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Vernon-Verona-Sherrill wrestlers rally for victory over Ilion
VERONA -- Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's wrestling rallied from a 16-6 deficit to edge Ilion 39-34 in a Center State Conference meet Tuesday. Pins by Kasey proper, Trevor Simzer, Ed Bentley, Carter Kimball and Jarred Fiacco keyed a run of seven wins in eight matches that clinched the outcome against a good Golden Bombers team.
"We lost to them at the (Lewis County Duals) tourney we won," a happy coach Mark Peavey said afterward.
Lane Frost added an 11-4 win for the hosts as they came back at home days before hosting Ilion and more than a dozen other teams at the CNY tourney.
It looked likely that Ilion would beat VVS again when things started.
"We had (Jason) Colon out of the lineup, and they had Landry Cook back in the lineup," Peavey said. "Jette saving us two points (at 132) was big, but the biggest turnaround was 220."
Jarred Fiacco avenged a loss to Ilion's Zach Fresco with a pin in 2:24 for the clinching points at 220.
"It was a good night for us," Peavey said.
VVS 39, Ilion 34
126: Andrew Burch (I) p. Brad Calhoun 3:21
132: Laken Cook (I) d. Jette Collins 12-0
138: Kasey Proper (VVS) p. Ed Moises 3:02
145: Bryan Bennett (I) p. Devin Woodcock 1:53
152: Gage Patry (VVS) fft.
160: Trevor Simzer (VVS) p. Sean Jackson 1:23
170: Ed Bentley (VVS) p. Darren Lincourt 3:16
182: Lane Frost (VVS) d. Landry Cook 11-4
195: Carter Kimball (VVS) p. Alex Marro 2:40
220: Jarred Fiacco (VVS) p. Zach Fresco 2:24
285: Brandon Yeager (I) p. Ryan Breckenridge :23
99: No match
106: Tanner Cook (I) fft.
113: Andy Coffin (I) d. Austin Vanderhoof 5-0
120: Dan Sportello (I) d. Bryce Cipollone 5-4
Records - Ilion 7-11, VVS 9-6.

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TV classics: Top Cat
USA 1961-62, one season, 30 episodes, approximately 25 minutes each, ABC, color. Production Company: Hanna-Barbera. Voice Talents: Arnold Stang, Allen Jenkins, Maurice Gosfield, Leo DeLyon, Marvin Kaplan, John Stephenson
Plot summary: He's the boss. He's the VIP . He's a championship. He's the most tip top – Top Cat.
Review: In 1961, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera brought a cat to life who was one of a kind. Top Cat and his gang, Benny the Ball, Brain, Choo Choo, Fancy Pants, and Spook. Set in Manhattan, the animated show felt like a mixture of The Phil Silvers Show and The East End Kids, a series of B pictures from the 1940s. TC (as Top Cat was called by his friends) was the perfect con-man. He always knew how to get the best for himself and his fellow alley cats. Charlie Dibble was their harmless enemy, a local policeman whose wit was no praise for the NYPD.
Like most Hanna-Barbera productions, Top Cat was not only directed at children and their parents but also at a general audience who loves to laugh. Following into the footsteps of The Flintstones, the show used pop culture references and adult topics in a fantastic world that followed its own rules. Unlike its predecessor, however, Top Cat only got a chance to shine for one full season. Since its cancellation in 1962, the show has lived on in comic books and reruns around the world, especially in the United Kingdom where the program is most commonly known as Boss Cat. Today, TV's coolest cat is available on DVD. A wonderful treat for animation fans and geeks, or anyone else who enjoys the style and humor of TV's Golden Age.


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DOVER — Representing the red, white and blue is prestigious enough. David Lassonde discovered a splash of gold really enhances the experience.
The Rochester native was an assistant coach for Team USA, which recently captured the gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia.
"It was awesome," Lassonde said. "The interesting thing about this is the more I'm removed from it the more I realize how big a deal it was. That tournament is big-time. I've been doing this for so long that sometimes it becomes just another hockey event. But this wasn't just another hockey event. To do what we did was pretty special."
Lassonde's primary job was to work with the goalies. He also did some advance scouting on the Americans' next opponent.
After going 2-2 in the preliminary round, the U.S. beat the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals, Canada in the semis and defending champion Sweden in the final.
They outscored the opposition in those three games, 15-2.
It was the second gold medal in four years for the U.S. in the event and third overall.
"I'd say this is probably the highlight of my hockey career, being part of a gold medal-winning team," Lassonde said. "It was nice. It was a lot of fun. It was unbelievable hockey. Great memories. It was wonderful stuff. The kids were great and focused, and it all came together at the right time."
Lassonde is currently in his second year as an assistant coach with the University of Denver hockey team after 17 years over two stints as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire.
He's also coached at Wisconsin and Miami University. Lassonde has coached in five Frozen Fours and 17 NCAA tournaments.
He was asked to join the Team USA staff in early October.
"I was very honored and flattered," Lassonde said. "I was looking forward to it. For 25 years I've been involved with USA Hockey at some level. Short of the Olympics, this is the next best (thing) for USA Hockey in terms of international competition."
The Americans, who were coached by former NHL player Phil Housley, were confident going into the elimination phase despite back-to-back losses to Russia and Canada in the preliminary round.
"Any time you have a big-time goalie and a big-time defense you feel you have an opportunity to be successful," Lasssonde said. "Going into the tournament those were our two strengths and we played really well in both areas.
"The players were accepting of their roles," Lassonde added, "and that was really key. Our motto was 'team first' and every single player on the team lived up to that motto."
Goalie John Gibson was named most valuable player. He finished with a 1.36 goals-against average and a .955 save percentage.
A second-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks, Gibson stopped 26 of 27 shots in the 3-1 win over Sweden in the final.
"Going into the tournament if you talked about the best goalies, John Gibson was probably one of the first names that came out of your mouth," Lassonde said. "We knew going in we had a chance because of what he brought to the table. He made some timely saves and that prevented the opposition from gaining momentum. That's what a goalie needs to do. It's not so much how many saves, but when you make them."
Lassonde said Gibson didn't need much coaching.
"He knew his game better than I knew his game," Lassonde said. "I just let him play. No maintenance at all. He has a great work ethic. When you go into a tournament like that it's a short-term event so there's no time for any kind of egos. The players were all focused and businesslike. They were there to help our country win a gold medal, and they did it."
Providence goalie Jon Gillies was also on the team. He's the son of former UNH goalie Bruce Gillies. The Americans allowed only nine goals in seven games. They also defeated Germany and Slovakia by an aggregate score of 17-3.
Boston College star Johnny Gaudreau led all scorers in the tournament with seven goals.
"I don't think people understand how good the hockey is at that level," Lassonde said. "Every team in the tournament sends their best 22-23 players that fit the age bracket. You look at the countries that participate in that tournament, and it's a big deal to them. You combine that with how good the hockey is and how good the players are and the actual stage of the tournament, those are the three things that stand out for me."
And, of course, the medal ceremony.
"Any time you wear your colors and hear your national anthem and see your flag raised in a building, it's pretty special," Lassonde said. "It's all about pride."


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A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that for healthy, normal-weight people aged 45 and older, getting less than six hours of sleep a night could boost the risk of stroke. NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.
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Too few hours of sleep can raise the risk of stroke significantly, even among healthy, normal-weight people, a new study finds.
Attention, busy middle-aged folks. You may be healthy and thin, but if you habitually sleep less than six hours a night, you still could be boosting your risk of a stroke.
That's the surprising conclusion of a new study being presented Monday at SLEEP 2012, the annual meeting of the nation's sleep experts.
Getting too little shut-eye appeared to more than quadruple the risk of stroke symptoms among healthy, normal-weight people aged 45 and older, according to a study of some 5,600 people followed for up to three years.
"The really important take-home message is this: Don't blow it off. Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise," said Megan Ruiter, the University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher who led the study.
