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Please welcome Melinda Moore to the blog. I quite enjoyed her novella, A Sunset Finish, and asked her for an interview. Today, we chat about Katharine Hepburn, the Pueblo Revolt, The Hobbit movies, Star Wars, faeries, and bassist Edgar Meyer. Please sit back and enjoy!
If you could, what book/movie/TV series would you like to experience for the first time all over again and why?
I wish I could read The House with the Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs for the first time again. It's a great childhood introduction to spooky books. I still go back to his stories now and then, but I can't recapture that goose bumpy feel I had the first time.
What biographies of the creators of your favorite genres do you want to read? Are there lesser known creators that still need a biography?
I'm actually not a fan of biographies. When I was in my twenties and very idealistic, I found biographies to diminish the subject. I had a favorite author whose ideals in his books were right along with mine, and then I read about his real life and found he didn't follow those ideals at all. His was the first to be disappointing but not the last.
The highlight of my biography reads was Me, which is the autobiography of Katharine Hepburn. I found it to be exactly as I imagined her real life being. She was a leader in feminism in all her characters, and her real life was the same way.
Probably the low was not one I read myself. I had recommended Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to a friend of mine. She read Lewis Carroll's biography and said, "Did you know he liked to paint and photograph nude little girls?" I have never recommended his stories to my children.
I still find myself wondering enough about an author to consider checking out what the Internet has to say about them. Of course with blogs you can watch living autobiographies. One of my favorite authors started to blog a few years ago, and while reading it didn't ruin her books for me, I don't follow it because her day to day life does not interest me.
But a writer who I do wish had a biography or autobiography out, and who I find to be very approachable (I emailed her how much I enjoyed a book she wrote and she replied in under an hour) is Jane Yolen. The breadth of her work is amazing.
Given the opportunity, what fantastical beast of fiction would you like to encounter in the wild? Which would you avoid at all costs?
Well depending on the type, I think a dragon qualifies as the answer to both 🙂 I love to write about dragons and would want to encounter the friendly type, or hot erotic shapeshifting type, but not the type that would burn me to a crisp on sight.
What book(s) should be made into a game (card, PC, board, etc.) and why? Is there a specific character who you would want to play in this game?
It seems like the Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher would make a good CCG because there are so many different factions. It would also be great as an MMO. It has a huge fan base, and I think players could make it a very dynamic game. It looks like it's already an RPG, but I haven't had the pleasure of playing it yet.
What nonfiction works have you found useful in building fictional worlds, cultures, and plots?
For A Sunset Finish I used Dancing Gods by Erna Fergusson and several historical books about the Pueblo Revolt. Although other stories I've written aren't so directly tied to an area in the real world, I still research a lot about the folklore of whatever mythical creature I'm using. I use fairies frequently and have found The Erotic World of Faery by Maureen Duffy to be very helpful—it's not as racy as it sounds 🙂
Who are some of your favorite book villains?
Admiral Thrawn from Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy for Star Wars is by far my favorite villain. I think that series is officially the Heir to the Empire series, but because Thrawn is so awesome, people just call it the Thrawn Trilogy. In fact, he is so cool all other villains have escaped my head at the moment.
What reboots (or retellings) of classics have you enjoyed? Are there ones that haven't worked for you?
I really like the Pride and Prejudice production with Colin Firth. The new movies for the Narnia series have been great and added new depth to the books. I think the second Hobbit movie was terrible. I loved The Lord of the Rings movies, and the first Hobbit movie was good, but I don't know what happened with the second part.
In this age of publishing, self-promotion is really necessary for the author. What do you enjoy most about advertising yourself and your works? What do you find most challenging?
I really enjoy interviews like this, but it's hard for me to go out and seek them along with seeking reviews. I also just spent what I considered a large sum for advertising and really didn't get much in the way of sales from it. I've found the balance between promoting current publications and working on new stories to be difficult. In the long run, I think concentrating on improving my writing and getting new stuff out there will be what pays off.
Care to share an awkward fangirl/fanboy moment, either one where someone was gushing over your work…..or one where you were gushing over another author's work?
Actually, my awkward fan girl moment occurred in my musician life, but I wasn't gushing. I played the bass from middle school until my early thirties. Bass is just not that glamorous. But when I was in high school, a man who was both a hot bass player and cute was burning up the music scene. He was giving a master class in Colorado, I live in NM, and I auditioned and received a spot to play for him along with a few other girls from here (strangely Albuquerque had mostly female bass players when I was going through high school even though it's a male dominated instrument). So we drove up there, the whole time talking about how cute Edgar Meyer was and not focused on our music at all. By, the time I played for him, he was pretty much a god in my mind. I managed to get through my song; he gave me comments. His last comment was, "It would really be great if you played it by memory." He whisked the music off my stand and stood there waiting for me to play it by memory. There was just no way. I was now humiliated in front of the bass god and all his worshipers!
A little addendum to the story: he just performed with Taylor Swift on one of the country music awards this year. I was flipping through channels, saw him and jumped up yelling that I knew him. My kids thought I was crazy 🙂
Cover art can be so important for a book, making or breaking sales. What cover art has caught your eye, that you found stood above other books?
I really like both covers that I've seen for The Night Circus. I'd love to have artwork like that for a series I hope to publish one day.
Finally, what upcoming events and works would you like to share with the readers?
My short story "The Virgin and the Dragon" has just been released in the Spring 2014 volume of The Colored Lens. My novella A Sunset Finish will have been out a year this summer, and I'll probably do a special giveaway at my blog enchantedspark.com.
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It wasn't pretty but the Jacksonville Jaguars were able to defeat the Indianapolis Colts 17-3 on Sunday afternoon.
As the old saying goes, a win is a win, especially when you entered the game 2-6.
The Jaguars (3-6) were opportunistic on defense and beat up on the Peyton Manning-less Colts, who fell to 0-10 on the season.
Jacksonville had five sacks, with defensive end Jeremy Mincey logging three. Mincey also hit backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky in the fourth quarter, as he was releasing the ball and defensive tackle Tyson Alualu came up with Jacksonville's second interception.
The Jaguars capitalized on the turnover as Maurice Jones-Drew battled ahead for a three-yard touchdown to give the Jaguars a game-clinching 17-3.
Jones-Drew had a phenomenal game in which he ran for 114 yards on 25 carries to surpass 6,000 career yards on the ground.
The game was tied 3-3 at half time. Josh Scobee made a 44-yard field goal in the first quarter, putting him at 15-of-15 on the season. His streak ended though when he missed a field goal wide right before the half.
Jacksonville took the lead in the third quarter when Blaine Gabbert delivered a beautiful ball to Jarrett Dillard for an 11-yard score. Dillard was the
NCAA's career leader in touchdown receptions (60) when he left Rice but this was the third-year veteran's first touchdown in the NFL.
Dillard had two receptions for 30 yards while another unlikely target, Chastin West , led the Jaguars with 39 receiving yards on three catches. Gabbert had his ups and downs, finishing 14-of-21 for 118 yards, a touchdown and a red-zone interception in the first quarter.


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About the Book
Wildflowers grow in sometimes hostile environments and in places where you might least expect to find them. We find them on the roadside, across the fields, from a woodland trail, in deep gullies, and on steep hillsides. Yet, until we pause and take the time to observe at close hand can we rarely appreciate their exquisite beauty, extraordinary diversity, and simple uniqueness. To study wildflowers through the lens of a camera gives the opportunity to see how tenderly nature cares for itself; how it quietly goes about its business, how through winter storm, spring flood, and summer drought it consistently provides the array of simple color, shape and texture that decorate the countryside.
