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Mogul Matt narrowly misses out on super-final
Matt Graham of Australia competes in the Men's Moguls Finals on day three of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
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Australian mogul skier Matt Graham came agonisingly close to making the super-final of the men's Moguls at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Monday night local time. The 19-year-old finished 0.01 of a point behind American Patrick Deneen in Final 2, placing him 7th, one position short of a super-final entry.
"Missing the super-final by that much is pretty heartbreaking, but overall I'm pretty happy with my performance," Graham said.
Deneen was slightly faster down the course, which ultimately cost Graham the spot.
"I just backed off a little bit on that last run just because I knew a lot of people would be pushing it and there would be a lot of mistakes out there, which there was," he said.
"Maybe if I just chucked my foot forward on the finish I would have got in."
Graham was watched on in the crowd by his girlfriend and family.
"When they're out here you don't really want to stuff up, because they've spent a lot of money to get out here."
Teammate Brodie Summers was knocked out by defending Olympic Champion Alex Bilodeau (CAN) on the last run in Final 1.
"When it's [Mikael] Kingsbury and Bilodeau, they're pretty reliable guys, you know they're going to put down a performance," the 20-year-old said of coming 13th.
"It's a good learning experience and I was happy with my performance tonight, I just made that little mistake on the bottom air and it cost me."
In the super-final, sentimental favourite Alex Bilodeau won Gold with a near perfect run in his last Olympic Games, scoring 26.31. His teammate Mikael Kingsbury took Silver (24.71) and Russia claimed its first Freestyle medal of the Sochi Games, with Bronze going to Alexandr Smyshlyaev (24.34).
Earlier in the evening, Dale Begg-Smith's sporting career came to a crashing end when he fell, face first off the bottom air, landing him in 25th place. He was philosophical about his less than successful comeback in unfamiliar soft snow conditions. Fellow Australian Sam Hall also missed out on the finals phase, finishing 24th.
That ends the Moguls competition at Sochi 2014 and despite the Australian team not taking home any medals, they now have three women and four men in the top 20, and two up-and-coming teenagers showing podium potential.
Emily Groves | sochi2014.olympics.com.au
Cox ninth in Lake Placid
Britt Cox flying down the Lake Placid moguls © Julien Heon Photography
Australian Institute of Sport/NSW Institute of Sport mogul skier Britt Cox advanced to the final with the fourth highest qualification score and ended the World Cup in Lake Placid, USA, today in ninth place.
Making today's 16-woman final means that Cox, 19, has appeared in a final at each World Cup this season.
However, Cox's score in the first final was 74.26, which was unfortunately not high enough to make the second final, which decided medals.
The event was won by American Hannah Kearney, second was Yulia Galysheva from Kazakhstan with third going to Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe.
Brodie Summers, another AIS/NSWIS athlete, was Australia's best male, finishing 18th, an equal best for the season, but unfortunately he missed the cut for the final.
Canadian Alex Bilodeau took out the event ahead of Americans Patrick Deneen in second and Bradley Wilson in third.
In other results with AIS/NSWIS skiers, Matt Graham was 22nd, Sam Hall was 35th, Nicole Parks was 19th while Dale Begg-Smith was rested. NSWIS athlete Taylah-Paige O'Neill was 28th.
Second super-final for Cox
Britt Cox after her finals run in Deer Valley
Nineteen-year-old mogul skier Britt Cox achieved her second World Cup super-final appearance from four starts this season when she delivered a strong performance to finish sixth in front of 10,000 spectators attending the second World Cup event in Deer Valley, UT, USA.
Competing under lights, the Australian Institute of Sport / NSW Institute of Sport athlete was pressing for a medal in the final round against the day's other top five athletes when Cox was unable to land her second jump cleanly on the famous Deer Valley Champion Run, which limited her scoring ability.
American Hannah Kearney gave the huge and vocal crowd something to cheer for by taking top honours ahead of Kazakhstan's Yulia Galysheva in second, while Canadian Maxime Dufour-Lapointe was third.
With her parents and brother among the crowd, Cox was impressive all day, with eighth place in the qualification session and a fifth place in the first final, which qualified her for one of the six super-final positions up for grabs.
While Cox led the Australian charge, fellow squad member Nicole Parks also experienced a day to be proud of when she ended the event in 11th, an equal personal best in World Cup competition.
In men's results, AIS / NSWIS scholarship holder Matt Graham was the best Australian, finishing in eighth, with his AIS team-mate Dale Begg-Smith in twelfth.
AIS mogul skiing program head coach Steve Desovich said that the squad is experiencing a "tight and intense period" as they begin their preparation for their third event in six days.
"It is challenging and the guys have to be prepared for it," Desovich said.
"They have to be able to adapt and respond although the whole field has to also so it's no different for us."
As well as Cox's solid result, Desovich added that he was very impressed with Graham's performance.
"I was very pleased that Matt was able to bump it up a notch compared with the day before, in what I believe was a very nice run."
In other results with Australians competing at Deer Valley, Sam Hall was 27th, James Matheson was 38th and Brodie Summers was 47th, while Taylah O'Neill was 19th.
Top-10 for Begg-Smith
AIS Mogul Skier Dale Begg-Smith with OWIA Physio Peter Hogg
AIS Mogul skier Dale Begg-Smith posted his second top-10 World Cup finish from three starts this season with another finals appearance in Deer Valley, USA.
After more than three years away from competition before starting his comeback in December, Begg-Smith was Australia's best performer among the seven-member mogul ski squad with a ninth place.
Begg-Smith was unlucky not to reach the six-man super-final, after putting down what appeared to be the highest quality turns of the field in the first final.
In the women's competition, AIS / NSWIS athlete Britt Cox also added to her consistent season with a 12th place after advancing to the final with the ninth best score in the qualification session.
In other Australian results, Taylah O'Neill was 28th, Nicole Parks 34th, Matt Graham 20th, Brodie Summers 49th, James Matheson 61st and Sam Hall did not finish his qualification run.
Four athletes in Calgary mogul final
Australia's mogul skiing squad had a solid day at the Calgary World Cup in Canada, with four athletes qualifying for finals.
The leading performance came from AIS / NSWIS athlete Britt Cox, who placed seventh, narrowly missing the top six super final.
Her seventh place result means that Cox maintains her world ranking of four.
Fellow AIS / NSWIS athlete Nicole Parks had the best day of her career, recording a personal best 11th place finish and has lifted her ranking from 30 after the first World Cup of the season to currently sit in 20th spot.
In the men's event, AIS / NSWIS athlete Dale Begg-Smith was the best placed of the Australians finishing 12th, with Matt Graham, another AIS / NSWIS scholarship holder, was 13th. The two had exactly the same score, but were separated on a countback.
The women's World Cup was won by Canadian Justine Dufour-Lapointe, with American Hannah Kearney second and another Canadian Chloe Dufour-Lapointe in third.
Canadian Mikael Kingsbury took the win from compatriot Alex Bilodeau and American Patrick Deneen in third.
Other Australian results in the 1988 Olympic Winter Games host city, held in minus 18 degrees Celsius, saw NSWIS skier Taylah-Paige O'Neill finish 22nd and AIS / NSWIS athletes Brodie Summers 29th and Sam Hall 40th.
