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Khajuraho, a small town in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, is world-famous for its medieval Hindu and Jain temples. It is counted amongst the popular travel destinations of India and is home to many architectural marvels. In the year 1986, the Khajuraho group of temples was declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO. The temples of Khajuraho are popular for breathtaking carvings and were built between 950 and 1150 AD, during the reign of the Chandela dynasty. Tourists can easily reach this beautiful place by availing flights to Khajuraho from across the country. Khajuraho flights are offered by Air India, Jet Airways and various other airlines from different places, like Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Kolkata, among others.
Flights to Khajuraho provide tourists an opportunity to see a wide range of attractions, including the Kandariya Mahadev Temple, Panna National Park, Ajaygarh Fort, Pandav Falls and Vamana Temple, to name a few. During Mahashivratri, tourists visit the Matangeshwar Temple of Khajuraho in large numbers. Besides, the Khajuraho Dance Festival in March attracts renowned dancers to this beautiful destination, along with several tourists. For cheap air tickets to Khajuraho at anytime of the year and best airfare deals, tourists can log on to www.makemytrip.com.
Located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho airport is well connected with major cities like Delhi and Varanasi. One can find various renowned airlines to Khajuraho such as Jet Airways and Air India. The airport is located at a distance of 4 km away from the city centre. There are some popular Khajuraho airport hotels include Ramada, EuroStar Inn, Usha Bundela Hotel and The Radisson Jass Hotel.
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The Peninsula Pilots squandered a five-run lead but bounced back to beat host Morehead City (N.C.) 11-8 Thursday night.
After going ahead 5-0, the Pilots (28-17) fell behind 6-5. But they scored twice in the seventh inning to reclaim the lead for good, then took control with a four-run eighth inning that included a two-run homer by VCU's Bill Cullen.
Longwood's Aaron Myers, a Denbigh High graduate, got the victory in relief of Norfolk State's Justin Bhatti. Peninsula is 14-4 in the season's second half, the most games over .500 of any team in the league.
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Sifting of Sept. 11 Debris For Remains Begins Anew [VIDEO]
Investigators are sifting through newly uncovered debris from the World Trade Center for the first time in three years, hoping more victims might be identified after tens of millions have been spent on the painstaking identification process.
About 60 truckloads of debris that could contain tiny human bone fragments have been unearthed by construction crews working on the new World Trade Center tower in recent years. That material is now being transported to a park built on top of the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island.
City officials say investigators will spend 10 weeks attempting to identify the remains. The city's last sifting effort ended in 2010.
Some 2,750 people died at the World Trade Center in the 2001 terrorist attacks, but only 1,634 people have been identified.
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Google cleared by High Court in deceptive AdWords case
- 06 February, 2013 10:39
The High Court cleared Google on Wednesday of violating fair trade laws by allowing companies to publish advertisements containing their competitors' names, handing a defeat to the country's fair trade regulator.
The High Court found that Google did not have a hand in creating paid-for sponsored links sold through its AdWords advertising product, through which some companies used competitors' business or product names in headlines.
"Ordinary and reasonable users of the Google search engine would have understood that the representations conveyed by the sponsored links were those of the advertisers, and would not have concluded that Google adopted or endorsed the representations," according to a news release from the High Court. "Accordingly, Google did not engage in conduct that was misleading or deceptive."
The judgment, handed down by the High Court in Canberra, brings an end to a six-year legal battle.
In a statement, Google said it welcomed the court's "unanimous decision that Google cannot be held responsible for the ads that advertisers create for Google's search engine."
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is responsible for ensuring compliance with fair trade and consumer protection laws, brought a case against Google in 2007. It alleged the Internet giant sold misleading advertisements that allowed companies to use words related to their competitors between 2005 and 2008.
In a statement Wednesday, the ACCC said the court's decision confirmed that such advertising practices are bad for consumers.
"It was not disputed in the High Court that the representations made in sponsored links by advertisers were misleading or deceptive," the agency said. "It remains the case that all businesses involved in placing advertisements on search engines must take care not to mislead or deceive consumers."
The 11 advertisements in question contained business names, product names or Web addresses for a competitor that had not purchased AdWords advertisements from Google. AdWords, a key revenue source for Google, allows companies to bid for keywords that trigger ads that are then matched to people's search queries.
In one example, AdWords containing the name Harvey World Travel were purchased by a competing Australian company called STA Travel. Those who searched for Harvey World Travel saw sponsored links for STA Travel.
In October 2011, a Federal Court judge found that some of the ads were misleading but that in some instances Google had only facilitated the representations of advertisers.
The ACCC appealed. The Full Federal Court found in April 2012 that four advertisements were misleading and breached the Trade Practices Act 1974, ordering Google to put in place a consumer compliance program.
Google appealed that decision, which brought the case to Australia's High Court. Google has maintained it acts as a publisher and was not responsible for the content and representations made by AdWords purchasers.


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I am just after reading about an online virus generator here.
I haven't had a chance to check out the generator cause the settings on the network I'm on won't allow it. I'd be guessing that the virus it creates is relatively simple and easily discovered by any antivirus software but from what I've read I think it could wreak havoc on the machines of casual users who wouldn't have any protection against it (because they don't know better and don't listen to advice). Any idiot that somebody pisses off could now very very easily send viruses left, right and centre which would result in general chaos (maybe).
Oh well I might have alot more work to keep me occupied in the not too distant future.


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Those of you who lived the Lebanese civil war might recall being stopped at checkpoints and asked about your religion. Many Lebanese were kidnapped or killed because they were born Christian or Muslim, or because their IDs reflected their religion. The Lebanese government has since removed religious affiliation from national ID cards, though sectarian tension never really went away.
An-Nahar today reported the story of a young Shia man who was stopped by a few Taliban-style extremist gunmen in Tariq Jdideh in Beirut on his way to visit relatives in the southern suburb. According to Ihab al-Izzi, he was asked about his sect. When he answered "Lebanese", one "long-bearded" militant noticed a necklace with an Imam Ali sword dangling from his neck, snatched it and took turns stepping on it along with the other militants.
"Then I was approached by someone wearing Afghan-style clothes, who pulled a long sword and started to want to cut my head off. I screamed 'no, not my head, don't kill me'. When I lifted my left hand to shield my head, he struck my hand and fled with his companions and left me bleeding..."
Ihab lost fingers but also his faith in the Lebanese army, stationed some 150 metres away and watching the episode. According to al-Izzi, the soldiers did not respond to his calls for help.
During the investigation at the hospital that finally accepted to admit him, he was told by the investigator that the army soldiers had "orders not to intervene".
Just on Monday, the army command vowed to "stop security breaches and maintain civil order", deploying troops to areas in Beirut and Tripoli.
It remains to be seen if this includes intervention to stop this Taliban-style justice from spreading in the country.
Photo courtesy of An-Nahar.
Update. I guess this story ruffled some feathers in Lebanon. Future TV is claiming army intelligence arrested al-Izzi on charges of fabricating the story and is currently interrogating him. An-Nahar is also retracting the story.
The reported motive: to get free medical treatment for injuries sustained in a fight in the southern suburb.
It's quite an elaborate tale to make up and then talk to a reporter about, but what do I know?
Update 2. Future TV is spinning this as March 8 propaganda that An-Nahar fell for.


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OROVILLE >> Any individual or company seeking to use "hydraulic fracking" in Butte County will probably need a conditional use permit if the supervisors follow their staff's recommendation.
"Hydraulic 'fracking' is a common term for hydraulic fracturing that is a technique of well stimulation used to increase petroleum production," according to the agenda documents prepared for the supervisors.
In February the Butte County Water Commission passed a motion asking the supervisors to direct the county's Department of Development Services to amend the Zoning Ordinance to specifically require a conditional use permit covering "fracking oil and gas extraction practices."
The board will hold a public hearing on the subject during its meeting Tuesday.
Fracking is a practice that has been used around the country for decades, according to the agenda information.
Its use has led to increased petroleum production in parts of the country "while raising concerns of groundwater contamination, seismic events and other environmental impacts," continues the document.
However, while fracking is a well known practice elsewhere, it has not been an issue in Butte County. In fact, according to the county information, oil and gas production has not been big activity locally.
There are 26 natural gas wells in production in Butte County currently.
Existing county rules require conditional use permits for oil or natural gas production.
The county reports no such use permits have been issued in more than 25 years.
At the same time there are reportedly about 200 abandoned gas wells in Butte County.
The staff report recommends the supervisors adopt the Water Commission's recommendation and direct the development services staff to produce a draft ordinance on the topic.
While the regular board meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Supervisors Chambers, the hearing on the fracking proposal is a "time certain" item that is supposed to take place at 10:20 a.m.
In another public hearing the county may be moving ahead on a waste water pond ordinance that was proposed in 2007 but never adopted.
In 2006 an advisory group developed a set of standards for wastewater ponds.
The group completed a draft ordinance in 2007 that would "restrict the type of wastewater ponds that can be approved in the future to recycled water ponds" that are lined to prevent any leakage and could store only highly treated wastewater for "beneficial reuse or for dispersal during the dry months of the year."
In 2013, according to the agenda documents, the board directed county staff to conduct a California Environmental Quality Act review of the proposed pond ordinance.
The review came back with no identified negative impacts, and the staff is advising the supervisors to take the steps necessary to adopt the ordinance.
This is another public hearing that is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m.
Contact reporter Roger H. Aylworth at 896-7762.


