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Client layer
UNICORE provides a number of client applications, such as a Web portal, GUI client, and a command line client. Custom applications can be built as well, directly using UNICORE's Java client APIs.
The UNICORE Portal is the most recent client in the UNICORE portfolio. It enables the users to access compute and data resource through a web browser without having to install and maintain a client application on the end user's machine.
Using a straight forward navigation menu users can create and submit new jobs. The jobs view allows to view the exit code, browse the results in the working directory, search and/or restart jobs.
A Data Manager view allows the user to transfer files between storages as well as create, edit, download and upload files. There is also a workflow editor to create and submit workflows, which covers the elementary workflow features. The status and data of all the user's workflows can be found in a separate view.
UNICORE Rich Client
The UNICORE Rich Client (URC) is a desktop client that offers the full set of functionalities to the users in a graphical representation. It provides a useful graphical view of the Grid, which can be filtered in order to find specific resources, services or files. Detailed resource requirements for jobs (e.g. required number of CPUs, amount of RAM) can be specified.
Users are enabled to design complex scientific workflows that combine several applications to automate the completion of difficult tasks. To this end, a fully-fledged workflow editor is provided. It allows for graphical programming where building blocks like loops or if-statements can be arranged with just a few mouse clicks.
For a tight integration of various types of applications, the concept of GridBeans / Apps was invented. GridBeans are small software packages that provide tailored graphical user interfaces for scientific applications available on the Grid. Some basic Apps for executing scripts (perl, various shells, etc.) and running single commands are available by default. New Apps can easily be developed using the respective APIs and documentation.
The UNICORE command line client (UCC) is a very versatile command-line tool that allows users to access all features of the UNICORE service layer in a shell or scripting environment. It allows to run jobs, monitor their status and retrieve generated output, both in single job mode or in a powerful and flexible batch mode for multiple jobs. Additionally, workflows can be submitted and controlled with the UCC.
UCC includes several data management functions. Remote storages can be listed and files can be transferred from local to remote as well as from server to server. UCC can be used for administrative purposes as well, for example to list all jobs, or to perform some clean up. An important feature of UCC is its extensibility. New commands can easily be added, and the "run-groovy" command allows the execution of scripts written in the Groovy programming language. A dedicated UCC mode for the popular Emacs editor is also available.


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Episode Nine is all about Book Learnin' and boy howdy, did we have it in spades! Max MacDonald takes us on a coupla trips and we apologise to his ma' in advance! Then Scott Dagostino from Glad Day Book Shop, the world's oldest Queer bookstore, gets right down on it with Ryan and Richard!
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Honiton Under-8s impress at Ivybridge Rugby Festival
PUBLISHED: 13:27 02 May 2019
Honiton Under-8s took part in the Ivybridge Rugby Festival and the youngsters did themselves, and the club, proud with a terrific all-round performance.
Their first game was against Ivybridge A, who proved to be well-drilled, strong and skilful and they bossed the early exchanges, but Honiton settled into the contest, found their form and rose to the occasion.
Next up was a meeting with Brixham by which time the Honiton side were into a rhythm and beginning to run in tries at will!
Exeter Saracens followed and energy levels remained high, helped by regular substitutions, which ensured that everyone had their time on the field, and provided fresh legs.
Old rivals Cullompton stepped up to ensure a thrilling finale, heroic tagging and great running provided another great game to watch.
Notable individual performances, with a few Honiton players showing that they were using their heads to make the most of opportunities to break through Cullompton's defences.
Certificates and medals were awarded back at the team tent, and parents thanked the hard-working coaches and manager, Tom, Conrad and Adam, for everything that they have done to give us all an enjoyable and rewarding season.
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The two Koreas exchanged rocket and artillery fire on a western part of the DMZ on Thursday in what is being described as the first major armed clash between the two countries since 2010.
Stalinist North Korea is reported to have initiated the incident by firing a rocket and then several artillery rounds at South Korean loudspeakers set up on the border in Yeoncheon County.
The North Koreans—by all accounts—were incensed by the speakers broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages.
Watch a general summary on what happened below:
Reports say that the North Korean rocket and artillery shells failed to cause damage or inflict casualties, but it prompted a response from South Korea.
The South Korean military fired "dozens of rounds of 155mm shells" toward where they thought the rocket was launched from, the South's defense ministry said in a statement, according to the BBC.
There have also been no reports of damage or causalities on the North Korean side of the border.
After the clash, a North Korean radio message threatened the South that if the loudspeakers weren't shut down within 48 hours, it would "embark upon military actions," the South's defense ministry said, according to The New York Times.
Koh Yu-hwan, a North Korea expert at Dongguk University in Seoul, told the Times that it would be improbable for the North Koreans to escalate the exchange of fire into a major skirmish, given that large-scale joint U.S. and South Korea military exercises are currently underway.
The South Koreans set up the loudspeakers after two of their soldiers were badly injured by land mines earlier this month, which they say were planted by North Korea. The Kim Jong-un regime denies these claims.
Since then, both sides have been blasting propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers, says the BBC, who added that the broadcasting of propaganda along the border had been earlier suspended way back in 2004.
Both sides remain technically at war. The costly 1950-1953 conflict that pitched the South and U.S.-led forces against the North, and communist China only stopped after the signing of an armistice. There was no peace treaty.
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9:55am – 10:05am Jenn and Frank are talking in the kitchen. Jenn is concerned about Dan talking to Ian last night. Frank tells Jenn that Dan talked to Ian last night to keep himself off the block as replacement nominee to make sure Joe would go up so that Dan, Jenn and Frank would be safe. Frank explains that Dan and him talked about him keeping close to Ian. Frank says that he thinks Ian putting Dan's key last is just his way of messing with people. Frank says that he is going to go out there and try and win today. Frank says that even if Joe goes up as the replacement, we still want to have Dan on our side for the next week or two. Jenn says that she is going to go out there and kick a**. She asks Frank what type of competition it might be. Frank says he isn't sure, it might be Otev. Frank says that Ian thinks the others are just as mad that Britney left, but they're not, they don't care. Frank says we are going to get this done, one of us will come off. Frank tells Jenn that if she is up against Joe, she has the three votes. He says and then you will win HOH next week. Frank says that we need to send Shane home to get him away from Danielle. Frank and Jenn talk about going back to bed to rest before the competition.
