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Jet Airways 'JetSpark - Shine On'
The JetSpark initiative is a first-of-its-kind attempt by any airline to create a long lasting relationship with its future flyers. Our new members thereby, stand to gain numerous benefits like attractive offers on their boarding cards, a dedicated web page, and a section with a host of activities in the airlines' in-flight magazines – JetWings and Flylite. JetPrivilege members who are 12 years and above, have the opportunity to earn miles which can be redeemed for free flights for themselves.
As part of a unique initiative, for our young JetPrivilege members aged between 12 - 18 years we conducted an educational excursion of our aircraft maintenance hangar, near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Santacruz, Mumbai.
At the hangar, the young travelers were explained in detail, the various facets of Airline maintenance and operations. They were also shown the interior, cockpit, the cargo hold and the landing gear operations of one of our Boeing 737-800 aircraft.The JetSpark visitors enjoyed the sights and sounds of the aircrafts taking off and landing at the adjacent Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
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Jet Airways celebrates Children's day with unique Flight of Fantasy
November 14, 2010
Jet Airways, India's premier airline, celebrated Children's Day by operating a Flight of Fantasy for underprivileged and special children in Mumbai. As part of its annual community service, Jet Airways gave over 100 children a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the joy of flying onboard a Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Flight of Fantasy was operated in support of non-governmental organisations (NGO's) Aseema, DEEDS, Cancer Aid & Research Foundation and Save The Children India, all of who are dedicated to the upliftment and education of children, vulnerable in our society. To know more click here.Click here to view the photographs.
Presenting our unique initiative - a first-of-its-kind by an airline attempts to create a long term relationship with our future travellers in the age groups of 2-21 years. Jet Airways' young JetPrivilege Members have an opportunity to earn miles which can be redeemed for free flights on their own.
New members stand to gain numerous benefits like, Boarding Card Delights, a dedicated web page and a special section for its activities in the in-flight magazines – JetWings and FlyLite.
In addition, Jet Airways also plans to create a community for our young members, which will help connect with other members and share their experiences.
As part of our focus on young travellers we have partnered with National Geographic channel as an airline partner to promote 'NatGeo Junior Hunt', a specially designed contest for school children who will be tested for their knowledge of travel, culture, geography, people and wildlife.
The regional finalists of the NatGeo Hunt contest will also get to participate in a Jet Airways' sponsored quiz entitled Travel Ennriches Life.
Prizes were presented by sponsors - Skybusters "Range of Aircrafts' only from Matchbox, while Sky Gourmet provided the refreshments.
Jet Airways has also tied up with HongKong Tourism to host two of our young JetPrivilege members for a sponsored trip to Hong Kong.
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Skipping over the epic and tiresome duel between Coolinator and toombaru… I just read this article, which is an excellent discussion of topics around mind/brain, free will and religious belief. Perfect for these forums.
The dualistic brain processes is a very apt explanation for the illusion of many things, animism to free will.

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When I take visitors through those big glass doors of the La Grande Épicerie in Paris, the first stop may very well be the spectacular pastry section, where fanciful cakes wrapped with ribbons of chocolate, or covered with a spun-sugar lattice topping, are proudly displayed in glass showcases like jewels.
In the corner, less obvious, are the sweets for le grignotages, or snacking. (Which they also call le snacking, in French.) Among the sugar-topped chouquettes and scalloped madeleines, are squares of candied almond-covered shortbread, called miella. Although they don't grab your eye with the same intensity as the surrounding pastries, they are my favorite thing in the showcase and I am borderline addicted to them. When I point them out to people, they rarely show the same enthusiasm as I do, being more transfixed by the rows and rows of colorful macarons and glossy éclairs. "Tant pis" (tough sh*t, or more politely "too bad") as they say – more for me!
Fortunately, I am able to limit my consumption to the occasional trips across Paris, when I feel the need to do some damage at the grandest culinary supermarket in town. Not that I need an excuse to go there, but it's probably best I don't have easy access to those caramelized almond-honey squares. (And the three aisles of chocolate bars.) Well, until now.


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Connect to the wrong Oracle schema
When having 2 Sonar schemas on the same Oracle instance, especially if they are in 2 different versions, Sonar can get confused and picks the first it finds. In that case, there are two known workarounds:
1. Remove the DBA rights to the Sonar users in Oracle
2. Use sonar.hibernate.default_schema in sonar.properties to set the schema. In that case, -Dsonar.hibernate.default_schema should be used as well during project analysis.
Cannot connect to MySQL database
By default, remote access to MySQL database server is disabled for security reasons. If you want to remotely access to the database server from the Sonar Maven plugin, you need to follow this quick guide.
Failed to start on 64-bit Windows 7
If you have installed a 64-bit version of the JDK or JRE, and Windows is using the 64-bit version by default, then the batch file windows-x86-32\StartSonar.bat will not start the server because the wrapper.exe program called by the batch file cannot load the lib\wrapper.dll library. You can check which version of Java is being used by opening a shell and typing "java -version". If it is a 64-bit version you will see something like "Java HotSpot (TM) 64-Bit Server VM" in the description. You can download a 32-bit version of the JDK or JRE from Oracle and install it. By default it will be installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Java. Open up a command shell and change to the top-level directory of drive. With "dir /X" you can list the shortened names of the directories. You want the shortened name of the C:\Program Files (x86) directory, or wherever the 32-bit version of the JDK or JRE was installed. You can then add some lines like the following to the StartSonar.bat batch file to put the directory containing the 32-bit version of java.exe in the beginning of the PATH:
Failed to start on Windows Vista
Sonar seems unable to start when installed under the folder "Program Files" in VISTA. It should therefore not be installed there.
Failed to launch the Sonar service on Windows platform with a LocalSystem account
This error happens when the temporary file path specified for the Local System doesn't exist. Assuming that environment variables have their default settings and that Windows is installed on the 'C' drive, the following paths should exist:
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP : C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Temp
Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Temp
In most cases, the "Temp" folder is missing and should be created. See SONAR-2660.
Failed to start Sonar with Oracle due to bad USERS table structure
When another(s) USERS table exists in the Oracle DB, if the sonar user has read access on this other USERS table, the Sonar web server can't start and an exception like the following one is thrown :
See SONAR-2549.
