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At its heart, electronic music still holds the DNA of some very weird ancestors. Way back in the day when Moog synthesizers were a novelty and sampling had to be done by hand (with magnetic tape!), those few, brave producers who dared to experiment with electronic techniques created some profoundly odd music. Remember the Silver Apples or Wendy Carlos? Hell, the Beatles' "Revolution #9" had enough bizarre to inspire generations of sonic terrorists all by its lonesome—maybe the single most influential track in the Beatles' catalog, odd as it may seem.
A lot of electronic music seems to have forgotten how integral the weird used to be. Now that we're used to dance music, and even the more far-out IDM has been more or less accepted by the critical establishment, it has become increasingly rare to encounter anything that actually inspires the same strange shock as the early electronic music. This is especially true for folks like me who have to listen to copious amounts of the stuff as a matter of course. I don't want to plead pity—God knows it still beats digging ditches—but one of the worst parts of being a critic is the sensation of having seen and heard everything.
Damian Lazarus
Bugged Out Presents Suck My Deck
US: 12 Jul 2005
UK: 6 Jun 2005
And then a disc like this comes around and makes it all worth while. Certainly, there's nothing too shockingly new here, but the amassing of such a concentrated variety of interesting and different tracks and juxtapositions makes this an oasis in a desert of repetitive dance mixes. So often, even the best efforts of top-name DJs can seem rote—but Suck My Deck is at the very least interesting from the beginning to the very end.
Let's begin at the ending: this has to be the first time I can remember ever seeing The Stranglers used in a DJ mix. "Love 303" is a reggae-infected groove built on a lazy beat and a staggered bassline. It makes a perfect segue into the Superpitcher mix of M83's "Don't Save Us From The Flames", by way of a slightly dubby interlude. You may be wondering, incidentally, why Lazarus finishes him mix with the same track that Sasha used to conclude his recent Fundacion mix—and the answer is that both discs hit the street within a week of each other. Unless you're one of those annoying purists who think that once a track has been used once it can never be used again, it's a perfectly reasonably coincidence. Great track, in any event.
The Stranglers are preceded by Holden's "Lump", which ramps down from the electro-infused Ewan Pearson mix of Alter Ego's "Beat the Bush" into a more stridently cerebral glitch sound, like Akufen without an obvious 4/4. Audio Peru come on like the world's most accomplished 60s garage band, welding a psychedelic rock sound into something that comes off focused like an acid house laser-pointer. Trentmoller's "Physical Friction" is the most typically microhouse track on the disc, which is hardly a bad thing considering that it's a sleek example of that sexy genre.
Freaks' "Tweakers" comes on like classic acid house with bits of Gene Krupa's DNA spliced into it, and ends some four minutes later with something more reminiscent of Remain in Light-era Talking Heads. The I:Cube mix of Phonique feat Alexander East's "99 & A Half" is one of the more bizarre tracks on the album, sounding for the life of me like a DFA production of Steve Reich's Drumming ensemble—dig that crazy marimba, man.
The highlight of the first part of the disc is the absolutely phenomenal Ricardo Villalobos remix of Thomas Dolby's "One of Our Submarines"—where the hell did this track come from? It's simply amazing, is what it is, welding Dolby's new wave melody and surprisingly emotive vocal to a shit-hot microhouse scaffolding. It sounds like astronauts from the future coming down from the sky to land on your roof. Finally, Break 3000 begin the mix with the cinematically odd "Flash 1", an exercise in odd syncopation that manages to summon the same kind of weirdly ominous vibe as the old Doctor Who theme—a fine portent of the next hour-plus.
I've gotta give props to Lazarus for producing such an excellent disc. Simply on the basis of making me sit up in my chair and pay attention, this mix deserves high honors. The fact that most of the novelties on display here are also genuinely interesting examples of maverick musicianship only sweetens the deal. Most mix CDs have a regrettably short shelf life, but I have I feeling I'll want to come back to this one every now and again.
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Who has the water?
Whether or not it's true that a nightclub uses much more water than the equivalent residential space, I find it ironic that the former Hippodrome can be turned into 22 apartments without water issues because they "have tons of water", while my neighbors in the center of the Peninsula who are only a mile from downtown have to use well water because new city water hookups aren't allowed ("Nightclub spot may become apartments," Feb. 26).
Perhaps whenever a development project claims it will downsize its need for water, the Planning Commission can approve it on condition some of those excess water credits are given to residents on the hookup waiting list?
Mike Nosler
Where the money will come from
I woke up one morning just in time to step through the looking-glass into our own American-style wonderland.
On the national level, I read that the end of the world is coming thanks to the sequester. At the same time, the end of the revolution will not be coming to Syria, because we apparently have enough extra money to give $60 million, not to any official agency, but to the "rebels," whoever they are. At least we can be reasonably sure that the money will go toward purchasing guns and such.
On the local level, having been bombarded with the horrors which will occur locally thanks to the sequester, I read in your paper that the Transportation Agency for Monterey County wants to spend $135 million on a rail link to the Bay Area. They are only $75 million short right now. Where will the money come from? From the "sequestered" federal government. And should they actually build the darn thing, they are planning to lose a million dollars a year. Where will the money come from? Well, from the "sequestered" federal government, of course.
What sequester? I just hope that Ben Bernanke doesn't run out of ink.
Bob Taylor
Obama ignoring laws
This letter is to answer Judd Perry's question on Feb. 26 asking if Barack Obama would ignore the 22nd Amendment. The answer is yes he has and will again to gain whatever he desires. He ignores or overrides federal law, court orders and the United States Constitution. Here are a few times that he has already done this.
March 2009: Obama gave $50 million dollars for the United Nations Population Fund that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations.
January 2011: After a federal law was passed to transfer a World War I memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the court.
February 2012: The Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but announces it will not forgive student loans if the public service is related to religion.
Are these actions of a loyal U.S. president or a Muslim dictator?
Bob Reeve
A diploma from Tiburcio Vasquez school
Fast-forward several years to the first graduating class of a beautiful new elementary school in Salinas. One student is caught up in the moment, contemplating her accomplishments. Throughout her formative years, she has been inspired by hundreds of people she has learned about, many of them Latinos — people who have made significant, irrefutable contributions to society. Additionally, her parents and teachers have instilled a love of learning along with critical thinking skills. She considers the title of her school, Tiburcio Vasquez, at the top of her diploma. She has, of course, learned about him, too, the controversial positives and negatives of a venturesome life, and she can't help but wonder, "Was this the best they could do when they named my school?"
Suzzane Mansager
Appalled at Scalia
It is a cruel irony to hear that the statue of Rosa Parks will be entered into the hall of statues at the Capitol just as the Supreme Court is poised to possibly remove Section 5 from the Voting Rights Act. This would remove protection from racial gerrymandering, moving polling places at the last minute before elections, hours long waits in lines for voting places for poor and African American voters.
When you look at the voter suppression measures that were enacted during the last election in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and others such as rolling back early voting and photo ID requirements, and all the other machinations such as phone calls telling people they could not vote, or confusing mailers that look like ballots ... how can Justice Antonin Scalia say that this is "racial entitlement?"
I am appalled.
