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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by japanice, Nov 21, 2012.
I am happy to hear that she is being smart in using it only when she needs it. She does not need it at NHK, and I hope she continues to improve her jump technique.
I admire that she wants to go with the most difficult jump.
But I think she will gain more points with working on complete the rotations of Flip and Loop.
I don't think she needs 3Axel this season if her other jumps are complete.
her loop was fully rotated at JO and COC so her flip is the only thing that she has to make sure of, I just watched her recent practice clips and her 3A looked good, and i am happy to hear that she only will include it when she feels it's ready!
She is already working on the other jumps. It does not mean she has to completely give up what she was doing well earlier. I always admire skaters who try to push themselves to do more difficult things, instead of taking the easy way out. I just hope she has not lost the 3A while working on the other jumps.
I doubt she's not been working on it in the meantime. Skaters train all sorts of jumps in practice, even if they never get them up to competition standard. I don't doubt that Mao has continued training the 3A even though it hasn't yet made an appearence in her competitive programmes this season.
Probably, since she landed it yesterday in practice at for the NHK Trophy
Skaters are stronger in certain jumps and not so strong in others. For example, the 3A was easy for Petrenko, but he was inconsistent with the 3f and 3R. Kristi Y. was a very consistent jumper but always struggled with the salchow. Mao's strong jump is the 3A, and it is a high point getter, so she should include it in her programs, as long as it does not become a distraction from completing rotations on the other jumps. I believe that when she gets more comfortable/confident with her flip and salchow, she could bring back the 3A.
I just don't understand the point in bold - Mao has shown that she can and does rotate all of her triple jumps, it's not like she's only allowed to rotate a finite number and she's chosing some over others. Why would working on a triple axel be a distraction from completing rotations on other jumps? The mechanics of the axel are completely different to the flip, and with the salchow, most people say the mechanics of the jumps are very similar. Given that the triple axel has three and half rotations, to the flip and salchows three (or slightly less with the salchow), why would you think working on the triple axel would be anything but a help in rotating triples which have less rotation?
I was beginning to think she had abandoned the 3A.
Akira Andrea has translated a new article in which Mao Asada states she hopes to add the 3A back into her programs: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/sho...-amp-updates&p=3786615&viewfull=1#post3786615
I love Mao, I love her perseverance in the face of adversity, her strength, her smile, her soul, her humility.
BUT, as a skating fan I have to be honest and say "too little, too late". I fear it won't be enough to dethrone Yuna, just as her guinness books of world records three 3axels at the last Olympics wasn't either, even though it remains as my favorite performance. To this day I can recall the total RUSH I got when she hit both in the FS. I honest to God wanted to run outside around the block a hundred times, lol. Oh, memories, beautiful cherished memories...
Here's hoping she didn't wait too long, though I know other tragic circumstances interferred with her 4-year preparation for the next Olympics, namely the loss of her beloved mother. *tears*
My wish for Mao is that she can somehow regain her old phenomenal technical capabilities of old, sigh, but my ULTIMATE wish is that she will let herself go, forgot the marks, forgot the judges, forget the audience, skate from the soul, transform the way Michelle did with Salome. Ultimately, skate as if she was skating before God...
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If I were her I would not worry about doing it in the short. She could really lose a lot of points if she pops it and she has popped it a number of times in her career. Go for it in the LP, or heck, go for 2 if you feel good enough. I wouldn't want to be trying to come from behind with the likes of Yu Na, Carolina, Ashley, etc.
I am very happy to hear that she plans to use it. I hope it also inspires other women to start including their more difficult jumps. Although the women were my favorite discipline almost my whole life, I have found that the lack of technical content the last few years has made women's skating boring. It's not the skaters' fault - it's the numerous scoring problems with the COP that entices women skaters to leave out 3-3s and the like because they can actually score higher without them!
So cheers to Mao for pushing up the tecnical content among the women. Now if they would just value the 3A more, to properly reflect its difficulty. Ditto triple-triples.
This^ Rock on, Mao!
I fear this will disastrous, although she may need it considering Yu-na's program.
Oh please, when was the last time she landed a fully rotated one in competition with positive goes?
The free skate at 2010 Worlds. She was credited with the full rotation of one at 2010-2011 Japanese Nats, but received negative GOE.
Various fairly reliable sources on twitter have just reported that Mao Asada performed her short program at Nagoya Skating Festival today and that she included the triple axel (albeit 2-footed)
This is a TV news topic in the morning of 7th January in Japan.
Translating to English from Japanese.
7th January 2013.
Next, it is sports topics by announcer Sugiura.
It is as for Mao Asada, isn't it?
Yes, please look this panel.
Mao Asada won the championship in all 4 competitions, such as 'Cup of China' ,NHK Trophy, GP Final and Japan Nationals, which she participated to in this season.
As for her, it seems that the strength came back, isn't it?
Yes, it seems so. But, in her heart, in fact, Mao Asada has a wish which she can never abandon.
In 2013, In 2013, she starts to challenge for achieving that wish.
Asada: "There is no end, but I think that I must always continue to improve for aiming to be better."
Asada showed the remarkable activities in this season. Fascinating the audience with bright and comical performance, she won the championship in all events one by one and won the championship in GP Final after 4 years interval, too.
Asada: "Before the season starts, I had worried what degree I would be able to do with and what degree I would be able to recover to previous level till. When I was in such thinking, the season started, but I could get better results which I was worried about. Because it seems that I have been able to make the bridgehead at last, I think that I can connect it to the future."
What gave her the good results was the training which she had continued to do for recovering her original performance. The improvement of skating skill and the practice of ballet, etc. which had been taken in for improving the expression ability, bore fruits.
Asada: "I feel that I became to be able to use switching the various performances, such as the smooth skating, the powerful skating and the various look. I feel what I had corrected for 2 years became my power finally. I feel that all became a part of my ability although I detoured.
I feel that all became a part of my ability although I made a detour."
While getting the skating skill and the expression ability high evaluation, Asada felt unsatisfying. It is her feeling to the triple Axel jump which may be able to say as her pronoun.
Asada is going to start the new challenge for recovering her triple Axel which she has frozen so far in this season.
Asada: "Although I didn't miss almost in GP Final, I felt unsatisfying somewhat because there is consciousness to be lacking something. So, my pleasure is about half, too."
Asada: "For getting true pleasure, I think that I need to recover the skill of the jump which I had ever been able to jump. For that, I think that I would like to confirm the skill of triple Axel jump and to improve the reliability of triple-triple combination jump. As for the season of 2013, it starts from the 4 Continents, but I would like to do my best aiming at perfect comeback."
I was impressed from her feeling but she seems to be not able to satisfy herself if she can't jump the triple-Axel even if she repeats a victory, doesn't she?
She will be thinking about it so deeply, won't she?
We also have the feeling that we would like to see that, haven't we?
Asada plans to participate to the 4 Continents next month and to the Worlds in March.
That's all, it was sports.
"Mao Asada aims at perfect comeback."
Thank you for the translation, good luck Mao!
She'd better start with rotating easier triples first.
If she wants to add it I hope she does it just for the LP. In the past she'd mess up in the SP and would be completely out of the running going into the LP. She should play it smart and add it to the LP only.
So much focus on the 3A...does she ever plan to include a 3-3 in her program?
Very nasty, Ziggy! +
But I definitly think there is a grain of truth in it. Mao has my deep for working on the triple axel again, but I think it will only make sense, if her other jumps have vastly improved since the GP-series. If not, I can hardly imagine how she will fully rotate a triple axel and another downgraded jump certainly won't help her. Unless Mao nails that triple axel 90 % in practice, so she'd know it should work out in competition, I think it's only worth going for it, if you have a solid basis on the other jumps. Otherwise I'd say it's too risky.
