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Today. Maria Dugas is offering private and semi-private swimming lessons and stroke lessons for advanced swimmers and free swimming lessons for cub scout packs and boy scout troops in June. She is a Water Safety Instructor (WSI), Lifeguard Instructor Trainer and trained in CPR, AED and First Aid for the Professional Rescuer. For information, visit www.MariaDugas.com, call 985-637-1337 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Today. The Terrebonne Parish Recreation Department will start its ladies adult volleyball league on May 27. For information, contact Bobby Arceneaux at 688-1657.
Today. Thibodaux Regional Medical Center's sports medicine department is sponsoring a free seminar focusing on Sports Psychology at 6 tonight. The seminar will take place in Thibodaux Regional's Multipurpose Room A/B. The seminar is free, but you must register due to limited space. A crawfish boil will follow at 7 p.m. The guest speaker of the seminar will be Kelly Brown, who is a sports psychology consultant for Nicholls State University. Brown will share techniques on how coaches can connect and motivate with their athletes. For information, contact Don Rodrigue at email@example.com or 859-7810.
Tuesday. The Tri-City Flyers, a local AAU outdoor track and field club, are currently holding registration for the summer season. The club will begin practice at 5 p.m. Tuesday at H.L. Bourgeois' track. Tri-City Flyers coach Joe Riley said any athletes interested in joining should attend and all information will be provided at the practice.
Thursday-Saturday. The Houma's Oilman's Fishing Invitational Fishing Rodeo is set for Thursday-Saturday. The headquarters is Harbor Light Marina in Cocodrie. For information, call Phyllis Landry at 985-223-3849.
Saturday. The 19th Annual Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana Statewide Tournament and Angler's Rodeo (STAR) will begin on Saturday. One of the largest and richest saltwater fishing tournaments in the country, offering over $500,000 in prizes, STAR spans the entire Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast and is open to anglers of every age. It lasts for 101 days as the tournament runs through Labor Day (Sept. 2). In the signature Tagged Redfish Division, the first 10 tagged redfish turned in by registered STAR anglers will win various prizes, including a Chevy Silverado pickup truck worth approximately $30,000 and a boat, motor and trailer package. Local weigh stations are located at Four Point Landing in Dulac, Eschete's Seafood in Houma, Tradewinds Marina in Cocodrie, Boudreaux's Marina in Cocodrie, Gail's Bait Shop in Leeville, Port Fourchon Marina in Fourchon, Bridgeside Marina in Grand Isle and Sand Dollar Marina in Grand Isle. To sign up, call 1-877-4CCASTAR (1-877-422-2782).
May 27-31. H.L. Bourgeois High School will hold boys and girls basketball camps for kids 7-13 from 9 a.m. to noon on May 27-31, June 3-7, July 8-12 and July 15-19 at the school in Gray. Registration is $75 per camper and includes a T-shirt. Campers will receive instruction from H.L. Bourgeois coaches and players. For information, contact H.L. Bourgeois athletic director and boys basketball coach Andrew Caillouet at 859-7527.
May 27-30. The 23rd Annual Tarpon Basketball Camp for boys and girls will be held in several sessions at South Lafourche High School. Sessions I will be held from 5-7 p.m. May 27-30 for boys and girls ages 4 to 6. The final three sessions are for all Biddy Basketball aged boys and girls. The camp times are 1-4 p.m. for Session II (June 3-6), Session III (June 10-13) and Session IV (June 17-20). The cost of the camp is $45 for Session I and $70 for Session II, III and IV. Each camper will receive a camp basketball, a camp T-shirt and a camp sports bottle. For information, call South Lafourche boys basketball coach Brian Callais at 693-6467. Camp brochures can be picked up at South Lafourche High School.
June 3. Next Level Baseball will hold summer clinics for hitting, pitching, fielding, strength and agility at the Southland Hogs Training Facility on Hollywood Road starting June 3. The clinic will be held Mondays-Thursdays during June. Ages 13 and up will be from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily, 10-12 year-olds will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily and 9-and-under will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The classes are limited to 20 kids per session. For information, call Craig Hamner at 688-5225.
June 3-6. The Jerwaski Coleman Basketball Academy camp will be held at Houma Junior High's gym from June 3-6. The camp, which is for boys and girls ages 6-14, will focus on teaching various skills from basketball basics to building friendships and playing with teamwork. The camp will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. The cost is $40, and there is sibling rates for more than one kid in a family. Each camper will receive a T-Shirt. For information, contact coach Jerwaski Coleman at email@example.com or 855-1982.
June 3-21. The "Hoop-La" basketball camps put on by Houma Christian boys basketball coach Freddie Frye will take place at Houma Christian School (109 Valhi Blvd. in Houma next to the Bayouland YMCA) and are open to the public. The camp is open to boys and girls 7-17 and runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon each day. From June 3-7 it is open to players 7-9. From June 10-14 it is open to players 10-13, and from June 17-21 it is open to players 14-17. The camp fee is $70 per player. Registration dates are May 4, May 11, May 18 and May 25 at the Houma ChristianGym, and there will also be registration on day of the camps. For information, contact Frye at 985-413-9022 or call Houma Christian School at 985-851-7423.
June 3-7. The 2013 Assumption Mustang Summer Volleyball Clinic will be held from 9-11:30 a.m. June 3-7 at the school. The camp is for students preparing to enter first through eighth grade. The cost is $75 for anyone that preregisters. The on-site registration is $90. Campers will receive a camp T-shirt, clinic certificate of completion and a practice volleyball. Assumpiton's volleyball coaching staff, former players and current players will serve as camp instructors. For information, call Assumption coach Sandy Fussell at 985-369-2956 or 985-513-0243.
June 4-13, June 18-27, July 15-17. E.D. White Catholic will host a series of speed camps and a football skills camp over the summer. The first speed camp will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 4-13 and is for boys eighth-12th grades and costs $80. The second speed camp will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 18-27 and is for boys fifth-seventh grades and girls fifth-12th grades and costs $80. The third is a football skills camps for boys fourth-eighth grade from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at E.D. White July 15-17. The cost is $80. For information on these camps, contact John Daigle at 985-447-3276, Kyle Lasseigne at 985-446-8488 or Chris Bergeron at 985-446-8486 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
June 10. The H.L. Bourgeois High School Third Annual "Renewing the Reservation" Golf Tournament will be June 10 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The four-person scramble costs $400 per team. There are morning (7:30 a.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.) flights. For information, call 804-1260 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
June 10-13 and 17-20. Vandebilt Catholic baseball will hold its annual summer camp on June 10-13 and 17-20. The camp times are 9 to 11:30 a.m. each day. Early registration will be on May 18, and the cost will be $75. Late registration will be on May 25, and the cost is $85. Registration for both dates will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Vandebilt baseball fields. Camper will receive a camp T-shirt. For information, call coach Keith Richard at 688-6377.
