Lieberman passes the test of time

Akiva Lieberman says he was left in shock after landing the two top prizes at the Greater Manchester Amateur League cricket awards.

The talented all-rounder enjoyed a stunning season for South Manchester and picked up trophies for the highest individual score and highest batting average.

Lieberman, whose spectacular 163 against Olympic was the highest recorded in Division Three last season, averaged 85 with the bat following a tremendous run of form.

South won six of their 18 fixtures to finish sixth in the league thanks to Lieberman's superhuman efforts.

But even the 23-year-old admits he was stunned after being handed the awards and says he only found out when team boss Steven Glicher emailed him.

"I had no idea the league awarded prizes at the end of the season so I was completely shocked," Lieberman said.

"I'm delighted to have done it though because I've had a really great season.

"I used a new bat this year and from the very first ball of the season, when I hit a six straight through a window, I've been in very good form.

"I've taken quite a few wickets too this year. I'm now looking forward to next year and with my brother, Hudi, coming back into the team, we're going to be even better."

South Manchester boss Glicher is also confident his side will improve next year and says he has been impressed with his players following their debut year in the GMACL.

"After a slow start whilst getting used to the level of opposition faced and the standard expected of us, we gradually improved and developed," he said.

"The whole team has had to raise their performance levels, which has taken longer for some than others, but by the end of the season we were on target to reach our expectations.

"In the latter half of the season we should have won at least three more games than we did, which would have meant finishing fourth in the 10-team league.

"Once we learn how to finish teams off, then we will progress, and we are not far from that.

"We are only a couple of players short and will be looking to recruit during the off season."

While South Manchester enjoyed relative success, Ray Tammam admits his Maccabi side were overwhelmed by the high standard of the GMACL.

He said: "We were told from a reliable source that the standard of this new, non-Jewish league was very similar to the standard of our former, all-Jewish league. Sadly this wasn't the case.

"It was a real shock how good most of our opponents were and the standard was definitely a couple of levels higher than we were used to.

"Having said that, we had some excellent individual and team performances in most games and had a nice mix of younger and older players, but we will have to have a real think about what we do next season."

Source: http://www.thejc.com/sport/sport-news/55507/lieberman-passes-test-time

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Moises Montero's homer powers Lake County over Fort Wayne: Minor-league report

Corey Kluber struggles in Clippers loss; Akron loses pitchers' duel to Richmond; Delvi Cid, Jesus Aguilar homer in Kinston win; Lake Erie rally falls short vs. Windy City.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 4, TinCaps 3: Moises Montero cranked a two-run home run and Lake County defeated Fort Wayne (Ind.) in a Class A Midwest League game at Classic Park in Eastlake. It was Montero's third homer of the year. Starter J.D. Reichenbach (7-1) pitched six innings for Lake County and gave up one run. The win snapped a four-game Captains skid.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Bisons 10, Clippers 2: Buffalo scored 10 runs on 10 hits, and won an International League game in Columbus. Four Clippers errors led to two runs. Corey Kluber (7-9) went five innings, giving up six earned runs on five hits. Jared Goedert hit a solo home run for Columbus, his 10th of the season.

AA Akron Aeros

Flying Squirrels 2, Aeros 0: Right-hander Steve Wright (1-3) allowed two earned runs that broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, and Akron lost an Eastern League game at Richmond, Va. Wright, who failed to retire a batter in the eighth, struck out seven in seven innings. The Aeros managed only two hits in the rubber game of the series.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 8, Pelicans 7: Delvi Cid hit his second homer of the year and Jesus Aguilar his fourth, as Kinston (N.C.) outslugged host Myrtle Beach (S.C.) in a Carolina League game. It was not a good day for Kinston pitchers, but closer Preston Guilmet recorded his 33rd save with 11/3 scoreless innings.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers-Muckdogs, ppd.: Mahoning Valley's game at Batavia (N.Y.) was rained out. The New York-Penn league teams will play a doubleheader in Batavia starting at 5:05 p.m. Monday.

Notes: Outfielder Jordan Smith, without a home run, leads the Scrappers in RBI with 38. Smith also has a team-leading .332 batting average, in 196 at-bats. With 27 walks, Smith has a team-best on-base percentage of .427.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Thunderbolts 8, Crushers 4: Windy City scored five runs in the first three innings, and won a Frontier League game in Avon.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/moises_monteros_homer_powers_l.html

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Plea to protesters

Opponents of the permanent site for the Etz Chaim free school in Mill Hill have welcomed an offer for dialogue by the trustees and governors. However, the bridge-building exercise has not persuaded objectors to back down.

The action group has signalled its intention to apply for a judicial review of Barnet Council's decision to grant planning permission for a Daws Lane site formerly occupied by a garden centre. It claims that the council has not given sufficient weight to the needs of the elderly and disabled.

Etz Chaim trustees have written to the group urging it to withdraw the threat of litigation. They emphasised that the school "will not [and cannot, under the terms of the contract it has signed with the Secretary of State for Education] sell the lease".

The letter concludes with an offer to open dialogue on "what Barnet, the community and the school can deliver".

Governors' chair Adam Dawson hoped opponents would take the letter "in the spirit in which it is meant and that we can together look at how we can make the school work for the whole community".

However, Action Mill Hill spokesman Gaon Hart dismissed the letter as "a bluff. The contract with the Secretary of State would not apply in the event we were successful and no school goes on the site. Contrary to suggestions, our aim is not simply to delay the opening of the school, but to win our case and get the site back for the benefit of the community."

Source: http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/55495/plea-protesters

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A final with a difference

Barry Coughlan
MUNSTER and Leinster A Schools  met in an interprovincial game at Musgrave Park this week and it was a break with tradition.

In years gone by, these two teams would have had representatives from a mere handful of well known schools; in Munster probably the likes of Newtown School, Waterpark, Midleton College and Bandon Grammar, in Leinster schools such as St Columba’s, Newpark or Sandford Park.

The ground rules have changed and there were no less than 30 schools represented, with both showing the colours of 15; each and every one of the players looked comfortable in possibly unfamiliar surroundings, and it might even be appropriate for some to go on to play at a higher level.

Leinster backs coach Ian McKinley, whose professional rugby career came to an unfortunate end in recent weeks – he lost the sight of one eye – is a former Leinster Schools A player (St Columba’s) and he welcomed the development where youngsters from a variety of schools not known for their rugby prowess have been given a chance to shine.

“It’s a brilliant development,” he said, “because it gives young lads in the weaker section of schools something to aspire to.  I came through these ranks but only three or four schools formed the backbone of the team.  I suppose it shows that the game is developing through the province and that can only be a good thing.

“Some people have already come through different routes, Shane Horgan and Sean O’Brien for instance; there is now an avenue for many more. You would be surprised too how good some of them are and I’m sure at least a couple of them will come through down the line to make their mark.”

