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Chapter 2
Under a massive sycamore tree, I sat and burst into tears. I found it hard to believe that my life was about to end. I wouldn't be able to see all the people I knew and loved again, would be drinking people's blood to quell my appetite and would be stuck with the monstrous Darren. Why me? I was just Taylor Kensington, your average 17 year old. I didn't want to be caught up in vampirism; I just wanted to lead my life normally. I wanted to go to university, read French and do a course in translation. I wanted to meet the right person, get married and have children. What was so wrong about that vision for the future that it had to be prevented? I'd never guessed that life could be so unfair, although I suppose it was death that was meddling with my affairs at the moment.
I returned home and tried to have a fun evening. I gave my bemused parents loads of hugs, saying I was feeling in that sort of mood. I also had the foresight to put some clothes in the rucksack I was taking. I told my parents I was going to camp out in the park to make the most of the summer. They found this strange but said nothing.
At ten to 7, I left the house feeling sad and world-weary, and walked to the park to meet my impending doom. I reckoned it wouldn't have been pleasant for Darren to come and fetch me.
Darren was standing under a willow tree to the right of the bridge which crossed the river separating the main part of the town from the park.
He smiled as he saw me approaching. "You came."
"Like I had a choice," I muttered.
Darren frowned. "Do you really hate me that much?"
"What do you think? Let's just get this over and done with before I decide to hand myself over to a lunatic asylum or confess to a crime I didn't commit."
"You really think being locked up is better?"
"What could be worse than this?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe dying," he said sarcastically.
"Nope, that's still better."
"You really think so?"
"I told you, anything's better than this. Now just do this thing."
"Or would you rather I snapped your neck? Ungrateful girl."
"Ungrateful?! You're taking me away from my family! The people I love. How can you stand there and call me ungrateful?!"
"Look on the bright side: you're going to see the next century."
"I don't care! I don't want to see that far into the future if it means becoming a monster like you. You've proved that your race is heartless and cruel."
I suddenly wondered what I was doing. Why was I having this conversation with him? I should be trying to run away from him. I deserved this if I couldn't think to attempt to flee.
"Oh, look over there," I said, pointing behind Darren.
He looked as if he wasn't amused. "I am psychic, you know."
Oh, damn. Wait! What did he just say?! "No! I don't want to read people's minds!"
"I think that's quite enough protesting, don't you?" he said coldly.
He stepped forward, grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me so we were further under the tree.
"Help!" I cried, in one desperate last attempt to save myself. "HELP!"
"No one can hear you. Have you forgotten our first exchange already?"
"Why me?" I asked quietly, feeling tears slide down my cheek.
"I've answered this question already."
"It's obvious I'm not going to be great company."
"You'll get better. Now, do I have to hypnotise you again?"
"Do what you like," I said, giving in. What was the use in fighting anymore? My fate was sealed and all I had to do was watch as it happened.
"It's not always this tough," Darren said gently. "Life, I mean. It gets better."
"It was already good. Now, get on with it. I've given you my permission, haven't I?"
Darren stroked my shoulder. "Thanks for making this easier on both of us."
"No problem," I said emotionlessly.
Darren tilted my head and delicately pierced the skin in my neck with his fangs. He drank slowly and purposefully. I winced as the blood was drawn out of me. My knees buckled without me really noticing - I was detached from everything except the pain which was a physical link to reality and a reminder that I was doomed. Darren supported my weight by holding me at the waist. It was almost the position of the slow dance at a disco. I hated him and I hated myself for not doing more to try and stop this. When Darren had finished, there were black spots in my vision, I couldn't breathe properly and I felt like I was going to throw up. Darren extricated his fangs from my neck and wordlessly bit his wrist and offered me it. I half felt like rejecting it and letting myself die in pain and discomfort but I took the blood, felt it help me recover until I was feeling all right again. All right but not normal. Different somehow. More ... energetic, alert... as if I'd just had an adrenaline rush and was ready to climb mountains.
"Now I give you the Kiss of Death."
"Does it have to be a kiss?"
"Yup. I suck the last breath of air from your body and you die."
I felt chilled to the core at such a prospect and was wondering why I wasn't hyperventilating or why my heart wasn't pounding - I was terrified.
"Where's my heartbeat?"
"It's about to stop. Now, don't be scared but you're not actually breathing at the moment."
"Can you stop talking?!" I asked, panicked. "Just stop this! End it. Now."
Darren nodded. He leant down and kissed me, but I could feel he was sucking too. Air passed out of my lungs and into his mouth. I collapsed as the world dissolved into black.
I woke up and felt ... rejuvenated. Not alive, but sort of hyper. Very alert. I fancied I could hear insects crawling in the undergrowth. Something told me I should be cold but I didn't appear to feel the temperature of the air around me. It didn't affect me. I looked up into brown eyes. Brown, commanding eyes. I lowered mine, knowing I wasn't supposed to challenge his gaze.
I felt ... excited, like a child. My hearing was better, my eyesight was tonnes keener (I'd seen caramel flecks in the man's eyes before I'd looked away and I know I hadn't seen those before).
My tongue explored my new teeth. It was the incisors flanking the two front ones. They were longer, sharper. They ended in delicate points which were extremely sensitive.
Something was up, though. I was taking in air and letting it out but I didn't need to. It wasn't doing anything, just passing in and out of my nose. I suppose I was just doing it out of habit. When I realised this, my chest stopped rising and falling. It was static. It was a bit scary, not having a heartbeat but I was sure I'd get used to it.
"Are you thirsty?" the man asked.
"No," I replied.
"Okay, then, follow me."
I willingly followed him over the wooden structure between the banks of the flowing water underneath it. I loyally ambled behind him as he led me to a dark car and got in when he opened the door for me.
"How much do you remember?" he asked when we were seated.
"About what?"
"Anything really. Who you are, who I am, what school you used to go to?" There was a slight emphasis on the words 'used to'.
"Um... I don't know any of that. I know what a school is, if that's helpful."
"Not particularly, but don't worry. You'll remember."
"Oh wait, before the black... You kissed me," I said, unembarrassed.
"Yeah, that's right. It was actually quite romantic. I did that at twilight."
"When is it, now?"
"About 8 o'clock."
"Oh, cool."
"Do you still hate me?"
