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Thomasson's Career Day Leads UK to 3-2, Comeback Win over LSU
Nov. 10, 2013
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – In a career-best performance, freshman Anni Thomasson exploded for 30 kills and 22 digs and three Wildcats posted double-doubles as the University of Kentucky volleyball team came back in the final set to beat LSU, 3-2 (23-25, 25-16, 26-24, 25-27, 15-13) in a five-set thriller Sunday afternoon in Memorial Coliseum.
The Wildcats (18-6, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) scored 12 of the final 18 points in the fifth and deciding set to put away a Tiger (15-8, 5-6 SEC) team that continued to fight back throughout the match.
UK was just as tough, however, and despite suffering comeback defeats in the first and fourth sets, never let go. Thomasson, in addition to double-double efforts from senior Whitney Billings and sophomore setter Morgan Bergren, led the charge.
"I thought we were extremely tough when we needed to be," UK head coach Craig Skinner said. "We had a chance to break, and refused to allow ourselves to go down that path. We created opportunities for us to score at the end and it was a great win. It was a great team effort today, there were a lot of people involved in a lot of different ways."
After LSU came back to steal the fourth set and force a fifth, UK found itself trailing, 7-3. That's when the tide shifted in favor of the Blue and White. Kentucky clawed back to tie it at eight, and after LSU regained the lead, the Wildcats once again came back to tie it at nine and again at 10. An 11-10 lead turned into an 11-11 tie and then a 12-11 deficit. That wasn't the end for the Wildcats though, who scored three of the last four to win the match. Fittingly, it was a kill from Thomasson that gave UK the 15-13 victory. Kentucky hit just .111 in the set, but with 10 kills, three from sophomore Shelby Workman, it was enough to earn the hard-fought win.
Thomasson totaled 30 kills and 22 digs, both career bests. It is the first time in the Craig Skinner era that a player has eclipsed 30 kills and 20 digs, and is the most kills in UK history in the 25-point rally scoring era. Thomasson's outing is the first time a player in the SEC has recorded at least 30 kills and 20 digs since Alabama's Kayla Fitterer did so on Nov. 7, 2010 against UK.
Not to be outdone, Billings added 13 kills, a season-high-tying 19 digs and four blocks for her 40th career double-double. Bergren dished out a career-high 66 assists to go along with a career-best 11 digs. Bergren's 66 marks the most helpers by a UK player since Elizabeth Koberstein's 70 in 2011.
Workman also recorded double-digit kills, with 11 in addition to a dig and one block. Coming off the bench, all of Workman's totals came in the final three sets.
"I don't ever recall 30 kills and 22 digs, so that's as big, regardless of class, that a player can play in a five-set match," Skinner added. "She was fearless today and Morgan was able to find her when she needed too. She hit the right shots at the right time. For Anni, Shelby and Whitney to produce the points for us, and Morgan was able to spread the offense around to get a lot of people involved, it created a great team win."
UK tallied 79 kills as a team, a record in the 25-point rally scoring era. The Wildcats hit .280 on the match and limited LSU to a .220 hitting clip with 66 kills. Kentucky had five service aces, two from senior Jessi Greenberg, and 10 blocks.
Senior Alexandra Morgan had seven kills in addition to a team-high six blocks, while sophomore Kayla Tronick added seven kills and a career-best four blocks. Junior Lauren O'Conner notched nine kills and redshirt freshman Kelsey Wolf had eight scoops. Junior libero Jackie Napper had a team-high-tying 22 digs.
The 25-16 win in the second frame, a nine-point spread, is tied for the second-largest victory margin following a set in which UK lost. Thomasson once again led the way for the Wildcats in the second, with eight kills and seven digs. Billings and O'Conner each had three of UK's 16 kills, while Bergren, Billings and Napper all notched four digs. Kentucky jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, which they would never give up. UK's lead was extended to five at 11-6 and seven at 19-12. The frame featured three 3-0 runs by the Blue and White.
Looking to take a 2-1 lead in the match, Kentucky found itself down 14-12 in the third set before it scored seven of the next eight to go up 19-15. The lead was enough, but it did not come easily. With a 24-22 advantage, the Wildcats were unable to close out the set and the Tigers tied it at 24. That's when Workman notched two of her four kills to close it out the set, 26-24, and give the Blue and White a 2-1 advantage. Thomasson knotted five of UK's 18 kills in the set, while Napper recorded seven scoops. The Wildcats hit .310 in the set.
The Tigers came back to score seven of the final nine points to take a 25-23 win in the first set. It was just the fourth opening-frame loss for UK in a winning match this season. LSU's late charge marked the fourth lead change in the frame, after UK scored four of five to take a 15-14 lead. The Wildcats lost the first point in the opening set, but quickly responded to take a 2-1 lead. The two teams traded tallies until LSU took a 6-5 lead, which it would not give up until Kentucky took its 15-14 edge. The Wildcats extended their lead to 21-18 and led 22-20 when the Tigers scored four straight to go ahead, 24-22. Thomasson had seven kills in the frame, while UK hit .310 with 18 kills. LSU had 19 kills and hit .294 in the frame.
LSU claimed a fourth-set win thanks to a late comeback. The Wildcats were leading by three at 21-18, but the Tigers scored three straight to tie it at 21, and eventually took a 25-24 lead. UK tied the set at 25, but gave up two straight points to fall, 27-25 and force the fifth and deciding set. Thomasson registered eight kills to lead UK to .300 hitting and 17 kills, while Tronick posted two solo blocks.
Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum will play host to the NCAA Regionals Dec. 13-14. UK is one of four sites selected for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight matchups with one team advancing to the Final Four in Seattle, Wash., from the Lexington Region. This marks the second time in three seasons Memorial Coliseum will host this premier volleyball event.
Visit UKathletics.com for the most up-to-date information on the Kentucky volleyball team and all 22 varsity sports. For additional info on the volleyball team like Kentucky Volleyball on Facebook or follow the team on Twitter at @KentuckyVB.

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Walter Valeryan Stercula~Biography
1922~1944 — Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OHIO
Walter Valeryan Stercula was born about 1922, in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OHIO.
He was the son of Celestin and Johanna Stercula. He was raised in Lakewood and
attended Lakewood High School, graduating in 1941. He was employed by the
General Dry Battery Co., before entlisting in the United States NAVY on 04 May 1943.
In August of 1943, he went on overseas duty, and was assigned to the USS HULL,
(DD-350), a Farragut-class destroyer. Walter attained the Rank of Seaman First
Class, (S1c), and was aboard the USS HULL, on 18 December 1944, when the USS HULL (DD-350), along with two other Ships, the USS MONAGHAN (DD-354), and the USS SPENCE (DD-512), were sunk when they became engulfed in the Vicious Winds and Roiling Seas of Typhoon Cobra. 790 Sailors were Forever Lost At Sea, in the waters near Luzon, in the Phillipine Islands.
