of traffic maybe a little bit more efficient and make it safe for everybody all the way around."
O'Rourke is married with two children, and he plays the bagpipes. He once opened for Rod Stewart. He also has played at the Flight 93 Memorial, on the U.S. Capitol steps with the police pipers at the National Memorial in Washington, D.C., for officers killed in the line of duty and onstage at the finish line at a NASCAR race in Dover, Del.
O'Rourke said his reward is satisfaction from helping to make the township a clean, safe place for residents and visitors.
"This is a unique community. We're blessed to have the good people that we do in the community, but it's special because we have all the tourism," he said. "To be able to see it from the big picture and know that the department and every member in here contributes to making the community safe and clean for everybody, including the residents, the business owners and the visitors that we get each year, the final product is rewarding."


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The Silver Spring Township municipal office will soon have its own automatic external defibrillator - AED.
Supervisors voted 4-0, with Supervisor Vincent DiFilippo absent, to apply for a grant to help pay for the equipment that anyone can use to aid someone in cardiac arrest.
Difilippo's own heart trouble prompted the move. On Jan. 28, he went into cardiac arrest and was revived with an AED which police Detective Dale Sabadish retrieved from the adjacent police office. DiFilippo is recovering.

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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Property on the Murrells Inlet waterfront historically used for fishing will once again be a fishing marina.
Adam Wiseman, owner of the property, once known as Inlet Port Marina and later as Voyagers View Marina, will soon be known as Marshview Marina.
Wiseman is constructing a 1,300-square-foot building which will be a shop, currently with a working name of Murrells Inlet Bait and Tackle. Construction will be finished in the next month, Wiseman said, and the bait and tackle shop could be open in the next six weeks.
The contractor is Robin Loud with Shoreline Construction.
The Lowcountry-style shop will have a wrap-around porch where people can enjoy the waterfront view.
In addition to bait and tackle, people will be able to purchase drinks, ice, hot dogs and sandwiches.
It will also offer boat, kayak and paddle board rentals, boat slip rentals and sunset cruises.
Boat rentals, with pontoon boats and skiffs available, can be for four hours or eight hours, Wiseman said.
We want this to be a full-service family marina where people can hang out, grab a hot dog, buy bait, tackle and ice and go out on a boat, he stated.
We are trying to make the experience on the water in Murrells Inlet convenient for people.
Steve Strickland, owner of Earthworks Group, a firm that designed the building, said he is looking forward to the marina being finished.
Historically, thats been a working marina for fishermen, Strickland said.
Its good to see it returning back to its roots to being a working fishing marina. Adam has a good mix of commercial boats, charter boats and private sport fishing boats, and the majority of his slips are full with many boats actively fishing.
He added that since the property sat mostly unused for seven or eight years, he is glad the current owners are trying to revitalize the marina.
The biggest part of a healthy marina is a little bait and tackle store, Strickland commented.
People will be able to sit on the porch, enjoy the beautiful view, watch the boats come in and tell stories. I think it will be a very nice facility.
Strickland said with the tin roof, people will hear that nice pitter patter when it rains.
And with a cleaning station at the ramp to the docks, people can clean their fish after getting off the boat, he added.
Wiseman said with fishing season coming up, he is working on organizing a charity flounder tournament in mid-October. Marshview Marina is located just south of the Marsh Walk restaurants on US 17 Business.
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Al Kavadlo – We're Working Out! » Muscle-Ups!!
We do them using rings at our gym. Well, other people do. I'm still working on the progression.
Al Kavadlo – We're Working Out! » Muscle-Ups!!
We do them using rings at our gym. Well, other people do. I'm still working on the progression.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. --Audre Lorde
Owly's Journal
A good gym will scale things and ramp a new person up gradually as is appropriate, preferably with a series of fundamentals classes before dropping them into full-on WODs (unless they are at a high level of fitness to start). Good CF boxes scale and modify workouts for people who need it and take time to train people and teach good forms; bad ones dump them into WODs and let them muddle through with sloppy form with the inevitable injuries. I highly recommend doing your research before joining.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. --Audre Lorde
Owly's Journal
This guy Experience: I am a 91-year-old bodybuilder | Life and style | The Guardian is 91 and started lifting when he was 85. Age is simply an irrelevant factor.
Wheat is the new tobacco. Spread the word.
I'm 41 and just started CrossFit last week. I'm starting with a good base - I can do a few strict pull-ups and already have a decent deadlift, etc. There are some in the class who are very fit and bust out the workouts, but there are also a number who are quite overweight. No one really seems to notice. Everyone is very encouraging and really supportive of one another. I would recommend checking it out. The only concern I have is that it seems a bit much - definitely more than is recommended. I haven't quite reconciled the two yet.
I just started CrossFit at 42 and I am by no means anywhere near the oldest there.
Check out this article on my boxes website:
It's Never Too Late | CrossFit Oakland
Apathy is tyranny's greatest ally.
I'm 49 and started CrossFit about 8 months ago. The workouts are scaled (we have four options on the board every night). Plus, most boxes require an on-ramp class to show you some of the movements, the format, and give you an expectation.
I'm setting new bests in the power lifts and I'm getting leaner. I also took six months off of running to let a nagging hamstring injury heal, and I'm running reasonably well right now off a little bit of running and lot of CrossFit. I go 3-5 times per week, and on days where I'm tired, I scale the workout appropriately. I think the most important thing is to be honest about your fitness level for each workout, so you work hard, but not too hard, and so you avoid injury.
We have guys in their late 50s in our gym who are amazingly fit.
I'm 51 and feel stronger than I've ever been. I do high-intensity workouts at home but have been thinking about Crossfit for two reasons, one opened nearby, and I don't have weights at home to lift heavy weights with.
I'm in my sixties, still strong and reasonably fit--nothing like our Al K of course. Every year for over twenty years, until this year, I led a conference to NYC, taking a group of people 10 to 30 years younger than myself, and consistently they complained that I walked too fast and too far for them to keep up, though I was moderating my pace deliberately. The younger tended to be the least fit. My point is that age is a factor, but one of many. I do get a little tired of people who want to dump anyone over sixty in the boneyard of mda. Mark's in his mid-fifties after all.
