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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Dan Meyer (Seaford, N.Y.) tossed a complete game shutout earning a 3-0 win, as Coker split their Conference Carolinas doubleheader with Pfeiffer University on Saturday.
Meyer (3-2) had a stellar outing, allowing just four hits, while holding the Falcons scoreless with three strikeouts. The complete game effort was Meyer's fourth of the season.
Fico Kondla (Miami, Fla.) and Jake Frazier (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla.) each drove in a run, to lead the Coker offense in game two.
The Cobras (13-12, 6-5 Conf. Carolinas) dropped the opening game of the doubleheader, 7-4. Tyler Witzel (Melbourne, Fla.) (1-2) was tagged with the loss. He gave up seven runs on nine hits in five innings on the mound.
Lucas Britt (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and Frazier were the leading hitters in game one. They were both 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Coker and Pfeiffer will complete their three-game Conference Carolinas series with a single nine inning game on Sunday at 1 p.m.


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The Bike Loan program is for Students who wish to check out a bike for an extended period of time. Schwinn bikes will be available for check out at the Outdoor Complex for the semseter. Included in the no cost check out will be the bike and a lock. Participants will receive an information sheet when they check out the bikes with the expectations of the program. Provided that the bikes are returned with reasonable wear and tear, in good working order, there will no charge. However, students may be held accountable for mis-use, abuse or failing to return the bikes up to $200 on a case by case basis.
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Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide main content.
By: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH Education
This educator's guide provides K-12 teachers with information about the key concepts of the AMNH Hall of Biodiversity. Visitors can orient themselves using a map of the Hall, complete with detailed description of labels. Background information is linked to three areas of the curriculum: habitats, human effects on the environment, and evolution. Activities for pre-, during, and post-visit focus on these same curricular requirements.


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You might want to think about the adjectives:
She was being silly last night.
She was silly last night.
Both sentences are possible and both describe her behaviour. I'd use the progressive in examples like this:
Don't take what she said seriously; she was just being silly.
Here, I don't think 'was silly' would fit in- it's describing the frivolity of her behaviour rather than judging her negatively.
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His company is expanding and Britt Murphey, owner of B&B Molders LLC in Mishawaka, Ind., gives credit to a series of events that changed the company culture.
As reported by the South Bend Tribune, the plastic injection molding company's nearly $2.5 million expansion project will add space and ceiling height so the business has more room for raw material storage and offices.
"It's going to improve our flexibility, timing and the way we handle new product development," Murphey said of the new space. "It will allow us to do things that not many molders in this region can do. It will position us to have the technology and capability that no one else has."
But, six years ago, Murphey wouldn't have believed the company would be in this position so soon.
At that time, the company, which serves the RV, health care and defense industries, was like "any other molder," he said. Business was good and the company had just finished a $3.5 million expansion project.
"And that was right at the time that everything took a big dump," he said, referring to the tanking of the economy. "We lost about 63% of our customers. I've never felt so alone and uncertain about my ability, or how we would weather a storm."
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Our current Gift card supplier has taken the decision to cease trading and therefore online redemption will be unavailable from 19th November 2018. If you wish to redeem your gift card, please call Customer Sales on +44(0)1243 755055.
Saturday provides one of the season's undoubted racing highlights, the Group 2 Celebration Mile. In addition to the thrilling racing action they'll be lots of complimentary entertainment to keep the whole family entertained. Gates open 11.30am.
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Our premier enclosure, featuring stylish bars, restaurants and private entertaining facilities. It offers the best vantage points of the Racecourse from where to watch the racing, or visit the Parade Ring.
Richmond Enclosure guests are also able to access both the Gordon and Lennox Enclosures, and all facilities within.
A dress code applies for this enclosure. For gentlemen, a jacket & tie, cravat or polo neck sweater is required. Boys aged 16+ are required to follow the dress code for gentlemen whereas boys 7-15 years are kindly encouraged to wear a collared shirt.
Please note: Jeans, trainers, shorts and fancy dress are all not permitted for either ladies or gentlemen.
Goodwood Racecourse is well-served for people with accessibility needs; view the accessibility page or call 01243 755055 for more information.
Slightly less formal than the Richmond Enclosure, guests in the Gordon Enclosure can enjoy the thrill of racing at Goodwood with the following benefits:
Booking 5 or more tickets for a fixture? You'll save 10% when you order 5-9 tickets and 20% on orders of 10 or more tickets. Discount will be applied automatically at the checkout.
Whilst there is no strict dress code for the Gordon Enclosure we encourage all racegoers to dress smartly. Shorts, trainers and sportswear are all discouraged. Fancy dress and sleeveless tops are not permitted.
Our most relaxed enclosure. Popular with groups and families, the Lennox offers exceptional value for money. Access includes:
Experience the excitement of racing at Goodwood from your own reserved picnic & parking berth. Lay out the picnic and set out the deckchairs by your car, then sit back and enjoy the thrill & spectacle, up close to the action, right against the rails at the Three Furlong point. Your ticket includes:
Celebrate in style with friends and purchase this exclusive package. Costing just £5 more per person than a standard Richmond Enclosure ticket, it includes:
What a way to make your day extra special. This package for four, costing just £3.75 more per person than a standard Gordon Enclosure ticket, includes:
Choose our Gordon Raceday Package for the ultimate all-in-one racing experience. For just £10 more than a standard Gordon Enclosure ticket you can enjoy:
The family package is great value, giving the whole family the opportunity to enjoy a memorable day at the races. Costing just £6 more then two standard Lennox Enclosure tickets, it includes:
Choose from two, intimate raceday experiences in the Gordon and Richmond enclosures.
Tucked away, high above the crowds, this effortlessly cool, new, private bar is one of the hottest tickets for 2018. The Lookout has it's own sun-kissed balcony which gives spectacular views of the Parade Ring and the stunning seascape of the Solent beyond.
Enjoy the thrills of racing at the world's most beautiful racecourse from the exclusive Sussex Roof Garden, within the Gordon Enclosure. Contemporary style, stunning panoramic views and a laidback atmosphere make it the perfect destination for groups of any size. Your ticket includes a Prosecco cocktail and a Goodwood cheese & charcuterie board on arrival. On the day you'll also have the chance to create your own gin-based cocktails from the bar top Gin Garden.
The Sussex Roof Garden is a shared entertaining area. Should you wish to entertain in a Private Box please call the Hospitality Team on 01243 755054.
Our restaurants all enjoy stunning views, be it across the Downs with views overlooking the Solent and out to the Isle of Wight, towards the Parade Ring or overlooking the racecourse itself.
This stunning new restaurant puts you right at the heart of the action, with incredible views down the home straight.
The Charlton Hunt fine dining restaurant offers panoramic views stretching from Chichester to the Isle of Wight. Serving quintessentially British dishes using the finest regional produce and fine wines. The extensive balcony offers an uninterrupted view of the finishing line, a must for any racing enthusiast.
The Horsewalk Restaurant is a modern all-day British restaurant with a strong emphasis on locally sourced food, featuring Goodwood Estate pork, lamb and beef alongside fresh, locally caught fish to create a three-course menu that tantalises.
Situated within the Gordon Enclosure, The Kitchen provides the perfect space to relax in stylish surroundings. Located on the second floor of the Sussex Stand, the restaurant provides views out towards the Parade Ring as well as being ideally situated in the heart of the racecourse.
