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Situated in Nimes, this hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Costieres Stadium and within 3 mi (5 km) of Nimes Arena and Temple of Diana. Archaeology Museum and Maison Carree are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a bar/lounge, 24-hour room service, and a business center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include meeting rooms, a 24-hour front desk, and a computer station.
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Hotel Kyriad Nimes Ouest
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This business-friendly hotel also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hotel Kyriad Nimes Ouest is a smoke-free property.
- Library
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms 3
- Total number of rooms - 48
- Television in common areas
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Ski shuttle
- Computer station
- Smoke-free property
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Free dial-up Internet access
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- In-room climate control (heating)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 5:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Bar - Onsite bar. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open 24 hours.
24-hour room service is available.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 5 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 8.5 for adults and EUR 5 for children (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 5 per pet, per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Kyriad Nimes Ouest
- Kyriad Nimes Ouest
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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January 10, 2011
I've never once posted on a website. Never had cause to, but on hearing the NEWS of Dick Winters passing I'd like to personally thank you for bringing us the story of Dick Winters and Easy Company. My father served in the US Army for 27 years and I don't think I truly understood what that meant until I saw Band of Brothers. These men are true American Heroes and I will pass their story on to my children and grandchildren. Their story will not be forgotten. Thanks Tom... you did good.
It should be no great secret what ails our country today. The comfortable times we live in just do not produce enough men like Mr. Winters. His combination of toughness, intelligence, dignity and humility were and are quite rare. We should never forget all that he and the Greatest Generation sacrificed in the name of freedom. Thanks to Mr. Hanks for continuing to tell their stories.
One of the greatest men who ever lived and you made sure we never forget. Thank You
Thank you Mr. Winters. You are inspiration, freedom, leadership and greatness. God bless you and keep you...as I know He is. You were a true hero.
After watching Band of Brothers, my family visited twice Normandy and Bastogne, and since them, on D-Day my pupils in Spain watch the movie and learn what our world owes to them. How unique and superior some people are, as Mr. Winters was!
Major Dick Winters someone so amazing that it's too hard to explain he's smart brave and very smart he and the rest of easy company were all true heroes
salute to major RICHARD WINTERS
After watching the superb mini series Band of Brothers for the umpteenth time I realised just how long had passed since I first watched it. I started to look up what the surviving members had been doing and was shocked to see the passing of Major Winters. Thankfully he lived a long and wonderful life which he, and the rest of Easy Company had well deserved, and I thank them from all my heart for helping to clear the world of an evil empire-building lunatic. I recently spent a week in Normandy and it was a deeply moving experience visiting the cemetaries to see just how many wasted lives (on both sides) there were. If only 10% of the population today had Major Winters courage, honesty and pride then war would be a thing of the past. My heart fills with pride and joy that there were men like them around to stop the evil spreading and sadness that the world has lost another 'hero'. My thoughts are with his family. Major Winters and E Company will never be forgotten
Today is the 06/06 and I have just finished watching Band of Brothers with my 15 year old son. It's humbling to understand the efforts those men undertook, to make the world a safer and better place. It's with a feeling of sadness that I have read that last members of Easy company are now dying off. So many years have passed since their friends died in war, as young men, as the cream of the US Military might. Easy Company will be again together as one. Brave men...normal men doing extraordinary things, under the worst of conditions. God bless you all Easy Company, where ever you are tonight.

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Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory
Vyasatirtha, Hindu Sectarianism, and the Sixteenth-Century Vijayanagara Court
Valerie Stoker
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Ahmanson Foundation Endowment Fund in Humanities
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How did the patronage activities of India's Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1346–1565) influence Hindu sectarian identities? Although the empire has been commonly viewed as a Hindu bulwark against Islamic incursion from the north or as a religiously ecumenical state, Valerie Stoker argues that the Vijayanagara court was selective in its patronage of religious institutions. To understand the dynamic interaction between religious and royal institutions in this period, she focuses on the career of the Hindu intellectual and monastic leader Vyasatirtha. An agent of the state and a powerful religious authority, Vyasatirtha played an important role in expanding the empire's economic and social networks. By examining his polemics against rival sects in the context of his work for the empire, Stoker provides a remarkably nuanced picture of the relationship between religious identity and sociopolitical reality under Vijayanagara rule.
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1. Hindu Sectarianism and the City of Victory
2. Royal and Religious Authority in Sixteenth-Century Vijayanagara: A Ma?hadhipati at K?s?n?adevaraya's Court
3. Sectarian Rivalries at an Ecumenical Court: Vyasatirtha, Advaita Vedanta, and the Smarta Brahmins
4. Allies or Rivals? Vyasatirtha's Material, Social, and Ritual Interactions with the S´ri¯vais?n?avas
5. The Social Life of Vedanta Philosophy: Vyasatirtha's Polemics against Visi??advaita Vedanta
6. Hindu, Ecumenical, Sectarian: Religion and the Vijayanagara Court
Valerie Stoker
is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions and Director of the Master of Humanities Program at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
"Valerie Stoker's work, with its insightful analysis of the role played by the Madhva sectarian leader Vyasatirtha in the complex and multifaceted interplay of religion and state patronage in sixteenth-century South India, is a valuable addition to the corpus of writings on Vijayanagara."—Anila Verghese, author of
Religious Traditions at Vijayanagara
"Never have Hindu philosophical debates and sectarian disputes seemed so lively and so relevant to historical dynamics. Drawing on inscriptional and material evidence as well as texts, Stoker provides us with a skillfully drawn picture of the complex interactions among rulers and religious leaders in sixteenth-century South India."—Leslie C. Orr, Concordia University, Montreal, and author of
Donors, Devotees and Daughters of God: Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu
"Stoker sets a new standard for the study of religion in early modern South India, recognizing that doctrine does not unfold in a sociopolitical vacuum and providing an insightful account of the relations between sectarian organizations and their political patrons."—Phillip B. Wagoner, Wesleyan University
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A small biotechnology company agreed yesterday to provide their experimental, antiviral drug for the treatment of a seven-year-old Virginia boy, Joshua Hardy, who is currently suffering from a life-threatening adenovirus infection acquired during his cancer treatment at St. Jude Children's Hospital.
The company, North Carolina-based Chimerix, had originally declined a request by the Hardy family to provide the drug, known as CMX001 or brincidofovir, under the "compassionate use" provision for unapproved drugs.
In the program known more correctly as "expanded access to investigational drugs outside of a clinical trial," the FDA permits companies on a case-by-case basis to offer an investigational drug to individuals who have an immediately life-threatening condition where no other therapy currently exists.
Up until two years ago, the company had such a formal program. But the number of requests received – and filled – were understandably compromising the rate at which normal company operations could proceed to meet FDA requirements for the drug's continued testing and approval. Unlike large, international biopharmaceutical companies, Chimerix has fewer than 50 employees.
But on the other hand, some of the discovery and development costs for the drug have been supported by grants and contract funds from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. taxpayer's national medical research agency.
Yesterday, Matthew Herper, Forbes Pharma & Healthcare Senior Editor, reported very clearly and compassionately on the struggles and ethical conundrum presented by cases like Josh Hardy's from his discussions with Chimerix's CEO, Kenneth I. Moch, and noted NYU bioethics expert, Dr. Arthur Caplan.
Young Mr. Hardy is one of hundreds, if not thousands, of patients who might benefit from this drug. But he and his family are somewhat unique in that they have been beneficiaries of extensive cable TV and social media exposure.
The primary question in compassionate use cases is:
What's so special about this drug that it's not already approved for use by any and all patients?
That is, even without a complete assessment of the safety and effectiveness of CMX001, why do the boy's family, physicians, and other supporters feel that this drug is his only option? And why are they willing to take some risks, known and unknown, to give Joshua Hardy the chance to benefit from the drug?
To learn what's so special about CMX001, I spoke today with Dr. Karl Hostetler, leader of the team, originally at the University of California at San Diego, who created and tested CMX001 for its usefulness against certain viral infections.
What is CMX001?
The drug being offered to Josh Hardy has been known by the Chimerix company name, CMX001, and was recently given the generic name, brincidofovir. We'll call it CMX001 for the rest of this article.
Where did CMX001 come from?
Believe it or not, CMX001 is a dividend of our nation's program to defend citizens against bioterrorism.
In the late 1990's, Dr. Hostetler was approached by program officials from the Antiviral Branch of the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases for help in improving an antiviral drug called cidofovir.
