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After a bucket by Heidemann, who led all scorers with 22, put McAuley up 57-56, there was a three-minute scoring drought before Myles put the Eagles up for good with a steal and assist. |
"Everybody goes through adversity and the fact that we went through adversity and still came out on top shows that we've got something special," Myles said. "This feels so great and I think we can go even farther." |
The Eagles move on to face top-seeded Lakota West in the regional semifinal Wednesday, March 7, at Kettering Fairmont High School. |
After winning a district title last year, Saturday's loss ended McAuley's final season as an individual institution. Next year, the school will combine with Mother of Mercy to become Mercy McAuley High School. Saturday was the Mohawks' (who will become the Wolves in 2018-19) sixth straight district championship appeara... |
"This program is going to where we want it to go," McAuley head coach Dan Wallace said. "These seniors came here young and helped us develop. They average 20 wins a season and that says a lot about what they've done here and their commitment. With everything going on with the closing of the schools, we just wanted to m... |
Halftime: McA 39-36. 3-pointers: McA 6 (Smith 2, Fleming 2, Dorr, Heidemann), WH 2 (Anderson 2). |
The Panthers were on the prowl to try and claw their way back into the series, since they were losing three to one up to till this game. |
The Sharks batted well and if not for the brilliant innings from the blade of Simon Lavendar who made ninety two runs which included ten fours. He played wonderful cover drives and gallant pull shots along the way. Lavendar also managed to bat right through the whole innings. Andy Naudi was the only other batsmen to ge... |
The Panthers had plenty of catching chances which they did not hold on to, had they taken the catches the Sharks may not have made it past the century mark. Kevin Krishna and Sarfraz Ali were the pick of the bowlers taking a couple of wickets each. Robert Krishna, Haroon Majeed and Nowell Khosla all took a wicket each.... |
In reply the Panthers opened with Joy Ghoseroy and Sumair Khan. GHoseroy after making a couple of runs was caught and this was all in the first over of their innings. Khan went on to make fifteen runs. Ranjit Gokarn made seventeen runs and both batsmen were caught in the tenth over, one of the catches was taken by Matt... |
For the Sharks John Grima was the main wicket taker with three, Gordon Hewitt took two, while Anthony Slater and Mike Caruana took a wicket each. |
The Sharks win the game and take an unassailable lead of four to one. |
Next Saturday the sixth game of the series will be played, with the Panthers playing for pride. |
THE Animal Justice Party are the latest political group to add a candidate in Hinkler ahead of the federal election. |
Amy Byrnes is a committed and compassionate vegan and volunteers to help reunite lost animals with their owners. |
"I love this area because we are so close to nature - from parklands and wetlands to the beach. It's special and something we need to protect," Ms Byrnes said. |
When she's not volunteering with QLPR or studying for her Bachelor of Digital Media at CQUniversity, Amy dedicates her time to animal advocacy and outreach, educating the public about the abhorrent reality of animal agriculture. |
"For so long, animal agriculture industries have operated invisibly and relied on secrecy," she said. |
"I like the type of peaceful outreach I do, because I'm able to show members of the public the devastating truth about farmed animals' lives and how industry and governments treat them. |
"Responsibility for change cannot be solely placed on consumers though. It's time to hold politicians and industries to account and create new laws and industries. This is why I'm turning my attention to politics." |
Ms Byrnes believes in a world where everyone is treated equally, and animals are no longer exploited. |
Her main goal in this election is to educate voters on the need for a societal shift to cruelty-free industries, and to provide solutions based on kindness and sustainability. |
Ms Byrnes recognises that the division of Hinkler provides a unique opportunity to continue to build its existing plant-based agriculture and to empower the region to thrive. |
"We need a government that acknowledges the importance of this region for our food security," she said. |
"I'm committed to advocating for local horticulture and local plant-based industries by prioritising its growth." |
Ms Byrnes will also fight to stop live animal export, land clearing, animal experimentation and will support renewable energy and the protection of wildlife. |
"A better world starts with how we treat other living beings," she said. |
"Imagine the Australia we can create..." |
