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Thursday, January 15, 2009
He had retired once before, but this time, September 28, 2008, the retirement stuck.
At 10 years old, with just under $3 million in career earnings, a nagging suspensory injury, and the love and respect of racing fans, Evening Attire was sent to Akindale Farm to enjoy a life of leisure.
That he operated at such a high level for so long was appreciated by all, particularly The New York Racing Association, which chose to re-name the Aqueduct Handicap in his honor.
Breaking from the rail will be the old man of the field, Harvey Tenenbaum's 8-year-old Judiths Wild Rush, who will be swarmed by `Bs' -- the 4-year-old Barrier Reef and 6-year-olds Brilliant Son, Broadway Producer and Barcola – in this, his 58th career start.
"At least we finally drew inside," said Julien Canet, trainer of Judiths Wild Rush. "We have been drawing everywhere else – middle, outside – but the rail is the place you want to be on this track."
Canet is hoping that the rail post will help Judiths Wild Rush end a three-race losing streak that features back-to-back runner-up finishes in his last two starts.
"We brought him to The Meadowlands and he ran second in the slop," Canet said. "He ran second here against Fearless Vision, who I think is a pretty nice horse. So, he is doing well and he has been consistent.
"He is and always has been a professional. He trains the way you want him to and he will do whatever you ask of him."
Winless in six tries on the inner track, Judiths Wild Rush has two second and two thirds here. Saturday, with regular jockey David Cohen committed to ride at Philadelphia Park, the Wild Rush horse will be ridden by Jeffrey Sanchez and will be co-highweight at 121 pounds.
Also carrying 121 pounds will be J. Paul Reddam's Barcola, who will show speed from the outside in post 5.
Although he closed out 2008 with three horrendous efforts, his year included a third behind defending Horse of the Year Curlin and Einstein in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs and a third in the Greenwood Cup at Philadelphia Park, where, on July 19, 2008 and in his last race, Evening Attire registered his first win outside of New York state.
Not only was Evening Attire an 8¼-length winner, but he broke the 16-year-old track record. The previous track record for 1½ miles was set on January 4, 1992 by Laugh a Minute in 2:31. Evening Attire did it in 2:29.90.
Broadway Producer, owned by Sovereign Stable and Gatsas Stable, has won two of his last three starts for trainer John Terranova. The Maryland-bred son of Not for Love will be making his inner track debut after running two huge numbers in his most recent starts.
"He has been training fantastic," said Terranova, who will be up from Florida for the weekend to watch Broadway Producer run. "I don't know what it is. We switched him from turf to the dirt, and he has just been amazing. He won the Maryland Million Turf, and naturally, we were excited about that. Then, we wanted to get him back to the dirt and we ran him at Aqueduct on the main track. He ran third to Fearless Vision, and the track was a little slick underneath that day Johnny (Velazquez, jockey) said he really thought he had a chance to run better, maybe even win, but he kept spinning his wheels.
"We brought him back to Maryland and he smoked them down there. So, we're pretty excited. He is a late-maturing horse, but he seems to have finally got it all together. He's a smart horse, a handy horse that will do anything you ask."
Doing the asking on Saturday will be jockey Eddie Castro, who will break Broadway Producer from post 4.
Leading jockey Ramon Dominguez has the mount on Darley Stable's Barrier Reef, a Mission Mast colt who is the youngest starter in the Evening Attire. Winner of the Whirlaway here last February, he won here on January 2 in his first start since August.
"Godolphin took him after the Whirlaway," said trainer Tom Albertrani. "I didn't get him back until September. "I guess he had some minor issues; I just decided that we would try to re-group with him, give him some time and not run until we found a spot where we were comfortable.
"One of the things we tried to do was to get him to settle. He was showing too much speed too early in some of his races. Last time, I told Ramon to just let him find his own way and not rush him. He made one, nice, strong run and it worked out. I just hope he can repeat that performance. He's doing well and he is at the right track."
Overall, Barrier Reef has won three of four starts on Aqueduct's inner track.
Brilliant Son, a Stormin Fever colt, completes the field for the Evening Attire. Although on a four-race losing streak, the speedster ran second by a half-length to Researcher in the Grade 3 Queens County Handicap on December 13.
The field for Saturday's 90th running of the Evening Attire Stakes:
1. Judiths Wild Rush Julien Canet Jeffrey Sanchez 121
2. Barrier Reef Thomas Albertrani Ramon Dominguez 119
3. Brilliant Son Kiaran McLaughlin Rajiv Maragh 119
4. Broadway Producer John Terranova II Eddie Castro 119
5. Barcola Mark Hennig K. Carmouche 121
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CH CR Simply Irresistible
We awake this morning to more Saturday reports. From Torrance CA we hear that William R Russell's BIS at yesterday's South Bay Kennel Club was the Pomeranian, CH CR Simply Irresistible. Among the other finalists were the Weimaraner, Unity's Bzyfeet Laverne Defazio, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, CH Pupukearidge Ikaika O Sprngvly, the Newfoundland, CH Pawsinn Threeponds Lancelot, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, CH Angranian Derry Mucker, the Miniature Poodle, Danford Debutante., and the Bouvier des Flandres, CH Westfall's Kyle's Mica Of Paris. It's the very first BIS for Palmer. Congratulations to breeders Celeste Solano & Robert Solano, owner Margo Koga, and handler Noble Inglett.

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Roasted Tomato Salsa, Fredericksburg City Public Schools
Brian Kiernan, foodservice director for the Fredericksburg City Public Schools in Virginia, provided this recipe, which features a variety of fresh vegetables, herbs, citrus, low-sodium canned tomatoes products and dried spices. Kiernan says roasting the fresh vegetables brings out their natural sugars and lends a sweet taste, which complements the heat of the jalapeño peppers. Kiernan classifies the salsa as a mild to medium in heat.
2 medium to large red onions, quartered
2 large red bell peppers, quartered
2 large yellow peppers, quartered
2 poblano peppers, quartered
6 to 8 salsa tomatoes, quartered
4 fresh jalapeños, stemmed
12 cloves fresh garlic
1 #10 can diced tomatoes
1 #10 can whole tomatoes
2 tbsp. course ground black pepper
1 tbsp. sea slat
1 tbsp. paprika
½ tsp. cayenne pepper
1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
2 bunches fresh cilantro, chopped
1 tbsp. fresh lime rind
½ cup fresh lime juice
1 #10 can crushed tomatoes
1. Place all fresh vegetables on sheet pan and roast at 350°F for 20 to 30 minutes, until tender. Remove from oven and process in blender or food processor to a chunky texture.
2. Place in large mixing bowl. Drain, but save the juice.
3. Process diced and whole tomatoes in blender or food processor to a chunky texture. Add to fresh vegetables.
4. In separate bowl, mix all fresh herbs, dried spices and citrus. Add to vegetables.
5. Add can of crushed tomatoes.
Note: To change consistency, add some tomato juice you've set aside.


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How To Root Samsung Galaxy S6 DoCoMo SC-05G On 5.0.1.
In this article, we're gonna guide you about how to root Samsung Galaxy S6 DoCoMo SC-05G running on Android 5.0. Lollipop. We will use Odin Flash Tool to root the Samsung Galaxy S6 DoCoMo SC-05G with the CF-Autoroot file. The method is pretty simple and easy just follow the instructions step by step and you'll be able to root your device.
Before You Begin
- First of all this method is only for Samsung Galaxy S6 DoCoMo SC-05G running on Android 5.0.
