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The word "safari" comes from the Swahili for journey. When the word was adopted into the English language, an interesting shift in meaning took place, with "safari" now referring to a journey through the African bush killing anything that moved. This tells you everything you need to know about the difference between our two cultures, and can perhaps serve as a potted history of colonialism. They were a bloodthirsty lot, the original white pioneers. If you'd asked them about conservation, they would probably have thought you were talking about jam.
As Karen Blixen, the Danish author of Out of Africa, describes it: "Many young Nairobi shop-people ran out into the hills on Sundays, on their motor-cycles, and shot at anything they saw." She even says of herself that when she was young, "I could not live till I had killed a specimen of each kind of African game."
I have always wanted to visit Kenya, not least because my father was brought up there. When he was a child, the years of heading off on a killing spree at the weekend were already over, but for him, in his heart of hearts, a decent-sized garden is still around 10 acres, and should be home to several species of deadly animal.
I was not, however, entirely sure how I would take to the safari experience. When I see pictures of overweight middle-aged people in khaki shorts and fishing vests peering out of jeeps through the most expensive camera equipment money can buy, my first thought isn't, "You look like my kind of people." Nor am I a natural animal lover. In fact, the only pleasure I usually get from the company of animals is eating them. But from the second I set off on my first game drive, in the Samburu Game Reserve, I find that I love it. We have all seen nature programmes about big game, but one of the strange things about TV is that the more it shows something, the less real those images seem.
We may all know exactly what a lion looks like, and how it walks, but that is no preparation for the moment when you drive round the corner, and there is a lion. A real one. Right in front of your car. Only rarely in life do you find yourself unable to believe your eyes. It simply doesn't seem possible that you can be here, sitting in your car, and a lion can be right there, almost close enough to touch. The feeling is reminiscent of the moment in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo when Jeff Daniels steps out of the cinema screen into the auditorium.
I have barely driven out of the compound before I come across water buck, baboons, dik-dik (tiny, unfeasibly cute deer), gazelle, impala, giraffe and buffalo. By the end of the day, I've also seen crocodiles, hippo, ostriches, zebra, a pride of lions, two cheetahs, a family of elephants and an eagle. It's not even as if you particularly have to look for them. These animals are everywhere. Any residual scepticism about the purpose of safaris disappears. You would not be human if a day with these animals didn't fill you with awe and delight.
The highlights of my second day were a leopard asleep in a tree, tail dangling downwards in utter, beautiful nonchalance, and an adorable six-day-old elephant that tottered right up to the car for a sniff, his mother's trunk nudging him here and there to stop him falling over.
Though these animals are wild, the feeling of a game reserve is closer to that of a zoo than I had anticipated. In fact, there is only one difference. Here the humans are in cages (motorised ones) and the animals go where they choose. This is an inversion, but not a negation of the concept of the zoo. We no longer kill them, but we don't just want to see them, we want to get close. We want, every one of us, our own personal photo of every big animal we see. Anyone who has ever switched on a television or opened a magazine will have seen better images of these creatures than any of the holiday safari snappers will ever take. But the point of these photos is not to say, "This is what a lion looks like", but rather, "Look how close I got!"
Perhaps we do this not to prove our safari stories to others, but to ourselves. These endangered animals, living in small enclaves thousands of miles from our homes, have been rooted deep in our psyches since earliest childhood. We probably learnt the words "lion" and "tiger" before we learnt to say "breakfast" or "bathroom". My own son certainly has, which, when you think about it, is bizarre. These great animals on distant continents are like secular gods, their habits related to children like religious myths.
This is why coming face to face with a lion is such a heart-stopping moment. It is, literally, a dream come true. Maybe this is the best explanation for the obsessive photography. We cannot believe our eyes, and we photograph in the way a dreamer might pinch himself. We are checking that the moment is real. We are grasping for something to take away from the dream when it evanesces.
In an effort to find an alternative to the crowding of cars, I opt one afternoon for a game walk with a local guide and a ranger, who carries a rifle. On the walk, I get an infinitely better feel for the environment - for the light, the soil, the heat, the vast space and the wonderful silence. I also pick up such handy skills as how to tell the difference between impala and giraffe dung (which isn't as easy as you'd think), and how to assess the age of a termite mound.
Aside from the animals and the landscape, it is for a taste of the colonial experience that travellers come here. The lodges in Kenyan game reserves, which are generally tented camps, cater for this desire. Frankly, if these are tents, the Ritz is a garden shed. Many are built on a concrete base, the roof solidly constructed in wood. There is electricity, hot and cold running water, and a bathroom made of stone. Your bed is a four-poster with mosquito netting. There is only one remnant of camping, which is that the walls are made of canvas.
