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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Charlie Strong is a formidable football coach who has driven the University of Louisville program into a Bowl Championship Series game only three seasons after the Cardinals were losing games to Rutgers, South Florida and Kentucky.
He's done excellent work while flipping U of L's record from 4-8 to 10-2 in only three seasons. Strong has delivered change you can believe in, and now has the Cardinals positioned to play Florida in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 2.
But as we await Strong's decision about where he will coach next season, let's not forget that the guy who is most important to the program's recent and future success has been committed to U of L for 15 seasons – and will likely stay 15 more.
That is U of L athletic director Tom Jurich.
Strong is the coach, but Jurich is the general manager. Nobody should ever question Jurich's commitment.
If Strong stays, Jurich will work with his coach to keep building momentum within the program. If Strong leaves, Jurich will find the Next Great Coach and continue the push to maintain a Top 25 program here.
Jurich is the guy who gave Strong his first head coaching opportunity as well as the tools to succeed. Jurich recruited John L. Smith, Bobby Petrino, Rick Pitino, Dan McDonnell, Jeff Walz and so many others in so many sports. Tom Jurich could share recruiting tips with John Calipari. He's been that good.
Jurich is the guy who directed U of L into the safety of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the most critical move made by the program since Bill Olsen recruited Howard Schnellenberger from South Florida nearly three decades ago. Jurich is also the guy who got Louisville into the Big East. Do not forget that was a necessary step to make the ACC pay attention to what has been going on here since Jurich arrived from Colorado State in 1997.
Jurich is the guy who expanded Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. He's the guy who makes certain that Louisville has other five-star facilities to impress recruits. Basketball used to be the first thing people talked about when they discussed U of L athletics. Under Jurich, football no longer sits in the second row.
He's separated the program from places like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It wasn't that long ago when Smith didn't have to think twice about leaving U of L for Michigan State. Petrino bolted for the NFL after four seasons. The decision to leave U of L today isn't nearly as automatic.
That doesn't mean Jurich has not made mistakes. Steve Kragthorpe was a mistake, a mistake Jurich recognized after three seasons and fixed by bringing Charlie Strong here from the University of Florida.
California, Minnesota, Mississippi State and other schools had considered Strong as a head-coaching candidate – and they passed.
Maybe they were not impressed by the way Strong interviewed – or by his interactions with the media. Something had held Strong back. He had done too much good work at Florida to be stuck as a lifetime assistant coach. He built some of the best defenses in the country. He had the Urban Meyer stamp of approval. It didn't make sense.
Jurich looked at Strong's complete resume. He did considerable homework. He asked dozens of questions. He moved on Strong – with his checkbook and his public votes of confidence. He has never backed away with his support.
Charlie Strong has delivered – just as Tom Jurich was convinced that he would. Charlie Strong has done great work here the last three seasons. Tom Jurich has quarterbacked Cardinal football splendidly for the last 15 years.
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Commuters angered by cancellation of Darwen to Accrington bus service
8:00pm Tuesday 25th September 2012 in North West By Dan Clough, Reporter
COMMUTERS have hit out after a long-running bus service connecting Darwen to Accrington was cancelled by Transdev.
For years, the Number One bus service ran from Darwen Cemetery to Accrington town centre, via Blackburn town centre.
But Transdev, which runs the service, has switched it from a Spot On service to a Lancashire United Service, taking passengers from Ewood to Bolton.
The changes came into effect earlier this month meaning that for the first time in years passengers wishing to travel from Accrington to Darwen have to change at Blackburn.
Brian Holliday, 64, of Brecon Road, Intack, said he previously used the bus to go to meetings in Darwen.
He said: "I was stood there waiting for the Number One bus to Darwen and it just never came.
"One driver asked what I was waiting for and then told me I would have to go into Blackburn and change there.
"It was just a shock. This is ridiculous."
Mr Holliday said the bus services in East Lancashire were poor compared to other parts of the country.
He said: "I go to Lincoln quite regularly and their buses are smashing.
"It is so much better in other counties where they run their own bus service and it's not Transdev."
Darwen Coun Dave Smith said he had raised concerns about the changes at a meeting with Transdev bosses.
He said: "They said hardly anyone caught the bus but I thought they were quite busy.
"There's only one Number One bus an hour at night now.
"It also makes things difficult for people who may have got jobs in Darwen or Accrington because they knew the bus link was there.
"It is very disappointing."
A Transdev spokesman said: "It was changed because there are often long delays in Blackburn town centre, so it was felt that by breaking up the service it would speed things up for passengers.
"When reviewed, only three per cent of passengers made the full journey from Darwen to Accrington.
"Splitting it so passengers change in Blackburn will make the service more reliable."
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8:24pm Tue 25 Sep 12
cricketmad says...
The prices have gone up, the service has gone down and we don't even get the nice, new yellow buses, oh no , we get the grubby horrors that smell of wet dogs. Transdev think they have a monopoly on this route, well, they don't, and Pilkingtons are getting busier by the day!
8:35pm Tue 25 Sep 12
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Carl_24 says...
8:53pm Tue 25 Sep 12
cricketmad says...
Carl_24 wrote:Oh yes, delightful! Especially in the pouring rain with no shelter. I particularly like the many and varied wandering drunks that frequent the Boulevard and the slightly menacing beggars, it adds such a continental feel..... If I didn't work there I would avoid it like the plague, hence my desire to get out of after work and not spend 40 minutes chez Boulevard!
Isn't Blackburn lovely!!!!!!
8:56pm Tue 25 Sep 12
frank says...
rubbish ,transdev don't know what reliable is.
try getting from great harwood to burnley or preston using a transdev "connection" you've chance because their service never runs to time.
best to take a sleeping bag and flask when you use this hopeless comnpany.
9:01pm Tue 25 Sep 12
burner says...
9:02pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Malthus says...
9:11pm Tue 25 Sep 12
cricketmad says...
Malthus wrote:I would love a car,sadly I work for a living and have a teenager to bring up on my own, and since our combined travel fares ( hers to Sixth Form and mine to work) are already £120 per month I'll not have any chance of a) affording a car, b) affording lessons, c) insuring it and d) buying petrol. Thanks for your helpful comments though...
I think the people who are complaining are confusing a bus service with a mass people transit system for profit. Sadly, the days of "On The Buses" are over. If a route is not profitable then it will be cut. Get real you people who use public transport and put your hand's in your pocket's and invest in a car. Why should everyone else have to subsidise your transport to your minimum pay job's.
10:31pm Tue 25 Sep 12
anonther says...
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Sad Darwener says...
7:28am Wed 26 Sep 12
AnthonyUK says...
9:11am Wed 26 Sep 12
frank says...
AnthonyUK wrote:privatisation brought in by a bunch of millionaires who never used buses.