Eoin Cahill of Shannon and Bruff fame is the Munster coach and he explained how so many schools were represented this year. “We contacted all of the schools in the province and asked them to put forward names of the guys they considered to be their best players. We then got together for a couple of trial matches and that’s how we came to produce this team.”
After successive victories over Connacht and Leinster, it appears the schools were totally honest in their appraisal of students and Cahill admitted that a number of players were unlucky to be excluded: “In some cases it was almost a toss of a coin.”

Munster beat Leinster 30-11 although it was a closer issue than the score line suggests for a long spell. Ultimately, the game was won with the aid of a powerful pack and some brilliant individualism.

Cahill delighted in the ability of the pack to show traditional Munster attributes and said: “You could see the forwards played in a traditional Munster manner, getting struck into the opposition from the start, and with certain individuals sticking out by the way they way they took on ball.”

But Munster also boasted a half back partnership of real quality in scrum half Jaco Oosthuysen and Tip Delaney from what could not be described as well known rugby academies – High School CBS Clonmel and Pobalscoil Corca Dhuibhne respectively!

Oosthuysen’s low centre of gravity, powerful frame and exciting turn of speed helped yield him two excellent tries and Delaney, apart from shrewd distribution, proved capable of kicking goals, even under pressure.

Cahill is excited for both and for centre Ben Mitchell, whom he said had played full back in the trials but had settled brilliantly into the middle of the field after being considered, on the basis of height, for the second row!

But the coach is looking further and noted: “We’ve put together a good bunch of guys, we’re expanding our influence and hopefully we’re going to have players come through thick and fast from now on.”

And for the record, Leinster had representatives from: Sandford Park, Ard Scoile Na Tridnoide, St Pats Navan, Newpark, De La Salle Wicklow, Dunshaughlin CC, Abbey CC, Colaiste Bhruide, Mount Temple, Gorey CC, Ashbourne CC, Good Counsel, Wilsons Hospital, St Columba’s and East Glendalough.

Munster’s players came from: Bandon Grammar, Newtown School, Vocational School Abbeyfeale, Midleton College, High School CBS Clonmel, Pobalscoil Chorca Dhbuibhne, Villiers, Limerick, St Annes CC Killaloe, CBS Sexton Street,  John The Baptist, Hospital, Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh, Pobailscoil Youghal, St Nessans CC, De La Salle, Waterford and St Clements.

Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/ym16-4Gj4pM/post.aspx

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The next Chief Rabbi?

It?s anyone?s guess who will be the next Chief Rabbi after Lord Sacks retires in two years.

But two rabbis from abroad tipped as possible successors will be visiting next month and teaching on the London School of Jewish Studies High Holy Days programme.

They are Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa, who will also be a guest speaker at Lord Sacks?s pre-Rosh Hashanah conference for rabbis.

And Rabbi Dr Jonathan Rosenblatt, of the Riverdale Jewish Centre, New York. The great-grandson of the chazzan Yossele Rosenblatt, he has a PhD in British literature from Columbia University.

Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/simon-rocker/the-next-chief-rabbi

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Weglarz, Bellows power Akron's romp over New Britain: Minor-league report

Phelps, Huffman homer in Columbus win; Kinston splits doubleheader; Lake County manages just one hit in loss; Scrappers shut out by Auburn; Lake Erie batters Evansville.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 10, Rock Cats 2: Akron pounded out 13 hits to punish New Britain (Conn.) in an Eastern League game at Canal Park. The Aeros spread out their offense, scoring no more than three runs in any inning. Nick Weglarz and Kyle Bellows each belted his third homer of the season. Both were bases-empty shots. Austin Adams (9-8) was the starter and winning pitcher. He gave up two runs, both earned, in 6 innings.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 6, Chiefs 4: Cord Phelps and Chad Huffman each slugged a home run, Josh Judy pitched a scoreless ninth for his 17th save, and Columbus beat Syracuse (N.Y.) in an International League game in Columbus. Mitch Talbot (1-1) picked up the victory but was also charged with a blown save. He gave up a run and three hits in two innings of relief.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Red Sox 5-1, Indians 1-2: Adam Abraham slugged a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning to give Kinston (N.C.) a victory over Salem (Va.) in the nightcap of a doubleheader. The visiting Red Sox won the opener after scoring four runs while batting around in the first inning. Abraham went 3-for-3, with three singles in Game 1.

Notes: Kinston hit into three double plays in the doubleheader. The teams played two to make up for a game rained out Saturday.

A Lake County Captains

Dragons 4, Captains 1 (7): Lake County managed only one hit and lost to Dayton in a Midwest League game at Classic Park in Eastlake. The game was called after seven innings because of rain. Jordan Cooper (2-5) pitched all seven innings for the Captains. He served up two gopher balls, both with the bases empty. The Captains' lone hit was a run-scoring double by first baseman Aaron Fields.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Doubledays 7, Scrappers 0: Mahoning Valley starter Harold Guerrero (2-2) was pounded for six runs, all earned, in 3 innings, and Auburn (N.Y.) won a New York-Penn League game in Niles. The Scrappers stranded eight runners and were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 8, Otters 0: Lake Erie collected 16 hits and shut out Evansville (Ind.) in a Frontier League game in Avon. The Otters were held to just four hits.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/weglarz_bellows_power_akrons_r.html

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Cleveland Browns A.M. Links: Chris Palmer is thankful for his time in Cleveland; defending Peyton Hillis; preview of Sunday's game

  Tennessean reporter Jim Wyatt writes how former Cleveland Browns coach Chris Palmer is the offensive coordinator for the Titans. Palmer was the Browns' head coach from 1999-2000 and that time as the team's coach taught Palmer a few lessons. “If I ever take an expansion job again,” he said, “shoot me.”  Palmer was fired after going 5-27. In 2002 under...

Mike Levy, PD fileFormer Browns head coach Chris Palmer is now a coordinator with the Titans.

  Tennessean reporter Jim Wyatt writes how former Cleveland Browns coach Chris Palmer is the offensive coordinator for the Titans.

Palmer was the Browns' head coach from 1999-2000 and that time as the team's coach taught Palmer a few lessons.

“If I ever take an expansion job again,” he said, “shoot me.”

 Palmer was fired after going 5-27. In 2002 under Butch Davis, the Browns made the playoffs.

“It is really overrated starting a franchise up,” Palmer said.

“But people forget Cleveland was in the playoffs in its fourth year, so I think that was a tribute the players and the people that started the organization. Cleveland is a good football town.”

In the article, Palmer says he regrets he didn’t get more time as head coach, but he said he has no hard feelings.

“You always wish you had more time,” said Palmer, who is in his first year with the Titans. “I would like to live longer than I am going to, but that’s not going to happen.”

 

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Running backs coach defends Peyton Hillis . . . Bob Finnan of The News-Herald writes about Hillis and his supporters.

