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What is Diwali?
Diwali is the Hindu "festival of lights" which celebrates the New Year. It is India's most important holiday.
When is Diwali?
The festival is calculated by the lunar Hindu calendar, it falls on different days each year.
How long does Diwali last?
Diwali is a five-day celebration.
Diwali is celebrated by Hindus in Britain and all over the world.
Diwali is perhaps the most well-known of the Indian festivals. It is a five day celebration which occurs on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika (during October/November in the Gregorian calendar). The fourth day of Diwali is the Hindu New Year.
The festival of lights is held in honour of Lakshmi (pictured right), the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. Hindus pray to Lakshmi to bring them good luck in the coming year.
Diwali celebrates the return of Rama and Sita, in the story from the Ramayana. The story shows how good wins over evil.
Here is a brief outline of the story:
Prince Rama and his wife, Sita, are banished from their home in Ayodhya by their father the King. Rama's brother, Lakshmana, goes with them to live in a forest. They are banished for fourteen years.
After many happy years, Sita is kidnapped by the ten-headed demon Ravana. He takes Sita to his island of Lanka. With the help of the monkey warrior, Hanuman, Rama rescues his wife.
The people of Ayodhya light divas (oil lamps) in rows to guide Rama and Sita back from the forest to Ayodhya. On their return Rama is crowned king.
Picture shows Rama, Sita, Hanuman and Lakshmana.
What does Diwali mean?
The word Diwali means "rows of lighted lamps"
Why is it called the Festival of Lights?
People light hundreds of small oil lamps (called diyas) They place them around the home, in courtyards and in gardens, as well as on roof-tops and outer walls. This is to commemorate the part of the story that describes oil lamps being placed outside people's homes to light the way for Rama and Sitas triumphant homecoming to Ayodhya.
The more lamps they light, the more likely it is that Lakshmi will be tempted to visit them. Hindus believe that the goddess brings wealth with her when she visits.
What happens during Diwali?
Gifts are exchanged - often sweets or candles. Homes are decorated and oil lamps are lit. Fireworks are another big part of the celebrations.
"On Diwali we get up early about 6:30am and put on our best clothes. I wear a sari, my daughters wear shalwar kameez (traditional dress) and my husband also dresses traditionally.
The first thing we do is say our prayers and make offerings of fruit and tradtional Indian sweets. Then we go to our parents house to bow down to them and receive their blessings.
Then we go to the temple. After the temple we visit our family and friends to wish them a 'happy Diwali'.
We decorate our homes in bright reds, greens and yellows, and we light as many candles as possible. Diwali is all about filling your home with light and letting go of the gloom and the darkness."
Have a go creating your own Mendhi pattern (online activity)
Rangoli Patterns
People decorate their homes and temples by drawing patterns on the ground outside. They draw these designs with a mixture of rice flour and water. Coloured powder, such as sand, is sometimes used.
Hindus hope the goddess lakshmi will see the beautiful patterns and visit their homes.
Examples of Rangoli patterns
Rangoli patterns in school
Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune.
In the evening, many people hold a small prayer (puja) in their homes. They honour Ganesh (pictured right), the god of wisdom and good luck, the one who removes all obstacles from life. They worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune.
Lights are left burning all night, so that Lakshmi may feel welcomed and enter.
Diwali is also celebrated by Sikhs
The following information was sent to us via email by JKM from Birmingham, UK
" Near the time of Diwali, the Sikh's 6th Guru (Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, who was unjustly imprisoned for his beliefs by the then Emperor Shah Jahan) was released. When the Emperor had realised his folly, he ordered Guru Ji's release.
Guru Ji stood up for justice by refusing to leave the prison until the 52 kings and princes of India were released aswell, (They were unjustly imprisoned for many years at the same fort for their lands and kingdoms).
Guru Ji helped their release - people were overjoyed because Diwali celebrations had already been underway, so the release of Guru Ji and the kings/princes made it a Diwali celebration for them - Good had overcome evil/light had overcome darkness."


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The amount of Naruto games has lately received a gigantic boost. I don't know exactly how many games have been released this year but I doubt you can count them on two hands. The start of the American version of the popular Japanese anima may have something to do with that. Anyway, I received Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 for PS2 on my plate. Hajime!
Next to a standard VS-mode that forms the basis for any fighting game, there's also the so-call "Ultimate Road" in this title, an adventure mode that follows the storyline of the series starting with the Chunin exams. In principle you can just skip all the dialogues as their only purpose is to bring you from one fight to the next, but it's nice to see a decent story in this type of game for once. Sometimes you notice a free-roaming part but you don't have to do much more than walk to your next mission. The fun thing about this is that the city and surroundings are perfectly recognisable from the series.
NUN2 looks more like the Super Smash Bos-series than a real Tekken-style fighter. There are tons of items like Shurikens, scrolls and bombs used and on top of that the stages on which fighting is done add tremendously to the gameplay. You can go from the front to the back, climb trees and roofs, and even fall from stage at certain times.
Button bashing won't help you much. The problem is that you're immediately dropped in the action and nothing is explained about how combos and so-called justus work. These latter are special attacks that come with great movies where you for instance need to spin your analog stick as fast as possible or push a combination of buttons to do better.
So, you're focused on the attack list in the menu which doesn't make you much wiser. The conclusion is given by Samson himself: practise, practise, practise and those that do their best will learn. Forget the movelist, try out some stuff and after a while you'll have various moves that you know. The practise mode can help you with that as all the buttons you push are shown at the bottom of the screen and when you've performed an existing move you'll be given its name.
The ideal graphical representation of an anime game was chosen: cell-shaded graphics. All characters (and that's tons of them) look exactly to their "real" version. The animations are fluid and varied and filled with hyperkinetic effects and Japanese cries. Sometimes the anti-aliasing of the PS2 falls short but in the hard action you won't notice that immediately.
The sound is a bit less admirable. There's nothing wrong with the background music but the devs didn't put any effort (or money) for the music from the show itself. Then comes the highlight of rape for an anime-game: American voices. If you're used to seeing the series in Japanese, it's quite an adaption in a negative way. Some voices aren't too bad but that they've made the main character a mix between Fran Dresher and Ash Ketchum isn't something I like very much.
When you're done with the whole Ultimate Road mode you can still occupy yourself with the multiplayer part and practise, or you can buy all kinds of gadgets (like music or statues) and check them out. Mostly playing against your friends will make you won't put this game in your closet immediately.
I usually don't like license games that much but this one managed to pleasantly surprise me. The graphics are very atmospheric, the moves really fat, the gameplay spicy and the light storyline is a pleasant substitute for putting one fight after the other in a sterile way. The Naruto atmosphere just drips off of this game, only too bad for those damn voices.
