We visit the famous Constantia Wine region which nestles against the back of Table Mountain and from a historical perspective, this is where the first vineyard was established in South Africa by Simon Van Der Stel ( the governor of the Cape ) in 1685.
The day starts with a visit to STEENBERG VINEYARD, a modern contemporary example of a wine estate, lovely champagne and wines the order of the day in beautiful surroundings.
Next up we visit GROOT CONSTANTIA VINEYARD, the first estate to be established in South Africa. Here we visit the cellar to take a look at the behind the scenes action before indulging in a Choc/wine tasting where 5 chocolates have been paired with 5 wines.
Lunch is at LA COLOMBE voted in the Top 50 Restaurants in the world and is a set food wine pairing experience.
We end the day at CONSTANTIA GLEN VINEYARD which overlooks the Constantia valley and is known for the excellent wine.
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Gary can't finish one curl. But what else have they got? Did you have much input on… Janeane Garofalo: I hate to break this to you, Gary, Dramatic oriental music plays as the camera moves down the great hall towards Kim Jong Il, who's seated on a low settee. Meadow points out that AJ has been studying philosophy at school. A figure in a cloak climbs the stairs and two North Korean soldiers rush in to block his path.
No, I'm not gonna let it end like this! And they endorsed me and that's how I became lieutenant governor. Which is sort of ironic, since we know from WHAS that Camp Firewood will be down to a single crayon by the end of the summer — a brown one. A butterfly appears and guides the camera to the next scene, in which a woman looks around and calls out to her son. He's a natural-born leader.
Then I had to queue up for my coach ticket from the train station because the ticket I had was only a ticket for a ticket not a ticket for the actual coach. He impresses the actor with his use of colourful vernacular. We must go back to that first night we met, that first issue of trust!! Jon has ordered some room service food for his meeting with Christopher but the mobster snorts cocaine instead. The limo peels away from the theater and makes its way through the streets quickly]. They burst through a door and pull Gary along, then all stop.
Fantastic, she's great! Thank you!
huuummm superbe salope que du bon !!! Encore!!


(Rochester, Minn.) –Despite Matt Hardy's (UC Riverside) two home run night, the Rochester Honkers fell to the Waterloo Bucks 8-4 Saturday at Riverfront Stadium. The win improves the Bucks record to 10-26 in the second half and 20-51 overall. The Honkers lost their third straight to fall to 16-19 and 33-38.
The Honkers were able to cut Waterloo's lead in the fourth as Hardy crushed his first solo home run of the game to make the score 2-1.
Along with two home runs, Hardy paced the Honkers offense collecting four hits and falling just a triple short of the cycle. Additionally, Michalak picked up three hits for the Honkers. It was the Rochester native's fifth three-hit game of the summer.
Honkers starting pitcher Matteo Bocchi (Texas) tossed a gem despite receiving a no decision. The Italy native worked six innings surrendering two runs on five hits. Just one of the runs was earned. Erik Edminster (Loras) came in relief to pitch one inning and gave up four runs on four hits. Jack Nelson (St. Mary's) was tagged with his first loss of the season after working one inning and give up two runs on five hits.


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Shafer Vineyards in Napa Valley, California, is an iconic family-owned winery, named one of the top 25 vineyards in the world by wine publication Wine & Spirits and "one of the world's greatest wineries" by wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Since 1978 the Shafer family has produced wine in the Stags Leap District, one of the most highly-regarded winegrowing regions within Napa Valley.
Shafer's wines, including its signature wine, Hillside Select, are found in collectors' cellars and on wine lists in top hotels and restaurants throughout the world.
The small winery is managed by father and son team John and Doug Shafer. Elias Fernandez is winemaker. Shafer cultivates more than 200 acres of estate vineyards, sources for Shafer's Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Malbec, Petite Sirah, and Syrah.


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Список предстоятелей Критской православной церкви, которая в настоящее время имеет статус полуавтономной в составе Константинопольского патриархата.

Первый римско-византийский период

 апостол Тит (55/64 — 105 ?)
 Артема
 Филипп (ок. 160/170 — 180/192)
 Диоскор (?)
 Криск (упом. 256)
 Кирилл (ум.  23 февраля 303 — 1 мая 305)
 Мирон (ум. ок. 350)
 Петр (?)
 Павел I (?)
 Иконий (упом. 431)
 Мартирий (упом. 451)
 Феодор (упом. 553)
 Иоанн I (упом. 597)
 Павел II (упом. 667)
 Евмений I (ум. ок. 668)
 Василий I (упом. 680 — упом. 692)
 Андрей Критский (692/711 — ок. 726/740)
 Илия I (упом. 787)
 Иоанн II
 Стефан I
 Никита I
 Никита II

Арабский период
Архиереи вынужденно находись вне Крита
 Василий II (823—828?)
 Василий III (упом. 879)
 Илия II (между 920—961)

Второй византийский период
 Андрей II (ок. 1000)
 Никита III
 Стефан II (упом. 1028)
 Иоанн III (1166—1172?)
 Лев
 Михаил
 Константин I
 Илия III
 Василий IV
 Константин II
 Николай I (упом. 1204)
 Иоанн IV
 Мануил I
 Мануил II
 Николай II (ок. 1200 — после 1224)

Венецианский период
архиереи были изгнаны с острова католическими властями
 Никифор I (Мосхопул) (после 1285—1322)
 Макарий (упом. 1357)
 Анфим (ум. 1371)
 Игнатий (упом. 1381)
 Прохор (упом. 1410)
 Паисий (упом. 1439)
 Велисарий (упом. 1499)

Османский период
 Неофит (Пателлар) (1646—1679)
 Никифор II (Скотакиc) (1679—1683)
 Каллиник I (1683—1685?)
 Арсений I (1687—1688)
 Афанасий (Каллиполитиc) (1688—1697)
 Каллиник II (1697—1699)
 Арсений II (1699 — ок. 1701)
 Иоасаф I (1702 — ок. 1710)
 Константин (Халкиопулос) (1711—1716)
 Герасим I Киссамский (1716—1718)
 Константин (Халкиопулос) (7 декабря 1718—1722) 2-й раз
 Даниил Рефимнский (1722—1725)
 Герасим II (Летицис) (1725 — 2 января 1756)
 Анфим (2 января 1756 — 6 февраля 1756)
 Герасим III Хиосский (6 февраля 1756 — июль 1769)
 Захария (Маридакис) (июль 1769 — май 1786)
 Максим (Прояннакопулос) (19 мая 1786 — 4 мая 1800)
 Герасим IV (Пардалис) (1800 — 6 июля 1821)
 Мефордий Карпафский (1823)
 Каллиник III Анхиалский (март/апрель 1823—1830)
 Мелетий I (Николетакис) (январь/февраль 1831—1839)
 Порфирий (Фотиадис) (август — 21 сентябрь 1839)
 Каллиник IV (Гаргаладос) (сентябрь/октябрь 1839 — 24 февраля 1842)
 Каллиник V (Хугиас) (13 марта 1842—1843)
 Хрисанф Лесбосский (декабрь 1843//январь 1844 — 5 сентября 1850)
 Софроний Эносский (5 сентябрь 1850 — декабрь 1850/январь 1851)
 Дионисий I Византионский (декабрь 1850/январь 1851 — 9 сентября 1856)
 Иоанникий (Ксефлудис) (9 сентября 1856—1858)
 Дионисий II (Харитонидис) (7 августа 1858 — 28 ноября 1868)
 Мелетий II (Кавасилас) (28 ноября 1868 — 5 декабря 1874)
 Софроний II (Христидис) (5 декабря 1874 — 21 июня 1877)
 Мелетий II (Кавасилас) (21 июня 1877 — 25 августа 1882) 2-й раз
 Тимофей I (Кастринояннакис) (2 октября 1882 — 2 марта 1897)