Susan Schiavone
More cars called 'progress'
To begin with, Joe Merritt, the correct place name of the street is Scenic Road, not Scenic Drive; granted, I prefer the latter, but it is incorrect (March 3). As for the water runoff, have you made an inquiry regarding with the Public Works Department? You should be able to obtain an answer and perhaps action; if not, then let this readership know about your failed efforts.
As for the numerous parked vehicles, this is called, "progress." It happens when a lot of people want to live in a desirable area and can afford to do it.
This progress has been going at a steady clip, like the water runoff, for quite a few decades and, I believe, you will probably have better success in finding a solution to curbing the water than the people.
Good luck!
John Wm. Schiffeler

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In 1995, with support from ACHR, Unnayan took up a project to prepare a proposal substantively addressing the issue of unrecognized settlements in Calcutta. Based on an analytical understanding of the larger question of the housing situation in Calcutta, I developed a proposal (on behalf of Unnayan) looking at this - rather than just the squatters' question. They represented only the most visible, raw end of the problem, which, however, affected large numbers of people of other classes as well. Not addressing the question of supply of shelter to middle and lower income groups would mean increasing the pressure on the space in the city occupied by the laboring poor, eventually leading to their displacement.
Thus arose the imperative of viewing the middle-class, low-income, poor and vulnerable section as a whole. It is basti renewal that can make available land to resettle squatters, while also providing a powerful beginning to city renewal itself.
A proposal was developed for comprehensive area renewal in the blighted canalside region of Calcutta. This was well within the 'city improvement' paradigm of government and developers, but emphasized, up-front, the normative social and environmental goals for which a part of the surpluses generated through the renewal needed to be channeled. A purposeful utilization of the real estate market mechanism, to achieve public goals for the city.
All the erstwhile residents, and especially the low-income and poor, would get new, better and affordable housing. This required maximization of net built-up area, which could be sold at the highest market rates. The most fundamental aspect of this renewal proposal was organizing the poor communities. Calcutta simply did not have the institutional wherewithal for this. A new generation of institutional forms needed to come up, to take up the immense social development agenda that would arise if bastis were to be developed in the interests of the dwellers. In turn, such social investments would directly lead to the large surpluses potentially available through basti redevelopment.


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SACD & DVD-A: Launch Issues
Hardware is just meaningless metal sculpture without music to play on it. According to information released at HI-FI '99, SACD software will be initially available from Sony, Telarc, DMP, AudioQuest Music, Mobile Fidelity, and Water Lily Acoustics—while DVD-Audio will be supported by releases from Universal Music Group and Warners. Certainly the SACDs exist—I am looking at a stack of them next to my computer monitor as I type these words in late August—but no one yet has seen a true DVD-Audio disc. (The 24/96 discs offered by Classic Records and Chesky are actually DVD-Video discs with the video content reduced to make room for the higher-resolution PCM audio.)
To my surprise, there has been resistance in some quarters as to whether either of these new formats really is a better mousetrap. The argument goes along the lines of "The 16/44.1 'Red Book' CD standard is quite good enough for the man in the street and there aren't enough audiophiles in the world to make SACD or DVD-A economically viable as a medium." Some skeptics even doubt that there can be any audible improvements due to doubling the sample rate or increasing the word length over the CD's 16 bits.
This I find hard to believe, given my own experience of high-resolution digital audio from the recordings I have made. A couple of days ago, I was uploading to the Macintosh hard drives the session tapes for the recording I had made just before HI-FI '99 of Musical Fidelity's Antony Michaelson performing the Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets. Although the 24-bit master tapes had been recorded at an 88.2kHz sample rate, I was downconverting the tapes to 44.1kHz to create the computer files I was going to use to edit the CD master. (My Sonic Solution digital audio workstation has not yet been upgraded to run at the higher rates—it requires a little matter of several thousand dollars.)
The uploading is tedious work, as one hour of four-channel music requires two hours of upload time and another hour of archiving the files to Exabyte tape, but I was able to do other things, such as preparing this issue's "Recommended Components" listing, while I listened to the music.
Once everything had been archived, I switched the dCS 972 converter I was using as a sample-rate converter back to the master tapes' 88.2kHz rate. After three days of being immersed in the 44.1k sound, the 88.2k experience was like a slap in the face: Not only was there "more there there," to use Sam Tellig's immortal phrase, but the relationship between the instruments and the reverberation of Chad Kassem's Salina, Kansas church was far clearer.
This was particularly true of the sound produced by the spaced pair of B&K (DPA) omnis (footnote 1) that I used: the stereo imaging produced by this technique is always unstable and vaguely defined at best. Yet when the sample rate was doubled, the "walls of the hall" were more audible. In addition, the bass was far better defined. I have heard this counter-intuitive effect before—you'd think the high frequencies would be most affected, but it is the lows that become clearer at the higher sample rates.
This seems like a fair test, as the playback chain was always the same, the only difference being the downconversion to 44.1kHz in one case. The dCS 972 was always in-circuit, converting the Nagra-D or Tascam/PrismSound 88.2k 24-bit data outputs from two normal-rate AES/EBU feeds to a single 88.2 AES/EBU datastream, and the D/A converter—the Mark Levinson No.30.6 I review in this issue—was the same both times.
So, as far as I am concerned, DVD-Audio, which will offer at minimum two-channel high-resolution linear PCM audio, is indeed a better sonic mousetrap. And while I have yet to hear Sony's high-resolution DSD format used on Super Audio CD in my home—that will happen next week when I receive the player from Jonathan Scull for measurement—based on my experience hearing it at HI-FI '99, at Sony's New York headquarters, and at AES conventions past, it too is a better mousetrap.
I therefore enthusiastically welcome both new media—and I can't wait for readers to hear my Stereophile recordings at the higher sample rates. However, I do wonder if those who doubt whether better sound quality is alone sufficient to guarantee commercial success have a point. I bought my first stereo system in the 1960s, for example, not because I was dedicated to sound quality in itself but to better appreciate the music that was hiding in the grooves of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Wheels of Fire, and Electric Ladyland.
Regardless of sound quality, the ultimate success of SACD or DVD will be music-driven. In the same way that it was classical music that drove the first hi-fi boom in the 1950s, and the Woodstock-generation rock that drove the 1970s hi-fi boom, the eventual success of either or both of these new media will depend on the release of recordings that take full advantage of what they have to offer.
Footnote 1: I used two pairs of mikes for the recording—the spaced B&K (DPA) omnis and an ORTF pair of Neumann M147 cardioids—to allow some flexibility in producing the final mix. The Mosaic CD was released at Home Entertainment 2002 in New York and can be purchased from the secure "Recordings" page on this website.


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Video: The UNC Basketball Team Went Holiday Shopping At Salvation Army For Underprivileged Children
It's always great to see college athletes give back to their community — players across the country are idolized by fans, and setting a good example for those who look up to them is something to be admired. The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team understands the platform it is on, and each year the players go on a shopping spree at the Salvation Army to purchase holiday gifts for underprivileged children through the store's Angel Tree program.
It is very fun to watch the players pick out their gifts — unsurprisingly, 20-year-old males have a difficult time shopping for little girls. But they take the challenge on and really look for special gifts that will put a smile on the faces of kids. Here is a pretty nice video done by UNC Athletics that shows the team shopping for presents, and talking about the importance of giving back:


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Three sisters, Cristy Campbell, Alexandria Stroup and Melissa Maune, have teamed up to offer parents a new state-licensed daycare option for newborns up to age 6.