Russia has put three warships on standby to go to the Persian Gulf within the next month to protect its "national interests" in the event of an American invasion of Iraq. |
Russia's Pacific fleet has been ordered by the central command to prepare two cruisers and a fuel tanker for immediate deployment to the Gulf. |
The move will heighten tension between Moscow and Washington, who both have interests in Iraq's oilfields. |
The Marshal Shaposhnikov and the Admiral Panteleyev cruisers would be called upon to defend Russian "national interests" in the Gulf if the conflict between Iraq and the US escalates. |
The ships - armed with missiles and reconnaissance equipment - have been ordered to be ready for deployment between late this month and early February. |
Lukoil, Russia's biggest oil firm, had a £13bn contract with Baghdad to develop the West Qurna oilfield cancelled last month, reportedly after the Iraqi regime discovered Russia had been negotiating with Iraq's opposition. |
Military analysts pointed out that the defence of "national interests" may also refer to the Russian military's desire to conduct surveillance on both sides during any conflict. |
The store will offer both individual consumers and Medicare enrollees the ability to speak face-to-face with Blue Cross employees. |
Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but pointing the way to a big springtime budget struggle with President Barack Obama. |
How will health care reform affect commercial real estate? |
While the future is somewhat uncertain, local real estate professionals expect the sector to remain relatively robust because of an aging population and the expansion of health insurance increasing traffic to health care facilities, especially on the outpatient side. |
BUYING a new home can be an adventure, but it can also be a nightmare if the house has major defects that go unnoticed until after you move in. Ideally, the seller should disclose all potential problems before the sale, but, unfortunately, many do not, so buyers must make a careful inspection of the house before they b... |
Guidelines for inspection of a house's exterior were presented in the Home Clinic last week. Once inside, evaluate the overall design and layout of the house. Start with the entrance way; the front door should open into a foyer, not directly into the living room. This will keep the cold outdoor air from cooling the roo... |
Generally the rooms in a house can be divided into three categories: work rooms (kitchen, pantry and laundry), living rooms (living and dining rooms, den and recreation rooms) and personal rooms (bedrooms and bathroom). Rooms in the same category should be near one another. Bedrooms, for example, should be close to the... |
Beware of rooms with an odd shape, like a narrow L- or triangle configuration. It will be difficult to fit furniture into them. |
Kitchens and bathrooms are the two most used rooms in a house. They are also the most expensive to renovate, so look carefully at them. In the kitchen, look at the placement of the cabinets and appliances. Most food preparation tasks require moving back and forth between the sink, stove and refrigerator. They need not ... |
Before looking into the bathroom, check the ceiling of the room directly below. Water stains here could indicate a plumbing problem in the bathroom. |
Look at the faucets. Beware of cheap bargain fixtures; they wear out quickly. Open the faucets to run water in the sink and tub. The water flow should be strong and consistent. Shut off the faucets and watch to see if the waters drains quickly. If it doesn't, the drainpipe opening may be clogged. |
Test the toilet by flushing a wad of crumpled up toilet tissue. See how long it takes for the bowl and tank to refill; it should be less than two minutes. |
Most water leaks in the bathroom occur because water seeps through broken grout or missing caulk around the ceramic tiles. Examine the tiles carefully to see if the grout is sound. |
As you walk through other rooms, try opening and closing the doors and windows. Doors that won't close properly may be out of alignment. This can occur if the house is settling unevenly. Other telltale signs of settlement problems: gaps at the floor-wall junctions and floors that are not level. |
When examining the walls, take the time to look behind furniture. Some homeowners try to hide wall defects by placing a bookcase or sofa in front of them. Look at the outlets on the walls. Are they grounded receptacles? Do not assume that an outlet is grounded simply because it has holes for three prongs. The best way ... |
Go down to the basement to look at the electrical service panel. Ideally, it should have a 200-amp capacity (though you can get by with 150 amps). |