This book of Bob Miller's wildflower photographs is dedicated to Home Nursing Agency Healthcare of Bedford County. In the final months of Bob's life they devotedly cared for Bob through the hostilities of his Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). It's hard to imagine a group of people more dedicated to their cause. Through moments of levity, pain, memories, and great tenderness they, like the wildflowers of the countryside, quietly went about their business as the true professional caregivers they are. Bob's family will be forever grateful.
All of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Home Nursing Agency Healthcare of Bedford County in Bob Miller's memory.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
98 Pages
- Publish Date Apr 24, 2011
- Tags Bedford Pennsylvania, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, Home Nursing, J. Robert Miller, Photography, camera, pictures, outdoors, woods, wildflowers, Bedford, PA, Pennsylvania, flowers, wild, flower, ALS, Hospice, Miller, John, Robert, Bob
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Media Matters for America today launched a campaign of disprovable lies clearly aimed at minimizing my new book, "The Manchurian President," while attempting to deter news media from featuring the crucial work.
The George Soros-funded activist organization's attacks came in response to a segment today on the Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" morning program.
In one screaming headline, Media Matters falsely claims "WND's Aaron Klein makes absurd claim that Bill Ayers helped 'draft' health care reform."
The article has no text, only a link to my "Fox and Friends" interview in which I make no such claim.
What I factually state in the Fox interview is that extremists tied to Ayers, founder of the Weather Underground terrorist organization, helped to craft key Obama legislation.
Indeed, as I will document below, one of the main founders of the Weathermen with Ayers sits in the board of the very organization that helped craft President Obama's "stimulus" bill.
In a second lying piece, titled Fox hosts Klein to push his conspiracy-laden, anti-Obama attack book," Media Matters hurls a slew of false accusations.
Begins Media Matters: "In the May 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, WorldNetDaily's Aaron Klein pushed the baseless conspiracy theories from his book The Manchurian President. Klein claimed there were 'extremists now who are helping to craft legislation from the outside and then those inside the White House.'"


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The federal government has invented another euphemism for taxes. The IRS' final rule on ObamaCare's individual mandate uses the term "shared responsibility payment" more than 50 times, The Daily Caller reports. George Orwell would be proud. ... Sayeth Bill Clinton, "A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon." Neither should this great republic, which we are, but it doesn't. ... Speaking of guns, a new Harvard study concludes that more gun control does not necessarily lead to lower death rates (homicide and suicide) or violent crime. "(T)hose correlations are not observed when a large number of nations are compared around the world," the study says. Translation: That dog won't hunt. ... Neither will Al Jazeera America. TV Newser reports that opening-day viewership for the mouthpiece for al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood was so low (How low was it?) that Nielsen could not accurately count how many people watched. Put another way, fewer people watched than attend a typical Steelers home game — by about 10,000 people. ... Jesse Jackson is having an incredible run of Loose Jaw Disease. Last week, he called tea partyers a "resurrection of the Confederacy." And not long before that he said the murder of Australian Christopher Lane, in America on a college baseball scholarship, was "senseless violence (that) is frowned upon." The more Mr. Jackson talks, the less relevant he becomes.


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Tuesday February 19th, 2013 - 4:27PM
SHELTON, CT—New Castle Hotels and Resorts, based here, has appointed Matthew Mackenzie as general manager of the Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa in Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia.
Mackenzie previously managed the resort for the 2012 season, when the property underwent significant renovations.
A career hotelier, Mackenzie was the general manager of the Atlantica Hotel & Marina Oak Island and has held positions at hotels like Sooke Harbour House and Fairmont Chateau Whistler.
The Keltic Lodge provides three hospitality products: a manor experience at the Lodge, a rustic cottage experience and casual accommodations in the Inn at Keltic.
The provincial government of Nova Scotia owns the 105-room hotel. New Castle has operated the property since 2002.


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Josh Becker, 27 CEO Impele Consulting Group, impele.com Becker leads Phoenix-based Impele, the market leader in custom-tailored consulting solutions for clients looking to expand or enter their businesses into sub-Saharan Africa. Becker, who lived in Africa for 19 years, has led the company to grow into locations in the U.S. and South Africa, and has established local experts in countries across Africa. Ryan Hibbert,… Read More →
University of Phoenix Forms Educational Partnership With Maricopa Community Colleges
Alliance creates career pathways to address workforce skills gaps University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private university and leader in educating today's working learner, today announced an educational partnership with Maricopa Community Colleges that will provide new educational opportunities in manufacturing, healthcare, business, and hospitality. The new partnership was announced at a special signing ceremony… Read More →
Intel Announces Multibillion Dollar Investment in Arizona, Oregon Plants
Intel will be investing between $6 billion and $8 billion to develop and upgrade facilities at its Arizona and Oregon plants. The investment, which was announced by Intel today, will create 6,000-8,000 construction jobs and 800-1,000 permanent high-tech jobs. The company says the investment also will allow Intel to maintain its current manufacturing employment base… Read More →
The American Dream Reborn Through Sustainability
When my father's grandparents immigrated to America, they had one objective: to give their children, and some day their grandchildren, a better life. They worked hard and sacrificed to instill the desire to make thing better for the next generation, my grandparents. Maybe you can remember the sacrifices you saw growing up, how past generations… Read More →


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The "all others" wager remained a solid 6-5 favorite on Friday as betting in the four-day opening pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Future Wager reached its midway point. Individual contenders First Samurai and Bluegrass Cat surged as the pool's overall betting topped $100,000. The mutuel field, which includes all 3-year-old Thoroughbreds other than the 23 individual horses in pool 1, leads after two days of betting in the first of three 2006 KDFW pools. Total betting in the pool reached $103,720 on Friday, with $36,797 of that total placed on the mutuel field. Hopeful (gr. I) and Champagne (gr. I) winner First Samurai emerged as the pool's 9-1 second choice after the colt had closed at odds of 13-1 on Thursday. Juvenile champion Stevie Wonderboy was next at 10-1 and Remsen (gr. II) winner Bluegrass Cat, a 22-1 shot after Thursday's opening day of Pool 1 wagering, was next at 18-1. Odds on Belmont Futurity (gr. I) and Kentucky Jockey Club (gr. II) winner Private Vow, listed at 27-1 after the pool's first day, dropped to 19-1.Betting on KDFW Pool 1 will resume at noon (all times Eastern) on Saturday and continue through 6 p.m. (EST) on Sunday. The 132nd running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby is May 6.2006 KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER POOL 1, DAY TWO
No. Horse/Odds ($ Wagered)
1. A.P. Warrior/39-1 (2,129)
2. Achilles of Troy/21-1 (3,816)
3. Barbaro/22-1 (3,744)
4. Barbican/30-1 (2,738)
5. Blazing Rate/99-1 (726)
6. Bluegrass Cat/18-1 (4,464)
7. Bob and John/28-1 (2,960)
8. Brother Derek/20-1 (4,005)
9. Cause to Believe/95-1 (899)
10. Doctor Decherd/99-1 (588)
11. First Samurai/9-1 (8,094)
12. Flashy Bull/68-1 (1,261)
13. Half Ours/39-1 (2,164)
14. Henny Hughes/29-1 (2,841)
15. High Cotton/87-1 (988)
16. Itsallboutthechase/37-1 (2,250)
17. Keyed Entry/72-1 (1,179)
18. Lawyer Ron/26-1 (3,113)
19. Point Determined/26-1 (3,206)
20. Private Vow/19-1 (4,308)
21. Sorcerer's Stone/66-1 (1,283)
22. Stevie Wonderboy/10-1 (7,390)
23. Your Tent Or Mine/30-1 (2,777)
24. All Other 3YO's/6-5 (36,797)
Total: $103,720
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The Gold Coast, with its 40 kilometres of surf beaches from Coolangatta to the top of South Stradbroke Island, has been working hard to rejuvenate its image.
