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Tony Hawk: Ride ReviewBy Michael Thomsen - Posted Nov 18, 2009
Tony Hawk: Ride is a brave attempt to refresh the series with realistic motion controls and a pricey new peripheral. Sadly, the motion controls are awkward and laggy, while the core design is just as focused on the combo-centric gameplay of the older games. It's got its heart in the right place but doesn't quite have the brains to match.
The Pros
- Peripheral is solid and durable
- Manuals feel great
The Cons
- Motion controls for tricks don't work
- Steering is a nightmare
- Gameplay gets repetitive and mechanical
- Controls have noticeable lag
Editor's Note: In the interest of delivering you the timeliest of reviews, Tony Hawk: RIDE was reviewed at a launch event, which Activision offered us and other media outlets as an opportunity to review the game prior to its launch. Mr. Thomsen was able to complete the game in that time frame.
Tony Hawk: Ride is a brave attempt to refresh the series with realistic motion controls and a pricey new peripheral. Sadly, the motion controls are awkward and laggy, while the core design is just as focused on the combo-centric gameplay of the older games. It's got its heart in the right place but doesn't quite have the brains to match.
You Can't Be Careful on a Skateboard, Mister
After a decade of annual releases, it seemed like there was nothing left to do with the Tony Hawk franchise. Through three console generations and more than a dozen different platforms, Tony Hawk has been thoroughly put through his paces. With series creator Neversoft having moved on to Guitar Hero, Activision passed development duties to Robomodo--an upstart formed by former EA Chicago veterans with credits on the Fight Night series and Def Jam: Icon. The result is Tony Hawk: Ride, an attempt to completely reinvent the skating genre with a motion sensing skateboard peripheral.
The board is a solidly constructed skateboard deck that has a great sense of wobbling lean to the left and right. The nose and tail are also terrifically sturdy and leaning backwards and forwards on them for manuals feels almost identical to the real thing. The board has two accelerometers inside that detect single gestures (like a Motion Plus-less Wii remote), which are translated into different kinds of tricks and grinds. The board has small infrared cameras on the front, back, left, and right, which are used to trigger grabs. You can bend all the way over to trigger these, but a directional hand wave around knee-level will have the same effect.
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Ground Control to Major Waggle
The attempt to refresh Tony Hawk is welcome, but the execution in Ride is bungled from the start. Most critical for me was the decision to emphasize tricks over steering. Stringing together tricks in absurd multi-million point combos was one of the most stale elements of the older games. The trick variety and frequency in Ride are dialed down, but the basic approach is identical. To get the highest scores you'll need to keep your multiplier active with manuals in between ollies, flips, and grinds. Using foot control instead of button presses changes the intensity of the experience, but it still feels like rote trick-spamming after a few rounds. The emphasis isn't on the thrill of landing a trick or the speedy vertigo of approaching a big jump, but instead focuses on keeping your multiplier alive, like an abstract version of hot potato.
Pulling off tricks is also an incongruous experience. You'll start everything by leaning back on the tail to ollie and then you can lean left or right, or pivot to pull off various tricks. It's a realistic approximation of the first half of pulling off tricks, but the fact that the board stays in the same relative spot on the floor makes it feel awkward. It reminded me of what Wii Sports baseball would feel like if there was some giant barrier that stopped your swing at the halfway point every time. It's a workable system, but I felt constantly reminded of the plastic fakery of it all.
Using IR cameras to trigger grabs is another half measure. In real life you can manipulate the board around your center of gravity to pull off grabs, but with the board's position constant, grabs always throw off your center of gravity and make landing especially tricky on higher difficulties. The IR cameras also pick up lots of ancillary movement, so I found grabs would happen at random.
Steering is another major problem area. Games like Wii Fit, We Ski, and Shaun White Snowboarding have used the motion controls to great effect, but the accelerometers in the Ride peripheral aren't as sensitive. The wobbly nature of the design makes using the board a joyless process of near-constant overcorrection. You can change the trucks' tightness, but adjusting the sensitivity didn't alleviate any of my issues. There's also a small, but disastrous, lag between when you lean and when your character actually starts to move, which only exacerbates the issue. I've spent hours and hours playing the ski and snowboard slalom in Wii Fit. The simple feeling of constant responsiveness and the vicarious sensation of movement make for wonderful entertainment. Robomodo made a core design choice to focus on tricking instead of movement and, to me, it's a choice that plays away from the strengths of their peripheral.
Do or Do Not, There Is No Try
Tony Hawk: Ride is a tragic misfire. Its aim to recast the oxidizing skate genre in the exotic mold of motion control is a great concept, but the execution is incomplete and, in a couple of key areas, wrong-headed. Younger players may cotton to the simple pleasure of pivoting and slamming around on the board, but I found myself increasingly frustrated. I had thought the game might be more fun once I had made it through the learning curve, but after the grand finale in Tokyo, I felt worse about the game than when I started. Learning how to pull off tricks consistently and managing the wobbly steering took me further out of the experience. I felt like I was just button-mashing with my hips and feet and, for all of the effort to make something new and special, I wound up playing with the same monotonous tunnel vision of old Tony Hawk games.


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|"Final Mission"
|TNG, Episode 4x09
Production number: 40274-183
First aired: 19 November 1990
|82nd of 176 produced in TNG
|82nd of 176 released in TNG
|189th of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Kacey Arnold-Ince and Jeri Taylor
Story By
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Directed By
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On his way to Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher must care for an injured Captain Picard after their shuttle crashes on a desert moon.
Summary Edit
Wesley Crusher comes running onto the bridge and apologizes to Captain Picard for being ten minutes late for a summon. Picard chastises the young man, then, smiling, tells the young ensign that a position has opened in this year's class at Starfleet Academy and that Wesley has been granted the posting. He would be leaving in two weeks, and will have to work hard to catch up with his classmates.
