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In mid-September 2005, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina wreaked destruction on New Orleans, Louisiana and other swaths of the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ophelia tracked erratically off the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States, ultimately driving toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Ophelia, which vacillated in magnitude between a tropical storm and a hurricane, inflicted relatively little damage before drifting into the North Atlantic, the cold, enervating waters of which ultimately snuffed the life out of the system. While the storm lies in the shadow of Katrina in terms of property destruction and death toll, scientific history records Ophelia as the opening of a new chapter of meteorological exploration. During the peak of the storm's life, a lumbering four-engine WP3D Orion "hurricane hunting" aircraft of the Aircraft Operations Center of NOAA, packed with crew and scientists, penetrated Ophelia's core repeatedly, collecting a slew of data on each wing-and-fuselage-beating pass through the storm's rain bands and eyewall.
Although NOAA has been conducting these flights for years, they are never routine, and each is vitally important, as scientists use the data they provide to formulate and refine storm track prediction algorithms. During Ophelia's passage along the Atlantic Coast, however, another airplane dove into the heart of the storm—an odd looking craft with its engine and propeller below and to the rear of its wing, and an inverted "V" tail at the end of two skinny booms. It was an airplane called Aerosonde, built by the AAI company. Like the Orion, the Aerosonde collected gigabytes of data, including wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, and temperature. Unlike the girthy Orion, however, the Aerosonde has just one engine, a wing span one-tenth of that of the Orion, and most notably, the Aerosonde has no onboard pilot or crew. Ophelia's passage marked the first time an unmanned aircraft penetrated a cyclonic storm.
Unmanned aircraft—the wondercraft of the skies, which to many of us resemble giant robotic insects due to their bulbous noses and spindly wings—have until recently been used primarily for military applications. Today, unmanned (or more appropriately termed, unoccupied) aerial vehicles (UAVs) fly missions over agriculture fields so that farmers can monitor crop growth, aid in mineral exploration in inhospitable reaches of the globe, gather imagery for mapmaking in quickly evolving urban environments, and help search and rescue teams locate lost hikers, among an ever growing list of uses.
Caption: With smoke from the Lake Arrowhead area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft heads out on a Southern California wildfires imaging mission.
Dangerous Missions
UAVs are ideally suited for what engineers and practitioners call "3-D" missions, or those that are "dull, dirty, and/or dangerous." Flying, by its very nature, is dangerous for humans, even in the most proven aircraft in dead calm conditions. Flying into hurricanes and tropical storms, regardless of the sturdiness of an airframe, is about as dangerous an activity as any that humans can undertake. Having a UAV like the Aerosonde, which during Ophelia beamed back measurements twice a second to scientists and operators safely on firm ground hundreds of miles away, mitigates any chance of danger to people involved in storm research. And with real-time transmission of data, even if the craft goes down, researchers at least have all measurements up to the moment the data transmitter in the aircraft fails.
During one of the WP-3D Orion flights into Ophelia, the crew explained that they typically don't fly the aircraft below 5,000 feet above sea level due to high winds lifting corrosive salt spray into the air—a decidedly dirty aspect of the mission, because salt spray ingested into one of the Orion's turboprop engines would require a complete rebuild if not thoroughly cleaned immediately after landing. However, some of the most important data to be gleaned from a cyclonic storm lie in its lowest reaches, the region where energy is transferred from warm sea water to the storm itself. This is exactly where the Aerosonde explored during its Ophelia flight, travelling at times just 500 feet above the roiling ocean while inside the storm. As NOAA noted after the flight, the Aerosonde provided "the first-ever detailed observations of the near-surface, high wind hurricane environment, an area often too dangerous for NOAA and U.S Air Force Reserve manned aircraft to observe directly." Two years later, in November 2007, the Aerosonde flew inside Hurricane Noel for more than seven hours, flying as low as 300 feet in sustained winds of up to 80 miles per hour. The Noel flight marked the first time a UAV penetrated a full-fledged hurricane (Ophelia was a tropical storm when the Aerosonde flew into it).
In addition to flying into the lowest depths of cyclonic storms, UAVs are now flying into another realm where traditional atmospheric research aircraft cannot: above them, gaining imagery and data from long duration flights at altitudes of up to 65,000 feet. In August 2010, NASA's Global Hawk, equipped with an array of cameras and instruments, flew over Tropical Depression Frank in the Pacific Ocean—a mission lasting 15 hours. Although currently deployed weather satellites can already take images of storm systems from above, researchers can position the Global Hawk directly above a storm at will (as well as off to the side, for oblique images), and the UAV can measure atmospheric conditions near the storm in addition to gathering imagery, something that is impossible for a satellite in orbit above the earth's atmosphere. After Frank, NASA's Global Hawk flew over Hurricane Earl in the Atlantic (the first ever overflight of a hurricane by a UAV), followed by a mission over Hurricane Karl in the Gulf of Mexico, with the Karl flight lasting an incredible 25 hours. Because the Global Hawk, which has a wing span similar to that of a WP-3D Orion, does not have to accommodate humans onboard, its design maximizes endurance and cargo capacity, giving it a range of over 15,000 miles and flight times as long as 36-plus hours, with a service ceiling of 65,000 feet.
While not currently operational, Aero-vironment, one of the world's leading manufacturers of UAVs, is testing its Global Observer, a "stratospheric persistent" aircraft that the company foresees will be able to stay aloft for up to a week at a time at altitudes up to 65,000 feet, and carry up to 400 pounds of instruments. One of the stated missions for the liquid hydrogen-powered Global Observer is high-resolution tracking of hurricanes and other cyclonic storms; it should be able to stay above any one system for the majority of the storm's life, without a break. With data gleaned from both overflights of systems and from low-level flights through storms, scientists are able to not only better understand the dynamics of storms, but also to refine the accuracy of prediction models.
Caption: Maurice Gonella (left) and Ryan Vu of Aerosonde North America prepare the Aerosonde unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, for flight into Tropical Storm Ophelia on September 16, 2005.
Caption: The Aerosonde unmanned aerial vehicle is released from its transport vehicle on the runway at the NASA Wallops flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, to fly into and take measurements of Tropical Storm Ophelia.
Caption: This photo of Tropical Storm Frank was taken from the HDVis camera on the underside of the Global Hawk aircraft on Saturday, August 28, 2010, at 5:07 pm EDT as the aircraft approached Frank for the second time. The Global Hawk captured this photo from an altitude of 60,000 feet (about 11.4 miles).
Caption: Global Hawk in flight for WISPAR research, Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers.
Is It a UAV? A UAS? A Drone? And Does the "U" Stand for Unmanned, Unoccupied, or Uninhabited?
One of the most confusing aspects of aircraft sans human crew is the field's nomenclature. Some call these aircraft "drones," but other sources note that the term "drone" refers to a simple "program and forget" flight control system, where an aircraft simply flies on a basic course and then crashes (or gets shot down, in the case of military practice target drones). In popular media, the most common term used is "UAV," which at one point stood for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle, but also Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The "unmanned" designation was then changed to "unoccupied," or in some instances "uninhabited," as plenty of "occupied" aircraft are piloted by women. Adding further confusion, some entities, primarily military and governmental (like NOAA), are now using the term UAS, which stands for Unmanned Aircraft System, the "system" designator being used to identify not only the aircraft itself, but the ground control system and whatever communications and data link components are used. Adding further to this confusing acronym stew are RPV and RPA, which, used by only a few, stand for Remotely Piloted Vehicle and Remotely Piloted Aircraft, respectively. Regardless of the acronym used, they all refer to the same concept: Operators of these craft remain safely on terra firma, and are not in the craft themselves.
A Wide Spectrum of Uses
UAVs for weather research aren't being used exclusively for hurricanes and other cyclonic storms, however. They are proving their utility in a full spectrum of atmospheric science research, particularly in remote areas and regions of meteorological extremes. Sharon Corona, of AAI, describes an Aerosonde mission in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. "The Aerosonde Mark 4 flew in temperatures as cold as −38°C (−36.4°F), and remained aloft up to 17 hours straight." The mission's focus was to observe the influence of katabatic winds on the Antarctic coast to help determine what, if any, influence these winds have on global climate. She adds, "For this mission the Aerosonde aircraft were fitted with meteorological instruments to measure pressure, temperature, relative humidity, winds, net radiation, surface temperature, and ice thickness." Some of the sensors included a laser surface profiler, surface temperature sensor, and among others, a dropsonde system, which is a device equipped with a GPS and atmospheric sensors that is dropped from an aircraft to gather and transmit atmospheric profile data during its descent. Corona concludes that while the aircraft and sensors were deployed into a high risk environment, "The operators remained safe in controlled conditions out of harm's way." Because the system employed satellite communication, operators could control the aircraft beyond line-of-sight.
