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|MLB Career Stats
|World Futures
|Vero Beach
|15th in AL
|20th in AL
|25th in AL
|18th in AL
|7th in AL
|20th in AL
|November 2, 2017
|LF Franklin Gutierrez elected free agency.
|August 4, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers transferred LF Franklin Gutierrez from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Anklyosis spondylitis.
|June 25, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers placed LF Franklin Gutierrez on the 10-day disabled list. Anklyosis spondylitis.
|May 2, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers activated LF Franklin Gutierrez from the 10-day disabled list.
|April 29, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
|April 12, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers placed LF Franklin Gutierrez on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 11, 2017. Left hamstring strain.
|February 20, 2017
|Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LF Franklin Gutierrez.
|November 3, 2016
|RF Franklin Gutierrez elected free agency.
|November 11, 2015
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent RF Franklin Gutierrez.
|November 2, 2015
|LF Franklin Gutierrez elected free agency.
|June 24, 2015
|Seattle Mariners selected the contract of LF Franklin Gutierrez from Tacoma Rainiers.
|April 7, 2015
|CF Franklin Gutierrez assigned to Tacoma Rainiers.
|January 26, 2015
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Franklin Gutierrez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 30, 2014
|CF Franklin Gutierrez elected free agency.
|October 30, 2014
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the restricted list.
|February 13, 2014
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the restricted list.
|December 18, 2013
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Franklin Gutierrez.
|November 1, 2013
|RF Franklin Gutierrez elected free agency.
|August 26, 2013
|Seattle Mariners activated RF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day disabled list.
|August 11, 2013
|Seattle Mariners sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|July 18, 2013
|Seattle Mariners sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|June 25, 2013
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 24, 2013. Strained right hamstring.
|June 22, 2013
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 60-day disabled list.
|June 22, 2013
|Franklin Gutierrez roster status changed by Seattle Mariners.
|June 12, 2013
|Seattle Mariners sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|June 5, 2013
|Seattle Mariners transferred CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Strained right hamstring.
|May 16, 2013
|Seattle Mariners sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|April 23, 2013
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list. Strained right hamstring.
|August 27, 2012
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day disabled list.
|July 13, 2012
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list.
|June 29, 2012
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 7-day disabled list. Concussion
|June 13, 2012
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day disabled list.
|June 2, 2012
|sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|March 28, 2012
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24, 2012. Partial tear of his right pectoral muscle.
|March 27, 2012
|Franklin Gutierrez roster status changed by Seattle Mariners.
|October 31, 2011
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 60-day disabled list.
|September 6, 2011
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 60-day disabled list. Strained left oblique.
|May 18, 2011
|Seattle Mariners activated CF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day disabled list.
|May 2, 2011
|High Desert Mavericks sent DH Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to Tacoma Rainiers.
|April 15, 2011
|sent CF Franklin Gutierrez on a rehab assignment to High Desert Mavericks.
|March 30, 2011
|Seattle Mariners placed CF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 22, 2011. Stomach gastritis.
Franklin Rafael Gutierrez…resides in Boca Raton, FL with wife, Vivian and son…father-in-law is former Major Leaguer Luis Salazar…signed by Dodgers on November 18, 2000 by scout Camilo Pascual.2016
Spent the entire campaign with the Mariners, hitting .246 with nine doubles, 14 homers and 39 RBI in 98 games...Posted a .280/.373/.511 slashline with 12 homers and 32 RBI against left-handed pitchers…tied for second among American League leaders with 12 homers and sixth in RBI against lefties...Appeared in 64 games at right field and nine games in left field, while not committing an error in 475.2 innings...Drove in a career-high six runs and tied his career mark with two homers against the Red Sox on June 17.2015
Totals - Hit .292 (50x171) with 27 runs, 11 doubles, 15 home runs, 35 RBI & .620 slugging mark in 59 games with Seattle. ... Defensively - Appeared in left field (42 G, 36 GS) right field (4 G) & DH (6 G, 6 GS). ... Packing Power - hit 15 home runs in 171 at-bats…his 11.40 AB/HR ratio was the 5th-best in club history (min. 15 HR) behind Ken Griffey Jr. (10.83 in 1994, 10.86 in 1997, 11.12 in 1996 & 11.30 in 1998)…2ndbest AB/HR ratio in MLB (Miami's Giancarlo Stanton, 10.33). ... Finishing Strong - Hit .309 (34x110) with 22 runs, 6 doubles, 12 home runs and 27 RBI in his final 35 games (Aug. 4-end of season)…in first 24 games hit .262 (16x61). ... Part-Time Power - His 15 home runs from July 7 on were T15th in the American League & 3rd on team behind Nelson Cruz (23) & Robinson Cano (16). ... Pinch-Hit Slam - Hit pinch-hit grand slam July 21 at Detroit…was second pinch-hit grand slam in club history joining Ben Broussard on April 21, 2007 at LAA (off Scot Shields). ... Welcome Back - Selected from AAA Tacoma on June 24. ... AAA Tacoma - Hit .317 (57x180) with 34 runs, 12 doubles, 7 home runs and 31 RBI in 48 games with the Rainiers, appearing in games in left field (29) and designated hitter (18). ... MiLB Streaking - PCL-best 20-game hit streak May 22-June 17 (.370/30x81).2014
Placed on MLB Restricted List on Feb. 12 and did not play in 2014…played for Caracas in VWL…hit .222 (8x36) with 5 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs and 4 RBI.2013
Placed on the MLB Restricted List on Feb. 13, 2014 and will not play in 2014. Missed 106 games in two DL stints with a strained right hamstring, April 23-June 21 & June 25-Aug. 25. Reached double-digits in home runs (10) for the first time since 2010, despite appearing in only 41 games. Averaged 14.50 at-bats per home run, the 6th-best ratio in the Majors by players with 10 or more home runs. Hit a team-high 3 leadoff home runs, all coming in the month of April (4/3 at OAK, 4/5 at CWS, 4/11 vs. TEX)…tied Rickey Henderson (May 2000) for most leadoff HR in a month in club history. Homered in his first game back from the DL on June 22 vs. Oakland…was active for only 2 games before returning to the DL. Returned from the DL on Aug. 26 and hit .235 (20x85) with 3 doubles, 5 home runs, 13 RBI and 2 stolen bases in his final 23 games. 17 of his 36 total hits went for extra bases (7 2B, 10 HR). Appeared in 47 games on rehab assignment with AAA Tacoma, batting .211 (41x194) with 16 doubles, 3 home runs and 25 RBI. Over last 3 seasons appeared in 173 of 486 team games, with 6 trips to the disabled list.2012 Appeared in 40 games, making 38 starts (all in CF)... hit .260 (39x150) with 18 runs, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 17 RBI ... Hit .400 (26x65) with 7 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 13 RBI, .723 SLG vs. LHP (.153/13x85 vs. RHP) ... Committed an error on Sept. 11 at Toronto (dropped fly ball), his first since Aug. 20, 2009...went 301 consecutive games in the outfield (293 GS) without an error, a streak that included an American League record 846 consecutive chances...the previous AL record was 723 consecutive errorless chances by Darin Erstad, and fell short of the MLB record of 938 by Darren Lewis ... Placed on 7-day (concussion) disabled list on June 29-Aug. 27 after being hit on head by errant pick-off throw at first base June 28 vs. Boston ... Tied career-high with 4 hits June 22 at San Diego (also: 7/16/07 vs. CWS), going 4-for-5 with 2 runs, 1 home run and 2 RBI ... Hit pinch-hit 3-run home run in 8th inning June 20 at Arizona (pulled Seattle to within 14- 10); first pinch-hit home run of his career ... On disabled list March 28 (retro to 3/24)-June 13 with a partial tear in his right pectoral muscle (suffered 2/28 in spring training) ... Over last two seasons appeared in only 132 of 324 Mariners games due to four separate trips to the disabled list. 2011 Appeared in 92 games, making 85 starts in center field...hit .224 (72x322) with 26 runs, 13 doubles, 1 home run and 19 RBI...Missed remainder of season after being placed on 60-day disabled list Sept. 6 with a strained left oblique...Holds the American League record for most consecutive errorless chances (786) by an outfielder (passed Darin Erstad, 723 errorless chances, May 30, 2001-Sept. 22, 2002)...has not made an error since Aug. 20, 2009, a span of 279 consecutive games (271 GS)...the MLB record is 938 consecutive errorless chances and 392 consecutive games, both held by Darren Lewis (Aug. 21, 1990-June 29, 1994 with OAK & SF)...AL record for consecutive errorless games by OF is 336 by Rich Amaral...Did not commit an error in 92 games (244 total chances), his 2nd consecutive season without committing an error...Hit .282 (35x124) with 12 runs, 8 doubles and 10 RBI over his final 33 games, July 31- Sept. 4...began season hitting .187 (37x198) in his first 59 games...Tied for team lead with 7 outfield assists (with Ichiro) despite appearing in only 92 games...Hit .248 (40x161) on the road, compared to .199 (32x161) at Safeco Field...Tied a career-high with 5 consecutive multi-hit games Aug. 8-13 (also: 2009)...On disabled list March 30-May 18 with stomach gastritis...missed first 41 games...Appeared in 11 games with AAA Tacoma on rehab (.275/11x40, 7 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 6 RBI). 