Please note that a Gordon Enclosure Admission ticket is not included in the price and will need to be purchased seperately
Ideally positioned to view the horses in the Parade Ring before and after each race, enjoy this traditional à la carte grill restaurant that celebrates the best of the British land and sea with a contemporary edge - combining style with mouth-watering comfort food.
Reserve your place today, and pay in the restaurant for your food on the day.
Located on the first floor of the elegant Sussex Stand within the Gordon Enclosure, the course-facing Sussex Boxes enjoy stunning views of the Racecourse and countryside beyond. They all have a private balcony and are within easy reach of the Parade Ring, making them the perfect location for watching the racing action.
Sussex Boxes are perfect for groups of 16 or more.
To enquire about this product call the Hospitality Team on 01243 755054: Price: £4608 (inc.VAT) based on 16 people.
Located on the top floor of the magnificent March Stand within the Richmond Enclosure, the paddock-facing March Boxes face the Parade Ring with panoramic views of all the off-course action and entertainment throughout the day.
March Boxes are perfect for groups of 12 or more.
To enquire about this product call the Hospitality Team on 01243 755054: Price: £3456 (inc.VAT) based on 12 people.
We have a number of paid and free car parking areas at Goodwood. The free car park (Car Park 9) is a 10-minute walk from the East Entrance, or, if you prefer to be closer then Car Park 5 (Richmond Enclosure) and Car Park 8 (Gordon Enclosure) costs £5 per car.
Coach parking is available free of charge on the day.
Racecards are the official programmes for your race day at Goodwood. They give you the form of the day's runners and riders, as well as information on how you can make the most of your day, including eating and drinking, entertainment and live music. They are priced at £3.50.
Looking to attend as a group? Take advantage of our great group savings when purchasing 5 or more tickets, in advance, for the Gordon or Lennox Enclosure. What's more, as well as a group saving the organiser also goes free for all orders of 10+ tickets when purchasing over the phone!*
The group discount will automatically be applied at the checkout when purchasing 5 or more tickets for the same day and enclosure, in a single transaction.


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About Hurghada
Once a tiny fishing village unknown to the rest of the world, Hurghada took on a growth explosion thanks to tourism in the 1980s and nowadays is one of Egypt's most popular Red Sea resorts. In reality, the Hurghada of today comprises three main centres and numerous self-contained tourist villages. To the north, lies El-Dahar, which hosts more than half of the total local population and some of Hurghada's more expensive hotels, restaurants and the tourist bazaar. A couple of kilometres south, between El-Dahar and New Hurghada lies Sigala, perhaps less popular than El-Dahar. Still further south is New Hurghada where there is a concentration of up market hotels and restaurants.
With pristine white beaches and impossibly beautiful turquoise water, which laps gently at the shore, it is little wonder that Hurghada has sky-rocketed in popularity. With recent unrest in the Middle East region, the number of travellers to Egypt has dipped, but things are on the up again. Visitors to Hurghada will be reassured to know that the government has dramatically ramped up security measures, making Hurghada, and other traveller hotspots, safer than ever.
There are dozens of activities here for travellers who like a bit of adventure but by far and away the most popular of them all is diving. Situated on the coast of the Red Sea, Hurghada is home to some of the most stunning reefs and marine life in the world. It also helps that the water is bath temperature and crystal clear, giving swimmers top notch visibility. If you prefer to keep your feet on terra firma, a trip to the bazaar in El-Dahar or a camel ride through the desert should keep you suitably entertained.
Hurghada become (mainly since the early 1990) more popular with East European and Russian tourists. Being a modern town, Hurghada lacks any historical or noteworthy sites.
Hurghada is one of the main tourism attractions on the Red Sea in Egypt. Because of that, it can be reached from major airports in Europe and the Middle East.
Over the last ten years the citizens of Hurghada have seen an amazing development. From desert sand has risen a town with more than 200 hotels, booming shopping promenades and vibrant nightlife. With ever growing number of tourist and perfect climate, this Red Sea Riviera has no off season. Hurghada has a special community where local habits and culture is presented next to resort lifestyle and behavior.
But the biggest beauty of Hurghada starts where coast ends – blue Red Sea is the reason why your dreams will stay with us. If it takes place in or on the water you can do it here: windsurfing, sailing, deep-sea fishing, swimming, but above all, snorkeling and diving. The unique underwater gardens offshore are some of the finest in the world, justifiably famous amongst divers. The warm waters here are ideal for many varieties of rare fish and coral reefs, which may also be observed through glass bottom boats.
The huge advantage of the Red Sea is that visitors can enjoy the beauty of the marine world equipped with nothing more than a mask, snorkel and flippers. The spectacle is of course even more impressive when wearing a tank and weight belt.
Close to Hurghada you will find many of Egypt's top tourist attractions and most impressive resorts. A particularly favourite is Sharm el Sheikh, which lies alongside the Gulf of Aqaba and is famous for its scuba diving and sandy beaches, while on the south-western side of Hurghada, the provincial capital of Qena contains a particularly impressive temple complex. Also within reach of Hurghada, the city of Luxor is without equal and full of awe-inspiring monuments, such as the Valley of the Kings.
Hurghada Information :
- Country: Egypt
- Location: east coast / Red Sea coast
- Status: town / resort
- Population: approximately 50,000
- Language: Arabic
- Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)
- Time zone: 2 hours ahead of GMT / UTC
- Country dialing code: +20
- Telephone area code: 065
- Religion: predominantly Muslim, remaining Coptic Christian
- Average daily Hurghada January temperature: 19°C / 66°F
- Average daily Hurghada July temperature: 40°C / 104°F
Arriving to Hurghada
From abroad
Hurghada International and Domestic Airport, 10 minutes ride from city center, is receiving many flights through out the year. Most common are charter flights to Hurghada, which you can check out from your travel agent. Increasingly, regular flights are operating.
Before planning your holiday, check out the entry regulations. In some cases visa must be applied for from local embassy. However, for most of the nations, touristic visa can be easily obtained upon arrival from airport - either it is included in your travel package or you shall buy one from airport bank (ca 15 USD). The visa is valid for 30 days and can be prolonged for extra charge in Visa office located in El Dahar. Be aware that after stay of 90 days no charter flight is allowed for departure!
Upon arrival all passengers are given entry forms which must be filled for the passport control. Same applies to departure. Make sure that the passport is valid for at least six months from date of entry.
From other cities of Egypt
For domestic flight, ferry and bus routes please check the transportation paragraph.
The city of Hurghada is divided into three areas- Sheraton Road, El Dahar and the Promenade.
1- Sheraton Road (El Sakala)
Sheraton road or El Sakala center is the main tourist street in town. It is the busiest street in town with numerous bazaars, coffee shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, restaurants and night clubs. You will find many hotels on the sea side of Sakala. Across the street are situated apartments for locals and foreigners living here (especially Hadaba). Sakala square is located in the one end of the main street. Here you will find many fish restaurants and local eateries. From the beginning of Sakala in a walking distance you will find an El Arousa square – a bride or mermaid standing in the middle of the road. The street to the sea side will lead you to Hurghada Marina – the new city promenade by the marina with luxury yachts and apartments surrounded by old fisherman households. Opened in 2008, one will find in Marina many shops (incl. some high street brands), fabulous bars, fine dining restaurants, nightclubs or just nice walking area for warm summer nights.
