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Every summer we have ended up somewhere exciting for the local ritual of blessing the waters. It often coincides with the Assumption, for example in Nice. But sometimes it's different, as in Northern Spain where St James is invoked. We'd just got the anchor down when it all started. The huge statue is on the back of a commercial tug boat, which came off the quay and did a slow round of the harbour. Around it (and us) was a huge melee of craft -fishing boats, small sports boats, RIBs, three coast guards. No yachts actually followed sadly, but we hooted our foghorns and joined in gleefully. Blessings are always welcome!
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This is the magnificent fortress, the Castello Maniace, at the entrance to the Porto Grande of Siracuse. Behind it you see the beginning of Ortigia from the east. This is the 'old town', built on its eponymous island and the ancient heart of the city. In fact, the area was badly shaken by an earthquake in 1693 and rebuilt in beautiful, elegant Baroque.
Siracuse has been high on our list of places to visit. For 250 years the city rivalled Athens in power, and is the only Sicilian town ever to have been a major player across the Mediterranean. Here the Tyrants ruled, followed by the Roman imperium, then the Arabs came back and held the island till the Normans took it away. After them more northern Europeans (Swabians, actually), and then the Spanish, before Garibaldi invaded on his way to the unification of Italy in the mid-nineteenth century. Some Sicilians, allegedly, see Italy as another in this millennial history of foreign occupiers; whether this is fair or not, Sicily has its own language, gastronomy, architecture and volcanoes, but has not the tradition of ardent separatism that characterises Corsica.
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This is a big date in southern Europe, when the church celebrates the assumption of the Virgin into heaven. Here, directly after midnight, there was a massive fireworks display. You can see how still it was from the reflection of the explosions in the water, in the bottom part of the picture.
We had a spectacular view from the cockpit, and were astonished that there were no other boats out. Not even little sports boats just out for the display. Fantastic!
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These wonderful images belong to pre-nuraghic Sardinia and are several thousand years old. They are described as the 'divine feminine', believed to be goddesses. Their importance is inferred from their positioning and the huge numbers and range of them in significant sites.
Of course there's lots of academic controversy about matriarchy and matrifocal societies, here as elsewhere. In particular, surely someone has written about the changing representations of women in this archaeological record. From these majestic, passive figures, there seems an abrupt transition to the energy of the bronze statuettes. But there's also a change from these powerful images to pictures of women that are either mundane (the breast displaying camp-follower) or passive in another way. One of the most famous statuettes is a beautiful tiny figure of a woman with her dead son across her knees, as if in a pieta brought about by war or vendetta. Despite their vigour and impact, these women do not have the sense of control offered by their predecessors. Later came the Carthaginians, and then the Romans; sculpture becomes more representational and women take their place amongst more familiar images of home, deity and imperial power.
We loved these ancient women, their stature and solidity. Some are big, maybe 60cm high, but others are tiny. The three dimensional Buddha-figures are detailed and charismatic. By contrast the angular, proto-cubist statues are like alien representations of power.
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The famous bit of the archaeology here is the nuraghic bronzes, the many wonderful statuettes made in bronze found in nuraghic sites all over the island. They are full of verve, archers and soldiers, animals of all kinds, hieratic figures armed and praying, while others wear mysterious hats as if walking the dusty roads of inland China.
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There are an astonishing 7000 nuraghi and other pre-historic structures dotting the Sardinian landscape. These constructions, including menhirs, complex graves, sanctuaries and the famous towers form part of the view as much as the towers of mediaeval churches punctuating the flat lands of East Anglia. A nuraghe is basically a round tower, but as the centuries went by, they became increasingly complex, often with additional, smaller towers around the central one, connected by curtain walls, containing wells. Essentially they are castles, built thousands of years before feudal Europe discovered the need for such things.
One of the best preserved is Santu Antine near Torralba; there are some more pictures in the album. The complex sits in the middle of pasture and hay fields, the next tower in clear sight a few miles away. In the picture above we are on the top of the central tower, which was originally about 80 feet and three storeys high. The separate floors are still obvious inside, with various mysterious niches, slitted windows and high stairs. There are then three two-storey towers connected by thick walls. Tunnels run inside the walls, which with light and plaster would be high, narrow corridors. Around the main nuraghe were about ten huts.
These complex constructions started to be built in the early Bronze Age, in 1800-1500BC, and continued through to the early Iron Age, in 900-500BC, Santu Antine's main central tower going up in around 1600BC. This makes the heavy, dressed stones that make the upper layers all the more remarkable.
Nuraghi were obviously defensive in nature, in a society which has seen millennia of local warfare and vendetta. Their spiritual and social context is much less well understood. Such buildings obviously required organisation and direction, but whether the builders worked in any sense co-operatively, or were serfs driven by overlords, isn't known. They left buildings and statues and bronze pieces, but not writing.
It s clear that there was trading and cross-cultural fertilisation between Sardinia and other cultures, for example the similarity of Santu Antinu to Mycenean Tiryns, or bronze grave gifts that are very similar to work from Minos and Cyprus.
The nuraghe is a strange place, filled with wind and time. They are so old, so much mirror and maker of the landscape, have seen so much and yet held their secrets. We scrambled around, nattering about history, memory and imagination, finding it almost impossible to see what life had been like in this stone pile, surrounded by rich farmland and constant enmity.
This was the highlight of a couple of days car-touring. We made ourselves car-sick on the beautiful twisty roads of the centre of Sardinia, but enjoyed visiting some of the smaller centres. Nouro is particularly nice, with a sweet old town. It is the birthplace of Nobel laureate, novelist Grazia Deledda. It now prides itself as a home to makers, artists and writers and we saw some good, original work, particularly in ceramics.