Experts recommend that healthy adults get between seven and nine hours of sleep a night. But about one in three U.S. workers regularly gets less than seven hours of snooze time, according to a recent government health report.
Ruiter and her colleagues reviewed data from some 30,239 people participating in the REGARDS study – Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke – sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
Of those, they teased out some 5,666 people who were healthy at the start of the study – no history of stroke, stroke symptoms, so-called "mini-stroke" or transient ischemic attack, or elevated risk for sleep apnea and other sleep-disordered breathing problems.
"We eliminated all the people who were high risk," Ruiter said.
But when they looked more closely at the sleep habits of those people and adjusted for their weight, they found what Ruiter said were unexpected results.
In people who fell into normal weight categories -- a body mass index of 18.5 to nearly 25 -- those who reported sleeping less than six hours a night were at about 4.5 times greater risk of developing stroke symptoms than whose who slept seven and eight hours a night. Surprisingly, that increase wasn't apparent in overweight or obese people who slept less.
"Our thought is that habitually sleeping less than six hours is kind of like a precursor," said Ruiter. "It might kind of lead to some of these stronger and more severe risk factors later on."
That's dismaying news to Mark Wolfe, 49, a busy teacher, husband and father of four from Corvallis, Ore., who has run the Boston Marathon eight times and routinely gets six hours of sleep or less, waking at 4:05 a.m. on weekdays in order to train.
"Because I'm leading a very active and healthy life, I don't expect to drop dead from a stroke," said Wolfe, who is tall and thin, with a BMI of about 21.
But there's no question, adults function best with more sleep than six hours a night, experts say. Chronic sleep deprivation caused by getting too little most nights may boost the risk of stroke because it causes changes in the autonomic functions of the body, including blood pressure, heart rate, inflammation and glucose levels, said Dr. Phyllis C. Zee, associate director for Sleep & Circadian Biology at the Northwestern University School of Medicine.
"It not only affects the blood vessels to the heart and body, but also to the brain," said Zee, who was not involved in the study presented at the meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
It will take more research to determine whether short sleep actually results in more full-blown strokes for the REGARDS participants. But in the meantime, Ruiter said the study offers cautions for Wolfe and other middle-aged people who maintain their weight but scrimp on sleep.
"The important thing now is just to have physicians and people be more aware that the amount and quality of sleep might be important for how they feel and the quality of their health," she said.
Related stories:
- One-third of US workers don't get enough sleep
- Out of whack sleep habits can cause diabetes
- 6 signs you need more sleep
- Watch it! Your job may give you a stroke
A recent study from the Centers for Disease control found about a third of working adults get only six or fewer hours of sleep every day, which increases the risk of health problems. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.


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Dear Colleagues, Dear Caving Friends,
This is a first e-mail from Organizing Committee of the 16th International Congress of Speleology (16ICS). As you already know, the Congress will be organized from 21st to 28th of July 2013 in Brno, Czech Republic.
The Organizing Committee (OC) work hard to prepare 16ICS as a friendly World´s Cavers Community meeting, with fruitful scientific program, fantastic excursions and attractive accompanying program. OC encourage UIS Commissions again, to send Us their requests and suggestions for 16ICS and also welcome all your comments.
You can find a first circular and more information on 16ICS official website http://www.speleo2013.com.
Since now, You also will be regularly informed about all important upgrades in Congress preparation via e-mail. We very appreciate your recommendation for your colleagues and friends, they want to be informed via e-mail too. If you do not wish to be informed, please, let us know, your e-mail will be removed from a list.
Welcome to our journey to the next International Congress of Speleology!
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Listing Date07/10/19
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Lot Size0.58 Acres (25,265 SqFt)
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Perched on a West Vail hillside with views extending across the Gore Valley, offering comfort and privacy, with light, bright spaces, modern and thoughtful finishes, and ample space where needed. Illustrating the home's quality and convenience are a chef's kitchen, heated floors, snowmelt driveway, interesting architectural lines and features, ensuite bathrooms, and a master suite with a 5 piece bathroom and his and her closets.
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It's safe to say that Home Depot isn't a place I feel particularly comfortable. Partially because I don't know what 97 percent of the products for sale are used for, and also because it's just so overwhelmingly gigantic. As a female venturing in solo, it's easy to get lost, disoriented and perhaps panicked among strange sights and smells. Floor-to-ceiling displays of foreign objects can leave you feeling quite small.
What is a depot anyway? Weird word. Why's it end with a T? It always makes me visualize an 1800s general store in the wild west where one would acquire grains and sugar rations out of wooden barrels and fabric by the bolt. I think I'd actually like it more if that's what it was like.
Yesterday I made a depot run for a few items that I couldn't name, but knew existed. Thus began an inarticulate guessing game with an unsuspecting employee.
Those pencil things that you can draw on wood with to fill splintered parts?
Spackle stuff for wood, you know, to fill in cracks?
A paintbrush. No, it's a special kind. You use it on trim and it's angled?
I made it out alive and only marginally flustered. My favorite moment was when a female stranger joined me in silenced horror in front of the paint brush display. "There's just…so many…so many kinds. Why would one cost $25 and this one's only two bucks?"


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21 May 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Analytica gets letter of intent from Taiwan Allied Dragon (TAD)
Singapore: Analytica secured a letter of intent from Taiwan's major medical products' distributor, Taiwan Allied Dragon (TAD), which will help roll out Analytica Auto Start Burette initially in Taiwan and later in other Asian markets.
Legal documentation to formalize the relationship is underway. TAD will manage the regulatory approvalfar the Auto Start Burette in the ensuing months and will undergo trials at localhospitals a s part of the market entry proc ess.
Mr Catch Liao, CEO, Taiwan Allied Dragon, said that, "Analytica's AutoStart Burette is in a category of its own and makes a lot of sense for hospitals in Taiwan and the Greater China Region. We are excited to have the opportunity to distribute this innovative technology, helping our hospitals and clinics to be more productive, efficient and safer. We see a very bright future for Analytica and their technologies in Taiwan and the broader region."
Established in 2002, TAD has a strong knowledge of the health market through ownership of hospitals and the manufacture and export of medical technologies. lnvolvement in the health sector, as hospital stakeholders, gives them access to a range of decision makers in the health ministry, national and private hospital networks.


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At first glance, this video shows a real crash test of a 2014 F1 car chassis. That's very interesting, but one expert seems to have sussed out an even more interesting detail.
The expert is the always-excellent Craig Scarborough aka ScarbsF1. If you're a casual observer, he is by far the best source on the Internet for technical information when it comes to F1. He's known for his incredibly accurate line drawings in particular. And what did Scarbs see when he watched this video?
Yep, it's a penis nose. His earlier predictions about the 2014 Red Bull's phallic proboscis point to the same design. We might have the most technologically advanced season in quite some time to look forward to, but we may also be getting ready for the most NASCAR-esque and, if this is anything to go on, ugliest season in memory.


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RAF Machrihanish
RAF Machrihanish was a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located on the western side of the Kintyre peninsula, approximately three miles west of Campbeltown. Now known as MoD Machrihanish, the United States Navy handed the airfield back to the MoD on June 30, 1995, marking the end of its service as a NATO facility since 1960. While the airfield remains the property and responsibility of the MoD, and is now maintained by the British Army, a section at the eastern end of the runway is reserved for Campbeltown Airport, which has the use of the airfield's runway for its commercial operations.
From its official beginning in 1918, RAF Machrihanish has existed under a variety of names, functioned as both a military and a civil airfield, and performed a number of additional roles, over and above that of a simple aerodrome, airfield, or airport.
World War I
Aviation activity at Machrihanish began during World War I, c. 1916, when a small aerodrome with grass runways was established there to provide facilities for non-rigid airships (blimps) and fixed wing aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
Towards the end of the war, in July or August of 1918, RAF Machrihanish opened for the first time operating as a sub-station of the RNAS airship station based at Luce Bay. The airfield was part of 25 Group, North West Area, with 272 Squadron (Marine Operations) stationed there. The station closed in December 1918, when the last squadron to be based there was disbanded.