2- The Promenade (Village Road)
The second famous touristic area is called Village road (El Memsha in Arabic). More than 5 km long promenade with wide and clean walking area, mainly 4 stars hotels, famous nightclubs, restaurants with international cuisine, some mall-type shopping centers and uncountable number of shops. For a first acquaintance with Hurghada, Village road is more peaceful and less harassment for tourist than one will experience in Sakala area, but therfore as well reflects much less local culture and lifestyle than any other parts of the town. Famous spots in Village road include Esplanada Mall, Kottas mall, Duty free shop, Little Buddha nightclub and Hard Rock café.
3- El Dahar
And then there is l eft El Dahar. Dahar is home for most of the locals living in the area, but as well for number of hotels, city council, aquarium, library, biggest mosques and food market. In Dahar one will find touristic and not so touristic areas, although until now, most of the areas are safe enough to sneak around and discover the other face of Hurghada. If interested in shopping, Dahar offers you streets full of bazaars and good bargains.
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The brainy brains at SCI-Arc and Caltech have designed an entirely solar-powered house that is clean, green, and energy-efficient. It's also remarkably easy to use, thanks to the fact that the entire thing is powered by Xbox's Kinect motion controls.
Fastcodesign breaks it down:
The Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype Solar House (CHIP) has an Xbox Kinect for a master command centre that lets residents tweak lights and shades using basic gestural movements, like pointing and sweeping their arms. Too forgetful (or just plain lazy) for that? The house has a 3-D camera that can track your movements and automatically switch off the lights behind you.
Here's what it looks like:
Given how hard a time I sometimes have getting my Kinect to work with my gestures, I would imagine that it would be easier to control your house using voice-activation than physical movement. Rather than "Xbox: Pause!" I'm imagining saying "House: Turn off the lights!" Yeah, that'd work.
You can read all the project at their official website below, and I recommend it — it sounds like a damn cool house, though I'm not sure I'd want to live there just yet.
Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype 2011 [Sci-Arc/Caltech via Fastcodeslgn.com]


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With former President Jimmy Carter revealing Sunday that he no longer needs cancer treatments after being declared cancer-free in December, take a look back at his life and career so far. [ + - ]
James Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Ga., on Oct. 1, 1924. His parents were James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. [ + - ]
Carter was elected president in 1976. Here, President Jimmy Carter is seen on television during his first fireside chat on Feb. 2, 1977 [ + - ]
President Jimmy Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House, Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1977. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. Carter was recognized for many years of public service and during his acceptance speech he urged others to work for peace. [ + - ]
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean (L) is introduced by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as Rosalynn Carter stands behind her husband Jan. 18, 2004, in downtown Plains, Georgia. [ + - ]
(L-R) Franklin Graham, Billy Graham, and former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton bow their heads in prayer during the Billy Graham Library Dedication Service on May 31, 2007, in Charlotte, North Carolina. [ + - ]
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela (L) shakes hands with the former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter during a ceremony marking his 89th birthday in Johannesburg, on July 18, 2007. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (2nd R) and his wife Rosalynn Carter (L) place a wreath at the tomb Yaser Arafat April 15, 2008, in Ramallah, the West Bank. [ + - ]
Sandinista leader and presidential candidate Daniel Ortega and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) smile before their meeting at a hotel in Managua on November 6, 2006. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) listen to the Cuban national anthem at the baseball stadium "Latinoamericano" in Havana, on May 14, 2002. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) and Cuban President Fidel Castro talk during a departure ceremony at Jose Marti International airport in Havana, on May 17, 2002. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (2nd L) is accompanied to the stage by U.S. President George W. Bush (L), former President George Bush (R) and former President Jimmy Carter (2nd R), at the start of the dedication ceremony for the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, on November 18, 2004. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker announce the contents and recommendations of the final report of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal election reform in the U.S. Capitol, September 19, 2005. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) follows U.S. President George W. Bush, former president Bill Clinton, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former president George H.W. Bush at a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside Atlanta Feb. 7, 2006. [ + - ]
Former President George H.W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, former President Jimmy Carter, former first lady Rosalyn Carter, former President Gerald Ford, former first lady Betty Ford, (L to R front) President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney, former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., sit during the state funeral for former President Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral June 11, 2004, in Washington, D.C. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter arrive onstage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. [ + - ]
Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripkin (L) meets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalyn Carter during a National League baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies in Atlanta April 10, 2006. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter greets Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb on the second day of Egypt's presidential election on May 24, 2012, in Cairo, Egypt. Carter Center election monitors observed the vote, the first of the post-Mubarak era. [ + - ]
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Damascus on June 11, 2009. [ + - ]
Former President Bill Clinton (L-R), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former president George W. Bush and his wife Barbara, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Jill, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former President Jimmy Carter wait for the funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts, on Aug. 29, 2009. [ + - ]
South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, left, talks Aug. 6, 2001, with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and chairman of Habitat for Humanity Korea Chung Kun-Mo, right, inside a house built by the Jimmy Carter Work Project 2001 in Asan, about 60 miles south of Seoul, South Korea. [ + - ]
Aijalon Mahli Gomes reaches to embrace his mother Jacqueline McCarthy (green) after arriving with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) in Boston, Mass., on Aug. 27, 2010. The U.S. State Department on Friday welcomed the release of an American who had been imprisoned in North Korea and thanked former President Carter for bringing him home. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter works a Habitat for Humanity home building site in the Ivy City neighborhood of Washington on Oct. 4, 2010. Carter attended the event to kick off World Habitat Day. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter watches the Atlanta Braves play the San Francisco Giants in Game 3 of their MLB National League Division Series baseball playoff game in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 10, 2010. [ + - ]
Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (C), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (L) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (R) meet in a protest tent with Palestinian residents to look at look at the wounds of 10-year-old child Muslim Odeh, who claims he was arrested and beaten by Israeli border police in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Oct. 21, 2010, in East Jerusalem. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a May 29, 2010, get-together with former South African President Nelson Mandela along with (L-R) Graca Machel, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Kofi Annan, Gro Brundtland, Martti Ahtisaari, Ela Bhatt and Lakhdar Brahimi. Together, they comprised a group Mandela called The Elders, who were tasked by Mandela with being a "force for good." [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (C), his wife Rosalyn Carter and Cuban Parliament's President Ricardo Alarcon plant a tree May 15, 2002, next to the Frank Pais Primary School in the Las Guasimas section of Havana, Cuba. Carter went on a six-day visit to Cuba and is the first American president to visit the communist island since Fidel Castro took power in 1959. [ + - ]
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W.H. Bush and George W. Bush attend the Points of Light Institute Tribute to Former President George H.W. Bush at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on March 21, 2011, in Washington, D.C. [ + - ]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) listens to an answer while sitting on stage with Polish President Lech Walesa (not shown), former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev (C), and former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk (L) during a panel discussion at the University of Illinois at Chicago as part of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on April 23, 2012. [ + - ]
President Barack Obama (L) stands with first lady Michelle Obama (2nd-R) and former Presidents Jimmy Carter (2nd-L) and Bill Clinton during the ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial. [ + - ]
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I'm so excited. We have a very cool Aussie designer and master blogger staying with us at A Butler's Manor right now. She is here because she loves all things Hamptons/Cape Cod, and she has a design business in Queensland where she sells a lot of things that look like they grow here. I already follow her blog. I aspire to her daily blog activity for either Chatter From the Manor, or In My Words, my writer-persona blog. (In my spare time!) In point of fact, she's in New York to attend a blogging conference. Until she told me that, I had no idea there was such a thing!
