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Sunday, Jan. 22 -- vs. Western Michigan (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon
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The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team (0-0) kicks off the dual-match season on Sunday (Jan. 22) against Western Michigan (0-0) at the Varsity Tennis Center. It is the third consecutive season-opening match against WMU for the Wolverines, who blanked the Broncos (7-0) to begin last season in Ann Arbor.
Dual-Match Format
This Saturday's dual match will be a contest for the best-of-seven team points. The dual will begin with three doubles matches consisting of eight-game pro sets. The team that wins two of these three matches will enter the singles competition with one of seven points. After a brief intermission, six singles matches will be played. Each singles match will be the best of three tie-break sets and worth one point towards the team competition. The overall dual match will be decided when one team secures four total points. Matches in progress when the dual match is clinched will be played to completion.
Scouting Western Michigan -- The Wolverines hold a 32-5 series advantage over Western Michigan, winning the past 23 matches against their in-state opponent, including a 7-0 shutout win last season at the Varsity Tennis Center. Like Michigan, the Broncos will kick off dual-match play on Sunday. They posted a combined 35-57 singles record in tournament play and went 19-23 in doubles.
Michigan Invitational Rewind -- The Wolverines concluded tournament action this past weekend (Sat-Mon., Jan. 14-16), hosting the Michigan Invitational. Freshman Emina Bektas won the singles title with a 3-0 mark at the top of the lineup, including a pair of wins over nationally ranked opposition. Sophomore Brooke Bolender and freshman Kristen Dodge also notched perfect 3-0 marks, while the Wolverines combined for an overall 15-3 record in singles play and 7-2 mark in doubles.
Tournament Season Complete -- The Wolverines compiled an impressive 70-28 overall singles mark during preseason tournament action with Kristen Dodge (13), Emina Bektas (11), Brooke Bolender (11) and Michelle Sulahian (11) all reaching double-digit wins during the individual play. U-M went 29-12 in doubles, using only four different combinations over the course of the tournament season.
Fabulous Freshman -- Freshman Emina Bektas earned Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Week after capturing the overall singles title at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 14-16). Betkas posted a perfect 3-0 record at the No. 1 position with a pair of wins over nationally ranked opponents, defeating Washington's No. 10 Denise Dy (4-6, 6-4, 6-1) and Georgia Tech's No. 45 Jillian O'Neill of Georgia Tech (6-4, 6-4). It is the second weekly honor for Bektas in her rookie campaign and the third for the Wolverines this season.
Where We Rank -- The Wolverines received their second straight top-10 preseason ranking at No. 10, while four Michigan players earned individual singles rankings. Freshman Emina Bektas jumped to No. 36 after earning a No. 9 fall ranking in the freshman/newcomer division. Sophomore Brooke Bolender (Delray Beach, Fla./Kaplan Prep) moved up to No. 46 and sophomore Sam Critser (Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View HS) checked in at No. 53, while junior Mimi Nguyen (Long Beach, Calif./Milliken HS) returned to the national rankings at No. 113. On the doubles side, Michigan's duo of Bektas and Bolender received a No. 24 preseason ranking. [ ITA Rankings ]
The Captain -- At the conclusion of the fall season, senior Michelle Sulahian (Valley Glen, Calif./Campbell Hall School ) was selected to serve as team captain by her teammates for the 2012 season. A three-year letterwinner and Michigan's lone senior, Sulahian owns a career singles record of 62-34, including a 40-13 mark in dual competitions. She went 32-11 during her sophomore campaign; her 32 wins rank third on the single-season list. In doubles competition, Sulahaian is 66-31 over her collegiate tenure, posting a 34-11 dual record, including a 17-3 mark in Big Ten duals. She is 7-3 in singles this season and 8-3 in doubles.
A Look Back -- The Wolverines won their second consecutive Big Ten championship in 2011, finishing the season with a 24-5 record and 10-0 mark in Big Ten action. U-M reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Championships before falling to No. 7 Miami (Fla.). Denise Muresan became the first Wolverine to earn back-to-back ITA All-America singles honors and the first to earn singles and doubles accolades in the same season. She shared doubles All-America honors with sophomore Brooke Bolender. Muresan was named Big Ten Player of the Year, Bolender won Freshman of the Year and Ronni Bernstein was Coach of the Year. [ 2010-11 Statistics ]
Leader of the Wolverines -- Head coach Ronni Bernstein enters her fifth year in Ann Arbor, compiling an 85-23 overall record and 38-2 Big Ten mark in her first four years. The Wolverines have strung together the best two-year span in program history during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, going 24-5 in both campaigns while winning two Big Ten championships. For her efforts, Bernstein has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in both seasons. Teryn Ashley-Fitch is in her sixth year at Michigan and was promoted to associate head coach last summer after earning ITA Midwest Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2010.
Facebook: Connect with the program, alumni and fans by clicking the "Like" button at facebook.com/UofMTennis. Facebook is a social network service and website with more than 500 million active users.
Twitter: Sign up and follow the Wolverines (umichtennis) with up-to-the-minute news and information throughout the season and beyond. Twitter is a free casual, online social network that is designed to connect businesses, organizations and individuals. Each Twitter post (or "tweet") can be received on a user's cell phone via text or on the web.
Host ITA Kick-Off
Saturday, Jan. 28 -- vs. Maryland (Varsity Tennis Center), 10 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 29 -- vs. Notre Dame or Yale (Varsity Tennis Center), Time TBA
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Awesome. Eh I'm just gonna replace the whole kit anyway cuz it's all trash and ziptied lol
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is the wide body rear fender flares bondo'd to the car flush or is it held on another way ?
would you be able to remove the entire kit and return it to factory ?
Look at the fine details: car was registered in 2007 in WASHINGTON State. Car has 44k miles.
Car has accident in 2009 in TEXAS
Car is inspected in 2014 in ARIZONA
So in 7 years and driving across the country to multiple locations, the car has only managed to accumulate 9,000 miles?
You've definitely been scammed.
