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it jarring to see a Pugh in something other than a Purple Raider
uniform, but Adam Pugh chose Emory & Henry and scored three
touchdowns on Saturday.
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EMORY, Va. -- Football is a family tradition for the Pughs. But what's unusual for them is seeing one of their own wearing Emory & Henry's blue and gold uniform.
And that's just fine with Adam Pugh.
The running back is not just setting out to make his mark on the field; he's also reshaping his family's legacy.
"I wanted to make my own name and go my own route instead of being another person following the track," Adam said.
In the late 1970s, Adam's father, Dan, was a defender at current Division III powerhouse Mount Union. You'll also find that Adam's brother and a couple of cousins also wore the purple and black at Mount Union, including a Gagliardi Trophy winner.
After being recruited and accepted at the Ohio school, it seemed to be in the cards for Adam as well. But then his dad suggested he take a look at Emory & Henry, a school nestled along the Blue Ridge Mountains in far Southwest Virginia.
"I had no idea where or what kind of school it was," Adam said.
His dad's encouragement was linked to the fact that he and E&H coach Don Montgomery were roommates and teammates at Mount Union. Dan even helped recruit Montgomery as an undergrad, and they've since been longtime friends. It was clear Adam would be in good hands if he chose to play for the Wasps.
Adam said he was skeptical of that first visit. He admits that part of him dismissed the likelihood of choosing E&H over Mount.
But what he found was a school that was as strong academically as it was athletically. Despite the fact that there was already an All-America-caliber rusher in Caleb Jennings on the roster, Adam saw the possibility of playing sooner for the Wasps than he would for the Purple Raiders.
And Montgomery knew that he could recruit a Pugh. After all, he already did it a few times back when he was a defensive coordinator at Mount Union.
"If [Adam] and his dad took seven hours to come down here to take a look at our school," Montgomery said, "I knew I had a good shot of selling our college because of its tradition, its academic reputation and its lore in football.
"And he doesn't have to follow in anyone's footsteps here. He can set his own track."
Those footsteps are large, too. A cousin, another Dan, was the 2002 winner of Division III's Gagliardi Trophy, given to a player who excels in athletics, academics and community service. He ran for 3,176 yards as a Purple Raider. Adam's brother, Michael, was a wide receiver who graduated from Mount in 2008. Even the women in the family keep football close. A cousin, Liz, was a Mount cheerleader who went on to marry a Mount Union assistant coach, now the Wabash head coach, Erik Raeburn.
"Coach Montgomery is just a real genuine person, and he said the right things," Adam said. "I knew I could trust him to take care of me and give me a fair shot."
Adam fell in love with the school and has no regrets about his decision. The 21-year-old carries a 4.0 GPA and is getting a degree in athletic training. He says that both in the classroom and on the field, his family name is incentive to do well.
"I don't want to let anyone down," he said.
If last Saturday was any indication, he's living up to his name. Adam found the end zone three times in the Wasps' 41-12 victory over Ferrum. It was the first time he got on the field since breaking his collarbone last fall and getting a medical redshirt for the season.
Adam's family attends every E&H game, and his brother is one of his biggest supporters -- through both the successes and the setbacks.
"It means so much to be to see Adam healthy, successful and back on the field," Michael said. "My father taught us to be the best that we can be and never take a play off because you never know when it's your last. Adam unfortunately had a wakeup call last year when he shattered his collarbone. He had to overcome adversity and get back to the top. He's not there yet but he will be."
"I don't want to let the family name down," Adam said of those close to him. "But I know whether I do amazing things like my cousin or whether I'm just an average player, they're still going to love me and support me. I think it's just more of a motivational drive to not be the one in the back."
Montgomery is optimistic that Adam will develop into a premier player. Adam is highly motivated, hard-working and intelligent, the coach said.
"He has the typical Pugh loyalty traits," Montgomery noted. "Every since I met his dad, Dan, they define loyalty in their family. … You never met a Pugh you didn't want on your side."
Montgomery said that, despite the family connection, there is no favoritism on the field because any perception of such can be just as difficult on the player as it is on the coach.
Michael said that growing up, his little brother Adam was always one to fight for his spot in the pecking order. With an age difference of four years, Adam had to work hard to keep up with those older than him.
"I believe the way I've pushed him and how he always wanted to be better than me molded him today," Michael said of his brother. "I want nothing but the best for him."
Getting a leg up
Adam Pugh wasn't the only star on the Emory & Henry squad on Saturday. Equally impressive was kicker Matt Turchin. The junior not only made both of his field goals, but his kickoffs helped pin Ferrum's return men deep in their own territory. And two of his kickoffs landed in the end zone for touchbacks. Couple Tuchin's skills with those of punter T.J. Frazier, who Montgomery has repeatedly praised, and the Wasps are poised to have one of the best special teams duos in the region.
ODAC notches a clean sweep
You can't ask for more than perfection, and the ODAC delivered. The conference went 7-0 in nonconference play, outscoring opponents 257-98. Some games were strikingly lopsided, such as Hampden-Sydney's 63-9 win over Averett or Randolph-Macon's 43-7 victory over Methodist. Others were nail-bitingly narrow (Bridgewater needed overtime to topple St. Vincent, while Catholic with the help of a 459-yard day by quarterback Greg Cordivari rallied with a 15-point fourth quarter to beat McDaniel). And one team impressed simply by breaking old habits. Guilford put its 11-game losing streak in the rear-view mirror and beat crosstown rival Greensboro 27-7 in the Souper Bowl. The defensive-minded focus of new coach Chris Rusiewicz showed as the Quakers held the Pride scoreless through nearly 59 minutes of play. Quarterback Zac Halbert took the reins of the offense amid 298 yards passing, 187 of which went to all-conference receiver Ben King.
Not to be forgotten is defending ODAC champ Washington and Lee, who beat Franklin and Marshall despite being significantly outgained by the Diplomats. It was the first time since 2007 that W&L got the best of F&M, and it came with the help of five forced turnovers.
The opposite end of things
Where one Mid-Atlantic conference succeeds, another may lose. That was the case of both the USA South and the Centennial. Though much of the USAC's results have been addressed, the Centennial stumbled to just a two-win outing among its nine teams. Johns Hopkins handily took down Merchant Marine, but it was Susquehanna's 33-30 win over MAC power Wilkes that stole the conference's limelight. The Crusaders were down 30-15 with less than 3 minutes left in the game before two Rich Palazzi touchdown passes and one two-point conversion pushed the game into overtime. Susquehanna's Spenser Hotaling then connected for the winning score, a 14-yard field goal. All told, Palazzi had a whopping 421 yards passing on the day. Coming off a 2-8 season, the Crusaders have started 2011 in grand fashion.
Perhaps the conference's most heartbreaking game was Muhlenberg's 10-9 loss to Delaware Valley. The two teams went into overtime tied at 3, this despite the fact that the Aggies outgained the Mules on Saturday 322 to 129 yards. Ultimately, the game came down to a blocked kick after the first overtime touchdown. The Aggies responded with a touchdown and a PAT to seal the game. Defense dominated the day: Muhlenberg was led by All-American linebacker Pat McDonough, who had 14 tackles including a sack.
A run-pass performance
For those who remember the Shenandoah teams of just a couple of years ago, there can be no question about the difference in the kind of team that now stands before us. The Hornets bring a tactful balance to its offense, which has increasingly worked better for them than those past run-dominated years. That was demonstrated Saturday in a 49-21 win against Stevenson. At the forefront of the team was Rico Wallace, who hauled in a school-record five touchdown catches. Shenandoah took a 42-7 lead into the break and finished the day with 494 total yards of offense, almost a 50/50 split from passing and rushing. It was the first time in seven years that the Hornets won their home opener.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime feud between late-night hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman is the stuff of legend and, apparently, so yesterday.
The two Jimmys: Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, agree there's no rivalry between them.
Both were among the honorees in New York Tuesday at a gala recognizing Time magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
"I feel good about it. We're very friendly. I know people expect us to dislike each other and say bad things about each other but that will never happen," said 45-year-old Kimmel.
He agreed that making nice is a good thing.
"It is nice. We're like (vocalist duo) Peaches & Herb. I'm Peaches," he laughed.
They'll face-off in the ratings next year when Fallon leaves NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and replaces Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
Thirty-eight-year-old Fallon said, as of now, things won't change much when he switches to "The Tonight Show."
"We do a great show now. I think we're ready. I thank Jay Leno for being awesome and still being number one because without him I wouldn't have a job," he laughed. "It's just like they call you up from the minor league so I'm ready to go for the majors and I'm gonna swing for the fences."
In January, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" moved to the 11:35 p.m. EST time slot, putting it in direct competition with "The Tonight Show" and "Late Show with David Letterman."
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GTA 5: exploring Los Santos is like a taking a 'digital holiday' – Houser
Grand Theft Auto 5 saw the mother of all Game Informer reveals last week – VG247 offered its own take on the deluge of information here – and Rockstar co-founder Dan Houserhas shared more new information on the games world in a follow-up interview. He calls a trip around Los Santos a 'digital holiday' Find out why below.
Speaking with The Guardian, Houser spoke at length about the key to crafting a solid game world.
He stressed, "Environment is important. Games are very geographical – they present space almost better than they present time, and we try to use that, to showcase variety between different landscapes.
"It's this idea of a digital holiday: being able to explore spaces that don't really exist is one of the the things that's fascinating about open world games. It's not just about doing the activities we've set, there's also a sense of being there.
