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SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines Federal Credit Union (AA Credit Union) will celebrate the grand opening of the new location of its San Francisco International Airport branch with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17. The new branch is located in Terminal 2 Lower Level, Baggage Claim, Carousel 4.
The all-day celebration runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include limited-time, special offers available for new and current members at the San Francisco Branch only, including checking account and auto refinance incentives, refer-a-friend bonuses, a chance to win an iPod shuffle and more. There will also be a cake and punch reception from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
"We are delighted to move into this beautiful new space while continuing to offer the same great services for our member-owners in the San Francisco area," said Angie Owens, AA Credit Union President and CEO. "It's also very exciting to be a part of the new $381 million green renovation of Terminal 2."
The San Francisco Branch hours are 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The branch phone number is 650-877-6106. To learn more about AA Credit Union, or to become a member-owner, attend the special grand-opening celebration. You can also call 800- 533-0035 or visit www.AACreditUnion.org.
About American Airlines Federal Credit Union
Founded in 1936, AA Credit Union now serves the present and retired employees of American Airlines, their family members and people who work in the air transportation industry. In its 75th year, AA Credit Union has more than 226,000 members nationwide and assets in excess of $5.2 billion. As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, AA Credit Union is committed first and foremost to enriching their member-owners' financial well-being through their participation in the products and services of the Credit Union. For more information, please visit www.AACreditUnion.org.
AA Credit Union is a registered trademark of American Airlines, Inc.
Federally insured by NCUA
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Here's who made the profitable list:
Kim Kardashian: $6 million
Keeping up with this Kardashian is no easy feat. Aside from her popular reality show, Kim has made a fortune selling everything from cupcakes to Quick Trim. The star's latest endeavor: a new book Kardashian Konfidential.
Lauren Conrad: $5 million
She said goodbye to The Hills two years ago, but LC has continued to reap the riches of being a reality superstar. She's written a trilogy of young adult novels and a style guide, but it's her highly successful fashion line for Kohl's that turns the biggest profit.
Bethenny Frankel: $4 million
Frankel stole the show from her fellow Housewives of New York City and walked away with her own series, Bethenny Getting Married. But it's her SkinnyGirl products (margaritas and books) that have made her wallet fat.
Audrina Patridge: $3.5 million
She started off as the sweet sidekick on The Hills, but became a star in her own right after Lauren Conrad's departure and Heidi Montag's meltdown. Next year Patridge will headline a new reality show on VH1.
Kate Gosselin: $3.5 million
Kate is doing just fine minus Jon. The mother of eight reportedly gets paid $250,000 an episode and has raked in a significant sum from her book deals.
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino: $3 million
"The Situation" has taken GTL-ing straight to the bank. Aside from being Jersey Shore's highest paid cast member, Sorrentino has become quite the entrepreneur. He's written a book, released fitness DVDs and is working on his own cologne.
Rounding out the top 10: Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, DJ Pauly D and Kendra Wilkinson.
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Gary's Parries 17/09/06
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This week's Gary's Parries topics are:
1. In Search Of An Ethical Printer
2. Defying The Laws Of Physics … Again
3. Don't Go Breaking My Compact Flash
4. JPEG And A Trim Please
Introducing this week's Gary's Parries column. Everything you always wanted to know about digital cameras, but were afraid to ask. No question too difficult, or too easy. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, and a former Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, as well as a recording studio owner/operator, inventor, and now, a digital camera enthusiast, GARY has more digital camera knowledge in his entire brain than most people have in their little finger. In the unlikely event that GARY would not know the answer to your question, he will answer it anyway, true to the spirit of the word "Parries", a fencing term which, in this context, implies "cleverly evasive answers". So let your imagination run wild. Email all your nagging digital camera questions to: firstname.lastname@example.com , and then, En Garde!
You may also attach to your email an ORIGINAL PHOTO of your choosing. A preview of the photo will be displayed with your question, and a full-sized version will be just a click away. No personal information will be published with your question unless you specifically include it in the text or attached photo of your email, which may be further edited for grammar, content, or other reasons.
Most inkjet printers are the product of at least one of the following scams:
(1) Encryption chips in their ink cartridges to monopolize ink sales
(2) Counter chips in their ink cartridges to halt usage after so many ink drops have been sprayed, so as to prevent reuse
(3) "Cleaning routines" that run daily to siphon off ink, even if the printer is not in use
(4) Photosensors to detect when a cartridge is almost empty, so that printer operation can be disabled before the remaining ink is used.
I have had difficulty finding a good photo printer that does not use any of the above tactics to cheat consumers and the environment. I would be particularly interested if a printer exists that essentially has a built-in continuous ink system (CIS), so that it feeds directly off a refill bottle.
I know I can buy an aftermarket CIS that will do tricks to fool the printer (the Epson R1800 and the ArTainium CIS, for example), but to buy a printer that needs to be fooled contributes to the racket.
Despite the fact that there are numerous documented successes of 'aftermarket' continuous ink systems for a variety of major brand inkjet printers, there are currently NO such printers that utilize an 'OEM' CIS.
There can only be one reason for this. With today's printer prices being so low, there is virtually no way manufacturers can make a profit on their printers; rather, they must 'give away' their printers and make their profit on its ink. And yes, to ensure that you buy THEIR ink, they employ the type of sophisticated electronics you have described above.
However, having said that, I would add that these practices are not as 'unethical' as you might think. For example, regarding the use of photosensors to detect cartridge ink levels, when the low ink indicator lights on my Epson Stylus Photo R800, if I am doing any type of critical printing, I will change the ink cartridge right then and there, because it really does make a difference in the print quality. (Of course, I'll put the low cartridge back in once I've finished the critical printing. :))
And you absolutely know that if manufacturers did not disable printer operation at some level of ink depletion, people would continue to print until their cartridges ran bone dry, which would then require repriming the heads with even more ink than would have been discarded with the 'empty' cartridge.
As for the daily cleaning routines you mentioned, this is to prevent the print heads from becoming clogged when the printer is sitting idle, which they will do. Once clogged, the heads may require even more cleaning to become unclogged.
Okay, so the encryption they use to make you buy their ink cartridges, and the counters they use to prevent you from refilling emptied ink cartridges, are designed to maximize their ink sales. But hey, why do you think they're practically giving you the printers in the first place?
And you absolutely know that if manufacturers did not implement these built-in protections, people would take their free printers and buy third party ink to refill the OEM cartridges. :)
Weren't you a bit too optimistic with your answer to Andy Martin's "Question 2—- Changing The Laws Of Physics" in last week's Gary's Parries, when you said manufacturers can use CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) technology to squeeze the performance of a DSLR-sized CCD from a 1/2.5" CIS? Since CIS pixels demand far more surface area than those of a conventional CCD (due mainly to the additional surface area of the auxiliary circuits required to achieve the desired performance), how can you honestly hope to squeeze more than one megapixel onto a 1/2.5" CIS?
Anders Tiberg
Great question, Anders, and the answer is a definite "yes and no". :)
Yes, I was being a 'bit' optimistic because it would be difficult to fit more than a couple megapixels on a 1/2.5" CIS with the ~10 micron CMOS circuit geometries currently used in the manufacturing of these chips.
No, I was not being 'too' optimistic because state of the art CMOS circuit geometries are already in the SUBmicron range, which is all that is needed to keep pace with CCD megapixel density. It will not be long before such technology makes its way into the digital camera industry.
Case in point, check out this prototype 8 MEGAPIXEL 1/2.5" CIS.
Will a Compact Flash card ever go bad? Are the expensive ones better than the inexpensive ones?
I like and have always purchased SanDisk Extreme III and Ultra. How good are they in terms of reliability.
Thank you!
Anthony A.
As memory cards go, Compact Flash are among the most reliable. They use an onboard controller to map out defective memory cells from the factory, and to then monitor and map out defective memory cells that fail in the field.
Despite their high reliability, Compact Flash cards can, and will, fail. Typical CF card failure scenarios include:
(1) Card was dead when you got it.
(2) Card failed shortly after you started using it.
(3) Card lasted a year or two and then failed.
(4) Card lasts 100+ years without failure.
On average, higher quality Compact Flash cards will have higher reliability. Typical CF card qualities that affect reliability include:
(1) Brand of controller chip used
(2) Brand of memory chip(s) used
(3) Internal circuit board layout
(4) Internal circuit board solder joints
Because most CF card manufacturers buy their cards in lots for branding, and because the quality of these cards can vary between lots, it would be difficult to know whether your SanDisk Extreme III or Ultra cards were any good unless you opened them up and looked inside at the quality of their workmanship. (BTW, DON'T DO THAT !!!).