By 1918, the RNAS had twelve airships stationed along the length of the east coast, around to Cornwall and right up to North Wales: Longside (Angus), East Fortune (East Lothian), Howden (Yorkshire), Cranwell (Lincolnshire), Pulham (Norfolk), Kingsnorth (Kent), Capel (Kent), Polegate (Sussex), Mullion (Cornwall), Pembroke (Pembrokeshire), Anglesey, and Luce Bay (Wigtownshire). A further fifteen sub-stations and mooring-out sites supplemented the main stations.
The RNAS operated a number of airships. The Sea Scout airship met Lord Fisher�s specification for an airship with a speed of 50 mph, carrying two crew and a wireless operator with 160 lb of bombs. The airships were about 112 feet long (much smaller than the German Zeppelins), travelled at about 53 mph and could stay up for ten hours. Their task was to keep German U-Boats away from Allied shipping, forcing them to remain submerged, which meant their speed was limited to about 5 knots. The wireless operator's cockpit was equipped with a machine-gun, used to detonate floating mines.
Between the Wars
With the end of World War I in 1918, the military left the area, and the aerodrome became established as a civilian operation, serving the growing number of private and pleasure flyers, created from the ranks of those who had been trained to fly during the war, and were redundant as it ended. By the early 1930s, Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd began to operate scheduled, commercial flights from the airfield, which had become known under a variety of names, including Campbeltown Aerodrome, which is simply the obsolete language form of Campbeltown Airport.
World War II
The outbreak of World War II saw the Royal Navy return to the area, requisitioning the original airfield and the area to its north. Sunley's (an English construction company) began construction of the new airfield to the north of the existing site, on an area of flat land known as The Laggan. On completion, the new airfield opened as Strabane Naval Air Station, and named HMS Landrail on June 15, 1941, becoming RNAS Machrihanish on Monday, June 23, 1941. The old Strath airfield became HMS Landrail II, and continued to operate as a satellite of the new airfield.
772 Squadron (Fleet Requirement Unit), operating Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, was the first resident squadron to arrive there. Formed in September 1939, 772 was originally based at the Naval Base in Portland, but the early fall of France meant the base was a prime target for the Luftwaffe, and the anti-submarine school could not remain there, and moved to RNAS Machrihanish in July 1940, together with the squadron. 766 Squadron (Operational Training Unit) arrived in August 1942, becoming resident. 768 Squadron (Deck Landing Training) joined in the middle of 1943. In addition to its resident squadrons, records indicate a further ten front line squadrons were stationed there in spring 1942. Fleet Air Arm (FAA) squadrons would disembark from their carriers in the Atlantic, and proceed to HMS Landrail for training. The RAF would also visit, receiving torpedo training for its Beaufighter anti-shipping Strike Wings, and deck landing training for Spitfire pilots. Almost every aircraft type of the time operated there, and a large number (anything from 60 to 200 dependent on source) of FAA squadrons passed through its gates, making it one of the three busiest front line airfields in Britain.
Operations at HMS Landrail were focussed on training, and the airfield made use of all the various firing and bombing ranges located around the coast of the Kintyre peninsula, such as the Skipness Bombing Range, used for practice runs, and the Balure Range, which was live fire and bombing. The airfield also served as a base for convoy escort squadrons, and anti-submarine squadrons.
Prior to Operation Tungsten, a carrier based attack on the Tirpitz which took place on April 3, 1944, participating Barracuda and Corsair squadrons used the facilities at HMS Landrail to practice their attacks. The battleship had just completed six months of repairs in dock, and suffered damage which resulted in a further two months work. The Germans suffered over 100 dead and 300 injured, with the loss of nine Allied pilots. Although the raid was successful, damage caused was less than expected, and attributed to the armour-piercing bombs having been dropped from a lower altitude than intended.
The end of the war saw the last squadron at HMS Landrail disband, and by early 1945 the site quickly became disused. By April 1946 the airfield had been reduced to Care and Maintenance, which meant it could be re-activated at any time.
HMS Landrail II was also shut down and closed at the same time. With only two grass runways, and bordering land that was to be developed as the larger RAF Machrihanish, there was no potential for development at the smaller site, and the land reverted to farm use.
The name HMS Landrail is derived from the name of a bird, more commonly known as a Corncrake, and follows the Royal Navy's tradition of naming its onshore facilities in the same way as its ships. Aerodromes and airfields are distinguished by being named after birds.
Postwar military operation and the Cold War
The airfield was reactivated during the Korean War (1950 - 1953), and became operational from December 1, 1951 to December 1, 1952. During this period, squadrons used the area's training facilities to practice their operations prior to embarking on HMS Indomitable in May, 1952. By 1953, the airfield had again been abandoned.
During the 1950s, tensions relating to the Cold War steadily grew in intensity, and this led to the next, and largest, development at Machrihanish.
The airfield underwent major reconstruction and development in the period from 1960 to 1962, expanding to its present size, and having its original four runways replaced by a single strip of 10,000 feet. This was constructed with an east-west orientation, extending toward the eastern, Atlantic coast of the peninsula, in keeping with NATO's plan for naval aircraft to use the base. As soon as the work was completed in 1962, Vulcan bombers of the Medium Bomber Force began to make regular use of the new runway.
On May 22, 1963, the RAF took the station over when it became part of No 18 (Maritime) Group.
NATO related development continued, with Machrihanish being designated a Master Diversion Airfield, and in 1968, the US Navy established the Naval Aviation Weapons Facility on the site. Although this was designed and built to hold nuclear weapons, there are no records of such weapons ever being offloaded and stored there.
Over the following years, the airfield and its facilities were used by most of NATO's maritime aircraft during exercises, with many NATO and Joint Military Commission (JMC) exercises being conducted there. Most, if not all, of today's front line military aircraft have probably trained at Machrihanish.
The base was also home to a US Navy SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) Commando Unit, a twenty person team known as a Naval Special Warfare Detachment. The unit was located at the western end of the runway, together with the buildings and silos of the Weapons Facility. Three such units have been identified: Navy Special Warfare Unit One, Subic Bay, Philippines; Navy Special Warfare Unit Two, Machrihanish, United Kingdom; Navy Special Warfare Unit Three, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.
During the 1980s, the decommissioned weapons storage facility was used by the RAF Police School, training police recruits in special weapons protection known as SD814 duties. This refers to a book known as SD814 (secret document 814), which contained written procedures for the protection of nuclear warheads.
The need to maintain the base and facilities at Machrihanish gradually diminished during the late 1980s and early 1990s, as the Cold War effectively ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991.
After the Cold War
Operational activity at Machrihanish decreased rapidly in the early 1990s, and on June 30, 1995, the US Navy officially handed control of the base back to the MoD, which is now responsible for the site. Retained on a care and maintenance basis, the airfield could be reverted to military use in times of conflict or national emergency.
Following the handover from the US Navy, the airfield's name changed once more, from RAF Machrihanish to MoD Machrihanish, and is now a British Army facility. The base is now used for periodic exercises, generally involving ground troops rather than aircraft. Flying exercises are rare, and the most likely aircraft to be seen there is the well-known Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport. The Air Training Corps (ATC) also utilises the airfield to host adventure training camps following the closure of the previous ATC facilities.