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The war on Maurice has been nearly all-consuming, but we should note that Olbia is an excellent cruiser stop. You are alongside Molo di Brin, for free. You are charged EU5 a day for refuse disposal; we were told this is a scam but we're now satisfied it's legit, and we're happy to pay it. After nowhere to deposit rubbish since Villamarina, we had a lot of waste by the time we got here! And why should Olbia's tax payers bear the cost of our refuse! You can buy water at the fuel dock, which is good for cooking, but not for drinking, at 5c per litre. No electricity. The quay is very close to the centre of town and all its amenities, which includes hardware shops selling all sorts of rodent-killing options, and two very good chandleries.
Shelter here is good. We have seen 20kt easterlies which put some chop into the bay but nothing to be concerned about. The holding in the anchorage seems good. Then yesterday bought 30kt westerlies whistling down the river and off the mountains. All the boats rigged additional chafe protection on their lines, but otherwise we were all very snug and safe. Three boats sat out the wind at anchor with no apparent problems.
We plan to stay another three or four days. Our shopping in Ostia has done us well, but except for Ajaccio and Bonifacio, we have bought few provisions in the last two months, and our stocks of basics are running low. Also we hope to hire a car and make a couple of day trips into the exciting interior of Sardinia. Then we will make tracks further south to Caligari and Sicily.
This picture is the lovely St Simplicio, the main church of Olbia. It is an elegant, spare granite building, unusual in that the apse faces west, built around the 11th and 12th centuries. Olbia is mostly famous for having little architecture to reflect its long history. It was founded by the Greeks in about 400BC. What we notice is a lot of very spare Italian Art Deco, shown in curved balconies and severe window surrounds. If you are ever in Olbia, look upwards, above the shop windows and street markets, and you will see it in building after building.
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Military structures dot the archipelago, including the huge NATO base on the east coast of San Stefano. Many, like this decrepit Forto San Giorgio, are derelict.
The islands of course are important, controlling eastern access to the strait and the fertile, convoluted headlands of north east Sardinia. Nelson famously hung out here for a while, pre-Trafalgar. He couldn't go ashore as the Kingdom was neutral at the time, but he was very taken with Sardinia. He wrote that Great Britain should seek to annex Sardinia rather than Malta, as its key Mediterranean base, for its harbours, facilities and friendly people. The Admiralty, of course, ignored him.
Before Nelson, one of Napoleon's first command missions (in 1793) had been to conquer Sardinia, and particularly these islands. He failed miserably. Local troops knew these complicated, rocky, shallow waters, and led his navy a merry dance. Their leader Domenico Millelire in particular sailed in and out of passages, bays and straits, taunting the French ships until in the end they went away. Millelire got the first gold medal issued by the Sardo-Piedmontese Navy for his dashing bravery.
If you know the islands well, this kind of marine guerrilla defence would be excellent. It can be very confusing in broad daylight, with modern charts and visual aids to differentiate one bay (depth say 4m) from the next (depth 1.2m with nasty rocks), or to tell which one leads to a passage and which is a dead end in which your ships will be trapped. At night, without those helpers, it must be impossible.
We've had an excellent few days in the archipelago - which have actually been very cheap as there's nothing to spend money on. But it was time to move on.
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Up the hill from the quay, to the east, are the remains of an old granite quarry. You find a collection of half-finished statues, including this blurry-faced bust identified on the tourist map as Costanzo Ciano, a WW1 naval hero. Heikell uses this name, but gives in fact the biography of Costanzo's son, Gian Galeazzo Ciano; he became Mussolini's son-in-law but was executed for treason in 1943. (He had voted against Mussolini at the key meeting which led to the dictator's downfall in July, but was captured by the Nazis and taken to Mussolini's puppet state in Northern Italy and shot there.) Whichever member of the charming family is involved, for obvious reasons they didn't complete this typically bombastic portrayal, and the man now has a great view out to sea.
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About 20 minutes walk inland from the sailing yacht jetty in the northern corner of Porto Palma is a complex that houses a church, a café, a dolphin research centre and two small museums. All this is within the crumbling buildings that seem to have belonged either to the old granite mines or to some fish processing plant. It's good to see them being reused.
The dolphin research institute is one of a network monitoring sealife around the cetacean sanctuary of which this is the southern apex. It reaches to Toulon at one corner and nearly to Rome at the third. They have lots of doubtless fascinating information but sadly nearly all of it is in Italian. Some excellent pictures though.
One of the museums is dedicated to the complex mineralogy of Sardinia, and its exploitation over the last few hundred years. A huge carving is pictured which was made here and then taken by barges to Ishmalia, via Suez. You can also see examples of the many shells and crustaceans around here, many of which are now very rare but some, such as the green sea urchins, are readily seen when snorkelling.
The other little museum celebrates the sea and lives working at sea around the islands. It's rather a haphazard collection including this beautiful model of a working boat. There is also a fully rigged mast and spars and many smaller versions. Besides this, enormous basket-work cray-pots, a working, wind-up air-raid siren (demonstrated for us by the guide), an early diving bell, many ropes and the biggest knot-boards you've ever seen. Most baffling was a big metal disc, held in a vertical position, inscribed with arcs and mysterious formulae. This turned out to be a calculator for the cannon-batteries firing against enemy aircraft. Once you've got the range (see rangefinders in separate display case), you can calculate the parabola and shot weight you need. It must have taken a while to set up and then some lickety-split mental arithmetic.
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From the jetty a road leads inland. It's just a track, rather than a sealed surface. After about 15 minutes you come to a 'roundabout' with turnings left and right. We were fortunate enough to find a friendly shepherd, about to milk his bell-hung flock. He told us (and was able to make us understand) that we needed to turn left and follow the curving track. Once we'd done that, we saw a sign for the museo, which took us on a short scramble through the woods, and to the walled fence of the compound. Turn right and you quickly come to the entrance of the museum. Note (which we didn't find out till afterwards) that if you then go on another 50m you find a café, for coffee and croissants.
This compound is the last home of the hero of the Risorgimento, Guiseppi Garibaldi. He had been in exile, for participation in the republican uprisings inspired by Mazzini, spending much of the time in South America. When able to return, he bought the northern half of Caprera.