Name: Hull (DD-350)
Namesake: Isaac Hull
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid down: 7 March 1933
Launched: 31 January 1934
Commissioned: 11 January 1935
Fate: Foundered in storm, 18 December 1944
General characteristics
Class and type: Farragut-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,395 tons
Length: 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)
Beam: 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Draft: 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Complement: 160 officers and enlisted
Armament: As Built:
5 x 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (5x5),
8 x 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4),
4 x .50cal(12.7mm) MG AA (4x1)
4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (4x1)
8 × 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2x4)
5 x Oerlikon 20 mm AA (5x1)
4 x Bofors 40 mm AA (2x2)
2 x Depth Charge stern racks
USS Hull (DD-350) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Isaac Hull.
Hull was launched by New York Navy Yard 31 January 1934; sponsored by Miss Patricia Louise Platt; and commissioned 11 January 1935, Commander R. S. Wentworth in command.
Hull received 10 battle stars for World War II service, having sailed to Europe, and serving in the Pacific before and during the war in combat. After addition of equipment that made her more top-heavy, she was one of three destroyers sunk by heavy seas encountered in Halsey's Typhoon. 7 officers and 55 enlisted men were recovered.
South Pacific operations
Hull returned to the Central Pacific after the Kiska operation, arriving Pearl Harbor 26 September 1943. She departed with the fleet 3 days later for strikes on Wake Island, and operated with escort carriers during diversionary strikes designed to mask the Navy's real objective—the Gilbert Islands. Hull bombarded Makin during this assault 20 November, and with the invasion well underway arrived in convoy at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1943. From there she returned to Oakland, California 21 December for amphibious exercises.
Next on the island road to Japan was the Marshall Islands, and Hull sailed with Task Force 53 from San Diego 13 January 1944. She arrived 31 January off Kwajalein, screening transports in the reserve area, and through February carried out screening and patrol duties off Eniwetok and Majuro. Joining a battleship and carrier group, the ship moved to Mille Atoll 18 March, and took part in a devastating bombardment. Hull also took part in the bombardment of Wotje 22 March.
The veteran ship next participated in the raid on Truk 29-30 April, after which she arrived Majuro 4 May 1944. There she joined Admiral Lee's battleships for the next major invasion, the assault on the Marianas Islands. Hull bombarded Saipan 13 June, covered minesweeping operations with gunfire, and patrolled during the initial landing 15 June. Two days later Hull and other ships steamed out to join Admiral Marc Mitscher's carrier task force. The fleets approached each other 19 June for the biggest carrier engagement of the war, and as four large air raids hit the American dispositions fighter cover from the carriers of Hull's Task Group 58.2. With help from American submarines, Mitscher succeeded in sinking two Japanese carriers in addition to inflicting fatal losses on the Japanese naval air arm during "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" 19 June, Hull assisting in several of these engagements.
During July the destroyer operated with carrier groups off Guam, and after the assault 21 July patrolled off the island. In August she returned to Seattle, Washington, arriving on the 25th, and underwent repairs which kept her in the States until 23 October, when she anchored at Pearl Harbor. Hull joined a 3rd Fleet refueling group, departing 20 November 1944 to rendezvous with fast carrier striking forces in the Philippine Sea.
Philippine Sea fueling operations
Fueling operations with the fast carrier strike force in the Philippine Sea began 17 December, but increasingly heavy seas forced cancellation later that day. The fueling group became engulfed in an approaching typhoon next day, with barometers falling to very low levels and winds increasing above 90 knots. At about 1100 18 December Hull became locked "in irons", in the trough of the mountainous sea and unable to steer. All hands worked feverishly to maintain integrity and keep the ship afloat during the heavy rolls, but finally, in the words of her commander: "The ship remained over on her side at an angle of 80 degrees or more as the water flooded into her upper structures. I remained on the port wing of the bridge until the water flooded up to me, then I stepped off into the water as the ship rolled over on her way down".
Rescue work by USS Tabberer (DE-418) and other ships of the fleet in the days that followed saved the lives of 7 officers and 55 enlisted men.
by Hanson W. Baldwin, from Crowsnest Magazine, October 1953
Mr. Baldwin, The New York Times military editor, analyzed records of the Naval Court of Inquiry, log books of the ships concerned, and other accounts of the storm for this article, which is reprinted here..
It was the greatest fleet that had ever sailed the seas, and it was fresh from its greatest triumph. But the hand of God was laid upon it and a great wind blew, and it was scattered and broken upon the ocean. The inexorable Law of Storms -- the Bible of all seamen since the days of astrolabe and sail -- was neglected, and the US Third Fleet, proud in its might, paid the penalty -- more men lost, more ships sunk and damaged than in many of the engagements of the Pacific war. Storms have intervened before in history and nature has adjudicated the small affairs of man. A great wind, as well as Drake of Devon, saved England from the Spanish Armada. But in 500 years of naval history, there had been no wind the like of that which struck the Third Fleet, Admiral William F. Halsey commanding, and humbled it in an hour of victory 17-18 December 1944.
The battle for Leyte Gulf was history; the Japanese Empire only a few weeks before had been dealt a fatal blow. The invasion of Mindoro started 15 December and the Third Fleet was weary from three days of wide ranging strikes against the island of Luzon . As the fleet retired to the east to refuel, the beginning of the end was in sight; enemy land-based air power in the Philippines had been neutralized or destroyed, and MacArthur's "I have returned" was already loud upon the lips of the world. Admiral Halsey, flying his flag in the battleship NEW JERSEY, dispatched the refueling rendezvous -- 14° 50' north, 129° 57' east, about 500 miles east of Luzon -- to the oilers and to Task Force 38, the carriers, under Vice-Admiral John S. McCain. But on the night of 16-17 December the sea made up and there was the queasiness of impending storm.
Sunday, 17 December, dawns dark and brooding, the sea choppy, the wind brisk but fickle, the ships fretful. Across hundreds of miles of ocean the Third Fleet steams, the masts, the flight decks bowing and dipping, swinging in wide arcs across the horizon. Here in all its majesty is the fleet that has humbled Japan -- a score of carriers, big and little; eight battlewagons, numerous cruisers, dozens of destroyers.
The refueling rendezvous is changed three times in search of calmer seas; the Third Fleet makes contact with the 24 big fleet oilers and their escort and, despite the querulous swells, refueling starts. The compulsion of combat, the support needed by those soldiers back on Mindoro , permits no concession to nature. The destroyers -- the little ships that dance in any sea, the ships with empty maws from their days of high speed steaming -- come alongside the tankers and battleships in the morning. But the ocean will have none of it; this is a job for super seamen. There's nothing but a mad swath of white water between oilers and tin cans as the hungry little ships try to gulp their food through hoses leading from the oilers' tanks. Some get aboard hundreds of gallons before the lines break and the ships swing wildly apart, but most part line after line as boatswains curse and the water boils aboard the well decks and the steel plates run with oil. Wind force, 26 knots. Barometer 29.74. Temperature 82°. Visibility five miles.
In early afternoon Commander Third Fleet orders fueling suspended, sets course to the northwest, then later to the southwest to escape the center of the approaching storm which is not clearly located. The barometer drops, the winds moan; there's the uneasy leaden feeling of a hand across the heavens, but the Third Fleet steams on in cruising formation -- the destroyers screening the "big boys," the antiaircraft guns alert, the sonars pinging, the radars searching, searching. The night is haggard.
