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Ballet Western Reserve will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a production of the holiday classic "The Nutcracker."
For the anniversary, the production has been dubbed "The Golden Nutcracker," and this year's performances will feature sets and backdrops first used for the company's 1970 performances of the ballet set to the music of Peter Tchaikovsky. Those original sets have been restored for this year's shows.
Virginia Hartman, who was named artistic director of BWR in 2011, first staged "The Nutcracker" last season and once again will incorporate other area arts groups in the production.
Todd Hancock, co-founder of Easy Street Productions, will serve as narrator, and professional dancers from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio will be incorporated into the party scene. Veteran local actor James McClellan returns as Herr Drosselmeyer, the godfather of Clara, the young girl whose Christmas Eve dreams propel the story.
Joining nearly 80 Ballet Western Reserve students ranging from age 7 to 17 will be guest artist and Mahoning Valley native John Scaccetti, now of New York City. BWR alumnus and current instructor Courteny Cochran will dance the role of the Golden Snow Princess and her partner is the Snow Pas De Deux, who will be guest artist Jens Lee.
Performances are scheduled at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St. A raffle will be held at each performance for the golden Nutcracker used on stage, autographed by "Clara."
Tickets range from $15 to $27 and are available at the DeYor Performing Arts Center box office and by calling 330-744-0264.


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Nintendo doesn't sell any external memory cards, but there are a lot of common SD Cards that the Wii can use for extra memory. "SanDisk" SD Memory Cards are known to be pretty good, and can have up to 2 GB of memory. Just make sure any memory cards you do buy are normal SD. Not "mini, SDHC", or any of those other types of SD cards.
But unless you intend to buy a huge amount of Virtual Console games (a huge number like fifty), you probably won't need any memory cards. 512 MB is almost always enough for your average Wii owner. =)
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Just a quick update on my last post. Yes you can now watch snowskating on Netflix!! Supervention has a sweet, although short, snowskate segment. Won't spoil it for you so go watch this video!!
Just a quick update on my last post. Yes you can now watch snowskating on Netflix!! Supervention has a sweet, although short, snowskate segment. Won't spoil it for you so go watch this video!!
You have all heard of the Banff mountain film festival I'm sure. Some have probably heard of the Radical Reels off shoot of the Banff film tour. Its like the Banff film festival but without hippos and such, just action sports. Kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, wing suit flying, climbing and biking are the usual topics. Its a popular night in Sandpoint and we usually attend. The night starts with the lights dimming and a montage of clips from all the different movies. Two second video parts streamed together with pumping music to get you stoked. It's fun to watch and gives you an idea of the nights offering. As I watched the pow shots connected to the mtb jumps, wingsuit clips and waterfall drops there came a moment of clarity. On the screen was a bideck snowskate attached to a snowskater….. Just like that. Someone catching a bit of air, tweaking it a bit. It looked amazing, just one second of snowskating on the big screen. Who was it? What board were they riding? Were we going to see a full snowskate video tonight? It couldn't be, I would have heard something about it. I mean we all know who we are right? I literally feel like I know every snowskater on the planet or at least have one degree of separation. Had someone told me that there was a short snowskate clip in the intro I definitely would have gone just to see it. Just like I bought many of the Absinthe videos just for the Wolle strapless segments.
So there was a snowskate clip of someone catching air and the video quality looked pretty awesome so who what were how? I watched each video that night waiting for the segment. Would it suck or be goofy? I kinda felt like we wouldn't see it, just would be impossible for me not to know about it. So when the night ended without any more snowskating shots I was left with a mystery that in the end was pretty simple to solve. The first flick of the night was Supervention. A great movie out of Norway. I searched it on the web, read the rider list and discovered that Terje was one of the riders. Then all the blanks filled in. No wonder the shot, how ever brief, was rad and I'm pretty sure he was on a Ralston. A facebook search of the movie even had a post about Terje launching on a skate.
The nights videos were amazing, the film quality out of reach and the stunts all next level but that short one-second clip, and the mystery it provided was the highlight of the night. Netflix streams Supervention so now my job is to see if there is more then just one second of snowskating in the full uncut version. If not there are still plenty of snowskate videos to enjoy. Especially this new one from Adrian Rassmusen called "Cascade Concrete". Its a rad little film about real skaters riding every chance they get. Its the closest I've seen to representing snowskating in a way that I can relate to. Thanks Adrian!!
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I dig the twins in matching garb. Every once in a while I think about the concept of two skis moving independently to create edge control. Then I think about weight and cost and realize that simple is usually better. Its always a balancing act. You can't forget to remind yourself that you ditched the bindings to simplify. Of course it made it harder in a way. Do you remember why you started snowskating? I wanted something for the backyard. Easy like a skateboard to use. I had no idea in the beginning that people were riding them on slopes. Once I started having fun on it then the "potential" became a driving force. Building up my backyard was hugely entertaining.
We have a gravel pit down the road. I rode by it on my bike yesterday and was reminded of how fun a zone it was. Six inches of snow or so was good enough for some turns. Since it's a snow skate you don't care if the base get trashed!
But even fun things get boring after a while. Thankfully I discovered backcountry access via the chair lift at Schweitzer.
Which of course led me to want to explore other backcountry zones with snowmobiles. I got a new sled this summer. Its way over my head and I'm a bit nervouse about the trouble I'm going to get into but excited too.
It's a simple sport that will broaden your horizons. Thank you snowskating!
I know every snowskater has gone through at least a couple of situations where friends or strangers have been kinda blown away by riding without bindings. As a builder its even more intense when they learn I made the snowskate. Its fun…sometimes, to share with interested parties the why and how of snowskating. Most of my friends are accustomed to seeing me on a skate so now there really isn't any more wide eyed looks from them. I bring a new sub into the house and the kids are always nice and say that it looks good but no one is blown away any more. So I was a bit surprised at the reaction I got after making a set of skis with my boys. Let me say that my boys do snowskate but they LOVE to ski. They have a group of ski buddies, they watch all the vids and they follow the pros. They love to ski! So when I started on this ski project the difference began with the kids being waaaay more interested in the shop process. Always asking if we could go out and work on the skis. Then all their buddies got excited then the parents of the buddies got excited. People were asking me crazy questions like did I drip all the ptex onto the core to make the base, or how did I bend the wood. How much did it cost, how long? Were did I learn to do this? Where did I get the material? And these are from people who have been watching me snowskate for years and know I make all the parts on the skates??
Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I do live in a ski town. But that's ok cause I have an ulterior motive for building skis for my boys and that's to try and make a super fast sub for snowskating. Maybe its because I'm a bit worried about our el nino winter prediction and how it often leaves us with few pow days. My guess is it falls into the summer wacky idea category. Way back in the early days of bidecks, a company from england named Barefoot tried to start a revolution with skate decks mounted to full size skis. They looked a bit wierd and disappeared soon after buying a full page add in starfish. But there is no reason a long narrow sub with the right dimensions couldn't instill confidence when going really fast. It might need a high truck mount and I'm kinda in the dark as to radius but hey that's the fun part when building a product so few people understand.