Cidofovir had been sold by Gilead Biosciences as an intravenously administered antiviral drug as Vistide® and was approved to treat cytomegalovirus infections of the eye, called CMV retinitis. The majority of the population is already infected with CMV but it only becomes a problem when the immune system is suppressed, such as in HIV/AIDS or with the immunosuppression regimen used for a hematopoietic bone marrow transplant. But cidofovir has activity against all five families of double-stranded DNA virus that cause human disease and death – including smallpox variola virus, herpesviruses, polyomaviruses, and adenovirus, the one currently afflicting young Joshua Hardy.
As part of our nation's biodefense program, cidofovir emerged as one of the best drugs to use in the event of a terrorist attack with the now-eradicated smallpox, or variola virus.
But a drug that would need to be stockpiled and then quickly distributed requires some special characteristics. It should be active when taken orally as a pill or capsule, have few side effects, be stable under long storage conditions, and have effectiveness even in people who might have faulty immune systems.


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Jacqueline Fernandez is going to be seen a lot at the Domestic Box Office with 3 of her movies set to release this year. She seem to be unfazed by the work pressure, as she uploads this cute video of her lip-syncing to a Justin Bieber's latest song.
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Pierce fined $15G for foul on Hill of Pacers
NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce has been fined $15,000 for his flagrant foul on George Hill of the Pacers.
Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indiana's 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. But his arm ended up going around Hill's neck for a clothesline tackle.
Referees ruled it a flagrant 2 after review, an automatic ejection. The NBA said Tuesday that Pierce made "excessive and unnecessary contact."
More NBA: Knicks star Carmelo Anthony will be a game-time decision for their Christmas matchup with the Thunder. Anthony sprained his left ankle in New York's 103-98 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday. The Knicks also said Tuesday that guard Raymond Felton will miss the nationally televised home game against Oklahoma City because of a strained right groin. Felton was also hurt Monday after returning from a six-game absence caused by a strained left hamstring. ... The Memphis Grizzlies have signed guard Seth Curry, who had been playing with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Developmental League. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged 21.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.58 steals on .439 shooting in 12 games for Santa Cruz this season. Curry, 23, is the younger brother of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry They are the sons of ex-NBA player Dell Curry Seth Curry was not drafted after this year after his senior season at Duke, during which he ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring at 17.5 points per game.
NHL: Commissioner Gary Bettman has upheld the 15-game suspension of Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton Thornton appealed the ban last week after he was sanctioned for punching and injuring an unsuspecting opponent against Pittsburgh on Dec. 7. He knocked Brooks Orpik's feet from under him and landed gloved punches to his head. Orpik was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion. Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, Thornton will forfeit $84,615.45. Thornton and the NHL Players' Association could still elect to appeal to a neutral arbitrator.
Tennis: Roger Federer and his wife, Mirka, are expecting another child next year. Twins Charlene and Myla were born in July 2009.
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What's the funniest movie you've ever seen? We all, of course, have our answer, but the very subjective nature of comedy makes it difficult to pin down what film actually reigns supreme in that territory. Some of us revel in more intellectual laughs, while others simply can't get past the brilliance of the farting scene in Blazing Saddles. As difficult as the subject is to tackle, though, the Writers Guild of America recently felt free to give it a try.
At a recent event, hosted by This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride director Rob Reiner, the guild announced the 101 screenplays its members had picked as the funniest ever composed. So, which film came out on top? It was Annie Hall, Woody Allen's 1977 romantic comedy masterpiece. The film beat out Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot – the American Film Institute's choice for the best comedy ever made – as well as classics like Groundhog Day, Airplane!, Tootsie, and Young Frankenstein, all of which made the top 10.
Now, there's no denying Annie Hall is a classic of the genre, or that Woody Allen is a master of the comedy form, but Annie Hall is, quite famously (as Birth. Movies. Death.'s Devin Faraci already pointed out earlier today), a film that took shape in the editing bay. Allen's original script was transformed by both the shooting and cutting process, and the final film we know today simply did not exist in script form. This fact, plus the inclusion of improv-heavy films like This Is Spinal Tap, Bridesmaids, and Caddyshack on the list makes you wonder just what criteria WGA members were looking at when they cast their votes. That all of these movies are funny is not in question. That they're funny for their scripts alone very much is.
As for the rest of the list, which you can read in full HERE, it's full of give and take. Newer movies often win out over old classics, films that rely on peformances often triumph over pure joke writing, and films that enjoyed a higher box office profile often defeat pure comedic power. That's the fun thing about lists like this, though, isn't it? We get to argue about them forever.


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NBA Playoffs 2012: Why the Nuggets Can Win the Series Against the LakersMay 9, 2012
The title of Charles Barkley's 2002 book is "I May Be Wrong, but I Doubt It." And for good reason, too: The TNT studio analyst has been proclaiming non-stop that the Denver Nuggets can beat the Lakers and that fans and the team should not sleep on them. I was one of them. I was sure the Lakers would come out and win Game 5 at home at Staples and garner themselves some much needed rest before facing Oklahoma City. Instead, the Lakers laid a massive egg.
Sir Charles? I will never doubt you again.
So now the Lakers have to travel back to Denver and battle the Nuggets in Game 6 in what is likely to be a battle royal. There is absolutely no guarantee the Lakers can beat them and I'd put the likelihood of this going to a Game 7 at 80 percent.
The Nuggets can sense weakness in the form of complacency and lack of effort and are going in for the kill. They are playing with energy and hustle. Shots are falling.
They are doing everything the Lakers are not.
Game 5 was for me a flashback to the entitled attitude the Lakers brought with them into last year's playoffs where they automatically assumed they could flip a switch and easily beat the New Orleans Hornets.
Chris Paul had a thing or two to say about that, and now it is very likely that the Los Angeles team advancing to the next round of the playoffs could be the one led by Chris Paul and not Kobe Bryant.
At least the Clippers are giving it their all every night.
What more is there to say really about Andrew Bynum's stupid "close-out games are kinda easy" comment that hasn't already been said? It is the number one topic of conversation among Laker fans right now.
But, it's really just a way for fans to vent because it increasingly feels like the team's title hopes are being held hostage (intentionally or not) by the mercurial whims of its All Star center. Will he show up to the arena on time? Will he play lock down defense? Will he hustle on transition? Will he get frustrated by the double and triple teams?
Hey Andrew – you wanted to be the man. Double and triple teams come with the territory. Ask Kobe.
Overlooked in all the Bynum brouhaha is this: Mike Brown has been flat out-coached by George Karl. And it was never more evident than in Game 5. After taking the temperature of the series' first games, George Karl had a plan. He used his timeouts judiciously, rotated guys in perfectly to exploit match ups, exposing (as if we didn't already know) the Lakers thin bench and Brown had no answer for it.
Wait a minute. I thought Brown's calling card was his defensive acumen. Is there no other option than Steve Blake on Andre Miller? Miller has been abusing him. This is where it would have been nice to have Ron Artest. Where were the adjustments?
Meanwhile JaVale McGee is just schooling Bynum. This is a guy who actually tried to block a shot from up through the net of the basket! And yet he continued to bring it for the whole game. Turns out Mr. McGee will be a free agent this summer. Hmmm. Nothing motivates as much as the next contract.
The ice cold shooting from the perimeter is killing the Lakers and the Nuggets know it. That's why they are packing the paint. But I always say, the hot shooting hand comes and goes. The antidote for that is to redouble your defensive efforts and hustle. And voila, the Lakers finally started to do it in the fourth and pulled within 1 point.
That's the effort that is needed the entire game. The Lakers are capable of this. They did it in Game 1. It's mind-boggling that they didn't do it in Game 5 on their home court with the home crowd.
I don't know what it is going to take to motivate this Lakers squad. Being in the Playoffs and chasing a championship doesn't seem like enough.
Ultimately, the lackluster effort, while providing plenty of fodder for the media, really boils down to this: It is supremely insulting to the fans. Dr. Buss may sign your check, but it is the fans who really pay the bills. Kobe knows that. It's why late in the fourth, he tried to drag his team over the finish line with four spectacular three pointers to pull the Lakers to within striking distance. But the Lakers couldn't finish and let it slip away.
And if they don't get serious immediately, they could let this series slip away too.


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Google looks set to launch its own Android tablet to compete with Amazon Kindle Fire for music, video and apps, according to CNET. The Android tablet will have a 1280x800 resolution display that's 7 inches across, and will begin production in April with roughly 1.5 - 2 million units. That's a lot of Android tablets for Google to work around, pitting it against the Amazon Kindle Fire and the iPad 3. There's also talk of a smaller iPad Mini due later this year, which if it proves to be true, will have three tablet computers to go toe-to-toe in the smaller, coat pocket-sized tablet.
