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Before I'd even heard him play, Johnny Winter had me kinda freaked out. It was the cover of his 1976 album "Captured Live!" that did it – there was Winter, holding a Gibson Firebird guitar, scarves pinned to the sleeves of what can only be described as his blouse, platform heels poking out of weathered bell-bottoms, snow-white mane of hair tossed back as he hit a high note in what I assumed was ecstasy. To my 10-year-old eyes, Winter looked like a guitar god from some other planet.
I later learned that he was a bluesman with his feet firmly rooted in the earth of Texas electric blues, but that image of Winter as a full-blown rock star never left me. It helped that Winter, now as then, played the blues like it was the hardest of hard rock, a living, breathing thing, not a musical idiom that belonged in a museum. Now, more than 40 years after the release of his Columbia records debut, Winter is still doing what he always did – breathing fire into the blues and, one hopes, inspiring a whole new generation of guitar gods-in-waiting. And maybe freaking out a kid or two along the way.
Winter and his band play at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Tralf Music Hall (622 Main St.). Magic Slim & the Teardrops will open. Tickets are $28 advance, $30 day of show (box office, Ticketmaster.com).
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The Airport Bridge Club holds a triple-point Swiss teams game at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Register by calling 603-6943. The club also has triple-point games at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, and next Saturday, Dec. 22, and double-point games the rest of the week.
The Bridge Center of Buffalo has holiday parties at its Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, and Thursday, Dec. 21, games, plus a special Italian Christmas lunch with Jim Gullo on Friday, Dec. 22.
Congratulations to John Ziemer, who won the most silver master points in District 5 in last week's Winter Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) with 26.52. Runner-up was Bud Seidenberg with 23.88.
Other local point leaders included Liz Clark (16.49, 9th), Judi Marshall (13.44, 18th), Harry Cheung (12.63, 19th), Allen Beroza (11.69, 24th), Bob Andersen (11.67, 25th), Mike Silverman (11.57, 26th), Carlton Stone (11.53, 27th), Jay Costello (11.33, 29th).
2013 Tournament calendar
* Cleveland Rock 'N Roll Regional – Wednesday, Jan. 16, to Sunday, Jan. 20. For info, click this link: http://web2.acbl.org/tournaments/Ads/2013/01/1301025.pdf
* Buffalo Winter Sectional – Friday, Jan. 25, to Sunday, Jan. 27. For info, click this link:
* St. Catharines, Ont., Sectional – Friday, Feb. 1, to Sunday, Feb. 3.
* Toronto Easter Regional – Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.
* Buffalo Spring Sectional – Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21.
* Cleveland All-American Regional – Monday, May 21, to Sunday, May 27.
* District 5 Summer STaC – Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
* Buffalo Summer Regional – Tuesday, June 25, to Sunday, June 30.
* Syracuse Regional – Monday, July 22, to Sunday, July 28.
* Buffalo Fall Sectional – Friday, Sept. 27, to Sunday, Sept. 29.
* Niagara Falls, Ont., Regional – Tuesday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 10.
* District 5 Winter STaC – Monday, Dec. 9, to Sunday, Dec. 15.
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Duplicate scores
Week of Dec. 3 to Dec. 9
ACBL Sanctioned Clubs
Airport Bridge Club Monday morning – Howell. A/B: Bob Andersen and John Ziemer, 63.75%; Art Matthies and Mike Silverman, 60.63%.
Airport Bridge Club Monday afternoon – North-south, A/B: (tie) Art Schumacher and Barbara Multerer, Paul Ganley and Mike Kisiel, 52.25%; east-west, A/B: Martin and Barbara Pieterse, 54.42%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday morning – North-south, A/B: Carlton Stone and Wilson McClaren, 67.82%; B/C: Joyce Greenspan and Ginny Panaro, 54.21%; east-west, A/B: Allen Beroza and John Ziemer, 61.95%; C: Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 42.35%.
Airport Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon – North-south, A: Barbara Libby and Jim Mathis, 68.43%; B: John Ziemer and Allen Beroza, 58.98%; C: Linda Wynes and Jan Hasselback, 48.43%%; east-west, A: Harry Cheung and Liz Clark, 69.30%; B: Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 60.83%; C: Sharon Chang and Linda Milch, 47.39%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Bob Linn and Jerry Geiger, 60.33%; B: Eleanor Whelan and Harry Cheung, 56.83%; east-west, A: Judi Marshall and John Ziemer, 64%; B: John Kirsits and Allen Beroza, 56.50%.
Airport Bridge Club Wednesday afternoon – North-south, A/B: Doug Dean and Dorothy May, 60.42%; C: Mary Davey Carr and Mary Terrana, 41.32%; east-west, A/B: Carlton Stone and Mike Silverman, 60.72%; C: Ginny Panaro and Barbara Sadkin, 53.57%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday morning – North-south, A: Eleanor Whelan and Judi Marshall, 59.38%; B/C: Ruth Wurster and Marilyn Sultz, 55.90%; east-west, A/B: Paul Libby and Mike Silverman, 55.56%; C: Linda Milch and Sharon Chang, 46.03%.
Airport Bridge Club Thursday afternoon – North-south, A: Jim Mathis and Judi Marshall, 57.54%; B: Barbara Sadkin and Dale Anderson, 57.14%; east-west, A/B: John Kirsits and Ken Meier, 61.11%; C: Len and Nancy Knabelkamp, 57.54%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday morning – Howell. A: Paula Salamone and Myra Razik, 64.08%; Liz Clark and Judi Marshall, 62.84%; B: Selina Volpatti and Dale Anderson, 60.36%.
Airport Bridge Club Friday afternoon – North-south, A: Ken Meier and Jim Mathis, 56.75%; B/C: Sharon Chang and Mary Davey Carr, 55.95%; east-west, A/B: Celine Murray and Dale Anderson, 69.05%; C: (tie) Carl and Jan Hasselback, Myra Razik and Paula Salamone, 42.86%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday morning – Howell. A: Jerry Geiger and Liz Clark, 56.44%; B: Dorothy May and Ken Meier, 55.92%; C: Chuck Heimerl and Ginny Panaro, 54.17%.
Airport Bridge Club Saturday afternoon – Howell. A/B: Dave Donaldson and Mike Silverman, 61.90%; C: Debra Anne Glamack and Jeff Bender, 57.94%.
Airport Bridge Club Sunday afternoon – Swiss Teams. A/B/C: Barb Kopko, Tim Anderson, Beverly Gibbs, John Kirsits, 119 VPs; Eleanor Whelan, Barbara Pieterse, Martin Pieterse, Mike Silverman, 118 VPs.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday afternoon – Newcomer game. Howell. Betty Defeo and Sandra Laub, 63.10%; (3-way tie) Carole Ferrick and Elaine Cryer, Mary Ball and Phyllis Stasiowski, Liz Schulman and Mary Blanchard, 55.95%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A/B: Elaine Moon and Beena Deshmukh, 61.31%; Agi Maisel and Carla Press, 57.74%; Joe Miranda and Elaine Zeve, 54.46%; C: Cherry Searle and Peggy Stock, 47.32%; east-west, A/B: Maryann Szafran and Paula Rosen, 53.57%; C: Laurie Foster and Violet Makhija, 47.92%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday morning – North-south, A: Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 65.08%; Joanne Kelley and Judy Padgug, 58.73%; B: Jeanne Gladysz and Sue Neubecker, 51.85%; east-west, A: Chris Urbanek and Penny Shui, 64.88%; Stan Kozlowski and Bob Padgug, 58.63%; B: Tova Reinhorn and Gary Schmitt, 54.17%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday evening – North-south, A: Eugene Harvey and Jim Gullo, 63.85%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargesheimer, 56%; Jill and Powhatan Wooldridge, 54.07%; B: John Bielinski and David Hemmer, 50.25%; C: Buxees Singh and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 49.67%; east-west, A/B: Catherine Majewski and Bonnie Bryar-Elgar, 60.57%; Chris Urbanek and Saleh Fetouh, 59.57%; C: Ten-Pao Lee and Peter Shui, 46.92%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday noon – Non-life masters. North-south, A: Jacqueline Hanley and Elizabeth Beishline, 62.50%; Ted Kahn and Art "Skip" Kean, 58.63%; B: Joan Smith and Fran Witnauer, 57.14%; Paula Rosen and Kathy Stamm, 56.55%; C: Mary Blanchard and Liz Schulman, 53.57%; east-west, A: Lance Pollock and Bill Rich, 56.55%; B: Janet Dimet and Sharon Wilcox, 56.25%; Jane Roberts and Laura Houghtaling, 54.17%; C: Judith L. Bailey and Sandra Morrison, 50%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday evening – North-south, A/B: Joyce Kindt and Eugene Giorgini, 55.59%; Dian Petrov and Ted Kahn, 55.13%; C: Jan O'Mara and Edith Knaszak, 54.60%; Frank and Jeanette Levin, 54.24%; east-west, A/B/C: Penny Shui and Gary Schmitt, 64.65%; Saleh Fetouh and Kathy Pollock, 59.64%; Gaurang Sheth and Gabriel Tannenbaum, 56.95%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Friday morning – North-south, A: Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; Chris Urbanek and Judy Padgug, 56.25%; B: Tova Reinhorn and Eleanor Whelan, 48.51%; east-west, A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 74.70%; Bob Olin and Carolyn Siracuse, 58.93%; B: Joanne Kelley and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 54.76%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Saturday noon – Howell. A: Bud Seidenberg and Jay Levy, 68.52%; Kathy Pollock and Stan Kozlowski, 59.38%; B/C: Catherine Majewski and Fred Shields, 58.33%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – A: Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 63.68%; B: Renee Cancilla and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 55.6%; C: Jack Kern and Lance Crawford, 53.36%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday morning – North-south: A/B: Howard Foster and Michael Ryan, 61.14%; east-west: A/B: Judy Padgug and Fred Yellen, 58.75%; Dorothy and Ed Rupp, 55.84%.