A good rule of thumb is this:
You don't always get what you pay for, but you rarely get what you don't pay for. :)
[Note: Much thanks to Nick in Japan for submitting the accompanying photo of this celeb couple trying to patch things up at a secluded retreat. – Ed.]
What actually does the process of trimming involve? Is it a zooming, or a cropping? From my limited experience with it, there doesn't seem to be much, if any, degradation of the trimmed image.
I did a real nice zoom of my Son's face from the Canon EOS 10D, originally optically zoomed, then further trimmed (zoomed) in my Sony DSC-F828. Sure is an easy way to do zooming, before we even get to Photoshop.
Any thoughts, ideas?
Semper Fi!
'Crop' is a term that refers to the manual selection and removal of portions of your image from its outer edges. This can be accomplished using a Crop tool or an image-resizing window. 'Trim' is a term that is generally reserved for the automatic removal of a border or canvas from around your image.
You would think that a simple cropping or trimming would be a lossless JPEG operation, but that is generally NOT the case. However, if, and only if, all sides of the resulting image have a length that is a multiple of 8 pixels, it is 'possible' to perform the crop/trim in a lossless manner (i.e., without JPEG decompression and then lossy recompression).
I am not sure how you are doing the additional zooming with your Sony DSC-F828, but if it appears that the dimensions of ALL the resulting images are constrained to multiples of 8 pixels, then it is likely that Sony is performing the cropping in a lossless manner, and no degradation of the image will occur. If, however, that is not the case, if you can force a zoom that results in an image with dimensions other than a multiple of 8 pixels, then most likely all such cropping will be lossy regardless of the final dimensions.
BTW, unlike Photoshop, GraphicConverter has a built-in 'Lossless' Crop tool. :)
[Column photo "The Photographer" by Brenda LaFleur of Brenda LaFleur Photography.]
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I think you meant Gary has more knowledge in *his* finger than most people have in *their* entire brains :)
Gary, your information about "ethical printers" is probably correct for low end consumer grade printers, but there ARE professional printers that would have all the desired features.
Drum printers like the Iris inkjet use continuous feed inks, and the ink is quite cheap in comparison to cartridges. The inks come in bottles, and the printer's ink supply is designed to be refilled easily. The difference between these professional printers and consumer-grade cartridge-ink printers is substantial. Iris (and other similar printers) are designed to spray ink continuously, even when not actively printing so the nozzles don't get clogged (I used to describe it as "clearing its throat"). This can be a little wasteful of ink if you don't print very often, these printers are designed for continuous printing around the clock, in a pro service bureau. The other issue is cost, you are paying major money for the printer, but almost nothing for the inks. These printers cost tens of thousands of dollars, so to get your return on investment, you can't really own one of these just for your personal output, you need lots of work to pay its way.
Ultimately, these professional continuous ink drum printers like the Iris are the ultimate in print quality. You get what you pay for. And an "ethical printer" isn't cheap.
Thanks, Adam, you are too kind. I have been told it will be corrected,
but you know how that goes. I'll see it when I believe it. :)
Charles, thank you for the Iris info. I happen to know that the person
who submitted the question is VERY ethical, and once he has regained
his consciousness, I'm sure he will not be dissuaded by the printer's
"tens of thousands of dollars" initial cost. :)
Thanks Gary for the "Trim", Please tell us more about "Graphic Converter" especially your helpful hints!
That "AWESOME" Wisteria vine attached to question #4, sure is a beauty!
#3 picture, yep, after spending the day together like that, we are proud to announce that a little Nikasonic DLX-70-2 will arrive about Christmas time. Gestation for these cross cultured beauties is a bit slower than for similar races. We are expecting a CMOS type, preferred, but just as long as it is noiseless, we will be happy!
Nick, YCMU :) :) :) :).
I will pass your Wisteria appreciation on to my wife.
I'd love to tell you more about GraphicConverter. It's a shareware
program that you can download for free (in ELEVEN languages) at
LemkeSoft.com. If you like the program, just send the author $30.
Once I tried GraphicConverter, I never went back to Photoshop. It
has the best support of any program I've ever used.
Oh, I probably should have mentioned, it is a MAC ONLY program. :)
I know exactly what your wife does everyday now, cutting, trimming and trying to keep that monster in-check, my seedling of 13 years ago is out-of-control!
Folks from all over come to view it tho, I quit swearing at all the water-shoots at full bloom time!
I forgot to mention, picture# 1, sure does look familiar, looks exactly like Camp Pendleton, as I remember it, during pre-Vietnam training in '66, and again later.
I don't remember the pretty gal tho!
Why isn't "GC" also compatible with Windows?
Rather than tell you what YCMU stands for, I will impart to you some
words of wisdom from my Grandpa Parries, who said, "You can lead
a horse to water, but if you do, you should also teach him to fish."
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ :)
It is hard to justify to a Windows user why a company would develop
software exclusively for the Mac. It's like trying to justify to someone
who is not a 'Dead Head' why you've been to over 100 Grateful Dead
concerts. Or like justifying to a non-Marine why there are almost 200
PhotographyBLOG comments containing the phrase "Semper Fi".
It has a lot to do with a type of loyalty and dedication that just cannot
be explained.
Thanks Gary, I needed that!
I can't think of a more appropriate expression of what it should be all about!
How can you distinguish between "Laugh Out Loud" and Lots Of Love".. I send my second son my pictures, and he always returns with "LOL", should I stop sending him them?
Just tell him "RBAY". :)
> Why isn't "GC" also compatible with Windows?
Certainly from a business point of view, Lemke Software is making a mistake by not supporting Windows. So I'm tempted to agree with Gary; there is probably some Mac loyalty involved.
Personally, if I owned the software, I would not produce a Windows version on the basis of ethics. The anti-competitive tactics Microsoft uses to keep people divided and helpless calls into question the morality of sponsoring the Windows platform by producing software for it. Lemke Software may be taking that stance as well, considering that they support OpenRAW.
> However, having said that, I would add that these practices are not
> as 'unethical' as you might think. For example, regarding the use
> of photosensors to detect cartridge ink levels, when the low ink
> indicator lights on my Epson Stylus Photo R800, if I am doing any
> type of critical printing, I will change the ink cartridge right
> then and there, because it really does make a difference in the
> print quality.
In your case, the sensor was purely used to inform the user, which I
would call a good feature. You have the option of replacing it for
quality, or using it up for economy. My folks have a multi-purpose
Brother inkjet that *refuses* to operate when one of the photosensors
detects that a cartridge is "low." If you remove the cartridge and
reinsert it, the printer asks if a new cartridge went in. When the
user responds with 'yes', the printer ignores the user and continues
to deny the use of the printer (until the user wraps opaque tape over
the reflector used by the photosensor).
>And you absolutely know that if manufacturers did not disable printer
>operation at some level of ink depletion, people would continue to
>print until their cartridges ran bone dry, which would then require
>repriming the heads with even more ink than would have been discarded
>with the 'empty' cartridge.
Does it matter which color is used to prime if a printer has a fixed
head? If a user runs out of magenta on a Brother FAX1800c (which
doesn't appear to have heads in the cartridges), I would expect that
the printer could prime the head with any other color. And in the
case of disposable heads, who cares if the head clogs after the ink is
depleted - the cartridge has reached the end of its life anyway (at
least, according to the manufacturer).
> As for the daily cleaning routines you mentioned, this is to prevent
> the print heads from becoming clogged when the printer is sitting
> idle, which they will do. Once clogged, the heads may require even
> more cleaning to become unclogged.
I have a feeling that the cleaning schedule is set by the marketing
departments, rather than the engineers. The Brother FAX1800c cleans
the heads four times a day. Apparently it's using every color to
clean the head, because users of this printer complain that they never
used it to print color before, and suddenly they're told they're out
of color ink (only to find that they really still have 10 or 25% of a
cartridge because the photosensor lied.)
> And you absolutely know that if manufacturers did not implement
> these built-in protections, people would take their free printers
> and buy third party ink to refill the OEM cartridges.
People are doing this anyway. The manufacturers could easily protect
themselves from it by pricing the printer above its production cost.
But they won't do that because they're still making a fortune on
consumables even with some users drilling holes in their cartridges.
According to the inkjet wiki, the EU has banned the practice of tying
printers to inks. So the solution may be to order a printer from
Europe. Although some of the scams are still possible under that
In that case, the sensor was just used to inform the user, which I would call a good feature.
