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2013-14: Saw action in all 12 events, covering 34 rounds of competition ... Finished the year with a 74.24 scoring average ... Best round was a three-under par 67 in the final round of the Donald Ross Intercollegiate ... Finished that event with a two-under par score of 208 which was good for a ninth place tie in the event ... Finished second in the Stetson Invitational with a three-over par score of 219 ... Earned a tie for eighth place at the Harmony Preserve Intercollegiate with a two-over par score of 218 ... Finished tied for 19th at the A-Sun Championship with a 12-over par score of 228.
2012-13: Finished his freshman season as the Hatters' best player with a 74.6 overall scoring average ... Played in all 11 events during the year, competing in a total of 33 rounds ... Posted three top 10 finishes ... Best finish was fourth place at the Mission Inn Intercollegiate in October when he shot a five-over par 221 ... Finished within eight shots of par in eight of 11 events ... Best individual round was a three-under par 69 in the second round of the Wendy's Kiawah Classic ... Finished that event tied for 9th at five over par 218 and was named Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Week for the effort ... Best finish in relation to par was a four-over 220 in the season-opening Golf Week Program Challenge in South Carolina ,,, Had four under par rounds during his first season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letter winner in golf and a two year letter winner in basketball at Palm Harbor University HS ... Helped team to three District titles (2009-11), a pair of regional runner-up finishes (1008-09) and a pair of state finals (2008-09) ... Was a four-time first team All-PCAC selection ... Was named first team All-Pinellas County in 2011 by the Tampa Bay Times and second team in 2009-10 ... Was ranked among the top 500 junior players in the nation by the AJGA ... Captured the 2011 Florida State Junior Match Play Championship ... Finished fourth at the 2011 AJGA Northern Virginia Junior by recording birdies on four of the last five holes ... Captured the title at the Sam Parks Junior Invitational in 2008 and again in 2010 ... Was a member of the FSGA Junior Florida Cup North team in 2011 ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and was active as a volunteer with the First Tee Program.
PERSONAL: Full name is Dustin Gage Dingus ... Was born on February 18, 1994, in Tampa, Fla. ... Is the son of Pamela and Richard Dingus ... Has one brother, Spencer (14) ... Is an Integrative Health Science major.

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Analysis: Petraeus battles fears of CIA "militarization"
Sep 6, 2011, 4:05 a.m.
By Phil Stewart and Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly retired General David Petraeus is well aware that his swearing-in as the next director of the CIA, expected on Tuesday, might stoke concerns about the "militarization" of the U.S. spy agency.
It was one of the reasons the storied battlefield commander hung up his uniform last week after a 37-year career in the Army. It may also be why he appears so intent on fulfilling a pledge to leave his military entourage -- "braintrusts" as he calls them -- behind when he arrives at the CIA's Langley, Virginia, compound.
But even as he surrounds himself with civilian advisors, a process sources say is well under way, questions remain about the influence Petraeus might have on the CIA, both analytically and in its use of lethal force against al Qaeda.
Petraeus cannot be expected to divorce himself from a view shared at the highest levels of the U.S. military that the Afghan war is broadly trending in the right direction and that the Taliban's momentum has been reversed. The CIA has been more cautious in its assessment of the decade-old conflict than the military.
How Petraeus will reconcile those visions of the war effort he commanded until July, and reassure CIA analysts of his objectivity, could be one of the biggest challenges facing the Army general in this transition.
Then there are larger questions about the blurred lines between covert CIA operations and military ones in the battle against al Qaeda -- including the CIA's armed Predator drone campaign in Pakistan, a program which appears to have scored a major victory with an August 22 strike that killed al Qaeda's No. 2.
Petraeus attempted to address the issue head-on at his confirmation hearing in June, saying one of the reasons he was retiring from the military -- even though no law compelled him to do so -- was to allay concerns about the militarization of the CIA. He also said he would seek to represent the "Agency position" on matters including the war in Afghanistan.
"Beyond that, I have no plans to bring my military brain trust with me to the agency," Petraeus said at the time.
"There is no shortage of impressive individuals at the agency, and I look forward to interacting with them and populating my office with them."
"If confirmed, I will, in short, get out of my vehicle alone on the day that I report to Langley."
To that end, sources tell Reuters that a longtime CIA insider -- not one of Petraeus' "guys" -- has been named as his new chief of staff. One person familiar with the matter identified him as Rodney Snyder, who has previously worked on the White House national security staff. But U.S. officials would not immediately confirm that name.
A U.S. official close to the general said Petraeus remarked recently to a friend that he believed every member of the existing CIA leadership team was a "strong swimmer."
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Would you ever check out a Salem Council meeting online?
I think it is a great idea. My hats off to those that had the foresight to do this. Knowing what is going on with the people's government is something everyone should have an interest in.
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Me to.
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That poll result does not shock me at all! So typical of Salem.
Salem news please get a new poll format. I beg of you! It's not always a yes or no answer...please, please, please.
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I think I understand how Grant, WatchDog, LadyBug, etc can get somewhat verbally abusive writing comments. I've asked this before, but How, how can people disagree with what Concerned wrote? That He thinks it's a good idea? That people should have an interest in their government? I guess blind ignorance is what pushes my buttons. No justification given for the disagrees. I do have to believe it is prejudice against the author rather than rational thought. And I guess prejudice is another button-pusher for me. Even though I know it's not rational, those non-verbal disagreers tick me off, and I think they always will.
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Thanks questioner I appreciate the support. The apathy people have today concerning our government is disheartening. My only hope is that they wake up before the form of government that we have come to know and love is no longer in existence. Historically most great powers of the world have been taken over because of complacency and have fallen because of what was happening from within their borders.
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You mean apathetic like "the Emperor who 'fiddled while Rome burned'"? Again, I agree.
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I agree with you as well concerned.
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That is what frustrates me when these polls are left up to a yes or no.
Plus people will not say why they answered that way. If we don't have a clue to what our city officials are doing. Rely only on blind trust, that is how corruption grows.
Did somebody who clicked no because they don't care about what Gov is doing? Or did they click no, because they would rather attend council meetings and hope that others would do the same? It is all in a persons view of the poll question and that individual.
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Irony=a person hiding behind a screen name calling out people for not explaining how they voted in a poll.
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BERKELEY SPRINGS - Sarah Haynes' absence from the Berkeley Springs girls basketball last season was notable.
The Indians weren't the same without her.
The same can be said about his season - Berkeley Springs probably wouldn't be in the same position they are this year, which is a 14-win team.