In the interim, Picard is to arbitrate a mining dispute on Pentarus V, and he opts to bring Wesley along to observe. The USS Enterprise-D rendezvouses with Captain Dirgo's shuttle, and Picard and Wesley depart with Dirgo to Pentarus III. On first meeting Dirgo, Wesley quietly makes a rude comment to Geordi on Dirgo calling himself a Captain -- though he holds no formal rank and commands only a mining shuttle. Dirgo makes it clear he heard it and says the ship has over 10,000 hours of flight recorded and means a lot to him and his people. Shortly before their departure, the Enterprise receives a distress signal from Gamelan V – they are receiving critical levels of radiation from a "space barge" which is entering their atmosphere. The Enterprise speeds off under Riker's command to assist.
Meanwhile, Dirgo's shuttle suffers a mishap, and has to crash land on Lambda Paz, a desert moon of Pentarus III. Dirgo tells Picard that since the mining shuttle had very little space, he depended on the replicator for supplies, leaving them only with a medicine pouch. Picard decides they must head towards a mountain to find shelter, to which Dirgo objects but then admits he has no better alternative. After leaving a directional marker on the ground so that a rescue party may find them, they start their walk. Dirgo is seen secretly drinking clear liquid from a bottle. During their hike, Wesley notes some strange energy readings in the direction of their travel. When finally in a cavern in the mountain, the bottle falls from Dirgo's jacket, and is revealed to be an alcoholic beverage called dresci. Dirgo makes an excuse that "I was going to hand it round". Picard confiscates it and says that it would serve better as a disinfectant or coolant, and orders it to be kept under guard in the medicine box.
They find a section with an increased level of the energy readings, and investigating, the trio find a strange fountain of water in it. The fountain is protected by a force field, and attempts by Dirgo to fire at the field with his phaser unleashes a sentry energy weapon which knocks the weapon from his hand and encases it in a selenium-fiber shell. In the commotion, a landslide begins over Wesley, but Picard pushes him out of the way, suffering a broken leg, fractured arm, and internal bleeding in the process. Weakened, Picard tells Wesley that he has to take charge, and deter Dirgo from any further rash attempts to breach the force field. But clearly, their need for water is greater than ever.
Dirgo runs out of patience and tries to convince Wesley to make another attempt to breach the force field. This attempt results in Dirgo being encased in the shell, and apparently killed. Wesley struggles to figure out a way to disable the force field, while keeping Picard conscious and comfortable. During some tense and emotional exchanges, Picard tells the boy that he envies him, saying "your adventures are just beginning." He urges Wesley to seek out Boothby, the "wisest man at the Academy." Wesley asks what he teaches, to which Picard answers, "He's the groundskeeper." Wesley confesses that everything he has done to succeed on the Enterprise has been to make Picard proud of him. Picard tells him that he's always been proud of him.
In the Gamelan system, the Enterprise-D manages to slingshot the leaking barge directly into Gamelan's sun by tractoring it through an asteroid belt, narrowly avoiding lethal radiation exposure to the crew in the process. They rush back to the Pentarus system to participate in the search for the now overdue shuttle. They begin with the class M moons of Pentarus III, which have not yet been searched.
On the moon, Wesley jerry-rigs his combadge and tricorder to interfere and possibly disable the energy sentry. He succeeds and disables the force field around the fountain. He brings water to Picard in one of the shuttle's survival kit cases.
Wesley is woken some time later by his mother, who informs him that Picard is all right and his vital signs are stabilized. As Picard is carried out on a stretcher, he grabs Wesley's hand and confesses, "You will be missed."
Background Information Edit
Story and production Edit
- This episode was created expressly with the purpose of providing an appropriate way for Wil Wheaton to leave the show. Wheaton had asked to leave The Next Generation so he could pursue offers to appear in feature films. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 2nd ed., p. 149)
- Michael Piller commented, "There had been a lot of very bad feeling around here about the way Tasha Yar was sent off. So we were determined to give Wesley a send-off that had real value and something that stayed with us. We finally decided that he would go to the Academy, which I think was Gene's idea [and] the most reasonable and easiest idea, which also keeps him alive for future episodes." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- In the original story, Wesley and Picard crashed on an ice planet. On the suggestion of Rick Berman, this was changed as it was believed that a desert planet could be created more realistically. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- This episode was previously titled "Turnabout". [1]
- Jeri Taylor recalled, "That's the episode I probably put more work on than any all year long, because it was a combination of a very delicate kind of interpersonal story, and the dreaded technical story which is the garbage scow in space. So I had this supertechnical thing going on at the same time as this delicate kind of interpersonal story." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- The shuttle Nenebek was named after Larry Nemecek. Jeri Taylor related to Nemecek years later that she had one of his TNG Concordances on her shelf, and simply altered two of the letters in his last name. [X]wbm
- Two days of location shooting were done on the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles to portray the surface of Lambda Paz. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion 2nd ed., p. 149)
- The fountain was created on Stage 16. Rick Berman recalled, "We had huge optical problems with the fountain. It was a nightmare. It was something we built and it didn't work. Then we were going to do it optically and that didn't work. So we had a lot of technical problems." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- The incident where Picard finds and commandeers the dresci and orders it to be kept in the medicine box is similar to, and may have been inspired by, a real incident that happened in Shackleton's Antarctic expedition as reported in a television reconstruction.
- First UK airdate: 1 June 1994
Cast Edit
- This episode marks Wesley Crusher's final regular appearance on TNG. He later appeared in the episodes "The Game", "The First Duty", "Parallels" (in an alternate timeline) and "Journey's End".
- Nick Tate later plays Liam Bilby in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Honor Among Thieves".
Continuity Edit
- Wesley references his prior shuttle trip with Picard in "Samaritan Snare".