- Now make sure your device is fully charged or at least 40%. Don't blame me if your device switch off during the process and get soft-bricked.
- You need to have a Windows based PC or Laptop for this method.
- Download and Install USB Drivers for your Samsung device in your PC.
- Enable USB Debugging in your device.
- Create a backup of all your important data.
Download Required Files
How To Root Samsung Galaxy S6 DoCoMo SC-05G
- First of all please follow all the instructions written above step by step properly.
- Extract the above downloaded file in a folder at your PC's desktop. After extracting you'll able to see following files.
- Now switch off your smartphone.
- After switching-off the Smartphone, you need to boot your device into Download Mode. To do that Press and hold Volume Down, Home Button and Power Button at same time for 5-8 seconds (you have to press and hold the buttons at same time) until download mode is active.
- In the Download mode you will be able to see a Warning Yellow Triangle Sign. Press the Volume up key to continue.
- Now run the Odin3 file in your PC (You'll find it in the files you extracted earlier).
- After launching the Odin3 file in your PC, connect your device to PC using USB data cable.
- Once you have connected the Smartphone to the computer, Odin will automatically recognize the device and will show "Added" message at the lower-left panel.
- Once your device is recognized by Odin Flash Tool, Click on the PDA button and select the CF-Auto-Root.tar file (You'll find it in the folder where you extracted the zip file you downloaded earlier).
- Now after all this, click on the Start button on the Odin Flash Tool to start the rooting process.
- The whole rooting process will take less than a minute, after successful rooting you'll see a Green PASS! message in Odin and your device will reboot automatically.
- Now you can disconnect your device from PC.
- Now open Applications Menu on your Smartphone and Find SuperSU App. If this app exist on your Smartphone then it means you have successfully rooted your device.


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This time, there was a prayer meeting — not a prayer session.
This time, there was a prayer meeting — not a prayer session.
Good for them.
Two weeks ago, at Philpott Stadium, Lexington beat West Davidson in a soccer game that, like a lot of local soccer games, got kind of chippy at the end. High school soccer, in this area at least, is much less of a finesse and strategy contest like it is at the professional level. If it were basketball, everybody would run the fast-break offense, getting the ball down the field as quickly as you can once you gain possession.
So, when one team's losing, and a victory seems out of reach, the game becomes more physical. This matchup a couple of weeks ago was no different. West expected to beat Lexington, but the Jackets were a little bit better on this night. So, after the postgame handshake, West's players and coaches started to huddle up at midfield for a postgame prayer.
But Lexington didn't like that idea. The Jackets felt like a visitor, who's a mild acquaintance, at best, had just dropped by and headed straight for the refrigerator. But before the Dragons could drink directly from the milk jug, Lexington's coaches intervened. Head coach Tim DeZego, in not-so-subtle terms, encouraged West to head to its sideline, gather its things and head for the bus.
The exchange got very heated, very quickly. West Davidson coach Chris Brown doesn't like to lose any more than the next guy. So being told not to pray on someone else's field, especially after an unexpected loss, hit him the wrong way. After the coaches exchanged words for a few moments, a Lexington player stepped forward and encouraged Brown to leave. Standing a few feet away in the background, I thought I was about to find myself in the middle of that scene from 'Hoosiers,' when Norman Dale starts yelling at the home coach about that purgatory he calls a gym. Next thing you know, one of Hickory's players punches the coach, and chaos ensues.
Luckily, that didn't happen. But, feelings were clearly hurt, and both coaches were miffed.
Fast forward to Wednesday night. The two teams locked up in another heated battle, this time at Tyro Middle School, where the Dragons play their home games. This time, West won 1-0 in overtime. This time, like last time, things were pretty physical at times. But the officials did a good job of maintaining control. They called fouls when there was extreme contact, and that didn't allow the pushing and shoving to reach a boiling point. There were a few no-calls when Dragon players hit the turf that got some members of the home crowd riled up. But all in all, the officials did a very nice job of managing the game. (For anyone who would dispute that, in 100 minutes of soccer, the guys in the yellow shirts are going to miss a call or two).
But this time, when the game was over, things were very civil. A West player at the front of the handshake line turned and emphasized to his teammates that they'd better not say anything other than "good game." Both teams showed tremendous respect through the handshake line, and a West player asked the Jackets if they'd like to join them for a postgame prayer. The Jackets accepted that invitation, ignoring the "Oh my God, are you kidding me?" that came loudly from a mom in the crowd.
Brown and DeZego could have let the prior incident linger. They could have developed a nice little feud, and that could have translated into bad blood between the two programs.
But they made the right choice. They showed their players, and their communities, that they were willing to bury the hatchet and move on. That's a feather in both of their caps, regardless of what happens on the soccer field the rest of the season.
Jason Queen can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 220, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Please remember that when traveling the local streets around the Barry campus, the speed limit is 30 miles an hour. Please obey all traffic signs/lights and obey the school zones at all times.
Public Safety would like to remind the Barry Community that criminals love the holidays as much as everyone else, mainly because it is a perfect opportunity to commit a crime. Keep these holiday safety tips in mind for a safe and happy holiday season.
Holiday Shopping:
- Minimize after-dark shopping
- Wait for a close space
- Shop with friends
- Carry a minimal wallet
- Put valuable items, including portable navigation systems and other electronics in your trunk before you park your car; never leave anything inside the interior portion of your vehicle including gym bags, backpacks, etc.
- Avoid large amounts of cash
- Ask for an escort if your vehicle is parked in a dark or remote area. Know the location of mall security and report any person or activity that is suspicious
- Be aware of your surroundings; don't be distracted with shopping bags and other items
Home Safety:
- Put inside lights on timers
- Cancel mail and newspaper deliveries if traveling or have a neighbor pick these up for you
- Keep gifts out of site
- Never burn holiday wrappings in your fireplace
- Cover empty trash boxes that advertise expensive gifts and electronics – thieves will know what's in your house
Home Holiday Party Safety:
- Know your invitees; don't assume you or someone else knows a stranger
- Keep your wallet or purse secured and out of site
- Periodically check upstairs and all rooms
- Designate a first floor coat room to avoid guests walking through your home
- Assign an end time
- Consider beer and wine only; have plenty of food and non-alcoholic beverages
From all of us at Public Safety we would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday.
Barry University reminds its students, faculty, staff and visitors that continued caution and vigilance are necessary components of your own personal safety and the safety of all in the Barry community. We encourage all to report crimes and/or suspicious behavior to Public Safety by calling 305-899-3333 or visiting www.barry.edu/publicsafety/silentwitness.htm, a confidential way of providing information via Barry's website.
Keep up-to-date on campus safety by checking out our periodic updates on Bucwis and Barry News. For more information about Barry's Public Safety Department, visit http://bucwis.barry.edu/publicSafety/.


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PLYMOUTH (AP) — A nephew charged with shooting hip-hop artist and reality TV star Benzino at a funeral procession in Massachusetts has been denied bail.
A judge Wednesday ordered 36-year-old Gai Scott to remain in custody. The Randolph man pleaded not guilty Monday to armed assault with intent to murder. His lawyer says he acted in self-defense and cooperated with police.
Authorities say Scott shot 48-year-old Raymond Scott, known as Benzino, on Saturday as Benzino came upon his mother's funeral procession in Duxbury. Benzino said he avoided the funeral because of family tensions over money. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
A prosecutor said the nephew endangered people and police have no evidence Benzino was armed.
Benzino appears on VH1's reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" and is CEO of Hip-Hop Weekly.