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OP you have a car that has potential, don't let the man or anyone else bring you down. I LOVE fixing cars, I don't care what condition they come in or how much the customers want to pay(or not pay in most cases). I do it because its fun, and I think you will have a blast re-building this beast into a beaut. Another plus is, because you have a DD you can completely re-build this car(ground up), one day when it is finished you will be the one telling every new person on this site who didn't buy an imaculately taking care of car, "they bought a lemon," and "you should just park it on train tracks." More importantly there won't be a single inch of that car that you wouldn't know, better than the back of your hand.
Would you be willing to buy a crate engine? That would alleviate all of the previous owners mistakes, of course not including Suspension and drivetrain. I think they are around ~6k, someone who has purchased one can chime in here!
And i almost forgot, Welcome to the forum. If you plan on re-building, you have a wealth of knowledge(this site) and and a group of pretty decent people(most times) backing you up. Good luck and don't forget the Pictures
Yeah it looked glued on and I'm def keeping it and am def going to rebuild it. Ill have a few places check out the engine and.such
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And thanks for the welcome guys sorry for short answer at work
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Oh and it did sit outside for about 5years
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Check all bushings, seals, gaskets, and anything made of rubber or holding a liquid. Vac lines, Rad hoses, Oil pan gasket, Head gaskets, rear main, Etc. Depending on the winters that it went through in Washington you may have crusty, salted, and old, well everything. No lube and no heat for a long time will do numbers for the seals/gaskets. I can tell you right now the guy probably didn't fog it or have it prepped for storage. Especially for that long!
Be thorough when you do this and you may find quite a few different repairs that may be overlooked otherwise. Better to get them while things are pulled apart rather than re-working it when you blow out a gasket.
Very true! Thanks for the advice goat! Yeah I think it sat in Texas for the longest but who knows this car is a mystery lol
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No worries, I forgot The belts. If he/she left the belts tight i would just replace them all. No questions. If the Park brake was applied the whole time you may want to check for tension as well. If it sat in Texas it would be better beacuse it is dry and warm. +1
Just a thought. Good luck!
Do you have any tools? Got any buddies with tools that like free beer?
Let's start here - $525 for intercooler dealer quote.
Buy this instead ($100). It takes a screwdriver, a couple sockets (12mm, 10mm), not much time, and some determination to mount. When you mount the BPV, it is bolting into aluminum threads so be careful (a torque wrench would be best and is a great tool to have).
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You'll need one more of the small hose clamps and one more of the large ones (T-clamps are best, see rally sport - you can chat for the sizes)
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"The stitch is lost unless the thread is knotted." - Italian proverb
^^ I haven't seen $100 STI intercoolers... $200-250 seems to be the going rate (y-pipe included).
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were they being negative?
Hemlock pretty much has it right.A hobbyist is someone who keeps bees, mostly in their back yard, seeking honey to either eat themselves or give away. If they get a really good harvest they might even sell some. A hobbyist could have some hives in outlying apiaries.A sideliner is someone who has a "day job" but has enough hives to hopefully make a little money "on the side" from his/her beekeeping activities. Beekeeping is not their primary source of income but it is a source of income.A commercial beekeeper is one who has 500 (that number seems a bit high to me) hives or more and keeping bees is their fulltime occupation. This is the way it has been explained to me.


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Two new academic studies released Monday reveal that the crucial West Antarctic ice sheet is now melting, a seemingly unstoppable disaster that could eventually trigger sea levels to rise by more than 14 feet (4.3 metres).
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One of the studies indicates the glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica "have passed the point of no return," according to glaciologist and lead author Eric Rignot, of UC Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The new study has been accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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A new, state-funded home elevation initiative from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to convince homeowners affected by Sandy to raise the level of their houses. The initiative is an optional extension of the NY Rising program.
Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday, in front of a Freeport, Long Island, home in the process of being elevated. The South Shore community suffered extensive damage during the storm.
The governor said more than 6,500 Long Island homes are eligible for the program and homeowners should take the option seriously. Homeowners within the 100-year flood plain, or that have been certified as significantly damaged by the federal government, are eligible for the plan.
"To think that, well, Sandy came and Sandy went and it'll never happen again is denial," Cuomo said, "and I think that is inviting disaster again."
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"It's been extremely difficult," she added. "So when I heard that Governor Cuomo's standing here around the block from me patting himself on the back that one house in Freeport has been elevated…it's a sham."
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Hunting for Thanksgiving
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"Right now, everybody is interested in where their food comes from," says Anthony Licata, the editor of Field & Stream magazine. "Hunters are the original locavores." Licata, who grew up in rural Pennsylvania, works in Manhattan, and recently penned the article "The Plea: Please Remember the Liver," recently spoke with All Things Considered Host Amy Eddings about the wild game served at America's very first Thanksgiving.
More than just a bonus round of gobbling creatures in Big Buck Hunter, turkey can be broken down into three catagories: the packaged, grocery-store-type of beast typically found in supermarkets across the country, heritage birds purchased at specialty grocery stores, and truly wild turkeys, which can only be found at the end of a rifle sight.
Licata says it is well worth the effort to get out into the woods and bag a turkey yourself. "On a wild turkey, breast meat is almost like dark meat," he says. "It has a lot of the moisture level, texture and flavor of what you'd think of as dark meat on a domestic bird."
Heritage turkeys, which are domestic breeds that have fallen out of popularity, also have a richer, more intense flavor. But heritage birds, like any other form of game sold at restaurants, are not truly wild. That's because market hunting, or hunting to supply restaurants, has been illegal since the late 1800s, when the practice decimated much of the country's wild game. Instead, turkey or venison served on menus are farm-raised wild breeds. Licata explains that much of America's venison is sourced from New Zealand.
Whether cooking a heritage bird picked up at the farmers' market, or grilling up the backstrap of a deer recently doing its own foraging in the woods, Licata emphasizes that fresh meat should be cooked differently than supermarket equivalents because it is less fatty. With venison, he suggests either eating it rare or braised, which means cooking it for a long time over low heat.
Below, check out a recipe from the recent issue of Field & Stream for grilled backstrap, the venison equivalent of the loin, or go to the magazine's Web site to get chef Kerry Hefferman's recipe for wild turkey. And for really hardcore hunters, here's a video of Licata talking about one woodland critter that makes for good hunting and x-treme eating: squirrel.
