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Uhh I need help...As soon i installed the mod in my Skyrim file, my character was sent into that inn in Riverwood, and can't get out, I stuck and then crashed. Something wrong? D:
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Bug Reporting : - Bug Reporting
- Fixed Health Regen while flying. - Attempted to Fix the Rune Bug. - Fixed Other Bugs.
- Save Before Getting the Curse (Sometimes the updates will make the spell disapear.)(And you wont be able to get it again, unless you load this save).
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- At the moment, disable any other dragon mods that mess with the race. My mod isn't compatible yet. Im working now on it to make it so.
- To fly, you need to have your "weapons" on, just press once with mouse1 (attack) and if the dragon attacks you can fly.(Fixing the bug too).
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whenever i use the fly shout my game crashes... what is wrong?
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Heloo I have a prob<sub>,I can get the trap rune and when I use it it doesn't work nothing happen and I tried everything I disable all of my other mods,everything still nothing happend</sub>
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Rememer the Crabapple Cake? Well, some of you wanted to know how to make canned crabapples and the recipe for crab-apple jam. If you've got a crabapple tree in your back yard, then now is your chance to make this gorgeously red jam out of them. I've made two batches already - the second one was using apples from a different tree, and the marmelade wasn't as bright red, rather dark pink, but the taste was still lovely. As you're using unpeeled apples, there's plenty of pectin in the marmelade, giving it a lovely spreadable texture.
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The color of this marmalade is fantastic. When I was growing up, my grandparents had a crabapple tree, but I never remember my grandmother using the fruit to make anything. She would have loved this.
- 2:20 pm, September 19, 2009
That look gorgeous, and easy. We have roadside crabapple trees about two blocks away, I may have to do some poaching. I've never had anything made with crabapples.
- 12:22 am, September 20, 2009
- recipe cooker said...
I never made something like that. I'm must try to make it.
- 7:50 pm, September 21, 2009
This was a first for me. After looking at my two crab apple trees for 10 years and leaving the fruit to the birds, I went online and found your recipe. Delicious! I did add more water as the fruit was cooking and I am at 2500 M above Sea level, so It took quite some time. After I strained the fruit, I added 500 gr. of sugar, because I had a little more than 500 ml of liquid. It made two jars. The marmelade is still hot, but tastes very, very good. It took me almost 3 hours, but it was worth it. I will serve it to my guests soon. www.antonitobedandbreakfast.net.Thank you.
- 3:56 am, September 30, 2009
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That recipe seems very easy to prepare alone in home. Where can I find the red crabapple? I mean, the best thing here is the red-crabapple , but in my country we haven't any red-crabapple. What can I do?
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- 7:16 pm, September 02, 2011
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- 10:44 pm, October 17, 2011
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Just had a go at making this for the first time. Never made Jam before and this was very easy. Tastes good too. I made this with the first crop of Crab Apples from the newly created Orchard at Forty Hall Farm in Enfield North London,where I am a volunteer
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Checking in on Continental Gold (CNL.to)
On November 17th CNL released details of its PEA on Buritica. The next morning your humble scribe wrote this which tried hard to warn you away from the stock and the hype you were about to get from all the usual suspects. Here's a price chart of CNL.to (compared to gold), from then until now:
It's bad enough if you were holding at the time, but even worse if you bought the pop.
We good?
The Friday OT: Lilly Wood & The Prick; Prayer In C (Robin Schulz remix)
Chez Otto, we're now at that stage where the eldest daughter is pointing us towards new music. The good news is that none of it is plain bad (so far) and while some of it ho-hum, some is fully good and this comes in the latter category. Pretty decent song and its cheapo alt/art vid.
I like. And good to note the eldest's taste in music has by-passed One Direction completely.
Boxing Day Association Football review; Manchester United 3, Newcastle 1
Thoughts arising:
- Louis Van Gaal is beginning to get what he wants; most (if not all) of the 90 minutes either controlled or dominated by his team.
- Wayne Rooney looks great in his new position, 5 to 10 metres behind the front line. Two goals today and he'll take home the MotM award by rote and modern expectations. Her played well and linked smartly with Falcao.
- On that subject, Radamel Falcao is finally showing good form for Man Utd. He's had injury problems and has otherwise spluttered, but his play today was excellent. A few more like today and he'll start winning the fans over (about time too).
- Jones in defence was the second best player on the pitch. High quality defending his line and dangerous surging forward, he gives Man Utd an extra option that bypasses midfield and gets the ball to the forward line
- But the best was Juan Mata. Not a doubt. He bossed the game from start to finish and if he is 100% back in favour this evening from your preferred footy pundit after a painful time under moyes and then LVG stage one, change your preferences.
- As for those not playing, Di Maria will fit right into this newly flowing team once he's back from injury. Fellaini was not and will not be missed. Januzaj should be talking to his agent as soon as possible.
Bottom line: There are three teams in the title race this year. Chelsea must be favourite and ManC (who i didn't watch today) second faves due to the points accrued already, but Manchester United are back and have an outside chance from here. The best I've seen them play since SAF retired, they made a good and in-form Newcastle team look ordinary. Mata is one helluva player on his day.
The Argentina "dollar blue" and official exchange rate in 2014
There are always people hitting up IKN from Google, trying to find a chart and a recent quote on Argentina's unofficial street rate dollar, the "Dollar Blue" (in fact known as "Dólar Blue" in exact local spelling). But they hit an old post and don't find a recent quote so here you go folks, here's how the forex has done in 2014 in a chart from here you can go and check in the future to be all up to date as well. You even get the official rate for the dollar on the chart, aren't we useful?
Today, December 26th, you can buy a dollar on the streets of Buenos Aires for ArgP$13.38. The Blue peaked at ArgP$15.95 on September 24th. The trend is fairly obvious, but neither has it done the type of hell/handbasket move that the shrills were confidently predicting. So now you know.