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Marco van Basten has praised Eredivisie leaders PSV and suggested they have the quality to hold on to their lead and win the division.
The Dutch side have been in scintillating form this season, and the Heerenveen coach believes that they have the attacking quality required to secure the title.
"I think, because of the standings at the top [of the table], PSV have the best chance to be champions," he told reporters.
PSV are currently two and three points ahead of Ajax and Feyenoord, respectively, and Van Basten - whose Heerenveen side currently lie comfortably in mid-table - thinks the attacking potential of the team is where their main strengths lie.
"Without Lens and Narsingh, PSV has an awful lot of quality up front. And in midfield [there is] still an awful lot of quality. In the back is a bit less, but that [offensively] is where there is a difference between the other sides."


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This mission, which is part of the African Commission's promotional mandate, is aimed at encouraging dialogue between the African Commission and the Republic of Zambia, and to among other things, exchange views with major human rights stakeholders on ways and means of enhancing the enjoyment of human rights in the country.
The Mission will be undertaken by Commissioner Commissioner Faith Pansy Tlakula, Member of the African Commission responsible for the promotion of human rights in Zambia, and the African Commission's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression in Africa. She will be accompanied by Dr. Robert Wundeh Eno, Legal Officer for Protection, at the Secretariat of the African Commission.
During the Mission, the delegation will meet with a cross-section of human rights actors in the country, especially those working in the field of human rights: including in particular, relevant government officials, members of parliament, members of the judiciary, the police, civil society organisations, political party leaders, and other individuals or institutions capable of enlightening the African Commission on the human rights situation in Zambia.
At the end of the mission, the preliminary findings will be discussed with the relevant government authorities. A Press Conference will also be held to brief the press and the general public on these findings.
For further information, please contact
The Secretariat of the African Commission
PO Box 673
Banjul ,
The Gambia
Tel: 220 4392 962 Fax: 220 4390 764
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So you got stopped last night and arrested for drunk driving. And right after the breathalyzer showed a blood-alcohol reading of .09%, the officer confiscated your driver's license and gave you a a piece of paper that said it was immediately suspended.
What happened?, you ask. Can they do that? I thought I was presumed to be innocent, and the state has to prove my guilt beyond a reasonable doubt before they can punish me. And I remember something about the Constitution and due process: Can they suspend my license for DUI before giving me a chance to defend myself?
Good questions.
The Department of Motor Vehicles (or whatever they call it in your state) is required by law to immediately suspend the driver's license of anyone arrested for (not convicted of) DUI who (1) has a .08% breath reading, or (2) takes a blood or urine test (which will be analyzed later), or (3) refuses to take any test. This means immediately — on the spot: the license is grabbed and the DUI suspension is legally effective the moment the officer signs the notice and hands it to you.
Viewed another way, the officer in a DUI case is cop, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner. You have absolutely no rights. In fact, if you took a blood or urine test, they don't even wait for the results (which will come back from the lab days later): they not only presume you are guilty, they also presume that the evidence will eventually show it!
So, again: How can they do that in America?
Well, at first MADD and various state legislatures decided to find a way to get drunk drivers off the highways RIGHT NOW — and not be diverted by any technicalities like, well, the Constitution. So they enacted so-called "APS" laws (the phrase stands for "administrative per se", referring to the "per se" crime of .08%, as opposed to the separate crime of driving under the influence of alcohol). They justified this by saying that a license was a "privilege", not a "right" — and since the license holder had no rights, the state could do what it wanted.
Well, the U.S. Supreme Court blew that justification out of the water. In Bell v Burson (402 U.S. 535) the Court acknowledged that the right to drive is a privilege. However, once the state gives someone a license, that person then has a property right in it — and that right cannot be taken away without giving him due process. And due process means a fair procedure by which he can contest the confiscation of his property.
The reaction to this has generally been to continue suspending licenses on the spot, but to then give the driver a short-term (30 days in California) temporary operating permit during which he can request an administrative hearing from the DMV. (In a few states, the process is handed over to the courts and the suspension merged with the criminal proceedings.)
MADD has been successful in getting the Feds involved; a highway appropriations bill was passed which pretty much coerced states into adopting APS suspensions — or else no funds. Do these APS hearings in DUI cases provide due process?
In other words, how fair are they?
Let's take California's APS hearings. They are conducted by a "hearing officer". Is this an impartial judge? Well, he's hardly impartial: He's an employee of the DMV — the very agency that is trying to suspend the license (kind of like a judge being paid by the prosecutor). And he isn't a judge. Actually, he isn't even a lawyer; he's only required to be a high school graduate.
So who is the prosecutor? He's, well, the same guy.
That's right: this DMV employee with no legal education is both judge and prosecutor. Put another way, this government beaurocrat, without any legal education, can object to the driver's evidence — and then sustain his own objection! He can deny the driver's attorney's request a week before the hearing for a delay to subpoena a witness, then grant himself a delay in the middle of the hearing. Well, you get the picture…
Not too surprisingly, the DMV wins about 95% of these DUI hearings.
That's called "due process" in a drunk driving case.


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River Red Gum Parks, Victoria, Australia
The River Red Gum forests along the banks of the Murray River separating New South Wales and Victoria are one of the great iconic Australian landscapes. They have long been loved and lived in by the Traditional Owners and those that continue to visit to relax and play.
The River Red Gum forests and the Murray River have great cultural significance. They are also the base for recreational activities like camping, bushwalking and fishing. They support local economies, bringing visitors to the area. They are also of great environmental significance. They are the world's largest River Red Gum forests and home to endangered bird species like the Mallee Fowl.
Protecting this precious environment relies on balancing the economic and recreational activities with preserving its natural beauty and conservation values.
This much valued area has now been protected for future generations to enjoy by the creation of four new national parks:
- Barmah National Park
- Gunbower National Park
- Lower Goulburn River National Park
- Warby-Ovens National Park
The existing Murray-Sunset, Hattah-Kulkyne and Terrick Terrick National parks have also been expanded.
Along with the new and expanded national parks, there are other new parks - Gadsen Bend, Kings Billabong and Nyah-Vinifera parks, and the Kerang and Shepparton regional parks in addition to the Murray River Park running along the entire length of the Victorian side of the Murray River. Together, these new parks protect more than 140,000 hectares of River Red Gum forest in Victoria. A most significant component of the Victorian Government's legislation is the provision for Joint Management of a number of the new parks and reserves with Traditional Owners. This approach will allow the recognised practice of traditional land management techniques and uses in conjunction with the state's contemporary application of reserve and natural resource management systems.
Joint Management allows an overlay of social equity and relevant recognition of the ancestral use and occupation of the land through co-operative management and consideration of local indigenous community needs and expectations.
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Size and Location
Barmah National Park (28,521ha) Barmah National Park in the mid-Murray region, together with the neighbouring Millewa forest in NSW, is home to the world's largest single distribution of River Red Gums – trees that can live for thousands of years.
Gunbower National Park (8892ha) The wetlands and billabongs of the Gunbower forest are of international environmental importance. When water flows along the little Gunbower Creek, the area is known for its spectacular birdlife.
Lower Goulburn River National Park (12,154ha) Between Echuca and Shepparton, the forests along the lower reaches of the Goulburn River are ideal for camping, fishing and canoeing. The park forms an important 'bio-link' to the Murray River, providing shelter and food for bountiful wildlife in the area.
Warby-Ovens National Park (15,899ha) North of Wangaratta, the Warby-Ovens National Park provides a tranquil setting to absorb the sights and sounds of the towering River Red Gum forest, peaceful wetlands and the Ovens River.
