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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 17, 2011) – U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) came to the rescue of his Greek league team PAOK and helped it to a 3-2 (24-26, 17-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23) victory over Aris Thessaloniki on Feb. 11.
Winder entered the match as a substitute in the second set and then started the next three. He scored four points on two kills and two blocks and also combined to set the team to a 0.41 hitting percentage.
PAOK's head coach John Melk said (via translation): "We had faith, action and passion. The entrance to the Winder changed the game. He always plays to win."
PAOK is in fourth place in the league.
In Greek Cup play on Feb. 16, PAOK defeated AO Kifisias, 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, 25-14, 16-25, 23-21). Winder started the match and scored three points.
U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) helped his Hellenic league team GS Lamia to a 25-22, 30-28, 25-21 victory over Panellinios Athens on Feb. 12. Price had 12 points on 10 kills and two blocks. U.S. outside hitter Kris Berzins (Brinklow, Md.) played for Athens and scored eight points on eight kills.
GS Lamia is in sixth place in the league.
In Greek Cup play on Feb. 16, GS Lamia fell to Panathinaikos, 25-18, 25-21, 26-24. Price started the match and scored 10 points on kills.
After two straight losses, Iraklis, including U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.), beat Apollon Kalamarias, 25-22, 25-15, 28-26 on Feb. 12.
Billings led the team with 11 points on nine kills, one block and one ace. Owens added seven points on five kills and two aces.
Iraklis leads the Hellenic league.
In Greek Cup play on Feb. 16, Iraklis defeated Aris Thessaloniki, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23. Billings scored 12 points on 11 kills and one ace. Owens added eight on four kills and four aces.
U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Olympiacos lost to AO Kifisias, 3-2 (25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 14-25, 15-11) on Feb. 12. Olympiacos is in third place in the league.
In Greek Cup play on Feb. 16, Olympiacos defeated Panellinios Athens, 25-15, 25-20, 25-21. Jablonsky started the first set and scored four points on three kills and one block. Berzins played for Athens.
U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) led his Korean league team Korean Air to a 3-1 (26-24, 25-15, 24-26, 25-15) victory over LIG on Feb. 14.
Patak scored on 21 kills, three blocks and three aces.
On Feb. 12, KAL defeated Woori, 3-2 (25-19, 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-11). Patak started the first three sets and scored 10 points on seven kills, two blocks and one ace.
KAL continues to lead the Korean league.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and his German league team SCC Berlin went 1-1 in two matches this week.
On Feb. 13, Berlin lost to Generali Haching, 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 24-26, 25-17). Touzinsky led his team with 12 points on nine kills (0.35 hitting percentage), two blocks and one ace. He was credited with 27 receptions, 57 percent positive and 19 percent excellent. The leading scorer for Haching was Paul Carroll, a native of Australia who played at Pepperdine.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Feb. 16, Berlin came back to defeat evivo Duren, 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 26-28, 15-12). Touzinsky scored nine points on seven kills (0.33 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was credited with 22 receptions, 73 percent positive and 27 percent excellent.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) helped his Serie A league team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza to a 1-1 record in their last two matches.
On Feb. 16, Monza Brianza defeated Sisley Treviso, 25-20, 26-24, 30-28. Rooney led all scorers with 18 points on 16 kills (0.52 hitting percentage) and two blocks. He was credited with 24 receptions, 63 percent positive and 38 percent excellent.
The victory came after a 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-19, 25-23) loss to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo on Feb. 13. Rooney scored 15 points on 15 kills (0.54 hitting percentage) and was credited with 29 receptions, 69 percent positive and 48 percent excellent.
Monza Brianza is in fifth place in the league.
Marmi Lanza Verona, including U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), also went 1-1 in its last two matches.
On Feb. 16, Verona defeated Andreoli Latina, 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-21). Lotman scored 18 points on 16 kills (0.70 hitting percentage) and two blocks. He was credited with 28 receptions, 68 percent positive and 39 percent excellent.
Brunner added 10 points on nine kills (0.62 hitting percentage) and one block.
The victory came after a 25-22, 25-23, 27-25 loss on Feb. 13 to Lube Banca Marche Macerata. Lotman finished with 10 points on seven kills, one block and two aces. Brunner added two points on two kills.
Verona is in seventh place in the league.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) led Copra Morpho Piacenza to a 3-1 (25-19, 25-16, 26-28, 25-22) victory over Yoga Forli on Feb. 16. Holt was named the match's most valuable player after leading his team with nine kills (0.90 hitting percentage), 10 blocks and two aces.
The victory came after a 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 28-30, 20-18) loss on Feb. 13 to Andreoli Latina. Holt scored 12 points on seven kills (0.50) hitting percentage, two blocks and three aces.
Piacenza is in 11th place in the league.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia have suffered two straight losses. On Feb. 13, Vibo Valentia fell to Sisley Treviso, 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-23, 15-12). Anderson led all scorers with 26 points on 24 kills (0.64 hitting percentage) and two aces. He was also credited with 27 receptions, 78 percent positive and 48 percent excellent.
On Feb. 16, Vibo Valentia lost to league-leading Itas Diatec Trentino, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20. Anderson scored 12 points on 10 kills and two blocks. He was credited with 22 receptions, 36 percent positive and 23 percent excellent.
Vibo Valentia is in 10th place in the league.
U.S. opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) scored 16 points on 16 kills as his Italian Serie A2 league team Sir Safety Perugia defeated NGM Mobile Santa Croce, 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 15-12) on Feb. 13.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian Superleague team Vivo/Minas defeated Santo Andre/Spred, 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 23-25, 15-7) on Feb. 10.
Holmes scored 11 points, including one ace. Vivo/Minas is in sixth place in the league.
In the third round of playoffs for Poland's Plusliga, U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów defeated Delecta Bydgoszcz, 25-22, 26-24, 25-19 on Feb. 12.
Millar scored nine points on five kills, two blocks and two aces. Asseco Resovia Rzeszów is in second place in the playoffs.
To view photos from the match, click here.
Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), won two matches in the last week and continues to lead the league.
On Feb. 13, Kazan topped Dynamo Krasnodar, 3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23).
Ball started all three sets and scored three points on one kill, one block and one ace. He also set the team to a 0.47 hitting percentage. Priddy started all four sets and scored 10 points on nine kills (0.26 hitting percentage) and one block. He was also credited with 16 receptions, 50 percent positive and 31 percent excellent.
