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Allyson Felix led the way and Team USA dominated Saturday when the USA vs. the World competition was held for the 13th time at the Penn Relays track and field competition in Philadelphia.
Running before a crowd of more than 49,000 at Franklin Field, Team USA set meet records in the women's 4x100 and 4x400 relay while also winning the men's distance relay for the first time as part of a sweep of all six races.
Felix, the three-time World champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist at 200 meters, was on both record-setting relay teams.
The women's 4x100 team set a record for the second straight year with Tianna Madison, Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter finishing in 42.19. The time was more than a second ahead of Jamaica.
Francena McCrory, Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings and Sanya Richards-Ross took almost a second off the women's 4x400 relay record with a time of 3:21.18 to win by more than five seconds over Jamaica.
"I always enjoy running here," Felix said. "The crowd was amazing."
The United States actually had the top two teams in the men's distance relay where Leo Manzano's closing lap of 3:54.9 rallied USA Blue to the win over Bernard Lagat and USA Red in 9:19.31. Tyler Mulder ran the 1200 meters, David Neville the 400 and Khadevis Robinson the 800.
The United States also finished 1-2 in the men's 4x100.
Maggie Vessey ran the 800 in 2:02.6 to rally the women's sprint medley team, which ended Jamaica's four-year winning streak. Porscha Lucas, Barbara Pierre and Phoebe Wright ran the first three legs for the team, which finished in 3:42.85.
"This was my first Penn Relays, so to be running the anchor leg on the sprint medley relay was an exciting experience," Vessey said. "I just wanted to do a good job for my team. I didn't want to go out too fast, so I tried to be patient and sit and wait and wait and wait and fortunately it was a fun finish.
"And hearing 'USA, USA' was a great feeling. It was a phenomenal experience."
The other win came in the men's 4x400 when LaShawn Merritt rallied the team with an anchor leg of 44.8 seconds for a finish of 3:00.15.
The Paralympic team is set following a U.S Paralympic Team Trials process that included a double 70-meter ranking round and round-robin match play.
USA Archery announced the team following the completion of competition Saturday in Chula Vista, Calif.
Matt Sutzman and Dugan Denton, in the Compound Men's Open; Jerry Shields, in the Compound Men W1; Eric Bennett and Lee Ford in Standing Recurve; and Russell Wolfe, in Recurve Men W2 completed the squad.
Jeff Fabry had already qualified based on his finish at the World Archery Para Championships.
Also, the second nomination shoot for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials concluded.
The team will be determined following the third shoot, scheduled for June 1-3 in Colorado Springs.
The six-day event allowed the field to be cut to eight archers per gender. Following the cut, archers shot an elimination round and seven additional round-robin matches.
Through Saturday, Brady Ellison leads the men, followed by Jake Kaminski, Jacob Wukie, Joe Fanchin, Butch Johnson, Dan Schuller, Thomas Stanwood and Vic Wunderle.
Miranda Leek led the women, followed by Jennifer Nichols, Khatuna Lorig, Heather Koehl, Kristin Braun, Lori Cieslinsk, Mackenzie Brown and Holly Stover.
The United States earned four bronze medals at the Pan American Championships in Montreal and has now secured five divisions for the team at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Nick Delpopolo (73 kg), Anthony Turner (100+ kg), Brad Bolen (66 kg) and Nathan Kearney (55 kg) each finished third in their weight classes.
Kayla Harrison (women's 78 kg), Travis Stevens (81 kg) and Marti Malloy (women's 57 kg) had enough Olympic qualifying points going in and did not compete at the Pan Am Games.
Kyle Vashkulat (100 kg) locked up a spot by finishing fifth.
The U.S. spot at 73 kg will come down to a May 12 meeting between Delpopolo and Michael Eldred, who won a gold at the Senior National Championships last week in Irving, Tex.
The U.S. National Team was determined Saturday and Sunday during National Team Trials at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Women's finweight Kelsey Junious, women's flyweight Charlotte Craig, women's bantamweight Simone DeVito, women's featherweight Nicole Palma, men's lightweight Mark Lopez, men's welterweight Luke Ford, men's middleweight Jason Neville and men's heavyweight Stephen Lambdin made the team Sunday.
Lopez made the team for the 10th time.
Women's welterweight Sanaz Shahbazi, women's middleweight Lauren Hamon, men's flyweight James Howe, women's lightweight Stephanie Beckel, men's finweight Tashi Sherpa, men's bantamweight Olie Burton, men's featherweight Nathanael Ahlstrom and women's heavyweight Kellie Fairbanks made the team Saturday.
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* Shawn Bunch won five out of six matches at the World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament to finish third and qualify the United States to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games at 60 kg/132 pounds in men's freestyle wrestling Friday in Taiyuan, China.
* Justin Ruiz was eliminated in the 96 kg/211.5-pound Greco-Roman weight class. The United States will have one more shot next week at the class, the only weight for which the team is not yet qualified.
* Ashley Twichell became the first swimmer to take the 5K and 10K national open-water championships since Chloe Sutton in 2007. Twichell and Daniel Heron won the 5K Open Water National Championship Sunday in Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club in Florida. Twichell and Andrew Gemmell won 10K titles Friday. Twichell and Haley Anderson used top-two finishes to earn spots in the Olympic Qualifier Event June 9 in Setubal, Portugal. Alex Meyer has already secured the men's 10K spot in the Olympic Games.
* The United States concluded French Olympic Sailing Week with a gold, silver and bronze medal. Anna Tunnicliffe's Team Mclaren, which also included Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi, won the gold in Women's Match Racing. Sally Barkow's Team 7, which also included Alana O'Reilly and Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham took silver in the same event. Amanda Clark and Sarah Lihan also took silver in Women's 470. Jen French and J.P. Creignou took bronze in SKUD-18.
* The defending Olympic champion men's volleyball team opened its season by defeating Argentina, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17, in an exhibition match Friday in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Matt Anderson led the team with 16 points on 11 attacks, three blocks and two aces.
* Patrick Parish and Gail Kattouf won national titles in the standard-distance event while Greg McNeil and Patty Peoples won the sprint-distance race Saturday in USA Triathlon's Duathlon National Championship in Oro Valley, Ariz.
* Matt Emmons finished second in the Men's 50-meter, 3-position rifle Saturday at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) "London Prepares" World Cup.
* Seth Kelsey, who has already qualified for his third Olympic fencing appearance, finished 24th at the Heidenheim Epée World Cup in Germany Saturday. Soren Thompson was 34th and Jimmy Moody 56th.
* All four members of the men's saber team that recently qualified to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games (pending nomination by the U.S. Olympic Committee) advanced to the table of 64 at the Athens World Cup men's saber event in Greece. Each then lost in the first round. Daryl Homer was 34th, followed by James Williams 35th, Tim Morehouse 54th and Jeff Spear 55th.
* The U.S. team of Brady and Cristin Clark finished fourth after a 12-7 loss to Austria in the bronze medal game of the World Mixed Doubles Championships of curling in Erzurum, Turkey, Sunday.
* Sine Scribbick reached the final in all three individual events and earned a bronze medal in the girls' 14-15 platform at the International Youth Diving Meet in Dresden, Germany.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Tom Robinson is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Named one of Tripbase's Best Luxury Travel Blogs for 2011, below are Five Star Alliance's newest articles featuring exclusive information on luxury hotels worldwide including special offers and deals at the world's best hotels.