Современный (греческий) период
 Евмений II (Ксирудакис) (24 мая 1898 — 14 апреля 1920)
  (7 марта 1922 — 25 апреля 1933)
 Тимофей II (Венерис) (22 июля 1933 — январь 1941)
 Василий V (Маркакис) (8 апреля 1941 — январь 1950)
 Евгений I (Псалидакис) (23 мая 1950 — 28 февраля 1967)

Архиепископы
 Евгений I (Псалидакис) (28 февраля 1967 — 7 февраля 1978)
 Тимофей III (Папуцакис) (10 марта 1978 — 26 июля 2006)
 Ириней (Афанасиадис) (30 августа 2006 — 2 декабря 2021)
 Евгений II (Антонопулос) (с 11 января 2022)

Литература
  Demetrius Kiminas The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitans with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. 2009

Ссылки
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Lust, With Some Caution! Photos & Selected Works
Posted on August 22, 2014 August 25, 2014 by shruti
Our evening of erotica at Sunita Bar in the Lower East Side was a success! The room was packed, drinks were flowing, temperatures were high, and our performers had everyone in a tizzy. Below are photos from the event, as well as selected works from the reading for you to savor in the intimacy of your own home. Just click on the titles to read!
Shall We Sing About The Starman, Ziggy?
by Anisha Sridhar
A flash fiction ode to oral sex.
Anisha Sridhar is a women's rights advocate and a natural storyteller. She writes comics, short stories, interactive narratives, and games. She highly recommends that you all play Papo & Yo ASAP!
Blog: www.anishasridhar.wordpress.com; Twitter: @21centuryfoxcub
Heavy Moans, Achy Joints
by Shahana Hanif
Shahana struggles with and challenges the rigidity of normative femininity and sexuality, where "disability" means you can't love, be intimate or sexual, or have desires.
Shahana Hanif is a Brooklyn-born Bangladeshi Muslim writer, feminist, and activist exploring gender, sex, sexuality, disability, love, and community.
Email: shahana.hanif@gmail.com; FB: https://www.facebook.com/muntush
by Krupa Shandilya
Krupa Shandilya is an Assistant Professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. The short story "Laila" is an excerpt from her first novel Junoon.
Bollywood and the Beast (an excerpt)
by Suleikha Snyder
Bollywood and the Beast is a February 2014 romance novella that puts a modern spin on the classic fairy tale. Rocky Varma's kiss won't break Taj Ali Khan's curse . . . but she may just blow his mind!
Suleikha Snyder is the pen name for women's entertainment writer Mala Bhattacharjee, who has been publishing contemporary romance and erotic romance since 2011.
Website: www.suleikhasnyder.com; Twitter: @suleikhasnyder or @badnecklace
Honeymoon (an excerpt)
by RaSi, read by Sujata Mukhi
RaSi is a writer, editor and writing coach. rasi.writes@gmail.com
Sujata Mukhi is visiting from Manila and is the Resource Development Coordinator of St. Michael's Playhouse, a Rudolph Steiner pre-school, amongst many other skills and talents in film, theater, writing, and overall awesomeness.
Horn OK Please
by Suniya Qureshi
Horn OK Please is about wanton abandonment and allowing yourself to fall for lust in the most unexpected places, leaving your mother's moral highway code behind.
Much welcomed by West End audiences and inspired by the nuances of the Brit Pak culture and her Pakistani/Lahori roots, Suniya Qureshi has written numerous plays and is currently working on a comedy on mental health called Mumtaz.
Website: www.ludooproductions.com
Love Letters, Erotic Notes, and Other Necessary Fictions
by Swati Khurana
At three different interludes, you will eavesdrop on a mixture of messages that Swati Khurana has received and transcribed from five years of dating, along with those she has collected from her ongoing Texting Scrolls project—where strangers and friends, including SAWCC members, have shared their intimate text messages.
A Kundiman fellow and MFA student at Hunter College, Swati Khurana has been published in the Asian American Literary Review, Bloom, Columbia Review, Feminist War, Jaggery, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, SAMAR, and The Weeklings. She has exhibited her artwork in New York City, around the US, and internationally.
Website: www.swatikhurana.com; Tumblr: http://swatikhurana.tumblr.com
CUNT (from Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues)
performed by Sunita Mukhi
This excerpt extolls the voluptuous articulation of the much maligned word.
Sunita Mukhi is a proud SAWCC board member and the shameless curator of LUST, as well as a theater, film, and performance artist; writer, cultural manager, and educator. Her upcoming solo show, The Devi Diva Triad, is slated for October 26, 2014 on Theater Row.
Email: devidivaproductions@gmail.com
Image: Sugar and Milk, digital print by Chitra Ganesh.
Much gratitude to the invaluable support and assistance of Nadia Ahmad, Anjali Goyal, Shruti Parekh and Sunita Lofters.
This program was funded by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Year of Faith Initiatives Encouraged for Catholics in U.S. Military and VA Medical Centers
October 9, 2012 - by webfeller
AMS offers gatherings, resources and suggestions for faith communities to deepen knowledge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the "Year of Faith" beginning on Thursday, the Archdiocese for the Military Services (AMS) is encouraging Catholics in the United States military and VA Medical Centers to take meaningful advantage of the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the Faith. Pope Benedict XVI has declared the Year of Faith from October 11, 2012 to November 24, 2013, a period marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catholics are asked to observe the occasion by studying the documents of Vatican II and the Catechism.
To facilitate reflection and rediscovery of the Faith, the AMS is encouraging Catholic military chaplains, active duty personnel, hospitalized veterans, and their families to participate in some archdiocesan initiatives especially developed for the Year of Faith. Those initiatives include gatherings, resources, and suggestions for Catholic Faith Communities.
Gatherings will include:
A Pilgrimage for Priests to the Holy Land.
The International Military Pilgrimage in Lourdes, France in May, 2013.
World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in July, 2013.
Ministry leader trainings at the Los Angeles RE Congress in February 2013, and the Baltimore Mid-Atlantic Congress in March 2013.
Resources include:
A soon-to-be-launched free application for mobile devices facilitating access to the documents of the Second Vatican Council and theCatechism of the Catholic Church and showing how the Church demonstrates its concern for the pastoral needs of those who defend their countries and promote freedom. Launch details about this free app will be posted on the AMS website, www.milarch.org.
A special Year of Faith section of the AMS website, highlighting resources, pilgrimages, prayers, and ongoing news. Visitwww.milarch.org/YearofFaith to keep informed throughout the year.
Suggestions for Catholic Faith Communities at military installations, VA Medical centers and other locations within AMS jurisdiction include:
Join the Military Download of the Month Club to receive nine free mp3 Catholic presentations from Lighthouse Catholic Media, allowing individuals to grow in faith in a non-gathered setting. A sign-up package will be delivered to each community. Learn more about these resources and the promotion packet at www.milarch.org/MDMCkit.
Compete against other communities in online quizzes about the Catholic Faith through CatholicQuiz.com. Each month the installations with the highest scores will be highlighted on the AMS website. Quizzes provide direct links to answers in the Bible or theCatechism. Some installations are using this resource to create live Catholic game shows and 'Stump the Priest' sessions by asking questions and finding out who knows the answers. Visit www.milarch.org/CatholicQuiz to learn more.
Subscribe to Young Adult Ministry in a Box—a toolkit, developed by Catholic young adult ministry leaders around the country, offering planning resources, outreach initiatives, ministry mentors, and new ideas every week. Find step-by-step strategies, planning guides, and liturgical resources that speak to the particular pastoral needs of young adults, such as Ash Wednesday. Learn more and subscribe at http://www.youngadultministryinabox.com.
Watch the 10-part film series, Catholicism: a Journey to the Heart of the Faith, copies of which Word on Fire Ministries donated to military installations throughout the AMS last February. In this amazing series Father Robert Barron poses this challenging statement, "If Jesus is who he says he is, then that demands a response." Visit www.milarch.org/yofcatholicism for information about the series and take home reflection sheets created for the military.
Dr. Mark Moitoza, AMS Vice-Chancellor for Evangelization, said:
"The Year of Faith, as the Holy Father states in his Porta Fidei, will provide a time for reflection and rediscovery of the faith. A particular focus on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church serve as the foundation to learn about the Catholic Faith. Through study, prayer, reflection, and action, all Catholics are being invited, once again, to be active participants in the New Evangelization. The archdiocese offers resources, prayers, and pilgrimages throughout the year for those who serve far from home, and the new app the archdiocese is launching will serve as a free digital resource putting the tools of faith into the hands of those who serve the United States while assigned across the globe."
The AMS was created as an independent archdiocese by Pope John Paul II in 1985 as the only Catholic jurisdiction responsible for endorsing and granting faculties for priests to serve as chaplains in the U.S. military and VA Medical Centers.
AMS-endorsed chaplains serve at more than 220 U.S. military installations in 29 countries, making the AMS the nation's only global archdiocese. AMS-endorsed chaplains also serve at 153 VA Medical Centers throughout the U.S.
The AMS service population also includes American Catholic civilians working for the federal government in 134 countries, but currently, due to limited resources, the AMS cannot adequately serve this population.
Worldwide, an estimated 1.8 million Catholics depend on the AMS to meet their spiritual and sacramental needs.
For more information on the Archdiocese for the Military Services, visit www.milarch.org, the only official Web site for Catholics in the military and for the Cause of Father Vincent Capodanno, M.M.