Bridge Club Meridian Monday evening – Howell. A: Christy Kellogg and Alex Kowal, 60%; Bert Hargeshimer and Judy Graf, 55%; B: Ted Kahn and Gwilym Brick, 51%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Howell. Ron Fill and Al Dickman, 63.2%; Dorothy Kumrow and Lance Pollock, 58.3%; Edna Fill and Jan O'Mara, 55.6%.
Lockport Duplicate Tuesday evening – Howell. A: Roy Crocker and Marge Schomers, 60%; B: (tie) Judie Bailey and Jim Jacobi, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57%.
Lockport Duplicate Saturday afternoon – Howell. A: Dian Petrov and Ted Kahn, 72%; B: Miriam Regnet and Roy Crocker, 53%; C: Mercedes Reinbolt and Bob Lederhouse, 52%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior Center Monday afternoon – North-south, Chuck Heimerl and Marion Morber, 54%; Cindy Darone and Elaine LaVigne, 53%; east-west, Shirley Cassety and Sam Grossman, 64%; Jill & Bruce Brown, 51%.
Amherst Senior Center Thursday morning – North-south, Peg Gorham and George Mayers, 63%; Bruce and Jill Brown, 49%; east-west, Martha Falsone and Harry Rogers, 64%; Joan and Paul Lazarus, 58%.
Canterbury Woods Duplicate Wednesday – North-south, Jeannette Reid and Dick Munschauer, 56.3%; Eleanor Murray and Fred Nadel, 53.6%; east-west, Emily Wettlaufer and Ruth Killeen, 69.9%; Estelle Gafter and Esther Greene, 64.8%.
Clarence Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Pawan Matta and Bill Rogers, 63%; east-west, (tie) Norm Kirchner and Jon Roalsvig, Ann Goodyeard and Gloria Giza, 53%.
Town of Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday – North-south, Pat and Mike Weber, 77%; east-west, Phyllis and Al Vogt, 59%.


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MOBILE, Alabama – An attack ad by congressional candidate Bradley Byrne accuses his opponent of duping "good Christian people" out of tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, but spending records and interviews suggest otherwise.
The target of the ad, fellow Republican Dean Young, has been calling Byrne a liar for days. On Wednesday, he reiterated his disgust with the commercial.
"For somebody to go say something like that, that hurts me to the core," he said.
The runoff election is Nov. 5. The winner will face Democrat Burton LeFlore in a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, who resigned to take a job with the University of Alabama System.
Byrne, who finished first in the initial round of voting Sept. 24, defended the ad in a debate on Tuesday in Foley. "The truth is the truth, and the truth is hurting Dean Young," he said.
The ad calls Young a "political money man with a self-dealing past" and says "good Christian people" contributed to a PAC they thought would promote their values.
"Dean Young closed the PAC a few months after paying his company 95 percent of the money," the narrator intones.
In an interview, Byrne said the ad is accurate, citing campaign finance records showing that the Christian Family Association Political Action Committee spent a total of $176,883 from 2000 to 2001, and that Young's consulting firm – PMM Consulting – received $168,091. That is about 95 percent.
But the ad fails to mention that campaign finance reports usually do not spell out in detail how consulting firms spend money during campaigns. Those companies generally place political ads, but the campaign reports list only a bottom-line total.
Young provided dozens of receipts showing the Christian Family Association PAC spent tens of thousands of dollars on TV and radio ads throughout the state during an effort to help Roy Moore win his first race for Alabama Supreme Court chief justice in 2000. Other receipts show phone bills, banking fees and payments to people who made fundraising calls.
"We had an entire operation. … There's a lot of work," Young said. "The whole thing was to get Judge Moore elected."
FactCheck.org: Claim is 'nonsense'
The website FactCheck.org reviewed the commercial and called the claims in it "nonsense." The prominent fact-checking website noted that it previously had debunked misleading claims made about Byrne, himself, during his unsuccessful run for governor in 2010.
In an emailed response, the Byrne campaign noted that FactCheck.org has posted items defending Obamacare and criticizing Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Ironically, media scrutiny in the aftermath of Moore's 2000 Supreme Court campaign focused on suggestions that Young was too heavily involved in those efforts. The Associated Press reported in May 2001 the PAC spent what amounted to a tenth of what Moore's campaign spent during the GOP primary. Moore benefited from the spending but it did not appear on his campaign finance reports.
The PAC bought ads, in part, with funds donated by lawyers whose contributions Moore had rejected because he did not want to rely on support from the legal profession for high judicial office.
Young, a longtime backer of Moore dating back to the justice's days as an Etowah County Circuit Court judge, where Moore first rose to prominence for his courtroom display of the Ten Commandments, said he worked hard to help persuade voters to support Moore because he shared the judge's values.
Young told the AP in 2001 that he formed the PAC out of concern that Moore's official campaign was not placing enough emphasis on his service in the Vietnam War or the Ten Commandments issue.
"I felt they did not know how to run a campaign, so I did all of it from a distance," he told the AP.
Young told the AP that virtually all the expenditures were on Moore's behalf, with a small amount going to help four "pro-family" candidates seeking county offices in another state.
The Byrne camp points to a statement Young made at the Tuesday forum that "all of that money" from the PAC went to advertising. Campaign aide Alex Schriver pointed to spending categories marked "polling/consulting," which he indicated show that tens of thousands of dollars went to consulting fees.
"This is part of a larger pattern of Dean Young using shady fundraising schemes to profit off of our political system," he stated. "Alabama voters deserve a public servant, not a political moneyman who's out for himself."
On Wednesday, Young said PMM Consulting did not charge the PAC any consulting fees. He said he marked those categories because the finance forms used at the time did not have enough specific categories to cover different kinds of campaign-related spending.
He said he used his own company because it would have taken longer and cost more to produce the ads using another firm.
Facing Karl Rove
Young said that part of the advantage of creating the PAC was that it could operate independently of Moore and keep from tipping off Karl Rove, who at the time was a strategist for Moore's primary opponent, then-Justice Harold See.
"They didn't see it on the radar screen," he said. "And that's the whole point. I was going against Karl Rove."
Moore said he had no coordination with Young's PAC and did not see the commercials until after the campaign.
"He did it all on his own. It did help me," he said. "He's just a highly motivated person to what I believe in."
Moore said the PAC's ads particularly boosted him in southwest Alabama.
"It was right at the end of the campaign, and it helped, I'm sure," he said. "I do know that he ran ads because people told me he ran ads. … I didn't have any money to run ads in the Mobile area."
The Christian Family Association PAC's activities also drew no complaints from John Bentley, a circuit judge who lives in Marion County and was one of the attorneys whose contribution Moore refused in 2000. Campaign records show that Bentley's wife Judy and his law firm accounted for $142,500 in contributions to the PAC, about 80 percent of the total.
"They were a significant part of an effort to get Roy some air time, TV time. He didn't have any," said Bentley, a longtime friend and former classmate at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. "I know for a fact that every dime of that went to TV time. … I helped to do the clip that they ran. I know exactly where it went – every penny."
Young also pointed out that he put his own money into Moore's campaign. He donated $3,000 directly to the campaign and loaned it another $30,000, according to campaign finance records. PMM Consulting loaned an additional $3,575.
It is in keeping with decades of activism that has included personal expenditures for various causes, Young said. He said he spent $100,000 of his own money in his unsuccessful primary challenge to Bonner last year and has spent tens of thousands of dollars more this year.


