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England is the largest and most populous country of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. England shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west and elsewhere is bordered by the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Bristol Channel and English Channel. The capital is London, one of the largest urban regions in Europe.
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Climate & Weather
- The UK is at the junction of 4 different weather systems, which makes it very unpredictable.
- Winter tends to vary between and cold dry with frost little wind to slightly warmer with rain and wind which makes it seem colder. England generally gets about 1-3 days of snow in the winter.
- Spring can vary between glorious sunshine to gales with everything in between.
- Summer is more stable, with either weeks of wonderful weather, or weeks of rain!
- The autumn is much the same but quite often keeps fairly warm right up to December.
Sources for weather information:
- The UK Shipping Forecast, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, gives a general overview of the conditions in 31 regions detailed here. As of 7/2012 the frequencies are 198 kHz LW and 92-95 MHz and 103-105 MHz FM, and the broadcast times are 0048, 0520, 1201 and 1754. The 0048 and 0520 broadcasts are followed by a detailed Inshore Waters Forecasts. The 0048 broadcast famously concludes with the National Anthem!
- The Inshore Waters Forecast is available from the UK Coastguard. The forecast is given at intervals throughout the day, following a brief announcement on VHF Ch.16 of the working frequency for the relevant region.
- Details of all UK Maritime Safety Information broadcasts are available here.
- The UK Hydrographic Office produces 'Admiralty' charts for the whole of the UK (and the world). These are available in 'Leisure Folios', with the UK covered by 22 folios each containing around 17 charts. They are priced at around £40 each. Charts can also be bought individually.
- If you sail up the English Channel, keep clear of the Scilly Isles unless you have detailed charts, the sea is shallower here and can be very rough in a blow. If you have the charts, the islands are well worth a visit.
- The English Channel is a busy commercial waterway and in many areas Traffic separation schemes (TSS) exist for commercial shipping - these are shown on the charts. If crossing these try to do so at right angles to the traffic flow. It is vital that you maintain a good lookout at all times as there are also many fishing vessels working the area, including pair trawlers as well as the larger ships.
- If you decide to go up the Bristol Channel, note that there are few refuges and that the currents can be fearsome. Due to the funneling effect of the channel this area has the second largest tidal ranges in the world (approx 15 metres). This is one area that with careful planning, monitoring the weather forecast and good seamanship you can enjoy some of the best sailing available. In the upper reaches of the Channel fully corrected, up to date charts, accurate tide tables and tidal curves are essential. A boat that can take the ground can be a distinct advantage in most moorings.
- Along the east coast, sandbanks such as the famous Goodwin Sands are common and have caused the wrecking of many vessels.
- The prevailing winds often produce leeward shores on the south and west coasts, which when combined with the unpredictable weather and strong tides demand respect. Numerous small ports offer a safe haven for small vessels.
For a wider appreciation of navigational conditions, see here.
Local Radio Nets
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Submit details of Cruiser's Nets and VHF operating/calling channels here.
- No cruiser nets (as far as I am aware). VHF CH 16 is used to call but must not be used other than to establish contact.
- Excellent access to the coastguard on CH 16 in all areas. Emergency assistance is available via the coastguard service and is provided free of charge including Lifeboat or helicoter rescue.
Arrival/Departure procedures
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- If you have a pet dog I suggest you leave him/her home, the customs are very hot on rabbies prevention. Any dog coming into the UK has to go into 6 months quarantine unless it has a pet passport detailing that it has all the necessary vacinations etc!
Offshore Islands
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Ports and Stops
Ports to visit:
- Plymouth is probably the easiest to get into if you're coming from the west, just head for the Eddystone lighthouse and you're just 20 miles away. Falmouth is a little further to the west but prettier, more of a holiday town. If you're coming from the south, keep to the seaward side of the Manacles rocks, there's some hidden dangers there if you don't know the waters. Just remembered, the small harbour of Looe is well worth a visit it's very pretty, and typifies that part of Cornwall, but it does get very busy with hoilday makers in the summer.
- Further east is Salcombe, very beautiful, but be careful when enter at low water or at less than half water if there is a sea running, there's a bar across the entrance and a good possibility of grounding.
- Further round there's Dartmouth (with 3 marinas)- very beautiful entrance particularly in the evenings but busy, Torquay (with a marina)- a busy holiday town,and Brixham - a fishing harbour and Marina. Avoid Teignmouth, a less busy holiday town, the approach is poor and it's probably the least desirable spot to stop. Exmouth, just around the corner has a difficullt approach, strong currents, lots of mudbanks and virtually no facilities even if you can find somewhere to anchor.
- Further east is Weymouth. Plenty of pubs and clubs, it even has a theatre.
- Next along is Poole, a great place but very shallow, be careful not to stray out of the channel
- Then there's the Isle of Wight and the The Solent. Keep the Needles to starboard and stay in the channel! If you can time it; come in with the tide, it races through here at about 8 knots. There's a double high tide in the Solent too. This means the tide runs eastbound for about five hours, stands or goes out a bit then comes in a bit for about 2 hours, then rushes westward for the next five hours. The Needles Channel is the narrowest bit and this is where the strongest current is.
