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Neversink, NY history
| -- but it's still a real place.
Neversink, of course, is the name of one of the townships that make up Sullivan County. And, there are several hamlets that constitute present-day Neversink -- including a new hamlet named Neversink that's located just a mile or two from where Old Neversink (once called "Neversink Flats") was located.
Interestingly, Neversink Flats isn't the only lost community in the Town of Neversink! Eureka, near Grahamsville, is another one!
A little history of Neversink:
Here are the first few paragraphs of Hamilton Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County, NY for 1872-3's write-up about the Town of Neversink:
NEVERSINK was formed from Rochester, (Ulster Co.) March 16, 1798. Rockland was taken off March 29, 1809, and a part of Fallsburgh, March 9, 1826. (The original act shows that the town of Neversink covered a portion of what is now Fallsburgh, Liberty, Callicoon and Fremont.) The whole town is elevated, and the surface is very much broken and to a considerable extent covered with forests. The principal elevations are Denman Hill and Thunder Hill, the former having an altitude of about 2,000 feet above tide, and the latter a little more. It is watered by the Neversink and its branches; Rondout Creek, which flows to the Hudson, and Chestnut and Lackawack Creeks, tributary to these; Willowemoc Creek; Red Brook, and several small streams tributary to these. It is a fact worthy of note that this town is the only one in the County in which there is neither lake nor pond. The soil is generally a gravelly loam and is best adapted to pasturage. The people are chiefly engaged in lumbering, tanning and dairying, though the two former branches of industry are receiving less attention than formerly in consequence of the gradual exhaustion of the supply of bark. The town was early settled by tenants who have since purchased the fee simple.
The town covers an area of 41,989 acres, of which, in 1865, according to the census of that year, 17,993 were improved and 23,996 , unimproved.
During the year ending Sept. 30, 1871, it contained twenty school districts, in which nineteen teachers were employed. The number of children of school age was 1,035; the number attending school, 842; the average attendance, 381; and the value of school houses and sites, $5,343.
The population in 1870 was 2,458.
Child identifies the following villages and hamlets within Neversink Township: Grahamsville, Neversink Flats (the lost village that's the main focus of this collection), Claryville, Eureka (another lost village), Willowemoc, Unionville, Low's Corners, and Dewittsville. Aden, Hasbrouck and Bradley -- actually located in neighboring townships but historically oriented toward Neversink -- occasionally figure in this collection as well.
for information about how to obtain the "Old Neversink" CD-ROM.
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Since we published the Old Neversink CD-ROM, we've acquired the very rare 1912 Souvenir Booklet for the Grahamsville Fair -- the "Little World's Fair" -- still an institution in the Town of Neversink and Sullivan County. We've made this rarity available as a download. 36+ pages, lots of ad and other information from the period. Download it now, in PDF format, for $3.75.
Also of great use to those interested in Grahamsville families will be Gertrude Barber's 1929 transcription of the Grahamsville Reformed Dutch Church's records. This typescript of baptisms, marriages, funerals, and membership rolls, also including Mrs. Barber's index, is in PDF format, 38+ pages, and is available for download for $3.75.
Gertrude Barber's transcription (1934) of the Grahamsville Reformed Dutch Cemetery is an important record of the Town of Neversink. Those familiar with the history of the area will find most of the familiar names represented; this is an important accompaniment to the records of that church (see above). 34+ pages, in PDF format, download now for $3.25.
Barber's transcription of the Methodist Episcopal Church charges in Fallsburgh, South Fallsburgh, Neversink, and Hurleyville is available as a download on our Fallsburgh page (it also appears on our Fallsburgh CD-ROM). Please CLICK HERE to go directly to that page.
The Old Neversink project is based largely on the collection of Eugene Cross and his wife, May Bonnell Cross, both born in Neversink in 1872.
The Descendants of Noah Cross and Rachel Osterhout: Cross - New York State - 1775 - 1975
These cards are from several sources. Postcards today represent much of what we have in color of Neversink -- regardless of the liberties the retoucher may have taken in making the picture marketable.
Please click on the picture to see larger-sized
Old covered bridge between Aden and Neversink Flats
Village of Neversink, New York
Oldest house in Sullivan County, in Neversink, NY (actually in Hasbrouck, but the postcard refers to it being in Neversink)
The photographs below on this page are from Mrs. Cross' general collection of photographs and tintypes -- the ones appearing here are the items that were not pasted into the albums that contained most of her photographs. The complete contents of the three photo albums that held the bulk of her collection are available on the CD-ROM.
"Old Neversinkers"
Old covered bridge at Neversink, NY, near Aden
View of Neversink from hill in center of village
Another view of Neversink from the same site
Rock cut on new route 55, bypassing old Neversink Village
James Gorton Cross*, 1917
Neversink Dam core
View of Neversink before construction of the Neversink Dam
Merriman Dam core (Eureka, NY) (for car buffs, the auto pictured is a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr)
Neversink District School, circa 1917
Same Neversink District School, circa 1933
The Iron Bridge
View down the Neversink River from the "iron bridge" circa 1933
Village of Neversink, 1930s
A view of Neversink, probably from the 1920s, from the finger of land that today extends south into the reservoir. The river at this point is flowing right to left, and the site of the future dam is intuitively obvious if one looks near the top of the picture, where the valley narrows. Shown are the Iron Bridge, the Methodist Church, and many of the houses and store that made up Old Neversink.
Renno Cross* house, Neversink (1)
Renno Cross* house, another view
* = genealogical material about this individual is on the CD-ROM
The CD-ROM also includes additional photographs from other sources, for a total of 210 photographs.
Want to know what names appear among the souvenirs, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs on the CD-ROM? to see a list.
Religion in Neversink
The 1873 Gazetteer contains some statistics about the place of organized religion in Neversink of that time which run counter to popular conceptions about the period. Child identifies the following churches in the Town of Neversink, and shows the number of members each claimed at that time:
--Reformed Church of Grahamsville, 50 members
--Friends Society, 10 members
--Methodist Episcopal Church at Neversink Flats (seen in the picture above), 12 members
--Lows Corner Baptist Church, 107 members
This totals 179 total church members in the entire town of Neversink in 1873.
Now, take the total population of the Township then of 2458, and subtract 1035 young people of school age (presumably few would have achieved "membership" in church while still in school), and assume an additional 500 children below school age. This leaves an estimated adult population of 623.
Given the total number of church members, the percentage of adults in the Town of Neversink sufficiently serious about their religion to join a church at a time in history when religion was thought to have permeated American rural life was a mere 29%.
Eugene Cross* was a Neversink native, born in 1872 (around the time the Gazetteer quoted above was compiled), who followed several careers over the course of his life (like many Neversinkers). After 1910, he relocated with his family to nearby Liberty. He was not unusual in that respect either.
We have his complete diary from 1910. Here are four dates (January 22 - 25); the tasks he notes depict a slice of life then that may not be what we would expect -- or perhaps we would!!
Images of every page of Eugene Cross' diary for 1910 are on the CD-ROM, along with an index of all proper names and other items the compiler considers significant. The entries show a slice of life that reflects on many aspects of history and culture in that time and place. An index of the full diary is provided on this website. to see the Diary index.
Neversink was one of the towns in Sullivan County that the New York Ontario & Western Railroad bypassed. It's noteworthy in this diary to see the frequency with which the railroad figures in daily life when it didn't even run within the township of Neversink. You could use the Diary to make a good case that the Cross family (and others) left Neversink because the railroad was NOT there.
In 1872, Hamilton Child, of Syracuse, NY, published the Sullivan County number of his series of New York State county directories. His firm had already done many of the State's counties, and the Sullivan County product reflected that experience. Along with Quinlan's History of Sullivan County, Child's Gazetteer stands today as one of the essential source books for Sullivan County history.
to read more about the Gazetteer and see a comprehensive index of the Neversink excerpt.
Anyone who has looked at much Sullivan County history has heard of "Quinlan's". Originally published in 1873, and reprinted at least three times since, it is both a rare book and a definitive source. We've taken the "Neversink" chapter for the Old Neversink CD-ROM (it would scarcely be complete without it) and have indexed the pages included in the extract.
to read more about Quinlan's History and see a comprehensive index of the Neversink chapter.
Paper souvenirs filled many roles around the turn of the 19th century, ranging from funeral mementos to an early version of a school yearbook. Here are versions of both.
Other items, such as two programs for plays performed in Neversink, and a variety of newspaper clippings, are found on the CD-ROM.
A funeral card from the 1920s
Neversink Public School "souvenir" for 1904 (cover)
(These preceded yearbooks)
1904 Souvenir (inside page one)
1904 Souvenir (inside page two, with list of students)
1905 Souvenir
1905 Souvenir (obverse, with list of students)
Additional "souvenirs", newspaper clippings, and other paper memorabilia appear on the CD-ROM
|Want to know what names appear among the souvenirs, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs on the CD-ROM? to see a list.
Also included on the CD-ROM is a series of family groups based on material available to the compiler. While these groups tend to be concentrated in a few Neversink-area families, their connections through marriage extend throughout the township and into many neighboring areas as well. Many of the people pictured here also appear in these family groups. Please note that this is not intended as genealogical "proof" but will hopefully suggest avenues of research for those interested in Neversink. Also included is are sections on where the families came from BEFORE Neversink. Between the Lakes Group acknowledges with gratitude our debt to the compilers of the material. An index is available. to view the index.
to read some biographical information about May Cross, the collector of these items, and her husband, Eugene Cross, the author of the 1910 diary.