Btw: a Framingham study that came out in the mid-90s showed that men (I don't know if women were included) even in their 90s could develop muscle strength as well as teens.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Any given day you are surrounded by 10,000 idiots. Lao Tsu, founder of Taoism
There are folks that work out at our CF box (gym) in their 50's and 60's. You don't need to have any fitness background to get started. Be sure to ask your trainers how to scale down the workouts for you and let them know of any injuries or pains.
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - Mark Twain


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Kristopher Oswald says he lost his job at a Wal-Mart in Michigan after he went to the rescue of a woman he thought was being assaulted in the store's parking lot.
Oswald, 30, had been employed about seven weeks by the Hartland, Mich., outlet, about 50 miles northwest of Detroit, according to WXYZ.com. He was taking lunch in his car about 2:30 a.m. Sunday during an overnight shift stocking pet food when he heard a woman scream and saw a man hanging onto the hood of her car.
He walked over to check whether the people were fooling around or whether the woman actually was in danger. Soon, Oswald found himself in danger -- the man started punching him in the head and threatening to kill him, he said.
Oswald said he got control of the assailant, but as he did, two other men jumped him from behind. Sheriff's deputies soon arrived to break up the fight.
According to Oswald, his supervisor called his action "brave and selfless" and told him he'd get a chance to give his side before company officials decided his fate. But he did not get the opportunity, opposingviews.com reported.
The next day, Wal-Mart handed Oswald his termination papers. The reason? According to WXYZ, the papers say that "after a violation of company policy on his lunch break, it was determined to end his temporary assignment." Oswald would have had to work at the store for 180 days to have been considered a permanent employee.
"The last thing I expected was to not have a job," Oswald told the station.
Ashley Hardie, speaking for Wal-Mart, said that while officials of the Bentonville, Ark.-based chain understood Oswald's actions, he had violated company policy, the Associated Press reported.
"We had to make a tough decision, one that we don't take lightly, and he's no longer with the company," Hardie told AP.
The woman was not seriously hurt. Police could not find the assailant, the Daily Mail reported.
Here's WXYZ's report:
What do you think of Wal-Mart's decision? Please leave a comment below.


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I am really heartbroken to hear about the people who were laid from Crouse Hospital. The CEO of the company makes more than the president of the United States. Why didn't he take a pay cut?
Some of those employees have worked there for 30 to 40 years - too young to get early retirement and now they have to get out there and look for a job. What a shame.
Marie Simmons
Sad to see layoffs of longtime Crouse staff
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Michigan teams have unfair advantage in softball world series
Recently the Big League Softball World Series ended with another Michigan winner — the Grand Rapids team. It seems most years the District 2 (Kalamazoo) or District 9 (Grand Rapids) teams go on to win the tournament.
I love to see local or area teams do well, but the automatic berth that District 2 gets is hardly fair.
I remember a few years back when the Mattawan Little League won the Little League World Championship. That was an unbelievable accomplishment.
They played their way through tournament after tournament to reach the World Series, including competing with other local little leagues to win the District 2 title.
Our District 2 Big League team is a handpicked all-star team of girls from all over southwestern Michigan, with many of them all-state and most of them college-bound softball players.
They are put into the tournament without playing a single game together. Their pitchers are fresh, they're in their hometown and they're well rested.
The other teams had to play many pressure games, and deal with traveling, jet lag and being away from home. How much credibility would the boys Little League World Series (played in Williamsport, Pa., and televised on ESPN) have if an area team from Williamsport, Pa., was put in the World Series without playing a game?
Now, don't get me wrong, these girls from District 2 and District 9 are all very talented softball players and should be proud of their accomplishments on the field. I just feel teams that reach a World Series should all take the same road to get there.
Russ Commissaris/Kalamazoo
Don't overlook land ownership in dunes debate
As I was leaving the Douglas Social Aug. 12, I passed three Ox-Bow art students who had set up an easel with maps and charts of the Denison-McClendon property. For the past 21 years, I have taken care of the south parcel which is now the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area.
The trio explained they were producing a class project documentary on opinions about development of the north Denison/McClendon property. If I believed development should be permitted there, I should put a yellow square on the map.
I told Monica Marin, a pleasant, articulate woman, that I had been caretaker of the south property and friend of the Denisons for more than 40 years. Because of that I had accurate knowledge of the relevant property issues— one of which was that the land had been rezoned as its purchase was being completed, something that should raise a red flag.
At this point I told the Ox-Bow trio, "It is obvious your information has come from (Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance president) David Swan, who for years has provided inaccurate information to the public. You are framing your questions to provide the results you desire."
At a time when more than 30,000 people are leaving Michigan each year, here is a man who will be bringing jobs to the area. With taxes extremely high in Saugatuck, a development like this would spread the tax burden. So if you lived in Saugatuck and had children attending schools here, those were facts to consider before forming an opinion.
Questions — and individuals — have been framed one-sidedly, here in Saugatuck lately.
The Alliance has framed McClendon like Dorian Gray. Most of those in the group do not even live in Saugatuck Township and are not looking out for its residents. Some have their own beautiful homes on the lakeshore — isn't that ironic? The fact their neighbors might prosper from an influx of revenue in this terrible state economy is not relevant to them.
Many people have told me they would like to see a new marina and that McClendon's proposed development would increase their property values. With it, the $400,000 taken off the tax roles with the public acquisition of the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area would have a less negative impact.
What bothers me most about how some people frame the dunes debate is that land ownership is completely overlooked. Who decided someone else's dune property is now "our" dunes? The government already does too much of that.
I hope our community will take into consideration the welfare of everyone and refuse to be part of the lynch-mob mentality we have experienced of late.
Ted Swoboda/Saugatuck


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It's been a few weeks since we visited Liberty Square - sorry about the delay, folks; keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle, as it may start up again at any time - but I'm back in the saddle and raring to go.
When last we were in the Magic Kingdom, we were heading for Fantasyland, coming from Liberty Square, so we'll maintain that heading now. Of course, you can get to Fantasyland any number of ways - through the castle, around the castle, or from Tomorrowland - but regardless of how you get there, the same wonderful place is waiting for you just behind the castle.
From Liberty Square, you pass under one of the unique dining rooms of the Columbia Harbour House restaurant, leaving the land of early colonial America and entering a land of make-believe, dreams, and, well, fantasy.
