"Vinokourov" redirects here. For the Ukrainian track cyclist, see Andriy Vynokurov.
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Russian Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and current general manager of UCI ProTeam Astana. As a competitor, his achievements include two bronze medals at the World Championships, four stage wins in the Tour de France, four in the Vuelta a España plus the overall title in 2006, two Liège–Bastogne–Liège monuments, one Amstel Gold Race, and most recently, the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics Men's Road Race. Vinokourov is a past national champion of Kazakhstan, and a dual-medalist at the Summer Olympics.
Vinokourov began cycling in 1984 as an 11-year-old, competing within the former Soviet Union. He moved to France in 1997 to finish his amateur career, and then turned professional there in 1998. After almost a decade as a professional, Vinokourov was caught blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France, which triggered the withdrawal of the entire Astana team from that year's race. After a 2-year suspension from competition, he returned to cycling in August 2009, riding first for the national team of Kazakhstan and then for his beloved Astana. A serious crash during the 2011 Tour de France threatened to prematurely end Vinokourov's career for a second time, but he announced he would continue for one more season in 2012 – with an eye towards competing in the Olympic Games in London. There, Vinokourov played the role of ultimate spoiler when he dramatically won the gold medal in the men's road race after breaking-away in the closing miles with Colombian Rigoberto Urán.
Vinokourov retired after the Olympics and assumed management duties with Astana for 2013. He is an honorary colonel in the Kazakh army but lives in France with his wife and children.
After Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union on 16 December 1991, Vinokourov continued to train and race, though as a member of the Kazakhstani national team. He placed third behind Pascal Hervé of France in the Regio Tour amateur stage race in Germany in 1993 (Vinokourov later would win this race as a professional in 2004). Other notable performances during these early years include winning two stages at the 1995 Tour of Ecuador and the overall GC at the 1996 Tour of Slovenia. Vinokourov also competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where he finished 53rd in the men's road race – an event he won 16 years later.
In the winter of 1996, Gilles Mas, directeur sportif of the Agrigel-La Creuse team, received a letter from the coach of the Kazakhstani national team, inquiring about the possibility of placing six Kazakhstani cyclists in European professional teams. Mas agreed to take-on the best two, but only on condition they first rode for the amateur Espoir Cycliste Saint-Etienne Loire (ECSEL) clube for a year. Mas and Pierre Rivory of ECSEL chose Andrey Mizurov and Vinokourov.
Vinokourov arrived in France on 22 March 1997, after a sub-par performance due to illness in the Tour de Langkawi as a member of Kazakhstan's national team. While he readily adapted to Europe, Mizurov – who had won the inaugural time trial in the 1997 Tour de Langkawi – struggled with homesickness and contemplated a return to Kazakhstan. Ultimately, in May 1997, Mizurov was replaced by Vinokourov's former classmate Andrei Kivilev, who was then racing with an amateur team in Burgos in Spain after having placed 29th in the previous year's Olympic road race. Mizurov would later turn professional in 1999 with Collstrop–De Federale Verzekeringen, and he reunited with Vinokourov in 2007 at Astana.
Vinokourov came second in a stage of the Tour of Auvergne two weeks after he arrived in Europe, and was best climber in a Coupe de France race a week later. Then, during a trial for the Casino professional team at the Tour of Saône et Loire, he won three of the four stages. In total, Vinokourov would win ten races for his amateur club, leading Vincent Lavenu to offer him a two-year professional contract to ride for Casino in 1998–1999.
In 2000, Vinokourov joined Team Telekom. He won the combination competition in Paris–Nice and finished third in the Critérium International. He came 15th in the Tour de France after working for captain Jan Ullrich. His first win for the German team was stage 18 in the Vuelta a España, in which he caught the two riders in the breakaway and sprinted past Roberto Laiseka and Vicente Garcia Acosta in the last 300 metres. He came second several weeks later in the Olympic Games behind Ullrich and in front of another Telekom teammate, Andreas Kloden.
Vinokourov time-trialed to a stage win in the 2001 Deutschland Tour and took the yellow jersey from his Telekom teammate Erik Zabel. The dominance of the Telekom team was evident the following day when Rolf Aldag won and Vinokourov gained a minute and a half over the peloton to ensure victory. He rode the Tour de France that year in support of Ullrich, where he finished 16th overall.
Vinokourov won Paris–Nice in 2002, taking the leader's jersey after attacking Laurent Jalabert and Andrei Kivilev on Mont Faron. The penultimate stage to the Col d'Eze, a mountaintop finish, Vinokourov kept his lead and won Paris–Nice the following day. Later in 2002, he won the first mountain stage in the Tour de Suisse but several stages later he fell on a mountain descent and was taken to hospital after the stage. Vino abandoned the race to prepare for the Tour but it was discovered two weeks later that he had a broken coccyx and could not ride the 2002 Tour de France.
Vinokourov races 2004 Worlds TT.
Most of all, [it's a victory for] for Andrei Kivilev. He wanted to win on Mont Faron and also Paris–Nice. I really gave everything for this victory, and today was a coup double, for him and for his family. I found the strength to continue the race, only for him, for his family, for his little boy. I'm satisfied today for myself and for them. I'm going to do everything to keep the jersey, and for that I found a double strength, myself and his strength as well. It's fantastic, and I'm very happy. For sure it's a victory for him, and I hope to keep the jersey until Nice.
Two days later, Vinokourov won Paris–Nice and in a final gesture to his friend, he displayed a photograph of Kivilev on the podium.
Forty days later, after the traditional period for mourning in Kazakhstan, Vinokourov won the Amstel Gold Race. He had reached the leading group with 10 kilometres to go, and attacked them at the 5 km banner. Vinokourov built an advantage of 15 seconds that he fought to maintain up the steep Cauberg finishing climb, winning by four seconds ahead of Michael Boogerd.
Vinokourov attacked on the flat first stage of the 2003 Tour de Suisse and only the Russian, Serguei Ivanov, could match him. Vinokourov won the stage and took the lead. Francesco Casagrande dropped Vinokourov on the first mountain stage and closed the gap to six seconds. Casagrande attacked again on the following mountain stage and took the jersey. But Casagrande cracked several days later in an individual time trial as Vinokourov finished fifth to retake the jersey and win the race.
Vinokourov was for the first time riding to win in the 2003 Tour de France. He was to share this role in his team with the Colombian, Santiago Botero. Vinokourov finished second on the stage to the l'Alpe d'Huez. He attacked the following day on the final climb 9 km from the finish and won the stage. He moved into second overall 21 seconds short of Lance Armstrong. Several days later in the individual time trial, won by Ullrich, Vinokourov took third position and kept it to the end. He was voted the most combative rider.
Vinokourov missed the break on the second stage of the 2004 Paris–Nice that gained five minutes. but he won three stages. He attacked towards the end of a small climb on the fifth stage with 8 km to go. He built ten seconds and won by four seconds. He dedicated the win to Kivilev. Vinokourov attacked the lead group on the flat windy coastal road in the finale of stage 7,with 5 km to go. He caught and passed Samuel Sánchez with 2 km to go and won the stage. Vinokourov won the final stage in a breakaway sprint against Denis Menchov .
Vinokourov came third in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, behind Davide Rebellin and Michael Boogerd. Boogerd and Vinokourov had been matching each other while Rebellin waited for the sprint and won. Vinokourov crashed on the second stage of the Tour de Suisse, tearing ligaments in his shoulder. That stopped his riding the 2004 Tour de France.
