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WILBRAHAM – Whatever might be happening in the life of Rich Ross, he always finds time for his favorite game: Pool.
"I pick up a cue every day," he said. "If I'm not playing in a tournament, I'm playing in my basement – my own little world."
Ross, a 61-year-old Wilbraham Realtor, has been devoted to pool since he was introduced to it by his father as a 7-year-old in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y.
That devotion has led him to become a master of the pool table – winner of hundreds of tournaments, holder of two national championship trophies, and now, electee to the New England Pool and Billiards Hall of Fame.
Ross will be inducted in the Class of 2013 on March 1 at the Providence Marriott. A New England nine-ball tournament will follow March 2-3.
"The Hall of Fame is a wonderful thing for our sport. They do a beautiful job with it, very classy," said Bruce Barthelette, a South Hadley resident who was enshrined in 2011. Well known as a member of Team USA in the World Cup of Trick-Shot Billiards, he operates the Connecticut franchise of the American Pool Players Association, which has thousands of members.
The NE Pool and Billiards Hall of Fame has a permanent display at Snooker's, a famed venue in Providence. The late Ray Desell of New Bedford, a longtime collector of pool-billiards memorabilia, founded the Hall of Fame in 1995.
Tom McGonagle of Warwick, R.I., himself a Hall of Famer, now serves as its director.
"I got a letter from Tom telling me that he was nominating me for induction," Ross said. "It's a great honor, and I'm very excited about being recognized in the sport I love."
He will be the seventh inductee from the Connecticut Valley. Already enshrined, along with Barthelette, are Paul Lucchesi Sr. of Holyoke, Matt Tetreault of Agawam, John Wadleigh of Millers Falls, and Mark Kulungian and Beau McGarrett of Springfield.
Ross shot into pool prominence in 1995 and 1996, when he became the first player to win back-to-back titles in the U.S. Amateur Championships in Las Vegas.
It all started for him in 1970, when, as an 18-year-old, he began playing competitively in Buffalo. That was "the era of the smoke-filled room," as he refers to it.
In those days, the general public perceived pool as a game for hustlers and gamblers. The pool hall was not considered to be a place for young boys, as Meredith Wilson so clearly stated in the "Trouble in River City" number from his 1957 Broadway hit, "The Music Man."
"There's trouble, right here is River City," sings professor Harold Hill. "With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool."
As Barthelette once said, "That song is the worst thing that ever happened to our game."
Well, those bad-rap days are long gone. Today, pool players enjoy the game in plush, well-lighted facilities. And, unlike the old days, the game now has a large percentage of female players.
When Ross began playing competitively, a Buffalo legend named Dan DiLamberto served as his role model.
"He was a great player, and quite a lightweight boxer and bowler," Ross said. "He bowled a 300 game, then had a 300 run in straight pool the same day. For me, he was the guy to watch. You watch, and you learn."
When Ross speaks of "a 300 run" he refers to a feat that is difficult to accomplish in straight pool. His own personal best run is 183. He has had several others over 100.
The object of straight pool – a game not played much today – is to pocket all balls on the table except one. The other balls then are racked up again. To keep the game going, the shooter must pocket the last ball while at the same time breaking open the rack to spread the other balls around the table.
Ross's 183 run meant that he pocketed the ball and broke the rack 14 times in a row.
"Willie Mosconi is the most famous player – he holds the world record with a run of 526, and nobody's come close to that," Ross said.
With straight pool now considered to be a game of the past, most players prefer nine-ball, the object of which is to pocket the nine ball without committing a foul. Balls must be pocketed in rotation – 1 through 8 – unless a combination shot pockets the nine.
"Whoever gets the nine wins the game," Ross said.
Experts such as Ross know how to place the cue ball in position for the next shot.
"You're always trying to leave yourself with the easiest shot possible, And you're always thinking three-four-five shots ahead," he said. "The only way to learn is to watch, watch, watch. That's what I did when I was a kid."
These days, he plays an average of 80 tournaments per year, all with the blessing of his wife, Nancy. They have been married for 34 years.
"I've played more than 1,000 tournaments over the last 25 years, and won over 500. I play because I love the competition, and I know how to focus. You can't lose focus for a second," he said.
"I'd say that Richie has won more local tournaments than anyone else," Barthelette said. "He's a dedicated, hard-nosed player – no fear. They call him the bulldog, because no matter what's going on in the match, he's tenacious. He doesn't go away."


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"The game was good. We got the two points that we wanted to get. I thought we played a good game. I liked our third period. You lose your top player like that, to an injury, and nobody really knows what the extent of it is, but the attitude going into the third period was good. We played the right way, we kept the game simple and ended up getting a couple goals and finishing it off with the right attitude. I was very happy with the way the game ended."
"I thought we started this game very well, weathered the stormed the second and closed it out in the third. We need to find a way to keep it simple against teams like this. If we play a tight game over the course of the game, then we're going to win it because they're going to be taking a lot more chances than we are. It's really about limiting our mistakes."
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The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared is a single-pixel, high-resolution (> 300.000) heterodyne spectrometer for ESA's Herschel Space Observatory. The instrument comprises 5 frequency bands covering 480-150 GHz with SIS mixers and a sixth dual-band for the 1410-1910 GHz range, utilising Hot Electron Bolometer (HEB)mixers. The instantaneous frequency coverage is 4 GHz. Each frequency band has two mixers operating simultaneously at orthogonal polarisations. All mixers are designed to have noise performance close to the quantum noise limit. One frequency band is operated at a time. Because of its high spectral resolution and wide frequency coverage, HIFI is expected to make a deep impact on a wide variety of astrophysical investigations, ranging from comets, planetary-satellite atmospheres, star formation, and AGB stars to galactic nuclei. The main science drivers are emission and absorption lines of Water, N[II] and C[II] emission in the ISM , and a molecular inventory of regions as shocked molecular clouds, dense Photon-Dominated Regions (PDRs), diffuse atomic clouds, Hot Cores and proto-planetary disks around newly formed stars, winds from dying stars and toroids interacting with AGN engines.
