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One chance meeting for South, Waltham track

With Westford Academy’s decision to cancel school postponing the Newton South tracks teams’ Dual County League showdowns with the Grey Ghosts, the Lion boys and girls nevertheless made yesterday’s trip to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center worthwhile with a sweep of Waltham.The Lion boys won 10 of 11 events, sweeping six, to cruise to an 81.5-13.5 victory while the South girls won eight events and swept two to claim a 79-16 win as each squad improved to 2-0 on the young season.Both Hawk squads, meanwhile, fell to 1-1.For the boys, senior Yong Cho was a one-man wrecking crew, scoring 15 points with three event wins. Cho won the 55-meter dash in 6.9 seconds, the 55-meter hurdles in 7.96 seconds and the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 1 inch. Juniors Stephen Murray (300-meter dash, 39.12), Xhulio Uruci (1000, 2:52.25), Yuji Wakimoto (2-mile, 10:02.45) and Charles Hergrueter (high jump, 5-3) and seniors Ben Olins (600, 1:33.93) and Alex Long (mile, 4:42.73) each won their events as did the 4×400 relay team (3:42.77).Seniors Robert Rejek (55, 7.09), John Mitkevicius 300 (40.40), Andrew Woo (600, 1:36.95), Cameron Fen (mile, 4:45.89), senior Chris Kim second in shot put (40-6) and Igal Bubar (2-mile, 10:46.21), junior Kyle Olson (1000, 2:53.65) and sophomore Jeffery Alkins (long jump, 17-7) all placed second in their events.Seniors Emerson Shui (1000, 2:55.19) and Marcus Schneider (mile, 4:47.96), juniors Joseph Anderson (shot put, 35-2), William Iacobucci (55 dash, 7.26), Ben Weissmann (55 hurdles, 9.19) and Alex Pearce (2-mile, 11:00.48), sophomore Daniel Hurwitz (long jump, 16-5) and freshmen Cary Potochnik (300, 40.59) and Brooks Remy (high jump, 5-3) each finished third.Senior Nico Zayas led the Waltham boys, winning the shot put with a heave of 41-5. Junior Dylan Carnes placed second in the 55 hurdles (9.16), classmate Ivan Colon took second in the high jump (5-3) and junior Mike DeJulio was third in the 600 (1:38.61).For the South girls, senior Kelsey Karys was a double-winner, taking the mile in 5:18.10 and the 2-mile in 11:11.18. Senior Rachel Rubenstein and freshman Nicole Kesterberg tied for first in the high jump (4-9), while junior Ezra Banks won the 55 dash (7.61) and was second in the shot put (24-5). Seniors Nalis Mbianda (shot put, 36-1) and Bridget Dahlberg (600, 1:44.01), junior Christie Lee (long jump, 15-9) and the 4×400 quartet of senior Dani Pensack, sophomore Kathy O’Keefe, freshman Andrea Braver and Dahlberg (4:15.35) all won their events.Seniors Rachel Rubenstein (55 hurdles, 10.34) and Claire O’Brien (1000, 3:33.02), juniors Melanie Fineman (2-mile, 11:45.03), Katie Sandson (55 dash, 7.82) and Amitra Rao (600, 1:57.03) and sophomores Kathy O’Keefe (mile, 5:18.17) and Chloe Millman (long jump, 14-5) all claimed second place.Juniors Lauren Gabriel (55 hurdles, 10.46), Sara Chari (1000, 3:36.99) and Kayla Jackson (shot put, 23-9) and freshman Anna Laurence (mile, 5:57.09) all finished third.“I am excited about the quality of our marks across the team this early,” said South coach Steve McChesney. “We have shifted some kids around to feel what we thought might be holes when the season started and now we feel we have a really good front line in all events across the team.”Waltham sophomore Erika Shay won the 55-meter hurdles (9.32) and was third in the high jump (4-7), while classmate Kara Walsh won the 1000 in a DCL-best 3:20.33 (a 6-second PR). Sophomore Ivy Watts was second in 300-meter dash (44.81), junior Sabrina Zottola finished third in the 300 (47.24) and the long jump (14-4), senior Stephanie Ducas was third in the 2-mile (13:00.08) and junior Fantasia Brisson placed third in the 55 dash (8.06).Both South and Waltham return to RLTAC on Wednesday at 5 p.m. for another DCL regular-season meet. South will compete against Lincoln-Sudbury in a highly anticipated clash that may well decide the DCL title while Waltham faces Weston and L-S.