The airfield's use as a NATO facility during the Cold War, long runway, use for Special Forces training, remoteness and isolation, especially in the days when the public was less mobile than it is today, led to the spawning of many conspiracy theories, many of which still persist today. No doubt these continue to be fuelled by the continued ownership of the site by the MoD and Army, and its use for occasional training exercises. It will probably always makes for good copy in quiet times, and help maintain falling book sales. Such theories are always more interesting (and profitable for some) than the less attractive possibility that the long runway was simply a necessary requirement for the declared purpose of the site, a dispersal airfield for V-bombers and an emergency landing site for P-3 Orions, maritime patrol aircraft of the time, used mainly for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
One of the favourite legends is the runway, often quoted as being "over 3 miles long" and therefore undoubtedly used for clandestine purposes. In fact, the 10,000 foot strip is not particularly unusual nowadays, Ireland's Shannon Airport has a strip of 10,500 feet. In miles, Machrihanish is short of even 2 miles, at 1.89 miles in length. This can easily be confirmed using any of the online maps (assuming they have not ALL been censored to return incorrect measurements), and suggests that the legend creators may not understand the difference between miles and kilometres, since the runway is indeed a little over 3 kilometres long, but not 3 miles.
Another legend involves the Space Shuttle, with claims that the runway is certified to accept the Shuttle should it be obliged to land in Europe, which also requires facilities for the Shuttle/Boeing 747 lifter to recover the craft. Unfortunately, there do not appear to be any documentary references cited to support this claim, although there is evidence that NASA has selected Shannon as an emergency landing airfield for the Shuttle, together with RAF Fairford. As for European landing, NASA has properly manned, secure (Department of Defence - DoD) facilities ready to accept aborted shuttle missions, such as the TAL (Trans-oceanic Abort Landing) sites in Spain, at Moron and Zaratoga. These were referred to in an STS115 mission interview:
Mark McKenna from Hickory Hills: Are there more landing sites besides Kennedy or Edwards if the orbiter requires it at any point?
Leinbach: Well there sure are. In fact, on launch day, we have three of what we call our TAL sites: trans-oceanic abort landing sites. These are necessary. Two of them are in Spain and one is in France. These are necessary if the main engines of the shuttle terminate early during ascent, we can reach one of these landing sites in either Spain or France. But after we go through a certain point in the ascent, then we are going so fast that if we had an engine go out we can't get to the TAL site. We essentially would abort to orbit which would mean that maybe two engines are only burning, but we can still get to a perfectly fine and safe orbit. So, we have the three sites on launch day -- the TAL sites. In addition, if we get some really wild contingency scenario, we have probably 25 or 30 emergency landing sites around the world that the orbiter can land at. We've never been to one of these sites. We've never been to a TAL site with the orbiter. We have folks over there waiting for the orbiter in case we get into that on launch day. But at the emergency landing sites, we don't have anybody pre-positioned there because of the unlikelihood of actually going there. There is a series of airports up the east coast of the United States that the orbiter can land at if we have to. We have those plans and processes in place with all of those airports if we call up an emergency site early in the ascent, we notify them, they clear their air space and the orbiter can land at one of those sites. Again, there is a couple of dozen of those around the globe in case we get into a situation where we just can't wait to land at Kennedy or Edwards, we have to land somewhere, there is some vehicle issue that's going on that says we need to get the astronauts down now, we don't care where the orbiter lands, we just want it on the ground safely with our astronauts.
Postwar civil operation
Campbeltown Airfield
Campbeltown Airfield, now generally referred to as Campbeltown Airport (IATA:CAL,ICAO:EGEC), is a commercial venture which operates from the runway of the former NATO base established at RAF Machrihanish station. The base was closed and returned to the MoD in 1995, and the site is now known as MoD Machrihanish, maintained on an Extended Care and Maintenance basis for use by the British Army.
Civilian operations at Campbeltown Airport do not have access to the entire site at MoD Machrihanish, and are restricted to the eastern end of the runway, where they have their own facilities, offices, maintenance and service area. This follows from the location of the nuclear weapons silos and the United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Forces, (SEAL) detachment which was stationed at the western end.
The Strath
The airfield originally come into being c. 1916 as a small aerodrome with grass runways, serving non-rigid airships and fixed wing aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). The end of World War I saw the military leave the area, and in the period between the two wars, the airfield was used for civil flying and referred to locally as The Strath. This was the name of nearby farm which contained Mitchell's field, which lay adjacent to the airfield, and had become the preferred site for landing. The airfield was billed as the Strath Aerodrome on timetables and brochures issued by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd, which, on April 27, 1933, became the first aviation company to operate scheduled, commercial flights from the airfield, flying to Renfrew, Belfast and Speke, using two Airspeed AS.4 Ferry aircraft. The AS.4 was built by Airspeed Ltd of York in 1932, and was a ten seat, three engine, biplane airliner designed by the aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham, specifically for pleasure flight - only four of the type were ever built. Midland & Scottish closed in 1934, one AS.4 was sold, and the other was eventually dismantled in 1941. Scottish Airways Ltd picked up the service, and civil flights continued to operate from the Strath, using DeHavilland Fox Moth, and DeHavilland Dragon aircraft.
Definitive naming of the airfield during this period is not really possible, as the brochures and timetables produced by Scottish & Midland used the names Strath Aerodrome, Strath Field Aerodrome and Campbeltown Aerodrome interchangeably.
One large hangar survives from the period, and can be found on Dalivaddy farm (where it is now used to store silage), together with a number of smaller brick buildings from the original airfield.
Although reading the various snippets of history available for the two airfield sites - the older Strath with its grass runways, and the later World War II development - describe the development, it is unclear when civilian operations ceased at the old site, and shared operation using the tarmac runway of the military facility began. If anyone can cite such a date, we would be most grateful, and include the information here.
Modern Campbeltown Airport
With the conclusion of World War II, and the departure of the military, scheduled operations and civilian flights returned to the smaller airfield, which had lost its earlier names, and was referred to as Campbeltown Airport. The civilian schedule was soon taken over by British European Airways (BEA), formed in 1946 by an Act of Parliament. BEA compulsorily acquired the aircraft fleets and routes of most UK private airlines then operating scheduled services within the UK and Europe. At that time, flights were being undertaken with a variety of aircraft, including Rapide, DC3, Herald, and Viscount. An Air Ambulance service was also operating from the airfield, using Rapide and Heron aircraft.
Records indicate that the airfield had two grass runways and four hangars each measuring 60 ft x 70 ft, together with a perimeter road and dispersal areas during its World War II operations, however the fact that it overlapped the larger and more developed site of RAF Machrihanish led to its final closure during 1945.
BEA/BA services were flown to Islay and Glasgow, until taken over by Loganair in 1977.
Reports (uncited) indicate that in 1987, the airfield was used by Concorde, for pilot training.
Machrihanish VOR
The Machrihanish MAC VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) beacon lies to the east of the airport and runway.
UAV tested in 2006
In 2006, BAe Systems tested an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV ) at Campbeltown, with the event being reported as the first fully autonomous UAV mission within UK airspace:
Under the High Endurance Rapid Technology Insertion (HERTI) effort, BAE next put Raven and Corax technologies and lessons into a new set of UAVs built around airframes provided by the Polish firm J&AS Aeronew. Built on the J-5 airframe, the HERTI1-D demonstrator went from conception in June 2004 to first flight in Australia in less than seven months. It has a wingspan of 8 meters, a ceiling of more than 6,000 meters, endurance of more than 25 hours and an operational radius of more than 1,000 kilometers.
A second HERTI UAV, the 1-A, was built on the ultra-light J-6 airframe for greater payload and endurance. It features redesigned landing gear, a longer 12.6-meter wing and a BMW twin-cylinder piston engine. Last August, HERTI-1A launched from a civilian-operated airfield in Campbeltown, Scotland, and flew the first fully autonomous UAV mission in U.K. airspace.
BAE plans to have up to 10 HERTI1-As, depending on how fast J&AS Aeronew can turn them out. They are envisioned as low-cost alternatives to other high-endurance UAVs under development. They likely will be powered by four-cylinder turbo-charged Rotax engines, and at least one likely will be used to test a Selex lightweight synthetic aperture radar.
- Source April 17, 2006.
