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AN AUTHOR who travelled the globe searching for bizarre sounds has sung Burnley's praises in his new book.
Trevor Cox has placed the Singing Ringing Tree, at Crown Point, among his top 10 pieces of 'sound art' in the world.
The physics expert and lecturer said the three metre panopticon, built in 2006, was 'unique'.
Mr Cox said it ranked alongside other strange installations such as an orchestra made from vegetables in Vienna, Austria, and instrument made from ice in Norway.
But the scientist got more than he bargained for when he visited the tree while writing his book, Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound.
The 46-year-old said: "The day we went, it was so windy it was hard to stand up.
"I suppose it's quite ironic that it was too windy for a sculpture designed to work when it's windy.
"It's unusual and unique in that it is a permanent piece of sound art. I would definitely encourage people to go and have a look at it."
Mr Cox, from Bristol, is professor of acoustic engineering at the University of Salford and has also presented science radio shows for the BBC.
The Singing Ringing Tree, designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu, won a Royal Institute of British Architects award. Not all of its pipes create sound — some are just there to create its dramatic shape.
The pipes that 'sing' create a choral sound, which can only be heard at close range on a breezy day.
Mr Cox added: "We got a few high-pitched squeals out of it but I'd like to go back when the weather is better."


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Popular property highlights
Nestled on the beach, this Pratumnak Hill resort is within 1 mi (2 km) of Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Phrabat Mountain, and Pattaya View Point. Yin Yom Beach and Pattaya Pier are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Resort Features
Catch some rays on Royal Wing Suites & Spa's private sand beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 2 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 85 rooms boast jetted tubs and offer free WiFi and balconies. Sofa beds and refrigerators are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Simply walk outside to feel the sun on your face at the sand beach. Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan with sun loungers (chaise longues) or relax in the shade with complimentary cabanas. At Royal Wing Suites & Spa you can cool off in one of the 2 outdoor swimming pools and indulge in a pampering afternoon at the full-service spa.
Dining is available at one of the resort's 2 restaurants. A poolside bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. This luxury resort also offers a children's pool, a steam room, and a fitness center. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Full-service spa
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 85
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Hair salon
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- On private beach
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Free self parking
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Conference center
- Tennis on site
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Steam room
- Children's pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- On private beach
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Jetted bathtub
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Separate bedroom
Where to Eat
Caprice - This restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
La ronde - This sports bar is located by the pool.
Terrace - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a private beach, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Manicures and pedicures
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: THB 750 for adults and THB 420 for children (approximately)
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- Royal Wing Suites
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Book a stay in any room and rate category and receive personal butler service.
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"The one thing I had coming into Purdue was knowing I didn't have a name for myself," the former Bishop Dwenger standout says. "I had to push myself that extra mile to make a name. I still have that same mentality — to prove myself again that I'm up to the challenge."
The redshirt sophomore safety will play in the Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl as a walk-on before going on scholarship next semester. After one season as a key reserve, and another as a game-changing starter, he's more than earned it. He led the Big Ten in interceptions, with four, including one he returned for a touchdown. He led the Boilers in tackles, with 76. He is a 6-foot, 178-pound human sledgehammer who hits beyond his size.
"He was in the right spot at the right time, he had the opportunity and he hasn't let it go," interim head coach Patrick Higgins says. "He's admired and respected for his work ethic and for what he's done to get to this spot."
Let others boast with me-first arrogance. Feichter doesn't seek the spotlight. Take his Big Ten-leading interception total.
"It's something I never thought would happen," he says. "I owe it to my coaches and my teammates. Without them, it wouldn't have been possible."
And then:
"I never judge my season off of individual stats. We had bigger and higher expectations than what we accomplished this year."
Feichter is not the defense's biggest name. That honor goes to senior defensive tackle Kawann Short, who was named to the Associated Press All-American second team on Tuesday after a season in which he totaled 42 tackles, 14.5 for loss, six sacks four pass break ups, four blocked kicks two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.
Still, Feichter shared team defensive MVP honors with Short. He also was a special teams standout.
Higgins, who spent the past two seasons as Purdue's wide receivers coach before taking over for fired head coach Danny Hope, appreciates Feichter's impact.
"He's a true player. He loves the game. He gives you everything he has. That's all you can ask. He's a very special individual.
"He's a kid you admire and look up to because he comes as a walk-on. He fights for a position and he wins that position. How do you do that? By working your tail off day in and day out."
Feichter's work got Hope's attention. The coach had no idea what he was getting when he made the walk-on offer. The lightly recruited Feichter says he'll always be grateful.
"Coach Hope gave me the opportunity to come here. Having your coach leave isn't anything you ever want."
Feichter says he last saw Hope at the Nov. 25 Sunday meeting after the coach was fired.
"I'll always have a relationship with Coach Hope. Since the meeting we haven't had any dialogue with him other than an email he sent out to everybody giving his cell number and email. I anticipate there will be some interaction."
The Boilers (6-6) are two weeks into their 15 practices of preparation for Oklahoma State (7-5), an offensive powerhouse that averages 44.7 points. The underclassmen practice knowing they also are auditioning for new coach Darrell Hazell, who is finishing bowl preparations with his Kent State team before coming to West Lafayette full-time starting next month. He's only met with the players once, during a brief introduction meeting the Dec. 5 day he was officially hired.
"You're always auditioning," Feichter says. "The position is never solidified for one player to have that spot. Every time I come to practice, it is an audition.
"It will help me push myself even more. That I have to reprove myself, which is what I've done every year. Effort-wide I don't think it will change much for me, but I'll have it in the back of my mind that I need to prove myself to somebody new."
Purdue became bowl eligible by winning its final three games, but that didn't come close to meeting Big Ten title-winning expectations. Still, winning this final game will be huge, Feichter says.
"It would mean going into the off-season with a winning record. You're judged by how you play last, how you're seen last. It's another motivation. We'll be playing for Coach Hope and our staff, but it would be great to go 7-6 rather than 6-7."


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Fairfax County Wins 12 Awards From the National Association of Counties
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
July 5, 2005
Fairfax County Wins 12 Awards
From the National Association of Counties
Fairfax County recently won 11 Achievement Awards and one Acts of Caring Award from the National Association of Counties. For the third consecutive year, the county has won Achievement Awards for its programs focused on children and youth, county administration and management, and environmental protection and energy.
During the past five years, the county has won Achievement Awards in 20 of the 21 categories that recognize innovative county programs, with distinctions for programs spanning the arts to volunteerism. Of the 18 Acts of Caring awards granted each year, the county has won an award every year since 2000.
The following Fairfax County agencies earned accolades for their creative programs: Department of Family Services; Department of Finance; Department of Housing and Community Development; Department of Management and Budget; Department of Planning and Zoning; Department of Public Works and Environmental Services; Department of Systems Management for Human Services; Department of Vehicle Services; Health Department; Office of the County Executive; Office of Emergency Management; Office for Equity Programs; and the office of the Providence District Supervisor.
Granted annually since 1970, the Achievement Awards honor innovative county government programs that modernize, streamline or expand services to residents. The Acts of Caring Awards recognize top county volunteer programs in the nation. The National Association of Counties represents the nation's 3,066 counties, ensuring that counties' concerns are represented in Washington, D.C. Below is a description of Fairfax County's award-winning programs:
Chesapeake Bay Supplement: Comprehensive Plan
Department of Planning and Zoning
Category: Planning, Achievement Award
The county's Chesapeake Bay Supplement is a policy document that guides the county in improving water quality. While the supplement, which was formally adopted last November, was developed in response to the state's comprehensive planning requirements, Fairfax County used the document to further the Board of Supervisors' 20-year environmental vision plan. Not only did this supplement go far beyond state requirements, but also the document provided a comprehensive overview of water quality conditions, trends and initiatives in the county. The supplement made 42 specific recommendations to address water pollution, infill development, redevelopment, shoreline erosion control and shoreline access. Notably, the geographic information systems technology was used to develop maps for the supplement, including maps showing shoreline erosion, accretion and access. The use of oblique aerial photographs for mapping shoreline conditions saved the county thousands of dollars compared to using traditional field surveys.
Children Helping Children
Office for Children, Department of Family Services
Category: Programs for Children and Youth, Acts of Caring
The county's School Age Child Care Program created "Children Helping Children" to help children partner with their communities and respond to the needs of other children. Community service projects range from clothing exchanges within individual centers to a countywide partnership with INOVA Hospital for Children. SACC children in 131 centers are active partners in the decision-making and planning of projects, such as collecting more than 3,000 books for sick children at INOVA, making "cuddle" pillows for children receiving emergency care, and collecting gallons of pop-top tabs to raise money for families who stay at INOVA's Ronald McDonald House while their children receive cancer treatment.