Some other meteorological applications for which UAVs have been recently used include collecting high-altitude samples of ozone, carbon dioxide, and other airborne chemicals and particulate matter; observation of forest fires; and cloud mapping, to name a few. As engineers continue to improve engine performance and efficiency, refine flight control and stabilization systems, and enhance high-resolution still and video cameras and environmental sensors—and as these components become cheaper—ever more of the heavy-lift work of airborne atmospheric research will be carried by UAVs. "It's all about filling in data gaps where we can't currently gather info," states Lieutenant Commander Phil Eastman, NOAA Aircraft Operations Center's Unmanned Aircraft Systems officer. "This is as described [with the Aerosonde in Ophelia] at low level in storms but also in regions where we can't get an asset due to range issues such as the Bering Sea, the middle of the Pacific, the Arctic Ocean, and so on." He then notes a limitation of aerial-based atmospheric research rooted not in safety, but in raw logistics, and explains how UAVs provide a solution: "We can't always get the right type of aircraft into certain places because there isn't anywhere to get fuel. UAS [unmanned aircraft systems] have amazing endurance numbers that can get to these places and back safely."
Engineers are now even testing hybrid "occupied/unoccupied" systems. During one particular flight test of the Aerosonde, researchers on board a NOAA Orion controlled the Aerosonde from a base station mounted in their aircraft. Operationally, the first hybrid system will be used in 2012, when NOAA crewmembers will deploy the eight-pound, three-foot-long, electric motor-powered "Gale" UAV through a tube in the belly of an Orion into cyclonic storms. After release, Gale will unfold its composite wings and dive to approximately 100 feet above sea level, where it will fly throughout a small part of the storm and transmit wind speed, temperature, barometric pressure, and other data back to the "mother ship," flying in comparative safety thousands of feet above. When the onboard batteries have died (after about an hour), Gale will glide into the water and end its short life. Dozens of these tiny UAVs deployed during each flight into a storm will yield yet another trove of data for scientists, as the system matures.
Will UAVs ever completely replace human-occupied aviation for weather and atmospheric research? Realistically no, at least not any time soon. In fact, experts in the field urge caution, not only in thinking in terms of UAVs replacing traditional aircraft, but even in comparing them. "I think the constant comparison to manned aircraft misses the mark. It is not a contest to see who is better. Instead, they represent additional new capabilities we can use in service of science and society," states Eastman. He then describes a concept well known to aviators of all types, but with emphasis on weather research—situational awareness: "For missions involving 'naked-eye' surveying, the capabilities of the human eye remain far superior to any technology in existence today." He notes further, "Certain missions will always require manned flight, and a widespread use of UAS is years off, but it certainly will come, sooner or later." Eastman adds that current limitations for UAV use in atmospheric science research are rooted not in technology or even risk, but in regulation. "The current focus is either large UAS such as Global Hawk that can fly above controlled airspace, or small UAS that can fly low and within line-of-sight. Everything in the middle is too hard to use in a practical manner, due to lack of airspace access under current Federal Aviation Regulations."
Caption: Laser Radar array used for atmospheric research, and Global Hawk.
Caption: Dropsonde dispenser used in Global Hawk.
Caption: Gale UAV, small UAV to be dropped by NOAA Orion Hurricane Hunting Aircraft.
Caption: Global Hawk in flight, with condensation trail.
ED DARACK is an independent writer and photographer. Visit his website at www.darack.com.


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The Mystery of Venus' Ashen Light
May is the best time to try and spot one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries in our Solar System. Ashen Light is a faint glow allegedly seen on the unlit portion of Venus, during its crescent phase, similar to the earthshine often observed on the Moon, though not as bright. It is more commonly observed while Venus occupies the evening sky, as now, than when it is in the morning sky. But no one really knows for sure what causes it.
So what's the history of our knowledge about this enigmatic glow?
The phenomenon was first noted in 1643, by Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli. Though many notable astronomers have reported sightings in the 369 years since, including Sir William Herschel and more recently, Sir Patrick Moore, many others have failed to see the effect, leading to claims that it is due to nothing more than observer error, an illusion, atmospheric effect or equipment malfunction. Things are not helped by the fact that nobody has managed to capture an image of Ashen Light, yet.
As the month progresses, Venus nears the Sun, ready for its transit on June 5th to 6th and the planet's crescent phase will increase in diameter during the month, from 37 arcseconds to 56 arcseconds. The best option for amateur astronomers hoping to catch a fleeting glimpse is to use an occulting bar to block the bright crescent, making any glow present on the unlit portion of Venus, more visible.
There is much controversy and many theories as to the cause of Ashen Light. The Keck 1 telescope on Hawaii reported seeing a subtle green glow and suggested it could be produced as ultraviolet light from the Sun splits molecules of carbon dioxide, known to be common in Venus' atmosphere, into carbon monoxide and oxygen, but the green light emitted as oxygen recombines to form O2 is thought too faint to explain the effect. Another more likely theory is that multiple lightning strikes are illuminating Venus' skies. Though the Cassini spacecraft flew by Venus twice on it's voyage to Saturn and failed to detect the high frequency radio noise we associate with thunderstorms on Earth, in 2007 Venus Express did detect low frequency 'whistler waves' that can also result from lightning. It could also be the Venusian equivalent of aurorae.
By far the most bizarre theory, and my personal favourite, was proposed in the early 19th century by the Bavarian astronomer Franz von Gruithuisen, who suggested that Ashen Light was the result of fires lit to clear land for farming on Venus, or to celebrate the coronation of a new Venusian Emperor!
For further reading, a paper on Ashen Light by C. T. Russell and J. L. Phillips
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I'm confused. This article states that "nobody has managed to capture an image of the Ashen Light, yet," but then later states that "The Keck 1 telescope on Hawaii reported seeing a subtle green glow." Given that there is no way to look through the Keck with an eyepiece, I'm assuming that when the author says that the Keck "saw" a glow, she means that a spectrum of Venus's dark side showed emission?
Keck operates across most of the visible as well as the near infrared spectrum.
The "subtle green glow" mentioned does indeed refer to spectroscopic signatures of atomic and molecular oxygen detected on Venus' night side in a 2001 study using the Keck telescope.
While the original paper sits behind a paywall( http://www.sciencemag.org/content/291/5503/463.abstract ), here's a brief summary of the Keck observations: http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/pass/passv13/v13AshenLight.html
According to Russell and Phillips in the paper above:
" We would expect that the process causing ashen light should act equally well at all locations of Venus relative to the Earth. The variation in occurrence rate must be due mainly to observability from Earth."
(Observability in terms of how much light from the sunlit side is drowning the ashen light; shows how faint it is.) I initially thought that seasonality would figure also if not more. I tend to find aurora activity much more feasible than lightning as the latter should be occurring at an incredible rate as to have assured it's detection by Cassini.
According to Russell and Phillips in the paper above:
" We would expect that the process causing ashen light should act equally well at all locations of Venus relative to the Earth. The variation in occurrence rate must be due mainly to observability from Earth."
(Observability in terms of how much light from the sunlit side is drowning the ashen light; shows how faint it is.) I initially thought that seasonality would figure also if not more. I tend to find aurora activity much more feasible than lightning as the latter should be occurring at an incredible rate as to have assured it's detection by Cassini.
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I wonder, why there are no photos and so little other information on that from Venus Express, which has been there for some years and should have made many observations of the nightside…
Let's start a conspiracy about the Venus Express and it's supposed lack of "News Releases", they could equate to "News Black Outs" …. Imagine the fun we could have!!
Go on the talk circuit and make a few $$$ …. I could easily spin a yarn that would rival Roswell! 😉
Mysterious "Ashen Light" glow from the dark side of Earth's hellish neighbor (its terrible twin). Seems an appropriate description (whether phenomenon is real or not) – in gray-light of that world, enveloped in a smothering, acid-laced cloud deck (illuminated with bolts of fury?), storming around the planet with demon-like ferocity (under an eerie auroral sky-glow?). A burnt-world that have may have, at least once, undergone a volcanic, global resurfacing event (as of impacting catastrophe?). And consequently, one that might have been completely molten (before its deathly descent into hell?) – after it revolved as a finished, rock-surfaced, and ocean-adorned(?) planet (with an encircling moon?).