The center is called 3 Sisters Daycare.
The converted home, located at 298 McMahon Automotive Drive, off Pottery Road in Washington, can accommodate 20 children and currently has five children enrolled.
Only four children under the age of 24-months will be accepted. Hours of 3 Sisters Daycare are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
The sisters, all moms themselves, work with the children in child-centered curriculum. Each day, the group focuses on a new topic. The child chooses what they're interested in to help them learn in a way that makes sense to them, Campbell explained.
The center provides meals with no artificial colors or dyes.
"We don't do highly processed foods. We make almost everything from scratch using whole grains and whole wheat flour," Campbell said.
Campbell added that 3 Sisters Daycare also uses organic products when possible.
"You don't have an opportunity to start kids on a good diet again," she said. "In the beginning you can teach them to eat healthy for the rest of their lives."
Campbell said the daycare has the resources to provide curriculum, as well as one-on-one interaction with the children.
One unique aspect of the daycare is that children in the preschool class have Spanish lessons using Hooked on Spanish, which Campbell said is the best program available for children who can't yet read.
Kindle Fire tablets are available in each age group so children can read interactive books.
The main goal is to provide a place where parents can feel good and safe to leave their children.
For children under age 2, the sisters use a phone app called Baby Connect to update parents in real time.
Parents can be updated each time their baby is fed, a diaper is changed and during nap time. The sisters also can upload photos for parents using the app.
In the next year, the sisters plan to install surveillance cameras so parents of preschool-aged children can log in and see what their child is doing.
Campbell also hopes to set up a computer station for the preschool class.
For more information, people may visit www.3sistersdaycare.com or Facebook.com/3sistersdaycare, or call 636-239-8952.


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When the time comes for man to be the payload in a hearse, Justin Tinsley's keyboard will be dipped in gold and placed high on the mantle for admirers to remember him. The brother's way with words and mastery of storytelling have earned him his keep here and with other outlets. Instead of limiting his existence to words mostly about others, the folks at The Rebel Society decided to turn the table and focus on Tins, the man, for their latest The 450 Series interview.
"The Rebel Society Presents The 450 Series and this episode features sports and music writer Justin Tinsley titled Smoke Break. In this piece he speaks on wanting to be Michael Jordan growing up, working for KarenCivil.com and The Smoking Section, what he looks for when artists are sending in music, and much more. If you have checked out some of his work before and would like to know a little bit more about him, you definitely need to check this out. Shot and edited by Shod Harris of The Rebel Society."
Listen, I know this guy pretty well. The lengthy clip digs so deep into what inspires and influences him that I learned tidbits of which even I was unaware. What I've always known is that he's a talented, well rounded gent with a pure heart, commodities that are all hard to find in people these days.
Salute and RMF!


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The major revamp of the existing Australian PGA Championship and Australian Ladies Masters tournament layout is now building momentum and at present the first hole to be grassed is all but complete with the green's grass applied this week, a few days after the fairway had been solid turfed.
Ertech, the West Australian Construction company, began works with the securing of the site and removal of approved trees in February and from there earthworks got underway to align with the design of Graham Marsh Golf Design (the golf course designers appointed to the remodelling) and client, RACV, the owners of RACV Royal Pines.
The work is complex, the remodelling of an existing course often more demanding than the creation of something from a blank canvass, especially one in a delicate floodplain. To make matters even more demanding for those involved is the tight deadline which requires nine holes of the redevelopment to be ready for tournament play by the Australian PGA Championship in mid December.
Royal Pines is blessed with another quality nine holes across the road which is being used to maintain eighteen holes open while all of this is going on.
The on-site Project Manager, Sean Kelly however is confident that works are on schedule and that the deadline will be well and truly met. "Sure it is a tight deadline but we are very confident that it will be met," said Kelly who has worked on several large golf course projects in Victoria.
The complexity of works includes the neutralising of the acid sulfate soils in order that their necessary disturbance during earthworks will not impact environmentally on the adjoining waterways.
Acid sulfate soils are those that contain iron sulfides and when exposed to the atmospheric oxygen can oxidise and leak potentially dangerous chemicals into waterways. In order that this does not happen, all soils removed in the reshaping works have to be treated with lime in order that they be neutralised and replaced back onto the golf course prior to final shaping then grassing. It is a time consuming, costly, but crucial and necessary process.
The changes that are being made at Royal Pines are being done so for a range of reasons. The commitment to strengthening the golf course was one of the factors that helped win RACV Royal Pines the right to stage the Australian PGA Championship over the next five years at least.
Not only will golfers who arrive for the event in December see a stronger golf course in terms of strategy, but it will be one that offers a more aesthetically pleasing layout and one that functions considerably better in respect to its drainage and as a user friendly tournament course for spectators.
One of the issues Royal Pines has suffered from is its high water table and subsequent poor drainage and as a consequence there have often been occasions when tournament days are lost or compromised by a drenched golf course.
The reshaping of key areas on the golf course will help address this issue and provide a greater opportunity for water to move and escape.
That same reshaping also improves strategy as the predominantly flat and at times uninteresting playing areas are being given character and landing areas to either target or avoid.
All greens complexes will be remodelled, again to get away from large flat greens to those that are divided into several defined areas and more often than not reduced in size and to allow, at times, pin positions tucked away behind rebuilt green bunkering.
The overall bunkering which has been so benign for the better player at Royal Pines has been enhanced by bringing many closer to play and while the actual area of bunkering has been reduced by more than half there will be actually more bunkers, offering greater penalty for the wayward shot, even from the better player.
Another key component in the changes is the introduction of spectator mounding behind many of the greens to allow greater tournament viewing than has been the case in the past. Already there is clear evidence of those enhancements.
The initial nine holes under works at present involve the opening nine of the tournament layout. Holes will be constructed in an order beginning with the 7th, then the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 9th, 8th, 2nd and 1st.
Once complete and the Australian PGA Championship and Volvik RACV Masters are played in December and February respectively, the remaining nine holes will undergo the same treatment over a similar time period in 2015.
For both events the contrast between the old and the new will be chalk and cheese but the finished product in late 2015 will reveal a high end championship course with consideration also for the many resort and public users who will enjoy the opportunity to play the home of championship golf in Queensland.
Grassing is now all but complete on the 7th hole, apart from final trimming and growing in, with the new look already highlighting just what we can expect in December. Bunkering is a lot more defined, strategic, visible and in play from the tee and the introduced greenside bunkering is very strategically positioned in order to protect newly created pin positions and to visually set the green.
Grasses being used include Winter Green on areas other than the greens and the highly regarded TifEagle replacing the original Bermuda 328 grass on the greens.
An issue with the originally contracted fairway grass supplier threatened to slow proceedings but replacement suppliers were quickly found and the quality of grass being used is believed to be even better than originally sourced.
The importance of a reliable grass supply is obvious enough under normal circumstances but it becomes even more important in a project such as this where time constraints require the whole site to be solid turfed rather than sprigged or stolonized. Already, just a few days after the solid turf has been laid over the 7th fairway, there is clear evidence of its success.
The holes where most work has been undertaken to date include the 7th, 6th 5th and 4th holes.
The accompanying photos show the dramatic new bunkering at the 5th, the defined fairway and greenside bunkering at the 7th, the very strategic bunkering on the short par four 6th and the shaping and bunkering work at the 4th.