Night in and night out, Haynes is consistently one of the top scorers on the court, no matter who the Indians are playing.
Last week, she, as usual, led Berkeley Springs in scoring in a pair of games against the Yellow Jackets and Keyser. However, she did something she's never done - notch a triple-double.
For her stellar performance last week, Haynes has been named The Journal/Gold's Gym Athlete of the Week (Feb. 3-Feb. 9).
The Indians were off more than a week before played Moorefield on the road. Berkeley Springs didn't look rusty, and Haynes was at her best as she was unstoppable against the Moorefield.
The junior guard recorded a triple-double and was on the verge of having a quadruple-double. She finished with 28 points, 12 steals and 10 rebounds, to go along with eight assists.
Haynes scored almost as many points individually as Moorefield scored as team. It was her ninth 20-point of the season and fourth straight at the time.
The next day, Berkeley Springs traveled to Keyser for a sectional contest and lost, ending its 10-game winning streak. However, Haynes once again had a game-high, scoring 19 points.
With another strong couple of games, Haynes held strong as the area's leader in scoring average, free-throw percentage and steals.
Haynes and the Indians are hoping to undo a multi-year absence from the state tournament in 2013.
Other accomplishments: Berkeley Springs' Kyle Appel had 22 points in the Indians' 67-55 boys basketball loss to Frankfort. ... Paw Paw's River Weese had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Pirates' 77-28 win over the West Virginia School for the Deaf. ... Musselman's Trevon Wesco had 23 points and 18 rebounds in the Applemen's 62-60 boys basketball win over Jefferson. Teammate Tommy Hargroves added 15 points and 10 rebounds. ... Musselman's Stacey Potter had a game-high 14 points in the Applemen's 65-38 girls basketball win over Jefferson. ... Hedgesville's Alexis Taylor had a team-high 18 points in the Eagles' 66-58 girls basketball win over Washington. ... Washington's Alycia Lambert had a team-high 18 points in the Patriots' 66-58 girls basketball loss to Hedgesville. ... Washington's Dominique Newman had a game-high 18 points in the Patriots' 63-53 boys basketball win over Hedgesville. ... Martinburg's David Long scored a game-high 13 points in the Bulldogs' 70-65 boys basketball win over Mercersburg, Pa. ... Washington's Jerome Jones had 27 points and 10 rebounds in the Patriots' 73-52 boys basketball win over Silver Oak Academy, Md. ... Berkeley Springs' Zach Wise had a game-high 19 points in the Indians' 49-41 boys basketball win over Petersburg. ... Faith Christian's Sam Romine had a game-high 16 points in the Falcons' 59-52 boys basketball loss to Hancock, Md. ... Shepherd's Priscilla Moseh had 16 points and 11 rebounds in the Rams' 74-68 women's basketball win over West Virginia Wesleyan. ... Martinsburg's Kiana Bullett had 17 points and 16 rebounds in the Bulldogs' 75-36 girls basketball win over Jefferson. Teammate Essence Underwood had 16 points. ... Hedgesville's Kristen Nunn had a game-high 28 points in the Eagles' 64-45 girls basketball win over Musselman. ... Hampshire's Mary Feaster had 14 points in the Trojans' 60-31 girls basketball win over Northern Garrett, Md. ... Paw Paw's Josh Newlon had 21 points and nine rebounds in the Pirates' 66-49 boys basketball loss to Harman. ... Jefferson's Keegan Simmons won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly in record-breaking fashion during the Class AAA, Region II swim meet. ... Jefferson's Michael King had a game-high 20 points in the Cougars' 73-48 boys basketball win over Martinsburg. ... Hedgesville's Juwan Powell had a team-high 17 points in the Eagles' 57-49 boys basketball win over Musselman.


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Much attention has been focused on the Hatters offensive performance this season, and deservedly so. The team surpasses 80 points on a seemingly nightly basis, five players are averaging double figures in scoring, and the offense ranks 20th in the NCAA in scoring (79.9) and 15th in field goal percentage (.463).
However, the team's defensive effort has also been superb, and one of the main reasons has been the performance of the 2-3 zone, dubbed "Vegas" by the coaching staff.
"We have played it all year, and we work on it every day," Bria said about the Vegas defense. "The main thing is that it is a defense our players like to play. It is something we are comfortable in. We play it against everybody, it doesn't matter if they are a good three-point shooting team or not."
With two guards playing up top and two wings and a center down low, the formation tends to suit Stetson's personnel quite well.
"I really like the defense because it keeps Amber (Porter) at the basket," Bria said, referencing the Hatters' 6-3 freshman center. "She is very hard to score over. That is the main reason I went with the defense because we finally have a 'big', and we want to keep her at the basket. It allows our other four people to fan out a little bit and guard the perimeter."
The result: oppponents are shooting just 35.5 percent from the field against the Hatters, the lowest total in the Atlantic Sun and the 19th-lowest total in the NCAA. Stetson also owns the league's lowest three-point field goal percentage defense as teams shoot just 27.1 percent against the Hatters from behind the arc.
"We really emphasize field goal percentage defense," Bria said. "I think we guard the arc very well. I don't feel like teams get wide open threes against us in that defense, because Amber allows us to widen it out a little more."
Stetson (22-5, 14-1 A-Sun) will look to continue its strong defensive play Thursday night against Northern Kentucky (15-10, 11-3) in the first game of a three-game homestand to conclude the regular season. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in a game broadcast live on HatterVision.
Stetson has won 14 straight games overall, tying for the fifth-longest active streak in the NCAA, and 13 straight games at home (11-0 this season), marking the 11th-longest active streak in the country. If the Hatters sweep their final three regular season games at home, they will have home court advantage throughout the Atlantic Sun tournament.
"We love playing at home, it is a lot better than playing on the road," Bria said. "But you still have to execute, you still have play the game, and we very much know that."
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"We were collecting toys for the Indiana tornado victims and the Philippine [typhoon] victims," says Jim Torp, who attended the event held by Always Evolving, a Valencia, Calif.-based automotive company. "There were dozens of high-end race cars and custom-built cars on display."
As the car show was winding down, Walker, whose 15-year-old daughter Meadow Rain also was at the event, got into a red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT with the car's driver, Always Evolving owner Roger Rodas.
"Roger was definitely behind the wheel," says Torp, a Santa Clarita, Calif., electrician who was an acquaintance of Rodas. "Roger slowly drove it out – he didn't take off recklessly. There were children around, after all. They were only gone for five or ten minutes and never came back."