There's also a Yahoo!Groups e-discussion group available. You can join it; no purchase is necessary. To join the discussion group, just send an e-mail to email@example.com
The "Old Neversink" CD-ROM is now available.
Included on that CD-ROM are not only all the contents of this site but also the entire Eugene Cross diary for 1910, and scans of the Neversink pages from Child's Gazetteer and Quinlan's History of Sullivan County, providing an interesting insight into rural life in America shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Also included are maps, additional photographs, genealogy, and various Neversink miscellany. The price of the CD-ROM is $15.00 (CT orders please include 6.5% sales tax).
for more information about how to obtain the Old Neversink CD-ROM.
to learn more about the Sullivan County project underway at Between the Lakes Group. We offer the largest collection of reference material about Sullivan County history for download available online.
if you would like to learn about our project on the Town of Fallsburgh -- adjacent to the Town of Neversink, and with many of the same family names present. We've got a CD ready on that locality, too!
to read about our republication of the complete Child's "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County for 1872-73" -- for the first time with a comprehensive index. It's now available!
for information about Quinlan's History of Sullivan County (1873) -- the authoritative history of Sullivan County's early years. Yup, we've republished this one, too, in its entirety, and we've added a complete new index for your convenience.
|THANKS to the British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A. for their kind mention of "Old Neversink" in their January/February 2003 newsletter!!
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) is proposing that its members be allowed to offer student loans that go beyond the 15-year payoff mark, the current limit for student loans offered by credit unions.
"The 15-year standard student loan made sense in years past when the total debt taken out was much lower," said Paul Gentile, CUNA's executive vice president. "Now students are borrowing more. They need more time to pay off these loans." CUNA representatives met with officials from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last month to make the case for the longer loan.
"The value of a longer term is that you can structure the loan to allow for smaller payments in the early years after graduation," Gentile stated. "That is typically when most borrowers strugglewhen their careers are just beginning. Once their careers pick up, they are better able to manage the debt, so a longer term helps marry up those two realities." Even if the loan ultimately costs more, a default and its repercussions could become less likely.Jane Glickman, spokesperson for the Department of Education, acknowledged that the workarounds currently available for federal loans went beyond 15 years; the variety of pay-off scenarios essentially means that there is no hard bench mark in the federal student loan space.
"We have numerous repayment options for federal loans, some extending to 30 years, so there is no real traditional duration," she said. Glickman cited the graduated, extended, pay-as-you-earn, and income-based plans, spelled out at http://studentaid.ed.gov/repay-loans/understand/plans.
Except for mortgages, credit unions, whose main regulator is the National Credit Union Association along with the CFPB, primarily make loans with a 15-year term.
Extending the time frame would also let credit unions consolidate multiple federal student loans.
"Given the large dollar amounts likely to be involved in federal student loans," said Gentile, "it would be an advantage if credit unions could offer consolidation loans ranging from 20 to 30 years, also giving borrowers with multiple loans time to pay them back as their careers advance." Gentile said the CUNA was also lobbying to obtain access to the derivative markets as a tool to hedge fixed-rate instruments.


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1. Wal-Mart: to keep costs low by streamlining restocking and sales
2. COMPAQ: to keep costs low by improving manufacturing performance and by using target costing and other management techniques
3. Citicorp: to keep costs low by using activity analysis (see problem 1-31) to identify key operations and to find those that add little or no value
4. A local school district or public agency: to keep costs low in order to provide the best possible service given available funds
5. Procter&Gamble: to assess the profitability of its different products
6. Any other large, diversified manufacturer, like Procter&Gamble: which needs to be able to analyze the relative profitability of its different products, using cost management
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A special election to determine – once again – the size of the Amherst Town Board is just one week away, but town Democrats are trying to stop the effort before it gets to the ballot box.
Democratic Town Chairman Jerome D. Schad has filed a legal challenge to the special election, where voters would decide whether to keep the six-member board instead of allowing a downsizing to five that would otherwise take place at year's end.
Schad argues that the Town Board members who initiated the vote – the Republican majority that would lose a board seat – has no legal right to make a second change to the size of town government after voters overwhelmingly approved the downsizing in 2010.
The basis for Schad's argument rests on the state's Municipal Home Rule Law, which states that "no local government may restructure its local legislative body ... more than once in each decade."
Schad takes that to mean that the 2010 vote to downsize the Town Board to five members – a move that was championed then by the Republicans – is indeed that once-in-a-decade change.
"I don't know a single person from the 2010 vote who said, 'I don't want my vote to count,'" he said. "They can't do what they're doing. It's just not allowed."
Town leaders don't agree.
"It does not apply to our situation," said Deputy Town Attorney Patrick M. Kelly, adding that most of the statute deals with issues not applicable to the Town Board.
But Schad has asked State Supreme Court Justice Tracey A. Bannister to determine Wednesday whether the law applies to Amherst and whether the June 11 special election will go forward.
If voters approve a six-member board, no seats will be lost, but if the measure is defeated, one board member will lose his or her seat at year's end.
Town leaders in 2010 agreed to gradually downsize the board so as not to leave someone without a seat, and Barry A. Weinstein's seat on what had been a seven-member board was eliminated when he became supervisor.
Weinstein said he is not familiar with the details of the court challenge, but he painted a six-member board as the best option for town voters.
"It's changed the way government functions in Amherst in the last 3½ years," Weinstein said. "Special interests used to be able to line up four votes and influence town policy.
But that has stopped since the board was trimmed from seven members to six, he said.
"It's a lot harder to get four votes out of six than to get four votes out of seven," he said.
Democrats and civic activist Kevin Gaughan, meanwhile, have said the move is a blatant attempt to save a Republican seat now that the balance of power has shifted in their favor.
They also say that a six-member board – where policy can be snagged on tie votes – is not good government.
"Government should be more stable than just changing because of an election year," Schad said. "I can't see any justification in this."
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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Boise, Part 3
Monday, March 28 at 9:00 p.m.
The Roadshow wraps up its Boise visit and makes some astonishing discoveries.
Program highlights: Host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Colleene Fesko at the Boise Art Museum to learn about the works of outsider artist James Castle. Plus: an 1822 letter from Thomas Jefferson that documents his reading suggestions for furthering one's education; a rare Babe Ruth Candy Club membership card, ca. 1926, that details tips from the Babe himself; and a ruby and diamond necklace, ca. 1920, that was originally mailed to the guest's mother and sat on her front porch unnoticed for several days.
Photo: David Rago (right) appraises a Fulper "Cattail" vase, ca. 1910, for $5,000 to $7,000 in Boise, Idaho.


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Abu Dhabi - Pakistan continued to bat Sri Lanka out of the first Test despite losing Azhar Ali in the morning session as they extended their first-innings score to 336-2 in the first Test on Thursday.
Pakistan, resuming their first innings at 259-1 in reply to Sri Lanka's modest 197, frustrated the Sri Lankan bowling as opener Taufiq Umar achieved his career-best score of 146 not out on the third day at Abu Dhabi stadium.
Umar found another able partner in Younis Khan who was unbeaten on 25 at the break, the pair having put on 58 so far for the third wicket.
Sri Lanka, fighting hard to restrict Pakistan, managed just one wicket in the session when paceman Chanaka Welegedara bowled Ali with an incoming delivery in the seventh over of the day.
The overnight pair of Umar and Ali extended their second wicket stand to 160 as they again remained unflappable on a pitch that gave little response to pace and spin bowlers.
Ali, who has 10 half centuries in 14 Tests now, yet again failed to register his maiden hundred as he came late on a swinging delivery which uprooted his off-stump. Ali struck six boundaries.
Younis had a shaky start as he was beaten by Welegedara first ball and was then dropped by Prasanna Jayawardene off skipper Tillakaratna Dilshan when a leg-side edge was dropped by the wicket-keeper despite getting two attempts.
Umar, 31, remained steady as he hit a glorious boundary off Suranga Lakmal and then took a single off Rangana Herath to go past his previous best score of 135, made on two occasions.
He hit 135 against South Africa at Cape Town in 2003 and repeated that score against the West Indies at St. Kitts earlier this year.
Umar has so far hit eleven boundaries during his 372-ball marathon innings.
The three-Test series is played at the neutral venues of United Arab Emirates after Sri Lanka turned down an invitation to tour Pakistan over security fears.
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It's not usually a parent's favorite stage of life, but former Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman says she and husband William H. Macy are relishing their daughters' teen years, angst and all.
Stepping out at Showtime's pre-Emmys party on Sunday night to support her Emmy-nominated hubby, Huffman revealed to PEOPLE that she forgot something.
"Getting into the car to come here, I suddenly realized we didn't call a babysitter," she says, "It's a reflection of my parenting. I quickly taught them how to use the alarm system and was like, 'Bye, sorry!' "
Not to worry, Huffman and the Shameless star's daughters Sophia, 14, and Georgia, 12, are old enough to handle the alone time. "Both my girls are in the beginning of their teenage years," says Huffman. "I have to say, I'm truly loving it."