- Before beginning their trek to the mountains, Dirgo distributes some phasers he scavenged from his damaged shuttle. The props used are Starfleet phaser pistols circa 2285, from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, which would make sense since Dirgo operated his shuttle with old and outdated equipment.
- The groundskeeper for the Starfleet Academy, Boothby, is mentioned for the first time. He would later appear in the fifth season Next Generation episode "The First Duty" and later on in the fifth season Star Trek: Voyager episodes "In the Flesh" and "The Fight".
- According to the graphic on Data's ops station, the shuttle Nenebek leaves through the Main shuttlebay. The Main shuttlebay was only seen once more in "Cause and Effect".
Reception Edit
- Michael Piller remarked, "I think Jeri did a wonderful job on the script and Corey Allen, who is one of my favorite directors, gave you the best pieces of film you can get. If it gets an A- instead of an A, it's only because the story itself, of two guys trapped on a planets and how do we get off, in general is not very original, and the story of the garbage scow was no great shakes either. But I think we handled it pretty well." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- Rick Berman added, "That's one of my favorite episodes. I think it was very poignant and the acting on the part of our guest cast, Nick Tate, Patrick's work and Wil's, was just excellent. I thought it was just a terrific piece of drama." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 212)
- A mission report for this episode by Patrick Daniel O'Neill was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 15, pp. 54-56.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 42, 9 March 1992.
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 4.3, 4 June 2001.
- As part of the TNG Season 4 DVD collection.
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
- Wil Wheaton as Ensign Wesley Crusher
Guest stars Edit
- Nick Tate as Dirgo
- Kim Hamilton as Songi
- Mary Kohnert as Tess Allenby
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
- Majel Barrett as USS Enterprise-D computer voice
- Karen Baxter as operations division ensign
- Michael Braveheart as Martinez
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Michael Moorehead as science division ensign
- Randy Pflug as Jones
- Joyce Robinson as Gates
- Unknown performers as
Stunt doubles Edit
- John Nowak as stunt double for Patrick Stewart
- Unknown stunt performers as
- Stunt double for Nick Tate
- Stunt double for Wil Wheaton
Stand-ins Edit
- Nora Leonhardt - stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Tim McCormack - stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Lorine Mendell - stand-in for Gates McFadden
- Randy Pflug - stand-in for Nick Tate
- Richard Sarstedt - stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Dennis Tracy - stand-in for Patrick Stewart
- Guy Vardaman - stand-in for Wil Wheaton
- James Washington - stand-in for Michael Dorn
Alcohol; asteroid; Auprès de ma Blonde, Boothby; Captain; Celsius; Chairman; class M; construction module; deflector; dehydration; deuterium; dresci; duranium; ermanium; Federation; Federation law; fission reactor; force field; frequency; fusion generator; Gamelan V; Gamelan sun; Gamelan system; garbage scow; guidance coupling; hertz; hyronalin; Lambda Paz; lava; Mach; magnetic field; main shuttlebay ; maneuvering thruster; Medical Unit One; Meltasion asteroid belt; millirad; mining shuttle; Nenebek; Nsomeka; oven; Pentarus II; Pentarus III; Pentarus V; Pentarus station; Pentarus system; radiation; radiation exposure protocol; Regalian; replicator; salenite; selenium; sentry; shearing force; sonodamite; Starbase 515; Starfleet Academy; tricorder; ventilation system; volcano; water
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The decision drew an immediate backlash on Twitter and Facebook, but Gov. Neil Abercrombie did not back down when asked why he failed to honor Sen. Dan Inouye's final wish.
Instead of choosing Rep. Colleen Hanabusa to succeed Inouye in office, Abercrombie announced the appointment Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to the U.S. Senate.
"While everyone's voice is heard and everyone's view is taken into account, nonetheless, nothing and no one is pre-ordained," the governor told reporters during a Wednesday news conference.
On Dec. 17, the day of the Inouye's death, Abercrombie received a letter from the senator in which he expressed his wish that Hanabusa succeed him in the Senate. However, Abercrombie said he acted in the best interest of Hawaii's Democratic Party and the state.
"With today's appointment, I am confident Hawaii has the strongest, best-prepared congressional delegation to lead us today, and the strongest, most well-rounded congressional delegation for Hawaii in the years to come," said the governor.
Earlier in the day, 76 members of the Democratic Party's state central committee met in Kakaako to decide on three possible candidates to replace Inouye out of a list of 14. The names forwarded to Abercrombie included Hanabusa, Schatz and Department of Land and Natural Resources Deputy Director Esther Kia'aina. Each SCC member had three votes, and the top three vote-getters were forwarded to the governor.
In a statement, Hanabusa did not express disappointment in the governor's choice.
"Having served as chair of the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee when the succession law was passed, I fully respect the process and the governor's right to appoint a successor," said Hanabusa. "As a member of Hawaii's Congressional delegation, I will continue to work to serve the people of our state, and support our delegation's efforts."
However, Jennifer Sabas, Inouye's chief of staff, was upfront in expressing her displeasure.
"Senator Inouye conveyed his final wish to Governor Abercrombie," Sabas said in a written statement. "While we are very disappointed that it was not honored, it was the Governor's decision to make. We wish Brian Schatz the best of luck."
SCC members told KITV4 an important factor in choosing the three names to send the governor is who could hold Inouye's seat in two elections within the next four years.
"I think we did not want to pick anybody who was not going to run again in 2014 and 2016, and I think it came into play in people's minds in how they voted," said SCC member Lynne Matusow, who also serves as the party's secretary.
Other notable names that did not make the top three list include U.S. Rep.-elect Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. Rep. Ed Case and the governor's deputy chief of staff Blake Oshiro, a former state representative.