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ENGLEWOOD — Police have arrested an armed robbery suspect after a chase through several towns that ended in a collision Thursday morning, Englewood Chief Arthur O'Keefe said.
The suspect, who is in custody but has yet to be processed, was allegedly armed when he robbed Pastor Pharmacy on Grand Avenue in Englewood just before 10:45 a.m. O'Keefe said the man assaulted a pharmacist before fleeing as police arrived.
Once in his vehicle, he led officers on a chase on Route 80 through Leonia and into Paterson, where it ended after an accident.
Englewood officers were transporting him to their police station to be processed as of 1:30 p.m.
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By Chris Laureys/ NJ Voices Guest Blogger
When is a $64,000-a-year salary really an $80,000-a-year salary? Answer: When your job lets you work 25 percent fewer days a year than a true full-time worker does.
This is the situation for the average New Jersey public school teacher. The simple fact is that were our state's public school teachers under contract to work 240 days a year instead of 180, their annual pay would rise to $80K, an income higher than what 90 percent of Americans make.
These same teachers also receive as many paid days off during their 40-week year as others get for working a full year. And despite essentially being part-timers, they pay little to nothing from their own salary for health insurance coverage.
New Jersey public school teachers again best "the rest of us" when it comes time to retire. If they put in 30 "shortened" years of service by age 55 (the equivalent of 22.5 "full years") they can draw pension benefits that far outstrip what regular folk can expect from a 401K at 65.
To say New Jersey public school teachers have it good is understatement. Their average weekly pay of $1,600 ($64,000 divided by 40 weeks) looks pretty rich in contrast with the state's $1,350 "median" weekly household income. This median is based on total household earnings. So its not uncommon for a Jersey household with two working parents to earn less a week than what just one of their kid's teachers does.
By my math, bringing teacher compensation in line with the average New Jersey taxpayer's would mean cutting their pay and benefits at least 25 percent. Our state's powerful teacher's union, the NJEA, will never let that happen. Fortunately, there's another option: Keep teachers in the classroom year-round. This would enable schools to operate as capably as they now do, but with 25 percent fewer teachers, or a cut of about 45,000 teachers statewide.
Teachers who remain on staff would go from part-timers collecting full-time benefits, to full-timers with full-time benefits. In exchange for this "sacrifice," they'd receive 25 percent more salary over the course of a year – although weekly pay would hold at the $1,600 average. Just as critical, current student coursework loads would be redistributed (but not increased) to fit the expanded 240-day school calendar. In other words, students would have 80 more days in which to absorb, comprehend and retain subject matter and concepts than they now have.
These 80 extra days would permit both teaching and learning to happen at a more measured (dare I say "thoughtful") pace. Most classes would be made much larger. But the larger classes would be composed only of kids who tested at (or just above or below) subject "proficiency," so there'd be little risk of students in them getting lost on a bigger learning stage.
Assuming New Jersey public school teachers are already doing a job equal to their pay grade, 60 percent of students should be able to test well enough to safely place in an enlarged class, and do just as well or better than they presently do. Meanwhile, the top 10 percent and bottom 30 percent of students (by test scores) could be taught together in much smaller class sizes.
Part of the protocol for designation as an Advance Placement (AP) student in one of these smaller classes would be for a child to show a strong grasp of subject matter by tutoring a classmate that's tested in the bottom 30 to 20 percent. Teachers in smaller classes could then focus much more of their classroom energy on both the top 10 percent and bottom 10 percent.
AP students that showed very strong tutoring talent would qualify for teaching scholarships at any state college or university upon graduating. Scholarship winners would later have to teach at a New Jersey public school for a certain amount of time. This setup would create a K-12 system that identifies and grooms tomorrow's best teachers early in their academic development. And AP tutors who don't pursue teaching will still find that a well-honed ability to "develop others" serves them well either as managers or entrepreneurs in our new Knowledge Economy.
As I envision it (and other views are welcome) a 240-day public school year would have two 24-week semesters, with a week off between each one and a week's worth of holidays during each one. Semester 1 would start in January and end with finals exams in June. Semester 2 would start in June and end with December finals.
Beyond providing salary and benefits to 45,000 fewer teachers, moving to a year-round learning format presents other key advantages such as…
-- Students who can't meet minimum standards for a semester would be held back only six-months, not a year, thus allowing for earlier intervention when problems arise, and lessening the stigma of "repeating" a class.
-- The 2500 public schools that are now vacant for three months out of each year could be fully utilized, too, allowing taxpayers to wring more "capacity" from existing K-12 facilities and reducing the need for building more.
-- With teaching ranks leaned, and teaching roles more clearly defined statewide, there'd be much less need for the six-figure-salary "middle management" administrators that often devour a lot of school district's budget. Savings from administration cuts could be pooled and paid back out as "merit bonuses" to teachers who raise their student test scores by a certain percentage year-over-year.
-- Where both parents work, they'd no longer have to fund summertime daycare. This could represent a bigger windfall for struggling New Jersey families than any childcare tax credit.
This year-round schooling solution will not be without pain. Tenured teachers who've long lived in a land where they are "fireproof," will feel the heat of layoffs most. Any educator who's been "phoning in" the same stale 40-weeks worth of lessons for decades (either because of severely limited competence, burnout, or both) will face a tough choice: Step up their game, and restage their classroom approach to a year-round teaching timetable, or bow out gracefully.
The best teachers will have no trouble stepping up. Longtime hangers-on – many who make $90,000 for 40 weeks work – will have it much tougher should they opt to retire early. To stretch smaller than expected pensions, some of them may have to move to a more affordable state.
That may seem a sad epitaph. But with the lion's share of New Jersey's highest-in-the-nation property taxes dedicated to funding our state's public schools, the current approach to teacher compensation is unsustainable. Yes, some retiring teachers will leave the state. But we're at a breakpoint financially where it's either them or the rest of us.