In all those wins she really didn't display the jumping talent that would indicate a 3a is realistic.
That's my first instinct as well. Every time she over focuses on the 3axel she misses the easier stuff and that 3axel doesn't even materialize.
she will be more motivated to succeed this time around. she was so at the Olympics and following Worlds as she believed the jump was her biggest weapon against Yuna. apparently she is back in that mindset and Yuna's success is lighting a fire in her. I will not be surprised if she comes close to fully rotate it at Worlds, but with UR's or pops in one of the flips or others.
this time we're also close to the Olympics.
I don't think she will - she has shown that she prefers 3-3s that end with 3lp. Because of IJS I don't think anyone is going to do a triple anything-3lp and get that 3Lp called fully rotated, so what's the point in trying? Both Asada and Ando have done great 3Lps on the back half of a combination and yet had them downgraded.
I think 3something-3T is probably a bigger risk than the 3A at this point for her, so i can see why she's chosing to try the 3A in the SP. 2A with +1 GOE average is worth 3.8. 3A< with -2GOE is worth 4points, even with -3GOE is't worth 3....seems like a no brainer in terms of a gamble if she's close enough on the rotation.
At this point 3F+2Lp is 6.6 compared to most ladies favoured 3T+3T which is 8.2 base value so she needs to make up at least the BV difference. If she lands the 3A then the 4.8 points difference more than makes up for it....though it barely closes the gap on 3Lz+3T.
From the second interview translated by Akira Andrea:
Just for info Mao Asada did a 3A yesterday during her short program in exhib yesterday although it was cheated and double-footed:
Still, if she wants to land it at some point in competition, she has to start somewhere....
I just don't want her to do what she did back in 2010 and make everything about the 3A. If this season has taught her anything it's that her overall skating is amazing and as long as she backs it up with solid jumps, she'll do well. For that reason I feel like she should be focusing on rotating her current layout of jumps. With only 3 and 4 triples she's getting 120+...if she can consistently rotate 6 or 7 triples, maximize her levels on everything else, and deliver her programs the way she has been, she has a great chance of winning or at least putting pressure on Yu-Na to deliver.
Mao should focus on being clean and executing well. Gambling with the 3A is hit or miss, though mostly miss b/c she hasn't done it in a long time. In the past she's shot herself in the foot in the SP by messing it up. The error in the SP basically takes her out of the running for the a medal. If she wants to do the 3A, she should go back to featuring it in the LP, at least that way she won't have to fight her way out of a huge hole in the LP.
There is footage of her on YT landing pretty good 3A (fully rotated or close) both at GPF and JP Nats during training sessions, so it seems she is able to do it in training at least.
As for the Japanese media, they are absolutely obsessed by Mao's 3A and Hanyu and Takahashi's quads, and this obsession knows no bounds at present There is not one bit of news about either of these athletes that doesn't mention Mao's quest for getting the 3A back into her program, or Takahashi's struggle with getting his 4T back - and Hanyu's ease with it. Overall, I think Japanese skaters right now are lucky that the sport as grown so popular in their country, but it also has its drawbacks....
I agree about not trying it in the SP. However, I have to disagree about 2010. That 3A won her an Olympic silver medal and a world title. How can that be considered not good enough?
Skaters do have their favorite jumps. Some skaters are able to do more difficult jumps more easily than simple ones -e.g. Viktor Petrenko's strongest jump was the 3A; Kristi Yamaguchi could do a 3Lz-3t combination, but not be able to do a simple 3sal consistently.
With the COP punishing the skaters for a slight ur, the risk in 3A is greater now than it was in 2006. So it makes sense for Mao to not try that in the SP, but I don't see why she should not go for the high risk high reward situation in the LP.
I honestly think if Mao had put as much effort into other aspects of her skating that season (ie. spins, choreography, other jumps) as she did into the 3A she'd have had a much better chance of beating Yu-Na. Yu-Na had a great balance of the technical and the artistic, while Mao was heavily leaning toward the technical side of things. Her programs were built around the 3A. Right around the time Mao was starting to do better on her lutz, she and TAT abandoned it in favor of the 3A and we didn't see it again for nearly two years. Mao was still doing her 3F-3L. If she had worked on getting some extra height and really finishing the rotation she could have made that work. Just imagine what Vancouver would have been like if Mao had correct edge lutzes, a 3-3 and a 3A.
My point is her balance in 2010 was very one-sided b/c of the 3A. I love that she has two lovely programs this year and I don't want to see her sacrifice that side of her skating to accommodate the 3A...which is what happened last time that jump became her focus.
Those lovely programs are not technically strong enough to win. She needs a higher point getter, and since she cannot do the lutz correctly, she needs to do what she CAN do- the 3A. I am not sure that she would have been able to improve the lutz enough to get full points. She was better off doing what she already did well. If she has a 3A and a 3f-3R or 3f-3t combination, she should be good technically.
On the contrary, underrotated jumps are punished LESS now, since a jump is not downgraded unless it's 1/2 turn underrotated. Back in 2006, jumps got downgraded for being more than 1/4 turn underrotated. So I think it's a worthwhile risk for Mao to take as long as she can pull off *almost* 3-1/2 rotations and stay upright. The biggest issue will be her head getting in the way as she gets ready to take off on her first 3A in competition when she's been doing the 2A all season. Practice is one thing, competition is quite another.
Vash01, I'm in total agreement with both of your aforementioned statements. Also I agree with the poster that stated the 3axel's value should be raised for the women alone, because only one woman currently does it (Mao), thus marking its extreme rarity and therefore its value should go up. Jmho.
By the way, since initially hearing about Mao adding back the 3axel, I've been over at youtube watching old glorious videos, my favorite being this one as concerns Mao's 3axel (textbook perfect per commentator Susie Wynne): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-sHFceaGEY
Mao's spins and foot work are superior to Yuna's... It not like she is going to be about to get a level 5 on them....
This video is the topics on TV in the morning of 8th January in Japan
Translating to English from Japanese
This corner starts from today.
My Sports: Mai Sports
At the Super News, in the super news, it provides a sport corner every week on Monday.
Yes, the name of the new corner is My Sports. Please, Mai Asada!
Mai: "Nice to meet you! I will work hard being spirited from today. In this corner, I would like to introduce to you enough the attractiveness of various sports and the athletes which I have covered actually."
Mai Asada (24, from Nagoya city, she had ever played an active part in figure skating with her young sister Mao. Having left from competitions for the eligible player now, she sometimes participates to ice show etc.)
She will do the role to draw out their various feelings by telling them her various feelings.
I think that there is something which it can't relay except Mai there.
In the various categories of sports, what topics did you select for your first news corner?
Mai: "The first corner is here. I went to cover the figure skating. As a sports caster, I interviewed my younger sister Mao Asada who won the championship in the Japan Nationals in the end of last year enough.
Mai: "Look, please!"
Mai: "Today, I came to this Makomanai Ice Arena. The Japan Nationals will hold here.
Mai: "What I selected for the first corner is the figure skating which I had continued for 15 years since 7 years old. I had been to Japan Nationals which was held last month."
Mai: "I paid attention to my younger sister Mao Asada this time. Although she faced the competition, freezing the triple Axel of her pronoun in this season, she won the championship in GP series after 5 years interval, namely, she won the championship in all of three events, such as Cup of China, NHK Trophy, GP Final. She is showing the comeback from last season which ended in the 6th place in the Worlds."