"If we've done a good job, the shoot-outs are fun but so is cruising through the world in a car you really like, listening to music – if these elements feel somehow consistent with each other, then we're on the right path to something cool.
"We're using the environment to let us have toys we couldn't have had otherwise. And equally, we're using the story and environment to introduce missions that can be more extreme. In some ways we wanted the game to have a larger-than-life Hollywood feel; the stories we heard in LA, we wanted to capture them in the game. If the place isn't informing what we're doing, we're not using it correctly."
Houser also added that the world has been expanded with aircraft in mind, and that in order to make the world feel more tense and engaging, radio play during missions has been culled. Instead, players will have Rockstar's own theatrical soundtrack massaging their ears during the game's many set-pieces. It's all in the name of atmosphere-building he said.
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AFC North has dismal opening week, combined 0-4
CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals coach Marvin Lewis watched a little video of Pittsburgh's season-opening disaster and felt a kinship with the failure.
"I just watched the first half of their game and I'm sure they feel the same way we do," Lewis said.
Not just them. They're all feeling the blues this week in the AFC North.
All four teams in the NFL's most successful division over the last five years have started the season at 0-1. It's only the second time that's happened, according to STATS LLC. The other time? Way back in 2002, when the league went to the current division format.
And it's not just that all four lost, it's how they lost:
—The defending Super Bowl-champion Baltimore Ravens went back to Denver, the scene of their improbable playoff comeback last season, and had their revamped defense get taken apart for a record-seven touchdown passes by Peyton Manning in a 49-27 rout.
—Over in Pittsburgh, the towel-waving crowd at Heinz Field put those towels away and filed out quietly near the end of a shocking 16-9 loss to the Titans that was in most ways the worst of the division's opening flops.
—In Cleveland, the Browns did their annual looking-a-little-better tease before falling apart and losing to the Dolphins 23-10, dropping their ninth straight opener and their 14th in the last 15 years.
—Lewis' team actually looked the best of the bunch before bungling one away in Chicago, 24-21, with personal fouls, wasted timeouts and turnovers.
None of them looked like a playoff-caliber team for very long.
"We've got a lot of work to do," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. "Nobody cares about our problems. They're glad we've got them. We need to understand that. We need to stick together and persevere."
The Steelers might have the toughest go of it. They missed out on the playoffs last season by finishing 8-8, unable to run the ball consistently or protect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. They drafted Le'Veon Bell to boost the running game, but he got hurt during camp. Pittsburgh ran for only 32 yards in the opener and Roethlisberger was sacked five times.
Worse, Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey tore ligaments in his right knee and linebacker Larry Foote ruptured his right biceps, ending their seasons.
Up next: a Monday night game in Cincinnati against the Bengals and former Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Pittsburgh hasn't opened a season 0-2 since 2002.
The Bengals looked good in the first half at Chicago before reverting to their old Bungles ways. The final flub was linebacker Rey Mauaulga — a team captain last season — throwing down a Bears defender after the whistle for a penalty that allowed Chicago to run out the clock.
And that wasn't all of it. Twice, the Bengals had to call a timeout because they had the wrong number of players on the field on defense, leaving them with no way to stop the clock in the closing minutes.
At least everyone else lost.
"Yeah, it helps ease it a little bit," defensive end Carlos Dunlap said. "But you can look at it the other way, too, and say we could've been one up."
The Ravens opened the season on Thursday night, so they've had a little extra time to sort out their problems on defense. On Sunday, they host the Browns, who have a new coach in Rob Chudzinski but played like they were ready to hold up the bottom of the division for yet another year.
"A lot of we call it SINS — self-inflicted negatives," receiver Davone Bess said. "A lot of times when you're backed against the wall, you need to be able to execute from assignment and alignment standpoint. If you don't do that, you're killing yourself before the play even starts."
There were plenty of SINS in a division with the league's best playoff pedigree.
In the last five years, no division has sent more teams to the playoffs than the AFC North — 11 overall. It's the only division that has sent at least two each season, including three in 2011.
A North team has reached the Super Bowl three times in the last five years, winning two titles. The Ravens have reached the playoffs each of the last five seasons; the Steelers have reached the Super Bowl twice during that span.
So, there's that recent history to fall back on after those dismal debuts.
"The great thing about it is — and we all know this — it's week-to-week in this league," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "If we take care of our business, we're going to be in the hunt and make it interesting. And if we don't, we're not.
"I know that's kind of a bad answer, but it's the truth. All of a sudden, we find ourselves tied for first place. We also find ourselves tied for last place. That's where we're at."
AP Sports Writers David Ginsburg in Baltimore, Tom Withers in Cleveland and Will Graves in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.
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Canadian kids are targeted with more TV junk-food ads than kids in 10 other countries, including the U.S., a global study of TV advertising has found.
Children in Greece were exposed to the most food and beverage ads (nine TV ads per hour) compared with Canadian kids (seven TV ads per hour), but 80 per cent of the ads seen by Canadian kids were for foods high in fat and sugar, compared with 65 per cent in Greece.
Such predatory marketing of unhealthy foods to kids is contributing to rising childhood-obesity rates and should be banned, says Kim Raine, a University of Alberta health researcher and one of the authors of the study that was published in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Recent surveys show most provincial government decision-makers and average Albertans support such a ban, she adds.
"Marketing has a negative impact on children's food choices," says Raine, a professor with the School of Public Health, "but food and beverage companies have no barriers in aggressively marketing their products to children.
"(A marketing ban) is not a cause-and-effect solution (for the childhood-obesity epidemic). It's a very complicated issue, but we've got to start somewhere."
The plan is to start in Alberta, which is where the Canadian data for the global TV-advertising study was collected, Raine says.
"If we build sufficient momentum at the provincial level for changes to TV advertising, other provinces may learn from our efforts and advocate for similar changes. Ultimately, a (countrywide ban) is the goal."
Almost a third of young Canadians, aged two to 17, are overweight or obese. Obese children have been found to have an elevated risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, joint problems and mental illness.
A big concern is kids under the age of eight who are too young to understand the persuasive intent of advertising, Raine says.
"Of course, I'm over eight and I still get sucked in (by advertising)," she says, laughing. "We're all influenced by advertising messages. I think if we weren't, companies wouldn't put so much money into making those advertisements."
A ban would not only protect kids, but help parents, whose efforts to teach their kids how to eat healthy are undermined by these other messages, she says.
"Fast food every once in a while is fine, but it's becoming more and more of a habitual behaviour among families and that's a problem," Raine says.
Alberta Health and Wellness Minister Gene Zwozdesky says he is quite alarmed at the rising rates of obesity in children.
"This is not an acceptable trend at all and we have to work quickly and collaboratively to get it fixed."
The government already has many programs promoting nutrition, healthy eating, active living and positive well-being, "but I think we need to do more . . . because we're passionate about this, I assure you," he says.
The issue of childhood obesity and how to curb it was discussed at a meeting of health ministers last month in Newfoundland and "we agreed to do whatever we could to support a broader campaign to raise awareness and reduce those statistics," the minister said.
He noted Alberta is an active member of the Public Health Network Council (PHNC), a federal-provincial-territorial group, whose purpose is to find a way to decrease the amount of unhealthy foods and beverages consumed by children, including the impact of how these products are currently being marketed to children.
Childhood obesity is also on the agenda of Alberta's first wellness forum that Zwozdesky is hosting Dec. 1-3 in Edmonton. Health and Wellness is inviting 250 stakeholders from many areas, including municipalities, schools, justice, food manufacturers and producers.
"We're taking a very hands-on approach," Zwozdesky says. "We're trying to rivet the public's attention on early detection of problems and prevention of problems, being more proactive rather than reactive."
As for a ban on the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children, advertising on television is a national jurisdictional issue everywhere in Canada outside of Quebec, Zwozdesky says.
Critics, not wanting government to regulate the free market, argue that parents have the power to turn off the TV and stop kids from watching ads for unhealthy foods and beverages. They also have power over the foods their kids eat.
True, says Raine, but "I'm a parent and I'm certainly well aware that when you're busy, it's very easy to get convinced by your kid to make one of these (unhealthy) choices," which are marketed as cheap, fast and convenient.
Sweden is the only country in the world — and Quebec the only province or territory in Canada — that prohibits advertising to children. The latter ban dates back to 1980, and was originally enacted to redress the commercialization of childhood with such things as toy ads, but has inadvertently fought childhood obesity, as well, Raine explains.
French-speaking Quebec kids have a lower rate of obesity, but that could be because of genetics, she says. There is no clear cause and effect of not being bombarded with junk food ads.
"But what we're seeing is a culture (in Quebec) of healthy eating, and maybe (the ban on junk-food ads) is contributing to that culture, which is a little healthier, has a little more family meals, is a little slower, and has a little less consumption of fast-food products," Raine says.
"Thirty years ago, the idea of banning tobacco advertising was probably looked at as totally crazy, too. But in combination with other factors, it has helped create a culture where it's not normal to smoke anymore. That's what we need to be working toward, a culture where it's not normal to be reliant on fast foods and junk foods anymore."
Raine and her research team last spring conducted a survey of 1,200 Albertans and found more than 80 per cent favour such a ban. The idea also has the support of more than two-thirds of decision-makers with the Alberta government, schools, workplaces and media surveyed, she says.