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"Actor Peter O'Toole, who shot to international fame in the blockbuster movie "Lawrence of Arabia", has died aged 81 in London after a long illness, his agent said.
"O'Toole died in a London hospital on Saturday after battling a long illness.Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports." – Yt
"Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said on Sunday. He was 81.
"O'Toole died on Saturday after a long illness, Steve Kenis said in a brief statement."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/
Rest in peace, to a great actor.
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Joint funeral services celebrating the lives of Scott Joseph Teerlinck, 39, and his son, Luke Dean, 10, were held Thursday, June 20 at First Lutheran Church, Geneseo. The Rev. Arthur Bergren officiated. Burials were in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, where the TSA Honor Guard presented Honors. A visitation was held Wednesday, June 19 at Vandemore Funeral Homes Ltd., Geneseo. Memorials may be left to the Scott and Luke Teerlinck Memorial Fund.
Scott died Friday, June 14 and Luke died Saturday, June 15 from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident outside of Colona. Luke was able to give the gift of life by being an organ donor.
Luke was born on Oct. 21, 2002, in Silvis, to Scott and Jill (Halverson) Teerlinck. He was a student at Southwest Elementary School where he had just finished fourth grade. He also had just finished Summer Learning Adventure.
Luke was a member of First Lutheran Church, Geneseo. He enjoyed Geocaching and motorcycling with his dad. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and bugging his sister, gymnastics, Faithtime at First Lutheran, arts and crafts, reading, watching TV and relaxing at home.
Luke is survived by his mother, Jill Teerlinck; sister, Brenna Teerlinck, at home; grandparents, Marion Teerlinck of Geneseo and Mickey and Marilyn Halverson of Geneseo; and several aunts, uncles, cousins and second cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Dean Teerlinck.
Scott was born on July 25, 1973, in Geneseo, to Dean and Marion (DePorter) Teerlinck. He graduated in 1991 from J.D. Darnall High School in Geneseo and went on to graduate from St. Ambrose University with a bachelor's in law enforcement. He married Jill A. Halverson on Aug. 3, 1996, in Geneseo. Scott worked as a security officer of OSF, a correctional officer at the Henry County Jail and a juvenile probation officer for Henry County. He had been a volunteer firefighter for the Geneseo Fire Department. Scott began his career with the Transportation Security Administration in 2002 as a security screener at the Quad City International Airport. He was promoted to the position of lead transportation security officer in 2003 and to supervisory transportation security officer in 2006. In 2008, Scott began work as a Mastor TSO in the Moline Coordination Center before becoming a field-based program specialist working for the Operational Requirements C3 office. He was one of three TSA Telecommunication Specialists providing contingency communications capabilities to airports nationwide. Scott's primary responsibilities included the installation, testing and maintenance of contingency communications equipment as well as the training of the equipment's operators. He provided assistance with land mobile radios, mobile communication assets, interoperability with other government agencies and any special communication needs. Scott assisted the TSA's Downstate Illinois District Mobile Deployment team with training, deployment, and maintenance of the North Central Mobile Communications Trailer, a mobile asset equipped with a suite of communications capabilities that can be deployed anywhere in the United States. Scott traveled to airports throughout the country to provide contingency communications support, and he participated in special events, including working with a team that provided communication capabilities at the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Page 2 of 2 - Scott enjoyed being a ham radio operator. He loved being with his wife and kids, Geocaching, camping and grilling out.
Scott is survived by his wife, Jill Teerlinck; mother, Marion Teerlinck of Geneseo; daughter, Brenna Teerlinck, at home; brother, Mike (Gail) Teerlinck of Geneseo; sister, Bonnie Swanson of Pompano Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by his father, Dean Teerlinck.
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Speakers Decry Lack of Progress; Pakistan and India Continue Debate Draft Nuclear Doctrine
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GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament concluded its 1999 session today, adopting its annual report to be submitted to the General Assembly and hearing a series of closing statements from national delegations decrying a persisting stalemate which left the Conference unable to agree on a programme of work.
Representatives of Pakistan and India also exchanged remarks, as on 19 August, over the meaning and implications of a draft nuclear weapons doctrine released by India. Pakistan charged that the Indian document threatened a major nuclear and conventional weapons build-up in the region, while India stated that the draft doctrine was indeed a "draft" that was to be discussed by the Government and the Indian public and that India would maintain its nuclear capability only in a defensive and deterrent role.
...............MUNIR AKRAM (Pakistan) said Pakistan would support endeavours to reach a balanced programme of work for the Conference next year. Pakistan did not think the statements made so far today had fully and objectively reflected the realities confronting the Conference and its members this year. There were common elements with which all could have worked to achieve a programme of work. Further efforts were needed to achieve consensus on two matters -- nuclear disarmament and prevention of an arms race in outer space. But a few countries, a very small minority, were unable to make the compromises necessary to satisfy the great majority of members.
It was necessary for the Conference to give nuclear disarmament the highest priority for its work. The nuclear arms States must also recognize that a potential arms race in outer space was an important issue needing concerted attention. It was not enough for the Conference just to focus on non-proliferation issues. The explanations given by other speakers had been partial explanations, Mr. Akram said. There had been a number of factors this year that had affected the work of the Conference that they had not mentioned.
In his statement of 19 August, Pakistan had outlined its concerns regarding the nuclear doctrine released by India on 17 August. This morning the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan had delivered a statement in Islamabad on the regional and global implications of India's nuclear doctrine. The text of the Foreign Secretary's statement had been circulated to the Conference. It examined developments since nuclear tests carried out last year and outlined Pakistan's proposals for strategic restraint in South Asia on nuclear-weapons matters. The nuclear doctrine announced by India was a prescription for a massive arms build-up -- nuclear and conventional -- in the region. It constituted a serious obstacle to prospects for nuclear and missile restraint in South Asia.
A lot had been said about a fissile-materials cut-off treaty, yet India's intention to manufacture 400 or more nuclear warheads would require a large quantity of fissile material. Under those circumstances, neither India nor Pakistan could accept a moratorium on manufacture or acquisition of fissile material, the Pakistani Foreign Secretary had noted in his address.
Pakistan had suggested 10 steps to India that, if carried out, would defuse the situation, Mr. Akram said. These steps included assurances that nuclear weapons would not be deployed and that India would agree not to acquire or possess the large quantities of fissile materials needed for such weapons; a balance also would need to be struck between the current unequal quantities of fissile materials possessed by India and Pakistan. Negotiations with Pakistan to elaborate a strategic restraint regime were also called for among the 10 steps.
If a change in this trend set by India did not occur, Pakistan would be forced to take the steps necessary in response, Mr. Akram said, and unfortunately that would greatly reduce the chance of avoiding an arms race in the region. Pakistan called on the international community to condemn India's nuclear doctrine and to halt any sales of nuclear arms or components to India. Even at this late stage, Pakistan was committed to pursuing contacts and consultations within the international community to defuse the mounting threat posed to peace and security by India's nuclear strategy.
CLIVE PEARSON (New Zealand) said the New Agenda coalition had apparently been alleged to be inconsistent in its approach to negotiations on an FMCT. That claim, apparently made by France, was absolutely not true. But New Zealand was able, meanwhile, to draw a distinction between a need to "score points" in the annual report of the Conference, and the need to give an accurate account in the report of the Conference's activities.
SAVITRI KUNADI (India) said certain remarks made by Pakistan required a response. As she had mentioned during her speech on 19 August, Pakistan's comments were ill-informed. Further, the Conference was not the forum for discussion of such issues. In any case the facts had once again to be set out clearly. The document "Indian Nuclear Doctrine" was one input for consideration by the Government. It was a draft and had been released to the public in order to encourage wide discussion of the matter. India believed that as a responsible nuclear- weapons State, it should have a transparent and clear nuclear doctrine. Moreover, it was a democracy, and issues of national security had to be based on popular support.
The Ambassador said she wished to reiterate India's position that nuclear weapons posed a grave threat to international security, and that it was important for nuclear-weapons States to confine the role of such weapons to defence and to deterrence of potential attacks by other nuclear-weapon States. India declared that it would not use such weapons in a first-strike approach but only in response to an attack by another nuclear-weapon State. Its approach to such weapons was defensive. Pakistan's response to the Indian draft nuclear doctrine was misguided. Pakistan was not building on the Lahore process but had eroded the spirit of compromise and progress of the process because of its aggressions carried out against India this year. The statement by the delegation of Pakistan rang hollow.