Gold has not done badly in 2014 (no matter what you hear from the biz-moron-o-sphere)
Here's the gold and silver bullion ETFs, GLD and SLV, 2014 year to date:
This chart gets featured because I've already seen brain dead year-end commentaries, Barry Ritholtz included (who passed a link on over the Holiday season with evident glee), giving us the "oh wasn't it horrible for those silly old goldbugs this year oh ha ha oh silly people" type of thing. So let's be clear that the ~1.5% rise in bullion this morning, December 26th and hour before the NY open, has wiped away half of the year's losses in gold.
Repeat until understood: Gold has not done badly in 2014.
Now I'd agree that gold has not done well. Indeed the acid test is clear, it's failed to return a profit versus its benchmark currency. And once that's stated we can also play comparatives until we're blue in the face, the obvious one is the S&P500 and I'm good about stating that gold hasn't been an obvious winner, a star performer, a feelgood alpha factor in your sophisticated modern investment portfolio kind madam kind sir. But 1.5% down on a year isn't bad. It's not "throw in the towel" bad. It's not unjustified waste of port space and dollars bad. It's not even close to the shellacking it took in 2013. Especially when it wasn't in your port to provide alpha in the first place (hint: there's no alpha in gold, but don't let that factor spoil a good narrative, eh). So therefore with that nice and straight in the mind, here are a few true statements:
- Silver has done badly in 2014 (see above)
- Oil has done badly in 2014 (which of course includes the go-getter oil stocks, particularly those shale/bakken/alt hydrocarb things the same mainstream braindeaders wanted me to buy)
- Junior explorecos running on fumes have done badly.
- Gold did badly in 2013. Last year, not this year. I mentioned that again for a reason.
Also on a personal note and somewhat to my surprise, my personal portfolio has done much better (not just better) in 2014 than it did in the real waterfall death year of 2013. For sure I've picked my share of losers and lost money on them (there's plenty of red on line items in my port right now, as any subber will tell you) but they've tended to be the most speculative end of the deal and therefore carrying the smaller amounts of cash (one exception to that is the bath I took on FR.to this year) and the bigger bets, though fewer in number, have done better.
And we could continue. But don't be dumb and buy into the dumb narrative that's now doing the rounds; despite its hated status gold hasn't been a bad place to park some dollars and it's been a good place to park other types of currency you may have had lying round the house because it's only just been beaten by the star currency performer of the year, the greenback.
Toromocho: The last six months of copper production
Since the early-year glitches we've heard little of Toromocho since it started running its ramp-up again, so with the publication of the MEM monthly number yesterday (Ovais? Get that Ovais? Yesterday Ovais, you're asleep at the switch again Ovais) we now have six months of constant output from the mine and...
...it's still running way under schedule. That's 8,917 tonnes of copper in November, that's 47,838mt in the last six months, that's not what it was supposed to be. Data from here
A song for the day
Daft Punk, One More Time.
One day on these pages I'll go into my riff about Daft Punk and how their music resembles that of JS Bach. But not today; Today's Christmas, the idea is to enjoy music and relax and smile and use as little brain as possible. And things. Still, the first minute of this track is so perfect it's scary.
Junior mining, Christmas Eve, 2014
'Twas the night before Christmas and through the exchange
Not a miner was stirring, ne'er in trading range;
The geologists were hung by the neck with care,
In hopes that the engineers soon would be there;
The CEOs were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of cheaper options danced in their heads;
And CFO in her 'kerchief, and COO in his cap,
Thought Kondriateff winters, not merely cold snap.
The Top 10 Most Impressive Civil Engineering Projects of All Time
Visual Capitalist gives us an easy-read list that's interesting, too. The other thing about it: Barring a minor quibble or two (i.e. personally would swap the positions of Brooklyn Bridge and Hoover Dam) I think they got the choices pretty much straight and correct. Particularly the top three (and if you haven't seen #3 you should, the longer you get to stare at it the more impressive it is).
Anyway, teaser over, go enjoy it yourself by clicking here.
UPDATE: Reader GA is correct when writing in to comment, "...when it comes to moving tonnes of rock from A to B, slavery beats capitalism all day"
UPDATE: Reader GA is correct when writing in to comment, "...when it comes to moving tonnes of rock from A to B, slavery beats capitalism all day"
Four things that people buying Eco Oro (EOM.to) this morning should consider learning at some point in the future
1) The Spanish language. That's the most obvious one.
2) At least a little about Colombian politics.
3) How to read a balance sheet.
4) That you shouldn't believe everything you read, especially when the words are written by people paid to promote junior mining companies.
Reality bites: Results of the IKN "Ten random predictions for 2014"
On December 22nd 2013 we ran our regular "Ten Random Predictions" post for 2014, which you can check out here. Today with scant days left in the year the results are yours. Here come the original calls, the result and the completely subjective and biased score for the year (1, 0.5 or fat zero per call), all by me.
1) Gold, at ~$1,200/oz today, is close to its bottom.
Score: 0.5. That's because the headline call was right, my "let's say $100/oz lower is possible" was also good, but in the text I also said the upside could be to U$1,500/oz and that was wrong. So, half right result.
2) Quality junior mining companies and explorecos will finally split away from the cruddy juniors and we'll see an all-important gap develop between the companies that need to die and those that will survive and eventually thrive.
Score: 0.5. That's because the basic call was good but the whole sector dropped, good ones and bad ones, instead of the envisaged up/down split. The good ones did less worse than the cruddy ones, rather than better.
3) Copper will be weak in 2014, with supply outstripping demand and new lows of under $3/lb registered (put me down for $2.80/lb on multiple days, not just a single spike). Average for the year to be around $3.10/lb
Score: 1 point. Yup, that one was a good call all round.
4) Uranium won't break $40/lb at any point and the sector will continue to get the rah-rah from the promo people still holding their large bags.
Score: 0 points. Darn, close but no cigar on this one because if there hadn't been that BS pump jump on U in October/November, which peaked the metal at just over U$40/lb before it dropped back, it would have been spot on. But a clear number call is a clear number call, no disputing the facts, a fail is a fail.
5) Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, will be re-elected in 2014.
Score: 1 point. Closer than I thought it'd be, but it's a win.
6) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, will be re-elected in 2014.
