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ACCRINGTON Stanley boss James Beattie believes he has one of the club's best squads at his disposal after the Reds picked up another point in a 0-0 draw with Wycombe.
After waiting 10 games for their first win of the season, Stanley are now becoming a very difficult side to beat having lost just once in their last eight matches.
And Beattie is pleased that his side have developed a happy knack of picking up points.
He said: "We have some great players on the bench and it's one of the best squads Stanley have ever seen.
"We're looking harder to beat now and due to the circumstances I'm happy with a point going into next week.
"At the moment we're hard to beat and I can't compliment Marcus Bettinelli enough, when called upon today he did his job again."
And Beattie felt his side could have chalked up another away victory given their dominance in the final third of the match.
He said: "Towards the end I think there was only one team that was going to score and that was us.
"I'm delighted with the discipline shown by the players and it's a well earned point.
"We were hard to beat and when you come away to big stadiums you have to quieten the crowd down and we did that."


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ASHLEY Barnes wants Burnley to take advantage of two big games to boost their automatic promotion hopes, after experiencing the pain of the play-offs.
The Clarets' new striker achieved a top six Championship finish with tonight's opponents Brighton last season.
The Seagulls were the in-form side going into the promotion shake-up having remained unbeaten in their last nine games, only to lose to Crystal Palace in the semi finals.
Barnes admitted it was no consolation that the Eagles went up.
It should have been them.
But he feels the Clarets are well-placed to reach the Premier League via the direct route, and sees tonight's reunion with his old club as an opportunity to enhance their cause ahead of Saturday's showdown with QPR, who leapfrogged Burnley into second after the last full round of fixtures.
"The lads have had a heads-up, it will be a difficult game, but nothing that we can't handle," he said.
"We're in the top three for a reason and that's where we deserve to be from the lads' performances in the first half of the season.
"We've just come out of the top two and we have hardly been out of the top two all season.
"I just want to help us get back up there.
"Leicester are flying at the moment.
"They have a game in hand and they're going on a little run, so why can't we?
"As soon as you can open up a points gap it gives you a little bit of leeway, so we'll push to get to the top two, for sure.
"It was a very stressful time in my career last season (in the play-offs).
"You have so many ups and downs, so hopefully I can come out on top this year.
"It was a kick in the teeth last year. You go home and you think, 'What the hell just happened?'.
"It was difficult to take but you bounce back, believe in your own ability and that you'll make it.
"I'm here now and I hope I can get promoted with Burnley, and hopefully in the top two rather than through the play-offs."
His immediate aim of three points against his old team-mates would be a start.
Barnes dreams of his first Burnley goal in the game too, although he admits he wouldn't celebrate. Not openly anyway.
"I won't celebrate. I will deep down inside, being the first goal, but I wouldn't disrespect them," said the 24-year-old, who says he would be ready to give a pre-match presentation on Brighton if required.
"I'm sure I will once the teamsheet comes.
"I still speak to them and I'm still close to quite a few of the lads, which is good.
"I'll hopefully try to get as much information out of them as possible to help us, but it will be very interesting to see them all and play against them. It will be a bit strange, but it will be a special moment.
"I had four great years there and left on a high.
"Now I've got a new chapter in my life."
Barnes has already relocated from the south coast to the north west, just two weeks after completing his move.
And it was perhaps the inspiration behind the tune he chose for his initiation song during the club's warm weather training camp in Alicante.
"I sang the Proclaimers (500 Miles). It was just something catchy and all the boys joined in so that was good enough for me," he laughed. "I needed a song just to get all the boys going."
The Clarets also took time out from training while they were away to watch Barcelona in action at Levante.
"It was amazing just to watch everything, the movement and stuff. It was good," said Barnes, who added it was a beneficial but rare experience to take in the game with the rest of his team-mates.
"You don't really get chance to go to a live game because you're always in football and then after football is home time and family time.
"It was good to get together as a group and watch a live match."

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Who wouldn't want to be a pop star? You can drink more, shag more, take more drugs and generally be more than anyone else. You're indulged by a coterie of enablers, funded by a record label, and loved by an audience who, if they don't want to do you, at the very least want to be you. What's not to like?
When Robbie Williams was a hyperactive teenager in the West Midlands provincial town of Stoke-on-Trent, he was mad on pop and hip-hop and not the slightest bit interested in following his parents in running a pub. So when, at 16, he was invited to join a boy band being formed to capitalise on the early-'90s explosion of teen pop acts, he said yes. When the combination of opportunity, an insane schedule and his own insecurities led him to more drink and drugs than the carefully crafted boy band Take That could handle, he said yes to a solo career.
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With his bright, catchy pop songs, genuinely moving ballads and eccentric numbers that rode the zeitgeist, he sold more singles and albums, and won more awards, than any solo British artist before him.
He played bigger and bigger shows at home and abroad, culminating in a three-night run to nearly 400,000 people at the fabled Knebworth grounds, where Led Zeppelin played a generation earlier.
He told one interviewer he was rich beyond his wildest dreams.
''Everything I touched was golden,'' he sang in 2001's The Road to Mandalay.
He slept with famous and not-so-famous women, and was linked to scores more in the tabloids. All this as his lyrics simultaneously revealed and mocked himself.
''So self-aware, so full of shit,'' one song went. Despite the self-lacerating tone, some called him a narcissist, a charge he does not dispute.
''I don't know about an awful lot of stuff,'' Williams says. ''I'm not educated. I left school when I was 16, with no qualifications.
''The thing that I do know about is my feelings and what I think of the world and what I think of me. I'm as narcissistic as anybody and, like you say, self-lacerating. That's my brand of narcissism - hating myself.''
When he moved to Los Angeles in 2004 - because nobody there knew or cared much about him - it slowed his sales and dimmed his ubiquity.
Nevertheless, he was still selling more than most artists do in a career. ''I did [2006's] Rudebox and even though it sold 3 million, people regarded it as a stinker,'' he says. It was then the questions he had buried began to nag.
I never thought that the magic had left me.
Did he really want to be a pop star? Was he good enough? Would he be loved if not for his pop-star status? He poured out his insecurities in The Trouble with Me on his 2005 album, Intensive Care: ''You see the trouble with me, I've got a head full of f---/I'm a basket case, I don't think I can love.''
His tone has changed in the newly released Take the Crown, his first album in five years. In the opening song, the 38-year-old sings defiantly, ''They said the magic was leaving me … I don't think so.''
But was there a time when he believed his magic had faded?
''I did the rock'n'roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out,'' he says. ''I'm not the first person that happened to and I'm sure I won't be the last.
''The entertainment industry and my place in it is a place where you burn brightly for as long as you can. [But] I never thought that the magic had left me, if I could obnoxiously call what I do magic. But I did want everything else to just go and leave me alone. I was ill.''
This was obvious to audiences during his tour of Australia in 2006. On his first two tours here in 2001 and 2003 he gave great shows. Williams wowed the crowds with his charisma and some of the best mainstream pop songs of his generation. But in 2006 he looked bored beyond belief. The audience had no idea he was exhausted and physically and emotionally ill. They just thought he didn't care.
''Where did you see it? Sydney? Yeah, yeah,'' he says. ''I wasn't bored but I didn't do myself justice.
''And I feel bad about that. I stopped caring because I couldn't physically or mentally care.
''When people go, 'Do you have any regrets?', it's that I didn't do myself justice.
''I got overwhelmed and frightened and broken.''
As he sees it, ''my eyes were actually bigger than my belly''. His seemingly unstoppable career led to a desire on the part of everyone involved to do more, to get to the top of the charts and stay there.