Justin, I see the problem. It is the size of that Brother printer you are
using. It's just too 'Big'. :)
Seriously though, as an Epson and HP user, I can see where the low
ink warning is a definite benefit but I also do not have a problem with
disabling printer operation when a single ink cartridge is empty, even
though the next print job may not even require that particular color.
The only objection I have with Epsons is that, when one print head is
dirty, you must still clean all the heads, as opposed to HPs, which will
allow you to selectively clean just the clogged head(s).
If all this control makes you uneasy, you have, as I see it, two choices.
You can purchase a professional printer such as the Iris suggested by
Charles, or you can purchase a third party CIS. If your objection to the
third party CIS is that you are "contributing to the racket", rest assured
that you are not 'financially' contributing because the manufacturer will
not make one cent off your printer purchase.
Hope that helps.
> If your objection to the third party CIS is that you are
> "contributing to the racket", rest assured that you are not
> 'financially' contributing because the manufacturer will not make
> one cent off your printer purchase.
That's a good point. It reminds me of the xbox, which supposedly was
sold at a loss, with an expectation of high profits from game sales.
I'm not sure on the accuracy of all this, but folks were supposedly
buying up several xboxes with intent to reduce Microsoft's profits.
Then they'd convert to xboxes into linux machines
(http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page), so they could use them in
a linux cluster -- dramatically increasing the usefulness of the
I could see printer makers selling inkjets at cost, or maybe at a loss
in the ~$0-100 price range. However, the printers I've been
considering are the Epson R1800 or Epson Photo 1280 (most likely I'll
get the latter as a gift for someone along w/ an aftermarket CIS). It
would indeed be interesting to know whether Epson profits or takes a
loss on it.
Charles> You get what you pay for. And an ethical printer" isn't cheap.
Someone mentioned in another forum that the Canon i9900 is ethical (by the guidelines that I posted). So shopping ethically may not require buying an Iris at $5k. Though it won't be straight forward to verify this, because printer makers aren't too eager to disclose which sneaky trick they're using.
Sense of humour failure treated with aplomb
Adam's "I think you meant Gary has more knowledge in *his* finger than most people have in *their* entire brains" would not have had such a generous reply from me!
BTW, if you need any more plombs we have had a good crop of Victorias this year.
Keep up the good work even if it does go over the head of some readers.
Thanks, Harry. I'm just happy somebody is actually reading the intro. :)
Testimonial in order.. I have learned more from Gary, and the other exceptionally smart folks that reply, in the past year, than in my previous 64! Even when most of it goes over my agnostic head!
Like other teachers that are special, the gift of humor makes it real special.
I submit a request to Mark, that we designate a "Gary Pogoda Day" for special recognition, in keeping with our appreciation for his dedication "above and beyond" the call of duty.
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Ellen DeGeneres proved the darling of Friday night's 33rd annual Daytime Emmy ceremony, taking home the award for best talk-show host for the second time and the top prize for best talk show for the third year running.
"This means a lot of me," DeGeneres said on the stage of Hollywood's Kodak Theater (this year's three-hour show marked the first time ever the event was held out West). She also addressed her partner, actress Portia de Rossi, sitting in the audience and said, "I love you."
Backstage, DeGeneres said, "I feel lucky. I found something that I feel comfortable doing and people seem to like what I do," the Associated Press reports.
Also lucky: Rosie O'Donnell, who, as expected, was named to the enviable job as Meredith Vieira's replacement on The View when Vieira becomes Today co-host in September (while Katie Couric moves to the CBS Evening News). The View's co-creator and star Barbara Walters made the announcement with Rosie standing beside her.
"Well, thank God," cracked O'Donnell, "because it was either that or Celebrity Fit Club." Added Walters, "We're so lucky to have her."
Former '80s teen idol Rick Springfield, who recently returned to General Hospital after 23 years, opened the show in an outdoor fan zone singing a medley of his hits before moving inside and concluded with "Jessie's Girl."
Other winners included Jeopardy!'s Alex Trebek, who beat Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's Vieira for the Emmy as best game-show host, and Caroll Spinney (a.k.a. Big Bird), who won a lifetime achievement award for his work on Sesame Street – which was also named best pre-school children's series.
In terms of the awards for soap operas, Guiding Light won four Daytime Emmys, including actress Kim Zimmer as lead actress (her fourth career trophy). The show also had three first-time winners: Gina Tognoni (supporting actress), Tom Pelphrey (younger actor) and Jordan Clarke (supporting actor).
General Hospital was named best drama and directing, bringing the ABC soap a record nine trophies in the drama category. The show's Tony Geary (who plays Luke Spencer) won his fifth Daytime Emmy as lead actor. His first was in 1982.
Ellen DeGeneres Tops Daytime Emmys
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HANDS of Duhallow will celebrate the magic of Christmas at its sixth annual fair taking place at IRD Duhallow headquarters at James O'Keeffe Institute, Newmarket, Saturday and Sunday, November 24/25, from 12 noon to 6pm.
This is a wide-ranging display of local crafts and well worth a visit.
On Monday, November 26, at 2pm in the Institute an information session called Safety Issues for Older People, will take place.
Speakers will include Sgt. Dan Murphy, Garda John Crowley and John O'Mahony, Age Action Ireland. To register contact Helen on (029) 60633.
On Thursday, November 22, again at the Institute, a seminar entitled 'Mompreneur' will take place at 8pm. This simply is how to be a successful mother and a successful entrepreneur.
Guest speaker will be Victoria Shorten, CEO, Power PR International. This hour-long session will be abundant with useful up to date information on business and what ideas work. Contact Mary McHugh on (029) 60633 for more.
Kiskeam numbers were 11, 16, 20 and 21. Lucky dips to Denis Flaherty, Kiskeam; Ciss Daly, Tureenfineen; Tom Twomey, Kiskeam; Finbarr Carroll, Glounthane. Seller's prize to Christy O'Keeffe.
Sliabh Luachra Magazine No. 14 will be launched at the Denis Murphy Hall in Gneeveguilla on Friday, November 23, at 8.30pm by Ray Ryan, originally from Ballydesmond and former correspondent with the Irish Examiner.
There will be an Irish night on Friday, November 16, at the Old Schoolhouse in Foyle with singing, storytelling and music. Admission is free, light refreshments will be served, all welcome. For details phone (087) 6800810.
Araglen Desmond's season has drawn to a close and they ended the year on a high with the U14 girls victorious in the North Cork Final, beating Glanworth 38 to 3-3.
This game was played in very harsh, wintry conditions on November 1, and great credit is due to all the players, and their trainers Denis Breen, Declan Cremin and Niall Collins.
This was a remarkable achievement, considering that this team was only formed in April of this year, so well done to all!


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We've gotten a few phone calls and emails recently asking if Mayor Jack Ellis' foundation is indeed registered as a 501(c)3. It is, though it is registered under a larger umbrella organization called the National Heritage Foundation.
I've seen the certificate, with the tax I.D. number on it, and even called the foundation to confirm. So, if you'd like to write the foundation a check, it is tax deductible.
The foundation's stated goal is to help children with physical and learning disabilities in the U.S., Caribbean and Africa.
And before anyone starts jumping to conclusions about how Ellis is using this foundation, please remember he has one son with spina bifida and another with Down syndrome.


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There has never been a better time and there are some very good reasons to give homebrew beer a go; beer for a party, increasing pub prices, the tax!
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Did you know that more than a third of the price of a pub pint is tax? Makes you think doesn't it.
I'm not suggesting we all stop drinking in pubs. Far from it. We need to support our local pubs.
However sometimes it makes sense to be able to have a pint of beer at home with friends and save money in the process.
Buy A Kit Now
The kits shown in the pictures below are reasonably priced and will do just that. You can make your own very good quality beer for less than 50p a pint.
Types of Beer Kit
Make Your Own Beer At Home - It's Easy, It's Fun and It Saves You Money.
If you have never tried making your own beer, give it a go today.
Homebrew Gift Ideas
A beer starter kit also makes a great present. Why not treat someone you know to a complete homebrew starter kit. Who knows, you may get some beer back in return. If they already have the starter equipment, you could buy them a beer kit i.e. the ingredients to make their next batch of homebrew beer.
If you are still not convinced or need a little help, then why not have a look through our Top 10 Homebrew Christmas Gifts or our Homebrew Gift Ideas where you can find all sorts of good ideas for homebrew gifts and presents.
If you tried making beer, cider or wine years ago and were disappointed with the results, you will find that the art of home brew has moved on a long way recently. It really is easy to brew great tasting beer in your own home.
