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Stewart-Haas Racing is allowing Stewart to take the time he needs away from the track, and the team statement indicated the three-time NASCAR champion is taking it week by week. Stewart will not have to decide on another race until the Aug. 31 event at Atlanta.
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Megan Rapinoe scored just three minutes into the game, and the United States got three goals in the second half to beat Switzerland 4-1 in Cary, N.C.
Carli Lloyd made a penalty kick early in the second half, Christen Press scored in the 77th minute and Abby Wambach got her 168th career score in the 87th minute.
Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic scored on a penalty kick in the 70th minute for Switzerland. It came on the only Swiss shot on goal and ended Hope Solo's bid to set a new shutout record for the U.S. women. Solo remained tied with Briana Scurry for the team mark with 71 shutouts.
Solo, the former Husky star, and Rapinoe both play for the Reign, which hosts a National Women's Soccer League semifinal Sunday night against Washington at Memorial Stadium.
Landon Donovan scored in the 80th minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 4-3 comeback victory over the host Colorado Rapids.
The Galaxy (10-5-7) trailed 2-0 and 3-1 in the first half. Goals by Robbie Keane, Omar Gonzalez, Alan Gordon and Donovan handed Colorado (8-11-6) its fifth straight loss.
Colorado rookie Marlon Hairston opened the scoring with his first MLS goal in the 14th minute. Three minutes later, Edson Buddle became the eighth player to score 100 MLS goals. Colorado's third goal came on Marc Burch's free kick that ricocheted off goalkeeper Jaime Penedo in the 30th minute.
Barcelona will be barred from signing any players in 2015 after FIFA rejected the club's appeal against a one-year ban for breaching rules over the transfer of youngsters.
The Spanish giants will now ask sport's highest court to overturn the punishment, which resulted from the signing of 10 players under the age of 18 to the club's renowned academy. FIFA found the signings to have violated rules designed to prevent child trafficking.
Minnesota's Maya Moore has won the WNBA Most Valuable Player award. She will receive the award Thursday night in Minnesota before the Lynx face San Antonio in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals.
Phoenix's Diana Taurasi finished second in the voting and Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry was third.
It's the first league MVP award for Moore, who led the league in scoring (a career-best 23.9 points) and set a WNBA record by scoring at least 30 points 12 times.
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Top-ranked Serena Williams is seeded No. 1 as she seeks her third straight U.S. Open title.
French Open runner-up Simona Halep of Romania is seeded second after reaching a career-best ranking this month. She has never advanced past the fourth round at the U.S. Open.
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Kyrie Irving made all five shots and scored 12 points starting in place of Derrick Rose, and the U.S. men's national team beat the Dominican Republic 105-62 in an exhibition game in New York. James Harden also scored 12 in limited playing time for the Americans, who used their subs in the second half. Rose did not play.
Seven people were charged with trespassing at former Miami Heat player Ray Allen's home in Coral Gables, Fla., while his wife and four young children were asleep upstairs.
Police said 18- and 19-year-olds were attending a party next door when they entered through the front door of the unlocked home last week. Shannon Allen said she woke up and heard male voices with large flashlights loudly discussing their personal property. The terrified mother screamed, the intruders ran and she called police, according to a statement from the couple.
The group told police they thought the Allens had moved and wanted to see how a professional basketball player lives. Police initially released the teens because there was no forced entry, no intent and nothing was taken.
• A federal judge in Oakland, Calif., sentenced former world champion boxer James Page, convicted of several bank robberies, to seven years in prison, handing down a lighter sentence in part because of the defendant's boxing-related injuries and a mistake by a Georgia court in 2001 that resulted in his spending additional years in prison.
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text: Photo Gallery Louis Daguerre: Pictures Illuminate Google's Man of the Day Go behind the lens of Louis Daguerre—honored today, his 224th birthday, with a Google doodle. PUBLISHED Fri Nov 18 13:04:00 EST 2011 0 1 / 6 Louis Daguerre as Daguerreotype Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) stares out from a daguerreotype, his degraded picture a testament to the fragility of the photographic medium he helped invent and that came to be named after him. Daguerre's importance as pioneer of photography, though, is indelible—as evidenced by today's Google doodle in celebration of his 224th birthday.The French painter, printmaker, and theatrical designer announced his revolutionary imaging invention—pictures on silver-plated copper that required "only" minutes-long exposures—to the Académie des Sciences and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1839. Public acclaim followed immediately."A number of inventors were working on photographic processes at the same time," said David Haberstich, curator of photography at the National Museum of American History. "But Daguerre's process was the first to be announced and the first to become popularized. Daguerre's concept really caught the imagination of the people."Though Daguerre's process largely belongs to history, love for his work has never entirely faded. "Daguerreotypes are still collected today and prized for their high quality and silvery appearance," Haberstich said.(See the first photo of the sun, created using Louis Daguerre's technology.)—Brian Handwerk Daguerreotype from SSPL/Getty Images All Business "A lot of people have written about the democratization effect that photography had," Haberstich said."The daguerreotype sort of began that by making photos available to more and more people," he added. "And portraiture"—as in this circa-1855 British locket—"was the first important area in which photography and in particular the daguerreotype flourished."Serious and sometimes even stern looks are common portraits using Louis Daguerre's process, but not because our ancestors lacked a sense of humor.Most people simply chose to present themselves as serious, rather than frivolous, according to fashions of the era, Haberstich explained. A second factor may have been more practical—long exposure times required people to remain absolutely still for up to a minute.(Interactive: History of Photography, featuring Louis Daguerre's milestones.) Daguerreotype from SSPL/Getty Images Photography's Eureka Moment? Louis Daguerre's process seemed like magic in 1839, but was in fact the result of long labors begun in the mid 1820s and continued in collaboration with French scientist Joseph Niépce until Niépce's death in 1833. (See the world's first photograph, taken by Niépce.)Each image—reversed as in a mirror—was captured on a polished sheet of silver-plated copper that had been sensitized with vapors of iodine. The plate was exposed to light via a large, boxy camera and later developed using mercury fumes before being permanently fixed with a saltwater solution.Though no one realized it at the time, developing daguerreotypes was likely hazardous to the health of its practitioners. "The mercury fumes may have shortened the lives of some of the daguerreotypists," Haberstich said.Daguerre received a lifetime pension from France for ceding the rights to the process to the French people. Illustration from Kean Collection/Getty Images Tools of Daguerre's Trade The complex tools of Louis Daguerre's trade ensured it would be decades before photography became an everyday hobby.Daguerreotypists used the buffer (right) to restore a suitable sheen to a silvery plate, such as the one at center. A sensitization box (top) held vapors of iodine and bromine, which were used to treat the plate before exposure. Heated vapors of mercury were used to develop the picture inside the box at left, and a beveller (bottom) put a neat edge on the finished product.The work may well have been worth the trouble, as daguerreotypes were generally sharper than pictures made with competing, paper-print processes, such as the calotype, pioneered by British inventor William Henry Fox Talbot. But Talbot's method looked far more like photography's future."The daguerreotype process itself turned out to be a dead end, because each image was unique," Haberstich said. "With Talbot's process, where you had a negative, you were able to make an unlimited number of prints for that negative."(See the first published natural-color photograph.) Photograph from SSPL/Getty Images Daguerre's Ghostly Legacy Daguerreotypes were immediately popular in France and in the United States, where telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse championed the method, which he'd learned from Louis Daguerre himself. The above daguerreotype is one of the earliest ever taken in England, where Daguerre's method was protected by patent and Talbot's process gained ground instead.The 1839 scene shows London streets eerily empty of humans, a ghostly consequence of daguerreotyping's long exposure times, which stretch to 10 or 20 minutes for such a scene. Typically people didn't stay still long enough to appear in the image and simply vanished.Unfortunately the same is true for most of the daguerreotypes made by Daguerre himself. His Paris studio burned in March 1839, destroying most of his early pictures and records. Only about 25 original Daguerre images are known to survive today.(Related pictures: "Milestones in Photography.") 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Controversial Marlborough Road development set to be refused (From This Is Wiltshire)
Controversial Marlborough Road development set to be refused
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to build up to 103 homes on fields behind Marlborough Road are expected to be refused at a planning meeting tonight.