Surfers Paradise is luring cashed-up tourists to its new luxury hotels and exclusive experiences.
Schoolies, theme parks and nightclubs are still drawcards but there's a lot more on offer.
Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter says that about 10 years ago it became a commercial reality for the region that if it did not change, the tourists would stop coming.
The Surfers Paradise foreshore has been largely redeveloped and a number of five-star properties have sprouted, such as Peppers Broadbeach, the brand new Hilton Surfers Paradise, Sea Temple Spa & Resort and the $850 million Soul development.
Other hotels are sprucing up: Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa has undergone an extensive refurbishment and the Sheraton Mirage is in the middle of a makeover.
"The cohort that now comes to the Gold Coast is a lot more sophisticated," Winter says.
"We've gone from mugachino to macchiato."
With more canals than Venice and Amsterdam combined, the Gold Coast waterways are an ideal place to while the day away.
Bordered by waterfront homes, pontoons and anchored yachts, it's worth chartering a luxury vessel to soak in the surrounds.
Gold Coast Luxury Cruises may be the new kid on the block in Surfers Paradise's chartered boating scene but owner Trevor Bell has worked with boats in the tourism industry for over 20 years.
Luxury One, a 38-foot Mustang LE Sports Cruiser, takes nine passengers plus crew. It's one of the few charter boats of its size and type that can travel upstream of the Isle of Capri bridge to service Jupiters Casino and the Gold Coast Convention Centre.
"It's perfect for just lounging around with family or friends," Bell says. "You can swim off the stern of the boat or walk along local island beaches."
For $1200, you and your eight best friends get two hours of motoring around the canals and two hours on the anchor somewhere glorious such as Wave Break Island for a dip.
Cycling the Gold Coast is not arduous as the terrain is largely flat.
The only trouble is dodging swooping magpies and ambling tourists on Cavill Avenue, but once you're out pedalling along the beach, it's just you, the sunshine and the sea breeze.
Hiring a bike is easy: your hotel concierge can probably tee one up or you can contact a bike-hire company such as Action Outdoor Hire to organise wheels for you.
The climate is perfect to get out on a ride, says Adam Walters from Action Outdoor Hire.
He recommends pedalling south from Surfers Paradise, stopping by Broadbeach for a coffee, on past Burleigh Heads to Currumbin and Coolangatta.
The last leg of the trip is Walters' favourite. "The bike track is really wide and right on the beach," he says.
"As you pass Currumbin there's a great view to the Coolangatta headland that sticks right out."
The ride is about 25 kilometres and takes about 90 minutes non-stop.
On the ground, it's easy to get blindsided by the bright lights of Surfers, but from above, it's geographically delightful.
"People don't realise until they get up how wonderful the Gold Coast is from the air," Gold Coast Helitours owner Scott Menzies says. The snaking waterways, never-ending beach, rolling hinterland and high rises are impressive. You can take a scenic flight lasting between five and 45 minutes. Menzies says helicopter charters are also popular for corporate events, golf excursions to the many resort and private courses on the Gold Coast, and even picnics.
In the hinterlands, O'Reilly's or Songbirds rainforest retreats, Eagle Heights Mountain Resort or Byron Bay (which is about a half-hour chopper ride) are also popular destinations, he says.
The Marina Mirage heliport is close to the Gold Coast's renowned retail complex or you can visit Breakers Bar at the nearby Sheraton Mirage (which is undergoing a $20 million facelift, due for completion in April 2012) for a spot of high tea overlooking the hotel's gardens and the Pacific Ocean.
Almost every hotel on the Gold Coast has a spa. Australia's first eforea: spa is in the new Hilton.
The Gold Coast has a habit of sapping your energy reserves, and once you throw a day or two of the BMW Magic Millions Carnival into the picture, a spa treatment could be your saviour.
Many women pick the eforea signature full-body repair option. The 90-minute treatment includes a mineral salt scrub, an energising head and body massage and a facial and eye treatment for a tidy $205.
Meanwhile, the male clientele tends to prefer the signature three-part recharging massage, which incorporates warm bamboo to loosen tight muscles, a deep-muscle massage, then a relaxing body, head and scalp massage. The 90-minute treatment costs $185.
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The Open Spreety API sticks a TV and a TV guide in your program. According to the API webpage, you can have users search for shows by title, genre, and by the decade the show was produced, among other criteria. Despite all the pay walls and cable costs, Open Spreety says there is so much free content out there from the mainstream media that viewers can get lost in the forest of choices.


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When you realize a family member has dementia you expect all the experts to know just what to do for your family member and how to treat them. What is tragic is that many professionals do not have a clear understanding of dementia and the disease of Alzheimer's. A family member having dementia is a very scary and tragic event. After many attempts at getting help for our mother, we found the best place for treatment and assistance which was at the USC-Rancho CADC.
As an entire family we went to the CADC and were warmly welcomed and treated like family. From the beginning, there was a clear and concise plan as to how to help my mom and our family. The medication changes recommended, the behavior modification suggestions, the advice and the overall concern on my mother's behalf is something we have and will continue to be forever grateful.
The entire staff was most professional, knowledgeable and helpful. These professionals really "Get This Disease" and train you how to make a better life for your loved one and your family. Many a time, we have had to call with a problem and they were able to find a solution immediately. The advice and concern they have given my mom and our entire family is something we utilize daily in dealing with this difficult journey. If we had never gone to the USC-Rancho CADC, we would have handled this diagnosis with difficulty and our mother would have suffered due to our lack of understanding of the disease and its progression over the years. Our mother would not be in the best condition she is today if it weren't for their guiding hands and caring hearts.
We continue to fight for the people that suffer this disease and we will continue to praise and hope that more centers can be establish so that all people who need the assistance from this wonderfully dedicated staff will get the help they so rightfully deserve.
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AROUND 37,000 people in Dorset have diabetes, but according to a new report another 12,000 are estimated to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes.
Today Poole residents are invited to attend the Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow to find out if they are at risk of developing the disease.
The roadshow, run by Diabetes UK in partnership with Bupa, will be visiting the corner of North Street and High Street between 9am and 4.30pm to offer a quick and confidential assessment so that people can find out if they may have, or are at risk of developing, Type 2 diabetes.
Last year's roadshow in Bournemouth found 140 people to be at moderate or high risk and were referred to their GP for further tests.
Diabetes can lead to serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness or amputation. However, if it is managed properly, people with diabetes can live long and healthy lives.
Diabetes UK and Bupa are working together to highlight the risk factors and encourage people to live healthier lives. Up to 80 per cent of Type 2 diabetes cases could be delayed or prevented and, for many people, the Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow is the first step to turning their health around.
Phaedra Perry, Diabetes UK's regional manager in the South West, said: "We will have staff and volunteers in Poole to have a look at how likely you are to develop Type 2 diabetes now and in the next ten years, through a series of questions and measurements – but there's nothing scary about our roadshow and no blood tests.
"It won't take long, but could be an important way of finding the right path to a healthier life. There will be lots of information, encouragement and advice about Type 2 diabetes and reducing your own risk of getting the condition."
Healthy Lifestyle Roadshows are funded by money raised from the Bupa Great South Run and other runs in the series, thanks to the charity partnership between Bupa and Diabetes UK.