Chris Laureys is the father of three school-age boys and head of Outhouse Communications in Flanders.


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News and notes from around the majors ...
First base: Injury news. The injury bug hits the Mets again as we learned David Wright suffered a fractured pinkie finger on Monday. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports that the Mets will determine Friday if Wright has to go on the disabled list. If necessary, Terry Collins would likely move Daniel Murphy to third base and play Justin Turner or prospect Jordany Valdespin at second. Valdespin hit .294/.333/.468 between Double-A and Triple-A in 2011. ... Brandon Phillips landed a big contract and then missed Tuesday's game with a sore hammy. He could miss three or four days. Willie Harris played second and hit leadoff. ... Nationals left fielder Michael Morse is still out indefinitely with his strained lat. He left a minor-league rehab stint, unable to throw the ball from left to shortstop. Veteran Xavier Nady is 2-for-10 in his place. ... Lance Berkman left his game in the eighth inning with a calf injury. Check tomorrow for updates, but if he's out, Matt Carpenter would play first base.
Second base: The Bard's tale. Daniel Bard pitched better than his final line of 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R indicates. He had six K's and just one walk and induced 18 swing-and-misses. Only Josh Beckett had more swings-and-misses in a game last season (20). Basically, Bard got done in by the dreaded BABIP, burned by a few groundballs that got through the infield. Red Sox fans should be encouraged by his start.
Third base: More Moore. Matt Moore made his first start on a cold day in Detroit that featured two different snow flurries. He walked five and struck out four in 6.2 innings, allowing four hits including an Austin Jackson home run in the seventh. Like Yu Darvish's first start, it would be ridiculous to make any conclusions. The kid is going to be great, it's mostly just a matter if he'll throw enough strikes to be great this year.
Home plate: Tweet of the day.
Lance Berkman on David Freese: "If you're looking for your next $200M contract, he's got a chance. He's that kind of player." #STLCards
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VAN BUREN COUNTY-- Two people were arrested in connection to the disappearance of Allegan man after a body was found in a vehicle matching the description of that belonging to Troy Tyo, 36.
Tyo had been reported missing by family members after he failed to show up at work at Perrigo on Monday. The body was found in the trunk of a vehicle located in Van Buren County.
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OTTAWA, Ont. - The Conservative government, which has enjoyed positive reviews for its handling of the Haiti disaster, needs to make tough decisions soon about whether to keep troops in the earthquake-ravaged country, say defence experts.
About 1,000 soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, Que., that were sent to Haiti are on a tight schedule.
The same unit, the 3rd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment, goes to Afghanistan in December and is slotted for combat training in Fort Irwin, Calif., this April.
That means the so-called Van Doos will have to be out of Haiti by mid-to-late March, just when defence analysts say security in the disaster zone may need to be increased.
"I just don't know how you maintain it, but by the same token I don't know how you pull out given that it's such a continuing human crisis," said Robert Huebert, of the University of Calgary.
The United Nations this week set up permanent distribution sites for aid and food, in an attempt to head off potential violence. Noting that Haiti remains "stable but potentially volatile," the world body also reported an armed group attacked a food convoy at an airport in the southwest.
Experts have said gang violence and social unrest is likely to increase in the coming months.
Huebert says the "Forces are getting no down time, no rest time" and the government needs to make up its mind how the future mission will unfold.
The military also has its disaster-response team, two warships and regular air force relief flights going to the island nation.
A spokesman for Defence Minister Peter MacKay lauded the work the military has done in Haiti, but acknowledged no decision has been made on whether the humanitarian deployment will be extended.
"We are looking at it day by day and assessing as the situation evolves," said Dan Dugas.
An army spokesperson declined comment Tuesday, saying only they are reviewing the matter.
"We are stretched like a bungee cord as far as human resources go," said retired general Lew MacKenzie.
Several defence sources said one solution is to bring in more reservists, making the part-time soldiers the largest element of the security force.
MacKenzie said reserve soldiers would be well suited for crowd control and relief operation duties.
But he said recent belt-tightening within the military has been felt keenly among the part-time force. Courses have been cancelled and some contracts of soldiers have been terminated as the Defence Department scrambles to reallocate funds for high-priority missions.
"The search for money has really hammered the reserves," MacKenzie said.
Pulling together a part-time force for Haiti would have "budget implications," and the government would have to come to come up with cash, he added.
The Van Doos' time in Haiti could also be extended and another unit sent into the Afghan rotation. But MacKenzie said in either case a decision is needed soon.
Canada's already stretched military was able to pull together an almost 2,000-member relief contingent for Haiti, despite the Afghan combat mission and the commitment to the Vancouver Olympics.
The night after the Haiti earthquake, many of the army's senior commanders had gathered at a well-known Ottawa steak house for a dinner in honour of Dutch Maj.-Gen. Mart de Kruif, who commanded NATO forces in southern Afghanistan and was visiting the city.
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OTTAWA, Ont. - The Conservative government, which has enjoyed positive reviews for its handling of the Haiti disaster, needs to make tough decisions soon about whether to keep troops in the earthquake-ravaged country, say defence experts.
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Just a few people showed up for a rally in condemnation of the atrocities by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday – also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Pat Dickerson, of Aiken, sent out a Facebook post on Monday – urging people to attend the rally at the Aiken County Judicial Center.
"Show your disgust and outrage," he wrote on the post. "Let's show how we feel. Can we make a difference? ... If we don't try, we can't."
Islamic State's brutality in Iraq is about cleansing "those who worship in a different way than these savages who call themselves 'Holy Jihadists,'" Dickerson said.
The Islamic State is committing atrocities not seen since World War II, said Claude O'Donovan. Kurdistan is running out of ammunition, and refugees are in desperate straits.
"The U.S. must help with arms and engage with the U.N. for humanitarian efforts," O'Donovon said. "That's urgent, and it will be incredible if we don't wake up."
