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Florida Sports Newsmakers in 2011
Posted 12/28/2011
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Professional soccer player, Boca Raton
A World Stage
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Wambach's soccer and leadership skills emerged on an international stage last year, when Wambach, now 31, led the USA Women's National Soccer Team to the championship game of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The team's unexpected run in the tournament — which ended with a loss to Japan in the final — briefly lifted women's soccer to the sports world's top rung and made Wambach a star. With 13 career World Cup goals, she is second on the all-time scoring list.
Her 2011 didn't have a happy ending, though. In October, the Women's Professional Soccer League terminated the Boca Raton-based MagicJack franchise, the team that Wambach played for and coached.
— Art Levy
Ponzi schemer, Miami
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Fumble at UM
Lesson learned from Ponzi schemer and University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro: Evidently, it will take more than money and prostitutes to make UM a top 10 program again.
Say this for Shapiro, currently serving 20 years for a nearly $1-billion Ponzi scheme: He got UM back on the tip of every tongue with his confessional to Yahoo! Sports. From 2002 to 2010 he bestowed millions of dollars in cars, gifts, money and hookers on UM players. He had them covered whether they wanted jewelry, travel, to dine out, ride his yacht, hit nightclubs and strip joints or, on one occasion, pay for an abortion.
As of early December, the NCAA hadn't announced what it would do to UM. Amid scandals at Penn State, Ohio State and elsewhere, authorities pronounced themselves disturbed and promised to study what's ailing college sports. Meanwhile, UM decided not to go to a bowl game even though it was eligible, an act of contrition to the NCAA.
— Mike Vogel


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Digital artist imagines the Toyota Rav4 and Peugeot 3008 in pickup form image
While Fiat is usually that cute Italian automaker that produces very small cars, it also premiered recently the normal-sized Fiat Toro pickup. And with Italian styling, the model has inspired the creativity of digital artists.
For example, superimposed on the Fiat Toro body a batch of renders come to depict pickup models that will probably never exist. For example, the aggressive styling of the model that is what we may consider a Jeep Cherokee doppelganger, has inspired the creation of a Toyota RAV4-derived pickup. Or a Peugeot 3008 pickup – though the latter might be closer to reality than we imagine, with the PSA Peugeot Citroen group looking to add its own pickup truck in the near future.
The Toyota Rav4 derived as a pickup truck really makes no sense – the Japanese already have a very capable pickup truck in the form of the Tacoma. But we should never say never, because lifestyle trucks are becoming the next thing – Hyundai wants one and Jeep is already preparing to reveal its take on the segment. Peugeot on the other hand needs a one-ton truck – Renault has premiered the Alaskan not long ago and Mercedes is adding the luxury flair to the Nissan Navara in no time. Anyways, the digital artist envisioned them on the backbones of the Fiat Toro and the work is as always, flawless. We don't really like the Peugeot version though – but the Toyota is quirky enough to inspire the hybrid feeling.
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Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: Extraordinary ministers help the clergy to distiribute Holy Communion so that it can be done in a reasonable amount of time. Extraordinary ministers can either disitribute the Body of Christ or the Chalice of Christ's Blood. Those who volunteer for this ministry should have a deep and profound love for Holy Eucharist, must be a Confirmed Catholic and have steady hands.
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JUNEAU (AP) The companion of an Angoon man stabbed to death Saturday night has been charged with his murder.
Denni Starr, 22, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Richard ''Buddy'' George Jr., 27, at the Angoon home they shared.
Starr was transported by Angoon police to Juneau and booked into Lemon Creek Correctional Center.
George and Starr had two children, daughters aged 6 and 17 months.
Trooper investigators said George and Starr argued Saturday night inside their home and George picked up the couple's 17-month-old daughter and started to leave the house.
Investigators said Starr apparently went into the kitchen, grabbed a cooking knife with a 9-inch blade and returned to the front room. The woman threatened George with the knife, and when he turned to leave, stabbed him once in the back, troopers said.
The knife went approximately 5 inches into George's back, penetrating a lung and cutting an artery. George stumbled out of the house and collapsed at the bottom of stairs, troopers said.
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German Stocks Fall From Record as Infineon, Evotec SlipJonathan Morgan
German stocks fell from a record as declines in Infineon Technologies AG offset gains in Deutsche Wohnen AG.
Infineon, Europe's second-largest semiconductor maker, retreated 5.6 percent after predicting a drop in first-quarter profitability. Deutsche Wohnen added 1.1 percent after saying nine-month profit rose 65 percent from a year earlier. Henkel AG, the maker of Loctite glue, climbed to its highest price since at least 1992 after raising its full-year profit target.
The DAX Index fell 0.3 percent to 9,076.48 at the close of trading in Frankfurt. The gauge rose 0.8 percent last week after better-than-forecast U.S. economic growth and payrolls data. It has gained 19 percent this year as central banks around the world pledged to leave interest rates low for a prolonged period. The broader HDAX Index dropped 0.5 percent today.
"Equity markets are taking a breather today after the recent run to all-time highs, with an increasing number of stock holders grabbing the opportunity of the recent strength to get rid of holdings," Christoph Hock, an equity sales trader at Alpha Wertpapierhandels GmbH in Frankfurt, wrote in an e-mail.
The Communist Party of China's central committee concluded its third plenary meeting to outline the direction of economic reforms, the first such gathering under the presidency of Xi Jinping. Policymakers agreed that markets should play a "decisive" role in allocating resources, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing a communique from the gathering.
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Infineon dropped 5.6 percent to 6.88 euros. Earnings before interest and taxes, which the manufacturer calls segment result, will total 8 percent to 10 percent of sales in the three months through December. That compares with the fourth-quarter margin of 14.1 percent. A quarter-on-quarter sales decline will be "significantly more pronounced" for the power-management and chip-card and security businesses, Infineon said in a statement.
Evotec AG, the drug research and development company, tumbled 16 percent to 4.06 euros, its biggest drop in nine years, after posting a nine-month operating loss of 4.2 million euros ($5.6 million).
Gagfah SA slid 1.8 percent to 10.50 euros. The second-biggest owner of German homes said third-quarter profit fell 3.9 percent after the sale of apartments reduced rental income. Funds from operations excluding asset sales dropped to 31.9 million euros from 33.2 million euros a year earlier.
Lanxess AG fell 4.7 percent to 49.86 euros after lowering the top end of its profit forecast for 2013. The chemical maker adjusted its 2013 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization pre-exceptionals prediction to between 710 million euros and 760 million euros, compared with an earlier estimate of between 700 million euros and 800 million euros.
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Henkel added 1.3 percent to 82.68 euros. The maker of Fa deodorant raised its full-year profit goal to about 15 percent of sales from 14.5 percent after third-quarter earnings beat estimates, helped by growth at its laundry and home-care unit.
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The OpenOffice developers have announced the availability of the second release candidate (RC2) of version 3.1 of their free open source office suite.
OpenOffice 3.1 RC2 addresses several major bugs, that were found in the first release candidate. Originally, the second release candidate was expected to appear in the week after Easter. The final release, previously scheduled for the 26th of April, has now been moved to the 7th of May.
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Charles T. Bartlett is a partner of Robert J. Hudson in the Utica Tile & Marble Company, which he organized in 1913 and which has since become the largest enterprise of the kind in Utica. He was born in Richmond, Vermont, on the 29th of July, 1884, his parents being John C. and Anna Bartlett of that city. The father, a practical tilesetter, is now associated in business with his son.
