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Flames Set to Begin Season at Rod Myers Invitational
The Flames will begin the fall portion of their 2016-17 schedule this weekend when they participate in the 2016 Rod Myers Invitational.
Sep 9, 2016
Coach's Corner with Jeff Thomas
Following the team's fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance, LFSN reporter Alan York had a chance to catch up with Flames Head Golf Coach Jeff Thomas to reflect on the season.
Jun 4, 2014
Flames Headed to Eugene for NCAA Men's Golf Regional
Liberty's men's golf team will make it fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance next week when the Flames participate as the No. 6 seed at the NCAA Eugene Regional.
May 5, 2014
Coach's Corner with Jeff Thomas
Recently, Liberty Flames Sports Network reporter Alan York had a chance to sit down with Liberty Head Men's Golf Coach Jeff Thomas to recap his team's fall season.
Dec 30, 2013
Flames Finish Fall With Top Program Rankings
Following the program's most successful season and a solid fall showing, Liberty's golf program completes its fall schedule with its best-ever fall rankings.
Dec 12, 2012
Thomas Repeats as VCGCA Coach of the Year
Following an historic season, Liberty golf coach Jeff Thomas has been named to the Virginia Collegiate Golf Coaches Association Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.
Jun 29, 2012
Coach's Corner with Thomas and Dembowiak
Earlier this week, Nick Pierce of the Flames Sports Network had a chance to catch up with head golf coach Jeff Thomas and senior Preston Dembowiak.
May 5, 2011
Coach's Corner with Jeff Thomas
Leading into the team's final event of the fall, Nick Pierce had a chance to sit down with head golf coach Jeff Thomas to get some insight from the seven-year head coach.
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August 1, 2011
Divide and Conquer, NL East
Trade Deadline Reflections
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the wishlists of the NL East teams as they headed into the 2011 trade deadline. Teams knew they had holes that they wanted filled, and a good number of the contenders went out and aggressively filled those holes with trades at or before the July 31 mark. How did these trades mesh with the wishlists of the teams entering one of the busiest deadlines of recent note? Let us revisit those team wishes and how those teams made those wishes come true.
Philadelphia Phillies: Right-handed hitting outfielder
For the Phillies, their mission was accomplished; in acquiring Pence, they got a player whose right-handed bat is good enough to play in the corner outfield (career .279 TAv), who can balance out a lineup loaded with left-handed hitters, and whose defense is strong (34.0 career FRAA). It seems the Phillies will replace Domonic Brown in the lineup rather than the aging Raul Ibanez, but that may turn out to be a minor note depending on whether Ibanez continues to hit after his initial slump. Perhaps the important thing about this deal was that the Phillies offered players that figured to have no immediate major league impact on a team that is built to win immediately. Like it or not, the Phillies and Ryan Howard are married at first base, leaving Singleton's chances of breaking into the big leagues with the Phillies a long shot. Meanwhile, Cosart has significant talent and has risen in the prospect ranks but, as Kevin Goldstein noted, has not shown significant results and has had medical issues in the past. Coming into the year, neither player was expected to make the majors before 2014, so the Phillies did not lose any immediate major league help for their current core's championship runs.
With the Phillies essentially a lock for the postseason in 2011, Pence's 1.0 projected rest-of-season WARP is not going to help or hurt them much. His contributions in the playoffs may contribute around 0.3 WARP, which is a one-fifth of a win improvement over PECOTA's projection for Ibanez in similar playing time.
Atlanta Braves: A hitting outfielder of any kind
Of course, this ignores an awful 2008 season for Bourn that appears to be more and more anomalous than indicative of Bourn's skill. What he lacks in terms of prowess at the plate (compared to Pence) he makes up for with baserunning (25.5 Equivalent Baserunning Runs since 2009, the best in baseball) and a superior position. Indeed, the position was likely the most attractive aspect of Bourn's game to Atlanta. The Braves were previously managing center field with the likes of Nate McLouth (.251 TAv) and Jordan Schafer (.239), but now they will be replacing both players with a former Gold Glove winner who has an adequate bat and great speed on the bases. Bourn should slot nicely into the team's leadoff spot and do what he has done for the past few seasons.
Perhaps the best part of the deal is that, unlike in the Pence deal, the Braves did not have to give up players who counted among their best prospects. None of their top pitching prospects were traded, and only Brett Oberholtzer was among the Braves' top 20 prospects according to Kevin Goldstein before the season began. The Braves are unlikely to miss Schafer with the presence of Bourn through 2012, and they spared none of their major rotation pieces of the future, making this a fully accomplished mission for Atlanta.
Wheeler ranked 36th on Kevin Goldstein's midseason top 100 list and was described by Goldstein as a pitcher with a fastball that is "downright special" and a body that "just looks like an All-Star starter." While there is no guarantee Wheeler will fulfill all of that promise, it was guaranteed that the Mets were not going to find much use for Beltran over the next two months, so finding a way to acquire a top-flight pitching prospect was well worth the additional $4 million the team had to pitch in.
The Nationals were able to pull off minor trades of Jerry Hairston Jr. and Jason Marquis, but ultimately the players coming back in those deals have a very small chance of being impact major leaguers for Washington in the future. The important thing was that the Nationals did not mortgage their future in their chase for a center fielder, particularly the Rays' B.J. Upton. Unfortunately, it does seem like they held onto their pieces a bit too strongly, if the rumors of a supposed Denard Span acquisition are true. Supposedly, a deal that would have seen Minnesota Twin Span traded to Washington in return for Roger Bernadina, Drew Storen, and a minor leaguer supposedly fell through because the Nationals were insisting on not trading Storen. Storen, of course, is no slouch, with a projected 0.6 WARP in 27 innings pitched according to PECOTA, but his current 3.86 FRA does not seem to indicate a player who should be held from a deal for a consistently good center fielder like Span. Span is a career .289/.366/.391 hitter (.276 TAv) with a 24.1 FRAA for his career, indicating a player who is both a classic leadoff hitter with good discipline, speed, and contact and a defensive asset at an up-the-middle position. Most relievers are not good enough to be holding up a deal for a talented player like Span, so it seems the possible mistake the Nationals made was actually trying to underpay rather than overpay for talent.
Michael Jong is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Re the non-deal for Span:
Aug 01, 2011 07:41 AM
One might also note that the recent trend in Span's performance has been down from his 2008-9 levels, and that he's four years older than Storen. Storen is also under club control for the next four years, Span only two.
Aug 02, 2011 06:31 AM
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SubscriberWise®, the nation's first issuing consumer reporting agency for the communications industry, announced and reiterated its intention to be among the earliest adopters of the new scoring technology from FICO.
Following comments from the National Consumer Law Center's Chi Chi Wu (Wu said she is hopeful that creditors will adopt the new FICO score), David Howe, president of SubscriberWise, has directly notified FICO and its data provider TransUnion that the company plans to be among the very earliest adopters of FICO Score 9.
According to an earlier announcement, SubscriberWise's extraordinary effort to implement immediately is based largely on FICO's news that the advanced technology will offer a more nuanced way to assess consumer collection information, bypassing paid collection agency accounts and offering a sophisticated treatment differentiating medical from non-medical collection agency accounts.
SubscriberWise members generate hundreds of thousands of federally compliant consumer credit reports and FICO scores every year.
About SubscriberWise (www.subscriberwise.com)
SubscriberWise founder and president David Howe is a consultant and credit manager for MCTV (http://www.mctvohio.com). During his 18-year career at MCTV, Howe has reviewed more than 50,000 credit submissions. His interest in credit began in 1986 while a 17-year old student in high school. Howe is the only known individual – living or deceased – to have obtained both a perfect FICO 850 and a perfect Vantage 990 score. Howe has obtained FICO Professional Certification and is also the first and only citizen of the world to describe and report the details of the perfect FICO score. Howe produced and published two videos on the subject of perfect credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhfoIRY6NI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sny-172p9Q. The first general-purpose FICO scores were debuted nearly a quarter century ago.
SubscriberWise contributions to the communications industry are today measured in the multiple tens of millions of dollars annually.
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Did you know?
Rooibos is the only plant that contains the flavonoid aspalathin, an active anti-oxidant, with known therapeutic properties.
Rooibos ('red bush' in Afrikaans) was first used medicinally by the Khoisan of southern Africa.
Subsequently, botanist Carl Humberg 'rediscovered' the so-called red tea in 1772, but it was Benjamin Ginsberg, a Russian immigrant, who began marketing rooibos tea to the world in 1904.
During World War II, when black tea was scarce, rooibos grew in popularity. In 1968, a South African mother's accidental use of some leftover tea in her baby's bottle brought the health benefits of rooibos to the world's attention.