It's a lot of fun to see visitors enjoy their exploration of the area, and Anne-Maree is so exuberant that I want to share her impressions (and all the photos!) by attaching her blog here. If you've not yet been to the Hamptons, between our blog and What to Do page and Anne-Maree's, this will give you a good feeling for our little town. If you've been here before, it will bring back happy memories!
Anne-Maree's blog: The House That A-M Built
It's been a big month for art events. The second weekend of July was the massive ArtHamptons fair, and last weekend was art Southampton , both held in separate locations inside a huge, air conditioned luxury "tent" (well, it qualified as a tent because it wasn't there last week and won't be there tomorrow, but this structure had glass fire doors, a bar and a snack bar). I dropped by to see what was on offer at the second show, which was modern art from dealers from all over the world, and was impressed by the scope of the show. What was particularly nice was that, unlike most art or antiques events held out in the Hamptons, both events offered extended gallery hours, the latter until 10 PM most of the four nights it was open. This is a novel concept, as most events force visitors to choose: Beach? Shopping? Special Event? during daylight hours. It's nice to be able to fit it all in!
On a smaller, more local scale, Art in the Park was held the third weekend of July in Agawam Park over Saturday and Sunday. Art in the Park is sponsored by the Southampton Artists' Association, who also hold a number of shows each year at the Southampton Cultural Center. No bar or air conditioning here; just a true village art festival featuring some extensive local talent. And there's plenty of it.
Just in case you thought the Hamptons were just all about the beach!
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Blogging conferences are pretty fun, you may want to look into attending one, it is a great way to network and meet other bloggers. The Art Hamptons, as well as the Art Southampton events sound like a great way to view some great regional art. The tent the events were held in also sound quite amazing.ReplyDelete
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Post subject: Need help understanding my sails
I am fairly new to the sport (just a year) and I have two different sails that I use with my Fanatic Viper 180.
6.5M Chinook Powerglide (design by Ezzy for what that's worth) with chinook 460 RDM mast.
9.5M Ezzy Cheetah with 490 Ezzy RDM mast.
What i've come to find is that I rarely if ever want to use the 6.5M... Compared to the Cheetah it feels like i'm sailing with a piece of plywood. When trying to go upwind, it tries to go all the way in to the wind. It seems like my Cheetah responds much more nicely and comfortably making it a lot easier to find that comfortable zone where I can maximize my upwind angle (I'm not afraid to explore that region of upwind, since I know it won't suddenly send me into a lull.) The 6.5M also seems like it doesn't shed wind much, I usually have to sail in pretty gusty conditions and the 6.5 seems like it's always whipping back and forth, much more so that the 9.5M. (admittedly, the only times I'm going to rig the 6.5 is if the winds are much higher, so that's part of it, but not all of it) In my limited experience with other sails/rigs/boards, I find most of them behave to me like the 6.5M, but they've all been smaller than 6.5M. The 9.5 almost feels like it has shock absorbers, making it much more manageable. I'd really have to be in winds higher than ~25MPH before I'd rig my 6.5 over the 9.5M and that just doesn't seem right (and since I'm still a noob, a bit on the unsafe side, it's hard to pull up a 9.5 in a tornado!)
So... my questions:
*Is it the way I've rigged them? I fully admit I'm not the best at rigging, but i've got the basic concept that a bit of softness at the top should help let off the big gusts. Is it possible that I just need rig the 6.5 better than I have been?
* Is there something else I can adjust, like fin (I use the stock fin for the 6.5 and a 54 cm fin for the 9.5M) or the mast position?
* if I were to get a smaller Cheetah for faster winds, would I have the same issue? (maybe smaller sails are just stiffer in general?)
* I assume that the masts are roughly equivalent for flex, is that a bad assumption? (for what it's worth, there is a night and day difference in quality of the mast, of course the ezzy mast was a few bucks more)
I apologize if any of my explanations are vague, I haven't really caught on to a lot of the sailing lingo!
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Over the decades, the word that first came to my mind in describing the feel of a sail that has insufficient downhaul is "plywood".
In addition, my first reaction to anyone new enough to have to ask "Is my saiil downhauled enough?", without reading any further, is ,"No", because it's a pretty sound assumption that anyone who has to ask that question is not downhauled enough.
Third ... if you need over 25 mph ON THE WATER to plane with a 6.5, weigh less than 500 pounds, and are on a board over 60 liters, you need some lessons, as something is very wrong.
Fourth, your unfamiliarity with the lingo implies you are trying to figure this sport out on your own. If so, you will waste unnecessary YEARS in the process. Videos, books, tutorials and lessons would be helpful beyond your imagination, especially in revealing the OTHER 238 questions you need to be asking.
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To echo what iso is saying, buy this video:
I'm 303 pounds, fully dressed, as of this morning. My sail breakdown is this:
9.5m - 15-18
8.5m - 17-20 (my favorite sail, btw)
7.5m - 19-24
6.5m - 24-30ish
Board and fin matter. Also, I can get my 7.5 going in 17 but it's edgy. I can ride my 9.5 (which is a Lion with cams) in 25 when it's rigged tight, but it's no fun at all. My 8.5 and 7.5 are both Cheetahs and are my favorite sails, bar none.
The Powerglide is a relatively baggy beginner sail that's not really made for higher wind sailing. A 6.5 Cheetah will have the same give as your 9.5. My 6.5 is a Legend and it's a blast to sail. It will also have more range. A "normal" sized person should be able to sail a 6.5 in around 20 or less.
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Isobar: First off, I appreciate the response, but please ditch the negativity. Not all of us have been in the sport a lifetime and live in an area with plenty of experienced & friendly windsurfers (or classes) to learn from. The best videos and books can't always explain some subtleties like rigging very well, or at least I haven't found them yet (and I've seen a few).
I have no problem planing with either sail, that's not at all what I was asking about. Planing isn't the be all/end all of my windsurfing session. It's about the feel of the sails, and how they respond to various conditions. Quite simply the 9.5m is more enjoyable than the 6.5m even in conditions where I should be picking the smaller sail, and I'm trying to explain how they feel and understand why they are that way.
Insofar as rigging and downhauling, you might be right. I rig both of the sails in a similar way, yet one feels much nicer to me than the other. Maybe smaller sails need more downhaul? I will give it a shot, though I've had similar opinions about the few other small sails i've tried that were rigged by people other than myself.
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To echo what iso is saying, buy this video:
Thanks Brian - I have that video and i've watched it a few times, though not recently. Perhaps I need to review it again. I think your sail ranges are exactly where I would expect mine to be (assuming I had that many!) It is perplexing to me that they're not. (hence my questions!)
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Perhaps you could post a picture of this 6.5 in question when it's rigged.
Take a picture of the sail lying on the ground with the camera angle from the clew looking towards the top of the sail. The experts will be able to tell if it's got the correct DH, OH or batten tension.
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Isobar: First off, I appreciate the response, but please ditch the negativity.