AIS mogul skiing program head coach Steve Desovich was impressed by the speed down the steep challenging course by Cox.
Cox is benefitting from working tirelessly on strength and conditioning during the off season and in the event she was the second fastest woman on the course.
"It was a slightly above average day but we'll definitely have to build on it," Desovich said.
"Britt had a very good run in the first final and actually I was pretty impressed with the run.
"Her speed was very encouraging."
Mogul squad to maintain the intensity
Australia's seven member mogul skiing squad will compete in a World Cup in Calgary, Canada, on Sunday (Australian time).
Teenage Australian Institute of Sport / NSW Institute of Sport athletes Britt Cox and Matt Graham go into the event after finishing fourth in the first event of the season in Ruka, Finland, in December.
However, Cox and Graham will not be the only points of interest in the Aussie squad.
Australia's most successful winter Olympian, Dale Begg-Smith, is competing for only the second time since 2010.
Begg-Smith demonstrated his enormous talent in Ruka by finishing in fifth, which was highly impressive given his lengthy absence from competition.
Fellow AIS / NSWIS athletes Nicole Parks, Brodie Summers, Sam Hall and NSWIS skier Taylah O'Neill are all approaching the busy competition schedule, five World Cup events in 16 days, with a high level of confidence.
The squad has been training at the Colorado resort of Steamboat in the United States since competing in Finland.
Tough start to the season
Britt Cox, Dale Begg-Smith and Matt Graham in Ruka (PHOTO - Peter Caine)
Australia's mogul ski squad has had close to a best ever start to a World Cup season with three athletes narrowly missing a podium finish in Ruka, Finland, today.
Australian Institute of Sport / NSW Institute of Sport teenagers Britt Cox and Matt Graham both finished in fourth place, while Australia's most successful Olympian Dale Begg-Smith made an excellent return to international competition after a three year break with a fifth place.
Nineteen-year-old Cox was fantastic from the first run of the day when, for the first time in her World Cup career, she won the qualification round by outpointing American Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney with a performance highlighted by the equal top score for turns and the fastest time down the challenging Ruka course.
Cox continued her strong showing in the first final, for the top 16 qualifiers, by finishing the round in second place, just 0.44 points behind Japanese veteran Aiko Uemura, to advance to the six women final.
Despite another impressive run in the final she was outpointed by Kearney, the eventual winner, with Canada's Justine Dufour Lapointe in second place and Uemura in the bronze medal place.
Graham, who finished behind the winning Canadian Mikael Kingsbury, second placed Canadian Alex Bilodeau and Japan's Sho Endo, fought hard from 10th place in the qualification session to sit in fourth after the first final, a position he held on to in the medal round.
Cox said that her achievements today were not a surprise and believes hard work, which included 15 weeks of strength and conditioning work with the AIS together with John Marsden and Jamie Youngson, has brought about the result.
"I'm not too surprised because it has definitely been a goal of mine to be skiing like I am at the moment," Cox said.
"I'm not surprised but happy things are starting to come together and building the skills which I'm working on each week.
"This is definitely a confidence booster given that this is the first World Cup of an Olympic season.
"The quality of skiing is going to be really high. We noticed today that all the girls are bringing their A-game.
"Being fourth is so close to the podium and there is a little of the feeling that it was right there within my reach but finishing fourth is something that will make me more determined and to build upon.
"Having a great result in qualifying and finishing fourth has shown me what I'm capable of."
Another thought which is adding to Cox's positive outlook is the prospect of heading to Steamboat, in the United States, along with other squad members, for further training.
Cox will pay particular attention to her jumps, which she believes was the difference between third and fourth today, and to enjoy Christmas with her family, the first time she has had that opportunity since she was 13-years-old.
Begg-Smith sixth in season opener
Mogul Olympic gold and silver medalist Dale Begg-Smith has made a solid start to this year's World Cup with a performance highlighted by well executed turns and jumps in Ruka, Finland, last night.
The four-time World Cup champion recorded a sixth place in the season opener, with American Patrick Deneen, Canadian Mikael Kingsbury and Frenchman Guilbaut Colas finishing in the first three positions respectively.
Skiing in -12 degrees Celsius, the Australian was 1.66 seconds slower down the 215-metre course compared with Deneen, which appeared to be the difference between Begg-Smith and the first three places
While AIS Head Coach Steve Desovich conceded that Begg-Smith needs to find additional speed for the next round in Meribel, France next Wednesday, he and Begg-Smith were reasonably happy with the season opening performance.
"He had really well executed turns and solid jumps, but he's not yet up to full speed this early in the season," Desovich said.
"The lack of speed was perhaps more of a course specific thing. There were a few issues down the course where it was a problem to go very fast.
"As the year progresses we'll be on courses where he will feel more comfortable and speed will improve."
It is not unusual for AIS scholarship holder to have a slower start to the season. The opening rounds of the last three seasons have seen him finish fourth, tenth and sixth.
However, slow starts have not been an impediment, shown by his series winning performances in recent years.
High quality training sets up season
OWI Head Moguls skiing Coach Steve Desovich reports from Switzerland at the conclusion of a two week training camp for the World Cup moguls team:
"The OWI mogul skiing team enjoyed some vigorous and quality training in Zermatt. Zermatt features a competition style course at over 3000 metres altitude, and most of the international teams attend at one time or another during the month of October."
"The team skied a total of 12 ski days and, despite numerous weather day closures, benefitted from the intense environment provided by a host of international teams all training the same course."
"Dale Begg-Smith continues to progress nicely from knee surgery. Dale is skiing and jumping with confidence and continues to gain physical strength by the week."
"Ramone Cooper is mostly healthy now and therefore made gains in all areas. Ramone has showed great promise in turns, speed and his jumping. In Ruka later this month he will look to put all these aspects together in a whole run package."
Sam Hall adapted nicely to the altitude and intensity of training and by the second half of the camp was faring very well on an overall basis."
The team heads to Finland later this month to resume training, and will then compete in the opening two events of the season in Suomo, Finland, on December 12 and Meribel, France, on December 16.
Begg-Smith claims record-equalling fourth title and silver at World Cup final
Dale Begg-Smith has joined French mogul skiing legend Edgar Grospiron as the greatest World Cup champion of all time after wrapping up his fourth title in Sierra Nevada, Spain.
The Vancouver 2010 silver medallist picked up another silver in the final event of the season to cap off a remarkable comeback from injury.
The AIS skier won three events for the season and also collected another three silver medals to post a season score of 693 points, 78 points clear of French skier Guilbaut Colas.
The 25-year-old's ability to claim another World Cup title, just fourteen months after major knee surgery, has amazed AIS Head Mogul Skiing Coach Steve Desovich.
"For Dale to come back and do what he has is extraordinary," Desovich said.
"If you adjust your perspective to last year, February 6, when he was having surgery, and someone said that these were the results he was going to get I don't think any one of us would have believed it - we would have been ecstatic."
"He did very well today. He skied well within himself and skied a typical Dale run, very clean, he did the jumps well, had some good turns and just executed it very well."
"It's a great tribute to Dale that he's very smart and he manages risk masterfully - he's so good in that way. And you have to salute him for being so consistent over time."
"He's won four World Cups in five years, and Edgar (Grospiron) did the same thing in the same way. He won three then had a year off with a knee injury and came back in the fifth year and won again."
