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Mr TUDGE (Aston) (17:11): I rise also to speak on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill which is before us. This bill enacts a number of measures, but there are two in particular that I would like to speak on. The first is immunisation requirements and the second concerns the baby bonus. This bill, if enacted, will make family tax benefit A and B conditional on a child meeting the immunisation requirements. This is a good measure, which fits within a general principle that should be applied more broadly—that is, that family entitlements and welfare payments are not just rights; they also come with responsibilities.
We should also be looking more broadly at what other responsibilities should be attached to welfare payments. For too long, people have seen welfare payments as being a right which comes unencumbered, as free cash for individuals, rather than saying that this is something which the Australian taxpayer provides to those individuals and that those individuals have responsibilities in exchange for receiving that welfare assistance. That principle is being rolled out in some Indigenous communities across Australia as we speak. For example, in the communities of Cape York, which I know well, there are now four conditions attached to welfare payments. There are conditions around sending your child to school, around being free from police orders, around looking after your public house and there is also a fourth condition in relation to violence. I think they are good conditions. They fit within that broad principle and this measure in front of us fits within that principle as well.
Let me turn to the baby bonus, which is the other provision in this bill and which I would like to refer to. This measure will reduce the baby bonus to $5,000 and it will also remove any indexation of the baby bonus—that is, the bonus will be reducing in real terms from now on. I do not want to comment this afternoon on the merits of the baby bonus, nor do I stand here necessarily opposing this particular provision. But I would like to use the opportunity to point out that this measure is just another hit for young families, who are doing it particularly tough at the moment from a cost-of-living perspective. If this were the only measure that the Labor government was putting into place which would hurt young families then that would be one thing, but it is not. In fact, this measure comes on top of measure after measure which hit young families and increase the cost of living for them. I would like to go through some of those with you.
Members on this side of the chamber are fully aware that cost-of-living pressures for young families is one of the top issues. They raise it with us when we are in churches, at school fetes, at the local football grounds et cetera. Everyone is saying that the cost of living is going up well in excess of their wages and well in excess of the CPI. They point out that it is not the luxuries which are going up most rapidly. It is actually the bare essentials, such as electricity, water, education and child care, which are going up most rapidly, well in excess of their wages. If you look at the official statistics you will see that they bear out this anecdotal evidence which I certainly hear and other members on this side of the chamber also hear. Water, for example, has gone up 46 per cent since 2008. Electricity prices have gone up 50 per cent since 2008. Gas has gone up 30 per cent since 2008. Medical expenses have gone up 20 per cent since 2008. And I could go on.
There are many reasons why prices go up. Of course there are supply and demand issues which contribute to prices of everyday goods going up over time. But my critique of this government is that it is their policy settings which are having a significant contribution to increasing those prices for everyday Australians and everyday families. To start with, their macro policy setting is having an impact because, when you run an enormous budget deficit, as this government has been doing, that puts upward pressure on prices and upward pressure on interest rates. We now have had budget deficits of well over $50 billion in the last couple of years. This year it is forecast to be $37 billion, although what the final figure will be when we come to 30 June remains to be seen. We now have a net debt figure of $136 billion. This fiscal strategy of running a massive budget deficit, the biggest budget deficit in Australian political history, puts upward pressure on prices and interest rates, which makes it harder for young families. That is at the macro level.
Now let us look at the particular measures which make it more difficult for young families. Let us look at some of the particular policy measures. I have mentioned electricity prices before. Some of their 'inefficient' energy renewable schemes are contributing to the increase in electricity prices. But we all know what is coming, which they have put in place and which starts on 1 July of this year—and that is the carbon tax. That will increase electricity prices by 10 per cent in the first year alone according to the government's own figures. If you listen to the electricity suppliers they will tell you that they will go up by 20 per cent in the first year alone. And then the carbon tax is legislated to increase every single year thereafter. It is legislated to increase. So while we might be starting with a 10 or 20 per cent increase in electricity prices, it will then go up even more in subsequent years. Let us look at gas. Gas is another essential service which many parents are saying is going up. Gas prices are due to increase by nine per cent due to the carbon tax.
I have talked about child care in this chamber before. It is something which many young families need, particularly if both parents are attempting to work. This government last year put through measures which are forcing up childcare expenses for young families. A measure which they put through mandated that the ratio for childcare centres must be four children to one staff member rather than five to one, which it is currently. All that will do is increase the cost of child care. There is no research or evidence which says that is necessarily better for the children. Even if there were, why does the government have to intervene in this regard? Why can't parents and childcare centres themselves agree that five to one is okay. The Productivity Commission have looked into this particular issue and they are telling us that childcare prices will go up by 15 per cent due to this measure. That is often $50 or $60 per week for someone who is putting their child into care. I have a childcare centre in one of the poorer areas of my electorate where it has gone up by 21 per cent.
Health care is another area where the government's measures will mean prices will go up. Their changes to the private health insurance will put up the price of private health insurance across the board by 10 per cent, according to Deloitte, and higher for many families who are more directly impacted by the changes.
I talked about school costs before. With the Gonski review in place and the failure of the government to guarantee that they will maintain the indexation rate for school funding, that will mean that school funding may decline for many schools and that fees will have to go up—another hit for families who are struggling with cost-of-living pressures. I have talked about the macro level and I have talked about the individual initiatives which are putting up prices for everyday families. On top of that, it is reducing benefits. The member for Menzies went through some of the benefits which the government has targeted in recent years. They include the changes to family tax benefit parts A and B, which have been frozen for many families. In my electorate alone they affect about 10,000 households. There have also been tax increases. I believe that this government has put in place 21 tax increases since it was elected. We know about the alcopops tax, we know about the cigarettes tax and we know about the carbon tax, but there are even measures such as that getting rid of the entrepreneurs tax offset, which provided a little bit of tax relief for those individual entrepreneurs earning less than $75,000.
If you look across the board at what this government is doing to the cost of living for families, you will see that (a) it has not got its macro settings right, which puts upward pressure on all prices and on interest rates; (b) it is putting in place individual measures which in many cases are increasing costs for health, child care, electricity, gas and other things; (c) it is reducing benefits for families—the measure in front of us today is another one of those benefits which has been reduced; and (d) it is increasing taxes on things which people enjoy, such as cigarettes and booze and on small businesses that are struggling to make ends meet.