- Once you're in The Solent, there are almost immediately two harbours choose from Lymington on the mainland, and Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight I prefer Yarmouth but both are worth a visit. Be careful crossing in a strong current, keep your engine running just in case you get carried past the entrance. Other places to visit are Newtown Creek - this is a nature reserve and you need to use your anchor here, but there's a pub a mile up the stream if you fancy a long row. Bealieau on the mainland is next - motor up to the Bucklers Hard & visit the Maritime Museum - fascinating. Cowes of course, on the Isle of Wight, is the centre of yachting - excellent shopping for all kinds of maritime things. Back over on the mainland is the major port of Southampton. If you want to visit, you can use the town marina or turn right just before you get there and moor in the River Hamble, this is the busiest river for all kinds of leisure boats and really is a must. Next along on the mainland is Portsmouth - full of navel history, a tour round HMS Victory is obligatory. Finally across on the Isle of Wight is the beautiful Bembridge which is only accessible at high tide. Oh and by the way, there are three forts guarding the eastern entrance to The Solent, built to keep out the French during the Napoleonic wars, and one of them has been modernised, see of if you can spot which one.
- Once you leave The Solent, the next place to visit is Chichester harbour, be careful of the shallow entrance at low water, and keep to the channel. Its very beautiful here - another nature reserve.
- The next big harbour is Brighton - easy to get in. The marina is on the outskirts of the town so not too crowded, but a short bus ride or walk into the town. Lovely resturaunts.
- We're all pretty healthy here. If you need medical treatment, the National Health service will provide it. Theoretically, non-nationals should pay for treatment but in many cases they are never asked to do so.
Cruiser's Friends
Submit details/contacts of cruiser's "friends" that can be contacted in advance or on arrival - who can offer information and assistance to our cruising "family".
Links to Forum Discussions
List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)
External Links
Submit useful website links for the region
Personal Notes
References & Publications
- Reed's Nautical Almanac is an invaluable resource for cruising in the UK, with tide tables, tidal streams and local information.
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Winter to spring, in 5 new pieces.
Posted by: the1and2and3 on: March 28, 2010
YAY! Spring is finally here. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it was 70 degrees out yesterday! But before you go out to buy your new spring clothes, you should probably check out these new spring staples.
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So spring into spring, without having to buy a whole new wardobe.
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Day 3: The Twenty Finalists Are Released
Still scirocco for the races of the Gold Fleet
The Kiteboard Racing World Championship, which will conclude tomorrow at Poetto after four days with a high technical and competitive races expressed their top riders. Even today the scirocco made it to master the challenge of the Gold fleet male and the Women fleet, still in contention for the Medal Race. The stars of the four races of the day were Johnny Heineken (USA) and Steph Bridge (GB). But, once we uses the discard, the overall leader in the female is Erika Heineken.
Completed the fleets of ten riders each that tomorrow will play for the Medal Race and the jackpot.
Like in the last few days, the Poetto welcomed the competitors with flat water and no air. Nobody was worried as the various National Team had learned to know the secrets of the Bay of Angels. And you know that, suddenly, at least the famous thermal wind would rise. Instead, for the third consecutive day, the scirocco wanted to be in the game, gusty, with initial intensity of 16 knots going to fall in the final. The start around 12, while the audience began to populate the beach of the 'sixth stop' for a close encounter with samples from all over the world and observe their kites.
The two race courses were laid by the organizers of Yacht Club Cagliari.
Among the latter, the reigning world champion Steph Bridge - captain of the British and the mother of three children, the largest of which also involved him in the championship - has fielded all his talent, winning three out of four races against her opponent Erika Heineken. For five points, however, Erica, the U.S. Lady, stays in the lead of the group of the top ten admitted to the Medal race: after her, Steph Bridge (GB), Caroline Adrien (FRA), Katja Roose (NED), Nayara Licariao (BRA), Christine Boenniger (GER), Elena Kalinina (RUS), Alice Brunacci (ITA), Lilian De Geus (NED), Justina Sellers (NZL).
Five races in total instead of the Gold Fleet male. The first result is actually the position obtained during the qualifying races. En plein without appeal for Johnny Heineken. With him the access to the Medal arises: Andrea Riccardo Leccese (ITA), Adam Koch (USA), Florian Gruber (GER), Kerneur Julien (FRA), Bryan Lake (USA), Maxime Nocher (FRA), Wilson Veloso (BRA) Dave Robertson (NZL), Adam Victor (BRA).
The formula for the Medal race consists of three races for each group (the first one is already the achieved placement in Gold Fleet), via the shortest compared to what has been seen, and positioned in close proximity to the beach. And 'provided for the inclusion of the mistral, to make it even more spectacular the final of the championship, which will be open to the public from the presentation of the twenty finalists.


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What is a Family ASTRO Take-Home Activity?
These activities (games and kits) were initially designed for Astronomy Event participants to take home and do on their own, thereby providing an opportunity for continued learning at home with family and friends. There's a Take-Home Activity associated with each one of our Leader Kits for educators.
But because we received expert help with our games and kits from a professional game company (including extensive pre-production testing with families), we soon discovered that they could be used separately and provide great educational value to any family or group of people (kids or adults) interested in learning some astronomy while having a great deal of fun at the same time.
What Take-Home Activities are Available?
Each of our Family ASTRO Take-Home Activities focuses on a particular topic in astronomy. Follow the links below to read about the individual Take-Home Activities in more detail and view the additional web resources for each:
Learn the bright stars and constellations of each season with Night Sky Adventure (a multi-activity kit for the whole family).
Test your knowledge of the Solar System while collecting enough planets to win the game in Race to the Planets.
Everyone works together (while they still have time) to collect damaged instruments in Moon Mission, an exciting and cooperative board game.
Plan a night of cards and learn about the beautiful "deep space objects" and well-known telescopes in Cosmic Decoders.
How Can I Get Copies of These Take-Home Activities?
All Family ASTRO materials can be ordered online through the ASP's AstroShop. Click here to be taken directly to the AstroShop's Family ASTRO page.
