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Although the final score says 5-2, the score does not accurately depict the match.
The air is always thick with tension when Lipscomb and Belmont compete head-to-head. Tuesday was no exception when both teams stepped onto the courts at Belmont's Davis Tennis Complex.
At the start of the match, both teams held 0-9 conference records. The teams were equally matched.
As doubles play began, the Lady Bisons made a strong statement by taking an early lead over Belmont. Lipscomb secured wins at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, allowing them to clinch the doubles point and capture a 1-0 lead over the Bruins.
Freshman Mackenzie Bishop and sophomore Elizabeth Keevil downed Abby Leatherwood and Laura Stack by a score of 8-4 at the No. 1 spot.
At the No. 2 position, junior Kara Jackson and sophomore Danielle Hansen overpowered Belmont's Abigail Hogan and Natalia Nunes 8-2.
Lipscomb's lone doubles loss came at No. 3. Junior Julianne McMeen and freshman Carlina Jow were defeated by Lindsay Bennett and Lauren Irick 8-1.
With a confident 1-0 lead, the Lady Bisons entered into singles play.
Evening the score to 1-1, Bishop came off court first for the Bisons at No. 1. Facing Belmont's A-Sun honoree for the 2008-2009 season, Bishop played a tight first set. After taking a 3-0 lead, Bishop fell to 6-6. Bishop lost in the first set tiebreaker 7-5. Leatherwood upped her game in the second set, giving the Bruins the point with the 7-6 (5), 6-2 defeat.
Lipscomb regained the lead, advancing to 2-1 over the Bruins, with a win at No. 2 singles. Keevil ran up a 4-1 lead over Stack in the first set. But allowing Stack to get in a groove, the score was evened at 6-6 once again for the Lady Bisons. However, this time Lipscomb took the set. Keevil dominated the tiebreaker, winning 7-4. With the first set under her belt, Keevil went on to win the second set with a little more ease, giving Keevil the match 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Hansen came off court next at No. 3 singles. Putting up a valiant fight, it was not enough for Hansen to take the win. After Hansen won the first set 6-4, her opponent, Abbey Hogan, came back to win the second set in a tiebreaker 7-3. In the third set, Hogan took an early lead over Hansen and secured the third set win 6-2. Facing much defiance on the court and questionable officiating, Hansen suffered a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 loss, evening the match to 2-2.
Playing No. 5 for the first time, due to a last minute coaching decision, McMeen came off court next. Although she put up a tough fight, in the end McMeen came up short of the victory. McMeen was defeated by Nunes 6-1, 6-1, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead over the Lady Bisons.
Jackson faced Bennett at No. 4 singles, coming off court shortly after McMeen. Jackson could not find the victory, allowing the Bruins to clinch the match with a 4-2 lead. Jackson fell to Bennett after coming back in the second set 6-2, 6-4.
Sophomore Samantha Bowman made her debut appearance at No. 6 singles for the Lady Bisons. Competing in her first conference match of the season, Bowman played a close match against experienced junior, Lauren Irick. After losing the first set 6-2, Bowman fought back to win the second set in a tiebreaker. However, experience prevailed when Bowman succumbed to Irick in a tiebreaker substituting for the third set. Bowman's 6-2, 7-6, 10-8 defeat, ran Belmont's lead up to a 5-2 victory.
The Lady Bisons played their closest and hardest fought match against their rival. Although they did not earn the win, it goes without saying that the fight they put up was commendable.
The Lady Bisons end their conference season with a 0-10 record.
Lipscomb's final match will be on Saturday, April 10 at Lipsomb's soon to be dedicated Tennis Complex. The Lady Bisons will face North Alabama for the second time this season. Lipscomb took the victory in the first meeting.
1. Mackenzie Bishop/ Elizabeth Keevil (LU) def. Abby Leatherwood/Laura Stack (BEL) 8-4
2. Danielle Hansen/ Kara Jackson (LU) def. Abigail Hogan/Natalia Nunes (BEL) 8-2
3. Lindsay Bennett/Lauren Irick (BEL) def. Julianne McMeen/ Carlina Jow (LU) 8-1
1. Leatherwood (BEL) def. Bishop (LU) 7-5 (5), 6-2
2. Keevil (LU) def. Stack (BEL) 7-6(4), 6-4
3. Hogan (BEL) def. Hansen (LU) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
4. Bennet (BEL) def. Jackson (LU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Nunes (BEL) def. McMeen (LU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Irick (BEL) def. Bowman (LU) 6-2, 6-7, 10-8
Written by Ashlan Williams, student assistant in the athletics media relations department.


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Atlantic City Bus Accident Hurts Dozens
Dozens are hurt in a chain reaction bus crash in Atlantic City.
NJ Transit tells WCAU TV the accident on Arctic Avenue at Virginia Avenue in front of the Altman Terrace apartments around 3 p.m. was a chain reaction crash involving the 504 bus that runs from Ventnor to Atlantic City. A A SUV hit a car which ran into the bus.
18 people have been hospitalized according to WCAU TV. 12 of those hospitalized were on board the bus including 10 adults and two children. 3 people were from one of the vehicles involved in the crash according to WMGM TV. The Press of Atlantic City tweets that three people are critically injured.
Fire Chief Dennis Brooks told WMGM TV the bus was picking up or dropping off a wheelchair at the time of the accident.
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This is one party we wish we didn't miss. Jack Daniel's enthusiast Kesha met up with none other than cannabis aficionado Snoop Dogg. Can you imagine the conversations these two probably had?
Snoop tweeted his excitement about hanging out with the 'Tik Tok' singer, writing, "Me n ke$ha at tha @adidasoriginals party." The duo were Coachella fixtures, with Snoop's performance alongside Dr. Dre and a hologram of Tupac Shakur stealing the spotlight last weekend.
Snoop also just dropped his single, 'Breathe It In,' which we're pretty sure isn't about oxygen. The track will appear on his 'Stoners' album, due, aptly enough, on April 20.
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If you want some high-quality Linux wallpapers for your large monitors, you can visit my collection of "25 Coolest Linux Wallpapers". However, if you happen to own a netbook, it is best to use medium-sized wallpapers that are optimized for small display. Because of that, I decided to collect and share to you all some really fresh, cool, and cute Linux wallpapers that will surely look good on any netbook monitor. --No more resizing hassles. So without delay, here they are:
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His love of writing began at school where he wrote fun stories about zany characters and letting his imagination run almost as wild as his hair. At the age of 13 he wrote in an essay about Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's marriage could only be saved by a novelty 'His and Hers' towel set. Suffice to say this didn't go down too well with the English teacher but it set him on a path towards an interest in expressive writing.
Four years later, his 5000 word A-level analytical essay studying the literary structure of the Conan the Barbarian novels by Robert E Howard was heavily frowned on by his teacher for not being about an 'author of suitable literary merit.' That moment convinced Jason only to ever write about subjects that he enjoyed applying his creative mind to. Jason soon began to write humorous tales, sci-fi and fantasy purely for his own enjoyment.
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"Great – it's an oversized iPod Touch that also displays eBooks and runs more robust productivity applications."
Stop us if you think these impressions are off. Because despite its welcome array of enhancements – a user-intuitive, iTunes-like online bookstore and reading app known as iBooks; greater screen real estate thanks to a 9.7-inch high-def display; beefier graphics and processing power courtesy of the 1GHz A4 chip; and a pending suite of enhanced apps including games, social networking clients, and business packages – Apple's iPad tablet computer just didn't wow like we'd hoped.