For a quick guide, see our "How to Brew Beer" page. Or if you want to jump straight in and have a go, click here and see some more of the beer starter kits available like the one pictured above.


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The 101st Travis Invitational at Garden City - Christmas Comes for Amateurs
Within the city's bustle lies
A gleaming jewel in glad sunrise
Our emerald 'neath the blissful skies!
Our Green and Gothic Home! --
From "Our Green and Gothic Home" - a poem to commemorate the Travis turning 100 years old.
The Par-3 Second is Guarded by
the Deepest Bunker on the Course
You can't help but fall instantly and forever in love with Garden City Golf Club on Long Island because broad smiles and irrepressible good cheer radiate from every face each time you are there. A soothing, restorative elixir to combat the stress and bustle of New York, the true magic of Garden City lies both in its ability to transport the golfer back in time 100 years, and in the ineffable joy of the members, stewards of some of golf's most storied traditions.
Arriving at the club for any event is like escaping the real world for a while, leaving your cares aside, and basking in the club's Old World charm, grace and courtesy. But for one week in May, Garden City outdoes itself with a celebration of golf history, tradition and competition which is unparalleled in all of golf - the Walter J. Travis Invitational, which turns 101 years young this year - the greatest amateur golf tournament in America, save for the U.S. Amateur.
"It's Christmas Day for amateur golfers," gushed an ebullient Pat Mucci, and it is. Stately, charming and dignified, the Travis is to amateurs what the Masters is to pros: a revival, a restorative elixir and a reunion. Each year, the greatest amateur golfers in America gather - as they have for over a century - to compete for the replica Schenectady Putter made famous by club icon Walter Travis, the great amateur champion and golf course architect, but also to promote the noble virtues golf teaches: camaraderie and altruism.
The tournament is a rugged test of a contestant's skill at both match and medal play over the three days of competition.
"Friday is a single qualifying day where the top 72 players out of the field of over 120 will advance to the match play rounds conducted over the weekend," explains tournament chairman Pat Fogerty, who is also a contestant. The match-play portion has five competition flights: a championship flight of the top 16 players after Friday's medal play, a second flight of the next 16 players, and then three more flights of eight players each. Additionally, 16 more players will qualify for the "senior legends flight."
"One of the nice things about the tournament is that, with 72 qualifiers, a player has a good chance to advance to weekend play," Fogarty added.
They need that many flights, as the quality of player the tournament attracts is staggering; well-decorated state amateur champions can lock horns with former USGA championship winners in any bracket, one through five. One year, Jeff Thomas, a seven time New Jersey state amateur champion, met Jerry Corville, a U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, in the fifth flight.
"The field is so strong that the difference in ability between a top seed and a bottom seed in any flight can be negligible," Garden City golf pro emeritus Gil McNally explained during last year's event. "Moreover, the stroke-play portion of the competition is only one round, where anything can and will happen."
But while the field can be jumbled by the casual slings and arrows of the capricious bounces of a single round, the match-play portion is an equalizer, giving the more skilled player a chance to overcome a high seeding and work through the brackets.
"In a tournament like this, being the top seed is not anywhere near as much of an advantage as it is in other sports like basketball," McNally stated with a knowing smile. The year 2009 alone saw a startling bloodletting at the top of almost every bracket as five No. 1 seeds out of the six flights were eliminated in the first round of match play.
David Reneker, Bel-Air Country Club's well-decorated amateur competitor, can attest to that first-hand. He set the competitive course record last year with a sparkling 6-under 67 (par is 73), carding a blistering nine birdies. The course rang with the cheering. Then he bowed out to the 16th seed in the first round of the match play.
The affable Reneker, best known for his rapier wit and self-effacing humor, actually had a good-natured laugh about the early exit. After losing, he sat down for lunch and to read your author's tournament write-up of his stunning feat the previous day. After silently reading the first few paragraphs, a glowing review of his epic round, he then read aloud from the piece:
"'Now Reneker enters into the weekend's match play, which has been a graveyard for No. 1 seeds not named David Eger. In the last two years medalists Alan Specht and Garden City member Mike Confort lost to the 16th seed' . . . thanks, Jay!" he quipped dryly. The table erupted in laughter.
Still, Reneker, the unsinkable and wildly popular 6'6" red-haired lion, returns for another try.
"It's one of the coolest experiences in not just in golf, but in life," he states energetically. "I don't care what I shoot. The way the members make you feel like a member for the whole week, opening the course and their hearts to us is unparalleled. We get to practice and dine and hang out with them and enjoy the ultimate ethos of golf. Yes, the course, the history and the traditions are fantastic, but I cherish the friendships I've made there the most."
The par-5 4th has Terrific Movement in the Fairway
Then Reneker became Good Ol' Reneker again - the best quote in the field. When asked what he'd worked on to improve on his performance last year, he replied with his trademark humor, "I'm gonna try not to be the No. 1 seed!" Everyone laughed so hard it took a few moments to settle down.
"Seriously though," he continued, "you have to be good at both stroke play and match play. I putted poorly in my match play match last year and I short-sided myself a few times, and that will kill you with a field this good. You don't get beaten up out here - there are birdies to be had - but you can bleed to death from little cuts. It's not like Oakmont, where you feel like you must keep both hands on the steering wheel or you careen off the tracks, but there are plenty of hard holes where you must manage your game carefully. It's a smart golf course."
He raises a great point not only about the Travis, but about tournament play in general: You aren't going to play great all day - you just have to play well in the clutch. And the fiendishly clever intricacies of Garden City will make those clutch moments that more dramatic.
It's those smart subtleties that make Garden City as relevant today as it was 100 years ago. A careful, faithful restoration by world-conquering golf architect Tom Doak brought all its fascinating features of great strategic golf course architecture into sharp relief.
"The characteristic Garden City green is very simplistic at first glance - basically just a ground-level extension of the fairway as on many Scottish courses, but most of Garden City's greens tilt slightly to the back as well as to one side," explains Doak. "This combination of speed and tilt has ensured that it remains difficult to get the ball close to the hole on an approach shot, even though modern golfers are approaching these greens with much more lofted clubs than the architect must have envisioned."
Indeed the difficulty of the approaches has held up well. The short par-4 10th still befuddles players with its severe roll away from the player. The massive par-4 15th features a dramatic tilt left to right, confounding even the best iron players, and striking fear into a golfer 1-down in a crucial match who must equal or better his opponent's approach that finished on the putting surface.
Still, Garden City has other, more terrifying defenses: the long and thick rough and the steep, penal bunkers which were deepened and toughened by Travis himself after his triumphant return home to the club after his epic 1904 British Amateur victory. Travis went running around with a shovel and a purpose: make the golfer play an excellent recovery or pay the price for getting in the bunker in the first place. It is a hazard after all . . .
He succeeded too well and, ironically, became the course's most famous victim. Locked in a fiercely contested U.S. Amateur semifinal against eventual winner J.D. Travers, he left three attempts in the left-front bunker at the home hole and conceded that match, ending his bid to win a major championship at home.
"Of all the great U.K. links, Garden City is perhaps closest to Muirfield," offers golf course architecture uber-expert Ran Morrissett, also one of the founders of the newly-opened Cabot Links in Nova Scotia, an instant classic that looks to take the golf world by storm.
"It's not only an authentic links, but like Muirfield and St. Andrews the bunkers are random, deep and all shapes and sizes," continues the man who also gave us www.GolfClubAtlas.com, the best golf architecture website in existence. "Some are tiny pits where you, your club and your ball aren't always going to peacefully coexist, and some are cross-hazards. As they often sit below fairway grade, they don't jump out at you, and that challenges better players by playing on the golfer's fear of the unknown."
Then Morrissett does what he does best: he pulls the discussion back to macro and gives us a view of the forest as well as the trees. "Garden City stands in stark contrast to the direction which modern architecture went, and that's good because they promote 'lay-of-the-land' architecture and avoid artificiality. Garden City is eminently natural and plays right into the great natural features of the site, rather than avoiding them or erasing them," he observes sagely. "You really feel the land. A golf course should reflect its natural surrounds, and Garden City does."
That's why it's endured as one of the golf world's most ancient splendors ever since it opened in 1899. "The club exudes golf in its purest form," Mucci confirms.
Then again, that's what Garden City and the Travis Invitational are all about: the Grand Old Club, the Grand Old Man, the Grand Old Amateur still stands, so raise your voice and clap your hands, it's what their legacy commands. For this week, we celebrate a golf course not because of what it cost to build but because of its value to the game. For this week we don't judge golf by waterfalls, stained glass windows, magic gates, celebrity members or television exposure.