It's a known fact that you got to go up if you want to ride down. If the snow at the resort isn't to your liking then trekking out of bounds is your best option. This can be as simple as grabbing your skate and plodding up hill, as E2 does in the picture above, its cheap, easy and a good workout. If there is more then one of ya, you can take turns putting in the boot track. The great thing is, on the next lap the boot will be solid and the climbing will be easy. The hard part though, if its deep it can take a lot of energy. You'll most likely be soaked in sweat when you reach the top and not so ready for lap number two. Luckily there are a few tools available to make the up hill trek easier. Starting from the left MTN Approach skis, Atlas snowshoes, and Verts.
The cheapest option are Verts. These are the small plastic snowshoes on the right. They are light, easy to put on and kick ass in steep terrain. At around 110.00 shipped they are a great option for starting out. They only weigh 2 lbs and can easily fit into a pack making transitions even faster. It really just feels like your boot packing without sinking in so deep.
As you can see in the boot pack picture above, you do sink a bit but since your foot is at the front of the verts, its easy to step forward without dragging snow. As with boot packing the second lap will be a breeze and it will be fast as your path tends to go straight up. We usually drop from above then put the first boot pack in our track. This cuts down a bit on how much snow you have to walk through but is only an option if you get to start from the top.
Verts don't perform as well on long flat sections. Your toe tends to dive since your strapped to the front of the shoe. On icy terrain they do ok but its more of a work out to get the toe to dig into the dense snow pack. If long flat sections are in the mix then traditional snow shoes are the way to go. You'll want to make sure they have heal lifts. These are wire bails that flip up and support your heal when hiking steep terrain. You flip them down for the flats. A good set of snowshoes with heal climbers will run 200-250.00. They are a bit more weight, at around 4 lbs a pair. As with boot packing and verts, the second lap will be easy and working with a crew will make breaking trail a snap.
If you're hiking the back country with alpine touring or telemarkers then snow shoes and verts won't work quite as well. You can do it but snowshoeing on a skin track will usually get you some negative vibes from your touring partners. It tends to wear out the skin track and make it difficult for the skiers to climb. They main reason I don't like it though is that skin tracks tend to wander across the hill. Side hilling on snow shoes sucks. It wears out your knees and ankles and isn't very efficient. There is an option though, MTN Approach skis. These are foldable skis that fit into your pack. They are heavy weighing in at 8 lbs, there expensive costing around 800.00 and the hinge mechanism sometimes breaks. All that being said I really like them.
They haul ass over flat terrain. They are long enough with a wide waist that you don't sink in but their short length makes kick turns on switchbacks a breeze. They transition really fast. They stow in your pack close to your back so it doesn't throw off your weight when riding down hill. Best of all, no stink eye from the skin trackers. They just function really well. They are currently coming out with a much beefier hinge so the snapping hinges should be a thing of the past. You usually carry an extra hinge and surprisingly you can swap out a broken one faster then a split boarder can get their stuff back together. If your touring with skinners it's the way to go.
Everything you've always wanted to know about the chiller 161. I believe that there isn't a single powder skate that can do it all. We've chosen to ride without bindings and thus give up the one board quiver. For dedicated snowskaters who never strap in this is just a fact of life. Being able to swap between subs to maximize control and float is the key to having fun, at least where we live. The 161 is designed for deep conditions but not be a train wreck to control on groomers. I pressed the first 161 in the fall of 2012. I rode it a few days and then gave it to Cole. To me it seemed like too much work to control when you were out of the pow. I then pressed myself a slightly narrower one, almost matching the chiller 145 in waist width. This board, I felt, would not be so hard to control on hardpack but still have the length for deep days. I've ridden my narrow 161 for the last few seasons and it has been a great board. But on the few occasions I have traded with Cole or Eric for a lap its hard not to want that extra float, which translates to speed and control. Waist width seems to be a more influential dimension then board length when it comes to float. But waist width also controls leverage.The wider the waist the lower the leverage. Board length also helps with float and doesn't change leverage as much. But adding four inches of length won't have as much effect on float as adding 1/2-in. to the waist.
On Monday, we awoke to 10 inches of new snow over a soft snowpack. I went to the shop and grabbed the last 161 on the rack. It was time to deal with this sub and figure out how to control it. I've been relying on Cole and Eric's opinion of this board, (which they love), when describing it to people interested in buying one but nothing is as good as experiencing it for yourself. The theory is, when it dumps and you grab the 161 then you most likely won't be dealing with hard pack. But this is just a theory and we have all had days that started great but then got more difficult as conditions changed or runs were tracked up. Monday was great and the sub was easy to control on and off the groomed runs. I didn't run into hard to control conditions unless I got down really low in elevation and hit warm snow. I have to move my feet around when transitioning from pow to hardpack to maximize leverage but once you find the sweet spot your good to go. It really is a temperature thing. On Wednesday we rode all day all over the mountain from windswept ridges to tight trees and the 161 was easy to control all because the temps stayed cool. Every day is different in the mountains. You can't take for granted that a run you slayed one day, will be just as easy to dominate the next. Sometimes you have the right board, and sometimes you don't. Flexibility is key to having fun.
Let's start with the flipper update. We got a pretty good dump of pow the middle of November. We took up the flipper, 145 reverse side cut and a grassroots powder slut. It was up to 13 inches deep in some areas and we hiked up and rode a fairly steep zone at Schweitzer. I rode the flipper in the loose mode and had a blast! It was really controllable while having tons of float at the same time. It didn't ride as fast as the 145 reverse or powder slut but you didn't really care. It felt like you were floating a small skate. It was fun! The next week we hiked again but this time under less then optimal conditions as there was a pretty good crust developed part way down the run. The first 10 turns or so were great and then it got tricky. The flipper rode pretty good considering how crappy it was. There was a groomed section below the powder turns that seemed like it would a good test spot for seeing how controllable the board would be on hard pack. It was steep but still an intermediate run. My thinking was that if I could keep it slashing turns I would keep my speed in check. The problem came when the pitch of the run increased to the point that the outer edge engaged and forced the nose of the board down hill which increased my speed. This was what you would call "uncontrollable." That feeling that you are doomed. We have all felt it, its a part of snowskating but usually there is hope you can regain control. On the flipper there was no hope of gaining control with the only option to jump ship. The only way to proceed was to walk downhill, which I hate doing. What I take away is that this current configuration on groomers is pretty much limited to very slight downhill section. Mellow cat track. I'm going to take it out a bit more when the snow softens and see if I can get a better feeling for its groomer limitations. I'm just so surprised how much fun it was to ride in powder without being locked down. I didn't expect that at all.