While these changes are appealing, the hole that may yet be the talk of those on the opening nine may well be the 8th (see design image in gallery) on which earthworks are yet to begin but one that promises to be a superb risk / reward drivable par four.
The green is to be brought forward and closer to the water than its current location with bunkering added to protect the area on the opposite side of the fairway to the water and of course the green entrance.
Spectator mounding behind the green and behind the tee will make this a must watch hole for whatever event is held as a lengthened tee (70 metres) will allow tournament organisers to tweak the hole daily to accommodate any conditions and both men's and women's events.
The tight deadlines and delicate floodplain location make this project a demanding one for all involved but if things continue to fall into place and the weather remains kind then the field assembled for the 2014 Australian PGA Championship are in for a treat.


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By Nicole Hennessy
Behind Beth O'Kain, a perfectly blue strip of Lake Erie mocks everyone who's ever called it dirty or gross.
Sitting at the Edgewater Yacht Club, she says she's trying to stay motivated, but ever since she agreed to row 20 hours to Canada for a nonprofit called "Drink Local. Drink Tap.," the launch has been canceled twice.
"The goal of DLDT is to creatively reconnect people to our local water," the website says, referring to Northeast Ohio.
"Removing the manufactured demand of plastic bottled water, reconnecting people to Lake Erie in water-safe ways through eco-friendly lakefront activities and helping advocate for partnerships that protect our shared water resources provide a comprehensive and focused path to reaching the group's goals and objectives. DLDT uses film, photography, and art to educate and engage youth, communities, and people of all socio-economic backgrounds about caring for the water we put into our bodies and the water that surrounds us."
When O'Kain met Erin Huber, the nonprofit's executive director, and learned about her efforts to bring safe drinking water to 700 students at the St. Bonaventure school and orphanage in the village of Mulajje in the Luwero District of central Uganda, she thought, "I should row across Lake Erie."
Now she knows; but back then, she wondered why no one rows the route she chose – the widest part of the lake. She soon learned it's because the water is extremely temperamental and unpredictable.
Due to this, she'll be the first solo rower to make her way across, ending up at Rondeau Bay in Ontario, Canada.
Originally scheduled for July 14, 5- to 7-foot waves and 25-knot winds have contributed to the delays.
However, "the first time I had to cancel was not due to the weather," she says, citing personal reasons. Her tanned skin glistens and subtle shades of red linger on her forehead and cheeks – the result of so much training.
Despite the uncooperative conditions, almost $2,500 has been raised and is funding the Uganda project.
O'Kain began her rowing career after joining a summer league with the Western Reserve Rowing Association. Then, four years ago, she began distance rowing and entered a marathon in Louisiana on a "men's four," in which she was the only woman.
Most recently, she rowed the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Barbados (2,600 miles in 43 days), making her the 33rd American ever to do so.
Ready to head out for some training, she describes the conditions, which look to the untrained eye like a few ripples rocking the docked sailboats.
"I think it's a slight northeast becoming south (wind) with waves 1 to 3 feet," she says. Ideal conditions would be wind going the same direction as she is with minimal waves.
Being delayed has been hard psychologically, she says. "You're ready to go, and then you have a feeling of letdown and frustration." For this reason, it is hard to stay focused, motivated and excited.
When it comes down to it, though, her fail-proof motivater is integrity and doing what she set out to do, along with her friends, whom she cherishes.
The measured distance of the row is 55 miles, but it's really hard to keep a straight line, so she'll probably end up doing about 60 miles. She'll take breaks, and she'll be followed by a safety boat in case she needs to get out quickly.
"I've put a lot of things off, so I'm anxious to get the row done," she said. This fall there's a new job waiting for her at Cleveland State University, where she'll teach business.
Going to uncover her boat and drag it to the water, she says she's pretty positive the row will take place the first Saturday of August. At least – weather permitting – she hopes so.
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Cameco Corporation has a new baby on the way - otherwise known as the Millennium Deposit. Millennium is a basement-hosted uranium deposit nestled 35 kilometres north of Key Lake in northern Saskatchewan and is currently in the feasibility phase. It sits on the Cree Extension exploration lease, which is a joint venture between Cameco, JCU, AREVA, and UEM (Cameco being the project manager). Drilling in 2000 led to the initial discovery of mineralization. The pre-feasibility study was completed in September 2006 and the feasibility study is expected to be complete in early 2008. After a lengthy conversation with senior geotechnical engineer James Hatley, I now have a better idea about how Cameco and its partners plan to raise this new addition.
At the moment, facilities at the Millennium deposit are minimal. With only the Cree Extension exploration camp and a winter road in place, there's plenty of work to keep the crew busy. The plan is to put in infrastructure, power, a water treatment plant, service shaft, ventilation shaft, administrative buildings, surface equipment shop, emergency generators, a concrete batch plant, and a water treatment facility, which will include monitoring ponds and an emergency water pond. They will also have a clean waste pad, an ore pad, and an acid-generating rock pad, which will, of course, be lined.
The sinking of two concrete-lined shafts (to depths of 755 and 630 metres) is anticipated, and the mine will consist of two main levels and five sublevels located at 20-metre vertical intervals. The shaft sinking is expected to begin in 2012 and with equipping will probably take about two and a half years. The mineralization is located in dry basement rock but the shafts traverse water-bearing sandstone. Blasthole stoping is the planned mining method.
Both cemented and uncemented aggregate backfill will be used to fill the stopes, while crushed development waste rock will be used for backfill. This aggregate will be delivered underground using one of two drop pipes located in the service shaft, although backskipping is also being investigated. Hatley added that "current plans are to build a 10,000 m3 per day conventional water treatment plant to support shaft sinking and lateral development. This plant may be supplemented later by a reverse osmosis plant capable of treating and discharging up to 80 per cent of the feed water. Remaining water will be treated by the conventional treatment plant. A supplemental emergency water treatment circuit capable of treating an additional 20,000 m3 per day of water is planned."
Before any site construction begins (targeted for 2012), a 24 kilometre access road will be constructed in 2011. Power will be provided from the existing grid with a new power line running parallel along the access road to the mine. First ore development is expected to begin in 2016 with an annual production of six to seven million pounds U3O8. Because ore will not be milled onsite, they've been looking at their options. Their most likely choice will be Key Lake, about 45 kilometres from the site. They will probably ship about 500 tonnes daily in haulage. All in all, the Millennium deposit has an expected mine life of about eight years, and boasts an indicated resource of 37.5 million pounds, and inferred resources of 9.7 million pounds U3O8 based on the September 2006 feasibility study.
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Cellphone records showed John Frederick Coetzer was alone with nightclub owner Bruno Bronn for about two hours on the night he was murdered, the Western Cape High Court heard.
Henry van Niekerk, representing Achmat Toffa, one of Coetzer's co-accused, put to Coetzer during cross-examination on Tuesday that it was during this time that he killed Bronn.
Coetzer, Toffa and Fareez Allie are on trial for murdering Bronn inside his Ocean View Drive home in Sea Point on February 6, 2012.
The State alleges they planned the murder and robbed Bronn of his BMW, Nokia cellphone, briefcase with documents and bottles of perfume.
The men pleaded not guilty to murder and aggravated robbery, which carry a minimum sentence of life and 15 years in prison, respectively.