Dr Paula Franklin, medical director at Bupa UK, said: "We strongly believe that prevention is key, so we hope this roadshow will help many people in Poole to make healthier lifestyle choices, especially if they are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes."
Anyone who can't attend the roadshow in Poole can find out their risk of Type 2 diabetes online at bupa.co.uk/ diabetesriskscore.
If after taking the test they are found to be at risk, they should visit their GP.


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One such branch is a true, full-service boatyard specializing in all aspects of repair ranging from outboard tune-ups to million dollar large yacht retrofits. With over 150 years combined experience, when it comes to mechanical repair, to paint and fiberglass repair, to electronics sales and installation, Yacht Works' techs have just about seen and fixed it all.
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Staff were excellent - I have an allergy to wheat and the hotel was very well prepared providing me with a variety of gluten free food at every meal The restaurant closed quite early - 9pm and the shower in the bathroom was very small
The rooms were far superior to most european hotels. The restaurant provided a good menu at a fair price. The location. From your web info I thought it would be close to the water, not on top of a steep hill/mountain.
The site of the hotel commands panoramic views of the surrounding terrain. The charming town can easily be reached from the hotel. The bus stop is just outside the hotel. The proximity of the spa is most comvenient for those who wish to relax after traveling. We found the restaurant a little too expensive for the quality of the food.
Staff was freindly and accomodating. Spa facilities were not available at the time of my stay.
Relaxing at the wellness spa , staff were very friendly. You need a car definitely to reach this hotel.
IT was really quiet, not many guests and the breakfast was poor, room had a musty smell.
extremely friendly and helpful staff, Good food in the restaurant fantastic views from hotel and rooms. lovely rooms Well worth the drive up the mountain.
The location is very good and there is ample parking. The breakfast is traditional Italian continental breakfast. The property needs updates. The room, in particular the bathroom needed to be cleaner.
The room, balcony, view and overall impression of the hotel was great Only the area. Not the best town to be honest.
location near important sites
Good Staff, clean ,great service could be easier to find is not in a location you would expect, an "oasis in the misddle of the desert
quite, lots of parking and sports...also the mountain view from the hotel is nice... nothing around the hotel...in the middle of nowhere
Reception staff were extremely helpful. Pool area was very well laid out with a good variety of drinks at the pool bar. I was impressed with the outdoor seating area (day and night). Very small variety of dishes fo dinner.
There was a small but adequate indoor heated pool that was fun. The restaurant food was salty and the menu was limited.
Very much a business hotel, not a good atmosphere.
The staff was very friendly and the hotel was clean and adequate. Ad we had a nice view of the water from our rooms There weren't enough pillows. The heat controls in our room didn't work and instead of fixing it, they just turned it off. Also they claimed that they had wi-fi throughout the hotel, but our room had none
Easy to find. Good parking facilities. Pleasant room. Good price point. Very limited restaurant facilities. When we inquired about dinner, the person at the front desk didn't even know if the restaurant was open He did check for us.They opened at 7 30 and we were the only ones dining in spite of the fact that the hotel was full of customers! The meal was good.
Very friendly and helpful staff. Good food if in a rather canteen atmosphere. Rather bleak location 2 miles out of town, but this is not a problem if you have a car - maybe even a benefit. We were there in April. I am sure the attractive gardens will look their best in summer.
It is close to the Gargano peninsula . which was our tour destination . the rooms good and a good panorama . owefull food
Superb location, very friendly staff, excellent value for money.
Splendid views on the Gargano and Adriatic Sea, from the room's terrace. Family management with friendly staff giving good information on the surroundings. Around 15 minutes walk to town center. Bathroom on "window" side according to Italian tradition of bathrooms with windows, resulting in having a rather small window for the room and taking out a lot of natural light:
Beautiful location with clean facilities at all times. Staff were exceptional and did everything to make our stay memorable without being intrusive. The general sense was one of total ease and friendliness. I would happily recommend this hotel to anyone and will be going back without doubt when I next visit Mont Sant Angelo. I loved it. I had no complaints. It is an excellent hotel with exceptional staff.
Beautiful views Breakfast staff not interested in serving the clients, too busy playing around with each other. Location quite far from town with quite a stiff uphill walk.
The location The lack of sound proofness. It is very noisy.
a very nice small hotel, not far from city center, free parking, nice kitchen, great view on the sea communication problems - they don't speak English, but after a few days in Italy, you start to understand, that English is not an obvious thing even in the hotels
Reasonable location in Siponto, good rate, public parking available on the street. The room smelled of chloride, the sink was obstructed, the door didn't close properly, the terrace mosquito-door fell off, the air conditioning was not nearly powerful enough.
Nothing When asked for opening time for restaurant, told 7.30pm by receptionist. Turned up at that time, only to be told 15 mins later that restaurant was closed and told to try elsewhere, which we did, however it was also closed(having walked about 1 km. Eventually guided to another rest which was ok
Propreté de l'hôtel, rapport qualité/prix et parking fermé. La climatisation ne fonctionnait pas dans la chambre. Internet n'était pas disponible.
Wrong distance to the beach at the homepage. In Reality it was triple the distance. Breakfast should be specified as "Italien style". The rental fee for shades and towels on the so called Gabbiano beach shold mentioned in the internet
room was really nice, bed was very comfortable no restaurant although dining room shown in pictures, no bar, cold welcome, breakfast outside even though cold and windy, breakfast poor quality coffee, juices and service. Balcony chair dirty and shower too small


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Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce and his opponent in a recall election met in their first debate Thursday, sparring over illegal immigration and its financial impact on education and businesses.
Pearce faces charter school executive Jerry Lewis, a fellow Republican, in the Nov. 8 recall election that resulted from a petition drive.
Pearce is known nationally for championing tough legislation against illegal immigration, including SB1070. A federal judge has put key provisions of the law on hold, and Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the law and allow it to take effect.
The law would require all immigrants to obtain or carry immigration registration papers and requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question people's immigration status if there is a reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally.
Pearce defended Arizona's right to enforce immigration laws and argued against a moderator's statement that SB1070 has damaged the state's reputation and cost it millions of tourism dollars.
"Arizona suffers from a great reputation, not a bad reputation," he said. "We've changed the debate in Washington, D.C.
"Enough is enough. We're a nation of laws," he said. "We're a kind people, we allow more people in the U.S. legally than every other developed nation combined, but we have laws and we have a method to come here and that method must be honored and respected, and that's what I expect."
Lewis got equal amounts of boos and cheers after he criticized what he called "piecemeal" and "antiquated" immigration laws and called for a "more humane" way to address the immigration issue in a way that will work.
"Yes, we need to enforce all the laws but we need to make sure those laws are constitutionally vetted and work," he said. "We cannot be the federal government's agents in doing the job that they have to do. If we can focus our energies on first agreeing in our own state what we want, trust me, Washington will listen to us."
Another moderator asked Pearce and Lewis whether they're concerned about Arizona's agricultural industry's chances for survival without immigrant workers, pointing to Georgia and Alabama. Those states have recently passed tough immigration laws that could spell financial trouble for the state's agriculture industry, which relies on immigrant labor to harvest and process crops.
Pearce said he thinks the U.S. should redo its visa system to help meet the growing needs of farmers.
Lewis said agricultural jobs are jobs Americans won't do, but offered no solution to the matter except to generally call for immigration reform.
The organizers of the petition drive that led to the recall election have said that Pearce has been out of touch with district voters' concerns on education, health care and the economy. He denies that and says recall organizers targeted him because of his support for laws against illegal immigration.