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Which professors make the highest salaries?
Alex Friedrich March 23, 2011, 10:50 AM Mar 23, 2011
How much for this?
In case you missed this earlier, here's a list of academic fields and what their faculty make, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
(Thought it might be appropriate during the current state budget talks on higher education.)
The top five fields for professors at four-year universities:
Legal: $134, 162
Engineering: $114,365
Business: $111,621
Computer science: $101,985
Area/ethnic/cultural/gender studies: $97,637
Here's the full chart (with associate profs, assistants, etc.):
Professor Associate professor Assistant professor* New assistant professor Instructor
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $92,716 $72,805 $62,122 $63,343 $45,057
Architecture and related services $97,505 $74,466 $60,522 $57,510 $50,111
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies $97,637 $73,457 $58,282 $58,827 $41,776
Biological and biomedical sciences $92,505 $68,806 $58,709 $57,272 $45,049
Business, management, marketing, and related support services $111,621 $93,767 $87,248 $93,926 $57,873
Communication, journalism, and related programs $85,057 $65,444 $54,303 $53,524 $45,070
Communications technologies/technicians and support services $87,611 $65,162 $55,474 $61,840 $51,400
Computer and information sciences and support services $101,985 $83,362 $71,760 $72,199 $53,356
Education $83,748 $65,671 $55,848 $55,379 $46,183
Engineering $114,365 $87,663 $75,822 $76,518 $57,678
Engineering technologies/technicians $87,583 $72,351 $62,081 $62,516 $49,994
English language and literature/letters $80,545 $62,077 $52,081 $51,786 $41,733
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences $88,068 $67,934 $57,484 $56,259 $45,247
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics $85,139 $65,759 $54,005 $52,968 $43,126
Health professions and related clinical sciences $95,437 $75,207 $63,518 $64,943 $52,720
History $82,202 $63,228 $52,626 $52,470 $42,318
Legal professions and studies $134,162 $99,746 $84,374 $91,828 $64,785
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities $83,573 $63,098 $52,394 $51,568 $42,912
Library science $92,099 $68,213 $55,015 $56,427 $47,253
Mathematics and statistics $84,942 $66,263 $56,337 $56,647 $42,538
Multi/interdisciplinary studies $92,148 $71,058 $57,645 $56,902 $47,435
Natural resources and conservation $93,375 $70,470 $60,102 $56,070 $47,423
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies $80,366 $65,072 $54,039 $54,444 $43,503
Philosophy and religious studies $85,073 $63,998 $53,598 $52,270 $43,579
Physical sciences $89,280 $67,590 $57,447 $57,607 $43,980
Psychology $84,509 $64,892 $55,133 $54,859 $45,421
Public administration and social-service professions $90,251 $69,791 $56,952 $58,230 $46,946
Security and protective services $85,311 $66,094 $54,639 $53,769 $44,052
Social sciences $89,858 $69,064 $58,436 $58,946 $46,158
Theology and religious vocations $74,267 $59,593 $52,241 $50,620 $46,042
Visual and performing arts $79,768 $62,686 $52,127 $50,618 $43,464
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I would like to add complexity and context to the (somewhat misleading) data that has been presented here. According to the AAUP's (American Association of University Professors) 2010 report on the condition of academic labor, over 70 percent of all "teaching" faculty are working off the tenure track (as adjuncts, research assistants, etc), often for salaries that are less than $3000 per class and without any sort of fringe benefits. It is important to note that the salary data that you have listed here is at the TOP of the salary range for tenure and tenure track (e.g. assistant, associate professors) professors, and that there is quite a range that exists between an assistant professor of English and an assistant professor in Engineering. The tenure and tenure track folks that the Chronicle of Higher Ed includes in their listing are a significant minority of teaching faculty in U.S. Thus, the answer to the caption of the picture that accompanies this article ("how much for this"–implying instructor salary) is, more often than not $3,000 for the entire semester, give or take… Here is a link to the AAUP's most 2010 study: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/teachertenure.htm
Definitely worth looking up in more detail. Are adjuncts considered salaried? And why would the Chron list "average" salaries if they're at the top of the range? I need to get over to the Capitol, but would like to look at this further.
Sorry for the confusion– I did not mean to imply that the Chronicle was listing average salaries because they were at the top of the range (my bad in not being clear in my posting), but that thinking about one national "average" for particular fields/disciplines obscures and flattens the differences that exist between disciplines and institution types (e.g. a community college versus an private, R1 institution). I have found that the Chronicle's faculty salary interface http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/ (which is drawn from AAUP data) is very helpful for making comparisons between institution types or regional areas. These comparisons are potentially more useful for the general public because they can see how particular institutions, states and regions compensate faculty.
Re: Adjuncts. The whole issue of adjunct/contingent/off-the-tenure-track faculty is very difficult to quantify because few agree on who/what "they" are and how they are/should be counted. Some institutions DO provide access to salaried/unionized positions for adjuncts, other places operate on a contract-by-contract basis. The AAUP did a study in 2006 that gives a great overview of this national trend and the implications of it for undergraduate teaching and learning. http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/F05FF88E-B2A8-4052-8373-AF0FDAE060AC/0/ConsequencesAnIncreasinglyContingentFaculty.pdf