Bus privatisation was the WORST ever thing that ever came out of the 80's and should never have happened or been allowed to happen;the bus companies as they were long before the evil stagecoach and equally awful transdev took over WERE way better then than they ever are now.
9:29am Wed 26 Sep 12
darwenTower says...
It's partly/largely down to the fact that when people work in the civil service they take the p1$$ and provide a highly inefficient service.
11:03am Wed 26 Sep 12
ricksh says...
Sad Darwener wrote:The 225 is now a number 22 which only runs between blackburn and clitheroe
Whats happened to the number 225 buses???
12:38pm Wed 26 Sep 12
Viv says...
ricksh wrote:Or the 225 is now the Number 1 which runs between Blackburn and Bolton!!
Sad Darwener wrote:The 225 is now a number 22 which only runs between blackburn and clitheroe
Whats happened to the number 225 buses???
The new timetables are a disgrace - the last bus to Darwen now leaves the Boulevard at 10:05pm. This is sheer stupidity and leaves workers who rely on this bus running later into the evening having to negotiate with their employers to allow them to finish shifts earlier.
11:30pm Thu 27 Sep 12
2 for 5p says...
Saving your energy for your beer drinking and signing your names once a fortnight. :-)
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Chidambaram to hold first performance review today
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram is scheduled to discuss expansion of education loans with banks chiefs on Saturday. This will be one of the key points on the agenda apart from Non-performing Assets (NPA) in the banking sector.
This is the first such performance review meeting after Chidambaram returned to the Finance Ministry. According to the agenda note circulated for the meeting, four issues related to education loans are to be considered. These are expansion, ensuring time-bound disposal of applications, education loans for meritorious students admitted under management quota, and loans for professional diploma courses.
At end-March, public sector banks had over 24 lakh education loan accounts, with outstandings of nearly Rs 49,000 crore. The banking system is working on two imperatives with regard to education loans. First is a credit guarantee fund (as announced in this year budget) and creation of a framework for rating of institutions/courses and students.
Considering the need for extending credit for vocational courses and to skill up graduation, a "Model Loan Scheme for Vocational Education and Training" has also been formulated and circulated by banking body Indian Banks Association (IBA).
This scheme proposes bank finance for students who secure admission into a Government-recognised, employment-oriented vocational training course. Loan amount will be Rs 20,000 for courses with duration up to three months and Rs 1.50 lakh for courses of more than 1 year. The repayment period will range from 2 years to 7 years.
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The meeting will discuss increase in NPA in more detail. There has been an alarming increase in gross as well as net NPA at the end of first three months (April-June, 2012).
According to a senior Finance Ministry official, as informed by RBI, at system level, new accretion to NPAs has been much more than the reduction in existing NPAs. This is due to lower level of upgradation and recoveries. Also, despite write offs, gross NPAs have continued to rise significantly.


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An Atlanta grandfather is thankful to be alive after he was shot several times in front of his southwest Atlanta home. Marcus Hawkins was struck three times in the stomach, once in the buttocks and in the arm while sitting on his front porch on Aug. 30. Hawkins and another man were outside drinking a beer when the ambushed occurred."Two guys come over my left shoulder, like give it up," Hawkins said. Hawkins says the gunmen followed him when he ran into the house toward the backyard, stumbled, got up and started running again. "He kind of pushed me and I fell back and I was just laying on my back just staring up at space while he was just shooting," said Hawkins. Hawkins said the gunmen fled after they failed to rob him. He spent six days in the hospital and is now recovering at a new home.Atlanta police said they don't have any substantial leads or suspects in the shooting. Hawkins thinks someone who knew him targeted him.Hawkins said that he believes there's a reason he survived. "When I think about if I had passed and my grandchildren had to grow up knowing what happened to their grandfather, it kind of made me emotional," Hawkins said. Hawkins has four grandchildren and two grown children. He also recently married his fiancé who was with him the night of the shooting. He hopes police catch his attackers before someone else gets hurt or worse. "I was lucky to be alive or blessed to be alive. The next person they do they might not make it," Hawkins said. Atlanta police are asking anyone with information call CrimeStoppers at 404-577-TIPS. A reward of up to $2,000 could be involved.
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The second annual "Run for the Green" 5K will be held Sunday, March 3, 2013 at historical Lions Municipal Golf Course. The event starts at 8a.m. and features a competitive, chipped 5k run, followed by a unchipped fun-run and a childrens fun-run for kids 12 and under. Runners will be routed through Muny's ancient oak tree stands, down fairways, around water features, greens, and bunkers.
Lions Muny Golf Course will play host to a Cross Country 5k organized by Luke's Locker
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Last Year's Official Starter, Austin Golf Legend Ben Crenshaw Will Return
Ben Crenshaw grew up and lives nearby, he has been a vocal and visible supporter of Muny and still plays there often. "Anyone who has ever lived in Austin, or grew up here, knows Muny is much more than a golf course. It's been a place where my friends and I have met, a place where parents have left their kids to learn the game and a place for community functions, charity events and celebrations. It's a special part of our city for over 88 years. Austin just can't afford to lose this green-space and deny future generations the same opportunity to enjoy this jewel," Crenshaw said, adding, "I hope to start the race again this year and for many years to come."
Lions Municipal Golf Course has been in operation since 1924 and is recognized by the Texas Hist Commission. Muny is an Austin icon and is in peril of being closed in 2019 and replaced with retail and apartment development, according to plans being considered by the University of Texas, the owner of the Brackenridge Tract where the course is located.
Longtime Muny employee Mike Brent; an avid runner, conceptualized the race. "Every morning when we open the course, there are lots of runners, joggers, and folks taking walks with their dogs and neighbors, enjoying the open space.
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"The victim reported three young light-skinned black males approached him at his residence as he was outside doing yard work and asked him for 'donations for their team,'" Castro wrote. "After the victim declined the subjects' request, the victim turned around and next remembers awaking on the ground in 'a pool of his own blood' as medics arrived."
Castro says the man was reportedly struck after telling the group that he only gave donations to specific charities. When they turned around to walk down his driveway, he also turned and was then hit; investigators aren't sure whether a weapon was used to strike him.
"His wife, who was home at the time, didn't see or witness any of it, but heard him calling for help," Castro said.
Castro says the man reported that his wallet and a ring with "value in the thousands" of dollars were taken, along with the keys to his vehicle. The vehicle itself wasn't stolen, however.
Castro says anyone who is approached in a similar manner, or hears people discussing the Edinburgh Drive robbery, should call APD at 786-8900 or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.
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Of the eleven small cars included in a recent crash test, only one did reasonably well.
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Wet your whistle with a backdrop of 4,241' of Vermont's finest autumn foliage and enjoy live music, a plethora of fabulous food offerings and over 100 of the finest craft beers in the region. One of Killington's most distinctive annual celebrations, the Brewfest gets bigger and bigger every year. Now an action-packed multi-day event with two sampling sessions, you've got plenty of time for all the activities, beer and food you can handle.