These pseudo-tents at first struck me as faintly ridiculous and more than a little kitsch. Then, as night fell, I saw the point, which is aural. Through canvas walls, you hear everything, and the sounds of the bush at night are thrilling - a symphony of tweets, chirrups, grunts, growls, scratches, thumps, howls, and, in one place, something that went on all night and sounded like pebbles being dropped on a snare drum (frogs, apparently).
These lodges play on the somewhat dubious romance of colonialism. Small extras, like the "bush breakfast" or "sundowner cocktails", hanker back to an age when there were servants to cater to one's whims. If you wanted your breakfast on top of a mountain, you could damn well have it, and someone would carry your breakfast things up there for you, right down to the last teapot, napkin and tablecloth. In a high-end game lodge, this spirit is still alive.
Kenya, after all, has been a tourist destination almost from the moment it was colonised. Denys Finch Hatton (Karen Blixen's lover, as played by* * Robert Redford in Out of Africa, who was presumably selected for the part due to his natural aptitude for portraying Old Etonians) organised safaris here as far back as the 1920s. While the country has changed beyond recognition since then, there is a certain logic and charm to the way safari travel has tried to remain the same (apart from the slaughter, that is).
My second stop was the bathetically named Great Rift Valley Golf Resort. Could any hotel name better conjure up exoticism and banality in the same breath? The architectural style is one beloved of Kenyan colonials, sometimes called Equatorial Ealing. Golf clubs, like McDonald's restaurants, aspire to sameness, and this one does an excellent job of helping you forget that you are in Africa. Though they are rather proud of the view, which is truly spectacular, with the flamingo-inhabited Lake Naivasha below and the wide valley floor stretching out to a horizon further away than any horizon you have ever seen before, interrupted only by the odd extinct volcano.
My grandmother, who lived in Kenya and South Africa, spent her whole life in precisely this kind of place. As a colonial wife, of whom nothing more taxing was ever asked than the odd par-five, her intelligence was frittered away on golf and bridge. In a continent where people starve, this is not a fate that can ask much from us by way of sympathy, but I was very fond of her, and looking out at African fairways for the first time in my life, I feel an odd grandfilial pang.
In her honour, I ask for a bucket of balls, and head for the driving range. My grandmother taught me to swing a club, using plastic balls in my London garden. Any second-generation immigrant carries odd fragments of their parents' and grandparents' countries buried inside them. Travel, like archaeology, brings these fragments to the surface. Something unexpected will strike you, out of the blue, as familiar. Your journey out is also, on some level, a return home.
As I stand there on an immaculate lawn, idly striking golf balls towards the setting African sun, I feel a circle close. I am making some kind of peace with my colonial ancestry. It is an uneasy peace, though. I'm tempted to cut off the sprinklers and divert the water to the local farmers.
There can be no doubt that the highlight of my trip is the final stop, the Masai Mara game reserve: 600 square miles of staggeringly beautiful grassland in the south-west of the country. The distances here are vast, and I travelled from game reserve to game reserve by 15-seater propeller plane. The in-flight catering consisted of a bag of Murray Mints handed down the aisle. There was no check-in time because there was no check-in. The pilot landed, ticked you off his list, chucked your bag in, and off you went. If you were late, the plane waited for you.
The flight over the Rift Valley and out on to the Masai plains, the ground below suddenly turning from a hilly brown to an endless rolling sea of green, must surely be one of the most beautiful in the world. Even before touching down, you understand that you have arrived somewhere truly special.
I was there in time for the annual wildebeest migration, when 1.3 million wildebeest trek north from the Serengeti in Tanzania in search of fresh grass. The wildebeest are as big as cows, but in this landscape, and in these numbers, they seem more like insects. Unimaginable streams of them stretch ant-like to the horizon, while in front of you they honk, grunt and chomp. For the predators, the wildebeest are one vast, lumbering all-you-can-eat buffet. At this time of year, you can barely move for lions. Unlike in Samburu, the vehicles are dispersed here over a sufficient area for the animals never to seem crowded. Even without the game, it would be worth crossing the world to come here, so beautiful is the landscape.
We travel, in part, to be humbled, to be reminded that the cities in which we live, where every convenience is to hand, where everything has been designed and constructed to meet human needs, is not the natural state of affairs. We visit colder, higher, wilder and scarier parts of the world to be reminded how small and vulnerable we are.
There can be few places that issue this message as resoundingly as the African bush. I have climbed mountains that made me feel small, I have travelled through deserts that caused me to feel vulnerable, but I have never before stayed in any place where I knew that if I jumped over the nearest fence I'd be torn to shreds by wild animals and eaten before my corpse had cooled. But the fence, nonetheless, is there, and it is electrified. You are safe, but with a thrilling sense of danger. Douglas Coupland once wrote that, "adventure without risk is Disneyland". This notion applies interestingly to safaris.