Charles T. Bartlett pursued his education in the grade and high schools of Springfield, Massachusetts, and after putting aside his textbooks learned the trade of tilesetting in Springfield and in Boston. He was a young man of twenty-five years when in 1909 he came to Utica and entered the employ of the William G. Edwards Mantle & Tile Company of this city as a mechanic, thus continuing until 1913. In the latter year he organized the Utica Tile & Marble Company and took into partnership Robert J. Hudson, also a practical tilesetter. The concern was established on a small scale but has steadily developed under the capable direction of Mr. Bartlett and his associate until it is now the most extensive of the kind in Utica and has been awarded many large and important contracts. The offices and display room of the company are situated at No. 20 Elizabeth street. Mr. Bartlett's success is attributable to his thorough understanding of the practical phases of his work, as well as of the details of business management, and he is well entitled to a place of leadership in his chosen line of activity. Before coming to Utica he was appointed by Governor Hughes as chief of the stone and tile division for the state of New York at Albany, a position which he filled for five years.
On the 24th of November, 1901, Mr. Bartlett was united in marriage to Miss Louise Lundquist, daughter of Charles Lundquist of Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have five children: Charles Joseph, Lillian, Harold, Helen and Robert. Mr. Bartlett belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance in both social and business circles of his adopted city.


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- Rebel coalition group claims 2 Americans -- including Douglas McCain -- die in Syria
- Only one has been named; both were fighting with extremist militant groups in Syria
- U.S. official: Foreigners fighting for such extremist groups come from 50 nations
- Obama spokesman: U.S.-born extremists dangerous due to training, willingness to die
Dozens of Americans have been among the thousands of foreigners who flocked to Syria to take part in its bloody, messy civil war. Yet for the three years, there was only one known American casualty.
But, in a few short days, that death toll may have tripled.
On Wednesday -- months after a Florida man killed himself in a northern Syria suicide bombing and a day after news broke that Douglas McAuthur McCain, a 33-year-old man reared in Minnesota, died fighting for ISIS -- a coalition of Syrian opposition groups announced that its forces had killed another American in battle.
The coalition did not name the fallen American. But it did say he and McCain died as its forces battled Kharijites, a historical reference to fanatical Muslims who rejected moderate teachings and advocated killing those who violated ultraconservative values.
The coalition noted that its fighters from groups with names such as Hazem Movement, the Islamic Front, Al-Mujahideen Army, Noureddine, al Zanki Battalion, Faylak Al Sham had joined those from the more moderate Free Syrian Army and more extremist al-Nusra Front. They took on ISIS forces last weekend in and around Aleppo -- which is where McCain was killed.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who was among those who reported McCain's death, said the U.S. government is "looking into" this latest reported American casualty, even if it hasn't confirmed his death.
Still, the idea of more Americans fighting for groups like ISIS, and more of them dying, wouldn't be surprising.
Syria, after all, isn't exactly a stable place with stable borders. Nor is neighboring Iraq, where ISIS -- under the name it calls itself, the Islamic State -- has made major advances in recent weeks.
"The ability to travel into these countries demonstrates how porous the borders are," said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, who had top roles in the State and Defense Departments in President George W. Bush's administration. "I think we need to understand that there's going to be more of this rather than less of this."
Sources: McCain radicalized gradually
There are no details on the third American casualty, but more is known about the other two.
The first was Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, a 22-year-old from Florida who joined al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-linked organization that the U.S. government has blacklisted as a foreign terror organization. The group showed a video of him, and U.S. officials later confirmed, taking part in a suicide bombing earlier this year in northern Syria.
And on Tuesday, the world was introduced to Douglas McCain.
Friends and relatives described him as a decent man who loved to play basketball and loved his family. His conversion to Islam didn't alarm his relatives, according to uncle Ken McCain, though Facebook posts in support of ISIS did.
He'd been on U.S. authorities' radar for some time by then. They become aware of McCain in the early 2000s, due to his association with others -- including one person from Minnesota who died in Somalia, apparently while fighting as a jihadi -- a U.S. official said.
Still, there was no indication then that McCain -- who at one point studied Arabic at San Diego City College -- was involved in anything nefarious. Law enforcement sources told CNN that he appears to have radicalized gradually in the years since his conversion.
Authorities didn't know about McCain's travels to Turkey until he was already there, a U.S. official said. Turkey was also the last place where, several months ago, McCain was in contact with his relatives.
At the time of his death, at least, McCain was on a list of Americans believed to have joined militant groups. Such people would be stopped and subjected to additional scrutiny if they traveled, according to the official.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki added that U.S. authorities knew about McCain's ties to ISIS. Psaki didn't say how they approached his case, specifically, though she did lay out the government's general strategy and concerns about cases like his.
"We use every tool we have to disrupt and dissuade individuals from traveling abroad for violent jihad and to track and engage those who return (to the United States)," Psaki told reporters Wednesday.
"(McCain) is a reminder of the growing concern that the United States has, that many countries in the world have, about the thousands of foreign fighters from 50 nations who are engaged in Syria and who are affiliating themselves with ... extremist groups."
Official: Americans-turned-extremists 'willing ... to die'
ISIS, especially, isn't just any extremist group.
Its tactics are so brutal that even al Qaeda -- which was behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- disown them. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week called ISIS "beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess.
"This is beyond anything we have seen, and we must prepare for everything."
That includes more Americans dying. Some might be like McCain, who went to the Middle East to join the jihad. Or there may be more like James Foley, the American journalist that ISIS beheaded -- a gruesome execution that it videotaped and broadcast, along with the promise of more such killings if the United States doesn't continue to strike ISIS in Iraq.
Not only aren't U.S. officials refusing to back down against ISIS in Iraq, they are signaling that they might go after the group in Syria.
If President Barack Obama OKs such strikes, he'd be on the same side as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Nonetheless, U.S. officials insist they won't coordinate with al-Assad; in fact, the Obama administration is pushing Congress for funding to train and equip "moderate opposition" forces trying to unseat the Syrian leader.
Military action isn't the only way the United States is going after ISIS, officials say. There are also things like cutting off funding for the group as well as promoting stable and productive governments as an alternative to ISIS.
But the U.S. focus isn't just about what's happening in Syria and Iraq. It's also about making sure there aren't people like McCain who join ISIS and end up returning home -- perhaps intending to unleash the group's brutal brand of terror in their homelands.
To this point, White House spokesman Josh Earnest insisted Wednesday "we are working with Interpol and other law enforcement agencies, as well as homeland security agencies ... throughout the West and the region, to try to monitor the movements of these individuals and to mitigate the threats.
"...These are individuals who have been radicalized," Earnest said. "These are individuals who received some military training. And they have demonstrated, as Mr. McCain did, a willingness to die for their cause."


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Simple tasks like going to the store were impossible for former Army Spc. Karl Fleming, whose anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder kept him inside -- until he got Kuchar earlier this year.
"She's the battle buddy the Army trains you to be with," Fleming told HLN.
Kuchar is a service dog trained by a group called K9s for Warriors, which rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to help veterans like Fleming live an independent life, despite traumatic brain injuries from war.
Fleming explains that when he has nightmares, Kuchar is trained to lay on him and if he's shaking or sweating, she's "taught to lick my face and wake me up."
Learn more about Fleming and Kuchar's story here and at HLNtv.com/HeroDogs. This Veterans Day HLN will present Stories of Courage: K9s for Warriors on Monday, November 11 at 7 p.m. ET.
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Riding Bitch usually refers to an individual being forced to sit in the middle of the back seat or in between the two front seats in a two seat car. Usually the smallest person or only female in the group will have to ride 'bitch'.