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Tonight will be Andy Rooney's final appearance on "60 Minutes," the CBS News program that he has been a part of since 1968. Rooney, 92, was a producer on the show in the early days. He was close to Harry Reasoner, who along with Mike Wallace, was an original co-host of "60 Minutes." His commentaries, which he started doing about 30 years ago, proved very popular and made Rooney a well-known figure. A lot of people will miss him on the show. ... It is fitting that the 15th anniversary of the Blasco Library on Erie's bayfront should be celebrated. The library, despite intense opposition by some politicians, has been a huge success. It has plenty of parking, which the former library at Perry Square didn't, and the vistas of the waterfront are beautiful. Best of all, thousands of people use the library every month. The proponents of this site showed a lot of vision. ... The more we read about Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, the more we are convinced that she does not plan to run for president in 2012. As we have mentioned before, she is making good money with her speeches, and the time is getting short for raising the kind of money she would need to run a strong campaign. According to the latest polls, President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 45-43, and he holds a 45-42 edge over former Senator Rick Santorum. In the Republican primary, Romney leads the polls with 18 percent, followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry at 16 and Santorum at 12. Erie native John Brabender is working for Santorum.
Congratulations to the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie on the group's 30th anniversary. Led by longtime volunteers such as Ed Kissell and Jerry Skrypzak, the group has done so much good work on Erie's waterways. They helped turn Cascade Creek, in the heart of Erie, into a clean creek teeming with trout. ... Last week's loss to the Buffalo Bills had quite an effect on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. His long hair has been replaced by a short haircut. We wonder how much Bill Belichick, New England's coach, had to with the new hairdo. He is known for keeping his players looking sharp. Brady is married to super model Gisele Bundchem, who makes more money than he does. And he earns in the millions. ... Right now it does not look like Dr. Conrad Murray should have been giving Michael Jackson the drugs that ended up killing him. A lot more should come out in the trial in the days ahead. Jackson, who was 50, was getting ready to go on a concert tour starting in England when he died on June 25, 2009. His fans are still mourning his death.


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Litigation, Integration, and Transformation: Using Medicaid to Address Racial Inequities in Health Care
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October 9, 2009
Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Vol. 13, 2010
Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21
Using a public health policy perspective, this article examines the persistence of racial inequities in nursing homes and prescribes a solution to address these inequities. I use empirical data to prove the persistence of racial inequities in health care, analyze the government policies that allow racial inequities to continue, and provide a solution of regulatory integration. Specifically, I propose that civil rights enforcement be integrated with the nursing home enforcement system, which has been aggressively enforced and monitored. There are many strategies that may lead to the adoption of this system. One such strategy is using the Medicaid Act to induce the government to fulfill its non-race based regulatory duties of access and quality of care, which would improve the care of African Americans. Aimed at forcing the government to fulfill its regulatory mandates, this strategy is intended to transform a broken civil rights system that implicitly accepts the unequal treatment of African Americans into an effective one that proscribes and puts an end to racial discrimination.
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PITTSBURGH -- Pitt senior guard Tray Woodall is eager to wipe out the taste of a disappointing junior year.
Woodall missed nine games and was limited in a handful of others due to an abdominal injury that seemed to throw the Panthers into a tailspin.
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Will the Lowcountry become stronger if those governing its cities, towns and counties get together regularly for informal discussions on issues of regional importance?
Some think so, and next year, theyll find out.
Mount Pleasant Mayor Billy Swails is convening the first such Mayors and Chairs meeting next month, inviting about 30 mayors and county council chairs from Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.
That first meeting, set for Jan. 9, will feature State Ports Authority CEO Jim Newsome.
I certainly think the Ports Authority has a big impact on all three counties, Swails said. When those trucks start heading up the road or down the road, they come through all three.
The Mayors and Chairs idea grew out of a recent visit several dozen Charleston-area business and political leaders took to Nashville.
The trip was organized by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, which hopes to visit similar metro areas annually to get ideas for improving public schools, infrastructure and entrepreneurship, said Chamber President and CEO Bryan Derreberry.
Derreberry said the visit also looked at how Nashvilles private and public leaders interacted.
Its not so much the ingredients you have in your community but how you leverage the ingredients, he said.
Charleston area leaders currently meet regularly as part of the Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Council of Governments, but Swails said those meetings are structured to review specific issues such as transportation planning, regional water quality and small-business loans.
Thats structured. I dont think you want to structure this, said Swails. I think you just want to let it flow.
Derreberry said these quarterly meetings could provide an important forum for discussing the regions growth and how local governments can work better together, such as support the areas emerging aerospace cluster.
Its not good enough to say, I dont care about it once it gets to the end of my political jurisdiction, he added.
The Mayors and Chairs gathering is not a public body under state law, and Swails said there will be no votes taken or minutes kept. Asked if the meetings would be public, he said, If we were going to meet in secret, we wouldnt have (invited) 30 people. Were not going to turn anybody away.
Swails said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley thinks these quarterly gatherings will help. If others disagree, no problem.
If we dont have any more meetings, its not going to break anybodys heart, Swails said.
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"For as long as I could remember, my father had been doing things to me that I didn't like," Dylan Farrow writes to the New York Times, detailing for the first time the abuse she says she endured at the hands of her adoptive father Woody Allen. Finally, she writes, when she was 7 years old, "I couldn't keep the secret any more. ... I asked my mother if her dad did to her what Woody Allen did to me."
Soon, Dylan's allegations went public – very public. They became a battleground in her mother Mia Farrow's bitter custody war with Allen. And Connecticut prosecutors launched a criminal investigation against Allen.
But in a controversial move, state's attorney Frank S. Maco announced in 1993 that while he found "probable cause" to prosecute Allen, he was dropping the case because Dylan was too "fragile" to deal with a trial. Mia agreed with the decision, he said.
Dylan was "traumatized to the extent that I did not have a confident witness to testify in any court setting, whether that's a closed courtroom or an open courtroom," Maco recalled to PEOPLE last fall after Dylan spoke out to Vanity Fair about the alleged molestation.
A Manhattan judge had already awarded Mia full custody of adopted children Dylan, Moses and biological son Satchel (who later changed his name to Ronan), and barred Allen from any visitation with Dylan in the custody case, which had exploded after Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, then about 20, was revealed.
Allen, who vehemently denied the charges, lambasted Maco for saying that there was "probable cause," saying he had no opportunity to defend himself. His complaints led to disciplinary charges against Maco, which were eventually dropped.
Maco stands by his decision. Dylan's recent openness "does not change anything about my feelings as to the correctness of my words and actions back in '92 and '93," he said last fall. "I had to first and foremost consider the child."