Aboard the destroyers the "fiddles" are on the wardroom tables, the sleepers are braced in their bunks, but the sharp motion of the aroused ocean makes sleep fitful and despairing. Barometers fall steadily. Rain squalls and flung spray and spume reduce visibility; station-keeping is difficult -- at times almost impossible. The seas make up; the winds beat and buffet, "but no estimates of the storm center were in agreement," and not until dawn does the Third Fleet realize it is in the path of the granddaddy of all typhoons. And the fleet oilers and their escorting destroyers and escort carriers -- somewhat to the north and east of the main body -- are directly athwart the eye of the approaching typhoon. Fleet course is ordered changed to 180° due south -- but it is too late; the fury is upon them. NANTAHALA (oiler) … "this ship pitching deeply and heavily." ALTAMAHA (escort carrier)… "heavy weather making station keeping only approximate."
Morning fuel reports from many of the destroyers are ominous. All were low the day before; some had de-ballasted (pumped salt water out of their tanks) to prepare to refuel. They are riding light and high; stability is reduced. And their crews know that topside weight has been greatly increased since commissioning by more antiaircraft guns, fire control gear and radar. YARNALL reports 20% of fuel remaining; WEDDERBURN, 15%; MADDOX, HICKOX and SPENCE, 10-15%. The forenoon watch opens, in the words of an old seagoing term, "with the devil to pay and no pitch hot." The violence of the wind is terrible; it shrieks and whinnies, roars and shudders, beats and clutches. The sea is convulsed, diabolic; the ships are laboring -- laid over by the wind, rolling rapidly through tremendous arcs with sharp violent jerks, pounding and pitching, buried deep beneath tons of water, rising heavily, streaming foam and salt from gunwales and hawse pipes. Violent rain gusts, spin drift blown with the sting of hail, a rack of scud blot out visibility.
The Third Fleet is scattered; few ships see others. Only on the radarscopes do the pips of light loom up to show in wild confusion man's panoply of power. The deeply laden oilers, the heavy battleships, the larger carriers roll and plunge deeply and violently, but not dangerously, through the towering seas, but for the escort carriers, the light carriers and the destroyers, the struggle is to live. The war now is against nature, not the Japanese; no man in all the fleet had ever felt before the full fury of such a howling, demonic wind.
Some of the fleet is in the dangerous semicircle of the typhoon, where stronger winds drive them toward the storm's center, and at least one task unit is directly in the center, where the funnel of wind and the boiling ocean leap to climax. At 0820 destroyer DEWEY loses bridge steering control; at 0825 the radar, short-circuited by the flying scud, is out of operation. At 0845 escort carrier ALTAMAHA records in her deck log: 0"Mobile crane on hangar deck tore loose from moorings and damaged three aircraft." The barometer drops as no seaman there had ever seen it fall before; the wind is up.
Aboard COWPENS an F6F airplane, triple-lashed on the flight deck, breaks loose on a 45° roll and smashes into the catwalk, starting a fire. Men fight it as a bomb handling truck breaks free on the hangar deck and smashes the belly tank of a fighter. Men fight it as a wall of solid green water rips open, like a can opener, the steel roller curtains on the port side of the hangar deck. Men fight it as the anemometer, with one of its cups gone, registers a wind velocity of more than 100 knots; men fight it as the wind and sea pull out of its steel roots the forward 20mm gun sponson. Men fight it as the motor whaleboat is carried away by a wall of water, as bombs break their battens in the magazine and skitter about the deck, as jeeps and tractors, a kerry crane and seven planes are flung and blown off the flight deck into the writhing sea. But in the end it is the sea which extinguishes the fire, as it was the sea which started it; the F6F breaks clear of the catwalk and falls into the tumult of water.
As the day wears on, the log books run out of the language of nautical superlatives. Several ships record the barometer at a flat 28 inches; DEWEY reads hers at 27.30 -- possibly the world's lowest recorded reading. Oiler NANTAHALA, with other ships of a fueling unit to the northeast of the main body near the storm center, records a wind velocity of 124 knots. The wind shifts rapidly in direction as the typhoon curves, blowing from north and south and east and west -- backing and filling as do all circular storms -- and increasing in intensity to Force 17, far beyond that ancient nautical measuring stick of mariners, the Beaufort scale -- which defines Force 12, its maximum -- "that which no canvas could withstand" -- as a "hurricane above 65 knots." The voice of the storm drowns all other voices; the wind has a thousand notes -- the bass of growling menace, the soprano of stays so tautly strained they hum like bowstrings.0The tops of the waves -- 70 feet from trough to crest -- are flattened off by the wind and buried straight before its violence; rain and spin drift mix in a horizontal sheet of water; one cannot tell where ocean stops and sky begins.
Over all is the cacophony of the ships -- the racked and groaning ships, the creaking of the bulkheads, the working of the stanchions, the play of rivets, the hum of blowers, the slide and tear and roar of chairs and books adrift, of wreckage slipping from bulkhead to bulkhead. Low fuel, attempts to keep station or to change course to ease pounding spell havoc -- for some. The seas are so great, the wind so strong that some of the lighter destroyers are derelicts; all possible combinations of rudders and screws fail to take them out of the troughs; they are sloughed and rolled and roughed far on their sides by wind and water, and drift out of control downwind.
The light and escort carriers fare little better; aboard SAN JACINTO, MONTEREY, ALTAMAHA and others, planes slide and slip, wreckage crashes groaning back and forth; the hangar decks are infernos of flame and crashing metal, of fire and wind and sea. Light carrier SAN JACINTO tries to "swing to new course to ease her." The skipper backs the starboard engines, goes ahead 20 knots on the port, but the howling wind will have none of it; SAN JACINTO falls off into the trough, rolls 42°. A plane breaks loose on the hangar deck, skids into other planes -- each lashed to steel deck pad eyes with 14 turns of wire and rope -- tears them loose. The whole deck load crashes from side to side with each roll, "rupturing and tearing away all air intakes and vent ducts passing through the hangar decks." Aboard ALTAMAHA -- all 14,000 tons of her planing like a surfboard on the tremendous rollers -- the planes she mothers turn against her; fire mains burst; wreckage litters the elevator pit; heavy seas break over the fantail; damage repair parties shore the bulkheads.
1145 - The wind estimated to be more than 110 knots. But DEWEY, as the morning dies, still lives. Not so destroyers MONAGHAN and SPENCE.
MONAGHAN, with 12 battle stars on her bridge and a veteran of combat from Pearl Harbor to Leyte, lunges to her doom -- the fleet unknowing -- late in that wild and wind-swept morning. She's last heard and dimly seen when the morning is but half spent:
0936 - MONAGHAN to Com. TG 30.8 -- "I am unable to come to the base course. Have tried full speed, but it will not work."