Short Program in 22nd December
Mai: "But, she started with 2nd place because there were jump miss etc. in the short program. So, I would like to hope come-from-behind victory in the free skating."
Free Skating in 23th December
Mai: "She achieved the championship for two seasons running in the Japan Nationals. She was designated to the Japan Representative for the Worlds which is held in March, too."
Mai: "Thank you very much."
Then, at 24th December
Mai: "To such Mao, I prepared a surprise. In the Christmas Eve after ending the exhibition of the next day of the competition, I opened a small victory celebration of only our sister."
Mai: "Congratulations!"
Mao: "Thank you!"
Mai: "Congratulations on your victory in the Japan Nationals!"
Mao: "Yes"
Both: "Merry Christmas! Cheers!"
Mai: "Oh! Delicious! It's easy to drink!
Mao: "No!"
Mai: "How do you think about this liquor?"
Mao: "I only feel that this is just 'liquor'."
Mai: "It is 24th December today. It is Christmas Eve! After what years interval will we spend a time on Christmas Eve at only us in this way?"
Mao: "It is since my sixth grade of an elementary school. Because I have participated to Japan Nationals since around the sixth grade of an elementary school, I have not had Christmas Day."
Mai: "Yes, it is. Always you were not in the home in around Christmas Day."
Mai: "The season continues, but the last competition of this year was finished. How did you think about your condition in the competition?"
Mao: "The first half of the season 2012 finished. In the time of the beginning of the season, I started, having an anxious feelings about what degree I can recover to my previous condition, as for the level and the performance. But now, finishing the first half of the season, I think that I got better results than I expected for. Therefore, next, I think that I may be able to arrive at my goal finally by aiming at something upper moreover from there. I am thinking that the base for my performance may have been completed at last."
Mai: "'The base was completed.' As for the intendment of this phrase, it goes back until 2010. Mao who seemed as if she finished her best season, such as winning the silver medal in the Vancouver Olympics and winning the championship in the Worlds, decided on redoing a skating and a jump from the basics."
Mai: "You challenged to correcting a jump, but I think that to correct a jump was as difficult as the right-handed person changes into the lefty if saying simple, because you had already continued to perform a jump in your own style for about ten years. What is the biggest reason to have determined that you would correct your jump?"
Mao: "At the time, I was suffering about the jump. In my childhood, I could do a jump even if I thought of nothing, because my body was light, too.
Because I had grown taller since then and had sometimes felt strong pressures by various factors, I think that it made the timing etc. of my jump change gradually. Then, in the combination jump etc., it became difficult to perform the jump as I wished to. I began to feel sense of incongruity to my jump."
Mao: "However, as for Vancouver Olympics, I intended to have accomplished it anyhow by having a lot of practice to practice. Anyhow, I succeeded in the triple Axel, but I felt that that was the limits of my own skill already. Therefore, as soon as ending the Vancouver Olympics, I thought that I would like to correct my jump."
Mai: "By the determination which was firmed as soon as ending of Vancouver Olympics, she was apprenticed to the coach Nobuo Sato and began to correct her skating from the basics. But, of course, she can't get the result soon. She spent the involuntary season for two consecutive years and had even left a rink temporarily. It was freezing her triple Axel in the competition that Mao had decided, greeting this season.
Mai: "In this season, you started without the triple Axel, but had you decided it in your mind?"
Mao: "I had been practicing so as to add some elements other than Axel since last season and had practiced so as to leave only the good feeling while decreasing the practice of the triple-Axel in this season, but I was in the situation that I can't be conscious of only the Axel specially because it was unstable as for the other elements except Axel in last season, too. Because I thought that I would like to ascertain my base without the triple Axel for the present. This is the reason which I froze the triple Axel in this season. Moreover, it is because there was fear that it mayn't get approval as the triple Axel in the competition because the success probability of it in practice wasn't high enough yet."
Mai: "You have continued figure skating for a long time. Everybody is apt to associate the triple Axel, when saying 'Mao-chan', but you dared to make your triple Axel freeze in this season. Were there any big motive to do like that in your mind?"
Be continued to
"My Sports: Mai caster interviewed her younger sister Mao Asada as her first job."
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Amidst the destruction and devastation, Haitians come together for a peaceful march.
Aid helicopters drop food onto crowds of Haitians.
U.S. helicopters carrying food hovered above the ground in one area of the battered Haitian capital on Saturday, flinging out boxes to the anxious crowd.
10:54 p.m. -- People looking for loved ones in Haiti are posting their pictures on CNN.com's iReport page dedicated to them. Likewise, people in Haiti are sending messages out to say they're OK.
Her braids, dusty from the rubble around her, poked out from the small opening where she lay crying in pain, her right leg pinned under a heavy piece of metal.
Airlines, uncertain about when commercial service to disaster-ravaged Haiti will resume, are organizing relief flights and offering incentives to customers who donate to aid organizations.
CNN's John Vause reports on the grief and anger many parents still feel, a year after China's deadly earthquake.
In one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.
In one big jolt, the worst earthquake to hit China in 32 years changed the lives of millions of people in the nation's heartland.
Rescue workers have pulled a body from underneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Cologne, Germany, police spokeswoman Astrid Gelss told CNN.
Emergency workers are on the scene in Cologne, Germany, after a historic archive building collapsed.
Search crews have rescued nine more passengers who survived a ferry capsizing off the coast of Indonesia, though more than 230 people are still missing.
Search and rescue operations resumed Monday after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized off the coast of Indonesia the day before, authorities said.
Rescuers in Galveston, Texas, were going door-to-door Saturday to check on the estimated 20,000 people who failed to flee Hurricane Ike, which has slowed to tropical storm status.
iReporter Tony Hooks gives viewers a first-hand view of the rain and wind as Ike storms through Houston.
A ship carrying U.N. relief supplies, including food and water, arrived Friday in the hurricane-ravaged Haitian city of Gonaives, an official with the United Nations' World Food Programme said.
CNN's Anjali Rao speaks with UNICEF's Michael Bociurkiw about the need for more funds in Myanmar.
CNN's Eunice Yoon shows how survivors in the quake-hit Chinese province of Sichuan are coping with trauma.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China Saturday to observe earthquake relief efforts, China's state-run news agency reported.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Friday that a devastating earthquake in southwest China destroyed or heavily damaged 436,000 properties leading to 4.8 million homeless, according to official figures.
Refugees from China's massive earthquake wait for news of missing family members. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.
ITN's Paul Davies reports on rescue and aid efforts in China.
Myanmar is hosting an international donors' conference in Bangkok to raise money. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Myanmar on Sunday to guide a conference with international agencies aimed at boosting donations for the cyclone-struck nation, now that its ruling military junta has agreed to accept aid.
A strong aftershock early Sunday rattled areas still reeling from last week's massive earthquake in China, shaking frayed nerves of survivors and slowing rescue and relief efforts.
Villagers in Myanmar struggle to begin recovery efforts following a cyclone that tore through the region.
As the government's own aid efforts fall short, the Buddhist monks are joining other private citizens in taking up the slack
More than 18,000 people are reported buried under rubble in just one earthquake-hit city of China as teams of rescuers battle through power cuts, mudslides and heavy rain in desperate efforts to reach them
The ruling junta will accept aid only with conditions. Should the U.S. strike to avert a humanitarian disaster?
Crews searching for any sign of six miners trapped for more than three weeks are "hoping a miracle could happen," a federal official told lawmakers Wednesday, while another hole was drilled to insert a robotic camera into the mountain.
