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Banteay Chhmar
Banteay Chhmar Temple is 65 km north of Sisophon on Highway 56. The Banteay Chhmar Community-Based Tourism (CBT) [1] group provides homestays, English-speaking tour guides, meals, activities, tour packages, booking services and transportation resources for individuals and tour groups. In 2010, Banteay Chhmar won the 'Hidden Treasures Cambodia' Destination Award.
Banteay Chhmar Temple and its nine satellite temples form one the great temple complexes from the Angkorian era. The temple was constructed by King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century. The temple complex is one of the largest from the Angkorian era and is one of only two sites outside of Bayon Temple bearing the enigmatic Bayon-style face towers. Banteay Chhmar Temple is currently undergoing a multi-year conservation project by Global Heritage Fund (GHF) and the Cambodian government is in efforts to have Banteay Chhmar listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Get in
Banteay Chhmar is most easily reached from Sisophon. Sisophon is at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 6 and is a major transit hub that links Siem Reap, Battambang, Phnom Penh and Poipet (Thai border). There are numerous buses and taxis to/from Sisophon all day long. It should not be a problem getting to Sisophon.
From Sisophon, taxis are currently the only practical way to reach Banteay Chhmar. Taxis can be met at the Phasa Thmei (New Market) on Highway 56 (the road to Banteay Chhmar) in Sisophon. The CBT has taxis with the CBT logo on them at this taxi stand. The road to Banteay Chhmar is unpaved, but is currently undergoing improvements.
Share taxis (6 people – 4 in the back; 2 in front plus driver) are $5 per person. If you need extra legroom, you can ask to pay for 2 seats. A private taxi is $25.
In the dry season, it takes approximately 1 hour from Sisophon to Banteay Chhmar. In the rainy season, travel times can be longer depending upon the amount of rain and where it falls. The road is very rarely, if ever, completely closed.
In the unlikely event that the road is closed, Banteay Chhmar can be reached via Samraong, about 50km north. This road is in better condition, but is a much longer journey than from Sisophon. This road can also take you to the O'Smach/Chong Chom border crossing with Thailand.
The CBT will help you with making your onward travels from Banteay Chhmar.
Other Transportation
Get around
Banteay Chhmar village, the main temple and the homestays are all in close proximity and can be easily covered on foot. Most of the satellite temples can also be reached on foot, or the CBT has bicycle rentals ($1.50 / day). There are two barays (large water reservoirs). The Meborn Baray can be walked or biked to. The Pol Pot Baray (3 km) is easier to reach by moto.
By far, the most important and spectacular bas-reliefs are the two remaining images of the Avalokitesvara on the western gallery.
The temple has suffered hundreds of years of natural decay, and more recently, was subjected to egregious acts of looting.
What remains is still truly spectacular – a remote, deserted temple overgrown with trees and forest. You will experience a sense of mystical aura and have some awesome photographic opportunities.
With less than 1000 visitors a year, you will also most likely have the temple to yourself.
Temple Entrance fee is $5 per person and is good for multi-day entrance to all the satellite temples including Banteay Torp Temple. Children under 12 are free.
The CBT provides a number of visitor activities. The CBT is comprised of local community members. All CBT members are non-salaried and only receive income from providing guest services. This includes the cooks and homestay owners, as well. The CBT also saves some money from guest services in a local community fund to help with community-wide projects such as a solid waste management disposal project.
There is no ATM in Banteay Chhmar. The closest ATM is in Sisophon. US Dollars, Thai Baht and Khmer Riel are all accepted in the market and by the CBT.
Being so far away from a major city makes dining options somewhat limited. Whatever is available in the market usually becomes the main meal of the day. There are no Tex-Mex, Italian or French nouvelle options here.
The market area starts closing down around 5pm, so eat early or, if you are not eating in the CBT restaurant, ask the Chan Rom to prepare a meal for later – they will!
Needless to say, there are no bars, nightclubs or swingin' karaoke joints in Banteay Chhmar. Beer ($0.50 can) and other drinks can be bought in various shops and there are a couple of ice sellers where you can buy ice to keep your beverages chilled.