1006 - MONAGHAN to unknown ship -- "You are 1,200 yards off my port quarter. Am dead in water. Sheer off if possible." MONAGHAN to HOBBY -- "Bearing is 225°, 1,400 yards…"
MONAGHAN's 1,500 tons of steel are racked and strained; her starboard whaleboat drinks the sea as the davits dip into the green water. But there's little intimation of disaster. About eight bells, as the Wagnerian dirge of the typhoon drowns the lesser noises of the laboring ship, the wind pushes MONAGHAN far on her starboard side. She struggles to rise again -- and makes it, but sluggishly. In the after deck house, 40-50 men cling to stanchions and pray silently or aloud. Slowly the ship recovers. But the lights go out; again the deep roll to starboard, again and again she struggles back, shuddering, from disaster. Then, about noon, the wind brutalizes her; heavily, MONAGHAN rolls to starboard -- 30°, 40°, 60°, 70° -- tiredly, she settles down flat on her side to die amid a welter of white waters and the screaming Valkyries of the 0storm. And there go with her 18 officers and 238 men. SPENCE goes about the same time, but again the fleet unknowing. SPENCE is de-ballasted, light in fuel; she rides like a cork and is flung like a cork in the terrible canyon-like troughs. Power fails; the electrical board is shorted from the driven spray; the ship goes over 72° to port -- and stays there. The lights are out; the pumps are stopped -- the ship's heart dead before the body dies; she drifts derelict.
Sometime before noon , the supply officer -- Lieutenant Alphonso Stephen Krauchunas, USNR -- destined to be SPENCE's only officer survivor, sits on the edge of the bunk in the captain's cabin talking tensely with the ship's doctor. An awful roll throws Krauchunas on his back against the bulkhead "in a shower of books and whatnot." Crawling on hands and knees on the bulkheads of the passageway, Krauchunas gets topside just before the entering ocean seeks him out. He fights clear along with 70 others -- but SPENCE -- 2,000 tons of steel with the power of 60,000 horses -- is done. The afternoon watch brings some slight surcease to some ships, climax and desperation to others.
The fleet is widely dispersed across a raging ocean -- some ships have felt the full fury of the storm; others are still to feel it. Between 1100 and 1400 of that day the peak is reached; "mountainous seas …confused by backing winds made the vessels roll to unprecedented angles." For destroyer HULL , with much of the mail of the fleet aboard, the afternoon watch is her last. Small and old as destroyers go, HULL made heavy weather of it in the morning; the driven spray had shorted everything; in the Combat Information Center leaky seams admitted the sea and "sparks were jumping back and forth among the electrical cables." HULL 's tanks are 70% full of fuel oil; she's better off than her lighter sisters though she has no water ballast.
But the storm brooks no objections; gradually, HULL loses the fight. Her radar is out; the whale boat smashed and torn loose; depth charges wrenched away and to "every possible combination of rudder and engines" the ship will not respond, and is blown "bodily, before wind and sea, yawing between 0headings of 100° and 080° true" -- toward the east. But the wind increases to an estimated 110 knots; "the force of the wind lays the ship over on her starboard side and holds her down in the water until the seas come flowing into the pilot house." Early in the afternoon, the leaping sea hurtles up into the port wing of the bridge and young Commander Marks steps off his capsized ship, his first command, into a sea "whipped to a froth," a sea so wildly angry, so ravening for life that lifejackets are torn from the backs of the few survivors. Destroyer DEWEY, battered and racked in the morning watch, makes it, though hurt almost mortally. At 1230 No. 1 stack carries away and falls over the side in a clutter of wreckage, leaving a gaping wound in the main deck and 400 pounds of steam escaping from the ruptured whistle line in a shuddering roar that mingles with the berserk voice of the typhoon. The falling funnel carries away the whaleboat davits; this easing of the topside weight -- and the skipper's prescience in the morning watch in counter-ballasting the high port side with most of his fuel probably saved the ship. Nevertheless, green water slops over the starboard wing of the bridge as the ship lies over an estimated 80° to starboard -- and lives to tell about it -- perhaps the first vessel in the history of the sea to survive such a roll. At 1300 the barometer hits bottom -- an estimated 27.30". But the typhoon has done its worst; at 1340 the barometer registers a 0slight rise, and at 1439 the wind slackens to about 80 knots. The storm curves on into the wide open spaces of the Pacific the rest of that day –
Monday. The winds still howl; the ships still heave, the ocean is confused, and even on Tuesday the seas are huge, but the great typhoon is over. Behind, it leaves the fleet scattered and broken, with more unrequited damage, as Admiral Halsey later noted, than at any time since the first battle of Savo Island . Survivors of MONAGHAN, HULL and SPENCE are pitifully few; destroyer escort TABBERER, herself de-masted, picks up the first survivors from HULL at 10 o'clock that night, and others, including Commander Marks, the next day. TABBERER also rescues ten survivors from SPENCE aboard a life raft on the 20th; other ships, scouring the ocean now that news of the sinkings is widely disseminated, find a handful of spent and injured sailors, who will forever comprehend more fully than any living men the meaning of the fury of the sea. The great typhoon of 17-18 December 1944 cost 790 dead or missing -- 202 from HULL, about 256 from MONAGHAN, 317 from SPENCE.
Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon (named after Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey), was the United States Navy designation for a tropical cyclone which struck the United States Pacific Fleet in December 1944 during World War II.
Typhoon Cobra
Eye structure captured on radar
Formed December 17, 1944
Dissipated December 18, 1944
Highest winds Gusts:
220 km/h (140 mph)
Lowest pressure = 907 mbar (hPa; 26.78 inHg)
Fatalities 790 U.S., unknown elsewhere
Areas affected Philippine Sea
Part of the 1944 Pacific typhoon season
Rate/Rank: S1
Service Branch: USN 0000 - 1944
Born: UNKOWN, OHIO
Significant Duty Stations
Seaman 1c Walter Valeryan Stercula
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Status: KIA
Walter V. Stercula ID: 08569648
Entered the Service From: Ohio
Rank: Seaman, First Class
Service: U.S. Navy, United States Naval Reserve
Died: Monday, December 18, 1944
Memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Walter Valeryan Stercula
Relative Name: Mr. and Mrs. Celestine Stercula
Relative Relationship: Parents (Parent)
State: Ohio
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946
Name: Walter V Stercula
Date of Loss: 18 Dec 1944 0
Branch: U.S. Navy Reserves
Rank: SEA1
Service Number: 8569648
Status: Missing in Action
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Walter V Stercula
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: No Record
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Service Branch: Navy
Rank: Seaman 1st Class
Service Number: 8569648
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valeryan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Cimarron
Ship Number or Designation: AO-22
Muster Date: 30 Aug 1943
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valeryan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Cimarron
Ship Number or Designation: AO-22
Muster Date: 8 Sep 1943
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Name: Walter V Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD 350
Muster Date: 24 Sep 1943
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter V Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD 350
Muster Date: 30 Sep 1943
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter V Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD-350
Muster Date: 31 Dec 1943
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valervan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: 350
Muster Date: 31 Mar 1944
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valervan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD 350
Muster Date: 13 May 1944
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valervan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD 350
Muster Date: 30 Jun 1944
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Walter Valervan Stercula
Ship, Station or Activity: Hull
Ship Number or Designation: DD 350
Muster Date: 1 Oct 1944
S1 Walter V Stercula
Birth: unknown
Death: Dec. 18, 1944
Note: Entered the service from Ohio.
