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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Yale football team (2-2, 1-1 Ivy) completes its 2009 non-league slate with a 12:30 game at Lehigh (1-4, 1-0 Patriot League) this Saturday. This Ivy vs. Patriot contest at Goodman Stadium can be seen live on SE2 TV (Lehigh Valley only) and on lehighsports.com and heard on WELI (AM-960, 960weli.com) and WYBC (AM-1340, wybc.com).
Yale leads the series with Lehigh 14-5 but the Mountain Hawks have taken five of the last seven including a 28-21 OT win in the last Bethlehem meeting. The Bulldogs won the last two games, both at Yale Bowl, and will try to win their first game ever at Goodman Stadium this Saturday.
Mike McLeod '09 broke his own school record by rushing for 276 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 55-yard scoring run, to lead Yale to a 23-7 win in 2007 at Yale Bowl. Lehigh gave Yale its first deficit of the season as quarterback Sedale Threatt scored from 1-yard with 3:40 remaining in the first quarter. After Yale's Alan Kimball made a 20-yard field goal, the Bulldogs took the lead for good when McLeod scored on a 16-yard burst around the end with 6:33 left in the half. McLeod's 55-yard touchdown four minutes into the second half made it 17-7 before Kimball made field goals of 26 and 38 yards to close the scoring. Yale rushed for 421 total yards.
Brook Hart (State College, Pa.) threw for 390 yards (6th all-time at Yale) and three touchdowns in a 38-7 victory over Dartmouth at Yale Bowl on Oct. 10. Hart was 28 for 40 and connected with WR Jordan Forney (Bloomington, Ind.) on two scoring plays while hitting WR Chris Smith (Midlothian, Va.) on a 73-yard TD strike. The Elis had 520 yards on offense while holding Dartmouth to 127 in the Green's 16th straight loss. DB Geoff Dunham (Dallas, Texas) had 4-2-6 while captain and LB Paul Rice made five solo stops to lead the Yale defense.
Chris Lum threw three touchdown passes as Lehigh beat Georgetown 27-0 on Oct. 10. Lum competed only eight of his 19 attempts, but threw a 17-yard scoring pass to Craig Zurn, a 7-yarder to Jake Drwal and a 3-yard scoring pass to De'Vaug Gordon. The Mountain Hawks also held the Hoyas to 125 yards of offense and sacked Isaiah Kempf eight times, including three by linebacker Matt Cohen. Jay Campbell had 20 carries for 111 yards and the Mountain Hawks rushed for 219 as a team.
Filling in for the injured Gio Christodoulou (Miami, Fla.), Chris Smith (Midlothian, Va.) had a busy day against the Big Green. The freshman WR/return man had 138 all purpose yards. He caught three passes for 82 yards, including a 73-yard scoring play (9th longest at Yale) for his first collegiate points. Smith returned four punts for 30 yards, a kickoff for 21 and ran twice for five yards. His 25-yard punt return was the longest for an Eli this year.
Tom Williams was named the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Yale Football last January and came to New Haven after spending two seasons as an assistant for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. Williams has 11 seasons of college coaching experience. He is the 33rd Yale head football coach but just the third in the last 44 years.
"It feels good to win, but it really feels good when the guys earn it. That's something that we've talked about -- the last couple weeks we haven't earned victories because we've done things that have caused us to not win. To go out and play a fairly complete game was something I think our team needed for our confidence, but also to show what we're capable of doing when we play the way we're capable of playing."
Tom Williams takes part in two media events each week. The Yale segment of the weekly Ivy League media teleconference is 11:53 AM on Tuesdays, while he and some of his players are at the Yale Bookstore every Tuesday at 2 p.m. for the Dick Galiette Press Conference, which can be seen a few hours later on sportingnewsct.com.
Tom Williams, off to a 2-2 start, begins his Yale career following a full spectrum of success in debut seasons. The best debut campaign for a Yale head coach was the first, Walter Camp (13-0 and National Champs) in 1888. The next 20 coaches enjoyed comparable success in the early years of the sport. However, wins for new coaches in the later part of the 20th century did not come so easily. Two of the five Eli mentors since 1950 had better than .500 marks, Jordan Olivar (7-2 in 1952) and John Pont (6-3 in 1963). Herman Hickman went 4-5 in 1948, Carm Cozza was 3-6 in 1965 and Jack Siedlecki was 1-9 in 1997.
Making his first start since last November, junior QB Brook Hart (State College, Pa.) had a career-best outing in the win over Dartmouth. He completed 28 of 40 passes for 390 yards and three TDs with no interceptions and just one sack. His 390-yard day is the sixth best ever at Yale, while his 73-yard connection with Chris Smith is the ninth longest for a Bulldog scoring play. Hart was named Walter Camp Yale Player of the Game. He started the last five games of 2008 while establishing a Yale record, 62.1 completion percentage. Hart is currently first in the Ivy and third in the FCS with a 171.01 passing efficiency.
Tom Mante (Westford, Mass.) had a special day against Dartmouth with a test of his versatility. Mante was perfect on five PATs, split the uprights on his only (34 yard) FG try and punted four times for a 35.8 average. What might separate him from all other specialists on that day were his extra duties, which led to Yale scores. Mante took off on a fake punt and ran 17 yards for a first down late in the third quarter. He also placed a perfect on-side kick.
Senior H-B John Sheffield (Portland, Ore.) tied his career-best with eight catches last Saturday, but his second quarter catch on third down may have been the most significant play for Yale. Sheffield hauled in a quick Brook Hart toss, on third-and-nine from the Yale 46, before meeting three Dartmouth defenders two yards short of a first down. The Yale receiver carried the Big Green players for three yards past the first down markers to set up the Bulldogs' first score of the day.
Sophomore FS Geoff Dunham (Dallas, Texas), who led the Elis with six (4-2) total tackles, made the most noise with his hit on Big Green RB Nick Schwieger. The 205-pound safety came up the middle with force before putting his shoulder into the 205-pound RB at midfield during the third quarter.
When Dartmouth's starting QB went out with an injury in the second quarter, the last thing sophomore DB Drew Baldwin (Alexandria, Va.) expected was the backup to throw deep. On the second play of the Dartmouth series, Conner Kempe fired a perfect spiral toward his receiver, who had Baldwin tight on his back. As the ball arrived, Baldwin leaped in front of the Big Green player and snagged the ball out of the air. He held on as he hit the ground for his second career interception and one of the most spectacular plays of the young season.
The Bulldogs had two long TDs called back last Saturday. One was an 82-yard interception return by junior DB Adam Money (Whiteland, Ind.), who got called for holding prior to the pick. The other was a 17-yard scamper by Jordan Farrell (Orland Park, Ill.). The Big Green scored after the Money penalty, and the Bulldogs punched it in after a Yale holding call negated Farrell's run.
RB Alex Thomas (Ansonia, Conn.) has been waiting for his chance to show his skills. After a year of playing primarily JV and early injuries in 2009, Thomas finally got legitimate touches last week. He ran four times for 28 yards, including a five-yard score, and caught three passes for 26 more.
Junior WR Jordan Forney (Bloomington, Ind.) had his best day of 2009 with four catches for 60 yards and a pair of scores. He caught a 24-yarder from Brook Hart with 44 seconds left in the second quarter before snaring a four-yard TD pass in the third to put the game away. He is the only Bulldog with two TD catches in a game this year. He had two TDs against Princeton in a 14-0 win last year at the Bowl.
The 390 passing yards for Yale was the most ever by a Bulldog passer against Dartmouth... Yale's 520 yards of offense vs. the Green were the most for the Elis since a 570-yard day at Columbia in 2005 (The Blue had 519 against Lehigh in 2007)... QB Patrick Witt's (Wylie, Texas) 23-yard run against Cornell is the longest by a Bulldog this year... Yale has outscored Dartmouth 122-24 over the last three games.
WR Allen Harris (Detroit, Mich.) established a Yale record for catches by a freshman in a game with five last week. Another rookie, Chris Smith (Midlothian, Va.) had three catches, which is more than any frosh has ever had before last Saturday. Yale's career reception leader Ralph Plumb '05 had two total catches his freshman season while former NFL player Eric Johnson '01 caught four balls his rookie year.
Senior DB Larry Abare (Acton, Mass.) leads the Blue with 19 solos and 29 overall stops, including a season-high 7-4-11 against Lafayette. His twin, Bobby '09, an All-America LB, is now a graduate assistant coach for the LBs at Wagner College (2-2, 1-0 NEC).
Yale senior RB Brandon Scott (Chatsworth, Calif.), a biomedical engineering major, has enjoyed his first varsity snaps this fall with five carries for 17 yards. Scott has also enjoyed working on his career over the summer. This past break he worked at a drug delivery research lab that specialized in researching anti-cancer drugs. Scott's focus was researching ways to include an MRI contrast agent in a drug delivery system with hope that that drug administered in the system could be detected in a host via MRI.
Junior LB Jesse Reising (Decatur, Ill.), who has been out with an injury, took part in officer candidate school with the U.S. Marine Corps last summer and plans to join the marines after graduation. He lost 20 pounds during the grueling training. Reising, who played in all 10 games last fall, was class valedictorian at Eisenhower High School.