Only the leaves are used in the production of rooibos tea. They are green when harvested, and then cut or chopped to bruise them, before being left to ferment naturally in the sun. During the fermentation, rooibos' potent cocktail of flavenoids and enzymes oxidises. This develops the tea's typical mahogany-red colour and unique flavour.
Recognised internationally for its healthy properties, anti-oxidant rich rooibos is widely used in pharmaceutical products for its anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties. When prepared the traditional way, by simply adding boiled water, rooibos tea is a soothing, natural drink free from caffeine, sugar, fat, preservatives and colourants.
It's also low in tannin and high in potassium, iron, zinc and other vitamins, and it's reputed to work a treat on cramps, upset tummies, nappy rashes and skin allergies.
Rooibos isn't just good for you, it's good for communities, too. Agriculture is highly seasonal in the climatically harsh regions where rooibos flourishes, and processing rooibos provides much-needed employment for workers.
Indigenous rooibos has also helped rural communities like the farmers of Wupperthal and the Heivlei Co-operative preserve their traditional way of life by forming self-sufficient collectives.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
South African Rooibos Council
Tel:+27 (0)21 552 8845
Fax:+27 (0)21 552 8845
Clanwilliam Tourism
Tel:+27 (0)27 482 2024
Fax:+27 (0)27 482 2361
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Tel: +27 (0)27 218 1433/1148
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Clanwilliam is 230km north of Cape Town by car on the N7. The Rietjieshuis is situated just 30km south of Nieuwoudtville, in the Northern Cape province, 360km north of Cape Town.
Best time to visit
If you wish to tour a rooibos farm, the best time to visit is in summer when rooibos is harvested. Contact the farm in advance of your visit.
Tours to do
Elandsberg Eco Tourism, on the farm Groenkol, approximately 18km outside Clanwilliam on the way to Lamberts Bay, offers rooibos cultivation tours. Contact Annette or Chris du Plessis at +27 (0)27 482 2022
Get around
Often, the roads around Clanwilliam and Nieuwoudtville are gravel and uneven. A car with good ground clearance is recommended.
Length of stay
A tour of a rooibos farm will take approximately ½ a day.
What to pack
Clanwilliam and the surrounding areas can be extremely hot in summer. Pack sun protection and bring water to drink.
Where to stay
Stay in Clanwilliam, which has a variety of accommodation options, or stay with the farmers of Heivlei at the Rietjieshuis Eco Lodge, which has 1 traditional reed hut (rietjieshuis) and 1 stone cottage, both with basic facilities. Meals are provided.
What to eat
Try a 'red espressso' – rooibos tea specially formulated for use with a coffee filter machine.
Best buys
Rooibos products like flavoured hot and cold teas, jams, liqueurs, and skin-care products.


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34 35th St., Unit 26, Brooklyn, NY, 11232
Eye To Eyebeam: A Conversation With Slava Balasanov
Eye to Eyebeam is a new series on Eyebeam's artists in residence and fellows. The series will include interviews, photos, and other information and is authored by Eyebeam intern Katherine DiPierro.
From sound collages and virtual sculpture to his collaborative website gifpumper, Slava Balasanov's projects are riotous, self-aware of their digital status. The Digit, an augmented reality sculpture of two connected thumbs, is only visible through an iPhone app, where it can be seen hovering over Union Square, its chrome surface mirroring the sky and ground. After making a few additions to gifpumper, Eyebeam intern Katherine DiPierro sat down with Slava for a chat about some of his past work.
Katherine DiPierro: What are you planning on doing during your residency?
Slava Balasanov: My main goal is to 'complete' gifpumper. One of the main features of the site is that it can be used in real time by several people to collaboratively create a website. To bring this functionality to the forefront I have to build out the social engine of the site - give users the ability to see who else is working on a site, to rate and mark one another's work, and communicate. After that is done I plan to make the platform more general by enabling creation of a wider variety of website that include text, video and other html elements.
KD: What kind of process do you go through in creating your music/sound art?
SB: Creating music is somewhat similar to art in that it is a cultural discourse. It is like being in a very big dispersed band... sort of a loose form of collaboration. Its exciting to find people that are focusing on similar sounds and references and ride the genre-meme waves with them.
KD: The Digit is a virtual sculpture. Like other sculptures, could it be bought and sold?
SB: Indeed it can and in fact it is actually for sale. For an undisclosed sum, a proud owner can have their name (or a phrase of their choice) engraved on the body of the digit.
KD: Gifpumper makes me think of what might happen if the internet threw a carnival and everyone showed up. What ideas and experiences lead you to start that party?
SB: I was excited about what was happening in the net art scene - the renewed attention to gifs and formation of new internet-based communities. I wanted to make something more immersive and explore the the internet's true 3d space - one made up of 2d html objects. I love the resulting abstracted spaciousness and I'm currently working on features enabling easier traversal of that space.
Thanks so much, Slava! For more information on his current projects and exhibitions, be sure to visit Slava Balasanov's Eyebeam page and personal website.
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May 14, 2014
Senior Ryan Kreis of the Thunder men's tennis team has been named the 2014 Central Region Senior Player of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
May 7, 2014
Senior Matthew McMillan has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship funding two years of graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Dr. William Lane Craig, an internationally known Christian philosopher and theologian, will be presented as Alumnus of the Year for Distinguished Service to Society 2014 during Alumni Weekend.
Wheaton College's Alumni Weekend, May 9-11, will bring together alumni of all ages to celebrate milestone anniversaries.


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Craving a decadent dessert, but still want to keep it light? It isn't an impossible request. Pavlova is a sweet pillow of crisp meringue, topped with tart lemon curd and fresh berries. This low fat treat is full of bright flavors, so you'll never miss the calories. You can even add a touch of bittersweet chocolate without giving up on your New Year's Resolution. It is as lovely and elegant as the Russian ballerina it was named after.
Makes: twelve 4-inch Pavlovas
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 2 hours
Level: multiple steps, but all of them are easy
6 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Lemon Curd:
3 large eggs
3 large egg yolks
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Zest from one lemon
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
Fresh berries
Powdered sugar, for dusting
To prepare Pavlova:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a stand mixer, on medium speed, beat the egg whites with the whip attachment until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until the whites are at soft peak. Slowly add the sugar in a constant stream as the eggs are whipping. Add the vanilla, vinegar and cornstarch.
Beat the eggs until they are glossy and hold a peak when lifted out of the bowl.
Spoon the meringue onto the prepared cookie sheets into 12 equal mounds.
Use the back of the spoon to make a well in the mound of meringue. You may need to wet the spoon slightly to do this easily.
Bake the meringues for 1 hour at 200 degrees F. Turn the oven off and allow the meringues to stay in the cooling oven for another hour. This will further dry the meringue and prevent them from collapsing.
While the meringues are baking, make your lemon curd:
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and yolks. Whisk in the sugar. Mix in the lemon juice and zest.
Over a double boiler, on medium heat, stir the lemon mixture with a rubber spatula until it starts to thicken. This will take 5 to 10 minutes. When you lift the spatula out of the lemon curd, draw your finger across the spatula and it should be thick enough to hold the line.
Strain the lemon curd into a large dish and cover the surface directly with plastic wrap, to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until ready to use, at least 30 minutes.
Once the meringues are done baking and cooled, paint the well of the meringue with the melted chocolate. Allow the chocolate to set for 15 to 20 minutes. (This can be done the day before serving.)
To serve: add a spoon of the chilled lemon curd, top with fresh berries and dust with powdered sugar.
Get the printable recipe here.
More Baking Recipes from Zoe:
- Best Carrot Cake
- Chocolate Cream Puffs
- Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
- Beehive Cake
- Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
- How to Write on a Cake
- No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake
- Carrot Cupcakes
- Linzer Cookies
- Sweet, Cakey Banana Bread
- Chocolate Chunk-Peanut Butter Cookies
- Flourless Chocolate Torte
- Spring Cupcakes
- Lemon Meringue Cake
Zoë François, author of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day and Artisan Pizza and Flatbreads in Five Minutes a Day, studied at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. She now calls Minneapolis her home, where she has worked with some of the top talent in the culinary world — Steven Brown, Andrew Zimmern and many chefs at the D'Amico company. In addition to writing, Zoë teaches baking classes and consults at restaurants. You can find her writing and recipe creations on Devour, on her baking blog, zoebakes.com and on the site, www.breadin5.com.


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HEADWATER Holidays is offering lovers of the great outdoors a massive range of walking holidays this year.
Whether it be in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America or the Caribbean there are countless wonderful walking holidays on offer.