The proud mom continues, "I love that they're complicated and deep people. I love their highs and their lows. I love watching them become who they are."
One thing she doesn't love watching? Her husband's nude love scenes on Shameless.
"When he's naked [and] making out with someone, that's a bit of a problem," says Huffman, "But just naked, I love it. He's such a sexual guy … and he's built!"
Those loving comments will undoubtedly send their teen girls shrieking. For now, Macy's focused on shielding them from all things sex-related. "I don't want them having sex until they've had children!" the actor jokes to PEOPLE of his daughters. "I'm sticking to that."
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Lowcountry students will stay at home at least one more day Thursday due to inclement weather forecasts.
Berkeley, Dorchester 2 and Charleston county schools made the announcements Wednesday afternoon.
All Berkeley County School District (BCSD) programs and offices will be closed due to icy conditions and road closures across the county.
All district activities--including before- and after-school care and sports practices--are cancelled. Employees should not report to work unless otherwise instructed, a statement on BCSDs website read. During times of inclement weather and with safety as our utmost priority, the district works very closely with partners including Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness to make decisions related to school operations and bussing.
We will continue to work with local county and emergency officials to assess roads and bridges to determine any potential closings or delays for Friday. We will keep you postedthrough our website, the districts Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyCountySchoolDistrict, the media, and additional call-out messagesin the event of any schedule change for Friday.
Due to recommendations by the Emergency Operations Center and the potential for icy roads and hazardous driving conditions schools and offices will be closed Jan. 30, according to a statement released by CCSD on Wednesday. In addition, City of Goose Creek offices will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen Thursday at 8 a.m. This closure includes City Hall and the Municipal Court.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- The Spanish national team represents everything its American counterpart hopes to be.
Spain plays a brand of soccer so skillful, stylish and effective that it attracted nearly 65,000 fans to a high-priced exhibition in Foxborough, thousands of miles from home. American fans cheered when the visitors' famous names were announced. Then the Spanish cut the U.S. to pieces and strolled to a 4-0 win, after which U.S. players jockeyed to trade for the jerseys bearing the golden World Cup champions patch. Spain is at the apex of the sport.
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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is not. It may be the U.S.'s most important competition after the World Cup, but on the global stage, it takes a back seat. The biennial championship for countries in North and Central American and the Caribbean has been contested for 20 years, and the region includes three teams, the U.S., Mexico and Honduras, ranked in FIFA's top 50.
The U.S. has won the Gold Cup four times (1991, 2002, 2005 and 2007), while gradually increasing its own, and its supporters', expectations.In 2002, the Americans advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals. In 2009, they beat Spain in the FIFA Confederations Cup semis and narrowly fell to Brazil in the decider. Last summer, they won a World Cup first-round group for the first time in 80 years.
As ambition increases, and as countries such as Spain and Brazil become the target, the Gold Cup could lose some of its shine. Certainly the 2013 Confederations Cup berth on offer for the team that wins the CONCACAF title on July 25 at the Rose Bowl is a significant carrot. But how much does the title itself, the Gold Cup trophy, really mean to players who've won it before and who now look toward more distant and rewarding horizons?
On the eve of the game against Spain, Sporting News asked three of the most important U.S. veterans how they felt about the tournament, which the Americans open tonight against Canada. All three understood what the Spanish represented, but all three said they value the Gold Cup significantly.
But they value it for different reasons.
The Gold Cup sends a message
"(World Cup) qualifying comes next year, and you're going to play a lot of these teams again, so there's a mental, psychological aspect that you want to make sure they know, especially in the U.S., that they can't beat us," said midfielder Landon Donovan, who's won the tournament three times and has scored more Gold Cup goals (12) then every other player on the U.S. roster combined.
That "psychological aspect" is even more crucial as the region improves, he argued.
"I think the Gold Cup has gotten better and better as teams in CONCACAF have gotten better. There were teams in the past you wouldn't say, like Honduras or Costa Rica or Panama, could legitimately win the Gold Cup," Donovan told Sporting News. "Now you say they can. Even if Canada gets on a good roll, they're a team that's good enough to win."
The Gold Cup validates American soccer's place in the regional and global hierarchy
"I think what ends up happening is, the better things you do, you can't then take a back seat and lose the Gold Cup," said goalkeeper Tim Howard, who helped the Americans to the 2007 title.
Although he missed the 2009 tournament, which was contested by a more junior squad since it took place during the same summer as the Confederations cup and in the midst of World Cup qualifying, Howard felt the U.S.'s spot as CONCACAF's top dog was at stake after a 5-0 loss to Mexico in the '09 Gold Cup final.
"Not only did they win it, they took us to the woodshed. They embarrassed us," Howard said. "And they beat us down in Azteca (in World Cup qualifying in August '09). We don't want that balance of power to shift, and they've certainly got it.One way of measuring that is winning the Gold Cup."
The Gold Cup is important because winning is great, no matter how often it happens
"We spoke about this a while back with the guys and we said that for us, this is a tournament where we can come in and we have a real chance to win this. It's something special because you only get to win so many trophies in your career," said defender and captain Carlos Bocanegra, 32, who lifted the '02 and '07 Gold Cups and two U.S. Open Cups during his 11-year pro career.
"Last time, when we held up that trophy in Chicago (in '07), it was an amazing feeling," he told Sporting News.


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People in the town of Huntsville are searching for answers after police found a 15-year-old girl dead.Video Transcript
NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT IN THE DEATH OF A LOCAL TEENAGER. POLICE SAY 15- YEAR-OLD ANDREA (ON-DRAY-UH) CORRENO WAS FOUND DEAD LAST WEEK. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED. TONIGHT, WE KNOW THEY'VE SENT EVIDENCE TO THE STATE CRIME LAB. 4029'S JAY PLYBURN SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH ONE OF CORRENO'S FRIENDS. IT'S A STORY YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON 4029 NEWS. Jay Plyburn - Reporting: Just two weeks ago, Andrea Correno walked the halls here at Huntsville High School. Now, after learning of her death, Correno's friends are trying to cope with the loss. Jalisha Hicks - Huntsville High graduate: 5:05 She's one of a kind. I'll never meet anyone else like her ever again. 5:10 I feel so sorry for the family, and I hope they find peace somehow. JALISHA HICKS , A RECENT GRADUATE OF HUNTSVILLE HIGH, SAYS SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH ANDREA CORRENO, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD ON APRIL 28TH. Jalisha Hicks - Huntsville High graduate: 4:42 It didn't honestly really set in that was gone until I went to the viewing. How was that? It was awful. I don't even wanna go to another one again. INVESTIGATORS TELL 40/29 THEY SENT A SEVERAL ITEMS TO THE CRIM LABE. THEY SAY THOSE RESULTS COULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE CASE. IN THE MEANTIME, HICKS AND CORRENO'S FAMILY ARE WAITING TO LEARN HOW SHE DIED. 6:19 I hope everyone finds peace somehow. I still haven't found it. I'm working on it, but she was definitely someone that we did not want to go early. Jay Plyburn - Reporting: The Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children division have now gotten involved, but we may not know anything else until those results come back, which could TAKE ABOUT a month. Jay Plyburn, 4029 News. THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THERE ARE COUNSELING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENTS OR TEACHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE LOSS. TWO PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING
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Els Involved in New Kinsale Course
Ernie Els will bring his touch to the 200 million Kinsale Harbour Resort by designing a signature 18-hole championship course at this new development near Kinsale, County Cork in Ireland. The course, which takes its name from a historical local landmark, will be known as Hangmans Point. It will sprawl across 260 acres at a spectacular location overlooking the Celtic Sea and offer breathtaking views of the Kinsale coastline. Hangmans Point will be a designated PGA course managed by PGA Golf Management.
The decision to have Els become the designer reinforces the size and significant investment being spent on the resort, as well as its importance in hosting major international events in the future.
Commenting on his task, Ernie said, This is truly a fantastic opportunity to combine a passion for the game in Ireland together with my teams design talents. It also marks a debut for my team at Ernie Els Design in Ireland, and this exciting new international golf resort means that I shall be able to spend more time in this spectacular part of the world.
In designing the links course we plan to follow the existing and natural contours of the site, which was previously Kinsale racecourse and reputed to be one of the oldest golf courses in Ireland. I am really looking forward to working with everyone involved in order to transform our joint vision into a golfing reality, he added.
In addition to the course, there will be a golf academy staffed by PGA professionals. The training facility will help in the development of the game for the local community.
The golf operations will be managed and promoted by PGA Golf Management. The company will be responsible for the setup, operation and promotion of Hangmans Point.
Announcing the latest developments in the Kinsale Harbour Resort project, John ODonoghue, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism said, The combination of Ernie Els and PGA contributing to this fantastic course is a great boon for the tourism industry in Ireland, and will complement our existing international golf offering.
I look forward also to the creation of a whole new breed of professional Irish golf players passing through the golf academy, along with the many amateur players, both local and international, who will thrive under the PGAs tutelage.
Sandy Jones, chief executive of the PGA said, We are delighted to be involved in this magnificent new golf development. Awarding the PGAs name to the proposed course at Kinsale also marks a major step forward in the expansion and development of the PGA brand into Ireland. It enables us to add our traditional heritage and expertise to fulfil the vision of being at the forefront of the game in Ireland, in a modern and dynamic way.