Let me back up a minute and talk about these prototype subs. Bidecks have always been controllable on groomers. I don't think there is even a sub commercially available that can't be carved on hardpack. That is how bideck's define themselves. They may not be as good at doing tricks like singles and surfs but they are very controllable in all conditions as long as you choose the right sub. Singles and surfs can't make that claim and its at the basis of what separates the groups. But, If we remove the requirement that a sub must be controllable on hard pack it opens up a ton of shape options. The 162 and 162r differ very slightly but the ride implications of pushing out the waist beyond the point of groomer control adds a bunch of float while still maintaining tons of leverage in all but hardpack.
That means if the snow is only a few inches deep you won't feel the control penalty that you would on a surf. Small increases in width yield a very noticeable float increase. There is the point from just beyond what is groomer controllable on a bideck to the point that its too narrow for a powskate that is wide open for exploration. That's where these prototypes are coming from.
To increase float you can add length or add width. This 135 powskate does the latter.
I've been out on it three times now. The conditions haven't been very deep, with wind blown crusty sections and drum tight packed powder. I've eaten it a few times when my leverage evaporated but I'm getting the hang of it. Its been fun but at the same time, I've been a bit on edge not knowing if the conditions were going to change suddenly and dump me on my head. Yesterday I had the best run after we found a good stash of pow but was limited to just the one shot. It does pretty good on shallow conditions and the top deck definitely increases leverage. In this scenario I'm riding the chair with my inbounds board and carrying the powskate sub attached to my pack. So far its been easy to do and the lifties haven't said anything. Once we go through the out of bounds gate I switch subs and stash the inbounds sub or carry it on my pack. Its an extra step for sure and not sure how much longer I will have patience for it but it's okay for now.
I have Xtreme spikes!! I am so happy to be able to offer spikes. It is a bit tougher to readjust your foot placement sometimes but the grip is so good and its really easy to clean of the snow. Still have foam available. Nice to have options. Thanks to Deanna at GripAll!!
New T's. Boneflake and "try dying" shirts.
Thanks to Jamie and Eric for engraving the truck channels. The new laser cutter in Jamie's shop is rad and the trucks have never looked so good. Sorry to those whose parts when out before this. It was a stroke of good luck that I didn't know was coming.
We took the flipper board up for a test ride yesterday. Mellow slope, 4 inches of new over breakable crust and temps in the low 30's. This is by no means a definitive test but its a start. The original goal was to get powsurf float and have control on easy groomers. The first prototype kinda performed but wasn't convincing enough for me to care about riding it more then a few times. This summer I built the new improved flipper. The idea is to use heal climbers to lock out the lower sub into powsurf mode. Flipping the heal climbers up would put it into groomer mode. We wanted to ride the chair up, go out of bounds, ride the sub as a powsurf, come back in bounds, unlock the heal climbers and ride the cat track back to the bottom. After building the sub this summer a new question arose though, how would it perform off piste while still in groomer mode? Yesterday we got a glimpse of what that might be like. Cole's short ride was the only time the flipper was in powsurf mode the rest is riding it unlocked. We built a very small kicker just to see what it would look like in the air and how it would land compared to the pillow dropper, which is the same size but none flipping. Waring this footage is slo mo of the sub. Its not exactly exciting and its hard to actually see how the board looks any different but its an update.
When Nike released pictures of its new winter boot, the LunarTerra Arktos, a few weeks ago, I was initially impressed. It seemed a good mash up of boot and shoe. I wear boots when I ride but I wished they had more flexibility. I'm unable to give up the warmth guarantee and ankle support that a boot offers for the freedom of a skate shoe. I've had some great boots in the past but models come and go and they don't seem to care that I want them for snowskating. The best boots I ever owned were discontinued after one season. Every year it seems that I have to take a gamble on ordering something to cover my feet with. This year I gambled on the Nike shoe….and lost.
I really like how this boot is put together, no exposed stitches, burly construction, a flat sole with good tread. I imagine that the perfect snowskate shoe/boot would look something like the LunarTerra Arktos. But looks can be deceiving.
The boot has a removable sock which is pretty much all the insulation inside. I was only able to get the boot on by removing the sock first, putting it on my foot, then putting on the boot. There is a side zipper that must be undone to get the bootie in. So, put on bootie, unzip side of boot, slide in foot, zip up side of boot then do the laces. Its a lot of work, so much so that I only had to try on one boot before deciding that I would not be wearing these this winter.
Once on, the boot is comfortable. It's a loose fit, not like a hiking boot. Obviously the boot would need some break in time and would probably have good flexibility. Leaning on the outer edge of the sole was a bit painful for some reason. It seems like it would be plenty waterproof but I'm not sure how warm they would be. The sock liner isn't very thick and that's all the insulation the boot offers. I'm surprised that it made it to production, didn't someone at nike think that a boot that is really hard to get on might not be a popular item? Anyways they are going back and my search continues.
Couple of shop shots since there's no snow yet in the mountains
The worst job in snowskating is cutting out around the subs after they have been pressed. Eric did all but two of the subs and didn't complain once, thanks MAN!!
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Survey: Student debt rising at UH
HONOLULU - A new survey has found the average debt of University of Hawaii graduates is on the rise.
The Project on Student Debt from the Institute for College Access & Success says the average debt for 2008 UH-Manoa graduates was $14,818, up from $12,094 for 2007 graduates.
It was the same story at UH-Hilo. Debt rose from $13,952 to $16,604, and the percentage of grads with debt rose from 42 to 47 percent.
Shipyard is offering student scholarship
HONOLULU - Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard plans to grant a full university scholarship to a student who has competed in robotics.
The scholarship covers up to four years of tuition, plus fees and books at the University of Hawaii's College of Engineering.
The program is open to high school seniors and graduates who have participated for at least two years in the national robotics competition called FIRST or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
Vog-affected Ka'u may get some help
HILO - The vog-affected district of Ka'u on the Big Island is on course to get an $18 million emergency evacuation shelter.
The district has been among those most heavily affected by vog since a new vent opened at Halemaumau summit in March 2009 and the volcano began releasing more sulfur dioxide.
The center would be built on the grounds of the Ka'u High School and Pahala Elementary School complex and would double as a school gymnasium.
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By Chris Devine at the Emirates Durham ICG
Alex Hales bashed 94 and shared a record-equalling partnership with Michael Lumb as England secured a 1-1 draw in the NatWest International Twenty20 series with a 27-run win at the Emirates Durham ICG.
For the second time in his career, Hales fell agonisingly short of recording the first T20 hundred by an England player. He and Luke Wright, each awarded increment contracts by the ECB today, made 99 last year.
However, there was adequate consolation for the tall Nottinghamshire batsman as England comfortably defended a total of 195 for five despite 53 from David Warner.
Hales and Lumb laid the perfect platform after George Bailey had won the toss, putting on 111 in 11.2 overs to equal the previous record stand for England against Australia set by Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen in the 2010 World T20 final.
After a tight first over from Mitchell Johnson, the tourists were unable to build any pressure as England's openers exhibited their power with a series of lusty blows.