2010 Earned first Gold Glove...set Major League record by finishing the season with 415 errorless chances in the outfield, besting the previous record (Curt Flood, STL, 396 in 1966)...is 1st Mariners outfielder to finish the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage (min. 108 games)...Led Mariners with 64 RBI, T1st in triples (3), 2nd in home runs (12), walks (50), 3rd in steals (25), runs (61), doubles (25). ...Stole a career-high 25 bases, just the 5th Mariners center fielder with 25+ steals (7x, M. Cameron, 2x; Ichiro, 2x; Ruppert Jones; Henry Cotto) ...Had a season-high 8-game hitting streak April 5-12 batting .419 (13x31)...also had streaks of 7 (Aug. 8-15), 6 (April 14-20) and 5 (Aug. 17-22). ...Hit .326 (29x89) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 13 RBI in April, but just .230 (110x479) over his final 129 games (May 1-Oct. 3). ...Hit home runs in back-to-back games April 24-25; 4th time in his career. ...Drew a walk in 9 consecutive games May 7-18, 4th longest in club history (J. Buhner, K. Griffey, G. Thomas, 10). ...Walk-off 2-RBI single to center on July 21 vs. White Sox (B. Jenks) in bottom of the 11th inning scored Josh Wilson & Chone Figgins. ...Recorded a season-high 3 hits six times: April 10 at TEX, April 16 vs. DET, May 4 vs. TB, July 21 vs. CWS, Aug. 30 vs. LAA, Sept. 14 vs. BOS. ...Game-winning RBI in 1-0 win on June 20 vs. Cincinnati with sacrifice fly in 4th inning. ...Tied career-high with two 3-run games (5/21 vs. SD, 5/25 vs. DET). ...Missed 2 games (May 12-13) with stiff muscle in upper back. 2009 Set career highs in games (153), at-bats (565), runs (85), hits (160), home runs (18) and RBI (70)...Earned Fielding Bible Award as best fielding center fielder in baseball...Hit .335 (55x164) batting average against left-handers, ranking 10th in the AL...Hit .317 (90x284) with 51 runs, 12 doubles, 7 home runs, 38 RBI, .386 OBP at home...Became just the 9th player in club history to record a season of at least 15 HR and 15 stolen bases...Led Major League outfielders with 445 putouts, 3rd with .921 zone rating and had 6 outfield assists...his putouts ranked as 4th most by a Mariners outfielder behind Mike Cameron (485 in '03) and Ruppert Jones (465 in '77, 453 in '79)...June 23-end of season hit .301 (108x359), 57 runs, 18 doubles, 12 HR, 46 RBI, .802 OPS...Career-high 13-game hitting streak June 26-July 10; during streak hit .462 (24x52) with 8 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home runs and 12 RBI...had 6 hitting streaks of at least 5 games...Had a career-high 5-straight multi-hit games April 29-May 4...Ranked 10th in American League with .351 average in July with 5 home runs, 17 RBI...Scored 39 runs in his final 58 games of the season, scored 46 in first 95 games...his 85 runs scored were 3rd most in the American League by a center fielder...First career multi-homer game June 18 at SD...hit 4 of his 18 home runs against Padres...Hit 2-run home run in first game with the Mariners on Opening Day, April 6 at Minnesota...Ranked 2nd in the American League with 13 sacrifice bunts, one behind the leader...Left game June 10 at Baltimore with a left knee contusion, missing 2 games due to injury...In his final 15 games of the season hit .350 (21x60) with 13 runs, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 10 RBI, .918 OPS including 7 multi-hit games...Hit .331 (55x166) with 26 runs, 9 doubles, 9 home runs, 28 RBI with .372 OBP, .548 SLG in 43 games while batting 5th or 6th in the lineup. 2008 Set career-highs in nearly every offensive category, including games (134), hits (99), doubles (26), RBI (41) and extra base hits (36)...From Aug. 17 through the end of the season he hit .318 (34x107) with 7 doubles, 2 home runs and 16 RBI in 34 games...raised his average from .223 to .248 during the stretch...Overall on the year made 85 starts in right field (97 G), 8 starts in left field (11 G) and 11 starts in center field (12 G)...Ranked 16th among all AL outfielders in fielding % (.989, 3 E, 276 TC)...Scuffled in the middle of the year, hitting .200 (11x55) in May, .173 (9x52, 2RBI, 20G) in June and .155 (9x58, 3RBI, 19G) in July...average on July 31 was .210 and was 0-for-32 from June 15-July 8 (longest since Pat Tabler 0x33 in 1987)...Over the last two months of the season hit a combined .313 (46x147) with 12 doubles, 4 home runs and 20 RBI in 47 games...Recorded career-long 10-game hitting streak from Sept. 7-16...hit .360 (18x50) with 3 2B, 4 RBI in last 17 games of the season (since Sept. 7)...His OPS (OBP + SLG) in the first half was .579 compared to .816 in the second half...Hit his first career grand slam and drove in a career-high 4 RBI May 27 vs. Chicago (Mark Buehrle)...Hit his first career leadoff home run Aug. 6 at Tampa Bay...Swung at the first pitch 11.8% of the time, 5th-lowest percentage in the AL. 2007 Spent most of the season in Cleveland, becoming the club's regular right fielder over the second half of the season... Was a versatile, consistent presence over the last 4 months of the season ... Made 59 starts in right field (88 games), 7 starts in left field (9G) and 2 starts in center 'field (8G) ln the 2nd half he hit .260 (53-204) with 12 2B, 9 HR & 27 RBI in 66 games...Was 4 for 9 as a PH... Had a career-high 4 hits on July 16 vs. Chicago-AL, going w/a 2B, HR and career-high tying 3RBI ... Had three games of 3RBI, last coming on August 22 at Detroit. ..From June 14 thru the end of the season he hit .279 (68-244) w/11 HR & 33RBI in 84 games for Cleveland ... From Sept. 6 thru the end of the season he hit .271 (19-70) with 3 HR & 9 RBI in 22 games to end the season ... Homered off the likes of Josh Beckett, Javier Vazquez, Justin Verlander & Kelvim Escobar. ..Was with the Major League club from May 6-19 and from May 31 thru the end of the season... Hit .264 (37-140) with runners on base ... BUFFALO· Began the year on the 15-day Major League disabled list after injuring his left hamstring running on the bases on March 22...Was his first career trip to the Major League DL. Was activated and optioned to Buffalo on April 13... While at AAA Buffalo Franklin hit .341 (44-129) with 7 2B, 4HR & 16 RBI in 30 games... He has also stolen 7 bases and scored 29 runs in the 30 games, hitting mainly in the lead-off spot in the order. ..At Buffalo he has hit .361 (13-36) off LHP and .387 (12-31) with RISP while his .341 average was 4th best in the International League at the time of his May 31 recall ....He hit in 19 straight games from April 16 thru May 21 and hit safely in 27 of his 30 Triple A games... Hit .387 (12-31, HR, 13RBI) with RISP and .357 (5-14, 5RBI) with RISP/2 outs ... Made 13 starts in CF, 15 in RF, 1 at DH. 2006 Split the season between AAA Buffalo and the big leagues, spending three stints in Cleveland...Was with the Indians from June 16 to July 13, August 9-25 and Sept. 5 thru the remainder of the season... Collected his first Major League hit on June 17 @MIL off Dave Bush and hit his first homer on August 13 off KC's Andy Sisco in Jacobs Field...Collected a career-high 3 hits on July 7 vs. Baltimore and had a career/season-high 8-game hitting streak from June 26-July 4 (.370, 10-27)...With the Indians he made 24 starts in RF (28G), 10G/GS in LF and 7G/2GS in CF...From June 26 thru the rest of his big league tenure he hit .309 (34-110) with 9 2B, 1HR & 8RBI in 35 games...From August 20th on he hit .327 (17-52) with Cleveland...With the Indians he hit .262 (11-42) off LHP and .277 (26-94) off RHP...Hit .302 (16-53) with runners on and .270 (10-37) in September... Hit leadoff in 89 of his 90 games and hit .320 (33-103) off LHP w/4HR & 14RBI...Led-off 2 games w/homers with the AAA Bisons... Hit a grand slam on June 7 vs. Toledo...Only month above .300 came in April (.309, 29-94, 2HR, 8RBI)...Led the team with 49 walks despite playing in 90 games...Made 58 starts in CF, 18 in LF, 9 in RF, 5 at DH. 2005 Gutierrez spent most of the season with Double-A Akron, though he spent the final weeks of the Minor League season at Buffalo. A September callup, Gutierrez, a native of Venezuela, got one at-bat and went hitless. The Indians didn't play him in the field, though his speed did help in pinch-running situations. 