All that was hard enough but with Williams's insecurities and insistent suspicion he was not really as good as everyone said, hollowing himself out was inevitable.
''I think if you are delusional enough to believe, if I was delusional enough to believe [the hype and praise], my job would be a lot easier,'' he says. ''I actually believe the opposite of that, which makes the job kind of frightening and impossible the further it goes.''
Oddly enough, his confidence returned when he went back to his youth - the one he'd been in such a hurry to leave - and rejoined Take That.
The boy band had returned after nearly two decades away to release the fastest-selling album in Britain and fill the giant Wembley Stadium for a staggering eight nights.
Williams didn't need the money or the adulation - he was about to marry American actor Ayda Field and they would have a daughter (Theodora Rose, now 2 months old) - but that tour was comfortable and easy, with the pressure dissipated among five performers.
In the middle of those shows, he had a solo set. ''It was in those 27 minutes by myself, in a stadium, where I got my confidence back and hit the reset button on my body and mind,'' he says.
On Take the Crown, there is hardly any real breaking down of his personality. He is less abusive about himself, happy even.
He attributes the change partly to writing with Take That's Gary Barlow, with whom he has had a sometimes combative but now incredibly close relationship.
''We were writing together and we wrote what I would say was a euphoric song about being happy and he said, 'This isn't like you at all. You always write miserable songs,''' Williams says.
''I didn't realise that I did until he pointed [it] out and I thought, 'Yeah, I can't do the misery thing forever.' And I wouldn't mean it anyway now because life's changed. I'm more settled. I believe in the love that my wife's got for me and that's filled me up in many ways. Being a father is already helping and life is brilliant for me now.''
He quotes from one of his own songs: '''I just want to feel real love in the home that I live in.' Well, I got it so obviously the view from here is different.''
It is strange to hear Williams talk this way. Through his serial relationships, and his habit of running from them, it seemed clear he never trusted in love - or believed he deserved it.
''It's that Groucho thing of 'I wouldn't be a member of a club that would have me as a member', I suppose. That's how it was,'' he says.
''I wrote this song called Heart and I and I realised I was 34 or 35 and I had always thought that getting better would happen in the future and then the future hit me and I was still feeling like shit.
''That was the moment, that very moment that I thought, 'I'm the only one that can do this.'
''But how the f--- do I do it? If I don't do this, I'm going to spend a whole lifetime in misery.
''It was that moment I knew I had to do it and I just did.
''It was actually just a change of mind and catching the way you talk to yourself, the way you let the world in. The knock-on effect is positive.''
That is why Robbie Williams wants to be a pop star again. But this time on different terms.
Take the Crown is out now.


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SPOKANE, Wash. – Concluding her freshman campaign on a high note, Saint Leo women's cross country runner Jelena Tancic finished 99 out of 244 runners at the NCAA Division II National Championship meet, held at the Plante Ferry Sports Complex in Spokane, Wash.
The Erlangen, Germany native finished the 6K course with a time of 22:35.70, a personal second best. Her time was the best out of the Sunshine State Conference runners in attendance, and was second best in the South Region behind Alabama-Huntsville's Vicky Winslow who earned a time of 22:15.20.
Jennifer Agnew of the University of Mary claimed the top individual spot with a time of 20:50.70. Grand Valley State earned the team title, earning a score of 54, beating out Adams State who earned 91 points on the morning.
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Price remains winless as Rays' streak ends
ST. PETERSBURG -- David Price pitched like a reigning American League Cy Young Award winner on Tuesday night, but he remains winless on the season, taking the loss after Yankees' 4-3 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field.
The Rays saw their winning streak halted at four games, falling to 9-11 on the season.
Tampa Bay is 4-1 on the homestand, which has one remaining game -- on Wednesday night against the Yankees -- before the team takes off on a three-stop, 10-game road trip.
Price was making his fifth start of the season after going 0-1 with a 6.26 ERA in his first four. Although he struggled at times in those four starts, he looked sharp in this one.
Entering the ninth he had allowed just two runs and thrown just 92 pitches, but Robinson Cano singled to left to start the frame, prompting a pitching change.
Manager Joe Maddon explained the move by saying he thought Price would have been a little frustrated about giving up the hit, but had he gotten the out, he would have been pumped up to proceed.
Price was not happy about the move.
"Absolutely," Price replied when asked if he was upset about being pulled. "I felt like if I face one of the best hitters in the game of baseball, I can get the other guys out as well. I want to be in that game. I feel like that's my game to lose. And it stinks."
Fernando Rodney took over and struck out Vernon Wells for the first out of the inning, but Cano stole second on the pitch.
Rodney then intentionally walked Travis Hafner before Lyle Overbay drew a walk to load the bases.
"The big play was the walk to Overbay," Maddon said. "I thought Fernando had great stuff -- even the walk, the 2-2 count to Overbay before he walked him. The last pitch was pretty close, too, although I do think it was a ball. But I thought Fernando had great stuff. His velocity was 97, 98 easily tonight."
One out later, Ichiro Suzuki singled through the middle, driving home two and putting the Yankees up, 4-2.
"I haven't been able to do much, but hopefully things like this will get me past it and I'll have a good year," said Suzuki, who entered the game hitting .200. "Obviously, for any team, when you can beat their ace, it's a big win."
Rodney has now allowed four earned runs in seven appearances this season after allowing just five earned runs over 76 appearances in 2012.
Mariano Rivera allowed a leadoff home run to Evan Longoria in the bottom half of the ninth before finishing off the Rays to end the game.
Price is only the second reigning Cy Young winner in history to have his team lose his first five starts of the season, joining Minnesota's Frank Viola, whose Twins lost his first seven starts in 1989 while he went 0-5.
Despite pitching well, Price was not encouraged by his performance.
"We're still 0-5 when I pitch," he said. "I don't feel better."
Tampa Bay jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to Ben Zobrist's sacrifice fly in the first, and all looked well for the Rays, as Price posted three scoreless frames before striking out Eduardo Nunez swinging at a curveball to start the fourth.
Unfortunately for Price, the strikeout pitch turned into a wild pitch when the ball went to the backstop, allowing Nunez to reach first. Cano followed with a single to right, then Wells laced a single between first and second to score Nunez and tie the score at 1.
Jose Molina's RBI single in the seventh gave Price and the Rays a one-run lead, but New York answered when Suzuki singled and later scored when Brett Gardner grounded out to second.
Price has now surrendered a lead six times over his last three starts.
"When you're facing a guy like David Price, you're not going to get many opportunities, so you'd better take advantage," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Maddon noted that if the Rays' offense had come through, things would have been different for Price.
"If he throws the ball like that and we had scored four runs tonight, he walks away and feels fantastic," Maddon said. "But tonight we don't score enough runs, and he doesn't feel as good about himself. That's just how this baseball thing works. ... I thought he was really good tonight. It was just unfortunate he didn't get the win."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Medical Definition of White subungual onychomycosis, proximal
White subungual onychomycosis, proximal: The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is also called onychomycosis.) The infection begins in the nail fold (the portion of the nail opposite the tip of the finger).
Proximal white subungual onychomycosis is typically associated with HIV infection (AIDS), though it can follow injury to the nail.
The most common fungus causing the infection is called Trichophyton rubrum. Other causes include T. megninii, T. tonsiurans, T. mentagrophytes, T. schoenleinii, and Epidermophyton floccosum.
Proximal white subungual onychomycosis is diagnosed based upon its unusual location (in the portion of the nailbed closest to the hand). The diagnosis is confirmed by seeing the fungus under a microscope from a scraping of the tissue.