Schatz, 40, is the former chairman of Hawaii's Democratic Party, served four terms in the state House and ran a successful statewide campaign for lieutenant governor in 2010. By the time he faces election in 2014, Schatz will have more than a year and a half in the Senate.
Schatz has already committed to running in two years, and if he's successful, he said he would mount a vigorous re-election campaign in 2016.
"We're going to take nothing for granted, certainly," said Schatz, "but we do have a strong grassroots statewide network."
Schatz received a welcome surprise just hours after the governor announced his selection to the U.S. Senate. According to a White House pool report, Schatz was offered a ride to Washington, D.C. onboard Air Force One Wednesday evening as President Barack Obama returns to the White House to head up negotiations on the nation's so-called fiscal cliff.
Schatz said he would take the same values to the Senate that Inouye championed during more than five decades in office. He said his goal is not to fill the late senator's shoes, but to walk in Inouye's footsteps.
"He was always about leveling the playing field and trying to do what's best for Hawaii, and that's what I'm going to try to do," said the Senate appointee.
As far as the fiscal cliff, a combination of budget cuts and tax increases scheduled to take effect next week, Schatz said he already has some ideas of what he would not support.
"We can't have an $800 billion tax increase; we cannot have the sequestration happen, which will really damage our Department of Defense, and we can't have those cuts to social services that are scheduled to happen if we don't avert the fiscal cliff," he said.
Meanwhile, state Senate President Shan Tsutsui, a Maui Democrat, must decide within days whether he'll accept the position of lieutenant governor vacated by Schatz.
Under state law, a vacancy by the lieutenant governor must first be offered to the Senate president. If Tsutsui declines, it's than offered to the speaker of the house, the state attorney general, the director of finance, the state comptroller, the director of taxation and the director of personnel services, in that order.
Tsutsui issued a statement saying he would consult with the governor and his family before making a decision.


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The landscape has changed for local high school hockey teams.
Prairie Ridge spent its past few seasons playing an independent schedule, along with the High School Invitational Tournament, while Crystal Lake South and the CCM Tigers played in the Chicago Metropolitan Hockey League's Central Division.
The Metro League no longer exists. In its place is the Scholastic Hockey League, of which Prairie Ridge now is a member, and the Illinois High School Hockey League, where South and CCM (which combines with Crystal Lake Central, Dundee-Crown and McHenry) now reside. Those two play in the North Central Division's Mikita West Division.
The SHL took some of the top teams in the state – many of which also play in the HIT – to form a nine-team conference. In the SHL with Prairie Ridge is New Trier Green, Loyola, Rockford, Barrington, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Stevenson and St. Viator.
The Wolves (17-11-4 overall, 5-7-2 SHL) face an even more demanding schedule than when they played as an independent, although they have a pair of seven-game winning streaks. They have won eight of their past nine games.
"We play teams like New Trier Green and Loyola three times now, so yeah, it's tougher," Prairie Ridge coach Rick Rewiako said. "In this league, anybody can beat anybody on any night."
Center Kyle Buresh, left wing Gavin Tarazi and right wing Sean Van Damme team up on the Wolves' top line. Defensemen Pat Biewald, Mitch Mohr, Keenan Zordon and Tate Nolan have played well for a team that has surrendered 20 goals in its last eight games. Nolan played for the Leafs Hockey Club.
South (19-7-2 overall, 12-4-1 Mikita, 25 points) is trailing division-leading Buffalo Grove (32 points), but Gators coach Rich Perillo likes where his team is positioned. Left wing Jake Bigos leads the league in points.
"We're doing really well, our guys are playing real hard," Perillo said. "We have a good group."
Center Matt Kinker and right wing Shane Gustafson join Bigos on the top line. Right wing Matt Allen and defensemen Connor Hudak and Cory Lamansky have played well. Three freshmen – center Steven Bonne and defensemen Timmy LaRue and Peter Mateo – have been key additions.
After two goalies graduated, South found replacements from the Leafs' club in Cory Wasilewski and from Hoffman Estates' Troy Dante. Since Dante is a goalie and the only player who does not attend South, the Gators are not considered a combined team.
CCM (15-4-3, 9-3-3) recently has played some of its best hockey, going 3-1 against the other top teams in Mikita, including a 4-3 victory over South.
"We've had a good stretch," Tigers coach John Lenzi said. "We're near the top and we've competed with all the teams in the division."
Right wing Anthony Casaletto is third in Mikita scoring and plays with center Colin Telmanik and left wing Dakota Slone. Lenzi credits center Ryan Delghingaro and defenseman Trevor Banas as two other key players.
The Tigers are currently tied for third in the Mikita with Lake Forest Academy with 21 points.
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The beginning of a school year often reveals child abuse and neglect .
The end of summer and the start of a new school year is an exciting time for most children.
But for some, the beginning of school could reveal a dark secret when signs of abuse and neglect these children have suffered over the summer are noticed by teachers, staff and other parents.
Teachers in the state of Texas are mandated by law to report child abuse and neglect.
According to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, schools were the number one source of reports of child abuse and neglect in 2013.
The department completed over 35,000 investigations as a result of reports from school officials.
Because children are subject to less adult supervision over the summer, it's not uncommon for reports of suspected abuse and neglect to spike at the start of the school year.
Many of the children who are confirmed as victims are removed from their homes and placed into foster care—often far from their friends, families and schools.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) volunteers from Golden Crescent CASA are specially screened and trained to speak up for abused and neglected children who, through no fault of their own, end up in the foster care system.
Being uprooted from their homes and families is scary for these children.
We at Golden Crescent CASA want to make sure they do not get lost in the overburdened foster care system.
For that reason, we need more people in our community to speak up and make sure these children's voices are heard.
We want to help ensure their stay in foster care is as short as possible and they are placed in safe, loving homes quickly so they can begin to heal.
Unfortunately, too many children are forced to go through the chaos of moving through the child protection system alone.