As the tourist industry expands, we want more adventure with less risk. Safaris cater precisely to this demand. A safari is, in a sense, an adult Disneyland, where the creatures of our dreams come alive and cavort for our entertainment. That it is unscripted and unpredictable simply adds to the appeal. This is not to denigrate the experience. It is a marvellous thing that there is a place where we can go to find in ourselves the awe and wonder of a child.
The writer travelled with Kenya Airways (01784 888222; www.kenya-airways.com) and Heritage Hotels (00 254 20 444 6651; www.heritage-eastafrica.com). A similar seven-night package with Kuoni (01306 747008; www.kuoni.co.uk), staying at Samburu Intrepids, Lake Naivasha and Mara Intrepids, costs from £1,390 18 April-31 May. Other operators with similar packages include The Ultimate Travel Company (020-7386 4646; www.theultimatetravelcompany.co.uk) and Thomson Worldwide (08701 607438; www.thomsonworlwide.co.uk).
You can fly to Nairobi on Kenya Airways or British Airways (0870 950 8950; www.ba.com); each flies daily from Heathrow.
Samburu Intrepids, The Great Rift Valley Lodge and Mara Intrepids can be booked through Heritage Hotels. Doubles at Samburu Intrepids start from $375 (£208) full board including game drives. Doubles at the Great Rift Valley Lodge start from $235 (£131) full board. Doubles at Mara Intrepids from $415 (£231) full board including game drives.
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Hi guys. I'm using CouchDBX, which claims to be couchdb version 0.8. Reduce is acting really funny for me, so I tried logging it in some temporary views, and this is what I found out: It seems reduce is always called at least twice. When groups=true is in the query, it runs once with all values and then again for each group of values. When groups=true is not in the query, it is called with all of the values, twice. Now, I thought perhaps there was a way to tell whether I was in the first call to reduce or not. Other people seem to be using this third parameter to reduce (see http://jchris.mfdz.com/posts/107). But for me, that third paramater always comes up false! Upon further investigation, I noticed that the first call to reduce doesn't seem to affect anything. It's as if it is simply run and discarded. To illustrate, try using this as your reduce function: function(keys,values,combine){ log(values); return "foo" } Your final result will be "foo" of course, but look at what you've just logged. If you're not using group=true, it'll log the same values both times (They may show up in different orders if you're not strict about sorting, but that seems common with couchdb). If you're using group=true, the first call will log all the values, and the remaining calls will have groups of values. What happened to that "foo" I returned from the first call to reduce? I noticed a curious thing while trying to sort my output: if you have a stable sorting order, the first call to reduce receives its values in the proper sorted order, but the remaining calls (the one you get results from) receive values in precisely the opposite order! In fact, this has a very visible consequence. Simply adding a reduce function like this will effectively reverse the sort order of your output: function(keys,values,combine){ return values } If you're using groups=true, it wont reverse the order your groups come out in, but the values inside your groups will come out sorted precisely the opposite of the way you would have expected. This is pretty crazy! Sure, I can work around all these weird little quirks, but I really think someone should look at this before more people get confused.
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George Hawkins, was my grandfather. I began searching for what happened to him, nearly 8 yrs ago. I have struggled with putting anything on the internet, asking for help, for obviously many years, and don't take this lightly. You have to understand, that nearly 50 years later, my mother, my aunt, and myself, sleep in a type of fear that I pray non of you ever have to imagine.
Grandpa had a limp, yes. Not from polio, but from osteomylitis. An injury to his leg after being thrown from a horse as a teenager. He was a Campbell Co., KY Constable, and in all rights, disappeared in the line of duty. I pulled many newspaper articles, and such from the time of his disappearance, and then went to the authorities that handled his case. Neither the local, nor the KY State Police, who handled his case, had ANY records of his disappearance. They all simply vanished. I spoke with a man who knew him, and in my interview with him, he told me things like the Old General Store that they owned, had been shot up on more than one occasion. My mother has told me that my grandmother, aunt, and herself (my mother) slept in the bathtub on many nights because of people being in the store long after it had been closed. A wonderful newsreporter did a story in the Cincinnati Post, and also contacted this same gentleman that I did. He refused to talk to her, and said the only reason he spoke to me, was more or less, to put my mind at ease. He did tell me though, that he knew it was the mob. He refused to tell me much other than funny or delightful stories of my grandfather. Another gentleman, who had pictures of himself and Jimmy Hoffa, turned white, nearly had a heart attack, when I mentioned my grandfather's name, also still afraid 50 yrs later, refused to speak of it, to me, or anyone again. I did not push the situation, because I couldn't live with myself if something happened to this frail poor man.