Demonstrating Innovation: A Stormwater Retrofit at the
Providence Supervisor's Office
Office of Providence District Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth
Category: Environmental Protection and Energy, Achievement Award
This innovative demonstration project at the Providence District Supervisor's office filters and retains stormwater before it becomes runoff. The project uses an integrated system of stormwater management practices that are the first of its kind in the county. A portion of the office's parking lot is being retrofitted with a rain garden and permeable pavers with an underlying gravel infiltration bed. And, a green roof already has been installed on a nearby storage building. Reducing the amount of polluted stormwater that reaches county watersheds is a priority for the Board of Supervisors. The project pushes forward the Board's 20-year environmental vision plan, which encourages the use of rain gardens and green roofs.
Diversity Program: Many Faces of Fairfax
Office of Equity Programs
Category: Personnel Management, Employee Training, and Employee Benefits, Achievement Award
Last November, the Office of Equity Programs conducted the "Premiere Diversity Conference" for county employees, with 306 employees from 31 agencies attending. This day-long conference offered 17 different workshops to help employees serve the county's diverse population. Organized around the theme "Many Faces of Fairfax," topics included "Finding Your Voice: Communicating Across Cultures," "Across the Divide: Tools for Effectively Interacting With Limited English Proficient Customers," and "The Toolkit for Outreach to Minority Elders."
Enhancing Emergency Management Through Partnerships, Facilities
and Technology
Office of Emergency Management
Category: Emergency Management and Response, Achievement Award
To effectively respond to potential emergencies, the Office of Emergency Management created partnerships between public and private sector organizations, improved its emergency operations facilities and installed enhanced technology. The office, for example, created the Emergency Management Coordinating Committee that brings together county agencies, the Virginia Department of Transportation, local utilities, and the American Red Cross. Upgrading its facilities, the office built a new, state-of-the-art alternate emergency operations center in the county's Government Center. This center offers enhanced communications, information and video technology, including a digital 800 MHz radio system, a computer-aided dispatch system for police and fire vehicles, and a live video feed from the center to all Cox and Comcast cable subscribers.
Health Access Assistance Team
Department of Family Services, Health Department, Office of Partnerships, Department of Systems Management
Category: Health, Achievement Award
The newly formed health assistance teams offer one-stop shopping for uninsured, low-income county residents seeking health care. The teams, which are located at each of the county's three outpatient clinics for the uninsured, enroll eligible residents into federal, state or county health care programs. Bringing four county agencies together in partnership, the HAAT program allows county residents to receive health care more quickly and efficiently, and the program maximizes the county's resources by matching residents with federal or state programs first. Previously, residents navigated the complex eligibility and documentation requirements for federal and state programs without this assistance, leaving some residents without the health care services for which they were eligible. The teams serve 750 residents per month, and 79 percent of these consumers are successfully enrolled in a federal, state or county health care program.
Employee Travel Policy and Outreach Program
Department of Finance
Category: County Administration and Management, Achievement Award
The Department of Finance led the charge to develop a new travel policy that incorporates the best practices of the federal and state governments. The new policy establishes uniform, equitable standards for travel authorization and reimbursement while providing maximum flexibility to county employees. Notably, the county has reduced costs through its new policy. Travel advances and reimbursements are now paid through electronic deposits into employees' bank accounts, thereby eliminating the cost of processing checks. The county also adopted flat per diem rates for incidental and meal reimbursements, eliminating administrative costs for auditing and reimbursing these expenses.
Environmental Excellence Program: E-2
Department of Vehicle Services; Solid Waste Division, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
Category: Environmental Protection and Energy, Achievement Award
Because of the environmental management plan developed by the Department of Vehicle Services and the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, these two departments won certification in the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program and membership in the Business for the Chesapeake Bay Program. The county received these two awards for the first time last year. Among the many positive accomplishments resulting from the management plan's implementation, the county has achieved a recycling rate of 34 percent, exceeding the 25 percent mandated by the state. And, the county has cut air pollution by retrofitting its diesel school buses and purchasing hybrid vehicles.
Fairfax County's Magnet Housing Pilot Program
Department of Housing and Community Development; Fire and Rescue Department
Category: Personnel Management, Employee Training, Employee Benefits, Achievement Award
This innovative pilot program aims to improve workforce housing for the county's firefighters. Because of high housing costs, only 22 percent of the county's firefighters live in Fairfax County. Therefore, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Fire and Rescue Department established a partnership to address the problem. Their pilot program allows fire and rescue trainees and their families to rent affordable housing for up to two years during their training and probationary period of employment. The program provides 10 affordable rental units at the Courts of Westcott Ridge, and the program now allows police cadets to participate.
Improving Air Quality in the Washington Metropolitan Area: A
Commitment to Air Quality Excellence
Office of the County Executive
Category: Environmental Protection and Energy, Achievement Award
Last year, the county adopted an air quality protection strategy, which is officially titled "Improving Air Quality in the Washington Metropolitan Region: Fairfax County's Commitment to Air Quality Excellence." This strategy offers a menu of recommended actions the county can take to improve air quality; since the strategy's adoption, the Board of Supervisors has been implementing these recommendations in phases. To date, the Board has funded or implemented many actions, including funding the purchase of clean-fueled public transportation vehicles; buying low-emissions lawn and garden equipment; offering free Connector bus rides on Ozone Action days; and encouraging telework on Code Red days. The state and other local jurisdictions have embraced some of the recommendations outlined in the county's strategy.
Institute for Early Learning and Emerging
Office for Children, Department of Family Services
Category: Children and Youth, Achievement Award
The institute, which was created by the Office for Children, trains child care providers to teach early literacy skills. The office partnered with the county's public schools to design a curriculum that would teach children the skills they need to succeed at school. Child care providers can earn up to $750 for completing 36 hours of training, which includes a 16-hour "Foundations in Emergency Literacy" course. Since its inception, the institute has trained more then 3,300 child care providers.
Laurel Hill Public/Private Partnership
Department of Management and Budget
Category: Community and Economic Development, Achievement Award
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County School Board, and the county's park and economic development authorities entered into a partnership with a private developer. This public-private partnership was formed to redevelop Laurel Hill, the former site for the District of Columbia's Lorton prison complex. The partnership's innovative financing structure allowed the county to build new facilities on an accelerated schedule without diverting funds from existing projects. As a result, a new high school was constructed three years ahead of schedule without using general obligation bonds to pay for the project. And, the Park Authority built a golf course at Laurel Hill 12 years earlier than anticipated in its master plan. Through the partnership, the county sold 46 acres at Laurel Hill to the developer for creation of senior living and graduated care facilities.
For more information about these award-winning
programs, please contact the Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs at


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Those foam take-out containers and packaging materials don't have to go into the landfill anymore. In fact, the used products just may be framing family pictures or be the molding in a nice home.
Northern Recycling and Waste Services is offering to collect the containers, which are made of polystyrene foam, often called Styrofoam for short.
"That's always one of the things that when we have done surveys with Ridge residents, recycling block Styrofoam always comes up," NRWS General Manager Doug Speicher said.
NRWS is partnering with Dart Containers to keep the foam pieces out of landfills and waterways. Dart manufactures and delivers their products to Northern California. Since they already have a truck here, they agreed to pick up the used foam from NRWS at no cost.
"They've really accepted producer responsibility," Speicher said, noting that Dart is paying for all the freight and supplies to make the project happen. "It's encouraging to see manufacturers take that approach."
Unfortunately, the items cannot go into the blue recycling containers because they mix with other materials like glass, that then become unusable, Speicher said.
The foam must be bagged and dropped off at NRWS headquarters on American Way. Only #6 style foam will be accepted. The number 6, shown inside a triangle, can usually be found on the bottom of the product, and includes foam egg cartons, rinsed take-out containers and single-layer meat trays, packaging foam (used to protect electronics) and foam cups.
"Breaking down takes hundreds of years," he said. "Before it breaks down, it takes up space. If we can keep it out of the landfill, I think that's encouragement enough."
Once the material is collected, it goes to Lodi for processing and then goes to the Natural Environment Protection Company, a private green manufacturing company in Southern California that turns the foam into picture frames, crown molding and other items.
Speicher said the effort isn't a big revenue generator. The purpose is simply to keep the stuff out of the landfill.
"It's a large part of the waste stream," Speicher said. "It's not the weight, but the volume."
He said there was a foam recycling effort a few years ago by a local business, but it didn't work out.
NRWS also tried foam recycling, but other waste materials got mixed in with the foam, which would then be contaminated. The best way to recycle the stuff, Speicher said, is to bag it and take it down to the recycling center.