Golden Crescent CASA needs more volunteers to step up and be a voice for children who desperately need them.
CASA volunteers are ranchers, teachers, homemakers, doctors, men and women all with a desire to help children.
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§ 10143.
Ready Reserve: Selected Reserve
Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there is a Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve consists of units, and, as designated by the Secretary concerned, of Reserves, trained as prescribed in section 10147(a)(1) of this title or section 502(a) of title 32, as appropriate.
(b) The organization and unit structure of the Selected Reserve shall be approved—
in the case of all reserve components other than the Coast Guard Reserve, by the Secretary of Defense based upon recommendations from the military departments as approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in accordance with contingency and war plans; and
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2972; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 268(b), (c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).
2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted "of Homeland Security" for "of Transportation".
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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Holly Humphrey is the dean for medical education at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where she oversees the education of 400 medical students and all graduate programs. Certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Humphrey has served on the board of directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine since 2001 and presently serves as chair. Named dean for medical education in 2003, Humphrey continues to teach at Pritzker, where she has been honored 12 times by the medical students as their favorite faculty member since her first appointment in 1987. She has published many articles in working with challenging personalities. In 1993, Humphrey also published a book, APDIM Chief Resident's Manual. Most recently, Humphrey was elected to North Central's Board of Trustees.


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The 2015-16 school year will be one of significant progress toward new ways of measuring, recognizing, and supporting student and educator achievement to foster high-quality, meaningful instruction that ultimately prepares all students for college and careers. The Illinois State Board of Education is moving forward with our state-developed plan to close achievement gaps, provide appropriate supports to struggling districts, and promote effective teaching and leadership. This plan includes an improved accountability system based on multiple measures that more accurately reflect schools' progress, learning environments, and needs for improvement. Our efforts to date have paved the way for this new system, including a review and update of all learning standards and new state assessments aligned to these new standards and expectations. Below is an overview of the current efforts shaping teaching and learning in Illinois:
- The Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS)— KIDS is a tool for measuring school readiness across various developmental domains. ISBE has modified the KIDS implementation plan to collect and report school readiness data for all kindergartners over the next three school years.
- 2015-16 State Assessments—The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment in English language arts and math has returned this spring with a shorter, simpler format to improve the testing process while still providing reliable and valid information about student achievement. The assessment continues to line up with the rigor and scope of Illinois' higher expectations focused on college and career readiness. A new college entrance exam is also planned for spring 2016.
- Science Standards and Assessment – The Illinois Learning Standards in science are based on the Next Generation Science Standards and emphasize a more engaged, hands-on science education. The state will administer a new science assessment to students in grades 5, 8 and once at the high school level starting in spring 2016.
- Progress and Supports— Please note that due to the recent passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, this section will be updated. Stay tuned for revised materials to be posted.
- Teacher Evaluations— Districts continue to implement, or plan to implement, a new comprehensive educator evaluation system that incorporates multiple measures of student growth and professional practice.
- Learning Standards Review— Illinois continues to make progress on a complete review and update of all learning standards, including science, physical education and health, arts, and social studies. Illinois is also a national leader in social and emotional learning and provides technical assistance and professional development to help schools address the individual needs of students.
- Family Engagement – ISBE has developed guidance to promote the vital partnership between parents and the school community to achieve student success.
School readiness in kindergarten plays a crucial role in putting children on track for academic success throughout elementary school, high school, postsecondary school, and beyond. Children enter kindergarten from different backgrounds and with a variety of early childhood education experiences. To facilitate smoother transitions from early childhood programs to kindergarten and from kindergarten to first grade for all children, ISBE has launched the Illinois Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS). KIDS is a statewide initiative that will give teachers, parents, administrators, and policymakers a better understanding of childhood development and the opportunity to close school readiness gaps by identifying and addressing students' needs early. The survey is based on observations of the student in typical daily activities with familiar people. Teachers monitor kindergartners' progress across different developmental domains, including language and literacy development and social and emotional development. The observation data will be used to rate students three times during the year. The process recognizes that young children develop at different rates and that a single observation cannot provide an accurate portrayal of a student's capabilities.
After a three-year pilot process, ISBE has decided to extend the implementation of KIDS over the next three school years, with all schools collecting and reporting school readiness data for all kindergartners during the 2017-18 school year. This school year districts should be training administrators and teachers so they become familiar with the KIDS process and practice and strengthen their observational skills.
KIDS Fact Sheets
Three Things You Need to Know About KIDS
KIDS Talking Points
In response to feedback from school districts, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment in English language arts and math has returned this spring with a shorter, simpler format to improve the testing process while still providing reliable and valid information about student achievement. The assessment continues to line up with the rigor and scope of Illinois' higher expectations focused on college and career readiness. The testing window for the 2016 administration opened March 7 and continues through June 10. Districts were able to select their 30-day testing period within this time frame.
Illinois schools successfully completed the first administration of the PARCC assessment in spring 2015. More than 75 percent of students took the PARCC assessment online and no major statewide technical outages were reported.
ISBE developed a toolkit to help administrators and educators understand and explain the district, school, and individual student results from the 2015 PARCC exam administration. The PARCC assessment score toolkit is available below and provides FAQs, talking points, fact sheets, sample score reports, and other materials that outline what the results will look like, what they will mean for schools and students, and how educators and parents can use the results to tailor instruction and supports for each child at an earlier age to promote college and career readiness.
Click here for more information about the PARCC exam.
Click here to visit PARCC Place, our new central page for everything new about PARCC.
ISBE will also administer a new science assessment to students in spring 2016. For more information about the new Illinois Science Assessment and the Illinois Learning Standards in science, please see the Science Standards and Assessment section.
A new college entrance exam is also planned for spring 2016. An FAQ on the procurement process is below. Stay tuned for additional updates.