A recent Canadian survey found similar results, with 82 per cent of respondents from across the country indicating they would like limits placed on the marketing of low-nutritional-value foods to children.
"I think the more we can show that people are behind this type of thing, the more likely policy-makers (on a provincial and federal level) are to be willing to take the risk to do something bold," Raine says.
Research shows that more than 30 per cent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes such as eating a healthier diet, physical activity, and avoiding tobacco use and alcohol misuse.
Besides Canada, Greece and the U.S., other countries included in the global TV advertising study, conducted between October 2007 and March 2008, were Germany, Italy, Sweden, China, Spain, Brazil, the U.K. and Australia.
The study
University of Alberta researchers taped four channels — Global, CTV, YTV and Teletoon — in January 2008 for four days (two weekends and two weekdays), from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. as part of a global TV advertising study.
They found the kids watching those channels were targeted with seven food and beverage ads per hour — more than kids in 10 other countries — 80 per cent of them promoting unhealthy products.
The foods advertised on the children's channels, YTV and Teletoon, were higher in sugar.


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Photo 1A: The perineal region of a dog. Note that the vulva is not visible.
No doubt in your practice you've seen many urinary tract infections (UTIs). Dogs with UTIs can present with a history of frequent or inappropriate urination, accidents and a change in the color or odor of urine.
Photo 1B: The dog in Photo 1A after being shaved and prepped for surgery. Note the prominent dorsal vulvar skin fold completely covering the vulva.
Don't overlook a recessed vulva
Photo 1C: A preoperative photo of the dog in Photos 1A and 1B. The excessive skin is being held up to expose the vulva and to determine how much skin to remove.
The utility of an episioplasty
Photo 1E: An intraoperative picture of the dog in Photos 1A-1D just before apposing the wound margins. The surgeon is checking to see if adequate skin has been removed to sufficiently expose the vulva.
Photo 2A: The perineal region of a dog with a recessed vulva with large lateral skin folds.
The difficulty in this procedure is knowing how much skin to remove. Inadequate removal can result in continued dermatitis and UTIs and an unsatisfactory result (Photos 3A-3C). However, excessive skin removal can lead to tension on the surgical site and wound dehiscence.
Photo 3A: The perineum of a dog that had previously undergone an episioplasty with inadequate skin resection.
Additionally, there's debate about when the procedure should be done. Many of these dogs present at younger than 1 year of age. Should you wait until maturity is reached? Will the dog outgrow its episioplasty?
Photo 3B: An intraoperative view of the dog in Photo 3A after skin resection, prior to wound closure.
Episioplasty should be effective long-term if adequate skin is removed, if there are no concurrent problems or they have been appropriately addressed and if the dog is maintained at a normal body weight. Resolution of the dermatitis, UTI and urine pooling via episioplasty may also result in improvement in previously noted incontinence.
Photo 3C: The dog in Photos 3A and 3B after surgery.
|Dr. Janice Buback is a surgeon with Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists in Port Washington, Glendale and Oak Creek, Wis.


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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish gunman convicted of two murders and five attempted murders has been sentenced to life in prison for the spate of shootings that mainly targeted immigrants in the southern city of Malmo.
The Malmo District Court on Friday also ordered 40-year-old Peter Mangs to pay 1.2 million kronor ($180,000) in damages to survivors and their families.
The court found Mangs guilty already in July, but his sentence was delayed as the court awaited a psychiatric evaluation which ultimately found him to be sane.
Mangs was arrested in November 2010 after more than a dozen shootings that police had linked to a single gunman.
About 40 percent of Malmo's 300,000 residents are first- or second-generation immigrants.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Mangs would appeal.


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By Robin Bairner
When Yoann Gourcuff departed Rennes to sign for AC Milan in the summer of 2006, it was to prove one of the high points of a career that has spiked and troughed regularly over the following years.
The move to San Siro had him lauded as the successor to Zinedine Zidane, but two years were spent on the fringes of the Rossoneri before a move back to France, where Laurent Blanc's Bordeaux found the best of Gourcuff for 18 months before the playmaker slipped into another malaise that he has only recently shown signs of emerging from, despite a €22 million transfer to Olympique Lyonnais.
Somewhat controversially, the 26-year-old, who has suffered of late through injury as opposed to a lack of form, is in Didier Deschamps' France squad to face Italy on Wednesday night. Revisiting a land in which he suffered so much anguish would seem to offer yet another opportunity for one of the modern day's great 'yo-yo' players to get back on top.
The expectation that Gourcuff would follow in Zidane's footsteps was never something that father Christian, himself a much-respected coach in Ligue 1 with Lorient, foresaw. "For me, in modern day football, the playmakers are in the defensive midfield positions," he explained to Le Foot in 2005. "These positions, facing the game, serve as the first launch pad. The future lies in the role there, in the style of great midfielders such as [Fernando] Redondo."
From the start, Gourcuff Jr. was never styled to be 'Zizou' but he was not meant to be a marauding figure like Patrick Vieira either, with his father arguing that "technical waste" was a byproduct of too much involvement in the game. Instead, he was designed to be in the Andrea Pirlo mould.
Before Yoann had signed a professional deal with Rennes, clubs such as Arsenal, Valencia and Ajax had tried to swoop.
"We saw immediately that he was a high quality footballer, because he had it all: a sense of the collective game, natural skills, fluidity, ease, intelligence," Rennes academy director Patrick Rampillon said. "He has an extraordinary creative talent."
Gourcuff's natural abilities have since been cast into the shadow of his overall potential, particularly since the move abroad backfired.
The youngster was considered to be a more private, withdrawn personality than many footballers, and this was to become a major problem with the Rossoneri.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti described him as a "strange lad" in his autobiography, but a more scathing critique would arrive from a former team-mate.
"Gourcuff in Milan was 100 per cent wrong"
- Paolo Maldini
"He did not start studying Italian immediately. He did not work. He was not always on time. It happened a lot. [There are] things he cannot say. But he knows what he did."
Such furtive remarks set in motion a series of rumours, ranging from wild nights out to the sexuality of the young Frenchman.
Indeed, these comments seem strangely juxtaposed to the personality of the Frenchman.
Gourcuff Sr. was quick to hit back. In a deliberate fashion he compared the dressing room at Milanello to a Mafia family and said: "There is a terrible influence in the air at Milan."
Gennaro Gattuso was singled out for the rough treatment he handed the playmaker. One training-ground challenge from the notoriously robust midfielder put Gourcuff on the sidelines for two months and effectively ended his spell in Italy.
Back in France and under the guidance of Blanc, the potential of Gourcuff was uncorked. A magical goal against Toulouse was the individual highlight of a season that led to les Girondins breaking Lyon's run of seven-successive Ligue 1 titles.
The following year the Haut-Garonne club excelled in the Champions League by reaching the quarter-finals, although news of Blanc's departure ultimately saw their season capitulate.
Gourcuff was not untouched and his form had dipped, but the World Cup of 2010 would prove the second critical blow in his young career.
He was cast adrift by much of the France squad in South Africa, with Franck Ribery accused of bullying him for much of the trip.
It has never been revealed why he was so isolated in the national team, though the most probable theories are the cultured nature of his personality or that he was seen as the 'coach's pet' due to his professional attitude to training. National team physio Jean-Pierre Paclet even appeared in the press to suggest that Ribery's wife, Wahiba, flirted with Gourcuff as an attempt to get back at her husband who had been embroiled in the 'Zahia scandal' before the competition.
What is certain is that the World Cup was a miserable experience for the burgeoning player, with a red card against South Africa in the final match completing a miserable chapter in his life.
Confidence broken and physically tired, the move to Lyon took place at the start of the following season. Results were expected immediately from the playmaker as OL looked to re-establish themselves as the kings of France, yet Gourcuff was in no position mentally or physically to play a leading role.
More criticism followed and the prolonged downturn of form was not helped by a series of troubling injuries that prevented him finding any rhythm.
Finally, after more than two years in the doldrums, Gourcuff appears to be rediscovering his touch, aided, ironically, by the fact he was cut from les Bleus squad to play at Euro 2012.
Such has been the remarkable journey his career has taken, it is impossible to judge whether the best of the Brittany-born player will ever be seen again, but if he can be harnessed, there is no doubt that there remains terrific potential.
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Lifetime Achievement Award: George Jones
Sometime around 1956, I picked up a copy of Country Song Roundup. For you new kids, that was a song magazine that was a must-have for an aspiring songwriter. And it was important to me whose names were written at the bottom of the songs.
At the time I was kinda out of touch, up the river, incarcerated. Little things meant a lot inside there. There were two new songs I didn't recognize, didn't know the melody to, and a couple names attributed to them that I was barely familiar with. In fact, these two songs were written by a couple of guys who would become lifelong friends of mine — Roger Miller and George Jones. I believe those songs were Roger's "Big Harlan Taylor" and George's "Seasons Of My Heart."
It wasn't long before I had the pleasure of hearing George Jones sing both of those songs. Soon I began singing "Seasons Of My Heart" myself. George, this exciting new singer to me, had a big record a couple of years later called "The Window Up Above." I just can't help but get emotional about this. A few years went by, George had some great hits. I was in Bakersfield, Calif., at KUZZ radio presenting my very first single, "Sing A Sad Song." Bill Woods, the disc jockey on duty, told me he was gonna play it on the air. At that very moment, the door opened and into the studio walked George Jones and songwriter Georgie Riddle. That was the first time I met George personally. They had a new record in their hands. It was different. His went on to be one of the biggest songs of 1962: "She Thinks I Still Care," backed by "Sometimes You Just Can't Win."