With a looming drought, he said people are concerned that rinsing the products will be a waste of water. Residents also don't want to waste time washing a foam container, he said.
But it doesn't have to be perfectly clean, just as long as the material gets wiped down a bit, bagged and delivered to the recycling center, he said.
This latest effort originated when NRWS Public Outreach Coordinator Jennifer Arbuckle attended a conference where she met the folks from Dart, who then brought NRWS into the fold, he said.
"It gives residents an option," Speicher said. "When they buy a new TV, bring that material down. The cardboard, too, we'll take the cardboard. It's a shame how much packaging comes with it."
The NRWS recycling center is located at 920 American Way in Paradise. For more information visit homeforfoam.com, Calihome4foam.com or paradiserecycles.com.


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10 Cars That Deserved to Fail
GM's market is growing faster abroad than it is at home. The 2012 Colorado debuted not at the New York International Auto Show but at the Bangkok International Motor Show. A version of the truck goes on sale at the end of this year in Thailand—according to GM, the world's largest small-truck market (thank the plethora of bad roads)—and perhaps in many other countries, too, including China. GM execs aren't saying if this presages the next Colorado coming to the U.S. market, or whether the U.S. will ever see a diesel in this size segment. Still, the high-torque/low-rev equation is ideal for towing and hauling, without nearly the fuel-economy penalty you'd get from a gas engine.
This truck is already on sale in Mexico (where some of them are made) and Argentina, as well as much of Europe. And, no, it's not a body-on-frame "trucklet" like a Honda Ridgeline. It's a one-ton-capacity, ladder-frame pickup with leaf springs and a choice of two different TDI engines: a base 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel, or that same engine with twin turbos. Both engine models with rear-wheel drive would get probably 30 to 35 mpg in the U.S. (based on their European fuel-economy ratings). Currently, buyers can get an Amarok (which means "wolf" in Inuit) with 4Motion all-wheel drive, as well as options like hill-descent/ascent electronic hand-holding. While VW initially strongly hinted at bringing the Amarok to the U.S. market, for now that appears to be on hold. If gas prices stay high, however, it might well be a move that Volkswagen is willing to make, especially because it could easily top the fuel economy of any existing pickup in the country.
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Word 2 is a synonym of Word 1. One letter of the second word has been changed to make Word 3. Word 3 was changed to present tense to make Word 4. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. One letter was removed from Word 5 to make Word 6. Word 7 is a synonym of Word 6.
Giant _____ _____ Bite _____ _____ Chop
HintTry working backwards. Also, the second and third words begin with B. The fifth word begins with C. The sixth word begins with H.
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With the drinking of water by evil Republicans exposed for what it is (drinking of water), there is sure to be more water drinkers swallowing boldly. But that will be exposed by our insightful and brave journalists in the mainstream news media. To save America and to calm our nerves, we will have to switch to beer.
To the pro-abortion and anti-gun ranter who thinks guns have hands: Bad people with guns murder innocent people. Bad people (and doctors) with laws murder innocent babies. Yes, let's run the abortion issue into the ground where it belongs, because that is where the innocent babies are.
Surely we could spend our money on something other than moving the statue of Anthony Wayne.
Are homeowners in this town unaware that you are supposed to shovel your sidewalks as well as your driveways? I tried to go on a walk with my dog … (on a recent day) that had to be cut short due to several homes in my neighborhood who did not shovel their walks. … I was very thankful to the neighbors who did take the extra 10 minutes to shovel their sidewalks … .
It doesn't matter how "soft" Americans are now when you're stuck on a cruise ship, with raw sewage running down the walls. Goodness knows that would make anyone miserable, "soft" or not.
Nothing deters crime more than a shootout where the policeman wins. Take note, crooks.
Complaints about service at the post office will only get worse. I drive to New Haven to escape the incompetence of the Northwood (post office).
There never was a recovery. The depression that began in 2008 continues today. It will only end in a total collapse of the U.S. dollar. Have faith. Trust in God, guns, gold.
Mitch Daniels is co-chair of a committee on human space flight. I have an idea. Put him in RV One, strap it to the top of a rocket and let him tour the solar system like he did Indiana. I doubt if aliens are as gullible as Hoosiers were.
Is there any chance that sequestration could include a reduction in pay and benefits for our public servants in Congress and the Senate? You can be sure that's one detail they did not overlook.
After FWCS' (Fort Wayne Community Schools') recent wage decision (paying union-level wages on construction projects) denying taxpayers a savings of 15 to 30 percent, they should forget about ever asking the citizens of Fort Wayne for the next $119 million. And if asked, the citizens of Fort Wayne would be foolish to give it to them.
Raising taxes and not cutting any spending does not count as a "balanced approach." I also wonder what happened to that scalpel Obama used to talk about when referring to cuts he never made. He's had years to make smart cuts, but it's now obvious to this Democrat: I have waited for something that will never happen.
I've been alive for a lot of presidents, but I've never seen one on television more than this one. Even talk shows and gossip shows have him on often. As much as he vacations and travels, I wonder how many days a year he is in the White House.
… (Rapper 50 Cent) hitting on a female announcer at the Daytona 500 was gross … .
Here we are again. Another Washington-made disaster! The only thing Congress and the White House have in common is sand. One buries their head in it, and the other draws a line in daring anyone to cross it. Grow up, people. Quit playing politics with our few remaining jobs left.
The three officials on the floor in the first game at the Kokomo regionals and the extra one at the scoring table should stop doing any basketball games. … It was one way for Logansport. I was there for the South Side game, and I am glad we did not have them.
I don't know why there's all the worry about cuts in the defense budget. We've got all those gun people to protect us.
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For related coverage, see: From the show floor: Fresh Summit 2013 booths No. 1; From the show floor: Fresh Summit 2013 booths No. 2; and From the show floor: Fresh Summit 2013 booths No. 4
NEW ORLEANS — The Packer staffers Dan Galbraith, Tom Karst, Pamela Riemenschneider, Doug Ohlemeier, Vicky Boyd and Coral Beach collected these news items on the expo floor at the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit 2013 Oct. 19-20 at the Ernest Morial Convention Center.
FAMOUS SOFTWARE: New traceability software and hardware is available from Famous Software, Fresno, Calif., says Heather Hammack, director of sales and marketing. Famous Mobile includes handheld devices that operate in English, Spanish and French and make it possible to capture data and print Produce Traceability Initiative-compliant labels in the field. A pilot launch of new software is ongoing with a hard launch anticipated in the first quarter of 2014, Hammack says.
KINGSBURG ORCHARDS: This season marks the first time Kingsburg Orchards, Kingsburg, Calif., will have promotable volumes of its new pluot variety Autumn Red, said sales director Bob Maxwell. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Dinosaur Eggs branded fruit stone fruit and is introducing pouch bags.
JACOBS FARM/DEL CABO: New to the Kitchen Harvest line of living herbs from Jacobs Farm is living basil, which the Santa Cruz, Calif., company launched at Fresh Summit. Also new from sister company del Cabo are Japanese shishito peppers and Rubies on the Vine sweet cocktail tomatoes.
DOMEX SUPERFRESH GROWERS: As the sole owner of the Autumn Glory apple in North America, Domex Superfresh Growers has about 100 acres of the hybrid variety in the ground, says Howard Nager, vice president of marketing. The Autumn Glory's parents are the fuji and golden delicious, creating a crisp texture with an old-fashioned applesauce flavor hinting of cinnamon, Nager says. The variety stores well and its flavor profile improves while in storage, he says. It is available in 2-pound handle bags.
COASTLINE PRODUCE/SUNRIDGE FARMS: Vivian Sotelo, marketing manager for Sunridge Farms Inc., doing business as Coastline Produce, said response to the company's Little Gem Hearts lettuce has been very strong in Europe, giving the Salinas-based company hopes for a good performance in North America. The lettuce comes in a two-head zipper bag with a price point of about $2.99. It is a hybrid of romaine and sweet butter lettuce.
YAKIMA FRESH MARKETING: Tom Papke, vice president for marketing and business development for Yakima Fresh Marketing, Yakima, Wash., said child-friendly floor stand boxes are designed to be set up easily. They can be used for bulk displays or with paper tote bags that feature characters from the company's "Galaxy's Greatest Apples" promotion. The stands include holders for free coloring books.
BABE FARMS: Rosie Munoz, saleswoman for Babe Farms, Santa Maria, Calif., says the company now offers spring mix in resealable clamshells. Previously the clamshells for the greens were packaged in clamshells that required a shrink band for sealing, which made it less convenient for consumers to store leftovers. The clamshells of spring mix are now available in 1-pound sizes.