That world today, which so brilliantly coruscates – like a diamond of beauty – above our Life-World's twilight horizons, appears in the harsh Sun-light, a lifeless-gray, grim ash-enclosing tomb. An entire planet that may have once shone with life-promise. Densely buried, it now casts the most dramatic light on the wonder and glory of its next-door neighbor – our living Homeworld!
(Hark! Do I hear the trumpets blare. And, lo, in my eyepiece, did I glimpse glittering displays, as of royal celebration? Or were they late-night fires of rejoicing and feasting? Alas, maybe it was just a volcanic eruption from the infernal regions


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LONDON, ENGLAND and BAIE VERTE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - Feb. 15, 2012) - Rambler Metals and Mining plc (TSX VENTURE:RAB)(AIM:RMM) ('Rambler' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce an acquisition of 4,500,000 shares of Maritime Resources Corp (TSX VENTURE:MAE) ('Maritime'). In consideration of this initial equity interest, Maritime has invited Rambler to appoint a representative to join Maritime's Board of Directors.
The non-brokered private transaction priced at $0.23 per share will give Rambler a 17% equity stake in Maritime. The shares are being purchased from Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMD) who currently hold an equity interest in Maritime Resources.
Rambler is pleased to nominate Peter Mercer, Vice President of Corporate Development to join the board of directors at Maritime. Peter has a strong and diverse background in geology and mining with over ten years experience in working on projects. His leadership during the exploration, environmental permitting and engineering phase of Rambler's Ming Mine was instrumental in bringing the Ming Copper-Gold Mine to production.
George Ogilvie, President and CEO commented:
"Our equity stake in Maritime strengthens the exploration and development alliance formed in June 2011. While we continue to optimize our own mine and milling facilities, including the Ming Mine, we will also look to facilitate growth and value creation opportunities in Maritime's Green Bay properties.
Maritime has made excellent progress in advancing the Green Bay portfolio of properties, specifically the Hammerdown mine (gold), Orion (gold) and Lochinvar (zinc, lead, copper, gold and silver). We view the partnership between Rambler and Maritime as being able to continue to add value to these properties as they move into the next phases of exploration, permitting and engineering. The experience that Peter is able to provide in relation to these key areas, based on his knowledge from the Ming Mine, will be invaluable to Maritime's projects as they are further explored and advanced."
Maritime is a new junior exploration company with primary assets being the Hamerdown gold mine, the Orion gold deposit, and the Lochinvar VMS deposit, all belonging to the Green Bay property portfolio. The Hammerdown gold mine was first discovered in 1989 through a partnership between Major General Resources (predecessor to Commander Resources Ltd.) and Noranda. It was brought into production in 2001 by Richmont Mines and over the next four years in operation Hammerdown produced nearly 315,000 tonnes of ore with an average grade of 16.1 g/t gold. All material was trucked and processed at the Nugget Pond hydromet facility, which Rambler now owns, producing approximately 157,000 ounces representing a gold recovery better than 97%. The average gold price while Hammerdown was in operation was only $275 US per ounce forcing a cut off grade of 6.9 g/t gold. While much of the original Hammerdown main zones were mined out, the owners at that time elected not to mine many of the neighbouring veins due to the low price of gold.
Orion was first discovered in 1995 and is now in the advanced exploration stage focused on expanding the NI43-101 resource estimate. The Orion property is located within 2 kilometres of Hammerdown and just 10 kilometres off the Trans-Canada Highway which is readily accessible via paved and dirt roads. Maritime has 100% ownership of the project and has plans to continue its diamond drilling program with the hopes of improving the current resource estimate. The property has over 15,000 metres of diamond drilling and a NI43-101 compliant inferred resource of 119,374 ounces of gold from 710,285 tonnes at an average grade of 5.23 g/t (using a 3 g/t cut-off grade). The mineralization outcrops on surface and could be amenable to an open pit mining method.
The Lochinvar VMS deposit is adjacent to the former Hammerdown mine, 3 km south of Kings Point near Springdale, Newfoundland. It is situated within 400 metres of a paved highway and 4 kilometres from Green Bay. The property is currently under mining lease ML191. A non-43-101 compliant historical geological resource, starting at surface of 588,000 tonnes (undiluted) with an average grade of 3.9% zinc, 1.4% lead, 0.4% copper, 60 g/t silver and 0.45 g/t gold was calculated in 1995 based on 18 drill holes. This resource estimate is non-NI43-101 compliant and cannot be relied upon in any way.
Rambler is a Junior Mining Company that has 100% ownership of the Ming Copper-Gold Mine in Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As a producing gold and copper miner, our objective is to become a mid-tier mining company by continuing the development of the Ming Mine, discovering new deposits, joint ventures and through mergers and acquisitions.
The initial six years of the Ming Mine project is based on the underground mining of massive sulphides with a mineable reserve estimate of 1.498 million ore tonnes grading 1.62% copper, 2.40 g/t gold and 10.90 g/t silver (24,252 tonnes of copper, 115,549 ounces of gold and 525,139 ounces of silver). All massive sulphide zones remain open both up and down plunge with the current exploration program focused on extending the known mineralization for inclusion in the resource/reserve estimate. In addition, a sizeable footwall deposit beneath the massive sulphide horizon has been outlined with a resource grade of 9.85 million tonnes grading 1.70% copper (167,355 tonnes of contained copper metal). As the Company advances the Ming Mine project into a cash positive position, expansion into these underexplored areas will be formalized with the goal of maximizing returns for shareholders and increasing the life of mine.
Website: www.ramblermines.com
Larry Pilgrim, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person responsible for the technical content of this release and has reviewed and approved it accordingly. Mr. Pilgrim is an independent consultant contracted by Rambler Metals and Mining plc.
All tonnes reported are dry metric tonnes.
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Last night, some of our favorite celebrities, athletes and do-gooders took to the blue carpet last night for the 2012 Do Something! Awards. The guys of "New Girl" -- Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson and Lamorne Morris -- hosted the show, which honors celebs and young people who are working to make a difference.
On the blue carpet, "Glee" star Lea Michele, who won in the Female Television Star category, wowed in a silver ruffled Giorgio Armani gown, while Ashley Greene kept it classy in a full-skirted Michael Kors dress. Couples Cory Monteith and Lea Michele and Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell looked adorable together on the blue carpet, while a more unlikely duo -- Demi Lovato and Kim Kardashian -- also made a joint appearance. We collected 10 of our favorite looks of the evening (this one didn't make the cut) in the slideshow below. Click through the photos for the blue carpet highlights!
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Plans to open the first 'new' grammar school in Kent for 50 years have suffered another setback that could spell the end of the scheme.
Governors of The Weald of Kent Girls Grammar have decided not to press ahead with a plan to become co-educational - a move it had said would pave the way for it to become the sponsor of a new annexe in Sevenoaks.
The news is a major blow to the scheme and will dismay campaigners who have been calling for more grammar places in Sevenoaks.
It will also disappoint Kent County Council, which had hoped to overcome the obstacles placed before it last year when the Department for Education rejected rival bids by two schools to run the satellite school.
In a letter to parents, chair of governors at The Weald Of Kent David Bower said: "The data collected showed that only a minority of parents were in favour of Weald of Kent becoming co-educational and that, of those who voted yes, one fifth expressed reservations.
"Amongst the objections was the particular concern that no additional places for girls would result from the change."
"Governors consider that the case for Weald of Kent to become co-educational at the Tonbridge site has not been established" - David Bower
"Governors consider that the case for Weald of Kent to become co-educational at the Tonbridge site has not been established and, therefore, conclude that it will be difficult to go ahead with the expansion into Sevenoaks if this is a requirement."
The letter did not rule out other options, saying the school would consider other suggestions. However, the development does seem to be the end of the road - at least for the time being.
"The School will be advising the Educational Funding Agency and Kent County Council of this decision.
"However, Governors would nonetheless welcome the opportunity to consider further suggestions about how they might expand into Sevenoaks given that Weald of Kent is the main provider of Grammar School places to Sevenoaks students."
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Breaking from holiday to tackle F1 Turkey
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The Formula 1 fraternity travels to Istanbul this week for the second Turkish Grand Prix, following the event's debut on the calendar last year at the purpose-built Istanbul Speed Park.The Formula 1 fraternity travels to Istanbul this week for the second Turkish Grand Prix, following the event's debut on the calendar last year at the purpose-built Istanbul Speed Park. The track, which is located on the Asian side of the Bosphorus river, is 90km east of the city centre.