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T. S. Eliot
Perhaps the best-known literary work of modernism is T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, a poem that is as difficult and exciting today as it was when it was first published in 1922.
T. S. Eliot grew up in St. Louis, attended Harvard as an undergraduate and graduate student, and then settled in London during World War I. Both the British Criterion, which Eliot had founded, and the more widely-known American magazine Dial published The Waste Land in 1922. Many readers, still disillusioned by the death toll and destruction of the war, thought the poem's title, content, and style accurately reflected the low state of culture and individual experience at the time. Yet in the ways that it reflected this painful past, the poem also created a new kind of poetic language—one that profoundly shaped the work of poets for generations to come.
Eliot loaded The Waste Land with historical and literary references, merging high and low culture in one place. The poem includes snippets from Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare, Ragtime music, and popular songs. Voices come and go from the poem unexpectedly, and the reader must struggle to find meaning in the gaps between fragmentary speeches.
Eliot and Ezra Pound were both deeply invested in transforming poetic language. Pound was the more forceful of the two, inventing movements, and writing manifestoes, and stating his credo ("Make it new!") throughout his writing. Eliot gave him a draft of The Waste Land, and Pound edited it ruthlessly. Cutting almost half of its text, he helped Eliot produce the poem as we see it today. Like a collage, the poem asks its readers to reconsider the nature of "realistic" writing and the act of perception itself. Together Pound and Eliot are considered to have defined the most enduring form of American literary modernism.
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Ezra Pound involved himself so much in the work of other early twentieth-century writers that one prominent critic, Hugh Kenner, has called the modernist period the "Pound Era." Pound was influential, sometimes crucial, in the success of such writers as Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, James Joyce, and T. S. Eliot.
Amid what they saw as a stagnant culture of poetry in the first decade of the twentieth century, these writers rejected the flowery, worn out, traditionalist Victorian verse of the immediate past. Striving to distinguish their work as modernist, Pound's later imperative "Make it new," repeated throughout Canto 53 and the title of his 1934 book, became the mantra for artists of the era.
Seeking models for this aesthetic revolution, Pound and his contemporaries reached deep into the past and into other cultures for poetic motivation. Italian troubadour poetry of the 13th century, old English epics from the Dark Ages, and the spare poetics of China and Japan all offered new formal challenges to innovative poets.
Hilda Doolittle's stark, even hieroglyphic, presentation of intensely perceived images—never explained, set simply on the page to speak for themselves—inspired Pound to invent the term "Imagism" and to make even her name an exercise in brevity: he christened her "H. D., Imagiste" in 1912. Pound helped H. D. get her poems published in 1913, and her innovation is now viewed as a beginning moment of modernism.
By 1914, Imagism had become the fashionable poetic mode; Pound, ever seeking innovation, felt that it had grown stagnant, and created a new movement, Vorticism, with Wyndham Lewis. In their magazine, Blast, the Vorticists argued for the "unfixability" of ever-changing reality and, therefore, the need for unfixed points of view in art. If reality could never be fully explained by one approach, then all approaches at all times must be entertained—until the next new moment.
Thus, all new ideas rushed into and out of the vortex of the human mind, and the true artist continually captured them and let them go. Pound's lifelong epic work, the Cantos, which he began in 1915 and continued working on for the rest of his life, reflects the Vorticist reaction to the War. In these poems, Pound juxtaposes pieces of his wide-ranging knowledge and quotations from works of history, economics, and political science to articulate his cry for renewal of western civilization. To make this cry passionate and moving, he situated these pieces of social reality against an imagistic mythological backdrop—the fall of Troy and Aeneas's escape from the burning city to found Rome.
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Jan. 2, 2008
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons lost 73-52 to Samford in their final non-conference tune-up before opening Atlantic Sun Conference play this weekend.
The Lady Bisons fell behind 40-21 in the first half at the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, A;a., Wednesday night. They were only outscored 33-31 in the second half. The Lady Bisons have not won in seven games on the road this season.
Junior center Katie Rollins led the Lady Bisons with 19 points, a game-high, season-high and career-high. Junior forward Jilian Partin added 16, a season high
This was the seventh time this season Rollins has scored in double figures. It was the third time this season Partin has scored in double figures.
Rollins and center Kaleigh Gossman tied for the rebound lead with eight each. That rebound total was a season high for Gossman. Partin added seven rebounds.
The Lady Bisons and Samford battled to a 32-32 deadlock on the boards.
Samford placed three players in double figures. Guard Monica Maxwell scored 16 points. Guards Taryn Towns and Emily London each chipped in with 10 points.
The Lady Bisons are 2-11. Samford, an Ohio Valley Conference school, is 8-5.
The Lady Bisons open the A-Sun portion of the season Saturday at Gardner-Webb.


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Mavericks Re-Sign Forward Tim Thomas
DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks announced today they have re-signed free agent forward Tim Thomas. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Thomas (6-10, 230) a 13-year veteran, was the seventh overall selection in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers and has played with seven teams during his career (Philadelphia, Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, Phoenix the L.A. Clippers and Dallas), including two stints with both New York and Chicago. In 824 career games, he holds averages of 11.5 points and 4.1 rebounds, while shooting .437 from the field, .369 from behind-the-arc and .758 from the foul line.
In 2009-2010, Thomas played in 18 games with Dallas (starting once) and averaged 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds. He missed the first 11 games of the season due to right knee surgery and 41 games due to personal reasons.
The Patterson, N.J., native has seen action in seven different playoff runs (55 games). Thomas' postseason averages show an increase in every major category over his career regular season numbers with averages of 13.3 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting .468 from the field, .436 from three point range and .772 from the foul line.
Thomas was a standout at Villanova University where he played for one season before making himself eligible for the NBA draft. In his only season as a Wildcat, Thomas averaged 16.9 points and 6.0 rebounds. He was named The Sporting News Freshman of the Year and Big East Rookie of the Year.


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A quick post to report that the inaugural C2M was a resounding success!
Thursday's bowling night was a blast, with at least a couple surprising hotshot ultrarunner-bowlers by the names of Dean Dobberton (a 206 score!) and Karl Meltzer, rolling a "disappointing" 168. Who knew? My team had the lowest average score at 79 and won some cool hats for sucking so badly. :p Both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons a few of us - run entrants and volunteers - spent some casual hours logging a few miles in Pt. Mugu State Park, socializing with friends old and new, and knocking back a few cold ones.
After the initial prerace activities, the Lion Canyon/Gridley Top and Ridge Jct. aid station folks headed up to the ridge to set up while I marked course up Lion Canyon and met the rest of the LC crew at the ridge. With the staggered start, aid station runner traffic started slowly, with activity and congestion picking up as the hours wore on. Friday night's traffic flow through our Lion Canyon aid station was light enough that most of our group was able to get a few hours of shut eye, but by Saturday afternoon and evening, and with three passes per runner through our Gridley Top aid station, activity was virtually constant. With plenty of liquid refreshment in the form of hops 'n barley for our crew, a fart machine-mooner guy combo (and subsequently renaming ourselves "the 8th grade aid station"), Barb Miller's awesome baton twirling, and our fearless RD dressed up as a giant white Easter rabbit, my belly hurt from laughing so hard. :) I witnessed a total of five moons - two from the moon in the sky both nights and three from runners (ewww). Then we had Naked Topa Man, who showed up wearing only his pack, running shoes, and a sock rubberbanded to his, uh... thing. (His reward being ONE Dirty Girl gaiter.) The stories are endless, of course, with everyone experiencing her/his own hopefully fun-filled adventure through the spectacular Ojai mountains.
As for results, Karl Meltzer ran an incredibly freakish (and I mean that in the most complimentary sense of the word) 19:24 in the 100 miler, with Justin Angle and Andy Jones-Wilkins tying for second in 23:48. Betsy Nye was our fastest woman in 29:32 with Kerry Owens only a few minutes slower in 29:46. David Goggins was first in the 100K, with speedy Amy Sproston for the women. Running radically faster than they and the RD predicted, a few sandbaggers - let's call them Kumeda, Barbeau, Quivey, and Owens - had to forego aid at Thacher and Gridley Botton because they arrived before the AS crews.
We had the BEST core group of volunteers, in particular the S/F and aid station chiefs, H'ard Cohen, Bill Kee, Mark Weineke, Gretchen Garnett, and Brian Polley, who, along with their crews, went above and beyond their basic assignments, which alone were challenging enough. The radio guys also deserve special mention. Most of them are C4P holdovers and were very excited to continue assisting in the latest Coyote installment. As previously mentioned, we are truly grateful for the Zombies hosting C2M on their website and putting in countless hours. Finally, the start/finish at Rancho Grande rivals and in our opinion surpasses the best of 100 miler venues. We were fortunate they agreed to host us as their first big group, especially after Chris "cold called" by climbing over their locked gate, inquiring as to whether they'd play host to a bunch of nutcases for a weekend.
I could write on and on but need to clean and sort gear, go through aid station leftovers, sleep, etc. We are beat! (I think running the event would've been easier than working it!)


