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United States advances in Davis Cup competition | Tennis
Sam Querrey beat Thiago Alves of Brazil 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) in the deciding match to give the United States a 3-2 victory in its best-of-five, first-round Davis Cup tennis competition in Jacksonville, Fla.
U.S. team advances in Davis Cup
The United States was in trouble when Sam Querrey began his Davis Cup match against Thiago Alves of Brazil on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.
A few booming serves later, the U.S. team was headed for the quarterfinals.
Querrey beat Alves 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) to give the United States a dramatic 3-2 victory over Brazil in the best-of-five, first-round competition. John Isner of the United States lost to Thomaz Bellucci 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3 to force a deciding fifth match.
"I was very happy with the way I battled through (the match)," Querrey said. "I fought through the tough points and got breaks in the second, third and fourth sets."
It was the first time since 2000 a U.S. team needed to win the fifth match to advance. Querrey is ranked 20th in the world; Alves is No. 141.
The United States next will host Serbia — which features top-ranked player Novak Djokovic — from April 5 to April 7 in Boise, Idaho.
Meanwhile, Canada beat short-handed Spain 3-2 in Vancouver, B.C., to reach the Davis Cup quarterfinals for the first time. Five-time champion Spain didn't have several highly ranked players available because of injuries and/or fatigue.
Nadal cuts ties with IMG
Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal, a winner of 11 major singles titles, let his contract with management agency IMG Worldwide expire Dec. 31.
Nadal, 26, "wanted to set up his own company," Fernando Soler, head of tennis at New York-based IMG, said. Nadal, recovering from an injury, is expected to return to action this week.
Report: Millwood might retire
Free-agent pitcher Kevin Millwood has indicated he will retire.
Millwood, 38, was 6-12 with a 4.25 earned-run average for the Mariners last year. He reportedly told his agent, Scott Boras, he only wanted to pitch if he could do so for the Atlanta Braves or Tampa Bay Rays, two teams closest to his home in Gainesville, Ga., but neither team expressed interest.
According to the Shelby Star newspaper in North Carolina, Millwood said, "I'm just ready to retire."
Millwood also told the paper, "I feel like I can still throw it well and going out on a high note is a big deal. I just felt it was time to be closer to home and be around the kids more often."
Millwood, an All-Star in 1999, has a 169-152 record and a 4.11 ERA in 16 big-league seasons.
Vonn to have bodyguards
With attention on her personal life intensifying, four-time World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn will be surrounded by bodyguards at the world championships that start Tuesday in Schladming, Austria.
An crowd of 30,000 per race is expected.
"There's going to be an incredible amount of people here in Schladming, and it's a very small space," Vonn said at a news conference arranged by the U.S. team.
She said Red Bull, her sponsor, hired security "to make sure I can get in and out and not have any difficulty, but I don't expect there to be any problems. But it's better to be safe than sorry."
There has been online chatter about an alleged relationship between Vonn and golf superstar Tiger Woods. Vonn's divorce from her husband of more than four years, Thomas, was completed last month.
Short-track speedskating
Celski earns bronze medal
JR Celski of Federal Way placed third in a 1,000-meter World Cup short-track race in Sochi, Russia.
Charles Hamelin of Canada won in 1 minute, 26.957 seconds at the arena that will host short-track events at the 2014 Olympics.
Semen Elistratov of Russia was second in 1:27.034 and Celski's time was 1:27.069.
• In soccer, Liverpool did Manchester United a big favor in the English Premier League, holding Manchester City to a 2-2 draw to leave the defending champions nine points behind Man U in the title race.
• Nigeria seemingly has become the team to beat at the African Cup of Nations in South Africa after reaching the semifinals by beating tournament favorite Ivory Coast 2-1.
In semifinal soccer matches Wednesday, Nigeria will play Mali and Burkina Faso will face Ghana.
• Game On Dude, a 6-year-old gelding sent off at 1-20 odds, won the Grade II San Antonio by 6 ½ lengths over Clubhouse Ride at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
Game On Dude, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Mike Smith, ran 1-1/8 miles in 1:47.53 and paid $2.10 to win in the $196,000 race.
• Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, a star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the movie "A League of Their Own," has died. She was 88.
Her son, William Davis, said Paire-Davis died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Paire-Davis was a model for the character played by Geena Davis and served as a consultant on the 1992 film.
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This is the earliest event in my life that I can remember. My parents have this event on a video tape (they even showed it at my high school graduation party). If anyone is interested in seeing it and will tell me how to upload it on here, I will see if I can put it on here for you to see.
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When Texas Christian University completely remodeled its Amon G. Carter Stadium it included a total sound system upgrade and they called on Acoustic Dimensions to design a system that could provide clear speech, booming music, and stand up to extremes in the weather. Casey Sherred and Brian Elwell are here to tell us how they did all that, coming up next on the SVC Podcast.
SVC: All right, Casey Sherred and Brian Elwell from Acoustic Dimensions. Thanks for being back with us on the SVC Podcast talking about the Amon G. Carter Stadium sound system at Texas Christian University. It's always going to be a huge job with a stadium sound system. You guys dealt with a couple of changes that came along in the works about the general design of the system. How did Acoustic Dimensions get into this project? Did you have a long-standing relationship with TCU?
Brian: TCU did a renovation or actually it was a build-out of the sports complex of the south end zone. The whole south end-zone building is new. There are suites in there, there are team facilities, there's a club, there are some private suites, and we were involved with that project along with HKS, the architect, and they were the architect for the renovation of the stadium. They asked us as well as others to provide a proposal for the work and we were fortunate enough to be selected. [Timestamp: 1:52]
And what time of year was all this work going on outside?