It's only been half a century, but from that day forth I was a "Possum" disciple and as far as I'm concerned he has no equal. It's no surprise he was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992 and was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2008, among other awards he's received. It's good to see one of the bad boys of country music rise above it all. Some of us have to work longer and harder than others. Congratulations, George.
(A 13-time GRAMMY nominee and two-time winner, Merle Haggard received his own Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.)
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- 1 Default modes
- 2 All-in-one solutions
- 3 Auto-Completion
- 4 Code Checker
- 5 Indexing sources: ctags, cscope, pycscope
- 6 Debugging
- 7 Other tools
- 8 See also
Default modes
There are a number of python modes for Emacs. fgallina's python.el is the python.el included in Emacs 24.2 and onwards.
All-in-one solutions
emacs-for-python is a bundle of the above modes (and more), and it's an easy way to turn Emacs into a Python IDE.
Elpy is a collection of elisp packages for Python too.
rope & ropemacs
rope is a library for refactoring and manipulating Python code. ropemacs is an Emacs interface to the rope library.
Jedi.el is a Python auto-completion package for Emacs. It aims at helping your Python coding in a non-destructive way. It also helps you to find information about Python objects, such as docstring, function arguments and code location.
Jedi is simple to install and it just works.
See screenshots and get the full documentation : http://tkf.github.io/emacs-jedi/released/
Jedi's official page: http://jedi.jedidjah.ch/en/latest/
Install Jedi.el via el-get, Marmalade or MELPA (see install for more info) and add this to your Emacs configuration:
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'jedi:setup) (setq jedi:setup-keys t) ; optional (setq jedi:complete-on-dot t) ; optional
or call M-x jedi:setup
Code Checker
flymake is a on-the-fly syntax checker for Emacs. We can use it alongside with flyspell.
To run pep8, pylint, pyflakes and unit-tests (with nose), you can be interested in using flymake-python.
Don't forget about pylint too.
Etags (Exuberant Ctags) generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. A tag signifies a language object for which an index entry is available (or, alternatively, the index entry created for that object). Etags is a multilingual implementation of ctags.
The primary use for the tags files is looking up class/method/function/constant/etc declaration/definitions. Cscope is more powerful (see below).
Generate the tags with this command at the root of your project:
find . -name "*.py" -print | etags -
it creates the file TAGS.
cscope is a much more powerful beast. While it operates on more or less the same principle (generating a file of useful metadata) it allows you do some fancier things like find all references to a symbol, see where a function is being invoked, etc (you can find definitions as well).
It is originally designed for C and C++, but thanks to version 0.3 of pycscope, pythonista can make use of it.
The following commands should get you running:
apt-get install cscope pip install pycscope # in project base dir: find . -name '*.py' > cscope.files cscope -R
now install the xcscope emacs package with Template:ELPA. When done, you can either enable the mode with cscope-minor-mode (which will add a menu you are free to explore) or call some functions like M-x cscope-find-global-definition, M-x cscope-find-functions-calling-this-function, etc.
Ipdb, ipython debugger
If you call ipdb, the execution will stop and give a nice ipython-looking prompt. Just add `import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()`
You can use the following to highlight this line, and not forget it :
; Highlight the call to ipdb
; src http://pedrokroger.com/2010/07/configuring-emacs-as-a-python-ide-2/
(defun annotate-pdb ()
(highlight-lines-matching-regexp "import ipdb")
(highlight-lines-matching-regexp "ipdb.set_trace()"))
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'annotate-pdb)
pdb track
If you use emacs-for-python given above, you can track your source code while debugging with pdbtrack.
A tool to use in a non-emacs terminal would be pdbpp
Other tools
Pymacs is an Emacs extension that enables the use of Python alongside with Emacs Lisp.
See also
You'll be certainly interested in :
- Magit, a git interface. Emacs + git is magic : see magit
- Yasnippet, a template system: yasnippet
- virtualenvwrapper, to load a virtualenv (so than you can use it with M-x compile) (available through ELPA)
- ELPA packages
If you're running Emacs 24, check out what is available in ELPA:
- M-x list-packages
- and see flymake-pyhon-pyflakes, flymake-shell, virtualenv, abl-mode (a python TDD minor-mode), jedi (a python auto-completion for emacs), nose (easy python test-running in emacs), pyregexp, python-magic and more.


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2013 LSU Football Signing Class
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School/JC)
Maquedius Bain DT 6-5 286 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (University School)
Kendell Beckwith LB 6-3 225 Jackson, La. (East Feliciana HS)
Josh Boutte OL 6-4 324 New Iberia, La. (Westgate HS)
Tashawn Bower DL 6-5 241 Somerville, N.J. (Immaculata HS)
Jeryl Brazil ATH 5-9 181 Loranger, La. (Loranger HS)
John Diarse * WR 6-1 205 Monroe, La. (Neville HS)
Andy Dodd OL 6-3 330 Lindale, Ga. (Pepperell HS)
Fehoko Fanaika * OL 6-6 340 Sacramento, Calif. (College of San Mateo)
Greg Gilmore DT 6-4 275 Hope Mills, N.C. (South View HS)
Frank Herron DE 6-5 245 Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis Central HS)
Rickey Jefferson DB 5-10 187 Destrehan, La. (Destrehan HS)
Anthony Jennings * QB 6-2 205 Marietta, Ga. (Marietta HS)
Avery Johnson * WR 6-1 180 Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)
Melvin Jones LB 6-3 245 Lake Charles, La. (Washington-Marion HS)
Christian LaCouture * DT 6-5 290 Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southwest HS)
Quantavius Leslie WR 6-4 190 Hogansville, Ga. (Hinds (Miss.) CC)
K.J. Malone OL 6-3 307 Ruston, La. (Cedar Creek HS)
Lewis Neal DE 6-1 234 Wilson, N.C. (James B. Hunt HS)
Michael (M.J.) Patterson DE 6-2 218 Winnfield, La. (Winnfield HS)
Ethan Pocic * OL 6-7 285 Lemont, Ill. (Lemont HS)
Hayden Rettig* QB 6-2 201 Los Angeles, Calif. (Cathedral HS)
Duke Riley LB 6-1 205 New Orleans, La. (John Curtis HS)
Rashard Robinson DB 6-1 163 Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)
DeSean Smith TE 6-4 226 Lake Charles, La. (Barbe HS)
Kevin Spears WR 6-3 190 New Orleans, La. (Holy Cross HS)
Logan Stokes* TE 6-4 240 Muscle Shoals, Ala. (NE Mississippi CC)
Tre'Davious White DB 5-10 170 Shreveport, La. (Green Oaks HS)
* Already enrolled
Maquedius Bain
6-5 * 286 * Defensive Tackle
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
University School of Nova South
A tough defender that possess great overall size and projects to play on the inside of the defensive line… A participant in the 2013 Under Armour All-American Game with the Black Team …A four-star rated prospect by ESPN.com and 247sports.com… Led University School of Nova South to a 3A State Championship in his senior season…Played on both offensive line and defensive line throughout high school…Rated the No. 13 defensive tackle in the nation by ESPN.com…Rated the No. 26 prospect out of the state of Florida by ESPN.com ... Also played basketball in high school … Coached by Roger Harriott.
Son of Monasha White … Born Feb. 1, 1994.
Kendell Beckwith
6-3 * 235 * Linebacker
Jackson, La.
East Feliciana High School
One of the nation's premier outside linebacker prospects for the Class of 2013 … Possesses great strength and athleticism that could also earn him snaps as a pass rushing defensive end at the collegiate level … Arguably the top prospect in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2013 … A consensus four-star recruit by all of the national recruiting services … An Under Armour All-American who competed for Team Nitro at the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game held on Jan. 4 in Tampa, Fla. … Committed to LSU live on national television during ESPN's broadcast of the Under Armour All-America Game … Was also named a 2012 MaxPreps Small Schools First-Team All-American as a high school senior … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream team as the number 86 overall player in the nation … Tabbed as the No. 2-ranked recruit in Louisiana by ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports … Ranked as high as the No. 41 recruit nationally regardless of position and the fourth-ranked athlete in the ESPN 150 for 2013 … Also ranked No. 68 nationally in the Top247 by 247Sports, No. 84 in the Rivals100 and No. 138 in the Scout 300 … The nation's fifth-ranked athlete by Rivals.com … Ranked as the No. 7 outside linebacker nationally by 247Sports … Also the nation's 15th-ranked defensive end by Scout.com for 2013 … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Named the Class 3A Defensive Most Valuable Player and a first-team Class 3A all-state selection by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association while leading East Feliciana High School to a berth in the state semifinals with a 9-4 record in 2012 … One of the state's top defenders while finishing his senior season with 91 total tackles, including 17 sacks and 23 tackles for loss … Also forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles on the year … Honored as the inaugural winner of the 104.5 ESPN Capital City Prep Player of the Year award with his effort in 2012 … Named the 2012 Warrick Dunn Award winner and the WAFB Sportsline Player of the Year … Earned the No. 1 ranking in sportsNOLA's Nifty Fifty for 2012 in a ranking of the state's top seniors … Kicked off the recruiting process with an invitational to attend "The Opening" on July 5, which is an all-star prospect camp held each summer on the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Ore. … Coached at East Feliciana High School by Cedric Anderson.