External links
- Campbeltown Airfield Timetables, from the collections of Bj�rn Larsson and David Zekria
- The Airspeed Ferry
- Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, Campbeltown
- Campbeltown Airport, technical details
- EGEC Campbeltown
- 70th birthday for commercial flights at Campbeltown (18 April 2003)
- World Aero Data: Campbeltown
- World Aero Data: Machrihanish VOR
Golf course development
On February 23, 2005, The Scotsman carried an article regarding a proposed golf resort development under the title Hoon could bunker �30m golf resort set for site next to air base.
Then Defence Minister, Geoff Hoon, (who left the post in May, 2005), would automatically have been referred to in the event that any development was approved in the land surrounding the airfield. An Australian developer had used the media to accuse the MoD of hypocrisy, claiming it had pulled out of the area (as noted elsewhere, it was actually NATO and the US Navy that had handed the base back to MoD ten years earlier), causing a decade of hardship, and the population to drop by 4,000 down to only 6,000. (No source of the figures was cited). He stated the resort would generate 250 jobs, and �18 million for the local economy with a championship course, 32 timeshare homes in the �700,000 price range and a five-star hotel.
Australian millionaire Brian Keating claimed his resort would regenerate the area, bringing American millionaires in private jets which could land next to the resort, and had the support of local MP, George Lyon.
With little apparent publicity, approval for the resort scheme was not opposed by the MoD toward the end of 2006, who appeared to supportive of plans to bring development into the areas surrounding the airfield, although there appears to little mention of this in publicity arising from Brian Keating.
In May 2007, The Boston Globe carried an item that described the approval of the plans to develop a new golf course and resort called Machrihanish Dunes, noting that construction had already started on the site some weeks earlier, in April. There was little detail of the actual development itself, with the article serving more as a publicity opportunity to name drop those involved in the project. Later announcements, and the appearance of a web site for Machrihanish Dunes, indicated that the development would be open for business during 2008.
Machrihanish Dunes opens July 2009
The opening of the Machrihanish Dunes course was carried by The Herald online issue of July 22, 2009, when it proclaimed First New Links Course In A Century Opens.[1]. Unfortunately, its headline is not quite correct, as a course opened in Dundonald in 2003, on the former site of RAF Fullerton/Gailes.[2]
Space Tourism
Reported by the BBC in July 2006.
Space tourism flights from Scotland could be a reality in just four years time, it has been claimed, "from Scots base", as Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic wants to offer private space travel, launching commercial space journeys from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, starting as early as 2010.
President of Virgin Galactic Will Whitehorn told BBC Scotland: "We are designing it so that we will be able to tour it around the world. So we will have a main base in New Mexico and we are looking at three bases outside there to be able to operate from" Mr Whitehorn said. "As far as the UK is concerned the only area that we have found that has all the right conditions is the north of Scotland. It has relatively little overflying by aircraft, there are not people on the ground who could get injured and RAF Lossiemouth is an ideal location." Mr Whitehorn added that commercial operations could begin in 2009, with flights from a Scottish base such as "Lossiemouth or Machrahanish (sic)" the following year.
(Later developments subsequently reported on the Virgin Galactic web site suggest that the Scottish options are no longer under consideration.)
MoD Machrihanish for sale 2008
In late 2008, the MoD announced that their Machrihanish base was to be placed on the market. This created considerable local concern with regard to how the sale would be conducted, and how it might impact the area's economy, as it had recently learned of the intended departure of Vestas wind turbine factory which had been established with financial assistance from the Scottish Government, but was said to be producing the wrong kind of turbine, and in the wrong area, to satisfy the change in market demands.
MOD Machrihanish then employed 20 people, including facilities management staff and security guards.
Jim Mather MSP for Argyll and Bute said he saw it as an chance to safeguard existing jobs and open up the opportunity for renewal for Kintyre.
"It creates the opportunity to have more local assets used to boost the economy and job prospects," he said.
There is one MoD employee at Machrihanish and 19 contractors who provide security, maintenance and management. The site covers a massive 1,028 acres and is home to the longest runway in Europe, at 3km, and has hangers, jet fuel installations, offices, living accommodation, sports facilities and numerous other buildings.
Alan Reid, MP for Argyll and Bute, said: "It must not be sold off to an asset stripper. Kintyre is already threatened with the loss of more than 90 jobs at Vestas. The development potential of the Machrihanish site must be seized to create employment."
Machrihanish placed on the market May 2009
The Campbeltown Courier of 15 May 15, 2009, carried an article reporting that the Machrihanish base had gone on sale the previous day, with owners Defence Estates placing the first of a number of advertisements in the national press calling for expressions of interest.
Machrihanish sold in May 2012
On May 26, 2012, the BBC carried news of the sale of the site of the former base, for �1.[4]
The land was bought by a local community group, a company owned and controlled by local people. Their intention is to use the site to reinvigorate the local economy near Campbeltown. The Machrihanish Airbase Community Company wants to attract businesses to the areas and create jobs.[5]
The site covers some 1,000 acre, and includes Campbeltown Airport and an often troubled factory involved in wind turbine manufacturing. The report by BBC Scotland suggests that both have signed long leases and are unaffected by this deal.
It is interesting to note that the community group appears to have been happy to buy the former MoD site, despite it being included in various lists of former MoD sites allegedly contaminated by radiation, and subject to cover-ups. The listings would seem to have been triggered by environmental activists in the wake of Dalgety Bay (RNAS Donibristle), where radium from the paint used on instrument dials (to help the World War II pilots see them in the dark). The aircraft were destroyed, burnt, then buried, and the discovery of radioactive material on the beach is attributed to this material resurfacing after developers disturbed the ground. Activist groups have since claimed that similar contamination exists on a number of other MoD sites disposed of after the war
Spaceport option still noted in 2017
Along with Lossiemouth and Prestwick, Machrihanish was still being considered as a potential site for one of a number of spaceports that could be established to cater for horizontal launches of spacecraft:
A space flight bill to be included in the Queen�s Speech could see Scotland become �a thriving hub� for the industry, according to the secretary of state for Scotland.
New powers would see the launch of satellites from the UK for the first time, horizontal flights to the edge of space for scientific experiments and the creation of spaceports across the UK.
A number of Scottish sites have expressed an interest in the project, including Prestwick, Machrihanish and Stornoway.
Scottish secretary David Mundell said: �This new legislation on space ports will be a giant leap forward for Scotland�s ambitious space and satellite sector. It will give each of our potential spaceports a fantastic opportunity to establish Scotland as a thriving hub for commercial spaceflight.
�By capitalising on our existing scientific expertise, a Scottish spaceport would create new, skilled jobs and drive economic growth.�
More than 38,000 jobs rely on the UK�s space industry, which is worth �13.7 billion to the economy. The global market for launching satellites is estimated to be �25bn over the next 20 years.
The conspiracies
With regard to the conspiracy stories, your Admin worked with an American technician who had been employed as a tech with the US military during the 1980s and 1990s, and had often been assigned to Machrihanish. His opinion of stories such as the City beneath the runway weren't really printable, once he's stopped laughing. Visiting the area would suggest he's right, and the stories probably persist because most won't bother to visit the area due to its relative remoteness. The area may be remote, but it's far from secluded, secret or hidden. A flat expanse near sea level, all in clear view of the surrounding hills, and no security or fencing to prevent anyone overlooking any activities that may take place there.
The airfield's hangar has occasionally featured as proof that something was going at the base, the reason given being the fact that the door has never been seen open. Draw your own conclusion from the logic, but do bear in mind the amount of use, and traffic the base has served, even in the years up to its closure.