He returned for the Regio Tour at the start of August. In the second stage, he won the time trial. In the following stage, he won the bunch sprint and took the leader's jersey to win. He then rode the Vuelta a España but due to food poisoning lost time during the first week. Vinokourov recovered and finished fourth in the time trial. He rode the world championship and took the bronze medal in the time trial.
Vinokourov's first win in 2005 and the first for the team was Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He broke away with Jens Voigt with more than 50 km to go. Vinokourov attacked on the final short climb 6 km from the finish but could not get away from Voigt. Instead he waited and beat Voigt in the sprint. In the Dauphiné Libéré, Vinokourov won the stage on Mont Ventoux. He had attacked the favourites for the Tour de France, reaching the breakaway before attacking at several hundred metres on the uphill finish to win the stage. Vinokourov travelled back to Kazakhstan to win the national championship ahead of Mizourov and Kashechkin.
Vinokourov at the 2005 Tour de France sign-in, in Pforzheim.
Vinokourov said in July 2005 that he was in as good condition as 2003, when he came third. Vinokourov said he was riding "for the team". The implication was that he would be leader if he or Andreas Klöden (second in 2004) rode better than Ullrich. Vinokourov came third in the opening time trial, beating Ullrich and Klöden by 15 seconds and 1:08. The American, Lance Armstrong, followed Vinokourov's attacks on stage 8 but let Klöden go. Vinokourov rode separately from his teammates, bringing speculation regarding Ullrich's role in the team.
Vinokourov lost time in the mountains. Revenge came when he won stage 11 in a break, outsprinting Santiago Botero.
Tension between Vinokourov and his team boiled on stage 14 into the Pyrenees where Vinokourov was dropped. He chased for 20 km and then attacked, but Kloden and Ullrich reeled him in, bringing criticism of T-Mobile's tactics which were apparently just to support Ullrich. Vinokourov settled his differences when he won stage 21 to Paris.
After 3rd place in the time trial in the penultimate stage, losing time to only Armstrong and Ullrich, Vinokourov moved to 6th, trailing Levi Leipheimer in 5th by two seconds. The final stage, usually a formality, became a showdown between Vinokourov and Leipheimer. A sprint prime with time bonuses came at 75 km in Châteny-Malabry. Leipheimer and his Gerolsteiner team came to the front. Leipheimer needed to prevent Vinokourov from getting it. Gerolsteiner set a fast tempo to discourage Vinokourov. But 1.5 km from the sprint, Vinokourov attacked. Soon only Leipheimer could hold his wheel, but he was not able to pass and so Vinokourov gained six seconds, Leipheimer four. Leipheimer was ahead only by a fraction of a second. When they reached Paris officials stopped the clock due to dangerous conditions (the cobblestone road was wet and slippery from rain), and the final sprint prime was cancelled.
Leipheimer said he was informed that normal bonus time for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place on the stage would also not be awarded. He and others thought Leipheimer had 5th place. In the final kilometers, several riders broke clear but were caught. Then, as the pace was increasing, Vinokourov moved to the front. With 2 km remaining, Laurent Brochard attacked and Vinokourov jumped on his wheel. A few seconds later Brad McGee closed the gap. When Brochard cracked, McGee moved to the front, but Vinokourov followed. They achieved a gap that could not be closed. McGee zigged and zagged, making Vinokourov work, but Vinokourov found enough power to pull around McGee and win.
That was victory made of courage and guts – I really gave it all in the last kilometres, although I didn't think it was possible until I crossed the line. I just went 'à bloc' – it's unbelievable, magnificent! I have no words for it...I did think a lot about Kivilev yesterday in St. Etienne, and I think that motivated me even more. I'm very happy to win.
Tour officials awarded time bonuses after all, so Vinokourov gained 20 seconds to put him into 5th place. As his contract with T-Mobile was up in 2005, many speculated which team he would join, and whether it would give him full support in 2006. The team turned out to be Manolo Saiz's Liberty Seguros–Würth team.
Liberty Seguros withdrew sponsorship on 25 May 2006 after the arrest of Manolo Saiz relating to blood doping. A coalition of companies from Kazakhstan took over sponsorship, now called Astana–Würth. On 30 June 2006, Astana-Würth withdrew from the 2006 Tour de France after five riders were implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case, leaving Vinokourov, one of the favorites, with three teammates, below the required six riders. Vinokourov was never accused or implicated.
In the Vuelta a España, the team was known simply as Astana after Würth departed sponsorship. After losing time in the first mountains, Vinokourov went into attack. He lost the 7th stage to Alejandro Valverde, took revenge by winning the 8th and 9th stages and climbed to 5th place at the end of the first week. After a good time trial, and aggressive climbing on stages 17 & 18 (stage 18 was won by Kashechkin), Vinokourov took first place and claimed the gold jersey from Valverde. After a strong time trial, his 3rd stage victory, Vinokourov won the Vuelta.
I had a hard time putting it back on, but the time I lost only counted for second or third place, so it wasn't that important. Now, I'll concentrate on the road race, for which I'm really motivated.
Vinokourov started the 2007 Tour de France as a definite "Yellow jersey favourite," with a new team backed by the same Kazakh sponsors who had taken over Liberty Seguros in 2006 – Astana. The Tour started well when he placed 7th in the London prologue, losing only 30 seconds to time-trial specialist Fabian Cancellara. He was ranked inside the top-10 through the second stage, and he remained in contention for the overall until the fifth stage, when he experienced a misfortune. As the peloton accelerated before the final climb, Vinokourov fell heavily at high speed and tumbled into a ditch with 25k to go. He suffered severe cuts and abrasions to both knees and elbows, and serious bruising to his right buttock. The wounded Kazakh could be seen standing on the left side of the road, gesticulating while a frantic teammate struggled to fix his leader's damaged bike.
The main field did not slow to allow Vinokourov to reintegrate with the bunch, but instead raced on towards the finish in Autun. He remounted and began to chase, calling back seven of his eight teammates to help his bid to regain the leaders. The Astana train pursued the favorites, until Vinokourov himself surged ahead of his companions and lead the last wave of the chase. When he crossed the line, he finished 1–20 behind his main rivals, all of whom arrived together.
After the dramatic crash and the serious injuries, he lost time in the Alps and was dismissed from the list of GC contenders.
I am happy with my performance, I am finding my legs again. Now I want to attack in the Pyrénées. I want to thank everyone in and around the team that encouraged me to get through the Alps.
He also won stage 15, a mountain stage finishing in Loudenvielle.
The next day (24 July) Vinokourov failed a doping control following his time trial victory. His blood had a double population of erythrocytes, which implied a homologous transfusion. He delivered a positive for blood doping on 24 July 2007.
Vinokourov's B sample came back positive a few days later, and Cadel Evans was declared winner of stage 13. Vinokourov was stripped of his stage 15 victory, which was awarded to Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg. According to Phil Liggett, long-time commentator for the Tour, "It is incomprehensible that Vinokourov could do such a thing when he must have known he was under suspicion because of his dealing with disgraced doctor Michele Ferrari in Italy. He must have known he would be tested at every opportunity, and the time trial was the perfect occasion."
Vinokourov received a one-year suspension from the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation The UCI was angered by the short ban—a lighter sentence than those received by other cyclists found guilty, such as Tyler Hamilton and Ivan Basso—which would allow him to ride in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His team Astana then threatened to sue Vinokourov for damages, as did Cadel Evans and team Predictor–Lotto, due to the publicity they lost for Evans not being named the winner at the time of the stage.