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Strauss Leads the 2008 OSA Sailing.com Melges 24 U.S. National Championship
20 September 2008
Charleston, S.C. - Simon Strauss (New York, N.Y) on GBR-592 Simplicity sailed to perfection today maintaining his Friday night, overall lead at the 2008 OSA Sailing.com Melges 24 U.S. National Championship hosted by the Charleston Yacht Club. In second overall is Chris Larson (Annapolis, MD) on USA-655 Lightwave and in third is Brian Porter (Winnetka, Ill.) on USA-749 Full Throttle.
The second day of racing for the 44-strong Melges 24 fleet began under overcast skies, relatively calm breeze and seas. All forecasts lead the fleet to believe that the breeze would fill-in nicely and the racing results would be drastically different from Friday's monster wind conditions. The breeze picked up slightly, 5-7 knots for the first start, which by comparison to Friday's 20-25+ was quite civilized. Porter, USMCA Midwest District Governor Mike Dow (Traverse City, Mich.) on USA-613 Flying Toaster, Kristen Lane (Tiburon, Calif.) on USA-623 Brickhouse 623 and Alan Field (Los Angeles, Calif.) on USA-587 WTF were all in good position for the top mark rounding. Porter lead the fleet around in first, Argyle Campbell (Newport Beach, Calif.) on USA-630 Rock n' Roll in second, Lane and Field tussled for position right at the rounding. The downwind run was tricky with Porter and Campbell match racing to the gate gradually separating themselves from the fleet. Alan Terhune caught up to take third, Stuart Simpson (London, UK) on GBR-569 Team Barbarians was fourth. Lane, Paul Hulsey (Detroit, Mich.) on USA-740 Hoodlum Racing and Dow took it three wide into the left gate, Hulsey winning over Dow and Lane. The wind died down considerably as the fleet headed back upwind. Porter went on to take the win, with Campbell in second and Simpson in third.
Just before the start of race two, the wind shifted forcing the fleet into a short postponement. It wasn't long before the race committee had the course set and the fleet went back into sequence. Nerves got in the way with an initial general recall on the first start. The second start was clean with the right side heavily favored. It was a dual between Hulsey and Larson struggled for position at the top, followed by Porter and Lane. The air got really, really light and all the more trickier - especially ia in a class like the Melges 24 where deep talent is commonplace. Racing on Saturday was such a major change from the previous days raging breeze and seas. The last gate of the race spelled tragedy for Porter as he got caught up in the mayhem pushing him deep in the fleet. Simpson came out on top at the weathermark in first. Everything was shakin' downwind with a new leader. Simpson on the left with Strauss challenging for the lead, and Nixon following on the right. The right side looked to have a little more pressure as Strauss appeared to be pulling away. Lea, out on the left kept tabs on Strauss, soon leaving him to battle for position with Nixon. Nixon in the meantime also looked to be gaining on Strauss. At the finish, Lea took the win in stride a couple of boatlengths in advance of Strauss who kept the upper hand for second leaving Nixon to settle for third.
The third and final race of the day started a little after three o'clock with a building breeze. USMCA President and IMCA Vice Chariman Travis Weisleder (Annapolis, MD.) on USA-605 Carloan.com launched off the right end pin with Hulsey alongside. Upwind, the entire fleet shifted left then back to center coming up to the weathermark. Local knowledge seemed to play an important factor, with the breeze rising and a raging current in full effect, native Charlestonians John Lucas and Marcus Durlach on USA-450 Spray rounded first followed by Porter and Lane neck-and-neck at the mark, Lane won the offset jetting off downwind ahead of Porter, who experienced a short snag on the set. Porter quickly recovered as he caught Lucas/Durlach at the gate closing the margin by two boat lengths. The gate rounding, for some was more trouble than anticipated including race leader Lucas/Durlach. The strong current pushed them into the mark. Lucas, while taking his penalty turn looked back to see Porter breathing down his neck, both tacking to weather for the final upwind stretch. The current beat up on the fleet at the mark with Larson taking charge. Most of the fleet came in high above the offset to round the mark. Battling in from the left, Porter and Lucas/Durlach took it up to the mark and back downwind challenging their new adversary Larson for the lead. Larson went on to win the race with a three-way dual for second place. Strauss came out of right field for third just ahead of Porter in fourth, Terhune found the right groove downwind to make fifth.
With six races completed, including a throughout Strauss is eight healthy points ahead of second place overall Larson. Porter trails by one point, then Simpson another point out in fourth. Terhune is holding his own in fifth.
TOP TEN RESULTS (Preliminary, after six races)
- Simon Strauss, Simplicity; 4-6-2-[14]-2-2 = 16
- Chris Larson, Lightwave; 1-8-5-9-[10]-1 = 24
- Brian Porter, Full Throttle; 2-1-17-1-[14]-7 = 26
- Stuart Simpson, Team Barbarians; 7-4-11-3-1-[14] = 26
- Allan Terhune, USA-738; 5-10-14 = 29
- Scott Nixon, Quantum Racing; [17]-3-1-8-3-15 = 30
- Alan Field, WTF; 9-2-3-6-21-11 = 31
- Kristen Lane, Brickhouse 623; 3-9-[13]-10-4-6 = 32
- Argyle Campbell, Rock n' Roll; 10-5-8-2-16-[29] = 41
- Mike Dow, Flying Toaster; 12-[23]-7-5-7-18 = 49
In true Melges 24 style the Corinthian division of the fleet excelled in every way possible. This stands true for Charleson's Reggie Fairchild on USA-626 Wireless as he is in first place in the all amateur division. In second overall, Paul Hulsey and his incredible USA-740 Hoodlum Racing Melges 24. Hulsey was was able to mix it up in race two of the day with Chris Larson. And, place third overall John Hamilton on USA-659 Mustang from Newport, R.I.
TOP TEN CORINTHIAN RESULTS (After six races)
- Reggie Fairchild, Wireless
- Paul Hulsey, Hoodlum Racing
- John Hamilton, Mustang
- John Lucas/Marcus Durlach, Spray
- Travis Weisleder, Carloan.com
- Gary Schwarting, Obsession
- Bill Carleton, Tiburon
- Alex Shaffer, Lamorak
- Charlie Hess, Funtech Racing
- Darren Chambers, ImageFreeway
The 2008 OSA Sailing Melges 24 U.S. National Championship is hosted by the Charleston Yacht Club and takes place on September 18-21. The Championship is sponsored by Ocean Sailing Academy, Yacht Scoring, Charleston City Marina, Cre843, ASB Flower Design, Coral Reef Sailing Apparel, Quantum Sails, Sadler and Hamm , Aqua-Safaris.com, Sail22 and the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association.
The Melges 24 is designed by Reichel Pugh and considered the most unique one design sportboat in the world as well as one of the fastest-growing classes of high performance yachts. For more information visit the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association (USMCA) and the International Melges 24 Class Association (IMCA) on the web.
For more information or press photos, please contact:
Joy Dunigan
2008 OSA Sailing Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Press Officer
U.S. Melges 24 Class Association Communications Director
+1 (912) 398-5776