From woodland rambles along leafy lanes to challenging mountain, gorge and ridge hikes, all Headwater's walking holidays offer insights into some of the most beautiful and unspoilt corners of the world.
The Austrian Lakes walking tour gives walkers the chance to see unspoilt forest trails, pine clad hills, lush green meadows and postcard-pretty lakeside villages nestled beneath snow-capped peaks.
A spokesman for Headwater Holidays said: "It's just like stepping out of a scene from The Sound of Music.
"The hotels we've selected are pretty special too – all at luxury four star level, with superb wellness centres and unrivalled levels of detail and service and prices range from £898 (tour only) to £1228 (including flights)."
Over in France the Chamonix and Mont Blanc Valley walk is the luxury way to traverse Mont Blanc. The Headwater spokesman said: "From your four star spa hotel in the chic centre of Chamonix, this guided walking week uses the excellent mountain rail, cable cars and gondolas to get walkers to access the mountains with ease.
"Once at altitude, the walks are at a relatively leisurely pace, offering sweeping views of the Massif de Mont Blanc and its surrounding peaks. Prices are from £1499 (tour only) and £1579 (including flights).
Island walking can offer some of the most dramatic walk in the Med.
The spokesman added: "La Palma offers some of the most dramatic walking in the Med.
"Our base for the guided week is the luxury four star Parador just above the capital, Santa Cruz. From here, we'll hike through protected natural reserves, lauresilva forest, crimson volcanic calderas and steep terraces of avocado, almonds and mango. Prices from £1247 (tour only)/ £1449 (including flights)."
A paradise for walkers, the Azores archipelago is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the world. The Headways spokesman added: "On this twin centre guided holiday, the walks explore four very different islands - mountainous Pico, "lunar" Faial, lush Sao Jorge and tropical Sao Miguel - taking in UNESCO vineyards, lava plateaux, sparkling waterfalls and thermal geysers. There's also the opportunity to spot whales and swim with dolphins! Prices from £1149 (tour only)/ £1399 (including flights).
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HOUSTON - A man is behind bars after police said he shot and killed a man at a southeast Houston bar.
The shooting occurred early Sunday morning at Karla's Bar on 75th Street and Avenue L.
Investigators said they found the victim, Santos Cacres, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police later identified Raymond Castro as the suspect. Police said they found him at his home and arrested him.
Investigators said Castro later confessed to shooting Cacres after the two got into an argument.
There is no word yet on any charges.
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[EVENT] [Sun] 08 January 2012 - Folk/ARPS, CiA & LDDK Joint Session
What's the scoop?
We (Folk/ARPS) have invited our comrades from LDDK and CiA to come over and help us shoot people.
What are LDDK and CiA?
The illustrious LDD Kyllikki (LDDK) is an OFP/ArmAx group that has been around for a very long time indeed. Over 10 years, in fact! The folks at CiA have been running sessions for almost as long.
What are the people from LDDK and CiA like?
Lovely. We've had many joint sessions with them in the past, and greatly enjoyed shooting each other in the face. Here are some AAR threads from the more recent joint sessions:
- [Sun] 04 December 2011 (with LDDK and CiA)
- [Sun] 27 November 2011 (with CiA)
- [Sun] 30 October 2011 (with CiA)
- [Sun] 25 September 2011 (Joint Joint: LDDK)
Where I can I find out more?
Please see this thread in the Folk forum (requires an account to view):
[Sun] 08 January 2012 - Folk/ARPS, CiA & LDDK Joint Session
A reminder to everyone who will be playing in the Folk/ARPS/CiA platoon at this event:
Reminder: If you don't already know how to configure and use TeamSpeak 3's Channel Commander feature, please re/re-read the Getting started with TeamSpeak 3 (for ArmA2) thread before the event, even if you do not plan on taking a leadership role. Thank you.
Reminder: The event is tomorrow, and starts at the earlier-than-usual time of 19:00 UK (but please try to be there earlier so we can slot quickly).
- Join Date
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I'm gonna be home later than that (probably around 20:30, which would be 19:30 UK). Can I join late, or is that not an option. Also my first time playing with the RPS people, but not my first time playing ARMA online.
Not meant to sound condescending but depending on how much and with whom you've played Arma 2 online the experience with ARPS/FOLK might be quite different so playing in a regular session on Tuesday or Sunday might be the better idea anyway.
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AI for slots taken by players will be turned on, right?
Because I've had bad experiences with crashing and then not being able to join back in because AI wasn't enabled.
The unofficial RPS Rising Storm group!
We're filling the server atm. Hopping on now would be ace.
Official AAR thread for this event is here:
If you participated in the event, please post your thoughts, feedback and any footage/screenshots there. Many thanks :)
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The group photo screenshots. I should had upped the graphics before taking them but everyone was in a hurry so I couldn't bother with that.
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Whats that on the upper right corner, Wolf? GPS?
Crossposting from the relevant Folk thread, please post your AARs, pictures, videos and insights there:
I will be posting an AAR and a full video (1+ hours!) of the whole mission. For now I will say that this session was way beyond amazing. Super mega thanks to everyone involved in organizing and playing it, you are what makes this game awesome. Trivia buffs might want to know I counted 17 different flags in Teamspeak window when we started out. Gaming brings people together wonderfully.
I also bring some map screenshots to help remember tonight's events. They're a bit centered around my squad (Charlie), but you should be able to make out what's going on. The images are pretty huge so I'll just provide links.
The initial plan, and platoons on the move.
Platoons moving on their initial objectives. This is where Fer said it'd be pretty cool if someone screenshotted the plan right about now.
Preparing assault on the first compound.
And same for the second compound.
Just before the final assault. Thanks from Charlie to whoever took out that T-34 marked Tank...Clips are fully loaded, and then blood floods the lawn
Charlie FTL
|- Mr.Weed (AR)
|- Harakka (AAR)
|- Xenu (RRPG)
The first stage
We rode the truck to our first waypoint where we drove into what looked like an ambush. The BTR-40 opened up but I couldn't tell if a heavy MG was returning fire and ordered my squad into nearby cover from where we could flank the enemy if necessary. Turns out the ambush wasn't that much of a trouble and we went west again, to our initial position, where I got a glimpse of an enemy further up the riverbed. They apparently were moving on our flanks and managed to hit Tigershark. I called Fox/Echo that they were coming straight for them while Bravo and we moved up the riverbed to get the enemy from behind and their flanks. More enemies were seen in the far distance at Zargabad but we were ordered to disengage and return to the Riverbed to move towards the Grads.
Assault on the Grads
While waiting for our Go-order we could already hear the first Platoon engaging the enemies. An enemy patrol got very close to our position but was taken out with no losses. We moved towards the Grads and took position on the dunes with a steady trickle of enemies coming through the woods from SW and W. Things got hairy when we were engaged by two T-34s. Though Xenu and me managed to take out the first with the little RPG we had, the second managed to avoid getting hit and came driving towards us. I think it was a RPG from the advancing third Element (Echo/Fox) that got a rocket into it's flank and got it to bail about 50m before it would have been right on us. After things had called down we moved further South to get into position for the final assault.
To glory
All elements formed a big line with us and Bravo (I think) forming the center. Without having any flanks to secure I ordered all of my men forward until we reached the first walls from where we started clearing compounds. It was amazing to see several squads hit these walls from the outside in unisono, form up in covering position and then start clearing the compounds in one swift move. We kept moving further West and my bloodlust got us a bit further ahead of everyone else. We were the first to sight the last T-34 which was moving about 200m away from us, forcing us to take over in a nearby grove. I inquired CO if we were allowed to charge it with satchels but apparently heroics aren't en vogue any more and the T-34 got taken out in the most boring way by a RPG. Alas it allowed me to be in the final group shot and get some more footage of clearing an empty town.
That was simply amazing. Thanks to everyone who participated, easily one of the best ARMA2 sessions i took part in.
It's always good as a FTL if you know the guys in your squad and I couldn't have been happier with both the Squad I got and the other Squad (Delta under SVDvorak) i formed an element with. Excellent perfomance all around from the lowly grunt to the whole platoon.
Screenshots and Video will follow.
2Plt DC (aka Driver)
|- Baz (Medic)
I counted a peak of 64 players on the server. Im unsure if we hit a cap in the server configuration files (if we did it was my fault) but as LDDK were all slotted in 1Plt and 2Plt was completely full, I think we managed to get everyone into the mission anyway.
Id originally slotted as 2Plt Bravo FTL, but as we lacked volunteers for the 2Plt DC post Comrade Fer asked me to step up. Im going to attribute the assignment to my history of commanding bizarrely successful missions and ordering gloriously suicidal charges whenever I think were out of our depth.