Click here to get Licata's recipe for Pork Rind-Crusted Fried Squirrel with Molasses Red-Eye Gravy.
Grilled Backstrap With Deer Rub
Recipe by Tim Love, "The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro," Fort Worth, Texas
Serves 4
- 1 large venison backstrap, all silverskin cleaned
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- 1/2 cup deer rub
Deer Rub
- 2 Tbsp. cumin
- 2 Tbsp. coriander
- 1 Tbsp. palm sugar
- 1 Tbsp. long red chile, ground
- 1 Tbsp. kosher salt
1. Let backstrap sit until it reaches room temperature. Rub with peanut oil. Season with the rub.
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Wycliffe Bible Translators International (WBT) is "an association of member organizations that have agreed to work with each other and with partners around the world, promoting and participating in Bible translation movements worldwide." ^[1]^
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William Cameron Townsend founded WBT in 1942. Townsend discovered most of the Cakchiquel Indians where he was working were not interested in the Spanish Bible he was selling. He spent the next twelve years translating the Bible for the Cakchiquel. After finishing the Cakchiquel New Testament, he could have spent the rest of his career ministering in the Cakchiquel church. But Townsend resolved that other language groups should also be able to read the Bible in their own language. Borrowing from the name of the Reformation figure John Wycliffe, Townsend founded "Camp Wycliffe" in 1934 as a linguistics training school. However, he knew he could not translate the Bible into every language by himself and so he founded WBT in order to translate the Scriptures for people groups around the world. Today, more than 5,000 people work with Wycliffe Bible Translators.
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I work a part-time job in a non-Christian environment. I am the only believer in my immediate work station, and I can think of only a handful or so of professing believers in my whole building. This can sometimes give me a unique voice in certain conversations, and because of that I get asked lots of questions. Some of the question are of a contentious nature, while other questions are purely out of curiosity. Recently my partner asked me one of the latter.Knowing that I am an evangelical and … [Read more...]
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Atomic Floyd AirJaxPocket-lint
A decent set of headphones for sport is hard to come by. Most of the time you are given a choice: either a set that stays in but sounds terrible, or one that gives you decent audio quality but keeps falling out.
We are already fans of Atomic Floyd, having used a set of SuperDarts as our main headphones for a good while now. Now Atomic Floyd has a sports headphone; the AirJax + Remote. Hoping some of that sound quality had been transferred, we wrapped a set of the new headphones around our ears and headed out for a run.
Right from the off we had an issue with the AirJax design. Not the actual earphones, their metal construction and use of premium materials is brilliant. No, it was the metal band used to attach them to your ears. It just isn't comfortable and they are far too delicate in your pocket. We didn't manage it, but we can easily see that band bending if you accidentally sat on them or squashed them in a pocket.
Atomic Floyd does include a set of rubber covers for the earhooks and a hex key so you can adjust them in different directions but they are still just not comfy sat on the ears. The problem is that over time the earhooks move slightly, especially while running, resulting in them putting just enough weight on the top of your ears for it to become uncomfortable. Admittedly this might be the shape of our ears causing an issue, so for some the Atomic Floyds might prove a lot more comfortable. One thing is for sure, they certainly don't fall out in a hurry.
Included in the Atomic Floyd box is a pouch to store the headphones, DJ jack, flight adapter, earhook covers and a hex key. All of it comes in that usual metal material that Atomic Floyd wraps its headphones in. It looks ace and has a seriously premium feel. The SoundControl remote is also placed high up on the left-hand side of the headphone cable and is light enough not to interfere when running.
Plenty of logical design touches and a premium feel ensure the Atomic Floyds justify the price tag on feel. Shame about the earhooks being uncomfortable but we can't help but feel the fundamental idea is flawed. Would have been nice to see Atomic Floyd try something different.
Atomic Floyd tends to change the way its headphones sound across the range. We like the SuperDarts for their balanced yet rich and detailed sound quality. For the AirJax it went for something different, adding a lot more treble and doing away with most of the bass. Listening to them at home, this results in audio that is a touch flat. Outdoors though they make perfect sense.
By putting a bit more into the top end of the treble you can make out more detail in music when running or doing other sports that generate a lot of background noise. Going downhill on our bike for example we could hear much more from our test audio than from other sports headphones, despite all the wind noise in the background.
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Mount Whitney Climber's Log
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|Travis Atwood
|Whitney Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2006
|What a beautiful mountain! From what I had read I was expecting a lot more trash and people, but it really wasn't bad. We set out from Trail camp under a full moon and watched the sun come up from below Trail Crest and it was one of the most spectacular things I'd ever seen.
|Posted Sep 12, 2006 3:40 am
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2002
|Climbed it via the trail from Whitney Portal in 1995 and from the west side during a backpack in 2002. Good for people watching.
|Posted Sep 11, 2006 5:20 am
|East Face
|Great weather Great climb!
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 8:11 pm
|Main Trail Summit
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2006
|Started at 3:30 am, summited by 8:55 am. Great sunrise. Great hike. Want to try the mountaineers route now. Tried to summit Muir on the way back, but was tired and not comfortable doing the class 3 alone,
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 3:16 am
|My first 14er, period.
