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NEW YORK — A pair of gunrunners, including one from South Carolina, smuggled firearms into New York City by hiding them in luggage they carried on discount buses offering cheap fares and lesser odds of getting caught, authorities said Monday.
The men were caught in a police sting that netted 254 weapons in 45 transactions since last year — the largest total from a gun case in recent memory. One of the guns was an assault rifle that was disassembled and transported in a girlfriend's zebra-striped bag, authorities said.
The alleged smugglers, Walter Walker and Earl Campbell, were among 19 people arrested in New York, North Carolina and South Carolina as a result of a 10-month investigation. Also charged was an operator of a Brooklyn music recording studio where authorities allege some of the deals took place.
Officials from the New York Police Department and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the arrests Monday, citing it as another example of a persistent black market in which guns from the South can sell for three times their original price in the city.
"There is no doubt that the seizure of these guns has saved lives," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference.
Wiretap evidence showed that sellers in the Carolinas knew the weapons were destined for New York, said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan.
"Perhaps the two most disturbing aspects of the gun-trafficking operation were the simplicity of the business model, and the complete indifference of the gun suppliers to the mayhem their actions would cause here in New York City," Brennan said. "The marketing strategy was buy low, sell high and keep a low profile."
The case — built largely on the work of an undercover NYPD investigator and cellphone wiretaps — was a spinoff of a drug investigation in Brooklyn. Authorities said they discovered that Walker, 29, of Sanford, N.C., and Campbell, 24, of Rock Hill, were trafficking guns separately but using the same middleman in New York City.
Walker and Campbell were arrested earlier this month in their home states, authorities said. The names of their defense attorneys were not immediately available.
The suspects tapped a variety of suppliers in their hometowns, authorities said. Some guns were obtained on the black market, while others were bought from gun dealers using straw buyers to get around one-gun-a-month restrictions.
"The problem is that the gun law's passed now, so it's like now I can only buy a gun from a gun store every 30 days," Campbell complained in one conversation, according to an indictment. "So I had to, like, pay different people to keep buying different guns."
Authorities allege that before heading to New York, Campbell would obtain photos of the guns his suppliers were offering and send the images to the undercover officer. Both defendants would travel to the city carrying a dozen or more handguns, rifles and shotguns in bags that were stowed in luggage compartments of Chinatown-based carriers also favored by drug couriers.
One of the discount bus companies charges $60 one-way from Raleigh to New York. The fare is about half that charged by Greyhound, which, unlike the Chinatown buses, requires identification for boarding.
The indictment says Walker met two times last year with the middleman and the undercover officer at the Brooklyn recording studio to sell the undercover firearms. He also allegedly sold weapons to the undercover in April in Manhattan.
In January, the undercover met with Campbell and his girlfriend, who was carrying assault rifle parts in her zebra-striped suitcase, authorities said. The girlfriend tried to assemble the weapon using an instructional video she called up on her smartphone. When she failed, the undercover bought the pieces anyway for $1,100.
A graphic display presented at a news conference at New York police headquarters, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 shows the 19 people arrested in New York, North Carolina and South Carolina as the result of a 10-month investigation into gun smuggling into New York City. Authorities say couriers allegedly smuggled 254 guns into New York City by stashing weapons in their luggage on discount buses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)×