The first thing you'll notice is that you've entered a castle keep. The buildings in Fantasyland are all tangentially connected to the castle, unifying the theme of the land, despite the disparate nature of the attractions to be found there. On the left, you'll pass by a small fountain/pool, with a Swiss looking chalet up on the hill. This was once the Fantasyland home of the Skyway, an attraction that, sadly, took its last riders through the air in 1994. Currently, this building - like the Skyway station in Tomorrowland - is not used for any guest activity. Hopefully this will change soon, as this extremely valuable real estate could be put to some ingenious use, I'm sure, offering guests something new and unique to experience.
As you pass this now dormant attraction, the pathway turns slightly to the right, bringing you into the main courtyard. Immediately on your left is the classic attraction, It's a Small World, with hundreds of audio-animatronic children singing that impossible-to-forget song, reminding us that, despite all the horrible things that happen in this world, we've all got something in common and can learn to get along.
On the right is the deceptively long queue for Peter Pan's Flight. This short attraction is an absolute must for me on every visit - a fantastic flight over London, taking the second start to the right and straight on til morning! This ride is very cunningly laid out, phenomenal for both its simplicity and execution. This attraction is a must! Note - the queue for this attraction is, as pointed out earlier, much longer than it may appear; I would absolutely Fast Pass this attraction, if your schedule permits.
As you enter the main courtyard, Fantasyland opens up to you, and you can see the overwhelming number of attractions crammed into this tiny space. True to form for our story so far, let's start going left and work our way around.
Just past It's a Small World and the Pinocchio Village Haus counter-service restaurant is Ariel's Grotto. Little more than a meet-and-greet for the mermaid princess, this is something I tend to skip. I like redheads as much as anybody, but meeting the characters isn't something I go out of my way to do on a general basis.
Just beyond, and in front of, Ariel's Grotto is the simple yet wonderful Dumbo attraction. These spinning rides are a dime a dozen - there are two others in the Magic Kingdom alone (Astro Orbiters and The Flying Carpets of Aladdin) - but there's something special about this one. I'm not sure what's so magical about this attraction, but Dumbo is a perennial favorite for a significant portion of the population, and it's beloved by young and old alike.
Continuing our circle of Fantasyland takes us out past Pooh's Playful Spot, a beautifully themed (especially at night) playground for youngsters where the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea submarine lagoon once stood. While I understand the submarine attraction was expensive to maintain, difficult to keep up, and had a relatively low per-hour riding volume, it was an absolutely wonderful, unique attraction. To have something so unusual and engaging torn out and replaced with a child's playground is just disheartening to me. A playground like this, no matter how well themed or attractive it may be, can never replace the sight of the Nautilus cruising through that beautiful lagoon.
Passing by both this playground and our wistful remembrance of a favorite attraction long gone, we come upon another perennial favorite: the Mad Tea Party! Guaranteed to make most any mom dizzy, the kids can't get enough of this attraction. Again, this is something you could ostensibly find at just about any county fair, but Disney does it up in style, making these crazy spinning tea cups a much-loved attraction.
From here, we turn and try to make a straight line for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Depending on what kind of rotation you managed to get going on your tea cup, this may or may not be an easy task. Assuming you can make it over to the attraction, bear in mind that this queue can be a very long wait; Fast Pass is recommended here as well.
If you're looking for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, yes, it used to be here. Winnie the Pooh has been foreclosing on mortgages and kicking other attractions out! I absolutely miss the zany motor car attraction that was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, but I also have to admit this Winnie the Pooh attraction is top notch. And Pooh didn't kick him out - J. Thaddeus Toad sold the place to Owl. Don't believe me? In one of the early rooms, as you're entering Owl's house, look over your left shoulder to see a picture hanging on the wall of Toad signing the deed over to Owl. It's all legitimate and above board!
The hunny-pots you ride around in look like very simple ride vehicles, but don't be deceived! At one point in the ride, your car bounces along with Tigger. At another, as the rain, rain, rain comes down, down, down - you'll notice that you suddenly feel like you're floating and being carried away on the current! It's incredible.
Unfortunately, these complex ride vehicles are also a little...undependable. I've ridden this attraction a good 10-15 times, and it's no exaggeration to say that only 2-3 of those times have we experienced the complete ride without a hitch. The very first time I experienced this attraction, the whole thing shut down and we had to get out of our cars and walk out of the show building. While, in retrospect, that was actually pretty interesting - that's the first time I've ever gotten that close a look at how an attraction like this actually works - it wasn't an ideal way to start off with an attraction.
Moving on, past the Seven Dwarves Mine, we find Snow White's Scary Adventures. This ride is a classic, and one I'm thrilled to find still there. It's simple, but beautifully done, and I've always enjoyed this ride. My 4-yr old nephew counts this as one of his absolute favorite rides in all four parks.
After escaping the Evil Queen turned old crone, we pass back out into the main courtyard. I don't venture into a lot of shops on my trips to Walt Disney World, but there is one here I always enjoy checking out. Right next to Snow White's Scary Adventures, go inside this small shop with the vines growing out of it and check out the incredible theming from the classic Mickey cartoon, The Brave Little Tailor. The giant, trying to peer inside by lifting up the roof of the building, is awesome. These are the little details - the unnecessary, but wonderful details - that make Walt Disney World the incredible place it is. I always get tickled by this store.
Circling past the back of the lovely Cinderella Castle, we pass the beautiful Cinderella fountain - stand directly in front of it and look at how the background painting places a crown on her head when you stand in the right spot! We pass a small store specializing in Tinkerbell merchandise, and then we come upon the most recent addition to Fantasyland attractions: Mickey's Philharmagic!
Mickey's Philharmagic is an incredible "4-D" show, filled with amazing 3-D effects and a fantastically fun little plot. The name of the attraction is a little bit of a misnomer, as the protagonist of this show is really Donald Duck, but the show is all the better for that. Each of the parks has one of these "4-D" shows now (EPCOT's Honey, I Shrunk the Audience; Disney's Hollywood Studios' Muppet-Vision 3-D, and Animal Kingdom's It's Tough to be a Bug). The most recent of these, it's clear that the technology has been perfected over time, and Mickey's Philharmagic is a spell-binding show. Just make sure to turn around at the end - it's worth it to see what happens!
Last, but certainly not least, Cinderella's Golden Carrousel serves as the centerpiece of Fantasyland. This lovely carrousel - now a very young 89 years old - was built in 1917 for a small amusement park in Detroit. While designing Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, the Imagineers found this old carrousel falling into ruin. They restored it and now, almost 90 years later, it's still putting smiles on guests' faces. Like Dumbo the Flying Elephant, there's just something extra-magical about this simple ride - a visit to the Magic Kingdom is incomplete without a go-round on this lovely attraction.