"Hate you? No, of course not! I'm not meant to hate you. I like you."
"That's quite good, then."
I nodded.
There was an awkward silence.
"Um, it's a long drive to my place," the guy said. "If you want to take a nap, feel free. You must be exhausted."
He looked at me sideways. I politely averted my eyes.
"No, not really."
"Is there a reason you keep avoiding my gaze?"
"Oh. Yes."
"And that reason is...?"
"You're in charge... of me. I don't want to challenge your authority by meeting your eyes."
"Oh, it's because of the lord and master thing," he said to himself. "I wonder how long that lasts."
I politely ignored him and looked out at the landscape which streamed past. It made me dizzy after a while so I just focused on a spot on the dashboard.
"I suppose I should tell you our names," the guy said suddenly, quite surprising me.
"Okay then."
"Well, you're Taylor and I'm Darren."
"Tayl-.. Tayl-..." Try as I might I could not pronounce the strange sound of my name.
"Tay," I said, settling for the first syllable which I could say easily. I suppose that it was the fangs that got in the way a bit when you were trying to talk.
Darren looked sympathetic.
"Now try my name."
"Dah-ruhn," I said, quite enjoying forming the 'r' sound. "Dar-ren. Darren. Yeah, I'm fine with that. Tay and Darren."
Darren smiled. "Are you remembering anything else?"
I thought about it for a while and then replied, "Fuzzy pictures. Going backwards from the black. Me collapsing and your kiss are clear. Then there's ... drinking... something. Feeling ... strong after being weak... Then... blank. Nada. Can't remember."
"Still, that's really good progress. Well done."
"Thanks," I said, brimming with pleasure.
"You're actually quite cute like this. I want to cuddle you and read you a bedtime story," Darren said, sounding surprised but amused by this discovery.
"No objections here," I said happily.
Darren grinned. "This is going great."
I yawned suddenly. "Oops," I said. "I'm tired now."
"Have a rest. It'll do you a lot of good."
"Night Darren," I said amiably before snuggling against the comfortable seat and falling into a dreamless sleep.
"Night Tay."
It was nice when he called me Tay. I felt sort of warm inside - even though that was impossible.


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1620 Niles Avenue, St. Joseph 49085
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05/18/2016 at $320,000
Spectacular City of St Joseph home combines both turn of the century charm and modern updates that make this large traditional home a very unique and rare find. Starting with original oak flooring throughout, fireplaces in both the master suite and living rooms, massive foyer and cozy, bright breakfast nook to completely remodeled kitchen with cherry cabinets, granite counter tops, updated appliances including a 48 inch fridge and six burner convection steam range/over. From crown moulding, built ins, high ceilings and leaded glass windows to large master suite, main floor laundry and newer roof.The wonderful home offers it all! Great location within walking distance to Silver Beach, ice cream parlor, ice skating rink and school. Enjoy all that our great little town has to offer.
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- Address
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- St. Joseph
- Zip
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- County
- Berrien
- Township
- St.Joseph City
- Zoning
- 401-residential
- Total Finished SqFt
- 3,359
- Above Grade SqFt
- 3,359
- Garage Desc.
- 2, Detached
- Water
- Public
- Sewer
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- Year Built
- 1915
- Taxes
- $5,769
Rooms and Land
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- 21X17 2nd Floor
- Bedroom2
- 13X11 2nd Floor
- Bedroom3
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Over the past few weeks, I've drifted away from my regular routines (especially in the area of fluency!), but now that the testing is almost over, I can start getting back into my normal program with my reading friends!
Here is a fun FLUENCY poem I whipped up for students to try out in partners! Inspired by my recent trip to Austin, TX, "Rodeo Champion" is perfect for working on character expression, voice, and perspective. I plan to use this with my second graders next week, and I think they will really get into the different characters and voices. Depending on how it goes, I hope to make a few more partner poems before the end of the year!
(Download "Rodeo Champion" here or by clicking the image above!)
I'm offering this fun poem for FREE to my blog readers! Feel free to download and use it with your students for Poetry Month. (5/4/13: I updated the file to include two versions of the poem with different fonts. If you downloaded it in April, the old links are still active and work!)
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Reflections and Misdemeanours
Daily reflections and misedemeanours are thoughts of putting on a daily spiritual clothing - prayer, using our God given gifts and keeping warm (looking after ourselves). Castles need knights in armour but Paul recommends the whole armour of God the stuff that made people want to build churches and Cathedrals, missions and prayer groups.
I could barely see the horizon as my eyes and body curl out of sleep. But as I brightened up there was the still quiet innocent sham castle staring back at me. A place of refuge during a more rural time when there were no petrol filled vehicles and blocks of houses in the valley only interrupted by a river, hills and trees.
Curling my arms and stretching to touch my fully sunlit window I glance at the church steeples domineering the city space. Vitality and life in contrast to my sham castle on the horizon with dormancy setting in after a heyday of battles and the only place of refuge from warriors. My castle in the horizon has a lonely presence but continues to give hope, a secure defense against warriors.
A poem barely remembered from school speech days hum in my senses as I stare at castle, church spire, roof tops and vehicles small and large transforming into boxes caricatured in forgotten lines of the poet laureate's final verse
"Property, property, let us extend soul and body without end
A box on wheels that makes paces, a box that shouts and makes faces and curtains and fences as good as the ..............
To keep out the neighbours and keep us immured
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property property when will it end
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Leading to thoughts of another who wrote letters about the Good News words as strong as the defenses of castles and cathedrals in letters to Galatia and Ephesus to put on an armour not a curtain or a fence.
"Put on the whole armour of God" Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10-20.
Paul would have watched the Roman Army put on their sword and armour from head to toe.
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Love Never Dies CD / Album
Soundtrack from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sequel to 'The Phantom of the Opera'. The album includes the ballad 'Til I Hear You Sing' (sung by by Ramin Karimloo, who plays The Phantom) and the title song 'Love Never Dies' (performed by Sierra Boggess in the role of the lovelorn Christine Daae). The bonus DVD includes the documentary 'Love Never Dies: The Story So Far', which goes behind the scenes of the making of the show and album. There is also a 32 page book.
Track Listing
Disc 1
- Prologue
- The Coney Island Waltz
- That's the Place That You Ruined, You Fool!