OSO SWEET: President and general manager Brian Kastic showed new display-ready cartons for Oso Sweet brand sweet potatoes from the Saven Co., Savannah, Ga. Kastick said the company is going "full on" with its sweet potato program, which had a limited launch last season. Oso Sweet continues to market sweet onions year round, celebrating its 26th year in the Chilean deal. Kastick said beginning in January Oso Sweet plans to have Chilean onions for six weeks, filling gaps that may occur if the Peruvian deal is short or the Mexican deal is late.
SUNDIA: Set to launch in January, 64-ounce jars of grapefruit will be available under the True Fruit brand from Sundia Corp., Orlando, Fla. President Dan Hoskins said grapefruit is the No. 1 seller in the category, making up 30% of Sundia's category sales. The company has also refreshed the entire line of containers and packaging for fresh-cut fruits.
DEL REY AVOCADO CO.: A new salesman is on staff at Del Rey Avocado Co., Fallbrook, Calif. Josh Underseth joined the company about six months ago. Del Rey packs Morro Bay Avocados and the new Gator Eggs small avocados for Shanley Farms, Morro Bay, Calif.
VIVA TIERRA: Sales manager Matt Roberts and salesman Tryg McInerny were on hand at the Viva Tierra Organic Inc. booth. Formerly known as CF Fresh, the Sedro-Woolley, Wash.-based company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. For the 2013 season it is packing fruit from the Apple King shed in Yakima, Wash., Roberts said.
TURBANA: The focus at Turbana continues to be the company's growing line of tropical offerings, with Ricardo Echeverri, vice president of tropicals, leading the way for that segment of the Coral Gables, Fla.-based company's efforts.
NORTH SHORE LIVING HERBS: Erika Unruh, sales and marketing coordinator for North Shore Living Herbs, Thermal, Calif., displays the company's newest product, Poultry Delights, a blend of rosemary, thyme and sage living herbs, with a root ball attached. The pack includes a quick-response code and peel-off sticker directing consumers to holiday recipes. The company also has a new potted cilantro.
DEL CAMPO SUPREME: Guillermo Martinez, operations manager, and Juan Jose Ley, salesman, displayed the new T'mates tomatoes from Nogales, Ariz.-based Del Campo Supreme Inc. T'mates are a cocktail-sized cluster tomato the company plans to offer year-round. The company decided to go with new packaging for the tomato, Martinez said, that moves away from plastic clamshells. T'mates are available for select customers now, and will expand distribution as supplies increase, he said.
FRUTI FRUIT: Emer Harkin and Cyrus Seper display the new Fruti Fruit, processed and manufactured by Boskovich Farms, Oxnard, Calif. The popsicle-like frozen fruit packs give parents a more healthful alternative to sugary snacks, with several flavors, including pineapple, mango and grapefruit and contain no additives or preservatives, Sommers says. They're ready to launch on the West Coast, with a target suggested retail of $1.49 each. Sold in the freezer, they can be eaten frozen or packed in a lunch to be eaten chilled.
BOSKOVICH FARMS: Oxnard, Calif.-based Boskovich Farms is testing a 2-ounce washed and ready-to-use cilantro pack, said Stuart Burke, fresh-cut sales representative. The resealable pouch offers the same trimmed and washed cilantro as the company's foodservice packs, Burke said, but scaled to meet a consumer's needs. Each pack is roughly the same amount as a bunch of cilantro.
MELISSA'S: Robert Schueller, director of marketing for Los Angeles-based Melissa's World Variety Produce, displayed two new items, Roasted Baby Dutch Potatoes and Organic Steamed Beets. The organic steamed beets should hit markets soon, said Robert Schueller, director of marketing for Los Angeles-based company.
CMI: Katharine Grove, left, and Steve Lutz of Columbia Marketing International, Wenatchee, Wash., display new packaging for the company's Sweet Gourmet Pear line, which includes the 2-pound pouch bags, and two-box shippers, both offering retailers a versatile merchandising option and high-graphic, eye-catching display. Each bag includes information on the pear variety inside, Hargrove says. The company also is bringing Hero snack-sized apple packs and shipper displays to the U.S. Hero aples are packed in 2-pound pouch bags featuring gala, red delicious, granny smith or fuji apples. CMI also has a new Farmstand Bin high-impact bulk fruit display it is offering complimentary to retailers this season. The display, with an awning and graphics representing a farmers market bin, ships with 10 cases of apples and sets up in about 15 minutes, Hargrove says.
SUN WORLD: Natalie Erlendson, program marketing manager for Sun World International LLC, displayed the company's two new late season proprietary grapes, the Adora Seedless and AutumnCrisp. The new grapes are available September through October and allow the company to have a full line of red, black and green grapes along with the company's Scarlotta red, through October, Erlendson said. Both grapes are offered in a clamshell or high-graphic handle bags and high clarity CPP bags.
MOUNTAINKING POTATOES: Mountainking Potatoes expects a record crop of gold potatoes from the San Luis Valley and Colorado Rocky Mountain regions this season, said Danielle Quinn, sales and marketing representative for the Houston-based company. Bagged yellow-flesh potatoes also are seeing unprecedented sales this season, up 36% since 2009, and are expected to increase as the company enters its highest demand months through the holidays. Quinn said. Moutainking's studies have shown that nine out of 10 consumers prefer Butter Gold potatoes to conventional varieties.
ONEONTA STARR RANCH: Dan Wohlford, national marketing representative, and Jill Morrison of Wenatchee, Wash.-based Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers, display the company's new English and Spanish-language applesnaQ and pearsnaQ display-ready bins added to the company's packing lineup this fall. Wohlford says each bin is designed to hold totes of apples or pears and allow retailers to move displays around the store.
RPE: Melissa Sylte, marketing manager for Russet Potato Exchange Inc., Bancroft, Wis., said the company has three new varieties in the Old Oak Farms brand. Honeysuckle Gold potatoes offer gold skin with red blushes, and grow with less water and fertilizer than traditional varieties; Cherry Creek Red has bright red skin and white flesh and has anti-greening properties that extend shelf life; and Willow Creek Gold is a slightly elongated but smaller gold potato, though it is larger than a fingerling.
See The Packer's video coverage from the show floor at http://thepacker.com/freshsummit


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April 16, 2015 – Jay S. Skyler, Mary E. Mckay, and René Sacasas were honored for their contributions in research, teaching, and service.
April 13, 2015 – RSMAS unveiled its innovative helicopter observation platform, a game-changer for research missions.
April 10, 2015 – Documentary film 'Islands of Creation' captures UM researcher's fascinating speciation studies.
March 30, 2015 – Three faculty members are recipients of the 2015 Provost's Award for Scholarly Activity.
March 16, 2015 – Tracking marine plankton provides new information to reconstruct past climate.
March 06, 2015 – More than 1,100 students from 80 countries and 200 universities join innovators, thought-leaders, and civically engaged celebrities for three days of sessions, networking, and service.
March 04, 2015 – In all, 13 student projects will receive funding ranging from $500 to $1,250.
March 02, 2015 – Research on the songs of plain wrens may help understand more about human conversation.
March 02, 2015 – A team of scientists has determined that dengue is being misdiagnosed as malaria in Ghana, and possibly elsewhere in Africa.
February 25, 2015 – UM alumnus Rony Abovitz, a successful entrepreneur, told students that if they want to chase their dreams they need to be bold and unafraid.
February 24, 2015 – A collaborative research team found that an antibody-like molecule provides long-term protection against HIV/AIDS infection.
February 19, 2015 – The Goizueta Foundation gift will endow a Graduate Fellowship Program and support the continued growth of the CHC.
February 06, 2015 – BioNIUM's "clean room" filters the minutest particles from the air, a necessity to create devices on the nanoscale.
February 02, 2015 – Tool detects minute quantities of mercury to help better protect public health.
January 28, 2015 – Beloved scholar M. Minnette Massey, former acting dean of Miami Law, passes the torch to Charlton Copeland.
January 21, 2015 – Alumnus Sam Daley-Harris shared his journey from musician to global activist during his Distinguished Alumni Lecture.
January 15, 2015 – The tiny zebrafish is helping scientists answer questions about genetics and disease.
January 12, 2015 – Students unearth artifacts that shed light on "prehistoric occupants of the Everglades."
December 23, 2014 – UM experienced another year of transformative change and progress. Here's a look at what transpired at the U over the past year.
December 03, 2014 – UM alumnus Hermes Mallea talks about the elegance of the Caribbean playgrounds of the rich and famous.