To fix this issue, the rights of the sonar oracle user must be decreased to remove read access on the other(s) USERS table(s).
Failed to connect to update center via proxy
Double-check that settings for proxy in file
sonar.properties are specified correctly.
Note that if your username contains "\" (backslash), then it should be escaped - for example username "domain\user" in file should look like:
For some proxies exception "java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times" might mean incorrect username or password.
Can Sonar run in HTTPS mode
No. But you can run Sonar in a standard HTTPS infrastructure using reverse proxy (in this case the reverse proxy must be configured to set the value 'X_FORWARDED_PROTO: https' in each HTTP request header. Without this property, redirection initiated by the Sonar server will fall back on HTTP).
Solaris: Issue with JRuby 1.6.6 / 1.6.7
Due to the following JRuby issue: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-6494, the following line has to be added in conf/wrapper.conf:
See SONAR-4046 for more information.
Note that this property has to be set when launching Tomcat (as the wrapper.conf file is not used when deploying in application server).
I have locked myself out
There is currently nothing that stops you removing from every user and every group the global administrator role. the global administrator role. You then have no other solution than make an manual update in the Sonar database to get back in control.
I lost the admin password
In case you lost the admin password of your Sonar instance, you can reset it by running the following update statement :
This will reset the password to admin.
I am not getting expected new violations in the differential views of drill-down?
3 reasons can explain this:
- This service only shows "Added Violations", not fixed ones. Therefore the number you see in this service can be different from the dashboard.
- The algorithm used to detect if a violation is new is very good but still perfectible. Therefore new violations can sometimes appear only because Sonar did not recognize it existed already
- You are looking at a period of X days which goes beyond the first analysis made after migration to Sonar 2.5. In this case there can be a discrepancy due to the fact that prior to 2.5, Sonar was not collecting the info necessary to build this service. This issue will disappear as soon as period does not go beyond first analysis.
Failed to analyse a project as another analysis on the same project seems to be running at the same time (Sonar 3.4 only)
In Sonar 3.4 (SONAR-3306) a new semaphore mechanism has been introduced to prevent launching several analysis on the same project in parallel. But in some cases when an analysis of a project is unexpectedly interrupted, the lock of the semaphore is sometimes not released and in such case it's up to the Sonar administrator to relaunch the project analysis with the property 'sonar.forceAnalysis=true'. This limitation has been fixed in Sonar 3.5 (SONAR-4053).
How to remove false-positive violations?
You can use the mechanism embedded in underlying rules violation engine (//NOPMD...) or the generic mechanism implemented in Sonar : Put //NOSONAR at the end of the line of the violation. This will suppress the violation.
The //NOSONAR tag is useful to deactivate all rules at a given line but is not suitable to deactivate all rules (or only a given rule) for all the lines of a method or a class. This is why support for @SuppressWarnings("all") has been added to Sonar.
Use the Switch Off Violations plugin
Switch off violation
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Breed Group:
Approximately 23-27 kg (50-60 lbs) for males and 18-25 kg (40-55 lbs) for females.
Males are slightly larger at 50-65 cm (20-25 inches) while females are 50-58 cm (20-23 inches).
Plotts can be found in any shade of brindle and occasionally can have small white patches on the feet and chest.
Their coat is smooth, hard, dense, and has a fine texture.
These are hunting dogs and can be aggressive, bold, and fearless. That being said, they are loyal and intelligent and enjoy human interaction. They also tend to enjoy their independence and show some stubbornness but are usually obedient.
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Interestingly, the Plott family brought these dogs from German when they immigrated to the United States in the 1700s. They were bred by the Plott Brothers in North Carolina in order to be used in boar hunts. Plott hounds were considered among the best boar hunting dogs in the world.
They were brought to the United States by the Plott brothers of Germany and were named after them.
Plott hounds are athletic and muscular and have been know to be courageous fighters and excellent trackers. They tend to be even-tempered and easily trained despite their independent nature. They have a strong hunting instinct as well.
Plott hounds are easy to train, as their intelligence suggests. Training should be undertaken at a young age as they have a strong fighting instinct and socializing with other animals is important to reduce the impact of this instinct.
These are highly active dogs that require a lot of exercise. Twice daily walks and access to a moderately sized yard are ideal.
Although they are known to be aggressive fighters, they still make good pets. They are smart, loyal, and affectionate. Still, because they are bred for hunting and fighting, they need to be socialized with other dogs at an early age. Even after training and socialization, they should be supervised around other dogs as they are capable of fighting to the death. As such, they do not make good pets for families with small children or other dogs.
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Commuter Series Case for Motorola DROID Maxx
Once you get your hands on the DROID Maxx, you'll quickly find out that this is more than just a smartphone — it's your prized technological possession. And anyone that's damaged one of these prized technological possessions knows that gut wrenching, "the world is going to end" feeling that takes over when you drop, bump, sit on (insert other unexpected, but unfortunately, oftentimes daily accidents here) your bare DROID Maxx. Stop the emotional rollercoaster before it starts by protecting your investment with the Commuter Series case for DROID Maxx. From a slide across the dashboard to a fall from your lap when getting out of a cab, we've thought of all of those on-the-go, "worst case scenarios" when designing this DROID Maxx cover. Get this case and be carefree knowing your technology is protected.
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- DROID Maxx by Motorola
- All features and functions work properly through the Commuter Series case
- Port covers keep dirt and debris from getting in the ports and jacks
- Interior slip cover layer cushions the DROID Maxx from the occasional mishaps, including bumps and drops
- Exterior shell is sleek enough to slide in and out of pockets but is still tough enough to toss in your bag or purse
- Self-adhesive screen protector guards against scratches and smudges
Environmental Protection:The Commuter Series case for DROID Maxx case provides added protection against bump and shock but is NOT protective against water.
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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam. About 1.460 petatonnes (Pt) (1021kilograms) of water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in oceans and other large water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation. Saltwater oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%. Some of the Earth's water is contained within water towers, biological bodies, manufactured products, and food stores. Other water is trapped in ice caps, glaciers, aquifers, or in lakes, sometimes providing fresh water for life on land.