- Heaven By the Sea
- Only for Him/Only for You
- The Aerie
- 'Til I Hear You Sing
- Giry Confronts the Phantom/'Til I Hear You Sing (Reprise)
- Christine Disembarks
- Arrival of the Trio/Are You Ready to Begin?
- What a Dreadful Town!...
- Look With Your Heart
- Beneath a Moonless Sky
- Once Upon Another Time
- 'Mother Please, I'm Scared!'
- Dear Old Friend
- Beautiful
- The Beauty Underneath
- The Phantom Confronts Christine
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- Entr'acte
- Why Does She Love Me?
- Devil Take the Hindmost
- Heaven By the Sea (Reprise)
- Ladies...gents!/The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)
- Bathing Beauty
- 'Mother, Did You Watch?'
- Before the Performance
- Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet)
- Love Never Dies
- 'Ah, Christine!...'
- 'Gustave! Gustave!...'
- 'Please Miss Giry, I Want to Go Back...'
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- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Classical
- Release Date: 08/03/2010
- Running Time (minutes): 132.57
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In his research work, Dr. Folta examines how plants sense light signals and how different parts of the light spectrum can affect shelf life and high-value fruit and vegetable traits. His laboratory group also uses novel genomics approaches to identify genes related to flavor and disease resistance. Although much of his research is highly technical, he is adept at communicating scientific facts in layman's terms.
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The 2017 Michigan Apple Queen will be crowned at the MICHIGAN APPLE GROWERS LUNCHEON on Tuesday. Michigan apple growers are invited to this free event.
Tuesday, December 6, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ambassador Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
This annual event is being held on the first day of the EXPO again this year. This is a free luncheon program open to all Michigan apple growers. The luncheon is sponsored by the Michigan Apple Committee and a number of industry sponsors. A featured speaker will entertain and inform those attending. This year's program also features the crowning of the 2017 Michigan Apple Queen by the reigning Michigan Apple Queen, Sara Reisinger. There will also be industry updates from the Michigan Apple Committee and USApple during the program.
Growers of fruit and vegetables for the fresh market will have the opportunity to connect with retail, wholesale and institutional buyers at the MEET THE BUYERS RECEPTION on Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday, December 6, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Center Concourse, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Fruit and vegetable growers will have an opportunity to connect with retail, wholesale and institutional buyers at this event to learn how to get more of their fresh produce into the value chain and onto store shelves. The event is hosted by Michigan Food and Farming Systems (MIFFS) in partnership with the MSU Product Center and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, with support from a number of industry sponsors. More than 400 farmers attended this popular event last year.
At this year's PRAYER BREAKFAST, Frank Gasperini, Executive Vice President of the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE), will share a message titled, "Bloom Where You Are Planted."
Tickets are $18 and should be purchased through pre-registration or on Tuesday at registration.
Wednesday, December 7, 7 a.m.
Pantlind Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Frank and his wife Sandy live in Leesburg, Virginia. They are active in the oldest Presbyterian church in the U.S. still holding worship services in its original historic sanctuary. Some of our founding fathers worshipped in this church.
NCAE is a national trade association in Washington, D.C., which represents over 250 labor intensive agricultural employers from more than 35 states. Frank will also be speaking in the labor session on Wednesday morning. A native of Ohio, Frank received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Agriculture from Ohio State University and his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago.
The EXPO BANQUET will feature a serving of Michigan foods and wines. During the program, Ron Hendrick, who became Dean of MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources in July, will share comments on his vision for the college.
Tickets are $38. Advance purchase through registration is recommended. A limited number of tickets will be available at registration until noon on Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 p.m.
Ambassador Ballroom, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
The banquet will feature a serving of Michigan foods and wines. During the program, Ron Hendrick, who became Dean of MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources in July, will share comments on his vision for the college. The program also features recognition of people for outstanding service to our fruit and vegetable industries. This year's recipients of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Scholarships and Jordan Tatter Scholarships will be recognized as well. And the winning entries in this year's Cider Contest will be announced.
The CIDER CONTEST will judge the best ciders produced by Michigan cider makers (only Michigan cider producers are eligible). Click here for some important details for the contest:
To enter, cider producers must submit two 1-gallon cider jugs at the Exhibitor Registration desk in the Grand Gallery concourse in DeVos Place on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. No entries will be accepted after noon on Wednesday.
Cider samples must be thawed by 1 p.m. on Wednesday (this is the responsibility of each cider producer, not the contest coordinator).
Cider contest judging will be on Wednesday afternoon. Judging will be held in one of the upper level Grand Gallery meeting rooms and will be open for viewing starting at 1:30 p.m.
Winners will be announced at the EXPO Banquet on Wednesday evening. First place receives a plaque and a traveling trophy. Second and third places receive a plaque.
Samples of the winning ciders will be available to taste in the Grand Gallery of DeVos Place on Thursday morning.


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Damien: not til you eat somethingMature
"I keep dreaming Kyle's dead," I mumble, staring at Campbell's name plaque in front of me, "I either walk in on him already dead or..." I look down at my hands, picking at the skin next to my thumb nail. There's a silence as he waits for me to finish what I'm trying to get out. "Or I dream I've given into his begging and just killed him myself." I don't look up, more ashamed of that dream than I am of my drug addiction.
It's been about two days since I got Kyle moved into the private room, and I've had that dream about twice a night, every night since we got here. Sometimes it's like watching a film reel of it on repeat. Every time it plays out, it gets darker, and more graphic, and that little bit more real. And every time I wake up in a cold sweat because of it, I'm dragged back down into it within seconds.
Campbell says something about the dreams being a fairly normal reaction to what happened, and says it's just anxiety. He also says he'd rather try and wait them out unless they get too much, 'cause of the mix of sleeping pills and methadone. He's agreed that I need more time to adjust to each new dosage of methadone and will extend the period between each time my dose is lowered.
I leave, finding it kind of hard to feel any better about much, making my way back to Kyle's room. I see the lunch trolley being hauled around and sigh a little. I'm not fussed if I miss a meal, but I don't need to be there to know Kyle won't be eating his.
I walk in, and sure enough, Kyle's sat there, ignoring his lunch. I shuffle over and he smiles at me, but I can't seem to manage a smile back. Aside from having the image of Kyle lying all crumpled up on the bathroom floor in a pool of blood or puke apparently permanently stuck in my head now, the fact that he won't eat is pretty wearing.