June 14-16. The second-annual Terrebonne Adult Basketball tournament will be held at Terrebonne High School on June 14-16. The entry fee is $15 per player listed on each team's final roster, and registration will be held until June 12. Pool play (if necessary) and brackets will be posted on June 13. All teams must contact tournament host Derek Szush by 10 p.m. June 12 to officially register. The tournament is open to all alumni players from all schools. No current high school players are allowed to participate. All teams are guaranteed two games, and there will be a dunk and 3-point contest with a $10 entry fee. For information, call Szush at 859-4438.
June 21. The Pro Football Combine Camp will host its 7-on-7 tournament at Thibodaux High School on June 21. The tournament will begin at 9 a.m., and registration will be limited to the first 16 high school teams. The registration fee is $225 per team, and forms and fees are due by June 3. For information, call 625-2200.
June 21. The Pro Football Combine Camp is holding registration for its 2013 Girls Speed and Agility Camp on June 21. The camp will be held at Nicholls State's John L. Guidry Stadium. The deadline to register for the event is June 1. The cost is $50. The camp is open to girls in grades 8-12. The camp will focus on improving an athlete's speed, agility, quickness, explosivenees and overall performance in a challenging environment.
For information, call 625-2200.
July 8-9. Vandebilt Catholic will host its 2013 Youth Football Camp at Buddy Marcello Stadium on July 8-9. The camp, which is for kids in grades 3-8, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon each day, and the last day to register is June 28. The cost is $100 per camper, and participants are asked to bring shorts, T-Shirts and cleats to the camp. Drinks and snacks will be provided, and awards for top campers will be handed out at the end of camp. The camp, which will be led by Vandebilt football coaches and varsity football players, will instruct participants on the basic offensive and defensive fundamentals of football. For information, contact Vandebilt coach Brad Villavaso at 709-9852.
July 9-10. The H.L. Bourgeois volleyball staff, led by head coach Peter Verret, will hold the "Lady Braves Intense All Skills" volleyball clinic July 9-10 at the Lady Braves Gym in Gray. The camp will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon daily. The cost is $45 per camper. It is open for players 8-14 and aims to educate players in all fundamental aspects and skills of volleyball. For information, contact Verret at 438-1091.


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Getting back into the swing of things - still a little rough around the edges, but I'm at least a 3.5 at this point. I'm good for weeknights and weekends.
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I could play weeknights and weekends @ Heather Farm.
How about today after 6PM?
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This Guest Post is by my friend, Angel Lemus, of the Zentokukai Okinawa Shorinryu Toude Association. Angel was a writer and editor of Bugeisha, one of the finest Karate journals ever published. He teaches at the Ninchokan Dojo, in Los Angeles, California.
by Angel Lemus
I have always felt that Elbows are not emphasized enough in traditional Karate, sure one can find them hidden here and there in some movements of Kata but they are not very common. In the big 3 of Okinawan karate, Goju-ryu has the most, followed by Uechi-Ryu and last are the Shorin styles. Having grown up in Judo, and practiced a couple variations of Jujitsu and some Aikido, I always appreciated close quarter strategies and felt comfortable being "cheek to cheek". When I came to Karate I always felt that once the long, and middle ranges turn into close range, the "classically trained" Karate-ka shuts down and does not know what is going on and is basically a fish out of water. This has been proven many times over by the UFC and close quarter fighting phenomenon we see today. Of course Sports karate for the past 30 years has not helped as close quarter fighting is no allowed thus completely eliminating any possible skills to be learned by those who practice sport karate in this range (which if you think about it, it is really the only range there is in any real fight).
I have seen and practiced different elbow exercises from many styles but they all seemed to be kind of lame and insignificant. Usually done in a stationary stance where you just go through the motions of moving your arms mimicking elbow strikes without any "real intent". I have always had an admiration for Muay Thai and absolutely love the purity of intent in its practice, there is nothing "pretended' or hidden, nothing is pulled, or watered down. To me, Thai boxing is the best example of elbow application and I have always modeled my elbows after Muay Thai style.
I decided to put together an elbow form to teach my dojo and my fellow brothers in our group to supplement their training and fill the "elbow void". This form can be done fast with intent, with real world movement and it gives you a workout, it is fun, and stretches your upper body so you can loosen up and really make those elbows flow smoothly. I follow the "classical" kata model so that it is mirror imaged so you do both sides (23 moves each side), and you end up pretty much on the same spot.
I have always felt if you do not practice something you cannot employ it on demand when needed. Close quarter fighting is not about punching or kicking, it is forearms, elbows shoulder strikes, head butts etc.. you need to get into that zone in live it in order to understand it.
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Hello and hi to you. I am waymoe and this is my test drive review series and today I will be test drive reviewing the Honda Insight which is a car so it meets the criteria. This was a Zipcar which means I did not have to ruin a salesmans day by not buying anything and then crashing into traffic.
This is what the inside looks like.
As you can tell it is a car made for the future. A future where gasoline is expensive but not so expensive that you buy a Leaf or learn to walk so it is the perfect niche car for now.
Interior 5/9
The layout of the car is very good but if you dont have arms I would not buy it as everything is far away from your shoulders which would make it hard for even the mightiest of creatures, the T Rex, to drive it let alone set the radio station to Lite FM.
The seats are comfortable and made of foam so they do not hurt like a park bench does. There wasnt a center console which is annoying, unless you dont have arms then it isnt an issue, but storage was obviously lacking so I had to keep my capri suns in my lap. There is a glove box which was big enough for many gloves or other documentation and a little square opening next to it for keeping small square things like your moms dildo in it.
Exterior 16.5/baseball
The car was red like my passion for burning ferraris! It looked like a CR-Z and a Prius had a baby and then that baby decided to build a Honda Insight. There is a black bar directly in your line of seeing out the back so it is hard to not run over children so just remember that the next time you are scoping out a slumber party in Alabama.
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The Honda Insight shares many things with formula 1 cars like KERS, red paint, and many dials. The engine is of some size that doesnt really matter because its a Honda Insight and you have better things to worry about. Pedal feel is fine unless you dont haev feet then you cant feel anything so who cares even if you are a race car man you dont need pedal feel because it is a honda insight. Acceleration is smooth until you stop, then it is nothing. The car has stop-start technology which is good because when I stop at lights I like to be able to move again, stop-stop technology would not have been a good thing to make. There is an electric motor in the car that helps boost you when you are slow or something like KERs in forumla 1 except it always works which means it is not Hamiltons car. MPG is better than expected mainly because I use Kilometers and math is hard.
Overall I give this car a potato/18 because it got me places for cheap and I didnt have to lie to anyone to be able to drive it around. I did drift the car around a turn when it understored and then I had to power through it with a j turning hand brake so that was cool though.


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Mel & Dave's Industrial Chic Kitchen
Kitchen renovations can be nightmares — but they're usually worth it in the end. Mel and Dave's kitchen is no exception. They saw their new kitchen through blood, sweat and the inevitable tears, but they're not only happy with the outcome, they're proud as well.