Scott Cooper said he has been posting distressing photographs that show the ongoing tragedies in Iraq. He heard from an old friend, asking him to stop posting the pictures. But it's essential to make sure people know and understand, he said.
"Never did I believe we would live in a time with history repeating itself," Cooper said. "War has not yet begun on our soil. But this is not something that's just over there. It is coming here. What is happening in Israel will be in England soon."
It's about time that people and their churches and synagogues must pay attention, said Valerie Duarte – not just for the devastation overseas. It's also all the troops they are preparing under the noses of people in the U.S., she said.
Atrocities throughout the world are hardly a new phenomenon – the Sudan and Cambodia just two of them, O'Donovan said.
"But it's never been shown to us like this," he said. "It's the first time I've seen picture after picture and the stories. It's incredible and it's for real."
O'Donovan admitted he was disappointed by the low turnout at the rally – a chance to make a critical statement.
"I don't know where we go from here," he said "A lot of people I know said they were coming and would speak. But they didn't show and that was strange."
Still, Dickerson said that those who did attend the event can encourage others to contact their representatives in Washington, D.C.
"Let's stand up for humanity," he said.
Senior writer Rob Novit is the Aiken Standard's education reporter and has been with the newspaper since September 2001. He is a native of Walterboro and majored in journalism at the University of Georgia.
STAFF PHOTO BY ROB NOVIT This group of Aiken County residents gathered at the Aiken County Courthouse on Wednesday protesting the atrocities in Iraq by the Island State in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS.×
STAFF PHOTO BY ROB NOVIT Rose Dickerson joins other Aiken residents for a rally at the Aiken County Courthouse – demanding that America get serious in responding to the threat of the Islamic State, not only in Iraq, but in the U.S. as well.×


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John E. Morder, 79, Bellwood, passed away Monday afternoon at his home of natural causes.
He was born in Altoona, son of the late Charles A. and Blanche M. (Nelson) Morder. He married Patricia A. Corey on Dec. 25, 1954, at First United Methodist Church, Bellwood.
Surviving are his wife; two sons: Richard E. of Strasburg, Va., and John C. (Karen) of Cresson; six grandchildren: Melinda (Jim) George, Jacob (Beth) Morder, Jennifer (David) Sagal, Kayla Morder, Andrew Morder and Trisha Morder; and four great-grandchildren: Judah, David, Lincoln and Christopher.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Storrs.
John was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving during the Korean conflict, and he retired from Butterick Co. in Altoona. He was a life member of the VFW Post 5201, Bellwood. He was an avid sportsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and do-it-yourself projects, and he especially loved attending all Bellwood-Antis High School sporting events.
A memorial service to commemorate John's life will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, at Simpson-Temple United Parish, Altoona, the Rev. Denise Arpino presiding.
Arrangements are by Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood.
John E. Morder
John E. Morder, 79, Bellwood, died Monday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2013, at his home. A full obituary will appear in Friday's Mirror. Arrangements are by Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood.


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Council opts for no comment on R-51
POULSBO It could become one of the most contentious ballot measures in the general election, and the Poulsbo City Council has opted to stay out of the fray.
In a split decision, the council decided this week to forgo taking a position on statewide transportation package Referendum 51. The measure, passed by the legislature last year and facing voters this November, would spend $7.7 billion on a specific list of transportation fixes statewide including highways, ferries, transit and rail.
The money would be raised by a number of added taxes, including a 9-cent-per-gallon fuel tax, a 1 percent increase in vehicle sales tax, weight fee increases for trucks and bond authorization.
Earlier in the year, after the package was approved by the legislature to go to the voters, Gov. Gary Locke urged Washington cities to come out in support of the measure. Several cities have followed this suit, including Bellevue and Seattle.
Last month, the Poulsbo City Council decided to hold a forum on the issue, with the intent of possibly taking a formal position on the referendum. City Clerk Karol Jones was asked to invite speakers from parties for and against the measure, which is council policy when taking a position on ballot measures.
Jones reported back to the council this week that she had been unable to secure a speaker for the no on 51 side despite repeated attempts to contact someone.
Councilman Dale Rudolph supported moving ahead with setting a date for a forum. He said the city could always cancel if no opposing voices were found, or that the council could still hold the forum simply for the purpose of educating its members.
The only reason we need pro and con speakers is if we were going to take a stand, Rudolph explained. I think its way too important an issue not to talk about it. As long as we dont take a position theres no risk for us.
Cant we hold it without a no speaker? Councilman Jeff McGinty asked. I mean, if they dont want to come down here thats their prerogative.
Councilwoman Jackie Aitchison added that she did not feel comfortable holding a forum where there was no guarantee that one side of the issue would be represented.
As a council member, to make an informed decision I need to hear both pro and con statements, she said.
Councilman Mike Regis agreed. During last months discussion, he said he did not support the idea of holding a forum at all and reiterated the fact again this week.
I think the public should decide this on their own, why would we want to spend time and talent on this? Regis said.
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Jack Henry Acquires Biometrics Firm
MONETT, Mo. - Jack Henry & Associates, parent company of credit union data processor Symitar Systems, is getting into biometrics. The firm announced last week its acquisition of biometrics firm Verinex Technologies based in California. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Verinex's Biodentify product utilizes fingerprint authentication to provide higher levels of security, said the company. Jack Henry & Associates President Tony Wormington said Jack Henry wanted this business to help its clients with password administration, which is becoming more expensive. "The Gartner Group and IDC estimate that password administration and management costs can total $200 to $300 per user, per year; not including the cost of compromised proprietary information. The research also confirmed that 20 to 50% of all help desk calls are requests for password resets, and the average labor cost for a single password reset is $38," said Wormington. He said biometrics can help eliminate user names and passwords and the related costs that go with them. The company said that the new biometrics technology will be available in its credit union and bank systems. Jack Henry also announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Select Payment Processing, Inc., an EFT firm.