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Friday, October 3, 2014
- Brewfest Golf Tournament: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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- Tasting Session: 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
- Brunch with the Brewers: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
- VIP Tasting Session: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
- Tasting Session: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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October 3 and 4, 2014
Since 1995, craft beer lovers have been flocking to the Green Mountains of Vermont to sample the finest brews in New England during the pinnacle of fall foliage. The event features over 30 breweries pouring more than 100 craft beer styles, a vendor village and two live bands.
Each Tasting Session will be loaded with live music from favorite local artists. Stay tuned for details.
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Participants must be at least 21 years of age and a valid ID with proof of age is required. Brewfest staff may check your ID at any time during the festival. We reserve the right to deny alcohol to anyone and remove anyone from the property.
- Beer samples will only be poured into 5 ounce, souvenir tasting glasses
- Beers under 9% ABV:
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There will be shuttles and taxi services available throughout the Tasting Sessions for your convenience, including Gramp's Shuttle, The Lookout Shuttle and the Barrel Rider.
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Reminder: Live PotterCast Recording in Salem TomorrowPotterCast
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A quick remminder to those of you in the area: we're doing a live PotterCast recording tomorrow at Finz Seafood Restaurant at 76 Wharf Street, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Salem, Mass., tomorrow. Editor Heidi and I will be joined by Chris Rankin and Jeff of HPANA. You don't have to be going to The Witching Hour convention to come to the podcast. If you're in the area, come by! See you then. :)


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The Internet was ablaze with word of a meeting convened Monday by the basketball-only members of the Big East Conference. it started with a single blogger, Mark Blaudshun whose blog "A Jersey Guy" is a virtual fount of information on the Big East.
Blaudshun, whose resume includes the Dallas Morning News and Boston Globe reported:
"...officials of the 7 non-football playing Big East basketball schools held a meeting in New York on Sunday to discuss breaking off on their own... A time frame of six months was set up to make a decision whether to break off on their own or continue to stay within the frame work of a conference whose configuration has changed steadily over the last several months."
Blaudshun reported that the group of seven that met with Big East commissioner Mike Aresco includes: the Marquette Warrios, St. John's Red Storm, Providence Friars, Georgetown Hoyas, Villanova Wildcats, DePaul Blue Demons and Seton Hall Pirates.
By Monday afternoon, the Twittersphere was equally on fire as speculation that a apocalyptic shake up could be coming to a conference that some wags have dubed "Conference USA, version 2.0."
It started with a series of tweets sent out by Brett McMurphy of ESPN and Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com.
McMurphy tweeted pointedly:
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@GaryParrishCBS: Only reason for non-football schools to stay is big $ from new TV deal. Now it's clear $ isn't coming. So here we go
Not long after that, the blogs on the Mothership and Sports Spectacular were reporting on the meeting. McMurphy and the Chuck Norris of Sports Jouralism, Andy Katz, shared a byline on ESPN on the meeting. And Parrish had his own entry over at CBSSports.com's Eye on Basketball blog.
Katz and McMurphy got to the point right away:
At issue is whether the Big East basketball-only schools have the power to dissolve the league and retain all the assets and brand name. A source with knowledge of the situation said until July 1 the seven have the majority votes and the necessary three-fourths to have controlling power.
Parrish opined that TV money has been the only thing holding the Big East football-only and basketball-only schools together. And with reports coming that the big money payday may not be coming, the basketball schools are not pleased and are considering options. Parrish reported:
One possibility, a source said, is the non-football members forming a basketball-only league and perhaps inviting other relevant basketball schools without FBS-level football programs to join them -- schools like Butler, VCU, Xavier, Saint Louis, Dayton, George Mason and Creighton.
All of the speculation Monday indicates that the Big East basketball schools will want to exert their waning influence and resolve this before the new all-sports schools -- the Tulane Green Wave, SMU Mustangs, Houston Cougars, Temple Owls, Central Florida Knights and Memphis Tigers -- become voting members along with the current all-sports members of the conference, the Connecticut Huskies, Cincinnati Bearcats and South Florida Bulls.
Reports have all three remaining all-sports members -- UConn, Cincy and South Florida -- looking to relocate. The Huskies and Bearcats publicly courted the ACC before the Lousiville Cardinals were added recently. And South Florida has been reportedly working behind the scenes.
As if all that weren't enough, Katz concluded the ESPN report with this interesting tidbit:
Meanwhile, a source with knowledge of the Big East's deal with Madison Square Garden told ESPN.com that MSG is "covered" and can get out of the contract if the league continues to change its membership.
So in addition to seven unhappy Catholic universities, the Big East's access to the most famous basketball venue in the world is also teetering on the brink.
Big West West Division members the Boise St. Broncos and San Diego St. Aztecs have remained steady in declaring their commitment to the moving to the Big East in 2013 as planned. But Monday's news has to be a blow to that steadiness.


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Five months after passing the first 12-round test of his career, Miami resident Rances Barthelemy faces another potentially difficult ring assignment.
But if Barthelemy defeats Fahsai Sakkeerin on June 21 in Minneapolis, the reward will be a world title fight. The Barthelemy-Sakkreerin fight is an elimination match sanctioned by International Boxing Federation.
Barthelemy (18-0, 11 KOs) is currently the IBF's second-ranked junior lightweight, while Sakkreerin is No. 5. The winner will earn the organization's No. 1 ranking and become the mandatory challenger to 130-pound world champion Argenis Mendez.
"This hasn't been an overnight thing that has Rances so close to a title fight," said Richard Dobal, Barthelemy's co-promoter since the Cuban native turned professional four years ago. "It has been a steady climb through the professional ranks.
"Now he finds himself in a tremendous position to reach that coveted world title fight."
One of the common knocks against sanctioning bodies is that some undeserving fighters receive high rankings. To its credit, the IBF leaves open the top two rankings in each weight class and creates elimination matches for fighters to earn the spots.
Barthelemy reached his current ranking with a hard-fought and disputed unanimous decision over Arash Usmanee on Jan.4 at Magic City Casino in Miami.
"That fight against Usmanee was a big transition for Rances," Dobal said. "He had never fought past eight rounds in his career. Now he feels he has adjusted to handle the 12-round distance."
Sakkeerin (39-3-1, 21 KOs) will make his U.S. debut against Barthelemy and has only fought once outside his native Thailand.
"This is a very tough fight against a formidable opponent," Dobal said. "As tough as Usmanee was, this opponent will be just as tougher.
"If you want to be an elite fighter these are the fights you need to take — and win."
The fight will be televised by ESPN2 as part of its Friday Night Fights series.
Saturday's results
Yuriorkis Gamboa won a second-tier lightweight title with his unanimous decision victory over Colombia's Darleys Perez late Saturday night in Montreal.