CBT Homestays: These are the only sleeping accommodations in Banteay Chhmar. There are currently 8 homestays and 19 rooms. Each room has 1 double bed. The homestays are clean and basic with cotton sheets, blankets, pillows and mosquito nets. All of the homestays have western-style (sitting) toilets and showerheads. There are no rooms with air-conditioning. However, the homestays now have battery-powered fans that can be run throughout the night.
There is only electricity 18:00-23:00 in Banteay Chhmar. The homestays all have electricity during this time, or use batteries. Flashlights and candles are provided, as well.
You will need a CBT member to help you with settling into your homestay since none of the homestay owners speak English and homestay reservations are done on a revolving basis so each homestay owner receives his/her fair share of guests.
Though none speak English, the homestay families are all very hospitable and welcoming. You can read their personal stories here [3].
Homestays are $7/per room.
There are no internet facilities. If you really need to use the internet you can ask the CBT to borrow one of their computers and/or their USB modems. Please offer a small compensation.
You can contact the CBT directly: +855 97 516 5533 or +855 12 435 660
CBT-GHF Coordinator Tath Sophal can be reached at: +855 97 723 7605 or +855 12 237 605
CBT Website: visitbanteaychhmar.org [4]
Get out
The most popular half-day trip is to Banteay Torp Temple. This temple is 9km south of Banteay Chhmar off of Highway 56. The temple consists of three soaring and precarious looking towers teetering on the verge of collapse. The nearby pagoda has some beautiful wall paintings. Frequently, tourists will have a picnic lunch here on their way back to Sisophon. For groups, the CBT will arrange a kuyon for transportation. Otherwise, it is best reached by moto or taxi. Bicycles are really not a good idea, especially in the rainy season.


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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Why do we need to listen to God?! Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Why do we need to listen to God?! Goto page 1, 2, 3 Next Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> The Strange and Mysterious View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message chi-keiJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 101Location: http://hk.geocities.com/chikei1984 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 7:08 am Post subject: Why do we need to listen to God?! I am atheist, it's because I think there is not necessary to believe religion. Undoubledly the fate is belong to us, not the others, not to the God. Why do we need to listen to God?! It don't have any reason. If you have, state it out please._________________Now, the "nameless monster" has turned into an actually existing man. Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:50 am Post subject: Free Will. We have free will. It's up to us if we want to listen to God or not. It's also up to us if we want to believe in Him or not. That's why some people are atheists and some are not. Back to top chi-keiJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 101Location: http://hk.geocities.com/chikei1984 Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Free Will. Diana wrote: We have free will. It's up to us if we want to listen to God or not. It's also up to us if we want to believe in Him or not. That's why some people are atheists and some are not. Can I ask you a question? Do you have any religion?_________________Now, the "nameless monster" has turned into an actually existing man. Back to top DianaJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 494Location: Guam, USA Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 4:07 am Post subject: Yes, I am a Christian. But it doesn't bother me if you are an atheist. In fact, I have a few good friends in this forum who are atheists. Back to top CassiopeaJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 8Location: Poland Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:50 pm Post subject: If you really were an atheist you wouldn't have told that "why do we need to listen to God". Because this sentence indicates that God exists, and it denies being an atheist Back to top chi-keiJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 101Location: http://hk.geocities.com/chikei1984 Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:47 am Post subject: The Strange and Mysterious I am asking someone who listen to god. Although I don't beilive, I just want to know the other's thinking._________________Now, the "nameless monster" has turned into an actually existing man. Back to top CassiopeaJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 8Location: Poland Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:52 pm Post subject: do you know why? because when I listen to the God and everything what he told us to do I feel that I behave in a right way and it usually brings me good results in life. Back to top BernieJoined: 27 Feb 2003Posts: 2 Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Why do we need to listen to God?! Excuse me, I`m mew in this stuff, but I really think it`s to difficult being a really atheist, maybe you are the first one I know, but I recomend you to analise yourself, and find in your knowledge your God, maybe its something different... have a nice day Quote: _________________Every now and then we ask for some justice... Back to top IlitchJoined: 28 Feb 2003Posts: 2Location: MExico Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:57 am Post subject: Well, i think taht the people who say that are atheist really they´re not, because they dont believe in the god that people show, but that is not the real GOD (with capital letters) you can not understand God by reasoning, because he is the pure reason, he is the font of all our thoughts, you cannot explain why people have intelligence, why we are diferente from that animals or the plants, and that is because we have a soul, a soul created by God, some greek philosphers had already thought in that (Plato, Aristotle) before us. God is our creator, but he gave us free will, you have the choice, you can decide wheter if you listen him or not. Well, sorry for my english, but i have just satrted to learn it!