Water moves continually through a cycle of evaporation or transpiration (evapotranspiration), precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Winds carry water vapor over land at the same rate as runoff into the sea, about 36 Tt per year. Over land, evaporation and transpiration contribute another 71 Tt per year to the precipitation of 107 Tt per year over land. Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and other life. However, in many parts of the world—especially developing countries—there is a water crisis, and it is estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability. Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation. Approximately 70% of freshwater is consumed by agriculture.
Water can appear in three states. Water takes many different forms on Earth: water vapor and clouds in the sky; seawater and rarely icebergs in the ocean; glaciers and rivers in the mountains; and aquifers in the ground.
Water can dissolve many different substances, giving it different tastes and odors. In fact, humans and other animals have developed senses to be able to evaluate the potability of water, avoiding water that is too salty or putrid. Humans also tend to prefer cold water rather than lukewarm, as cold water is likely to contain fewer microbes. The taste advertised in spring water or mineral water derives from the minerals dissolved in it, as pure H2O is tasteless. As such, purity in spring and mineral water refers to purity from toxins, pollutants, and microbes.
Different names are given to water's various forms:
|precipitation according to moves
|precipitation according to state
Water is a necessary solvent for all known life, and
an abundant compound on the earth's surface.
|Information and properties
|Common name
|IUPAC name
|Alternative names
| aqua, dihydrogen monoxide,
hydrogen hydroxide, (wikisaurus:water)
|Molecular formula
|CAS number
|Molar mass
|18.0153 g/mol
|Density and phase
| 0.998 g/cm³ (liquid at 20 °C, 1 atm)
0.917 g/cm³ (solid at 0 °C, 1 atm)
|Melting point
|Boiling point
|Specific heat capacity
| 4.184 J/(g·K) (liquid at 20 °C)
74.539 J/ (mol·K) (liquid at 25 °C)
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Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom.
The major chemical and physical properties of water are:
Water has been detected in interstellar clouds within our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is believed that water exists in abundance in other galaxies too, because its components, hydrogen and oxygen, are among the most abundant elements in the universe. Interstellar clouds eventually condense into solar nebulae and solar systems, such as ours.
Water vapor is present on:
Liquid water is present on:
Strong evidence suggests that liquid water is present just under the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Probably some liquid water is on Europa.
Water ice is present on:
Probability or possibility of distribution of water ice is at: lunar ice on the Moon, Ceres (dwarf planet), Tethys (moon). Ice is probably in internal structure of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and on comets.
The existence of liquid water, and to a lesser extent its gaseous and solid forms, on Earth is vital to the existence of life on Earth as we know it. The Earth is located in the habitable zone of the solar system; if it were slightly closer to or further from the Sun (about 5%, or about 8 million kilometres), the conditions which allow the three forms to be present simultaneously would be far less likely to exist.
Earth's mass allows gravity to hold an atmosphere. Water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere provide a greenhouse effect which helps maintain a relatively steady surface temperature. If Earth were smaller, a thinner atmosphere would cause temperature extremes preventing the accumulation of water except in polar ice caps (as on Mars).
It has been proposed that life itself may maintain the conditions that have allowed its continued existence. The surface temperature of Earth has been relatively constant through geologic time despite varying levels of incoming solar radiation (insolation), indicating that a dynamic process governs Earth's temperature via a combination of greenhouse gases and surface or atmospheric albedo. This proposal is known as the Gaia hypothesis.
The state of water also depends on a planet's gravity. If a planet is sufficiently massive, the water on it may be solid even at high temperatures, because of the high pressure caused by gravity.
There are various theories about origin of water on Earth.
Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth. The study of the distribution of water is hydrography. The study of the distribution and movement of groundwater is hydrogeology, of glaciers is glaciology, of inland waters is limnology and distribution of oceans is oceanography. Ecological processes with hydrology are in focus of ecohydrology.
The collective mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet is called hydrosphere. Earth's approximate water volume (the total water supply of the world) is 1 360 000 000 km³ (326 000 000 mi³). Of this volume:
Groundwater and fresh water are useful or potentially useful to humans as water resources.
Liquid water is found in bodies of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, canal, pond, or puddle. The majority of water on Earth is sea water. Water is also present in the atmosphere in solid, liquid, and vapor states. It also exists as groundwater in aquifers.
The most important geological processes caused by water are: chemical weathering, water erosion, water sediment transport and sedimentation, mudflows, ice erosion and sedimentation by glacier.
The water cycle (known scientifically as the hydrologic cycle) refers to the continuous exchange of water within the hydrosphere, between the atmosphere, soil water, surface water, groundwater, and plants.
Water moves perpetually through each of these regions in the water cycle consisting of following transfer processes:
Most water vapor over the oceans returns to the oceans, but winds carry water vapor over land at the same rate as runoff into the sea, about 36 Tt per year. Over land, evaporation and transpiration contribute another 71 Tt per year. Precipitation, at a rate of 107 Tt per year over land, has several forms: most commonly rain, snow, and hail, with some contribution from fog and dew. Condensed water in the air may also refract sunlight to produce rainbows.
Water runoff often collects over watersheds flowing into rivers. A mathematical model used to simulate river or stream flow and calculate water quality parameters is hydrological transport model. Some of water is diverted to irrigation for agriculture. Rivers and seas offer opportunity for travel and commerce. Through erosion, runoff shapes the environment creating river valleys and deltas which provide rich soil and level ground for the establishment of population centers. A flood occurs when an area of land, usually low-lying, is covered with water. It is when a river overflows its banks or flood from the sea. A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. This occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation.
From a biological standpoint, water has many distinct properties that are critical for the proliferation of life that set it apart from other substances. It carries out this role by allowing organic compounds to react in ways that ultimately allow replication. All known forms of life depend on water. Water is vital both as a solvent in which many of the body's solutes dissolve and as an essential part of many metabolic processes within the body. Metabolism is the sum total of anabolism and catabolism. In anabolism, water is removed from molecules (through energy requiring enzymatic chemical reactions) in order to grow larger molecules (e.g. starches, triglycerides and proteins for storage of fuels and information). In catabolism, water is used to break bonds in order to generate smaller molecules (e.g. glucose, fatty acids and amino acids to be used for fuels for energy use or other purposes). Water is thus essential and central to these metabolic processes. Therefore, without water, these metabolic processes would cease to exist, leaving us to muse about what processes would be in its place, such as gas absorption, dust collection, etc.