On a positive note, starting at an unexpectedly low $499, the device ships within 60 days courtesy of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models in multiple configurations designed to suit an array of shoppers including 802.11n WiFi base models and units with optional 3G wireless connections. (The latter of which are powered by AT&T, offer free access to the wireless carrier's national network hotspots and are due to launch a month later). But much as the iPad certainly impresses with its range of online connectivity options; eBook reading features; slick user interface; elegant array of multimedia storefronts; gesture-based control method; and overall strategy for cutting eReaders off at the knees, let's be frank. Despite clever demonstrations of how the gizmo can be used to browse digital documents and spreadsheets, create compelling slideshow presentations and screen 3D video games and high-definition online video, really. In our opinion, we've yet to see the killer app here that would make everyday shoppers want to rush out and upgrade.
On the bright side, all existing 140,000+ iPhone apps are supported out of the box, with today's launch of an iPad development software development kit (SDK) bound to soon result in the debut of more compelling, tablet-specific programs that offer marked upgrades over iPhone counterparts. However, what we're not seeing here is the inclusion of vast quantities of portable, on-demand film/TV content; videoconferencing capability; and novel control and interaction methods (hint: an optional keyboard dock doesn't count) as hoped. Or, for that matter, the rumored reinvention of iTunes into a cloud computing service capable of letting users access their music, album artwork and other digital data anytime, anywhere. Granted, you do get the ability to browse the Web, access email and parse multimedia in an elegant, user-friendly manner, as well as a device whose dimensions (.05 inches thin and 1.5lbs in weight) wow with sheer portability. Still, there's no sign of that single, must-have feature that would prompt shoppers to make the upgrade en masse, unless you're sold on the idea of digital publishing and see no reason to pay half as much (or roughly the same) for a standalone eReader unit that serves fewer functions.
With limited support for digital communications, Flash-based media and a lack of must-see content that would cause entire families or classrooms to congregate around the gadget as hoped, bear in mind as well. Audiences may also be slow to jump on board and purchase the iPad given the device's dearth of major hardware innovations and a not inconsiderable price tag that – especially with a keyboard and case tacked on – puts the tablet in direct competition with traditional laptops. (Keep in mind that if you want full online connectivity, there's also a $14.99 250MB/month or $29.99 unlimited/month data download plan attached.) So despite Apple's claims that the iPad will be another "gold rush" for developers, consider. Not only will it take 12-18 months most likely for software makers to truly come to grips with what new technological possibilities the iPad presents through which to wow and amaze the general public. With the gadget being less of an impulse buy than the iPhone, there also may be less of a fan base that flocks to it, meaning fewer potential sales and hence more sluggish and less extensive support amongst the third-party development community.
We also can't help but wonder at the amount of marketing and public reeducation Apple will have to conduct to inform prospective buyers about the benefits of its supposed "third category of device" that sits between notebooks and smartphones. Or, for that matter, despite considerable support from newspaper and magazine publishers, just how many broadcast video providers will eventually want to cave and play ball given the raw deal they've witnessed Apple give music industry titans. All of which, of course, adds up to a big question mark in our minds as to what degree of magnitude the device will succeed, given that it's not the revolution in portable computing or mobile entertainment for which we'd genuinely hoped.
Still, there's certainly room to grow and innovate here, an area in which Apple has always prided itself, as proven through continued refreshes of various lines of consumer electronics products such as the MacBook and iPod. More importantly as well, competitors such as HP, Lenovo and Microsoft won't be standing idly by either if shoppers do opt to flock to the category, meaning several more innovations in the surrounding space could be inevitable in the near-term future. (Thereby forcing all manufacturers to bring their A-game in terms of more competitive hardware, pricing and innovation going forward, a potential huge win for consumers…)
The $20 million question at the moment, though: Will the Apple iPad finally be the rallying point the tablet PC category (which it essentially attempts to re-brand and package in hipster's clothing) needs to break through to mainstream prominence? Only time will tell, but for now, we're hardly swooning – think more cautiously optimistic.


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Patent Office Seeking Comments On How To Implement A 'First To File' Regime Instead Of 'First To Invent'
from the help-them-not-muck-it-up dept
To be fair, the arguments in favor of this switch are basically (1) everyone else does it (mostly true) and (2) proving who was first to invent is a total pain in the ass and can be slow and costly. Thus switching to a first to file system could save a lot of wasted time and money in the cases where there's a dispute. That may be true, but I'm not convinced it's a good reason.
That said, it doesn't much matter what I think: it made it into the bill and is now the law. The US Patent Office is now seeking comment on how it should go about implementing this new rule. It's put out two requests. First, it wants to know how it should change the examination guidelines for patent examiners (pdf and embedded below) to take this new rule into account. Second, it wants comments on how it should amend the "rules of practice," regarding this change -- since the current rules are based on the old "first to invent" system.
For those thinking of participating, this is not the place to argue why "first to file" is a bad system (or even why the patent system is broken). I imagine any such filings will be (correctly) deemed off-topic and discarded. However for those patent holders and patent lawyers (and scholars) for whom this change is a big deal, now might be the time to share some thoughts with the USPTO for how it can implement this change with as little damage as possible.


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Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, has revealed a new entry-level precision farming display. The Edge display combines a greater level of simplicity with SeedCommand, DirectCommand and yield monitoring capabilities to meet the year-round needs of today's precision farming operation.
Engineered with a rugged, moisture-resistant design, the Edge display features an enhanced operator experience with an easy-to-use interface and 6.5-inch color touchscreen. The Edge display supports Ag Leader's AutoSwath feature allowing growers to increase operation efficiency by automatically turning applicators or planter sections on and off based on field maps or already applied/planted areas and to automatically adjust swath width of combines during harvest.
Real-time mapping and data logging of field operations help producers to better observe field variations as they happen. Prescription maps for variable rate application and seeding give operators the opportunity to tailor applications to their fields.
"We are very proud to present growers with a year-round solution that strengthens their operation. The Edge display offers compatibility with Ag Leader's SeedCommand, DirectCommand, yield monitoring and SMS software products, all while maintaining the user-friendliness operators desire," says Product Manager, Matt Leinen.
"Edge fits any operation, but especially those producers just starting in precision farming or precision farming veterans who wish to add another display to their operation."
Consistent with other Ag Leader products, the Edge display can be moved from vehicle to vehicle for operations throughout the growing season. In addition, the Edge display is plug compatible with Ag Leader's powerful InSight display, making an upgrade to the InSight display a seamless transition.
"Edge provides producers with a simple and economical first step in precision farming. With its plug compatibility to the InSight display, upgrading is easy," adds Leinen. "Customers have demanded an alternative like the Edge display and we are happy to deliver a product to meet their needs."
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Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) February 29, 2012
Cognitech, Inc. has announced the receipt of the following patent awards from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, for the invention of the "System and Method for Three-Dimensional Estimation Based on Image Data", and the "System and Method for Pattern Detection and Camera Calibration."
The "System and Method for Three-Dimensional Estimation Based on Image Data" invention is a method and apparatus for extracting a dense 3D model of an observed scene or object from one or more sequences of images which are acquired with an imaging device such as a camera or camcorder, or clusters of cameras and/or camcorders. 3D models that are extracted from each image sequence are combined and merged to create a 3D model of the whole scene. This is an essential tool to have when it comes to doing accident reconstruction models or other geo-spatial imaging applications.
The "System and Method for Pattern Detection and Camera Calibration" invention is a method and apparatus for an accurate calibration of cameras, which is an essential and crucial prerequisite for any 3D analysis and image reconstruction from image and video data. The applications span many industrial fields that include forensic and geo-spatial applications.
