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Residents of the Murrah Road area of New Albany continue to be upset with the city's failure to deal forcefully with a run-down trailer park and motel near their property.
The annual Union County Spelling Bee is a reminder to us all that our public schools are doing a good job in teaching one of the basic fundamentals of education. That, of course, would be spelling.
The New Albany Board of Aldermen recently demonstrated a classic way not to handle the business of the city.
A group of Murrah Road residents has asked the New Albany Board of Aldermen for help in cleaning up the Resthaven Trailer Park.
Two events are coming up that benefit charitable causes. One has been around for a long time and the other is new this year. We commend both to you.
My, my, what a mess. Instead of quietly slipping out the governor's mansion to return to his former life as a lobbyist, Haley Barbour dropped a bombshell on his way out the door.
New Albany's decision to continue supplying the city water from wells probably was the only economically feasible choice to make.
What has generally been a low-key campaign on the proposal to allow the sale of wine and spirits in New Albany will be decided Tuesday, Jan. 10, in a special election.
We take pride in providing the news in an objective fashion in our news columns. But here in this space we offer our opinion, and provide space in our Letters to the Editor column for yours.
A year has passed since the New Albany Board of Aldermen considered a plan to establish minimum standards for rental housing. The proposal was defeated on a 2-3 vote. We think it is time to look at the issue again.
Union County voters will face an important decision for the growth of our city in the special election Tuesday, Jan. 10.
Below the Gazette reprints eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's letter to the editor of New York's Sun newspaper and the newspaper's response on Sept. 21, 1897:
Our community breathed a collective sigh of relief this week with news that a New Albany man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Amanda Price.
The Union County School District Board has voted to do away with the Union County varsity football team and move the program to the East Union Attendance Center.
Many more families have qualified this year for aid from the 37th annual Sharing at Christmas program, which provides food and toys to those in need in Union County.
The outpouring of concern and support for the Price family is just what we expected from our community.
The New Albany Main Street Association's annual Holiday Open House has become so successful that the association has developed an encore event.
The Union County Board of Supervisors is grappling with what to do about housing mental patients awaiting a place in the state hospital.
Thanksgiving is here, for many of us a time for family gatherings, turkey, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings.
The wait is over and Corollas are rolling off the assembly line at Union County's Toyota's manufacturing plant.
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The hills are alive . . . with the sound of Carrie Underwood!
NBC has tapped the five-time Grammy winner, 29, to appear in the coveted role of Maria von Trapp in their 2013 three-hour special broadcast event based on the original Broadway musical The Sound of Music.
Set to air in 2013, the telecast will be produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the men behind NBC's song-and-dance drama Smash. "Speaking for everyone at NBC, we couldn't be happier to have the gifted Carrie Underwood take up the mantle of the great Maria von Trapp," the network's entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said, "She was an iconic woman who will now be played by an iconic artist."
The Sound of Music first premiered on Broadway in 1959, and its 1965 film adaptation -- starring Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as Capt. von Trapp and featuring songs including "My Favorite Things" -- won a Best Picture Oscar.

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And it's not just the men's game that is on an upward trajectory.
"I have just come from Istanbul (venue for the season-ending WTA Championships) where the semifinal and final saw 16 and a half thousand people crammed inside the stadium."
"The fact is that women's tennis has two iconic figures at the top in Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova -- it's a potent combination."
The success of the respective men's and women's tours is matched and in many ways surpassed by the four grand slams, with ambitious expansion plans in place for Roland Garros, home of the French Open, and Flushing Meadows, which stages the U.S. Open.
Prize money increases
The Australian Open, first on the calendar in January, recently announced record prize money of $30.68 million for 2013, up by $4.13m.
The eight singles players and top eight doubles pairings in London will share out $5.5 million between them, rising to $6.5 million by 2014, but the likes of Djokovic and Federer, who is president of the ATP Player Council, flexed their industrial muscle this year to demand a more equitable share out of the cash at the slams for lower ranked players.
There was fleeting talk of a strike ahead of the Australian Open if demands were not met and the issue remains a cloud on the horizon on an otherwise sunny sky.
"The future is incredible bright for men's tennis," foresees Drewett, a 54-year-old Australian, who was a former top 40 player himself.
The ATP World Tour Finals is the icing on the cake at the end of a long season, with qualification in the singles and doubles the main goal for the game's elite when they begin their 10-month season.


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Department of Corrections Says Keyes Showed No Signs of Being SuicidalSerial killer found dead in cell Sunday morningANCHORAGE - On Sunday morning, serial killer Israel Keyes was found dead at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Investigators with the state troopers were notified of Keyes' death around 6:30 a.m. The state medical examiner hasn't released Keyes' autopsy results and state trooper spokesperson Beth Ipsen said even when troopers can confirm how Keyes died, the information might not be released to the public. Keyes was confined to his cell 23 hours a day in a segregation unit that housed around 23 prisoners. "Security typically for segregation is a 24 hour post, which means there is an officer present 24 hours a day," said Bryan Brandenburg, Director of Institutions with the Department of Corrections. That one officer on duty is supposed to check on each prisoner every 30 minutes. Whether this was the case on Sunday morning when Keyes died is being investigated. "We just look at the policies and the procedures to make sure that everything was followed appropriately," Brandenburg said. Friends and family of Samantha Koenig, one of Keyes' victims, say justice hasn't been served. "We are not satisfied. We were so hoping for our day in court where Israel Keyes would have to stand before all of us and take his punishment," said Heather Cartwright, a friend of Samantha Koenig. Samantha Koenig's dad James Koenig said the D.O.C dropped the ball. "D.O.C. should be ashamed, and held accountable for allowing this to happen," said Koenig in a Facebook post. "How and why he would have access to anything to commit suicide in a segregated cell on 24 hour watch is beyond me." D.O.C. said it wasn't aware Keyes was suicidal. "We do what we can when we are aware of situations, to do whatever preventative measures are available to us," said Brandenburg. The last time investigators spoke to Keyes about his murders was on Thursday last week. Federal prosecutions had until the end of the year to decide if they were going to seek the death penalty, but yesterday the U.S. Attorney's office said they had not confirmed their decision. The D.O.C. says Keyes had access to pen and paper, but neither the troopers nor D.O.C. will confirm or deny if Keyes left a suicide note. You have indicated this comment should be removed.said on Friday, Dec 7 at 4:32 PM The razors used at Anchorage Correctional Complex is your basic cheap Bic razors. You can't just drop the blade without breaking the razor shell. Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Thursday, Dec 6 at 7:39 AM so the guard dropped off the blade that he used Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Wednesday, Dec 5 at 11:48 AM So, they dropped the ball on the 30 minute prisoner check and now Samantha's family and his other victims are denied justice and Alaska looks like a podunk backwater that can't handle grown up business. Great job DOC. Inappropriate? 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All those type losers should take the same path and our prison population would drop fast.Would it be justice for him to sit in prison for 50 years on our dime? Eating 3 squares and watching the View? Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Tuesday, Dec 4 at 7:27 AM He did us all a favor. We don't have to pay to take care of this piece of dirt and daddy gets to sue DOC. Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Monday, Dec 3 at 10:43 PM I don't see the state to be blamable in this case. There are people who just don't belong on this earth. Mr Keyes was such a person. He should be congratulated and brought back to life, so he can do it again. There was never going to be any justice in any event. I see no reason to drag the process out. That sounds mean and it is intended to be: people who hurt others, especially men who hurt girls don't need justice: they need to be dead. Inappropriate? 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Thursday, February 22, 2007
ikea spotting: soyburger's mac basement
anyone remembers the name of the low white media unit on the left? i wish it wasn't discontinued.