Water is also central to photosynthesis and respiration. Photosynthetic cells use the sun's energy to split off water's hydrogen from oxygen. Hydrogen is combined with CO2 (absorbed from air or water) to form glucose and release oxygen. All living cells use such fuels and oxidize the hydrogen and carbon to capture the sun's energy and reform water and CO2 in the process (cellular respiration).
Water is also central to acid-base neutrality and enzyme function. An acid, a hydrogen ion (H+, that is, a proton) donor, can be neutralized by a base, a proton acceptor such as hydroxide ion (OH−) to form water. Water is considered to be neutral, with a pH (the negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration) of 7. Acids have pH values less than 7 while bases have values greater than 7. Stomach acid (HCl) is useful to digestion. However, its corrosive effect on the esophagus during reflux can temporarily be neutralized by ingestion of a base such as aluminum hydroxide to produce the neutral molecules water and the salt aluminum chloride. Human biochemistry that involves enzymes usually performs optimally around a biologically neutral pH of 7.4.
For example a cell of Escherichia coli contains 70% of water, a human body 60–70%, plant body up to 90% and the body of an adult jellyfish is made up of 94–98% water.
Earth's waters are filled with life. The earliest life forms appeared in water; nearly all fish live exclusively in water, and there are many types of marine mammals, such as dolphins and whales that also live in the water. Some kinds of animals, such as amphibians, spend portions of their lives in water and portions on land. Plants such as kelp and algae grow in the water and are the basis for some underwater ecosystems. Plankton is generally the foundation of the ocean food chain.
Aquatic animals must obtain oxygen to survive, and they do so in various ways. Fish have gills instead of lungs, although some species of fish, such as the lungfish, have both. Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, otters, and seals need to surface periodically to breathe air. Smaller life forms are able to absorb oxygen through their skin.
Civilization has historically flourished around rivers and major waterways; Mesopotamia, the so-called cradle of civilization, was situated between the major rivers Tigris and Euphrates; the ancient society of the Egyptians depended entirely upon the Nile. Large metropolises like Rotterdam, London, Montreal, Paris, New York City, Shanghai, Tokyo, Chicago, and Hong Kong owe their success in part to their easy accessibility via water and the resultant expansion of trade. Islands with safe water ports, like Singapore, have flourished for the same reason. In places such as North Africa and the Middle East, where water is more scarce, access to clean drinking water was and is a major factor in human development.
Water fit for human consumption is called drinking water or potable water. Water that is not potable can be made potable by filtration or distillation (heating it until it becomes water vapor, and then capturing the vapor without any of the impurities it leaves behind), or by other methods (chemical or heat treatment that kills bacteria). Sometimes the term safe water is applied to potable water of a lower quality threshold (i.e., it is used effectively for nutrition in humans that have weak access to water cleaning processes, and does more good than harm). Water that is not fit for drinking but is not harmful for humans when used for swimming or bathing is called by various names other than potable or drinking water, and is sometimes called safe water, or "safe for bathing". Chlorine is a skin and mucous membrane irritant that is used to make water safe for bathing or drinking. Its use is highly technical and is usually monitored by government regulations (typically 1 part per million (ppm) for drinking water, and 1–2 ppm of chlorine not yet reacted with impurities for bathing water).
This natural resource is becoming scarcer in certain places, and its availability is a major social and economic concern. Currently, about 1 billion people around the world routinely drink unhealthy water. Most countries accepted the goal of halving by 2015 the number of people worldwide who do not have access to safe water and sanitation during the 2003 G8 Evian summit. Even if this difficult goal is met, it will still leave more than an estimated half a billion people without access to safe drinking water and over 1 billion without access to adequate sanitation. Poor water quality and bad sanitation are deadly; some 5 million deaths a year are caused by polluted drinking water. The World Health Organization estimates that safe water could prevent 1.4 million child deaths from diarrhea each year. Water, however, is not a finite resource, but rather re-circulated as potable water in precipitation in quantities many degrees of magnitude higher than human consumption. Therefore, it is the relatively small quantity of water in reserve in the earth (about 1% of our drinking water supply, which is replenished in aquifers around every 1 to 10 years), that is a non-renewable resource, and it is, rather, the distribution of potable and irrigation water which is scarce, rather than the actual amount of it that exists on the earth. Water-poor countries use importation of goods as the primary method of importing water (to leave enough for local human consumption), since the manufacturing process uses around 10 to 100 times products' masses in water.
In the developing world, 90% of all wastewater still goes untreated into local rivers and streams. Some 50 countries, with roughly a third of the world's population, also suffer from medium or high water stress, and 17 of these extract more water annually than is recharged through their natural water cycles. The strain not only affects surface freshwater bodies like rivers and lakes, but it also degrades groundwater resources.
The most important use of water in agriculture is for an irrigation and irrigation is key component to produce enough food. Irrigation takes up to 90% of water withdrawn in some developing countries.
The Kelvin temperature scale of the SI system is based on the triple point of water, defined as exactly 273.16 K or 0.01 °C. The scale is a more accurate development of the Celsius temperature scale, which is defined by the boiling point (100 °C) and melting point (0 °C) of water.
Natural water consists mainly of the isotopes hydrogen-1 and oxygen-16, but there is also small quantity of heavier isotopes such as hydrogen-2 (deuterium). The amount of deuterium oxides or heavy water is very small, but it still affects the properties of water. Water from rivers and lakes tends to contain less deuterium than seawater. Therefore, a standard water called Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water is defined as the standard water.
The human body is anywhere from 55% to 78% water depending on body size. To function properly, the body requires between one and seven liters of water per day to avoid dehydration; the precise amount depends on the level of activity, temperature, humidity, and other factors. Most of this is ingested through foods or beverages other than drinking straight water. It is not clear how much water intake is needed by healthy people, though most advocates agree that 6–7 glasses of water (approximately 2 litres) daily is the minimum to maintain proper hydration. Medical literature favors a lower consumption, typically 1 liter of water for an average male, excluding extra requirements due to fluid loss from exercise or warm weather. For those who have healthy kidneys, it is rather difficult to drink too much water, but (especially in warm humid weather and while exercising) it is dangerous to drink too little. People can drink far more water than necessary while exercising, however, putting them at risk of water intoxication (hyperhydration), which can be fatal. The "fact" that a person should consume eight glasses of water per day cannot be traced back to a scientific source. There are other myths such as the effect of water on weight loss and constipation that have been dispelled.
