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FSU football team like St. Thomas Aquinas north

 Florida State cornerback Xavier Rhodes (27) and safety Lamarcus Joyner (20) celebrate as North Carolina State tight end Mario Carter (87) walks away in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)A year ago, Austin Barron and Bobby Hart were members of the same offensive line at Fort Lauderdale’s St. Thomas Aquinas, providing quarterback protection and creating holes for the Class 5A state champions.

Now they’re trying to win trench wars at Florida State.

Barron, a freshman center, received his first collegiate start Thursday when regular centerBryan Stork didn’t suit up because of “mild concussion symptoms.” Hart made his fifth start in a row at right tackle.

When the two were at St. Thomas, they anchored a line that helped the Raiders total 5,612 yards in total offense.

They’re not the only ex-Raiders playing for FSU. Sophomore safety Lamarcus Joyner, freshman receiver Rashard Greene and senior offensive tackle Andrew Datko also hail from the South Florida football power.

It was a shoulder injury to Datko that enabled Hart to crack the FSU starting lineup. Greene (ankle) has also been injured, missing the past four games, but has six touchdown receptions in his limited playing time.

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• EJ Manuel doesn’t focus on one particular receiver.

Heading into Thursday’s clash with Boston College, no FBS team had more players with at least five receptions averaging at least 10.5 yards per catch. The Seminoles had eight such players, tied with Utah State for tops in the nation.

And FSU began the night with seven players having at least 10 receptions, which hadn’t happened since 1999 when the national champion Noles featured Peter Warrick, Ron Dugans, Snoop Minnis,Laveranues Coles, Anquan Boldin, Atrews Bell and Robert Morgan.

• With his 8-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter, senior Bert Reed moved into 13th on FSU’s all-time list in career receiving yardage. The reception gave Reed 1,816 receiving yards, passing Andrew Cooper, who had 1,810.

• Seminoles kicker Dustin Hopkins moved into sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list, passingWarrick Dunn, when he kicked his fourth extra point of Thursday’s game, giving him a total of 295. Hopkins, a junior, is a finalist for the Lou Groza Award given to the nation’s top kicker. The Seminoles’ all-time leader in points scored is Derek Schmidt with 393.

• Single-game tickets for FSU’s game against Miami on Nov. 12 are now on sale at www.seminoles.com.

• Along with Datko and Stork, other Seminoles who did not suit up on Thursday because of injuries were offensive linemen David Spurlock (knee) and Henry Orelus (head), defensive tackle Darious Cummings (hand) and receiver Willie Haulstead (head).

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Police still conducting dialog with striking Freeport workers

police are still conducting dialogs in their efforts to persuade Freeport workers in Papua to end their strike in support of their demand for a pay raise.

"The strike is still ongoing and the police are still putting dialogs before other efforts," the Head of the National police`s Public Information Service Senior Commissioner Boy Rafli Amar said when asked about the latest developments in Papua here on Wednesday.

He said the police were still trying to make the workers understand that blocking access roads was an anarchic action as it was disrupting transportation of supplies for the public.

"There is no plan yet to forcibly disperse them. (We are) still applying the persuasive approach," he said.

The Deputy Chairman of the Mimika Legislative Assembly, Karel Gwijangge, meanwhile had asked the Mimika resort police to reconsider its plan to use force to disperse workers on strike at Check Point Im, Mile 28, Mile 27 and Gorong-gorong in Timika.

In reply to ANTARA`s question on Monday, he said forceful action by police could result in more violence-marked incidents.

"None of the parties want to see new violence that would only hurt both sides namely the police and the workers. If the police continue with their plan to open the blockades and drive away the demonstrating workers, I fear more violent incidents will occur," he said.

He hoped all sides would introspect on what had happened on Monday (October 10) when a number of workers and police officers were hurt and even a worker was killed during a clash between them.

"There are still others ways which are wiser than forcibly dispersing them. Moreover PT Freeport`s SPSI (workers` union) unit has asked for a week to respond to Freeport management`s offer. There are already positive signs," he said.

He said if the police insisted on its plan the impact could possibly be worse.

If that is what happens the handling of various problems at PT Freeport would be more difficult to solve, he said.

The Mimika Resort police Chief, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Deny Edward Siregar, has issued an ultimatum to PT Freeport`s SPSI unit led by Sudiro to stop their strike and open the blockades.

If the ultimatum which was put in his letter dated on October 30, 2011 is not heeded the police will forcibly disperse them

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