Brian: The stadium, basically, the bulk of their construction, they started demo plans for the day after the season ended. The stadium was blown up, I think, within one or two weeks after the season and Austin Commercial, the general contractor, went like gangbusters and built the entire west-side structure as well as the north scoreboard, the north end, and they developed it to the point to where they could have a temporary certificate of occupancy and have some fans come in and fill up the new parts of the stadium. Basically it was, it's a two-year construction project where they had to hold football games in there in the interim year. So the project went along, obviously, it was about ten months—nine and a half months worth of construction from the time they demo'd the building to the time that they could let fans in to watch football game. [Timestamp: 2:57]
OK, so we're talking about the installation work going on in probably all kinds of weather.
Brian: Oh, in one of the most miserable Texas summers you can imagine. It was the hottest summer on record. [Timestamp: 3:09]
So when you've got sports fans coming out there, and this project stretches beyond just one football season, that sounds like a lot of hard and fast deadlines for a whole lot of people doing a bunch of different kinds of work.
Brian: No one who was not part of this project is going to fully understand and grasp what the contractors had to do to be able to successfully pull this project off. It was incredible. Everyone on there was hard working, they got along, they solved problems quickly. It was an effort on everyone's part to make this happen. [Timestamp: 3:43]
So what was really the toughest task for you on this?
Brian: Well, I think, us as the design team, we had the advantage of there wasn't as critical of a deadline. I think we may have had more time to design it than the contractors did to build it. The most difficult task for us during design was really what we talked about two weeks ago was the change in direction in terms of an end-zone cluster versus distributed and then back to an end-zone cluster again. But certainly once construction started it was fast and furious. There was little time allowed to answers our RFI's. Everything needed to be done quickly and it all worked out and went smooth. I don't know if I'm going to say smoothly, but it went. It happened. [Timestamp: 4:37]
And you have a distributed system with a lot of different kinds of speakers for different places in the stadium. We're not just talking about the sound system out in the stands but club levels, restaurant sort of areas so there has to be a lot of different local control setups so how did you arrange all of that?
Casey: Yeah for the most part there's the suites have local control, which they have the ability to change the source that they're listening to within their suite with a controller on the wall that ties directly into the PSS system. They also have the ability to change the level control in those suites. And then we have the Founder's Lounge and two clubs there that they can have small events in there for when you use a wireless mic and they have local control over all the sources. There's local playback for video and audio sources in those spaces and as well as a level control for what's going on in there so they can use those during off-season and for recruiting events. [Timestamp: 5:38]
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I honestly don't know what to say. Seriously, I am at a loss for words. Just think about that for a second, because I can pretty much ramble on incessantly about any topic that strikes my fancy. But right now, I got nothin'. Then again, it's hard to talk when your mouth is as agape as Eliza's at Tribal Council. What in the Nickelodeon is going on around here?!? Is it just me, or was this one of the best Survivor episodes ever? It had it all: overconfident leaders, blindsides, throwups, staredowns, Probst verbal smackdowns, shady deals, topless Micronesian grandmothers, mad dashes to the bathroom, and, finally, a new power player.
And credit the ousted Eliza for getting it all started thanks to her revelation at last week's Tribal Council (for anyone who hadn't yet figured it out) that Ozzy did, in fact, hold the hidden immunity idol. It got Cirie's wheels in motion, and as we've seen this season, when Cirie wants someone gone — they're gone. As soon as she got back from sending Eliza packing, Cirie mentioned that it ''might not have been such a bad thing'' had Eliza's idol been real and Ozzy been sent home. Jason, however, was feeling a bit down. ''Ozzy fooled me. I felt kinda silly,'' he informed us before making himself feel better by reminding us for the zillionth time how he beat Ozzy in an individual immunity challenge. Apparently still not quite feeling up to snuff, Jason then went on to refer to himself as a ''godlike competitor.'' Personally, I would have chosen ''insanely modest,'' but maybe that's just me.
Unfortunately, Jason was not humbled at the rope-tunnel memory reward challenge when he and Ozzy, Erik, and Amanda beat Natalie, James, Parvati, and Alexis. Cirie wasn't picked and had to go to Exile Island and get rained on, and hell hath no fury like a lonely, wet Cirie, who immediately began plotting Ozzy's demise.
Ozzy, however, was en route to Yap with Jason, Erik and Amanda, where they no doubt all fought over who could sit next to him on the plane. (Jason eventually settled on the co-pilot's chair, with editors thankfully cutting out any comparisons he surely made to controlling the aircraft the same way he was controlling the challenges.) Once they arrived, Erik was chased down by a giant Tyrannosaurus rex! The ferocious beast was all ready to devour the Leif Garrett clone, but then found itself hypnotized by his neon green shorts, ultimately dropping the contestant to instead start performing entire dance sequences from Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Oh, I'm sorry. That was actually Erik's betel nut-induced hallucination. Let me tell you a little something about the betel nut. Everyone in Micronesia chews that stuff. Not only does it make you high, but it rots your teeth and leaves a nasty red paste all over your gums. Some guys who took me to Jellyfish Lake and the Milky Way over there were chewing that stuff, and their mouths looked like something straight out of the Evil Dead trilogy. Seriously, crystal meth has nothing on betel nut when it comes to decaying dental hygiene. In any event, Erik's body ultimately rejected the beer-and-betel combination and puked it all up, but I'm guessing that still didn't stop him from having nightmares about being chased by elderly topless Micronesian women (''That's the most boobs than I've probably seen in my whole life!'').