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2006
|Took 3 days, 2 nights and enjoyed it all. Thanks to good fortune with the weather and lots of training hikes, I had no problems.
|Posted Sep 3, 2006 12:58 am
|Whitney Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1998
|My first California 14er.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 1:59 am
|Fourth and Last
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005
|Nice to of said I've done the highest.
|Posted Aug 29, 2006 5:21 am
|Main Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004
|My first California 14er--lucked out and got a permit 2 days before. Day-hiked it. Gorgeous day for the summit.
|Posted Aug 26, 2006 6:32 pm
|HP #2 Mount Whitney Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2006
|Camped at trail camp with SP members brettwilli, rangermatt, and jonnyboots as part of a two day summit bid. Brettwilli and Jonnyboots both summitted on Day one. While rangermatt and I summitted on day two. Very beautiful scenery and a long grueling climb with a large pack. Could be done in a long day with a day pack much easier than lugging a 30 lb pack up to camp in my opinion. Reached the summit about an hour short of sunrise, but well worth getting up early.
|Posted Aug 25, 2006 5:54 am
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2006
|Night at Trail Camp, then up on Whitney at 7am. Had the summit to ourselves! (for a bit)
|Posted Aug 18, 2006 2:48 am
|Sunshine Peewee
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
|Beautiful climb. Despite Whitney having the cache of being the tallest, this really is a Sierra classic. Will repeat if neccessary, which it no doubt will be in coming years.
|Posted Aug 17, 2006 11:28 pm
|Main Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006
|Nice climb. Beautiful weather.
|Posted Aug 17, 2006 4:54 am
|SHP #34 in 1989
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1989
|Two day trip with daughter Vanessa on our highpoints quest in 1989. This was the 34th of my 49 state high points, and Vanessa's 33rd.
|Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:00 pm
|Cottonwood Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2006
|Enjoyable early morning climb from Guitar Lake in the shade. Beautiful blue skies on top, no clouds or wind. Gary's 2nd summit on Whitney, Gabriela's first. Dan Heuschele also summited with us.
|Posted Aug 11, 2006 7:51 pm
|second attempt
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
|What an awesome mountain! second attempt and had to quit a mile from the summit. I was dragging really bad and plus the weather was going bad. Next year I'll just do the MR. The main trail is not too bad, but I'd rather get to the peak with a little scrambling and climbing involved.
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 4:32 am
|Everyone and their imaginary dog climbs Whitney
|I made it up and down Muir and Whitney in twelve hours. Not a world record, but I was proud of my pace. Great trail even with all of the people. It hailed on me up top, it was a bit scary. August 2004
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 1:48 am
|CNC Dave
|Main Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|Did the traditional two day trip with one night at trail camp. Got to the summit at 10:30 next day. Perfect weather. Oldmanmike was with me and did Muir, Keeler, and Day needles along the way. Lots of nice people on this trail with outrageous views.
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 4:07 am
|Whitney Trail- 1 day
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2006
|First time on a fourteener, we felt the altitude a little bit right at the top, but lunch on the summit seemed to fix that. Up and down in 12 1/2 hours (3:00am - 3:30pm) , nice not to be carrying full packs up to camp, people we passed who were, looked hot and miserable. One small snow patch presented no problem. Next time a climbing route!
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 3:24 am
|One long dayhike!
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2005
|Decided to do this one as a dayhike. Was the first one to sign the summit log at 8 AM after leaving at 1 AM (7 hours). Stayed up top for an hour and was back down in another 7 hours. Ice on the trail early in the morning made for slow going. Was extremely hot on the way down, close to 90 F at high camp!
|Posted Aug 6, 2006 9:43 pm
|Beautiful weather on Whitney Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
|Drove 610 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah to climb Whitney with friends. We camped the first night at Whitney portal -- having never been in bear country, I spent most of the night awake wondering if every noise was a bear. The next morning, we hiked the Whitney trail to Trail Camp and stayed here prior to our summit climb the next morning. The weather forecast called for thunderstorms -- several hikers on their way down commented on the blustery weather at trail camp on the previous night, having endured lightning, hail, snow and high winds. Although dark clouds threatened us for a large portion of the day, they cleared up by nightfall, leaving behind the most astounding star-filled sky I have ever seen. The morning sunrise over the lake at trail camp was equally amazing. We summited on 7/30/06 at about 10:15 a.m. -- again, dark clouds threatening but failing to organize. An amazing experience.
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WASHINGTON The National Education Association applauded The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation for teaming up to make education a national priority in the 2008 presidential race. The Strong American Schools project aims to place the issue of quality public education at the top of every candidates agenda, regardless of political party.
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this view of a portion of Endeavour crater's rim.
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The NASA Mars rover Opportunity has gained a view of Endeavour crater from barely more than a football-field's distance away from the rim. The rim of Endeavour has been the mission's long-term goal since mid-2008.
Endeavour offers the setting for plenty of productive work by Opportunity. The crater is 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter -- more than 25 times wider than Victoria crater, an earlier stop that Opportunity examined for two years. Observations by orbiting spacecraft indicate that the ridges along Endeavour's western rim expose rock outcrops older than any Opportunity has seen so far. The selected location for arrival at the rim, "Spirit Point," is at the southern tip of one of those ridges, "Cape York," on the western side of Endeavour.
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The Last Time UALR Beat the Cajuns – From the Bird's Nest
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns carry a sixteen game winning streak against UALR as the teams meet for three at Gary Hogan Field this weekend.
The Cajuns have swept five straight series, including two at Hogan Field, a hitters park with short dimensions. It's not easy to keep the score down here.
And, the last time the Cajuns lost to the Trojans, that was proven to be true. It was perhaps the most costly regular season loss in the Tony Robichaux era. It certainly cost the Cajuns the most….like a conference title and a postseason trip.
The year was 2006. Troy was in its first year in the league and there was a three way race for the title between the Cajuns, Troy and South Alabama. The Cajuns lost the series in Mobile, and won a tight series in Lafayette against Troy.
The Cajuns won the first game at Gary Hogan Field (then called Curran-Conway Park) but Saturday's game was rained out, necessitating a Sunday doubleheader. In Sunday's first game, Louisiana was cruising with an 11-4 lead. Freshman Danny Farquhar was summoned in from the bullpen to finish it. But Farquhar allowed a hit, walked a guy, gave up another hit, hit a batter…you get the message. Exit Farquhar, enter Chad Beck.
And Beck finished the collapse. He gave up a hit, a game tying three run homer, a walk and two more hits and UALR had completed the comeback with an improbable eight run rally and a 12-11 win. There's some irony that both Farquhar and Beck got September call-ups from the Toronto Blue Jays.
When the dust settled, the Cajuns were a game behind Troy in the regular season standings. South Alabama finished third.
At the conference tournament, the Cajuns and Jaguars met in post-season for the first time since 1998. The Cajuns won, evening the season series at two each. And, with the Cajuns' second place finish, it looked like that win would get the Cajuns to their second straight regional.