The newest member of Marriott's The Luxury Collection, The Gwen opened in September 2015 and unveiled its newly remodeled lobby, rooftop terrace, lounge and restaurant in May 2016. The guestroom renovation is scheduled to conclude in April, and each of the hotel's 311 rooms and suites will have the new layout and designs.
The Gwen's new guestrooms were conceptualized and designed by Simeone Deary Design Group. Upon completion of the renovation, guestrooms at The Gwen will have Art Deco touches from the 1930s as well as jewel-toned accent elements and new upholstery.
Chicago-born Gwen Lux designed the bas-relief sculptures depicting the zodiac that are featured on the exterior of the building. These now serve as inspiration for each room's iteration of her works above the bed. Other elements in the rooms will include backlit mirrors, artistic sketching wallpaper, peach leather pops of color, mossy green velvets, marble and brass pieces, and weathered river tones.
Chicago-based Simeone Deary Design Group was established in 2002 by Lisa Simeone and Gina Deary.
In total, the resort will house 30 villas and 17 private residences to accommodate travelers. The residences are located on the top of the island with 360-degree views and also include two swimming pools and a fully equipped kitchen. Visitors who want to soak in those stunning sunrises and sunsets will want to book a villa. There are 15 of these on the east side of the island, facing Marianne Island, Petite Soeur and Grande Soeur Island. (These are the villas with the amazing sunrise views.) Likewise, the 15 villas on the west side of the island include vistas of La Digue and Praslin Island and, of course, the sunsets. Read more below.
We hear that dining on Felicite will be a festive affair with six distinctive eateries and bars to choose from. Want to taste a local dish? If so, we advise trying Island Café, which will offer breakfast and dinner dishes based on the Seychellois spice route. It will be a mixture of European, Asian and African fare. And Six Senses fans rejoice, the resort will include the Six Senses Spa Zil Pasyon, complete with a hammam, sauna, saltwater pool, steam, yoga platform and nail bar. Getting There: Zil Pasyon will organize transportation to and from the island. Choose from either a 20-minute helicopter ride or relax on a 90-minute boat trip from Mahe.
Ignacio Maza, an Executive Vice President at Signature Travel Network, offers the following highlights from one of his "most favorite resorts in Turks and Caicos" - The Gansevoort.
A sleek boutique property unlike any other on the island, Gansevoort Turks + Caicos marries Caribbean cool with urban chic in a way that only New York's hippest hotel mainstay can.
-- Enjoy the modern sophistication Gansevoort is renowned for at Stelle Restaurant, now a Caribbean and Asian Fusion menu. Friday nights also have a DJ so you can party late into the night!
-- For travelers celebrating an anniversary or on their honeymoon, the Ocean Front Terrace studio is always on high demand, with direct ocean views.
-- There are many complimentary activities on property such as a 24 hour fitness center, Hobie cats, kayaks, snorkeling equipment and paddle boards.
-- Guests may also select from a full list of excursions, like sailing and private boat charters to secluded islands and cays, kite boarding, parasailing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, eco tours, local art markets, casinos, world-renowned deep-sea fishing and scuba diving.
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On November 24th rumors of a Tiger Woods affair surfaced, and on December 2nd, Us Magazine uncovered a panicked voicemail from Tiger Woods to his mistress, confirming the affair. In the voicemail, Tiger left 24-year-old Los Angeles cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs a panicked voicemail saying:
"Hey, it's Tiger, I need you to do me a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye."
Apparently Jaimee Grubbs has no problem releasing information to the press about the affair including over 300 racy text messages, details of their encounters, and now this voicemail.
"I loved how we got along," Grubbs tells Us Weekly. "But I knew, in the back of my mind, there could never be just us. There would always be the wife, or somebody else."
This particular case doesn't represent a breech in phone security, because Jaimee released these voicemails and text messages to the press willingly. But what this case should tell you is to be more careful with the types of voicemails and texts you're sending. On the other hand, it's not impossible for people to easily hack into a cell phone. Read more ways to keep your voicemails safe here.
Listen to the audio via Us Magazine
UPDATE: Tiger Woods admits to affair, Kalika Moquin comes forth as third woman.


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I purchased this bag in brown, because I wanted this to match my other luggage at home. My hopes weren't too high, given the color on this website.
I was wrong. I took this item out of box (where it had been thoroughly wrapped as protection), and I could only say wow. The color of the canvass, the leather, and the interior fabric, were all very rich, quite appealing.
I was impressed with all the details that went into this item. For instance, the metal hook you can use to hang up the garment bag? It has its own pouch. Do you know how many times the hook on my old garment bag used to snag on me or otherwise grab onto something you didn't want it to?
I am in awe of this item. It is a soldly crafted, beautiful piece of luggage which looks like I can get decades of use from, However, the one feature I wish it did have (but didn't--or at least it didn't appear to during my inspection) would be some sort of interior locking hook/rod for you to put your hangers on. Yes, the bungee thing looks like it will work, but I'll have to practice with it a few times first to be sure.


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Princeton Record Exchange has posted this video clip showing their process for evaluating a pricing a rare Hank Mobley jazz LP. True, $1800 is out of the price range of most – even enthusiasts – but it's fun to see how rarities are assessed. Consider it an "Antiques Road Show" episode for record geeks!
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Does ruby can be used to code desktop applications like c++ ?
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Does ruby can be used to code desktop applications like c++ ?
yes. I'm not sure how to go about it on the windows and linux platforms, but for mac os you can download ruby cocoa and you can use all xcodes interface builders.
Yes it can. You basically write your logic in Ruby and connect to some framework to draw the user interface. That framework usually varies depending on the platform you're targeting.
Ruby's also pretty slow compared to languages like C++, which you'll probably feel if you're trying to write a big app or you're on slow hardware.
What the others said. However, the lack of good visual design tools coupled with Ruby's sluggish performance would make it a poor choice for many of the types of applications you might write with C++ (or C\, VB, Delphi etc.) - this may change as JRuby, The Garden Points Ruby CLR compiler and other projects address some of these issues, however.
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Forest rangers find lost hiker
COREYS – State forest rangers have found a Canton man who went missing while hiking on the Northville-Placid Trail.
Larry White, 58, was found on a trail about a mile northeast of Noah John Rondeau's former hermitage on the Cold River, in the western High Peaks near the Essex-Franklin county line, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday. He had been lost for four days, according to Scott Van Laer, the state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger who found White.
White was reported missing at 9 a.m. Thursday after he didn't reach his destination as scheduled. He started hiking on Aug. 7 in Lake Placid, and according to what DEC was told by his wife, he was supposed to have arrived in Long Lake on Wednesday.
Forest rangers checked trail registers and lean-to log books along the Northville-Placid Trail and other connecting trails to try to determine White's whereabouts. A state police helicopter was also used in the search.
Van Laer said White spent Saturday night at Duck Hole and stopped Sunday at a lean-to on the Cold River, complaining of knee pain. He wrote that he was heading west to the Ouluska lean-to, so Van Laer said he started hiking in that direction as another ranger, Gary Miller, approached from the south. Miller got to the Ouluska lean-to first and reported that White hadn't signed in there.
"I started to try and guess where he could have gotten off trail," Van Laer wrote. "Suddenly there he was in the trail, walking south, very slowly, one mile north of (the) hermitage. He was OK but very tired and dehydrated. He ate four of my (Clif) bars and downed a Gatorade."
About two hours before White was found, Van Laer said a group of hikers heard him blowing a whistle and walked to him. He was about a quarter-mile from the trail. They walked him back to the trail and got him oriented, Van Laer said.