In December 2007, Vinokourov announced his retirement.
Vinokourov in 2011 Tour de Romandie prologue.
I love cycling. I want to come back because I didn't want to end my career in this way. I feel as if I can win once again the big races.
The UCI then renewed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, asking it to overturn the one-year suspension by the Kazakh federation and to impose a standard two-year ban. This appeal, originally filed in 2007, was dropped when Vinokourov said he was retiring. The case was retabled and the CAS ruled the ban would expire on 24 July 2009.
Vinokourov made his comeback in Tour de l'Ain in August 2009, riding for Kazakhstan. In the third stage, a time trial over 8.6 km, he won his first race after his ban. Vinokourov re-joined Astana on 24 August 2009 and was named for the 2009 Vuelta a España.
It's a great satisfaction. By winning the first stage against the clock I didn't think I would keep the jersey until the end. I even thought not to ride this last stage because I would have driven to Liege if there was no plane. Fortunately, the volcano in Iceland has subsided. I have a flight tonight from Bergamo to Belgium. It [the fact that he wouldn't have to drive] especially helped me to defend my jersey until the final. Riccó is very strong and I feared him a lot with a uphill finish like today. He arrived second and I went fourth just 12 seconds behind, which means that my legs were not bad either.
Vinokourov leads the break in 2012 Olympics RR.
I do not talk about winning [the Giro d'Italia], but I would certainly [aim to] wear the pink jersey for one day. That would be nice for my collection.
With Contador's help, Vinokourov won the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, six seconds clear of breakaway companion Alexandr Kolobnev with Spain's Alejandro Valverde coming in third, more than a minute after the pair. In December 2011, Swiss magazine L'Illustre ran a story about how Vinokourov had allegedly bought the victory. It was revealed that Kolobnev (who was not on the same team) received a payment of 100,000 Euros after the race from a bank account owned by the Kazakh in Monaco to Kolobnev's bank account in Locarno. The magazine published the e-mail exchange between the two, which started the day after the race. In these, Kolobnev wonders if he had done the right thing by letting him win and shares a copy of his bank info, expressing concerns that they may get caught. Vinokourov replied: "You have done everything properly, do not worry. As you say, the Earth is round and God sees everything [...] Do not worry about the agreement, I will do it." Vinokourov did not deny a payment was made, but said that he did not buy the race: "It's another story to blacken my name. I often loan money left and right." In 2015 investigators in Liege recommended that Vinokourov be tried for bribery. A trial date was initially fixed for March 2017, but has been postponed and is slated to begin in May 2018.
It has always been the plan that I'd work for Alberto at the Tour and for myself at the Giro.
Barely a month later at the Giro d'Italia, Vinokourov finished 6th overall after having worn the pink jersey as leader of the general classification for five dramatic stages.
I was riding the last ten kilometres without thinking of taking the pink jersey. I had seen that Andre Greipel was up there, so I was convinced that he'd win the stage and take the pink jersey with the time bonus. But he didn't win, so the jersey is mine. To get it is wonderful. I received it without looking for it, really. This is my first participation to the Giro d'Italia and I already have the jersey.
I showed I worked hard in these two years.
In the 9th stage of the Tour de France 2011 Vinokourov fell and broke his right femur. On 17 July 2011, his "retirement" from professional cycling was announced, unofficially and without comment, on Twitter pages by fellow cyclists. Later that day he confirmed his retirement. Rehabilitating from the accident he discovered he felt better than he had anticipated, and decided to ride the 2011 Giro di Lombardia before retiring. In September, he decided to postpone his retirement altogether, and announced he would return for the 2012 season and ride for Astana in the Tour de France.
Vinokourov riding the Time Trial at the 2012 Olympics in London.
True to his word, Vinokourov returned to pro cycling in 2012 as a rider and debuted at the Tour de Langkawi with his Astana teammates, the same place that Vinokourov started his pro career with Casino with his 1997 performance with the Kazakhstan national team.
This is my first big race since I crashed at the Tour de France last year and it will be a good start for my season, for me to find my rhythm before heading to Europe for the Classics.
While he had a quiet spring season of racing, barring accident, illness, or another doping scandal, Vinokourov's spot on Astana's Tour de France 2012 roster was secure owing to his status within the team and the symbolic importance for Kazakhstan of his participation. And while he did not win a stage, Vinokourov featured in several breakaways, including an attack on Stage 18 that saw him win the Combativity award for the day.
It's just unbelievable. I finished the Tour de France a little tired, but the Olympics, I must go there." About the breakaway group, he continued, "It was up-down, up-down, too many people. It was very dangerous. I knew that if I was following the group I would have had no chance in the sprint. I finish my career with this victory."
It is nice to finish off my career with a gold medal. I will still race in the time trial on Wednesday, but I will just spin. I have what I have wanted. I have the gold medal and I can envision my retirement.
After his win, he released a statement saying that he may "continue in select events in 2012".
I just won an Olympic title. It was a dream, so I cannot be sad. This is the last important race of my career, but I might race some other races at the end of this season as an Olympic champion.
On 16 September 2012, Vinokourov auctioned his Olympic gold-winning Specialized bicycle. It was sold to the Tak Group Company for $243,000. The starting price amounted to $50,000. Vinokourov donated the money from the auction for treatment of five children with serious diseases.
The bicycle brought good luck to me and I can now support the young citizens of Kazakhstan who are having a difficult time by selling this bicycle. I hope that some of them will become champions, not necessarily in sport, but in their own lives. They should be strong in spirit and fight to the end! And this way they will win," Vinokourov said at the closure of the auction.
In the autumn of 2012, Alexander Vinokourov entered L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University to work towards a master's degree in Physical Education.
Two months later the Union Cycliste Internationale initiated an investigation of Alexandre Vinokourov and Russia's Alexandr Kolobnev over allegations brought by the Swiss news magazine L'lllustre and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. They accused Vinokourov of cutting a deal with Alexandr Kolobnev in 2010 to aid him in winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège. They alleged 150 thousand euros exchanged hands. The UCI's investigation is still pending. In August 2014 prosecutors in Liège confirmed that Vinokourov and Kolobnev had been charged with corruption for the alleged deal, with possible penalties including a jail term of between six and 36 months and a fine of between 600 and 300,000 euros.
Vinokourov was awarded the rank of honorary colonel in the Kazakh army in 2000, after he finished second to his then-Telekom teammate Jan Ullrich in the men's Olympic road race in Sydney. He was again recognized by the state for his sporting prowess in 2003 after finishing third overall in the Tour and received a medal as People's Hero First Class. In late-2011 Vino was named as a candidate for parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan despite still being active as a professional cyclist. Alexander Vinokourov opened his own bicycle shop on 5 May 2012 in Almaty.
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Q: where to put the getting of uniform location and attribpointer? draw vs surface created? I have some code that is very the same on the sample on android dev website. I must quite confuse as to why some programmers or tutorials put the getting of uniform location and the setting of attribporinter
 GLES20.glUseProgram(mProgram);

