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Men's Cross Country Captures ACC Championship
CARY, N.C. - With six of the top 23 runners in the field, NC State won the Atlantic Coast Conference cross country championship Saturday, edging two-time defending champion Virginia for the men's title.
In the women's championship race, Florida State placed seven runners in the top 20 and rolled past runner-up Duke.
Virginia's Emil Heineking won the individual championship in the men's race, running the 8K course at the Wake Med Soccer and Cross Country Complex in a time of 23:15.49. Cavalier teammate Ryan Collins was second at 23:17.74. Two-time defending women's champion Susan Kuijken was an easy repeat winner, running the 6K course in a time of 19:39.3.
NC State, which won its 14th men's championship and its 11th in the last 15 years, was paced by senior John Martinez and sophomore Ryan Hill, who ran third and fourth, respectively. Redshirt-freshman Patrick Campbell placed eighth for the Wolfpack, which won the championship with a team score of 56 points. Martinez, Hill and Campbell earned All-ACC honors for finishing in the top 14 in the individual standings.
"I'm really proud of these young men, very happy for them," Wolfpack men's coach Rollie Geiger said. "It's a great group to work with. This is one of our goals every year and it's been a couple of years since we've won it. They really wanted it and they gave that little extra it takes to win it."
The men's race was one of the closest in the history of the event. Heineking and Collins were well-ahead of the Wolfpack's Martinez and Hill, but the field was tightly bunched after that. NC State won thanks in large part to its fourth, fifth and sixth runners finishing ahead of Virginia's fourth-place finisher. Florida State's Matt Leeder finished fifth at 23:33.66. Duke's Bo Waggoner was sixth (23:34.04), Virginia Tech's Will Mulherin seventh (23:34.36), NC State's Patrick Campbell eighth (23:35.03), FSU's Daniel Roberts (23:36.37) and Ciaran Olionaird (23:38.80) ninth and 10th, respectively.
The key to NC State's victory was strong finishes from its second tier of runners, who closed the gap between the front and the back of the race for the Wolfpack. Sophomore Greg Dame took 19th place in a time of 24:14.37, and fellow sophs Bobby Moldovan and Andrew North were not far behind, finishing 22nd and 23rd, respectively. Moldovan finished at 24:16.78 and North at 24:18.68.
"As the race unfolded, I saw that we were grouping very well and were running closer to the front of the pack," Geiger said. "That's what we've been striving for, and when I saw that, it told me that we had a chance to win."
Virginia won a three-way battle for second place with 71 points, thanks in large part to the 1-2 finish of Heineking and Collins. Florida State was third, one point behind the Cavaliers with 72 points, and Duke was fourth with 74. Virginia Tech finished fifth with 122 points, followed by North Carolina (6th, 138), Maryland (7th, 219), Georgia Tech (8th, 239), Wake Forest (9th, 281), Boston College (10th, 287), Clemson (11th, 293) and Miami (12th, 395).
In winning its third straight ACC championship, Florida State thoroughly dominated the women's race. In addition to Kuijken, junior Pilar McShine was third (20:06.4), junior Pasca Cheruiyot was sixth (20:16.6), sophomore Jennifer Dunn was 13th (20:37.8) and freshman Jessica Perry was 14th (20:40.7), giving the Seminoles five runners on the all-conference team. FSU won with a team score of 37 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Duke (71 points) and third-place Virginia (84).
NC State finished fourth in the women's race with 109 points, followed by North Carolina (5th, 137 points), Boston College (6th, 144), Maryland (7th, 192), Wake Forest (8th, 204), Clemson (9th, 221), Virginia Tech (10th, 284), Georgia Tech (11th, 312) and Miami (12th, 380).
The Pack's Emily Pritt earned all-conference honors with a seventh-place finish, running the course in a time of 20:22.9. Senior Brittany Tinsley was 15th at 20:45.0, with freshman Jordan Jenkins 19th at 21:00.7. Sophomore Andie Cozzarelli was 33rd at 21:35.5, with freshman Erin Mercer (40th, 21:47.1) rounding out the scoring for the Pack.
Morgane Gay of Virginia took fourth at 20:06.6, with Duke's Carly Seymour (20:14.8), Florida State's Pasca Cheruiyot (20:18.6), Pritt (20:22.9), North Carolina's Ashley Verplank (20:23.4), Clemson's Kim Ruck (20:26.1) and Duke's Juliet Bottorff (20:34.6) rounding out the top 10.
Florida State's Wes Rickman was men's ACC Rookie of the Year after running the men's race in a time of 24:16.16. He was the top true freshman in the race, finishing 24th. In the women's race, Duke's Bottorff was women's ACC Rookie of the Year.


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Purpose: In this program, the Arkansas Leadership Academy in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) provides support to applicable schools or school districts in Arkansas.
Creation: The School Support Program was created by ACT 1229 of 2005 during the Arkansas 85th General Assembly. The Arkansas Leadership Academy was selected by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in 2001 to design a program for low-performing schools. A state-wide design team helped create the Intensive School Support for Low-Performing Schools which eventually became the School Support Program in 2005. ACT 222 of 2009 continues the authorization of the School Support Program.
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Lenox Hill Hospital today announced the availability of a new tool to treat Barrett's esophagus. Caused by chronic heartburn or "GERD" (gastroesophageal reflux disease), Barrett's esophagus is a precancerous condition affecting the lining of the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food, liquids and saliva from the mouth to the stomach. Until now, there have been limited treatment options. Left untreated, Barrett's can lead to a dangerous type of cancer called esophageal adenocarcinoma, which is currently the most rapidly rising cancer in the U.S.
A new treatment system delivers a short burst of energy to the lining of the esophagus to uniformly remove the thin layer of diseased tissue. Normal cells usually grow back in three to four weeks for most patients. In clinical studies, 70 percent of participants were Barrett's-free after one to two treatment sessions at the twelve month follow-up. Ablation of the diseased lining of the esophagus offers treatment for the disease before it progresses to cancer.