December 01, 2014 – http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/article4207134.html
November 20, 2014 – The Dauer Electron Microscopy Lab provides undergraduate students a remarkable research opportunity.
November 19, 2014 – Researchers will use the money to study the impact of oil spills on fish and how pollutants spread through water.
November 14, 2014 – Researchers are looking at using crowdsourcing to help in facial recognition.
November 13, 2014 – Undergraduate students use a lunchtime seminar to practice research presentations.
November 04, 2014 – UM researchers have discovered a network of tissue communication that occurs during early development.
November 03, 2014 – The gift will enable the creation of the position of Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator.
October 30, 2014 – UM's Center for International Business Education and Research will use a grant to bolster innovative services.
October 27, 2014 – Alan I. Leshner, Arsht Distinguished Speaker in Ethics, told his audience that one should "never discuss floods with Noah in the audience."
October 09, 2014 – Researchers and counselors noted that patterns and environment can influence behaviors in children.
October 03, 2014 – The $50 million Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Complex will help improve coastal resiliency and hurricane forecasting and look to the oceans to shed new light on how to treat human diseases.
October 02, 2014 – Researchers suggest that these sounds are key to maintain group cohesion
September 30, 2014 – A sold-out crowd celebrated the 29th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner, which benefits research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
September 30, 2014 – A traveling exhibit aimed at building public awareness of the long history of Guantánamo will be featured at UM's CAS Gallery through October.
September 25, 2014 – $1 million grant from state of Florida will support HIV/AIDS research efforts at UM.
September 19, 2014 – Miller School's Tiffany Field receives Golden Goose Award in Washington
September 15, 2014 – The collaborative program will study the Southern Ocean's role in climate regulation.
September 10, 2014 – In a new study, researchers analyze sediment records to reveal the Indian Ocean region's tsunami potential.
September 09, 2014 – For the sixth year in a row, UM is ranked in the top 50 in U.S. News' "Best Colleges" issue.
September 04, 2014 – Researchers developed a model that tries to show how people reach consensus within social networks.
September 03, 2014 – The research is focused on the collaborative nest building behavior of weaver birds.
September 02, 2014 – Researchers note that alternatives to cigarette smoking may still pose a risk to humans due to over-use.
August 29, 2014 – Engineering students take a 'magical and mind-boggling' ride on NASA's weightless wonder.
August 27, 2014 – A University of Miami scientist led a NASA rocket mission to measure the diffuse X-ray background in space, revealing a "local hot bubble" and settling a debate.
August 15, 2014 – Scientists find that species threatened with extinction are targeted for trophy fishing records
August 11, 2014 – Student game developers win award for raising awareness to sickle cell disease.
August 04, 2014 – Exhibition of Artistic Visualizations Presents Big Data in Exciting New Ways
August 01, 2014 – A UM physicist is part of a multidisciplinary team that explored cultural migration through big data visualization.
July 28, 2014 – UM study shows that Saharan dust played a major role in forming the Bahamas.
July 23, 2014 – New UM study measures the survival rates of 12 shark species.
July 23, 2014 – UM Anthropology Students help Frost Museum of Science catalog and date items from South and Central America.
July 22, 2014 – A small army of medical personnel with the Miami Transplant Institute performed the first successful three-way paired kidney exchange in the state.
July 16, 2014 – UM researchers are examining which building span designs and materials are the most eco-friendly.
July 14, 2014 – UM researchers explore how conciliatory gestures promote human forgiveness.
July 09, 2014 – Study compares bioerosion on deeper reef systems to better understand structural sustainability.
July 01, 2014 – A UM study shows that people living in west Miami-Dade walk less and face greater risks for obesity.
June 30, 2014 – UM researchers are exploring the use and behavior of nanoparticles to deliver molecules to target cells.
June 27, 2014 – People are more open to buying something if the object is considered attractive to them, UM study shows.
June 25, 2014 – Symposium features leading global economist discussing the region's economic future.
June 24, 2014 – UM President Donna E. Shalala says everyone needs to step up and address climate change and its impacts.
June 20, 2014 – Medical and nursing students learn a lot about teamwork from a string quartet.
June 16, 2014 – New Haiti Legacy Project preserves and passes on Haiti's endangered history.
June 13, 2014 – Using birds as a primary study subject, a University of Miami professor of biology travels to the Solomon Islands to study the process by which new species are created.
June 11, 2014 – UM scientists determine that crude from the Gulf oil spill impairs juvenile mahi-mahi fish.
June 09, 2014 – Miami Law student Nejla Calvo receives prestigious Ella Baker Internship this summer.
June 09, 2014 – The Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will be used to improve how science is taught.
June 04, 2014 – Rosenstiel researchers are rushing to save corals and other creatures that could be destroyed when the Port of Miami channel is dredged.
June 04, 2014 – The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards the University of Miami $1.5 million to improve science education.
June 03, 2014 – Jill Deupi, who serves as director of University Museums at Fairfield, is the new director of the Lowe Art Museum.
May 29, 2014 – UM researcher and collaborators find that using a creaky, low pitch voice gives women a negative image.
May 22, 2014 – The Pap Corps, Champions for Cancer Research has presented its largest gift ever - $4.5 million - to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
May 14, 2014 – UM physicist and collaborators provide new insight into thermoelectric materials that may boost green technologies.
May 07, 2014 – Miller School of Medicine researchers are developing strategies to use the body's own cells to fight cancer, diabetes, and other problems.
May 05, 2014 – UM researchers discover a "simple and elegant mechanism" that regulates relationships between insects and bacteria.
May 05, 2014 – RSMAS researchers examined how coral and fish larvae are interconnected on Caribbean reefs.
May 02, 2014 – Katie Crosley receives the first doctorate degree from Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy.
April 23, 2014 – Becomes the first academic medical center in the world to use the new da Vinci® Xi™ Surgical System
April 22, 2014 – UM researcher discovers the most effective animal signal strategies.
April 18, 2014 – Researchers Share How Augmented Reality Technology Animates Unrealized Plans for a City of Refuge for the Jews.
April 04, 2014 – The UM School of Business awards $65,000 in prizes during the annual Business Plan Competition.
April 03, 2014 – With UM President Donna E. Shalala, colleagues, administrators, and family members in attendance, UM honored three of the finest in their professions at the annual Faculty Senate Awards Ceremony.
March 26, 2014 – A robot "teacher" is helping elementary school students improve their health and fitness.
March 24, 2014 – A study by UM researchers shows heart abnormalities in fish embryos exposed to crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
March 21, 2014 – Washington University Dean Barbara Schaal talks to UM scientists as part of the SEEDS Lecture Series.
March 20, 2014 – Researchers conclude that excess deer facilitates the population explosion of exotic plants and stunts native plant growth.
March 20, 2014 – UM Alternative Breaks provided students an opportunity to visit new areas, get involved with social and environmental projects and find new passions.
March 18, 2014 – UM students are participating in this year's Clinton Global Initiative University, which seeks solutions to pressing global issues.
March 12, 2014 – University of Miami researchers develop a method to visualize protein interactions in a living organism's brain.
March 11, 2014 – The Miller School of Medicine rises to No. 46 in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
March 07, 2014 – Study involving UM scientists provides new information about the sea turtle 'lost years.'
February 26, 2014 – UM researchers determine tooth is from an extinct relative of a great white shark.
February 18, 2014 – University of Miami physicist and his collaborators describe a novel approach to switch on and off magnetism, which can lead to a new generation of better-performing electronic devices.
February 17, 2014 – UM biologist finds that social wasps are accepted more frequently into unfamiliar colonies when both the individual and the group are young.
February 11, 2014 – Research led by UM scientists examines how coastal sharks deal with the stress from catch-and-release fishing.
February 07, 2014 – Couple's giving benefits schools of medicine, music, and education as well as athletics.
January 30, 2014 – UM researchers find a large magma chamber under the world's most active volcano.
January 17, 2014 – Time chasers preserve and share the history of South Florida's Black communities.
January 16, 2014 – UM marine researcher studies the curious and mysterious tiger shark, which resides at the top of the food chain.
January 14, 2014 – Dr. Juliana Fernandes of the University of Miami earned the award in the Listener Choice category for her description of the downside of negative political ads.
January 14, 2014 – Dr. Francisco Beron-Vera discusses vortices that transport bodies of water around the globe.


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Texas Women's Health Program Stays Fully Funded, But Will Women Still Have Easy Access?
The good news is that the program still has all of its funds until November. But does that do any good if women can't use their usual providers?