The stories can't be ignored, but can be dismissed, so this site won't be linking to any of them, they're easy to find. However, having been there, been involved with non-military personnel who worked there, and someone who was granted access to take photographs, these ideas begin to look rather sad. Reading them from the viewpoint of Prove It begins to show they're fairly dependent the relative remoteness of the area, and smoke and mirrors. By this, I mean that their basis generally comes down to things that were never seen, but were heard, or were claimed to be there through transitional evidence, such as smoke trails in the sky, anomalous radar reports, strange noises, lights in the sky, even strange looking waves on the nearby sea. Many accounts use the word apparently too often, and much is often made of the fact that the MoD or RAF won't comment or explain on them. What response would be expected of the MoD or RAF when asked daft questions?
Related quote
Provided without full details (clearly a forum entry though), but still related to the base, contradiction of accounts that the stores at Machrihanish were prepared, but never actually used to store nuclear weapons.
Re comments of Dark113 - So many confidently voiced opinions..............so few facts.........
For your information:
"In the UK, .....more sophisticated telephone connections [were] available at sites such as the St Mawgan and Machrihanish nuclear weapons stores, and within the hardened 'command operations centers' at all major US Air Force bases."
"US Navy facilities in Britain [held] stocks of nuclear weapons (as [did] the Air Force], in circumstances, apparently, of uncertain security. A US Navy controlled nuclear weapons store at Machrihanish, described as a 'Naval Aviation Weapons Facility' was built in 1967. Like its southern counterpart at St Mawgan (where a nuclear store was built in 1965) a communications centre at Machrihanish [was] directly linked to US Navy Headquarters in London so that orders to release nuclear weapons to NATO maritime aircraft [could] expeditiously be issued."
"Both nuclear stores [were] central repositories for nuclear depth bombs to be used by British, Canadian, Dutch and American anti-submarine aircraft operating in the North Sea and North Atlantic. They [held] B57 nuclear depth bombs, slim 15-inch diameter cylinders probably similar in internal design to the Little Boy weapon that was used on Hiroshima. Designed specially for use against submarines, they [could] be set to explode with a variety of nuclear yields, above, on, or below the surface. About 1,000 of the B57 depth bombs were produced for use by anti-submarine aircraft and helicopters, and from aircraft carriers. B57 bombs were first delivered to the US Navy in 1964.
"Machrihanish and St Mawgan between them [held] most, if not all, of the land-based European reserve of US nuclear depth bombs (other possible NDB sites [were] Sigonella in Italy, and Keflavik).
"By 1970 there were 7,000 [US] tactical nucelar weapons stored in Europe."
In 1984 "there [were] 5 confirmed US nuclear weapons stores in the United Kingdom (Lakenheath, Upper Heyford, Holy Loch (afloat in the submarine tender), Machrihanish and St Mawgan. Two further bases (Woodbridge and Alconbury) had storage facilities which appear[ed] to be suitable for peacetime nuclear weapons storage."
In the 1980s 96 nuclear-use GLCMs were deployed with 501st Tactical Missile Wing at Greenham Common and a further 64 at Molesworth in four mobile flights of 16 from December 1986.
F-111E nuclear bombers on continuous alert were deployed with the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing at Lakenheath and the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing at Upper Heyford throughout the 1980s.
A large USAF nuclear weapons store was completed at Bentwaters in the 1980s.
- Duncan Campbell The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier Michael Joseph Ltd, 1984. ISBN 0-586-08626-9
Venezuela: June, 2006
This little gem, found in Venezuelan News Bulletin, provides a convenient example of the quality of story that arises. Reproduced as presented, other than referring to British TV, no actual source is identified:
British TV said tonight that the US has a secret base in Scotland from whence they can launch a new stealth aircraft to reach any spot on the globe within 30 minutes to deliver a bombload of up to 2 tonnes with an accuracy of 2 meters.
RAF radars have acquired the hypersonic target travelling at speeds ranging from about Mach 6 to Mach 3 over a NATO-RAF base at Machrihanish, Scotland, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula, last November and again this past January.
The US Air Force is using the remote RAF airbase at Machrihanish, Strathclyde, as a staging point... The mystery aircraft has been dropping in at night before streaking back to America across the North Pole at more than six times the speed of sound...
1 ⇑ First New Links Course In A Century Opens (from The Herald), July 22, 2009.
2 ⇑ Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design
3 ⇑ Former Machrihanish RAF base is up for sale. The Oban Times. October 9, 2008.
4 ⇑ Former RAF Machrihanish bought for �1 Retrieved May 27, 2012.
5 ⇑ BBC News - Sale of former RAF airbase at Machrihanish confirmed Retrieved May 29, 2012 07:28:15.
6 ⇑ Space flight bill could create �thriving hub� in Scotland - The Scotsman Retrieved 2 July 2017.
7 ⇑ Campbeltown spaceport moves a step closer to reality - The Scotsman Retrieved 2 July 2017.
External links
Related Canmore/RCAHMS and ScotlandsPlaces (SP) entries:-
- Nearby Canmore or ScotlandsPlaces items
- Operation Tungsten
- Squadron refs
- Listing of Special Warfare Detachments
- Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- Contingency Action Plan (undated
- US bases handed back to MoD since 1988. Hansard February 23, 2004
- Golf course development, MoD reserves reactivation option. The Scotsman, February 23, 2005
- Machrihanish Dunes: Golf course web site
- Golf course developments begins in 2007
- Virgin Galactic web site
- 2175 (Rolls-Royce) Squadron Air Training Corps, 2006 camp at Machrihanish
- RAF Machrihanish sale, Written Ministerial Statements, October 6, 2008
- Campbeltown Courier, May 15, 2009
- The Airspeed Ferry
- Mull of Kintyre Airshow
- Machrihanish area pics, conspiracy free
- Machrihanish area pics, conspiracy based
- An example of a conspiracy site, which conveniently fails to reveal that the pic it carries is an acknowledged fake
- Both sides of the story. One's sexy and sells a book, the other doesn't
- Aurora goes on, and on, and...
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A Mississippi State University booster made recruiting contact with a top football prospect and provided impermissible benefits, according to a decision announced today by the Division I Committee on Infractions. Additionally, a former assistant football coach was cited for unethical conduct for failing to report the booster's activities when he became aware of them and providing false information during his first two interviews with the NCAA.
Penalties in the case include two years of probation, reductions in football scholarships, official paid visits, the number of in-person recruiting days and a one-year show-cause order for a former assistant coach. If the former assistant coach seeks employment at an NCAA member school during that one-year period, he and the school must appear before the Committee on Infractions to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures.
The booster befriended a top Mississippi State recruit and began arranging for him to use cars, gave him cash and provided other benefits. During the recruitment, the booster exchanged more than 100 phone calls with the recruit, assisted the recruit in securing a car to drive to a campus visit and provided cash to the recruit on multiple occasions. Additionally, the booster and his friend provided a car to the recruit for approximately $2,000 below the actual value of the car. Prior to taking an official visit to a different university, the booster told the recruit that if he did not take the visit, the recruit would be paid $6,000.
The former assistant coach, who developed a friendship with the booster, became aware of the improper recruiting activity but did not report it to university officials. The former assistant coach had frequent contact with the booster and he began to suspect that the booster was in contact with the recruit. Eventually the booster revealed he had conversations with the recruit and, in subsequent conversations, assured the former assistant coach that the recruit would commit to Mississippi State. The recruit's non-scholastic coach told the former assistant coach the recruit received a jacket and a gift card from the booster and expressed concerns over the recruit's car. Despite confirmation from the booster and the non-scholastic coach's concern, the former assistant coach did not report the information to the coaching staff or administration.
In two initial interviews with the university and the NCAA, the former assistant coach denied any knowledge of the booster's activity. After he resigned his position, the former assistant coach admitted he was aware. As a result, the committee cited the former assistant coach for unethical conduct. Since the former assistant coach is no longer employed by a NCAA member school, he was not required to appear at the infractions hearing but did attend to take responsibility for his actions. The committee notes his attendance helped give members a full assessment of the violations and the circumstances surrounding them.
Penalties in this case include:
- Public reprimand and censure.