Congress: House Democrats are gearing up for what's likely to be their first subpoena fight with the Trump administration — targeting the Treasury Department's decision to lift sanctions on companies tied to a billionaire Russian oligarch. The Republican Senate at the end of last week also pushed back on President Trump, passing a motion to debate a nonbinding sense of the Senate provision as part of a Middle East policy bill that if passed effectively opposes Trump's plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops from their long-running overseas fight against terrorism in Syria and Afghanistan. The final handful of remaining committees that have not done so should finish their organizational activities this week, and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will continue to meet throughout the week to work towards a deal on border funding and the final seven FY19 Appropriations bills which remain unfinished.
White House: The President is continuing to prepare for Tuesday's State of the Union address, and sources have hinted it will push back strongly on the issue of abortion, among other areas of emphasis. Although it comes amid an ongoing standoff with congressional Democrats over a wall Trump wants to build along the southern border, people familiar with its contents say it will range widely and include a call for bipartisanship (albeit the President has also hinted he could announce a "national emergency" on immigration at the SOTU as well).
2020 Elections: Barely a month into the 2020 Democratic primary, rifts between the party's liberal and moderate factions burst open this week — pried loose by an intraparty feud over health care and taxes that could define the battle to take on President Trump. Several more U.S. senators also announced their candidacies, including Senators Corey Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, who joined an increasingly crowded field. On the other side, President Trump's campaign went on a massive spending blitz at the end of 2018 — a sharp increase in outlays ($23 million in the final 3 months of the year), driven by midterm election rallies and digital advertising, that marks an unofficial kickoff to his 2020 reelection effort.
Grassley: Lawmakers Hope to Attach Extenders to Funding Legislation: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said lawmakers hope to attach a rump group of so-called tax extenders to legislation needed to avert a government shutdown. Twenty-eight temporary tax provisions expired at the end of 2017. Congress would need to retroactively extend them into 2018, so people could claim them on returns filed this year.
Fixing Glitches in TCJA Will Take "A Lot of Negotiation" with Democrats, Aide Says: Fixes that Republicans want to their 2017 tax overhaul (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA) will require "a lot of negotiation" with Democrats, a top Senate Finance Committee staffer said today. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation has identified more than 70 technical corrections that may be needed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1 (115). Former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), an architect of the law, released a draft of a corrections plan the day before Democrats took control of the House early this month.


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Tasting Notes (updated 11/19/17)
A show-stopper with aromas and flavors of fresh black fruit jam backed by dried culinary herbs like sage and rosemary. Its long, round and rich mid-palate reminds of us how good blends can be when they come together in harmony. Beautifully balanced to drink now.
Everything we learned from the fickle nature of Pinot Noir... could also be applied to Bordeaux varieties.
RSV's Biodynamically grown, right bank inspired wine, is light years from typical Napa style. It might as well be from Mars.
RSV looks at the vineyard as an organism that must be both self sufficient and integrated with its surroundings
The aromas enshroud your sense of smell in a dense cloud of currants, plums, sweet herbs, violets, warm fresh olive bread and cocoa
Wine Growing Notes
Marcien Love Song...
What's so funny about place, love and understanding!
I am guilty of an affair. It's been going on for quite some time now and the weight of keeping it quiet is too much to bear. The one thing I have learned from keeping such a dark secret is that you can't deny the real thing. I tried, believe me, I tried to walk the line, but seduction was preordained.
Pinot Noir was my first love and I thought would always be the ONE! We hooked up almost thirty years ago when RSV planted three varieties: Chardonnay, Merlot and Pinot Noir. The first two were planted as a cash crop to support our beloved Pinot Noir. In those days, the world at large was little enamored with the variety, but we were believers and knew the Carneros would produce superlative and delicate red wine from the thin skinned grape.
As the years passed, we watched our Pinot Noir blossom into a beautiful, well adjusted wine. Yet there were certain parcels where it was too pugnacious, lacking the ethereal structure that makes Pinot unique and appealing. At the same time, we noticed that one of our cash crop varieties, Merlot, was surprisingly delicious, with intense flavor, aromatics and a mouth watering brightness.
Everything we learned from the fickle nature of Pinot Noir and how it responded to specificities of place could also be applied to Bordeaux varieties. It all had to do with being sensitive to the land.
RSV owned its vineyards long before the inception of the winery, allowing almost 30 years of study to ascertain which varietals respond best to each site. RSV has relentlessly and steadfastly pursued heirloom and massal vine selections, combining them with rootstocks that best suit the aspect and site. The vineyards are spread out over six different sites (five in the Carneros) with different heat summations, exposures and soils. By being sensitive to site, we learned where the classic Bordeaux varieties of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc would naturally thrive to create wines with structure reminiscent of the Old World yet with beguiling New World intensity.
As Biodynamic farmers, RSV looks at the vineyard as an organism that must be both self sufficient and integrated with its surroundings. The farm (vineyard) needs to fit the place, rather than the other way 'round. By encouraging the vineyards to become part of the surrounding ecosystem, nature partners with RSV, embracing efforts instead of battling against them. As nature's desires become known, it is an important part of the "fit" to plant varieties that respond to the cues of place.
So, I fell in love with Pinot Noir, but I have been seduced by the triumvirate of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. It just couldn't be denied... it was meant to be.
Marcien is mysterious and complex. So much so, it's difficult to capture its grace with words. Beautiful, soulful, dark cherry and violet aromas backed with dried sage and a little nutmeg are just the tip of the iceberg on what is happening in this wine. Still tightly wound from youth, there is a core of firm acidity and fine ripe fruit and wood tannins. Wine is about balance and this vintage of Marcien walks the tightrope in perfect form.
Food is also about balance. Too much acid in a dish and your tight pucker makes it difficult to eat. Too much fat, and your mouth goes slack with the weight of it. Some feel that if you drink a fat wine with an acidic dish, the acid in the dish will cure the weak link in the wine. Realistically, this may work for the first sip and bite combo but eventually the acid in the dish will beat out the wine. The same goes for the opposite. The high acid wine may cut the fat you are eating for a few bites but soon the fat will overtake the total experience.
Balance in both the food and wine is the key. It's nice to have a little acid in a fatty dish to complement a nicely balanced wine like Marcien. The lemon in the pork roast balances some of the fat and relieves it of its weight. Marcien's beautiful fruit and core of acidity and tannin meet the roast halfway, neither shying nor conquering.
That's the way it should be.
Until the next wine…
EAT: Rosemary Lemon Pork Roast
2007 was the wine makers vintage. A matter of fact, it was so close to ideal that it was a challenge to not make great wine. It was the first year of drought-like conditions with roughly 60% of normal precipitation that controlled vigor, causing the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon to develop small berries, clusters and lower than average yields. The summer was mild and cool, allowing for even ripening with dense color development, mature tannins and mouth watering acidity. The balance of fruit and tannin will assure that this vintage of Marcien will be a wine that will continue to develop for a long time to come.
Marcien c.1386, "Of the planet Mars" or from 1883, "an inhabitant of the planet Mars."
A quarter century ago, RSV dismissed a warning from fellow vintners that Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc would not ripen in their cool Carneros vineyards. Well, RSV's Biodynamically grown, "Right Bank" of Napa wine might as well be from Mars... it is an elegant alien amongst the over-the-top natives. Maybe it's best described as the bridge between Old and New Worlds; a Saint-Émilion with a suntan!
Marcien, though made of three classic Bordeaux varieties, does not have the actual constitution of the cuvée on the label as the final blend is not predestined from year to year. Marcien is blended purely by taste and texture to create the most expressive wine from a given year. Marcien is RSV's best effort from the vintage and the vineyards.
Marcien Trivia
HISTORY: Flavius Marcianus, known in French as Marcien, was Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 450 until his death in 457. Marcien, considered one of the best of the early Byzantine emperors, was recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church as a saint. Before becoming Emperor, Marcien was taken prisoner in 431 by the Vandals in fighting near Hippo Regius; brought before the Vandal King Geiseric, he was released on his oath never to take up arms against the Vandals again. While Marcien comes from several of RSV's Biodynamically farmed Carneros vineyards, the majority of the grapes come from RSV's Vandal Vineyard.
BIODYNAMICS: Mars is an influential astral body. It affects plants with red flowers or fruit. Silica and iron is energized by Mars. Silica can aid photosynthesis while iron provides minerality. Mars influences humankinds' iron will.
ASTROLOGY: The true Mars spirit shows itself in nonviolent strength, winning competitions by transformation. Mars energy is seen as stamina and achievement.
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Comments: Gagh! This video went through four completely different versions. The first had an audio problem, the second had poor visuals, the third was pretty good both ways but had the music score off by about 5 seconds in some places, and the fourth...well, that's it. I'm never doing this video again so this version will *have* to do. ^"^ And I actually kept the audio quality this time. I'm so proud of myself. But on to the video.
Fullscreen: You cannot view this amv in fullscreen mode using Windows Media Player. If you wish to use fullscreen, you will have to play it in Winamp.


Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Hogeboom, K., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013) Undergraduate mathematics and statistics assessment practices in Lighthouse Delta 2013: The 9th Delta Conference on Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics – Proceedings <www.delta2013.net/?page=program>.
Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013) Developing a shared understanding of assessment criteria and standards in undergraduate mathematics in HERDSA 2013: The place of learning and teaching <conference.herdsa.org.au/2013/program.html>.
Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013), Improving the quality of mathematics assessment in ACSME 2013: Students in transition—The learners' journey <ojs-prod.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6970>.


After raising money through its stock market floatation, online sports broadcaster Perform Group remains intent on building through acquisition.
It is buying German sports portal operator Sportal, as part of its ongoing effort to build out its global audience.
Perform did not disclose an acquisition price to the London stock Exchange. Sportal did €1.4 million in revenue in 2011, Perform said.
Taken full ownership of the Watch&Trade online sports betting service.
Taken control of soccerway.com publisher, Holland's Global Sports Media.
Bought Germany's Spox and Mediasports for up to €16 million.
Snapped up Turkish sports websites mackolik.com and sahadan.com.
Perform's most game-changing deal happened prior to the float, when it bought Goal.com.
Company execs have benefitted from being public now. Last week, Perform made more shares available, so that they could reap windfalls. Co-CEO Simon Denyer made £4.1 million, co-CEO Oliver Slipper made £1.2 million, CFO David Surtees made £1.7 million.
Denyer and Slipper sold around five percent of their total holding. Denyer also gave shares worth £1 million to the charities Richard Thomas Leukaemia Fund, Great Ormond Street Hospital and WorldVision.


Previous Readers Roundtable: Should the Boston Marathon Allow Deferrals for Pregnancy?
Sounds like a good week of training and an even better week of life. I think you'll do well at your half, you crush hilly courses (well, you crush any course) but you do really excel at hills too. Ha, good luck.


Coverage of the Segunda Division clash between Gimnastic and Sporting Gijon.
Manchester City are reportedly keeping tabs on Sporting Gijon's 17-year-old forward Pelayo Morilla ahead of a possible January move.
Derby County confirm that forward Nick Blackman has joined Spanish second division side Sporting Gijon on loan for the rest of the season.
Spain Under-21s defender Jorge Mere turns down the chance to join Malaga in order to complete a move to Bundesliga outfit FC Koln from Sporting Gijon.
A report claims that Barcelona are considering a summer move for Sporting Gijon centre-back Jorge Mere.
Relive Sports Mole's live commentary of the La Liga clash between Sporting Gijon and Real Madrid from Gijon.
A report claims that Chelsea could move for Sporting Gijon centre-back Jorge Mere at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique hands a start to Javier Mascherano for his side's La Liga clash with Sporting Gijon.
Relive Sports Mole's live commentary of the La Liga clash between Barcelona and Sporting Gijon from Camp Nou.
Abelardo turns down a £3.5m payout following his decision to step down as head coach of Sporting Gijon, saying that he 'couldn't do that to the club he loves'.
Sporting Gijon coach Abelardo Fernandez resigns following the club's fourth straight La Liga defeat.
A report claims that Sporting Gijon are close to completing the signing of Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote.
Real Madrid go seven points clear at the top of La Liga courtesy of a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon.
Relive Sports Mole's live commentary of the La Liga clash between Real Madrid and Sporting Gijon at the Bernabeu.
Relive Sports Mole's live commentary of the La Liga clash between Sporting Gijon and Barcelona, which ended in a 5-0 away win.