Efforts to reach six men trapped in a collapsed coal mine in Utah were "wiped out" Tuesday by what the mine operator's CEO called continuing "seismic and tectonic activity."
A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed Friday near San Clemente Island in the Pacific Ocean, killing at least one of the four people aboard, a Navy spokesman told CNN.
Rescue teams resumed searching Wednesday for a missing jetliner over northern Indonesia, a day after authorities erroneously reported the Boeing 737's wreckage had been found and that a dozen people may have survived.
Dozens of villages containing hundreds of thousands of people have received little or no aid nearly four weeks after a devastating earthquake hit Pakistan and India.
More than a week into the relief effort after the South Asia earthquake, a U.N. official says the situation remains grave and the effort is facing daunting problems.
Torrential rains caused authorities to temporarily ground relief flights Sunday following the crash of a Pakistani army helicopter that killed six people.
Guatemalan authorities called off the search Tuesday for bodies in Panabaj, where between 600 and 1,000 people may be buried under a mudslide that obliterated the town five days earlier.
Frustration is mounting in Pakistan and India over the pace of relief efforts in the earthquake zone with many remote regions still not accessible after Saturday's tremor struck.
The U.N. secretary-general has praised the international community for its response in assisting earthquake victims in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
They look like big, high-tech toys. But robotic airplanes and helicopters with cameras, microphones and sensors can provide crucial information for emergency responders in the aftermath of disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Countries and international agencies -- including several coping with major adversities themselves -- have offered money and supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The U.S. government has received offers of aid from dozens of nations across the globe in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the State Department said.
After touring Gulf Coast states affected by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush on Friday night signed a $10.5 billion relief package passed by Congress to help victims of the massive storm.
Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast, tired and angry people stranded at the convention center in New Orleans welcomed a supply convoy carrying food, water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy.
The Senate convened in special session Thursday night and approved a $10.5 billion disaster relief request from the Bush administration to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco said Thursday she has requested the mobilization of 40,000 National Guard troops to restore order and assist in relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
Victims of Hurricane Katrina -- some of whom escaped with only their lives -- soon will get help from a massive federal relief effort led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pentagon.
Indonesia's defense minister says his country has no intention of expelling foreign troops helping the country recover from the tsunami disaster but merely hopes to take over most of the relief effort by the end of March.
A U.S. Navy helicopter participating in tsunami relief efforts crashed on approach to the airfield at Banda Aceh early Monday, with all 10 aboard suffering minor injuries, a Navy spokesman said.
High-ranking international officials have toured regions hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis to see firsthand the devastation that has prompted one of the world's biggest relief efforts.
South Asian countries will need $977 million in cash assistance over the next six months to recover from the tsunami disaster, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the United States is throwing its financial and military weight into southern Asian relief efforts not to gain favor in the Islamic world but because it's what Americans do.
A U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived Monday in Bangkok, Thailand, on the first stop of a tour to the tsunami-devastated regions of southern Asia.
A U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Colin Powell was expected to arrive Monday in Bangkok, Thailand, on the first stop of a tour to the tsunami-devastated regions of southern Asia.
Relief workers are struggling to reach areas cut off by last week's Indian Ocean tsunamis, as the death toll mounts and hope of finding thousands of missing people fades.
Before leaving Sunday on a U.S. mission to tsunami-ravaged southern Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell sharply rebutted criticism that the initial U.S. response to the disaster was slow and inadequate.
U.S. corporations are contributing millions of dollars in relief aid to tsunami-hit Asia. The following is a list of those that have taken steps to provide aid to the victims who are in need of funds, food and medicine following this weekend's disaster:
Gargantuan global relief efforts are gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations donate money, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
U.N. relief workers have arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province to find devastation in the region closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that spawned Sunday's killer tsunamis.
One of the world's largest relief efforts is gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations make more donations of funding, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
One of the world's largest relief efforts gained momentum Tuesday as countries and aid organizations made more donations of money, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
The United Nations' emergency relief coordinator said Tuesday that the international response to the tsunami catastrophe in southern Asia has been "very generous" despite earlier comments in which he called some nations "stingy."
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Date: Saturday, October 20, 2012
Duration: All Day
Broadway Reach: Members Open House Weekend
Saturday, October 20–Sunday, October 21, Participating Institutions
Institutions along Broadway share a common goal of bringing education, culture, and entertainment to our community. These organizations unite in creation of the Broadway Reach, a cultural destination linked by Broadway Street, offering an exciting mixture of activities for San Antonio's residents and visitors. Along the reach, we offer a wide array of opportunities for families to enjoy art, history, nature, and more. To celebrate establishment of the Broadway Reach, participating institutions are providing FREE admission to any member of participating organizations the weekend of October 20–21. Simply show your McNay membership card to take advantage of this special opportunity. In addition, all venues will sell new memberships with a $10 discount on that weekend.
Broadway Reach Members are:
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San Antonio Botanical Garden
San Antonio Children's Museum
San Antonio Museum of Art
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Did Not Appreciate Thorne's ROBO Chamber call for Narum
Original post made by Voter on Apr 23, 2013
Comments (22)
on Apr 23, 2013 at 1:02 pm
Huh, the unions are supporting Sanwong. The union money will go to Sanwong!
on Apr 23, 2013 at 2:30 pm
I did not appreciate Thorne's Robo call either. Narum gets a lot of money from those developers who is interested in building high density housing in Pleasanton. So Sanwong is getting union money, Narum is getting developer money. Interesting....
on Apr 23, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Sick of Pleasanton "newbies" who don't understand that it was developers that helped build Pleasanton into what they enjoy today - built the infrastructure, built the commerce and homes that provide the affluent tax base that funds/funded the very things they enjoy..and many of these developers live and play in Pleasanton to this day - thank them.
on Apr 23, 2013 at 6:20 pm
I'm LOLing at the Miller people (person, maybe?)who has been trying to deflect criticism away from Miller by posting identical complaints about the other candidates. Real mature, guy(s?)!
LOL on you!
on Apr 23, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Miller seems to get the support of narrow minded, scary religious types. Does Miller want creationism in public schools? Who knows?
on Apr 23, 2013 at 8:15 pm
If I have to vote for Miller to keep Pleasanton classy and white then AMEN so be it! Let Oaklanders stay where they belong, and let the United Nations go wage war on Africa or something. What's wrong with creationism in school? Only a liberal heathen elitist could be against GOD in our schools.
on Apr 23, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Looks like there are a few people worried about a candidate that isn't funded by special interests, who might actually represent the citizens here and not the vested interests. Doesn't surprise me. Love the baseless accusations that are designed to scare people - is that because you can't deal with the issues??
on Apr 24, 2013 at 9:22 am
Funny how Miller suddenly pretends he isn't getting all this outside financial backing from scary fringe political tea-bagger types.
on Apr 24, 2013 at 10:31 am
Attacking one's personal beliefs.
It,s sicking to read many of the post on this page about Miller and GOD. This election is about who can best represent the people of Ptown and not about GOD.
If you do not agree with his views that's fine do not vote for him.
But GOD is not running so please stop attaching him.
on Apr 24, 2013 at 10:43 am
Oh lessismore is so correct. This use to be a good White God fearing nation. Now, the whole world is turning into Oakland and we have only one candidate who is willing to stand up to the threat of the United Nations to take over our preciuos town. The way I see it, a vote for Miller is a vote for God and against the UN. Keep the world out of P-Town!
on Apr 24, 2013 at 11:16 am
What does the UN have to do with Pleasanton council ? ? ? Get real.