"What's up?" he asks with a small frown. I nod at his untouched lunch. "I'm not hungry," he lies. I know it's a lie because it's that moment that his stomach chooses to growl. I sigh and sit down in the chair next to his bed. "Not coming up here?"
"Not til you eat something," I say quietly.
"Babe, I've tried," he sighs.
"I know, gorgeous, but it's bad enough having dreams about you dying. I don't really want to watch you waste away just 'cause you don't like the food here." He bites his lip and I look down at the floor, absently picking at the scabs on my arm. I hear him let out another little sigh and notice him try to eat something out of the corner of my eye. My phone buzzes in my pocket.
Weird. Only people that text me are Kyle and Rayn.
"My mom's heard I'm in hospital again," I mutter, "and apparently dad's going on about how he was right that I can't look after myself."
"They're not gonna drag you back there, are they?" Kyle asks, sounding worried.
"I dunno. She asked if I want her to go over to the apartment and pick anything up for me," I glance up at him, "she doesn't seem to know you're here too. What d'you want me to say about that?"
"About picking your stuff up or me being here?"
"you being here. I mean, she's not gonna be able to get in if you're not there."
"I don't mind if she knows," he shrugs.
"She might tell your mom, though."
"I don't care." Fair enough, I guess. I text her back and tell her she has to come over here to get the keys. I watch Kyle poking his food and add on the end of that to bring something to eat.
She arrives in like ten minutes, tutting as she sees Kyle still prodding his food around, unloading a bunch of unhealthy stuff on the bedside table, like cake and waffles, going into total mother-mode over the both of us. Kyle grins and digs in, thanking her.
"No problem, honey," she says, wrapping me in a smothering hug. I hug back, smiling finally now that Kyle's eating something. "What do you two want from your apartment?"
"A comfier pillow'd be kinda nice," Kyle says.
She nods, "Any particular clothes?" he shakes his head and she nods again. "Okay, I'll go get your pillow and some clean clothes, then. I'll be back in a bit." Kyle gives her a smile, and she smiles back, picking up the keys for the apartment and scuttling off to go get our clothes.
"You hid whatever you didn't sell, right?" Kyle asks.
I shrug, "If you call a brown paper bag in the kitchen by the toaster hiding it."
"Would she look at that?"
"Doubt it. She's there for clothes, not to stop and snack on whatever we didn't eat."
He smiles, "Good." I smile back at him and he goes back to the food mom brought with her. He nibbles at some of it, but soon stops. "I think I ate too much." I giggle a little. He did attack it like there was no tomorrow. He whines. "I feel sick."
"Silly," I tut, "wanna go to the toilet?" he nods and I pull him up off the bed and to the toilets.


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Arsène Wenger insisted his team have nothing to fear as the true cost of Arsenal's and Liverpool's failure to win their qualifying groups became apparent in Nyon yesterday when the Champions League draw gave both Premier League clubs daunting trips to San Siro. Arsenal will face the holders, Milan, and Liverpool must overcome Internazionale in the first knockout phase of the European Cup.
Manchester United and Chelsea can feel relatively content after being drawn against Lyon and Olympiakos respectively, but Liverpool and Arsenal have to plan for trips to the arena where United were so clinically dispatched last season, by Milan in the semi-finals.
Internazionale, the reigning Italian champions, lead Serie A again and will be testing opponents for Liverpool. Milan are having a difficult domestic season but the Rossoneri retain such European pedigree that Arsenal will be on their guard. Wenger admitted that a confrontation with Carlo Ancelotti's seven-times cup winners, who are fresh from defeating Boca Juniors in the final of the Fifa World Club Cup last week, represented the most awkward draw possible.
"On paper it is the hardest," the Arsenal manager said. "But it's interesting, exciting. Do I believe we can beat them? Yes. And, as we play the world and European champions, if we win we can call ourselves world champions. Milan can be really average in their domestic championship but they raise their game on big occasions. That is something that is surprising. They look invincible in Europe but beatable in Italy. They have had an average championship, just as they did last season. We need to analyse what gets them up there on the special occasions and I might go and watch them play Internazionale on Sunday. I really don't think there is a lot of difference between those two sides."
Twenty-two Serie A points separate Milan, in 11th place, from Inter at present, with the reigning European champions having struggled at home, but the calibre of opponents Arsenal must overcome is clear. The veteran defender Paolo Maldini will be keen to cap his final season with another European Cup and the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso and Kaka, the current world footballer of the year, pose considerable threats.
The Gunners have happy memories of San Siro, having beaten Inter 5-1 in a group game there just over four years ago, but this year's draw has thrust arguably the continent's brightest young side against its most experienced. Arsenal's visit to Milan on March 4 means that Liverpool's game there against Inter has been switched to the following week.
"Arsenal were among the most feared sides in this draw," said Ancelotti. "They are better than Liverpool technically, but they are less experienced. This Milan side have never faced a London team and it will be good to play there. Arsenal are a very young side, very promising and with great talent. They started the season very well and they are top of their league even if I think they are slowing down a bit now. However, they have a player like [Cesc] Fábregas, one of the best midfielders in the world right now, and we will have to be very careful with him."
Wenger added: "This is a similar run to two years ago, when we had to play Real Madrid and Juventus in the knockout phase. It might even be more difficult. But I believe we can knock Milan out and, if we have beaten the holders, why should we reduce our ambitions to win the tournament? I still believe my squad can improve further up to the end of February and the beginning of March, when we play them.
"For now I want my squad to focus on the Premiership so we are in a comfortable position when we play Milan. Then, for those 15 days, we can focus completely on them."