By early 1860, the moment had come for promoting an Italy of the Italians, creating a nation which had never existed before. At that time the northern third of the peninsula, including Piedmont and Nice, fell under the Duchy of Savoy, whose head held the title of King Vittorio Emmanuel of Sardinia (courtesy of mediaeval shenanigans by the Papacy). The southern third, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, an unhappy yoking of Naples and Sicily, was ruled by a junior branch of the Spanish Bourbons. In the convoluted events following the Napoleonic wars and France's protracted dithering about its preferred form of government, the House of Savoy agreed to cede Nice and Savoy itself for gains in the peninsula. This irritated Garibaldi, who was born in Nice, but in the end he yielded to such changes, and indeed to a monarchy rather than a republic, to pursue the dream of unity
Our hero raised a small force which obtained arms from the Savoy-Sardinian Prime Minister, Baron Cavour. Cavour also organised discreet naval protection for the garibaldini as they sailed south from Genoa, although publicly he denounced the action. Garibaldi's army rapidly conquered/liberated the land as far north as Naples.
At this point, Cavour became concerned that if the garibaldini invaded the lands held by the Rome, the major European powers would intervene to protect the millennium-old temporal power of the Pope. He therefore organised for the Piedmontese army to meet Garibaldi at Teano, in October, where Garibaldi ceded the territory he had won to the King.
In effect, Cavour's intervention stopped Garibaldi marching on Rome. He had handed the southern third of the country to the new regime and retired to his home on Caprera, where he ran an experimental farm for the remaining 27 years of his life. It is not clear whether he did so in a huff, or felt that he had done all he could; our sources differ on this point. Whatever his emotions, it seems that Garibaldi was essentially a charismatic mercenary captain whose passionate beliefs were well utilised by the wily rulers of Savoy to bring about a united Italy without provoking armed intervention by stronger powers.
From the shrine to Garibaldi that is his Casa Bianca, modelled on an American hacienda, you would think that he had single-handedly liberated all of Italy. The place is full of personal mementoes that further the cult - his sextants and swords, the bed he died in, his uniforms and gramophone. There is very little about the man himself. His later life is unchallenged: his first wife died in the Sicilian campaign, and for many years he lived with his partner Francesca, whom he finally married when he was 72. The small graveyard at the Casa Bianca includes Francesca, both their children (the last of whom died in 1959), plus at least two other daughters. One is described as being the child of one of the maids, the other's mother is not mentioned at all.
Notwithstanding this scepticism, there are many sweet touches. The 143 year old pine tree that Garibaldi planted at the birth of Clelia, Francesca's daughter. The tomb of his favourite mare, Marsala, and a lovely painting of his mother. For us, of course, there was a lot of interest in the two boats on display. One is a competition rowing scull. The other, shown in the picture, is the boat that the Sardinian Navy (as it then was) gave to Garibaldi in 1860, for navigating around the archipelgo. The stability of its keel, the strong construction but shallow draft are all typical and functional in these waters. They do not say what rig it carried, but it was probably the classical Latin vela of the area, a big sail suspended from a heavy yard which crossed the mast - now generally called the lateen rig.
The museum is EU5 each. You go round in small groups, led by an Italian guide, but they ticket office will give you an English leaflet if you ask. The Italians in our group were suitably reverential and we restrained any awkward questions for another time.
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As it cooled in the evening we went ashore and visited the famous Spiagga Rosa, the Pink Beach at the eastern end of Budelli. This is now off limits to all water activity and the beach is fenced off. There is a small, crusty settlement behind it, which we think is connected to, or at the very least condoned by, the park management, obviously keeping guard. The beach itself is pristine and exquisite, the sand, which stretches back through the dunes, as soft as fine, expensive talc with a delicate rosy flush like the very last hint of dawn in a clear sky. It must have been mauled while still open to the public but now it is this tiny jewel, much written about and barely seen.
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East Lansing, MI (Sports Network) - Derrick Nix scored 17 points with five
rebounds to give No. 22 Michigan State a 66-56 win over Nebraska on Sunday.
Adreian Payne scored 14 points while Branden Dawson added 12 points and six
rebounds for the Spartans (14-3, 3-1 Big Ten), who have won three straight.
David Rivers had 18 points and six rebounds while Dylan Talley added 17 points
and eight boards for the Cornhuskers (9-8, 0-4), who have dropped their past
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Hi all,
Did anyone try to install ZCS 7.2 on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS ?
Shall we wait for a new ZCS release that supports it ?
Or succesful installation and start mean that everything must work fine?
The main reason to upgrade:
Ubuntu Server 10.04 does not support SSD drives but 12.04 does.