Born on Dec. 2, 1994 … Parents are Wendell and Urhonda Beckwith … Brother, Wendell Beckwith, Jr., plays defensive end for Tulane University … Cousin, Darry Beckwith, was a two-time second-team All-SEC linebacker at LSU during his collegiate career from 2005-08 before signing a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers in 2009.
Josh Boutte
6-4 * 324 * Offensive Line
New Iberia, La.
Westgate High School
An impact player on offense who gives up no ground and is quick off the ball … Participated in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl West Team … Named to the 2011 5A All-State Team as a junior and honorable mention all-state as a senior … Earned a four star rating from 247sports.com, Rivals.com, PrepStar and Scout.com … Listed in the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team as the 114th player overall … Given a three star rating by ESPN.com … 247sports.com ranked him as the nation's No. 8 offensive guard and the 4th-best overall prospect in Louisiana … Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 7 offensive guard in the nation … Ranked as the No. 8 best offensive guard prospect in the nation by Scout.com … … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Coached by Ryan Antoine.
Mother is Marla Boutte … Born May 20, 1994.
Tashawn Bower
6-5 * 241 * Defensive Line
Somerville, N.J.
Immaculata High School
High School
A player with the size, length and strength to be a standout pass rusher at the college level … Rated as a four star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247sports.com … Ranked as the No. 11 best defensive end in the nation by ESPN.com, the No. 14 defensive end by Rivals.com, No. 17 by 247sports.com and No. 22 by Scout.com … Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the state of New Jersey by ESPN.com, No. 9 by Rivals.com and No. 14 by 247sports.com … Rated in ESPN.com's top 150 as the No. 132 prospect in the nation … Participated in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl for the East squad … Clocked at a 4.80 40-yard dash time … Coached by Pierce Frauenheim.
Mother is Corri Bower … Born February 18, 1995.
Jeryl Brazil
5-9 * 181 * Athlete
Loranger, La.
Loranger High School
An impact player on either side of the ball and anywhere on the field, he was LSU's first commitment for the class of 2013 … Played quarterback, running back, and cornerback for Loranger High School … Participant of the Under Armour All-American Bowl Game (Black Team) … Named to the Class 3A All-State Team as an athlete … Accounted for 300 all-purpose yards in 26-21 win over University Lab Cubs on Sept. 7, 2012 … Rated No. 60 in the 2013 ESPNU 150 … A four star prospect according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247sports.com … Rated as Louisiana's No. 3 best overall prospect by ESPN.com, No. 8 by Rivals.com, and No. 6 by 247sports.com … Nationally, rated as the No. 8 best cornerback by ESPN.com, No. 12 by 247sports.com, No. 17 by Rivals.com, and No. 22 by Scout.com … Named a PrepStar Top 300 All-American … … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … A profound track athlete, in 2011 he was the Class 3A state championship in the 100m and 200m races … As a junior he broke the Louisiana state record in 55 meters in 6.25 seconds, the same record that once belonged to former LSU speedster Trindon Holliday … Coached by Sammy Messina
Parents are Pamela and Jeryl Brazil Sr. … Born March 28, 1994.
John Diarse
6-1 * 205 * Wide Receiver
Monroe, La.
Neville High School
A versatile playmaker in all three phases of the game in high school … Projects as a wide receiver … Graduated from high school in December and enrolled at LSU in January … Will take part in spring practice with the Tigers … A participant in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl … Recorded a reception in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl… Led Neville to the 4A Finals as a senior and accounted for 148 yards rushing, 151 yards passing and two touchdowns in the team's 29-22 loss to Karr…Named the 4A Offensive MVP by Louisiana Sports Writers Association… Name to the 2012 Class 4A All-State football team… Received the Louisiana Farm Bureau Insurance Mr. Football Award as voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association… Ranked as the No. 10 prospect in Louisiana by Rivals.com… … Named a PrepStar Top 300 All-American … Rated the No. 23 athlete in the nation by ESPN.com… A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Threw for 1,685 yards and 18 touchdowns while collecting 1,327 yards on the ground and 21 rushing touchdowns his senior season… Recorded three interceptions at defensive back as a junior… Coached by Mickey McCarty
Parents are Shelia & John Diarse Sr. … Born Dec. 10, 1994.
Andy Dodd
6-3 * 330 * Offensive Line
Lindale, Ga.
Pepperell High School
A devastating run blocker who can play either guard or tackle … One of the top guard prospects in the country following a stellar prep career at Pepperell High School … Played offensive tackle during his senior season in 2012 … Wrapped up his high school career as a first-team Class 2A all-state selection by the Georgia Sportswriters Association in his final prep season … Helped pave the way to a berth in the Class 2A state playoffs for Pepperell High School in 2012 … A four-star prospect by such national recruiting outlets as ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals.com … Ranked No. 180 among all recruits nationally and No. 9 among offensive guards in the ESPN 300 for the Class of 2013 … Earned a No. 241 national ranking and No. 11 ranking among offensive guards in the final Top247 released by 247Sports … Tabbed the nation's 12th-ranked guard by Rivals.com … The 20th-ranked prospect in the state of Georgia by 247Sports and the 21st-ranked recruit in the Peach State by ESPN and Rivals.com … A three-star prospect and the 34th-ranked offensive guard for the 2013 signing class by Scout.com … Played tight end as a junior in 2011 … Coached in high school by Jeff Shiflett.
Born on Nov. 27, 1994 … Parents are Larry and Rebecca Hunter.
Fehoko Fanaika
6-6 * 340 * Offensive Line
Sacramento, Calif.
College of San Mateo
Graduated from the College of San Mateo and enrolled at LSU in January 2013 to take part in spring practice ... A powerful run blocker who started at offensive guard for two seasons at San Mateo ... Earned California Community College Football Coaches Association First-Team All-America honors at offensive guard in 2011 ... Helped guide his team to an 8-3 record and 62-24 victory against Diablo Valley in the Bothman Bulldog Bowl in 2011 ... Paved the way for a rushing offense that averaged more than 300 yards a game on the ground in 2011 ... Rated as a three-star offensive guard by Rivals.com … Played high school football at Florin High School in Sacramento ... Coached in high school by by Mike Morales.
Born Aug. 15, 1992 ... Represents the first football player in LSU history with Tongan heritage.
Greg Gilmore
6-4 * 275 * Defensive Tackle
Hope Mills, N.C.
South View High School
High School
A disruptive tackle who uses his aggressiveness to blow up plays in the back field … Participated in the 2013 Under Armour All-American Game for the Black Team … Rated as a five star prospect by Scout.com and a four star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports and Rivals.com … Named the No. 1 player in the state of North Carolina by ESPN.com … Graded as the nation's No. 5 defensive tackle, the No. 2 player in North Carolina and the 59th best overall player in the country by 247Sports … Listed as a member of the ESPN 150 as the 83rd ranked player overall and No. 8 rated defensive tackle … A member of the Rivals 250 as the No. 5 rated defensive tackle … … Named a PrepStar Top 300 All-American … Assessed as the number five defensive tackle by Scout.com … Played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas … Named to the Associated Press North Carolina All-State Team … Posted 90 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and two sacks his senior season … Registered 79 tackles, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two sacks his junior campaign … Earned first-team All-Mid-South 4A Conference honors his junior and senior year … Named to the All Cape Fear Regional Team … Coached by Randy Ledford
Parents are Tina Ward and Glen Gilmore … Born Nov. 28, 1994.
Frank Herron
6-5 * 245 * Defensive End
Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis Central High School
High School
A strong defensive end with solid stature, he will be able to cause issues for opposing offensive lineman … Rated as a five star recruit by Rivals.com and PrepStar and as a four star by ESPN.com, 247sports.com, and Scout.com … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team … Recorded 57 tackles, seven tackles for loss, and seven sacks in his junior season at Memphis Central High School … Tallied 26 tackles, six for tackles for loss, two and a half sacks, and forced one fumble in his senior campaign … Rated as the No. 2 player in Tennessee by Rivals.com and 247sports.com and No. 6 by ESPN.com … Rated as the No. 5 defensive end by Rivals.com and Scout.com, while being rated as the No. 7 defensive end by 247sports.com … Participated on the East Team in the US Army All-American Game where he recorded one sack for a 10 yard loss … Coached by Lynord Crutchfield
Mother is Wahlisha Hawkins … Born September 9, 1994.
Rickey Jefferson
5-10 * 187 * Defensive Back
Destrehan, La.
Destrehan High School
A versatile skill-position prospect who projects to play in the secondary at LSU … Standout wide receiver during his prep career at Destrehan High School … Caught 36 passes for 562 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Wildcat offense during the 2012 season … Honored for his performance as an honorable mention Class 5A all-state performer by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association following his senior season … A consensus four-star recruit by all of the major national recruiting services … Earned a No. 176 national ranking among all prep recruits in the Rivals250 and a No. 14 ranking among cornerback prospects rated by Rivals.com in the Class of 2013 … Ranked No. 185 overall and No. 23 among wide receivers in the ESPN 300 … The nation's 24th-ranked wide receiver by Scout.com and 39th-ranked prospect at the position by 247Sports … One of the top prep prospects in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2013, earning a No. 6 ranking by Rivals.com, a No. 9 ranking by ESPN and a No. 11 ranking by 247Sports among in-state recruits … Ranked No. 4 among high school seniors in the state of Louisiana in sportsNOLA's Nifty Fifty for 2012 … Named a PrepStar Top 300 All-American … An all-district performer as both a wide receiver and return specialist in his sophomore season at Destrehan High School in 2010 … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Emerged as one of Louisiana's top young prospects as a dynamic sophomore with 35 carries for 300 yards and three touchdowns, 18 catches for 327 yards and four touchdowns and 275 return yards and two touchdowns on special teams … Coached in high school by head coach Stephen Robichaux.