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Campbell Chooses Michigan; Debose Chooses Florida

LSU got a little bad news on the recruiting trail this weekend, as lineman William Campbell of Detroit ultimately chose Michigan after saying earlier in the week he had eliminated Michigan from consideration, and Florida receiver Andre Debose, who I had previously told you was widely believed to be coming to LSU, chose to be a Florida Gator.

It would have been nice to get either one of those guys, but Campbell would have been just a bonus. A week ago, no one thought there was any chance he was coming to LSU. Then, the noise that he might got louder for a while. Then, he decided not to come to LSU. It would have been a great get, but it’s hardly a bad loss.

Losing Debose hurts, though my understanding is that the coaches aren’t ready to give up on him. Andre Debose is a guy with a high upside, but he’s also a guy who I think is going to be a contributor from day one for whatever team he goes to. That’s a pretty rare find. Most kids need a little seasoning before they’re ready to contribute. Debose’s skill set (great quickness and speed) along with his good hands and his “slot receiver” build seem to indicate, to me at least, that this is a kid who’s going to be dangerous from the start.

Everyone says “Harvin” about Debose, but I really see him more as a Tyrone Prothro. The difference is that Prothro was a pure receiver, where Harvin in a hybrid receiver and running back. Harvin’s an athlete playing on offense, but Debose looks to me like a receiver, which suggests a very high professional upside, but maybe I’m not the one to judge.

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Ultimately, I think Debose just chose to stay close to home. I think the take-home lesson is that we should not count on an out-of-state guy until he publicly announces he’s coming here.

Still, despite the disappointment of not getting Debose, we have to look at All-Star weekend as an overall success. We got a commitment from a five-star safety in Craig Loston, and then he went out and made a couple of highly athletic plays in the game (including getting a 15-yard-penalty for late hit out of bounds on his cousin and future teammate Russell Shepard). Josh Downs looked incredible playing defensive tackle for the Black team in the UA game. Chris Faulk looked good playing guard for the West team in the Army All-America Bowl. Rueben Randle (who I believe will ultimately sign with LSU) was the most productive receiver in the US Army game, despite playing hurt. Chris Davenport had a slow game at defensive tackle, but reportedly looked good in the Army practices.

And then there’s Russell Shepard, who of course we’re all keeping an eye on. He played quarterback for the Black team at the UA game. He had a 92-yard pass play (to Andre Debose), had a couple of electrifying runs including a touchdown run, but also made some errors including committing a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.

The clear impression on Shepard for me is that he has a lot of ability, but even if he has progressed as a passer in the last year, he still has a ways to go. He can throw the ball just fine. He had more than one solid, accurate pass in the game. He has a good release and appears to have decent mechanics. He just needs a LOT of polish in his decision-making. His fumble came because he held the ball too long before either getting rid of it or taking off and running. One or two other times, he took off running too soon. These are the sorts of things that can be corrected with time and practice, but I emphasize that in no way is Russell Shepard ready RIGHT NOW to be a starting quarterback for LSU. I think he’s ready to run a specialized package of plays (including passes), but handing him the reins of the offense would be a bad idea at this point.

Some people think he will end up moving from the quarterback position to receiver. He may one day do that, but he shows enough promise as a quarterback that that is not necessary right now. Leave him at quarterback and run a specialized playbook for him until he develops. If he hasn’t made progress as a quarterback in a year or so, move him permanently to receiver.