Once the rangers found White, they took his pack and hiked with him 3 miles north to the intersection of the Ward Brook Truck Trail and the Northville-Placid Trail. From there, White was taken on an all-terrain vehicle to Coreys Road where he met up with his wife at 8:45 p.m. He declined medical attention and said he would go to an urgent care clinic in the morning, Van Laer wrote.
White, who carried a map and compass, told rangers he was doing short hikes of 4 to 5 miles a day. He got lost on the way to the Ouluska lean-to and spent several days off the trail, "mostly sitting, waiting for help," Van Laer said.
The ranger said there was some confusion from White's wife about when her husband was planning to be out of the woods.
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Debates of Dec. 10th, 1999
House of Commons Hansard #37 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was farmers.
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Government Orders
10:45 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Peter MacKay Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS
Mr. Speaker, once again we see an attitude from the Reform Party that is very much in line with the current government. It singles out one region of the country and pits it against another region.
We have seen the emperor's new clothes in the form of Mr. Manning and Mr. Chrétien when it comes to this type of thing. They want to take the divisive approach. They want to take the approach that is very provocative.
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I realize that you were engaged in a conversation, but you missed something. The hon. member from the PC Party is blatantly breaking House rules in debate by using members' names. I think you should correct him on that.
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. McClelland)
The Chair accepts the point made by the hon. member for Elk Island. I am sure that the member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough in no way would want willingly to break the traditions and the customs of the House.
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Mark Muise West Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague from Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on a very timely and well delivered speech.
While many Canadians prepare to celebrate the holiday season, many others are worried that any kind of celebration will be short lived if they do not see any kind of financial assistance soon from the federal government. I am referring to Canadian farmers who in some instances have been suffering through the most serious farm crisis since the Great Depression.
The sad fact is that the Liberal government fails to recognize the severity of the situation throughout Canada's farming communities. Since being elected in 1993 the Liberal government has consistently ignored the plight of our farmers. From what our farmers can see from the government's estimates, this neglect is bound to continue.
Farm support since 1993 has been reduced by approximately $3 billion. We are talking about federal-provincial contributions that once exceeded $7 billion which have been reduced to under $4 billion. This is a very significant decrease at a time when our Canadian farmers are facing increased subsidized competition, rising input costs and natural and economic disasters. Now our federal government wants to add Canada's inadequate national safety net program to their misery.
The government continuously preaches about the importance of our agricultural industry, yet its inaction in a time of crisis suggests a clear lack of commitment toward our Canadian farmers. In response to the crisis in the agricultural industry the government has introduced a farm aid package that has been thoroughly criticized for being inadequate. Even members from the minister's own governing party are lamenting about the inadequacy of the government's AIDA program. This is the program that was going to provide farmers with $1.1 billion in aid but has thus far only delivered $300 million in much needed assistance.
The minister has promised that all the money will be in the hands of our farmers by Christmas. I would like to tell the minister that Christmas is fast approaching, as is bankruptcy for many farmers unless money arrives soon.
The government has designed a program that is a regulatory nightmare. Many Canadian farmers who need the help the most are falling through the cracks. The AIDA program was ill designed and totally underfunded. Even provinces such as Ontario and Saskatchewan are threatening to pull out of the federal safety net program because they recognize that the government is not truly committed to helping our Canadian farmers.
On November 22 I read a very disturbing article in one of Nova Scotia's daily newspapers, the Halifax Herald . The article was entitled "Quebec farm suicides lead country". Any suicide is tragic but to have specific numbers for our farming community simply magnifies the crisis situation our Canadian farmers are facing each day due to mounting debt. I recognize that this Queen's University data is somewhat dated, however it does magnify the tragedy our farmers are facing due to the extreme financial pressure often associated with the agricultural industry.
Agriculture is one of Canada's top five industries. However by the actions of the federal government we would think that this important industry is of very little benefit to Canada's overall economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. In 1998 alone, our agriculture and agri-food industries contributed over $90 billion to our overall economy. That is equivalent to 8.6% of Canada's gross domestic product. Our overall agri-food exports exceed $22 billion and are responsible for 30% of Canada's total trade surplus. These are impressive figures, however behind these impressive figures lies much anxiety and heartache.
Perhaps blinded by some of these impressive numbers, our federal government appears incognizant of the growing threat to our agricultural industry. Each and every day Canada is facing the loss of another farmer. We are losing these farmers because the government has failed to come up with any long term solution to the problems facing this vital industry.
In Nova Scotia alone, well over 1,000 farms have disappeared since 1981. That is an average of 69 unreplaced farm closures across the province every year. Nova Scotia's youth increasingly choose other careers rather than farming because they sense that there is no future for them in this industry. They recognize that their federal government will not be there to help them in a time of crisis such as we are witnessing today.
Nova Scotia's farming industry is increasingly in danger of eventually becoming irrelevant. This would be a tremendous blow to an area that has prided itself on its agricultural prowess since as far back as the beginning of the 17th century when the first European settlers arrived in the Annapolis Valley. What is particularly frightening in Nova Scotia is the fact that 42% of our farm operators in 1996 were over the age of 55. The average age of farmers in Nova Scotia is 52.2 years. Our farmers are slowly getting older and there is no indication that our youth will be willing to carry the torch in any significant manner come the new millennium.
The government should be encouraging our youth to embark on a career in agriculture. Yet by the proposed estimates the government has introduced concerning agriculture, any future young farmers and I see that the government has very little interest in encouraging our farming tradition that spans back centuries.
Already we see a considerable number of our farmers being forced to rely on outside employment to subsidize their farming income. Because they are forced to pursue other employment opportunities to survive, many of them fail to qualify for government tax incentives that would offer them some relief on an already enormous debt load.
Members of the Progressive Conservative Party recognize that we can ill afford to lose any more of our farmers. With less than 7% of our land being currently used for agriculture, Canadians are becoming increasingly dependent upon foreign imports.
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. McClelland)
I request the forbearance of the member for West Nova. We are getting very close to the time for Statements by Members. If we interrupt now, the member for West Nova will have three minutes to conclude his thoughts before questions and comments after Oral Question Period and Routine Proceedings.
The House will now proceed to Statements by Members.
Conestoga College
Statements By Members
10:55 a.m.
Andrew Telegdi Kitchener—Waterloo, ON
Mr. Speaker, Conestoga College, the number one rated community college in Ontario and the city of Waterloo this week announced that they are in negotiations to build a new college campus on city owned land in northeastern Waterloo.
The partnership between the college and the city will offer students access to athletic and recreation facilities, opportunities for specialized educational programs, co-operative education placement opportunities and shared parking.
This partnership will strengthen Waterloo's reputation as a centre of excellence for higher education. It will provide a complementary educational facility for the high tech business community and a new upgraded nursing school. It will also serve as a potential site for a branch library, employment opportunities and economic spin-offs from housing and spending by 2,000 new students.
This is great news for my riding of Kitchener—Waterloo, Ontario and Canada.
I congratulate the city of Waterloo and Conestoga College for a new exciting educational project for the new millennium.
Statements By Members
10:55 a.m.
Derrek Konrad Prince Albert, SK
Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday of this week the agriculture committee was in my riding of Prince Albert. Requests for the agriculture committee to hold more hearings in January were refused and motions for the committee to hear more primary producers were refused.
The agriculture committee had no problem hearing from the same lobby groups twice, once in Ottawa and again in my city of Prince Albert. Then the committee went on to listen to only eight farmers, giving them each less than 10 minutes.