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Criminal mischief: Police responded to the 1400 block of East Seventh Street on Oct. 29 at 1:38 a.m. for a report of a known individual who allegedly damaged items in a residence. The case is under investigation. Burglary: On Oct. 29 at 6:14 p.m., police learned of a burglary in the 500 block of East 11th Street. Vandalism: A deputy responded to a call of vandalism on Willow Creek Trail in Battlement Mesa on Oct. 30 at 5:44 p.m. Damage was done to the garage door of the house. There are currently no suspects.Warrant arrest: Deputies arrested Jeree Jean Sinclair, 43, of Rifle, on an active warrant at the Garfield County Community Corrections facility, 231 County Road 333, outside Rifle, on Oct. 30 at 4:04 p.m. She was taken to jail.Disorderly conduct: Deputies responded to a call to assist Silt Police on Oct. 30 at 8:39 p.m. in the 100 block of North Fourth Street. During the call, Juan Carlos Juarez Moreno, 38, of Silt, became unruly and was arrested on suspicion of obstruction of a peace officer and disorderly conduct.Burglary: On Oct. 31 at 4:50 p.m., a deputy responded to a report of a burglary outside Silt. The loss is estimated at over $50,000 and the case remains under investigation.Warrant arrest: On Oct. 31 at 9:51 p.m., deputies contacted Jacquelyn Louise Powers, 19, of Parachute, on Little Echo Drive. She had an active warrant, so was arrested and taken to jail.Sexual assault: On Nov. 1 at 7:23 p.m., deputies took a report of a possible sexual assault outside Parachute. The case is under investigation.Vandalism: On Nov. 1 at 8:45 a.m., deputies took a report of vehicle vandalism on Silver Queen Circle in Battlement Mesa. Damage was estimated at $300, and the case is under investigation.Cattle shot: On Nov. 1 at 10:40 a.m., animal control received a complaint of some cattle that had been shot near the Mesa and Garfield County line on Bureau of Land Management land. The case is under investigation.Sexual assault: On Nov. 1 at 7:23 p.m., deputies took a report of a possible sexual assault believed to have occurred outside Parachute. This case remains under investigation.Vandalism: Deputies responded to a report of a vandalism on Silver Queen Circle in Battlement Mesa on Nov. 1 at 8:45 a.m. Approximately $300 damage was done to a motor vehicle. The case is closed pending further information.Alcohol possession: Deputies contacted Joshua Ramirez, 18, of New Castle, on County Road 315 outside Rifle on Nov. 3 at 7:29 a.m. He was issued a summons for minor in possession of alcohol.Apartment fire: Deputies responded to help with traffic and crowd control during a structure fire at 854 West Battlement Parkway, building D, in Battlement Mesa on Nov. 4 at 12:10 a.m. The fire damaged two apartment units and roof, and heavy water damage resulted to four other units. No injuries occurred and the fire, and was being investigated as a possible arson.Dog bite: Deputies responded to a reported dog bite call on County Road 335 in the New Castle area on Nov. 4 at 12:25 a.m. A female black lab was quarantined and the dog's owner, Ricci Allen Lasco, 27, of New Castle, was issued a summons for harboring a dangerous dog and dog at large.Stolen firearm: On Nov. 5 at 12:43 a.m., deputies took a report of a stolen firearm on West Battlement Parkway in Battlement Mesa. The case is closed pending further information.Stolen equipment: Deputies took a report of a piece of construction equipment that was stolen from the area of the new West Parachute I-70 interchange project on Nov. 5 at 5:50 p.m.
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The boat ramp at Bonita Lakes will be closed to the general public Saturday, Sept. 22.
The People's Charity of East Mississippi will be using the area for its 1st Annual Great Meridian Rubber Duck Regatta.
The organization is raising money to buy medical equipment, medical supplies, and medications. The clinic, which will utilize professional volunteers, will serve the homeless, indigent, and those who are working without insurance or who have lost their jobs.
Activities include:
7:30 a.m. Registration for 5K & Waddle Race
Pre-registration $20
Day of the race $25
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8:30 a.m. Registration for Fun Run
Pre-registration $15
Day of the race $20
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Special prizes for "Duck Runners", those who dress up in some fashion as a duck
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10:15 a.m. Annoucing winners
10:30 a.m. Welcome by Mayor
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3:00 p.m. Rubber Duck Race
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Jaromir Jagr scored the lone goal of the contest
in his Boston debut, while Tuukka Rask posted 40 saves to notch his third
shutout of the season as the Bruins blanked the New Jersey Devils, 1-0, on
Thursday at TD Garden.
Jagr registered 14 goals and 12 assists in 34 games with Dallas before the
Bruins and Stars struck a deal Tuesday that sent the veteran forward to Boston
in exchange for forwards Lane MacDermid and Cody Payne along with a
conditional second-round pick.
The acquisition of Jagr paid immediate dividends for the Bruins, who have won
three straight and sit comfortably in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
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Martin Brodeur stopped 25-of-26 shots in the setback.
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Obama Continues To Cheat American Small Businesses Out Of Billions
On August 1, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet claimed the Obama Administration had awarded 23.39 percent of all federal contracts to small businesses. In reality, legitimate small businesses probably received around 3 to 5 percent of all federal contracts. In fiscal year 2013, the Obama Administration may have cheated America's 28 million small businesses out of as much as $200 BILLION in federal contracts. Here are | Read More »


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Iowa State Hosts Kansas in WBCA Play 4Kay Game
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (16-7, 5-7 Big 12) takes on Kansas (12-13, 5-8 Big 12) on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum in the annual the WBCA Play 4Kay game. Those in attendance are encouraged to wear pink apparel.
Doubleheader Deal- Receive a complimentary GA women's basketball ticket when you purchase a regular-priced men's basketball ticket to their game against Texas Tech.
Cyclone Headlines
- This is the 76th overall meeting between the Cyclones and Jayhawks. Iowa State has won seven straight in Hilton Coliseum against Kansas, including winning two of the last three last season.
-The Cyclones are one of the nation's best free-throw shooting teams, connecting on 80.1 percent from the charity stripe, which ranks second nationally. In conference play, Halie Christofferson (.934), Brynn Williamson (.920) and Jadda Buckley (.930) top the Big 12 in free-throw shooting. Buckley is the only freshman in the country shooting over 90 percent from the free-throw line
-Senior Hallie Christofferson was recently named one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award. Iowa State is the only school in the country to have finalists for the award in back-to-back seasons, with Chelsea Poppens representing ISU last season.
-Freshman Seanna Johnson continues to impress on the boards. Johnson is the third-leading rebounder in the Big 12 and one of just six freshman in the nation averaging 8.4 boards per game. Johnson is also the only 5-10 freshman in the country with 8.4 boards per game to her name.
-Iowa State is one of 11 schools in the country with two freshmen averaging double digits, with Jadda Buckley grabbing 11.0 points and Seanna Johnson with 10.0 points.
-During Big 12 play, Hallie Christofferson is averaging 15.8 points, the senior is also a combined 62-of-154, shooting 40.3 percent from the field. Christofferson also is one of just two players in the Big 12 in the top-10 in seven different categories, with the other being Baylor's Odyssey Sims.