Mel andDave live in an industrial loft in Toronto. It used to be a storage space for Sears and there were quite a few things they had to change when they initially moved in. One of the spaces that needed the most work was the kitchen. They knew they needed help and thought they were calling in the big guns when they hired a kitchen designer.
Unfortunately, the kitchen designer hired some pretty lousy contractors and their work wasn't up to par. Mel and Dave then had to take matters into their own hands (literally!) and that's where all the blood, sweat and tears came into play.
The seamless Corian counter top is really great and such an innovative and smart material to use. The light color of the cabinets works surprisingly well with the darker wood in the rest of the loft. Of course, the stainless steel appliances and knobs were a must — this is an industrial loft after all!
The island is personally our favorite part. It can be used as an island during food preparation, but, it can also be used as their dining table. Due to the fact that it's adjustable, it's such a versatile piece and saves a lot of room in the space. They have a smaller table for just the two of them, but when they entertain, they obviously need to utilize the larger table.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It was recently announced that MIT women's soccer head coach Martin Desmarais was named the NSCAA Division III New England Coach of the Year. He will be recognized at the organization's national convention in January and will appear on the national ballot for NSCAA Division III Coach of the Year.
Since Desmarais took over as head coach in 2008, the program has achieved unprecedented success in the form of two NEWMAC championship titles and three NCAA tournament appearances, including its first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance this season. The team ended the season ranked 15th in the nation, marking the first time in program history that the Engineers have appeared on the list.
In September, Desmarais earned his 53rd win, breaking the record for most wins as coach that had remained untouched since 2002. He has attained a record of 60-24-14 and boasts a winning percentage of .676, the highest of any of the MIT women's soccer coaches.


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DETROIT -- For most members of the Ford Motor Co. management team, the resurrection of the Lincoln brand is a critical component of Ford's strategy to be a complete global car company and a sound business plan.
For Bill Ford, executive chairman of the company, Lincoln is much more personal.
That's why the scion of Detroit's most famous automotive family was the first person to take the stage this week when Ford publicly introduced the Lincoln MKC Concept at the Detroit auto show.
"My grandfather, Edsel Ford, and my great-grandfather, Henry Ford, were both at the table when the Lincoln Motor Co. became part of Ford in 1922. From that moment on, Lincoln was passionately embraced by my family," Bill Ford said.
Designs by Fords
He reminded the audience that it was the first Edsel Ford who presided over the design of such classics as the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr and 1939 Continental. Bill Ford's father, William Clay Ford Sr., oversaw the design and development of the 1956 Lincoln Mark II, one of the marque's all-time classics.
"Edsel Ford helped develop Lincoln into a highly regarded brand defined by elegant design and new technology and aimed at a discerning group of luxury owners who wanted a unique and highly personal car -- in other words, a brand dedicated not to be all things to all people but everything to a certain few," Bill Ford said.
As Bill Ford knows, many in the industry, including some of Lincoln's dealers, have seriously doubted the company's commitment in recent years to carrying on that legacy.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally admits that Ford skimped on investing in Lincoln as the company went through a restructuring and the recession. Lincoln sales dwindled to an almost inconsequential level and the owner base has aged along with the products.
Now that the company and the Ford brand have been rebuilt, it's time to beef up Lincoln, Mulally says.
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Against those doubts, Bill Ford took the stage at Detroit's Cobo Center with a pledge: "Each and every member of the Ford family and the Ford management team is committed to this enterprise because Lincoln is a vital part of who we are.
"Lincoln will be a luxury brand that customers that will be proud to own, with vehicles that are characterized with stunning design and delivered with purity and simplicity. Lincoln will deliver quality in every aspect from the vehicle to the vehicle ownership experience and a surprising level of customer service," he said.
Ford executives have conveyed this message before. But it makes all the difference in the world when the message is delivered by the guy whose name is on the building.


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by Tom Utescher
Most crew programs would have been thrilled to come away from the Scholastic Rowing Association of Amerca (SRAA) national championships with two bronze medalists and a third boat that reached the finals.
The rowers at Mount St. Joseph Academy realize this, but past successes have caused the Magic to have very high expectations of themselves, and the results of last weekend's SRAA regatta on Camden's Cooper River were not quite what they'd hoped for.
Out of a total of eight MSJ entries, six made it out of the first-round heats on Friday, and three of them reached the finals on Saturday afternoon.
The varsity eight, an elite crew which won both the 2012 Philadelphia City Championships and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, was one of the bronze medal winners last weekend. The Magic finished behind gold medalist National Cathedral School (Washington, D.C.) and Saratoga (N.Y.) High School, taking the last medal ahead of Virginia's James Madison High.
In the line-up for Mount St. Joseph were coxswain Erin McElroy and oarswomen (stroke to bow) Dana Lerro, Julie McGlynn, Katie O'Connell, Darian DiCianno, Dana Zielinski, Emily Carbone, Rose Ehrlich, Kiera McCloy. All are seniors save McCloy, a junior.
They had prevailed against a tough field of finalists at Stotesbury the previous weekend, and as Mount varsity coach Mike McKenna pointed out, "It's very, very difficult to reach a physical and emotional peak one week and do the same thing the following week, and I think they were just a little bit flat. It wasn't a bad race, but it wasn't their "A" race, and that's what was required in a group of this quality."
DiCianno and Lerro had both been in the Mount V-8 that had won the City Championships, Stotesbury, and the SRAA regatta in 2010, and McKenna observed, "they had already commented earlier that the crews here are much faster than they were just a few years ago."
Earlier this month, the Mount's junior eight became City Champion and then had taken the Stotesbury silver medal behind Montclair (N.J.) High School. Last weekend at SRAA's Montclair won again while Walt Whitman High (Bethesda, Md.) slipped in between them and the Magic, who won a pitched battle for the bronze (by 15 hundredths of a second) over St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio).
The lightweight eight, usually a mainstay in the Mount rowing program, did not reach the finals, but the lightweight four did, finishing just out of the medals with a fourth-place performance.
In the first stage of the regatta, the heat races, the MSJ junior four and second eight were unable to advance. Coming in fourth in one of six heats, the Magic's varsity four (stroke to bow: Fiona Kelly, Quinn DeVore, Sarah Curcio, Bridget Fitzpatrick, cox Beth Weinrich) stayed alive by reaching the "repêchage" stage, a feed-in bracket that offers a second chance to make the semifinals. Here, the Mounties needed to be among the top three to remain in the running, but they finished fifth, ending their SRAA stay late on Friday.
The Mount's freshman eight has been up and down this spring, going from a lackluster regular season to earning a place in the Stotesbury finals. This time they missed the medal race by one place. After coming in a very close second in one of four opening heats, the MSJ rookies (Bryn McGillin, Jenny DiPietro, Steph Eble, Tina Hendel, Alaina Hunt, Josie Marrocco, Kate Stromberg, Meg Kelley, cox Sabrina Ghantous) wound up fourth in a semifinal that included eventual gold medalist New Trier High School from suburban Chicago.