Score: 1 point. To be fair, this was a bit of a no-brainer call and about the easiest prediction anyone could have made on Latin American politics in 2014. But I'll take it.
7) Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, will be re-elected in 2014.Score: 1 point. As with the Dilma vote, it was closer than I'd expected for a while and Juanma got taken to a second round run-off by the right wing hatergottahate Zuluaga/Uribe brigade, but Colombia made the right choice in the end.
8) Both Argentina and Venezuela will continue to defy and confound the non-stop barrage of criticism from the western media and get through 2014 just fine.Score: 1 point. Yes that one's turned out correct. We can debate Venezuela if you want, but the way it's painted from the outside (dictatorial regime about to be toppled any moment) is a far cry from the reality inside the country because you can love em or hate em, but the PSUV party has a tight grip on power and runs the show still. As for Argentina, yeah for sure it's a nuthouse but it's doing just fine under all the blahblah. Sorry haters, I win you lose.
9) Juan Martin Del Potro will win at least one of the Grand Slam tournaments this year.Score: 0 points. Turns out my wishes for Delpo were misplaced, his wrist injury has haunted him all season and we've hardly seen the dude play. Oh well, next year.
10) And finally, the big one: Brazil will win the 2014 World Cup.
Score 0 points. This is the one that I'm happy to have called badly.
GRAND TOTAL: SIX OUT OF TEN. A tad better than my 5.5/10 in the 2013 prediction game and we can safely say that my political calls were better than the sporting ones. At some point next week I'll set out the 2015 predictions for the LatAm/biz/political world that is IKN. Toodle pip!
Buenaventura (BVN): Chucapaca is now San Gabriel
Today's news on a change of name at the Buenaventura project is one thing, the interesting snippet came in the report that quoted the regional director of Energy and Mining, one Jesús Durán, on the project. The interesting bit is that BVN apparently plans to build a 6,000tpd processing facility that will be fed by an underground operation and that number caught my eye because the last time we heard from BVN Chucapaca/San Gabriel, at the Denver Gold Forum earlier this year, the plan was based on the scoping study number of 3,000tpd. Thing is here, 6k tpd would bring mine life down to under 6 years if the current resource is all BVN has. That's way too short a life for a company like BVN.
I get the feeling San Gabriel has got bigger since Gold Fields sold their part of it.
Chart of the day is...
Moral: Don't hire Bruce Willis to advertise your bank
Trust Bank of Russia got a 60 Billion Rouble bailout today.
UPDATE: So apparently it's only 30 Billion Roubles now. Oh well, that's all right then.
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The Beatles never existed
Thanks to pal @cinebraille, your author has discovered this wonderful corner of the interwebnetpipes this morning, a website that sets out to prove that The Beatles (as they were presented to us) never existed as a group. Evidence provided, discussion given, photos compared. Beats the moon landing thing hands down. Go see.
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Russia Going for Gold in Surveillance at Winter Olympics
Oct 7, 2013 9:36 AM PT
Russia's FSB security service wants to ensure that every ounce of electronic communication is monitored at next February's Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi, according to a team of Russian investigative journalists.
The journalists reportedly unearthed documents and tenders from Russian communication companies that suggest the FSB will make liberal use of newly installed telephone and Internet spying capabilities.
Ron Deibert, a professor at the University of Toronto who was involved in the research, said that the surveillance plans are "PRISM on steroids."
[Source: The Guardian]
South Korea Tops China in Video Game Battle
South Korea's "SK Telecom T1" beat China's "Royal Club" in a sort of video game world cup held in front of 13,000 people Friday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The 90-minute showdown pitted two teams of five against one another as they played League of Legends, a video game in which players guide characters through obstacles in the quest to destroy the opponents' base.
The competition featured teams from North America and Europe as well, but it was an all-Asian final.
The two teams sat at computers, all wearing headsets while being broadcast on a television screen that the audience used to watch the action.
The South Korea squad pocketed a cool US$1 million, while the losers took home $250,000.
[Source: The Los Angeles Times]
Macy's Ditches Online Expansion Plans in China
Macy's is calling off its plans to offer Internet sales of a private-label brand in China.
Macy's, which last year bought a minority stake in Chinese retail company VIPStore Co., had planned to begin offering online products this spring, but a spokesman said the company needs to learn more about Chinese shoppers.
Chinese consumers can still use the Internet to order products from Macy's U.S. website, but the China-specific site is on hold.
While China's e-commerce market is booming -- online retail sales in China are up more than 70 percent annually since 2009 and could eclipse half-a-trillion dollars by 2015 -- it can still be tricky for U.S. companies to gain a foothold. Earlier this year, Neiman Marcus Group closed a warehouse in China that was designated for orders off the company's Chinese e-commerce site; the company now fills Chinese orders from U.S. warehouses.
[Source: The Wall Street Journal]
ZTE Teaming Up With NBA
Chinese telecommunications equipment company and phone-maker ZTE signed a deal with the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but ZTE will be producing a pair of "Rocket Phones" with the team logo appearing on the device.
China has long embraced the NBA, and especially the Rockets. Houston, after all, drafted Yao Ming in 2002, making the 7-foot-6 China native the top overall pick -- a first for a Chinese player. Yao has since retired, but Houston currently has Taiwanese point guard Jeremy Lin. While Taiwan's relationship with mainland China is somewhat tumultuous, the team nonetheless continues to have ties to the Middle Kingdom (to say nothing of Houston's logo, which certainly looks more like a Chinese character than that of any other NBA team.
[Source: Tech In Asia]
EU Wants to Govern the Cloud
Due at least in part to Edward Snowden's leaks, the European Union is mulling ways to shore up cloud computing systems.
The EU was already considering ways to govern clouds prior to Snowden's repeated bombshells about U.S. snooping, but the topic has become more urgent in the wake of the leaks.
In particular, the EU has proposed multiple amendments to protect data from prying eyes. One would require that any data moving from a cloud maintained in the EU to a cloud maintained elsewhere carries with it "a notification to the data subject of such transfer and its legal effects." Another amendment would simply prohibit EU-cloud-to-non-EU-cloud transfers unless certain conditions are first met, including an acknowledgement that the person sending the data knows that it is "subject to intelligence gathering and surveillance."