"Physicians have long searched for a safe, effective way to treat Barrett's esophagus," said Gregory Haber, MD, Director of Gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital. "Completely removing the thin layer of the diseased esophageal lining simplifies the therapy of pre-cancerous Barrett's. This effective technique may enable us to reduce if not eliminate the disease and anxiety for patients with Barrett's. The availability of a proactive option for Barrett's esophagus at Lenox Hill Hospital's Heartburn Center underscores our long-standing commitment to providing patients with the best treatment options available today."
Barrett's esophagus affects approximately three million U.S. adults. However, studies suggest this number may be low. Barrett's esophagus occurs when chronic acid exposure causes the protective cells lining the esophagus to break down and undergo genetic changes that can set the stage for cancer.
The non-surgical procedure is performed in an out-patient setting under conscious sedation. The entire procedure usually takes less than 30 minutes. Controlled delivery of energy avoids injury to normal, healthy underlying tissues. Normal cells typically grow back in three to four weeks. Minor discomfort, which may be experienced by some patients, can be managed with medication. Following ablation therapy, patients resume acid suppression therapy.
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Santa Clara University is jointly sponsoring an academic forum in Mazatlán, Mexico with El Colegio de Sinaloa on March 27-29, 2014. Intended to build collaboration between the United States and Mexico, the Mazatlán Forum considers the social, political, and economic assumptions at work in our respective cultures. This year's forum has as its theme "Technology and the Future(s) of Education: U.S. and Mexican Perspectives" and will provide new opportunities for interdisciplinary and international collaborations in the area of technology and higher education at the individual and institutional levels.
Twelve representatives from Santa Clara, including faculty, administrators and trustees, will participate as panelists, program coordinators, and guest speakers. Among them are SCU trustee and founding sponsor of the Forum, Agnieszka Winkler. Howard Charney, SCU trustee and Executive Vice President at Cisco, will offer the closing keynote address. Provost Jacobs will welcome participants on behalf of Santa Clara University. Pedro Hernandez Ramos, Associate Professor, Department of Education, and Diane Jonte-Pace, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, are serving as program coordinators for the Forum. Several faculty across multiple disciplines will give presentations in panel discussions.
Earlier this year, the President's Staff forwarded to the Benefits Committee a proposal for an additional tuition benefit for employees. Under consideration is a financial benefit to be used for any post-secondary institution for up to four years. It is designed to accommodate students who are interested in a two-year program or who would prefer to transfer from a two-year program into a four-year degree program. This benefit would be in addition to the other tuition benefits currently available. The Benefits Committee is currently exploring such options.
On Wednesday, March 19, at noon in the Mission Church, the University community will celebrate our annual Founder's Day Mass to commemorate the establishment of our school. Traditionally, Santa Clara commemorates March 19, the Feast of Saint Joseph, as the day in 1851 when John Nobili, S.J., took possession of Mission Santa Clara as a Jesuit parish and future educational enterprise. Fr. Nobili, our first president, opened the doors to Santa Clara College in May of that same year. At this liturgy we welcome all to join together in prayer for Santa Clara University.
As we prepare for Bob Warren's retirement in December 2014, I have convened a search committee to conduct the search for the Vice President for Administration and Finance. The members of the committee are John Ottoboni (chair), Amy Connell (staff), John Del Santo (regent), Sal Gutierrez (trustee), Ellen Kreitzberg (faculty), Nick Ladany (administrator), Molly McDonald (staff), Lorraine McGriff (staff) Betsy Rafael (trustee), Hersh Shefrin (faculty), John A. Sobrato (trustee), and Robert Scholla, S.J. (Jesuit Community). I thank the UCC for providing me with the names of possible faculty and staff to serve on this search, and I am grateful for those who have accepted.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Joe Mather hit a tiebreaking solo home run off Sean Green in the ninth inning, giving the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 split-squad victory over the Texas Rangers and a two-game split at Cashman Field. Texas tied the score in the eighth against Alberto Cabrera when Guilder Rodriguez doubled and scored on Ryan Strausborger's single. Texas starter Matt Harrison gave up one run and one hit in five innings, struck out five and walked one. Cubs starter Chris Volstad allowed one run and four hits in four innings, struck out three and walked none. Julio Borbon's RBI single put Texas ahead in the first, but Chicago took a 2-1 lead on Alfonso Soriano's sacrifice fly in the fourth and Bobby Scales' run-scoring double in the eighth.
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Baja Single-Line Tour - 1400 Miles, 10 Days
This is quite belated but after getting laid off and a little trip to Alaska to look for work, it's time to finally post this.
So here it goes, a story about a few crazy Colorado dirt bikers lucky enough to know the right people who are on a mission to ride some of Baja's tightest little single-lines and throw in as much beech as possible.
'Guess I'm new around here so I should introduce myself. I suppose I'll go by ZH. I'm not really that new, this site has kept me sane for the last couple years, but this is my first story. I grew up riding dirt bikes in Colorado and Utah. My parents told me that as early as 6 months of age we were riding triple on my pop's XR 600, or maybe it was the 500 back then. I grew up riding with…well I guess you could call him ArvadaGeorge. If you want to ride the tightest single line in Colorado or Utah there are not many better people to lead than he.
We started out as a band of 3 from Denver at 8:00 in late February on a sunny Saturday morning after loading our three steeds into the back of a truck, headed quickly out of town and directly into ski traffic, no worries and a minor delay for we had the 24 cassette Lonesome Dove saga to keep us company, and soon enough we were looking for a three bed hotel room in Phoenix. A foldout will do the trick and before we knew it we were in Calexico exchanging money and getting car insurance then eating fish tacos in San Felipe.
The choice of bikes and set-up: A 2001 and a 2002 DRZ 400 and a 2001 XR 400 (Scott Summers edition 440)
I understand they are exactly "adventure bikes" but they're street legal where I come from and sure, sure, sure, you may ask why so ancient but I always figure that at this point it's hard to justify 3x the expense for a marginal bump in the fun factor. Plus these DRZs are solid. Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to give me a pumpkin I will ride the s#@& out of it but on the other hand the only mechanical issues encountered was on the last day, after 1400 miles, on the last strip of pavement back to the truck, the XR burnt up its original clutch (can you say good timing?).