10:20am All the house guests are back asleep, except for Danielle who is in the bathroom putting on her make-up.
11am Frank is up, Ian is in the diary room and Danielle is all dolled up and has no where to go..
11:05am – 11:15am Danielle and Frank talk about what the competition might be. Frank wonders if it will be OTEV. Danielle says she doesn't think so because OTEV doesn't have a host. Frank says that Shane might just sit on the side lines though. Danielle says that she doesn't think so, she says 10 bucks it's the spelling comp. Frank doesn't think so because they already had a comp like that and it wouldn't be that great for the fans to see. Danielle is annoyed that the "wizard" got her up to do a diary room session and still haven't called her in. Danielle says if its not a fast forward, she guarantees that this Thursday will be a double evic. Frank says yeah that will suck, not so much for me, but for the people I am working with. Dan comes into the bathroom. Frank comments on how skinny he is looking. Dan says that he is down to 140 pounds. Frank says you're a man trapped in a boy's body. They talk about how Dan lost 25 pounds. Frank says what happened you've only been on slop for one week! Frank mentions that the diary room sessions this morning are about pre-nomination and post-nominations.
11:30am – 11:50amShane, Frank, and Danielle talk about the HOH competition and how bad Joe did. Frank says that he said in the diary room that he didn't even think Frank made it one and half times around. Frank says that he was trying to whisper to Shane to push the comet all the way back so that it would pop out and hit him. He says that it worked out better when you just barely touched it so that it was all the way out and would hit him. Shane comments on how Ian said he had another two hours in him. Danielle says that they upped the competitions this year, they are way harder, way harder! Danielle asks why Boogie always went after the money. Frank says that he knew he wasn't going to win even if he made it to the end. Frank says that he and Mike knew they wouldn't make it to the end together. Danielle gets called to the dairy room. Shane says that we need to get rid of 4 people in the next 3 weeks. Frank corrects him and says that we need 4 out in the next two week. They wonder if there will be another double eviction this week.
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11:55am – 12pm Frank and Dan are in the storage room talking. Dan says that he was up talking to Ian last night trying to fish if I was going to go up as a replacement nominee, but he wouldn`t say. I don`t know if that's good or bad. Frank says that what we need is for you to win it and take me or Jenn off so that it would almost guarantee that Joe goes up. Frank says but if you took me off it would look to obvious so you would need to take Jenn off and you could say that you owed her for taking you off. Dan agrees. They talk about Frank throwing that competition to Dan in a way that wouldn`t be too obvious. Dan says that its prefect that Shane isn`t playing in this power of veto. Dan and Frank say that they will talk again before the comp. Dan leaves the storage room.
12:40pm – 12:50pm Danielle joins Dan in the arcade room. Dan talks about how getting married aged him. He says that Chelsea was really easy to please and can`t imagine having a bridezilla. Danielle says that she wouldn`t be like that and says that all that matters is that she is with the right guy. Dan asks her if she would move to Vermont to be with Shane. Danielle says if it was the right guy I would move. She says Shane and I have had tons of conversations about it. Frank and Jenn join them in the arcade room.
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New data reveals that the number of New York City residents on food stamps has more than doubled under billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
According to the Independent Budget Office (IBO), 800,000 New Yorkers received food stamps in 2002. Today, New York City has 1.8 million food stamp recipients, costing taxpayers $3.4 billion a year.
IBO spokesperson Doug Turetsky says the Bloomberg Administration's aggressive food stamp marketing and outreach has helped put more New Yorkers on the welfare rolls.
This month, New York City had a record 50,000 people a night sleeping in homeless shelters.
Last week, the USDA reported that national food stamp enrollments hit an all-time high of 47,791,996 people.


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Emma Watson Was Belle IRL In A Yellow Dior Gown
Certain as the sun rises in the east, Emma Watson's most recent style moment was undeniably head-turning. But it wasn't just because she looked glamorous and chic (which she pretty much always does). Watson waltzed into a reading for the New York Film Society for Kids on March 13 wearing a pale yellow Dior gown reminiscent of none other than Belle herself.
If there was any doubt that Watson was the literal perfect choice to star in the much-anticipated Beauty And The Beast adaption, she most definitely just erased it. To be honest, it's almost surprising that she hasn't opted to wear a yellow gown to a red carpet premiere yet, but I sort of love that she didn't go for the obvious choice at one of the more prominent events.
In fact, most of the photographs of her at the NYC event show her behind a podium. Granted, it was translucent, but still, this is a dress I want to see in all of its Disney-inspired glory. From what we can see though, the flowing dress had dainty straps, and open back, and a dreamy A-line silhouette. An elegant diamond choker and necklace completed the look.
Who knows, though — maybe the full details of this look will end up on her fabulous Instagram account, @the_press_tour, which chronicles her gorgeous and eco-friendly style choices throughout the film's promotional whirlwind. Till then, we'll settle for this peek at the princess-worthy dress.
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ISBN: 9781101990261 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781101990469 (ebook)
ASIN: B00Z8VT8AE (Kindle version)
Publication Date: February 16, 2016
Publisher: New American Library/NAL
For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.
When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen...
But that woman's husband died last week. And Jean doesn't have to be her anymore.
There's a lot Jean hasn't said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment.
Now there's no reason to stay quiet. There are people who want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them that there were secrets. There always are in a marriage.