The official opposition has sent its own committee to hear farmers even during January. It will be this party's committee that will be hearing from farmers long after the Liberals have packed up and gone home.
It was evident this week both in this House and out in committee that the government is not interested in the problems of the people nor in the will of the people.
British Columbia
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Sophia Leung Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration recently visited Vancouver, British Columbia. I had the opportunity to organize an informal round table with 30 community leaders to meet with her. This forum gave my constituents and British Columbians an opportunity to raise issues and concerns to the minister that are important for the entire community and Canada.
I would like to thank the minister for lending her time to these important community discussions in Vancouver. We can now incorporate some of the citizens' ideas to the planning of new policy.
Oak Ridges Moraine
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Bryon Wilfert Oak Ridges, ON
Mr. Speaker, as the member of parliament for Oak Ridges, I would like to take this opportunity before the House rises to thank several people for their interest in my riding's namesake, the Oak Ridges moraine. It is a 160 kilometre stretch of rolling hills that acts as a giant sponge. It absorbs, filters and releases water and acts as the headwaters for over 30 rivers. It is the home to wildlife and rare species of plants and is a treasure in the greater Toronto area.
At the same time, it is under severe development pressures, which can see a great portion of the moraine paved over with little idea of the effect it would have.
So a big thank you to my colleagues in the GTA, in particular the member for Davenport for his statement and the member for Victoria, the Minister of the Environment, all those who attended the clean water summit of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust which focused on the moraine, the Geological Survey of Canada, and especially all the members of grassroots organizations who have given a great amount of time and energy to make sure that we recognize the importance of the Oak Ridges moraine.
Hazardous Waste
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Aileen Carroll Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, ON
Mr. Speaker, Environment Canada reports that the amount of industrial hazardous waste, including cancer-causing chemicals, being dumped into Ontario's sewers is increasing. It is now five times greater than all the other provinces and territories combined.
The latest figures also indicate that the amount of industrial pollution that went directly into air, water and landfill sites in Ontario increased to 63,000 tonnes in 1997.
The Government of Ontario says that these figures reflect better reporting by company officials. Surely the citizens of Ontario deserve a provincial government whose aim is to reduce the toxic product rather than just reflect on the reporting process.
Statements By Members
December 10th, 1999 / 11 a.m.
Peter Goldring Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, in November over 1,000 Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill to voice concern for their legislated loss of equal rights in Quebec.
Together, they brought a petition of over 16,000 persons asking our government to affirm that all Canadians are equal under all circumstances and without exception in the province of Quebec and throughout Canada. They wished to remind Canada's government to only enact legislation that would affirm the equality of every individual under the laws of Canada.
Today in Canada, we see equality once again being legislatively degraded in the Nisga'a treaty. Equality in Canada is paramount to our freedoms. Special status for some over others is regressive. We must stand up together to reaffirm equal rights for all. We must not enact legislated segregation for any group in Canada. Equality—
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Haliburton—Victoria—Brock.
House Of Commons
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
John O'Reilly Victoria—Haliburton, ON
Mr. Speaker, this is a very historic week in parliament where Tuesday became Wednesday and Wednesday became Thursday. Now here we are on Friday and I am glad to see the table has changed.
Voting took place in here for some 43 hours. People talked about a waste of time and money, but I want to talk about the thanks that should be given to the staff, in particular to the pages, the clerks, the bus drivers, the security, the table officers, the Hansard staff, the sound and TV people, and in particular the cleaning staff who made such a fabulous job of cleaning up after our sitting for some 43 hours and voting.
Let us take the time to thank the people who support us here and my thanks on behalf of Haliburton—Victoria—Brock.
Human Rights Day
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Maud Debien Laval East, QC
Mr. Speaker, the United Nations has proclaimed December 10 Human Rights Day.
In honour of this, the international centre for human rights and democratic development is today awarding the 1999 John Humphrey freedom award to two Burmese activists. Cynthia Maung is a doctor who treats Burmese refugees in Thailand and Min Ko Naing is a student leader imprisoned for his activities.
On behalf of all Bloc Quebecois members, I congratulate the two recipients and encourage them to carry on the fight to reinstate human rights in Burma.
The imprisonment of 150 Burmese democratically elected representatives since 1998 speaks very clearly of the state of human rights in that country.
There is a long way to go before a stop is put to the repression and political coercion visited on the people of this planet. This Human Rights Day gives us the opportunity to renew our firm commitment to ensuring equality for all and the right to freedom.
Farming Industry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Reg Alcock Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Speaker, last Monday I had the opportunity to meet with a group of farmers in the lovely town of Melita, Manitoba. This town, in the southwest corner of the province of Manitoba, is located in the centre of the area that bore the brunt of last year's high water.
The farmers I met with were representative of the area's best. Smart and industrious, these farmers are successful in a very difficult industry. The product of their labour contributes strongly to Canada's exports and is the foundation upon which a number of other industries run.
This year they have suffered two blows. The flooding of international markets with low priced goods has reduced their returns from their labour. The flooding of their land has made it impossible to plant much of the available acreage. They made the point to me that farming is a very difficult business subject to the vagaries of weather, disease, insects, drought one year, flood the next. These are the norms of the industry and they accept that. They know that there will be good years and bad years.
Now, however, a new blight has emerged, one which they cannot fight alone and one which will overwhelm them if we do not offer some support. The blight is the subsidies that are given to farmers in the U.S. and Europe. Eighty percent of our farmers sell their goods in international markets and these subsidies cause—


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Since the first protractors appeared near the turn of the 17th century, around the same time that the technique of triangulation was developed for surveying, their utility for this activity appeared evident from early on. Surveyors typically carried at least one protractor in their field kits. The instrument might be combined with another drawing instrument, such as a set of parallel rules. By the 19th century, makers tried to blend convenience with multi-functionality, offering rectangular protractors that fit easily in a case or pocket and that were packed with aids for reducing real-world distances to proportional scales. They also showed off their improving craftsmanship with fine objects that retained accuracy in measurement. (See also the page on Engineering & Drafting.)
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Kern Circular Protractor
- Description
- Protractors, devices for measuring and drawing angles, were used in professional practice as well as by schoolchildren. The instruments manufactured for surveyors, draftsmen, and the like could be of quite high quality. This circular protractor is one of at least three in the Smithsonian collections that were produced by Kern & Co. of Aarau, Switzerland. Made of German silver, an alloy of 60% copper, 20% nickel, and 20% zinc, it is graduated along the outer edge to one-quarter degree and marked by tens from 0 to 350 in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.
- A center cross-plate, which instrument dealers called a "horncentre," contains crosshairs to assist with placing the protractor on a drawing. A movable arm attached to the center contains a vernier scale that allows the user to read angles to one minute of arc. The arm also has a blade-like extension of 3 inches. There are indentions on the interior of the protractor at 0, 90/270, 180, and 270/90 degrees.
- Across its diameter, the protractor is engraved: U.S.G.S. No. 8. Stamped on the back of the vernier arm is the number 88. The protractor was purchased by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1879 and 1907, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian. According to the accession record, it was already "badly tarnished" in 1907. Protractors of this style were manufactured by Kern at least as early as 1867. In 1878 and 1881, respectively, the Troy, N.Y., factory of W. & L. E. Gurley, and New York dealer William Y. McAllister sold Kern circular protractors of this size (10" diameter) for $20.00.
- See also ID numbers 1977.0460.02 and 1978.2291.01.