Terrick Terrick National Park (5882ha) There's evidence of a rich human history in this park. On a number of old Grey Box trees you'll see curving scars from where the Dja Dja Warung Aboriginal people cut the bark to make canoes, shields, carrying bowls and shelters.
Shepparton Regional Park (2786ha) The Shepparton Regional Park is popular with locals and visitors in this large regional town. The park surrounds numerous bends and reaches of the Goulburn River as it winds its way north to the River Murray. The spectacular riverbank trees provide shelter, shade and a serene landscape for park visitors and abundant wildlife that inhabit the area.
Murray River Park (34,685ha) A continuous passage of forest along the Murray River, the park extends from Wodonga to west of Mildura protecting the River's riverboat heritage.
Kerang Regional Park (1138ha). Some of Victoria's rarest plants, like the Swamp Buttercup and Spreading Emu-bush, can be found in the in the Kerang Wetlands.
Big Desert Wilderness Park (113,500ha) Walk through a true wilderness and immerse yourself in nature. The Big Desert has been left largely untouched and was Victoria's first declared wilderness area. Home to a vast array of birds, reptiles and small mammals, bird watching and nature study are rewarding activities in this park.
Kings Billabong Park (3535ha) Many of the tracks in this park lead to perfect shady sites along the Murray, great for camping. Once camp has been set up, the days can easily be filled with canoeing, kayaking, fishing or bushwalking.
Murray Sunset National Park (57,172ha) Explore Victoria's very own outback by four wheel drive, taking a bushwalk, going camping or perhaps all three. The park has a fascinating history, abundant wildlife and beautiful spring wildflowers.
Wyperfeld National Park (356,800ha) This is a place of wide open landscapes and beautiful sunsets. When it rains, Wyperfeld's semi-arid landscape is transformed by tiny desert plants, carpeting the ground with clusters of flowers.
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (24,428ha) The park is home to diverse of wildlife, majestic River Red Gums, ancient Bul-oke trees amid rolling sand plains, and the distinctive Mallee for which this region is renowned.
Gadsden Bend Park (1618ha) Located at one of the picturesque bends of the Murray River, near Robinvale, the large sandbars at Gasden Bend Park are perfect for relaxing by the river and doing a spot of fishing.
Nyah-Vinifera Park (1354ha) Nyah-Vinifera Park has a rich indigenous history. Near Swan Hill, the park is on the Country of the Wadi Wadi Aboriginal people. There are many culturally significant sites like middens and scar trees in the park.
Flora and Fauna
The river red gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis lines the Murray River for most of its length. These iconic trees can reach 45 metres and live for more than 500 years. Their trunks are often twisted and patchy with grey bark above an area of brown-black bark. The trees need periods of flooding and can survive inundation for months. Its seeds are washed onto higher ground during a flood and germinate and grow before the next flood reaches them. A useful tree at all stages of its life, its hollows, or broken branches, provide nesting for galahs, cockatoos, cockatiels and various parrots; while fallen branches provide habitat for other animals. Aboriginals used the leaves for its medicinal properties as a linament for aches and pain, and as an inhaled vapour.
The Barmah-Millewa forest is an internationally recognised wetland listed under the Ramsar Convention and represents all of the four freshwater wetland types in Victoria. The forest provides important habitat, particularly for waterbirds, with over 200 species of birds recorded. It is a particularly important waterbird breeding area in Victoria.
The park protects 38 rare or threatened plants including fruit Saltbush and Winged Peppergrass. Yellow and Black Box grow on the ridges.
Wildlife abounds throughout the forest. Grey Kangaroos, emus and koalas are common.
One hundred and ninety-five species of native fauna have been recorded in the Gunbower National Park, with 30 threatened species such as endangered Inland Carpet Python, Silver Perch, Giant Bullfrog, Broad-shelled Turtle and Squirrel Gliders. Kangaroos and emus are common.
The park has over 200 species of birds and is one of the largest breeding grounds for waterbirds in Victoria including some of the 100 breeding pairs of White-Bellied Sea-Eagle remaining in Victoria.
These River Red Gum forests and wetlands are under increasing pressure from climate change, drought and reduced water flows. The new national parks will protect the precious heritage of this area, balancing the needs of local communities and the environment.
While a whole range of activities will continue to be enjoyed in the national parks such as camping, fishing, water sports, horse riding, four wheel driving, trail bike riding and bush walking, these activities need to be provided for and managed in a sustainable way to reduce physical impacts.
The River Red Gum parks will remain much as they have always been - great places to relax and enjoy the great outdoors and a critical habitat for many different aspects of river ecology.
Parks Victoria is working with Indigenous groups, the timber industry, government agencies, community groups and individuals to provide the best possible care to this precious area. Aboriginal people have long been connected with the River Red Gum forests - a connection that has endured for thousands of years. Parks Victoria and Traditional Owners are working together to manage the River Red Gum parks. Together, Parks Victoria and Traditional Owners will implement a combination of both contemporary and traditional park management practices – resulting in benefits to both the environment and to visitors to the parks.
A feature of this approach is the employment of local Aboriginal people from the Yorta Yorta Community for three years to provide skills, learning and the exchange of knowledge in land management practices in close consultation with the local community. At the end of their term, these workers will return to the Yorta Yorta community to apply their newly acquired skills and assist with the development of the next generation of indigenous land managers.
Parks Victoria has developed and is implementing an Active Forest Health Program to improve the health of the forest and increase its resilience to the impact of drought and other stresses. The program involves pest plant and animal management, water management, ecological thinning and planned burning. Ex-timber industry workers are part of the team implementing the program.
Cattle grazing will be banned in national parks to protect their long-term ecological future. Commercial timber harvesting licences will cease in the new national parks.
The Government will endeavour to provide additional water for floodplains within the new national parks. This will be assessed according to water availability across the entire Northern Victorian water system.
Why Protect the Area?
Climate change and drought mean the River Red Gums are in trouble, with estimates that as many as 75 per cent of trees on some stretches of the Murray River are either dead or dying.
Action must be taken to protect this precious heritage, but in doing so a balanced approach that supports local communities and protects and enhances recreational opportunities in these regions must be considered.
This area has been the home and habitat of Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years and it is imperative that this ancient but still living culture is enabled and encouraged to continue their traditional and ancestral use and occupation of the same land into the future.
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the sc'8s rims are good the tires not so much...
Yea I'm just going to use these tires up and go from there. Ill prob order a couple options for them. Cause think we are going to start clearing a section out in a friends woods for a track.
they are not bead-locs???
Yea they are bead locks
dont be fooled by that ring.. its for looks! the tires are still glued on! beadloc's dont need glue! there are no beadloc sc wheels with 17mm hex.. the DE racing sc wheels 17mm hex fit any sc tire better that the sc8's
can somebody post a pic of their slayer pro from the engine side. think were the motor mounts was bent. but need something to compare too. getting new motor mounts today.
Does this help?
actually can u lower the camera some want to see how the motor plate sits compared to the rest of the chassis. cause mine was sitting a crazy angle and just curious of what is bent on mine. thanks.
BOMBER, I have spare engine mount arms (the ones that go under the chassis) if yours are bent, let me know.
Sure here are some more pics.
wow don't think mines looked that clean since the day i bought it. lol
thanks red. but i actually picked up a new motor mount last night at my lhs. along with a new cb, clutch, spur. gonna be running 17/36 gearing. anyone know of alittle taller cb like a 19 tooth one?
also messed with my suspension some. ended up drilling out the holes in the piston disk and filled with 45 wt and have to say i like it so far but that's just from me messing with it on my table. but will find out when I run it wed.
