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From go-karting and skateboarding to wall-climbing, there's a whole load of fun waiting for outdoor sports enthusiasts at the Shah Alam Sports Complex.
THE Shah Alam Stadium, or rather its immediate vicinity, looks to be a happening place these days as it becomes a venue for extreme sports. On weekends, and sometimes even on weekdays, it is a hive of activity as outdoor sports enthusiasts converge on what is known as the Shah Alam Sports Complex, a 5.2ha ground in Section 13 that incorporates the Shah Alam Stadium, Malawati Indoor Stadium, Shah Alam Kart Circuit, the Extreme Park and Lawn Bowls Complex.
Brothers Dr Megat Shiraz and Megat Joha, who both live in Shah Alam, have been making a beeline for the Kart Circuit when they feel the need for speed during the weekends.
While it cannot compare to flying fighter planes like Maverick and Goose in the film Top Gun, go-karting "is a great way to spend a few hours seeking some thrills," says Dr Megat Shiraz, 40.
His brother agrees, saying that while go-karting may not be a cheap hobby, "it is fun and a good way to spend time with family."
"Even our sons occasionally participate with us," adds Megat Joha, 47, an accountant.
The price of an average fire-proof racing outfit is around RM370 and rental for the karts starts from RM35 for a 10-minute ride. Nevertheless, it is considered relatively cheap when compared to other forms of motorsports racing and it is common to see fathers competing against their children at the 1.1km Shah Alam Kart Circuit.
Zainuddin Radzi, fondly known as Pak Din, who manages the karting circuit says sometimes there are 500 customers on a single weekend.
"The motorsports industry is still growing in Malaysia. Look back 10 years ago and compare that with what we have now with the Formula One race. Kart racing itself has developed into a huge market now," he says.
The karts here are available in three capacities: 80cc, 100cc and 125cc. The cost of rental for 10 minutes is RM35 and RM80 respectively for the 80cc and the 100cc. The 125cc karts are not available for rental as they are privately owned.
"We do offer discounts for regular patrons," says Zainuddin, who explains that 80% of the spare parts, including the engine, chassis and side ports, have to be sourced from Italy, hence the high rental price. "They can be very costly. Even the tyres are imported from Taiwan."
How fast can each kart go? The 80cc can reach 70kph; the 100cc can soar from 90kph to 100kph; and the 125cc can go 100kph to 105kph.
Enthusiasts at the Shah Alam Kart Circuit range in age from the over 60s to children as young as seven years old.
A retiree from the Malaysian Air Force and now a businessman, Mike Siva, 61, who hails from Klang, Selangor, says he has been go-karting every week for the past three years.
"It's one way to keep myself fit because I definitely work up a sweat after a few laps. I prefer this as a form of exercise rather than the conventional methods such as jogging. Also, you learn a lot of skills in kart racing," he says.
As in other motorsport racing, there is the risk of injury but, says Zainuddin: "The percentage of anything serious happening is quite minimal, unlike in the F1. If you happen to hit the tyre barrier while making a turn, the kart might flip over. Other than that, you are all right if you know how to control the kart."
Karen Tan, 13, believes that if the drivers take the right precautions, racing is quite safe. "My mum is a bit scared that I might get hurt but so far it has been all right," she says, adding that her father encourages her to enter racing competitions.
"My brother also takes part in motor racing events in Sepang. This is my second year and I do intend to join in the international racing tournaments soon."
Mitchell Cheah started go-karting when he was just seven years old with his father at the Shah Alam Karting Circuit. "I stopped for a while but continued again. I love anything to do with motorsports. I especially love to watch the F1 races," says Mitchell, now 12.
The circuit is open every day from 11am to 7pm on weekdays and 9am to 7pm on public holidays.
Businessman Abu Bakar Yahaya, a Shah Alam resident, says his 10-year-old son Muhd Khir expressed his interest in go-karting about a year ago. "Other than football, badminton and bowling, he loves go-karting. I think it is a good thing that he has an interest in sports. At least it is a good use of his time," says Abu Bakar.
Less than one kilometre away from the karting circuit is the Shah Alam Extreme Park where another group of sports enthusiasts converge for wall climbing, skateboarding, biking and paintball contests.