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setset brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 137 Designs von 39 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Southpaw Slugger
I am a very strong individual, mentally and physically. I believe things should be done right the first time. That's why I need your help. I know you are all professionals and I will leave my blog logo in the hands of pros.
My target audience are males in their teens to late 20's. Therefore, my logo should reflect an mature, but active audience. I provide helpful articles to those wishing to use boxing seriously as a workout routine. I have a synthesis writing style that aims to provoke thinking and motivation. Being a boxing blog, I need a logo that is active like my audience. Professionalism is what I am about and I want to lead my audience by example.
Being a former web designer, I understand the importance of artistic freedom but there are a few things I'd like you to consider. I would like a logo to be professional and clean. This blog will last for years and timeless designs are more than welcomed.
My blog is located http://southpawslugger.com/ and you can see the current theme. The graphics that are currently on the blog do their best to look professional. I would like a logo that matches my current theme's but it is not a big deal. The logo is the brand image and I can adjust my theme around it.
The logo must be done in vector. Sorry, no raster designs will be accepted. Just letting you know. I want to be able to resize the logo in the future if I choose to change themes.
No ".com" in the logo please.
In summary, keep it professional, clean, active, and in vector. You know what I am about and what the site is about. Use your artistic freedom to bring my blog to life. Don't forget, be creative. Thank you to all!
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With the Gulf of Mexico oil spill now the worst in US history, public pressure is growing on BP to contain and remove the ever-spreading slick. There are numerous potential cleanup methods, some that are already being used and others that are... well, rather non-traditional.
BP has said it had received nearly 10,000 suggestions on alternate cleanup methods by the end of May and is seriously looking at 700 of them. With estimates of the total spilled so far ranging from around 700,000 barrels to over 2.5 million barrels, it will be a massive job.
So, what are some of the techniques—both traditional and non-traditional—that could be used to clean up the oil spill? Click ahead to find out!
By Paul Toscano and Daniel Bukszpan
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Free Education For All
Jess Rooproy
Member since August 12, 2013
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Helping the poor, the needy, the destitute, and the underprivileged is everyone's responsibility. As a leader in an NGO, we want to help too. In this small community of Bandar Country Homes, Rawang our first attempt to change the people's mindset.
Well yes, we want to change their mindset about life. It's not about doing nothing, robbing, stealing, raping and many other social illnesses. It's about educating one self.
The project will help the people of the community to be educated. We offer English, self development and IT. Open to all from 7 to 80 years old. Isn't that wonderful. Now everyone can gain knowledge and have a brighter future.


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While traveling eastbound on the Grand Central Parkway, just past exit 18 at Utopia Parkway, he lost control of his 1991 red Ducati motorcycle and crashed into the center divider, landed in the right shoulder.
He passed away at the scene.
"We now do know that another motorcycle cut him off and touched his front tire, which is what caused him to lose control," said Ferruccio's daughter Elisa Manessis.
Manessis is asking members of the community to come forward with any information hat might explain what happened on the parkway that morning. She spoke at Community Board 5's meeting last week.
"Unfortunately, we will not have closure until we have answers," Manessis said. "This was a beautiful Sunday morning, and there were people from this area heading to the beaches on Long Island and must have seen something."
Ferruccio owned and operated the N and N Service Station at 59-12 Fresh Pond Rd. in Maspeth for the past 30 years.
His family participated in the Bridges Ride for Autism walk fundraising event on Sunday, July 14, the day when her father would have celebrated his 60th birthday, to carry on his legacy of raising money for autism research.
Their group, All4Nino, raised $5,600 within days of the accident and is now more determined than ever to give back to the cause.
"My mother that morning had asked him to stay home and get a head start on the weekend to-do list," Manessis recalled of her last moments with her father. "His response was simple and from the heart. He said, 'May God bless us with a smart and healthy boy. These other families have sick children and need help, so that's where I'm going this morning.'"
Ferruccio is survived by his wife, Josephine Ferruccio, two daughters and sons-in-law and two grandchildren, Antonio and Valentina.


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It's a time to laugh, cry, vent your anger or just grieve. That range of emotions is typical for caregivers of those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
It's a time to laugh, cry, vent your anger or just grieve.
That range of emotions is typical for caregivers of those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
Recently, Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center of Thomasville began sponsoring a community meeting to educate, support and inform anyone whose life is impacted by the diseases.
The meeting is from 5 to 7 p.m. the second Tuesday in each month at Holly Hill Wesleyan Church on West Holly Hill Road in Thomasville.
"It just doesn't affect those who have the disease, it affects everyone around them," explains nurse Rebecca Owens, the staff development coordinator at Pine Ridge. "When it begins affecting your health, it's time to get help."
The community meetings began this past November. "About six is the most we've had at once," Owens said. "Some of them are family members. We do have speakers who talk about the diseases and its processes. Dementia is a big part of us as we get older."
Owens notes that those who attend the meetings find support with each other, in addition to learning from the professionals present.
"Everyone who has participated so far has thanked us every time and said they got some extra support from it. We offered a little incentive, a door prize and refreshments. We tell people to bring their tissues. Sometimes they need to cry and get it out."
Janice Hedrick, Pine Ridge administrator, generated the idea of the community meeting.
"We have an Alzheimer's unit and have worked with residents and families for a long time," Hedrick explains. "We partnered with the (Alzheimer's) association … for the project itself. We wanted to help those who can't manage the needs of others themselves. It does take its toll. We all came together, met and hammered out what we could do to let the community know what we could do to provide support."
Owens says topics of the meetings vary. "We talk about things they all go through at home and what steps to take. We let them know that what works for one individual may not work for everybody.
"We have discussion time to allow people to vent personal things that they can share and talk to others about some things they have experienced."
There are degrees or stages of Alzheimer's and dementia. Hedrick points out that not all victims of the diseases are at the point where they need long-term care, but caregivers should be educated about various aspects of care.
At the meetings caregivers and family members can learn about such issues as wondering, food habits and bathing habits.
Both Pine Ridge professionals agree that those who place their loved ones in long-term care experience an overriding degree of guilt. The meetings are for them as well.
"The hardest thing to do is look at a loved one, and you forget they have brain damage," Owens says. "They have short-term memories and may ask you 25 times what they had for breakfast.
"Everyone needs help in making decisions. Sometimes we need to talk about when to let go. We talk about making bigger decisions, too, such as the do not resuscitate event."
Those interested in attending the community meetings should contact Pine Ridge at 475-8425.
Dwight Davis can be reached at 249-3981, ext, 226 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ubuntu 13.04 (codenamed Raring Ringtail), although not a Long Term Support (LTS) release, will bring along some major changes to the Ubuntu operating system. With the proposed improvements in Dash, one of Shuttleworth's major goals, that is bringing the web and the desktop together, will get a shot in the arm. Undoubtedly, Ubuntu 13.04 marks a crucial release for Canonical.
Their new project on the other hand, which is bringing Ubuntu to smartphones, is in heavy development. But the busy developers at Canonical are making sure that their core product gets all the attention it deserves. Ubuntu 13.04, apart from bringing new features to the user, will also come with a more polished and refined look that will hopefully put it head-to-head with Microsoft's convoluted Windows 8 desktop.
Here are some of the best features that are either expected to land or have already landed in Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):
Here are some of the best features that are either expected to land or have already landed in Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):
1. A Dashing Dash
In Ubuntu 13.04 the Dash will get smarter, faster, and more integrated with the World Wide Web. One of the most important features proposed for this release is that of instant purchasing from the Dash. This means that users will not only be able to browse online music and apps, they will also be able to purchase them without opening the browser window. This will make it easier for users to buy new apps and music (from Ubuntu One store) without jumping through multiple hoops. Though as good as this feature sounds, we're pretty sure that a lot of people will be a bit averse to this idea.
2. Faster Unity
Many people complain of Unity being slow and unresponsive at times. This problem, fortunately, will not go overlooked. Unity will be snappier than it is in Ubuntu 12.10. In fact, many people who have upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 have already noted "significant" improvements in performance.
3. New Icons
The revamping of Ubuntu is far from done. Many users are expecting a new icon set for this release. In daily builds of Ubuntu we can see subtle improvements to the existing icons with the Launcher and Dash icons being replaced already.
4. Smart Scopes
One of the most awaited (or hated by some) features is that of complete integration with the web. Scopes in Ubuntu 13.04, are about to get a huge boost with a fully online-integrated service that combines results from the desktop and the World Wide Web. A search query will give results from as many as 100 online sources, some of which include popular sites like Grooveshark, Reddit, Pandora, Wikipedia, and Amazon. To improve speed and efficiency, the results will be provided from an online server and only the scopes that are relevant to the users will be turned on. Though many see this move as an invasion of the user's privacy, Canonical sees this as an opportunity to make Ubuntu a seamless bridge between the online and the offline world.
5. Quicklist Switching
I personally love this feature. Though a small change, this method of switching windows will let you switch between an app's multiple windows by simply right clicking on its icon in the launcher. Another expected addition is the feature that allows users to switch windows by scrolling the mouse over their icons in the launcher.
6. More Control Over Privacy
It is expected that Ubuntu 13.04 will give users more control over their privacy by allowing them to selectively turn online services on and off. This will be a huge relief for those who think that Canonical is out to invade their private life and that they're always being watched by Mark Shuttleworth and his team.
7. Usability Enhancements
Ubuntu 13.04 will, hopefully, come with a lot of usability improvements. Users can expect fewer clicks and less waiting for results. One of the biggest enhancements is the changes in Dash and Launcher. We'll also be seeing changes to Nautilus and other core applications so that the user experience is more fine-tuned and comfortable than ever.
Note: It is, however, important to note that many of these features are subject to change or even complete removal since Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) is in heavy development. If you want to try out these features for yourself, feel free to download the daily builds HERE.