This is what happened on the day he disappeared:
He hugged and kissed my grandmother, mother, and aunt goodbye. He had around $600 that was supposed to go to the bank that day (profits from the store), he never made it to the bank, nor was the money ever recoverd. He picked up a family friend to take her into Newport so she could do some shopping, and dropped her off. They were to meet at the corner of Monmouth St at 5 pm. He went to the hardware store and picked up paint for my aunt's house that was being built. He went to Charlie Lester's, his attorney, for consultation on an IRS audit. He never met the girl whom he dropped off, she called her daddy at 6 pm to come and pick her up. His car was found in Dayton, KY, which is not far from the Ohio River, wiped out with a muddy rag, with NOTHING but the key inside. He disappeared on Monday. Payday from the mob was Tuesday.
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Charlie Lester: was not only his attorney, but the MOB'S attorney.
Johnny "TV" Peluso: received his nickname for fixing tv's around newport, and being paid hefty sums of money to do so. He was a crook, and was privy more to the "goings on" than most probably thought he was. He supposedly heard Red Masterson order the hit on my grandfather.
Big John Harris: Runner of the Highlight Club; met with my aunt and told her to "go home and leave it alone".
Frank "Screw" Andrews; was "helped" out of a 3rd floor story hospital room in the 1970s
My grandfather has been called the Eggman. People say that he would stop on the way to town at local farmers, buy eggs, and then sell them at 200% profit or more to the local clubs such as The Beverly Hills Supper Club, Highlight Club etc. My family tells me, they NEVER saw any type of such money, nor can they find it in their hearts to believe my grandfather was a crook. No money of any kind was ever found. Whatever he was, he was their father, husband, and my grandfather. In my heart, I find it hard to believe he just took off and left them. With nothing. I wonder sometimes though if he was a crook. Maybe intentionally or unintentionally. Getting caught up in the limelight, the money, and being a constable who could do nearly anything he wanted. Either way, a man was taken, a family destroyed, and never an answer.
At this point, we don't want to "stir any feathers'', we just want to bring peace to a man, and peace to family. The not knowing is the worst.
Welcome to WS Kysleuth. I'm very sorry that your Grandfather has been missing so many years. My Prayers are with you and your family, that you find resolution soon.
I grew up in Kentucky. It was common knowledge and spoken of frequently that the city of Newport KY had Mob members that practically ran that town.
In fact, I don't think there was a clean up and a general getting rid of them until well into the 1980's.
I don't doubt for one minute if you say you think your Grandfather was murdered by the Mob there. Don't worry about stirring feathers IMHO the feathers that could possibly have been stirred (other than your family, if it bothers them to talk about it) are probably long deceased or have moved on from the area.
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The Beverly Hill supper club burned down. I had two Great Aunts by marriage that died in that fire.
Some background info for those that aren't familiar with Newport KY and it's organized criminal activity.
I was just a baby when The Beverly Hills Supper Club burnt down. I have been down to the bottom of the hill and seen the plaque they put up. It's not possible to go up there now, and on the anniversary I know family members are allowed up to pay their respects. It is now, though, nothing but a green field. No remnants remain. So sad. I am sorry for your loss as well.
An article about my grandfather. You'll have to scroll down some.
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Here is an updated link to The Doe Network: Case File 1261DMKY. It has two good photos of Mr. Hawkins.
But hun, we had them to bury. We knew what happened to them and they were laid to rest. I was fairly young when that happened. So I don't remember it having so much of an impact on our family.
You, however, have been missing a very important person in your family for a very long time.
I can't imagine the pain that your family has gone though, not knowing.
I wish there was something I could say or do to make it better. I can't. I can just say I will pray for you and your family and that you will have resolution soon.
Do you have any ideas on who to talk to? Where to go? Or anything that would help give the man and the family peace? Should I continue my search, or leave it alone? We KNOW he died that day. I just want to give my mom and aunt closer, but at the same time the fear is still there. I have a family, two small kids, and I need to be here for them too. History does repeat itself. Any suggestions?
No don't leave it alone. Do what you can. Don't neglect your family to do this.
I really don't think you have anything to fear as far as your own safety or the safety of your loved ones. I really don't.
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I've given it some thought. I have never had to do this before so I'm just going to give a basic outline on how I would approach it having learned from reading here on WS.
1. You will need to contact the local LE entity that investigated your Grandfather's murder. Ask them if your Grandfather's case is open or inactive or closed.
2. If it is still open and active you will need to begin contacting them on a regular basis (the detective that holds the cold case) in a polite manner, letting that detective get to know you and your family and how important it is to you all to have some resolution.
3. If it is inactive or closed, then you will have to ask them to reopen. You will need to know each of the LE entities that may have been involved in the investigation. You find that out by just asking. Start at the local LE level and move your way up. You may even have to go to your Senator of Governor.