Operated by the Hikers Climber Adventure Team, the best part about this Extreme Park is that it is free for use by all, unless you rent the equipment. Rental for skateboarding and biking as well as the harness and belay set for wall climbing is RM5 per hour.
You will never go hungry after all that extreme exercise as Burger King, Pizza Hut and KFC are all there.
Muhd Hakim Azmi and Fizal Saimon Mohd Fauzi, both 14, and Ezad Amer Hamzah, 13, from Klang, practise their skateboarding skills on weekends there.
"On school holidays, we are here at least three times a week," says Ezad, adding that their parents don't mind them being at the park for the whole day. "We are all related so as long as we stick together our parents are fine with it," he says.
Fizal, who is Ezad's uncle, says this is a productive way to spend time on weekends.
Even the blazing heat of the afternoon sun doesn't deter these boys from honing their skateboarding techniques. If the weather gets too harsh, the park will be quite deserted. But come 5pm, it will be crawling with expert skateboarders and wall climbers.
Surain Victor, 32, and his friend Hazman Hazizan are regulars at the wall climbing section. "I don't live in Shah Alam but I have relatives here. There are so many things to do here and not a lot of people know that. Around 9pm on most nights, the real expert wall climbers can be seen," he says.
For some adults, the extreme park is a place to recapture one's childhood. Computer programmer Sam Singh, 38, from Setia Alam, goes to the biking section once a week with his four-year-old son. "I had one of those BMX bikes when I was a kid and used to do all sorts of stunts on it," he recalls. "Now I can relive those stunts again while my son rides his mini scooter. My wife always reminds me to not break any bones, though," jokes Sam.
The park is a great place for children and adults to make new friends, he adds. "It is a nice and convenient place to spend time on weekends if you like extreme sports. You can see people in their 40s skateboarding here at night. Also, the staff here are friendly and will help you with anything."
The park operations director Ahmad Nazri says they also organise team building programmes and other outdoor adventure activities such as white water rafting, kayaking and treasure hunts, to name a few.
So the next time you find yourself in Shah Alam for whatever reason, you can try out go-karting or the Extreme Park for some adventure. Visit www.hikersclimber.com to find out more. The park is located on Jalan Lompat Pagar 13/37, Seksyen 13, Shah Alam.
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Can you fall in love with a cuisine at first bite? I did, when my spoon dipped into fatteh bil lahmeh ($8.99), a thick yogurt porridge served in a giant white bowl, swimming with crunchy toasted pita and tendrils of lamb whacked off the shawarma cylinder. A cloudburst of roasted pignoli that sit on top and slowly sink into the snowy whiteness provides a culinary coup de grâce. This dish is as homestyle as can be, and the cook came out of the kitchen one evening to bring us the porridge herself, maybe curious about the table of eager non-Syrian diners, spoons at the ready, who had ordered it. Three alternate fattehs are offered, the first utilizing chicken instead of lamb and not quite as good. Of the two vegetarian versions, one boasts a finishing ladle of margarinethe ingredient is proudly noted on the menuramping up the richness.
The national dish of Syria is kibbeh, familiar to frequenters of Levantine restaurants as a dryish, ocarina-shaped shell of cracked wheat filled with ground meat. But Syrians entertain multiple variations; find them lined up in the glass refrigerator case at Damascus Gate. Sounding like the name of an insurance salesman, kibbeh bil sayniyeh is shaped like a big pie cut into wedges. Best of all is another that doesn't appear on the menu: kibbeh meshwi ($3.50 each). It's thrust onto the grill and charred on both sides. When you cut into this beveled hockey puck, out spills an irresistible heap of ground lamb, pine nuts, and onions, subtly inflected with tomato paste.
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The menu offers a few fish selections, but the only choice available on our three visits was tilapia kafta kebab, fashioned into an undulating column along a sword. It seemed bland compared to the much tastier ground-lamb kafta, incorporating onions, garlic, peppers, and parsley, served as a pita sandwich ($4.49) or on a platter ($10.99) accompanied by rice ramified with vermicelli, Rice-A-Roni's undoubted prototype. The accompanying salad, though, was sadly limp from having been dressed earlier in the day.