Meanwhile, back at camp, James morphed into my 5-year-old daughter, who will do anything within her power to wake me up for no good reason whatsoever other than the fact that it is fun to torture Daddy. James saw three sleeping beauties, and instead of just appreciating their slumbering perfection, he decided to start hammering. Apparently deciding that wasn't quite loud enough, he switched over to stripping wood. Still not satisfied with the decibel level, he took to sharpening his blade over and over, creating a SCREEEEECH, SCREEEEECH noise. Hell, he would have probably plugged a guitar into a stack of Marshall amps and cranked out Hendrix's version of ''The Star Spangled Banner'' if he could have. Eventually Parvati clued him in that people were trying to sleep and that he was maybe being just a tad obnoxious. James responded by going and pouting out in the rain. He finally came back just in time to hear Ozzy talk about all the amazing food they ate in Yap! Look, it has been established (and will be again in the next few paragraphs) that Ozzy is not the best strategist, but the Survivor Gameplay 101 manual clearly states, ''Thou shalt not come back and brag about awesomeness of reward challenges lest your tribemates get jealous and vote your gloating ass home.'' Of course, this was far from Ozzy's biggest blunder of the episode, which brings us to...
NEXT: ...the immunity challenge!
Holy crap, people: This is when everything went completely bonkers. The contestants each held up an arm, which was tethered to a bucket that would dump colored water all over them (hence James' Nickelodeon comment) as soon as they moved it out of position. We've seen variations of this classic endurance challenge before, but how were we to know how haywire it would get, with seemingly the entire tribe undergoing lobotomies? The whole thing became one bizarre case of stupidity one-upmanship. (''Oh, you think you're an idiot? Well, check this out!'') After just 20 minutes — 20 minutes! — Probst brought out a bowl of candy for whoever was willing to call it quits. Erik and Cirie immediately drenched themselves. Now, Cirie I can actually kind of understand. No way was she was winning this challenge, because, as we all know, Cirie is incapable of winning anything. But Erik? What the hell? Was he still under the influence of the betel nut? Was he concerned he hadn't done enough damage to his teeth with the betel, so wanted to shove a mouthful of sugar in there as well? Dude, if Jason wins immunity, guess who could be next on the chopping block? You! And all you got in you is 20 freakin' minutes?
But Erik's blunder was nothing compared to Alexis and Natalie's. I mean, at least Erik got the damn candy! At 45 minutes in, Probst walked out with something behind his back. Alexis immediately blurted out ''I want it!'' and dropped her arm before Jeff even mentioned what the heck it was. Probst, clearly reveling in the moment and the fact that he had yet to offer her anything, simply shook his head and told her to sit down. ''No chance,'' he informed Alexis about getting the mystery food. ''You can mope and be mad,'' he told her. And mope she did. But the comedy of errors was far from over. Then, as Probst finally revealed the chocolate-chip cookie and milk, Natalie got so excited that she lost her concentration, and she too was out. James thought this was hilarious, commenting how ''That would suck.'' In a split second, however, he learned what it's like to go from being laughed with to laughed at as he then moved his arm ever so slightly, ending with a yellow paint bath of his own. The best part of this entire exchange? After all that, no one got the cookie and milk. Genius. Positively genius.
Fifteen minutes after that, Probst brought out three chocolate glazed doughnuts, enough to tempt the Challenge Wizard of Oz to quit. I find this curious for a few reasons. For one thing, Ozzy had to understand after Eliza outed his hidden immunity idol at the previous Tribal Council that people might come gunning for him. For another, didn't he just have an enormous feast that he couldn't stop bragging about to his fellow tribemates?!? Doughnuts, dude? Really? Who are you, Homer Simpson? Actually, judging by the wisdom of some of your actions this week, you just may be.
That left only three contestants: Amanda, Paravti, and Jason, who appeared to be in it for the long haul. At least until Amanda's bladder got the better of her. She gave up after five hours, and then ran into the jungle to pee. Now, I'm not one to advocate urinating on oneself, but a precedent has clearly been established. I saw Eliza squat down and pee through her bathing suit right in front of everyone at the marooning. Granted, there were no cameras on her at the time, but then again, there wasn't a million dollars on the line, either. And back in Big Brother 2, I seem to recall either Will or Monica peeing all over themselves during an endurance challenge on a waterbed. The downside to this sort of activity: You'll forever be known as the person that pissed herself on national television. The upside: a million dollars! I'm just gonna come right out and say it: I think I would have done my business right then and there. Go ahead, call me Sir Pissalot. I can take it. Besides, I've heard worse. What I could not take, however, is if I quit to take a leak and then got voted out because of it.
So that left Parvati and Jason, and finally at hour number 6, Probst brought out the promise of a feast including, but not limited to, cookies, doughnuts, candy, peanut butter, milk, beer, pizza, the entire contents of my refrigerator, Lik-m-Aid Fun Dip, and a lifetime supply of McRibs. But the feast wouldn't just be for whoever gave up — it would also be for all the other losers on log row. Natalie then tossed out the offer to spare Jason at Tribal Council if he would ''take one for the team.'' ''I'd need a guarantee,'' replied Jason. And one by one, everyone promised not to vote him out, many with fingers crossed behind their backs. So Jason quit.
A few things I'd like to point out here. Jason's move ended up not costing him, but that does not change this simple fact: It was idiotic. Is there a stronger word than idiotic I can use here? Because I would use it. Foolish? No. Moronic? No. I guess idiotic will have to do. Isn't this guy supposed to be a ''fan''? Have we not all learned from Yau Man's deal gone bad with Dreamz that guarantees mean absolutely nothing in this game? ''Somebody just made a deal that is going to cost them their spot in this game,'' said Probst when it was all done, and Jason should thank his lucky stars that it wasn't him.
NEXT: Bugging out at Tribal Council


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The White Rose Legacy Circle
The White Rose Legacy Circle is a recognition society to honour alumni, faculty, staff, retirees and friends who have remembered York University in their wills or through other forms of planned gifts. The Circle was officially launched on June 20, 2012 with the induction of its founding members. Our second annual event was held on September 28, 2013.