As Deputy Commander of the 2nd Platoon my job was to take over 2nd Platoon if and when the Company HQ (Tigershark) section all died, including 2nd Platoon CO (Unaco). As Id not been invited to the planning session and would have to wing it, I could only assume Company HQ were going to stay well back. In a rare display of competence, this actually turned out to be the case.
Fortunately I was able to make a couple of minor suggestions to 2Plt CO rather than just sit there fingering my revolver. We all piled into trucks at the start and I was the driver of the lead vehicle, a BTR 40 containing HMG/MAT/MTR teams as well as myself and the 2Plt DC Medic. Feeling more cocksure than 1Plt I elected to take us through the centre of the city whilst Draakon navigated. The city itself was clear, and our column of four trucks book-ended by BTR 40s kept a very tight formation at good speed. As we approached one of the river crossings leading out of the city I spotted our first problem; the road was blocked by a camper van, surrounded with mines. As I called it in, AK fire started to ping off the viewing slit of my vehicle. 2Plt CO ordered a quick dismount but I think the gunner of my vehicle got the only hostile. Meanwhile the infantry elements, 2Plt Alpha through 2Plt Fox fire teams, swept the surrounding area for further resistance.
After some minor reorganisation (I believe some of the transport trucks had to be abandoned), I joined up with the infantry. Out platoon was split up into four parts, 2Plt Alpha + 2Plt Bravo, 2Plt Charlie + 2Plt Delta, 2Plt Echo + 2PLt Fox and a support element Company HQ (Inc 1Plt CO, 2Plt CO) with 2Plt MTR, MMG and MAT teams. The first three elements were tasked with advancing down a dried up river bed in the hopes of coming out right on top of the first target: a cluster of four Grads. The plan was that Id be in position to relay the situation of the infantry to 2Plt CO and assist with medical support. Unfortunately, the Company medical team had forgotten to pack their gear properly and so I had to release Baz to CO HQ. We were lucky that the infantry suffered no significant casualties before he was returned to us.
The advance itself was a little sloppier than would have been ideal; it took several minutes for the rearmost elements to catch up with the leaders and I passed my time by observing that a grenade would kill most of the people in whatever squad I was currently looking at. Im not usually a stickler for unit spacing, but as we were in a narrow riverbed and unused to acting as pairs of fire teams it seemed appropriate. It also made me feel important from the middle of the formation. Some people even listened to me!
The terrain worked in our favour it was so rough that I didnt see a single living enemy from my position. I did get to watch a pinpoint precision mortar strike land right on top of a dozen enemy corpses though.
The assault on the Grads went off without a hitch, I dont think we actually lost anyone until wed taken their position and were throwing off enemy counterattacks. I started helping some poor automatic rifleman walk his shots in on a target 600 m distant with my binoculars with mixed success. Using an un-scoped AK at anything above 450 m requires some form of psychic power, so I never did get to expend any of my own ammo.
Whilst we waited for 1Plt to get into position Baz returned along with an ammo truck. Wed had sporadic light vehicle and T34 contacts to the south and west and wasted most of our RPGs on long shots. I directed people to the ammo and had the injured line up amongst the Grads for treatment. CO HQ asked for a volunteer to resupply 1Plt using the ammo truck, and lacking anything better to do I volunteered.
I parked the truck next to 1Plts medical vehicle and resupplied a fire team or so of infantry as well as a BTR 40. It was interesting to see that 1Plt was using a scoped rifle to coordinate their movements instead of binoculars, but as a simple trucker I might have interpreted incorrectly.
When 1Plt moved off I joined up with CO HQ to resupply those BTR 40s. On the way I almost got stuck in the river bed and was thankful that the truck I was driving had such large tyres. A more compact vehicle would probably have bogged down on the banks.
Things progressed quickly after that. Wed taken a second objective whilst I was driving around, and were preparing to assault the final objective of Shabhaz in short order. I was too far back from the action to see things first-hand but I do know that an errant T-34 mowed down a half dozen people. I believe 2Plt CO himself futilely tried to distract it with some AK rounds from 500 meters out. This wasnt really a necessary action as in the face of some 50 surviving players the tank did not last long.
The Shabhaz compound fell soon after and we lined up in front of it for tea and photographs. Tigershark gave a speech and someone let off a bomb. No, literally. That one grenade caused more casualties than the entire opposing force.
If I find whoever that was, I will carve your head from your shoulders myself! :commissar:
2PLT CO (aka the Distant Watcher)
First thing... Wow. That was quite a turnout (~65 people), and well done by Fer to keep us all wrangled, and getting us all slotted, without too much delay or explosions. One thing I will say (for ARPS people), because I was your CO and this isn't all kittens and sunshine dammit!!... People were dying out there... all that blood... on MY HANDS!!!... errr, sorry... yes, one thing I'll say is, in future, do not leave testing/setting up of TeamSpeak/Channel Commander/Communications until we're slotting. There is plenty of time in the week before a session to get it working, and, if it was working last week, or a few days previously, it's not likely to have stopped working in the interim. OK, moan over.
Yes, so... I was asked (blackmailed with the life of my special little Tchotchka) by Fer if I would like to Command the 2nd Platoon (the ARPS/FOLK/CiA contingent) for the coming session. 20 minutes before we started to slot. Of course, I had to say yes. Tigershark would be in overall command, and 1st Platoon would be acting separate to 2nd... and I would be expected to control our lot, keep them on target and organised and relay orders from Tiger to the rest of us. I will say, I felt there was a slight deficiency at a certain level of our Command, but that was ALL my fault, and due to my shortcomings. I felt, in hindsight, that I wasn't giving enough Command and communication to the Fireteams/Elements, and for that I do apologise. I was tending to say "right, infantry move up to here, keep the same positioning, and do this", when I should have been a bit more explicit on Element/Fire Team positioning and roles. I'll remember that for next time... for some reason (perhaps because I was up on that hill, far away from you all) I thought someone else would have been doing that. But they weren't.
Finally, before we get to the plan... We were using a slightly ad-hoc organisation, that I think worked for that session. We used 4 Elements, the first 3 consisting of 2 fireteams each (A&B, C&D, E&F) and the 4th being Command and the Support Teams. On top of that, the 'Elements', as I was calling them, referred to the 6 fireteams (and the DC&Medic tagging along with them). Our order of battle, therefore, was...
6 Fireteams of 4 men, Alpha through Fox.
DC & his Medic
MG Team
MAT Team
Mortar Team
1 BTR 40, 3 VS35's and an Ammo Truck.
A Plan
While everyone stared at the Map screen patiently, Tiger relayed his plan to the rest of the command section. 1st Platoon where to move to the edge of Yarum, and then assault the compounds to the South of the City. 2nd Platoon where to move, with stealth, to a position just North East of the Grads, and then were to assault in synchrony with 1st Platoon, when they moved against the compounds. This way, it was hoped that the units near the Grads wouldn't be able to move against 1st Platoon at the compounds (as 2nd Platoon would tie them down), and that any counterattacks would be split/spread across the two targets. Further to this, the 4th Element (support and CO) where to split from the Infantry Elements, and take up a position 1 click East of the Grad targets, which gave us a fantastic view over the engagement area. Along with that, the JIP units (2 Fireteams) where to accompany the 4th Element to their vantage point, and then assault a strategic crossroads to the South East of the main engagement area. Before we commenced, Tiger gave us some suggestions as to how we were expected to move and engage, with 2nd Platoon expected to shun engagement, move down the dry riverbed with stealth, and make use of the Support Element (who had a great view of the area) to warn them of approaching patrols, the enemies positions, and any dangers, and provide some support fire.
Once the initial targets had been taken, and counterattacks repelled, Tiger was to update us on the final stages of the plan.
Initial Movement
I gave my interpretation of the plan to the Platoon, and gave them the organisation I wanted. We chose our initial waypoint, where the Elements and the Support Element would split (and the Support Element would divvy up the vehicles so we were taking some with us). I gave the positioning I wanted for the Elements (this is what I should have reiterated and been changing and communicating about during the mission... but didn't. Luckily I think you all maintained it largely, which was good) when they moved down the riverbed... Element 1 in the lead, covering South, Element 2 & 3 just behind, covering the West and East respectively. Elements were to move using the 2 fireteams, one covering, one advancing.
We got into the mission, and got our vehicle assignments with no problems... which was great! Ok, there was 1 problem. I couldn't fit into the BTR which had DC and the Support Elements, so was left to take the Ammo truck up with us, all on my own... The CO really shouldn't be driving himself, I had to be looking at maps, drinking Vat 69, and reassuring Politicians. We got a convoy order sorted, and moved out.