Google's Android tablet is going to operate on Android 4.0 a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich, and compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire at a price of $199. This will also open up a whole new range of Android apps at a size between the standard Android app and an Android phone. This will liven up the Android tablet vs Amazon Kindle Fire and Android tablet vs. iPad battle. It will also make the Android Music vs iTunes and Amazon MP3 race burn just a little bit hotter. 2012 ... the year that digital mobile technology and wireless split wide open
Which makes the new Google Android tablet perfect for music, videos and movies on the go ... You could take that daddy to a music festival and shoot all of your videos, and still get a screen with more real estate than an iPhone or Android phone. You could watch music videos or hit the Android Music Store at the Android Market while waiting in line at the store, or turn it into an extension of your car stereo and stream your whole music library off of Google Music.
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April 30, 2007
Art Penn, the co-founder, ex-president and chief operating officer of Apollo Investment Management, has set up a firm to manage a business development company.
April 27, 2007
--A trader at a European firm on the recent direction of the U.S. dollar/euro currency pair.
New York's Act II Partners, a long/short hedge fund firm focused on media stocks, has booked gains of 16.5% in its main fund this year, partly due to long positions in online advertising companies.
Greenwich, Conn., convertible arbitrage firm Acuity Capital Management has hired Salma Gaya from Credit Suisse's convertibles desk in New York.
Boeing Co. is planning to increase its exposures to real estate, private equity and other alternatives at the expense of public equity.
Cairn Capital is making a push into the Japanese market.
Paris-based Carmignac Gestion, the E10 billion-plus asset management firm that launched its first long/short fund in January, is considering more hedge fund strategies.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which handles the CAD110.8 billion Canada Pension Plan, is seeking to increase its allocation to private equity.
Dalton Strategic Partnership, which manages $3.3 billion in hedge fund and long-only assets, has started a private client group.
The euro testing all-time highs against the U.S. dollar last week still failed to stimulate an uptick in implied volatility.
Everest Capital's two largest and longest-running strategies, Everest Capital Global and Everest Capital Emerging Markets, have rebounded this month and are now in positive territory year-to-date.
The $1.3 billion Northwestern Memorial Hospital had begun its search for a consultant to advise on its alternative investment strategy and to search for additional hedge fund managers to handle upwards of $39 million.
Ex-SAC Capital Management portfolio manager Arvind Sanger has founded hedge fund firm GeoSphere Capital Management and launched a long/short equity hedge fund.
Fortress Investment Group has made changes to its balance sheet that allow it to report all its fee income separately.
Zurich-based Harcourt Investment Consulting, with around $4.5 billion under management, is readying a fund of funds focused on commodities--the most illiquid fund the firm has ever launched.
The $350 million Havens Advisors has hired Richard Goldstein to head up its investor relations team.
Third Point, the activist hedge fund firm run by Daniel Loeb, wants to make an offer to purchase Flow International, a company in which it already owns 13.6% of the shares.
First Avenue Partners, a London-based alternatives advisory and marketing firm, is planning to open offices in the U.S. and Asia.
The table below shows in $ millions new allocations gained by alternative managers year-to-date through April 25.
New York Life Investment Management is making a push into the 130/30 market.
Okumus Capital, the hedge fund firm run by Ahmet Okumus, gained from selling its shares in Affiliated Computer Services in March.
Park Hill Group hired Pat Daly, Alexander Moomjy and Peter Mayer of Credit Suisse to manage its hedge fund investments.
The table below displays some of last month's top performing global macro funds, according to data
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In yet another unusual move, Pirate Capital is protesting the sale of Aquila to Black Hills Corporation and Great Plains Energy by giving away free buttons.
J O Hambro Investment Management's long/short Asia Tai Chi Fund benefited in March from long positions including a platinum producer, a crane leasor and a cement maker.
Proxima, the $2.5 billion alternative investment firm partially owned by Vega Asset Management, will launch its 11th hedge fund on May 1.
London-based Thames River Capital, with over $10 billion under management, will make its first-ever foray into currency strategies tomorrow.
London-based Tiburon Partners will launch its fifth fund on May 1.
The price of default protection on Tribune Co. moved out 32 basis points to 395 bps last week as the company revealed earnings have deteriorated more quickly than expected.
York Capital Management has joined the rush to Asia, launching York Asian Opportunities Fund.
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AFRICAN QUEEN MINES LTD. (the "Company") entered into an Earn-in and Joint Venture Agreement with Marshall Islands' private company AKAN EXPLORATION LTD., covering exploration, development and exploitation of the Noyem Gold Project, which is the subject of the Noyem-Nyanfoman Prospecting License LVB 10244/1995 in Ghana. Simultaneously, the Company has entered into a Purchase & Sale Agreement with Newmont Ghana Gold Limited ("NGGL"), the Ghanaian subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: "NEM"), under which NGGL has transferred the License directly to the Company's Ghanaian subsidiary AQ Ghana Gold Ltd. ("AQGGL"), to be held in trust for the Joint Venture partners in accordance with the Akan Agreement. The Company may earn up to 75% interest.
The Noyem-Nyafoman Gold Project. The License currently covers an area of approximately 30.23 sq. km. located within the Birim North District of Ghana's Eastern Region, approximately 130 km. NW of Accra. It is at the northeastern end of Ghana's well-known, gold-producing Ashanti Gold Belt, near Newmont's Akyem deposit which is presently under development for potential production. It is also within approximately 100 km. of AngloGold Ashanti's world-class Obuasi Mine and the old Konongo open pit gold mine. In addition to its close proximity to Accra which facilitates access, the Project is bisected in a NE-SW direction by a tarred road. It has long been host to large numbers of artisinal miners and in October, 2008, a shed-off area of 8.98 sq. km. adjacent to the current license area was reserved for small scale mining. This was designed to facilitate exploration and development of potential large scale mining operations on the License. In 2011, 19 small scale mining claims were acquired by the Company and have been re-incorporated into the License.
The License was initially acquired by NGGL together with a number of other Ghana gold mining properties through Newmont's acquisition in 2002 of Australian-based Normandy Mining Limited (" Normandy"). Bonsu Gold Holdings, a subsidiary of Gencor International Gold Ltd. ("Gencor" (now Newmont Mining Corp. through acquisition of Normandy)) estimated a historic (pre-NI 43-101) inferred resource of 5.2 million tonnes grading 6.67 g/t Au (approximately 1.1 million oz contained Au) within reefs of the Tarkwaian conglomerates in the Eastern portion of the concession ("Noyem A"). A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historic estimate as a current mineral resource. AQ is not treating the historic estimate as a current mineral resource.
The estimate was based on 31 diamond drill holes with 26 holes spaced at 200m intervals to test primary mineralization between 50m (depth of surface weathering and oxidization) and 100m depths. The regular hole spacing allowed use of arithmetic averages for width and grade. Gencor used a density of 2.83, a paleoplacer model to extrapolate mineralized zones to 550m depth and excluded the upper 50m of oxidized mineralization which could not be easily mined from underground and had been exploited at the surface by informal miners. A 2,000 meter diamond drill program conducted by AQ supports Gencor's drill results at 50m to 100m depths. Further, successful in-fill and depth drilling is required before a qualified person can prepare a compliant current resources estimate. Rather, the Company views it as an exploration target for further evaluation, study and work in the near future.
Drill Program
The Company intiated a 2000 meter core drill program in February 2012. The objectives of the Company's 2012 diamond core drill program were to: 1) validate the gold results from the Bonsu drill holes; 2) In-fill drill to reduce the drill spacing to 100–200 m; and 3) extend the drill grid towards the east at 100–200 m intervals. The Company presently has physical control of all drill cores from the historic Bonsu program.
During the Company's diamond core drilling program a total of 1,981.50 m of core was drilled from 26 drill holes to a maximum depth of 150 m. Of the 26 drill holes, 24 intersected the mineralised NCZ, while the other 2 holes were abandoned before intersecting the NCZ due to drilling difficulties. A total of 889 samples, including 751 core samples, 52 duplicate samples, 50 standards and 36 blanks were submitted to Scientific Services Laboratories in Cape Town, South Africa for 50g Fire-Assay gold analyses. The control samples passed the Company's internal QA-QC requirements. 6 of the 26 drill holes drilled during the 2012 diamond core drilling program were used to twin 6 (or 22%) of the 27 historic drill holes which were spaced roughly equidistantly across the 5.6 km strike length of the Northern Limb target. Considering the nuggety nature of palaeoplacer gold deposits, the comparison of the average widths and gold grades of the intersected mineralised NCZ between each pair of twinned holes showed reasonable correlations. Furthermore, the statistical comparison between the Bonsu and African Queen drilling datasets showed a relatively good statistical correlation, with the two drilling programs showing broad overlap of the zone of elevated gold grades. Therefore, both drilling datasets were combined for interpretative purposes.