Gamboa, a native of Cuba and former featherweight and junior lightweight world champion, knocked down Perez with a left to the head late in the first round of the bout at the Bell Centre. Two judges scored the bout for Gamboa, 116-111, and the third also had him winning 115-112.
The victory earned Gamboa (23-0) the World Boxing Association interim title.
Gamboa's countryman, Erislandy Lara, also won a second-tier belt Saturday night. Lara survived two knockdowns and scored a 10th-round technical knockout win over Alfredo Angulo at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Angulo dropped Lara in the fourth and ninth rounds, but Lara withstood Angulo's best shots and countered with his own solid combinations. Midway through the 10th, Lara (18-1-2, 12 KOs) landed strong power shots to the head and eventually damaged the orbital bone around Angulo's left eye.
With his eye's condition worsening, Angulo (22-3) turned toward his corner and away from the action. Referee Raul Caiz immediately stopped the fight at 1:50 of the round.
"Angulo started tough but I hung in there," said Lara, who captured the WBA super-welterweight belt. "I knew I was still in the fight after I got knocked down. I knew I was still winning."
Two judges had Lara ahead, 85-84, and Angulo was ahead, 86-83, when the fight was stopped.
Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KOs) scored a sixth-round TKO over Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KOs) in an action-intense welterweight bout after the Lara-Angulo fight.
Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KOs) scored a one-punch, first-round TKO over defending champ Chad Dawson (31-3) to win the World Boxing Council light heavyweight title in Montreal.


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reviews for: listing #82537 - Tucson, Arizona Townhome rental
- bedrooms 2
- pool no
- type Townhome
- baths 2
- hot tub no
- community Antelope Meadows HOA
- sleeps 4
- pets allowed no
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Starr Pass Condo
Review submitted: December 1, 2012 Date of arrival: November 2, 2012
Great accomodations and location. Lots of trails for Mtn biking and hiking without having to drive. Road biking routes in area. Close to downtown for restaurants.
Ideal spot for 2 couples. Golf course looked good. Looking forward to returning next year.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, girls getaway, sight seeing
Owners response: Pleased that you enjoyed your time in Tucson and my townhouse on Starr Pass. Looking forward to your return. Book your return either through vacationrentals.com #82537 or VRBO #367214.
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Review submitted: April 24, 2012 Date of arrival: April 10, 2012
This townhouse is absolutly wonderful. Warm amd welcoming. It did not feel like a rental rather like a friends. Close to everything you may want to do while in Tucson. There was much more space then we expected. We just loved it!
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Everything you need for a good vacation in the sun
Review submitted: April 18, 2012 Date of arrival: February 26, 2012
We had a great stay. The townhouse is well equipped. We especially enjoyed being able to enjoy the back yard.
Recommended for: age 55+
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A delightful experience!
Review submitted: February 28, 2012 Date of arrival: January 28, 2012
Beautiful place, great location...up and out of the smog of the city. 10 minutes to downtown. We enjoyed all the amenities especially the gas grill on the patio as the weather was perfect. Would highlt recommend!
Owners response: I am pleased that you had an enjoyable and comfortable stay. Thank you for your review. Len
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Townhouse Recommendation
Review submitted: November 29, 2011 Date of arrival: November 20, 2011
We rented this townhouse for Thanksgiving week and found it to be extremely well furnished, very comfortable and it exceeded our expectations. The townhouse is located by a great golf course with excellent dining facilities. We were close to downtown, shopping centers, and the community college. Not only will we return, but we would recommend this property without hesitation. We've stayed at several VRBO properties in the past and this townhouse was at the top of the list.
Sue and Jack
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Number of Wirral homes with black and white TV drops to just 10
Updated 4:54pm Monday 6th January 2014 in News By Emma Rigby, Senior Reporter
THE number of people watching black and white television in Wirral has dropped, with just 10 homes owning TV licences.
Figures released by TV Licensing reveal black and white licenses have dropped to below 10 in the borough, with fewer than 12,000 sets now in use nation-wide.
Despite it being nearly 48 years since colour transmissions began, digital switchover and the recent Christmas seasonal surge of television, laptop, tablet and smartphone sales, it seems there are still some nostalgic UK homes firmly attached to their trusty black and white TV sets.
Despite dripping a further 12% in the last year, there Are still 11,550 black and white licenses in force across the UK.
Iain Logie Baird, associate curator at the National Media Museum, and grandson of television inventor John Logie Baird, said: "Despite more than 25m people opting for a colour TV licence in the UK, it may be some time before the black and white television disappears completely from our living rooms.
"The National Media Museum has hundreds of black and white television sets in its collection and there will always be a small group of people who prefer monochrome images, collect vintage sets or just don't want to throw away a working piece of technology."
The cost of a black and white TV licence remains frozen at £49, while a colour licence costs £145.50.
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Concerts at Doubleday Field will go "Furthur" this summer, literally.
The Cooperstown Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a contract on Monday with Magic City Productions of Endicott to bring Furthur, the Grateful Dead legacy band, to Doubleday Field at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 14.
"This is very exciting," Mayor Jeff Katz said. "It has been a couple of years since we have had a show. We're really happy about it.
"Furthur is the most successful of the Grateful Dead successors," he continued. "There have been various other splinter groups, but they have gotten great reviews."
Original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir on guitars/vocals, and Phil Lesh on bass/vocals, are also the founding members of Furthur, which formed in 2009. Other members are Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Joe Russo, Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson.
Weir and Lesh have also toured as The Other Ones and The Dead since lead singer Jerry Garcia's death in 1995.
"Of all the trustees, I seem be to be the most excited about it," new trustee Bruce Maxson said. "I have seen them play before. They are very good."
Fan club sales for the show took place this week. Public sales start at 10 a.m. Friday. All tickets are general admission and cost $53. They can be purchased at the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, by calling (888) 512-show or online at www.frontgatetickets.com.
The concert is one of only two upstate performances by Further this year, according to co-promoter Stuart Green. The other show will be at CMAC at Canandaigua, also in the summer.
Doubleday Field last hosted a major concert in 2010 when country band Sugarland played.


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The Prineville Police Department wants everyone to have a safe and enjoyable time at the Crooked River Round-up horse races this weekend. The Crook County DUII Victim Impact Panel has partnered with Country Cab to provide a limited number of free cab rides for individuals attending the Horse Races on Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th.
From 9:00pm to 1:00am, on both nights, anyone at the Horse Races may request a ride home from Country Cab.
Complimentary cab rides will only be one way, from the fairgrounds to an individual's personal residence. The destination residence must be within five miles of the fairgrounds.


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8 Real-Life Divorce Moments: Coping Tips
Divorce Tales
It's a terrible irony that we have to make some of the most critical decisions of our lives at the same time that we're struggling with one of the greatest life stressors -- divorce. It's only natural that, having decided you can't stay married to this person for one moment longer, you also can't agree with him on the major sticking points of the split. Still, divorce is a negotiation, and if you keep a level head, you should be able to find a way around those pivotal moments when things threaten to spin out of control.