Van Niekerk put to Coetzer that he was alone with Bronn from 9pm until just after 11pm on the night of the murder and that no calls had been made to or from Bronn's cellphone in that time.
"I can't argue. I don't have anything (cellphone records) in front of me, but he was on the phone," Coetzer responded.
It was, in fact, during that time that Coetzer murdered Bronn, Van Nieker said.
Coetzer responded that he had not murdered Bronn.
Van Niekerk said cellphone records from Allie's phone and that of Kurt Erispe - a former co-accused turned State witness - showed that they were not at Bronn's house when the murder was committed.
"That I can't answer," Coetzer said.
Van Niekerk said the shouts of "help me, help me" that a neighbour had heard on the night of the murder were heard at around 11pm - when Coetzer was alone with Bronn.
"The only comment I can say is that I didn't hear anyone shout 'help me, help me'," Coetzer said.
Later, when the same question was asked differently, Coetzer said: "(Bronn) didn't shout 'help me, help me'. What I heard was he shouted 'help' once".
Van Niekerk said Toffa's case would be that Coetzer framed him to get his fingerprints on items inside the house - placing him at the murder scene.
"That's a lie. There's no reason for me to frame him," Coetzer said.
The men are due back in court on April 14.
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PHILADELPHIA — Two top Penn State officials are stepping down and coach Joe Paterno said Sunday he behaved responsibly when he told officials that his former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, was seen showering with a young boy in 2002. He said he didn't know Sandusky allegedly had abused the child.
"If this is true, we were all fooled, along with scores of professionals trained in such things," Paterno said in a statement, his first since Sandusky's arrest Saturday on charges of molesting eight boys between the mid 1990s and 2008.
"While I did what I was supposed to with the one charge brought to my attention, like anyone else involved, I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters are alleged to have occurred.''
After two decades as defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions, Sandusky retired in 1999 but kept an office and privileges at the football complex. That's where prosecutors say several assaults occurred, typically with boys Sandusky had met through a foundation he launched to serve underprivileged children.
Athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz have been accused of covering up an alleged attack. They are charged with perjury and failure to report an incident of child sex abuse.
Sandusky and the university officials have denied all charges.
In a statement after an executive session of Penn State's Board of Trustees, university president Graham Spanier said late Sunday he had received a request from Curley to be placed on administrative leave so he could devote time to defending himself. Schultz is retiring.
The university said the board did not discuss Paterno resigning.
A 23-page grand jury presentment portrayed Sandusky, 67, as a serial predator who picked his victims through the Second Mile, the charity he founded in 1977. He resigned from the organization last year.
The grand jury report described multiple instances in which Sandusky gave gifts to boys, one as young as 8, took them to football games, and hosted them on overnight visits to his house. Ultimately, prosecutors say, he coaxed or forced the boys into sex acts.
In 2002, assistant coach Mike McQueary allegedly told his father that he saw Sandusky rape a boy in the locker room shower one Friday night, the grand jury report says. The next morning, McQueary told Paterno what he saw, the grand jury said.
In his statement, Paterno said he recalled the assistant telling him about "inappropriate conduct," not a sex attack.
Brantley injured: Florida and South Carolina may both be without their starting quarterbacks when the Gators and Gamecocks meet at noon Saturday in Columbia.
Florida quarterback John Brantley injured his right arm in a win over Vanderbilt. After the game he refused to say what the injury was or whether it will keep him out this week. A Brantley update is expected today.
South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw suffered a concussion in Saturday's loss to Arkansas; his status is unknown. Gamecocks safety DeVonte Holloman also suffered a concussion.
Coach Steve Spurrier said they will be tested during the week, with a decision likely Wednesday or Thursday. Shaw became the full-time starter when former Jefferson High standout Stephen Garcia was dismissed Oct. 11.
If Shaw can't play, redshirt freshman Dylan Thompson will start, Spurrier said.
bcs: LSU and Oklahoma State took control of the race to the BCS title game — but don't count out Alabama yet.
The day after the Tigers and Cowboys stayed unbeaten with their most difficult victories of the season, they took the top two spots in the BCS standings.
First-place LSU beat host Alabama 9-6 in overtime Saturday night, and second-place Oklahoma State held off visiting Kansas State 52-45.
The Crimson Tide slipped one spot to third.
If the Tigers and Cowboys remain unbeaten, they should meet in New Orleans on Jan. 9. If either slips up, Alabama or fourth-place Stanford are in position to reach the title game.
Unbeaten Boise State was fifth and again seems to be a long shot to reach the title game.
LSU has a nonconference game against Western Kentucky on Saturday, followed by Mississippi and Arkansas, then faces South Carolina or Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.
Oklahoma State is at Texas Tech and at Iowa State, then hosts Oklahoma on Dec. 3.
It's official: SEC invites Missouri to join in 2012
Missouri's move to the SEC became official Sunday. The SEC released a statement saying the conference's presidents and chancellors unanimously agreed to welcome Missouri effective July 1, 2012. Missouri will likely be in the SEC East. The Big 12's uncertain future drove the move, said chancellor Brady Deaton. Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas called the departure disappointing and a mistake, and hinted at legal action.
Georgia: Coach Mark Richt said freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell will return from a one-game suspension and regain his starting job this week. Wins over Auburn and Kentucky the next two weeks would advance the Bulldogs to the SEC title game.
Late Saturday
boise state 48, unlv 21: Kellen Moore threw five touchdowns to become college football's winningest quarterback (46-2), surpassing former Texas star Colt McCoy, for the visiting Broncos.
Oregon 34, Washington 17: The visiting Ducks forced three key turnovers to beat the Huskies for a series-best eighth straight time. "It's been 10 minutes. I guess we're allowed to think about Stanford now," Oregon offensive lineman Carson York said of this week's game at the Cardinal.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Florida's Joanna Mather lost in the singles final of the USTA/ITA national indoor championships, falling to SMU's Mart Lesniak 7-5, 6-1 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
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MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Timberwolves can keep their slim NBA playoff hopes alive tonight with a home victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Wolves are 31-31, five games back for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot with 20 to play. Minnesota is coming off a seven-point loss to Toronto on Sunday. Wolves' center Kevin Love fell just short of a triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists. The Bucks ended a three-game losing streak with a seven-point home win over Orlando last night.
It's been almost a year since Milwaukee has won back-to-back games. They'll try it again tonight for the 13th time this season. Minnesota has become a real nemesis for the Bucks, as the Timberwolves have outscored Milwaukee by an average of 14 points in each of their last three match-ups -- all T-Wolves' victories. Also, the Bucks will try again to win their third game against Western Conference opponents. They're 2-22 in that department, with victories over the LA Lakers and Utah.


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Sydney FC beat Newcastle to finals spot
Sydney FC secured a place in the A-League finals and ended Newcastle's season with a 3-2 A-League win at Allianz Stadium on Sunday.
Needing all three points to avoid missing the finals for the second straight season, a first-half double by youngster Joel Chianese set the scene for the win in front of 14,494 fans.
The Sky Blues led 3-1 at halftime but had to endure some nervy late moments after an 84th minute Jobe Wheelhouse goal revived hopes for the Jets, who needed only a draw to reach the finals.
Sydney held on though, to climb above Melbourne Heart into fifth spot and set up a showdown with fourth-placed Wellington in an elimination final in New Zealand on Friday night.