The Browns wonder if they can keep Hillis and D'Qwell Jackson, writes CantonRep.com reporter Steve Doerschuk.

Previewing the Titans on Cleveland.com.

 

 

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/09/cleveland_browns_am_links_chri_1.html

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Columbus Clippers gets two wins against Rochester: Minor League Report

The Kinston Indians, Lake County Captains and Lake Erie Crushers also get wins on Friday night.

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AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 6-4, Red Wings 3-3 RH Brett Brach (1-0, 3.86) and LH Nick Hagadone (5.73, two saves) held Rochester (N.Y.) to two runs over six innings as visiting Columbus beat the Red Wings in the completion of a game suspended after three innings on June 10.

In the nightcap (regularly scheduled game), RH Zach McAllister (9-3, 3.27) recorded a quality start and 2B Cord Phelps (.301, 12 HRs) homered to lead Columbus to the wins.

McAllister allowed three earned runs on nine hits in 6 innings. He struck out six and walked none.

AA Akron Aeros

Fisher Cats 7, Aeros 1 RH Steven Wright (1-2, 6.35) gave up seven earned runs in six innings as Akron got pounded in Manchester, N.H.

3B Kyle Bellows (.229) had two of the Aeros' five hits.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 6, Red Sox 2 LF Tyler Cannon (.248) hit a three-run homer and LH Francisco Jimenez (3.66) threw one-hit ball for 4 innings as the K-Tribe won in Salem, Va.

A Lake County Captains

Captains 4, Loons 3 1B Chase Burnett (.196) hit a two-out double in the bottom of the eighth to rally Lake County past visiting Great Lakes.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Cyclones 10, Scrappers 6 St. Ed grad Alex Lavisky (.207) had two hits and two RBI but Mahoning Valley lost to visiting Brooklyn (N.Y.)

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 9, Otters 5 Lake Erie won at Evansville (Ind.) to extend its franchise-record winning streak to 10.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/columbus_clippers_gets_two_win.html

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The Plain Dealer scouts Saturday's college football games

The Plain Dealer offers a look at some of this weekend's local college football games.

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Big Ten Conference

Ohio State vs. Michigan State

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium, Columbus.

TV/Radio: WEWS Channel 5; WKNR AM/850.

Notable: The Buckeyes (3-1) survived the nonconference portion of their schedule with only one slip, a 24-6 loss at Miami. MSU also is 3-1. This is the first of a series of tests for the Buckeyes. After hosting the Spartans, the Buckeyes play at No. 8 Nebraska, at No. 24 Illinois, have a bye week and then entertain No. 7 Wisconsin. The road is uphill for Michigan State as well. After the visit to Columbus, the Spartans have a bye week, then host No. 19 Michigan and Wisconsin before hitting the road to play the Cornhuskers. Michigan State has 25 native Ohioans on its roster. Three Buckeyes are from Michigan.

Next for OSU: Oct. 8 at No. 8 Nebraska, 8.

-- Compiled from wire reports

Mid-American Conference

Akron at Eastern Michigan

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Radio: WARF AM/350.

Notable: The running of Akron tailback Jawon Chisholm has taken some pressure off the offense of the Zips (2-3, 0-1), but that unit still has a way to go to be consistently productive. Matchup with EMU (2-2, 0-0) features two teams that do not own wins against teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. EMU is averaging 16.0 ppg, and Akron 13.2, so don't look for a shootout.

Next for Akron: Oct. 8 vs. Florida International, 2.

Kent State at Ohio

Kickoff: 2 p.m. at Peden Stadium, Athens, Ohio.

Radio: WNIR FM/100.1.

Notable: KSU (1-3, 0-0) can turn its season around with an upset of the Bobcats (3-1, 0-0) but that will be a chore considering OU does the one thing Kent struggles at: scoring points. OU is averaging 36.0 ppg to KSU's 13.0 ppg, worst in the MAC. Kent's defense is tied for third in the country with eight interceptions, and is sixth in the nation with 12 forced turnovers.

Next for KSU: Oct. 8 at N. Illinois, 3:30.

Bowling Green at No. 22 West Virginia

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. at Mountaineer Stadium, Morgantown, W.Va.

Radio: None local.

Notable: BG (3-1) is quietly trying to stake a claim as the best MAC football team in Ohio. The Falcons are a missed PAT and overtime away from being undefeated, and have been averaging 38.5 ppg. West Virginia (3-1) is coming off a loss to LSU and will be looking for a get-well day behind QB Geno Smith, who has passed for 350 yards or more in his last three straight games.

Next for BG: Oct. 8 at W. Michigan, 2.

Miami vs. Cincinnati

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Yager Stadium, Oxford, Ohio.

Radio-TV: None local

Notable: The defending MAC champions are 0-3 and facing a tough rival in Cincinnati (3-1). A tough schedule (Missouri, Minnesota, Bowling Green) is partially to blame for Miami's record, but a veteran offense expected to produce fireworks has averaged only 17.3 ppg. UC is coming off an impressive 44-14 win over N.C. State and features DL Derek Wolfe with four sacks already this season.

Next for Miami: Oct. 8 vs. Army, 1.

Toledo at Temple

Kickoff: Noon at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia.

Radio: None local.

Notable: Toledo (1-3) plays its first conference game against league power Temple (3-1, 1-0) in a cross-division game that could well be the prelude to the MAC title game Dec. 1 in Detroit. UT is coming off a stinging 33-30 overtime setback at Syracuse that would have been a win if not for an official's blown call on a missed Syracuse extra point that was also called incorrectly by the instant-replay official. Temple is coming off a resounding 38-7 win over Maryland.

Next for Toledo: Oct. 1 vs. E. Michigan, 3.

-- Elton Alexander

Division III

Baldwin-Wallace at Marietta

When: 1:30 p.m. at Don Drumm Stadium, Marietta.

Radio: WBWC FM/88.3.

Notable: B-W (2-1, 1-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) seeks to get back on the winning track following last Saturday's 14-11 upset loss to Capital in Berea. Junior QB Ryan O'Rourke (Avon) has completed 57 of 82 passes (69.5 percent) for 652 yards and five TDs. Junior RB Tyler Lohr (Kent Roosevelt) tops the running game with 269 yards in 58 attempts with two TDs. Senior DE Derron Hamilton (Euclid) has five sacks in three games. Marietta QB Andrew Keller has completed 63 of 102 passes for 784 yards and seven TD. He has a trio of WRs who have combined to catch 61 passes for 823 yards and eight TDs in three games. Junior OLB Kadeem Corbin leads the team with 20 tackles.

Next for B-W: Oct. 8 at Otterbein, 7.

No. 2 Mount Union at No. 24 Ohio Northern

Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. at Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada.