Here is my advice that I strongly suggest you do having dealt the bureaucracy within the Military as a Military wife.
1. Keep what is known as a memorandum for record. You will want to make notes of each phone call you make: 1. The date and time of the call. 2. Who you spoke with 3. Short notation of what was said during that call.
Include every call you make even if the call is to just leave a message for a return call. You will want to keep a record of if they called you back or not.
Keep a hardcopy of each and every single letter you write and create a file. We can easily lose things that are on computers or flashdrives. If you have to move up the chain of command (local LE to State LE to Mayor to Congressman----etc.) you will want to include a copy of all the letters you have written with those letters you write to the LE or the Government officials.
It's been 49 years. I was born the year that your Grandfather was murdered. The actual individuals that murdered your Grandfather are more than likely deceased themselves or are elderly at this time.
Although, at one time there were men to fear in Newport, they are no longer there and their activities from 49 years ago are of no interest to anyone who works in organized crime at this time. What I'm trying to say is that although there was a branch of the mob that did work in Newport, not only are they gone, BUT they weren't from the huge "families" that we always hear about. They were small town crooks. JMHO.
Let us know how this goes for you, good luck, and justice for your grandfather.
Several years ago, I started by pulling the newspaper articles that covered his disappearance. I learned that it was the Newport PD that initially investigated it, and then that the family had called in for State Police help. I started by going to the NPD, and although the officer I spoke with said that he considered it a still open and unsolved case, there were no files to look at. With that, he directed me to a news reporter who did some digging, and published an article in the Ky Post April 24, 2004. I then contacted the State Police. I went to Frankfort personally. They said they had to look in their Cold Case files. Several weeks went by, and I received a letter that stated that they could not find any such file on my grandfather. Although I had the name of the officer who investigated it, when contacted, he said he couldn't remember the case. I found him to be aloof and uncaring. With all that said, I suppose the next thing for me to do, is to see if I can track down some of the people from the day that I know are still around. I would like to keep in touch with you, however I don't feel comfortable leaving an email address on here. I will see what I can do, maybe a yahoo account or something, and be in touch soon. Thank you for you ideas. I will mull them over, and please say a prayer for our family that time hasn't run out, and someone who does know something, will speak up. I know that the men who did this are prob. dead, but more than one knew of it. With that said, thanks again. Be in touch soon.
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April 3rd will mark 50 years since George Hawkins went missing. Looking forward to seeing any "anniversary" articles and to hear any updates.
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Notre Dame, Ind. - The Notre Dame women's lacrosse team opened the 2013 home schedule with a 13-8 win over 13th ranked Ohio State Wednesday evening at the Loftus Sports Center.
Junior midfielder Margaret Smith (Westminster, Md.) scored four goals and senior attack Jaimie Morrison (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) scored twice and added four assists for a six-point night to pace the Irish attack. Betsy Mastropieri (Sr., Richmond, Va.) added a pair of goals while Jenny Granger (Sr., East Setauket, N.Y.), McKenzie Brown (Sr., Greenwood Village, Colo.), Lauren Sullivan (Jr., Winchester, Mass.), Lindsay Powell (Jr., Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and Kaitlyn Brosco (Jr., Shoreham, N.Y.) scored one goal each in the victory.
Cian Dabrowksi led the visiting Buckeyes with three goals and an assist, Mary Kate Facchina added a pair of markers and Katie Chase, Cara Facchina and Jessica Hassett scored one apiece in the contest.
The win improves the ninth-ranked Irish a 2-0 early-season record while 13th-ranked Ohio State falls to 2-2 for the season.
"This was a good test for us early in the season," said Irish head coach Chris Halfpenny.
"The BIG EAST currently has five teams ranked in the IWLCA top 20. We built a difficult non-conference schedule to help prepare us for the tough stretch in March and April against the teams in the BIG EAST."
The Irish jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first four minutes as Brosco (28:19) and Smith (26:11) with her first of the night got on the scoresheet.
Dabrowski cut the lead to 2-1 at 24:15 with her first of the game before Morrison made it a two-goal game at 3-1 with her first point of the night at 22:39.
Ohio State then went on a three-goal in four-minute run that gave the Buckeyes their only lead of the game at 4-3 as Dabrowski, Chase and Hassett on a free-position shot beat senior goalkeeper Ellie Hilling (Sr., Rochester, N.Y.) between 19:03 and 14:59.
The lead stayed that way until the 7:16 mark when Smith, took matters into her own hands, single-handedly giving Notre Dame a 6-4 lead as she scored three times in a 2:39 span to put the Irish in front to stay at 6:18 of the opening half.