Cognitech's CEO, Dr. Lenny Rudin said, in regards to this invention, "It is not an every day event, to be awarded a coveted US Patent. To be awarded two US patents in one month is a once-in-a-life time event. This comes as a result of a prolonged and concentrated effort by Cognitech's R&D team to push the envelopes of science and technology, which in part benefits the field of justice and the field of geo-spatial imaging."
About Cognitech, Inc.:
In 1988, Cognitech, Inc. was the first company that designed and developed the unique Video Investigator® hardware and software products for professional forensic CCTV video applications. The recent scientific breakthroughs of Cognitech's research team, and multiple USPTO Awards, proves that twenty four years later, Cognitech is still the true leader in the forensic image/video processing field.
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Got my Scorpio edition today. Just need to wait for the kids to go to bed to set it up!
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Nice! Give us a rundown once you've used it. My son wants an Xbox for Christmas from Santa... I'm all for it but my wife is sceptical as we already have a PS4, and only one telly upstairs for gaming.
I reckon I will be able to get a pretty good deal soon on the older XBone, but the question is should I go for the Scorpio? If I did, I'd then need to buy a new 4K HDR telly to get the most out of it, which would probably go into the living room and that is a no-no because that is where the missus sits to watch TV.-Charlie
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Hooked my X up last night. Didn't get a chance to play anything, but it's much faster. Looking forward to jumping back into Forza tonight.This missing signature brought to you by PhotoBucket.
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As I finally get used to the controls and structure of the X1X I am really starting to feel the benefits of the extra juice, even though I'm still using a 1080p display.
Load times are quick, console start-up time is almost non-existent, and the games I've tried so far - Gears of War 4, Titanfall 2, and Skate 3 - all run really smooth.
Best of the three by far is Titanfall 2 - best looking game I've ever played on console. I used to think I didn't really care about 30FPS vs. 60FPS, but I'm becoming a believer. Gears is OK and looks very pretty, but the campaign and the controls/shooting mechanics are just not that good imo. Skate 3 as an original 360 game is noticeably lesser quality in the graphics area, and is something I'll probably delete pretty quick as the game play seems pretty standard skate-game-boring. (As a former and still occasional skateboarder, I have to at least try the skating games when the opportunity is there for a free one via EA Access).
Will be interesting to see how PUBG runs on this thing compared to my gaming laptop - which can only run it on "Low" settings to keep FPS near 60.
Probably still about a year at least from upgrading my projector to 4k, as the prices on good quality true 4k projectors is only now starting to drop into the reasonable range. I'll get there eventually though.
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Picked one of these up last saturday. I cant say enough about how disappointed I am in the WiFi connectivity on this console. From start up to gaming its a laggy shit show. Many Redditors have confirmed it. I spent hours messing with my Netgear Nighthawk to no avail. Ended running a cable that I now have to plug in and unplug everytime I want lag free gaming. Kind of a shame for $500.
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Sorry to hear that; I'm running my PS4 and XB1s on cables too but that is because I need every advantage I can get in games, even if it is only microseconds.
Does anyone else with an XB1X have a similar issue?-Charlie
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Tiana Webberley advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary in the pole vault for the second straight year ... tied for 31st-place with a top height of 12-1.50 (3.70) ... won her second straight Big West pole vault championship ... cleared a career-best height of 13-1.75 (4.01) on her second attempt at the conference championship ... her vault broke Krystal Quinn's four-year school record of 13-1.50 ... was one of only two vaulters to surpass 12-0 at the Big West Championships ... reached her previous lifetime-best of 12-8.75 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational ... placed 12th at the MPSF Indoor Championships with a top height of 12-2 (3.71) ... her height ranks second in Cal State Northridge indoor history ... was named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
Webberley was named Big West Women's Freshman of the Year after winning the pole vault at the conference championship ... advanced to the NCAA West Region Championships where she tied for 33rd after clearing 12-3.50 (3.75) ... claimed the Big West championship with a height of 12-4.75 (3.78) ... was the only vaulter in the field to clear 12-0 ... posted a season-best of 12-8.75 (3.88) at the Steve Scott Invitational (May 2) where she finished third ... her height ranks second in Northridge history and is easily the school's freshman record ... tied for 13th at the MPSF Indoor Championships with a height of 12-1.50 (3.70) ... her mark is the second-best in Matador indoor history.
Competed in track & field and cross country at Highand High School in Palmdale, Calif. ... was a CIF Div. I finalist in the pole vault in 2008 and finished 10th in the state ... earned All-Golden League honors in the pole vault in both 2007 and 2008 ... the Bulldogs won league championships from 2006-08 ... vaulted a best of 11-9 during the 2008 season ... graduated in 2009 with a 3.67 grade point average.
Born August 25, 1991 in Woodland Hills, Calif. ... parents are Teresa and Alan Webberley ... has one brother, Ryan and one sister, Melina ... favorites include the Dallas Cowboys, actor Orlando Bloom, the movie "Dumbo" and anything chocolate ... says her greatest moment in sports was qualifying for the state meet and winning the jump-off ... enjoys putting together picture collages in her spare time ... major is Nursing.


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This piece is by Samantha Hsieh, a fellow at our law firm. Samantha recently graduated from The George Washington University Law School with honors. She is interested in practicing asylum law and removal defense. Samantha's immigration experience includes interning at a law firm and at the Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation. Prior to law school, she worked as a paralegal at an immigration firm.
I recently attended the Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières ("MSF"), Forced From Home exhibit on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The exhibit, which is touring five East Coast cities this year, allows participants to learn about the experiences of refugees from around the world and raises awareness for their cause.
Upon entry, visitors are given an identity as a refugee, internally displaced person, or asylum seeker from Honduras, South Sudan, Burundi, Syria, or Afghanistan. According to MSF, there are currently 65 million people in the world fleeing from conflict or persecution. Our tour guide, Jane, explained the work of MSF, which employs around 35,000 people and provides free medical care in over 60 countries. Jane is a nurse who has worked in dozens of refugee camps.
One of our first tasks was to select five items from 20 to bring on our journey. I chose a cell phone, medication, passport, water, and stove. Refugees fleeing on foot are limited to items that they can easily carry. Oftentimes, decisions about which items to bring must be made in a hurry. I noticed that the only other participants who had also chosen cell phones were two children whose eyes were glued to their iPads the entire time. We were forced to give up our items one by one in order to pay for different parts of the journey.
Jane led our group onto a small inflatable raft in order to simulate crossing the Mediterranean Sea. We sat in the raft with the men on the perimeter and the women and children in the center on the floor.
These rafts were supposed to hold seven people, but as many as 60 refugees and their belongings would squeeze into one raft. Smugglers load refugees onto the rafts and then leave them to their journey, often without enough fuel. Refugees are sometimes given cheap counterfeit life vests, filled with ineffective packaging material. Rafts that stay on course take about eight days to reach Europe. The cost of admission for a seat in one of these rafts? US$2,000.00 to US$3,000.00 per person. Since January 2016, roughly 3,600 refugees and migrants have died or gone missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean into Europe.
Next, we visited a re-creation of a refugee camp. Each person in the camp receives a daily ration of water, grains, beans, oil, and salt. The young women and girls are responsible for filling and delivering water containers holding up to six gallons. Humans need a minimum of four gallons of water a day for drinking and basic hygiene and cooking. For comparison, the average American uses 90 gallons of water each day. Jane also demonstrated how to use a typical bathroom in a refugee camp, which is essentially a box around a hole with a curtain in the front. Notably missing was toilet paper.