Assessment Fact Sheets
- PARCC Assessment 2016 Fact Sheet Word Version (3/16)
- PARCC Testing: What's New in 2016 List (3/16)
- August 2015 Assessment Update Fact Sheet Word Version (8/15)
Assessment FAQs (2/11/16)
PARCC Score Toolkit (2/25/16)
- Download Complete Toolkit (2/25/16)
- Illinois Report Card - A Guide to Understanding PARCC Scores
- PARCC Score Report Interpretation Guides
Administrators and educators are encouraged to use these documents as an additional resource to share with the PARCC test's individual student reports so parents can read a more in-depth explanation of their students' scores and the various performance levels.
- 2016 Archived Assessment Documents
- Parents' Guide to New Assessment in Illinois
- National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
- ISBE Parent Resources
- Illinois Learning Standards and PARCC Timeline
- PARCC Page for Parents
Click here to access PARCC Assessment Webinars and Presentations
Click here to access PARCC Assessment Video Series
Illinois' current science standards became effective in February 2014 and are based on the Next Generation Science Standards. The Illinois Learning Standards in science emphasize a more engaged, hands-on science education that aims to give students a deeper understanding of the core concepts in science and engineering as well as practice applying those concepts – linking knowledge and real-world skills. Schools began implementing the standards in 2014, with full implementation set for the 2016-17 school year.
Starting in spring 2016, Illinois will administer the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) to students enrolled in grades 5, 8 and once at the high school level. The ISA will be given online, and the high school assessment uses a course-based model with content aligned to Biology I. Illinois has an item-sharing agreement with the Office of the State Superintendent in the District of Columbia and is working in partnership with D.C. to develop the ISA. More details about the assessment are available at www.isbe.net/assessment/isa.htm.
Fact Sheets
- Fact Sheets
- Illinois Science Assessment Frequently-Asked Questions (5/13/16)
Other Documents
- Similarities Between 1997 ILS and 2014 ILS (NGSS) (2/3/16)
- Differences Between 1997 ILS and 2014 ILS (NGSS) (2/25/16)
Please note that due to the recent passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, this section will be updated. The ESSA reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and replaces the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. ISBE believes the law will enhance local control and hold educators accountable while also providing more flexibility to meet the unique needs of each student in our state. Updated materials reflecting the latest developments will be posted soon.
Click here for more information about the NCLB Waiver.
Click here for more information about the Illinois Statewide Balanced Accountability Measure.
Progress and Supports Fact Sheets - Under Revision
- Fact Sheet Word Version
Three Things You Need to Know About Progress and Supports - Under Revision
Progress and Supports Talking Points - Under Revision
- District Progress and Supports Word Version
Signed into law in 2010, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) requires new teacher and principal evaluation models that consider student growth as well as professional practice. The new evaluation systems provide statewide consistency for what outstanding teaching and leadership should look like.
Implementation is phased, with all school districts to incorporate student growth into their educator evaluation ratings no later than the 2016-17 school year. PERA allows districts local control as they form agreements with teachers/union representatives to develop their own evaluation systems that meet minimum state standards. A district defaults to the state model regarding the use of data and indicators of student growth for those aspects that cannot be agreed upon.
Under the new evaluation systems, standardized test results do not determine a teacher's future in Illinois as student growth is only a portion of an educator's evaluation rating. Districts may choose between national, state, and locally developed assessments and must use at least two types of assessments.
Click here for more information.
Teacher Evaluations Fact Sheet
Three Things You Need to Know About Evaluations
Teacher Evaluation Talking Points
The Illinois Learning Standards in English language arts and math were adopted in 2010 and have since transformed the way teachers engage and challenge their students through their emphasis on critical thinking and real-world application. The higher expectations of the updated learning benchmarks paved the way for a complete review and update of all learning standards. In January 2014, the State Board adopted new science benchmarks, known as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which will be fully implemented by schools during the 2016-17 school year. The revised Illinois Learning Standards for physical development and health are now in place, with full implementation slated for the upcoming school year.
A review of the state's arts and social science standards is also in progress. More challenging learning standards that are relevant to 21st-century careers and experiences will provide our students with a well-rounded education that fosters their development into critical and creative thinkers, collaborative problem solvers, and healthy, civic-minded citizens.
Learning Standards Fact Sheets
- Learning Standards Review Fact Sheet Word Version
- ILS ELA Standards Fact Sheet
- ILS Math Standards Fact Sheet
Three Things You Need to Know About the Learning Standards
Learning Standards Talking Points
ISBE believes meaningful family engagement is a cornerstone of effective schools. Meaningful family engagement is based on the belief that parents, educators, and community members all share responsibility for a child's education and well-being. Families have a stake in all aspects of our education system and are key partners in every area of school improvement.
In the response to the need for more support with family engagement, the agency has brought together research, best practices, and trainings to give districts, schools, and families tools to help build and expand school-family partnerships. At the center of ISBE's efforts is a set of principles and strategies, called the ISBE Family Engagement Framework.
- Welcome Back Letter to Families
- Back to School Webinar for Parents– Recorded Sept. 23, 2015
- Family Engagement Fact Sheet Word Version
2015 Report Card
On Oct. 30, the 2015 Report Card was posted at www.illinoisreportcard.com, with data including student and teacher demographics, enrollment, district-level financial information, Illinois 5Essentials Survey information, graduation rates, postsecondary enrollment, and the percentage of freshmen on track. This year's Report Card showcases new metrics and features to show a more complete picture of school climate and students' progress toward college and career readiness.
Data involving student academic growth and achievement was posted to the Report Card on Dec. 11. This data is based on student-, school-, and district-level PARCC test results. A guide to understanding PARCC scores on the Illinois Report Card is available here.
State Supt. of Education Tony Smith, Ph.D., talks about new standards and assessments - a series of short videos. (October 2015)
- What does it mean for students to be career and college ready?