MUNIR AKRAM (Pakistan) said he had listened carefully to the statement of the Ambassador of India, because he had hoped to hear from her a positive response to the proposals made by the Pakistani Foreign Secretary in an effort to arrest an arms race in South Asia. While India had said its doctrine was a matter for debate, the report was the final report of the National Security Advisor of India, and had been officially released by the Government. Pakistan could not but conclude that the report carried the official support and weight of the Government of India. If that was not the case, India should say clearly in public that the Government of India disallowed the recommendations in the report. That would certainly constitute a confidence-building measure. The international community should take note of the doctrine of India, should call on India not to implement it, and should halt any sales of relevant arms to India.
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The San Francisco 49ers placed a league-best nine players on the National Football Conference All-Star team that will face the American Football Conference All-Stars in the 2013 Pro Bowl ? the kickoff to Super Bowl week ? the NFL announced today.
The 2013 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii one week before Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Broadcast live on NBC at 7:00 PM ET, the Pro Bowl will be held prior to the Super Bowl for the fourth consecutive year and serve as the signature kickoff event of Super Bowl week.
Seventeen NFC players ? the most in the conference since the 2001 Pro Bowl (21) ? have been selected to their first Pro Bowl, including two rookies: Washington quarterback ROBERT GRIFFIN III and Minnesota kicker BLAIR WALSH. San Francisco leads the NFL with four Pro Bowl newcomers in linebackers NA VORRO BOWMAN and ALDON SMITH, guard MIKE IUPATI and safety DONTE WHITNER. Three Redskins will make their All-Star game debuts as quarterback Griffin III, tackle TRENT WILLIAMS and special teamer LORENZO ALEXANDER have earned selections for the first time. Three teams each had two first-time selections: Chicago (cornerback TIM JENNINGS and defensive tackle HENRY MELTON), Minnesota (fullback JEROME FELTON and kicker Walsh) and Seattle (tackle RUSSELL OKUNG and center MAX UNGER). Rounding out the Pro Bowl newcomers are wide receivers VICTOR CRUZ (New York Giants) and JULIO JONES (Atlanta), defensive tackle GERALD MC COY (Tampa Bay) and punter THOMAS MORSTEAD (New Orleans).
The starting quarterback for the NFC is Green Bay?s AARON RODGERS, his third Pro Bowl berth. Rodgers, named the NFC?s starter for the second consecutive season, leads the NFL with a 106.2 passer rating. He is joined at the position by two-time All-Star MATT RYAN of Atlanta and rookie Griffin of Washington. Ryan has guided the Falcons to a 13-2 record and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. He has 56 wins, the most all-time by a starting quarterback in his first five NFL seasons. Griffin, second in the NFL with a 104.1 passer rating, is the fifth rookie QB selected to the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl (Dan Marino, Vince Young, Andy Dalton and Cam Newton).
Starting at running back is Minnesota?s ADRIAN PETERSON, who leads the NFL with 1,898 rushing yards. A five-time All-Star, Peterson needs 102 yards to record the seventh 2,000-yard season in league history. He is joined by two-time Pro Bowl selection MARSHAWN LYNCH of Seattle and four-time All-Star FRANK GORE of San Francisco. Lynch, who was last selected with Buffalo for the 2009 Pro Bowl, is second in the NFL with 1,490 rushing yards. Gore has rushed for 1,146 yards, his team-record sixth 1,000-yard season.
Minnesota?s Felton, who has helped pave the way for Peterson, completes the backfield at fullback.
The starting NFC wide receivers are Detroit?s CALVIN JOHNSON and Chicago?s BRANDON MARSHALL. Johnson, named an All-Star for the third consecutive year, has a league record 1,892 receiving yards, breaking Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice?s 1995 record of 1,848. Marshall, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, was named the game?s Most Valuable Player last season after six catches for 176 yards and a Pro Bowl record four touchdowns. Filling out the position are first-timers Cruz of the Giants and Jones of the Falcons. Cruz has 82 catches for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns. Jones has registered 76 receptions for 1,142 yards and 10 TDs.
Starting at tight end is Atlanta?s TONY GONZALEZ, his 13th All-Star selection, a record for a tight end. He is the Pro Bowl?s all-time leader in receptions (49) and receiving yards (746). He ranks second in Pro Bowl history with six touchdown catches. Joining Gonzalez at tight end is Dallas? JASON WITTEN, who has 103 receptions and passed Gonzalez (102 in 2004) for the most by a tight end in a single season in league history. Witten has been selected to eight Pro Bowls.
New Orleans? JAHRI EVANS and San Francisco?s Iupati are the starters at guard. Evans has earned his fourth consecutive All-Star berth while Iupati makes his first trip. CHRIS SNEE of the New York Giants, a four-time selection, completes the position.
Seattle?s Unger, a Pro Bowl newcomer, will start at center. Green Bay?s JEFF SATURDAY, named to five Pro Bowl squads as a member of the Indianapolis Colts, is the other center for the NFC team.
The starting tackles are San Francisco?s JOE STALEY and Seattle?s Okung. Staley has earned his second consecutive All-Star selection while Okung makes his Pro Bowl debut. Washington?s Williams, also a Pro Bowl newcomer, rounds out the position.
Chicago?s JULIUS PEPPERS and the New York Giants? JASON PIERRE-PAUL will get the start at defensive end. Peppers has been chosen to eight Pro Bowls, including each of the past five (three with the Bears). Pierre-Paul was selected to last year?s Pro Bowl but did not play due to the Giants? participation in Super Bowl XLVI. Minnesota?s JARED ALLEN, a five-time selection, has compiled his sixth consecutive 10-sack season and fills out the position.
The starters on the interior defensive line are San Francisco?s JUSTIN SMITH and Chicago?s Melton. Smith is making his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl appearance while this is the first All-Star selection for Melton. Tampa Bay?s McCoy, another Pro Bowl newcomer, completes the position.
For the fifth consecutive year, San Francisco?s PATRICK WILLIS, a six-time All-Star, has been selected to start at inside linebacker. He will be joined by 49ers teammate Bowman, a first-time choice. Bowman (140) and Willis (116) are the top two tacklers on the NFC?s top-ranked defense (296.5 yards per game).
The starting outside linebackers are San Francisco?s Aldon Smith and Dallas? DE MARCUS WARE. Smith, who will make his Pro Bowl debut, leads the NFC with a team-record 19.5 sacks, three behind Michael Strahan?s single-season NFL record (22.5 in 2001). Ware has been selected to seven consecutive Pro Bowls and has notched at least 10 sacks in each of the past seven years. The other outside linebacker on the NFC squad is Green Bay?s CLAY MATTHEWS, who has been selected to four Pro Bowls.
Both starting cornerback positions belong to the Bears, who lead the NFL with eight interception-return touchdowns. Chicago?s CHARLES TILLMAN, making his second consecutive appearance, leads the NFL with 10 forced fumbles and ties for the league lead with three interception-return touchdowns. His Bears teammate Jennings, a Pro Bowl newcomer, ranks first in the NFL with a career-high eight interceptions. The last time two cornerbacks from the same team were selected as starters was the 1988 Pro Bowl when Cleveland?s Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield were chosen. Rounding out the cornerback position is Arizona?s PATRICK PETERSON, who ties for second in the league with seven interceptions. Peterson, selected as the NFC?s kick returner last year, joins Pro Football Hall of Famer Rod Woodson as the only defensive players to be selected to the Pro Bowl as both a defender and kick returner.
The secondary is completed by 49ers strong safety Whitner and free safeties DASHON GOLDSON of San Francisco and EARL THOMAS of Seattle. Whitner, a Pro Bowl newcomer, and Goldson, who was also selected last year, will get the start. It marks the first time two teammates were selected as the starting safeties since Philadelphia in the 2005 Pro Bowl (Brian Dawkins and Michael Lewis). Thomas is making his second consecutive appearance.
On special teams, Seattle?s LEON WASHINGTON will be the kick returner. Washington, chosen to the 2009 Pro Bowl as a member of the New York Jets, has eight career kick-return touchdowns, tied for the most in NFL history. Washington?s Alexander, a six-year veteran from California, will be the special teamer in his Pro Bowl debut. Minnesota?s Walsh, who has set an NFL single-season record with nine 50+ yard field goals, will handle the kicking duties. New Orleans? Morstead, a four-year veteran from Southern Methodist, will be the punter.
The 42-man NFC squad is comprised of 21 offensive and 17 defensive players plus four specialists. A 43rd ?need? player will be chosen by the NFC head coach and must be a long snapper. The 2013 NFC coaching staff will be from the team with the best regular-season record that is eliminated in the NFC Divisional playoffs.
The NFL is the only professional sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players in determining its All-Star teams. The consensus vote of each group counts one-third towards the total. Each team submits two ballots ? those of the coach and the players with no one permitted to vote for a player on his own team.