Sometimes people don’t realize how much these kids, even the best of them, still have to learn to master the college game. It is not at all easy to play the quarterback position in college. The defenses are more complex and more athletic than anything these kids saw in high school. The reads are harder. The pressure is greater. The playbook is bigger. And last but not least, these kids are no longer the best athletes on the field (most of them). It’s not easy to step …

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Pat Bowlen’s Inexperience With Coaching Searches is Showing

by josh alper

Filed under: Broncos, AFC West, NFL Coaching

over his 14 years with the broncos, mike shanahan gradually became the most powerful man in the organization. he forced out general managers, constantly reshuffled his coaching workforce and held control over every personnel decision, something that surely contributed to his firing on tuesday. as a result, owner credit bowlen is now pitching a more diffuse power structure in which neither the coach nor the g.m., whoever they turn out to be, has more power than the other. the new teacher will be hired in advance the new g.m. and both men will report directly to bowlen. that seems like a situation destined over the extent of problems. there will be disagreements in the course of any working relationship. if they turn someone on serious enough, bowlen will be stilted to choose to keep one or the other, which disposition make whoever stays the de facto power figure anyway. it would make a lot more sense to install the g.m., even if you simply promote advised v.p. of football operations and player personnel jim goodman, and then deceive him help with the coaching search to present a unified organizational blueprint. it’s not surprising that bowlen is approaching this in a different deportment than many of his peers. although he’s owned the get since 1984, this is sole the third time bowlen has had to hire a head crammer. dan reeves was already there when he bought the join forces, and wade phillips was briefly the coach anterior to shanahan rose to the position.

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Another “words for X” competition

in a nyt op-ed yesterday, iain gately described verdict himself at a loss for words in spanish (”besotted — etymologically, that is”, 12/31/2008): i cleared my hangover on boxing age by booming for a surf at espasante, near my familiar with in galicia, northern spain. … a fisherman ? with anton, the town pig by his side …

Cleaning The Glass: Iowa Edition

it was an exciting way to start majuscule ten play at value city arena, and ohio state managed to come out on the winning side of a contest with the iowa hawkeyes. buckeyesports.com men’s basketball win out over writer adam jardy was there, and he offers some of his thoughts on the collaborate moving forward in this column.
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Christmas: ?Star Trek XI’ Original Release Date

as i gear up for a bumper-to-bumper 2-hour or so ride to my family’s house quest of christmas, i’m reminded of how instead of sitting in break See trade, i should be at the movies seeing the eleventh matchless trek movie right about randomly. imagine, christmas day was original release go steady with scheduled for paramount’s dignitary trek (then dubbed star trek xi) from director jj abrams, which was recently moved to may 8, 2009 as the studio now views the highly anticipated film as a summer tentpole. that’s real great and all, but i had been planning for months to see the big on christmas — actually at the christmas eve midnight showing to be exact. i had already treated all familial quadrants for this event. as soon as i said that the new star trek movie was to be released on christmas day, nearly everyone knew what i was prosperous to say next anyway, since my lose one’s heart to of trek is quite well know. so, christmas eve midnight showing (in lieu of church, sorry grandma), then if the movie was totally awesome, another showing with the nieces and nephews some time on christmas day. it wasn’t easy, but i got everybody to except my decision …

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Newsmax: Obama Was Born in the USA

“Washington Insider with Ronald Kessler: Obama Was Born in the United States.”

Congrats to Newsmax’s for producing a reasonable and fair look at the situation. Kessler hopes that maybe the conspiracy theory emails will stop now. Me too.

Not counting on it, though.

Obstacle in Bid to Curb Afghan Trade in Narcotics

several nato members phrase their laws do not permit soldiers to participate in efforts to stem the drug return.