Cara Facchina and Betsy Mastropieri traded goals in the final minute to make it 7-5 in favor of the Irish at halftime as Notre Dame had a 13-9 edge in shots in the opening half.
In the second half, Notre Dame limited Ohio State to just three goals. The Buckeyes opened the half with Mary Kate Facchina scoring at the 28:20 mark to cut the lead to 7-6.
Mastropieri answered just 28 seconds later at 27:52 off Morrison's first of four, second-half assists to make it 8-6. Two minutes later, Dabrowski got her third of the game to make it an 8-7 game.
That would be as close as the Buckeyes would get as the Irish defense led by Hilling, Smith, Barbara Sullivan (So., Garden City, N.Y.), Emily Conner (Alexandria, Va.) and Stephanie Peragallo (Hauppauge, N.Y.) tightened things up and got the Notre Dame transition game firing on all cylinders. The Irish would out score Ohio State, 5-1, over the final 25 minutes.
"You know what, we do what we do. Our defense is the hallmark of our program," said Halfpenny.
"They were the spark that got us going on those runs. They shut the door on Ohio State when they were making a strong push. When push came to shove, our defensive unit was the spark that got the ball in the hands of our offense and our offense just made really smart plays."
With the Irish playing down a player due to a yellow card, Sullivan converted a feed from Morrison at 24:57 to make i a 9-7 game. Sullivan returned the favor at 21:42 as she set up Morrison for her second goal of the night to open a three-goal lead at 10-7.
Powell's unassisted marker at 19:01 made it 11-7 and Mary Kate Facchina's second of the night for the Buckeyes at 11:27 cut the lead to 11-8 and would be as close as Ohio State would get to the lead.
Brown and Granger scored their first goals of the season at 10:11 and 9:31 respectively with help from Morrison on both goals on the way to the final of 13-8.
On the night, the Irish outshot the Buckeyes by a 22-19 margin. Hilling had three saves in the Notre Dame goal while Tori DeScenza had six for Ohio State.
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Here's the phone number from the TruGlo website: 972.774.0300
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Hey Guys! I have a set of TFO's sites on my H&K and the rear site has been dimming. I left a message with Tru-Glow, with my name and number, and had no reply. I just finished e-mailing them, and they said this was a busy time of year, they would get back to me as soon as they could. Has anyone else had any problems with Tru-Glow customer service? Or does anyone have a direct line and name? So I can speak to an actual person?
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Here's the phone number from the TruGlo website: 972.774.0300
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Wow. Guess I am even more glad I chose Trijicon instead.
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Never had any problems with them at all. Yours is the first problem I have heard of. Of course, we have sent back exactly one set of sights (customer installed them, one side of the rear sight died, replaced by Tru Glo) and one red dot scope (crooked reticle, replaced with new one) of all we have sold. Please keep us advised.
I had them on my XD. They were less than a year old when the fiber optic inserts flew out while I was shooting; the larger rear piece went first, and then the front followed suit a few months later. TruGlo only guarantees them for 90 days, so I was SOL. Based on that experience, I would never buy them again.
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BRUSSELS (AP) Justine Henin-Hardenne is separating from her husband and plans to return to the WTA Tour.
Three weeks after pulling out of the Australian Open, Henin-Hardenne, the former No. 1, announced on her website Wednesday that she and her husband, Yves, had decided to separate and she planned to play next month in Paris. The couple was married in 2002.
"The last few weeks were difficult for me," she said.
She was the runner up at the Australian Open last year and lost her No. 1 world ranking because of forfeiting the first Grand Slam of the year.
Henin-Hardenne, 24, won the French Open last year and reached the final at the three other majors before capping 2006 with a win in the season-ending WTA Tour Championship. She had a 60-8 record, including a victory in her most recent match, the Madrid Masters final against Amelie Mauresmo in November.
The Gaz de France tournament is set for Feb. 5-11.
"It's not far from my home, and it's always pleasant for me to be in Paris," the Belgian said. "This will be my first tournament for the season. I hope to find my form, and as usual will give all of myself."
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The strain measurement of a 1.65-m reinforced concrete beam by use of a distributed fiber strain sensor with a 50-cm spatial resolution and 5-cm readout resolution is reported. The strain-measurement accuracy is ±15 µε (µm/m) according to the system calibration in the laboratory environment with non-uniform-distributed strain and ±5 µε with uniform strain distribution. The strain distribution has been measured for one-point and two-point loading patterns for optical fibers embedded in pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) rods and those bonded to steel reinforcing bars. In the one-point loading case, the strain deviations are ±7 and ±15 µε for fibers embedded in the GFRP rods and fibers bonded to steel reinforcing bars, respectively, whereas the strain deviation is ±20 µε for the two-point loading case.
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For years I tried to fight my curls but I've grown to appreciate what I have.