This government has scored the quadrella of hitting young families. The measure in front of us is just another one of those things which go towards making it more difficult for young families who are struggling with cost of living pressures today. We will not be opposing this bill, but it is worth pointing out that this government is making it tougher for young families. It needs to do exactly the reverse and make it easier for young families, to take the pressure off so that families can get on with things and improve their quality of life.


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At the age of 16, along with my peers, I was caught up in the exciting prospect of change from the Liberal Democrats - writes Sheffield Hallam Ukip candidate Joe Jenkins.
Their pledge to eliminate tuition fees and Nick Clegg's positive debate performances really convinced me they were something different.
I spent many an evening after school canvassing the streets, promising people that their children would have a bright future and no sizeable university debt if they ticked the Liberal Democrat box on election night.
How could I have known I was doing all of this for a lie?
Fast forward just five months from the elections and the young vote, the student vote, was discarded by the Liberal Democrats like a damp rag as they broke their clear vow to us.
So I left the Liberal Democrats, but did not leave politics because I knew that one day I wanted to have the opportunity to stand against the lies, the corruption and the betrayal that I had seen so early on.
So my activism took me found a home in Ukip. For some this may seem like a strange transition, but the honest down-to-earth politics enticed me from the word go.
Their stance on Citizen Referendums, the achievable eradication of tuition fees for science, technology, engineering and manufacturing (STEM) subjects and the support for a true, free open society was incredibly attractive.
And here I have found a home.
Last summer after the National Union of Students voted to 'oppose' Ukip, I started pushing to have more focus on expanding our university presence in the face of increasing hostility to our student supporters from student unions, leading me to form Ukip Students.
Freedom of speech and expression is something I feel very strongly about, and I see its erosion by groups such as the NUS as a real problem facing universities today, and it something I feel really needs to be protect.
I thought long and hard about standing as a candidate in Sheffield Hallam.
About 20,000 students live in the constituency.
While few of them were here to vote for Nick Clegg five years ago, all of them are now suffering for his broken pledges.
So I am glad for this opportunity to represent a student-heavy constituency and the people of Sheffield Hallam.
Nick Clegg made a liar out of me five years ago, and I feel I have a responsibility to hold him account for it by giving the forgotten students a voice in this election.
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In its bid to continually provide succour to aching hearts and the rejected, The Counselling Ambassadors Organisation (TCAO) also known as 'AMBASSADORS' has sponsored medical surgeries and empowered financially some selected Nigerians.
This was revealed at the 9th annual praise worship concert, Berachah 2016 tagged 'Victorious songs, victorious dance' organised by the group recently in Lagos.
President of the organisation, Mrs. Regina Iyabo Obasa told our correspondent that the praise concert and empowerment programmes are in line with the vision of the organisation which is to provide succour in all respect to Nigerians especially the rejected and the hopeless, irrespective of race, tribe, religion, colour and gender.
In spite of the economic hardship and poverty in the country, Obasa said something has kept Nigerians going. "Between January and now, we are still alive full of hope that Nigeria will be better. This implies that we can sing a victorious song and dance to the most high God for His protection over us as a nation and as individuals which is why we organised the praise concert to boost the psychology and morale of Nigerians."
Her words, "our mission is to lovingly provide solution to the over-burdened hearts. And to achieve this, over the years, we have counselled over 15,000, sponsored inmates of kirikiri maximum at the National Open University and over 100 people for entrepreneurial training in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria who assisted in setting them up in business. As we know that the future of any nation depends on the quality and how gainfully engaged the youths are. From this end, we have opened an ultra modern digital musical studio to support young and talented artistes and sponsored medical surgeries for many people both within and outside the country".
For a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Desmond Elliot, Chairman, house committee on tourism, considering the present state of affairs in the country, Nigerians need to be encouraged.
While describing as unfortunate the tensed economic quagmire Nigerians are into, Hon. Elliot appealed for understanding and patience as he said the desired change would come in no time.
He said, "It is unfortunate that we are in this kind of situation in the country. But the truth is, if something is in a state of disrepair, putting it back to shape would entail a lot of perseverance and sacrifice from the affected persons. Of course, that is the stage we are in the country now. What is required of us as Nigerians is to keep hope alive and be patient to experience the change we voted for. Whatever difficulty we are facing today is for a short time therefore I appeal to Nigerians to be patient with the government as efforts are in top gear to fix the country."
Amongst the beneficiaries present at the event was a diabetic patient, Mrs. Olayinka Dada whose surgical operation to remove her fingers was sponsored by the organisation but requires N7million for her daughter who was diagnosed of a brain disorder.
Others include Mrs Abimbola Olaposi, Mrs Godsgrace Immanuel, Temitope Olaoye, Mrs. Comfort Ojo, Okon Saviour, Mrs. Beatrice Onwuche, Mrs Elizabeth Elemoh, Mr Ayodele Josuah and a school teacher whose daughter has a retarded growth and would require N3.5million for treatment which has been aided by the Ambassadors.
The event featured performance by prominent gospel artistes such as Nathan Efe, Ayan Jesu gospel team, Omotola Sax, Howpraizteam and De horners' band who thrilled the audience to soul-inspiring and life changing tunes.


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Maysville in Mason County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Paxton Inn
was acquired by
James A. Paxton in 1810.
Paxton and subsequent nineteenth century
owners of this building operated it as an Inn.
Lawyers and townspeople gathered here.
In 1918, the Mason County Mutual Telephone
Company purchased the site. For the next 49 years,
various telephone businesses owned this property.
In 1967 ownership of the building passed
to the Limestone Heritage Foundation, Inc.,
agents for the Limestone Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution. In 1997 ownership
was transferred to Limestone Chapter, DAR.
Since 1967, the Chapter has used the Inn as
a museum and Chapter house.
Erected 1999 by Limestone Chapter, DAR.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution marker series.
Location. 38° 36.969′ N, 83° 48.51′ W. Marker is in Maysville, Kentucky, in Mason County. Marker is at the intersection of Paxton Street and Old Main Street (Kentucky Route 2515), on the left when traveling east on Paxton Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2028 Old Main Street, Maysville KY 41056, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. Taylor's Corner (within shouting distance of this marker); Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (within shouting distance of this marker); "Washington Courthouse Site" (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnston Birthplace (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Mefford's Fort (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Early Stage-Mail Route (approx. 0.2 miles away); Washington, Kentucky Post Office (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maysville.
Also see . . . Use of the Paxton Inn on the Underground Railroad. (Submitted on June 5, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Additional comments.