Junior WR Peter Balsam (Orland Park, Ill.) had a second straight week of getting his hands on or around the ball often. Against Dartmouth, he had two catches, recovered Yale's on-side kick and made two special teams tackles. The week before against Lafayette, he caught three passes, recovered a Lafayette fumble on the opening kickoff and caught a three-yard TD pass.
Senior P/PK Tom Mante (Westford, Mass.), Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week two of the first three weeks, tied the Ivy League record with a 54-yard FG against Cornell on Sept. 26. He had a 50-yard FG at Georgetown the week before. Mante, an NFL prospect, also has punts of 73 and 65 yards and he recovered one of his own on-side kicks. Mante now shares the league long FG mark with five others, but no kicker had reached from that distance since 1976. In addition, no Ivy kicker has hit 50-yard field goals on consecutive Saturdays. Otis Guernsey drop kicked a 54-yarder for the Bulldogs in 1915. Mante, who is third in the Ivy with a 40.4 average, also had a school record 12 punts against the Big Red (six inside the 20) on the way to Walter Camp Yale Player of the Game honors. Mante was an All-Ivy selection at both positions last fall.
The Yale defense ranks fourth in the FCS and No. 1 among Ivies with just 70.75 rushing yards allowed per game. The Elis are second in the league and ninth in the FCS in total defense (240.5) and second/12th in scoring defense (15.6).
Sophomore QB Patrick Witt (Wylie, Texas), who started the first three games this fall, has 50 completions, 456 yards and three TDs. His busiest day was 21-for-54 (180 yards) against Cornell. The last time a Yale QB attempted 54 passes was in 2005 against Holy Cross when Jeff Mroz '05 went 33-for-56 with 333 yards in a 22-19 loss.
Two Yale assistant coaches spent time last summer at NFL training camps as intern coaches. Kefense Hynson, who works with Yale's receivers, was with Oakland. Ikaika Malloe, the Joel E. Smilow '54 Defensive Coordinator, worked with Jacksonville... Mike Sanford, the mentor for the Yale TEs and a former Boise State QB, is the son of UNLV football head coach Mike Sanford. The Rebels are 2-3 after falling at the University of Nevada last week... Student assistant coach Isaiah DeLeon-Mares, who worked at the Warrick Dunn Foundation, also worked with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last summer.
Paul Rice (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), a senior LB who is second on the team with 24 total tackles, is the 132nd Yale football captain. He came to Yale as a talented RB but moved to defense when asked to his freshman year. Rice, who has 139 total career tackles and six interceptions, started at CB the last three years before moving to LB this season. His father, Lou Rice, played defense for Harvard.
Brown QB Kyle Newhall out-dueled Holy Cross' All-American Dominic Randolph and established a new Ivy League record with 46 completions on 61 attempts, while accumulating 431 passing yards in the Bears' 34-31 upset win over the Crusaders... Princeton LB Scott Britton recorded 16 tackles, including 2.5 for losses, and a sack against the No. 1 rushing offense in the nation in the Tigers' 21-14 double-overtime loss to Top 25 foe Colgate... Harvard freshman running back Treavor Scales scored the first two rushing touchdowns of his career, running for 92 yards on 23 carries (4.0 yards per carry) in the Crimson's 28-10 win at Cornell... WR/RS Austin Knowlin had a record day in Columbia's 24-21 loss to Lafayette. He broke Columbia's all-time receptions record with five catches for 55 yards. He also had five kick returns for 146 yards.
Senior DT Matt Kelleher (Southington, Conn.) has handled the long snapping in the first three games. Kelleher, the former Connecticut State Player of the Year as a QB, moved to defense his third year at Yale after injuries prevented him from taking any offensive snaps. He was a starter on defense last year but an injury this fall has limited him to snapping duties.
For the 10th straight season, the Walter Camp Football Foundation honors Yale's game MVP as the Walter Camp Yale Player of the Game. This award is handed out both at home and on the road. Walter Camp (class of 1880), commonly known as the father of American football, captained two Yale teams and coached five others. He compiled a 67-2-0 record and won three national titles as coach. Senior RB Jordan Farrell (Orland Park, Ill.) earned the first award in 2009 with a 5.4 average per carry and two scores at Georgetown. Week No. 2 went to senior PK/P Tom Mante (Westford, Mass.), who tied the Yale record with a 54-yard FG and punted a Yale record 12 times with six inside the Cornell 20-yard line. Week three and four went to QB Brook Hart (State College, Pa.), who came off the bench to complete 13 of 17 passes against Lafayette before throwing for 390 yards in his first start of 2009 against Dartmouth.
Yale has an 84-22-3 record against Patriot League teams, including 1-1 this fall. The Elis have played Bucknell (3-1), Colgate (25-10-3), Fordham (4-1), Georgetown (3-0), Holy Cross (27-4), Lafayette (7-1), Lehigh (14-5) and Towson (1-0).
Seven former Yale football players are working in the game this fall, either in the college or pro ranks. Mike McCaskey '65, chairman of the Chicago Bears, Buffalo head coach Dick Jauron '73, Bob Wallace '78 (Executive V.P. and General Council, St. Louis Rams) and New England assistant coach Pat Graham '01 are the Bulldogs in the NFL. Bob Shoop '88, defensive coordinator at William & Mary, Merchant Marine Academy offensive coordinator Kyle Metzler '02 and Bobby Abare '09, linebackers coach at Wagner, work at colleges.
Six-foot-2, 235-pound senior H-B John Sheffield (Portland, Ore.) leads the team with 25 catches and 248 yards and is 22nd in the nation with six grabs per game. Media preparing to cover Yale games ask where he lines up. Sheffield can be found in the backfield, in the slot, next to a tackle on the line or split out wide. An H-Back (don't confuse it with HB for halfback), also known as a power back, is a hybrid combining the TE and FB positions. Sheffield has 90 career catches (7th at Yale), while his one rushing attempt was a lateral pass that turned into a seven-yard TD against Penn in 2008.
When freshman RB Mordecai Cargill (Cleveland, Ohio) got his first collegiate carry, a 10-yard run in the first half, he probably didn't know the significance of the moment. Cargill, who wears No. 28 and has 34 carries and a 3.5 average, didn't know what numbero wore that number until one of his teammates told him. Mike McLeod '09, who owns every Yale rushing record wearing the same number, was two rows from the surface of Multi-Sport Field watching his first game as an alum. "I learned of my jersey number the same time the rest of the freshmen did. The first thing Lou Scigliano (assistant equipment director) said was that I have big shoes to fill," said Cargill. "I found out who wore No. 28 on my recruiting visit, and I'm honored that the coaches' expectations of me are high enough for them to give me this number. My expectations of myself are higher still, and with due respect to Mike McLeod, I look forward to creating my own legacy with No. 28."
Yale is 364-192-26 overall in 582 games played at the Bowl. The Elis are 124-74-4 in Ivy games. Yale has had seven perfect and 11 undefeated seasons in the Bowl since it opened in 1914.
Three members of the Yale coaching staff have ties to Hawaii, and Tom Williams has instituted Hawaiain Fridays in the football office. Any staffers caught without a Hawaiian style shirt on a Friday on the third floor of Ray Tompkins House is subject to a one dollar fine. Sophomore OL Gabriel Fernandez (Honolulu) is the first Yale football player from Hawaii in 10 years. WR Jimmy Bennett '00 (Honolulu), who played on the 1999 Ivy League championship squad, was the last Eli from the 50th state.
A survey of this fall's Yale squad revealed interesting character traits about its members. Here are the results of the voting on Bulldog players:
Most Humorous: H-B John Sheffield (Portland, Ore.)
Most Intelligent: QB Rich Scudellari (Saratoga, Calif.)
Most Vocal: DB Larry Abare (Acton, Mass.)
Most Likely to be US President: DL Patrick Moran (Alexandria, Va.)
Unusual Hobby: RB Rodney Reynolds (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), gospel-rap singing
Best Singer: WR Lars Knudsen (Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
Strongest: RB Alex Thomas (Ansonia, Conn.)
Seven current Bulldogs have brothers who play or played Yale football. Current Yale football brother combinations include junior OLB Sean and freshman QB Scott Williams (Portland, Ore.) and junior DB Marcus and senior OLB Jack Wallace (Germantown, Wis.).
Can you picture a 290-pound guy in bib overalls running an auction? If you could, it might be freshman OL Jeff Marrs (Garden Prairie, Ill.), who grew up on a farm of about 2,000 acres near Rockford, Ill. Marrs, his brother and grandfather are all auctioneers. The 6-foot-3, 290-pound former all-state lineman is part of a young offensive line.
The Yale junior varsity football team fell to Dean last Sunday at Clint Frank Field. Sophomore WR Chris Morris (Dallas, Texas) had 10 catches for 124 yards to lead the Yale offense. Freshman QB Dez Duron (Shreveport, La.) threw for 181 yards, completing 17 of 28 passes. Freshman RB Taylor Stib (Scottsdale, Ariz.) had 67 yards on 11 carries. Freshman LB Will McHale (Old Greenwich, Conn.) and sophomore LB Ben Ashcraft (Charlotte, N.C.) recovered fumbled punts. A pair of freshmen DL, Charles Holmes (Portland, Ore.) and Nick Daffin (Cincinnati, Ohio), had sacks. The Yale JVs were suppose to play again this Sunday at 1 p.m. against Navy Prep, but the game has been canceled.