"Dale is proud of his achievements in the sport - I mean he's earned everything possible and he's very pleased with his ability to be consistent over time.
He he has now qualified for 48 straight finals, which is incredible - I don't know if that's a record or not, but I would presume it is."
The fourth World Cup title sees Begg-Smith eclipse the performances of two other stars of the sport, Canadian Jean-Luc Brassard and Finnish skier Janne Lahtela, both of whom won three World Cup titles.
He also has Torino Olympic gold, a world championship title and two other world championship medals in his trophy cabinet.
The final event of the World Cup snowboard cross is also underway in La Molina, Italy, with Alex "Chumpy" Pullin following up last weekend's maiden victory by qualifying in second place.
Another podium result for Begg-Smith
Dale Begg-Smith has completed the pre-Olympic World Cup mogul skiing season with yet another podium, claiming silver in Lake Placid.
The AIS mogul skier collected 25.95 points from the judges to finish behind Guilbaut Colas on 26.51, the second consecutive time the Frenchman has edged out the Torino 2006 Olympic champion.
Both skiers were rated equally on turns, earning 14.2 out of a possible 15 points, but Colas was the quickest down the New York State course.
Swede Jesper Bjoernlund took the bronze medal with 25.44 points, while Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Sam Hall finished in 39th place on 19.85 points.
"Dale skied very well today, excellent technically and in clear control with strong jumps, and he was fast," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.
"All in all it was a very good day. Dale qualified in third, and had great feel throughout the event."
"A few days' recovery and then the pre-Olympic training camp comes at a good time for Dale, after five World Cup events in just under two weeks."
Begg-Smith leads the World Cup standings on 555 points from Bjoernlund on 412, while Colas, who missed the first two events of the season, is in third position on 370 points.
Begg-Smith on podium again
Australia's mogul skiing star Dale Begg-Smith has continued his sparkling form, claiming the silver medal in the second of two World Cup events in Deer Valley, Utah.
The AIS 24-year-old took things easy in the qualifying round, finishing in sixth place, but then stepped it up in the final to make his fourth podium in a row.
Following the event, Begg-Smith donated his second place prize money to the Haitian relief effort.
"I'm glad to be able to make this donation to the Haitian relief effort," Begg-Smith said.
"The devastation and trauma that these people have endured is horrific."
"Hopefully we can collectively band together as a society to help in the recovery efforts."
French skier Guilbaut Colas collected the Deer Valley victory, his first for the season, with 26.80 points, 0.59 points ahead of the Australian.
Defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada rounded out the minor medals on 25.95 points.
"Dale was quite conservative in qualifying," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.
"Then he put down a very good run in the final after swapping lanes just before it."
"He was very fast, very clean, and it was a great effort to get second. It just shows his great adaptability."
The result stretched Begg-Smith's lead on the World Cup standings, his 475 points putting him 123 clear of nearest rival, Jesper Bjoernlund of Sweden.
Colas, who looms as a serious medal threat in Vancouver after claiming silver in the opening Deer Valley event, is in third place, despite missing the season's opening two World Cups.
NSWIS athlete Matt Graham was in 27th position, an impressive pb performance in just his second World Cup appearance, while Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Sam Hall finished in 35th place.
NSWIS skiers David Graham and Hugh Norton were in 38th and 53rd places respectively.
In the women's event, 15-year-old NSWIS skier Britteny Cox was also impressive, finishing in 29th place in her second World Cup event.
Team-mate Sarah Melville was two places further back, while Nicole Parks (33rd), Roanna Humphries (34th) and Taylah O'Neill (42nd) were also in action.
Begg-Smith makes it three in a row
Dale Begg-Smith has continued his remarkable Vancouver preparation, winning a third straight moguls skiing World Cup event.
Competing in the first of two events scheduled on the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic course in Deer Valley, Begg-Smith lifted his performance level once again, scoring 26.42 points from the judges, 0.64 ahead of silver medallist Guilbaut Colas of France on 25.48 points.
Dmitry Reiherd of Kazakhstan collected the bronze medal with 25.10 points.
Begg-Smith was in awesome form, collecting the highest turns score, the second best jump points and recording the second fastest time down the Utah course that put him out of last season's World Cup with a leg injury.
"Dale is really solid at the moment," said OWI team physiotherapist Peter Hogg.
"And he's doing a good job of maintaining his health in the process."
"As of right now, everything is going really well."
On the World Cup standings, Begg-Smith has now amassed 395 points from his five events, 69 points clear of his nearest rival, Swedish skier Jesper Bjoernlund, gold medallist in the opening two events of the season.
Defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau is in third place on 205 points, after finishing in 39th place.
Missing from the Deer Valley action was Australia's number two mogul skier Ramone Cooper, ruled out of the event and out of the Vancouver 2010 Games following a major knee injury sustained in training the previous day.
The Perisher Blue 21-year-old had started the season with a ninth placing, the second top ten of his career, and was looking forward to a strong performance at the Games.
"I was holding onto a glimmer of hope that it was not as bad as first thought," Cooper said.
"But the MRI results show a torn PCL (posterior cruciate ligament), partial MCL (medial collateral ligament) tear, a partial lateral meniscus tear, another tear on something I'm not sure of, and bone bruising."
"I'm extremely devastated."
Fellow AIS skier Sam Hall finished in 40th place on 19.68 points, while NSWIS athletes Matt Graham, David Graham and Hugh Norton filled 41st, 48th and 56th place respectively.
NSWIS female mogul skiers were also in the Deer Valley line-up, with Nicole Parks producing the best result, a 31st placing, one spot ahead of Sarah Melville.
Britteny Cox was in 34th position, Taylah O'Neill 38th and Roanna Humphries 41st.
Back-to-back victories lift Begg-Smith to number one
Dale Begg-Smith has skied to his second World Cup victory in two days, reclaiming the world number one ranking in the process.
The Torino 2006 Olympic champion delivered an outstanding performance, posting the highest turns score and racing down the Calgary course in 21.90 seconds, half a second ahead of any of the other 16 finalists.
He was also rated third for his jumps.
Begg-Smith collected 25.25 points from the judges, 0.55 ahead of defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada.
Russia's Alexandr Smyshlyaev took the bronze on 24.42 points.
"That was a great performance today," said Olympic Winter Institute CEO Geoff Lipshut.
"He had fantastic speed and to be able to come back to top line like this less than 12 months after major surgery is just a wonderful effort."
The back-to back victories now have the AIS skier at the top of the world rankings, a position he occupied for three consecutive years before injuring his knee in January 2009.
Begg-Smith has amassed 295 points from the season's four events, 14 points ahead of Sweden's Jesper Bjoernlund.
Bilodeau is in third position on 205 points.
Begg-Smith's AIS team-mate Ramone Cooper struggled with some lower leg soreness and placed 27th while World Cup rookie Sam Hall finished in 32nd position.
Begg-Smith top five in opening events
Dale Begg-Smith has successfully completed the first step in his comeback from injury, finishing in fourth place in the opening mogul skiing World Cup event of the season in Soumu, then backing up for fifth place in the second event on the Finnish course.
Competing for the first time since January 2009, the Torino Olympics gold medallist earned 24.13 points from the judges in the opening event to finish just 0.06 off the podium and 0.28 points away from a gold medal.
