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Georgia State's football coaches are trying everything they can to get the good results they are seeing on the practice field to happen during the games. So far, nothing has worked. The team is 0-4 and will face winless William and Mary on Saturday in Williamsburg, Va.
However, coach Bill Curry and his players recognize that they can't keep doing the same thing and expect different results.
"… We've got to activate that talent and that's significant," Curry said.
Everything is being scrutinized. The biggest change this week was the opening of the quarterback competition in an attempt to jump-start a sputtering offense. A unit that is efficient in practice isn't producing the same results in games. The Panthers have averaged 11.8 points and 297.2 yards per game.
Curry and offensive coordinator John Bond said it's not fair to pin all the responsibility on redshirt freshman quarterback Ben McLane. He is trying to overcome his experience, and his teammates haven't helped by dropping passes or blowing assignments. Curry said his teammates aren't playing to their capability. For example, in the game against Richmond, the Panthers drove to the 13-yard line. On one of the subsequent plays, the primary receiver ran the wrong route. He would have been open had he run the correct route.
"Us looking at what we are doing this week is no reflection on Ben McLane, it's just a reflection of where we are as an offense right now," Bond said.
The players are frustrated and determined to improve.
Tight end Emmanuel Ogbuehi met with Curry earlier this week to discuss what he can do to improve his performance. Ogbuehi had a pass go through his hands late in the first half of Saturday's loss to Richmond. The deflection was intercepted, and the Spiders eventually converted the touchdown into a turnover. That drop and the result are an example of the inability to make plays that has acted like an anchor to drag this team down for the past 15 games.
The coaches aren't immune from introspection.
During the spring, Curry and his staff began grading the players' effort in every practice and showing the results to the team. He said more players are earning perfect grades. The coaches have begun to scrutinize the walk-throughs even more, making sure the players are focusing on the minutiae of each position because they believe better practice habits usually lead to better game results.
"Everything we can do to get our minds in the games to perform up to the ability," he said.
Last week, Curry transformed practice from first- and second-teams competing against the scout teams to first teams playing against each other, even at the risk of losing players to injury. He's doing almost anything to breed competition and teach his players what it feels like to win. Basketball coach Ron Hunter did something similar when he took over last year by creating making almost every drill in practice a competition.
"We need to get a win and have all of these young guys understand how wonderful that is," Curry said. "If you're a competitor, there is nothing like winning. There is also nothing like losing. You just can't stand the latter, so you fight to reach the former."
Winless Georgia State also falling behind at turnstiles
Georgia State opens up QB competition
Notes, quotes and observations after GSU's loss to Richmond
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September 28th, 2012
8:33 am
Trying to preview this weekend's GSU, W&M game through descriptions from practice and analysis of statistics is really over doing it. Just look at the population differences between Williamsburg, VA and Atlanta. Thats where games are won and lost.
September 28th, 2012
8:34 am
Can someone tell Barrett that I am looking for him?
September 28th, 2012
8:42 am
I have to be honest I am soooo happy to see this program falling on its face. With all the sh!t talk your fans did watching you not win a single game this year is going to icing on the cake! Where will you hide after Southern gets its SBC invite this spring?
September 28th, 2012
8:53 am
Andre Hastings, who once played for UGA, dropped a punt against Tenn and eventually UGA lost the game. During a call in on the Fifth Qrt radio segment, special team coach and OL coach Wayne Mcduffie was aked if that dropped punt led to UGAs lost and he respnded by saying "Please don't blame the player who dropped the punt, I have got to do a better job coaching him on how to catch a punt".
September 28th, 2012
9:48 am
I'm glad your life has meaning because GSU lost a few football games, Georgia Southern Eagle.
September 28th, 2012
9:50 am
Falling on its face? You're a clown dude. Building a program takes time. It took FIU years just to have a season over .500. We did that our first year.Western Kentucky, the team that just beat an SEC team, is 3 years removed from going winless in a season. That's the problem with little inferior programs, always trying to chime in at the big boy table.
Keep thinking we're on our face. That little speck in our rear view is your irrelevant program! Beep beep!
September 28th, 2012
9:53 am
Yeah the Sunbelt is looking for cow town universities in the middle of nowhere to invite in the conference. If they didn't let New Mexico State in, how in the heck you think Ga. Southern has a chance??? Just enjoy your six or seven pee wee league championships or whatever, shut up and stay irrelevant.
September 28th, 2012
9:59 am
I love how you Georgia State idiots still try to drag Georgia Southern in to this. NEWS FLASH: Your team and school is absolute garbage. Everybody in the state knows that Georgia State is a late night commuter school for middle age McDonalds managers looking to get ahead in life. You will never be relevant, regardless of your affiliation in the Sun Belt. Stop trying to put the spot light on how redneck statesboro is. Have you ever driven through downtown Atlanta? Not exactly prime real estate. I swear you have the most delusional fans of any program out there.
Second News Flash: The Sun Belt is a TERRIBLE conference. Nobody cares or respects you because you were invited into the bush leagues. Have fun going 0-11 every year for a few years and leave football to the big boys.
September 28th, 2012
10:09 am
That's because GS idiots are on OUR blog dragging themselves in it. Trust me, GS is not on my radar. I enjoy setting them straight.
I don't mind seething "Dawgs" straight either, try me!
September 28th, 2012
10:30 am
Setting the Dawgs straight? I'll make you a deal. Win one game this year and you can talk as much crap as you want. Until then, learn your place.
September 28th, 2012
10:37 am
I bet a million dollars this Go Dawgs clown didnt even take classes at Georgia let alone graduate. Lol!
September 28th, 2012
10:39 am
I'll propose another deal. Stop underachieving with the best talent in the state and i want bring up anything else. Stay in my place? Get a clue! Hey, I bet you never set foot on a college campus. Seems to be the case with most UGA fans. Pitiful!
Now get off our blog!
September 28th, 2012
10:47 am
I guess this is your first day here so I will set you straight. State clearly has an inferior football team, but has and MBA program and Law School that are both ranked per U.S. News & World Report for 2013. Furthermore our Physical Therapy and Hospitality Admin. programs are ranked as well. I cannot determine the outcome of the football program, but it looks bleak at the moment. I can say that in regards to academics State has Southern out classed. I disagree with your opinion on the Sun Belt. Western Kentucky beat Kentucky and destroyed Southern Miss, ULM beat Arkansas went into over time with Auburn and stayed close with Baylor, Troy stayed close with Miss St the whole game as well. A better comment would be that the Sun Belt is a good conference, but it is way too competitive for Ga State. Your opinion about downtown Atlanta is derived form your racist views regarding African Americans and I would argue 90% of the Ga Southern fan base sides with you in your racist views. You don't like Atlanta or Ga State because your a racist. Now tell me all about how you have a friend who is African American.
September 28th, 2012
10:57 am
@Go Panthers!!