Well got to run my truck last night and was pretty impressed with it. Only thing i'm going to try now is maybe get alittle stiffer spring for the rear. Right now i'm running the blue and silver springs with 45 wt oil, with some oversized holes drilled in the piston disk. And dropping it down to a 36 tooth spur made a real big difference, didn't get it up to full speed as it was getting dark and with a rock wall on one side of the road and a 8ft ditch on the other i really didn't want to risk anything to stupid..lol
Hehe understandable, maybe I'll put some baja light pods on mine for dusky times.
Yea i thought about getting the light bar pod that RPM has but figured i wouldn't be running it to much in the dark, just was when i finally got my one charger back from my friend. I have my MERV to run at night that i have lights on. i love nitro but to much to do to run at night. even tho i live in the country i still try not to upset my neighbors to much. lol
Yeah I pretty much just like playing around with electronics myself which would play just a big a part if doing it. I just mounted some lights on my baja and those would look gnarly on a slayer front bumper or on the roof if mounted in a line of 4 or so like on pickup trucks, maybe another 2 in the front lol, they are very strong on a full battery and this was only a half charge NiMh and they can run on LiPo too (pods from Killer RC):
yea those are some pretty sweet lights. you ever check out the site nitrorcx.com? they have some pretty sweet lights there. i got a set of the halo lights for my merv. and they are priced pretty good. the halo lights were 5 bucks and they come all wired up with a switch. yea think one of my next rides will be one of those 1/5 but prob go with a kit.
Nice site, I've bookmarked it for later, they certainly had some cool stuff there. Been looking for halo lights actually for a future drift car. I like the 12 led pods though for offroad vehicles as they are very bright and strong and fits well in readymade buckets that can be mounted on nearly anything and easy to waterproof.
Mine is originally a 5SC SS kit, I sold off the body and extra plastic and built it to a buggy instead as it's basically a drivetrain upgraded 5B with extra plastic and weight and size on it. Probably spent $2000 on it afterwards, they're expensive rides but HELLAfun if taken care of right. I really like it and it's pretty awesome by now and I've learned a ton about gas cars, hints and tricks that I can apply on nitros as well.
One of the reasons I bought the slayer pro actually, wanting a truck as well but not as big and expensive. Only had HPI before so Traxxas was a nice new experience. If wanting a 1:5 truck again I'd go for the Losi 5ive-t as it's pure truck and not a convertion, also 4x4 and pan chassis makes it easier to maintain. But I love my buggy.
If you ever get into it I recommend the forums hpibajaforum com, and baja-forum co uk.
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Well found The perfect place to break in my body and see how these tires do in some dirt. Best part it's only a short walk from my house.
Nice space, don't break it in too much now
Nice! I wish a had a nice and flat spot like that to drive...
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
I'd have to say that's one of the best spots I've found in awhile. Was nice and packed with some loose dirt on top. Was actually pretty impressed with the sc8 tires. I had pretty decent traction in turns could slide it right where I wanted it to. Hoping to have some running videos this week sometime. Think this next week I'm going to put my THS pipe on, and if I could just find my GH cooling head I'd be set. Lol. Well until atleast till the next upgrade. But first I gotta get a big block for my MERV.
Psst. Your inbox is full
awsome build
I'm crazy, no really I am.
Do you have any new pictures of this new Flo-Tek body you painted.
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Arsenal are set to step up their interest in Afriyie Acquah – a midfielder dubbed the 'new Michael Essien'.
A report from The Express claims Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is set to send scouts to the Africa Cup of Nations to watch the Ghana international, with a view to making an offer.
Acqua is a powerful midfield presence and the report claims Wenger is looking to bolster the defensive midfield area in the Arsenal squad, with the 20-year-old seen as good prospect.
Acqua is currently with Serie A side Palermo, but has been sent out on loan to Parma for the 2012-13 season.
His playing style and nationality lead to comparisons with Chelsea star Michael Essien, one of Ghana's most prominent stars, and Arsenal were also linked with a move for the midfielder in the summer.
The report claims Wenger is considering his options for January, as any deal for Acqua would likely not see him arrive at Emirates Stadium until mid-February, after the completion of the Cup of Nations.
Ghana are one of the favourites to take the trophy, so are expected to be in South Africa for much of the duration of the tournament.
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November 30, 2012
The Army must acquire new nontactical digital land mobile radio systems to comply with mandated changes on frequencies and standards and has kicked off a procurement valued at $228 million.
The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications Information Administration require that all public safety users in the United States use equipment in 2013 that effectively cuts the bandwidth used per channel from 25 kHZ to 12.5 kHZ, a process known as "narrow banding."
The Army, in its draft request for proposals for land mobile radio equipment for all its domestic and overseas bases, said it also must acquire equipment that conforms to the digital Project 25 standards that local, state and federal public safety officials, the Defense Department, NTIA, and the National Security Agency developed.
The Army said it plans to award multiple, three-year indefinite quantity-indefinite delivery contracts for new land mobile radio systems that include base stations, vehicle and handheld radios.
EF Johnson Technologies, Harris Corp., Icom America, Kenwood USA, Motorola, Tait Radio Communications, Thales Communications and Vertex Standard manufacture land mobile radio systems that are compliant with the Project 25 standards.
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Release Notes: Host view metric graphs now work correctly. "Show Hosts" toggled works again. A memory leak in network metrics on Linux has been fixed. A spoof memory leak on gmond has been fixed.
Release Notes: This release fixes a bug that caused XML port output to be truncated, fixes FreeBSD compilation errors, makes gmetad more resilient to round-robin database problems, makes "gmond -t" output more complete, updates the underlying Apache runtime library, expands the maximum size of gmetric messages, provides various minor PHP bugfixes in the Web frontend, and adds 3D pie graph effects.
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Navy IDs SEAL killed in Ariz. parachuting accident
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday identified a member of the Navy's SEAL Team 6 who died during parachute training in southern Arizona.
Navy officials said Special Warfare Operator Chief Brett D. Shadle of Elizabethville, Pa., died when he and another SEAL collided in midair Thursday. Shadle was taken to University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, where he was pronounced dead.
Officials described Shadle as a highly decorated SEAL who had earned multiple Bronze Star Medals with Valor and several service ribbons. While details about his deployments were secret, officials confirmed the 31-year-old Shadle had served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Shadle enlisted in the Navy in July 2000. The following year he completed his SEAL training and was assigned to his first unit in early 2002.
Shadle and a fellow SEAL were practicing "routine military free-fall training" when the accident occurred Thursday afternoon, said U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Kenneth McGraw. The SEALs collided in midair and landed in separate areas.
The command has a parachute testing and training facility at the Pinal Airpark in Marana, McGraw said. Training programs are operated there year-round.
The area is in rugged desert terrain northeast of Tucson.
The other SEAL — an unidentified E-6 petty officer first class — remained in stable condition Saturday at the Tucson hospital.
Military officials said the accident was under investigation.
The Navy's SEAL Team 6 gained international attention when it was revealed that members of the top secret unit had carried out a raid in Pakistan in 2011 in which Osama bin Laden was killed.
Team 6 was hit hard later that same year when 22 SEALs from the special unit were killed when the helicopter they were riding in was apparently hit by an insurgent's rocket-propelled grenade. None of those killed on the helicopter was part of the bin Laden raid. Their deaths marked the nation's single deadliest day of the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
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During a level three snow emergency, drivers face fines and possible jail time, because only essential personnel are allowed on the roads. But what exactly does that mean?