especially like this countertop from the stolmen too.
stolmen drawers make such handsome display units.
love the red klippan. i never tire of its simplicity. the skruvsta looks really good in this set up too.
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- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2007 12:52 AM
Forget the "low white media unit on the left", the real prize in that shot are the vent-like, brushed-metal CD holders atop the shelf. When they were discontinued I was genuinely heartbroken.
Franklin Brauner - AnnemarieFebruary 25, 2007 9:39 PM
I made my litter box out of the exact same media unit in black.
ReplyDelete I saw this a while ago in a mac flickr group and was just stunned. I loved that shelving system too it was called dirigent and came in a really nice blacck or white glossy finish. I thought the way you could configure it in so many different combinations was great - I planned out a system to put into my office, unfortunately ikea discontinued it really quickly. There's nothing really like it any more but at least soyburger's mac museum photos show how it could and should be used. Great photo set.
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Dear Huffington Post: autism treatment is about kids, not parents
In recognition of Autism Awareness month, the Huffington Post printed an article called 10 Things To Do After an Autism Diagnosis. The author -- Hannah Brown -- gives advice to parents on what they should do after the autism diagnosis bombshell is dropped on them. Although I applaud the helpful sentiment, ninety percent of the advice given by Brown was to parents about their own mental health and coping mechanisms and not about how to help their child.
To illustrate, although taking valium may help a parent cope, and making sure that one's name is on all joint assets may be helpful in the event a spouse leaves the relationship, these things do nothing for the child. However, if the parent takes effective steps to improve their child's situation, valium will be needed less and the marriage will likely be more harmonious. Life would be less stressful and something that together, as a team, the family unit can better withstand. Here are my "10 Things to Do After the Diagnosis":
1) Find a parent group in your area that supports science-based treatment which is, currently, Early Intensive Behavioral Treatment (EIBI) based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
2) Join the Me-List on FACEBOOK and the Me-List on Yahoo. Both these groups are comprised of parents worldwide who have treatment teams up and running.
3) Find out if you live in a region where insurance companies are required to provide coverage for EIBI autism treatment. Find how parents in your region are funding their children's treatment programs.
4) Source a list of Behavioral Consultants in your region with expertise in EIBI. If you don't have any local expertise, here are a few national companies.
5) Phone the Behavioral Consultants you find and have them provide three references from parents who use their services. If they won't give you references, go to the next consultant on your list. There is a certification board for this group of professionals and you can find them in your search, via zip code; however, make sure that their expertise is autism.
6) Once you hire the Behavioral Consultant, start recruiting for your treatment team.
7) Set up a training session for your team and start your program. The first couple of weeks are somewhat of a shock, but then you'll get into a routine.
8) Start reading the right books. I have a list on the Autism Pundit bookshelf.
9) Sign-up for the Association for Science in Autism Treatment's Newsletter and get savvy about how to differentiate science from quackery!
10) Breathe. If you follow the above steps, your child will reach his or her potential, and you have no idea how great that potential may be!
As a parent who has been in the autism universe for over two decades, I'm of the view that these steps are going to get you where you need to go. For now, ignore all the other noise out there. Your job is to get your child into a treatment program A.S.A.P. Nothing else will matter until your child has access to high quality treatment.
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In 2008 ENIL started a collection of examples of good practice. These are to serve as a model for (among others) inclusion; accessible education, transport, employment; disability awareness; peer-counselling etc.
Below, you will find all examples that have been collected up to now.
CEDAT – Assistance to students with disabilities in Valencia University Spain
Personal Assistance and parenting Sweden
Kunskapsprojektet – Knowledge on Personal Assistance JAG Sweden
Full Participation Now! Swedish Disability Policy Debate Sweden
Fight for Personal Assistance Norway
Fundamental Rights Agency report; Voting rights Europe
Institute of Peace, Human Rights and Independent Living Spain
Cross Disability information on the web; HandyWorld Portal Slovenia
Travel Rights for Persons with Disabilities International
Financial report about Personal Assistance and its economical benefits Norway
Fighting at court level for the rights of people with disabilities Spain
Representation of disability movement in Almedalen Sweden
Follow up of Personal Assistance situation Sweden
Personal assistance TV channel on the web Sweden
Independent Living activist on Wikipedia Sweden
Excellent physical condition Slovenia
Gender and Disability included in a masters degree Spain
Funkisbyran – Disability Visibility Sweden
Good Accessibility – Liljevachs Museum Stockholm
Hearing loops for Raiffeisen Bank Austria
Shop-owner fights for ramp Austria
Accessible railway transport – railjets Austria
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Forget Christmas . . . Kmart Has Already Moved On to Valentine's Day:
Every year, the stores put out their Christmas stuff earlier and earlier . . . and step on other holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving in the process. But now Christmas ITSELF is a victim of the precedent it started.
The "Consumer Reports" website Consumerist.com just posted a photo sent in by a reader from Ohio . . . who found her local Kmart has already moved out the Christmas stuff, and put out their VALENTINE'S DAY merchandise.
There are 58 days until Valentine's Day. But also 372 until next Christmas, if any stores want to get a jump on THAT.
Cops Report to a Domestic Fight . . . Caused By a Woman Spraying Her Husband With Lysol Over His Horrible Flatulence:
On Sunday, 46-year-old Michael Manatis of Spartanburg, South Carolina was apparently producing some pretty horrific flatulence. And it infuriated his wife, 41-year-old Shannon Manatis.
She ended up grabbing a can of vanilla-scented LYSOL . . . and SPRAYED her husband with it.
But it got in his eyes. And he responded by throwing something at Shannon. He says it was a plastic water bottle . . . she says it was a glass of iced tea.