Eight Yale football games will air live on TV this fall, including four of five home games. Yale on YES is back for a second season with three straight Ivy League games (Columbia, Brown, Princeton) on the network of the New York Yankees. The YES Network, available nationally on DirecTV, Verizon's FiOS service and on select cable systems, is the country's No. 1 regional sports network. Two contests (Cornell, Harvard) will be broadcast on Versus, the national cable home of the National Hockey League that is in more than 73 million homes. Other Yale games aired in 2009 include Penn (Comcast), Lafayette (RCN) and Lehigh (Service Electric 2).
The Bulldogs have begun a tradition befitting the school responsible for shaping the game of football. Prior to every home game, Coach Williams gathers the team under the Walter Camp Field Memorial to remind the Bulldogs of their proud heritage before they walk with the Yale Band and Bulldog fans to the Bowl. Walter Camp '1880, who coached the Blue (67-2) for five seasons and was instrumental in shaping the rules as we know them, is commonly referred to as the father of American football.
NEWS/Talk 960 WELI broadcasts all Yale football games on AM (960) and online at weli.com. Yale football coaching legend Carm Cozza, a 2003 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, is in his 12th season as the color commentator for WELI broadcasts. Ron Vaccaro '04 returns for his fourth year as play-by-play announcer. Vaccaro is a two-time Emmy Award winner for his work with NBC Olympics, his primary employer since 2004. His on-air resume also includes the 2008 Beijing Olympics for NBC and the 2009 World Swimming Championships for Universal Sports. Sideline reporter Alex Goldberger '08, engineer Tom Ivanovich and spotter Kevin Guarino add the finishing touches to the broadcasts.
2006 Yale captain Chandler Henley '06 will join Carm Cozza and Ron Vaccaro in the WELI radio booth for the third quarter this Saturday at Lehigh. Henley led the 2006 Elis to an Ivy title with a team-high 42 catches for 578 yards.
WYBC (AM 1340) also covers each game. WFAN Radio personality Bob Heussler, WYBC's Director of Football Radio Broadcasts, and Anthony Brooks '03 MM, the station's sports coordinator, lead a talented group of Yale students who can also be heard on wybc.com. Yale football is also included in WYBC's Monday night sports lineup from Lansdowne Bar & Grill (179 Crown Street). At 8 pm, Tom Williams, the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Yale Football, makes a weekly appearance on "Yale Sports Monday."
Another way to listen to Yale games live is by calling TEAMLINE at 800.846.4700 and using Yale's code 5682.
The Dick Galiette/Yale Football Press Conference has moved from the Course at Yale back to campus with the first edition on Sept. 15. The new location is the Yale Bookstore, which will host this event for 10 Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Coach Williams and a selection of players will take part in the press conferences that are streamed live by Sportingnewsct.com. They will take place on the second floor where all the book signings are done. The press conferences are open to the public, but questions for Williams and his players are limited to the working media. The Yale Bookstore is also the sponsor of the Yale Sports Hotline (203.432.YALE), where Yale fans get game-day scores without going to their computers.
Ron Vaccaro '04 hosts a series of video netcast interviews, which will include the Yale football team and other Yale athletics content, on yalebulldogs.com. Vaccaro also has a set of audio netcasts featuring the team for Apple iTunes users at itunes.yale.edu.
Media take note... The Yale Bowl may be in West Haven, but the press box has a taste of New Haven with Yorkside Pizza & Restaurant serving slices and salad on home Saturdays. Rather than interrupting your work with a lunch at halftime, the food is now served on its arrival before kickoff.
The Ivy League will hold a weekly football coaches' teleconference every Tuesday during the 2009 season beginning September 15 and running through November 17. Each teleconference will begin at 11 a.m. ET. Each coach will be available for a seven-minute window to preview his team's upcoming opponent and answer questions from the media. A replay of the teleconferences will be made available on www.IvyLeagueSports.com. To access the call, use the following (877) 548-7906 and Passcode: 9204583.
Ivy Teleconference Schedule
11:04 am Phil Estes, Brown
11:11 am Norries Wilson, Columbia
11:18 am Jim Knowles, Cornell
11:25 am Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth
11:32 am Tim Murphy, Harvard
11:39 am Al Bagnoli, Penn
11:46 am Roger Hughes, Princeton
11:53 am Tom Williams, Yale
The 2009 Yale football roster includes 60 high school football captains and 41 captains of other sports. The Elis also list 52 National Honor Society members, six student body presidents, six valedictorians and three salutatorians.
Release Filed by Steve Conn, Yale Associate AD & Sports Publicity Director
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Given a completely metrizable space, say that it has property X if it can be embedded in some metric space such that its image is not closed. For example, the real line R can be embedded, topologically, in itself as (0,1) which is not closed. A compact space such as S^1, however, clearly cannot be embedded in any metric space in this way.
Is it true that a space has property X iff it can be embedded in itself in this way? My intuition says no, but I can't think of a counterexample offhand, partly because I don't know any interesting non-compact metric spaces.
Is property X equivalent to not being compact? If every non-compact (completely metrizable) space has a metrizable compactification then this is easy, but I don't know whether that is the case, although I suspect it might be. Which leads onto the following weaker question:
Given a space which does not have property X, can it be embedded in a space which does? Here my intuition says yes, this should be the case, but I can't think of a more general approach for constructing a suitable embedding space than compactification which, as I said, I can't prove will give a metrizable space. I don't think I know enough topology (I've only taken a couple of basic undergraduate courses).
Edit: 3. above should read "given a space which has property X, can it be embedded in a space which does not?

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It was announced at a press conference yesterday by Promoter Eddie Hearn that Stephen Smith is intending to defend his British Super-Featherweight title against Gary Sykes on a tournament he is promoting in Manchester on 23rd November. Both Mr Hearn and Mr Smith have been written to by Solicitors and further contacted by the BBBofC regarding the existing contractual position of Mr Smith but have both seemingly ignored the regulations of the BBBofC and also the legal documents Mr Smith is bound by. This fight has already been approved and formally sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control and contracts have been lodged by the registered managers of both boxers for this contest to take place on Frank Warren's show at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday 7th December. A circular issued by the Board on 10th October confirms this. Robert Smith, General Secretary of the BBBofC, confirmed, "I have agreements from the managers of both fighters for the fight to promoted by Frank Warren and we have have been notified that it will take place on 7th December. Frank Warren is Stephen Smith's licensed manager of record with the Boxing Board. Mr Warren and Mr Smith have both put in letters of complaint and we've requested that they provide us with detailed documentation of what they'd like us to hear. Initially, Gary Buckland was due to defend against John Simpson and Stephen Smith and Gary Sykes were due to meet in a final eliminator. When Simpson got injured, Smith got his opportunity to fight for the title - and Sykes agreed to temporarily step aside - with the written agreement from all parties concerned that the winner of the Buckland-Smith fight would box Gary Sykes next on a Frank Warren promotion. Smith got his title shot on that condition. As we speak, there is no reason why Stephen Smith shouldn't defend his British title against Gary Sykes on a Frank Warren show. We have agreements lodged with both Smith's manager Frank Warren and Sykes' manager Steve Wood for that contest to take place in Liverpool on 7th December. Bar injury, there is no reason why that contest shouldn't take place on that date, regardless of whether there is a dispute. If Smith doesn't fight Gary Sykes next, he will be stripped." Mr. Warren remains the registered manager of Stephen Smith. He has received no approach from Eddie Hearn, or those representing him, to make an offer for Stephen Smith to fight on their promotion on 23 November 2013 pursuant to the regulations of the BBBofC and the terms of the Approved Boxer/Manager Agreement that exists between Frank Warren (Manager) and Stephen Smith (Boxer). Other parties, who Mr Warren is aware have induced Stephen Smith to breach his contract so have tortuously interfered with Mr Warren's rights, will also be the subject of action through the BBBofC and the Courts. A complaint has been made already to the BBBofC against Mr Smith and Mr Hearn and others and they have been asked to deal with these complaints under Regulation 24/25 as a matter of priority.
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AMD FX-8150 Review
It has been about a year and a half since AMD launched a six core processor dubbed the Phenom II X6 1090T, followed shortly by the 1100T, which was pretty much just a speed jump without a major technology shift. This is something AMD really has done over the past year to hit most of the pricing segments, which seemingly follow the segmentation model in the GPU sector. Intel had a semi-successful launch with its socket 1155 processors and this looks to be the performance target that AMD was aiming for. After all the speculation, hype, and leaks, the FX-8150 launch is what brings us to this point in time. AMD is launching their latest processors with an all-new architecture, code named "Bulldozer" for the desktop and Interlagos/Valencia for server markets. The desktop model is what we are looking at today, and with this launch, heralds the return of the FX moniker to the AMD lineup. In the past, the FX prefix was indicative of the highest performing CPU that AMD offered. Well, here we are again in the same boat, but instead of being limited to a single "Halo" chip, there are a series of FX processors to fill out the product stack – from the four core FX-4100 (3.6GHz; $115) to the eight core king of the hill FX-8150(3.6GHz; $245). Piled in between are two more eight core, two more four core, and a single hex core chip, all supporting Turbo Core technology, save for one of the four core offerings. At launch there will be four processors available: the FX-8150, FX-8120, FX-6100, and FX-4100. AMD showed off the technology and its overclocking prowess, back at the end of August, to a select number of guests and promptly broke the world record for CPU speed at 8.429GHz in an overclocking demonstration that set the bar for this launch. Max clock speeds are nice, but what does it mean to the average consumer and enthusiast? How will it perform and where does the performance fall by comparison? Its time to put the speculation to rest and see what AMD has put together with the world's first true 8 core processor for consumer use.
