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This has certainly been a weird Halloween. I can't say as I recall ever experiencing one this strange. And, I know I'm not the only one who felt this way this year.
It was rather an epiphany to me in Walmart a couple weeks back. There, in the Halloween aisles looking for candy and glancing over all the cool costumes and trinkets, was a whole slew of kids in awe of the many, cool things. I can remember behaving just the same. The only thing different was Walmart. You see – Halloween hadn't even arrived yet and what do you hear on the store's radio system? Christmas music. What the heck?
Talk about a screwed up mess! You got Johnny over here putting on a Scream mask and little Suzie over there looking at tiaras. There's something wrong with that. No one should be hearing "Here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane……….." while picking out their Halloween costume. It's just not right!
As odd as that was to me, it occurred to me while driving to work this week that I had yet to hear Michael Jackson's "Thriller" on the radio. I hadn't heard "Ghostbusters" or the "Monster Mash" either. What gives? "Thriller" is a staple this time of year and now, all of a sudden, it's not? It's awful.
As a matter of fact, I didn't hear "Thriller" or "Ghostbusters" until the noon-time retro lunch hour on WKFR. Really, a retro show to hear a Halloween classic?
Correct me if I'm wrong here – do we or do we not hear Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" a gazillion times during the Christmas season? And, no, I don't recall ever tuning into a 1940's retro show to hear it. It's just played and that's that. Should the same be said for "Thriller"?
A brief jaunt into Kohl's last weekend and you'd a totally felt like you were way behind on your holiday shopping and that Halloween and Thanksgiving had totally just fallen off the calendar. It was Christmas to the hilt in there and many people were complaining about it. I don't see the point in jumping the gun on the holiday season like this. It's more a turn off then a turn on to shoppers.
C'mon you guys….don't let retailers rule your life. Show them a clear sign that you do appreciate Halloween's fun and creative side and that giving thanks means something to you — don't give in to this crap. Stay out of the stores on Thanksgiving Day!
Don't give in to retailers' hype
This has certainly been a weird Halloween. I can't say as I recall ever experiencing one this strange. And, I know I'm not the only one who felt this way this year.


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University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Professor Nancy K. Johnson has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to the University of Hawaiʻi.
Johnson was hired as a probationary instructor in the nursing program in 1983 and earned full professorship in 2007.
She went on to chair the allied health department from 1989 to 2012. During that time, the program grew from a few faculty members and one class per year, to more than 30 faculty, staff and clinical lecturers serving two new classes per year, with a total of 340 students per semester.
Johnson has served as a key player in local and state discussions on healthcare workforce needs, caring for the aging population, meeting dental care needs for the underserved and building the Hawaiʻi State Nursing Consortium, which allows students to seamlessly transition from Maui College's program to UH Mānoa's bachelor of science in nursing program, without leaving their home campus.
The award is named in honor of the long-time University of Hawaiʻi administrator and secretary to the Board of Regents, Willard Wilson, who set a standard for exemplary service to the university during his 40-year career.
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The Affordable Care Act Discussion with Shannon Breuer of Eide Baillyposted on 06/05/2013
Wednesday, June 5 – The Affordable Care Act has employers and employees wondering … what do they need to do? Are there options? What changes can they expect? Joining us to answer some of those questions, and to take your calls, is Shannon Breuer, a health care reform adviser for Eide Bailly. ~~~ Natural North Dakota from Chuck Lura: "Sounds of Nature."


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Regions › Southern Virginia
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Office Plus Business Centre in Danville has changed its name five times in the past 75 years, but the office supply store has been owned by the same family since its founding in 1937.
The business represents "the spirit of what a family business is," says President Charles R. Haynsworth III, who notes that his grandfather, father, sisters, sons and uncle have worked for the company.
The store, which originally sold office machines, was named Ace Office Supply by Haynsworth's grandfather, Charles Haynsworth Sr., so it could be listed at the beginning of the phone book. When the company founder died in 1960, it was renamed Haynsworth's Inc. and later Haynsworth's in his honor.
Charles Haynsworth III and his uncle, William, took over the business in the '90s after the death of Haynsworth's father and renamed it Haynsworth's Office Plus. In 1997, they decided to drop the family name. The change was a tough decision, Haynsworth says, but a necessary one. The company worked with Independent Stationers, based in Indianapolis, a buying group that helped small office supply stores brand themselves and create a corporate image to compete with big-box stores.
"Our name was a deterrent for business, to some extent, because people associated that with local, hometown, high price," Charles Haynsworth III says. "We thought it was important to gain marketing of a national brand."
Office Plus Business Centre not only gained a new name in 1997 but also a new image. The Haynsworths renovated the Danville store and placed new logos on company vans and uniforms to gain name recognition. "We try to market who we are and our logo, so, over time, our logo has become a lot more recognized," Haynsworth says.
The company now sells a wide range of office supplies and office furniture. It also has some unusual items in its inventory. Customers, for example, can buy a gun safe, a product whose use is not limited to storing guns, Haynsworth says. "We have customers who want to store bulky files, so, safes are better products for that storage," he says.
Haynsworth believes Office Plus Business Centre stands out in competition with big-box retailers because of its longstanding connection with customers. "Because my staff knows our customers, they become involved and connected to our customers," he says. "They end up talking to them about things that are going on in their lives, so, it is a relationship as opposed to a transaction that is going on with someone at the other end of the phone."


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Ghostface Killah (born Dennis Coles, May 9, 1970) is a rapper and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. After the Wu-Tang achieved breakthrough commercial success in the early 1990's, Ghostface, like his clan-mates, began a solo career, which turned out to be one of the most critically and commercially successful solo careers of the group members. He also frequently goes by the alias of Tony Starks, taken from the secret identity of Marvel Comics super hero Iron Man, Tony Stark.As a solo artist, he first appeared on "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" (with clan-mate Raekwon in 1995), then on the soundtracks to "Sunset Park" and "Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood". His first solo LP was "Iron Man" in 1996, which was successful in hip hop circles and debuted at #2 on the pop charts. It had more of a pronounced soul influence (particularly 1970's soul) than previous Wu-Tang solo releases, and Ghostface's future albums would continue this stylistic trait. Ghostface became well-known for both his uptempo, seemingly indecipherable stream-of-consciousness raps and, later in his career, for his very emotionally charged delivery (first seen on the Wu-Tang Clan track "Impossible"). His follow-up to "Ironman" was "Supreme Clientele" in 2000, which was critically acclaimed by both mainstream critics and hip hop enthusiasts. "Cherchez La Ghost", a single off the album, became a minor club hit, and the sentimental "Child's Play" brought Ghostface numerous comparisons with Slick Rick. Ghostface wasted little time in recording his next album, the heavily R&B-influenced "Bulletproof Wallets" which was released a year after "Supreme Clientele". He had another minor club hit with "Flowers" (meaning rappers, people who "flow" lyrically, rather than a reference to horticulture) which featured guest vocals from fellow Wu-Tang members Method Man and Raekwon. In April of 2004, The "Pretty Toney Album" was released on Def Jam Recordings; it featured collaborations with Missy Elliott and Jadakiss and was Ghostface's first album to be credited to "Ghostface" rather than "Ghostface Killah". "Tush" and "Run", two singles taken from The "Pretty Toney Album", achieved moderate success in the clubs and the charts. The album was named 9th Best Album of the Year on Pitchfork Media's end of the year list. Ghostface also appeared on the track "On My Knees" by UK R&B group 411, The which became a hit in the UK and Australia, and released an album titled "718" with a group of his proteges, calling themselves The Theodore Unit.
Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success with their 1993 debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career in 1996 with Ironman, which was well received by music critics. He would continue his career, creating additional award-winning albums over the following years such as Supreme Clientele, Fishscale, More Fish, and The Big Doe Rehab.