        // get handle to vertex shader's vPosition member
        mPositionHandle = GLES20.glGetAttribLocation(mProgram, "vPosition");

        // Enable a handle to the triangle vertices
        GLES20.glEnableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);

        // Prepare the triangle coordinate data
        GLES20.glVertexAttribPointer(
                mPositionHandle, COORDS_PER_VERTEX,
                GLES20.GL_FLOAT, false,
                vertexStride, vertexBuffer);

        // get handle to fragment shader's vColor member
        mColorHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "vColor");

        // Set color for drawing the triangle
        GLES20.glUniform4fv(mColorHandle, 1, color, 0);

        // get handle to shape's transformation matrix
        mMVPMatrixHandle = GLES20.glGetUniformLocation(mProgram, "uMVPMatrix");
        MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glGetUniformLocation");

        // Apply the projection and view transformation
        GLES20.glUniformMatrix4fv(mMVPMatrixHandle, 1, false, mvpMatrix, 0);
        MyGLRenderer.checkGlError("glUniformMatrix4fv");

        // Draw the triangle
        GLES20.glDrawArrays(GLES20.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertexCount);

        // Disable vertex array
        GLES20.glDisableVertexAttribArray(mPositionHandle);

to the on draw method?. From what i understand draw method is a loop. SO putting the declaration there will make the app slow?. Others on the other hand put that code on on surface created even though they have the same code. Which is the preferred way here?

A: Fetching the attribute- and uniform-pointers in your initialization code, is the way to go, as they won't change throughout the lifetime of the application. I, suggest some tutorials initialize the pointers in onDraw() mostly for simplicity. Performance-wise, it won't make any noticeable difference anyways.

A: I always set those handles in onSurfaceCreated. As you correctly note, the onDraw method runs in a continuous loop (unless you've set the mode to RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY) and those handles aren't going to change between iterations since you compile the vertex/fragment shaders just once in onSurfaceCreated.
However, it actually makes very little difference and won't make your app slow if you do put it in onDraw. OpenGL is doing a huge amount of work in onDraw, such as applying transformations and rendering primitives. Setting those handles is trivial in comparison and the additional overhead is tiny and won't be noticeable.