Bronze medalists at the City Championships, Mount St. Joe's lightweight eight slipped to sixth place at Stotesbury, and last weekend they ended their run at SRAA's in the semifinal round. In their initial heat (the first of three sections), the Magic (Kait Loftus, Michela Karrash, Maureen Flynn, Kate Mirabella, Leah McGlynn, Leah Ramos, Meg O'Brien, Lexi Meister, cox Annie Tenzinger) ranked third among the four boats to make the semi's.
In the second semifinal race they missed the chance to advance with a fourth-place showing, clocking in at 5:22.4 while the third-place boats in both semi's were at 5:17. The lights from Holy Spirit High School (Absecon, N.J.) won the gold medal by almost five seconds, completing what is considered the "triple crown" for Philly-area crews; City Championships/Stotesbury/SRAA's.
The Magic's other set of lean ladies, the lightweight four, gave an impressive performance for a school where the eights are preeminent. Two-seat Rachel Heller is a graduate of Chestnut Hill's own Norwood Fontbonne Academy, and her crewmates are Elizabeth McKernan (stroke), Maura O'Donnell (three), Emily McHugh (bow), and Madi Kist (cox).
After placing second in their heat at the outset, the feathery four was involved in one of the closest finishes all weekend. While their semifinal race was won handily by Episcopal Academy, the miracle of modern electronic timing accorded second place to Woodbridge (Va.) High School in 5:56.262, while the Magic were eight one-thousandths of a second behind at 5:56.270.
Still, that placing was good for a trip to the finals, where the Magic finished up fourth in 5:50.152, ahead of Nutley (N.J.) High School (5:52.884) and Virginia's Woodbridge High (5:59.683). Long Island's Manhasset, a truly dominant light four this spring, took gold in 5:29.729, while silver and bronze medals went to Girls Inter-Ac League quartets from Episcopal (5:42.009) and Agnes Irwin (5:46.202).
Mount St. Joe's junior eight featured (stroke to bow) Maddie Lawn, Maddie Wescott, Lauren Matchett, Jacqueline James, Jocelyn Ziemniak, Emily Ruddy, Gwynn Kieffer, and Natalie Simms, with Mary Raggazino as coxswain. Sophomores Matchett and Lawn each spent some time in the Mount varsity eight during the 2011-2012 school year.
Mount St. Joe started out in one of four heats and won its flight with the fastest overall time of 5:19.8, a tenth-of-second quicker than Walt Whitman's trip in another heat. The Magic again put up the top time (5:17.42) as they won the second of the two semifinals ahead of Whitman (5:23.53). It's easy to second-guess, but the Magic may have expended a little too much energy in its first two races on this hot, muggy weekend.
Montclair, which had won the other semifinal in 5:20.56, had to overtake the Magic late in the Stotesbury Cup Regatta final in order to capture the gold medal back on May 19. At SRAA's, the Jersey girls took command much earlier and and won by almost two seconds over Walt Whitman (5:11.697 to 5:13.457).
St. Ursula came up to engage the Mount in an all-out fight for the last medal but the Magic pulled it out, crossing in 5:14.306, while the Arrows arrived fourth at 5:14.456. Farther back and well separated were fifth-place Holy Spirit in 5:25.094, and Lake Brantley (Fla.) in 5:36.829.
After winning all of their regular-season and medal races in Philadelphia this spring, the members of the Magic's varsity eight sought to take the final step to capture the aforementioned "triple crown" for 2012.
They topped their rivals in the first of the six opening heats in their category, with the third-fastest time of the entire field behind Saratoga and James Madison. National Cathedral, which was the Stotesbury silver medalist behind the Magic, also won its first race at at SRAA's.
The Mount went on place first in its semifinal bout (the first of three, with the top two from each moving on) and once more the Magic recorded the third fastest time overall, but in overview, the semifinal performances didn't reveal much except for who the six finalists would be. In fact, Ohio's Upper Arlington High School cranked out the best semifinal time, then brought up the rear in the medal race later on.
MSJ's McKenna, who tracked the final contest all along the course, noted, "It was us and National Cathedral for the first 500 [meters], and maybe Cathedral had a seat or two. I actually thought we were in great shape then; I thought we were going to take over, but it didn't happen."
Cathedral's Eagles pressed their advantage and secured the gold medal in 4:57.104, holding off a dramatic charge by Saratoga (4:57.617). After these two, the finalists were a little more spread out, with bronze medalist MSJ completing the race in 5:01.242, ahead of James Madison (5:04.324), 2011 champ New Trier (5:06.115), and Upper Arlington (5:14.580). It was the first time since 2005 that the varsity eight final was won by any school other than the Mount and New Trier.
After a few weeks of relatively routine practice, Mount St. Joe will engage in another frenzied stretch of competition, this time with a lot of travelling thrown into the mix. From June 8-10 in the Magic will race against top scholastic crews and against multi-school club crews at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn., then they'll hustle back home and fly over to England for the Henley Women's Regatta, held June 15-17.
At Oak Ridge, historically footnoted as one of the "secret cities" where the first atomic weapons were developed during World War II, competitors will race six lanes across for 2000 meters on a still-water course at Melton Lake. At Henley, renowned for the Royal Regatta held there each July, the women's course is only two lanes wide and runs for 1500 meters against the current of the narrow River Thames.
McKenna isn't concerned about the Mount V-8 shifting gears to adapt to these differing challenges.
"The 2000 meters is basically what we prepare for all season," he said, "and it's easier to adjust back to the 1500 than go the other way."


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Canadian Olivier Hanlan a net gain for Boston College basketball team
He played with hockey players during their offseason, guys just looking for a way to occupy their time. They thought they might try out basketball for a season. For Olivier Hanlan's high school teammates, the interest went no further than that.
Basketball, after all, is not the primary sport in Gatineau, Quebec, the hometown of Boston College's highly touted freshman point guard. For Hanlan, though, it was different.
"I was really the only serious basketball player on the team,'' he said. "It was fun in terms of having the ball all the time, taking every single shot, scoring as many points as I wanted. But in terms of me getting better as a basketball player, it was not really a good situation.''
So Hanlan found other ways, including playing on teams outside of his high school, watching YouTube instructional videos, receiving extra coaching, attending prep school for two years, and competing internationally with the under-19 Canadian team.
And with all that, Hanlan, the son of a college basketball player from Kingston, Jamaica, made his way from Quebec to New Hampshire to Chestnut Hill.
"When I was in Canada, it was easy for me,'' Hanlan said. "I was the man where I was from. Just going overseas, playing against Team USA, seeing everybody was good and everybody was working on their game and everybody was strong, quick, everything . . . it really opened my eyes in terms of me having to work even harder to get to that level.''