Pleasanton Council is not for wannabes to experiment with and "USE" our city mike, hoping to gain cred for 'PARTISAN' office. "Fighting', for the sake of fighting, does nothing to improve our Pleasanton neighborhoods.
Any egostical wannabe who doesn't have the decency to spend the time to 'SERVE' on Pleasanton COMMITTEES and BOARDS, BEFORE daring to run for council,needs to be taught the process, and learning curve. I do NOT want a mouthy egomanic experimenting at the council level...bad, looks like we might already have one of those anyway.
on Apr 24, 2013 at 11:27 am
The way I see it, a vote for Miller keeps the United Nations enforced bicyclists off our streets. They're a menace, and soon all the helmets will have to be a sickening sky blue, as in United Nations blue. Just how many of us want to be surrounded by that?
on Apr 25, 2013 at 5:11 pm
I did not appreciate the call either. If there is going to be a call. it should come from the candidate herself, not the Mayor.
on Apr 25, 2013 at 6:44 pm
I got 2 calls from Thorne and one from Miller. Which is worse, I don't know, but I will Vote for Olivia.
And personally, I don't know anyone that voted for Thorne so he could use his title to advertise for his cronies.
on Apr 28, 2013 at 6:20 am
It is time to get the facts out. Narum has done some volunteer work, sure. But she is a stay at home mom. I am not knocking that, but Miller is the primary support of his family.
Miller did not have time to be a park or trails commissioner, he has a job and pays his bills. Lets not put people down because they work to support their family, versus volunteering for jobs just to keep busy.
on Apr 28, 2013 at 7:47 am
If Miller did not have time to be a parks & rec commissioner which is one meeting per month, how in the heck is he going to have time to be on the Council, attend all the meetings and read the stacks of paper?
on Apr 28, 2013 at 1:48 pm
To just wondering; It's not so. Kook-Calio never served on any Commissions. She works full-time. She was elected without volunteer experience in this Community. She mamages to attend meetings and read her stack of papers.
on Apr 28, 2013 at 9:03 pm
The hate speech coming from the citizens of PTown is unbecoming. It doesn't convince anyone to vote for anyone. The loosey goosey throwing around of words and NO facts to destroy others is obnoxious.
Robo calls are part of the election process. If people don't want to listen to them then don't. Mailers and yard signs are also a part of the process as are endorsements and walking precincts. Soon May 7 will be here and we can all go back to trying to be neighborly.
on Apr 28, 2013 at 10:01 pm
Well put....!!
on Apr 30, 2013 at 6:38 pm
Olivia HAS volunteer experience, current business experience, lived in the community for decades, and has a fresh perspective. She is a leader who knows how to solve problems. It takes courage to step forward and challenge the "old guard". That is a characteristic of someone who knows how to lead.
There are many skills sets to serving. One must be able to work well with others and listen to all, especially those who traditionally don't show up to meetings, (because maybe they are busy raising their families, getting kids to school and working on establishing themselves). Then consider the best solution for Pleasanton.
Mark your ballots for Olivia for City Council and mail them today. They are postage paid. Remember they must be in by May 7, postmarks don't count. If you can't mail it by Thursday then take them to the City Clerk's office at 123 Main Street by 5:00 on Tuesday.
on Apr 30, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Man, thanks for pointing out that Miller can't possibly take on any more than his current job. His hands are full, and he doesn't multi-task well, or take on learning and researching easily.
on Apr 30, 2013 at 11:50 pm
Interesting how you act like a woman and try to twist my words. David does not have spare time to be filled with busy work. He will do the job well, if elected. He just doesn't have hours and hours of time like a stay at home mom with NO kid at home any more.
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In a move that could keep players and owners at odds, teams will start to use restricted free-agent tenders, starting with the Panthers.
According to PFW correspondent and Rock Hill Herald writer Darin Gantt, the Panthers will place the RFA tenders on RB DeAngelo Williams and DE Charles Johnson. The Panthers placed the franchise tag on C Ryan Kalil on Tuesday.
If another team offers Williams or Johnson more money, the Panthers have the right to match it or receive draft-pick compensation.
The issue with these tenders is that teams do not know if they will be binding under the labor uncertainty and how they will work in a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. With last year being uncapped, players with four or five years of service can get the tender, even though they would be unrestricted in other capped years.
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An agent told ESPN's Adam Schefter, in regards to teams using RFA tenders, "The boxing gloves are on." The NFLPA is already against the use of franchise tags because of the labor uncertainty, and the tenders are another way of teams restricting what their free agents can do.
For the Panthers, this allows them security in terms of holding on to Williams and Johnson. Williams played in only eight games last season, rushing for 361 yards, but he is only 27 years old and has two 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Johnson recorded a team-high 11½ sacks in 2010.


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Around 8:20 p.m. the Van Wert Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a mother reporting that her son had driven into the high water on St. Rd. 49, south of Piqua Rd. and was stuck there. The driver of the vehicle, Jared Moses, went around barricades on the road and crossed one section of flooded highway and was trying to get through a second flooded area when the car stopped in the water which was a foot-and-a-half feet deep across the road.
When deputies arrived, Moses was still inside the car. He climbed out onto the top of the car at the request of a deputy. Moses advised authorities that only his feet were wet and he was otherwise fine.
The Willshire Fire Department and the Wren squad arrived next on the scene. The Van Wert Fire Department was also dispatched for a water rescue. A Samaritan helicopter was put on standby and was later requested to fly to the Wren ballpark.
Moses soon notified personnel that he could no longer feel anything from the waist down from the cold as he was not dressed to be exposed to cold temperatures for a long period of time. A crew from the Van Wert Fire Department soon arrived with a boat. Rescuers took the boat out to the vehicle which was about 50 yards from the edge of the water on the roadway. Moses was rescued from the stranded vehicle and was checked over by paramedics.
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Hilton Head Island offers many unique boutiques and stores for locals and those on vacation, who are looking for something wonderful to take home. With the addition of a new women's boutique at Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina, there's yet one more stop on your Hilton Head shopping spree.
Opened by the owner of Christmas on the Harbour, also located at Shelter Cove, Seasons offers stylish resort wear, tops, skirts, maxi dresses, purses, jewelry and other accessories. The inventory will refresh each season to allow shoppers to find new pieces throughout the year. Seasons' clothing is also selected to be easy to care for and travels well for visitors who will bring their purchases home with them in a suitcase.
Owner Bonnie Kriscovich and April Hinton, store manager, jumped at the opportunity to open a women's boutique in the waterfront shopping area. "We are going to host trunk shows and really create relationships with our clients," says Hinton. "I really want people to say 'I want to go check out what April just got in!'"
You'll find Seasons located between Christmas on the Harbour and Neptune's Niche at Shelter Cove. The store opens daily at 10 a.m. with variable closing hours depending on the season. For more information on hours or items in store, please call (843)-842-9911 or email email@example.com.
While you're shopping, be sure to enjoy lunch or dinner at one of the new restaurants at Shelter Cove Harbour. Mediterranean Harbour Bar & Grill serves homemade Lebanese cuisine, while La Fontana Waterfront Grill & Pizzeria offers Nepalese style cuisine and pizzas. Both Hilton Head restaurants offer outdoor seating and bars with views of Broad Creek.
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More than 150 artists and crafts will set up at Shelter Cove to display their works and offer demonstrations. Be sure to see the Rock 'n Roll Potter who works on his pottery wheel while accompanied by rock tunes! Other art media include clothing, baskets, jewelry, candles, sculpture, leather works, stained glass, water color, photography and more. Prices range from as little as $25 to $30,000!