The EU is also reportedly considering sanctions against companies that turn over records to U.S. law enforcement authorities.
[Source: The New York Times]


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Scurry up into the metaphorical crow's nest and train your eyes on the calendar's horizon. You'll spot a fleet of festivals heading straight for Hampton Roads.
Spring is when outdoor parties start popping — right along with the flowers. This spring, an unusually large party is scheduled to populate our rivers, harbors and bays. OpSail 2012, a giant floating celebration of maritime culture past and present, will gracefully glide into view in early June.
The event will bring a collection of tall ships and military vessels here from around the world. It's timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the birth of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Around all that pomp and circumstance, you'll find an assortment of outdoor and indoor festivals built around everything from jazz to birding and art.
Climb aboard and enjoy the ride.
April 16-June 6: Virginia Arts Festival, various locations
Dozens of performances spread over seven weeks in locations from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach. Tickets range from to $20-$125 for individual performances, which include shows by Itzhak Perlman, Bela Fleck and Al Pacino. Call 800-982-2787 or visit vafest.org.
April 21: Spring Fountain Fair, Town Point Park, Norfolk
Put on your bathing suit, grab a towel and be part of this great family fun day at TowneBank Fountain Park at Town Point Park. Live entertainment from School of Rock and The Hurrah Players, cakewalks, Hula Hoop contests, sack races, cornhole, face painting, balloons, give-a-ways and more! Free cotton candy and free mini cupcakes from Just Cupcakes. Admission is free. festevents.org.
April 28: NATOFest, Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
Explore 28 countries in a day, no passport required. Food, culture and entertainment will be offered from NATO member nations. A Parade of Nations will also take place. Free and open to the public. Azaleafestival.org
May 5: Children's Festival of Friends, Newport News Park
Children ages 2-12 can enjoy more than 100 free hands-on activities, costumed characters and free children's rides. Food vendors will be on site. Activities and admission is free, but a $5-per-car parking fee will be charged. Attendance at this event can be as large as 10,000, organizers say. Nngov.com/parks-and-recreation
May 5: Paddle for the Border, Dismal Swamp Canal, Chesapeake
This annual paddle event in the Dismal Swamp Canal. Runs from Camden County, N.C. to Chesapeake. Registration required. Visit http://www.dismalswampwelcomecenter.com/Paddle_for_the_Border.php
May 10-12: Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival, Suffolk
Presented by groups including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this festival gives residents the chance to learn about birds living in and around the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Reserve. Make reservations starting Monday for guided walks, bus tours, canoe birding sessions and workships. All activities are free and open to the public. Sponsors include the U.S. Forest Service and Environment for the Americas. Visit fws.gov/northeast/greatdismalswamp or call 986-3705.
May 17-20: Chesapeake Jubilee, Chesapeake City Park
Carnival rides by Amusements of America, concerts, livestock club show and sale, BBQ cook-off, and fireworks are part of the fun. Food vendors, arts and crafts and children's activities will also be featured. Admission is $2. On-site parking is $5. Chesapeakejubilee.org
May 19-20: Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival, Norfolk
All day Saturday and Sunday, more than 100 artists exhibit a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography and others. In addition, there are children's activities, live musical entertainment and food vendors from across the region. It all happens outdoors at Stockley Gardens park in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood. hope-house.org
May 26-27: Pungo Strawberry Festival, Pungo community of Virginia Beach
Taste strawberries prepared 50 different ways, enjoy entertainment on three stages and see a parade on Saturday, carnival, livestock show, arts and crafts. Admission is free, $5 parking charge. It takes place at 1776 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach. No pets allowed. Pungostrawberryfestival.info or 721-6001.
May 31-June 3: Newport News Greek Festival, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Newport News
Authentic Greek victuals; a large arts, craft and jewelry marketplace; pastries; and Greek music and dance make this one of the largest and most popular ethnic celebrations in the region. Newportnewsgreekfestival.org or 596-5599.
June 1-3: Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival, downtown Hampton
Enjoy a pirate ball, live entertainment, pirate re-enactors and their encampment, children's activities, sea battles, fireworks and more as Hampton remembers and celebrates the demise of Blackbeard, one of the fiercest pirates ever known. Free. 727-0900 or blackbeardfestival.com
June 1-3: Patriotic Festival, Virginia Beach oceanfront
Show center is at 15th Street as the U.S. NavyBlue Angels perform June 1 as well as parachute teams, amphibious squads, Geico Skytypers, Miss Geico Extreme Boat Race. Concerts by Miranda Lambert (June 1), Steel Pulse (June 2) and Scotty McCreery (June 3), will take place at 5th Street. http://www.patrioticfestival.com.