_________________"There are reasons from the heart that the reason doesn´t understand" Back to top BernieJoined: 27 Feb 2003Posts: 2 Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject: Hey de què parte de Mèxico eres, yo soy de Querétaro, saludos paisano_________________Every now and then we ask for some justice... Back to top Ryan TanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Posts: 12Location: Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:09 am Post subject: I don't really beleive in god But... I'm a Budhist... You can say half Buddhist half Atheist..._________________I love science forever!!!!!!!!! Back to top HoneyJoined: 25 Apr 2003Posts: 89Location: Colombia Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:10 am Post subject: Believe Sooner or later, anyhow, YOU BELIEVE. Maybe not in God, exactly, but in a supreme force. Hello! Why do we need to listen to God?... We want to follow our own way. but history has showed we cannot build our own totally world, but we need him. I'm Christian. The fact isn't a religion, but a belief, a real belief... Faith, true faith. I'm a young girl, and it's been s difficult for me to live in this society. But I've seen if we follow God's principles, we can avoid all those problems people use to have. We find satisfaction in worth things, not in a short moment, a useless object, a short pleasure. In God, we find a friend. some people just look for him when they have problems, or saying He's guilty because of all those problems. What do we do to avoid them? As Diana said before, we have free will. We take our own decisions. That's why the world is like that. If we just leave our pride away and listen to God with a sincer and realistic mind, we can see He isn't masses, Christmas, Easter, and all that stuff. He's hope, He's nature, happines, logical, creation. Believe me, if you just try it once with sincer mind and listen for a while to God, you can see it's useful. The problem is that, sometimes, we don't find the answer to OUR problems. If we want to know about death but we can't solve our question but we just find "Don't do this, don't do that (something that is incorrect) which faith can we develop? I understand why some people prefer to ignore it. But it would be good if they try, at least once, to open their heart. I did it once and, believe me, it changed my point a view. Nor only a belief, but a logical and realistic point of view. _________________Sweet like Honey http://honey.fun2learnmore.de Back to top takenori15162000Joined: 15 May 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject: i don't believe the god!!!!!!!! Hi!! i think i can't believe the god ! because I have never seen him , and he have never given some presents and good things! so i can't believe! i believe me ! please reply! Back to top polisitikusJoined: 08 Jul 2003Posts: 1Location: malaysia Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:23 pm Post subject: god must be listened to. if you dont have something to believe on. god is the one we turn to when we have problem when our friend let us down, i"m a muslim and im thankful for being one. Back to top sofia22Joined: 23 Jul 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Why do we need to listen to God?! Hey chi-kei, how are ya? I have a good idea for ya . You want to know "why do we need to listen to God?" well I don't have the answer for ya, but I dare you to read the Bible, all of it. And I promise you, that if your question isn't answered, then you'll really know if there's a reason to listen to God. But before you make up your mind, maybe it's a good idea to get to know better what you are refusing. Because if you never know exactly who God is, then how do you know weither you made the right decision or not concerning your faith? Try it and let me know how it goes! here's a great online Bible with international translations http://www.gospelcom.net/ibs/index.php God Bless! 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If the peanut industry is to survive, all segments must work together, including growers, shellers, intermediate processors and manufacturers, says Tom Beaty of Universal Blanchers in Blakely, Ga.
"We can either make our changes and move forward together as a group, or we can go out of business. Someone else will do the job for us. But if we come together, we can deliver to consumers what they're asking for," said Beaty at the annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference, held recently in Panama City, Fla.
The final customer for the peanut industry, he says, is the person buying candy bars or a jar of peanut butter. "The housewife controls where the food is purchased and what foods are purchased — she is responsible for what her children eat, and we don't want her buying a product that leaves a negative impression," he says.