To view photos from the match, click here.
On Feb. 16, Kazan defeated Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, 3-1 (25-15, 25-14, 20-25, 25-20). Ball and Priddy both played only as substitutes, with Priddy scoring two points on two blocks.
U.S. middle blocker Andrew Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) has joined Yaroslavl, but did not play in the Feb. 16 match.
U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and his team Fakel Novy Urengoi went 1-1 in their last two matches.
On Feb. 13, Fakel fell to Gazprom-Ugra Surgut, 3-2 (20-25, 18-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-13). Hansen started the first set and substituted in the final three. He did not score.
On Feb. 16, Fakel defeated Dynamo Moscow, 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-19). Fakel is in fifth place in the league. Hansen did not play.
U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa lost to Iskra Odintsovo, 25-12, 29-27, 28-26, on Feb. 12. Stanley led his team with 15 points on 13 kills (0.32 hitting percentage), one block and one ace.
Ufa came back on Feb. 16 to defeat U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo, 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-15, 25-23).
Stanley led all scorers with 27 points on 24 kills (0.49 hitting percentage) and three aces. Lee scored four points on three blocks and one kill for Kuzbass.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) and Unicaja Almeria swept Tenerife Sur, 25-18, 25-15, 25-16, on Feb. 12.
Smith started all three sets and scored seven points on five kills (1.0 hitting percentage) and two blocks. Salmon substituted in the second set and started the third, scoring seven points on six kills (0.86 hitting percentage) and one ace.
Almeria leads the league.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and outside hitter Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) led their French B league team Chaumont to a 3-1 (25-23, 17-25, 25-19, 25-19) victory over Orange on Feb. 12.
Vance led all scorers with 20 points on 15 kills (0.43 kill percentage), four blocks and one ace. Thornton added six points on two kills and a match-high four aces.


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THE magic of The Open at the Old Course has got everyone in the mood for golf.
Scotland boasts many of the world's most iconic courses. Yet while famous Open venues like St Andrews, Gleneagles , Muirfield, Turnberry and Troon leap to the top of every golf tourist's wishlist, there are hundreds more magnificent courses out there.
Here, Scotland Now picks out 18 hidden gems that don't enjoy the same high profile - but every one of them offers a unique and immensely satisfying golf experience.
And the best thing is that this list is just a handful of the stunning courses scattered across our small but beautiful country...
Shiskine Golf Club, Isle of Arran
A glance at the scorecard to see it has only 12 holes is just the start of this beguiling, quirky and utterly intoxicating golfing journey.
From the blind shot up a steep hill to the par three Crow's Nest to the dramatic cliffside tee shot at the next dropping all the way back down, this cult classic is a thrill ride from start to finish.
Kilspindie, East Lothian
It's short, measuring less than 5500 yards off the back tees, and oh so sweet. This charming ancient links is a real throwback to the days of the mashie niblick and feather ball.
Tucked away at the end of a small private road that meanders along the shore of Aberlady Bay, Kilspindie is literally a hidden gem cherished by locals and tourists clued up enough to get in on the secret. The most fun you can have with your spikes on.
Fortrose & Rosemarkie, Rosshire
Across the Moray Firth from Castle Stuart lies one of the most quirky and alluring courses in Scotland. Perched on a narrow peninsula just 14 miles along the coast from Inverness, there's a sea view everywhere you turn.
Bottlenose dolphins are regularly seen cavorting in the cool blue water around Chanonry Point lighthouse tucked in behind the fourth hole. Picture postcard beauty merged perfectly with warm Highland hospitality.
St Fillans, Perthshire
"If I was asked for my favourite inland course in Scotland, I'd go for St Fillans." Endorsements don't get much better than that glowing tribute by fomrer Masters and Open champion Sandy Lyle.
A gentle flat course on the southern plains of the River Earn, its setting amidst the rolling hills of Perthshire is truly idyllic. And handily located if you're coming to Gleneagles for the Ryder Cup.
Brora, Sutherland
Along the coast from the famous Royal Dornoch lies this lesser known delight, designed by James Braid.
Hugging the North Sea coastline, the natural rugged beauty of the front nine is captivating. But beware the electric fences that keep the grazing cattle off the slick greens!
Anstruther, Fife
Although most famous for its world renowned fish and chip shops, the golf in this gorgeous little village is pretty tasty too.
Spectacular views over the harbour and out to the Isle of May and Bass Rock are a constant distraction but it's in your interest to concentrate. Especially at Ainster's version of Amen Corner comprising a series of three challenging short holes starting with The Rockies - voted the toughest par three in the UK.
Aberdour, Fife
Hailed the fourth best golfing experience in Scotland by the readers of Bunkered magazine, thanks to its cracking course, excellent facilities and visitor-friendly welcome.
Teetering on the edge of Fife's south coast, this beautiful parkland course offers breathtaking vistas across the Firth of Forth towards Edinburgh Castle and Arthur's Seat. Just half an hour from Edinburgh Airport and45 minutes short of St Andrews, it's a worthwhile pit-stop en route to the home of golf.
Crail Balcomie, Fife
No trip to St Andrews or Kingsbarns would be complete without pressing further up the road to this masterpiece on the East Neuk.
The seventh oldest golf club in the world, more than 200 years has done nothing to diminish its appeal as one of the most enduring and endearing links courses in the world.
Too short to host the major championships of Scotland's other great links courses, but the Balcomie is no less impressive.
Askernish, South Uist
The course reclaimed by the wild until a band of dedicated golf lovers restored it to its old glories.
Old Tom Morris came to South Uist in 1891 to create a course at the request of the wealthy land owner, Lady Cathcart.
But by the early 1920s it was abandoned to the wilds for 80 years until a group of locals resolved to resurrect it with the help of leading design experts. Askernish reopened in 2008 to the highest acclaim from golf purists,
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Teetering on the edge of the Braes of Cowne, you'll be hitting over the edge of cliffs that fall dramatically into the sea, crossing deep gorges on to tilted fairways and down steep hills. There's even a bomb crater to negotiate, left during the Second World War by a German pilot lightening his load for the journey home.
But "Hitler's bunker" is just one of countless quirky, dramatic features to enthrall on this clifftop thrill ride that will live long in the memory.
Boat of Garten, Aviemore
Dubbed The Gleneagles of the North, The Boat commands a stunning setting in the foothills of the Cairngorms mountain range, only 10 minutes drive from the bustling village of Aviemore.