The American Football Conference defeated the National Football Conference 59-41 last season in the Pro Bowl. The 2013 game is the 43rd between the AFC and NFC All-Stars. The all-time series is tied 21-21. Fans can purchase tickets to the 2013 Pro Bowl at www.NFL.com/probowl.
Under terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each player on the winning Pro Bowl team receives $50,000, while each player on the losing squad earns $25,000.
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A pilot project, which will see the first district heating scheme based in a distillery, is being set up at the home of the Old Pulteney in Wick. It will produce environmentally-friendly power and reduce heating and electricity bills for nearly 600 householders.
The distillery has been selected as the base for Scotland's first biomass-fuelled heat and power scheme.
Spearheaded by Highland Council and Integrated Energy Utilities, the first phase of the project will cost 3.5 million.
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Though it wasn't easy, Craig Stadler held himself together down the stretch, closing with a 1-under 71 to win the Encompass Championship at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Ill., by a stroke. The victory for the 60-year-old was his first on the over-50 circuit since the SAS Championship in September 2004.
Stadler managed to par the final three holes. After a great drive on the par-4 18th, he overcooked his approach and it ended up in a bunker behind the green. After splashing out to 12 feet, he sank the par putt to finish at 13-under 203, a stroke ahead of Fred Couples, who closed with a 6-under 66.
"I missed every putt on the back nine and finally made one that counted," an obviously relieved Stadler said at greenside.
Stadler's between-victory gap of eight years and nearly nine months is the longest stretch in Champions Tour history. J.C. Snead went almost seven years between titles from 1995 to 2002.
Sharing third at 11-under 205 were Kenny Perry (67), Mark O'Meara (68), Tom Lehman (69), Germany's Bernhard Langer (69), South Africa's David Frost (70) and Jeff Sluman (71).
Mark Calcavecchia (71) and Bob Tway (73) ended up in 10th at 205.
Stadler began the final round in the 54-hole event with a two-shot lead over Tway and local favorite Jeff Sluman. The player known as "the Walrus" shined on the front nine Sunday, carding four birdies in the first six holes before two pars and a bogey on the par-4 ninth to make the turn in 3-under 33.
But things got dicey on the home half. After a par and a birdie on the par-5 11th, Stadler bogeyed three of the next four holes to come back to the field. His closing stretch of three pars held up though, as none of the remaining players could come through when it counted most, giving Stadler, a 13-time winner on the PGA Tour and the 1982 Masters' champion, his ninth win on the Champions Tour.
Finishing a few holes before Stadler, Couples had the best chance to catch or overtake his good friend. But after carding seven birdies through 14 holes, the 53-year-old from Seattle parred Nos. 15-17 and bogeyed the last from the middle of the fairway when his wedge approach found a greenside bunker.
"I just kind of shanked it," Couples said of his second shot on the last hole. "It was really a bad swing on as easy a shot as you'll ever have."
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"Westchester: A Pictorial History" (January 2010) was a great trip down Memory Lane worthy of any college history class. The pictures of the Port Chester, Bronxville, and Pleasantville train stations, originally built over 100 years ago, speak volumes. Past generations' investments in public transportation have clearly resulted in the economic success and growth of thriving communities today. Food for thought when contemplating new investments in public transportation.
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Sorry to be the proverbial skunk at the garden party, but I couldn't help but notice your 1930s photograph of the Pleasantville train station included a 1953 Buick , a 1957 Ford, a 1954 Plymouth, a 1955 Chevy station wagon and a '56 Bel-Aire sedan. Also, looks like about a 1949 Pontiac (or possibly Chevy or other GM car) on the right. I was a kid during the '50s and loved the cars of that period.
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Editor's Note: Thank you for your keen observations. At press time we were still researching the exact year of the photo.
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JOHN CHANEY has always maintained a unique bond with the majority of his players, even long after they played their last basketball games for Temple. This Saturday, they're doing something they've wanted to make happen for a long time, to show their appreciation for what he's meant to them.
Some 50 former players, many of whom are flying in from all over, as well as other people in the Temple family who remain close with the Hall of Fame coach, will gather at the Platinum Grille, not far from Chaney's Mount Airy home, to relive their times together. There's even a chance Bill Cosby might show up.


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2007 Ajmer dargah blast: One arrested from Vadodara
On Tuesday, the NIA had arrested another person in connection with the blasts that left 3 dead and 20 injured.
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency arrested one person from Vadodara on Thursday in connection with the 2007 Ajmer blasts case. Mafat Lal is said to be a suspected right-wing terrorist. Lal alias Mehul will be taken to a special NIA court in Jaipur which is hearing the case, official sources said.
Lal is suspected to have played a crucial role in the conspiracy for the blasts in October 2007 that left three persons dead and 20 injured, they said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had on Tuesday arrested Bhavesh Patel from the national capital and produced him before a designated court in Jaipur. Patel was sent to 15 days custody.
Both the accused are likely to be interrogated about the conspiracy behind the bombing as well as the murder of RSS member Sunil Joshi, the sources said. Patel is alleged to be one of the main persons involved in planting the explosives at a dargah in Ajmer, they said.
The NIA has arrested at least nine persons in connection with the murder of Joshi and explosions in Samjhauta train, Malegaon and Mecca Masjid blasts in Hyderabad. The arrest of both the accused is expected to unravel the fate of other members of the terror module who have been absconding since the attack took place.
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Managing the "body" of a watch
Among the sixty watchmaking occupations, the "constructeur habillage" (external parts designer) is central to the development of Audemars Piguet watches. A spotlight on the profession.
A watch that sits well on the wrist, excellent readability, an accessible crown for setting the hour: These are all qualities that the external parts designer brings to his creations. From the technical office, part of the "watch development" section of the Manufacture du Brassus, Jean Cretin explains what he and his four colleagues do. "We are in charge of the watches' "body" – the case, the glass, the bracelet, the clasps."
A close collaboration must be established with the design department. The future prototype will be built from a two-dimensional image. The work is done mainly on the computer, using software that lets the technicians model the future watches in three dimensions. "A prototype is then created in epoxy resin by an outside company. This model gives us an idea of the actual volumes and proportions that were imagined at the start," Cretin explains.
The epoxy-resin model is used to correct all the errors that weren't apparent in the design phase. An unintentional space between the wrist and the watch means the ergonomy must be redesigned. The same goes for the dial. "We can be convinced to change the glass-opening, the dimensions of the display, the indexes. The calendar window can, for example, be too close to the exterior, which is not esthetically pleasing. We must then change the size of the dial," the head of the external parts design office explains.
Once the design department is satisfied with the model, a small number of watches are produced in order to improve any final details that might have escaped the designers. A dial set with precious stones could end up with an irregular surface, if only by a tiny fraction, because of the size of the gems, and could prevent the hands from turning properly due to lack of space. All these situations, and the numerous models involved, demand a good measure of flexibility on the part of the "constructeur habillage."


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Researchers from Imperial College London and GlaxoSmithKline found that 49 genes work differently in the brains of schizophrenia patients compared to controls. The data suggests that these genes are involved in controlling cell-to-cell signaling in the brain, which would support the theory that abnormalities in the way in which cells communicate are involved in the disease.
The investigators also found that that the genes for dopamine and for myelin were not acting any differently in schizophrenia patients compared with controls. They thus believe that overproduction of dopamine in the brain or damaged nerve-cell coating may not be the cause of schizophrenia, as previously assumed.
GSK's drug candidates for schizophrenia, which are in Phase I and II development, target the AMPA receptor, type 1 glycine transporter, and the dopaminergic pathway.
The researchers analyzed brain tissue from 23 controls and 28 schizophrenia patients, selected from brains donated by U.K. patients being treated for schizophrenia, and compared the data to an equivalent study in the U.S. The changes they found were common to both studies. This is the biggest cohort of schizophrenia patients used for this type of study to date, according to the scientists.
This investigation is a component of a larger study looking at proteins and DNA as well as mRNA in the samples, which were taken from the two brain regions associated with schizophrenia, the frontal cortical area and the temporal cortex.
The current results appear March 3 in Molecular Psychiatry.
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January 6, 2008, 10:31 AM
If one were to set out to buy the Beretta pistol that is closest to the ones issues to the military, which model would they pick up?
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92F or FS; though Beretta USA has the M9A1 listed on their website (with MSRP) and Davidsons has the M9 listed (none in stock).
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Jax, try this site, I belong and it is a great source for Beretta related questions. I bet you will find all of your answers and more. Lou
January 6, 2008, 02:34 PM
Beretta has offered the M9 as a special edition, but I'm not sure it is readily available. You might want to try Auction Arms or Gun Broker.