Each county has its own rules and regulations on who is considered to be an essential or non-essential employee, in the case of a level three snow emergency.
In Lucas County, Toledo Police are on the list, along with safety workers, like fire personnel, hospital staff and city sanitary engineers. Workers over at Lucas County K-9 Care and Control also make the list because animals there need care 24 hours a day. Journalists are considered essential, too.
That doesn't mean you won't catch others at work, like fast food restaurants and grocery stores, but county commissioners say it may not be the best idea.
"Companies that are requiring their workers to come in under a level three snow emergency that don't provide essential services, such as hospitals or safety services, may put their employees at risk of either arrest or a hazardous driving situation," explained Carol Contrada, president of the Board of Lucas County commissioners.
If you are pulled over during a level three snow emergency, you could get a $250 fine. If you cause an accident, you could face a $1,000 fine and six months of jail time.
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wow, like the comments here.
IMO this feels like a world where "big brother" is watching them.
infact, i think its ok to say this is the kinda world we could live in, if the gov't keeps on trying to take over everything about our lives and such. their always trying to find a way to control anything and everything
|2012-10-12, 00:11
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Think about it, if you going through a heated discussion with your boss is enough to make you want to kill him, then something's already wrong with you, not the system itself.
|2012-10-12, 00:40
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|2012-10-12, 01:14
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I would guess that the system does what it is supposed to do perfectly: it evaluates a person's state of mind at that instant of time, and determines 100% accurately whether said person will or will not commit a crime.
The flaw would be that it assumes no major third-party stimulus. It couldn't have predicted that Akane is capable of placating the woman right then and there. Its job is just to unlock the trigger; predicting future influences would be another technological leap all together. Rather, it's the enforcer's job to determine whether a person is beyond saving. Unfortunately, the enforcers in this era don't seem very nice.
|2012-10-12, 01:29
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What a weird interconnection for me today. I just rewatched Minority Report today. Strange, strange world.
This is a Urobuchi Gen writing, so I don't think we're going to get too much subtlety on certain points. (Though my experience with his writing is quite limited) Akane was sent out there to fail would be my guess. At least, I hope so because she's completely incapable of the job. She doesn't have the strength of personality to survive very long. This isn't a "rookie" problem. It's a personality not able to handle those types of strains and decisions. Frankly, it'd be little different than dropping a random 18 year old woman into a war zone. Which actually might have been partially the point of episode 1.
It's an interesting dystopian future. This seems like a darker version of Equilibrium at the moment, which actually wasn't a terrible film. I expect much despair in the future, which leads to a fun question. Which is the darker series: Psycho-Pass or Shin Sekai Yori.
|2012-10-12, 01:40
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Finished watching it and I must say it was very eventful for a first episode. The atmosphere was good and how the character's introduction went was perfectly fine. The suspense was there and I liked it alot. Brutality was delivered fine and I'm expecting more from it.
I am quite not okay with the usage of Denominator since to me, it only worsens or triggers the Criminal Potential of a person. It's taking control of what is supposed to be decided by the person handling the gun. I think it's very much up to the enforcer to judge if the target may go 90 0r 180. There's that scene of the hostage girl going non-lethal from lethal after Akane approached her and it bothered me. I felt like Akane during that moment. But maybe there's no choice for CID since its' posssible that the crime rate has been getting out of hand. But still...
Sibyl might be that white-haired dude though. LOL, the OP scenes might happen around episode 12 or 24.
I hope this would get its own thread.
|2012-10-12, 02:00
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Ultra-Violence? In my anime?!? Have I stepped into the way back machine without noticing?!?
But yea seriously that was fairly impressive (Putting aside that god awful "music" used during the opening...). Good to see Gens particular brand of despair applied to a dystopian setting, which is always one of my favorites. Quite excited to see where this one goes from here.
|2012-10-12, 02:16
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|2012-10-12, 02:34
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Me at work
Ideally though she wouldn't have asked him not to shoot the victim but ordered him to since she is his superior.
But still,she used the enforcers to neutralize the rapist and when en enforcer was overdoing it she saved a victim,though obviously it seems her employers don't agree about that last part
What intrigues me more though is how Akane is clueless about the whole system,she acts surprised at a whole lot of info she's given,but I would think that the general population would know how the law enforcement system of the place they live in works,not all the details but at least the basics.
Well since you mention it,one of Urobuchi's early work,Jouka no Monshou, is an equilibrium fanfic.
|2012-10-12, 03:13
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That's very interesting about Urobuchi writing an Equilibrium fanfic. Just need some GunKata and swords and we're good! (The movie was a bunch of really good ideas not terribly well put together, though it was entertaining.)
As for Akane, if she's the top recruit from the Academy, then either the Academy needs a new system or everyone there is less competent than Akane. That is a BAD sign. And I'm not trying to be too harsh to the character, at this point, but she wasn't shown as being able to handle even the basic stress at the beginning of the mission. Which is why she was reacting on emotion rather than instinct, logic or training at several points. She's very lucky that the situation resolved the way it did. Though I imagine her reactions were deliberate to the writing, given the rest of the episode. So I don't think my impression was unintended.
|2012-10-12, 03:21
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keep in mind that she's having no problem with pointing gun at the kidnapper, but the victim. not to mention her role there is not to actually be enforcing the law, but to make sure those hounds don't overstep their boundary.
Granted that she's probably too green to really know where to stop. Her idealism will be delicious
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Haven't got around to watching this yet, but judging by the trailer, this sounds kind of like the movie Minority Report. Any truth to that? Or was it just the way the trailer was presented?
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DETROIT — For the first time ever, the Ferris State University men's ice hockey team has received an invitation to compete in the 2014 Great Lakes Invitational (GLI) and will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of college hockey's oldest and most prestigious events at historic Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
The fields for the next four GLI hockey tournaments were announced today by Michigan Tech athletic director Suzanne Sanregret. The Huskies serve as the host of the annual four-team event with Michigan and Michigan State as mainstays in the event.
The hockey holiday tradition will have an all-Michigan flavor for the next four years.
Western Michigan will join the Huskies, Wolverines and Spartans at this December's outdoor tournament at Comerica Park. Ferris State will then help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GLI when it returns to Joe Louis Arena in 2014. Tech's arch rival, Northern Michigan, has been invited to play in the 2015 GLI. Western Michigan returns again in 2016 as the invitational team.
"We're thrilled to be asked to represent Ferris State University in one of college hockey's oldest and most prestigious tournaments," said FSU head coach Bob Daniels. "Over the years, when we've gone to Joe Louis Arena for the Central College Hockey Association (CCHA) playoffs, our fans have done an outstanding job of supporting and following us so they made a strong case for our team to be part of this great event.
"Additionally, our new affiliation with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) has opened up some doors for us to be invited to tournaments such as this and helped make this invitation possible," he added.
Official dates and start times for the 2014 event are still to be announced pending the release of the Detroit Red Wings' 2014-15 National Hockey League (NHL) schedule and potential home games at JLA, which will be announced next summer.
The Bulldogs will join a list of college hockey powers who have played in the GLI over the years such as Wisconsin, Boston College, North Dakota, Colorado College, New Hampshire, Boston, Harvard, Maine and more.
"Ferris State and our hockey program could not be more excited about participating in the Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena in 2014," said FSU Athletics Director Perk Weisenburger. "Playing in the 50th Anniversary of the GLI with Michigan Tech, Michigan and Michigan State will be a special event for Bulldog Hockey and our fan base."