Another James Braid masterpiece, the design features 18 completely individual holes, that cleverly and sensitively shaped in tune with natural landscape of birch trees, heather and broom. Just wonderful.
Largs Kelburn, Ayrshire
With spectacular views over the Clyde estuary and the neighbouring islands of Cumbrae, Bute and Arran, this parkland course is among the best in Ayrshire. Nestled in an enviable spot between Kelburn Castle and the sea, the course's manicured greens are the envy of many on the west coast. Combined with lush fairways, meandering burns and tree-lined dog-legs, the course offers a fair but rewarding challenge for golfers of all abiilities.
The Glen, North Berwick, East Lothian
Set on the clifftops overlooking the south end of North Berwick and the iconic Bass Rock outpost which towers above the crashing waves. It's criminal to think that this gem is so often overlooked by tourists who flock to the town's more famous historic links.
If you find yourself on Scotland's magnificent golf coast, don't make the same mistake.
Hopeman Golf Club, Moray, Aberdeenshire
One of the most demanding links courses in the North of Scotland with fairways jealously guarded by gorse and broom.
Highlight is "The Prieshach", the spectacular 12th hole with its green nestling in the Clashach Cove over 100 feet below the tee - described by former Open champion and Ryder Cup star Paul Lawrie as "one of the best par 3s I have ever played."
The Roxburghe, Kelso, Borders
Set on the Duke of Roxburghe's idyllic estate, this Dave Thomas designed course boasts one of the best driving holes in Scotland - the 14th hole named Viaduct. Here you look from on high down to the River Teviot meandering below you. With immaculately presented greens and fairways, its reputation as one of the finest courses in the south is well deserved.
Western Gailes, Irvine, Ayrshire
Sam Torrance calls it one of those courses where, once finished, you just want to walk straight back to the first and play it all over again.
With views of the hills of Arran and Ailsa Craig, this superb Ayrshire links course has ambiance and character in abundance. Doesn't boast the fame of near neighbours like Troon and Turnberry but it says everything that the great Harry Vardon and Gene Sarazen rated Western Gailes one of Scotland's finest.
Longniddry Golf Club, East Lothian
Resting amongst links golfing heaven in East Lothian, Longniddry is a sadly underrated stop as players stampede towards Gullane, Muirfield and North Berwick. A mixture of links and woodland, this course will get your strategic golfing brain thinking. A must-see course for all links enthusiasts.
Kilmarnock (Barassie), Troon, Ayrshire
Although the east coast of Scotland has a reputation for historic links golf, there are plenty of legendary links on the west coast too - and Barassie is one the finest. Golf has been played there for over 100 years and is today an Open qualifying course. Nestling beside Troon, it's a tough links challenge and a great course to test golfers of all standards.Visit our golf section here.


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Last night's Garden Centre Association (GCA) 52nd annual conference and Gala dinner saw the Smart Garden team scoop the prestigious Associate of the Year award, proudly claiming the title as top supplier to the industry. Continue reading
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I will try and keep this up to date, with all information from the UK.
Please check back from time to time, as this will be updated regularly…If you see something that i have missed, please contact me (thanks)…..
There has been an explosion of UK UFO activity this year, mainly due to the Sun (tabloid UK newspaper) who think they are the UFO EXPERTS, seeming to print anything remotely to do with UFOs (with no facts/sensationalism and mostly no TRUTH). Unfortunately, this now seems to be spreading to other National newspapers. This month it seems to be The Telegraph's turn at Ufology wisdom.
Are they eventually going to make UFOLOGY a complete joke?
So, many of the sightings reported are sensationalized, with usually alot of information missing.
Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local and national press.
I'm afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.
Some incidents could be UFO balloons (please see: https://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/ufo-balloons-what-are-they/ for more details, from a previous article). There are also many other IFOs ( Identified Flying Objects they could be as well).
However, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.
This is London " North Kent: Could Aliens be landing in a field near you this summer "
" A freak of nature or the work of aliens, crop circles are making a comeback. DAVID MILLS looks at where the Martians could land next.
THE aliens have been quiet lately.
It has been almost two years since the last crop circle was spotted in Kent and nearly four years since The Meopham Circles appeared " (extract from article).
Rhyl Journal " Rhyl UFO mystery "
" SCORES of readers have contacted The Journal following a story we ran this week on strange lights being spotted over Rhyl " (extract from article).
Burnham on sea " Readers believe Burnham-on-sea UFO was probably a chinese lantern "
" A mystery UFO that was spotted in the skies over Burnham-On-Sea was probably a floating Chinese lantern, according to our readers " (extract from article).
Rutland & Studland Mercury " UFO spotted over Stamford "
" A MYSTERY has been sparked by the sighting of strange objects flying over Stamford.
Janet Garratt and her friend Margaret Fox saw two oval-shaped objects falling above Lonsdale Road before stopping mid-air and then zooming off into the distance " (extract from article).
Bridlington Free Press " Mystery over UFO sightings- comment on this story "
" Suspicious bright lights dotting the night sky above Bridlington and Flamborough throughout May drew curious members of the public to contact the Free Press in an attempt to get to the bottom of the strange events " (extract from article).
Devon 24 " UFO was just a chinese lantern "
" This week Hazel Shelston, 73, from Fraser Road, quashed claims the silver diamond-shaped disk was a visiting UFO, saying the mystery shapes were nothing more than Chinese lanterns " (extract from article).
Telegraph " UFOs spotted over Lake District "
" People rushed out of their tents to stand and watch in awe as the lights darted back and forth.
They weaved in and out of one another and appeared to fade and then light up again as they soared through a clear sky.
Camper Paul Haigh, 28, of Darlington, said: "Most people had turned in for the night but we were woken by a commotion " (extract from article).
Daily Mail " Campers treated to night-time display as UFO lights move across the sky "
" 'There were various theories as to what they were, someone said Chinese lanterns, but they seemed to be moving too fast. They looked as though they were being propelled under their own power rather than being blown by the wind, it was a still night ' " (extract from article). And
" The weekend's display is the latest in a string of sightings across the UK of unidentified flying lights.
This month alone, unexplained illuminations have been spotted in Lincolnshire, Merseyside and Cambridgeshire " (extract from article).
icSuttonColdfield.co.uk " A lantern explanation to UFO fears? "
" The mysterious 'orange orbs' spotted in Sutton skies may have a reasonable explanation according to an UFO expert.