The only differences between the 92FS and the M9 are the rear sight (two-dot versus Sig-style bar) and slide markings. The M9 also has additional military part numbers on the slide and frame.
I've heard that the M9A1 has been purchased by some US military entities, but I'm not sure. That model simply adds an accessory rail to the frame.
January 6, 2008, 04:27 PM
The M9 and M9A1 are both readily available in the civilian market. There have been a lot of changes to the M9 over the years, and the ones showing up in miltary units today are identical to the ones you can buy commercially (including the same plastic parts -- a recent USAF delivery of M9's included 3-dot sights)
The M9A1 includes the accessory rail -- it's a bit pricier than the M9, which you ought to be able to get for under $500.
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The U.S.S. Santa Fe has returned to Pearl Harbor after a six-month deployment.
Santa Fe Mayor David Cross, several city councilors and members of the local U.S.S. Santa Fe Committee were in Hawaii to welcome the crew home.
When each sailor stepped off the submarine, he or she was presented with a bag of goodies shipped from Santa Fe.
The sub carried 151 crew members on the deployment, 60 of whom were on their first mission.


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DOWAGIAC, MI -- White-out conditions caused a six-car pile-up Monday afternoon in Cass County, authorities said.
A chain reaction crash began Monday around 3:40 p.m. on M-51 near Elm Street in Silver Creek Township when Armando Cazares-Bautista, 43, of Dowagiac slowed his southbound vehicle for a snow plow, according to a news release from the Cass County Sheriff's Office issued Tuesday.
Cazares-Bautista's vehicle was then rear-ended by a truck driven by Jennifer Laporte, 36, of Dowagiac. At that point, police said, Laporte's truck spun out of control, hitting a northbound vehicle driven by Phillip Seitenstich, 27, of Dowagiac.
"Seitenstich's vehicle spun around and was hit broadside by another northbound vehicle driven by Michele Leitch, 43-years-old, of Decatur," the release said. "Leitch's vehicle then hit Bautista's vehicle and was then struck by a northbound vehicle driven by Robert Meece, 40-year-old of South Bend Indiana."
Cory Wright was traveling northbound at the time of the crash. When he swerved to miss the crash his vehicle went into a ditch.
Seitenstich and Leitch were extricated them from their vehicles and transported to Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac for treatment of injuries that police said did not appear to be non-life threatening.
Seatbelts were worn by all six drivers involved and alcohol does not appear to be a factor, police said.
Cass County deputies were assisted on scene by the Dowagiac Police Department, Michigan State Police, Pokagon Tribal Police, Wayne Township Fire, Sisters Lakes Fire and Pride Care ambulance.
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Florida State and Miami led all Atlantic Coast Conference schools each with four players selected to the 2011 Preseason All-ACC Football team in voting conducted by the media at the annual ACC Football Kickoff, which was held July 24-25 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C.
The Preseason All-ACC team was announced Wednesday.
In all, 15 of the 25 honorees on the team earned first or second-team All-ACC honors last fall, with nine having been selected to the All-ACC first team. Three of the selections are returning first-team 2011 All-Americas.
The Seminoles, tabbed by the media at the ACC Football Kickoff to win their first ACC Football title since 2005, had quarterback E.J. Manuel (Virginia Beach, Va.) and offensive tackle Andrew Datko (Weston, Fla.) chosen on offense, defensive end Brandon Jenkins (Tallahassee, Fla.) selected on offense and cornerback Greg Reid (Valdosta, Ga.) named as the specialist for his abilities as a punt and kickoff returner.
Miami, beginning its first season under new head coach Al Golden, also had four players selected in guard Brandon Washington (Miami, Fla.), center Tyler Horn (Memphis, Tenn.), outside linebacker Sean Spence (Miami, Fla.) and safety Ray-Ray Armstrong (Sanford, Fla.).
Virginia Tech, Clemson and North Carolina all had three selections apiece. Named for the Hokies, who were tabbed by the media to win the Coastal Division, were cornerback Jayron Hosley (Delray Beach, Fla.), who led the nation in pass interceptions in 2010, safety Eddie Whitley (Charlotte, N.C.) and offensive tackle Blake DeChristopher (Midlothian, Va.). Clemson's honorees included running back Andre Ellington (Moncks Corner, S.C.), defensive tackle Brandon Thompson (Thomasville, Ga.) and punter Dawson Zimmerman (Lawrenceville, Ga.). Tabbed for the Tar Heels were wide receiver Dwight Jones (Burlington, N.C.), defensive end Quinton Coples (Kinston, N.C.) and defensive tackle Tydreke Powell (Ahoksie, N.C.).
Boston College and Duke each had two players chosen. BC was led by preseason player of the year tailback Montel Harris (Jacksonville, Fla.), who enters the season needing 1,002 rushing yards to break the 33-year-old ACC career record set in 1978 by former NC State All-America Ted Brown, and 2010 unanimous All-America linebacker Luke Kuechly, who led the nation in tackles per game in 2010 and is the NCAA's leading career returning tackler in tackles per game. Harris and Kuechly tied for the highest amount of votes received as each were named on 49 ballots. Duke was represented by All-America placekicker Will Snyderwine (Potomac, Md.) and wide receiver Conner Vernon (Miami, Fla.), who led the ACC in 2010 in receptions per game.
Georgia Tech, Maryland, NC State and Virginia were represented on the team by one player each: Georgia Tech offensive guard Omoregie Uzzi (Lithonia, Ga.), who helped the Jackets lead the nation in rushing offense last year; Maryland linebacker Kenny Tate (Forestville, Md.), who moved from safety to linebacker this year and was named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award; NC State tight end George Bryan (Castle Hayne, N.C.), a 2010 John Mackey Award semifinalist; and Virginia cornerback Chase Minnifield (Lexington, Ky.), who has been named to the preseason watch list for the Thorpe, Nagurski and Bednarik Awards.
Those who were chosen first-team All-ACC last fall included Harris and Kuechly of Boston College, Jenkins of Florida State, Tate of Maryland (though selected at safety last year), Washington of Miami, Coples of North Carolina, Bryan of NC State, Minnifield of Virginia and Hosley of Virginia Tech.
The six selections that were named to the second team 2010 All-ACC squad were Vernon and Snyderwine of Duke, Spence and Armstrong of Miami, Uzzi of Georgia Tech and DeChristopher of Virginia Tech.
Three members of the 2011 preseason team were repeaters from 2010 preseason squad in Harris and Kuechly of Boston College and Bryan of NC State.
The three All-Americas were Boston College's Kuechly, who was a 2011 unanimous first-team choice, Duke's Snyderwine (AFCA) and Virginia Tech's Hosley (Walter Camp, Scout.com).
In all, 11 of the 12 ACC schools were represented on the preseason All-ACC team. A total of 51 ballots were turned in from the more than 290 media members in attendance at the 2011 ACC Football Kickoff.
The closest position vote turned out to be the center position, where Miami's Horn edged out Clemson's Dalton Freeman (Pelion, S.C.) by one vote, 18 to 17.
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Community Outreach
We are dedicated members of the community and take great strides to ensure we give back.
Active members of The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce
Board Members and Fred Mackey is the President of The Savannah Wedding Tourism Council
We also host a number of events to help raise funds for area non-profit groups.
Fundraiser for Jason Letterman
Weddings for Warriors Project
The American Cancer Society, Savannah Chapter
The Mackey House and The American Cancer Society of Savannah worked together to strive to beat cancer – one paw at a time.
On Saturday, April 9th, Bark for Life was a one mile walk around the beautiful landscape of Red Gate Farms with your favorite canine.
"We know how important it is to give back," explains Trey Mackey, curator of The Mackey House at Red Gate Plantation, "and this is one of those events that's near and dear to our hearts. The Mackey House's mascot, Scarlet (seen in the picture), will be walking the grounds too."
All money raised at the event benefited The American Cancer Society.
"Pets and people working together to beat cancer, it doesn't get any better than that," smiles Mackey.
For more information or to get registered, visit www.relayforlife.org/barkchathamcounty.
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Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era
MERIDA, Mexico -- Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic, the punch line of countless Facebook posts and at least several dozen T-shirts.
At the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Chich�n Itza, thousands chanted, danced and otherwise frolicked around ceremonial fires and pyramids to mark the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar.
The doomsayers who had predicted apocalypse were nowhere to be seen. Instead, people showed up in T-shirts reading "The End of the World: I Was There."
Vendors eager to sell their ceramic handicrafts and wooden masks called out to passing visitors, "Buy something before the world ends."
And on Twitter, #EndoftheWorld had become one of the day's most popular hash tags.
For the masses in the ruins, Dec. 21 sparked celebration of what they saw as the birth of a new and better age. It was also inspiration for massive clouds of patchouli and marijuana smoke and a chorus of conch calls at the break of dawn.