Burial: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila, Manila City, Philippines
Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56766238
Date: February 03, 1945
Location: Ohio
Paper: Plain Dealer
Seaman Walter V. Stercula, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Celestin Stercula,
2011 Morrison Ave., Lakewood, OH, Killed aboard the USS Hull in
Western Pacific Typhoon in December. (18 December 1944)
Seaman Stercula attended Lakewood High School and worked for the
General Dry Battery Co., before entering service in May 1943. The
following August, he went on overseas duty. Surviving him, in addition
to his parents, are two brothers, Joseph and John; and four sisters,
Rose; Ludy; Joanne; and Mrs. Mary Petlock.
242. Stercula, Walter Navy Seaman 1/c 12-18-1944
2011 Morrison Avenue Philippine Sea Wd.H.S.1941
Seaman Walter Stercula was lost at sea. The destroyer he was aboard,
the U.S.S. Hull, was hit by a typhoon in the Philippine Sea, December 18, 1944.


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Here are the covered 3 x 5 note pads I made for Molly's birthday treat bags. Now I only need to finishe the beaded pens and I am done. I got 15 of them done today but I am three short. So I will finish them tomorrow. I know I did way to much detail for these kids but I can't help it. I just wanted them to look nice. Maybe I will get some orders from these. For the girls note pads I stamped the elephant in Regal Rose and used the stamp-a-ma-jig for the flower, which I colored with markers. Always Artichoke and summer sun. Then I punched holes in the scallops. For the boys notepads, I stamped the monkey and the vine and then stamped the bananas on a seperate piece of paper and cut them out. I love how they both turned out. I get my note pads from Walmart. You get 5 note pads for like $1.37. Here are the directions for the covered note pads.
Cut cardstock 3 x 10 3/8th
Score at 5 and at 5 3/8th
I put two strips of tacky tape on the back of the notepad and adhere the cardstock.
Then I put a small strip of tacky tape on the back and adhere the ribbon to it and tie the ribbon to the front.
They are super easy.
Stamps: Wild About You, Monkey Business
Paper: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Close To Cocoa, Summer Sun, Garden Green
Accessories: Giga and Mega Scallop Circle Punch, White and Cream Organdy Ribbon, Tacky Tape, 3X5 note pad, Hand Held Circle Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Markers
Thursday, June 21, 2007
"Goodie Bag ~ Covered Note Pad"
Posted by Rochelle W at Thursday, June 21, 2007
2 comments:
- Melissa said...
You are like the queen of the gift sets! I absolutely love all of them!
- June 21, 2007
- Flossie's Follies said...
These are great and so cute.
- June 22, 2007
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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Jewish E1b1b
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:11:09 -0600
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> Ken:
> I don't think this is what Anatole is suggesting, but I'll have to work my
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> Yes, it is population study stuff, not family genealogy stuff (both of
> which are acceptable and often discussed topics on this list), but what is
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> Ellen Coffman
What in blases are you talking about? My comments were about someone else's
remarks about SNPs, STRs and clades, not Anatole's.
My point was concerning someone's "foolproof" remark. For population
studies you don't need "foolproof" clade identification for each
haplotype --- just sufficiently reliable identification. While in family
genealogy most people want something closer to "foolproof" because they are
interested in the status of an individual, not a population.
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Here's the case for the Calais V V8.
It costs $55,000 but has more power and torque than most cars costing two and three times as much, more interior space than all but the biggest luxury sedans, a luxuriously comfortable cabin and an equipment level that includes almost every gadget you could reasonably want.
The upgraded styling looks terrific, in my respectful submission, with the option of the classy Sportwagon for those who want a premium five-door.
Everything is reasonably well screwed together and the latest model has the MyLink system, which cleverly brings together all the convenience and entertainment functions, including the latest music streaming services, on a smart central touch screen. Furthermore, it's built right here in Australia.
In summary, Your Honour, you'd be a mug to pay so much more for one of those fancy foreign luxury cars.
And here is the case against.
Even if we accept all of the above, the Calais V is a tarted up Calais, in turn a tarted up Commodore. That means most components are designed around the popular price class and are also to be found in the stripper family models.
This is reflected in some cheap interior plastics still being visible, some fittings that look like they are straight from the GM parts bins and a level of refinement which, although improved with extra soundproofing, isn't up with the best imports.
And, disappointingly, despite all the claims of practicality, the back seat doesn't fold for a bike or surfboard. The Calais V also lacks the steering wheel gear paddles fitted to the rebadged Chevy SS, as built by Holden and sent to the US.
Decent premium
Sure there's a value for money argument here, but people expect to pay a decent premium for great wines over those that are merely good. Same for cars.
Then again, on the other, other hand, there is a rugged, no nonsense charm to this car. It may even provide a chance to quietly put it up the neighbours: "Look, I'm above your silly prestige badge games – and I've got more toys to play with anyway."
The Calais V is the top line standard-wheelbase car in the newish Commodore VF series. This is last year's heavy update of the highly regarded and long-running VE series, first seen in 2006.
Let's look at a few statistics.
That huge V8 has a six-litre capacity for 260 kW and a healthy 518 Nm. It's now linked to a smarter six-speed auto.
But the traditional and still admired V8 burble is surprisingly muted and surprisingly, on our car at least, there were no badges to boast we had the bigger engine. One wonders how often drivers are going to be driving hard enough to take advantage of the V8's extra punch over the still-impressive six. The V8 model's increased weight up front and the $6000 premium over the six provide more reasons to consider doing without the extra two cylinders and 2.4 litres.
The Calais V's V6 puts out 210 kW and 350 Nm from its 3.6 litres, which is still enough to push it along well.
Still, some people have to have a V8, and will put up with prodigal thirst.
The official figure is 11.7L/100km on the combined cycle, a relatively acceptable figure achieved by shutting down some cylinders when not needed.
Unlikely to achieve
But you are unlikely to achieve it. At one stage in heavy city traffic, the trip computer was showing us a slightly surreal 19.6L/100km average.
Some aluminium panels have pulled the weight down, though it is still 1778 kg.
The standard two-tone leather trim is well done, as are the suede-like highlights on the doors and dash. Some other parts of the trim let down the ambiance, including the slippery faux leather above the instrument binnacle.
In terms of standard equipment, there is a high-res colour heads-up display that projects onto the screen your road speed, the official speed limit on whatever road you are travelling down, phone commands, music information and more (the choice of what to show is yours).
Also present: satnav, reversing camera, blind spot warning, lane departure warning, self-parking and many other things. Lacking on the standard list is radar cruise, while some of the fanciest stuff on the German imports (such as active steering to keep you in your lane, adaptive suspension and drowsiness detection) isn't yet available at any price.
Still, a new electric parking brake gives it the edge on those German and Japanese with foot-operated jobbies, and the sound system is pretty good – which couldn't be said for most earlier Calais models.