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Everybody's Kung Fu Fighting
Nobody loves a good fight as much as the media, which has veritably been spoilt for choice this entire week.
This is the one week when the gods seem to have been smiling down at the news channels and publications. Politicians, social activists, authors, playboy cricketers-turned-politicians, playboys-turned-politicians, politicians-turned-poets, name it and they've all managed to pick a fight with someone or the other and that too while the cameras are rolling. And we all know that there's nothing which is as entertaining as the argumentative Indian, and in one case the argumentative Pakistani. And it seems that nobody loves a good fight as much as the media, which has veritably been spoilt for choice this entire week.
The week started off with the most recent installment of the Khan vs Rushdie squabble, which was re-ignited by Rushdie who seems mighty miffed that Imran Khan, upholder of the collective Islamic sentiment, refused to share the podium with him at the recently held India Today Conclave. Now to give Imran his due, whether or not he participates in the conclave is really his choice. The reason for not doing so might be a poor choice in our eyes, but the poor dear does have to return to Pakistan shores and contest elections which he always seems to be losing. So you can't blame him for erring on the side of caution.
But while the print media might have turned their nose up at the Khan-Rushdie battle, the television channels jumped at the opportunity to milk this fight for all it was worth. So yesterday, there was an 'exclusive' with Imran Khan on NDTV 24X7 which spent an indiscriminate amount of time asking 'I'm the Dim' as Rushdie fondly calls him, his views on Rushdie's rather personal assault on him at the India Today Conclave. The good thing for the channels is that both Imran and Rushdie say such deliciously smarmy and stupid things, that it's akin to sitting in a drawing room and watching them argue with each other.
Imran made some sparkling statements such as comparing writing on the Prophet to writing or belittling the Holocaust. Which he feels would never be allowed. So why should Satanic Verses be allowed? Obviously he hasn't heard of the musical, The Producers which has had over 2000 performances and spawned a film and which caricatures not just the Nazis, but also Jews. But then he'd most probably explain it away as being a sign of fallen West. Imran also looked upset that he'd been accused of being afraid of mullahs, and went on to say that, 'As if Imran is scared of mullahs". What a preposterous idea. Barkha did throw in some questions on his politics in the last minute or two of the interview, but that seemed more of an afterthought. I do feel though that nothing is upsetting Rushdie as much as Imran carrying on denying meeting Rushdie ever – when Rushdie has gone online, in print and on TV, claiming that Imran did indeed dine with him at Naveen Patnaik's house in 1984. We all get upset when people don't remember meeting us after spending an entire evening with us, and it seems so does Rushdie. Either way, between Rushdie's tirades against Imran on twitter and at the Conclave – which was dutifully lapped up and reported on – and Imran's exclusive on NDTV, it's good times for the channels.
But this wasn't the only fight in sight. Oh no. Naveen Patnaik who has been having a tiff with Chidambaram over the implementation of the NCTC, stated that the Central government had not offered any assistance in regard to the two Italians kidnapped by the Naxals in Orissa. Chidambaram, who's been camera-shy for a while, immediately gave a sound-byte saying that he was most disappointed by Patnaik's statements as he'd even phoned him on Sunday and, "offered him every help. He did not ask me for anything. He said I am just keeping you informed… no specific request for help has been made until I left my office a few minutes ago". How unfair of Patnaik. Who of course promptly told the media, in his very Brit way, that he was "not here to banter with Mr Chidambaram. The kidnapping is a very serious issue for us. My first concern is the release of two Italian hostages" At least someone was thinking of the poor Italian duo, who are having to banter with the naxals while hoping for the best. Not knowing that instead of planning their rescue, the home minister is busy settling scores with Patnaik.
And then just as I'd finished giggling at Patnaik's 'banter' comment, a Jesus-like character arose on the screen and decided to show us the way to the Holy Land where there are no naxals and no evil. Sri Sri Ravishankar had seen the ruckus between the Home Minister and the Chief Minister, gathered up his robes and decided to jump straight into the fray. Making the mother of all comments on the issue, and that too in front of an army of cameras, the wise guru informed us that the naxal scourge could be nipped in the bud simply by the government refraining from running schools. Why? Because government school students become naxals and are more violent. "Government ko koi school nahi chalana chahiye. Aksar paya jata hai ki government school se padhe hue bacche hi is tarha naxalvad me hinsa ke marg me chale jate hai". Those from the private education system are not into these things, according to the wise one. They in fact move ahead with an ideal (adarsh) and the private school teachers are responsible for it.
Kapil Sibal, displaying a hitherto-unseen proclivity for measuring his words for once, immediately provided a sound-byte saying that Sibal was from a government school and he definitely wasn't a naxalite. Now while I'm not sure of the former claim, I think we can all vouch for the veracity of the second claim. Sibal as a naxalite is as preposterous as Ravi Shankar not charging for his artful courses in living.
The private schooled guru immediately took to twitter – the cameras had most probably left the venue by then – and said that, "I specifically referred to sick government schools in Naxal affected areas. Many who have turned to Naxalism have come from these schools". And as a plug to the many private schools he's opening, also tweeted that, "The Art of Living is running 185 free schools in such areas. I urge more institutions to join this effort to spread peace through education."
So between the talking heads on TV, quibbling over each other's statements it felt less Current Affairs and more Current Arguments. But it is awfully quiet today. No one has picked a fight with anyone. The Norwegians are quiet, the Indian parents are quiet, Dinesh Trivedi and Mamata Banerjee are quiet, Mukul Roy's busy re-arranging the furniture in his new office, and Rushdie's promised to the twitter universe to not make any more statements about Imran. The media might actually get to report on some actual news stories what with Kasab's hearing and Kingfisher's fate being decided by the DGCA. But going by just the past week, I'm sure we'll have another spat or two making it to headline news. Till such time though, all is quiet on the Western Front.
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Charting the rise of how-to blogs and YouTube videos for women with natural Afro hair, the article looks at the financial, social and personal successes black and mixed race women have had since they let go of the relaxer.
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Here's my favs from last week:
Blast from the Past Easter Basket by Ladybird Lane
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Darling! And it looks quick too- my favorite:)
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Erie fitness group combines sweat, fun
Leslie Cooksey pointed toward Frontier Park's main hill and told members of Team Adrenaline their job for the next four minutes was to run up and down the incline.
Cooksey, the fitness team's instructor Thursday evening, helpfully suggested that the hill was steeper to the west and less so to the east.
"Where's the hard part?" asked Team Adrenaline member Norma Santiago, 35.
Cooksey pointed to the west.
"Then I'll be over here," Santiago said as she walked in the opposite direction, making several of her teammates laugh.
Sweat and laughter are key ingredients in a Team Adrenaline workout, said Steven Krauza, the Erie chiropractor who formed the fitness group in early 2011.
People have gathered to work out for decades, but in recent years there has been a growth locally of fitness groups like Team Adrenaline. They meet outside three to four times a week, at a local park or school, and spend an hour or so running, jumping, stretching and doing calisthenics.
"It's become a social movement," said Krauza, 36. "We laugh, we joke, and we never stop moving. It helps break up the monotony that sometimes comes with exercise."
Krauza started Team Adrenaline as a way to get his patients up and moving. He wanted to increase their functional fitness -- their ability to get through their day-to-day activities without dropping from exhaustion or pain.
His patients weren't that interested, Krauza discovered, but others were.
"I found a group of people who wanted to try this," Krauza said. "So we started getting together in April 2011. Our main rule is that we never bring it inside."
So Team Adrenaline exercised outside in the midst of Erie's coldest winter in 20 years, bundling up to ward off the chill as they ran and did lunges in the snow.
Only once did the group cancel a workout, Cooksey said.
"It was the day (the wind chill) was 30 below," Cooksey said.
Attendance has ranged from just a few hearty participants on the coldest days to 46 people at one workout last summer, Krauza said. Between 15 and 20 members attend the typical session.
The popularity of groups like Team Adrenaline has had an impact on traditional fitness centers.
The Glenwood YMCA, 3727 Cherry St., offers more intense group classes than it did a few years ago, said Nancy Jo Foor, fitness director of the Glenwood YMCA's wellness department.
"Classes like CrossFit and Team Adrenaline has pushed us to step up with our fitness classes and make them more advanced," Foor said. "When I started as a member at the Glenwood Y six or eight years ago, the classes were much more low-key."
Because the classes are more intense, it's important that instructors offer modifications for participants who are older or less fit.
Foor has seen YMCA members leave to join CrossFit and other fitness groups, only to return to the YMCA with a pulled hamstring or back injury.
"Overall, I think these type of classes are good now and then, but not as someone's solo workout unless they are in their 20s and super-fit," Foor said.
Team Adrenaline members range in age from 20-somethings who wear knee-high Hello Kitty socks to grandmothers in capri pants. Some are marathon runners, while others are simply trying to get into shape.
Workouts are intense but can be modified to accommodate new members and those with injuries.
"I can't do a push-up, so I hold myself up or just do some shoulder dips," said Team Adrenaline member Patti Myers, 63. "Sometimes when they run, I walk. Everyone is really supportive."
Anyone can join Team Adrenaline, Krauza said. There is no membership fee, and classes cost $7 to $10 each, depending on how many classes you buy.
"Twice a year I have a half-price sale, and a lot of people buy then," Krauza said. "I don't make a profit on Team Adrenaline. The money just pays for expenses."
Team members keep track of one another between sessions on Facebook. They have even formed their own side groups, Cooksey said.
"I hang out with a majority of Team Adenaline," Cooksey said. "We do races together and hang out."
Myers isn't ready for a 5K yet, but she has been exercising with Team Adrenaline for three weeks and has noticed some improvement already.
"I haven't really exercised since the Curves in Wesleyville closed a couple of years ago," Myers said. "I've lost 5 pounds so far, and I feel great."
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Weekly Roundup Episode 14
It's time for another Weekly Roundup! This week, we have our first voicemail question (!) from @tyrone_hawk, about how to get his wife to enjoy playing first-person shooters, instead of just watching. Then it's on to what we've been playing this week, the Gears of War 3 debacle, Civilization's new Facebook offering, more on the Wii U, Sony's PSN Pass…and the Mass Effect movie. Because they're bringing it to San Diego Comic Con in some manner. Hope you enjoy this week's show! As always, we encourage you to check out our partners in GamingAngels Presents: The Married Gamers, Game Dames and PrincessCast. Be sure to take a listen to Blood Angels, our True Blood podcast. ALSO: We've got some new stuff coming up, but you'll have to wait to hear more. If you want to contact us, you've got tons of options! Twitter: @GamingAngels Email: email@example.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gamingangels You canRead more →By Tiffany Nevin in Angel Life · Featured · News No comments yet