Anyway, the cops came to sort it out. Michael explained he had an upset stomach and told them the story. The cops thought the liquid splashed on the wall from Michael's throw looked clear like water, not tea.
They consulted with a local judge and ended up deciding there wasn't enough probable cause for any arrests.
The Top Five Job Skills for 2013:
If you're planning to look for a better-paying job next year, "Forbes" magazine just put out a list of the most in-demand job skills for 2013.
Some are pretty specific, like programming skills and sales skills. But the top five are pretty general. Here's what they came up with by looking at Career Builder's recent list of the top jobs for 2013, and the skill-sets you need for them.
#1.) Critical Thinking. Meaning you're able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of other people's ideas, AND your own. "Forbes" says it'll pretty much be a requirement for nine out of ten good-paying jobs next year.
#2.) Complex Problem Solving. It's kind of like the last one, but it means you're not just good at IDENTIFYING problems. You're able to come up with solutions too. Again, nine out of ten of the most in-demand jobs require it.
#3.) Good Judgment. Specifically, you need to be able to understand the costs and benefits of the decisions being made on a day-to-day basis, and how they'll affect the company.
#4.) Active Listening. That means you're a good listener, and you absorb what people say. But you also ask good questions without interrupting.
#5.) Computer Skills. And that's doesn't just mean you know how to type and use the Internet. Eight out of ten good-paying jobs next year will require solid know-how when it comes to software and/or hardware.
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The guy can't catch a ball if its handed to him. He drops everything that is thrown his way. We have two other young receivers that deserve a shot.
The guy can't catch a ball if its handed to him. He drops everything that is thrown his way. We have two other young receivers that deserve a shot.
Can't say I disagree. He's been a little dissapointing the past few games.
Whatever happened to Tommy Streeter?
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Thompson has shown some promise. Why not him? Even LaQuan (Sp?) Williams has shown some flash now and then.
LaQuan is also on IR and Thompson hasn't been active sincy the Cincy game Week 17.
The reason why Doss continues to play is because he was a draft pick. Draft picks get every chance to succeed. It just the politics part of the game.
Doss was hand picked by Flacco during the draft. Especially now Joe will have a say as to when Doss is tossed
Its does seem like when Doss's number is called it is a wasted play.
Either drops the ball or can't get separation.
Ravens can't afford any wasted plays against the niners.
Yeah. I was a big Doss supporter at first, but not any more. Heck...even David Reed does more than Doss; at least he contributes on STs.
I gave doss a nickname last season....
Because sightings are rare and only last an instant....
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The on-going Language Rich Europe project, led by Martin Hope, Director of the British Council in Brussels and President of EUNIC in Brussels, and co-financed by the European Commission has taken a step further and has now started the research phase.
Background information
The Language Rich Europe (LRE) project aims to underline good practice and to promote multilingualism in order to create a more socially stable and prosperous Europe, based on intercultural dialogue. Over 25 partners from all across Europe, including EUNIC in Brussels and 5 EUNIC member institutes (British Council, Goethe-Institut, Det Danske Kulturinstitut, Instituto Camões and Instituto Cervantes) are currently conducting an analysis of policies and practices on multilingualism across 20 European countries and will compare the results against European recommendations.
The steering committee of the LRE project, to which EUNIC in Brussels belongs, has recently finalised the field manual that will serve as a basis for the research conducted across Europe.. Seven strands have been defined according to seven domains of language use, from official documents on language diversity to language teaching in primary education to language use in public services and media. For each strand of the project, the field manual provides guidelines on how to conduct the research as well as key readings. The results will be presented in the Language Rich Europe Index - A European Index on Multilingual Policies and Practices, in the form of an innovative tool: interactive spider graphs. This will help visualise the role of multilingualism in the participating countries and highlight good practice. In order to measure the results and be able to present the final index, a comprehensive questionnaire has been finalised and sent to renowned national research partners who will be collecting the data. The data will then be reviewed by independent national experts and analysed by Babylon, the Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society at Tilburg. Professionals from various sectors will also be invited to discuss the results, share good practice and develop action points for their area of work.
To emphasise the beginning of the research phase, the first LRE brochure has now been published in 18 languages and distributed to all LRE network members, explaining the project, its impact and how it can contribute to creating the opportunity to encourage discussion across society. The brochure can be downloaded in several languages by clicking on the links to the left of this article.
Parallel to the research, experts and partners already have the possibility to share their experience and knowledge or leave comments onto the Language Rich Blog. The purpose is to enhance informal discussion around multilingualism and language use among civil society, as languages affect us all, in a way or another and contribute to cultural diversity.For further information on the project please contact:
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In the same way as most other users do, I find myself frequently posting links on twitter using one of the many URL shortening services. I'll say at this point that I absolutely loathe these services, the recent demise of Tr.im and the debacle which has followed enforces the view that replicating something which already exists is bound to lead to issues (the thinking behind the popular programming acronym DRY).
It would be a serious step forwards (IMHO), if twitter allowed you to convert sections of a tweet to a link in much the same way as one does in HTML so we can avoid this, but anyway, I've digressed, people might complain it would make it too "complicated", rant over, back on track.
As the subject of this post suggests this is just a random little code snippet I put together today to help me hold onto my links, make them a little more searchable and use the real link not a shortened version by posting them to delicious when I tweet them. It almost certainly exists elsewhere, but this is my take on it and doesn't rely on me using a particular browser and having a plug-in installed on all the machines I use it on which the otherwise excellent tweecious would do.
- PHP5 webserver
- SimplePie Rss parser (I'm using version 1.1.3 nothing has changed since which would break this, AFAIK)
- CRONtab or similar to make it automatic, you can always just load the page up in a browser window if you don't have CRON on your server or use webcron.
What it does
- Any link you post on twitter is resolved to its original address, title grabbed off the original site and posted onto your delicious account with your tweet in the description and any tags you want.
- Links will only be posted once, so if a link is automatically posted and you then delete it from delicious then its not going to reappear the next time the script is run.
- You can optionally blacklist domains or sections of domains which you don't want to be saved, for instance I tweeted a link to a programme on BBC iPlayer, there's no point me saving it as iPlayer only stores stuff for a couple of weeks
- You can also prevent a tweet which has a specific hashtag from being posted, I use the tag "#ns" which will prompt the script to ignore the rest
To use it, just upload twittodel.php from the zip file below (or copy and paste the below source) to your webserver, add simplepie.inc and any other bits it needs, make a cache folder according to whatever you've set the CACHE_DIR option to (as a default it wants a folder called 'cache'.