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To find out more about this year's conference, click here to go to our home page (TNenvironment.com)
We apologize, but the host hotel, Meadowview Conference Resort and Convention Center, is sold out Tuesday night. There is some government rate availability Monday night.
However, the Hampton Inn, located very nearby, has provided a government room block for the conference as overflow. This block is only good until March 17, 2014. They may or may not be able to over government rates after that date depending upon availability.


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Juliet Hutton-Squire is a trained goldsmith, jewellery designer and editor of Adorn London, 'the virtual peep-show of all that's hip and happening in the world of jewellery'.
We're delighted that Juliet is joining us this Gold Day to cast her expert opinion on the latest styles and innovations in gold jewellery.
Juliet: It's the season for gold, inspired by the catwalk shows at the top of the spring/summer 2010 season and gold has never looked stronger – and it's here to stay.
This is one metal that has endured the test of time and has come back looking more exciting than ever before. Statement or sentimental, timeless classic or cocktail hour glamour - we're delighted that gold is the new 'black' and it's back!
Metallics swept through the 2010 catwalk shows - Dior, Giles, Pringle and Versace flirted with the new-look sheen in floor length grandeur and daytime chic.
Shimmering hues of yellow, white and rose ignited the runway and rekindled a passion for the luscious lustre that has inspired centuries of craftsmen.
Goldsmiths have been exploring new and innovative ways to make gold jewellery exciting and eye-catching, keeping it relevant to our lifestyle and what we wear. QVC's Gold Day is a celebration of just that.
We see the glistening offerings of new and exciting show premieres like Evolution Gold, and more gold treasures from established shows like Colours of Gold, Gold Style, Textures of Gold and Nature's Gold.
Glittering diamond-cutting, lace-like filigree or sparkling stardust finishes enhance the golden charm we have grown to love. This is a day not to be missed, a celebration of the versatility of this precious metal that has adorned the world from Ancient Egyptians, celebrity-style icons, catwalk queens and of course, you and I!
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The rack-mountable CCTV / GLI Hub features ground loop isolation (GLI) on each port up to 50VDC for CCTV systems. It supports transmission of color video signals up to 1,200 ft (365 m) via Cat3, which can be extended to 2,200 ft (670 m) via Cat5. For b&w signals, the maximum transmission distance is up to 1,500 ft (457 m) via Cat3 and can be extended up to 2,500 ft (762 m) via Cat5.
Made of black anodized aluminum, the modular hub measures 19.0" x 1.75" x 1.50" (48.3 x 4.40 x 5.10 cm), and features port configuration switch to set each port as pass-thru (500022) or power-thru mode (500024/500029). The pass-thru hub transmits remote power up to 350 ft (107 m) via two (2) twisted pairs while the power-thru transmits up to 518 ft (170 m) via three (3) twisted pairs at 24VAC/5VA. The 2-wire PTZ control transmits up to 4,000 ft (1.2 km) via one (1) twisted pair.
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|PETER SCHAEFER Savard linemate?
Coach Claude Julien said there was no significance behind the lines that were selected to play together yesterday at TD Banknorth Garden on the Bruins' first official day of training camp.
But there are strong indications that Peter Schaefer, who skated with Marc Savard and Martins Karsums in the first session, might be seeing a lot of time with Savard, the Bruins' leading scorer last season.
Come Oct. 5, Schaefer could be the club's No. 1 left wing alongside Savard and Glen Murray when the Bruins open the season against Dallas.
"He's a good guy along the walls," Savard said of Schaefer. "He can get pucks out, get them to me, and Muzz can set up shop and shoot it."
Schaefer, a 30-year-old wing made available because of Ottawa's salary-cap crunch, has a reputation of playing well along the boards. But he's also been dogged for not shooting enough, perhaps a function of his role - grinding two-way winger - with the Senators. Last season, while playing mostly on a line with Daniel Alfredsson, Schaefer recorded 132 shots in 77 games (an average of 1.71 shots per game, 276th in the NHL).
"I guess I've always heard that," said Schaefer. "I've played with pretty good players who like having the puck. So I've just gotten used to getting in there, making plays, and getting those guys the puck. That's why they wanted me there. So that's probably why I've overpassed."
If he plays with Savard and Murray, Schaefer will be asked to do the dirty work along the boards and in the corners, to bang bodies and fish out loose pucks. But with the Bruins still looking for scoring (2.56 goals per game in 2006-07, 25th in the league), Julien and his staff are counting on Schaefer to pop in more than the 12 strikes he recorded last season.
In yesterday's session, Savard connected with Schaefer several times. Savard even told Schaefer that he doesn't want to see the puck returning.
"He made one crazy pass behind the back. Didn't even really know that I'd be ready for it," said Schaefer. "It was right on my stick for me and I just had to shoot it. So, I was like, 'Yeah, that's a pretty sick pass.' Haven't gotten one of those in a long time."
Last year, the Bruins got 11 goals out of P.J. Axelsson, their No. 1 left wing. They're looking for an increase in production, and Schaefer projects to be a bigger offensive threat than the defensive-minded Axelsson.
"If I'm playing with someone else who's getting me the puck, then obviously that's got to change," Schaefer said. "I've got a pretty good shot and a good release. So, if I do shoot the puck a lot more, then obviously there's more opportunities and more rebounds for my linemates."
Hands tiedOne of the surprising aspects of Zdeno Chara's 2006-07 season was that the captain didn't record a fight.
Yesterday, Chara acknowledged there were several reasons he didn't fight. One was that on several occasions, former coach Dave Lewis instructed him not to drop the gloves.
The leaky Boston defense could not afford five minutes without Chara, who logged the heaviest workload of any NHLer last season. There were times when Chara quarterbacked nearly the full two minutes of a power play, while he regularly killed the duration of penalties, perhaps explaining why Lewis put the fighting handcuffs on his captain.
Chara won't be called upon to be an enforcer this season for two reasons: Shawn Thornton and Jeremy Reich will fill that role, and the intimidating defenseman, who sometimes couldn't find a willing combatant last season, might find it challenging to pick a fight.
But from every source, from Julien to general manager Peter Chiarelli to Chara, the promise is the 6-foot-9-inch defenseman will return to his old form this season.
"I have to change a little bit to just be myself and do what I do best," said Chara, who laid a decent thump on Savard yesterday. "That's play hockey, especially defensively, and do what I do best instead of trying to do too much."
Alberts outAndrew Alberts, who's battling a cold, was the lone absentee yesterday. Julien said it was precautionary . . . Aaron Ward, who was 222 pounds two years ago with Carolina, weighed in at a trim 207. The 34-year-old Ward, the second-oldest player on the team (Murray will turn 35 Nov. 1), is entering the final year of his contract, but said he feels like he can still play, especially at a reduced weight . . . Owner Jeremy Jacobs watched parts of each session from the stands alongside Chiarelli and assistant GM Jim Benning. Also in attendance was senior adviser Harry Sinden and most of the team's scouting staff . . . Both groups of veterans performed routine drills, including three-on-three cycling and one-on-one work. The sessions ended with sprints, circling each goal. Assistant coaches Geoff Ward and Doug Houda drew the nets closer after each sprint, but Chara, Reich, and Matt Hendricks were among the players skating full laps along the end boards. "The first day is always a rigorous, long workout," said Mark Mowers. "You're always going to feel tired after it. There's no way around it."