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Evil eye. Magical fright. A sick soul.
These are all afflictions usually treated by traditional Mexican healers known as curanderos. And this summer, an Albuquerque museum is planning an exhibit on the magical art of curanderismo, or the practice of traditional Mexican folk healing.
In May, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is scheduled to open an exhibit with displays on curandero healing through herbs to getting a soul cleansing, also known as a limpia. Also on display will be curandero instruments from incense burners used in rituals to cups necessary to cure a spiritual illness.
"We're going to try to fit as much as we can so people can understand the roots of curanderismo and understand how it's used and practiced," said Devorah Romanek, curator of exhibits for the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.
The exhibit will coincide with a University of New Mexico curanderismo class that is expected to draw more than 200 people from around the nation.
Curanderismo is the art of using traditional healing methods like herbs and plants to treat various ailments. Long practiced in indigenous villages of Mexico and other parts of Latin America, curanderos also could be found in parts of New Mexico, south Texas, Arizona and California. In recent years, some curanderos have been found practicing in New York and Georgia as immigration from Mexico has expanded into those areas.
Anthropologists believe curanderismo remained popular among poor Latinos because they didn't have access to health care. But they believe the field is gaining traction among those who seek to use alternative medicine.
Among the ailments curanderos treat are mal de ojo, or evil eye, and susto, magical fright.
Mal de ojo is the belief that an admiring look or a stare can weaken someone, mainly a child, leading to bad luck, even death. Susto is a folk illness linked to fright experience like an automobile accident or tipping over an unseen object. Those who believe they are inflicted with susto say only a curandero can cure them.
Eliseo "Cheo" Torres, the curator of the exhibit and author of "Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing," said curanderismo is gaining in popularity in the U.S. due to immigration from Latin America. "But there are also new people who want to learn about the field and appreciate its value," he said. "They also incorporate Chinese and Cuban traditional healing."


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Two men from Citra have been charged with armed robbery and attempted murder in a shooting Friday.
According to deputies, one victim was shot and the other was able to run away.
Montel Brown, 20, and Ferron Lee Williams, 19, were arrested by the Marion County Sheriff's Office Tactical Investigations Unit and charged.
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The Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its 2012 graduate student symposium titled "Exhibition Complex: Displaying People, Identity, and Culture" and taking place October 18-20, 2012. Organized in collaboration with the Carnegie Museum of Art, our topic is inspired by the museum's fall 2012 exhibition Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939. This year's symposium sets out to analyze the many modes of display, types of artistic production, and built and existing structures that constitue ephemeral exhibition spaces. The keynote address will be delivered by Saloni Mathur, Associate Professor of Art History at UCLA and author of India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display (2007).
This year's symposium sets out to analyze the many modes of display, types of artistic production, and built and existing structures that constitute ephemeral exhibition spaces. We are interested in projects that explore temporary exhibitions displaying people, identity, and culture in any geographical location or time period, within and beyond the modern history of Western display. We welcome scholarly topics on a variety of visual culture dealing with any geographical area or time period, as well as presentations of design and artistic projects. Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:
• early history of ephemeral display in Western and non-Western traditions in processions, pilgrimages, religious collections, and homotsu kaze-ire as well as fairground and festival spectacles, marketplaces, gardens, parks, masquerades, and carnivals
• modes of national representation and self-display at international exhibitions
• carnival transportation and transient entertainers and design in performance history
• explorations of the exhibition of the self and the other, such as ethnographic documentation,
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A reader familiar with the conventions of the American hard-boiled detective story is likely to observe that The Far Side of the Dollar is comparatively free of murders and gore. Only two occur in the story, as well as one justifiable homicide (self-defense), one suicide, and a suicide attempt. Moreover, none of the killings is done by the hero, although his weapon is used in the self-defense episode. Anyone familiar with predecessors like Dashiell Hammett's The Dain Curse, or descendants like James Lee Burke's many police detective novels set in Louisiana during the post-Vietnam War era will undoubtedly find Macdonald's work surprisingly non-violent. Yet a close look reveals that the sense of danger, the …
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Matt Lane of Montclair Kimberley Academy became Essex County's all-time leading scorer on Saturday when he collected four goals and four assists in a victory over Newark Academy.
The Syracuse-bound Lane ran his career points total to 321, surpassing Matt Guido of West Essex, who had 313 points and graduated in 2004. Lane, a senior, leads the team in goals (35) and assists (33), and Saturday was the eighth time this season he had at least five points in a game.
Glen Ridge, No. 15 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, suffered two losses last week, but both were only three-goal decisions to Top 20 teams in Ridge and Chatham.
Glen Ridge is a much different squad than the one that started the season 2-4 and is looking more and more like a Group 1 state-title contender as it continues to get healthy.
Notre Dame-bound Shane Doss is one of the best goalies in the state and has a solid defensive unit around him with the likes of Eric Prezioso, Jack Topping, Marcus Cunningham and John Morrow. The offense is solid, as Colin Goldstein leads the way with Brad D'Alessandro, Jackson Kinley, Joey Salvatelli and Nick Spitaletta.
Before losing to Ridge and Chatham, Glen Ridge had reeled off six straight wins, including a double-overtime triumph over Ridgewood and a victory over Don Bosco Prep.
The Essex County Tournament will wrap up this weekend with the semifinals on Thursday, with the higher seed hosting, and the final taking place on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Livingston.
Glen Ridge won its second title in a row, 16-10, over Seton Hall Prep in last year's final.
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You could spot shearwaters right alongside the boat!
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Hundreds of birdwatchers have already jumped at the chance to see migrating seabirds as they make a flying visit to the seas off the East Yorkshire coast.
Six cruises organised by the RSPB will allow passengers to get up close and personal with the birds as they pass over the North Sea this autumn on their way to winter haunts.
The RSPB's Skua and Shearwater cruises set sail on 31 August and run until 5 October aboard Bridlington's famous 'Yorkshire Belle'.
Cruise Co-ordinator for the RSPB, Kim Smales, said: 'RSPB Seabird Cruises take passengers right into the heart of the action and, with luck, enables them to see a wide variety of seabirds that don't breed locally.
On any one sailing you might spot Arctic and great skuas as well as Manx and sooty shearwaters right alongside the boat. It beats seeing them through a telescope from land, hands down.'
Throwing a special cocktail of smelly fish bits into the water brings the birds even closer in allowing photographers to capture brilliant images.
Keith Clarkson, site manager at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, highlighted the plight of some of the seabirds: 'It's a privilege to be able to see these seabirds in our area. However, seabirds are constantly under threat.
'Climate change, pollution and offshore developments can all impact adversely on them by affecting food sources and nesting areas. Through our conservation campaigns, the RSPB is working hard to give nature a home at sea as well as on land.'
These late season cruises are extremely popular and as just six are planned, it's wise to book early.
And even if you can't tell a skua from a shearwater, it's still a great experience. Volunteers from the RSPB's East Yorkshire Local Group are on hand to point out and identify the birds as the soar and swoop above and around the boat.
The cruises depart from Bridlington harbour, every Saturday or Sunday, from 31 August to 5 October. Ticket prices are £20 per adult, £10 per child (under 14) or £50 for a family ticket.
The Yorkshire Belle has both covered and outdoor seating, a saloon bar with hot and cold drinks and toilets.
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Some say without them, the United States and its allies would have lost World War II.
The last of the original Code Talkers spoke to KOAT Action 7 News about a documentary that will chronicle his life.
"I'm very proud to be one of them," said Chester Nez.
VIDEO: Documentary to cover life of Code Talker Chester Nez
Nez is the last of the original World War II Code Talkers. He, along with 28 other Native Americans, were recruited by the U.S. Marines to create a code the Japanese couldn't crack. Nez remembers the first message he had to translate -- he was 18 years old, and had just landed on Guadalcanal.
"The message said, 'Japanese machine gun nest to your right flank. Destroy,'" he said.
Nez is now 93 years old. He now lives in the East Mountains with his grandson.
Filmmaker David Dejonge has plans to immortalize Nez in film.
"And have it be his first-hand account coming from his own mouth," he said.
Nez has already written a memoir. Co-author Judith Schiess-Avila will help with the film.
"He just did what he thought it was right to do for his country despite how he was treated," said Schiess-Avila.
The 30-minute documentary will tell Nez's story from childhood to present day, including how he was taken from his family in New Mexico to attend kindergarten in an English-immersion school in Arizona. Then when he was in 10th grade, he was asked to be a part of the Code Talkers.
"Hey, remember that language we asked you to forget as a child? We want you to develop a secret language to win the war," said DeJonge.
The plan is to begin filming this spring.
"The Navajo tribe is very proud that we did something for our country in WWII," said Nez.
To make the film a reality, DeJonge says he'll need to raise $37,000. He is taking donations at survivorquest.org.