Notable: Mount (3-0, 2-0 OAC) plays its first road game. The Purple Raiders are coming off a 66-7 win over Wilmington, marking the second straight week they produced 600-plus yards of offense. Junior RB Jeremy Murray posted his third straight 100-yard rushing performance; he had 167 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries. The Raiders got interceptions from seniors Tyler Alwardt and Jordan Pirtle, and junior Nick Driskill had a 59-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. ONU (2-1, 1-1) was ranked No. 9 in the nation before suffering a 27-7 loss at Muskingum. The Polar Bears went 4-of-19 on third down conversions and allowed seven sacks.

Next for Mount: Oct. 8 vs. Marietta, 1:30.

John Carroll vs. Otterbein

Kickoff: 2 p.m. at Don Shula Stadium, University Heights.

Radio/TV: WJCU FM/88.7, SportsTime Ohio (tape delay, 7 p.m.)

Notable: After losing at Otterbein, 56-28, last season, JCU (1-2, 1-1 OAC) is out to snap a three-game series losing streak. The Blue Streaks are coming off their first win, 37-35, at Marietta last week. JCU junior RB Casey Vogl ran for 145 yards and four TDs against Marietta, earning honors as OAC Player of the Week. Senior QB and captain Devin O'Brien has thrown for 425 yards and two TDs in three games while completing 54.4 percent of his passes. Defensively, senior LB C.J. Seitzinger is second on the team with 25 tackles. Otterbein (1-2, 0-2) is coming off a 41-20 home loss to Heidelberg. Otterbein senior WR Trey Fairchild leads the OAC in receptions (23), receiving yards (415), and all-purpose yards (750). Teammate Shane Centers, a senior LB, leads the OAC in tackles with 37.

Next for JCU: Oct. 8 at Wilmington, 1:30.

Oberlin at No. 16 Wittenberg

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Edwards/Maurer Field, Springfield, Ohio.

Radio: WOBL AM/1320.

Notable: Oberlin (2-1, 1-0 North Coast Athletic Conference) has its toughest test so far against the Tigers (4-0, 2-0). The Yeomen are coming off an impressive 27-7 win against Hiram last week. The Oberlin defense has been stellar through the first three games, giving up an NCAC low of just 234.67 ypg, good for 17th in the country. The seven points per game allowed by the Yeomen is also tied for fourth best in the country. Return man David Kalgren is leading the NCAC and is fourth in the nation in kickoff returns with an average of 31.4 ypr.

Next for Oberlin: Oct. 8 at Case Western Reserve, 6.

Hiram vs. Carnegie Mellon

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Charles A. Henry Field, Hiram.

Notable: It's Homecoming Weekend at Hiram, which is 1-3 overall, 1-2 in the NCAC. Last week, Hiram bowed to Oberlin, 27-7, in an NCAC game after falling behind, 20-0. Hiram QB Brandon Hanna has been a jack-of-all-trades. In last week's loss, he completed 17 of 36 passes for 156 yards, but threw two interceptions. He also rushed for a game-high 119 yards in 18 attempts and had one TD.

Next for Hiram: Oct. 8 vs. Macalester (Minn.) at Elmhurst, Ill., 2.

Case Western Reserve at Allegheny

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Frank B. Fuhrer Field, Meadville, Pa.

TV: Fox College Sports.

Notable: CWRU is 2-1 following last week's 24-6 victory at Denison. The Spartans lead the University Athletic Association in rush defense (91.7 ypg), scoring defense (13.3 ppg) and turnovers forced (10). Nationally, CWRU ranks 17th in sacks per game (3.67) and 21st in tackles for loss per game (9.25). Junior LB Kevin Nossem, the reigning UAA Defensive Player of the Week, has 27 tackles, four sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions. Senior DT Dale English (Holy Name) recorded a pair of sacks at Denison and is three shy of tying the school record. CWRU's offense totaled a season-high 425 yards last week, including 138 receiving from senior Bryan Metlesitz (North Royalton).

Next for CWRU: Oct. 8 vs. Oberlin, 6.

Division II

Lake Erie at Ferris State

Kickoff: 7 p.m. at Top Taggert Field, Big Rapids, Mich.

Radio: WFUN AM/970.

Notable: The Storm (1-3, 0-3 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference) is looking to snap a three-game losing streak. Lake Erie led No. 24 Hillsdale, 26-21, in the fourth quarter last week before suffering a 35-26 defeat. Senior RB Kameron Alexander (Buchtel) rushed for 102 yards and a TD on 12 carries for his second career 100-yard game. Senior QB Sean Bedevelsky (Brunswick) was 17 of 21 passing for 183 yards and ran 15 times for 69 more yards and a TD. It was his third straight game with a rushing touchdown. Senior WR Brandon James (Mentor) caught seven passes for 87 yards to go over the 2,000-yard mark for his career (2,012). Ferris State (3-1, 2-1) has won two in a row, piling up 1,000 yards of offense in wins over Ohio Dominican and Tiffin. The Bulldogs won the first meeting between the two teams last year in Painesville, 22-12.

Next for LEC: Oct. 8 at Wayne State, noon.

Notre Dame College vs. Central State

Kickoff: 1 p.m. at Brush High School's Korb Field, Lyndhurst.

Radio: WKNR2 AM/1540.

Notable: NDC (2-2) is coming off a 30-6 victory over Siena Heights (Mich.). Sophomore RB Pedro Powell bolted for 145 rushing yards to notch his second straight 100-yard game and the eighth of his career. Fellow sophomore Rob Partridge (Massillon) threw for 223 yards and two TDs, as NDC piled up a program-record 472 total yards in what was the team's 2011 home opener. Central State (0-4) played Dayton tough last week before falling, 17-7, to the Football Championship Subdivision's third-ranked defense.

Next for NDC: Oct. 8 vs. St. Joseph's (Ind.), 1.

-- Compiled using information from the colleges' sports information departments.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2011/09/the_plain_dealer_scouts_saturd_1.html

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The wrong LPO punishment

On September 1 a performance at the BBC Promenade Concerts was deliberately interrupted by persons who had bought tickets for that performance but whose real intention was not musical appreciation but musical disruption.

As the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Gil Shaham began playing Bruch's violin concerto there was, according to the BBC, "sustained audience disruption", the unashamed (and well-publicised) purposes of which were to cause a commotion and thus silence the performance and bring to the attention, both of the audience in the Royal Albert Hall and to those listening to the performance worldwide, the supposed plight of Palestinian Arabs.

Whether or not the Proms wreckers succeeded in any of their aims I do not know. I was not in the audience that evening. Some of those who were tell me that the antics of the wreckers were met with a great deal of verbal hostility from all parts of the auditorium, and that if anything the cause of Israel was thereby advanced rather than retarded.

That may well be, but is not my present concern. I wish, firstly, to draw attention to the perverse philosophy that lay behind the disruption and, secondly, to examine one consequence of it which is causing some merriment amongst Israel's friends and supporters but which is really not a laughing matter.