The truth—that's all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything…
How well can you really know someone? What secrets live within a marriage? These are two of the questions at the heart of Fiona Barton's stunning debut novel, a haunting psychological thriller with one of the most fascinating unreliable narrators in recent fiction. Certain to cause a stir in literary circles on both sides of the Atlantic, THE WIDOW is drawing comparisons to recent thriller successes Before I Go To Sleep and Gone Girl. The sales teams at Penguin behind The Girl on the Train and The Silent Wife are comparing THE WIDOW to both.
The subject of heated auctions in more than twenty countries around the world—including Germany, France, Brazil, and Spain—that have been covered in both Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller, THE WIDOW will be published in January in the UK by Transworld (British publisher of The Girl on the Train).
A British journalist who has worked for the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph among other UK publications, Barton recently shared the inspiration for THE WIDOW: "As a journalist, I spent a lot of time in court. In the big cases—notorious and terrible crimes that led the news—I would find myself watching the wives of those standing in the dock and wondering what they really knew, or allowed themselves to know." Kate Waters, the reporter in the novel, is a composite of several journalists Barton has known, including herself. "I have been where Kate's been—on the doorstep, interviewing difficult subjects, minding interviewees at hotels."
In THE WIDOW, Jean Taylor is the wife of a man who may be a monster. Though never convicted, Glen Taylor was the prime suspect in a horrible crime that captivated people across England and had camera crews camping out on the Taylors' front lawn. Now, a week after Glen's death, journalist Kate Waters shows up at Jean's door, like so many others before, seeking answers—and the scoop of a lifetime. Though Jean kept quiet during the media circus surrounding the trial, she is finally ready to break her silence.
The desperate search for answers—both in the past and the present—takes shape through the interlocking narratives of the widow, the journalist, and the detective who never forgot the case. Each has a story to tell, but some might be more truthful than others. Their stories converge in a shocking ending that will leave readers everywhere eager to share and discuss THE WIDOW.
Read an excerpt here.
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Advance Praise for Fiona Barton's THE WIDOW:
Barton "tells her tale with a realism and restraint that add to its shattering impact."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
"The most anticipated book of 2016. . . . Fast-paced, gripping and dark—this is one book that is destined to be HUGE next year."—Glamour (UK)
"Shades of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train."—The Sacramento Bee
"The ultimate psychological thriller. Barton carefully unspools this dark, intimate tale of a terrible crime, a stifling marriage, and the lies spouses tell not just to each other, but to themselves in order to make it through. The ending totally blew me away!"—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Fiona Barton's THE WIDOW is a fast-paced, heart-stopping debut. Jean Taylor—the widow—is heroine and anti-heroine, naïve and savvy, dominated and dominating; in short, utterly compelling. Sure to thrill fans of The Girl on the Train and The Husband's Secret, I raced through this in one nail-biting sitting."—Catherine McKenzie, international bestselling author of Hidden
"A marriage is a public union, but can also act as a wall hiding an inner world of secrets. Fiona Barton's THE WIDOW grabs hold of this insight and runs with it, twisting all the way to the end."—Andrew Pyper, #1 international bestselling author of The Demonologist
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Incheon Multi-modal Transit Terminal
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A new US1.86 billion, 130,000 sm mixed-use, multi-modal landmark for the city of Incheon
All key members of Reurbanist participated in a the creation of a market and development study for Lotte Shopping Co. for their project in the heart of downtown Incheon, South Korea.
The study included a full analysis of the country and city's economic and retail market, site SWOT analysis, competitive retail assessment, demographic & psychographic analysis, retail demand potential, benchmark case studies, and a market analysis of both hotel and office uses.
Five benchmark projects were chosen based on their relevance to the Lotte Terminal project. Each case study
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Emersyn Vallis is definitely an Author I will be watching for and can't wait to read more from her. ~ Swoon Worthy Books
Emersyn has done it again. I liked Adjournment but I loved Hanging Pawns and I for one can not wait for book three in the Fate series. Emersyn is fastly becomming my favourite indie author. ~ Amazon Customer
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Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent.Often the story behind a news article is just as (and sometimes more) interesting than the finished product the public reads. This is the behind the scene story of the time I covered a plane crash for the newspaper.
It was about 8:30 p.m. and I was still at a Niles village board meeting. The trustees had already gone through most of the important business on the agenda and were now talking in circles about companies that were bidding for the village's information technology contract.
As my mind began to wander, I decided to check the twitter app on my phone. The third tweet from the top was a bulletin that there had been accident at the Chicago Executive Airport about 20 minutes north of me.
I looked at my watch. Reports I found online were secondhand and sketchy, but they all agreed that the plane had gone down around 8:20 p.m. From what I could tell there weren't any broadcast jockeys or other print reporters on the scene yet. I turned around and looked at the other journalists that were covering the Niles meeting. They were busy taking notes and I was pretty sure they didn't know a plane had crashed nearby.
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"Faces of Chennai"
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Aurora Sharrard, executive director of the Pittsburgh-based Green Building Alliance, has been named the University's first Director of Sustainability. She will assume her new role on July 9, reporting to Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Operations Gregory A. Scott.
Pitt's new Office of Sustainability was established to coordinate the University's many sustainability initiatives, foster collaboration and monitor progress toward the bold goals outlined in the Pitt Sustainability Plan.
Sharrard earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Tulane University and holds master's and PhD degrees in civil and environmental engineering with an emphasis in green design from Carnegie Mellon University. During her 11-year tenure at the Green Building Alliance, Sharrard co-founded the Pittsburgh 2030 District, convened the Pittsburgh Climate Initiative and created Pittsburgh Green Story to highlight the region's sustainability achievements.


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Diamond Peaks, UT
9,422 feet
3,000 feet
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Six runs for $595 (lower-priced packages available).
From Salt Lake City, take I-15 north to Ogden and the 12th Street exit. Turn east, and take routes 39 and 158 to Powder Mountain ski area (where Diamond Peaks is based).