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Grand Rapids, MI- The Aquinas College men's basketball team came away with a decisive 98-63 victory over visiting Marygrove last night. With the win, the Saints improve to 10-12 overall and 7-7 in the WHAC. Aquinas is currently 7th in the league, a half-game back of Lourdes for 6th place.
Brett Pfahler (Coopersville/Coopersville) led the way for the Saints in the first-half. The senior guard scored 10 of his 15 points in the first stanza. Pfahler was 5-7 from the field for the game, including 3-4 from beyond the arc. He also added nine rebounds. As a team, the Saints shot 50% from the field in the first-half on the way to 52 points and a 25 point lead.
The Saints would not allow the Mustangs to get closer than 25 the rest of the game, and led by as many as 38 points in the second-half. Sophomore Zac VanBeek (Zeeland/East) scored a career-high 17 points to lead the way for Saints. Four other Saints finished the game in double-figures. Kolin Kazen (Saugatuck/Albion) scored 12, while Austin Semple (Zeeland/West) and Joe Ferrici each added 10. Ferrici also pulled down eight rebounds. Luke Sorenson (Clio/Davenport) came off the bench to score 16 points in just nine minutes of action.
Aquinas heads into an important four game stretch against top competition starting this weekend. The Saints travel to Lima, Ohio this Saturday to take on Northwestern Ohio (15-6, 11-4) in a key WHAC showdown. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 pm.


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An impressive second-half comeback could not overcome a forgettable night of long-range shooting for the St. Joseph's basketball team Wednesday.
Trailing by as many as 25 points in the first half, and 22 with less than 15 minutes left in the contest, the Hawks made a game of it before falling to St. Bonaventure, 73-64, at Hagan Arena.
The Hawks had hit only one of their first 20 three-point attempts before Chris Wilson connected from beyond the arc to cut the Bonnies' lead to 58-52 with 5 minutes, 32 seconds left. St. Joseph's finished 2 for 22 from three-point range while the Bonnies were 10 for 20.


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Because ammonia will tend to move more in dry soil, anhydrous ammonia should likely be injected deeper than normal, DeLaune said. When injecting into dry soil, try to place the anhydrous ammonia at least 8 inches deep.
"Keep in mind that in a clay loam soil, it will require about 1 inch of water to wet the soil profile to a depth of 6 inches," Bean said. "It should also be noted that excess moisture can prevent the sealing of injection knife openings.
"When injecting anhydrous ammonia, your nose is the best indicator that the ammonia is not being properly held in the soil," he said. "After making one round in the field, check to see if you can still smell any ammonia. If so, then the equipment may need to be adjusted or the application may have to be delayed until better soil conditions are present."
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Buckham Fair began in 2008. After moving to our farm in 2007 we bought a new plot of land, one of the few pieces of flat land in Beaminster. We realised that the land would be perfect to hold an old-fashioned type Fair, perfect for all the community to have fun and also raise money for local charities. In fact we have since found out that there is an Ancient Charter that allows the holder of the land to hold a Fair each year – even more perfect!
Keen horse, pony and dog lovers we also wanted to include a small pony and dog show. The classes in both have grown year on year and now the schedule is packed full with many and varied events including Police Dog Displays, Heavy Horse Displays, Vintage Cars and Scooters.
Over the years the Fair has grown bigger and better – this year amongst other rides we will have a Big Wheel, Dodgems, a Carousel and a Helter Skelter.
The Trade Stands have also become a large part of the attractions selling mainly local products and the Food Court has grown to include an Inside tented 'Deli' area.
We do feel very lucky to live in such an unspoilt and beautiful area and it is fantastic to be able to share it with the community once a year.
To date our chosen charities have been The Air Ambulance, Julia's House Children's Hospice and the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. Since we began we have raised over £319,700 for these local charities.
BUCKHAM FAIR 2015 RAISED £63,200 for JULIA'S HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE.
However we couldn't put on such a great event without the help of our amazing committee.
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QB Peyton Manning – Manning has been getting some good news lately, but still not ready to take the field. (Neck)
TE Dallas Clark – Clark suffered a stinger and had to be replaced by Jacob Tamme on the Colt's final drive last week. He will be out this week as a result (Neck)
OT Quinn Ojinnaka – Ojinnaka was a full participant in practice, but with Diem and Reitz both being healthy a 3rd backup OT is unnecessary (Coaches' Decision)
CB Mike Holmes – Holmes is the 5th CB on the depth chart, but will not be active this week (Coaches' Decision)
SLB Phillip Wheeler – Wheeler had to be carted into the locker room last week, and did not practice all week. (Foot)
MLB A.J. Edds – A.J. Edds still has not passed concussion tests and will be inactive (Concussion)
DE Jamaal Anderson – Anderson is sitting with a groin injury today. Expect DE Jerry Hughes to get backup reps with Brayton at 3-tech DT and Addison at RDE (Groin)
* Per Mike Chappell, the Colts will be starting Ernie Sims at Strong Side Linebacker in place of the injured Phillip Wheeler. Sims tends to be more suited to Weak Side, but with all normal Strong Side options incapacitated, Sims got the call over new acquired MLB Bentley.
* Jacob Tamme will be the starting TE this week in place of Dallas Clark. Brody Eldridge is the starting Half-Back, but expect Anthony Hill to continue to get work.
* Despite being healthy and all indications pointing to his return, the Colts are once again starting Mike Pollak at Left Guard over Joe Reitz. Phil B. Wilson of Indy Star does not have an explanation for this, but the trend in recent weeks has almost been a pre-season like atmosphere with numerous lower depth chart guys seeing some action on the field. This may be an indication of an evaluation process taking place. If that is so it could mean the Colts are still not sold on Pollak at this point. The other option is that Reitz has fallen out of favor with the Coaches, a la Gonzalez, Hughes, Carter, and others. Given how well Reitz was performing, I'm hoping the first option is whats really happening.
* Jim Irsay also has announced the roof will be closed for today's game.