He also demonstrated that he was back near his best by leading the points score for turns, his strongest suit.
AIS/OWI team-mate Ramone Cooper finished in ninth position on 23.48 points, claiming the second top ten result of his career, while Australia's third competitor, Sam Hall, had a disappointing day, finishing in 55th place on 12.39 points.
Begg-Smith started the second day even more impressively, qualifying in second place behind defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau before taking fifth place in the final with 24.47 points, once again less than 0.5 off the gold
Cooper could not repeat his top ten placing of the opening event, finishing in 26th position on 21.90 points, while Sam Hall was back in 44th place with 17.30 points.
Sweden's Jesper Bjornlund, never higher than fifth in a World Cup before, was the star of the weekend, collecting back-to-back gold medals.
Almost as impressively, US skier Bryon Wilson also made his first podium, taking silver in the opening event then repeating the effort on the second day.
The third and fourth events of the season will be held in Calgary, Canada, from January 8-10.
Begg-Smith fourth in season opener
Dale Begg-Smith has successfully completed the first step in his comeback from injury, finishing in fourth place in the opening mogul skiing World Cup event of the season in Soumu, Finland.
Competing for the first time since January 2010, the Torino Olympics gold medallist earned 24.13 points from the judges to finish just 0.28 points off the gold medal and 0.06 out of bronze.
AIS/OWI team-mate Ramone Cooper finished in ninth position on 23.48 points, claiming the second top ten result of his career.
Sweden's Jesper Bjornlund collected the gold medal, and his first podium, with 24.42 points.
US skier Bryon Wilson also made his first podium, taking silver on 24.34 points, while defending World Cup champion Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada rounded out the top three on 24.19 points.
Begg-Smith showed he was back near his best by leading the points score for turns, but Australia's third competitor, Sam Hall, had a disappointing day, finishing in 55th place on 12.39 points.
A second World Cup will be held tonight at the Finnish resort.
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Ryan Shazier's 2018 season ended on Wednesday when the Pittsburgh Steelers assigned a physically unable to perform roster designation.
On Thursday, Shazier was paid for the season in a voluntary gesture of support by the franchise.
According to ESPN, Shazier will receive $8.26 million of his scheduled $8.718 million salary for 2018 in the form of a signing bonus.
Rather than payments twice per month throughout the season, Shazier banks the majority of his season salary as he continues recovering from a devastating spinal contusion that required surgery.
His football career is an uncertainty, but Shazier has said he plans to get back on the field.
In one of the moving moments from the 2018 NFL Draft, Shazier, who has been wheelchair bound but able to stand on his own power recently, walked across the stage with his fiancee to announce Pittsburgh's first-round pick.
The 25-year-old was first ruled out for the 2018 season by general manager Kevin Colbert in February. The roster move Wednesday made it official.


When you're the parent of a kid with special needs, you're constantly in this state of preparing for battle. You're anticipating all the things that could go wrong and preparing quick solutions for each scenario. It's exhausting in a way that you never thought parenting would be. We aren't even talking about dealing with kids (or herding cats, it's all the same). It's also scary. Who likes to think about all the ways your child could escape from you when you're at the grocery store? Or what might make the best hiding spot at Costco? You plan and you prepare and you bring all the things that might help your kiddo if they're struggling, but you're never truly prepared.
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I had one of those days last week. We went to a protest in support of our family and friends that are part of the West Virginia public employees strike. I wanted to go. I needed to go. But I also had to consider how hardthis was going to be for my autistic child. Heck, I knew it was going to be hard on me to drag two kids to this event- and I'm neurotypical! The location was right near a busy highway intersection. It was going to be loud; lots of yelling, clapping, and cars honking. We were going to see a ton of unfamiliar people. There was also the chance for rain, which meant wet clothes.
I was petrified that she was going to dart into traffic. If you have an eloper, you know how fast they are when they run. They only need a millisecond of opportunity and they're gone. It's horrifying. Add in the extra layers new people, new place, wet clothes, loud cars and I was certainwe were going to head for disaster.
The mental hell I had put myself through getting ready was worthless. It wasn't even necessary. That's the thing about parenting an autist, they surprise you in ways that you're completely unprepared for and it's overwhelming. I'd like to think that it was everything that I had done to ensure this adventure would be successful. You know, packing the right snacks and bringing the right headphones. But let's be honest, that had nothing to do with it. It had everything to do with how incredible my kid is.
Taking a moment to relax in the stroller with her headphones and iPad.
Sure, we had tough moments. No outing with children is ever going to be easy. As soon as we got there she saw a giant pile of big rocks in the ditch and wasso madat me when I said she couldn't play with them; but she recovered. She spent a bit of time relaxing in our stroller with her iPad (cozy phoneswork great under hearing protection affiliate links) and once we pulled the canopy down on our stroller, the commotion didn't even exist. She was able to get some respite and recharge. After a few minutes she was ready to go explore with my sister and found a nice brick wall to climb and walk on.
As we were leaving, she was helping me push the stroller. I could tell she was done, the event had completely drained her. She was making a beeline to our van, a safe place where she had books and movies. Plus I had explained we'd chicken nuggets after we left and she thought I had forgotten that promise. She reminded me at least 50 times as I was getting her into the carseat that it was 'nugget time'. I know she'll need a day or two to recover, and that's ok. I'm getting better at reading those signals.
Maybe I should spend less time worrying, planning, and preparing. That's what my kiddo taught me that day. Maybe I should trust her and start to roll with it, although, that completely defies my type A personality. I'll start work on it though. I owe that to her.
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Leading The Players: Houston Bowles named 2023 chairman, Laura Renstrom added to leadership committee
Garry Smits
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Houston Bowles has done almost every possible volunteer job at The Players Championship in 23 years as a volunteer.
His 24th will be spent as the tournament chairman, overseeing more than 2,000 volunteers who help bring off the PGA Tour's marquee event.
Bowles, a federal account manager for North Florida at Florida Blue and an Atlantic Beach resident, has lived on the First Coast since 1998 and began volunteering at The Players almost immediately. He has served on the committees for the Benefactor Tent, commissary, corporate hospitality, ecology, general parking, off-site parking, volunteer parking, VIP parking and walking scorers.
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He replaces Matt Welch, who now becomes part of the Honourable Company of Past Chairmen. Players chairs serve one-year terms after six years on the volunteer leadership committee.
"I am so honored to work alongside the amazing volunteer team at The Players," said Bowles in a statement. "The Players volunteers have become my extended family over the last 20-plus years, and their passion and dedication continually motivate me to always do my best. I hope to live up to the high standards set by Matt Welch and all past chairpersons and am looking forward to a 2023 championship that is successful on the course and throughout the greater Northeast Florida community."
Bowles is a native of Maryland and graduated from Lynchburg University, where he played lacrosse.
He also has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross, Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida, Seaside Community Charter School, Cathedral Arts Project, American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. He and his wife Trisha have two daughters, Ellie and Kadie.
The Players also has added Laura Renstrom to the leadership committee. A native of the First Coast and a Nease graduate, she has been a Players volunteer since she was a child, serving as a runner on the practice grounds and a standard-bearer.