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Vermont company in a sticky situation?By Taylor Reed
The Caledonian-Record | February 09,2013ST. JOHNSBURY Canadian officials have linked Maple Grove Farms of Vermont to a case in which $20 million of maple syrup was stolen in Quebec.
The company denies any wrongdoing.
Mark Bigelow, a Maple Grove manager in St. Johnsbury, declined to comment Thursday afternoon. A statement released later by the company notes, Maple Grove Farms purchased the maple syrup in good faith with no reason to believe that it was coming from Quebec or that it may have been stolen.
The case now implicating Maple Grove, a major regional company, which bills itself as the largest distributor of maple syrup in the United States and the worlds leading maple-candy producer, involves siphoning the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of syrup from a warehouse controlled by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers in Quebec. The value of the stolen syrup has been set at $20 million.
The federation has been compared to an OPEC-like cartel that distributes up to 78 percent of the worlds syrup, influences market prices by withholding supply, and maintains a strategic syrup reserve likened to the United States strategic oil reserve.
The Gazette in Montreal reported that Maple Grove was caught with 12 tanker truck loads of maple syrup that came from the syrup stolen from the warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Quebec.
The newspaper report stated that Maple Grove was visited in October by Vermont and Canadian police in the investigation connecting the company to the stolen syrup. The significance of the heist has given birth to the moniker The Great Maple Syrup Theft Caper.
The French newspaper Le Soleil reported Wednesday that the amount of syrup that could be transported in 12 tractor-trailer loads would be about 700,000 pounds. If Maple Grove purchased that amount it would equal about 15 percent of the total amount of stolen syrup.
Chief Clem Houde of the St. Johnsbury Police Department, which covers the area in the village where Maple Grove is located, said his officers were not involved in the investigation. Lt. Michael Henry of the Vermont State Police also said his troopers were not involved.
According to a petition filed before the Board of Agriculture and Food Marketing of Quebec, a Maple Grove representative confirmed the company purchased syrup from heist kingpin Richard Vallieres last summer at a cost substantially below normal rates set by the syrup federation. Media reports say Vallieres is a well-known buyer of illegal maple syrup.
Maple Grove denies the purchase was at a greatly reduced cost. Press reports that the prices paid for the maple syrup were substantially below normal rates are inaccurate. The prices paid were consistent with normal commercial prices for maple syrup purchased from sources outside of Quebec.
Canadian authorities have made more than 18 arrests in the case, including Vallieres. Maple Grove for its alleged part could face fines and trade sanctions.
The Agriculture and Food Marketing Board of Quebec frowns on the purchase of syrup from unauthorized dealers, and was scheduled to rule on Maple Groves breach of procedure this week. However, the matter was postponed to allow criminal charges to be laid in the matter, according to Canadian media reports.
The maple syrup theft was discovered in July 2012 by an accountant sent to assess inventory at the Saint-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse. The warehouse is located about 100 miles northeast of Montreal.
Maple Grove Farms was founded in 1915. It is headquartered on Portland Street in St. Johnsbury, but also maintains a branch in Saint-Evariste-de-Forsyth, Quebec.
The company concluded its statement by noting, Maple Grove Farms is committed to providing quality products and observing high ethical standards in the conduct of our business. Maple Grove Farms is fully cooperating with the investigation being conducted by the authorities, including the Quebec Police.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER The first Legislature in the country to pass an aid-in-dying law may revisit the... Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full StoryGroveman to head Full Story -
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I suppose if one needed an instant matrix of my premise with this letter, The Church Alumni Association could be a helpful description.
My library shelves are held swayed by John Dominic Crossan, James Carroll, and Amy-Jill Levine to name but a very, very few. Needless to say the study in the historical Jesus is of a keen interest with me. And the closest thing I've seen in the practical application of these studies have been things like the 'Living the Questions' series which defines itself as Progressive Christianity. Which inevitably in an internet search leads me to you and heartbroken disappointment.
Have always thought it silly when evangelical fundamentalists willfully through both ignorance and paranoia assail others of different faiths both inside and outside of Christianity. Therefore I am sad to report that I find the exact same conclusion in your diatribes against candidate Romney, who I am not voting for, and his religion, which I do not advocate. So unfounded and unwarranted your words I am pinching myself, stunned even, that you carry the banner of a Progressive Christian.
While I think theologically you might have matured greatly, very greatly, in regards to contemporary American politics you seem to have a simple childlike understanding. Like how our brethren who still hold fast to supernatural theism have a simple childlike understand.
Heartbroken and disappointed I wait for them, I wait for you, in the wilderness that is The Church Alumni Association.


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Bolsover South or Carr Vale Station, The Viaduct and The Tunnel.
Lancashire Derbyshire & East Coast Railway was planned as early as 1891 but was not operational until 1896, financed by the local colliery company at Bolsover and by the personal fortune of William Arkwright (1857-1925).
LD&ECR days. Looking West. (Copyright Unknown).
Plan from 1890's Showing the Station Main Lines and the Building that was to become New Bolsover Social Club.
Original Seal of the LD&ECR.
Original Plan of the Station complex.
Level Crossing.
The original Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway was planned in 1891 and completed in 1896, financed by the local colliery company at Bolsover and by the personal fortune of William Arkwright (1857-1925). It passed through Carr Vale on its way from Chesterfield to Lincoln. It came into the Doe Lea valley from Arkwright and then over the Pleasley, Seymour Junction of the Midlands railway (Doe Lea branch line). With a splendid brick built eight arch railway viaduct and then uphill into the station at Carr Vale. The line then passed the preservative factory and sidings on the left which was supplied by local grown fruit to for preserving and jams. The line went uphill and into the Bolsover-Scarcliffe tunnel which was cut through the very bedrock of Bolsover and was plagued with water and subsidence whilst it was being constructed and throughout its life. The one mile eight hundred and sixty four yard tunnel yielded around two hundred thousand gallons of water each day as an undesirable by-product. The measurements of the tunnel are as follows 20 feet 9 inches high at the centre and 25 feet 9 inches wide and at 2,624 yards long one of the longest tunnels in the United Kingdom.