Kinsale Harbour Resort is a collaboration between Cork-based XCES Projects, Hyatt International, the PGA and PGA Golf Management. It will be Irelands first Integrated Tourism facility, and will occupy a 650-acre site near Kinsale, County Cork. The project will create an initial 350 full-time positions directly involved in the operation of the resort, with an estimated 450 indirect jobs to be created in the local area. Another 300 jobs will be involved in the three-year construction phase, estimated to cost 160 million.
Partners such as Ernie Els, the PGA and PGAGM represent the best in the golf arena, said Carlos DAvilez, project director of XCES Projects. We are proud to be working with these names since the concept behind Kinsale Harbour Resort was to present a premium project, the like of which was unseen in Ireland before. In presenting such a concept, our intent was that every aspect of this project was designed to strategically fit with the offering in the area, complementing rather than overshadowing it. Kinsale Harbour Resort is an integrated tourism facility for all uses, and we hope to attract golfers and visitors from around the world and from the local community.
Besides the course and golf academy, the project will include:
· 200-room, 5-Star deluxe Hyatt Hotel and Holiday resort lodges with conference facilities and a destination spa.
· International-standard indoor and outdoor equestrian complex, together with a 500-seater indoor arena capable of hosting international events.
Hyatt will be the overall resort operator, including the equestrian facility and clubhouse catering. PGA Golf Management will operate, maintain and promote all golf relations facilities on the site including the clubhouse operations.
Kinsale Harbour Resort will be Hyatt Internationals first venture in Ireland and Hyatt International will be the first major hotel operator to locate in the Southwest region of the country. Kinsale Harbour will more than double the stock of five-star accommodations in Cork.
XCES Projects has set up a toll-free number (800/242-480) for inquiries, and is distributing an information sheet throughout the local area.
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FCA Bank is a finance company that offers customized financial solutions as well as insurance services to meet the various needs of Fiat's large customer base.
The services provided by the Autonomy Programme have been designed to make driving and travelling more comfortable and safer in any condition.
An innovative, revolutionary system which analyses the consumption and emissions of cars in real time, on the basis of driving style, and provides advice for reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
The Blue&Me™ system lets you communicate and keep yourself entertained in your car in complete safety and complete compliance with legal requirements, because you can use it without ever taking your hands off the wheel.
Where the innovation is born.
Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Abarth and Jeep will be starring in the event from June 11 to 14. In addition to the motor show in Italy's first public park, an extraordinary selection of classic cars will be parading to the gardens of the Reggia di Venaria on Sunday.
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, FCA - the Official Global Partner of Expo Milano 2015 - is organising a round table on the topic of "The Environment: driving change and innovation". Speakers include experts from the environment and energy world and high-ranking academics. At this event, FCA is set to present its tablet and smartphone application dedicated to sustainability, the first in its kind for the automotive sector. It contains a fun game that measures the owner's responsible use of our planet's resources.
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The available BeatsAudio™ sound system provides an audio experience that allows you to hear the music the way the artist intended. This sound system embodies luxury and top-of-the-line audio and was tuned by Dr. Dre himself.
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The black fabric and leather interior with the contrasting red 500 logo stitched into the front seat are the perfect complement to the gritty exterior design and create just the right atmosphere for enjoying the enveloping sound of the Hi-Fi system to the full.
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Do International Cross-Listings Still Matter?
George Andrew Karolyi
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management
Louis Gagnon
Smith School of Business, Queen's University
May 2010
Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 32-2010
With the rapid globalization of financial markets during the 1980s and 1990s, increasingly more firms from around the world began cross-listing their shares on major overseas stock exchanges. During the past decade, however, the number of new international cross-listings on major exchanges around the world has slowed, yet the globalization process has continued to advance. This article asks whether international cross-listings still matter for global capital markets and answers this question by critically reviewing the most recent research on international cross-listings that focuses on multi-market trading, liquidity, and arbitrage. We conclude that cross-listings continue to be vibrant influencing price discovery, trading, and capital-raising for many companies around the world and thus still represent an important force for the integration of global financial markets.
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"If there is one thing Chelsea needs, it is another attacking midfielder or winger," said no one ever.
And yet, with Willian seemingly on the precipice of signing a contract with Tottenham, Chelsea reportedly made a late bid for the player and entered the fray.
Frankly, Chelsea's late swoop makes no sense at all—at least not at the moment. Nonetheless, BBC Sport's David Ornstein is reporting that the Blues are making their move to trump Tottenham and land Willian.
Chelsea have entered frame to sign Willian. Tottenham still hope to complete deal but now face big competition from #cfc #bbcfootball #thfc— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) August 22, 2013
Sky Sports also reported Chelsea's interest in the player:
Sky Sources: Chelsea in advanced talks to sign Willian from Anzhi #SSN— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 22, 2013
There are so many reasons to doubt the basis for this move, especially considering Chelsea already have attacking midfielders in Eden Hazard, Oscar, Juan Mata, Victor Moses, Andre Schurrle and Kevin De Bruyne.
That's a lot of depth in Chelsea's attacking trio behind the striker. Phil McNulty of BBC Sport posits one reason why the Blues might be considering an addition to that depth:
So if Chelsea do snatch Willian that gives them Willian, Oscar, Mata, Hazard. If one thing is certain it means Victor Moses is struggling.— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) August 22, 2013
Still, even if Moses is struggling, wouldn't Chelsea be better off spending their money—£30 million, according to FOX Sports—on another striker rather than on an additional attacking midfielder?
And not only that, but why the late swoop? As Gary Lineker notes, Willian was in North London ready to sign a contract when Chelsea made their move:
At Spurs ready to sign. surely he wont switch after an alleged late late bid from Chelsea. Will I? Will I not? Willian!— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 22, 2013
CNN's Tancredi Palmeri claims Willian even had his medicals taken care of:
Surely Willian won't walk back after doing medicals with Tottenham. Or not?— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) August 22, 2013
That could cause some bad blood between the teams, Palmeri tweets, before hinting that it could mean interesting things for one of Chelsea's stars:
If really Chelsea snap Willian up from Tottenham, now the transfer will be REALLY nasty. And Tottenham have money #Mata— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) August 22, 2013
Palmeri seems to be indicating that Spurs would go after Mata, and after Chelsea's sneaky move on Thursday, why wouldn't they? However, the move for Willian could just as easily mean that Jose Mourinho would be willing to sell Mata to an interested buyer.
There were rumours earlier this season that Mourinho didn't love Mata, a bit surprising since he was one of the best players in the Premier League last season. Could Mourinho be making a move for a player that he feels would better suit his system before shipping Mata out?
Still, with Schurrle and De Bruyne needing playing time, the addition of Willian wouldn't seem to be beneficial for Chelsea's young, attacking talent.
Willian is undoubtedly talented and has started well this season. It's understandable why clubs like Tottenham and Liverpool crave his abilities, but it's hard to find a scenario where such an extravagant signing at an area of strength makes much sense.
Just because you can spend the money doesn't always mean you should spend the money.
But when has that ever stopped Chelsea before?
Hit me up on Twitter—my tweets throw cash at the transfer market like rappers make it rain.


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All high school students in Brunswick County are invited to attend Student Volunteer Teen Court Trainings from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, and Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Brunswick County Courthouse. "Justice for Youth by Youth" is the theme of this year's Teen Court Training.
Nick Bradley, coach to PGA Tour players and author of "The Seven Laws of the Golf Swing," is living and working in Brunswick County.
Last week, I spent a quiet morning with Nick in the clubhouse of the Thistle Golf Club, where he is teaching. His journey to become a world-renowned teacher of the game is amazing.
Nick grew up in London, and as a boy he was a swimmer and a runner, not a golfer. His specialty was the 100-meter butterfly and he excelled at his sport.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, fishermen will gather to support one of their own at the third annual Bay Creek Classic Flounder Tournament.
My dad pulled up outside the Police Station on Oak Island. I was nervous, but I wanted to do it.
"You want me to go with you?" he asked.
"No! That would look dorky," I said. "I am a grown-up now. I'll be fine."
As I said that, I was shaking inside. It was my first real experience working for a newspaper—well, sort of.
The biggest myth surrounding healthcare reform isn't the idea of death panels. It's not even the idea of an illegal immigrant free-for-all on government-run healthcare services.
The biggest myth surrounding healthcare reform is there is hope what comes out of the Capitol in the coming months will have any hint of true bipartisanship.
It's not for a lack of trying; it's not even from a lack of substantive bills, one of which was penned from both sides of the aisle.
It's a numbers game. Democrats have the numbers, so they win.
BUIES CREEK—On Sept. 5, Campbell football fans cheered not only for the Fighting Camels' first home game win but also for the dedication of the new football field named in honor of Edward M. Gore.
Gore is a longtime friend and benefactor of Campbell. The dedication took place during halftime ceremonies at the season-opener against Methodist University.
LELAND—The Gators of East Columbus used an old-school single-wing formation in beating the North Brunswick Scorpions 27-13 Friday night.
This formation is rarely used in high school football. This offense really has no quarterback, and all four running backs take direct snaps from center.
Playing before enthusiastic fans, the West Brunswick High School volleyball team swept East Bladen Sept. 10 and improved to 2-1 in the Waccamaw Conference.
The Lady Trojans won 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 and improved to 2-1 in the conference, 8-1 overall.