1. Paxton Inn & the Underground Railroad
The Paxton Inn was a station on the Underground Railroad when owned by Mr. James A. Paxton. There is a hidden stairway between the first and second stories of this brick structure. There runaway slaves could be hidden until they could be safely moved across the Ohio River at night under the cover of darkness. The Underground Railroad was a path that led thousands of slaves from the South to the North to freedom. Over 2,000 slaves crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky to the safe haven of Ohio.
— Submitted June 5, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Categories. • Abolition & Underground RR • Colonial Era • Notable Buildings •
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Squidoo seems to operate a lot like Blogger:
* Freshness of content
* Relevance of content (people are searching for it)
* Incoming links
* Outgoing links
At least these things are stuff you can do something about. Quality content may or may not get "star ranking" or traffic.
You can drive traffic to your lenses best through linking on your blog or your bio on your article marketing. But where most article directories only allow you a single link, you'd be better off driving business over to your website or to a squeeze page to collect their email address.
Squidoo - Make Money with Squidoo: Tips, Tricks and Advice. » Blog Archive » Roller Coaster Squidoo Lens Rankings?: "Have you noticed that your rankings are all over the place from one day to the next? If you have had a lens for a while you will notice that your rankings are never static. We suspect this is due to several factors, the most important being that Squidoo is still growing and thus in a dynamic state of flux. This roller coaster ride is partly due to the freshness of the lens content. We believe that the recency of the content helps preserve a high ranking although we have no hard evidence of this yet. Other factors likely include:
* Lens size, number of modules, etc.
* Traffic - both internal and referral.
* The number of outgoing text links.
* The star ranking (how other lensmasters have voted for you)."
I'm still stuck on the idea of copying your sales page for any given product over to Squidoo. Then they can simply click over to buy it. I haven't tried this out yet, but it seems to make sense.
Just realized I've got some sales pages sitting around that I got with some "resale rights" packages. Now this would be an interesting test...


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May 07, 2009
Thought for the Day
It takes God a long time to get us out of the way of thinking that unless everyone sees as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God's view. There is only one liberty, the liberty of Jesus at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right.
That seems about right to me.
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Sounds right to me, too. No one can ever take away our liberty to do the right thing within whatever power we have. They can only increase the cost of our choice.
Posted by: Texan99 at May 7, 2009 11:18 AM
The "thought" as presented by the linked person and the variance of associated cost pointed out in first comment are without a doubt, a couple of pearls. Yup.
Posted by: bthun at May 7, 2009 11:45 AM
Yanno, the *cost* of choosing to do the "right thing" never changes. It's in choosing to not do the "right thing" that exacts a price.
Posted by: DL Sly at May 7, 2009 12:55 PM
The "thought" rings true. Some will take a life time to learn it. Some never will.
God gives us various relationships (child to parent, parent to child, husband to wife, subordinate to boss and vice versa) to show us we may not always have the BIG picture (even though we think we are right). Or, that there are no wrong ways to skin that particular feline (my apologies to KITTY).
Strange how much trouble we can get into by trusting our own heart motives and self-interests, doing what we think is the "right thing". Happily, I learned a couple decades back that this happens way to easily without God, demonstrating the truth of this powerful proverb,
"There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death."
Posted by: ziobuck at May 7, 2009 01:48 PM
I don't know much about God, but I am confident that, if He exists, He speaks through me.
If not, then my life is a lie.
Posted by: spd rdr at May 7, 2009 07:48 PM
The sad thing would be to believe that we are all there is. That has always seemed to me like a failure of imagination :)
Posted by: Cassanda at May 7, 2009 08:12 PM
I like to think of myself as a Messianic Jew, as in one who believes the Messiah has come, rather than one who believes He is yet to come.
Anyway, I've no problem with the thought expressed in this post. Two simple (?) rules:
1. Love God.
2. Love your neighbor*.
*Everyone who isn't you. That's the tough part...and I think we all need reminding, sometimes.
Posted by: camojack at May 8, 2009 03:57 AM


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argued: February 18, 1977.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEEv.JACK KAPLAN, APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY (D.C. Crim. No. 75-147).
Seitz, Chief Judge, Van Dusen and Weis, Circuit Judges.
Author: Weis
Opinion OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The prosecution's obligation to furnish exculpatory material to the defense in a criminal case is firmly established. Not always as clear, however, is the time when that duty must be performed. Recognizing some truth in the adage "better late than never," we conclude that in this case the production of favorable evidence during trial is not reversible. We reach our conclusion because of the lack of demonstrated prejudice, though we disapprove and discourage a practice of delayed production.
The defendant Kaplan was convicted on seven counts of filing false personal and corporate income tax returns*fn1 during the time he served as president and chairman of the board of Spiral Metal Company, South Amboy, New Jersey. The prosecution resulted from his scheme to siphon off cash from the corporation by falsifying its inventory. Kaplan arranged to have Spiral Metal checks - together with fictitious purchase orders - issued ostensibly for the purchase of precious metals customarily used in the company's operations. He delivered the checks to either Mario Betancourt or Daniel Roberts who cashed them, generally at Kaplan's bank, returned the proceeds to the defendant, and received a commission for their services. The defendant did not report this cash as income on his personal tax returns, and the corporation improperly deducted the "purchases" on its returns.
Roberts, a key government witness, owned the Mercury Trading Company which on infrequent occasions supplied merchandise to Spiral Metal. In most of his dealings with Kaplan, however, Roberts only cashed Spiral's checks payable to himself or Mercury and remitted the money to the defendant. Fictitious Mercury purchase slips documented these transactions. Consequently, Spiral's records of disbursements and purchases were in balance, although the inventory was less than the company's records demonstrated.
Before trial, the defendant moved for production of documents pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 16, and by agreement the prosecution delivered some papers to defense counsel. The government, however, declined to turn over records received from Roberts and, on June 3, 1975, deposited them with the trial judge for his ruling on discoverability. At a pretrial conference six days later, the court ruled in the government's favor and retained possession of the records. It was understood that this voluminous collection of documents was to be made available to defense counsel the evening before Roberts took the witness stand.