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Wilderness camping reservations for the Mount Margaret Backcountry now have an online reservation system through the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
Following national direction in President Barrack Obama's "Recreation One Stop Initiative", Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument has moved from a mail-in and walk–up reservation system to the National Recreation Reservation Service website format.
This is the same system that was successfully implemented for camping reservations at Sunset Falls Campground in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 2013.
Mount Margaret is north of Mount St. Helens, in the 1980 blast zone. It is a stunning area of lakes, rugged peaks and views of the volcano. Access is by overnight backpack trips.
The reservation service will charge a non-refundable reservation fee of $6 per reservation. The online reservation system will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users can check for cancellations at any time and/or make changes to their initial reservation, such as adding people, up to a day before the date of the permit.
The public will have access to a call center, if they need assistance with the website or do not have access to a computer. Reservations for overnight camping in the Mount Margaret Backcountry can be made through the Internet at recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777 or 877-TDD-6777.
Here's my report, published Sept. 2, 1998, soon after the backcountry opened:
Summary: A new trail system through the isolated area on the north side of Mount St. Helens will provide hikers plenty of otherworldly views
Thousands of dead trees, knocked over by a 650-mph gust of wind when Mount St. Helens erupted 18 years ago, lie where they fell, their trunks bleached white like whale bones washed up on an ocean shore. Trees that were blown into lakes still ride the waves like ghosts.
Life has slowly returned to the blast zone, where fields of wildflowers carpet the slopes of the Mount Margaret backcountry. An isolated area of peaks and lakes just north of Mount St. Helens, the backcountry is ablaze with color as the leaves of huckleberries and other shrubs change from green to gold at autumn's approach.
The bugling calls of Roosevelt elk rise with the wind as the bulls prepare for the annual rut, another reminder that the first snows can't be far away.
Before then, the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument hopes to quietly open in October one of the most beautiful and exclusive backpacking opportunities in America.
When the Mount Margaret backcountry formally opens next summer, overnight access will be restricted to a dozen backpackers daily, with a group maximum of four. A place to pitch a tent will cost $10 per night.
The area will be served by a 28-mile loop trail system, ideal for a three- or four-day backpack trip.
The monument staff expects the Mount Margaret area to be hugely popular, even though its appeal will be somewhat offset by its lack of shade and the gritty pumice soil that seems to infiltrate everything.
``I love it back there,'' said Hans Castren, the monument's backcountry ranger. ``I find it magical to walk through the ghost forest. But there is dust everywhere, so it's not an experience everyone will be drawn to.''
The dust and the far-ranging views remind David Brown, another monument ranger, of his last job.
``I spent last year working at the Grand Canyon,'' said Brown, pausing to soak in the view of St. Helens Lake from the Boundary Trail. ``This looks a lot like Arizona. The dead trees standing on the hillsides remind me of saguaro cactuses.''
Open views make the Mount St. Helens area unique on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, which are best known for their thick forests. The visual evidence of the recovery of the land, 18 years after the eruption, makes it one of the most unusual landscapes on earth.
Visitors have returned in stages to Mount St. Helens as different parts of the national monument have been opened in the years following the 1980 eruption. Trails to the summit and to the shore of Spirit Lake opened in 1987, followed by the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center in 1993 and the Johnston Ridge Observatory in 1997.
With the opening of the Mount Margaret backcountry trail system, for the first time visitors will be able to make more extended trips in the 110,330-acre national monument, which otherwise has no developed overnight facilities for the public.
``It's a spectacular loop, with every bit of it exceptional in terms of scenery,'' said Klindt Vielbig of Portland, author of a recreation guide to the national monument. ``It's rugged, raw nature.
``I couldn't pick out a special place because it continues to be so different and exceptionally scenic everywhere you go. It's equally wonderful no matter how you do it or where you go.''
The Mount Margaret backcountry was widely known for its beauty before the eruption. Its rugged ridges and lakes were surrounded by a magnificent forest that opened occasionally to provide glimpses of Spirit Lake and Mount St. Helens, which was considered by many to be America's most beautiful mountain.
All that changed on a May morning during one cataclysmic event. The Mount Margaret backcountry, seven miles north of the volcano, bore much of the brunt of the eruption. The devastation was so great it took a decade to contemplate a way to again provide public access.
The plan to open the backcountry was approved in 1993, but it has taken six seasons of summer construction to develop the trail system, build the campsites, install composting toilets and post signs.
Day hikers and a few backpackers already have been using the backcountry, especially the Boundary Trail on the southern part of the loop. The 10-mile Lakes Trail, which makes up the northern part of the loop, must be brought up to standard before the area can be officially opened. Solar composting toilets at each of the eight campsites were completed this summer.
Crews will continue working on the trail and tent sites this fall, but nothing is ever guaranteed on Mount St. Helens. A massive mudslide rolled out of the crater last September, burying parts of a different trail, and swarms of earthquakes were measured beneath the volcano earlier this summer.
No matter how long it takes to open the Mount Margaret backcountry, the wait will have been worth it.
``The area is so unique that you almost have to compare it to other magnificent hikes, like the Grand Canyon,'' Vielbig said. ``Where else are you going to have this kind of experience? It's wonderful.''-- Terry Richard


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Sailors and Traders
A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples
Publication Year: 2009
Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
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I was fortunate in being a research scholar at the Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, in the halcyon days of the 1960s. It was highly stimulating intellectually and socially to be alongside so many of the greats in Pacific Studies, including Harold Brookfield, Jim Davidson, Jack Golson, Harry Maude, Oskar Spate, and ...
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Writing in the American Historical Review>1 When we consider the millennia of exploration and settlement of the islands of the Pacific, and the continuum of ...
Chapter One Sailors, Myths, and Traditions
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The Pacific sailor who is waiting for a jumbo jet at Nadi International Airport in Fiji has been in transit for almost three days. He has travelled by local boat from his home island of Nanouti in Kiribati to Tarawa, the principal island of Kiribati, and from there by small plane to Fiji. He is bound for Townsville, Australia, via another flight from Sydney to ...