The official crowd count stood at 20,000, with people continuing to arrive. That surpassed the count on an average day but not as many as have gathered at the ruins during equinoxes.
The boisterous gathering included Buddhists, pagan nature worshippers, Druids and followers of Aztec and Maya religious traditions. Some knelt in attitudes of prayer, some sat with arms outstretched in positions of meditation, all facing El Castillo, the massive main pyramid.
Ceremonies were being held at different sides of the pyramid, including one led by a music group that belted out American blues and reggae-inspired chants. Others involved yelping and shouting, and drumming and dance, such as one ceremony led by spiritual master Ollin Yolotzin.
"The world was never going to end, this was an invention of the mass media," said Yolotzin, who leads the Aztec ritual dance group Cuautli-balam. "It is going to be a good era. ... We are going to be better."
Ivan Gutierrez, a 37-year-old artist who lives in the nearby village, stood before the pyramid and blew a low, sonorous blast on a conch horn. "It has already arrived, we are already in it," he said of the new era. "We are in a frequency of love, we are in a new vibration."
But it was unclear how long the love would last: A security guard quickly came over and asked him to stop blowing his conch shell, enforcing the ruin site's ban on holding ceremonies without permits.
Despite all of the pomp, no one is certain the period known as the Mayans' 13th Baktun officially ended Dec. 21. Some think it may have happened at midnight. Others looked to Friday's dawn here in the Maya heartland. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History even suggested historical calculations to synchronize the Mayan and Western calendars might be off a few days.
One thing, however, became clear to many by the afternoon of Dec. 21: The world had not yet ended.
John Hoopes, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, was at the ruins, using the opportunity to talk about how myths are created.
"You don't have to go to the far corners of the earth to look for exotic things, you've got them right here," he noted.


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France Cuts Feed-In Tariffs to Prevent Solar Industry Crash
There's been a lot of apprehension in the solar industry about impending feed-in tariff cuts in Germany, by far the world's largest solar power producer. But all eyes temporarily turned to France this week when the French government announced a 24 percent cut in its own feed-in tariff, dropping it from 55 to 42 euro-cents per kilowatt-hour of solar electricity. While industry panic is still a possible response to German tariff cuts, it seems most find France's cuts reasonable. For one thing, the French solar market pales in comparison to that of Germany; remember that Germany accounts for more than half of all global solar production. Secondly, France may be avoiding a solar catastrophe on the level that Spain experienced when it drastically reduced its tariff in 2008. The problem is that a high 55-euro-cent tariff creates a speculative bubble that could become unsustainable. If and when, as Spain realized, you significantly reduce those tariffs, your solar industry can crash. Apparently, the French government could see their own bubble forming, with solar permit applications increasing from 5,000 per month last summer to 3,000 per day in the last two months, and decided a significant, perhaps preemptive cut would help stabilize the bubble without bursting it. Obviously, solar installers and their customers in France would love to see the 55-cent rate continue unabated, especially given France's still-small solar market, but that is almost certainly unsustainable. Furthermore, says Andrew Kinross of Navigant Consulting, 42 cents should be more than enough to continue incentivizing solar growth in France. Although some decrease must be expected, when you're receiving 3,000 solar applications per day, you can bet that there will still be plenty of demand with a reduced, but still lucrative, solar feed-in tariff. Via The Street Photo Credit: GMU Library & RenewableEnergyWorld
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|Sunday, 16 October 2005
Rich, varied collection of documents
reviewed by Prof. Bertram Bastiampillai
Documents on Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy, 1947-1965
By Prof. Amal Jayawardane
Published by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (Colombo), 2005
A long overdue lacunae indispensably needed to be filled by the publication of documents on Sri Lanka's external policy under various governments from the period immediately preceding independence and since then.
This need of scholars and other interested readers and students of Sri Lanka's foreign policy has been filled at least up to 1965 by a modest though eminently equipped and doubtlessly competent university don Prof. Amal Jayawardane.
The foundation for this erudite contribution to scholarship on foreign affairs and external relations of Sri Lanka lay with the efforts and initiative of two distinguished scholars, Prof. Shelton Kodikara and Prof. K. P. Misra, of the University in metropolitan Sri Lanka and of Jawarhalal Nehru University of New Delhi respectively. But for the completion of the difficult and demanding study, credit deservedly is merited by Prof. Amal Jayawardane.
The arrangement into groups of the foreign policy documents reflecting various views on external relations over the years under different regimes is commendable. It helps scholars and readers of politics to comprehend the panoramic outlook of different governments over time, if there was any remarkable change or not.
As a bedrock of the small but strategically centred island of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, a vital and busy waterway linking the west with the east, lay nonalignment between power blocs. Sri Lanka remained uncommitted to any bloc free of the fallout of rivalries between major power groupings. It would be invidious if one were to select any single document for commendations.
A critical and serious student must spend time on all 13 documents carefully chosen and arranged in the first section focusing on non-alignment comprising the views of the first Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake and Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, more dedicated to a vision on positive neutralism and non-alignment.
Section ll concentrates on issues relating to disarmament and arms control, relevant even today. Attention is placed on perils of nuclear weaponry, wasteful expenditure on harmful devices, and the need to utilize resources for peaceful purposes and development.
The third subsection is riveted on anti-colonialism. The documents dwell upon references to Indonesia, independent struggles in colonial and dependent countries, liberation upsurges in Algeria, Cyprus, West Irian, Tunisia, and Goa, and freedom movements as a rule. Some presentations in the United Nations and other forums enhance the value of the documents in this grouping. The fourth subsection touches upon anti-racism, a topic that should capture the concern and interest of many scholars and readers of foreign affairs.
Section B of the book dwells upon Sri Lanka and the Major Powers, a subject that is extensive and important so as to merit profound attention, detailed study and analysis.
The first subject deals with the Defence Agreement and External Affairs Agreement between the UK and Ceylon.
These agreements are aptly followed by Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake's Speech in the House of Representatives on the Motion on the Independence of Ceylon. The above topics are scrutinized in documents that follow consisting of the statements of the members of Parliament. Some of the issues that cropped up became even contentions as for instance the grant of bases to Britain for the use of the royal army, navy and air force.
They are critically reviewed and a student of Sri Lanka and foreign relations has to pay close scrutiny. This first subsection B of the documents reproduced in the book has naturally dealt with Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
Subsection (II) of Section B of the study centres upon Sri Lanka and the United States of America, a major power in the world. It begins with an extract culled from a statement on Sri Lanka's foreign policy made in 1950 and terminates with Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike's speech supporting Cuba's Independence in January 1964.
In between documents comment on the grant of port facilities to the United States Navy, Point Four General Agreement for the Technical Cooperation between Ceylon and the US, the Finance Minister's statement on suspension of US Aid to Sri Lanka in 1963, Dr. N. M. Perera's observations on stoppage of American aid in 1963, and the views of the Sri Lanka delegate in the Security Council on the Cuban Crisis in 1960 and 1961.
Invaluable documents provide convincing evidence of Sri Lanka's independent thinking and expression.
Section B, subsection III and IV concentrate on Sri Lanka's relations with the USSR and the People's Republic of China. The evolution of Sri Lanka's attitude towards communism, promotion of diplomatic ties and cultural cooperation with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet economic assistance to Sri Lanka receive prominence in the section on the USSR.
Then follows the Trade Agreement between Ceylon and China, the important Rubber-Rice Trade Pact, Sri Lankan espousal of admitting China to the UN, Prime Minister S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike's speech on Tibet, and Sri Lanka-China Maritime Agreement in August 1963.
Section C is devoted to documents on "Sri Lanka and Asia-Africa" emphasizing Afro-Asian solidarity and world peace. Documents range from number 113 to 133.
They commence with J.R. Jayewardene's speech at the San Francisco Conference on the Japanese Peace Treaty and run over among others on Sir John Kotelawala's speech at the Bandung Conference, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike's speech at the Asian Economic Conference, and his "the Task before Newly Independent Nations" at the UN, November 1956. Particularly important documents are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's speech on the "Middle East Problem" (August 1958) and on "Diplomatic Relations with Israel and Arab countries." (August 1960).
Furthermore, section C (II) confines itself to the presentation of vital documents on "Indo -Sri Lanka Relations," a theme of paramount importance to us.
It comprises documents 134 to 149 and commences with the "Nehru - Kotelawala Agreement on Persons of Indian Origin in Ceylon" (January 1954). Immediately follows yet another significant document on "Persons of Indian Origin in Ceylon" which is the text of the joint statement of the Prime Ministers of India and Ceylon (October 1954).