Hales and Lumb rode their luck on occasion, yet there was much to admire in their clean striking and the hosts were always on top as a result.
It was Fawad Ahmed who eventually claimed Australia's first wicket, removing Lumb for 43 to pick up his maiden international scalp, and the leg-spinner completed impressive figures of 3-25 when striking twice in the final over.
That came after Hales had holed out to long-on from the last ball of the penultimate set of six, but England could still be more than happy with their total, which also featured handy cameos from Luke Wright and Eoin Morgan.
Aaron Finch, who clubbed an astonishing 156 in Australia's 39-run victory at the Ageas Bowl, made just five on this occasion before falling to Stuart Broad.
Although Warner enjoyed greater success, striking five fours and three sixes, Australia could not keep up with the required rate and soon lost their way.
For the second game in a row, Jade Dernbach represented the pick of England's attack.
Having returned 3-34 at Southampton, he took the key wicket of Warner today before claiming two more in successive balls towards the end for figures of 3-23.
There were also two scalps for Danny Briggs, who continued as the frontline spinner in an unchanged England line-up.
Australia Innings
5:39pm - END OF MATCH - AUS 168/9 - ENG WIN BY 27 RUNS AND DRAW THE SERIES 1-1 - It's a pretty straightforward win for Broad's men in the end. Dernbach, who claimed a wicket off a no-ball in the last over, finishes with 3-23, but Alex Hales will surely win the match award for his 61-ball 94.
5:34pm - WICKET! Coulter-Nile c Briggs b Finn 13; Aus 162/9 - Nathan Coulter-Nile may be in at 10, but he can certainly give it a whack! With 46 required from 12 balls, he strikes successive sixes off Finn. England's nerves are soon settled as the tailender is caught at fine-leg.
5:28pm - Mitchell Johnson takes a single to deny Dernbach three in a row. He boasts figures of 3-16 at present, though.
5:27pm - WICKET! Faulkner c Morgan b Dernbach 5; Aus 148/8 - Dernbach is on a hat-trick! A top-edge from James Faulkner loops to backward point, where Morgan pulls off a terrific catch leaping high into the air.
5:25pm - WICKET! Maxwell c Lumb b Dernbach 27; Aus 148/7 - That might be the end of Australia. Maxwell holes out to deep square-leg when Dernbach returns.
5:23pm - Maxwell is not giving up; he collects a six and two fours off Bopara in an over worth 19. Australia still need 48 from the last three.
5:16pm - WICKET! Wade b Briggs 4; Aus 123/6 - Wade aims a big hoick at Briggs and the top of off stump is knocked back.
5:10pm - WICKET! Bailey lbw Briggs 23; Aus 113/5 - Australia are up against it now. Bailey falls lbw on the sweep and the target is 83 from 38 deliveries as Matthew Wade joins Glenn Maxwell.
5:07pm - WICKET! - Warner c Hales b Dernbach 53; Aus 111/4 - Warner sends the ball into orbit off Dernbach. Finn, running back from mid-off, calls for it but is beaten by the breeze and fails to get his hands on the ball. Never mind Finny, Warner is gone next ball anyway! The left-hander carves to deep point, where Alex Hales makes no mistake.
5pm - FIFTY! Warner (38b 5x4 3x6) - Warner brings up his 10th half-century in T20 internationals with a single off Briggs. Australia need him to go on.
4:58pm - George Bailey is Warner's latest partner and the skipper goes four, two, six off Broad to leave 101 needed from 54 balls.
4:53pm - WICKET! Marsh b Root 14; Aus 82/3 - Australia find themselves three down at halfway as Root, having been slog-swept for six two balls earlier, cleans up Marsh.
4:50pm - Root is given a bowl and the fifty partnership arrives in his first over, Marsh having contributed five. Ravi Bopara then comes on as captain Broad rings the changes. The medium-pacer sends down two wides but is otherwise economical.
4:43pm - Marsh cannot get on strike but that may be a good thing as Warner continues to prosper, taking Danny Briggs for four and six. The latter boundary saw the ball just clear a leaping Joe Root on the long-on fence.
4:39pm - Warner clears the rope at long-on again, this time off Jade Dernbach. Australia end the powerplay on 42 for two. England were 61 without loss at the same stage.
4:34pm - Finn continues and responds well after being thumped down the ground by Warner for the first six of the innings.
4:29pm - Warner takes Broad for fours down the ground and square of third man. Australia end the fourth over on 24 for two, Marsh having played and missed at a third successive delivery.
4:23pm - WICKET! Watson run out (Morgan) 7; Aus 15/2 - Watson ends a quiet spell by clubbing Finn through long-on for a one-bounce four. He won't be getting any more, though. Having set off for a single to backward point and been sent back by David Warner, the number three is run out by sharp work from Eoin Morgan. New batsman Shaun Marsh is twice beaten all ends up by Finn.
4:15pm - WICKET! Finch c Wright b Broad 5; Aus 8/1 - Today is not Finch's day! He is late on the shot again looking to hook Stuart Broad and offers up a simple catch to midwicket. Shane Watson comes in at three.
4:13pm - Finch is beaten for pace by a Finn bouncer clocked at 89mph. Just four runs come from the first over.
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4:09pm - Are we going to see another special knock from Aaron Finch? It's time to find out. Steven Finn opens the bowling for England.
England Innings
3:56pm - END OF INNINGS - Eng 195/5 - Morgan clears the ropes but is caught at deep midwicket next ball. Ahmed finishes with impressive figures of 3-25.
3:52pm - WICKET! Buttler b Ahmed 0; Eng 187/4 - Ahmed is called upon for the final over and bowls a beauty to clean up Jos Buttler for a golden duck.
3:50pm - WICKET! Hales c Warner b Faulkner 94; Eng 187/3 - Oh no! Hales falls narrowly short of three figures again, picking out long-on from the final ball of the 19th over. Nevertheless, that was a wonderful knock, spanning 61 deliveries.
3:45pm - Aided by a strong breeze, Morgan comfortably clears deep midwicket off Coulter-Nile, who then oversteps to bring about a free hit that Hales collects two from. A carve over backward point moves the opener to 90.
3:38pm - WICKET! Wright c Johnson b Faulkner 30; Eng 157/2 - That's a better piece of fielding! Johnson times his jump perfectly at mid-off to send Wright back. Eoin Morgan joins Hales.
3:36pm - Wright had been struggling a little but finds his feet with a huge straight six off Glenn Maxwell. The next ball is cut for four before Aaron Finch has a shocker at deep midwicket, walking in a few yards and seeing the ball clear his head to land where he was originally stood! Eighteen come from the over.
3:33pm - The run-rate has dipped since Lumb's departure, although a tight over from Johnson is spoiled when a thick inside edge from Wright beats Wade and goes for four. England are 137 for one with 30 balls to come.