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GIS and geostatistics: Essential partners for spatial analysis
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- Burrough, P. Environmental and Ecological Statistics (2001) 8: 361. doi:10.1023/A:1012734519752
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Initially, geographical information systems (GIS) concentrated on two issues: automated map making, and facilitating the comparison of data on thematic maps. The first required high quality graphics, vector data models and powerful data bases, the second is based on grid cells that can be manipulated by suites of mathematical operators collectively termed "map algebra". Both kinds of GIS are widely available and are taught in many universities and technical colleges. After more than 20 years of development, most standard GIS provide both kinds of functionality and good quality graphic display, but until recently they have not included the methods of statistics and geostatistics as tools for spatial analysis. Recently, standard statistical packages have been linked to GIS for both exploratory data analysis and statistical analysis and hypothesis testing. Standard statistical packages include methods for the analysis of random samples of cases or objects that are not necessarily co-located in space—if the results of statistical analysis display a spatial pattern then that is because the underlying data also share that pattern. Geostatistics addresses the need to make predictions of sampled attributes (i.e., maps) at unsampled locations from sparse, often expensive data. To make up for lack of hard data geostatistics has concentrated on the development of powerful methods based on stochastic theory. Though there have been recent moves to incorporate ancillary data in geostatistical analyses, insufficient attention has been paid to using modern methods of data display for the visualization of results. GIS can serve geostatistics by aiding geo-registration of data, facilitating spatial exploratory data analysis, providing a spatial context for interpolation and conditional simulation, as well as providing easy-to-use and effective tools for data display and visualization. The value of geostatistics for GIS lies in the provision of reliable interpolation methods with known errors, methods of upscaling and generalization, and for supplying multiple realizations of spatial patterns that can be used in environmental modeling. These stochastic methods are improving understanding of how errors in models of spatial processes accrue from errors in data or incompleteness in the structure of the models. New developments in GIS, based on ideas taken from map algebra, cellular automata and image analysis are providing high level programming languages for modeling dynamic processes such as erosion or the development of alluvial fans and deltas. Research has demonstrated that these models need stochastic inputs to yield realistic results. Non-stochastic tools such as fuzzy subsets have been shown to be useful for spatial analysis when probabilistic approaches are inappropriate or impossible. The conclusion is that in spite of differences in history and approach, the linkage of GIS, statistics and geostatistics provides a powerful, and complementary suite of tools for spatial analysis in the agricultural, earth and environmental sciences.


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UK windsurfers head for Championship showdown
by RYA media on 11 Sep 2008
More than 150 windsurfers from all over Britain descend on Weymouth and Portland this weekend, 13-14 September, for the inaugural RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championships.
The cream of UK windsurfing talent will do battle across nine classes over the course of the two-day event at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) as for the first time the RYA joins forces with UKWA to run a combined National Championship event.
Among the ones to watch are Launceston's promising teenager Sam Sills, who goes in the Bic Techno 7.8 class having won 7.8 silver at both the class European and World Championships this year. Meanwhile, also going in the same class is Jack Plummer, fresh from also claiming a World silver in Poland last month on the 6.8 Bic Techno board.
Sam's twin sisters Imogen and Saskia won Bic Techno 4.5 and 5.5 gold respectively at last year's RYA Youth and Masters Championships, the new event's predecessor, but this year the girls go head-to-head in the 6.8 class. Fighting it out for the honours among the boys are likely to be European and World 6.8 bronze medallist Kieran Martin and Adam Purcell, the 2007 5.5 Youth and Masters champion.
It is poised to be a fascinating encounter in the boy's RS:X 8.5 competition as Jacob Brubert, the 2008 RYA Youth National boys' champion and RYA Team GBR's RS:X boys' representative at this summer's Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships, and class World Youth silver medallist Ali Masters do battle for the class National title at WPNSA.
Meanwhile Izzy Hamilton, the RYA Youth National girls' champion who also competed in the girls' RS:X class at the ISAF Youth Worlds, heads the cast in the girl's 8.5 field. Hamilton, 16, won the Bic Techno 7.8 Youth and Masters title last year and added a World silver to her medal collection last month when stepping back on to the smaller sailboard for Techno Worlds.
The Robert Cartwright Memorial Trophy, awarded to an athlete demonstrating outstanding attitude and progress, will be also be presented. Last year's trophy winner, Lindsay Smith, competes in the RS:X 8.5 event.
A maximum of seven races are scheduled to be contested, with four races set for Saturday and three for Sunday. Racing is scheduled to start at 11.25am on Saturday and 9.55am on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the RYA continues to seek young windsurfing talent, with the potential and the desire to achieve Olympic success in the future, to receive training through the Skandia Team GBR Development Programme.
The RYA will be using results from the 2008 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta (15-20 September) and the RYA National Ranker events (4-5 and 18-19 October) as indicators for selection. The Olympic Steering Group (OSG) will select individuals, eligible to compete for Great Britain, using results and other factors it deems appropriate and review selection or de-selection on a periodic basis.
Please email email@example.com to register your interest in being considered for the Skandia Team GBR Development Squad.
Full class list for 2008 RYA/UKWA National Windsurfing Championships:
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Three London schoolgirls who ran away to join Islamic State were probably groomed by highly co-ordinated social media experts, an extremist who met them before defecting claimed today.
In her first interview, the senior female commander said she was surprised by how young and naive the British girls were. She said it was her job to meet foreigners arriving in Syria and introduce them to life under the brutal Islamist regime.
The 22-year-old defector claimed that after meeting the girls she delivered them to a base in Raqqa where they began training for "special missions".
She said one of the London girls was reprimanded and lectured on etiquette after innocently revealing her face to a man.
The woman calling herself Um Asmah said Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, were probably groomed by the IS team of web experts in Raqqa.
She told Sky News: "IS has a well-structured grooming system that can psychologically target vulnerable youngsters like the three British girls."
Um Asmah said the IS propaganda and grooming machine consists of foreign fighters working in Raqqa internet cafés in shifts which are co-ordinated to world timezones.
She went on: "IS is not stupid, they have educated people who know how to deal with [the] psychology of others, how to deal with the human being. "They have ways to attract people, especially foreigners. Otherwise young British people wouldn't come and say they will change the flag on Buckingham Palace.
"IS have the ability to manipulate the minds of young people. If they can convince foreigners, it is even easier to convince Arabs and Syrians."
The former extremist, whose relatives are also senior IS commanders, said that while the girls were happy, they were also unprepared for life behind a veil.
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As landmarks, they were unmistakable. As symbols, they were tragically alluring. And in the aftermath of their destruction, the towers of the World Trade Center have become justifiably sanctified, holy stations along the line of American memory that runs past Valley Forge and Gettysburg, Normandy and Iwo Jima.