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The FX series processors are part of a platform designed for Gamers and High Definition content enthusiasts called Scorpius, which includes 990 chipset-based motherboards like the MSI FX990A-GD80 and the ASUS Crosshair V Formula, a 6 series video card, and of course the FX series processor.
The AMD FX series processors are built using "monolithic dual core building blocks" that have the ability to support two execution threads. Two building blocks under one die gives you the 4XXX series, three gives the 6XXX, and of course that means four blocks gives you a true 8 core chip. Built on the 32nm node for use in socket AM3+ motherboards, the FX-8150 specs include a die size of 315 mm2, 2 million transistors, 128 KB of Level1 Data Cache (16KB per core), 256 KB of Level1 Instruction Cache (64KB per module), 8 MB of Level2 Cache (2 MB per module), Integrated Northbridge controlling with 8 MB of Level3 Cache, two 72-bit wide DDR3 memory channels, and four 16-bit HyperTransport™ links. The base clock speed of the FX-8150 is 3.6GHz and supports Turbo Core technology with clock speeds of up to 4.2GHz in lightly-threaded applications, while still keeping within the 125watt TDP profile, which is done by dropping 4 cores for maximum clocks or reducing the maximum clock speed to 3.9GHz with all 8 cores enabled. DDR3 memory up to 1866MHz is supported natively with a 2.2GHz northbridge clock. Power and performance management can be controlled at the core or module level. Visually, the FX-8150 looks much the same as any AM3 CPU with the integrated heatspreader covering the die and the interface pin-set on the back side.
To make sure we had everything we needed to show off the FX-8150, AMD included two of the three major components of the Scorpius platform in the Asus Crosshair V Formula and of course the top of the line FX-8150. The packaging shows off the FX messaging. Inside was the 990FX board, CPU, retail packaging, and a Texas sized belt buckle with the Scorpius platform logo embossed on it. In select markets a liquid cooling solution by Asetek will be offered as an up-charge over the cost of the reference-based solution.
The chip is locked in and ready to go. The Crosshair V board was supplied by AMD for the review and we will also be testing out MSI's offering in the 990FXA-GD80 soon, to see if the board actually makes a difference in performance. After seeing that 8.429GHz world record, I need to see just how high this thing will go.


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I'm looking for some suggestions as I really feel like I'm out of options.
My baby is just over 3weeks old and we breastfed exclusively for the first 2.5 weeks, until we had a weight check and she had lost weight:
Birth weight: 6lbs12oz
Weight @ 3days old: 6lbs 3oz
Weight @ 2weeks old: 6lbs 7oz
Weight @ 2.5 weeks old: 6lbs 3oz
So her pediatrician and the lactation consultant told me to offer her bottles /SNS after each nursing session (or during if using SNS), offering expressed breastmilk if I had it, or formula if I didn't. They also told me to pump about 3 or 4 times a day after I nurse her, to take "More Milk Plus" supplements, keep hydrated, get rest etc.
Since then she has rapidly started to gain weight - she gained 7oz in 3 days. The issue is that when I nurse her she nurses for a LONG time, but she doesn't seem to be efficiently emptying the breast. She only swallows after every three or four sucks, then will just do gentle sucks and nor swallow, or will not suck at all but will stay latched. She can literally nurse for an hour, then when she finally un-latches she screams, roots, sucks on her hands and will take a 3oz bottle (which is almost always formula, because when pump I don't get anywhere near enough to give her 3oz extra for every feed).
FYI I have a medela double electric pump.
I'm completely exhausted. Because it takes so long to feed her (it can be 2 hours by the time I nurse, bottle feed and pump) that is all I do, all day. I'm so frustrated because she is getting so much formula. I tried doing SNS to cut down on the time it takes to feed, but she fusses so badly with the tube, and then gets really bad at sucking when I get he tube in the correct spot. It really isn't working for us.
Any other suggestions? I so badly want to continue to breast feed, but I'm feeling like its a waste of time right now.


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Last chance to buy 1 AmpliTube product and get 3 free!
You have just until December 31st to buy and register 1 "Powered by AmpliTube" software package or audio interface and get 3 plug-in software packages FREE!!! That's 4 products for the price of 1!
Over 3,500 users have participated in IK's AmpliTube Power Group promotion in less than three months, and they have been rewarded with a 2x1, 3x1, and now 4x1 by simply buying and registering just one "Powered by AmpliTube" software title or a StealthPedal product.
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Version control tutorial
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Gack, I lost the version I had due to an accidental tap of the back button. I'd be happy if someone else wanted to add to this....
We should do this in two parts, probably.
Introduction to Version Control[edit]
- "Keeping a forever history of your work."
- What is a repository?
- What is a branch?
- Pros and cons of centralized versus distributed version control systems.
Advanced trickery[edit]
- Rewriting history, hosting your own repositories on the network, and so much more.
What works for people? Suggestions welcome.
- weekdays between 8 AM and 5 PM
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Women in Business Auction Raises More Than $10,000
About 200 Carlson School members and local professionals attended the auction to benefit Women's Advocates.
The recent fifth annual Women in Business (WIB) Charity Auction raised more than $10,000 to benefit Women's Advocates, a shelter for battered women and WIB's partner charity. About 200 Carlson School students, parents, staff, alumni, and local professionals attended the auction. The theme of this year's event, "Empowering Women: Strut With Soul," was selected to reflect how proceeds will help Women's Advocates members leave the program empowered and ready to start a fresh journey.
Held at TCF Bank stadium, the event featured a silent auction, live auction, fashion show, entertainment from Basses Wild, a University men's a cappella group, and a number of other activities. Attendees bid on items such as an iPad 2, Guthrie tickets, Twins box seats, a hockey stick signed by the Gophers men's hockey team, and a clothes package from Kohls.
This is the third year WIB has donated auction proceeds to Women's Advocates. After the first year of partnership, WIB recognized an opportunity to collaborate on a deeper level as Women's Advocates focuses on career preparation and placement for women.
"It was a natural fit," says Kate Hanson, WIB president. "In addition to proceeds from our auction, we have a committed WIB Cares Community Action Team that volunteers at the shelter at least once a month."
Women in Business is a student organization dedicated to bringing together business professionals and students of all majors to network and learn about pertinent topics within business.


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House of the Week: Colonial in Niskayuna
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This week's selection is a Colonial on a bosky lot in Niskayuna. The home at 971 Gloucester Place is understated with nice details inside — coffered ceilings, wainscoting and custom cherry cabinets in the kitchen. The house is 3,900 square feet and has four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. It sits on nearly a half-acre. Hot air, zoned heat is provided by natural gas and the house has central air. Taxes are approximately $11,500. List price: $449,900. The house is for sale by owner. Contact Ellen at 365-6506 for a tour or send a message to email@example.com. An open house is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.


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Help the Office of Admissions Improve its Housing Information by Completing the 1L Housing SurveyEach spring, the Office of Admissions mails a housing information sheet to entering law students to assist them in locating housing in Chicago. We would appreciate input from current students on how to improve the information that we provide. All responses will be transmitted anonymously. You may access the survey at http://www.kentlaw.edu/adm/housing_survey.html. Your suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Office of Admissions HoursThe Office of Admissions is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.


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Chelsea Handler & Seann William Scott: 'Movie 43' Premiere!
Chelsea Handler suits up on the red carpet for the premiere of the new film Movie 43 on Wednesday (January 23) at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
The 37-year-old comedienne was joined at the premiere by the film's stars Seann William Scott and Jeremy Allen White (with Shameless co-star and real-life girlfriend Emma Greenwell).
Movie 43, a series of interconnected short films following three kids as they search the depths of the Internet to find the most banned movie in the world, hits theaters this Friday!
FYI: Chelsea is wearing a Maiyet top, Habitual pants, a Smyth jacket, and YSL shoes.
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Is Connectivity a Human Right?
"For almost ten years, Facebook has been on a mission to make the world more open and connected. Today we connect more than 1.15 billion people each month, but as we started thinking about connecting the next 5 billion, we realized something important: the vast majority of people in the world don't have access to the internet.
Today, only 2.7 billion people are online -- a little more than one third of the world. That is growing by less than 9% each year, but that's slow considering how early we are in the internet's development. Even though projections show most people will get smartphones in the next decade, most people still won't have data access because the cost of data remains much more expensive than the price of a smartphone.