Instead, we take a walk back in time to the days of old, a living golf time capsule perhaps more relevant and poignant today than ever it was.
Players to Watch
"Big Ben" Hayes: after a dominating performance in the match play, where he softened up his opponents with his gargantuan length off the tee, then suffocated them with his precision irons, the defending champion and loyal USC Trojan has a solid chance to become the first back-to-back champion since David Eger in 2003. Interestingly, his best challenge may come from
Brad Shaw: Hayes's college roommate and varsity golf teammate, the pair is nearly inseparable, even sitting for all their media center interviews together, playing off each other like Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker. Shaw lost to Hayes in the semifinals, coming back from 4-down early only to bow late, 2 & 1.
Chris Lange: The 2009 champion, a steady grinder who can ignite a birdie binge at any time, outlasted the field in a grueling weekend that saw him take three matches to 18 holes or more.
Mike Kelley: A 5'5" in spikes but 6'9" in heart, the diminutive 2008 champion was a giant killer, felling steely-nerved, iron-willed Kevin Hammer in a mesmerizing semifinal, then besting well-decorated amateur champion Joe Saladino in the final. Shed no tears for Saladino though; he got engaged the night before the final.
"I wanted 'a win, a win and a yes,' but two out of three ain't bad," Saladino said famously in his touching speech to the club upon accepting runner-up honors.
Eoin O'Connel: No, not that Eoghan O'Connell . . . the other Eoin O'Connell (no relation). Often mistaken for the 2006 champion and fellow Irishman, the younger, shorter and slimmer Eoin O'Connell from Ballybunion is a match play surgeon who can go deep in the tournament.
[Author's Note: I can hear it now . . . "Slimmer??!!" Eoghan will shout, while Kevin Hammer laughs uproariously in the background. I guess I owe him a bottle of Red Breast Irish whiskey for that one.]
Sadly, we'll miss Hammer and Eoghan - and Alan Fadel for that matter - as they play in the International Championship of Country Clubs in China. But a bumper crop of new talent will step in admirably. Names to watch include Floridians Nick Gilliam and Steve Carter, as well as John Marsico. Still, the Travis can be unpredictable.
"Any one of 50 guys could win this tournament," says Fogerty. "The champion will have to be able to play the course in all kinds of conditions, will have to be patient, yet confident, and master both stroke play and match play."
Since launching his first golf writing website in 2004, http://www.jayflemma.thegolfspace.com, Jay Flemma's comparative analysis of golf designs and knowledge of golf course architecture and golf travel have garnered wide industry respect. In researching his book on America's great public golf courses (and whether they're worth the money), Jay, an associate editor of Cybergolf, has played over 220 nationally ranked public golf courses in 37 different states. Jay has played about 1,649,000 yards of golf - or roughly 938 miles. His pieces on travel and architecture appear in Golf Observer (www.golfobserver.com), Cybergolf and other print magazines. When not researching golf courses for design, value and excitement, Jay is an entertainment, copyright, Internet and trademark lawyer and an Entertainment and Internet Law professor in Manhattan. His clients have been nominated for Grammy and Emmy awards, won a Sundance Film Festival Best Director award, performed on stage and screen, and designed pop art for museums and collectors. Jay lives in Forest Hills, N.Y., and is fiercely loyal to his alma maters, Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and Trinity College in Connecticut.
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Here are the Panhandle-area boys athletes competing in Friday's and Saturday's University Interscholastic League state track meet in Austin, and their chances for success. Handicapping is compiled by sports editor Jon Mark Beilue.
Best bets
GRANT HENLY, Dalhart: Henly is the defending state champion in the pole vault, winning last year at 16 feet. Set an all-time area-best earlier this year with a vault of 17 feet at Borger. Has been beset by injuries but cleared 15 feet to win regionals. Jarrad Matthews of Luling went 15-3 at regionals, while Sean Kennedy of Yoakum went 15 feet as well. But Henly's big-meet experience could pay off.
KYLE ATWOOD, Muleshoe: Atwood finished second last year at state in both the 800 and 1600 and is poised to do at least that, if not win the gold in one of those events this year. He qualified second in the 800 in a season-best 1:56.65. Top qualifier in the half-mile is Juan Garza of Progreso (1:56.56). Atwood ran a 1:55.14 a year ago in finishing second at state.
In the 1600 Atwood also has the second-best qualifying mark at 4:26.93, a season-best. Top mark belongs to Crockett's Tyler Stanfield (4:22.60). Stanfield won last year in 4:25.24, edging Atwood's 4:27.65.
DELT COCKRELL, Panhandle: Has a chance to win both the 100 and 200, but the Panther junior will have to fend off Mart's Quan Cosby, one of the state's top football players who is bound for Texas.
Cockrell has the field's top 100 regional time in 10.66, while Cosby was timed in 10.72. Cockrell has run a hand-held 10.5.
In the 200 last year at the state meet, Cosby was second in 21.56, while Cockrell was fifth in 22.20. At regionals two weeks ago, Cockrell's 22.05 qualifies him second behind Cosby's 21.63. Cockrell has run as fast as a hand-held 21.2. Of the two events, the 200 may be his best chance for gold.
JASON HILL, Quanah: Perhaps the closest to a sure thing is Hill in the high jump. The defending state champion won a year ago at 6-11, and has reached 7-0 this year. The Quanah junior went 6-10 to win at regionals, and only one in the field qualified at 6-6. All of the rest were at 6-4.
Should medal
SHANE MASSICK, Amarillo High: Won the regional title in the discus at 183-7, which ranks him second in the field behind Sugar Land Austin's Jonathan Reeves' 189 feet. Three others in the field have gone 175 feet or more. Massick has a best of 190-4. It will take at least in the 180s for a medal.
RICHARD VARNON, Spearman: Varnon has the misfortune of being in the field in the discus with Refugio's Matt McKinney, who set the 2A state record last year with a mammoth throw of 200-7. McKinney won the regional title at 189-7.
Varnon threw a season-best of 170-1 to win the Region I-2A crown. McKinney, going for his third state title, should be in a class by himself. But Varnon will be battling for a silver, along with two others who qualified at 165-2 and beyond.
SLADE QUISENBERRY, Springlake-Earth: Qualified second in the 110 hurdles in 15.11 in winning the Region I-1A title. Brookesmith's Scott Ferguson has the top time at 15.06.
JASON SHOULDERS, Gruver: Shoulders makes his second appearance in the 110 hurdles after he was disqualified last year. Shoulders finished an eyelash behind Quisenberry at the regional meet, getting second in 15.13. That time qualifies him third. Four in the field have run 15.30 or faster.
Could medal
COBY BROWN, Dumas: The veteran Demons runner is making his third consecutive appearance at the state meet in the 1600, but this year has added the 800 as well. A year ago was sixth in the 1600 (4:26.65). Ran a season-best of 4:24.78 to finish second at regionals. His time ranks fifth in the field with Marble Falls' Leonel Manzano (4:18.71) leading the way. If Brown can run in the low 4:20s, he could earn a medal provided the 800 does not take too much out of him.
MICHAEL LOZANO, Randall: Lozano's winning 48.31 in the 400 at regionals ranks him fourth in the field. Lozano has run as fast as 47.3, and will need something that fast to contend for a gold. Defending state champion Ivory McCann of Houston Forest Brook, a Texas Tech football signee, is in the field. He ran a 46.73 last year, and qualified in 47.80. Houston Sterling's Willie Kelly has the fastest regional time at 46.67.
BRENNAN BROYLES, Muleshoe: Part of a tightly bunched field in the pole vault. Went 14-6 to finish behind Grant Henly of Dalhart at the regional meet. All eight vaulters qualified between 14-0 and 15-3, so fewer misses will be key for Broyles.
JAMES WILLIAMS, Clarendon: Like Varnon of Spearman in the discus, Williams will be competing in the shot put against Refugio's Matt McKinney, one of the top small-school weightmen in the state's history. McKinney is going for his third consecutive shot put title, winning last year in the rain in a 2A record-setting 63-9. He won at regionals in 61-31/4.But Williams, just a sophomore, has made eye-opening improvement in recent weeks, going from 51-6 as recently as mid-April to winning the Region I-2A title at 57-31/2. That qualifies him second in a tightly bunched field - after McKinney.
JAMIE CLAYTON, Springlake-Earth: Qualified fifth in the discus at 150-6, a personal best. Would need to push around 155 to have a medal chance.