If you have questions, see our Frequently Asked Questions for Families and Friends page, or our Frequently Asked Questions for Educators and Astronomers page. You can also email us at: astro {at} astrosociety.org


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Comparison of out of camera Fuji JPEG with RAW file processed using Adobe Camera Raw into Photoshop CS6 (Mac).
There has been much discussion around this topic online - so I figured I post a video of my basic ACR workflow for people to view.
Applies to the X-Pro1, but also any ACR raw file processing. This gets me to the point where I then use NIK filters, so it's not a final product, but the end of RAW processing. Should apply to Photoshop and Lightroom.
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hi everyone, I think I've finally figured this out...I'd like to introduce myself and my furkids -- I'm Susan, single dog mom and artist -- I live with Merlin of York APBT 12 years blue brindle male and my Hero, Myra APBT female approx. 8 years my rescue girl big red red nose female Buckets O'Love...Morty little APBT/JRT mix little lovee puff hearing impaired rescue dog - and newest addition Miss Silvee Mae of York powder blue APBT 6 mo. old little funny girl. I've had a pit since I was 13 (RIP 'PR' Miss May Babe all white red nose girl) and I can't imagine life without one of these fine friends by my side. I lost 2 last summer (RIP Maxwell my lover boy pit/whippet mix rescue boy and RIP Miss Minerva of York the SMARTEST most CLEVER and DEVIOUS little package of a pittie) and was totally devastated. But we're doing fine now and are very happy to find a cool place with cool people who GET IT about these dogs. You can see all the kids here:
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"I hate being a boss and I hate being a subordinate, so the only thing to do is be my own boss," Laurie Joan Aron says in her soft, even voice about her life as a serial entrepreneur. "I've always gone my own way and thrust my merit ahead of me."
For 15 years, the Barnard premed freelanced as a business journalist, juggling as many as 12 deadlines at a time for a panoply of magazines on such topics as industrial robotics, software for customer-employee interface, and the future of the Korean grocery.
But when the youngest of her three children reached second grade and, for the usual, complicated reasons—the classroom was too loud, the schoolwork too dull, etc.—needed to be homeschooled, Aron didn't hesitate to cut back on journalism and take on this new assignment. For four to five hours a day, mother and child did scientific experiments, went to the park to birdwatch, made pottery, and read and read and read. "I had to calm down from always being in a frenzy—slow down to a second-grader's level," she recalls.
She loved this pace of wonder. When her daughter returned to school the following year, she decided not to plunge back into the journalistic fray but to continue the homeschooling—of herself this time. She revived interests she had pursued after graduating, experimenting with photography, poetry, and some fiction until she hit on collage.
Four years and 1,451 collages later, Aron has developed a solid working method and a gorgeous style. At the heart of each collage is a mysterious figure enveloped in voluptuous folds of cloth and textured clouds of color. She—the figure is invariably a woman or some part of a woman's body—leads us into a story without obvious conclusion. "I want to create a picture space that is baffling—labyrinthine," Aron explains. "At any point, the eye could be faced with paths that lead off to nowhere, proportions that are dizzying."
Constructed from glossy-magazine photographs, the collages don't do that Dada thing of offering up the detritus of the world. They do not consist of found objects, Aron insists, "because I found them." Nor do they reference recognizable figures and thus serve as social commentary: "I'm not going to do them with Kate Moss. I tend to use photographs where the models look less like models and more like strange creatures in stories."
And yet it is important to Aron that she make the collages by hand. If she skipped the tedious labor of cutting and pasting and resorted to Photoshop, "it wouldn't involve enough artistic effort," she says with wry self-knowing.
Besides hours in the studio (also known as her bed—she plops down on it to demonstrate how a book on her lap suffices as work surface), "A massive amount of this work is marketing. You can't just make collages and hope that people will come," she says, as the forthright entrepreneur. Then, "I don't pander, I'm an artist—I make what interests me, not what sells. But after that, the point is to interest others."
To that end, she invites "everybody I know and everybody I have ever been colleagues with" to regular open houses. She has sold her work at street fairs, donated it to charity auctions, and even exhibited in the little brick hut on a subway traffic island on the Upper West Side, just south of the modest apartment she shares with her husband and children. And each week she responds to calls for entries to juried exhibitions with batches of framed collages.
In the four years since Aron began this project, her collages have appeared in some 70 shows, from Pensacola, Florida, to Los Angeles, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and her native New York. Eight shows will feature her work this summer. But at this point, she admits, "I'm slightly uncomfortable with where I am. Itchy." It's a familiar state of mind.
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WESTON, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team swept host Regis at the Regis College Pool Sunday. The UMD men won, 90-54, and the women prevailed, 112-79.
For the women, sophomore Kim Moore (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) won the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:25.44 and the 500 yard freestyle in 5:39.03, senior Kathleen Foley (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill HS) won the 200 yard freestyle in 2:12.68, freshman Maggie Conlon (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) won the 200 yard individual medley in 2:25.94, freshman Cecelia Rius (Rockville, MD/Richard Montgomery HS) won a pair of one-meter diving events with scores of 151.00 and 194.50, freshman Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) won the 100 yard butterfly in 1:04.02, and junior Lindsay Little (Danvers, MA/Danvers HS) took the 100 yard freestyle in 1:01.29.
For the men, junior Joe Krzystofik (Chicopee, MA/Chicopee HS) won the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:48.09 and the 100 yard butterfly in 1:01.80, senior Andrew Adams (Palmer, MA/Palmer HS) won the 200 yard freestyle in 2:01.48, junior Craig Johnson (Acushnet, MA/New Bedford HS) took the 200 yard individual medley in 2:12.49, freshman Nate O'Keefe (Taunton, MA/Coyle-Cassidy HS) captured the one meter diving with a score of 167.20, freshman Chris Dodge (Holden, MA/ Wachusett Regional HS) won the 100 yard backstroke in 1:00.93, and freshman Brandon Riendeau (Lakeville, MA/Apponequet HS) won the other one meter diving competition with 207.35 points.