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Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career with Ironman in 1996, which was well received by music critics. He has continued his success over the following years with critically acclaimed albums such as Supreme Clientele (2000) and FishScale (2006). His stage name was taken from one of the characters in the 1979 kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing. He is the founder of his own label Starks Enterprises.
Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. In 2006, MTV included him on their honorable mention list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, while the editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987-2007), calling him "one of the most imaginative storytellers of our time." Q magazine called him "rap's finest storyteller." Pitchfork Media stated that, "Ghostface has unparalleled storytelling instincts; he might be the best, most colorful storyteller rap has ever seen." NPR called him "a compulsive storyteller," and that "His fiction is painterly."
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- Valdosta, Ga. - Aug. 18, 2012 -
A new report says Georgia suffers high obesity among adults. But it is only expected to get worse as Georgia is ranked second highest in the country for childhood obesity.
Diane Howard believes the key to a healthier future is by starting young. She is chair of a program called "Partnership for Health" which is aimed at teaching kids healthier decisions starting in the garden.
"If they participate in one of the "P's", either planting, picking or preparing, then they will know more about the food and the likelihood of eating that particular food will increase," Howard said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Georgia has the second highest rate of childhood obesity in the nation. Doctors are seeing more and more patients suffering from adult-type obesity-related disease. Some are quick to blame the traditional southern diet. But it may just be a dependency on quicker meals and losing sight of where calories come from.
The problem of obesity is more prevalent in rural parts of the state. Where healthy foods are harder to come by and there is not as much to offer in the way of physical activity.
But Howard says that's no excuse. That is why they do things like teach gardening and take kids on canoe trips.
"First thing is get off the sofa. Get away from the computer and get active," said Howard.
The CDC says Georgia's overall obesity rate is lower than nearby Alabama and South Carolina, but still a higher rate than Tennessee, North Carolina and of course Florida.
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Sony PlayStation Vita the king of portable gaming systems
The box holding the new PlayStation Vita had been staring me down for weeks.
Sadly, I just didn't have the time to stare back.
Then it happened. The last straw.
MLB 2012 The Show for Vita landed on my doorstep. Procrastination was no longer an option.
I popped in MLB 2012 and was whisked away to the comfortable familiarity of years spent with the popular baseball franchise developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios' (SCE WWS) San Diego Studio.
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James Matthew Corcoran, 52, Oregon, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, Rockford.
He was born Jan. 18, 1961 in Rockford, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kereven) Corcoran.
He married Jillene Page on June 2, 1984 in Oregon.
Jim worked in Rockford at Amcore Bank for 20 years and then at Alpine Bank for the past five years.
He was a member of the Oregon Church of God.
Jim loved sports and he was a member of the Oregon High School 1979 sectional basketball championship team and went on to play basketball for four years at Beloit College.
He was involved in all sporting activities of his three daughters, both as a coach and a spectator.
Jim enjoyed being a member of the "chain gang" at OHS football games, closely followed college basketball and had a collection of college team sweatshirts.
He liked all Chicago sports teams, especially the Cubs, who he predicted would win the World Series in 2016.
Jim also enjoyed spending time with family and friends, for conversation and refreshments, at Voris' garage.
Survivors include his wife, Jill; daughters, Brittany (Adam) Groenhagen, Sarah Corcoran, and Anna Corcoran, all of Oregon; mother, Elizabeth Corcoran, Oregon; sisters, Jean (John) Deuth, Polo, and Jan (Richard) Alcumbrack, Michigan; brother, Tom (Peggy) Corcoran, Oregon; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, Nov. 30 at 11 a.m. at the Oregon Church of God, 860 W. Oregon Trail Rd, Oregon, with Pastor Michael Hoffman officiating.
Visitation will be held at the church on Friday, Nov. 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. Private burial will be in Daysville Cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established in his name. Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, Oregon is assisting the family with arrangements.
Visit www.farrellhollandgale.com to leave online condolences.


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Playmate of the Month March 1963 - Adrienne Moreau
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Description:MANHATTAN MANNEQUIN Miss March is a debonair example of urban development One reason New York is a nice place to visit is the girls who want to live there -- particularly the ebulliently budding models and actresses who brighten the city as they anonymously pursue their careers and dreams. Such an unsung charmer -- typical in her buoyant hopes, atypical in her cool blonde beauty -- is Adrienne Moreau, an aspiring New York free-lance fashion model and our March Playmate. The short happy life of Miss March began 21 summers ago in Trenton, New Jersey, where she was born of French parents; following schooling in both Jersey and Pennsylvania she entered Rutgers to study the diplomatic arts (specializing in languages and political science). Along the way her vivacious personality led to many extracurricular activities: she first did fashion modeling at 16 in Philadelphia, starred in two high school plays, and during college worked as a part-time teacher in a New Brunswick charm school. After giving the academic life the old college try for two years, Adrienne left Rutgers in the spring of 1961 with the time-honored ambition of becoming a girl of independent ways and means in NYC. Since her arrival, she has done well in publicity and advertising assignments (unlike fashiondom's usual skeleton crew, she tapes a notable 38-22-36) and recently was able to finance a snug walk-up apartment on 73rd Street just off Central Park, where she lives with a roommate amid a pleasant feminine clutter of clothing and cosmetics. Though somewhat shy at first introduction, Adrienne makes friends easily with men, who are invariably taken with her quick enthusiasms, her spontaneous laugh, and the fact that she so obviously enjoys masculine company. Of her future she says: "I'm terribly unrealistic -- I want to become a great actress, and travel extensively, and marry a wise, decisive man. And I want lots of laughter and wonderful unpredictable things along the way. I don't want to live by any blueprint." For the nonce, lovely Adrienne is clearly content with the lively life of a New York bachelor girl -- and glad to have Playboy's company as she relaxes in and around the apartment she hopes will be her launching pad.


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That makes sense, thank you. Farms go for that in some of the less populated parts of Michigan. Corn is grown in old hay fields, but the deer eat a good portion of the crop.Are you sure that $1,000 isn't old or for grazing land or something? Decent corn fields are selling for $7k+ an acre in most parts of the country.
Anyway, if biofuels go away, food prices will drop dramatically. Biofuels eat up 40% of all US corn supplies each year, which exerts incredible pressure on all agricultural output. Less land being used to produce food equals rising food prices. And it goes all the way up and down the chain, since harvested crops are often turned into animal feeds which then drives up the cost of raising farm animals. So biofuel is the main driver. After that I would say increased meat demand in Asia. It takes a lot more calories of grain to make a steak or chicken breast than you get back in return.
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NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 12/07/12 -- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) by law are required to pay out a minimum of 90 percent of their taxable income through dividends. A dividend tax increase has been a major concern for investors as current top tax rate is set to expire in the New Year. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for dividend yielding companies and provides equity research on Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM) and Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE: HTS).
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ERIE – Sterling Newman coach Val Gassman forgot to bring the traveling trophy that went with winning the 2012 Three Rivers boys cross country race.
As it turned out, it wasn't an issue.
The Comets placed five runners in the top seven to cruise to the team title Tuesday at Lake Erie Golf Course. Newman finished with a mere 20 points, ahead of runner-up Bureau Valley, which had 71.
Hall (88), Erie-Prophetstown (90) and Sherrard (137) rounded out the top five squads.
Hall junior Al Baldonado won the race with a time of 16 minutes, 17 seconds. Kewanee's Rolando Aguilar finished third in 16:31, then came a pack of four Newman runners: Chris Ahlers (16:34), Quincy Coomes (17:00), Drew Rosengren (17:01) and Micah Trancoso (17:25).
With the team race all but decided, the only real drama was who the top individual was going to be. Hall's Al Baldonado and Reyes were neck-and-neck down the stretch, and it was the Red Devil who had the goods.
"At the 200-meter mark, I could hear his coach telling him, 'Go now, go now,' so it was like, I have to go now with him," said Baldonado, who also has won titles at Oregon and Kewanee this season. "He was getting ahead of me, but when we turned for the finish, I gave it everything I had and pumped my arms as hard as I could."