The car rides on 19-inch rims, which look the part, but contribute to a ride that will be too firm for many tastes (the suspension is the same tune as with lesser models). The electrically powered steering feels a little too light though it is accurate.
The handling is generally impressive, even with that massive donk over the nose. We all know the sad story – local Commodore sales have slipped from nearly 100,000 a year in 1998 to about 30,000 last year. That has changed the maths completely and the designers and engineers have had to shape the VF with very tight budgets.
Production will wind up in 2017 and the replacement will almost certainly be a front-drive international model, possibly built in South Korea or the US.
Until then, the Calais V has a lot to offer. It's only a hunch, because logic and collectable car values don't always go hand in hand, but the big-engined, top spec locally built models might continue to be strongly sought after for many years to come.
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|President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, on Mar. 3, 2009, released $26.6 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to states and local transportation authorities to repair and build highways, roads, and bridges.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)-an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges-was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, 2009. Two weeks later, on Mar. 3, 2009, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited USDOT headquarters in Washington, D.C., to release $26.6 billion from the ARRA to states and local transportation authorities to repair and build highways, roads, and bridges. Both actions triggered a flurry of public inquiries to USDOT that is not expected to let up for some time. The Office of the Secretary of Transportation has turned to RITA for help in making sure that all inquiring members of the public are provided with the information they seek.
By acting as the single point of contact and communication with the public on ARRA activities related to transportation, RITA's National Transportation Library (NTL) is now supporting all of the USDOT's modal agencies. To begin, NTL staff created a vital FAQ web page about USDOT recovery efforts. Next, all emails and phone calls from the public regarding transportation- related stimulus and recovery measures were routed to the NTL's Reference Service Team, which now handles all such calls. ARRA-related inquiries received by the team range from questions about state certifications and rules for funding grants, to questions about how to acquire funding or contracts for various businesses. NTL has added additional full-time staff to meet public demand answers and assistance, having long prided itself on its ability to respond to most inquiries within 24 hours.
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Sneak Peek: The ScAvengers for MAD #517
As promised, a sneak peek of "The ScAvengers" from the latest MAD:
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Tom, do you have a blog for the people that work at your parks, I'd love to see some greatest hits they might post, and also maybe some greatest rejects! When people ask me where to go to learn the art of caricature, I always tell them "MOA or Valley Fair" – learn from the best!
Got the issue yesterday – amazing parody and artwork. Though I didn't recognise some of the cameos in the NYC battle scenes, it was still hilarious. Great work as usual 🙂
Love your art work… That is all… 🙂
I'm your fan!
WOW…I love the Scarlett drawings!!!!! You might think I am crazy, but I prefer the black & white ink look OVER the finished color version. I just love that look.
Brilliant work.
Is that Ed Steckley I see with the camera?…
It's amazing what an expert you've become at these MAD parodies since you first started. And I can't count all the little gags on the main splash page.
Brilliant! Oh, MAD, take my money, please!
What does it say on the sticky-note on Irony Man's leg? I can't make it out.
Beautiful Tom… I'm in love 🙂 I was fearful that the only Mad parody I'd see is the one gag from the previous issue… not saying I didn't like it it's just that one panel is not enough!!!
And now I can have an ultra dosage of Avengers by Tom Richmond… couldn't be happier 🙂
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Hi Tom,
I remember once you were saying you had trouble caricaturing Gwenyth Paltrow, but you've got her brilliantly here!
I can't put into words how great I think you are, I've been a fan of your work since I was in school like 8 years ago. I remember a particular sketch of the week you did of Daniel Craig as Bond from an 'underneath' angle, just blew me away.
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Bad Flaw Edit
- Be a tiefling
- Be a martial class
- Ignore the flaw
- Lose darkness
- Don't care
This flaw isn't a very good one, nor does it penalize all characters equally. --Ghostwheel 21:26, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
- You can even pull this off as a sorcerer. You think a dagger is your magical weapon. No thief is (realistically) going to steal a mundane dagger off a sorcerer, and since he never uses it in combat, it'll never get sundered/broken/lost. This requires a DM to intentionally do something that makes no sense(have a thief steal a 2gp dagger rather than a 2500gp longsword, or a half-full spellbook) to have any penalty. Finally, any DM that does steal the sorcerer's dagger takes away ALL HIS POWER for a week. That's not balanced. No DM would do that to a spellcaster more than once, in which case you're getting a free feat for one bad encounter. --The Badger 21:43, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
- I was originally going to have this flaw require the item be in your hand or worn on your person at all times and have loss or destruction result in a comatose state, but I thought I had enough of a reputation as a sadist as it was. Besides, I do like the idea of a magical being who refuses to accept his power is his own.--Teh Storm 05:53, May 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah, this is pretty bad. I'd use a jock-strap myself, because you aren't going to lose that one, but there's plenty of stuff you can do. Also, please remember proper spelling and grammar in your articles. It's very important. Surgo 12:42, May 19, 2010 (UTC)
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So basically i am a texture artist who works alot with Photoshop, you can find a few of drawings in the photo section(soon). I also have 2 websites which are rather large, where people can download my work for free.
In time i want to sell my drawings to gain more money but its a slow proces. In the meantime you can visit my websites:
Well they are interlinked to eachother so it doesnt matter which link you take. Not much to see but in the General section go to Foto Voorlichting and you find a very old picture of me and some examples of my work.
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Crystal's Craftsman
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Construction Design
Square FootageTotal living area: 2260' Basement: 0' Main Level:1215' Upper Level:1045' Footprint: 40' 0" W x 33' 9" D
RoomsBedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.0 Master suite location: Upper Floor
AttributesLevels: 2 Foundation: Crawlspace Lot type(s):
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- Fireplace
- Compact Footprint
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This compact and charming three–bedroom house features many craftsman–like details. The exterior is composed of cedar shingles and trim pieces, wood brackets at the roof, exposed roof rafters, and abundant windows on all four sides of the house.
After you enter the foyer, there's a coat closet just to your left, along with a door to a utility/laundry room. As you enter the main living space, you pass a full bath that doubles as a guest powder room, and the door to bedroom 1. This room has windows on two walls, with views to the front and side of the house. After passing the stairs to the upper level you enter the open living area. The living room, dining space, and kitchen are wrapped with windows for views in three directions. A large fireplace in the living room faces all three spaces. Double glazed doors off the kitchen/dining area open to the back yard.
At the top of the stairs there's a large sitting area that's also wrapped with windows, and there's a charming built–in window seat beneath two of them. Both bedrooms also enjoy lots of light and views, and they share a full bath next to the sitting area.
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Crystal Palace have captured Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak on a free transfer, subject to a work permit.
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Crystal Palace have captured Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak on a free transfer, subject to a work permit.
Scottish champions Rangers were thought to be leading the race for his signature, but Palace have beaten them to the punch.
Jedinak, who left Turkish club Genclerbirligi earlier this summer, has penned a three-year contract with Dougie Freedman's side.
The 26-year-old Australia international is set to link up with his new team-mates when they return from their pre-season tour of the West Country.