I didn't want to say it, but I have feel that way as well. Southern trolls hate Atlanta and it just so happens Ga State is in Atlanta. Most of their comments have been derogatory with negative comments about State being in the ghetto. A ghetto becomes viewed that way based on the people that live in that specific area. One can only conclude that if you don't like the ghetto or you call Atlanta the ghetto and Atlanta is primarily composed of African Americans, then you don't like African Americans. Hence I agree that most of the Southern trolls are racist.
September 28th, 2012
11:08 am
Not to mention undereducated and probably underemployed. But hey, keep the drivel alive. Better yet, travel the world and open your minds. It's really sad and comical at the same time.
September 28th, 2012
11:26 am
Eagle, I hope it's not the SBC. It's the least respected conference in the FBS. Can't we hold out for CUSA or the Big East? Southern's better that that.
September 28th, 2012
11:29 am
@GO MUTTS love how your uneducated mind thinks that GSU fans "drag" GaSots into this when the first two posts of significance in the thread were jealous GaSots! Then you follow that up with an idiotic statement about the Sun Belt? Typical Mutt who never darkened the door of a college, much less UG. The best part about this program for me is that our mere existence clearly gets under the skin of insecure football fans across the state. Our potential in undeniable, and they feel threatened – not this year, but down the road.
September 28th, 2012
11:30 am
Lol, yeah Southern is better than that. Newsflash: Conference USA just added two brand new startups and a team that doesn't play until 2013. "Jawja Suthern" was passed over. All of those teams had real value.
Commissioners aren't crazy. No way they add that community college. But yeah, you're better than the SBC.
September 28th, 2012
12:12 pm
Ga South fans are going to lambast our football program.
It's all they have on which to hang their hat.
Academics? No.
Student enrollment? No.
MBA program? Law program? No and no.
Athletic conference? No.
Basketball program? No.
Alumni base? No.
Potential? No.
So if they want to harp on football, that's cool. I'm quite happy being superior in everything else.
September 28th, 2012
12:20 pm
I applaud Coach Curry for having the guts to take on such an arduous task at his age, but I'm equally as glad he is stepping down. And I am so glad Tech chose against Curry for the AD position. Great man he is, leader of men he is not.
September 28th, 2012
12:31 pm
Look at the computer ranking in USA Today. In the Sun Belt only Western Kentucky (83) Louisiana Monroe(84) and Louisiana-Lafayette (80) rank higher than Ga Southern (90) Georgia State ranks 225.
Two FCS Schools, North Dakota State (54) and Youngstown State (75) rank higher than the entire Sun Belt Conference. Yes it's the least respected FBS conference. I'm not sure it's a step up from either the SoCon or the CAA>
September 28th, 2012
12:55 pm
Go Panthers, the only thing you got right is that Southern doesn't have a law school.
I don't think the sun belt will invite Southern or, for that matter, APP State. They don't want a new school with the potential to compete for the conference championship their first year. They'd rather have someone they can all beat.
September 28th, 2012
1:04 pm
Ha ha ha. OK. Whatever you gotta tell yourself so that you can sleep at night.
September 28th, 2012
1:06 pm
I guess you talk about Ga State at all of your Ga Southern Klan meetings don't you. You racist piece of trash.
September 28th, 2012
1:17 pm
Looks like Go Panthers!! already smacked down all the Georgia Southern Gnats in this thread. As far as Atlanta being "the ghetto," it's clear none of you exurbers has never been to downtown Atlanta or a true ghetto. For you, the ghetto is one guy asking for money on the street, which would include Paris, Tokyo, and any major city outside Statesboring. See the world sometime, and then you'll appreciate a world class city like Atlanta.
September 28th, 2012
1:19 pm
just curious but seems to me that Panther and Peach are the racist individuals and that is the TRUTH as you guys are playing the race card..no one else mentioned it..
BTW the blog is on State needing a win.. sorry, not this week, but maybe the closest game yet?
September 28th, 2012
1:40 pm
Please notice the @peachy was not written by me. Some pathetic Panther is trying to put words in my mouth.
September 28th, 2012
1:45 pm
[...] Georgia State trying everything to get first win [...]
September 28th, 2012
1:50 pm
I think i'm cool and my mom tells me so.
September 28th, 2012
2:03 pm
Wow, just wow people. It is amazing how defensive you State fans get. In a blog post about football you bring academics into it to make yourselves feel superior. Doing some research about the towns each university is in and the immediately surrounding areas would be good too. If Southern was to join to SBC after being invited they would have one of the largest media markets in the conference within less than an hour's drive from campus (Savannah) compared to almost every other team.
Listen, both programs have their good points and their bad points. Southern has a fan base that is very passionate and cares deeply about the program. The vast majority of Southern graduates actually reside in and are from the Metro Atlanta area. Thinking and implying that "…90% of the Ga Southern fan base sides with you in your racist views…" is very ignorant thing to say. I'm not sure where you get that from aside from reading what one person posted on a public message board that is meant for anyone to read and comment on. If that is the education that you received from your illustrious institution, then I would be quesitoning that.
State will need time to adjust to actually playing football and that is what most Southern fans felt. Coming to the party thinking it is thrown for you is quite rude. ODU understands this. During our playoff game against them last year they were respectful about where they were, who they were playing, and where they were going.
On a side note, if you are going to talk about how much smarter you are than anyone else, you might want to do spell check and a grammar check to make sure you use the correct words, spelling, and punctuation. Just a thought.
Good luck the rest of the season.
September 28th, 2012
2:33 pm
Can we get a glimpse of Mr.Stewart! What's going on with that?He had an amazing spring game and we're not seeing him this fall.
September 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
You make your points well.
I think it's prudent to keep in mind that both fan bases have their fair share of idiots.
It's probably fair to assume that there exists a palpable percentage of discourse between each side that comes directly from the stereotypical urban vs rural conflict. And, yes, it's probably fair to alos assume that race does play some role in that.
Most GaSo fans aren't rednecks, just as GSU is certainly not in the ghetto.
But I suppose that's just how it's going to always go on these forums.
BTW, I for one would love to see GaSo join the SBC. It would have the potential to be one hell of a rivalry for sports. I just think the FBS market isn't in GaSo's favor at this time.
September 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
Sun Belt schools are in a total different division than Southern. Those rankings are flawed. It's like trying to rank JV programs against varsity teams: flawed!
September 28th, 2012
3:32 pm
@Go Panthers!! – Georgia State isn't in the ghetto? It seemed like it was to me when I went to grad school (Robinson) there several years ago. I also remember seeing something in The Signal from a few years back that said that the area around State's campus was one of (if not the) most dangerous areas of Atlanta.
With that said, I didn't have any problems when I attended State but I minded my own business and split when classes were over. Georgia State has a very good business school (and more than a few cute girls) but I couldn't imagine matriculating there as an undergraduate and living on campus.
September 28th, 2012
3:36 pm
How about you check your spelling idiot.
It is spelled "questioning"
not "quesitoning"
Check 2nd Paragraph last line. Nice job tard.