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haiti home
Cement plant in Gonaives, Siman Lakay
Here is a picture of the cement plant in Gonaives, Siman Lakay
In an article published (August 2012 issue) in the Global Cement Magazine, it was said that Haiti is blessed with natural limestone, essential to produce good quality cement. However, so far Haiti was deprived of its natural advantage because there was no proper infrastructure or any investor to fund and realize such advantage. There is good news. With 'Siman Lakay', a $300 million project, Haiti can produce a good part of its requirements (4.5 million tons per year) and generate enough employment (about 2,200) of diversified skills. 'Siman Lakay' is a new cement plant, has a production capacity of 2 million tons per annum, going to be built in the "La Pierre" locality of Gonaives. The project has come into existence after more than one year's hard work and technical studies by Mr. Bestgen Jérôme, the Honorary Consul of Haiti in Belgium, and it could never have been possible without the support of foreign and Haitian investors.
Here is a picture representing the American Dream
Grain bins from Iowa turned into homes in Haiti
Here is a picture where creativity is used to help those in need. Grain bins from Iowa used to make homes in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake
Iowa-based company, Global Compassion Network, has been doing work in Haiti for the past three years to restore many of those displaced by the 2010 earthquake, back into homes. These dwelling residencies are made from grain bins -- round metal bins, which have been recycled to form what the group calls 'safe homes.' The project takes place in the village called Hope, and so far, some 220 people have benefitted from the 60 homes already erected. The project is done with help from the Sukup Manufacturing company.
Home Building in Haiti - Inadequate Lateral Load Resisting
Weighty concrete ceiling and floor slabs were made for hurricane weather. During an earthquake, the construction of most low-rise buildings meant the walls were dislodged and discharged. The confined masonry system should have worked well under those conditions, but, the frames built in Haiti were mostly inadequately designed and were not integrated enough with beams and columns that were reinforced. As a result, the walls do not have the in-plane load bearing capabilities necessary to withstands strong tremors.
Home Building in Haiti - Code and Code Enforcement
With Haiti being without its own building code, the cue for most builders usually comes from Europe or the U.S. While the Caribbean has its own code, CUBiC, (Caribbean Uniform Building Code), few Haitian engineers employ the standards. Further to that, most buildings were not even built based on designs by an engineer. Permits must be sought for builds, but plan checks and construction inspections are rare and, as such, many buildings are not up to code, making them susceptible to collapse and degradation, especially since they are not diligently maintained.
Home Built on shaky ground in Haiti
A typical house in Haiti starts with a foundation about a meter in depth. For homes and buildings built on an incline, the foundation can rise to as much as 2 meters above the ground. Concrete masonry units, not fired clay bricks, as were prevalent in the 19th century, are used for walls. The unreinforced units are given frame by concrete columns which are reinforced lightly. Slab roofs and floors are common, with one layer of reinforcement for a 4 to 6 inch thickness. These structures are usually single-storied, but are also as tall as two or three stories.
The actual look of a home in Village Lumane Casimir
This is supposed to solve the housing problem in Haiti. Village Lumane Casimir in Morne-à-Cabris is self sufficient with its own utilities.
many people complained about the size of each home build which is appears to be small. The government argument is that the government is only looking to provide the basic for these people. Ith home is equiped with a kitchen, bathroom. the area has its own water system
Hurricane Sandy On Haiti Home
Here is a picture of home breaking into pieces during Hurricane Sandy that affected the Caribbean an Haiti in particular. Washed-out roads, rotting crops, flooded roads and raging rivers flowing with mud, that how we could describe the situation
An Old Home In The City Of Cap- Haitian
Love between Barack and Michelle Obama
Children of Haitian descent handcuffed, deported from the Bahamas
Meet Haitian-American professional baseball pitcher Touki...
Jovenel Moïse nominated Jean Henry Céant as prime minister of...
Jean Henry Céant deposited documents in Parliament for...
Lucie Tondreau's Trial to begin this week
Making Cassava, Haitian Style
Haitian-Canadian Jean Pascal won at the end of the 12th round
Michel Martelly, Mildred Trouillot, Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haiti Voodoo Papa Ghede


(kā`lĕb), in the Bible, principal spy sent into Canaan, noted for his faithfulness to God. The name is mentioned elsewhere, apparently in connection with a clan inhabiting S ancient Palestine. An alternate form is Chelubai.
Whereupon Caleb drew down his spectacles, and proceeded to write his signature with the care which he always gave to that performance; for whatever he did in the way of business he did well.
Either because his interest in this work thrust the incident of the signature from his memory, or for some reason of which Caleb was more conscious, Mrs.
For Godwin, initially, such a refusal to narrate fully must have appeared to be mere mystification, and a failure to represent fear directly: what is only implicit in Udolpho about the violence behind horror Caleb Williams works to make explicit, both through its accounts of moments of horror, as I have discussed above, and by means of its original ending.
ROMANTIC Caleb Jellicoe knew just the way to ask for his girlfriend's sand in marriage - with this proposal carved into a beach 10,000 miles from home.
Caleb Jellicoe, 21, made his beach proposal to Katie Frank, 20, with the enormous message in the sand.
Every item Jessa packs away triggers memories of her time with Caleb, from their first meeting on the beach to their painful breakup, but none of them answer Jessa's lingering question: why was Caleb on the bridge on the night he died?
com/counting-star-jana-duggar-has-been-linked-4-men-2017-2614426) four men in 2017 , was more recently thought to be in a  relationship with family friend Caleb Williams.
Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age.
Up until now, it has been Caleb who does as much for Red, citing his immediate and unrelenting sense of rightness in their relationship.
A last-minute stand-in for original bet Caleb Stuart, Ferrera heaved 55.
It is up to Caleb to work out the mystery of his disappearance which involves driving between two whacky worlds.
William Godwin writes exceptionally clear prose, but few eighteenth-century novels have proved so difficult to read as his masterpiece Things as They Are; Or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams.