She has worked on the apparel, benefactor, standard-bearers, tournament support and volunteer off-site shuttle committees. As the newest vice-chair, she will oversee the Volunteer Services division, which supervises apparel, credentials, concessions, office and volunteer personnel, photography, recognition, supplies, volunteer information, offsite shuttle and volunteer transportation.
The 2023 Players will be her 15th as a volunteer.
Renstrom is a lawyer with Holland and Knight and recently was recognized as a Woman of Influence and 40 Under 40 by the Jacksonville Business Journal. She has a bachelor's degree in music from the University of Florida, a master of science in business management and graduated from the Levin College of Law.
Renstrom and her husband Nathan have two children, Parker and Caroline.
The 2023 Players will be March 7-12, 2023. Volunteer registration will open in the fall. Please visit THEPLAYERS.com/volunteer for more information.
Beating the guys
LIV Golf has boasted about its "alternative format," which includes 54 holes and shotgun starts, as a needed change to what it considers the staid way of deciding golf tournaments over 72 holes.
But the Swedish Golf Tour may have shown the future of golf in an even more refreshing way last week — something LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by the Saudi Public Investment Fund — is not likely to duplicate.
A female player has won a professional event for the first time on a national tour while playing in the same field with men.
Linn Grant, a 22-year-old native of Sweden and member of the Ladies European Tour, won the Scandinavian Mixed on Sunday by nine shots over the next nearest male competitor and by 14 over the next woman, Gabriella Cowley, who tied for 15th at the Halmstad Golf Club.
Grant shot 64 in the final round, with birdies on five of six holes during one stretch. She was bogey-free on the weekend.
The field of 78 men and 78 women played the same course, with the women playing shorter tees.
Grant has deep golf roots. Her grandfather James was a Scottish golf professional who emigrated from Inverness in northern Scotland to Helsingborg in Sweden. Her father, John, played on the Swedish Golf Tour, too, and has seven wins on the Swedish Senior Tour.
Grant has won twice on the LET.
The tournament was co-hosted by Swedish legends Henrik Stenson and Annika Sorenstam — who was there at the end to embrace Grant.
The PGA Tour and the LPGA had a mixed team event in Tampa from 1960-1999. The last winners were John Daly and Laura Davies.
Following Dad's footsteps
Two years ago Sean Jacklin was spending his summer chasing modest purses on a mini-tour quickly formed by the PGA Tour to give players idled by the suspension of the Canadian and Latin American tours due to the pandemic a place to play.
Jacklin, 30 and the son of World Golf Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin, is now playing in the U.S. Open this week at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Jacklin was the co-medalist last week in a U.S. Open sectional at Admiral's Cove in Jupiter (shooting 66-71--137), gaining a spot after being the first alternate from a local qualifier in Sarasota, near his father's home in Bradenton.
Sean Jacklin will be making his first major championship start and only second on the PGA Tour, 52 years after his father won the U.S. Open at Hazeltine.
He's still slugging it out in mini-tours, mostly in West Florida and the Orlando area.
"He's not a kid anymore," Tony Jacklin told golfweek.com. He's been trying to Monday [qualify] He's got the game. It's as much luck as anything. There are so many good players."
Golfweek.com contributed to this report.
Country Club veterans
Only three players in the field for this week's U.S. Open have played in competition at The Country Club.
Jim Furyk of Jacksonville, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia played in the 1999 Ryder Cup at The Country Club, won 14.5-13.5 by the U.S. in their historical rally from a 10-6 deficit after doubles.
Furyk went 1-2-1 but his only victory was huge: a 4 and 3 dismantling of Garcia in singles, which gave the U.S. 14 points and set the stage for Justin Leonard to make his 45-foot putt at the 17th green against Jose Maria Olazabal. After Olazabal missed a 20-footer, the U.S. had the match clinched.
Garcia had not lost before that, going 3-0-1 in doubles with Jesper Parnevik as his partner in each match. Mickelson was 2-2 and beat Jarmo Sandelin 5 and 3 in singles.
Event: U.S. Open, Thursday-Sunday, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
At stake: $12.5 million purse ($2.25 million and 600 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Defending champion: Jon Rahm.
TV: USA (Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; 5-7 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.); NBC (Thursday, 2-5 p.m.; Friday, 4-7 p.m.; Saturday, 12-8 p.m.; Sunday, 12-7 p.m.).
Area players entered: Jonas Blixt, Harris English, Jim Furyk, Lanto Griffin, Brian Harman, Billy Horschel, David Lingmerth, Andrew Novak, Cameron Smith.
Notable: Rahm won his first major championship at Torrey Pines when he fired a 67 in the final round to rally past Louis Oosthuizen by one shot. He became the first player to birdie the last two holes to win the Open since Tom Watson in 1982 at Pebble Beach. … The Open returns to The Country Club for the first time since Curtis Strange beat Nick Faldo in an 18-hole playoff in 1988. … Tiger Woods opted out and will next play in the British Open next month at St. Andrews. … Phil Mickelson is playing in the U.S. for the first time since January. He appeared in the first LIV Golf Series event in London last week.
Event: Meijer LPGA Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.
At stake: $2.5 million purse ($375,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Nelly Korda.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Area players entered: Chella Choi, Mel Reid.
Notable: Korda took command with a 62 in the third round and beat Leona Maguire by two shots.
Event: Wichita Open, Thursday-Sunday, Crestview Country Club, Wichita, Kan.
At stake: $750,000 ($135,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Harry Hall.
TV: None.
Area players entered: Chris Baker, Blayne Barber, Chandler Blanchet, A.J. Crouch, Philip Knowles, Carl Yuan.
Notable: Hall shot 64-63 in the first two rounds and went on to beat Curtis Thompson by one shot.
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Paul Celan (1920-70) is one of the best-known German poets of the Holocaust; many of his poems, admired for their spare, precise diction, deal directly with its stark themes. Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-73) is recognized as one of post-World War II German literature's most important novelists, poets, and playwrights. It seems only appropriate that these two contemporaries and masters of language were at one time lovers, and they shared a lengthy, artful, and passionate correspondence. Collected here for the first time in English are their letters written between 1948 and 1961. Their correspondence forms a moving testimony of the discourse of love in the age after Auschwitz, with all the symptomatic disturbances and crises caused by their conflicting backgrounds and their hard-to-reconcile designs for living—as a woman, as a man, as writers. In addition to the almost 200 letters, the volume includes an important exchange between Bachmann and Gisele Celan-Lestrange, who married Celan in 1951, as well as the letters between Paul Celan and Swiss writer Max Frisch. "Scarcely more breathlessly and desperately can two lovers ever have struggled for words. Little known among German literary historians, the relationship between these two poets amounts to one of the most dramatic and momentous occurrences in German literature."—FAZ, on the German edition
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Punting on reunions
Our government appears to be negative about the idea of having a family reunion around the Chuseok for families separated during the Korean War (1950-53). An official at the Ministry of Unification said yesterday that the government "has no plan to hold the reunion meeting before or after the holiday this year," adding that it was not appropriate for the South to be the party to propose such a reunion in the current situation.
The unification ministry was responding to remarks by the ruling Grand National Party Chairman Hong Joon-pyo, who urged South and North Korean authorities to cooperate on the humanitarian issue in a radio address yesterday.