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Coconut butter needs the oil with it - otherwise, too pasty. But, should be super duper easy with the VM!!!!:) Let me know what you make. I bet you'll enjoy it. My family LOVES it.
oh it sounds like you are having fun with the vitamix! I can only imagine how good the mana is!
how was the dinner last night?
It was good. I ate too much (too many calories) and I know too many carbs and too much protein. But, I'm not going to sweat it. It was all Primal. It's something I make like 1x/year. It was [I]good[/I]. Sometimes you have to live life. Eating to self-medicate is not good. Eating for pure joy and something you don't get very often? I'm okay with that. It was still WAY less than I would have had in the past and I didn't go crazy. Progress.
Starting my Fat Fast today. It REALLY helps that I have the day planned and have all the food for my planned day. It also helps that I have a ton of leftovers for DH and something planned for dinner for DH and mom. I weighed today - not because I was going to like the number, or even to punish myself (which I sometimes do, perversely), but because I wanted to see if anything happens as a result of this FF.
Feeling pretty good today. I suspect I'm nearing PMS week - emotions all over the place. Or, maybe I just notice them more acutely since I'm not using food (as much) to blunt them.
Wishing you success in your fat-fast!
yep, it is interesting feeling things instead of eating them. I am trying to obsess on the good stuff instead of obsessing on the bad. We will see how that goes!
Day 1 - went okay. Good thing this is only 3 days....and that I had it planned it out. I'm finally satisfied. People talk about fat making them not hungry. Takes more for me to get there:)
I would not say that i was overly hungry but I certainly wasnt too full to remember to eat. Nor did i have trouble getting my calories over 1000. I did follow my pre track so i went just under 1500.
We did good. Day 1 down!
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The efficacy of thiazides and related diuretics in preventing most of the complications of hypertension has been conclusively documented in long-term controlled trials. Among their adverse effects, thiazides may induce a short-term increase in serum cholesterol levels. However, the elevation returns to pretreatment levels during long-term therapy. In addition, long-term treatment with thiazides is not associated with an elevation of blood glucose levels or an increased incidence of diabetes. Because the long-term controlled trials have shown that thiazides provide more protection against stroke than against coronary heart disease events, it is possible that the difference may be caused by adverse effects of the diuretics. In three of four recent trials that used low doses of thiazides plus potassium-sparing diuretics, the number of sudden deaths was reduced more than in other trials that used high doses of diuretics alone. A recent case–control study also found that small doses of diuretics combined with potassium-sparing drugs were associated with a reduced number of sudden deaths compared with high doses used alone. Although these results suggest that small doses reduce the risk for sudden death more than do large doses, they cannot be regarded as conclusive. A randomized double-blind trial comparing low and high doses of thiazide diuretics and potassium-sparing drugs must be done. For now, however, small doses seem prudent for treating hypertension.
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One of the most common mistakes in knitting is the dropped stitch. It happens to all of us at some time or another - and to some of us very regularly! In a single knitted garment there are often hundreds, if not thousands, of stitches, and so it would be more of a surprise if we didn't drop a stitch somewhere along the way. Most often we drop stitches when we are knitting too fast, or not paying close enough attention to our work. Sometimes this can be more likely to happen when we hold the work too close to the tips of the needles, or use very smooth needles that allow the stitches to slip and slide a bit more freely. Or, our fingers may simply just not recognize that something has gone awry.
Whatever the reason for dropping the stitch, it is thankfully relatively easy to fix! First, when you notice the dropped stitch, you may want to place it on a stitch marker or stitch holder to keep secure. If you're not able to return to the project until later, this will prevent the stitch from dropping any further.
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The brush across the pond was thick with duck chatter, the soft-talk squeals of 100 or more wood ducks. Where there were two, there could be 200, Winters said. He and two friends, Chris Schmidt and Seth Rhodea, were out for the northern Michigan (middle zone) duck opener. They were hunting Winter's pond."Mostly, we get resident birds at this time of year," Winters said. " Given the weather last week -- north winds for a couple days straight -- I thought we might lose them."
The chatter across the water dispelled fears of not seeing a duck, but shooting them would prove another matter.
It was only a few minutes after daylight when three more woodies appeared.
Winters and Schmidt got on them and dropped two. But before the booms of their shotguns disappeared in the distance, a cloud of wood ducks, lifted out of the brush and headed toward the Manistee River Bayous.
Winters and his friends listened intently for the shots. Their hunting strategy depended on hunters being there, shooting at the ducks, pushing the birds back their way.
But the silence that followed was telling and long. There were no hunters there. The ducks were gone.
Winters and his friends were among the thousands of hunters who have taken to Michigan ponds and marshes the past two weeks, the first two of three duck openers in Michigan.
Duck hunting opened in Upper Peninsula two weeks ago. Southern Michigan hunters got a crack at it Saturday when hunting opened in the south zone.
"We had more hunters on the Manistee than last year," said Rich Earle, Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist for the Traverse City area.
"But hunters were not as satisfied. They said they were seeing as many ducks as other years, but the ducks were not coming down because of the sky-busting that was going on."
Sky-busting refers to hunters who shoot at ducks that are out of range, a practice that turns birds away and often keeps them from coming down into decoy spreads. It frustrates skilled waterfowl hunters who enjoy calling ducks into their decoys.
"It was a good opener, though," Earle said. "Hunters still enjoyed getting out."
Larry Smith, DNR biologist from the Baldwin office, said fewer hunters were at the Dead Stream Flooding, a 30,000-acre marshland complex created by the Reedsburg dam. The area normally is popular with duck hunters on opening day."There were guys in all the key spots," Smith said. "It was a pretty ducky day, but there was a lot less shooting than usual."
It may have been the pull of Michigan's rival titans.
The Michigan-Michigan State game was televised noon to 4 p.m., and Earle said half of the hunters left the Manistee-area marshes to watch the game.
"The ones who stayed out there had fewer to compete with later in the day," Earle said.
Southern Michigan hunters are expected to have a better season than recent years. Michigan's resident mallard population is increasing and water levels are higher than normal.
"The spring breeding surveys were up a bit, and we've seen a modest increase in local bird production" said Nik Kalejs, manager of the Muskegon State game area, which is home of the Muskegon Marsh, a popular area for West Michigan duck hunters.
"Water levels are better than the last several years. It should be quite a change of pace for local hunters who have complained about the dry, sunny openers in recent years."
Higher waters in Muskegon Marsh should allow hunters to spread out, too, making it easier to access former favorite holes and openings further in.
Most of the hunting this week likely for wood ducks at Muskegon, but migrant birds are starting to show in places such as the Muskegon wastewater facility and on Muskegon Lake.