Next week, we'll veer into Mickey's Toon Town Fair and see what's shaking over there. See ya real soon!


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Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg will be hosting its 11th Anniversary Party all day this Saturday. American Babies will be performing on the outdoor stage. Then Mike Doughty from Soul Coughing will hit the indoor stage at 9 p.m., followed by a DJ set at midnight. You will not want to miss this free event.
Check out Mike Doughty's "27 Jennifers" below.
This video features the American babies playing "Rocker" live in 2006.
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Whether Aldridge was serious with that tweet or not, it appears now he's serious about staying stateside in the event this lockout extends into the season, according to Chris Haynes of SLAMOnline.com:
Aldridge spoke with the Oregonian last month and said playing overseas was a possibility. That stance has now changed, as CBA negotiations took a turn for the worst yesterday and both sides walked away without a deal in place—a shock, as most thought things were moving in a positive direction in prior meetings.
"The timing of this is just bad right now as most European teams are going into the season with what they have now. They're keeping LaMarcus in the states and he'll stay in shape in case things are resolved with the NBA," a source said.


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Pre K-1st ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE by JANE CABRERA (Holiday House, 2009) *** Everyone's favorite counting rhyme comes around again with a rollicking new twist. A little bunny has a new pair of shoes to buckle on and run and jump all over the place in. She and the chickens and the pigs have a wonderfully active time counting up to 20 and then having a party to celebrate all their work. "Now count the balloons, 1 to 20!" And throughout the book, four little chicks are hiding on each page. Can you find them all? Bright and colorful with lots of actions to imitate, this book will be a hit with the younger set.
2ND – 4TH the busiest street on town by mara rockliff (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009) *** Rushmore Avenue was exactly as its name implied. Everyone rushed down the street and everyone else rushed up the street. One day, Agatha May Walker decided to visit her friend, Eulalie Scruggs, who lived across the street from her. Well, of course, with all the rushing on Rushmore Avenue, she couldn't get across. "Slow down! Slow down!" she said. But they didn't. Agatha went back into her house and the next thing you knew there was a wingback chair sitting right in the middle of the street! "Have a cookie?" Agatha offered to the drivers that went honking by her. Then her friend, Eulalie, brought out a table and Parcheesi. Gradually the cars and trucks began to slow to see what was going on. People rushing on the sidewalks came over to have a cookie. Kids started playing jump rope, hopscotch, and showing off their skateboarding skills for the two old ladies. Something new was happening on Rushmore Avenue. It was so new and so different that the name of the street had to be changed. It was named in honor of the lady who had started it all and for the new way it was used, Walker Road!
MIDDLE SCHOOL ring of fire by pd baccalario (Random House, 2006, 2009) *** Her father has messed it up again! He has triple-booked the only room left in their bed and breakfast in Rome! What are they going to do with all these people on New Year's Eve? The solution is for Dad and Aunt Linda to give up their rooms and the three kids to all bunk with Elettra. That is when the strange coincidences begin to happen. All four kids have the same birthday-February 29! All four have leap year birthdays! What are the chances of that? Well, every 100 years things come together so that four kids are chosen to rescue the world from destruction and that time is at hand. The kids are given a briefcase filled with some baffling things by a man who is murdered ten minutes later. The clues left by him and what is in the briefcase take them on an exciting and extremely dangerous adventure all over Rome. But this is only the beginning. Ring of Fire is the first book of the Century Quartet (translated from Italian). The adventure continues!
HIGH SCHOOL purple heart by patricia mccormick (Harper & Collins, 2009) *** War is Hell. We hear that phrase over and over. Do we know what it really means? Purple Heart is a personal account from a young man, Matt, who is stationed in Iraq and was wounded. The centerpiece of the story revolves around the incident when he was wounded. He keeps having flashbacks that indicate a young child was killed, but because of his head injury, he can't recall the details. It is a story about the realities of war and its effects on all the people involved, both civilians and soldiers. The sensations, the fears, and the doubts are vividly portrayed. The camaraderie and trust of fellow soldiers are coupled with suspicions and distrust. Anyone who is considering enlisting in military or who are curious about what it is like to be a soldier during wartime will get a very eye opening picture of life in a war zone.


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Sunday, 11 am at Cavens Point Athletic Complex, Jersey City
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Quarterfinal Round: def. Harrison, 4-0...Stefanie Gomes erupts for a hat trick.
Semifinal Round: def. St. Dominic, 4-0...Two goals by Mercedes Lois, as well as a goal and two assists from Catherine O'Neill pace the Kardinals.
Quarterfinal Round: def. North Bergen, 5-0...Freshman Kaitlyn Pallitto strikes for two goals and junior Lisa Rovatsos scores once and adds two assists.
Semifinal Round: def. Holy Family, 4-0...Two goals by Rovatsos powers Bees.
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Kearny scored a 4-2 victory over visiting Bayonne on Sept. 29. Here is a blog by Michael Cohen of The Jersey Journal regarding the teams' first encounter.
Players to watch
Kearny: Stefanie Gomes (Jr. F); Mercedes Lois (Jr. M); Janitza Aquino (Sr. F); Catherine O'Neill (So. F/M).
Bayonne: Lisa Rovatsos (Jr. F); Kaitlyn Pallitto (Fr. F); Nicolette Mariano (Sr. D); Beatriz Hernandez (Jr.D).
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Hard not to notice the collection of scorers this match will offer. Stefanie Gomes has pumped in 24 goals for Kearny but Bayonne can't concentrate solely on her. Janitza Aquino (9 goals), Mercedes Lois (14 goals) and Catherine O'Neill (11 goals) all command a defense's respect.
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Feedback: Development apathy appalling
I am appalled at the passive acceptance of the major construction projects announced in the legal notices in the May 17, 2005 issue of the Stanwood-Camano News. The following is an excerpt from this notice:
... Island County has reviewed the proposed project for probable adverse environmental impacts and expects to issue a determination of non-significance (DNS) ... Proposal calls for the establishment of two cultural centers (12,000 square feet total), two motels (10,000 square feet each and 40 rooms total), an office building (10,000 square feet), a store, office and restaurant (9,200 square feet)
The expected determination of no significance means there will be no environmental impact statement, nor any public hearings o allow Camano residents to express their approval or disapproval.