The result extends the tenure of outgoing coach Vitezslav Lavicka by at least another game before the Czech coach vacates the role reportedly offered to Central Coast coach Graham Arnold for next season.
Lavicka was officially farewelled before Sunday's game, with the 2009/10 title-winning coach receiving a warm ovation from fans, and he would have been delighted by his side's fast start.
Sydney were ahead after only 11 minutes, with Bruno Cazarine firing a powerful header into the net after a superb curling cross from marquee man Brett Emerton.
The Jets almost had a chance to hit back when Michael Bridges looked to have been fouled by Terry McFlynn just inside the box in the 18th minute, but referee Chris Beath awarded a foul just outside the area.
Bridges wasn't to be denied in the 26th minute though, when he revived the visitors' hopes with a tap in.
The goal was set up by a brilliant run and cross from former Sydney player Ruben Zadkovich, who celebrated by taunting Sky Blues' supporters group The Cove just as he had done earlier this season.
Newcastle's joy was short-lived however, as a quick-fire Chianese double put Sydney on the cusp of a finals berth.
There was a touch of fortune to the 22-year-old's first goal in the 30th minute, as he collected a Pascal Bosschaart long ball and had a shot deflected in off Jets striker Ryan Griffiths.
But his second three minutes later was all class, producing a cool finish after clever lead-up work by Emerton.
The Sky Blues looked in control for most of the second half and the Jets never really threatened a comeback until Wheelhouse headed in after Nikolai Topor-Stanley had hit the crossbar with his own header.
Jeremy Brockie had a late chance to win it but ultimately Newcastle left it too late, capping a disappointing finish to the campaign after they had been in a strong position to challenge for the finals.


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The Naval Service's newest ship, LÉ Samuel Beckett, has sailed into the Naval Base in Haulbowline in Cork harbour.
The ship is one of two commissioned by the Government and being built for the Naval Service at Appledore in southwest England.
The contract for the two ships is worth €100m.
LÉ Samuel Beckett will be commissioned at a ceremony in Dublin on 17 May.
The ship is 90 metres long and weighs 2,000 tonnes.
It is the Naval Service's biggest ship.
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Job hunters are happy just securing a job, but they're even happier when they find a job in a financially healthy city (comparatively) with a high quality of life. • For 12 years, Forbes magazine has released a list based on such data, including the cost of doing business, taxes, education, crime, projected job growth, household income, unemployment rate, home prices and other factors. Unfortunately, the "Best Places for Business and Careers" list doesn't include frugal-living data, but it serves as an excellent starting point for both job hunters and employers interested in relocating. • The top of this year's list is filled with Midwestern and Western cities, areas with reasonable business costs, strong economic outlooks and a solid quality of life.
10 best metro cities
1. Des Moines, Iowa .
2. Provo, Utah
3. Raleigh, N.C.
4. Fort Collins, Colo.
5. Lincoln, Neb.
6. Denver
7. Omaha, Neb.
8. Huntsville, Ala.
9. Lexington, Ky.
10. Austin, Texas
10 best smaller cities
1. Sioux Falls, S.D. .
2. Iowa City, Idaho
3. Manhattan, Kan.
4. Bismarck, N.D.
5. Logan, Utah
6. Auburn, Ala.
7. Bend, Ore.
8. Columbia, Mo.
9. Fargo, N.D.
10. Morgantown, W.Va.
10 worst cities
Not surprisingly, the majority of the 10 worst cities are in financially strapped California and the two primary auto-manufacturing cities of Detroit and Flint, Mich.
1. Merced, Calif.
2. Vallejo, Calif.
3. Modesto, Calif.
4. Flint, Mich.
5. Salinas, Calif.
6. Utica, N.Y.
7. Detroit
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A 78 year old man could spend up to a year in jail, after entering a guilty plea to a hit and run charge for a traffic accident which left a Santa Barbara man dead.
Lau Van Huynh will also face three years probation for the January 15th accident.
Prosecutors say Huynh was driving southbound on the 101 Freeway through Santa Barbara at about 1 a.m., when he struck, and fatally injured Simon Chavez.
It's still unclear as to why the 22 year old victim was on the freeway.
The CHP says Huynh failed to stop, but was tracked down and arrested two weeks later at his Murietta home.


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Presser feet come in three basic types… long or high shank, short or low shank, and the slanted shank.
In short, the type of presser foot your sewing machine needs is dictated entirely by the needle bar.
Depending upon the way a sewing machine is built, the needle bar can be either long, short or slightly slanted. Then there are the machines that are built to use snap on presser feet.
A presser foot that is built for a machine with a long shank will not fit a machine with a slanted or short shank.
If your sewing machine was designed to work with snap on presser feet, it will not work with feet designed for use on sewing machines with long, short or slanted shanks.
Therefore, it is important that you know which type of presser foot your machine is built to accommodate before investing in any additional feet.
If after inspecting your sewing machine, you are not clear about the style or type of presser foot your machine uses, this information is readily available in the accessories section of your owner's manual.
If you are like many home sewers, you have at least one sewing machine and a serger. Many people have more than one sewing machine, a serger and sometimes even another type of specialty machine.
Having such an arsenal of machines often means that you have a different type of presser foot for each machine. That is the situation in my sewing room.
I have two sewing machines and one serger. The serger uses snap on presser feet. Thankfully, both my sewing machines are built with long shanks.
Therefore, I need only two sets of presser feet. I simplify things by using the serger only for certain tasks. My sewing machines, however, get a good workout on a regular basis.
A Presser Foot for Every Function
Early sewing machine models had a single presser foot that was permanently mounted at the base of the needle bar.
With the advent of zigzag and decorative stitches on home sewing machines, however, it became necessary for the presser foot to evolve.
Before long, presser feet were developed for specific tasks. Today, however, it seems as though we have a different presser foot for each and every sewing task we perform on a sewing machine or serger.
The following presser feet guide describes the most frequently used feet types and their functions. NOTE: All of the models shown in this table are in my personal collection unless otherwise noted.
Specialty Presser Feet
The presser feet described in the above table represent a small number of all of the available options.
They are, however, the most frequently used in the average home sewing room.
While most of the presser feet described are made of metal, nearly every presser foot is also available with a Teflon coating.
I generally use my Teflon presser feet when working with vinyl, leather, suede and fur.
The Teflon coating helps the fabric move more easily than traditional metal feet.
Many new sewing machines and sergers offer a differential feed option which assists in feeding thick fabrics or several layers of fabric.
Depending upon the manufacturer, the differential feed option is available as a built in or as an added optional feature.
In most cases, the differential feed is a built in serger feature and an add-on for sewing machines.
For instance, the Pfaff IDT [Integrated Dual Transportation] system and the Bernina Stitch Regulator and Dual feed.
These optional features are additional accessories that are attached to the needle bar to work with the presser foot to make machine quilting easier by eliminating slippage while working with thick layers of fabric.
Other presser feet are available as well. Some of the other specialty presser feet in this category include:
- Bias tape binding foot – used for attaching bias tape with ease.
- Braiding foot – simplifies attaching brading, cords, ribbon
- Stitch in the ditch/edge joining foot – designed to help make edge joining and stitching in the ditch as easy as possible.