2004 Was acquired by the Indians prior to the season for OF Milton Bradley and was assigned to AA Akron after the transaction...Entering the season he was rated the #3 prospect in the LA Dodgers organization and was recognized by Baseball America as the best power hitter in the Dodgers organization...Was named by Sportsticker prior to the season as the 4th best outfield prospect in minor league baseball. Spent most of the season at AA Akron, but was limited to 77 combined games at Akron and AAA Buffalo due to a strained ligament in his right throwing elbow...Hit over .300 in each of his full three months at AA Akron (April, May, June)...Hit in 9 straight games from May 6-15 and hit in 19 of 22 games from April 28 to May 20 to raise his average from .277 to .325...Had four straight 3-hit games, June 13-17 (12 for 19), with 2 2B, 2 3B, 1HR & 10RBI...Had a HR & 5RBI on June 15 vs. Binghamton...DH'd on June 19 as he elbow began to bother him and was promoted to AAA Buffalo on June 22 to get regular at bats as the DH. With Buffalo he appeared in 7 games and hit safely in 3 of them...Hit his 1st career Triple A homer on June 24 vs. Durham...Was placed on the disabled list on July 2 after persistent right elbow pain and remained on the DL until being activated on Sept. 1 at AA Akron (2 for 13)...Reported to the Florida Instructional League after the season in good health and hit .277 (57-206) in the Venezuelan Winter League after the season with 14 2B, 13HR & 36 RBI in 53 games for Caracas...3rd in VWL in HR and 2nd with 29 EB hits. 2003 In a combined 128 games for Vero Beach (A) and Jacksonville (AA), batted .287 (141x492) with 31 doubles, 7 triples, 24 home runs and 80 RBI...named the Dodgers Minor League Player of the Year...rated as the 4th-best prospect in the Florida State League by Baseball America...spent most of the year at Vero Beach, ranking 2nd in the FSL in slugging % (.513), home runs (20) and total bases (218), and 3rd in extra base hits (53)...represented the World Team in the Futures Game in Chicago...played in the Florida State League All-Star Game...selected to the FSL Post-Season All-Star Team and the Topps Class A All-Star Team...named to the FSL Baseball America High Class A All-Star Team...hit six homers over the first 6 games of the season...named FSL Player of the Week, April 3-13, batting .354 (17x48) with 7 home runs, 12 runs scored and 17 RBI...hit .325 with 8 homers and 29 RBI in April to earn Topps FSL Player of the Month honors. 2002 Spent most of year at South Georgia (A) of the South Atlantic League before ending season with 2 games in Las Vegas (AAA)...stole 13 bases in 17 attempts at South Georgia.


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Raytheon Co. RTN has been awarded the first competitive Public Safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) contract in the nation, as well as the first contract under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), for recipients of the FCC 700 MHz Broadband Waiver.
The $8.7 M contract will provide Adams County, CO, and the adjacent Denver community, with a 15-site LTE communications system that delivers the Public Safety user access to next-generation broadband capabilities such as streaming video, remote data access and information sharing. The system will become part of the nationwide public safety LTE network that will provide broadband data services to all levels of first responders throughout the county.
"Raytheon took the time with our team up front to determine exactly what our needs were and proposed an LTE solution that was tailored to our unique situation that incorporates both public safety and critical infrastructure," said Brian Shepherd, Deputy Director, Adams County Communications Inc. "Raytheon's solution allows our 1,500 diversified users to efficiently communicate during both normal operations and emergency situations."
The 4G LTE system will be deployed over the next 21 months and is funded through an ARRA-2009 stimulus grant under the U.S. Department of Commerce BTOP, managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
"We expect the entire state of Colorado and even the surrounding region to build upon and expand the core infrastructure that will be provided through this project," Shepherd added.
"As an industry leader, Raytheon is fully committed to providing the best solution for each customer," said William Iannacci, Director of Raytheon's Civil Communications Solutions business unit. "We teamed with IPWireless, a recognized LTE market leader and the first to produce LTE user equipment for first responders. LTE is positioned to meet both current and future regional communications objectives for first responders for years to come."
Raytheon will be responsible for system design, equipment and system configuration, project management, installation, testing and training.

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Super 'Cats: From Durham to the big gameBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 02. 2013 11:02PM
So what's so impressive about making it to, and winning, the Super Bowl?
Bruce Huther, a standout linebacker for the University of New Hampshire in the mid-1970s and then a Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys, laughs at the notion.
Heck, he closed out his UNH career with a gut-wrenching 17-16 playoff loss at Montana State in 1976 and closed out his next season by helping legendary coach Tom Landry and his team to a 27-10 triumph over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII in New Orleans.
"It was like, 'What's the big deal getting to the Super Bowl?'?" Huther said with a chuckle this week from the office of Huther Associates in Denton, Texas. "My first two years I played in it. As the years went by, I learned to appreciate it a little more and realize what it took and meant to get there."
Cornerback Corey Graham strikes the latest Super Bowl blow for the Wildcat football program when he lines up alongside Ray Lewis and Ed Reed this evening in New Orleans and attempts to help the Baltimore Ravens to their first NFL championship since they toppled the New York Giants, 34-7, in 2001.
Huther has been there. Scott Curtis and Dwayne Sabb and Dan Kreider, too.
All moved on from Cowell Stadium and UNH football to the heights of the National Football League.
Graham makes five.
Mixed results
Huther and Curtis got the ball rolling - and, like Graham, played in the Superdome in New Orleans - and had their share of "We're not in Cowell anymore" memorable moments.
"I wish I didn't remember the score," said Curtis. "But my boys always remind me of it. At least it was to Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, two of the best."
Curtis and his Denver Broncos lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV in John Elway's third of five appearances (and his final loss) in the football showcase.
"It was a great experience," Curtis said. "I was playing and battling through a back injury, and ended up playing most of the game at inside linebacker on top of all the special teams I was on. I was the backup to Karl Mecklenburg on the inside, and he got hurt, and I think I was one of the leading tacklers. I chalk that up to our defense being on the field most of the time."
Curtis, as the special teams player of the game in the AFC championship win over Cleveland two weeks earlier, was the Broncos' special teams captain for the Super Bowl.
He joined Elway and Mecklenburg and others - including former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who was a special guest as a recent Hall of Fame inductee - at the 50-yard line for the coin toss before the game.
Curtis, who played a year at the Tilton School after high school in Lynnfield, Mass., still has New Hampshire ties. His father, Charlie, a former football standout at Dartmouth, lives in New London and goes to all the Big Green games.
Huther, too, saw a lot of action in his first Super Bowl.
"I was playing on all the special teams, and went in on short-yardage and goal-line situations," he said.
A week after the game, a photo of him making a play showed up in Sports Illustrated.
"That was kind of neat for my family and friends," Huther said. "I got a lot of calls from that one."
The next year, his second in the NFL, Huther was the special teams captain.
"Landry started to know my name," he said. "I had to be in meetings all the time, and he started calling me Bruce. That was a shocker."
The Cowboys went back to the Super Bowl and this time lost to Bradshaw and the Steelers, 35-31.
Sons of Bill Bowes
Huther, and later Curtis, had made their Super Bowl memories: Huther a season after playing at UNH and Curtis two years later.
Not bad for a couple of guys who had to do it as free agents out of a program that was just beginning, under head coach Bill Bowes, to get a reputation for having football players who could play at the next level.
In fact, said Huther, one of his former teammates and his position coach had much to do with his NFL success.
Dave Rozumek, another linebacker, was drafted in the 15th round by the Kansas City Chiefs the year before and made the team out of training camp.
"I think he opened a lot of eyes of the pro scouts, and the next year six or eight teams had scouts come through," Huther said. "I think that got them thinking they've got to go through New England, maybe go to Boston College and then go north to see what UNH has."
Once he got to camp with the Cowboys, Huther said, he benefited from what he had learned at UNH, particularly from linebackers coach Dave O'Connor, who also coached hockey and later became an athletics department administrator.
"I found I knew more than most incoming linebackers from the big schools," Huther said. "I had a real tough transition to college from high school. Going to the NFL, it was amazing. Other than adjusting to the speed, it was a much easier transition. I credit Dave O'Connor for that. I could read running backs, could read linemen's blocks. It put me weeks ahead of some of the guys."
Kreider breaks the mold
After Huther and Curtis, Sabb made it three straight linebackers to represent UNH in the Super Bowl, and he, too, played in the Superdome. Drafted in the fifth round by New England in 1992, Sabb played with the Bill Parcells-coached Patriots in their 35-21 loss to Green Bay in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997.