The Bolsover and District Water Company was set up in 1903 to alleviate the problem. The water was used to supply softened and treated piped drinking water for New Bolsover to replace the metal water tanks and stand pipes at the back of the blocks of houses. It also replaced the wells and springs in Carr Vale and was pumped up to Hillstown to collecting tanks holding between them 64,000 gallons. By the 1920's demand had outstripped supply and bore holes were sunk on Bolsover Moor with a new water treatment plant being installed at Whaley. The water now feeds the fishing pond in Carr Vale.
Tickets Owned and Copyright Glynn Waite. With Thanks.
The Great Central Railway took over operations on September 12th. 1906.
Looking West. (Copyright Unknown).
Looking East towards the tunnel. (Copyright Unknown).
Waiting for the King & Queen. Possibly June 25th 1914, King George V and Queen Mary pass through Bolsover to visit the Duke and Duchess of Portland at Welbeck Abbey. (Copyright Unknown).
An East Bound Passenger Train with the Preservative Factory, signal box and sidings, looking towards New Bolsover. (Copyright Unknown).
Looking East towards the tunnel. (Copyright Unknown).
Looking East towards the tunnel. The tower to the right above the track is the water supply tank for the Bolsover water works (Copyright Unknown).
The cutting of the tunnel delayed the opening of the railway as it was riddled with small streams and faulting which made the roof prone to falls, this and the unreliability of the powder and fuse led to numerous deaths and injuries amongst the navvies, the railway company decided to have a horse and trap in attendance at the mouth of the tunnel as an ambulance to ferry the injured to hospital.
West Tunnel Portal Plan.
Later to become the London & North Eastern Railway It existed from 1 January 1923 until Nationalisation on 1 January 1948, then became British Railways until closure.
Tickets Owned and Copyright Glynn Waite. With Thanks.
But by the early 1950's the tunnel was claimed to be unsafe because of erosion by the water and mining subsidence (The very industry it set out to serve). The line ceased service on December the third 1951, the line was removed, and the tunnel blocked up. The railway viaduct which was said by some to be unstable and unsafe had two failed attempts made to blow it up using explosives; but was finally demolished using heavy machinery. (August 24th. 1952 at 8:15am).
The viaduct was a eight arched brick span and was seventy feet high and three hundred and seventy feet long.
Carr Vale Viaduct. (Copyright Unknown).
Original plan of the railway and viaduct over the Midland Railway.
The Carr Vale Disasters.
In December 1910 and again in October 1923 Carr Vale was at the centre of two accidents involving children on the level crossing outside the now New Bolsover Social club. The articles are reports from the Derbyshire Times and graphically describe the accidents and the aftermath. The articles are from two books which record the local incidents from the Derbyshire times and Derbyshire Courier From the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century painstakingly written by Mr. &. Mrs. Jackson of the North Wingfield Local History Group.
The graphic reports tell the story of human tragedy on the local railway.
Derbyshire Times 31st December 1910.
Mr. John West a miner from New Bolsover saw the accident which occurred at about 5-15 pm. on Saturday afternoon. He was standing talking to his nephew outside the wicket gate on the Bolsover side of the crossing. He saw the passenger train cone in and noticed 15 or 20 children against the wicket gate. The noise and bustle caused by the detraining of the passengers had hardly begun before the youngsters trooped onto the crossing- They were oblivious of danger and not even the noisy approach of a Great Northern empty coat train and the long shrill whistle of the engine caused than to arrest their footsteps or to flee from the hideous death that was rushing upon than- A moment later the engine dashed into the group of heedless children and the spot which had been occupied a moment before by little folk ravelling in health and innocent excitement was strewn with the mangled remains of the dead and the bodies of the injured. The grim instrument of death passed on its way, the driver being quite unaware that anything out of the ordinary had happened. I turned around to bury my face in my hands and shut out the awful site and uttered the exclamation "Oh God". I did not know that but some of my children were amongst them. Mr. West said I think all the children were excited and were hurrying home to tell their parents of the delight of the cinematographic entertainment. I rushed onto the crossing and took the boy Buxton into my arms and hurried to the platform and at the same time shouted for someone to telephone for medical assistance. Whilst the bodies were lying about it was a relief to me to be informed by someone who had alighted onto the platform from the passenger train that Dr. Spencer was on the platform. I never want to witness so ghastly a spectacle again I have seen men injured in the mines but the sight did not compare with the fearful scenes of which I was an eye witness.
The direction in which the train was coming there is a curve, the curve is such that if you were standing at the wicker gate on the Carr Vale side of the crossing you would not see an approaching train until it arrived into the station because of the buildings The children would not be able to see the train until it was a few yards away from them and it had passed the footbridge.
Killed: Mary Margaret Bacon 9, Joseph Bacon 10, and George Alfred Boot 8.
Injured: Arthur Yates 9, Ethel Kemp 7, and John James Buxton 11.
Arthur the sole surviving son of Mr. & Mrs. J.T.Bacon prattled simply about the accident which has robbed him of a brother and sister, "yes I did like the show" as he lovingly held the gifts which Santa Claus had brought him. I wanted to go home with our Dolly and Joe but two boys did like this, (standing with his arms outstretched) and would not let me. The little smiling face of six was spared the knowledge that the conduct of his two tormentors had in all probability saved him.