- Two years of probation from June 7, 2013 through June 6, 2015.
- A one-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach, which prevents him from recruiting activities and booster interaction. The public report contains further details.
- A reduction of the number of official visits to 39, from the four-year average of 41, for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years (Self-imposed by the university).
- A reduction of the number of recruiting days during the spring evaluation period by four, from 168 to 164, for the 2012-13 academic year (Self-imposed by the university).
- A reduction in the number of total scholarships by two, from 85 to 83, for the 2012-13 academic year (Self-imposed by the university).
- A reduction in the number of initial and total scholarships by two, from 25 to 23 and 85 to 83, respectively, for the 2013-14 academic year (Self-imposed by the university).
- For the first two conference contests of the 2013 season, complimentary admissions to football recruits will be prohibited (Self-imposed by the university).
- Disassociation of the booster by the university's athletics program. Details of the disassociation can be found in the public report (Self-imposed by the university).
The members of the Division I Committee on Infractions who reviewed this case include Britton Banowsky, chair of the Committee on Infractions and commissioner of Conference USA; Greg Christopher, athletics director at Xavier University; Melissa Conboy, vice chair of the Committee on Infractions and deputy director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame; Christopher L. Griffin, coordinator of appeals and attorney; Brian Halloran, attorney; Roscoe Howard Jr., attorney; James O'Fallon, law professor and faculty athletics representative at the University of Oregon.


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Wonder who your favorite bands enjoy following on Twitter? So do we. When the boys of Big Time Rush stopped by Kiss 95.1/Charlotte, they spilled on who they're into, giving up their top #FollowFriday picks.
Kendall Schmidt says: "Katy Perry is always great to follow."
We say: Way to undersell it man. She's hilarious, she picks up on and replies to the most random follower comments and she talks about the music she likes a lot which is super cool. She's a little more dryly funny than following an actual comic, but her snark is totally follow-worthy. Plus, oh my god the TwitPics.
Starting my first cooking class… OH MY GOD I'M LEARNING TO BE A HUMAN!
— Katy Perry (@katyperry) August 21, 2012
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James Maslow says: "It's fun to follow random fans to see what they're doing throughout the day."
We say: Sounds like we should start following @jamesmaslow and see if we can get a #followback!
Kendall says: "Also things like NASA, good fun, good updates."
We say: Add @MarsCuriosity to that of NASA things that are fun to follow — it's been playing will.i.am, Tweeting Britney Spears and generally being awesome.
Yes, I've got a laser beam attached to my head. I'm not ill tempered; I zapped a rock for science: 1.usa.gov/P7IXF1
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Is there any problem with drinking socially during the Three Weeks?
Background: My Rav held that large social gatherings even without music give a person more Simḥah than privately listening to music, and as such he held that things many people avoid - eg., listening to music on the radio or even going to the movies, in which others' comments and interactions with you are a nuisance (but which he did not endorse year-round anyway, but in theory, if a "Kosher" movie were made that didn't have inappropriate previews, etc. etc. etc...) are much less problematic than going to a baseball game, for example, in which being part of the crowd is the experience.
I know drinking is not generally prohibited during the Three Weeks, but if we take the idea that large social gatherings are inappropriate, would smaller social gatherings with drinking involved be a problem, since social gatherings give one Simḥah and we know that wine provides Simḥah?
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DCRfan wrote:I have one worry though, how does the boat builder secure his tools at night
Richard Andrews wrote:Thanks Steve, the layout really looks great in the photo's. It was great to see you yesterday, I had a really good day, it did me the power of good.
SpeedLimit20 wrote:Can i ask you or Richard a question?
Assuming that the little layout has its own lighting rig, can you describe how it is set up please? If you have any "far away" shots that show the lighting rig and whole layout presentation, could you guys post a couple of suitable piccies please?
Richard Andrews wrote:The couplers i use are the Bemo 4mm ones with a piece of soft iron wire soldered to one of the down legs, magnets are placed in the track bed at convenient spots...
Sir Briand wrote:Thanks Steve for posting those.
Looking through a 2004 copy of Narrow Gauge World I see that Parkside Dundas advertised Bemo OO9 couplings. These come straight or stepped shaft. From the looks of Richards I would say straight shaft.
Is that a rabbit I see before me
it would be nice if the front edge of the layout was finished as a harbour wall rather than the curtain that appears in the photos perhaps a bollard or two to tie a boat up to.
The model still makes me want to quit
Richard Andrews wrote::oops: Yes Ian, thats a very good idea, I shall have to find some thing to make the bollards out of. maybe a couple of those map pins? regards Richard
Steve Bennett wrote:Parkside Dundas normally have them in stock, they are quite popular for HOe/HOm/009 and I believe are supplied in pairs, or packs of 12.
Sir Briand wrote:Just phoned them and ordered some straight ones. They come in packs of 10. They only had the straight in stock. Of course I ordered them before I had read your post. Ah well
Andrew Milner wrote:I think the lighting looks great, a nice representation of a sunny day and only one set of shadows ( I hate seeing multiple 'suns'!).
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Longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell disclosed she has breast cancer, and urged women to get screened for the disease.
Mitchell, the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent and wife of former Treasury Secretary Alan Greenspan, revealed her health issue on air Wednesday, and said the prognosis is "terrific."
"I had planned to be hiking in Wyoming last week, but instead discovered that I am now among the 1 in 8 women in this country — incredibly 1 in 8 — who have had breast cancer," Mitchell said.
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She said her cancer was caught in the "earliest stages," but did not say what kind of treatment she had undergone.
"Mine was discovered during my annual screening just a short time ago," she said. "Luckily for me, I am one of the fortunate ones who discovered it in the earliest stage. It had not spread and I am already back at work with a terrific prognosis."
Mitchell, 64, is also host of "Andrea Mitchell Reports,"an hour of political news and interviews with top newsmakers that airs each day at 1 p.m. ET on MSNBC.
Mitchell's colleagues immediately expressed support and admiration.
"Andrea Mitchell is one of the bravest women I know and always an inspiration," tweeted Norah O'Donnell, of the CBS Evening News. "She's proved that again today."
The "Today" show's Savannah Guthrie also took to Twitter to offer support. "Bravo, Andrea," she tweeted. "You are most adored."
Mitchell currently covers foreign policy, intelligence and national security issues, including the diplomacy of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for all NBC News properties.
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NAGOYA, Japan (Nov. 12, 2013) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team lost to Brazil 26-24, 26-24, 25-20 in a battle of the top two teams in the world on Tuesday afternoon in Nagoya, Japan, to open the six-team FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup that continues through Nov. 17.
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Team USA, ranked No. 2, resumes action on Wednesday evening (2:10 a.m. PT) versus host Japan, which is ranked No. 3 in the world. The Americans have won all five previous meetings with Japan this year, including twice in Japan. After a travel day to Tokyo, the U.S. challenges Russia on Friday, Thailand on Saturday and Dominican Republic on Sunday.
Brazil scored three straight to take a 23-20 lead in the opening set, but the Americans saved two set points before the South Americans won the final two points for a 26-24 victory. Brazil saved one set point in the second set and won 26-24 after trailing 15-12. Brazil used a 9-1 scoring run to take a 21-14 advantage in the third set en route to 25-20.
"I don't think either team played the way they want to," U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly said. "We are not in mid-season form. Hopefully we can get better before the next match in 24 hours."
Kelly Murphy (Wilmington, Ill.) scored 14 points for the Americans, with all her points on kills via 35 attacks. Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) added nine points with eight kills on 13 attacks and a block. Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.) chipped in seven kills on 32 attacks and two blocks for nine points. Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) turned in seven points with six kills and a blocks, while Kristin Hildebrand (Orem, Utah) charted four kills. Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) totaled two kills on three attacks and a block for three points. Kim Hill (Portland, Ore.) rounded out the scoring with two kills.
Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa) totaled 14 digs for the U.S., while Larson-Burbach charted 11 digs. Glass set the Americans with 30 running sets leading to a 35.3 kill percent.
Kiraly started Larson-Burbach and Hildebrand at outside hitter, Gibbemeyer and Paolini at middle blocker, Murphy at opposite and Glass at setter. Banwarth was the libero for the match. Hill was a sub for Hildebrand in the second set and started the third set. Cassidy Lichtman (Poway, Calif.) and Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) were subs in all three sets.
Brazil out-blocked the U.S. 10-5 and held a 2-0 service ace margin. The Americans held a slim 43-41 margin in kills. However, Brazil converted 36.0 percent of its attacks.
"This was a disappointing start for our team," Hildebrand said. "Brazil is a great team and they showed it. We had chances to win both the first and second sets and didn't do it."
Brazil was led by Fernanda Rodrigues and Natalia Pereira with 13 points each.
In the first match on opening day, Dominican Republic defeated Thailand 25-23, 25-21, 25-23. The opening day's action ends with Japan hosting Russia.
Earlier this year Brazil defeated the U.S. in four sets on Aug. 4 during the opening preliminary round weekend of the FIVB World Grand Prix in Campinas, Brazil. Later, Brazil swept the Americans on the opening day of the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round on Aug. 28 in Sapporo, Japan, and went on to win the event's gold medal ending Team USA's three consecutive titles.
The teams traded the first 14 points of the opening set until Gibbemeyer downed a kill to go up 8-7 at the first technical timeout, then Brazil hit wide to create the first two-point cushion for either team at 9-7. However, Brazil scored three unanswered points to take an 11-10 advantage into a USA timeout. The Americans regained the lead at 13-12 with a Glass setter dump and Gibbemeyer block. Brazil scored the first three points out of the second technical timeout to regain the lead at 18-16 prompting a second USA timeout. The Americans knotted the score at 19-al with a Paolini kill and Brazil attack into the net. Brazil scored three straight points to go up 23-20 late in the set. Team USA narrowed the gap to 23-22 with a Gibbemeyer kill and Brazil attack error. Larson-Burbach and Hildebrand scored back-to-back points to knot the score at 24-all.
Brazil earned the first two-point edge of the second set at 6-4 and went into the first technical timeout leading 8-5. Larson-Burbach scored two kills off the block following the break to cut the gap to 8-7, but Brazil answered with a kill and ace to push its lead back to three at 10-7. Larson-Burbach and Murphy collected back-to-back kills to close to 10-9. Team USA knotted the score at 12-all with kills from Murphy and Hildebrand, then went in front 14-12 as Brazil's next two attacks went out for a 4-0 American scoring run. Out of its timeout, Brazil hit wide again at 15-12 for a fifth straight U.S. point on Jenna Hagglund's serve. Brazil scored the next two points to reduce the gap to 15-14. Two USA miscues allowed Brazil to level the score at 19-all. Brazil saved a set point and regained the lead at 25-24 as the U.S. hit long. Out of a timeout, the U.S. hit long for a third straight Brazil point at 26-24.
The U.S. took an 8-4 lead in the third set with a Murphy kill, Glass block, Brazil attack error and Larson-Burbach block going into the first technical timeout on a 4-0 run. Out of the break Larson-Burbach pounded a kill of the block for a 9-4 advantage. Brazil secured six straight points, including three straight USA errors, to take the lead at 11-10 at the Americans' second timeout in the run. Out of the break Brazil scored its seventh straight point for a two-point cushion at 12-10. Team USA stopped the run with a Gibbemeyer kill and Brazil error to tie the score at 12-all, then Hill hit down the line to give the Americans a 13-12. Brazil answered with six straight for a 18-13 advantage.
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team for FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Spike, Block, Hometown, College)
1 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, 10-0, 9-10, Leland, Mich., Penn State University)
4 - Cursty Jackson (MB, 6-2, 10-6, 10-2, Los Angeles, Calif., University of Arizona)
5 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, 9-4, 8-9, Kaneohe, Hawaii, University of Washington)
7 - Cassidy Lichtman (OH, 6-1, 9-10, 9-2, Poway, Calif., Stanford University)
8 - Lauren Gibbemeyer (MB, 6-2, 10-1, 9-7, St. Paul, Minn., University of Minnesota)
9 - Kristin Hildebrand – Captain (OH, 6-1, 9-10, 9-4, Orem, Utah, Stanford University)
10 - Jordan Larson-Burbach (OH, 6-2, 9-11, 9-8, Hooper, Neb., University of Nebraska)
12 - Kayla Banwarth (L, 5-10, 9-8, 9-3, Dubuque, Iowa, University of Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, 10-7, 9-10, Hopewell Township, Pa., Penn State University)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, 10-2, 9-7, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State University)
15 - Kelly Murphy (OPP, 6-2, 10-4, 10-1, Wilmington, Ill., University of Florida)
16 - Kim Hill (OH, 6-4, 10-6, 10-2, Portland, Ore., Pepperdine University)
17 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, 10-5, 9-10, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Texas)
20 - Jenna Hagglund (S, 5-10, 9-7, 9-6, West Chester, Ohio, University of Washington)
Head Coach: Karch Kiraly
Assistant Coaches: Reed Sunahara, Mike Hebert
Technical Coordinator: Joe Trinsey
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek
Team Leader: Kenny Sullivan
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup Schedule
Nov. 12 - Nagoya, Japan
' Dominican Republic def. Thailand 25-23, 25-21, 25-23
Brazil def. USA 26-24, 26-24, 25-20
Japan vs. Russia, 7:10 p.m. (2:10 a.m. PT on Nov. 12)
Nov. 13 - Nagoya, Japan
Brazil vs. Thailand, 12:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 12)
Russia vs. Dominican Republic, 4:10 p.m. (10:40 p.m. PT on Nov. 12)
United States vs. Japan, 7:10 p.m. (2:10 a.m. PT on Nov. 13)
Nov. 15 - Tokyo, Japan
Dominican Republic vs. Brazil, 12:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 14)
United States vs. Russia, 4:10 p.m. (10:40 p.m. PT on Nov. 14)
Japan vs. Thailand, 7:10 p.m. (2:10 a.m. PT on Nov. 15)
Nov. 16 - Tokyo, Japan
United States vs. Thailand, 12:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 15)
Russia vs. Brazil, 4:10 p.m. (10:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 15)
Japan vs. Dominican Republic, 7:10 p.m. (2:10 a.m. PT on Nov. 16)
Nov. 17 - Tokyo, Japan
United States vs. Dominican Republic, 12:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 16)
Thailand vs. Russia, 3:10 p.m. (9:10 p.m. PT on Nov. 16)
Japan vs. Brazil, 6:10 p.m. (1:10 a.m. PT on Nov. 17)


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Christian Begs For Life To Anti-Assad Fighters
The video below shows a Christian begging for his life to anti-Assad fighters in Syria. If you believe what you see in the Western media those fighting the Assad regime are supposed to be democracy loving saints. The reality unfortunately is very much at odds with the rosy picture painted by the legacy media.
This sort of scene is a direct result of Western countries playing the Great Game with people's lives in Syria. Western governments seem determine to create a pro-sharia Islamist regime in Syria just like they have done in Egypt. They are so in love with the ideology of political correctness that they cannot see how sharia can wreck lives.
Condemnation from on grounds of religious freedom from the OIC anyone? Thought not!
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As a major trading and business centre, the busy capital of Malaysia seems to never stop. Its multicultural influences are evident everywhere from the food, religions, architecture and even the language. Kuala Lumpur (usually spelled as KL) can be frustrating at times because of the traffic, but locals and visitors agree it offers breath-taking views day and night. Shopping and dining seem to be the most common hobby, but don't forget to sit and admire the different views with a cup of tea. Still yearning for more about Kuala Lumpur? Visit our travel guide!
What's the best way to get around Kuala Lumpur?
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