And hit our first snag. 1st Platoon where to move out before us, and where expected to move through the City itself, thus engaging the small number of enemy that may have been there. I was expecting 2nd Platoon to race through in their wake, and not need to worry until we got out to the East of the city. However, 1st Platoon took a slightly circuitous route, round the city, so we were moving into uncharted territory, and had to keep alert. Luckily, there were no problems.
We made it out to the East of the town, and were close to our initial waypoint, where the two sections would split, when Null (DC, in the BTR in the lead) called in contacts ahead, as well as a roadblock and mines. Everyone disembarked and took to cover, including the main Command Element, who were following 2nd Platoon. We took some fire, but no casualties, and took out the visible targets. From here I made the decision to split early, and sent the Elements on their way to the Riverbed. I also started to get the JIPs and Support elements organised for our move to our the overwatch position, getting the essential vehicles manned. While this was going on, enemy contacts were reported to our West, heavy fire came in, and those words, those dreaded, all too common words, appeared...
Tigershark(CO): UGH!
First Objectives
Yes, once again, Tigershark took the first bullet. Once again, I feared our glorious leader wouldn't live to see us all carry out the flawless plan he had given us/die horribly, screaming for our families and loved ones. I got our Elements to take cover, tentatively try and get eyes on the attackers, and return fire, and went back to check on Tiger. Thankfully, he wasn't dead, and Fer was taking care of him next to the Command BTR. This did bring up our next problem... Lack of medics. We only had 1, the DC medic, who was with the Elements, and didn't have one with the Command/Support Element. Tiger got back on his feet, we took care of any immediate threats, and got back to moving... Elements down the riverbed, Support up to the Hills.
On the way I had to remind the Elements they weren't there to engage, and to get them back into the Riverbed, using Stealth. After that, with some minor chastisement and direction from Null, they were fine, moved down just short of their position. Support/CO had moved to their position and had a good view on the target. A large patrol was moving towards the elements down the Riverbed. The cover was in our advantage, and would mean they would advance right towards us. I ordered the elements to hold and firm up, and get ready for the engagement. It was so close to the Grad objective, that I worried they might be alerted, and come in force before we could attack. Luckily, the patrol fell quickly, and 1st Platoon where in a position to start their assault, meaning we could move from the patrol, and start attacking the Grads. Some mortars where put down, and some charging was done. That's really all I could make out.
After that, we did some logistics, rearming and healing (thanks to Null for dealing with that, me and the other COs where enjoying a celebratory Scotch and cigar, and I didn't really want to get off my field chair), and held position. I knew the Elements where getting a little antsy, asking for new orders... We had to hold though, to weather the counterattack (as there was no cover South against Tanks) because the hills around the Grads where good cover, and to wait for 1st Platoon to finish up their assault. I sent the MAT team down to help against any vehicular onslaught. In all, about 3 T34s and a couple of Technicals came at the Elements, and were taken out. With the counterattack repulsed, and everyone rearmed, we got ready for the final objectives, moving the Elements and CO to positions further South, after the JIPs had secured a small crossroads, and eliminated some contacts there.
Final Objectives
The final 2 objectives went pretty quickly, with an assault on a set of buildings (softened up by Mortar and Support fire) being charged!! And then a combined assault on Shabhaz. The assault on Shabhaz was stalled slightly by a pesky T34, and a lack of AT (where did it all go? Too many wasted shots I believe, these things cost money don't you know?!?). Luckily, someone came to the rescue, and took it out with minimal casualties... although I did feel a slight tug at my heart as I observed it turning its turret on my boys and firing a few shells... the burden of command I guess. I sent the local serving girl for more wine, pulled myself together, finished dinner, and got on with the task at hand... admonishing the troops for suggesting foolish Hollywood heroics, and not keeping stock of their AT situation. Also, getting them ready to storm Shabhaz. After that, Shabhaz was quite easy. We moved to position and assaulted from the South and East, while 1st Platoon came in from the North and West. I actually did start running towards, hoping to fire a couple shots, maybe stand over a corpse and pretend I'd made it (which I had in a way, through delegation).
All in all, a great session. Thanks to Fer for organising the mission. To Tigershark for his excellent planning and encouragement, and for giving us all a laugh by taking that first bullet. Thanks to CiA, and LDDK for attending, and to all of ARPS for showing up (mostly on time). And thanks to FOLK for having us.
Last edited by Unaco; 10-01-2012 at 09:35 PM.
At 3,746 words, I'm afraid my AAR post breaks the word limit here, so rather than cross-post here's a direct link to it in the AAR thread on the Folk forum: http://www.ferstaberinde.com/folk/fo...6&p=2151#p2151
(sorry, I got a bit carried away!)


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Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers did the Reserve Bank of Australia no favours by pulling out of the race to take over at the Federal Reserve.
The Aussie dollar climbed to a three-month high of 93.94 US cents yesterday in Sydney as investors bet the withdrawal means the US central bank, which starts a two-day meeting today, will pare stimulus at a more gradual pace. The dollar was fetching 93.2 US cents this morning.
Three-year Australian sovereign yields fell six basis points to 2.85 per cent, unwinding most of the climb since the RBA left its key borrowing cost at a record low and said the currency may weaken.
"To the extent that the Fed begins to taper and stops printing US dollars, that could support the US dollar and help the Aussie continue to fall," said Peter Jolly, the head of market research for National Australia Bank. "The currency moving up here is definitely problematic and will in itself leave the RBA biased to cut rates."
The dollar climbed 4.9 per cent this month, snapping a five-month slide that had matched its longest losing streak since 1998. The rally erodes the benefits from a lower currency for companies from Rio Tinto to Woodside Petroleum and risks undermining business confidence that jumped last month to levels unseen in more than two years.
RBA governor Glenn Stevens said after the bank's rates meeting earlier this month the currency "remains at a high level" and a possible depreciation in the exchange rate would help to rebalance growth. The RBA will release minutes today of that meeting, when he and the board left the benchmark interest rate at 2.5 per cent.
A 10 per cent currency drop boosts gross domestic product by between 0.5 percentage point and 1 percentage point over about two years, the RBA estimated August 9 in its quarterly monetary policy statement. It is possible the impact on economic activity could be slower than in previous periods if businesses wait to see if the Aussie stays at a lower level, policy makers said.
The dollar and government bonds rallied as the removal of Mr Summers from the list of potential candidates for Fed chairman buoyed higher-yielding assets. Fed vice-chairman Janet Yellen is now the front-runner for the job when Ben Bernanke's term expires in January, according to Pimco chief executive and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian.
"Markets will likely interpret this as significantly increasing the probability of broad policy continuity at the Fed," he wrote in a commentary on the Business Insider website.
The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to slow its monthly bond purchases to $US75 billion at the meeting starting today, from $US85 billion currently.
Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest mining company, said last month that depreciation in currencies including those of Australia, Canada and South Africa versus the greenback boosted underlying earnings for the company in the first half of the year by $US211 million versus the comparable 2012 period.
A rebound in iron ore, Australia's biggest export, and a surge in sentiment have curbed expectations for more rate cuts and driven a rebound in the Aussie this month.
The impact of a stronger currency on RBA policy "will depend on how much the rise in the Aussie is consistent with broader fundamentals," said John Horner, a strategist at Deutsche Bank. "For the moment, the rise in the Aussie being associated with rising commodity prices is less of a headwind for the Australian economy."
Interest-rate swaps data show traders see a 64 per cent chance Mr Stevens and his board will keep the cash rate unchanged by the end of 2013, up from 38 per cent odds on August 31.
Hedge funds and other large speculators last week trimmed bearish bets on the currency to the least since the period ended June 4, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data.
"The RBA would see it as an issue if we were to get not just further currency strength but also the Aussie staying at current levels for a sustained period of time," said Hamish Pepper, a currency strategist at Barclays in Singapore. "I wouldn't be surprised to see the rates market in Australia start to price a higher likelihood of further rate cuts."


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February 9, 2013
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – In front of an atypical crowed on Saturday night in Bross Gymnasium, the No. 10 nationally ranked Lady Mustangs lost a heart breaking character-builder against GSAC rival Biola (12-13, 3-7 GSAC), to the tune of 66-56 in overtime.
"The loss is disappointing, but not discouraging," commented Lady Mustang head coach Dan Waldeck. "Biola played great, and we missed 35 shots inside of five feet, yet we still had a chance to win. Any time you shoot a 26% from the floor and are still in the game, that's' a great commendation to our character. We'll play a lot better because of this loss."
The loss puts the Lady Mustangs overall record to 22-3, and 7-3 in conference play. The silver lining is that TMC still holds a solid third-place seat in the Golden State Athletic Conference.