But it does not dishonor the dead or the grieving to say what has been unsaid: these were awful buildings. In their chilly blandness they corrupted the filigreed downtown skyline. In their vain gigantism, they confused ''big'' for ''beautiful.'' The open space at their feet on all but the brightest days resembled a moonscape. Disconnected from the city's grid, the trade center wasn't even really part of New York. It was, instead, a hyperthyroid Stonehenge -- an urban freak.
A few years ago, the architectural historian Francis Morrone nailed it: he wrote that the trade center's sole virtue was that its observation decks were ''the only high vantage points in New York from which the World Trade Center itself is not visible.''
It's worth holding this image in mind, not allowing the distorting lens of emotion to alter our vision and lead us to reproduce what we have lost. There is a lot of rebuilding to be done, at ground zero as well as elsewhere in the city, and we have far superior models that show us not only what to do, but also how to do it. In fact, just four miles north of the trade center site stands the outstanding example of American urban design. And now, from the post-Sept. 11 perspective, its lessons are even more vivid. Born at a moment when the city was emotionally and financially devastated, Rockefeller Center became not only an engine of New York's recovery but also the symbol of its triumph.Continue reading the main story
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who financed the project (and whose son, Nelson, should have known better than to be a key mover behind the trade center), got into it because the Metropolitan Opera had its eyes on a piece of land for a new house, which was not the same as being willing to pay for it. When 1929 collapsed with the crash, the Met withdrew and Rockefeller was stuck with a long-term lease on 12 acres of Midtown. He brought in a development buccaneer named John R. Todd -- grandfather, as it happens, of another local governor, Christie Whitman -- who knew that well-designed, pedestrian-friendly public space has the same effect on rents that helium has on balloons. And that the wish for economic success is a far more effective motivator of quality development than the best-laid plans of civic committees.
Todd and Rockefeller desired a profit, so they wanted what potential tenants wanted: something wonderful and something lasting. They took advantage of the Depression-devastated economy not by saving a buck on labor or materials, but by spending the original budget as planned, pouring dollars freed by dropping prices into extra wiring, more steel, all the qualitative components that would enhance the buildings' value for decades. In the process, they also employed nearly 75,000 people during the eight years of construction -- eight years in which Rockefeller Center was virtually the only private construction in New York.
Today, more than 60 years after it opened, Rockefeller Center is as vital as it has ever been, and the profits it has made for its owners are as handsome as the place itself. It connects with the city around it, yet private maintenance helps it retain a distinctive character. The ingeniously situated skating rink -- an afterthought installed after shops in the ''sunken plaza'' had failed -- somehow lends the towering buildings around it a measure of intimacy. Even at midday, the cross streets are relatively calm, nearly benign, as in no other part of Midtown: the scores of trucks making deliveries to the center's buildings each day disappear down a ramp off 50th Street into a subterranean loading station.
Someone once called Rockefeller Center ''a city within a city''; more accurately, for all its imposing scale, it's a village within a city, one of the only places in New York that tourists and residents cohabit with neither self-consciousness nor sneers.
It is too soon to say that the World Trade Center should be rebuilt as Rockefeller Center II. The anguished wound is too fresh to suture with architecture. But there's an opportunity, right now, to test the modern strength of the Rockefeller Center model. As the city suffers its sudden financial pain and as Lincoln Center's dysfunctional family bloodies itself in a series of public tantrums, it's time to forget about the proposed $1.5 billion renovation -- and simply tear the place down and begin again. If this frigid collection of architectural mishaps is not quite as soulless as the trade center, it certainly comes from the same design gulag.
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The economic model, also derived from Rockefeller Center, is simple: subsidies for the tenants you really, really want -- a couple of bell-cow art galleries, say, whose very presence will attract their competitors (a scheme originally devised in the early 30's by a young Rock Center rental agent named Nelson Rockefeller). Maybe a favorite-son subsidy for locally owned retailers, to give the small bookstore a chance against the chains, and to New Yorkify the place. What pays for these subsidies? A permanent rental endowment gushing from the sale of the current Lincoln Center land. It would be fitting: the old Lincoln Center lives on in its financial contribution to the new one. And, way downtown, the World Trade Center lives on in the way it teaches us what not to do next.Continue reading the main story


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DO Seals 1, no. 31.2a.
Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 2019.
A similar seal was published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 630. The identifying legend on the Zacos specimen can be clearly read and reveals that the saint depicted is St. Nikephoros. Since the Zacos seal is rather weakly imprinted due to overstriking, it is not certain whether or not it is from the same boulloterion as this specimen or BZS.1958.106.153.
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A bust (of St. Nikephoros) holding a small martyr's cross. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Βελεβουσδίου.
Theotokos, help Nikephoros bishop of Belebouzdion.
This specimen is very similar but comes from a different boulloterion than BZS.1958.106.153.
As Laurent suggested, it is not impossible that the owner of this seal is Nikephoros of Belebouzdion who signed codex Coislin 72 in 1071-72: R. Devreesse, Le fonds Coislin, 64.
Belebouzdion, the Slavic name of modern Köstendil, was a suffragan bishopric of Ohrid. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/2, 329.
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West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins has announced the signing of Aaron Brown, Pat Forsythe, Jabarie Hinds, Tommie McCune and Keaton Miles to national letters of intent for the 2011-12 academic year.
"We are certainly excited about this class," says Huggins. "We believe that we answered a lot of our needs in different areas with the departure of five seniors next year."
Brown, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound wing, is currently in his senior year at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne, Pa., where he plays for coach Clyde Jones. Last year as a junior, Brown averaged 18.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and is considered the best player in Delaware County, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. He is ranked as the 27th-best small forward by Scout.com and the 29th-best small forward by ESPN.com.
A native of Darby, Pa., Brown, who is left-handed, attended Roman Catholic High as a freshman. He scored a team-high 20 points in leading Penn Wood to its first District 1 Class AAAA championship in beating Plymouth-Whitemarsh. He played AAU basketball with Team Final, coached by Rob Brown.
"Aaron will hopefully give us toughness and perimeter defense," says Huggins. "He is a guy who loves to play basketball and is constantly in the gym. Aaron also should give us consistent perimeter shooting. He should fill a void on the wing with the losses of Casey Mitchell and Jonnie West."