Standing in front of an MSF medical tent, Jane told us about several medical issues that refugees face. While relatively easy to treat, cholera--which arises from contaminated food or water--can kill within hours if left untreated. Malaria is also common. MSF staff test patients for malaria by applying a blood sample to a test card. Because of language barriers, the packaging for the malaria medication uses symbols instead of words to convey dosage instructions.
Malnutrition in young children can be difficult to recognize, particularly for local aid workers who lack formal medical training. MSF staff use mid upper-arm circumference ("MUAC") bracelets to measure the arms of young children as a simple means of detecting malnutrition and determining a treatment plan. Children whose arm circumference is under 116 millimeters (roughly 4.5 inches) suffer from severe acute malnutrition and are immediately hospitalized. Malnourished children are fed Plumpy'nut, a high-calorie peanut paste mixed with vitamins, minerals, and other ingredients for weight gain. One small packet of Plumpy'nut contains 500 calories.
Finally, we viewed several tents similar to those where refugee families live. Conditions in refugee camps range from reprehensible (more common) to fairly good (rare). Regardless of their living conditions, refugees are forced to wrestle with concerns over the safety of family and friends left behind and uncertainty over their own futures.
The town of Dadaab, Kenya contains some of the oldest and largest refugee camps in the world. The first camps in Dadaab were constructed in 1992. The Dadaab camps are now home to over 300,000 refugees. Some refugees born in Dadaab have grown up and now have children of their own. Jane told us of one resident she spoke to who had expected to stay for only a few weeks. He has not left the camp in over 15 years.
At the end of the exhibit, Jane told us the greatest lessons she learned from serving as a nurse in refugee camps around the world. "Every day," she said, "I was reminded of the resilience of humanity and that despite the terrible things that had happened to them there, people always miss their home."
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SA v WA: Day Four Highlights
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A Jake Lehmann half-century helped South Australia force a draw against New South Wales at the SCG.
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Conor McInerney secured his maiden first-class wicket on the third day of JLT Sheffield Shield action at the SCG.
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South Australian 'keeper-batsman Alex Carey made his second first-class century before New South Wales made it to stumps without loss on day two of their JLT Sheffield Shield clash at the SCG.


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Vava'u is a group of more than 50 islands in Tonga, about 150 miles north of Tongatapu. They are either raised coral limestone or coral atolls. The beautiful harbour opposite the main town of Neiafu (known as the Port of Refuge Harbour) is a common destination for yachties sailing the South Pacific. The waters of the islands are known for their clarity, it being said that you can see the bottom at 40 metres. The area attracts many humpback whales between June and November and there are lots of companies organising tours to see them. There are numerous places to stay, to suit most budgets.
Findings of Lapita pottery suggest that early-Polynesians were on these islands close to 3000 years ago. These days there are around 20,000 people living in the Group. Neiafu and surrounding villages are home to about a third of the Group's overall population of around 20,000, with the majority of the population living in small villages on the other islands. Neiafu is the official port of entry for yachts coming to Vava'u, which attracts over 500 yachts every winter sailing season between June and October. A string of islands and reefs along the eastern edge of the Group shelters the area from strong winds and ocean swells and humpback whales come to these protected waters to give birth. This is the high season for tourism; between December and April few people visit and many tour companies and restaurants close down. Neiafu town is the centre of activity. It is on the southern point of the main island of 'Utu Vava'u and has an attractive setting on one of the world's most beautiful harbours. Neiafu offers all the usual amenities including banks, schools, tour companies, restaurants, cafes and bars, supermarkets, a market and a hospital. It doesn't have a beach but boats to one of the nearby coral atolls with superb sandy beaches are easily available.
Vava'u has a tropical climate with average temperatures up to 29ºC in January and down to 24ºC in June. It is sunny throughout the year. Between November and April, it is more humid and thunderstorms and cyclones do occur. From May to September there are southeast trade winds but during the summer months the winds are from the northeast.
The main islands are:
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By plane
International flights arrive in Tongatapu. Other than on Sundays, Chathams Pacific, Tonga's Domestic Airline [19] fly to Vava'u from Tongatapu twice a day. A few times a week, there are flights from Ha'apai. Chathams Pacific generally run the 50-seat Convair or their 18-seat Metroliner on the Tongatapu-Vavau route. Chathams have 6 aircraft of differing sizes (including a fully restored DC3) and you can find full details of their schedule and aircraft on their website [20]
Vava'u airport is international and therefore private aircraft and charter are welcome to avail themselves of the custom and immigration services. Scheduled international services to Vava'u from Fiji ceased prior to 2008.
By ferry
The MV Olovaha travels once a week from Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu to Vava'u via Ha'apai, usually departing on Tuesday and arriving on Wednesday. It makes a return journey to Nuku'alofa on Thursday. It cannot be said to be a particularly comfortable experience, particularly in the summer months.
Get around
Bicycles, mountain bikes, motorbikes and boats can be rented from several hotels and agencies. Taxis are available. Neiafu is small enough where you can easily get around on foot. Boat trips are organised by several companies.
Most restaurants have ship-to-shore VHF radio so passing yachties can order food or book a table.
Tonga is a very conservative Christian country. Keep in mind that Sunday is strongly revered, the vast majority of the population will attend religious services, very few shops will be open and there is very little to do. Flights do not operate on Sundays and tourist services may not be available. Try taking the time to attend a church service. The singing can be beautiful.
Men should avoid going around topless other than on the beach. You could be arrested. Although Tongans are used to tourists, skirts above the knee, while not illegal, are still not appreciated.
Get out
To really get away from it all head to Niuatoputapu and Niuafo'ou, which are the northernmost islands of the Tonga group. They are reachable by weekly flights from Vava'u.


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Where Handbags Sell for as Much as Luxury Cars
When the gavel hits the podium for the biannual handbag auction on April 28 in New York, bidders will stake claims to Hermes, Judith Lieber, Chanel and other handbags. Christina Binkley pulls back the curtain on the world of handbag connoisseurship.
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... I ... a twenty thousand won upcoming ... auction the kids are ... all in the bag already Christina Binkley Wall Street Journal's on stock calmness and veteran fashion Mr. when she's here to ... report for us on the hot wars for handbags this ... could make this up if you tried now scores of women in one room building thousands of dollars on Tues handbags ... some of them with stains on them now tells about the event ... this is great is actually cutting from a major auction house this this this is the seventies and this heritage ... three years ago heritage started having a twice a year handbag and look for excess trees auction is almost entirely handbags ... and it's all the highest and handbags you can imagine the airmen and Chanel and Gucci though do list goes on lots of ... little Judith Lieber of bags of that that that people like yourself undemocratic right that's about it but they're works of art ... and their auction off twice a year in a very crowded room in New York City ... and what's the appeal from for the women I think it's probably going mostly women miss a few female friend and ... about these particular bag sitting ... plan to spend money on something new for differences handbags eleven style so quickly ... well you know the accesories and TxDOT gut that were talking Perkins Intel is for Marin as in some of the sudden vintage bag styles that come around ... again and again it has two things going on here ... I when is that these are cheaper it then you can of tuna than you can buy in the store says some women can use this isn't as an entry level wait to get into a park and that she couldn't afford it she had to go in and invited parties ... the dirt not a party to the immense ... I'm ... the and the other thing is that there are collectors out there I might call them collectors Yumiko collectors some women have forty bags and don't consider themselves the collector and told ... that these are women who want to buy many many bags they're often looking for bags that were very rare ... they're collecting them like they would anything else it's a beautiful and comfortable ... what's the highest price recorded for use handbag this option ... two hundred and two thousand dollars ... diamond studded him as bad ... in two thousand and eleven you can buy a house like you can buy a house he can buy them as backpacks falling ten or small house how intense is the dating scene there the duties is like an option to bring on expert handbag readers for whispering new year ... there is there is an expert there's a mismatch driven sure he's twenty five years old and he's already been doing this for seven years he started as a private ... handbag broker that's a whole nother story ... but mostly these are within your deciding what they wanna buy on their own ... their online from far away about two-thirds different from the United States so that's a lot of women are actually in a few men ... there and start dialing in either online or by telephone from far away it works exactly like the European painting auctions it so that the it's the same deal you've got an option year with the gavel ... you've got people wandering around the room looking at different lots of new fat people dialing in calling in ... sick to me that it's it's very competitive I spoke with one woman he was still gnashing her teeth over missing a yellow crocodile ... Chanel bag last season she was that that that was in December during our basil and she was in a crowded ... noisy party and couldn't hear the auction going on in this the bag she wanted that will haunt her


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Zaragoza's regrets failed to allay Mayo's indignation. Two of Copp's men had been forced to leave the whaleboat, a vessel displaying the American flag. Under international law such an action was equivalent to abducting them from American soil, and Mayo was not disposed to treat it lightly. Acting on his own initiative, he immediately dispatched an ultimatum to Zaragoza demanding that he issue a formal disavowal of and apology for the detention of the paymaster's party, severely punish the officer responsible, and publicly hoist the American flag and fire a 21-gun salute, which would be duly returned.