Here are eight ugly moments that real people encountered in their journey out of marriage -- and how each handled the sticky situation. How'd they do? We ask some divorce experts to weigh in on how they tackled the problem.Ugly Moment #1: "I Couldn't Get $40!"
Sally, 38, Cincinnati, Ohio The situation: "I had been thinking about divorcing, and had secretly gone to an attorney to see what my rights were. But the meeting just made me decide to work on the marriage -- divorce seemed too extreme. Unfortunately, my husband found out -- and took all the money out of our joint account without warning, and moved it to his personal account. When I went to the ATM and found myself cashless, I knew things were going to get ugly."
How she handled it: "Well, it was obvious that I had to leave this man -- so I hired my own lawyer, and prepared to defend my rights."
The experts say: "She was right to try not to divorce," says Margery Rubin, owner of DivorceSource, a New York City-based business offering practical (but not legal) advice about divorce and how it works. "But once he found out she'd gone behind his back, what did she expect?" Both parties set off each other's emotional triggers, and the result was all-out war. "I would have told her to see a couple's counselor with this man, and decide together if they were going to divorce. See if there's any way to short-circuit the anger and do it in a reasonable way."
"They needed mediation at that point," says Sam Margulies, author of A Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce: How to Divorce with Grace, a Little Class, and a Lot of Common Sense (Rodale Press, 2004). "You can always bat back with a lawyer, but every aggressive act begets aggression on the other side. She should have approached the situation as if he made a mistake based on bad advice and, instead of reacting, spoken to him in a way that would allow them to keep control of the situation."Ugly Moment #2: "She Wanted the Divorce on Ridiculous Grounds."
Anthony, 38, Los Angeles, California The situation: "Our marriage was always confrontational. There's no question, we made each other unhappy. But when she left me, my ex wouldn't go for 'irreconcilable differences' and refused to agree to any settlement unless she could be granted the divorce on 'emotional and physical cruelty.' There was no way I was taking the rap for that."
How he handled it: "I fought it, and fought it, and fought it. It almost cost me my house, and I'm in debt up to my sideburns. But every time they lobbed an accusation my way, I had my lawyer bat it back, and when it got in front of a judge -- after we were both examined by forensic psychologists -- she finally lost that battle. In the end, I made her take the rap, admitting she'd abandoned me."
The experts say: "They're both morons," says Margulies. "It doesn't matter on what grounds you get divorced. The only thing that matters is the settlement: how did you deal with the kids, the money, and the property." The state, he says, can't legislate shame. "He says 'I got her to take the rap,' but so what? These two used the court as a forum for their own very immature emotional vindication."
But "there's no clear answer here," says Ron Hollander, a New York lawyer who handles matrimonial cases. "I personally can't understand why anyone would make grounds an issue; only a real fruitcake would behave the way she did. Her lawyers weren't doing their job -- keeping her focused on the divorce rather than the revenge -- and allowed her to fight some nonexistent battle. If I'd been this guy's lawyer, I wouldn't be able to tell him what to do. I've never seen a case where grounds came back to haunt someone, but who knows? I think he made the right judgment call, because he was clearly dealing with an unreasonable person."Ugly Moment #3: "He Said He Needed Time to Think, But Lied About Where He Was Doing His Thinking."
Rose, 40, Portland, Oregon The situation: "We were in counseling and it came out that he was having an affair. I was willing to work it through with him, but he said he wanted to move out and live with his brother for a while, to think things through. Within a week, I found out he was living with the other woman."
How she handled it: "I filed. I had him served. I couldn't work it out if he was going to lie. Then I found him a lawyer, too. He was so passive, he wouldn't even do that himself."
The experts say: "Sheesh, I would have filed at that point, too," says Hollander. "I wouldn't have found him a lawyer, though."
"I would have advised mediation [for the divorce]," says Rubin. "Mediation is where you both agree to have a professional, licensed by a state council, to act as a nonbiased third party who understands the law concerning divorce." Usually, she says, this is an ex-lawyer or a therapist. "It's much less expensive than using lawyers -- you only need them in the end, to look over the agreement you came up with." The point is, if Rose was calm enough to hire a lawyer for her ex, she was probably calm enough to mediate with him, too.
Margulies shakes his head. "My ex always says, 'If a guy says he needs space, ask what space's last name is.'"


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Scientists and physicians at UCSF are leading a $26 million, multi-institutional research program to better understand and treat a range of common, debilitating psychiatric disorders.
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A scientific team led by the Gladstone Institutes and UCSF has discovered that a common form of a gene already associated with long life also improves learning and memory.
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Young blood really does rejuvenate the brain, at least in mice, raising hopes that molecules in the blood may be identified that can do the same for humans, according to a new UCSF study.
April 29, 2014
Scientists studying brain diseases may need to look beyond nerve cells and start paying attention to the star-shaped cells known as "astrocytes," because they play specialized roles in the development and maintenance of nerve circuits and may contribute to a wide range of disorders, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
April 08, 2014
A new online project led by researchers at UCSF promises to dramatically cut the time and cost of conducting clinical trials for brain diseases, while also helping scientists analyze and track the brain functions of thousands of volunteers over time.
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The ALS Treatment and Research Center, a clinical practice of the Department of Neurology at UCSF and an ALS Association-certified Center of Excellence, is expanding its support for the community of people facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Daiichi Sankyo and UCSF have established a drug-discovery collaboration focused on developing novel therapeutics and molecular diagnostics for multiple neurodegenerative diseases.
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Young adults with such cardiac risk factors as high blood pressure and elevated glucose levels have significantly worse cognitive function in middle age, according to a new study by dementia researchers at UCSF.
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Humility forced upon IndyCar by its tumble from grace in the 1990s has wrought a great many changes in how it appeals to people who bother to experience it.
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Elzie Wylie "Buck" Baker was inducted into NASCAR's Hall of Fame on Wednesday. But no exhibit can communicate the go-to-hell personality that Buck showed throughout his whole life.
NASCAR has produced a memorial decal for drivers and teams to use to honor the late Dan Wheldon at this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega.
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Marshall Pruett at SPEEDTV.COM reports that Jay Penske has signed Scott Speed, recently of Red Bull NASCAR and Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula 1, to drive in the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500.
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Lincoln Police say they've arrested the man responsible for Wednesday morning's robbery at a local U-Stop.
Police said 28–year–old William Deets entered the U-Stop near the Lincoln airport around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
"The man, 5-foot 8-inches tall, armed with a knife, walked into the business demanding money," Officer Katie Flood said. "He left with an undisclosed amount of cash."
This is the 6th robbery of it's kind since September. Police said in all cases, the suspect was armed with a knife. They said Deets had already been identified as a suspect in the previous robberies.