Keri Nolan finished with a season-high 16 kills in leading the attack.
The West Brunswick girls' tennis won for the first time this season, routing East Bladen 9-0.
"I am very happy for all the girls," West coach Scott Mehalick said. "They been doing what it takes to win.
In singles, Gabrial Sanders beat Paige Huggins 6-0, 6-0. Aimee Rourk beat Christen McKiner 6-0, 6-0. Jordan Sanchez beat Emmy Corbett 6-2, 6-1. Taylor Madison beat Monae Newkirk 6-0, 6-0. Lesile Cao beat Haley Baldwin 6-0, 6-0. Katie Fike beat Megan Atkinson 6-0, 6-0.
WILMINGTON—The Laney Buccaneers made several big plays to hold off a feisty West Brunswick squad for a 27-13 victory Thursday night. Laney seized control of the game early in the first quarter and never relinquished the lead.
For West (2-1), undermanned because of some key injuries and varsity call-ups, the loss was the first of the season.
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ASA Panel 2004, Civil Rights at the Crossroads: Challenging the Meta-narrative
Our popular memory and the historical meta-narrative of the Civil Rights movement suggest that the movement began in 1954, with the
Brown v. Board decision and ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It is largely seen as a movement of primarily Southern African Americans, with some assistance from mostly Northern whites, struggling for the end of legal segregation and the guarantee of the basic rights entitled to them as citizens of the United States. This panel strives to problematize the meta-narrative of Civil Rights on a number of different fronts--its periodization, its geographical location, its participants, and its
connections with other movements, both in and out of the United States. Most narratives focus on central figures, such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., or on specific events, such as the 1963 March on Washington or the integration attempts at Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.
This panel seeks papers that interrogate the parameters of the Civil Rights movement by including other groups that have struggled to obtain their basic rights as citizens, such as Latinos and Asian Americans. I welcome papers that challenge the declension model of Civil Rights history that argues that the demise of the Civil Rights movement occurred with the rise of militancy,
expressed most clearly in the Black Power movement. Recent works have shown that the connections between Civil Rights and Black Power stretch back far before the late 1960s and early 1970s, as do the international influences on the movement and its connections with other groups fighting for their civil rights. Papers should in some way contribute to the ongoing discourse surrounding revisionist civil rights history. I welcome submissions from academics, as well as activist scholars.
Please send a one-page vitae and a one-page abstract of your paper by January 10th, either via post or via email.


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For Undergraduate Honors in Philosophy or PPL
The goal of the Pell Honors Program is to introduce undergraduate students to an intensive writing experience beyond the typical undergraduate education. Students write a peer- and jury-reviewed article that they then defend at a public conference and submit for publication. Students are exposed to graduate-level and professional standards of writing and speaking by developing their own philosophical writing in the context of working closely with faculty and the other participants in the program.
The program is named for alumnus Owen C. Pell, '80, whose vision and generous contributions help make it possible.
- Each year, the Philosophy Department offers a tutorial style workshop for between
six and ten senior Philosophy and/or PPL majors who are writing honors theses. In
the Fall semester, these students register for the four-credit PHIL 471: Pell Honors
Seminar I or PPL 471: Pell Honors Seminar I. In the Spring semester, they register
for a one-credit PHIL 472: Pell Honors Seminar II or a one credit PPL 472: Pell Honors
Seminar II.
- The Program is run by the Director, who is a member of the Philosophy faculty. Each
student has an additional faculty member as an expert advisor. These advisors meet
with the student several times over the semester to discuss the student's thesis.
- The Director solicits applications and makes selections for the program in the preceding
spring. Applicants must have an overall GPA of at least 3.5.
- In the Fall semester, the Director leads a workshop that normally meets weekly and
provides a forum for instruction regarding the process of writing the thesis, and
for feedback on the students' work.
- At the end of the Fall semester, a public conference is held at which the students
present their theses to a panel that is typically composed of Philosophy faculty.
- After the conference, the Director, in consultation with the conference panel, determines
which Philosophy students will receive the Dillon Award and which PPL student will
receive the Pell Award. Both awards are based on students' written work and their
conference presentation.
- In the Spring, the workshop meets less regularly, and is devoted to revising the theses
in light of the discussions at the conference and to polishing the theses for submission
to conferences and/or for publication.
- The Director will edit a collection of the Pell theses that will be published by Global
Academic Press.
- Throughout the year, the Director may organize additional social and academic activities
that further enhance the participants' experience and development.
- At the end of the Spring semester, the Director determines what level of Honors each student has earned based on their work in the Program.


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Brahmanbaria: Over 50 people, including seven policemen, were injured in a clash between two groups of people over a trifling matter at Bitghar village in Sarail upazila on Sunday.
Locals said auto-rickshaw drivers Rukku Miah and Ashraf Miah had an altercation over jumping the queue at a CNG stand at the village on Saturday evening.
At one stage, Ahsraf and his men attacked Rukku and his clan members.
As a sequel to the incident, supporters of both the groups, equipped with lethal weapons, attacked each other around 12 noon today, leaving some 45 people injured.
Being informed, police rushed in and charged baton on the feuding groups to disperse them.
Later, the law enforcers fired several gunshots and lobbed teargas shells to bring the situation under control.
Seven policemen, including officer-in-charge of Sarail Police Station Ali Arshad, were also injured and 10/12 shops vandalized during the two-hour melee.
Of the injured, 12 were rushed to Sadar Hospital and the others given first aid.


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We are perilously close to being sucked into a political and economic hellhole by the leadership of the Republican Party and the tea party movement, even in states where Democrats control the legislature and the governor's office.
That is, unless the spirit of unity that unfolded in Wisconsin spreads to all four corners of the nation.
California is one of the states where Democrats lead the government, which has just made large cuts to social programs, putting a big hole in the safety net as the economic crisis and unemployment worsen. To be sure, these cuts are not as draconian as they would be under Republican leadership, but large nevertheless.
No less important, public employees' collective bargaining rights are not being threatened in Democratic-controlled states as they are in Republican-controlled ones.
California's predicament has its own particulars, but the dilemma facing states with Democrats in control has similar characteristics and challenges.
In California, in the recently-concluded battle over how to close the state budget deficit, Republican legislators voted as a block against the Democrats' plan because it didn't cut deeply enough and excluded public employee pensions from the chopping block.
Remarks by California Republican leader, Tulare, Calif., Assemblywoman Connie Conway on the day Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the budget typified the Republican attitude. Republican lawmakers wanted to offer a "safety net" to people in need, Conway said, "We just don't want it turning into a hammock with cute little drinks with umbrellas."
Meanwhile, the governor's plan to ease the pain of cuts went up in smoke.
In order to restore a good chunk of budget cuts, the governor tried to place a measure on the ballot to extend a now-expired set of mostly regressive taxes and fees falling most heavily on working-class families. Even if passed, it would still have left a gaping hole in the budget.
Gov. Brown had effectively painted himself and the state into a corner once Republican legislators, holding fast to their no-tax increases pledge, refused even to let voters decide the issue.
Given the set of choices, Democratic legislators were between a rock and a hard place.
Unlike the federal government but like other states, California mandates balanced yearly budgets. Complicating matters, in California budgets can be passed with a simple majority, but raising revenue requires a two-thirds legislative supermajority, which Democrats lack.
"Because of Republican obstructionists," California Federation of Teachers President Josh Pechthalt said, "this budget continues to hurt public education and millions of Californians who depend on state services" while continuing to "protect the wealthiest 1 percent of Californians and the corporations at the expense of the vast majority of Californians."
California labor, which was pivotal to Brown's victory and the statewide Democratic sweep last November, is now moving to lead the public debate over budget deficits and taxes.
Labor is exploring various options to raise new tax revenues before arriving at a unified position later in the year that won't "put more burden on working folks," California Labor Federation leader Art Pulaski told the Contra Costa Times.
One option being considered by a coalition of labor and other constituency groups involves placing a measure on the ballot in November 2012 to raise taxes on Californians with incomes in the top 1 percent. Initially, the CFT floated the idea of a 1 percent hike on the top 1 percent.
"We did polling, and it has huge support, so if we support an initiative for November, it would be more than 1 percent," Pechthalt explained. "One percent is too low. It's a misreading of where people are politically."
It is heartening to see labor and allies taking early initiative to reframe the debate over the tax and budget deficit dilemma to favor the people - in a unified way - as the nation and state prepare to enter the contentious 2012 election cycle. California labor's performance in 2010 was an outstanding example of unity in message and action, and the results proved it.
During the just-completed budget cycle, hardly a day went by that constituency groups did not take to Sacramento, the state's capital, to protest and advocate for their own particular program.
That too has been heartening. But, as the old adage says, "United we rise, divided we fall." A united fight against cuts to "safety-net" social programs and jobs is needed more than ever, as the anemic economic "recovery" falters.
So is a national, united, multi-organizational, grassroots-based campaign for massive job creation being promoted by the AFL-CIO.
Today's struggles will go a long way in setting the stage for an election victory against the Republicans next year, provided unity prevails - in the spirit of Wisconsin, last October's "One Nation, Working Together" rally in our nation's capital, and the formidable 2010 labor-led electoral campaign in California.