A Little Bit of Presser Foot History
Back when home sewing machines produced straight stitches only, it was impossible to make a buttonhole without a buttonhole maker. The buttonhole maker was a gadget that was purchased separately.
It came with a set of templates which allowed the user to make an infinite number of uniform buttonholes. Once it was attached to the sewing machine all you had to do was place the fabric in the proper position and press the foot pedal.
Although both my sewing machines are capable of making buttonholes with the buttonhole foot, I use a buttonhole maker because the process is not only easier, it is more precise.
With my buttonhole foot, I get beautiful rectangle shape buttonholes of all sizes, but that's all I can do. With the buttonhole maker, however, I can make keyhole buttonholes for jackets and coats, eyelets, as well as oval shaped buttonholes for blouses and shirts when I don't want a row of rectangle shaped buttonholes.
These buttonhole options are available on many new sewing machine models. However, for all of those who own and continue to use the many older machines out there, the buttonhole maker is an ideal accessory.
The downside is that buttonhole makers are no longer being manufactured. You can, however, find them online and at local dealers who specialize in refurbished and used sewing machines.
Caring for a buttonhole maker is as simple as wiping away dust and lint and lubricating it from time to time.
For my money, you cannot have too many presser feet… not because they break but because they are so useful in making your time at the sewing machine or serger so much easier.
The truth of the matter is presser feet are quite durable and almost impossible to break. In all honesty, presser feet, when properly cared for, will outlast most sewing machines and sergers.
In most cases, the presser feet that were included in the accessories case when you purchased your sewing machine or serger should be enough for you to perform practically every basic sewing and serging task you could imagine.
As your sewing repertoire expands, however, you may find a need to purchase some of the specialty models.
If you misplace or lose a presser foot or if you acquired your sewing machine as a gift handed down from a friend or inherited it from relative, you may find that you need to replace a lost button hole or zipper foot.
Once you ascertain the type of presser foot you need – high, low or slant shank or snap on – you will be able to easily find what you need at your local fabric store or sewing machine dealer or online at sites like.
Unlike some sewing machine accessories, presser feet are interchangeable between various brands. The only thing you need to be concerned with is the type of shank you are working with.
If you are in the market for a new machine, and have already invested in several additional units, such as a gathering foot or an invisible zipper foot for example, you should consider the type of shank available on the machines you are thinking of buying.
Otherwise, you will find yourself shopping for additional presser feet to fit your new sewing machine or serger. This may limit your choices, but with so many great machines on the market, you are certain to find the perfect machine in little or no time.
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DENVER — The East Lincoln Mustangs coasted to a 41-12 win over the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets on homecoming on Friday.
East Lincoln senior quarterback Garrett Young threw for 323 yards on 20 completions for five touchdowns and led the Mustangs to a win in their Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference opener.
The Mustang defense held Bessemer City to only 249 yards of total offense, and the Yellow Jackets' 12 points was the lowest total allowed by East Lincoln through the first five weeks of the season. Bessemer City's first drive of the game ended on East Lincoln's 8-yard line when the Yellow Jackets were unable to convert on fourth-and-3. Bessemer City tried three fourth-down conversions, but was held back on every attempt.
Senior East Lincoln running back Marquis Pharr took the opening kickoff 25 yards downfield, setting up East Lincoln's seven-play scoring drive. The Mustangs moved the ball to the Yellow Jacket 8-yard line on a 32-yard pass from Young to senior wide receiver Jesse Earnhardt on the first play from scrimmage, a 10-yard reception by senior receiver Tyler Brock and an 8-yard run by Pharr. Young connected with Brock on an 8-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone and Cory Peterson's extra point gave East Lincoln a 7-0 lead.
After holding the Yellow Jackets on their first drive at the East Lincoln 8-yard line, Young threw a 92-yard touchdown pass on first down to freshman wide receiver Chaz Surratt. Surratt ran a route down the middle of the field, caught the pass at the 50-yard line, and beat the lone Yellow Jacket covering him for the score.
The Mustangs took a 21-0 lead on their next possession on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Young to Brock. Bessemer City responded with an eight-play scoring drive that ended with a 36-yard pass from quarterback Davis Gibby to Jha'Qui Adams.
East Lincoln scored again five minutes into the second quarter to take a 27-6 lead on a 12-yard pass from Young to Earnhardt. Young had connected with Surratt earlier in the drive on a 42-yard pass, Surratt's final reception of the game.
The East Lincoln defense added six points to the scoring onslaught less than two minutes before halftime. Senior defense back James O'Keefe picked off a pass by Gibby and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown and a 34-6 lead for the Mustangs.
East Lincoln scored only once after halftime. Young threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Earnhardt with 9:10 left in the fourth quarter to put the Mustangs ahead 41-12.
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Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares will now premiere earlier than originally scheduled, and with the benefit of an American Idol lead-in. According to a report on The Futon Critic, Kitchen Nightmares will get two boosts from American Idol on Tuesday January 26 and Tuesday February 2 (where it will face off against the final season premiere of Lost).
Kitchen Nightmares is still a Friday show though, making it's regular time slot premiere on Friday January 29 at 9pm.
The move, along with a repeat of the Human Target pilot at 9pm on January 19 helps Fox fill the void it left when Our Little Genius was pulled from the schedule.


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What are you doing to show your Pride this year?
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When moles invade your yard, they build tunnels and hills that ruin your lawn. Moles feed on grubs and beetle larvae, so it's important to rid your lawn of these pests with pesticides specifically designed for this purpose, like Bacillus popilliae, also known as milky spore. You may need to treat your lawn a few times. Once this has been accomplished, the mole population will hopefully diminish. However, you should still rid your lawn of any moles you find. The only way to do this inexpensively is to trap and remove them from the area.
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Locate the Mole Tunnels
Find the mole tunnels that are the most active.
Walk through your yard and step on the ground with your foot. If you feel the earth sink under your foot, you've found a mole tunnel or hill.
Check the next day to see if the mole has come back to repair the damage. If so, you know that you've found an active mole tunnel.
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Dig into the mole tunnel, and shovel out enough earth to fill a coffee can. Insert a mole pit trap into this space, according to the directions on the trap. Cover the trap with a small board or stone to keep the light out of the tunnel.
Check the trap once or twice a day. If using a live trap, and it contains a mole, pull out the trap and relocate the mole away from the property.
Continue this procedure with the other mole tunnels until you see no evidence of mole activity in your yard.
Flood Mole Tunnels
Insert the nozzle of a garden hose into the end of a mole tunnel. Turn on the water to the hose.
Flood the tunnel with water and wait to see if a mole tries to escape from the tunnel. Once you see the mole escape from the other end of the tunnel, you'll know that you have a active run in that area of your yard.
Insert the mole traps in the tunnel to trap the moles. If using a live trap, release the mole away from the property.
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London – French international striker Olivier Giroud has joined Arsenal on a long-term contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old completed a medical at the club on Monday and had agreed terms with his contract officially starting on July 1, Arsenal added on their website (www.arsenal.com)
"The completion of the transfer is now just the subject of formal processes," added the north London club, who finished third in the Premier League last season to secure a place in the Champions League.
Giroud joins from French champions Montpellier after playing for France in Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
His 21 goals from 36 league games made him joint top scorer in the French league last season with Paris St Germain's Nene.
"We are delighted to have secured the signing of Olivier Giroud," Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger said.