Was Speed a Factor?"The crash happened right behind the Always Evolving warehouse, just one street over in a commercial area," Torp says.
"Suddenly I heard a loud bang in the distance," he continues. "There was billowing black smoke in the distance. When I saw that, I felt in my heart that something was tragically wrong."
While a Los Angeles County sheriff's statement said that "speed was a factor" in the accident, another official would not say so definitively.
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"It looks like speed could've been a factor, but we haven't made an official determination for the cause of the accident, which will take some time," Lt. John Rush of the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station tells PEOPLE.
Chaotic SceneWhen Torp arrived at the scene of the accident, he says the Porsche was "totally unrecognizable and completely engulfed in flames."
"The scene was chaotic," he says. "There were probably about 20 friends and employees, screaming and crying, who had grabbed fire extinguishers and had been doing what they could to rescue the guys. The fire department and sheriffs had just arrived as well, and they were trying to secure the scene."
Another eyewitness, who did not want to be named, tells PEOPLE he arrived at the crash site within seconds of seeing black smoke.
"[The car] was engulfed in flames," the witness says. "People were trying to get extinguishers but it was just too much. We didn't know if it was going to explode. You couldn't get into it at all. It was about half a minute ... and basically it was engulfed in flames."
Firefighters arrived within minutes, the witness says: "The fire department started dousing [the car]. They did put it out pretty fast with their equipment but it was just too late."
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Experienced DriversTorp says he's in shock after the accident partly because Rodas and Walker were "very experienced and professional race car drivers."
"It was clear the car had hit two trees then finally hit a street lamppost," he says. "Parts of the car were strewn everywhere on the street, as far as 150 feet. I didn't see any skid marks. Where the car had crashed was on a long straightaway. How fast they were going, I don't know."
Adds Torp: "Roger was not a reckless guy. He was a family man. He has a wife and two young children. He never did anything careless."
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After four and half years, which included three election cycles and a New Hampshire presidential primary, the WMUR Political Scoop page will no longer be updated.
This is what makes Shea-Porter really interesting as a U.S. Senate candidate in 2016. Should she ever consider it, she definitely has more of a path to victory than Kuster and maybe even Hassan.
See who is up or down for the week in New Hampshire politics.
Before people spend too much time this holiday season discussing the implications of another Bush versus Clinton presidential race, here is a word of caution: not all front-runners are equal.
See who is up or down this week in New Hampshire politics.
The newly elected leader of the New Hampshire House has announced his entire leadership team and committee chairs hoping that the people he picked will calm some fury from his fellow Republicans over the method in which he was elected.
State Republican Party chair Jennifer Horn told members of her party's executive committee on Thursday that she plans to seek another term as party chair, which would keep her in a prominent role as the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary takes place.
Some U.S. senators, like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, have to weigh their home state laws preventing them from running for both president and re-election to the Senate in 2016. If that year it comes to U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte getting tapped as the Republican vice presidential nominee next year, only politics will stop her.
New Hampshire House Speaker Shawn Jasper, R-Hudson, has hired former U.S. Rep. and former state Supreme Court Justice Chuck Douglas to serve as the House legal counsel for the upcoming two-year session.
Even though he doesn't have a vote on the matter, incoming Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-Manchester, says he favors a pathway that would avoid a federal government shutdown on Thursday.
Coming off her re-election, Gov. Maggie Hassan has announced a committee that will be in charge of her second inauguration next month and the dates of festivities.
In 1999, Illinois U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert was not expecting to become House speaker. Two speakers resigned within weeks and while two others were staring each other down for the top spot they agreed on a compromise candidate: Hastert.
Former Manchester Alderman Patrick Arnold will make a second run for Manchester mayor next year.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will return to New Hampshire for the first time since telling national news outlets that she is actively thinking about running for president in 2016.
Step-by-step this is how Jasper could be elected House Speaker (along with all the ways it could go wrong.)
Just as he did in 2010, Republican nominee for House Speaker, Bill O'Brien, tapped his former rival Gene Chandler to serve as the House speaker pro-tem, should O'Brien be elected speaker on Wednesday.
Bill Shaheen might be considered a front-runner to become the state's next Democratic National Committeeman in two weeks, but he will have competition.
On Saturday, Roger Tilton, the Democratic nominee for the state Senate in the Milford area, told state Democratic Party officials he planned to run for the spot.
This Thanksgiving week see what in New Hampshire politicians are most thankful for in 2014.
In Manchester, the state's biggest city, the mayoral campaign jockeying has already begun and potential candidates as potential candidates for mayor begin to have the serious conversations with friends and family over the holidays about the prospect.
A young entrepreneur from Bedford has been quietly meeting with Democratic politicians and operatives in preparation for what appears to be a run for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte.
The Virginia governor -- and close friend of the Clintons -- is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next months to address the state Democratic committee.
Who runs for president in 2016 and how exciting the next New Hampshire presidential primary will be largely hinges on the outcome of two different questions: will Hillary Clinton or Mitt Romney run for president again.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki is back in New Hampshire for the second time in a month exploring a run for president.
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1. "Hey man, check out those flompers!" 2. "Shes got those flompers on deck!" 3. "This chick in my class has the biggest flompers i've ever seen!"
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When something out of the ordinary happens to pop out/up. Can be used to describe anything that's floppy. Anything that suprises you can be described as a flomper/fwomper.
Looking at your moms ass gave me a flomper.
Did you see it when that girls tats popped out? What a flomper.
Did you see it when that girls tats popped out? What a flomper.
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"I'm taking season 12 off," three-time champ Derek Hough tells PEOPLE. The Dancing pro, 25, will be busy playing the lead role in the upcoming dance movie Cobu 3D, which is slated to film in New York and Toronto this spring.
Hough will play a New Orleans street dancer who moves to New York and falls for an Asian drummer (played by Korean pop recording star BoA). The Romeo and Juliet-style love story (their dance groups are rivals) will be accented by "some incredible dance numbers," says Hough. "People will see a much edgier side of me and these other styles of dance I'm capable of doing."
Hough has already started training for the film by working out in the gym and brushing up on his tap dancing skills. He says he's put on "about 10 lbs. of muscle" for the film, "which is a lot for me."
Everyone at DWTS is excited for Hough's new endeavor. "We wish Derek the best as he takes time off from Dancing with the Stars to pursue his film career," the show's executive producer, Conrad Green, tells PEOPLE, "and look forward to having him return to the show in the fall."