-Christofferson currently ranks eighth in the Iowa State record books with 1,568 career points. The senior is one of just eight Cyclones in ISU history to reach 1,500 career points. Christofferson is also one of just four Cyclones with 1,500 points and over 700 rebounds, joining Megan Taylor, Angie Welle, Jayme Olson and Tonya Burns. She also ranks in the top-10 in Iowa State history in rebounds, free-throw's made (400), free-throw's attempted (473) and free-throw percentage (.845).
-Iowa State's 11-0 non-conference record marks just the third time in school history the Cyclones posted a perfect non-conference schedule. Since the 2005-06 season, only nine Big 12 squads have posted undefeated non-conference slates.
-The Cyclones' 14-game winning streak to kick off the season is the longest in school history and also sets the school record for a program-best start (14-0).
Last Time Out
-Iowa State dominated Texas for over 37 minutes and never allowed UT to take the lead in Sunday's showdown on FS1, but cold shooting in the final three minutes would drop ISU to 5-7 in league play.
-Three Cyclones put up double digits as Nikki Moody led Iowa State with 19 points, seven rebounds and two assists.
-Freshmen Seanna Johnson and Jadda Buckley stepped up for ISU scoring in double-digits. Johnson also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
Series vs. Kansas
-Iowa State has won the last seven straight against the Jayhawks in Hilton Coliseum, leading the home series 19-15. The Cyclones trail the all-time series 30-45.
-Last season, the Cyclones faced the Jayhawks three times, with two regular season matchups and a showdown in the opening game of the Big 12 Tournament. Iowa State claimed two of the three meetings. The sole loss came in an overtime thriller in Lawrence, where the Jayhawks claimed a 78-75 victory.


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"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny, and a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." – Gloria Naylor
" We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
– Samuel Johnson
"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation."
– George Washington
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." – Aristotle
"Friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." – Aristotle
"Hold a true friend with both your hands." – Nigerian Proverb


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City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. gave his suggestions for fixing the streetcar budget gap Tuesday, and CityBeat analyzed the details here. The suggestion, which include temporarily using front-loaded Music Hall funds and pulling money from other capital projects, are capital budget items that can't be used to balance the city's $35 million operating budget deficit because of limits in state law, so if City Council approved the suggestions, the streetcar would not be saved at the expense of cops, firefighters and other city employees being laid off to balance the operating budget.
Ohio Senate Republicans seem unlikely to take up so-called "right to work" (RTW) legislation after it was proposed in the Ohio House. RTW legislation prevents unions and employers from making collective bargaining agreements that require union membership to be hired for a job, significantly weakening a union's leverage in negotiations by reducing membership. Since states began adopting the anti-union laws, union membership has dropped dramatically around the nation. Democrats, including gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, were quick to condemn the RTW bills and compare them to S.B. 5, a 2011 bill backed by Republican Gov. John Kasich and Ohio Republicans that would have limited collective bargaining powers for public employees and significantly reduced public sector unions' political power.
Hamilton County commissioners approved a county-wide collaborative between health and government agencies to help reduce the county's infant mortality rate, which has exceeded the national average for more than a decade. Funding for the program will come in part from the sale of Drake Hospital to UC Health.
With a 7-2 vote yesterday, City Council updated its "responsible bidder" ordinance, which requires job training from contractors working with the Metropolitan Sewer District, to close loopholes and include Greater Cincinnati Water Works projects. Councilman Chris Seelbach led the charge on the changes, which were opposed by council members Chris Smitherman and Charlie Winburn.
Ohio Senate Democrats are still pushing the Medicaid expansion, which the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found would insure 456,000 Ohioans and save the state money in the next decade. Ohio House Republicans effectively rejected the expansion with their budget bill, which the Ohio Senate is now reviewing. CityBeat covered the Ohio House budget bill in further detail here.
The state's Public Utilities Commissions of Ohio approved a 2.9 percent rate hike for Duke Energy, which will cost customers an average of $3.72 every month.
Concealed carry permits issued in Ohio nearly doubled in the first three months of the year, following a wave of mass shootings in the past year and talks of federal gun control legislation.
Real headline from The Cincinnati Enquirer: "How much skin is too much skin for teens at prom?"
A Pennsylvania woman who had been missing for 11 years turned herself in to authorities in Florida.
New research shows early American settlers at Jamestown, Va., ate each other.
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 40-year agreement with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) that will lease the county-owned Memorial Hall and provide renovations to the 105-year-old building.
County officials have long said the building, which is used to host concerts, shows and speaking events, is in dire need of upgrades, particularly overhauls to its roof, windows, facade work, floors, air conditioning and bathrooms — all of which will now be financed by 3CDC with the help of tax credits.
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The partnership will also relinquish the county government's operational funding for insurance and utilities for Memorial Hall, which cost the county about $200,000 annually.
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Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million a year due to wind power. The university signed a 20-year agreement in October to buy 50 megawatts annually from Blue Creek Wind Farm, the state's largest commercial wind farm.
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A Cleveland man was the first to benefit from a law that expedites payouts to those who were wrongfully imprisoned. After being imprisoned for 16 years, Darrell Houston will receive a partial judgment of nearly $380,000.
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Ohio may soon require the replacement of old license plates.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is assisting eleven companies in investing more than $51 million across Ohio. In Hamilton County, Jedson Engineering will spend an additional $2.8 million to create 30 full-time jobs.
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I feel stupid for not checking this much sooner but you can just sell all the stuff you don't need for gold and if you really want crafting materials you can buy them cheap and instantly on the auction house.
It doesn't make sense to salvage your items when you can sell em for 500 and buy the materials for 200
The only Problem is that you can't buy the books of blacksmithing.
You have to find them ingame but they drop pretty often.
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Nobody knows that atm, it'll take a while to built an "economy".