September 28th, 2012
3:39 pm
Southern = racism
September 28th, 2012
4:25 pm
Southern is a JOKE. We haven't wona game and our program is STILL more desireable than that JV program of yours. Now excuse me while I go plan trips to FAU, WKU, and MTSU.
Have fun playing something called a Catamount!
September 28th, 2012
4:27 pm
And good job calling out GSouthEagle. LMAO, check your spelling, sir! That's so typical.
September 28th, 2012
4:39 pm
I'm still cool but my mom isn't confirming anymore.
@Plain and Simple – From your post, when you use the word AND….you don't need a comma after WKU…………and I'm not sure what wona means??
September 28th, 2012
5:28 pm
To you Panthers making the trip to William and Mary, it is a beautiful school in a historic town. You will enjoy that trip. Good luck up there and have a wonderful time. Bring back a feather.
September 28th, 2012
6:55 pm
Must suck being on a GSU blog because there's no such thing as a GaSo blog. What a bunch of losers!
September 28th, 2012
9:51 pm
Hows that #STATEOFSHOCK working for you bunch of losers? #STATEOFSUCK.
September 28th, 2012
10:00 pm
No fan support= fail
No student support = fail
Cant compete in conf= fail
Losing record vs NAIA and div II= fail
But you got DA DOOOOOOMMMME
Ga Southern student pass OUR stadium expansion fee and the students passes the FBS fee….. that is what support for a GOOD program is about.
September 28th, 2012
10:01 pm
Oh yeah…. Your team SUCKS!
September 28th, 2012
10:54 pm
Yeah, so much a loser that I'm posting drivel on a GaSo blog that has nothing to do with my team, oh wait!
Hey pick up all those wishbone fumbles, Wofford just scored again.
September 28th, 2012
10:59 pm
Yet, we're on our way to big boy football, while you trolls are stuck wishing you were us. CUSA and SBC picked up 8 new teams. Guess what? You weren't selected! You sir, are the Donkey of the day.
September 28th, 2012
11:20 pm
As an impartial observer from virginia, let me weigh in on the southern v state debate.
It is a no brainer southern wins. Ga state is a total joke. Southern dominates. Ga state gets whipped by naia schools. Southern puts up 300 yards on alabama. I wish the 2 schools would play. Southern would win by 60 points
September 29th, 2012
12:38 am
look if you guys knew anything about college football outside of the hbcu schools no one markets their program to african americans. thats the way it is and the way it will always be. consider yourself lucky that they are trying to get the black fans at the game. i myself am an african american and a true blue die hard ga southern fan. so to say that 90% of southern fans are racist is careless on your part. now if you said that 90% of southern fans are white then you would be somewhat correct. as i stated earlier 85-90% of every non-hbcu fanbase is white.
i know you guys hate to hear this but ga southern prides itself on a tradition of winning. we have a belief that no matter who we are lining up against we are going to win. do we always win no we don't but we don't make excuses and try to find scape-goats when we do lose. this is what the coaches tell there players in the locker room the weight room and on recruiting visits. let me give you this little nugget. the only people that love a winning team is there own fans. so yes ga southern is hated in the fcs,fbs and even in our own conference. i have been on the sun belt board and have seen some of the comments from the various teams.
September 29th, 2012
4:08 am
Reality Check! Georgia Southern can plan all they want but no FBS conference is going to invite you to the big show. Life isn't fair and neither is FBS football. SunBelt won't invite you cause they already took GSU and we will block any invite and C-USA doesn't want you either. Maybe you can join the MAC? The big conferences will never ever ever consider you! Just REALITY!
September 29th, 2012
10:41 am
Ga st in its first 3 seasons of football stands at 9-17 against NAIA, DIV II, and FCS opponents
Ga South in the same time frame against the same level of opponents stand 24-4 including its 1st national title.
Old Dominion 20-6
Sounds like more truth that ga st with the dome, the media market and the fbs invite still SUCKS! You guys cant win on any level. You might be joining fbs football next year but you would still lose to 75% of the fcs and all of fbs. No matter what insult you send our way it doesn't matter because on the field you would lose to us. Have fun being the joke of fbs and the joke of the state.


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REYNOLDSBURG — Harold Marvin Koelbl, 82, of Reynoldsburg, formerly of Mount Vernon, died May 16, 2011, at his residence.
He was born on Aug. 7, 1928, in Brookfield, Ill., to the late Peter and Esther (Wagner) Koelbl. Harold worked for Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Wichita Falls, Texas, and in Mount Vernon, retiring in 1982. He was a graduate of St. Vincent de Paul High School, a former member of the Colonial City Moose Lodge in Mount Vernon and an avid horse racing fan. Harold served his country in the U.S. Army in World War II.
Harold is survived by his son, Jack (Barbara Ann Richert) Koelbl of Reynoldsburg; two grandchildren, Peter (Pamela West) Koelbl of Hilliard and Andrea (Adam) Schaffer of Rogers, Ark.; a brother, Charles (Lucy) Koelbl of Fredericktown; and a sister, Dorothy Koelbl of Henderson, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara M. Koelbl, in 2010; a brother, Donald Koelbl; and two sisters, Audrey Baker and Ruth Dixon.
A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, June 18, at 11 a.m. in Mound View Cemetery with the Rev. Ben McKinstry officiating. The Knox County Joint Veteran's Council will conduct military graveside honors. The Dilley-Lasater Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is handling the funeral arrangements for the Koelbl family.
Memorial contributions may be made in Harold's name to Hospice of Central Ohio, 2269 Cherry Valley Road, Newark, OH 43055. To express a condolence or share a memory with the Koelbl family, please visit http://www.dilleylasater.com.


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The Imitations got their start back in the summer of 1995.
Three friends — Mike Merritt, Mike Miller and George "Buster" Hobbs — were just having fun and showing off their musical skills.
Within months, they added a fourth member, George Willetts.
Tony Creech joined the group, adding expertise on soundboard.
Many shows later, The Imitations have entertained thousands and recorded three CDs — "Back to Carolina," "Starrin' " and "For Real."
Sunset Beach police investigated the following incidents. All information is taken directly from town police reports.
Aug. 12
Breaking and entering, larceny, injury to personal property on Magnolia Drive.
Aug. 13
Breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, larceny on Shoreline Drive West.
Breaking and entering to a motor vehicle, larceny on Colony Place.
Aug. 14
Breaking and entering, larceny, injury to real property on Shoreline Drive West.
It's strenuous and stressful but not impossible.
As the late, always-in-shape Jack LaLanne might've said before his 78th Berkeley High School gathering (if there was one) — you, too, can start training for your high school reunion no matter where on the horizon it may be looming. And, believe me, m'dears, it is looming.
For some time now, I've been trying to shape up for my own milestone high school reunion, whose number shall remain discreet because, blissfully, I can't remember what it is.
Fix A Friend Spay Neuter Clinic in Winnabow recently performed its 4,000th spay/neuter surgery in less than a year.
It is celebrating this huge milestone at a one-year anniversary party, "Grab and Growl," at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the clinic at 6033 Ocean Highway West in Winnabow.