And Dancing fans can expect Hough to come back to the ballroom better than ever for season 13.
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Karen Fitzpatrick Selected for MAC Hall of Fame
Karen Fitzpatrick, a former women's basketball, field hockey and lacrosse coach at Ball State, has been selected for induction into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame. Fitzpatrick is one of six individuals selected for the MAC Hall of Fame and will be inducted May 17 at the MAC Honor's Dinner at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.
The six inductees are Fitzpatrick, Ben Curtis (Kent State, men's golf), Herb Deromedi (Central Michigan, football), Wayne Embry (Miami, men's basketball), Bob Nichols (Toledo, men's basketball) and Mike Schmidt (Ohio, baseball).
"It is only appropriate for our conference to honor and celebrate the accomplishments of our former student-athletes and coaches, specifically these six individuals, and their achievements during their time competing in the MAC," says MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher. "We are honored to welcome them to the MAC Hall of Fame."
The MAC Hall of Fame was approved by the MAC Council of Presidents in 1987. The charter class was inducted in 1988 and subsequent classes were added in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994. After six induction classes, the MAC Hall of Fame maintained 52 members until it was reinstated this May. This year's class brings the number of MAC Hall of Fame inductees to 58 individuals from seven classes.
"I am extremely proud that we are reinstating the MAC Hall of Fame, which was originally started by former MAC Commissioner Jim Lessig," Steinbrecher says. "Our Hall of Fame is a testament to the achievement of those that have competed in this great conference."
During Fitzpatrick's 21 year tenure as head field hockey coach at Ball State, she built the Cardinals into one of the premier programs in the country, accumulating a 285-130-11 mark for a 68 percent winning percentage. Her 285 victories placed her in the top five nationally among active Division I head coaches at the time of her retirement. Fitzpatrick was head coach from 1980 through 2000 and the Cardinals produced a .500 or better record in all but two seasons.
Upon her retirement, Fitzpatrick was the winningest coach in the 19-year history of field hockey in the MAC. She was an 11-time recipient of the MAC Coach of the Year accolades, and led Ball State to a remarkable 153-29 all-time mark vs. conference opponents for a .841 winning percentage. Under her guidance, Ball State teams captured an unprecedented 16 regular season MAC titles and 10 league tournament crowns, plus advanced to four NCAA Championships, including three quarterfinal appearances. The success of her program garnered the respect of national pollsters, placing Ball State in the national poll on a regular basis, including several times in the top 10.
The national exposure Ball State received was increased by the outstanding players Fitzpatrick brought into Ball State and developed. She tutored 18 players to All-America recognition, including five with first-team distinction. A league record 71 of her players claimed All-MAC First Team accolades-twice the number of any other conference school at that time. In addition, a Ball State player was named MAC Player of the Year six times over the nine-year history of the award at that point in time.
Fitzpatrick's players collected Academic All-America accolades six times, including five with first-team mention. The combination of outstanding success in both the athletic and academic areas positioned Ball State field hockey players among the top student-athletes in the country. After the 1999 season, Sally Northcroft was honored with the Honda Award for the sport of field hockey and was further lauded as the recipient of the NCAA Top VIII Award. Jen Brown was named the 1997-98 Wood Hayes National Division I Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, making her the top Division I female athlete in all sports. In addition, Janelle Tranquillo and Kerri Schoultz were the recipients of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in 1998 and 2000, respectively.
Fitzpatrick, who retired from Ball State following the 2000 season and resides in Atlanta, Ga., was hired by the Cardinals June 30, 1980, as both the head field hockey and head lacrosse coach at Ball State. After lacrosse was dropped from the university's intercollegiate sports structure in 1982, Fitzpatrick took on additional duties as head basketball coach for three seasons. She was inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
Ball State's other inductees into the MAC Hall of Fame and their sport and induction year are as follows:
Maurice Harvey (Football) - 1992
Ken Kremer (Football) - 1991
Ray McCallum (Basketball) - 1988
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When did Al Gore become an optimist?
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His critics often accuse him of alarmism, but nowadays the former VP is sounding positively upbeat.
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A burger that can be purchased from Hungry Jacks / Burger King, the "Bacon Deluxe thats Heavy on the Mayonaise". Not to be confused with BDSM since in either case, both burgers from the Hungry Flaps (slang for Hungry Jacks) are filled with Mayo.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Mark McLaughlin's piece in the Sierra Sun last week about Captain Dick Barter, the hermit of Emerald Bay, helped me get my Tahoe perspective back. Thanks Mark! I've been living and visiting with people of all lifestyles and political persuasions the last two months, and have been somewhat citified.
It's great to be home, though the world is not as far away as it was in Captain Dick's day, some 150 years ago. There has been major progress in the world since then. Allegedly. Definitely better weapons, and more of them.
Some of the more rambunctious members of my family were up drinking and pontificating about the world until dawn last Saturday. They were loud, and, like the world, almost totally incoherent, like anyone would be who stays up drinking and talking all night. It made them easier to ignore, and easy to see why the world needs boundaries.
It's good to be home, and not shipwrecked on Lake Tahoe in winter and having to amputate my own toes, like Captain Dick. I've enjoyed a full spectrum kind of culture shock, but I didn't have to row 16 miles in a little dinghy for a drink, like Dick did. Instead, I'm going over the mountain again this weekend, in a nice car, through the rain and slush storm, for the funeral of my first cousin, Ginny Lagomarsino. I may not be as brave as Captain Dick, but I'll keep my fingers, and toes, crossed, just in case.
Captain Dick more or less foresaw his manner of death, shipwrecked and drowning, and he was right. I've heard drowning is not painful, but I don't believe it. Physically, there may be some truth to it, but, psychologically, it has to hurt. Still, if anyone could conquer the fear of death as he was dying, it would be Captain Dick Barter.
If I'm going to romanticize about someone, it might as well be sweaty, stinky old Captain Dick. But that's all the romance he gets from me, one sentence.
Last week I missed an opportunity to die an easy, peaceful and pain-free death. Instead, I am still here, hoping for the best, and trying to remain open to a more dramatic fate.
I was kicked back at home in my recliner, which does not stay up well. When you recline, it's all or nothing. That afternoon I had no idea how all or nothing it almost was.
Suddenly, or so it seemed, I felt very groggy and thought it would be wonderful to doze off, just for a few minutes. I had no reason to be tired, other than the fact that I am 62 and had been watching the news of the world, which alone would give even a young man reason enough to pass out. But I'd hate to miss going over the fiscal cliff.