Proximal white subungual onychomycosis is treated by antifungal medications taken by mouth. Examples include itraconazole (SPORANOX) and terbinafine (LAMISIL).
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Basildon 24 – 24 Chelmsford CHELMSFORD came back from the brink of defeat to draw this match against a committed Basildon side who were leading 24 – 12 with 20 minutes to go.
The game started with a flurry of tries, two to each side in the space of 11 minutes. Chelmsford scored their first after only two minutes when the ball went down the back line to Olly Wright, and then Seb Hill drew wing, Tatenda Garure, before he went over for a try, duly converted by Rhys Mason.
The lead was short lived when Chelmsford were penalised for being offside and a quick tap penalty was taken resulting in a converted try being scored.
The home side then struck again with a try in the right hand corner, to take Basildon into a 12 – 7 lead. Two minutes later, Chelmsford were level again when Seb Hill scored an unconverted try.
The second half was only two minutes old when Chelmsford were caught offside and a quick tap penalty resulted in the hosts scoring a well taken try out wide to take the lead by 17 – 12.
Basildon were gradually getting on top and it came as no surprise when Chelmsford lost possession from a line out and Basildon scored their fourth try by the posts the conversion taking the lead to 24 – 12.
It was not until the last ten minutes of the game that Chelmsford suddenly came to life with a try in the 39th minute by Jamie Ash, reducing the arrears to seven points. Two minutes from time, a driving maul resulted in Simon Quinn diving over for a try, which was duly converted by Rhys Mason to bring the scores level at 24 points each.
This coming weekend Chelmsford entertain promotion chasing Saffron Walden in the final league game of the season. Kick off is at 3pm at Coronation Park.


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Josef Pavlak/Joseph Pavlack
30 January 2009 — Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Josef Pavlak (aka Joseph Pavlack) was born 13 December 1883 (possibly 1882) in the village of Krizpolje, Croatia (The municipality of Brinje is the post office). A farm laborer, age 24, 5' 6" tall, single, with $25 in his pocket, emigrated to the United States with passage in steerage aboard the S. S. Chemnitz from Bremen, Germany on 2 August 1906 arriving at the port of Baltimore, Maryland on 15 August 1906. He was accompanied by his brother Petar Pavlak and traveled via the B. & O. Railroad to the Greensburg, Pennsylvania area to 3 Farmington Street, Forbes Road, (Route 30, near Greensburg) Pennsylvania. Thus far no record has been found regarding any return trips to Croatia by Josef prior to WWII.
On 13 July 1908, Josef Pavlak (aka Joseph Pavlack) married Tonka Boric (aka Antonia) who was born 2 February 1885 in Kamenica, Croatia to parents Marko and Kata Boric. Her residence in Croatia was Kamenica 50 Gospic, Croatia. Tonka Boric sailed with passage in steerage aboard the S.S. Noordam from Rotterdam on 22 February 1908, arriving in New York on 3 March 1908. She was detained in the hospital for one day, and on 4 March 1908 was admitted to the United States of America. Tonka traveled to join Josef Pavlak and his brother Petar Pavlak who at this time were residing at Lock #3, House #27, Elizabeth, Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Joseph and Tonka applied for a marriage license on 11 March, 1908 (License #8483 issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania numbered 8483, Series G.) and were married on 13 July 1908 at The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 13 July 1908. Tonka and Josef had a daughter Anna, born 21 January, 1909, and four sons, Peter, Joseph, Stephen, William
Josef (now known as Joseph Pavlack) listed his occupation as farmer, then miner, and years later as a proprietor of a clothing store, then founded Pavlack Distributing Company in North Clairton, Pennsylvania. Pavlack's was well known in the area for their tasty "Pavlack's Soda Pop."
Josef filed a Declaration of Intention for citizenship on 3 June 1912. Occupation was listed as "miner", D.O.B. is 13 December 1882 (possibly 1883), white, 5'6", 165 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. Petition for Naturalization certificate 1210099 filed 13 November 1914 lists his address as Lock #3, farmer, wife's name Tonka Pavlack. Four children were born to this couple by this time. Dates listed on the Naturalization papers: Anna* born 2 February 1908 (should be 1909); Peter born 1 May 1910; Joseph born 29 December 1911; Steven born 7 May 1913. (A fifth child William would be born on 18 April 1916). According to family records, the couple would have two babies who would not survive infancy.
Joseph's WWI Registration card lists his residence as State Street, Blair Station (North Clairton, Pennsylvania), D.O.B. is 13 December 1882 (possibly 1883) age 35, occupation is merchant who owns his own business.
The 1920 Census lists his residence as 108 Broadway, N. Clairton, Pennsylvania, 36 year of age, and a proprietor of a clothing store. Wife's name is Tonka and children are Anna 11, Peter 9, Joseph 8, Steve 7, and William 4.
The 1930 Census lists his residence as 311 State Street, Clairton, Pennsylvania, age 47, merchant, wife's name Antonia (aka Tonka) age 40; children Anna 21, Peter 20, Joseph 18, Steve 17, and William 14.
After WWII (circa 1950/1951) Joseph and his wife made a return trip to their homeland. Mr. Pavlack purchased a jeep which also made the trip by ship to Croatia. The jeep was left with relatives in Croatia and Mrs. Pavlack left all of her belongings except the clothes she was wearing. Tonka was very depressed at how poor her people were and how the war had ravaged their homeland.
Josef Pavlak/Joseph Pavlack became a very successful business owner. He died in 1966 at the approximate age of 83. Tonka died at home in 1952
*Anna Pavlack daughter of Joseph and Tonka Boric Pavlack was born 21 January 1909 at home in Lock No 3, near Elizabeth, Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Anna was baptized on 2 February 1909 at Holy Cross Church, Glassport, Pennsylvania. (According to a certificate of baptism issued 1 October 1936 by Rev. M.A. Kowal, based on an oath sworn by Anna Vranges, who was Anna's godmother). Anna Pavlack would grow to adulthood and marry Nick Ulakovich, who would quit their marriage when Anna became ill with tuberculosis. Anna died in 1948.


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Could a low-carb diet give you an edge in losing weight? Help you keep weight off permanently? Here's what you need to know about the low-carb diet.
A low-carb diet limits carbohydrates — such as those found in grains, starchy vegetables and fruit — and emphasizes foods high in protein and fat. Many types of low-carb diets exist. Each diet has varying restrictions on the types and amounts of carbohydrates you can eat.
A low-carb diet is generally used for losing weight. Some low-carb diets may have health benefits beyond weight loss, such as reducing risk factors associated with diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
You might choose to follow a low-carb diet because you:
Check with your doctor or health care provider before starting any weight-loss diet, especially if you have any health conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease.
As the name says, a low-carb diet restricts the type and amount of carbohydrates you eat. Carbohydrates are a type of calorie-providing macronutrient found in many foods and beverages.
Many carbohydrates occur naturally in plant-based foods, such as grains. In natural form, carbohydrates can be thought of as complex and fibrous such as the carbohydrates found in whole grains and legumes, or they can be less complex such as those found in milk and fruit. Common sources of naturally occurring carbohydrates include:
Food manufacturers also add refined carbohydrates to processed foods in the form of flour or sugar. These are generally known as simple carbohydrates. Examples of foods that contain simple carbohydrates are white breads and pasta, cookies, cake, candy, and sugar-sweetened sodas and drinks.
Your body uses carbohydrates as its main fuel source. Sugars and starches are broken down into simple sugars during digestion. They're then absorbed into your bloodstream, where they're known as blood sugar (glucose). Fiber-containing carbohydrates resist digestion, and although they have less effect on blood sugar, complex carbohydrates provide bulk and serve other body functions beyond fuel.