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New Zealand is a land of seabirds. Nowhere else on earth is there such a diversity of breeding species. For pelagic birders a voyage by ship through the Sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand is an essential pilgrimage. In late 2001, an intrepid band of bird, mammal and island enthusiasts from all over the world set sail from the Port of Bluff at the southern most tip of mainland New Zealand aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy. Led by veteran conservationist and expedition leader Rodney Russ (founder of Heritage Expeditions (NZ) Ltd.), we set out to visit all of the major islands in the sub-antarctic sector. The trip was amazingly successful and will never be forgotten by those aboard.
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I awoke after sleeping through most of the trans-Pacific flight, just as we began our descent into Auckland, dawn's orange glow on the port side of the aircraft. Two flights gone, still two to go down to Invercargill. An overnight hotel stop, including dinner with all the passengers, Rodney Russ, our expedition leader and his team, and then a late morning transfer to the Port of Bluff.
Fig. 1. Our vessel, the Akademik Shokalskiy.Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
22 November
The bus pulled up alongside our vessel, the Akademik Shokalskiy, looking smart after a fresh coat of blue paint. We piled aboard, stowing our gear in our cabins, and then time to explore the ship. Originally built in 1983, refurbished in 1998, a former polar research vessel, now home to forty odd passengers from around the world for the next eighteen days and our voyage of over 2500 nautical miles. At about 14.30 we slowly drifted away from the dockside and turned south, heading for the open ocean, which a fresh breeze was blowing over, with many small whitecaps catching the sun's rays. As the pilot's boat left us, just outside the harbour wall, I was wondering when we would see our first albatrosses. About 30 seconds later the first of a number of White-capped Albatrosses appeared! The first few minutes of this voyage pretty much set the scene for the rest of it. For the rest of the 18 days, whenever you came up on deck, there were always at least a few seabirds to see, albatrosses, prions and Cape Petrels and at times so many, you really didn't know what to look at first. This trip is not called the ultimate pelagic for nothing. We sailed southwards for the rest of the afternoon, with Stewart Island on our starboard side. Salvins, Wandering and Northern Royal Albatross swelled the species list, Northern Giant Petrels, many Sooty Shearwaters, our first Mottled, Soft-plumaged & Grey-faced Petrels, as well as numerous Cape Petrels (of the Snares race) along with our first White-chinned Petrels made up the rest of the afternoon's highlights. The only South Polar Skuas of the trip were seen too. We turned in highly expectant of what was to come.
Fig. 2. The Snares, home to vast numbers of Sooty Shearwaters and the endemic Snares Crested Penguin. Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
23 November
First light found us at anchor in the uninhabited Snares Islands, home to breeding seabirds and Hooker's (New Zealand) Sea Lion. Thousands of Cape Petrels and Sooty Shearwaters milled about offshore, a number of New Zealand Fur Seals were also present. We took to the Naiads (zodiacs with metal hulls) to get in close, first enjoying and photographing the handsome endemic Snares Crested Penguins and then looking for the island's two passerine endemics. The island's delightful Tomtits were seen well, coming down to the rocks by the sea. The local race of the Fernbird was also seen well by all. A lucky few scored with the trip's only Bullers Albatross, a later breeding species in these islands but this bird back early. We hauled up the anchor late morning and headed on south again. The afternoon was spent seawatching as the ship rolled gently in the Southern Ocean swell, not all appeared for dinner. New seabirds included our first Southern Royal Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Campbell Albatrosses, and the super slim Light-mantled Sooty too. Fairy Prions were all over the sea, two Black-bellied Storm Petrels and a few Common Diving Petrels finished a superb first full day.
Fig. 3. The Snares, home to vast numbers of Sooty Shearwaters and the endemic Snares Crested Penguin. Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
24 November
We awoke coming to anchor off Enderby Island, at the top of the Auckland Islands group, with a full day ashore exploring the island planned. An Australian Gannet out in the bay being an unexpected surprise. We landed at a sandy beach and had to be careful not to step on a pair of Tomtits and a few New Zealand Pipits which were under our feet. As we walked onto the main part of this small island, Auckland Island Banded Dotterels posed for the cameras. We walked over onto the cliffed western coast as a group, our first quarry being the strange and unique Sub-Antarctic Snipe. About twenty of us spread out in a line and started walking slowly over the low vegetation. Within minutes, a brown ball was spotted skulking amongst some long grass, our quarry. Excellent views were had and photographs taken of this enigmatic species. A number of others were seen throughout the day, usually flushed from underfoot, they prefer to run than fly.
Fig. 4. Like Gulliver, Dick Filby towers over two Subantarctic Snipe. Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
As I arrived at the cliff top, an Antarctic Fulmar flew by, whilst just below, four pairs of Light-mantled Sooty Albatrosses were nesting, the adults sometimes gliding along past. A few pairs of Southern Royal Albatross also nest in the centre of the island, although being morning, meant the few adult birds present were dozing on their nests. We were free to take a slow walk around the north of the island, finishing back on our landing beach late afternoon. A number of the slightly alien-looking Yellow-eyed Penguins were scattered around the island, much the shyest member of the family. Small groups of Red-crowned Parakeets were common - parrots and penguins!
Fig. 5. A handsome Red-crowned Parakeet nibbles the grass on Enderby Island. Around seven subspecies have been described, scattered across the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Some are very rare and threatened with extinction. Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
The island's other endemic was soon encountered too, the Auckland Island Flightless Teal, found in the quiet pools around the shoreline.
Fig. 6. Auckland Island Flightless Teal are relatively common on the kelp beds and tidal pools of Enderby. The cryptic coloration makes them difficult to spot amongst the kelp fronds. The much reduced wings are evident in this photograph. Copyright of Angus Wilson© 2002.
A few Antarctic Terns were fishing offshore, whilst Auckland Island Shags went about the business of nesting, many birds tearing clumps of grass from the hillsides, their mauve eyes glowing in the afternoon sun. Part of the group had brief views of a New Zealand Falcon flashing over a beach and rapidly disappearing again. Bellbirds and Tui's were present in the thickly vegetated areas.
Late afternoon, we returned to the vessel, but within a few minutes an unexpected situation had arisen. The staff quickly realized from an unturned tag on the board by the gangway, a passenger was missing ashore. No names, but it also emerged he was diabetic too. Two zodiacs immediately set off round the island whilst Rodney and the team went back to shore to rapidly retrace the group's steps. They all returned about two hours later, still no passenger. With only a few hours of light remaining, the majority of us on the ship split up into groups of four to five and all went back ashore with torches and radios. We searched until after dark but then the real risk of loosing more people became apparent and we returned to the ship out in the bay. Many more snipe were seen though, and a few of us heard what surely was an Auckland Island Rail, thought to be extinct on Enderby Island. I don't think anyone slept well that night, luckily for a certain person, a calm dry one.
25 November
Up before first light as I was in one of the second wave of rescue teams. Two hundred miles away in New Zealand, a coastguard helicopter was on scramble alert, we had two hours to try and find him, then they would come and join us in the search. Rodney had a hunch as to where our missing gentleman was and Steve Smith and I joined him at breakneck pace ashore, we headed for the centre of the island. As we tried to keep up with Rodney, a bird shot out in front of us and landed in a bush 20 yards away. We put our bins up to discover a stunning New Zealand Falcon, just off the nest, its brood patch clearly visible. One of the harder species to see, we knew we would be pushing it if we watched it for too long, for the bird's sake and Rodney's blood pressure! We rejoined him quickly and soon after came across our missing gent, sitting on a bush eating a Mars bar, none the worse for his ordeal. Rodney wanted him back on the ship for a medical check, he wanted to look for our falcon! With the excitement finally over, we hauled anchor and sailed down the east coast of the island group, heading for Carnley Harbour on Auckland Island itself. We enjoyed a short forested walk at Tagua Bay with it's flowering Rata trees before moving the ship to enable the more adventurous to climb the SW Cape and get close to the nesting White-capped Albatrosses. Across the water from them, was one of the main Gibson's Wandering Albatross colonies too.