The plans, which have earmarked land to the east of Marlborough Road in Wroughton, have caused several concerns amongst residents who believe it could put pedestrians' lives at risk on an already dangerous thoroughfare.
Access to the proposed site would be in the form of a T-junction and would be gained by the demolition of two properties on Marlborough Road.
The application is due to go before the planning committee at Swindon Council tonight and are recommended for refusal.
Wroughton Parish Council, South Swindon MP Robert Buckland and Chiseldon Parish Council were amongst those objecting to the plans.
A spokesperson for the Campaign to Protect Rural England, who also object to the plans, said: "We have several concerns regarding this application.
"From the indicative masterplan it is clear that this is a 'locked-in' development, that is to say there is a single route in and out. It seems both unsafe and a poor estate design to have no alternative access for emergency vehicles in the case of obstruction at the entrance. This is particularly relevant when the single access point is on to a B road which falls considerably below the width and safety requirements for the full range of road users. This sole access of a large housing estate on to an already busy through route on a singularly difficuly hill make this proposal inappropriate.
"We believe that this development would undermine the scale, location and phasing of new development in Wroughton up until 2026. The draft Local Plan has been submitted, and although not examined, therefore carries significant weight."
The result of the planning meeting will be posted online tomorrow morning.
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So this is no more " controversial " than other developments.
Much less controversial than the sprawl proposed for Coate etc.
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I can look at the roster on cyclones.com, but there is not a lot of info on there that will help me out. Who are the guys we are going to see at the DT position for the 2008 season? Who will make the biggest impact? I did not pay a ton of attention to recruiting, who could help ISU out there? (ideally, I know recruiting does not mean a lot if they are not able to handle D-1 demands)
I think this is the position that worries me the most for ISU going into the 2008 season. A lot of deficiency's can be covered up with solid D-line play and I feel that the middle is the best way to help a defense as it open up so many other options with the DE's and LB's.
one that played for mac his freshman year and was injured all last season will be back-the good kid from muscatine-he will definitely help with the extra strength training and addition
of extra muscle-one of the frere brothers i believe.
At nose guard it'll be Jerrod Black, Nate Frere, and Michael Tate. At the tackle spot, Bailey Johnson, Chris Weir, and Austin Alburtis. There is some decent talent in that group, but not a great deal of experience.
Originally Posted by snowcraig2.0
At nose guard it'll be Jerrod Black, Nate Frere, and Michael Tate. At the tackle spot, Bailey Johnson, Chris Weir, and Austin Alburtis. There is some decent talent in that group, but not a great deal of experience.
Kurtus Taylor probably fits in there somewhere.
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Kurtus Taylor probably fits in there somewhere.
not as a DT
Black and Johnson will be ok. The Juco who redshirted last year should do well too.
as per a PM from our man on street.....
Originally Posted by ISUclones33
Jerrod Black was RS frosh last year at DT/NG and he is a big load, gave our o line from this year alot of fits in practice last year, they tell me he is tough. Michael Tate, got a medical Redshirt last year for a bum ankle, he should be playing DT with Black at NG if i had any guesses. They should be the best two for us. Michael Tate could actually play outside, he is big and has decent speed, told me he dont care if he plays inside or out and doesnt know where the staff wants him yet, but he told me last year of sitting out of football was the worst year of his life. He is ready to go
I think that DT will make or break this defense. The backers and d-backs can't really do their job if the tackles don't do theirs.
Black and Johnson are the two reigning Defensive Scout Team POYs so they definitely got some potential. They may get shoved around early but I think they'll settle in. Throw in big Nate, and the two JCs and we may have a fighting chance. We'll at least have some depth.
Then with Taylor, Parker, Lyle, Kellman, and Nick Frere we seem to have some options at DE...hopefully one of them steps up and becomes that pass rusher we've been lacking since Berryman.
Lots of different names being thrown around. Like to here it. Depth is something we haven't had a lot of recently on the defensive line. Good competition and lots of bodies to keep players fresh will make a world of difference.
black i think will be a monster... DE's are going to be really good, just need help inside to help out our "average" linebacking corps
Taylor is a beast, and we should have a better than average pass rush at least this year.
Originally Posted by cyismydog
Taylor is a beast, and we should have a better than average pass rush at least this year.
Definitely need to upgrade DL pass rush. Went from 17 1/2 in 04, to 15 in 05, to 21 in 06, down to 15 in 07.
Need to get that number back up to 20+ so that we don't have to rely so much on LB & DB blitzes.
Glad to hear Tate got a medical redshirt. He's a big boy. I hope they can use him some places on the line.
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If Queenstown was a person, it would be a teenager.