Rising levels of blood sugar trigger the body to release insulin. Insulin helps glucose enter your body's cells. Some glucose is used by your body for energy, fueling all of your activities, whether it's going for a jog or simply breathing. Extra glucose is usually stored in your liver, muscles and other cells for later use or is converted to fat.
The idea behind the low-carb diet is that decreasing carbs lower insulin levels, which causes the body to burn stored fat for energy and ultimately leads to weight loss.
In general, a low-carb diet focuses on proteins, including meat, poultry, fish and eggs, and some nonstarchy vegetables. A low-carb diet generally excludes or limits most grains, legumes, fruits, breads, sweets, pastas and starchy vegetables, and sometimes nuts and seeds. Some low-carb diet plans allow small amounts of certain fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
A daily limit of 60 to 130 grams of carbohydrates is typical with a low-carb diet. These amounts of carbohydrates provide 240 to 520 calories.
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THE police watchdog is to investigate after it emerged a stolen Range Rover which killed a pedestrian in North Yorkshire may have been involved in two earlier incidents.
Douglas Scott Robertson, 27, was killed in Stokesley just after noon on Saturday. The silver vehicle hit a lamppost before ploughing through a wall and hitting Mr Robertson, fatally injuring him.
Now North Yorkshire Police has referred the handling of the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), after reviewing the circumstances leading up to the collision.
The Range Rover was stolen between 4am and 5am that morning. In a statement, a police spokeswoman said it was clear that a vehicle matching the description of the Range Rover was involved in two earlier incidents that were reported to the force on Saturday morning.
She said: "One was at a service station near the Darlington border and another in Stokesley.
"As soon as it became apparent that these previous incidents were connected to the vehicle involved in the Stokesley collision, as well as the sighting of the suspect vehicle by a North Yorkshire Police patrol prior to the collision, and following reference to the IPCC's statutory guidance, North Yorkshire Police immediately referred the incident to the IPCC."
Yesterday Delton O'Neill, 18, from Sowerby Crecent, Stokesley, and a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Northallerton Magistrates Court in connection with the fatal incident.
The 15-year-old faced charges of causing death by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving without a licence and driving without insurance. O'Neill was charged with aggravated vehicle taking, allowing himself to be carried in a vehicle that had been taken. Neither defendant entered a plea.
The magistrates granted the teenager bail, but the prosecution team announced they would appeal against the decision. He will remain in custody until the appeal is heard by a crown court judge today.
A third man aged 23, arrested on Monday night in connection with the incident remained in police custody.
A 48-year-old man, from Brompton-on-Swale, is due in court on February 8 charged with obstructing investigating officers.


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Lindsay Lohan gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Social Media, May 5, 2016
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But you DO care Bella Thorne. So much. As Lainey said today, every little move matters. Happy #cincodemayo !!! Go splash around in a pool like I was doing last night on set!!! #wethairdontcare Full Story
Lindsay Lohan's Fake Engagement
For a few hours yesterday, the Internet thought Lindsay Lohan was engaged. In those hours, people pretended to care about Lindsay Lohan. We talked about her again. Her name was trending. She was the top story on TMZ Full Story
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Lindsay Lohan is dating 22 year old Russian billionaire Egor Tarabasov. First of all, he's 22. Don't tell me those billions are his. Anyway, they're apparently in love. And he's spent time with her family, including her father, that upstanding citizen, Michael Lohan. Guess what, because you'll never guess… Michael Lohan approves of his daughter's billionaire Russian boyfriend. Full Story
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Book signing anxiety is real! (Unless you are J.K. Rowling or something.) I have a signing at Barnes & Nobel at The Grove tomorrow at 730! I'm so nervous no one will come. I might pay people like a Ben Carson rally — christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 22, 2016 Full Story
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Diane Keaton is publishing a book called, "The House That Pinterest Built." I prefer Houzz. .@Spicyqbin I'm in love with @Pinterest. In fact, I'm publishing a book called "The House That Pinterest Built. Full Story
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Oh man do I hate this red dress. Draper James it the most literal of all the lifestyle brands. They bludgeon you over the head with quaintness. Never too early to wait for Santa... Am I right?? 😉❄🎄#AnyMinuteNow (👗 by @draperjamesgirl) Full Story
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Lindsay Lohan's completely clear, not at all drug-induced late night Instagram post. But if money means more than freedom, stay in California. they always come back. I love you NYC 💋they always come back. I love you NYC 💋 #godblesstheworld #michaeljackson #rip miss you as my real only private friend. For you: god, for all hurts and wrongs, please let me forgive, Allah please let me be forgiven, and all forgive themselves. Please and thank you. (Someone I was with the night before several towers fell, it felt like not a curse, but more like a spell.. What we think in America is not always clear, we don't have @peta commercials / you just kill deer....with this being said, I'm a girl with a reputation mislead... Like a diamond in the rough, you, now, for 25 years have seen me on TV and screen.. So i am programmed 🔺to stand tough. Black or white - in life, rather than love we create a fight of an ideal situation of an unexceptional, yet unacceptable future that @TMZ @Eonline @HarveylevinTMZ & #harveyweinstein ..couldn't and wouldn't even care to describe any thought of the people we forget to help when a franchise film comes out and, If money means more than freedom- than stay in California. If helping others is a passion, talk to angelina jolie... If you want to be a brilliant actress, work wth Meryl Streep ...at the end of the day- republican or democrats --- BE HERE NOW @oprah and live with integrity. Or go to sleep. The most beautiful life comes cheap. Stop fighting and using artists for distractions. It's boring... 🙏 #UnitedNations Full Story
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This 2003 Vanity Fair cover has been floating around Insta – Mandy Moore posted it. And out of all of them, would it have been so hard to predict that Lindsay's career would be in the worst shape? It's not even a career anymore – she basically just hangs out with people who can give her stuff. Full Story
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After "working so hard" to complete her community service Lindsay Lohan spent the weekend in Venice, Italy with Mathia Milani, supposedly her new boyfriend. Since there was something to celebrate, well, Lindsay never really needs an excuse, so they celebrated with a toast. And since she's officially off probation, for the first time in 7 years, well… you can see for yourself what's in that wine glass. Full Story


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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Trees, Birds & Babies
18 comments:
- Darla said...
Beautiful tree and I can't believe you didn't buy that minature garden, it's adorable.....OH that bloom in the last photo is just precious..Nice to mee you Summer.
- December 1, 2011 at 3:03 AM
- Q said...
She is precious!!! So much to be grateful for. She will be delighted by all the Christmas lights too I bet.
I love her name, Summer. She looks to be a very happy child. Her dimples are dusting my desk with joy!
Give her a kiss for me....
Happy December!
- December 1, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- linda said...
Adorable dimples,we too have a dimpled one. Just a month old Quinn. Cold isn't it? Good thing I tided up yesterday.
- December 1, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Lona said...
These miniature gardens have become all the rage around here too.
What a sweetie pie Grace.I want to just hug her.
- December 1, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Karen said...
Hi Grace,
Summer is adorable, love those cheeks!! and also like the way you shared that your easily amused! too funny, cause so am I!
- December 1, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Wife, Mother, Gardener said...
What a cutie!
And I love the pot garden also. Wondering what the low-growing read leaved plant is?
- December 1, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Gatsbys Gardens said...
Summer certainly reminds me of summer, so happy! Your trees still have color, mine are now bare, winter is upon us.
- December 1, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- ricki 'sprig to twig' said...
