Marching on into the semi finals…
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Pulau Indah, Selangor (June 30th): US coach Bill Gladstone described “Match racing is like Speed Dating – The quicker you get to know each other the better you will be”. He should have added that if you “Make a mistake you will get punished.” That is what’s happening on the water just in front of Marina Jabatan Laut on Pulau Indah. Some of the crews have changed and the Navy has a replacement skipper since Stage 1 and it is showing in the results.

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The volunteer crew from Mudeford RNLI launched at 7.45 this morning following a mayday call for two people in the water off Long Rocks, Mudeford Sandspit.

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Actual, the French Multi 50 Trimaran, bears off for maximum speed around the Needles, eventually taking line honours in today’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. Photo: onEdition

Stop press 11.30: Four incidents have been reported by the race management team at the Island Sailing Club. There have been two head injuries and one spinal injury. Families have been informed and the Island Sailing Club will provide updates as further information becomes available. A small multihull capsized North of Hamstead Ledge on the North-West of the Island. All crew are safely onshore in Yarmouth.

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Nick Cherry and Sam Goodchild shake hands on the dock after finishing leg one in 24th and 25th respectively

In brief
– Solitaire du Figaro leg 2 starts at 1130 (BST) Sunday 1st July
– 442 miles from Gijon, Spain to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
– Light northwesterly breeze for the start backing southwest to 10 – 15 knots for the early stages

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MEETING ABOVE COTE STE-CATHERINE LOCK

Mariners are advised that due to low inflows, the water levels are low on
Lake St-Louis and above Cote Ste-Catherine lock.

Consequently and until further notice, vessel meets will not be permitted
between the end of the upper approach wall and the West end of Baillargeon
wharf for vessel with draft of 78.0 dm or more.

Note that the Notice to shipping No. 10 is still in effect.

The Seaway Corporation will advise you of any changes.

Maisonneuve Region

June 29, 2012

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ForWarn maps normal forest conditions as blue and change from normal as shades that range from green to red. This map shows that the greater part of Texas and Oklahoma were experiencing severe forest stress in late September 2011 from the effects of drought and wildfire. Photo credit: NASA

HOUSTON — NASA and the U.S. Forest Service signed a Space Act Agreement this week that unites the two agencies in raising awareness about the importance of fire prevention and fire safety.

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Multiple ATK sites support United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket launch

ARLINGTON, Va., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ATK (NYSE: ATK) technologies supported today’s successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a classified satellite (NROL-15) for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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Race day 2 at the 2012 470 European Championships produced a change of conditions and a change at the top of the leaderboard. Yesterday it rained, today things turned torrential and lasted longer.

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MARIETTA, Ga., June 29, 2012 – The American flag waves proudly in the distance as an aircrew from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies the venerable C-130J to Texas from Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] facilities here, today. It was the 21st C-130J Super Hercules to be delivered to Dyess by Lockheed Martin.

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From the Bermuda Race Organizing committee

HAMILTON BERMUDA, June 29, 2012 – The day after the Newport Bermuda Race prizegiving in Bermuda, the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) learned that an error occurred in the ISAF classification submitted for Kit Will, a crewmember aboard Carina in the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race. When Rives Potts, Captain of Carina, learned of the mistake, he immediately returned the Corinthian Trophy to the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee and apologized for the incorrect listing and the confusion about the trophy. The trophy is awarded for the best performance by an all-amateur crew in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division of the Newport Bermuda Race.

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