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The '''Shamal''' is a multi-role, jet powered business [[Fixed-Wing Aircraft|airplane]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
The '''Shamal''' is a multi-role, jet powered business [[Fixed-Wing Aircraft|airplane]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
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[[File:Privatejet-GTAV-prerelease.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A private jet similar to a Shamal flying away in the first GTA V trailer.]]
[[File:Privatejet-GTAV-prerelease.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A private jet similar to a Shamal flying away in the first GTA V trailer.]]
The first trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto V]] depicts
The first trailer for [[Grand Theft Auto V]] depicts Shamal that whizzes over [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]] near the end of the trailer.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
Revision as of 07:47, 14 August 2013
GTA San Andreas
|Vehicle type
|Civilian aircraft
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|Light fixed-wing passenger jet
|1 (pilot only)
The Shamal is a multi-role, jet powered business airplane in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V.
The first time the player could fly the Shamal was in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The plane, despite its interior size, can only transport the player. The Shamal is a good choice for people who are just learning to fly jets, as its handling is balanced, and is easy to land on runways. The plane draws its influence from the Learjet 60.
The most prominent appearance of the Shamal is during "Freefall", when the plane's interior can be seen. The size of the interior appears larger than usual for an aircraft with a relatively small fuselage, and the interior incongruously features 16 windows (9 on the left and 7 on the right) when the plane features only 8 outside.
The interior of the Shamal in GTA San Andreas, towards the back (Towards the cockpit).
- Los Santos International Airport, just north of the runway.
- Easter Bay Airport, west of the Nevada.
- Las Venturas Airport, parked north of a pair of Dodos.
Similar aircraft
In other GTA games, business jets resembling the Shamal first appeared in Grand Theft Auto III and then Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, the player could not fly the plane. The plane has also been depicted in take-off and landing in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories; in GTA Liberty City Stories, the player can stand on the plane's wing while it's accelerating to fly away, but will most likely fall after a while, and in GTA Vice City Stories, the plane is seen entering and exiting Escobar International Airport from time to time. A glitch allows the player to enter the plane in GTA Vice City Stories, but it is not controllable. Similarly, a business jet is used as an escape vehicle during a cutscene of Grand Theft Auto Advance's final mission.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, business jets still remain uncontrollable (nor can any other planes be flown) but such vehicles can still be found at Francis International Airport, featuring an updated design. One such plane is used by Kenny Petrovic during the Hangman's NOOSE multiplayer mission wherein up to four players must hold back NOOSE units and escort Petrovic from his jet at Francis International Airport to a safepoint. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Ray Bulgarin owns a similar looking jet called a Ghawar.
The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V depicts a Shamal that whizzes over Los Santos near the end of the trailer.
- In GTA San Andreas, when in the interior of the Shamal, the player can shoot out the lights and headrests.
- Like most other aircraft in GTA San Andreas, the Shamal plays K-DST by default.
See also
- Ghawar, non-controllable equivalent in The Ballad of Gay Tony.


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Shares of Yahoo! (YHOO) are up 28 cents, or 1%, at $26.35, as the Street digests both speculation about its search advertising business, and also additional financials released yesterday about Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding in which Yahoo! maintains a 24% equity stake.
On the speculative side, The Wall Street Journal's Amir Efrati late yesterday wrote that CEO Marissa Mayer is "quietly trying to find a way out of its struggling Web search partnership with Microsoft (MSFT)" citing multiple unnamed sources.
The story implies Mayer might be seeking a relationship for Yahoo! with Google (GOOG), her former employer for over a decade. Writes Efrati, "Google had indicated to Yahoo over the past year that it is willing to enter into a potentially more lucrative partnership to provide Web-search and search-advertising technology to Yahoo, according to people familiar with the matter."
Efrati's article was followed earlier today by a piece penned by Douglas MacMillan of Bloomberg, who takes a slightly different tack, writing that the company "plans to unveil tools for Internet search […] stepping up efforts to nab share from Google," again, citing unnamed sources.
All this follows Yahoo!'s filing of its 10-Q report yesterday morning with the Securities & Exchange Commission, in which the company said Microsoft actually extended for 12 months the "revenue per search," or RPS, guarantee that it provides Yahoo! to make up for shortfalls in search ad revenue.
Mayer was at a Wired magazine conference last night in San Francisco, where she was asked about the Microsoft partnership, and responded "In terms of the Microsoft relationship, we're happy, we've been working really well together. They had an option to extend [the RPS guarantee] and they chose to extend it."
But Bloomberg's MacMillan was on Bloomberg TV a short while ago reiterating what he'd written in his article, saying "She's been trying to get out of this partnership" with Microsoft. "This is a pact she inherited from former CEO Carol Bartz, and it's failed to meet expectations."
"Yahoo! wants to go to Google, but what she [Mayer] has heard again and again from [Microsoft CEO Steve] Balmer is that Microsoft won't let her — she's stuck."
Added MacMillan, "Marissa has identified this [search] as a key area of growth."
"She has in store a lot of new products to innovate the user interface of search, including how do you make the mobile experience better."
The sell-side analyst community today, however, is more concerned with the additional information disclosed yesterday about Q4 results for Alibaba, in which Yahoo! has a 24% stake.
The privately held company's rapid growth has been a made underpinning of the bull thesis on Yahoo! shares in the last couple of years, and yesterday's disclosure of 80% revenue growth in Q4 was more than some had been expecting.