Isn't it fun to have a baby in the mix? And now you will enjoy summer year-round.
- December 2, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Jess said...
:) That baby looks like a cabbage patch doll!
- December 2, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- FlowerLady said...
Summer is adorable.
I love the flaming tree, just fabulous and so was that miniature garden.
Have a wonderful Christmas holiday season.
- December 3, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- heather @ what's blooming this week said...
I like this post - the tree, the garden, the birds and the baby. So refreshing to see a garden blog with other things - because that's what life is about, isn't it?
Summer is so sweet, just like her name.
- December 3, 2011 at 5:26 AM
- Diana said...
Grace, she is adorable! nothing like the little ones.
Love the miniature garden! and of course the striking foliage on the tree, which is likely now gone.
We had a hard frost last night, so I guess we are both staying in. I've trying to convince our new little (wild) abandoned and rescued (by me and dh) kitten from behind the commode in the laundry room. We're making progress and she is teaching us how to come when she calls. ;)
- December 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- linniew said...
Those seagulls were posing. They can spot a camera from half a mile away you know. Cute baby!!
- December 4, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Three on Grove said...
Oh my goodness. Your little chubby-cheek sweetheart makes me smile. What a CUTIE! Love the mini garden too (but doesn't compare to those cheeks! : )
- December 4, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Corner Gardener Sue said...
Hi Grace,
I enjoyed your photos. What's a grand niece? She sure is adorable!
I want to live 50 miles from an ocean! Well, I also would love to be in zone 8. I would pick up and move if our family could come along. My fantasy place is North Carolina, though, for some reason.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:22 AM
- Kathleen said...
Summer is adorable! My favorite season too. Even if there isn't much in the garden now at least it's not covered in snow! I can't see mine. Bleck. It's old already....
- December 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- Gail said...
A gorgeous bloom in your family garden~ gail
- December 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- Janet, The Queen of Seaford said...
Dimples indeed!! Happy baby. :-)
Love the dish garden....and those birds are pretty funny.
- December 8, 2011 at 8:12 AM


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OEA's Union School's Powerful Locals Program
These are challenging times for education professionals and our local associations. There are fewer resources, more expectations and more problematic regulations facing our public schools and community colleges. The result: overworked teachers, faculty and support professionals facing overcrowded classrooms, unmanageable caseloads and the stress associated with trying to meet student needs. Local associations in both K-12 and Community Colleges are faced with continual bargaining with underfunded school districts and colleges. Local union leaders find fewer members actively involved in local union activities.
The Powerful Locals program, an initiative of OEA's Strategic Action Program, is now beginning a new program year. In 2012-13, the Powerful Locals program worked with 16 locals to create new statements of principles for locals, develop strategic goals, assessed resources necessary to execute those goals and worked with Locals on the critical follow-up.
As with the pilot year, OEA's Powerful Locals program will provide training, support and collaboration to help locals develop effective strategies to overcome their challenges. The program is designed to assist each local leadership team in finding the best mix of education, training, and strategy that will help transform the locals into what they believe is a more strategic, powerful, member-driven union.
The commitment to be part of the Powerful Locals Program
Commitment to the program:
Leaders will be expected to review the process and be clear on the specifics of the commitment. Signing the commitment form indicates an understanding of the process. It is important to have both the president and consultant review this program before signing.
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Recruit a Strategic Action Team:
Local leadership will need to recruit a committed team of members willing to dedicate time and energy to the full strategic action process.
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Local teams will need to attend 2 meetings (evening and full day) with the purpose of bringing all Powerful Local teams together to share ideas and strategies and attend workshops and trainings.
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In the Sail-World reader survey that later concept went too far for most sailors who would rather see the America's Cup stay pretty much the way it has been - sailed in monohulls and with complex match racing moves using high technology yachts weighing in excess of 20 tonnes, with most of that weight in the with massive lead keel bulbs - providing the momentum which is the basis of many of the tactics which are just not possible in a much lighter boat.
While the spin doctors make great claims for a design which is still on the drawing board. It was not until this week that sailing fans got the opportunity to see the AC45 in action, and could extrapolate that performance across into her big sister, the AC72 - and then make comparisons with the the design used for the five America's Cups (28-32 Matches).
We do have to admit that while we have heard plenty of sailors bemoan the fact that the monohull has bee dropped from the 34th America's Cup, we have never heard someone from outside the sport say they are anything less than looking forward to seeing the cats in action.
Of course, there was the discussion we had with Steve Clark, a top multihull sailor, designer and builder, as well as being one of the great thinkers of the sport, as to why the America's Cup should not be sailed in the fastest boats possible using the latest technology. In taking the side of the monohull, we were defending the indefensible, and soon knew it. Steve soon had us hog-tied on that one.
A few months ago we had breakfast with one of then BMW Oracle Racing's ambassadors who midway through the proceedings scribbled out a two column list of sailing media and others. On one side were those who favoured/accepted that the multihull was the right boat for the 34th America's Cup, and on the other was list of those in the monohull camp.
Your humble scribe's name was top of the monohull zealots list, and we freely admitted to being guilty as charged.
Further several others in the monohull column had arrows drawn across to the other side, as being those who were 'seeing the light'. But there was no such arrow alongside our name.
We've never made any secret of our preference for a monohull, to an 80ft box rule with unlimited rig, but which must be able to race in winds above 30kts - and obviously at the bottom end of say 3-4kts - or whatever they would start 18ft skiffs with their big rigs.
One of the lessons from the 33rd America's Cup was that despite having a near open rule, limited really only by length, the two boats could have been a lot closer than was the case. Had Alinghi been fitted with a wingsail, and not made a couple of very basic match racing errors at the start, the racing could have been much closer than the margins would indicate.
Our point is that the highly detailed rule formula doesn't really achieve what it sets out to do. Under the five versions of the America's Cup Class Rule used from 1992-2007, was unnecessary and there is a good chance that a simple box rule (controlling length, beam and draft) would have done the same. The open rig concept is a straight steal from the 12ft and 18ft skiffs and brings a big seamanship factor into the racing equation where potential minus mistakes equals performance.
Exciting sailing event?
At the breakfast meeting we parried over what the future really was for the America's Cup, and how the game could be improved and made more sustainable.
'What was the most exciting racing we'd seen?' was one question. Our answer was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxN33qW-n4E!this_race in the former 18ft Skiff Grand Prix Series, sailed in 30 knots plus in Auckland. We were 'umpiring' that day, but the video footage is better than any view we got on the water.
Those who have watched 18's will know that they put on a race that is worth following in any condition from 5kts upwards, and you don't need true and fair courses to provide a good race. In other words, of all the monohull types the 18ft skiff is probably the best type of boat for the America's Cup - except for one basic factor - they are too short for the 44ft minimum length specification in the Deed of Gift. Scaling the boat up to 44ft probably wouldn't work, and we don't really know how they would work in a match racing scenario, rather than their usual fleet racing format.
So that got us into the 80ft monohull territory - accepting that a canting keel was required - and that the boat would be a cross between a supermaxi, and the AC90 produced when Alinghi convened a design process that produced the type known as the AC 90, but with restricted sail area.
The two downsides with the monohull are fixed draft and the keel bulb weight.
For the America's Cup to go to the next level, there has to be a circuit of lead-in races, or an annual world championship comprising a number of events. The reason being that the circuit increases the exposure for team sponsors, and creates opportunities and revenue from venue bidding and the like.
Alinghi got onto this concept in the 32nd America's Cup with the circuit of Acts around Europe and Scandinavia, plus they got the 32nd America's cup into the position where it was the most profitable ever.