Learning early
Henry Hanlan handed his kids basketballs when they were mere toddlers. He had come from Jamaica to play basketball in college in Canada, at the University of Ottawa, and he was hoping to make his four children love the game too.
He succeeded. Dominique played and now coaches. Tatiana plays for the University of Ottawa. Chloe plays for the same prep school, New Hampton School, that Olivier did.
"My dad, it all starts with him,'' Dominique said. "He was like 100 percent basketball. He got us basketballs when we were like 1 or 2. He got us playing competitive on two or three teams a year from like 4 or 5.
"We're not from an area where basketball is really, really huge, but my dad always put us in situations where we could get the most out of it.''
That has turned out well for Olivier, who gets set to start his BC tenure, a team on which he could play a significant role. The Eagles are extremely young, having suffered through a 2011-12 campaign playing with mostly underclassmen.
But Hanlan and fellow guard Joe Rahon represent perhaps a higher caliber of freshman, and their minutes should reflect that.
Rahon, from San Diego and Torrey Pines High School, came from the established basketball grinder and, as BC coach Steve Donahue said, "Joe Rahon is probably more understanding of this level in some ways than Olivier. It doesn't mean that Joe's going to be more successful.''
It means that Rahon knows the routines, the coaching style, the teaching. He has seen it, has been through it. Hanlan hasn't, not in the same way.
"Olivier, I think, is going to have some ups and downs until he figures out how good he is and how much he can do,'' Donahue said. "If anything, he's trying to not make mistakes, trying to be conservative. I want him to make mistakes; I want him to push the boundaries and see how good he can be.
"I can get anybody that can be conservative. I don't want that. I want someone that can be special, and I think he has the ability to do that.''
Love of the game
It was something that Dave Smart recognized in Hanlan early on. Smart, the well-regarded coach of the Ottawa Guardsmen basketball team, Carleton University, and an assistant on the Canadian men's national team, put Hanlan up against older competition, forced him to work harder.
He saw potential, and he wanted it to grow.
"He really wasn't very good in even Grade 9, and he's improved steadily every year,'' Smart said. "He's changed his body, he's improved his shot, but he just is the type of kid who's a great player because he loves the game.
"He doesn't love the game because he's good at it, he's good at it because he loves it, which bodes well in terms of him ending up being a special player.''
Hanlan rarely worked with his own age group, and so he was rarely one of the best five or six players in the gym, Smart said. Because of that, even in a place that isn't exactly a basketball hot-bed, the point guard was able to find the necessary competition.
He needed one good team, one good coach. In Smart and the Guardsmen, he found that, supplemented by workouts stolen from Youtube and modified by Dominique. He found enough to improve, and then he went south.
He had to, to get noticed, have coaches see him. There weren't many willing to trek up to Quebec to see one point guard with promise, though there were some. Once he moved to New Hampton, once he played against better competition, interest picked up.
BC already had made inroads. Donahue and Smart have known each other for years, and Donahue had known of Hanlan since Hanlan was 15 years old. So, after two years in prep school, Hanlan decided to head to BC.
"It's a perfect fit,'' Smart said. "It's a perfect fit for Steve and it's a perfect fit for Olivier.''
Hidden gem
It used to be that, for intrepid coaches with heavy parkas, Canada was a place to make a find. Donahue recalled a 6-foot-10-inch player he nabbed his first year at Cornell who likely would have gone to the Big East if he had been born in the United States.
That doesn't happen so much anymore. Though the competition remains scattered, the talents are known, found and channeled into the national team programs, as Hanlan was.
Still, as Donahue said, "The fact of the matter is if Olivier was in a major city early in his life in the States, we would have a difficult time getting him. I just think there would have been a lot more recruitment.''
And there would have been more competition. As it was, he did the best he could. BC did the best it could, to evaluate Hanlan.
"That's hard, but it's something I think we always try to do,'' Donahue said. "I think you can get yourself a very good player if you work at that. It's going to be 1 out of 1,000, but you've got to work at it.''
From that work, that evaluation, BC appears to have found a skilled point guard, a cerebral player still working on his shot, who has built up his athleticism and strength to rank among the strongest on the current roster.
"He's someone that we saw had very good athletic ability, but I think what separated him for us is his great basketball IQ,'' Donahue said. "That's kind of rare to get a good athletic point guard who really understands the game, and I think Olivier does.''
It's what his father was hoping for when he bought him that basketball, what Smart saw when he first began coaching him, and what Dominique nurtured with those workouts stolen from Kobe Bryant and Deron Williams and Steve Nash.
"We've been talking about playing college basketball in Division 1 and making the NBA since me and him were kids,'' Dominique said. "It's great to see him actually live our dream. It was my dream, it was his dream, it was my dad's dream, to see us play.''


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I've been using some of the SiS products for a while now so I thought I'd share my thoughts on them starting with the GO range, the ones I use on the bike. I'm aware this is a positive review - that's because I think these products are good. I'll review the REGO range and Supplements in later videos.
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This activity should take about 70 minutes.
After participating in this activity plan, which calls for participants to observe impacts on wildlife, participants will be able to
Your participants are going on an imaginary hike to a marshland area where they will encounter a flock of ducks, a doe, and a fawn. This activity will help them think about their potential impacts to wildlife and how these impacts can be avoided.
Explain to participants that they will be hiking along a trail and will come to a marsh area with ducks, a doe, and a fawn. Ask them to explain the actions they will take so they do not disturb the ducks and deer.
The participants will demonstrate the techniques they feel will help minimize impact to wildlife in the marshland area. After demonstrating these techniques, group members will move past the marshland. The activity will help them become more aware of their potential effects on wildlife and how they can avoid negative impacts.
As they approach the marked marshland, ask group members to demonstrate how they will avoid disturbing the wildlife and how they will be able to tell if they were successful.
After participants have passed the marshland, ask them why they used the techniques they did to minimize their impacts to the ducks and deer in the marsh. Ask them if there are any other techniques they could use. Emphasize that the best means of determining their success is the degree to which the wildlife may have altered their normal behavior. In contrast, if the ducks fly or the deer run away quickly, you know you have gotten too close.
Quick movement and loud noises are stressful to animals. Considerate campers should
Remember, you are too close to an animal if it alters its normal activities.
Your group is considerate of wildlife needs and knows how to respect wildlife. Group members also know the techniques for minimizing their impact on wildlife and means of determining if they have been successful. Do the following:
Congratulations on conducting a well-prepared meeting for your group!
Visit a local wildlife refuge and have the wildlife managers explain how they recommend viewing wildlife species at the refuge without disturbing them in the wild. Take a walk with the wildlife manager around the refuge to practice the techniques.
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Karrueche Tran Gets Sudsy for The Hundreds Summer 2014 Issue
Model Karrueche Tran, aka Chris Brown's off-and-on girlfriend, gets all wet and sudsy for The Hundreds Summer 2014 issue.