Not to mention is the soil condition of that area. I have heard ever since the restaurant opened at that site that it does not perc, which describes an impervious barrier that keeps rainwater and other water from reaching the aquifer. This recharging is necessary to prevent salt water intrusion or the drying up of shallow wells with disastrous results.
No significants! how about the increased traffic across the Mark Clark Bridge? Also, the excess drainage derived from massive development would possibly have negative effect on the homes down hill. The entire situation requires community participation in all decisions.
Currently, the nearby town of Stanwood has no motels or hotels. Camano Island, on the other hand, has first-class bed-and-breakfast accommodations in several locations.
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Steve, BTW the two board concept is old; it was used from '85 on in the "Amateur Funboard World Cup" and then Formula 42. It was also used, with Lechners and slalom boards, for the '80s Tour de France.
Kip, you're probably right, windsurfing won't be as big as it was. That may be a good thing, but maybe it would be nice if it was bigger than it is. Sure, going "back" is not a recipe for success, but neither is ignoring the past and continuing on a course that has not done brilliantly.
Sure, Escorts don't sell.....but newer cars that are practical sell. The car market didn't move en masse to faster cars you can only use in certain conditions, as the windsurfer market did. And the problems of the UK and USA car industries prove that even the biggest industries can make dumb moves. If GM could blow it, why not windsurfer builders?
I know you feel longboards are heavy, but isn't that all comparative? Not too long ago, we were calling a 17kg King Cobra incredibly light. Some people think a 6.5m boat that weighs 330kg is "light", but to a sailor from the 6m 110kg Sharpie class it's 3 times too heavy!
. Of course your boat is incredibly light, compared to other sportsboats, but it's still all relative.
About the number of racers; see . I have NEVER claimed those to be perfect figures, and asked for help to improve them. However, the fleets in the US Nationals, Aussie nationals, UK series, French rankings, German rankings, and world titles all added up certainly point to a predominance of boards with centreboards. Yes, as I mentioned a coouple of times in other places, this leaves out many countries (esp Poland and Asia) but it includes many of the biggest. In others, the info I can find indicates no massive shortboard fleets racing regularly; once or twice a year in La Defi or Ledge to Lancelin is different; as is GPS speedsailing.
The numbers total;
1329 junior hybrid sailors (Techno 293, + a guessed 300 T15 kids on hybrids)
625 junior Longboard sailors (assuming 500 of the 800 T-15 sailors are on longboards)
556 Kona One/Windsurfer One sailors (many Kona sailors probably on borrowed boards).
405 FW sailors (an underestimate, one assumes, although the class does not list more than 100 sailors in any country in the ISAF report)
320 adult Raceboard sailors (not counting the French Raceboard sailors as they may be RSX sailors, but assuming 50% of all "US Open" sailors are raceboarders which is probably an underestimate given that they count FW separately)
195 adult hybrid sailors (not counting the French RSX/Raceboard sailors)
100 Youth Hybrid sailors (perhaps an underestimate as some of the national rankings are not broken down)
68 FW Youth/Junior
41 FE Youth/Junior (assuming all US FE sailors are Juniors or Youth)
As I said, very, very rubbery figures but better than just looking at our own backyards - mine would show 99% longboards which is definitely wrong!
It's hard to see how a board designed for "Olympic conditions" would work. For one, what are they? The RSXs had three windy days in China, which is normally deadly light; other classes had very little wind. Athens was also atypical; light for some classes, survival conditions for those that raced other days. This year, at the time of year when the 2012 games will be one, the site had 3 days of well over 30 knots (as the Moth worlds did at the same place) yet that isn't typical. Korea was going to be a light-wind Olympics but it blew like stink. We didn't get a single big westerly in Sydney.
And what of the other Olympic circuit regattas? Hyeres (?), Kiel, SIRS, Melbourne, Princess Sofia, Palma....the class has to work there as well, which is why the Aussie FW champ raises concerns.
Unregistered, the Kona claim comes from Kona, who are obviously biased; that's why I specifically referred to it as a claim rather than as a fact. However, I've never seen a figure to back the claim that the Go or Start was the top-selling board, either.
Longboard sales; I can't find the industy mags i got a lot of the info from. But here's some, indicating the rebound;
Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sydney, 1999; "World wide they now account for 60% of surfboard sales, less than 10 years ago it was just 5% and it's just not the grey haired getting back onto them."
"By 2002, longboarders made up an estimated 40% of surfers worldwide"; "The Encyclopedia of Surfing".
"shortboards accounting for 45 percent of the total, longboards 33 percent and hybrids 22 percent. " US Surf Industy Manufacturer's Association survey 2006.
"Bill Coward of Maroochydores Bad Company Surf Shop said longboards outsell their shorter versions in his shop three to one and females were really taking to the new cut down mals." The Daily, 2006
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Neymar is the most sought-after player in the world today. The Brazilian starlet has set the world on fire and reports (via FOX Sports) have been pointing to FC Barcelona as his eventual destination.
While Santos continue to deny that Neymar will leave anytime soon, Barcelona remain the most likely club to add the young star (via Goal).
The biggest question facing the possible transfer is if the Catalan giants can afford Neymar.
With Financial Fair Play beginning, Barcelona will have to work hard to spend big on the Brazilian. The recent contract renewal leaves Neymar with a £57 million buyout clause (via ESPN).
Yet, Barcelona can afford the purchase. Let us take a look at how the Blaugrana can purchase the world's biggest target.


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DETROIT -- Gary Sheffield is not healthy. He has not been healthy for a month now. He said over the weekend that he only was playing because his presence in the lineup helped the rest of the Detroit Tigers hitters.
Wednesday, Sheffield admitted his right shoulder hurts too much for him to help anyone. He did not play in the Tigers' 11-8 loss to Cleveland, and he vowed not to play again until he is healthy enough to contribute.
"It's time for me to shut it down and get myself right," Sheffield said. "I've been doing myself and my team a disservice."
Sheffield would not predict how long he will be out, but he said he doubts he will play on this homestand, which runs through Monday. The Tigers do not seem inclined to put Sheffield on the disabled list, because they believe he could return in less than two weeks.
Sheffield's shoulder has been an issue for years, but his latest woes date to a July 21 collision with Placido Polanco. Sheffield landed on his right elbow, which jammed into the shoulder and caused more damage than he realized at the time.