It is impossible to measure these things, but my impression is that over the past decade or so the idea has grown in respectability in this country that I have a right to "peacefully" disrupt your life in order to force you to address my concerns.

I am of course aware that this idea is not new. It constituted an element in the labours of the suffragette movement a century ago and in the anti-apartheid movement a half-century ago. If there is no one alive today who remembers the suffragettes there are certainly many who recall the efforts of the anti-apartheiders to sabotage sporting events.

My own view is that the disruption of cricket and rugby matches contributed nothing to the downfall of the white supremacist regime in South Africa, and that the disruptive efforts of the suffragettes actually delayed votes for women.

Nor, incidentally, did I condone the actions of those who gleefully disrupted performances by the Bolshoi Ballet and the Red Army Choir in the 1970s in supposed furtherance of the cause of Soviet Jewry (a cause which I actively supported, in other, more subtle ways).

An act of civil disobedience can never be truly "non-violent", because, no matter how noble the cause, by its very nature it violates the rights of others. When, in the 1970s, Peter Hain organised the disruption of sporting events in which South African teams participated he was quite rightly prosecuted for and found guilty of criminal conspiracy. Similar prosecutions (if not for criminal conspiracy then certainly for "aggravated trespass") should now be brought against those (their identities are certainly known) who, from within the Royal Albert Hall, deliberately disrupted the IPO concert. But my legal friends tell me that in order for this to happen the consent is required of the trustees of the Royal Albert Hall (some of whom, such as Elie Dangoor, are Jewish, incidentally). To date this consent has not been forthcoming.

But one consequence has resulted from this affair. Apparently four members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra signed, as LPO members, a letter condemning the IPO as an instrument of Israeli propaganda and calling for its Proms performance to be cancelled.

These signatories have now been handed a nine-month's suspension by the London Philharmonic. In a statement the LPO denies wishing to restrict the right of players "to express themselves freely", but add that "such expression has to be independent of the LPO itself".

This argument seems to me a trifle vindictive and the suspension itself wholly disproportionate. A very public reprimand would have been more appropriate. After all, two ? or more ? wrongs do not make a right.

It was wrong of Mr Hain to have disrupted sporting events involving South African teams. It was wrong of my friends to have disrupted the Bolshoi Ballet. It was wrong of anti-Israel activists to have disrupted a concert.

It is wrong of the Albert Hall management not give its consent to the bringing of criminal charges against the disrupters. And it is wrong of the LPO management to suspend its employees simply because they exercised ? misguidedly no doubt ? their right to freedom of expression.

Source: http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/columnists/55571/the-wrong-lpo-punishment

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Medina, Stow, Lakewood boys golf teams win NOC titles: High School Fall Sports Insider

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Week ahead: Hot into the weekend - Cooler next week, Sep 30 - 06:14

More unsettled for a time We keep the high temperatures and the summery weather into the weekend across England and Wales but things gradually deteriorate as we lose high pressure in favour of low pressure moving north of Scotland. Fronts though will be weak affairs as they move south with very light totals of rain expected. Temperatures will drop off next week closer to normal levels. Later in the forecast high pressure is expected to build back in as it turns fine and dry again. For the weather for the next few days click here Monday 03/10/11 Some patchy light rain is expected across Wales, south west England and parts of the Midlands today with rain spilling into Northern Ireland and west Scotland in the afternoon. More cloudy across the rest of Britain with some brighter spells. Highs of 15 to 20C.

Tuesday 04/10/11 Very windy today, especially across the north with sunshine and showers and gales. Rather cloudy across England and Wales with some patchy bits of light rain here and there. Highs of 11 to 19C.

Wednesday 05/10/11 Much cooler and quite windy today with sporadic outbreaks of light rain across parts of England and Wales while showers persist across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Expect highs of 12 to 14C.

Thursday 06/10/11 Still windy across Scotland with outbreaks of rain. Any patchy rain across England and Wales in the morning fizzles out as it becomes dry and sunnier. Expect highs of 12 to 17C.

Friday 07/10/11 A fine, dry day for much of the United Kingdom with a risk of some dense morning fog across England and Wales, otherwise good spells of sunshine to come for most areas. Expect highs of 12 to 16C. Saturday 08/10/11 Some rain in the far north of Scotland otherwise we end the forecast dry with sunny spells once morning fog patches disperse. Again these may be quite dense in the south. Expect highs of 14 to 17C.

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Orange football team falls to Aurora, looks to rebound against Kenston

The Orange football team took one on the chin as the Lions lost, 52-15, to Aurora on Friday night at home. Orange coach Adam Bechlem admitted that the Greenmen are really good, but also knew the rain and poor field conditions didnt exactly help the Lions.

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Mitch Talbot ineffective as Pawtucket routs Columbus: Minor-league report

Packer sharp in Aeros' shutout win; Aguilar homers twice, but Kinston loses; Fontanez's first HR can't save Captains; Miles, Wolters have two hits each in Mahoning Valley loss; Crushers' Milons has four RBI in triumph.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Red Sox 9, Clippers 1: Pawtucket (R.I.) clobbered RH Mitch Talbot (1-2, 5.68) and easily won the International League game over visiting Columbus.

Talbot lasted just 3 innings, allowing six runs (three earned) on seven hits and three walks. He struck out six.

2B Cord Phelps (.299) tripled for Columbus.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 4, Flying Squirrels 0: LH Matt Packer (7-11, 4.18) threw eight shutout innings, C Chun Chen (.265) hit his 13th homer of the season and LF John Drennen (.245) had three hits and two RBI to lead Akron to the Eastern League win in Richmond, Va.

Packer struck out nine, walked one and gave up five hits.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Pelicans 15, Indians 9: Kinston DH Jesus Aguilar (.231) had three hits, including two home runs, and six RBI, but the Pelicans roughed up K-Tribe pitchers in the Carolina League game in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A Lake County Captains

Silver Hawks 4, Captains 2: Lake County 3B Kevin Fontanez (.172) hit his first home run but the Captains lost the Midwest League game in South Bend, Ind.

RH Michael Goodnight (5-12, 4.46) started and gave up four earned runs in 4 innings. He allowed four hits and six walks while striking out three.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Lake Monsters 3, Scrappers 1: Mahoning Valley RF Bryson Miles (.297) and SS Tony Wolters (.303) each had two hits but the Scrappers lost the New York-Penn League game in Winooski, Vt.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers 9, Thunderbolts 5: CF Jeremie Milons (.256) knocked in four runs and LF Kellen Kulbacki (.275) hit his fifth homer of the season as Lake Erie beat Windy City in Frontier League action in Avon.