- References: William Y. McAllister, A Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Mathematical Instruments . . . Particular Attention is Called to the Swiss Drawing Instruments (Philadelphia, 1867), 23; W. & L. E. Gurley, A Manual of the Principal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying (Troy, N.Y., 1878), 166; William Y. McAllister, A Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Mathematical Instruments (Philadelphia, 1881), 35.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1879-1907
- maker
- Kern & Co.
- ID Number
- accession number
- 47736
- catalog number
- 247966
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Cucumber Salads For A Warm Summer Days By GreenChefs Golubka
Photography Golubka
During the summers at our Russian dacha, meals were always accompanied by small, curiously shaped cucumbers that we picked from the garden that very day. Sometimes they were so perfectly sweet, that we would simply cut them in half and sprinkle with a bit of salt. Other times, we would toss a basic cucumber and tomato salad. Either way, this vegetable served as a cooling, hydrating, and nutritional companion to any summer meal. Cucumbers are at their best from May to July, and while we are at the peak of their season, here are two undemanding cucumber salads. One is a deserved favourite, and the other – a new addition. They are simple in preparation, and work well as side dishes or as snacks, on top of crackers.
I've always liked to pair cucumbers with dill, but came across the idea of combining them with apple cider vinegar in Carol Alt's book.
Todays salads are the Cucumber and Dill Salad (an old favourite) and Ginger Cucumber Pickles (a Japanese salad).
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I'm online so those of you who wish to challenge me I'm open to them (:
I'm online so those of you who wish to challenge me I'm open to them (:
3DS Friend Code: 0233-0648-6537
Beat Archer in a BO3.
Game one, loss
Game two, win 2-0 WITH MY MONO TEAM
Game three, win 1-0 MONO DRAGON FTW
Credits to myself for the banner and xous54 for the image.
Confirming... My monoghost wasnt fast enough... ._. *sigh*
3DS Friend Code: 0233-0648-6537
For the record my gym is always open, to challenge me just find me on the xat, I'm usually online unless previously indisposed. www.xat.com/SerebiiLegacy
3DS Fc: 4656-9121-6690
I am ready to face the E4 when ever
Currently Playing final fantasy 15
Congratulations Woebegonenick!
Your current badges are below:
Your FIRST Final Four challenge (by lottery of remaining OPEN gyms) to earn the SPADE emblem shall be:
The Shocking Current of Electric Types
Banned Move: Stone Edge
To clarify, for this challenge the leaders weakness is the sole GROUND type, and you are not permitted ANY offense ground moves. Should the leader not respond within 1 week to your challenge (I will alert them to) I will re-roll your challenge.
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ok I will challenge you gym next. just pm me now and we can battle.
My gym is now open to challenge!
Also, My banned move is Stealth Rock
I wish to challenge The Legacy League!
Beat FrozenPhoenix96 3-0 with a normal mono..O_O
MY kamakazi helped a lot,lol
My Pokémon Guild/Clan: Legends Untold!
Currently Playing final fantasy 15
Beat CrystalNinetales, in a bo3 match, 2 matches to 1
good battle tails, but no badge for you today.
I wish to challenge The Legacy League! :]
And beat the Fire Leader Darkfire89898 1-0 & 2-0
Last edited by AnakBaé; 8th December 2012 at 10:39 PM.
Lost to anakbae in a VERY close match
it seems my fire mono is weak to fire types, thats jsut about completely messed up
Defended my badge against CrystalNinetales, 2-0 ggs. That Icy Wind missed make up for all the hax you got on me.
Credits to myself for the banner and xous54 for the image.
Defended my badge against shadow darkrai
Also won shadow darkrais badge
Like the look of this league. Traditional, well presented and with a nice, simple registration form: I wish to challenge The Legacy League! Count me in!
I see we're finally getting some challengers to the league, remind them -and the gym leaders- that we use xat.com/SerebiiLegacy to interact and check for available gym leaders
3DS Fc: 4656-9121-6690
like when I was on and you ignored my challenge. also im gonna close my gym till im finished with my team however I will challenge these gyms.
Beat Shadow Darkrai 101
2-0 in a best out of 3


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Chris Gordan, of New Ulm, and Deb Hulke, of Nicollet, finish the first Strides 4 Souls 5k Fun Walk/Run held Saturday in the Courtland. The event was sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran School, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary on Tuesday. It was also a fundraiser to help the school and provide tuitiion assistance.
The event drew 125 runners from all over the region. Several children, including several from the school, joined their parents on the run.
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CANANDAIGUA, NY – The 9th annual Tour de Thompson bicycle tour of the Bristol Hills will be held on Saturday, July 30, at Onanda Park, West Lake Road, Canandaigua.
Registration begins at 7 a.m. with a mass start at 8 a.m. Riders can choose from three scenic routes: 15 miles with 1,350 feet of hill climbing, 31 miles with 2,800 feet of hill climbing or a "Metric Century," a 62.5-mile course that includes over 6,800 feet of elevation gain.
The Tour includes commemorative shirts for the first 75 registered riders, rest stops with refreshments, a SAG vehicle and bike mechanic, leg massages and free parking on the upland side of the park, plus a free post-ride picnic for all participants.
Tour de Thompson benefits the Aftercare Program at Thompson Health, a rehabilitative service which helps those with chronic disease maintain their level of function and independence in the community.
To register, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com or mail in a registration form to F.F. Thompson Foundation, Tour de Thompson, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua, N.Y., 14424. The cost is $30 if postmarked by July 15 and $35 afterwards. For more information, contact Dudley Hallstead at (585) 396-6050 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Golden Gate Seminary students reach inmates through sports
San Quentin Sports Ministry
"Walking into the yard at San Quentin, you know you're an outsider," said Bryan Brown, Golden Gate Seminary student and current leader of the San Quentin Sports Ministry. "Once you start to play the game, you completely forget you're in a prison and playing with
"It's like walking into a huge middle school playground," agreed Sean Donohue, fellow Golden Gate student and founder of the San Quentin All Stars, a basketball team composed of 12-15 inmates. "There are guys everywhere – jogging, playing baseball, basketball, working out, playing cards, talking – everywhere," he recalled. Those in the yard are surrounded by 40 feet high brick walls. Guards are not noticeable. Sean estimated there are probably two guards for the 1,000 inmates in the yard. In addition, there are manned guard towers.
In 2003 Sean was approached by a local pastor about forming a prison basketball team. He held tryouts. "Forty guys tried out and 15 made the team," he recalled. They practiced on Tuesdays, with games on Saturdays against other San Quentin teams.
"After a year, even though I had moved to a town farther away, I wanted to keep my relationship with these guys," recalled Sean. "We would pray together, have powerful conversations and I really put myself out there." He recruited guys from the Seminary plus a few friends to play against the All Star team. Five years later this ministry has grown to include flag football and softball as well as basketball.
Serving at the prison has been rewarding for the seminary students as well as the inmates. "I saw a flyer about a prison ministry," recalled Miguel Rodriguez, an MAEL student who has been involved since spring 2006. "At first it was intimidating and a little scary, but the inmates were welcoming, and we could tell God was doing something."
"At half time someone shares a devotion or testimony from the Word, and after the game we spend 15-20 minutes with the guys." Sean emphasized that each person finds one man to develop a relationship with over time: asking him about himself, reallycaring and getting involved, developing a pen pal-type relationship with that person.
"If you get into a good conversation during half time, you don't stop even when the game resumes," said Bryan, who will graduate with an M.Div. in May 2009. "It's more important to build a relationship than to play the game – that's the main reason we're there." He added that they always make sure there are extra players available to fill in instead of interrupting a conversation.