I massaged my face, as if that would wake me up, and it felt kind of rubbery. I didn't think much of it. If I needed sleep, who was I to argue?
But I had rice cooking on the gas stove and I was hungry, so I unglued my lethargic body from the leather recliner and trudged over to the stove to check the rice. It had been simmering for nearly an hour, or so I thought. I was still feeling dopey when I lifted the lid and saw that the rice was still under half an inch of water. Then I noticed that the flame was out! I keep the window next to the stove closed when I cook rice, so the flame doesn't blow out. This time, I had all the windows closed, and my place is small!
The gas, behaving as gas does, was still on! I turned it off, opened all the windows and went outside. The pines were breathing blue sky, and the fresh air quickly woke me up. Then it hit me. I just nearly gassed myself out of this world.
Death by cooking rice. What a way to go! Although Captain Dick might not be impressed, and I'd rather get away from it all by going to a shopping mall riot on Black Friday.
Bob Sweigert is a Sierra Sun columnist, published poet, former college instructor and ski instructor. He has a B.A. and an M.A.T. from Gonzaga University. He has lived at Lake Tahoe for 30 years.


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The re-energized focus on Long Island Sound's story is obvious in the colorfully redesigned main hall, which has been renamed Newman's Own Hall in celebration of a $1.2 million grant from Newman's Own Foundation."
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Walmart celebrates 10th anniversary in Salem
March 17, 2013
SALEM — It doesn't seem that long ago ... 10 years. It was March 19, 2003 when the doors for Salem's Walmart were finally thrown open after years of haggling and protests....
salem1361, sadly, because of the horrible economy and the impact of median wages in this area, those clearance items are in demand and a Godsend to many families in these surrounding areas and communities.
Unfortunately, you personally may not like it but that happens in all stores. Stopped in at Walmart in Boardman last week and it was the same way.
I happen to love those clearance sales. Especially the clothing seasonable items that are reduced. In this day and age, every penny saved makes the difference in every day lives.
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"watchdog I wouldn't say Walmart did it to down town."
concerned I don't agree it did as well and I apologize I didn't express that comment very well. I wrote my opinion based on previous arguments of some of the business owners down town that was against Walmart coming in. The "haggling and protests" mentioned in the article.
Some still complain about it today. Thus, the reason for the rest of my opinion. Quit pouting and complaining about it and compete with them. There are still a few that still blame failures of businesses downtown on Walmart.
I agree with your point about the 50's and the 60's.
If I say anymore past that point, I will bring out the Cahill supporters and be accused of being the wicked witch of Salem trying to destroy downtown, LOL.
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Walmart did not play any part in the problems downtown if anything they brought more people to Salem to shop. Competition is always good in business. But, when I commented about the stuff in the aisles I was not referring to Walmarts restocking pallets, its the aisles full of old clearance merchandise that no one wants. It brings down a business to be run in this manner. There is nothing wrong about putting items on clearance, its all in how you market them. I love a bargain probably more than anyone else, I am extremely frugal, but that being said I will do my best to shop at our Giant Eagle now by being careful to use their sales to my advantage. I just can't bring myself to continue to give our Walmart business when it continues to be in decline. Until they step up to the plate to provide our city with a clean, well stocked store I will take my business elsewhere. Management is everything in business and this particular manager is failing this store.
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watchdog I wouldn't say Walmart did it to down town. It was pretty much done for long before Walmart came to town. You can't run a retail operation by being open 9-5 and 10-1 on Sat. and expect to make a living. Retail depends on sales everyday. Yesterdays sales don't help today or tomorrow. You also have to have selection. I remember going downtown even when J. C Penney was still in town and only could find a couple choices in the item I wanted. I always ended up going to the mall where they have a lot of selection and could go after work to buy it. Downtown never got out of the 50's and 60's when housewives did most of the shoping during the day. they could not meet the demand of their customers who require selection and convenience for busy schedules.
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How many consumers actually know this? you want help make this economy better regardless of where you shop? Pay attention to the barcodes. They are not just about prices.
When you pick up a product refer to the barcode -look at the first 3 digits are:
690-692 … then it is MADE IN CHINA 00 – 09 … USA & CANADA 30 – 37 .. FRANCE 40 – 44 … GERMANY 471 … TAIWAN 49 … JAPAN 50 … UK
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I know Walmart has put a damper on our local downtown businesses, in hurt them when it come in. But you have to find the way to compete with them. Pouting over it or complaining about it will not change it. Salem has to find a way to drive the competitive edge.
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018edx, I included your thoughts with my opinion. I agree, I don't think anyone can compete with Rulli Bros, meat. But again, they make up their costs in other stocked merchandise.
Walmart has a monopoly in this area right now. We lack competition. I know I anger people when I say this. Why I was so disappointed that we gave up an area for low income rentals, when we could have a Kmart or Target, competition that lowers prices in Salem. People are shopping for convenience and savings because of gas prices and this economy, people are going to stores just like Walmart that offer "One stop shop" for everything they need. That happens to be the reality.
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"With Giant Eagle getting a huge makeover I am taking my business up the road."
Wish it could be that simple for a lot of folks but it isn't. This is not to insult you or your opinion salem1361, don't misunderstand it please, but sometimes what comes with those "huge makeovers", the costs are absorbed by the consumer in raising prices.
I do agree, management of Walmart needs to pay closer attention to understocked merchandise. But the fact still remains the store is constantly packed with consumers. Area communities rely on those low costs, a lot of folks can not afford to shop anywhere else and because of the economy prices are high everywhere. With Walmart open 24/7, we have to accept the fact of those crates sitting in aisles when they are restocking. They don't exactly have the luxury of stocking between the hours of shut down most stores have with their hours of operation.
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I have to agree that the store is not near as nice as it was in the early years. Palates of shrink wrapped material blocking aisles, items that are out of stock for weeks at a time, etc. The people are always friendly and nice, but overall, I only shop there occasionally where it used to be all the time. They cannot begin to compete with Rulli Bros. on meat, deli and produce.
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Now if it was just a clean and nice place to shop it wouldn't be so bad. Lately the store has gone completely downhill. They seems to never keep items in stock, except their own brand and the aisles are always cluttered with clearance items. Looks like a junk store. With Giant Eagle getting a huge makeover I am taking my business up the road. Not a snob either, just have some pride left in me.