An original recommendation for water intake in 1945 by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council read: "An ordinary standard for diverse persons is 1 milliliter for each calorie of food. Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods. The latest dietary reference intake report by the United States National Research Council in general recommended (including food sources): 2.7 liters of water total for women and 3.7 liters for men. Specifically, pregnant and breastfeeding women need additional fluids to stay hydrated. According to the Institute of Medicine—who recommend that, on average, women consume 2.2 litres and men 3.0 litres—this is recommended to be 2.4 litres (approx. 9 cups) for pregnant women and 3 litres (approx. 12.5 cups) for breastfeeding women since an especially large amount of fluid is lost during nursing. Also noted is that normally, about 20 percent of water intake comes from food, while the rest comes from drinking water and beverages (caffeinated included). Water is excreted from the body in multiple forms; through urine and feces, through sweating, and by exhalation of water vapor in the breath. With physical exertion and heat exposure, water loss will increase and daily fluid needs may increase as well.
Humans require water that does not contain too many impurities. Common impurities include metal salts and/or harmful bacteria, such as Vibrio. Some solutes are acceptable and even desirable for taste enhancement and to provide needed electrolytes.
The single largest freshwater resource suitable for drinking is Lake Baikal in Siberia, which has a very low salt and calcium content and is very clean.
Water can facilitate the chemical processing of wastewater. An aqueous environment can be favourable to the breakdown of pollutants, due to the ability to gain an homogenous solution that is pumpable and flexible to treat. Aerobic treatment can be used by applying oxygen or air to a solution reduce the reactivity of substances within it.
Water also facilitates biological processing of waste that have been dissolved within it. Microorganisms that live within water can access dissolved wastes and can feed upon them breaking them down into less polluting substances. Reedbeds and anaerobic digesters are both examples of biological systems that are particularly suited to the treatment of effluents.
Typically from both chemical and biological treatment of wastes, there is often a solid residue or cake that is left over from the treatment process. Depending upon its constituent parts, this 'cake' may be dried and spread on land as a fertilizer if it has beneficial properties, or alternatively disposed of in landfill or incinerated.
Water is the most abundant molecule in organisms. Fruits shrink when they are dried because they consist primarily of water.
Water and steam are used as heat transfer fluids in diverse heat exchange systems, due to its availability and high heat capacity, both as a coolant and for heating. Cool water may even be naturally available from a lake or the sea. Condensing steam is a particularly efficient heating fluid because of the large heat of vaporization. A disadvantage is that water and steam are somewhat corrosive. In almost all electric power plants, water is the coolant, which vaporizes and drives steam turbines to drive generators.
In the nuclear industry, water can also be used as a neutron moderator. In a pressurized water reactor, water is both a coolant and a moderator. This provides a passive safety measure, as removing the water from the reactor also slows the nuclear reaction down.
Water has a high heat of vaporization and is relatively inert, which makes it a good fire extinguishing fluid. The evaporation of water carries heat away from the fire. However, water cannot be used to fight fires of electric equipment, because impure water is electrically conductive, or of oils and organic solvents, because they float on water and the explosive boiling of water tends to spread the burning liquid.
Use of water in fire fighting should also take into account the hazards of a steam explosion, which may occur when water is used on very hot fires in confined spaces, and of a hydrogen explosion, when substances which react with water, such as certain metals or hot graphite, decompose the water, producing hydrogen gas.
The power of such explosions was seen in the Chernobyl disaster, although the water involved did not come from fire-fighting at that time but the reactor's own water cooling system. A steam explosion occurred when the extreme over-heating of the core caused water to flash into steam. A hydrogen explosion may have occurred as a result of reaction between steam and hot zirconium.
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to households and industry.
Water supply facilities includes for example water wells cisterns for rainwater harvesting, water supply network, water purification facilities, water tanks, water towers, water pipes including old aqueducts. Atmospheric water generator is in development.
Drinking water is often collected at springs, extracted from artificial borings in the ground, or wells. Building more wells in adequate places is thus a possible way to produce more water, assuming the aquifers can supply an adequate flow. Other water sources are rainwater and river or lake water. This surface water, however, must be purified for human consumption. This may involve removal of undissolved substances, dissolved substances and harmful microbes. Popular methods are filtering with sand which only removes undissolved material, while chlorination and boiling kill harmful microbes. Distillation does all three functions. More advanced techniques exist, such as reverse osmosis. Desalination of abundant ocean or seawater is a more expensive solution used in coastal arid climates.
The distribution of drinking water is done through municipal water systems or as bottled water. Governments in many countries have programs to distribute water to the needy at no charge. Others argue that the market mechanism and free enterprise are best to manage this rare resource and to finance the boring of wells or the construction of dams and reservoirs.
Reducing waste by using drinking water only for human consumption is another option. In some cities such as Hong Kong, sea water is extensively used for flushing toilets citywide in order to conserve fresh water resources.
Polluting water may be the biggest single misuse of water; to the extent that a pollutant limits other uses of the water, it becomes a waste of the resource, regardless of benefits to the polluter. Like other types of pollution, this does not enter standard accounting of market costs, being conceived as externalities for which the market cannot account. Thus other people pay the price of water pollution, while the private firms' profits are not redistributed to the local population victim of this pollution. Pharmaceuticals consumed by humans often end up in the waterways and can have detrimental effects on aquatic life if they bioaccumulate and if they are not biodegradable.
Wastewater facilities are sewers and wastewater treatment plants. Another way to remove pollution from surface runoff water is bioswale.
Water is used in power generation. Hydroelectricity is electricity obtained from hydropower. Hydroelectric power comes from water driving a water turbine connected to a generator. Hydroelectricity is a low-cost, non-polluting, renewable energy source. The energy is supplied by the sun. Heat from the sun evaporates water, which condenses as rain in higher altitudes, from where it flows down.