Lewis has said he entered the race at the urging of Mesa residents who wanted more emphasis on the economy and education in the Legislature. He's also said that the 2010 law on illegal immigration was a good start toward reform and border security, but broader action on the issue is needed.


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MORE WITH SLIDESHOWEfforts to preserve and restore several iconic dresses from the Oscar-winning Civil War movie "Gone With the Wind" have uncovered what might be painful for die-hard fans: Some of them simply can't be made to look like they did on screen.
Stitching and holes can be repaired and extra feathers added years ago can be removed, but the dresses are old, badly faded in spots and in one case, just too fragile to handle.
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas announced a $30,000 effort last year to preserve five of the dresses acquired with the collection of film producer David O. Selznick in the 1980s. The goal is to have them ready for a 2014 exhibit to mark the film's 75th anniversary.
Ransom Center officials this week gave The Associated Press a look at the work being done to bring them back to the best shape possible.
The costumes are among the most famous in Hollywood history and played a key role in one of the most popular films ever. The Ransom Center holds five dresses it wanted to restore for display: Scarlett O'Hara's green curtain dress, her green velvet gown, a burgundy ball gown, a blue velvet night gown and her wedding dress
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Optical toys creates flights of fancy and fun from paper. Available on their web site are do-it-yourself paper automaton kits, flipbooks (you may be familiar with their Eadweard Muybridge series), and reproductions of paper toys and books. Their flash-based catalog keeps me from featuring my favorites in more depth (although I may be tracking some down at other retailers); you'll have to visit yourself and find your own treasures.
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The draft fever that is capturing most NFL cities seems to be a bit lacking in Minnesota because, without a pick in the middle of the first round, there isn't the speculation of what acknowledged top-10 projection will drop to them.
The Minnesota Vikings are looking at the bigger picture coming into the draft because their scouting staff is already on the clock. They need to hit on the second two days of the draft. Every team finds a golden nugget from time to time, but when you don't have the focus of fickle fans on the first-rounder you're touting as the next big thing, you need more hits than misses if the team is going to succeed.
The Vikings likely aren't going to draft a franchise player in 2017. What they need is five players already on the roster who didn't make a big (if any) contribution to the 2016 team that will be critical to the overall success of the 2017 Vikings. Given the level of a front office/coaching staff belief in them, there are five critical players to determining how the Vikings stack their draft board with what they perceive as needs – not the rest of the outside world.
Latavius Murray – It's never easy to replace a legend like Murray is being asked to do. Adrian Peterson is gone and recently visited the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints, leaving both without a deal in place. Murray is going to be asked to be the between-the-tackles runner who can finish off drives and finish off games when the team has a lead – something Peterson was adept at during his career. Replacing a Hall of Famer is never easy, but somebody always has to be the first in a post-superstar era and that onus falls on Murray.
Laquon Treadwell – He came to the Vikings last year in a flurry of wide receivers coming off the board in the middle of the first round in 2016 – the fourth of the Big Four receivers from the Class of 2016. But, after not getting caught up to speed on the offensive playbook, Treadwell spent his rookie season mired on the bench, finishing with just one reception – the same number as quarterback Sam Bradford. With bigger needs elsewhere, it's unlikely that the Vikings are going to use a high pick on a wide receiver, so it's Treadwell or bust.
The Vikings already have a pair of productive receivers in Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen and a veteran in Jarius Wright, but if Treadwell can up his game and become the force he was at Ole Miss, the Vikings pass offense could be formidable without investing another high draft pick in a wide receiver.
Mackensie Alexander – When the Vikings drafted Alexander in the second round of last year, the plan seemed clear – he was the heir apparent to Captain Munnerlyn as the primary slot corner. A year later, Munnerlyn is gone and the apprentice will be given the chance to inherit the throne. If he plays big, the Vikings defense has the potential to get even stronger.
Nick Easton – He's a wild card in that the Vikings still have a hole on the right side of center and Joe Berger came to Minnesota to play guard, not center, and wouldn't be a step backward if he moved back to right guard. It all depends on the faith the coaching staff has in Easton. He held up well when asked to start last season – one of the numerous unexpected line combinations the Vikings put on the field. If they're convinced he can be the starter at center Day 1, it changes a lot in terms of the O-line depth chart heading into the draft.
The linebacker that replaces Chad Greenway's role – This isn't a thing yet, but it will be. There were initial questions being thrown around as to whether the plan is to slide Eric Kendricks outside and give Kentrell Brothers the chance to get in the lineup in the middle, but Mike Zimmer has tended to deflect that hypothesis by saying it's hard to move your leading tackler out of his spot. The third starting linebacker may already be on the roster, but just as likely he may not. Right now, it appears up to Emmanuel Lamur and Edmond Robinson to replace Greenway, but it should surprise no one if the Vikings draft their competition early.
If the Vikings are going to rise back to power in 2017, they're going to need a lot from their established core stars. But, if they're going to get back to the playoffs, these may be the five players prior to the draft that have the most impact on what draft direction the Vikings take.


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Downtown board OKs City National expansion
Bank plans 6,000 square foot addition to central site
By BRUCE ALSOBROOK | News-Telegram Managing Editor
Aug 22, 2007 - Planners hope to begin work on a 6,000 square foot expansion of City National Bank's downtown location by November, the project's architect said Tuesday night.
The design, submitted to the Downtown Revitalization Board for approval under design compliance regulations, was warmly received by the board.
"It sounds exciting," board member Roy Pelton told architect Ples Schnitze of Schnitze and Seweel in Richardson, the project designer.
City National Bank, the oldest bank in Hopkins County, has seen unprecedented growth in recent years, and the banks central headquarters were becoming cramped as a result, Schnitze told the board.
The bank's leaders "felt it imperative to keep it downtown," the architect said, leading to the decision to expand.
The new one-floor addition will be built onto the west side of the CNB building, but the the new construction is only a small part of the planned improvements.
For one, the addition has been designed to follow the late 1960s period architecture of the main building's architect, Jack Woods, who Schnitze called "a Texas architect of some repute." The addition's design will copy the elements of the original building, and the finish materials used in the CNB building's construction are still available today.
The design is also configured to work in conjunction with the plans for downtown revitalization.
"It is the design intent to further advance the concept of revitalization by creating a cityscape along Connally and Gilmer street to act as the nexus for pedestrian way improvements at the northwest corner of the Public Square," the architects wrote in their application for approval.
Sulphur Springs Community Development Director Johnny Vance told the board that the architects met with city staff two weeks ago to get a sneak peak at a proposal for a veterans memorial and to remake the courthouse square. They then revised their CNB plans to fall in line with that plan.
"I was thrilled to death to see that [plan], because we can sort of jumpstart it a little bit," Schnitze said.
"They've done a fantastic job of teaming up with all parties," Vance said.
Schnitze told board members plans are to begin work on the new addition in November. He expects the project to take about eight months to complete.
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text: Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Orbix, Artix and Orbacus product lines to Micro Focus International plc. The total consideration to be received by Progress is $15 million plus the assumption by Micro Focus of the liabilities associated with these product lines. Once finalized, the divestiture of these product lines will enable the company to complete the divestiture of its 10 non-Core product lines ahead of schedule, leaving the company to focus its innovation on a core portfolio of software products that address IT challenges in the rapidly growing cloud, big data, mobility and analytics markets. Taken together, the total sales price for all divested products and products under agreement to be divested is approximately $130 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in January 2013. Terms were not disclosed. Upon completion, Progress will have divested all 10 of the 10 non-Core product lines that it announced in April 2012. Pacific Crest Securities LLC is serving as Progress' financial advisor with respect to the transaction and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP is serving as Progress' legal counsel. About Micro Focus Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com. About Progress Software Corporation Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software company that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business applications on-premise or on any Cloud, on any platform and on any device with minimal IT complexity and low total cost of ownership. Progress Software can be reached at www.progress.com or 1-781-280-4000. Actional, DataXtend, Fuse, Progress, Savvion, Shadow and Sonic are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.