Based on lithological, width and gold-grade variations observed within the mineralized NCZ of each drill hole, the Northern Limb target was sub-divided into three broad zones; namely the Western, Central and Eastern Zones, which extend over approximately 2.5 km, 2.0 km and 1.1 km respectively. High interest gold results recovered from the Company's drilling program are presented along with the high interest gold results from Bonsu's diamond core drilling program in Table 1.
Table 1. High Interest gold results recovered from the current African Queen and historic Bonsu drilling programs.
Noyem Initial Select Drill Results (Table 1 -African Queen)
Noyem - Historic Drill Results (Table 1 - Bonsu)
The results indicate that the Western and, in particular, the Central Zones of the Northern Limb target are the most prospective and further exploration drilling will be undertaken in the next phase to test the along-strike and down-dip potential of the mineralized NCZ which to date has not been tested below a vertical depth of 150 m. Commonly associated with palaeoplacer gold deposits are a series of narrow palaeo-channels hosting high gold values which typically form payshoots. Further sedimentological studies on the drill core are required to assist with defining areas where high-grade payshoots are likely to be present.
The mineralised NCZ extends to the east of the Northern Limb target where the stratigraphy has been folded to form a large synformal structure referred to as the Hinge Zone target. The Hinge Zone target is yet to be drill tested, but is considered to be prospective due to the extensive presence of flooded artisanal workings which were previously mined by small-scale miners.
The drill program was carried out on behalf of the Company's Ghana operating subsidiary, AQ Ghana Gold Limited, and its JV partner, Akan Exploration Ltd. ("Akan"), by E-Drilling Ghana Limited and E. Global Drilling Corp., affiliates of Energold Drilling Corp. (TSX.V: EGD). The program was supervised on behalf of the Company by Remote Exploration Services (Pty) Ltd. of Cape Town, S.A., under the guidance of Senior Geologist, Mr. Conrad Ocker (B.Sc. Hon, Pr. Nat. Sci), and the Company's Ghana exploration team. Overall project management was carried out by the Company's Senior Consulting Geologist, Mr. Peter Siegfried (M.Sc., Member (CP Geology) of the AusIMM) and Vice President of Exploration, Dr. Andy Moore (Pr. Sci. Nat.), both of whom are Qualified Persons under N.I. 43-101 and have reviewed and approved the information and data herein.


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Cadbury's "racist" advert which offended supermodel Naomi Campbell should never have been allowed to see the light of day, according to a brand reputation expert.
The supermodel accused the company of racism after an advert appeared to liken her to a chocolate bar with the slogan "move over Naomi, there's a new diva in town" – although Cadbury insisted it was "a light-hearted take" on the social pretensions of Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss.
The PR blunder for Cadbury comes as the refusal of Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld to answer questions from MPs continues to cast a shadow over Kraft's corporate reputation in the UK.
Earlier this week she claimed attendance at hearings of the Business, Innovations and Skills Committee was "not the best use of my personal time".
Jonathan Hemus, who has worked on brand issues with companies such as Disney and Proctor & Gamble, said he was surprised the Dairy Milk Bliss campaign ever got beyond the drawing board.
"They should have done a proper reputational risk assessment on the campaign, and if they had done that then I can't believe they would have gone ahead with the advertising campaign.
"Sometimes in a quest to be memorable it is possible to allow the advertising to go way beyond what is in keeping with the brand and what is in keeping with taste and decency.
"They may have come up with an advert which is memorable, but not one which is helpful How that was allowed to happen – my guess is as good as yours – it does not seem to be very well-judged."
Since before the take-over of Cadbury, Kraft has been warned of the importance of preserving the value of the Cadbury brand, built up over more than a century to one of the best-loved corporate names in the country.
In January last year Sir Adrian Cadbury and Sir Dominic Cadbury penned a newspaper article in which they described the company's reputation as "an asset of incomparable value".
But since Kraft took over several high-profile members staff have left, including many in the advertising and creative team, raising fears the Cadbury brand could suffer under Kraft stewardship.
Mr Hemus said: "It could be that the corporate memory and corporate understanding of what the Cadbury brand is all about is leaving with the people that are leaving as a result of the Kraft takeover."
Ms Rosenfeld's reluctance to publicly answer questions about the takeover of Cadbury was more of a Kraft reputational issue than a specifically Cadbury one, Mr Hemus said.
"Her unwillingness to engage is very damaging to Kraft's reputation and is not a well-conceived corporate reputation management strategy, but it is unlikely to do damage to the Cadbury brand itself," he said.
"People love Cadbury products and the reality is it will take an awful lot to get people to boycott Cadbury and stop eating their products.
"But it is damaging to Kraft's corporate reputation and may well do damage internally in terms of staff morale, further damage in terms of community relations in the Midlands and it will sour relations with MPs."
Meanwhile the unions are not happy with Kraft's style of communication either – they are still looking for information on Kraft's plans for the Cadbury workforce in the city and are calling for guarantees on jobs and investment.
Jennie Formby, Unite's national officer for the food and drink sector, said: "In fact we now have less information about the company's current state and future intentions than before the takeover."


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Art of Dyeing, Dyeing Wool, and Dyeing Linens
( Originally Published 1937 )
DEERFIELD, Massachusetts, was famous a few years ago for its Society of Blue and White Needle Work, producing beautiful patterns of applique and embroidery from materials dyed with vegetable colors. For many years these were gobbled up by a demand beyond the supply. Several women were kept working under the direction of Misses Margaret Whiting and Ellen Miller following their designs with colored yarns and fabrics dyed on the kitchen stove. Some of the hangings display an engaging ingenuity in the manner in which a pattern or picture was formed by sewing together pieces of cloth of different colors and textures and by the exploitation of differences of character and scale in the stitches.
Miss Miller died in 1928 and Miss Whiting, owing to failing eyesight has been unable to carry on the work. It seemed a great pity that all of the craft and lore on vegetable dyeing should be lost to others interested in following up the craft.
Having already worked with Miss Whiting's material, I suggested recording some of it in this book. She fell in at once with the idea, giving me access to the notes left by Miss Miller, who did all of the colors except indigo, Miss Whiting's specialty. These were jottings designed for her own use and not easy to decipher. I spent many days going through them, experimenting with formulae, and examining "swatches" (samples of dyed material with their appended notes). Tested by exposure to south light, and filed with unexposed swatches of the same dyeing they show the relative fastess of the different methods.
Dyeing is an art not a science. As in other arts, there are several ways of arriving at the same result. None will produce good results without thought, care and patience. The following formulae should serve as starting points for your own experiments rather than fixed and final proportions. The quantities of water should be sufficient to cover the material' to be dyed, the weight of which forms the basis of calculation for the dyebath.
I give in the following pages a good deal of information picked up elsewhere, as well as a general chemical background and some formula of my own.
Most dyes must be applied or set in the presence of a mordant. A few mordants are: alum (potassium aluminum sulphate), cream of tartar (potassium tartrate), copperas (ferrous sulphate) also known as green vitriol, potassium bichromate, tin crystals (stannous chloride), tannic acid or barks or wood that contain it.
The dyestuff is the substance which colors the fibres. The same dyestuff may give different colors with different mordants. For example, linen mordanted with alum and dyed with madder is red; prepared first with lime and acetate of lead, rinsed in oxalic acid, and dyed with madder with potassium bichromate it is a golden yellow; if the potassium bichromate is omitted, the color is a reddish purple.
Thorough washing and rinsing are indispensable. Clean work is impossible if this is neglected.
Kinds of Fibre
There are two chief kinds of fibre: Animal, including wool and silk; and vegetable, including cotton and linen and the modified vegetable derivativesŚrayon, celanese, etc. Each of these requires its own technique, but the animal fibres are easier to dye than the vegetable, and the natural vegetable fibres easier than the artificial.
Wool as sheared has a great deal of dirt and grease in it, necessary to remove before spinning or dyeing. Nowadays this grease (known as Lanolin) is recovered, refied, and sold to the chemical trade.