As far as i can tell the Auction House is waaaayy overpriced at the moment.
Most people seem to think they can get 300k-900k gold for a HELL tier rare with decent stats when anyone can just craft rares himself
Even if i wanted to buy items there - i only have ~200k gold atm (i'll have to spend alot to built the infernal staff of herding)
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How can you tell how much damage your spells have when you're a wizard?
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....or just press on "I" and look to the left.
You can see your total DPS there.
However the spells themself do XXX% of that value (not shown in the game for whatever reason) - kinda lame that Blizzard "dumbed down" DIII so much.
05-24-2012 #1033
Who else misses the Nercomancer?!
05-24-2012 #1034
The WD has some "similar" moves but i would have prefered a new Necro tbh...
P.S. check out the Boneweaver Shield exploit once you get to HELL difficulty.
How do people come up with stuff like that
05-24-2012 #1035
Guess who's getting this delivered in the mail today!
05-24-2012 #1036
Create your char on the EU realm, where the cool kids hang out
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Yeah they'll still be there.
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Latest News On Hotfixes as of May 22nd 2012 (Yet I just got them right now and I Played this afternoon)
Below you'll find a list of hotfixes which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied.
Spoiler Warning: If you have not yet completed Diablo III on Normal, some hotfixes described in this list may include spoilers.
// May 22 //
Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets
Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member
Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players
Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Smoke Screen
Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second (tooltip will still show 2 seconds)
Skill Rune - Lingering Fog
Now increases the duration of Smoke Screen to 1.5 (tooltip will still show 3 seconds)
Active Skills
Fists of Thunder
Skill Rune - Quickening
Fixed an issue that was causing spirit regeneration to incorrectly trigger off critical hits from other sources, such as Sweeping Wind
Mantra of Healing
Mantra of Healing will now correctly provide only two times the base healing effect for the first 3 seconds after activation, down from four times the base healing effect (tooltip will still show the old value)
Skill Rune - Boon of Protection
A maximum absorption amount has been set to 1000 Life. This skill will be redesigned in an upcoming patch
Active Skills
Arcane Torrent
Skill Rune - Cascade
Fixed an issue that was causing Arcane Torrent to fire 3 new missiles per kill instead of only 1 new missile per kill
Number of new missiles generated from this rune will now cap at 10 missiles
Energy Armor
Skill Rune - Force Armor
Amount of damage absorbed from a single attack will now cap at 100% of a player's maximum Life
The rare chest in the Town Cellar in Alcarnus will now only spawn 50% of the time, down from 100%
Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons
// May 18 //
Active Skills
Skill Rune - Tranquility
Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second
Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo.
Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo's Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast.
Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game.
Act I
Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step "Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna" when they resume from a save.
Act II
The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step "Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave."
Act IV
Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cutscene during the quest and quest step "Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire."
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05-25-2012 #1042
Wiz players are crying like there's no tomorrow about the "Force Armor nerf".
I don't think Inferno was meant to be beaten after 10 days though
Assembled my Staff of Herding, cost me 150k gold and a lot of grinding but the secret level is pretty cool.
I don't know if it's worth upgrading so i can enter the level on nightmare / hell... i think i'll invest into better equipment first.
5 Level left till cap (Mid Act2 Hell) :\
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The latest client update made the game even laggier and added freezing issues. Blizzard is just ruining the game with all these late patches.
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Also noticed more lag since the patch :/
05-25-2012 #1048
Been having a lot of fun with Barbarian in inferno, act 2 is hopeless at the moment for me though
Is the pony level a 1 time thing for each difficulty? or can you enter it freely after you have opened it once?
Once more into the fray.
Into the last good fight I'll ever know.
Live and die on this day.
Live and die on this day.
05-25-2012 #1049
The lag is cuz of the load on the server not the new patch
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21c Museum Hotel's flagship hotel was founded in 2006 in Louisville, Ky. by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, contemporary art collectors who had a vision for bringing art into people's lives and supporting the revitalization of American cities.
In keeping with the founders' mission, Cincinnati's urban developers 3CDC and 21c Museum Hotel are partnering to revitalize the historical 1912, 10-story Metropole hotel into a unique place to view cutting edge contemporary art.
Along with preserving the city's historic building, the restaurant will emphasize the city's old world roots in its menu. Under Chef Michael Paley's direction, Metropole will focus on dishes with local ingredients cooked in a custom-built hearth. Chef Paley has been the executive chef at Louisville's award-winning Proof on Main since it opened.
"After opening Garage Bar, our wood-fired pizzeria in Louisville last year, I was inspired to create a menu that is cooked almost entirely by wood-fired heat," Chef Paley says. "Our menu at Metropole will reflect Cincinnati's rich, European-based culinary heritage, and I am thrilled to introduce our custom-built hearth as the focal point of the restaurant and the menu."
Working closely with local farmers and artisanal producers, Chef Paley is developing a menu focusing on string roasted meats, ash-cooked vegetables, house-made charcuterie and more. The beverage menu which can be enjoyed in the restaurant or while overlooking the city on the rooftop bar, which will favor craft beers and bourbon.
The Banks district is finally starting to take shape with the Grand Opening Wednesday of Johnny Rockets. Franchise owner Rick Thompson has brought a unique version of Johnny Rockets to his new location across from Great American Ball Park, as the restaurant is decked out in baseball memorabilia and offers new menu items keeping with the theme.
But luckily for us, our snow day was going to get a little brighter: I had booked reservations at Hen of the Woods Underground.
Hen of the Woods (it's a type of mushroom) is the brainchild of Nick and Kim Marckwald. The duo (Nick is the chef and Kim manages services) recently purchased the old J.B. Schmidt contractor space at 1432 and 1434 Main Street in Over-the-Rhine. They have ambitious plans for a restaurant and urban market there. As a run-up, they have been holding "pop-up" brunches since January in Main Street's Street Pops space (closed for the winter months). And the very last one was scheduled for Sunday.