DAN ERIC CASTILLO, Hart: In a field of average shot-putters, Castillo's 49-4 at regionals puts him in the hunt for a medal. Only three qualified at more than 50 feet, led by Coleman Vestal of Baird (51-2).
DREW HODGES, White Deer: Hodges should be in contention for a bronze medal after clearing 13-6 in the pole vault at regionals. Brian Pemberton of Brock went 14-6, and another vaulter qualified at 14-0. But Hodges is right in the mix after that.
JOEY SANCHEZ, Dumas: Sanchez ran the race of his life to finish second in the 3200 at the Region I-4A meet in 9:41.98. Time ranks him sixth among the eight runners. Would need to trim at least 15 more seconds off that to have a medal chance.
OBY BROWN, Dumas: Brown makes his first trip in the 800 after twice going in the 1600. His 1:56.79 ranks him a solid fourth, but three in the field have gone 1:53.70 or better, making a medal a tough proposition. Brown has a best of 1:56.0 in the event.
JOEY DANIELLS, Dumas: Ran a personal-best of 38.39 to finish third at the Region I-4A meet in the 300 hurdles, but the two winners from Azle were booted off the team to give Daniells a spot. Daniells' time qualifies him fifth. Gold and silver may be out of reach, but if Daniells can dip below 38 seconds, he'd have a chance for third.
T.J. OLIVAREZ, Tulia: His regional clocking of 49.49 in the 400 qualifies him in a tie for fifth. Only two in the field qualified below 48 seconds. Would need to run around a 48.5 to have a medal chance.
ALAN BEAN, Dalhart: Ran a 39.03 to finish second at the regional meet. Four in the field have broken 38.66, including top qualifier, Frankie Pevelka of West (37.70).
COLE BARBEE, Canadian: Qualified seventh in the 3200 in a personal-best of 10:10.38. Three have dipped below 10 minutes, led by Crawford's Cody Wells (9:43.8).
MEMPHIS 400 RELAY: Qualified in the sprint relay for the second year in a row, but last year it was in 1A where the Cyclones were fifth (43.42). Memphis ran a season-best of 42.99 to qualify fourth, but Refugio (42.19), Alto (41.82) and Kerens (41.73) seem far ahead of the pack.
DRU CIRIO, Boys Ranch: Qualified seventh in the 3200 in 10:38.55. Four in the field have run below 9:44.
JARREL THOMS, Miami: Qualified sixth in the 400 in a personal-best of 50.21. Defending state champion Albert Booker of Trent has run a 48.07, while Rocky Miller of Woodson qualified in 48.32. Two others in the field have dipped below 50 seconds.
JUSTIN WOLFE, Vega: Qualified eighth in the 200 in 23.45. Five qualified in 22.62 or faster.
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i need to know how many GB 's it takes to connect to live, and maybe what the least and most amount of GB you need to play(if it varies fromgame to game then specificly for Black Ops). i want to get a moble hotspot from verizon wireless and want to know what moblie broadband plan i should get. theres 2GB, 5GB, and 10GB. im shooting for 5GB but if i go over 5GB it cost $10/GB more due to overage of that plans monthly allowance. If any one can tell me how many GB it takes your help will be greatly apreciated. thank you!
Well you won't get anywhere near 5GB (Gigabytes) just playing online games - after all it's the equivalent of downloading over 500 mp3's a month. The amount of data you can download with a 3G or 4G mobile connection is not what you should be concerned about, what is more important is latency. While mobile Internet may be fine for browsing the net, it can really be troublesome for online gaming, where ping times can make the massive difference to your online experience. Latency on mobile Internet can be very high, making online gaming in many cases almost impossible. A good cable or DSL connection ping is about 50 > 75MS, however 3G and 4G connections go into the hundreds, which is not good for games like Black Ops.Also, you can't connect your Xbox direct to a mobile Internet connection, you need to 'bridge' it first with a PC.
I use Three mobile broadband and find online gaming is just about possible. The ping is usually 200-300ms but with the right game it can work. It doesn't use much band and 5GB should be plenty for starters.


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Dayton wasn't so rich in talent when new coach Archie Miller arrived that the Flyers could afford to lose a double-figure scorer and not miss a beat.
Somehow, though, they've gotten better.
Since forward Josh Benson was lost for the season with a knee injury just before the New Year, Dayton beat Atlantic 10 contender Saint Louis at home and Saturday ended Temple's 25-game homecourt winning streak with an 87-77 dismissal of the Owls. The Flyers are 2-0 in conference and 12-4 overall. What was supposed to be a rebuilding season suddenly has a hint of promise.
"I give our kids credit," Miller told the Dayton Daily News. "They battled a lot lately in the last couple games. But we're not caving in. We're continuing to be resilient. We continue to have guys step up and make big shots."
Benson was the team's second-leading scorer with a 10.9 average and also contributed 5.2 rebounds. At 6-9, he provided a complementary physical presence to 6-11 center Matt Kavanaugh.
A 6-9, 250-pound center Kavanaugh began this season as sort of a defensive specialist, with only three double-figure scoring games in the first 15 games. But Benson's absence has provided an opportunity, perhaps a need, for Kavanaugh to score more. He hit 6-of-9 from the field and scored 14 points.
"It's definitely a big difference this year," Kavanaugh said. "That starts with the coaches. Since day one, they've given all of us a confidence. When we're out there, they have confidence in us making plays and let us do what we can do. It's helped to get myself going."


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Chiarella, Isagawa both set for big seasons in college
August 5, 2013 - Robert Collias
The Maui Open title went to Garrett Okamura, but a couple of side stories have to peak the interests of local golf fans.
Defending champion Alex Chiarella finished third in this event after a summer that included an appearance in the U.S. Public Links Championship, where he missed match play by one stroke.
Chiarella, a two-time MIL champion for Seabury Hall, said he is ready for a big year as a sophomore at the University of San Diego.
"(My expectations are) much higher than my freshman year," he said after Sunday's round at The Dunes at Maui Lani. "I've played some good golf in the last couple months and my game feels really good and I am looking forward to helping my team make a run towards the (NCAA) playoffs."
The legend of Cassy Isagawa grew a little more on Sunday after her 72 tied two others for the best round of the day while she played from the championship tees.
Isagawa, a former state champion at Baldwin and Junior PGA national champion, was a first-team All-American for Oregon as a freshman and then led the Ducks to the NCAA tournament as a sophomore. She won her first college title last year in Japan, but wants more as a junior.
"Personal goals? Get first-team All-American, just play my best out there, get another college win . . . at a really elite level, anything like nationals, Pac-12s," she said. "Improving every day and learning every day."
Okamura, a 2000 Baldwin and 2005 UH-Hilo graduate who is the head pro at The Dunes, said the younger generation up and coming on the Maui golf scene.
"Very impressive, I can't wait until they go back to school," he said.
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An Arcade man was charged with driving while intoxicated and other traffic violations after the Erie County Sheriff's Office said he had a blood-alcohol content that was twice the legal limit.
Brennan P. Brauen, 24, was pulled over at 4:15 a.m. Sunday after Deputy Jason Bouton observed him driving erratically on Savage Road in Sardinia, according to the sheriff's office.
Brauen was interviewed, given field sobriety tests and a chemical breath test, which showed a reading of 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit, according to the sheriff's office.
Brauen's vehicle was towed and he was told to appear in Sardinia Town Court at a later date.


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Northern Ireland was once known as a place where Christians killed Christians in a decades-long feud between Catholics and Protestants. But a ceasefire in 1997 brought peace to the region.
Recently, however, a new spate of killings has raised questions as to whether the time known as "The Troubles" is making a comeback.
Belfast Before 1997 Belfast is a busy industrial center and the capital of Northern Ireland. Today this bustling city is best known for its music and nightlife. But before 1997, the sound of gunfire was a nightly occurrence for almost three decades. Protestant and Catholic militias made war on each other, engaging in a tit-for-tat killing spree that left over 3,500 dead. David Kidd is native to Belfast, and remembers The Troubles well.
"I've seen bombs go off. I've had guns pointed at me. I've had people hijack my car. I've had guns put in my mouth," he told CBN News. Kidd said the war really was not about religion, contrary to popular belief. "The conflict in Northern Ireland has always been described as a religious one," he added. "The tribal identities are religious, but the issue was about control of the land. It was about economic advantage. It wasn't about religious issues." In many places around the city, remnants of those old rivalries still exist.