801-745-4631; diamondpeaks.com
Beta: Diamond Peaks heli-skiing is to Powder Mountain ski area what Wasatch Powder Guides is to Snowbird: a resort-based, on-site heli operation you can easily hook with should the powder deities vomit upon the Wasatch. Of course, the Northern Wasatch, where Diamond Peaks flies, gets far less traffic and attention than the mountains located in the suburbs of Salt Lake City.
Once you're there, Bell Long Ranger helicopters whisk you and up to three other skiers from the gravel parking lot outside Powder Mountain's Hidden Lake Lodge to conifer-flanked peaks that roll away into endless sagebrush horizons. Then it's just a matter of releasing your edges and dropping into wide-open drainages as you execute swooping turns around well-spaced trees and boulders. It's not the steepest heli-terrain (there's a lot of stuff in the 32-degree range), but the rippling peaks include every aspect. "No matter how the wind blows or the sun hits, you can find the goods," says guide Robert Rose. "Untracked a week after a storm-that's our gig."
What's more, few other operations seem so emblematic of the rustic American West: The pilots work forest fires all summer, and, with 15,000 acres the place is run like a giant powder ranch. "All the terrain is on private land, so there's great access and no hassles," Rose says, making a subtle reference to the disputes Wasatch Powder Guides has had with backcountry skiers in Little Cottonwood Canyon. "If you're looking for frills and gold-plated faucet handles, go somewhere else."
SNOWPACKDiamond Peaks claims nearly the same average snowfall as Alta: a whopping 500 inches per year. And like Alta, the flake is dependably light and dry. Instability does rear its ugly head from time to time, but heli-skiers are relatively safe-much of the terrain is benignly pitched, and the eyes watching it are keen (see Guides).
TERRAIN HIGHLIGHTSSix upper landing zones put skiers above ridges littered with boulders as well as piñon and white pines-with lots of room to turn between them. Champagne is the ideal run for slaloming trees while kicking up featherlight snow.
WEATHERA northern location means Diamond Peaks often gets more-and bigger-storms during January and February, but fewer spring dumps than Salt Lake resorts.
THE GUIDESYou're in good gloves here: Diamond Peaks' heli-ski guides are National Ski Patrollers (NSP) certified in avalanche response; most have been with the company for more than 10 years. Lead Guide Craig Olsen is the NSP's avalanche adviser for Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah.
THE LODGEThe Snowberry Inn (snowberryinn.com), located down the road in Eden, has five theme rooms (think roses and bearskin rugs). Diamond Peaks will land a helicopter there to pick you up at no charge.
THE CHOW The Hidden Lake Lodge at Powder Mountain serves as Diamond Peaks' lunch restaurant (pizza, sandwiches). Dinner choices abound in Ogden, just 19 miles away.
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An application has been filed to the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration to build a man-made island nearly the size of six Giants Stadiums, located 13 miles off the coast of New York and 19 miles off the coast of New Jersey, to serve as a deepwater port for liquefied natural gas (LNG). This same area is home to endangered species and is prime fishing grounds. This proposed project is a threat to the improved ocean ecosystem that all have worked so hard to achieve in this region.
Yet, currently the state of New Jersey and its citizens are not officially part of the review process because New Jersey is not considered "an adjacent coastal state" in the application.
Currently, the application lists the state of New York as an adjacent coastal state. New York Governor Elliott Spitzer has been alerted that NY has the right to review and approve the application. In addition, public hearings will be scheduled for NY citizens to voice their concerns. Right now, New Jersey's voice is not recognized.
Today, Clean Ocean Action submitted a letter to NJ Governor Corzine to request the state to take action to be heard. It is essential that NJ requests and receives "adjacent coastal state status." We trust that Governor Corzine will take action. New Jersey has until Monday, September 10th to request a role as an adjacent coastal state in the review process.
A large-scale, man-made, offshore island for LNG has never been done. The New York based company, the Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG), submitted a 5,000-page application to build the 60.5-acre LNG facility, ironically called, "Safe Harbor Energy." ASIG admits that management team members have "no prior direct experience with offshore LNG operations" or offshore construction. An environmental consultant has been selected by the US Coast Guard to assist in developing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
On August 27th, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration determined the company's application for the project contains sufficient information to begin processing. The project application is now under federal review. The sole authority to issue a license for the project is the U.S. Maritime Administration. Prior to a license being issued, the Deepwater Ports Act requires that the Secretary of Transportation must consult with "the adjacent coastal state(s) and other federal agencies to ensure such a license is in the national interest."
The LNG facility is prohibited in the proposed "NY/NJ Clean Ocean Zone Act."
Threats to the Ocean:
effects on endangered species;
impacts to prime fishing grounds;
during nor'easters, winds blow toward NJ;
average ocean currents flow toward NJ;
potential for "gas bomb" incidents;
millions upon millions of tons of material will be dumped into the ocean and will destroy aquatic habitat to build the island;
marine safety concerns due to facility's location at the entrance to NY Harbor, one of the busiest harbors in the world, and directly below the flight paths of three major airports.
About the Proposed LNG Facility:
This application seeks to build and operate a 60.5-acre man-made island for a facility, located in 60-70 feet of water, to offload, store, and process LNG. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas in its liquid form. When natural gas is cooled to minus 259 degrees Fahrenheit, it becomes a clear, colorless, odorless liquid.
The proposed project will consist of:
millions of tons of material will be dumped in the ocean for construction of the island, which is to be surrounded by armored breakwaters consisting of prefabricated caissons, armor units and rock;
a sub sea pipeline that would transport the natural gas to an offshore connection with the transcontinental gas pipeline corporation's pipeline system;
berthing and offloading space for two conventional LNG vessels with capacity of 70,000-270,000 cubic meters, and ability to accommodate support vessels and crew support launches;
four storage tanks, each holding 180,000 cubic meters of LNG;
a shore based facility to facilitate movement of personnel, equipment, supplies, and disposable materials between the port and the shore.
According to the company, the operating life expectancy of the facility is 25 years; what happens after that time is not specified.