Trial began on June 25, 1975, and on July 2, the prosecutor stated that he had no objection to defense counsel reviewing the documents then in the judge's chambers. The defendant's lawyer did not examine the records until six days later, after Roberts and his wife had completed their testimony.*fn1a The following morning, July 9, 1975, defendant moved for dismissal of the indictment, a mistrial, or the opportunity to recall Roberts, alleging that the government had failed to produce Brady material. Defense counsel, avowedly not relying on Fed. R. Crim. P. 16, characterized the Roberts records as exculpatory within the ambit of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215, 83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963). The court granted the motion to recall Roberts for further cross-examination and, because of the large number of documents involved, recessed the trial until July 11, 1975 so that defense counsel could review the papers in detail.
When Roberts was recalled for further cross-examination, defense counsel used some of the documents for impeachment purposes. After being shown certain invoices and similar records, the witness admitted that on those occasions he had delivered merchandise to Spiral and, to that extent, his testimony on direct examination was erroneous. The jury nevertheless found the defendant guilty on all counts.*fn2 The district judge denied motions for judgment of acquittal and new trial, concluding that the belated access to the documents and other assigned errors did not warrant vacating the conviction.
The government produced Roberts' testimony to show he had received Spiral checks for merchandise although none had been delivered. According to the defendant, since some of the documents proved that merchandise had in fact been delivered on certain occasions, the records were exculpatory in nature. Therefore, he argues, the material should have been turned over in advance of trial and, further, the prosecution's tardy tender did not permit adequate investigation and evaluation.
The rule of Brady v. Maryland is founded on the constitutional requirement of a fair trial, binding on both state and federal courts. It is not a rule of discovery. As the Supreme Court said in Weatherford v. Bursey, 429 U.S. 545, 559, 97 S. Ct. 837, 51 L. Ed. 2d 30 (1977):
"There is no general constitutional right to discovery in a criminal case, and Brady did not create one . . . 'the Due Process Clause has little to say regarding the amount of discovery which the parties must be afforded. . . .' Wardius v. Oregon, 412 U.S. 470, 474 [37 L. Ed. 2d 82, 93 S. Ct. 2208] (1973)."
However, Fed. R. Crim. P. 16, applicable only to federal courts, permits discovery in advance of trial. While the rule has been criticized as unduly restrictive, it does provide that upon request the defendant may ...
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In the Waves
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There wasn't anything in the waves when I first looked. Kneeling by the rocky shoreline as the light faded from a gray sky, the wind blew in from waters that carried the chill of the approaching winter and the salt of the sea. The rush of the tide rolling up and sliding back towards the horizon filled the air as I lay back on the sand and let the rawness of the moment sweep over me. But it was getting darker and for some reason the darkness and being so near the water made me feel uncomfortable. I rolled up into a sitting position, stretching my arms and yawning as I looked out over the horizon one last time before I rose to my feet and turned towards the road somewhere's in the distance when I snapped back around, something I glimpsed ringing inside. Did I really see…
Alarmed, my eyes scanned up and down the rocks that jutted out into the frothing cold sea, swearing I had seen a pale figure, arms against the dark rocks, when suddenly, about fifty feet out into the water, two thin arms broke out again, flailing wildly back and forth above the surface.
Before I knew it I was running barefoot towards the water and leaping up the rocks. I couldn't say what made me leap out so quickly, but just as suddenly as my courage had carried me out, it left me. My feet formed around the wet stones with increasing terror as I shakily progressed out above the open sea, slipping and jerking with bolts of fear shooting threatening to seize me. The further out I got the stronger the roar became- the sound and sight of waves falling against the rocks rising like a thundering chorus. But the fear of watching someone die seemed to will me ahead of myself. Scared of each step, I advanced along the rocks further and further, now so frightened that soon I crawled along on hands and feet. The light was fading quickly and what once seemed a short distance seemed a very long way back. The spray of the water fell all over me, the winds chilling as they swept through my damp clothes. Coming this far I could see a face in the water, pale white skin with pale blue eyes that seemed to cling me in place. It wasn't beauty, really. It was as if her eyes were hands and mines was the rope that held her up from sinking forever. Spluttering, flailing, her eyes never left mine.
It seemed like forever that I stood there, helpless and frightened at the situation. There seemed no way to reach down there. The rocks were too wet and the sea rolled hard enough to push and pull the woman into the rocks, and then there was the wind. If it had not been so much sea spray I would have been sure I was crying from nerves. But desperation made me move closer. I couldn't do nothing. I couldn't just let her die. And all that time, when she could clear her face of the water, she cried up to me 'help me, help me, please' and I don't think I felt anything as terrible as a woman's distress.
I dropped one leg down after the other, closer and closer till I was kneeling on the edge of the only flat stone around, shaking from fear as much as the cold. The water was breaking over me like a heavy blanket. I pushed it out of my mind as waves brought the woman's arms close against my own, flailing and slapping, slipping off before yanking her back out of reach. I knelt further, reached farther. I didn't notice I was yelling out to her so much until the pain swelled in my throat. I fought images of myself being knocked into the swaying chaos of the open oceans as the woman struggled for life.
I reached out once more, straining to grab her arm as the waves pushed her in again and this time I caught her. She was still writhing. I nearly freaked, thinking her shifting wild weight would pull me over with her. I tensed around the stone, fighting bone-deep fright as I pulled her closer to the rocks. Both her hands clasped around my wrist and her face stayed above water now more often than not. I could feel relief and strength flooding through me. Before, her cries bounced through me like an echo, but now I was firmer. I could feel myself steadying, but the light was so dim now that both my skin and hers was fast becoming the only discernible objects. I pulled her closer, feeling stronger and stronger, fear giving way to purpose. She seemed to lean back as if to get her foot up against the rocks when out from the water I saw the bottom half of her body. It extended not into to legs but a sickeningly thick, pale trunk of flesh covered with...scales? I don't know when I started screaming, but I was screaming so hard blood might have been flying out. My arm recoiled, my body snatching back from the water, but her arm struck out with a flash, and I was snatched from the rocks with jarring force, pulled down deep as her arms clasped over mine, pinning them to my sides while I felt her powerful body churn through the water. My endless screams of terror gurgled into the darkness, my lungs squeezing, my body seizing, shaking and scrambled helplessly as I lost my mind and my body took over.
Soon my body seemed to give it's last efforts. My lungs stung from the water that filled them. My body jerked and twisted with less and less force and then I felt its mouth seal over my neck and teeth sink down into his flesh. It's hold was still solid, my arms pinned so tight my lungs could only collapse but not expand to breath back in. But now it didn't even hurt. I just fell sleepy and weightless, fading in the black depths, pondering on the exotic feel of teeth in my neck as a tongue, rough and alive, slid around my skin.