Download: twittodel.zip
As I say, it was put together fairly quickly so is not guaranteed to be perfect but anyway. Comments/improvements/criticism welcome. It might see the addition of Zemanta style automatic tagging like tweecious, I'll update this post if it does.
// Author: Duncan Barnes (www.barnesdmd.co.uk) // Updated: 16/08/09 // License: Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/) //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //You'll need to enter your delicious credentials and a few other details here to make this work //I've left in a few details as examples //Delicious username define('DELICIOUS_USERNAME','yourusernamehere'); //Delicious password define('DELICIOUS_PASSWORD','yourpasswordhere'); //Tag/s to add to the delicious entry define('DELICIOUS_TAGS','from_twitter'); //Your twitter account timeline rss feed define('TWITTER_RSS','http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/6752222.rss'); //You can put a hash tag here which you might want to use to prevent tweets being posted to delicious define('TWITTER_OMIT','#ns'); //You can put bits of addresses in here which you don't want to be posted, separate with a comma, e.g 'bbc.co.uk/iplayer', no urls which have this in them would be posted define('ADDRESS_OMIT','bbc.co.uk/iplayer,bbc.co.uk/programmes'); //Directory where this script can store cached data define('CACHE_DIR','cache/'); //Max number of tweets to process each time the script is run, adjust based on how often you tweet and how often you run the cron controlling this script define('MAX_TWEETS',6); //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Bit of quick error checking if (!class_exists('SimplePie')){if(file_exists('simplepie.inc')){require_once 'simplepie.inc';}else{echo 'Simplepie not found, check simplepie.inc is in the same directory as this script!';exit();}} $feed = new SimplePie(TWITTER_RSS,CACHE_DIR,3600) or die('Could not declare Simplepie, you might want to check your TWITTER_RSS and CACHE_DIR settings and also that you have any additional files which SimplePie wants.'); $curl_handle = curl_init() or die('Could not initiate curl, please check its enabled on your server!'); //Fetching our cache of previous things we've saved to delicious, means: // a)we're not repeating a push to delicious // b) If you delete an auto created entry from delicious it won't be recreated the next time this is run! // The script will still continue if there's a problem here, we're not going to worry about it too much as this might be the first run if(file_exists(CACHE_DIR.'delicious.data')){$deliciouscache = unserialize(file_get_contents(CACHE_DIR.'delicious.data'));}else{$deliciouscache = array();} //For ease of use, the ADDRESS_OMIT option is a constant, however we want its contents as an array for ease of processing so we'll covert it now $address_omit = explode(',',ADDRESS_OMIT); @array_walk($address_omit, 'trim_value'); //Lets do it $i=0; foreach ($feed->get_items() as $item){ if($i==MAX_TWEETS){break;} //Stoppping if we've reached the limit $tweet = $item->get_title(); //Checking the tweet isnt already in our cache or contains our omit string, we use an md5 of the tweet as it saves us doing any further lookups if(in_array(md5($tweet),$deliciouscache) || strstr($tweet, TWITTER_OMIT)){$i++;continue;} if(!$page = getUrl($tweet)){$i++;continue;} //We've failed to get the target url, on to the next... if(!domain_check($page['url'])){$i++;continue;} //Checking the resolved url isn't in our list of urls we don't want to know about (ADDRESS_OMIT option) // At this point we should have an array ($page) containing the title and the url provided by the getUrl function // so lets go ahead and try and add to Delicious account $url = urlencode($page['url']); $title = urlencode($page['title']); $tweetenc = urlencode($tweet); $tag = urlencode(DELICIOUS_TAGS); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://'.DELICIOUS_USERNAME.':'.DELICIOUS_PASSWORD."@api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/add?url=$url&description=$title&extended=$tweetenc&tags=$tag"); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0); if($result = curl_exec($curl_handle)){ array_unshift($deliciouscache, md5($tweet)); if(count($deliciouscache) > MAX_TWEETS){ //One in one out, stopping the cache file growing exponentially array_pop($deliciouscache); } } $i++; } //Writing our cache back to file ready for the next run if($res = fopen(CACHE_DIR.'delicious.data','w')){fwrite($res,serialize($deliciouscache));} curl_close($curl_handle); //Done //Helper functions function domain_check($url){global $address_omit;if(is_array($address_omit)){foreach($address_omit as $address){if(!empty($address) && strstr($url, $address)){return false;}}}return true;} function trim_value(&$value){$value = trim($value);} //Used to trim the $domain_omit array function getUrl($tweet){ global $curl_handle; if(!$tweet){return false;} preg_match('/http:\/\/\S*?/U', $tweet, $result); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $result[0]); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); // follow redirects (in the case of shortened urls) if(!$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle)){return false;} $info = curl_getinfo($curl_handle); if($info['http_code'] !== 200){return false;} //If the page is gone then cancel // match the title of the page at the url preg_match( "/<title>(.*)<\/title>/s", $buffer, $match ); $title = preg_replace('/<\/?(title)[^>]*>/iU', '', $match[1]); return array('title'=>$title,'url'=>$info['url']); }


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Christmas Break couldn't get here soon enough for the Middlesboro Lady Jackets and coach Elgie Green. An already young team has battled injuries and one of the most challenging early season schedules in the 13th Region. Tuesday's 59-35 loss to Corbin was the latest setback as MHS fell to 0-9.
The Lady Jackets played Tuesday without their two leading scorers and rebounders as freshman Anajae Stephney was lost for the year with a torn ACL she suffered in the second game of the season. 7th-grader Blair Green also sat out with a high hamstring pull that has bothered her for most of the year.
"You take Anajae and Blair out of the line up and we're even younger and more inexperienced at the varsity level," Green said. "I just want them to play hard, be aggressive and just don't lay down."
They were able to accomplish that much on Tuesday as the final score was much closer than the earlier meeting between the teams that Corbin won 85-44.
Middlesboro was led by senior forward Carissa Padgett, who scored a game-high 17 points. Freshman Bailey Hensley added eight points for the Lady Jackets.
Miranda Wilson scored 11 points to lead the Lady Redhounds while Kayla Wilson finished with ten points in the win.
The Lady Jackets came out playing tough defense and got baskets from Padgett and Kelsie Hensley as they trailed just 8-4 midway through the opening quarter.
Miranda Wilson hit a 3 for Corbin and Holli Disney scored a pair of baskets inside then four different Lady Hounds came off the bench to score baskets as they opened up a 15-6 lead by the end of the first period.
"The opening four minutes we played extremely hard. I liked our effort and I liked our attitude," said Green. "Then all of a sudden there were a couple of loose balls that we didn't get on the floor and get after and Corbin kids picked them up and scored off of them. The next thing you know it's a ten or twelve-point ballgame."