The people washing wool on a small scale seldom attempt to recover the lanolin.
Throughout the Scottish Highlands they clean wool with stale human urine, one part urine to four parts water. The bath is no hotter than the hand can bearŚabout 101 ░ F. The Wool is squeezed and worked about by hand until it is clean, then thoroughly rinsed. Although nothing leaves the wool softer than urine, many people will prefer to wash it in a solution of ammonia or soft soap and hot water. Do not use washing soda, it makes the wool harsh. The wool loses about 20% of its weight.
The simplest vegetable dyes are the Lichens, used in the Highlands of Scotland and parts of Ireland. The well-known Harris Tweeds are dyed with lichens. The wool is dyed before spinning, different shades being carded together to make mixtures. Its characteristic smell is from the lichens and sea-weeds used in the dyeing, and the peat smoke of the hearths near which it is dried.
The Parmelia Saxatilis and Parmelia Omphalodes (lichens) are gathered off the rocks in late summer, dried, and boiled up with water. This, after cooling, is heated up again and the wool boiled in it for all brown shades until dark enough. I am advised that these are not native to America; but there are others, such as the Usnea Barbata, found in Pennsylvania on old trees. It dyes wool orange.
The Lecanora tartarea is a rock lichen, abundant in Scotland and Northern Europe, used to dye a red. One method of preparation: crush the dry lichen to a powder in a mortar with a little kelp, and add stale chamber lye. Stir occasionally for some weeks. Knead the paste into balls with a little lime. To use: Soften to a jelly in warm water and fold it into the cloth layer for layer. Boil the whole in water with a little alum.
A good fast blue, easier to use than Indigo: Put 5 lbs. wool in water containing 2/ oz. bichromate of potash. Boil for 1 1/2 hours. Rinse and dry. Boil the wool for an hour with r lb. logwood chips in fresh water. Rinse well and dry.
Boil wool dyed blue as above in the hot heather liquor described below until it is the color you wish.
Boil green heather tips not yet floweredŚabout as much as you have wool to dye, in water for half-hour. Boil the wool first for an hour in a solution of alumŚ(1 oz. to a gallon of water). Golden rod and nettle roots and leaves give similar shades. For Moss Green, mordant the wool with the bichromate solution given under Logwood Blue, and then dye it in nettle liquor. The Indians used the Canadian three-leaved Hellebore (Hellebores trifolius) for dying skins and wool yellow. Holly gives yellow with alum and green with ferric chloride. Smart-weed also gives yellow with alum.
Boil for an hour 1/2 the weight of wool being dyed, the roots of Ladies Bedstraw in water to cover. Boiled first in the alum solution it gives an orange-red, with the bichromate solution a crimson. Beet Red: Mordant wool with alum and boil in beet juice.
A reliable method is as follows; for 6 lbs. woolen fabric dissolve 1 1/2 lbs. alum, 5 oz. tartar, 5 oz. tin crystals in water. Boil the goods two hours, remove, cool and drain over-night. Stir 4 1/2 lbs. madder into fresh water. Enter fabric at 120░ F. and raise temperature to 200░ in one hour. Handle, rinse and dry. Highlanders mordant the wool with 1/4 pound of alum to a gallon of water. Then bring to the boil very slowly; and simmer for an hour in bath with 3 lbs. madder to 5 lbs. wool.
Boil yellow flag roots with the wool for an hour. For plum color, add a little copperas just before the dyeing is finished.
Boil for 2 hours 1 lb. wool with r lb. of twigs and sappy bark of alder, oak, butternut or walnut, or the green walnut husks, and 4 oz. logwood chips, for a reddish brown. Add 1/2 oz. copperas for fast black.
Boil wool with barks and twigs mentioned above or with leaves, twigs and bark of sumach, maple, hemlock, hickory, etc. used without a mordant, or with alum or acetate of alumina.
Many formulae given for wool will dye linen also, but the vegetable fibres usually require a more elaborate technique. First a few typical solutions and materials:
Stir 1/4. lb. slaked lime in a gallon of water. Allow to settle. Use clear liquid.
ACETATE OF ALUMINA (Red Liquor)
Dissolve 2 1/2 lbs. alum in I gallon boiling water, then add 3 lbs. acetate of lead. Dissolve, let settle, and use the clear liquid.
Nut-galls (excrescences on the leaves and twigs of oak trees) or sumac leaves, twigs and buds of flowers, boiled in water, make an astringent bath that imparts a yellow color to the fabric.
Catechu is the extract from the wood of the Acacia catechu. Like indigo, its color is, produced by oxidation, but unlike indigo its oxidation is very slow. In the East the natives produce their browns by natural oxidation. In the West it is accelerated by chemicals or steam.
A heavy tropical wood used in the form of chips, raspings, or liquid extract. Tie the chips in a bag and boil with the material, or boil and strain before the linen is entered.
For r lb. linen dissolve i oz. cutch in boiling water. Work goods for 15 to 30 minutes and pass through a hot bath of bichromate of potash. Rinse and dry. (May also be boiled in soap suds after drying to further fix the color.) Copper sulphate with ammonium chloride in the oxidizing bath will give a different hue to the dye. Lime water can replace the bichromate.
Boil for one hour 1 lb. lien, previously dyed cutch brown, with 1/2 oz. nut-galls in water. Air, and dye 1/2 hour in cold solution of 1 oz. copperas. Air, rinse and dry. The linen is more gray if entered directly in the gall-bath without rinsing the bichromate from the cutch dyeing.
LOGWOOD BLUE ON COTTON. An intense blue.
Work the goods in a bath of logwood liquor with the addition of acetate of copper, raising the bath from room temperature to 122░ F. in one hour.
Mordant 1 lb. linen with acetate of iron and acetate of alumina. Dissolve in water 1/2 oz. madder extract and 1/2 oz. bichromate of potash. Keep linen in warm dyebath on back of stove for two or three hours and leave in dye to cool overnight. Boil half hour in soapsuds. Rinse.
Turn 5-10 minutes in hot solution of alum and lye. Wring out and dry. Dye in madder and bichromate of potash. Keep madder dyes below boiling point.
Boil 1 lb. lien one hour in water with 3 oz. acetate of lead. Lift and dry. Boil one hour with fresh solution of 1 oz. fustic extract, 1/2 oz. copper sulphate, small amount logwood decoction. Air goods, then add to bath 1/2 oz. bichromate of potash 1/2 teaspoon oxalic acid. Boil 1/2 hour. Rinse again through hot acetate of lead. Then pass directly through hot suds, and rinse in cold water.
Triturate I lb. indigo to an impalpable powder with warm water. Dissolve 2 lbs. copperas in hot water. Slake 3 lbs. lime in cold water; add the three solutions in above order to a crock filled with cold, soft water, stirring each vigorously as it is poured in. A weak bath and several successive dippings give evener color than a strong bath with few dippings. Cover closely and leave about / hour, when it should appear a bright pea-green. Stir again thoroughly, taking care not to stir air into the bath, for this will make the color uneven. Cover, and leave over night.
Make a net of cheese cloth bound to a wooden hoop with legs weighted with stone (not metal) to prevent floating. This is to prevent the cloth from being in contact with the sludge at the bottom of the crock. It is taken out of the crock before stirring and replaced after the settling.
To Use: In the morning remove the cover and skim the scum from the surface. The scum is called "flowers of indigo" and is to be saved in another crock for replenishing the bath later. Estimate the quantity of indigo in the scum after it has accumulated, and add to it sufficient copperas and lime solutions. The cloth is wet in hot water, allowed to cool without wringing, and entered gently but quickly into the bath. Air bubbles may cause light spots. Work gently in the liquor with the hands (which should be covered with rubber gloves, if much dyeing is to be done) for two to four minutes, keeping it below the surface of the liquid. When removing it from the vat gather it into the hands so as to exclude as much air as possible and lift it instantly into a pail of clear soft water. Work it under the surface and then hang it in the shade, preferably in the wind, to air. After about half an hour the color will have developed to a blackish or muddy blue and you may repeat the dipping, rinsing and airing until the color is sufficiently deep.
RINSING AND SOUR BATH : Rinse till no color comes
out. Remove the lime from the fabric by rinsing thoroughly in a "sour bath" made by mixing a few drops of sulphuric acid into a pail of water. Rinse well in clear water afterward. Dry in the shade.
VAT: The vat keeps indefinitely if protected from the air when unused, and cared for by stirring, skimming and occasionally removing the sludge from the bottom. This may be thrown away.