Carlos Kirjner of Bernstein Research, who has a Market Perform rating on Yahoo! shares, today raised his price target to $30 from $23, noting that 80% of the value of Yahoo! shares derives from the Alibaba and the Yahoo! Japan (4689JP) stakes.
Kirjner holds out little hope for a resuscitation of the core Yahoo! operations, and focuses instead on the upside that appears to have happened with Alibaba's "TaoBao" and "TMall" businesses. Those businesses caused him to raise the Alibabal stake valuation to $13.17 per Yahoo! share, though he has some concern whether outperformance can continue in the two units:
Based on the Alibaba disclosures made by Yahoo! and a series of in-depth interviews with several TaoBao and TMall sellers, we estimate that in 2014 TaoBao and TMall Marketplaces, Alibaba Group's consumer e-commerce businesses will support transactions corresponding to gross merchandise value (GMV) around $350 billion, with revenues of $8.6 billion and generating net income of $3.5 billion, with expected net income growth of 27% into 2015. As a consequence, we value the Alibaba Group at $95 billion (Exhibit 3). We value TaoBao and TMall at 20 times 2015 net income (or nearly $88 billion). We expect Alibaba's B2B platform, Alibaba.com, to generate 2014 revenues of $1.3 billion, growing 10% into 2015, and operating income of roughly $320 million. We value it at $3.3 billion, or 10 times 2015 operating profits and 2.6 times 2015 revenues […] Based on detailed interviews with TaoBao and TMall sellers, we believe a material portion of the 2012 acceleration in Alibaba's revenue was due to a one-time TMall (annual technology) fee increase, which completed one year in mid-to-late 4Q12. As a consequence, we do not believe TMall's effective take-rate will continue to increase as it did from 2011 to 2012, by an estimated 14 bps. In fact, we think it is possible that TMall's effective take rate may decline as smaller merchants exit the marketplace (due to the annual technology fee increase) and medium-to-large merchants grow their GMV and become eligible to get fee rebates and discounts. In addition, our interviews with several TaoBao sellers suggest TaoBao advertising prices (CPMs and/or CPCs) have increased quickly over the last 12 months, which is reflected in the Y/Y growth of our estimates for TaoBao's effective take rate.
And UBS's Eric Sheridan today reiterates a Buy rating on Yahoo! shares, while raising his price target a dollar to $28, after raising his Alibaba valuation component in Yahoo! shares, and raising his Yahoo! estimates to reflect the extension of the Microsoft RPS gaurantee:
Our new 2013 ests. are net revs $4.61b (prior: $4.56b), adj. EBITDA $1.70b (prior: $1.67b), and EPS $1.52 (prior: $1.50). We have also raised our valuation estimate for Alibaba Group to $80b (prior: $75b) based on higher than expected revenue and profit growth. Our assumption for 40% liquidation tax/fees is unchanged.

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Morgan MacDonald is taking apart the sculpture that he's been working on for just about a year. He's not starting over. That's part of the process when working with bronze. Soon his piece of art — sealed with thousands of pounds of bronze and depicting a tragic scene of Newfoundland history — will make its way to the community of Elliston.
"You actually end up making the statue three times. Once in clay. Once in wax. And once in bronze," says MacDonald.
Standing next to the completed Sealers Memorial in clay at the Newfoundland Bronze Foundry on Marine Drive, he says this is the hardest step. This is where he makes clay moulds of exactly what will become the finished version in bronze. He's taking it apart now because his creation will actually be broken down into 70 to 80 pieces. They will eventually become ceramic casts that will have melted bronze metal poured into them. Then the whole creation will be reassembled.
"As you're sculpting it you have to think about five steps ahead so that when you go to make the moulds you're not painting yourself into a corner," he says, laughing. He adds that it's a misconception that you just dip a sculpture in the bronze.
"At first it's so difficult to start because there's nothing."
The people in Elliston who spearheaded the idea knew what they wanted, and MacDonald had some writing to help him visualize, particularly Cassie Brown's novel "Death on the Ice" which tells the story of the 1914 sealing disasters.
There were many images from that book that could be considered worthy of the memorial. The one chosen was of Reuben and Albert John Crewe, residents of Elliston, and father and son who were found frozen together in an embrace.
"There's a real eerie part in the book that's almost prophetic. The father and son are literally frozen together and they couldn't pull them apart. They're frozen in a solid block of ice. And there's a part there where they're literally hoisting them onto the ship, and the thought that came to me while I was working on it was it's almost going to be a 100 years to the day and I'm going to be literally hoisting this into place much like they were being recovered onto the ship."
MacDonald is working to have his sculpture finished by April 1. His clay version, partially disassembled, may be incomplete, but somehow captures perfectly the anguish of the lives and families that were torn apart by the disasters of the 1914 seal hunt.


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Evenly scatter the topping mixture over the potatoes. Bake the gratin until it's bubbly, the top is brown, and the potatoes are completely tender when poked with a fork or a skewer, 25 to 30 minutes. Let the gratin sit for at least 10 and up to 30 minutes before serving so the liquid is fully absorbed and the layers are cohesive.


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It was the moment that sent many New Zealand rugby fans into a dark place and put a massively hyped All Black team in their place.
A French side - largely written off before the 1999 World Cup semifinal - had come back and steamrolled a panicked All Black side.
The French erased a 14-point deficit early in the second half to win by 43-31.
It meant desolation for the vanquished coaches and players and delight for the French whose feat was described in the British media as the greatest upset in rugby history.
Only six All Blacks - Jonah Lomu prominent among them - stuck around to applaud and shake hands with the French team as they left Twickenham and the public response in New Zealand was worse.