The annual art festival is a great place to add to your art collection or pick up a unique hand-crafted souvenir. New this year is an art giveaway of a photograph by James Gary Richmond of a Hilton Head beachside scene. Register to win during the show and listen for the winner during the final hour.
You can also enjoy live music this weekend at Shelter Cove from 1-4 p.m. by steel drum band Positive Vibrations along with concerts by Shannon Tanner both nights at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Be sure to browse all of the unique stores at Shelter Cove and enjoy dinner at one of its fine restaurants. Many offer outdoors seating or water views of beautiful Broad Creek.
Have you ever found any great pieces at the annual art show? Have a great Memorial Day weekend!
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It's the season again to dance the night away as the sun sets over gorgeous Broad Creek. The popular Music and Taste on the Harbour series returns to Shelter Cove Harbour for two months of great food and entertainment every Thursday.
From 6-9 p.m., each Thursday evening from March 27-May 22, local musicians will perform at Neptune Statue while Shelter Cove restaurants will set up nearby, offering food and drink specials. At the kickoff event, Thursday, March 27, all five Shelter Cove restaurants, including the new La Fontana Waterfront Grill & Pizzeria, San Miguel's Mexican Cafe, Bistro 17, Ela's Blu Water Grille and Scott's Fish Market, will serve light appetizers and offer drink specials as The Headliners perform.
You can also sit down for a lovely dinner at any of the above restaurants, which offer fantastic water views of the harbour along with casual dining featuring outstanding fare. Newest to join Shelter Cove Harbour is La Fontana Waterfront Grill & Pizzeria serving Italian food and offering a brand new outdoor deck and bar. Be sure to wander through all the boutique shops and stroll along the marina during your visit.
For the remaining Thursdays, two Shelter Cove Harbour restaurants will set up in tents near the performance with light appetizers and drink specials for patrons.
The entertainment schedule for Music and Taste on the Harbour is:
All of the events are free and weather permitting. Please note that no coolers or outside food are allowed, and limited seating is available, so you're encouraged to bring your own chairs. Take a look at this video from a past event to see how much fun it is:
If you'll be on the island this spring, be sure to plan to spend your Thursday evenings at Shelter Cove Harbour!
Dunes House or Big Jim's BBQ, Burgers & Pizza restaurant at the Robert Trent Jones course to have your full Thanksgiving dinner – with all the trimmings – prepared for you, no dishwashing required!
If this sounds like a Thanksgiving dream come true, think about heading to Palmetto Dunes this Turkey Day. Reserve one of our beautiful vacation homes or villas for your immediate or extended family. Many of our luxury Hilton Head vacation homes have 5 and 6 bedrooms to make sure everyone has plenty of space, but can still gather round the TV for football or large dining table should you decide to stay in and order from our Gourmet Thanksgiving To-Go.
You'll have several options for Thanksgiving dinner if you spend the holiday with us. The oceanfront Dunes House will be hosting their annual Thanksgiving Buffet from 11 a.m-5 p.m. on Thursday, November 28. Choose from a variety of starters, sides, entrees and desserts. Does Crab Stuffed Salmon or Brown Sugar Glazed Sweet Potatoes tickle your fancy? How about Pumpkin Pie or Pecan Pie for dessert? They'll also have the traditional roast turkey, as well as classic Turkey Day sides like green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes with gravy.
Seating is limited for this popular buffet, so reserve early by calling 843-686-9136. Reservations required. The all-you-can-eat buffet is $29.95/person and $14.95 for kids 12 and younger.
Another choice is a plated Thanksgiving dinner at Big Jim's BBQ, Burgers & Pizza restaurant at the Jones course from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Enjoy a golf course view and stuff yourself full of oyster corn chowder, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, collard greens, pumpkin or pecan pie and more. The dinner is $18.95/person or $9.95 for kids 12 and younger. Reservations are recommended by calling 843-686-9136.
If you'd like to have Thanksgiving dinner in the privacy of your own Hilton Head vacation villa or home, you can order a gourmet dinner to-go from Big Jim's. Your dinner to-go includes roast turkey and top round of beef, choice of three sides, and pumpkin or pecan pie for dessert. You'll need to order by November 24 at 5 p.m. and then pick it up fresh and warm on November 28 starting at 11 a.m. The to-go gourmet dinner is $15/person with a minimum two-person order. You can also just order a whole roast turkey for $35. Call 843-686-9136 to order.
View the complete Thanksgiving Day menus for each restaurant.
Once you've had your fill of delicious food, you'll be fueled and ready for a day of shopping on Black Friday. Head to Shelter Cove Harbour to see Santa on Friday, November 29, when he arrives at noon. Target Band will perform 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., and the Harbour shops will feature special sales.
Not shopping? Enjoy a round of golf on one of our three courses or enjoy a tennis lesson or clinic. We have endless activities during the holidays at Palmetto Dunes for you and your family!
To book your Thanksgiving accommodations, dinner and activities at Palmetto Dunes, give us a call at 866-744-7558. Happy Turkey Day!
Once again this fall, Thursdays at Shelter Cove Harbour mean live music, beautiful sunsets and lots of food and drink! The Music on the Harbour concert series, which brought big crowds to the popular shopping and dining village overlooking Broad Creek last fall and earlier this spring, will return in October for four Thursdays.
From 6-9 p.m., October 3, 10, 17 and 24, local bands will take the stage at Shelter Cove. Get out your dancing shoes and dance the night away as the sun sets behind you over Broad Creek. The Headliners will perform October 3 & 17, while Target Band will entertain on October 10 & 24.
While there's always plenty of dining available at Shelter Cove Harbour when you're ready for dinner, a new addition this fall is Taste on the Harbour which will run at the same time as the concert series. Shelter Cove restaurants will provide small plates of food by Neptune Statue for a sampling of what they have to offer. There will also be drink specials, including $3 beers, $4 wines and $5 cocktails.
The event is entirely free to attend, though it is weather dependent. Stay tuned to the Palmetto Dunes Facebook page and Twitter account for updates and cancellations. Additionally, no coolers or outside food are allowed at the event.
Here's a video of last fall's Music on the Harbour event to give you a sneak peak of the fun you can expect:
See you at Shelter Cove this fall!
Coming down to Hilton Head Island for spring break or the RBC Heritage tournament? We've got a fun outdoor concert series for all ages that Hilton Head vacationers and locals can enjoy every week on Thursday nights. Starting Thursday, April 4 through May 23, Music on the Harbour will host live entertainment on Thursdays at Shelter Cove Harbour.
Each Thursday from 6:00-9:00 p.m., a local band will perform an outdoor concert for free around the King Neptune statue. It's a great opportunity to gather your family and friends and head over to Shelter Cove Harbour for dinner, live entertainment and lovely harbour views and sunsets.
Shelter Cove Harbour offers a range of delicious Hilton Head restaurants, ranging from Italian and Mexican to gourmet and seafood. The restaurants offer fabulous views of Broad Creek, and during Music on the Harbour, the sun will be setting for an even better view of the beautiful boats and marshes! Shelter Cove restaurants will be offering drink specials during the event as well, so hang around after dinner for a drink or two along the water.
Shelter Cove Harbour also offers plenty of shopping, ranging from art galleries and children's apparel to souvenirs and jewelry. Shelter Cove Harbour is also home to Hilton Head Island's largest deep water marina with 170 boat slips and charters for nature cruises, dolphin cruises, sport crabbing and fishing.