ANOTHER METHOD: Fill dye-vat with water at 1200 F. Add sufficient caustic soda to make the bath decidedly alkaline. Triturate indigo with warm water and stir into the bath. Stir sodium hydrosulphite in until the color of the bath changes from blue to green and then to greenish yellow. This bath is used just like the other except that it is better to keep it close to 120░ F.


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In what my be the biggest moment of his career, Seattle's veteran "hokum blues" artist Baby Gramps performs Aug. 28 on "Late Night With David Letterman."
The bewhiskered singer-songwriter is featured on "Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys," the new album inspired by the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" and produced by Hal Wilner and featuring actor Johnny Depp in a singing role. Baby Gramps performs on the songs "Cape Cod Girls" and "Old Man of the Sea," singing in his wonderfully raspy Popeye the Sailor voice.
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The Soweto Gospel Choir had scheduled a performance of James Brown's I Feel Good last weekend, but when Nelson Mandela died on Dec. 5 at age 95, their plans changed.
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August 28, 2008
Habitat building its first 'green' home
Volunteers using environment-friendly construction methods at Tompkins Street site
Joe McIntyre/staff photographer
From right, Habitat for Humanity homeowner Les Fetterly and volunteer Herb Susman of Ithaca staple mesh used for insulation on to studs Wednesday while working on a Habitat for Humanity house on Tompkins Street.
Seven trash bags sat outside the porch of the yellow Habitat for Humanity house being built at 165 Tompkins St., and the volunteers felt good about the minimal amount of waste.
Normally, a construction site would yield more than 4 tons of garbage.
The house is the first Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties has built using environment-friendly methods, said Habitat board member Andrea Rankin.
"We wanted to save money on the house's heating bills," Rankin said. "We also were thinking globally at how we could help the environment."
To save materials, a Cornell University class researched ways to buy recycled building supplies, such as insulation made from recycled newspaper. Volunteers building the house eliminated scrap wood by purchasing a prebuilt house frame. Whenever possible, volunteers recycle boxes and plastic containers.
"It's all about paying attention to the little things," Rankin said, pointing out how the site provides a water container, rather than supplying individual bottles of water.
The house will also contain energy-efficient appliances to reduce gasoline and electricity use.
"With the price of everything these days, it's going to be great," said Les Fetterly of Virgil, who will move into the three-bedroom house with his wife and three children.
The Cortland County Community Action Program helped secure a high-efficiency furnace and donated insulation for the house.
CAPCO helps weatherize low-income homes, and this is the first time it has worked on a construction project, said Max Sammons, CAPCO's energy services director.
"Working in this kind of an environment is different and kind of nice," Sammons said. "It's cleaner, and there's no clutter, and there's no dust to worry about in installing insulation."
Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties has built 13 houses in the last 20 years.
Recently, the state Habitat for Humanity required 25 percent of all houses to be built using similar green methods, and when the next Habitat for Humanity House is built in Ithaca, Rankin plans to use the same environment-friendly methods in that building.
Excavation started on the house in March, and more than 300 volunteers hope to finish the project before Christmas.
"Most energy-efficient homes are a lot more expensive," she said, "but even people with lower incomes deserve to save on energy bills."
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Fissures start appearing in fragile Pak coalition post-MusharrafAugust 20th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Aug 20 (ANI): Signs of the four-party coalition government in Islamabad falling apart were witnessed last evening when PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari expressed his unwillingness to restore the deposed Supreme Court chief justice Ifthikhar Chaudhary and proposed the Minus One formula, which means restoration of all judges except the sacked CJ.
After the meeting failed to evolve a consensus over the issue, PML-N Nawaz Sharif walked out in a huff and declared that he would move out of the government if the PPP didnt restore all judges, including Ifthikhar Chaudhary, within 72 hours.
PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari insisted on the minus-one formula which is, restoration of all sacked judges except Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, an insider said, adding that representatives of FATA legislators also attended the meeting held at Zardari House.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman said that the Awami National Party (ANP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) sought three days for consultations with constitutional experts and for discussion within their own parties, reported the Daily Times.
A source said the deadlock on the issue of judges continued as the PPP and the PML-N stuck to their positions. The PPP wanted the reinstatement of judges minus-one through a constitutional package but the PML-N insisted that they should be all restored through an executive order within three days as agreed already, the paper quoted him as saying.
According to the PML-N, Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had agreed to impeach Pervez Musharraf and then restore the judiciary within three days of his removal. But, PPP sources said there was no agreement on the specifics. But another insider said the ANP and JUI-F made it clear to the two major coalition partners that they were not party to the Murree Declaration and it was not binding on them to adhere to it. The ANP and the JUI-F tacitly endorsed the PPP point of view, he said.
Another source privy to the meeting said that Zardari told participants of the meeting that Iftikhar Chaudhry had become political and controversial. But, the PML-N chief reacted sharply to his stance and made it clear that it would not be acceptable to his party. Nawaz also believed the proposed constitutional package would indemnify Musharrafs unconstitutional steps and was therefore opposed to it. (ANI)
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What the Davis Cup Semifinals Mean For...September 22, 2009
The defending champions have now won 17 consecutive home ties and 19 in a row on clay. Even with world No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 9 Fernando Verdasco inactive due to injury, their 4-1 victory over Israel was just as comprehensive as one would imagine.
David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero lost no sets and only 14 total games in their day one singles wins over Harel Levy and Dudi Sela. It took perhaps team Israel's strongest link, the doubles pairing of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, to win their first set.
Both Nadal and Verdasco were in attendance during this past weekend's tie, which indicates their intense interest in DC competition. December's final round match will take place at home, most certainly on clay, and if those two are healthy it will be all but a formality against…
The Czech Republic
Radek Stepanek is a cagey veteran and Tomas Berdych a huge hitter, but neither has been known as a clutch player in their professional years. Their results this past weekend may prompt a re-evaluation: Away against the towering Croatian pair of Ivo Karlovic and Marin Cilic, both Stepanek and Berdych turned in wins that rank among their best achievements.
Berdych took down one of the tour's hot hands in Cilic, while Stepanek survived an unprecedented 78 aces by Karlovic, winning 16-14 in the fifth set of a five hour, 59 minute match.
Their odds of triumphing away against Spain (especially if Nadal and Verdasco are playing) are slim, but it's worth wondering if Davis Cup success will galvanize Berdych's career, much as it did Verdasco last season.
Karlovic's ace count against Stepanek—23 more than the record he previously set—ought to solidify his status as the biggest server to ever play the game.
Still, he is widely known as the most one-dimensional player in the men's top 100, so his five-set loss, though heartbreaking, was hardly a surprise.
Cilic coming out on the losing end of a five-setter is another matter. The soon to be 21-year-old Croat ought to have had the wind at his back following his quarterfinal run at the US Open, but instead found himself down two sets against Berdych. Then, after managing to dig himself out of that hole, he fell in the fifth.
Berdych ought to serve as an example of the type of player Cilic does not want to become: a tall, gangly, massive hitter who only wins titles sporadically and has made only one Grand Slam quarterfinal in his whole career. A win on Friday would've gone a long way to making us believe Cilic is not Berdych, but now we'll have to see how well he recovers from disappointments.
This weekend's World Group tie against Italy showed how impressive the Swiss can be when the world No. 1 is in their ranks. Unfortunately, it also showed why his being at their fore during Cup ties is so rare.
His win over Simon Bolelli surprised no-one. Coupled with world No. 22 Stanislas Wawrinka's impressive display against Andreas Seppi, the Swiss went into day two with a 2-0 lead.
The days of Federer as the youthful, long-haired wunderkind with the boundless energy required to play three straight days of singles and doubles are evidently over, however. Following another draining US Open campaign, he sat out the doubles on Saturday and watched Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli fall in straight sets.
Federer clinched the tie on day three by easily dispatching Potito Starace, but this bodes badly for the Swiss' Davis Cup hopes. One of The Great Swiss' breakthrough victories came in 2001 when he played two singles and one doubles match to defeat the United States. If such feats are required for the Swiss to advance, they may be beyond what even the now 28-year-old Federer can achieve.
Of course, it's a moot point if the grind of the tour prevents The Great Swiss from competing in DC, as it did this spring against the Americans. To make the 1,009th comparison between Federer and Pete Sampras, the U.S. team longed to see The Pistol play in the Cup for many years, but he was scarcely able to compete full-time until 2002.
And by then, he wasn't really The Pistol anymore.