Bailey Hensley hit a 3-pointer early in the second quarter and Padgett scored four points, but Wilson scored six as the Lady Hounds closed the half on a 13-2 run and led 35-13 at the break.
A 3-pointer from junior Amanda Biscardi brought the Lady Jackets as close as 39-19 in the third quarter, but Corbin continued to pull away behind their superior depth. Eleven different players found the scoring column in the game for the Lady Hounds. Melanie Wilson hit a 3-pointer and by the end of the third the lead was back out to 49-21.
Padgett and Bailey Hensley became more aggressive in driving to the basket in the fourth quarter as they scored five points each to help Middlesboro cut into the deficit. Kelsie Hensley and Baylie Brunsma added transition baskets as the Lady Jackets got as close as 20 points before ultimately dropping the 24-point decision.
"We want Carissa to look for her shot. We want her when she catches it on the perimeter against man-to-man to take it to the basket," Green added. "We've got to get our three seniors (Padgett, Kelsie Hensley and Taylor Moyers) to be more aggressive and go to the hole. Right now we're just hesitant and not doing that."
Middlesboro (0-9) will return to action on Dec. 27, when they'll take on Lee County at 4 p.m. in the Pine Mountain Classic at Pineville.
Green said the break comes at a good time for his team.
"The pre-Christmas tournament that we usually play in was cancelled before the season and that works out pretty good for us. Bailey played with a turned ankle and she's a little gimpy so if we can get her and Blair back healthy that's going to help us," he said. "This nine-game stretch we've played is one of the toughest in the region. The games won't get any easier, but I think this break will help the kids to refocus. We've got the tournament in Pineville and then a week of practice before we play Bell County. We just want to keep trying to get better."
Corbin (8-5) also breaks for Christmas and will play next in the KSA Events in Orlando, Fla., against a yet to be determined opponent on Dec. 28.
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Corbin………..15…20…14…10 — 59
Middlesboro…6…..7…..8…14 — 35
CORBIN (59): Miranda Wilson 11, Kayla Wilson 10, Brooklyn Ashurst 8, Jaclyn Jewell 8, Melanie Wilson 8, Holli Disney 4, Morgan Philpot 4, Kristin Fothergill 2, Natalye Gallagher 2, Bryanna Moore 1, Meghann Blackburn 1, Sarah Ashley 0, Bridgette Smallwood 0.
MIDDLESBORO (35): Carissa Padgett 17, Bailey Hensley 8, Kelsie Hensley 4, Amanda Biscardi 3, Baylie Brunsma 2, Lauren Spurlock 1, Taylor Moyers 0, Taylor Prater 0, Hannah Warren 0, Sophia Knuckles 0, Morgan Thompson 0.


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The fourteen sailors aboard the Maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V just entered history of offshore racing by becoming the fastest men around the globe with crew, after 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds of sailing*. Loïck Peyron and his crew improved the reference time of the Jules Verne Trophy held by Groupama 3 since March 2010 by 2 days 18 hours 1 minute and 59 seconds.
Historical record for Banque Populaire !
Departed on November 22nd at 09:31:42 Paris time (08:31:42 GMT), after having crossed the imaginary line between Ushant (Finistère-France) and Lizard Point (southern tip of England), the Maxi Banque Populaire V crossed the finish line of the Jules Verne Trophy at 23:14:35 Paris time (22:14:35 GMT) this Friday. She undertook this sailing around the world in 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds days at an average speed of 26.51 knots, covering a total distance of 29 002 miles.
Launched in August 2008 in Lorient (Morbihan-France),the giant trimaran holding the colours of Banque Populaire has also established several referenced time on various partials officially listed by the WSSRC for her first world tour:
Equator / Equator record in 32 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes and 30 seconds
Indian Ocean crossing record (Cape Agulhas / South of Tasmania) in 8 days 7 hours 22 minutes and 15 seconds
Under the leadership of the skipper Loïck Peyron, Thierry Chabagny, Florent Chastel, Thierry Duprey du Vorsent, Kevin Escoffier, Emmanuel Le Borgne, Frédéric Le Peutrec, Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant, Ronan Lucas, Pierre-Yves Moreau, Yvan Ravussin, Xavier Revil, Brian Thompson, Juan Vila and onshore router Marcel van Triest, are the new holders of the Jules Verne Trophy*.
Loïck Peyron, skipper of the Maxi Banque Populaire V : The feeling from the guys onboard : Emotion and Happiness ! We have filled a good part of the contract! We will now appreciate our victory between us and will return in Brest tomorrow morning to share this beautiful story with everyone. Our memories are full of wonderful images: the departure, icebergs, albatrosses, the Kerguelen Islands… When you sail around the world in 45 days, you see many things. The only one we did not get is Cape Horn but this frustration is quickly forgotten with the record we now have in hands. We are very proud !
Brian Thompson : "Everyone is really excited on board and we are looking forward to seeing everybody tomorrow morning. This has been an incredible trip around the planet, almost a dream ride. And that is because of the quality of the boat, of the preparation and most of all to the incredible crew on board. I am very fortunate to have sailed with Loïck, the best all round multihull sailor there is, and the rest of the team that are so talented, industrious, dedicated, fun and welcoming to an English guy with schoolboy French! It feels absolutely fantastic. At the same time, to become the first Briton to sail around the world non-stop 4 times, is just amazing and feels very special"
Start date and time : November 22nd 2011 at 09:31:42 Paris time (08:31:42 GMT)
Arrival date and time at Ushant: January 6th 2012 at 23:14:35 Paris time (22:14:35 GMT)
Distance: 29 002 miles
Average speed : 26.51 knots
New reference time on the Jules Verne Trophy* : 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds
Time difference with Groupama 3's record in 2010: 2 days 18 hours 1 minute and 59 seconds
* Under the WSSRC approval (World Sailing Speed ??Record Council).
Loïck Peyron and his crew are expected at the Marina du Château, quai Jean-Francois La Perouse in Brest (France) at around 10:30am this Saturday, January 7th.
Since 12 :17 :30 (French time) this Friday, Loïck Peyron and his men are back in the Northern Hemisphere, 38 days 2 hours 45 minutes and 48 seconds * after leaving Ushant. With this outstanding performance, the Maxi Banque Populaire V not only writes a new distinction to his logbook, but also improves the partial Equator to Equator with a lead of 3 days 18 hours 24 minutes over Groupama 3 in 2010 but above all, faster than any other sailing boat on this race. A good sign for the fourteen sailors entering their final week at sea.