Drew Bledsoe threw for a couple of touchdowns but was intercepted four times that day.
"I know Parcells really liked him," said UNH coach Sean McDonnell, an assitant to Bowes during Sabb's days in Durham. "He had two UNH guys around that time, Dwayne Sabb (with the Patriots) and Dwayne Gordon (with the Jets), and they were really his kind of guys. Hardworking guys, special-teams guys, smart football players. I saw Parcells two years ago in Saratoga at a golf course and talked to him during a rain delay. He was talking about their work ethic. It really gives you a sense of pride in New Hampshire kids."
Kreider, a punishing blocker, broke the mold in Super Bowl XL in 2006. He was the first Wildcat to start a Super Bowl, the first on the offensive side, as a fullback, and his Super Bowl was played at Ford Field in Detroit, where the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10.
"I got a call from him at 2 a.m. the night of the Super Bowl," McDonnell said. "He was with Mark Whipple, a friend of mine and the former offensive coordinator here who was the quarterbacks coach with the Steelers. The first thing Dan did was apologize and say Whip made me do it. They were celebrating."
A Wildcat is back in the big game, and McDonnell and many others will watch tonight's game with an eye on Corey Graham, in particular.
"There's just a real sense of pride of where the kid has come from and what he's accomplished," McDonnell said. "He came from a (high) school that had 52 kids in his senior class, and his was the last class, and the school closed the next year. He's come a long, long, long way from where he was to being in the biggest game there is. That's the thing with these guys from here. Most of them are free agents, and when you come from our place, you've got to earn it."


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"Horizon 1" has established itself on the robotics landscape.
The Horizon Christian School middle school First Lego League robotics team won the FLL qualifying tournament at Hood River Valley High School on Saturday. The Oregon FLL championship will be Jan. 18-19 at Liberty High School in Hillsboro.
Also qualifying for state were V Cubed of Portland and The Dalles-Wahtonka, which won the first- and second-place Inspire Awards, for overall performance, including engineering notebook and judges' interviews.
Meanwhile, at another qualifying tournament Saturday at OMSI, the Hood River Valley High School team Meta Superior also advanced to state.
A total of 24 teams, with 180 students, participated in an event the HRVHS Blackhawks team called "Robotics Block Party." Teams competing at HRVHS hailed from Seattle, Bend, Hermiston, Portland, The Dalles and Hood River.
As organizers, Blackhawks did not compete Saturday, but will do so later in either Portland or Junction City.
"It was a huge success," Jeff Blackman said of Saturday's tournament. Blackman is the HRVHS engineering teacher and robotics program founder.
"Everybody had a good time and it all went smoothly. We had help from 50-plus volunteers from all different kinds of businesses," he said.
Teams were comprised of seventh grade on up, and older teams often helped younger teams. It was the first qualifier for coach Trey Rigert and his Horizon 1 squad.
"The guys have learned about programming, problem solving, and teamwork, and have had a blast so far. It's a young team but we're building for the future at Horizon and looking forward to state," Rigert said.
"The guys and I are super-grateful for the mentoring we received from Mr. Blackman and the HRV high school robotics teams and parents. As rookies we would not have had a chance without tons of help."
Blackman said "What makes this year unique is we had 60 percent growth in Oregon for FCC teams; from 90 to 160. At our tournament we had a lot of rookie teams, and this is the first year they opened it to seventh and eighth grade. Even though a lot of them won, not all of them were completely prepared and I think we will see a huge improvement in the teams in the next few years because of the popular growth this year.
"A lot of teams learned a lot of valuable information this year at our qualifier. One of the hardest things for a team to do is pass inspection if it's their first qualifier, and we had lots of teams that were not ready, but Blackhawks stepped up and really helped them."
Senior Taylor Kramer helped one team reprogram its robot, which would not function at all, and the team was able to complete the competition.
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Skip to comments.Russia's Poisonous Foreign Policy
Posted on 11/22/2006 4:24:40 PM PST by lizol
Russia's Poisonous Foreign Policy
// The West thinks Alexander Litvinenko is a victim of the Kremlin
The scandal surrounding the poisoning of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko has reached international proportions. A photograph of Litvinenko in his hospital bed emblazoned the front pages of the leading European and world newspaper yesterday with editorial coverage that favored the idea that the political emigrant is suffering for his criticism of the Kremlin. The case has been taken up by the antiterrorism unit of Scotland Yard and Washington is not standing up quietly either. The U.S. administration has asked Great Britain for all information concerning the crime.
The State Department Is Interested in Everything
The poisoning of former FSB colonel Alexander Litvinenko was top news around the world yesterday. Interest in the Russian, who was hospitalized on November 2, was sparked by two details. First, the fact that he was poisoned has been medically confirmed. Second, the Scotland Yard antiterrorism unit is running the investigation of the crime. The case is being treated as urgent. It was initiated not on petition of the victim or his family, but at the hospital's behest.
International attention was stepped up when the U.S. administration took an interest in Litvinenko's case. U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey told journalists that Washington requested information about the poisoning case from the British government on Monday. We saw the same reports in the press as you and now we are trying to contact the British government to find out what information it has, he said. He added that there were no plans to contact the Russian government in regard to the case. First we need to receive information from London, Casey said.
A Kommersant source in the State Department said that the U.S. interest in the Litvinenko case was due to the international attention it has received. There is nothing in the world that doesn't interest the State Department, he said. I'm sorry. I can't say anything else.
The Western press is free in its commentary ad has suggested several explanations in the case. A photograph of Litvinenko, who is in intensive care in University College Hospital in London and has lost his hair from the poison, appeared on the front pages of newspapers in Europe and the United States yesterday. The dominant theory in the press is that the former officer in the Russian special services is being made to pay for his harsh criticism of the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin personally.
Political emigrant and Chechen separatist representative Akhmed Zakaev, who has accused Russia of a state policy of terrorism, agrees with that speculation. England has suffered another attack. A terrorist act was committed against the Western mentality on November 1, Zakaev told Kommersant in regard to the heightened press interest in the incident.
Suspected Premeditated Poisoning
Litvinenko's condition is still being listed as serious. He is being treated by prominent British toxicologist John Henry, who was one of the first doctors to suggest in 2004 that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko had been poisoned by dioxin. Henry stated that Litvinenko may have been poisoned with radioactive thallium isotope. The hospital press service rejected that suggestion the same evening, however. According to the hospital's official statement, Litvinenko's symptoms and analyses performed show that thallium is unlikely to be the cause of his condition, and specialists are now considering other possibilities.
The intensive care unit where Litvinenko is located is inaccessible. The entire floor is surrounded by police. Only visitors placed on a list by Litvinenko's wife are permitted.
While British doctors try to determine what was used in the attempt to kill Litvinenko and how to save his life, Scotland Yard detectives are searching for the poisoners. Scotland Yard has characterized Litvinenko's illness as suspected premeditated poisoning ad s refusing to comment until the investigation is completed. We are waiting for the results of toxicological analyses and do not intend to speculate on the possible causes of his condition until then, a police statement reads. Possible witnesses are now being questions and recordings made by a surveillance camera are being analyzed.
There are no surveillance cameras in the Itsu sushi bar in Piccadilly, where Litvinenko met with Italian law professor Mario Scaramella on November 1. Some critics have suggested that their absence is not by chance. There are 4.5 million cameras in Great Britain that record the lives of its citizens. In downtown London, it is especially difficult to avoid a camera. Itsu manager Tatyana Assis said that two investigators came to the restaurant. They asked if we had cameras. We said we don't and they left without explanation, she recounted.
Litvinenko did not tie his poisoning to restaurant personnel. He also left that he had no right to accuse Scaramella, although he noted that he began to feel baldy right after their meeting. Scaramella held a press conference in Rome yesterday at which he gave the details of his meeting with Litvinenko. He said that he was motivated to meet with Litvinenko by a letter he received shortly before that from a reliable source who listed persons living in St. Petersburg who, the source thought, had killed journalist Anna Politkovskaya and were preparing for more crimes. Litvinenko, Scaramella himself and Italian senator Paolo Guzzanti. Scaramella and Guzzanti had studied the archives of Vasily Mitrokhin, the KGB major who defected to the West in 1992, taking secret KGB documents with him.
According to Scaramella, Litvinenko found the source's information unconvincing, but the nevertheless agreed to meet again. Scaramella admitted that he ate nothing during their meeting in the sushi bar.
The West Is Ready to Believe the Worst about Russia
Scaramella was the last, but not only, person Litvinenko met with on the day of his poisoning. London newspapers, citing former KGB officer and defector Oleg Gordievsky, reported yesterday that Litvinenko drank tea with two Russian acquaintances on November 1. According to The Daily Telegraph, that meeting took place in a hotel and one of the people involved was Andrey Lugovoi, former head of security for ORT television. The second person was named Vladimir. Litvinenko had never met him before. Scotland Yard is not mentioning the two Russians as suspects, but admits that it is investigating the circumstances of that meeting.