Photo: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addresses California labor in 2010. Randy Bayne // CC 2.0


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2007 Adobe Road Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Mission Codename: The Third Dimension
Operative: Agent Red
Objective: Return to Operative favorite, Adobe Road Winery. Secure the latest vintage of their distinctive Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Mission Status: Accomplished!
Current Winery: Adobe Road Winery
Wine Subject: 2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
Winemaker: Michael Scorsone
Backgrounder: The Sonoma Coast AVA, established in 1987, is the area directly adjacent to the Pacific coastline of Sonoma County. The ocean's influence causing a cooler, higher rainfall and foggy climate most influences the vineyards of this region, many of which have exceptional views of the mighty Pacific. These factors cause grapes to mature and ripen more slowly which is idea for Pinot Noir. The region is approximately 750 square miles with about 7,000 acres under vine.
Wine Spies Tasting Profile:
Look – Dark ruby, with deep garnet hues through the darker heart of the wine. Color is perfectly concentrated and even, right out the the edge of the glass, where a fine ring of soft pink circles the glass. After swirling, the wine settles quickly, leaving behind tall columns of ultra-thin, wine-stained tears.
Smell – Candied cherry and spiced cherry take center stage. These gorgeous scents seem to be surrounded by layers of additional aromas. These include blackberry, nutty sweetwoods, subtle eucalyptus, dark forest floor, dried meat and black rose petals.
Feel – Softly grippy, right up front, then more round across the mid-palate. After a moment, a soft mineral dryness spreads its way around the palate. This slow-moving dryness makes its way to the lips and cheeks, where it is replaced by a crushed velvet coating.
Taste – Bold and dense, with spicy blackberry, darkest cherry, tart cranberry and young strawberry out in front. As the wine spends some time exposed to the air, it softens and additional flavors of bramble, tomato stem and the black rose from the nose emerge. Underneath these, the wine reveals soft flavors of white pepper, dark plum and flint.
Finish – A long finish, with dark black and bright red fruit notes that gradually give way to white pepper and flinty minerals. The cranberry note persists throughout.
Conclusion – This is a bold, delicious and aromatic wine that our tasting panel found to be very intriguing. The nose is very unique, offering layers of unique aromas that seem to surround the core cherry notes. On the palate, the feel is dynamic and very interesting. Flavors are also unique, delivering a spicy tartness that drives black and red fruit flavors around the palate. The finish is very long, and also very dynamic, distinctly moving from one flavor to the next – while spice and cranberry hang in throughout. This wine offers up an intriguing three-dimensional experience, with flavors and aromas that seem to swirl around each other, beyond the normal borders of sensation. If that is too esoteric, I apologize; Put more simply, this is an enthusiastic and delicious wine that pushes the boundaries of Sonoma Cost Pinot Noir by offering up uniqueness and intrigue. Pair this flavor-filled Pinot with a pulled-pork sandwich or a spicy pasta dish.
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Busy with bottling and roaming the vineyards, Michael Scorsone was unable to sit down with us for our customary Winemaker Interview. Be sure to read our complete interview the next time we showcase an Adobe Road wine.
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[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Good Morning Ray! Good morning kids send your questions now for Ray!
[ Ray/Ames - 11
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Good morning all!
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Welcome Carl and Amanda!
[ Sarah/Greenmeadow - 6 - 09:59:17 ]
Does it matter if you travel east or west when you get jet lag?
[ Ray/Ames - 13
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I'll start with Sarah's question...which is a good one.
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Welcome Sarah!
[ Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool - 23 - 10:08:41
I don't actually know.
[ Ray/Ames - 17
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Sarah, The circadian rhythms that we each have tends to like longer days.
By going westbound, it extends the day and is much easier to adjust to
than flying eastbound.
[ Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool - 16 - 10:04:33
hi susan, i'm sorry that i have registered before for others and have
not attended, there was a mix up on the time zones
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Glad you're here! Speaking of time zone questions do you have a question
for Ray?
[ Ray/Ames - 21
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Have you taken any trips and noticed this with yourself or those you were
[ Sarah/Greenmeadow - 25 - 10:10:10 ]
Wen my family went to europe from California I was tired both ways!! but
my dad thought one way was better.
[ Ray/Ames - 24
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] What kind of planes do you use in
your tests?
Hi Carl, Most of the planes that we've used in our tests have been large
commercial jets...Boeing 767 and 747 type airplanes. We've also finished
a study in a corporate Gulfstream IV.
[ Ray/Ames - 26
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RE: [Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool] have you always wanted do
Hi Amanda, I've always had a eye on being up in the air. My dad would
take my brother and I to see airshows that were in town (sometimes here
at Moffett!) and also built small remote control model airplanes at home.
This along with encouragement to do things I wanted to do helped me along
the way and here I am.
[ Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool - 27 - 10:13:45
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Hi Alex!
[ Ray/Ames - 30
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RE: [Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool] can you tell any difference
when you enter a new time zone in the air?
Hard to tell changes in time zones while in the air. Since things are
happening physiologically, the perception of jetlag occurs after landing
when the body feels like it's daytime, but it's night time at the airport!
[ Ray/Ames - 32
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RE: [Sarah/Greenmeadow] Thanks Ray, What are circadian rhythms?
I always make me think of a cricket or something?
The circadian rhythm is a biological clock that helps us determine when
it's time to go to bed and time to wake up. It's dynamic and moves up
and down (like a sine wave) throughout the day. Have you ever felt tired
in the late afternoon around 3-5 p.m.? This is normal and is the circadian
rhythm at work.
[ Ray/Ames - 34
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] Sorry I'm late. I had some work
I wanted to get done. What country are you from? Have you been doing any
tests with the SR-71?
Hi Alex, I was born and raised in San Francisco. My father also grew up
here, but mom was born in Hong Kong. I haven't done any tests with the
SR-71 personally.
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool] I'm sorry,
but I must leave because our lunch period is over. Thanks for all of the
information Ray and best wishes in all!
Bye Amanda, check the chat schedule we'll have some more chats soon!
[ Ray/Ames - 37
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RE: [Amanda/WhiteDeerHighSchool] Thanks again! How often
are you in the air a week approximately?
The studies dictate how often I'm flying. Our last field study took me
from Taipei, Taiwan to Auckland or Christchurch, New Zealand twice a week
for 6 weeks. We flew from 8p.m. (Taipei time) to 1:30p.m. the following
day (New Zealand time). Talking about jetlag!
[ Ray/Ames - 39
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RE: [Sarah/Greenmeadow] Does temperature affect pilot fatigue?
Hi Sarah, Temperature is an environmental factor which may cause fatigue.
There are not many studies that show to what extent though.
[ Ray/Ames - 40
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Bye Amanda. Nice chatting with you!
[ Ray/Ames - 44
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] On an EEG, when a person is going
at a speed of 1800 to 2010 mph what does the wave do? And why does it
do that?
Hi Alex, EEG stands for electroencephalography which really is a big word
for brain waves. These brain waves change with varying states of wake
and sleep. If I hooked you up with electrodes to measure your brain wave
activity, I would be able to tell if you were awake, asleep, in deep sleep,
in light sleep, or in REM (rapid eye movement or dreaming) sleep. No matter
how fast or slow someone is moving, these brain waves will still remain
the same.
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] I did not read all
your bioghrufy. Is this spelled right? What did you want to become at
Close Alex, biography.
[ Ray/Ames - 46
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] How manny people do you normaly fly
There's usually 2 of us on the field study team. However, the Gulfstream
IV corporate flight only allowed for one researcher to go. That was a
pretty long flight too. It started in New Orleans and landed in Sydney,
Australia 23 and a half hours later!
[ Alex-Alex/homeschool - 48 - 10:39:15 ]
Do you know any internet sites on coins, area 51, SR-71?
[ Ray/Ames - 50
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RE: [Sarah/Greenmeadow] Ray in the journal about the pilot
who crashed I wanted to hear more about why he crashed and what he should
have done differently. Are you going to write another joourhal or can
you say something about that?
Hi Sarah, The pilot who spoke in our workshop last week gave us a lot
of insight as to the "feel" on the flight deck minutes before the accident.
The captain and first officer were on duty over 12 hours before the accident.
Because this duty period was considered legal (within the guidelines of
the Federal Aviation Regulations), the pilots were able to fly. I'll give
more details in a later journal, but I can answer any specific questions
you might have at this time.
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] WHERE ARE YOU SUSAN?
I'm here Alex, I 'll get back to you on the SR-71 sites. I know that there
are some great pictures of it at Dryden Flight Research Center's picture
archive Have you been there?
[ Carl/homeschooled - 55 - 10:45:17 ]
Have you heard of the F-16 xl?
[ Alex-Alex/homeschool - 54 - 10:43:54 ]
I haven't herd of that plane!
[ Carl/homeschooled - 55 - 10:45:17 ]
It was/is a test arcraft for perferated wings. Supposedly able to cut
turbulence by 70% at suppersonic speed :)
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] No I haven't!!!
Whats the address?
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html They have pictures of
the F-16xl too!
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[ Ray/Ames - 58
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] I did not read all your bioghrufy.
Is this spelled right? What did you want to become at first?