To learn more about the project, check out these links:
Federal Register Notice (or paste this address into your browser: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-16875.htm)
Application materials (or paste this address into your internet browser: http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm) (in Docket Search window, type 28535 in the text box to search for the Docket Number and click "search;" click the third item/link in list for Notice of Application)
This project is a threat to the improved ocean ecosystem that all have worked so hard to achieve. The "Clean Ocean Zone" would prohibit
this type of industrial facility. Stay tuned for more details and plans for action.
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"I don't think I even realized what communism was," he said, grinning at the memory. "But it was after I got over there I suddenly realized we were going to fight in a real war."
On Wednesday, hundreds of Canadian veterans attended a memorial service at the Korea Veterans Wall of Remembrance in Brampton. The 61-metre curved wall contains the names of the 516 Canadians killed in battle between 1950 and the cessation of fighting on July 27, 1953.
Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, who was there to lay a wreath, talked about the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers to battle communist tyranny and how for far too long the Korean War was "the forgotten war."
He spoke about what was considered one of the most critical and brutal battles of the war, the fight for control of the Kapyong Valley, the route the North Koreans and their Chinese allies used for a critical push into Seoul.
The 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, were dug in on hill 677, outnumbered three to one.
"For 24 hours there was intense hand-to-hand fighting and unimaginable bravery on hill 677 as Chinese infantry broke over them in what has been described as human waves," Mr. Harper told the veterans and dozens of local dignitaries. "By the end of the day the hill was completely cut off, surrounded, but when the smoke cleared the Canadians held and the communist invasion would go no further."
The remembrance of fighting on the Korean peninsula comes just a few weeks after Canada's combat mission came to an end in Afghanistan. In that conflict, 157 Canadians lost their lives over a period of nine years; in Korea, three times that many Canadian soldiers died in a third of the time.
Because it came so soon after the Second World War, many Canadians never understood just how bloody the Korean War was. An estimated two million civilians were killed in South Korea alone. The U.S. military, which took the brunt of the United Nations operation to drive the communists out of South Korea, suffered nearly 34,000 battle deaths.
"When I got home we arrived at Union Station in Toronto and there were a lot of other guys in uniform there," said Mr. Armstrong. "But the people there didn't know who we were or where we had been. It bugged me; still does."
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The smaller 2017 harvest, particulalry in Europe, will mean a "tighter global supply" for the coming year, and higher bulk wine prices, particularly for Spanish and Italian wines, warns Rabobank's Q4 Wine Quarterly.
Together, the three countries account for 50% of the world's global wine production, and therefore have a "disproportionately large impact on global supply".
France alone is predicting its smallest harvest since 1945, with the combined production of these three producers expected to drop by 15% or more. While in previous years some of these countries have suffered losses, it is rare for all three to be impacted so severely simultaneously.
Compounding supply issues is the fact that this year's smaller harvest comes off the back of a poor vintage in both Chile and Argentina in 2016, which had already sent bulk wine prices from both countries upward, squeezing supply.
The price of bulk wine has been steadily rising over the past year, with Vinex's Global Price Index (VGPI), which combines the major producing countries trading each varietal to determine a average weight price, recording a 31% increase in the past 12 months to 21 October.
"Global wine inventories were already slightly tight going into 2017, but the decline in production in these key European producers will mean that the global wine industry is going into 2018 with inventories that are likely to be at least 20m hectolitres lower than they were going into 2017 – equivalent to nearly 8% of total global wine consumption. Wine available for consumption around the world will be at its lowest point in decades."
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"The degree to which these strategies can be employed will limit the impact of the overall decline in wine production, but only marginally," the report stated. "Even with these minor adjustments, we still foresee a dramatic decline in wine availability and rising cost of grapes and bulk wine, and the effects will be felt most acutely in Europe."
Overall, the impact will be felt most keenly at the lower end of the market, with rising bulk wine prices likely to squeeze the margins of growers and in turn push up prices for brand owners, however whether this will impact at a consumer level is not certain.
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Rabobank's assessment of the bulk wine industry follows warnings in December 2016 from bulk wine exchange platform Vinex, that the industry was headed for a "global shortage" of bulk wine, following the 2016 harvest, warnings made more dire given the poor 2017 harvest in terms of volume.
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Michael Ballack has announced his retirement from football after a 17-year professional career.
The 36-year old former Germany captain came out of contract in June after departing Bayer Leverkusen and was believed to be holding talks with clubs in America and Australia but has since decided to call it quits.
"At the age of 36, I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football," he said.
"As a child, I could never have even dreamt of having such a career.
"It was a privilege working with first-class coaches and fantastic teammates. Of course I am going to miss running out in front of 80,000 spectators or scoring goals.
"The last few months without playing football have shown me that the time had come to give it up.
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- Voices In My Head
by Jough Dempsey - March 2003
Part Four: "The Internal Censor," more tips and tricks, and some questions to ask yourself as you write and revise.
- Not As I Do
by Jough Dempsey - 30 June 2002
Part Three: Some quick "do's" and "don'ts," avoiding cliché, and how to keep your poems effective without being cheesy.
- Not With A Bang, But A Whimper
by Jough Dempsey - 14 April 2002
Part Two: Some things to keep in mind while writing a poem, practical tips, the "shape" of a poem, and poetic forumla.
- How Hard Could It Be?
by Jough Dempsey - 24 March 2002
Part One: An examination of the process of writing poetry, some words of warning, and ideas about how to get started.
- What The Hell Is Poetry?
by Jough Dempsey - 21 February 2002
New to poetry? This article gives a very brief and utterly incomplete introduction to what it is that makes something a poem.
- Miles To Go Before I Sleep
by Jough Dempsey - 13 February 2002
An informal introduction to The Art of Writing Poetry series.