The photo shoot, shot by photographer Van Styles, features the Los Angeles beauty wearing booty shorts and a crop top while washing a DeLorean. Tran sheds her clothes to reveal a red-and-black bikini. Also take notice of her zipper tattoo on her slender right leg.
In the Hundreds Summer 2014 issue, Tran talks about being the woman in the middle of the whole Chris Brown situation. There's also interviews with fashion brand the In4mation and furniture manufacturers Modernica, plus, they celebrate the history of the Tapatio hot sauce.
And since summer is just around the corner, you might as well cop some gear at the Hundreds online store.
If you want to see the rest of Tran's wet and summery photos, click here.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Goodwin Liu was tired and disappointed. The law professor had returned from Washington the night before, having lost his bruising 16-month battle to win Senate confirmation for a federal appeals court seat. Conservative Republicans had tarred the Obama nominee as a liberal activist, and all of Liu's efforts to dispel the label had failed.
He had his key in the door to his office at UC Berkeley's law school when the telephone rang. An aide to Gov. Jerry Brown wanted to know if he would be interested in the California Supreme Court. Apprehensive about being "put through the wringer again," Liu replied that he was "interested in the conversation."
Liu met with Brown that afternoon. Instead of querying Liu on such litmus test issues as abortion, the death penalty or affirmative action — matters that can doom a judicial candidate — Brown wanted to discuss English philosopher John Locke and the French social commentator Montesquieu.
"What do you think is the basis of law?" the governor asked.
That two-hour intellectual volleyball eventually landed Liu on California's highest court, a resurrection that defied political expectations and underscored the vast difference between state and federal judicial nominations.


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Switching the Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI) or Protease Inhibitor (PI) to Maraviroc in HIV Subjects
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00966329
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 26, 2009
Last Update Posted : January 24, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|HIV HIV Infections
|Drug: maraviroc Drug: control group
|Phase 4
This is a 48 week randomized, prospective, controlled, open-label, proof-of-concept pilot clinical trial.
Patients with HIV-1 infection on HAART regimen including 2 NRTI/NtRTIs plus one of the following : 1 PI/ritonavir (lopinavir/ritonavir, atazanavir/ritonavir, fosamprenavir /ritonavir, tipranavir/ritonavir, darunavir/ritonavir) or ATV/unboosted (in a regimen without tenofovir) or 1 NNRTI (nevirapine or efavirenz).
Patients will be randomized to switch from the NNRTI/PI to maraviroc (300 mg /12 h) or to continue with the same approach.
The primary endpoint would be the percentage of patients who maintain virological suppression at week 48.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|30 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Pilot Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Switching the Nnrti or pi to Maraviroc in Hiv-1-infected Subjects With Persistent Viremia Suppression
|Study Start Date :
|October 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2012
Experimental: to switch from the NNRTI/PI to maraviroc
to switch from the NNRTI/PI to maraviroc
Drug: maraviroc
HAART regimen including 2 NRTI/NtRTIs plus maraviroc
Active Comparator: to continue with the same approach
to continue with the same approach
Drug: control group
HAART regimen including 2 NRTI/NtRTIs plus one of the following :
- Viral load [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Time to virological failure [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Administration of lipid-lowering drugs [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Changes in the SCORE equation [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- CD4 / CD8 cell counts [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Antiretroviral resistance and viral tropism [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Patients who withdraw [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
- Total cholesterol [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]Total cholesterol levels
- HDL-cholesterol [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]HDL-cholesterol levels
- LDL-cholesterol [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]LDL-cholesterol levels
- Triglyceride [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]Triglyceride levels
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-1 infected adults (=/+18 years old).
- Patient having a diagnosis of HIV infection, on stable HAART including 2 NRTI/NtRTIs plus one of the following: 1 PI/ritonavir or ATV/unboosted or 1 NNRTI.
- Undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA (VL < 50 copies/mL) while on HAART.
Patient having at least one of the following conditions:
- Antiretroviral-related gastrointestinal disturbances, or
- Low patient's satisfaction associated with the current regimen posology (ritonavir use, ritonavir intolerance…), or
- Any toxicity drug related.
- Nadir CD4 cell count > 350 cells/mm3.
- Absence of resistance mutations in the RT or PR by (TrugeneTM)
- Good treatment adherence.
- Voluntary written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Virologic failure to a previous antiretroviral regimen.
- Any antiretroviral resistance mutation in a previous resistance test.
- Dual/mixed or X4 viruses detected at any time point, including the pre-treatment ES-Trofile test of the PBMC test done before treatment switch.
- Acute infections or uncontrolled chronic infection in the 2 months previous to the inclusion.
- Pregnancy or fertile women willing to be pregnant.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00966329
|Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
|Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916
|Lluita contra la Sida Foundation, HIV Unit, Irsi Caixa Foundation
|Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916
|Lluita contra la Sida Foundation, HIV Unit
|Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916
|Principal Investigator:
|Eugènia Negredo, MD,PhD
|Lluita contra la Sida Foundation, HIV Unit
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Sílvia Gel, Dra. Eugenia Negredo, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
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|NCT00966329 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|August 26, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 24, 2013
|Last Verified:
|January 2013
Keywords provided by Sílvia Gel, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital:
Virological efficacy
Lipid profile
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Protease Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
CCR5 Receptor Antagonists
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
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After the insurgent Lizards foul legions disfigured the fallen Turdles at the Conquista Del Mundo - Australian Continent, the Turdle-army enlisted the support of - you guessed it VLAD The Impaler:
Just wanted to let the pathetic Turdle army and its band of sympathizers that the mighty Lizard army commander has been doing some research.
Which method to use? Ants? Beetles? Boiling water? MWAHAHAHAHA
Everyone is getting a turkey call for christmas this year.
Week of June 24 to June 30
Note: Due to the recent abundance of lizard meat, this weeks entrees may contain more lizard than usual
Sunday Lizard Rendang
Monday Creamed Lizard with Mushy Peas
Tuesday Lizard Vindaloo
Wednesday - Bean and Lizard Casserole
Thursday Stuffed Lizard Skins
Friday Crispy Lizard Tail
Saturday A variety of lizard snacks to accompany the showing of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
I found the following recipe in the Geo Kitchen Cache and I was wondering if any of you knew where I can find a couple of Turdles?
Turdle Stirfry Served on the Half-Shell
2 ea Fully grown Turdles (live)
1/4 c Chopped Side Bacon (3 strips)
1 c Chopped Onion
1 c Sliced Carrots
1 c Bok Choi
1 c Broccoli
1/2 c Snow Peas
4 tbs Soy Sauce
1/4 c Hoy Sin Sauce
1/2 tsp Sugar
2 tbs Sesame seed oil
1/8 c Sliced Almonds
3 pkg Raman Noodles
Turdle Prep
Prepare live Turdles by removing the claws with a hammer and chisel.Simply strike each digit in a downward motion with the chisel just above the knuckle. Don't worry about any sounds or movements the Turdles make, these are involuntary. Discard the claws.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. It is important that you perform this next step while the Turdle is still alive. So you may want to get the water boiling before you start chopping in step 1. Carefully and slowly lower each Turdle into the boiling water tail first. This may cause the Turdle to react as if in distress. Again, please ignore this. Turdles are like lobsters, unable to feel pain due to their underdeveloped brains.