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Wolves relaunched their bid for automatic promotion to the Premiership - with a little help from neighbours and fierce rivals Birmingham City.
Iwan Roberts silenced the Canaries with a 77th minute winner as Mark McGhee's men recovered from another attack of the Molineux jitters which saw them throw away an early two-goal advantage.
But the biggest cheer from the home fans came on the final whistle with news that Brum had beaten Wolves' promotion rivals Barnsley.
These three points pull Wolves to within one point of Barnsley, who are in second place with a game in hand.
McGhee admitted: "Barnsley are still in a great position, but they might just be feeling the pressure a bit and it's up to us to keep it on them."
Wolves, playing with only Roberts up front because of Steve Bull's suspension, edged ahead in the 18th minute.
Don Goodman cut into the box, skipped the challenge of Rob Newman and got in a low shot which City keeper Bryan Gunn could only parry.
Geoff Thomas reacted first, pouncing on the loose ball to snatch only his second goal of the season.
In the 34th minute referee Kevin Lynch awarded Wolves a penalty which left City in a rage. Goodman appeared to have lost the ball in the box, but then took a tumble.
Mr Lynch decided that Carl Bradshaw had brought him down and immediately pointed to the spot. Keith Curle waited for the Norwich protests to die down before easily beating Gunn.
McGhee's team appeared to be cruising, but were then stunned by two goals in even time just before the break.
Daryl Sutch crossed cleverly for Darren Eadie to head the ball back inside, and 18-year-old Drew Broughton nipped in for his first senior goal.
Then City were given their own slice of penalty luck. This time, Mr Lynch ruled that Roberts had bundled over Newman, allowing Neil Adams to to score from the spot.
Wolves, with just one point from their previous four games - all away - looked nervy as they feared another Molineux setback. But those fears were erased 13 minutes from time.
Thomas, who had just gone close with a header, fed the ball wide to Darren Ferguson whose fierce cross from the left found Roberts racing in at the far post to shoot past Gunn.
City, desperate for at least a point to keep their play-off hopes alive, went close to a third goal when Broughton's header was grabbed just under the bar by Mike Stowell.
An equaliser would have enraged the Molineux faithful - already riled by the penalty award against their team.
But McGhee, who had a few choice words on the touchline with Mr Lynch, was more concerned that the referee had missed the tackle which left midfielder Simon Osborne with a nasty ankle injury.
WOLVES.- Stowell 6; Smith 6, Froggatt 6, Atkins 6, Curle 7, Thomas 7, Gilkes 7, Ferguson 6, Roberts 7, Goodman 8, Osborn 6 (Robinson 6).
NORWICH.- Gunn 6; Newman 7, Jackson 6, Crook 7 (Mills 6), Bradshaw 6, Sutch 7, Adams 6, Fleck 6 (Carey 6), Broughton 7, Milligan 6, EADIE 8.
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Sweet Potato Hummus.
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This past Thanksgiving, I was asked to bring over a few dishes for our big shin-dig at Nick and Alex's place new apartment. Hummus immediately came to mind (it's my favorite vegan app!) but I wanted to put a special twist on the regular ole' hummus and make it suitable for this Thanksgiving feast. Et alors j'ai fait le houmous de patates douces! Ok, I've been taking Rosetta Stone Lessons in my free time and just thought I would try my hand at a few phrases…
A big thanks to my sister, Andi, for helping me prepare all of the festive goodies. We also made a roasted apple and pumpkin butter, green bean and hazelnut sautéed in lemon and a raw, vegan carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Keep checking back for all the recipes!
- 3 sweet potatoes roasted and peeled (450 degrees for 30 -40 minutes) The skins come off easily after roasting
- 1 cup of garbonzo beans, drained and rinsed
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- Place all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until the hummus has a creamy and smooth texture, et voilà!