Sorry, guy, but I just offered you hundreds of man-years of collective observations and advice, often expressed explicitly by many sailors here. Whether you want to listen is your call, but your opinion of that body of knowledge as "negativity" does not bode well for you.
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Not all of us have been in the sport a lifetime ...
Exactly. Ignore the lifers at your own peril.
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and live in an area with plenty of experienced & friendly windsurfers (or classes) to learn from.
I'll assume that's a joke. My first decade of sailing was primarily in Utah and New Mexico, where no one I knew could jibe when I was trying to figure it out and from which I had three options for lessons beyond "This is called a windsurfer": Drive 900 miles to Corpus Christi, drive 1300 miles to the Gorge, and fly to Maui. I did all three expressly for lessons, and found bupkus back then.
bse wrote:
The best videos and books can't always explain some subtleties like rigging very well, or at least I haven't found them yet (and I've seen a few).
Thus our collective, resounding, frequent advice to BUY SOME PROFESSIONAL LESSONS AT ANY COST ... including rigging if necessary. I sent a two-page list of lesson objectives and a blank check for a solid week of all-day private lessons to a Corpus instructor in advance before driving there for our scheduled week. She didn't show up.
bse wrote:
It's about the feel of the sails
Which is exactly what my opening post addressed.
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:21 pm
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bse- ignore the blabber of superior ones that know it all, rig that Chinook to the specs that are stated on the sail then crank it a little more -downhaul & outhaul -past that, I always like my stuff a little more pegged than the recommended specs. Have fun, experiment around with it.
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Hi bse,
The Chinook Powerglide sail is meant to be lightweight and easy to use for beginners in light winds.
It doesn't have the right shape, contour, and tension pattern to be stable in strong wind.
That said, you might be able to make it a little more stable by:
1. Adding more downhaul to increase the amount of twist-off at the head of the sail.
2. Maybe reducing the amount of outhaul a bit, because if you outhaul too hard the sail will be flat and will feel "twitchy."
3. Increasing the batten tension to remove wrinkles along the batten pockets and add a more firmly curved "profile" to the sail.
4. Making sure the boom and mast base are not under- or overextended. You should tweak them so that there's no more than an inch of line leftover between the cleat and the sail grommet when the sail is properly tensioned.
Ultimately, you'll probably want to sell the powerglide and replace it with a normal sail of similar size. A 6.5 - 7.5 Cheetah would work well.
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Thanks to all, even the 'get off my lawn' isobar's advice will be taken to heart.
James, Beagle, Bigwave and Brian... thanks for the simple and straightforward answers without putting me down for trying to learn as much as I can, through whatever sources I can!
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Carson Palmer, acquired for a first-round draft pick and a first- or second-round pick Tuesday from the Cincinnati Bengals, will be the backup and it remains to be seen if there is a plan to get him some playing time.
The Raiders also have Terrelle Pryor active, and he has already been in to take a snap in spread formation, which is suited to his skills as a runner-passer.
Coach Hue Jackson declined to name a starter during the week, waiting to see if Palmer would be ready after being off for the last six weeks and having not played in a game since last year's regular-season finale.
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I think they need to get a new shtick. Aren't there other OT oddities for them to obsess about?
@Bella Rose - Knowing and being able to articulate why I am an Atheist. I think that's where I need to start. Then it's time for some action.
That is exactly right - and with the internet, hopefully a lot more christians can see the brainwashing that has been going on since birth. The eldest son, Nate Phelps, a gay rights advocate and anti-child abuse activist, and an Atheist, left when he was eighteen, his story is worth reading, and he travels the country giving lectures, TV appearances and radio talks, about his hateful family, and how he got out. Some of the girls of age, go to college, doing law, and know all the loopholes in the law, so they can do what they do - and it is all tax free.
Megan and Grace Phelps left, I don't know when, Josh Phelphs, grandson I think, left in 2003, and Libby Phelps Alvarez, grandchild of founder Fred Phelps, left in 2009, so there is hope, and bravo them for having the guts to get out.
Louix Thereoux is English and fearless. I didn't watch this whole video, as I have seen a number of them before. There is one, in church, with the group sprouting hatred, and there was a bloke in the back of the church, who was gay and crying, trying to be 'fixed'. That is what really broke me up.
I think Megan Phelps moved to one of the Gulf coast states with her live-in boyfriend, I recall seeing a picture of her on the beach, in a bikini, which I doubt her mama bought her.
The way they smile and laugh at everything is really creepy. I'm sure they've been trained to do that so they don't look weak for the cameras--can't give that documentary any hint that anything's wrong. Plus it builds themselves up. You can see they learned it from Fred, too--just laugh at and belittle anything you don't want to think about.
That older girl especially--she reminds me of Rillian from The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia). Have you read that one? The prince who's brainwashed and laughs at everything, laughs as he talks about slaughtering a nation and taking over their land.
The funny part is, they are actually following what their bible teaches better then any other Christian group. The bible does teach that b.s., yet other Christians hate them. lol They should be deported imo. Just put them on a boat and leave them in shark infested international waters...tell them their citizenship has been revoked. lol
I simply cannot bear to watch this. Its offensive to my eye ears. What those adults are doing to those kids is indeed child abuse, its outrageous.
I remember when that was first televised, oh I just felt so sorry for those poor kids. Their brains were litrally turned to mush
Of course it's clear cut. These are people who are profoundly ignorant and consumed with hate. The fact that they are almost entirely made up of a single family of inbred morons suggests that their hateful extremism will eventually die with them. The military should then picket THEIR funerals. Just kidding; their funerals should be left alone so these lonely imbeciles can fester in their own filth.
That or they would picket his funeral that no one is attending.
Never gonna happen, they've made it clear on the video that theyh don't believe in "honoring the dead," so they likely toss 'em in the ground, cover 'em up, and go home.
It is. I used to live in Topeka, KS - I went to college there at Washburn University. The Phelps family or Westboro Baptist Church often pickets the campus every week - each week being a different corner of campus. They came out in full force opening night when the theater department put on the production of The Laramie Project. Luckily none of them were admitted into the production and a number of students staged a counter protest that prevented them from coming anywhere near the theater. The Phelp's church truly is filled only family members and any family member who disagrees with them or stands up to them is immediately cast out of the family.
It was said on campus that the reason why Fred Phelps became so enraged by homosexuality is because he supposedly had a son who attended Washburn, and while there, his son revealed that he was gay. As the story goes, Fred supposedly blamed the school for "turning" his son into a homosexual. I don't know if this is true though. However, this link essentially dismisses it: Fred Phelps.
I once passed through Topeka - State Capital of Kansas - I expected skyscrapers, and found two-story office buildings. Big letdown.
I also camped at a lake NE of there, great fishing!


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Advanced Practice Nurse (FT) - Geriatric Ambassador Program Lead
RWJBarnabas Health
RWJBarnabas Health is the most comprehensive health care delivery system in New Jersey, with a service area covering five million people. The system includes eleven acute care hospitals Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, RWJUH- New Brunswick, RWJUH- Somerset in Somerville, RWJUH- Hamilton, RWJUH- Rahway and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; three acute care children s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital (Children s Specialized Hospital), a freestanding 100-bed behavioral health center, trauma centers, a satellite emergency department, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi-site imaging centers and an accountable care organization.