Universal Blanchers, he say, invested $10 million in 2000 to meet the needs of consumers by removing foreign material from peanuts. "We knew that if we were to survive, we would have to have the highest quality peanut, and we'd have to give the best service of any of our competitors," says Beaty.
There are several things producers can do to help ensure a high-quality peanut, he says. The first is to establish a sound fertilization program, with a special emphasis on calcium and boron.
"If you have a boron deficiency, you have hollow heart. This creates a major problem for the industry because aflatoxin can form in the peanut," he says.
Growers also must have a solid weed control program, especially for nutgrass and johnsongrass, says Beaty. "You might not be able to justify spraying an entire field for johnsongrass, but you can get on a four-wheeler with a pump sprayer and kill the spots that you do have. Don't just plow through it and let it spread all over the field for the next year or the year after," he says.
Utilize irrigation
Fully utilizing your irrigation is another important factor in ensuring peanut quality, he says. "There is a ton of information out there about when to water and how to water, or the optimum time for irrigating to set a crop."
It's also important, says Beaty, to base digging decisions on the hull-scrape method to ensure the maturity of the peanuts. "Whenever the farmer delivers his peanuts to us, we try to process them, and an immature kernel is difficult to process properly. There's a unique procedure for roasting a peanut that brings out the ultimate flavor," he says.
Growers also should use sound digging practices to create a windrow that minimizes dirt and taproots, he says. "Sometimes this isn't possible due to weather conditions. But if you do the very best you can do, it'll pay dividends at the end of the day."
Prior to harvest, it's a good idea for producers to clean their equipment to prevent contamination from foreign materials and aflatoxin, says Beaty. "Sometimes, there can be rotten kernels in that equipment, and that deteriorates the quality of your peanuts. And we use drying wagons for other things, such as corn, which is a killer for those of us shipping peanuts to the confectionary trade. So keep your drying wagons clean."
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Peanut producers also should strive to reduce loose-shelled kernels and minimize the damage by using sound combining practices, he says. "You need to get out and see what your tractor driver is doing — make sure the RPM and ground speed are what they should be. In other words, let's look after our business."
Beaty also advises that growers use sound drying practices to minimize off-flavor and splits.
"Whenever a drying wagon heats up with peanuts in it, you can't imagine what that's doing to the quality of the peanut. Air is like water — it goes to the point of least resistance. Peanuts on the edge of the wagon could very well be 7 percent or 8 percent moisture while those in the middle could be 3 percent to 5 percent higher. That hurts us in the blanching process. We can't remove the skins from the peanuts.
"Drying is critical, and you're not going to remove but about one-half percent or 1 percent moisture per hour if you dry them correctly. You're using heat to work out some of the humidity. When the relative humidity is 35 percent, you don't even need to turn on the heat — just turn on the fan."
Progress is being made, says Beaty, in improving the quality of peanuts. "We're almost there in terms of delivering to the manufacturer a foreign material-free peanut. Peanut butter accounts for about 50 percent of our usage. The other 50 percent goes to roasted, salted, cocktail nuts and candy bars. Peanut butter doesn't scare us so much. But the 50 percent that goes elsewhere will get us into trouble if we don't clean up our act."
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As I discussed in last week's article, cloud computing systems and the data they contain are now valuable corporate assets. You can't take them for granted, either: They need to be managed and cultivated like any other corporate asset.
Although it's difficult to provide an assessment tool for every kind of cloud platform or application, you can tailor the following framework to the specific cloud services in your organization. Each question below gives you points. Like in golf, low scores win-the higher your total, the more you need to develop a get-well plan.
Cloud Security
Give yourself 5 points for each "No" answer.
- Do you back up all data weekly?
- Are system audit trails turned on?
- Do you back up all metadata and administrative logs monthly?
- Are password-strength policies in place? This includes forcing password change on a quarterly basis.
- Is a document retention/destruction policy in place, and is there some sort of enforcement?
- Do you have data entry guidelines, particularly for personal confidential information. Again, is there some form of enforcement?
- Do you have active user accounts in the system for people who no longer work for your organization? (Here, give yourself 5 points if you say "Yes.")