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Home to the NFL's Washington Redskins, FedExField (in Prince George's County, MD) received a comprehensive upgrade to HD production this season. As part of the upgrade, the arena features three new Sony HSC300K cameras paired with Fujinon lenses. Models include the HA23X7.6BERM Premier Series HD ENG-style telephoto, XA50X9.5BESM HD box-style telephoto with 2X extender and XA76X9.3BESM HD telephoto.
The newly completed production gear enables the stadium's control room staff to create original HD programming and transmit the signals to new HD LED video displays and stadiumwide video distribution systems. In addition to upgrading the video for fans, the HD video is also archived for promos and highlight reels.
System integrator Communications Engineering (CEI) handled all of the design and installation work for the video control room and stadium (fiber) infrastructure. Based in Newington, VA, CEI has provided systems integration and service for the Redskins for many years and handles game-day operations for the broadcast and A/V systems at FedExField.
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So how's a guy supposed to know what a boat is worth?
I'm looking at a steel ketch built in Italy in 1970 by a yard that has long since been taken over by a larger outfit that doesn't even build sailboats anymore. You can't really plug this info into BUC or NADA and get a good result. So I go on boats.com and yachtworld.com and that really doesn't help either. There I find steel boats built in the late 60s going for $100,000 and boats built in the 90s going for $30,000 and every possible combination in between. What's the rhyme or reason here?
In other words, how do I figure out the approximate market value of a sailboat so I don't wind up paying too much?
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The rte link suggests a trademark
The rte link suggests a trademark
Only those funny foreigners cheat. Never happens here in the US...
I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.
Manual of Patent Examining Practice section 2111.03 Transitional phrases
Like the old fashioned barrage balloons? or is that too simple?
I mean seriously, was anyone actually going to watch this other than Seth Rogen's mom?
...but aliens!
It's a mobius printer that prints itself.
I recall way back in the mists of time car manufacturers in the UK sellimg kits of parts to avoid the high sales tax on cars.
I'm sure Elon could come up with a similar work around. Wheels sold separately.
Given huge numbers of mothballed aircraft sitting in the desert in AZ why do you need a grand conspiracy to use a commercial airliner full of people?
Quick someone mention the horse password thingy
it just says "volcano insurance" over and over again
Just fyi, Geely makes the current iteration of the famous London Black Taxi Cab.
It's just a source of structural weakness in the airframe anyway. Just get rid of the windows and replace with cameras.
The device is not what is important. Seamless integration with a content store is the reason ipods and kindles took off. To compete you need to either license all the content yourself or use someone else's store. this is a very high barrier to entry.
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"Where racist, sexist and homophobic speech is concerned, the ACLU believes that more speech — not less — is the best revenge. This is particularly true at universities, whose mission is to facilitate learning through open debate and study, and to enlighten."
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Legal scholars have supported the idea that the best way to respond to hateful or offensive speech is not to attempt to limit it but instead to encourage more speech. For example, as Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote, "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357, 377 (1927).
Likewise, the American Civil Liberties Union believes that, "where racist, sexist, and homophobic speech is concerned, the ACLU believes that more speech — not less — is the best revenge. This is particularly true at universities, where the mission is to facilitate learning through open debate and study, and to enlighten." See http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/hate-speech-campus.
It is important to note that while "hate speech" is in itself not a category excepted by the First Amendment, the First Amendment does not protect conduct just because it is motivated by an individual's beliefs or opinions. Thus, "hate crimes" may be regulated by law and are not subject to protection by the First Amendment.
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Nonetheless, as with the other content-related exceptions to the First Amendment, speech must meet a very high threshold for it to be considered harassment. As one court noted, "Since Title VII is only a statute, it cannot supersede the requirements of the First Amendment." UWM Post, Inc., v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin, 774 F.Supp. 1163, 1177 (E.D. Wis. 1991).
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The 2013 Southeastern Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association's North team tryouts were rained out Wednesday night at McAlester's Mike Deak Field.
The tryouts have been rescheduled for 7 p.m. next Wednesday at Mike Deak Field.
One of the teams in the tryout game is Poteau's Andy Perdue, who was named the 2013 Southeastern Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year. Poteau's Jay Werner is among the tryout players. Poteau's other individual who was selected to play, Blake Johnson, cannot due to an injury.