Police said a witness saw a small silver car take off from the scene following the hold up. According to police, when they caught up with Deets in the 900 block of Court Street, his vehicle matched the description of the vehicle they had on file. They said stolen cash and a knife were also recovered.
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We planned this trip of a lifetime for over a year, and it worked out better than anyone could imagine. There were two adults and two children in our cabin, and we travelled with another couple. The itinerary is a great one, with the only drawback being a Monday to Monday trip.
We got to Vancouver Friday night and had some of the best weather of the summer to tour the city. I love Vancouver, and can't wait to go back there for a week! The only drawback is that we couldn't seem to get on Cruise Critic boards from local hotel wi-fi. Oh well!
Embarkation was a breeze (it didn't hurt that we were in a suite, but it really did not change the time we spent going through security or checking in). We boarded around noon and went straight to lunch. Departure was delayed slightly by several groups who had NCL transfers from the airport who had not arrived on board by 4:00 PM. Again, not a problem, we were on vacation!
It's a shame that most of the Inside Passage portion of the trip takes place at night. I did go out on the balcony from time to time during the night, but could not see too much. Tuesday dawned bright and early as we were cruising through some narrow channels. Watching this from the balcony was definitely the way to go. For those who worry about port side vs. starboard side, I don't think it mattered much. On our trip, there were a couple more whales on the port side, but the scenery was incredible wherever you looked.
Wednesday was our first port day in Ketchikan. We docked at berth #4, which is a ways north of most of the town. We had privately booked expeditions (ziplining and zodiacs) through Southeast Exposure. Everything went off without a hitch, and we were back on board for lunch before heading out again to enjoy more beautiful weather. Made it to Creek Street with too little time to spend any money (a good thing?) I might suggest to NCL that they extend the stay in Ketchikan by an hour or two, as I could have spent more time in the town. But I suppose if it had been chilly or raining, I might feel differently.
Thursday found us in Juneau, still without a cloud in the sky. I brought only 3 pairs of shorts, and at this point, had worn them all twice! It is in Juneau that I first realized I had a sun burn under the relentless Alaskan sun! We had been out on the balcony most of the morning prior to arrival due to all of the whale sightings. Our group of 6 rented a car and managed to spend a couple of hours at Mendenhall Glacier, then the Macauley Salmon Hatchery, Alaskan Brewery, Red Dog Saloon, and Mount Roberts Tram and hiking. I think this might be the way to go with a group, as we covered much more ground than many of the ship's tours. The Sun docks at the AJ Dock, which is about a mile south of town. Could have been more convenient, but it really didn't come into play for our group.
Another fabulous sail away and evening, and we woke up in Skagway on Friday. Still, not a clound in the sky. In the morning, our group took a flightseeing flight with Mountain Flying Service that was so awesome that the pilot asked if everyone was OK because we were all so quiet. I could not come up with words to describe the vistas. When we landed on mud flats across the inlet from Haines and the engine was turned off, you got the full feeling of the grandness of Alaska, with wildflowers, glacier rivers flowing over gravel bars, deep fjords, and soaring mountains. I am not gifted enough with words to describe how it felt to be there at that moment.
Friday afternoon, we took our only ship based excursion - to the Klondike Gold Fields / Dog Sled / 40 Below. The tour provider was at best disorganized and at worst uncaring and inept. Buses were late picking us up, and then delayed further while we went to another dock to pick up additional guests. We were further delayed by train crossings. The driver chose to skip the city tour portion of the trip as he was so far behind. All in all, we arrived at the attraction site about a mile outside of town almost an hour into our three hour tour. We then were packed like sardines into a small room for a ten minute video presentation about the Iditarod. There had to be about 100 people in a space meant for no more than 75. Afterwords, I did enjoy the Q&A with the man who had actually competed in the Iditarod 8 times, and the girls liked seeing the puppies. The '40 Below' room had been toured by so many people that warm summer day that the water freezing instantly demonstration didn't work at all. We estimated the temps might have been 20 above in the equivalent of a walk in freezer. One young boy was in there with just shorts and a t-shirt. The gold panning portion was better, but of course there was little gold found. This excursion was highly overpriced. After the wonderful experiences with private bookings the rest of the way, we should have done something different.
Saturday was Glacier Bay, and our first clouds of the trip. Still, it cleared as we cruised north in the morning, and we had sunshine as we took in first Johns Hopkins Glacier and then Marjorie and the Grand Pacific Glaciers. Magnificent! We were fortunate again to have our own balcony to watch the glaciers from. The front observation deck and the sun deck were examples of all the things that can be wrong with people - crowding, pushing, being rude. Definitely a 'me first' attitude displayed by my cruising companions - I was a bit ashamed. We retreated to our cabin after just about 10 minutes on deck because of it. We couldn't hear the National Park Service ranger on our balcony, but at least we could hear the glaciers snapping and crashing. By about 1:00, we were leaving the glacier portion of the bay. If you slept late, you missed it! As we left the bay, there were a number of whale sightings again, and I spent quite a bit of time trying to get a camera shot of spouting or breaching. No luck. Almost all of the whales were quite a long ways off from the ship, so you needed good eyes and a better zoom lens to really be able to see them.
On Sunday morning, we woke at 8:00 to find we were already at Hubbard Glacier. It was foggy and dim, with our first rain of the trip. My wife and I dashed off to grab a specialty coffee and some breakfast and woke the kids to see the views. The 13 year old wrapped herself in blankets and sat inside the cabin by the door. The rest of us went out on the balcony to experience the Alaska weather we thought we would be getting all along. Another beautiful place with a scale and size that is hard to capture. We saw some large pieces calve off as the captain spun us around twice, and then we were off again to Whittier. I think many people may have missed Hubbard Glacier due to the early hour and lack of information about when we would be there. NCL could do better with their schedule there as well.
The rest of the trip was spent packing and eating, and we arrived in Whittier earlier than we thought (being docked by 6:15 or so).
This review has almost exclusively talked about Alaska, and little has been said about the Sun. Alaska is the star attraction, and the wonderful weather we had made it all that much more visible. So, how was the ship itself you say?
We had an aft facing suite (#9076) that was still small by any comparison, yet was about twice the size of an inside cabin. It did give us two separate areas so the girls could sleep on the couch and my wife and I were in the bedroom. The balcony was huge and wonderful. All of us took baths in the tub with jacuzzi jets at one time or the other. Still, the suite was by no means luxurious. Cushions were worn, and several lights were not working. The one night we had dinner served by the butler on the balcony, he struggled to bring the table into the room and we ended up with the girls at the coffee table and my wife and I at the room service table. Still, we had fun and were comfortable in the room. If it were available, and I had kids with me, I would stay in the same cabin again.
The girls (11 and 13) both spent quite a bit of time in the kids club and teen club, making friends that we saw again later in Alaska after our cruise. Both programs were great for our girls. I even ordered pizza for the counselors one night to show my appreciation (as well as tipping generously).