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German Loose Kirtle
This loose kirtle based closely on the one in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion pg. 44, 109-10.
The kirtle is made of linen - the original is lined with linen but has an outer layer of silk. It has been stiffened around the hemline and can be worn with or without a farthingale (as shown above without). Until I have a suitable loose gown to wear with it I have been wearing it with a doublet and skirt.
It is faced with black satin with tiny quatrefoils of gold and light brown that covers all of the sleeves and a panel up the front: all the areas normally exposed when worn with a loose gown. Two wide bands of black trim run parallel to the ground with gold, green and red accents.
The sleeves are laced on through the top half of the armscye through sewn eyelet holes with finger-looped braid that end with aglets. Some 30 eyelets (each side) and more finger-loop braid provide entry at the back. Like the original the neck is high and finished with satin bias tape. The sleeves have two lines of store-bought gold and black trim around the wrist and another strip up the length of the arm.
Update: I made the loose gown that goes with this kirtle to wear to Ildhavn's elevation to Barony in June 2003 - see details on the Loose gown page.


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National Briefing | Washington: Rice Will Have Minor Surgery
By John Files (NYT)
Published: November 19, 2004
Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser who has been nominated to be secretary of state, will undergo minor surgery today to treat uterine fibroids. A spokesman for the National Security Council said Ms. Rice would have a uterine fibroid embolization, a minimally invasive procedure that shrinks the fibroids, which are noncancerous growths, by blocking their blood supply. Ms. Rice, 50, plans to return home tomorrow and expects to be back at work on Monday, officials said. Uterine fibroids, which are most common among women 35 and older, usually require no treatment. But if they grow large enough or appear in sensitive areas of the uterus, they can cause problems including heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic discomfort and possibly infertility and miscarriage. John Files (NYT)


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Thymus Species, Woolly Thyme, Creeping Thyme, Wild Thyme
Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus
|Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee) (Info)
|Thymus (TY-muss) (Info)
|praecox subsp. britannicus
|Thymus arcticus
|Thymus britannicus
|Thymus drucei
|Thymus neglectus
|Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Foliage Color:
Bloom Characteristics:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Water Requirements:
Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Where to Grow:
under 6 in. (15 cm)
9-12 in. (22-30 cm)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 �C (-25 �F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 �C (-20 �F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade
Bloom Color:
Bloom Time:
Mid Summer
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
By dividing the rootball
Seed Collecting:
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Seward, Alaska
Berkeley, California
Frazier Park, California
Northridge, California
Penn Valley, California
Pittsburg, California
Sacramento, California
San Jose, California
Stockton, California
Sunnyvale, California
Delta, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Boise, Idaho
Cherry Valley, Illinois
Machesney Park, Illinois
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Winnetka, Illinois
Wichita, Kansas
Melbourne, Kentucky
Madison Heights, Michigan
Marshall, Michigan
Royal Oak, Michigan
White Pigeon, Michigan
Albertville, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marietta, Mississippi
Saint Louis, Missouri
Billings, Montana
Reno, Nevada
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Alden, New York
Dunkirk, New York
North Tonawanda, New York
West Kill, New York
Kure Beach, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Bucyrus, Ohio
Coshocton, Ohio
Fort Jennings, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Christiana, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Austin, Texas
Salt Lake City, Utah (2 reports)
Essex Junction, Vermont
Linden, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
East Port Orchard, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Great Cacapon, West Virginia
Oostburg, Wisconsinshow all
Gardeners' Notes:
On Jun 20, 2013, kooger from Oostburg, WI (Zone 5b) wrote:
I planted six sad-looking, clearance-end-of-the-season plants along the edge of my driveway bed. There is a concrete wall about a foot high. One didn't make it through the first winter but the others did I loved them so I added six more in much better condition. Two winters now and they all look great. I love how it drapes over the concrete wall. Most are 1.5-2 feet in diameter.
On Apr 12, 2011, Erutuon from Minneapolis, MN wrote:
Last summer I planted this in a place where it gets shaded by sunflowers, so it grew thin and spindly. But I buried some stems and got them to root. Despite its spindliness, the plant survived the winter, and this spring I moved some of the rooted stems to better locations.
On May 13, 2009, anelson77 from Seattle, WA wrote:
Good ground cover for poor dry soil, sun. Looks sweet spilling over patios and walls. Grows moderately fast.
On Sep 22, 2008, soive2000 from Austin, TX wrote:
This is my first year planting thyme in general, which included wooly, elfin, lemon, lime, pink chintz and I think a couple of others. The wooly is the most hardy so far from what I can tell. The elfin comes in second. I planted these to grow some ground cover after I dug out the entire front yard of weeds.
On Jul 5, 2008, momcat_one from Wappingers Falls, NY wrote:
I fell in love with these at the nursery. We planted them on the top of a sloped area, mostly shady. A few days later we got a 3" rainstorm, and now it looks like it is dead. I'm waiting a while longer t see if it recovers. But if you can't plant it high on the hill, where it can't drown, how could it?
On Jun 5, 2008, janecarol2 from Fort Jennings, OH wrote:
I planted woolly thyme in a trough. It overwintered outside very well in my Z5 garden without any protection. It did have a little die back though. So soft and fuzzy.
On May 17, 2008, MissFabulous from Dunkirk, NY (Zone 6a) wrote:
This is a great spreading groundcover, but I've had mine in for about four years and it's never bloomed. It's spread out to over 2' in diameter from a little tiny plant, though!
On Dec 23, 2007, jonaflatooni from Port Orchard, WA wrote:
Great plant. Drought tolerant, fast spreader, nice pink flowers, easy to propogate by division of clumps, pleasant feel to the touch, can take moderate traffic.
On Jan 15, 2006, Gabrielle from (Zone 5a) wrote:
This is the nicest feeling plant to pet. It spreads well and is easy to take starts of. In the winter it gets a purplish tint.
On Oct 2, 2005, Weezingreens from Seward, AK (Zone 3b) wrote:
I added this little fellow to one of my raised bed, situating it on the edge of the rocked border. It has climbed over the rock to bask in the sun and appears quite happy. I mulch this bed with straw, then cover with plastic after the first freeze, and my woolly thyme has returned for the last four seasons.
On Jul 13, 2005, Badger4077 from Victoria,
Wonderful plant...as a landscaper, have used this plant as a filler, groundcover and has done really well on greenroofs as well.
On May 20, 2005, Gindee77 from Hampton, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
This is a great plant for rock gardens, between stepping stones in a walkway or just where ever you need a perennial, low-growing bit of green.
On May 4, 2005, prydain55 from Reno, NV (Zone 7a) wrote:
I planted a large amount of wooly thyme last year and it survived well through one of the harshest winters I've ever seen in Reno. It is coming back with vigor except for one spot where there has been abused by lots of foot traffic. It also tolerates two dogs who have decided to make it their bathroom though I wish they would stop.
On Aug 9, 2004, CatskillKarma from West Kill, NY wrote:
I've loved this plant for over 50 years! I have lost it over the winter many times in my mother's 5b garden in Connecticut, but it has withstood the past three very harsh winters in my zone 4b rock garden on an exposed mountain slope in the Catskill mountains. It does not bloom for me, but flowers are sort of beside the point. The small woolly fragrant leaves are enough for me!
On Aug 9, 2004, BingsBell from SC, MT (Zone 5a) wrote:
A hardy little plant. I started two tiny plugs three years ago in my raised bed. I knew when we finished putting in the stepping stones I would want some to plant between them. They gave me an abundance of plants to use and they are wonderful.
On Aug 8, 2004, willynilly from Berkeley, CA wrote:
I planted a six-pack of small woolly thyme plants between flagstones about 3 months ago (April-ish) in Berkeley, CA. Full sun, not so great soil. They've spread to 5-6" each and have bloomed in pink, fat spikes of flowers. Once they became established, they haven't seemed to need much water. They also seem able to take a bit of abuse (hose dragging and trampling). We'll see how they do as we move to fall/winter, but so far, so good.
On Apr 26, 2002, lupinelover from Grove City, OH (Zone 6a) wrote:
The classic heart-breaker. In areas with hot, humid summer plant typically rots quickly. Light afternoon shade helps. Planting on slope also helps. Planting beneath or above stepping stones also helps. Continual layering also helps: every 2-3 inches peg a stem to the ground to enable it to form its own roots. Plant seems to do better with many rootlets.


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We are already working toward the upcoming 2017 season and there are many changes on the way. This season will include a very large House League and 22 Rep teams – one of the largest Rep programs in Canada!