Here is the complete line-up for Music on the Harbour with each band performing from 6:00-9:00 p.m.:
Shelter Cove also hosted Music on the Harbour last fall to packed crowds. Take a look at this fun video of the fall concert series:
Music on the Harbour is just the start to a busy entertainment season at Shelter Cove Harbour. The annual HarbourFest kicks off with performances from our much beloved Shannon Tanner, celebrating his 25th year, May 24-26 with two shows at 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Shannon will perform Monday-Friday through Labor Day at Shelter Cove Harbour. Fireworks kick off Tuesday, June 18 at dusk and will continue on a Tuesday night schedule during the summer with a special show on Thursday, July 4.
Need help with your Hilton Head accommodations or want to golf, play tennis, rent bikes and more? Palmetto Dunes is your source for Hilton Head fun! Give us a call at 866-744-7558 and we'll get you set with a Hilton Head vacation rental and all the activities you could imagine!
It never fails. You think you've packed everything you need for a vacation, and then you realize you left your brand new golf glove on the kitchen counter or your new tennis attire in the dryer. Or perhaps you just "feel" like you need a little something new to up your game – and who doesn't want to come home from their Hilton Head vacation with something to add to their wardrobe? Since any purchase doubles as a souvenir, stocking up at our Hilton Head pro shops is totally justifiable. In fact, it's a win-win!
Our Hilton Head tennis pro shop and our Hilton Head golf pro shops offer all the essentials -- from the outfit to the equipment – as well as a few awesome extras. We've picked five great finds at our Pro Shops just in time for your fall or winter Hilton Head vacation and for the holidays.
In our golf pro shops:
1) GARMIN Approach S3 GPS Golf Watch -- The S3 is an innovative GPS golf watch preloaded with more than 27,500 courses domestically. It offers a high-resolution touch-screen display and shows the shape/layout of each green, allowing the user to select hole locations for precise distances. It also displays yardages to doglegs and lay-ups, and allows the user to calculate distances of an individual shot, not just distance to the hole.
2) 9 & Dine Ladies Apparel -- This collection does very well, and we're currently stocking the new fall collection. It offers coordinating tops and skorts for a number of unique looks. 9 & Dine is designed for performance without sacrificing fit or style. In addition, every piece in the collection is made in the USA.
3) Titleist 913D2 & 913D3 Drivers -- Titleist begins shipping new drivers in November, just in time for you to use one on our three Hilton Head golf courses during your vacation! The new 913D2 is a 460cc driver with innovations to the face insert, rear weight and lower CG location that deliver the best combination of speed and forgiveness.
For tennis enthusiasts:
4) TASC Apparel -- Our Tennis Center pro shop recently added logo apparel from TASC, which many of you know stands for Technical All Season Comfort. The fabric used in this clothing line for men and women is light weight, has 4-way stretch, UPF 50+, anti-odor, breathable and moisture wicking.
5) LoveAll Shirts -- The shop also carries a new shirt line for women called LoveAll. These shirts are made for tennis lovers by tennis lovers. They infuse their products with the intimate knowledge of the game and the absolute obsession for the sport. LoveAll's vision is to serve up sizzling merchandise that reflects your passion while remaining divinely comfortable and flattering. Serious and fun; just like you.
What sounds good to you? Any good ideas for holiday gift giving? If you don't see what you need, head over to our Hilton Head pro shops or give us a call at (866) 744-7558 for some ideas and for shipping rates.
There's some great shopping throughout Hilton Head but within Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort there are some must see shops.
Shelter Cove Harbour doesn't just host HarbourFest, Shannon Tanner and summertime fireworks; it's also the home of a variety of interesting shopping. Located on beautiful Broad Creek, the waterfront shopping at Shelter Cove Harbour makes for a fun day! Here are some of the stores you need to peruse the next time you're in town.
Clothing and Accessories
Camp Hilton Head- This cute store has great Hilton Head hats, tees and beach bags. If you're looking for a vacation souvenir, this is the place.
Neptune's Kids- Carries a wide variety of clothing, games and gifts for kids of all ages. Your children will surely fall in love with this store.
Taffeta- If you're looking for a beautiful outfit for a special night out or want to check out the latest fashions from Europe, come on in.
Home and Garden
Christmas on the Harbour- Get in the holiday spirit year round with some of the best Christmas decorations like ornaments, nativities and holiday stem wear.
Neptune's Niche- Unique home and garden accessories as well as a selection of glassware, artwork, jewelry, woodwork, ironwork, pottery and textiles by Lowcountry artists.
Art and Photography
The Golf & Boat Club/ Bolton Smith Gallery- Original artwork by R. Bolton Smith and resort wear.
LaBelle Image Fine Art Gallery- A popular art gallery featuring original work by artist Richard Riverin and unique art to complement the existing décor of your home.
Legacy Design Photographers- Looking to capture your family vacation memories? The team at Legacy can create beautiful images of your children, engagement photos or family reunions!
Nash Gallery- This gallery showcases some beautiful wood, metal, glass, ceramic and handmade jewelry from North American artists.
Salon Shelter Cove- If you're looking for a new do, a blow out or even a Keratin treatment while in town, this salon will help you out. Walk-ins welcome!
Shelter Cove has something for everyone and we hope you spend a day walking in the sun from store to store enjoying the day. Don't forget that there are also 7 wonderful restaurants for you to sit and have lunch and dinner! What's your favorite store in Hilton Head?


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A Colorado woman was impaled by a light pole after she crashed because she was texting and driving.
A state audit released this week shows district attorney's around North Carolina dismissed 23 percent of DWI charges in fiscal year 2011-2012. That audit shows the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office dismissed 47 percent in the same year.
Bruce Lillie oversees DWI cases for the DA in Mecklenburg County. He says the 47 percent figure is inaccurate. Lillie says the fiscal year 2011-2012 audit includes other offenses, for example having an open container. He argues including those other charges inflates the DWI dismissal percentage.
"They're not at a 47 percent dismissal rate. That's just not what our numbers are," Lillie said
Lillie also said that when the state completed its audit, his office began using a new computer system that required him to enter DWI cases from 10, 15, and sometimes 20 years ago. Lillie says those cases are too difficult to prosecute and they also inflate the percentage.
"If you look at the number from the year before and the year after you're going to see what our numbers truly are," he said.
WBTV calculated the numbers and in fiscal year 2010-2011 the DWI dismissal rate was 19.7 percent, and in fiscal year 2012-2013 it was 18 percent.
Charlotte resident Craig Marek says any dismissal rate is troubling. His 23-year-old son, Ian, died in Florida after being hit by a drunk driver.
"I think that's still too high," Marek said.
Marek says even though his son was killed in Florida, he pays close attention to local DWI cases and is upset with the way many are handled.
"Whether someone shoots somebody or they kill them with a car because they were drunk, what's the difference? At the end of the day, someone is dead. A family mourns and yet there's no attention to it," he said.
The woman who hit and killed Ian Marek is serving a 10 year sentence in Florida. Bruce Lillie says DWI cases are a big priority for his office and will continue to be a priority.
To read the audit, click here.
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Here's a clever topic for a doctoral dissertation or at least an academic article: "The Recurrent Doctrinal Hitlerization and Rhetorical Nazification of Everybody the American Empire Hates."