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2 dead, several hurt in Florida church van crash
February 21, 2014
LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Police say a church van flipped on an interstate in north Florida, killing two adults and seriously injuring two teenagers.
The Florida Highway Patrol reports that the van from First Baptist Church of New Port Richey was traveling north on Interstate 75 near Lake City Friday morning when the left rear tire blew out. The driver, 52-year-old Jeff Novak, lost control and flipped the van. He was killed and several people were ejected.
Also killed was 44-year-old Michalanne Salliotte. Two 14-year-old boys were taken to the hospital, one in critical, the other in serious condition.
Five others between 12 and 16 years old and one adult were treated for minor injuries.


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Wallet Maker Shows Everyone How To Make Their Own Awesome Wallet
from the to-get-us-to-open-our-wallets dept
Well, shockingly, it turns out not everyone that produces a product has that mentality. Take, for instance, Matthew Pisarcik & Sebastian Sandersius, the founders of Bison Made, makers of some seriously well-made wallets (story sent in by Markiyan).
However, nothing is more frustrating than purchasing something expensive with your hard-earned dollars and having it fail on you. In this article, we want to address a common problem for men: their wallets don't hold up. It's a source of pride to build something that you can call your own.Too true, but one wouldn't expect that to result in a blog post by makers of quality wallets to teach everyone how to make their own quality wallets. The rest of the post is a rather detailed, informative set of instructions on how to make a wallet in the same manner that Bison Made makes them. It's essentially an informative version of a patent, minus all the supposedly progress-promoting restrictions. Perhaps you're asking why they would do such a thing. They do not answer that question explicitly, but I would suggest it's a simple matter of confidence. Take the way the post ends.
Bison Made uses these same basic principles when producing quality leather carry goods. Instead of paper patterns and hand cutting, we use high precision cutting dies to create consistent leather components that are hand finished and stitched. We have taken a position that by starting with high-quality raw materials and detailed precision, beautiful and functional works that are designed for life will follow.In other words: here's how to make what we make, and it's real, but we are really, really good at it. Also we have the materials, machinery, and know-how. So here's our designs. Here's what we do. Feel free to make it if you like. But if this explanation of what we do helps you appreciate all the work that has gone into our business, you could always spend a little money with us to get the real thing.