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On May 9, my mother, JoAnn Mattox, and I went to my daughter, Joni's, senior program at Union Christian Academy in Fort Smith, Ark.
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I turn and look in the parking lot, and there's a Panama Public Schools bus.
Three sports and five teams of the Poteau High School athletic program had their athletes honored Wednesday night at the Poteau High School Sports Banquet at the Bob Lee Kidd Civic Center.
For Poteau Pirates golf coach Mike Thomas, it took nine years, but his Coach of the Year recognition finally came.
Thomas was named the 2013 Region 6 Boys Golf Coach of the Year as he helped guide the Pirates to a sixth-place finish at the Class 4A State Tournament earlier this month. Sophomore Cody Shore was fourth at state individually.
School is officially out, but I am not sure my life is going to slow down much. My boys are both playing summer baseball on two teams, and Koby will play some high school baseball and basketball in the month of June.
Cash is also playing on two summer teams and will be playing in junior high baseball and basketball leagues during June, too.
With all this going on, my boat may not get to see the water much this summer.
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After winning state as a sophomore and a junior, and being state runner-up as a senior, Poteau wrestler Tyler Tustin was pretty much destined to grapple at the collegiate level. He made it official Wednesday morning.
Tustin signed with the University of Central Oklahoma in a signing ceremony Wednesday morning at the high school.
Many lucky Poteau High School soccer players won awards and recognitions at Tuesday night's awards banquet at the First United Methodist Church.
It is just me, or does it seem like this spring seasons of baseball and slow-pitch softball flew by faster than the Concorde.
It just seems like yesterday I was preparing the 2013 Spring Sports Guide for publication over spring break, and now all the seasons are done.
However, the end to them was rather nice. You had the Poteau Pirates soccer team winning state, along with Poteau Lady Pirate golfer Hannah Ward for her second straight season.


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August 21, 2011
Awaiting the announcement of the Missouri State Fair Idol winner is like a college basketball team waiting to see if it will be picked for the NCAA tournament — you don't really know what the key criteria will be until the announcement is made.
Next year's competitors should take note, though: The judges prize versatility, both in vocal range and in song selection.
Last year's champion, Nathan Jones, of St. Joseph, impressed with his ability to hit the high notes. And this year's champion, Ryan Manuel, of Sedalia, likely won because he was able to switch from the deep bass of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" to the softer sound of Chris Knight's "Cry Lonely" in his first two songs on Sunday at the Budweiser Stage, where he beat out seven other finalists.
Over the course of the competition — from qualifying at Dickie-Doo Bar-B-Que through wowing the packed house at the Bud tent — the 20-year-old Manuel sang seven different songs.
"That's kind of what I was going for," Manuel told the Democrat after accepting his trophy. "I didn't want to repeat any songs. I think that really counts for something if you ask me. I wanted to switch it up and show my range."
Manuel, who brought the title back to Sedalia for the first time since John Ezell won it in 2007, capped off his three-song set with Merle Haggard's "Working Man Blues."
"I listen to a lot of red-dirt country, a lot of classic country," said Manuel, a 2009 Smith-Cotton graduate who is working at Wendy's to earn money to take classes in State Fair Community College's radiology program.
"I don't like the new stuff as much, but I do like a lot of the new outlaw stuff. That's my music background. I have eight years of guitar under my belt, but I have no vocal training whatsoever."
He dedicated "Working Man Blues" to the hardest-working man he knows — his father, Dean, who sells explosives. But you have to go back a generation before that to find a musician in the Manuel family: Ryan's grandfather plays guitar.
Manuel has approached the idea of a music career — or even just playing music for fun — with caution.
He said the announcement of his victory "was a very surreal moment, because everyone's been telling me 'Go for it,' and I've said, 'No, probably not. I'm just gonna embarrass myself.' But it worked out."
Manuel signed up for Idol simply to meet other musicians. He hadn't entered the contest before this year.
"I've been playing solo acoustic and electric stuff at home," he said. "I like going and jamming with people. What I intended on doing was coming out here and meeting people that write and play music and maybe start a band. I never thought it would go this far."