Thanks to Fix A Friend, which opened Aug. 26, 2013, it's estimated at least a million fewer unwanted kittens will be born in southeastern North Carolina. And that's the estimated result from just six weeks of surgeries.
CAROLINA SHORES — The town is in the process of implementing modes of improving communications with residents.
Town administrator Jon Mendenhall said those efforts are being conducted by way of the town website, www.carolinashoresnc.com.
The Brunswick County Superior Court under the direction of the Judge Ola M. Lewis with prosecutor Jon David and courtroom clerk Amanda Kidd adjudicated the following cases Aug. 4 during a grand jury session:
Nicholas Baggatta, two counts of felony larceny, two counts of obtain property false pretense.
Tate Warren Barr, larceny of motor vehicle.
Charles Jacob Bennett, obtain property by false pretense.
The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on Aug. 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 in Bolivia.
Codes: PG, pleaded guilty; PNG/NG, pleaded not guilty, found not guilty; PNG/G, pleaded not guilty, found guilty; BCDF, Brunswick County Detention Facility; NCDOC, North Carolina Department of Correction.
Wednesday, Aug 6
Judge Jerry A. Jolly presided over the following cases with prosecutor Fred Gore and courtroom clerk Courtney Graham:
Deann Christine Ameri, PG improper equipment.
It was the last day of our Connecticut trip, the climax to an emotional five days that included the final memorial service for our daughter, Jeannine. I suspected it would be a roller coaster ride soaring upward with faith and trust only to descend into a pit of sadness. This was the service where family and longtime friends arrived to mourn our loss while rejoicing in Jeannine's — and heaven's — gain. Despite my best efforts to prepare for it, my heart broke and tears flowed with grand abandon.
Humans are very good at coming up with mental images of what various objects around them ought to look like. It is a basic way of bringing order into the chaotic world in which we live. For instance, when you think of the word "flower," you generally have a reasonably well-defined notion of what a typical flower looks like: sepals, petals, stamens and pistils, even if you don't know all the parts like a botanist. This week, we have a plant that offers us something that looks like a flower … or is it?
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NC Cooperative Extension
Brunswick County Center
When talking nutrition these days, one of the buzzwords — actually, four words — is high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It's the subject of lots of discussion and questions among both consumers and those in the nutrition and health professions.
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Oh, I could probably write all my books without traveling for research. In BARELY A LADY I wrote about the Battle of Waterloo without going to Belgium (although I plan on attending the 200th anniversary). It wasn't that I didn't want to. I just couldn't manage it. And believe me, it drove me nuts. I am a global learner. I do best when I can see, hear, touch, smell and taste (museums across the world hate me). So when I find it time to research a book, I try my best to experience what I will describe. When I wrote about a medic on a SWAT team, I took the training. When I wrote about an arsonist, I trained with the world's arson expert (I do have fun.) And when my characters live or travel somewhere I don't live, I try my best to to there to see what they see, hear what they hear, smell what they smell…well, you get it.
I've been really lucky with the Drake's Rakes series. Not only have I spent a lot of time in England, doing things like walking through all of Mayfair and staying at Frampton Court, a lovely historic country house, I got to travel through India, where several of my characters lived at one time or another.
For ONCE A RAKE, I got to spend a few days in and near Lyme Regis on the south coast of England. Now, I admit that my first requirement for a setting for this book was somewhere a wounded man could swim from the English Channel. After all, Ian Ferguson, my hero, has to do exactly that. But it kinda left Edinburgh and Dublin out of the question.
I played with maps, I read travel books and Jane Austen's Persuasion (the infamous Cobb is in Lyme), and I read REMARKABLE CREATURES by Tracy Chevalier about the amazing Mary Anning, who not only discovered the first intact dinosaur skeleton near Lyme, but makes a cameo in my book (I have info about the book on my webpage).
Why should that ignite my interest in Lyme I still don't know. But it spoke to me. So I booked time in the town, and I walked. And walked. And drove. I spent time wandering the Undercliff, an area where the land has slipped towards the ocean and flora has taken over (lovely ferns, elephant ears, mossy stones, bluebells, oaks…well, you get it). I walked over the cliffs that still look as if they're going to crumble straight onto the shingle beaches below and plotted out the estate (Fairbourne) my heroine is trying so hard to save. I walked the same streets of Lyme Regis Jane Austen did (and I have to tell you here, that if she did indeed walk all of Lyme, she had legs like a Tyrolean mountain goat. Those streets are steep). I stopped in the same shops frequented by Anne Elliott and her creator and visited the old Post Office (now a B&B) used by Jane herself, and critical to a pivotal scene in ONCE A RAKE. And from those steps came the story of Sarah and Ian, two outsiders who must overcome not only external enemies, but internal crises to find a love for a lifetime.
I'm very lucky. I admit it. Like most authors, I'm insatiably curious. Because I'm an author, I get to have my curiosity satisfied. And then I get to weave the answers into a story that makes me happy. And the best part (at least for me) is discovering a new place in the world to discover. The only question now, is where do I set my next book? (hint? One of them will be in Venice).
As she did every autumn, when the farmyard was perennially muddy and her skin chapped, Sarah wished she were somewhere else. It wasn't as bad in spring or summer, because then she had growing things, new babies to raise, the comfort of wildflowers and warm skies. Every spring she imagined things could be better. Every autumn she admitted the truth. She was caught here at Fairbourne, and here she would stay. She had nowhere else to go.
She wouldn't think of that, though. It served no purpose, except to eat away at her heart. Tucking the bit of blanket on the fence where Willoughby could smell it, she tied him up with a scratch of the ears and an admonition to behave. Then, rewrapping her muffler against the chill, she went about her work, ending with a visit to the hen house.
It was when she slipped her hand beneath Edna the hen, that she knew for certain who had tied up Willoughby. Edna was her best layer, and yet, the box was nearly empty. Sarah checked Martha and Mary and came up with similar results. Someone had taken their eggs. And it hadn't been a fox, or at least one of her birds would have been a pile of bloody feathers.
Well, Sarah thought, collecting what was left. Her visitor had earned his meal. She wished she had seen him, though. She could have at least rewarded him with a few scones for rescuing Willoughby from sure disaster.
On second thought, she considered with her first real smile of the day. Maybe not scones. They would be Peg's scones, and Peg's scones could be used for artillery practice. No one should be rewarded that way.
Sarah might have thought no more of the matter if the men hadn't ridden up. She was just shoving the chicken coop door closed, when she heard horses approaching over the rise from the Pinhay Road. Looking that way, she sighed. Now what?
Giving up the idea that she would eat anytime soon, she gave the coop a final kick and strode off toward the approaching riders. She was just passing the old dairy when she caught movement out the corner of her eye. A shadow, nothing more, by the back wall. But a big shadow. One that seemed to be sitting on the ground, with long legs and shoulders the size of a yule log.
It didn't even occur to her that it could be anyone but her benefactor. She was about to call to him, when the riders crested the hill and she recognized their leader.