- Why does college and career readiness matter for students?
- Why do we need new state assessments?
- What can we learn from the new state assessments?
- What do the new standards and assessments mean for students?
- What will the new state assessments tell parents?
- What is PARCC?
- What does PARCC measure?
- Back to School Webinar for School Administrators– Recorded Aug. 5, 2015
- Back to School Webinar for Parents– Recorded Sept. 23, 2015
- Welcome Back Letter to Families (9/15)
- Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) Fact Sheet Word Version
- Assessment Update 2015-16 Fact Sheet Word Version
- PARCC Assessment 2016 Fact Sheet Word Version (3/16)
- PARCC Testing: What's New in 2016 List (3/16)
- PARCC Assessments 2015 Fact Sheet Word Version


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Palladium: One precious metal that's making investors money
- 5:15 pm Monday, October 14th, 2013 by Dian Vujovich
In times of financial stress the common thinking has been that a position in precious metals—namely gold—would help sustain a portfolio. Gold, however, hasn't exactly lived up to its "safe haven" perception but one precious metal has: Palladium.
Palladium is one of those metals no one really brags about. How many times have you heard someone say that the shiny white-gold ring they're sporting is made of palladium? Or, that one of the reasons those goofy little test stripes diabetics use a number of times each day might be so expensive is because they contain palladium? And one more "or", that [More]
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Putting it subtly, one could say I'm a rabid fanboy of the Digizoid ZO 'portable subwoofer'. It is basically the best bass boosting headphone amp available.
The first version of the ZO wasn't without some flaws, though, as I wrote in the review linked above. Being very good listeners, Digizoid took many improvement suggestions by users into account for their freshly updated model.
On the audio side of things, the new ZO2 should have less background hiss, should be better EMI/RFI shielded, the 32 processing steps should be more evenly spaced, and there should be no more clicks and pops at turning the amp on or off. The new housing is rubberized instead of glossy plastic, and the ZO2 now has a volume control, so it can be used with line-level outputs as well. Battery life is slightly improved, and a low battery indicator as well as improved shutdown handling have been added.
The ZO2 can be preordered from Digizoid – expect my review of it soon-ish.


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Town of Delaware adopts zoning changes; overrides changes suggested by county
August 2, 2013 —
The board of the Town of Delaware voted unanimously to adopt amendments to the town's zoning code at a special meeting on July 31.
The most controversial change was that some parcels in the river corridor that were formerly listed as being in the Delaware River District (DR) are now listed as being in the Rural Use District (DU).
The DR lists eight special uses which can be developed on parcels with planning board approval, and the DU lists 40 special uses, including such uses as "Manufacturing and Industry" and "Natural Resources Processing."
Town officials said the riverfront properties that exist in the river corridor, which is referred to as an overlay district, would still be protected because any use approved by the planning board must be compatible with the River Management Plan (RMP), and the planning board would consider each project on a case-by-case basis.
It's not clear, however, whether the planning board would declare that any proposed manufacturing project, for instance, would be compatible with the RMP.
Some residents have complained that the change added unnecessary confusion to the zoning code, whereas previously the code was clear.
In performing a required review of the zoning amendments, the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental Management agreed that the zoning changes could use more clarity, and in a letter to town officials suggested some revisions.
Acting county planning commissioner Jill Weyer wrote, "The board needs to include a section in the zoning text that clearly describes what the overlay seeks to accomplish. It needs to be more than a reference to the Upper Delaware River Management Plan, since that creates a complicated process for a landowner, developer, or planning board member and therefore more potential for multiple interpretations and more business for the Zoning Board of Appeals."
Another change in the zoning would make insurance offices, print shops, professional offices and real estate offices principal permitted uses in the RU rather that special uses, which means that those uses could be established without oversight from the planning board.
Weyer suggested that those uses remain special uses so the planning board could retain control over some aspects of the projects. She wrote, "This means working with an applicant to ensure landscaping around parking areas, locations of signs and lighting are developed in a way that is harmonious with existing uses." A couple of other suggestions were also included.


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This week my wish list is featured on The MLB.com Shopper blog! I am very excited. Here's the link: Kaybee's Wish List
In other news, there is no news! The Padres and all of baseball have been super quiet. There was a rumor in the last week that Khalil Greene is off the trade block, but I don't feel like speculating on that.
My Thanksgiving went pretty well. I had some great food, listened to a woman rant about Obama for half an hour, played some Pictionary, and ate some amazing pumpkin cheesecake. We also went to a Thanksgiving service at our church, which was really neat.
The offseason is so annoying. I hate the times like this, where MLB.com is scratching the bottom of the barrel to keep some sort of interesting news on the front page. I miss baseball. But one thing I love is the weather. I love having to wear jackets all the time. I love the crispness in the air. Living in San Diego, we don't get snow. But I think I would love snow…maybe. I love the rainy days where you are stuck inside all day. I love the brilliant clouds. I am obsessed with clouds and sunsets.
Well, hopefully things will pick up soon. Meanwhile, I will enjoy this amazing weather!
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I'm glad you had a great Thanksgiving & congrats on the "wishlist". And you're right, this off-season is really dragging. Is it February yet??
Congrats about your blog being on the front page! Glad to hear that your Thanksgiving went well, that pumpkin cheesecake sounds absolutely delicious. Hot Stove season is so boring, can we please hear about someone besides Tex, Sabathia, and Burnett (Jane mentioned this in her latest post). Hopefully a cold front will sweep through Florida… I've only seen snow once, but I absolutely loved it.
The first snow is always nice, but having to shovel is just a pain in the neck.
Hey Kaybee!