Edwin Buxton the 7 year old brother of the injured John James Buxton lingered by the way after leaving the Central hall- John hurried forward and was cut down.
"I saw the train come along" said Ivy Kemp who was one or the group of children standing near the crossing gate and whose younger sister was frightfully injured "Did you see the train knock the children down"? "I was at the back" she said.
In June 1909 an old man named Breedon was killed on the crossing, It was curious fact that this man had previously been engaged watching the crossing and looking after the safety of the children who crossed it daily on their way to school.
Census of traffic crossing. 8.30a.m. on Jan. 20th until 8.30.a.m. 22nd Jan. l910.
First 24 hours. 5804 pedestrians and 187 vehicles.
Second 24 hours. 7214 pedestrians and 239 vehicles.
Dr. Spencer's report.
I was on the platform awaiting the arrival of some friends. I spoke to the Station Master with reference to a parcel which should have come by the train. During our conversation I noticed a ticket collector approach from the direction of the level crossing and spoke to the Station Master who flushed deeply and then turned pale. The Station Master gave the instruction in an alarmed tone to block the line both ways. I lingered awhile and saw a man named John West approaching from the level crossing and carrying in his arms a child. As he reached me he said "Dr. Spencer there has been an awful accident and a lot of children have been mowed down by a goods train. The room next to the booking hall was selected as suitable for examining the child Mr. West was carrying. The child was placed on the table and a porter's jacket was used as a pillow. A girl was brought in and identified as Margaret Bacon; she was alive but suffering from appalling injuries. I did all I could to stop the bleeding but I knew death was inevitable. I rushed to Mr. J.T. Weston's and telephoned for my emergency case. I next telephoned Dr. Schoolered and Dr. Saville for assistance. An Instruction was given for an engine to be held in readiness to carry to Chesterfield those who were injured. Ethel Kemp was brought into the room with a badly fractured leg which I decided to put into position as quickly as possible. Mr. A.R. Davis who carried the girl in told me there had been an inquiry for splints and bandages and had been told there was none to be had at the station. A parasol probably left luggage was found in the waiting room and on my suggestion Mr. Davis broke it in two parts and was used temporarily for splints, for bandages we used pocket handkerchiefs.
At the Carr Vale Hall on Saturday afternoon a number of children attempted to witness a cinematograph entertainment. The laughter rang through the building and their cries of joy at the scenes presented to their admiring gaze penetrated into the streets and caused a lady passing to observe to her friend hew happy the children are.
A letter from Mr. Hunter Clerk to the Bolsover Urban council stated that they considered that while it would be a distinct advantage to move the bridge from the east to the west end of the platform the difficulty with regards to the vehicular traffic would still remain. The Council strongly urged the desirability of closing the gates against the railway as was done on other crossings. Mr. Ball replied we are obliged to do so by Statute one of the clauses of the Regulations of the Railway Act 1842 states "whereas experience has shown it is more conducive to safety that such gates should be half closed across the turnpike or the road instead of the railway"-
January 7th 1911,
Solved. Carr Vale danger to be removed, the problem of the Carr Vale death trap has been solved and it only remains for the Bolsover Urban District Council and the Railway Co. to carry out the construction of the subway for foot passengers with the utmost despatch. When this is done the wicket gate will be removed and pedestrians will not use the crossing at all.
All Bolsover seemed to be in mourning when the funerals of the little victims took place. The remains of Mary Margaret Bacon and those of her brother Joseph William Bacon were interned on Tuesday afternoon. The coffins were of pitch pine with brass furniture. An unfortunate incident occurred to mar the beauty of the ceremony when the graves were found to be too small to contain the bodies and the mourners were compelled to stand around whilst the cavities were enlarged with a spade. The grave was still too small and needed further enlarging so a hymn was sung to the accompaniment of the spade striking the frozen earth.
Similar impressive scenes were witnessed when the remains George Alfred Boot were laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon. A bitterly cold wind was blowing but this did not deter a crowd of sympathisers.
Derbyshire Times 27th. October 1923.
A sad fatality Involving the life of one little boy and serious injuries to another occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the Carr Vale level crossing on the Lincoln to Chesterfield branch of the L. and N. E. railway. The tragic affair happened about 4-25.p.rn. when the children attending the colliery schools at the New Bolsover infant school were returning home to Carr Vale which lies on the west side of the crossing. It is alleged that the boys ware playing on the railway at the time and having waited on the embankment for the passing of a goods train coming from Chesterfield, rushed across to the other side when they were knocked down by a ballast train coming in the opposite direction, the approach of which they failed to notice. Herbert Hayes aged 8 son of Arthur Hayes of Scarsdale Street Carr Vale was killed outright his body being mangled beyond recognition, his companion Leonard Platts aged 8 son of Arthur Platts an engineer at the Bolsover brickworks also of Scarsdale Street who was knocked down by the engine into the six foot and sustained serious injuries. The driver of the ballast train was unaware of the tragedy, continued on his journey. Three of Herbert Hayes schoolmates had been standing at the gate on the Carr Vale side quite unconscious of the terrible disaster that was impending. Assistance was immediately forthcoming and the body was removed to a room on the station platform where Mr. J.L. Cox Superintendent of the Bolsover Ambulance Division, Mr. M. Stubbings, Mr. R.Marklew and Mr. F. Marklew and P.C.Goodall prepared the body for removal to the boys home. Platts was placed in a motor car which was standing at the gates and taken to the surgery of Dr. W. Stratton and afterwards to the Chesterfield Hospital. The railway is an important artery of communication with the main line and over it thousands of tons of mineral traffic pass daily to the East coast ports and other line centres.