"I am delighted to be joining Crystal Palace Football Club at this stage in my career," he told Palace's official website.
"I am impressed by Dougie Freedman and what he wants to achieve at the club and I cannot wait to get started.
"Crystal Palace has a fantastic heritage and a wonderful set of fans and I am looking forward to playing in front of them at Selhurst Park.
"Playing in the UK has always been an ambition of mine and I am totally determined to make my time here an absolute success."
Jedinak, who started his career at Sydney United, departed Central Coast Mariners for Turkey in January 2009.
Palace manager Freedman was thrilled to win the race for his signature, adding: "I am absolutely delighted with this signing.
"I have tracked Mile for some time since he was first brought to our attention by (first-team coach) Tony Popovic and his contacts in Australia.
"Mile has a fantastic international pedigree and I know he will be a huge success at the club.
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Olivia Wilde at the 2011 Golden Globes (PHOTOS)
Olivia Wilde looked beautiful in brown at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 16, 2011.Tron: Legacy star
Olivia, 26, rocked an ombre Marchesa gown embroidered with hundreds of crystals. Underneath her massive frock, Olivia wore sky-high Christian Louboutin peep-toe shoes covered in yellow–you guessed it–crystals. She's sparkling from head to toe!
The House star kept her hair chic and simple by wearing it down with a soft low fringe.
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The contract extends to Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, greater Bristol and parts of Devon and Dorset.
A spokesman said: "With this new award we now have a confirmed order book of over £700m."
The five-year Highways Agency contract is worth between £50m and £80m annually and could be extended by a further two years.
It was won by joint venture InterRoute, made up of Balfour's road management and maintenance subsidiary RCS - the main shareholder - and Mott MacDonald.
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2013-03-27 - EDF, one of the world's leading electric utilities, has selected ABB to supply Symphony Plus total plant automation systems and long-term service support for three 600 MW units at the Le Havre and Cordemais coal-fired power plants in France.
EDF operates 23 fossil-fired power plants in its home market, France. Together the plants produce around 16.9 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity annually. Although most of EDF's fleet in France are nuclear power plants, coal remains part of the company's long-term strategy and energy mix.
Recently, EDF initiated an extensive program to modernize Le Havre 4 and Cordomais 4 and 5 units to extend their operating life by 20 years to 2035. These three units are the largest coal-fired units in the EDF fleet and were built to an identical design in the early 1980s. Each has a generating capacity of 600 megawatts (MW).
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Life is Good: Men's Creamy Tee - Rock N Roll Guitar
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Hollande to Press Obama on BNP's Potential $10 Billion Fine
French President Francois Hollande plans to use a dinner this evening to press his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama over potential American penalties faced by BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France's biggest bank.
The two leaders will dine together in a Paris restaurant and Hollande said yesterday he will ask the U.S. president to ensure fair treatment for BNP, which U.S. prosecutors say violated American trade sanctions.
Hollande's promise to raise the matter with Obama signals his government's growing concern that BNP, which had net income of 4.83 billion euros ($6.6 billion) last year, may be treated unfairly. A possible fine of as much as $10 billion would eclipse BP Plc (BP/)'s $4 billion agreement with the Justice Department last year.
"I don't know if he wants to talk about it, but I will talk about it," Hollande told reporters yesterday. "The justice system is independent in France and in the U.S., but we can make arguments regarding the disproportionate character" of potential penalties, he said.
Finance Minister Michel Sapin said that if BNP did break the law it should be punished, though the U.S. should take care not to impede the bank's ability to lend at a time when French economic growth has stalled.
"We're not trying to defend a bank" that may have broken the law, Sapin said. "We're there to protect the stability of our financial system." He added that France will "react firmly" if BNP isn't treated fairly.
BNP rose for the first time in five days yesterday after the comments by Sapin and Hollande, climbing 1.2 percent to 51.50 euros. The stock has declined 9 percent in 2014.
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U.S. authorities are seeking penalties to settle allegations that BNP transferred funds for clients in violation of American sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba. Prosecutors are also pressuring the bank to plead guilty and its dollar-clearing business may be temporarily suspended.
"We obviously want whatever it is to be fair and to reflect an appropriateness to whatever it is that is alleged to have taken place," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Beirut yesterday, in response to a question. "I'm not sure that it belongs in our comments publicly between the two countries. But I'm confident that it's something that we can work through and deal with."
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Standard & Poor's said yesterday it may lower BNP's long-term credit rating, currently A+, depending on the outcome of the investigation. The rating company cited the possible impact on the bank's capital and disruption to some of its banking activities.
A $10 billion fine could more than wipe out this year's earnings for BNP, estimated at 5.64 billion euros by analysts. It would also represent more than three times the combined fines paid by HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) and ING Groep NV (INGA) in 2012 for sanctions violations.
Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, speaking on May 23, said that U.S. jurisprudence on such matters has evolved in recent years and that BNP has complied with all European and French laws.
Noyer and other members of the European Central Bank's governing council are meeting in Frankfurt to set monetary policy for the countries who share the euro. ECB President Mario Draghi holds a press conference at 2:30 p.m.
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Terrorism is more likely when one country's people dislike the leadership and policies of another, a study has found. Princeton University economist Alan Krueger and co-author Jitka Malečková of Charles University in the Czech Republic analyzed public opinion polls and terrorist activity in 143 pairs of countries. The findings appear in the Sept. 18 issue of the research journal Science. "Public opinion appears to be a useful predictor of terrorist activity," said Krueger. The finding could be valuable, he said, because public opinion offers an early warning signal of terrorism and helps researchers better understand the causes of terrorism. Krueger and Malečková mined Gallup opinion polls of residents in 19 countries in the Middle East and northern Africa. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the job performance of the leaders of nine large, powerful countries: the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom. The opinions were then linked to the number of terrorist attacks conducted against the nine world powers by people from the 19 countries between 2004 and 2008. The terror attacks were compiled by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center. Krueger said poverty doesn't directly cause terrorism, contrary to a popular view, although countries with advanced economies and well-developed civil liberties are most likely to be the terrorism targets. The study doesn't explain whether terrorists act in response to public opinion or whether they are simply reacting just like the larger public to external events, he noted. Krueger hypothesized that greater disapproval of another country's leaders or policies may result in more terrorist acts because it increases the number of people who provide support and encouragement for terrorism, and the number of people interested in getting involved in terrorism themselves. Extending the analysis, the researchers proposed that new leadership and policies in a country—such as the election of President Barack Obama in the United States—might change opinions in other countries and alter terrorist activity.


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During the early morning hours, Captain John Moulds brought Minerva through Antarctic Sound and its spectacular collection of tabular icebergs. While we ordered our omelets and toast, the ship turned north into Duse Bay, named for one of the three men put ashore at Hope Bay to travel over land and ice to try and reach Nordenskjøld's party at Snow Hill Island. There was a persistent wind coming from astern, and low clouds dominated the sky.