This robust communication had far-reaching repercussions. Zaragoza advised Mayo that he lacked the authority to address his demands and forwarded the ultimatum to Mexico City. Huerta brushed it off, declaring that Zaragoza had already apologized, Colonel Hinojosa had been arrested, and that to fire the salute would be demeaning. Wilson, who supported Mayo from the start, did not propose to let the matter end there. On 13 April he promised reporters, "The salute will be fired." Later that day he directed Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to concentrate the Atlantic Fleet off the east coast of Mexico. A review of his remarks during this period leaves no doubt that in the Tampico incident Wilson saw a golden opportunity to teach Huerta who was boss. He remained convinced that this aim could be achieved without the use of force.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, flying his flag in the new dreadnought battleship Arkansas (BB-33), led the predreadnoughts Vermont (BB-20), New Jersey (BB-16), and New Hampshire (BB-25) to sea from Hampton Roads late on 14 April. That same day, the dreadnought South Carolina (BB-26) steamed from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to join the squadron as it passed Key West. The Michigan (BB-27), another dreadnought, sailed from Philadelphia a day later and the predreadnought Louisiana (BB-19) from New York on the 16th. Four battleships were already present in Mexican waters: the predreadnoughts Connecticut (BB-18) and Minnesota (BB-22) at Tampico and the dreadnoughts Florida (BB-30) and Utah (BB-31) at Veracruz. 2
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Even as this deployment was under way, the reason for it threatened to unravel. On 15 April, Huerta agreed to fire the salute on the condition that it be returned simultaneously. That might have satisfied Admiral Mayo, but it was not good enough for President Wilson, who insisted that compliance must be unconditional. Declaring that he had abandoned the "generous attitude" he believed had characterized his dealings with the Huerta regime, Wilson set a deadline of 1800 Sunday, 19 April for its capitulation.
Nothing more was heard from Mexico City, and on Monday afternoon Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress to request approval to use such force as might be necessary to ensure that "General Huerta and his adherents" respect the rights and dignity of the United States. The House approved the resolution by a vote of 337 to 37. Senate Republicans proposed an amendment authorizing the use of force against any Mexican party that threatened American interests. The ensuing debate continued past midnight, when the Senate adjourned without taking action. The resolution was placed at the head of its agenda for Tuesday, 21 April.
By the time Congress reconvened, the question of authorizing the president to employ force in Mexico had become moot. Force had already been employed. On 18 April, the State Department had received a dispatch from William W. Canada, the U.S. consul at Veracruz, reporting that the SS Ypiranga , a Hamburg-America Line steamer, was due to dock on the 21st with the largest cargo of arms and ammunition ever consigned to a Mexican port: 17,899 cases in all. 3 These munitions must not be allowed to reach Huerta, but how could they be stopped?
The Ypiranga was a German vessel, and to interfere with her activities would undoubtedly precipitate a crisis with Kaiser Wilhelm II's prickly empire. Secretary Daniels seemed to think the German captain might be persuaded not to land his cargo. That was a long chance, but no matter; if the arms were put ashore the Navy could keep them out of Huerta's hands by intercepting them in Mexican customs. Of course, that meant naval personnel would have to take control of the Mexican customs, which might create difficulties with the general. Wilson was prepared to run that risk. Accordingly, Daniels instructed Fletcher to be prepared to seize the Customs House at Veracruz on short notice.
'No Alternative but to Land'
There matters rested until slightly past 0200 Washington time on 21 April when the State Department received another radiogram from Veracruz. Canada had discovered that the Ypiranga was due to enter port about 1030 that morning and three trains were waiting to carry her cargo into the interior. The department notified Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, who telephoned Daniels. They agreed that if the Ypiranga 's arms were to be intercepted it would not be possible to wait for Congress; the president must be informed.
The White House operator arranged a conference call. Bryan apprised a sleepy-voiced Wilson of Canada's report and recommended that the Navy be directed to seize the Ypiranga 's munitions as they came ashore. Daniels concurred. After a brief discussion Wilson said: "There is no alternative but to land. . . . Daniels, send this message: 'Take Veracruz at once.'" Daniels' radiogam reached Admiral Fletcher at 0800 Veracruz time. It was nothing if not succinct: "Seize Customs House. Do not permit war supplies to reach Huerta or any other party."
Fletcher was reviewing plans for a landing when the order arrived. A week earlier the force he could put ashore had been organized—on paper—into a naval brigade of two regiments with a total strength of l,269 officers and men commanded by the Florida 's captain, William R. "Wild Bill" Rush. The 1st Seaman Regiment, under Lieutenant Commander Allan Buchanan, would consist of the bluejacket battalions from the Florida and Utah , each composed of three rifle companies and an artillery company equipped with a 3-inch gun; the 1st Marine Regiment would comprise six rifle companies led by Lieutenant Colonel Wendell C. Neville from the transport Prairie . Both bluejackets and Marines were armed with bolt-action Springfield '03 rifles and a number of bipod-mounted Benet-Mercie light machine guns.
Today there seems something quaint about terms such as naval brigade and bluejacket battalion. That was not true in 1914. The Marine Corps had yet to develop the amphibious expertise for which it became famous during World War II. Landing parties were traditionally composed mostly of seamen; Marine components were limited to the guard detachments of the ships involved. At Veracruz the anomaly was not that half of the members of the naval brigade were bluejackets, but that half were Marines.