Birmingham UFO Group investigator Dave Hodrien said he believes most of the sightings are in fact Chinese lanterns " (extract from article).
Western and Somerset Mercury " UFOs spotted over Weston "
" Mercury readers have reported seeing about 30 orange or white UFOs above the town between 10.30-11pm.
Eyewitnesses have reported seeing the glowing orbs from Worle and Milton Road, before they disappeared into thin air " (extract from article).
Wigan Today " UFO over standish "
" A Wigan man who wishes to remain anonymous has emailed wigantoday after spotting a UFO over Standish.
The brief email, sent yesterday, reads: Can you please let me know if anybody else has reported to you three strange objects over the Standish area on Saturday, June 13, at 10.25pm " (Full article here).
Uxbridge Gazette " UFO pictures taken in Ruislip "
" AN UNEXPLAINED glowing orb has been spotted by a Ruislip family.
Loraine Wiley of Beechwood Avenue, Ruislip, has sent photos into the Uxbridge Gazette of what can only be described as a floating light in the sky " (extract from article).
Whitehaven News " Are these UFOs captured on camera "
" Steve McDonnell was on his way home to Seascale from Sellafield when he saw two orange objects flying less than 100 metres from his home.
Rushing to his house, he photographed the lights which he described as "effervesce with no obvious solid edges '' " (extract from article).
Metro.co.uk " UFO calls after giant meteor shower "
" Reports of strange lights in the English Channel last night have been put down to a meteor shower, coastguards said today " (extract from article).
Louth Leader " Mysterious Lincolnshire Triangle reveals ufo hotspot "
" COULD this mysterious Lincolnshire triangle mark out a hotbed of UFO activity in the region?
The triangle shape is visible on the Google map on our website pinpointing several of the sightings in the area reported to us " (extract from article).
Grantham Journal " UFO was huge and glowed orange "
" Jackie, 29, said: "It was travelling at the speed of an aeroplane but it was bigger and orange. Sometimes the planes at night have flashing lights on but this was constant.
"The something else dropped from underneath the plane.
"Afterwards me and my partner just sat there thinking of what it could have been. The only thing we could think was that it was a plane that came apart and crashed " (extract from article).
Louth Leader " Locals support UFO spotters "
" Tuesday 2pm – ARE WE delusional and too fond of a drink? Or is it just Lincolnshire folk being fascinated by the weird and wonderful? " (extract from article).
North Devon Gazette " A light on North Devon UFO mystery?"
" But far from being visitations by life forms from a distant galaxy, staff at a Barnstaple toy shop think the answer can be found a little closer to home " (extract from article).
Grantham Journal " Return of the spooky orbs "
" Leanne Price got in touch after a mysterious glowing orb appeared in one of her holiday snaps.
She was at Stansted Airport on her way back from a trip to Majorca when the ghostly photo was taken " (extract from article).
Chester Chronicle " A UFO enthusiast spotted a cigar shaped object hovering over Frodsham "
" UFO enthusiast Colin Fowler, 56, of Ellis Lane, Frodsham, was watching a film at home when his family saw a cigar-shaped orange light hovering in the sky at about 10pm on Saturday, June 6.
University of Manchester building manager Colin said: "It was a cigar shaped thing with sparks or flames coming out of it.
"I don't know what it was? It wasn't a lantern, a helicopter or a plane. It was nothing like that, it was a ball of light, hovering in the air over the marshes, towards Ellesmere Port. It lasted a few minutes " (extract from article).
The Comet 24 " Residents claim to have seen ufos "
" CLOSE encounters of the strange kind occurred in the night sky over Comet country causing neighbours and friends to look up in wonder " (extract from article).
Harrow Observer " UFO photographed over Edgeware "
" Harrow Observer reader Mark Lawes snapped this shot of the mysterious aircraft on Tuesday just after 7pm " (extract from article).
Western And Somerset Mercury " Were mysterious lights a UFO "
Express and Star " UFO alert over cylinder in the sky "
" A mysterious cylindrical object has been spotted in the skies above the Black Country.
Retired teacher Mike Tunnicliffe was left scratching his head after seeing the UFO from his Walsall garden yesterday afternoon " (extract from article).
Welwyn and Hatfield Times " UFO spotted in Welwyn garden city "
" Andy said he had been in his back garden with his dog at about 10.45pm, when he saw two strange objects in the sky over Howlands.
"They were above the clouds, swinging left to right," he said.
"There was no noise whatsoever."
He added: "I was gobsmacked as to what it could be " (extract from article).


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NBC's Janet Shamlian reports from Pass Christian, Miss., where Hurricane Isaac has completely flooded roads and destroyed a marina.
Isaac dumped relentless rain on southern Mississippi as it moved north from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, flooding low-lying homes and highways, washing away a pier and knocking out power to thousands of residents.
Schools and many businesses closed, and city officials reported flooding and downed trees and power lines. No major injuries were reported in the state.
The scale of destruction was much less severe than during Hurricane Katrina seven years ago almost to the day. Katrina obliterated some coastal towns in Mississippi and left more than 230 people dead in the state.
Isaac, which had been a Category 1 hurricane, weakened to a tropical storm by midday Wednesday and a gradual weakening was forecast over the next 48 hours as it continued to move farther inland.
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Utility companies said more than 24,000 south Mississippi homes lost power earlier Wednesday, most in areas of the three coastal counties of Jackson, Harrison and Hancock.
Other scattered outages were reported in portions of south Mississippi north of the coast.
Hancock County Supervisor David Yarborough told The Associated Press that Isaac washed away a county pier in Bay St. Louis.
"From all indications it's not going to be a major wind event. It's going to be a water event," Bay St. Louis Mayor Les Fillingame said, according to the Sun Herald.
Rogelio V. Solis / AP
Gulf waters swamp an American Legion fishing pier in Bay St. Louis, Miss., as Isaac's winds and storm surge flood some low-lying neighborhoods on Wednesday.
In Waveland in Hancock County, floodwaters surrounded the building housing WQRZ radio in Shoreline Park. Brice Phillips, leader of the station, told the Sun Herald he called emergency management to come rescue three staff members while he stayed behind to keep the station running.
Brian "Hootie" Adam, Hancock County emergency management director, told NBC News it wasn't immediately clear how bad the flooding was in residential areas because crews were unable to get to the houses. "We're kind of hunkered down to the point where we're not doing a whole lot of traveling," he said.