In only moments all was nothing but fading sensation. And even that gave way to an emptiness that carried me beyond the cold, deep into a void I knew in the pit of my being there would be no return from.
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1.1 First Name / Age / Location:
A:Benn/ 22/ Mid North Coast NSW
1.2 Usual Playtimes: (this will help us gauge future raid/pvp times)
A:every night after work
1.3 Do you know anyone in SC? (Online or in Real Life)
1.4 How did you hear about SC?
A:i have seen you guys previously from blackrock on wow
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence do a lot of running in Silver Linings Playbook. They intersect on suburban Philadelphia streets, out for their morning laps, their evening laps, huffing, puffing, jostling, fighting.
They're trying to shed weight, these two. Not physical weight (although Cooper's character complains his meds are making him fat), but the burdens they're carrying around in their heads. Pat Solitano (Cooper, in an amazingly fierce, funny performance) and his uninvited tagalong, Tiffany, are damaged souls.
A head-spinning wonder of a movie about love and pain, reclamation and the totemic power of a National Football League franchise, Silver Linings Playbook opens the Philadelphia Film Festival on Thursday night and opens in theaters a month from now.
It is, without doubt, a transcendent endeavor, from its exhilaratingly smart screenplay - director David O. Russell's adaptation of the novel by former South Jersey teacher Matthew Quick - to the unexpected and moving turns of its two leads. And by everybody else (Robert De Niro! Jacki Weaver! Chris Tucker! Anupam Kher!) in its remarkable cast.
It's funny, it's tragic, it dives into a world wholly recognizable (doubly so for Philly natives, who have trod the same sidewalks, supped at the same diners, sported the same DeSean Jackson jerseys), and it springs from a great Hollywood tradition - the storm-tossed romantic comedy. Boy meets girl, boy and girl are separated by momentous conflict, boy and girl overcome obstacles to get together and live happily ever after . . . or do they?
Pat Solitano is a high school English teacher who, in the opening of Silver Linings Playbook, is just out from eight months in a Baltimore psych ward. He found his wife with another guy, he lost it - and then he lost his job. So it's home to his parents' house in Ridley Park - Pat Sr. (De Niro, doing his best work in years) and Dolores (Weaver), a couple whose world turns on Andy Reid and the Philadelphia Eagles. On game days, Pat Sr. sits at the TV (he's barred from attending the games; that's another story), his Eagles kerchief folded just so, wearing his Eagles sweater, betting big money on his team.
Eagles fever has rubbed off on his son - how could it not? So has a certain manic temperament. Pat Jr., diagnosed with bipolar disorder, reports to his therapist's office (the wonderfully wry Kher), hears Stevie Wonder crooning "My Cherie Amour," and goes ballistic. That was their song - Pat and his wife, Nikki. And now he's got a restraining order - he can't even see her. The song is a "trigger." There are plenty of others.
And then, at a dinner, Pat meets Tiffany. She, too, can rattle off a list of name-brand SSRIs and their respective nuances. She, like Pat, is functioning (just) - and functioning without filters. She'll say what's on her mind, no matter how wildly inappropriate or impolitic.
Pat and Tiffany seem destined for each other - except that Pat wants nothing more than to reconcile with Nikki, the love of his life. And Tiffany has her own issues: She's a young widow, she suffers from depression and low self-esteem, she sleeps around. And so the courtship begins.
Russell surveyed the crazy tumult of another fractious family in The Fighter, and he excels at wrangling large casts into tight, propulsive story lines (I Huckabees, Three Kings). The dialogue here ricochets. The emotions hit you sideways.
On a Halloween date over raisin bran and tea (how romantic!), Pat and Tiffany take brutal shots at each other. Their hurt and longing are palpable, a common bond they refuse to acknowledge. By the time she has persuaded him to be her partner in a dance competition, and they're at her place rehearsing moves to the croon of Bob Dylan, we're completely on their side. These two wackos need each other, and we need them to realize that fact.
In Winter's Bone, the film that first brought her acclaim, Lawrence showed the instincts of a fine actor - she could project inner fire and vulnerability without overselling things. But her performance in Silver Linings Playbook is a revelation nonetheless - she takes this broken woman and brings her to life with wit and grace and deep, dark currents of heartache. Cooper and Lawrence together are, well, awesome.
So is Silver Linings Playbook.
Directed by David O. Russell. With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, and Anupam Kher. Distributed by the Weinstein Co.
Running time: 2 hours.
Parent's guide: Not yet rated (profanity, sex, drugs, violence, adult themes).
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Can you run a two stroke grass trimmer / grass strummer on a petrol + high grade oil mix.
This video shows how I do it.
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This blog contains a number of simple money saving solutions I have discovered to potentially expensive repairs or replacements. For Example: Cleaning of the shower mould using domestos grot buster saved me hundreds of pounds, and the fact that it keeps the mould out of the caulk saves me hours of additional cleaning.


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I am back from South Africa. What an amazing experience. Had a blast sharing this process with 9 fabulous South Africans. All had a breakthrough experience and proves once again how powerful this process is. I look forward to sharing this experience with you in my studio in North Portland on August 7-8. I am starting to register for this weekend now. Please let me know if you want to join us.
I also wanted to share with you some of the photos from the South Africa experience and give you an idea of what their paintings are like. Hope you enjoy them.
Testimonial from Lisa who did the painting above:
Hi Carolyn
Tx so much for the foties. The workshop was amazing. Definitely one I have put on top of my list. I can so see a need for this process in my area + would like to share this workshop with so many others. So once my studio is up + ready (should be in 2months) I will invite others 2 join me.
I have been in contact with Brenda + have discovered so much more about both our paintings. I will NOT be burning mine but rather hanging it up. I have bought matt acrylic seal to paint over.
I feel so honored to have been given the opportunity to attend ur workshop!
I noticed the ELK was the first animal image to come through. Then the CROW. These I painted over + without realizing, the WOLF found his own way to me. How exciting!
After the workshop I came down with terrible flu, infact I am in bed trying to shoo away this "flu gremlin" before my youngest daughters 17th birthday dinner. Getting flu for me after a healing process is a good sign, as I always have a deep healing shift when this happens. So tx for bringing it on hahahaha. Glad u had a safe trip back. Look 4ward 2hearing from u soon!
The Workshop runs two full days, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. It is held at my Studio, in Portland, Oregon. All you have to do is wear old comfortable clothes you can get paint on, bring a sack lunch, have an open heart and a curious mind and I will do the rest.