Born on Dec. 28, 1994 … Parents are John and Elaine Jefferson … Younger brother of former LSU starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson.
Anthony Jennings
Marietta, Ga.
Marietta High School
A dynamic dual-threat quarterback who graduated from high school in December … Enrolled at LSU in January and will take part in spring practice … A consensus four star prospect by all of the major recruiting publications … Made the finals of ESPN Rise's Elite 11 passing competition … Named the MVP of the Elite 11 Atlanta Region over 86 quarterbacks from 19 states, including 21 with Division I offers … Of the 86 competitors, the only quarterback from his region to make the Elite 11 finals … Earned Georgia Sportswriters Association first-team all-state honors as an athlete his junior season and Atlanta Journal Constitution honorable-mention all-state honors as a quarterback his senior season … Played in the Georgia Junior Bowl … Rated as the fifth-best dual-threat quarterback by Rivals.com and the eighth best by ESPN.com … Regarded as the number 16 pro-style quarterback back by 247sports … A member of the ESPN 300 as the 221st best prospect in the nation and a member of the Rivals 250 as the 127th best prospect in the nation … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team as the number 10 quarterback in the nation … Considered the 11th ranked prospect in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com … Racked up 2,187 yards and 19 touchdowns through the air and 500 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground his junior campaign … Averaged over five yards a carry on the ground and passed for over 800 yards his senior season … Led his team to an 8-4 record his senior campaign and a 5-1 district record his junior season after missing half of the season due to injury … Coached in high school by Scott Burton.
Parents are Taneisha Raine and Will Jennings … Father played on the defensive line at the University of Georgia from 1990-1993 … Born Oct. 31, 1994.
Avery Johnson
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Ely High School
Attended Hargrave Millitary Academy in Chatham, Va., following his senior year of high school.
A physically gifted wide receiver with good route running skills and the speed to stretch the field ... Enrolled at LSU in January and will take part in spring drills … Consensus four-star prospect by every major recruiting publication ... Amassed 113 catches for 1,752 yards and 20 touchdowns over his three-year stay at Ely High School in South Florida ... Ranked the No. 23 wide receiver prospect in the nation by ESPN ... Listed as the No. 36 overall player from the state of Florida and No. 101 prospect in the Southeast according to Scout.com ... Placed No. 7 on the Miami Herald Florida Top 101 list ... The No. 3 recruit on the Miami Herald Broward County Top-25 recruit list ... Earned All-County honors in 2009 ... Played for the white team in the 2012 Under Armour All-American game under former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci ... Played his freshman season of high school at Redemptorist in Baton Rouge and was teammates with current LSU junior OL La'El Collins and sophomore RB Jeremy Hill ... Coached in high school by Rodney Gray.
Younger brother of former LSU All-American cornerback and current Arizona Cardinals all-pro Patrick Peterson ... Is currently going through the process to legally change his last name from Johnson to Peterson in Jan. of 2013 … Parents are Shandra and Patrick Peterson ... Born Oct. 7, 1992.
Melvin Jones
6-3 * 245 * Linebacker
Lake Charles, La.
Washington-Marion High School
Tremendous athlete that will bring size and speed to the linebacker position … Named by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association to the 4A All-State Team as a junior and senior … Earned a four star rating from 247sports.com and Scout.com … Earned a three star rating from Rivals.com and ESPN.com … Listed as a Top 300 All-American and the number 10 inside linebacker by PrepStar … 247sports.com ranked him as the No. 171 recruit in the nation … Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 22 recruit in the state of Louisiana and No. 29 best recruit at his position … Scout.com ranked him as the No. 176 recruit in the nation and No. 8 best recruit at his position … Recorded 78 tackles and an interception as a junior and followed that with 125 tackles as a senior … Also played quarterback in high school … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Coached by Freddie Harrison.
Parents are Vicki and Troy Jones … Born Sept. 28, 1994 … Dad signed as a running back with Texas A&M out of high school … Spent two years with the Aggies before finishing his career at McNeese State.
Christian LaCouture
6-5 * 290 * Defensive Tackle
Lincoln, Neb.
Lincoln Southwest High School
A talented prospect who projects to play defensive tackle at LSU … Graduated in December and enrolled at LSU in January … Will take part in spring practice … Honored as a Semper Fidelis All-American following the 2012 season … Played all four positions on the defensive line as a senior in 2012 … Also started at both fullback and tight end on the offensive side of the ball … Registered 98 tackles with 14 tackles for loss on defense as one of the nation's elite defensive line prospects … Guided Lincoln Southwest to a berth in the first round of Nebraska's Class A state playoffs in 2012 … Honored as a Class A first-team all-state pick and Nebraska super-state selection by the Lincoln Journal Star after the 2012 season … Followed his senior season with an appearance on the West squad at the 2013 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Carson, Calif. … A four-star prospect and the No. 14-ranked strongside defensive end recruit in the country for the Class of 2013 by both 247Sports and Scout.com … Ranked No. 128 among the nation's top recruits in the Scout 300 for the 2013 recruiting season … Named the No. 2-ranked prospect in the state of Nebraska for his signing class by 247Sports … Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals.com … Rated the nation's No. 17-ranked strongside defensive end and No. 2-ranked recruit in Nebraska by Rivals.com … ESPN's No. 45-ranked defensive tackle nationally for 2013 … Started high school football career at Odessa Permian (Texas) before eventually moving to Lincoln, Neb. … Coached at Lincoln Southwest by Mark King.
Born on Sept. 4, 1994 … Parents are David and Amy LaCouture … His dad was a four-year ice hockey letterwinner at the University of Maine where he was a key member of the Black Bears' 1993 NCAA National Championship squad.
Quantavius Leslie
6-4 * 190 * Wide Receiver
Hogansville, Ga.
Hinds (Miss.) Community College
A fast and physical deep-threat wide receiver who played for Hinds (Miss.) Community College for two seasons after high school … A four-star prospect according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247sports.com… Listed as the No. 5 wide receiver in the nation by 247sports.com … In 2012 recorded 517 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in six games… Averaged 21.5 yards per catch in 2012… Named to the 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association All-State First Team … Coached by Gene Murphy
Led his team to an 8-4 record in his senior season…Coached how Pete Wiggins
Parents are Barbara Addie and Harold Leslie … Born Feb. 1, 1992.
K.J. Malone
6-3 * 307 * Offensive Line
Ruston, La.
Cedar Creek School
A physical run blocker that who can play any position on the offensive line, including center … Had success at left tackle throughout high school … Named to the 2012 1A All-State team by Louisiana Sports Writers Association … A four-star recruit according to ESPN.com … Listed as the No. 23 prospect in Louisiana by 247sports.com … Rated the No. 18 prospect in Louisiana by ESPN.com… …Rated as the No. 23 guard in the nation by ESPN.com… Named to the PrepStar All-Southeast Region team … Led Cedar Creek to a 9-3 record in his senior season…Coached by Ben Haddox
Parents are Kay and Karl Malone Sr. … Dad played in NBA for 18 seasons and is considered one of the best players to ever play the game … He's a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame…Born May 8, 1995.
Lewis Neal
6-1 * 234 * Defensive End
Wilson, N.C.
James B. Hunt High School
High School
A very quick and explosive player off the line … Averaged nearly 10 tackles and a one sack per game … Recorded 68 tackles, eight sacks and one safety in his senior campaign … Rated a four star recruit by ESPN.com and a three star by Rivals.com, 247sports.com and Scout.com … Rivals.com ranks him the No. 18 player in North Carolina, while ESPN.com ranks him the No. 19 player in the state and No. 25 by 247sports.com … Ranked as the No. 27 defensive end in the nation by Rivals.com, No. 29 by 247sports.com, No. 33 by Scout.com and No. 39 by ESPN.com … Named MVP among defensive lineman at the Top Gun Camp in Williamsburg, Virginia … Participated in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl where he walked away with Defensive Player of the Year honors … Coach by Randy Raper.
Mother is Cynthia Neal … Born May 17, 1995.
Michael (M.J.) Patterson
6-2 * 218 * Defensive End
Winnfield, La.
Winnfield Senior High School
A skilled pass rushing defensive end who was one of LSU's first commitments in the Class of 2013 … Committed to LSU on March 28, 2012 … A consensus three-star prospect by all of the major recruiting services … Honored by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a two-time all-state and all-district performer during his prep career at Winnfield Senior High School … Earned first-team Class 2A all-state honors as a senior in 2012 while making 69 tackles and nine sacks along with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries on the year … Guided Winnfield Senior High School to a 10-2 mark and a berth in the second round of the Class 2A state playoffs in 2012 … Recorded 75 tackles with 10 sacks and two interceptions returned for touchdowns en route to an honorable mention all-state selection during his junior season in 2011 … Led Winnfield to the 2011 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 2A State Championship Game with a 14-1 mark … Winnfield suffered its only defeat of the 2011 season to John Curtis in the 2011 2A state title game held in the Superdome in New Orleans … Earned back-to-back first-team All-District 3-2A honors in 2011 and 2012 … Also a two-time All-CENLA selection by The Alexandria Town Talk … The 19th-ranked weakside defensive end recruit nationally and 15th-ranked prospect in the state of Louisiana for the 2013 recruiting season by Rivals.com … Tabbed the No. 20-ranked weakside defensive end in the country and No. 18-ranked player in Louisiana for 2013 by 247Sports … Rated No. 46 among defensive ends nationally by Scout.com and No. 52 by ESPN … Coached at Winnfield High School by Andy Pyles.