Barnabas Health Medical Group is a multispecialty group practice comprised of highly trained and experienced world class primary and specialty care physicians. Barnabas Health Medical Group physicians provide compassionate and innovative cutting-edge care for people at every stage of life at easily accessible facilities conveniently located throughout New Jersey. Backed by the vast continuum of resources of RWJBarnabas Health, the largest not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system in New Jersey and one of the largest in the nation, our dedicated physicians and expertly trained supporting staff continuously strive for clinical excellence.
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The James and Sharon Maida Geriatrics Institute encompasses an 18- bed ACE (Acute Care for Hospitalized Elders) unit and a comprehensive outpatient geriatrics practice offering both primary care and consultative geriatrics care as well as palliative care consultation and follow up. The Maida Institute includes physical therapy services with an onsite gym, occupational therapy (including training in an ADL (Activities of Daily Life) model kitchen, vestibular rehabilitation, and audiology services. The Maida Institute offers patients and caregivers extensive social work support programs ranging from support groups, counseling, and community referrals, to bereavement services. The Better Health Program at the Maida Institute offers free membership and a variety of social and educational programs that combined with onside health coaching serve to help the surrounding senior community approach the health concerns in aging with camaraderie and knowledge. Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus s Geriatrics programming also includes a Geriatrics Emergency Medicine Program.
The James and Sharon Maida Institute serves as a community and State-wide resource for geriatrics care, currently employing 2 physicians, a nurse practitioner, one nurse, 2 geriatrics pharmacists, 1 social worker, 2 health coaches, and a program director, as well as 4 physical therapists, 2 occupational therapists, a full time audiologist, and a rehabilitation medicine director. The Ambassador Program will serve to link these comprehensive services and professionals to the older adult communities as well as seniors living in assisted living and nursing home settings.
The James and Sharon Maida Institute at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood New Jersey is located in Ocean County. There are approximately 92 senior communities, 20 assisted livings, 35 long term care/nursing homes, and 10 senior day programs in the surrounding local area. The ambassador program was developed from the need for onsite geriatrics expertise with links to Maida Institute professionals at varying schedules and frequency in the variety of care settings previously described. The ambassador program will provide onsite medical care to these programs based on individual need. The program will be managed and directed by a Geriatrics certified Adult Nurse Practitioner. On site clinical care will be provided on site to interested locations, as well as at the institute for more complicated or involved needs. Transportation to patients in the Ambassador Program will be provided by MMCSC s van for needed appointments or follow up testing. The program will utilize the same electronic medical record used at the Maida Institute to allow for review, follow up and after-hours coverage of particular patient issues. Facilities can choose from a range of options for on-site patient care (for example, weekly, bimonthly etc..)
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OAKLAND — Like their noted touchstone symbol, the A's continue to dance in defiance of death.
Just when it appeared the mirrors had cracked and the magic dust was sliding off, the A's summoned another stirring walk-off win Wednesday night at the Coliseum.
A three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by Coco Crisp's line single to right to drive home Seth Smith with the running run, sparked a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
Yes, they can do the "Bernie Lean."
And, yes, they did give Crisp a face full of hero cream pie afterward.
This game had all the earmarks of one that was destined for the loss column. The A's, having achieved so much more than most could have imagined, were three outs away entering their winter, having learned some harsh lessons in physics and economics, as taught by the Tigers.
It's really not all that complex. The team with the bigger bats and stronger arms — as well as the costlier investments — usually wins.
Not in Oakland, not on this night, not when these A's still have three outs. Throughout this remarkable — no, incredible — season they've practically trademarked the comeback victory.
"What it's done is given us a sense that we're never out of it," manager Bob Melvin said.
This team does not care that the Tigers have a slugging first baseman of massive stature and a salary equal to nearly half their payroll. With a 10-year contract worth $214 million, Prince Fielder is, and should be, appreciably better than anyone the A's run out there. His home run, a bolt over the right-field fence, gave Detroit an early 1-0 lead.
And, yes, once the Tigers tacked on a couple more runs, it looked as if they might be enough. No. 4 starter Max Scherzer, once an Arizona Diamondbacks prospect who could throw 100 mph, was dealing. Now a 28-year-old fourth starter who this season won 16 games and led the league in strikeouts per inning by relying heavily on a fastball in the mid-90s, Scherzer struck out eight while working into the sixth.
Surely the end of the road loomed for Oakland, one of the unlikeliest playoff teams in history, with its low-budget payroll and busload of rookies. And it would not have been a sad ending.
But there is no end, not yet for a team that believes it can, and will, win any game. And that it does not matter how they have looked up until the moment the game is on the line.
They entered this game with a .198 batting average in this series. Against Scherzer and the first four Detroit relievers, the A's managed but four hits. When Tigers closer Jose Valverde took the mound, the A's jumped him.
A single by Josh Reddick, followed by a double by Josh Donaldson, followed by a two-run, game-tying double by DH Seth Smith. Three batters later, with two out, Smith came around on Crisp's single.
This is how the A's got to the ALDS — not by blowing pitchers off the mound but by stringing together clutch hits, often from unsuspected performers.
These A's were not good enough, not deep enough, to constantly pressure opponents. So when a potential rally is snuffed out, it cuts like a switchblade.
That's what happened with none out in the sixth, when Stephen Drew lined a ringing double to right-center, scoring Coco Crisp. With third-base coach Mike Gallego urging him on, Drew tried to stretch the hit into a triple. Bad move. Awful move — so awful it potentially could have cost the A's the game, as Drew was an easy out at third.
They survived that mental error only to run into the law of averages. With two out and runners on first and third, up came Cliff Pennington, representing the go-ahead run. He's an earnest little player who got some big hits this season, but the hard fact is he spent most of the summer trying to keep his batting average above the .200 mark.
He is not the guy you want up, no matter how loud the crowd rooted, standing and chanting, "Let's Go Oakland." He struck out swinging, the eighth and final strikeout of the evening for Scherzer, who was removed with two out in the sixth.
Tell me again, how did the '12 A's get into the postseason despite having so many holes in their lineup?
They got here because they ignore their deficiencies. They ignore the numbers. All they ask is that they get one more chance to win a game.
One more chance to do the "Bernie Lean," lifted from the 1980s movie "Weekend With Bernie," during which the lead character is dead but somehow keeps dancing.
They did that Wednesday night. Don't be surprised if they do it again Thursday night, when everything is at stake in the deciding Game 5.
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MVC Volleyball Loses to Missouri Baptist
MARSHALL, MO -- The No. 8 Missouri Valley College men's volleyball fell to No. 2 Missouri Baptist 3-1 for the second time this season. Missouri Baptist defeated the Vikings on January 21st in a conference match-up at Burns Athletic Complex.
The Missouri Valley College men's volleyball team fought hard and battled point for point with Missouri Baptist through four sets, but fell short 23-25, 24-26, 25-22, and 22-25.
Junior Outside Hitter Peterson Silva finished with 19 kills and six digs, while Junior Middle Blocker Jacob Haar had 10 kills and four blocks. Sophomore Middle Blocker Zach Bumstead contributed six blocks and Junior Setter Will McCracken had 39 assists, five blocks, and five digs.
The loss drops the Vikings to 10-5 overall and 3-4 in MAMVIC play. Missouri Baptist improves to 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the conference. The Vikings will be in action again Saturday when they host St. Xavier for a two game match-up. The first game is set for 11am with the second one following at 1pm.