But a week before the regular season ended, former South Alabama coach Steve Kittrell started his ace, P. J. Walters, in a mid-week game in Tallahassee against Frorida State. The Jaguars won. And, it was that game which probably made the difference to the selection committee.
But, there was no way the Cajuns would have been left out had they been co-champions of the regular season. Their RPI was in the ballpark and the Sun Belt regular season title would have meant something to the selection committee. And, remember, because of the regular season series win over Troy, the Cajuns would have been the top seed for the tournament.
The following year, the Cajuns clinched the regular season title by bludgeoning UALR 28-3, a game where Tony Robichaux emptied his bench but couldn't stop the onslaught. The Cajuns have continued the streak since then, although in the last couple of years, the games have been close.
There's no telling whether the streak will continue. In fact, chances are it won't. UALR is pretty good at home and they haven't lost a home series this year.
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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 107091, 4 pages
Research Article
Phosphocreatine Preconditioning Attenuates Apoptosis in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of Rat Brain
Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
Received 15 July 2010; Accepted 9 December 2010
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Is it time to buy shares in engineer John Wood Group? A family sell-off has prompted analysts at Oriel Securities to suggest it is a good time to buy.
The Aberdeen-based engineer to the oil, gas and energy sectors fell to the bottom of the blue-chip index after the family revealed they are selling a 4.4% stake in the company.
Credit Suisse and JPMorgan launched a £130 million accelerated bookbuilding to sell the stake from some members of the Wood family and one of the family trusts.
But Sir Ian Wood is not selling his stake and Oriel's analysts think the share price fall is "a good buying opportunity" as its "strong international position in offshore facilities… leaves the company well placed to take advantage of increasing industry spending". They retain their add recommendation for the stock. The company, which started 100 years ago as a ship repair and marine engineering firm, saw itsshares declined 32p to 783.25p.
But Wood was one of only a handful of fallers on the FTSE 100 index as investor fears about the United States fiscal cliff were eased by positive comments coming out of the country. US politicians were optimistic that budget negotiations were moving ahead to avoid the looming cliff. The benchmark index lifted 51.96 points to 5855.24.
Miners were in favour as investors felt ready to speculate. Rio Tinto said it is slashing costs, cutting spending and upping asset sales and its shares flew up the top-flight index, gaining 120p to 3060.5p. It was followed by Vedanta Resources, up 35p to 1091p, and ENRC, rising 9.7p to 274.8p.
Analysts at HSBC turned their focus to the housebuilding sector and they rate all housebuilders as overweight – i.e. buy. They upgraded mid-cap index builder Persimmon from neutral, gave it a share price target of 957p and said: "Prepare for another big rally: Share prices are assuming… a moribund housing market for three more years. We are more upbeat and now forecast a steady recovery." Persimmon built up a 25.5p gain to 798p.
Investors checked out of CPP Group as it disclosed last night, after the market had closed, that US Affinion Group had pulled out of takeover talks for the credit card insurer. CPP said it is in discussion with its banks and is "considering a number of alternative financing and strategic options."CPP's shares reversed 4.25p to 15.75p.
Another update from AIM entrepreneur David Lenigas flew in. Pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet, where Lenigas is executive chairman, began passenger flights today and is expected to add new destinations next week. The shares ticked up 0.08p to 3.62p.
AIM tiddler Tertiary Minerals was glowing up 1.88p to 6.38p after it said the results of a review on its MB fluorspar project in Nevada revealed potential.
Snap up shares in SuperGroup, Seymour Pierce urges. The broker says the fashion chain behind Superdry "has delivered a steady performance" over the past six months. Shares (presently at 585p a pop) are rated at a 15% discount to the General Retail sector and are "undervalued considering future growth". It gives a price target of 750p.
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Dump shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, Investec advises in a note lyrically entitled "Irish eyes aren't smiling". Irish property prices are falling you see and the broker views this as "an enduring issue" for the taxpayer-owned bank. Shares, at 295p, are given a target of 265p.
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It's not always being fast or even accurate that counts, it's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger - and I won't.
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Flippin' Good Fun Pancake Race
This event has now finished. Tue Feb 12
Time Out says
Greenwich Market's first ever Shrove Tuesday pancake race is in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Teams of four will flip their way through heats to the grand final. Pancakes will be supplied by Maison Crepes but please bring your own frying pan. There are prizes from Bert & Betty and Ministry of Kitchenware for the winning team and the best fancy dress. Heats start at 1pm . Kids races start at 4pm. Teams must register in advance by emailing email@example.com.
Greenwich Market details
Transport Cutty Sark DLR
020 8269 5097
Tue Feb 12: adult race 1pm; children's race 4pm
entry £5 per team of four


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Deadly accident on I-10
CALIMESA, Calif. - Two people were killed in a deadly accident on eastbound I-10 at Cherry Valley Boulevard early Sunday morning.
Calfire says the accident happened just before 1:30 AM and it involved four vehicles.
When rescue crews arrived, one of the vehicles fully involved with fire.
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North Carolina site commemorates Wrights' conquest of the air
Never has so brief a trip had such lasting impact.
What astonishes many visitors to the Wright Brothers National Memorial in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina is the fact that the world's first airplane flight on Dec. 17, 1903, ended after only 12 seconds. The Wright Flyer, piloted by Orville, barely left the ground and touched down after traveling all of 120 feet — scarcely half a modern airliner's wingspan.
Yet that modest flight in Kitty Hawk effectively launched the age of aviation.
"Orville summed it up the best," said Darrell Collins, historian at the 431-acre park. "He said the first flight was only 120 feet, but it was the first time in the history of the world that a machine took off under its own power, flew forward with no reduction in speed under complete control by a pilot, and landed at a site equal [in elevation] from which it had taken off."
A 60-foot monument perched atop 90-foot-high Kill Devil Hill overlooks the sandy spit of land between the Atlantic Ocean and Albemarle Sound where Wilbur and Orville Wright made four flights that chilly morning. Inscribed at the base are these words: "In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. Conceived by genius. Achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith."