The inspection guidelines presented here will give the prospective home buyer a basic guide to finding potential trouble spots in a house. Before buying any home, however, it is a good idea to hire a professional inspector to go through the house and evaluate the structural, electrical, heating, plumbing and mechanical... |
Congress gives a nod to new technologies in renewing the aviation safety agency's legal authority, while punting on real reforms. |
The agency decided that airline seat sizes don't have a discernible effect on passenger safety. |
The FAA banned flight-sharing apps, but Sen. Mike Lee has introduced a bill to overturn that decision. |
Why Is Silicon Valley’s Cool New Self-Flying Taxi Taking Off in New Zealand Instead of California? |
The Department of Transportation will experiment with expanding what commercial uses are allowed. |
Regulators, for once, are pushing back. |
Flight-sharing helped fill seats on small, private trips and cut costs. But regulators stopped it. |
The Senate apparently wants to leave the current out-dated, needlessly expensive FAA system in place. |
Dozens of countries have modernized successfully. |
And believe it or not, his proposal isn't half bad. |
Hobbyists freed from shackles of new FAA regulations. |
Great accomplishment in the history of human flight, or the greatest accomplishment in the history of human flight? |
We'll have to keep dreaming about the day the Tacocopter will forever change the way humans fulfill their cravings for Mexican food. |
Is more oversight truly needed, or just more risk awareness? |
If not for Federal Aviation Administration meddling in supersonic flight innovation, we could zip around the world in a fraction of the time. |
Betting on Starship Technologies' ground game against Amazon.com's aerial enterprise. |
Agency demands you retroactively report any device weighing more than half a pound. |
A series of poor proposals from the Federal Aviation Administration threatens to ground much of the commercial drone industry before it even takes flight. |
Google Wants Drones by 2017. Can FAA Act That Fast? |
These haute tech items will spark envy in the eyes of even the most jaded executive. |
In a world where USB flash drives are basically free (at least, at any large industry conference), what’s more luxurious than flashing one in the shape of a gold ingot? This Gold Ingot USB flash drive from Jamil Pure Gold isn’t actually a gold ingot (too expensive and too heavy); it’s made of wood coated in 24-karat go... |
Thanks to cell phones, people don’t really wear watches anymore—unless, of course, you're dressing to impress. The head honcho in your life will thank you, then, when they open up this Ambassador Ice diamond-encrusted six-time-zone watch from IceLink. It features six different faces, one for Los Angeles, New York, Lond... |
Every executive needs a good camera.The 18-megapixel Leica M9-P is, the company boasts, the “smallest full-format digital system camera the world has ever seen,” and it’s not cheap at $6995 (from Adorama). But wait—what if we wrap the M9-P in burnt tan calfskin leather from a storied Parisian fashion house? The Edition... |
Your corporate chieftain isn’t into ultra-flashy flash drives? Then pick up a (slightly) more subtle designer key. This $530, 4GB Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite USB fob is attached to a shiny silver snap hook. You can use it as a keychain, but it’s really designed to attach to the inside or outside of a purse as a bag c... |
Seven-inch tablets are all the rage right now, and even Apple has gotten on board with its iPad Mini. Since your favorite kingpin of industry already has an iPad Mini, you’ll have to settle with gifting a case—a $700,000 case festooned with sapphires and diamonds, that is. This 18K, white gold iPad Mini cover from the ... |
Looking for a luxe token of your esteem for the female tycoon in your life? Try one of these diamond-encrusted USB pendants. The gem-studded Magic Mushroom USB key by Geneva’s Shawish Jewellery holds 32GB of data, and is covered in emeralds and diamonds ($36,900), red rubies and diamonds ($24,400), or pink sapphires an... |
The RIM brand may be on the wane, but BlackBerries remain (for the moment, at least) a cornerstone of the business world. This gorgeous Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry features a stainless steel frame, a leather back, a full QWERTY keyboard, and a touchscreen. This little $2000 handset features a special Porsche inter... |
Jet-setting execs need to protect their gadgets from scratches and spills. What better to baby the soft shell of a gadget than hard diamonds? The $11,000,000 CoverBee laptop sleeve features 8800 round cut diamonds and an opening lined with black Siberian sable fur. To purchase this sleeve, dial CoverBee directly at thi... |