Coach John Hart's racehorse was targeted, sports talkback was awash with bitterness about the All Black sellout to corporate interests, a prominent rugby administrator copped an ear-bashing in central Auckland, diehard fans swore off the team.
They were bleak days.
Hart still feels the pain of the defeat - and the reaction.
He felt it the day he arrived home and went to see his horse run in the New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington.
"They spat at me and threw cans of beer at my horse."
Hart had quit immediately as coach and regretted making the trip to Christchurch to support Holmes D G.
"That was one of the worst decisions I've made, it was a sad day. That affected me for a long while. We absolutely lost our way and turned in on ourselves."
The game was lost during 30 minutes of French dominance in the second half.
In that time the All Blacks forgot the game plan and succumbed to French niggle and gouging.
Speaking after the match Hart said the dubious French tactics weren't an excuse.
"Players who normally don't make mistakes made them today."
He described the atmosphere in the dressing room.
"It was absolute devastation. I've seen some disappointments but this is the biggest."
Memorable moments:
Brian McKechnie saves the day
When Fitzy's Incomparables cracked code
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Playing through the pain
Shock loss put NZ side in their place
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Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz will give a public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in McCosh 50.
The lecture, titled "A Conversation With George Shultz," is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Shultz was appointed as secretary of state by President Reagan in 1982 and served as the chief U.S. diplomat for seven years, playing a key role in implementing foreign policy that brought about the end of the Cold War and the development of strong relationships between the United States and countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
A member of Princeton's class of 1942, Shultz has combined academics and government service in a long and distinguished career.
After earning his Ph.D. in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shultz served as a member of President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. He also was a faculty member and dean at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Appointed U.S. secretary of labor in 1969, he went on to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget and secretary of the treasury and to chair the Council of Economic Advisers under President Nixon.
In 1974, Shultz left government to become president and director of the Bechtel Group for eight years. He also taught at Stanford University before becoming secretary of state.
After leaving office in 1989, Shultz became director and senior counselor at Bechtel, professor of international economics at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution. In January 1989, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 1971, Princeton presented him with its Woodrow Wilson Award, given annually to an alumnus in recognition of distinguished achievement ''in the nation's service.''
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"Force fetch isn't about retrieving as much as it is conditioning a dog to handle pressure, in a very controlled environment. It's about putting a dog in the position of having to figure out how to turn off pressure by finding the correct response. This translates into numerous areas in training." Sharon Potter.
I have learned I need these dogs much more than they need me. Tim Bockmon
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INDONESIA's chief coach Christian Hadinata sees the current scoring system favouring the younger pairs.
"A point can now be gained on not holding service and the doubles game is all about speed and power. The younger pairs have the better chance to win," said Christian.
He picked the top two seeds – China's Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun and Malaysia's Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong – as his favourites for the title.
"Both pairs have been the outstanding performers in the Super Series thus far. The older pairs can still fight but the question is whether they can cope with the pace and power," he added.
Kien Keat-Boon Heong were outstanding in the early part of the year and the Chinese have stepped into the limelight over the last three months. The Malaysians won the Open titles of Malaysia, England and Switzerland while the Chinese emerged as champions in the Singapore and Indonesian Opens and the China Masters.
Christian hopes that the Indonesian top pair of Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan can make a strong charge for the title.
"If they can be consistent from the start, I think our pair have a chance," said Christian, who has two world titles to his name – in 1980 with Ade Chandra in the men's doubles and with Imelda Wigoeno in the mixed doubles.
On what he hoped to achieve with the Indonesian team this time, Christian said that it would be great if they could repeat their performance in Anaheim two years ago.
Then, Taufik Hidayat emerged as the men's singles champion and Lilyana Natsir-Nova Widianto took the mixed doubles title. Indonesia finished empty-handed in last year's championships in Madrid.
In this edition, Indonesia can also bank on their women's doubles pair of Greysia Polli-Jo Novita to rise to the occasion.
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The episode illustrated in this painting is described in the gospel of Luke (2: 42-51). When Jesus was only twelve he was brought to Jerusalem by his parents and towards the end of his sojourn he disappeared. After three days they finally found him in the temple, talking with the doctors and the scribes. In the painting, an animated discussion is taking place between a doctor - a pair of spectacles resting precariously behind his ear - who consults a large volume of Holy Scripture, and the young Jesus. A second white-haired scholar observes the debate.
The first recorded owner of this painting is Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar (1762-1834), a French painter who spent most of his life in Italy. After Wicar's death, it was acquired by Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt, who brought the painting to Ireland and displayed it at Powerscourt House, County Wicklow. The picture presumably remained in Powerscourt until the house was sold in 1961, and only reappeared in 1998. Viscount Powerscourt acquired the painting as a Caravaggio.
Today it is thought to be by the so-called 'Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds'. The artist's anonymity has long puzzled scholars who have in the main proposed two names, Bartolomeo Bassante (or Passante) and, more recently, Juan Dó; both followers of the Spanish artist Ribera. More recent studies, however, seem inclined to accept Juan Dó as the true author. Dó was a Spaniard who emigrated at an early age to Naples.
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Hmmm ... nobody knows what the Federal health exchange will cost ...Obamacare Written in Secret, Implemented in Secret
A feature article in yesterday's New York Times profiled Obama Administration efforts to create a federal Obamacare exchange. The article explores the massive secrecy behind the federal Exchange, and contrasts the transparency requirements imposed on state-based Exchanges with the non-transparency of HHS officials creating a federal Exchange:Mr. Hash, the director of the federal Office of Health Reform, said the federal exchanges "will operate essentially in the same manner as the state-based exchanges."