"He has a very good physical presence and is exceptional in the air, with a great work ethic.
"We are excited about Olivier joining us and he will add an additional dimension to our attacking options next season."
Giroud said it had been a dream of his to play in the Premier League and had been attracted to Arsenal by their philosophy and Wenger's reputation. – Reuters


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The name bespeaks it all. Battlefied 3's "End Game" DLC will be the fifth and final content expansion released for the first-person shooter when it debuts this March. And it will likely be EA and developer DICE's last chance to enhance the mutltiplayer experience with new games modes, vehicles, weapons and maps — features fashioned in previous Battlefield 3 expansions Back to Karkand, Close Quarters, Armored Kill and Aftermath.
We already detailed the bulk of what End Game would include last December: four new maps built around speed and mobility, three new vehicles including fast and agile dirt bikes, a new dropship that would deploy troop transport vehicles directly to the ground, and the long-awaited return of Capture the Flag. DICE revealed today, however, that Air Superiority, a Battlefield 1943 game mode, has also been added to the roster.
Think of it as Conquest in the skies. Air Superiority was added to 2009's Battlefield 1943 after its community tallied 43 million kills per console, and it challenged opposing sides to keep a larger number of aircraft — in this case the American and Japanese fighters of World War II — in flight at one time. The framework was perfect for a small-scale map (small-scale in Battlefield parlance, that is) and essentially turned each game into a torrid 16-man dogfight. Did it ever grow repetitive? Eventually. It certainly didn't offer the gameplay depth of a full, air-and-land Battlefield experience. That said, with its preponderance of jets and helicopters and, who knows, perhaps even the gunship, Battlefield 3 seems capable of giving it a much more dynamic interpretation.
(Worst case scenario: If Air Superiority does jade your enthusiasm for Battlefield 3's flying machines, DICE also announced today that new, lightweight anti-aircraft vehicles will be added to End Game.)
Welcome as the addition may be, though, Air Superiority's return still doesn't mask the absence of another prominent Battlefield feature. Commander view — which granted a member of each team in multiplayer an omniscient view of the battlefield and the ability to provide supplies, orders and information to soldiers — became an instant fan-favorite when it debuted in Battlefield 2 and appeared, subsequently, in Battlefield 2142. But it's been decommissioned ever since. End Game's eschewal all but dashes Commander view's chances for Battlefield 3; fans will have to hope that DICE is simply exercising patience, planning to revive it in Battlefield 4, which is widely anticipated for a late 2013 release.
Battlefield 3: End Game will land on all platforms in March 2013.
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Before coming to the United States, Carlos Lopez-Ruiz was an established illustrator and caricaturist in his native Bogotá, Colombia. In 1953 he came to the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C. on a two year scholarship.
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- Weight Class:Junior Welterweight
- Record:24-0 | 15 KOs
- Hometown:Philadelphia, PA
- Birthdate:March 20, 1988
- Height:5'9''
- Nickname:Swift
Danny Garcia Bio
Feb 23, 2012
A native of the fighting city of Philadelphia, Danny Garcia will have big shoes to fill when it comes to the boxing legacy of the City of Brotherly Love, but if his own history is any indication, this 23-year old welterweight has the skill, power and heart to live up to all expectations.
A US Olympic alternate who compiled a 107-13 record and won the 2005 Under19 National Championship, the 2005 International Championship in Finland, and the 2006 US National Championship before deciding to turn pro, "Swift" entered the punch for pay ranks in November of 2007, quickly closing out the year by knocking out Mike Denby in the first round on the Guzman vs Soto undercard in New Jersey and stopping Jesus Villareal in two rounds on the Mayweather vs Hatton undercard in Las Vegas in December of 2007.
2008 was just as explosive for Garcia, as he went 8-0 for the year, stopping five opponents (three in the first round), and shutting out former world title challenger (and 42 fight veteran) Julio Gamboa over six rounds on the De La Hoya-Forbes undercard in California on May 3rd.
On September 13th, Garcia was back in the ring, halting Tyrone Wiggins in just 64 seconds. A month later, the Philly banger defeated Deon Nash via third round TKO, but he wasn't finished, as he showed his ever improving boxing skills in year-ending decision victories over Adan Hernandez and Jose Alfredo Lugo.
2009 got off to a rousing start for Garcia on February 28th, when he defeated experienced veteran Cristian Favela at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and "Swift" claimed four more victims last year in the form of Humberto Tapia (W8), Pavel Miranda (TKO2), Oscar Leon (TKO3), and Enrique Colin (KO2).
In 2010, Garcia started his assault on the next level of competition and he didn't miss a beat with impressive victories over Ashley Theophane (W10) in February and Christopher Fernandez (TKO7) in May.
On July 30th, he took on Jorge Romero in his highly-anticipated debut on Mexican soil and he gave the KO artist a dose of his own medicine as he halted Romero in nine rounds to win the interim WBC youth welterweight title.
But Garcia wasn't done yet, as he closed the year out on October 8th with a fourth round knockout of former world title challenger Mike Arnaoutis, his biggest win to date.
Garcia stepped back into the ring on February 25, 2011 with a second round knockout of John Figueroa, and on April 9th, he defeated former world champion Nate Campbell with a near shutout 10 round decision win in Las Vegas.
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San Diego's economy continued to expand in August in spite of a slowing job market, a new study says.
The University of San Diego's index of Leading Economic Indicators, released last week, rose for the 12th consecutive month in August. The index uses indicators such as initial unemployment claims, stock prices and building permits to calculate the health of the economy. In August, the index rose 0.4 percent to 127.9. The calculation is continuing a steady climb since Great Recession bottoming out at 100.69 in March 2009.
The 0.4 percent gain was largely due to expansion at the national level and a rise in consumer confidence. Those canceled out increases for initial claims of unemployment insurance and a slowdown in permits for new residential construction.
"We were outpacing the national economy at beginning of the year," said USD economist Alan Gin. "We might have just gotten ahead of ourselves so there might be a period of a little retrenching. Whether it stagnates for a while or it's just a pause for another upturn remains to be seen at this point."
Here's a closer look at the index in August:
Building permits: Down 0.29 percent. Gin said June and July could have been particularly good for permits for new construction, resulting in an August slowdown.
Initial claims for unemployment insurance: Down 0.41 percent (which means they were up). From March to September, the job market has slowed considerably, from 2.6 percent annual growth in March to 1.2 percent annual growth in August. August was part of that slowdown.
Stock prices for San Diego companies: Up 0.38 percent. Stock prices rose in August for local publicly traded companies based in San Diego.
Consumer confidence: Up 1.39 percent. Despite the slowing job market, Gin said studies show people are becoming more confident about the economy. That could change, however, with a looming government shutdown and the upcoming debt ceiling debate.
Help wanted advertising: Down 0.32 percent. As job growth has slowed, the number of job ads has also gone down.
The national economy: Up 1.43 percent. The Conference Board does the same calculations for the nation, which were up altogether in August.
The USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate expects to release the September report on Oct. 29.


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The incredibly talented, Seattle native wordsmith, returns today with the third installment of his sit down with the good folks of the CRWN interview series. In today's clip, Macklemore opens up to Elliot Wilson about meeting him, and giving him his music years ago at SXSW in Texas, his relationship with the producer known the world as Ryan Lewis and much more.
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