"I know he has a great kick," Reyes said, "and I don't have that great of finishing speed. I think it will gradually get better by the end of the season, but he has a better finish than I do. I'm not disappointed with how I ran today."
The top 15 finishers earn all-conference honors, and Bureau Valley had a trio in that category. They were Daniel Trone, 8th in 17:38; Kane Eastwood, 11th in 17:54; and Andrew Smith, 15th in 18:12. Hall's Sandro Aldana also walked off with a medal take in 13th place (18:07.9).
The Storm are competing without their top runner, Ryan Taylor, who injured his foot in PE class two weeks ago. His status for the rest of the season is unclear.
Princeton's Cody Workman was nosed out by the Storm's Smith for the final medal, finishing 16th (18:12.8).
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Raider Relief Launches Bottle School Blitz
November 14, 2011
Members of Raider Relief, a philanthropic student organization at the University of Mount Union, have launched Bottle School Blitz – a 10-day community and campus-wide fund-raising effort. The project will benefit Hug it Forward, a non-profit organization with an innovative approach to improving the educational infrastructure of developing nations.
Currently, Hug It Forward is focused on empowering communities in Guatemala to build "bottle schools" using discarded plastic bottles and non-biodegradable trash. The organization has a dozen bottle schools completed or in progress and several more in the planning stages.
"Our goal is to raise enough money to build a bottle school for a community, which currently has no school at all," said Zak Suhar, a junior management and Spanish major of Cedarburg, WI, who also serves as the project leader for Bottle School Blitz. "The environmental benefits of doing this with what would otherwise be considered trash made the challenge almost irresistible. Hug It Forward was the perfect partner for this semester's Raider Relief effort."
The project consists of two phases:
The first phase, the community blitz, will take place on Saturday, November 19. Teams of student volunteers will staff tables set up outside of more than a dozen high-traffic retail locations throughout Alliance, asking shoppers for donations to support the project's cause.
The second phase will be campus based, with empty plastic beverage bottles issued to hundreds of students before they head home for Thanksgiving break. Each student will be challenged to fill his or her bottle with spare change from home, and return to campus with a coin-filled bottle.
To learn more about the project, watch this YouTube video.
Those wishing to support the effort may indicate their interest by contacting Suhar at (262) 247-6396 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Michael Lynn Alexander, 60, born April 19, 1952, in Newport to Troy Otis Alexander and Dovie Alene Gist, was raised in Swifton and lived most of his life in Jonesboro.
He died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 at his home. Michael was a Cherokee Village Police Officer and a Mason. He retired from Southwestern Bell prior to becoming a police officer.
Survivors include daughters, Jackie Brickey of Jonesboro, and Kasey (Adam) Carter of Cherokee Village; granddaughters, Kylie and Courtney Brickey of Jonesboro, and Addaline Carter of Cherokee Village; sisters, Claudette Hackworth of Pocahontas, and Linda Clayton of North Little Rock; brothers, David Brown of Swifton, Joe and David Alexander of Cash; and nieces and nephews.
Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Funeral services will be there at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 with Chris Clem officiating. Burial will be in Swifton City Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Steve Barkley, Randy Jumper, Ronnie Russell, Monte Lane, Wendell Lane, Bryan Buchanan, Chris Spurlock, and Shane Hightower. Honorary Pallbearers include Keith Neely and Michael Barkley.
If you would like to make a donation in lieu of flowers please donate to Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591 (501) 364-1100.
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+0 votes Brian Caudle › December 22, 2010
pretty crappy course, mach 1 baskets, and barley anything to have to throw around. Nothing to block this great Oklahoma wind. Don't think I will be playing here much. Would rather drive an hour or more to play better courses
+0 votes Brian Caudle › May 26, 2014
not something to be proud of. but when it is the only course you have to be able to open up your arm it will do. Mach 1 baskets don't help either, needs an update


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Dr. Amanda Seay announced that Dr. Preston Hamrick will be joining Park West Dentistry. With his addition to the practice, they now have Friday hours.
Online PR News – 25-June-2014 – Charleston, SC – Dr. Seay is proud to announce that Dr. Preston Hamrick joined the practice at Park West Dentistry. With his addition to the office, we will now have Friday hours available throughout the rest of the year. After an extensive search and screening process, Dr. Seay is pleased to have found Dr. Hamrick. We are thrilled that he shares her comprehensive philosophy to patient care and continued advanced training. Please help us welcome Dr. Hamrick to Park West Dentistry. You can contact our office to have one of the Robin's schedule a Friday appointment. As always, Dr. Seay will be available and will continue to care for you, her valued patients.
About Dr. Preston Hamrick:
Dr. Preston Hamrick grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina and attended the Medical University of South Carolina's College of Dental Medicine. Since graduation, Dr. Hamrick has worked in a private practice in Greenville and has continued to train at respected dental education centers in the United States. In the past year, he has completed over 80 hours of continuing education through Spear Education in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is also involved in local study clubs and organizations including the Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the South Carolina Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Hamrick and his wife, Steph, have two children, Adelaide and Elias.


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The men of Gwent face a difficult clash against the Scottish side though with Glasgow riding high in the PRO12 table.
They may be seven points behind leaders Ulster but Gregor Townsend's team have had a brilliant season so far and recently enjoyed a thrilling Heineken Cup victory over Northampton Saints.
The Dragons will be looking for both consistency and a high level of performance as they look for a fourth consecutive win.
Evans, in particular, is looking forward to getting the chance to impress.
"It's brilliant and the fact that I am getting opportunities to play is even better," he said.
"This time last year I'd be happy to be involved in the pro side and take any game but now I am here and now I have had a chance I want to be involved in every single game."
For the clash with Glasgow, Edwards keeps an unchanged back line with Pat Leach, who enjoyed a man of the match performance last week, once again paired with youngster Jack Dixon in the centre.
There are two changes on the bench where Aaron Coundley covers the loose head and Adam Hughes provides another option in the backs.
Dragons team to face Glasgow Warriors
Dan Evans, Will Harries, Pat Leach, Jack Dixon, Tom Prydie, Steffan Jones, Jonathan Evans, Ieuan Jones, Nic Cudd, Lewis Evans ©, Adam jones, Ian Nimmo, Nathan Buck, Hugh Gustafson, Owen Evans.
Replacements: Sam Parry, Aaron Coundley, Nathan Williams, Josh Tyler, Jevon Groves, Wayne Evans, Adam Hughes, Hallam Amos.


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#1 Nato should press on and give Georgia membership
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The conflict between Georgia and Russia would have exploded anyway, in some form, were Nato to have pressed ahead with offering Georgia a start on the road to membership, possibly at its meeting at the end of the year. The eruption on Friday should not deter Nato from taking that step soon.
Of course, many Nato members will consider how, had Georgia already been a member, they would have had to defend it. Germany will win more support for its argument, which dominated the Nato summit in April, that it would be wrong to offer membership for fear of provoking Russia and while its territory remains in dispute. Alarm at this near-war on Europes borders will easily persuade more governments of the need for caution.
That would be wrong. It would tell Russia that it had an effective veto over who joined Nato. It would discourage the pro-American and pro-European spirit of President Saakashvili, elected in 2004 partly for those sentiments. It might even make it harder to agree the deployment of international peacemakers in South Ossetia by showing that the US and Europe were indifferent to Georgias case.
There appear to have been serious miscalculations, more so on the Georgian side. Given the close contact with the US, that might be extended to the US as well. Saakashvili may have deluded himself that four years of US help in equipping his armed forces enabled them to make a dash for their prize. In taking advantage of the distraction of the Olympics, he looks sneaky, and so jeopardises his claim to the moral high ground.