My wife and I and the other couple took in two shows and parts of others. We did not see anything impressive. There was a comedian who really turned us off, and acrobat/Cirque du Soleil pair that was more than halfway good, and the illusionist, who did a lot of things with magic boxes and people appearing and disappearing. I should have been 'ooh'ing and 'ahh'ing at that, but was really not inspired or impressed. The other shows with the Sun production crew were just loud noise to me, and we found entertainment elsewhere.
As for food. Well, I've said this before about NCL's food. What it lacks in quality, it more than makes up for in quantity and availability. I never went more than 3 hours without eating something. Breakfast in Il Adagio was possibly the best meal of the day and the only place I got a decent steak. Dinner in Il Adagio (chicken parm) was close to awful. The Moderno restaurant was so-so, with everything a little too salty. Again, I have seldom had the opportunity to eat two pounds of meat in one sitting, even if it was just lower than top notch tasting stuff, so in that sense, it was fun. Service in the Seven Seas main dining room was painfully slow, even on the night where we dined with officers. Don't plan on going to a show within the next two hours if you eat in the main dining room! The Garden Cafe and the Great Outdoors and BBQ were the best places to get food. Expectations were lower there, and the food just a bit tastier. It was just really hard to find a place to sit, so we often brought our food back to the cabin. Bar service was generally good to excellent, and we found snacks in the sports bar that were delivered hot and fast. We did order pizza a couple of times and found it to be pretty good. The pizza bar available at lunch was not as good, though.
Pretty much everywhere we went, our attention returned to the passing scenery, and did not dwell on the ship much at all. If we had looked more carefully, I think we would have seen a lot of areas with rust on the exterior and tears and stains on the seats and cushions. I know we often exited the aft elevators on deck 6 and wondered what the awful stench was (hopefully not from the Seven Seas dining room.) But Alaska was the star, and the Sun was a suitable supporting character.


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[edit] Location
Clock Tower Brew Pub, 575 Bank St. (at Pretoria)
Go to the room downstairs
[edit] Date and Time
June 26, 2008
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
[edit] Sponsor
Thanks very much to Oracle and IBM for sponsoring the Ottawa DemoCamp.
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Lynn Gayowski, Eclipse Foundation
[edit] Presenters
If you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the number of presenters and time of each demo.
- Marconi Lanna, Vision: An Enhanced Compare Editor
- Richard Mayer, Protecode Software Intellectual Property Management, Protecode GA Release
- Doug Schaefer, Something CDT or p2 related ;)
- Pascal Rapicault, p2
- Gordon Yorke & Tom Ware, Advanced JPA on Equinox with EclipseLink
- Ed Merks, Ecore Tools Graphical Editor
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- Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation
- Lynn Gayowski, Eclipse Foundation
- Marconi Lanna, University of Ottawa
- Kenn Hussey, Embarcadero Technologies
- Charles Godwin, CA, Inc.
- Jonathan Ball, IBM
- Richard Mayer, Protecode
- Doug Schaefer, Wind River
- Sharon Wolfe, Eclipse Foundation
- Pascal Rapicault, IBM
- Tod Creasey, IBM
- Kevin Barnes, IBM
- John Arthorne, IBM
- Christian W. Damus, Zeligsoft
- Jon Corchis, Zeligsoft
- Simon Redding, Zeligsoft
- Ed Merks, IBM
- Gordon Yorke, Oracle
- Simon Kaegi, IBM
- Tom Ware, Oracle
- Michael Valenta, IBM
- Peter Strong, Triacta
- Andrew Eidsness, jfront inc.
- Andrew Codrington, Entrust
- Scott Cowan, IBM
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The Chewelah girls basketball team used a 13-0 run in the third quarter to surge past the Deer Park Lady Stags 47-20 on Tuesday.
Leading 18-15 at halftime, the Lady Cougars (1-2) used their strength underneath the basket to pull away from the Lady Stags (0-3), who were held to only one field goal in the third quarter, an offensive rebound by Siera English with 40 seconds left in the quarter.
Kara Fredrick, who finished with a game-high 14 points, keyed Chewelah's second half explosion with her outside shooting. Fredrick's third 3-pointer of the game gave the Lady Cougars a 29-15 lead midway through the third quarter. Shayla Hartill's offensive rebound bucket a few seconds later boosted the Chewelah lead to 31-15.
Deer Park managed only one basket in the fourth quarter. Again, it was English who supplied the offense with a layup with 2 minutes to play.
English, making her varsity debut this season, finished with a team-high 8 points.
Deer Park will try to get into the win column for the first time this season when the Lady Stags entertain Lakeside at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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Grilled Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa for 2 Recipe
Just because you are serving a smaller serving meals doesn't mean you have to give up flavor. This delicious fish dish is sure to please with its tropical flavor.Beth Fleming, Downers Grove, Illinois
- 1/2 cup cubed fresh pineapple
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
- 3 teaspoons lime juice, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- Dash cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 2 tilapia fillets (4 ounces each)
- Dash pepper
- In a small bowl, combine the pineapple, onion, green pepper, cilantro, 1 teaspoon lime juice, 1/8 teaspoon salt and cayenne. Chill until serving.
- Combine oil and remaining lime juice; drizzle over fillets. Sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt.
- Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Grill fish, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with salsa. Yield: 2 servings (1/2 cup salsa).
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Cassie Early of Arlington, Vt., entered the plea Tuesday before a Washington County judge in Fort Edward.
A grand jury indicted Early on a series of charges from the 7 a.m. crash on July 29, including aggravated vehicular homicide, and manslaughter in the death of Vincent Muro Sr., of West Rutland, Vt.
Court documents say Early had a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit for driving.
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The Lord is My Shepherd, one of 26 farmer organizations participating in Ghana's Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative, was the only farmer organization from Ghana to win an award at the Africa Farmer Organization of the Year Awards (AFOYA), held in Accra in November 2013. The organization came second in the Market Access category. P4P aims to support and empower smallholders like those of Lord is My Shepherd through activities that allow them to improve production, access markets and boost their income.
28 November 2012
For many years, not having enough to eat meant that Agnes struggled to stay on her antiretroviral treatment. Thanks to food assistance from WFP, she can now take her medication more regularly, provide for her family and help others in her community.
1 November 2012
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23 July 2012
One of the biggest challenges for smallholders is getting a fair price for their produce. In West Africa, too often buyers take advantage of farmers, demanding that bags are filled to the brim instead of paying per kg. Farmers in Ghana were recently surprised about their financial remuneration when they used a weighing scale for their sales for the first time.
23 April 2012
In 2009, Mariama Baba became one of 30,000 girls in Ghana who receive WFP take-home rations when they attend school regularly.
8 November 2011
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15 September 2011
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27 July 2011
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How Bin Laden's Death Has Affected Al-Qaida
Is al-Qaida planning an attack to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11?