"Oh, no," she muttered, her heart sinking straight to her half-boots. This was not the time to betray the existence of the man who had saved her pig. She closed her mouth and walked straight past.
There were six riders in all, four of them dressed in the motley remnants of their old regiments. Foot soldiers, by the way they rode. Not very good ones, if the company they kept was any indication. Ragged, scruffy and slouching, rifles slung over their shoulders and knives in their boots.
Sarah might have dismissed them as unimportant if they had been led by anyone but her husband's cousin, Martin Clarke. She knew better than to think Martin wished her well. Martin wished her to the devil, just as she wished him.
A thin, middling man with sparse sandy hair and bulging eyes, Martin had the harried, petulant air of an ineffectual law clerk. Sarah knew better. Martin was as ineffectual as the tides.
Just as Sarah knew he would, he trotted past the great front door and toward the outbuildings where he knew he could find her at this time of day. She stood where she was, egg pail in hand, striving for calm. Martin was appearing far too frequently lately.
Damn you, Boswell, she thought, long since worn past propriety. How could you have left me to face this alone?
"Martin," she greeted Boswell's cousin as he pulled his horse to a skidding halt within feet of her. She felt sorry for the horse, a short-boned bay that bore the scars of Martin's spurs.
"Sarah," Martin snapped in a curiously deep voice.
He did not bow or tip his hat. Martin knew exactly what she was due and wasn't about to let her forget it. Sarah wished she had at least had the chance to tidy her hair before facing off with him. She hated feeling at a disadvantage.
"Lady Clarke," the sixth man said in his booming, jovial voice.
Sarah's smile was genuine for the Squire, who sat at Martin's left on an ungainly-looking sorrel mare. "Squire," she greeted him, walking up to rub the horse's nose. "You've brought our Maizie to call, have you? How are you, my pretty?"
Pretty was not really a word one should use for Maizie. As sturdy as a stone house, she was all of seventeen hands, with a Roman head and a shambling gait. She was also the best hunter in the district, and of a size to carry Squire's massive girth.
Maizie's arrival was met by a thud and a long, mournful squeal from the pig pen.
The squire laughed with his whole body. "Still in love, is he?"
Sarah grinned back. "Caught him not an hour ago trying to sneak over for a tryst."
The squire chuckled. "It's good someone loves my girl," he said with an affectionate smack to the horse's neck. Maizie nuzzled Sarah's apron and was rewarded with an old fall apple. Willoughby sounded as if he were dying from anguish.
"Thank you for the ale you sent over, Squire," Sarah said. "It was much enjoyed. Even the dowager had a small tot after coming in from one of her painting afternoons."
"Excellent," he said with a big smile. "Excellent. Everyone is well here, I hope? Saw Lady Clarke and Mizz Fitchwater out along the Undercliff with their paints and hammers. They looked to be in rude health."
Sarah smiled. "They are. I will tell them you asked after them."
"This isn't a social call," Martin interrupted, shifting in his saddle.
Sarah kept her smile, even though just the sight of Martin sent her heart skidding around in dread. "To what do I owe the honor then, gentlemen?"
"Have you seen any strangers around?" the Squire asked, leaning forward. "There's been some theft and vandalism in the area. Stolen chickens and the like."
"Oh, that," Sarah said with a wave of her hand. "Of course. He's taken my eggs."
Martin almost came off his horse. "Who?"
Shading her eyes with her hand, Sarah smiled up at him. "Who? Don't you mean what? Unless you name your foxes."
That obviously wasn't the answer he'd been looking for. "Fox? Bah! I'm talking about a man. Probably one of those damned thievin' soldiers preying on good people."
Did he truly not notice how his own men scowled at him? Men who undoubtedly had wandered the roads themselves? Well, Sarah thought, if she had had any intention of acknowledging her surprise visitor, Martin's words disabused her of the notion. She wouldn't trust Napoleon himself to her cousin's care.
"Not unless your soldier has four feet and had a long bushy tail," she said, genially. "But I doubt he would fit the uniform."
The squire, still patting his Maizie, let out a great guffaw. "We'll get your fox for you, Lady Clarke," he promised. "Not great hunt country here. But we do. We do."
"Kind of you, Squire. I am certain the girls will be grateful. You know how fatched Mary and Martha can get when their routine is disturbed."
"Martha…." Martin was getting redder by the minute. "Why haven't I heard about this? You boarding people here? What would Boswell say?"
Sarah tilted her head. "I imagine he'd say that he was glad for the eggs every morning for breakfast, Martin."
For a second she thought Martin might have a seizure, right there on his gelding. "You're not going to get away with abusing your privilege much longer, missy," he snapped. "This land is…."
"Boswell's," she said flatly. "Not yours until we know he won't come back."
"Bah!" Martin huffed. "It's been almost fourth months, girl. If he was coming back, he'd be here."
Sarah stood very still, grief and guilt swamping even the fear. Instinctively her gaze wandered over to what she called Boswell's Arbor, a little sitting area by the cliff with a lovely view of the ocean. Boswell had loved sitting there, his gaze fixed on the horizon. He had planted all the roses and fitted the latticework overhead.
His roses, though, were dying. His entire estate was dying, and Sarah was no longer certain she could save it.
"He will be back, Martin," she said, throwing as much conviction as she could into her voice. "You'll see. Men are returning from Belgium all the time. The battle was so terrible it will be months yet before we learn the final toll from Waterloo."
It was the Squire who brought their attention back with a sharp 'harrumph'.
Sarah blushed. "My apologies, Squire," she said. "You did not come here to be annoyed by our petty grievances. As for your question, I have seen no one here."
"We've also been told to keep an eye out for a big man," Squire said. "Red hair. Scottish. Don't know that it's the same man that's raiding the henhouses, but you should keep an eye out anyway."
Sarah was already shaking her head. After all, she hadn't seen anything but a shadow. "Wasn't it a Scot who tried to shoot Wellington? I saw the posters in Lyme Regis. I thought he was dead."
The squire shrugged. "We've been asked to make sure."
"I'm sure you won't mind if we search the property," Martin challenged.
He was already dismounting. Sarah's heart skidded, and her palms went damp. "Of course not," she said with a faint wave. "Start with the house. I believe the dowager will be just as delighted to see you as the last time you surprised her."
Martin was already on the ground and heading toward the house. With Sarah's words, he stopped cold. Sarah refused to smile, even though the memory of Lady Clarke's last harangue still amused her.
"Just the outbuildings," he amended, motioning to the men to follow him.
Sarah was a heartbeat shy of protesting when she heard it. Willoughby. The thudding turned into a great crash and the heartfelt squeals turned into a near-scream of triumph. She turned just in time to jump free as the pig came galloping across the yard, six hundred pounds of unrestrained passion headed straight for Squire's horse.
Unfortunately, Martin was standing between Willoughby and his true love. And Sarah sincerely doubted that the pig could see the man in his headlong dash to bliss.