The Ministry of Unification says that it could consider the idea more positively if North Korea proposed it first, and that it cannot make such a proposal ahead of the North. Simply put, the ministry would accept a proposal by the North rather than take any initiative on the issue, which can be seen as a dereliction of duty. The ministry cannot avoid the pertinent criticism that it is basically abdicating its prime responsibilities using the excuse of tense relations between Seoul and Pyongyang. It seems to have forgotten its very raison d'etre.
The government's statistics say that 128,585 citizens have applied to attend reunions with their lost families. Among them, 47,907 - 37.2 percent of the total - are dead, and 43.6 percent of the remaining 80,678 are over the age of 80. Not much time is left for them to enjoy seeing their relatives. Dismissing such desperate desires to see their families on political grounds is tantamount to an insult to humanity.
Even the United States is pursuing the idea of reunions for separated families living in the U.S. It doesn't make sense for us to remain bystanders in such a situation. Our humanitarian aid to flood-hit North Korea led to reunion events in Pyongyang during the Chuseok holidays last year despite the Cheonan incident. The government has already secured the budget for flood relief for North this year too, even though it falls significantly short of the North's expectation of "large-scale" aid.
Reunions of separated families are humanitarian events. The Lee Myung-bak administration should not approach this issue from a political perspective or deal with reunions as part of an ongoing quid pro quo. The government must voluntarily propose the reunions instead of waiting for Pyongyang's offer. Less than a month is left until Chuseok. The clock is ticking.
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Georgia, UPR Report Consideration - 45th Meeting, 31st Regular Session Human Rights Council
17 Mar 2016 - Adoption of Universal Periodic Review outcome of Georgia A/HRC/31/15, A/HRC/31/15/Corr.1, A/HRC/31/15/Add.1
31st Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
H.E. Ms. Khatuna Totladze, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Presenting Additional Information)
Deputy Public Defender at the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, Ms. Natia Katsitadze
China, Ms. Chen Tian
Council of Europe, Mr. Paul Gino Ronco
Libya, Mr. Basem Eldallal
Malawi, Mr. Ernest M. Makawa
Nigeria, Mr. Muhammad Lamin Shehu
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Ms. Beatriz Balbin
Paraguay, Mr. Santiago Fiorio
Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Vorobyev
Sierra Leone, Ms. Folake Idowu
Tajikistan, Ms. Anora Karimova
UN Women, Ms. Ann Blomberg
UNICEF, Ms. Nicolette Moodie
Albania, Mr. Lorenc Xhaferraj
Algeria, Mr. Fayssal Allek
Armenia, Ms. Lilia Petrossian
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane
COC Nederland, Ms. Natia Gvianishvili
Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Meghan Doherty
International Catholic Child Bureau, Mr. Yao Agbetse
Amnesty International, Ms. Marianne Lilliebjerg
Pan African Union for Science and Technology, Ms. Aigul Adilova
Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, Mr. Wilson Rafael Los Reyes Aragon
Human Rights House Foundation, Ms. Anna Innocenti
H.E. Ms. Khatuna Totladze, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Concluding Remarks)
Mr. Choi Kyong-Lim, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
31st Regular Session
H.E. Ms. Khatuna Totladze, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Presenting Additional Information) 00:01:49
Deputy Public Defender at the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, Ms. Natia Katsitadze 00:19:49
China, Ms. Chen Tian 00:22:08
Council of Europe, Mr. Paul Gino Ronco 00:22:55
Libya, Mr. Basem Eldallal 00:24:26
Malawi, Mr. Ernest M. Makawa 00:25:21
Nigeria, Mr. Muhammad Lamin Shehu 00:26:27
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Ms. Beatriz Balbin 00:27:16
Paraguay, Mr. Santiago Fiorio 00:28:57
Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Vorobyev 00:30:26
Sierra Leone, Ms. Folake Idowu 00:31:19
Tajikistan, Ms. Anora Karimova 00:32:05
UN Women, Ms. Ann Blomberg 00:33:10
UNICEF, Ms. Nicolette Moodie 00:34:22
Albania, Mr. Lorenc Xhaferraj 00:35:57
Algeria, Mr. Fayssal Allek 00:36:56
Armenia, Ms. Lilia Petrossian 00:38:12
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane 00:39:11
COC Nederland, Ms. Natia Gvianishvili 00:40:28
Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Meghan Doherty 00:42:22
International Catholic Child Bureau, Mr. Yao Agbetse 00:44:18
Amnesty International, Ms. Marianne Lilliebjerg 00:46:28
Pan African Union for Science and Technology, Ms. Aigul Adilova 00:48:32
Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, Mr. Wilson Rafael Los Reyes Aragon 00:50:41
Human Rights House Foundation, Ms. Anna Innocenti 00:52:23
H.E. Ms. Khatuna Totladze, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia (Concluding Remarks) 00:55:08
Mr Bertrand de Crombrugghe, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption) 00:56:49
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Environmentalist and broadcaster Chris Baines explains why he is passionate about open spaces, and what motivated him to take on role of chair for the VIP project's Stakeholder Advisory Group.
I grew up in Sheffield, with parents whose passion was rambling. Weekends were spent in the Peak District and holidays were spent in the Lake District or Snowdonia – often in the rain.
As a student in Kent, I learned to love the rolling landscape of the Weald, and for most of my working life Mid Wales and the Blue Remembered Hills of Shropshire have been my escape routes from the urban West Midlands.
Presenting BBC TV's Countryfile saw me striding through landscapes from Cornwall to the Scottish Borders, and in the years when I was teaching landscape architecture I ran study tours for my students in several more rural areas of England and Wales.
One way or another I have been lucky enough to visit a great many of the country's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs).
How very lucky we are to have such a wonderful landscape legacy in our crowded island. In worldwide terms our own National Parks and specially protected landscapes are unusual.
They are not untamed wilderness. They are farmed, forested and generally quite heavily populated. The walls and hedges, crops, farm animals and settlements reinforce the character of each place and strengthen its distinctive character and we are admired for our ability to strike a balance between public enjoyment, economic productivity and landscape protection.
While a sleepy village or meandering canal may be regarded as assets in the rural landscape, there are other human interventions that are more contentious. There is general resistance to new roads that bring traffic noise and movement into tranquil corners of the countryside. Insensitively sited conifer plantations, quarrying on an industrial scale and very big buildings are all unpopular, while wind turbines generate strong feelings wherever they are seen to threaten unspoiled open landscapes.
Some compromise is unavoidable in a country where land is in such short supply and people pressure is so great. However, there are exciting new moves afoot to moderate the visual impact of one major element in our most precious stretches of countryside.
A UK fund of £500 million from Ofgem has been made available to deal with some of the most intrusive existing transmission lines in National Parks and AONBs. The largest of these structures belong to National Grid and it is working collaboratively with stakeholders to seize the opportunity that the fund creates to conserve and enhance our most treasured landscapes. I think the company should be congratulated for seizing the opportunity and acting with such enthusiasm.
£500 million is a lot of money, and it needs to be spent wisely. Removing pylons and running cables underground is a very expensive exercise, but it can make a dramatic difference to some of our best loved landscapes. Deciding where best to make the investment is a task that is being delegated to a specially established advisory panel of representatives from a number of the UK's countryside interest groups and government agencies. I'm delighted to be their chairman.