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The peoples of the Pacific have a history of early long-distance seafaring unequaled anywhere in the world. As far as can be determined, their ancient ancestors were the first ever to make use of the open sea for largescale migrations. Sometime before 40,000 BC they entered the western region of the Pacific from Southeast ...
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Once ships, people, animals, plants, and seed crops were brought to the beach of an unoccupied island, the accounts by explorers of bountiful resources would be tested. There would be plentiful water supplies on high islands, but low islands lacked surface water. On some islands there would probably be coastal coconut trees, the seed nuts having been ...
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Until the voyages of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, and Bougainville, all in the years 1764–1769, and under Cook between 1768 and 1779, the arrivals of foreign ships at Pacific islands were few and sporadic. Some voyagers merely sighted islands, but when landings did occur, they were of short ...
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The government-sponsored voyages to the Pacific in the eighteenth century were motivated by European rivalry, scientific inquiry, and public appetite for the exotic. The expeditions were conducted by naval vessels whose commanders were given specific instructions on behavior toward native peoples and were required to report on the resource potential of ...
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The aphorism of Samuel Johnson reflected perceptions shared by people in Britain and America of life at sea in the late 1770s. Even in the reforming "rights of man" postcolonial United States, a new federal law of 1790 sanctioned the arrest of merchant seamen who deserted, and a law of 1835 still in effect conceded "beating, wounding, ...
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Pacific seafarers, in common with all mariners, faced dangers at sea. Many ships were lost with all hands in bad weather and on reefs. Sailors were also drowned when washed overboard, were killed by falls from rigging and other occupational accidents, and were exposed to violence and ...
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The commerce, technology, and imperial politics of the mid-nineteenth century transformed seafaring generally and had major repercussions for the sailors of the Pacific. The period was one of increasing industrialization of merchant shipping in Europe and America. In contrast to the near merchant adventuring voyages of past centuries, ships now ...
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The First World War saw the removal of German colonial power. The Japanese, under a League of Nations mandate, eventually occupied all the islands of Micronesia except Guam (US) and the Gilberts (Britain). Britain acquired responsibility for Nauru, Australia took over German territory in New Guinea, and New Zealand acquired Western Samoa. The opening ...
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This chapter provides an account of local and regional shipping from the 1960s onward. Many political, technological, and significant social changes in the maritime sector of the islands have taken place within this period. The first part of the chapter deals with local shipping, which is the lifeblood of islands where some communities have depended ...
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The economic crisis after 1973 brought a fall in ocean freight rates and fierce competition within an overtonnaged world merchant fleet. This was followed by increased shifts in the recruitment of seafarers from western Europe and North America to the lower-labor-cost countries of Asia ...
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The dependence of the Pacific Islands on sea trade has continuously increased over time, and multiplicities of social and economic activities are related to the cargoes and the people flowing through island ports. The sailors who are engaged in regional and international shipping are now less visible, as the old "sailor town" enclaves have given way to ...
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Beyond the Ramu kakas
It isn't very often that Indian filmmakers choose to look at the world of domestic workers. Their roles in movies are limited to fleeting and stereotypical appearances as the long-suffering Ramu kakas or as cantankerous bais.
Prashant Nair, however, has always been fascinated with the nuances of urban India's relationship with its domestic help. It is this interest that drove him to make Delhi in a Day, his debut film released this Friday. The movie, which looks at the interaction between a family and its long line of retainers, has already pocketed a slew of awards.
"It's a story almost everyone can relate to, it's something they've been witness to - the gnawing gap between the haves and have-nots. And the way the latter suffers in silence and, often, lives in the shadow of abuse and exploitation, " says Nair.
"My work is not a documentary but a first full-length film - a serious story dealt with in a lighter vein. It's a dark comedy to be precise, " says the 34-year-old filmmaker who mostly grew up outside India (his parents worked with the Indian Foreign Service), but travelled to Delhi every year on vacation. Those few weeks every year gave him "enough exposure to be intrigued and amused by the over-the-top lifestyle of the nouveau-riche in many parts of the city. And particularly by the way they handled (and exploited) their helps at home".
Nair, who studied to be an engineer at Purdue University, changed tracks and started work with a social media company in Paris soon after. But filmmaking beckoned and he did an intensive filmmaking course at New York University. "Other than the short film I made there, I had no other experience in the medium - no connections with the film world - to help me make a start, " he says. And then, sometime in his early 30s, he decided to take the plunge.
Nair's plot is driven both by personal experiences as well as research. The film is about a fictitious Bhatia family living in a swanky farmhouse in Delhi. Having risen from relative obscurity to obscene wealth "not necessarily through fair means", the family consists of the jovial patriarch, Mukund (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his much-younger, but domineering, wife Kalpana (Lillete Dubey) and their two children. Also part of the film is Victor Banerjee, essaying the role of Kalpana's father, who is disapproving of the family's ways.
Helping the clan run the sprawling house is an array of domestic helps including the young, 19-yearold Rohini (Anjali Patil). The action starts when a British visitor, Jasper (played by British TV and theatre artiste Lee Williams), walks into the home and on the first day itself finds his money stolen. The suspect, not surprisingly, is the domestic staff that is given 24 hours to return the money or face consequences. "The film centres around the drama that subsequently unfolds, " says Nair.
Thrilled with the response the film has already garnered, he gives full credit for its success to his actors. Despite the well-crafted script, the actors - Kulbhushanji and Lillete, both Delhiites - came up with wonderful insights into their characters, says Nair. "And there are many scenes in which Lee's natural reactions to things - like his first outing in the city - have been incorporated in the film, " says Nair.
The idea, Nair insists, was not to trash Delhi or its upper crust. "Such things happen everywhere. We just want to make people aware and maybe help in reducing the chasm that exists between people from these two diverse strata of society, " he says.