Analysis: Security in the Cloud Is All About Visibility and Control
Cloud Data Bogosity
Give yourself 1 point for each percentage point below.
- What percent of your address data is blank, trash or does not use ISO-standard codes for state and country?
- What percent of your addresses have state and country values that are not ISO-standard codes?
- What percent of your records or documents seem to be duplicates?
- What percent of your nonarchived records or documents haven't been updated in the last year?
- What percent of your records or files are owned by zombies, or people who are no longer system users?
- What percent of the fields in your records are empty or garbage more than 98 percent of the time?
- How many times a week does the system create an unhandled exception? If there is no code in your cloud system, how many times a week is a bogus record created by users or external data feeds?
Commentary: How CRM Data Updates Lead to Data Corruption
Alignment With Business Processes
Give yourself 1 point for each "unit" that's implied in the question.
- For the organizations that regularly use the system, how many times have they had reorganizations or major staff changes since the system was first installed?
- For the system overall, divide the number of years the system has been in place by the number of times its user guides/cheat sheets have had major revisions.
- For the average system user, divide the number of years the system has been in use by the number of times there have been significant training cycles.
- For the most important user organization, how many quarters has it been since it published a "rules of engagement" or other significant business process document?
- How many business processes, internal or external, do not have a clear SLA or process quality standard?
- How many methods do "something mysterious" that nobody really understands?
- How many times a week does an average user have to take a business process outside the system for an exception, approval, merger, reconciliation and so on?
Stewardship and Governance
Give yourself 1 point for each "unit" that's implied in the question.
- How many people have cloud administration privileges?
- How many system administrators have not taken formal admin training or certification?
- Divide the total number of reports, views and dashboards by 100.
- Divide the total number of users by 100.
- Divide the total number of tables and directories by 100.
- How many of your stores exceed the allowed capacity or quota?
- How many system objects or directory trees have no descriptive documentation about them?
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Cloud System Integration
Again, give yourself 1 point for each "unit" that's implied in the question.
- How many third-party products and services are integrated with your cloud solution?
- How many third-party products and services are open source or unsupported by a vendor?
- How many third-party products haven't been updated in more than 18 months?
- How many of these integrated systems share a user license in the cloud with a user or other integrated system?
- How many of the systems' formulas or workflows do processing that spans system boundaries-for example, scoring that's done partially in one cloud and partially in another?
- How many external systems are not fully internationalized for character set, currency and sorting?
- How many "integrations" are done by re-keying data or export/import cycling CSV or XLS files?
- How many unplanned outages or lost transactions did your cloud integrations experience in the last 12 months?
Proper Automation
Finally, give yourself 1 point for each "unit" that's implied in the question.
- How many months has it been since you ran all the internal test cases for your code?
- What percentage of your code is not covered by a test method?
- How many of your systems' custom-coded methods no longer execute or have no relevant function?
- How many of your systems' custom-coded methods are longer than 100 lines of code?
- How many of you systems' methods or workflows can cause an orphan record or file?
- How many buttons on forms let the user fill out the form the wrong way or execute the business process without proper enforcement?
- How many rule-driven parts of the system produce incorrect results such as flakey routing, escalation or alerts?
Analysis: Is Your Private Cloud Defensive or Responsive?
Now, Give Your Cloud System a Tune-Up
Total the scores from each of these sections. If the overall total is less than 100, breathe a sigh of relief. If your score is above 1,000, panic now. If your score is in between, focus attention on the groups that have the highest point value.
You'll notice that these questions tend to drive the scores higher for systems that have been in production for longer periods. That's because cloud systems, like gardens, require constant tending. The longer they've been in place, the more ways they can be overgrown and weed-infested.
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Chance Thomas
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Chance Thomas is a composer and producer of original music for video games. He has been Sierra Online's music director as well as Electronic Arts', and has as such worked on many Tolkien games. In 1998 he was hired to compose the music for Middle-earth Online, a project that would eventually become The Lord of the Rings Online.