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Amanda Knox's lawyers hit back at police and prosecutors

In a day of legal theatrics, defence team ridicules prosecution case and tells jury not to let sympathy blur their judgement

The judges and jurors who will decide whether Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend stay in jail for much of the rest of their lives for the murder of Meredith Kercher were told on Thursday not to let sympathy for the victim's family blur their judgment.

The lawyer for the Kercher family had repeatedly stressed this week the horror of the crime and the suffering of the victim's relatives. But that was not the point, said Knox's counsel, Carlo Dalla Vedova.

"Be respectful of the pain caused by the death of Meredith Kercher. But don't make the mistake of keeping two innocent people in jail," he declared. "Pain is not a legal argument."

His appeal came on a day of legal theatrics in which Knox's two lawyers trained on the prosecution case a relentless barrage of indignation tinged with ridicule.

Knox's other counsel, Luciano Ghirga, a portly attorney with a showman's touch, had his client stifling giggles as he poured scorn on a prosecution witness ? a homeless man who had contradicted Knox's alibi for the night of the killing.

Earlier, Ghirga appeared close to losing his temper as he accused the prosecution of irregularities in the conduct of the investigation and trial. Like Dalla Vedova, he repeatedly implied that the prosecutors and police ignored evidence that failed to support their theories.

He told the court that Knox was midway in age between his own two children and that her trial had caused him personal distress. He ridiculed the notion that Knox ? "the best sort of guest this city could have" ? would suddenly opt to take part in a vicious and bloody killing. As he ended the defence's summing up, he twice extended a hand towards Knox and caressed the back of her head. She leant forward so that her hair fell in front of her face, hiding it from view.

Dalla Vedova, an immaculately groomed Rome lawyer, wholly different from Ghirga, also hit an emotional note when he asked rhetorically how many times he and other members of her legal team, had heard Knox say: "Why won't they believe me?"

The Seattle student is appealing against a 26-year sentence for murder. Her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, who is serving a 25-year sentence is also appealing. A decision is expected on Monday after both appellants have addressed the court.

They are accused of taking part with a third man, Rudy Guede, in what a lower court decided was a drug-fuelled sex game that ended in tragedy when Knox slashed Kercher's throat while she was held by the two men. Guede, a small-time drug dealer, was convicted separately.

Dalla Vedova told the court his client had spent more than 1,000 days in prison because of "evidence that cannot stand up to other hypotheses". During that time, she had been "crucified ? impaled in the piazza" for a crime she never committed, he said.

On Monday, another lawyer at the appeal had branded the 24 year-old Knox an "enchanting witch". It was the latest of many religious or occult images to be deployed in a case that has also been laden with sexual allusion.

The appellants argue Kercher was killed by Guede alone after the Ivory Coast-born drifter broke into the flat she shared with Knox.

Dalla Vedova began a point-by-point examination of the case against the American by looking at a statement, made to police after an all-night interrogation.

She had not been given any legal assistance and, at the time she was no more than a ragazzina, a young girl, with scant knowledge of Italian on her first trip abroad, he said. Knox had come to Italy less than a month before to study, along with Kercher, at Perugia's university for foreigners. Much of the rest of the prosecution case, claimed her lawyer, was based on "conjecture".

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Artistic family double

A 96-year-old London artist and her granddaughter celebrated exhibition openings on the same night.

Marika Eversfield has a pastel, La Cantina, on display at the London Jewish Cultural Centre in Golders Green. Student Lizzie Marx, 19, showed 28 pieces of photography, painting and other media at West London Synagogue.

The schedule clash meant that neither could be present at the other's big night. But Lizzie explained: "I took my grandmother around for her own private view the next day."

Lizzie, who will be studying history of art at Cambridge, said Mrs Eversfield had been a major artistic influence.

"We used to go on family holidays to her house in the Tuscan mountains, where she went to paint. Having art around, watching her paint, was how I got into art."

The West London show, The Wandering Jew, stemmed from her year abroad with RSY in Israel. "I had so much to express."

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Cord Phelps' effort can't prevent loss for Columbus Clippers: Minor League Report

The Class AA Akron Aeros and Class A Lake County Captains also lose, but the Class A Kinston Indians get a victory over the Potomac Nationals.

AAA Columbus Clippers

Red Sox 5, Clippers 2 SS Cord Phelps (.301) doubled twice, singled and knocked in a run, but Columbus lost an International League game in Pawtucket, R.I. Clippers RH Jeanmar Gomez (10-6, 2.46 ERA) allowed five runs -- two earned -- in seven innings. CF Tim Fedroff (.268), DH Nick Johnson (.211) and 2B Argenis Reyes (.300) each had two hits for Columbus. Johnson knocked in the other run.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Pawtucket, 3B Jared Goedert (.257) was 22-for-55 (.400) with four home runs in his last 18 games....OF Chad Huffman (.247) was looking to start another streak, after having his 25-game on-base streak snapped on Tuesday and his 13-game hitting streak ended on Monday. Huffman was 23-of-43 (.535) with nine doubles, one triple, two home runs and 12 RBI during the hitting streak....OF Jeread Head (.285) was 19-for-60 (.317) with seven homers and 17 RBI in his last 14 games....LH reliever Nick Hagadone (4-2, four saves, 3.32) was 2-1 with two saves and a 1.69 ERA in his last 14 games, striking out 26 and walking four in 21 1/3 innings....RH reliever Chen Lee (3-0, 1.08) had struck out 36, walked seven and allowed 17 hits in 25 innings with the Clippers. Lee was a combined 5-1 with a 1.95 ERA for Columbus and Akron this season, fanning 92 and walking 18 in 64 2/3 innings, while holding hitters to a .197 batting average, including just two home runs....RH Corey Kluber (7-8, 5.61) is third in the International League with 126 strikeouts (in 134 2/3 innings) after his gem on Tuesday night, when he pitched 6 2/3 hitless, scoreless innings and struck out 11, with five walks, to get the win as the Clippers defeated Pawtucket, 5-2.

AA Akron Aeros

Senators 5, Aeros 3 SS Juan Diaz (.253), 1B Raul Padron (.243) and RF Ben Copeland (.276) homered, but host Akron lost to Harrisburg, Pa. LH T.J. McFarland (9-7, 3.87) gave up four runs in six innings.

Notes: Going into his start in Wednesday night’s game against Harrisburg, LH T.J. McFarland was 9-6 with a 3.75 ERA overall, but in his last 10 starts, had been 7-1 with a 2.31 ERA. During that stretch, McFarland had not allowed a home run in 62 1/3 innings, holding batters to a .233 average while striking out 50 and walking 19....LH reliever Eric Berger (2-0, 2.53) had pitched 17 1/3 scoreless innings n his last nine games, fanning 20, walking four and giving up nine hits....RH reliever Adam Miller (1-3, one save, 5.85), a former first-round Indians’ draft pick attempting a comeback after missing nearly three seasons with finger surgeries, had pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his last three games, striking out two while giving up three hits and two walks....RH Austin Adams (9-9, 4.00) is 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in his last seven starts....Going into Wednesday night’s game, 3B Kyle Bellows (.234) was 9-for-27 (.333) with one homer and one double in his last eight games....OF Ben Copeland (.269) was 10-for-34 (.294) with two homers and two doubles in his last nine games.