Sarah called out a warning. Martin stood frozen on the spot, as if staring down the spectre of death. Howling with laughter, the Squire swung Maizie about.
It was all over in a moment. Squire leapt from Maizie and gave her a good crack on the rump. With a flirtatious toss of the head and a whinny, the mare took off down the lane, Willoughby in hot pursuit. But not before the boar had run right over Martin, leaving him flat in the mud with hoofprints marching straight up his best robin's egg superfine and white linen. Sarah tried so hard to keep a straight face. The other men weren't so restrained, slapping legs and laughing at the man who'd brought them as they swung their horses around and charged down the lane after the pig.
Sarah knew that she was a Christian, because she bent to help Boswell's unpleasant relation off the ground. "Are you all right, cousin?"
Bent over and clutching his ribs, Martin yanked his arm out of her grasp. "You did that on purpose, you bitch."
The Squire frowned. "Language, sir. Ladies."
Martin waved him off as well. "This is no lady, and you know it, Bovey. Why my cousin demeaned himself enough to marry a by-blow…"
Sarah laughed. "Why, for her dowry, Martin. You know that. Heavens, all of Dorset knows that."
The only thing people didn't know was the identity of her real father, who set up the trust for her. But then, knowing had been no benefit to her.
"What Dorset knows," Squire said, his face red, "is that you've done Boswell proud. Even kind to his mother, and I have to tell you, ma'am, that be no easy feat."
Sarah spared him another smile. "Why, thank you, Squire. That is kind of you."
The Squire grew redder. Martin harrumphed.
"Climb on your horse, Clarke," Squire said. "It's time we left Lady Clarke to her work. We certainly haven't made her day any easier."
Martin huffed, but he complied. He was still brushing off his once-pristine attire when the soldiers, bantering like children on a picnic, returned brandishing Willoughby's lead, the pig following disconsolately behind.
With a smile for the ragged soldier who'd caught him, Sarah held her hand out for the rope. "Thank you, Mr…"
The man, lean and lined from sun and hardship, ducked his head. "Greggins, ma'am. Pleasure. Put up a good fight, 'e did."
She chuckled. "I know all too well, Mr. Greggins." Turning, she smiled up at her neighbor. "Thank you, Squire. I am so sorry you had to send Maizie off."
The squire grinned at her, showing his gap teeth and twinkling blue eyes. "Aw, she'll be at the bottom of the lane, right enough. She knows to get out of yon pig's way."
Tipping his low-crowned hat to Sarah, he turned to help Martin to his horse. Sarah waved farewell and tugged a despondent Willoughby back to his pen. She was just pulling the knot tight when she caught sight of that shadow again, this time on her side of the coop. Casting a quick glance to where the Squire had just mounted behind the pig-catching soldier Greggins, she bent over Willoughby.
"I wouldn't show myself yet if I were you," she murmured, hoping the shadow heard her. "And if it was you who let Willoughby go a moment ago, I thank you."
"A search would have been…problematic," she heard, and a fresh chill chased down her spine. There was a burr to his voice. A Scot, here on the South Dorset coast. Now, how frequently could she say she'd seen that?
"You didn't by any chance recently shoot at someone, did you?" she asked.
As if he would tell the truth, if he were indeed the assassin.
"No' who you think."
She should turn around this minute and call for help. Every instinct of decency said so. But Martin was the local magistrate, and Sarah knew how he treated prisoners. Even innocent ones. Squeezing her eyes shut, Sarah listened to the jangle of the troop turning to leave.
"Give you good day, Lady Clarke," the Squire said, and waved the parade off down the drive.
Martin didn't follow right away. "This isn't over, missy," he warned. "No thieving by-blow is going to keep me from what is mine. This land belongs to me now, and you know it. By the time you let go, it will be useless."
Not unless the shingle strand sinks into the ocean, she thought dourly. The only thing Martin wanted from Fairbourne were hidden coves where boats could land brandy.
Sarah sighed, her mind made up. She simply could not accommodate Martin in this or anything. Straightening, she squarely faced the dyspeptic man where he stiffly sat his horse. "Fairbourne is Boswell's," she said baldly. "Until he returns, I am here to make sure it is handed back into his hands in good heart. Good day, Martin."
Martin opened his mouth to argue, and then saw the Squire and other men waiting for him. He settled for a final, "Bah!" and dug his heels into his horse. They were off in a splatter of mud.
Sarah stood where she was until she could no longer hear them. Then, with a growing feeling of inevitability, she once more climbed past the broken pigpen and approached the shadow at the back of the coop.
And there he was, a very large red-headed man slumped against the stone wall. He was even more ragged than the men who had ridden with Martin, his clothing tattered and filthy, his hair a rat's nest, his beard bristling and even darker red than his hair. His eyes were bright, though, and his cheeks flushed. He held his hand to his side, and he was listing badly.
Sarah crouched down next to him to get a better look, and saw that his shirt was stained brown with old blood. His hands, clutched over his left side, were stained with new blood, which meant that those bright eyes were from more than intelligence. Even so, Sarah couldn't remember ever seeing a more compelling, powerful man in her life.
"Hello," she greeted him, her own hands clenched on her thighs. "I assume I am speaking to the Scotsman for whom everyone is looking."
His grin was crooked and under any other circumstance, would have been endearing. "Och, lassie, nothin' gets past ye."
"I thought you were dead."
He frowned. "Wait a few minutes," he managed. "I'll see what I can do."
And then, as gracefully as a sailing vessel slipping under the waves, he sank all the way to his side and lost consciousness.
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A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her husband, children, and large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She has animals but refuses to subject them to the limelight.
Dreyer won her first publishing award in 1987, being named the best new Contemporary Romance Author by RT Bookclub. Since that time she has also garnered not only five other writing awards from RT, but five RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, which secures her only the fourth place in the Romance Writers of America prestigious Hall of Fame. Since extending her reach to suspense, she has also garnered a coveted Anthony Award nomination.
A frequent speaker at conferences, she maintains membership in Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and, just in case things go wrong, Emergency Nurses Association and International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Eileen is an addicted traveler, having sung in some of the best Irish pubs in the world, and admits she sees research as a handy way to salve her insatiable curiosity. She counts film producers, police detectives and Olympic athletes as some of her sources and friends. She's also trained in forensic nursing and death investigation, although she doesn't see herself actively working in the field, unless this writing thing doesn't pan out.


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NCAA Game Summary - Houston Baptist at Michigan
(Friday, November 20th)
Final Score: (15) Michigan 77, Houston Baptist 55
Ann Arbor, MI (Sports Network) - Manny Harris led all scorers with 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, as 15th-ranked Michigan hammered Houston Baptist, 77-55, at Crisler Arena.
DeShawn Sims hit 5-of-8 from three-point range and totaled 22 points and six boards for Michigan (2-0), which got off to an impressive start to the season by blasting Northern Michigan last Saturday, 97-50. Zack Novak went for eight points and seven boards.