Dubey, who has always been open to working with new talent, compares the film to the Oscar-winner The Help. "This one too explores a sensitive subject but in a more contemporary milieu. But although one film or one book will not really change things, the film will definitely create sympathy, even empathy and a new way of looking at things, " she says.
London-based Lee Williams who plays the British backpacker Jasper in the film, laughs when he recalls his month-long shooting stint in Delhi. "Despite all my homework - watching the list of Bollywood films Prashant had recommended, to reading some books on India - I was completely overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of Delhi, " he says. And like his character (" who was tired of his 'grey' life in London" ), he too enjoyed "the colours and adventure that helped Jasper reconnect" with himself. The former Calvin Klein model is now hoping to "do more Indian movies - maybe a costume drama or a Merchant Ivory kind of film. Or even typical Bollywood fare - after all, I can sing and dance as well, " he says.
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Alice Springs and the Red Centre is one of Australia's truly unique experiences and the Beanie Festival is a great excuse to see the wonders of the Northern Territory. Depending on the time you have available, you can just fly straight in, or take it slow and soak up the country.
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By Plane QANTAS and VIRGIN Australia both fly into Alice.
By Train The Ghan Travel from Adelaide or Darwin on this overland railway adventure. The changing flora and desert landscape are spectacular. Check out the Creative Incentives Tour on the Ghan from Darwin.
By Bus Greyhound Australia have an enormous network of buses across the country.
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Alice Springs has a range of accommodation options including including camping, cabins and hostels, hotels and resorts.
Stuart Caravan Park
Adjacent to the Araluen Arts Centre, is the Stuart Caravan Park. It is across the road from the Alice Springs Beanie Festival and has cabins, caravans and camping.
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Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs
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In 2016 in partnership with Creative Incentives a tour is on offered on the Ghan from Darwin to Alice. Travel in style to the festival!
Titjikala Community Tour
A community tour of Titjikala is on offer directly after the festival. Enjoy some felt making in this remote community.
Check out tour offered to Uluru.
Enjoy one of the world's greatest train journeys, see some amazing scenery, see Aboriginal art and make friends. Maybe even have a knit. it will be a unique tour and don't miss out. This one isn't offered every day!!
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Over the Festival weekend the festival provides a free bus service to pick up and drop off to your accommodation. Phone 0408 436 928 to book the bus. There are also taxis available.
There are bike paths from town to the Araluen Galleries. Many hostels can rent out bikes. Walking is also an option from town.
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HOLLYWOOD - On Monday (March 18) night in Hollywood, HBO threw a gala premiere for the third season of "Game of Thrones," rounding up the largest assemblage of cast members for any event that I can remember.
There were dozens of "Game of Thrones" stars ranging from all manner of Starks and Lannisters to a dragon-free Emilia Clarke, somehow whisked in from Broadway for the a quick turnaround, to the very nice young man who plays Hot Pie.
At HitFix's corner of the long and winding red carpet, many of the stars missed us or had to rush in for the start of the screening of the March 31 season-opener, but I think we got some fine interviews that will be going up over next few days.
Highlight conversations include Rose Leslie discussing the nuanced art of telling somebody they know nothing, George R.R. Martin talking about why it's hard to pick his favorite book and John Bradley explaining why he doesn't want to read ahead to find out how Samwell evolves.
We'll start the "Game of Thrones" interview rotation with this quick chat with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who discusses about Jaime Lannister's developing relationship with Gwendoline Christie's Brienne of Tarth, as well as what he learned from playing last season's incarcerated version of Jaime.
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Emergency personnel free a crash victim on southbound U.S. 31 at the tri-level in Muskegon Township at shortly before 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 24, 2014. Muskegon Township police and fire department personnel were at the scene as well as Pro-Med Team ambulance.
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MARSHALL - Opening the season at home against Section 2A foe St. Peter, the Marshall soccer team showed some promise with an aggressive offense in the second half.
But it was the first half that dictated Saturday's season opener, with the Saints jumping to a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes, eventually winning the game, 3-0, at Mattke Field.
"They're a big, fast, physical team," Marshall first-year head coach Pat Johnson said of St. Peter. "They're very mature, they got a lot of seniors, and they're a good squad. We ran up against one of the better teams in our section (Saturday)."
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Marshall senior Trevor Johnson (7) holds off St. Peter's Sam Bennett for the ball during the first half of Saturday's non-conference soccer match at Mattke Field.
Despite the wind blowing north, favoring the Saints in the first half, the Tigers attacked early, keeping play on their end of the field for the first five minutes. But once St. Peter got rolling in the first half, Marshall was left reeling.
In the 21st minute, Zeke Kyoore emerged from a scramble in front of the net, pounding the ball past Tigers' goalkeeper Sathira Wijesekars for a 1-0 advantage for the Saints.
Eight minutes later, St. Peter went up 2-0 on what was credited as an own goal.
"We knew we were going to have the wind as a factor, and sure enough it was," Johnson said. "But it wasn't the wind so much that caused those goals, but the defensive breakdowns. We had some misunderstandings on position and we left the middle open and that's what ended up hurting us. Our goalie didn't have much of a chance on the goals."
When the two teams swapped sides in the second half, Marshall was able to get some sustained time in the offensive zone. Unfortunately for the Tigers, it did not translate into any goals.
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Editorial: Community council discovers an even keel
Two interesting developments occurred at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council meeting Monday evening.
First, Hilary Emmer, a former board member who has often been at odds with the current nine-member board, stood up and apologized for what she called her "bad behavior" at a previous meeting. Then Tim Johnson, president of the board, stood up and made a plea for what he called an "armistice" between the warring factions that often appear at the general membership meeting. He, himself, he said, would start — he'd put down his arms and "serve in whatever capacity you want me to serve."
It was a promising beginning to a meeting that was otherwise rather uneventful and quite peaceable — as the group, with 26 members present, just enough to meet a quorum, made its way through various proposed changes to its bylaws.