Spin might be the answer. Seven from Maxwell. 1-131 (14). Bailey recalls Johnson who has 0-26 (3) #ENGvAUS
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3:25pm - Luke Wright is the new batsman. Hales has 76, having somehow squirted an excellent yorker from Coulter-Nile through fine-leg for his 10th four.
3:18pm - WICKET! Lumb c Wade b Ahmed 43; Eng 111/1 - Nelson does for England as Ahmed claims his maiden international scalp. Lumb again misjudges a slog-sweep and is caught by Matthew Wade. His partnership with Hales equalled England's record stand against Australia, by Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen in the 2010 World T20 final.
3:16pm - CENTURY PARTNERSHIP! - Ahmed nearly picks up a wicket during a quieter over as Lumb slog-sweeps and gets an inside-edge into the wicketkeeper's pad. Johnson returns and another maximum from Hales takes England into three figures. Fours for either opener follow and the score reads 110 for nought after 11 overs.
3:08pm - FIFTY! Hales (34b 8x4 1x6) - Hales brings up a powerful half-century with two to long-on off Ahmed. Can he go on to surpass his T20 best of 99 I wonder?
3:06pm - Hales displays finesse when elegantly square-driving to the fence off Fawad Ahmed, who then appeals for lbw and caught behind off the same delivery without success. There's an awful mix-up in the next over. Lumb dashes halfway down the pitch after Hales is struck in the midriff, but Faulkner misses after turning to shy at the non-striker's end.
Some serious hitting from the Notts lads!! Come on boys!! #EngvAus
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2:59pm - BASH! That's the biggest hit yet! Lumb clears his front leg and clubs a slower ball from Watson high over the ropes at long-on. England are 74 without loss after seven.
2:54pm - A top-edged Hales pull takes England to 50 in 31 balls and Hales duly bludgeons Coulter-Nile over mid-on and midwicket for fours. The powerplay ends with 11 fours and a six having been struck.
2:51pm - Successive inside edges from Hales off James Faulkner race away for four either side of fine-leg. A monstrous straight hit by the right-hander later in the over is enough to get reporters ducking for cover in the press box, and another boundary through midwicket follows. England are going well now and end the fifth on 46 without loss.
2:47pm - After four scoreless deliveries, Hales clips Johnson to the midwicket rope before pulling a short ball behind square for a second four in succession. In the next over, from Nathan Coulter-Nile, Lumb sends one skywards towards deep midwicket and the ball just about beats Glenn Maxwell, who had dashed round the boundary.
2:38pm - Shane Watson's first ball is hammered through point by Lumb, who subsequently collects four more on the pull when David Warner dives over the ball in the deep. England are 13 without loss after two overs.
2:34pm - Mitchell Johnson sent down a woeful first over two days ago, but proves more economical with his opening set of six on this occasion, giving up just a single to Michael Lumb. There is a huge appeal for caught behind against Alex Hales, but the umpire remains unmoved.
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The players are out. Hales & Lumb to open for England #T20 pic.twitter.com/BJXzSaBgu9
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2:28pm - The players take to the field and we now have a near full house in attendance.
2:20pm - This pitch didn't appear to have too much pace in the women's fixture, so runs are likely to prove tougher to come by than they did in Southampton - although that's not saying much! Having been inserted, England will have to quickly assess what can be regarded as a respectable total.
2:10pm - Here are the teams in full:
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Stuart Broad (captain), Steven Finn, Danny Briggs, Jade Dernbach.
Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Shane Watson, George Bailey (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Fawad Ahmed.
2:02pm - AUSTRALIA WIN THE TOSS AND BOWL - George Bailey calls correctly and puts England in. Nathan Coulter-Nile replaces Josh Hazlewood in the tourists' line-up. England are unchanged.
1:55pm - The toss will take place in five minutes time and we'll find out whether either side has made changes. I can't see Australia dropping Aaron Finch; the burly opener smashed a world-record 156 on Thursday evening and England will be keen to get him early today.
1:45pm - England Women have wrapped up a fifth win in succession at the Emirates Durham ICG. Now it's the turn of the men in part two of today's double-header. Stuart Broad's side face the challenge of levelling the NatWest International T20 series today following Australia's 39-run win at the Ageas Bowl.


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A QUEENSLAND researcher has developed a gene therapy for HIV which has the potential to stop the virus from turning deadly.
Queensland Institute of Medical Research scientist David Harrich will begin animal trials this year, with experiments in humans are still five years away.
Associate Professor Harrich has manipulated an HIV protein involved in gene expression, known as Tat, and turned it into a weapon against the virus.
Using human immune system cells, known as T cells, in the laboratory, he's shown the mutant protein prevents HIV replication.
At the same time, Prof Harrich said the modified protein, dubbed Nullbasic, did not appear to adversely affect the human cells.
"So far we haven't found that Nullbasic causes toxicity in the cells we've tested," he said.
"I'm excited. Every test I've done with this agent has succeeded. It makes me optimistic it will work in humans. At the same time, I'm a sceptical scientist and I'm going to require proof it can jump every hurdle." QIMR researchers will soon begin testing the protein in mice.
"Before you can trial it on humans, it's going to have to go through rigorous testing in animals for safety," Professor Harrich said.
In order for human cells to make the HIV-inhibitory protein in the laboratory, he had to insert a new gene - a process known as gene therapy.
He said the idea of gene therapy being used as a treatment for HIV had gained momentum since the case of a man known as the Berlin Patient, considered by doctors to have been cured of the virus.
"He had a bone marrow transplant because he had cancer. The bone marrow from a human donor contained a mutant form of a normal protein that stopped the virus from being able to infect his cells," Prof Harrich said.
"He now has no HIV detectable in his body."
HIV, which cripples a person's immune system, has killed more than 25 million people since it emerged in the 1980s.
Patients are frequently treated with daily doses of anti-retroviral drugs which have been credited with lengthening the lives of people with HIV.
Prof Harrich said if the Nullbasic protein worked in humans, it potentially would be a one-off therapy.
"You would still be infected with HIV, it's not a cure. But the virus would stay latent, it wouldn't wake up, so it wouldn't develop into AIDS," he said.
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Apostle Shada Mishe of United States Posted at 5:01 AM January 18, 2013
Even if this is workable, you would need this procedure for every infected person because HIV attaches to the DNA therefore every person represents a different strain. Please add some AMBUSH to a Human growth medium laced with HIV, incubate and tell the world your finding. Sience is trying DIFFERENT IDEAS. apostleshadamishe at gmail.com
John Long of Sydney Posted at 1:23 AM January 16, 2013
Well done mate. Good luck with it. Meanwhile, lets hope Aussies will invest more in companies that can bring this to market. I expect QIMR will seek investors, find inadquate interest locally, end up having to sell out to the Yanks or Chinese. Aussies will then buy it for 100 times what it is worth...when they can afford it at all. But maybe thats just too cynical. Hats off to you Prof Harrich and QIMR!
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THIS is brilliant. Yet another great piece of science by an Aussie. Are you reading this Gillard? Still think cutting the medical research budget is a good idea?