June 1-3: Yorktown Maritime Weekend
Spirit of Bermuda, Lynx, Godspeed and the Schooner Alliance will be moored at Yorktown's historic waterfront for this OpSail 2012-related event. Free public tours of tall ships, Navy and Coast Guard vessels will be offered. Demonstrations and a Saturday Parade of Sail will also take place. http://www.opsail2012virginia.com/events-schedule/yorktown
June 8-12: Harborfest, Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
One of the East Coast's premier waterfront festivals gets even bigger this year with the arrival of OpSail 2012, a national maritime history celebration which will bring tall ships and naval vessels from around the world to the region. In addition to all the hulls, masts and decks, Harborfest will feature concerts — by the likes of Bruce Hornsby — children's activities, seafood, gift vendors and fireworks. Activities stretch from the Waterside Festival Marketplace to the Historic Freemason Harbor. Festevents.org
June 6: OpSail 2012 Sea and Air Parade
The Sea and Air Parade of Sail will include tall ships as well as an international fleet of naval vessels, waterborne and air assets from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, Army Corps of Engineers and other government and private groups. The parade will pass Fort Monroe in Hampton, and into downtown Norfolk along the Elizabeth River. http://www.opsail2012virginia.com
June 14-17: Boardwalk Art Show and Festival, Virginia Beach oceanfront
Arrayed along the Virginia Beach boardwalk between 17th and 32nd streets, this show generates as much as $2 million in art sales annually, helping the event to be ranked among the top fine art and design shows in the nation by Sunshine artist magazine. virginiamoca.org/outdoor-art-shows/boardwalk-art-show
June 22-24: Hampton Jazz Festival, Hampton Coliseum
The 44th edition of this event will feature two nights and one afternoon of music from some of the best-known R&B and smooth jazz talent artists in the nation. Kenny G, Natalie Cole and Jill Scott are on the bill this year. Tickets are $56.50 for each of the three days of the festival. http://www.hamptonjazzfestival.com or 838-4203
June 22-24: Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Food Festival, Town Point Park, downtown Norfolk
The Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Food Festival is Norfolk's annual salute to New Orleans spirit and bayou culture. Three stages feature national recording artists. Food vendors supply the etouffee and jambalaya. Festival is free Friday afternoon, but a ticket is required other times. An advance $20 three-day pass will be available. Daily admission is $10. Festevents.org
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- Entertainment
- Art
- Music
- Artists
- Armed Forces
- Environmental Issues
- Natural Resources
- Wetlands
- Religion and Belief
- Concerts
- Christianity
- Christian Orthodoxy
- Hampton Roads
- Great Dismal Swamp
- Livestock Farming
- Hampton Jazz Festival
- Virginia Arts Festival
- Blackbeard Pirate Festival


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Furcal strains groin; Marlins hopeful it's not serious
NEW YORK -- Just when it looked as if Rafael Furcal was getting back into form, the veteran infielder suffered a setback on Friday night. The Marlins second baseman was removed from a rehab-assignment game with Double-A Jacksonville because of a right groin strain.
The Marlins are hopeful the ailment isn't serious and that it won't keep the veteran infielder out of action long.
"He came out of the game last night," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "He's been evaluated. He's going through baseball activities now to get a feel for where he is at. We'll see if he is ready to play in the game tomorrow."
Best-case scenario is Furcal getting back into a game on Sunday and then continuing his rehab assignment. Projected as Miami's regular second baseman, Furcal opened the season on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring.
Furcal was 2-for-2 on Friday, but he felt some discomfort while running the bases. As a precaution he was replaced.
In four games with Jacksonville, Furcal is 4-for-15 (.267). The infielder began his rehab assignment at Class A Jupiter, where he hit .235.


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Who said that people don't like maths? Numbers of entries to maths A and AS levels across the UK have again increased this year. The number of students taking maths A level has risen by 7.8% compared to last year and A level further maths entries have risen by 5.2% At AS level maths has seen an increase of 25.3% compared to last year and further maths an increase of 24.7%. The number of students taking A level maths is now higher than it has been for almost two decades.
Would you like to present engaging mathematics sessions to young people? The Royal Institution of Great Britain (Ri) is offering development sessions for new Ri mathematics masterclass speakers as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the programme. The network stretches from Aberdeen to Truro, including Jersey and Northern Ireland, and is ever-expanding.
Here's your chance to venture to the frontiers of physics using your very own computer. This week CERN began public testing of LHC@home 2.0, a project that enlists the computing power of volunteers from around the world to help simulate high-energy collisions of protons in the LHC.
A team of nanoengineers have constructed new materials that don't wrinkle when you stretch them. This makes them similar to tissue found in the human body, so they may in the future be used to repair damaged heart walls, blood vessels and skin.
Convex or concave? It's a question we usually answer just by looking at something. It's convex if it bulges outwards, and concave if it bulges inwards. But when it comes to mathematical functions, things aren't that simple. A team of computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have recently shown that deciding whether a mathematical function is convex can be very hard indeed.
If you live in or near Cambridge, you've got the chance to see a genuine World War II Enigma machine in action and watch the movie Enigma starring Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott afterwards!


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The Mathematics Department at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver is seeking candidates for a Tier II Canada Research Chair, with a starting date of July 1, 2014. The successful candidate will have a PhD, normally obtained in the last ten years, and a record of world-class research accomplishments in mathematics, and will be expected to teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels and to supervise graduate students. The priority research area is probability. Exceptional candidates may be considered from existing or emerging areas of research excellence in the department. The CRC Tier II is at the level of a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor. Salary will be commensurate with experience and research record. Details about the federal government's CRC programme can be found at: http://www.chairs.gc.ca.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply on-line as described at: http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/UBC/
Alternatively, applicants may send a current CV including a list of publications, statement of research and teaching interests, a teaching dossier or similar record of teaching experience and supervision, and should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to:
Chair, Departmental Committee on Appointments
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Review of applications will begin on November 20, 2013.
All positions are subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat. Canada Research Chairs are open to individuals of any nationality; offers will be made in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements associated with the Canada Research Chairs program. UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
The Department has strong connections with other mathematical institutes, such as the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), MPrime (Network of Centre of Excellence in the mathematical sciences), Banff International Research Station (BIRS), and the UBC Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM). For more information see http://www.math.ubc.ca.


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Mets use big first frame to take finale from Rangers
NEW YORK -- The Rangers used a big first inning to pace their victory on Saturday night, and the Mets followed suit on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, plating five runs in the opening frame en route to an 8-4 rubber-match win against Texas.
The Mets pounced on Rangers starter Nick Tepesch early. Curtis Granderson opened the crooked first inning with a walk, and after two quick flyouts, the Mets' offense went to work.
Lucas Duda poked an RBI double to left and later scored on a Juan Lagares single. Anthony Recker then put an exclamation point on the inning, mashing a high fastball into the left-field corner seats to tack on three runs. Recker's third blast of the season marked the third straight game in which a Mets catcher has homered.
"[It] felt good. It always feels good to produce," said Recker, who hadn't started since June 28. "Any time I can come in and help the team win a game is obviously all I'm here for, I'm just glad I was able to. Five up in the first inning is pretty cool."
The Mets scored all five runs in that inning with two outs, sending nine men to the plate and seeing 37 pitches. The early padding was more than enough for starter Zack Wheeler, who wasn't dominant but still highly effective, spinning 6 1/3 innings for the second straight game.