However, they differ in a significant way. States have done their work in public, but planning for the federal exchanges has been done almost entirely behind closed doors….The 2010 health care law says that if a state runs its own exchange, it must "consult with stakeholders," including consumers and small businesses. Subsequent rules go further, requiring states to consult health care providers, insurers, agents and brokers. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has repeatedly emphasized that "states have to meet a standard of transparency and accountability." A state exchange must have "a clearly defined governing board," and the board must hold regular public meetings. States as diverse as California, Minnesota, Mississippi and Nevada have Web sites where they post documents laying the groundwork for exchanges. The documents include minutes of public meetings, cost estimates and information about contracts for goods and services.
By contrast, federal officials have disclosed little about their plans, are vague about the financing of the federal exchanges and have refused even to divulge the "request for proposals" circulated to advertising agencies. The federal government requires a state exchange to develop a budget, with "expected operating costs, revenues and expenditures." States must explain how the revenue will be generated and how the exchange will address "any financial deficits." Administration officials have not set forth a budget for the federal exchanges. They said they intended to charge "user fees" to the participating health insurance plans, but it is unclear whether the fees are subject to approval by Congress or whether insurers could pass the costs on to consumers.
Because the Obama Administration is once again using a "Do as I Say, Not as I Do" mentality with respect to transparency – imposing requirements on states that the federal government itself refuses to follow – business owners told the Times that "nobody has any idea what the federal exchange will look like." This lack of transparency increases uncertainty for businesses, states, and individuals, which will only make the law that much less effective.
Candidate Obama said he would televise all health care negotiations on C-SPAN, but the process leading up to Obamacare was plagued with notorious backroom deals. Unfortunately, yesterday's New York Times story highlights how, after using backroom deals to create Obamacare, the Administration is once again retreating behind closed doors to implement the 2700-page law.
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Good ep. Loved Chuck's comment at the airport about the people not remembering him for moving ahead, etc... They may not remember you, Chuck, but they will forever remember that head of hair!
Starting to dislike John. He's too smarmy. And the lecherous grin plastered on his face all the time.
Have to wonder how much longer the father-son team will last with the injury. I can see them running one more leg (no pun intended) and then removing themselves.
Max not passing the driving challenge was a blow to his ego. Loved it!


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More accurate than I have ever seen him in his career, good touch passes almost look A Rodgers like.
More accurate than I have ever seen him in his career, good touch passes almost look A Rodgers like.
Ben made quick decisions and nice throws for the most part. The key is maintaining that kind of consistency going forward.
Ben will have a great season...for as long as he survives!
- Charles Harris-OLB, Missouri
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I don't see him lasting til mid season. He is going to take some shots back there with this pitiful OT play we've had.
Ben looked good. But he also threw some ducks last night. A couple of balls he threw I wo dered if his shoulder was still bothering him.
The ONLY concern I ever have about Ben is his health. When he's healthy, there's few better. When he's out, we're a significantly worse team. And when he comes back from injuries, he can be erratic.
I didnt notice any ducks, except maybe for the fact that the long one to ABrown down the sideline could have been a little more out in front of him. I think he is moving around well and looks to me to be leaner anytime since his first year or two. And as mobile as ever. And he has needed to be too.
The only concern I have about Ben is the OC who handcuffs him.
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Charing Cross hotel - The Mayor's Thames Festival
Dates: 11 September 2010 to 12 September 2010
Venue: Various venues
Join in the fun at the Mayor's Thames Festival, a spectacular weekend celebrating London and its river, with free entertainment including live music, dancing and much more!
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Hits & misses: 63 years of No. 1 NFL draft picks
How important is making the right call on the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft? Depends on who you ask. So let's take a trip through time, starting in 1954, and see which teams hit and which missed. By Mark La Monica
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text: Allergies kept me up last night so have basically seen about 12 hrs. of non stop coverage about the Boston terrorist pair. While it is a terrible tragedy for sure, I keep thinking these sick wack jobs that shoot up schools and plant bombs are egged on by the immortalization they know they'll get from the media. Is it really necessary to show their photos every 60 seconds? I can't help but think that at this very moment, there is a sicko out there watching all the nonstop coverage and plotting to go out in a blaze of glory so he, too can become immortal on TV and social media.


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Description Low, fleshy, branching beach plant with pale lavender flowers.
Habit: native annual, biennial, or perennial herb; erect or prostrate stems, much branched, bushy; taprooted.
Height: 4-20 in (10-50 cm)
Leaf: alternate, fleshy, ovate to spatulate; edges are wavy, toothed, or scalloped.
Flower: 4 oblong petals, white to pale lavender, 0.25-0.6 in (6-18 mm) wide; sometimes without petals; held in loose terminal cluster.
Fruit: pod, two connected but unequal tear-drop shapes, 0.5-1.2 in (12-29 mm) long, 0.125-0.35 in (3-9 mm) wide; larger part is cork-like, floats when dried.
Flower July to October.
Habitat Coastal dunes, beaches and shorelines above high tide line; a pioneer species.
Range Native to the Atlantic coast, from Greenland and Labrador, south to Florida, west to Louisiana; naturalized around the Great Lakes from New York west to Illinois and Wisconsin; on the Pacific coast, introduced around 1880, now naturalized from Alaska to California.