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Old habits are hard to break. You have to want to be successful if you're going to achieve the desired goal. It's so easy for someone to say, "You need to just quit. Just never pick up another ______. (Insert tools of this habitcigarettes, alcohol, drugs, whatever.) There are four questions you can ask yourself to determine if you are ready to stop a bad habit, say, smoking.
Question 1: When you quit, what will you replace the habit with?
You know what they say about idle hands. When you can't pick up a cigarette and lighter and go stand with the other smokers what are you going to do with yourself? When you are spending less on cigarettes you will have more jingle in your pocket. If you're getting in shape to run a 5K you aren't going to be smoking. What do you want that is worth giving up your bad habit?
Question 2: How much do you really want to change that bad habit?
If you are changing yourself for someone else, that's the wrong motivation. You have to want to change. If you don't, you won't.
Question 3: Is this the right time for you to kick that habit?
Experts advise that you should change only one habit at a time. If you are planning a pregnancy, you should stop smoking and get your body in shape for the healthiest opportunity for the baby and yourself.
Question 4: What are you going to get out of quitting that habit?
You will need strong motivation. Make a couple of lists. The title of one list will be "Good things I will have if I quit smoking." The other will be "Bad things I will get away from." These items will be from YOU. Not your spouse. Not your parents. From you. About you. You need to understand how you're going to benefit from kicking that bad habit.
The Ohio Department of Health has a tobacco use prevention and cessation program, the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line. Changes went into effect July 1. The quit line will serve only uninsured, Medicaid recipients and pregnant women callers free of charge. The program has been working with employers and health plans to support the cost of tobacco cessation services provided to their employees and beneficiaries. Ohio Tobacco Collaborative is a public-private partnership created to sustain cessation services. The collaborative provides commercial carriers, employers and third party administrators with access to tobacco cessation services and the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line at a reduced rate and helps employers move toward compliance with the federal affordable Care Act mandates to provide cessation services in a cost-effective manner, advises the ODH. Individuals with health insurance who contact the Ohio Tobacco Quit Line will be directed to their health plans or employers for cessation services if their plan or employer hasn't joined the collaborative. Ohioans are urged to encourage their health plans and employers to join the Tobacco Collaborative to maintain access to Quit Line services for other Ohioans.
Quitting a bad habit isn't easy. But having tools available to assist you may be easier than you think.
For more information about quitting bad habits like substance abuse contact Family Recovery Center at 964 N. Market St., Lisbon; phone, 330-424-1468; or e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com. FRC is funded, in part, by United Way of Northern Columbiana County and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.


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Built with the Future in Mind
By Adam Jones and Katy Echols
When deciding how to design the new Engines and Combustion Laboratory to make it a leading academic research lab, the discussion kept returning to Ford Motor Co.'s Scientific Research Laboratory, a leading industry lab that works on cleaner, safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles.
"We got in a plane and went to Detroit to look at it," said Dr. John Wiest, associate dean for research and graduate studies. "We don't have as large a facility, but it's modeled after the lab at Ford research."
Given one chance to re-create the lab from scratch in the new South Engineering Research Complex, designers felt the lab needed to be attractive for industry needs, not only to advance the research into practical uses, but also to ensure students were trained in a lab built with their future employers in mind.
"This will make us more competitive in writing grant proposals," said Dr. Clark Midkiff, professor and interim department head of mechanical engineering and director of The University of Alabama's Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies. "It brings the capability to do larger, more industry-sought research."
The lab brings together at least five faculty and eight other collaborators from the College of Engineering. It combines and expands previous lab space, mostly in Hardaway Hall, and greatly updates research space while encouraging collaboration. The lab is in the south end of SERC, almost a building within a building with its own ventilation, environmental control system and buffers to minimize vibrations from engine testing to the rest of SERC. A fuel-storage area sits outside SERC, detached, but near the doors of the Engines and Combustion Lab.
Inside the lab, a long two-story corridor is lined with six test cells and accompanying instrument rooms between each. On one end of the corridor are large, forklift-accessible doors to the loading area between Houser Hall and SERC. Opposite those doors are clean and rough assembly areas, project space and storage racks.
The lab has a 660 horsepower, 2,300-pound-foot torque, 6,000 rpm diesel-rated AC dynamometer capable of handling all but the largest over-the-road truck engines. There is also a dual-roller, 350-horsepower chassis dynamometer that can hold up to 14,000 pounds, bringing the lab capability to test most any front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle. There is also an emissions-dilution tunnel and gas-analysis system. The chassis dynamometer and dilution tunnel means the College can perform certification-standards emission testing that nearly mimics the testing required by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The new lab means faculty will not have to include the cost of equipment purchase in grant proposals, a roadblock to several grants in the past, Midkiff said. "We will have capabilities that are as good as any lab in the region," he said.
With equipment and infrastructure a reason to win grants and contracts, instead of a possible challenge to an award, the College's crucial work in renewable energy and cleaner combustion can accelerate.
The lab includes Dr. Ajay Agrawal, the Robert F. Barfield Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently working on several sustainable energy projects with funding from the Department of Energy and the U.S. Navy. Agrawal is exploring how to develop and use domestic energy sources. His primary goal is to improve fuel utilization and sustainability as it pertains to the efficiency and cleanliness of fuel combustion.
"Finding sustainable energy sources is a major issue for the United States because we depend on foreign sources for our fuel, which not only creates environmental concerns, but also the fear that the source will run out," Agrawal said.
The lab also includes Dr. Brian Fisher, who recently joined the department of mechanical engineering as an assistant professor, whose research includes the use of lasers to measure the distribution of gasses in the combustion process, revealing the rate of combustion and how much a desirable, or less desirable, gas is being produced.
Fisher joins established faculty, including Dr. Marcus Ashford, associate professor and former powertrain engineer at Ford, and Dr. Paul Puzinauskas, associate professor, who worked for General Motors. Fisher researches advanced combustion-engine concepts, alternative fuels and hydrogen engines, engine control and combustion and fire science. Puzinauskas is researching how to improve optical-combustion-diagnostic capabilities and apply them to internal-combustion-engine analysis; optimizing internal-combustion engines used for hybrid-electric-vehicle applications; and improving the understanding of the combustion kinetics controlling emission formation in diesel-spray combustion.