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Though there is a reliable, good-value long-distance bus service, public transport in Cuba is generally slow, complicated and subject to frequent cancellations and delays. Improvements are creeping in but some services still work on a two-tier basis, with one service for convertible-peso-paying travellers and another, cheaper one for those paying in national pesos (foreign visitors are usually still obliged to pay in CUCs). Getting around the country efficiently means using buses or planes and, within cities, taxis in their various forms.
By bus
Given the relatively low percentage of car owners, Cuba's buses – known as guaguas, or omnibuses when referring to long-distance services – are at the heart of everyday Cuban life and by far the most commonly used form of transport, both within the cities and for interprovincial journeys.
Interprovincial buses
There are three separate services for interprovincial routes, Víazul and Conectando Cuba for foreign passport holders and CUC-paying Cubans, and Astro, a national-peso service reserved exclusively for Cubans.
The long-established Víazul (t7 881 1413 & 5652, wviazul.com) is the more comprehensive of the CUC-charging bus networks, connecting most of the mainland provincial capitals. Though it also runs from smaller, touristy cities like Trinidad and Baracoa to the rest of the country, it doesn't serve a number of the most high-profile beach resorts, including Cayo Santa María and the northern cays in Villa Clara and Cayo Coco in Ciego de Avila. Nevertheless, it's still the quickest, most reliable and most hassle-free way to get about the country independently. Tickets, which are usually one-way, can be booked in advance at the offices of one of the three major Cuban travel agents Cubanacán, Cubatur and Havanatur (found in most provincial capital cities), and in some branches of Infotur, the national tourist information provider. As each office is allocated only a limited percentage of the total seats available, it's worth booking as far in advance as possible, particularly in the provinces outside Havana. You can also buy tickets at the bus stations themselves, but these often don't go on sale until an hour before the departure time; turning up more than an hour in advance will therefore usually give you no advantage, though your name may be taken down on a waiting list. If you're starting your journey somewhere other than a route terminus (such as Matanzas, between the termini of Havana and Varadero), you'll have to wait until the bus actually arrives before they'll sell you a ticket as they will have to wait to see if there are spaces. To avoid this scenario, book at least a day in advance. Ticket prices range from $6CUC for the 80km trip between Trinidad and Cienfuegos, to $51CUC for the fifteen-hour journey between Havana and Santiago. Children under 5 travel free, while those under 12 travel half price. You can also book tickets through the Víazul website before arriving in Cuba, though this must be done at least six days before the day of your bus journey.
The Conectando Cuba service, also known as Cubanacán-Transtur after the two companies that administer the service, differs from Víazul in that it picks you up and drops you off at hotels in the cities and towns that it serves, which are far fewer than the number covered by Víazul. While this means you avoid the hassle and expense of getting to and from the bus stations, it also means journey times can be much longer, as buses make more stops picking up passengers, especially in Havana where there could be stops at up to a dozen hotels. You can buy tickets at Cubanacán or Infotur no later than noon on the day before travel (no tickets are available on the day of travel), and you can specify the hotel from which you want to be picked up – note that it needn't be a hotel you're actually staying in. Fares are more or less the same as for Víazul services.
Both of Víazul and Connectado-Cuba buses are equipped with air conditioning, toilets and, in some cases, TV sets. They can get very cold, so remember to take a sweater with you; it's also worth bringing your own toilet paper.
Local bus services
While large numbers of foreign travellers use long-distance buses, very few use local buses as a means of getting around the country's towns and cities. The almost complete lack of information at bus stops, absence of timetables and the overcrowding are more than enough to persuade most visitors to stay well away. However, as most journeys cost less than half a national peso, you may be tempted to try your luck.
The only written information you will find at a bus stop is the numbers of the buses that stop there (and sometimes not even that). The front of the bus will tell you its final destination, but for any more detail you'll have to ask. Once you know which bus you want, you need to mark your place in the queue, which may not even appear to exist. The unwritten rule is to ask aloud who the last person is; so, for example, to queue for bus #232 you should shout "¿Ultima persona para la 232?" When the bus finally pulls up, make sure you have, within a peso, the right change – there's a flat fee of $0.40CUP.
By taxi
Taxis are one of the most popular expressions of private enterprise in Cuba. There are all kinds of different taxis, often outwardly indistinguishable from one another, and it sometimes seems that merely owning a car qualifies a Cuban as a taxi driver.
Tourist taxis
Though by no means exclusively for tourists, the official metered state taxis that charge in CUC are usually referred to as tourist taxis (or turistaxis), and are often modern Japanese and European cars as opposed to old American or Russian ones. Though most state taxis have a meter, many taxi drivers do not use them, not always for legitimate reasons. Fares range from $0.55CUC/km to $1CUC/km, with higher rates in Varadero and the other beach resorts than in the big cities. There are several other kinds of state-run taxis, many of them Ladas and charging in ordinary national pesos, but they are rarely used by foreign visitors and less likely still to stop for you if you're obviously not Cuban.
Private taxis
Huge numbers of privately owned cars, including a very high proportion of the American classics on the island, are run as taxis in Cuba. The local slang for these is máquinas or almendrones, though the latter is more usually used to describe communal taxis, but in standard Spanish they are all called taxis particulares, literally private taxis.
Private taxis are licensed to charge either in national pesos or convertible pesos but there are no visible characteristics to distinguish between the two; none of them have meters. It is assumed that as a foreigner you will be paying in convertible pesos, whether or not the driver has the correct licence. Private taxis are not necessarily cheaper than state taxis and if you don't haggle the chances are you'll end up paying over the odds. The essential thing is that you establish a price before you start your journey.
Some drivers work interprovincial routes and wait at bus stations and some other fixed pick-up points, touting for business. Again, prices are always negotiable, but as a rough guide drivers carrying foreign passengers tend to charge around the same price per passenger as the equivalent Víazul bus fare.
Communal taxis
Communal taxis, or taxis colectivos (more regularly referred to as almendrones), are more like bus services than regular taxis. They are usually privately owned vehicles, though there are some state-run colectivos, and generally they run along specific routes, both within and between towns and cities. There is no official mark or sign used to distinguish a taxi colectivo from the other kinds of taxi, or the route which it is operating along. However, drivers tend to wait with their car at the start of their route and shout out their final destination – if you see an old American car packed with passengers, it's most likely a colectivo. In most towns and cities there is usually a specific location, usually next door to a bus station, where almendrones waiting for long-distance passengers congregate, while in some cities, such as Santa Clara, there are long-distance taxi stations. Again, most long-distance almendrones operate along fixed routes, usually within a province (though there are interprovincial routes too). You may find it hard to flag down a colectivo as they are almost all registered to charge only in national pesos and sometimes don't expect non-Cubans to understand the system. There are fixed fares for most routes, usually $10CUP within a city, and around $20CUP for longer distances.