Absolutely no experience necessary, you already have everything you need. All inspiration and art materials supplied.
Cost is $160 and includes all art supplies and a copy of my E-Book Intuitive Painting: Art to Empower Your Life. Class is limited to 10 people so everyone has personal attention and lots of time to paint. You can easily pay through Paypal or you can send a check to Carolyn Winkler, 1001 N. Baldwin Street, Portland Or. 97217. Just let me know you want to attend and I will put you on the list and you can pay closer to the time of the workshop.
To Find Out More and ask questions just Email me at email@example.com or visit my websites http://www.spiritmaskjourneys.com or http://www.powerpaintingprocess.com I will be out of the country April thru June so might not get back to you until after I return. Thanks for understanding.
Look forward to meeting you at the workshop.
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is an archaeological site located beside the Bidyadhari river, about 35 km north-east of Kolkata, India, in the district of North 24 parganas, near the township of Berachampa and the Haroa Road railhead.
Years of excavation have revealed relics of several historical periods, although the chronological classification of the relics remains incomplete.
|Google Map Arial View of Chandraketugarh
Finds include Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) relics, later wares dated from about 400 BC to 100 BC and approximately contemporary with the Maurya period, as well as artifacts from the more recent Kushanas and Gupta periods.
|Tourist Board of Chandraketugarh
According to some historians, the Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as 'Gangaridai.
Chandraketugarh is located in the district of 24 Parganas, only 38 Km north-east of Calcutta (Kolkata) in West Bengal, India. It falls under the Police Station of Deganga and covers the localities such as Berachampa, Deulia (Debalaya), Singer Ati, Shanpukur, Hadipur, Jhikra, Ranakhola, Ghorapota, Dhanpota, Chuprijhara, Mathbari, and Ghaziatala. A seven mile long and one mile wide stretch south of Berachampa is archaeologically the most significant.
|Google Map Arial View of Road from Calcutta to Chandraketugarh
Chandraketugarh is located in the dynamic alluvial delta of the mighty Ganges, where the rivers continuously change their courses. In general, due to new land formation, the well-known ancient coastal towns are now found far inside the mainland. It is therefore difficult to obtain any hard facts regarding the geography of ancient Chandraketugarh. Although not adjacent to any major navigable sea-bound water channel at present, Chandraketugarh lies only ten kilometers north of the dying stream of Vidyadhari river. Vidyadhari once used to be a strong navigable river opening up to the Adi Ganga, the ancient course of the Ganges. Through this route, the Chandraketugarh site probably had easy access to the sea.
|Vidyadhari river beside Chandaketugarh
The Archaeological significance of the Chandraketugarh area came to the attention in the early years of the last century when road-building activities exposed a brick structre. A. H. Longhurst first visited the site in 1907 on the urging of Tarak Nath Ghosh, a local resident. Despite the recovery of a large volume of bricks and potteries, Longhurst, unfortunatley, reported that "the ruins were of little or no interest". Rakhaldas Bandopadhyay (of Mohen-Jo-Daro fame) visited the site in 1909 and collected some artifacts. K. N. Dikshit, Superintendent of the Eastern Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), first published a report on the site in 1922-23. Kalidas Dutt, a well-known author of the archaeology of the lower Bengal, inspired Deva Prasad Ghosh, Kalyan Kumar Ganguly, and Kunja Govinda Goswami to take notice of this site. It was due to their persuation that the site was excavated by the Asutosh Museum of the Indian Art of the Calcutta University through 1955 to 1967. Their reports were published in the annual ASI Reviews. Finally, in 2000, there was a minor excavation at the site by ASI under Bimal Banerjee; however this effort has come to an abrupt stop (I do not know why).
The history of Chandraketugarh dates back to almost the 3rd Century B.C., during the pre-Mauryan era. Artifacts suggest that the site was continuously inhabited and flourished through the Sunga-Kushana period, then the Gupta period and finally the Pala-Sena period. From all indications Chandraketugarh was an important urban center, and most probably a port city. It had a high encircled wall with a rampart and a moat. The people were engaged in various crafts and mercantile activities. Although the religious inclinations of the people are unclear, hints of the beginning of some future cults can be traced in the artifacts. Some of the potteries carry inscriptions in Kharoshthi and Brahmi scripts.
Due to the inconsistencies in the ASI Review reports and lack of crucial data it is extremely difficult to draw a comprehensive and reliable stratigraphical picture of the site. Enamul Haque has presented an occupational sequence by studying the ASI Review reports and allowing for marginal adjustments. Let me reproduce it:
|Earthen-pottery of Chadraketugarh
Period I
Pre-Maurya, 600-300 B.C.
Period II
Maurya, 300-200 B.C.
Period III
Sunga, 200 B.C. - 50 A.D.
Period IV
Kushan, 50-300 A.D.
Period V
Gupta, 300-500 A.D.
Period VI
Post-Gupta, 500-750 A.D.
Period VII
Pala-Chandra-Sena, 750-1250 A.D.
Chandraketugarh excels in the beauty of its terracotta art. Even a cursory glance at one of its hundreds of terracotta plaques will astonish the viewer with its elegance and unusual precision of craftsmanship. For their artistic values these plaques are easily comparable to, if not surpassing, those found from relatively better known sites such as Kaushambi and Ahichhatra. In fact, terracotta plaques from these sites often carry similar motifs executed in nearly identical fashion. This points to an established communication link and common cultural heritage among these sites.
A large number of silver punch-marked coins and a few gold coins have been unearthed from Chandraketugarh. A gold coin of Chandragupta-Kumardevi deserves special mention. A large number of semi-precious stone beads, materials of ivory and bone were also unearthed from here. Even a few wooden objects of remarkable sculpting have survived.
Mr. Dilip Kumar Maite:
is one of the earliest collectors of artifacts from the Chandraketugarh site. His collection, officially refered to as the Chandraketugarh Pratna Sangrahalaya, is located in his residential house, on the Taki Road only about 30 meters from the Berachampa's More. He pointed out the peculiarity of the site in that the ancient city is "still" buried under the ground and due to the lack of any permanently excavated area, visitors do not see anything memorable. Reflecting Asad-uj Jaman's sentiment, he mentioned that a local museum is much needed for proper collection and preservation of the artifacts, as well as for the awareness of the public. With a bitter smile, he however let it out that his efforts towards this goal for the last few decades haven't met with any success, largely due to organizational apathy.