Manuel, the third male to win the title in the event's six years, now has the honor of opening for the first grandstand act of the 2012 state fair. Not that he's abandoning his thoughts of being a radiologist, but the idea of a music career is starting to appeal to him.
"That's really the dream, to go around playing music for people, because I really enjoy it. That's the most fun I've had in years, doing this competition."
Idol organizers didn't make the final scores public and didn't award runner-up prizes, but a judge told the Democrat that the race was tight and that Manuel's closest competitors were Vicki Walton, of Sedalia; Ashton Faith, of Cole Camp; and Kami Mohn, of Macon.
Walton had the most fair-appropriate song of the day, her original tune "Going Home to Missouri," which she also performed last year at a Sedalia sesquicentennial event.
Faith, a ballad specialist who was the only returning finalist from last year, showed a lot of improvement in a set highlighted by Alannah Myles' "Black Velvet." Faith was the only finalist to leave the stage to sing amidst the crowd.
And Mohn — second only to Faith at working the crowd — shined on Martina McBride's "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" and Rebecca Lynn Howard's "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" and "Out Here in the Water."
Mohn also had perhaps the loudest fan club of the day — they even out-shouted fans of the two Sedalians — and she was the top pick of Idol emcee and organizer Thom Fuller.
Manuel, in fact, suspected Mohn would win as he awaited the final verdict.
"Me and Frank (McCloud, another finalist) talked about it and we thought for sure Kami had won," Manuel said.
Even those who finished outside the top four had their supporters. Judge and Democrat columnist Travis McMullen said he was impressed by Nathan Tawbush, of Knob Noster, known around these parts as a singer for Rebel Town. But the Alabama native might have gotten too creative: A lull in switching from mandolin to guitar during his opening number, Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road," probably cost him stage-presence points.
McCloud, of Bosworth, was able to overcome logistical struggles by using his friend, Vance Bruce, as an accompanist on guitar. McCloud sang a nice original song about his hometown.
Fuller called for the judges to consider giving bonus points to Amy Hamp, of Clinton, who overcame a technical glitch that wasn't her fault before her third song. She bantered with the crowd about what concerts they had seen at the fair and joked, "You guys didn't know you were getting the Amy Entertainment Hour up here, did you?"
Jillian Brianna, of Kansas City, certainly played to the beer lovers in the crowd — not a bad gambit under the Bud tent — opening with Miranda Lambert's "Heart Like Mine" and taking a sip of beer after each song.
Fuller may have just been doing his emcee shtick when he called this the best batch of finalists in Idol's six years, but it was hard to argue with that on Sunday. There wasn't a weak link in the bunch. That's a credit to the new format, where finalists have to prove themselves over the course of two prior rounds and three prior songs. The old format was one preliminary round of one song.
As the judges huddled off-stage and the contestants sweated it out on stage, Bud tent guru Denny Perkins thanked Fuller — who is retiring as Idol organizer — for building this event into one of the fair's biggest annual attractions.
"Six years ago when we started Idol, we just had the finals in here," Perkins told the audience. "But now, it doesn't make any difference what's going on at the fairgrounds, this show fills this place day after day."


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(Photo credit: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME - By Robert Jackson: This years ending edition of Just the facts will discuss the merit of both fighters, expose their weaknesses and finally predict a winner, so keep reading.
When it comes to skills the 2004, 178lb Olympic Gold medalist Andre Ward hasnt lost a fight since he was 13 years old. His international experience is 2nd to none in the amateur ranks. As a professional Ward has faced a litany of opponents with a combined record of 388-68-14, and other then the early usual suspects that all up-and-comers fight, as Wards advanced to the upper echelon of the division hes only fought in-their-prime top fighters like Edison Miranda, Allan Green, Mikkel Kessler and Sakio Bika. Though moved carefully Ward has avoided the typical journeyman fighters that most prospects fight to build themselves up, to instead fight killers and other top guys of the division. Ward can fight outside, is especially good on the inside and can switch stances and fight effectively. Wards defense is also very subtle but effective.