Bicitaxis and cocotaxis
Bicitaxis (also known as ciclotaxis) are three-wheeled bicycles with enough room for two passengers, sometimes three at a squeeze. In use all over the island, there are legions of these in Havana, where you won't have to wait long before one crosses your path. Fares are not all that different from tourist taxis, but again, negotiation is part of the deal. Around $1CUC/km should usually be more than enough.
Less common cocotaxis, sometimes called mototaxis, are aimed strictly at the tourist market and offer the novel experience of a ride around town semi-encased in a giant yellow bowling ball, dragged along by a small scooter. Fares in Havana have become standardized at $0.50CUC/km, but there will always be drivers looking to charge unsuspecting tourists a higher rate.
By train
At present, Cuba is the only country in the Caribbean with a functioning rail system, and although trains are slow (average top speed is 40km/hr) and subject to long delays and cancellations, they nevertheless provide a sociable form of travelling and a great way of getting a feel for the landscape as you journey around. You'll need your passport to buy a ticket, which, depending on which town you're in, you should do between an hour and five days before your date of departure, direct from the train station. (If you show up less than an hour beforehand, the ticket office will almost certainly refuse to sell you a ticket.) You cannot buy tickets online or by phone, only in person as stations. Strictly speaking, all foreign travellers must pay for tickets in convertible pesos, but on some of the less-travelled routes you may get away with a national-peso ticket.
The main line, which links Havana with Santiago de Cuba via Santa Clara and Camagüey, is generally reliable and quite comfortable, though it will prove less appealing if you fail to bring your own toilet paper. Most of Cuba's major cities are served by this route, and while there are branch lines to other towns and cities and a few completely separate lines, any service not running directly between Havana and Santiago will be subject to frequent delays and cancellations, and even slower trains. The state tacitly discourages tourists from using some lesser-used branch lines, from cities such as Cienfuegos and Sancti Spíritus, as standards are so much lower than on the mainline, and instead nudges travellers toward the more profitable bus services.
The quickest of the two main line services, from Havana to Santiago, is known as the Especial. Sometimes referred to as the Tren Francés, it uses air-conditioned coaches imported from France, and offers two classes of seats. It leaves Havana once every three days and calls only at Santa Clara, Camagüey and Cacocum in Holguín province on the fifteen-hour journey to Santiago. An alternative service, the Regular, with no air conditioning and just one class of seating, leaves more frequently, usually four or five times a week. The two most notable routes beside the main line and its branch lines are the Havana–Pinar del Río line, one of the slowest in the country, and the Hershey line, an electric train service running between Havana and Matanzas.
Fares from Havana to Santiago on the Especial are $62CUC for first-class seats and $30CUC for second-class; all tickets on the Regular service cost $30CUC. Examples of other fares are $6CUC for Havana to Pinar del Río and $32CUC for Havana to Guantánamo.
By car
Given the infrequency of buses on many routes and the fact that some significant destinations are completely out of reach of the bus and train networks, it makes sense to consider renting a car if you intend to do a lot of travelling around. Though it's relatively expensive to hire a car (cheapest rates are around $40CUC per day), traffic jams are almost unheard of and, away from the cities, many roads – including the motorways – are almost empty, meaning you can get around quite quickly. That said, driving on Cuban roads can be a bit of an anarchic experience.
Renting a car
Most car rental firms in Cuba are state run, making the competition between them somewhat artificial: the two principal firms, Cubacar and Havanautos, now operate more or less as the same company from the same offices. Internationally recognized companies like Avis and Hertz do not exist in Cuba, but there are now one or two much smaller, privately run operations nudging into the market. The most significant of these is CarRental Cuba, whose vehicles come with or without chauffeurs; prices start at $55CUC a day. Prices from state-run companies start at $45–55CUC per day in high season (Dec 1–15, Jan–Apr, July & Aug).
Havanautos and Cubacar have the largest number of rental points throughout the island, though the other major rental company, REX, generally has flashier cars. It's well worth reserving a car at least a week in advance if you can – especially if you want one of the cheaper models, which tend to run out fast. You make a reservation with any of the state agencies through wtransturcarrental.com.
All agencies require you to have held a driving licence from your home country (or an international driving licence) for at least a year and that you be 21 or older. You will usually be required to provide a deposit of between $200CUC and $250CUC.
On the whole, classic American cars can only be rented with a chauffeur, effectively as taxis, from a state firm called Gran Car, based in Havana and Varadero. The easiest way to do this is to go direct to their well-established taxi ranks. Since liberalization of private enterprise laws, however, individual car owners can rent out their pride and joy as a legitimate business. It's a little tricky tracking them down, though, as any advertising or presence on the web is rare – your best bet is to ask drivers at taxi ranks.
Car rental agencies
CarRental Cuba t52 83 4721 (mobile), wcarrental-cuba.com.
Cubacart7 835 0000, t273 2277, wtranstur.cu.
Havanautos t7 835 0000, t273 2277, whavanautos.com.
Rex t7 835 6830, wrex.cu.
Driving in Cuba
Driving in Cuba is hazardous and patience-testing. Road markings and street lighting are rare and usually nonexistent on side roads, neighbourhood streets and even motorways, while the majority of roads, including the Autopista Nacional, have no cat's eyes either. Potholes are common, particularly on small country roads and city backstreets. Take extreme care on mountain roads, many of which have killer bends and few crash barriers. Driving at night anywhere outside the cities is dangerous, and to mountain resorts like Viñales or Topes de Collantes it's positively suicidal. Bear in mind also that push-bikes are very common on most roads in Cuba and rarely have any lights of their own. Most Cuban drivers use their car horn very liberally, particularly when overtaking and approaching crossroads.
To add to the confusion, away from the most touristy areas there is a marked lack of road signs which, coupled with the absence of detailed road maps, makes getting lost a probability. On journeys around provincial roads you will almost certainly have to stop and ask for directions, but even on the motorways the junctions and exits are completely unmarked. Be particularly vigilant for railroad crossings, common throughout the country, with a few actually sited on motorways. They are marked by a large X at the side of the road but otherwise you will be given no warning since there are no barriers before any crossings in Cuba. The accepted practice is to slow down, listen for train horns and whistles and look both ways down the tracks before driving across. Other things to look out for are permanently flashing yellow traffic lights at junctions, which mean you have right of way; a flashing red light at a junction means you must give way.