Three weeks since the last event the summer test break means that no testing has been possible since the last two back-to-back races. With ten points separating Alonso from Schumacher, Turkey is important for the championship as there are only five other rounds left in the season.
Turkey made its Formula One debut last year at an all-new purpose-built circuit just outside Istanbul. The track was designed by Herman Tilke, the man behind the new circuits in Malaysia, Bahrain and China, featuring fourteen turns - eight lefts and six rights - with the cars reaching speeds of up to 320kph along the two main straights.
An unusual feature is that the lap will run anti-clockwise, making the Turkish Grand Prix only the third race on the calendar to do so, San Marino and Brazil being the other two venues. It possesses a wide variety of turns - many replicating legendary corners from historic circuits around the world. The character of the circuit is further enhanced by plenty of gradient changes - the most extreme of any current F1 track.
As the F1 fraternity have come to expect from brand new venues, the facilities are equally as impressive. Seating capacity at Istanbul Park is 155000, with 25000 of those in the main grandstand, and parking is available for 20000 cars. Dominating the circuit's skyline are two seven-floor towers built at either end of the paddock for VIPs and the media.
Istanbul Park
Race Distance 58 laps
Circuit Length 3.318 miles (5.340 kms)
Turkey Tech File
After a three-weak break, the Renault F1 Team will begin the final phase of the 2006 world championship with the second ever Turkish Grand Prix. High temperatures, the newest circuit on the calendar and a demanding layout that includes one of the season's most demanding corners, turn 8, should make for a demanding weekend.
Aerodynamics: Istanbul Park is a very modern circuit, and therefore still in good condition. The track surface is very smooth and the kerbs are not particularly aggressive, which should mean it is relatively easy to find a stable car balance. We will use a lower downforce level than at recent races: the package for Turkey will be nearer to the medium downforce set-up employed at the North American rounds of the championship.
Tyres: The tyres are not given a particularly hard time in Turkey, but we must pay special attention to the front tyres, and particularly the right front, which suffer in turn 8. Indeed, this corner is among the most demanding of the whole season for the front end of the car. To avoid any potential problems, teams adjust suspension settings and front wing angle; however, they must always be mindful of finding the correct balance between protecting the tyres and maintaining mechanical grip, to ensure the car is quick in the more technical parts of the circuit.
Suspension: To limit tyre wear, particularly at the front of the car, the main parameters adjusted are the suspension settings. Given the demands of the circuit and its good condition, teams use relatively stiff settings that mean the car changes direction well in the technical portions, and remains stable in the high-speed turns.
Brakes: The braking zone for turn 12 is the most significant on the circuit, and getting it wrong can cost the drivers a lot of time as they overshoot the apex in this slow corner. In overall terms, though, the Istanbul Park circuit is not particularly demanding on the brakes, which can cool on the long straights before the main braking zones.
Performance: Istanbul Park is a varied circuit for the engine. Almost 65% of the lap is spent at full throttle, which is an average value for the season. Teams need a tractable engine, with good top speed for overtaking on the main straight - but without compromising low end performance. They also look carefully at power delivery at high revs, which will make turn 8 easier to negotiate.
Cooling: Temperatures in Turkey are expected to be extremely high, but this should not pose any problems for engine cooling. At this stage of the season, we fully understand the cooling needs of the car, and there are no slow sections in which the engine might risk overheating. Furthermore, the long straights will ensure the engine is well cooled.


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Americans know what they want when it comes to cars. We love convertibles for example because it's the open air. It's part of our heritage. Americans love to travel, and we are the experts. We travel everywhere we go, otherwise, we wouldn't get anywhere. We are the lineage of a people that were willing to die for an idea. You had to be a special breed of human to start America. People came in boats in the 16th century. Boats!
They traveled months through heavy seas and if you don't think that was courageous, they brought their kids! Kids on a 6-month journey! I can't travel 4 blocks with my kids and their whining w/o wanting to hit myself in the head with a hammer! Not the sea traveling kids, they didn't complain. They threw up a lot, but they didn't complain. Then the Eastern seaboard was created but that wasn't enough for these visionaries. They traveled west to create this free Republic and got in covered wagons and went months and months through rugged terrain and the kids didn't have ipods, or Iphones, or texting or snap chat or radios or rabies shots and the kids weren't whining," Are we there yet?" you know why? Because there WAS NO "THERE" YET! We are going to make a there.
Thus was born the greatest country the world has ever known. Was it hard? Yes, because we knew that hard was good. When a place is hard to get too, you appreciate it when you arrive. It's also where we taught our lineage how to travel in the vehicles they trusted and liked.
Ford, that great American company made it affordable and practical to travel, they gave the people what they wanted. Now were trapped by government regulations on emissions, and environmentalist terrorism if you prefer a big, safe, SUV.
You want to teach kids to appreciate car travel? Here is an easy experiment. Make it dangerous to travel again! First thing we could do is get these airbags out of the cars. When I was growing up we had dashboards made out of metal. You got in a wreck, you paid for it! You were weeded out so the good drivers had more room. Now the people have bags for everything. It's like a funhouse to get in a wreck in this country.
Kids nowadays look confused because they've never been in a bagless car. They thought cars always had bags, they thought the model T had bags. They weren't as sophisticated just a pygmy with a paper sack. (Picture blowing up sack and holding it out). Kids don't understand innovation. They have had bags and a mandatory seat belt. When I was growing up we set in the front seat, no bags, no belt, and you know what protected me? Mom's arm. How many crash dummy tests did it take to realize this ain't working?
Kids nowadays have been given bags, seatbelts and spent the first 6 years in the back seat in a 5 point harness car seat and they probably learned to ride a bike wearing a helmet the BIG BABIES. If I wore a helmet riding my bike my friends would have beaten me up! We are the lineage of a group of people that broke from the most powerful country of the 19th century to become the most powerful country in the 20th.
We have gone from a group of people that were taught if you work hard enough, get innovative and don't complain you can be anything you want, TOO a group of people that now need signs warning them that coffee is hot! If you didn't know coffee was hot..PUT A HELMET ON!!
We are Americans and know what we like. Car dealers represent us, not environmentalists and progressive ideologues. We like convertibles, fast cars, and the dealers know it! Let the people decide! Not only is it common sense, you might actually make a profit!
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Baseball Opens 2001 Season With 10-3 Win
Jan. 31, 2001
LOS ANGELES -- Senior Josh Persell (Sherman Oaks/Montclair Prep) went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and three RBI while sophomore Anthony Lunetta (Riverside/Arlington HS) went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBI and the No. 2 USC Trojans opened the 2001 season Wednesday with a 10-3 non-conference win against Santa Clara at Dedeaux Field.
Senior pitcher Rik Currier (Dana Point/Capistrano Valley HS) pitched two no-hit innings with three strikeouts to record the win (1-0).
'We had some very good things happen today,' said USC Head Coach Mike Gillespie. 'I thought Currier, Chad Clark and Mark Prior pitched well. Of course, we had a big day out of a few guys. It was a solid day and yet had some things that clearly shows that it is the first day.'
'I was struggling in the fall and I just wanted to get some good pitches and try not to chase,' said Lunetta. 'I got some good pitches and I tried to do what I could do for the team.'
Santa Clara (0-1) took a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Mike Theoharis and RBI single by Pat Peavey off USC starter Anthony Reyes.
USC (1-0) came back in the first with a two-run single by Lunetta, scoring Persell and shortstop Seth Davidson (San Diego/University HS).
The game changed in the second for the Trojans. With the bases loaded and two outs, Theoharis booted a Rob Garbaldi ground ball, scoring Bill Peavey (the brother of Santa Clara's Pat Peavey) and Abel Montanez. The Trojans would add two more runs on an RBI single by Persell and RBI double by Lunetta.
Persell would add a solo home run to center in the sixth while Lunetta hit a solo shot to center in the eighth.
In the final five innings, Trojan pitchers allowed no runs and three hits.
USC will host Louisville in a two-game series, beginning on Saturday (Feb. 3) at 1 p.m. at Dedeaux Field.
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New chief wanted in Blandinsville
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A McDonough County village is searching for a new police chief.
Long-time Blandinsville Chief Justin Lundgren accepted a position of chief deputy of the McDonough County Sheriff's Office.
The village made the announcement Wednesday by way of a press release.