In eastern Biloxi, water stood 2 or 3 feet deep on parts of U.S. Highway 90, which runs past casinos, The AP reported. The Mississippi Gaming Commission ordered coast casinos to close Tuesday before Isaac pushed ashore in Louisiana.
A downgraded Isaac floods coastal communities and forces new evacuations, but levees still hold.
In Diamondhead, Miss., population 2,000, City Manager Richard Rose said about half the city lost power.
"Everything on the south side of the interstate in Diamondhead is impassible," he told The Sun Herald.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Artist: Russell F. Fjeldsted (1932-
Biography: Businessman, artist and former Logan Mayor. Born in Ephraim UT. His mother died on the day he was born, and Russ was taken to Tooele UT to be raised by his grandmother. Graduated from U of U in 1954 with a BS in Business Administration. Married Barbara Croft. Russ has loved art and design since he was very young and started painting in earnest when he retired from city politics in the 1970's. Russ says about being an artist: "I plan on painting until I go blind or die, whichever comes first." Lives in Logan UT.
Notes: Donated to Library by artist.
Description: Oil, 12x16
Location: Library


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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co <CTB.N> will make a last-ditch effort to save its sale to Apollo Tyres Ltd <APLO.NS> on December 19, as it seeks a ruling from Delaware Supreme Court that could force the Indian company to complete their proposed $2.3 billion merger.
Apollo, which would become the world's seventh-biggest tire maker, wants to pay less than the $35 per share agreed in June because of demands by unions at Cooper plants and disruptions at Cooper's venture in China.
Cooper wants the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by a judge on the lowerCourt of Chancery who found last week that Apollo had not breached its obligations under the deal. A new ruling would have to be issued by December 31, when the merger agreement allows Apollo to walk away.
Apollo declined to comment. Cooper did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Chancery judge, Sam Glasscock, had rejected Cooper's allegation that Apollo was falling short of its requirement under the deal to reach new contract terms with unions at Cooper plants in Ohio and Texas.
Cooper also wants the Supreme Court to issue a declaration that Apollo is in breach of the merger. That would allow the fourth-largest North American tire maker to return to Glasscock's court and ask for an order directing Apollo to close.
Apollo has argued Cooper is actually the one who has not kept up its end of the bargain.
As the Indian company sees it, Cooper is at fault because it has been locked out of its Chinese joint venture. Without information from the venture, which accounts for a quarter of Cooper's business, the U.S. company failed to report its financial data by Thursday as required for Apollo to get financing.
Cooper has argued that the Chinese lock-out and labor problems would never have happened without the merger agreement. Risks associated with the deal were taken on by Apollo and should have been baked into its bid, according to Cooper.
The parties have agreed to have the dispute decided in Delaware's courts, which have a reputation for handling complex business disputes quickly.
In October, Delaware's Supreme Court issued a ruling from the bench to reverse a Court of Chancery order that had blocked an $8.2 billion deal between Vivendi SA and Activision Blizzard.
The merger would deliver a significant premium to Cooper shareholders. Shares of Cooper ended slightly lower at $23.86 on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by Gary Hill and Richard Chang)


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|The late Mr. Carson
-– Johnny Carson
Interested in more of this sort of silliness, perfect for cocktail parties, bar bets and the like? Me, too.
One of the fascinating aspects of writing about adult beverages is coming across bits of rhyme, free verse and just plain doggerel devoted to one's favorite tipple.
For several years now, I have maintained a blog called "Toasts & Crumbs," replete with bits of language fun from around the world. And, no matter how old some of them are, they keep striking responsive chords with readers. Some are just plain fun. Like the humorist Dave Barry's comment:
"Without question the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Some are more of a philosophical bent, like this quote from the Bible's Ecclesiastes 9:7: "Eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart."
Join me there and, if you come across anything you think would make a good addition to the blog, just send it along.


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(CNN) -- What more could a city do?
In an effort to woo a Google high-speed internet project, the Kansas capital of Topeka last year changed its name to Google, Kansas, for a month.
Like, actually changed it. By a vote of the City Council.
Apparently that wasn't enough. The search giant on Wednesday announced it had chosen Topeka's blandly named neighbor -- Kansas City, Kansas -- as the winner of its contest. That city, just 60 miles to the east of Topeka, soon will get some of the fastest internet connections in the country.
Topeka's mayor could be mad about all of this.
He could be embarrassed that his city -- home of soybean fields, animal research, and, let's not forget, Kansas' capitol dome -- changed its name to that of a giant corporation to court its favor, only to be rejected.
Maybe he feels like he'll lose business to Kansas City, which, by 2012, is expected to have Google-installed internet connections that are 100 times faster than the national average.
Or maybe not. As it turns out, he's really not that upset.
"I've often wondered what difference does it make if it takes you 10 seconds or one second to access information," Topeka's colorful mayor, Bill Bunten, said by phone on Wednesday. "My life goes a little slower than that."
Asked whether he planned to go to Kansas City -- which, by his estimation, is only a 50-minute drive away "if you break a couple of laws" -- to try out the new high-speed internet connection, Bunten said "I doubt it."
"I might go over there and see if I can find a store that sells Googles," he said, joking that the online company doesn't do retail.
Bunten is a self-described technophobe who says he uses the internet to read his e-mail -- and that's about it. He still prefers the telephone.
"I'm not completely computer illiterate, but close," he said. "My son works at Washburn University and he's really good and my wife is on the computer all the time, but I'm so old that I still like to talk on the telephone, believe it or not."
He never assumed Topeka's name-changing stunt would win the project. And plenty of other mayors flailed unsuccessfully for Google's attention, too. A mayor in Florida swam with sharks. One in Minnesota jumped in a frigid lake.
"I'm a practical man. I thought we would just love to have been chosen, but I don't think 'disappointed' is the word. We're happy that it's coming to Kansas and we're close enough to Kansas City that, if they expand, why, the possibility that we could be involved in that would probably be enhanced," he said.
A Google spokesman thanked Topeka for its interest.
"These communities sent a clear message: people are hungry for better and faster Internet access," Dan Martin wrote in an e-mail to CNN.
"This was a tough decision and we want everyone to know we carefully considered every application. We'll be looking closely at ways to bring ultra high-speeds to other cities across the country."