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 2, Nationals 1 LH Francisco Jimenez (3.51) allowed one run in 4 innings, and RH Nickolas Sarianides (3.18) got the win with three innings of scoreless relief as host Kinston topped Potomac, Va., in Carolina League play. RH Preston Guilmet (1.73) retired the four batters he faced for his 32nd save.

Notes: OF Anthony Gallas, from Strongsville High School and Kent State, was placed on the Kinston disabled list on Monday. The right-handed hitter has not played since being hit on the hand by a pitch on July 31. Gallas started the season at Lake County, where he hit .314 in 207 at bats. At the time of his promotion to Kinston, Gallas was leading the Midwest League with 24 doubles. He also hit six home runs and had 21 RBI for the Captains. With Kinston, Gallas is hitting .203 in 128 at bats, with 10 doubles, two homers and 21 RBI. Before going 0-for-5 in his last two games, Gallas was 10-for-29 (.345) with six doubles and eight RBI in his previous eight games....Going into Wednesday night’s game against Potomac, OF Tyler Holt (.259) was 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles, five runs, four walks and four stolen bases in his last four games. He was second in the Carolina League with 69 walks and third with 30 stolen bases (in 35 attempts)....OF Jordan Casas (.288) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 11-for-39 (.282) with one triple, four RBI and four runs....3B Adam Abraham (.249) was 12-for-39 (.308) with three doubles, seven RBI, six runs and seven walks in his last 10 games....RH reliever Toru Murata (1-2, two saves, 2.27) has not allowed a run in his last 17 2/3 innings. Overall, in 35 2/3 innings, he has struck out 47, walked nine and held batters to a .179 average and one home run....RH reliever Preston Guilmet (1-1, 1.78) was second in the league with 31 saves. In 50 2/3 innings, he had struck out 52, walked nine and held hitters to a .205 batting average....RH Clayton Cook (8-8, 3.86) is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three starts, fanning 16 in 18 innings....LH Francisco Jimenez (3-2, 3.66) has allowed one run — unearned — on seven hits in his last 10 2/3 innings, with 16 strikeouts and seven walks. Jimenez has made starts in his last two games, after pitching in relief in 19 of his previous 20 games.

A Lake County Captains

Silver Hawks 6, Captains 5 Raywilly Gomez singled home Niko Gallego with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead South Bend, Ind., over Lake County. It was the ninth walk-off loss for the Captains this year. SS Ronny Rodriguez (.249) doubled, singled and drove in a run for Lake County.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at South Bend (Ind.), the Captains had lost 12 of their last 15 games. They had scored 1.87 runs per game....RH reliever Cody Allen had two of the wins. He was 2-0 in three appearances with the Captains, pitching eight scoreless innings, while striking out 12 and giving up three walks and seven hits. Allen was promoted from Mahoning Valley, where he was 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 14 games, fanning 42 and walking nine in 33 2/3 innings, while holding batters to a .183 average and one home run....Going into Wenesday night’s game, IF Ronny Rodriguez (.247) was 7-for-22 (.318) with four doubles, one triple and three stolen bases in his last six games....IF Nick Bartolone (.220) was 7-for-23 (.304) with one double in his last seven games....3B Giovanny Urshela (.242) was 9-for-31 (.290) with two doubles in his last nine games.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 5, Lake Monsters 1 RF Bryson Myles (.290) had a two-run single, and SS Tony Wolters (.302) and CF Cody Elliott (.244) each drove in a run as Mahoning Valley topped host Vermont.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Vermont, catcher Alex Lavisky — a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward High School graduate who was drafted in the eighth round by the Indians that June — was 5-for-18 (.278) with three doubles and four RBI in his last five games. Lavisky is hitting .204 in 196 at bats for the Scrappers, with 13 doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI. He began the season with the Lake County Captains, hitting .207 in 184 at bats with 10 doubles, eight homers and 24 RBI....2B Todd Hankins (.271) was 10-for-34 (.294) with four doubles, one triple, nine RBI and eight runs in his last 10 games....SS Tony Wolters (.305) was 9-for-29 (.310) with one double and three stolen bases in his last seven games....Catcher Jake Lowery (.254) was 7-for-26 (.269) with four doubles, eight walks, five RBI and five runs in his last eight games, and was second in the New York-Penn League with 37 walks....RH reliever Enosil Tejeda (2-2, nine saves, 3.67) had struck out 47 and walked 14 in 27 innings, holding batters to a .190 average and no home runs....RH Joseph Colon (4-2, 3.32) was 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his last eight games (seven starts), fanning 30, walking 12 and allowing 31 hits in 41 innings.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Beach Bums 5, Crushers 4 (11) Travis Risser (2-5) took the loss as Lake Erie lost in 11 innings in Traverse City, Mich.

Notes: Going into Wednesday night’s game at Traverse City (Mich.), IF Andrew Davis (.338) was hitting .433 (67-for-157) in his last 39 games, with 16 doubles, three triples, five homers and 38 RBI. He was also on a 10-game hitting streak, going 20-for-39 (.513) with four doubles, two homers and 13 RBI....IF Jason Taylor (.290) was 17-for-36 (.472) with six doubles, one triple, three homers, 11 RBI, 10 runs and five stolen bases in five attempts in his last 11 games....RH reliever Chris Allen (1-2, two saves, 1.57) had pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings in his last six games, with seven strikeouts.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/08/minor_league_notes_trends_for_1.html

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Practise what you tweet? Not these activists

I'm all for legitimate protest, so while I might view a group called UK Friends of Palestine & (dissident) Israel with suspicion, I wouldn't want to say they shouldn't have a platform.

According to the mission statement on their twitter page, they want: "To raise awareness for non-violent actions to open Gaza and end the occupation."

But, they add: "We work for equality, peace and one day lots more love again between Arabs and Jews."

I'd support that.

And yet, it seems they don't exactly practise what they preach.

At 17.04 on Thursday, they tweeted*:

"Why do Muslims get such a s**t deal? Six Jewish firms own 96% of the World?s Media and are responsible for oppression of Islam."

Well, I think you'll agree that comment is in the spirit of "equality, peace and lots more love".

They later added: "Re our last Tweet - we wish to thank all the good Jews who do stand up for equality and justice for all of God's people & denounce zionism."

Right. Not sure that makes it better or advances what they claim is their cause.

* I changed some of their grammar. However I think you'll agree the sentiment is clear.

Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogs/jennifer-lipman/practise-what-you-tweet-not-these-activists

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Jeanmar Gomez now 10-3, 2.32 ERA at Columbus after strong outing for win: Minor league report

Akron, Kinston and independent Lake Erie Crushers win one-run games. Captains get one-hit in loss. Scrappers win big.

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AAA Columbus Clippers

Clippers 6, IronPigs 3 RH Jeanmar Gomez (10-3, 2.32) held Lehigh Valley (Pa.) to one run on six hits over the first seven innings to get the International League road win for the Clippers. Gomez struck out five and walked two. 1B Nick Johnson (.214) belted his third home run — a solo shot — and he doubled, walked and scored three runs. Catcher Michel Hernandez (.224) drilled a two-run homer, his first with the Clippers, and CF Tim Fedroff (.275) doubled home two runs.

Notes: IF Jason Donald, playing 3B, was 1-for-5 with a double, making him 18-for-37 (.486) with six doubles and a homer in his last 10 games....Gomez, 23, has had two brief stints with the Indians this season, going 0-2 with a 5.70 ERA in five games, including four starts. He made his major league debut with the Indians last season, when he was 4-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 11 games, all starts.

AA Akron Aeros

Aeros 6, SeaWolves 5 CF Jordan Henry (.259) drove in three runs with a double and single, and RH starter Joe Gardner (7-7, 4.79) got the win despite yielding four runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Aeros in the Eastern League game at Erie (Pa.). RH closer Cory Burns (2.38) pitched the ninth inning for his 27th save, after RH reliever Rob Bryson retired the four batters he faced, three of them on strikeouts. For the Aeros, LF John Drennen (.243) doubled twice, 1B Matt McBride (.288) doubled and singled, and 3B Kyle Bellows (.220) and catcher Raul Padron (.328) both singled twice.

Notes: Padron is 21-for-64 (.328) with four doubles and a homer with the Aeros....SS Juan Diaz (.257) is 13-for-42 (.310) with three doubles and a homer in his last eight games....Bryson, who missed the early part of this season with a broken foot, has a 1.33 ERA in 20 1/3 combined innings this season for Lake County, Kinston and Akron. He has struck out 28, walked four and given up 11 hits. 

Advanced A Kinston Indians

Indians 11, Blue Rocks 10 RF Abner Abreu (.244) was 4-for-4 with five RBI, a double and his 11th home run, a two-run clout in the bottom of the seventh inning for the final runs in the Carolina League slugfest at Kinston (N.C.). 1B Jeremie Tice (.281) drove in two runs with his sixth homer and a double, and scored three runs. RH reliever Kyle Landis (4-0, 1.03) retired the four Wilmington (Del.) batters he faced to get the win, and RH closer Preston Guilmet (1.80) notched his 25th save with a perfect ninth inning.

Notes: Abreu is 14-for-32 (.438) with four homers, three doubles and 12 RBI in his last 10 games....Landis has struck out 29 while allowing just 13 hits and six walks in 26 1/3 innings.

A Lake County Captains

River Bandits 3, Captains 1 Quad Cities (Iowa) RH Trevor Rosenthal (4-7, 3.29) allowed one hit — a ground single by RF Carlos Moncrief (.241) leading off the bottom of the first inning — to get the Midwest League win at Classic Park in Eastlake. Rosenthal struck out eight and walked one before being replaced with two outs in the ninth inning, after the Captains scored on a three-base error and a wild pitch. LH Mike Rayl (5-5, 2.83) took the loss, allowing one run on six hits while fanning four and walking one in six innings.

Notes: Moncrief is 16-for-45 (.356) with four homers and three doubles in his last 10 games.

A Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Scrappers 10, Spikes 3 SS Tony Wolters (.298), 2B KC Serna (.289) and DH Todd Hankins (.254) had three hits each for the Scrappers in their New York-Penn League win at State College (Pa.). RH starter Mason Radeke (2-0, 3.90) got the victory, yielding two runs on four hits and a walk, with two strikeouts, in five innings.

Notes: Catcher Alex Lavisky (.197), a 2010 Lakewood St. Edward High School graduate and Cleveland’s eighth pick in the draft that June, doubled home a run, and is 11-for-38 (.289) with three homers and three doubles in his last 10 games.

Independent Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers defeated the Joliet Jammers, 5-4, in a Frontier League game at Joliet (Ill.).

Notes: RH Josh Roberts (6-3, 3.48) is 4-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last six starts. He has struck out 22, walked eight and allowed 29 hits in 40 2/3 innings during that span....Going into Friday night’s game, RH reliever Kelyn Schellenberg was 1-0 with one save and a 1.20 ERA in 24 games. He had walked one batter in 30 innings.

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British Technion Society's annual dinner

Cancer care, research and treatment were the focus of this year?s Ron Arad Lecture hosted by the British Technion Society.

The event, held at the Royal College of Physicians, raised more than �100,000 for the Technion?s cancer research programme.

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Metal gurus

Earlier this year I ran an article about an enigmatic collection of lead books which, it was being argued, were ancient Jewish mystical texts.

Immediately, rival theories began to appear all over the media here and abroad that these were early Christian codices.

But the claims of antiquity began to be debunked on the blogs.

Further detective work done by scholars ? see this and this - suggest that the metal mysteries, sadly, are simply fakes, as the Israel Antiquities Authority believed all along.

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Briton attacked by shark in South Africa

Great white shark sighted as 42-year-old man fights for life after reportedly losing parts of both legs at Fish Hoek in Cape Town

A Briton has been attacked by a shark while swimming in South Africa, authorities said.

The 42-year-old man is fighting for his life after the attack by a great white at Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town.

Reports said the man, who is believed to live in the city, was rescued by a bystander after he ignored shark warnings to go swimming.

National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman Craig Lambinon told the South African Press Association (Sapa): "It appears he was rescued from the water by a bystander who left the scene before we could identify him.

"On arrival, a 42-year-old man was found on the shore suffering complete amputation of his right leg, above the knee, and partial amputation of his left leg, below the knee."

Lambinon said the victim was believed to live in the suburb of Plumstead.

He was stabilised at the scene and then airlifted to Constantiaberg medi-clinic in a critical condition.

Lambinon added: "The man was conscious when paramedics attended to him on the beach, but was sedated on-scene by paramedics in their efforts to stabilise the patient."

The city of Cape Town told Sapa that, when the man entered the water, the beach was still closed. A shark flag, indicating the presence of a great white, was flying.

A shark spotter stationed on the beach was warned by a spotter on the mountain that someone had entered the water.

The spotter then ran to Clovelly Corner to try to get the swimmer out of the water, but the attack took place before he could reach him.

Spotters had sighted the shark 90 minutes before the attack, and closed the beach. The white shark flag was raised and the siren set off.

The victim of the attack was the only person in the water at the time.

The beach, together with another three locally, was closed as a precaution until further notice.

The shark was still in Fish Hoek Bay in the afternoon and being monitored by the spotters.

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