The Nato summit was a clash of philosophies about Europes future. On one side was President Bush, making one of his best speeches, about the value of bringing Georgia and Ukraine into Nato as an assertion of common principles. On the other was Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, laying out why this should be postponed, perhaps for ever, even at the cost of undermining the pro-Western camp in Georgia. (British officials let it be known that they were on the American side in sympathy, but as the US would not win, they were on the side of compromise.)
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State legislators may consider a merger of two UNC system universities, but the complete closure of any UNC system school has not been discussed, said Sen. Tom Apodaca (R-Hendersonville).
State legislators may consider a merger of two UNC system universities, but the complete closure of any UNC system school has not been discussed, said Sen. Tom Apodaca, R-Henderson.
Apodaca responded this week to reports that legislators working on the state budget might consider closing two UNC system campuses.
Gov. Pat McCrory called for a $135 million cut in funding for the UNC system in the 2013-14 budget proposal he presented last week. Sen. Pete Brunstetter, R-Forsyth, co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said legislators could consider shuttering at least one campus as a way to cut out duplicated programs.
But Apodaca, who is co-chairman of the Senate Education Appropriations Committee, said that scenario is unlikely and has not even been discussed.
"I don't think you will see a closure — what you might see is a combining," he said. "It's always been a fear with some of the smaller, non-growing universities that they may be taken out or merged. We're just looking at all the options. I don't think you would ever see a campus totally close."
Apodaca also quickly dismissed the idea that UNC Asheville and Western Carolina University would be targeted for a merger, in response to a statement issued March 22 by Senate Democratic Leader Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe. Nesbitt said there has been talk in the legislature about the prospect.
"One of the major reasons for the greatness of our university system is its diversity — diversity of mission, background and region. And for my entire tenure in the General Assembly, I have heard the Republicans threaten that diversity. From the time I arrived, they have talked about merging UNC Asheville with Western Carolina," Nesbitt's statement said.
Not true, said Apodaca.
"It has never been discussed to merge Western and UNCA, and I will never let it happen," he said. "Western is a growing regional institution, and I want to see it flourish in its way. UNCA is one of the finest liberal arts schools in the U.S. They have two distinct missions, and both, in my opinion, are doing well."
State Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, also said he had not heard any discussion of closing or consolidating any UNC campuses.
"The Senate is more involved right now (with the budget) at this point than the House is," he said. "The idea of closing down or consolidating UNC campuses is not a matter that has been discussed, at least with me as one of the co-chairs of the (House) Education Appropriations Committee."
In addition to Western Carolina University and UNCA, campuses in the UNC system include UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University, North Carolina Central University, Fayetteville State University, East Carolina University, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A&T State University, Winston-Salem State University, the UNC School of the Arts, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Pembroke, Elizabeth City State University and Appalachian State University.
UNCA Chancellor Anne Ponder issued her own statement Wednesday.
"Our legislators have very tough decisions to make, and it is still very early ... Because many of our legislators are graduates of UNC campuses, they know first-hand the value of a degree from a UNC campus. We at UNC Asheville continue to do everything possible to serve our students and our state by educating the next generation of entrepreneurs, business leaders, health care professionals, teachers and engineers of the next generation," Ponder said.
UNCA students had strong reactions to any suggestion of their school closing. Burlington resident Becca Spritz is just starting her education at UNCA. If UNCA closed, she said, it would be "horrible."
"I love this school — that would devastate me if that happened," she said.
As an integral part of the Asheville community, anything that happens to UNCA also affects the city, said Haley Garritano, a freshman from Raleigh.
"Asheville is very progressive — People think together here, they think collectively, the welfare of everyone together instead of just the individual, and that is taught here (UNCA)," she said. "It would be really bad if they took it away,"
In addition to the UNC system budget cuts, McCrory also is suggesting tuition increases for out-of-state students as a way to make up for the decrease in education funding. Out-of-state tuition could go up by as much as 12.6 percent if lawmakers incorporate McCrory's idea into the budget.
Full-time (12 semester hours or more) undergraduate students who are out-of-state residents pay $9,869 a semester, or $19,733 per year, to attend UNCA.
A tuition increase would hurt, said Meghan Willard, a UNCA sophomore from Reston, Va.
"Obviously, it would be a greater burden on me and my parents to pay for my education, but I understand why they would be doing that because my parents don't pay state taxes," she said. "I think I would still be able to return (to UNCA), but I would have to buckle down financially much more than I am now."
The N.C. Student Power Union held a news conference Wednesday at the N.C. Department of Administration in Raleigh to protest the UNC budget cuts and Brunstetter's suggestion of closing campuses, said Carla Guzman, a spokesperson for the group.
The N.C. Student Power Union is an organization of students who want to defend public education, she said. The group hand-delivered a letter and demands statement to Brunstetter following the news conference.
Several Hendersonville area residents also had opinions about the proposed UNC budget cuts and the idea of closing one or more campuses.
"Absolutely not," said Lake Lure resident Michele Phillips as she ate lunch at Chick-fil-A in Hendersonville. Phillips is a student at Isothermal Community College.
"Maybe they (the courses) are being duplicated, but they are being duplicated for a good reason. The people that live out by the beach — why would they go to Appalachian State (in Boone) when they can get the same courses and services where they live? And vice-versa. I'm a single mother, and when I finish at Isothermal, I want to go to UNCA and I can't travel all over the state to get an education."
Standing in line as he waited to place his order, Hendersonville resident Royce Mullinax said he thought closing campuses within the UNC system would be a mistake and would hurt the system's diversity.
"Closing down a school doesn't satisfy the problem," he said. "No, I don't agree with that. It's wrong."
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After all, not every Australian batsman from the 1960s-70s ended up with an average of only 25 after playing in England.
After all, not every Australian batsman from the 1960s-70s ended up with an average of only 25 after playing in England.
Would be interesting (to me, at least) to compare the strengths of each test nation's 2nd XI.
I'd imagine the WIs would be very strong. If we basically agree on the following as their ATG team:
1. G. Greenidge
2. C. Hunte
3. G. Headley
4. V. Richards
5. B. Lara
6. G. Sobers
7. J. Dujon
8. M. Marshall
9. C. Ambrose
10. M. Holding
11. L. Gibbs
Their 2nd XI might be:
1. R. Fredericks
2. D. Haynes
3. F. Worrell
4. E. Weekes
5. R. Kanhai/ Kallicharan/Rowe
6. C. Lloyd
7. C. Walcott
8. A. Roberts
9. J. Garner
10. W. Hall/ C.Walsh/ I. Bishop/ C. Croft
11. S. Ramadhin
That second XI is brutal, and I think it'd give England's and Australia's first XIs a run for their money.
You're right, and on day 4 and 5, the thought of Warne and O'Reilly bowling together is something extraordinary to contemplate. The aggression, pressure and sledging/gamesmanship would be relentless.
why is Davidson not selected ahead of some of the other blokes?
His average is outstanding
And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
how about davidson and McG as the opening bowlers? That would be a miserly opening pair if there was one I reckon?
but how much does a SR of 10 balls per wicket really matter considering that you get much cheaper wickets with Davidson than you get with Lillee and even cheaper than McG
Waugh's record against West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan would have meant the most as they had the best attacks in general throughout his career.
01. Simpson
02. Lawry
03. Bradman*
04. G. Chappell
05. Miller
06. Border
07. Gilchrist+
08. Warne
09. Lillee
10. O'Reilly
11. McGrath
Davidson-Lillee-McGrath are interchangeable as I can't split them.
Changed my England team a little bit - again.
01. Hobbs
02. Hutton
03. Hammond
04. Compton
05. Leyland
06. May*
07. Knott+
08. Larwood
09. Snow
10. Trueman
11. Barnes
Leyland makes the team by virtue of being England's greatest left-hander.
Compton replaces Barrington as the middle-order needs an attacking strokemaker. A combo of Barrington-Leyland-May might get bogged down.