We had up to 6 gallons at our disposal: two clamato bottles that fit exceptionally well into some cheap ATV tank bags, one gallon on the fender (usually empty), and a 4-galon tank for mine.
Tomorrow we ride Bill's infamous Rock Trail.
Z_HARSH screwed with this post 10-29-2010 at 01:50 PM
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Day one: The Infamous Rock Trail
We woke up early, followed the waitress into the restaurant, filled up with huevos mexicanos and headed out for an adventure.
We headed up the slab out of town and my head was buzzing, millions of thoughts rushing through and thought how lucky am I! I could have grown up playing a lot of sports but here I am with the fresh salty air whipping past on an un-supported ride with friends spanning generational gaps flying down the road on steel, plastic and rubber headed off into the barren desert wasteland. Before long we hopped on the beach for a 40-mile stint.
Then up a nasty little wash. Not sure what it was, perhaps it's just soft or maybe we were rusty and our bikes were a bit more obese than usual, but this darn wash is as nasty and wallowy as they come.
We were down here 6 or 7 years ago and drove up and down this wash trying to find Bill's trail, rode around for hours to no avail, but since then one of our buddies marked it for George, thanks Mark!
….so here we are, one nasty rooted out hill followed by 40 miles of baby heads…. The hill really only had one tough ledge that I drug my rear tire up, then cleaned the rest and came down to add a well-placed rock and help AG up.
Then it was this like this for the next 40 miles or so:
Honestly, the last ten miles make sadistic rocks all worth it with beautiful switchbacks in and out of a wash, along little ridges, and ducking the massive "jumping cholla".:
Then some old, unused roads through Fred Flintstone Land and the most important task.:
140 miles and all I could do was think how great that man named Bill is. Story is he hired a private plane to fly over 3 different times to put the trail through. He still rides it today, at the age of 70!
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Man oh man, the only way I'd go down some of that single track is on a Donkey! I like the pic's so far, put up some more.....
going south...
Never Lost! Just Don't know where I am!
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Day 2: Somewhere in the Middle
Day two was comprised of some of the most beautiful single-line I have ever ridden. It had rained quite a bit the month or so before we came and desert was greener than I have ever seen and painted with flowers but it also brought other problems as well.
Luckily it wasn't too bad. Before too long we had ArvadaGeorge's bike on its side and yanked it out. The other problem was we lost the trail. It wasn't far away but after and hour and a half of walking around we were back on track, ready for some more. If we would have know where the trail was we wouldn't have gone the extra 50 yards and gotten stuck but that is just the way it goes. Luckily some nice people had marked it because it was hard to see at times.
We came out and ArgadaGeorge spotted the most beautiful little virgin wash, smooth and wide, full throttle straight-aways and no reason to back off corners:
After that its off to the dry lakebeds linking into another little trail and skirting around some not so dry lakebeds; we even saw some century plants in full bloom on the way:
This is where the track log said we needed to go. It was getting late and finding a way around a couple of the "dry lakebeds" was a bit troublesome having to bush-wack through the strong shadows but we were soon to our pink hotel; that was one Kick Ass Tuesday!!!
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There's so much pink in the hotel, the lake in the pic above is turning color.
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What an epic ride!
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Thanks guys!
Wallache, yea, we only really needed the 6th gallon on the fender one or maybe 2 days and emptied it as quickly as possible. You just have to remember to unplug your headlight if you end up having to ride at night.....but it fit perfectly there and didn't flop around.
When riding that type of terrain you don't want any extra weight, especially on the front in the sand. For clothes all we brought was one pair of sweat pants, one extra t-shirt, a pair of sandals, 3 pairs of boxers, 3 pairs of socks, a book to kill some time, an emergency blanket, a few power bars, a tube of honey, a tube of peanut buter (to put on tortillas), some instant coffee, a cup and burner from the army supply store, and our typical tools and extra tubes. Since we were staying in hotels and eating out for breakfast and dinner, that is all we really needed.
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Day 3: Pacific and Cross
In preparation for the trip we took a bit of care getting ready for this day. We were headed up the Pacific straight through the silt beds. We had pre-filters in and socks over the K&Ns but luckily there was enough recent rain that it was a nonissue. Nice, but I kind of wanted to see what all the silt hype was about. Before too long we could smell the salty air and then saw the waves crashing.
We cruised up the coast and checked out some of the sites along the way.
Then I did something dumb. We were jumping in and out of the compressed silt beds and one of the zip ties used to attach the bungee chord holding down the saddlebags snapped so I stopped to replace it. I got back on and tried to catch up and tried to catch up and tried to catch up. Then when I didnt catch up I stopped and waited and waited and waited. I should have turned around and gone back to where I had last seen them, thats the rule, but just before this happened we stopped and TM suggested that we get a move on it because it was already 3 p.m. and we still had 100 miles to cover before bed. Somehow I convinced myself that the left to cut over to Mex 1 wasnt too far up so I thought I would go see if they were waiting there. When I got there it was obvious there were no tracks where the track logs said we should go. All I can say for myself is that time is a bit warped in the middle of the desert sometimes and miles are a lot shorter in Baja.
It feels a bit empty sitting on the Pacific with nothing but my lonely cylinder knowing that we are staying on the other side of the peninsula. I started weighing my options. On one hand I have never used my emergency blanket and there was enough light to gather some firewood, but, I also saw a little red line on the GPS that looked like a good option back to the highway and if I got a move on it I might even be able to make it before dark. I checked my fuel, roughly calculated the distance knowing that I can probably scrounge some gas on the highway if needed and started the race against the sun.
it was a photo finish....well maybe I lost, but just barely. I put on my headphones and sweatshirt, moved my extra gallon container, plugged in my headlight and started cursing down the slab. That is another thing about the ol DRZ, its stock headlight is killer. By the way, do you think a rabbit would take your front tire out if you hit it at say 50 mph?