Pressurized water is used in water blasting and water jet cutters. Also, very high pressure water guns are used for precise cutting. It works very well, is relatively safe, and is not harmful to the environment. It is also used in the cooling of machinery to prevent over-heating, or prevent saw blades from over-heating.
Water is also used in many industrial processes and machines, such as the steam turbine and heat exchanger, in addition to its use as a chemical solvent. Discharge of untreated water from industrial uses is pollution. Pollution includes discharged solutes (chemical pollution) and discharged coolant water (thermal pollution). Industry requires pure water for many applications and utilizes a variety of purification techniques both in water supply and discharge.
Water plays many critical roles within the field of food science. It is important for a food scientist to understand the roles that water plays within food processing to ensure the success of their products.
Solutes such as salts and sugars found in water affect the physical properties of water. The boiling and freezing points of water is affected by solutes. One mole of sucrose (sugar) raises the boiling point of water by 0.52 °C, and one mole of salt raises the boiling point by 1.04 °C while lowering the freezing point of water in a similar way. Solutes in water also affect water activity which affects many chemical reactions and the growth of microbes in food. Water activity can be described as a ratio of the vapor pressure of water in a solution to the vapor pressure of pure water. Solutes in water lower water activity. This is important to know because most bacterial growth ceases at low levels of water activity. Not only does microbial growth affect the safety of food but also the preservation and shelf life of food.
Water hardness is also a critical factor in food processing. It can dramatically affect the quality of a product as well as playing a role in sanitation. Water hardness is classified based on the amounts of removable calcium carbonate salt it contains per gallon. Water hardness is measured in grains; 0.064 g calcium carbonate is equivalent to one grain of hardness. Water is classified as soft if it contains 1 to 4 grains, medium if it contains 5 to 10 grains and hard if it contains 11 to 20 grains.
The hardness of water may be altered or treated by using a chemical ion exchange system. The hardness of water also affects its pH balance which plays a critical role in food processing. For example, hard water prevents successful production of clear beverages. Water hardness also affects sanitation; with increasing hardness, there is a loss of effectiveness for its use as a sanitizer.
Boiling, steaming, and simmering are popular cooking methods that often require immersing food in water or its gaseous state, steam. While cooking water is used for dishwashing too.
UNESCO's World Water Development Report (WWDR, 2003) from its World Water Assessment Program indicates that, in the next 20 years, the quantity of water available to everyone is predicted to decrease by 30%. 40% of the world's inhabitants currently have insufficient fresh water for minimal hygiene. More than 2.2 million people died in 2000 from waterborne diseases (related to the consumption of contaminated water) or drought. In 2004, the UK charity WaterAid reported that a child dies every 15 seconds from easily preventable water-related diseases; often this means lack of sewage disposal; see toilet.
To halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water is one of the Millennium Development Goals.
Fresh water — now more precious than ever in our history for its extensive use in agriculture, high-tech manufacturing, and energy production — is increasingly receiving attention as a resource requiring better water management and sustainable use.
Organizations concerned in water protection include International Water Association (IWA), WaterAid, Water 1st, American Water Resources Association Water related conventions are United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Ramsar Convention. World Day for Water takes place at March 22 and World Ocean Day at June 8.
Water used in the production of a good or service is virtual water.
Water is considered a purifier in most religions. Major faiths that incorporate ritual washing (ablution) include Christianity, Hinduism, Rastafarianism, Islam, Shinto, Taoism, and Judaism. Immersion (or aspersion or affusion) of a person in water is a central sacrament of Christianity (where it is called baptism); it is also a part of the practice of other religions, including Judaism (mikvah) and Sikhism (Amrit Sanskar). In addition, a ritual bath in pure water is performed for the dead in many religions including Judaism and Islam. In Islam, the five daily prayers can be done in most cases after completing washing certain parts of the body using clean water (wudu). In Shinto, water is used in almost all rituals to cleanse a person or an area (e.g., in the ritual of misogi). Water is mentioned in the Bible 442 times in the New International Version and 363 times in the King James Version: 2 Peter 3:5(b) states, "The earth was formed out of water and by water" (NIV).
Some faiths use water especially prepared for religious purposes (holy water in some Christian denominations, Amrita in Sikhism and Hinduism). Many religions also consider particular sources or bodies of water to be sacred or at least auspicious; examples include Lourdes in Roman Catholicism, the Jordan River (at least symbolically) in some Christian churches, the Zamzam Well in Islam and the River Ganges (among many others) in Hinduism.
Water is often believed to have spiritual powers. In Celtic mythology, Sulis is the local goddess of thermal springs; in Hinduism, the Ganges is also personified as a goddess, while Saraswati have been referred to as goddess in Vedas. Also water is one of the "panch-tatva"s (basic 5 elements, others including fire, earth, space, air). Alternatively, gods can be patrons of particular springs, rivers, or lakes: for example in Greek and Roman mythology, Peneus was a river god, one of the three thousand Oceanids. In Islam, not only does water give life, but every life is itself made of water: "We made from water every living thing".
The Ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles held that water is one of the four classical elements along with fire, earth and air, and was regarded as the ylem, or basic substance of the universe. Water was considered cold and moist. In the theory of the four bodily humors, water was associated with phlegm. Water was also one of the five elements in traditional Chinese philosophy, along with earth, fire, wood, and metal.
Water also plays an important role in literature as a symbol of purification. Examples include the critical importance of a river in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and the drowning of Ophelia in Hamlet.


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Naturally, the objective of the boats competing in the Volvo Ocean Race is to circumnavigate the world's oceans using their sails to harness the power of the wind - not using engines. However, engines for propulsion are to be installed on the boats, primarily for two reasons:
Sailboats in all sizes
The same type of power plant from Volvo Penta is to be found in tens of thousands of sailing boats across the globe today. With engines between 10 and just over 140 horsepower in its sailboat range, Volvo Penta can offer engines suited to sailboats in nearly all size classes.