Their momentous feat in Kitty Hawk might never have occurred had Bishop Milton Wright, an itinerant preacher with the Church of the United Brethren of Christ, not purchased at a state fair a special gift for his young sons that sparked their interest in flight: a rubber band-powered toy helicopter designed by French engineer and aviation pioneer Alphonse P←naud.
They stood transfixed as it fluttered across the living room of the family home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
"This would have been 1878, when Wilbur was 11 and Orville was 7," said Nick Engler, pilot, writer, authority on the Wright Brothers and director of the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company in Dayton, Ohio, where the brothers operated a bicycle shop. "Bishop Wright would always bring home something from his travels that he felt was educational, so he brought them the P←naud helicopter. The helicopter itself was invented in 1870, so this was an extremely new thing, comparable to bringing home the latest Xbox."
The brothers played continually with their toy until it broke. But rather than toss the little helicopter in the trash, they repaired it, then utilized their mechanical skills to build replicas. P←naud's creation would have a profound influence the Wrights' future endeavors.
"When Orville was an old man in the late '40s, in the last interview that he gave, they asked him how he and his brother were inspired with the idea of flight," Collins said. "And he went back to that little toy their father brought home to them when they were children in Cedar Rapids, Iowa."
The Wrights opened their Dayton bicycle shop in 1892, but biking wasn't the only mode of transportation they focused on there. When business was slow the brothers retreated to a back room and designed intricate plans and blueprints for a flying machine.
Their dream of flight ultimately grew into an obsession. On May 13, 1900, Wilbur wrote a letter to engineer and aviation pioneer Octave Chanute that contained this passage: "For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life. I have been trying to arrange my affairs in such a way that I can devote my entire time for a few months to experiment in this field."
The Wrights resolved to travel someplace where they could test the gliders that, they hoped, would advance their knowledge of the principles of flight. They wrote to the United States Weather Bureau in Washington, requesting information on locations that might be suitable for their endeavors, places with plenty of wind and sand for soft landings.
Kitty Hawk was not No. 1 on the weather bureau's list.
"I think it was the No. 3 place," said Edward Roach, historian at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, who earned a master's degree in history from IUP in 1997. "No. 1 was the Indiana Dunes area on the coast of Lake Michigan near Chicago. But the brothers didn't want to go there. There were other people trying to fly, so they were trying to be as secretive as they could. It would have been easy for somebody to come over from Chicago and stand on the dunes and watch. Kitty Hawk was much more isolated."
The Wrights wound up in North Carolina after their letter to the Kitty Hawk weather station was passed on to William Tate, the village postmaster who served as sort of a one-man chamber of commerce for the Outer Banks, which even then was a popular tourist destination. The picture he painted of the area piqued the brothers' interest.
"You could, for instance, get a stretch of sandy land one mile by five with a bare hill in the center eighty feet high [and] not a tree or bush anywhere to break the evenness of the wind current," Tate wrote in reply.
When the Wrights arrived in Kitty Hawk late in 1900, they found precisely what Tate had described: a wide-open expanse with constant wind and sand as far as the eye could see.
"Back then there were no trees here," Collins said. "When he first saw it, Orville remarked that this is how he always imagined the Sahara Desert looked."
Over the next three years the Wrights conducted more than 2,200 glider flights from Kill Devil Hill and three other large dunes (known as The Three Sisters) near their campsite. By 1903 they were prepared to take the next step.
The brothers constructed the Wright Flyer, a 21-foot-long biplane with a spruce and ash frame, a 40-foot wingspan, two propellers and a 12-horsepower gasoline engine (a full-scale reproduction is on exhibit in the visitor center). Because the plane couldn't get traction in the sand during takeoffs, they launched it from a 60-foot wooden monorail.
The inaugural flight was scheduled for Dec. 14. The brothers flipped a coin to determine who would pilot the Flyer, and Wilbur won. Due to a lack of wind — an uncommon occurrence in Kitty Hawk — the brothers and several helpers from the Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station about a half-mile away carried the 605-pound Flyer to a nearby hill and launched it from there, with Wilbur working the controls from a prone position in the center of the lower wing. The plane did fly — for a few seconds — before the engine stalled and it landed hard, causing enough damage to necessitate repairs. The Wrights refused to consider the effort a true flight since they had taken off from a hill.
Three days later they were ready to try again.
The brothers tacked a red blanket to the east side of their hangar, signaling those at the lifesaving station that they were about to make another attempt and required assistance. It was Orville's turn as pilot. At 10:35 a.m., with stiff headwinds blowing from the north, he climbed aboard the Flyer and released the restraining wire. The plane moved down the rail as Wilbur ran alongside, steadying the wing. As the Flyer left the ground, John T. Daniels of the lifesaving station, using Orville's camera, snapped the iconic photograph that recorded for posterity man's first flight.
Others present were Adam Etheridge and Will Dough from the lifesaving station; local businessman W.C. Brinkley, a curious bystander; and teenager Johnny Moore, who wanted to see what all the fuss was about. According to Collins, "The witnesses were just jumping up and down and whooping and hollering and going crazy" as the Flyer completed its 120-foot journey.
Everyone returned to the camp — a reconstructed hangar and living quarters/workshop stand on the site today, only steps from a granite boulder marking the takeoff point — to warm up by a fire before heading back out for three more flights. The second covered 175 feet, the third 200 and the fourth, which lasted 59 seconds with Wilbur at the controls, 852.
Visitors today stroll along a paved path to the small stones that mark the landing site for each flight, turn, look back at the takeoff boulder and sometimes shrug their shoulders, seemingly unimpressed by the piddling distance. Fact is, even the Wrights were unimpressed — at least with their first three flights.
"The only one of the four that day that fit their own criteria for a successful flight was the last one," Engler said. "They figured that anybody could put a big enough engine on an ironing board and fly 300 feet. They actually said that. It wasn't until the fourth flight where they actually figured out how to control this airplane, and they coaxed 852 feet out of it. That's when they knew they had arrived. It was a proof of concept. They were on the right track."
Unfortunately, the Wrights were so caught up in the moment they neglected to properly secure the Flyer, with disastrous results.