Bunten said he doesn't have any regrets about renaming the city as an attempt to get Google's attention. He had a little fun with it.
The move was also good PR for the city, he said. On April Fools' Day 2010, Google joked that it had changed its name to Topeka as a sort of hat tip.
"We usually have about 4,000 hits per week on our websites; we had over 200,000 on that day," Bunten said.
"We got a lot of attention," he added. "Not that we need it. We're a great city. We're the capital of Kansas!"


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Harra Protected Area
Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
Hormozgan Province
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The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate harmonization of Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels.
The sole responsibility for the content of each Tentative List lies with the State Party concerned. The publication of the Tentative Lists does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the World Heritage Centre or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its boundaries.
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party
The reserve located in strait of Khuran, Persian Gulf; between Qeshm Island and the southern Iranian coasts. Much of reserve is taken up by Mehran delta which forms extensive Intertidal flats and has a marshy coastline and vast mangrove formation. There are numerous small islands, creeks and inlets. The climate is subtropical and summers are extremely hot with temperatures reaching 4j0c, rainfall is low with an annual total of 100- 300 mm, mainly falling November to April. The reserve contains the stand of grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) that named Harra in locally. This stand is largest one in all over the Persian Gulfcountries. This area is of major importance to breeding, wintering and migrant water birds. The main area of mangroves and mudflats with an area of 82,360 hectres was designated as a protected area in 1972. The entire area of mangroves, mudflats and creels was designated as Ramsar Site on 1975 as well as a biosphere reserve in 1976.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
This natural reserve is unique between mangrove habitats in west Asia because of vast area and adapted to hot weather and more saline sea water (over 40 ppt.). The Intertidal areas and mangrove zones provide a suitable habitat for abundant invertebrates, which form an important food source for wildfowl. The reserve supports more than 50,000 individual bird's habitat in more than 90 species. The reserve is an important breeding site for herons (Ardeidea), notably great Egret (Egretta alba), western reef heron (Egretta gularis), Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii), goliath heron (Ardea goliath), Crab plover (Dromas ardeola) and atone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus). Numerous species of plover (Chharadriidae) pass through the area on migration. In winter the wetland area of reserve is of special importance as a feeding station for heron, plover and sandpipers (Scolopacidae) including grey heron (Ardea cinera), redshank (Tringa totanus), Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus), bar-tailed god wit (Limosa lapponica) and curlew (Numenius arquata). This site is more important for wintering flocks of Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber).
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), Hump-back dolphin (Sousa chinensis) and common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) find in site regularly. Green turtle, Dalmatian pelican, cab plover and curlew are endangered species of the reserve with global importance.
Life of local people depended to mangrove habitat by cutting foliage for feeding domestic livestock, catch fish in traditional way (named Moshta) and recreation services. This site take as a sample of balancing life of man and nature.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
In spite of hard using of mangroves as forage species, these ecosystems are alive and also are endangered.
Comparison with other similar properties
The reserve has regional importance in Persian Gulf area for bio-geographic importance, vast of terrestrial, shore and sea areas, uniqueness and rarity, critical habitat for fish stock and endangered species, biotic structure systems, high diversity, representativeness, physiognomy feature, natural characteristics, productivity, spawning, breeding and nursery grounds, integrity or self-sustaining ecological entity, economic importance for local people and human population dependency, recreational, educational and research importance.


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In wake of Boston Marathon bombings, is Portland prepared?
Businessman wants more surveillance cameras in city
If Portland faced a situation like the one that played out at the Boston Marathon last month, would surveillance images of the suspects have come together as quickly as they did in Boston?
Portland's police chief told News 8's Paul Merrill that it's tough to answer that question because city police use surveillance evidence on a case-by-case basis.
The images in Boston cam from privately owned business cameras.
In Portland's Monument Square, there are no police-operated cameras. So, if something happened there, investigators would have to find the cameras that are trained on the areas from private businesses, like the camera in the News 8 studio that points down to the square.
Local property manager Tom Moulton said he doesn't think there are as many cameras watching over Portland like Boston.
"In Portland, it's a relatively new phenomenon over the past six or seven years. People are starting to embrace it but it's a fairly big upfront cost," Moulton said.
He was part of the plan that outfitted a Congress Street building with more than a dozen security cameras.
"We were experiencing a lot of vandalism to both cars and also to buildings: Graffiti, people scratching their keys on cars, things like that," Moulton said.
He said the cameras have cut down on crime and even helped Portland police catch a car theft suspect.
The Maine Turnpike Authority and Department of Transportation have cameras on area roads.
State police said they only operate security cameras around their buildings.
Portland police do operate some public cameras, but Police Chief Michael Sauschuck won't get specific on where they are.
"We don't like to put out where cameras are or how many cameras we have in play but it would be safe to say that our transportation hubs would be the focus of most of that work," Sauschuck said.
The chief said future city events will feature enhanced security because of what happened in Boston. But, police will continue to rely on private cameras and private citizens to help keep this city safe.
"When you look at the aftermath of Boston, the people that were there, knew something was wrong when they saw these suspects standing there just by their mannerisms and the way they were acting in comparison to everybody else," Sauschuck said.
The chief also wanted to point out there have been no threats against the city of Portland.


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Maiolica Technique
The Works of Art
Dish, The Judgment of Paris
Large Oval Dish, with scenes from Amadis of Gaul
Basin (wine cooler), Battle with Elephants
Snake-Handled Vase, with scenes from Amadis of Gaul
Pair of Vases, Biblical Scenes from the Old Testament
Exuberant Grotesques: Renaissance Maiolica from the Fontana Workshop
September 15, 2009, through January 17, 2010
Although it was not until 2008 that the first piece of maiolica entered The Frick Collection, it was an extraordinary debut: a large dish painted with a narrative scene, or istoriato, inspired by Marcantonio Raimondi's print after The Judgment of Paris by Raphael. This scene is surrounded by colorful grotesques delicately painted on a white ground, a specialty of the renowned workshop of Orazio Fontana in Urbino, to which the best pieces are usually attributed.