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Dedrone, the market leader in airspace security, today announced that it has appointed Craig Factor as Vice President, General Counsel. In this role, Mr. Factor assumes overall responsibility for legal matters at Dedrone. Mr. Factor will also provide strategic counsel to Dedrone's sales, products, and business development teams. Dedrone technology is trusted by hundreds of customers to protect critical infrastructure, military installations, correctional facilities, airports and other enterprises against malicious or uncooperative drones.
"We are expecting significant growth in our business globally and I see Craig as a critical partner in enabling us scale our operations," said Aaditya (AD) Devarakonda, President and Chief Business Officer of Dedrone. "Craig's deep understanding of structuring and growing the legal function at high-growth companies, and ability to navigate complex legal issues will make him an asset for Dedrone and our partners. We're delighted he's joined the team."
Mr. Factor comes to Dedrone with over twenty years of General Counsel experience at numerous public and VC-backed private companies, including Audience (acquired by Knowles Corporation), Artisan Components (acquired by ARM Holdings), RITA Medical Systems (acquired by AngioDynamics), and Immersion Corporation, which he assisted in taking public.
"I'm excited to be joining Dedrone; the company is well-positioned for market growth with best-in-class technology to counter drone-related threats," said Mr. Factor." I look forward to working with our executive team during this pivotal time in Dedrone's growth."
Earlier in his career, he was an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Mr. Factor holds a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law and an A.B. from Harvard University. He is a member of the State Bars of California and New York.
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First Round Capital, one of the tech world's most successful angel investing firms, is looking to raise its first venture capital fund, reports Fortune's Michael V. Copeland.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) -- First Round Capital, one of the most successful angel investing firms focused on early-stage Internet startups is moving up the food chain. The company is looking to raise its first venture capital fund backed by $75 million to $100 million in institutional money.
According to First Round Partner Howard Morgan, it is "very likely" that he and Managing Partner Josh Kopelman will be on the fundraising trail soon.
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You can bet that trip won't last long. Even though First Round is based in suburban Philadelphia, Kopelman has a reputation among Silicon Valley VCs as one of the guys you get in line behind to see the latest ideas from Internet entrepreneurs.
His firm, and its investing pros - including Morgan, a former Wharton Professor; Palm (Charts) veteran Rob Hayes and eBay refugee Chris Fralic - have been the early money in companies like tagging-pioneer del.icio.us (bought by Yahoo (Charts, Fortune 500)), business networking site LinkedIn, and online recommendation engine StumbleUpon (bought by eBay (Charts, Fortune 500)).
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First Round has done well for itself with a simple strategy that other venture capital firms have begun to copy: Invest relatively small amounts, between $250,000 and $500,000 apiece, in a relatively large number of companies. On that money, prove or disprove the hypothesis on which the company was founded. Invest more in the startups that are working. Kill those that aren't.
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Because of the small amounts of money it invests, First Round can still generate tidy returns for investors even on low-dollar buyouts or other relatively small-scale exit deals (Kopelman and Morgan both have their own money in the fund).
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When StumbleUpon, for example, was bought by eBay this year for $75 million, "We returned half the fund on our share alone," Morgan says. That compares to an average venture fund, managing $200 million or more, where that type of exit would barely register.
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How To Sell With Integrity
There is no doubt that integrity matters in business and sales. To become a successful sales person, you must be trustworthy, honest and dependable. In today's transparent marketplace, salespeople who will do or say anything to earn a sale are a liability that is simply bad for business.
For instance, in 2001 the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to George Akerlof, for revealing the specific factors that increase buyers' perceptions of risk when making a purchasing decision. One of these factors was a lack of integrity. Akerlof explains, "Dishonest dealings tend to drive honest dealings out of the market. The cost of dishonesty, therefore, lies not only in the amount by which the purchaser is cheated; the cost also must include the loss incurred from driving legitimate business out of existence."[1] In other words, sales people who have a lack of integrity hurt both buyers and sellers.
There is no doubt the profession of sales has room for improvement in this area. This was evident in a Gallup Poll that asked people to rate the level of integrity of various occupations.[2] The following are the percentage of those surveyed who rated each group as having high levels of integrity:
Nurses 83%
Medical Doctors 61%
Pharmacists 68%
College Teachers 59%
Police Officers 59%
Clergy 56%
Journalists 25%
Business Executives 18%
Lawyers 16%
Insurance sales person 12%
Car salesman 7%
Occasionally, I meet sales people who contend that to sell in today's hyper-competitive marketplace they must compromise their integrity. To them I say one thing: get out. The profession of sales has no place for anyone who is not willing to sell with full integrity. What's more, if someone feels he must compromise his integrity to get a sale, he clearly has deficient sales skills and needs to be trained how to sell. The reality is that selling with integrity is the only way to sell because it will enable you to both sell more and have no regrets about the sales you make.
How can you consistently sell with integrity? The key to keeping your integrity is to understand how it can be lost. Rarely does this happen in a single poor decision. Rather, integrity slips away slowly, one small compromise at a time. However, this does not have to be the case. Here are three strategies that will guide you in selling with integrity.
1. Create A Don't List
The best way to sell with integrity is to actively commit to it. Think through and decide what you will and won't do to get a sale. This is important because without a firm commitment to refrain from unethical behavior, when faced with a questionable, yet financially lucrative opportunity, you will be more likely to yield to temptation. Although, if you have already made a commitment regarding what you will do and will not do, then all you must do is live out that commitment, which research shows increases the likelihood you will.
Creating a don't list involves thinking through and writing out the actions you will not engage in regardless of the circumstances or consequences. For example, one sales person's don't list may include:
I will not lie
I will not exaggerate or distort the truth in any way
I will not cover up a mistake, but will own it and make it right
I will not steal time from my employer
I will not compromise what I believe to be right, regardless of the circumstances
The key is to decide what should be on your don't list and then document it. It is also recommended that you re-read it periodically to keep it fresh and at the forefront of your mind. These pre-loaded decisions will help you fend off the temptation to compromise your integrity.
2. Be Authentic
A number of years ago a friend (we'll call him Will) had begun working at a new job as a sales account manager. I visited him soon after he started his new position. As we chatted, he informed me that he had developed a new sales technique. This technique was based on the sales person who was in the office next to him, who was a top performer. Will told me that he had begun copying the sales person's speech patterns in the hope that he would experience similar success. The sales person Will was mimicking was from a rural area and spoke like a good ol' country boy, in a very slow, unassuming manner that included plenty of "ums" and long pauses.
Of course, I informed Will that pretending to speak like another sales person would not improve his sales, but would actually hinder them. Buyers would sense that he was not being true to who he was, which would erode his credibility. After I said this, Will confessed that thus far the technique had not produced any of the desired results.
Unfortunately, Will is not alone. I have witnessed many sales people lie about enjoying certain activities, the age of their children, where their children go to school, what cars they drive and even their religious or political beliefs, all in an effort to earn favor with prospects and sell more.
Yet, buyers are savvy and when sales people pretend to be someone they aren't, buyers will pick up on the lack of genuineness and this will breed feelings of distrust. In contrast, there is something refreshing about blunt authenticity. It naturally attracts people. So I would encourage you to resolve to always be you.
3. Have Congruency Between Your Words and Behaviors
One of the core ways that a lack of integrity is made evident is when a person's words don't match their behaviors. When I think about this, I remember the Church Ladies. Who were the church ladies? Many years ago, when I was in high school I was a manager of the McDonalds restaurant in my town. Every weekday at approximately 10 am a group of ladies would come into McDonalds. They had just come from Mass and were deemed, "church ladies" by my staff. Due to their extremely rude behavior these ladies were disliked by everyone who worked at McDonalds. The cold reality was that though they may have gone to church nearly every day of the week, no one from McDonalds would have ever gone with them. Why? Because their behaviors did not match what they said they believed about kindness and treating others with respect.
Selling with integrity means both following through with what you say and making sure your claims about your product or service are accurate. In essence, it's making sure that you live out your words. This is not just the right thing to do, but it has also been proven to significantly boost revenue. One study found that those companies who had managers who followed through on their promises and lived out the values they preached were more profitable than companies who had managers lacking in integrity.[3] The study also identified that this, more than any other management behavior that was measured, had the most significant impact on company profitability.
How do you define success in sales? For me, success is not just measured by how much you sell, but also by how you sell. That's the thing about integrity, it's not something that you can claim; you must demonstrate it to others every day. By deploying the three strategies that I've shared you can improve the likelihood that you will exhibit integrity when you sell. Because when it's all said and done, integrity is one of those things that is remembered. I can think of no higher compliment for a sales professional then for others to say that you sell a lot and sell with integrity.
[1] George A. Akerlof. "The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism." The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 84, no. 3 (August, 1970). p. 495.
[2] Saul Kassin, Steven Fein & Hazel Rose Markus. Social Psychology: 7th Edition. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2008). p. 194.
[3] Tony Simons, "The High Cost of Lost Trust," Harvard Business Review, (September 2002).
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Who was Brandon Bernard's accomplice Christopher Vialva?
CHRISTOPHER Vialva was put to death as part of the Trump's administration resumption of federal executions.
He was involved, with Brandon Bernard and three others, of the killing of Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999.
Who was Christopher Vialva?
Christopher Vialva, 40, was an inmate on death row who was executed earlier this year.
According to court documents, he was one of the five members of a gang that participated in the robbery and murder of a couple in 1999.
Both he and Brandon Bernard were sentenced to death – with Bernard's execution scheduled to take place today (December 10, 2020).
What was his role in the murders of Todd and Stacie Bagley?
Vialva was 19 when he shot Todd and Stacie Bagley and burned them in the trunk of their car in 1999.
Court filings say the couple were returning home from a Sunday worship service in Texas when Vialva and four others asked them for a lift as they stopped at a store.
The teens were planning to rob the couple, but after the Bagleys agreed to give them a lift and began driving, Vialva pulled out a gun and told them: "Plans have changed."
The teens stole the couple's money, cards and jewelry and locked the couple inside the trunk of their car.
Vialva, who was the oldest in the group, then donned a ski mask, opened the trunk and shot the Bagleys in the head.
In 2000, Vialva was convicted of carjacking and murdering the couple, and was put on death row.
His lawyer, Susan Otto, said race played a role in landing her client on death row for killing the white couple, USA Today reports.
In a video statement released before his execution in September, Vialva said: "I committed a grave wrong when I was a lost kid and took two precious lives from this world.
"Every day, I wish I could right this wrong."
When was Christopher Vialva executed?
He was executed by lethal injection on September 24 at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
His final words were "I'm ready, Father" and he was declared dead at 6.46pm.
Vialva's mom Lisa Brown had pleaded with Trump to pardon her son, saying he is "not the same person" as the teen who killed the couple.
Since he was imprisoned, Vialva has become a Messianic Jew and spent two years convincing prison staff to allow him to conduct weekly services.
Vialva's was the seventh federal execution since July.
Bernard's execution is scheduled to take place today, December 10, but campaigners are calling for it to be stopped as he did not have a leading role in the crime and was aged 18 at the time.
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package rafthttp