1. Victor Trumper
2. Bob Simpson
3. Don Bradman
4. Greg Chappell
5. Keith Miller*
6. Allan Border
7. Don Tallon †
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shane Warne
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath
12. Ray Lindwall
Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick
Also, Davidson's batting skills become more important since Jager has Tallon as his keeper. Losing Gilchrist makes the tail look fragile.
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Aus XI:
Bob Simpson | Bill Ponsford | Don Bradman * | Ricky Ponting | Greg Chappell | Adam Gilchrist + | Keith Miller | Allan Davidson | Shane Warne | Dennis Lillee | Glenn McGrath
It's little harsh to leave out Bill O'Reilly, but not sure if we really need two spinners in Aus XI.
RIP Phil Hughes. Forever 63*
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Someone attempted to sabotage a Horace Mann senior's college admissions chances by providing untrue and damaging information to the student's schools, according to a letter sent to the senior class this week.
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The act undermined the entire senior class by raising questions about the integrity of the school in the minds of admissions officers and feeding "the perception that we are hypercompetitive to the point of being unhealthy," Mr. Oxelson said.


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This is my first time posting. The past 4 days have been extremely stressful! My 4 month old son has suddenly starting biting my nipples, getting extremely frustrated w/ nursing, and pretty much is refusing to nurse at all during the day. And then he's nursing WAY more at night to make up for it (all night nursing, it seems...)
Also he has suddenly started waking at night, (and he has always slept around 10 hours a night since he was 4 weeks, only quietly waking up a few times to nurse. We cosleep, & he normally never wakes up crying, he just starts squirming in his sleep & opens his mouth and I nurse him. He doesn't actually wake up fully). Now he starts squirming and getting restless around 3am, and I have to keep comforting him to get him to fall back asleep. Then around 5 he wakes up and it takes an hour to get him to go back to sleep for around an hour, and then he's up for good. Up until this point I've been totally spoiled, as he would fall asleep b/t 8pm & 9pm, and then sleep until almost 7am. This is such a shock for me!
The last couple of days it has been tough getting him to nurse. I take him into a quiet, dark room. I have to nurse standing up while rocking him back and forth. And every time he resists at first. I put my breast to his mouth, and he arches his back, kicks, grunts and complains, bites down on my nipple, and then will finally give in and start nursing. And then it won't last long, he'll only nurse a few minutes usually.
I got a nipple shield today, b/c my nipples are getting SO sore from the biting. He seemed to latch on with a little less resistance when using the nipple shield, but still for only a few minutes, and still bites before latching on, and bites down during nursing too, every minute or so.
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*I've had tons of plugged ducts, I seem to get them easily, if our nursing schedule changes, or if I get stressed out.
*We have thrush, and I've been trying to get rid of it for over a month. We had nystatin, but I gave up on it a week or so ago, and have been trying GSE.
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*DS has gained weight well. He was 8lb 4oz at birth, and seems to be at least double that now.
*All these new problems started the day we left for vacation. But we have been out of town 3 other times and DS has always done really well.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the World
by Hal Higdon
An Alumni Antarctic Adventure offers an icy delight
"Why would you want to go to Antarctica?"
Before our departure to the White Continent, it seemed so many of our friends asked that question. Not always stated was the fact that Antarctica at the bottom of the world can be a very cold place. Winds of 150 mph and temperatures 50 or more degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) are not uncommon at the South Pole, at least during the Antarctic winter in July.
But we were going in January, the Antarctic summer. And we would be exploring the Antarctic Peninsula that reaches upward toward the tip of South America, still a long distance from the actual South Pole far inland. When my wife Rose and I suggested to our friends that we would encounter sunny days with temperatures in the 30s, they didn't always believe us. And I wasn't sure I believed it myself, particularly after receiving a Christmas card from friends who had traveled to Antarctica the previous year only to be bombarded by 30-foot waves crossing the Drake Passage, the 400-mile stretch of water separating Antarctica from South America.
Too late to cancel. Rose and I were participating in an Alumni Adventure sponsored by Carleton College, my alma mater. Of the hundred participants on our ship, nearly half were Carleton graduates, a tribute to Laurence McKinley Gould, president of that college during my stay on campus. Dr. Gould had been second in command on Admiral Richard E. Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole. When the college offered a trip to Antarctica, the opportunity to visit this remote corner of the world seemed too good to miss.
Southernmost City
Our voyage began at Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. We boarded the National Geographic Endeavor late on an afternoon with the sun still high in the sky. We were traveling with Lindblad Expeditions, a Swedish tour company that provides a first-class cruise staffed with scientists and naturalists, who describe what you're seeing during frequent trips ashore. Figuring this to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, we splurged, getting a cabin with two portholes for viewing scenery.
After unpacking, we reported on deck for an obligatory life preserver drill. Next, I located the library with computers for sending e-mails via a satellite connection. During our voyage, I would post daily messages to my Internet blog. Dinner proved delicious, as it would through our voyage. The waiters, mostly Filipino, went out of their way to make us feel comfortable. Despite Lindblad being Swedish, the Endeavor boasted an international crew with members from Germany, Great Britain, Croatia and other parts of the world.
Before leaving, on the recommendation of our physician, we had purchased seasickness patches that you attach to your neck. The cost: $40 per person, but we were crossing the Drake Passage, arguably the roughest stretch of water in the world. Our preparations seemed unnecessary when we awoke the next morning and looked out our portholes at a smooth ocean. Trip Dennis, the Endeavor's Tour Leader, confessed that the crossing is rarely that smooth. "We got lucky," he said.
Weather circulates around the Antarctic Continent counterclockwise, a half dozen stormy lows tracking each other. We fortunately slipped through between lows. Ocean currents below circle clockwise. Water temperatures drop to several degrees below freezing, because salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water. Warmer waters from the North collide with the cold currents, sliding past, converging with them so to speak, but not merging.
Crossing the Antarctic Convergence
This is the Antarctic Convergence, and while the political boundary of Antarctica is pinned at 60 degrees latitude, the geophysical boundary is actually at this convergence of water. A single geographical degree represents 60 nautical miles. Within that distance, water temperatures can plunge nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Air temperatures drop accordingly, from 45 to 35, noticeable as we stood on the stern.
The next morning after reaching the South Shetland Islands, we went ashore, and for the next ten days we would depart the ship two or three times daily. Wanting protection against the weather, I donned every layered item I had brought topped by a parka provided by Lindblad Expeditions, bright red so our guides easily could spot us against the white landscape. "We don't want to lose anybody," explained Trip. I also wore mukluks, a life preserver and a backpack, containing camera, sketching equipment and extra gloves. Thus dressed, Rose and I clambered into Zodiacs for transport from ship anchored just offshore to the beach. Zodiacs are rubber rafts, powered by an outboard engine and specially designed for hard use in Antarctic waters cluttered with chunks of ice. They can
carry a dozen passengers and driver. Once ashore, we removed our life preservers, donning them again before being transported back to the ship.
Our first landing was on Aitch Island, also our first encounter with penguins. A hike up from the beach brought us to mounds of rocks where penguins clustered--male and female--guarding their chicks. We had been warned not to get too close, but our presence hardly seemed threatening to the colony. Several seemed as curious of us in our red parkas, as we of them in their tuxedo-like plumage. They would waddle close, cocking their heads sideways to see us out of one side eye or the other.
March of the Penguins
Seemingly, penguins move awkwardly ashore. Maybe so if viewed in films, such as last summer's March of the Penguins, but after seeing these remarkable birds in their natural environment, I realized they are quite swift. They waddle, but they can move fast, particularly if another penguin enters their space, resulting in a pecking duel. Penguins do a lot of pecking.
I saw one penguin ascend a sheer rock face. No human climber could have kept pace with him. Chinstrap penguins, such as those we first encountered, possess very strong claws, good for climbing. In the water, the birds swim swiftly, skimming along the surface like porpoises. Exiting the water, they jump onto ice shelves ten feet or more high, like corks popped from champagne bottles.