Besides their short-lived 5-2 lead in the opening three minutes of play, the Lady Mustangs trailed the Eagles for both halves, until Zoe Scott (Spokane WA) drained a three-pointer in the final three minutes of play putting TMC up 50-49, sending the crowed into a frenzy.
The Eagles pulled ahead as Aidjat Adams sank a free throw, but was cut short as Scott followed two seconds later with a free throw, tying the game at 51-51. Biola extended their lead again by a jumper from Chelsea Hill, earning them a 53-51 advantage. But Scott kept the Lady Mustangs' hopes alive by sinking two back-to-back free throws in the final four seconds, forcing TMC's first overtime of the 2012-13 campaign.
However, the extra frame looked grim from the opening tip as Biola got a quick jumper by Amy Freet, followed by another jumper from Hill giving the Eagles a four point lead. Whitney Best (Snohomish, WA) and Jacquelyn Marshall (San Clemente, CA) sank two free throws cutting the deficit to two. But, the Eagles rattled off a 9-1 run putting the game on ice at 66-56.
At the end of the night, Marshall led the Mustangs in scoring with 11 points. Marshall and Lena Rivera (Allen, TX) both yanked six rebounds, while Scott chipped in four assists.
Things don't get any easier for the Lady Mustangs as two out of their next three games are against Top-10 nationally ranked teams. TMC now looks to rebound off their loss by traveling to No. 8 Westmont on Tuesday night for a 5:30 PM tip-off. The last time the two squads faced each other, Westmont beat the Lady Mustangs 68-57, delivering TMC their first loss of the season.
GSAC Women's Basketball News:
In other GSAC action, Hope International fell to No. 8 Westmont 73-64. Vanguard demolished Arizona Christian 101-50, while San Diego Christian defeated Concordia 70-37


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Would You Let Gwyneth Paltrow Blow Out Your Hair?
Gwyneth Paltrow, her trainer Tracy Anderson, and hairstylist David Babaii are teaming up on a new fitness studio and blow dry bar. Yea or nay?
-Lucia Peters
To be fair, we MIGHT let Gwyneth Paltrow give us a blow-out if she offered to—we're totally envious of her perfectly straight and frizz-free locks—but we get the feeling that she's probably not going to be the one handling the blow dryers.
According to Cosmopolitan.com, Gwynnie and her long-time trainer, Tracy Anderson, have teamed up with celeb hairstylist David Babaii on a brand-new venture: A blow dry bar. There's just one catch: It's super chi-chi (of course) and members-only.
The blow dry bar, you see, is part of a new flagship location of the trainer's Tracy Anderson Studio fitness studios. Said Tracy to Cosmo, "We are so excited to have partnered with David Babaii on the blow dry bar that we'll be offering to members of our flagship studio located in Brentwood, CA." She continued, "As our members transform themselves into the women and men they want to be, the David Babaii team will design a hairstyle customized for their face shape and lifestyle, as well as a product regime of what to use to keep them looking their best while on the go." No prices are available yet, but knowing Gwynnie's tastes, they'll be not so much with the wallet-friendliness.
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Here's the lowdown from David Babaii himself: "It's not just going to be a blowout bar," the stylist told People. "It's going to be, 'Hey, why don't we do this style with your new body? It's more about your lifestyle. There's no judgment."
Fourteen products from Babaii's haircare line will also be available at the bar, all of which are sulfate-, paraben-, petrochemical-, and cruelty-free. "It's all about healthy ingredients, healthy products," David explained. "And not getting something that you can do at home. It's going to be a feel good bar. It'll be cool. If you want that sleek, straight, Gwyneth look, treat! If you want the Kate Hudson bohemian waves, great!"
The blow dry bar opens on April 4 alongside the Brentwood location of Tracy Anderson Studio. Memberships are limited and are filling up fast, so if you live in the area and want to hop on board (and have the disposable income to do so), shoot an email to firstname.lastname@example.com for rates and availabilities.
Tell us: Would you let Gwyneth Paltrow give you a blowout?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's senior editor.


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18 March 2012 • Feast of the Veneration of the Holy Cross
On the Feast of the Veneration of the Holy Cross in Three Hierarchs Chapel, two seminarians were ordained. Metropolitan Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America and president of the seminary, ordained Dn. David Wooten to the holy priesthood, and Seminarian Adam Horstman to the holy diaconate.
Father David is married with three children and hails from Fort Worth, Texas. Upon his graduation from high school in 1998, he enrolled at Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he majored in English Education and Spanish. There he met his wife, Audra, who also majored in English Education, and has since earned a Masters in Library Science from Texas Women's University. During their time at ORU, he and his wife both began inquiring into the history of the Christian Church and were eventually received into the Orthodox Church, Fr. David on Holy Saturday of 2001, and his wife on December 13 of the same year.
Currently enrolled in the M.Div. program, Fr. David has this past year had a parish placement internship under the mentorship of Archpriest Michael Westerberg, rector of Holy Transfiguration Church, New Haven, Connecticut. Upon graduation, the Wootens plan to return to the Diocese of the South and serve in a Spanish-language mission. "While we are excited to work with the community that awaits us as a family," says Fr. David, "we will also greatly miss the loving community here at St. Vladimir's that has been a constant support through these last three years."
Dn. Adam is currently finishing his second year in the M.Div. program, and his student "obedience" is to work in the seminary library. He holds a B.A. in Religion from Wright State University and an M.A. in Theological Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. Upon graduating from high school in 1997, he joined the Air Force National Guard as a military policeman. He also enrolled at Wright State University, where he met his wife, Trish, who has her Masters in Social Work. The Horstmans have two children.
After the events of 9/11, Dn. Adam got called to active duty military service. During his deployment, extraordinary circumstances introduced him to the Orthodox Christian faith. "In a desert chapel," he recalls, "I found an Orthodox Prayer book and began acquiring a love for Orthodoxy. While studying church history and theology at Asbury Seminary, I found myself drawn still further to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
"In spring of 2005," continued Dn. Adam, "I attended an Orthodox service for the first time and never left. My wife and I were received on the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross in 2006 at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky. I am now a Chaplain candidate in the U.S. Army Reserve. After seminary, if God wills, we hope to serve in both the parish and in the military."


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Kong Barstool with Arms
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Kong Barstool / Counterstool with Arms by Emeco
designed by Philippe Starck
Emeco's Kong line of chairs features a perfect balance of contrasting forms. The rounded oval backrest tops a shaped seat and squared front legs offset by angled back legs. Poised, elegant. This particular model features beautifully shaped arms that lend to the natural characteristics of the piece, which can be added to either one side or both, for an extremely unique and chic touch. The perfect addition to the contemporary bar area.
- Made with 80% recycled aluminum content
- Dimensions: 46.5" h x 17.5" w x 20" d
- Available in brushed or polished aluminum
- Available with one or two arms and a black vinyl seat pad
- Barstool or Counterstool height
- Estimated lifespan of 150 years or more
Designed for the Kong Chinese restaurant in Paris in 2003, Kong takes 24 separate pieces of aluminum, hand-formed and welded, to make each chair. With it taking eight man-hours to hand polish each chair, it is more like making a sculpture than a chair.
Materials & Measurements
Recycled aluminum, both post consumer and post industrial
Counterstool overall: 40.5" h x 17.5" w x 20" d
Counterstool seat height: 24"
Barstool overall: 46.5" h x 17.5" w x 20" d
Barstool seat height: 30"
Environmental Information
In addition to using environmentally friendly materials in the production process, Emeco uses 100 percent recyclable shipping and packing materials (they even use paper tape).
About The Manufacturer
|Emeco's founder, Winton C. Dinges, was a master tool and die maker with an engineering background. He believed that a hands-on approach to production using outstanding materials would lead to outstanding design and outstanding furniture. It is a vision that has served Emeco well since 1944.
Few organizations have as storied a history as the Electric Machine and Equipment Company. Emeco's first major achievement was the Navy Chair- a chair designed in collaboration with ALCOA for seaworthiness. Since then, it has expanded its offering but held closely to Dinges' vision. Emeco and its manufacturing facilities are based in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Shipping & Delivery
Options are good. Here are your 4 shipping options:
Standard Curbside: Free
Curbside shipping includes delivery of large or fragile items to your curb or front door Monday through Friday during normal business hours. This service does not include delivery inside your home or office, so be prepared. If you want to save money on shipping and are ok with a little moving and unpacking, this is your best option.
Standard Shipping: Free
Standard ground shipping includes delivery by FedEx or UPS to your door or main lobby. Once shipped, items generally arrive within 2-5 business days. Simple, fast and easy service.