When I rolled into Bay of LA and pulled up to the gas station the attendant immediately handed me a note from ArvadaGeorge and pointed me to Larry and Raquels. I drove the longest few ks to the hotel and was filled with relief. Scarffed down some food, slammed a beer, typed a quick note to the gf and parents letting them know I am having a blast in Baja (not mentioning the previous excitement of course) and was out like a light.
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Thanks for a great post!
2 questions:
1. Those pics are unreal, what do you use for a camera?
2. Do we get to see days 4 and on?
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The Rockman Trail. Nice start. After I rode that route I didnt want to see a rock for quite a while.
Did you guys hit Fred's Tractor Trail out of BoLA?
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Was I unclear? Oh, guess so.
So I get this phone call at about 2:30pm today,
11Top: "Did you know that Warren Haines and Gov't Mule are playing a gig at GC tonight?"
Me: "no..."
11Top: "Wanna go?"
Me: "hell yeah! When are you going?"
11Top: "I'm half way there now. "
Me: *sigh* (these retired guys...sheesh ) "ok, I'll meet you there soon."
Due to a huge accident on the highway I barely made it on time. Steve was in the front row, counting Warran's grey hairs and stealing his picks, but we both heard a great private concert. All thanks to 11Top's keen eye and ears for an awesome time.
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Every now and then, I see a poll of some sort on a garden website that goes "What's your favorite garden tool?"
This is almost always a ploy to sell me garden shears with special handles made out of synthetic unicorn leather and held together with composites first used on the space shuttle.
But while I am indeed fond of my garden shears—and my trowel, and my pokey pronged thing and the diggy rake thing and that one other thing with the metal bits—my absolute favorite garden tool is my smart phone.
I don't even have any gardening apps on it. I have an inherent belief that gardening is so much a matter of individual circumstances that an app is unlikely to be all that useful unless I wrote it myself for my garden's conditions, where "full sun" could mean either "full sun" or "For the love of god, don't expose it to a North Carolina afternoon," and my hardiness zones are defined as much by sweltering heat as by winter lows, and then you get the clay-resistant cultivars into the mix and at that point I have been playing Angry Birds for twenty minutes and am no longer paying attention.
But the ability to yank a phone out of my pocket and check the internet to see a plant's origins has been unbelievably useful. I am a native plant junkie. You show me a native and I will give it a try in my garden. Unfortunately, as many of us have noticed, it's not always easy to figure out where a plant is from!
Case in point—a few years back, I picked up a few leatherleaf viburnum. The cultivar was called "Alleghany." The nursery worker told me it was native. How much clearer could it be?
Well, the damn things are from China, as it turns out. They aren't an invasive here in the South, so far as I can tell, so I haven't ripped them out yet, but I'm still annoyed, and they're living on borrowed time until I can find a good replacement.
This hasn't happened since I bought my iPhone. I see an interesting plant at the nursery, I whip out my phone, pull up the internet, and voila! It's from Outer Mongolia, you say? Well, forget that. Oh look, it's invasive in my region? The Forest Service says it spends HOW MUCH MONEY eradicating it? Goodness. Let's just put that down, shall we?
It goes the other way too, of course—I found a plant labeled only with scientific name on the half-price rack and discovered via the phone that it was hyssop-leaved boneset, a fairly obscure native that I had been craving for my prairie planting. The nursery people didn't even know how it had gotten there (but were happy to sell it to me at half-price.)
It also provides opportunities for grass-roots activism that can't be beat.
The other day, I was at my local Lowes and saw a big display for a company called "Botanical Wonders" which was selling wildflower bulbs. Virginia bluebells, trillium, jack in the pulpit, birdsfoot violet, bloodroot, all sorts of wonderful plants, plants I'd love in my garden at a…really …suspiciously… good…price…
Virginia bluebells and jack-in-the-pulpit aren't too hard to come by, but you can expect to pay twenty or thirty bucks minimum for an ethically sourced trillium. These were going for about three bucks.
Well, as Grandma always said, "If it looks too good to be true…"
I whipped out my iPhone, punched the name of the company in, and promptly found that one of the company founders had apparently been arrested and served time for illegal plant trafficking here in North Carolina,* that the suppliers was notorious for wild-harvesting plants under circumstances of questionable legality, plunking them into the ground long enough to call them "nursery grown" (although not "nursery-propagated," which is the important thing) and were in general one of the many reasons that rare plants continue to be rare.
Thanks to my smart phone, I didn't buy unethically sourced plants, AND I was able to send a note to Lowes customer service on the spot telling them what I thought of the matter.
So that's why the phone remains my favorite garden tool.
Now if they could just make an app that pops up a little fanfare when my tomatoes ripen…
*We have a really horrible problem with plant poaching out here, particularly Venus Fly-Traps, which are probably going to go extinct in the wild in my lifetime because of people like this.
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The sports world is currently enjoying two streaks that are beginning to polarize their respective leagues. In the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks are engulfed in a record-breaking 22-game point streak - they have not lost in regulation or overtime this season with their only three losses coming via the shootout. The Miami Heat have been making some noise of their own the past month as they too have a mighty impressive streak as well. Miami has won 14 games in a row to separate themselves from the pack in the Eastern Conference standings.
Yesterday, both of these teams were on prime display for avid and casual fans to take in and enjoy. Chicago faced off against their most-storied rival in Detroit as the Red Wings tried to put an end to the Blackhawks' amazing streak. For a while, it seemed like it was going to happen, but Patrick Kane and the rest of the Blackhawks had other plans. The thrilling game was highlighted by masterful goaltending from both Corey Crawford and Jimmy Howard respectively as Detroit went up 1-0 early in the third period thanks to a beautiful one-timer knocked in by Tomar Tatar. The minutes dwindled away as "Hockey Town" was booming, cheering on their beloved Red Wings. That is, until defenseman Jonathan Ericsson was called for a delay of game penalty with less than three minutes left. The penalty proved to be fatal as moments later, Kane fired a shoulder-high wrist-shot past Howard to dramatically tie the game with just over two minutes left. The streak continued as the game went into overtime and eventually a shootout. Kane continued to break the hearts of Detroit fans as he scored the one-and-only goal in the shootout thanks to his delayed, yet awe-inspiring stick handling he showcased during his game-winning shot. The Blackhawks have now tied a franchise record for the most wins in a row with nine.