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NewbieMay 26, 20141Hi im flying from the philippines to toronto with stopover on vancouver. Do i have to do immigration on vancouver? And do i have to claim my baggage and re check it again? Thank youFrancisSun, May 25
Transfer time international arrival to domestic Victoria ?Mar 31, 20141Arriving from Switzerland at 6.50 pm, going through immigration, claiming baggage and then flying to Victoria at 8.oo pm. Will we have enough time or should we fly at 9 pm ? Thanks for experienced adviceSwissMon, Mar 31
Flying From NWT to YVR then SFO...do I pick up my baggage???Mar 23, 20141Hi, I'm flying from NT tomorrow with a stop in Calgary and a stop in YVR then on to San Francisco.. What I need to know...do I pick up my bags in YVR before going to US departures? I only have 1 Hour and 30 min before US plane leaves so I don't know if that's enough time???busyboysSun, Mar 23
Flying to Ireland from YVR via ChicagoFeb 26, 20142Do I need to collect my luggage in Chicago and recheck it in again to Dublin or will my luggage be directly booked from YVR to Dublin?SSMTue, Feb 25If you bought both flights on one ticket, bags will automatically be transferred. Use U.S. customs clearance at YVR; and on your return at Dublin (they also have US customs clearance.)wefeb14Wed, Feb 26Actually, if you are on the Aer Lingus Dublin-Chicago flight, you will not go through Pre-clearance in Dublin as that flight does not use it. On your return you will have to go through US Immigration, claim your bags, and re-check in Terminal 5, then take the ATS train to Terminal 1 for your flight to Vancouver. Also, on your way out you will have to take the ATS train from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5 and go through security, although your bags will be checked through.ZAPWed, Feb 26
China to US connecting in YVR, Air Canada and UnitedDec 23, 20132I'm flying from China back to US via YVR. First leg is Air Canada and second is United. Does anyone know if I will get my bags checked all the way to my final destination when I check in in China? Thank you!yvrlayoverMon, Dec 23Yes, since Air Canada and United are in Star Alliance you should be able to have your bags checked through to the US.ZAPMon, Dec 23
Transfer from Domestic to InternationalDec 1, 20133We are flying in from Victoria airport on Air Canada flight due to land at 11:24. Our International flight to London has changed from 15:00 take off to 13:25. Is this enough time to disembark, collect luggage and get to international check in at Air Transat before the desk closes an hour before take off?col33Sat, Nov 30First of all, you have plenty of time for transfer. The two International & Domestic terminals are connected at their level 2; Domestic T has gates C25-52; Int'l T has gated D50-78 & E67-99. ACanna uses the C, D & E gates; Air Transat uses D gates. If you purchased both flights on one ticket your bags will be automatically transferred, if not, contact Transat to find out if you need to claim bags on arrival and re-check them in at their counter. If yu have to transfer between terminals, follow signs: international signs are marked with a globe, domestic ones with a Canada flag.sanov13Sat, Nov 30Thanks sanov13. According to the Air Canada details we will be coming into terminal M. As the flights were booked separately we will need to collect our baggage ourselves and then check in at Air Transat. Its been suggested that we change our flight for an earlier one though!col33Sun, Dec 1
70 minutes connection time at YVR enough?Nov 11, 20132I fly in from Sydney on Air Canada flight, arrive to YVR at 7:30AM. Do I have enough time to make my connection to LAX flight, depart at 8:40AM at YVR? The YVR-LAX flight is on Air Canada as well. I am a 82yr lady wth wheelchair assistance.KevinMon, Nov 11You should be OK with the wheelchair assistance. YVR is pretty compact.ZAPMon, Nov 11Thanks ZAP, I figure flying in at gate D51, fly out at gate E81, the walking time should be around 12 minutes. My only concern is the waiting time at US Border Inspection line. Would the line be long around 7:30am? I do have the option to take the 5pm flight, but waiting counld be dreafull.kevinMon, Nov 11
transfer @YVR to ChicagoNov 10, 20132I fly from China to YVR on Air China at 10:30 am on Saturday. I need to make the connection with United Airlines leaving at 12:36 pm from YVR to Chicago. I have a check-in bag. I hold Chinese passport and a U.S. green card. I have about two hours to transfer the flights. Do I have enough time to make the transfer. Thank you!TimSun, Nov 10Yes you have enough time for transfer. You will arrive at Terminal 5 & departfrom Terminal 1. 1. Air China & United are both members of the Star Alliance; therefore your bag will automatically be transferred. 2. On arrival at Terminal 5, you will have go through passport check, retrieve checked bag, go through customs clearance - then re-check-in bag where indicated. 3. Thereafter, proceed up one level to the Airport Transit System (ATS) station and take the ATS train, which runs every few minutes, to your connecting Terminal 1, where you need to go through security check. Terminal 1 has Concourses B (gates B1-22 & Concourse C (gates C1-32). Concourse C is a separate building, connected to Concourse B gates by walkway. Follow signs.sunov13Sun, Nov 10Disregard SUNOV, his instructions are for a connection at ORD. He does not know how to read. At YVR you will go through Canadian immigration, claim your baggage, re-check your baggage at the re-check desk. Then go upstairs, get your United boarding pass if you don't already have it, go to the US departures area, go through US immigration, claim your bag AGAIN, go through US customs, then re-check your bag again, then go to your gate.ZAPSun, Nov 10
china southern from CAN to air canada to YOWSep 18, 20131i am flying in from china southern to YVR at 10:40 and need to catch an Air Canada flight at 12:45 to YOW. is that possible?cyeeTue, Sep 17
Seattle to Shanghai connections timeJun 13, 20132My wife is arriving from Seattle to YVR on Alaska Airlines at 11:33 (Gate E94). She has a connection with China Eastern Airlines leaving at 1:20 (Gate D67). She can get a boarding pass at the gate for China Eastern. She has no checked baggage, just carry on. She must be at gate D67 by 12:40. Does she have enough time? She must go through (Canadian?) customs. Can she stay inside and go straight to the gate? Or does she need to go outside security, get a boarding pass and come back in (in which case I do not think she can make it.) This is happening tomorrow, June 13.RHSWed, Jun 12Yes, I think she will have to go through Canadian immigration. I don't think she will have enough time to do all that. She should try to get on an earlier flight.ZAPWed, Jun 12Thanks ZAP! Yes, I think you are right. Because she does not have a boarding pass, she cannot stay inside security and go straight to the China Eastern gate. So, she will have to go outside security and back in. There is no way to do that in time. Everyone says it takes at least 2 hours. So, we found a way to get her ther early! Alaska has an option called "Same Day Confirmed". This lets you switch to an earlier flight to the same destination on the same day without changing or invalidating your ticket! She is using this option right now. Hope it works!RHSThu, Jun 13
Victoria to Vancouver to BeijingJun 4, 20131I'm flying from Victoria to Beijing and I'm connecting through Vancouver. The problem is I have one ticket for Victoria to Vancouver with Air Canada, and my Vancouver to Beijing flight with Air China is on another ticket. To make it clearer, they were accidentally booked separately. Will I have to leave domestic, check in, and go through security again?bvincTue, Jun 4


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This modern-day Robin Hood — Bradley Leak, 48, of
Alamance County Assistant District Attorney Gene Morris said Wednesday he'd
On June 21, Leak took his girlfriend's van into Graham for a short crime spree. Surveillance cameras at the Dollar General recorded him stealing a pair of sunglasses.