Inside Delivery: $100.00 per item
Inside delivery is a cost efficient way to have large or fragile items delivered to your room of choice. When your order reaches the local station in your area, the delivery agent will call to schedule a four hour delivery appointment. Caveat: If you need debris removal or light assembly (30 min max), you may want to consider our White Glove service.
Premium Inside Delivery: $150.00 per item
Premium Inside Delivery is our most comprehensive delivery service option. This service includes a four-hour delivery appointment, placement inside your room of choice (two flights of stairs max), unpacking, set up (up to 30 minutes without tools), and debris removal. If you want a no hassle delivery experience, this is your best option.
Assembly time of over 30 minutes and room placement over two flights of stairs incurs additional shipping charges. Please call 888-467-6278 for more information and a customized quote.
Emeco products come with free shipping for destinations within the contiguous United States.
Shipping Specifications:
container size: 22" x 22" x 49"
container weight: 19 lbs
For additional information, please see our shipping and delivery policies page.
Product Q&A
Q: Can the Kong Barstool with Arms be used outside?
A: The Kong Barstool with Arms in the brushed aluminum finish can be used outdoors with periodic cleaning. Emeco does not recommend the polished finish or powder coat finishes to be placed outdoors.
Q: Can I customize the Kong Barstool with Arms?
A: The Kong Barstool with Arms is available in brushed aluminum and polished aluminum finishes. An optional seat pad is also available. You can also choose whether to have one arm or two on your barstool!
Q: Is the Kong Barstool with Arms recyclable?
Absolutely! Emeco uses 80 percent recycled aluminum to make its chairs, and the aluminum content in Emeco chairs is 100 percent recyclable.
Q: Is the Kong Barstool with Arms stackable?
A: The Kong Barstool with Arms is not stackable.
Product Q&A
The Emeco Kong Chair comes with a lifetime warranty.
For more information, please see the Emeco warranty guide.


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Grain farmers should use caution on how they apply recently released data on crop productivity related to drought, said University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Bill Wiebold. "Don't make drastic changes in your operation based upon one year's experience," he warns.
Wiebold will speak on crop management techniques that may add stability to corn and soybean yields in 2013 at the MU Crop Management Conference, Dec. 18-19 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia.
Wiebold has published his analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data in recent MU Integrated Pest Management publications (ipm.missouri.edu/ipcm). Crop productivity is a good indicator of drought intensity. "Drought severity, as calculated by corn yield loss, was greater in 2012 than for any year within the past 50 years," he said.
Early data indicates that corn and soybean yields were well below trend lines. Final numbers from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service likely won't be available until early 2013.
Reports are coming in that Missouri soybean yields may be greater than USDA predictions of 28 bushels per acre in September, 28 percent below the trend line yield, Wiebold said. Higher numbers may be due to rains from Hurricane Isaac in late August. "It just shows how resilient soybeans are," he said.
Late-maturing varieties were helped more by Isaac than other varieties. Wiebold's research shows the greatest soybean yield loss from drought came in 1983, 1984 and 2012.
In September, USDA predicted corn yields would be 75 bushels per acre, 46 percent below a trend line yield Wiebold has calculated since 1963. While many farmers compared the 2012 drought to that of 1988, predicted yield loss for 2012 is double that of 1988. Additionally, 1988's yield losses were located primarily in the northern third of the state.
USDA reports that 89 percent of all soybeans and 100 percent of the corn crop has been harvested in Missouri. County averages can be seen at www.nass.usda.gov.
Corn and beans respond differently to drought due to the different pollination periods. Corn has a 10-day period, and temperatures above 100 degrees hit when much of Missouri's corn crop was pollinating and silking. Stress on plants at this stage reduced the number of fertilized flowers, and stress after silking resulted in increased kernel abortion or reduced seed size.
By contrast, soybeans have a 30-day period and a "built-in reserve capacity" that can make internal modifications to stress during pod development. Stress at this time reduces the number of flowers and small pods that remain on the stalk. Stress during seed filling can result in additional pod abscission, arrested development of seeds in retained pods and reduced seed size.
Wiebold said he would caution farmers at the conference against drastic changes in 2013. He also will show updated graphics on yield variability throughout the state. He will urge farmers to diversify their crops and reevaluate their seeding rates based upon soil conditions in their area, rather than across the varied geographical areas of the state. "Understanding where you're farming is important," he said. "What is the water supply where you live? What are the typical weather patterns where you live?"
Wiebold will present information from MU's 19 corn and 20 soybean plots across the state. "We had fields that yielded nothing and others, especially on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, that did particularly well," he said.
A full schedule of the Crop Management Conference, sponsored by the Division of Plant Sciences, MU College of Food and Natural Resources, is available at plantsci.missouri.edu/cmc/.


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24 Healthy Summer Saladsby Toby Amidor in Healthy Recipes, July 24, 2012
A nice cool salad can help beat the summer heat and give you an antioxidant boost. But did you know fruit and veggies also help quench your daily fluid needs? Stay refreshed with these recipes.
Main Dishes
Dive in to a delicious array of summer produce, perfect for lunch or dinner on a steamy summer day. Each of these recipes has less than 400 calories per serving.
- Grilled Thai Beef Salad
- Crab and Avocado Salad
- Waldorf Salad
- Chinese Turkey Salad
- Buffalo Chicken Salad
- Tuna and Vegetable Salad
- Classic Salad With Chicken
- Caesar Salad With Grilled Shrimp
- Wasabi Seafood Salad
- Hot and Sour Beef Salad
Veggie Salads
Whip up any of these easy side salads, each for less than 250 calories per serving.
- Zucchini Ribbon Salad With Lime Juice, Red Chile and Peanuts
- Orange, Radish and Mint Salad
- Green Salad With Red Pepper Relish Dressing
- Nectarine-Tomato Salad
- Tomato Salad
- Yellow Trio Salad
- Garbanzo Bean and Zucchini Salad
- Green Salad With Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Summer Corn Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Arugula, Avocado and Fennel Salad
- Celery Salad
- Corn, Avocado and Tomato Salad
- Moroccan Carrot and Spinach Salad
Salad Dressings
Throw together your own salad using whatever you've got in the fridge, and top with a simple and healthy dressing. Remember to stick with 2 tablespoon portions to keep calories and fat in check.
More posts from Toby Amidor.


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Photo Flash: Knife Edge Productions Presents TAPE
Knife Edge Productions, in association with Swinestars Productions, proudly present a revival of Stephen Belber's acclaimed play, Tape, directed by Sam Helfrich. Tape runs from September 9 - 24, 2011 in a limited engagement at the June Havoc Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, located at 312 West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in New York City. Previews begin September 9 for a September 13 opening.
Performances are Wednesdays - Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Special opening night performance on Tuesday, September 13 at 7pm. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at http://www.TapeNYC.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111. A post-show talk back with Stephen Belber will follow the Wednesday, September 14 performance. For more information on the show visit http://www.TapeNYC.com.
Jon, an aspiring filmmaker on the verge of hitting it big, hooks up for the weekend with his best friend from high school, Vince, a volunteer fireman who makes his money selling dope. The old friends meet up at a Motel 6 in Lansing, Michigan, where Jon's new film is being screened at a film festival, but Vince has more than one reason to make his way all the way to Lansing: his old high school girlfriend, Amy, also lives there. Over the course of a pulsating, tension-filled evening, Vince gets Jon to reveal a dark secret from their past which continues to haunt both of the men, and when Amy eventually joins them, their shared past finally catches up with all three of them, setting off a wildly unpredictable chain of events with consequences both laughable and tragic. Beneath its suspenseful, high stakes surface, Tape examines questions of motive, memory, truth and perception, and asks us whether we can ever escape those formative high school years.
The New Yorker called the 2002 World Premiere of Tape "terrific," The New York Post deemed the play "fascinating and entertaining," and The Wall Street Journal wrote, "when it comes to reminding us just why we leave our homes on a cold winter's night and seek the joys of a live theatrical performance, playwright Stephen Belber has the big guys beat."
Playwright Stephen Belber's work has been produced on Broadway and in over 25 countries. His plays include Match (Tony nomination for Frank Langella); Dusk Rings a Bell, (Atlantic Theater Company); Tape (Naked Angels NY/LA/London); McReele (Roundabout Theater); A Small, Melodramatic Story (LAByrinth Theater Company); Geometry of Fire, (Rattlestick); Fault Lines (Cherry Lane); One Million Butterflies (Primary Stages), and Carol Mulroney (Huntington Theater Company). Belber was an Associate Writer on The Laramie Project (Drama Desk and Lortel nominations), and co-writer on the more recent Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. His movies include Tape, directed by Richard Linklater; The Laramie Project (Associate Writer/Emmy Nomination for screenwriting); Drifting Elegant, and Management, which he also directed, starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn. Belber is a member of both Tectonic Theater Project and the LAByrinth Theater Company.