During his time with the department, Lundgren oversaw numerous operations including the procurement of public safety grants that allowed the department to purchases in-car cameras for the patrol cars.
He also served as a part-time officer to the countywide drug task force.
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Macworld without Steve, Steve without Macworld
Live from the MacWorld Expo.
I stopped getting free all-conference badges when my speaking gig ended in 1998, and I haven't paid to see the keynote in a while. So the substitution of senior VP Phil Schiller for Steve Jobs in today's intro didn't directly impact me. (The decision of Apple to pull out — likely dooming the Expo to die next week or in a year — will have a more direct impact, particularly now that Moscone Center is just a day trip.)
However, I think few people appreciate how big a deal the annual January show was for exhibitors. As an exhibitor from 1988-1993, preparing for the Expo always ruined the Xmas break. In only exception was in 1990, when Apple product delays forced the show from January to April, saving my company.
If there was pressure on third party Mac vendors, it was even greater for the star of the show. Within Apple, the pressure over the normally slow late December period was particular hard on those around Steve Jobs who helped prepare his legendary demos, and likely on Jobs himself. Largely unremarked in Jobs' statement yesterday was his opening sentence:
For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.A column in the UK Guardian from three years ago really captures what it took for Jobs and his retinue to prepare such events. The author, onetime iTunes product manager Mike Evangelist, has shared other observations about Jobs' preparation on his blog, which certainly jive with other stories I've heard.
But Jobs didn't keynote today, and Apple says it won't be back at the Expo again. Instead, it will do splashy intros at events that it controls at other times of the year.
One column that I read yesterday noted that January is a terrible time for a consumer products company like Apple to introduce major new products. Update Thursday 1pm: After the keynote, NYT columnist David Pogue talked to Schiller, who elaborated on the misfit between Macworld Expo and Apple's annual product cycle.
I presume Jobs will do other elaborate keynotes this year, if for no other reason than to prove the naysayers wrong, something he's enjoyed doing for 30 years. That is, assuming his health issues are as minor as he made them sound yesterday.
The actual news of Jobs' health could be told in 50 words or less — and, as always with Apple, nobody who knew anything was talking.
So instead, the press instead focused on the issue of full disclosure, rehashing the 35 year old mantra of "what did he know and when did he know it." Of course if there's anything the press doesn't like, it's public figures not telling them all the information they want (as they unilaterally define it) when they want to know it. (Been there, done that.)
As always, Apple's timing was perfect. By releasing the announcement early in the morning — both on the first work day of 2009 and the day before the Expo — it guaranteed multi-day coverage of the Expo and advance publicity for Apple's announcement by Schiller. In addition to raising the stock by 4%, the brief press releases garnered 100s (if not 1000s) of stories on the web plus coverage on TV.
In the Wall Street Journal, Jobs got a cover photo (above the fold) and a story on the second front that had 4 paragraphs of news and 12 paragraphs of reaction. His photo was also above the fold on the front page of the SF paper and below the fold on the cover the New York Times.
In San Jose, our local rag had two stories on the front page, plus a column. One story played it straight, while the other attacked Apple's secretiveness by using experts to make the point. Meanwhile, the column by Chris O'Brien (who I usually agree with) lit into Jobs and Apple like a journalist scorned:
Can we trust Apple going forward? The company disclosed Jobs' original cancer diagnosis only after he had been treated and was on the road to recovery. Now the company is backpedaling and spinning in the hopes that we won't notice the latest inconsistencies.Yes, as throughout most of his life, Jobs has erred on the side of privacy over candor. And yes, he's not been fully forthcoming about his health issues, pushing the envelope on withholding information that bears on the company's future and its stock price.
To earn back the trust of investors and customers, Apple needs to come straight out and acknowledge that Jobs' health is a material issue. It needs to state publicly that it will provide timely disclosure of his condition.
If Jobs wants to keep his privacy, he's entitled to do that. But in that case, he should step aside, focus on getting better, and let someone else take the helm.
At the same time, Jobs and his doctors don't know how it's going to turn out, so there's nothing he can say that will tell investors what they really want to know: will he remain the company's active and vibrant CEo throughout 2009 and into 2010? I imagine that wild speculation (and intentional rumors to manipulate the stock) have reinforced the views of those within Apple who believe in the Zen-like "less is more" philosophy about Steve Jobs the man.
Meanwhile, market feedback has worked just as we would hope that it would. Institutional investors and analysts were not happy about the vagueness of last month's announcement, and while Jobs joked about it, it was clear that Monday's announcement — however delayed — was forced upon Apple.
So Apple (and Steve Jobs) will only share as much information as they want to share, when they want to share it. As with other business kerfuffles, I have one thought for the press: get over it!


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Genre: J2 HS AU
Word Count: 1,800 give or take a fraction
Rating: NC17
Notes: A small continuation to Crush. For dugindeep. Sweetheart, you asked for this when it was still summer, and now it's almost winter. This thing turned finicky on me, but here you are. Pardon the schmoop. Not beta'd and I'm about to get on a plane. I'll fix what needs fixing it when I get where I'm going (edited: all fixed, but feel free to point out something I missed). My one-sided love affair with Siken is still alive and strong.
Summary: Jensen sneaks out. It's a good thing that Jared is always willing to let him in.
Tell Me
Jensen taps two fingers on the glass of Jared's bedroom window. He's already soaked to the bone. Rain pelts him in sheets, and the gutter on Jared's apartment building is overflowing, a miniature waterfall aimed straight for the back of Jensen's neck.
He knocks again, a little louder this time, and tries to pry the window open, frigid fingers slipping on the wet window frame. The blinds finally flick, two of Jared's long fingers parting them, followed by the click of the lock and the low scrape of the window opening.
"Hey there, sunshine," Jensen says as he scampers through.
"Jesus. Jensen." Jared runs a hand through his tangled hair, one eye still closed and the other barely squinted open. A t-shirt hangs on his tall frame, the neck of it stretched out, and his boxers cling crookedly to his hips. There's a twist to his mouth, like he's trying not to smile, and his face is puffy, wrinkled from his pillow. He looks grumpy and put out, like he might be considering kicking Jensen back into the rain. He's still the most gorgeous thing Jensen has ever seen.
"You coulda called," Jared tells him. His voice is pitched in a deep whisper, hoarse with sleep and sexy as hell.
"And ruin the element of surprise?" Admittedly, Jensen's cocksure attitude is dampened some by the sound of his teeth knocking together, the drip of his flattened hair into his eyes, and the way he's trying to rub the circulation back into his hands.
Jared loses the battle and grins at him. Even after all this time, it's still staggering. Jensen wonders, not for the first time, if he'll ever get used to it. If there will ever come a day when Jared's smile will stop making his stomach tighten and his heart scramble to keep up.
Jared steps in close, dodges Jensen's mouth and instead nips at his earlobe, and Jensen finds himself shivering for a whole new list of reasons. "You're dripping on my floor," Jared says, his breath tickling along Jensen's neck, warming him from the inside out.
Breaking away, Jared starts digging through his closet. He winces and stills when a shoe thumps to the floor, his head cocked toward the hallway, listening for signs of movement from his father, but the low drone of the television in the other room continues without a hitch. A sweatshirt hits Jensen in the chest, followed a second later by a pair of shorts.
Jared climbs into his rumpled bed, propping himself into the corner of the wall, not bothering to hide his stare as Jensen's wet clothes land in a heap on the floor. "To what do I owe this honor?" Jared asks, a sarcastic little tilt to his mouth and a dark, teasing glint in his eyes.
Jensen chuckles. Jared's shorts end well below his knees, and he decides to skip the sweatshirt entirely. "I have a history test tomorrow. Thought you could help me study."
"You didn't bring your book," Jared observes. "Try again."
Climbing into bed and fitting himself between Jared's long legs, his cold back to Jared's warm chest, Jensen says, "Homecoming game's in two weeks. I was wondering if you were gonna come watch me."
"This couldn't wait until tomorrow? Two strikes, Jensen." Jared buries his feet beneath Jensen's legs, his wriggling toes tickling the skin on the back of Jensen's knees. Jensen wraps his hand around Jared's leg to still him, thumbs small circles on the soft skin on the inside of Jared's ankle.
"I couldn't sleep," Jensen admits. "And I wanted to see you."
"There it is." Jared says. His lips brush the soft spot behind Jensen's ear when he speaks.