UMass Dartmouth's men are now 3-1, while the women are 4-4. The Pride men are 4-7 and the women are 2-10.
The Corsairs will return to action when they host WPI Thursday evening.


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So I've been busy doing all sorts of stuff and I'm going to start making some posts once 2013 happens. Yay. So much stuff since the last time I posted something so there will be a lot to discuss about.
In the mean time I updated my other blog Sounds of Forgetting with a new song I made more for fun. Sounds of Forgetting is experimental and has a ton of other stuff I've done and posted so check those out too if you like listening to all sorts of synthy goodness.


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WOW! Talk about looking fabulous that is just how Dolly looked recently on GAC Nights, our Dolly was on for a whole hour! Its a good start maybe the country networks will start pushing her new CD. Dolly was interesting the person interviewing Dolly asked do you keep up on todays country singers Dolly kind of said a little, I think the person interviewing might have been saying artists like Taylor Swift, and Carrie Underwood are blowing everyones doors off, and Dolly should look at what they do. The way I see it Dolly helped build country music to what it is today, and she still has it Dolly, should dress the way she does, sing the way she does, and be who she has always been sweet, beautiful, and a great singer, but back to the special on GAC they did show a number of her videos and had a pretty nice interview, and of course Dolly looked fantastic as always!
LYLD- Love You Lots Dolly!
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MoD to stop using 'dumb' cluster weapons
Self-destruct mechanisms now count as smart
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) made a push for the moral high ground yesterday, announcing that the British forces would cease to use "dumb" cluster munitions with immediate effect.
"This is an important decision," said Defence Secretary Des Browne. "We are doing this because it is the right thing to do – but we hope that other countries will now follow suit."
The usual definition of a dumb weapon is one which is not guided in flight or otherwise capable of hitting a precise point or small target. Examples would include simple free-falling aircraft bombs or ordinary artillery shells.
Cluster munitions are those which don't use a single warhead but rather break open to shower their target area with large numbers of explosive bomblets. Typically a percentage of these will fail to detonate and remain scattered about the area afterward, effectively constituting a particularly nasty and troublesome field of land mines. This has led to strong condemnation and calls for their use to be discontinued.
The UK is to destroy all its remaining stocks of the RBL 755 air-dropped cluster bomb and the M26 heavy artillery rocket, which are both dumb and cluster in nature. The MoD notes that this will mean getting rid of 28 million bomblets in total.
Cynics might note that both of these weapons were marked for the bin long ago, well before much concern had arisen over cluster-submunition weaponry. The RBL 755 will be replaced by Brimstone, a guided rocket system which began development eleven years ago. The M26 rocket has never been used since 1991, with the British army declining to deploy it even for the 2003 Iraq invasion. Its replacement, the GMLRS, was ordered in 1998 and is already entering service. The MoD isn't really responding to pressure here, it is merely carrying on with planned modernizations and trying to pick up a little credit.
There was no word on any plans to dispose of the army's stocks of 155mm Extended Range Bomblet Shell (ERBS). These are Israeli-made dumb artillery shells which scatter submunitions. However, junior defence minster Adam Ingram has said "the UK does not consider that to be a so-called dumb cluster munition because it has a self-destruct mechanism." The failure rate of ERBS bomblets has been only 2 per cent in trials, less than half what might be expected from submunitions without self-destruct. A heavy bombardment will still leave lethal duds scattered about, however.
As of last October, the UK still had 16,000 older bomblet-scattering M483 artillery shells which have no self-destruct mechanisms. The M483 has to be a dumb cluster munition even under the MoD's rather elastic definition, and these rounds weren't mentioned specifically by Mr Browne yesterday. However, they have previously been described as "withdrawn from service," which would normally mean gradual disposal. ®


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Every Monday morning for the last five weeks, David French has followed his usual routine, with one exception: He fasts from eating to focus on praying for the presidential election.
The evangelical Christian-who's also an attorney with the American Center for Law and Justice-says his weekly fast isn't connected directly to his other focus: trying to convince evangelicals to vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "It isn't about praying for Romney to win," said French, organizer of Evangelicals for Mitt, a pro-Romney website that invites others to join the fast. "It's about praying for all the candidates and the future of the country."
French isn't the only one praying. Prayer groups for other GOP candidates have sprouted up around the internet, including groups devoted to praying for specific candidates to prevail. "Intercessors for Newt" encourages supporters to pray one hour a week for Newt Gingrich.
Elsewhere, "We Pick Rick" encourages prayer for Rick Santorum. Posted prayers piled up ahead of the slate of GOP primaries on March 6 dubbed Super Tuesday. A Feb. 29 prayer posted by supporter Jeremy Lippert said: "Please give us the leader that is best for our country. Please give us Rick Santorum-be it your will. In Jesus Name, Amen."
Less than a week later, it still wasn't clear which leader would prevail. Though Romney carried six of the 10 states on Super Tuesday, his most important win rang hollow: The former Massachusetts governor won the crucial swing state of Ohio by a razor-thin margin, edging Santorum by 1 percentage point, despite outspending his opponent 4-to-1 in the state.
And though Romney opened a substantial lead in the number of delegates he's secured ahead of the Republican National Convention slated for August, he still faced the possibility of a long slog: By the end of Super Tuesday, Romney had grabbed at least 419 delegates. (Second place Santorum had at least 178.)