Below, I'll share a rough proposal for how we can connect the next 5 billion people, and a rough plan to work together as an industry to get there. We'll discuss how we can make internet access more affordable by making it more efficient to deliver data, how we can use less data by improving the efficiency of the apps we build and how we can help businesses drive internet access by developing a new model to get people online." READ MORE
New online media buying platform sets Africa in its sights
Venture Burn
"With rising levels of internet penetration on the mobile continent, the number of Africans accessing the web is growing by the millions. The latest tactic to reach that audience seems to involve a focus on highly connected mobile devices along with a strategy that relies on logical math, not intuition.
Newly launched Elastic Media Africa, a platform developed by the South African-based Amorphous Group, is placing its bets on an algorithm which it claims is a first in the country. Its 'real-world algorithm' is designed to combine the available ad space with factors like the desired target audience reach, frequency, price, budget and asset spread to give brands and digital agencies options which maximise every cent they spend." READ MORE
15 Virtual Ways to Make Real Change
Impatient Optimists
"Every day is an opportunity to perform a good deed—big or small, online or off. There are endless opportunities to honor and celebrate everyday heroes who face danger to help others around the world. Below we share some virtual activities you can do to leave your mark." READ MORE
Let's use mobile technology to meet youths' healthcare information needs
Daily Monitor
"On August 12, Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Youth Day under the theme: 'Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward.'
In today's increasingly developing world, more and more young people leave their homes in search of better livelihoods. According to the United Nations, most of these migrants are aged between 15-24 and have become powerful agents of change and development." READ MORE
Newsmaker – Mo Ibrahim: It's time we started talking about real issues
City Press
"Billionaire philanthropist Mo Ibrahim believes SA can still attain social cohesion by narrowing the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
I'm curious about Dr Mo Ibrahim's accent. It's heavily Sudanese, even though he has spent 40 years living outside of Africa and hasn't returned to his homeland for eight or so years after becoming "fed up with what is going on that side".
"I'm lousy at languages actually. That's the problem," explains the billionaire philanthropist in typically self-effacing style." READ MORE
Scaling Mobile for Development
Linda Raftree
"According to the latest GSMA statistics, nearly 50% of people own a mobile phone in the developing world and almost 70% have access to mobile phones. With mobile access increasing daily, opportunities to use mobiles in development initiatives continue to grow and expand. The area of Mobiles for Development (M4D) has attracted investment from all sides, including mobile operators, entrepreneurs, investors and international development agencies – all working to generate social impact and improve wellbeing at the base of the pyramid. However, efforts to scale M4D initiatives and make them sustainable have largely failed.
Our July 25th NYC Technology Salon examined the topic of Scaling M4D. Lead discussants Corina Gardner from the GSMA's Mobile Development Intelligence (MDI) unit and Sean McDonald from FrontlineSMS joined us to kick off the conversation, which was hosted at the Rockefeller Foundation." READ MORE
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What You See Is What You Get
Peek-a-boo packaging lets your product tell the story.
A dual-compartment pouch separates the cheese from the seasonings (right) in Kraft's new Fresh Takes, but the paperboard sleeve aptly displays both.
Package designers are thinking outside the box, so to speak, as they create packaging for new food products. In the latest crop of package designs, from processors ranging from multinationals to start-ups, providing a view of the product — without sacrificing freshness, flavor or texture — is a recurring motif.
Kraft Fresh Take, a new meal kit from Kraft Foods Inc. (www.kraftcheese.com), Northfield, Ill., leverages the transparency of a dual-compartment pouch to show off the product's two ingredients. One compartment holds shredded or crumbed cheese, and the other holds seasoned bread crumbs. The pouch is folded in half and tucked into a paperboard sleeve that displays the cheese and crumbs.
"That inner bag is the first 'aha' of this project. In one bag we're able to create two different compartments that hold the moisture and the freshness of the cheese on one side of the bag while maintaining the crispiness of the spices and the breadcrumbs in the other" compartment, says Arthur Sevilla, brand manager for Kraft Natural Cheese.
The seal between the two compartments remains intact until the consumer opens the pouch to use the product. After the inner seal is broken, the consumer mixes the cheese and crumbs together and drops pieces of chicken, pork or fish into the pouch for coating prior to baking.
Because the product is merchandised in the shredded cheese section of the dairy case, Kraft also needed a package that would be compatible with space limitations and would position the product as a meal kit in a sea of cheese. The paperboard sleeve plays a central role in accomplishing those objectives.
"The sleeve was designed to have cutouts along the side, essentially asking consumers to take a peek beyond the sleeve," Sevilla continues. He adds that the sleeve cues customers that the product is a "meal kit or meal solution" rather than simply an ingredient, like cheese. "Most kits are in a box. A 'box' was required to differentiate ourselves in the [product] set where we would live," he says.
The sleeve also makes it possible to fold the large pouch in half, "minimizing the space we need within our dairy set," Sevilla explains. The sleeve has a peg hole, so the package can hang in the dairy case and occupy the same amount of space as an 8-oz. bag of shredded cheese. Or the package can be displayed upright; the bottom of the sleeve is flat.
For the Fresh Take product launch, which began in December 2011, Kraft created a pusher tray system that keeps the product vertical and reinforces its positioning as a meal kit. The display sits on a shelf adjacent to shredded cheese and has a transparent glass front, so the sleeves are completely visible to consumers.
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Australian toy company Moose Toys has launched The Ugglys, a new line of farting, burping, and trouble-making electronic pets. Each interactive Ugglys pet makes more than 30 rude and hilarious sounds that kids can warp using the tuning feature on the pet's collar. Available exclusively at Toys "R" Us, each Ugglys is available in three Pug styles and is suitable for kids ages 5 and up.
Additionally, Moose Toys will be expanding its Trash Pack, a disgustingly fun line of garbage-inspired collectibles, Micro Chargers, and Blingles lines. Moose's other new brands include the Zelfs—a line of quirky, collectible dolls—and Glitzi Globes, a do-it-yourself snow globe range.


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Jackie Would be Proud!
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Jackie Would Be Proud…
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Hello, Ladies!
My sewing adventures have recently taken me to Washington, D.C. where I studied (amongst other things) the First Ladies' gown collection and other gorgeous costume exhibits. But my favorite part of the whole trip, was dressing up like Jackie! There is nothing I love better than sewing a reproduction of a famous outfit, so as soon as I found out I would be visiting our nation's capitol I immediately knew I had to recreate a First Lady's outfit.
Since most famous gowns were much too large to transport in a regular suitcase, I decided on a 1960s suit which was worn by Mrs. Kennedy on a number of occasions, most famously on the day of her husband's assasination. It is the most famous outfit ever worn by a President's wife, and there's quite a lot of information online about its origins.
Well, as you've probably guessed, I was able to get pictures taken at the actual White House itself! Squeal!! I was absolutely elated to visit it right at the last minute! You can read the whole story on my sewing blog, along with lots more pictures there. The hat was so easy to whip up, and it didn't even take a pattern to create.
Happy sewing!
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Apr 22, 2013, 07.06 PMby Mary P.
Wow!!! So beautiful!!!
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Apr 23, 2013, 06.01 PMby EdelweissPatterns
Thank you!
Apr 22, 2013, 04.55 PMby Mary Athey
this is so gorgeous on you and so well made. i love it and its so like the origonal. your blogs a good read as well and the pics are fab x
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Apr 23, 2013, 06.01 PMby EdelweissPatterns
Oh, thank you so much! I had some a fun time wearing this outfit!
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American DJ's Jelly Par Profile Combines Transparent "Jelly" Case Design With Low-Profile RGB Uplighting Fixture For Unique 2-In-1 Effect
LOS ANGELES – (For Immediate Release) – Glow like a jellyfish, sit like – er - a dog. Strange as this hybrid creature sounds, it accurately describes American DJ's Jelly Par Profile, a low-profile LED uplighting fixture that comes in a glowing transparent case. Part of American DJ's popular Jelly Series, the Jelly Par Profile is actually two effects in one; in addition to being an RGB color wash with a versatile "sit-flat" design, its intense colors shine through its case to provide a second, dazzling jewel-like effect.
Ideal for mobile entertainers and stage lighting designers, the Jelly Par Profile will bring color and excitement to the party and enhance the depth and background textures of any performance environment. The highly versatile 2-in-1 effect is great for uplighting, stage lighting, or bathing a room in washes of smooth RGB color provided by a total of 108 10mm LEDs (26 red, 46 green and 36 blue). It's the perfect tool for creating an architectural wall wash, and it makes stage trussing look like a work of art unto itself.
Coolest of all, the Jelly Par Profile features American DJ's exclusive low-profile "sit-flat" design, which allows it to be placed directly on the ground for terrific uplighting or easily inserted into trussing without a scissor yoke for truss toning. This is because all of its inputs, outputs and controls are intelligently positioned on the side of the fixture, not on its back like traditional pars and color washes.
"Uplighting is all the rage among lighting users these days. With the Jelly Par Profile, we've addressed this hot trend in an extremely cool and creative way by combining our new low-profile uplighting fixture design with our super-popular transparent Jelly-style case," said Alfred Gonzales, national sales manager for American DJ. "This highly versatile unit serves multiple functions on stages and dance floors, and its glowing transparent dome case will give your lighting presentations a memorable edge. And the saturating power of its color wash effect is sweeter than soaking in a bathtub full of jelly."