The availability of Marine formations for Mexican service was fundamentally fortuitous. In 1913 Headquarters Marine Corps had stripped East Coast Marine barracks to form a 1,600-man brigade to participate in the Fleet's annual winter maneuvers in the Caribbean. Ordinarily, at the end of the exercise the brigade would have been disbanded, but in view of the unsettled relations with Mexico it had merely been divided: One regiment was sent to Pensacola, the other to New Orleans. Early in March 1914, Neville, commanding the regiment at Pensacola, had been ordered to embark four rifle companies on the Prairie and proceed to Veracruz. There his unit absorbed a small battalion that had joined Fletcher in January on the withdrawal of the Marine garrison from Panama. 4
Customs House Seized
Aware from earlier messages that Washington wished him to defer action until Congress voted, Fletcher did not immediately set the landing in motion. Around 0900 threatening weather forced his hand. The Utah , which had been sent to look for the Ypiranga , was recalled, and Neville was ordered to ready his Marines to disembark. Captain Henry M. Huse, Fletcher's chief of staff, went ashore to inform Consul Canada of the role he was to play as the senior American official ashore. Huse told Canada that the landing would take place around 1100. As soon as Canada saw the Prairie 's boats shove off—the consulate overlooked the inner harbor—he was to telephone General Gustavo Maas, the military commandant of Veracruz, and inform him of what was to come. Canada would convey that U.S. forces were about to "take charge" of the Customs House, that to reduce the risk of a collision with Maas' troops the landing parties would be restricted to the waterfront, and that Fletcher trusted no resistance would be offered and hoped Maas would assist him in maintaining order. Similar messages were to be given to the collector of customs and the chief of police.
A city of 40,000 inhabitants in 1914, Veracruz's Spanish colonial heritage was still evident. The Parochial Church steeple crowned its skyline, and most buildings were two or three stories high with flat, parapet roofs that seemed made for snipers. The plans for the landing had divided the waterfront into two sectors. In the northern sector the Marines would occupy the railroad yard and roundhouse, the Terminal Station and Terminal Hotel, the cable office, and the power plant. In the southern sector bluejackets would occupy the Customs House, post office, and telegraph station.
At 1112 exactly Canada saw the first boatload of Marines leave the Prairie and placed his call to General Maas. The general became agitated, hung up without stating his intentions, and radioed the War Ministry for instructions. While awaiting a reply, he sent a scratch force of 100 men toward the inner harbor with orders to repel the invasion and directed that the rayados , or "stripers," in the military prison should be freed, reminded of the duty of all good Mexicans to defend the country, and issued arms. When Maas received orders to evacuate the city, these actions could not be undone. Members of the Society of Defenders of Veracruz, a volunteer home guard of some 800 men, and the cadets of the Mexican Naval Academy would join the soldiers and freed prisoners in opposing the invaders. So, too, would some policemen and many ordinary Veracruzanos.
Soon steam launches towing strings of whaleboats could be seen converging on Pier Four. Fletcher had decided to hold the Utah battalion in reserve, which reduced the strength of the landing party to 787 men. The landing itself was unopposed. Moving inland, the Marines and the Florida 's 2nd Company secured their objectives without incident. The seizure of the Customs House, the focal point of the landing, was entrusted to the Florida 's 1st Company: 57 men commanded by 24-year-old Ensign George M. Lowry. Lowry's small company was only a block from the customs buildings when a policeman made it the target of the first shot fired in the landing at Veracruz. The report of his revolver was followed by a general fusillade.
While his men took cover and returned fire, Lowry considered his options. Pressing down the street promised to be a bloody business. "My job was to capture the Customs House," he related, "but I did not wish to lose my entire company doing it." Calling for volunteers, he led five men into an alley between the Customs House and Warehouse. There they came under a crossfire from both the Customs House and a machine gun in a second-story window of the Hotel Oriente. Lowry decided it would be necessary to silence the machine gun before advancing and directed his men to concentrate their fire on the hotel. At first the exchange went in the machine gunner's favor. Two seamen were wounded, one mortally, and Lowry had a close call when a bullet clipped one of the buttons off his cap. Then a policeman toppled out the window, the machine gun ceased firing, and Lowry's men proceeded down the alley to the south end of the Customs House. Climbing the balustrades, they broke a window and dropped inside, where they found the customs workers throwing down their guns.
Reinforcements and Negotiations
With the seizure of the Customs House complete, the naval brigade had occupied all of its original objectives. Now it had to deal with the persistent sniping that the occupation had provoked. Around 1230 Captain Rush requested the Utah battalion, which Fletcher duly released. Soon thereafter the Ypiranga anchored in the inner harbor, much to the admiral's pleasure as he had worried that she might make a dash for another port.
The Utah battalion landed at 1340. The first company ashore, led by Ensign Paul F. Foster, was sent to relieve Lowry's men at the Customs House. Shots were still coming from the nearby warehouse, but the defenders departed upon the seamen's approach. Inside the building the bluejackets found bales of cotton and sacks of sugar, rum, molasses, and rice. Foster had them load these stores on the warehouse hand trucks, forming movable barricades that they pushed into the streets. Within an hour the bluejackets had trundled their hand trucks to within a block of the Mexican strongpoints on the Plaza Constitución.
By midafternoon Fletcher had grounds to be reasonably satisfied. The naval brigade was well established ashore, and the Ypiranga 's munitions remained in her hold. Fletcher felt certain that the garrison had withdrawn from Veracruz; still, there was scattered firing from the roofs of buildings on the Plaza Constitución, the New Market, the Parochial Church steeple, the Naval Academy, and small craft along the waterfront east of Pier Four. To force the fighting through the city would lead to heavy loss of life. In hopes of avoiding just that, Fletcher sent Captain Huse to ask Consul Canada to try to negotiate an armistice.
Huse returned about at 1700 to report that the attempt had failed. Canada had sent two Mexican envoys into the city under white flags. The first had not returned, and later it was learned he had been shot. The second succeeded in locating the mayor, who had barricaded himself in his bathroom. From this redoubt he had referred Canada's envoy to the chief of police, who could not be found.
Taking everything into account, Fletcher concluded that his best course was to stay put. "Any further advance at this time of day," he wrote, "would have brought the fighting into the most densely populated section of the city after nightfall," certainly not a desirable situation. Moreover, substantial reinforcements were on the way. When all the ships converging on Veracruz landed their sailors and Marines there would be more than 4,000 men ashore.
The first vessels to arrive were two that Fletcher had instructed Mayo to send him earlier in the day: at 2005 the "mine-planter" San Francisco and at 1205 on the 22nd the Chester . Both anchored in the inner harbor, and their bluejacket battalions, plus a Marine company the Chester had ferried from Tampico, were plugged into the American lines ashore.
The Arkansas led the battleships from Hampton Roads into the outer harbor about an hour later. Fletcher and Huse boarded her around 0200 to brief Admiral Badger. Fletcher volunteered to relinquish the conduct of operations to Badger, who replied that in view of Fletcher's familiarity with the situation he would prefer for him to remain in command. The discussion then turned to plans for the morning. The Arkansas battalion would be assigned to the 1st Seaman Regiment. The New Hampshire , South Carolina , Vermont , and New Jersey battalions would form a 2nd Seaman Regiment, 1,200 men with 4 guns, under the New Hampshire 's Captain E. A. Anderson. The 300 fleet Marines would be added to Neville's regiment.
Consul Canada would be asked to make a third attempt at arranging a cease-fire. If he was not successful by 0745, the naval brigade would push into the city, the Marines on the right, the 1st Seaman Regiment in the center, and the 2nd Seaman Regiment on the left. Each regiment was to secure an area defined by the streets that bounded it. The city as a whole was divided into sectors of several square blocks, each of which was to be occupied by a specified battalion.
The battleship battalions and fleet Marines had landed by 0730. Fifteen minutes later Canada reported that his efforts had proved unavailing, and Fletcher signaled Captain Rush to advance at his discretion.