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NeuVax vaccination reduces tumor growth in mouse models
November 2016
SAN RAMON, Calif.—Biopharmaceutical company Galena Biopharma Inc. recently shared preclinical data regarding its NeuVax program at the Progress in Vaccination Against Cancer Conference. NeuVax is a first-in-class, HER2-directed cancer immunotherapy currently being assessed for its ability to prevent breast cancer recurrence after standard-of-care treatment in the adjuvant setting. The study in question featured HLA-A2 transgenic mice that were immunized with NeuVax (E75) mixed with recombinant mouse GM-CSF. CD8+ T cells from the spleens of HLA-A2 transgenic immunized mice were transferred to NSG (NOD/SCID/IL2Rγnull) mice with human ovarian or pancreatic tumors which were HER2-positive and HLA-A2-positive. NeuVax vaccination led to a specific, delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction and the induction of E75-specific CD8+ T cells that express PD-1. Growth rate for both ovarian and pancreatic tumors was significantly reduced in models of NSG mice that received the CD8+ T cells from NeuVax-immunized mice, compared to those receiving the cells from control mice.


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His new album "G I R L" might be on track to flop, but at least Pharrell can be "Happy" about the success of its lead single.
"Happy," which originated on the "Despicable Me 2" soundtrack, will spend a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100.
In addition to leading the overall Hot 100, "Happy" also reigns supreme over Digital Songs, Radio Songs and On-Demand Songs.
With the Oscar-nominated "Happy" only getting stronger, Katy Perry's former number one "Dark Horse (featuring Juicy J)" is forced to spend a second week at number two. Jason DeRulo's "Talk Dirty (featuring 2 Chainz)" holds at three.
Also staying put is John Legend's "All of Me," which repeats at number four. Number five, however, welcomes a newcomer in Bastille's newly peaking "Pompeii."
Lorde's "Team" follows at a new peak of number six, while Beyonce's "Drunk in Love (featuring Jay-Z)" settles for seven. OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" (#8), A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something" (#9) and Pitbull's "Timber (featuring Ke$ha)" (#10) round out the top 10% of the Hot 100.


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April 19th…..The Longest Journey
"One hour at a time, one day at a time, one lap at a time. Enjoy the journey. Find your highest capacity. We hope to give as much as we can to help you get through this."…..Part of pre race speech by Sahishnu.
Each and every
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This question glared at me from the computer screen this week:
Have I done enough for myself?
It just stared at me, and I had to share it.
Have I done enough for myself? The answer came back, "No."
Of course, that led to:
What else can you do that you aren't? Unfortunately, way too many answers came back.
Which led to:
Why? and What will you do about that now that you know?
See, I don't only question you, I question myself first.
So, what about you, have you done or are you doing enough for yourself?
- Enough to achieve your written goals?
- Enough for each day to be just a little better than the day before?
- Enough to maintain and develop your positive relationships?
- Enough to educate yourself – formally or informally?
- Enough to move towards the career you want?
- Enough to help others in genuine need?
- Enough to improve your health and fitness?
- Enough to ensure you have real time for family and friends?
- Enough to ensure you have real time for yourself?
- Enough to promote financial comfort?
Why not?
- Are you afraid?
- Are you overwhelmed?
- Do you not know what to do?
- Do you need to learn more first?
- Is there not enough time?
- Are others imposing on your time?
- Do you need to learn to say no and stick to it?
- Are others making your decisions for you?
- Have you even noticed that you've forgotten yourself?
Well, the question propelled me to action, and I want to encourage you to take some action too. Don't just grab the first thing you find to do. Give it some thought, decide on the things you want to do, and then proceed with intention. This is about actually getting things done, not about beginning things that have no end.
Then ask yourself in a month:
What have I done for myself? Is it enough?
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In 1996, aliens known as the Nerdlucks came to Earth and stole the basketball abilities from a who's who of NBA superstars. Fortunately for everyone who enjoys freedom, Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny and a host of other Looney Toons teamed up and sent those skillset stealing jerk-offs back to where they came from (well, they actually ended things on a more diplomatic note, but we'll ignore that for now). What happens, however if a similar situation occurs in the near future? Obviously, the best place to find tips and tricks related to overcoming a scenario like Space Jam is by watching Space Jam, but most importantly playing the Space Jam video game.
The Lessons of Space Jam
- There are other worse alien possession scenarios outside of basketball players
- We should force our best athletes into retirement
- People that aren't pro athletes should be ready to do their part
- It's a good thing that real Life Rabbits don't look like Lola Bunny
There are other worse alien possession scenarios outside of basketball players
I learned something today. While the prospect of aliens possessing the abilities of a Lebron James or Dirk Nowitzki is pretty scary, what if they decided to veer off the court and head for the gridiron or even worse, the freaking octagon? While Larry Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley and Shawn Bradley were all pretty big and bad dudes, the Nerdluck versions of them seemed like they were even bigger and badder. Could you imagine what the Nerdluck version of current UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos would be capable of doing to his Looney Toons opponent? While I realize that the government has been preparing people to play hoops for freedom in the event of such a crisis, we need to expand that to every sport possible just in case. We don't want to be caught with our pants down, regardless of whether or not everyone gets a good chuckle out of our polka dot boxers and the zany sound effect that occurs as a result. Thanks, Space Jam.
We should force our best athletes into retirement
I learned something today. Had Michael Jordan not have retired from basketball, then the Nerdlucks would have most definitely stolen his powers making the possibility of victory far out of reach for the Looney Toons. It was pure luck that the Nerdlucks and their evil boss Mister Swackhammer missed out on Jordan, but when luck runs out, preparation is always there to pick up the slack. To avoid losing any similar sporting events to the likes of unethical alien menaces, we need to force the best players in every sport into early retirement. Sure, we'd be cutting them down in their prime and stealing an opportunity from the fans to see their favorite athletes make history, but the ability to trick aliens into stealing the powers of lesser athletes would be well worth it. Freedom ain't free folks, we all have to make sacrifices. Thanks, Space Jam.