Lugovoi graduated from the Supreme Council Military School in Moscow in 1987 and was assigned to the Kremlin division of the 9th department of the KGB of the USSR. In 1992, he was transferred to the Main Department of the Guard. In 1992 and 1993, Lugovoi worked as deputy head of the guard for Egor Gaidar, who was prime minister at the time. From 1997 to 2001, he was head of the security service for ORT. In June 2001, Lugovoi was charged with arranging the escape from custody of Nikolay Glushkov, one of the suspects in the so-called Aeroflot case. Lugovoi was sentenced in court to a year and two months' prison, but since he had been held that long by the time the trial ended, he was released. He then went onto business.
Kommersant contacted Lugovoi yesterday. He refused to comment on the publication sin the British press where he is mentioned in connection with the attempt on Litvinenko's life. I won't give any comments until I have met with representatives of the British embassy in Moscow and answered their questions to clear up the situation, he said. Then maybe I'll say what I think about all of this. He said that he contacted the British embassy yesterday morning and talked to a high-placed member of the diplomatic corps.
The British Foreign Office and MI5 and MI6 intelligence services are refraining from official actions until the first results of the Scotland Yard investigation are received. The Foreign Office stated that the Litvinenko case had been discussed with Russian diplomats, but only in the format of a note on the high interest in it by the press.
Western analysts' unofficial opinions support the idea that Litvinenko was the victim of the Russian special services. The poisoning looks like the handiwork of former agents in new dress, said Fritz Ermath, former head of the CIA intelligence council. He recalled three poisonings, of Yury Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya (in September 2004) and Viktor Yushchenko, that the press attributed to the Kremlin. Ermath is of the opinion that the desire of many people to accuse the Kremlin of poisoning is premature until the medical results are received Too many different people could have done it the Kremlin, friends of the Kremlin, and its enemies.
In an analysis of the press coverage of the incident, The Guardian noted that the West is ready to believe the worst about Russia and the Putin administration. It seems that Russia's image in the West, which the Kremlin is investing large funds in improving, has never been worse. The Litvinenko case shows that the harsh criticism of Russia in the Western press is not done at the bidding of politicians but reflects a stereotype in Western public opinion, which the Kremlin is powerless to counter.
&Famous Poisonings
On August 4, 1995, head of Rosbiznesbank Ivan Kivelidi was poisoned with a nerve agent that had been placed on the telephone in his office. Vladimir Khutsishvili, a member of the board of directors of the bank, was arrested on suspicion of murder in October, but later released for lack of evidence. On June 30, 2006, Khutsishvili was arrested again after new evidence came to light, and is now awaiting trial.
On April 11, 2002, the FSB reported that field commander Khattab had been liquidated in Chechnya. According to the media, he was killed with a poisoned letter. Militants shortly thereafter shot Dagestani resident Ibragim Alauri, who allegedly sent the poisoned letter to Khattab on instructions from the FSB. The FSB denied having any ties with Alauri.
On July 3, 2003, Novaya gazeta newspaper writer and State Duma member from Yabloko Yury Shchekochikhin died of what was called a brain hemorrhage. Many of his colleagues suspected that he was poisoned. His investigation of smuggling by the Three Whales stores and publications about corruption in law enforcement bodies were thought to be the motives.
On June 1, 2004, Khizri Aldamov, representative of Ichkerian President Aslan Maskhadov in Georgia, along with his son and nephew, were hospitalized in Tbilisi for poisoning. The Georgian Interior Ministry determined that Aldamov's car had been poisoned with a phosphorous-containing substance. The victim claimed that he was poisoned on orders of the Russian FSB.
On September 24, 2004, general director of Baltic Escort private security company Roman Tsepov died in St. Petersburg. The cause of his death was poisoning by a medicine used to treat leukemia. Tsepov did not have leukemia. The company headed by Tsepov provided protection to the leaders of the city, including mayor Anatoly Sobchak and his deputy Vladimir Putin. The murder is still under investigation.
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Why Do They Care about Alexander Litvinenko?
Leonid Zamyatin, Soviet ambassador in Great Britain, 1986-1992: Litvinenko is a valuable defector to Great Britain and the United States. When he left us, he had secrets that many of the world's intelligence services want. The English MI5 service is smarter than what the Americans have and its network of agents is wider, but it is clear that the U.S. has received some data and they want to double check it. And it should nit be forgotten that Litvinenko mainly gave evidence about Ukraine and Kuchma. The conclusion that comes to mind is that he bothered Ukraine, not Russia.
Sergey Ivanenko, deputy chairman of the Yabloko Party: It is the correct and natural reaction of civilized society to an attempt at murder. When there is a suspicion that the special services of another country have carried out such an operation, there can be no other reaction. It was not by chance that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service immediately denied its involvement in the incident. The interest of the U.S. is explained by the modernization of its policy toward us. The Democrats will have a stricter attitude toward Russia. It's a shame that similar incidents, such as the murder of Yury Shchekochikhin, do not worry our society.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the LDPR: The U.S. State Department and special services manage all the renegades that runaway from us. They need them as sources of information, to set up disruptive networks within every country. The way Litvinenko is ending his life is the fate of all traitors. He could have sat in some institute or gone into business. Instead he went there. Everything ends badly there.
Igor Morozov, State Duma members in the Rodina (Fatherland) faction, retired Foreign Intelligence Service colonel: On the threshold of the presidential elections in the U.S., the parties are seizing any chance to draw attention to themselves. They make out pretty well with that PR. It is possible that Berezovsky, whose work with Russian parties and movements was unsuccessful, is seeking a way to create tensions in Russia at the request of the U.S. administration.
Nikolay Leonov, member of the State Duma Security Committee, former head of the analytical department of the foreign intelligence section of the KGB of the USSR: An anti-Russian campaign is gaining force around the world. The Americans never miss a chance to lash out at Russia. But, in this case, the poisoning scandal plays into the hands of someone else Berezovsky. By raising a world scandal against Russia, he is getting his revenge for having burnt out as a politician and businessman.
Garri Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front: Their patience is used up. Western society is beginning to understand that there is a total attack in Russia on those who do not agree with Kremlin policy. There are still no intelligible results from the investigation of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, but she was killed in Russia, and the attempt on Litvinenko's life was made in London, so Great Britain will take the case seriously. But the Kremlin is not worried about its reputation, since the WTO agreement has already been signed.
And after:
Victor Yushchenko of Ukraine: before and right after
These are small tests. Similar agents might be, someday, delivered by bomblets or even aerial spraying. Every chemical and biological weapons treaty ever written has always been, and will continue to be, circumvented by the nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Org and Belarus.
When Anna Politkovskaya was preparing to fly from Rostov to Ossetia, to cover the Beslan hostage crisis, she was supposedly poisoned with something that was put in her tea.
I can imagine Al Qeida looking at aerial spraying of poisons or biological agents using a small plane. If you shoot them down you get both a marter and a devastating spread of the toxin.
Gorby is sick, too.
barbari sunt, barbarice egit.
thank you for the pictures.
Russia's been stirring the Middle East [pot for 60 years with the "anti imperialism" BS - all these terrorists have fathers or uncles that went to Moscow universities.
Very pithy. And apropos.
Well, the syrians are sufficiently barbarian to do it on their own, without asking for OKs.
That's correct. The Assad clan has proved how brutal they are and will be again - unless overthrown.
Syria - its the "Cuba" of the Mediteranean
Well, in English it could be done in 3 words [not counting the article], but with truncation: "barbarians, hence the barbarity".
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Yan made his senior international debut at the 2013 Four Continents Championships in Osaka, Japan, where he took the bronze medal with a personal best score of 235.22 (SP: 85.08, LP: 150.14).
Yan started skating at the age of 5. He used to train in Harbin, but has moved to train in Beijing starting this year. He won the gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships, becoming the first Chinese to win the mens junior world title.
Yans favorite skaters:
- Patrick Chan
- Tomas Verner
Yan is only 16! And he already has a great foundation (i.e. incredible speed, amazing ice coverage, great flow, effortless jumps, good presentation, musicality, etc) which he will only continue to build on as he gets more experience from the senior circuit. With polishing and better choreographed programs, there is no doubt that Han Yan is the future for China.


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Philip Meakins and his wife Lynda have sailed their Sigma 38 two-handed to the Caribbean and back, ably supported by a full suite of Raymarine autopilot and instruments.
Here Philip Meakins gives us an insight into the excitement...