import (
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"sync"

	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context"
	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/stats"
	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
)

type Raft interface {
	Process(ctx context.Context, m raftpb.Message) error
	IsIDRemoved(id uint64) bool
	ReportUnreachable(id uint64)
	ReportSnapshot(id uint64, status raft.SnapshotStatus)
}

type Transporter interface {
	// Handler returns the HTTP handler of the transporter.
	// A transporter HTTP handler handles the HTTP requests
	// from remote peers.
	// The handler MUST be used to handle RaftPrefix(/raft)
	// endpoint.
	Handler() http.Handler
	// Send sends out the given messages to the remote peers.
	// Each message has a To field, which is an id that maps
	// to an existing peer in the transport.
	// If the id cannot be found in the transport, the message
	// will be ignored.
	Send(m []raftpb.Message)
	// AddRemote adds a remote with given peer urls into the transport.
	// A remote helps newly joined member to catch up the progress of cluster,
	// and will not be used after that.
	// It is the caller's responsibility to ensure the urls are all vaild,
	// or it panics.
	AddRemote(id types.ID, urls []string)
	// AddPeer adds a peer with given peer urls into the transport.
	// It is the caller's responsibility to ensure the urls are all vaild,
	// or it panics.
	// Peer urls are used to connect to the remote peer.
	AddPeer(id types.ID, urls []string)
	// RemovePeer removes the peer with given id.
	RemovePeer(id types.ID)
	// RemoveAllPeers removes all the existing peers in the transport.
	RemoveAllPeers()
	// UpdatePeer updates the peer urls of the peer with the given id.
	// It is the caller's responsibility to ensure the urls are all vaild,
	// or it panics.
	UpdatePeer(id types.ID, urls []string)
	// Stop closes the connections and stops the transporter.
	Stop()
}

type transport struct {
	roundTripper http.RoundTripper
	id           types.ID
	clusterID    types.ID
	raft         Raft
	serverStats  *stats.ServerStats
	leaderStats  *stats.LeaderStats