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On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Doug Orleans <dougorleans at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote: >> Basically, "plt-web-server" isn't customizable at all. If you want to >> do what you're talking about, then you want to hook into the things >> that serve/servlet (and dispatch/launch/wait) provide > > It sounds like what you're saying is that the answer to my question is > "no, you have to recreate the entire chain of dispatchers by hand." No, because serve/servlet uses the same dispatching chain but allows you to customize more. > > What is dispatch/launch/wait? Sorry, I meant serve/launch/wait http://docs.racket-lang.org/web-server-internal/web-server.html?q=dispatch/launch/wait#(def._((lib._web-server/servlet-dispatch..rkt)._serve/launch/wait)) Jay > > --Doug > -- Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
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A rabbi who recorded columnist Helen Thomas making controversial statements about Israel at the White House is making an appearance in Tarrytown as part of his world tour.
For those who don't remember him, Rabbi David Nesenoff interviewed the dean of the White House press corps in 2010 and asked her for comments about Israel. Thomas responded: "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine," and "go home" to Poland and Germany.
Nesenoff posted the video, which was recorded at a Jewish heritage celebration hosted by President Barack Obama, on his website, Rabbilive.com, and it went viral. Thomas eventually resigned from her position at Hearst Newspapers after the White House condemned her remarks.
Three years later, Nesenoff is traveling the world, spreading his message about how Helen Thomas made him a better Jew.
Nesenoff's one-man show is about his relationship with God, Israel, anti-semitism and his personal journey. It also addresses the cyber-threats and outrage he encountered after posting the interview.
After making stops in Canada, Austrailia and Ireland, Nesenoff is speaking at Tarrytown's DoubleTree Hotel on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 10:30 a.m. The hotel is located at 455 South Broadway.
Bagels and lox will be served. Admission is $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets can be purchased by calling (914) 693-6100.
The event is sponsored by Chabad of the Rivertowns and Chabad of Briarcliff Manor and Ossining.
Photo: Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas asks a question of President Barack Obama during a 2010 news conference. (Susan Walsh/AP)


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Comcast:Another ISP is Comcast and they have a basic high speed service for $19.99 a month with 10,000,000 bps bandwidth. The same service comes with power boost for the same price but with a 15,000,000 bps bandwidth.
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Beauty Style Stealer: Mena Suvari
I assume I speak for many of us when I say that I couldn't really care less about "American Reunion," but I am very interested in Mena Suvari. She's been so awesome for so long — she was subversive in Hollywood before being subversive in Hollywood was cooler than being cool in Hollywood. Does that make sense? No? Okay. Her film debut, 1997's "Nowhere," is in my opinion one of the most underrated dark teen films ever made, and then there was "American Beauty," the amazingness of which goes without saying.
Mena doesn't come around much anymore, which is why I'm always thrilled to see her on any red carpet anywhere. The dress she donned to yesterday's "American Reunion" premiere was a bit of a miss, but her makeup and hair were flawless to the bottom line. This is a very low-key beauty look, yes, but the emphasis is in the way her eyes are contoured. This technique makes eyes look bigger, brighter, and more awake with very little effort. Even better, it's incredibly quick and easy, even for the total makeup novice. I'll teach you how to take a page out of Mena's book, after the jump.
1. Begin by using a primer on the eyelid to keep makeup in place all day. I like Bare Escentuals Prime Time Eyelid Primer, which is $10 at Ulta.
2. Line the inside rim of the upper eyelid with a black kohl pencil. It's important to use kohl and not just any black liner because kohl is made to be used on the inside of the eye without irritation. If you aren't familiar with applying kohl, reach over with the opposite hand of the eye you're lining and pull up on the eyelid, revealing the pinkish inner rim beneath the lashes, and rub the pencil there until it's opaque. Focus the liner on the outer 3/4 of the eye, as black liner in the inner corners can make eyes look smaller. Try L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner, $8.95 on Drugstore.com.
3. Sweep a light beige, not white, shadow from the inner corner across the entire lid, following the natural curvature of the eye. The shadow can be matte or have shimmer, depending on what kind of finish you prefer. Build the shadow to near-opacity, so that it doesn't look caked on, nor too sheer. Try L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Eye Shadow Single in Seashell, $4.79 on Drugstore.com.
4. Layer a medium brown shade into the crease and brow bone, blending it into the lighter shadow so the colors segue seamlessly. Again, focus on the outer 3/4 of the eye and blend outward for a softer, smokier shape. Try L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Eye Shadow Single in Deep Mocha, also $4.79 on Drugstore.com.
5. Mena is wearing false lashes, but if you're not comfortable with them, the look can be recreated with tons and tons of black mascara. Place the brush at the very base of the lashes and wiggle upward for length and volume and repeat as necessary. I like L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen Hydra Collagen Plumping Mascara in Blackest Black, $7.79 on Drugstore.com.
6. Lastly, groom your brows by brushing them up and outward into your desired shape. Fill in any sparse areas with a brow pencil in a shade as close as possible to your brow color. Use a bit of hair gel or Vaseline to keep them in place.


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Today's Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America was the first event for the new Adjustment of Performance (AoP) package for the Porsche 911 RSR. With no previous on-track testing time with the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship rules package, the works program used the weekend to learn and, in the process, earned a fifth-place finish in class. The race proved a strong testing environment for the team with significant balancing of the field being seen against most of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class competition. All three Porsche 911 RSRs entered at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin raced in the top five during the two-hour, 45-minute event. Ultimately, the best finishing position was the No. 912 Porsche North America factory entry in fifth. Its sister car finished tenth.
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Porsche Motorsports entered the weekend with a steep learning curve. After winning the first two races of the season on high-speed, low-downforce tracks, the classic rear-engine Porsche struggled against its competition on tracks which demand high-downforce configurations. IMSA, the rules-maker for the Tudor Championship, sought to level the playing field against other cars in the production car-derived series which gains its core rules from the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The current Adjustment of Performance allows the seventh-generation Porsche 911 a bigger front splitter, revised rear wing and larger air restrictor. Today's eighth round of the championship was the first opportunity Porsche had to test the combination on-track. As a result, the weekend's practice sessions, and even today's race, was focused on learning the new performance characteristics of the car.
The No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR, driven by Patrick Long (Playa del Rey, California) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), challenged late for a podium position but would eventually finish fifth. The team's attempt at returning to victory lane was made all the more impressive after the car spun on the second lap of the race. Long and Christensen fought back to run as high as third with 20-minutes remaining. Despite a valiant effort, they were passed twice in the closing stages but held on for the top-five result.
The No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR also showed speed with Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Richard Lietz (Austria). Despite starting back in the order, the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona-winning team raced to the front of field leading near the race's midpoint. However, a penalty for hitting a competitor's wheel on their final pit stop forced them to return to pit lane to stop for 20 seconds in the "penalty box". The team would finish tenth.
The No. 911 did win the "IMSA Green Challenge" for the most efficient run in today's race. The award is given to the team that, in the simplest terms, is able to travel the furthest, the fastest on the least amount of fuel. Porsche previously won the award at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Just ahead of the No. 911 in ninth-place was the sole customer-prepared Porsche 911 RSR in the class. The No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR jumped four spots on the car's first pit stop to run second. However, after the impressive pit work and strong drives by both Porsche factory driver Wolf Henzler (Germany) and Braselton, Georgia's Bryan Sellers, the privateer entrant fell to ninth in the factory program-heavy class at the finish.