In the tumultuous battle for the GOP nomination, dramatic lines mark the field: The top candidate battles, the underdogs plot strategy, and the incumbent president quietly mounts a reelection campaign that promises a greater war that's just months away.
If this year's GOP contest seems prolonged, it's by design. During a 2010 meeting in Kansas City, Mo., members of the Republican National Committee voted to change the party's rules for awarding delegates: The new rules require all states holding presidential primaries or caucuses in March to award delegates proportionally, instead of on a winner-take-all basis. Candidates win delegates based on the districts they win in a particular state. For example, though Romney won the popular vote in Ohio, he snagged only 35 of the state's delegates. Santorum won 21.
Some Republicans have criticized the new rules, saying they prolong the nominating contest and bruise the party by keeping GOP opponents locked in heated battles for votes. But proponents of the new system say the longer process gives voters in more states an opportunity to cast meaningful primary votes by lessening the chance that a handful of states choose the nominee in just a few weeks.
The idea isn't unprecedented. Though the Democratic Party follows its own set of rules, the party's nominating contest was famously prolonged in 2008: Obama and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton battled for the party's nomination until June. Some experts say the longer contest built enthusiasm among Democrats and increased voter turnout for Obama in the general election.
Even if that's true, there's a crucial difference between 2008 and 2012: An incumbent president wasn't running during the last election. Candidates in both parties had more time to raise funds and prepare for a general election. The dynamic today: Obama has been preparing for reelection for four years.
That reality shows up starkly in the president's massive fundraising totals. Obama's campaign reported that through Jan. 31, 2012, it had raised $140.2 million. By March 1, the president had attended 100 fundraisers since announcing his bid for reelection last April.
Romney-the top fundraiser in the GOP-had raised $63.4 million. Texas congressman Ron Paul-who hadn't won the popular vote in any primaries by Super Tuesday-raised $31 million in the same time period.
Perhaps most interesting: The candidate posing the greatest threat to Romney's frontrunner status raised the least amount of money. Santorum reported raising $6.7 million by the end of January. (After a string of primary wins in February, the Santorum campaign reported a surge in fundraising, saying it took in nearly $9 million in February alone.)
But money isn't the president's only advantage. While Republican candidates have spent months appearing in televised debates and focusing on winning primaries, the Obama campaign has been re-engaging a huge grassroots network of volunteers and supporters already in its system, and out-hiring Republican campaigns in states key to winning the general election.
Consider the swing states: In Ohio, the Obama campaign has opened 10 offices and hired a dozen paid staffers. In New Hampshire, Obama has at least seven offices and 20 paid staff members. (Romney, the winner of the state's GOP primary, had one office open in January.)
In Virginia-where Obama in 2008 was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state in 44 years-grassroots efforts are in full swing: The Saturday before Super Tuesday, the campaign listed 32 events across the state, including phone banks and door-to-door voter registration. The Virginia campaign includes a state director, five regional directors, a digital director, and a youth outreach staffer.
But despite the impressive campaign machine, there's a wildcard in this year's presidential contest: Super PACs. The political action committees operate independently of campaigns, but can direct funds towards advertising for candidates. A 2010 Supreme Court ruling allows the groups to raise funds without limits.
So far, PACs backing GOP candidates are outpacing by huge margins a PAC that favors Obama. Priorities USA raised $59,000 in January to bolster Obama's campaign. Meanwhile, Restore Our Future-a pro-Romney PAC-raised $6.6 million during the same month. The pro-Gingrich group Winning Our Future raised nearly $11 million in January, with nearly $10 million coming from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. The Santorum-supporting Red, White, and Blue raised $2.1 million.
In other cases, Super PACs aren't backing a single candidate, but are promoting conservative ideas that could help Republican candidates win in the fall. In Virginia, the economically conservative Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is more active than the state's Republican Party in hosting outreach events and Tea Party seminars, and in hiring staffers.
AFP state director Audrey Jackson says the key question in Virginia and other states is whether Democrats can rekindle the enthusiasm of 2008. She's betting no. "Barack Obama had a moment," she said. "He promised all these things-jobs would return. People aren't back to work."
Enthusiasm isn't just a Democratic concern. It may be the single biggest issue facing Romney's campaign. The candidate has raised and spent millions more than his nearest competitor, Rick Santorum, but continues winning many key contests by tight margins, and losing others altogether. Though Santorum would face a steep climb to match Romney's delegate count and snag the nomination, the candidate keeps delivering surprising victories with far fewer resources.
Fundraising isn't the only challenge Santorum has faced: Election officials in the Iowa caucuses declared Romney the winner of the first primary of the year. Two weeks later, they announced they were wrong: Santorum had won the close race. But the momentum-rich moment was gone. In Michigan, Santorum and Romney won an equal number of the state's 14 congressional districts, splitting the delegate count in half, but state officials awarded two more delegates to Romney. Santorum is contesting those results.
Despite the challenges, Santorum summed up his candidacy in a speech to Ohio supporters on the night of Super Tuesday: "We keep coming back."
Exit polls in tight races may offer glimpses into Santorum's ability to hang on: In Ohio, more than 50 percent of voters said Romney was the candidate most likely to beat Obama in November. But Romney's support among voters who considered themselves "very conservative" fell to 30 percent. (Santorum garnered 48 percent of those votes.) Santorum also continued his success with evangelical voters: The group chose him by 17 points in Ohio.
Voters in states that Santorum won underscored the importance of the candidate's connection with religious voters. At a campaign event at Temple Baptist Church in Powell, Tenn., one week before Super Tuesday, voters lined up to meet Santorum after a nearly 60-minute speech. Dawn Lockett, 55, a member of the evangelical congregation, said she's supported Santorum from the beginning: "He's one of my heroes."