In high school, I liked chemistry (my father was a chemist and pharmacist
in the Air Force) and other science courses. I thought I'd like to be
a pharmacist and had lots of support from the folks. A high school counselor
gave me a bit of advice and I'll pass it on to everyone here. If there's
something that interests you in a career, seek out opportunities to determine
if that's what you really want to do. After working in a pharmacy while
attending college, it was much different that what I thought it would
be like.
[ Carl/homeschooled - 59 - 10:47:40 ]
Have you ever flown a plane for more than 24 hours Ray?
[ Ray/Ames - 60
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] It was/is a test arcraft for perferated
wings. Supposedly able to cut turbulence by 70% at suppersonic speed :)
I've never heard of the F-16XL either. Sounds impressive. Are you interested
in designing or flying airplanes, Carl?
[ Ray/Ames - 63
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] What will happen if you hook the
EEG to a plant or a jelly fish?
I've never hooked up a plant of jellyfish with electrodes. I'm not sure
what kind of activity I would see. The brain waves I see from a human
subject is the patterns of electrical activity surrounding the area that
each electrode is placed.
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Whoa! Only ten minutes left, time flies, sorry I couldn't resist! Get
some good last questions in for Ray!!
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] Yup I know several
people who worked on the Comanche and the F-22 but I'm probably gona wind
up with a degree in computer science.
Computer science is great for aero design these days Carl!
[ Ray/Ames - 66
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] I'm intrested in doing that! Only
top secret planes, or classified planes.
Keep up the studies. Math and physics are an important part in the realm
of aerodynamics, but stay well rounded. Stay focused on the history, English,
and other humanities courses.
[ Ray/Ames - 68
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RE: [Susan/NASAChatHost] Computer
science is great for aero design these days Carl!
Susan's right on the money. There are lots of computer science folks our
here working on high speed transport, tilt rotor, and helicopter design...
[ Alex-Alex/homeschool - 69 - 10:56:41 ]
Carl, do you know sites on the YF-22 and the YF-23 and sites on the U-2
and the B-2?
[ Carl/homeschooled - 70 - 10:57:36 ]
Do you wind up in much realy bad weather in those tropical countries?
[ Carl/homeschooled - 71 - 10:58:18 ]
umm let me find some alex
[ Ray/Ames - 72
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] Have you ever flown a plane for more
than 24 hours Ray?
The longest I've flown an airplane for is 4 hours non stop and about 8
hours in a day. That's about all I can tolerate. The planes that I fly
are under 12,500 lbs. and propeller driven. Not blazing fast, but still
lots of fun. There's nothing like seeing the view from 8,000 feet...
[ Carl/homeschooled - 73 - 10:59:57 ]
sorry if you have seen this befor but its the best one http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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Well this has been a terrific chat! I'm so grateful Ray for all you educational
answers! We've learned lots. Check the chat schedule everyone we'll be
scheduling some more great chats!!
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RE: [Sarah/Greenmeadow] Thansk for your answer, Whats the
best thing to avoid jet lag?
There are several ways to avoid jetlag and I'll provide some countermeasures
for you in the next journal article. It seems we're almost out of time
but I leave you with this. There are preventive measures you can do several
days before going on a trip. There are lots of things you can do while
on the trip too. This includes strategic caffeine consumption (which doesn't
have to be coffee-coke, mountain dew, and chocolate have caffeine too).
I'll give you more later.
[ Carl/homeschooled - 78 - 11:05:22 ]
Thanks for the answers
[ Ray/Ames - 79
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RE: [Carl/homeschooled] Ray I like the view from 200 feet
in a helicopter going 100-140 mph
200 feet in a helocopter sounds exciting. Are you the driver?
[ Susan/NASAChatHost
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RE: [Alex-Alex/homeschool] By Carl, Ray and
Susan. Susan, when I asked you where you were, I meant--where in the US
are you located?
Alex, we, Ray and I are at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, next
to Mountain View California, 35 miles south of San Francisco and 10 or
15 miles north of San Jose, look it up on a map
[ Carl/homeschooled - 81 - 11:09:05 ]
I have been both driver and passenger... Its funner to drive
[ Ray/Ames - 82
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I've enjoyed the chat this morning and would like to thank all of you
for participating. There's a ton of things to learn from all the people
on the Aerospace Team. I wish you all the best, and how about a round
of thanks to Susan for setting these great chat sessions up! Hope to talk
with all of you again soon.
[ Carl/homeschooled - 83 - 11:10:25 ]
see ya guys
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A Staten Island friend recently said it again: "If you've got a computer question or problem, ask your youngster. They're whizzes at computers." You've doubtless heard this hoary bit of advice before. It's a typical example of conventional wisdom. And why should it not be true? Kids in the "Google generation" grew up with computers; they've never known a world without them. They're quite fearless about using computers. The old folks (Standard definition: Anyone 14 or more years older than you are) have a tendency to be timid about clicking on things or making changes or, heaven forfend, loading software - lest they break something.
Fearless is one thing but, it seems, precocious computer wizardry is apparently quite another matter.
Skills are overrated
A recently released British study finds the skills of young Googlers are largely overrated. Young Web surfers may know their way around Facebook and MySpace social networks, and a variety of instant-message systems, but they're really no better than their adults at sleuthing the Internet for information that is actually useful. They tend to use simple applications; they don't explore much on their own and they generally explore fewer resources than is commonly believed.
Youngsters, the study finds, prefer cut-and-paste over real research and writing. (Nothing new there.) They prefer visual information over text (You claimed to read the stories but you really mostly looked at the pictures.) They multitask all the time. (If you answer the phone while you work or drive - shame on you if you do the latter - you multitask too.
Kids doing school projects have a naïve faith in the inherent accuracy of Wikipedia, the collaborative - and mischief-prone - online encyclopedia. (You never fell into that trap, did you?) They also prefer interactive systems to passive ones. Which oftentimes translates into a fascination with interactive videogames, rather than intellectual pursuits.
Seize the teaching moment
It is true that kids are, on the whole, more comfortable and proficient with technology than their forebears. But that doesn't make them better searchers or information processors. Teachers are on to this; expedience and laziness that sometimes rises to the level of plagiarism. What the teachers are not doing is seizing the teaching moment.
The kids, oftentimes swamped with homework, do what they do in order to get the report done. They do not research and prepare and plan. There's no time for that and it would likely produce nothing but a late report. But it is a mistake to think that completed reports are actually serving any desirable educational process.
How much better it might be to occasionally have the students simply research the subject, outline the form the report would take, and cite the methodology and sources they would use. Doing that would require them to think the subject through, pin down a number of suitable resources, and put the information together in an organized proposal.
The report goes on to debunk the notion that kids today are especially impatient and will click on to another Web site if instant gratification isn't forthcoming. The belief is regarded as a modern-day truism, but it may in fact not be true at all.


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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) likes to encourage the notion that the company has to spend money to make money. Apple recently released its fiscal year 2013 research and development budget, and though the amount increased significantly from the previous year, it's still about the same percentage of revenue the company's spent in the past -- and its much less than rival Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT ) .
Conservatively investing in the future
In FY 2013, Apple's R&D expenses hit about $4.5 billion, up from $3.4 billion in fiscal 2012, an increase of 32% year over year. Though the percentage increase is significant, it's also meaningful for us to look at the R&D budget as a percentage of Apple's net sales.
Net Sales
R&D Expenses
Percentage of R&D to Net Sales
$170.910 billion
$4.475 billion
$156.508 billion
$3.381 billion
$108.249 billion
$2.429 billion
So Apple has remained fairly consistent in keeping its R&D expenses just above 2% of its net sales. For comparison's sake, Microsoft spent $10.411 billion in fiscal 2013 for research and development from $77.849 billion revenues, which works out to be a little more than 13% of revenue.
The graph below is a good visual of just how much of a difference there is between Microsoft and Apple's R&D expenses over the past few years.
Apple isn't just spending less money, though -- it's also using that money very efficiently. Compared to competitors like Microsoft, Apple focuses its R&D money on a small amount of products and services. Investors should want to see a low amount of R&D spending and a high revenue output from that spending. Judging by the graph below, Apple has that ratio down pretty well compared to Microsoft.
Investors looking for some clue as to what Apple has planned for its increase in spending should consider a possible iTV, an iWatch, or even an iPad hybrid. That's all speculation at this point, but as a fellow Fool pointed out, Apple historically enters a new market segment every two to four years, and the last time it did so was in 2010 with the iPad. So it would seem like a prime time for Apple to enter a new segment.
But whether or not Apple is on the cusp of releasing a new revolutionary product, Apple investors should be pleased the company can utilize a small percentage of its revenue for R&D and still be one of the market's top technology companies. Apple's been able to do this by focusing on a sparse lineup of products that help keep the company's spending in focus -- and so far it's paying off.
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Conference: "Workers' Internationalism before 1914"
15-16 February 2014, School of History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
2014 is the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the International Working Men's Association in 1864. It is also the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Socialist International in 1889, and the centenary of the outbreak of the war which precipitated the collapse of that International.
To mark these anniversaries, UEA School of History, in conjunction with the journal Socialist History and the Institute of Working Class History (Chicago) are organising a conference on "Workers' internationalism before 1914". We are inviting proposals for papers on any aspect of the subject.