With this new partial shattered, the Maxi Banque Populaire V carries on falling records on her attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy. 32 days 11 hours 51 minutes and 30 seconds * after entering the southern hemisphere, the fourteen record's hunters shattered the time set in 2005 by Bruno Peyron aboard Orange II, improving it by more than one day. Still enjoying mild conditions, the crew of the Maxi Banque Populaire V, by the voice of his skipper, savors the moment of the crossing: "We crossed the equator at high speed. We are sailing at 35 knots, on a sea almost flat, it's really fun ! The boat does not suffer, and men even less. Everyone is excited, especially the fresh Cape Horners. Hello northern hemisphere, that's not bad at all this record! It will now be increasingly difficult to beat it but still feasible and that's the good news …". A natural enthusiasm shared by Thierry Duprey du Vorsent, helmsman / trimmer on board, who joined today's radio vacation : "We are in the northern hemisphere for a few minutes and it already seems like being on our usual playground. It's been thirty-two days since we left the Northern Hemisphere, which roughly accounts for three quarters of the time in the South and one quarter in the North. It brings us closer to home, which is good. The sailing conditions are beautiful, the sea is completely flat and it is almost straight on the road. There are very little squalls, the nights are quiet, starry … we really encounter exceptional conditions and we could not ask for more, including the boat. The weather conditions enable us to break the record but our anxiety is coming from the technique. We have sailed 20,000 miles without making any pit stop, we must keep the equipment in good shape."
For Brian Thompson, this passage to the North was even more particular: "I was lucky enough to be on the helm doing 35 knots as we counted down 0.02S, 0.01S, 0.01N!! The 3rd small bottle of Champagne we have carried was opened, and some of the bubbly nectar is first given to Neptune, to thank him for a safe passage through the Southern Seas..Then comes the saucisson and the Toblerone, all being shared between the crew and that God of the Sea."
24,063 miles already in the wake
This return in the North is not the finish line and on board, we specifically know that even after 24 063 miles undergone smoothly, nothing is settled yet. Vigilance is still more than ever a must, as the final conditions for the final stretch ahead appears nicely. With a lead of 1 432 miles and three days advance on Groupama 3 around the same time, a certain serenity sets in, especially as the inter-tropical convergence zone is seen as particularly friendly as recalled Thierry Duprey du Vorsent "The Doldrums are not very active, and thanks to our western position, it should be easy to get through. This will be one of the first times I pass them without a transition zone of dead calm on a single board. Again, we are lucky. We will have to get dressed again in two or three days and get the fleeces and foul weather gears out again. But we will accept it more easily as the finish line won't be far !"
A fighter named Banque Populaire V
With an average of 26.31 knots since leaving Ushant on November 21st, Loïck Peyron and his men have significantly reduced the time and distance, leaving their fans admiring. Rarely a boat will have scrolled through that amount of miles and still demonstrating such reliability. Qualities that the skipper did not fail to mention this afternoon: "Last night, around 6pm, we were off the coast of Recife in Brazil while we were still off Cape Horn less than a week ago. The Maxi Banque Populaire V is a unique fighter on the planet. We should return to Brest in a week and oddly, it promises to be the most week-long of this round the world course." But before seeing the end of this last week, the fourteen men still have to compose with the North Atlantic sea before entering the great history of offshore sailing.
* subject to approval and ratification by the WSSRC (World Sailing Speed Record Council)
Hors quart
Loïck Peyron Skipper
Juan Vila Navigateur, Responsable électronique et informatique
Quart n°1
Yvan Ravussin Chef de quart, responsable composite
Brian Thompson Barreur/ Régleur
Pierre Yves Moreau Régleur, Responsable mécanique et hydraulique
Thierry Chabagny N°1/ Barreur/ Régleur, Responsable accastillage et voiles
Quart n°2
Frédéric Le Peutrec Chef de quart
Emmanuel Le Borgne Barreur/ Régleur, Responsable médical
Thierry Duprey Du Vorsent Barreur/ Régleur, Responsable mécanique
Ronan Lucas N°1/ Régleur, Responsable sécurité
Quart n°3
Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant Chef de Quart, responsable voile
Kevin Escoffier Barreur/ Régleur, Responsable vidéo et structure
Xavier Revil Barreur/ Régleur, Responsable avitaillement à bord
Florent Chastel N°1/ Régleur, Responsable médical
Marcel Van Triest Routeur à terre
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Reference time of the Jules Verne Trophy
Groupama 3 (Franck Cammas) – 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds
Record to beat
To become the new record holder, the Maxi Banque Populaire V has to be back no later than Monday, January 9th 2012 at 16:15:34 GMT.
Lead / Delay at 4pm
1436.2 miles lead on the reference time
Sailing time since departure :
38 days 07 hours 47 minutes 26 seconds or 3 days 18 hours 24 minutes less than Groupama 3 in 2010.
Distance Ushant-Equator: crossed on the 28/11/2011 at 00:26:52 am, French time.
In 5d 14h 55mn 10s of navigation, Loïck Peyron and his 13 teammates realize the fastest time on the distance from Ushant.
Distance Ouessant-Equateur : le 28/11/2011 à 00h 26mn 52 sec, heure française.
En 5j 14h 55mn 10s de navigation, Loïck Peyron et ses 13 équipiers réalisent le meilleur temps sur la distance depuis Ouessant.
Distance Ushant – Cape of Good Hope: crossed on the 4/12/20 at 07:20 am, French time.
In 11 days 21 hours 48 minutes and 18 seconds, Loïck Peyron and his 13 teammates realize the fastest time over the distance established between Ushant and Cape of Good Hope, until then hold by Groupama 3 in 2008 in 13 days 06 hours 1 minute.
In 2010, Groupama took 14 days 13 hours 31 minutes and 43 seconds to reach the Cape of Good Hope, Banque Populaire V thus improves this time of 2 days 15 hours 43 minutes and 25 seconds.
Ushant – Cape Leeuwin: crossed on the 10/12/2011 at 9:29 am, French time.
In 17 days 23 hours 57 minutes and 18 seconds, Loïck Peyron and his 13 teammates realize the record for the distance established between Ushant and Cape Leeuwin, which was previously of 21 days 14 hours and 43 seconds in 2008 hold by Groupama on her first attempt.
In 2010, Groupama took 21 days 14 hours 21 minutes and 54 seconds to reach the Cape Leeuwin
Ushant – Cape Horn: crossed on the 23/12/2011 at 7:50:30, French time
The Maxi Banque Populaire V took 30 days, 22 hours, 18 minutes, 48 seconds since crossing the start line off Ushant to achieve this transition, a lead of more than one day on the reference time on the Jules Verne Trophy.
Pacific crossing time of the Maxi Banque Populaire V: 10 days 15 hours 7 minutes 15 seconds, or 1 day 20 hours 59 minutes 15 seconds longer than Orange II, who holds the record of this stretch in 8 days 18 hours 8 minutes.