The table below outlines the dimensions of the various boat types and sizes that have been proposed over the last two or three years.
The fundamental limitation on the monohull type is the weight, and fact that airfreight for a circuit is expensive, meaning that only a ship can be used. Speed is another factor - and while the ACV5 class were one of the most efficient monohulls upwind, downwind they were unbelievably slow - making for great match racing - but dreary television once one competitor got a useful margin, as they could never be caught unless there was a major operator error aboard the lead yacht.
Deep draft (4-6.5 metres) meant that only a deep water venue could be used - usually a shipping port - which is not always a favoured sponsor location, and the required water depth is often only found offshore.
The bottom line on the paper evaluation is that the catamaran type is really the only option that offers the speed of the 18fter type, lightest displacement and shallow draft. While useful for live ballast, crew numbers are not that critical if a wingsail is used along with roller furling 'front sails'.
If we had to put our hand on heart, we'd admit that we'd only watched a few races of the last Louis Vuitton Trophy series in Auckland, on the water, most were seen via TV coverage - and many media never get on the water - just watch coverage in the media centre. We'd also have to recall that we saw one leading sailing writer, sleep through an entire America's Cup race, on the media boat, and then wake up and write a story about it.
So for all its memorable moments, the monohull racing was, on the whole, not that great. And rather than being a speed race, it was like watch two time-bombs to see which would blow up first - whether it be through operator error, or boats and sails over stressing and exploding.
AC45 put on on test
This week was the first opportunity to see how the type of yacht proposed for the 34th America's Cup, would shape up, and at this stage the catamaran gets a big tick.
Launching was one of the downsides identified with the wingsailed catamaran, given the tricks inherent in getting a yacht fitted with a wingsail from hard stand into the water and out onto the race area. Towing with a tender as would be done with a conventional monohull is not an option as the yacht has to be sailed unassisted if the wind is aft of the beam, or the wingsail cannot be completely flagged.
Exiting Auckland's Viaduct harbour would be one of the more sailing world's more tricky exit routes with two sharp 90 degree turns, starting with a 270 degree turn off the dock in a 20kt breeze. The AC45's departure was accomplished with ease - a pointer to the maneuverability we were to see later on the open water.
Those who have seen the wingsail rig put onto the AC45 say it is very simple, and lowering the platform and wingsail into the water from a remote control crane requires care - but is still a fairly slick operation. Of course the upside is that special travel lifts are not longer required, and dropping a five tonne boat into the water requires a lot less substantial craning than one five times that weight.
Quite how the AC45 scales into the AC72 remains to be seen - however with care and techniques it all should be very doable.
Another plus of the wingsail and 20% displacement is that smaller tenders can be used - as there is no need for the power of the big tenders required to haul an AC monohull at speed, nor is there a requirement to have a boat capable of carrying spare mainbooms, spinnaker poles or fully battened mainsails - they don't exist in the wingsailed multihull world.
Outside the Viaduct Harbour the AC45 cantered around, and quickly flicked up in the wind to allow some rigging to be run on the sprit, before squaring way and running down the harbour. It is here that the wingsail underscores its difference from the conventional rig, with the AC45 apparently tight reaching, while a quick look behind reveals she is in fact sailing in a following breeze. Welcome to apparent wind sailing.
Past the wharves helmsman Jimmy Spithall puts the AC45 into gear and quickly she accelerates more quickly than the chase boats to 20 knots in flat water, and pins her ears back reaching down the harbour with one hull clear and a minimum of heel.
Next up is the gybe heading for North Head - accomplished with ease - on a stable platform without any of the drama associated with an ACC monohull doing the same gybe in 20knots. For the cat it is just a change of direction.
Then it is a reach down the Rangitoto Channel probably at speeds around 20kts in 15-20kts of breeze and in flat water. Again there are no issues as the AC45 assumes the low flight position - with some fine spray being visible off the leeward bow, but all is very stable and controlled.
Interestingly this is a similar sailing angle and conditions to the start of the Coastal Classic in last October, where the ORMA 60 TVS was struggling to fly a main hull, but the AC45 is operating with the windward hull occasionally in full flight, and it is obvious that with a with a little more sheet they would be in flight mode.
Another gybe and we are headed well into the inner Hauraki Gulf, with the gennaker set, Spithill lights the afterburner and the AC45 again accelerates faster then the chase boat, and for a couple of minutes or more blast along perfectly balanced and hitting speeds of over 25kts probably 30kts.
The waves are picking up a little as the breeze kicks into 25kts. A monohulled ACC yacht would be fully overloaded, crew tense and sheets bar tight, in these conditions. the AC45 look like she is sailing in 10 kts.
Our chase boat cuts around the bow of the AC45 kicking up a substantial wake, which she hits at 25kts and barely misses a beat. A slight burying of the leeward bow as she passes through the wakes, then she shakes herself off and is away again.
The gybe in the 25kt breeze is seamless. Gennaker is furled as the yacht bears away, is fully furled as she passes through the wind and the wingsail swings across, and then the gennaker is snapped on again and the speedo needle is resting against the 25kts mark again. There is none of the banging and crashing normally associated with an ACC yacht during this maneuver, in this windstrength, and of course the catamaran is travelling at twice the speed of her lead bellied counterpart.
We're now about 10 miles offshore and the AC45 turns to head for home.
There's a pause for some crew transfers, and we hear the only real noise from the AC45. It's the 'thwack... thwack' at two or three second intervals of the backstays drumming on the wingsail. We hadn't heard that sound since Valencia - the first few beats give you a real fright - after that it is just like a boy-racers exhaust just waiting for next drag off a green light.
Pushing home into a 20-25kt offshore wind, the AC45 looks comfortable - and as though she is sailing in winds less than half that strength.
Sailing angle is good and very controlled. We can't tell the angle to the breeze, but she looks to be on the layline for Rangitioto light which is about normal for a keelboat in this direction of breeze. An ACC yacht would be sailing higher but five knots or more slower. We check the speed. It varies between 13-16kts sailing to windward in 20-25kts of breeze.
Suddenly there is a rapid wind swing, or a wingsail control line slip, and the windward hulls rears high. Quickly the wingsail is eased and the hull smacks down flat, with a shower of water to windward and the AC45 slows dramatically.
Situation under control, she sheets on and is off.
Tacking is quick. So quick we looked away and missed the first. There's no noise, remember. Next time we watch and there is just a moment when both hulls are in the water as the AC45 passes through the eye of the wind, and then flight mode is resumed again.
Next tack, we put the camera on the whole maneuver. Shooting at three frames a second, the tack later counts out to be about four maybe five seconds, with the limit on the tack speed being the crews ability to cross the trampoline, rather than the AC45's ability to swing through 90 degrees.
Remember all this is being done with a jib set to help through the tack.
Upwind the crew all hike - none of the cowering under the side decks on the ACC boats, in order to reduce windage, while getting the weight outboard. It is a refreshing change.
Test pilot, Jimmy Spithill suddenly bears off and does an S-bend maneuver - from sailing hard on the wind to dead downwind, and then flicking back up onto a windward course. It's another telling moment for us, recalling an incident in the 1980 Tornado Olympic trials when we watched the two lead contenders flicking back and forth trying to bear away and get down the run in the 25-30kts breeze. They took several minutes before one made it, the other pitch-poled. At a faster speed the AC45 hardly comes off the level and the bows show no signs of dipping.
He repeats the move again and same result. she looks so comfortable and forgiving.