Discussion Also known as sea rocket. Two varieties are recognized. Threatened in Illinois, rare in Pennsylvania. This plant, found on the ridge of wind-blown sand behind the high-tide line of beaches, gets its common name from the rocket-like shape of the seed pods. The succulent young stems and leaves have a pungent taste, somewhat like horseradish. Harper's Searocket (C. harperi), occurring from North Carolina to Florida, has much more angulate fruits. European Searocket (C. maritima), introduced from Europe and occurring along our northern beaches, has very deeply lobed leaves.


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In the summer of 2004, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, Kevin Muno and Randy Riley founded the Amateur Baseball Development Group (ABDG) with the mission to raise funds to help local Southern California high school baseball programs, and to organize leagues and teams for boys ages 14-23. The Annual Mike Scioscia Charity Golf tournament was created as the primary fund raiser to accomplish the ABDG goal to support amateur baseball players, and the funds have allowed ABDG to help improve local baseball facilities in local parks and donate grants to schools all over Southern California.
The ABDG also holds the Mike Scioscia Youth Clinic, a free event at Angels Stadium for baseball lovers of all ages. To date, the clinics have allowed thousands of kids to meet and learn from players and coaches at the major league level.
In 2010, Jered Weaver was named as a Sports Ambassador for the Special Olympics Southern California, a cause he has supported since his days at the California State University, Long Beach. The mission of Special Olympics is to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities through sport and competition. As a Sports Ambassador, Jered participates in Special Olympic events, including the annual Summer Games and a softball clinic, is featured in Special Olympics public service announcements, and provides autographed items for silent auctions.
Jered and his wife Kristin are passionate supporters of the Special Olympics, and host the "Gold Ball Mystery Grab Bag" event at Angels Stadium, benefitting the cause. With the help of the Angels Wives, Kristin and the Special Olympics athletes sold raffle tickets and Mystery Bags, and a few lucky fans won a signed gold ball and the opportunity to meet the player who signed it. All the proceeds directly benefited the Special Olympics Southern California.
In 2006 after meeting Micah Champagne, a young boy with severe hemophilia, C.J. Wilson founded the C.J. Wilson's Children's Charities (CJWCC). The goals of the charity are to raise funds, promote awareness, and more importantly, youth participation in community service and charitable giving that will directly benefit children and their families affected by chronic, life-threatening illnesses or dealing with social or financial challenges. CJWCC focuses on inspiring local children, teens and young adults to be involved in charity at an early age, making it entertaining and personally rewarding.
C.J. Wilson and his charity have supported and made generous donations to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and Children's Hospital of Orange County. C.J. also holds an annual "THROW STRIKES" bowling tournament to raise money for the CJWCC.
In 2005, Albert and Deidre Pujols launched the Pujols Family Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to their "commitment to faith, family and others." Their organization aims to (1) promote awareness of Down syndrome and works to support those who have it and their families, (2) supports people with disabilities and/or life threatening illnesses and (3) aids the impoverished children and families living in the Dominican Republic.
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Northeast remains unbeaten after win over Southwest
Northeast Mississippi Community College's football team stayed perfect on the year in front of another packed Tiger Stadium on Thursday, September 8.
Northeast (2-0, 0-0) used a stout defensive effort and a three-touchdown performance from Parks Frazier (Corinth) in knocking off Southwest 32-9 in Booneville.
Northeast's defense held the high-powered Southwest offense to just 86 yards of total offense and contained Bear quarterback Vintavious Cooper limiting the sophomore signal caller to just 25 yards on the ground and a 3-of-14 performance through the air for nine yards.
Previously, Cooper had been able lead the Bear offense to 390 yards – 376 on the ground – in a 24-21 double overtime win against Holmes in the season opener.
Northeast's defense held Southwest to just 70 yards rushing on 24 attempts and thwarted the Bear air attack, which finished 4-of-16 for 16 yards and three interceptions.
Northeast's defense kept a tight lid on Southwest and did not allow the Bears to complete a pass until just over 12 minutes left in the game when Cooper hit Donnell Dunigan on a 6-yard pass with 12:11 left in the fourth quarter.
Frazier came out hot for the Tigers quickly passing the 100-yard passing plateau on a 4-of-5 showing including a 63-yard pass to Markie Dukes (Oxford) that set up the Tigers first score.
Frazier found Dukes on a slant route with 11:49 left in the first quarter and staked the host to a 6-0 advantage.
Northeast threatened again driving to the Bear 5 before Brennan Dunklin stepped in front of a Frazier pass and rumbled 101 yards for the tying score for Southwest with 4:42 left in the quarter.
Not to be outdone, Frazier rallied the troops and capped the drive as the quarter ended hitting Tres Houston (Atlanta, Ga.) on a 10-yard touchdown strike.
Over the next two frames, the game turned into a defensive struggle as both teams thwarted scoring opportunities.
Northeast was able to add to its 13-6 lead with a pair of Taylor Earhart (Olive Branch) field goals in the second and third quarters.
Earhart connected on a 41-yard field goal with 5:10 left in the first half and staked the Tigers to a 19-6 advantage with his 31-yard effort with 11:32 left in the third.
Northeast finally broke from the special teams scoring with an 11-play drive that ground almost seven minutes off the clock in the third quarter.
After Deion Belue (Tuscumbia, Ala.) gave the host good field position with a 30-yard punt return, the Tigers took the next 6:42 to drive 36 yards before Frazier found Michael Poole (Ripley) on a 3-yard screen for his third touchdown pass of the night.
However, the drive tried to stall out at the Bear 28 before Frazier extended it by finding Houston on a 15-yard pass to the Bear 13 on fourth-and two.