Enquires made by our representative on the spot showed that the deceased and his companion were on their way home from school and on reaching the crossing found the gate which locks automatically when a train is signalled fastened. Instead of using the subway they climbed the fence and got onto the railway. A coal train from the direction of Chesterfield was due to pass at the time and immediately it had cleared the crossing the boys had rushed across the metals and ran into the ballast train coming in the other direction from Scarcliffe.
Mr. Haddock the esteemed headmaster of the colliery school stated that they had been warned time and time again and in fact it is not a fortnight ago since I spoke to then and the Station Master threatened them. Mr. Haddock also mentioned a practice resorted to by drivers or motor vehicles which served as a great temptation to boys to congregate near the crossing as the drivers invariably gave the boys a penny to open the gates to save themselves the trouble of alighting. Three little boys who were eye witnesses to the terrible accident were Harold Bell, George Sudbury, and William Challenger all of Carr Vale. They had passed through the subway and were attracted to the crossing gate on the Carr Vale side by seeing the two boys on the line. Harold Bell said we saw Herbert and Leonard in the middle of the railway; they had climbed over the fence near to Mr. Richardson's shop. There was a goods train coming out of the tunnel from Scarcliffe and another one from Chesterfield. The boys were running backwards and forwards over the lines as if they were playing. They ran across as soon as the train from Chesterfield had passed and rushed into the train from Scarcliffe. George Sudbury said I saw both trains and the two boys were on the bank a little below the crossing waiting for the Chesterfield train to pass. When it had gone they rushed across and were knocked down by the other train. William Challenger corroborated he story told by his companions in that Hays rushed across the line first and was killed and Platts was knocked into the six foot. It was still the practice for children to cross the line when the gates were open.
I personally do not think it would be possible to tell this story any better than the reporters of the day have told it and so I have left it as it was told in the Derbyshire Times. (A.N.B.).
Derbyshire Times.
See also: http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/bolsover.html


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"In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity--it is a prerequisite. And yet, we have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. And half of the students who begin college never finish. This is a prescription for economic decline.
So tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. This can be community college or a four-year school; vocational training or an apprenticeship. But every American will need to get more than a high school diploma. And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country."
Source: 2009 State of the Union address Feb 24, 2009
President Barack Obama
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Russia World Cup Host Cities Candidates
Here we have a list of the host cities candidates for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™.
Uniquely located on the geographical borderline of Europe and Asia, and at the foot of the Ural Mountains, Ekaterinburg has a population of 1.37 million.
Founded in the 13th century by knights of the Teutonic Order and formerly known as Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, Kaliningrad is home to over 450,000 people.
Kazan is at the forefront of Russian sport, home to some of the best football, basketball and hockey teams in the country.
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi has risen to global prominence after having been awarded the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
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Every decorator's favorite treasure trove, Newel, gets a high-style makeover that gives its elegant goods the surroundings they deserve
By Tim McKeough
"I've been a client there as long as I've known about antiques stores," says Hampton, the daughter of famed decorator Mark Hampton. "My father always loved going. There's a great old tradition of big antiques emporiums that has really gone by the wayside. Newel is the last one standing in New York City, and it's a treasure."
Now, following a merger with Guy Regal, a New York dealer who previously ran his own Upper East Side shop specializing in continental neoclassical decorative arts and midcentury art, Newel is opening its doors wider. "We want to take what I do, which is retail sales and high-end dealing, and their rental side and make those operations work together," says Regal, pointing out that Newel has some 10,000 different pieces in stock. "You've got an inventory that's been in the making for 70 years."
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The developers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning have undergone some big, huge changes over the past few months since their game released. While things looked down for a while, for some of them, the outlook is now much more epic.
The developers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning have undergone some big, huge changes over the past few months since their game released. While things looked down for a while, for some of them, the outlook is now much more epic.
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
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As an interesting aside, EA stated they would love to publish a follow-up to Kingdoms of Amalur.
A very important editorial. Thank you. I totally want all those guys to get new jobs but most of all, I want Curt Schilling to be able to finish his MMO someday. If Epic ends up making a new Amalur sequel with EA, is it possible that Curt gets called? I personally think that he SHOULD be there. I don't think his input in the game was a small one.
The guy seems like such a successful person in life in general so it seems unlikely that he'd just go out like that.
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I think it was more EA wants to Produce another KoA game and not just publish it. That's the sense i got.
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The real issue with Amalur was budgetary over-reach, an extremely unfortunate problem in the industry these days. If selling 500,000 units of _any_ game is considered a failure and your studio goes bankrupt, you're doing something very, very wrong.
The should make an RPG based on The Wire. Except don't get 38 Studio to do it.
I liked Amalur. I mean... it was a competent game, if nothing else. I didn't feel the voicework, art, and story quite befitted the pedigree of all these famous people that were contributing to it. Perhaps that's just me. It's far from a "failure" in my mind though.
"PLAYER, Omar stole our package! Can you go to the projects and bring back 8 bags of Heroin before Snoop finds out and kills me in an abandoned house? I'll give you 25 dollars and a 38. revolver +2"The should make an RPG based on The Wire. Except don't get 38 Studio to do it.
I remember Chris Avellone saying a The Wire RPG was his dream project or something. I have no clue how it would work honestly.
At the beginning of the game you choose to be either a dealer or police. If you choose to be a dealer, the object of the game is to either become a Kindpin or a shotgun-wielding folk hero. If you choose to be police, you get ****ed.
I'm not particularly fond of rumors in the gaming world since more often than not they lead to vaporware and disappointments. I only wish to see new games announced if developers are 99.99% sure they'll see release in the near future (*looks at Final Fantasy Versus XIII*).