Not to be outdone, the Miami Heat pulled off their own comeback against pivotal rivals as they defeated the New York Knicks 99-93 in Madison Square Garden. It was a tale of two halves for the Knicks as Carmelo Anthony led the way with 24 points by halftime as New York enjoyed a 59-45 lead. Carmelo would only add eight more points before the end of the game as Miami scorched New York. LeBron James wound up with 29 points (12 in the fourth), 11 rebounds and seven assists. The Knicks managed to only scored 34 points in the second half as Miami proved that New York should no longer be considered as contenders in the East. The Heat, like the Blackhawks, have now tied a franchise record for the longest winning-streak.
• A flurry of franchise tags and new contracts make up our NFL news the past week. Henry Melton (Chicago Bears), Randy Starks (Miami Dolphins), Jairus Byrd (Buffalo Bills), Pat McAfee (Indianapolis Colts), Ryan Clady (Denver Broncos), Anthony Spencer (Dallas Cowboys) and Branden Albert (Kansas City Chiefs) were all tagged and speaking of the Chiefs, WR Dwayne Bowe has received a new five-year deal to stay in Kansas City.
• This year's Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco is now the highest paid QB in NFL history. Even though Flacco signed a massive $120.6 million contract with a $29 million signing bonus ($52 million guaranteed) the salary-cap impact is surprisingly small. Flacco's cap impact will only be $6.8 million in 2013 as the Ravens are now $11.26 million under the limit.
• Men's college basketball has yet another new number-one team in the country as Gonzaga has been voted to the top. With their 29-2 record, they managed to squeak past Indiana (2), Duke (3) and Kansas (4). How long they will manage to stay on top remains to be seen as we inch closer and closer to what could be the most unpredictable March Madness tournament ever.
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Pumice island. Courtesy of the Royal Navy
The zone of floating rock was first sighted early this week by a Royal New Zealand Air Force plane. A subsequent visit by a navy ship Thursday confirmed the spectacle.
Lieutenant Tim Oscar, a Royal Australian Navy officer on a three-year exchange with the Royal New Zealand Navy, saw described the site, "the weirdest thing I've seen in 18 years at sea."
"The lookout reported a shadow on the ocean ahead of us so I ordered the ship's spotlight to be trained on the area. As far ahead as I could observe was a raft of pumice moving up and down with the swell."
"The rock looked to be sitting two feet above the surface of the waves, and lit up a brilliant white color in the spotlight. It looked exactly like the edge of an ice shelf," said LT Oscar.
Pumice rafts after an unrelated volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. (Courtesy of the USGS and the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientists are investigating the origin. According to New Zealand's Royal Navy, it could have come from Monowai, an underwater volcano.
Lieutenant Oscar said the pumice island posted no threat to the navy ship, which powered right through it without damage. The floating rock zone is estimated to be 250 nautical miles long by 30 nautical miles wide.
August 2006 brought two new things to the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific. One was a raft of lightweight, frothy volcanic rock—pumice—floating on the ocean surface. The other was a new island emerging out of the water. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured the aftermath of the eruption on August 10, 2006 (top), at 1:30 UTC. The raft of pumice appears to the northeast of the emerging island, and it actually connects, via a thin thread, to neighboring Late Island
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Point Inside today released its Point Inside Mobile Shopper Indextm (PIMSI) data that proves the benefits of in-store location technologies in retailers' mobile apps. These data, collected through the 2012 calendar year from a range of retailers, show apps with in-store location and associated store-centric features drive five times more shopper engagement than identical apps without these features.
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Pureed beans are made with Frijoles de la Olla that are placed in a blender or food processor and pureed until smooth. They serve many purposes such as bases for soups and enfrijoladas. But also, they can be seasoned and turned into what the Yucatecan people call Frijoles Colados or Strained Beans.
Frijoles Colados are pureed beans that are seasoned by being cooked and thickened a bit over sauteed onion. If you keep on cooking the Frijoles Colados about 15 minutes more, you get to to have a smooth version of the Refried Beans.
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The Frijoles Colados or Strained Beans, are what the Yucatecans call Frijoles de Olla that have been pureed and then seasoned by being cooked in sauteed onion. They are cooked just for a couple minutes as they season. So its like a gently seasoned and lightly thickened Bean Puree.
They are like a dish made in between the Bean Puree and the Refried Beans. If you continue to cook the Frijoles Colados, you get to a consistency of a smooth version of Refried Beans.
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The uses of beans in Mexican cooking are immense. Although you can buy them already made, if you make them at home they have a much nicer flavor and you will give your kitchen an irresistible smell. You can make a lot of them and refrigerate a batch which should last in the refrigerator for about 4 to 5 days. You can freeze another batch which will last for months.
I will give you two tips, included in the recipe below, if you make them at home:
1. Don't add the salt in the beginning or it will toughen the beans. Add it at least after an hour of cooking when the beans are already a bit soft.
2. You don't need to soak them the night before cooking. Yes, that helps to reduce the cooking time, but it is not necessary. If you do soak them, don't soak them more than 12 to 14 hours, because they may begin to ferment and you will finish with a Chinese rather than Mexican tasting dish.
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You will find that refried beans are one of the most common sides for traditional Mexican dishes. From breakfast, to dinner, they are always a welcome companion. You can make them with different kinds of beans, like Black, Pinto, or Peruvian. The choice in Mexico varies among regions but also among cooks. I tend to use the Pintos more, because they have a creamier consistency and softer flavor. The Black, delicious as well, have a stronger flavor and texture. The Peruvian have a peculiar flavor, that is hard to define, but it is stronger than the Pintos and lighter than the Black.