With all my layers, I definitely felt overdressed. The sun was out, the temperature probably 40 with relatively little wind if you stayed off the ridges. I unzipped my jacket and removed bulky ski gloves, extracting a sketchbook so I could draw some pictures of the bay, the rock cliffs and the penguins. Rose used a throwaway camera purchased just before leaving to take pictures. Photographically, we definitely were outclassed by shipmates wielding digital cameras with telescopic lenses.
During our time in the Antarctic, we would see massive penguin colonies. On one stop, a naturalist estimated 100,000 nesting pairs. Since each pair had one or two chicks, that came to 350,000 penguins, almost within eyesight. On another occasion, the captain slowed the ship and everybody clambered onto the deck at 5:22 AM, many wearing night clothes under their red parkas, just to see a single pair of Emperor penguins, standing on an ice flow. These are the penguins seen in March of the Penguins and they seldom venture north of the Antarctic Circle, so seeing them was a rare treat. Other penguin breeds seen were Adelie and Gentoo penguins. Rose seemed to be able to tell one breed from another; I never could.
Watching Whales
We also saw whales, at one time a mother and calf frolicking off the bow of our ship. The calf, according to Ingrid Visser, a New Zealand whale expert, probably had been birthed last June or July off the west coast of Columbia or Peru and had come down with Mum to feed in the Antarctic. The calf could not yet dive deep, so Mum did the food gathering. At one point, she disappeared below for four minutes, feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures, an inch or two long, one of the main food sources in these waters, the bottom of the food chain so to speak. Penguins also feed on krill. And seals feed on penguins and krill. And whales feed on seals and penguins and krill. It's nature's way.
The calf, nervous with Mum down so long, started jumping, quite a show. But neither whale saw the Endeavor and its red-parka inhabitants as threats. We were not whalers. We were not going to sink a harpoon into them. The calf was about 20 feet long; Mum, about 35 feet. Ingrid said it would be another half year or more before the calf would move on to its own life.
My encounter with the giant skua proved less pleasant. It happened on Devil Island, which got its name from twin peaks near 600 feet high on each side of our landing. I climbed the first without incident, but halfway up the side of the other I approached too close to a nest guarded by a giant skua, a bird near the size of an owl. I looked up and saw the skua aimed straight at my head. The skua hoped to scare me off, the invader. I ducked, and the skua swooped past without striking and floated through a 180-degree turn to make another run at me. I didn't know the location of the skua's nest so didn't know which way to move. Another swoop; another near miss.
I held my hand high overhead since Gillian Dennis, our guide, claimed skuas aimed at the highest point of the body. Eventually as I moved away between swoops, the bird lost interest in me.
Later, while on the beach walking back to our pick-up point for return to the Endeavor, Rose spotted another giant skua perched on a rock. It was pecking at a dead penguin chick snatched from the chick's mother. When we described this later to shipmates, several winced visibly. Penguins are oh-so-cute, and our friends didn't want to think of one becoming a skua's meal. But skuas need to feed. Life can be cruel in the wild.
Stranded over the winter
Sliding across the smooth surface of the western Weddell Sea later that evening before a sunset near 11:00, I was stunned by the emptiness of this part of the world. Surely, this is how Antarctica looked thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of years ago, even back to an era 150 million years ago when the Antarctic landmass broke away from the Earth's single, super-continent and drifted southward to begin accumulating the glacial ice that makes it the White Continent today.
I learned all about plate tectonics and continental drift during a lecture by Carleton geology professor Shelby Boardman. Geology aside, our voyage to the White Continent was more than an exercise in scientific theory, something we could have achieved watching the Discovery Channel back home. Our voyage needed to be experienced emotionally. It is fine to know why Antarctica is there and got that way. More important is our own reaction to the experience, what happens while standing on the stern and watching icebergs slide by, albatrosses soaring overhead.
The next morning we stopped at Paulet Island, historically significant because of twenty-two Norwegian explorers stranded there over a winter, eventually to be dramatically rescued. They built a stone shed for protection, and all survived.
We examined the remnants of that shed and wondered, with our elegantly served meals and satellite connection to civilization, if we could have done the same? Those of us from Carleton remained inspired by the memory of our late president, Laurence McKinley Gould. I wonder what he would think of us following in his footsteps?
Creatures from the Black Lagoon
A loudspeaker announcement the next day alerted us to our arrival at Neptune's Bellows, a slender channel into Deception Island. Rose and I grabbed our red parkas and rushed on deck. The fog was thick, the narrows narrow. Rocky cliffs hovered overhead. I prayed our captain knew his job. We passed the wreckage of a beached boat, signaling one captain who failed to check his charts before sailing through.
Life is easier for Antarctic travelers today than when that boat floundered in the channel. Our luxury cabin offered a hot shower and cozy bunks. The Endeavor featured fine dining, a gym, a massage therapist, a library, a satellite email connection. During our journey, I posted a daily blog to the Internet that attracted several thousand views. Should our captain miscalculate and run aground, rescue would be rapid. Early explorers whose ships got stuck in the ice often had to wait an entire winter for rescue, if and when it came.
Our captain navigated Neptune's Bellows flawlessly, and we cast anchor beside a black lava beach. Deception Island is actually an active volcano. The black lagoon into which we had sailed was the caldera of the volcano. We changed into bathing suits to go swimming. Given the temperature of the Southern Ocean (29 to 30 degrees), that seemingly would require some courage were it not for thermal currents that oozed up from beneath the rocks. Shedding our red parkas, we submerged ourselves, being careful not to sit too close to the thermal currents. I put my hand down on one and had to yank it away to prevent being burned. Later, we wrapped ourselves in towels and stood on the beach sipping hot chocolate laced with Schnapps. Dr. Gould never had it that good.
After lunch, we moved to another area of the lagoon, site of an abandoned whaling station. The lagoon, protected from winds and waves, served as a perfect harbor. Whalers would bring their ships loaded with blubber to be converted into oil for the lamps of China. Read Herman Melville's Moby Dick if you want to learn all the uses for slaughtered whales. Toward the middle of the twentieth century, petroleum products began to supplant whale oil. Then in 1970 the volcano burped, creating a mudslide that destroyed the whaling village. We wandered the village's crushed buildings, wondering whether they were part of man's pollution of the Antarctic, or part of its historical record.
Kodak Alley
We sailed early the next morning through the Lemaire Channel, nicknamed "Kodak Alley" because of the scenery. Alas, dense fog shrouded the snowy mountains that seemed to explode upwards from the still waters. We landed at Petermann Island, dropping three scientists from Oceanites ashore. They would spend the next thirty-three days doing research, mostly counting penguins. In March, on its last voyage of the Antarctic summer, the Endeavor would collect them for the return home.
We went ashore briefly, roaming over snow and ice, our first experience hiking on anything but rock. Back onboard, we resumed our day's goal: to reach the Antarctic Circle, that line below which the sun never sets during the summer solstice. Latitude for the Circle is 66 degrees, 33 minutes, 39 seconds, and since we were midway into the 65's, the goal seemed achievable.
The sea was smooth as glass, everything above the horizon reflected below the horizon. We sliced past icebergs and ice flows, but the White Continent seemed anything but white. The depth of blue you see within many of the icebergs cannot be found on any artist's palette. Toward the end of the long day, we slowed, then stopped. We had reached 66 degrees, approximately 30 miles from the Antarctic Circle, but we would go no further. Ice blocked our path. We spent an hour or two exploring in Zodiacs, sneaking up on seals snoozing on ice flows. Dinner was delayed. On the Endeavor, schedules were flexible, capable of alteration if some opportunity for sightseeing presented itself.