Born on Nov. 2, 1994 … Parents are Michael Patterson, Sr., and Kim Vincent.
Ethan Pocic
6-7 * 285 * Offensive Line
Lemont, Ill.
Lemont High School
A strong and physical offensive lineman known for his run-blocking abilities… First team Parade All-American as a senior … Graduated from high school in December and enrolled at LSU in January … Will take part in spring practice … Named a 2013 Under Armour All-American and first-team USA Today All-American… Given five stars by PrepStar and named to the Top 150 Prep Star Dream Team … A four-star prospect according to Rivals.com and ESPN.com … Rated as the No. 3 offensive lineman in the nation by Rivals.com … Ranked as the No. 35 player overall and No. 2 offensive tackle in the nation by Prep Star … Named to the IFCA 6A All-State team… Rated the No.3 prospect in Illinois by ESPN.com … Led Lemont to a state semifinal appearance as a senior… Coached by Eric Michaelsen
Parents are Kim and Gary Pocic… Born Aug. 5, 1995… Brother Graham played at the University of Illinois where he started 36 games on the offensive line in his four years with the Illini … Earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors twice.
Hayden Rettig
6-2 * 201 * Quarterback
Los Angeles, Calif.
Cathedral High School
One of the elite signal callers in the country for the Class of 2013 … Committed to LSU on May 22, 2012 … A consensus four-star prospect by all of the major recruiting outlets nationwide … Honored as a 2013 U.S. Army All-American … Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Parade Magazine as a senior … One of three quarterbacks invited to play for the West squad at the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas … Recognized among his peers for his size and arm strength in practice leading up to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl … The No. 85-ranked recruit nationally in the Rivals100 and the nation's No. 5-ranked pro-style quarterback by Rivals.com for 2013 … Also the ninth-ranked prep recruit in the state of California by Rivals.com … Given a rating of 93 by 247Sports with a No. 170 national ranking in the organization's final Top247 … Tabbed the No. 12 pro-style quarterback recruit in the country and No. 20 player in California by 247Sports … Ranked No. 217 in the ESPN 300 for 2013 with a scout rating of 83 … ESPN's No. 17-ranked pocket-passing quarterback nationally and No. 20-ranked recruit in California for 2012 … The 19th-ranked quarterback recruit in the Class of 2013 by Scout.com … Wrapped up a stellar senior season at Cathedral High School in 2012 by passing for 3,424 yards while completing 261 of 485 attempts on the season … Threw for 40 touchdowns with just 18 interceptions on the year … Guided the Cathedral Phantoms to a 10-3 mark en route to a berth in the semifinal round of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Playoffs during his senior season in 2012 … Threw for a season-high of 443 yards on 30 completions in a 37-27 victory over Harvard-Westlake on Oct. 27 … Burst onto the national scene as one of the top prospects at his position as a junior by throwing for a career-best of 508 yards and six touchdowns in the 2011 season opener.
Born on Dec. 23, 1993 … Parents are Mark and Carol Rettig … Brother, Chase, is the starting quarterback at Boston College … Graduated from Cathedral High School in December and enrolled at LSU in January for the start of the 2013 spring semester … Will take part in spring drills at LSU beginning in March.
Duke Riley
6-1 * 205* Linebacker
River Ridge, La.
John Curtis High School
A speedy linebacker that has the ability to put pressure on the quarterback and cover receivers down field … Honored as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the 2A All-State Team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … Named to the 2012 Class 2A All-State Team by LSWA … Led John Curtis to a Class 2A State Championship in his junior and senior seasons … Racked up 10 total tackles and scored a touchdown on a 80-yard fumble recovery in the 2012 Class-2A State Championship Game … Earned MVP honors in the 2010 Class-2A Title Game where he recorded 21 tackles … A four-star recruit according to ESPN.com … Given three stars by Rivals.com, 247Sports and Scout.com … Listed as the No. 17 prospect in Louisiana by ESPN.com … Ranked as the No. 23 prospect in Louisiana by 247sports.com … Rated as the No. 26 linebacker in the nation by ESPN.com … Recorded 124 tackles in his senior season … Coached by J.T. Curtis.
Born Aug. 9, 1994 … Parents are Kesha Riley and Duke Bergham.
Rashard Robinson
6-1 * 163 * Defensive Back
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Blanche Ely High School
Participated in the Offense-Defense Bowl as a member of the defense … Earned a four star rating by 247sports.com and Rivals.com … Earned a three star rating by Scout.com and ESPN.com … 247sports.com ranked him No. 10 best recruit at his position, No. 17 best recruit in the state of Florida and No. 118 nationally … Rivals.com ranked him No. 26 at his position and No. 44 in the state of Florida … Scout.com ranked him number 32 at his position … Named a PrepStar Top 300 All-American …
Coached by Charles Hafley
Parents are Carol Scriven and Reginald Robinson … Born July 23, 1995.
DeSean Smith
6-4 * 226 * Tight End
Lake Charles, La.
Barbe High School
One of the top pass catching tight ends in the nation who has the ability to split outside and make plays down the field … Selected to the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and played for the West squad … Invited to attend the prestigious U.S. Army Coaches Academy … Rated as a consensus four star prospect by every major recruiting service … Named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team as the number 92 overall player in the nation … A member of both the ESPN 150 and the Rivals 250 … Regarded as the 68th best player in the nation by Rivals.com … Listed as the number two, four and five tight end in the nation by Rivals.com, 247Sports and ESPN.com, respectively … Ranked as the fourth best prospect in the state of Louisiana by Rivals.com and the fifth best prospect in the State of Louisiana by ESPN.com and 247Sports … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Hauled in his second touchdown with two minutes left in the fourth quarter in Barbe High School's 27-point comeback against West Monroe in the 5A State semifinal game … Caught two touchdowns in Barbe High School's state championship game loss to Archbishop Rummel High School … Named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State squad his junior and senior season … Notched 815 yards and 11 touchdowns his senior season … Hauled in 43 passes for 764 yards and seven touchdowns his junior campaign. … Coached by Mike Cutrera.
Born on Nov. 2, 1994 … Parents are Colleen and Gary Smith
Kevin Spears
6-3 * 190 * Wide Receiver
New Orleans, La.
Holy Cross High School
High School
A tall and very athletic player has the potential to step in a contribute immediately … Caught 60 passes for 1,060 yards and 11 touchdowns in helping Holy Cross reach the 4A state semifinals in 2012 … Did not play football as a junior … Rated as a four star recruit by ESPN.com and Rivals.com and a three star by 247sports.com … ESPN.com ranks him as the No. 46 wide receiver in the nation while 247sports.com ranks him as the No. 81 wide receiver … Ranked as the No. 15 prospect in Louisiana by ESPN.com and the No. 26 best player in the state by 247sports.com … Coached by Barry Wilson.
Parents are Stacey Garner and Kevin Spears, Sr. … Born January 29, 1995.
Logan Stokes
6-4 * 240 * Tight End
Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Athletic tight end that has played as both a pass-catcher and a run-blocker … Transfers to LSU after spending two seasons at Northeast Mississippi Community College … Hauled in 10 passes for 80 yards as a sophomore in 2012 … Named to the 2012 National Junior College Athletic Association All Region XXIII Second Team and a Mississippi Association of Community/Junior College All-State honoree … Rated No. 85 by Scout.com… Named to the PrepStar All-Southeast Region team … Coached in junior college by by Ricky Smither … Prepped at Muscle Shoals (Ala.) High School where he was coached by Scott Basden.
Parents are Sheila Wimberly and Patrick Stokes … Born Dec. 4, 1992.
Tre'Davious White
5-10 * 170 * Defensive Back
Shreveport, La.
Green Oaks High School
Considered one of the nation's top cornerback prospects for the Class of 2013 … A five-star recruit as the nation's No. 2-ranked cornerback and No. 9-ranked prospect nationally regardless of position by 247Sports … Given five stars by PrepStar and named to the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team … Reached four-star status in recruiting rankings released by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com … Ranked as the No. 35 prospect nationally and No. 6 cornerback by Rivals.com … Ranked No. 58 in the Scout 300 as the nation's No. 6-ranked cornerback prospect by Scout.com … The top-ranked recruit in Louisiana by both Rivals.com and Scout.com for the Class of 2013 … Named a U.S. Army All-American during his senior season at Glen Oaks in 2012 … Started in the defensive backfield for the West squad at the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio … Wowed scouts with his athleticism and coverage skills in practice in preparation for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl … Displayed tremendous return skills in the game after returning the opening kickoff 33 yards and adding a 19-yard return in the first quarter … Had one carry for eight yards for a first down on a fake punt by the West squad in the fourth quarter … Added two tackles on defense as he finished the game with 60 all-purpose yards … A member of the Advocate Super Dozen … Played primarily as a quarterback during his prep career at Shreveport's Glen Oaks High School … Passed for 593 yards and rushed for 306 yards while accounting for 11 touchdowns during a stellar senior season in 2012 … Honored as a first-team Class 3A all-state selection by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association following the 2012 campaign … Emerged as an elite prospect during his junior season in 2011 while passing for 1,710 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushing for 804 yards and eight touchdowns from the quarterback position … Added 45 tackles and four interceptions on the defensive side of the ball as a junior at Glen Oaks … Also a standout basketball player during his prep career at Glen Oaks while earning second-team Class 3A all-state honors from the LSWA as one of the state's top guards in the spring of 2012 … Coached by Spencer Heard.