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Flood of Afghan heroin fuels drug plague in Russia
CHELYABINSK, Russia — Young men with sores on their arms shuffled up the stairs of a dark, underground shopping arcade and into the daylight to plop dingy wads of rubles into the drug dealers' hands. The dealers casually reached into their pockets or plastic shopping bags and handed over tablets of synthetic morphine, a type also used as a horse tranquilizer, and paper packets that appeared to contain heroin.
Across the street in this gray, post-Soviet industrial town, two Russian policemen sat in a faded wooden booth, and a couple more sat in a police truck outside. They didn't seem the least bit interested.
A police officer walked by but didn't interrupt the transaction. Asked whether he was worried, one of the dealers, a young man with a white driving cap tipped down over his eyes, leaned back against a railing and giggled.
In Miass, a small town west of Chelyabinsk near the foothills of the Ural Mountains, Elena Shapkovskaya wasn't laughing. She works at the No. 40 pharmacy and often has to call the police when heroin addicts crowd the shop and begin shooting up in plain view.
"Sometimes instead of calling the police, we call an ambulance, because they're lying on the floor," Shapkovskaya said, looking down at the tile floor beneath her feet.
Drugs have become yet another scourge of post-communist Russia, with millions addicted to heroin and an annual death toll reportedly in the tens of thousands from overdoses and other drug-related causes.
- Russian authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of heroin in 2006, about three times the seizures in 2002, according to United Nations figures. That's a small fraction of the estimated 60 metric tons that are thought to arrive in Russia from Afghanistan each year.
"It is difficult to be anything other than pessimistic when it comes to forecasting what the future holds for Russia vis-a-vis heroin abuse and trafficking," said a report last year by the U.N. office on drugs and crime.
Russian officials publicly blame America for the plague because almost all the heroin comes from U.S.-dominated Afghanistan, but they won't discuss in detail how drugs move through their country. They've yet to devise a comprehensive plan to address the issue. Trials of high-level traffickers are conducted in secret. Even midlevel police officials usually don't talk, and when they do, it's privately and away from their workplaces.
Chelyabinsk, a city of more than 1 million in southwest Russia, once was known as Tankograd — "tank city" — for its World War II production of T-34 tanks. It later gained notoriety as the center of a region swamped by radioactive waste from a nearby nuclear-weapons facility.
A different poison is spreading today: Chelyabinsk has become a major transshipment center for Afghan opium and heroin, which enters Russia from Central Asia.
The drugs usually reach Russia from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in trucks or, in smaller amounts, tucked away in train compartments or nervous travelers' stomachs.
The trade is nothing new in Russia, but after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, it exploded. Afghan opium production climbed from 3,400 metric tons in 2002 to a record 8,200 metric tons in 2007, partly because U.S. and NATO-led troops put a low priority on curbing it. Heroin flooded into Central Asia, and on to Russia.
"When I heard the Americans were going to enter Afghanistan I thought they were going to solve the problem, to stop the drugs," said Yevgeny Roizman, who had connections with Russian organized crime before he became a member of parliament. He now runs an anti-drug organization in the city of Yekaterinburg, another big heroin-distribution hub north of Chelyabinsk.
"But in the period after they came, there was a big increase in the region . . . ," Roizman added. "It makes me think the Americans have done nothing to stop the drug trafficking."
Although it's an unintended consequence of the U.S. action in Afghanistan, some Russian officials trace the growing problem to an American plot.
Viktor Ivanov, the head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service, the national drug enforcement agency, told parliament in May that it was reasonable to "call the flow of Afghan opiates the second edition of opium wars." He was referring to the 19th-century war between Britain and China sparked by exports of opium from British India to China.
Ivanov isn't alone.
"I can name you a lot of politicians in Russia who said that the Americans specially arranged the situation in Afghanistan so that we would receive a lot of drugs, and this is the real aim of their occupation," said Andrei Klimov, the deputy head of the foreign affairs committee in Russia's lower house of parliament. "I'm not sure this is true, but who knows."
The U.S. government takes no direct responsibility for fueling Russia's drug problem.
"I would say the entire international community is responsible. The U.N. Security Council looked favorably on the U.S. and NATO doing what they're doing in Afghanistan," a State Department official said, referring to the U.N. mandate backing the foreign presence in the country. "So when critics like Russia say the U.S. and NATO aren't doing enough, well, it's really the entire international community that needs to take action on this."
A second State Department official pointed to the lack of Russian effort to provide assistance in Afghanistan.
"The Russians have had opportunities to come to the table on this and to provide alternative options," the official said. "If this really was a priority for them, we could work something out."
Both officials were authorized to speak to a reporter only if they weren't identified.
In Russia, it's much easier to blame a U.S. conspiracy than to bring up the subject of corrupt officials, the Russian mafia and their involvement in the drug trade.
Russia's Federal Drug Control Service wouldn't respond to McClatchy's questions over the course of a month, nor would the Interior Ministry or the national intelligence service. The Russian government routinely suppresses basic information about drug-related trials, even the names of defendants.
Igor Khokhlov, a senior researcher at the Academy of Sciences, a government-funded research institute, has researched the drug trade and concluded that high-level authorities aren't involved.
"They have safer and better ways to benefit from their high offices," he said in an e-mail interview.
However, it's almost impossible to do business in Russia, legal and otherwise, without a "krysha" — a Russian word that means "roof" — a patron to protect a businessman from corrupt government officials, criminals and other realities of modern Russia. It seems unlikely that kryshas could operate in Russia's estimated annual $15 billion drug-trafficking industry without high-level government contacts.
A 2008 U.N. report concluded that Russian organized-crime groups "provide protection to drug trafficking networks in exchange for a share of the proceeds."
The former deputy director of the Federal Drug Control Service, Alexander Mikhailov, said that Tajiks usually ran the wholesale heroin business at the border and delivered the drugs to gypsy communities, who handled retail distribution. He acknowledged that both groups have patrons whose "job is to corrupt those who affect his business: police, customs, narco-police, the people who should be fighting drugs."
Who protects the drug dealers, and how do narcotics get from the border to places such as Moscow? Mikhailov, who served for 25 years in the KGB, the Soviet intelligence service, ignored the questions. "I don't like to give names in the drug business," he said. "Most people don't."
Sporadic news reports suggest that narco-corruption occurs at senior levels of law enforcement. In 2003, five federal anti-narcotics agents were arrested, accused of taking bribes from a drug dealer. During 2004, an Interior Ministry lieutenant colonel was charged with leading a group of former police officers who were caught selling heroin in the Moscow region. Russian news wires reported in 2006 that more than 160 staff members of the federal anti-narcotics service had been caught for drug-related crimes.
As his friends died drooling and shaking with Afghan heroin burning through their veins, Alexei knew that things were getting out of control. In 2002 or 2003, it seemed as if a dam had burst: The number of heroin dealers in his north Moscow suburb grew from three to a few dozen, and the supply was purer than anything he'd had before.
Alexei, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of legal concerns, started shooting up heroin every day and earning cash as a drug courier.
After 2002, more than a dozen of Alexei's friends didn't survive overdoses after vomiting in nightclub bathrooms or on their apartment floors. Roman, 23, died in a hospital ward after shooting up in a stairwell. Christina, 21, overdosed at home. Pyotr, 37, went to a party, used some heroin and had a fatal heart attack at his girlfriend's apartment.