In West Belfast, murals commemorate the heroes from various militias. On the Catholic side, neighborhood cemeteries memorialize those killed in the conflict. And separating the two, this 40-foot barrier bears the graffiti of those unwilling to forget the past. A CBN News team crossed from the Protestant side to the Catholic side of two neighborhoods in Belfast. They are separated by a wall that they call the "peace wall."
The large metal gates are only open during the day, and one would think that since they have had peace since 1994, these remnants of The Troubles would be ready to come down.
But according to a recent survey, that is not the case. Residents on both sides of the fence say they would prefer that it stay for now. Old wounds were torn open once again in March when a faction calling itself the Real IRA killed two British soldiers in a drive by shooting, then killed a policeman two days later.
Resurgence of Violence?CBN News spoke with Major General Tim Cross, a retired British Army officer, who spent years in Northern Ireland. We asked him if he believes the recent killings signal a resurgence of sectarian violence there. "I think that's an aberration in the sense that I don't think that it's a return to The Troubles," Cross said, shaking his head. "It's been a long haul. There's a generation, two generations, and the vast majority of the people in Northern Ireland do not want to go back to the 1970s." Andrew Rodding, Another former British soldier in Belfast, agreed. "Really there's no comparison between what it was like before and now," Rodding said. "Before there was a threat of violence, now there is no overt threat of violence." Rodding lost a close friend to an IRA bomb in the 1990s. But he came back to Belfast to make peace with his former enemies. And he is sure things have changed for good.
Making Peace "I'm full of enormous hope, despite recent killings here," Rodding added. "Because people have decided that they will not go back to what they had before, and for them and for their children, they want a new future of hope." Kidd nodded in agreement and said that that fact is an answer to prayer. "After the two soldiers were killed and the Catholic policeman, the first minister, who is a loyalist, the deputy first minister from Sinn Fein, and the head of the police force stood on the steps here," he said. "And they very strongly condemned the action. And as a result of that the loyalist paramilitaries did not retaliate for the deaths of the soldiers or the policemen." Kidd has spent a lot of time studying the history underlying The Troubles, and believes that Christians have been instrumental in bringing about the peace they are seeing today. "For the past 400 years, the tribal identity thing in Ireland has been Protestant and Catholic," he added. "And it's been the cause of many conflicts. We now have a political solution that brings those people together and that has happened because Christians have dealt with the issues and have prayed and made peace happen." Kidd's church in Belfast, called City Church, is working hard to "make peace happen."
City Church Ministry
City Church is a thriving body of believers that has grown up in the university district of the city. It is well-known for attracting new members by way of its award winning coffee shop.
When riots broke out on a street nearby during Saint Patrick's Day this year, the church decided to take an active role in making sure that history never repeats itself in Northern Ireland. After a Sunday service, we spoke to the co-pastors at City Church, Trish and Malcom Morgan.
"We thought, right, 'what shall we do?' So what we're going to be doing is, very shortly we're going to be engaging with every member in that street, knocking on their door and saying, 'Would you not like, now to just do something more positive, to give some more positive feedback into the community'?" Trish Morgan said.
"We're going to do clean streets. We're going to have music on the streets, just trying to change the negative imagery that often people associate with northern Ireland into one of positive celebration and joy," she added. But almost as if to prove that there are still negative forces at work in the city, in the last week dozens of Romanian families were driven out of their homes.
City Church stepped in to help by taking in over 100 displaced Romanians and then finding them homes to stay in where they would be safe. For their efforts, the church has received lots of attention but not all of it is good.
On the night of June 22, vandals smashed the windows and doors of the church. Pastor Morgan found the mess when he came in the next morning. Despite the violence, however, the church remains committed to doing everything they can to show love to their community. "I think that despite the tragic events that occurred, the mood of people is very optimistic," Kidd said. "It has actually brought everybody closer together, and they realized they cannot go back to that." "Terrorism and violence cannot really work because an eye for an eye makes us all blind. And we have to find a way to live together in peace," he added. "And when we work for peace, pray for peace, and live for peace, then it is a better way."
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Second-seeded Baker picked up an easy victory against (31) Xavier Prep Monday night in the opening round of Class 3A, defeating the Yellow Jackets 90-42.
Jacquis Dodson led all scorers with 20 for the Buffaloes while Eugena James and Aryana Addison followed with 18 a piece. Anitra Whitfield and Iesha Smith added 12 and 11.
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Michael O'Neill gave the Charleston RiverDogs a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but the Augusta GreenJackets came from behind for a 5-1 win Thursday night in front of 3,924 fans at Joe Riley Park.
The RiverDogs are now 3-4 for the season, while the GreenJackets improved to 4-4.
O'Neill took an unconventional circuit around the bases to put Charleston in front. He led off the second inning with a walk and advanced to second base via a balk from Luis Ysla. He stole third base and scored on a high throw from the Augusta catcher. The RiverDogs have been the first team to score in all seven of their games so far this year.
Luis Severino and Jaron Long combined to hold the GreenJackets scoreless until Augusta pulled ahead in the sixth inning. Back-to-back one-out doubles scored Brandon Bednar to tie the game. Matthew Chavez moved from second to third on a groundout and came in on a go-ahead single from Ryan Tuntland for a 2-1 Augusta advantage.
Errors allowed the GreenJackets to increase the lead to 5-1 in the seventh. With two outs and two runners aboard, Bednar scored Cristian Paulino with a single. The next batter was Chavez, who doubled to bring in two more runs to finish the scoring for the GreenJackets.
Both bullpens received some solid pitching in the contest. Following Long for the RiverDogs were right-handers Cesar Vargas and Nick Rumbelow, who worked the final 2.2 innings pitched without allowing any runs and striking out five batters as a duo.
Out of Augusta's bullpen, Carlos Alvarado and Daniel Slania pitched behind Ysla and kept the RiverDogs scoreless in 5.2 innings to finish the game. Alvarado led his team with four strikeouts, while Slania also kept Charleston from registering a base hit.
Alvarado earned the victory and improved to 1-0 on the season. Slania pitched the final three innings for his first save. Long was charged with the loss and is now 0-1. Ysla did not factor in the decision, but his teams are 13-1 in games that he has started since his professional debut in 2013.
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J.A. Adande of ESPN.com: "The brevity of this series might be surprising, but certainly not the outcome. You could argue that the power shift had already taken place last season, when the Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals and at least took a game against the Dallas Mavericks, who swept the Lakers in the second round. But we're a society that believes in a direct transfer of power, so here it was, spelled out over the course of five head-to-head games. At least the Thunder went over to shake the Lakers' hands (yes, even Harden and Metta World Peace), and Bryant insisted there was one other way this wasn't like the most notorious NBA regime change of the past three decades."
Kelly Dwyer of BDL: "This is Oklahoma City's triumph, though. They had every chance to let this series drag on — giving up down the stretch of Game 2, assuming that the Lakers would hold serve at home in Game 4, failing to living up to the pressure of closing out in Game 5 — and yet Brooks' team responded in each of those potential defeats. For a team that has made it to the third round of the playoffs two years running, it's fascinating to watch this group continue to grow. Outside of a loss to these same Lakers, the San Antonio Spurs haven't lost a game of significance since mid-March. That's going to change, real soon. The only question is how many times will it change, over the span of a seven-game term? Because these Thunder are on it. Absolutely on it."
These bearded Thunder fans are pretty rad.
Eric Freeman of BDL on Westbrook's wild shot: "There was some luck to the shot, of course, but it also exemplified the threat that the Thunder pose to the San Antonio Spurs in the upcoming Western Conference Finals. This team is energetic, active, and capable of pulling off great theatrics in tense situations. In other words, they're the type of group that does big things during the playoffs. Right now, there's no more watchable squad in the postseason. Miss their matchup with the Spurs at your own peril."
A company made some dumb "Thanks Seattle" t-shirts, then removed them when they got some dumb death threats from Seattle people.
This Mitch Kupchak gif is amazing.
Darnell Mayberry: "This was a huge win for the Thunder. Not just because it was a closeout game and allows OKC to now advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season. But this victory tonight ensures that the Spurs aren't waiting in San Antonio getting ample rest and additional preparation time while the Thunder takes more time putting the finishing touch on this series. The Thunder couldn't have afforded to give the Spurs the same advantage the Lakers gave it. When the Nuggets forced their opening round series with the Lakers to seven games, it allowed the Thunder to sit back, relax, heal up and prepare. Had the Spurs gotten that opportunity, the West Finals could have gotten ugly."
My CBSSports.com column on the game.