"Our focus has shifted over the years," explained Sean, who in addition to being a Seminary student, is a high school pastor at Creekside Community Church in Alamo, California. "Our original goal was to try to connect with all the guys at the same level for the same purposes: to encourage the believers and lead the unsaved guys to Christ. We've come to realize there is a special dynamic in the prison with which we try to be in sync." He described that half the inmates on the team are older guys from North Block, who are in their 40's and strong believers, and all have very good attitudes. "They treat us well and are respected by everyone in the prison," he said. "Out of 15 guys on the team, eight of them are in this group."
The other guys on the team are younger, ranging in age from their late teens to 20's and
30's, noted Sean. They are recently off the streets, not believers, and their attitudes are unpredictable. "The older guys from North Block see this team as a ministry for them too," Sean said, describing how they share lessons and minister to the younger guys who have come into their world. "So in our ministry we recognize these older men. We come alongside them rather than make them the focus of our ministry, and we target our ministry to the younger men, which in the end ministers to the older men," explained Sean. "They feel like they are being encouraged and recognized for the men they have become."
San Quentin opened in 1852 just across the bridge from San Francisco and 15 minutes from the Seminary's Northern California Campus. It houses over 2,000 inmates and the majority has sentences ranging from twenty years to life. Many of the prisoners have been in maximum security facilities for murder-related issues.
"They are hungry for interaction with us," noted Miguel, who is an M.Div. student. "And they minister to us – encouraging us, praying for us. It's amazing how you can feel God's love and His presence even in the prison. It's been one of my favorite things at Seminary."
The men who are going to play that day greet the students with hugs and handshakes. For many inmates, it is the highlight of their week. "They are thankful for these opportunities to interact with us," said Bryan. Miguel agreed, "It's a wonderful, beautiful relationship we are developing, we're making a family connection."
Bryan observed, "The San Quentin Sports Ministry has proven to be a great way for Seminary students to go into another culture and share the Gospel with those who need a relationship with Jesus Christ."
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(Lefevre in kayak.)
A day after Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.) placed 4th in the men's K-1 final, Team USA notched another Top 5 finish when Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) took 5th in the women's K-1 final as the 2013 Slalom World Championships concluded on Sunday.
Mann finished her final run in 120.62, including 3 gate touch penalties amounting to 6 added seconds of penalty time. Her time was +4.88 seconds behind the 1st place finisher – 2012 Olympic Gold medalist Emilie Fer of France – and +1.63 seconds from the Bronze medal.
Her previous best finish of the 2013 season was 14th at World Cup No. 2. This was her career-best finish at a World Championships, after placing 8th in 2011 and 11th in 2010 – both for Slovakia.
"My focus this season was solely on the World Championships race," Mann said. "I decided to skip some of the World Cups and just get prepared for this race. My goal was to make it to the Top 10 and then just enjoy it. Placing 5th in the finals is a great result. … I love racing in Prague. The atmosphere was great, it was very well prepared. The whole U.S. team and coaches were very supportive and I really enjoyed being part of the team. I cannot wait for the next year to race in Maryland."
WHAT: 2013 ICF Slalom World Championships
WHERE: Prague, Czech Republic
WHEN: September 12-15
WHO: U.S. Senior National Team
Click HERE for complete results. The U.S. hosts the 2014 ICF Slalom World Championships at the Adventure Sports Center International in Western Maryland.
"Dana and Fabien represented themselves, the sport and the United States like champions this week in Prague," said USA Canoe/Kayak CEO Joe Jacobi. "Their top five placings in the Finals set a great standard as we look forward to welcoming our fellow teams to the World Championships in Maryland next year."
Mann placed 7th in the semifinal with a penalty-free time of 115.44, which was +5.17 seconds behind the round's first place finisher.
"There are many great things happening with this young program and with [the U.S.] hosting the Worlds in 2014 for the first time in over 20 years, great things are ahead for them," said William Irving, U.S. Slalom Team Leader. "There are many positives to take away from these Worlds for a program that is still developing and has such young talent."
Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.) finished 4th in the men's K-1 final with a time of 97.56, including one 2-second gate touch penalty. Lefevre, a two-time Olympic medalist for France, finished +3.04 seconds behind the first place finisher, or +1.58 seconds away from the Bronze medalist – 2012 Olympian Mateusz Polaczyk of Poland. Local Olympians Vavrinec Hradilek and Jiri Prskavec of Czech Republic placed 1st and 2nd.
"[I] got the time for the Silver medal but one penalty pushed me on the foot of the podium to 4th place," Lefevre said. "That was a hard race and I am still happy to be part of the top K-1 paddlers this season. [I] really want to thank you all for your great support."
Competing in his first season as a member of Team USA, Lefevre recorded two World Cup medals and two 4th place finishes on the year.
"Fabien was very close to getting back on the podium today and is still one of the best kayaks in the World," said William Irving, U.S. Slalom Team Leader. "Fabien has had a good year after taking some time away from the sport. Although he still has a long path towards U.S. Citizenship, he has been a great addition to raise the bar with the U.S. team. As expected, the Czech paddlers were fast on their home course and both paddlers had a huge supportive crowd behind them."
Lefevre also competed in the men's K-1 and C-1 team events. Lefevre, Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.), and Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) finished 9th in the C-1 team race with a time of 121.16, including 10 added seconds of penalty time. Lefevre, Rick Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.), and Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) missed a gate en route to a 12th place finish in the K-1 event with a time of 181.91.
Wrapping up the 2013 international slalom season for Team USA, Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) heads into the women's K-1 semifinal ranked 24th.
Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.), a two-time Olympic medalist for France, has been practicing the U.S. National Anthem all week. The newest member of Team USA finished 4th in Friday's men's K-1 semifinal to qualify for Saturday's Final.
U.S. Senior National Team tradition stipulates that first-time members must sing at the post-Worlds team dinner. With the final coming up, Lefevre hopes he will be singing the anthem as the U.S. flag is raised to signify a gold medal winning performance in men's kayak.
Lefevre, who entered the day ranked 7th after Thursday's heats, turned in a penalty-free time of 96.85, which was +1.43 seconds behind the round's first place finisher – 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Hannes Aigner of Germany.
"Fabien has been a great addition to the team this year and our team is still working towards achieving levels he has already achieved," said William Irving, U.S. Slalom Team Leader. "Watching how he approaches training and competition only makes our young team that much better. We all look forward to supporting him in the Finals."
Kayakers Rick Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.) and Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.) fell to 26th and 39th, respectively. Both committed small mistakes, which are magnified on this World Championship stage.
Powell finished in 104.06, including 4 penalty seconds. Smolen, who ranked 3rd after heats, was fast through the first half of the course but missed two gates en route to a time of 199.24.
"Both athletes are still very young and will be able to look back on this race as a great learning experience and have some valuable takeaways that they will certainly use when they get back into this position again," Irving said.
Lefevre also competed in the men's C-1 semifinal, where he incurred a 50-second missed gate penalty to place 29th with a time of 161.46. The tricky course flows at a rate of 16 cubic meters per second with a 3.6-meter drop.
"[It was a] long day with 50 percent of my goals reached," Lefevre said via Facebook. "I take a spot for the K-1 final tomorrow with a clean run. … C-1 did not go so well. The course already looked hard from the bank and was harder to paddle than it looked. The middle section caused me some troubles and after my run I realized that the road was still long [in my progression as a C-1 paddler]."