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That's just it, the only possible excuse for calling it a "failure" is that it couldn't meet extreme and unreasonable sales requirements to make back its budget. Might have been one thing if it was an MMO with a monthly fee coming in, but a single-player game with a one-time buy-in? 500,000 units is damn good for a new IP!
We don't actually know if Reckoning overran its budget. The main budgetary problems 38 was having were related to the development of the Copernicus MMO. We know Reckoning did all right for publisher EA (enough that EA was probably going to publish Reckoning 2 until it heard about the financial issues at 38), but we don't know how much money it gave back to BHG/38 Studios.
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EA had a 70, them, 30, 38s, split for the console game. EA took most of the money.
No it isn't, so I'm curious where the stat comes from.
i can't remember where I heard it, but it said that it was 70/30 plus they had to pay back 30 million for a loan EA gave them before they could collect any profit. I can't say that it's true but I can say whoever agrees to that kind of deal pretty much shoots themselves in the head, financially speaking.
I could understand 70/30 + loan the other way. That makes sense.
supposedly it was said in a bankruptcy hearing. http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/07/1...ruptcy-hearing
Hmm, that article brings up more and more questions. 2 million to break even when 3 million was said on twitter previously, etc etc.


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This action toolkit address two intertwined issues affecting women in conflict situations all around the world: the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the role of women in peacebuilding. The Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group and the Canadian Federation of University Women are launching it as reports emerge that a new law curtailing women's rights is in the works in Afghanistan, and as the tally of victims of sexual violence in East Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaches 40 women a day. This is modern conflict, where in the words of a seasoned peacekeeper, it is now "more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier". For a long time, rape and other forms of sexual violence were thought to be a side effect of conflict, a rare and isolated type of collateral damage. However, new understandings of gender and conflict have revealed a different picture: rape is a war within a war. In conflict situations, what is occurring is not rape out of control – it is rape under orders. Rape and other forms of sexual abuse are now systematically used by armed groups as a means of achieving political and military ends.
Perpetrators know that rape has a devastating effect on families, villages, communities and nations. They know that it makes peace less possible. They know that it keeps women imprisoned by shame and destroys their access to a reliable income. They know it is cheaper than conventional weapons. Above all, they know that they are unlikely to ever be brought to justice. This unique experience of conflict, and the central role women play in families and communities, makes their participation in peacebuilding vital to success. Research in Sudan, DRC and Uganda has shown that peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved. Women make a difference because they have a more inclusive idea of security and bring forward key social and economic issues that would otherwise be ignored. Despite this, women continue to be widely excluded from decision-making in peace negotiations and reconstruction talks.: according to a recent study that examined peace agreements, only 2.4% of signatories to were women and women's participation in negotiating delegations averaged a dismal 5.9%. The UN has already developed key international policy tools to begin to put a stop to sexual violence in conflict and support women building peace. Canada was integral to the adoption o f two groundbreaking Security Council resolutions that provide frameworks for addressing sexual violence and including women in peacebuilding.
However, almost ten years after the issue of women in conflict was first seriously dealt with by the UN Security Council, Canada still lacks a national action plan to implement these resolutions. This toolkit is a call to act in solidarity with women in conflict, to hold the Canadian government accountable to its international commitments, and to press forward the struggle for women's equality. We hope you find it both helpful and inspiring


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Hey guys I'm a fairly new agot player and I need one card its a promo its called lady of riverrun I would be willing to pay upwards to 75 dollars for this one card I know it's a high price but I really need it
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Posted 04 September 2012 - 05:33 AM
I had to check, but I do have a copy of Lady of Riverrun. Just to check, though, you do know that as a CCG era promo, it is not legal in sanctioned LCG play? Not a big deal, of course, but just want to make sure you're not hoping to build it into a Tully deck you're taking to the World Championship in MInnesota in November.
If you're still interested, let me know.
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Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 4:33
My dishwasher has part of its controls within the top edge of the door and the rest of the controls contained within a slightly protruding dull black plastic housing across the top part of the door. I'm sure you know what I mean, this configuration is seen everywhere. The rest of the door is covered with this ugly, shiny black panel. This dishwasher is not the kind that is made for a front panel replacement. I'm redoing my kitchen with custom cabinetry using antique wood and this dishwasher will be an eye sore. I would like to replace it with a dishwasher made specifically for adding a cabinet panel to cover the entire door but unfortunately the budget must be spent elsewhere at this time. Anyway, the dishwasher is only about 5 yrs. old and does a great job washing dishes. I thought of replacing the black shiny panel with a wood panel but don't know how I would accomplish this. Any ideas? I could even use a punched tin panel within a wood frame as a replacement since this will be a country kitchen. I don't want to buy a panel kit as they are terribly expensive--might as well put that investment into a new dishwasher if I was going that route. I'm hesitant to start unscrewing this black shiny panel front off the door, if it is even possible. Anyone with some experience in this matter? |
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We replaced ours with a stainless panel made for the DW. Was about $40 I think and took about 10 Minutes to do. Ours is a Kenmore Elite which is really a Whirlpool. Also had a shiny black front door which we bought that way purposely because at the time all our appliances were black. |
- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 22:08
In the old days, when the world was young and I had more hair, DWs came with front panels that were both removable and of different colors: black/white and biscuit/avocado. It would not surprise me if the black panel may be white on the other side. However, it should not be any big deal to replace or paint it. |
- Posted by springwater (My Page) on Mon, Mar 12, 12 at 7:47
Thanks, mine too is a Kenmore Elite. My front panel wraps around the sides of the door. No track to make ease of panel replacement. I guess I'll just have to get out the screwdriver and go to it. Thank goodness I had the smarts to have installed an electrical switch for this dishwasher so won't get electrocuted in the process of removing door front. Thanks for your help. |
The door spring may need to be changed or adjusted if possible to handle the increased door weight. |
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