The next day, off Takapuna Beach the wind is down and the AC45 is out for just her third day of trialling. The wind is lighter - around 10kts. From shore her profile looks a little like an ACC yacht, until you pick up the clear wingsail which looks very futuristic. It is the jib which gives her the conventional look - remember USA-17 using hers in the first stages of the first beat of the first race in Valencia?
Then we see her bear away the gennaker is unfurled the speed goes on again, and then on the other gybe we see the spectacular, sustained hull flying which was a signature of USA-17 in the 33rd America's Cup - all in quite a light breeze.
Time to reflect
What does all this tell us about large wingsailed catamarans in the America's Cup?
Will they work?
The short answer is 'Yes' - based on what we have seen to date.
In the pre-start the tactics will be different. Clearly these boats do not have the massive keel bulbs which provide the momentum to creep to windward in the pre-start without any driving force from the sails. So tactics will be much more basic. Additionally the ability of the catamarans to accelerate out of a situation will probably mean that the pre-starts will be more that which we see when sports boats are matchraced rather than the 24 tonners of the ACC era.
When Russell Coutts announced the ground rules for the 34th America's Cup in Rome in late June 2010, he talked of reducing the rules overhead of the next America's Cup. The catamaran will go a long way to cutting back on the coterie of rules advisors, coaches and umpires, along with the time spent in innumerable and interminable meetings to decide how match racing rules will be interpreted and the tactics shaped.
Match racing in catamarans will be the domain for those with a gut instinct for the sport, who can make decisions in a nanosecond, and know when to accelerate out of trouble.
Once over the startline, they will be boats that are very rewarding of correct positioning on the racecourse. As with any multihull there are huge gains to be made from being in more pressure, or a better wind angle. the trade-off has always been in the speed lost through a tack and getting over to the favoured side. The quick tacking AC45 certainly would minimise this loss, and the strength and angle gains are there for the taking.
Whether this is true of the bigger AC72 remains to be seen - plus the time taken for the crew to scramble 14 metres across the trampoline has to be factored into a tacking decision.
It is fairly doubtful whether we will see monohull type tacking duels as the ACC class used to eke out a metre of advantage. AC45 catamarans will just foot their way out of trouble.
Downwind, the AC45 and more so the AC72 will be the boat of the strong. Unless winds are very light it is unlikely we will see the wind searchers up the masts, and measured tactical conversations below. This will be the boat, particularly in San Francisco, that rewards those who are strong of heart and arm. Driving harder and faster downwind will produce a far better result than lining up for a rules advantage on the next cross. Crews that come from a 18ft skiff or Volvo Ocean Race background - used to sailing on the limit - will be the ones that will do best.
The ACC yachts never really lacked for majesty. Although they never went fast, for their size, downwind they always looked like they were, and up close sounded fully loaded. The screeching sound of a loaded sheet being eased on its drum. The flogging of a half set spinnaker. The racing squeal of grinder driven winches taking in slack sheet before being put into low gear.
Looking at the dimension table we can see that the mast height of the AC72 is even greater than the ACC Version 5, and indeed greater than the much larger AC90 - so there is little doubt that the AC72's will be both fast and majestically impressive boats.
Technology was one area that many believe that Oracle Racing have a big advantage from their last America's Cup program into the next. To our eyes, having seen the AC45 in action, which is quite a wet, seat of the pants type of sailing it is hard to see on board computer technology having too much on the 45 minute tracks of San Francisco. While the then BMW Oracle Racing team put many hours on the water in the build up for the 33rd America's Cup, remember this was geared to working up the 120fter and their systems - and their first match race was the opening play of the first race of the America's Cup.
With crews able to compete on the 13 regatta America's Cup World Series circuit, plus a couple of years on the Extreme 40 circuit - catch up should be quite possible. And remember too, that the crew of USA-17 in the end were a group of monohull sailors, albeit very good ones, who learned to sail multihulls, rather than catamaran sailors through and through.
Probably the only issue we have is that currently we are comparing an AC45 with a much larger ACC V5.
The jump in size make comparison difficult, but go the other way and compare the AC45 with a 45 ft scale version of ACC type and there would be no doubt as to which provided the best competition and spectacle.
The cat would win - paws down.


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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Tailender Umar Gul became an unlikely batting star as he helped Pakistan pull off a thrilling two-wicket win over South Africa in their World Twenty20 Super Eights match on Friday.
South Africa laboured against Pakistan's spin attack to post a modest 133-6 in 20 overs, then looked like it might be able to defend it.
Pakistan's chase was precariously placed at 76-7 in the 15th over, when Gul joined Umar Akmal with 58 needed for victory in five overs.
Gul, who'd hit double figures only five times in five years, launched three sixes and two boundaries in scoring a T20 career-best 32 off just 17 balls. He and Akmal, 43 not out, combined for 49 in 28 balls.
When Gul was finally out, caught on the boundary with an over to go, Pakistan was left with a gettable 9 to win over 6 balls. Akmal smashed Morne Morkel for his first six and Saeed Ajmal edged a boundary past the wicketkeeper for the winning runs at 136-8 with two balls to spare.
"Umar brought out something special for Pakistan," captain Mohammad Hafeez said.
Gul said Akmal, less experienced but a better batsman, boosted his confidence.
"When I went to bat, Umar (Akmal) said, 'You can get 15-20 runs, we can do it,"' Gul said.
Hafeez said they were rapt to restrict South Africa to a reachable target, but fortunate in the end.
"Anyone could have won this, Pakistan was lucky," he said.
Surprisingly South Africa captain AB de Villiers chose to operate his seamers almost to their whole quota of overs on a dusty pitch at R Premadasa Stadium, while two of his successful spinners -- Johan Botha and JP Duminy -- received just two overs each.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn took 3-22 while left-arm spinner Robin Pietersen returned 2-15 in his four overs.
Pakistan openers Hafeez and Imran Nazir got off to a good start sharing 24 runs at a run rate of eight runs per over.
But after Steyn had Nazir caught behind by de Villiers for 14 with the total on 24, Pakistan slumped. Pietersen justified his selection with two wickets four deliveries apart in his first over. It didn't look for Pakistan until Gul and Akmal joined up.
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Bluffton, Ohio, a town with a population of about four thousand, has managed to become the newest Fair Trade Town in the United States. As the eleventh town to be labeled as such, it joins rank with towns and cities like Amherst, Massachusetts and Chico, California. Free trade has become such a hip movement that it has managed to catch the attention of global capitals like San Francisco and London.
In order to be labeled as a Fair Trade Town, the city has to meet five criteria. The town must:
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5. Pledge to pass a municipal resolution to support the Fair Trade movement.
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For the third consecutive year, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) will participate in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call project to honor American service men and women from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2013, at the Rooney Library.
In simultaneous ceremonies across the nation, campus and community volunteers at The Woods and 85 college sand universities in 33 states will read the names of the fallen. Each campus has organized its own ceremony to recognize those who have served, are serving, and those who died in service to the nation. All participating campuses will observe a nationwide minute of silence at 11 a.m. pacific standard time (2 p.m. local time).
Organizers at The Woods believe the roll call is a powerful message to send to the troops and veterans by honoring the sacrifices of their peers. "We participate in Veterans Day activities on behalf of all who currently serve or have served in the military," said Frank Whittle, assistant professor of business and advisor to SMWC Student Veterans Organization. "It is our way to remember those who have given their all for the nation."
The Veterans Knowledge Community of NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education sponsors the Remembrance Day National Roll Call. Its mission is to advocate for best practices to help student veterans transition to college and succeed. The National Roll Call began in 2011 to mark the 10th anniversary of the post 9-11 conflicts.