- 1999: Tolkien's Middle-earth (supervision, unreleased)
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) (supervision, trailer)
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game) (supervision)
- 2003: The Hobbit (2003 video game) (supervision)
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard (supervision, cancelled)
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (composer)
- 2007: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (composer)
- 2008: The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (composer)
- 2012: The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan (composer)
- "Certainly being connected to Lord of the Rings didn't hurt my situation, but that doesn't explain why game music from other similar high profile titles never finds an audience. For that matter, the excellent work done by Brad Spear, who composed the beautiful, rich score for The Fellowship of the Ring game, never found this kind of audience, nor has the recent award-winning soundtrack from The Hobbit. So it's more than just an attractive franchise and a cool soundtrack. It's a formula I've been working on since my early days as Senior Music Director at Sierra Online."
- ― Chance Thomas, GIGnews interview
- "As for me, my official credit reads: 'Live Orchestral and Choral Music by Chance Thomas'. Funny story, there was actually a mix-up with my credit in the printed booklet. A friend called me a couple of weeks ago and said, 'Hey, what gives? They've got you listed in some obscure place, like next to extra appreciation for Crispy Cream Donuts.' I actually don't mind close proximity to donuts. But Turbine tells me it's all been corrected now in their online credit list."
- ― Chance Thomas, IGN Music interview


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East Stroudsburg South has played itself into the championship conversation. O'Neil Holder scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and Khalil Wickham had a double-double as ES South earned a 56-50 victory over Stroudsburg.
STROUDSBURG — East Stroudsburg South has played itself into the championship conversation.
O'Neil Holder scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and Khalil Wickham had a double-double as ES South earned a 56-50 victory over Stroudsburg in Mountain Valley Conference boys basketball Tuesday.
The victory was the fourth straight and sixth and their last eight games for the Cavs (11-10, 7-4 MVC), who outscored the Mounties by nine after the first quarter.
And even though its 2-4 against the other three teams in the MVC playoffs (two-time defending champion Pocono Mountain West, Pleasant Valley and Stroudsburg), ES South has to feel good about its chances in next week's tournament. The Cavs split with both PV and the Mounties, but their two losses against Pocono West were both by just three points.
"It's all about progress," said ES South first-year coach Shawn Munford, who saw his team get off to a 3-6 start this season. "As long as we continue to get better as a team and continue to play our scheme, then we'll let the chips fall where they may.
"PV, West and Stroudsburg are excellent teams and were ahead of us for a reason coming into this game. We just have to continue to get better and if we do we'll have a chance to play with those teams."
While West has clinched the top seed and will host next Tuesday's semifinals, the Cavs forced a three-way tie for second place in the MVC thanks to another brilliant performance by Holder, some tough-nosed play from Wickham and a variety of zone defenses that at times frustrated Stroudsburg.
The Mounties (11-10, 7-4) led by three after the first quarter, but managed just five points in the second quarter as the Cavs held a 23-18 lead at the half. Stroudsburg hit just two shots from the floor in the second as South mixed a match-up zone with a 2-3 look to keep the Mounties out of rhythm.
"We switched the zone twice just to try and give them some different looks," Munford said. "They shoot the ball so well and pass the ball so well that you don't want to give them a steady dose of just one thing."
While the defense held the Mounties down, Holder went to work on the offensive end.
The junior hit a 3 at the end of the second quarter to give South a five-point lead and his runner midway through the third quarter made it 33-25. Holder also found his teammates, handing out five assists after the Mounties' defense crashed down on him.
"I wanted to get my teammates involved and get them the ball," Holder said. "They did a great job getting open and making their shots."
Wickham continued to be the difference maker he's been for South lately.
The senior big man scored 16 points, grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds and also blocked two shots. Wickham had a big putback to stretch Eastburg South's lead to six with 1:39 left in the fourth quarter.
"I have a job on this team (inside) and I do what my team and teammates need from me," said Wickham, who has scored in double figures three times in the last five games.
"He's the difference and has been the difference for us the past few games," Munford said about Wickham. "If he continues to play like this, it gives us a chance every night because it gives us an inside presence."
The Mounties stayed right there through the fourth as Jacob Battle hit a pair of 3-pointers and Dan Cuevas scored eight of his career-high 17 points in the final eight minutes. Three was as close as Stroudsburg got, though, as Holder hit 5-of-6 at the line to keep the Mounties at arm's length.