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WOODSTOWN — Families started lining up around 4 p.m. — an hour ahead of time — here Wednesday afternoon for the Salem County Health Department's swine flu vaccination clinic for students, their siblings and their parents.
The clinic, at the Mary S. Shoemaker School, was designed for families in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District and those from the Upper Pittsgrove School District were also invited to attend.
It was scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m., but those seeking the vaccinations for the swine flu, or H1N1 virus, were there early.
"We are very grateful to the health department and very appreciative for the clinics," said Woodstown-Pilesgrove Superintendent Thomas Coleman.
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In total, five Salem County school districts have had swine flue vaccination clinics. Schools in Pittsgrove, Oldmans, Elsinboro, Woodstown-Pilesgrove, and Upper Pittsgrove have been given the vaccine with more schools to come.
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Penn State Altoona administrators are restoring evening bus transportation to off-campus housing, at least for this year, as a result of student concerns.
The chancellor's council, lead by Chancellor Lori Bechtel-Wherry, began meeting with student affairs department administrators last spring about eliminating evening bus routes, but administrators did not notify students until the summer about the change.
And a promise of the campus' free bus transportation advertised by landlords already had drawn Penn State Altoona students to live in off-campus housing this year and enroll in night classes without hesitation.
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Students board Amtran buses Tuesday at a bus stop near the Hawthorn Building at Penn State Altoona.
"We realize we need to give students more of a notice so that they have the opportunity to make plans," Penn State Altoona spokeswoman Shari Routch said after administrators decided Tuesday to reinstate evening Amtran service.
Starting Thursday, Amtran will resume the Blue and White loop services to Nittany Pointe and College Park apartments until 10 p.m. on weekdays.
"The start and end times will be the same as last year, but there will be a change in frequency based on ridership, and the university will notify students of that change by noon today after we have the details from Amtran."
But the possibility of that service ending next year is a concern for students with potential milelong hikes from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Park to their Nittany Pointe and College Park apartments in the dark, through all kinds of weather and long, uphill stretches without sidewalks.
Sophomore Marissa Brown's decision to live at the Nittany Pointe Apartments this year was based on the availability of transportation to and from campus. She is happy the administration reinstated evening bus service this year but hopes transportation is not cut next year.
"I don't think it should be temporary. I don't think they should look at transportation as a means of cutting costs," Brown said.
"Building repairs and other expenses," Routch said, were deferred to next fiscal year so that the campus can afford to reinstate evening bus services. Amtran bus service reductions were made to save $32,000, Routch said. "We want students to know we are not turning a deaf ear to their concerns."
But Routch said continuing to provide free evening bus transportation on the Blue and White bus loops to off-campus housing is not financially sustainable in the long term, and administrators are "looking at options for next year."
Penn State Altoona pays Amtran so its students can ride 11 bus routes without charge, including the two Blue and White loops.
Eliminating the evening Blue and White loop service was the least damaging transportation cut the campus could make, said Amtran General Manager Eric Wolf.
"Ridership was not great on those loops after 5 p.m." Wolf said, but he did not have figures readily available. "It was significantly less after 5," he said.
Penn State originally reduced Amtran services because Wolf ended a discount for the campus's contract this year.
"This 2012-13 academic school year we quoted Penn State Altoona $350,000 for all routes. The previous year, when Gov. [Tom] Corbett cut their state funding, I gave them a discount of $296,000."
This year's state budget held Penn State's funding at 2011-12 levels.
"But safety is our No. 1 priority," Routch said.
Falling victim to a crime as she walked home alone in the dark or falling on ice while lugging groceries for more than a mile to her apartment from campus was a concern for Brown, who gained 154 signatures in the past two days on a petition to reinstate the routes.
Student Government Association President Kyle Steenland signed Brown's petition and said he discussed the transportation issue with campus student affairs administrators on Tuesday.
"I understand making cuts, but transportation is a necessity," Steenland said.
Some evening transportation reductions for this year remain in effect. Frequency of three evening buses from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Park to downtown Altoona campus have been reduced from every 20 minutes to every hour.
Charging bus fare to students who board buses or partnering with landlords of off-campus apartments to maintain free transportation for students could be options the administration may explore, Routch said.
Mirror Staff Writer Russ O'Reilly is at 946-7435.


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Union soldiers face off against their Confederate counterparts at the Battle of Bentonville re-enactment Saturday.
Union re-enactors drag a wounded soldier back behind their lines during the fierce fighting at Saturday's re-enactment of the Battle of Bentonville.
Confederate re-enactors march into battle during Saturday's re-enactment of the Battle of Bentonville. The event drew nearly 4,000 participants and almost 40,000 spectators.
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Matt: Smartglass. I'm off to make dinner. Let me know if I miss anything #E3 Monday June 10th (BST)
Matt: YEAH GET HIM ROCKMAN #E3 Monday June 10th (BST)
Videogamer.com: It all properly kicks off tomorrow. What are you hoping to see? #E3 Monday June 10th (BST)
Adam: Back in the UK having not slept a wink on the plane. Now begins the struggle to stay awake until the evening! #E3 Saturday June 9th (BST)
Neon: How does Beyond: Two Souls compare to Heavy Rain? #E3 http://t.co/1Cb7utOD Friday June 8th (BST)
Adam: A little souvenir from the last day of e3, alongside a wicked (bad) sunburn :/ http://t.co/ioytFImk #E3 Friday June 8th (BST)
Neon: All Crytek's future games will be free-to-play. Every last one of them. #E3 http://t.co/BaBTWNR2 Friday June 8th (BST)
Adam: Argh, sunburn fail! #e3 Friday June 8th (BST)
Neon: The zombies from Plants vs Zombies get the drop on a dozing #e3 punter... http://yfrog.com/g073kygj Thursday June 7th (BST)
Neon: Just saw the hugely impressive Star Wars 1313. Also met ILM's Michael Koperwas and high-fived him for his work on Hulk in The Avengers. #E3 Thursday June 7th (BST)
Adam: The http://t.co/xoCQDgfX banner at #e3 http://t.co/eBqNtdxg Wednesday June 6th (BST)
Neon: Wonderful conversation between @jemalexander and @squidmania. "This game looks nothing like Halo! What is it?" ... "Halo." #E3 Wednesday June 6th (BST)
Neon: Not that Microsoft have much to be proud of either. Sony's was pretty good, Ubi's was excellent #E3 Wednesday June 6th (BST)
Neon: Can't get over Nintendo's #E3 conference this morning. Less of a presser; more like a depresser. Wednesday June 6th (BST)
Neon: Ubisoft explains Watch Dogs' tablet features: http://t.co/ff8GCgbJ #E3 Wednesday June 6th (BST)