Moments later, at about 9:35 a.m., he approached a teller at BB&T on
But the teller couldn't quite read Leak's handwriting, Morris said. Leak allegedly asked for about $2,500 but the teller gave him $7,567.
Leak used that money to buy a car. He drove back to
Meanwhile, Leak's girlfriend reported her van stolen. She gave a description of the van, which was captured on surveillance at the Dollar General and the BB&T, Morris said.
Later that afternoon, Leak returned to
Leak pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of common law robbery and also admitted to attaining habitual felon status.
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"Mom is 90 years old and has always loved Bun candy bars—thank goodness you have them for her. I just sent her some and she is delighted." - Jo Hunt, Downers Grove, IL
"Bun bars were my mother's favorite candies. Years ago when I was very young and would make a trip to the store I would always pick up one or two for mom. She absolutely loved them. If we were out shopping, she would buy several bun bars to take home and snack on later. At the time I didn't care much for them, but now I love them and am so glad you carry these because they are extremely hard to find and they bring back so many wonderful memories of mom and me together. Can't wait to receive them." - Louanne, Brooks, KY
"I have been looking for a long time for this treat -- I can't wait to receive it. Thanks for having it. Maria Sfura-Francis, Iowa" - maria Sfura-Francis, burlington, IA
"Years ago, growing up in Ohio, I remember my mother buying these as a special treat. We all loved them and they were my mother's favorite. My mother passed away 18 years ago, and many times when I think of her, I think about these bars. Thank you for bringing back this childhood memory." - Karen Belton, Baltimore, MD
"This was my favorite treat back in the 50's. So glad I found them at your store. I can't find them anywhere here in CA. The maple ones are so yummy." - Barbara Nickel, Ventura, CA
"When I was a young girl in elementary school, my mom would always pack a Bun in my lunch. I always loved them but didn't really think that much about them until they dropped off the store shelves and I could no longer have them. I told my kids about them but since we couldn't buy them anywhere, they didn't mean much to them. Alas, I was so delighted when I saw that you had them in your store!! The first bag went so fast I could hardly believe it. Now I have converted my husband, my kids, friends, and reignited the flame for my brother. I actually did find the maple ones in our neighborhood Dollar Store but to me, nothing beats that vanilla cream! Thank you for bringing them back to life!" - Kim Berk, Reisterstown, MD


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Falcon Baseball Picked to Finish 7th, Miss Playoffs in Annual Preseason Coaches Poll
January 23, 2013
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Ranked No. 3 in this year's Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 40 Preseason Poll, Mount Olive College was selected to the top spot once again in the year's Conference Carolinas preseason poll as voted on by the league's baseball head coaches. Pfeiffer University was tabbed to finish seventh in the nine-team league.
Mount Olive hopes to build on a successful 2012 season, which saw the Trojans win their third consecutive Conference Carolinas and regular season championships, earn a No. 1 ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 25 and play host to the NCAA II Southeast Regional for the second straight year. The Trojans were 44-10 overall and 21-5 in conference play.
Senior catcher Geno Escalante was a consensus first team All-American in 2012 and was named Daktronics Southeast Region Player of the Year. Escalante enters the 2013 season on a 46-game hitting streak, tied for the fourth longest in Division II baseball history. He led the nation with 98 hits last year and was among the national leaders with a .436 batting average and 70 runs batted in.
Junior right-hander Matt Dillon was the 2012 Conference Carolinas Pitcher of the Year, posting a 9-2 record with a 2.81 earned run average. Junior left-hander Zach Smith was 8-2 with a 2.20 ERA and was named to the last year's All-Conference Carolinas first team.
The Trojans return three additional All-Conference Carolinas selections: outfielders Will Bynum and Braden Reitano, and third baseman Jermaine Berry.
The Belmont Abbey baseball team was picked to finish second in the league after capturing the Western Division Championship in 2012. The Abbey returns All-America reliever Emilio Pagan, who led the league with 13 saves in 13 chances. He is the Abbey's regular third baseman. The Crusaders also return most of its infield, including catcher Kyle Buchanan, who hit .276 with seven home runs and 41 runs batted in. On the mound, in addition to Pagan, the Crusaders return two of its regular rotation pitchers in Nate Cudney and Cody Stull.
King enters the season bringing back a wealth of experience from last year's 30-win squad and continues to reload with quality contributors to both sides of the lineup. The Tornado return all three weekend starters from last year's staff, led by All-Conference selection Cory Rhodes. He finished second in Conference Carolinas in wins (9) and complete games (7), and third in strikeouts (74). Rhodes will be rejoined by senior Wesley Houser and junior left-hander Reiss Stanley who combined for 13 wins. The staff will be deepened with the return of RHP Alex Martin who missed last season due to injury and went 4-1 in 2011. The bullpen will feature a wealth of competition between its returners and incoming first-year players to improve a relief staff that won seven games and saved six a season ago.
Rounding out the baseball preseason poll 4-9 is: Erskine, North Greenville, Limestone, Pfeiffer, Coker, and Barton respectively.
CONFERENCE CAROLINAS PRESEASON COACHES POLL (First Place Votes)
1. Mount Olive - (7) 63
2. Belmont Abbey - (1) 54
3. King - 44
4. Erskine - 42
5. North Greenville - (1) 32
6. Limestone - 31
7. Pfeiffer - 22
8. Coker - 21
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