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The No. 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America, with Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Illinois) and Leh Keen (Atlanta, Georgia) at the wheel, used the five yellow flags of today's race to their advantage. The combination finished second in the GT Daytona (GTD) class, and move into first place in the points standings with only three events remaining. The team hits its mark in meeting its fuel stop and driver change pit strategy, and, except for an early-lap spin, both drivers avoided contact in a race where contact with another car seemed to be the norm. Near the end of the race, with the two restarts in the last 15 minutes, Keen might have had a run at the eventual BMW class winner, but the second place points were more important than taking a gamble and risk going off the track. It was the pair's sixth top-five finish but first podium of 2014, resulting in their best finish of the year.
Madison Snow (Lehi, Utah) and Jan Heylen (Tampa, Florida) matched their best finish of the season also by piloting the No. 58 Snow Racing Porsche 911 GT America to a third-place finish, holding off the GTD class Dodge Viper SRT on the last lap. Ian James (Phoenix, Arizona) and Mario Farnbacher (Germany) ran in the top four most of the day in their No. 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche, but finished sixth after the flurry of yellow flags and restarts at the end. Despite several mechanical issues and on-track procedure penalties, the No. 73 Park Place Porsche of Patrick Lindsey (Santa Barbara, California) and Kevin Estre (France) closed the day in tenth.
Owen Hayes, Director of Operations, Porsche Motorsport North America: "We had some good pace today but, unfortunately, we had a penalty. That's racing. We were in a strong position in the beginning but that is the way it went. We were testing at the racetrack with these components. I think we really improved over the race weekend. We are not pleased with the results, obviously, but we see more promise with the pace. We will continue to work to improve upon that a little bit more."
Patrick Long, Driver, No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: "The car was really good at the start on cold tires. Early in the race we were pressuring Auberlen [No. 55 BMW] for third and it was side-by-side and I got put up over the curb. It was either going to be damage for two cars or a spin for one and we got the short end of that deal. The team kept us right in it with strategy and the speed of the car was good. We were able to battle back. We didn't have the straight line speed today and we had to yield to the Viper in the end."
Michael Christensen, Driver, No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: "I think we are faster in terms of lap time. The car has been optimized in terms of balance but there is still work to do. With so many restarts during my stint, I tried to prepare as much as possible in terms of warming up the tires and being ready with the car. It was an opportunity for us to attack the slower cars and to move forward and to defend myself. We were successful with that."
Richard Lietz, Driver, No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: "The balance of the car was good in the race. We had the pace to follow the others. The negative is that I touched a Corvette's tire leaving the pits. It was just a brush but it was enough to give the penalty. A penalty at the end of the race just puts you back and you have no chance to make it up. The car was good and I am looking forward to Virginia."
Nick Tandy, Driver, No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR: "The car was really good. We tried something a little bit different for the race and it seemed to work really well. When we took the lead, we were fighting with the Viper and caught traffic and I managed to anticipate what was going to happen ahead better than the car in front. I was able to get past the Viper and the slower traffic. That gave us a very good gap. It was a good race. We seem to be getting a better understanding to how the new package is working. That is a good step towards the future."
Leh Keen, Driver, No. 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America: "It feels really good to get up on the podium, especially when all the GTD points contenders finished behind us. I can't say enough about the Alex Job Racing team and their pit stops today. Cooper had a great start to the race and had us up in contention. In the middle of my first run I felt the car losing grip, so I came in and the guys put a new set of Continentals on the car and got me out in third place. The car was totally hooked-up after that stop. I was able to make a move and get second position. We have gained a lot of points in the last five races, just chipping away at the points lead of that Ferrari, finally passing them today. We now have a podium and some great momentum going into the last three races of the season."
North America's premier sports car racing series now travels south to Danville, Virginia, site of the two-hour, 45-minute Oak Tree Grand Prix at Virginia International Raceway. The race, which will see only the GTLM, GTD and PC categories competing, will take place Sunday, August 24.
GT Le Mans Results
1. No. 62 Pierre Kaffer (Germany)/Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy), Ferrari 458 Italia – 61 laps
2. No. 56 Dirk Mueller (Switzerland)/Jonathan Edwards (USA), BMW Z4 GTE – 61 laps
3. No. 93 Jonathan Bomarito (USA)/Kuno Whittmer (Canada), Dodge Viper SRT – 61 laps
4. No. 91 Marc Goossens (Belgium)/Dominik Farnbacher (Germany), Dodge Viper SRT – 61 laps
5. No. 912 Patrick Long (USA)/Michael Christensen (Denmark), Porsche 911 RSR – 61 laps
6. No. 3 Jan Magnussen (Denmark)/Antonio Garcia (Spain), Corvette C-7R – 61 laps
9. No. 17 Wolf Henzler (Germany)/Bryan Sellers (USA), Porsche 911 RSR – 61 laps
10. No. 911 Nick Tandy (Great Britain)/Richard Lietz (Austria), Porsche 911 RSR – 61 laps
GT Daytona Results
1. No. 94 Dane Cameron (USA)/Markus Palttala (Finland) BMW Z4 – 59 laps
2. No. 22 Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.)/Leh Keen (USA), Porsche 911 GT America – 59 laps
3. No. 58 Jan Heylen (USA)Madison Snow (USA), Porsche 911 GT America - 59 laps
4. No. 33 Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands)/Ben Keating (USA), SRT Viper GT3-R – 59 laps
5. No. 555 Townsend Bell (USA)/Bill Sweedler (USA), Ferrari 458 Italia – 59 laps
6. No. 23 Ian James (USA), Mario Farnbacher (Germany), Porsche 911 GT America – 59 laps
10. No. 73 Patrick Lindsey (USA)/Kevin Estre (France), Porsche 911 GT America – 59 laps
12. No. 81 Damien Faulkner (Ireland)/Matt Bell (USA), Porsche 911 GT America – 57 laps
13. No. 27 Patrick Dempsey (USA.)/Andrew Davis (USA) Porsche 911 GT America – 50 laps
14. No. 44 John Potter (USA)/Andy Lally (USA), Porsche 911 GT America – 43 laps
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How many people would pack a band room, at $20 a head, having little or no idea what they were going to hear - because the band has no idea what they're going to play? For about 16 years, that's what fans have done when they've gone to see the improvisatorial trio, the Necks.
Some would call the Necks musical conjurers. Because making up sublime, hypnotic music on the spot is just what they do. So well that the band - Sydney-based pianist Chris Abrahams, double bassist Lloyd Swanton and Berlin-based drummer Tony Buck - has attracted descriptions such as "a post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything sonic experience" (The Guardian), "gloriously unclassifiable"(The Sydney Morning Herald) and "a bizarre road movie" (Die Welt, Germany).
Seeing the Necks live is just as unique. Two weeks ago, I saw an audience reaction more befitting a classical recital than a pub show. Those familiar with the band began shooshing other audience members the moment the band came onstage. In the sparse and soft beginnings of the performance, drink orders were whisperingly exchanged between patrons and bar staff, the latter going about their usual glass-clattering, fridge-slamming job with surprising delicacy. A glassie gingerly carried a tower of empties, looking as nervous as those who watched him, fearing he'd ruin the moment. Standing, siting, or laying on their backs, every audience member listened in attentive silence, in a contract of trust with the band.