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Hi,can you please help me solve that?I want to write maple procedure that checks if a number is prime or not and I need to do it so that it doesn`t take forever to give an answer.I wrote a procedure that works good with small numbers but when I put bigger numbers eg.9999971 it is taking far too long (5min) to get the answer, I tried to modify it and I think I find out something that could be modified to make it more efficient, like for example in the line: for j from 2 to n-1 do (I changed it to: ) for j from 2 to n-1 by n do - it tooks 9.953 second to get the answer (or I changed it to: ) for j from 2 to (n-1)/2 do - it tooks 262.062 second I also tried many things and I always get an answer after long time excepte when I changed the line to for j from 2 to (n-1)/n do - it tooks 0 second but I didn't find any explanation why should I devide it by n as j from 2 to ((n-1)/n) = 1-(1/n) which is less than 2 as it make no sence....But it still not efficient enough, because if for example I use the maple command isprime,then I got the result in less than 1 second. In the program I used other procedure that I think will make it quicker which is a floor function procedure. please see bellow : > flr:=proc(a,b)
local n:
while a>=b*(n+1) do
> Isprime:=proc(n)
local j, p:
if n=2 then
for j from 2 to n-1 do
if (n/j-flr(n,j))=0 then
309.558, second
Please reply and thank you in advance
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Up here in Luther-Land Minnesota, we celebrate first communion. Even if we aren't Lutherans.
We aren't Lutherans. Nevertheless, on Sunday our sixth-graders wedged into the first pews with their well-dressed parents to drink Christ's blood (John 6:53).
The kid behind me was in my class three years ago when I taught third-grade Sunday school. He was a total squirrel. I had to pull him aside one day and remind him not to lick (poke, kick, color, etc.) the guy next to him.
His whole class were squirrels. I spent every Saturday night wracking my brain for creative connections between these 8-year-olds and the 2000-year-old story, seeking some magic to transform their chattering wiggles into chattering wiggles with Jesus. The next morning, I'd resort to bribery: "Say your verse and I'll feed you chocolate."
Last Sunday, my sixth-grade squirrel slouched in his seat. His face read boredom with a capital snore. I resisted the urge to poke him and whisper, "Dude! Vampire! You're gonna' drink BLOOD!"
Anne Rice's Blood
It wouldn't have helped. He's too young to remember Interview with the Vampire. Heck, he's too young to watch Interview with the Vampire, though it might convey the underlying significance of the Lord's Supper better than the words of institution do.
The blood in Anne Rice's vampire novels works the way it does in the Bible. Lestat feeds on Nicolas's blood and is both plunged into Nicolas's depression and imbued with Nicolas's violin-virtuosity. Nicolas's life, ghastly and glorious though it may be, is in his blood, so when Lestat drinks it, he takes on Nicolas's character.
This feeding, however, also transforms Nicolas from a mortal to a monster, granting him a perversion of eternal life and binding him forever to Lestat, his creator, his father.
Ancient Near Eastern Blood
Rice's vampires revive the cultic eating rituals of the ancient Near East. In the nations that surrounded Israel, humans manipulated their physical world to exact control over their spiritual world.
They ate a fellowship meal of sacrificed meat—still warm and bloody from the knife— with the spirit/god as mediated by a witch. This covenant bound them to the medium as well as to the god. Leviticus 19:26 forbids this option to the Israelites,* though Saul's army and then Saul himself do try it (1 Sam 14:33; 28:24–25).† The gods break covenant and the Philistines win anyway (1 Sam 31:6–7).
They also directly drank the blood of an animal that was slaughtered for food, imbibing the life-force as well as the nutrients of the animal. Leviticus 17:10–14 forbids this to the Israelites as well, explaining that life-force belongs to God. He permits an offering of the blood on the altar because that is how atonement is made—the animal's life for an Israelite's life. Even in this case, however, an Israelite would merely return to God a life-force that belonged to God in the first place. This exchange functioned as a physical confession that the Israelite's own life-force, which was spared, also belonged to God.
God was clear that he did not drink the blood offered to him to enhance his own power (Ps 50:12–13). There is no record of the Israelites doing this, either, though three times in Scripture the idea of God's people drinking their enemies' blood is used as a metaphor for his kingdom's conquest of the surrounding nations (Num 23:23–24; Ezek 39:17–22; Rev 16:5–7).
Christ's Blood
This is our physical confession that life-force is God's in the first place. We drink Christ's blood. We consume Christ's death as well as his resurrection. Jesus' life-force is in his blood, so we imbibe his life-force—ghastly and glorious though it is. We take on his character. We eat our covenant with the one true God. His Son is both the mediator and the meat. We bind ourselves forever to Jesus, our maker, to God, our Father. We are transformed from mortals into Christians and granted eternal life.
These are our eating rituals. They are not forbidden to us. They are prescribed. It's no wonder that after Jesus' explanation "many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him" (John 6:66). Knowing all this, it's a wonder we let our children into the sanctuary, never mind into the first pew to participate.
Nevertheless last Sunday, my bored sixth-grader walked forward with his well-dressed parents and proclaimed Christ's death until he comes again. So did I. And I'm not even a Lutheran.


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GEF Establishes Fund for Nagoya Protocol Implementation
18 March 2011: At the initiative of Japan, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has established a dedicated Trust Fund for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS).
The Trust Fund aims at facilitating the early entry into force and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. [CBD Notification]


text: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Zachary Changuris dba Pelikan Productions, in partnership with the Hagerstown Suns, will present the Hagerstown area's first family-friendly festival celebrating St. Patrick's Day. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium. General admission tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the gate. Tickets for the Benny's Pub VIP Experience are $35 in advance and $40 at the gate. Tickets may be purchased at www.ticketreturn.com.


text: Visit the Disc Cellar to register. As a PDGA B-tier event, the BC Open includes $500 added cash and a players pack for each player! The recently upgraded summer course should be in play, and the course map will be released as the event gets closer. See LDGC for details as they arise.