"They dragged the machine back to the corner of the hangar building," Collins said. "The plan was to have a little lunch, fill it up with gas and then fly four miles up the beach to the Kitty Hawk weather station and send their father a telegram. But they were so excited about the fourth flight, the witnesses and the Wright Brothers standing around talking about it, that they forgot to tie the airplane down. A gust of wind rolled it and just tore it all apart, beyond repair."
Instead of flying to the government telegraph office at the weather station — now the Black Pelican Restaurant — the Wrights walked. The Western Union telegram Orville sent, now displayed in the visitor center, is the epitome of understatement. The tone, given what the brothers achieved that day, is as matter-of-fact as if they were describing what they had eaten for lunch: "Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from level with engine power alone average speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 [sic] seconds inform press home Christmas."
But that was typical of the brothers, restrained in a triumphant moment when they would've been excused for filling the air with shouts of exultation.
"To get to that point where you've actually succeeded when so many others have not, it's a pretty big achievement for them," Roach said. "But they're not really the type to crow about it. Orville sends a fairly famous telegram back to his father and sister in Dayton saying, well, we did this, tell the media and we'll be home for Christmas. That's the brothers."
Perhaps, as Engler suggests, their subdued reaction stems from the realization that they had yet to truly achieve their objective. Kitty Hawk was less the consummation of a dream than the continuation of one.
"The thing that is never stressed in the history books, if they had stopped there they would be nothing more than a footnote in history," Engler said. "The fact is, they worked afterwards to take the concept and develop it into a practical flying machine. And Wilbur defined a practical flying machine as one that could take off in a variety of weather circumstances, navigate to a predetermined location and land without wrecking. That's a direct quote."
The brothers returned to Ohio and in 1904 made a five-minute flight in the Wright Flyer II, an improved version of the Kitty Hawk craft, above Huffman Prairie, an 84-acre cow pasture outside of Dayton. By October of 1905, they were able to keep the Wright Flyer III aloft as long as the gasoline lasted.
Orville and Wilbur had made phenomenal progress since their "conquest of the air" at Kitty Hawk. Granted, visitors to Wright Brothers National Memorial are often struck by the fact that history's first flight lasted all of 12 seconds and covered only 120 feet.
But to paraphrase Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong — who carried with him to the moon a piece of the muslin fabric from the wing and a chunk of wood from the left propeller of the 1903 Flyer — what might seem to many a small step was in reality a giant leap.
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Facebook - Poem by Phil Soar
I must get onto Facebook,
And share my every whim;
Tell people when I've had a shit,
Or just been down the Gym;
I'd open up my heart and soul,
And spread eternal joy;
And tell the world how much I wanked,
When I was just a boy.
Id fill my site with Happy Thoughts,
And even product placing,
I'd photograph the skid-marks,
On my pants that need replacing;
Each day I'd write a daily blog,
With banal thoughts and ditties,
Post photos of me on the bog,
And flaunt my manly titties.
I'd keep the world a-breasted,
About everything I'm doing,
I'd keep my page updated,
Whilst I'm sitting down and poo-ing;
MY LAPTOP resting on my lap,
That's how it got its name,
My finger rips the toilet paper,
Now that is a shame.
An accidental Fingering,
Whilst sitting on the Loo,
Not the sort of thing I'd share,
Will all the Facebook crew;
But someone sends a link to me,
That takes me somewhere crude,
A site of toilet paper holes,
And fingers brown and stewed.
I can't believe the sort of stuff,
That people share out there,
Who tells the world their every move? ,
Do people really care? ;
And, Do we need to know all that? ,
Our lives all stripped and bare,
With every move and the things we do,
Why feel the need to share? .
There are those who also twitter,
Their lives awash with Twits,
Sharing every thought they have,
And getting on our Tits;
From stars of stage, and sport and news,
And those who live alone,
Tweeting when they've woken up,
And lying there alone.
They've all got their own followers,
Like some religious cult,
Tweeting crap and talking shite,
And writing to insult;
The need to reach out daily,
To tell the world their news,
To txt, to tweet, words from the street,
And all their insane views.
On second thoughts, I will not join,
Or share my daily grind,
I'll leave it all to those of you,
Who are out of your mind,
You tell the world your secrets,
You share most every day,
With people you don't really know,
Who might live far away.
So if you are on Facebook,
Or hashtag your life on twitter,
I hope the words you share out there,
Don't end up I.T. Litter,
I Do declare, that I don't share,
My feelings, thoughts and deeds,
Or try to share my drivel,
Till my brain explodes and bleeds.