Late afternoon and the Shokalskiy turned south towards Antarctica and our next destination, the true sub-Antarctic island of Macquarie. As the coast of Auckland Island fell behind, the seabird spectacle around the ship was unforgettable. Twenty-two species in the air at once, you really did not know what to look at first. The new species included our first White-headed Petrels, one of the smartest pterodromas, along with our first Grey-headed Albatross, Antarctic Prions, Wilson's & Grey-backed Storm-petrels and three Little Shearwaters of the sub-Antarctic race, elegans. The second Antarctic Fulmar of the trip was seen too, this time I managed to get most of the group on it. It was still only day 3!
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Everton defender Phil Jagielka is determined to beat Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on the weekend just in case it is manager David Moyes' last.
The Scotsman has been linked with a possible Goodison Park departure in the summer and although he is likely to remain, Jagielka felt it would be prudent to fight for a win at Anfield on Sunday just supposing he does happen to leave.
"No one knows what the manager is going to do at the end of the season, so if it is going to be his last game as Everton manager at Liverpool then it would be nice to send him off in style," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"But it's not just about him it's about the squad as well, and we'd all love to go there and perform the way we have for most of the season and come out on the right side."
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Musharraf may have to quit by June 10May 25th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 25 (ANI): Despite Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs determination to stick to his office, Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly got the green signal from the United States to remove him from office.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, along with a delegation of Democratic Senators, is expected to come to Pakistan within the next three days to meet both Musharraf and Zardari in this regard.
"Negroponte will arrive in Pakistan with a message from US President George W. Bush for President Musharraf," sources claimed.
They also said that Negroponte would probably give a timeframe to Musharraf to quit his office. PPP President Makhdoom Amin Fahim is likely to become the next President of Pakistan, The News quoted the sources, as saying.
According to sources, the PPP would give Musharraf time till June 10 to resign.
The PPP has also completed its work for the impeachment of Musharraf with two-thirds majority in the joint session of Parliament," sources said, adding that the matter of impeachment was also discussed in the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the PPP at Zardari House on Saturday.
The PPP leadership is in constant contact with the forward bloc of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q and independent candidates including Manzoor Watto and Hamid Nasir Chattha. It is expected that most of the Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid-e-Azam parliamentarians would support the PPP in impeaching Musharraf.
"In the meeting, the party Co-Chairman told the members that the President did not want to hand over powers to Parliament and he was creating many obstacles to make the supremacy of Parliament impossible", the sources said. (ANI)


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UFO or Haarp Activity Caught in Earth's Exosphere? - May 31, 2014
At first glance, ADGUK of YouTube thought it was a smudge on the lens, but after running it through some software it seems to be something else.
Objects looks cylindrical in shape and appears to be collecting materials, gases if you like, from the earths exosphere. You can clearly see activity below the object.
I would doubt ET spacecraft would need these elements for fuel, but it is possible, its also feasible to assume that the gases are being collected for analysis, as ETs are reported to be very concerned about Earths wellbeing.
Another possibility for this strange phenomenon may be the result of HAARP activity, heating a specific area of the atmosphere to effect weather, etc.
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Azanulbizar was the Dwarves' name for a valley between two arms of the Misty Mountains, called Nanduhirion by the Elves and the Dimrill Dale by Men.
The etymology of the word has two alternative interpretations: it is either Azanul+bizar or Azan+ûl+bizar.
Tolkien stated that "the Common Speech form is an accurate translation: the valley of the dim (overshadowed) rills that ran down the mountainside"[1]. In another point it is given as "Vale of Dim Streams" with three elements[2]. Tolkien experimented with various interpretations of the different elements, though the whole was to somehow express "Dimrill Dale".
- ↑ A Tolkien Compass p. 182
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Di Betta family is Medford's first success story under a federal program for first-time home buyers
After six years of saving, the Di Betta family finally owns their own home ' and they say a heap of thanks goes to all the agencies and programs that helped them with planning and financing.
It really helped to think in terms of setting a goal and thinking how to get there, said Lori Di Betta, sitting amid boxes and stacked furniture on moving day Monday.
The family of five closed last week on a &
36;140,000 four-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Howard Avenue in Medford, with help from the Jackson County Housing Authority, ACCESS Inc., Rogue Valley Community Development Corp., People's Bank and the city of Medford.
I call them our poster family for all our different housing programs, said Louise Dix, Medford's neighborhood resource coordinator.
She said it's the first success story for a first-time home-buyers federal grant program in Medford, which provides a &
36;15,000 no-interest loan for a down payment to be paid back when the homeowner sells or refinances.
Dix said area housing prices are so high that no one who qualified for the grant could afford to buy a home in the first place.
We were ready to can the program and say this isn't going to work here, said Dix.
Jean Paul, 53 and Lori, 42, have been Section 8 renters with Jackson County Housing Authority for 10 years. In 1997, the couple and their three home-schooled children (Joshua is now 18, Logan 16 and Olivia 14) started a family business, and in 1999 they began a family self-sufficiency program through Jackson County Housing Authority so they could work toward home ownership.
Lori Di Betta said the program helped the family set aside &
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The &
36;15,000 grant to help with the down payment came from a community block development grant through the city of Medford, which ACCESS administers. Additionally, the Di Bettas are the first recipients of a new Housing and Urban Development program, the mortgage voucher, which subsidizes their mortgage payment. The voucher pays &
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36;837 monthly mortgage payment, said Lori Di Betta. As their income increases, they will pay more and be subsidized less. The voucher, which lasts up to 15 years, is administered through the Housing Authority of Jackson County.
Christie Van Aken, coordinator of the family self-sufficiency program of the Housing Authority, said the Di Bettas, whom she describes as sharp and motivated, are the ones who made it happen.
I, if anything, just helped them gel their long-range goals together, she said.
The Di Bettas began searching for a house in their price range, said Lori De Betta. They could find none in suitable condition.
Then came another first.
The Rogue Valley Community Development Corp. had a house for sale. RVCDC purchased the house on Howard Avenue with community development block grant funds last year for &
36;147,000. The agency rehabilitated the old house to modern standards, said Bill Brandsen, site supervisor at RVCDC. Due to lot-line misinformation, RVCDC was not able to split the lot and build another house, as planned, so they sold it to the Di Bettas.
Judi Robinson, a loan officer at People's Bank of Commerce in Medford, said she put together a loan which is 4.95 percent at a 30-year fixed rate for the Di Bettas.
I was just excited to be a part of it, she said. They're just a good, deserving family.
For more information on resources in the community for housing assistance, contact Christie Van Aken at the Housing Authority of Jackson County by calling 779-5785, or call ACCESS Inc. at 245-9586.
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Border Crossing: Huay Xai / Chiang Khong
Border Crossing: Huay Xai / Chiang Khong
The Travelfish details on the Laos border crossings for Huay Xai / Chiang Khong are outdated.
The river crossing is now 40baht, but!!!!
The ticket sellers now impose an extra 10baht for any bag (whatever size) being carried by a farang (foreigner).
So, the full ferry cost is 40baht.
At the Laos border, the immigration staff impose a US1 or 40baht fee. You cannot escape this fee.