"Wood ducks will be the bread and butter bird," Kalejs said. "But we are starting to see some ruddy ducks and shovellers.
"Hunters at Grand Haven will see a little better mix of woodies and mallards."
Water levels also are higher on marsh systems south of Grand Rapids in popular waterfowl hunting spots such as Ottawa Marsh.
"Ottawa is a wood duck Mecca on opening weekend," said John Lerg of the DNR's Plainwell office.
Mallards and wood ducks are beginning to group in larger numbers on bigger waters, he said. Most are local birds. There are only few migrant birds coming through.
The waterfowl season runs for 60 days in each of the regions. The season for southern Michigan duck hunting runs Oct. 10 to Dec. 6 and reopens Jan. 2-3.
Lerg said the West Michigan flight of migrating ducks tends to come later in the season than those on the east side of the state.
"It seems the birds coming down on the east side build up earlier, such as October, where there the west-side birds are more Novemberish," Lerg said.
Duck seasons
- North zone -- Sept. 26-Nov. 20, Nov. 26-29
- Middle zone -- Oct. 3-Nov. 29, Dec. 5-6
- South zone -- Oct. 10-Dec. 6, Jan. 2-3
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TravelPod Member ReviewsValentin Imperial Maya Playa del Carmen
The hubby and I stayed here twice, the first for our honeymoon and the second two years later for our anniversary.
Our honeymoon was amazing. It was everything we hoped for. The room was beautiful and very comfy. The service and staff courteous and always available. We came back to our room each day and found new towel art. The housekeeping service was prompt and they did a good job.
The restaurant selection was amazing! We enjoyed each one, the French was my fav.
Wadding in the pool, drinking and playing games was a favourite pastime. We brought our own floaters and made sure we got lounger seats each day with no trouble.
It is located about 30 min from Cancun and 25 minutes from Playa Del Carmen. The cab fare was about 35 USD.
Day trip into playa for shopping and a ferry ride to Cozumel is highly recommended!
It is an amazing resort, you won't regret going!
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I'm sure it will get better
We stayed here for New Years Eve week. Check in was good. We were told by the check in clerk that the hotel opened 30th Nov and would be completed by 15th February 2008. 100 of the 400 rooms were open. The place was like a ghost town, so no reservations required for restaurants and no problem getting a sun bed by the pool. Room was good, large double bed, whirlpool bath and large shower. Air conditioning was not working. As the week went on we got a table for the balcony and eventually a guest services directory.
2 of our party had requested single beds in room but on arrival were told that none of the rooms had singles so they had to share a double. We found that there were others with same predicament. Every morning there were a number of people making complaints.
Swimming pool was excellent, 200 metres long with a couple of bars. Beach bar was still under construction, all they had on offer here was a screwdriver and a rusty nail. Surf was running so high on the beach that it was impossible to use any of the 3 hobie bravos available. Make sure you take shoes suitable for use in the water due to rocks and stones.
Restaurants: They claim to have a number of restaurants but I think they use the beach restaurant on alternate nights for either fish or steak. The fish restaurant was excellent. Japanese restaurant was excellent although not sure if chicken curry and satay are truly Japanese? In the French restaurant we had the worst chateaubriand imaginable, it was a lump of meat which had the texture of reconstituted meat, it had a high salt and water content and after one bite we left. We passed our views onto the restaurant manager who said it was the first time they had served it. Italian was excellent, Mexican was reasonable. Service excellent in all of them. All restaurants are minimalistic and have no ambience.
Nightlife: Don't come here for nightlife. There is only really one place to congregate in the evening and that is the sports bar, Samuel and his team will certainly look after you here but again there is no ambience. It is just a room with approx 8 TV's strung around the walls and a couple of pool tables. We had to watch the concert for Dianna at Wembley stadium every night as this was practically all they had to offer. Strangely there were no sports on TV.
They have 2 of the tennis courts open but there is still a lot of construction going on in this area.
We had problems changing money. The hotel does have a cash machine but it is still in its plastic wrapping and waiting to be installed. There are also numerous light fittings to be installed all over the hotel noticeable by the number of wires hanging everywhere. This is probably why all the outside activities stop once dusk approaches.
Nearly forgot to mention that there is no spa yet just a couple of girls who will give you a massage in a chair.
Overall I would say don't come here until it's finished unless you're a honeymoon type couple and only if get a really good deal. I would advise going to a more established resort.
Incroyable expérience au paradis
English people, do not hesitate to ask.
Nous revenons d'une semaine incroyable au Valentin Imperial Maya du 27 d�c.07 au 3 janvier 08.
H�tel pour 18 ans et + seulement et si vous pensez y aller pour faire la f�te, d�trompez vous ce n'est pas la place. Car nous y avons vu des jeunes qui ont vite remarqu� que ce n'�tait pas l'endroit.
A notre arriv�e, nous avons eu la surprise d'avoir eu une chambre sup�rieur car il n'y avait pas de suite junior deluxe disponible, vraiment superbe, piscine priv� pour le bloc ( nous �tions au bloc 8 chambre 8110 )grande chambre de bain avec bain tourbillon, tr�s grande douche, toute la lingerie n�cessaire. Nous avons aussi essayer le service au chambre en nous faisant livrer un diner et des d�jeuners, tout cela sans aucun autre frais et a l'heure demand�.
Un service EXCELLENT, tout le personnel est sensas.
Un service de conci�rge pour chac bloc.
Que dire des restaurants... vos papilles n'en reviendront pas. Aucune r�servation peu importe l'heure ( entre 19 hre et 23 hre )
Chateaubrilland au Fran�ais... sublime. Au mexicain essayez les crevettes saut�es a la t�quila... excellent.
Tr�s grande, ne vous cassez pas la t�te avec les chaises, il y en a pour tout le monde et pas besoin de carte de serviette, elle sont sur les chaises, et si quelqu'un les a utilis�es et qu'ils ne les ont pas remplac�es, d'autre sont disponibles. 2 bars dans la piscine.
Grandiose, avec un petit bar a �re ouverte, un cigare room, un sports bar avec table de billard.
Si vous rencontrez une serveuse du nom de Ileana, elle est tr�s serviable et d'un service incroyable.
Pour les travaux c'est vrai que tout n'est pas termin� mais rien de vraiment remarquable a moins que vous ne cherchiez qu'a en trouver, ce fut des vacances inoubliables.
Sans aucune h�sitation je retournerais a cet hotel et je le recommande fortement. C'est certain que dans pas tr�s longtemps les prix vont augmenter, alors profitez des bas prix du moment.
N'h�sitez pas si vous avez des questions.