Petrol stations are few and far between (you can drive for up to 150km on the Autopista Nacional without passing one), and with no emergency roadside telephones it's a good idea to keep a canister of petrol in the boot, or at the very least make sure you have a full tank before any long journeys. Officially, tourist cars can only fill up at convertible-peso petrol stations, identifiable by the names Cupet-Cimex and Oro Negro, the two chains responsible for running them. They are manned by pump attendants and tipping is common practice. The cost of petrol at the time of writing was $1.73CUC per litre.
Major roads
Cuba's principal motorway, the Autopista Nacional, is split into two sections: the shorter one runs between Havana and the provincial capital of Pinar del Río and is marked on maps as the A4; the longer section between Havana and the eastern edge of Sancti Spíritus province is shown on maps as the A1. However, both are referred to simply as el autopista, literally "the motorway". The speed limit on the Autopista Nacional is 100km/hr.
The main alternative route for most long-distance journeys is the two-lane Carretera Central, marked on maps as CC – an older, more congested road running the entire length of the island, with an 80km/hr speed limit. This tends to be a more scenic option, which is just as well, as you can spend hours stuck behind slow-moving tractors, trucks and horse-drawn carriages. It is also the only major road linking up the eastern half of the island, and on a drive from Havana to Santiago de Cuba it becomes the nearest thing to a motorway from the eastern side of Sancti Spíritus province onwards.
There are more options for alternative routes in the western half of Cuba, where there are two other principal roads: the Circuito Norte (CN), the quickest route between some of the towns along the northern coast, and the Circuito Sur (CS), linking up parts of the southern coast. The Circuito Norte runs between Havana and Morón in Ciego de Avila and is the best road link between the capital and Varadero, a stretch better known as the Vía Blanca.
Hitching a lift is as common in Cuba as catching a bus, and is the main form of transport for some Cubans. The petrol shortages that followed the collapse of trade with the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s meant every available vehicle had to be utilized by the state, effectively as public transport. Thus a system was adopted whereby any private vehicle, from a car to a tractor, was obliged to pick up anyone hitching a lift. The yellow-suited workers employed by the government to hail down vehicles at bus stops and junctions on main roads and motorways can still be seen today, though their numbers have decreased significantly. Nevertheless, the culture of hitching, or coger botella as it is known in Cuba, remains, though drivers often ask for a few pesos these days. Crowds of people still wait by bridges and junctions along the major roads for trucks or anything else to stop. Tourists, though they are likely to attract a few puzzled stares, are welcome to join in.
By plane
Tip to tip, Cuba is 1200km (745miles) in length and given the relatively slow road and rail routes, domestic flights offer a temptingly quick way of getting around. Of the three state-owned domestic airlines, Aerocaribbean operates the most routes. Almost all internal flights take off or land in Havana and there are very few cities or resorts that connect directly to anywhere other than the capital, though you can fly direct from Varadero to Cayo Largo. Outside Havana the main regional airports are in Varadero, Santa Clara, Camagüey, Holguín and Santiago de Cuba, while Cayo Largo, Cayo Las Brujas and Cayo Coco all have their own airports handling flights specifically for the tourist industry.
Prices between the airlines are very similar, with return flights from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, one of the most expensive routes, costing around $260CUC, and to Nueva Gerona, one of the least expensive, around $90CUC. The best website for booking flights is wcubajet.com.
Cuban airlines have had a poor safety record over the last couple of decades. Many domestic routes use planes built in the 1970s and 1980s, some old Russian Antonov aircraft with a capacity of about fifty passengers.
Cycling tours are very popular in Cuba. However, though basic Chinese bikes are a common sight in all towns and cities, cycling for recreation or sport is not particularly popular among Cubans themselves. There are no proper cycling shops or bike rental agencies, and surprisingly few places renting or selling bikes and spare parts, though a few hotels do rent out bicycles. On the other hand, there are makeshift bicycle repair workshops all over the place and you'll rarely have to travel far within the cities before coming across what is known in Cuba as a ponchera, a makeshift puncture-repair workshop where the owner will usually offer basic bicycle repairs too.
The most straightforward long-distance cycling opportunities for visitors are prepackaged cycling tours. Several of the national tour operators offer cicloturismo packages, but you're generally better off booking with a foreign company. British firm Go Cycling Cuba (wgocyclingcuba.com) is very professional, while McQueen's Island Tours (wmacqueens.com), a subsidiary of WoWCuba, is another experienced operator, and are also the best equipped agency when it comes to renting bikes in Cuba for independent touring – though as with touring packages, you'll need to book your bike in advance. McQueen's has an office in the Kohly district of Havana and rents out mountain bikes and hybrids for between $22CUC and $32CUC per day for between six and eleven days.
If you do intend to cycle in Cuba it's worth bringing your own padlock, as they are rarely supplied with rental bikes and are difficult to find for sale. Most Cubans leave their bikes in the commonplace parqueos de ciclos, located inside houses, ruined buildings or sometimes in outdoor spaces, where the owner will look after your bike for a national peso or two until you get back. Also worth packing if cycling around Cuba independently is a copy of Bicycling Cuba.


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Williams said the decrease in monarch numbers is due in part to the diminishing habitat available to them in Mexico, where they overwinter. He said the problem can also be attributed to increases in the use of genetically modified crops and associated herbicides. This has led to a loss of milkweed, a plant that is an important provider of sustenance to monarchs.


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Paul C. Stewart of Grand Island, an elder and associate pastor at Greater Refuge Temple of Christ Church, died Friday in Buffalo General Medical Center. He was 74.
Born in Raleigh, N.C., Mr. Stewart had a 38-year career with General Motors, working in Kansas City, Kan., and the Town of Tonawanda.
While in Kansas City, he was an associate pastor of Greater Pentecostal Temple.
He was member of Greater Refuge Temple in Buffalo for more than 20 years. He was pastor of the Women's Ministry; assistant to Missionary Theresa Bonner of the Ministry of Compassion; pastor over communion at the Delaware Heights and Waterfront nursing homes; and pastor over bedside communion at Erie County Medical Center; and he conducted noonday prayer.
Mr. Stewart retired from General Motors in 2000.
Survivors include his wife, the former JoAnn Wiley; three daughters, Audresha Wilson, Deneen Goldsmith and Nicole; and a sister, the Rev. Janet Stewart.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Greater Refuge Temple of Christ, 943 Jefferson Ave.,


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