The candidate's pro-life record is important to Lockett, but so is his emphasis in speeches on encouraging churches and communities to help people instead of increasing government assistance. Lockett says her husband lost his job two years ago, and though her family qualifies for food stamps, they haven't applied. She says her congregation is committed to helping struggling members, and she believes that's the best kind of help: "The government should not decide what's best for me."
But despite the warm welcome, the event at Temple Baptist highlighted a challenge for Santorum: figuring out how to balance discussions of God, morality, and social issues with a convincing economic platform that reaches a broader base of voters.
He's hit rough spots: The Catholic candidate's discussion of contraception (he called it wrong in an October media interview), and his comment that John F. Kennedy's speech on religion and government made him want to "throw up," have kept the focus on Santorum's religious beliefs.
Tim Echols, a Southern Baptist minister and chairman of the Georgia public service commission, campaigned for Santorum in his home state, but admitted: "We may have gone to the well one too many times with social issues." Echols said Santorum often discussed social issues because reporters asked him more than other candidates about them, but he acknowledged: "We may have worn people out with them."
Richard Land of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, says tone has been the problem. "It isn't that he's talked too much about these issues, but it's the way he's talked about it," he said. "He's giving the media a stick to hit him with."
At the Tennessee event-where supporters toted Bibles and a choir sang Christian songs-Santorum used biblical language to discuss people created in the image of God, and man taking dominion over the earth. But outside, his campaign literature outlined economic and national security concerns, without mentioning social issues.
Santorum supporter and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer said social issues shouldn't be the No. 1 concern in the campaign since most voters are worried about the economy, but he also disagrees with calls from Republicans like Mitch Daniels to call a truce on issues like abortion and gay marriage: "We don't get to call a truce."
Romney hasn't called a truce on social issues, but he hasn't emphasized them. The candidate running on a pro-life and pro-marriage platform discusses the issues when asked, but sometimes avoids the topic. Instead, he's emphasized his business expertise, and a streamlined economic message that mixes tax reform with cutting government spending.
That platform-and a desire to defeat Obama-may be enough to convince most conservatives, including evangelicals, to vote for Romney if he becomes the nominee. Many voters at Santorum's Tennessee event said they don't prefer Romney, but would support whoever wins the nomination. Bauer said he would "work my heart out" for the eventual GOP nominee. But whether that same enthusiasm would spread to other activists remains a key question (see sidebar).
French-of Evangelicals for Mitt-has supported Romney since 2006, and says he believes the candidate has the most conservative platform in the race. He's also convinced that Romney would advocate for social issues if he wins the nomination. (He's even co-authored a book with his wife, Nancy, called Why Evangelicals Should Support Mitt Romney and Feel Good About It.)
In the meantime, French says he and his family will continue fasting on Mondays and praying for the nation's future. He says the spiritual discipline helps cut the intensity of a roller-coaster campaign that has grown ever longer, and that it reminds him of the one truth that gives him peace: "God is in control."
-with reporting by Emily Belz in Virginia
I heard on the news tonight that David French, mentioned in this article, is considering a run for President. French is no stranger to World readers; I found 27 stories mentioning him.I knew David as a boy, taught him in Sunday School. He is a good, smart, learned, Christian man. If all Christians and other people who care about the direction of the country vote for him, the world will be a better place.I encourage the editors of World (particularly, Dr. Olasky) to interview David French for the next issue of World.)


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2012-13:Kreider averaged a scoring average of 77.8 this season in five rounds of play. Kreider was also an Academic All-Conference selection for the second year in a row.
2011-12: In 2011-12 Kreider posted a 77 scoring average in three events. Matt's low round of the year was a one-under-par 71 at the Tusculum Fall Classic. He was an Academic All-Conference selection and he was named to the Dean's List.
2010-11: Kreider played in six tournaments in 2010-11, posting a 77.9 scoring average. His best finish of the year was a tie for 13th at the Kiawah Island Invitational. His low round of the year was a one-under-par 71 at the Kiawah Invitational.
High School: Kreider was a four-time team MVP at West Lake High School, earning All-Conference honors four times. He was also a two-time All-Conference MVP.
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John Elway thinks Peyton Manning has what it takes to go down in history as the greatest quarterback in the history of football. But to accomplish that, Elway needs to put the right team around Manning.
In Elway's opinion, if Manning were to close out his career by winning two Super Bowls as the Broncos' quarterback — the same way Elway closed out his own Hall of Fame career — that would be enough for Manning to be considered the best ever.
"Winning championships, that's the only way," Elway told NFL Network's Albert Breer. "If he wins two more championships, he'll be, without a doubt, the greatest quarterback ever to play the game."
Of course, Elway knows that Manning can only do so much to ensure that he'll win two Super Bowls. When Elway finally won his two Super Bowls in his 15th and 16th NFL seasons after falling short so many times earlier in his career, it wasn't because Elway was better than he had been in his first 14 years in the league. It was because the Broncos built a better team around him. Likewise, if Manning wins two Super Bowls with the Broncos, it will be partially a testament to his own greatness as a quarterback, but also a testament to Elway's work as an executive.
Manning has already won a record four regular-season MVP awards. If he were to come back from a year away and win a fifth MVP in Denver, he'd have a good case for being the best quarterback ever regardless of what happened in the playoffs. But Elway is correct that quarterbacks are remembered to such a large extent for their teams' success or failure in the playoffs that Manning probably can't go down in history as the best ever as long as he has only one Super Bowl ring. And he probably will go down in history as the best ever if he retires with three Super Bowl rings.