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Review Group Week #295 - Animal Man #2
Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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by Punchy » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:49 am
Animal Man #1 was pretty good, but what about the second month? This is where the DC relaunch lives and dies for me, can they keep it up?
Animal Man #2
as selected by Zero
Maxine's new abilities continue to terrify Ellen and Buddy Baker, and things take a turn for the worse as Buddy begins a startling transformation of his own that will lead him on a journey into the heart of The Red. Meanwhile, The Hunters Three arrive on Earth and set their sights on the Baker family. The Hunt is on as DC's most surprising new series continues to take ANIMAL MAN in shocking new directions.
Kerny has next week's pick and he has plumped for Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3!
If you would like to join the group, it's easy. Just post a review and I'll add you to the member's list. As long as you stay active, eventually it will be your turn to make a pick.
With $4 comics becoming the norm, the economy being what it is and the growing popularity of mail order services the Review Group recognizes that it's becoming harder and harder to commit to participating each and every week. As long as you can post one review per calendar month you will stay in the member's list. It doesn't matter if you post your review the week of it's release or if you post it later. There is no such thing as a "late" review.
The only request I make is that if you don't plan on posting a review or if you're going to be posting late is that you drop a note in the thread so that I can keep track of who is active and who isn't. The Spreadsheet of Doom is thorough, but it can't read your mind.
Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Beyond that, there's no right or wrong.
If it's your week, you must announce your selection by 5pm EST the day Diamond releases it's shipping list. If you do not announce your pick at that time, I will add a poll to the thread that will remain open until 12pm EST so that the group can make the selection for that week. (If you're seriously MIA, I'll probably put the poll up sooner) To ensure that you know it's your week, I will PM you when Midtown's list goes live on Thursdays. Also you'd better keep in mind the Amber Atoms rule, if your pick isn't reviewed by 2 or more people you will be exiled from the Group for 1 year. Our definition of a single issue comic is limited to comics listed at $3.99 or lower, anything above that is off limits. Also, to prevent utter filth being chosen deliberately, the Weird Worlds Rule has also gone into affect. Any book scoring a new all-time low (2.12 as of today) will not count as a miss if people wisely choose not to purchase it. Any poor soul who did review the book will earn a free pass on a book of their choice.
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Victorian Squid
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Stephen Day
John Snow
fieldy snuts
Eli Katz
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RED indicate that no review or explanation has been posted in two weeks.
RED and BOLD will be deleted at the end of the week unless a review or explanation is posted.
Eventually, someone will together all of our reviews and we will have our very own article on the front page of The Outhouse! If you would like for your review to be included, please try to have it posted by the end of day on Monday.
by BlueStreak » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:32 amProbably. It's been hailed as one of the best of DC's offerings.
by ****** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:53 am
Low bar, IMO.
by Amoebas » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:27 am
Not by me. I ranked it dead last.
But I preordered all the 52 #2's so I guess I'll have no choice but look at it.
by Zero » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:45 am
A ringing endorsement if I ever saw one.
It was my favourite of the New 52 (Edging out Wonder Woman) and really felt like it'd be perfectly at home in the classic Vertigo years.
by Punchy » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:12 am
Very much so, it was really good.
by Wally Brando » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:28 amReally good. I have to read Swamp Thing #2 still, but as of right now this is probably the best DCnU book.
Very interesting developments in this issue.. Lemire seems to be building a very Alan Moore-on-Swamp Thing-esque thing with The Red Place. It is very similar to The Green, except for animals.
The art has grown on me a bit. I think Foreman is way too sloppy for this book, but it's passable.
Art: 6
Story: 9
by BlueStreak » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:32 amThat's a deliberate move on Lemire's part, Chris. Swamp Thing and Animal Man will be sharing more than a few themes in the coming months.
by Wally Brando » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:37 am
I just read Swamp Thing #2, and I can see that now. There's mentions of The Red in it as well.
Very interesting.
And I take it back.. Swamp Thing is still the best. Holy shit. Some major developments in that book. Love it.
by Zero » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:39 am
I am super excited for both of these comics this week now.
by Amoebas » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:44 am
Weird that we completely disagree on Animal Man but we both have Wonder Woman in our top 3.
by Zero » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:00 amAnimal Man #2
The second issue of the relaunched Animal Man takes everything I loved about the first issue and amplifies it. The tension in the Baker house, the disturbing new villains and the resounding echoes of Alan Moore's seminal Swamp Thing run are all present, and they're beautifully drawn.
I am a sucker for the old 'Berger books' that became Vertigo line, and Swamp Thing was my favourite of the bunch. Everything about this comic screams that Jeff Lemire feels the same, with Buddy Baker's family life being the human anchor that it hangs on. The story is moving along at a welcome pace, with plenty of chicken-hands or mutant hippos to set the scale of what's happening but really it's Buddy Baker and his lovable spooky daughter Maxine that are the driving force here. The tension between the normal and the abnormal here is presumably going to drive a lot of the story going forward and, until Grant Morrison appears to kill Ellen and the kids at least, Ihope that it's going to be as well written as this.
The art is scratchy yet detailed and Travel Foreman seems equally at home with a family in crisis as he does with body horror and abstract meat trees, which makes him an ideal fit for the title. While I'm naturally tempted to compare him to Totleben and Bisette, some of Gaiman's Sandman co-creators feel like a closer match; Vince Locke and Jill Thompson both spring most readily to mind. The muted colours, the almost omnipresent viscera and the bizarre scenes all work wonderfully well together and an artist I liked on The Immortal Iron Fist has become one I can see myself loving on Animal Man.
It's always nice to see such a well-regarded property handled with such love and skill, and if Animal Man can maintain this level of quality, then Animal Man might start getting some of the recognition of his old Vertigo peers.
by Punchy » Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:45 amMidtown's list is up, Kerny, make your pick!
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Kite Trimming For Maximum Performance
Changing the knot positions at the kite or the bar is not magic for whatever kite brand you have or mysterious. Whether you are changing knot positions at the kite pigtails (front or rear) or you change knot positions at the bar, bottom-line is all you are doing is making the front or rear lines longer or shorter. You are changing the ability to power up and depower the kite within the movement of the bar up and down the chicken loop line. You are changing your ability to move the angle of attack (AOA) of the kite, which simply means tilting the kite forward (Leading Edge down), or tilting it back (LE up). Most people are aware of this but somehow they don't always make the connection in how to determine what the optimal AOA is for the particular kite they are flying and the wind conditions present. Some just go by the knot position given to them by the manufacturer not realizing that you can find out what the optimal performance is from any kite you fly, and what the correct trim should be when flying it. There is also the variable of bar position; meaning how far away from your body do you like to have the bar when you are riding? Some like it close and some like it far away, so from the factory the setting may not be correct for your style or preference. Below is an explanation of how to rig and find the limits of performance for your particular kite.
How To
First off if the wind is strong and you are rigging a new kite to fly for the first time it is better to error on the side of allowing yourself to have too much depowering ability and not enough powering up ability. It is actually better to tune your kite correctly, but it can take a couple of runs on the water to determine what corrections you need to make to rig your kite correctly, so if the wind is strong you do want the ability to depower the kite to its full potential.
OK so how do you error on making sure you will have enough depowering? Basically to depower the kite it has to tilt forward a little, nose down. How would you increase ability for it to depower? You would either make your front lines shorter, or make your back lines longer. Either one will accomplish the task of tilting the kite forward more. In case you don't know the front lines are the lines attached to the chicken loop and are also attached to the front leading edge pigtails on the kite, and the rear lines are attached to the ends of the bar and attach to the rear trailing edge pigtails on the kite.
How do you depower the kite more when rigging your kite? So the idea is to tilt the kite forward right? OK so how would you do that only using the front lines? You would either attach your front flying lines using a knot closer to the kite on the front pigtails, (if your particular kite has that option), or you will need to shorten your front lines where they attach at the bar (if your particular brand has that option), or do both if you really need to make that much adjustment. If you do not have the option to shorten the front lines enough by making these adjustments you will have to lengthen the rear lines. You can lengthen the rear lines at the kite by choosing to attach your rear lines to a knot on the rear pigtail further away from the kite, or by reattaching your rear lines where they attach to the rear leader lines. There are usually a few knots made in the leader lines where the rear lines attach for the purpose of adjustment. To depower the kite more by making the rear lines longer you would want to choose a knot on the leader lines further away from the bar, thus lengthening the rear lines.
To gain more ability to power up the kite you need to do just the opposite of what was discussed above. You need to either lengthen your front lines or shorten the rear lines, or do both if you need that much change. You can also tie a knot closer to the kite on the rear pigtails of the kite so you can attach your rear lines closer to the kite, thus shortening the rear lines.
So all that adjustment technique said, how do you know when a kite is trimmed correctly? Well you have to fly it and see how it reacts to both extremes of completely depowered and completely powered up for the wind conditions present. You need to find what the kite's ability or limits are to depower and power up. There are limits to both extremes for each kite, so you basically need to go past the extreme edge of its ability to power up, and past the extreme edge of depowering so you know where the limits are.
How do you find the limit of a kite's ability to depower? Judging a kite's limit to depower is often times easier than judging its limit to power up. It all depends on the kite. To find a kite's limit to depower do this. First you do need to be able to achieve a state where the rear lines can go extremely slack when you let the bar out to depower the kite by an arms length with the adjusting strap pulled all the way in to full depowered. The rear lines need to be able to go very slack so that you see a big bow in the rear lines as the wind hits them, and you loose quite a bit of steering input. The rear lines should be so slack that it will take a great deal of bar movement in order for you to even initiate a slight turn with the kite. If you can't achieve this level of rear line slack then put the kite down and re-rig the kite with shorter front lines and/or longer rear lines.
Before launching the kite don't fully depower it or you will have trouble steering the kite. Now put your kite in the air and fly it statically at about a 45-degree angle to the ground. Pull in on your depowering strap to depower the kite once in the air. Pull it in enough so that when you let out the bar all the way the rear lines will go so slack that you can almost not steer the kite anymore. To keep control of your kite pull in on the bar when trying to steer it so that you still have some steering input. Now get a feel for where the maximum useable depowered state of your kite is by slowly letting the bar out further and further, and steering the kite up and down a bit. The maximum useable depowered state of your kite is when your kite is almost fully depowered, but you still retain enough steering input to control the kite and ride comfortably in control. Even though the kite can depower past this point, it isn't very useful unless you decide to ride in a straight line fully depowered (sheeted out) with the bar all the way out, and then pull the bar all the way in to turn the kite. This approach can be used if you want the ability to let go of the bar in an emergency and not have the kite pull you very hard, even if it flies through the wind window. If you decide you want that ability then a very long chicken loop line throw is recommended, so that you can still steer the kite OK once the bar is pulled in towards your body. Keep in mind you always want to allow yourself some level of depower-ability. If you understand where the depower limit is of your particular kite and size, then you will need to change to a smaller kite size if you have no more room to depower the kite for the conditions present.
Ok how do you find the limit of how powered up your kite can be? This is done on the water while riding the board. The first step though is to rig your kite correctly so you can achieve maximum power.
Keep in mind that most all kites are designed to achieve maximum power when the front and rear lines are even, or when the front lines are about 1-3 inches longer than the rear lines. You want to be able to achieve full power when the bar is in the position away from your body that you normally like to ride in. So if you normally like the to ride with the bar 6 inches away from your body, look at what distance the chicken loop is away from the bar when you hold the bar away from your body while hooked in. You may like the bar 6 inches away from your body, but that can equate to the chicken loop only being 3 inches away from touching the bar. So hook into the chicken loop, put the bar where you like to normally ride with it away from your body, and you look down and see what distance the chicken loop is away from touching the bar while there is tension on the lines. For this example lets say that the chicken loop is 3 inches away from the bar. You need to make whatever changes necessary for your lines to be even when the chicken loop is 3 inches away from the bar, with the adjusting strap all the way out fully powered up. If you find your kite achieves full power with the front lines 1-3 inches longer than the rear lines, then make the front lines longer by that much when the chicken loop is 3 inches away from touching the bar. This setup will get you in the ballpark.
So you now have the kite rigged in the ballpark of being able to fully power it up. Once you are out on the water you are going to play with powering your kite up too much by pulling the bar all the way in towards your body, and then letting it out a bit to depower it. You will be trying to get a feel for where maximum power is for the wind conditions at hand. The wind conditions are important because it will be a little different in light wind as opposed to medium – high wind. You are going to want to let the adjusting strap all the way out, fully powered up for this exercise, but make sure you are within your limits. Don't attempt this in high winds especially if you are inexperienced.
You will be able to tell when a kite it too powered up by a couple of indicators. Once is that some kites are sensitive to stalling. If you give them too much power for the wind present they will actually slow way down and almost stall out. These types of kites are pretty easy to find where their limit is because they stall if powered up too much, so you depower the kite until it doesn't stall or lose too much speed. That will be your maximum powered up state for those kites. A lot of newer kites are designed not to stall even with a lot of rear line tension, or being over powered up (sheeted in). With these kites there will be a balance point between kite speed, and wind speed. A kite usually develops more power as it goes faster through the wind window (apparent wind). If the kite slows down through the wind window it looses power. Depending on wind speed there is a balance between how much you can power up the kite (sheet in) and how much that powering up slows down the kite. At a given kite speed or wind speed there will be a point where you can pull in and power up the kite more, but it makes no change in the power of the kite. At this point you are right at the limit of how much you can usably power up the kite. If you continue to power the kite up even further you will experience the kite actually slowing and loosing power. So play with this powering up the kite past the point of usability and then depowering it slowly until you gain a sense of where the limit is for the conditions present.
If you follow these suggestions for rigging your kite and finding the limits of how much you can power your kite up (sheet it in) and how much you can depower it (sheet it out) you will be a better kiter for it, and you will no longer need to depend on manufacturer's suggested knot settings to determine whether your kite is trimmed for maximum performance or not. You will not wonder if you are getting all the performance out of the kite, you will know it.