So the best way to appreciate Queenstown is to act like a teenager;
do things for the first time, like skydiving or bungy,
stay up and party all night,
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You've Come a Loooonnng way, Baby is many kinds of wrong. Selling ciggies by preying on women's wealth and career building aspirations is not cool. Nor is the fact that today, women still make less than men. As we write in Career/Money: 8 Alpha Female Salary Negotiation Tips, women make 77 cents on the dollar although it's important to note that significant gains are reported for single, childless, college-educated women between the ages of 22 and 30. They make 8% more than their male counterparts, according to a U.S. Census analysis.
For Latina women the situation is worse. On average, they make 55 cents on the dollar of white, non-Hispanic men which is what women in general were making 50 years ago when President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act. If you're a female immigrant in this country illegally, it's really bad. They make even less and are vulnerable to workplace abuses. Unscrupulous bosses decide not to pay or worse, sexually assault women and get away with it after issuing threats to call La migra.
Let me get this straight: my wages are where other women's were 50 years ago, waaayyy before my time?
Nothing else is stuck half a century ago: not rent, not gas, not groceries and while we're on this topic, how about the next time I get to the cashier at ShopRite or Whole Foods, I look at the $100 tally and say:
I'll pay $55 of that, because I'm Latina and make 55 cents on the dollar.
Same thing with my mortgage.
Ditto on my new water heater.
It doesn't work that way.
So why should my earnings be subjected to this math? Besides marrying a wealthy man, what women make at work is the clearest path to start building wealth in the form of saving for a down payment on a house, retirement, or to send Yunior to college. With more money, we're able to buy more things, something hugely important for our consumer-based economy. Leveling the playing field for women's salaries has a positive and profound ripple effect on the economy–our families' and country's.
This is one of the topics discussed on MSNBC's Thomas Roberts Shows during the Agenda panel discussion with MSNBC.com's Suzi Khimm and the managing editor of ThinkProgress.org, Igor Volsky. We also discussed Edward Snowden, the leaker of some NSA surveillance or more accurately, "data-veillance" programs. There's sure more to this story. Let's also remember that key moving parts–telecommunications law and some of the outrage by the chattering class on privacy–are stuck in the 20th century. Americans' views of technology and privacy in the 21st century, in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and Vine are defined by a totally different sensibility of boundaries. Simply put, it takes very little, say, the chance to win an iPad, to bare all kinds of personal information. That's not to say that civil liberties–privacy and Fourth amendment protections against search and seizures–aren't relevant as is the question, what will the government do with that information. In fact, these issues are more urgent than ever. But to understand what's at stake and chart the best protections and policies going forward, we must be clear about the context. Apples to apple, no?
Click below to view this episode which aired on June 10, 2013.
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Kurt is getting ready and Brittany comes up to him and tells him that she wants to help with his campaign. She essentially tells him that he is a unicorn, because he knows he is special and isn't afraid to show it. He asks her why she won't run and she says she's not smart enough.
Will comes in and tells the kids that their arch rivals are without a leader and they realize that they are vulnerable. They decide they need to come up with a plan. He says he can't direct the musical this years. He needs to concentrate on nationals. He has decided to start a booty camp for the ones that need to know how to dance. Art becomes the director of the musical. Ms. Pillsbury and the coach will be heading the musical.
Shelby shows back again and she is teaching there temporary. She was hired so that she can make an opposing show choir director. He is more worried about Rachel. She plans on reaching out to her. She says she has to try, despite all of the mistakes.
Quinn has become punk and edgy. She is a part of a group of female bullies that steal money from kids. Sue talks to her about how everything has been destroyed because of Glee and she'd be the perfect example. Quinn wants couches under the bleachers, because she realized it hurts to stand after smoking all day. Quinn is in.
Brittany has gotten posters done and she is way stoked on it. Kurt is a little overwhelmed and slightly weirded out. She wants to give swag bags full of gay pride type things. He doesn't want to be known as just gay. She seems upset by this. Quinn and Puck go to see Shelby. She tells her that she came back, because she can't handle missing the milestones of Beth. She wants her to be in the baby's life, but she has to change back to the "normal Quinn". Quinn says that no matter what, she's the baby's mother. Puck feels bad about how this goes down.
The booty camp has become. It is intense. Mike has an incredible regimen planned. Rachel is practicing and Shelby shows up. She tells her to do the Somewhere there is a place for us song. Shelby tells her that if she plays it safe, she will never get the lead or become a star. She sings the song.
Sue records her documentary. She goes off on Shuester. She says she's never going to go back to Glee. He snaps on her that the only person she cares about is herself. He tells her to grow up after all that they did. Sue didn't get any of that.
Puck goes to visit Shelby, because he needs to talk to her. He took a drug test, he even did some homework. Puck gets to see the baby and he looks like he's about to melt. He drew her a picture. She asks if he wants to hold her and he does. He doesn't want to freak her out. He will do anything to prove to her that he can be in her life and begs that she gives him that chance.
The next audition is Kurt and he sings "I am the greatest star". Puck goes to the girl's bathroom to talk to Quinn and he tells her that she needs to get it together. She says that they'll never be together, but Puck tells her that he doesn't care about her, he cares about Beth and what she deserves.
Kurt listens as they discuss whether he gets Tony or not. They worry that he may be a little "delicate" for Tony. He snaps a bit and goes to speak to Brittany. He sees all of the posters and starts tearing them down. He wanted them toned down and then he tells Rachel she needs to help him re-audition for Tony. He does not want those posters put up. Brittany is sad, because she "failed her precious unicorn". Santana tells her that there's no one like her and she IS the unicorn.
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Finn and Rachel talk about how she needs a distraction. He has no time to do much and she tells him that he has so much talent. She wants him to be happy and she doesn't think that this would make him happy.
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Will tells Sue that Quinn is back in Glee and she said that her plan is still going along just fine. Brittany is walking around looking sad, but happy that there are new posters. He realizes that he is the unicorn. She tells him that she's running now, because she's also a unicorn.
Kurt's boyfriend auditions with "Something's Coming". He does a fantastic job. He's only interested in Renado or Officer. Art asks him if he would mind reading for Tony.
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Preppy pupils Hudson and River (no not Hudson River) along with their friends Willow, Jasper, Oliver and others are back under the guise of children's literature to help Ralph Lauren sell back-to-school wardrobes.
For the third time, Lauren's RL Gang appear both in a virtual story and a printed book written by the famed children's author, Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, that hawk $165 Burnham wool-blend jackets and and $135 Pointelle Fair Isle dresses.