"Yeah, well." Jensen lets his eyes wander around Jared's room. The place still looks like he's moving in: blank walls and very little else, nothing to clutter his desk or the top of his dresser, his shelf is sparsely filled: slim books of poetry, a few biographies, classics. It makes Jensen uneasy, like Jared is somehow impermanent. He wants to get Jared something to put on his walls, a picture or perhaps a poster. Maybe buy him a goldfish. Something low maintenance.
The thought dissolves when Jared starts playing with the cuff of Jensen's shorts, a habit that Jensen now quickly recognizes as pent-up nervousness. He tilts his head backward, aiming for a kiss and only able to catch the corner of Jared's mouth. "What is it?" he urges.
"Why me?" Jared asks. "You could be with anyone. The Homecoming queen. Hell, the Homecoming king. So why me?"
Jensen teases his way past an answer. "Because you were hard to get."
"Maybe I didn't know how to get gotten," Jared replies, pitching his voice a little deeper. His hand smooths down the slippery material of Jensen's shorts and roams to the inside of Jensen's thigh, toying with the inseam.
"Yeah, that too." Jensen says, and swallows hard. It's a cop-out and he knows it, but anything else he could say sounds absurd in his head and would sound even more ridiculous spoken out loud. Besides, Jensen's sure that the words would get scrambled if he tried, end up coming out all wrong. Jared's good at this kinda stuff. He always says what he means. He's good at all the things that Jensen isn't.
Jensen doesn't have the right kind of answer, so he kisses Jared instead, arches his back, shoulders pressed to Jared's firm chest, the skin of Jensen's neck drawn tight from the stretch. He tangles a hand in Jared's hair and pulls him in, keeps him there through a kiss that's hot and wet, made sloppy and somehow all that much better by the awkward angle.
A sound comes from Jared, something that lands half-way between surprised and satisfied, a quiet little hum that runs a jolt down Jensen's spine. Jared licks into Jensen's mouth, slides his tongue along Jensen's bottom lip and dives back in, tasting and teasing. Jensen tangles his hand tighter in Jared's hair, gives it a twisting little yank just because he knows how much Jared likes it.
Jared breaks the kiss on a hiss, laughs low and nips at the back of Jensen's neck to let him know that two can play at that game, then kisses the sting away. Squirming, Jensen digs his heels into the tangle of blankets and tries to push himself closer to Jared, wants more than anything to be able to occupy the same space, find somehow to get under Jared's skin in the same way that Jared is already under his.
Jared pulls him in snug with a hand spanned on Jensen's stomach, the other mapping a slow path along Jensen's inner thigh, rucking his shorts up and squeezing. Jared's hips move in small, mindless jabs, his thighs tightening along Jensen's hips, and Jensen can now feel the shape of his cock. Hard and getting harder, a heated and insistent line pressing into the small of Jensen's back. Jared's breath is getting rough and ragged, falling warm and moist on the skin of Jensen's neck.
He lets his head tip backward onto Jared's shoulder as Jared scrapes his nails along his lower stomach, shoving at Jensen's shorts and freeing his cock. Jensen's mouth falls open on a moan when Jared grips just right, strokes slowly down to the root and back up again, stuttering and dry.
"Shhh," Jared quiets him, small laughter hidden inside of the noise. He continues, more than a little breathless. "Getting caught right now would be a very bad thing." Jared takes his hand back, laughs again as Jensen's hips hitch up like they're trying to follow. "C'mon,' he says, shoving two fingers into Jensen's mouth and working them in and out, curling them around Jensen's tongue.
Jensen sucks, bites at the pads of Jared's fingers and moves down to lick at the wide palm of Jared's hand. Tastes salt and his own precome and feels electrified by it.
"Better," Jared says, and grips Jensen's cock again. Jared works him quicker, spit slicking the way. He presses his thumb to the slit and Jensen's loses it, curls his fingers into the mess of Jared's bed and thrusts into Jared's hand.
Jensen bites down hard on his bottom lip, trapping the groans he wants to make as his orgasm builds fast and crashes through him, spunk spilling over Jared's hand and pooling in the hollow of Jensen's stomach. It makes Jensen's legs weak, his whole body suddenly lazy and weighed down.
Jensen wants to turn over, to see the beautiful flush on Jared's face that he knows is there, wants to slide down the length of Jared's body and set his mouth to every inch of skin he can find. But Jared slings an arm across Jensen's chest, holding him snug. He sucks at the crook of Jensen's neck in a way that's sure to leave a mark, fingers digging into the rounded muscle of Jensen's shoulder. Jensen can feel the slide of Jared's cock against his ass, the hot swell of it. His nerves respond to the high whimper that Jared lets loose as he comes, making him dizzy and lightheaded if the two are somehow attached. Jensen thinks that maybe they are.
Jared topples them over, a solid presence all along Jensen's back, kicking at the blankets and threading his shaking fingers through Jensen's hair. The sliver of space between them is damp and sticky, but Jensen can't find it in himself to care.
"Tell me," Jensen starts, only to close his eyes and allow the half-formed idea to run astray. He burrows down, sleepy and content. Jensen wants to wake up every morning this way, with Jared's lips on the back of his neck and his hand spread warm and broad on his stomach. Wake up with the smell of Jared on his skin, the trace taste of him in his mouth. He buries his face in the crook of Jared's arm, curses himself for this sort of fairy tale thinking and wonders what it is about Jared that brings it out in the open.
Jared nudges him, fits their hips together just so, lines their legs up and rubs at Jensen's feet with his own. "You wandered off."
"Tell me," Jensen tries again. "Tell me we'll never get used to this."
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Despite winning the Class C baseball state championship last year, Family Christian coach Rick Smith didn't set any lofty expectations heading into the 2013 season.
Smith added some higher-level teams like 3A E.D. White and 2A Dunham to their schedule, hoping to give his team an added challenge as they defend their state title.
"The truth is we made the schedule so difficult that I told the guys at the beginning of the year that I wouldn't be surprised if maybe we were a .500 club going into the playoffs, and that was OK," Smith said.
"I thought we owed it to the players to see a good level of competition. I thought that would keep our seniors focused."
It's safe to say that after a 22-4 season, the Flames answered their coach's call.
All four of Family Christian's losses came at the hands of 2A opponents as the Flames swept through all their Class C and 1A foes as well as four 3A schools.
Family Christian ended the year on a 16-game winning streak and carried that momentum into the playoffs with two double-digit wins, putting them back in the semifinals for the sixth consecutive year.
"They exceeded my expectations," Smith said. "I knew they were going to be a good team, a competitive team, but they won more than I thought they would. The program was solid when I took over, and to continue that tradition that Robin Herd and the other kids have built is it special."
It hasn't necessarily been an easy task. Smith said the Flames have felt the target on their back all season, getting every team's best effort night in and night out.
"I think the surprise is that last year we maybe sneaked up on some people that didn't always throw their ace," Smith said. "This year, it didn't matter who we saw, whether it was a 1A, 2A, 3A school, we saw their ace almost always."
More times than not, Family Christian answered with one of two aces.
Smith said his club touted two aces this season — one lefty and one righty.
M.J. Frazier, the southpaw, is 10-0 with an ERA of less than 1. The other ace is right-hander Ben Chauvin, who is 9-2 with an era "around 2," Smith said.
The two seniors are both committed to play college ball — Frazier at LSU-Eunice and Chauvin at Baton Rouge Community College – have been part of a six-man senior class Smith said has carried the club throughout the season.
"All six of our seniors in some way, shape or form have displayed a lot of leadership," Smith said. "Some are more vocal; others lead by example. They're super mature, and they work hard. And they know how to have a good time. They know when to flip the switch and get down to business."
Come Friday night, when it's again time for business, it'll be Frazier who takes the mound against No. 4 Maurepas — a squad he's faced once this season in a 13-0 Flames victory.
Smith also made it clear he fully expects Frazier to boost his club into the state championship, where Chauvin will finish it off.
"We have all the confidence in M.J. to (get us to the final)," Smith said. "Chauvin pitched the big game last year, so he has that experience. He's a bulldog, so I think we look to give him the ball in the championship game.
"I have a lot of confidence in those guys. I don't lose any sleep as to who to trots out there."
Family Christian has already beaten Maurepas twice this year, closing out the season with an 11-1 win.
Smith said the threat Maurepas can pose is the ability to string together hits in any given inning, but he also made his ambitions clear as his team heads back to Sulphur.
"I'm going to be disappointed with anything short of a state title," Smith said. "I don't even know if that is fair, but that's just the expectations that we have. We have a lot of the same kids back.