Such an opportunity occurred at 11:00 PM as we cruised back northward. Orcas sighted, announced Trip Dennis, our tour leader. He invited us to come up on deck in whatever we were wearing--or not wearing. After nearly a week seeing penguins, seals, skuas and petrels, did we really need witness one more whale? Rose thought so. She started throwing on clothes. I couldn't remain in the cabin. Without bothering to don underwear, I put on jeans, sweater and the ubiquitous red parka.
Orcas sighted
The Endeavor drifted on the calm sea. It was not one Orca, but a pod of maybe a half dozen. Orcas, known also as "Killer Whales," actually are dolphins, easily identifiable by their white-striped faces. They circled a piece of pack ice with a Crab-Eater Seal lying in the center, trying to distance himself from the predators as much as possible.
Blubbery seals weigh as much as 800 pounds, a good Orca meal. As we watched fascinated, the pod circled the flow, pushing it, rocking it, going beneath and butting the ice's underside. Suddenly the flow split in half, the seal scrambling to the larger piece, but with less margin of safety between him and the Orcas, who occasionally poked their heads high above the water to regard their prey.
More rocking and pushing. Then two Orcas created a wave aimed at the flow tumbling the seal into the water. A groan rose from our group, most of whom were cheering for the seal's survival. I was backing the Orcas, but stayed silent.
We thought the seal dead, but suddenly it reappeared on another flow, seemingly having eluded his pursuers underwater. Or had he? Because as we continued to observe, it now appeared that the so-called Killer Whales were playing with their prey. Incredibly, one of the Orcas had grabbed the seal and spit it back onto another flow.
"It's a training session," explained whale expert Ingrid Visser. "Mum is teaching her babies how to hunt."
The whales repeated the exercise, dumping the seal into water, spitting it onto another flow. This time, four Orcas worked together and pushed a huge wave toward the flow, swamping it. We next saw the seal in the mouth of an Orca, now bloody, dying if not dead. We got to bed after midnight, the sky still not yet dark.
Kayaking among icebrgs
We chose kayaking for our next day adventure at Port Charcot on the north side of Booth Island. On kayaking days, our guides towed a kayak-laden raft to a staging area. In groups, we moved to the raft and boarded the kayaks. Our guide warned us not to get too close to icebergs, which sometimes roll over without warning. Glaciers can calf icebergs onto your head if you float too close to shore. We paddled cautiously around the flows and small bergs, but the wind rose while we were downwind from the raft. The pull back took all the energy we could muster.
Our return passage through the Lemaire Channel, this time on a clear day, allowed the photographers to capture the beauty of sun-splashed mountains. In the next bay, we sighted two dozen Orcas heading south. We turned and trailed them for an hour, stopping late afternoon at Paradise Bay, site of a former Argentinean
research station. We climbed a snowfield to a rocky pinnacle, tobogganing back down on our behinds.
Another icy landing a day later occurred at a former British airstrip overlooking Port Lockroy. The airstrip was slanted uphill; the climb in lightly packed snow, proved arduous. One by one, people in our party turned back and returned to the Endeavor. I felt compelled to push upward with a small group, but for the first time during our trip, I felt cold because of wet feet. Snow had entered over the tops of my mukluks. Tired, I stumbled often as my foot plants struck deep snow. I turned and headed back to the Endeavor. Unlike explorers a century ago, I could return to a warm shower.
We climbed into a Zodiac and motored to a station manned by researchers from the British Antarctic Survey. In addition to keeping a penguin count, they also operate a gift shop for cruise ships that visit on the average of one a day during the summer season. We purchased gifts for grandkids. Port Lockroy would be our last footplant in the Antarctic, before sailing into Dallmann Bay as prelude to the Drake Passage separating us from South America. Following my exhausting hike, I lounged in the library, reading a book titled The Race to the Antarctic. When whales were sighted and my shipmates gathered on the bow to watch, I joined them wearing only a sweatshirt. I was warm again.
Breath of the behemoth
Then Trip announced we would launch Zodiacs to get closer to the whales. Still fatigued, I might have returned to the library and my reading, but each different adventure seemed to top the previous one. This time proved no exception. At one point, a humpback whale surfaced so close to our Zodiac that I could feel the spray from his blow against my face, almost taste the breath of the behemoth.
But it was time to return to what might be described as civilization. We remained in placid Dallmann Bay long enough to enjoy dinner; morning found us again crossing the Drake Passage, twenty-foot waves testing our ability to not get seasick. I attached a seasickness patch to my neck for the first time. The waves lessened the further north we sailed.
We spent our final day on the Endeavor hanging out in the lounge and listening to lectures. I finished my book on Polar exploration, amazed at the difficulties faced by the first ones who viewed the White Continent. We docked the next morning in Ushuaia. Then the worst part of the trip began: airport to airport to airport. From Ushuaia to Santiago to Miami, where we climbed in our car for the final drive north to our winter home near Jacksonville. As we cruised the expressway, I wondered what the late Larry Gould would have thought of our two-week Alumni Adventure. Given its luxury, he might have thought us sissies, but I suspect he still would have appreciated our following in his footsteps.
Booth Island
ANTARCTIC ART: Hal Higdon plans to develop some of the sketches he did while touring the White Continent into finished drawings and paintings. The original sketches shown above also eventually will be offered for sale. If interested in acquiring any of this art, please contact: email@example.com.
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Woodford drops Vodafone from £12bn High Income fund
Star fund manager Neil Woodford has sold his long-standing Vodafone stake in his £12 billion Invesco Perpetual High Income fund.
Star fund manager Neil Woodford has sold his long-standing Vodafone stake in his £12 billion Invesco Perpetual High Income fund.
Vodafone (VOD.L) had been one of Woodford's top holdings in the fund, accounting for 4.9% at the end of 2011. But he has now sold out of the stock due to reduce forecasts for revenue growth and concerns about its ability to maintain margins, according to The Telegraph.
Invesco product director Mitchell Fraser-Jones told the paper: 'The fund has now completed the sale of its holding in Vodafone.
'The company has reduced its forecasts for revenue growth on the back of ongoing weakness in its core southern European markets and the cash flow cover of the dividend has fallen to what we view as uncomfortably low levels,' he added.
'The company announced a share buy-back rather than the hoped for special dividend with its dividend from Verizon Wireless, while we also have reservations about the company's ability to maintain its margin on data revenues.'
Vodafone yesterday issued results reporting a 2.6% decline in group service revenues for the last three months of 2012, as it was hit hard by continued weakness in Europe. But its shares closed up 2.9p, or 1.7%, yesterday at 173.3p, with analysts Charles Stanley claiming the company remained a good buy. Nomura analyst James Britton, however, expressed concern about the 'lack of certainty' for the dividend.
Woodford's move is significant because Vodafone was the UK's biggest dividend payer last year, shelling out a total of £7.4 billion, beating oil giant Shell which paid £7.2 billion, according to the Capita Registrars UK Dividend Monitor published this week. Despite its largesse with dividends, helped by a special £2.2 billion payment funded by its share in a mega-dividend from Verizon Wireless in the US, fund managers have been concerned about the prospects for the dividend. Last October Vodafone dropped out of Citywire Top Stocks as sentiment soured.
Woodford's ability to get the big calls right on the fund, such as selling out of banks before the credit crisis, and avoiding the dotcom bubble, means the fund has enjoyed a stellar long-term performance record. The fund marked its 25th anniversary this week, and would have returned 1,906% to investors who reinvested dividends since its launch.
31 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Feb 08, 2013 at 16:32
When a company announces a share buy-back, it is probably time to sell.report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 17:00
Woodford selling VOD. is news, what replaces it, is bigger news?report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 17:04
@Codger - would you sell Apple now following a 25% fall in the share price over the last 6 months and a share buyback announcement?report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 18:49
@Codger - not really since buy-backs reduce the number of shares in circulation therefore, usually, increasing the price of the remaining shares.