The good news is only eight more "shopping days" until the Winter Meetings, and then you can be sure there will be more news on the site than you can keep up with (OK, I bet you can keep up with it but at least you won't be bored) …
And Pictionary and pumpkin cheesecake sounds like a pretty sublime Thanksgiving to me!
Thanks for checking out my blog and I am sure to be a regular reader of yours now as well!
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Christina Fallin, singer for the band Pink Pony and daughter of Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, has drawn a lot of criticism from the Native American community for what has seemed to be a trend of mocking their culture. The outrage was kick-started by a photo of Fallin wearing a feather headdress; just as that controversy seemed to have died down, she caused more with a performance at the Norman (Oklahoma) Music Festival that Native protesters felt was baiting them.
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What do you think? Has Christina Fallin been treated unfairly by the Native media? Read what she has to say and let us know.
Let's start at the beginning, with the headdress photo shoot. You said you did not know it was offensive to Native Americans, yet protests have been going on throughout the nation about Indian mascots for two decades, and you live in a state with one of the highest proportions of Native American citizens. Your critics say that you must have known that it was offensive. How do you respond to that?
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Don't look now, folks, but with less than a month to go, the Major League Baseball season is right around the corner, ready to pounce and ready to perhaps take your wallet:
And while some speculate that the current economic crisis will severely hinder and affect baseball as well as the game's overall attendance, I like to think that baseball will be just the thing that kicks us all in the collective ^ss and gets our minds thinking about things other than plummeting stocks and dwindling 401Ks.
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Instead of going to Kelly Clarkson concerts, I'll watch American Idol Rewind.
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But I will be happy… and that's the most important thing.
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I've been tightening my belt too. I've given up transformative Pinot Noir for wine in a box.
See – that's why I'm keeping my old battered pink hat instead of buying all the latest and greatest gear!
OMG! I love Giordano's. I only had it once several years ago, but I remember: It was heaven.
To make this recession go away, we all have to pull together, pitch in and do our part. So, I promise every extra dollar I have will go to a baseball related activity. It's a promise I will have no trouble keeping.
Despite gorgeous weather and three teams (CLE, LAD, CHW) in brand new stadiums, USA Today reports Cactus attendance down about 20% from last year (per game). Spring attendance, incl Florida and the lower drawing WBC games, down about 12%
My parents and I are doing our part to stimulate the economy. lol Buying new tvs, opera tickets, and I got a ticket package for the Tigers. Recession-Schmession. I want baseball. lol
I LOVE Giordano's! That is my favorite pizza place in the world. Good luck trying to do without.
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Ricoh has added to the available attachments for the modular GXR camera in the form of the P10 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 VC unit. The 10MP 10.7x optical zoom option adds to the already released A12 50mm and S10 24-72mm units.
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Ricoh's Manger, Keita Hashizume and General Manager, Kazunobu Saiki, for the European Personal Multimedia Centre visited the WDC offices to show us the new P10 attachment and also announced a number of concept units for the GXR that may go into production, including a printer, projector, wireless extension, and hard drive. As the GXR is a uniquely placed piece of kit in the market there's plenty of potential to expand beyond the usual trappings of a prestige compact.
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Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2010-Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the development and release of the new GXR camera unit RICOH LENS P10 28-300 mm F3.5-5.6 VC*1. Featuring a high-magnification 10.7x (28-300 mm) optical wide-angle zoom and high-speed continuous shooting of RAW still images at about 5 frames/second*2, this camera unit has a back-illuminated CMOS sensor and an advanced noise reduction function.
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A manhunt for a car thief paralyzed a portion of Manoa for several hours Friday morning.
For close to four hours, the only people going in and out of the old Paradise Park were the police.
That meant for Treetops cook Vince Pang, work would have to wait.
"My boss is inside and the other cook, too," said Pang, who has been a cook at Treetops restaurant for 17 years.
Manoa Road was shut down shortly after 7 a.m. after a patrol officer noticed a Honda Civic matching the description of a stolen car cruising through the neighborhood and followed it to Manoa Road.
The driver ditched the car and took off running, prompting a massive manhunt in the park.
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"It's supposed to be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but right now we don't know [when we can go]. But, the food is already cooked," said Walter Ashitomi, an association member who had been waiting to go in at 9 a.m.
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Manoa trail hikers were also out of luck. Operations at the Lyon Aboretum were affected, but employees like Yadao weren't too upset.
"The weeds can wait. Yeah, I'd be pulling weeds. Cutting something down right now. But, it can wait till Monday," said Yadao.
When an extensive search of the area turned up empty, guests were allowed in just before 11 a.m.
Police plan to continue to search the area for the suspect, but said they don't believe anyone is in danger.
The suspect is described as a man in his early 20s, wearing a black shirt and grey shorts with a fair complexion. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
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"Friday night's game was very disappointing. Offensively, we turned the ball over three times with one being on the goal line after a nine-minute drive. Another possession was lost after a botched kick return," said head coach Russell Joy.
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Freer scored the lone touchdown of the first quarter but failed on the PAT to lead 6-0. A second period TD with a two-point conversion put a total of 14 points on the scoreboard by halftime for the Buckaroos, and the Bobcat defense managed a safety against the Freer offense to go into the halftime break behind by 12 at 14-2.
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S-T out-rushed the Bucks 228 yards to 175 yards but the Freer passing attack picked up an additional 182 yards while S-T managed just 46 yards through the air. R.J. Estrada was three of 12 passing with the three passes going to three different receivers. Jonathan Hernandez, Brandon East and Nathan Magana all hauled in one catch for the Bobcats.
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The Bobcats travel south for a Thursday night contest with Kingsville Academy at Javelina Stadium.
"Kingsville is a spread offensive attack that likes to throw the ball down the field. They are big up front and play an aggressive eight-man front," Joy said.
"We will have to do a better job taking care of the football on offense."
The sub-varsity games were played on Tuesday night this week in Skidmore.