Texas has been striving to prove that their conservative lawmakers' ideological battle with Planned Parenthood isn't affecting the poor women in the state. To that end, they have now announced that the Women's Health Program, a Medicaid-backed fund for low income and uninsured women in the state, will remain fully funded until November of 2012, and at that point Texas will then take over the program with state dollars only.
The program may see no lapse in funding, but does that mean that women won't still suffer from lack of care? According to KERA News:
Billy Milwee, the state's Medicaid director, told a Dallas town hall meeting on federal healthcare reform those women will continue to receive those services.
Milwee: We're going to continue without our current program through the end of October and the first of November we stand up a Texas Women's Health Program, which is totally funded by the state. It won't have a federal contribution.
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Milwee says they are enforcing the state law banning Planned Parenthood and others starting May first. He expects about 3 percent of all statewide Women' Health Program providers will be removed from the program. And he says that could mean an adjustment for some patients.
Milwee: They may have to find a new provider. We'll help them do that. But, the services will continue.
As Andrea Grimes reports, that means over 50,000 patients will be looking for new providers in just a matter of two weeks. With tens of thousands of patients seeking out new providers in what has already proven to be an overburdened state health care system, it won't take long for the effects of the state ban to be seen.


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STRONG scrummaging, a solid line-out and powerful driving play saw the Blues seal a comfortable victory over West-bury in their first game of the new year.
The teams appeared to be evenly matched in the opening stages but a good break and resulting line-out took Brid-port into the Westbury 22.
And with the first chance of the match, Mike Pibworth scored the opening try and Rory Greening converted for a 7-0 lead.
The pitch, resembling a mud bath, allowed Westbury to put the hosts under some pressure as a couple of fumbled passes from the Blues saw them lose their flow.
However, the Blues seemed to regain momentum with consistently effective drives and impressive interplay by the loose forwards.
A clean break by James Tuck was ended with Robert Greening taking the ball to the posts and quick distribution saw Gregor Grant cross.
The Blues continued to react to Westbury pressure with strong defence and a quickly-taken advantage allowed them to advance a further 20 met-res.
Despite a controversial knock-on against the Blues, Tony Herbert still looked set to score but unfortunately his team couldn't capitalise on the opportunity.
The home team started the second half confidently, scrummaging strongly and dominating possession.
This was reflected in another try, a second for Pibworth, which was converted.
A break from Pibworth saw captain Dave Cutting register the next try to put the game beyond the visitors.
With Bridport holding a healthy lead and heavy ground under foot, the pace of the game appeared to slow.
Bridport's loose forwards found some reserves to approach the Westbury 22 and Robert Parker made a string of impressive breaks.
In the end, it was a resounding, yet ever so slightly muddy, victory for the Blues as they stay 10th in Dorset & Wilts One South.
Bridport host Warminster on Saturday (2.15pm).
* Meanwhile, the club received notification in Dec-ember that it had been awarded the RFU Accreditation Approval, which has allowed them to claim grant aid of £4,000 to go towards the renewal of two sets of posts/protectors, protective roadside netting and new grass cutters.
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LaRoche disagrees with compensation Draft picks
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche arrived in camp Friday and acknowledged that baseball should eliminate the compensation Draft pick, which is attached to a free agent who is given a qualifying offer by the team he played with the previous year.
LaRoche, 33, turned down the Nationals' one-year, $13.3 million offer -- the average of the previous year's top 125 salaries. The Nationals would have received a compensation pick between the first and second round of the 2013 Draft, if LaRoche signed with another team.
The signing team would give up its first-round selection, though the top 10 picks of the Draft are protected, so any team holding a top-10 pick forfeits its second-round selection, if it signs a player who received a qualifying offer.
LaRoche acknowledged there were teams interested in his services, but they were not willing to surrender the Draft pick.
"Every week, … it was the same team we talked to a few times or new teams calling saying, 'Hey, we just want you to know we would love to do something, but we can't afford to give up that [Draft pick]. It's so frustrating," LaRoche said.
LaRoche ended up re-signing with the Nationals for two years and $24 million. There is a mutual option for a third season.
"It needs to be [eliminated]," LaRoche said about the compensation pick. "Not just for me. There were four or five of us really affected this year. I think in the future, you are going to have that scenario every year. They have to do something about it. If you had a less productive year, it would have been easy to get a longer-term deal or have more competition in negotiations. … It got to where I wanted to get back here. We worked it out. But the Draft pick did not help things."
Free agent right-hander Kyle Lohse is an example of a player who has struggled to sign with a Major League team because the compensation Draft pick is hanging over his head.
"It shows how important it is to get rid of that rule," LaRoche said. "I don't know if that was something the union granted, or they overlooked and didn't realize it could backfire the way it did, or if they were willing to take that risk. In talking with the union a little bit, I think they would love to take that back."


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Strange, isn't it, that cowardly mass killers never seem to "ply their trade" at pistol ranges or shooting events throughout the nation. No, they inevitably choose government-mandated "gun free zones" in which no prospective victim has the means to defend either himself or anyone in his charge.
After the murders at Sandy Hook, gun grabbers are out in force demanding that something at last be done about the "all-too-easy" accessibility of firearms. The NY Times points out that Barack Obama "wiped the corner of his eye" during an address to the American public. We're supposed to believe it was the cruel murder of these children that caused a purportedly emotional response in the president. More likely, it was unbounded joy at the opportunity this tragedy provides in the left's ongoing battle against the right of self-defense.
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After all, are we to believe that this lifelong supporter of infanticide gives a damn about the death of a few children who had simply escaped an earlier fate at the hands of Planned Parenthood? Does anyone remember the image of Bill Clinton suddenly beginning to weep at the funeral of Ron Brown after being unexpectedly caught laughing on camera at a joke someone had told him?
Obama, the Brady Bunch, Michael Bloomberg, Diane Feinstein, and the rest of those who advocate gun confiscation under the guise of "common sense legislation" regret one thing only–that even MORE children weren't killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School so as to further weaken the resolve of the NRA and other 2nd Amendment rights organizations and supporters.
"There are more good guys than bad guys in the world," writes Oathkeepers founder Stewart Rhodes. "But the good guys need to be able to stop the bad guys, and that means they need to be armed so they can stop the bad guys on the spot, without having to wait for "official" government approved good guys to respond."
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Self-defense was forbidden by government proclamation at Sandy Hook. Any notion of being prepared to defend one's life, or that of 7-year old child, would be met with fines and imprisonment, imposed by those who believe that the best response to violence is to render its victims defenseless!
The evil and deranged will be with us forever. To think they will somehow be deterred from horrific acts because their prospective victims are legally prevented from fighting back is an affront to common sense. Stewart Rhodes was right when he called the Federal Government "…complicit in the deaths of these children, and in fact an accessory to their mass murder, by forcibly disarming…all the teachers, all the staff, and any parent who may have been on school property."
After the murders at Sandy Hook, Mayors against Illegal Guns founder and gun confiscation advocate Michael Bloomberg called for "immediate action," saying "…it's still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen." Impossible to believe, Mr. Mayor? How can that be when you and your ilk campaign so ardently for the implementation of "gun free zones" throughout the nation?! You demand that law-abiding Americans be disarmed and rendered defenseless, yet profess disbelief when a lunatic so predictably takes advantage!
And killers are indeed taking advantage of your campaign against the right to keep and bear arms, Mr. Mayor. They are taking advantage of defenseless people in the gun-free zones that you create. Now why not have the courage of your convictions and explain that to the parents of Sandy Hook's dead?
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1. Anton Karlsson (F) – Sweden
The Swedish captain was his team's best player in its 7-5 gold medal game victory over
Russia,scoring twice and adding two assists, with three of his four points coming in the decisive third period. His first goal gave the Swedes the lead for good, he set up Gustav Franzén for the game's first two-goal advantage minutes later and capped off the festivities with an empty-net goal in the dying seconds, ensuring he'd be the first Swede ever to get his hands on the Quebec Cup.
2. Gustav Franzén (F) – Sweden
Franzén also racked up four points in the gold medal game victory, finishing with two goals
and two assists to help the Swedes to their first-ever U17 gold. His goal in the first period came just 25 seconds after Russia had opened the scoring and, after a second period assist, he set up Anton Karlsson for the go-ahead goal and scored the eventual winner minutes later, booking his spot in Swedish hockey history.
3. Austin Poganski (F) – United States
A junior at Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, Minn., Poganski joined the U.S. team
as an injury replacement for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and made the most of his opportunity, particularly in Friday's bronze medal game. Poganski scored a hat trick, finding the back of the net once in each period, as the Americans won an under-17 medal for the seventh consecutive tournament.