Ralph Lauren is described as "proud to present an innovative way for parents and children to experience style, literature and digital technology." He is proud of a book that is filled with glittering prose such as, "You know what? Leaves change colors in the fall." Publicity for the project calls it "awe-inspiring," but rather it is yawn-inspiring.
For those of us familiar with the adventures of the RL Gang, we can only assume that they didn't fare well during the 2010-2011 school year because they are all back in the same class with the same teacher, the rakish Randolph Latimer. Perhaps Professor Latimer needs to be held more accountable for his teaching rather than his wardrobe. But, on a positive note, this year we are treated to "a rare glimpse into their (RL Gang's) homes."
This season John Legend is the celebrity narrator of The RL Gang: An Absolutely Awesome School Adventure. In the past Harry Connick Jr. and Uma Thurman have been narrators with a portion of sales during a limited time period going to the celebrities' charity. It is ironic that Legend, whose Show Me Campaign asks what each of can do to help break the cycle of poverty, is telling affluent parents to spend huge amounts of money on back-to-school wardrobes so that his charity can receive 15% of (the website typo say "15% off the sales") the sales between August 18th and September 18th can support his charity.
In addition, parents are encouraged to purchase the book version of the story from Barnes & Noble for $13.50. I don't fault Legend, Thurman and Connick for trying to raise money for their charities. And I don't fault parents for trying to make their children look and dress stylish. But I do fault Ralph Lauren Childrenswear for their continual use of faux children's books to pimp clothing. I encourage you not only to comment here about your views but to go the RL Gang Facebook and the Ralph Lauren Facebook Videos pages and post a comment there.
I also suggest that you take the $13.50, the price of An Absolutely Awesome School Adventure and give it to the Show Me Campaign or a school or public library. And as I have said in the past, share the Eleanor Estes' The Hundred Dresses, a book about a poor girl who is bullied about what she wears with a child. It will be a more valuable lesson for children than online shopping.


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Team In Training (TNT), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) groundbreaking charity
Hello All, Gregg here, I am looking to raise money from the outside world to help in the fight of YOUR FIGHT. Your the one struggling with this nasty disease, and I don't think you should be. I think you should be free to go anywhere you want, do what you want AND EAT all that you can stuff down your throat and enjoy every bite of it. Instead of being forced to live like you currently are. My heart goes out to you all. You are a hero in your own right. If only more people in the world knew what you are truly battling every day. Makes me look like a peon. I'm an American Solider, I've gone to Iraq. But never lifted a weapon against a soul and never hope to. But i will do what I can to fight the fight for YOUR LIFE.
May God bless you in your valient Fight.
Team In Training (TNT), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) groundbreaking charity sports training program, has reached a remarkable milestone of raising $1 billion to support blood cancer research and patient services.
For more than 21 years, TNT has grown to become an unparalleled charity endurance training program. More than 420,000 participants, from first timers to seasoned athletes, have trained with TNT and achieved their best at marathons, half marathons, triathlons, 100-mile century bike rides and hiking adventures.
Train with the best to meet your challenge!
TNT is the world's first, best and largest charity sports training program – and the only one to offer a full complement of exciting, sports training options.
Looking to join in the fight for those who can't at this time do what we are trying to do.
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Ben Nevis 'grows' a metre since last height survey
The new height of Britain's tallest mountain is exactly 1,344.527m
The new height of Britain's tallest mountain is exactly 1,344.527m
Iconic Christ the Redeemer statue was damaged in a storm on Thursday night
The number of Brits planning to go to Sochi in Russia for the Winter Olympics in three weeks' time will be minimal. Apart from the usual Russian visa requirements, flights are limited, a special "spectator pass" is required in a bid to combat security threats and prices for accommodation and the top events are very expensive.
Change to UK motoring laws will also give speeding exemptions to transplant organ couriers and bomb disposal units
Five terror suspects have been detained in one of Russia's North Caucasus provinces as the country's security agencies were scrambling to uproot any potential threat to the Sochi Games.
Hundreds of strangers on Facebook have helped Hallie Twomey with her mission
Features include a throne room, plenty of storage and a handy back door
... but the reprieve is likely to be short-lived
Testing a skier's limit is at the heart of plans to reverse a drop in holidaymakers
Alf Alderson advises you to rise with the lark if you want to enjoy the best skiing
En route to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the torch relay through Russia passed members of the Nivkh ethnic group.
HSE issues order after three Army reservists died in Brecon Beacons in July 2013 after demanding SAS selection exercise
Flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy left their base at the International Space Station today carrying the torch
View From The Sofa: Adventure Show, BBC Scotland / /Ironman, ironman.com
One year later, the 44-year-old man who fell from space reveals how he likes to spend as little time on earth as possible
Mercedes driver wants to climb a number of mountains once he has retired with an aim of tackling the biggest of them all for charity
William Anders and Jim Lovell - who were immortalised in Apollo 13 - among the first to orbit the Moon in 1968


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Thanksgiving Eve brings tons of live music to area venues tonight