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Top download horror movies 10 fantasy football championship week goats

by dmtshooter, five medium weapon10. brett favre. what could be better than the gunslinger facing his precious coach, needing the win, against a imitated that’s been generous even by nfc west standards this year? well, let’s just say that 18 for 31 for 187 with 2 picks wasn’t on the menu. those favre 4 jerseys are thriving to penetrate reasonable this off-season. he’d rank higher, but the fact is that if he was on your roster, you probably weren’t playing inasmuch as much this week anyway.9. steve breaston. the arizona #3 wr moved up to #2 this week with the injury to anquan boldin. against the patriots secondary — note: normally nauseous — this was a sneaky great agree, and one that you had to experience salutary not comedy movies far from. he tidy up up with 6 more yards than boldin, thanks to our #1 retard. heckuva job, cardinals.8. donovan mcnabb. on vitalize looking for the past three weeks, with a must persuade game in dc against a redskins team that he’s dominated in the former. so what happens? a big steaming pile of nothing, to the tune of 230 yards passing, 8 yards running, and no touchdowns (or picks). it’s not all his fault, as his execrable wideouts dropped something like 8 balls, including a last-minute touchdown that would have in the offing stilted overtime, but if you did something wacky like start him over some obvious second-tier option in the manner of philip rivers, you are camping angrily. 7. matt schaub. more or less a must start against the usually comical raiders, especially after the recent texans whitecap. i’m thinking you weren’t expecting the raiders to more or less rule over the game, even if you were intelligent that nmandi asomugha was prevailing to make andre johnson evaporate. schaub’s 255 yards, no touchdowns, 1 pick and 10 yards rushing day probably didn’t make you lose, but it sure as hell wasn’t what you were hoping for, either.6. deshaun further. sure, you knew you would be happier with frank gore, but after last week, it’s not like nourish was a complete crapshoot. against those accumulation-soft rams, he was a savvy start on top of more hurt options. he gave you a pedestrian 53 yards, and a set on reminder of why he’s deshaun foster, folks.5. practically the entire godforsaken state of ohio. unless you had the bengal defense or (barf) cedric benson, you took it without michael strahan’s lube here. when jamal lewis and his 76 yards is the high spot, this is not conducive to wherewithal. unless you ask preference losing it. 4. theoretically fast willie parker. no albert haynesworth. no kyle vanden bosch. you were liking this, weren’t you, wp owner? not so much the reality, which was 18 carries an eye to a minuscule 29 yards. mewelde moore had 1 less yard in 15 less carries, and 18 more yards catching passes. in make-believe or Aristotelianism entelechy, you are better off with parker as a change of pace back.3. adrian peterson. at deeply against atlanta, the best backtrack from in the nfl was expected to carry the load and take the vikings to the promised land of the nfc north crown. a substitute alternatively, he got outran by his quarterback and put the ball on the ground twice. he still gave you 72 yards, but i’m thinking you needed more. a scads more.2. marion barber. your probable first round pick and early season reason for time season happiness is so clearly spent, it’s almost as if he’s wearing shaun alexander’s body. you probably weren’t starting him against the ravens anyway, but 3 touches for 7 yards, while waiver wire mook tashard choice racks up 115 yards and a touchdown… intimately, outrage is one of the stages of come unstuck, right?1. kurt warner. licking your chops in the interest of that patriot secondary, were you? that obligated to have been before you saw the snow, and the uninterrupted cardinals team look like they were melting from the exposure to it. your season savior had 30 yards today, got pulled due to the utter paucity of competitiveness, and more or less reminded you why the cardinals are the worst playoff team in the adventures of the world. thanks, kurt. just thanks for everything.leave a mark on wireless amber alerts on your phone.

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Fur for the troops

The daily, 50-degree temperature swings during winter in the Iraqi desert are brutal on troops, and nuns and monks at the Holy Rosary Abbey are donating labor and resources to knit llama wool helmet liners for the soldiers’ comfort.

Their effort is part of Operation Helmet Liner - a nationwide drive to knit hypoallergenic liners from soft wool and donate them to soldiers serving in harsh climates. Members of the Galesburg group, which raises the llamas and harvests the fleece, say it is a natural step for them.