A Tiger turnover gave Southwest its final score of the night but the Northeast defense kept the Bears of the end zone.
Following a Tiger fumble, Southwest picked up good field position at the Tiger 28 but could not break through the defense and had to settle for a 31-yard Jake Saltalamacchia field goal with 8:03 left in the game.
Courtney Sutton, who had a fumble return for a score in the season opener against East Central, put the game on ice for the Tigers on the Bears next possession. The sophomore from Southaven hauled in a tipped shovel pass and rumbled his way to the Bear 8 yard-line.
Sutton's interception allowed Jamarcus Goodloe (Leighton, Ala.) to bull his way in from three yards out with 4:27 left in the game giving the Tigers a 32-9 advantage.
Northeast will look to keep its perfect record intact next Thursday, September 15 as the Tigers open up North Division play in Moorhead against Mississippi Delta (0-2, 0-0). Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — November saw the economic and human fallout from one of the worst natural disasters in the U.S., election results that displeased about half the voters and nonresolution of the fiscal cliff.
It's amazing consumer sentiment is holding up as well as it is.
That's one way to read Wednesday's report from Thomson-Reuters/University of Michigan, whose consumer-sentiment index fell to 82.7 at the end of November from 84.9 in early November. But it was just above the 82.6 final read in October, which puts the latest measure of economic optimism at its highest reading since September 2007 before the Great Recession. Read: Consumer sentiment edges up in November.
Sentiment might be even higher if not for the continuing fiscal cliff drama. Read Rex Nutting column on the 10 people who led us to the fiscal cliff.
"When asked to identify any recent economic news, consumers more frequently made unfavorable references to potential changes in future federal tax and spending programs as well as the inability of the political parties to reach a timely settlement," the report said.
Will retailers' Black Friday strategies work?
From matching rivals' prices to avoiding Black Friday discounting altogether, retailers are testing out a host of strategies this holiday season as they try to energize sales and profits during their most critical time of the year. But will they work?
Past research has suggested a link between consumer spending and expectations about the economy. In the Michigan report, expectations fell to 77.6 from a final October reading of 79. That should raise fears among retailers hoping for a solid holiday selling season.
But this may be a case in which the link doesn't hold, especially when it comes to holiday shopping. Consumers are unlikely to cross Uncle Bob off this year's gift list just because they are uncertain about next year's fiscal policy.
That's especially true because consumers feel positive about the labor markets. And jobs trump all other economic considerations. The Michigan survey found the most favorable outlook for the unemployment rate since 1984: Nearly one-in-three consumers expect the unemployment rate to fall within the next year.
Retailers, of course, are taking no chances in their goal to capturing shoppers' dollars. What could throw a wrench in their plans is the growing tension in the Middle East. An unexpected jump in gasoline prices — which have come down 44 cents per gallon in the past nine weeks — could leave Uncle Bob with no present this year.


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Princeton is building a sixth residential college to accommodate the addition of 500 undergraduates to the student body approved last April by the trustees. The committee is recommending that the new college be designed and two of the existing residential colleges be renovated to house juniors and seniors as well as freshmen and sophomores.
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In February, the committee issued an interim report proposing four models for the residential colleges. The report was posted on the Web and was discussed in more than 20 presentations on campus, in an e-mail survey of all undergraduates and in a focus group.
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I'm bummed. Third year in a row that I've drawn my fifth choice ... fifth period zone 2. I've had good success in that period, but man it's a long time to wait every year.
So this year I'm gonna try some zone 1 hunting in Charlie's backyard. I see that zone has leftover permits available as early as period 3.
All around me at my office guys are whooping that they drew their first choice, most in my zone. One guy, who is now at the bottom of my party-invite list, has drawn the first period four years running, & he hasn't bothered to hunt two of those years.
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Huron Peak Climber's Log
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|In the shade
Date Climbed: May 8, 2010
|Busted straight up the incline to the bowl. We descended with a variety of implements including a snowboard, a shovel, and a tarp.
|Posted May 9, 2010 11:59 pm
|standard route
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007
|I think that, at the time, I didn't appreciate that this is one of the better Sawatch 14er hikes.
|Posted Apr 8, 2010 7:13 pm
|First day of summer
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009
|Summitted at noon on the first day of summer. The upper slopes were covered in snow. We summitted too late. Our ice axes started to hum and Mindy's hair stood on end. And then BOOOOOM! Eight climbers poured off the summit in what is best decribed as a barely-controlled fall. All made it off the peak safely.
|Posted Apr 4, 2010 10:32 am
|Summer & Winter
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005
|9/5/05 - Standard route the day following an epic on the Three Apostles. Quick round trip with Talus Monkey.
2/6/10 - Standard route from winter closure 3 miles east of Vickburg. Backpacked to Winfield Friday afternoon. Climbed something resembling the standard route in arduous snow conditions on Saturday before packing out. Nearly 25 miles round trip.
|Posted Feb 7, 2010 12:48 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 1989
|This was an easy climb.
|Posted Jan 7, 2010 10:07 am
|Came up in Fall 2008 via the standard route. Cloudy day but still got some good views of the 3 Apostles.
|Posted Dec 9, 2009 6:43 pm
|nice one
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008
|Very nice hike, beautiful mouyntain!