Tonight's allegedly the "busiest bar night of the year," so if you like to hang out at places that are really packed, this is your jam. If you like to hear live music when you go out, you're also in luck, as a lot of the top acts seek out lucrative Wednesday-before-Turkey-Day gigs because of the aforementioned packed-ness. If you want that live music to be (primarily) original, here are a few recommendations.• Troy, Ohio-spawned Miss May I (whose singer, Levi Benton, recently moved to Cincinnati) is headlining the Alternative Press tour, which conveniently brings the increasingly popular "Metalcore" band back to their homeland just in time for Thanksgiving. The band's most recent release, At Heart (on Rise Records), came out this summer and was greeted with the best reviews of MMI's career and a No. 32 debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The thrashy, melodic MMI headlines tonight at Bogart's in Corryville on a bill that also features The Ghost Inside, Like Moths to Flames, The Amity Affliction and Glass Cloud. Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets to the all-ages show are $20.Read CityBeat's interview with Benton here then check out Miss May I's most recent music video, for At Heart track "Day By Day." • Vintage Rock & Roll stylist Chris Isaak makes his way to downtown Cincinnati tonight for an 8 p.m. show at the Taft Theatre. Tickets range from $29.50-$59.50. Isaak's going to have to play the show then hop on a plane quickly — he's slated to perform in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York City. (Click here to read CityBeat's full preview of the show.)Isaak recently issued a live DVD based on his 2011 double-disc release Beyond the Sun (his first for the Vanguard label). The album was a collection of cover songs originally recorded by artists on Memphis' seminal Sun Records (from Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis to Carl Perkins and, of course, Elvis), a fitting tribute given Isaak's similar approach and sound. The new Chris Isaak Live! Beyond the Sun DVD is a concert flick featuring several songs from the Sun album, as well as some of his big hits. Expect to hear a similar set list tonight. Here's an Isaak original from the DVD, "Live It Up."• The songcraft experts and flawless musicians of veteran Cincy Pop/Rock band The Newbees host an album release party tonight at Newport's Southgate House Revival. The release show was originally intended to be the second show at the new club (brought to you by the owners/operators of the old, beloved Southgate House across from Newport on the Levee) but a late code inspection held the grand opening up for a week. The Newbs are celebrating their LP Modern Vintage, a patchwork of musical styles and mercilessly catchy songs. Click here for a full review of the album.The Newbees are joined tonight by The Turkeys, Chaselounge, Honey & Houston, Les Whorenettes, Shiny Old Soul, See You in the Funnies, Sundae Drives and Dave Hawkins. Tickets are $12 at the door (or $14 for those ages 18-20). Showtime is 9 p.m. Here's the Beatles-esque new album track "Up All Night":• There are also plenty of other local original groups performing tonight. Among the highlights: Reggae/Rock crew The Ohms and soulful, rocking power trio Tattered Roots (which is celebrating its one-year anniversary) join together at Stanley's Pub in Columbia Tusculum. … Rootsy rockers Alone at 3 a.m. are playing a freebie at The Comet in Northside with Jacob Tippey and Matt Wood. … Electronic improvisers Skeetones hold down the party at The Mad Frog in Corryville, joined by guests The B.E.A.T. and Bassface. … Two former members of The Greenhornes — Brian Olive and Eric Stein — perform a free show at Northside Tavern with their current bands, The Brian Olive Band and Stein's Grotesque Brooms. … Rocket-fueled Indie/Blues/Roots/Rock trio The Sundresses headline tonight's free offering at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine, joined by Detroit foursome Jeecy and the Jungle. … And two of the city's best modern rockers — Ohio Knife and State Song — perform a free show at Mayday in Northside (see poster above). Click here for even more live music events in Greater Cincinnati tonight.
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Local band The Ohms' fest near Oxford showcases eclectic lineup of artists from Ohio and beyond
Cincinnati crew The Ohms have built an impressive career over the past decade-plus, starting out in the '00s as a popular draw on the "Jam band" circuit as Four Ohms, before shifting gears and developing a surprisingly unique twist on the Rock-meets-Reggae hybridization, a pairing that everyone from Eric Clapton, The Clash and The Police to modern players like No Doubt, The Aggrolites and Matisyahu has flirted with and/or embraced since the '70s. Changing the band name to simply The Ohms a few years back (and garnering some national industry attention), the now stripped-down three-piece is in top fighting shape, sounding better than ever, as their recently released second album, Press On, proves beyond a shadow of a spliff. They're a lean, mean skankin' machine with a fresh coat of Modern Rock paint glazed atop. Press On succeeds through careful and crafty, yet very natural-feeling, mixology — the Rock and Reggae elements never get in each other's way, feel forced or fight for space in The Ohms' groove-driven mix, a testament to the musicians' abilities as arrangers and writers. The title track, for example, sounds like a perfectly natural jam session between Green Day and Rancid. A minute into the track, the Punk/Pop-like drive drops to a head-bobbing flow of buoyant, vintage Reggae rhythms, '70s-styled songcraft and Ska horns. The album continues with that basic blueprint throughout, but few tracks are predictable and there are variations galore. "Vampire" is a voodoo strut that explodes into a huge, engulfing chorus, while elsewhere the band tinkers with the full range of Reggae sounds, styles and approaches (from Roots to Ska to Dub, grunting toasting to full-voiced, highly melodic melodies) and welds them together with the musicians' excellent grasp of Classic Rock and top-notch musicianship.Reggae and Ska remain two of the more maligned genres in music (usually unfairly … and it always comes back around), but The Ohms have such an addictive energy, even the most hardened "Pfft — Reggae sucks" protestor won't be able to resist bobbing along to the contagious beats and rhythm. Fresh on the heels of the release of Press On, The Ohms have been focused on this weekend's big Ohmstead music festival at Hannon's Camp America (hannonscampamerica.com) near Oxford. Ohmstead is now entering its 11th year, which certainly puts the event amongst some of the longest running artist-built festivals of its kind in the region. For this weekend's (Friday and Saturday, plus a little Sunday morning/afternoon action) Ohmstead blowout, The Ohms have joined forces with Wham Bam Thank You Jam fest to help manage and operate a big "Ohmstead Wham Bam Thank You Jam" conglomo-fest, which once again features an impressively diverse lineup of inventive music makers, mostly from across Ohio. The multi-act festival — with The Ohms performing both nights, as has become tradition — presents everything from progressive Psychedelic Jam Rock (Cincy's Mr. Brown's Mysterious Sounds), Kent, Ohio-based Ambient/Electronic/Industrial musician Pyrosonic, smooth acoustic guitarist Brian Henke (from Bay Village, Ohio) and fellow Reggae squad Soul Rebels (from straight outta Yellow Springs), promising Cincy Alt/Psych/Garage/Rock foursome Lemon Sky, retro-tinged local rockers Tattered Roots, popular touring "Hippie-Hop Jam Rock" outfit Boogie Matrix (Toledo) and Northern Ohio Jam band Aliver Hall, which showcases former Four Ohms member Alex Hall on guitar and vocals. Other artists slated to appear include Dayton-based Phish tribute band Oh Kee Pa, Dayton Funk rockers Magic Jackson, Oxford area Blues band Bad Men on a Mission and Nigerian-born/Cincy-based AfroBeat champ Baoku Moses. Here is the most recent 2012 Wham Bam Thank U Jam and Ohmstead lineup (with "city of origin"), posted by the WhamBam folks (who add that attendees should check the info booth because times will "likely change"): Friday3pm - Trench Foot - Dayton, Ohio4pm - Tony Herdman and Tracy Sax - Kettering, Ohio5pm - Gild the Lily - Dayton, Ohio6pm - Mr. Brown's Mysterious Sounds - Cincinnati, Ohio7pm - Brown Street Breakdown - Dayton, Ohio8pm - Tattered Roots - Cincinnati, Ohio9pm - Subterranean House Band - Dayton, Ohio10pm - Prophets Mire - Dayton, Ohio11pm - Magic Jackson - Dayton, Ohio12:30am - The Ohms - Cincinnati, Ohio2:30am - Pyrosonic - Kent, Ohio Saturday (in the Barn)10am - Brian Henke - Bay Village, OhioNoon - Andyman Hopkins Band - Cincinnati, Ohio1pm - Bad Men on a Mission - College Corner, Ohio2pm - Soul Rebels - Yellow Springs, Ohio3pm - Elementree Presents - Cincinnati, Ohio4pm - Nine False Suns - Dayton, Ohio5pm - M 8 7 - Dayton, OhioSaturday (Wham & Bam Stages)6pm - S O L - Piqua, Ohio7pm - Happy Lemmy - Birmingham, Alabama8pm - Lemon Sky - Cincinnati, OhioFire Celebration Ceremony - at Dusk / Sunset - in Middle Earth9pm - Aliver Hall - Akron, Ohio10pm - Oh Kee Pa (Phish trib) - Dayton, Ohio11:30pm - Boogie Matrix - Toledo, Ohio1am - The Ohms - Cincinnati, Ohio2:30am - Baoku & the Image Afro Beat Band - Cincinnati, Ohio2:30am - Pyrosonic - Kent, Ohio - In the Barn!Sunday (in the Barn)10am - Tracy Sax Therapy - Kettering, OhioNoon - Steev Inglish - London, England1pm - The Finders - Cincinnati, Ohio2pm - Troll - Cincinnati, OhioThree-day passes are only $35. Visit whambamthankujam.com for info on how/where to buy tickets, the full rundown of performer links and a list of the various on-site vendors, plus perks like "Ohio's Largest Fire Sculpture" and camping opportunities. For even more details, as well as info on The Ohms' new Press On release, visit www.ohmsmusic.com. Here's a sample of the new material. Press On by The Ohms
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Expanding the Ohmstead
Cincy Reggae/Rock crew The Ohms prep for fest, plus The Sleeping Sea and Bear (The Ghost) host two-fer release show and The Sundresses hit Mt. Adams
Mike Breen
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Cincy Reggae/Rock crew The Ohms prep for their 11th annual Ohmstead music festival, plus The Sleeping Sea and Bear (The Ghost) host a two-fer release show and The Sundresses hit Mt. Adams with The All Night Party.
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The Heights Music Fest Returns Next Week
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Since it's such a huge, kick-ass music festival that spotlights the newest and best of the local, original music scene from several genres, we thought we'd give you a little heads up on next week's Clifton Heights Music Festival so you can make plans early.
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The Ohms 'Press On' with New LP
Cincy Reggae Rockers celebrate the release of their second album in Silverton tonight
Yes, even beyond the huge chunk of shows already posted today, there are more solid musical options for tonight. Popular Reggae/Rock crew The Ohms are set to unleash Press On, the local group's second official album. The band wants you to come celebrate with them tonight at MVP Sports Bar & Grille in Silverton, former home to Play By Play (which The Ohms played frequently) and, before that, Metal hangout Never on Sunday. The band promises special guests onstage as well as some unheard material not even on the new album. They'll also be filming and recording audio at the event. Oh, and they'll have Press On shirts, stickers, lighters and more! The party goes down at 10 p.m., starting with Folk/Rock openers Drew LaPlante & The Prosperity. The event is open to those 18-and-up. Pay a $10 cover and get the disc plus entry; just to get in, it's $5. The Ohms have been stingy with the new material so far, but click here for a live version of Press On track "Voices" and enjoy a cool clip from the band's last album for the catchy single, "Pipe Down."
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Deft Valley
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Heavy, progressive Hard Rock trio Valley of the Sun celebrates the birth of its new EP, The Sayings of the Seers, at the Southgate House's Parlour room this Thursday. Cincy Art/Prog/Metal ensemble Atlantic Becoming and Columbus' heavies Lo-Pan open the 9 p.m. show.
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Northside Explodes for Fourth
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Northside Rock 'n Roll Carnival/Parade/Festival features the best lineup of homegrown bands and musicians you'll find all holiday weekend. And you don't even have to miss the other Fourth of July events and fireworks displays around town because the fun takes place Friday and Saturday, with no events on the actual Fourth.
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Adjust Your Eyes Turns 5
Mike Breen
0 Comments · Wednesday, June 23, 2010
This weekend, the folks from local indie label Grasshopper Juice Records are gearing up for its fifth annual Adjust Your Eyes Music & Art Festival. The eclectic, camping-friendly event (this year being held at the Branch Hill VFW Hall in Loveland) will feature more than 30 musical acts on two stages, one indoors and one outdoors.
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Quartet ventures to the left coast to record their debut full-length album
Brian Baker
1 Comment · Monday, February 1, 2010
Most local bands hit a nice area studio to record their first album. But The Ohms had a bigger impact in mind. After putting together a home demo and receiving a spectacular response to their set at their own annual Ohmstead music festival, the Reggae/Rock quartet cast its net farther from shore and ended up recording in L.A. with No Doubt producer Dito Godwin.
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Cincinnati: The Original Music City
Bobby Goodwin
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Believe it or not, back in the 1940s and '50s, before recording artists flocked to Nashville, Tenn., some of Country music's legendary artists came to Cincinnati to record hits that would one day make them famous. Hank Williams, Patti Page, and Flatt and Scruggs all played sessions at Cincinnati's historic Herzog Studios, formerly located at 811 Race St.
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Five ways to reduce your risk of over-use injury on the bike
- By Ari Baquet
- Published Jan. 8, 2013
- Updated Mar. 25, 2014 at 10:40 AM EDT
As you plan your approach to the coming season, no doubt you've thrown the book at your quest to train better (and smarter) and race faster.
You've figured out how to more effectively periodize your training, you've vowed to train your sprint (and even determined when and how you'll do it), maybe you've even picked up a Sufferfest DVD to get you through the winter.
But what about that twinge in your knee, or that ache you feel in your lower back as you scale nine-percent climbs, or that soreness in your Achilles tendon after Sunday's "epic" ride? Left unchecked in January, any one of these seemingly small trouble signs can creep up on you in March to end the season you've worked so hard to make your own.
You can't prevent some injuries, such as those suffered in a crash, but you can take steps to help your body handle all of those early training miles, making it less prone to on-the-bike injuries later in the year.
VeloNews spoke with experts in coaching and sports medicine about what you as a rider can do in the early season to reduce your risk of common overuse injuries later in the year.
1. Get a professional bike fit
In a sport based on such a highly repetitive action — pedaling — the first line of defense against injury is a proper bike fit.