People that aren't pro athletes can still do their part
I learned something today. While the roles of professional athletes in a Space Jam-like competition are pretty obvious, normal folks need to do their part as well. Daffy Duck wasn't exactly the best basketball player out on the court, but he did his part by assembling Michael Jordan's uniform before the event began because Michael can't play ball without his lucky North Carolina underoos. Despite not throwing up points like Jordan, Bugs, and Lola, Daffy did what it took to help out. You think gathering clothes is easy? Try doing it in the form of a cartoon duck while Charles the dog is tracking your every move. I guess the point is that everyone can do their part, so don't let your lack of height or athletic ability deter you from helping cartoon characters battle aliens. Thanks, Space Jam.
It's a good thing that real life rabbits don't look like Lola Bunny.
I learned something today. I'm not one for bestiality, but I'd totally make with the private part mash-up if Lola Rabbit was involved. If real rabbits looked like Lola Rabbit, I bet people would frequent petting zoos and rabbit nurseries way more often. Rabbits already hump like mad the way it is, could you imagine how much humping would be involved if humans were sexing up rabbits as much as rabbits sex up rabbits? Holy cow, the world's population of human rabbit hybrids would triple in like two days! Wipe your brow on this one fellas. Thanks, Space Jam.
Space Jam may have been a fun, family friendly film but the prospects of a similar situation happening to modern day Earth could be bad. We have to be vigilant and take the hard but necessary steps to ensure our liberty and the liberty of fictional worlds inhabited by anthropomorphic creatures. Oh, and we're really lucky that rabbits aren't super hot. Thanks, video games.
I Learned Something Today – Who says that video games can't teach you life skills? Sure they may get you put in prison or banished from society, but they are skills nonetheless. We take an over-the-top look at some of the potential applications of what video games have taught us.
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Samuel Christiansen     Simon Sinek   |   Business     🕐 16. Nov. 2018
Since his TED talk in 2009, Simon Sinek has been throwing down the gauntlet to managers, leaders and executives. Sinek challenges each and every one of them to discover the core of why their company does what it does.
The challenge extends to discovering why the employees believe in the company, and why the customers trust the company. Sinek believes that understanding this motivation will help leaders to excel, by in turn helping their employees excel.
There is value in belief
Sinek aptly explained - "If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But, if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears."
There are as many different types of leader as there are people. Some get results through directing or steering their reports. Others are less forceful, but they also offer less development or feedback. Sinek theorises that the most successful leaders are those who can genuinely inspire people.
He has studied their patterns of leadership, looking closely at how they communicate, as well as how they act. Sinek discovered that, whether they are aware of it or not, inspiring leaders all follow the same pattern of behaviour.
The Golden Circle
Sinek calls this behavioural pattern The Golden Circle. It is made of three levels - Why?, How?, and What?. Everyone knows what they do, and almost as many know how they do what they do. Far fewer people understand why they do what they do.
This translates seamlessly into business. Knowing what a business does and how - that is the product. That on its own is most likely not enough to attract customers. The business has to connect with the customer through their why.
Rooted in science
Sinek explained that this occurrence is grounded in pure biology, and is not a matter of opinion. "If you look at a cross-section of the human brain, from the top down, the human brain is actually broken into three major components that correlate perfectly with the golden circle."
Sinek went on to say that the three sections have evolved at different points. The newest part, the neocortex, corresponds with the what level. This part is rational, logical and analytical. The other two sections of the brain developed earlier in human evolution. They control our feelings, such as loyalty and trust.
Start with why
What Sinek is saying is that, while a company can communicate about its what and how, this approach is not always successful. This can be the case, even when a company presents something that can logically be seen as a sound product with excellent specifications.
At the same time, if a company flips it around and communicates with the why first, then they are speaking to the part of the brain that controls feelings and behaviour.
"This is where gut decisions come from. Sometimes you can give somebody all the facts and figures, and they say, 'I know what all the facts and details say, but it just doesn't feel right,'" Sinek said.
Apple tried and tested
Sinek draws a comparison with Apple. In the TED talk, he explained how Apple communicate by leading with their why. They have their values at the forefront. This sets them apart from other companies, who lead with their product, their technology.
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he famously said during a question and answer session at the WWDC -
"One of the things I've always found is that you've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards for the technology."
Sinek has zoned in on this fact. "Apple's just a computer company. Nothing distinguishes them structurally from any of their competitors", he pointed out. Nevertheless, by starting with why, Apple has become the worlds most successful tech company. "People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it ", Sinek stated.
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Weeks before Turkish elections, why is Erdogan hinting at defeat?
WASHINGTON - As Turkey's election campaign gathers steam before snap polls in June, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that he might face defeat, giving an additional boost to an already invigorated opposition.
Erdogan called the elections for parliament and the presidency about 17 months early to get a head start on the opposition and to cement a change towards a system that would give the president wide-ranging executive powers. He controls Turkey's state apparatus and most of the media, while a state of emergency in place for almost two years is putting pressure on dissidents.
However, what had looked like an easy race for the 64-year-old leader in theory is turning into a nail-biter. Some polls indicate that Erdogan could lose his parliamentary majority, the presidency, or both, developments that would usher in a new era for a NATO country and a Middle Eastern player at a geostrategic juncture between East and West.
In a surprise to both supporters and critics, Erdogan, who has won almost every election since 2002, appeared to contemplate the possibility of defeat. "If one day our nation says 'enough,' we will withdraw to the sidelines," he said on May 8.
Opposition politicians and other Erdogan foes immediately picked up on the theme and made "tamam" — the Turkish word for "enough" that was used by Erdogan — their rallying cry. The word trended on Twitter with 500,000 tweets within hours.
"This is the closest he's come to losing and there is more discontent within his party than ever before," said Lisel Hintz, assistant professor of international relations and European studies at Johns Hopkins University. Rusen Cakir, a veteran Turkish journalist who has watched Erdogan's career closely since the 1990s, also said the president is "more concerned and nervous than before elections in the past."