"I'm feeling good right now, everything's feeling fluid," said Wheeler. "You want to have quick innings and limit the stuff the other team's doing because you have a big lead. That was nice to pitch with that lead throughout the game."
Wheeler, who entered 0-4 with a 5.40 ERA at home, shook off some of his Citi Field demons, allowing just one run on six hits and two walks on 111 pitches. After serving up a leadoff double to Shin-Soo Choo, he settled in, retiring the next three hitters. He worked mostly from the stretch, allowing at least one baserunner in each inning but for a clean sixth, inducing Rangers hitters to roll over with weak grounders and fly balls.
Manager Terry Collins mentioned after the game that he thinks Wheeler is still in a developmental stage in his sophomore season, but he is pleased with his righty's performance against a tough offense.
"We've got a young pitcher on our hands who's going to be really, really good," said Collins. "When he makes pitches, I don't care who's up there, he gets outs, and today he did a nice job of hanging in there with some guys on base."
Wheeler's lone blemish came in the fourth, when he served up a two-out solo homer to catcher Robinson Chirinos. Collins pulled Wheeler in the seventh with one out and runners at the corners, and Dana Eveland and Vic Black preserved his line, recording the final two outs.
"I felt good when I was starting," said Wheeler, who was happy to build on his previous outing. "There's just two innings where I sort of lost a little something and had to find it again and I found it, so … It felt good to finally get that back and go out there and compete."
The Rangers' remaining damage was inflicted in the eighth, when Gonzalez Germen gave up three runs thanks to long balls from Alex Rios and Leonys Martin. But Texas' sparks were too late, and the early hole was too deep to climb. Jeurys Familia cleaned up the eighth and Jenrry Mejia closed out the ninth.
"You have to give Zack Wheeler credit," said Rangers manager Ron Washington. "The guy has a live arm. He came out there throwing strikes and making us swing the bats. We finally put some runs on the board, but we couldn't make up for the runs we gave up in the first inning."
After the shaky first inning, Tepesch -- who recorded his first Major League hit in the fifth -- allowed just two runners over the next four frames before serving up a solo shot to right-center to Kirk Nieuwenhuis, his second of the season. It was the Mets' 19th home run since June 17, the most in the National League over that span.
The Mets got some insurance in the seventh off righty Jason Frasor when Daniel Murphy doubled home Granderson from first with a gapper to left-center, and Ruben Tejada added an RBI single in the eighth, the kind of hit his manager pointed to as being highly important.
"There were some very good at-bats in there," Collins said. "The kind of hits that Ruben got in the eighth inning, those win games, those little singles up the middle."
No doubt, those hits will become doubly important when the Mets welcome the first-place Braves for a four-game set on Monday after being swept by them last week. And as talk about the Trade Deadline starts to pick up steam, playing well against the Braves will have even more significance.
"We've got to make it count," said Collins. "We've got to play really well here for four days."


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by Joel Levinson
In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Helena declares, "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind." Shakespeare, so perspicacious about so many subjects, could have reached even further in this observation (if the fruits of modern science had been available to him), and asked Helena to proclaim more broadly, "We look not with the eyes but with the mind."
That phrase sounds so simple and innocent. We're inclined to embrace the poetic and figurative implications of the notion even though we're dead certain we actually see the world with our eyes. The fact is, however, we don't see with our eyes. Vision is an illusionistic phenomenon that is so overwhelmingly convincing that it's hard to believe –some might say impossible to believe – that we don't actually see what's out there on the world side of our eyeballs. Nonsense, many of you will assert, we certainly see what's out there.
Let's parse the word see. Take the phrase "in the distance she could see the blue ocean." We understand this to mean that she is looking out across space and sees out there the ocean glittering in the sunlight. What I intend to illuminate in this article is that it is physically impossible to see anything out there and that the very experience of seeing is fundamentally and necessarily illusionistic.
Seeing is an image-making phenomenon that occurs only in the brain. As Shakespeare rightly claimed, we see with the mind. What we think we see out there is really what the complicated process of cognition constructs in here (tap your skull, please). When I share this notion with friends, they ask with alarm, "You don't really mean to suggest that what I see with my eyes is an illusion and that there is really nothing out there – that seeing essentially is a hallucination." No, I am not saying that. There is something out there but it's different from what we perceive (read: cognitively fabricate).
Lift your eyes from this page of the Local and look at something or somebody nearby. There is no question in your mind that you see across the space that separates you from the person or thing you're observing. You're convinced that you see your subject across space and they are real. Right? Yes, they are real. But no, you don't see them out there. It is physically impossible to see anything out there on the far side of your eyes. But why?
The ancient Greeks, specifically Empedocles and Plato, believed there was some form of fire inside the eye, a spear of which shoots out of the pupil the way light shines from a flashlight. They believed that that spear of eye-fire darts out, touches, and brings back to the observer the essence of the object seen.
Science, however, tells us the eye is simply a part of your brain that acts like a passive funnel and merely collects a portion of the billions of photons per second that bombard your face. Roughly 1,500 years after the Greeks, an Arab by the name of Alhazen understood that the eye is but a dark chamber and light enters in carrying information from the outside world. But the light doesn't carry a ready-made picture; the picture we experience must first be fabricated.
Light simply carries energy packets of varying wavelengths on a one-way trip into the cranium. Rods and cones at the back of the eyeball convert the energy into electro-chemical impulses, sending those impulses in a micro fraction of a second to nature's astounding cognition factory that is the brain. Impulses are shot back and forth between various processing centers in the gray matter where the impulses are shaped and reshaped using, in part, a lifetime of your memories to build the image.
Some brain cells, for instance, only recognize vertical lines, others only horizontal lines, and still others only diagonal lines. Thousands of other cognitive picture-building actions occur in a billionth the time it takes to wink. It's a miraculous process evolved over eons to serve organism survival – your survival. Avoid that car. Find your next meal. Look for a companion.