1. Oskar Lindblom (F) – Sweden
Lindblom has been on a tear for the Swedes all week, and added to his impressive
tournament totals on Thursday with a hat trick in Sweden's 6-4 semifinal win over Quebec. The tournament's leading scorer scored once in the first period, once in the second and got the winner eight minutes into the third for his fourth consecutive three-point game, helping the Swedes to the gold medal game for the first time since 1997.
2. Maxim Lazarev (F) – Russia
With the Russians trailing the United States 3-2 entering the third period of their semifinal
and in danger of seeing their reign as U17 gold medallists come to an end, Lazarev
stepped up and helped the Russians reach a second consecutive gold medal game. He helped set up Radel Fazleyev for the tying goal 45 seconds into the third, gave Russia the lead at 4:42 and assisted on Fazleyev's second at 5:17 to help the Russians earn the victory and keep their dreams of back-to-back U17 gold medals alive.
3. Connor McDavid (F) – Ontario
Ontario may have struggled to its worst finish at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
since 1988, but it wasn't for lack of effort on McDavid's part. The 15-year-old scored twice and added an assist in Thursday's 7-6 fifth-place game loss to Pacific, and finished the tournament as the leading scorer among all Canadian players, with nine points (six goals, three assists) in five games.
1. Julio Billia (G) – Quebec
The Quebec goaltender turned in the performance of his life Wednesday night, making
40 saves, including 17 in the third period alone, and holding an Ontatio offence that had scored 28 times in three games to just a single goal. The 2-1 win moves Quebec into the semifinals, where Billia will have to on his game once again against the Swedes, who averaged six goals a game in the preliminary round.
2. Yevgeni Svechnikov (F) – Russia
Svechnikov did his damage in an 11-minute span against Finland, scoring in the dying
seconds of the first period to tie the game, setting up Maxim Lazarev for the go-ahead goal 1:51 into the second and adding his second of the game midway through the middle frame. The Russians avoided becoming the first defending champion since 2008 to miss the semis the next year, and face the U.S. Thursday in a 2012 gold medal game rematch.
3. Sonny Milano (F) – United States
Milano opened and closed the scoring, and added an assist in between, for the Americans,
who are in familiar territory heading to the semifinals – the U.S. won its group for the sixth consecutive World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The American forward finished the preliminary round with four goals and four assists in four games, good for second in tournament scoring, one point behind Sweden's Oskar Lindblom.
1. Jake Virtanen (F) – Pacific
The first-overall pick in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft put his skill-set on display in Tuesday's
win over Finland that kept Pacific alive in the race for a semifinal spot. Virtanen drove the
net for his first goal, picked the top corner on his second and showed off a quick release in the shootout, giving the Canadian side a desperately-needed victory despite coughing up a three-goal third-period lead.
2. Alexis Pepin (F) – Quebec
With Quebec's tournament hanging in the balance, Pépin picked an ideal time for his first
two goals, opening the scoring eight minutes in before scoring the winner midway through the third period, just 26 seconds after the Slovaks had tied the game. The win puts Quebec in a winner-take-all match-up with Ontario on Wednesday, with the victor heading to the semifinals.
3. Ontario Offence
Who can stop these guys? For the second game in a row Ontario cracked double digits,
routing Atlantic 11-1 to put itself in position to advance to the semifinals. Over the past 120 minutes, Ontario has scored 23 goals, with 11 different players finding the back of the net. With one game to go, the 28 goals scored in the preliminary round is already Ontario's highest since a 30-goal output at the 1997 tournament.
1. Kameron Kielly (F) – Atlantic
With Atlantic nursing a one-goal over Slovakia early in the third period, Kielly stepped up
with a pair of quick goals, scoring the eventual game-winner 1:45 into the final frame and adding insurance less than four minutes later to help the easterners to their first victory. An under-ager with Atlantic one year ago, Kielly has already doubled his goal output – he scored once in five games in 2012.
2. Oskar Lindblom (F) – Sweden
Few had as much to do with Sweden's third win in as many days as Lindblom, who scored
twice and added an assist in the victory over Pacific that locked up a semifinal spot. Lindblom set up Gustaf Franzén for the go-ahead goal late in the second after Pacific had struck for two quick goals to tie the game, and scored a pair in the third to quash any thoughts of a Canadian comeback.
3. Chris Wilkie (F) – United States
As they have in all three of their wins this week the Americans spread around the scoring,
with five different players finding the back of the net. But Wilkie was the standout, helping
set up Jack Eichel for the game's first goal and picking up an assist on Ryan MacInnis' game-winner before scoring one himself late in the third period to cap off the offensive festivities.
1. Connor McDavid (F) – Ontario
While almost any player on the Ontario roster could have laid claim to the top spot after
its offensive explosion against Slovakia, to the tune of 12-0, the No. 1 nod goes to McDavid for the second day in a row. The 15-year-old scored a hat trick in a span of 10:41 in the second period, and leads the tournament in scoring with six points (four goals, two assists) through his first two international games.
2. William Nylander Altelius (F) –
The son of former NHLer Michael Nylander, the young Swede showed off his wide array of
skills in his team's 7-3 win over Finland, putting his speed, quick release, soft hands and
deft passing on display. Nylander Altelius scored once and added two assists as the Swedes finished the second day of the tournament atop Group A as the only team with a pair of regulation-time wins.
3. Ilya Zinoviev (F) – Russia
After opening Russia's tournament opener Saturday with a bang, picking up a goal and
an assist in the first 10 minutes of an eventual 8-7 overtime loss, Zinoviev waited until the closing minutes of Sunday's game against West to make an impact, scoring twice in the third period to give the Russians a little bit more breathing room in a 6-2 victory that got the defending champions into the win column.
1. Connor McDavid (F) – Ontario
The 15-year-old phenom, granted exceptional player status to play in the Ontario Hockey
League this season, showed flashes of brilliance in Ontario's shootout loss to the U.S., setting up Aaron Ekblad for the game's opening goal, scoring one of his own in the second period and doing the lion's share of the work on Sam Bennett's go-ahead marker in the third.
2. Sonny Milano (F) – United States
Milano stepped up when the Americans needed it in their come-from-behind win over
Ontario, earning the lone assist on Jack Eichel's goal that started the U.S. comeback late in the second period before tying the game with 8:21 left in the third. He then added the lone goal of the shootout as the Americans opened with a confidence-boosting win.
3. Brycen Martin (D) – Pacific
The offensive defenceman was in on half of Pacific's goals in its wild 8-7 overtime win
over Russia, picking up four assists, three on the power playThe final helper came when
he found Joe Hicketts with a cross-ice feed 59 seconds into the extra period, helping the Canadian side beat the defending gold medallist and open Group A play with a win.


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The one thing I didn't have was just the right binding – and my friend and co-worker Sharon (hi Sharon!) found just the right black with gold print for a binding. Perfect – except I was 2″ short. So I threw-in a little orange patch for personality.
Here's the picture where we tried to shoot the quilt on location. (I'm afraid you're all going to get bored to death with my backyard fence.) A great little 'fallish' looking spot, but we were on the way home from piano lessons,working against rapidly darkening skies and an impending snow-storm (I know) and my only option for official quilt holder was my 11-year-old. Stalwart and brave (and ever patient with her mother's weirdness) as she was, her arms just weren't quite long enough to get a full body shot of the quilt. But it's still kind of a cool picture, so it get's recognition as well.
Hope your Halloween was spooky and fun. We had a cowboy, a camo/army guy, a cute girl from the 50's complete with poodle skirt and pixie glasses – which she really doubted looked as awesome as they did – and Hermione Granger from Gryffindor. All was covered up in raincoats as our neighborhood tricked-or-treated last night in very soggy weather. Happy that all came together well and also happy to be done. (Am I a party pooper?) Halloween is fun but those costumes start stressing me out!
PS I delivered Halloween Quilt #1 this past week. Can I just say it brought me that weepy kind of happiness to see a 4-year-old rolling on the floor wrapped-up inside it?


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Can it get any better than that?!
There were some amazing vendors there selling lots of handmade goodies! We also had the pleasure to hear Kim from The Tom Kat Studio speak. We learned that Kim's favorite movie is Titanic, that she loves to chill at home in her PJs answering emails and getting on Facebook, and that she's passionate about creating and styling in so many ways. She also predicts the new trend to be diagonal stripes and is kind of over chevron.
HUGE thanks to Kim for being apart of this event and sharing her time and talents with us. She is one amazing lady!
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VERO BEACH, Fla. — After last year's short season, Florida grapefruit grower-shippers hope for a more normal season.
Growers began harvesting in light volume in late September.
Early in the deal, growers experienced stronger demand than normal as California finished early and Texas hadn't started.