Martin: Knowing that the Watch Dogs demo was running on a PC - does that make some console owners consider upgrading their computers? #E3 Tuesday June 5th (BST)
Dave: Trey Parker sums it up perfectly. #E3 http://t.co/14M8ED5I Tuesday June 5th (BST)
Adam: At the yard house eating dinner with the fine @neonkelly @splurch @jemalexander #E3 http://t.co/AptHyL4D Tuesday June 5th (BST)
Adam: Watch Dogs gameplay shown at the Ubi conference looked awesome #e3 Tuesday June 5th (BST)
Martin: Don't worry, Connor only hunts 100% British Meat. THE BEST MEAT IN THE WHOLD WORLD. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: Current #E3 games I am looking forward to: ACIII, Sim City, DmC, Most Wanted and Dishonoured. Other games: TRY HARDER. Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: I can't watch the ACIII stuff because of INTERNET but I get a sense it's looking really, really, REALLY good. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Neon: Ubisoft kicks off its #E3 conference with a dance number resembling a pervy PE lesson. ALREADY BETTER THAN MICROSOFT'S. Monday June 4th (BST)
Neon: @teddybayit Actually, the sequel is set in the North of England. It's called 'Newcastle Brown'. #e3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Neon: Standing in line for ubi's conference. Let's hope it's better than Microsoft's. #e3 http://t.co/QWuD5evn Monday June 4th (BST)
Adam: Our hotel lobby is covered with Square Enix #e3 http://t.co/fGNl67dP Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: Fairly sure if you just played Lara's voice track to me I'd think I'm listening to porn. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Dave: This looks epic. And I don't even like Halo all that much! #E3 #Halo4 Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: Just realised the http://t.co/nNq4tNbF #E3 hub calls it "gamings biggest expo". Facepalm. Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: Another quick post-spicy noodles toilet session before getting ready for the Microsoft conference. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Martin: I couldn't finish the spicy noodles :( Also it's 2am and I'm feeling very toilet-y. I doubt the two are related. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Adam: Team VG travelled for 20 hours yesterday, made up for it today by firing a bunch of guns. Also some e3 prep, all kicks off tomorrow #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Neon: http://t.co/Zz3u1NNs Post mega-pancake-breakfast, we spent the afternoon shamefully firing guns. It's been an all-American day. #E3 Monday June 4th (BST)
Neon: http://t.co/UnG7rooZ This was breakfast this morning. I-HOP took four years off my life expectancy. #e3 Sunday June 3rd (BST)
Neon: Morning everyone! Sorry for the grouchy tweet last night. Feel a less sleep deprived now. @squidmania & I may soon go in search of eats. #E3 Sunday June 3rd (BST)
Neon: So far this trip has been remarkably consistent: Problems every step of the way. Every goddam step. #E3 Sunday June 3rd (BST)
Neon: Every time I'm about to fly I end up thinking about Lost... #e3 Saturday June 2nd (BST)
Neon: http://t.co/az9BNnjt Look everybody! It's @splurch! I've not seen him in two years, since that notorious night at gamescom... #e3 Saturday June 2nd (BST)
Neon: http://t.co/Uwc7nU7E Delayed flight makes for a sad @squidmania. Hooray! E3! #E3 Saturday June 2nd (BST)
Adam: So, E3 day - all the team are here in good time, but the flight is delayed by an hour. Let's hope it stays at just that! #E3 Saturday June 2nd (BST)
Adam: Just got my final E3 trip details email from Expedia. That means shit is getting real, far too quickly. Hope I've not forgotten anything #e3 Thursday May 31st (BST)
Martin: You mean if I type something here it comes up on the page? #e3 Wednesday May 30th (BST)
Adam: Our devs have done a fantastic job preparing the tech that will power VideoGamer's E3 coverage - it's going to be awesome! #e3 Wednesday May 23rd (BST)
Videogamer.com: Here are our picks for the very best of E3 2011 - http://t.co/Y5j5zy1 Friday June 17th (BST)
Chris: Here are our picks for the very best of E3 2011 - http://t.co/MFxVC12 Friday June 17th (BST)
Videogamer.com: PEW! Here is our E3 preview of Hitman Absolution - http://t.co/SvymJ01 Thursday June 16th (BST)
Videogamer.com: We've still got plenty of coverage going up! Stay tuned to this URL to catch it all - http://t.co/F7gXFow Wednesday June 15th (BST)
Jamin: The 9 hour plane journey home will consist of: Back to the Future Ep 1, Preacher, The Wire and True Grit. Probably a few Heinekens, too. Saturday June 11th (BST)
Adam: Waiting in LAX with another 2 hours until our flight home. S'gonna be a long day Saturday June 11th (BST)
Jamin: Played me some Bastion yesterday. You should all be very excited for this one. Friday June 10th (BST)
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Third title in the critically acclaimed series.
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Downloadable action puzzler featuring Lara Croft.
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Arrest in alleged assault case
A Pukalani man was arrested Wednesday in an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman that lasted two weeks, police said.
The man had not been charged as of Thursday afternoon. Police said they were expecting to file charges this morning. He was facing three counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of kidnapping.
The attacks began after the woman, 40, befriended the man at the Pukalani Terrace Shopping Center on Dec. 1, police said.
The woman said she was sexually assaulted inside and outside her car six times in remote areas of Haiku and Kipahulu, police said. Her hands were bound with a leather belt, and she was choked several times, police said. The woman told police she nearly lost consciousness each time.
The woman reported that the incidents ended Dec. 11 or 12, police said.
On Wednesday afternoon, she reported the attacks to police and an all-points bulletin was issued for the man's arrest. He was arrested about five hours later at a residence in Pukalani, police said.
Women arrested in mail thefts
Two Maui women were arrested Wednesday after police found mail from 11 different addresses in their vehicle, police said.
On Monday, police responded to a call of mailbox thefts and located the two suspects in a vehicle. It was impounded as police worked to obtain a search warrant, said Maui police spokesman Lt. William Juan.
On Wednesday, executing a search warrant of the vehicle, police found mail from Wailuku, Haliimaile, Makawao and Pukalani addresses, said Nelson Hamilton, acting lieutenant for the Criminal Investigation Division. Drugs also were found in the vehicle, he said.
The women were arrested Wednesday on a warrant and released pending further investigation, Juan said.
TSA extends screening service
Service members of the U.S. Armed Forces will be included in the Transportation Security Administration's expedited screening services at Hawaiian Airlines starting Friday.
The Pre-Check program also will include members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Reserves and National Guard, the airline said.
Those who present their Common Access Card will be able to clear security without removing their shoes, coats, belts, liquids and laptop computers for official and leisure travel.
Their Department of Defense identification number will be used as their Known Traveler Number.
The traveler's name on the reservation needs to match exactly with the name on the CAC card. For service members that are members of the airline's loyalty program, the name on their HawaiianMiles membership must match exactly with that name on their CAC card.
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An AARP policy adviser for housing and livable communities will be speaking from 2:30 to 4 p.m. today in the Mayor's Conference Room in the Kalana O Maui building in Wailuku.