Too incredible to believe? Consider this. Imagine someone has slowed down light to a snail's pace while you're looking at a mountain. While you're still facing the mountain, you close your eyes. Just before you open your eyes, a huge lead curtain a football field away, descends between you and the mountain blocking the view. You open your eyes. The slow crawling light beam that originally emanated from the mountain now travels from your side of the lead curtain into your eyes. Voila! You "see" the mountain for a short time with exactly the same detail as before the curtain had descended and yet the view of the mountain is totally blocked by the opaque curtain. Such is the illusionistic nature of perception. From this, one must also conclude that color is not a real aspect of the world out there, but a constructed sensation that exists only in the mind of some sentient beings.
Shakespeare was on the right track again when he wrote, "When most I wink, then do my eyes best see."
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Butler, Paulino Help Lead Royals Over Yankees
KANSAS CITY (AP) -- Ned Yost wasn't sure whether the Kansas City Royals needed a relatively easy wire-to-wire win to finally exhale after an often-difficult start to the season.
The one thing Yost did know: He surely needed it.
"It was an extremely good game in all facets of the game," the Royals' manager said after a 5-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night. "It was a good day for us."
Felipe Paulino came off the disabled list to toss six shutout innings. Billy Butler drove in three runs with a pair of well-timed doubles. Alex Gordon matched a career high with four hits, and an up-and-down bullpen kept the Yankees in check the final three innings.
"We're getting back to playing our style of baseball now," Yost said. "We had that little rough patch and we're starting to swing the bats a little better now."
Russell Martin's long homer off Jose Mijares in the seventh inning represented the only run for the Yankees. Derek Jeter went 0 for 4 and committed an error at shortstop in the first inning, while slugging first baseman Mark Teixeira also went 0 for 4 at the plate.
"You are going to go through periods," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "The key to keeping your offense consistent for me is not having a bunch of guys struggle at once. Maybe having one or two and having the other guys picking you up. That hasn't necessarily been true."
Paulino (1-0) retired 11 straight to start the game and did not allow a ball out of the infield until Raul Ibanez singled with one out in the fifth. Paulino gave up only four hits and walked two while striking out six in his first start of the season.
"I had my game plan," Paulino said. "I executed all my pitches. I'm happy because at the same time, we won the game tonight."
Hiroki Kuroda (2-4) allowed two runs in the first inning, one earned, which kept up a strange trend. Nine of the 18 runs the Yankees' starter has given up this season have come in the first.
He wound up getting pulled after 4 1/3 shaky innings.
"I didn't have all my pitchers. I didn't have my command, either," Kuroda said through a translator. "I just have to be consistent."
The Royals capitalized when Jeter misplayed a grounder by Jarrod Dyson to lead off the game. Gordon followed with a clean single to right field, and Butler delivered a scorching RBI double down the third-base line to bring home both runs.
Kansas City added another in the fifth when Gordon singled for the third straight at-bat. He was running when Butler doubled into the right-field gap, allowing him to score from first.
"You can't always get it done," Butler said, "but it was good to get it done tonight."
The Royals added on to their cushion in the sixth.
Light-hitting Chris Getz drew a leadoff walk and Alcides Escobar followed with a base hit, putting runners on the corners. Dyson's shallow fly to left field was enough to score Getz, and Gordon's double moments later gave Kansas City a 5-0 lead.
The way Paulino was pitching, that was more than enough.
After starting the season on the DL with a strained right forearm, Paulino came out flashing a 96 mph fastball that befuddled the Yankees. He didn't allow a baserunner until Alex Rodriguez walked with two outs in the fourth, and Paulino didn't allow a hit until the fifth.
After working out of that trouble, he got some help from Jeff Francoeur in the sixth.
Curtis Granderson doubled to lead off the inning, but he should have known better than to run on the Royals' right fielder. Francoeur settled under a fly ball by A-Rod and then made a pinpoint throw to punch out Granderson tagging up for third base.
It was Francoeur's American League-leading fifth outfield assist and the 102nd of his career. He followed up by making a sliding grab on a fly ball by Teixeira to end the inning.
"I got a text from a friend of mine after the game that says Jeff has thrown out more people than a Bourbon Street bouncer," Yost said, "which is kind of true."


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One of the most popular projects from the new Geek Mom book is the DIY Lava Lamp. It's a super-simple chemistry project with a colorful twist.
We thought we'd give you another sneak peek into the book by sharing the directions to make your own DIY Lava Lamp. In keeping with the holidays, try making a bunch of them in red and green and setting them all off at once.
Here's how to make your own DIY Lava Lamp. For more background on the project, and to read about other activities – as well as our thoughts and advice about how to let your GeekMom light shine – pick up a copy of Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families by Natania Barron, Corrina Lawson, Jenny Williams and me!
And to see what they look like in action, here's a video of some of the Lava Lamps in action, from a summer science workshop led by one of our friends at Girls are Geeks!
• Tall, thin recycled soda or water bottle (label removed), 16 oz (half-liter) size or larger
• Water
• Food coloring
• Baby oil, at least one 12 oz bottle
• Effervescent antacid tablets (such as Alka-Seltzer)
• LED stick-on push light
• Plastic plate to catch spills
Caution: oil may stain clothing, so wear a lab coat, apron, or old t-shirt
Step 1: Prepare the Bottom Layer of Colored Water
Fill the bottle about one-quarter of the way with water. Add five or six drops of liquid food coloring. (Take a few moments to watch as the dye begins to spread in vibrant tendrils of color—the result of Brownian motion, discovered by botanist Robert Brown in 1827.) The final color should be fairly dark.
Step 2: Add the Top Layer of Oil
Now it's time to add the clear liquid. Baby oil is mostly mineral oil—a nontoxic by-product of the manufacture of gasoline—with a little fragrance added. You can also use any kind of cooking or skin care oil you have on hand, as long as it's not too dark to see through. Pour the oil into the lava lamp bottle slowly, stopping when you reach the bottle's shoulder. Leave a little head room so the lamp solution doesn't bubble over. Let the bottle sit until the contents settle into two layers: colored water on the bottom, oil on top, with a nice sharp line in between.
Step 3: Turn on the Lights and Start the Action!