Still working out the kinks
Just got back this afternoon. I would agree 90% with the other reviews. Food is fantastic (especially the French and Japanese), beach, pool, and buildings are gorgeous, but there are definitely still some issues.
My husband and I were put in a double room, and when we asked to be moved to a King, the room had a broken air conditioner and a leak in the bathroom. They very apologetically moved us to another King, where there was no hot water (they told us this was a problem with our half of the building, and should be fixed in 10 minutes). Several hours later, we complained again and they said it would be fixed "by Wednesday" (this was Monday). They said they would move us the next morning before we had to shower to an upgraded double room to compensate for the inconvenience. The bellboy didn't come as promised the next day, and it took us an hour and a half of calling every twenty minutes to get someone to come with a new room key. Upgraded room was nice, but I wouldn't suggest paying the extra, unless you absolutely need two sinks. They told us that as soon as a King became available, we would be moved again. This never happened, and whenever we asked, they said there were none available. We met another couple by the pool who wanted to move from their King to a Double, and were told there were no Doubles available. Communication issues???
In the upgraded room, we found that the couch was broken (one arm completely detached - you fell over if you leaned on it - see picture), as was the alarm clock, side table (marble top glued on at ridiculous angle - see picture), and dvd player. Water pressure and temperature was a bit sketchy as well. We got the alarm fixed, but at that point were tired of complaining about stuff. We were the first people in all the rooms we stayed in, and I know stuff gets damaged during moving, but come on. Everyone is very sympathetic and helpful sounding, but it takes multiple phone calls to get anything done. The bellboy didn't show up to take our bags for checkout either.
There were also power outages - resort wide - one day. Not a huge deal when you are on the beach, but makes it hard to serve yourself at the buffet.
Don't get me wrong, we had a great time, but if we had all these issues and trouble resolving them when the place is at half capacity, what will it be like by the time it fills up?
Amazing resort
We just returned from the Valentin Maya resort in the Mayan Riveria and all I can say is that it was the most amazing place we have experienced. We have travelled extensively and stayed in many great resorts around the world but this hotel is exceptionaly and is truly a 4 Diamond hotel.
The rooms are all suites and beautilful with a jacuzzi in the middle of the room, shower stall larger enough for 8 people shower at once, two flat screen tvs in our room and a large king and very comfortable bed.
The staff is so friendly and goes out of their way to make sure everything is great. The activities staff are so great they really get you involved with activities which are going on all the time.
The main pool is massive and has two swim up bars where the drinks are always available or you can have one of the waitresses bring you one to your lounger (great service). The waitresses also walk around at times with plates of food for you to try, never seen this before. There are two huge whirlpools in the main pool. The pools are also salt water. The beach is beautiful but a very rock when going to the ocean, they are fixing this but it will take some time., otherwise its awesome
Food, a gastronomic experience. gourment dining at its best. 7 a la cart restuarants without reservations. Lobster was amazing and plentiful, steak great, french awesome, italian wonderful, asain, mexican and all others great. oh and the buffet was great. Oh and get one of the KOBE beef burgers at the beach restuarant its awesome. What more can I say about the food best we ever had in any resort.
Liquor is premium with the best you can get and as much as you want including wine with all meal by the bottle.
Get if while its new and before the price doubles as it will be the best resort in Mexico but at the moment the hidden treasure
A couple of things are not finished yet but who cares
Valentin Maya, book it with no worries.
Superbe Hotel de Luxe
Retour d'un magnifique voyage dans un superbe nouvel hotel,
Nous revenons a peine d'un s�jour d'une semaine � l'hotel Valentin Imperial Maya. Cet Hotel qui a ouvert r�cemment (30 nov. 2007) n'est pas compl�tement terminer mais n'ayez aucune crainte tout les services sont l� et fonctionnel, � part peut-�tre l'internet dasn les chambres mais c'est un petit detail. Pour ceux qui veulent apporter leur portable vous pouvez vous rendre dans le lobby de l'hotel et vous installer n'inporte ou dans un bon fauteuil et naviguer � votre aise, il y a m�me le personnel qui passe � l'occasion pour vous offrir une consomation, le service royal.
Le site est immence, propre, l'immence piscine est en fait une piscine d'eau sal�e (incroyable). Laplage est partiellement am�nag�e, il y a des chaises pour tous mais pour les palapas il y en a d'autre � venir et aussi un bar sur le bord de la plage qui est en construction. Mais le personnel passe prendre vos commandes et vont au bar du restaurant entre la piscine et la plage pour vous les apporter.
Tout les restaurants �taient en fonction. Le restaurant de la plage qui est ouvert le midi sert en autre : Filet mignon (d�licieux), Fajitas au filet mignon (incoyable) poisson du jour, Hamgerger d�licieux, poitrine de poulet grille, Wrap au saumon fum�e (tr�s bon) soupe du jour, bar � salade, etc... le soir cet endroit ce transforme en 2 restaurants, un cot� en un restaurant de steak (Porter house, filet mignon, faux-filet, etc) l'autre cot� en restaurant de langouste.
Tout les autres restaurants se retrouvent pr�ts les uns des autres, soit le restaurant fran�ais (tr�s beau et tr�s bon, essayez le chateaubriand),le restaurant Italien, le restaurant Japonais, le restaurant Mexicain ce trouve via le restaurant du buffet du matin et du midi. Le buffet n'est ouvert que le matin et le midi, ensuite il ouvre de nouveau en fin de soir�e pour go�ter l�ger le soir jusqu'� 2:00 hrs. Pour le buffet le matin vous pouvez commander � la carte ou bien vous servir au buffet, ils y font des cr�pes, gauffres, ommelettes, oeufs � la po�le, saumon fum�e, chois de fromage, yogourt, choix de c�r�al, beurre d'arachides, nutella, confiture, miel, etc... tout est bon.
Le plus magnifique dans les restaurants c'est que nous n,avions pas besoin de faire de reservation, nous aurions pu aller manger les 7 jours au m�me restaurant soir apr�s soir et il n'y a aucun probl�me.
Les chambres standards (suite junior) sont du tr�s bonne grandeur et tr�s confortable. La salle de bain est tr�s belle et vous avez un bain tourbillon dans votre chambre.
En g�n�ral, m�me si l'hotel n,est pas compl�tement fini et qu'ils travaillent encore dans certain unit� vous n'�tes pas incommod� par aucun bruit ou autre. La v�g�tation est tr�s r�cente donc c'est des petits aubustes qui n'ont pas encore beaucoup de fleurs, mais d'ici un an ce sera de toute beaut�.
N'ayez aucune criante dans rien pour cet h�tel, ous passerez un beau s�jour. J'y retournerais sans probl�me.
LOVED IT!!!!! A Couples Oasis!