If you arrive at the weekend, it is called a 'weekend fee'. If you arrive after 4pm, it is called an 'after hours fee'. If you arrive during a weekday before 4pm, it is called a 'processing fee'.
See also my post re: Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong.
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Q My elderly aunt has a will and wants her house, which is valued at about £330,000, to go to my divorced parents. I am her power of attorney and the executor of her will. What, ultimately, do I have to do? Do I just send a copy of the death certificate, house deeds and confirmation from myself that this is what she wanted to get the title deeds changed into my parents' names? And are there any costs involved such as inheritance or capital gains tax, as they are each getting half of the house which they will live in together?
Also, as my aunt has a will do I have to get probate involved, or a solicitor, or just distribute the funds in her account to the people in the will and close the account and change the name on the house deeds to my parents? Will there be any costs to my parents for getting the house? PL
A When your aunt dies, it won't simply be a case of your distributing her assets and cash to the people named in her will. You will have to get Probate Services involved, but not necessarily a solicitor.
As executor of your aunt's will you will be responsible for getting valuations of all her cash and assets at the date of her death, which may involve professional probate valuations of her house and its contents which are not the same as valuations for sale. Once you have got this information you will need to fill in form PA1 from Probate Services to apply for Grant of probate, and a "Return of estate information" form from HM Revenue & Customs so it can determine whether any inheritance tax (IHT) is due.
If your aunt's estate, which is everything she owned on death, comes to more than the IHT threshold of £325,000 for deaths occurring in the 2011-12 tax year there is likely to be a tax bill.
You will need the Grant of probate before financial firms will release cash or investments, and also for transferring your aunt's house into the names of your parents. You can fill in all the forms yourself and attend an interview to swear an oath that all the information you have provided is true and correct at your local probate registry. But if this all seems a little daunting you can instruct a solicitor to help you, for which there will be a fee.
All the costs involved in getting probate, including solicitors' fees, fees for valuations and any IHT bill, should be met by your aunt's estate. So strictly speaking, there will be no cost to your parents as a result of inheriting the house, although there could be a capital gains tax bill if they subsequently sell it without having made it their home.


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| jesusfreakauthorgirl17 chapter 1 . 3/15/2013
I like how you end #2 with a question.
I love how you summed up everything you wanted to say in one line for #3.
The repitition makes the fourth one a lot more powerful.
| Tepid Waters chapter 1 . 3/15/2013
This is probably my favourite piece on your Fictionpress. It's so relatable.
| The Loved And Unloved chapter 1 . 3/11/2013
Lol I do that too; I'll start a poem and think it's better as only like a 3 or 4 line stanza. I like them all :D
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – A vacant mobile home was destroyed by fire late Monday night in DeKalb County.
Firefighters were called around 11:30 p.m. to 5760 County Road 327 Lot 35, a few miles south of Garrett, and found a mobile home engulfed in flames.
Crews from Garrett and LaOtto helped put out the flames.
Garrett Fire Department Chief Chad Werkheiser said the previous homeowner moved out several weeks ago and all the utilities had been disconnected.
No injuries were reported.
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text: There is an unusual body of water here on the North Coast of California called Stone Lagoon. Stone Lagoon is fed by MacDonald creek and separated from the ocean by a narrow spit of sand that's about a mile long. In the winter when the lagoon fills up from rainfall via MacDonald creek and the tides are high, the sand spit breaks open and the lagoon drains. Coastal cutthroat and steelhead, as well as various salmon and other ocean fish swim through the channel and become trapped when the sand spit closes up. I have lived here for about a year and have fished Stone Lagoon probably 5 times. I had never caught a fish, or even seen evidence for their presence any of those times. However, this is a notoriously difficult body of water to fish and I knew from the start that I would need to put in the time to see some success. It finally happened today. I put my pontoon in off of 101 and was excited to see that I had the lagoon to myself. I rowed hard against the wind to the only cove in the lagoon, called Ryan's Cove. It is supposed to be a spot where cutthroat consistently gather. After about 2 hours of casting a stripping a black crystal bugger, I was starting to feel frustrated and smell skunk. Then suddenly, as I lifted the fly out of the water to cast again, the water next to my pontoon exploded. I looked down at the splash, the fish already back in the deep, and though "holy shit, I just got a strike". I cast again and got a solid grab right at the side of the boat, but the fish didn't hold on. I desperately cast for the next hour with nothing to show for it. I paddled to the edge of the cove and began casting toward some underwater rocks. Suddenly I had a fish on! It went airborne about 50 feet out, and it was either a cutt or a small steelhead. It went on several spectacular runs, but I was beginning to wear it down. I almost had it to the boat when it shot away from the pontoon. My reel overspun, gave it some slack, and it was gone. My expletive laden outburst was probably heard in Eureka. I fished for a bit longer with no luck, then decided one more cast and I would try rowing over to the mouth of the creek. shortly after my fly hit the water I felt a strong resistance, which I though was a submerged rock. I kept pressure on it, and right as I was about to paddle over and try to retrieve my snagged fly my line wiggled. FISH ON! I landed it quickly and finally, in my net, was an 18 inch Stone Lagoon cutthroat. Finally my persistence had paid off. This was genuinely the most beautiful fish I have ever caught.


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The STNS01 is a linear charger for single-cell Li-Ion batteries integrating an LDO regulator and several battery protection functions.
The STNS01 uses a CC/CV algorithm to charge the battery; the fast-charge current can be programmed using an external resistor. Pre-charge current and termination current are scaled accordingly. The floating voltage value is 4.2 V.
The input supply voltage is normally used to charge the battery and provide power to the LDO regulator. When a valid input voltage is not present and the battery is not empty, the device automatically switches to battery power.
The STNS01 integrates overcharge, over-discharge and overcurrent protection circuitry to prevent the battery from being damaged under fault conditions. It also features a charger enable input to stop the charging process when battery overtemperature is detected by an external circuitry.
When the shutdown mode is activated, the battery power consumption is reduced to less than 500 nA to maximize battery life during shelf time or shipping. The device is available in the DFN12L (3x3x0.75 mm) package.
Key Features
- Charges single-cell Li-Ion batteries with CC/CV algorithm and charge termination
- Charge current programmable up to 200 mA
- 1% accuracy on floating voltage (4.2 V)
- Integrated 3.1 V LDO regulator
- Automatic power path management
- Battery overcharge protection
- Battery over-discharge protection
- Battery overcurrent protection
- Charging timeout
- Very low battery leakage in over-discharge/shutdown mode
- Low quiescent current
- Charge/fault status output
- Charger enable input
- Available in a DFN12L (3x3x0.75 mm) package


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Daytona's Magical Aura: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 2004 Daytona 500February 10, 2011
Daytona has always had this magical aura with stories surrounding the Daytona 500 that everybody loves to tell over and over. As we near closer to the Daytona 500, here is a look back through some of the highlighted moments in Daytona 500 history.
The Daytona Magical Aura could easily be said for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 2001 Pepsi 400 win at the first race at Daytona since his father's death. It was a night full of emotion and meaning. However, that led to another chapter.
When Earnhardt Jr. looked to take over his father's dominance of Daytona, everybody feared that he'd go through the same thing his father did—Daytona domination with the lack of a 500 win.
From 2001 to 2003, Earnhardt Jr. came close to doing it, yet each year fell short.
In 2001, he finished second to teammate Michael Waltrip as he pushed him to the win.
In 2002, he was running second when he had to make an unscheduled pit stop after he ran over a piece of debris that fell of teammate Waltrip's car. He was later involved in the big wreck.