So far you've built what science teachers call a density column: one type of substance floating on another. To turn it into a lamp, just set the LED push light—a disk with three or four small bulbs embedded in it—on your plate and carefully place your lava lamp bottle on top so the liquid inside lights up. This homebrew lava lamp runs on chemical power instead of electric heat. To get it started, drop pieces of an effervescent (fizzing) antacid tablet like Alka-Seltzer into the bottle. Use as large a piece as possible—the bigger the piece, the more dramatic the effect!
As the tablet reaches the layer of water, it begins to release bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. Because gas is less dense than liquid, the bubbles float upward, carrying drops and blobs of water along with them. When the bubbles reach the surface, the gas keeps rising, but the water drops back down to the bottom of the lamp, creating the lava lamp effect. The lamp will keep running as long as the tablets are fizzing.
If your oil hasn't gotten too cloudy, close up the bottle and save it for another day. But don't put the cap on until all fizzing is over, or the pressure of the gas inside can create that explosion that your kids are waiting for!


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Captivating clash
Eric Peterson, The Forum
Published Monday, January 07, 2008
Three decades later, the game remains arguably the most memorable event in North Dakota high school sports history, even though the folklore is not always accurate.
"People always say to me, 'I remember when you guys won,' " said former Epping boys basketball standout Bob Allard. "We actually finished second."
Class B power Hillsboro nipped tiny Epping 56-52 for the 1977 Class B state boys basketball championship, a game that captivated the state's basketball fans.
"It was probably the ultimate David vs. Goliath," said Dave Nelson, a senior on that Hillsboro team and now the head coach at May-Port-CG. "We were one of the bigger schools, and they were one of the smaller schools."
Epping was an unlikely candidate to make a run to the state title game. Located 10 miles from Williston with a population of around 130, Epping had an enrollment of 24 kids in its high school. The Eagles had endured a 96-game losing streak in the 1960s.
Hillsboro edged Epping in the 1977 Class B state boys basketball championship in one of the most memorable events in North Dakota high school sports history. Forum photo by David Samson / Forum photo illustration
Hillsboro edged Epping in the 1977 Class B state boys basketball championship in one of the most memorable events in North Dakota high school sports history. Forum photo by David Samson / Forum photo illustration
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In contrast, Hillsboro was a program rich in tradition.
The Burros earned back-to-back state titles in 1973 and 1974. Hillsboro had won 270 games under legendary head coach Ed Beyer – in his 15th season of 36 – as they entered the 1977 state tournament.
"It was such a classic little guy against the big guy that the whole state was wrapped up in it," said Jim Adelson, the legendary KXJB-TV sports personality who is now retired and called that game on television. "That game goes down as one of the classics in North Dakota state history, as far as I'm concerned."
The ultimate underdog, the Eagles endeared themselves to most of the 7,400 fans in the sold-out Bismarck Civic Center.
"We were outnumbered 7,000 to 400, it seemed," Beyer was quoted in the newspaper as saying at Hillsboro's welcome-home celebration following the title game.
The crowd's overwhelming preference for Epping was clear before the start of the championship game.
"We didn't have many people that liked us," said Beyer, who retired from coaching in 1997. "It was a unique game. We got booed in the introductions, which was too bad because we had some good kids. It was about as tough a situation as you could put kids in."
Nelson, who averaged 17.6 points per game that season to lead the Burros, has vivid memories of the pre-game buildup.
"I still remember how we were booed so badly in introductions at the start of that game," Nelson said. "It was a shock, to say the least, and we were very much surprised, especially when you are a 16- or 17-year-old kid."
Epping's five starters were two sets of brothers – Don and Bob Allard and Clyde and Mike Vinger – along with Jay Bingeman. The team rode to games in cars because it didn't have a bus.
In his fifth season, Epping coach Larry Overbo took the Eagles from six wins in his first year to a team that had a 25-1 record entering the 1977 state tournament.
The Eagles won 25 straight games before losing to Hillsboro in the title game.
"We had one of the best coaches that anyone could ever have," Bob Allard said. "Larry Overbo is the coach that made it work for us. He was a genius when it came to basketball."
Despite Overbo's guidance, Bob Allard recalled being in awe of Bismarck and the atmosphere in the Civic.
Coming from Epping, "back then we thought it was the big city," said Allard, who averaged 19 points per game along with Clyde Vinger to lead the Eagles in scoring.
Getting to the Civic Center floor before the game started was difficult, as the Eagles had to weave through the sellout crowd.
"The one thing I remember more than anything in the championship game, we had the police escorting us to get us out on the floor," said Bob Allard, whose son, Jordan, plays at Fargo South.
Once the Eagles found the court, they were greeted with a deafening ovation.
"The rush was more than anything anybody could handle," Bob Allard said. "The roar was unbelievable. That is one I will never forget the rest of my life."
Hillsboro built an 11-point lead after the first quarter, but the Eagles clawed back. Hillsboro led by eight points at halftime and held a 38-33 lead after three quarters.
The Burros built a 48-37 lead with 3 minutes, 28 seconds to play before Epping made a strong final push.
The Eagles scored seven straight points to pull within 48-44 and appeared to have cut the lead to two points after Don Allard scored a hoop.
However, that basket was disallowed after referee Henry Milkey called Don Allard for palming the ball, a call that remains controversial.
"And still to this day, there is the one call from Henry Milkey that turned the game around," Bob Allard said.
Epping would cut the lead to 48-45, but Hillsboro countered with the next six points to squelch the rally.
"Epping made a run at us at the end of the game, and I remember how loud the place was and how frenzied the place was. It was very much an atmosphere that was hard to rival," Nelson said. "It was a fun game and it was a nerve-wracking game. I remember after the game it was more of a relief than anything."
Members from both teams became friends as a result of the historic game.
They played a reunion game in Williston 10 years later. They also gathered at the Class B state tournament in 2002 for the game's 25th anniversary.
The game also lived on in the media. It was prominently featured in the 2001 Prairie Public documentary, "One Shining Moment," which chronicled the history of the North Dakota Class B state boys basketball tournament.
"It was definitely special," Nelson said. "I think that is the only state tournament you can think of that you know who finished second."