“Our order was founded on the premise of the complete life. Our lives our well balanced, and we have a daily schedule of prayer, work, study, meals, recreation and socialization,” leader Abbot Ryan St. Anne said.

Raising llamas is part of the work portion, and it generates income for the abbey’s expenses. Llama wool is a near perfect fleece for helmet liners that wicks moisture, captures heat and is lightweight.

“It is a very large network of knitters. It’s not just llama people, but we are providing llama wool to those who will agree to knit and donate liners. There is a specified pattern that must be used to satisfy military safety requirements, and it is available online,” St. Anne said. “It doesn’t have to be made with llama wool, but it has to be 100 percent soft wool.

“We pray for our country and our soldiers every day. None of them chose to go there. They were sent to defend us. The helmet liners project is a way to serve them.”

Linda Swinford, who began and oversees Operation Helmet Liner, said the organization has shipped “78,000 pieces, all at no charge to our armed forces. I have no idea how many hundreds of seamstresses, crocheters and knitters all across the U.S. have been involved since we began.

“In addition, groups have formed throughout the country adopting our patterns and supporting our armed forces on their own, which is wonderful,” she said.

The monks got into llama farming as an investment, according to St. Anne. The finished, undyed wool sells for $8 to $15 an ounce. Organic farmers seek llama manure for fertilizer, and it sells for about $25 per bag.

“Llama beans, as we call it, have no gases or ammonia. It is a natural fertilizer that doesn’t have a bad odor,” St. Anne said. “We have always been a divine providence community. We never sold anything and lived off of the generosity of benefactors, but they have been hit hard. Raising miniature llamas was a way we could become self-supportive in an extremely friendly environment and not be offensive to anyone.”

Galesburg city officials say the abbey and the llama farm on the edge of town operate within all city codes.

The abbey has 12 llamas, and the first fleece will be harvested in the spring. The nuns and monks at the abbey are learning to spin the fleece into yarn and there are plans to buy a weaving loom next year.

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Rather than a large barn, the abbey elected to construct smaller buildings and several paddocks to provide shelter and pasture for the animals. They put up a privacy fence to be non-offensive to neighbors, but their next door neighbor on the east side of their eight acres asked them to use chain link on their side, so they can watch the gentle animals. The only noise they make is a quiet hum. St. Anne said the neighbor’s dog is louder than all 12 of their llamas combined.

“We have our first cria. Llama babies are called cria. Her name is Juanita, and she is 5 months old. She is our meeter and greeter. She wants to see everyone and have her neck rubbed,” St. Anne said, “Cria can sell for anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000.”

The abbey’s residents get the llamas and training from Gayle Dumas, a breeder who owns 50 miniature llamas on a farm near Richmond, Va.

“The total population is very small. There are only 650 registered miniature llamas,” she said. “They have all the charm, personality and intelligence of full-sized llamas, but they also have the ease of handling and size of alpacas. They are herd animals, and they need the companionship of their own kind to thrive.”

They compete at miniature llama shows around the country and have done well. At a show in Kentucky earlier this year, St. Anne said they showed five llamas and got three grand champion awards and one reserve champion award.

“The more grand champion awards we get, the more that tells the llama world of our quality,” he said. “The ultimate is for one to get a triple crown of three grand championships. Josephina has two and must get one more before she ages out of her class next summer.”

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Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic passes the FCC 3G and all

Just after getting our hands on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the FCC has released information confirming that the touchscreen handset will be hitting the US complete with 3G. Now from what we can see there is no AT&T logo or branding from another carrier.

This leads us be believe that Nokia will bless us with an unlocked version that of course will be unsubsidized. We are certainly glad to hear that the 5800 XpressMusic will be making its debut here complete with 3G and all. The FCC reports also show a bunch of internal and external photos along with the instruction manual.

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China’s initial release did not even have 3G so Nokia really must like us here in the US. The only thing download thriller movie that could make this news better is a release date download animation or special US only features. Check back here soon for our full review of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

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