|Posted Nov 24, 2009 12:49 am
|Steve Larson
|Winfield TH
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009
|The weather was looking like it was going to do something at dawn. Got to the summit at 10:00 am at the same time the second snow squall of the day arrived. It cleared up fast enough, though. Gorgeous place. I didn't realize that La Plata was just across the valley--still working on understanding the CO landscape. The ran began around 11:00 am, and didn't stop. I got a ride back to the car from a couple of guys from CO Springs. Very grateful, as I was tired of walking on the road, and not in the mood to get wet in the process. It rained all the way back to Buena Vista, and off an on T-storms all the rest of the day. I really love CO!
|Posted Sep 12, 2009 9:37 pm
|Favorite one
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2008
|The scenery was exceptional :)
|Posted Sep 11, 2009 9:35 pm
|standard route
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008
|Nice day with the dogs.
|Posted Sep 9, 2009 9:51 am
|Winfield TH
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
|A belated anniversary climb. A relatively quick hike up the mountain yielded great views. The wind made the summit stay shorter than we'd have liked, but it was fantastic otherwise.
|Posted Aug 10, 2009 12:23 am
|Hiking Huron Peak
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009
|Trip report and pictures.
|Posted Aug 4, 2009 1:40 pm
|A day with Murphy
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009
|Took my girlfriends dog Murphy. This was my 22nd Colorado 14er and his 2nd attempt and he finally got to summit one! Too bad I have had to bandage his paws for a week. More to come for him though! And me of course!!
|Posted Jul 31, 2009 7:56 pm
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009
|From Winfield, up through Lulu Gulch, over Point 13,462 and Browns Peak. Descended the NW slopes route. SO great to be getting back out there after an injury had me sidelined for quite awhile.
|Posted Jul 20, 2009 4:07 pm
|Liba Kopeckova
|Clear Creek trailhead
|It was raining, but still a beautiful hike with my son and dog.
|Posted Jul 8, 2009 3:52 am
|Absolutely gorgeous
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2008
|Off the high I got from La Plata a couple of days before I summited Huron via the standard route. Fairly tiny summit that got crowded just as I left. Amazing views all around.
|Posted Feb 9, 2009 12:35 pm
|Ted Eliason
Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2008
|Another mountain where fall/winter conditions can be great if the road is still passible
|Posted Jan 17, 2009 1:21 pm
|Sweet mountain
Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2008
|Hiked the standard route. Those switchbacks take forever.
|Posted Dec 7, 2008 7:41 pm
|...and some 13ers.
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008
|Wife, dog and I. Huron-Browns-UN 13462B-Middle B-Cross A.
|Posted Oct 13, 2008 6:31 pm
|Leisurely 14er
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2008
|Great to get back to 14ering with this one, since I had too busy a summer. From the Winfield approach, this was a nice hike on a beautiful day. It was perfect conditions and we seem to be enjoying a little later fall this year in this range.
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If you're going to make this recipe ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator, you may need to add a little bit more olive oil and/or lemon juice when ready to serve. When made ahead, the couscous will absorb these ingredients over time.
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Enjoy this creatively made cheese spread - a delicious appetizer perfect for Christmas celebration.
This is a great do ahead appetizer. After shaping cheese mixtures on the cookie sheet, wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil, label and freeze up to one month. Twelve hours before serving, remove the trees from the freezer. Thaw in wrapper in the refrigerator. Continue as directed.
Here's an idea the kids will love! Instead of trees, make snowmen! Shape the cheese mixture into a Snowman Cheese Ball (you'll have enough to make 2 small snowmen or 1 large one). Omit parsley, pine nuts and bell pepper. Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide into 3 equal parts. Mix 2 parts to equal two-thirds of mixture; mix in pesto. Mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into remaining one-third of cheese mixture. Refrigerate as directed. Shape each cheese mixture into 2 balls; roll in 1/3 cup finely chopped blanched almonds. Arrange balls on serving plate with smaller ball on top for head of snowman; press together slightly. Insert pretzel sticks for arms. Decorate as desired with capers, sliced olives, chopped carrots, sliced cucumber, chopped bell peppers and fresh thyme leaves.
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As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years. Click here to view the full series.
On July 7 it was announced that Shed 10 on Queen's Wharf was to be retained and the slightly smaller - but no less historically important - Shed 11 retained but relocated.
The Auckland Regional Council dropped its support for the sheds' demolition - which it had previously defended on aesthetic grounds
- finally acknowledging the historic importance of the two industrial buildings and their connection with the city's past. The ARC had been persuaded of the sheds' significance by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and by city architects who, despite an understandable professional
investment in change, have long recognised that progress and heritage are not diametrically opposed.
It was not always so. Some telling pages of Hamish Keith's 2008 autobiography Native Wit bear eloquent witness to the inexorable destruction of Auckland's heritage throughout the 1980s. Many of us recall the demolition of His Majesty's Theatre and the arcade that led up to it from Queen St.
What about the magnificent Salvation Army Citadel on Mayoral Drive, its site still a parking lot two decades later? Recalling this shameful period, Keith refers to Auckland's energetic obliteration of its own cultural memory.
The recent book launch of Coolangatta: A Homage, a handsome volume by Peter Macky and Paul Waite, re-opened that deep wound. It records the December 2006 demolition of one of Auckland great houses, Bamford and
Pierce's 1911 Coolangatta. There are shocking photos taken of the destruction in progress. There are also photographs of each of the
Auckland City councillors who, by voting against the scheduling of the house in the city's District Plan, effectively guaranteed its demolition.