Once the Turdle has boiled for 2 minutes, remove it from the water. As the shell of the Turdle offers considerable thermal protection, they may still be alive. So much the better!
For this next step, you need to have a helper. We need to peel the shell off the back of the Turdle. Once the Turdle has cooled, have one person hold the shell, and the other person can hold the bottom plate. Both of you should pull as hard as you can and the connective tissue that has been weakened by the boiling water should release and the shell should peel right off. Clean the shell thoroughly and set aside for later.
Use a sharp knife to slice the meat off of the back and along the sides of each Turdle. You should now be left with a boneless piece of flesh resembling the size and shape of 4 small chicken breasts.
Slice the meat into finger sized strips. Place them in a ziplock bag and add half of the soy sauce and a couple of shakes of hoy sin. Allow the mixture to coat the meat and set aside in the fridge while the vegetables are prepared.
Vegetable Prep
Chop the carrots as indicated and either parboil them in water for 60 seconds, or for 30 seconds in the microwave. Clean the Bok Choi, removing the bottom inch or two of the white stalks and chopping up the rest into medium sized pieces.
Heat a large skillet or a wok to high heat. Add oil. Put in the marinated meat, and toss for 60 seconds or until the meet is nicely browned. Add bacon and allow to cook for an additional 45 seconds. Now gradually add the vegetables starting with the carrots, then the onion and the bok choi and then the broccoli - reserve snow peas. Toss the mixture for 30 seconds and then reduce the heat to medium. Add the remainder of the sauces and the almonds. Heat the sauces till they start to bubble. Add snow peas and sugar and toss. Turn the wok off and arrange the cooked raman noodles in the bottom of the cleaned shells. Divide the dish evenly between the two shells. Serve with warm sake.
---Note: If Turdle is out of season, substitute three large or four small chicken breasts.
Hmmm, interesting that Hungry Guy logged on mere minutes after Lizardo, I wonder if there is a connection there?
Hungry Guy
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The level of entertainment on here never ceases to amaze me.


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NEW YORK (AP) - The Baltimore Ravens' victory over the San Francisco 49ers has set a record for highest overnight ratings in Super Bowl history, the Nielsen company reported Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) � The Baltimore Ravens' victory over the San Francisco 49ers has set a record for highest overnight ratings in Super Bowl history, the Nielsen company reported Monday.
Nielsen reported the game scored a 48.1 rating and 71 share in its select measurement of big cities. That's 1 percent over a similar measurement in last year's game.
For three years in a row, the Super Bowl has set a new record for most-watched event in U.S. television history. Nielsen is expected to have an estimate of how many people watched the game later on Monday.
One ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share means that 71 percent of TVs that were on at the time were tuned to the Super Bowl.
At CBS' request, that ratings figure did not include a 30-minute period when there was a partial power outage in the Superdome. Baltimore was leading 28-6 early in the third quarter when the outage occurred, so there was a chance that many viewers tuned elsewhere during that period, pulling down the average audience.
The network also drew criticism by the Parents Television Council for not moving quickly enough to edit out a profanity said by Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco shortly after the game. Flacco was caught by microphones describing his team's victory as "f------ awesome."
The game also illustrated the explosive growth of second screen activity. The company Trendrr TV, which tracks activity on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks, estimated there were 47.7 million social media posts during the game. That compares to 17 million during the 2012 Super Bowl and 3 million the year before that.


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Last Pieces of 1 World Trade Center Are Rising
One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building.
And when the last pieces of its spire rise to the roof on Monday — weather permitting — the 104-floor skyscraper will be feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the spire pieces plus a steel beacon will then be lifted at a later date from the rooftop to cap the building at 1,776 feet.
The new high-rise replaces the twin towers destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001.
The 408-foot spire will serve as a world-class broadcast antenna.
The new tower is at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site, which is well on its way to reconstruction with the 72-story Four World Trade Center and other buildings.


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Fall is officially here as temperatures this week have dipped into the 40s and 50s in some areas. As the cool fronts roll through, the beautiful sunshine and crisp air follows through which paints a wonderful picture in the mountains. There's never a better time to visit!
Our Italian Potpourri this week hits on some food, fun facts and a recent wedding held at Montaluce:
Jimmy of Eat It, Atlanta, works on some garden-fresh ingredients with pasta and italian sausage… give this recipe a try! http://www.eatitatlanta.com/2009/08/23/from-the-garden-tomatoes-basil/
A favorite Atlanta restaurant, Figo, is in the business of "making people happy," which practically makes it recession proof, no? http://www.ajc.com/business/figo-pasta-founder-bucks-164866.html
Check out some beautiful wedding shots by N'neka (In-nee-ka) Scruggs, who is an Atlanta area wedding & portrait photographer, during her recent visit to Montaluce: http://www.weddingsbynneka.com/blog/2009/10/18/wedding-at-montaluce-vineyard/
Did you know an Italian invented the thermometer and the ice cream cone? Here are some other Italian Fun Facts: http://www.lifeinitaly.com/potpourri/fun-facts.asp


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Obama Pays Tribute To Those Who Died In Sandy
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the Americans who died during Superstorm Sandy when it made landfall one year ago.
Obama said in a statement Tuesday that the last year has served as a reminder of the "strength and resilience of the American people."
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The storm was blamed for at least 181 deaths in the U.S. That includes 68 people who were killed in New York and 71 in New Jersey.
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The Bible says "seek peace and pursue it." But in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, some international peace builders might want to reexamine where that pursuit takes them.
In June, the court voted 6 to 3 to uphold a federal law that makes it a crime knowingly to provide "material support" to organizations designated by the State Department as foreign terrorist groups. The term "material support" encompasses tangible items like money, materials and goods as well as less concrete forms of support like "service" or "expert advice or assistance." The latter includes advising and training organizations in how to take nonviolent paths toward political goals.
In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the court concluded that the material support law was written broadly because any type of U.S. aid to terrorist groups could serve to "legitimate" these groups. Violating the material support law is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Humanitarian groups and peace-builders were left puzzled as to how the decision would affect their work
George A. Lopez, a professor with the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, said the ruling could put some international peace organizations "in a very odd situation."
"We're allowed to work with the Colombian bishops, but we're not allowed to work with them in the same room when they are working" with groups on the terrorist list, Lopez said. "What happens to that relationship with the local bishops' conference or a local Caritas organization that's dealing with the rebels...is there guilt by association? This ruling leaves that very, very nebulous."