Forsythe, a 6-foot-10, 210-pound center, is from Brunswick, Ohio, where he is in his senior year at Brunswick High, playing for coach Joe Mackey. Last year as a junior, he played the first 12 games of the season in a brace while he recovered from a fractured vertebrae. He went on to average five points, seven rebounds and nearly three blocks a game on a team that finished with a 17-5 record.
Forsythe is rated as the 54th-best center by ESPN.com.
"Pat has tremendous upside," says Huggins. "The longer the recruiting process went on, more and more of the big name schools started coming to Brunswick. He runs the floor extremely well, has outstanding lateral quickness and has very effective footwork in the post. Obviously, he needs to improve his strength and gain some weight, but he really has an exciting upside."
Hinds, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound guard, is from Mount Vernon, N.Y., where he is in his senior year at Mount Vernon High, playing for coach Bob Cimmino. Hinds averaged 18.5 points, 4.5 steals and 4.0 assists last season as a junior. He has scored more than 1,000 points in his Mount Vernon High career.
Scout.com has Hinds at No. 13 among players at his position. He is ranked No. 13 at his position by ESPN.com and 73rd overall in the 2011 class. Hinds played AAU basketball for the Westchester Metro Hawks.
"Anytime Bob Cimmino compares you in the same breath as Ben Gordon, it certainly says a lot," says Huggins. "Jabarie gives us the ability to penetrate opposing defenses and create for himself or his teammates. He's extremely well-coached, coming from the storied Mount Vernon program. Jabarie will compete immediately for playing time."
McCune, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward, is from Saginaw, Mich., where he attends Saginaw High, playing for coach Lou Dawkins. Scout.com has McCune as the 26th-best power forward while ESPN.com has him ranked No. 24.
Last year as a junior, McCune averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots for Saginaw High. He played AAU basketball for Team Pride, where he averaged 44 points and 20 rebounds in July.
"Tommie is another guy with an exciting upside," says Huggins. "His length and perimeter skills will remind Mountaineer fans of Devin Ebanks. Tommie will add a tremendous boost to our overall team length and athleticism. He's a big-width guy with outstanding perimeter skills." <> Miles, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound small forward, is from Dallas, where he attends Lincoln High, playing for coach Leonard Bishop. Last year as a junior, Miles averaged 13.5 points and 12 rebounds per game in helping Lincoln to a 28-4 record and a trip to the third round of the UIL Class 4A playoffs. He played AAU basketball with the Dallas Mustangs.
Miles is listed as the 39th-best player at his position by ESPN.com. He is ranked No. 17 in the state by TexasHoops.com.
"Keaton is from the storied Dallas Lincoln High basketball program," says Huggins. "He will add immediate size and athleticism. His strengths are attacking the basket and at the defensive end. He is another player who loves being in the gym, and we expect him to show tremendous improvement each year because of his love for the game. Keaton is from a basketball family – his father and uncle were major Division I players.
"This class certainly has the opportunity to have the impact and to see the playing time that the Devin Ebanks-Kevin Jones-Truck Bryant class has had on the court. This will be an exciting class for Mountaineer fans to watch and enjoy for the next four years."
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West Virginia University women's basketball coach Mike Carey announced today the signing of four players to the 2011-12 Mountaineer roster.
Akilah Bethel (Randallstown, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross), Averee Fields (Hazel, Ky./Calloway County), Crystal Leary (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) and Linda Stepney (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) make up West Virginia's 2011 signing class.
"Losing five seniors, it was very important for us to go out and get some quality players," Carey says. "We were able to do that and get a very athletic and skilled group. We're extremely pleased to have these four young ladies sign with West Virginia University."
Bethel, a 6-foot guard at the Academy of the Holy Cross, averaged 10.6 points per game as a junior. She led the Tartans to a 10-2 record last season and was ranked by All-Star Girls Report as the No. 144-best player in the country. Bethel was named first team all-conference in the prestigious Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. A native of Randallstown, Md., Bethel hails from the same hometown as Mountaineer standout and 2009-10 unanimous all-BIG EAST freshman team selection Asya Bussie.
"Akilah Bethel has great size for a shooting guard," Carey explains. "She can shoot the three and is very athletic and will fit our style of play so we're very excited about having her sign."
Fields, a 6-foot forward, led Calloway County High to the Regional Championship game for the third time in her four years. She is ranked among the top-100 girls basketball players in the country (No. 80 by ESPN HoopGurlz). She led the First Region in scoring, averaging 24.6 points per game, 12.4 rebounds per game and held a 57.9 field goal percentage. Fields was named a 2010 AAU All-American.
"Averee Fields can play a couple different positions in our system, so anytime we get somebody that can play several positions it is a benefit to our program," Carey says. "She is another person that can get up and down the floor and is very athletic, but can also score, so we're very excited about that."
Leary and Stepney have been playing basketball together since they were 11 years old. Leary is a 6-foot-2 forward and Stepney is a 5-foot-7 guard.
"Crystal and Linda are great friends and their families are great friends. We're very excited to get both of them. They have won a lot of games throughout their careers and they're used to winning. They have won state championships and those are the type of players we want in our system," Carey says. "They definitely have to come in here and learn our system and our style, but once they get our system and are on the floor together, the chemistry they have will work to our benefit."
Leary, who is ranked as the 77th-best player in the country by Blue Star Basketball Report, played at Granby High as a freshman and sophomore, and averaged 12.9 points and 9.5 rebounds as a junior at Lake Taylor. She earned Virginia AP AAA All-State second team honors following last season.
"Crystal Leary is a big-time athlete; one of the best athletes in the country," Carey says. "She is another player that will be able to play a couple positions and give us what we need defensively as well as offensively."
Stepney averaged 13.9 points, 4.7 assists and 3.3 steals per game and scored 17 points in the state championship game win over Princess Anne. As a first team Virginia AP AAA All-State selection, she was ranked as the 56th-best player in the country by Blue Star Basketball Report and was also named to the 2009-10 MaxPreps All-American Honorable Mention list.
"Linda is a point guard that is very athletic. She can score but also sets up a lot of people for some easy shots and we need that in our system. We need our point guards to be able to score and she'll give us that. She plays defense really well and gets after it on both ends. I think she'll come in here and contribute immediately," Carey explains.