The chosen sites will be subjected to considerable local consultation and the process will be as transparent as we can make it, with each step shared with the public.
We will make our decisions in the light of a thorough programme of landscape analysis by two teams of specialist landscape consultants, under the very experienced guidance of Professor Carys Swanwick.
Their preparatory work is being carried out throughout this summer, and we expect to begin allocating funds within a year.
The chosen sites will be subjected to considerable local consultation and the process will be as transparent as we can make it, with each step shared with the public. We expect to support a whole range of projects, both large and small, and we will do our best to make the most effective use of the available money and expertise.
The more ambitious changes will take some time to deliver on the ground, but we can look forward to some spectacular visual improvements to a number of very special landscapes by the end of 2018.
I think this is a very exciting initiative, and Ofgem should be congratulated for using their power and influence on all our behalves in such a positive way.
The impact on the landscape will be dramatic, but I hope we might use this as a powerful precedent for achieving similar contributions to the landscape from other regulated industries.
Perhaps Ofwat, the water regulator, can adopt a similar bold approach in asking water companies to invest in the rural landscapes that provide our natural drinking water reservoirs. Maybe the railway companies can be encouraged by their regulator to use the national transport network to weave wildlife habitats back together.
My parents' generation campaigned for the right to enjoy National Parks and other special areas of countryside. I hope this power line project will be seen as helping to support that proud tradition.
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La Salle wrestling's Norris shows resilience to win state title
After losing in last year's 106-pound state-title match, La Salle sophomore Dustin Norris held on to win at 113 this season.
La Salle wrestling's Norris shows resilience to win state title After losing in last year's 106-pound state-title match, La Salle sophomore Dustin Norris held on to win at 113 this season. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/ohio-high-school/2019/03/10/la-salle-sophomore-norris-shows-resilience-win-state-title/3125019002/
John Snodgrass, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 6:21 p.m. ET March 10, 2019 | Updated 6:31 p.m. ET March 10, 2019
COLUMBUS – Dustin Norris left the 2018 state wrestling championships with a bad taste in his mouth. The then-freshman lost the 106-pound state championship in the final minute to Fairfield's Zach Shupp.
On Saturday night, in Columbus, he exorcised that loss.
Norris defeated Lancaster's Logan Agin by a 3-2 margin to claim the 113-pound championship.
"It's amazing 'cus last year I was 10 seconds away from getting it. It's just surreal," Norris said.
When Norris took the lead at 3-2 there was still a lot of time remaining in the match, meaning the sophomore had to hold on for the win.
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"It was exhausting," Norris said. "But last year I was able to do it so I knew I had the potential to do it again. He was able to move a lot, so it was hard to grab what I needed to grab. So as soon as I was able to get to it I was trying to get him straight to his belly or to his shoulder, a hip. Whatever I could to keep him down longer."
The victory gave La Salle its third state championship in school history and was the first in a matter of minutes as Norris' teammate, Lucas Byrd, won the 120-pound match immediately after Norris. Byrd was the state champion at 113 a season ago.
Neal Williams is gripped by La Salle's Dustin Norris after as Dustin brought home the 113 lbs. weight class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. (Photo: Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer)
"Last year in an interview I said Dustin Norris would be back in the finals and he was," Byrd said. "I knew Dustin was going to win at least one title through his high school career."
Byrd went on to add that he believes Norris, like himself, will be a multi-time state champion. A lot of that is because of his work ethic and his drive, says La Salle coach Ryan Root.
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"Dustin is a competitor. There's no other way to say it," Root said. "It's in his blood. Does it surprise me (that he won Saturday)? No. But he worked hard for that. He was driven. He sat there in that tunnel (last year) and cried and I said, 'Man, just remember this feeling. You don't want this feeling next year.' I think the drive of that kid is the leadership we're looking for as we lose Lucas and Michael Baker and Trey Sizemore and some of the other seniors we have."
PHOTOS: State wrestling, final day, March 9
Mason's Christopher Donathan (right) drives Bryce Andonian of St. Edward to the mat in the 145 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan takes Ben Vanadia of Broadview Heights to the floor with authority on his way to the 145 lbs. class state championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dustin Norris of La Salle tops the platform at the medals ceremony as champion of the 113 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Lucas Byrd holds the top spot at the medal awards having taken first place in the 120 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dustin Norris (right) of La Salle looks to gain control early in the title bout in the 113 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Dustin Norris (back) eyes his next move while wrestling on the 113 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Dustin Norris rides Lancaster's Logan Agin as he grapples to the title in the 113 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dustin Norris grabs an embrace from coach Ryan Root after taking the crown in the 113 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Lucas Byrd (top) forces his will on his Solon opponent as he wrestles in the 120 lbs. title match at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Lucas Byrd (right) maintains the upper hand as he tops Solon's Jake Canitano for the 120 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Lucas Byrd wraps up his opponent and the 120 lbs. class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Lucas Byrd of La Salle tosses his head gear and signals victory as he wins his second-straight OHSAA wrestling championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Moeller's Jordan Ward (left) works for control in the 132 lbs. class championship match at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Moeller's Jordan Ward (right) tries to loosen the grip of Elyria's Mick Burnett while wrestling in the 132 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Moeller's Jordan Ward (top) works his opponent in the 132 lbs. class title match at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Jake Niffenegger (bottom) works himself free of St. Edward's Bryce Hepner in the 138 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Jake Niffenegger (front) tries to break out of tight squeeze while wrestling in the 138 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan (top) works the upper body of his opponent in the 145 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan finds himself in a vertical challenge while wrestling for the title in the 145 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan receives congratulations after winning the 145 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan sports his medal at the top of the platform for winning the 145 lbs. class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Trey Sizemore (right) of La Salle has a "leg up" while wrestling for the 182 lbs. class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Trey Sizmore (back) seals a tight grip on Ben Vanadia of Broad Hts. on his way to a first-place finish in the 182 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Trey Sizemore (top) of La Salle rides his opponent to victory in the 182 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Michael Baker (right) works his opponent while wrestling in the 195 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Trey Sizemore stands tall with his first-place medal as the 182 lbs. class state champion at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman of Ross pushes back for control in his 285 lbs. class title match at the Division II OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman of Ross takes down his opponent on his way to a first-place finish at the Division II OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman of Ross wraps up a title in the 285 lbs. class at the Division II OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Coach Rich Dunn of Ross awards the state title medal to Alex Coleman at the Division II OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dustin Norris of La Salle celebrates his championship in the 113 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Neal Williams is gripped by La Salle's Dustin Norris after as Dustin brought home the 113 lbs. weight class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Lucas Byrd of La Salle tightens his grip on his way to a state title in the 120 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Lucas Byrd is No. 1 in the 120 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