	term    uint64               // the latest term that has been observed
	mu      sync.RWMutex         // protect the remote and peer map
	remotes map[types.ID]*remote // remotes map that helps newly joined member to catch up
	peers   map[types.ID]Peer    // peers map
	errorc  chan error
}

func NewTransporter(rt http.RoundTripper, id, cid types.ID, r Raft, errorc chan error, ss *stats.ServerStats, ls *stats.LeaderStats) Transporter {
	return &transport{
		roundTripper: rt,
		id:           id,
		clusterID:    cid,
		raft:         r,
		serverStats:  ss,
		leaderStats:  ls,
		remotes:      make(map[types.ID]*remote),
		peers:        make(map[types.ID]Peer),
		errorc:       errorc,
	}
}

func (t *transport) Handler() http.Handler {
	pipelineHandler := NewHandler(t.raft, t.clusterID)
	streamHandler := newStreamHandler(t, t.raft, t.id, t.clusterID)
	mux := http.NewServeMux()
	mux.Handle(RaftPrefix, pipelineHandler)
	mux.Handle(RaftStreamPrefix+"/", streamHandler)
	return mux
}

func (t *transport) Get(id types.ID) Peer {
	t.mu.RLock()
	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
	return t.peers[id]
}

func (t *transport) maybeUpdatePeersTerm(term uint64) {
	if t.term >= term {
		return
	}
	t.term = term
	for _, p := range t.peers {
		p.setTerm(term)
	}
}

func (t *transport) Send(msgs []raftpb.Message) {
	for _, m := range msgs {
		// intentionally dropped message
		if m.To == 0 {
			continue
		}
		to := types.ID(m.To)

		if m.Type != raftpb.MsgProp { // proposal message does not have a valid term
			t.maybeUpdatePeersTerm(m.Term)
		}

		p, ok := t.peers[to]
		if ok {
			if m.Type == raftpb.MsgApp {
				t.serverStats.SendAppendReq(m.Size())
			}
			p.Send(m)
			continue
		}

		g, ok := t.remotes[to]
		if ok {
			g.Send(m)
			continue
		}

		log.Printf("etcdserver: send message to unknown receiver %s", to)
	}
}

func (t *transport) Stop() {
	for _, r := range t.remotes {
		r.Stop()
	}
	for _, p := range t.peers {
		p.Stop()
	}
	if tr, ok := t.roundTripper.(*http.Transport); ok {
		tr.CloseIdleConnections()
	}
}

func (t *transport) AddRemote(id types.ID, us []string) {
	t.mu.Lock()
	defer t.mu.Unlock()
	if _, ok := t.remotes[id]; ok {
		return
	}
	urls, err := types.NewURLs(us)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("newURLs %+v should never fail: %+v", us, err)
	}
	t.remotes[id] = startRemote(t.roundTripper, urls, t.id, id, t.clusterID, t.raft, t.errorc)
}

func (t *transport) AddPeer(id types.ID, us []string) {
	t.mu.Lock()
	defer t.mu.Unlock()
	if _, ok := t.peers[id]; ok {
		return
	}
	urls, err := types.NewURLs(us)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("newURLs %+v should never fail: %+v", us, err)
	}
	fs := t.leaderStats.Follower(id.String())
	t.peers[id] = startPeer(t.roundTripper, urls, t.id, id, t.clusterID, t.raft, fs, t.errorc)
}

func (t *transport) RemovePeer(id types.ID) {
	t.mu.Lock()
	defer t.mu.Unlock()
	t.removePeer(id)
}

func (t *transport) RemoveAllPeers() {
	t.mu.Lock()
	defer t.mu.Unlock()
	for id, _ := range t.peers {
		t.removePeer(id)
	}
}

// the caller of this function must have the peers mutex.
func (t *transport) removePeer(id types.ID) {
	if peer, ok := t.peers[id]; ok {
		peer.Stop()
	} else {
		log.Panicf("rafthttp: unexpected removal of unknown peer '%d'", id)
	}
	delete(t.peers, id)
	delete(t.leaderStats.Followers, id.String())
}

func (t *transport) UpdatePeer(id types.ID, us []string) {
	t.mu.Lock()
	defer t.mu.Unlock()
	// TODO: return error or just panic?
	if _, ok := t.peers[id]; !ok {
		return
	}
	urls, err := types.NewURLs(us)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panicf("newURLs %+v should never fail: %+v", us, err)
	}
	t.peers[id].Update(urls)
}

type Pausable interface {
	Pause()
	Resume()
}

// for testing
func (t *transport) Pause() {
	for _, p := range t.peers {
		p.(Pausable).Pause()
	}
}

func (t *transport) Resume() {
	for _, p := range t.peers {
		p.(Pausable).Resume()
	}
}