As our Sigma 38, Festina Lente, rockets across the Irish Sea with 2 reefs down on a tight reach in 30 knots of wind, I'm snug in our windward bunk. Meanwhile, Chris keeps watch under the shelter of our tiny spray hood, completely dry despite the shockingly wet conditions outside. The Raymarine autopilot is in complete control, and although he might wring an extra tenth of a knot out of her by helming himself, Chris knows he would soon tire and is better pacing himself for when the wind comes ahead. Even then the Raymarine autopilot would outperform most helmsmen…
Two days later we are approaching the Lizard, the UK's south west peninsula, with the tide against us and a big decision to make. The boats ahead have come to a stop. Do we go offshore to get out of the tidal acceleration zone, inshore to find a new breeze or straight down the middle? To our surprise, the fact that all boats have to be fitted with active AIS means we can monitor speed and direction vectors from boats in each of these areas and deduce what the wind is doing. Not only does it help with collision avoidance, AIS has become a potent meteorological tool and helps us take the inside route and get ahead of the huge park up at this classic tidal gate.
Later, as we ghost towards the finish in the dark, our new Raymarine multifunction display screen fills with hundreds of AIS targets as the whole fleet comes racing up astern with a new breeze. The radio is going mad as 200 boats report they are about to finish. No kidding - the whole fleet is about to finish and it would be more sensible for the few yachts in the universe who aren't within 100 metres of finishing to radio in and tell the race officer not to worry about them!
Philip and co-skipper Chris Choules came 4th overall in the double-handed division and 11th out of 65 against the fully crewed boats in their class.
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In aviation, winds traditionally dictate flight directions. Not anymore. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Port Authority of New York-New Jersey have arbitrarily changed aviation policy at JFK. As a result, the two shortest runways (22L and 22R) bear a large majority of arrivals and departures. Infuriatingly, this policy was instituted without public notice and review; furthermore, it violated established flight protocols and standard operating procedures.
That's nothing new. The FAA has an authoritarian nature. It, along with its local partner, the Port Authority, function as if they are in a vacuum. Truth be told, the FAA exists solely to serve the aviation industry. And it has little or no concern for residents living under commercial flight paths.
The changes in aviation policy, the public is told, will enhance aviation "efficiency." Efficiency means the FAA can compact more flights in and out of an airport. That is accomplished by decreasing the spacing between flights and utilizing parallel runways simultaneously. The ultimate goal is to accommodate more passengers. This is achieved through a "technological modernization effort to increase airspace capacity" called Next Gen. Theoretically, passengers would save time and money, commercial airlines would save millions in fuel costs, profits would soar and society would benefit.
People living near flight paths would not see any benefits. Rather, NextGen would increase the volume of planes, noise and pollution. Many would also experience a decline in quality of life and home values.
The efficiency mantra, however, does not hold up to scrutiny. Efficiency is not served when the FAA continues to expand the period of flight operations past 21 hours a day. Nor when the FAA ignores safety issues by allowing jumbo jets to land and take off on short runways; or when a growing number of pilots refuse to use runways 22L or 22R, especially during bad weather, because these are much shorter than runways 13 and 31. There were also several recent instances of wind shear conditions overlooked by air controllers. Also recently, there was a near collision of a small private plane with a commercial aircraft headed for JFK via runway 22L. It should be clear to all: with increased and compacted aircraft volume, there is increased risk.
That increased risk is focused mostly on the residents who live in densely populated suburban areas and who endure the bulk of flights utilizing runways 22L and 22R. Communities such as Rosedale and Springfield Gardens, along with Valley Stream and Elmont, bear the brunt of the increased volume of noise and harmful pollution; but other communities such as Lynbrook, Malverne, and Rockville Centre endure the noise and pollution of swiftly climbing planes. And communities as far flung as the Massapequas, New Hyde Park and East Williston are also affected. Obviously, this is not a localized problem. It is one that affects much of Nassau County.
But not all of Nassau County is victimized by FAA policy. Communities to the east of runways 13 and 31 have a favored status. They do not experience the same level of abuse. They have much less plane traffic and their east-west runways have been greatly under-utilized the last several years, despite $363 million spent by the FAA a few years ago to extend and widen these runways to accommodate the next generation of jumbo jets.
The FAA is fully aware of the safety concerns of utilizing the 22s. It plans to extend runway 22R. How many millions will be spent on this extension? And the extended runway will still be shorter than the 13/31 runways. Taxpayers and politicians should be outraged by this wasteful spending and should question whether this "efficiency" scheme of the FAA and Port Authority is realistic, safe or even necessary.
The FAA plan to extend runway 22R is so worrisome that many local residents are demanding a comprehensive environmental study. They also fear the FAA plan to cut down several hundred mature trees that will dramatically alter a local park to accommodate dangerously lower flight paths for arrivals approaching JFK's runway 22L. Simply said, there is something fundamentally wrong with this picture.
If you are concerned with the FAA's dubious policy and plans, please call your congressional and local representatives. If plane noise and pollution affects your daily life, please contact the Port Authority at (800) 225-1071 or visit www.panynj.gov/contact/contact-us-html and register your complaint or concerns.
Dr. John H. Humins
Valley Stream
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MapFords on Occoquan and Bull Run : [Northern Virginia]. Covers Occoquan River from Bland's Ford to entrance of Bull Run and covers Bull Run from entrance of Cub Run to mouth. Shows fords, military roads, common roads, H.Q. Manassas Station, settlements, wooded areas, and streams. Pen-and-ink (red and black) and watercolors (blue and light green). "For Col. Harrston" handwritten in lead pencil below legend. In ink handwriting on cloth backing: Col. Harrston. Oriented...
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MapPlan of the Battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1st, 1862, 5 to 10 p.m. Concerns the placement of Union and Rebel forces, including the headquarters of General Samuel P. Heintzelman, for the last scene of fighting of the Second Bull Run Campaign, June-September, 1862. Covers portions of Fairfax County, Va., including the area around Chantilly and Germantown.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-09-01
MapMap of Popes [sic] campaign in northern Virginia, August 1862. Shows the line of march of the Confederate Army and of the Union Army of Virginia as commanded by John Pope during the 2nd Bull Run Campaign, June-September 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862
MapRoute from Manassas to Centreville, August 28th to 31st. Depicts the path General Samuel Heintzelman took during August 23rd to 31st from Manassas Junction in Prince William County, Va., traveling toward Centreville in Fairfax County, Va., directly before and during the Second Battle of Manassas or Bull Run.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-08-28
MapPlan of 2nd battle of Bull Run, Va. : Shewing movements of troops from 27 Aug. to Sept. 1. Shows the movement of troops in a three county area extending from Warrenton, Va., in Fauquier County through Manassas, Va., in Prince William County, ending to the east around Centreville and Fairfax, Va., in Fairfax County, during the Second Battle of Manassas or Bull Run.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-08-27
Map[Map of the First Battle of Bull Run] Shows the movement of the Union and Confederate forces as their positions changed over the course of July 21, 1861, during the First Battle of Bull Run. Sneden illustrates the battle over the countryside in Prince William and Fairfax counties, Va.
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- Date: 1861
MapPosition of army at Centreville Va. 31st August Another view of Pope's Army of Virginia just prior to the Battle of Chantilly, the last engagement of the Second Bull Run Campaign.
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MapPlan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM. This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862). This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall Jackson's forces occupy both sides of the road from Centreville to Chantilly, with additional forces based on Ox Hill overlooking the town from the north. There is also a substantial force located...
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Joe Jost's Keeps It's Traditions
By RON SYLVESTER / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Joe Jost's is one place where you can still get a beer for less than two bucks and a house special sandwich for $3 and a nickel.
Owner Ken Buck said that makes the tavern at 2803 E. Anaheim St. that his grandfather started in 1924 as a barber shop a good predictor of economic fortunes in Long Beach.
"I've always thought of Joe's as being a bellwether, kind of canary in a coal mine," Buck said. "Most recessions, we're not terribly affected by them. We're at the low end of the price structure."
So when 2008 hit, the loss of business was noticeable.
"We did fine, but I actually felt it a little more, which tells me that this was more serious," Buck said.
Joe Jost was a Hungarian immigrant who worked his way across the U.S. as a barber. After reaching the West Coast, he took a tramp steamer across the Pacific in search of more adventure. But after he ran out of money, his brother sent him a one-way ticket back to California and opened a barber shop in the newly annexed area known as East Long Beach. In addition to cutting hair, he ran legal poker games, and then got a license to sell beer after Prohibition ended. The state barber's board, however, said it wasn't safe to serve alcohol in the same place where razor blades gave men close shaves.
"He looked at his books, some of which I still have, and he saw the future was in beer," Buck said.
It continues as one of the oldest businesses operating under the same family ownership in Long Beach. The family has watched the area grow and revitalize with new retail shops and other businesses.
"This area was a place you would come to get building materials, hardware," Buck said. "If you go up and down Anaheim Street, you can buy lumber, you can buy a dress, you can get your car fixed. Everything you need in a community, you can get right here. And that's what we've tried to emphasize most."