During the Roll Call event and throughout the day, SMWC will also display two Fallen Soldiers Tables to acknowledge the inability of the service members to be present and to provide opportunities to become involved with the Student Veterans Organization. Additionally, as a result of the College's ongoing support of America's military, SMWC has recently been named to the 2014 Military Friendly Schools® list for embracing America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensuring their success on campus.
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A 26-YEAR-OLD is wanted in connection with two separate petrol thefts in Chelmsford.
Police have issued a picture of Ross Hughes following the incidents, both in Waterhouse Lane, on September 10 and January 11.
Hughes failed to answer bail on February 3 and it is thought he could be with his 22-year-old brother Lawrence.
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hello there,
i am new to backtrack and linux and i am installing backtrack on a netbook and then i noticed that my atheros card was not wanting to show up within backtrack. i have tried to install madwifi 0.9.4 but all it does is error out but after that it does show up with airmon and aireplay as wlan0 but i cannot connect to a wireless router successfully or get it to show up within the backtrack gui. any solutions are appreciated.
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Try reinstalling madwifi drivers.
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Try to run : modprobe ath9k . It can help
You might run into problems if you try to load two different drivers at the same time. You can use the "modprobe -r [loaded driver] " to stop one driver, and "modprobe [desired driver]" and it should work.
Another option, if madwifi drivers don't work at all for you, is to Blacklist them and let the ath9k drivers load when BT boots; there's a guide on the aircrack-ng site for how to do that.
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SWINDON and North East Wiltshire Ramblers have issued their new programme of walks for February through to May.
Having lately discovered the joys of walking for fun and fitness, I hope the organisation is inundated with interest.
I've only been walking for a few weeks so I don't claim to be any sort of expert, but like any journalist I've some observations to report.
The most important of these is that country walking is great for those of us who are prone to eating and drinking too much.
Sinking a pint of beer while climbing a hill or negotiating Iron Age earthworks is a far more difficult proposition than sinking one in the pub or at home.
For one thing, you have to carry the beer and the pint glass with you, adding to the weight of your rucksack. For another, trying to drink while gasping desperately for air like the out-of-condition person you are leaves you feeling like some poor devil in a secret CIA prison.
Eating a big cake or a family-sized bag of crisps while doing some hill walking is also unsatisfactory. There's the risk of choking, obviously, and also the risk of being pursued by hungry creatures.
This brings me to another observation: the countryside has things living in it. Some of them, such as cows and sheep, look much bigger in one piece than you'd guess by looking at components of them on a plate or in a bun. This can be quite frightening.
They also make smells.
Some of the things that live in the country are much smaller than cows and sheep but make up for this by having two or three times as many legs plus stingers, razor-sharp mandibles and the ability to fly, land on your face or scuttle up your trouser leg.
The other living things in the countryside are people. Some of them are people who actually live in the countryside. They are generally nice people, very friendly and happy to offer directions if your out-of-date map or guidebook leads you into their garden.
This friendliness can be worrying if you are not familiar with country ways and are more comfortable with the urban tradition of not even making eye contact with passing strangers, let alone saying "Hello."
When a country person bids us good afternoon they're just being civil, but that doesn't stop we townies from conjuring cliche-ed nightmare scenarios involving banjos – or perhaps being tortured to death in a barn by depraved paying guests of an Eastern European crime syndicate.
Other people in the countryside are fellow townies out for a walk, like you. This can lead to mutual embarrassment as you pass, with both mumbling a greeting, neither knowing whether the other is local and both secretly wondering whether they'll end the day being worked over with a set of bolt cutters.
The countryside itself is also very friendly, thanks to there being no concrete to get between it and the people. Walk through it in damp weather and it'll be happy to make itself at home not just on your shoes but also on your clothes, your pets, in your hair, in your car and in any shop you visit for a pint of milk and a paper on the way home.
On reaching home, though, you'll discover another reason why walking is so good for the calorie conscious: you'll be too knackered to reach the fridge.


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LOWER GWYNEDD — Aaron Rodriguez is not the first wrestler to suffer a major disappointment.
But he's bound and determined not to suffer another one.
The Wissahickon High senior lower weight, fresh off earning his 100th career win, can still recall last season's Southeast Regional Tournament at Oxford High when his promising season came to a crashing, and yes, disappointing end.
A first-round win put Rodriguez in the quarterfinals where he faced Strath Haven senior Tyler Clapp, the District One South tournament runner-up.
Clapp came out on top, 7-5, a loss Trojans head coach Anthony Stagliano said was partly his fault.
"I didn't know (Clapp) was good on top," Stagliano said, "and I should have left Aaron on his feet instead of taking (the down position)."
The setback was tough, but Rodriguez was still on track to earn a state berth through the consolation rounds.
But in his next match, Rodriguez dropped a controversial, 6-4 decision to Garnet Valley's Fred Alderman. The setback came via an Alderman takedown at the third-period buzzer, but earlier in the match an apparent Rodriguez takedown was waved off when Alderman was injured.
"I could see giving the injury timeout, but why take away Aaron's takedown?" Stagliano still wonders.
His season was over, but Rodriguez was just getting started.
"It's always bad when you're really close," he said. "I could have accepted (the loss) if I'd been pinned or teched, but I felt like I had kept up with him. I was right there, and it should have gone differently. And once I didn't make it, getting to states became my mission.
"I would have gone back in our (practice) room the next day, but it wasn't open. But less than a month later I was back in the room."
And that's where Rodriguez has been for the majority of the time since, taking breaks only to work out at Norristown High School over the summer or participate in the Disney Duals in Orlando, Fla.
"I've been in the room as much as possible," the senior said. "I've been lifting, running, I've really only had a couple of weeks off."
It's been a long road for Rodriguez, who began wrestling in seventh grade, only after he'd been cut from the basketball team.
"My pop told me to join the (wrestling) team," he recalled. "I was playing football then, but I'm not that big, and you really need size to play football or basketball."
Rodriguez found a home on the wrestling team, although in his early days he admitted to getting by on his physical tools.
"I was comfortable just using my strength and athleticism," he said. "Those first two years, it was all strength.
"It wasn't until the summer before ninth grade that I really concentrated on things like technique."
As a freshman, Rodriguez was stuck behind a senior, and not really sold on the sport.
"I was still playing football," he said, "and wrestling was just another sport.
"I dropped to 106 and got a couple of wins (14, actually). And it wasn't until that summer that I really picked it up."
That summer's work paid dividends when Rodriguez won 33 matches as a sophomore and reached regionals. Last year, he tacked on 37 more victories, but disappointment was waiting for him at the regional tournament.
Along the way Rodriguez reached the coveted century mark in victories, earning No. 100 recently via a first-period fall at Pottsgrove.
"I never would have thought, when I was a freshman, that I'd be looking at 100 wins," he said. "But time really flies."
This season, Rodriguez is off to a 17-2 start, and has no doubts he's capable of wrestling on Pa.'s biggest scholastic stage in March.
"This summer, when I was in Florida for the Disney Duals, I was wrestling guys from all around the country," Rodriguez said, "guys who were state champs or state runners-up, and I was staying with most of them. That's when it hit me that I can compete at this level.
"I had never really experienced that high level of wrestling until I got to districts or regionals around here. It was then I felt that I belonged."
For now, there is one last dilemma, whether Rodriguez will compete at 126 or 132 pounds in the postseason. That decision has still not been made.
But until then, Rodriguez will continue on his mission to erase a major disappointment.
"That's my primary goal," he said. "In the summer and fall I'm running around everywhere, but when winter comes I don't have much of a social life.
"I have things I'm working for."


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