When companies have cash reserves which they cannot or do not want to use for expansion/reinvestment in the business, they have several choices. Two of them are to return the cash to shareholders via a return of capital or an increased dividend or to buy back their own shares. Neither of which is a good reason to sell.report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 18:50
Forgot to mention, if Neil Woodford considers Vodaphone a sell, that's good enough for me.report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 18:52
Should a said Vodafone!report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 19:09
Buybacks should have no effect on the share price as although the number of shares has fallen, cash has been paid out as well. In fact they are often seen as a positive signal along the lines that if the company thinks the shares represent good value at that price, others may want to follow suit.report this
Feb 08, 2013 at 20:41
foolish descion in my clever view... the shares will be 2 quid in a month. baaaaaaa baaaa sheep mentalityreport this
Feb 09, 2013 at 02:44
I have never liked share buybacks. In my opinion this money should be given to shareholders as a special dividend. Same same last year.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 08:56
Sold my 30000 share holding in Vod and made a substantial loss. Would it be a wise move to buy again or should I put my money elsewhere?report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 09:01
DYOR of course, but I would rate VOD as a hold at best. At around 170ish it shows no sign of breaking out and growth prospects look limited in the short term.
I hold VOD and watching the next few months closely.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 09:11
Thanks for that. I think I will hold fire for the moment.
It is still tempting though when interest rates are so low and VOD are still
paying out quite respectable DIVsreport this
Feb 09, 2013 at 09:40
If VOD can afford a buy back they can also afford to maintain the dividend. I am quite happy to hold for the dividend and wait for Europe to recover, which I am sure it will in time.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 10:52
Woodford sold Tesco was that a good idea? Woodford sold Shell was that a good idea, Woodford retains 8% +plus in Astra Zeneca is that a good idea i don't think so .Vodafone is a well run company unfortunately have you heard there is a problem in Europe. Shares have already picked up as the current price is too low ,with a good divi its a hold.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 11:37
I bought VODA recently at 158 after they looked to have found a bottom at 155. Thought I was using Woodford strategy of buying when everyone does not love . Plus getting a 6% divi at that price. So call me naive but i shall be holding and looking to sell at around 190 the recent previous high, in a year or two , once had 6% for a while.
Neil has a great track record, but his fund yield at 3.5% does not impress me much. Plus I agree Astra just does not look cheap or likely to fly higher to me looking at the charts. Glaxo looks a better pharma holding to me, and if it dips to £13.75 again i'll be buying it again, i sold last week at £14.50 after holding for last 2 years at purchase price of £12.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 11:41
Who now holds the shares that Woodford held and why ?report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 13:13
I must have bought some of them - I've been adding to my holdings (which were already in profit) at prices between 154 and 162 over the past couple of months - and already showing nice profits. Thanks Neil.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 13:40
It's worth mentioning that although VOD is currently paying an acceptable dividend this may not be sustained into the future. As Neil is running income funds this has to be a consideration and one which I am sure he may know a little more about than us. Just as a matter of interest, and I am fully aware that past performance is considered not to be a guide for future returns, but, £10,000 invested in his High Income Fund at launch in 1988 would now be worth £71,156 in capital terms. In addition to the capital appreciation, during that time it would have paid out a total of £36,136 in dividends. So, he must be doing something right. He's a conviction invester and does not follow trends unless he believes their worth it. His funds do not go up as quickly as some others in rising markets but overall his long term performance is extremely good.report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 20:39
The headline refers to the High Income fund only. Does that mean that other IP funds such as Income / Distribution are keeping VOD ?report this
Feb 09, 2013 at 23:43
Its my understanding Paul that whatever mr Woodford does to the High Income fund he also does to the Income fund. I may be corrected on this but he does tend to try and make them parallel.report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 08:15
What Mr Woodford is going or brought already instead , do not tell me he will keep CASH.report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 10:16
Well he is certainly being contrarian by selling a high income stock at an historically low price. Even if it cuts divi it will still be paying a lot more than the 3.5% his fun pays.report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 10:21
@Codger. Like it or not, Vodafone has had a share buy back programme in operation for several years. When exactly was the time to sell?report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 14:15
Northener et al. I have just read, in a leaflet from Hargreaves L, that he believes "an opportunity has opened up in pharmaceuticals"report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 16:56
I have a very long term investment with Vodafone and have held steady on all adverse occasions bar one - and that cost me. Since then I have steadily built up my holdings and have seem good returns. The volatility danger for a company like vodafone, is invester confidence! Vodafone returns massive operating profits year on year. This year they, like many other companies, are holding back on re-deploying profits, and instead of aquiring other companies they have shed some of their less profitable operation, like their internet provision(Vodafone at home). I for one will not only be holding onto my shares, but will buy more when the price reaches my buy level £1.55 - I may or may not have a long wait .report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 17:32
Michael that comment is encouraging. I think I will probably follow your lead and buy again when and if the price reaches £1.60 or less.
No point in putting my hard-earned money into the bank or building society at the present rubbish interest rates.report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 22:55
Why so keen on VOD? I truly don't mean to sound pious but never get emotionally attached to a share. If VOD isn't right for you now then look around for other high yeilders with better prospects.
VOD is a quality company but it faces shrinking markets, 4G auctions, patchy relationship with Verizon and currently buying back shares.
These aren't insurmountable problems but why buy into them when there's hundreds of other ETFs, funds and shares to buy into?
Just a thought. :)report this
Feb 10, 2013 at 23:13
Very good point.
I guess I feel within my comfort zone dealing with a familiar equity.
However, I would welcome any suggestions for alternative investment
You have probably realised by now that I am quite a newcomer to share-dealing.report this
Mar 08, 2013 at 16:33
Well that didnt take long to prove it was cheap at 158.report this
Mar 08, 2013 at 16:46
How right you are. Will someone kindly point out what Woodford is currently selling. I'll have some of that too please.report this
Mar 08, 2013 at 17:00
& just look at the Astra v Glaxo argument i made
Astra continues to be a dog and Glaxo is back towards 15.00 high and looks set to break out..
Glaxo has been obviously and better buy on the charts for last 2 years.report this
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MOCRA exhibitions: The Learned Art of Compassion
A presentation of works by the late American artist Adrian Kellard, on the twentieth anniversary of his death.
September 24 - December 11, 2011 . . . extended through December 18, 2011
the opening reception takes place during a full day of activities with Grand Center's Dancing in the Street festival
December 1 is World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art
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General Exhibition Information
Adrian Kellard in his New York City studio, ca. 1990.
MOCRA presents a selection of work by American artist Adrian Kellard (1959-91). After art studies at SUNY Purchase he moved to New York City and studied under the artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt. In his short career, Kellard achieved national and international recognition, having had six solo shows as well as being included in more than 25 group exhibitions at the time of his death. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, New York University's Grey Art Gallery, the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle, the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, and the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.
Despite his artistic training, Kellard remained grounded in his working class upbringing. Working in the stylistic tradition of German Expressionism, Kellard demonstrated expertise with wood carving by creating bold images of Christian subjects in contemporary contexts. Yet he worked with simple pine wood and household latex paint with the screws and hanging hardware fully visible—materials readily available at any local hardware store. He incorporated "high" art with "low" art, combining images quoted from artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo with images from pop culture.
Kellard's work reflects his deep faith and a complicated set of identities: Irish-Italian ancestry, Catholic, gay. He brought all of these realities, and later on his struggle with AIDS, into his work.
Adrian Kellard, Healing . . . The Learned Art of Compassion (detail), 1985-86.
Adrian Kellard, St. Francis screen, 1985.
MOCRA is fortunate to have the largest collection of Kellard's work in any single art institution. Several works have been shown in MOCRA group exhibitions over the years, but now, 30 years after the identification of HIV and 20 years after Kellard's death, we are pleased to present this solo exhibition including a number of Kellard's most important works.
Adrian Kellard, St. Martin of Tours coat rack, 1985.


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