It's quite recurrently evident and absurdly predictable in post-WWII U.S. propaganda. Get on Uncle Sam's wrong side by following an independent path and perhaps even advocating social justice (or whatever else might piss off the empire) within and/or between states and sooner or later one or two or more of his chieftians and propagandists will liken you to Adolph Hitler and your movement or party (or whatever) to the Nazis. The Soviet Union in the Cold War period was commonly analogized to Nazi Germany by the architects of U.S. policy and opinion, no matter the 25 million lives Russia lost in defeating the Third Reich. Stalin (who was bad enough just as Stalin) was Hitler. So was Mao Tse Tung (bad enough as Mao), head of a supposedly new Nazi regime in avoweldy Communist China. The North Koreans were and are Nazis, we are supposed to believe. Same for a Hitler-ized Ho Chi Mihn and the great Vietnamese freedom and independence struggle of the 1950s and 60s. Fidel and Che and Allende were little Latin Hitlers as far as past and current State Departments and White Houses were and are concerned.
Other officially U.S-designated mini-Hitlers and Nazis in my lifetime at least include Ayatollah Khomeni, Quadaffi (sp), the arch sinister American product Manuel Noriega, Daniel Ortega, and of course Saddam Hussein, head of the most immediately targeted state in Bush II's famous "Axis of Evil" (a slightly veiled anaology to the triple fascist alliance of Germany, Japan, and Italy). If Iran's current holocuast-denying president (who is certainly a despicable man) hasn't yet been officially anologized to AH, that's just an oversight and a matter of time.
Now "we" (Americans) have "our" (the empire's) frankly proto-fascist Defense Secretary likening terrible Hugo Chavez, who dares (a) to engage his nation's poor in the political procees; (b) to repudiate U.S.-imposed corporate-economic terrorism (neoliberalism) on Latin American; (c) to work with other regional and world states and leaders (e.g. Fidel, Evo Morales, and othersa) in advancing global equity and independence from Yankee-imperial domination (in both its economic-neoliberal and its related military/territorial-neoconservative guises), to, well, of couse, I mean, who else but….yes, you guessed it…what else …to Hitler.
Here (below) is a recent report containing the new official Hitler-Chavez analogy from CBS News.
Recalling Henry Kissinger's comment that he couldn't help it if the Chilean people were so irresponsible as to democratically elect a Marxist (Allende, who was murdered in a U.S.-supported, Third World-fascist coup on 9/11/1973), please notice Rumsfeld's description of populist and indigenous Bolivian president Evo Morales' recent popular election and (by implication) the emergence of "populist leadership appealing to [imagine! P.S.] masses of people" in Latin America as "worrisome."
Notice also how useful it is for men of American empire to notice that Hitler was once "democratically elected." That's a useful thing for people like Rumsfeld to harp on when their project is all about the subversion of democracy for reasons that put them much closer to the core premises of German fascism than those who dare to resist U.S. dominance.
Some things never change.
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February 3, 2006
AP) Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler, reflecting continuing tension in relations between the United States and the Latin American government.
Rumsfeld, asked during a National Press Club appearance Thursday about indications of a deteriorating general relationship between Washington and parts of Latin America, said he believes such a characterization "misses the mark.
"We saw dictatorships there. And then we saw most of those countries, with the exception of Cuba, for the most part move towards democracies," he said. "We also saw corruption in that part of the world. And corruption is something that is corrosive of democracy."
The secretary acknowledged that "we've seen some populist leadership appealing to masses of people in those countries. And elections like Evo Morales in Bolivia take place that clearly are worrisome."
"I mean, we've got Chavez in Venezuela with a lot of oil money," Rumsfeld added. "He's a person who was elected legally — just as Adolf Hitler was elected legally — and then consolidated power and now is, of course, working closely with Fidel Castro and Mr. Morales and others."
There have been increasing signs of hostility between Washington and Caracas. On Monday Chavez said Venezuela's intelligence agencies have "infiltrated" a group of military officials from the U.S. Embassy who were allegedly involved in espionage.
Venezuelan authorities, including the vice president, have accused officials at the U.S. Embassy of involvement in a spying case in which Venezuelan naval officers allegedly passed sensitive information to the Pentagon.
It was not the first such charge by Chavez.
He has accused President Bush of backing efforts to overthrow his leftist government, and specifically has charged that the United States supported a short-lived coup in 2002, fomented a devastating strike in 2004 and expelled some American missionaries from Venezuela for alleged links to the CIA.
Washington has repeatedly rejected the allegations.
Responding to Venezuela's expulsion of a U.S. naval officer from Caracas, the State Department on Friday declared a senior Venezuelan diplomat persona non grata and gave her 72 hours to leave the country.
Spokesman Sean McCormack said Jeny Figueredo Frias, the embassy chief of staff, has been ordered to leave.
On Thursday, Chavez had said that Venezuela was expelling naval attaché John Correa for allegedly passing secret information from Venezuelan military officers to the Pentagon.
McCormack said the U.S. action was a direct response to Correa's expulsion.
"They initiated this and we were forced to respond," he said.


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A Milford middle school student was arrested after police said he hit a teacher and an officer Friday afternoon.
Officers were called to Westshore Middle School after school administration told police a 13-year-old boy hit a teacher in the face.
When officers arrived at 1:19 p.m., they found the unidentified teenager in a parking lot on Lenox Avenue.
According to police, the teenager became angry and violent toward police. He yelled at the officers, took swings at them and hit one in the left temple, police said.
Investigators said at one point the student threatened take the officer's gun and shoot him with it. The teenager tried to take the gun from the officer, but was unsuccessful.
The teenager was arrested and charged with assault on police officer, interfering with police, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening and breach of peace.
The officer suffered minor injuries and the teenager was taken to an area hospital for medical evaluation.
He is scheduled to appear in juvenile court in the near future.
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Not a strong community presence conveyed by facilities.
I wish there were more theatre productions throughout the year and more student art showcased, but what can I say, I'm an artistic person.
Northeastern has its own athletic center, offering free services to all its students, as well as up to date classroom technology, especially areas involving the Bouve college of Health Sciences. Hockey games usually involve a large part of the campus, and every spring a concert is held for the students which has had past performances of Sara Bareilles, Snoop Lion, Cage the Elephant, and Kid Cudi.
The co-op is great-- we're all pretty motivated around here.
The location of the campus is good. It is close to some famous restaurant and shopping areas. The library is just renovated, which is very very nice.
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The facilities on Northeastern's campus get better by the year. The University places a large emphasis on appearance and makes sure the campus is always looking stellar. Almost every facility or building is equipped with plasma TVs and various forms of entertainment. The Curry Student Center is the perfect place for students to hang out and grab a bite to eat at any of the favorite eateries located on the ground floor, including D'Angelos, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and Freshens Smoothies. Also, on the ground floor, you will find afterHOURS, which serves as a relaxing study environment with its own Starbucks by day and a late-night dancing club or comedy show by night.
The library, also known as "Club Snell," is located right next to the student center and offers four floors of endless books and tables. The top two floors are "quiet floors," and the bottom two are for students who are working in groups or do not mind the noise. If staying fit is one of your priorities, the Marino Center is open almost all day and night. With two big floors of fitness equipment, three large basketball courts, and an indoor track that wraps around the gym, you should have no trouble keeping up with your workout routine. The Cabot Center has a large pool where the swim team practices, and there are times for students to swim during their free time, too. Some of the bigger events on campus (including concerts, educational programs, famous speakers, and fundraisers such as Relay for Life) are held in Matthews Arena, which is also where the hockey and basketball teams play.
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Just to prove that it is possible to start a Cub in the cold weather with nothing special, I'm starting on a series of videos where I'm going to start my '53 Cub.
Today's cold start is at around 32F.
SAE30 engine oil.
To top it off, I do a hand crank start.


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