Maiolica dish with The Judgment of Paris after Raphael, Fontana workshop, c. 1565, tin-glazed earthenware, The Frick
Collection, gift of Dianne Dwyer Modestini in memory of
Mario Modestini
This new acquisition — a gift to The Frick Collection by Dianne Dwyer Modestini in memory of her husband, Mario Modestini — is the inspiration for a small focus exhibition on the Fontana workshop's highly decorative maiolica painted with delicate grotesques on a whitened ground. The Frick Collection's piece is shown along with five related works on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The exhibition illustrates the technical and artistic excellence reached in the Fontana workshop in the third quarter of the sixteenth century. This presentation of pieces of different shapes will provide an opportunity for visitors to view the richness of table services made in maiolica for the Renaissance aristocracy.
The exhibition organized by Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow Charlotte Vignon is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue, including detailed entries and an essay on the history of collecting Renaissance maiolica.
The exhibition is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The accompanying catalogue has been generously underwritten by the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.


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At the age of 18, Maggie Steffens is the youngest member of the U.S. women's water polo team and will be competing this summer at the London Olympics. For Maggie, water polo is a family affair. Not only is her sister Jessica a member of the team, most of her uncles and cousins play as well.
Maggie has 45 cousins (her mom has 12 siblings) on one side of the family, all of whom plan on going to London to watch the games, she tells us. Most of her cousins are successful athletes themselves. Maggie, a top scorer, helped the U.S. win gold at the 2011 Pan American Games by making six goals.
Hailing from California, Maggie plans to return to her home state to attend Stanford University in the fall. She deferred a year to train with the National Team.
On the weekends, Maggie lives at the boardwalk/beach, however; she stays out of the water when she's not playing. She likes playing beach volleyball, but shares with our producers that she doesn't think she's that good.
We're very excited to see her compete for the U.S. this summer at the Olympics. Here are some little-known facts about Maggie that we found out from USAWaterPolo.org.
- Maggie's favorite food is steak and mud pie.
- She enjoys cooking and farmer's markets, but that doesn't stop her from ordering in with the team, she shared with us.
- Her favorite movie is "Bridesmaids."
- One of Maggie's favorite songs include "Anything" by Michael Jackson.
- Her personal theme song is "Lift Off" by Beyonce/Jay-Z.
- One special power Maggie wishes she had is the power to fly.
- Maggie told our producers: If she weren't playing water polo, she would be playing soccer, however; she secretly wishes to be a beach volleyball player.
Catch Maggie on "1st Look" this Saturday after Saturday NIght Live on NBC. For more Olympic coverage, visit NBCOlympics.com.


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I love the Olympics. It doesnt matter if its the summer or winter games; I just love to watch them.
So, as I was watching the summer Olympics, it came to me that there is no competition for fly-fishing. That just isnt right.
Fly-fishing has been around a long time certainly longer than the 400-meter individual medley.
With that thought in mind, I propose a venue for fly-fishing to be an Olympic sport. I plan to submit my idea next week, and with any luck, the American contingency will stand three abreast on the medal podium and garner fame and fortune.
The competition will be somewhat like the gymnastic events. Fly-fishing wont be just catching the most fish for the gold. Nope, the participants are going to have to show expertise in a variety of disciplines. Similar to gymnastics, medals will be awarded in each discipline, plus an overall winner.
The first event will be balanced rock walking. Anyone who fly-fishes knows being able to keep ones balance while stepping from rock to rock is very important. For this event, though, it wont be just a few small rocks arranged in neat order on top of a soft mat. Large and small boulders will be arranged in a pattern making it mandatory that when stepping from boulder to boulder, the elements needed to pass a sobriety test will be required.
Further, the rocks will be highly polished, and the contestants will have to wear waders, studded boots, a fully loaded vest and carry a fly rod. Points will be awarded, or deducted, based on how often they fall, the amount of time needed to make the crossing and style.
Rowing will be the second event. It will occur not in some watercraft that looks like an arrow but in a traditional drift boat. The boat has to carry an ice chest full of ice and beverages, two really overweight people, two fly rods and other assorted gear.
With the blast of the starting gun, the highly-trained and very fit rower will have to row 5 miles into the wind. The best time will win.
Swimming and diving will be next. Wearing all the gear a fly-fisherman usually has on, the participants will have to jump from a 10-meter platform into the water. Points will be awarded based on style and size of the splash a competitor makes as he or she hits the water after achieving terminal velocity, being able to swim to the edge of the pool and how much of the gear makes it to the bank.
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So there it is. A four-event competition, plus an overall winner. The folks I fly-fish with can win this. They wont even have to train. Just think, more medals for the USA, and fewer for China.
I did want to include one more event, beach fish-ball. However, I just couldnt make it work. Who in their right mind would want to watch four people, in waders and boots, rolling around in the sand trying to throw a dead fish across a net. Its just too ugly to think about.
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The Duval County Clerk's Office has offered online bidding for foreclosed properties for some time, and now Jacksonville-based Lender Processing Services is bringing bank-foreclosures all over the U.S. online.
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I read the news today, Oh Prunella!
"School District Told to Replace Web Filter Blocking Pro-Gay Sites"
Do Tell, Michelle!
"Students using the computers at Camdenton High School here in central Missouri have been able to access the Web sites for Exodus International, as well as People Can Change, antigay organizations that counsel men and women on how to become heterosexual.
But the students have not been able to access the Web sites of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or the Gay-Straight Alliance Network.
They have been able to read Bowers v. Hardwick, the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld a Georgia statute criminalizing sodomy. But they have been blocked from reading Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 Supreme Court ruling that held that laws criminalizing sodomy were unconstitutional.
They have been given access to scores of antigay sites, but not to those supportive of gay people.
A clear-cut case of censorship?"
"Actually, not so clear."
For The World's Worst Newspaper that's par for the course.
"It does not appear that the school superintendent or the librarians or board members or the district Web master made these decisions.
Instead, the district's Web filter determined which sites would be open to students and which would be blocked. Since the passage of the Children's Internet Protection Act in 2000, public schools have been required to use Internet filters that shield students from pornography and obscenity.
As for who developed this particular filter, which along with blocking obscenity also discriminates against content supportive of gay people, that person's identity is hidden behind URLBlacklist, a company that sells filter software to schools."
Passing the Cyberbuck as it were.
"These filters are a new version of book-banning or pulling books off the shelf," said Pat Scales of the American Library Association. "The difference is, this is much more subtle and harder to identify."
Nothin subtle about it.
"Over the last year, the American Civil Liberties Union has asked officials from hundreds of school districts around the country to make changes in their Internet screening systems to eliminate bias, said Anthony Rothert, a civil liberties lawyer based in St. Louis.