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«©NCSX» Jack Wade wakes up in a hospital room with no memories and goes on a quest to find himself. The action in Headhunter consists of 3-D shooting action and riding on a motorcycle from locale to locale which is joined together by the backstory of memories lost and hopefully found.
When played on a USA Dreamcast console, the game will automatically boot to NTSC 60Hz video mode.
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As new members to Burn FM and the Music Team this year, Luke Grindlay and I were thrilled to have the opportunity to interview the up-and-coming pop artist Eloise Viola. Eloise performed two of her songs acoustically with the guitar accompaniment of her bandmate Cam – one of which was her latest release 'Trying to Love Ya', a great energetic dance anthem. Eloise discussed how a lot of her music is about body positivity and self-love, and this stemmed from her time at university where she had many negative thoughts influencing how she viewed herself. Having grown up with idols such as Adele and Guns N' Roses, Eloise has created a unique and different sound that blends together the genres of Dance and Pop. Originally, Eloise set out wanting to write music that was heartbreak focused but decided to channel complete positivity as a way of helping her listeners and fans. Rather than talking about these issues on social media, she wanted to make such conversations a bigger part of her life through music.
Meeting Eloise was a bit nerve-racking (as this was our first interview ever!) but she was warm and friendly towards us answering all our questions. We had a strong debate about Christmas music and how it wasn't her favourite genre, with no plans to release a song of her own. Eloise is a great role model for women who are trying to break into the music industry – whilst visiting Burn, she was touring around England in her two-week holiday that she had booked off from work! Eloise works a full-time job in social media for other music artists and fits her own music career around her job. Lockdown was a crucial and enjoyable time for Eloise as she went back to Brighton to write and record multiple songs in her family home. We chatted about how Lockdown was difficult for many people in the performance industry with tours being cancelled, but for Eloise and other up-and-coming artists, it was a creative time for songwriting and studio recording. We look forward to hearing more music from Eloise Viola and seeing where her music career leads her in the future – she will always be welcome at Burn FM.
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Sleeping Beauty: 1973 Triumph Stag Mk II
DailyTurismo Uncategorized British, Convertible, Stag, Triumph, V8 4
The Triumph Stag was a Giovanni Michelotti (known for his work on the BMW New Class, DAF/Volvo trucks, Triumph Spitfire, and various Ferrari/Maserati things) designed 4-seat convertible coupe that used a B-pillar roll hoop that connected to the windshield via a t-bar. It isn't a bad looking classic, and is powered by a small British built V8 that is NOT the Rover 215. Find this 1973 Triumph Stag Mk II offered for $6,750 in Chiraq, IL via craigslist. Tip from Zach.
In the late 60s Triumph started tooling up for production of a luxury sports car that was originally planned to use the Triumph 2.5 inline-6 for propulsion. Thankfully, hotter heads prevailed and the engineers at Triumph slapped together two inline-4s on a common crank to create the 3.0 liter Triumph V8. Did they really tool up an entire engine for just the limited (25k total production)? Sort of — the plan was to use the V8 for a range of Triumph saloons, and a few even made it into prototypes of the Saab 99 before Saab decided to go Turbo. If you want a Triumph V8, you'll need to buy a Stag.
Sitting under the hood is a 3.0 liter iron block/allow head V8 that puts out breaths via twin Zenith-Stromberg carbs and pushes out 145 horsepower and 170 ft-lbs of torque. A buyer could opt for a 4-speed (with electric overdrive) transmission, but this one uses the more common Borg-Warner sourced 3-speed auto. Unfortunately you'll need to do some refreshing in this Stag because it hasn't been on the road for 30 years.
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You fellas got a good night's sleep and are feeling wonderfully positive. Good to see.
These were actually Triumph engines that were used in the first years of the really very sublimely designed Saab 99's in the late 60's. A more onerous engine in mainstream car could be hard to find, but people forgave Saab once they built their own design a few years later.
This V8 was not really "mainstream" but it was really the exponential constellation of all that was wrong in the original design along with its own "unique" traits for self-destruction.
In the true British fashion, local mechanics have pretty much found fixes for the litany of poor engineering maladies that caused these cars to be sitting for, say 30 years.
Thanks for this truly "glass half full" assessment of this Stag: " Unfortunately you'll need to do some refreshing in this Stag because it hasn't been on the road for 30 years."
I love chipper. Chipper is good. "some refreshing" indeed 🙂
Maybe I'm partial since my first Spitfire was the same Sienna Brown color. A couple of IFs feed into this one, but IF the engine is free/spins, if the car was stored dry, and if the rot is minimal, this could be a simple re-commision while incorporating the latter-day engineering fixes to maintain proper non-electrolysis in the cooling system. Shame about the BW 3-speed, but that, too, can be fixed. Or just cram an LSx in and be done with it.
mrkwong says:
The only running Stag I know of has a Chevy V6 in it.
The Stag, engine issues aside, might have been a perfectly competitive car in 1965. Trying to peddle something like this in the '70s…uh…
bubba goat says:
A little dental work to straighten the smile too, but it certainly doesn't look like t's been cooking outdoors very long. Seems like a decent starting point for a nice project. Wonder how many of those miles are on the 'new' motor, and how much would said engineering fixes run? I guess you had to be a child of the 70's but I always liked the Stag.
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Defenses could rule in Saturday's Class 5A football state championship game at Kroger Field in Lexington.
Frederick Douglass and Covington Catholic both enter with 14-0 records and rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the state, respectively, in scoring defense. The Broncos allow just 6.0 points per game and have posted nine shutouts this season. The Colonels, meanwhiile, allow only 6.1 points per game and have six shutouts on the season.
Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. Saturday. Here's a closer look at the matchup:
Covington Catholic is 7-1 all-time in state finals after falling to South Warren 20-16 in last year's 5A championship game.
Frederick Douglass, which opened in 2017, is in its first state final. The football program has a record of 35-4 over its three seasons.
Covington Catholic junior quarterback Caleb Jacob has passed for 2,723 yards and 33 touchdowns with nine interceptions. His top targets are senior Michael Mayer (45 catches, 902 yards, 15 TDs) and junior Ethan Reardon (44 catches, 799 yards, nine TDs). Mayer has committed to Notre Dame. Senior Daniel Felix leads the rushing attack with 780 yards and 14 TDs on 113 carries. Mayer also is the Colonels' top tackler with 90 (75 solo), and Felix has a team-high nine sacks. Senior defensive back Andrew Molique has five interceptions, and Mayer has four.
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Frederick Douglass senior quarterback Josh McClurg has passed for 1,393 yards and 18 touchdowns with five interceptions. The transfer from Paintsville also leads the team in rushing with 1,013 yards and 10 TDs, averaging 7.6 yards per carry. Junior Darius Neal is the top running back with 858 yards and 13 TDs, and sophomore Dane Key (31 catches, 537 yards, eight TDs) leads the receiving corps. Senior linebacker Ramarcus Thompson has a team-high 89 tackles (65 solo), and senior defensive back Jaylin Bybee leads the Broncos with five interceptions (two returned for TDs). Senior lineman Walker Parks (6-6, 270 pounds) has committed to Clemson, and senior running back/defensive back Devin Neal (13 touchdowns) has committed to Cincinnati.
Covington Catholic averages 39.3 points per game and has won its 14 contests by an average margin of 33.2 points. The Colonels' closest game was a 39-38 victory over Lexington Catholic on Sept. 6.
Frederick Douglass averages 43.2 points per game and has won its 14 contests by an average margin of 37.2 points. The Broncos' closest game was a 24-14 victory over Scott County in the second round of the playoffs.
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