"We just need to keep coming out and playing hard and playing tough defense," Holder said. "We have a great team, but we just have to keep getting better every day."
ES South 56, Stroudsburg 50
Holder 8 6-8 23, Amoakohene 1 1-2 3, Wickham 7 2-3 16, Quick 0 1-2 1, Delesline 0 0-0 0, Scott 2 2-3 6, Kelly 3 0-0 7, Bird 0 0-0 0. Totals — 21 12-18 56.
Cayo 0 0-0 0, Brandt 1 1-1 3, Clowney 3 3-4 10, Battle 5 0-0 14, Bragg 0 0-0 0, Lopez 1 0-0 3, Cuevas 7 3-4 17, Fenn 1 0-0 2, Clay 0 1-2 1, Hwang 0 0-0 0, Choy 0 0-0 0. Totals — 18 8-11 50.
ES South 10 13 15 18 �— 56
Stroudsburg 13 5 15 17 — 50
3-point goals — ESS 2 (Holder, Kelly); S 6 (Battle 5, Clowney). Rebounds — ESS 24 (Wickham 10); S 22 (Cuevas, Battle 3). Assists — ESS 13 (Holder 5); S 16 (Clowney 9). Steals — ESS 5 (Amoakohene 2); S 8 (Battle 3). Blocks — ESS 3 (Wickham 2); S 0. Turnovers — ESS 15; S 11.
Records — ES South 11-10, 7-4 MVC; Stroudsburg 11-10, 7-4.


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Anyway, a few weeks ago I had a terrible migraine (I do not usually get them) and it was accompanied by this tingly numbness, but worse-- and mostly on my right side. I went to the hospital and they gave me a CT scan. That showed nothing, but they saw some "blip" near my neck, but it was right on the edge of the scan, so they suggested I get an MRI if I have any more symptoms.
Well the past couple days I've been number. My face (around my nose and mouth) and into my shoulders and all the way down my arms. And sometimes my feet a little. I think it is worse when I'm sitting. I've been to PT for my TMJ disorder, and I have a bite plate, so I feel like that is under control. I also have a great computer chair, good posture etc.
The numbness is freaking me out. Of course someone I work with was like "oh that sounds like MS" and that scared me. I'm 30 and really feel great other than this numbness.
Any ideas of what it could be? A slipped disk? Or something?


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Casting is complete for the world premiere of the Gabriel Kahane musical, "February House" which begins performances Feb. 15 at Stage II New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. The show will run through March 18.
The show will also platy off-Broadway's Public Theater later in the spring.
Stanley Bahorek, Ken Barnett, Ken Clark, Julian Fleisher, Stephanie Hayes, Erik Lochtefeld, Kacie Sheik, A.J. Shively and Kristen Sieh comprise the ensemble, directed by Davis McCallum. Seth Biockley wrote the book to the show and Kahane wriote the music and lyrics.
Written by up-and-coming composer Kahane, the score mixes elements of classical operetta, jazz, and musical comedy with modern folk-pop. In addition to his work on "February House," Kahane has recently released his second album, entitled "Where Are The Arms," debuted his song cycle "Orinoco Sketches" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and embarked on a solo tour. He also performed with Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, Punch Brothers, and Audra McDonald.
The musical is based on Sherill Tippins' literary biography "February House: The Story of W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Wartime America." At Seven Middagh Street, a shabby Brooklyn brownstone, this disparate group of artists fell in love, partied, fought and created in a utopian environment that would later dissipate.
Some of the greatest minds of the mid 20th century assemble in a small house in Brooklyn to create great art and a whole new way of looking at the world. "It is a kind of romp," the theater's artistic Gordon Edelstein says. "This musical is about breaking out. It is a celebration of eccentricity, artistry, and a kind of failed utopian dream. They are dreaming about making a better world. If they can make the better world in their home, maybe they can make one in the outside world."
Bringing together some of the greatest and most colorful minds of a generation, including W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, George Davis tries to create his own utopia in a small house in Brooklyn Heights in the 1940s. The artists discover new ideas exploding at every turn as they find love, friendship and their own artistic voices in a time of war.
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