"Sometimes I would say we ask quite a lot of the audience, but we can sleep straight in bed at nights, knowing they get their rewards most nights," said Swanton last week, on the eve of a return Melbourne show. "We're basically saying 'you know we don't have anything prepared, so we'll just see what we come up with'."
The Necks released their first album, Sex, in 1989. A title they probably could also have given some of their eight albums since, the way the music ebbs and builds. Comedian Austen Tayshus recently told Swanton of one Necks CD, "Great album. Me and my wife f--- to it all the time."
"Well, we get a lot of ringing endorsements from people, shall we say," Swanton laughs, when asked about it. But the name of the Sex album, he says, has little to do with its appropriateness as a soundtrack. "I think it was as mundane as the engineer taking the tape away and he had to write something on the box. He said 'what will we call this?' and we looked blankly at each other and one of us said 'sex'. But we certainly didn't set out to make a sex soundtrack, because it's decidedly free of orgasms. I guess it might be a bit more tantric in that regard," he laughs.
The Necks play the Prince of Wales tonight. Their new 4-CD album, Athenaeum; Homebush; Quay and Raab, is out now on Shock Records.
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By Yasmine Saleh ,ReuTers Saturday, July 2, 2011, 12:00 am TWN
CAIRO -- A U.S. decision to resume contact with the Muslim Brotherhood is a pragmatic move that recognizes its popular appeal in post-revolution Egypt and may also help Washington deal with other Islamist movements in the region.
The United States was behind the curve of Arab world politics as popular uprisings swept its secular, autocratic allies from power in Tunisia and Egypt and others in Libya and Yemen saw bloody rebellions against their decades-long rule.
Acknowledging groups whose views resonate most among Arab voters, even if those views can contradict Western liberal values, could help the U.S. regain the initiative and ensure its influence still holds if Egypt's democratic project succeeds.
"The Brotherhood is now the most powerful force in Egypt and the U.S. knows it will have to deal with it," said Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center.
The U.S. decision was confirmed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and welcomed by the Brotherhood.
The group was founded in 1928 as a religious body to promote Islamic values in Egyptian society, turning later into a political force that resorted occasionally to armed combat.
It renounced violence years ago and its stated vision now combines a conservative brand of Islam with the goal of a civil, democratic state.
The movement was officially banned but tolerated under former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted by an uprising in February. It is now seen as the political player best prepared for parliamentary elections due in September.
"There is now an intention among the Americans to agree to deal with the current of nonviolent political Islam and accept its presence in power," said Egyptian military expert Safwat al-Zayaat.
But the overtures to a group sympathetic to Palestinian militant group Hamas — which rules the Gaza Strip and has vowed to destroy Israel — is likely to upset Washington's strongest Middle Eastern ally.
"The American attempt to reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood is a big problem for Israel," said Eytan Gilboa, a Middle East expert at Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv. "The Muslim Brothers are the big opponents of the peace treaty with Israel ... There's a risk of the treaty being canceled."
Another Israeli analyst, Gabriel Ben-Dor at the University of Haifa, said he saw no problem for Israel, even possible benefits if the move helps Washington better understand "how the political forces in the new Egypt are aligning."
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Buzzer-beater lifts WVU at Big East Tourney
NEW YORK — Da'Sean Butler hit his fifth game-winning shot of the season Thursday to defeat Cincinnati 54-51 in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference Tournament.
Butler took an inbounds pass with 3.1 seconds, rose above two Bearcat defenders and banked in a 3-pointer to send the Mountaineers to the semifinals of the tournament to play Notre Dame at 9:30 tonight.
"I saw it hit the glass, and I thought, 'Oh, it's fine,'" Butler said. "This is really good, especially being here in a historic gym. A lot of great players play here."
With 6.4 seconds left, Cincinnati inbounded to Dion Dixon, who fumbled the ball away to West Virginia with 3.1 seconds, giving Butler a chance at the game winner.
Butler finished with 15 points and six rebounds. WVU forward Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with 17 points.
"For me to get an opportunity to come here and for my team to pick up the win and for me to showcase what I can do and what my teammates can do, especially at the last second, that was cool," Butler said. "I enjoyed it."
After three of the top four teams in the Big East lost their first games at Madison Square Garden, third-seeded West Virginia had its work cut out for it.
The Mountaineers were the lone team with a double-bye to advance to the semifinals after Syracuse, Villanova and Pitts lost earlier in the day.
"We didn't want to end up like them," Jones said. "That's why we came out and played hard the way we did."
WVU used a quick start in the first and second halves, while Cincinnati had droughts from the field of more than 10 minutes in the first half and seven in the second half to help the Mountaineers.
WVU jumped out to an 18-4 lead in the first half, as the Mountaineer man-to-man defense stifled the Cincinnati offense. But the Bearcats would eventually find their form later in the half, as they climbed all the way back to tie the game at 23 with 31 seconds to play in the half.
"We just stood still a lot," Butler said. "Instead of passing the ball and doing things that got us the lead, we kind of strayed away from that and were making two passes and taking quick shots."
WVU took a 26-23 lead into the locker room after reserve guard Jonnie West hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Cincinnati came out in the second half in similar fashion as it started the game — struggling on offense.
The Bearcats would not score for the first 7:23 of the second half before Yancy Gates scored a layup off a post move.
WVU took a nine-point lead before Cincinnati eventually made its comeback. The Bearcats scored nine straight to tie the game at 47. Cincinnati, however, would never take a lead in the game.
The Mountaineers were held to 35 percent shooting, which frustrated WVU coach Bob Huggins.
"I thought we would make more shots than we did, honestly," Huggins said. "But (the Bearcats) do a great job."
Cincinnati's Lance Stephenson led all scorers with 19 points. He also had seven rebounds.
Gates stepped up in the second half for Cincinnati after going scoreless in the first 20 minutes. He finished with 11 points.


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Balloting will be available May 30-June 27 for July 16 festivities
By Triple-A Baseball | May 22, 2014 12:00 PM ET
Triple-A® Baseball and MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM) are excited to announce that fans across the country will once again have the opportunity to vote online for their favorite players to be selected to the Triple-A All-Star Game. The 27th annual contest will be held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina on July 16 at 7:07 p.m. EDT matching outstanding players from the International League and the Pacific Coast League.
All fans who participate in the online balloting from May 30 to June 27 will be able to vote for players for both the IL and PCL rosters. Fans can select one player for each of the infield positions, plus three outfielders, a designated hitter, and four pitchers - two starters and two relievers. Write-in votes for players not listed on the ballot will also be accepted. Up-to-date statistics and position-by-position comparisons will be available at the click of a mouse to help fans make their selections. Fan balloting will account for one-third of the total vote along with ballots cast by members of the media and each club's field manager, coaches, and general manager.
Using MLBAM online voting services, fans will be able to access the ballots at the official websites of Minor League Baseball (MiLB.com), the International League (ILBaseball.com), the Pacific Coast League (PCLBaseball.com), and the websites of all 30 Triple-A teams. Ballots can be cast via mobile devices and tablets, and are available through the MiLB First Pitch app. All eligible voters will receive a discount offer for MiLB.TV after they cast their ballots. Once again this year fans will also be able to share links to their online ballots through Facebook and Twitter to encourage friends and followers to cast votes for their favorite Triple-A players.
The 27th annual Triple-A All-Star Game will be broadcast live from Durham on Wednesday, July 16 on MLB Network as well as online via MiLB.TV. All-Star Game festivities in Durham will include the All-Star Fan Fest & Block Party on Saturday, July 12, followed by the Triple-A Home Run Derby on Monday, July 14 in which six premier sluggers will take aim at Minor League Baseball's most iconic home run target - the DBAP's Snorting Bull.
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