As Turks prepare to choose a new parliament and a new president in the June 24 election, Erdogan publicly chided voters who consider splitting their ballot, voting for him as president but not for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the parliamentary election, as "troublemakers."
Speaking on the Medyascope internet TV platform, Cakir said Erdogan's campaign had no positive message to offer, only "fear" of alleged foreign political and economic machinations against Turkey. "This is the most difficult election for Erdogan in 20 years," Cakir said.
One of the reasons for Erdogan's predicament is that Turkey's opposition is unusually combative. Muharrem Ince, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), is challenging Erdogan by portraying himself as a leader who can bring people together, instead of dividing them.
A central message of Ince's election platform is that it is time to heal social wounds after years of polarisation under Erdogan. "I want to bring peace to Turks and Kurds, to Alevi and Sunni, that's what I'm all about," Ince wrote on Twitter.
Ince, a 54-year-old former teacher, has electrified the CHP. Some polls see an opposition alliance by the CHP and three other parties head to head with the AKP and its partners, the right-wing National Movement Party (MHP) and the smaller nationalist Great Unity Party.
In the presidential vote, several pollsters say Erdogan could be forced into a run-off on July 8. Cakir said Erdogan is concerned that a loss for the AKP in the June 24 parliamentary election could add motivation to the opposition in a presidential run-off.
Another strong opposition candidate is nationalist Meral Aksener, who could attract disgruntled AKP or MHP voters.
Turkey's legal pro-Kurdish party, the Peoples' Democratic Party, is fielding its former chairman, Selahattin Demirtas, who is in pre-trial detention under charges of lending support to militant Kurdish separatists. Demirtas scored about 10% in Turkey's presidential election in 2014, a similar showing this time could deny Erdogan a victory in the first round of the presidential vote. Ince has called for Demirtas's release for the duration of the election campaign but there is no sign the government intends to act on the request.
Erdogan has hinted he could send the Turkish Army into Syria for another military intervention, following Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016 and Operation Olive Branch in January. The latter resulted in a "rally 'round the flag" moment with up to 80% of Turks polled expressing support for the cross-border action against a Kurdish militia in Syria. "Turkey will launch additional offensives like Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations to clear its border of terror organisations in the new era," Erdogan said in a speech May 6.
Even a new foray into Syria may not be enough for Erdogan and the AKP in the face of stubbornly high unemployment and a lack of enthusiasm among their own base, visible during the roll-out of the president's election manifesto on May 6, observers say. "Even Erdogan's own supporters seemed bored by his speech," Hintz said via e-mail.
Hintz, however, warned that opposition to Erdogan alone did not amount to a political programme for Erdogan's political adversaries. "Precedent shows that it's much easier to unite around what you're against than what you're for," she wrote.
Some critics, pointing to widespread reports of irregularities during a referendum last year that produced a paper-thin majority for Erdogan's plans for a presidential system, said they are concerned the government could resort to manipulation if things go wrong on June 24. Ince has called on lawyers in Turkey to be ready on polling day to file protests at the electoral commission in Ankara.


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Founder Patrick Brown loves trash and dreaming up what he can make from what others have thrown away. His love of creating from unlikely objects started from watching his father make furniture and home goods from driftwood found off the coast of Maine. Today, Patrick is often off foraging local recycling centers searching for items he can upcycle like old skis into ornaments. He knows how much work went into the artwork on the skis, and finds joy in turning the skis into ornaments and thereby giving the artwork a second time to shine.
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Live at The South Jersey Shootout
This may be the most entertaining meet on the NJ Cross Country scedule and we are here, live for the SJ Shootout. This unique "Gimmick" meet features a full slate of races. After the Middle School, Frosh & JV races, the Varsity races begin with the 5-6-7 runners, then the 3-4 athletes and finallly the Stud and Studette races with the top 2 runners on each team.
Reports from the Bowdoin Classic in New York tell us that CBA swept the field taking 1-5 in the Championship Race this morning. The Colts averaged roughly 15 seconds a man faster than last year's National Championsip squad
In addition to results, we'll have photos and videos from throughout the day.
With Brianna Gess not in the field, the win still went to Hadonfield Middle School as Caitlyn Bonnet wins the MS race in 10:12
In the Boys MS race, .Derek Gess, who is Brianna's younger brother wins in 9:41 for the 2621m MS course. Derek is only a 6th grader.
The team winners in the Boys MS race are Marlton MS, the feeder program to Cherokee HS. Their winning score 62 points edges out the Clearview MS squad by 8 points. Marlton was led by 2nd place finisher Nick falk in 8:59.
Heather Warren is the winner of the Frosh Girls event running 18:34
In the Frosh Boys race, A>P> Schalick's Cosmo Pirozzi runs 15:21 for the 4208m course for the win and a new Course Record.
Ashley Peoples is the winner of the Girls JV race with the time of 22:12
The Boys JV winner is Tom Duff of Egg harbor Twp. with a time of 18:36
In the Girls 3-4 race, Mt. St. Dominic goes 1-2 as frosh Juliet Kohi gets the win in 19:52, followed by Jessica Brodsky in 20:26
Egg Habor Twp. scores in the 3-4 Boys race with Mike Rossbach who ran 17:14
Vicky Ajimoko of Williamstown wins the 1-2 race in 19:26
The Boys "Stud" race is on the course now and Delsea's Nick Costello is leading through the mile plus mark.
Costello wins in dominant fashion with a 15:57 (un)
We will have full results posted shortly.
And now to the Main Events...
Amari Shabazz of Mt. St. Dominic Academy is the winner of the GirlsVarsity 5-6-7 race in 20:51.
In the Boys race, David Hazel wins in 17:40
The Girls 1-2 race is on the course and Amanda Corbosiero has a big lead over teammate Sarah Workman and Williamstowns Vicky Ajimoko
We will report winners as soon as available


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