Mr. Asad-uj Jaman's
resident-cum-museum is situated a few kilometers away from the Taki Road closer to the Chandraketugarh ramparts. From the ramparts, a narrow unmetalled road winds through green ricefields(a joy for the eyes!) -- keep right -- and under the shades of fragrant mango trees towards a local school. Once you are near the school, anyone can point you to Asad-uj Jaman's house.
Asad-uj Jaman confirmed that artifacts are still being unearthed in the nearby areas whenever the soil is dug to build a house or a pond. He agreed with Dilip Kumar Maite in the necessity of a local museum. He also mentioned that there is no mechanism in place to properly study and understand the artifacts currently discovered. "If an artifact carrying some ancient written characters is uncovered, it's not easy to get it read", he said.
My Observation and Conclusion:
After detail studying atrifacts pictures form Chandraketugarh I found some very strange similarities with atrifacts found in Indus Valley Civilization which are given below:-
1) Similar construction work found between "Indus Valley Bath" and "Khana-Mihirer Dhipi" found in Chandraketugarh.
|Great Bath Of Indus Valley
2) Various Terracotta (Burned-Baked-Earthen Idol) figurines find both from Harappa and Chandraketugarh, Besides some of Terracotta figures were already presumed to be artwork of Maurya, Sunga, Kushan,Gupta period respectively. It may be possible some terracotta figures waiting for their discovery.
|Animal Seal of Indus similar with Two bird circular Seal of Chandraketugarh
3) Till today this heritage site not fully excavated . Nobel Lauriette Economist Dr Amartya Sen Think that Chandraketugarh not mere a small site but whole new Civilization can possibly found after detailed excavation.
4) Professor of Havard University Dr Sugata Bose even think that Chandraketugarh civilization may much older than Pre-Maurya Era. History of Bengal may rewritten after full excavation of the site.
5) The Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as 'Gangaridai.
6) It May be possible, that after the great flood in Indus Valley civilization (Which may be the main cause of destruction of Indus civilization), post vedic civilization may shifted its base toward this part of the India (Anga, Banga , Kalinga area:modern Bengal, Orrisa and Bihar).
|Earthen- Plate-Harappa.
|Red Earthen Pottery Of Indus-Valley
9) Probable Different periods of Ancient India :
Vedic Age -------> Indus and Harappan Age -----> Age of Mahabharata -------> Age of Sodros (16)-Maha-Janapad ( Ancient India Divided into 16 major ancient City) --------> Nanda-Period-------> Kautilya and Chandragupta Mourya Period--------> Greek Invasion by Alexzander the great----------> King Ashoka period ---------> Sunga Dynasty ---------> Kushan Dynasty --------------> Gupta Period
Website Source and Photo From : http://www.historyofbengal.com/ and Ambarish Goswami (Special Thanks for His Valuable Photos).


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At work, the company has come up with this game where they send us the FIFA games of the day and we guess who the winning country will be or if it will be a tie. Upon guessing the results correctly, you win X amount of money. That's fun! I submitted my first votes today, which took the World Cup to an unexpected level for me. :P
I must say, this feels like gambling. I'm so eager to know the results!


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Men don't get Valentine's Day. Really we don't.
We say we do…
...but who are we kidding?
We do it anyway though. Even though we think it is a money-making racket, and we don't like being told what to do. Why?
Because Valentine's day isn't important to us… but the cause it celebrates is. The person we choose to spend it with, is.
A lot like choosing to celebrate Christmas or Easter, even though the world makes it about presents and sweets. Because the reason behind it is still important to us. And just because we celebrate Jesus every day, doesn't mean we can't make an extra effort to remind ourselves what He did for us on those special days.
So I hope you are celebrating V-Day today, even if only a little bit.
Because sometimes we need to celebrate what is important to us, regardless of who's idea it is.
P.S. Dori and I are doing well, and will be spending our first Valentine's Day together tonight. Otherwise this post might have been 129.7% more cynical than it was.


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It was something that Aaron and Julie Rollo didn't pay much attention to, but when they started looking around their yard, their cars and other things in their Marstons Mills neighborhood, they knew something was up.
Common problem has banner year
It was something that Aaron and Julie Rollo didn't pay much attention to, but when they started looking around their yard, their cars and other things in their Marstons Mills neighborhood, they knew something was up.
As regular walkers through their neighborhood just south of Race Lane with their 18-month-old daughter, Sophia, and two dogs, the Rollos noticed everything was turning black and collecting what they described as sediments or deposits.
"We didn't notice it at first, but when we started looking it was everywhere," Aaron Rollo said.
They first noticed it on their cars, but then took a closer look around the yard and it was on most everything, including the window sills.
The couple thought that it might be something carried in the air, and weren't sure how concerned they should be.
"I'd never seen anything like it," Julie Rollo said, saying that she'd been in the house seven years. Longer-term residents expressed the same thing to them.
"That's when we knew something was different," she said."
What the Rollos and others in the Marstons Mills neighborhood are experiencing is a good crop of sooty mold.
That's the conclusion of Cape Cod Extension Service education coordinator Roberta Clark and "Garden Lady" C.L. Fornari, based on photos provided by the Patriot.
According to literature from the Extension Service, "Sooty mold is a dark colored fungus that grows on honeydew excreted by piercing sucking insects or on substances exuded from leaves of certain plants."
Clark provided a possible culprit.
"If there are oaks overhanging these plants, look for leucanium scale on the twigs," she wrote in an e-mail to the Patriot. "It has been a banner years for this pest of oaks. It can be managed with oils but if the tree is large, a professional arborist would be advised."
There are a number of oaks in the Rollos' yard and throughout the neighborhood. As for its effect on humans, many people are allergic to sooty mold, according to the U.S. Forest Service, which notes, "particularly the Cladosporium and Aureobasidium components common in sooty molds of the Eastern U.S."
According to both Clark and Fornari, the danger for plants is that the thickening black film can disrupt photosynthesis and stress the plant. While the mold is not damaging, the insects creating the excretions can be.
"The real problem isn't the mold, but the insects that cause it," Fornari said, adding that to get rid of the mold, one has to get rid of the insects.
As for the cars, lawn furniture and other man-made materials, they are also susceptible to sooty mold if the same excretions fall on them.
"Sooty mold can grow on anything that is covered by the insect excretions," Fornari wrote in an e-mail. "Because these excretions are high in plant sugars (the food the insects are living on!) they are sticky, so it's kind of like having a layer of glue fall on your boat, car etc. Then the back mold grows on it and it's very hard to get off."