What’s more perfect for that jet-setter than a personal jetpack? The JetLev R200 lets you zoom around 30 feet above ground for up to four hours (or 80 miles) on a single tank of high-octane gasoline. For just $99,500, you get a jetpack, a boat in a “Neiman Marcus exclusive color”, a hose/control cable assembly, a jetpa... |
Your favorite top dog probably has a stack of black American Express cards to protect, and this biometric fingerprint wallet can tackle that task. The $500, carbon fiber iWallet Slim features a fingerprint scanner so that only the true owner can open it. The wallet also blocks RFID chips, so chipped credit cards are sa... |
The writing is on the wall. The city's population is rising and its water needs are growing by the day. So the city must save water through as many ways as possible or faces cuts year after year. |
PUNE: The writing is on the wall. The city's population is rising and its water needs are growing by the day. So the city must save water through as many ways as possible or faces cuts year after year. |
Among the options, rain water harvesting (RWH) stands out as the most workable solution. It has been tried and tested in several metros like Chennai and Bangalore where it has improved groundwater levels significantly and made new buildings in Mumbai explore the option. |
While individual efforts in the city to store rain water to recharge ground water levels stand out as classic examples and many citizens back the idea and want the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to make it mandatory for all buildings, the civic body says it is not such a feasible way to save water. Experts find it a ... |
At the top, the state government is keen on rain water harvesting. The water supply and sanitation department had issued a government resolution in 2002 approving RWH as a means of improving water supplies. The GR details various RWH techniques, their costing and availability of funds. |
However, civic officials want the push to come from the state government. "The PMC is waiting for the state government's directives to make a RWH compulsory for new constructions in the city. As of now, it is voluntary for new constructions. Once the state issues directives, the civic body will follow it," said PMC's d... |
Unlike Chennai where the government made it mandatory for all buildings including government offices to have RWH in 2003, the PMC has said the costs and infrastructure made it an unfeasible option here. |
Of the 6.5 lakh properties in Pune, only some 600 have implemented RWH. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) grants concessions in property tax to societies that implement one or two of the eco friendly techniques like rainwater harvesting, solar heating techniques or vermi-composting. A five per cent rebate is granted... |
City engineer Prashant Waghmare said, "We have not made it compulsory. It is not possible to ask old property owners in the city to opt for this technique as they do not have the space or the side margins required to set up the system. |
"It is not feasible to make rainwater harvesting compulsory. It involves cost and infrastructure. At many places the geological conditions do not permit such a system, especially where the hard rock forms the base of the land. Setting up such an infrastructure is expensive in such cases," said Raut. |
RWH consultant Jyoti Panse said the techniques was not prohibitive. "Compared to the price we pay for water during crises, the RWH investment is less and a one-time investment. Until the PMC opts for a metered water system, people will not understand the value of water. Once water is tagged with value, people will unde... |
That there is little initiative from the citizens too is apparent. A total of 8,063 properties were given tax concession in 2009-10. According to the property tax department, 1,185 had implemented solar heating and 2,171 had taken up vermicomposting. In sharp contrast, just one property had rain water harvesting. In a ... |
Willingness will be the bottomline for RWH to gain ground, said Panse. |
Can I harvest rain in my own house? |
Yes. Structures to harvest rain require little space. A dried borewell, a row of soak pits or a tank concealed below the ground are all that you need. The open spaces like rooftops and the ground can be used as your catchment (surface to catch rain). |
Who will build it and how long will it take? |
You need someone who understands RWH. It is simple, but it still needs someone who has experience in the principles of rainwater harvesting. Then a skilled mason or a plumber can do the job for you within 10 days. |
Your groundwater will get recharged. But as groundwater finds its own way, your neighbourhood will gain too. So for best results, get all your neighbourhood societies to become rainwater harvesters as well. |
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