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Before we knew it, we were skirting across the wind chop by zodiac to the landing, where Expedition Leader Suzana Machado D'Oliveira Harker briefed us on our first landing here in Antarctica. Before we even stepped off the zodiac, we became well aware of what 100,000 pairs of nesting Adelie penguins means. The sound was deafening, the smell was ubiquitous and the traffic on the beach was like rush hour in most 21st century cities. We made our way up to the colony, where we watched half-grown chicks beg for food from their parents, and failed breeders still happily going through the motions of building nests, wooing mates, and even copulating.
We stood and admired the remains the hut used by Carl Anton Larson and his men, whose ship was crushed in the ice 40 km to the east, forcing them to overwinter here in 1903. The walls of the hut now serve as nesting platforms for a few pairs of Adelie penguins. Judging by the plump and healthy chicks perched on the walls, the extra height must serve to keep the snow from piling up and melt water from flooding their nests. Many of the other penguins in the colony were apparently not so lucky, as evidenced by the few chicks present.
Over dinner, the ship proceeded back north into Antarctic Sound, and we kept an eye out the windows so we wouldn't miss a single iceberg. By the time we climbed into bed, the Minerva was approaching the open water of the Bransfield Strait, en route to tomorrow's stops in the South Shetland Islands.
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Chris Zahn is a Swiss citizen who was last heard from on April 28, 1992, while he was visiting Atlanta. On April 27, 1992, Zahn had taken an overnight bus from Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlanta and checked into a hotel across the street from the bus station.
Zahn was last heard from at 16.15 on April 28, 1992, when he placed a call to his travel agent in Orange County, Florida, from a telephone at the Denny's Restaurant on Mountain Industrial Boulevard in Tucker, Georgia.
Between April 30 and May 11, Zahn's credit card was used 31 times in the Atlanta area, including Cobb & Carroll Counties. Arrested and convicted in connection with these fraudulent credit card transactions was Harry Eugene Hale. He was arrested in Miami, Florida on warrants on forgery related charges for using Zahn's credit cards. Detectives found a camera belonging to Christoph Zahn and a quilt Zahn had purchased as a gift for his mother when they searched Hale's Kentucky home.
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Throughout 2011, local CIOs pled with technology vendors to lower their fees to align with municipal budget shortages. With local tax revenue depressed, likely for the long term, CIOs insist that vendors should accept lower profits from local governments as an unavoidable reality. Many of these CIOs are still waiting, however, for large vendors — particularly software providers — to agree and help determine a "new normal" that would satisfy both sides.
CIOs have asked companies to cut ongoing service and maintenance fees, but vendors insist that those fees fund the product upgrades and service quality on which customers rely. Cost-cutting pressure from government is especially frustrating for sales representatives who frequently say they have no control over the charges. Those fees are part of the company's overall financial strategy, which concerns shareholders and other considerations larger than any single customer.
An alternative suggested by some CIOs is for multiple local governments to share applications, hardware and services regionally. The combined purchasing power, they predict, would result in lower fees and better efficiencies for all involved. It's not a new idea, and it already can be found in spots around the country. Most governments, however, run their own IT, and vendors incentivize sales representatives around that preference. Given the difficulty of getting governments to share control of IT systems, vendors have been reluctant to create new sales models for such arrangements.
In 2012, however, a new normal may finally materialize between local governments and vendors. Some analysts believe that dwindling federal stimulus money and continuing reductions in state funding will give local CIOs new motivation to share IT. If that leads to actual commitments to local government collaboration, it could trigger new vendor sales models for accommodating them.
Watch for vendors to use those changes as an occasion to push for revamped contract terms and conditions. Particularly troubling to companies are indemnity clauses that make them financially liable for problems beyond their control and for mistakes made by government customers. Also, expect deeper discussions between vendors and governments about the impact these contracts have on vendor adherence to federal rules, like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Sales representatives say that better understanding of those restrictions would help CIOs see why companies often can't change fee structures and sales models as quickly as governments would like. — Andy Opsahl, Features Editor Community Broadband Loses Ground
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There were moves, as well, to strengthen local authority over community broadband. Legislation was introduced in 2011 that would have made it easier to build, own and operate municipal broadband networks in Washington,Tennessee and New Hampshire. Those bills were defeated, however.
Christopher Mitchell, director of the Telecommunications as Commons Initiative for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a nonprofit economic and community development consulting group, said to the extent that there is momentum for new barriers, it stems from political posturing.
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Jim Baller, president of the Baller Herbst Law Group, a firm that specializes in communications, hesitated to speculate on where community broadband battles would loom in 2012. But he said a new wave of bills was possible.
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It is just amazing that how small things affect our lives and how we are completely ignorant about them. Meaning of Numbers holds a true potential in our lives but at the same time we completely fail to recognize its importance. Our day starts with numbers and it ends with numbers. Every minute of our life revolve around numbers and they hold the potential to change our lives too. The meaning of numbers is so deeply embedded that a small focus on it has the capability to change our lives for the better. Start to work on the meaning of numbers and what you have a real truth that surround and influence our lives.
The instant reaction I had when I got to interface with real meaning of numbers is "How could I miss such an important thing?". Yes it happens and it happens with each one of us. We remain ignorant for most part of our lives and when the truth come bare in front of us we cannot help but think that how such facts remained hidden from us for much part of our lives. Numbers and their meaning is subject to our interpretation and how skillfully we play around with them determines how successful we become in our lives.
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Everyday the numbers mean something to us
1) The day starts with a definitive date
2) We reach for work at definitive time which again is number
3) People contact us by calling our number
Moving a step ahead
1) The money we make is a number
2) The purchases we do is again gets settled in numbers
3) The luxury we posses again gets quantified in numbers
Still a step ahead
1) Our birth date is a number
2) Our anniversaries is a number
3) We pass and qualify in our studies through numbers
Remove numbers and
1) The world becomes disoriented
2) There is no way to quantify and asses
3) There is absolutely no way to compare and measure
Number plays many parts in our lives and the big part they play in being part of success in our lives by giving meaning to our lives and our efforts. They help us to
1) Quantify- Numbers helps you quantify and put the structure.
2) Compare- They help you compare and get the real worth
3) Asses-They help you asses and make adjustments if necessary
4) Plan- Numbers make you plan and see ahead in future
5) Target- Numbers help you define target and gives you will power to achieve them
6) Achieve- Provides real meaning to what you achieve and in what quantity
7) Measure- They help you measure and see the real depth
8) Feedback- They show up on your face and makes you realize the good and the bad
9) Improve- Numbers help you improve and remove any inconsistencies that may have spruced
10) Rock- Finally the real part of numbers is to make you rock and roll in life.
Look ahead and you would see that it is the meaning that numbers provide that makes
1) You Rich because of numbers
2) Successful because of numbers
3) Known because of numbers.
And the best part you can do ever in your lives is Control the Outcome of Numbers
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- Role of outdoor environments and activities in development
- Aspects of quality outdoor environments and activities (hardscape, landscaping, props, supervision).
- Design and implementation of quality outdoor environments.
- Facilitating learning and development in the outdoor environment.
- Use of outdoor environments in the prevention of childhood obesity.
- Involving families and communities in developing outdoor environments.
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