Englands Carl Froch has developed as a fighter as the Super 6 has played out. He gutted out a close victory against Andre Dirrell who outboxed him but forgot his amateur pedigree and in the end Froch took the fight from him. After that Froch sought to improve his skillset and made a fine showing in a loss against Mikkel Kessler, then in his best effort of the tournament outboxed Arthur Abraham his following fight to earn the victory.
Skills: Advantage Andre Ward
Training and Preparation
In the area of training, we dont know much about either fighter, glimpses of their training regiments arent as available as their HBO counterparts. Both men generally come to the ring highly prepared to go 12 rounds and neither have shown in past fights any ill-effects that could be attributed to training.
Training and Preparation: Even
Mind Set (Psychological Preparation)
In this area having a fighters mentality is of the utmost importance to a championship caliber fighter. A fighter must know who he is, focus on the task at hand and let no distractions divert him from that task. Carl Froch the master psychologist attempts to get in his opponents heads by talking up their faults, weaknesses or past infidelities. During Showtimes Staredown, Andre Ward calmly and eloquently made it clear to Froch that he was not in charge and the smack he was talking was BS. After that verbal exchange Frochs demeanor became more passive. Since that exchange Ward seems to be in command during any verbal exchanges with his British foe. Froch has considerably toned down his taunting and verbal attacks on Ward.
Mind Set: Advantage Ward
In the way of impondearbles, we have a WYSIWYG fighter whos strong and proud against a decorated amater and solid Pro. The in your face fighter has stated that he will walk thru Wards punching power with a smile on his face, the solid pro has stated he will outbox his opponent and possibly knock him out late because hes underestimating that aforementioned punching power. The mental advantage Froch has tried to gain with his mouth has been all but shutdown by Ward in rebuttal. Wards head played a part in victory over Mikkel Kessler, so Froch has to be wary of it because of Wards penchant towards in-fighting. The cut Ward suffered prior to the initial date for this fight that caused the delay could work in Frochs favor if hes able to hit that area cleanly.
Imponderables: Froch
This fight will go similar to last weeks Khan/Peterson fight with Froch trying to fight from a distance and Ward trying to get inside. Ward will box in spots from the outside tit for tat with Froch but his ultimate goal will be to get inside and punish Froch. Dont think that Froch can outbox Ward for 12 rounds and even though his game is strong, he doesnt have enough weapons to box 12 rounds and keep Ward off of him. His underestimation of Ward is also a mistake that he will regret. Im picking Ward by late rounds TKO or UD in a very physical battle. After the fight Froch will say he didnt think that Ward was that strong, could punch that hard or was that good.
Prediction: Ward by late TKO or UD
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Jackie Healy-Rae
|Jackie Healy-Rae
|Teachta Dála
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June 1997 – February 2011
|Kerry South
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|John Patrick Healy
9 March 1931
Kilgarvan, County Kerry
|5 December 2014
(aged 83)
Tralee, County Kerry
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|Independent (1997–2011)
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|Fianna Fáil (1960s–1997)
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Jackie Healy-Rae (9 March 1931 – 5 December 2014) was an Irish politician who served as an Independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1997 to 2011.[1]
Early and private life[edit]
Born John Patrick Healy just outside Kilgarvan, County Kerry, he was the first of six children born to Daniel and Mary Healy, and he grew up on the family farm. The Rae part of his surname derives from the local townland where he was born, Reacaisleach. He was educated at the local national school in Kilgarvan. He emigrated to the United States in 1953,[2] but quickly returned to Ireland. He played for the local hurling and football teams in Kilgarvan, where he won two senior county hurling titles with the club in 1956 and 1958.
He was also a musician with the Kilgarvan Dance Band (a saxophone player).[2] By the 1960s he was well established in the plant hire business in south Kerry. In 1969, he became a publican when he purchased an old premises that had been closed for some time in Kilgarvan. The family pub is now run by his son, Danny.