We stayed at this hotel from December 21- 28th and it was fabulous!!! This place is very romantic! Quiet! You are so free, no reservations for dinner, no towel cards, no bracelets. They are still putting some final touches in place as some room are getting furniture added, etc, but that was on the other side of the resort. The resort is pretty spread out so if walking is an issue you may need a wheelchair. They do have pedal bikes as well.
Rooms: Beautiful, modern decor, we had a hot tub on the deck, fridge with drinks, TV, phone, two sinks, great large shower, large patio and bath robes. Turn down service every night with a letter of the next day's activities. Maid service was timely and very they never missed a thing.
Food: Exceptional... the sit down a la carte service will make you feel like royalty. The waiters are all well trained and very eager to please. There are no tip jars nor do they ask or wait around. We did tip and they really appreciated it. The food presentation is beautiful. You get many courses. We ate at all the a la cartes with the exception of the Mexican. The Lobster Pot (only every second night- open) as it was at the beach restaurant, le mar, we had to read the menu by flashlight, nice ambiance. We only ate at the buffet for lunch twice as we ate at le mar as they had continental breakfast everyday. Pool menu was available and the waitresses will bring you snacks. There is no food service right on the beach yet. Room service is an option 24 hours and to have breakfast on the patio was great, the waiters brought a rose for me as well. Nice touches.
If you don't like something on the menu they will make you something special... FOOD is A+.
Pool and Beach:
Pool is great, big and clean. You can be served drinks there all day long. Fresh towels are laid on the chairs and you can get a dry one when you need it. They have loungers in the pool and two pool bars. The beach is a little rocky but if you walk forty feet to your left you can swim in a sandy area. The beach was windy and had high surf. Swimming was fun in the sandy area. You can also walk the beach but better to the left as if you go to the right it is very rocky so take some shoes. They have volleyball set up there and staff all day long to serve you drinks on the beach as well. There are no bathrooms on the beach so you have to walk up the beach side restaurant. Not sure if they will add any.
Activities and Nightly Entertainment:
If you are looking to party, this is NOT the place for you... at all. They had some fun things in the evening like a casino night with play money and a carnival night but they had the same band all week and dancers. It was more geared to an older crowd so we skipped the shows after two nights. There is no disco but the sports bar is open until 2:00 a.m. and you can play pool and they have some table games. The day activities include salsa dancing, volleyball, yoga and water aerobics. They also had some water polo and they have a pool table and ping pong table.
Overall resort is amazing. The building is beautiful. It is so big you can be alone anywhere. Very quiet and romantic. They do have shuttle into playa each day you must reserve this. No pay phones yet so long distance was $5.00 a minute, they do have internet for free in the lobby.
If you want romance this is a great place. It is a couple's oasis, if you wish to reconnect; this is the place for you.
What a beautifull place!
Hello every one, i understand most of you want to have information on the valentin hotel, me and my wife just finished a 2 weeks trip there, fisrt note that it is located betwen the mayan palace and the el dorado hotel on the beach of playa del secreto,
about 25 minutes from playa del carmen, is it finished, YES, at 100 % NO, functionnal abselutely, personal will treat you like kings and queens, food is very good, drinks are very good, pool is huge and clean, the beach is so so but you have to understand that it is a wild beach, if you are a shell collector you will go nuts carrying an arm load of huhe conq shells, when the wind is down you can access the ocean if windy stay by the pool, hotel is very clean and beautifull, landscape has to grow and is being finished and is worked at full speed, rooms are well decorated and you can? experience some minor problems because the rooms are bran new, however, they will fix it in a flash when reported, we had great time and this will be one of my best vacations, you can tell them DON INDIO sent you i have my own name in the bar at surf and turf restaurant! thank you!
Hôtel en chantier
Voici 3 jours que nous sommes arriv�s � l�h�tel Imperial Maya et nous sommes en enfer ! Ce n�est pas un h�tel, c�est un CHANTIER. Les b�timents, les am�nagements ext�rieurs, la v�g�tation : tout est en cours de construction ou de finition.
Bruits de machines, de marteaux, camion pompe � b�ton, bulldozer, tout y est pour jouer au chef de chantier ! Mais ce n��tait pas notre but.
La plage est tr�s �troite, bien fournie en rochers divers n�cessitant des sandalettes de protection et vous pourrez vous occuper � ramasser les algues et les d�tritus en bordure de plage.
Bref, ne venez pas ici !
Il est scandaleux que cet h�tel soit propos� actuellement � la vente.
Un couple de parisiens tr�s d�cus (nous joindrons ult�rieurement les photos attestant notre t�moignage).
Valentin Imperial Maya is opened and beautiful!
I was lucky enough to be at the Valentin Imperial Maya the week end the hotel opened and even if some little finishing touches were missing; my overall impression was WOW!
The setting is beautiful, the service outstanding and the gastronomic experience fabulous. The hotel is spacious so there is enough space to have intimacy yet it isn't too big so the it doesn't feel unpersonal.
I would recommend it to anyone of my friends and family.
Amelia Smith
WOW... Best value in Riviera Maya for the Price!
Where to start... We got there just after the official opening (Nov 30th). The staff (most of them are from the other 5 stars resorts in the area are just pampering us like kings! The look of the resort is just fantastic, the gardens are allready green. FOOD is heavenly and the choice of restaurants (no reservation required) is so impresive that it becaumes a problem to choose! And what to say about the pools, they are huge freeform, with jacuzzi's and pool bar's... For the price we paid... We are planning to go back in April...
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Two boys grow up closer than brothers on the Sunrise, a huge ranch in Oklahoma. One of the boys is the heir apparent, the other an orphan. When the heir goes to the University of Oklahoma to raise a little hell, the other drifts to California and, in some of the novel's most touching scenes, tries to break into movies and TV. He is an innocent, faced with a California life-style of listlessness, sex and drugs. When the heir takes over the ranch, he summons his best friend home. This is an old-fashioned story, reminiscent of Edna Ferber's books, especially Giant. The locale comes through beautifully. O'Brien, who teaches writing at the University of Tulsa, won the Hemingway Award for the best first novel of 1978 for A Way of Life, Like Any Other. (Simon and Schuster, $13.95)
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The Green Apple Festival rocks Central Park on Sunday with performances from O.A.R., Ricky Skaggs, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and others. The free concert is meant to encourage folks to call their representatives on Earth Day (Tuesday) and suggest they take a strong stance on protecting the planet's climate. The music starts at noon in Rumsey Playfield (enter at 72nd Street and 5th Avenue), Manhattan. GreenAppleMusicFestival.com
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is a comedy worth remembering. See review page 28.