Rodney Harrell, part of the AARP Public Policy Institute, will discuss "Designing the Future today - Creating Livable Communities on Maui for All Generations."
Harrell is responsible for developing AARP's policy on housing and livable communities and conducting independent research. AARP's housing policy agenda is to create a range of affordable housing options that facilitate personal independence, aging in place and engagement in the community, a news release said.
This event is co-presented by AARP, the Maui County Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition and the County of Maui.
The event is free, but registration is required and may be made online at aarp.cvent.com/mauiagefriendly or by calling (877) 926-8300. For more information about the event or NPAC, contact Coordinator Sandra McGuinness at (808) 264-7895 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Makawao project to host holiday readers
Local holiday stories for children will be read from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Makawao History Project.
Readers will be Ninfa Tolentino, Makawao Public Library librarian, from 5 to 5:45 p.m.; Joanne Laird, Read Aloud America, from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.; and Kathy Collins, radio broadcaster, poet and Maui News columnist, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.
Homemade cookies and apple cider will be served, and Santa will make a visit.
The free event at 1152 Makawao Ave., ground floor of the Silva Building, is open to the public.
The Makawao History Project is designed to present Makawao's history and to collect the community's memories in order to design a future Makawao museum.
The history project will remain open past its original Dec. 31 closing to Feb. 28 due to community donations, a news release said.
Admission to the project is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Man charged in burglary of residence
A Wailuku man was charged with burglary and theft Monday after allegedly stealing $1,000 worth of items from a Haiku residence last month, police said.
John J. Baker, 22, was charged with second-degree burglary and theft. His bail was set at $1,700.
Between Nov. 20 and 24, Baker allegedly entered a women's home off Hana Highway and stole her purse containing about $40, police said. Baker also took the women's bike, which he later spray painted to conceal the theft.
On Nov. 30, the woman found her bike in nearby bushes and was able to identify Baker after talking with neighbors, police said. When police located Baker at a residence, they found the women's purse in a shed in the backyard.
Baker was arrested Dec. 11.
Man arrested in alleged Wal-Mart theft
A Kihei man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to steal hundreds of dollars worth of items from Wal-Mart in Kahului, police said.
Kaleo Kubo, 19, was charged with second-degree theft. His bail was set at $1,000.
The incident occurred around 10 a.m. Wednesday when Kubo began piling his shopping cart with clothes, DVDs, hygiene products, a printer and a 4-inch sickle, police said. Kubo's actions caught the attention of security guards, who followed Kubo out the Garden Department exit of the store.
The guards stopped Kubo and brought him back inside the store, where police later arrested him. The items were valued at about $660, police said.


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Preschoolers ages 3-5 with an adult companion are invited on a spring walk at 4:30 p.m. April 9 at Forrest Nature Preserve.
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While the passing of Martin St. Louis' mother and the return of Chris Kreider are widely regarded as the main reasons the Rangers were able to bounce back from a 3-1 series hole against the Penguins, most Blueshirt players are quick to remind us that their players-only meeting after the Game 4 debacle was also very instrumental.
Well, it looks like the Rangers went back to the well after Monday night's devastating Game 3 loss seemingly put the Blueshirts in an insurmountable 3-0 hole…
"A couple of guys talked after last game, I was one of them," Henrik Lundqvist noted after the 2-1 Game 4 victory last night. "We said 'whatever happens, we're winning [Game 4]. We're not losing two at home.'"
…while his goaltending ability is second-to-none, it's his leadership qualities that separates him from the pack.
…i don't think I'm overstating that Lundqvist's performance last night after virtually guaranteeing a victory to his teammates two days earlier is in Messier Game 6 territory.
…while I feel rah-rah speeches are over-rated, the rhetoric coming from the Rangers leadership seems to be resonating with their teammates because they've immediately responded with spirited performances following both these pep talks.


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Bald eagles soar again in states
Talk about comeback of the year -- this is more like comeback of the century. I'm talking about bald eagles, which not so long ago numbered fewer than 500 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states.
Now you see them all the time. During a recent drive on Interstate 79, we spotted a bald eagle in its nest near the Crawford County-Mercer County line.
What I know about bald eagles you could stick under the seventh feather on an eagle's left wing, but seeing one soar high overhead can be a moving experience. I can attest to that from personal experience.
Back when our kids were young, we'd often take weekend car rides to get out and see the sights. One Sunday, I suggested we head down to the Warren area to visit Kinzua Dam, but once we hit those hilly rural roads, two of the kids got carsick.
It was turning into a nightmarish road trip by the time we reached the dam, but the sight of two bald eagles flying high in the sky seemed to have a calming effect on everyone's frayed nerves and jumpy stomachs. We sat there for the better part of an hour, watching the eagles soar, dip and float on the wind currents.
Finally, the larger one dove gracefully to the surface of the river and deftly plucked a trout from the water. Moving so effortlessly and smoothly, he made LeBron James look like a klutz.
They were the first bald eagles I'd ever seen, and the memory of that afternoon still brings a smile.
At the 1997 World Series in Miami, a bird trainer, who had rescued an injured bald eagle and later nursed it back to health, released it to fly around the ballpark during the singing of the national anthem.
Upon completion of the eagle's final tour of the stadium, the trainer held his leather-clad arm aloft for the bird to land. But the eagle seemed struck by second thoughts.
It made a move toward the trainer before suddenly swerving and then soaring straight up and out of the park. The crowd of 70,000-plus, silent for a moment as it waited to see what would happen, erupted in a huge cheer.
Most of what I knew about eagles came from the 1981 film "Continental Divide," starring John Belushi and Blair Brown, which has been popping up on cable in recent weeks.
Belushi played a big-city newspaper columnist -- a Mike Royko type -- while Brown was a self-reliant naturalist who observed eagles from a remote outpost in the Rockies.
Away from the camera, Belushi, at the height of the manic partying that would lead to his death, clashed repeatedly with Brown. They barely spoke, and the strain between the two carried over to the movie, which was only so-so. But the eagle scenes are spectacular.
About the only person I know who did not admire eagles was Benjamin Franklin, who in 1782 mounted a spirited campaign against their selection as a symbol of America.
"He is a bird of bad moral character who does not come by his living honestly," Franklin wrote from Paris. "You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where he is too lazy to fish for himself."
Franklin tried to drum up support for the adoption of the turkey as the nation's symbol.
On rare occasions, a young eagle might grab a fish that's a bit too heavy for it. In those cases, it will swim with powerful strokes. But few eagles drown because they refuse to give up their prize catch.
Some turkeys, on the other hand, have been known to drown as they look up to the sky, fascinated by falling rain. They fail to keep their mouths closed, and that's the end.
Seems like old Ben Franklin might have had a bit of turkey in him.


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July 7, 2013, 08:54 PM
Shooting a t/c 14 " 22 hornet and splitting case necks, both rp and winchester brass. Have trird several different loads to no avail. Shot the same loads in a cz 527 rifle and have never split one neck, any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank-you