"We feel like we've done it once, and we can do it again. That is our expectation. That is our desire."


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Food was great and the chef took his time explaining what he would recommend and what he could do to make sure our meal was great. I had the gf and dairy free pizza-tastes great, no issues.
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Ordered a gf cheese pizza and didn't feel sick at all. Chef came out to take my order and was very kind. Nice pizza too.
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Chef came out to take order to be sure. Pretty tasty and good value given location. GF chocolate cookie was super tasty.
Gf personal pizzas with optional daiya cheese - order at counter place.
was a little worried by the review from May 9th but they do still have GF options just ask - they have an allergy menu. I ordered the GF pepperoni pizza. while not the best GF pizza I've had it was still good.
Gf chef in the house . The pizza was good and I didn't get sick .
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True Celiac here. This place has a whole gluten free menu, but I just got the pizza. I have eaten pizza at all the chains over the years, and this is the typical gluten free pizza. The crust is the same one used at Fresh Brothers, and the cheese reminds me of cheese from Pizza Hut. It's a small pizza, but plenty to hold over a child or an adult who isn't all that hungry. $9 isn't bad either for theme park food in general. I give it 5 stars because I did not get sick, and that's all that really matters to me when I eat out at a theme park.
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awesome gf pizza! small but enough. chef very nice too. only choices are cheese or pepperoni, pepperoni really nice! took about 15 minutes.
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Gluten free pizza was excellent prepared in separate area. Chef took care of me personally. Will go back again.
Good place to eat gluten free in Disneyland! Ask the chef at the counter for their gluten-free menu and you can order your individual size pizza. Takes about 10 mins to come and it was one of the best GF pizzas I've had! Very reasonably priced too.
Pepperoni pizza was very good.
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Gfree pizza is ok, but not pricey for this Disneyland in-park restaurant. The employees are very aware, conscious, and accommodating. Manager takes your order and handles you with kid gloves. It's a go-to for Celiac Disease pizza lovers!
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We've eaten here several times with our GF daughter. They make special to order GF pizza. Also have salads. Our family of 3 can eat here just fine without breaking the bank!
Just had a gf pepperoni pizza and the crust was very good:) The chef came out to meet us and take a special order. Our pizza and pasta were made fresh and we were assured they take measures to ensure there is not cross contamination:) A chef also came out to the dining area while we were eating to make sure everything was okay and told us that this coming week they are going to be trying different types of pastas to have more options for people with gf sensitivities:)
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Chelsea's Fifa-imposed transfer ban has made the club determined to secure the future of current players, and Alex has joined Saloman Kalou in agreeing a new deal.
Didier Drogba, John Terry, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Hilario and Michael Mancienne have also signed in agreeing new deals since the end of last season.
"I am very pleased that Salomon has signed a new contract with us as he is an important player for this club," said coach Carlo Ancelotti.
"He is always well motivated and works hard at his game at all times. Because of this I am sure that Salomon will become an even more important player for Chelsea in the future."
Chelsea have appealed against FIFA's ruling but the Kalou deal represents another timely boost for the club should they fail to get the verdict overturned.
Kalou reached the World Cup finals with the Ivory Coast when they drew 1-1 with Malawi at the weekend, and club and country colleague Didier Drogba now wants his country to make history in South Africa next summer.
"It is going to be a challenge," said Drogba, who scored against Malawi. "To make it to the final will not be easy because there are great teams like Brazil and Germany who have won the World Cup for many years."


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Muse's "The Handler" : A Song about a Mind Control Slave Singing to His Handler
Muse's The Handler is one of the most obvious music videos about Monarch mind control ever created. However, it takes some basic knowledge on the subject to understand the true meaning of the video. Here's a closer look at The Handler.
Muse's lead singer Matt Bellamy was never a stranger to themes relating to the occult elite and mind control. The band's 2009 album The Resistance contained titles such as Uprising and MKULTRA which alluded obscure topics relating to conspiracy theories. After the success of that album, Muse obtained some music industry recognition, participated in the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremonies (which were a big occult elite ritual – read my article about it here) and, since then, the band's message somewhat shifted. Indeed, Matt Bellamy went from stating in 2006:
"September 11 is clearly an inside job, there's massive evidence that suggests that it was either allowed to happen or even worse, deliberately made to happen"
– Drowned in Sound, Muse's Matt Bellamy: "September 11 is clearly an inside job".
to flip-flopping on the subject in 2012 :
"I don't believe that anymore, although there are lots of questions to be answered. I still read a lot about political history, the influence of corporations and the military but I make sure I'm reading from credible sources. I think my political views are bit more nuanced now."
– Metro, Muse's Matt Bellamy: It's only now I feel comfortable singing about love
These kinds of statements, combined with a more subdued second album lead fans to wonder if the band "sold out" to the music business.
However, the band's latest album, Drones, brings Muse back to its "Resistance" roots, and goes even further down the rabbit hole. Drones is indeed a concept album that "follows the protagonist's journey from abandonment to indoctrination as a "human drone" and eventual defection".
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Monday, September 27, 2004
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Scattershot fill-in glisten today while we jerry-rig up the Soul Sides tag team. Both of these cuts have been on the back burner for a minute but don't worry. Spice and flavor keep 'em fresh LONG past the sell-by date without a hint of preservatives. That's the Tofu promise.
RZA - "Cherry Range"
I don't know if I've made it clear how much I like the RZA. His production is fascinating; he drops these strange flawed gems made of coke bottle bottoms and tarmac. Historians looking back for a musician to represent the era could do worse than the Rizz; really, who embodies hip hop both post- and pre-2000 more completely?
"Cherry Range" is all about that ONE extra bounce; you know the one: dunna, dunna duh duh; dunna, dunna duh duh; dunna, dunna duh _dee_; dunna, dunna duh duh; dunna dunna... DUNNA DUNNA! Oh FUCK yeah with that extra dunna! Makes me wanna holler!
This here is the shitty nitty gritty; a robotic monster with a highhat heartbeat on an elastic bass rampage spittin' the apocalypse: "You've seen Bird? You had beef with that chump/ And I heard he came home from a two-year slump/ Yeah, I heard, I got the pump in the trunk/ And when I see that crab, I'm-a dump in his lump".
That's that Clockwork Orange shit, son!
I also love that, perhaps appropriately for th' Hut, it's a dis track against radio payola. One thing that's not often touched on in discussions of musicblogs is that we feel free to post tracks that simply CAN'T be heard on post-Janet-tit-tay airwaves. "Range" is insanely hot but FCC sez it can't see the light of day because of a reference to "fucking airwaves"? Hell no! We wanna say what we wanna say, lay where we wanna lay! No pay for play necessar-ay.
Buy the much slept-on "Birth of a Prince" from Amazon.
Loads of genius on here: th' old school funk-riff "Grits", the lyrically brilliant sperm-cell-POV "The Birth" and the Holiday-centric "A Day to God is a 1,000 Years". Admittedly, the A-side is a little weak but this is still worth adding to any well-equipped collection.
The RZA vs. Gold-fanged vampires
Be on the lookout for the Blade III soundtrack!
The GZA/RZA/Bill Murray section of Coffee and Cigarettes was BY FAR the most amusing section of an otherwise worthwhile but somewhat confounding movie.
I mean, Jim, really: did the world need another, more inscrutable Blue in the Face?
Mort Garson - Swingin' Spathiphyllumus
Speaking of Clockwork Orange....
This is a listener submitted track from Chris F. in Minneapolis. Chris offers a cut from Garson's 1976 "Plantasia", a collection of groovy moog tunes intended to be played to houseplants to help them GROW. Garson is no stranger to the offbeat; he produced a considerable number of canonical Zodiacal albums and a "Soundtrack for Sensuous Lovers" that combined electric noise and porn-style moans.
If I were a plant, _I'd_ sprout for Garson. It's germinatin' stuff!
This is sadly out of print but Chris has the whole album... anybody clamoring for more?
MUST have it on vinyl?
Read this brief Garson bio and discography, courtesy of Space Age Pop Music.
Learn more about the Moog at Synthmuseum.
Meeting the Neighbors
#1 Songs In Heaven is only a fraction of the musical wonder that is London Lee but it's awful nice nonetheless. Lee regularly restocks #1 with piping hot soul music from all eras and all styles.
Recent offerings include music from Erykah Badu, Joe Tex, Charlie Rich and Little Willie John.
London! Reprazent!
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Where did the name of your blog originate from?