You can make the Refried beans in a traditional way, which is by mashing the Frijoles de Olla in the pan with onion that has been sauteed in lard, or you can substitute for oil. You can also make quicker and smoother Refried beans, by skipping the mashing part, and placing the Frijoles de Olla in the blender, to make a smooth Bean puree that you can then thicken and season.
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One way to add a nice rustic feel to a dish is to char, or roast, a few of the ingredients. Charring concentrates and deepens the flavor of an ingredient and brings out a subtle sweetness.
It is one of the signature cooking techniques in Mexico where, traditionally, ingredients like chiles, onion, garlic, spices, herbs, tomatillos and tomatoes are charred on comales or directly over the flame. If you don't have a comal, or don't want to cook directly over the burner, you can just as easily char ingredients on a grill or in a skillet.
OR, the way I find to be the easiest and fastest: in a pan under the broiler in your oven. Put the ingredients on a large sheet pan leaving plenty of space between them so they roast, not steam, and broil until they are nicely browned on one side. Carefully flip and repeat on the other side.
You want the outside to darken until almost black, and the inside cooked and transformed, but not burnt.
Below are the specific techniques for a couple of the ingredients most often charred in Mexican recipes: tomatoes and garlic.
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Cleaning and cooking nopales can seem challenging if you are not familiar with the ingredient. Truth is, cleaning them, can be a bit daunting at first. That's why I CANNOT wait for cleaned and diced fresh nopales to be readily available in grocery stores here in the US, just like they are in Mexico. But while that happens, let me give you some tricks.
First, to choose them, you want paddles that are bright green and although soft, not limp. The smaller the paddle the more tender it will be, but large ones are delicious too.
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This is a versatile basic green tomatillo salsa. It can be drizzled on top of Mexican Antojos, such as Tostadas, Tacos, Quesadillas and Sopes… It can also be used to make Green Enchiladas or Chilaquiles. It can be spooned on top of eggs in the morning, used as a side garnish to grilled meats and as the seasoning to bake some fresh flaky fish in the oven. I could go on and on though…. here it goes:
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We've all heard that word here and there: "emulsify." Why do we need to emulsify a vinaigrette? It is simple, emulsify is just a sophisticated word used for saying that you are making ingredients that would not naturally mix together, like water (or vinegar or wine or citrus juice) and oil, come together. And we do want them to come together so that when we add the vinaigrette to a salad or a dish, we'll be able to taste their combination and not their disparate routes. If you don't make them mix, you may get one forkful of unappetizing oil-covered greens, and another that tastes overly acidic, making your eyes squint.
To make them mix, or to emulsify, all you need to do is whisk with a fork or whisk or puree in a blender. By mixing fast, the oil breaks into the tiniest of droplets so that it has no choice but to mingle with the other ingredients. However, as it is natural, with the passing of time, the oil will separate again.
In my kitchen, as in most Mexican kitchens, most of my vinaigrettes are oil based. I usually do a ratio of 1 vinegar (or citrus or fruit juice) to 2 or 3 of oil, depending on how acidic my vinegar or juices are and if I am adding other things.
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Vanilla is such an extraordinary ingredient.
As basic as that little black dress in your closet, it can be pulled out time and again, bringing class, flair and comfort every single time you wear it. Vanilla's flavor and fragrance has come to embody comfort in kitchens worldwide.
However, given its popularity it has been overused in unfortunate ways, like bad imitation extract and exaggerated aromatic imitators. No wonder it has tried to be replicated though, vanilla comes with a high price tag.
But here is the thing: you can make a vanilla bean go a long way. You can extend its exuberant properties and multiply its uses by flavoring other basic ingredients with it.
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It's true you can always buy frozen puff pastry at any grocery store. But, in less than the time it takes for the frozen puff pastry to thaw, you can make your own from scratch. I have a simple recipe I learned at L'Academie de Cuisine in Maryland, that is the one I turn to time and again. I just adapted it to make a larger quantity and also to give you a bit of a more detailed description.
The key to making good puff pastry dough, or any flaky dough for that matter, is keeping everything very cold (well the flour and salt are fine at room temp!). You'll want to cut your butter into chunks while being very cold.
Begin by simply placing your flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add your chunks of butter and pulse several times (about 10 times) until the butter chunks are reduced to pieces about the size of peas. Feel free to use your hands to feel the mixture to estimate the size of the butter pieces.
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Where were you when the world was supposed to come to an end on Saturday?
You can tell that America is back to normal: People are selling T-shirts that read "I survived the end of the world on May 21, 2011."
That leaves the Mayan calendar's due date for the end of times on Dec. 21, 2012, in tact.
Before that happens (and it will if the Chicago Cubs win the World Series in October next year) Tim Pawlenty thinks he'll win the presidency in November 2012.
The former Minnesota governor announced on Monday that he's a candidate for the Republican nomination.
Please, people, try to contain your excitement.
Pawlenty announced that he was running for president, not "entertainer-in-chief." A clear slam at The Donald, who held the media hostage during his publicity stunt for a few weeks. It could also be taken as a knock against Mama Grizzly Palin, who has proven that she cannot lead but she sure can entertain. And she just bought a $1.7 million house in Scottsdale, Arizona, to back that up. Of course with ol' "blood libel," she'll probably say she wanted to move to Arizona where illegals are prevented from crossing the border, and that she wanted to get out of Alaska before they tried to sneak in there.
But back to Pawlenty, who is about as entertaining as a migraine. So, unlike Trump being called The Donald, guess we can't refer to him as The Timmy.
By the way, Timmy, wrong thing to say about being an entertainer. People like that in a candidate. A good chunk of being a viable presidential candidate is getting people excited about voting for you. JFK had it. Reagan had it. President Obama has it.
Charisma is entertaining. The Timmy couldn't ignite a crowd with a blowtorch.
Watching Newt Gingrich self-destruct politically is entertaining.