Volume stepped up to full volume by mid- to late October, when shippers began bag promotions for retail promotions, said Dave Brocksmith, Florida program manager for Seald Sweet International.
"So far, the crop looks good," he said. "I think we have better exterior quality than last year. It's better looking, and we have a little lower acid on the fruit this year, which may take away some of the eating quality but still be very good across the board for exterior as well as interior qualities."
DNE World Fruit Sales, Fort Pierce, began harvesting in early October.
Kevin Swords, Florida citrus sales manager, said he expects the season to mirror the 2010-11 season.
"Other than the first initial spot pick, the grapefruit is more on the smaller size and more to the mediums," he said in late October. "There is some larger fruit around early but it has been short-lived.
"As everyone gets spot picked, and they go back to pick again in the same groves, they will find it to be heavy in the 36s, 40s and 48s, which should be the peak sizes now through Christmas."
Swords said early season eating quality is strong and said he expects it to improve.
Normal start
This season started normal, said Matt Reel, director of sales for IMG Citrus Inc..
IMG began harvesting light volumes Sept. 25.
Reel said the season began a little early because of an empty market pipeline.
He characterized internal and external quality as high.
"We have now settled into a normal market situation where we're seeing good demand where people are running good promotions on bulk and bagged fruit," Reel said. "I would say the eating quality is better at this time of the year than during a typical season. Because of that, it's pushing retailers to do more grapefruit promotions in November than they typically would."
Grapefruit promotions normally begin in earnest in late November and December.
DLF International Inc. began harvesting in late September.
"The eating quality is excellent this year," Doug Feek, president, said. "It has good brix and juice ratios and good juice content."
Feek said early season prices were higher than normal, at $23-26 for the larger fruit, but said prices declined in mid-October to $16-18.
He said the lower prices made for better retail promotions and in late October grapefruit was beginning to become more promotable.
"What has happened is Texas is starting," Feek said. "Texas has a following. Once the pipeline gets full, demand decreases for a while. The market has allowed the fruit to become more promotable. We will get ads. Once the ads start, the fruit will start moving again."
In mid-November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported these prices for 4/5 bushel cartons of U.S. No. 1 Florida red grapefruit in Boston: $22 for 27s; $19 for 32s; $16-17 for 36s; $14 for 40s; and $12 for 48s and 56s.
Last year in early November, the USDA reported those same cartons of Florida red grapefruit in Chicago selling for $18-18.50 for 27s; $15-16 for 32s and 36s; $13-15 for 40s; and $12 for 56s.
Feek said he expects growers to harvest about a month longer than they have in recent seasons.
Last year, harvesting ended by late March, considerably earlier than usual.
This year, Feek said growers should run through mid-May.
In past years, the deal finished April 1-15, Feek said.
Uncle Matt's Organic Inc., Clermont, planned to begin its harvesting of its reds, ruby reds and darker reds on time in mid-November, said Matt McLean, chief executive officer and founder.
"We surprisingly have a little bigger size this early, which is nice," he said in late October. "We will be able to have more bulk fruit to go in the bags."
McLean said adequate rainfall helped produce better sizes early in the deal and said quality is matching last year's.


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In an all-new version of the all-time classic, HIGH NOON, Tom Skerritt is Will Kane, the lawman who must choose between his duty and the woman he loves. Kane is about to marry his young bride, promising to give up his dangerous career to start a new life together. But on the very day of his wedding -- and retirement -- word comes that a killer (whom Kane had sent to prison years earlier) is coming to town seeking vengeance. Despite his promise to his wife, Kane decides he must stay and face the killer - though no one in town will raise a finger to help him.


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Ponder woman uses her dogs to find lost pets
Kat Manning used to search for missing people, but now she looks for lost pets.
Manning, 52, of Ponder, started her side business Dog Gone Detectives in 2005 when she lived in Lewisville.
At the time, she had worked for about a year at Search One, a nonprofit volunteer search-and-rescue team in Dallas, where she was promoted to the dog handler position.
She said the team often received a stream of calls asking for help finding their pets that wandered away.
"After that, I thought, 'Why can't we train dogs to look for lost pets?'" said Manning, whose business serves the North Texas area. "People really, really love their pets, and it's rewarding to help them."
Paul Lake, founder and president of Search One, said the team still receives about two calls a month from residents looking for help finding lost pets.
"They just don't understand. They assume because we can find people that we can find animals, too. But now, I have someone to pass the names on to," Lake said of Manning.
Manning, who now works as a groomer at The Nosey Dog in Flower Mound, has traveled as far as Florida and New Jersey — travel fees apply — with either one of her chocolate Labradors, Godiva and Bosko, or her German shepherd, Banjo, to find missing animals.
The lost-and-found list has run from cats and dogs to ferrets, horses, a pig, a cow and an iguana she found hiding beneath the family's house.
"I'll do any pet, but once a guy called me to track a snake. I wouldn't do that one because I don't like snakes," said Manning, who said she was intrigued by the search-and-rescue business when she saw teams find people buried under rubble in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.
'Called to it'
Before launching Dog Gone Detectives, Manning was known to call area shelters to inquire about lost pet posters she saw tacked on posts around her Lewisville neighborhood.
"I've always felt called to it," said Manning, who moved to Ponder in September and now has three dogs, three horses and a cat roaming her two acres.
Manning said she implemented the techniques she learned during her time at Search One to train her three pet dogs, though Godiva, age 13, is now retired.
Training for Manning's dogs relied on repetition and took about six months, she said.
And when she puts on their orange vests and trail harnesses, it's their signal to begin tracking a pet's scent.
Manning said knowing a dog's personality is the secret to successfully trailing a lead, since every dog responds differently when he loses the scent.
Bosko, for instance, will perk his ears one way and his tail another when he's hot on a trail, and will turn his ears and tail another direction when he loses the scent.
Similar to searching for people, Manning said owners only need a scented article such as a pet's toy to find the animal.
At one point, Manning said she and her dogs were trailing about two cases a day and she lived off her pet-finding business for two years.
But when she took the grooming job in Flower Mound for a steady income, she shifted Dog Gone Detectives to a part-time business.
Trailing the scent
Nonetheless, customers continue to pay the $390 fee for her search service. Heather Williams lived in the same neighborhood as Manning for 14 years before she moved onto two acres in Ponder. She called Williams for help about a year ago when her cat, Fyd, hadn't returned home for more than a day.
Williams, 47, said Fyd sometimes escaped out the backdoor when the family let the dog out, but usually returned by the next morning to eat. When the day passed and the cat hadn't returned, Williams said she began to worry he'd been killed by a coyote.
She knew Manning had success finding others' lost pets, so she gave her a call.
"People are willing to spend the extra money to find their pets," Williams said. "I'm surprised more people aren't doing this since you see so many missing pet posters."
Within 30 minutes of Manning and Bosko tracking Fyd's scent through the neighborhood, Williams found the cat at its perch by the backdoor when she returned. It wasn't a coincidence. Manning said the cat had likely hidden in the neighborhood and returned when she saw the search team trailing her scent, knowing her owners were looking for her.
"It was remarkable," Williams said. "It's good to do just for peace of mind. I was worried because this wasn't her pattern, and I knew we had a coyote problem."
Although Manning often does not happen upon the animal when she's out, her service helps owners narrow the search area to a specific location to tack up lost pet posters, she said. Manning said about 75 percent of the time the pet is found, usually confirmed by a call from the owner a few days later.
Now that she works her detective service part-time, she receives about two cases a week and will usually search in the evenings and weekends when she's off work for about six hours total.
Last year, she raked in about $20,000 from her part-time venture, she said.
"I just love animals. I'd want someone to do the same for me if one of my pets were missing," Manning said.
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The Towering Legacy of the USS Enterprise
China had developed a wide variety of gunpowder weapons known as "fire lances" and "fire dragons," as well as flamethrowers and fireworks, as far back as the 10th century. The first true firearms that used gunpowder to launch a projectile can be dated to the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century. These included bronze hand cannons, which could be held by one man and touched off by another. The range was short and accuracy poor, but the smoke, fire, and roar must have intimidated opponents of the time.
Dr. Richard Gatling's invention was one of the first real machine guns, with a practical rate of fire of more than 700 .50-caliber rounds per minute. The Gatling gun is a rotating six-barreled weapon driven by a hand crank. Each barrel was loaded and fired mechanically in turn as the barrel rotated, with ammunition fed from a clip by gravity. The gun made a brief appearance in the American Civil War but proved more effective in the Spanish-American War. The British used Gatling guns to deadly effect in colonial wars against massed Zulus in South Africa, Mahdists in the Sudan, and many other wars of this period.
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