It was 7:50:30am on 23rd December (Paris time), after 30 days 22 hours 18 minutes and 48 seconds at sea, when the Maxi Banque Populaire V crossed the southern tip of the Americas and with it the last of the three capes of the course of the Jules Verne Trophy: the famous Horn. By posting a time of 10 days 15 hours 7 minutes and 15 seconds on the Pacific, Loïck Peyron and his men leave to Bruno, the elder brother of the skipper, the absolute record for the distance. The close proximity of a return in the Atlantic and the prospect of accelerating prevail on any award for the fourteen sailors on board.
That's it! After hectic days and conditions that did not leave any time for resting, the men of the Maxi trimaran were waiting for this famous and mythical Cape Horn as a reward. After the wind returned and the high pressure ridge yesterday, good news falls on board. However, the rookies won't get the right to get their souvenir photo, the sea conditions being too rough close to the rock and a very strong wind implied an offshore passage for the giant multihull. The symbol was still there with half of the crew getting into the sought-after circle of Cape Horners. From the beginning, a month ago off Ushant, the interval time between Cape Leeuwin and the way out of the Pacific is the first one not to fall into the hands of Loïck Peyron and his crew, the crew of Orange II Bruno Peyron remain holders with 8 days 18 hours and 8 minutes, it is to say 1 day 20 hours 59 minutes and 15 seconds better. For the wink, we can note that on board, Florent Chastel* remains the fastest man crossing the Pacific. Otherwise, it is a troop leader in good shape that commented on the event of the day: "It was not possible to sail closer to Cape Horn, sea conditions are already not bad here we are, and are even stronger next to the Rock. The fresh applicants are granted Cape Horners and they are thrilled! Conditions now allow us to get going on a little bit more than what was possible a week ago or ten days, because today we have only one day in advance. "
* Florent was indeed part of the Orange II crew.
A quick ascent towards Equator?
Get going, the word is out and back after being confronted with ice depression at first, followed by a ridge and the absence of wind in a second, having put aside any notion of performance. But on board, we know that there is still an ocean to cross before the Grail and no one would think to put aside the critical management of the machine. Their role is to look at the clock but above all to continue protect the boat as they have done so far. With winds recorded at up to 40 knots last night, the elements reminded them of the facts. Until tomorrow, the sailors will continue flirting with the border of the Pacific pursuing a road heading east, to South Georgia, waiting for the opportune time to jibe. Then will ring the deliverance bell back in the Atlantic and return to a north route to the Equator: "The wind will ease off all day today and reinforce tomorrow, North West of a depression centered on South Georgia. Once we will have gibed, we will be able to get to the North and warmer conditions. I might reach the Equator faster than I have ever done. It should be done in better times than Franck Cammas and his crew, and the all-time record held by Bruno, my brother. "
Day of major changes
A potentially ideal scenario for the coming days, as Marcel van Triest, onshore router detailed at mid-day: "They will have a sea relatively tough and will have to make this detour by South Georgia. Tomorrow morning, they will jibe an head north. This will be the day of the big changes. For now, they should be very fast until Uruguay. Then there will be a transition off Brazil. They should reach the Equator in seven to eight days, which is a very decent time. In the end, it is not impossible to approach the 45 days … "
The record in numbers
Record to beat :
To become the new record holder, the Maxi Banque Populaire V has to be back no later than Monday, January 9, 2012 at 5pm 15min and 34s (Paris time).
Reference time :
Groupama 3 (Franck Cammas) - 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds
Cape Horn crossing time:
23rd December 2011 – 7pm 50 minutes 30 seconds
Average seabed speed since the start : 26.7 knots
Lead on the Cape Horn crossing record : 535 milles
Sailing time since the start: 30 days 22 hours 18 minutes 48 seconds or 1 day 6 hours 16 minutes less than Groupama 3 in 2010.
Pacific crossing Time: 10 days 15 hours 7 minutes 15 seconds or 1 day 20 hours 59 minutes 15 seconds longer than Orange II, which holds the record of this stretch in 8 days 18 hours 8 minutes.
Lead/delay at 4pm
552.1 milles on the record's time
Less than a week after crossing the Cape of Good Hope and their entry into the Indian Ocean, the crew of the Maxi Banque Populaire V have crossed the Cape Leewin at 9:29am on Saturday 10th October, getting once again a new reference time between these two Capes. After 17 days 23 hours 57 minutes and 18 seconds at sea since leaving Ushant, here are Loïck Peyron and his crew off the coast of Australia, sailing on the Pacific, improving the time of Groupama 3 by 3 days 14 hours and 24 minutes and signing the best performance of all time …
With more than 3 days in advance from the referenced time of the Jules Verne Trophy, the fourteen sailors aboard the giant trimaran greeted respectfully Cape Leewin, the second imposed Cape after Good Hope and before Cape Horn. Recognizing the performance and obviously happy to see things going under the best possible conditions, Loïck Peyron appreciated this new act during an exceptional live video conference from the Paris Boat Show. "We are obviously very pleased with this new record and the time itself is significant. It's like € 9.99 … everything is done under 17 days 23 hours and not quite 18 days or 11 days 21 hours and 48 minutes for Good Hope. These numbers are symbolic. But for now, conditions are not that favorable, the performance of this boat, however, is incredible! Yvan Ravussin was at the helm when crossing Cape Leewin, so it's a Swiss record! "
For Brian Thomson, this time to reach Cape Leewin is almost indecent : « I had daydreamed before the trip about getting to Oz in 20 days, and how incredible that would be, but less than 18, just amazing, I never even considered it possible.."
Far from dwelling on the day's event, the skipper is already turned towards the future.
In this matter, the next few days will be tough. The Pacific Ocean in which the trimaran is now sailing won't be that 'pacific'. With a westerly wind gaining in intensity in a choppy sea, the boat is progressing between two different systems. On one side, a storm standing in front of them and on the other, an anticyclone which would impose a slowdown, a decision has to be made: performance and sailing ahead the clock was chosen. "We are done with the Indian Ocean and have crossed the border with a pretty cool storm. We will jibe before the end of the day and get into the storm and a very choppy sea. We have to follow that path, because otherwise we will face a no-wind area in the anticyclone. However it might become a bit busty… By letting it advance a little, we should have the sea in the right direction. For the moment, it is not really swell that we have but little waves which frequency does not allow us to accelerate. By heading south a little, we should encounter an easier sea but the next few days won't be fun. We will theoretically go down and relatively not far from the Macquarie Island, south of New Zealand. The conditions will be tough enough for the next 48 hours, and appear to be the strongest we will have to face since departure. "
Offshore Australia, the toughest part of the race since leaving Ushant on 21 November is about to be faced by Loïck Peyron and his men. But as Brian recalls : 'To finish first, first you have to finish' and we can be reassured that the crew will take good care of their mount !