Packed with professional features, the Jelly Par Profile has 5 operational modes. In Auto and Sound Active modes, the unit can run to its own internal programs. When used in a Master/Slave configuration, multiple Jelly Par Profiles can be linked together via 3-pin XLR cables, and each unit can be daisy-chained to the next thanks to the IEC power inputs and outputs located on the side of each unit.
The Jelly Par Profile features 7 DMX channel modes for a wide variety of programming options, unmatched effects possibilities and unprecedented levels of control. For those who aren't experienced with DMX, the unit can also be operated using the American DJ RC wireless infrared remote (sold separately), which works from distances of up to 30 feet/10M.
The Jelly Par Profile's powerful, cool-running LEDs make it especially suitable for use on stage, as it won't emit noticeable heat onto musicians or actors. Each of the unit's long-life LEDs is rated at 50,000 hours, so there's never any need for bulb replacements. The LEDs are also extremely energy-efficient—the unit has a maximum power draw of just 14 Watts—so mobile entertainers and performance venues will save big-time on their electricity bills.
Other professional features of the Jelly Par Profile include a 30° beam angle, 32 built-in color macros, flicker-free operation, 4-button LED menu for easy navigation, LED color pulse and strobe effect, electronic dimming from 0–100 percent and multi-voltage operation (AC 90V–240V/50/60Hz).
Compact and easy to transport, the Jelly Par Profile measures 9"L x 8.75"W x 3.5"H (225 x 220 x 85mm) and weighs just 3 lbs. (1.1kg). The MSRP of the Jelly Par Profile is $139.95.
The Jelly Par Profile can fit into the Arriba Cases model AC-117 protective bag, which offers a lightweight, affordable solution for transporting the unit and keeps it free of dust and dirt when not in use.
Click link below to see the Jelly Par Profile in action! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhop0gBMsiM&feature=player_embedded
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About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (delta)
The Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (delta) updates Mac OS X 10.4.7 to version 10.4.8 on both Intel-based Macs and PowerPC-based Macs. (If you are updating from Mac OS X 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5, or 10.4.6 to 10.4.8, see this article instead.)
Important: Please read before installing.
- After installing the delta version of this update on an Intel-based Mac, the computer will restart two times--the first restart after installing this update may take several minutes; please allow it to complete.
- You may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications installed, or if you've modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
- The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update.
- If issues occur during installation--for example, Software Update quits unexpectedly, please see this article.
There are two ways to update to Mac OS X 10.4.8: Use Software Update or the standalone installer. You only need to use one of these methods to update your computer.Automatic Software Update
Software Update, located in the Apple menu, will automatically download the latest Apple software. (Software Update might have linked you to this article to learn more about the update.) Note that the update's size may vary from computer to computer when installed using Software Update. Some updates must be installed prior to others, so you may need to run Software Update more than once to get all of the available updates.
Standalone installer
Download the update installer and run it manually. This a useful option when you need to update multiple computers but only want to download the update once. Two versions of the standalone installer are available from Apple Downloads: a delta and combo.
The delta update for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs installer (described here) updates Mac OS X 10.4.7 to 10.4.8.
- The combo update installer (described in this article) updates Mac OS X 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5, 10.4.6, and 10.4.7 to 10.4.8.
What's included?
This update offers many improvements, including the following, which apply to both Intel- and Power-PC-based Macs unless otherwise noted:
- Adds support for CDSASSL (Common Data Security Architecture Secure Sockets Layer) printer connections.
- Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.4.7 in which some documents containing some Chinese or Korean language characters might not print as expected.
Finder and Apple applications
- Resolves an issue in which a Finder alert message with the buttons "Initialize", "Ignore", and "Eject" might not appear after connecting a partitioned FireWire hard drive.
- Addresses a potential issue in which Preview may unexpectedly quit.
- Improves reliability of iTunes syncing with certain iPod models.
Networking and modem
- Resolves performance issues that could occur when connecting to a Comcast network.
- Improves security by adding support for EAP-FAST for AirPort wireless authentication.
- Improves Express Card behavior for portable Intel-based Macs.
- Improves reliability for connections made in Ireland with an external Apple USB Modem.
- Improves connection reliability for external Apple USB Modems when resuming an Internet connection after answering an incoming call.
- A computer restart is no longer needed to restart nfsd.
- Improves Apple File Sharing client performance by changing the default AFP WAN quantum size.. More...
- Windows File Sharing now generates only one process, avoiding an issue that could cause a Mac OS X computer to become unresponsive if it won a master browser election.
- Improves reliability when faxing in France or Belgium via an external Apple USB Modem.
- Resolves an issue for Microsoft Word in which Word might stop responding when saving a file that uses certain OpenType fonts.
- Adds RAW image decoding support for these cameras: Sony DSLR-A100, Nikon D2Xs, Fuji FinePix S2 Pro, Fuji FinePix S3 Pro (+Highlights) and Konica Minolta 7.
- Resolves an issue in which thumbnails may appear blank when importing RAW images from a Canon 30D camera.
- Resolves an issue for Microsoft PowerPoint in which the display resolution might not change as expected after switching from a PowerPoint presentation to a different application via Command-Tab.
- Improves compatibility for Canon EOS Utility software after connecting a Canon EOS Kiss Digital camera to a PowerPC-based Mac.
- Improves compatibility for the TV Tracker 2 Dashboard widget.
- Includes recent Apple security updates.
- Improves the accuracy of Rosetta numerics and addresses Altivec translation issues on Intel-based Macs.
- ColorSync matching no longer fails when using a V4 ICC profile in an application opened with Rosetta on an Intel-based Mac.
- Addresses an issue in which some USB devices connected to a PCI card may not be recognized after starting up or waking the computer.
- Resolves an issue in which external USB-based video cameras may not be available after quitting the application that is using it.
- Reduces time needed to transfer data from a USB-based image scanner.
- Improves responsiveness of the Translation Dashboard widget.
- Addresses an issue in which text typed with the Hangul input method may not be visible while the Caps Lock key is active, on PowerPC-based Macs.
- Adds support on Intel-based Macs for multiple cores to LAPACK and BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework; the maximum number of threads used by Accelerate BLAS routines is now limited by the environment variable VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS; addresses an issue with some complex BLAS routines in the Accelerate framework that were encountering an illegal instruction.
Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only, and does not constitute Apple's recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.


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TEAMtalk Deputy Editor James Marshment takes on the hosting duties and is joined in the studio by Football 365 Editor Sarah Winterburn and Sky Sports.com football reporter Adam Bate.
The trio dissect England's victory over Ukraine but fear a lack of cover in central midfield could still bite England on the backside. Winterburn is wholesome in her praise of Steven Gerrard, but Bate thinks Ashley Young has far more to give after another 'out-of-sorts' display.
Sunday's clash with Italy quickly comes under the microscope, with Marshment and Winterburn both predicting the game to go to penalties, while Bate debates just how the Azzurri can be beaten.
We also explain how we expect the other quarter-final ties to pan out, while we
also try to get to the bottom of the disappointing showing from Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland.
There is plenty more debated in a half-hour chat, so have a listen, then let us know your thoughts on the TEAMtalk.com website.


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In this case, Kenneth Nez Jr., 46, of Ganado was taken to the Sage Memorial Hospital with minor stab wounds to the face and forearm.
He told police that he got into an argument with Leland Lewis, 29, of Ganado for "some unknown reason" and that argument turned into a physical confrontation during which he was stabbed.
He told police that he wasn't aware he had been stabbed until people took Lewis off of him. Lewis was later found at his mother's residence and arrested.
Shiprock man pleads guilty to assault
Lancelot Lapahie, 25, of Shiprock entered a guilty plea to assault and firearms charges in federal court last week in Albuquerque.
According to the plea agreement, during the late hours of March 23 and early hours of March 24, Lapahie was drinking alcohol with several individuals when an argument broke out.
Lapahie admitted striking one individual with a baseball bat and using a machete repeatedly to strike another individual about his head, arms and body.
The victim of the machete attack suffered multiple stab wounds and cuts to his head, face, forearm, leg and back. During the investigation of these crimes, officers found an unregistered shotgun in Lapahie's residence. Lapahie admitted possession of the unregistered shotgun.
At his sentencing, Lapahie faces a maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment. .
Two men sentenced to prison
Ronald Yazzie, 36, of Tohatchi was sentenced by a federal judge in Santa Fe, to 51 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction.
Yazzie's codefendant, Frederick Jimmie, 22, of Crownpoint, was sentenced the day before to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
Yazzie also was ordered jointly and severally to pay $20,755.38 in restitution to cover the medical costs of the victim.
Yazzie and Jimmie were charged with assaulting a Navajo man on Feb. 2, 2011, in Crownpoint. Both men were arrested on Sept. 22, and have been in federal custody since that time.
In entering his guilty plea, Jimmie admitted that, on Feb. 2, 2011, he and Yazzie assaulted the victim by punching and kicking him in the face. Jimmie also admitted that he later stabbed the victim in the chest and arms.
During his plea hearing, Yazzie admitted assaulting the victim by punching and kicking the victim in the face and driving his vehicle over the victim's leg.
Yazzie also acknowledged driving Jimmie to the place where Jimmie stabbed the victim. The victim suffered several deep stab wounds, a broken fibula and ankle, broken orbital walls and a broken nose as a result of the assault.