My first tip involves what happens when you, or someone else, vigorously scrubs your hair during shampooing. 🙂
How many of you have ever bought into the crazy marketing promises we are bombarded with on a daily basis? Marketing gurus play on our weaknesses and the things we are self conscious about. They know just how to get us to pull out our wallet and hand over our money even if we are doubtful that said product would actually give us the results we see on the ads. For some reason, we just keep on hoping and believing.
I'm pretty immune to those ploys at this point in my life because in the past, I've given in to the lure of better skin, hair, eyelashes, silhouette, etc. many times before and have been repeatedly disappointed. In the past, I've spent lots of money on stuff that just didn't do what it claimed it would do.
Occasionally, and this is VERY rare, you find there is a product that you're actually happy with the results. This is how Top Ten got started. Whenever I find something worthy of sharing, I want to tell everybody I know. I want to shout, "HEY, THIS STUFF WORKS!"
Recently, I was shopping and found some jeans that had an interesting marketing slogan. It grabbed that part of me that has struggled with having no butt all of my life. My step dad used to call me snake hips. You know snakes have no hips, right?
I've done billions of lunges, squats and all other means of exercise that promises to grow muscle in the gluteus maximus. Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration because if I'd actually done that many I'd have a bigger butt. These jeans said right there on the label, "Wanna Betta Butt". Ummmm, yes I do. Thank you very much. So I whipped out my money and paid for them. BAM! Just like that, instant gluteus maximus.
Ok, I know my butt doesn't actually look like the one in the ad but it IS an improvement, I think… I did a video that has the before and after and I'm pretty sure there was a difference. It's really amazing what lycra in the right places can do! Ronny says I should get my money back though. Anyway I'm happy with the results and think I spent my money wisely. In these jeans, I DO have a betta butt.
When they come off, it's a different story. So I guess I'll keep on working out in hopes of growing the ole glutes into a bubble butt. In the mean time, I'll be sporting my new jeans.
Don't get stuck in a fashion rut, especially if that fashion is listed in the Top Ten worst fashions of any decade. I have to laugh when I look back at old pictures of myself and see the ridiculous things that I proudly wore. Yes, I wore my hair just like the ladies in this photo!
I remember a certain ivory colored, belted shirt-dress that had HUGE shoulder pads. I think that I may have been almost as wide as I am tall in that dress. The shoulder pads had to be a good 8 inches wide on each side of my tiny little body. It was all the rage then but now it looks completely ridiculous in the photos. But lemme tell ya, I wore it with a great amount of confidence because it was the coveted fashion of the time. Thank goodness I abandoned that look when it went by the wayside!
Proof right here that Cindy and I should NOT still be rocking these looks from the past! I can't decide if my hair or my shoulder pads win for the most ridiculous, lol! Cindy is obviously loving the "bubble bangs" look!
Into the 90's, big hair became popular. I was born for that particular style! I was so glad that stick straight hair was no longer considered trendy since I had not learned how to control my curls yet. I welcomed big hair and wore it well. I'm not talking about just big hair, I'm talking about big TEXAS hair and even bigger bangs. I used a hair dryer, round brush and a can of hairspray to create this bubble on my forehead that was so big you could hide a small dog under it. No kidding! Why in the world did we do this? I look at pictures of me and am amazed at how I accomplished this feat.
Some styles do make their way back around eventually. I've always heard stylists say that if you have worn it before then you are too old to wear it again when it gets recycled. I tend to disagree with this a little bit. I think there are age appropriate ways to wear most fashions no matter your age. I don't think I need to name obvious exceptions to this but I will name a few just in case there is any doubt. Bare midriffs or mini skirts on 50 year olds. Just because you still look good doesn't mean you need to show it to everyone. You had your season. Let the 20 year olds have theirs! Doesn't mean you have to shrivel up and die, just show some class.
The real question that you have to ask yourself is…… did you ever STOP wearing "it" in the first place? If you are still dressing and styling your hair the same way you did 30 years ago, maybe you need a friend to step up and intervene. If money isn't an issue, hire a stylist to help you with a makeover. Get out of that rut! Take a chance on a new look! Just because you got all kinds of compliments wearing big bangs, parachute pants, neons, and leg warmers a few years ago doesn't mean you should still be rocking that look today.
Trust me, you are really aging yourself by not paying attention to new looks. It's not necessary to do it all overnight. Start with the hair since that is something that will be noticed immediately. Then little by little you can upgrade your wardrobe with new looks that are right for you. I'm willing to bet your confidence will soar and it won't be on those "wings" you and Farrah used to wear!
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Swimsuit season is here! A big trend has made its way onto tops and one pieces everywhere – Fringe!
Fringe has been spotted on apparel this season and has transitioned into swim style.