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A joint bank account is simply a current account held in two or more names as opposed to one. They can offer a convenient way to manage shared expenses and household bills by cutting down on the administration you need to do.
Joint bank accounts can be opened by anyone, not just couples. This means you could equally set up a joint account with a friend or flatmate as you could with your husband, wife, civil partner, boyfriend or girlfriend. There's also no limit as to how many joint account holders there can be on one account.
Whether you're opening an account with your significant other, or someone else; choosing the best joint current account will save you time and money.
How to compare joint current accounts
To find the best joint account you should compare your options then prioritise the accounts that offer the features you want and whittle down your options so you're left with the account that gives you the best match.
When you're carrying out your shared bank account comparison you should look at whether monthly fees are charged (and if so how much and what you get for your money), the interest payable on the account balance and the cost of arranging or using an overdraft.
Finding out how you'll be able to access your account (in branch, online, via telephone) and whether you'll get a debit card and cheque book are also important features that should be considered.
Finally, each bank or building society will specify a number of terms setting out how the account will operate and how you will be able to use it, including:
Who can access money in the account
If permission is needed from the other account holders before you can make a withdrawal
Who can use any credit the account is eligible for
Who is responsible for repaying the whole amount of any overdraft (credit) on the account
What to do if your relationship with a joint account holder ends or changes
To get the most from your joint account comparison, you'll need to compare joint bank accounts to make sure that you're happy with their terms and conditions as well as the account features).
How to get the best joint accounts
The application for a joint account is much the same as for standard current accounts, with most banks and building societies offering options for opening a joint account online, in-branch or occasionally by phone.
Your joint bank account application confirms who is to manage the account, who is to be party to the account, responsibility for any debt attached to the account and you acceptance of the accounts terms and conditions. So, you should decide how the account will be managed before you apply. The bank or building society will produce an account mandate based on this that you'll each need to sign, to open the account.
By comparing the features, responsibilities, and terms and conditions attached to each joint account, you will be able to filter the best bank accounts for couples or house-mates based on your needs so you find the best joint account from the UK's top providers.
Something to bear in mind...
It's important to realise that when you open a joint account with someone (be it a friend, relative or significant other) you automatically become financially associated.
While this in itself isn't necessarily a problem if they have a good credit rating, if they don't or go on to have issues with credit down the line, then this may reflect badly on your own credit standing - at worst this could affect your ability to get credit in the future.
Furthermore, if you apply for a joint overdraft account then you will be jointly responsible for repaying any and all money borrowed - even if the other account holder is unable to.
Again, while this shouldn't stop you opening a joint account if you need to, you do need to consider whether you trust that the person you're going to open the account with won't leave you saddled with debt and a damaged credit rating!


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I wish I was better at blogging.
The Top Line
Daniel Alfredsson went to Ottawa and they played hockey there! Sports Illustrated, TSN, CBC, NHL.com, The Local Take #1, The Local Take #2
Vancouver 3, Carolina 2 – Sedins vs Staals. The world's blondest duel!
Detroit 4, Ottawa 2 – Alfredsson actually did score in this one, so that's nice.
Edmonton 3, Dallas 2 (SO) – Ryan Garbutt scored two in a losing effort for the Stars. Heh. Garbutt. ASAS
Tweet of the Moment
.@StLouisBlues take on @LAKings in a huge Western Conf. matchup tonight. Which team wins the 1st meeting of the year? #NHLBlues or #NHLKings
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) December 2, 2013
I've got the Kings.