Now, this is just a hop, skip and jump from us, so the weather was not a concern — or was it?
Just to be sure it was all going to happen given the poor road conditions, I sneakily walked our puppy by the space, which was holding the first of two seatings that day. The windows were properly steamed up, I could glimpse small tables of people inside and the most wonderful smells wafted from the slightly propped open door.
When we arrived an hour later, our table was waiting. We were among about 10 guests. Our first course was a refreshing juice du jour — Meyer lemonade with ginger and cilantro flavors, and a jalapeno ice cube floating in the jelly jar glass.
Next, we were offered coffee. Deeper Roots Coffee's Ryan Doan stood at the counter carefully pouring from what looked like a tiny watering can into a Chemex coffee maker. The brew was deep and rich without being acidic.
During the next hour or so, we were offered three courses and a dessert prepared by the clearly visible staff. Each was meticulously described by our server— most times it was Nick or Kim.
First came a beautiful refreshing plate made from lemongrass, tapioca, mango, fingerlime, almond, ginger and pea shoots.
Next up, another precisely plated combo — lovely pink-edged beet cured salmon was draped over a crispy seared rice cake on a bed of leeks and shiitakes with a horseradish and basil sauce.
Next, the brunch got down to business because, what's brunch without bacon and eggs? Hen's take on eggs Benedict was a fat, wobbly egg sitting on top of a concoction with Woodlands "back bacon" lardo, English muffin, frisee and Hollandaise, served on a wooden slab made of black walnut. One poke with my fork sent yellow yolk running hither and yon amidst the gathering of elements.
Finally, a rich bread pudding, with banana, sesame, chocolate, dulche de leche and pine. In the only misstep of the entire production, the crisp decorative chip had a distinct lack of flavor.
I'm not usually a fan of little-plate meals and such as a fill-in for a meal. They often just tease, sending you out the door looking for something else to eat. This time? Not the case. We walked home in the ice and cold, happy and full, ready to hunker down and slog through the last of winter.
I am so waiting for spring, and also for Hen of the Woods to begin doing impromptu servings in their new space while it is under construction. Nick and Kim assure me they'll be doing it as soon as the permits are in order. The sooner the better for me!
Follow Hen of the Woods news on their Facebook page.
"What's going to make us different is our culinary staff," Stephens writes. "Constant ideas of recipes, ice creams and cookies are going to make some waves for sure in the area. We will also be listening to the public, so if you have a great meatball recipe, bring it down and we can give it a try."
Packhouse will be located on Monmouth Street in Newport. Their current projected open date is Jan. 28, so keep an eye on the restaurant and get more details here.
4 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Friday; noon-2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Sundry and Vice, 18 W. 13th St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/sundryandvice.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly stalled in July, pointing to some loss of momentum in the economy early in the third quarter.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday retail sales, which had increased 0.2 percent in June, were held back by a second straight month of declines in receipts at auto dealers, as well as weak sales of furniture and electronics and appliances.
July's reading was the weakest since January. Economists had forecast retail sales, which account for a third of consumer spending, increasing 0.2 percent last month.
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So-called core sales, which strip out automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, and correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product, edged up 0.1 percent in July.
That suggested a moderation in consumer spending early in the third quarter. Sluggish wage growth is likely constraining retail sales.
Core sales rose 0.5 percent in June. The retail sales report, which was generally weak, suggested third-quarter growth will probably pull back after the April-June quarter's brisk 4.0 percent annualized rate.
Receipts at auto dealerships fell 0.2 percent in July after declining 0.3 percent the prior month. Sales at non-store retailers, which include online sales, slipped 0.1 percent.
Sales at clothing retailers rose 0.4 percent and receipts at sporting goods shops gained 0.2 percent.
Sales at electronics and appliances stores fell 0.1 percent, while receipts at building materials and garden equipment suppliers rose 0.2 percent.
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NFPA Members save an additional 10%.
Updated for 2001, NFPA 50 contains recommendations for the location of bulk oxygen systems, plus the distance between bulk systems and exposures, containers, and associated equipment. Chapters on system fabrication and maintenance include requirements for containers, piping, tubing and fittings, relief devices, and vaporizers. (PDF, 10 pp., 2001)
NFPA 50 Standard for Bulk Oxygen Systems at Consumer Sites 2001 Edition
Chapter 1 General
Chapter 2 Siting
Chapter 3 System Fabrication
Chapter 4 Operation and Maintenance
Chapter 5 Referenced Publications
Appendix A Explanatory Material
Appendix B Referenced Publications


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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Vidal Nuno tossed five scoreless innings to
earn his first major-league win and a six-run seventh frame vaulted the New
York Yankees to a 7-0 win over the Cleveland Indians in the finale of a
Nuno (1-0) surrendered three hits and three walks for the Yankees, who have
won six of their last seven games.
"He's very poised out there. Nothing seems to bother him. He was ahead of
hitters all day," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Nuno.
Jayson Nix tallied two hits, two runs scored and an RBI, Vernon Wells drove in
two and scored a run, and Lyle Overbay had a two-run double in the seventh in
the triumph.
After tallying the first win of his career last week, Adam Warren spun four
scoreless innings to notch his first save.
The twinbill was scheduled after rain halved a four-game series last month.
Trevor Bauer (1-2) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on six hits and two
walks over 6 1/3 innings for Cleveland, which won the opener of the
doubleheader 1-0 after Justin Masterson tossed his second shutout of the
"I can be a lot bettter than I was today, and I was a lot better today than I
had been this year. My mechanics are solidifying," Bauer said of his outing.
The Yankees began the scoring in the first.
Nix lined a one-out base hit to left in the opening frame and advanced to
third when Carlos Santana booted Robinson Cano's hot-shot single to first
and committed a throwing error. Nix scattered home on Wells' force out.