The first commercial moving walkway in the United States was installed in 1954 in Jersey City, NJ, inside the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Erie station at the Pavonia Terminal. Named the "Speedwalk" and built by Goodyear, it was 84.5 meters (277 feet) long and moved up a 10 percent grade at a speed of 2.4 km/h (1.5 mph). The walkway was removed a few years later when traffic patterns at the station changed.
Pallet type – a continuous series of flat metal plates join together to form a walkway – and are effectively identical to escalators in their construction. Most have a metal surface, though some models have a rubber surface for extra traction. The plates are one-piece, die-cast aluminium pallets, with a typical width between the walkway sides of 800–1,200 millimeters (31–47 inches). The walkway can be powered by an AC induction motor. Example speed is 0.5 metres per second (1.6 feet per second).
Moving belt – these are generally built with mesh metal belts or rubber walking surfaces over metal rollers. The walking surface may have a solid feel or a "bouncy" feel.
The entrance to the system was like a very wide escalator, with broad metal tread plates of a parallelogram shape. After a short distance the tread plates were accelerated to one side, sliding past one another to form progressively into a narrower but faster-moving track which travelled at almost a right angle to the entry section. The passenger was accelerated through a parabolic path to a maximum design speed 15 km/h (9 mph). The experience was unfamiliar to passengers, who needed to understand how to use the system to be able to do so safely. Developing a moving hand-rail for the system presented a challenge, also solved by the Battelle team. The Speedaway was intended to be used as a stand-alone system over short distances or to form acceleration and deceleration units providing entry and exit means for a parallel conventional (but fast-running) Starglide walkway which covered longer distances. The system was still in development in 1975 but never went into commercial production.
Another attempt at an accelerated walkway in the 1980s was the TRAX (Trottoir Roulant Accéléré), which was developed by Dassault and RATP and whose prototype was installed at Invalides station in Paris. The speed at entry and exit was 3 km/h (1.9 mph), while the maximum speed was 15 km/h (9.3 mph). It was a technical failure due to its complexity, and was never commercially exploited.
In 2002, CNIM designed and installed the experimental, 185-metre (607 ft) trottoir roulant rapide high-speed walkway in the Montparnasse–Bienvenüe station in France. At first it operated at a speed of 12 km/h (7.5 mph) but was later reduced to 9 km/h (5.6 mph) due to safety concerns. As the design of the walkway requires riders to have at least one hand free to hold the handrail, those carrying bags, shopping, etc., or who are infirm or physically disabled, must use the ordinary walkway beside it, and staff were positioned at each end to determine who could and who could not use it.
Using this walkway is similar to using any other moving walkway, except that there are special procedures to follow when entering or exiting at either end. On entering, there is a 10-metre (33 ft) acceleration zone where the "ground" is a series of metal rollers. Riders stand still with both feet on these rollers and use one hand to hold the handrail and let it pull them so that they glide over the rollers. The idea is to accelerate the riders so that they will be traveling fast enough to step onto the moving walkway belt. Riders who try to walk on these rollers are at significant risk of falling over. Once on the walkway, riders can stand or walk as on an ordinary moving walkway. At the exit, the same technique is used to decelerate the riders. Users step onto a series of rollers which decelerate them slowly, rather than the abrupt halt which would otherwise take place.
Video of the "ThyssenKrupp Express Walkway"
The walkway's pallet-type design accelerates and decelerates users in a manner that eliminates many of the safety risks generated by the moving belt-type used in Paris, making it suitable for use by people of all ages and sizes regardless of their health condition. The pallets "intermesh" with a comb and slot arrangement. They expand out of each other when speeding up, and compress into each other when slowing down. The handrails work in a similar manner, and because of this, there is no need to hold the handrails when entering or exiting the walkway. It moves at roughly 2 km/h (1.2 mph) when riders step onto it and speeds up to approximately 7 km/h (4.3 mph), which it remains at until near the end, where it slows back down.
as access to a parking facility or a ground transport station.
to make sure the crowd moves through at a reliable pace.
The 1975–76 American Freedom Train did this with a moving walkway inside each successive railroad car, thus maximizing the number of people who could view the interior exhibits in the limited time the train was stopped in each town.
the Ultra Twister, a roller coaster at the now closed Astroworld in Houston, Texas had a moving walkway with no handrail for passengers to step on prior to boarding their car. The walkway would move at the same speed as the approaching cars, allowing passengers completing the ride to step off and for boarding passengers to enter the car. An announcement played "Moving conveyor, please watch your step" to warn of the moving walkway.
the exit from the Space Mountain attraction at Walt Disney World Resort formerly had a long moving walkway which changed inclination multiple times. As of November 15, 2018, it has been converted to conventional flooring.
the exit from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Walt Disney World has an inclined moving walkway leading towards a gift shop.
In each of these cases, there is a massive network of parallel moving belts, the inner ones moving faster. Passengers are screened from wind, and there are chairs and even shops on the belt. In the Heinlein work the fast lane runs at 160 km/h (100 mph), and the first "mechanical road" was built in 1960 between Cincinnati and Cleveland. The relative speed of two adjacent belts is 8.0 km/h (5 mph) (in the book, the fast lane stops while the second lane keeps running at 153 km/h (95 mph)). In the Wells and Asimov works there are more steps in the speed scale and the speeds are less extreme.
They were imagined by science fiction writer H. G. Wells in When the Sleeper Wakes. Robert A. Heinlein made them the instruments of social upheaval in the 1940 short story The Roads Must Roll. Isaac Asimov, in his Robot series, imagined slidewalks as the potential method of transportation of practically the entire urban population on Earth, with expressways moving at up to 95 km/h (60 mph) equipped with seating accommodations for long distance travel, and with slower subsidiary tracks branching off from the main lines. Arthur C. Clarke also used them in The City and the Stars. Larry Niven used them in Ringworld and Flatlander. Slidewalks figure prominently in the animated series "The Jetsons".
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James Piot of Michigan State University takes medalist honors
Harris, MI - The key to good scoring in golf doesn't change, no matter the golf course or the age of the golfer. James Piot of Michigan State University proved that point here this weekend, keeping his shots in play to claim medalist honors at the inaugural Island Resort Intercollegiate at Sage Run Golf Course (September 1-2). The Spartan junior finished 54 holes with a 9-under-par 207 to win by three strokes at the year-old course.
Liberty University rallied down the stretch to edge Purdue University by a stroke for the team title in the season-opening tournament. The Flames finished with 855. East Carolina and University of Central Florida shared third at 859, with MSU fifth at 860.
"I just kept the ball in play. That is a big factor out here," Piot said before accepting the medalist trophy. He had been working on some swing adjustments and said "they worked out for the best. I left myself with a lot of birdie looks."
He had five birdies in Monday's final 18 holes, a lot of them set up by a driver that kept him within range for splendid approach shots. "My driver was pretty solid and kept me in play," he said.
After missing a five-foot birdie on No. 16, he birdied No. 17 from about 20 feet, basically giving up on the putt as it rolled to the hole before it fell into the cup. "My putter was not as hot as before," he admitted.
Assistant coach Dan Ellis, a former MSU golfer from Negaunee, accompanied Piot for the entire final round. "Dan helped me stay mentally in the game. He kept me in it," he said.
One of those moments came on No. 5, with a sharp incline to the par 3 green. Piot pulled his drive left into long fescue that is covered with small rocks. He was the only one out of 15 golfers to miss the green among the closing five threesomes.
The two Spartans chatted about the chip shot before Piot gently lofted the ball to within five feet. Then he climbed onto the short grass and drained the putt to save par.
Piot posted rounds of 68-70-69 to slip past a trio of 210s posted by Nick Dentino and Joe Weiler of Purdue and Kieran Vincent of Liberty.
Weiler, among the pace setters all day Monday, settled into the tie with par 72, which was the only par round by the top trio over the two days. "We all played well," Weiler said of the Boilermakers. "We all could have found a shot here and there. We're really young. This is a good start to our season."
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Several blind shots, off the tee and into the green, and firm, undulating greens are part of the Paul Albanese design that features extensive elevation changes and rough edges around the bunkers.
Liberty coach Jeff Thomas said the Flames "kept playing until the end. We didn't think we would have a chance, but that is college golf. We just kept playing."
Thomas said Vincent and Jonathon Yaun were key players for the Flames, with Yaun tying for 12th with teammate Alexandre Fuchs at 216. Ervin Chang was 14th at 217, giving the Flames four players in the top 14.
"We were chipping and putting pretty good when it came down to the end," Thomas said of the Flames, who finished 25th in this spring's NCAA tournament.
This was the earliest season start for Liberty, which normally opens at Duke. "We wanted to play before we get to Duke, then this tournament opened up," said Thomas.
The tournament was proposed by South Dakota State University coach Casey VanDamme, who was born and raised in Perkins, Mich., about 50 miles northwest of Sage Run and who approached Island Resort and Casino officials about hosting the event.
"Everyone did a good job," said VanDamme, who hosts four tournaments for the Jackrabbits. "This didn't feel like a second-year course. It feels like it's been here for a while. I don't know if it could have gone any better. This will help us get a better field in the future."
Team scores: Liberty University 855, Purdue University 856, East Carolina University and University of Central Florida 859, Michigan State University 860, University of Kentucky 873, University of North Florida 879, South Dakota State University 895, Detroit Mercy 914, Northern Michigan University 965.
Top 15 individuals: James Piot, Michigan State, 207; Nick Dentino and Joe Weiler, Purdue, and Kieran Vincent, Liberty, 210; Clement Charmasson, Central Florida, 211; Blake Taylor and Tim Bunten, East Carolina, 213; Tommy Cao, Central Florida, and Tony Taylor II, MSU, 214; Alex Goff, Kentucky, and Drew Angelo, North Florida, 215; Jonathon Yaun and Alexandre Fuchs, Liberty, 216; Ervin Chang, Liberty, 217; Allen Hamilton, Kentucky, and Teddy Tetak, Central Florida, and Andrew Farraye, Purdue, 218.
Note: Drew Angelo of North Florida had the tournament's low round of 67 but it is not considered a course record because the back tees were not used on every hole. For more information, visit www.islandresortgolf.com.
Story by DENNIS GRALL, Retired Sports Editor of the Escanaba Daily Press and member of the Michigan Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame.
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Located in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula 13 miles west of Escanaba, Island Resort & Casino is one of the Midwest's largest golf, casino and entertainment resort destinations. The resort features over 300 guest rooms including elegant suites and a 42 –site RV Park. The 408,520 square feet casino offers slots, a poker room, craps, blackjack, Spanish 21, three card poker, let-it-ride, roulette and bingo.
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Caption: James Piot of Michigan State University holds the medalist plaque he received after winning the first Island Resort Intercollegiate golf tournament at Sage Run Golf.
Caption: Liberty University and Sage Run Golf Course Designer, Paul Albanese, with the trophy after winning the inaugural Island Resort Intercollegiate golf tournament.