Listening to Palin the Parrot repeat Fox News talking points is entertaining.
Waiting for the female Tasmanian Devil Michele Bachmann to announce she's a candidate for the GOP nomination has the potential of offering a plethoria of entertaining moments.
The Timmy is off to a less-than-memorable start. Nothing as disasterous as what Newt is experiencing. His announcement was overshadowed by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels saying he wasn't going to run for president. Daniels was the candidate of choice with the Bushies.
Not only that, Pawlenty gave his "throwing my hat into the ring" speech while President Obama was giving a memorable speech in Ireland, where thousands greeted him enthusiastically.
Obama told the crowd he came back to the Emerald Isle to find the missing apostrophe in his name.
He also joked that he felt at home after having a pint.
Of course Fox News will pick up on that and lead their shows with the president's visit using the screaming headline: "Obama calls Ireland a nation of drunks."
Speaking of Foxholes, they keep trying to compare this upcoming presidential eleection to that of 1992. That's when an unknown Democratic candidate from Arkansas named Bill Clinton came out of nowhere and got the Democratic nomination. And he went on to beat the incumbent Daddy Bush.
Not surprisingly, Fox has this one wrong, too. At least they're consistent. Daddy Bush lost because he proved in the debates that he was out of touch with the American people. And there was also a little runt in the litter named Ross Perot, who ended up taking votes from Bush 41's column.
The presidential election of 2012 is shaping up to resemble the election of 2012, when the GOP nominated sacrificial lamb Bob Dole, who lost badly to Bubba Clinton.
The Republican Party looks like they may be thinking past 2012 and concentrating on 2016, when all hell will really break loose with candidates.
Much to their dismay, the good ol' white guy GOP won't be able to stop Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's juggernaut of a campaign in the primaries. Then, with the Hispanic population being what it will be by 2016, Rubio will probably win and become the nation's first Latino-American president.
And all the Democrats will be able to do is hound Rubio until he provides proof of his long-form birth certificate, proving he wasn't born in Cuba.
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After delaying the Australian launch of its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab due to Apple's injunction filings, Samsung's been broadsided today by a much larger ruling in the Cupertino company's favor: A German court, sanctioned by the European Union, has granted Apple a preliminary injunction preventing the import and sale of Samsung's big slate anywhere in the EU (save for the Netherlands, which requires a different legal process that is reportedly already underway).
According to IP specialist Florian Muller of Foss Patents, this early ruling can be appealed and potentially reversed post-haste, but he's
also seen cases in which such injunctions were in force and effect until the end of a main proceeding, which could easily take more than a year.
Either way, while the ban stands, Samsung faces up to $350,000 in fines for each individual violation. Additionally, executive management of the Korean company can technically (if not actually) be jailed for up to two years in the event of continued infringement.
As an iDevice user and enthusiast, I do agree that Samsung's design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 really does ape the appearance — and so violate the patented "trade dress" — of the first-generation iPad. (I do not, however, believe Samsung's handsets violate the trade dress of the iPhone 3/GS.) And, though Samsung has its vehement defenders, the company has done itself few favors in seeking to legitimately differentiate its flagship tablet from Apple's category originator. It also doesn't help the Korean giant's cause that it had production contracts with Apple on parts of the very piece of kit it's so boldly copied. Heck, even it's packaging mimicked the iPad's digs!
However this thing turns out, I'm honestly amazed it's gotten this far. Way back when this nasty affair was just getting started, I'd assumed Apple and Sammy would come to some sort of amicable resolution in relatively short (and uneventful) order.
Now, it's looking like the couple is well on track to a total professional break-up.
The US is set to rule on Apple's injunction request in mid-October.
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The newly elected Republican and Democratic Party chairs for Hillsborough County faced off this afternoon in front of the Tiger Bay Club of Tampa.
Deborah Cox-Rousch is the new Republican Party chair and Pat Kemp is her Democratic counterpart.
Deborah Cox-Rousch owns a catering business and told the Tiger Bay audience that there was a simple reason why she decided to run for Republican chair.
âThe one thing that really changed my mind was on Fox News that night when I watched Hillsborough County go blue. And I said, âthis canât happen.â Iâm not a politician, Iâm not a policymaker, I have no desire to hold public office. I took over the Hillsborough County Republican Party so we can get back to the basics, back to our grassroots, and back to the things we believe in.â
Democratic chair Pat Kemp, who is married to WMNF Program Director Randy Wynne, says she had been in a political depression since the 1980 elections. Democrats were not able to match Republican turnout, especially during the first term of the George W. Bush presidency.
âAnd then I kept hearing about Karl Rove, Karl Rove, Karl Rove, the politics of fear, that Republicans had an incredible computer program. They tracked everybody. To the uttermost extent, they knew how every different Republican looked at issues; abortion, taxes, everything, and they had pinpointed it. And the Democrats seemed woefully behind, frankly. I would work on campaign after campaign, collect all kinds of information, and each time the campaign would shut down, and the software and programs wouldnât continue. And the information wouldnât be passed on, and the volunteers, we didnât know who they were from campaign to campaign.â
But 2008 was an excellent year for Hillsborough Democrats, according to Kemp, culminating in Barack Obamaâs victory in November with 53 percent of the countyâs vote.
âI feel itâs a really good time to be a Democrat in this country and in Hillsborough County.â
Republican Chair Deborah Cox-Rousch says that she does not plan to push certain policy issues in her official role.
âAs a resident of Hillsborough County ⦠I have my own personal opinion. But your question, I think, was as chairman of the party are we going to be involved in policy issues. I donât think thatâs my job.â
In contrast to her Republican counterpart, Kemp said she would emphasize policy issues that are important to her fellow Democrats.
âSome of the kinds of issues that people â and one that jumps out way ahead of anything else is concerns about mass transit and our lack of it here in Hillsborough County. I think thereâs a huge interest in seeing that happen. Also concerning education and redistricting.â
Because the Obama campaign was so effective at energizing youth, Deborah Cox-Rousch says the Republicans must follow that lead.