In 2003, he was won the Budweiser Shootout, his Gatorade Duel qualifying race and the Nationwide race. When it came to the Daytona 500, however, he fell two laps behind after having to make an unscheduled pit stop to change a bad battery.
When it came to 2004, the story changed and the question of if this would become a repetitive story was answered.
In the Budweiser Shootout, Earnhardt Jr. finished second to Dale Jarrett.
In the Gatorade Duel, Earnhardt Jr. won, which gave him the third-place starting spot. Though after pole sitter Greg Biffle changed engines, Earnhardt Jr. started the Daytona 500 on the pole.
Tony Stewart led most of the race, while Earnhardt Jr. ran second. They pitted together, drafted together and pulled out a fair bit on the rest of the field.
With 20 to go, Earnhardt Jr. made his move and passed Stewart for the lead, holding on to win the race and his first and only Daytona 500.
"We just feel real strong about being here," Earnhardt Jr. said. "You know, in a way it feels like you're closer to Dad, but at the same time it feels like it's a reminder of losing him all over again. So I wanted to come down here and win."
"Considering what this kid went through losing his father here at the Daytona 500, and knowing how good he's been here and just something's happened, it's nice to see him get his victory here, too," Stewart said.
"I think his father's really proud today. You know, I'd love to have won the race, trust me. I did everything I could to still win the race. If I could have held him off, had him finish second, I would have done in it a heartbeat. But there was no holding that kid back today. Today was his day."
Earnhardt Jr. went on to win the Nationwide Series race the next day to win three of the four races during the weekend.
The numbers for this add up in a almost perfect way as his dad won the Daytona 500 on February 15, 1998 while Earnhardt Jr. won it February 15, 2010.
With new crew chief Steve LeTarte on board and higher expectations in place, a win at Daytona could be the start of a brand new year in helping to start answering the expectations laid in front of him and getting things back on track.
To see more articles by Ashley McCubbin and live updates from the weekend, check out newsfromthepits.blogspot.com.


text: I'm in two minds about Tim Hannigan's A Brief History of Indonesia (2015). Part of my brain is cruelly happy that Hannigan's book is so deficient in covering the early period of Indonesian history (which it indubitably is), because it means that the gap in the market that I'm hoping to exploit with my own book is still open. The other part is simply sad: yet another reason to consider Indonesia neglected and poorly served by history books.


text: On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:10:39 -0400 Allen Briggs <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 10:51:26AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > > I'm not sure what you mean by "build to image", but for me, > > finishing syspkg would help a lot on the regular system as well as > > for embedded systems. > > "build to image" is kind of shift in how one thinks about managing > a NetBSD system. In the traditional *nix system management, you're > managing a system with a lot of pieces, a set of applications, > services, and configuration files. With "build to image" (I want > a better name for it), you're managing two things: a binary blob > containing the applications and services and some kind of > configuration blob (which needs to be worked out). So the > configuration stays on the system separate from the "binary blob" > which is hopefully read-only and upgraded en masse. In "build to > image", you build the "binary blob" part with whatever options you > want/need, and maybe a default configuration in case there's no (or a > corrupted) configuration on the system. I'd like that for all systems, not just embedded ones... > > I expect that model is not one that fits all embedded systems, but > that's what I want to find out. > I like the approach; I don't think that it's an alternative to syspkg. Suppose I'm using NetBSD for a PDA. Depending on the design and model, I may want Bluetooth. A syspkg should select all of the necessary programs and configuration files (and kernel modules?). The separation of the (host-specific?) Bluetooth configuration files from the Bluetooth programs is orthogonal. I think we need both. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb


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I'm warning you now… this is one of my favorite engagement sessions that we've ever photographed… 🙂As we were getting to know them during the session… I learned that on their sixth (maybe 7th 😉 ) date they drank root beer floats. Then, we came upon this root beer stand… it was fate. 😉Molly is a photographer and Glen is a visual designer… when I asked them to sit by this arrow… they didn't question me even for a second. 🙂 I love photographing creatives…People often ask me where we find the spots we photograph… my answer… it's everywhere, you just need to look for it… 😀Molly and Glen, you two are some of the most beautiful people we've met… both inside and out. If there were a fan club, I would apply to be the president. Oh, speaking of that… we once photographed the president of the Davy Jones fan club. 🙂 Yeah, sometimes I like to name drop. Those shoes that Glen is wearing… I had a pair exactly like them in 1998. 🙂 Wait… I still have them. Wow. I'm thrifty! Then a quick outfit and location change… Mike's favorite ❓AHHHH!!!! SOOOOO GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!Jumping and smiling is not the easiest of feats! These two are the definition of crazy in love.One of my favorite images I've ever ever taken. ever. ❗
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wedding | october 8, 2011 • lodi, calif.
together | october 7, 2007
engaged | may 6, 2010
molly | photographer • hometown | rocklin, calif.
glen | job • hometown | vernon, conn.
current city | san francisco, calif.
how they met, as told by molly | "I asked Glen to answer this and he said, "Fate." And then, "All the planets aligned." But my real answer is: I relocated from California to Boston for my master's degree, and moved in with a new roommate sight-unseen. After roughly a month, this roommate and her boyfriend (Debbie + Jeremy — who are now married, pregnant with our goddaughter, and our matron of honor and best man) said they needed to introduce me to Jeremy's best friend since high school, because they were pretty sure we were made for one another. They were very perceptive. 🙂 "
Thank you thank you thank you for making the haul to Indianapolis from California…! But even more thanks for asking us to be your wedding photographers. We couldn't be more excited and honored.
Much love friends…
~bobbi+mike ❗ + ❓
See… photo spots are everywhere 🙂
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Halloween Start ?
It is believed that it started about two thousand years back, in Ireland, northern France and the United Kingdom among a set of people called the Celts. Agriculture was their main occupation, and they considered 31st of October to be a major day, being the end of their harvesting season. It was their new year's eve, and they named this festival after the Lord of Darkness or the Dead, calling it "Samhain". Celtic priests (the druids), presided over these festive gatherings.
During those days, people considered winter to be the time of human death. Consequently this festive season, marking the start of winter with the ending of the summer started to get associated with the breaking of the boundary between with the dead and the living world. This particular night of 31st of October was regarded as the night when ghosts returned to the living planet as the boundary between the two worlds blurred.
This was considered to be an excellent time for predicating future, and thus the druids started to predict future, which proved to be a great sooner of comfort for the Celts during the frightening dark winter months.
If you wish to know how did Halloween start, and from where did the concept of dressing up in Halloween costumes originate, then it would be helpful to mention that as Celts celebrated their festival, the burnt crops while offering animal sacrifices in order to please their gods. They dressed up including animal skins and costumes in their costumes to add to this mood. This was the beginning of the concept of dressing up in what we call today as Halloween costumes.
Eventually the Romans conquered the Celts, and two of their festivals got combined with this Celtic festival. Gradually with the passage if time the influence of the Christian culture started to dominate their lands, and in some time this festival got replaced by a Christian holiday termed as the All Saints' Day.
This festival, though somewhat different form the Celt festival, was not a completely different concept. For instance, even this festival revolved around the deceased and was subject to various supernatural elements. Being a festival for honoring the martyrs and the saints, it did not quite change the basic essence, around which it originally had revolved.
Most experts, when asked how did Halloween start and how was it named, say that the name 'Halloween' came from this combined celebration, which became popular as All-hallowmas or All-hallows, with the night of Samhain in particular being called as the All-hallows Eve.