In women's kayak, Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) overcame a slow 1st run to produce a cleaner 2nd run and advance to Sunday's semifinal. She finished the day ranked 24th with a time of 106.07, which was +7.98 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.), who is coming off a career best finish at the World Cup Final, placed 43rd with a 1st run time of 114.09, including two gate touch penalties.
Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) and Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.) moved the boat well but couldn't pick up the speed necessary to advance, finishing +1.11 seconds outside of the Top 20 and a spot in the semifinal. They placed 23rd in the men's C-2 heats with a penalty-free 2nd run time of 110.98, which was +8.61 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats.
"Today Devin and I raced C-2 and finished in 23rd just a little outside of the semis cut-off," Eichfeld said via Facebook. "Unfortunately a big time error cost us much more than the one and a half seconds that we were behind. Our paddling felt good, but the Top 20 were packed a bit tighter than usual."
In addition to the men's K-1 final, Team USA will compete in the men's K-1 and C-1 team events on Saturday.
The U.S. hosts the 2014 ICF Slalom World Championships at the Adventure Sports Center International in Western Maryland.
All three U.S. men's kayaks advanced Thursday in Prague. Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.), Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.), and Rick Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.) rank 3rd, 7th and 12th after heats, respectively, to reach Friday's semifinal.
The 19-year-old Smolen turned in a penalty-free 2nd run time of 86.24, which was +1.55 seconds behind the first place finisher – 2012 Olympic silver medalist and hometown hero Vavrinec Hradilek of Czech Republic.
"I'm very satisfied with how I raced in the qualifying heats of the 2013 World Championships," Smolen said. "Now that I have safely qualified for the semifinal tomorrow, I can take some time to recuperate and get ready for the rest of the race. This is my first Senior World Championships and I am really excited to be racing alongside some of the best paddlers in the world."
Lefevre, a two-time Olympic medalist for France, recorded a penalty-free 1st run time of 87.69, which was +3.00 seconds behind Hradilek. He did not run his 2nd run in order to focus on C-1, where he also competes.
Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) missed the Top 30 cut by +0.22 seconds. The two-time Olympian finished with a penalty-free 2nd run time of 98.67, which was +7.09 behind the first place finisher through heats. The 19-year-old Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) placed 39th with a 1st run time of 102.02, including 4 seconds of penalty time.
"Sadly I am all done in C-1 for Worlds," Eichfeld said via Facebook. "I paddled well enough in terms of technique, but those dreaded touches came to bite me. However, Devin [McEwan] and I race C-2 tomorrow. I am stoked to get in the boat with my canoe partner and take another go at the course!"
In women's canoe, Micki Reeves (Denver, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) finished 32nd and 33rd after heats, respectively. Reeves turned in a 2nd run time of 155.16, which was +39.07 seconds behind the first place finisher through heats. Hickey finished in 163.38, including 6 penalty seconds.
"The course was certainly tricky for the C-1 class today and will be even more difficult tomorrow in the semifinals," Irving said. "Casey and Zach both were moving the boat well, but had just one or two errors that sent both off their race plans. The C1W's had similar difficulties with the course and neither Colleen or Micki were able to complete the course without many touches."
Female kayakers Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) and Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) will race Friday in their heats, as will the men's C-2 boat of Eichfeld and Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.).
The 2013 Slalom World Championships are the first since the London 2012 Olympic Games. Many of the athletes in Prague this week are gunning for Rio 2016. But for Oliver Fix, he'll be watching the action with an eye toward Tokyo, the recently announced host of the 2020 Olympics.
Fix, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist kayaker for Germany, consults USA Canoe/Kayak on its 2020 high performance plan. He is tasked with recruiting, identifying and fostering talented slalom paddlers.
"We have a small cadre of highly talented athletes," Fix said. "Other countries have huge conveyor belts that constantly deliver talent to the national team coaches. Well, we don't have that here, so we're starting a little bit further down in the development."
Fix lives in Oregon with his wife Gilda Montenegro, a two-time Olympic kayaker for Costa Rica. He believes that desire is a major component for any aspiring Olympian.
"One aspect is to really sharpen the sword." Fix said. "We have great talents, so how do we facilitate them choosing to be winners? It's got to come from inside. There are ways to do that, which is what coaching is all about in the high end. How do we stimulate people to take that last leap into the Gold medal performance standards?"
One young paddler with lofty goals is Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.). The 19-year-old kayaker placed 5th at the 2012 Under-23 World Championships and has finished as high as 14th on the 2013 World Cup circuit.
"There are young paddlers that are exciting," Fix said. "Michal Smolen is probably the prime example in terms of being young and having good potential, showing heart in the racing. He's going out there and he paddles really well and is determined. He's showing really great promise."
Fix maintains that producing Olympic medalists is a slow process. He started paddling at age 8 and he was 23 when he competed in his first and only Olympic Games.
"Building the base is not a fast endeavor, it takes time," Fix said. "You're starting with 13-14-15 year olds and it takes 10 to 12 years to show results. Those seeds have to be planted and they have to be planted from a high performance perspective."
Whether it's by sowing seeds or sharpening the sword, Fix hopes to see an American Olympic medalist step on to the conveyor belt sometime in the next 7 years.
Smolen will be joined by 9 other U.S. paddlers in Prague. Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Md.), a two-time Olympic medalist for France, finished the 2013 World Cup circuit with 2 medals and a top 15 rank in the World Cup series standings in both K-1 and C-1. Click HERE for final World Cup standings.
"I am pretty satisfied for my first World Cup season with Team USA - a few finals, one podium in K-1 and a 4th place in C-1," Lefevre said. "I assume I could do more podiums but some sacrifices had to be made in my training plan to be in shape in two weeks. [I] had enough time with my coaches to figure out how to work personally and with the entire team. … I observed that all the results of the team [events] are better from race to race and that's perfect before starting the World Champs. Now let's focus on the major event of the season."
Female kayakers Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) and Dana Mann (Washington, D.C.) hope to crack the Top 10 after finishing as high as 12th and 14th in the 2013 World Cup circuit, respectively. Micki Reeves (Denver, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) will compete in the increasingly competitive Women's C-1 class.
Both K-1 Smolen and C-1 Casey Eichfeld (Drums, Pa.) have finished tops in their fields after the first day in different World Cups. Now they must carry that over into a full weekend of good racing. Young paddlers K-1 Rick Powell (Parkesburg, Penn.) and C-1 Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) will look to transition from finishing Top 10 in recent Under-23 World Championships to advancing beyond the heats at the senior level.
Eichfeld and Devin McEwan (Salisbury, Conn.) will seek continued improvement in men's C-2.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA Canoe/Kayak is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation. It governs the Olympic disciplines of Flatwater Sprint, Whitewater Slalom, the Paralympic discipline of Paracanoe and sanctions Freestyle, Marathon, Outrigger, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddle Board, Kayak Polo, Dragon Boat and Canoe Sailing in the United States. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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NO FAVORS: There will be no Class 4A championship rematch in baseball this season – unless it happens in a substate final.
Defending state champion Ankeny (22-5 overall) and 2012 runner-up Fort Dodge (21-10) were inexplicably paired together in the 4A-2 bracket for the upcoming substate tournament, which also includes Waukee (21-10) among the six participants.
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Even if one of the programs had been decimated by graduation losses, the matchup would be peculiar given the track record of both programs. Instead, when the brackets were announced, Ankeny was ranked No. 1; Fort Dodge, No. 3.
Substate 1, in contrast, offers prohibitive favorite Sioux City East (19-7) next to Sioux City North (15-12), Council Bluffs Lewis Central (14-12), Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (12-17), Sioux City West (7-19) and Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (6-17). Not a ranked team in site.