It has barely been a week of racing and already good new shows up for Maxi Banque Populaire V. By crossing the equator at 00 hours 26 minutes and 52 seconds (Paris time) last night, after 5 days 14 hours 55 minutes and 10 seconds * at sea, Loïck Peyron and his men are now the fastest of all time on this section of the Jules Verne Trophy. A record that is a good omen for what is next, promising to be just as fluid on the approach of St. Helena.
So no hazing for sailors, for a first small victory that will have let expectantly Marcel van Triest and the weather unit for some time, as evoked by the shore router: "It was a bit tight for beat the record. We indeed do not break it with a lot of advance. It looked very feasible at the time of the Canaries and Cape Verde, but the doldrums we face were very active and long. Thus, if reaching the time of Groupama 3 in 2010 was more or less acquired, it was not the case for the record time." Improved by half an hour, the new reference time between Ushant and Equator becomes the property of the Maxi Banque Populaire V.
Highway to Sainte-Helena?
On top of the celebration brought by this news, the following also looks enviable for the crew. The famous St. Helena anticyclone, a southern match of the Azores', appears under the best conditions. Currently at 220 miles off the Brazilian coast in a South-East wind, the Maxi Banque Populaire V sailing conditions are relatively uncomfortable for men – the sea coming upfront the bow – but still allow the machine to display some satisfactory speed. In a few hours, the setting will change, to the delight of all, as explained this afternoon by Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant:
"The wind begins to rotate a bit. We'll gradually go around the anticyclone. It's going to become more comfortable and it will be easier to sleep. We are not sailing tailwind yet so we have the sea movements facing the boat which makes us wriggling in all directions. But we all know it won't last, that it will get better by tomorrow. So we just bear with it. For now, the weather is wonderful. These are the trade winds in Brazil ". Marcel van Triest to add: "At that time, which is relatively early, the St. Helena anticyclone is quite south, although strong and big, but we have good circulation around it. We cannot cut cheese but we will have good conditions to do the trick. The wind will gradually turn around and become East, North / East getting near the anticyclone. We have no particular concerns. "
With the Equator behind them, Loïck Peyron and his crew should thus have an open road in front of them for the descent of the Atlantic. Going around the anticyclone of St. Helena should even appear of almost a formality. And about the transition to Good Hope, Team Banque Populaire's router wanted to be particularly clear and optimistic: "I see us passing the Cape of Good Hope in the thirteen days for sure, maybe in the twelve and a half days … "
Watching closely to weather forecasts for the past few days, Loïck Peyron and his men have decided to take advantage of the front that now stretches between Ireland and Portugal, taking a departure opportunity waited for the past month. By crossing the virtual start line between Ushant and the Lizard Point at 09h31min42s, the Maxi Banque Populaire V is undertaking the Jules Verne Trophy, for the second attempt of her history. "Light" for the warm-up, weather conditions should quickly gain in intensity in the Bay of Biscay, thus plunging the fourteen sailors directly at the heart of their oceanic subject. The stopwatch is on, along with a great adventure.
It was at 5.03pm, Monday 21st November, a month after mooring at the Port du Chateau in Brest, that Loïck Peyron and his men were finally able to give in to the urge to take off. In a relaxed atmosphere, illuminated by fourteen smiles, the Maxi Banque Populaire V has cast off with all the usual precautions in order to reach Ushant and to wait for a few hours, before setting off the timing of this famous Jules Verne Trophy. Ronan Lucas, director of Team Banque Populaire and bowman, summarized his satisfaction: "We have been waiting for this moment for long. We wanted it to happen earlier this year. We cannot wait to be in action rather than behind the computer trying to analyze if it goes or not! It is a relief. "
"It is going to shake! »
At 09h31min42s this Tuesday, finding the optimal weather configuration over the Atlantic and in consultation with the strategic cell composed of Ronan Lucas and Juan Vila on board, and Marcel van Triest on shore, Loïck Peyron crossed the imaginary line between the Creac'h lighthouse situated on the Northwest tip of the Brittany island and Lizard Point, on the south west of Britain. The light conditions to get into the swing of this non-stop round the world won't last for long and the menu should seriously get tougher for the sailors. Interviewed prior to departure, the Spanish navigator of Team Banque Populaire, detailed the situation announced over the Atlantic in the coming hours: «We have deeply analyzed weather files these days and everything seems to line up for now to reach the Equator and the Cape of Good Hope in good times. We should have standard conditions at Ushant, with about twenty knots, but it will it will quickly rise. Within four / five hours, we should reach thirty knots. If the weather files are accurate, we should have around forty knots in Cape Finisterre. It's like every departure, we are looking for the wind and inevitably we will have to face waves and swell. It is going to shake. For the longer term, we are looking at the time at the Equator. For the moment it looks like five days and a half, hoping it stays that way, and if the files are confirmed in the coming days. After that, we look at a trend that could lead us to the Cape of Good Hope in thirteen days. "
The game of compromise
Tough and wet, this entering should allow Loïck Peyron and his crew to negotiate the descent to the equator at first, then to South Africa, under these more than acceptable conditions. For his first appointment, out of his distinguished career, with the Jules Verne Trophy, the skipper likes the script and its pitfalls: "The weather conditions are favourable for now. The major trick will be to squeeze between the Azores High and Portugal and Morocco, to get as Western as possible to get a good angle with the low trade winds blowing now. The first matter is therefore the management of a strong wind to start with, followed by a light one after three days racing. Afterwards, it is the unknown and for the best! It's a nice window, but it is never optimal, we must always compromise. What is interesting is that the time set by Franck Cammas and his crew does not have the best partial times. You can always try to improve all one after the other, which would be a good sign, but we can also be late for a while and catch up later. Banque Populaire V's potential is greater than any other boat that has ever attempted the Jules Verne Trophy. It was designed for that. It already holds every offshore record on the planet. This is the only one missing! "
Downwind, pushed by North / West stream, Maxi Banque Populaire V will then begin its journey around the world. Now stands a 21 760 miles challenge and a loop by the three Capes – Good Hope, Lizard and Horn. To write their names on the prestigious list of the Jules Verne Trophy and enter the offshore racing's history, Loïck Peyron and his men will have to stop the WSSRC * timer before Monday, the 9th of January 2012 at 17h15min34. In the meantime, it is now time for sports and adventure and human performance.
*WSSRC : World Sailing Speed Record Council, organization that manages sailing records