2017 is a Super Clinic year for new and returning Level 3 umpires. Super Clinics are already scheduled and are open for registration. Oakville is not a Super Clinic host, and attendance will require some travel. If you were a Level 2.3 umpire in 2016 you are eligible to attend a Level 3 Super Clinic this year. Level 3 umpires can umpire Rep Midget baseball and above. Send me an e-mail if you have questions about the Super Clinics or OMBA "big diamond" baseball for the upcoming year.
All Rep-level baseball umpires are required by the Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) and Baseball Canada to be re-certified yearly. Oakville Minor Baseball will be hosting a one-day clinic in April 22, 2017 (time and location yet to be determined). This clinic certifies Level 1 or Level 2 umpires from Oakville as well as umpires from the surrounding area. You will be required to attend the entire clinic to successfully attain certification by the OBA trainers.
· In the event that our clinic date does not work with your schedule, you will be required to attend an alternate course in the 1-day format at another hosting facility. The list of clinics is posted on the OBA website at www.baseballontario.com. Dates are added periodically over the spring so check in often.
· Click on the Umpires "Development" tab and search under the "2017 Umpire Clinics" tab. There are several clinics posted and note that space is limited and pre-registering is required.
· Step #1- Register at www.baseballontario.com
· Step #2- Pre-Pay for attending the Oakville clinic (or alternate clinic of your choice) by clicking on www.baseballoakville.com
You can independently contact the host and book your spot and confirm attendance. Once you have successfully completed the course you must send me an email to let me know that you are recertified or be prepared to bring your Umpire Card with you to the OMBA booking night(s) in May.
If you are not interested in returning as an umpire, please take a moment and let me know. Your name will be removed from my directory and email distribution list.
The season's booking night date(s) will be forwarded to everyone end-April early May once we have the complete House League and REP schedules. It is essential that each umpire bring their own schedule with them for this activity if you are a player yourself or participate in any other summer sport or work elsewhere as well. It makes the booking process run smoothly.
I look forward to another busy summer and will be updating more details on the Baseball Oakville website soon.
Should you have any questions please contact me, Robert Dickenson, Umpire-in-Chief
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HTC executives steal trade secrets for Chengdu city government
Three HTC executives, arrested on suspicion of leaking trade secrets, were illegally passing on confidential technical information belonging to the Taiwanese smartphone maker to the government of Chengdu city in China, Next Magazine reported.
In exchange for the information, the city government will pay for most of the set-up, operation and marketing costs of a company being established by HTC vice president of product design Thomas Chien, who led the design of HTC's flagship phone One, the weekly magazine said, citing prosecutors.
Taipei prosecutors had confirmed earlier that Chien, along with research and development director Wu Chien-Hung and senior manager of design and innovation Justin Huang, were detained on Friday. The arrests came in response to a complaint filed by HTC last month accusing the executives of leaking trade secrets.
It is unclear whether the executives actually succeeded in passing on any trade secret. Investigations are still ongoing.
Next Magazine did not explain how the Chengdu city government was intending to use the trade information but said it has set up a company involved in the smartphone business.
HTC and Taipei District Prosecutors Office declined to comment on the report.
An official at the Chengdu city government's media relations office said, "We're not clear about this and have not seen this report." She declined to elabourate.
HTC's Chien and Wu remain in custody, while Huang was released on bail, according to the prosecutors.
The executives were also accused of making false commission fee claims reportedly totalling as much as T$20 million (HK$5.2 million).
The three men could not be immediately reached for comment.
Shares of HTC plunged 6.8 per cent on Wednesday, the maximum drop allowed in a day, versus a flat broader market.
HTC - rocked by internal feuding, executive exits and a smartphone segment that is close to saturation - has seen its market share slump to below 5 per cent from around a quarter five years ago.
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Mets prospect Mejia back at spring camp
Pitcher diagnosed with hyperactive thyroid gland
Updated 12:52 am, Saturday, March 9, 2013
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets pitching prospect Jenrry Mejia returned to camp Friday and can resume baseball activities after being diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid gland.
The 23-year-old flew to New York this week for tests following his spring training physical. He has been advised by doctors not to eat seafood, which is rich in lodine, but he does not have to take medication.
Mejia went 1-2 with a 5.63 ERA in five appearances for the Mets last season.
He was roughed up in his lone exhibition appearance, allowing five runs in one inning against the Miami Marlins on Feb. 26.
More Mets: Max Scherzer struck out six in 22/3 hitless innings and Detroit defeated New York 3-2. Mets starter Dillon Gee allowed one run and one hit in four innings. Jordany Valdespin homered for the Mets.
Yankees: Nathan Eovaldi allowed one run in four innings and John Maine followed with two scoreless innings to help Miami beat New York 6-1. New York starter Adam Warren allowed four runs and six hits in four innings. Melky Mesa had two hits and scored a run, and Thomas Neal had an RBI double for the Yankees.
Cardinals: St. Louis and Allen Craig, coming off a breakout season, have agreed on a five-year contract through 2017 with a club option for 2018. The 28-year-old Craig has 150 RBIs in 238 career games. He was sixth in the National League with a .307 average and 22 home runs last season and had 92 RBIs despite missing more than a month while rehabbing from off-season knee surgery. Craig led the major leagues with a .400 average with runners in scoring position and has hit .374 the last two seasons, second in the majors behind the Reds' Joey Votto. Craig also had a big postseason for a championship team in 2011, hitting three homers in the World Series.
World Baseball Classic: Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and Luis Cruz had two RBIs to lead Mexico over the United States 5-2. ... Chris Colabello drove in four runs with four hits, including a three-run homer, and surprising Italy routed Canada 14-4 to improve to 2-0 in Group D competition. Italy scored eight runs after Canada cut the lead to 6-4 in the top of the seventh. It's the first time in the three World Baseball Classics that Italy has won two games. The game was called under the tournament's "mercy rule" after Italy scored five times in the eighth to make it a 10-run game. The Italian team plays the United States on Saturday night. ... Sho Tanaka drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th to lift Japan past Taiwan 4-3. ... The Netherlands beat Cuba 6-2.


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We'll be unveiling our preseason football rankings over the next few weeks leading up to football season. Previously we had No. 10 Kerrville Tivy, No. 9 Brennan, No. 8 Judson, No. 7 O'Connor, and now on to No. 6…
No. 6 Reagan Rattlers
Last season: 12-2 (6-0 in 26-5A), lost to Steele in regional final
Coach: David Wetzel (114-61 career, 65-32 in eight seasons at Reagan)
District: 26-5A
Enrollment: 2,845
Stadium: Heroes Stadium/Comalander Stadium
Key returnees
–RB Elijah Ball, sr. – 118 carries, 1,113 yards, 13 TDs in nine games
–OL Matt Beyer, sr. – 6-6, 280, committed to Oklahoma
–OL Sterling Korona, sr. – 6-7, 255, committed to Duke
–DE Tanner Schorp, sr. – All-Area, 55 tackles, 11 sacks
–DB Ty Branch, sr. – 57 tackles, one INT, committed to Rice
Sure, the Rattlers lost star QB Trevor Knight (Oklahoma) and his two favorite WRs Austin Hays (Oklahoma State) and his twin brother Connor Knight (Oklahoma walk-on). But the Rattlers still have plenty left to defend their district title. For starters, the offensive line is huge. With FBS commits Beyer and Korona plus Tyler Smith (6-3, 270), Matt Mieure (6-4, 270) and Jordan Bramblett (6-0, 245), Reagan has a line most small colleges would envy. They should provide Ball, who missed five games late with a broken arm, plenty of room to run. As for replacing Knight, senior QB Kyle Keller (6-3, 215) may not be as quick, but has plenty of arm to lead the Rattlers' attack. His favorite target could be a new face: C.J. Cavazos, a spring transfer from Mission Sharyland who won the district track title in the 100 meters. Reagan has the size and depth to be a contender.
2012 Schedule (district games in bold)
Sept. 1 – vs. Wagner (Comalander)
Sept. 7 – at O'Connor (Farris)
Sept. 14 – vs. Pflugerville (Heroes)
Sept. 21 – at Laredo United
Sept. 28 – Bye
Oct. 6 – vs. Lee (Comalander)
Oct. 13 – vs. Madison (Heroes)
Oct. 19 – vs. MacArthur (Heroes)
Oct. 26 –vs. Johnson (Comalander)
Nov. 2 – vs. Churchill (Comalander)
Nov 9 – vs. Roosevelt (Heroes)