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New owners Terry and Karen took over at the end of August 2014 and live on site at the house. Long standing member of staff Liam remains as part of the team with his vast knowledge of fishery management.
As a result of the change, work is now taking place to enhance the fishery. A new cafe will serves a wide range of food and drinks from early in the morning until late evening whilst the bait and tackle shop is to be repositioned in larger premises.
New features are to be added to some of the lakes whilst Furnace Lake itself will receive new large woodchip pegs and a handfull of small wooden lodges are to be added to each lake for anglers to use. Details of these will follow shortly.
The fishery is open 365 days a year including Christmas and New Year.
To ensure the safety of anglers, their vehicles and equipment, high-tech security systems protect the premises round the clock. Furnace Lakes closes its gates at dark and re-opens at first light.
All six lake are heavily stocked with top quality fish to maximum capacity and all contain carp to well over 40lbs. In addition, several lodges and toilets are strategically located close to the lakes. Each of the toilets has washing facilities with hot and cold water, whilst the lodges are equipped with a kettle, microwave, hot and cold water. Plantation Lake also has its own lodge and toilet. Although there is no electricity to this lodge it is equipped with a gas cooker, hot water and a kettle.
The Furnace Lakes complex has its own internal network of hard roads. Anglers' vehicles are not permitted beyond the car park but the fishery operates a collection service to and from pegs using its three four wheel drive all-terrain vehicles and trailers (right). This service is only available during normal gate opening times and has its own careful drivers. It is offered at no additional charge but is designed only for anglers who are fishing for a minimum of 24 hours. It is not available for dawn-to-dusk day ticket anglers.
To ensure anglers can make the most of their sessions at Furnace Lake, three full-time bailiffs are available to offer advice and assistance and to bring visitors up to date about latest catches as well as current baits and techniques.
A popular venue with anglers from all over the country, Furnace Lakes Fishery has been developed on an historic site where iron masters of the 15th and 16th Centuries made cannon and cannon balls for the navies of Tudor kings and queens including Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth I.
The fishery and surrounding land originally formed part of the much larger Hyes Estate, which was once owned by the W H Smith & Son, retail chain and used as a Trout fishing and shooting estate.
Indeed, Hyes Lake - formally known as Furnace Pond - the lake immediately on the left as you enter the fishery, dates back more than 350 years and was the original water at Furnace Lakes.
With the emphasis placed on providing high quality fishing in an attractive and quiet environment, Furnace Lakes is a venue which has to rank amongst the best in the country for pleasure and specimen fishing offering anglers a superb opportunity of catching a new personal best or a fish of a lifetime.
For a detailed map of the Furnace Lakes waters please click on the map to the right.
Roman Lake is named after Stane Street, the Dorking to Chichester Roman road which runs through the Furnace Lakes site.
Although four acres in size, there are only 14 purpose-built pegs on Roman Lake - all with wood chip pegs, whilst a central island in the shape of a dog's bone and the lack of corner pegs ensure no swim will be invaded by a neighbouring angler. An abundance of lily pads and margin growth gives plenty of cover for anglers as well as plenty of features to fish to.
Roman Lake holds a good head of large catfish which run from well over 60lbs to over 90lbs. This includes the 91lb specimen which holds the British Origin Record. This fish is now estimated to be somewhere in the region of 114lbs. There are also a large number of carp to 44lbs. Again this lake is heavily stocked with top quality fish to its maximum capacity.
Once hooked, these catfish tend to make an initial run after which they lie dormant on the bottom of the lake before making another run. This behaviour leads many anglers thinking that after the initial run they have lost the fish and become snagged on the bottom.
Trying to move a 90lb deadweight usually has only one result - a snapped line and a quality fish with a hook in its mouth until it can disgorge it itself. As a result, it pays to be patient when playing these fish if you want to get it onto the bank. Whilst anglers fishing for the carp can usually get away with using 15lb line, it is best to use minimum line strength of 20lbs when going for the catfish. Those targeting them should also head for the deeper water in the centre of the lake, and again they should once again go equipped with suitable tackle, a 50 inch landing net, a Cat mat and a sling.
Best time for carp is late September to March. Roman Lake varies in depth from between six and 13 feet and has a gradually sloping bottom. This makes plumbing the depth essential for those looking for the deeper spots. Once found, accurate casting is required to ensure your bait hits the same spot every time.
As one would expect with fairly large water holding a good head of carp, all traditional and modern techniques work well. Anglers going for the catfish tend to use 21mm Halibut pellets or fishmeal boilies although they should note that live and dead baits brought onto the site from outside the fishery are not permitted.
Unusually for a carp fishery, Roman Lake tends to yield few fish from the surface with anglers fishing to the island or lily pads getting the best results. The margins are also particularly productive, especially at night when the bank side is quiet.
Roman Lake has its own fishing lodge equipped with hot and cold water, where anglers can make drinks and prepare their own food using the microwave. The lodge also has its own toilets, again with running hot and cold water.
Anglers should note that juniors, visitors or spectators under the age of 12 are not allowed on this lake because of the size and quality of fish.
With many outstanding features including a total of nine islands, several plateaux and deep holes and plenty of bank side vegetation, reed beds and lily pads, Plantation Lake offers a total of 20 woodchip pegs.
The lake is equipped with its own fishing lodge which has a gas cooker, kettle and a sink with hot and cold water. The toilet again has its own hot and cold water.
Plantation Lake has been highly stocked with 160 genuine English mirror and common carp, a large number of which weigh well over 40lbs. In addition there are numerous teens, 20s, 30s and 40s and the fishery is expecting the appearance on the bank of a 50lb plus fish this year. This lake is heavily stocked with top quality fish.
As is to be expected for a water of this quality, anglers should also go equipped with suitable tackle, including a large landing net (minimum 42 inch) and a good quality unhooking mat.
One of the main differences between Specimen Lake and Roman Lake is that carp can be taken off the top quite readily, virtually throughout the day.
Fishing the margins and tight to the islands works well. Although there are fair numbers of perch to 3lbs in this water, they have really only been retained to keep down the carp fry and few anglers bother to fish for them, although a 3lb perch is a fine fish!
In addition, there are more common carp than mirrors in Specimen but because the water holds fewer anglers the fishing seems to be more productive.
Here again the depths vary, this time from three feet in the margins to about 10 feet in the deepest part of the lake and once more the water has a shelving bottom.
Baits and techniques for fishing this lake are much the same as those for Roman Lake with both modern and traditional methods working well. However, because good quality fish can be taken off the surface, dog biscuits, bread crust and floating pellets are popular baits.
Anglers should once again note that juniors, visitors and spectators under 12 are not allowed on this water for any reason.
At four-and-a-half acres in size and opened for angling in 2004, Kiln Lake is again heavily stocked with top quality fish to the maximum capacity including a good number of sizable carp to 55lbs.
Varying slightly in depth from six to nine feet all over the lake, it pays to plumb the depth if you want to be precise and find the deeper holes, although so far most anglers have tended to fish to one of the eight islands or the gullies in between where they have seen the fish patrolling.
Designed specifically for specimen Carp anglers, Kiln has 17 double-sized purpose-built wood chip pegs.
Proven baits on this lake are Cell, Hybrid and Activate boilies along with a bed of pellet or particle mix. In the warmer weather fish are also being taken off the surface with dog biscuits and even the traditional loaf of unsliced bread.
Furnace Lake held the British Rod Caught Record for perch in the 1930's with a fish of just over 3lbs.
The water is very heavily stocked with several hundred large carp to 40lbs.
In addition to using traditional and modern carp fishing methods, the bankside vegetation around Furnace Lake and the beds of lilies make this a great water for surface fishing as both provide plenty of cover for both fish and angler.
Varying in depth from 10 feet at the deep end and five feet at the far end from the entrance, Furnace Lake has bottom which shallows gradually and a gulley which runs down the centre of the lake giving anglers the opportunity of fishing swims with different characteristics.
There are purpose built bivvie swims down one side of the lake, which are large enough for anglers to double up, making Furnace Lake popular with night anglers.
About two and a half acres in size, Hyes Lake incorporates two small islands and is one of those waters where, although it holds some big fish with the record standing at 28lbs 6oz, even the novice angler can expect to catch well.
Stocked with carp to just under 30lbs, the majority in the 5lb to 12lb range with at least a half a dozen which run to more than 20lbs, the water also holds tench to 6lbs, crucian carp, roach and rudd to 3lbs, perch to 4lbs and a large number of skimmers to 4lbs.
An all year round popular lake for all anglers, day and night times. Although the lake has a flat and even bottom and is only about four feet deep, one of the more popular methods of fishing it is either with the feeder, particularly in winter, and on the surface in summer with dog biscuits, chum mixer, bread crust and large floating pellets.
Pleasure anglers who like to float fish usually use maggots, corn, luncheon meat or casters fished over either groundbait or coarse fish pellets. Again, fishing either close in, to the weed beds or to one of the island usually tend to be most productive.
SATNAV users should enter the Postcode RH13 0QZ although this will take you to another location. Only turn off the A281 once you see the sign for 'Carp Fisheries' at the entrance.
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In the year or so that I used Audiognome, I was occasionally able to download some songs, but only very few of what I wanted. Many times, I would get a partial download, and it would never resume. I have high-speed internet (256 KB/sec) with a router modem, and was properly routed using Port Forwarding's advice. I even got a message from some guy (who hates Jews and kept calling me "stupid" and "idiot") who was upset because my downloads from him were so slow, but - though I gritted my teeth and tried to carry on a polite conversation with him because I was desperate to learn how to fix the problems I've had with aG - the advice he gave didn't make any sense (he just said my "modem was full", but i was using very little of my available bandwidth with aG's occasional downloads).
So I checked around for something else. (I've avoided Limewire because of the spyware.) I found something called Phex (from sourceforge.net; it's usually called "Phex - P2P Gnutella filesharing program"). It works so much better than Audiognome. I've downloaded about 50 songs in the two or three weeks I've been using it. It's free, and free of spyware. Sometimes I've had songs download in less than 5 minutes.
So, I appreciate the songs I was able to download from Audiognome while I was using it (though successful downloads were relatively few). And I wanted to share this good news with others who are frustrated with Audiognome and would like to know about a good file/song sharing program.
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