Since then, Sheffield has twice come out of the lineup, first for two games and later for five. He had a cortisone shot, did special exercises and until this week stopped lifting weights. He kept thinking the shoulder would get better, but it did not.
He has hit only one home run in the past month, and just two doubles. His batting average for his past 23 games is .172.
"I can't swing like myself," Sheffield said. "I want to feel like I can hit a home run at any time."
Sheffield said he made the decision to sit out after conversations this week with his father. He said he now believes that he should not have played at all for the past month, even though Magglio Ordonez and others have told him how much it helps to have him in the lineup.
"People say, 'Your presence means something,' " Sheffield said. "I don't feel it."
Sheffield already has had two cortisone shots this year, and at some point it is possible that he could have a third. Since he had the last shot less than a month ago, another shot is not an option just yet.
"My options are limited," Sheffield said.
As far as replacing Sheffield in the middle of the Tigers lineup, manager Jim Leyland's options are somewhat limited, too. Sean Casey batted third Wednesday night, but Casey (46 RBIs this year) is nowhere near the threat that Sheffield is.
- While Ordonez believes Sheffield's presence helps him, he had a big night Wednesday in Sheffield's absence. Ordonez went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, raising his league-leading batting average to .352, with 24 homers and 113 RBIs.
- Cameron Maybin made his Comerica Park debut Wednesday, and while he had two doubles in four at-bats, he also looked a little uncomfortable again in left field.
- Jair Jurrjens sat on a couch in the middle of the Tigers clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, watching the Curacao team play in the Little League World Series. But when ESPN listed the major-league players born in Curacao, they left Jurrjens' name off of the list.
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BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- A week after Hallie Dixon became district attorney-elect in Baldwin County, Presiding Circuit Judge James Reid signed a contract with her that pays her $10,000 a month to study the county's backlog of cases.
"I am analyzing our system," Dixon said Wednesday in an interview. "I'm being paid to develop a proposal, suggesting different processes that could improve the efficiency of our operations in moving cases through."
She said that she hasn't submitted any reports since the contract took effect July 21 but is working on one.
Circuit Judge Robert Wilters sharply criticized the contract and told a reporter that he learned about it only on Monday.
"It's unethical and violates the separation of powers in the judiciary. We have a district attorney now, and she will remain the district attorney through January. The contract hire is improper, it's wrong and it's too much money," Wilters said.
Reid said Wednesday that he decided to hire Dixon for the consulting work as a way to help her prepare for the job that she inherits Jan. 16.
He said he had doubted that District Attorney Judy Newcomb -- one of the candidates defeated by Dixon in the Republican primaries -- would give her an interim staff position. He said that Dixon probably would have had to return to Montgomery for several months, where she served with the Attorney General's Office.
He said that the case backlog was one of the issues in the heated campaign.
Earlier this year, a study by the Press-Register showed that more than one in three criminal cases in Baldwin County Circuit Court had been awaiting resolution for more than a year, falling far short of state guidelines.
Dixon said that she did not submit a proposal about the scope or objectives of the consulting role prior to receiving the contract.
Reid said he discussed the contract with Circuit Judges Charles Partin and Lang Floyd, and they both supported it. He said that "if a majority of judges said this was not a good idea, I would cancel it."
Reid acknowledged that he firmly supported Dixon during her campaign.
Newcomb said that, in her opinion, the contract doesn't present a conflict now but could set the stage for future conflicts of interest.
Also, Newcomb said she addressed the backlog, which hit its peak about two years ago. Two current dockets, she said, have fewer cases awaiting trial than they did in the early 1990s.
Newcomb said she helped find solutions, including asking the Legislature for more money to hire prosecutors and bringing in more judges. She said settlement offers are out on about 85 percent of pending cases.
"Statistics show we are one of the best functioning districts in the state," said Newcomb, who was appointed district attorney in March 2006 by Gov. Bob Riley to finish the term of the retiring David Whetstone.
Newcomb said that the "current dockets" are primarily managed by the judges.
Newcomb's most recent docket data showed Floyd with 298 pending cases, Wilters with 718, Reid with 348 and Partin with 673. Newcomb did not quote figures for Circuit Judge Carmen Bosch.
The numbers of pending cases do not include probation revocations.
"I just want people to know I didn't create a backlog," Newcomb said. "I've been working successfully to clear it."
Dixon said that, as district attorney, she would recuse herself from any future case in which the consulting contract caused a conflict of interest.
Dixon said she has not traveled to any other judicial district to study caseload management.
The contract runs through Jan. 14, just prior to when Dixon takes office. Funding comes from the Judiciary Discretionary portion of the Baldwin County Law Library Fund, controlled by Reid as presiding judge.
Floyd could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The newspaper also could not reach District Judge Jody Bishop, whose court handles some of the preliminary actions in cases that wind up before the circuit bench.
Dixon said she had spoken with judges in the county regarding the caseload issue but only with Floyd at length.
Like Wilters, Bosch said she found out about the contract in recent days. "I would have liked to have been asked beforehand. I'm not in favor of it because she could have waited to take office and addressed the issue using her own budget," Bosch said.
Wilters said that the Baldwin judges are addressing cases on the dockets and "moving them as fast as we can, legitimately."
He said his current docket is the largest because "I have all the drug cases."
"According to the state statistics I have just seen, we are disposing of more cases than any district in the state, except Jefferson County," Wilters said. "We are getting it done with fewer judges than counties much larger than ours. We are working our way through it."


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The Botanical Garden of the University of Granada is a small-sized garden located in the Spanish city of Granada between the streets of Duquesa, Malaga, close to the Faculty of Law.
It is a small garden of nearly 3,000 square meters where you can enjoy an oasis away from the busy city life. The Botanical Garden is located about 7 miles from our hotel in Granada, being an administrative property of the city's University.
The Botanical Garden of the University of Granada was built in 1783; and in 1877 two reliefs were sculpted on the facade, representing two famous botanists, the priest Don Antonio José Cavanilles and the doctor Segura Lagasca.
At present the Botanical Garden has become a decorative add-on where you can see a real romantic and historic garden of the university building of the Faculty of Law.