The pair were the top two scorers on a Lake Taylor team that finished 30-1 and won the group AAA Virginia State Title in March. Both were first-team All-Tidewater picks. With the duo, Lake Taylor earned a No. 1 ranking in the state by South Hampton Roads and the Associated Press Group AAA polls. USA Today ranked the Titans 22nd in the nation. Lake Taylor won seven games by more than 50 points.
"They even play AAU together in the summer so they'll come in here with a lot of confidence, at the very least, they'll come in here knowing each other and knowing what each other is about when they're on the floor," says Carey.
Both Leary and Stepney were key performers for the Boo Williams Elite AAU team, one of the premier AAU teams in the nation.
"We're very excited about the whole group," Carey says. "With graduation of the five seniors, we need to fill holes on the perimeter. With Asya (Bussie), Ayana (Dunning) and Natalie (Burton) coming back, you can see we went out and filled a need with the perimeter players that are graduating. We have some young people on our team now and when we bring in this young group of freshmen, we're excited about the future of the program."


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Custom Dutch Colonial New England Style home perched on a hilltop in the highlands of desirable Pierport area. Short distance to fabulous Lake Michigan beaches, Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course and Crystal Mountain. Perfect for a corporate retreat! This house has been lovingly crafted with the finest low maintenance and energy efficient materials available. This home is 80% completed so you can add your own finishing touches to your specific tastes. Imagine coming home to quiet solitude in a cozy atmosphere with 4 fireplaces. Customize your own gourmet kitchen. The interior needs to be finalized. Pick the finishing touches to make this home everything you have been dreaming of having in gorgeous setting nestled in the trees. Enjoy dining on this huge wrap around 3 season porch. Full walkout base
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Faldo Series appoints IJGA as Official Golf Academy Partner
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
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Moortown Golf Club returns to the line-up after a one year absence and East Sussex National becomes new host in the 20th year of Faldo Series events
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To declare an aircraft as the world's largest could be a little ambiguous. Is it the largest by way of its length or the wingspan or the overall size?
Interestingly, the criterion that is used to establish which the largest aircraft in the world is its maximum take-off weight, known in aviation jargon as MTOW.
MTOW is the maximum weight at which a particular aircraft meets all mandatory airworthiness specifications. Using these parameters, the honor goes to the Antonov An-225.
Antonov An-225 launched in 1998
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It was later used by Antonov Airlines for commercial operations where it was put to good use for transporting oversized payloads.
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On board its historic flight were 216,000 meals that were being delivered to US military personnel that were based in the region.
Take a look at the specifications of the Antonov An-225:
The aircraft is 84 meters in length with a wing span of 88.4 meters and a wing area of 905 sq. meters. The height of the aircraft is 18.1 meters.
Its cruising speed is 800 km per hour and its maximum flight speed is 850 km per hour.
The aircraft has a fuel capacity of 300,000 kg, which enables it to cover a distance of 15,400 km. With a maximum payload and maximum fuel, it can fly for 4,000 km.
By itself, without any cargo, the Antonov weighs 285,000 kg and its maximum takeoff weight is 640,000, which of course is what earned it the prestigious "World's Heaviest Aircraft" title.


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Learning to crawl before I can run
... thoughts started again. All my travels last year were with Him - Him by my side to share the moments, talk to, pass the time with....but now here I was, all by myself (for hours!).
And from here, the panic set in about how exactly I was going to do any travel without him. Stupid I know because I have traveled alone before, and to be honest, I have extremely fond memories of solo travel. You are forced to meet new people as you are not ...
Historic Turku's Castle and Cathedral
... had quite a bit to see and shouldn't be rushed.
There were grand halls, gowns, a throne, and a chapel, as well as ...
A day on the archipelago
Today we decided to hop a bus to the nearby island of Naantali, which is meant to be a happening summer hotspot with beaches, nature parks, an amusement park for Moomin (the creepiest children's characters ever... if you've never heard of them, see this), a beautiful old town, a harbour, etcetera. It all sounded pretty good to us, so we made our way into the centre of town this morning and got some local transit passes, and headed out.
The bus ride ...
... the beautiful scenery. The champagne lounge was at the very front the of the ship so we had amazing views, but I still ran up go the top deck to get some god pictures. It was a beautiful sail.
By 10pm we were getting tired and I wanted to see the rest of the ship, so we walked around and saw the club, casinos, restaurants, etc. It's a popular trek for tourists, so there were lots of Russians, Swedish and Finnish tourists. Colin was tired and went to the room but ...
Snoring Monk and Happy Nun
... in early. During the check-in process, we learned that she, and most of the nuns here, had relocated from India. She spoke flawless English, along with Finnish and Italian. The LP guidebook claims that this place is the cleanest hostel in Finland. This is likely to be true. Our room was spotless. As the old adage goes....cleanliness is next to godliness. I guess the nuns are keeping up their end of the bargain. I was extremely tired, so I unloaded my bags ...
Other places to stay in Turku
Original Sokos Hotel Hamburger BorsKauppiaskatu 6, Turku | 4 star hotelfrom $128
Holiday Inn TurkuEerikinkatu 28, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $105
Ruissalo Spa HotelRuissalon puistotie 640, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $118
Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel, TurkuLinnankatu 32, Turku | 4 star hotelfrom $132
Holiday Club CaribiaKongressikuja 1, Turku | 4 star hotelfrom $174
Cumulus Turku HotelEerikinkatu 30, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $112
Scandic JuliaEerikinkatu 4, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $122
Scandic Plaza TurkuYliopistonkatu 29, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $121
Original Sokos Hotel SeurahuoneEerikinkatu 23, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $122
BEST WESTERN Hotel SeaportMatkustajasatama, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $33
Hotel Artukaisten PaviljonkiMessukentaenkatu 11, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $86
Centro Hotel TurkuYliopistonkatu 12a, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $129
Quality Hotel AteljeeHumalistonkatu 7, Turku | 3 star hotelfrom $80
Hotel HelmiTuureporinkatu 11, Turku | Hotelfrom $121
Original Sokos Hotel City B�rsEerikinkatu 11, Turku | 2 star hotelfrom $109
Park Hotel TurkuRauhankatu 1, Turku | Hotelfrom $177
Omena Hotel TurkuHumalistonkatu 7, Turku | 2 star hotelfrom $88
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