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Bulldogs Look To Rebound From Trip To California
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale volleyball team returns home from California to close out the pre-conference schedule against defending America East champion Albany on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
The two teams have had quite a rivalry in recent years. Last year, Albany defeated Yale in three sets -- 33-31, 25-13 and 29-27.
Mollie Rogers had nine kills and nine digs in the match against Albany last year, and also had a standout weekend in San Diego for the Bulldogs last week.
Rogers earned all-tournament honors and led the Bulldogs with 27 kills in the three matches, including team-highs against San Diego (9) and Fresno State (10).
Yale (3-5) went 0-3 at the University of San Diego Tournament last weekend against UC Santa Barbara, No. 17 San Diego and Fresno State.
Entering this week, Yale leads all Ivy League teams in kills and assists per set. The Bulldogs average 13.57 kills and 12.79 assists per set.
Five different Bulldogs average at least two kills per set -- Rogers (2.82), Kelly Johnson (2.54), Haley Wessels (2.17) and Jesse Ebner (2.11). In addition, McHaney Carter posted a season-high seven kills and hit .538 in Yale's most recent match against Fresno State.
Polan and Johnson have shared the role of setting up hits for the Bulldogs. Polan averages 6.86 assists per set, while Johnson averages 4.96.
Maddie Rudnick continues to lead Yale defensively with a 4.61 digs per set average, including a season-best 24 against UC Santa Barbara last Friday. Rogers is second on the team with 4.32 average.
Albany (3-9) represents the fourth 2011 NCAA tournament qualifier that the Bulldogs have faced this season. The Great Danes have also played a challenging schedule -- including three top-25 teams -- Hawaii, Stanford and Minnesota.
Last weekend, Albany lost two of three at the West Point Challenge. The Great Danes defeated Sacred Heart, and fell to VCU and Army.
Dunja Prgomet leads Albany with a 2.54 kills per set average, while Sofia Furlong has been the team's primary setter with a 6.38 assists per set average. Prgomet had a match-high 16 kills and added 11 digs against the Bulldogs last season.
Yale opens the Ivy League season against Brown this Saturday at 2 p.m. The Bulldogs' first five conference match-ups will be on the road.
Report filed by Ernie Bertothy, Yale Sports Publicity


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The Raiders drafted Taiwan Jones in the fourth round of the 2011 draft because of his skills as a running back.
If he sticks beyond his third year with the team, it will likely be because he can play cornerback. Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie said that he wants Jones to make the move to defense next season, which tends to be the kind of desire that leads players to wind up playing defense next season.
"I'm pushing for cornerback," McKenzie said, via Bill Williamson of ESPN.com. "I think it fits his skill set. I think we're going to see how he does there."
Jones arrived at Eastern Washington as a cornerback — McKenzie said that he actually had Jones projected there when he was evaluating the 2011 draft with the Packers — and said near the end of last season that he'd be open to moving to the other side of the line. He's touched the ball 26 times on offense in his first two years on the team despite the need to replace Darren McFadden for chunks of each season. He's also drawn criticism for not holding onto the ball.
He's done well on special teams, though, and McKenzie thinks his speed and ability to tackle give him a shot to become a nickel cornerback. The Raiders could certainly use a good cornerback or three, so this is probably the wisest move for both sides.


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- Highly-anticipated ruling means Kenyatta will be sworn in April 9
- Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he accepts the court decision
- Kenyan Supreme Court says presidential election was "free and fair"
- The ruling ends a drawn-out case that has riveted the nation
The Kenyan Supreme Court on Saturday upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in the presidential election, dismissing a challenge by his chief rival and ending a drawn-out case that has riveted the nation.
The nation's highest court declared the election "free and fair," ending weeks of uncertainty after the disputed March 4 poll.
Kenyatta, the 51-year-old son of Kenya's founding leader, won the election with 50.07% of the vote.
Raila Odinga, who got 43.31%, had challenged the outcome in court on the grounds that it was flawed and marred by technical problems.
After the court issued its ruling, he said he accepted its judgment and would abide by it.
"The court has now spoken," Odinga said, "I wish the president-elect and his team well."
Odinga said his petition focused on valid failures in the election process.
"My decision to file a petition in the Supreme Court to challenge the validity of the election was a testament of my faith in the independence of our judiciary," he said. "I did so for the sake of our democracy and for the sake of all Kenyans."
Kenyatta will be sworn in April 9, making him the nation's fourth and youngest president.
Political dynasty
Kenyatta and Odinga are the sons of the nation's first president and vice president, respectively, bringing back memories of a political dynasty that dates to the 1960s.
Their fathers started out as allies in the quest for Kenyan independence from Britain.
But the elder politicians' relationship ended in bad blood when founding President Jomo Kenyatta forced out his vice president, Jaramogi Odinga, following a series of disputes.
Some five decades later, it is the sons' turn in the spotlight.
'Accept the ruling'
Last week, both leaders pledged to accept the court's decision, assuring citizens that the ruling would end the uncertainty in the nation.
A peaceful response will go a long way toward restoring the nation's image as a bastion of stability in the region after disputed election results led to bloody chaos in 2007.
In that election, more than 1,200 were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced after Odinga disputed the results, which showed incumbent President Mwai Kibaki as the winner.
At the time, supporters of both candidates battled on the streets with crude weapons, not in court.
The outgoing president urged citizens to honor the court ruling and shun violence.
"As the country awaits the Supreme Court ruling, I call upon all of us to accept the ruling and maintain peace," Kibaki said Thursday. "Kenyans should resume their routine economic activities as soon as possible to return normalcy in the country."
Beyond borders
The March 4 election was the first general poll since the disputed election. It was conducted under a reformed judicial system and a more inclusive electoral commission.
The significance of Kenya's democratic process extends beyond the country's borders.