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William R. Hunter, an OSA Fellow Emeritus and an internationally renowned physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory from 1952 to 1980, died on 4 February 2012 in Fairfax, Virginia, at the age of 87.
Hunter's experimental research in optics was essential for the development of innovative rocket and satellite instrumentation that recorded the first high-resolution images and spectra of the sun in the extreme ultraviolet and far ultraviolet wavelength regions. His papers in scientific journals gained widespread respect, and he mentored a generation of scientists in the areas of thin films, diffraction gratings, and calibrations of spaceflight instruments using synchrotron radiation.
Hunter earned a Masters degree in physics from the University of Florida (1949) following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served at the Navy Mine Countermeasures Station in Panama City, his birthplace, from 1951-1952.
In 1953, Hunter was hired by Dr. Richard Tousey to join the Rocket Spectroscopy Branch of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Optics Division (later the Atmosphere and Astrophysics Division and the Space Science Division). There he led the development of highly reflective coatings for the mirrors and gratings that were used to image and disperse the solar FUV radiation, and thin metal filters that were transmissive to the FUV radiation and blocked the bright visible light from the sun.
Solar research by the Rocket Spectroscopy Branch accelerated during and following the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) with the launch of numerous sounding rocket payloads from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. In 1959, Hunter and his team won the highest award from the Photographic Society of America, the Progress Medal, for recording the first high-resolution images of the entire sun recorded at a discrete FUV wavelength, called spectroheliograms. The goal of the research was to relate the patterns of emission in the solar chromosphere to events such as flares that were believed to cause disturbances in the earth's upper atmosphere, including radio black-outs, magnetic storms and the Northern Lights.
Beginning in the mid-1960s, with the company Baush & Lomb, Hunter developed and evaluated large normal-incidence gratings having greatly reduced scattered light which enabled improved contrast in the recorded spectral images. With Luxell Corporation, he developed and evaluated thin aluminum filters with improved stability for surviving the vibrations of the Saturn V rocket launch of the Skylab spacestation which carried an NRL spectroheliograph. In order to accurately evaluate the gratings and filters, Hunter developed an Optical Grating Reflection Evaluator (OGRE) system and an improved light source that became known in the EUV community as the "Hunter lamp."
Hunter retired from the Space Science Division in 1980, but he continued his work in optics as a defense contractor until 2008.
Hunter was the author of several chapters in standard reference books on the properties of thin films and optics in the EUV and FUV wavelegnth regions. An OSA member since 1960, he was elected to Fellowship in the Society in 1968. He served on the FiO Program Committee in 1966 and again in 1990, on the OSA Tellers Committee (1967), and on the Max Born Award Committee (1983).
An accomplished violist, for many years he played as a member of the Fairfax, Virginia, Symphony Orchestra and in a string quartet, and in 1994 he was awarded the Orchestra's Outstanding Service Award. He enjoyed traveling and made numerous family trips to remote Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, home to his mother's family.
Hunter is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy, four children, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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The Motorola XOOM has landed! For those who have been waiting for an Android tablet running on Android 3.0 (designed specifically for tablets), the Motorola XOOM may be the tablet you have been waiting for. The Honeycomb tablet can be found on Verizon's website or Verizon stores across the country for $599.99 with a two year data contract or for $799 if you simply want the Motorola XOOM without being tied down.
Though the Motorola XOOM is the most feature-rich Android tablet to date, new users will need to wait a bit in order to take advantage of Verizon's 4G LTE network and Adobe Flash. Motorola is claiming that the XOOM's LTE upgrade should be available within 90 days while Adobe is hoping to have Flash 10.2 ready for the XOOM within the coming weeks.
Thanks to our friends at Verizon, we've managed to get our hands on the Motorola XOOM. After some hands-on time with the Honeycomb tablet, we're hoping to share our initial thoughts and impressions.
Now that Honeycomb has arrived, we're wondering how many of you are going to be picking up a new Android tablet. Is the Motorola XOOM what you've been waiting for or are you planning to wait a bit to see how the T-Mobile G-Slate and Galaxy Tab 10.1 turn out?


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In the official Gmail blog, Jeff Chin, product manager of Google Translate, has announced that Automated Message Translation was being added to Gmail. This feature had been kicking around in Google Labs for almost three years, so the team at Google decided it was high time to graduate it to a regular feature.
This could be a huge boon for federal agencies that use Google Apps for Government, as it will allow them to, mostly flawlessly, translate communications from people who speak almost any language, and allow them to respond in kind. It's a little like the Universal Translator from "Star Trek."
So, here is what the average Gmail user will experience once they have the feature fully in place.
Say English is your native language, and you've told Google that in your preferences. If you receive an e-mail in another language, say Japanese, Google Translate will show a bar above it that says what language it is, and a "Translate Message" link. Clicking on that will convert the message into your native tongue.
If you are fluent in Japanese and can read it just fine, thank you very much, then just click on "Turn off for: Japanese" and it will leave those e-mails alone. If you did have it translated, then that link will change to "Always Translate: Japanese." If you click that, then it will translate all messages in Japanese to English automatically, but the bar will still be there, so you know it was translated.
Google currently is able to translate 58 different languages (sorry, no Vulcan or Romulan), and, of course, it keeps working to add more. Seven other language translators are in an "alpha" stage of development. The company draws on its power of having indexed the hundreds of millions of documents that make up the Internet to look for patterns and try to find the best translation it can.
Of course, there generally is no better way to get the original meaning of a message than to read it in the language it was written — even Google calls its pattern-seeking statistical translations "intelligent guesses." But since most of us aren't fluent in every language on the planet, or even a good chunk of them, Automated Message Translation might be the next best thing for getting the gist of an article or message.
And if you want to express yourself accurately in another language, the best way to accomplish that is still to find a human who speaks that language, preferably natively (remember the old book translator's rule: Only translate into your native language). You don't want your messages to read like those unintentionally hilarious instruction manuals that sometimes arrive with products made overseas.
I suspect that will be the case for some time to come, but this is a huge step in enabling everyone around the world to communicate with each other, a dream that has been in the works for a very long time.
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I hope it does a better job than whoever translates product assembly instructions from Chinese to English.
But if you really want to get ahead in business, you need Pheringi. Seriously, though, Google's translator might be OK for "getting the flavor" of an email or emailed article. But to really know what was said, get a reliable human translator fluent in the original language. Even my daughter, who is very fluent in Spanish, will ask her husband (he grew up in Mexico City) to verify her understanding of some words and/or phrases. Even he gets tripped up if the Spanish message is from some other Latin American country. Localized dialects exist throughout Central and South America that can make a seemingly simple translation from Spanish a nightmare, particularly if it is a delicate relationship and you don't want to offend or come off as a silly person. Hats off to Google for the attempt, but give me a native speaker to translate it if true understanding is critical.
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text: Paid search adds tracking; mobile lacks conversion By Christopher Hosford. Published on November 05, 2012. Alex Funk is the global performance media strategist at search marketing agency Covario Inc. BtoB spoke with him about the current growth in paid and mobile search. BtoB: Covario's "Global Paid Search Spend Analysis," released last month, showed 33% growth in paid search expenditures in the third quarter year over year. What's happening to account for this surge in paid search? Alex Funk: A lot of things are up, including impression levels, click-through rates on those impressions and click volume. Cost-per-clicks is up slightly. So quarter-over-quarter or year-over-year, there are nice gains across the board. But why? A couple of things are happening. First, look at Google. The biggest thing now is the monetization of nearly all the clicks above the fold. There are more ads above the fold, either more ad units or bigger real estate for the paid ads. A couple of quarters back, Google rolled out ad extensions with such extra information in search ads as address, phone number and multiple site links. So paid search ads are richer than ever. Also, click-to-conversion (CTC) is going up, meaning there is better tracking and analysis going on to help advertisers validate the price per visitor. Yes, Google is much more expensive than Bing and others, but that's because it tends to perform well and at scale. Not that Yahoo or Bing doesn't perform; but when it does perform, it's not to scale to get volume. BtoB: What did your study tell you about mobile search? Funk: We hear varying numbers for year-over-year growth. Some companies grew several hundred percent because they invested heavily in mobile. For many, mobile now accounts for 20% to 25% of the total search budget. But mobile search is still a challenge to tie it back to conversions. After all, how many people are content to fill out a form on a mobile device? But mobile is a legitimate search touch point. While it can't drive acquisition goals, you don't want to miss out on that opportunity to provide a message and have an engagement point with potential customers. With mobile search, you can offer a creative experience by simplifying the message, sending visitors to a mobile-specific landing page and then figuring out if that page can result in future actions. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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>Cross Training>Can you do a triathlon with an " I just want to finish" attitude?
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose; it's how drunk you get. -- Homer Simpson
Will the serious participants frown on you? Only if you get in their way. If you don't, they probably won't even notice you. Unless you wear pink.
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A sprint tri is usually around 400m swim. No matter how slow you swim you'll only be a few minutes behind the fastest swimmers cause the distance is short. ...
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
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I need to purchase one-day license for biking, right? If so, do I purchase at the race packet pickup or I do it in advance?