A lot of fun Halloween facts and superstitions came up during this time. However, during that period Halloween myths were more regarded very seriously, and were led by staunch believers, unlike the modern days, where we consider them more for the fun aspect involved.
Though a number of doubts still exist and certain theories remain unproved to perfectly answer the question 'how did Halloween start ', general views suggest the Celtic involvement. Needless to say, Halloween sure remains one spooky subject!


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Juneau Empire Managing Editor Lori Thomson has resigned from her position to start a family.
Friday will be her last day at the newspaper.
Thomson held the position of managing editor for four and a half years. She also worked as assistant city editor and design editor, and started on staff as a reporter covering natural resources in 1995.
Thomson said Juneau is an ideal place to be a journalist because the community is extremely engaged in all aspects of public life, and so many people are avid readers.
"It's been great to cover the news in a community like this," she said.
Thomson will remain in Juneau, where she and her fiancé, Riley Woodford, are planning to raise a child they are adopting from Vietnam.
Design Editor Michael Plett will be the interim managing editor starting Saturday.
The newspaper is in the process of interviewing candidates, according to Publisher Bob Hale.
Plett has worked at the Empire for five years. He has served as editor of the opinion page and Hooligan, the Empire's weekly entertainment section, and he was appointed to the Empire editorial board in 2007.
He can be reached at 523-2283 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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'Egalitarian' Mayawati woos upper castes
December 02, 2007 19:05 IST
Seeking to expand the BSP's support base in other states after its landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh, party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday said her party did not want to punish 'Manuwadis' for the caste system.
"We do not want to punish the followers of Manu for what he had done ages ago. Without associating the upper castes, we cannot create an egalitarian society as envisaged by Ambedkar. Not only the weaker sections, but we have to link all castes and classes for creating social brotherhood," she said at a rally in Kolkata.
Accusing the Congress and the BJP of launching a propaganda that the BSP was against the upper castes, she said, "If that is so, then why did the Congress ally with us in 1996. The BJP was also associated with us for some time."
She also accused the two parties, and also the Left Front in West Bengal, of doing away with reservations in the government sector by privatizing public sector units.
"Since they do this straightway, they are privatising PSUs on the excuse that they are loss making."
Mayawati said, however, that her party was not against privatisation, but said that job reservation should be ensured in such a PSU before it was handed over to private players.
The BSP chief supported job reservation for religious minorities and the economically weaker sections of the upper castes, but said that it had to be done by the Centre by amending the laws.


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I have a 93 Mazada pickup truck and it will not turn over. When I turn the ignition on, I get a ticking sound from my gas tank. I have replaced the pump and tank but still not getting a hum from my pump just a ticking sound. Truck will not start.
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The annual average temperature in Juneau has risen 4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1943, according to a meteorologist with the Juneau Weather Forecast Office.
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This and other climate changes could have a significant effect on Southeast Alaska, officials say.
The city's Scientific Panel on Climate Change is finishing a report on what environmental and socioeconomic changes could be on the horizon for the state capital, said Brendan Kelly, chairman of the six-person group.
"That's an area we want to understand better and help the community understand better," he said.
The panel was set up by Mayor Bruce Botelho to help educate the public on climate change in Juneau, Kelly said at the panel's meeting Tuesday afternoon.
"The first order is to lay out the facts in as clear a way as possible," he said. "We want to make sure we do that well before we weigh in what policy actions should be taken."
Kelly said there is no doubt the trend appears to be warmer temperatures across the globe.
"It certainly is a reality that the climate overall is warming," he said. "The earth overall is warming. ... In Juneau we're warming faster overall than the overall average."
In 1943, when local temperatures were first recorded, the average temperature for Juneau was 38 degrees. The average now is about 42.5 degrees, said Tom Ainsworth, a panelist and the meteorologist in charge of the Juneau Weather Forecast Office.
"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Ainsworth said, adding that the planet continuously goes through climate-change cycles. "It's a natural thing. But if we can use our information of these cycles to improve our lifestyle, then I think we should."
Panelist Jim Powell said there is a lot of "gloom and doom" associated with climate change and global warming, but there are things that can be done to deal with some of the issues the community could face down the road.
"There's a story here but there can be a good outcome," he said.
Powell said the community needs to turn the corner and realize that climate change is not just a global issue.
"There are things that we can do, and we can take action," he said.
Kelly and Ainsworth said the whole community should weigh in on the debate.
"This is a community issue," Ainsworth said. "It touches energy. It touches transportation, and it touches how you cook your meals."
Kelly said the panel doesn't think it has all the answers but said members can lay out what the scientific figures mean to the community.
"As scientists we have something to add to the discussion, but we should by no means necessarily be leaders of the conversation," he said. "The policy has to involve obviously a lot more than the scientific minds of the community."
Kelly said it will take business leaders and policymakers to use the panel's report to steer the community in the right direction.
"It's much harder to get a handle on is how will this translate into the socioeconomic impacts," he said. "What is this going to do to tourism?"
Ainsworth said the report will help tighten what scientists know about the climate change and present it in a community-friendly way.
"It's going to take this cosmic science thing and bring it down to the dinner table, I think," he said.
Kelly said he didn't want to give a firm date on when the report will be completed but indicated during the meeting he hoped to present it to the mayor by the middle of next month. He said the report will be presented to the Assembly and possibly other community forums during the fall or winter.
"I think it's a good sign that the community of Juneau has the foresight to take a look ahead at this time and see what we can learn," Ainsworth said.
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THEY ARE TINY FIBERS invisible to the naked eye. But scientists see in nanofibers the tremendous potential to create what the public sees as magical powers.
Just imagine a tourist in some tropical locale bitten by a very tiny sand fly. The parasite injected by the fly could multiply over time, resulting in a serious skin lesion or even possible damage to internal organs. Current treatment can involve weeks of hospitalization and painful injections of medicine into the wound. But those tiny parasites will be no match for a tiny nanofiber bandage with healing properties.
Nanofibers can transform a normal-looking dry bandage into material that can speed healing of a life-threatening wound or skin ulcer. Nanotechnology—combining nanofibers in a paper-thin layer with chemical agents that react when wet—has led to the development of a bandage that can be used in clinics and on battlefields. From the laboratory at The University of Akron to clinical testing under Food and Drug Administration review, innovations like this are bringing international attention to UA.
Dr. Darrell Reneker, a distinguished professor of polymer science at UA, discovered the "magic" of nanotechnology when working with electron microscopes at the DuPont Company in the 1960s. This was before "nano" was a common pre-fix in the scientific vocabulary. "Nano simply means 'ten to the minus nine meters.' If you put three atoms in a row, you might reach the size of a single nanofiber. Today, in our lab, we can produce a nanofibers from a process called electrospinning." It starts with a polymer solution that is electrified with an electrical charge, and the end result is a fiber that is 300 nanometers in size. Compare that to fiber in clothing—fiber that is 10,000 nanometers in size.
When you layer the nanofibers in an organized way, you can create more effective filters used in air and water filtration, or you can create a bandage that can be embedded with chemical agents for medicinal uses. The bandage in clinical testing now produces nitric oxide, which can heal skin ulcers and other stubborn wounds.
Reneker's research is now focused on novel processes for making carbon nanofibers for use in energy conversion devices and filters. In the automotive industry, for example, these fibers can be used in everything from bumpers to batteries, creating lighter weight, more fuel efficient vehicles.
"Everywhere I turn, I see possibilities for improving existing products or creating new ones utilizing nanofiber technology," says Reneker. "This is a low-cost process that produces novel fibers with many potential applications."
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