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Bragdon's wise call: No question of his integrityEDITORIAL
August 17. 2013 9:17PM
A few thoughts on last week's events involving state Senate President Peter Bragdon being hired to head the troubled LGC (Local Government Center) and the reaction to it, including the scurrilous yet laughable questioning of his integrity by Democratic Party hacks.
It happens that Bragdon is one of the most honorable of men to have served in the New Hampshire Senate. As with his many years of service on the Milford School Board, Bragdon has put in long hours and done an admirable job in a voluntary but nonetheless important post at the State House.
His announcement on Friday that he will step down and call the Senate into session to choose a new president is the right thing to do.
It comes as no surprise to those who know him that, having had time to consider the matter, Bragdon would take this course. We suspect that it is the personal and political integrity of the man that prevented him from realizing sooner that the dual roles of Senate president and head of LGC would be perceived as potential conflicts of interest.
Bragdon knows that he would have recused himself from any conflicts between his Senate presidency and the LGC, as do those with whom he works. Trouble is, there are too many people who don't know him and the last thing the LGC needs right now is further mistrust.
The LGC is wise to want to hire Bragdon. His record of finding solutions in government speaks for itself (despite last week's knee-jerk Democrat smearing). His Senate Republican majority has been key to fashioning relatively sensible state budgets. His record in the private sector includes experience in the very kind of health insurance oversight with which the LGC is involved.
What is too easily forgotten is that a citizen Legislature, virtually unpaid, has members who need to work for a living, unless they are retired or well-heeled or both. Holding down a day job in the private sector is fairly common; and most legislators who have one are able to steer clear of conflicts of interest.
It can be argued, too, that being active in the business world is of great help in making sure government understands the real world's issues.
The alternative to this way of governing is to have a "professional'' Legislature with huge salaries and bigger benefits, which usually leads to a smaller body (because the cost is so high), and to continued conflicts and out-and-out corruption on a scale that New Hampshire manages to avoid.
We are happy to see, for the sake of his constituents and New Hampshire, that Peter Bragdon will remain the senator from District 11. His experience and thoughtfulness are needed now as much as they ever were.


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Student wounded, alleged gunman in custody after shooting at southeastern Arizona high school
WILLCOX, Ariz. (AP) ' Authorities are working to determine what motivated a man to allegedly fire a rifle indiscriminately at a southeastern Arizona high school, injuring 17-year-old boy who was watching a baseball game.
The student suffered minor cuts from flying glass when the car he was riding in was shot at Thursday, authorities said.
Arthur J. Tineo, 40, was arrested shortly after the shooting at Willcox High School, and the weapon he is accused of using was recovered about a block south of the scene, according to the Willcox Department of Public Safety.
DPS Chief Jake Weaver said authorities believe Tineo fired three rounds, but they don't yet know the motive for the shooting in the small high-desert town about 200 miles southeast of Phoenix. It happened shortly after 3 p.m., after classes were done for the day.
Another juvenile in the same car escaped injury, and authorities said a school employee was fired upon as he was trying to clear the area during the shooting. No other injuries were reported among the spectators watching a varsity baseball game between Willcox High and Valley Union High.
Weaver said Tineo, of Willcox, was booked into Cochise County Jail on suspicion of three counts of attempted murder, plus charges of assault, endangerment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prohibited possession of a firearm, disorderly conduct with a weapon, and discharging a weapon within city limits.
"We don't know if he had a specific target because our officers haven't had a chance to talk to him yet, but it appears he was firing indiscriminately," Weaver said. "We don't know what his motive was at this time."
It was unclear whether Tineo had a lawyer yet.
Weaver said Tineo "does have a record" but he couldn't immediately provide details about his prior offenses.
Willcox DPS responded after receiving a 911 call about a man in a field across from the school's baseball field, shooting a rifle toward the campus grounds. The area was locked down for several hours until authorities "felt comfortable" that only one suspect was involved and that person was in custody, Weaver said.
About 500 students from the Willcox area attend the high school. The city has a population of about 3,800 and still has the feel of the Old West with its antique shops and museums.


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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Exxon Mobil PLC has warned that it won't be able to meet its production forecast for Qua Iboe crude oil pumped from Nigeria due to pipeline repair work.
The oil major's Nigerian subsidiary said in a statement late Thursday it had declared a "force majeure" warning for shipments of its Qua Iboe crude oil — meaning the company cannot cover the promised supply from the field.
The company said it was working to repair a section of a major pipeline and that production continues in fields which aren't affected by the damaged pipeline.
The statement did not say when the lines would be running at capacity again.
Nigeria, which produces more than 2 million of barrels of oil a day, is a top crude oil supplier to the U.S.


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Jogin (Munching on doughnuts): Mmmm! I bet O.P. Bhatt wouldn't have felt this good while
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Bidyut: Forty-six per cent rise in fourth quarter profit and 35.5 per cent rise in annual is admirable under the present circumstances. But was it totally unexpected?


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The Babylon Arts Council and The Town of Babylon are presenting the 28th annual Paumanauke Pow Wow at Tanner Park inCopiague, overlooking the Great South Bay. This ritual gathering offers traditional Native American dancers and drums, audience participation, native food, dance competitions, quality traders and customary crafts. The Pow Wow takes place on Sat., Aug. 9, 10 a.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have moved up in the fourth round of the NFL draft and taken Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib.
In order to take Nassib, the Giants sent their fourth-round pick (No. 116) and their sixth-round pick (No. 187) to the Arizona Cardinals to grab a young player who might be the heir apparent to Eli Manning somewhere down the road.
Manning has not missed a start in his last 135 games. He has led the Giants to two Super Bowl wins and was named the MVP twice.
Nassib completed 791 of 1,312 passes for 9,990 yards and 70 touchdown passes with the Orange. He took over the starting quarterback in his sophomore season and led Syracuse to 21 wins.
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The focus may have been on fall at the Nachusa Grasslands' Autumn on the Prairie last Saturday, but there was also a lot of buzz about the bison.
"With the bison coming it's exciting," said Jean Guarino, Oak Park, as she and her husband Victor, examined prairie plants on one of the preserve's trails.
"We've volunteered before and will again to collect seeds. We helped pull nails out of the timbers when the old barn was purchased," said Victor. "The bison coming is very exciting."
The Guarinos were two of 660 visitors who were greeted by two large wooden bison billboards that explained why the bison, commonly known as buffalo, are being added to the 3,100 acre prairie that is owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy.
Dependent on fundraising, the 60-80 herd is scheduled to arrive in the Fall of 2014.
Why bison?
"Bison grazing will sustain our past and current efforts. Every year staff and volunteers spend countless hours in the field collecting thousands of pounds of seed from more than 225 species of forbs, grasses, and sedges in an effort to convert agricultural lands back to tallgrass prairie. Bison grazing at Nachusa will protect this investment of financial resources and hard work by assuring that the vast array of native forbs will not be displaced by dominant grass species in future decades," reads a passage in Prairie Smoke, Nachusa Grasslands' stewardship report for 2012.
One of the displays on Saturday also helped explain: "Bison are the keystone species of tallgrass prairies. They strictly eat grass, which gives forbs (flowers) a competitive advantage over the dominant grasses. Without grazing, the grass slowly pushes out some forbs."
"We'll have more specific details coming soon about the bison," said Cody Considine, restoration ecologist. "It was such a beautiful day to be on the prairie Saturday. The weather was good, we had good planning, and the crowd was good."
That crowd could take in everything else the prairie has to offer right now, including taking a walking or auto tour to identify prairie remnants or joining a hunt to find ornate box turtles, a species currently under study at the Grasslands.
Researcher Kim Schmidt led a large tour group of 20-some people away from the display tents to find one of the ornate box turtles currently being studied at the preserve.
Fanning out on one of the hills, excited kids first found a rabbit skull and a snake skin before radio telemetry found Sheldon a 20-something male turtle who was then shown to interested adults and children.
"Sheldon is such a ham," said Schmidt. "He has had a lot of photos taken of him. I think we interrupted his lunch...you can still see the bug in his mouth."
Grace Wadsworth, age 11, Dixon, lightly ran her finger down Sheldon's shell. "I like turtles," she said.
Schmidt let Wadsworth release Sheldon back to the grassland. Once with his four legs securely back on the ground, Sheldon made a quick exit into the prairie grasses. "Look how well camouflaged he is. I can barely see him now," Wadsworth said to her dad.
Back at the display tents, attendees could also try throwing an atlatl spear, chase after buttlerfies, watch artists paint the prairie or visit educational displays showing animals and insects that live on the prairie.
Dusti Batsch, age 13, Dixon, remained calm as The Professor, a 25-year-old fox snake, made her way up Batsch's sleeve before exiting at the bottom of her sweatshirt.