LaSalle's Lucas Byrd is embraced by his father, Jeff, after winning the 120 lbs. class championship at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Lucas Byrd of La Salle is congratulated by his brother, Max Byrd, after taking the 120 lbs. class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Jordan Ward (right) of Moeller works for position while wrestling in the 132 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Moeller's Jordan Ward grapples hard with his Elyria opponent in the 132 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Jake Niffenegger of La Salle works to control his opponent in the 138 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Jake Niffenegger battles battles hard in the 138 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan takes control in the 145 lbs. class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan drives his St. Edward opponent to the mat on the way to a state championship title in the 145 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Christopher Donathan is victorious in the 145 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Christopher Donathan of Mason is congratulated as he wins the 145 lbs. weight class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Trey Sizemore has the full advantage as he wrestles to a first-place finish in the 182 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Trey Sizemore of La Salle has his hands raised as champion in the 182 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Max Byrd and Jacque Boggs are embraced by Trey Sizemore after he wraps up the state title in the 182 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Michael Baker of La Salle (left) battles for the title in 195 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman (back) of Ross buttons up the 285 lbs. weight class state title at the Division II OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman of Ross is victorious in the 285 lbs. weight class at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Alex Coleman of Ross is hugged by Coach Dunn after winning the 285 lbs. weight class title at the Division I OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Brrett McInstosh of Harrison turns on top of his opponent while wrestling in the Division I third-place match in the 160 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Cole Skinner took home third place for La Salle in the 106 lbs. class of Division I at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Cole Skinner (front) battles in the Division I 106 lbs. third-place match at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Cole Skinner took a 5-3 decision in the Division I 106 lbs. class to claim third place at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
In Division II, Josh Dunn of Goshen (top) wrapped up a third-place finish in the 120 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Fairfield's Jabari Thomas (left) grapples in the Division I 126 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Antoine Allen wrestled his way to a 5th place finish in the 126 lbs. class of Division I at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Sam Glassco finished in seventh place wrestling in the Division I, 132 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Sam Glassco (top) wraps up a 6-4 decision and seventh place for Mason in the Division I, 132 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019 Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Casey Wiles (left) finished fourth in Division I, 132 lbs. class wrestling at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019 Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Mason's Sam Glassco (top) works his opponent while wrestling in the 132 lbs. class of Division I at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019 Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Darnai Heard of La Salle (top) works his opponent in the seventh place match of the 145 lbs. class of Division I wrestling at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's Darnai Heard picks up two points while wrestling in the 145 lbs. class of Division I at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Darnai Heard of La Salle picked up a seventh-place finish in Division I wrestling at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Darnai Heard of La Salle has his hand raised in victory in the 145 lbs. class while wrestling at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
La Salle's E'lan Heard wrestles in the third place match of the 152 lbs. class in Division I at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Harrison's Brett McIntosh takes on final breather before grappling in the Division I, 160 lbs. class third-place match at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Harrison's Brett McInstosh battled his way to a third-place finish for the Wildcats in Division I, 160 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Harrison's Brett McIntosh has his hand raised as the victor in the third-place match of the Division I 160 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Harrison's Max Boyle (top) battles in the Division I 195 lbs. class at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Anderson's Kevin Stone (top) took his Division I 285 lbs. class opponent to overtime at the 2019 OHSAA individual state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, March 9, 2019. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
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Archdiocese of Detroit to Bury
Aborted Babies Found in
WomanCare Dumpsters
Saturday, May 3, 2008 the Archdiocese of Detroit will provide a funeral Mass and burial for 25 aborted babies retrieved from the trash dumpsters behind WomanCare abortion clinics—owned and operated by Alberto Hodari. The funeral Mass will begin at 10:30 AM at St. Gerald's Church, 21300 Farmington Road, Farmington, Michigan. A private burial service will take place for the aborted babies immediately following the Mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan.
In February and March 2008 pro-lifers, including members of Citizens for a Pro-life Society, discovered bio-hazardous waste, numerous patient records and the remains of aborted babies in the dumpsters of Hodari's abortion clinics. The dumpsters at WomanCare clinics in Lathrup Village, Sterling Heights and Southgate, Michigan were monitored from February 8, 2008 through March 2, 2008. Monica Migliorino Miller, director of CPLS, and others, discovered remains of aborted babies, bloody suction gauze tubing used in abortions, blood drenched surgical paper, dozens of glass medicine vials, used syringes, IV bags with tubing and sharps, numerous condoms and condom wrappers probably used for ultra-sounds, bloody surgical gloves, dozens of bloody suction canulas used in abortions and over 200 patient records. Miller's group mounted a video on You Tube that records their March 2, 2008 discovery of bio-hazardous waste and finding of aborted babies in Hodari's Lathrup Village dumpster. A full record of the searches of the Woman Care dumpsters may be found at www.prolifesociety.org.
On March 6, 2008 the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Lathrup Village police conducted an investigation of the waste material Miller turned over to authorities. On March 10, 2008 they also conducted their own search of the Lathrup Village trash dumpster and found bio-hazardous waste material. The Oakland County prosecutor's office is expected to charge Hodari with violating Michigan State laws on improper disposal of patient records.
Miller states: "These unborn babies are the Throw-aways of our society. They were killed in violent acts of abortion, and literally thrown away in the trash—destined to find their final resting place with garbage in a land-fill. When we found them we discovered the awful secret of their hidden and silent deaths. Now they are embraced by God's people and buried with other babies. This tomb will be a place of refuge especially for grieving mothers and dads who regret that they made the decision to abort their children—a place of reconciliation. We are grateful to the Archdiocese of Detroit that some justice will be done for these few little ones and may this act of mercy proclaim to all the world that human life is sacred."


There's little doubt that Mindy Smith's debut One Moment More contained the spark of a star in the making, but the collection's bucolic charm largely was undermined by her incessant evangelizing as well as by her overly pretty arrangements. In short, the set too frequently sounded like prepackaged fodder for Nashville's increasingly pop-oriented market. Although her latest effort Long Island Shores boasts a similar stylistic amalgamation of country, bluegrass, gospel, pop, and rock, Smith succeeds in striking a better balance among her many influences. In trading some of her earthier tendencies for feistier fare, she transformed the moody Gillian Welch-isms that marked One Moment More's highlights into the straightforward, adult-oriented rock of Sheryl Crow. Yet, the result is far better than one initially might expect it to be.
Long Island Shores is available from Barnes & Noble.


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JSSK slow to print as school year nears
Thousands of students from state-run schools across the country will be compelled to attend classes without textbooks this year too as the new academic session starts next month.
Published at : March 7, 2016
Updated at : March 7, 2016 07:55
This is the seventh consecutive year that public schools are forced to run classes without textbooks for students. Hardly 40 days before the school year begins, the state-owned Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra is yet to print half of the textbooks. Out of the 16 million units it has been assigned to print, the JSSK has produced only 8.5 million units so far. At this rate, only 2.5 million more copies will be readied before the academic session starts in 69 districts in mid-April. In the five districts of Karnali zone and Mustang, new session started in mid-February.
The JSSK blamed obstruction on the Nepal-India border, fuel shortage and delayed paper supply for not meeting the deadline. Public schools have been facing textbook shortage since the government started providing free books for grades one to 10 in 2009. After assessing that it cannot meet the target on time, the JSSK called tenders from private publishers to print textbooks. However, the publishers' association has decided not to support the JSSK. JSSK Executive Director Anil Kumar Jha said the firm has published tender notices three times but no company has expressed its interest to print the books.
Private publication houses are demanding permission to publish textbooks from grades one to seven independently. Currently, private publishers have been authorised to print books for grades one to five while the JSSK has the sole authority for grades six to 10.
A total of 37 million textbooks are required for the 5.95 million students from 29,000 public schools across the country. Fourteen private publication houses print the books above the JSSK quota. Distribution is also done by private companies.
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