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While I appreciate the concept of having to beat anyone and everyone without excuses to test a ballclub's mettle, the Dodgers' order of business is a bit tall given their recent history. There seems to be no rhyme, reason, balance or justice here. Excessive and unnecessary is more like it.
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daisy duck
Posted at 11:04 PM on June 5, 2014
Well this seems consistent for these two this year. Neither of them wanted tl see each other for their birthdays. For five years they spent their birthdays together, now nothing. If you dont see the writing on the wall I do. The fact that Kristian dildnt go to Cannes ungill Robert left is verh telling. I really dont care if rob says thy are still friends, he didnt show up zt Sundance and she didnt want to see him at cannes. This decision was made even tnough she gets sick tl ner stomacn and her mind nlacks out when shes tnere on the ref carpet without somelne there who loves her. She has been displaying a lot ot of moxxy. Im pr
Posted at 8:10 AM on May 15, 2015
What's telling about it? I had a birthday and I celebrated it with friends and family on a weekend two days before my actual birthday. That was my actual birthday celebration. Maybe women think of this differently but we always celebrated birthdays on the weekend. You don't know if he celebrated his birthday on the 9th or 10th? Since the 10th was mother's day, you don't know if his parents were in Ca. to celebrate. Quit thinking his whole life is Twigs. He has a lot of friends in LA. Rob has a private life that he doesn't share with anyone. He rarely speaks of his friends, his family and yet you think you know all of this? Rob and Kristen never were on the red carpet together if he was promoting a movie. She went to his premier and his friend Tom escorted her. They do this so as not to deter from the others movie spotlight. Rob was there for her On the road premier and he kept a low profile. You're being silly. Try thinking like a guy for a change instead of a possessive woman.
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Posted at 6:21 AM on May 18, 2014
That is not why Rob avoids her. He's not going to allow her to use him for PR. There is nothing contrived about his actions. He will continue to make it clear that they are not together anymore, but he can't help it if there are idiots out there who can't get it through their thick skulls.
Posted at 10:52 PM on November 14, 2014
Do you really think Kristen needs Rob for PR. Twigs might need him for it but certainly not Kristen. She has flourished since she threw him out. Why in the world would she even want to be around him. I always thought he was not quite sure what to do with her because he knew she really was so much more then he was. I think Rob is into a different scene and it's one which won't serve him very well. He is no longer the cutie that endeared us to him at every turn.
Posted at 8:21 AM on May 15, 2015
Like you? Rob and Kristen have no issue. It's you crazy people who can't stand her name mentioned because for some reason you're threatened by the two of them even being friends. You're the one who needs to grow up and get over it. If they wanted to talk do you think he'd care what you thought? As a matter of fact….you have no way of knowing if they text one another. They have friends in common. Rob has a whole private life that you know nothing about. You don't even know for sure where he's living. Get that through you thick skull.
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Posted at 10:12 PM on May 17, 2014
All of us dummies fall for the same thing overy and over. They both are too afraid to run into each other in public..they might give the fact away that they still or might love each other. I can say one thing neither of them look happy wheren someone catches the in a candid shot… What they show for the world is always contrived. If they both have drinking problems..so what.. Is that our business..no
Posted at 8:30 AM on May 15, 2015
daisy duck – what are you 12 with a name like that? It's the stupid media that runs this feed that Rob and Kristen are afraid to run into one another. You're not with Rob 24/7. You don't know if they've run into one another or not over 2 years. If they did do you think they'd tell the media or let anyone see them because it would start another frenzy like the one they got out of two years ago. If they saw each other you'd never know. Can you imagine what you'd do to this thread if you knew they actually saw each other? You'd start making up a story as to why and blaming Kristen for initiating it and ultimately run your own little movie in your head about it. What makes you so possessive of a man you don't know, you'll probably never see personally, and what he does with his life? Seriously. You have to go carve a life out for yourself and quit trying to live his and matching him up with whomever you think he should be with. Grow up! Life is short.
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Posted at 8:17 PM on May 17, 2014
Posted at 5:48 PM on May 17, 2014
Rob is fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing his upcoming moves especially the two that are premiering at Cannes. He seems to be picking good, interesting roles lately. I'm so happy for him.
Love him!
PS: I don't know who's posting all the mean messages on here but Rob seems like a genuinely nice and decent person and I don't think he deserves all the meanness.
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More proof of his drinking problem
Posted at 11:22 PM on May 14, 2014
As far back as he can remember, Pattinson has been at the mercy of girls. When he was little, his two older sisters would dress him up as a doll and call him Claudia. His mother, a model-agency booker, helped him get modelling work at the age of 12 and – via some amateur theatre and some forgettable TV – he got his first big break playing Reese Witherspoon's son in period drama Vanity Fair.
He was promptly left on the cutting-room floor by director Mira Nair. But it looked like he'd hit the motherload when he grabbed the biggest role of his career as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Then everything went wrong. He got fired from a play in London three days before opening night. He flew to LA – where he played music, got drunk and went to see films he wasn't starring in. His agent let him sleep on her couch even though he hadn't worked in a year and a half. "I thought the whole thing was over," he admits. "I just didn't know what I was doing."
Even he thinks he is a drunk
Posted at 11:21 PM on May 14, 2014
Posted at 7:58 PM on April 16, 2015
He also made a comment that marriage is fine for a few years. One should get married as many times as they want, as long as they have a good pre nup. Also said marriage is all about the girl getting dressed up with fancy jewelry and the guy just has to show up. That said a lot about his character, I've never forgotten these statements from him, and really haven't thought of him as a worthwhile catch for any girl.
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Posted at 4:45 PM on May 17, 2014
Posted at 11:20 PM on May 14, 2014
What's so great about Robert Pattinson!?
Right ok, so there's all this hype surrounding Rob more so than any of the other cast from Twilight. But why?
It's not because he's the hottest. Because, well he just isn't. He was voted 'sexiest man alive' in numerous magazines such as heat and glamour. My personal favourite from the Twilight film is Peter Facinelli. I met him in July and he is the most geniune actor I have heard of. He has time for his fans, something which Rob doesn't.
Posted at 4:49 PM on May 17, 2014
Rob has ALWAYS taken time for his fans. A girl tweeted not long ago that Rob was walking by and seemed in a hurry but he took the time and stopped to give her an autograph and took a photo with her. She was so excited about it. Everyone who meets Rob says how sweet and kind he is.
Posted at 8:43 AM on May 15, 2015
See….people can like who they want and you don't have to have a debate over who is better. People like who they like so allow them the space to do it and leave it alone. That's all I'm trying to say. It's not a one up man ship to see whose better. It's personal preference and not everyone is going to like the same thing. Let it go! No one likes to hear this but it's from a man's point of view. My girlfriend cleaned me up and made me a much better man today than I've ever been. Without her I'd be doing the same old thing and she was a God send to me. Rob was in the trasher when he accidentally got the audition for Twilight. Kristen went to bat for him, he got the role and I think she cleaned him up and I think he's probably grateful because look where he is today? Now, if he decides to squander all of that and be a bum again…..that's up to him, but once someone shows you the way it's not that easy to go back neither. He's 29. He's not a kid anymore and has to make some good decisions. Quit putting the pressure on him to be with Twigs or anyone. Do you think it helps him to know he has a rabid fan base who hates him if he doesn't do what they want him to do? He has a private life that you know nothing about that includes his family and friends. They are the ones he cares about even though he appreciates fan support but that's only what it should be SUPPORT. Let him go do what he needs to do.


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