Topic(s) of this poem: funny
Comments about Facebook by Phil Soar
Eve T.m.c. (6/9/2017 11:16:00 AM)
I had to read this poem of yours again. I so totally loved it. Adding to my favorites, Phil. Take care. (Report) Reply
Subhojit Kar (5/4/2017 6:49:00 AM)
Asserting your uniqueness and individuality using sarcasm and wit. A great piece. (Report) Reply
Eve T.m.c. (3/16/2017 2:03:00 AM)
This is so funny, Phil, I cracked my side laughing about all the things you wrote about. Yes, I so totally agree with everything you said in this poem of yours. I so totally agree with everything you say. I so totally hate face book. Take care and have a grand week ahead. (Report) Reply
Daniel Jones (3/6/2017 6:42:00 AM)
many of the reasons i quit Facebook 2 months ago, great poem, made me laugh. thanks again Phil (Report) Reply
Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black (1/7/2017 4:21:00 PM)
So true and o so funny...but I'm very careful about my postings, , (Report) Reply
Warden Vukeya (10/19/2016 4:36:00 AM)
good poem
wow, I never thought so much could be said about Facebook. This is a real talent. (Report) Reply
Judith Blatherwick (5/27/2016 7:09:00 AM)
Just brilliant. Funny and entertaining. I agree with everything said. (Report) Reply
Manonton Dalan (1/19/2016 12:26:00 AM)
hehehehhehe...if you share
your food pictures they'll love
you too (Report) Reply
Margaret O Driscoll (1/18/2016 4:33:00 AM)
Gave me a good laugh, must have been fun to write too! ! ! ! (Report) Reply
Rajnish Manga (11/20/2015 4:59:00 AM)
Very thought provoking. I have not been a part of Facebook or twitter because there is nothing to update and nothing to wait for. Thanks. (Report) Reply
Thomas Plotz (11/19/2015 3:24:00 PM)
I Do declare, that I don't share, My feelings, thoughts and deeds - except here, thanks for sharing Phil. (Report) Reply
Howard Mcdougal (9/8/2015 7:22:00 AM)
A fun piece to read, too much truth, thanks for sharing (Report) Reply
John Brown (9/1/2015 8:30:00 AM)
Kim Barney (8/26/2015 6:56:00 AM)
This is hilarious! I've been thinking of getting my own Facebook page just to promote my poems, but now I think, why? If nobody ever reads them but me and my posterity, that's o.k. (Report) Reply
Colin Finch (8/21/2015 7:19:00 AM)
Good stuff! (Occasionally guilty of some of the above...) : -) (Report) Reply
Paul Warren (7/30/2015 4:08:00 AM)
Phil what are we leaving of this time? They won't be digging out tombs to see what we were like I fear it will be Facebook pages and cat videos! (Report) Reply
Kinyua Karanja (6/23/2015 6:58:00 AM)
Rakhi Jayashankar (5/12/2015 1:29:00 AM)
Three cheers to someone who thinks the same way as I do
Facebook should. Change the name to fakebook where people fake their thoughts and life
Nice humour insightful idea (Report) Reply
Karl Mcareavey (4/28/2015 3:52:00 AM)
My sentiments exactly Phil....thought I was the only one who had better things to do than publish my mundane daily tasks to all and sundry....funny :) (Report) Reply
Elizabeth Padillo Olesen (3/16/2015 4:47:00 AM)
Very entertaining indeed. A very good expression of one's own way of looking at the social media and the personal choice one is free to have. Thanks for sharing. Great flow of the language. (Report) Reply
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This hotel features a snack bar/deli, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free WiFi in public areas, free valet parking, and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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The hotel offers a snack bar/deli. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. This Mediterranean hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and concierge services. Onsite self parking and valet parking are complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in March 2014.
Incheon Airport Oceanview Hotel has designated areas for smoking.
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- Total number of rooms - 33
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No pets or service animals allowed
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- Incheon Airport Oceanview
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Carnesville Woman Attacked By Pit Bulls
By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia
A Carnesville man says he wants a dog euthanized after it attacked his wife causing severe injuries.
It happened two weeks ago at a home at 10991 SR59 outside of Carnesville.
Ed Stanley said he, his wife Mary and their son went to the home to buy firewood, but when they got out of their vehicle, a female pit bull attacked his wife, biting her on the leg.
"We got out of the truck, my wife and I, I beeped the horn several times and out of nowhere this pit bull came running towards her," Stanley said. "It grabbed her by the leg, tore her pants and turned her around. She was screaming."
Her screams caught the attention of a neighbor who came out to help. Stanley said he and the neighbor tried to get the dog off his wife, but it wasn't until his son shouted that the dog let go and ran.
"My son, who has cerebral palsy and walks with a cane shouted, 'Stop! Halt! Release!'," Stanley explained. "I've never been on that property. My son has never been on that property, but that dog released on command."
Stanley called 911 and a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy and Franklin County Environmental Health manager Louis Korff came out to the property. Stanley said they told him the dog has attacked other people in the past.
"Another woman that works at the Wilco Truck Stop said she's probably going to lose her job because of her injuries. She was attacked when she went there to get firewood. The son of a neighbor of his, who also sells firewood, was bitten by the dog," he said. "Even the officer who took the report, officer Merck, said if my wife had hit the ground another dog who was there would have gotten her by the throat and killed her."
Since that incident, Stanley says his wife continues to suffer from her injuries and is currently undergoing therapy with a wound care specialist in Toccoa. Stanley said the doctors there told her she was lucky to be alive because the bite would was deep and just missed an artery.
Franklin County Sheriff Stevie Thomas said the dog was put into quarantine for 10 days on a rabies hold, but then released. Stanley wants the dog taken from the owner, identified as Clyde Burtch, and put down because he says it is vicious.
Thomas said there is a Beware of Dog sign on the property, but he agreed the dog needs to stay penned.
"I did make the owner aware there were some other complaints about the dogs," Thomas said. "The owner said he wasn't aware of the other complaints because he doesn't live there, it's his dad's house. I told him if he's the owner of the dogs then it's his responsibility to take care of them."
Thomas said the elderly Burtch has Alzheimer's and is not able to adequately care for the dogs. Stanley said there are about 18 Pit Bulls running lose on the property.
"The next door neighbor who came over to help us works the night shift. She told us she has to run to her car at night and slide in from the passenger side to keep from being attacked by the dogs. The dogs are running everywhere," Stanley said.
Thomas said he has continued to follow up with the owner to make sure the dog is penned.
FranklinCounty has no formal animal control officer or leash law on the books, but is subject to the animal control ordinances under the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Thomas said if the owner fails to keep his dogs penned, he can confiscate them.
"There are several things that can be done if he doesn't comply," Thomas said. "There is a vicious dog rule out there and we can take care of it that way."
Stanley meantime, said he intends to continue pursuing efforts to have the dog destroyed.


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For once, we are getting a videogame-based movie that actually makes a lot of sense. As reported by Variety, Fox has acquired the rights from EA to produce a Spore movie, and while few specifics are known about the film at this time, there are some names attached to the project.
"From every perspective -- visually, thematically and comedically -- the world of Spore provides the potential to put something truly original on the screen," says director Chris Wedge. Having previously directed Ice Age, I think he's a suitable candidate for the gig, although he's no Uwe Boll.
The movie is set to be produced by Blue Sky Studios, while EA Entertainment's Patrick O'Brien and Maxis Studio's Lucy Bradshaw will both serve as executive producers. Finally, Greg Erb and Jason Oremland (The Princess and the Frog) will be writing the script for Spore.
Out of all of the films based on EA properties that are in the works -- The Sims, Army of Two, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space, Mass Effect, and probably something else I'm forgetting -- I believe this one seems like it has the most potential to be successful with its target audience.
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