I think you might be thinking of a USAT 1 race permit. It's not specifically for biking and only applies to USAT events which not all tri's are. If the race you are looking at requires it you should read the website for their policy since I've seen it done several ways. Usually there is an on-site option during packet pickup.
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Multifunctional cookware is essential these days. We're huge fans of oven to dinner table cookware for several reasons. So, you must understand that we get extremely excited when we find really great oven to table cookware like this.
The reasons why we're huge fans of oven to table cookware are: storage, portability and convenience. Many of us are downsizing (or just buying more and more appliances that take up a lot of room) so storage is a huge issue. When we use cookware like the Menu & Christian Bjorn's Stackable Oven-To-Table Cookware it saves room in our cabinets because there's no need to have both serving dishes and baking dishes. These dishes are also portable because they look so darn good. There's no need to be embarrassed of your bakeware, so it's easy to just stack 'em up and cover with tin foil and get on the road!
The cookware is made from porcelain with heat-resistant silicone feet to help protect sensitive surfaces. An interesting perk — to keep the food warm, place tea lights in a dish below the serving dish! The set comes in three sizes: small, medium and large — ranging in price from $49.00-$118.00.
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No more than four (4 pCi/L)!
The average indoor radon level is estimated to be about 1.3 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) and about 0.4 pCi/L of radon is normally found in the outside air. Most homes today can be reduced to 2 pCi/L.
Each year, it is estimated that radon causes about 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year, according to EPA's 2003 Assessment of Risks from Radon in Homes (EPA 402-R-03-003). It's found naturally in the ground and seeps through cracks or holes in the foundation and become trapped in your home.
The Discovery of Radon in Homes
In 1984, the scientific world woke up to the existence of radon in homes. A construction engineer triggered radiation alarms while entering the Limerick nuclear power plant near Philadelphia. His home in Boyertown was tested and the radon concentration was a shocking 2,700 pCi/L.
The family, including small children, was immediately evacuated. Very high radon levels were also found in nearby houses. This region, known as the Reading Prong, has low-grade uranium deposits and encompasses parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
Radon Testing:
There are relatively simple tests for radon gas, but these tests are not commonly done, even in areas of known systematic hazards. Home radon test kits are widely available and can be found at your local Walmart, Target, or hardware store. The short-term radon test kits used for screening purposes are inexpensive (under $15) and some states offer home test for free. The kit includes a collector that the user hangs in the lowest livable floor of the home for 2 to 7 days. The user then sends the collector to a laboratory for analysis.
If your home radon kits result is 4 pCi/L or higher you should contact your state radon office and schedule a follow-up long-term test for a better understanding of your year-round average radon level.
If you followed up with a long-term test and the results are 4 pCi/L or more, you should fix your home.
The five principal ways of reducing the amount of radon in your home are:
The half-life for radon is 3.8 days, indicating that once the source is removed, the hazard will be greatly reduced within a few weeks.
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They've done it! This weekend the children of Salterns Sailing Club completed their Sail-a-thon, sailing non stop for 24 hours in aid of the BBC Children in Need appeal.
The total so far for this year's Sail-a-thon is almost £6,000 - can you help the children increase this amount? You can donate to Children in Need via the Salterns justgiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/salterns-sailing-club-cin
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This week the children of Salterns Sailing Club are fundraising for the BBC Children in Need Appeal - for the 20th consecutive year!
Salterns Sailing Club, based at Eight Acre Pond in Lymington, is a sailing club for children, run by children. Over the last 19 years, the children of Salterns have raised over £150,000 for Children in Need - not bad for a small children's sailing club!
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Here is your definitive guide to Christmas in Lymington, Pennington and surrounding areas in and around the New Forest. We have included here Christmas events, Christmas fairs and markets, carol services and crib services, last posting dates, how to get in touch with Father Christmas - and where to find him locally in the run up to Christmas... plus we'll add other useful information such as changes to refuse collections and where to recycle your tree.…
A Lymington-founded care home provider with five New Forest homes has seen off the challenge of companies from a range of sectors to win a coveted business award supported by blue-chip sponsors. Family-owned Colten Care won Company of the Year at the 2018 Solent Business Awards.
Judges said the award, sponsored by KPMG, was made for "strategic thinking, an outstanding financial track record, a dedication to excellence and a dynamic approach to quality and innovation".
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Shape Up Fitness are launching a brilliant new programme. Sign up by 5th November for '30 Days to Healthy Living' which will help you to balance your eating and…
Whether you are small group wanting to share a big party atmosphere with other groups and offices, or looking for a private Christmas party - perhaps with something a little different , there are some wonderful venues, offers and options available to you in and around Lymington and the New Forest. And these are not just open to businesses - gather together a handful of your best friends for a great night out!
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In celebration of New Forest Food & Drink Week next week and also in anticipation of Great British Game Week which runs from 19th to 25th November, a fabulous recipe from Alistair Craig, head chef at the Cambium restaurant at Careys Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst.
Alistair creates exciting dishes using the natural beauty of the New Forest as his inspiration, focusing on simplicity, quality of ingredients and delicious…
Colten Care has welcomed two more Admiral Nurses to its team, including one at consultant level, under an expanding partnership with Dementia UK. The move follows the success of a first Admiral Nurse, Kay Gibson, in developing a group-wide dementia care strategy.
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Sway Carnival Week is a celebration of events that take place over 10 days at the end of June and beginning of July.
Lots of fun for all the family at numerous events that see us raise much needed funds for local charities and groups. Come and buy some wares at our annual garage sale, check out the scarecrows that adorn the village, try your hand at the quiz or building a beetle at the bettle drive. Top off the week with the procession, after party, fete and picnic.
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ND S Jamoris Slaughter reported to have season ending Achilles injury
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A source tells Irish Illustrated that Jamoris Slaughter suffered a season-ending Achilles injury on Saturday night at MSU.
Notre Dame secondary has been decimated this season if the report is true. They would now have lost 2 starters (Lo Wood) and may have 2 freshmen starting in the secondary next week. Elijah Shumate looked good for them last night, but you never know when inexperience will rear its head.


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Some species are critically endangered.
Antartica, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, North Pacific (Hawaii, Japan, California and Alaska), Galapagos islands
Wingspans of wandering albatrosses can reach up to 3.5 meters (11 ft)
How many
There are 22 species of Albatrosses in Diomedeidae family
Most legendary of all birds
- Diomedea (Great albatrosses)
- Thalassarche (Mollymawks)
- Phoebastria (North Pacific albatrosses)
- Phoebetria (Sooty albatrosses)
Albatrosses use their morphologically adapted wings and large wingspans to travel long distances without using muscles. Instead of flapping the wings, they use specialised gliding techniques to minimise the use of muscles and energy.
The wingspans of Wandering albatrosses can reach up to 3.5 metres (11 ft). This is the largest wingspan of any bird.
An albatross can live up to 60 years and in that life time it would have travelled millions of kilometres.
They attain sexual maturity at around 5 years but usually breed when they are 7 - 10 years old.
Where do you find albatross?
Most albatrosses are found in the Southern Hemisphere: Antarctica, Australia, South Africa, South America.
Only 3 albatross species are found exclusively in the North Pacific (Hawaii, Japan, California and Alaska): the Short-tailed albatross, Black-footed albatross and Laysan albatross.
Waved albatross is an exception that breeds in the equatorial Galapagos Islands and feeds in the South American coast.
What do albatross eat?
Different species of albatrosses have different dietary habits, but like other seabirds they rely almost entirely on seafood. They would feed on:
- Squids, octopus and other cephalopods
- Krill, crabs, shrimps, lobsters and other crustaceans
- Fish
- In tough times, they can also feed on carrion and zooplanktons
What are the main threats to albatross?
Bycatch poses the biggest threat to almost all albatross species. They dive for the fish bait used on longline fishing before it sinks into the sea, get entangled on the hook and drown.
Albatrosses breed on remote islands forming large colonies. However, such spaces are reducing due to the impact of invasive species. Rats prey on the eggs in albatross nests and rabbits can quickly destroy a nesting area with their burrows. Read more about the impact of invasive species on Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site in the Southern Ocean.
Albatross chicks choke on our waste. Every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean die because they choke or are poisoned by plastics and other human waste that their parents mistakenly feed to them. The work of photographer Chris Jordan chillingly illustrates the results of this plastic diet on albatross chicks (images may be disturbing).
Priority species
What is WWF doing?
WWF's International Smart Gear Competition identifies real-world fishing solutions that allow fishermen to fish smarter while helping to maintain ocean health.
After many years of close cooperation between WWF and the government of South Africa, the 4th largest marine protected area in the world was established in the Southern Ocean. The 180,000 square kilometre area is home to 5 species of albatross.
WWF also works to rid islands in the Southern Ocean of pests such as rats, rabbits, and mice.
WWF projects that support this work include:
- Protecting Antarctica and the Southern Oceans
- Marine protection in the southwest Pacific
- Longline Fisheries in the Benguela Ecosystem for South Africa, Namibia and Angola
How you can help
- Bycatch is a problem that effects milions of seabirds along with sea turtles, sharks, dolphins, whales, and fish. Buy seafood that is clearly marked as sustainable.
- Dispose of your waste responsibly so that it does not end up in the sea. If you can recycle then do so. If not, ensure that plastics and other waste go in the garbage and not down the drain.
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