Born on Jan. 16, 1995 … Parents are David White and Lashawnita Ruffins … Related to former LSU All-America cornerback Morris Claiborne.


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A New Milestone for the North American Racing Academy
Ryan Pacheco, a 2009 NARA grad, riding the Steve Henson trained Kiwk to the 1,300th victory for NARA jockeys since the school opened in 2006
As the aptly named racehorse, Kwik, crossed the wire first at Hastings Park on May 20, few of the spectators knew that this win marked an important milestone for the Bluegrass Community amp; Technical Colleges North American Racing Academy (NARA).
Ryan Pacheco, a 2009 NARA grad, rode the Steve Henson trained Kiwk to the 1,300th victory for BCTC-NARA jockeys since the school opened in 2006.
BCTC-NARA Jockey Pathway students have ridden in 13,637 races, winning 1,315 times for earnings of $20,485,353 through May 29. Complete stats can be found at bit.ly/nara-stats.
Even though BCTC-NARA is attempting to redefine itself as a leading equine industry workforce provider, the results are a testament to the success of NARA and the work of Chris McCarron, lead Jockey Pathway instructor and Hall of Fame jockey.
Since 2006, BCTC-NARA has remained the only community college based equine industry workforce training program in the U.S., providing one-year certificate and two-year degree programs tailored to either the riding or care and training of racehorses.
We take pride in not only preparing good solid riders, but also preparing well-rounded young men and women who will also have the skills, training and education to succeed in different aspects of the racing and breeding industries, not just riding, McCarron said.
For additional information visit www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/nara[BROKEN LINK].


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Remember when neighborhoods were like caring villages? I never had that experience, but got more than a hint when I visited Camelot Cohousing in Berlin, Mass., a couple of weeks ago.
I went to do a housing story and found a family caregiving story!
It also brought home the point that there are many ways to grow old and have support. Whether you're a boomer or in your 70s and beyond, it's an interesting option.
First, the cohousing concept: People own (a few rent) a small, often attached, home with an inviting front porch. Houses are next to, as well as face, one another across a walkway. Roads and cars are banished to the perimeter of the property so there is daily pedestrian interaction with innumerable everyday opportunities to get to know one another. This regular, impromptu communication fosters deep friendships.
Residents share outdoor space and a multipurpose common house. Usually there's a kitchen, a living room/meeting room/movie area, a bedroom for guests or future caregivers, and whatever else the group wants (a fitness room, game room, sewing room, perhaps) in the common house. It's also where residents, if they choose, can have one or two meals together a week.
Members in Camelot range from a newborn to 80-year-old Martha Shevett. The day I visited, Shevett was sitting in a white wicker chair on her porch. She had a rail installed because "I'm old and tottery," she said.
Shevett used to live alone in an apartment. "It was tremendously isolating," she recalled. Now Shevett lives alone but isn't lonely.
Before moving to Massachusetts, she had settled in Pennsylvania and Florida. "I've never had these kinds of relationships with neighbors. People are so wonderfully supportive," she said.
If she has trouble opening a jar, she'll ask someone on the walkway. She's fallen several times in her house, winding up in the hospital more than once. While she had a visiting nurse, neighbors also rallied. If she had been living in her old apartment, "I would have been up a creek," she said. Taking a shower is still hard. A neighbor, a registered nurse, called when I was visiting to see if it was a good time to help Shevett take a shower.
There are 34 units in Camelot. If she wants to see fresh faces, she hops in a three legged motorized cart she's dubbed "my chariot" and in two minutes, she's at Mosaic Commons, another intergenerational cohousing community. They share meals and have a similar set-up.
Among the faces she sees at Mosaic Commons are her 48-year-old son, David, and 14-year-old grandson. Both mother and son love the arrangement. As David put it, "Mom's not right here. She's close enough to be convenient and far enough away to give us distance." He's "relieved" and "ecstatic" that she's surrounded by people who care about her. "It's the dynamic you want in any small town where people look out for each other," he said. "I don't ever want to move from Mosaic Commons. I'm in a place I want to be for the rest of her life."
And so is Martha.
Interested in cohousing? There are more than 120 developments nationwide, all intergenerational except six geared to seniors. (There are plenty of boomers in senior cohousing.) Around the country, homes in cohousing develpoments range from $150,000 to $1.4 million and are 450 to 2,000 square feet.
Two good resource are the Cohousing Association of the United States and The Cohousing Company.
Do you think cohousing might be right for you? Tell us in the comments below.
Follow Sally Abrahms on Twitter. You'll find other articles on boomers, elders, housing and caregiving on her website.


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Auburn man charged with heroin possession
February 07. 2014 11:42AM
MANCHESTER – An Auburn man was arrested for possessing heroin after the car he was in was pulled over on Lake Avenue for a motor vehicle violation.
The arrest came after detectives from the department's Street Crime Unit saw two vehicles stopped on Central Street, near Belmont Street.
A passenger in one of the vehicles, identified by police as Roger Gingras, 33, of 35 Pingree Hill Road, Auburn, got out of the vehicle operated by Alicia Hallstrom, age and address unavailable, talked to the driver of the other and then got back into Hallstrom's car.
The other operator drove off before a positive identification could be made, police said.
The detectives, believing they had witnessed "illegal activity," requested a patrol car to follow Hallstrom's vehicle.
Patrol officers pulled her vehicle over for a motor vehicle violation at Lincoln and Central streets.
Detective Derek Sullivan arrived and spoke with Gingras outside of the vehicle. Gingras allegedly dropped a small amount of heroin while talking to the detective. He was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled drug.
Hallstrom was issued a summons for a motor vehicle infraction.


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A catholic monastery devoted to the teachings of St. Benedict
Coming back to the little body of the dead man, they found the
unlit candle that they had put there burning brightly. And all at
once, such a great fear entered them that they did not dare to
touch any of the things related to the service of the altar. So
taking up the clothing and some bed coverings, they retraced their
steps in haste back to where they had come from.
Now there were some ravens who used to come regularly to the
servant of God when he was alive and take what was offered from his
hands. And as if wishing to avenge the dead man, the ravens
followed the thieves while they were fleeing from the hermitage,
and filled the woods with loud cawing. And flying as close to the
murderers' heads as they could, they published the crime that had
been committed.
Not long afterwards, the
evil men were arrested, and the crime which they had committed in
secret was revealed, since God did not wish to postpone the
punishment of the sin that they had merited by killing the servant
of God. For indeed, after the judges and the Christian people under
count Adalbert condemned them to it, they were burned alive.
Now the candle they had put at the head of the man of God and
which was lighted by heaven burned down to the straw they had put
over his body. The fire burnt part of the straw and went all the
way up to the limbs of the dead man. But when it touched his limbs,
just as it was divinely lit, so also it was extinguished at the
command of God. From this, however, the news of his death spread
When it became known, the venerable abbot Walter[10]
and the brothers living under him took the body of the man of God
from his hermitage, and transferring it to the monastery of
Reichenau, buried it there with due honor. So suffered the holy
martyr, on the 21st day of January in the eight hundredth and
sixty-third year from the incarnation of the Lord, while Louis
reigned as king over the east Franks, in the 28th year of his
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text: Hunting Miss Homemade: Recipe Recipe Posted 02-13-2013 Habanero Barbecue Sauce (Recipe) By: MissHomemade.com Permitted use provided by: MissHomemade.com If you want to learn how to make bbq sauce with this recipe, I have a word of warning. Please use gloves when handling these peppers; they are very hot. Ingredients: 8 habanero peppers, (or to taste) seeded and chopped* 15.5 oz can of peaches in light syrup 1/2 cup molasses or honey 3 garlic cloves dash of Liquid Smoke 2 TBS homemade yellow mustard 1/2 cupbrown sugar, packed 1 cup white vinegar 2 TBS kosher salt 2 TBS paprika 1 TBS freshly ground black pepper 1 TBS ground cumin 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground allspice (optional) Directions: Place all of the ingredients in a food process or blender and liquefy. Place in a saucepan and cook for ten minutes. Pour into jars and refrigerate overnight before using. *Use the seeds if you want it hotter. http://www.misshomemade.com/homemadebbqsaucerecipe.html Tried this recipe? Share your comments below using Facebook! Share This Story Next From Recipe Crush Recipe: Mini Elk Meatloaf Related Hunting : Posted 06-28-2017 BBQ Bear Stew Recipe View Miss Homemade - Game and Meat Recipes : Posted 09-14-2012 Easy Venison Meatballs (Recipe) View Hunting : Posted 05-05-2011 Venison Sirloin Steak (Recipe) View Hunting : Posted 12-30-2009 Chicken Fried Venison (Recipe) View Comments Categories Appetizers Breakfast Campfire Desserts Drinks Grilling Main Course Sauces and Rubs Sides Slow Cooker Snacks Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started