BEIJING - Eleven South Korean and Chinese kindergarteners and their driver were killed when a school bus crashed and burst into flames in a tunnel in eastern China on Tuesday, officials said.
The children were aged between three and six and attended a South Korean international school in the city of Weihai, Shandong province, local authorities said. A teacher was seriously injured in the tragedy, which reverberated in South Korea, whose acting president expressed sorrow.
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Moldova is the winner of the Danube Art Master Competition 2018
VIENNA, 29 October 2018 -- The winner of the 'International Danube Art Master 2018' competition is 17-year-old Ion Zatic of Moldova, announced Susanne Brandstetter, Chairperson of the Public Participation Expert Group of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). The Public Participation Expert Group is responsible for promoting the Danube Art Master initiative in the Danube River Basin.
"Everything that man touched, has been transformed into a closed ecosystem!" is the name of the winning artwork. Its creator, Ion Zatic, is a student at the Corjova School, Moldova. Concerned about the damage to natural habitats caused by industrialization and urbanization, he appeals to put more efforts into to preserving the natural ecosystems instead of creating artificial ones.
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The Danube Art Master winner is selected by 13 countries, which share the Danube River Basin, including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. The competition is open to all children and schools across the 14 countries that make up the Danube River Basin. Around 1109 children from 142 schools participated, submitting about 401 artworks and 60 videos including team submissions.
Second and third places went to 13-year-old Anais König of Austria for her project, "Inspired by the Danube", and Sara Đuka, Tamara Petrović and Marija Rašković from Prva Beogradska Gimnazija, Belgrade, Serbia for their project titled "Play by the Danube". Anais König is a student at the Lycée Français in Vienna. Her artwork shares her unique perspective as a photographer. "Play by the Danube" represents a mixture of different materials - waste, beautiful flowers, bird feathers and was inspired by the contrast of the Zemun Quay on the Danube in Belgrade, where the artwork was created.
In the video category, a group from Slovakia won with the short video "We are Danube" created by Katarína Kováčová, Agáta Klimešová, Denis Gerža and Linda Várošová from the Design School in Bratislava. Their message is that the Danube is an important natural habitat for many animals, plays a significant role in people's lives and creates a strong bond among the countries that share the Danube, a bond that people should appreciate and cherish.
Second place in the video category was awarded to a group of 8th and 9th grade students from Bulgaria for "Cleaning and restocking with baby trouts of Bely Vit river for a healthier Danube". The creators are Brian Mikov, Victorya Petrova, Borislav Christov, Ralitsa Boteva, Eleonora Lyubomirova, Ivan Ivanov, Ralitsa Toneva, Kalinna Naidenova, Radosvetta Krassimirova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Andrea Raikova, Tsarinna Nickolova, Victor Nickolaev, Nickol Atanassova from the Eco-club "Green Ideas for Tourism" at Georgi Benkovsky Comprehensive school in Teteven.
Third place was awarded to Germany. A team of international School exchange students from Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium in Straubing, Germany and Brucknergymnasium Wels, Austria won for their video, "Donauforscher", which deals with the subject of water pollution by microplastics.
On International Danube Day on 29 June 2018, the "International Danube Art Master 2018" competition was announced. The theme of the competition was based on the motto of the year's Danube Day – "Get active for a healthier Danube" - the second of the three pillars of the Danube Declaration 2016, advocating cleaner, healthier, safer waters for everyone to enjoy.
The competition encourages children to think about the value and importance of their local rivers, environments and the Danube River Basin specifically. Entrants must use materials from those environments to create artworks that present the water situation of their respective countries.
The competition was jointly organized by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) and the Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE), an ICPDR observer organisation and one of the largest networks focusing on water in the world.
"Danube Art Master 2018 witnessed the participation of 13 countries sharing the Danube River Basin. This competition is a golden opportunity for children and teenagers to demonstrate their deep connection with the Danube and a reminder for us adults of our duty to protect it for generations to come" said ICPDR Executive Secretary Ivan Zavadsky about the competition.
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Best, Elsdon. Games and pastimes of the Māori: an account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2005 (originally published 1925).
Sutton-Smith, Brian. The folkgames of children. Austin: American Folkore Society, 1972.
Sutton-Smith, Brian. A history of children's play: New Zealand 1840–1950. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1982.
Trewby, Mary. The best years of your life: a history of New Zealand childhood. Auckland: Viking, 1995.
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Sanju seems unstoppable as film registers another solid number on second Wednesday.
Sanju is going at good pace at boxoffice with big numbers coming on even weekdays of week two. Weekdays of week two are better than even week one Weekdays of Baaghi 2, Padmaavat and Race 3. When compared with Sultan then Week two weekdays numbers are almost double of Weekdays of week two of Sultan.
Film raked in little over 1cr approx on second Wednesday making it first film ever to have 13 consecutive 1+cr days at boxoffice. Sultan had 12 days over 1cr as 13th day had gone down to around 60lacs. Film has done little over 9.75cr approx in Week two in six days which is already highest second Week of all time. Film is going to cross 10cr mark in week two today becoming first film ever to hit 10cr mark in second Week.
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Casino services firm China Star Entertainment Ltd said on Friday it expected its first half 2014 profit to rise by up to 95 percent year-on-year – despite a likely 6-percent fall in gross profit for the period, due to decreased turnover.
In the first half of 2013, the firm – which controls Casino Lan Kwai Fong (pictured) – reported a profit of approximately HKD60.79 million (US$7.8 million).
The firm has recently been reorganising its business including its arrangements with VIP gambling operators at its casino hotel on Macau peninsula. The venue runs on a gaming licence from local concessionaire SJM Holdings Ltd.
The reasons for the likely improvement at China Star Entertainment in the six months to June 30 include "substantial decrease in impairment loss recognised in respect of the intangible assets of…gaming promotion operations of approximately HKD34 million from HKD41 million in the corresponding period of the previous year," the firm told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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The effect of such improvements is "partially offset by approximately 6 percent decrease in the figure of gross profit as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year due to decrease in turnover," said China Star Entertainment.
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void MP3_SCI_Read(char start_address, char words_count, unsigned int *data_buffer);
// Write one byte to MP3 SDI
void MP3_SDI_Write(char data_);
// Write 32 bytes to MP3 SDI
void MP3_SDI_Write_32(char *data_);
// Set volume
void MP3_Set_Volume(char left, char right);

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