The 2nd Seaman Regiment set out in parade formation, a column of sections, with Captain Anderson and his staff at its head. Rush had told his regimental commanders to throw out "strong advance guards to develop the situation." Anderson chose to disregard this instruction. Lieutenant (junior grade) T. Gordon Ellyson, commanding the South Carolina artillery, implored Anderson to let him scout ahead, but the captain did not see the need. Ellyson next boldly suggested that the regiment should advance in open order, with skirmishers well in advance. Anderson did not see the need of that either; he had been assured that its route was clear of snipers.
From its assembly point near the New Lighthouse, the regiment marched to the mouth of Calle Francisco Canal, through which it was to enter the city. Anderson gave a column right and the regiment—his own New Hampshire battalion in the lead—began to wheel into the street. Moments later, the bluejackets' close-ordered ranks recoiled from a burst of machine-gun, rifle, and one-pounder fire from the Naval Academy and neighboring buildings. "I was at the head of the column talking to Captain Anderson," Lieutenant Ellyson wrote his wife, "and as he didn't run I couldn't, but I sure did want to. . . . The worst of it was that we could see nothing to shoot at." If any orders were given they were drowned out by the commotion. The author's father, then an 18-year-old petty officer in the New Hampshire battalion, recalled that "No one said halt or take cover or defend yourselves, or anything." For a few seconds the bluejackets stood their ground, then they went streaming away to the rear, carrying the rest of the regiment along in their flight. Admiral Fletcher saw it all. "The situation looked critical," he wrote.
But the setback was only temporary. Gunners at the ready in the Chester and San Francisco quickly silenced the Mexican fire with well-aimed 5- and 3-inch shells. The routed bluejackets halted at the seawall, and Anderson soon restored order. Within minutes the regiment was ready to resume the advance. This time it entered Calle Francisco Canal in two columns, each hugging the buildings on its side of the street and keeping a wary eye on the windows and rooftops on the other side. It did not undergo any more surprises.
In the 1st Seaman Regiment's sector things went smoothly from the start. By 0930 the Utah battalion had occupied the buildings on the Plaza Constitución. The Marines also made rapid progress, stationing machine-gunners at intersections to sweep the streets and sending marksmen to the rooftops to deal with snipers. By noon the naval brigade had completed the occupation of Veracruz.
Huerto Resigns
Including a few men hit by subsequent sniping, American casualties totaled 17 dead and 65 wounded. A census of the city's hospitals showed Mexican losses of 126 dead and 195 wounded, for an aggregate of 321, but as a number of bodies were buried or burned without passing through a medical facility that figure is certainly too low.
Thanks to a law dating from the French intervention of the 1860s making it a criminal offense for Mexican citizens to serve in office under a foreign occupation, the Navy found that it had a city to administer, but it did not need do so for long. Late on the 22nd, Badger requested that his sailors be relieved by soldiers as soon as possible. A reinforced brigade sailed from Galveston, Texas, on the 24th. On that same date the prospect of a U.S.–Mexican war many observers had expected paled when President Wilson, horrified by the bloodshed at Veracruz, accepted an offer by the ABC Powers—Argentina, Brazil, and Chile—to mediate the differences between the two countries. Three days later the American flag was raised over Veracruz and saluted with 21 guns. The U.S. Army transports appeared that evening. The ceremony marking the transfer of the city was held on 30 April.
Ironically, the Ypiranga 's arms reached Huerta after all. When her captain stated that rather than land her cargo at Veracruz he would prefer to carry it back to Germany, American authorities gladly accepted his proposal, and on 3 May the Ypiranga sailed—but not for Germany. After calling at Tampico and Mobile and revisiting Veracruz, she shaped course for Puerto México (present-day Coatzacoalcas), and on 27 May she proceeded to land her arms there. Then, with incredible effrontery, she returned to Veracruz where the outraged Americans invoked a Mexican law prohibiting a vessel from discharging goods at any port other than that to which they were consigned and fined the Hamburg-America Line nearly 900,000 pesos. Apprehensive of provoking an incident with Germany, Wilson revoked the assessment.
The Ypiranga 's arms could not save Huerta. The tide of war turned against him, and on 15 July he resigned the provisional presidency of Mexico. The immediate objective of Wilson's Mexican policy had been attained. Sadly, the peaceful progress he had hoped Huerta's departure would herald did not ensue. Constitutionalist leaders began to fight among themselves, and the war dragged on for years.
U.S. forces held Veracruz for seven months. The conference convened by the ABC Powers accomplished nothing, but Huerta's fall removed Washington's justification for retaining the city. On 23 November 1914 Veracruz reverted to Mexican control. Diplomatically, its seizure was a disaster that soured Mexican-American relations for decades. Operationally, the concentration of nearly half the Marine Corps and practically the entire Atlantic Fleet at Veracruz and Tampico was a masterpiece of rapid deployment. 5 Tactically, the landing was marred only by the temporary panic from which the 2nd Seaman Regiment quickly recovered. Admiral Fletcher's command decisions were well reasoned, and the humanity evident in his attempts to avert or curtail hostilities and his restraint in never using his battleships' big guns present a refreshing contrast to the decisions other senior officers would make in the Great War that began in Europe that August.
1. Sources include: Andrea Martinez, La intervención norteamericana: Veracruz, 1914 (Mexico City: M. Casillas/Cultura SEP, 1982). Justino Palomares, La Invasión Yanqui en 1914 (Mexico City: the author, 1940). Robert E. Quirk, An Affair of Honor: Woodrow Wilson and the Occupation of Veracruz (Lexington. KY: Mississippi Valley Historical Association/ University of Kentucky, Press, 1962). Jack Sweetman, The Landing at Veracruz: 1914 (Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute, 1968). John S. D. Eisenhower, Intervention! The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913–1917 (New York: W.W. Norton, 1993). Unless noted below, sources for the statements and quotations in this article may be found in Jack Sweetman's The Landing at Veracruz: 1914 .
2. Colonel J. H. Alexander, "Roots of Deployment–Vera Cruz, 1914," The Marine Corps Gazette , November 1982.
3. Michael C. Meyer, "The Arms of the Ypiranga," The Hispanic American Historical Review , vol. 30. no.5, (August 1970), 551.
4. Alexander, "Roots of Deployment." Merrill L. Bartlett and Jack Sweetman, Leathernecks: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Marine Corps (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008), 169–70.
5. Alexander, "Roots of Deployment."


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International Fleet Ready To Race After Light Airs Practice Day At Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013
2 October 2013
San Francisco, CA, USA - 30 September 2013 - The international field of competitors at the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 today got a final chance to acclimatise themselves with the waters of San Francisco Bay in a practice session ahead of the start of the championship racing tomorrow.
Taking place from September 30 to October 5 from the San Francisco Yacht Club in Belvedere, California, the regatta will see 58 professional and amateur teams from around the world do battle in a four-day, 10-race series.
After a day of scrutineering and registration on Monday, today the majority of the fleet assembled at the Berkley Circle race area at midday for a series of practice starts and one full practice race run by race office Bartz Schneider. The practice began in warm sunshine and an uncharacteristic super-light five knot breeze which built gradually to around 10 knots over the next couple of hours. In the end it was Kim Christensen's Danish crew on SOFFE 2 who emerged as the winners of the race.
With many crews clearly using the single race of the day to check out new suits of sails, polish crew work and to gauge their speed relative to other competitors, few form conclusions can be drawn from the results; nevertheless several of the teams tipped for a potential podium position were seen duelling it out at the front of the fleet.
Back ashore afterwards as the sailors made the final tweaks to their boats, the question on everyone's minds was: 'what was it going to take to put together a series good enough to win the championship?'
Talking to the competitors, it seems the age old touchstones of good starts, sailing fast, being consistent and staying out of trouble, were forming the basis of most people's championship strategies."