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PASKO, Wash. – Former Georgia College baseball player Richard Pirkle (2007-11) recently recorded his first professional hit and home run in the same evening, a big day for the former Bobcat.
Pirkle recorded both of his Tri-City Dust Devils' team hits in a 3-2 loss to the Spokane Indians Sunday. His second hit, a two-run home run, brought the team within one in the eighth.
Said the 35th round pick of the Colorado Rockies in the game recap on MILB.com: "It's definitely exciting to get the hits, but it's about winning ballgames."
Pirkle is now 2-for-8 in his three-game professional career, driving in two and scoring once.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Police Chief Keith Mann and Deputy Chief Eric Hamblin were placed on administrative leave with pay Tuesday from the top slots at the Ardmore Police Department.
City Manager J.D. Spohn called the action the result of an "ongoing investigation into various operational aspects of the Ardmore Police Department."
Refusing to detail the action, Spohn would only say, "I'm not at liberty to discuss confidential personnel issues."
An email sent from the city manager to APD officers shed little additional light on the action. The email said Spohn believed his action was "appropriate," but maintained the reasons were "confidential." Officers were cautioned "speculation" would be unfair, and urged them to continue to do their jobs to protect the public.
Spohn said Capt. Kevin Norris, a 16-year veteran of the APD, has been temporarily reassigned as "acting chief."
Mann, a Sulphur native and 33-year veteran of the Oklahoma City Police Department who had retired with the rank of major, took over as APD chief in February 2010. Mann was selected following a search for a new chief that began Aug. 24, 2009 when controversy forced Chief David Leonardo to announce his retirement. Former APD Çhief John Beene, a spokesman for a Citizens Response Committee who backed the local FOP's vote of no confidence against Leonardo, said the committee had sought signatures on a petition to oust the former chief.
Gary Adams, retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief of Patrol, accepted the bid to serve as interim chief while the search for a new chief was carried out.
Tuesday afternoon Mann declined any immediate comment on the situation.
"I will reserve my comments until after I have consulted with an attorney," the chief said.
Hamblin, a 20-year APD veteran, was promoted to deputy chief in October 2012. A graduate of the 245th Session of the FBI National Academy, Hamblin was the department's Narcotics Officer of the Year in 2000-01, and APD Supervisor of the Year in 2005 and again in 2006.
Hamblin also declined to comment on the suspension.


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I started work on a web chat server written in python. The plan for this project is to write a standalone chat server that has both a built in web client that requires only a html compatible web browser to display and the ability for standalone clients to easily be written in a variety of languages.
Once completed i plan on using this server to provide chat functionality for my website as well as releasing it under the general public licence so it may be used by whoever wants it.
This app can be found Here. any feedback or suggestions for improvements, additional features of bug fixes would be greatly appreciated.


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Nov. 18, 2005
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Liz Shimek scored a career-high 26 points and No. 10 Michigan State beat UC Santa Barbara 86-55 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Lindsay Bowen added 16 points, Victoria Lucas-Perry 15 and Rene Haynes 14 for the Spartans, who took control with an opening 27-4 run in their first game since losing to Baylor in the NCAA championship game.
Jenna Green scored 17 points and Erin O'Bryan had 16 for UCSB, favored to win its 11th straight Big West title. It was the Gauchos' first loss in an opener since 1994, while O'Bryan's 14 three-point attempts were one-shy of the school record.
Michigan State dominated from the tip with alternating zone and pressure defenses and solid rebounding. But 11 of the Spartans' 19 turnovers helped UCSB draw within 40-30 in the last minute of the first half when O'Bryan buried a pair of three-pointers and freshman LaShay Fears drained another.
Another surge, keyed by 53.1-percent field-goal shooting to the Gauchos' 25 percent, put the game out of reach and gave Michigan State its seventh straight opening win.
The Spartans shot 52.5 percent from the field, and had a 44-32 rebound advantage. Shimek and Laura Hall lead Michigan State with seven rebounds each, while Kat Suderman had eight to lead UCSB.
The Gauchos will try to quickly regroup for their second straight road game against a 2005 Big Dance participant as they travel to Louisville for a Sunday, Nov. 20 game slated to begin at 12:00 p.m. EST/9:00 a.m. PST.


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Pacific Heartbeat "Under A Jarvis Moon" Under a Jarvis Moon is the story of 130 young men from Hawai'i who, from the late 1930s through the early years of World War II, were part of a clandestine mission by the U.S. federal government to occupy desert islands in the middle of the Pacific. The first wave of these colonists were Hawaiian high school students, chosen because government officials assumed Pacific Islanders could best survive the harsh conditions present on the tiny, isolated islands. D
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Globe Trekker "Panama & Colombia" Megan explores two countries that are refreshingly untouched by mass tourism.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Boat Builders" Idaho's boat builders draw on old craft techniques as well as new technology to rebuild wooden boats or design new ones. Whether working on a 1939 speedster or creating new drift boats, they turn out stylish products for Idaho's waters.G
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Dialogue "Miss Representation" Filmmaker Jennifer Seibel Newsom talks with host Marcia Franklin about making the documentary, Miss Representation, which explores how inaccurate portrayals of women by the media are connected to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence.G
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Idaho Reports 2013 Host Greg Hahn, with a panel of news professionals, plus political analysts, examines the week's events at the Idaho Legislature.G


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ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionalsthat new, modified recommendations for more conservative dosing of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been approved to improve the safe use of these drugs. FDA has made these recommendations because of data showing increased risks of cardiovascular events with ESAs in this patient population. The new dosing recommendations are based on clinical trials showing that using ESAs to target a hemoglobin level of greater than 11 g/dL in patients with CKD provides no additional benefit than lower target levels, and increases the risk of experiencing serious adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attack or stroke.
BACKGROUND: ESAs treat certain types of anemia by stimulating the bone marrow to produce red blood cells and by decreasing the need for blood transfusions. The manufacturer has revised the Boxed Warning, Warnings and Precautions, and Dosage and Administration sections of the labels for the ESAs to include this new information.
RECOMMENDATION: Healthcare professionals should weigh the possible benefits of using ESAs to decrease the need for red blood cell transfusions in CKD patients against the increased risks for serious cardiovascular events, and should inform their patients of the current understanding of potential risks and benefits. Therapy should be individualized to the patient and the lowest possible ESA dose given to reduce the need for transfusions. See the Drug Safety Communication for additional information including a table of key trials and other supporting references. Treatment with ESAs in CKD was discussed at the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, held October 18, 2010. For summary minutes of that Advisory Committee, see link below.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
- Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178


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And the Babe of the Week is…Penny Paige!
This 27-year-old winner is 5'2″ with feist for miles.
Penny got nearly 50% of all of the vites in this weeks Babe of the Week competition, despite going up against some serious competitors in the babe dept. What now? This little firecracker moves on to fight for a spot as Babe of the Month, an even tougher race to win. Seems like she might have the goods to get there:
Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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The people of these worn, winding Pasadena streets still aren't sure exactly who he is, this kid whose bullet tore through their community's soul on Christmas morning, leaving them with an emptiness felt from the faded bungalows of Garfield Avenue to the mansions of Linda Vista.
But they are absolutely certain who he is not.
The kid who killed Victor McClinton in his front yard just steps from his glittering Christmas tree shortly after his Christmas breakfast never, ever played in a sports league run by Victor McClinton.
This would not have been the uncoordinated child who was so unbowed, McClinton once devised a special play to allow him to score a touchdown from his position on the offensive line. This would not have been the shy child whose basketball coach was confronted at halftime by McClinton with orders to get him the ball, again and again, until he finally experienced the joy of making a shot.
This would not have been a child whose team finished in last place, because every child on every team in every McClinton league received the exact same size trophy every season. This would also not have been one of his league's stars, because McClinton did not allow them to act like stars, every kid forced to pass the ball, hand it off, give it up, help the helpless, share the glory, build the community.