"That is the biggest thing," said Frank Overton, founder and head coach of FasCat Coaching in Boulder, Colorado. "A good bike fit ensures you're in the proper position that's biomechanically not going to cause you any overuse injuries."
Overton pointed to knee, Achilles tendon, back and neck pains as just some of the common discomforts associated with improper bike fit. Many riders are most prone to overuse injuries during the transition from winter to spring, as the weather improves and six-hour training weeks spent indoors swell to 12 hours or more on the road. Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) experienced this firsthand in 2011, seeing minor knee inflammation grow into a case of tendinitis that had him out of top racing form for much of his neo-pro season.
"It may feel ok for a week or two, but over time those little micro-tears in that Achilles, or if your saddle's too low, it doesn't hurt the first or second time that you ride it, but after a while your knee will start talking back to you," said Overton.
"The biggest thing is to look for a fitter that has multiple years of experience, has seen the inside of an anatomy textbook, and then probably also has fitting experience with the discipline of cycling you're training in or competing in," Overton said, recommending a fitter who "has extensive experience with a good eye, and has access to the fitting technology available."
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10/26/2007, Grenada Marine
The Yanmar diesel is an impressive piece of gear. I have been very happy with mine and I have found few folks who don't speak highly, if not reverently, of them. The Yanmar Saildrive is not quite of the same status.
Perhaps it is just my perception, but Saildrives in general seem to need a little more polish to achieve the levels of reliability and low maintenance of the diesels they are attached to. Among the lot the SD50 seem to be some of the better out there. Ours have served us well so far but there are a few distinct issues that seem to be universal which I thought I would try to address during our annual service session in the yard.
The first thing that seems a little under engineered is the rubber flap that is designed to streamline the hull area around the cut out that the drive leg comes through. Many factories simply glue this to the hull. In my experience this is fine for about one good passage or perhaps a month of hops. I can't recall seeing it any other way than as pictured here, hanging on the leg.
Some outfits make their boats with a bracket that screws the flap onto the hull. This seems like the only durable way to keep it on. So I was faced with a choice, just get rid of them, or come up with a bracket of some sort. Apparently this issue is common enough that Granada Marine has fiberglass brackets premade. I decided to go with the brackets. Time will tell if this was the right choice.
The rubber flaps cover a rectangular hole in the boats hull. The top bezel of the drive leg is circular. If the Yanmar template was circular the existing flap and bell housing attachments would still cover the area perfectly but you could drop the leg down from under the boat rather than toting it through the interior. Per previous blog, a friend rounded out this area to allow the leg to come straight down and it made installing the drive leg (which we hauled out from above) quite easy.
I talk to the factory about this and they did not seem completely comfortable with the modification. I am going to try to get a hold of Yanmar to see if there is any real practical reason not to make the rather small circular expansion in the center of the existing rectangle's sides. I have decided to leave things as is unless I need to pull the drive legs. If I get the green light from Yanmar and need to pull the legs I think I will do so from below with a marginally widened opening.
I changed the zincs out on our drives. I had considered going with the two part kit but several factors changed my mind. First and foremost was the fact that our Varifold props were so easy to remove; three hex nuts to remove the blade bumper, three more to free the hinge pins and one big nut on the shaft and she's loose. Add to those fasteners the blade bumper, the three blades and their pins and the hub and you have everything in hand. Given the fact that the one piece zincs are cheaper and easier to come by and may make better contact with the drive leg I decided to stick with the one part zincs.
The existing zincs both had more than 50% of their material but not by much. I believe that the zincs were stock and if so they lasted almost two years. They did not wear completely evenly which I found interesting. More interesting however was the fact that the factory paint seems to have completely pitted out in some small shallow patches where it looks like aluminum was exposed and gnawed at a bit. Someone suggested that the last haul out paint shop used copper paint. I find that hard to believe (copper paint on an aluminum drive leg?!?) but who knows.
I was going to have the yard do the drive legs with the bottom paint but seeing as how there was still no activity at the end of week one I decided I'd better start knocking bottom prep items off myself. I used an Interlux solution to get things in shape. If this fairs no better by our next haul out I'll have the drive legs pulled and stripped so that I can do a complete set of coatings from scratch.
This time around I used an Interlux solvent to strip most of the nasty bits down to the metal or factory paint at least, and then sanded things clean with 80 grit. There was still a bit of factory paint on the legs but it looked fair and free of aftermarket stuff. I then used the Interlux etcher (a little heavily from what I hear). Followed that with two coats of Primocon Primer (almost ran out as well because someone stole one of my cans from under the boat). I finished the drive legs off with Trilux. It looked good on the hard, we'll see how it fairs in the corrosive sea.
10/25/2007, La Sagesse
Happy Thanksgiving Granada! I decided to take half a day off today seeing as how it was a holiday. The boat yard is pretty out of the way and unless you have a car and are ready to go for a considerable drive there are few dining options. You can eat at the bar and grill on the boat yard beach but I can't recommend the food, the beach or the smell in the general vicinity. Stuck up American? Perhaps. You can get good food there sometimes, I just wouldn't count on it.
There is a very nice restaurant in the little resort, Bel Air Plantation, a short walk down the bay. This is a great place to eat but pretty pricey and not a place to go in your painter's suit. Your third option is to hit up one of the local folks that bring in sacks of rotis and whatnot to sell at lunch time. You typically have to be on the list or they won't have anything left for you though. Instead I had breakfast at the resort that we were staying at and left early enough to have dinner at a reasonable time with Hideko and Roq. The yard is not a good place for a dog to hang out so Hideko and Roq have been staying at the hotel while I try to get the boat back in the water.
Due to the short notice on the haul out we were scrambling a bit to find a place to stay. Getting a room somewhere is not too difficult unless you introduce a quadruped into the equation. The Bel Air is very nice and a very short walk to the yard, but no dogs are allowed.
After a few more calls we came across La Sagesse. The add read: private bay, beach front open air restaurant and bar, large rooms, dog friendly and free transportation to and from the boat yard at your designated interval. It sounded too good to be true. Hideko and I were both amazed when we got there. It was better than too good to be true. The owners were fantastic and made us feel like part of the family. The bar and restaurant are casual but elegant and beautifully situated. The secluded beach and bay is one of the prettiest in Grenada. The two resident dogs and one cat wander the grounds greeting everyone and taking people on beach tours (if you go for a walk on the beach one of the dogs will escort you). The rooms are gigantic with huge showers (nice for soaking after a nasty hot day at the yard). This place has got to be the best kept secret on Grenada.