Kenya is East Africa's biggest economy and a crucial trade route into the rest of the continent.
It provides an important buffer of stability in a region that includes the fledgling Somali government and the politically tense Sudan and South Sudan.
Kenya is also a major U.S. ally in the war against Islamist militants in the region and has remained relatively peaceful amid civil wars in neighboring nations.
Complicated relations
The upholding of Kenyatta's victory raises the prospect of complicated diplomatic ties with the West.
The International Criminal Court has indicted him for allegedly funding a local militia that conducted reprisal attacks in the last election in 2007. His running mate, William Ruto, also faces ICC charges at The Hague, in the Netherlands.
Both have denied the charges and have said they will cooperate with the court to clear their names.
Defiance of the West
Analysts say the ICC indictment may have rallied citizens to Kenyatta's side in defiance of the West.
"Many Africans have lost faith in ICC and view it as targeting African leaders and failing to discharge its justice among non-African leaders," said Ayo Johnson, director of ViewPoint Africa. "Kenya sent a loud message to the ICC ... don't interfere. And it does not matter if you brand our leaders as criminals."
But rights group say the courts are vital to providing justice in cases largely overlooked by governments.
Kenyatta has said the indictment will not affect his ability to do his job, and has urged the international community to respect the will of Kenyans.
The United States and Britain sent accolades to Kenyatta following the ruling. Before elections, officials from both nations had expressed concerns over ICC charges against the president-elect.
British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote to Kenyatta to congratulate him, a Downing Street spokesman said Saturday.
Cameron "urged the Kenyan people to be proud of the strong signal they have sent to the world about their determination to exercise their democratic right peacefully," the spokesman said.
In a statement, the White House also congratulated Kenyatta and urged Kenyans "to peacefully accept the results" of the election.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also talked to Kenyatta and Odinga and pledged the United Nations' support for the country.


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Clarkson University Students Travel to Japan for Robotics Competition
Though half a world apart, students at Clarkson University and Japan's Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) have forged a common bond through robotics.
A team of three Clarkson students traveled to Japan to compete in the Japan Society for Precision Engineering's sixth annual International Micro-Mechanism Contest on March 13, with support from Kyutech students and faculty.
Minxian He '13, an electrical engineering major from Rego Park, N.Y., Nathan Torkaman '13, a mechanical engineering major from Alfred, N.Y., and Adam Brewster '15, a mechanical engineering major from West Henrietta, N.Y., comprised the only American team at the competition, which was otherwise attended by Japanese and Taiwanese students.
The Clarkson trio put their 30-by-20-by-20 millimeter robot to the test against their competitors and won "The Excellent Award" as the only team to operate its device through a smartphone.
"They represented not only Clarkson but the college-aged population so well," said Jeffrey Taylor, Clarkson's study abroad program administrator, who accompanied the students on the trip. "For two cultures that have a language barrier, you almost didn't know that from the way the students interacted with each other."
The trip to Japan is the latest chapter in the two-year partnership between Kyutech and Clarkson, according to Clarkson Prof. James Carroll, director of the Northern NY Robotics Academy at Clarkson, which manages the regions FIRST robotics programs.
A team from Kyushu, led by Professor Takahiro Ito, participated in championship-level FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions held at Clarkson during the fall semester. Clarkson, in turn, travels to Japan to participate in the competition with Kyushu each spring.
Clarkson will look to participate in other international robotics activities in the future that foster student interest in the science, engineering technology and mathematics (STEM) disciplines both locally and on a global scale, Carroll said.
"These exchanges present students with invaluable learning experiences," Carroll said. "Getting out of the classroom and experiencing a new culture can open a student's eyes and make them more likely to take advantage of the global opportunities that present themselves later in their careers."
The trip was the first abroad experience for both Torkaman and Brewster, who grew up in upstate New York. The group had several cultural opportunities on the trip, including attending afternoon tea in formal Japanese attire and visiting Toto, a worldwide manufacturer of toilets. Torkaman particularly enjoyed riding Japan's train system.
"It was a good time exploring, seeing everything and taking in as much as possible," he said.
"I got my first experience out of the country and into a setting where communication of the simplest things was a challenge," added Brewster. "I also as an engineer took away many of the ideas that were established as normal in their culture, such as their transportation and water and electricity usage."
The experience also inspired He. Prior to the trip, she could only figure out so many ways to fit all of the tiny pieces into the micro-robot. She learned several new ways to design one at the competition.
"When I went to the competition and saw what others did, it gave me a lot of new ideas," she said. "It just opened my eyes to see it."
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Photo caption: Clarkson University students (left to right) Nathan Torkaman '13, Minxian He '13 and Adam Brewster '15 competed in the Japan Society for Precision Engineering's sixth annual International Micro-Mechanism Contest in Japan on March 13. The students also enjoyed a variety of Japanese cultural experiences, including dressing up in traditional attire for afternoon tea.
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text: so with all the hoopla and nonsense about Keldor not receiving his 200X Dual Blades because it sorta looks like the vintage power, let's talk about a weapon that's missing...the 200X arm canon that Duncan (Man-At-Arms) came with in the 200X toy line and readily used in the MYP cartoon. That one weapon made MAA 10 times cooler then he was in the 80s and I was a little miffed that he came with He-man's 200X Power Sword instead of his own weapon. Maybe they're saving it to come along with a future Dekker figure, which would make sense since he himself was a Man-At-Arms, was Duncan's teacher, and is retired. It could always say on his bio that when Dekker had retired, he handed off his powerful arm canon to his favorite pupil, Duncan. Hopefully since the arm canon never showed up in the vintage line, it will show up soon with someone or a weapons pack