These documents prove to be in practice of no avail and controversy on the issue continued. Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's Senate statement of January 1964 on Indo-Ceylon Problem follows and enlightens us on this critical problem.
The very vital Indo-Ceylon (Sirima-Shastri) Agreement of 30 October 1964 is a useful informative inclusion.
The statements on the "Sino-Indian Border Dispute" and Dudley Senanayake's view on the "Indo-Pakistan Conflict" (March 1965) are equally useful documents.
Section C (lll) on "Vietnam" embodies statements on "Persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam," (June 1963), statement by the Government of Sri Lanka on Vietnam (April 1965) and on other material statements on the situation relevant to that country.
These documents educate us about the occurrences and Sri Lanka's concern in a less known country to Sri Lankans.
The final set of documents in Section D on "Sri Lanka and United Nations" are several it is no wonder. They are worth any student's cautious study and intelligent attention. Premier S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike's "Admission to the United Nations" demands serious study.
Then documents 158, 159, 161, and 162 stressing Sri Lanka's views on the role of the United Nations and the contribution made by Sri Lanka in diverse UN Committees provide essential data to students of International Affairs.
Such statements concern disarmament and economic development of under-developed countries, the UN role in economic development, Korean Unification, Suez Crisis, the Hungary Crisis, and the Congo Crisis.
All these statements cannot be missed as they are far, far informative and instructive.This book contains a rich and varied collection of documents pertaining to Sri Lanka's international politics, economics and cultural relations with a large range of nations in different continents.
They throw light on Sri Lanka's international behaviour and conduct in connection to diverse subjects. It will no doubt be a compulsory standard text to be thoroughly mastered by scholars and others interested in international affairs.
Arrangement and selection demonstrate a mastery of international relations by a discriminating erudite editor and original architects of the book.
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Roger Federer gives assessment of rising stars Milos Raonic and Bernard Tomic
- From: Herald Sun
- January 23, 2013
AFTER giving them a lesson in tennis, grandmaster Roger Federer was asked to compare the two rising stars of the game, our Bernard Tomic and Canadian Milos Raonic.
The Swiss maestro was at his diplomatic best in answer, but leaned slightly to Raonic.
"What I like about Milos, he seems very committed and he seems like he has his team set up, travels every week with the same kind of guys," Federer said.
"I don't know if he's fiddling around with his racquets or anything, but at least you feel like he's focused on the matches and the practice."
Federer said the rest - such as the business side and PR - seemed to be taken care of for Raonic.
"I don't know how much he's involved in that, but he seems like he's in a good place where he can just really focus on tennis," Federer said.
It was different with Tomic, he said, because the young Aussie still needed some time to figure out his team.
"Obviously Milos has a bit of an advantage because he's been at the top now for some time," said Federer, adding that it would be interesting to see what direction the two players took in the future.
Federer said Tomic and Raonic seemed to be totally different sort of characters as well as having different games.
"But both are tall and strong and obviously with great potential," he said.
Federer was asked what he thought of the Djoker's antics and if he could do the same.
"That's exactly what I won't do," he said. "Other guys do other things. I'm happy that we're not all the same.
"I'm definitely not going to do that, especially with my little left arm. It would be a bit embarrassing to do that."
He said he watched the match between Novak Djokovic and his countryman Stanislas Wawrinka because he had made the mistake of not seeing the Hewitt-Baghdatis match through.
"I think it's the right thing to do to finish a match like that," he said.
"I tried the same thing with Lleyton against Marcos years ago. I bailed out when Lleyton was up 5-1 in the fourth, and it still ended up going five sets.
"I can't believe I went to bed. Anyway, that was my lesson, not going to bed any more in a match."
Stephens, who faces her idol Serena Williams in her first grand slam quarter-final today, attracted a personal cheersquad for her fourth-round match and is planning do so again.
The 19-year-old said she was given 16 tickets to her box on Rod Laver Arena and only had use for a few of them.
"It came up because my Mum's not here. It's just me and my coach, and my agents," she said.
"I was having issues walking," Raonic said after losing 6-4 7-6 6-2 to Federer.
"I rushed over to get a quick MRI on my foot. I got the all clear to play after that."
But Raonic said he had to have an anaesthetic injection in his foot.
He had feared he had suffered a stress fracture but it turned out to be "just inflammation in the joints" of his toes.
But he's doing it in English.
When Tsonga was asked how Rasheed's French was coming along, he said smiling: "Still the same. Bonjour."
After her amazing serving display on Monday night she was asked if the ball speed changed at night.
"I never feel whether a ball is heavy or light or yellow or pink," she answered forthrightly.
"I could play with a rock."
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Sep 29, 2013; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Donald Brown (31) finds a hole for a 50-yard run after getting a handoff from quarterback Andrew Luck (12), back right, in the second quarter of their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field. Mandatory Credit: Phil Sears-USA TODAY Sports
The AFC South suddenly looks like the AFC South Colts fans knew and loved until Peyton Manning's neck injury. This week the Texans took the Seahawks the distance but couldn't finish. The Colts destroyed an incredibly undermanned Jaguars squad. The Titans dominated the Jets behind another strong performance by Jake Locker. The Colts and Titans are duking it out for first place, the Texans look suddenly vulnerable and the Jaguars suck. It feels somewhat normal again.
While we've reached the quarter mark in the season I suspect the Texans will rebound, the Colts struggle a bit in the middle of their schedule and the Titans to need time adjusting to life without Locker. The Jaguars are helpless.
Indianapolis Colts (3-1)
It's hard to see much bad in the Colts romp over the Jaguars except for the sluggish offensive start. Early in the game Andrew Luck was simply not on the same page as his receivers which lead to an early interception and field goal. The Jaguars relished the early lead but by the mid second quarter the Colts offense was in full stride after Darrius Butler's interception return gave the team a lead on which to build. Luck turned that gift from his defense into 37 straight unanswered points that included lots of power running, two touchdown passes and a Donald Brown 50 yard rush that ignited the team. Reggie Wayne again proved he's good at football. The offensive firepower that sad idle for the first quarter roared back to life quickly and crushed Jacksonville.
Defensively it was about Robert Mathis whose three sack, five tackle performance was timeless. As we watch the final years for #98 it's important to remember just how big this guy has been in tough spots. None of the tight spots he's helped this team out of were bigger than these last two years. He could have folded, decided to give the 3-4 transition a half-hearted effort or simply retired. Instead he's proven to be a leader in the locker room and on the field. Yesterday Mathis matched his career high with three sacks. At his point in his career he's not satisfied nor resting but rather thriving.
Tennessee Titans (3-1)
The Titans continue to shock me. I've been horribly wrong about them so far. They may let me down but for now they're making me a believer.
Jake Locker is the biggest reason for their success. In the last two weeks Locker has been nothing short of great. He's been a leader and a playmaker. His injury is going to hurt should he miss extended time. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reported this morning Locker could miss four to eight weeks.
The rough spot is that the Titans receiving corps have really hit their stride with Locker. Ryan Fitzpatrick is no slouch but there will be some adjustments. This injury may hurt their ability to contend for the division title.
Houston Texans (2-2)
For the first time this season the Texans had a strong first half. The notoriously slow starters jumped out in front of the Seahawks 20-3 before absolutely flunking the second half. No only did the Texans allow the road-weak Seahawks to come back for a win they did so while going scoreless in the second half. At some point this team has to figure out how to play four quarters. The Texans just plain choked while leading a tough team.
Another troubling trend for the Texans is Matt Schaub's regression. His pick-six did this team in against Seattle and he's slowly proving his critics right: he's not the guy you build your franchise around. If Schaub can't pick this team up and lead it in critical situations they won't win a title. They may not even win this division.
Jacksonville Jaguars (0-4)
There were empty seats–many empty seats. Those not filled with Colts fans, Tebow fans or fans with bags on their heads were quickly vacated following half-time. Jacksonville has turned on their Jaguars. They don't believe. While in the stadium I heard "Bridgewater" frequently.
Here's the problem in Jacksonville: they have good pros playing in the wrong scheme. Gene Smith absolutely left the cupboards bare and as a parting gift left a steaming package under the Christmas tree in the form of Blaine Gabbert. This team has a coaching staff with a philosophy they can't execute due to a lack of personnel.
Owner Shad Khan must have some patience with this rebuild. GM David Caldwell wants to build a young team through the draft and chances are he's going to have high picks to do it.
Will they go winless? That looks quite possible as their opportunities for wins are suddenly tough. The Rams are their best chance for a win. The Titans games could be in play given Locker's injury but that's a longshot. The Browns are good enough to beat the Jaguars. The Jaguars suddenly have a realistic chance to go winless unless someone rests in the final weeks against them.