"We really got off to a bad start," Michigan head coach John Beilein said. "Some shots didn't fall and it affected us. We didn't play well on defense and then we didn't execute on offense. We got ourselves in a little bit of a whole, but thank goodness we could dig ourselves out from there."
Mario Flaherty turned in a solid performance with 17 points and 13 rebounds for Houston Baptist (0-4), which has had a rough start in the early going this season, dropping all four of its games by double digits. Andrew Gonzalez donated 14 points, while Remy Boswell added 10 rebounds to go along with eight points.
Upset-minded Houston Baptist stayed with Michigan in the early going and led, 18-17, after Wendell Preadom made a jumper with a little over seven minutes left in the first half.
However, the Wolverines would soon wake up from their slow start, as Sims' sparked a 24-11 run with two straight three-pointers, and Michigan was up 41-29 lead at the break.
The second half didn't prove to be much of a contest, as Stu Douglass hit from beyond the arc to stretch the Wolverines lead to 70-42 with nearly 9 1/2 minutes remaining; Michigan would cruise to the easy victory.
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This was the first-ever meeting between Houston Baptist and Michigan on the hardwood...Preadom finished with six points.


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- Open the Google Sheet and enter one or more URLs of product pages from Amazon or Flipkart in column B. The sheet has some dummy data to get you started.
- From the Price Tracker menu, choose the Initialize menu and say "Accept" when asked for authorization. The script is open-source and no one else will have access to your data.
- From the Price Tracker menu, choose Start Tracking and your price tracker is now active. You may close the Google Sheet.
You'll get an email within a minute or two listing the current prices of the products that you have added in the Google Sheet. The sheet will then send you a daily digest (see sample email) of the product prices with visual hints on how the prices have changed since the last update.
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Also, you can add new URLs or delete existing ones from the Google sheet and the background script will automatically pick the changes. And if you ever wish to stop receiving those email alerts, just choose the Stop Tracking option from the Price Tracker menu.
Internally, the Google Script uses Amazon's Product Advertising API to fetch the latest prices of Amazon products while in the case of Flipkart, the prices are extracted from the Meta and Open Graph tags of their pages. The tool cannot track prices of Kindle ebooks since Amazon's API doesn't offer pricing information for Kindle titles via their API.


text: Saints fans this season now know what a loss tastes like: bitter, after a gut-wrenching end in New England. Some would have liked to have seen the defense come through on that last Patriots drive. "I think we could have won that game if the defense played better," one fan told us this morning, but she also knows the offense had a chance to take Tom Brady and the Patriots offense out of the equation entirely: "The last possession that offense had, Brees just couldn't get the first down. We needed that last first down to win that game." After the Patriots turned the ball over on downs late in the fourth quarter to set up a Saints field goal, the Saints got another chance to run the clock down on a Tom Brady interception to Keenan Lewis. But instead of killing the clock, the Saints had to punt the ball back to New England after going three-and-out. "They played to conservative at the end of the game," said another fan. "Sean Payton, he made calls out of character yesterday, not playing aggressive enough." "The offense should finish the game. You gotta get the first down, you've got to," another said. The Saints first loss of the season will have extra time to linger, with the Black and Gold on their bye week before returning to the Superdome October 27 to play Buffalo.


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Miss Congeniality was clearly a movie that didn't need a sequel, as you can tell by this muddled, slightly confusing mess that never seems fully developed.
Now I know what the first one was missing…a sassy, angry black sidekick.**
…and nothing says "He wouldn't come back for the sequel" quite like constantly mentioning someone from the first film without ever showing him.
The visuals seemed a little cheaper this time around, but nothing really to complain about.
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After reading the article "Speed cameras yield $19.2 million" (Sept. 12), I had to comment. Eighty-three speed cameras issued 480,000 speeding tickets in one year in Baltimore City. I am glad that the speed cameras are earning revenue for the city but angry that it is so much. It just shows the disregard that drivers have for the speed limits and the laws. State Del. Jill Carter was quoted as saying she gets complaints in her district about the speed cameras and that elderly ladies complain that they are getting speeding tickets. Well ladies, slow down. Tickets are issued if you are driving 12 miles over the speed limit. What are you doing speeding in Baltimore City? If safety is important, then these elderly ladies should learn from the first ticket and slow down before they injure themselves or someone else.
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Louisville, Ky. (WDRB News) -- A local band made an appearance Sunday night in an episode of the Fox comedy American Dad. The song "Majestic" from Louisville band Wax Fang inspired the episode of American Dad.
Show producer Mike Barker called lead singer Scott Carney to ask if he could feature the band in the special 150th episode.
The band agreed and Carney admitted the band is pleased with result.
"It's a huge honor for sure, it's a total shocker, totally came out of left field, I would've never guessed something like this happening, it's totally awesome," said Scott Carney, vocalist Wax Fang.
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YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - An agricultural official says prices for winter lettuce grown in southwestern Arizona already are rising because of damage caused by freezing weather.
The Yuma area provides much of the nation's leafy greens during the winter and farmers are reporting damage to many Romaine and Iceberg lettuce crops.
Kurt Nolte is a Yuma-based agricultural agent for the University of Arizona.
He says the recent cold temperature is freezing the heads of the lettuce and affecting the quality and yield.
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Washington Post's Balz notes how similar this campaign is so far with previous ones. "A campaign between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain once offered enormous possibilities for something new. Instead, the two presumptive nominees have opened their campaigns for the White House with what looks and sounds like a repeat of the kind of politics both have promised to leave behind. Since Obama (D-Ill.) wrapped up the Democratic nomination a few weeks ago, he and McCain (R-Ariz.) have served up a series of indignant exchanges over foreign policy, terrorism, the economy, energy and campaign money. Their aides have gone further, with snarling put-downs in conference calls and taunting e-mails that flow constantly out of the Chicago and Crystal City headquarters."
VIDEO: Barack Obama and John McCain are in a war of words over debates, campaign finance and remarks by advisors. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports on the latest in the presidential campaign.
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The New York Daily News covers Obama campaign manager David Plouffe's presentation in DC yesterday. "'We simply aren't going to wake up on Nov. 4 with our campaign worried about one state,' David Plouffe declared, reeling off possible Democratic pickups from Alaska to Florida. 'We are going to have a lot of states in play,' the campaign manager told reporters, boldly predicting Obama won't wind up a state short of victory like Al Gore or John Kerry. Plouffe promised his campaign was going to 'play hard' everywhere, targeting states President Bush won in 2004. 'Just as important, maybe more so, is our ability to have a persuasion army out there,' Plouffe said."
"Eight political watchdog groups on Wednesday asked Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to disclose more about the fundraising for their presidential campaigns, including new details about those fundraisers who "bundle" tens of thousands of dollars," the AP says. "The groups making the request are the Campaign Finance Institute, the Center for Responsive Politics, Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters of the United States, Public Citizen, the Sunlight Foundation and U.S. PIRG."