All have agreed to, he said, except Camdenton, which the A.C.L.U. sued last summer.
The lawsuit — believed to be the first of its kind — does not claim that this rural district of 4,200 students purchased the software with the intent of discriminating. Rather, it says, once there were complaints about the filter last year, school officials refused to replace it. An investigator for the A.C.L.U. has been able to figure out how the filter works, but not who developed it.
This is known: The creator goes by "Dr. Guardian" and lives in Fareham, England, in a house that, according to a Google Maps image, has children's bicycles in the front yard.
"Some person, nameless and faceless, working out of his house in the United Kingdom, winds up determining what information students in Camdenton will have access to," said David Hinkle, an expert on software filters with the A.C.L.U. "
I wonder whose children those bicycles belong to.
"Camdenton officials say that any student who wants access to a pro-gay site that is blocked by the URLBlacklist filter can appeal to the district's Web master. They point out that last May, when the A.C.L.U. sent a letter of complaint identifying four pro-gay sites that students did not have access to, the district unblocked them.
"We do not discriminate against gay people or anyone else," Tim Hadfield, the superintendent, said in an interview."
I wonder if THIS slipped by that filter.
"In a hearing in federal court in October, Thomas Mickes, the lawyer for the Camdenton school district told the judge, "Just because the A.C.L.U. or some other liberal group says, 'Hey, you know, I don't like what you're doing, you've got to change that,' and if we don't change it, then somehow we're showing discrimination, that's not the law. That would be crazy."
Translation: "Homophobia is sane."
"A photo on a local conservative club's Web site shows a single-engine plane flying over the area with a banner that reads, "Thank you Camdenton — Get Lost A.C.L.U."
Michelle Malkin Airways no doubt.
"Last month, Nanette K. Laughrey, a United States district judge in Jefferson City, Mo., issued a preliminary injunction ordering Camdenton to discontinue "its Internet filter system as currently configured." She wrote that "any new system selected must not discriminate against Web sites expressing a positive viewpoint toward LGBT individuals."
The judge noted that a girl who had complained to the A.C.L.U. — identified only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit — was afraid to ask school officials to have sites unblocked because it would "draw attention to her and make her the subject of further taunting."
The operative term is "further." Clearly the school is a hell hole for LGBT students.
"The A.C.L.U. identified 41 Web sites supportive of gay people that were blocked by URLBlacklist, and then tested those 41 sites on five other Internet filters.
None of the 41 were blocked by the five other filters tested.
In traditional school censorship cases, civil liberties lawyers have relied on professional librarians as expert witnesses. For this case they found Mr. Hinkle, of Davenport, Iowa. He has no college degree, but in 1999, at the age of 20, he developed an Internet filter now used by more than 1,000 school districts.
The civil liberties lawyers spent weeks looking for someone who would be able to explain in plain English how an Internet filter could be configured to discriminate. "We found experts who understood the technology, but we didn't know what they were talking about," Mr. Rothert said. "David was able to explain so we could understand, and if we could understand him, a judge could."
"The way it worked: the URLBlacklist filter classified gay organizations in the "sexuality" category. The sexuality filter also screened out pornography. As a result, when URLBlacklist filtered pornography, it also filtered Web sites supportive of gay causes.
On the other hand, antigay Web sites were typically classified under "religion" or not categorized at all and so were allowed through the filter.
Evangelicals Concerned, a religious support group for gay people, was classified as sexuality and blocked; the Christian Coalition, a leading opponent of gay marriage, was considered religion and permitted. The 2003 Supreme Court ruling was included on a pro-gay list and blocked; the 1986 antigay ruling was not categorized and allowed through."
See? Nothing "subtle" about it.
"Judge Laughrey noted that the URLBlacklist filter was even bad at doing its primary, legal job: blocking pornography. Tested on its ability to recognize 500 sexually explicit sites, it missed 30 percent of them. CIPAFilter, one of the leaders in the field, missed 3 percent.
The judge concluded that the only reason she could see for continuing to use an "ineffective" product "falling below professional standards" was a desire to discriminate.
I sent an e-mail to URLBlacklist seeking comment but did not receive a response.
When I asked the superintendent if gay students felt comfortable about being open at Camdenton High School, he said that three different students in the last few years had approached administrators about forming a Gay-Straight Alliance club. "It was never established," Mr. Hadfield said. "But they'd have the same opportunity as any other student organization."
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Born in Pelham, New Hampshire, in 1882, Frederick A. Cutter attended Lowell High School before enrolling into the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1902. One of the first students on a five year plan, Cutter graduated as a member of the class of 1907. During his time at the college, he became known for his jovial nature, earning the nickname "Joke," and for his involvement in athletics. The center on the varsity football team, he was also a forward on the basketball team, manager of the baseball team, and a member of the Undergraduate Athletic Board. In his equally active social life, he served as head of the Komical Klub, a Vaudeville cast member, and he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
After graduating, Cutter established a successful tree care business in Orange, New Jersey.
A quirky reflection of an undergraduate's life at Massachusetts Agricultural College at the turn of the twentieth century, the Frederick A. Cutter collection includes photographs of the 1907 football team and the 1906 and 1907 members of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, a uniform for the 1907 M.A.C. basketball team, large MAC pennants and banners, and a Lowell High School sweater from 1902. There is also a collection of 1907 M.A.C. football gear, including cleats and a nose guard.
Worthy of note is a photograph of the graduating class of 1907, which includes one of the university's first female graduates, Susie D. Livers, as well as one of its first African American graduates, John T. Caruthers. Cutter's collection also contains the earliest extant M.A.C. basketball uniform. Among the remainder of the collection are some reunion paraphernalia from the class of 1907, Columbia University Calendars for 1909 and 1910, the 1914 M.A.C. bulletin, a 1907 commencement program from Mount Holyoke College, and Cutter's own Zoology notebook. The collection is organized chronologically, with textiles housed in separate boxes.
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Harriet McLane, daughter of Frederick A. Cutter, graciously donated this collection to University Archives on November 14, 2000. After her father's passing, McLane and her sister inherited his house, located in New Jersey, and all his belongings. McLane moved to Palm Springs California, while her sister moved into their childhood home. McLane discovered the collection in a box in the attic of her sister's house while cleaning it out after her unfortunate passing. After she discovered the significance of the contents of the box she contacted Michael Milewski of the University Archives and chose to donate the collection to the University her father loved so much.
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