Staten Island OutLOUD marks National Poetry Month by giving away free pocket-sized poems today at five locations around S.I. StatenIslandOutloud.org.
"House: About It" deconstructs the sciene of building a community. Kids can practice sawing, drilling and wearing hard hats when the new exhibit opens Saturday at the Staten Island Children's Museum. StatenIslandKids.org
Wafoo's Japanese-jazz fusion is set free Saturday at 2 p.m. in St. Peter's Church. 53 St. Mark's Place, St. George. Wafoo.info
Comedy giant Brad Garrett, a two-time Emmy winner for "Everybody Loves Raymond," gigs April 27 at the St. George Theatre. "If people are expecting Robert or anything tame, it's not the show for you," the 6-foot-8 star of FOX's "Til Death" told AWE. "It's an R-rated adult evening." Advance tix: $45-$75 at TicketMaster.com.
Barbie's got nothing on these babes. Sandy Ground Historical Society presents cloth doll-making workshops in Stapleton's U.A.M.E. Church, 49 Tompkins Ave. Fee: $25 for Saturday sessions through May 10. Reservations required. 718-317-5796.
Armed with a turntable and a vast vinyl collection, Neal Hagstrom of Brighton Heights recreates radio programs of yesteryear tomorrow at the ETG in Tompkinsville. 718-447-8256, etgstores.com/bookcafe.
Jeff Altieri, late of Dock Street, gets back in the all-ages rock game Saturday night at The Cup. 718-818-8100.


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SUNY trustees approve naming Central New York Children's Hospital for philanthropist B.Thomas Golisano
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The SUNY Board of Trustees today (Nov. 9) approved a request by SUNY Upstate Medical University to name the Central New York Children's Hospital for philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano in recognition of his $6 million gift to children's hospital fundraising campaign. SUNY Upstate officials announced the Golisano pledge Nov. 1.
"We thank the SUNY Board of Trustees for its action today, which enables SUNY Upstate to acknowledge this generous gift from Thomas Golisano," said SUNY Upstate President Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D.
SUNY Upstate says the proposed children's hospital will now be called the Golisano Children's Hospital of Central New York at University Hospital.
While the Golisano gift is the largest made to the children's hospital campaign, Eastwood acknowledged that more than $14 million was raised from thousands of contributors throughout Central New York. "The level of support and commitment to the campaign from all across Central New York was instrumental to its success," Eastwood said.
The $6 million gift from Golisano will bring SUNY Upstate's children's hospital campaign total to more than $20 million, exceeding its $15 million goal. The campaign was launched in the Fall of 2003.
Construction on the Golisano Children's Hospital of Central New York at University Hospital is expected to begin early next year. Opening of the hospital is set for early 2008.
Golisano, of Pittsford, N.Y., is the founder and chairman of Rochester-based Paychex Inc., a leading national provider of payroll and human resource services for small- to medium-sized businesses. He is also owner of the Buffalo Sabres, a National Hockey League team. A graduate of the State University of New York at Alfred, Golisano was named the 2004 Outstanding Philanthropist by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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Triplett Outlasts Langer & Waldorf
It came down to three players and the final hole to determine the winner of the ACE Group Classic. In the end, Kirk Triplett sank a six-foot par putt to edge Bernhard Langer and Duffy Waldorf to win the $1.6 million Champions Tour on the Talon course at TwinEagles Golf Club in Naples, Fla.
The three came to the water-guarded, 457-yard par-4 - the tournament's toughest hole all week - tied at 16-under par. Waldorf, who entered Sunday sharing the lead with Langer, put his drive into a bunker left of the fairway. Langer, the defending champion, found the short grass, about 10 yards in front of Triplett, whose ball stopped in a divot.
Waldorf splashed out to around 100 yards, while Langer double-crossed his approach and pulled it left of the green. Triplett hit his 175-yard second to about 18 feet left of the cup. Waldorf placed his third near the hole, but it spun back 20 feet away. Langer's chip was excellent, but it rolled downhill 12 feet past the hole.
Putting first, Waldorf - a two-time PGA Tour winner in search of his first title on the over-50 circuit, missed his par attempt. Triplett next rolled his ball six feet beyond the cup. Langer's par try barely missed. At that point, it was up to the 51-year-old Triplett, who calmly sank his par putt for his third Champions Tour victory, this one worth $240,000.
"I'm excited to wiggle that last putt in," Triplett said at greenside. "That's a tough pin placement."
Triplett closed with a 6-under 66 to finish at 16-under 200 in the 54-hole event, a mere shot ahead of Langer (67), Waldorf (66) and Olin Browne, who moved into a share of second with a 66.
Alone in fifth at 204 was Jay Haas, who matched the low round of the day, an 8-under 64, while another stroke back were Michael Allen (67) and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie (69). Mark Calcavecchia (66), Mike Goodes (68) and Billy Andrade (68) tied for eighth at 208.
Sharing 11th were Australia's Peter Senior (65), Canadians Jim Rutledge - who shot the other 64 - and Rod Spittle (69), Wes Short Jr. (67), Tommy Armour III (69) and Bob Tway (72).
Reigning Charles Schwab Cup champion Kenny Perry closed with a 72 to end up tied for 23rd at 4-under 212.
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Syracuse, NY -- "Nice work if you can get it," lyricist Ira Gershwin wrote more than 70 years ago. The sentiment, employees say, still applies at several local companies named as among the top companies to work for in New York.
The Best Companies to Work for in New York, a program of the state Society for Human Resource Management, named 23 companies with 250 or more employees as the top large employers.
The No. 1 pick was C&S Cos., of Syracuse, an architecture and engineering company that has expanded into construction management and services. Not far behind, in fifth place, was defense contractor SRC Inc., of Cicero.
Even with the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent, managers from both companies said it was important for their businesses that workers wanted to be there.
"We're always recruiting," said Renee Lane, of C&S.
And hiring. The company has grown about 10 percent each year, said Senior Vice President John Spina. The company has just about 500 workers, Spina said, double what it had eight years ago.
"We're always looking for workers," Lane said.
"We've had some explosive growth," said Lisa Mondello, director of communications and public relations at SRC.
The company, formerly known as Syracuse Research Corp., had 423 employees nationwide in 2001, 760 in 2006 and 1,112 today, Mondello said. More than 800 work in Central New York, she said.
That level of growth might not continue and on Friday the company laid off 28 workers at its for-profit subsidiary SRCTec, which makes devices that detect roadside bombs. However, Mondello said the company expects to continue to grow. It has 132 openings nationwide, more than half of those in Central New York, she said.
However, both companies are looking for specific skills and experience.
"Most of our positions available are very technical," Lane said.