"That's a good one. I've never had that happen," said Sally Baumgardner, Nachusa volunteer and The Professor's "keeper".
"It's cool," said Batsch. "I remember seeing The Professor when I was little and I came here."
Diane Fliehler, Dixon, and Sandy Sarno, Oregon, were chatting while looking at beaded jewelry.
"It's the first year I've been here," said Fliehler. "I love all this. I'll be coming back."
Sarno first came to the event 10 years ago with her grandsons. "We lived in Wheaton and I brought my two grandsons," she said. "They loved it. I think everything is very informative. Where else do you find nature like this? It's wonderful."


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Double Identity (UK - DVD R2)
Marcus always thought Val Kilmer movies were okay... until now that is.
Dr. Nicholas Pinter (Val Kilmer), working in Chechnya for Doctors Beyond Borders (get used to that description—Val says it about twelve times in the first fifteen minutes) is mistaken for a secret agent by the Russian mob. Unable to get out of the country, Pinter falls in with all of the players involved with the crime syndicate as well as their enemies and even gets involved with the 'playing both sides' mysterious woman, Katrine (Izabella Miko). Pinter struggles to save his and Katrine's life and now everyone seems to be after the doctor.
Watching Val Kilmer's performance in Double Identity made his performance in The Doors, which I reviewed a few weeks back, feel like he should have won an Oscar, a noble peace price and given a small country in comparison. I wouldn't say I'd ever rated Val as an actor (though he is great in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) but if there was ever a movie to highlight just how wooden and awkward he is to watch it's Double Identity.
To be fair to Madmartigan, the movie is nowhere near strong enough to make anyone look all that good. The first fifteen minutes or so throws loads of short scenes at us with minimal dialogue and I was waiting for a reveal of some sort or a hook to reel me in but it just never came. In fact I'm still not one hundred per cent sure what this movie was trying to achieve. It felt like one of those spoof spy movies with a bunch of cliché jewel thief criminals doing cliché bad guy stuff while the comedian at the centre bumbles around, haphazardly preventing the crime and saving the day. Except Val's Dr Nicholas Pinter working in Chechnya for Doctors Beyond Borders is played totally straight and almost oblivious to any danger that confronts him.
Double Identity was just plain odd. Whether it was Val's happy go lucky attitude, the awkwardness of his action sequences (honestly the combo of him looking and feeling too heavy for exercise mixed with the bad editing made for some pretty embarrassing stuff) or some really strange European/American accents from Coyote Ugly's Izabella Miko, or even the over-Englishness of the English group involved in this bad caper, nothing about it felt right. It felt like a movie the eighties forgot to put out or a comedy that forgot to be funny, or even a thriller that forgot to be thrilling. Whatever the problems were, it's sad to think the actor who has portrayed Batman, Jim Morrison, Elvis, Doc Holliday, Moses and God (though admittedly how good he was at some of them is up for speculation) is in something this ropey and this straight-to-DVD.
What a bland looking film Double Identity is. Lighting is not all that inspiring and generally the entire movie doesn't stray from looking like a low budget affair. Because of all that nothing really jumps out as impressive. Colours are relatively muted, though skin tones appear natural. Detail levels are okay, with some deep black shadows in the darker scenes but then the darker scenes are full of grain and can look a little murky, especially the scenes in the woods which have moments of looking awful. Speaking of awful, there are a handful of shots in the daytime external scenes where there's an odd green tint to the image—Val's blonde hair ends up looking like a bad dye job after a trip to a swimming pool from time to time and it was quite odd.
The majority of the Dolby Digital 5.1 track has the dialogue outclassing the barely noticeable score, this is sometimes due to some god awful additional voice recording which sticks out like a sore thumb (and in one instance doesn't even sound like Val Kilmer's voice) however as the pace picks up the score plays more of a part, even if it sounds like a third rate spy thriller spoof. The music fills the rear speakers and adds quite a bit of weight to the track towards the end of the movie and while it's nothing to get excited about it lifted the basic track from time to time.
There are no extras on this one outside of trailers for Blitz, Blood Out (with the killer combo of Val Kilmer, Luke Goss and 50 Cent) and Trust.
Double Identity is such a mess and I'm pretty sure I watched most of it trying to work what the hell was going on—like there was a massive twist coming up that would make all this make sense or something. There wasn't. Double Identity is just a half assed movie with Val Kilmer going through the motions like never before.
The disc isn't all that great in either the audio or visual departments and they are no features, so really the super low price point is probably its best feature and even that's pushing it.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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I've always rated Kilmer - Real Genius, The Doors, Tombstone, Heat, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang & The Salton Sea all feature absolutely terrific performances from Val....and it saddens me greatly to see him rotting away in DTV hell.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th May 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English HoH
Extras: None
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dennis Dimster-Denk
Cast: Val Kilmer, Izabella Miko
Genre: Action, Crime and Thriller
Length: 89 minutes
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The Roots will help celebrate our nation's roots on the Fourth of July as the house band for the Philly 4th of July Jam at Eakins Oval on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Mayor Nutter announced on Thursday.
"The Philly 4th of July Jam is the grand finale of our Wawa Welcome America! festival and the largest free concert in the United States," said Nutter. ""This year, it will be nothing short of spectacular."
The show is the brainchild of Welcome America! musical director Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, who has invited an array of headliners, including Pottstown native, singer and star of web reality show Live From Daryl's House, Daryl Hall and superstahs Queen Latifah, Common, and Joe Jonas.
"We are very excited to be back again as the headlining band for the Philly Fourth of July Jam. It is an amazing event and we are proud to be an integral part of the show," ?uestlove said.
"You can expect an Independence Day celebration full of music right on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway — Philly is the place to be for the 4th of July."
The show will be preceded by a daylong party along the Parkway featuring dozens of exhibitors, educational activities, games, entertainment, and food.
The July Fourth bash caps the city's annual 10-day patriotic party, the Wawa Welcome America! festival, which will feature a program of events and concerts.
For information visit www.welcomeamerica.com.
Photo: Her Highness Queen Latifah will be one of the headliners at the concert.
Video: The Roots perform "Here I Come" as last year's 4th of July bash in Philly.


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Exeter man injured defending woman, toddler from mastiff/pitbull mix; dog strangled after attackBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
May 10. 2013 3:25PM
EXETER - An Exeter man is recovering after he was bitten several times by a dog when he stepped in to protect a woman and a 16-month-old boy in a stroller.
Keith Kondrat suffered multiple puncture wounds and may have fractured his arm in the attack that happened shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday while the woman was pushing the stroller and others were walking to a bus stop in Amesbury, Mass.
Amesbury police Sgt. William Scholtz said police were called to the area of Main and Mill streets after receiving a report of a group of people being attacked by a dog.
He and another officer arrived and found several people surrounding a large female mastiff/pit bull mix believed to weigh between 85 and 90 pounds. The dog was secured by a rope.
Scholtz said it appears several people were walking to the bus stop when the loose dog ran over and threatened the woman and the child in the stroller.
"She took an interest in the little boy in the stroller," he said.
Fearing the child would be attacked, the woman, described as the boy's caregiver, lifted him and stroller up over her head to keep him away from the dog, Scholtz said.
The dog appeared to become more agitated, prompting others to intervene.
Another woman rushed over and helped hold up the stroller while several men tried to get the dog away from them, Scholtz said.
At some point, Kondrat, who joined in to help and tried to get the dog's attention, was bitten several times.
"He definitely drew the dog's attention away from the child regardless of what the dog's intentions were. As a result of that he put himself in harm's way," Scholtz said.
Police said a rope was eventually tied around the dog's neck and secured to a railing until police arrived. When the dog tried to flee, those who were helping pulled on the rope to stop the dog from breaking loose.
Police said the dog became unconscious when the rope was pulled hard enough that the dog's front legs were lifted off the ground. The dog did not recover and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The dog's owner, who was not identified, told police that the dog broke free from its collar and took off, police said. The owner also said the dog's rabies vaccinations were not up to date. The dog will likely be tested for rabies, police said.
Kondrat, who was the only person injured, was treated by Amesbury fire and rescue personnel at the scene, but later went on his own to Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., for additional treatment.
Police have not filed charges against the dog's owner, but the incident remains under investigation.
Kondrat could not be reached for comment Thursday.


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My brother became owner of a rusted out old touring car that we later discovered was a 1919 Dodge Brothers Touring car. The car was completely rusted through and not restorable, but he did rescue this interesting piece off of the back of the car. After quite a bit of research, I found out this piece is called a top bow rest. I'm assuming it held the convertible top when folded down perhaps. I have posted a picture of the part itself, and a picture I found of a 1919 Dodge Bros. Touring car that clearly shows that piece on it. Very interesting item and its in perfect condition with no rust.


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I don't want to bore them with powerpoint slides so I was thinking about giving them practical examples combined with slides but I am afraid they will loose interest.