Sam Helfrich has directed theater and opera at companies including Glimmerglass Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Boston, Berkshire Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Wolf Trap Opera and Boston Baroque Orchestra, among others. His recent productions include Cosi fan tutte at Delaware Valley Opera, The Turn of the Screw at Boston Lyric Opera, Philip Glass' Orphée at Portland Opera and Glimmerglass Opera, The Consul at Glimmerglass, Louise and Amistad at Spoleto Festival/USA, and Der Freischutz, Semele and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny at Opera Boston. Helfrich's theater projects have included Len Jenkins' Dark Ride and Eric Overmyer's In a Pig's Valise at Bard College and a New York production of Stephen Belber's Transparency of Val. Helfrich holds a BA in Russian literature and an MFA in theater arts, both from Columbia University.
The cast includes Don DiPaolo (Go Go Killers at Sage Theater, The Seagull with Curan Rep, Shopping and F***king with Rude Monkey Theatre Group), Neil Holland (Red Light Winter at Theatre 54, Stephen Adly Guirgis's Untitled/Ass Play with LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Interrogation at TBG Theatre) and Therese Plaehn (Paradise Lost with A.R.T., The Winter's Tale with A.R.T./MXAT, Dancing at Lughnasa with the Gallery Players).
The creative team consists of Laura Jellinek (Set Design), Kate Ashton (Lighting Design), Nancy Leary (Costume Design) and Heather Arnson (Production Stage Manager).
Knife Edge Productions was formed in 2008 by Neil Holland and Sonya Tsuchigane, graduates of the prestigious William Esper Studio in NYC. The company's inaugural production was Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter. In 2009, Neil teamed up with fellow Esper alum Don DiPaolo after discovering that they both were passionate about producing a revival of Stephen Belber's Tape. From there, they began to embark on 2-year journey that has brought them to the September 2011 revival of the play.
Photo credit: Sal Cacciato
Therese Plaehn and Don DiPaolo
Neil Holland and Therese Plaehn


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Citrus Saturday is a refreshing lesson in fun, fulfillment and financial reward for young entrepreneurs
21 August 2013
Josh, Andrew, Daniel and Oliver set up their first business, Albalous' Juices, on 2nd July 2011. On their one big day of trading, the entrepreneurs achieved a profit of over £100. They were thrilled with the result. "I didn't know much about running a business before but after this my knowledge had developed much further," says Josh.
For he and his partners, all from William Ellis School, were just 14 years old, and they made their money by selling lemonade on one of ten stands set up in various locations in Camden by pupils from schools across the borough. They had taken part in the first-ever Citrus Saturday, an initiative set up by UCL Advances, one of the partners in the Open Innovation Project, to encourage young people to consider becoming entrepreneurs.
Tim Barnes, Director of UCL Advances – the university's centre for entrepreneurship – and the originator of the initiative, says: "Citrus Saturday is a fun, absorbing and – most importantly for the kids – financially rewarding day of setting up a lemonade stand. It is modelled to be as much like running a small business as possible and will hopefully give them a taste of how rewarding making a living this way can be." Through a series of workshops and exercises, young people learn how to set goals, develop a business plan, establish a budget, seek investors, provide customer service, save for the future and give back to the community – not to mention earn money for themselves.
Citrus Saturday is inspired by Lemonade Day in the US: following its inception in Houston, Texas in 2007, Lemonade Day is currently in 28 cities, with plans to grow to 100 US cities and a million stands by 2013. Like its American forerunner, Citrus Saturday's success depends on parents/guardians, teachers, youth leaders, volunteers and charity workers entering into the spirit of the occasion with as much enthusiasm and energy as the children themselves.
As Camden's largest employer, UCL plays an important role in the community; every year around 600 students take part in charitable projects. UCL's Volunteering Services Unit (VSU) recruited, vetted and trained 20 volunteers to lead the young people through two workshops, where they tried out different citrus recipes; learned about planning, budgeting and selling; and built and decorated their stands. Tracey Williams, Head of Learning Support at William Ellis School, says: "The boys were thrilled to be invited to the university, where they were treated as adults – something that is not possible in a school setting." The students also accompanied the teenagers on Citrus Saturday itself.
Maria Stanoniu (BSc Mathematics and Statistics) had worked with children in her home country of Romania. She was looking for volunteering opportunities after finishing her final exams, and found the concept of Citrus Saturday "new and interesting". She says: "Our role was to support and encourage our team members – without doing any of the work for them. It was important that they achieve the goals themselves, otherwise they would not get the most out of Citrus Saturday."
The design of the programme and the commitment of the volunteers meant that teachers and parents/guardians had ancillary roles to play, encouraging the young people to sign up for Citrus Saturday. Many teachers and family members chose to get more involved, though, and supported the young people by turning up on the day to buy a glass of lemonade or two.
The legacy of Citrus Saturday has lasted far longer than a few hours' frantic selling on a hot summer's afternoon. Teachers have noticed that taking part in Citrus Saturday boosts a child's confidence, helps them to think creatively and even get along better with their classmates. Tracey Williams says: "At school, children have a chance to do well at their studies or sports. For children who don't fit into those categories, Citrus Saturday gives them a chance to shine at something else. A couple of the boys who are regarded as disruptive in class proved to be very good at motivating a team or engaging with the public."
Many student volunteers will go on to become teachers after graduation, and gained invaluable experience working with young people. Others will be able to add their participation in Citrus Saturday to their CV when they come to look for a job. Moreover Josh, now 16, is keen to become a volunteer to help him gain at a place at university. Participants who reach 16 are encouraged to volunteer in the future – this is a key way to develop the programme, with mentors from past years' participant groups working alongside next year's budding young entrepreneurs.
2011's successful pilot, Citrus Saturday went UK-wide and beyond in
2012, with similar events taking place in Edinburgh, Somerset and
Dublin. Tim Barnes hopes to introduce the concept to the rest of Europe
within two years, by which time Citrus Saturday will have become a
self-sustaining charity. "It's the legacy of the funding from Interreg,
without which we could not have come this far. What better tribute to
the value of a programme like Open Innovation than to be able to go on
without it?" he says.


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"As women we have to cheat to win"
#Liberaltips2avoidrape trended as a hashtag on Twitter this week. Wrapped up in this disgraceful social media disaster, I also followed commentary on the Tips to Avoid Rape posted by Colorado State University. We have a lot of unpacking to do here, so let's get started.
First off, the gross hashtag epidemic came out of gun law debates over the right to have access to weapons for self-defense in the event of an attempted rape on a college campus. It's obscene to use the experience of rape as a tongue-in-cheek attempt to joke about someone's political stance. It's not about who's conservative, who's liberal, or who stands for what issue. Rape is #notajoke, and joking about it in any form—on stage, on the couch, or online—is wrong.
Second, when we introduce self-defense strategies as the be-all and end-all solutions to stopping rape, we're missing the bigger picture. Most of the time, rape is committed by someone you know and trust. It's unusual that someone jumps out from behind the bushes while a young, pretty woman walks alone in a dark alley. Rape more often happens in someone's living room, at a party, or somewhere that you feel safe. More often than not, the person committing rape is someone who you would normally want to avoid shooting with a gun. It can be a friend, a partner, a colleague, a teacher, or a family member.
Is it possible that gauging a person's eyes, urinating on them, or getting on the phone will stop a rapist? Maybe… That's probably why Colorado's self-defense instructor is talking about these strategies as tactics. She emphasizes that "as women, we have to cheat to win" in a recent news report. I'm suggesting that #winning is not accomplished by cheating, or even by changing the rules. To really win at preventing rape, we've got to change the game.
Just a thought, but one way to change this game is to change the way we talk about women. One of the #liberaltips2avoidrape was "go for the democratic politician look. You definitely won't be raped…" which was posted along with an image of several women congressional leaders and the words "Old, bitter, ugly-a$$ women—The backbone of the Democratic party."
Another liberal suggestion: #StopRaping.


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Upcoming Guiseley folk band The Dunwells are to perform at a Keighley club in aid of Manorlands.
The band comes to the Octagon fresh from a 50-date tour of the USA to promote their first album Blind Sighted Faith.
The quintet appeared on America's Tonight Show with Jay Leno and have performed on the same bill as Bob Dylan and Van Morrison.
The band is led by brothers Joe and David Dunwell and have been compared to leading British folk band Mumford and Sons.
The show at the Octagon, Bradford Road, Sandbeds, on May 1 is in memory of the Dunwell brothers' former teacher Mo Hooley, who died recently.
Tickets cost £7.50 and are available by calling (01274) 562252.