Enjoy the floral variety of the Botanical Garden of the University of Granada. There are more than 70 large-sized tree kinds along with a number of bushes. Among the exemplars we can highlight Ginkgo Biloba, a unique tree of great height, native to China that shows its lovely yellowing leaves every autumn. In addition to this outstanding species, the Botanical Garden of the University of Granada has a great number of other classes: herbs (thyme or lemon verbena), creepers or jasmine of San Jose. It also contains trees such as magnolia, laurel, palm trees and even some oak and cork trees.
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Mike Dombrowski went 2-for-3 with a single and a double. Dombrowski scored once and drove in a run as Peoples Bank (5-1) scored on four base hits and two errors.
Easthampton's Kyle Grumoli hit a solo shot in the sixth inning. Easthampton (3-4) scored once in the bottom of the seventh.
DiFranco Realty 14, Chicopee Tigers 2:DiFranco started and ended strong, belting in eight runs in the first.
They didn't stop there, though, as they finished with 14 runs on 12 hits and ended the game after five innings. Five players recorded two hits.
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The list of biomarkers associated with disease risk is rapidly growing. Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of common genetic variants associated with common complex diseases. These associations give us clues about disease biology, but it may take years of painstaking basic research to fully understand the mechanisms behind them. In contrast, we can use these variants for personalized risk profiling right now. Similarly, it is unclear whether other novel "-omic" markers (proteomic, epigenomic, metagenomic, and so forth) are causal intermediates in the disease process or the consequences of latent disease, yet they could be used to predict disease risk.
This raises the question: should we use these novel risk markers? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? What value do these new markers add?
In this issue of Epidemiology, Kerr and Pepe1 discuss how to evaluate a new risk marker for disease, where a set of predictors already exists (c.f. the Gail model for breast cancer, or the Framingham risk score for cardiovascular disease). The authors focus on a particular measure of the discriminatory ability of a risk profile, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and show that the ROC curve for a profile that jointly models the new marker and other covariates is distinct from the ROC curve for the new marker within strata of the other covariates. They also show that the ROC curve for the new marker can differ across strata even in the absence of interaction on the log-odds scale.
Kerr and Pepe's results highlight 3 important issues.
First, because the joint and stratified ROC curves are different, investigators should consider which is most appropriate for their research question. If the purpose is to develop a risk assessment tool for the general population, the joint ROC curve may be more appropriate. If the goal is to determine the incremental value of a new marker in particular subgroups, the stratified ROC curve may be better. For example, the change in the ROC curve from adding genetic information may be small across the whole population but large among young people—who may be a small but clinically important fraction of the population.
Second, investigators who are interested in the improvement in discrimination due to a new marker should examine how the ROC curve changes across strata, regardless of whether statistically significant interaction is found on the log-odds scale. For example, we have observed that genetic variants associated with breast cancer do not interact with age in a logistic regression model either individually or collectively, but nonetheless, a risk profile based on 17 SNPs has a higher area under the ROC curve for women under 62 years (0.64) than for women over 70 years (0.58).2 Similarly, although none of the known common breast cancer risk markers interacts with any of the risk factors in the Gail score,3–5 the area under the ROC curve for the genetic risk profile was higher among women in the lowest Gail score quartile (0.63) than among women in the highest quartile (0.57).
Third, the paper raises the important but often overlooked point that case-control matching can greatly complicate the interpretation of the area under the ROC curve.6 This is particularly relevant when using epidemiologic studies originally designed to identify causal factors or to provide efficient estimates of relative risks, such as nested case-control studies.
The important task of "evaluating the incremental value of a risk marker"—genetic or not—sounds deceptively simple, but requires great care. "Incremental value" can be defined in many ways.7 Kerr and Pepe show how complicated the interpretation of just one summary measure can be. Add to that the many different ways to summarize the discriminatory or predictive ability of a risk marker (Brier score, Net Reclassification Index, integrated loss, number of individuals screened to identify a case)—each of which has relative strengths and weaknesses in different contexts—and the complexities multiply.
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No single measure can capture the incremental value of a new marker in all contexts. Researchers should carefully choose a measure (or measures) of the marker's utility that is relevant to the marker's intended application (or applications)—they should choose the right horse for the course.
SARA LINDSTRÖM is a Research Scientist in the Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. She has published papers on gene-environment interactions as well as large-scale population-based case-control studies in breast and prostate cancer. PETER KRAFT is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Deputy Director of the Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has published papers on the utility of genetic risk prediction and statistical methods for the study of gene-environment interaction in population-based studies.
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NEW MILFORD — A malfunction at a PSE&G switching station caused widespread power outages across the area this afternoon.
PSE&G spokeswoman Bonnie Sheppard said that the malfunction occurred at about 2:30 p.m., and affected customers in Oradell, Paramus, Emerson, River Vale and parts of Hackensack, including the Riverside Square Mall.
Power at the mall was restored within half an hour, and most other customers were back on line within an hour. As of approximately 3:30 p.m., only around 700 customers were still waiting for service.
Data on the total number of outages caused by the malfunction was not immediately available.
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NORTH CHILI Oneonta ousted Fredonia State, 3-1, in the semifinals Friday afternoon of the SUNYAC Women's Soccer Tournament at Roberts Wesleyan College.
The Blue Devils (12-4-3) yielded two first-half goals before cutting their deficit in half, 2-1, on a goal by senior midfielder Reilly Condidorio, her ninth of the season, after she was stopped seconds earlier from close range. Junior forward Kristi Putzig was credited with an assist.
The goal gave Condidorio 43 goals and 104 points as a Blue Devil. Both totals are Fredonia State school records.
The Red Dragons re-established their two-goal margin on a goal by Karly DeSimone with 2:37 left.
"The girls worked hard in the second half,"?Fredonia State coach Chris Case said. "We almost tied the game before they scored late. We made too many errors early on and Oneonta got the lead. Give Oneonta credit. They played great today. They were on top of their game. They made us work."
Kayla Ceschini and Alaina Greco scored first-half goals for Oneonta, which will meet Cortland 1-0 winners over host Brockport in Friday's other semifinal. The championship game is 1 p.m. Saturday.
Senior goalkeeper Meaghan Meszaros recorded 10 saves for the Blue Devils. Oneonta's Rori Stark made seven stops.
The Red Dragons had 18-16 advantage in shots and a 10-5 advantage in corner kicks.
"Now we are sitting and waiting to see if we get an at-large bid into the tournament,"?Case said. "Our chances are 50-50. It depends what goes on around the country. We will find out Monday."