Fornari provided some reassurance that while it can bloom up, "sooty mold, and the insects that cause it, are always with us.
"I remember about 12 years ago noticing a yew in front of the hardware store in Osterville that was completely, totally black instead of green," she wrote.


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Impact study released on closed bridge
Impact study released on closed bridge
A Furman University study has been released on the impact of a closed bridge in a Greenville neighborhood.
The Hampton Avenue bridge has been closed for about 15 years.
The bridge was owned by the Norfolk Southern Railroad, but has not been maintained.
A sociology professor at Furman surveyed members of the community about the bridge.
He released the findings of that study Thursday night during a community meeting at the Hughes Library. Seventy-one percent of neighbors want the bridge to stay in place.
Norfolk Southern said it plans to tear the bridge down when it gets the money.
The study also found the No. 1 reason people were inconvenienced by the closed bridge was the delay it caused to first responders.


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SWANSBORO � Swansboro didn�t get the rematch with Jacksonville it wanted � West Craven made sure of that by upsetting the top-seeded Cardinals.
But the Pirates were more than willing to settle for a bigger prize than a shot at revenge: The Coastal 3-A Conference volleyball tournament title in their first year in the league � and the league�s No. 1 playoff seed.
SWANSBORO � Swansboro didn�t get the rematch with Jacksonville it wanted � West Craven made sure of that by upsetting the top-seeded Cardinals.
But the Pirates were more than willing to settle for a bigger prize than a shot at revenge: The Coastal 3-A Conference volleyball tournament title in their first year in the league � and the league�s No. 1 playoff seed.
All of which Swansboro earned Tuesday by sweeping West Carteret in the semifinals 25-14, 25-22 and West Craven in the championship match 25-23, 25-15, 25-16.
All four teams will make the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. The pairings will be announced Thursday.
�Obviously after losing to Jacksonville (last week) we were all really, really bummed about that,� senior setter Bailey Rabidou said. �So we really wanted to play Jacksonville. We had a little pep in our step so we could be first seed and play at home for most of the playoffs.�
Rabidou, who had 23 assists, nine digs and 3 kills in the title match, said the key for the Pirates not letting down when they found out they would not be squaring off against JHS was �staying focused and talking.�
�Sometimes we lack on our communication and talking,� she said. �But I think today we kept our communication up.�
While the Pirates had little problems dispatching fourth-seeded West Carteret (10-7), which was without one of its top players who was playing soccer, Swansboro found itself down early against the third-seeded Eagles (11-9), which stunned JHS 25-12,, 23-25, 25-22 to advance to the finals.
In the first set, West Craven led 11-5 early and Swansboro didn�t take its first lead until 17-16 on a net violation. But the scrappy Eagles refused to wilt, and actually led 19-18 and were tied at 21 before the Pirates finally took the lead for good on a kill by Ashley Oriol.
Swansboro was clinging to a 24-23 lead after a block by the Eagles before clinching the set when West Craven couldn�t return the ball.
After that, Swansboro trailed only once � at 1-0 in the third set. The Pirates led by as many as 10 in the second set at 15-5 on a kill by Kasey Sines and again at 22-12 on an ace by Kylie Cleve before a clinching kill by Megan Malone.
Swansboro�s biggest lead in the third set was nine, coming at 21-12 on an ace by Emma Kitzmiller and again on the final point after a net ball by the Eagles.
�We came out here and hustled and we busted our butts,� coach Kim Miller said. �And I thought we played a little bit smarter than what we have been playing. We played within ourselves. They�re a scrappy team. So that took away from us constantly trying to go up and slam the ball. And we had to start thinking, and we were able to find some holes in their defense to attack.�
And Miller was more than satisfied with her team�s performance � and thrilled at winning the tournament title.
�All the conferences in which we played throughout all the years they�ve never had a conference tournament,� she said. �So it was a neat little prize for us. And we wanted to be on a roll going into the state playoffs.�
And the Pirates are, said Miller, who liked that the Pirates didn�t have a letdown but continued to fight when West Carteret or West Craven went on a run.
�That�s the key right now,� she said. �We�re aggressive and we�re hard-charging forward instead of waiting for the other team to not hit so hard or to not be so aggressive.�
West Craven 2, Jacksonville 1
The Cardinals had had their problems with West Craven in two regular-season matches, but each time managed to beat the Eagles. But round three went to West Craven.
�You can only play so many close games before it doesn�t go your way,� JHS coach Melinda Rakes said. �Unfortunately the two-out-of-three (format) does not favor us. We tend to get going late in the match. I kind of thought when we won the second set we kind of shifted some momentum.
�But all I can say, and what I told the girls, is now�s the time to lose. This doesn�t knock us out of the playoffs. If this was a playoff match, we�d be done.�
The loss � and West Craven�s loss in the finals � means the Cardinals (16-5) will be the league�s No. 2 playoff seed. JHS and Swansboro tied for the regular-season title at 11-1, but the Cardinals won a coin flip for the tournament�s top seed.
�Losing tends to humble a team,� Rakes said. �We kind of rode on this high over beating Swansboro last week and then pulling it out against White Oak. Maybe we humbled ourselves a little and understand that it�s not handed to us, we have to work for it.�
(Best of 3)
West Craven 25 23 25
Jacksonville 12 25 22
LEADING PLAYERS�WC NA. J: Padilla 8 kills, 2 blocks, 6 digs; Ochs 5 kills, 1 ace; Marks 4 kills, 1 block, 20 assists, 7 digs; Byes 4 kills. RECORDS�WC: 11-8. J: 16-5, state playoffs, TBA.
W. Carteret 14 22
Swansboro 25 25
LEADING PLAYERS�WC NA. S: Moore 8 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs; Cleve 8 kills, 2 blocks; Sines 9 digs; Rabidou 9 digs, 16 assists. RECORDS�WC: 10-7, state playoffs, TBA. S: 17-2.
(Best of 5)
West Craven 23 15 16
Swansboro 25 25 25
LEADING PLAYERS�WC: NA. S: Rabidou 3 kills, 23 assists, 9 digs; Moore 9 kills, 7 digs; Watkins 13 digs; Oriol 9 kills; Cleve 3 kills, 4 aces, 7 digs, 2 blocks. RECORDS�WC: 11-9, state playoffs, TBA. S: 18-2, state playoffs, TBA.


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