One option is for groups involved in peace building to lobby Congress to revisit the material support law, which was originally passed in 1996.
"Whatever the strict interpretation of the law is, the policy behind it seems very foolish," said the Rev. John Converset, director of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Office for North America's Comboni Missionaries. "Are we trying to force people to remain violent? Do we not want to give them the chance to move from violence? Humanitarian assistance undermines terrorism."
Not all terrorist groups reach the point where they are receptive to adopting peaceful strategies. But some groups designated as terrorists have become mainstream political entities, said Page Fortna of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. She cited several examples, including South Africa's African National Congress and El Salvador's Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.
"Terrorist groups aren't different from other violent political actors, other rebel groups," Fortna said. "They are strategic actors, so they are trying to figure out the cost of continuing to fight and the cost of continuing to use terrorist tactics versus settling."
The Supreme Court case stems from a lawsuit filed by the Humanitarian Law Project and other groups arguing that the material support law violated the First Amendment right to free speech, and that terms like "service" and "expert advice or assistance" were too vague. The Supreme Court decision overturned a previous ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Humanitarian Law Project also sought an injunction that would allow the group to provide support to two foreign terrorist organizations: the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka.
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MIT's lead ballooned the 32-19 following a three-pointer by Merrifield at the 14:19 mark of the second stanza. The Engineers enjoyed a 38-26 cushion with just over four minutes remaining in regulation, but Mount Holyoke rallied for eight straight points to make things interesting. Methot drained four free throws during the spurt, which sliced the deficit to 38-34 with 43 seconds to go. From there, MIT went 4of-4 from the charity stripe to ice things.
Both squads will resume their NEWMAC schedules on Wednesday. Mount Holyoke (2-11, 1-7 NEWMAC) will visit the Coast Guard Academy at 5:30 p.m., while MIT (6-8, 2-6 NEWMAC) will travel to WPI for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.
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Aquino, the son of revered pro-democracy champions who was elected president in 2010 on promises to fight corruption and poverty, unveiled the programs at the start of a three-day conference on good governance.
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October 3rd and 4th 2009 - VAPR-CON is a paranormal convention that will cover a wide variety of subjects. With an amazing line up of speakers (more than 20!), spanning multiple subjects...this is a definite DON'T MISS event.
The venue is the old South Pittsburg Hospital in South Pittsburg TN (near Chattanooga). This is a hospital with great history! Not only is this a historical gem, but it is also a paranormal treasure. Past investigations have resulted in countless EVP results, photographs and personal experiences, making it a favorite investigation location. It is now privately owned, with its doors closing for good in 1998. This events proceeds will be given to the owner to help pay for the upkeep of the hospital. If the owner has the funds to pay for the needs of the building, it will protect it from being sold, and possibly demolished by new owners. Also, during Saturdays events, there will be a silent auction with all proceeds benefiting the pediatric division of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Archbishop James Long - Paranormal Clergy and Host of Sacred Division Radio on Para-X
Jimmy Morris - Founder of Texas Paranormal Research and Host of Ghost Chatter on Para-X
Frances Etienne - Co-Host of Sacred Division Radio and Founder of Afterdark Paranormal
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Chris Dedman - Co-Host of ParaTech Radio and President of United Paranormal International Kentucky.
Sarah Buford AKA "Paranormal Sarah" - Gifted Psychic and Parapsychology Researcher
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Roger Mayweather made a comment the other day that caught my attention. I know this guy allways runs his mouth and talks some major BS but he said that he thinks Pacman is taking HGH. In some ways it makes absolute sense. The guy has seemingly increased in size and power and hasnt lost any speed. From the time he lost to JMM Marquez(yes I said lost) hes gotten almost unaturally bigger. Look at JMM Marquez. He stepped up in wieght looked very small compared to Floyd and could never hurt him. Yet you see Pacman almost look equal to Cotto in sz. JMM knocked Pacman around the ring and yet when he went up in wieght Cotto could never hurt him. Granted all the fighters Pacman has seen at the heavier wieghts were allready past thier primes or a shell of thier former selfs(De La Hoya,Ricky Fatten,and Cotto) so it kinda expected. Consider also the fact that Pacmans main promoter is Bob Arum who promoted Mosely for his fights against De La Hoya and the second fight Mosely was investigated for his involvment with Balco of the whole Bonds HGH scam.Mosely passed his prefight drug test and so did Fernando Vargas and James Toney yet all were takers of a type of HGh. Just a thought.
NEW YORK — Seven-time world champion Manny Pacquiao tested clean following his Nov. 14 TKO win over Miguel Cotto, SI.com reported Wednesday.
Pacquiao, who became the first boxer to win seven championships in as many weight classes, underwent urine tests twice -- before and after the fight -- and both came back negative, said Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It's the the 10th time the Filipino has turned in clean tests in Nevada, the report said.
Immediately following his win over Cotto, fans inside the MGM Grand Arena pleaded for a megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who many have regarded as the top pound-for-pound fighter since his return in September. In response to the expected fanfare, Floyd Mayweather Sr. has publicly accused Pacquiao of taking steroids.
Mayweather Sr., Floyd's father and trainer, told SI's Chris Mannix that he believed Pacquiao's ability to take Cotto's powerful shots and keep coming proved the champion was taking performance-enhancing substances. "I know Floyd is the best," said Mayweather Sr. "But when [your opponent] uses something illegal, even the best can get hurt."
Floyd Sr. offered no evidence to support his claim.
Since 2002, Nevada has required fighters to submit urine samples before every fight. Those samples test for 40 types of steroids, diuretics and masking agents. In his 10 Las Vegas fights, Pacquiao has never tested positive, and his conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, said the only substances his fighter took leading up to the fight with Cotto were whey protein and liver-support supplements, in addition to his 6,500-calorie diet.
Pacquiao has been bombarded with accusations of doping, having conquered seven weight divisions since entering the sport at 106 pounds when he was 16.
And after Mayweather Sr.'s comments following the November 14 bout, there has been speculation that if a megafight between Floyd Jr. and Pacquiao is agreed upon, Mayweather's camp may place stipulations in the fight contract that would require both fighters to take separate, mandatory drug tests in addition to the required tests by state athletic commissions.
But at 10-0 with his Nevada drug tests, Pacquiao has provided plenty of proof he cleanly fought his way to seven world titles.
Now this doesnt confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that he hasnt been using...but the people accusing him of that have no grounds on which to base their claims other than the fact that hes been getting better and better with every fight..innocent until proven guilty...oh and Marquez and Cotto are two completely different fighters...just cuz marquez had pacquiao stumbling a couple of times in their fights at a lower weight class doesnt mean that at a higher weight class a bigger fighter should be able to...styles makes fights.
It's a good idea for the Mayweather camp to put out preemptive face-saving comments. Mayweather has very little to gain (other than money) from fighting Pacquiao and can't beat Manny with or without HGH.
That said, I agree that Marquez actually won that fight.
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