Corban Joseph, who made his major league debut in the earlier game, led off
the seventh with a double to left center and crossed the plate two batters
later when Austin Romine roped a two-bagger down the left field line.
Nick Hagadone replaced Bauer on the mound and walked Brett Gardner. Nix's
bloop single into right brought home Romine and after Cano struck out, Wells
ripped a base hit to left to plate Gardner. Overbay belted a doubled into the
gap in right center to push Nix and Wells across to end Hagadone's day.
Matt Albers came in to pitch and induced a grounder to third off the bat of
Ben Francisco, but Mark Reynold's throwing error allowed Overbay to score and
make it 7-0.
Game Notes
The Indians were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and left eight men
on base, while New York was 4-for-12 with RISP ... Overbay and Wells both have
22 RBI this year.
The Sports Network


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Table games licensing fee cut stuck
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Senate Finance Committee members addressed two bills dealing with casino gambling Monday -- but not a proposal to reduce the table game licensing fee for the state's four racetrack-casinos.
That bill (SB615) -- which would lower the fee from $2.5 million a year to as little as $1.5 million -- was extensively amended in the Senate Judiciary Committee and would need to advance from the Finance Committee by Tuesday to have any chance of passage this session.
Management of the Wheeling Island casino -- hard hit by competition from casinos in nearby Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio -- has indicated it will not renew its table games license July 1 at the current fee.
Committee members did advance a bill to authorize a sixth casino in the state, at a "rural resort community" in a county with less than 10,000 population (SB492). Although envisioned by sponsors to apply to Fisher Mountain Resort, near Franklin, Pendleton County, committee members approved amendments by Sen. Clark Barnes, R-Randolph, that could allow other locations to seek the casino license.
The committee also advanced a bill updating terms in video slots definitions (SB478). That bill applies to the same section of state law as SB615, but committee members did not attempt to amend that bill into it.
Also Monday, the Finance Committee advanced bills to:
"If we pass this bill, in essence, this is the only group this year that gets an increase in take-home pay," said Unger, who said the reduced pension contribution would be worth $4,100 a year to each judge.
State Supreme Court administrator Steve Canterbury said former Gov. Joe Manchin's administration imposed the higher contribution rates, and said that between the higher contribution and strong investment earnings, the pension fund is currently fully funded for at least the next two decades.
Because of population declines, four counties -- Lewis, McDowell, Wetzel and Wyoming -- dropped to the lower tier, reducing magistrate salaries in those counties from $57,500 to $51,125, along with comparable cuts in staff salaries.
The bill would move those four counties back to the upper tier, and add Barbour and Roane counties, at a total annual cost of $250,000.
Earlier this session, the House passed a controversial measure to move all magistrate salaries up to the upper tier, at a total cost for magistrates and staff of $737,000 a year (HB2434), but Senate leadership showed no interest in pursuing that bill.
Reach Phil Kabler at email@example.com or 304-348-1220.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Danny Briere scored at the 1:47 mark of
overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the Carolina
Hurricanes on Saturday.
Nik Grossman sent a lead pass from his zone down the left wing and Briere took
it into the Carolina zone. He cut to the front of the net and snapped a shot
that hit off the left post, then went off the back of Cam Ward before
trickling in.
Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek posted a goal and an assist while Matt Read
also scored for the Flyers, who went 3-0-1 on a four-game road trip. Ilya
Bryzgalov gave up three goals on 33 shots in the win.
Joe Corvo posted a goal and an assist and Jiri Tlusty and Jeff Skinner each
lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who had won three of four. Ward posted 28
The Sports Network


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When ordering scuba boots for warm water, is it the same as my shoe size?
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I only dive in warm water. Im looking at buying the Warp 1 fins. I have never worn a shoe or sock to dive. I wear a 9.5 shoe, so a size 10 shoe or sock. What would you recommend? zippered? Thanks, MIKE
I get it that the full foot fins require socks while the strap fins will work with boots. Two questions: 1.) do I need to order one size up for either the full foot fins or strap fins to allow room for the socks or boots, and 2.) which type of fin is ultimately more comfortable over several hours of wearing?
right now i wear a size 12ew but that is to accommodate orthotics and cushion s. i just measured my foot and it is 11" x 4 1/2" so i think i should order a size 11 and if i remebe correctly i used to wear an 11 w. what do you think?
I need a comfortable boot for skimboarding in cold water (50 water) for my husband and son. Will these work
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We are going to the South Pacific and were told we need "thick water socks for walking on coral." Will your shoe fit the bill? I thank you in advance for your reply.
This is typically what most people are thinking when they are looking for that item.
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Michael Phillip Gabany has been hired by Doña Ana County Manager David R. King to take over the position of County Fire Marshal.
Alzheimer's disease patients in Doña Ana County, who may wander and become lost from their residence or nursing homes, can be rescued with greater efficiency by tracking equipment purchased by the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department.
Doña Ana County residents are by and large fortunate to live in an area where the cost of living is reasonable and there is a steady availability of jobs at most income levels.
The Doña Ana County Bureau of Elections has scheduled a May 31 press conference to discuss readiness and plans for conducting the June 4, 2002, primary election in Doña Ana County.
A county-maintained park in the East Mesa community of Butterfield Park has been closed due to repeated acts of vandalism.
The second regular monthly meeting of the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at the County Courthouse at 251 W. Amador Ave.
Most Dona Ana County offices will be closed Monday, May 27, 2002 to allow employees to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Emergency services and law enforcement will not be affected.
Three Doña Ana County building inspectors have completed training and received certifications that will allow them to work more efficiently as a team.
Volunteer firefighters from Doña Ana County and emergency medical technicians from American Medical Response ambulance teams will hold a car-wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2002, at the Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at the corner of Idaho and El Paseo in downtown Las Cruces.
Doña Ana County Sheriff Juan Hernandez has announced that his department will be one of the prime beneficiaries of an anonymous donor's $42,000 for the purpose of placing portable defibrillators throughout the county.


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