Unfortunately, they didn't quite have the two-thirds needed to pass a bylaw change that would have put an end to Roberts' Rules of Order, a stultifying set of parliamentary procedures that, as member John Runyon rightfully pointed out, has been used by some at the VMICC meetings to wield power and stifle debate rather than provide order and offer up a framework.
Nor did they have the votes to add the concept of "consensus" to the organization's toolbox.
Indeed, with some of these proposed bylaw changes, fewer than 20 of those present voted. At one point, when The Beachcomber reporter stood up to move to a different part of the room, a board member came up to her and urged her to stay, fearing the group was about to lose its quorum.
The scant attendance was unfortunate. At the same time, it was encouraging to see a group of people discuss, debate and move through complex material amiably and well.
It's hard to know if Monday's peaceable meeting — the first in quite some time — suggests a shift at the community council. Interestingly, it comes at the same time that a group of Islanders publicly put forth another vision for an organization that could provide a venue for community-wide discussion and debate. (See "An open letter to the community" on page 8).
The vision that group is putting forward — a collaborative forum premised on a set of rules they believe would encourage civil dialogue and engagement — is very compelling. Even if our current council has discovered a more even keel, we should seriously consider the concept this group, a collection of thoughtful and engaged Islanders, is suggesting. VMICC's history of scant attendance — except when the council's members are at war with one another — underscores its ongoing effort to find traction, relevance and a meaningful voice.
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Nick, you have been kicking ass on here for YEARS! I was just curious, how old are you?
Very sore from my workout from yesterday--chest, delts, glutes, quads! Vinyasa yoga for 90 minutes, maybe 30-60mins. very light work on the elliptical (better than sitting on my butt listening to podcasts,) and 20s on/20s off tabata-style of "bench hops". I saw it in Men's Health... Stand over a bench and grip both sides (palms flat,) then tuck your legs, put the weight into your hands and hop back and forth until you fear you're gonna take a face plant. ;-) I try to stay in the air for at least 1-2secs to put an emphasis on my upper body and core. Great total body exercise!


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International counselors tour Drew University
Monday, July 15, 2013 3:09 PM
Michelle Brisson, Drew University, director office of student activities talks with members of the Overseas Association for College Admission Counseling as they tour Drew University in Madison. Listening are Karen Ekman-Baur, Independent Educational Consultant, StudyHorizons, Ehningen, Germany, second from left, and Joyce Agyare, Independent Educational Consultant, Accra, Ghana. right. The group, which advises foreign students on attending US colleges, is on a tour of East Coast colleges, including several in New Jersey. Monday July, 15, 2013 (Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger)
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July 3: Pearl Jam in Gdynia
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Sorry guys, but this is ridiculous. How can you post a this map? The map is from the times when this part of Poland was under German occupation. It's probably dated around 19th century, when Poland was under occupation of Germany, Austria and Russia.ReplyDelete
You even cannot find Gdynia on this map, because it did not existed at that time.
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AVON, Ohio -- Jessica Porvasnik got the party started early.
The Highland senior and reigning two-time Plain Dealer player of the year celebrated her 17th birthday two days in advance on Thursday, when she won the Cleveland Junior Open golf tournament for the second year in a row at the Red Tail Golf Club.
While posting a final-round 75, which included three uncharacteristic double bogeys, Porvasnik won her third American Junior Golf Association event by a comfortable five shots over Kari Bellville, of Granger, Ind., and South Korean Ju-Hee Bae, of Chantilly, Va., with a 54-hole score of even-par 216.
The victory made up for last week's runner-up finish in the Hudson Junior, an event she led after two rounds but finished second.
Evan DeRoche, of Key West, Fla. -- by way of Chagrin Falls -- won the boys championship with a three-day total of 215 with a final-round 73. That was enough for a two-shot win over Sean Crocker, of Westlake Village, Calif., who closed with a 71.
Shaker Heights' Andrew Bieber, the reigning Division III state champion, charged hard with a final-round 68 -- sharing tournament low-round honors with Stow's Ian Holt -- but opening rounds of 77-75 left too much real estate to overcome and he finished in a tie for third at 220.
It was the first AJGA title for DeRoche, a junior at Key West High, who is in town visiting his maternal grandparents, Richard and Jill London. He turned his vacation into a bountiful one. He finished 16th at Hudson last week and won for the first time.
Porvasnik, who will play in the prestigious Rolex Tournament of Champions next week in Alphretta, Ga., credited her putting. While she three-putted at least once in each round, she used just 88 putts for the week.
"My putting was down," she said. "I had a lot of one putts that saved me."
The reigning Division I state runner-up said winning at Red Tail twice in as many years was special, beyond the early birthday celebration.
"It gives you confidence when you win and it's exciting to win at home," she said. "I like this course a lot. I've played here a lot and I'm able to read the greens real well. Funny, I don't play well in practice rounds here but I play well in the tournament."
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Syracuse University basketball commit Michael Carter-Williams is "tearing it up" in his senior high school season at St. Andrew's of Rhode Island, reports GateHouse News Service's Dom Nicastro.
The team is 10-3 so far this year, and Carter-Williams is on track to hit the 1,800-point mark before he wraps up his high school career.
Carter-Williams also talked to Nicastro about his recent trip to Syracuse to watch the Orange defeat Notre Dame 70-58 at the Carrier Dome.
"It was great. I'm really building a relationship with the players and my future teammates. I'm just working on getting stronger and continuing to get better. I'm more consistent in every aspect, and my turnover assist ratio is great," said Carter-Williams.
The 6-foot-5, 175 pound guard is ranked 16th overall in the class of 2011 on Rivals.com, and eighth for his position on Scout.com.
As for his future teammates in the class of 2011, Rakeem Christmas is getting ready to play in the Seven Cities Roundball Classic on Saturday; and Trevor Cooney added to his highlight reel with a steal and dunk to help his team win a game in the recent Jameer Nelson Classic.
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» mlive.com: Melbourne coach says Eric Devendorf is poised for a huge game
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