Nevertheless, Alexei, a 28-year-old with a buzz cut who favors black jeans and bright white sneakers, said he didn't worry much about getting caught ferrying packages of heroin between Moscow and outlying towns
"I was arrested in clubs and apartments, but . . . I paid bribes to get let go," he said.
A federal anti-narcotics officer who works in a region near the Kazakh border sat down recently with a McClatchy reporter for a meal of grilled pork and vodka, but agreed to an interview only if his name wasn't used; his agency had said that its agents weren't allowed to talk to journalists.
"I've heard about a lot of cases of local police taking bribes to protect drug dealers," said the agent, who had a pink face, thick shoulders and a gold tooth that shone when he smiled. Those cases, he said, are investigated by police departments' internal affairs bureaus, which aren't above suspicion themselves.
The agent said he earned $540 a month for working to control a trade worth millions of dollars in his area. Local police, he said, make even less.
A second federal officer, who met a reporter in his car in a parking lot, sighed when he talked about the subject. "I can't tell you that there's not much police corruption," said the officer, a thin man wearing a cheap brown jacket who drove up in a small white Lada, a matchbox-like Russian car.
"I can't say the situation is getting any better," he said, speaking anonymously for the same reason as the first federal officer. "The amount of heroin coming in increased a lot during the past two years."
Vladimir Bogomolov, who's run a drug treatment center in the city of Chelyabinsk for 10 years, started to describe the network to a visiting American reporter.
"The Russian (criminal) groups are above the Tajiks and gypsies; they allow them to sell drugs and take a percentage of what they make," he said between sips of coffee. The police, he said, "are extremely corrupt."
An associate who sat in on the interview interrupted Bogomolov: "We shouldn't talk about what's happening right now."
So Bogomolov, who's committed much of his life to fighting the drug problem in his city, stopped talking about it.
He had the look of a defeated man.
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Two Colorado restaurants named in new book about oldest rooms in U.S.
A new book chronicling some of the country's oldest restaurants lists two spots that will be familiar to most fans of Colorado dining: the famed Buckhorn Exchange in Denver and the bar at Aspen's Hotel Jerome.
The book, with a mouthful of a title — "A Century of Restaurants: Stories and Recipes from 100 of America's Most Historic and Successful Restaurants" — was written by Rick Browne, the popular barbecue bard. (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $40)
Both the Buckhorn Exchange, which sits at 1000 Osage St., and the Hotel Jerome's bar openedtheir doors in 1893, so props to both on their 120th birthday year.
Among the other establishments mentioned are the Nebraska bar where Ernest Hemingway edited "A Farewell to Arms" while sipping martinis, a restaurant where Billy the Kid washed dishes and a place where Ho Chi Minh baked pastries.
Here's a recipe for the Buckhorn Exchange's elk strip steak sauce, which works with any red meat.
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Wade Hayes Albums
- Highways & Heartaches (2000)
- On A Good Night (1996)
- Old Enough To Know Better (1991)
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Wade Hayes Biography
Raised in Bethel Acres, OK, Wade Hayes grew up around country music. His father Don was a professional musician who played bars and honky tonks across Oklahoma. Through the influence of his father, he began playing music as a child. Initially, he played mandolin for a while, but he switched to guitar at the age of 11. Inspired by honky tonk, outlaw country, and bluegra**, Hayes developed a distinctive style at an early age. br /br /When Wade was a pre-teen, his father signed a contract with a Nashville-based independent record label and moved the family to the Music City. Within a year, the label had folded, leaving the Hayes family broke. They struggled back to Oklahoma, where Wade began playing guitar and singing backup in his father's band, Country Heritage. Following his graduation from high school, Wade went to three different colleges, but he decided to drop out of school to pursue music after seeing Ricky Skaggs on the 1991 Country Music Awards show. He moved to Nashville and beginning playing on demo tapes, all the while working on his own original material. Shortly after he settled down in Nashville, Hayes began writing songs with Chick Rains, who arranged an audition for the vocalist with record producer Don Cook (the Mavericks, Brooks & Dunn). Cook was impressed and began working with the singer, eventually getting him in contact with executives at Columbia Records. br /br /Old Enough to Know Better, Hayes' debut album, was released in 1995. The record was an immediate hit, with its title track becoming a number one single. The Academy of Country Music nominated him for Top New Male Vocalist of the Year for 1995. Hayes' second album, On a Good Night, was released in the summer of 1996. Although it wasn't as big a hit as his debut, it still sold respectably. br /br /Hayes' third album, When the Wrong One Loves You Right, was released in early 1998 and Highways and Heartaches followed two years later. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


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DUBAI, U.A.E. - A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed into a mountain about 370 kilometers from Tehran and burst into flames.
The jet is said to have hit a mountain in Shahr-e Kord and had been carrying a group of young women.
The jet crashed in the mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain on Sunday night and authorities confirmed that all the 11 people on board were killed.
Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman of the country's emergency management organization said that local villagers had reached the site in the Zagros Mountains and found 11 badly burned bodies in the wreckage.
He further added that DNA tests would be carried out to identify the dead.
Earlier, villagers near the crash told local media that they saw flames coming from the plane's engine before the crash.
According to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, the plane took off around 4:41 p.m. (1311 GMT; 9:11 a.m. EST) Sunday and reached a cruising altitude of just over 35,000 feet.
Data on the website showed that at around 6:01 p.m. (1431 GMT; 10:31 a.m. EST), something appears to have gone wrong with the flight as it rapidly gained altitude and then dropped drastically within minutes.
According to Iranian officials, the plane took off from Sharjah International Airport and was on its way to Istanbul.
Later, Turkey's private Dogan News Agency said that the plane was a Bombardier CL604, tail number TC-TRB.
Turkey's Transport Ministry also released a statement and said that the plane belongs to a company named Basaran Holding, which is active in the food, finance, energy, construction, tourism and travel industries.
Incidentally, media reports showed photos posted by the 28-year-old daughter of Basaran's chairman, Mina Basaran on Instagram three days ago.
In the photos, Mina Basaran - who is said to be part of the company's board of managers and is in line to run the business - is seen along with the an image of the plane that crashed.
She was believed to be at her bachelorette party in Dubai.
Further, the last videos posted to her account showed her and friends enjoying a concert by the British pop star Rita Ora at a popular Dubai nightclub.
Since then, there has been no further activity on her Instagram account.
So far, officials have not revealed exactly who was on the plane at the time of the crash.
According to Iranian emergency management officials, however, all the passengers have been described as being young women.


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Egypt (and Beyond) Live Coverage: At Least 7 Killed in Clashes on Anniversary of Uprising
Scenes in Port Said today, from announcement of death sentences to violence that has killed at least 30 people
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Saturday's Egypt (and Beyond) Live Coverage: The 2-Year Anniversary of the Uprising
2105 GMT: Mali. French military officials say that French and Malian Government forces have taken control of Gao, one of three cities held by insurgents in the north since last spring.
Swooping in by land and by air and under the cover of darkness, French and Malian forces came under fire on Saturday morning and continued to face sporadic "acts of harassment" through the day, Colonel Thierry Burkhard said. He had no immediate estimate on casualties.
The Ministry of Defense later issued a statement that Government control was already being established, including the return of the mayor.