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Architect Michael Graves: A Grand Tour Popularly known for the "whistling bird" Alessi teakettle, the architect transforms America's built environment in the 1980s with buildings that take a whimsical approach to classical forms. But in early 2003, a mysterious and potentially fatal illness leaves him partially paralyzed. His ordeal, which includes years of painful rehabilitation, opens a new chapter of Graves' career - designing hospital furniture and homes for wounded war veterans.G
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal "Built to Last?" In this last episode, Sagal travels to Iceland, where after the country's economic collapse, leaders decided to create a new constitution, looking to the U.S. Constitution for inspiration. This prompts Sagal to consider why our own founding document has lasted more than 225 years. D
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Leonardo's Dream Machines Experts use Leonardo da Vinci's drawings to attempt to build a giant crossbow and flying machine, 500 years after he committed the ideas to paper. The two teams use materials found in Leonardo's time and overcome inclinations to apply modern techniques. Part 1 and 2 of 2G
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Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude Winslow Homer is recognized as perhaps the greatest American painter of his time. His work as both an illustrator for Harper's Weekly and as a painter reveals an enormous amount about American life from before the outbreak of the Civil War, through the War itself and Post -War America up to 1880. D


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Barefoot Beach Preserve County Park
Named one of America's Top Ten Beaches by Dr. Beach. Numerous animal species reside in this natural setting including the land-dwelling gopher tortoise and a variety of sea turtles that nest on the beach. Visitors are able to enjoy the ambience of the park's quiet, pristine surroundings. The park includes nature trails, estuary waters for canoe tours and a long stretch of natural beach. Restroom facilities and showers are available and there is a concession with rental beach equipment and food and drinks for purchase. There is a pavilion for nature programs.
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Guest Post on Animal Research
By Theodora Capaldo, EdD
NEAVS President
When the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) launched Project R&R: Release & Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories in 2006, 1,300 chimpanzees languished in U.S. laboratories. The campaign was a focused effort to end invasive and harmful research on the first non-human species in the U.S. Today, more and more chimpanzees are being transferred to sanctuary as momentum for the ethical and scientific cases against using them in biomedical research continues to grow. Though the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act was one of many bills to not pass in the 112th Congress, policy is taking shape that reflects an end to holding and using chimpanzees in US labs. This month an NIH-convened council is expected to release its report on current and future chimpanzee use in NIH-supported research. The report will address how the NIH will realize its commitment to follow the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences' recommendations from an expert paneled and lengthy assessment of the need for chimpanzees. The IOM report could not find any area of current biomedical research where the use of chimpanzees is critical and concluded that any possible future use must meet strict criteria. As to future need, the IOM noted that it could not conclude whether there would or would not be such future need.
Given the weight of scientific evidence, legislative and government support, and public opinion, chimpanzees who have been subjected to years of trauma, confinement, and research will one day soon have the chance to live the remainder of their lives in sanctuaries. They will be "released" and provided the "restitution" that only a sanctuary of high standards is capable of providing. The plight of chimpanzees in US labs highlights the suffering of all animals in laboratories. The scientific arguments highlight that even a species as closely related to humans as chimpanzees is a poor, limited, and even dangerous model by which to study human health and the inferiority of all animal research compared to modern methods. Chimpanzees are a keystone species by which myriad issues regarding the use of animals in research can be measured. Survivors in sanctuary bear witness to the degree of harm and suffering caused to them and are another indictment of the lack of effective laws and enforcement of those laws for animals in labs.
In short, there are no effective laws protecting animals in laboratories. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the only U.S. federal law governing animals' "welfare," provides minimal protections for less than 10% of animals used in laboratories. It excludes rats, mice, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and farmed animals in research.
For the few animals it covers, the regulations only address housing, feeding, handling, and veterinary care – and even these inadequately. Confinement in small, barren cages is common and animals live under constant stress and boredom as testified to in the animals' behaviors: dogs curled up in the back of a cage; alarm calls from chimpanzees as workers prepare for a "knockdown" (anesthesia by dart gun); and monkeys driven literally insane by routine lab stressors. Though highly social species like primates are supposed to be given contact with their own species, such contact can be satisfied via the ability to just see or hear another individual. For some experiments it is legal to isolate them entirely. Consequently, stereotypic behaviors, self-mutilation, withdrawal, anorexia, and other signs of severe psychological stress are prevalent and go uncorrected. Only an estimated 125 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors enforce regulations at over 12,000 research, exhibition, breeding, or animal dealer facilities, hardly allowing for adequate inspection or enforcement of the AWA. When the USDA finds facilities in non-compliance with law, they often do not issue penalties. When they do, they are small and inconsequential, especially in comparison to the profits gleaned from animal use both in federal grant dollars and private contracts with pharmaceutical companies, etc.
The AWA cannot prohibit any protocol approved by an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), whose members are appointed by the facility itself and largely composed of animal researchers and others associated with the research institution, regardless of the pain or distress it causes. Pain medicine, food, and water can be withheld; an animal can be kept in isolation or restraining devices; or infected with diseases, poisoned, burned, shocked, paralyzed, and subjected to other invasive procedures. The public sees disturbing undercover photos and videos and wonders why the USDA does not take action. Quite simply: because it is legal to cause severe suffering and death to animals in laboratories.
Animals in labs suffer tremendously in the name of science. However, systematic analysis of biomedical literature shows that animals have given us inadequate or erroneous information in human disease and toxicology and that in many cases medical breakthroughs were delayed by dependence on animal models. If you flipped a coin to guess how a human will respond to a certain drug or chemical, for example, your prediction would be as accurate as if you tested it on a nonhuman animal. While humans and other animals are similar on the gross anatomical level, we differ at the cellular and molecular levels where disease occurs and medications act.
According to Neil Wilcox, former senior science policy officer with the FDA, "The technology that is emerging today looks at the cellular, subcellular, molecular, and genetic level, examining the effect of a particular chemical on a part of a molecule, a gene, or an enzyme. We're asking questions about the specific mechanism that causes the effect."1 Animals cannot answer these questions – they only give us guesses. Science is not – or at least should not be – about guessing; it is about prediction (validity) and consistency of results (reliability).
Even in a species' whose DNA is nearly identical to humans, the chimpanzee, gene variations and expression result in vast important differences that render even the chimpanzee an "unnecessary" model to study human health and disease. Species differences exist in the process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated, and in the causes, progression, and outcome of diseases. As a result, for example, a mouse may develop cancer in the same location as a human, but they are not the same cancers. According to Dr. Richard Klausner, former Director of the National Cancer Institute, "We have cured cancer in mice for decades – and it simply didn't work in humans." Breakthroughs in cancer treatment can be attributed, in large part, to early detection from sophisticated imaging technology.
Non-animal methods are superior on all fronts: they are more efficient, accurate, and cost-effective than animal experiments. Using human cell cultures to test toxicity yields 76-84% accurate prediction, illuminates specific organ damage, and other more meaningful results than animal tests which hover around 46-50% accuracy, literally no better than a coin flip. The inadequacy of the AWA and its enforcement as well as unnecessary, inferior, and cruel animal use must be addressed in a civilized and scientifically-advanced country such as ours. We are hopefully moving toward more honest science where the economic gains that fuel the use and abuse of animals will be replaced by the better and more humane science of "alternatives."
1 Rudacille, D. 2000. The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict Between Animal Research and Animal Protection. USA: University of California Press.
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Under new coordinator Todd Bowles, the Eagles' defense has gone from bad to bumbling. The team hasn't won a game since Bowles supplanted Juan Castillo, and the defense has looked increasingly shaky.
The low point came last Sunday, in a blowout loss to the Redskins.
The problem, according to Bowles, is miscommunication.
"It shouldn't [happen], especially on the plays we gave up against Washington," Bowles said Friday, via Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News. "We addressed that in the meeting. That should not happen. There's got to be communication on every play."
The problem is that there isn't, and that the situation isn't getting any better. Bowles thinks it is. We think.
"I think everything is corrected, every week, all the time," Bowles said. "Players are going to make mistakes, just like your children. You don't want 'em to happen, you can go over 'em and go over 'em. We have a responsibility to correct, they have a responsibility to get it right."
Both are failing in their responsibilities, which underscores the fact that plenty of changes will be coming to Philly when the season ends.