The job opening listings at the companies' websites require specific degrees and years, sometimes decades, of experience. Among others, C&S is looking to hire a nuclear sales engineer. The candidate they seek would have 20 years' experience in nuclear power.
SRC's openings include senior software engineer, lead communications systems engineer, senior radio frequency engineer and dozens of other jobs that require engineering degrees and years of experience.
Such workers are hard to find, and SRC tries to recruit technical people from outside the region, Mondello said.
"We don't want to take any from other companies in the area," she said.
To do that, the company has consciously promoted itself as a good place to work, earning not only a fifth-place ranking in New York, but a fourth-place finish in Texas and third-place ranking in Ohio. Last year, it made it onto Fortune's list of best places to work, and the company announced Monday it had been named by Experience, Inc. as one of the "Best places to work for recent graduates."
"Our goal of nominating ourselves is to get our name out," Mondello said.
It works, she said. Some people have joined the company after learning about it through one of the best places competitions.
The rankings aren't just the results of an application sent by a company's public relations department, officials from the Society for Human Resource Management. Seventy-five percent of what determines the rankings comes from surveys filled out by employees, a representative of Best Places to Work said.
"It's real," Lane said.
Twenty-seven companies with 15 to 249 employees were named best small-to-medium employers in New York. Locally, they included Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc., headquartered in East Syracuse, and The Hayner Hoyt Corp. and MAC Source Communications Inc., both of Syracuse.
Looking down the road, Mondello said, those who study engineering can find themselves in demand. According to Mondello, "engineers are always tough to find." As a defense contractor, SRC's employees usually have to be U.S. citizens
"We're not graduating enough to keep up with demand," Mondello said.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Keyed by an Andrew Lockliear bases loaded sacrifice fly, the Berkeley Stags prevailed over visiting Hilton Head 3-2 to remain unbeaten in 2013 and 5-0 in Region 7AAA play.
The Thursday loss was the Sea Hawks' first of the season. HHS drops to 11-1 and 5-1 and in second place behind the Stags.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th, Lockliear lofted a fly ball to shallow left field.
Zach Gonzales raced home ahead of the throw to end what has been called the best Berkeley game since 2012's 2-1 District VII championship win over Cane Bay.
Coupled with a 7-3 win over Cane Bay on Thursday Berkeley improved to 13-0 as the season entered its final month.
"This is one of those games where it would have been nice to sit in the bleachers and enjoy this one," said Coach Landy Cox. "They battled all night and just refused to lose."
Cox added he had a feeling his team would find a way to pull this one out.
They did.
After Gonzales' fielder's choice forced Eric Orton at second, Kyle Garrick doubled to deep center advancing Gonzales to third. Connor Teague was intentionally walked to set the stage for Lockliear's shallow big fly.
"I didn't think it was deep enough to score him," Lockliear said, "This was just a great game, and a great game to win."
Lockliear bulldogged his way through seven-and-a-third innings allowing two runs while scattering eight hits, walking two and K'ing nine.
"He pitched out of trouble all night," Cox said of his senior southpaw. "He had runners on base almost every inning yet refused to let anyone score. This was his best game of the year."
With a 3-0 record on the season, Lockliear didn't factor into the decision on the mound, so he instead took care of business at the plate.
"The defense played great behind me and made the plays we needed to make to keep us in the game and give us a chance to win it," he said.
The win went to Gonzales who improved to 5-0 on the season.
Gonzales, Garrick and Teague led the Stags with two hits each. Garrick also added a pair of RBIs.
While Berkeley takes part in the Hanahan Invitational Tournament this week, schedule watchers have already circled Friday, April 19 on the calendar when the Stags travel to Hilton Head for Round Two.
"When we play Hilton Head we know it's going to be a one-run game," Cox said. "That's just the way these two teams play."
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On the 2300 block of Third Street in South Philadelphia, rowhouse windows are decorated with Our Lady of Mount Carmel school spirit flags. Step into a house or local business in the area, and there will likely be a Mount Carmel graduate.
"People don't talk about neighborhoods. Down here, people don't speak neighborhood, they speak parish. 'What school did you go to?'?" said Keith Gilbert, who graduated from eighth grade at Mount Carmel school in 1985. Gilbert, 41, is the third of four generations of students at the Catholic school.
On Thursday, Gilbert's children, fourth grader Moira and second grader Colin, ended the year as members of Mount Carmel's last class. Families and teachers filled more than half the church Thursday morning to watch the annual school awards ceremony and experience the tearful final moments of the 111-year-old school at the corner of Third and Wolf Streets.


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The Ashley Ridge football team was competitive Friday, but was unable to upset undefeated Bluffton.
The Bobcats earned a 37-20 win to improve to 8-0 on the season with a 2-0 mark in Region 8-AAAA. For the Swamp Foxes (2-6, 1-1), the game was reminiscent of their encounters with Wando and Cane Bay earlier this season.
"I feel we let our game with Bluffton slip away," Ashley Ridge coach Kenny Walker said. "They are a good team but for us the difference this year compared to last year is we are not making the big plays when we have the opportunities. We are disappointed in the loss but I'm encouraged with our effort. We still have a lot to play for these last three games and we can turn our season around with a strong finish."
The Swamp Foxes moved the ball and early in the game it seemed the team might finally put everything together to earn the big win it has been searching for. Ashley Ridge took a 7-0 lead off a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Thompson to Mikey Goodwine and that lead stuck for nearly two quarters.
However, Bluffton made the next three scores. The game was tied at the half, but the Bobcats took advantage of a pair of short fields early in the third quarter to take a 21-7 lead.
Romelo Doctor, who had another 100-yard rushing night, scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter as well as on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter. His second score pulled the Swamp Foxes within seven points of the Bobcats with most of the final quarter still remaining.
However, the Swamp Foxes were unable to capitalize on the rest of their drives while Bluffton added a 41-yard field goal and a TD run in the closing minutes.
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HOUSTON – The Houston Solar Race team is back on the highway again, training for the upcoming Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge.
However, the team was busy long before they were seen on the road. The team works on their solar cars throughout the year, modifying, tweaking and adjusting for performance, but they really draw attention when they get out on the highway.
They have been traveling all around Mississippi and surrounding states to get a feel for the road race to Colorado.
"We try to win this race here in Houston before we ever leave," said sponsor Keith Reese, of the miles logged in practice.
The team will take two cars to competition again this year, with Sundancer I manned by an all-male squad and competing in the Open division. Sundancer II will be manned by an all-female squad and will compete in the Classic division.
"It's going to be an extremely tough" race, Reese said. "But I think we can pull this off."
The race begins July 18 in Fort Worth, Texas, and concludes on July 25 in Boulder, Colo.
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