Themes might include:
the historical experience of the internationals and their affiliated organisations
cross-border labour organisation
resistance to nationalist politics in multi-national states
transnational and international solidarity
migration and the transplantation of labour movement culture
international causes celčbres
political asylum and revolutionary exile
speaking tours of socialist leaders
We are seeking papers of 5000 to 10000 words on various experiences or aspects of workers' internationalism before 1914, to be presented at the seminar. Selected papers will be published in 2014 in a special issue of Socialist History devoted to the subject.
Enquiries and proposals for papers should be submitted by 1 October 2013 to Francis King, Matthias Neumann and Bill Pelz at: email@example.com


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WOODBURY -- Gov. Jon Corzine will be in town for what is expected to be an announcement for the expansion of the Patco Hi-Speedline deeper into southern New Jersey, a report in the Gloucester County Times said.
According to the report, the expansion is expected to run from Camden to Glassboro via Gloucester City. In February the State Planning Commission formally recommended to use existing Conrail tracks laid out through Gloucester City, Woodbury and Pitman, ending in Glassboro.


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Tee Time Tip
Fried Egg Lie Forces You to Scramble: Those who watched any amount of the British Open this past weekend knows the difficulty many of the golfers had escaping the sand traps. This week, we will discuss one way of dealing with sand traps, should your shot find itself in a bunker.
The first problem is getting the ball out, and the second and bigger problem is getting the ball to stop on the green.
Article Photos
The Inter-Mountain photo by John Wickline
The par-3, No. 13 at Tygart Lake Golf Course plays a between 220-225 yards.
The "fried egg" lie, one in which the the ball digs into the sand and sets like your breakfast egg on top, creates a problem in that because it is buried, there is no way to create spin, and spin typically helps to stop the ball. So with no way to spin the golf ball, we will have to make it float out of the bunker. One of the best ways to do that is with a "recoil shot." You set up in the sand as you normally would to hit out of it, but instead of following through, you bring the club back right away.
What that does is to deaden the golf ball so that it has a chance to stop on the green.
Tournament Results
The team of Houston Schuler, Glenn Patsy, Fritz Corey and Murray Dearborn took top honors in the weekly Wednesday Night Scrambler at Canaan Valley Resort. Winning closest to the pin awards on No. 4 was Linda Smith, and on No. 6, Hallie Hurst.
The team of Marcus Miller, Mel Booker and Milan Nypl won the Red, White and Blue Scramble on July 4 at the Canaan Valley Resort. Taking second place was the team of Steve Putnam, Glenn Patsy and Harley Holte. The team of Calvin Dearborn, Brady Moore and John Cooper finished third.
More than $4,000 was raised for the Children's Miracle Network and WVU Hospital at the Wal-Mart CMN Tournament at the Riverbend Golf Course.
The team of Steve Hollen, Joe Dean, Craig Hriblan and Tony Louk combined to fire a 56 to win first place at the event.
The team of Tom Richards, Lindy Bennett, Jeff West and Mike Perkins finished second, followed by the team of Greg Cutright, Pat Boyle, Kelsey Boyle and Ryan Boyle and the team of Jimmy Radcliff, Jeff Marshall, Ben Marshall and Scott Marshall.
Kelsey Boyle won the award for the longest drive, and Craig Hriblan took home the closest to the pin honors.
The team of Ryan Michael, Glenn Patsy, Jim Hurst and Murray Dearborn won the Wednesday Night Scrambler at the Canaan Valley Resort. The team of Ethan Slaubaugh, Chris Lambruno, Bill Smith and Hallie Hurst finished second. Michael took the closest to the pin honors on No. 6, while Michael Noland knocked the closest shot to the pin on No. 4.
Upcoming Tournaments
The Canaan Valley Resort holds a weekly Wednesday Night Scrambler, a 9-hole mixed event that changes its format each week. Players should register at the clubhouse by 4:45 p.m., after which teams will be selected. The event begins at 5 p.m., and the cost is $22 per person.
The 14th annual St. Joseph's Foundation Charity Golf Tournament will be held Aug. 2 at Snowshoe Mountain's Raven Golf Club. Registration is at 9 a.m., and a shotgun start will be at 10 a.m. For more information, call 304-473-6819.
Stonewall Resort will host the annual Make A Wish tournament on Monday, Aug. 6. The event begins with an 11:30 a.m. lunch, and golfers will tee off at 1 p.m. For more information, call 304-269-8823.
The Mountain State Forest Festival "Magic in the Mountains" golf tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Elks Country Club.
Registration will start at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start at 10 a.m.
The tourney is a four-man scramble and is $55 per person. Lunch is included.
Several prizes will be awarded including a Chevrolet sponsored by Perormance Motors.
For more information contact the Elks Pro Shop at 636-9704.
Hole of the Week
The par-3, No. 13 at Tygart Lake Golf Course plays between 220-225 yards. Being a bit short of the green is one of the more safer misses on the No. 13 hole, as being left can put you in the sand and being right or long puts you in the high brush.
Parting Shots
A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers, neither of whom can putt very well.


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|ESnet: It's Everywhere You Want Your Data To Be
Although it's defined by DOE as a national user facility just as the ALS is, the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) doesn't quite fit the image of a centrally located facility serving a specific set of users. Rather, ESnet is a nationwide network that provides high-bandwidth, reliable connectivity linking tens of thousands of scientists at more than 40 DOE labs and facilities. The systems and services provided by ESnet staff advance research by helping scientists share their ideas, their data and their discoveries with collaborators and peers around the world.
Managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), ESnet will soon take bandwidth to the next level as it rolls out the world's first 100 gigabits per second (100 Gbps) network by the end of 2012. According to ESnet Director Greg Bell, the scientific data resulting from experiments at DOE's particle accelerators, light sources and genome sequencing facilities are push the limits of ESnet's current 10 Gbps network.
"We never want the network to be a gating function for scientific discovery," Bell said.
According to ALS Scientist Dula Parkinson, a new fast camera installed at the hard x-ray tomography Beamline 8.3.2 at the ALS last year allows scientists to study a variety of structures as a function of time—from bones to rocks, and even metallic alloys—in unprecedented detail. The new camera produces data at a rate of 300 megabytes per second, which is 50 times faster than the one it replaced.
"Two years ago the hard x-ray tomography beamline at Berkeley Lab's ALS generated about 100 gigabytes of data per week, but we got a faster camera and now we are generating anywhere from 2 to 5 terabytes of data per week," says Parkinson. "This is pushing the limit of what our current infrastructure can handle."
According to Parkinson, in the current system, a typical ALS user will create a folder on a data storage server connected to the instrument, and save their raw data to this folder. In many cases, users may do some initial processing on desktop computers at the ALS and save these files on the facility's storage server. Upon leaving the facility, researchers will copy their data on an external hard drive and carry it home for further analysis. The files and raw data initially saved on the ALS storage server are typically left behind for the facility's staff to manage. Keeping up with the torrent of data requires new methods for moving, storing, and analyzing data.
For the first step, ESnet staff helped Parkinson set up a data transfer node (tuned for optimal performance) and LBNL networking staff helped deploy a 10 Gigabits-per-second switch, giving Parkinson's data a high-performance path through the LBNL network (LBLnet) to ESnet. This approach is an example of ESnet's "Science DMZ" model, where data-intensive science applications are run on dedicated infrastructure configured for high performance.
ESnet carries the ALS data to DOE's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Oakland, where the data is stored, managed and shared with other researchers. To pave the way, NERSC staff helped Parkinson with his data acquisition and data transfer workflow. Future plans include tapping into NERSC's supercomputing resources to improve data analysis.
"This is a success story for the ALS, for LBLnet, for ESnet and for NERSC," said ESnet network engineer Eli Dart, who worked with Parkinson. "This is a working example of the science infrastructure needed to support a new generation of data-intensive science experiments at X-ray light sources, neutron sources, and free-electron lasers."


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BEIRUT, Lebanon — A massive double suicide bombing ripped through a Damascus neighborhood Thursday, killing 55 people, wounding more than 400 and heightening concerns that radical Islamist groups are infiltrating the Syrian uprising.
It was the deadliest bombing yet in the capital and added a sinister new dimension to the 15-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad's rule. The method strongly recalled large-scale attacks by an Iraqi branch of al-Qaida during the height of the violence in Iraq.
As details of the attack emerged throughout the day, U.S. officials said they were increasingly convinced of an al-Qaida connection, noting that the bombing bore many of the terrorist group's hallmarks.
According to Syrian state media, two suicide bombers driving cars detonated more than 2,000 pounds of explosives, moments apart, near an intersection on a busy highway during the morning rush hour, a tactic often used in Iraq to penetrate the defenses protecting key buildings.
In this instance, the target was a headquarters of the Syrian security services' widely feared Palestine Branch, which was badly damaged in the explosion. The branch, which was thought to house many political prisoners, was the target of a rare bombing in 2008 and had since been barricaded off from the nearby highway.
Most of the casualties were civilians caught in the surrounding traffic as they headed to work or school. State television broadcast grisly pictures of charred, mangled bodies incinerated in cars and body parts strewn amid the smoldering wreckage of vehicles and piles of broken glass.
The scenes of devastation, broadcast repeatedly throughout the day on state television, seemed to signal an ugly new twist to the violence that has convulsed the country since the initially peaceful uprising began in March last year.
The attack also raised tensions linked to a fraying U.N.-mandated cease-fire that went into effect April 12 but has failed to halt the violence.