âI think the thing of the future is, we have to reach out to our youth, 18 to 40 years old. The Republican Party in Hillsborough County is going to make a major effort of that. ⦠We did learn from Obama.â
Both chairs were asked whether the countyâs constitutional officers, such as Supervisor of Elections and Property Appraiser, should remain partisan positions. Their responses differed. Republican Deborah Cox-Rousch thinks they should remain partisan, Democrat Pat Kemp thinks they should not.
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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsEvents
Ford Mustang FR500C - Grand Slam
Ford Mustangs Rocked As The Grand-Am Koni Challenge Series Kicked Off In Style With The Fresh From Florida 200 At Daytona International Speedway.
Indianapolis Raceway Park. Pomona Raceway. Gainesville Dragway. Englishtown Raceway Park. These track are synonymous with drag racing, names that every quarter-miler knows. Conversely, there's Eau Rouge. Parabolica. Arnage. Sainte Devote. These are corners from famous road-racing circuits, places across the globe that the average road-racing aficionado knows, corners they dream of in their sleep. Now add Daytona to that list.
Most racing fanatics find it hard to believe that one of the most famous endurance races, similar to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is held right here in the United States, at the hallowed ground of NASCAR, the Daytona International Speedway. Coupled with that race (which has been held since 1962, just a couple of years after the Superspeedway opened) has always been the 3-hour support race on Friday-a race designed for production-based road racers, cars that are modified but sans exotic ground effects and big-budget manufacturer backing.
The Koni Challenge Series (formerly the Grand-Am Cup) is just that-a series that affords grassroots-level racers the opportunity to compete at a professional level, complete with television coverage on Speed Channel. The series runs under the Grand American sanctioning body, is split into two classes (Grand Sport and Street Tuner), and features 3-hour timed events, with a mandatory pit stop and driver change. The rules are similar for both classes, but the cars are different in terms of speed. Both classes run simultaneously (which makes for some serious speed differentials) but for separate class honors.
The Grand Sport class features high-horsepower, GT-type machines, currently from five manufacturers. This is where you find the venerable Ford Mustang FR500C, a car that since 2005 has claimed no less than seven wins, including a drivers' and constructors' championship in 2005. The FR500C is almost a carbon copy of the Mustang GT that is offered in dealerships across the country, with a Ford Racing Perform-ance Parts-designed rollcage and seam-welded body. The 5.0L Cammer R50 engine found in the FR500C is homologated for Koni Challenge racing and makes over 400 hp and 365 lb-ft of torque (you can also buy this engine direct from FRPP). You will also find the Porsche 911, the Nissan 350Z, and the BMW M3 in GS competition.
The Street Tuner class includes lower-horsepower machines such as the Acura RSX-Type S, the Chevrolet Cobalt SS, and the Dodge SRT4 Neon. The rules (rollcage, suspen-sion specifications, and so on) are the same as in GS.
The season-opening Fresh From Florida 200 set a record for the most entries in the 3-hour timed event, with 103 cars taking the green flag. A split start between the GS and ST fields helped spread the cars over the 3.56-mile Daytona Inter-national Speedway road course, which uses part of the NASCAR oval and a section of the infield.
The GS contest saw the BMW M3 of Don Salama and Will Turner get off to an early lead over the Mustang GTs of Tom Nastasi and polesitter Joe Foster. It proved to be a short-lived affair after Salama spun entering Turn 1, giving the lead away to Foster. The field settled into a rhythm for much of the middle portion of the race, but the last five laps proved to be an all-Ford shootout. Foster gave way to codriver and Ford specialist, Scott Maxwell, for the second half of the race, and Nastasi to '05 GS Champion David Empringham. The two Mustangs battled it out until lap 61, when Empringham passed Maxwell, holding him off over the next three laps to win by just 0.475 second. The FR500C, in true form, finished in the top two spots, and five of the Cammer-equipped machines finished in the top 11.


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Capra, L; Blair, G; Mascolo, C; Emmerich, W; Grace, P; (2002) Exploiting reflection in mobile computing middleware. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review , 6 (4) 34 - 44. 10.1145/643550.643553.
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The increasing popularity of portable devices and recent advances in wireless networking technologies facilitate the engineering of new classes of applications, which present challenging problems to designers. Mobile devices face temporary and unannounced loss of network connectivity when they are moved, they are likely to have scarce resources, and they are required to react to frequent changes in the environment. To accommodate these new requirements imposed by mobility, middleware platforms for mobile computing must be capable of both deployment-time configurability and run-time reconfigurability. We illustrate how reflective techniques can be exploited by middleware designers to address these requirements. We discuss two complementary approaches: CARISMA, where reflection is used to support dynamic adaptation of middleware behaviour to changes in context, and ReMMoC, which uses reflection to accommodate heterogeneity requirements imposed by both applications and underlying device platforms.
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On the emerald tropical waters of Kalpeni Island in Lakshadweep
The tropical island of Kalpeni on the eastern end of the Lakshadweep Islands exudes brilliant colours.
I was walking by the boat jetty when I spotted 2 colourful boats moored together on the emerald waters by the rocky beach.
Kalpeni may have rocky beaches, by the views it presents are un-paralleled. The emerald lagoon waters and the coconut trees in the background make for an exotic combination.
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After NEUTRINO's DVDRip, Scene group SPARKS released the 720p bluRay rip to the the action thriller movie "The Bourne Legacy". The film is directed by Tony Gilroy, the man behind previous Bourne films and stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. Size for this release is 5.5GB and english subtitles are embedded.
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Plot: The Bourne Legacy takes the action-packed Bourne series to an explosive new level. On the verge of having their conspiracy exposed, members of the government's intelligence community will stop at nothing to erase all evidence of their top secret programs – even the agents involved. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) must use his genetically-engineered skills to survive the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse and finish what Jason Bourne started. Also starring Academy Awardr winner Rachel Weisz and Academy Awardr nominee Edward Norton, critics are calling this a "thrilling, edge-of-your-seat heart-pounder".
Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller
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