Jenni Carlson: "The Thunder's big three came to play Monday night. And we don't mean KD, Russ and James. Oh, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden had fantastic games. Offensively, they were stellar. Defensively, they were solid. But this game turned and this series ended because of Kendrick Perkins, Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison. What they did defensively against the Lakers' big men made the difference Game 5.
Chris Mullin talking Thunder-Spurs.
Manu Ginobili: "OKC is gonna be our rival for the Western Conference Finals. They beat LAL 4-1. Can't wait!
ESPN Stats and Info: "Kobe Bryant shot 1-of-10 when guarded by Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter of the Western Conference Semifinals. Bryant shot 41.7 percent (10-24) against all other Thunder defenders. Only two of Bryant's 34 fourth-quarter attempts were inside of 5 feet and both of those came against James Harden."
Ian Levy of Hickory High on OKC's offense: "The Thunder are a team that found an offensive recipe completely different from the Spurs. They don't rely on an efficient balance, but instead on individual excellence. Of their offensive outcomes that occurred at least 100 times, just 26.2% of their possessions were used on those three most efficient opportunities. The Thunder put together the second best offense in the league this season because they made the most of less efficient possession types. 55.5% of the Thunder's possessions were used in isolations or as the ball handler in the pick-and-roll by Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook. Across the league these were some of the least efficient offensive outcomes, but Durant, Harden and Westbrook were all well above average in both possession types. Durant and Westbrook get most of the attention, but Harden's efficiency blew the other two away. On possession types where the league average is just 0.78 points per possession, Harden scored 1.07 in isolations and 1.04 in the pick-and-roll."
Michael Pina of Shaky Ankles on Harden making Team USA: "Making the next "Dream Team" isn't about paying dues or "deserving" inclusion. It's taking 12 players who aren't just the best players in the world, but selfless men willing to sacrifice personal glory for the benefit of their country's success. With a power house line up like this, it'll raise the chances of the United States winning bets in online casinos, thus bagging another sure gold medal. James Harden should be on the team, and it poses this hypothetical question that probably won't be asked anytime soon: Who would you rather take: Harden or Wade? And while we're here: right now, who's the better player? It's a question that might seem crazy on the surface, but choosing the youngster might not be so impractical."


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GALERA LLORCA, Jordi; LAHOZ GRILLO, Raquel and ROIG LOSCERTALES, Francesc. The reporting of observational studies: analysis using the STROBE statement. Rev. Esp. Salud Publica [online]. 2011, vol.85, n.6, pp.583-591. ISSN 1135-5727. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1135-57272011000600007.
Background: Deficiencies detected in biomedical studies publication different Guidelines to improve. The objective of the study is to assess the communication of observational studies of Cardiovascular and Metabolism therapeutic area (CVM) published in 6 Spanish journals in 2009 using the STROBE statement. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of articles related to CVM therapeutic area, published during 2009 in 6 Spanish journals applying the 34 items of the STROBE statement. Descriptive analysis of the results for qualitative variables was performed using a frequency analysis. Quantitative variables were analyzed by sample estimates and dispersion. A comparative analysis of journals was performed using ANOVA with a statistical significance of p<0.05. Results: Throughout 2009, 74 CVM observational studies were published in the evaluated journals. The most frequent design were cohorts 45 (60.8%) and cross-sectional 28 (37.8%). The study main objective was on pathology 55 (74.3%), followed by drug and non-pharmacological interventions 15 (20.3%) and diagnosis 4 (5.4%). The mean of complied items was 20 on 34 (DE±3.7), with a maximum of 24 (DE±2) in Gaceta Sanitaria and a minimum of 19 (DE±2.8) in Hipertensión. Conclusions: Evaluated papers comply with slightly more than a half items (58%) of the STROBE recommendations. The Methods and Results sections showed more deficiencies.
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Interesting topic and I have a similar experience. This past winter, my husband became very very sick AGAIN with a cold/flu. He gets the same virus every year at the same time. It takes him about 3 weeks to get healthy again and during those three weeks, he coughs, hacks, sneezes and breathes all over me -- especially at night. I continue to eat Primal and take my supplements daily and I have never yet succumbed to the same virus. I have asked my hubster if he would consider taking similar supplements and eliminating 100% wheat to which he replies: Supplements are unregulated. OKAY --- I don't push the conversation anymore than that but hello ---- who's the one getting sick EVERY SINGLE CHRISTMAS???!!! Anyway, all you can do is encourage and show love, and let hubster make his own decisions.
I've never taken supplements prior to Primal, but I do find being on them to be a big advantage --- I mean, I feel so much better on supplements and of course, I make bone broth weekly and have a cup of that almost daily. I believe that the combination of these lifestyle changes is helping to keep me healthy and happy. :-)


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The doctor sat at the edge of the bed and looked at the dozen or so people gathered in the small hospital room. Her eyes fell on Nicky Santos' parents, Mario and Susana, divorced but still united in this awful moment with their son.
"Do you want to hold him before he dies?" the doctor asked.
They looked at each other and then back at the doctor.
"Yes," they both said.
They could hear the muffled crying of other relatives who came to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center that night. They came because they were called and told that if they wanted to see Nicky one last time, they should get there right away.
This was no surprise. Nicky's parents knew at his birth nearly six years earlier that something was wrong. The baby was born with a bluish tinge and he wasn't breath ing right.
"Pneumonia," the doctor at Saint Barnabas said at first. But hours later, he knew better.
"I am afraid your baby has a serious heart defect," he told Mario and Susana.
Mario tried to be brave in front of his wife, but he excused himself, walked around a corner of the hallway and wept.
Next came a series of operations and long hospital stays that would begin within days of Nicky's birth and lead to the night in July 2006 when his parents were told to prepare themselves for what no parent can be prepared to do -- to hold a dying child.
Nicky was only 4 days old when doctors tried to repair the damaged left side of his heart. Five months later, undergoing a second, planned surgery, his aorta ruptured. It was the first time, but not the last, his parents were told Nicky probably wouldn't make it.
And, even if he did, his brain would have been without oxygen for so long he could not possibly escape moderate, perhaps severe, brain damage.
Nicky did survive and, after nearly two months in the hospital, he came home.
Two years later, another heart operation and more complications. Fluid in his lungs. An infection. Once again, his parents were told to prepare themselves.
But nothing prepared them for that night at Beth Israel two years later, with the doctor sitting at the foot of the bed, saying she would remove all the tubes, turn off all the machines, and let Mario and Susana hold Nicky one last time while his heart still beat.
"We sat there," says Nick. "One hour passed. Another hour."
Then light came and Nicky's heart still beat. On and on for days, then weeks, then months, until, after nearly six months in the hospital, Nicky came home again. To his mother's home in Bloomfield, and then his father's in Union.
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"You know, we never thought we'd be thinking of things like school for Nicky," says his father. They have to think of it now be cause Nicky has outgrown the Children's Specialized School in Fan wood. He's too old for it.
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In my family we have many words to describe passing gas. My personal favorite is "toxic emissions".
I noticed that on Day-2 of beginning my Primal Odyssey that my toxic emissions ceased. I believe it's because of completely eliminating grains from my diet. Anyone else experience this Pleasant Side Effect of going Primal???
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Challenges facing the Lake Erie watershed and ways to protect the Great Lakes were the focus of the Earth Action Youth Training Day on Nov. 6.
More than 80 students from Klein Elementary School, Fort LeBoeuf Middle School, Villa Maria Elementary School and the House of Mercy participated in the daylong program.
Professionals from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Erie County Conservation District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Environment Erie presented the workshops.
Two more Youth Training Days are scheduled for Jan. 10, and March 12. For more information about the Earth Action program at Environment Erie, contact Nate Millet at email@example.com or 835-8069, Ext. 103.
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That would be a yes because we got our tax check today! It will be nice to be able to splurge on a few things that we want and some that we need. It will be nice to be able to go to the store and not have to decide "hmm, am I gonna get toilet paper or napkins for the kitchen?" Or something similiar, it seems like I always have to choose beween things that we need, I have to decide which is the necessity.
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I was on cloud 9 a couple days ago while we were on vacation, but now I am back to reality. Boo hiss!
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Last week was a bad week - so yes.
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At the annual School of Media and Communication class meeting Aug. 23, new freshmen were welcomed to Temple by SMC faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Malcolm Kenyatta, STRC '12, ended the ceremony with tips from an alumnus on how to take full advantage of the next four years. A native of North Philadelphia, Kenyatta says he was truly Temple Made, especially since his parents met at Temple and he was born in Temple Hospital.
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