It's the title of a song by Sparks. My other music site is called Pop Heaven so I thought it tied things together nicely.
What are the criteria you judge a song by to decide if it's post-worthy?
Probably the same as every other mp3 blogger: Ones that I love and think a fair number of people might not have heard before. It's like going through your record collection with a friend and pulling out some old gem that you think they absolutely must hear. The main thing for me is to avoid posting too "obvious" tunes, I would never, ever post something like "Sex Machine" or "What's Going On?" for example. Luckily there are so many wonderful soul tunes that aren't that well known (especially in America, the English are a bit more clued into buried soul treasure) that the real hard part is choosing between them all.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
"The Party's Over Now" by Noel Coward.
What do you do for kicks when you're not posting?
Drink, smoke, read, have fun with my wife, watch English football (preferably while drinking)
Do you have a favorite music critic?
I don't think about particular music critics that much, I'm not the sort of person who owns the collected writings of Lester Bangs or Greil Marcus. I like a lot of the stuff Marcello Carlin wrote on his blogs The Church of Me and The Naked Maja. Anyone who can devote hundreds of words to the ouevre of David Essex is dandy with me.
Five desert island discs?
1. Sign O' The Times - Prince
2. All Mod Cons - The Jam
3. The Complete Al Green - Al Green
4. The Capitol Years - Frank Sinatra
5. 3+3 - The Isley Brothers
What was the last track you heard that really changed your life?
Blimey... "changed your life" is such a huge concept to attach to a pop record. I can name the first one, which was "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" by The Jam back in 1978, that changed a lot of my musical tastes at the time and, I think, changed me too as it led me to all sorts of other musical and cultural things. Maybe I would have got to them anyway, who knows? But I was a lot younger then, my life since has been changed by events, music has just been the soundtrack.
How much does it cost you to maintain your site (in time/money/effort)?
Not that much time really. It probably works out to half an hour a day of actual work. Researching discographies and artist biographies takes the most time. Money? My hoster charges $9.95 a month. The music (so far) comes from albums I already own or would buy anyway. Effort? No effort at all, it's a total pleasure.
Describe the space you do your writing in.
I usually write on the computer in my office at work (when I probably should be, er, doing other things like proper work) which is in the North End of Boston. I have a nice little room of my own with a comfy armchair for reading and a window that you can see the USS Constitution from.
That old chestnut dinner party is at your house and you can invitethree musicians living or dead. Who are you inviting?
Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Amy Winehouse
Is there any genre of music that you dismiss out of hand?
Is Hair Metal a genre? It had absolutely no impact whatsoever in the UK so I managed to avoid it at the time, but then I moved to the States and was like "you all listened to this shit in the 80s?"
Are you much of a dancer?
I used to be. I started going to clubs and having a good boogie when I was about 17 and spent the best part of the next 20 years doing it. Now I'm 42 I don't so much at all, partly because there aren't many clubs that play what I want to hear and partly because my limbs aren't as rubbery as they used to be. But there are few moments in life as pleasurable as being on a dancefloor and getting caught up in some great track.
Drop on by betterPropaganda and pick out a track to hype.
Superstar -King Britt
Am I allowed to just say "I like it"?
HOW TO MUSICBLOG: pt. 1
I've been threatening to do something like this for a long time and I think it's right about time that I actually follow through.
Let's start out by making a few assumptions. You have a computer or have access to one. You have an internet connection or have access to a computer that you can store files on that has an internet connection. You have music or have access to music. You have a chunk of free time equal to or more than two or three hours a week you can devote to making a music blog. You know enough about computers to get done what you want to, even if you're no tech whiz. You have opinions and are fairly adept at expressing them.
If this is you, you can make your own musicblog.
Let's say you've been reading a musicblog (is it mine? It is? Do you like it? You do? You rock!) and you like the idea so you'd like to make one for yourself. You're excited to share music with your friends but even more excited to try to hip others to some of the supercool stuff you listen to. Great! Only problem is:
A): You don't know the first thing about how to host files.
B): You don't know how to make a blog.
C): None of your music is on your computer.
Let's address these problems back to front and figure out how to best approach them. The first thing that you need to know is how much hard drive space you have available. You're going to want a few spare gigs (at least one or two) to store your potential online collection. Make a folder ("musicblog") with a bunch of subfolders (by genre, style, whatever) so that you'll be able to keep track of where your music is and to find it. This will simplify your life later on.
Now you need a program to listen to and rip music to your computer. Chances are that you already have a program like this; if you don't, many are available online for free. I use iTunes to manage my music library (though I don't allow it to manage my files and I don't necessarily recommend you do either); you could also try winamp or musicmatch or any of a dozen others. Google around, find one and get used to it; use it a lot and experiment so that you don't run into trouble later on. Make your music program your friend. Everybody cozy? Great. Now set aside a day or three and rip anything you think that would be neat onto your harddrive, specifically to those folders we made earlier. When you're ripping, make sure that you take the time to fill in the album, artist and track name on the id3 info. That way you and your listeners will be able to keep track of exactly what it is that they're listening to. I can't stress enough how frustrating it is to play a downloaded track listed as 01 and not know who's playing.
What's that? All your music is on tape or record? Boy, do we need you! A lot of that stuff hasn't been reissued and is doubly exciting to hear! Go to this site or google "analog to mp3" or "records to cd" and you'll find all the info you need along with what you'll need to buy. It'll likely cost you less than fifty bucks.
Next you need to get that music online! To do that you're going to need two things: a hosting company and a blogging program. If you knew what you were doing, you could use the hosting company's site builder and just go from there; of course, if you knew what you were doing you wouldn't be reading THIS, would you?
Meet me back here tomorrow and we'll figure out how to connect with a blog and a host.


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Day 290 -- Runway to Reality
When: Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Where: Studio
I threw on this trusty Gap maxi skirt (two maxis in a row, how shameful!), and an easy tee. Note the wet hair -- very Prada FW2014, don't you think?
Tee: Truly Madly Deeply via Urban Outfitters | Skirt: Gap | Shoes: Steve Madden via Marshall's


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EPA Science Is the "New Homeopathy," Doctors State
Feb 04, 2013, 10:35 EST
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to the homeopathic theory that is disdained by virtually the entire medical community, therapeutic effects can be obtained at infinitesimally low doses of medications. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), however, appears to subscribe to a comparable theory, only for harmful effects, according to the newsletter Civil Defense Perspectives.
In particular, the EPA plans to impose crippling rules on U.S. industry in an effort to reduce already tiny levels of supposedly lethal "PM2.5"—dust.
According to testimony to Congress by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, there is no safe level of dust particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter, which are able to pass deep into the lungs. Such particles occur in diesel exhaust, industrial emissions as from coal-fired power plants—and dust storms.
Reducing dust could be as beneficial as curing cancer, the EPA claims. In fact, it estimates "saving" $2.2 trillion and 220,000 lives in 2020 with costly new regulations. Most of the purported benefits of new "train wreck" regulations, such as mercury rules for power plants, are based on coincidental reductions in dust.
The "evidence" for the harm is very weak correlations seen in epidemiologic studies done in 1993 and 1995. Findings are contradicted by other studies. The EPA is now apparently trying to prove harm by subjecting human subjects to diesel exhaust in an apparatus some say resembles a gas chamber.
"Either the EPA is lying to Congress about the lethality of PM2.5, or it is engaged in illegal and unethical human experiments, subjecting vulnerable patients to a substance it believes could kill them instantly," states Jane Orient, M.D., president of Physicians for Civil Defense.
The EPA has been anything but transparent about its methods. The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the release of some 12,000 emails.
The American Tradition Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the experiments, and a complaint against the researchers was filed with their state medical licensure board. Both have been dismissed.
The method used to calculate harm from PM2.5 is widely used for radiation and chemicals. The linear no-threshold model assumes that if a big dose of something will kill you, then a tiny dose will kill someone too if enough people take it, explains Dr. Orient. For example, if one person dies from taking 1,000 aspirin tablets, then one person will also die out of 1,000 persons each taking just one tablet.
With this type of "homeopathic" logic, the EPA could destroy virtually any industry it chose, Dr. Orient warns. If we are really interested in protecting human health, we need to insist on sound science, not discredited models that squander resources.
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A broad-based, clout-heavy group of Midwest businesses and civic leaders--headed by Gov. Jim Edgar, Mayor Richard Daley and former U.S. Rep. Robert Michel--wants Washington to do something to help O'Hare. The administration should take the group's advice and act accordingly.


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