Australian 470 Olympic gold medallist Nathan Wilmot, helmsman of Conor Clarke's Irish entry Embarr, said he expected starting well to be a key factor.
"You have got to be able to get off the line fast to be in the top group half way up the beat - then you can put your tactics into play," he said.
Wilmot also agreed that consistent good results rather than trying to win every race would be the best strategy over the ten-race series.
"In this fleet, with such a big group of really good sailors, I think being at the top mark in a top ten position and then trying to get into a good position by the finish is the way to do it," Wilmot said.
"From there, it's about going the right way on what could be a tricky racecourse in terms of tide and wind."
Wilmot said that with so many races scheduled for the championship, he and the Embarr crew would be focused on starting the championship strongly on the first day.
"Getting clear and putting together a good couple of races in the early part of the regatta will be quite crucial to make sure you are still in the mix towards the end of the regatta," he said. "Being in the mix with the top guys is important so hopefully we are going fast."
Guy Rittger said he and the rest of the crew on Tom Kassberg's American entry Flygfisk were new to the Melges 24 class and so had been practicing regularly over the last few weeks.
"We have been working hard to get up to speed and we are hoping we have done enough to see us through this week." he said.
Rittger also believes that being able to hold your lane upwind was going be critical.
"Keeping your air clear is so important," he said. "If you fall back into dirty air then you will get flushed out of the back and you will have to play catch up for the rest of the leg."
Rittger is racing in the Corinthian (no professional sailors allowed) fleet, something which he says makes the Melges 24 class very attractive to him and his crewmates.
"The Melges 24 does allow professionals in the fleet, but for those of us who are not paid to sail the Corinthian Division provides a great incentive. It's always great to sail against the pros, but realistically we are lining up against each other and measuring up against other Corinthians.
"If we were as good as the pros, we would be pros, but we are not and I think having the Corinthian Division is great for the class and makes us try a little harder.
Alison Sienkiewicz is running the bow on Manfred Schmiedl's American Brio and said her crew had also done plenty of preparation in the run up to the event and were now looking forward excitedly to the racing getting started and ready to give it their all - especially when it comes to hiking the boat flat.
"It's a really tough fleet so the whole team has been working hard on the currents and weather conditions," Sienkiewicz said. "Speed is all about hiking your butt off. You are on the rail with you arms out; you get sore, you get tired, but you are doing it anyway."
Sienkiewicz said another key ingredient for the Brio sailors would be working as a team.
"On these boats you need to keep a positive attitude and a trusting attitude," she said.
"Trust your bowman, your tactician, your skipper and don't second guess anyone. It's about knowing out on the water that everyone has your back," she said.
Tonight, with practice over and their boats put to bed for the night, the competitors assembled for the championship opening ceremony at which International Melges 24 Class President Riccardo Simoneschi thanked the event organising committee from the San Francisco Yacht Club for for all their hard work on what he said looked set to be a spectacular world championship.
Racing at the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 begins tomorrow Wednesday October 2 with up to three races scheduled. Ten races are scheduled for the championship series which runs through to Saturday October 5.
As always at Melges 24 World Championships professional and Corinthian crews will be racing together in one fleet for the Melges 24 World Champion title, with the Corinthian results extracted to determine who will be crowned 2013 Corinthian Melges 24 World Champion.


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Microsoft Retail Stores this week introduced a new iPad trade-in offer that will give customers a minimum $200 gift card in exchange for a "gently used" iPad 2, 3 or 4. The offer, which expires Oct. 27, allows customers to use the gift card for any Microsoft Store product but stresses the Surface RT and Surface Pro, which are currently priced at $349 and $799, respectively.
"Looking to upgrade your tablet? Check out the Surface RT or Surface Pro," the offer reads.
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The offer states that eligible iPads should include a power cord and cannot be password protected. The gift card value will be equal to the trade-in value of the iPad, the offer states, and will be subject to the Microsoft Store manager's approval.
The offer is Microsoft's latest move to boost interest and sales in its tablet series, which has lagged behind the competition. The software giant has cut the prices of Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets and offered the devices at steep discounts to both education clients and solution provider attendees at this year's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
In addition, Microsoft tapped 10 large account reseller (LAR) partners in July to begin offering Surface tablets to their corporate clients under the new Microsoft Devices Program. But to date, Microsoft has only authorized these 10 U.S. partners to sell Surface, which has caused angst for the legions of Microsoft resellers left out of the Surface picture.
Jerry Zigmont, owner of MacWorks, an Apple consultant based in Madison, Conn., said the iPad trade-in offer won't hurt Apple, but it could spark some much-needed awareness for Surface.
"Any way for Microsoft to generate interest in their stores and gain brand awareness for Surface will probably help," Zigmont said. "But Microsoft has such small market share in the tablet space compared to Apple, it's like comparing a fly to an elephant."
Larry Goldman, CEO of Chicago-based Micro Tech Systems, doesn't think the offer will help turn the tide in Microsoft's favor. "It doesn't surprise me that Microsoft is trying something like this," he said. "It's not a bad marketing plot, but Microsoft just doesn't have the presence with their retail stores, so I don't think it's going to have much of an impact, if any."
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Conference Tourney Mini-Previews: ACCPosted by rtmsf on March 12th, 2008
Next Up: ACC Tournament. Does anyone else have the feeling that this league was consistently better when it was only nine teams? At any rate, the ACC Tourney kicks off tomorrow for the 55th time, and while it used to deserve top billing on Fri/Sat of conference tourney weekend, we're not sure that it places in the top four at this point. The projected Big East, Pac-10, Big 12 and SEC semis all look more compelling to us.
Where: Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, NC
When: Thursday-Sunday
The Favorite(s). Um, Carolina? Look, there are two really good teams in this conference (although Duke is flawed when it comes to the NCAAs), two johnny-come-latelys who will probably lose their first ACC and NCAA games (Miami and Virginia Tech), and a morass of mediocrity and inconsistency remaining. UNC and Duke are too well coached and talented in March to lose to any of these teams – each can probably sleepwalk to the finals on Sunday, setting up the monumental spoogefest on ESPN all over again.
The Darkhorse. Maryland has enough talent to make a run in this tournament, if only they could get over their tendency for brainlock, their complete lack of understanding of the game, and Gary Williams. Maybe those are all the same things. Still, to believe they could beat Duke and Carolina on consecutive days (days 3 and 4 of the tourney, mind you) is laughable.
Bubble Buster Game. If it comes to pass, Virginia Tech vs. Miami. The Hurricanes have the better computer profile, but Virginia Tech was 9-7 in the conference. In our opinion, both teams are complete garbage and shouldn't even be considered for the NCAAs, but if the committee is looking at taking a fifth team from the ACC, Virginia Tech has the most to gain with a win here.
Cinderella. Both Georgia Tech and Wake Forest have enough raw talent to win their first game and pull off a monumental upset in round two, but neither team has the consistency or discipline to turn that into a serious run at the title. Expect Duke-Carolina in the finals again.
Games We Want to See. As we said above, there isn't much worth watching here this season. If Maryland can get to the Duke game, that would be interesting because that means the Terps are playing well enough to challenge the Devils. And of course, the presumptive Duke-Carolina final will be intriguing, even if we have to wash ourselves of the Dickie V. effluvia afterwards.
Champion. Carolina. They sometimes lose focus, but this is clearly the class of the conference, especially now that Tywon Lawson is back from injury. The only team we see as having a serious shot at beating them is Duke, and that's only if the threes are falling and Gerald Henderson's elbow is freshly sharpened. Otherwise, the Heels are the choice.