Healy-Rae was married to Julie Healy, but separated in 1977.[3] Two sons, Danny and Michael are members of Kerry County Council for the Killarney and Killorglin electoral areas respectively. His eldest daughter Joan (Mrs. Larkin) teaches in a Catholic school in New York. His other daughter, Rosemary, is a barrister-at-law. She holds a Government appointed paid position on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal since 2007. She was re-appointed, for 3 further years, by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on 11 November 2010.[4] A son, Denis, runs his own business, and another son, John Healy (he does not use Rae), is a full-time official with and former President of the Garda Representative Association (GRA).[citation needed]
Political career[edit]
Early involvement[edit]
Healy-Rae first became involved in politics in the 1960s. He headed several Fianna Fáil by-election campaigns, most notably the election of John O'Leary to the Dáil in 1966. O'Leary went on to retain that seat for thirty one years. Healy-Rae later lent his services to several other Fianna Fáil election campaigns in County Limerick, County Cork and County Galway. In 1973 Healy-Rae was first co-opted to Kerry County Council as a Fianna Fáil member, following the death of the sitting councillor Michael Doherty. He was elected to the council in his own right in 1974 and re-elected in every subsequent election, Healy-Rae served on the council for 30 years until he had to resign his seat because of the abolition of the dual mandate in 2003.
During the 1970s and 1980s Healy-Rae served 3 times as Fianna Fáil's director of elections in Kerry South. In this capacity he was given the task of delivering two of the three seats for the Fianna Fáil party.
Election to Dáil Éireann[edit]
Healy-Rae broke from Fianna Fáil in controversial circumstances prior to the 1997 general election. When the party refused to nominate him as a candidate in Kerry South, he decided to run as an Independent candidate. This move surprised the party, with many commentators giving him little chance of getting elected. However, Healy-Rae took a seat and denied Fianna Fáil the chance of taking a second seat in the constituency.[5] After the election, the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats prospective government was still short of an overall majority. Healy-Rae was one of four Independent TDs (the others were Harry Blaney, Tom Gildea and Mildred Fox) who supported the government throughout its five-year term. In return for this support he secured funding for projects in his constituency and chairmanship of the Environment committee. His policy approach could be defined as populist, primarily driven by his rural background and constituency, and he frequently demanded upgrades to public services such as schools and roads in his constituency as the price of his support for the government.
Healy-Rae contested the 2002 general election and although his seat looked in doubt at some stages of the campaign and he received only the fourth-highest number of first-preference votes, he was narrowly re-elected, winning the third seat. He sat through fewer than half the meetings of an Oireachtas committee tasked with dealing with social welfare he received €20,000 a year to chair. He got up and left during 25pc of the meetings of the committee leaving the vice-chairman, Charlie O'Connor, to oversee the meetings and absented himself entirely from a further 25pc of meetings, despite a convention that chairmen appointed by the Government should fully chair all meetings.[6]
External support for Fianna Fáil[edit]
He was again re-elected to the Dáil at the 2007 general election and signed a confidence and supply deal with Fianna Fáil promising to support the government in return for investment in the South Kerry constituency. The details of this deal were not made public. Healy-Rae has been criticised for not making the details of the deal public and for supporting the government over highly controversial cutbacks (in contrast to Finian McGrath who made the details public by entering his deal into the Dáil record and who withdrew his support from the government in 2008 over cutbacks in the health sector). He was confronted publicly by members of the Kerry Public Sector Workers Alliance[7] about his continual support for cutbacks and for the Irish bank bailout. Healy-Rae said he was powerless as he had only one vote and that they "should talk to the Greens that are making the big changes".
On 26 June 2008 Healy-Rae announced that he intended to retire at the next general election.[8] His son Michael Healy-Rae was selected as a candidate by the Healy-Rae organisation on 28 October 2010,[9] and was elected at the 2011 general election.
Healy-Rae died on 5 December 2014 at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee after a long illness. [10]
- ^ "Mr Jackie Healy-Rae". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Official website". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Majella (1 March 2011). "Trip to 'motherland' changed Irish politics forever". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Healy-Rae daughter gets plum state job". Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Jackie Healy-Rae". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Kelly, Fiach (11 July 2011). "Healy-Rae paid €20,000 despite poor attendance". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Pay protests don't scare Healy-Rae". Irish Independent. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Healy-Rae to retire at next general election". Irish Independent. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "Michael Healy-Rae to run for Dáil". RTÉ. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Former Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae dies". RTÉ News. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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