It still goes on. Preparations for Rugby World Cup 2011 have recently seen changes in the Sandringham area, not all for the good. The Art Deco street frontage of the Telefix Services building on the corner of Sandringham Rd and Rossmay Tce has long been admired. Built as a soft drink factory in the mid 1930s it was later a photographer's studio and
then a condom factory. A modest classic of the period, had it been located in Napier rather than suburban Auckland its survival would have
been beyond question. A chatty demolition worker told me that it is going to be replaced by a block of flats so high that upper floor tenants will be able to look straight down into the game.
On the North Shore too there was an unpublicised heritage tragedy earlier this year.
The modest timber houses of architect Vernon Brown are regarded as hallmarks of New Zealand vernacular Modernism. Yet one
of the most publicised of them, his 1942 Wright House at Milford, was suddenly demolished in January this year. It had never been listed in North Shore City's District Plan despite frequent publicity, including its place in a set of postcards publicising noted North Shore Modernist buildings.
If we are to retain our built heritage it is absolutely necessary that the accurate identification of significant buildings and the compilation
of carefully researched information about their historic importance be undertaken. North Shore City has now employed a conservation architect to review its listings - too late for the Wright House.
Unlike the 1980s, today when building owners care more for profit than heritage they cannot simply go ahead and demolish their listed historic building. They have to publicly notify their intentions and then submit to resource consent assessment. The process is difficult and time-consuming.
As conservation architect Bruce Petry points out, heritage is expensive.
Sherry Reynolds, NZHPT's Northern General Manager, says however that the organisation gives every encouragement to the many local community groups that have sprung up in order to ensure that links with the past are maintained rather than ignored or forgotten.
Remuera Heritage, for instance, formed in 2007 in the wake of the loss of Coolangatta, has hundreds of members. The society is devoted to promoting the preservation of the suburb's heritage character, gathering oral histories, collecting and preserving pictorial and written records and fostering an awareness of the importance of cultural history. There are many similar organisations around the city.
In some cases invaluable research has been done, by interested locals as well as by architectural firms specialising in conservation architecture. They have identified buildings whose link with the past is highly valued by locals who see them as a repository of memories and deeply connected with their sense of place.
Although conservation architects Anthony and Jane Matthews are concerned about important buildings remaining unlisted, they are generally optimistic, acknowledging Auckland City's introduction of planning mechanisms that encourage the retention of existing buildings without freezing all new initiatives. The City Council funded Character Overlays have encouraged in-depth studies of Mt Eden, Kingsland, Dominion Rd, West Lynn, Grey Lynn, Ellerslie and St Heliers - all areas
where historic commercial and residential buildings sit closely together.
The modesty of much of the city's older suburban architecture is precisely what gives it its particular importance. Tourists come to New Zealand as much for its modesty of scale as for its mountains, forests, lakes, beaches and rivers. To those from densely overpopulated countries, many of Auckland's buildings are a reminder of what their own urban existence was like 50 or more years ago; another reason to
keep our smaller, less spectacular buildings.
The recent restoration of the former Auckland Meat Company on the corner of Dominion and Walters Roads, now beautifully refurbished after years of neglect as a dark blue and yellow painted eyesore, is a reason to rejoice.
Heritage battles strike people deeply; emotions get fired up and so it is crucial that there is good will between all negotiating parties. It is essential too that buildings with a clearly demonstrable connection to the city's history continue to be accurately identified and described and that local communities continue to be involved in preserving some continuity with earlier times as their streetscapes change.
Peter Shaw is an Auckland writer on the arts and architecture.


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Serves 4
Please make sure you never use tuna in brine for this recipe, and if you like you can add some capers to the sauce.
In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat and sauté the garlic, olives, and anchovies for 1 minute, stirring with a wooden spoon.
Add the tomatoes with the chile and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
Scatter in the tuna with the parsley, season with a little salt, and mix together for 1 minute. Set aside.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain and return to the same pan over low heat.
Pour in the tuna, tomato, and olive sauce and stir everything together for 30 seconds to allow the flavors to combine.
Serve hot, and please don't be tempted to serve it with grated cheese on top.
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Noel Gallagher says Christmas is "a lot of nonsense" and claims he just wants to be given crisps as his gift.
The 45-year-old rocker is unhappy with wife Sara Macdonald's insistence on buying him a lavish gift because he is so wealthy.
He says he doesn't need anything apart from his favourite potato-based snack, though he admits he will be splashing out on presents for his spouse.
Gallagher - who has sons, Donovan, five, and Sonny, two, with Macdonald - is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "I got Mrs. Gallagher a sparkly thing and some books.
"What is she going to get me with my money? It's every man's sore point. I'm trying to keep it down to a family pack of Square crisps.
"She's insisting she buys me some outlandish David Bowie photograph. I said, 'I don't really need that. I'll just have the crisps.' I don't really need anything."
Gallagher - who also has 12-year-old daughter Anais with ex-wife Meg Matthews - also admitted Macdonald "banned" him from accompanying her to pick up a Christmas tree for their London home because he was so rude to a seller last year.
The former Oasis star explained: "You don't get a chance to sit around with my wife at Christmas.
She said to me, "I'm going to get the tree. You're not invited to get the tree because you were so mean and awful to the man last year!' I think the guy was giving me the tree's life history and I said, 'Look mate it's minus two here, I'm not interested. Just stick it in the back of the Rolls and shut up.'
"Christmas is a lot of nonsense for me."
Gallagher made headlines earlier this month when he told Prince William to consider rejoining the army after Kate Middleton's pregnancy was revealed.
"Tell William he'd be better thinking about rejoining the Army - he'd have a quieter life," he said.
He also mocked his brother Liam Gallagher in an interview on BBC Radio in November.
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