L Space Swimwear has mastered this look with another huge trend, pops of color! L Space has an amazing assortment of one pieces, triangle tops, and bandeau tops.
The fringe adds movement to your swimwear giving form to any body shape and size. It's flattering for women's swimwear and this trend has been selling out everywhere. If you can snag a piece of this collection online keep in mind what looks best on your body – a triangle top, a one piece, or bandeau.
The colors on the L Space collection are amazing and are available in purple, lime green, white, violet, and turquoise. There are also solids that have amazing structure fit for any chic pool party.
Another top trend this season one pieces. One pieces are retro chic and are flattering on any body according to the structure of the suit. If you have short legs aim for something with a higher hip cut, if no curves one pieces create this for you.
There are various one pieces out there so try them on and take note of what's working best on your body. Bring a friend because if getting a sales woman's opion – they'll tell you that everything looks good on you. A friend is honest. If you need a stylists opinion take pictures in each piece that you're trying on to send in.
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Vera Wang releases her 2012 bridal collection in which the largest collection in Texas is housed in Houston at the prestigious boutique Casa De Novia. Brides will not be disappointed with this collection. The designer has the gowns available in various colors that are irrevocably chic and made for a luxe bride vying for something unique and different. Gowns featured on the floor come in bold reds, soft pinks, dark violet and black. The gowns are featured this way to show the structure, texture, and possibilities of each gown as they can also be worn for various formals.
The fall collection features the bridal gowns in black, which was the perfect color to showcase the texture of the gowns on the runway, but with brides in mind Vera can ultimately have every dress in the collection ordered in ivory for any posh bride to be. All of the dresses include beautiful work that makes each gown truly unique and are absolutely breathtaking in person one gown in specific was hand painted from the waist down. A dress that would make Audrey Hepburn swoon and meet Grace Kelly's taste.
The Vera Wang collection is now available at the posh Casa De Novia boutique in Houston and can be viewed by appointment only. Book your weekend bridal rendezvous to find the dress that classifies your style for your big day.


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Soccer By Ives reveals that the New York Red Bulls-Barcelona friendly hinted at several weeks ago "is definitely happening." The Bulls will face Barca on Aug. 7 at Giant's Stadium, moving the NY club's league match against D.C. United on Aug. 9 to Aug. 10 to accommodate the friendly. New York's match against the New England Revolution the week before will now be moved to June 18.
The match appeared in doubt when the Red Bulls entered into discussions with Barca rival Real Madrid over the friendly, but the Bulls eventually reached an agreement. An official announcement is
forthcoming, blogger Ives Galarcep said. "We are almost sure we will go to the States," Barca spokesman Jose Miguel Teres told the New York Times, adding that
Chicago would likely be the second destination of the club's preseason tour. "It is 99 percent, unless something strange happens. We are now finishing the contracts."
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3 Doors Down Bassist Arrested for DUI, Again
Mississippi media outlets are reporting that the bassist for the band 3 Doors Down, Todd Harrell, has been arrested on a DUI charge.
According to The Sun Herald, police in South Mississippi arrested Harrell on Tuesday night on a second offense DUI charge.
WLOX-TV us reporting that the charge involves a substance OTHER than alcohol.
Harrell was arrested for DUI by the D'Iberville Police in 2012. He also faces several other charges in Nashville including vehicular homicide by intoxication.
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The best ship and cruise on Carnival - period: Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review by bigdog69
Overall Member Rating
The best ship and cruise on Carnival - period
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Embarkation: Port Canaveral (Orlando)
Rooms/Stewards - The rooms were great and the stewards were so attentive
Dining - The food in the dining room was okay and the service was fantastic .We also ate in the Italian restaurant twice and it was fantastic .The steakhouse we also ate in two nights and had a blast with Ivan at the bar pouring great wines . The Library Bar was fun as we played backgammon and had some wine.My only issue was that the breakfast buffet was just okay .
Cabin - 7316 this was a quite balcony cabin .
Service - was fantastic all over the ship
Serenity Deck - This place was so awesome with all three decks being part of the Serenity deck
Shows - They were good and seem to be a big step up for Carnival but we walked out of one show
Comedy Shows - The line was always long so we never waited but have seen them before and they were funny.
We had a More great time and will be back so please save your money and go on this ship as it was a fantastic time for us Less
Published 06/14/14
Cabin review: balcony 73167316
The cabin was fantastic and the service was awesome as they went over and above
Port and Shore Excursions
We had a great time and we saw some different types of fish beyond a normal excursion
Beach Break
We took a cab ride about 30 minutes out to one of the nicest beaches Playa Lagun I had ever been to and only a few people were on the beach and the snorkeling was fantastic.
This was one of the best excursions ever as we got to pet a shark - now that was really cool
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