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Ramsar COP8 - Address by WWF International on behalf of the IOPs
|"Wetlands: water, life, and culture"
8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
Valencia, Spain, 18-26 November 2002
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Address on behalf of of International Organisation Partners to 8th Ramsar Convention Conference of Contracting Parties, Valencia, Spain
Dr Claude Martin, Director-General, WWF - On behalf of BirdLife International, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Wetlands International and WWF.
In 1971 NGOs played a major role in the creation of this Convention. Today, Ramsar continues to engage civil society organisations more than almost any other convention. I bring you the greetings of the four Ramsar International Organisation Partners - non-government organisations - that provide official support to the Ramsar programme - BirdLife International, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Wetlands International, and my own organisation WWF - the World Wide Fund for Nature.
We value the basis of trust and respect with which the Contracting Parties and the Bureau accept our organisations as Partners. At a time when the efficiency of multi-lateral institutions is being questioned, this eighth Conference of Parties is a prime opportunity to celebrate a remarkable treaty process that is making tangible progress to ensure effective wetland conservation at global, regional and local levels.
We thank our Spanish hosts for their excellent organisation of the Conference and their hospitality. Spain is a nation with a close relationship to wetlands and where water is a key element of this great nation's cultural and natural wealth. Many great wetlands located in this country have been a source of inspiration for conservation initiatives globally.
The timely theme of this Conference is "Wetlands: Water, Life and Culture". I wish to highlight some of the links between these following the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Progress from COP7 to COP8
The last Conference was a milestone for the Convention, adopting significant tools and guidance for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Notable at COP7 was the dialogue with indigenous and local peoples and commitment to their role in the wise management of wetlands. The Conference agreed on a range of strategies to improve the systematic application of the Convention, and we must take stock at this conference of our efforts to implement them.
Our organisations have actively contributed to the successes of the Convention since we last met in Costa Rica in 1999. I will not regale you with tales of our efforts, as now is the time to look forward and ask what more can we achieve?
The International Organisations Partners also wish to acknowledge - in his last COP as Secretary-General - the leadership of Delmar Blasco in strengthening the position of the Convention. The acceleration in activities to achieve the Convention's mission is in no small part due to his vision and enthusiasm.
The last decade has seen the Ramsar Convention's mission increasingly recognized in the mainstream of world environmental affairs - most recently in the marine section of the Plan of Implementation from the World Summit for Sustainable Development. We must seize the opportunity of this Conference of Parties to continue the process of "mainstreaming" the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
Future of the Convention
Our organisations endorse the 15 challenges identified by the Secretary-General in his report to this conference.
We urge delegates not just to think about how they should react to what the meeting puts in front of them, but to be proactive and define today what they want from this Conference and what they hope for from the Convention in the coming triennium.
Our organisations want to highlight two areas where a marked improvement is required to fulfil the Convention's mission - starting at this COP:
1. Implementing commitments
We wish to see the commitments made at these Conferences fully implemented. We highlight the fact that a number of Contracting Parties have done more for wetland conservation than they pledged at CoP7 - such as Algeria, Bolivia and the United Kingdom. These countries are a model for us all.
Regrettably, however, not all Contracting Parties have shown the same dedication. For example, at CoP7 Contracting Parties committed to designating 398 new Ramsar sites by this Conference. As of a few weeks ago, only 30% of these pledges had been implemented. Further, there is little evidence of national implementation of a more strategic approach to the conservation and wise use of wetlands, such as designation of under-represented wetland types or adoption of national wetlands strategies. Further, some Ramsar sites had parts destroyed with little evidence of application of full assessment and remedial measures.
It is with respect for Spain and the long history of wetlands conservation work in this country that I must raise concerns about the Spanish National Hydrological Plan. We ask whether the economic, social and environmental implications of this Plan and alternatives to it have been assessed. At the occasion of COP8, we look to the government of Spain to provide global leadership and to demonstrate its commitment to the Ramsar Convention. We look to the government of Spain to apply the provisions of the Convention in a transparent and effective manner.
Our organisations have supported the rapid development of the extensive resolutions, guidelines and Ramsar 'tool kit' over the last three Conferences of Parties. However, the real value of this impressive body of work will be in its implementation. There is a need for more direct assistance to Contracting Parties on Ramsar site management, wise use of wetlands, national wetland management programmes, and managing competing demands for water.
The assistance sought by most Contracting Parties cannot be supported by the Convention's meager budget. A comparison between the Ramsar Convention and other international environment conventions reveals that it continues to be a 'poor cousin', receiving just 20-40% of the funds of comparable treaties, such as CITES. The Ramsar Bureau does give remarkable service and produce the highest quality products. The Standing Committee has proposed a budget increase of just 5% per year for the next triennium. We urge the Contracting Parties to support this minimal increase, and to see what they can do to make the additional voluntary contributions that will be needed to achieve what this COP is proposing as the programme of work.
2. Increasing Ramsar's voice in world conservation affairs
We want to see Ramsar increasing its voice in the world it's doing well, but let us support all opportunities for it to be even more assertive in the global sustainability debate. The spotlight is on all multilateral environment agreements now, as never before, to account to wider audiences for the difference they make in the hard, post - World Summit realities of the 21st century. This does not mean abandoning the focus on the wetland conservation and wise use agenda the Ramsar Convention's strength - but it does mean working to improve the Convention's penetration of higher levels of decision making in national governments and international processes.
The World Summit highlighted the pre-eminence afforded to the Millennium Development Goals, national Poverty Reduction Strategies and Integrated Water Resources Management Plans by many governments and multilateral institutions. Those of us engaged in the Ramsar Convention must ensure that the role of the conservation and wise use of wetlands in eradicating poverty and in the sound management of water is recognized and supported in these plans.
Although we need to invest in building the capacity of Ramsar Administrative Authorities, we cannot ignore the fact that other ministries and players have the capacity to achieve conservation - or cause degradation. In most cases the Ramsar Administrative Authorities can increase their efforts to have the Convention's wise use guidance adopted in critical processes. One example is the lack of reference to the Convention in the freshwater section of the Plan of Implementation from the World Summit for Sustainable Development.
For the Ramsar Convention to play a more meaningful role in water allocation, impact assessment, dams, invasive species, wetland and river basin management, planning, ecosystem restoration and agriculture - as it should - then this conference must decide how we collectively engage other water management agencies.
In conclusion, the Ramsar Convention is not just a discussion forum but also a binding treaty, with solemn commitments that have to be implemented in a fair and accountable way in the interests of all Parties.
The strength and relevance of the Convention extends beyond wetlands management, and its guidance needs to be applied to mainstream water, marine and ecosystem management and influence relevant policies and legislation.
The International Organisation Partners call on all participants to use these days of the COP to secure the best shared and strengthened understanding of what the Convention means in practice - and reach out to new audiences - at a time when the world needs healthy wetlands more than ever.
Our organisations look forward to working with you at this Conference and in the next triennium to achieving even more. Thank you.
For further information, or to arrange interviews with Dr. Claude Martin:
Lisa Hadeed, Communications Manager, WWF Living Waters Programme, Tel. +41 79 372 1346, email: email@example.com
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