After being picked up from the yard by John the La Sagesse bar tender, I enjoyed an exquisite Thanksgiving dinner overlooking the ocean with Hideko and Roq. La Sagesse almost makes me like being in the boat yard... not quite though.
10/24/2007, Granada
Our third day on the hard has gone by. I have spent 10 hours a day here, mostly trying to wrangle management into deploying resources to get our boat painted. When they informed us that they could haul us I asked if we could be back in the water Wednesday (that would be today). The response was maybe. The boat is not even prepped for painting much less painted. I have also learned that tomorrow is Thanksgiving in Grenada so no one will be at work tomorrow. It's looking like we'll be here until next week.
In the mean time I have hired the mechanical shop to help me with engine maintenance. I'm going to do 250 hours on both Yanmars and annuals on the sail drives while, hopefully, the shop does the 1,000 hour on the Westerbeke genset. The young man doing the work is Neron. I have a good feeling about him, the kind of feeling you get when you talk to someone who has a good attitude, can communicate clearly and seems to have the knowledge and experience to do a good job. All of these attributes do not come together in one boat contractor very often.
Neron found one of the two hose clamps rusted through on the exhaust hose while pulling the heat exchanger for cleaning. Can you imagine an engine exhaust hose coming off inside the boat while in operation? Just think about that one for a second and then decide if every hose on every boat should be double clamped or not.
10/23/2007, The Hard
When you live on a boat you always have a todo list. An item I've had on my todo list for a while is "trim siphon break drains". I had done the starboard one on the last 250 hour service but just hadn't gotten around to digging in on the port side.
I was talking to a charter skipper on a Leopard 47 across the yard today and he relayed a story about his boat. It was one of those tales that moves one to immediate action. In particular that part about his engine room bilge getting some water in it one day, whereupon his engine sucked water in the siphon break drain hose (which was under said bilge water at the time), causing his engine to cease and desist permanently. No warrantee provided by Yanmar or Robertson Caine. One of those he said/she said deals that becomes particularly heated when several thousand dollars is involved. Amazing what a 48 cent piece of hose can do to a diesel.
I promptly trimmed the port aux and genset siphon break drain hoses.
10/22/2007, Grenada
We had originally planned to do our annual haul out in Trinidad due to the variety and concentration of services found in Chagaramas. I was however impressed by the speed and quality of the work done on Blue Star. Jay managed to get hauled one day, have his boat painted the next, and then he was back in the water on day three. In the Caribbean, that is beyond impressive.
So when we contacted Grenada Marine and they said they could take us, we felt it was worth the wait. We had originally planned to be in Venezuela or the ABCs by now but that is the nice thing about cruising, you don't really have to adhere to your plans. There are also only so many places that can haul us and having one that can haul us offer us a spot and bottom paint in what is peak season for boat yards was motivational.
Hideko had rented a car so that we could be mobile while at the yard but she would need to drive the car over to the yard. That left me to single hand Swingin' on a Star over to the yard. I was not too worried about the prospect but it is always easier with at least one crew aboard to handle lines while you drive the boat. Jay on Blue Star had a friend, Andy, from Canada aboard. I asked Jay if I could borrow said friend.
So Andy and I set off to Saint David's Bay. You always have a knot or two of current running west on the south side of Grenada but the trip was fairly eventless and Andy was a great help. We anchored up in Saint David's Bay less than an hour after we departed. Jay and Hideko had driven over so we picked them up with the dinghy and relaxed on Swingin' on a Star waiting for the yard to hail us on the VHF.
When our number was up Hideko took the dink ashore and went to the slip to help from the dock and Jay and Andy took up positions port and starboard. The slip is about 31' wide and we are just over 26', a little tight but nothing like what Jay had to deal with (Blue Star is 30' wide). We dropped the topping lift and backed in to make sure that the lift cross bar didn't tangle with the rigging. There was a bit of a cross breeze but not too bad so getting in was pretty easy. There are certainly conditions occurring here within which it would get interesting.
The haul out was uneventful. The yard crew pressure washed her and chocked her up in a nice spot. It was the second time we'd seen her out of the water. It made me think of how some folks in more extreme climes never see the bottom of their boats except for once every year or two when they haul them. When you sail in the tropics you see the bottom of your boat several times a week, and typically give it minor inspection each time. This is, upon reflection, quite a luxury.
The yard is pretty large and full of catamarans. It was very interesting being able to inspect so many different types of cats in one place. The yard has the usual services, mechanical, fiberglass and paint, rigging and sail loft, as well as electronics. There is an Island Water World branch on site also which is very convenient. The bar and grill on the beach is a little dodgy but they have very cold beer. It seemed like a good place to work but I was looking forward to getting out already.
10/20/2007, Grenada
Splicing rope is a great skill to have if you are an outdoor type person. I remember many Boy Scout outings as a kid with my Dad working on rope-craft. Splicing was certainly an advanced skill for the 13 year old contingent. Even so most of us mastered the short splice, long splice, end splice and eye splice. Albeit on three strand Sisal. Now perhaps I'm just old, or perhaps we just used Sisal because they didn't want to ruin the rustic feel of camping and hiking. Either way on a boat you have nothing but synthetic lines and few of them are three strand.
When I first tried to sort out double braid splicing the list of exotic tools stated as mandatory by the various references I considered was daunting. I also found the instructions I dug up somewhat vague. Several references and many bits of double braid, greatly reduced in length, later I think I have gotten the hang of it. I have a habit of explaining difficult things to myself. If I can explain it to myself, as if I were someone else, I feel pretty good about my understanding. In the process of trying to really own splicing double braid I ended up with a pictorial process that I thought might be useful to others. If you are interested you can find the link on the Links page of our web site.
10/18/2007, Le Phare Bleu
We have been lingering in Grenada to see if Grenada Marine could haul us for our annual out and bottom paint. We were impressed by how fast and thorough they were with Blue Star. They told us they could on Monday so we will be in Grenada for a bit longer.
Andy, Jay's friend from Canada, flew down for a week and we all decided to go to Le Phare Bleu, a new marina in the process of opening, for dinner. They purchased an old Lightship which serves as the marina's office and restaurant. Tonight though they were having a BBQ on the dock with live music from Mad Violet, a couple of Canadian Girls.
Oddly enough Andy had tried to catch their show in Canada a few weeks back and now was going to get to see them, ... in Grenada? What are the odds. Turns out the owner of Le Phare Bleu met the girls in Switzerland, where he owns a music shop. Small world