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MIAMI — A new tropical depression has formed far out over the Atlantic with forecasters saying it will likely become a tropical storm.
The depression's maximum sustained winds early Thursday are near 35 mph (55 kph). But the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says additional strengthening is expected and it's likely to become a tropical storm later in the day.
The depression is centered about 435 miles (700 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and is moving west-northwest near 13 mph (20 kph).
Meanwhile farther west, Hurricane Irene is threatening the U.S. East Coast.
The U.S. Navy has ordered the Second Fleet in Virginia to leave Norfolk Naval Station to keep the ships safe Hurricane Irene, which is approaching the East Coast.
Thursday's order applies to 64 ships in southeastern Virginia. Twenty-seven ships are moving out to sea, beginning at 8 a.m. Another 28 are being moved to other places such as repair shipyards that are safer than the piers at Norfolk.
Nine ships are already at sea.
The Navy says ships that are under way can better weather such storms. It also will help protect piers from being damage.
Forecasters have yet to pinpoint where the hurricane will make landfall. It's currently a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph (185 kph).
Irene could hit anywhere from North Carolina to New York this weekend, leaving officials in the path of uncertainty to make a delicate decision. Should they tell tourists to leave during one of the last weeks of the multibillion-dollar summer season?
Most were in a wait-and-see mode, holding out to get every dime before the storm's path crystalizes. North Carolina's governor told reporters not to scare people away.
"You will never endanger your tourists, but you also don't want to over inflate the sense of urgency about the storm. And so let's just hang on," North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday. At the same time she warned to "prepare for the worst."
In the Bahamas early Thursday, the head of the National Emergency Management Agency says that at least two settlements have been devastated on the southern islands of Acklins and Crooked. Capt. Stephen Russell says an official there reports that 90 percent of the homes in the settlements have been severely damaged or destroyed. Several hundred people live on each island. No injuries have been reported.
They were among the first to be hit Wednesday as the hurricane made its way up the chain. Tourists cut their vacations short and caught the last flights out before the airport was closed.
Irene has already hit Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, causing landslides and flooding homes. One woman was killed.
No warnings or watches were out for North Carolina though they were likely later Thursday. But on its Outer Banks, some tourists heeded evacuation orders for a tiny barrier island as Irene strengthened to a Category 3 storm, with winds of 120 mph (193 kph).
By Thursday, that could intensify to a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with winds starting at 131 mph (210 kph).
"We jam-packed as much fun as we could into the remainder of Tuesday," said Jessica Stanton Tice of Charleston, W.Va. She left Ocracoke Island on an early-morning ferry with her husband and toddler.
"We're still going to give North Carolina our vacation business, but we're going to Asheville" in the mountains, she said.
Officials said Irene could cause flooding, power outages or worse as far north as Maine, even if the eye of the storm stays offshore. Hurricane-force winds were expected 50 miles from the center of the storm.
Predicting the path of such a huge storm can be tricky, but the National Hurricane Center uses computer models to come up with a "cone of uncertainty," a three-day forecast that has become remarkably accurate in recent years. Forecasters are still about a day away from the cone reaching the East Coast. A system currently over the Great Lakes will play a large role in determining if Irene is pushed farther to the east in the next three or four days.
The mood was calm in Virginia Beach, Va. Jimmy Capps, manager of the Breakers Resort Inn, said the 56-room hotel is about 80 percent booked for the weekend, despite a few cancellations.
"It just appears they're not quite sure what the storm is going to do," Capps said. "The thing I'm amazed at now is that we haven't had more cancellations so far. Usually when they start mentioning the Outer Banks and Cape Lookout, which we are between, the phones light up."


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MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MI -- As Tyrone Southward sat Tuesday at Beecher High School in front of his friends and family, the man standings to his left was one of the few people in the room who could understand the situation he was in.
About 25 years ago, Courtney Hawkins was the young man signing his National Letter of Intent at Beecher to play football at the collegiate level. Hawkins chose Michigan State and went on to have a successful career at both the college and professional levels.
On Tuesday, Hawkins was not only there as the Bucs athletic director and head football coach, but also as Southward's uncle, helping his nephew through a process that could change his life. After snow postponed Southward's initial signing day on Friday, the Beecher senior committed to play wide receiver at Siena Heights University in the fall.
"It feels real good to get all the pressure off my shoulders with colleges calling and to know I finally have a home somewhere," Southward said. "My uncle helped me a whole lot going through the process and made it easier on me. He was giving me advice on picking the right school and making sure I was prepared for what I'm about to go through.
"I'm looking forward to a whole new level of competition and seeing what other guys got and hopefully I can take myself further."
Southward helped Beecher go 8-5 during his senior season and win the program's first Division 7 regional championship over Saginaw Nouvel. He was the second leading receiver in receptions and yards this season behind Central Michigan-bound Eric Cooper.
Southward's mother, Tonda, made the decision to allow her son to play for her brother, Hawkins, at Beecher before his freshman season. Hawkins said he didn't provide his nephew with any special treatment and held him to the same standards as his teammates.
"It's a very proud moment for an uncle, a football coach and the Beecher community," Hawkins said of Southward's signing ceremony. "All these other kids are like my adopted sons, but this kid I have watched from a little baby grow and the ups and downs and the challenges he went through."
One of the instances where it benefited both Southward and Hawkins to have their family connection was during Beecher's 35-21 victory over Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest in the first round of the playoffs. In the second quarter, Southward broke his ankle and missed the rest of the Bucs historic playoff run.
In the weeks after, Southward said he was concerned he'd miss his opportunity to play at the collegiate level, but support from his uncle, mother and father, James, kept him focused on his goal.
"What stuck out the most about Siena Heights was through my injury, they stuck with me through the whole process and didn't leave me," Southward said. "I was concerned because I didn't know if I'd need surgery or be out and colleges wouldn't want me because I couldn't play or perform. But thanks to my mom and dad and uncle, they kept me level headed and not too worked up."
As a coach, Hawkins knows what Southward is capable of on the football field. He feels the wideout will be able to contribute early on for Siena Heights and be a playmaker for the next couple of years.
"Instantly, I think his size will help because he's legit 6'2", 190 (pounds) and he will get bigger and has great speed," Hawkins said. "He is a deep threat right now and I know from coaching him he can line up and go past people. Hopefully the coach down there can help him with his routes and I think he will be a great asset for their program."
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