"Of course they'd like to," says national security analyst Peter Bergen. "And some of the materials recovered in the [Osama] bin Laden compound indicate a desire to do something. But a desire to do something is quite different than actual implementation. I think that this is a group that has not only suffered the loss of its leader, but was already in very bad shape before that happened."
Bergen, one of the first Americans to ever interview bin Laden, is CNN's national security analyst. In his book, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda, he examines the history and motives of al-Qaida and gives a comprehensive account of the U.S. response to the terrorist organization over the past decade.
On today's Fresh Air, Bergen explains how al-Qaida's influence has changed in recent years. He also paints a portrait of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian eye doctor who served as bin Laden's deputy before taking over the top post in al-Qaida after bin Laden's death. Bergen tells Terry Gross that unlike bin Laden, al-Zawahiri focuses on micromanaging the organization and is what he describes as a "black hole of charisma."
"I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden ... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful — lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well," says Bergen. "And I've also interviewed people who know al-Zawahiri pretty well and they say he's a prickly, irritable, irritating, [and] not-a-happy-camper."
Visiting Abbottabad
Bergen recently returned from a two-week visit to Pakistan, where he visited bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad.
"Pretty much everybody that I spoke to didn't believe that he actually lived there," he says. "So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own."
And some recent U.S. activities feed into those conspiracy theories, says Bergen. He points to a report published last month in the New York Times, which said that the CIA had recruited a Pakistani doctor to run a fake vaccination drive in Abbottabad in an attempt to get DNA from bin Laden's family members and confirm his location.
"That feeds into conspiracy theories that Pakistani clerics have said that vaccination programs are a Western plot to undermine Pakistan," he says. "There are a lot of conspiracy theories in Pakistan, but we've done some things that tend to feed them or fan the flames."
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Origins: How The Nine Months Before Birth Shape The Rest Of Our Lives
by Annie Murphy Paul
While reflecting on her own second pregnancy, science writer Annie Murphy Paul explores an emerging body of research demonstrating that our health and well-being are influenced by our time in the womb. The prenatal period, which one scientist calls the staging ground for well-being and disease in later life, may hold the origins of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other conditions, as well as possibilities for preventing them before birth. Drawing on current research and interviews with experts, Paul looks at the effects of diet and nutrition, stress, environmental toxins, exercise and alcohol. Ultimately, she writes, her immersion in fetal origins research made her "less anxious about being pregnant, not more. It made me see pregnancy in a new light: as a scientific frontier, and an opportunity to improve the health and well-being of the next generation."
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The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America And Al-Qaeda
by Peter L. Bergen
In The Longest War, CNN national security analyst Peter L. Bergen gives a comprehensive account of the development of al-Qaida and the U.S. response to the terrorist organization and addresses the strategic missteps made by both sides. Bergen says he believes the single most important battle in the conflict came in December 2001, when bin Laden and al-Qaida fled from their bases in Afghanistan to their mountain retreat in Tora Bora. Could something have been done at the Battle of Tora Bora that would have turned it into a decisive victory for the U.S.? Bergen thinks it's possible. Yet he acknowledges the ongoing debate within the national security community about whether, with bin Laden on the run and now dead, al-Qaida is basically a spent force or has remained a potent threat in its new form as a network of semi-autonomous killers.
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A Privilege To Die: Inside Hezbollah's Legions And Their Endless War Against Israel
by Thanassis Cambanis
In A Privilege to Die, journalist Thanassis Cambanis traces the growth of Hezbollah and its ideology-based militancy across the Middle East. He explains that Hezbollah has thrived because of a complete vacuum of Arab leadership in the region. "That's why it's had tremendous influence in regions way beyond its context," he says. "Though it's a small Shia group, its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is the most popular leader in the entire Arab world. ... That frankly speaks to a region that has been stripped of meaningful discourse and is really open, receptive or vulnerable — depending on your perspective — to this kind of ideology." In Cambanis' view, Hezbollah has two goals: to construct an Islamic resistance society and to continue a perpetual war against Israel. But Cambanis says it's unlikely that other military forces in the Middle East will join Hezbollah in attacking Israel — at least, for the time being.
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Tora Bora, The Turning Point In 'The Longest War'
In the nearly 10 years since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and entered bitter debates over interrogation techniques and renditions. This decade has also seen the spread of terrorist networks linked to al-Qaida around the globe.
In The Longest War, Peter Bergen gives a comprehensive account of the development of al-Qaida and the U.S. response to the terrorist organization. He talks about the strategic missteps made by both sides.
Bergen says he believes the single most important battle in the conflict came in December 2001, when bin Laden and al-Qaida fled from their bases in Afghanistan to their mountain retreat in Tora Bora.
"I assembled accounts of the battle from both al-Qaida's perspective and also CIA, U.S. Special Forces, and some of the Afghan warlords who were there on the ground," Bergen tells NPR's Neal Conan.
Bergen says he learned from the Special Forces' official history of the battle that during the period of Dec. 9 to Dec. 14, 2001, "multiple sources of intelligence placed bin Laden at the battlefield."
And that's the last time, says Bergen, that "we really knew where he was."
Bin Laden chose Tora Bora for a reason, he says.
"He knew this area like the back of his hand," says Bergen. "He'd been visiting this area on and off for 15 years, he built roads in the mountains — he knew this place intimately."
So it was no accident that "he fled there, and then staged one of history's great disappearing acts from Tora Bora," he says.
Following the battle at Tora Bora, "the hard core of al-Qaida lived to fight another day," Bergen says.
Could something have been done at the Battle of Tora Bora that would have turned it into a decisive victory for the U.S.? Bergen thinks it's possible.
"Certainly, the CIA on-scene commander in Afghanistan requested more troops on the ground. Certainly, the U.S. Special Forces Delta commander on the ground ... requested more soldiers, and that never happened."
There were a variety of reasons that the requests for more troops went unfulfilled.
"It was a concern that more American boots on the ground would annoy our local Afghan allies," and there were concerns about search and rescue, and about helicopters, Bergen says.
"But the point is, that this was never tested," he says.�"The most significant battle in the war on terror was left up to 70 U.S. Special Forces, some CIA guys, a handful of British special boat service operators, and thousands of our not particularly effective Afghan allies."


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Mayor spending £1bn to make London roads 'safer'
Cyclist safety is one of the mayor's highest priorities, the Boris Johnson's cycling commissioner said.
Andrew Gilligan said:
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the cyclist who died today.
We are spending almost £1 billion to make London's roads safer for cyclists. We are designing segregated cycleways, rebuilding the most dangerous junctions, and talking to the Government about fitting all lorries with safety equipment.
This work cannot be done instantly - indeed, it would be counterproductive to do so. But it is being done quickly. It is one of the mayor's highest priorities.


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