The Great Lakes Invitational was first played in 1965 after the idea for the tournament was conceived and implemented by Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, Olympia Stadium General Manager Lincoln Cavalieri and Detroit Red Wings Scout Jack Paterson. The tournament, which has been played in late December every year, has grown into one of the nation's premier
holiday sporting events with more than 1.3 million fans in attendance since its inception.
"We're excited to be able to renew some in-state rivalries at the GLI in the coming years," said Sanregret. "The Detroit Red Wings, Olympia Entertainment, Michigan and Michigan State have been great partners with Michigan Tech over the years. We look forward to adding to the great tradition and history of the tournament."
Michigan Tech has won the GLI 10 times in 48 appearances including last year via a pair of 4-0 victories. Michigan has competed in 43 GLI's and has claimed 15 titles. Meanwhile, Michigan State owns 12 GLI crowns in 39 tries.
The 2013 Great Lakes Invitational is set for Dec. 27 and 28 outdoors at Comerica Park, home of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers. The GLI will lead off five consecutive days of hockey at Comerica as part of the Sirius XM Hockeytown Winter Festival before returning to Joe Louis Arena for the 50th anniversary in 2014.
Ferris State will embark on its first season in the WCHA during the upcoming 2013-14 campaign. The Bulldogs wrapped up their final season of CCHA competition in 2012-13 and earned a first-round tournament bye for the fourth consecutive year, one of only two schools to accomplish the feat in the final four years of the league.
This past season's campaign came on the heels of a historic 2011-12 campaign in which Ferris State received its first-ever number one national ranking, won the CCHA regular-season championship, claimed the NCAA Midwest Regional crown and advanced to
the Frozen Four for the first time in school history.
This coming season, in 2013-14, the Bulldogs will face all three other 2014 GLI entrants. FSU squares off against Michigan Tech four times over the course of two seperate weekends in January. The Bulldogs first host the Huskies on Jan. 10-11 at the Ewigleben Ice Arena before returning to Houghton on Jan. 24-25 for a two-game league set.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs will also take on both Michigan and Michigan State in the same week as part of its December regular-season schedule. FSU squares off against the Wolverines on Dec. 11 at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor before traveling to battle Michigan State at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing on Dec. 14.
Ferris State will officially open the 2013-14 season on the road at Colgate in a non-league series set for Oct. 5-6 in Hamilton, N.Y. The regular-season home opener is set for Friday, Oct. 18, as FSU entertains St. Lawrence in Big Rapids with the squad's first WCHA home series slated for Nov. 8-9 versus Bemidji State.
Reserved season tickets for the 2013-14 campaign are currently on sale to the general public and must be purchased by this Friday (Sept. 13) at 5 p.m. (ET). Single-game tickets for the 2013-14 campaign will go on sale next Monday (Sept. 16) at 9 a.m. (ET).
Tickets can be purchased by calling the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888 or by stopping by the ticket office inside the Ewigleben Sports Complex. The ticket office is open Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. (ET) to 5 p.m. (ET). Single-game tickets will also be available online at StarTickets.com. For more information, please visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com.


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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Reception is open and the phone is answered from 8.30am until 8pm. Sunseeker Lodge does allow pets on a discretionary basis only. Any acceptance of pets on the premises is required to be pre-arranged and agreed our staff. Once guests have checked in they become liable for the security of themselves, their possessions, vehicles and the contents of the motel unit they are staying in. Guests must ensure that the unit they are responsible for is locked when unoccupied.
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12 Old Hospital rd, Whangaroa, rd 1, Kaeo, 0478, Northland
Drive through Kerikeri and Kaeo and turn left at the sign for Whangaroa Harbour. Follow the Harbour Rd around and pass the Marlin Pub on your right. The Old Hospital Rd turning in 100m on your left.
Ifyou're coming by public transport, get a bus to Kaeo and we can pick you up from there.
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Whangaroa, 'the Marlin Capital of New Zealand', is renowned for its game fishing. Whangaroa lies just north of the Bay of Islands in Northland.
Sunseeker Lodge is a just a short walk to the Whangaroa Harbour waterfront and restaurant. From here you can launch your own boat or charter ours and experience world-class fishing.
For those who want to keep their feet on dry land and fancy a really spectacular view out over the harbour and beyond, take the walking track up to the top of Paul's Rock.


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A study by the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration (CCPI) helps the State of Delaware plan offshore wind infrastructure as well as consider other uses.
A comprehensive study of human activity and ecosystems in mid-Atlantic waters off the coast of Delaware by the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration (CCPI) helps establish a basis for more informed planning and decision-making regarding the development of offshore wind and other marine renewable energy projects.
While offshore wind power installations are cropping up and supplying clean, renewable electricity across Europe, the US has yet to build one offshore wind farm. There are some 20 projects with a total rated capacity of 2,000 MW in the planning and permitting stages, however, according to the UD-CCPI report. Mid-Atlantic Ocean waters off Delaware and New Jersey are home to four of them with a total 1,500 MW capacity.
"This report lays the groundwork for the State of Delaware to advance the planning for offshore wind infrastructure as well as consider other uses that may be conflicting, the authors of "Delaware Marine Spatial Planning; Offshore Wind Context," wrote.
Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy: Establishing a Basis for Inclusive, Informed Decision-Making
Informing planners, other decision-makers and a broad array of stakeholders regarding the development of ocean renewable energy resources, offshore wind energy in particular, is "a major driver of current MSP (Marine Spatial Planning) efforts in the mid-Atlantic," the report authors note, where offshore winds hold an estimated 1,000 gigawatts (GW) of power.
In addition to the sheer magnitude of offshore wind energy potential, other attributes add to the attractiveness of developing oceanic renewable energy resources. Regarding offshore wind energy, "the resource is close to large, densely populated areas where electricity rates are high, demand for power is growing steadily, and where land-based wind development is constrained," the authors point out.
Though many may not realize, think about or look into it much, if at all, there's a lot of human activity going on in US coastal zones and open ocean waters. That's in addition to all the life and physical processes associated with the diversity of marine life forms and environments. Marine life habitat and population conservation, commercial shipping and fishing activity, recreational fishing, boating and shoreline activities, military and defense uses, waste streams and disposal, and now oceanic renewable energy all figure into the mix.
Just coming to grips with the amount of data that needs to be gathered and organized, then adequately processed and analyzed to yield an adequate understanding of not only the individual activities but how they interrelate across and within the marine ecosystem and biome is a daunting challenge. Added to that is the need to balance the often conflicting wants and needs of all the stakeholders in the planning and decision-making processes that determine how our society will make use of its marine and coastal zones.
Overwhelming in size and scope, ocean science and policy requires focused, sustained and well-coordinated efforts across the public and private sector spheres. Pres. Obama's signing of Executive Order 13547 in July, 2010 enacted a "National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes," that establishes a stronger, more coordinated public-private institutional framework for effective coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP), the report authors recount, one intended to "address conservation, economic activity, user conflict and sustainable use of offshore areas."
One of nine National Ocean Policy priority objectives, CMSP will be the basis "for analyzing current and anticipated ocean uses and identifying areas most suitable for various types of classes of activities," across nine proposed planning areas across the US, the report authors explain.
Key Enabler: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
MSP is also the enabling methodology and toolkit serving as the fifth priority area identified in the Mid-Atlantic Governor's Agreement on Ocean Conservation (MARCO) that the governors of New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia signed in 2011. MSP is essentially the means by which goals set in the other four priority areas- ocean habitat protection, climate change adaptation, offshore renewable energy and water quality improvement- will be attained.
"Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) represents a powerful method for reconciling diverse and often seemingly overlapping needs of ocean users," the report's authors explain. "It aspires to be future-oriented rather than reactionary, making it an effective means for implementing ecosystem-based management that provides guidance in determining appropriate sites for future uses.
"Particularly when supplemented with stakeholder input, MSP can satisfy the goals of offshore wind developers, the commercial shipping industry, the fishing community, the conservation community, and local recreational users by facilitating a transparent, engaging and empowering approach to ocean planning."
Carrying out their preliminary analysis, UD-CCPI researchers found that "some ocean space conflicts will exist, especially closer to shore where human uses have been established and represent significant commercial interests." Among these the report lists designated commercial shipping lanes, anchorage areas, sections of the seafloor known to contain unexploded ordinances, designated sand borrow sites, artificial reefs, dump sites, shipwrecks, and residual mine areas.
The authors also recommend establishing limited buffer zones around military installations, and a scenic buffer zone around the Assateague Island National Seashore if the erection of wind turbines would significantly and adversely "affect public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment."
In addition, the authors recommend that known essential fish habitat and biodiversity hotspots "need to be considered and potentially avoided." Finally, marine and coastal zone planners should consider excluding offshore wind farm construction from dense areas of high commercial ship traffic.


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July 2016
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore – Review by Chris, Staff blogger.
Posted on 22-Jul-16 09:41
Festina Lente! This Latin phrase is something you will come to be familiar with if you read Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore. It translates roughly to "hasten slowly," a contradictory expression that means to move quickly, but carefully – a great way to summarize this book with a plot that moves fast but is easy to digest, and manages to touch on a few different themes and genres along the way. Inside the world of Mr. Penumbra, protagonist Clay Jannon takes a part-time job at San Francisco's strangest bookstore, and first hears the phrase used as a greeting between patrons of the store's mysterious "wayback list." The book centers on Clay and his mysterious boss, the eponymous Mr. Penumbra, then 'hastens slowly' to adventures with secret societies, giant computers, replica cities, and some very litigious owners of a font you'll never find on Microsoft Word.
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A HPL Volunteer Blogger's Life - Article by Julia, Teen Blogger
Posted on 22-Jul-16 09:19
I started Blogging with the library when I was 12 years old, and now that I'm 17 I feel like I can say a little something about blogging for the library. I had so much fun with it as being a library blogger meant I could write reviews of my favourite books. After all, I am a book-crazed girl who can't get her hands on enough books, so being a blogger for the library felt just right. I came up with the idea of asking authors for online interviews and the library even brought them to us in person through our local branches! It was fantastic to talk to the creators of so many books that we bloggers read and loved. However, our blogging didn't stop with reviews and interviews...
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe - Review by Becca, Teen Blogger
Posted on 12-Jul-16 16:04
One of my absolute favourite summer reads is definitely Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, ever since I picked it up on a whim this time last year. It's certainly not one of my typical reads; it isn't packed with dramatic action scenes, evil villains, heroic main characters. Instead, it's set in Texas, 1987, and follows two aging boys. This novel is a sweet, slow burn of a romantic coming-of-age story. A good comparison, perhaps, would be swimming in honey—sweet and heavy; some parts are light, some parts are dark. I'd imagine it quite difficult to claw your way out of a pool of honey, not unlike the difficulty of getting out of this book. Personally, I found Aristotle and Dante to be a refreshing change from the typical boy-meets-girl, insta-love story that frequents young adult contemporary fiction. Between the poetically beautiful writing, the honest and real characters, and the numerous issues they're faced with, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a novel to remember for years to come.
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Now You See Me - Review by Teen Blogger, Pranathi
Posted on 08-Jul-16 15:16
I have never been so intrigued in my life. Magic has always been a concept which twists one's thoughts and thinking process to enhance the illusion taking place and to "wow" the audience. It never ceases to amaze anyone because of how ludicrous the whole idea is. I'm not talking about your basic "abracadabra" or "hocus pocus" but rather the real thing: illusionism, hypnotism, mentalism, etc. Real tricks that anyone with the capacity and willingness can master. Now You See Me, directed by Louis Leterrier is a must watch.
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13 Reasons Why - Review by Anonymous
Posted on 05-Jul-16 12:40
The snowball effect is one that gets larger and larger as a result of the actions of others and how you react to those reactions but most of all, this effect can be deadly. Hannah Baker understood just how well the snowball effect affected herself and everyone around her. With one conflict came another and then another and another, like a giant snowball, until the madness overwhelmed the person at the center of the conflict and they chose to put an end to their suffering. As one who could relate to how Hannah felt in the midst of all this drama, the novel hit a little too close to home. But, as a result, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher turned into a life-changing novel which inspired me to take a different path than the one Hannah Baker chose...
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With parents and students getting back into the school year swing, there are hundreds of brand new drivers taking to the streets in the east. Troopers say a new statewide school safety initiative will help them build a relationship with high schoolers and encourage new drivers to be safe.
Students eating lunch at Ayden-Grifton High School Wednesday got a visit by Highway Patrol Troopers, but no one was in trouble. This was a visit to educate young drivers and future drivers.
"We will be stopping by for lunch time visits as well as other times throughout the day and as we have calls in and around schools we will be stopping in the parking lot doing the reports in the parking lot," said Trooper Doug Coley.
It's all part of a new statewide safety effort to make troopers more visible and accessible for students. Pitt County Sheriff's Office Lt. Kip Gaskins heads up the school resource program in Pitt County Schools.
"You're building a relationship with the kids and the kids are seeing you in a new light, not just the blue lights. They're seeing you in a good light walking around their schools keeping them safe not just seeing them as someone who is behind them as they're leaving the school," said Gaskins.
We spoke to teen driver Samaria Trimble who was in a wreck recently.
teen driver.
"I got in a accident on August the 8th. I was going through an intersection and a car was turning and we hit each other. He was turning and I was going straight and I totaled my car."
She thinks the Highway Patrol program is a good idea.
"If you know someone instead of them being a stranger you feel safer with them," said Trimble.
Ayden- Grifton High School principal Marty Baker says troopers presence also steps up traffic safety around the school.
"It also helps in the morning with the school zones to slow down traffic. In front of Ayden-Grifton its 60 miles an hour at a pretty bad intersection out here, so to have them out here it makes it safer," said Baker.
"When I see one I'm definitely making sure I drive safe," said teen driver Garrett Woods.
According to the Centers For Disease Control, in 2012 traffic crashes were the leading cause of death for Americans ages 15 to 20 years old.


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Liberty Baseball's Winter Clinic
So it's cold these days in Pennsylvania. We've been playing a lot of catch with foam and plush baseballs in the kids' playroom. But it has been a while since we've been able to get out in the backyard for some real baseball.
And just as the metaphorical winter rust was starting to form, along came Tim's Little League, Liberty Youth Baseball, with its Winter Clinic! We all met up at the Life Sports Center at Albright College. The clinic started out with a little pep talk from Liberty's fearless leader, Jason Weigand (in blue), and…
…Kutztown University's head baseball coach, Chris Blum.
The indoor training facility was really big and cool. It was split into four separate areas. After the boys split into groups, each group headed off to one of five stations.
Tim was in the youngest group. Most of his ground were 5-6 year olds and a couple were 7-8 (I think). Their group started in the hitting station.
First, a coach went over the proper grip of the baseball bat, stance at the plate, and swing:
Next, half of Tim's group went to a batting cage and the other half went to a group of three batting tees. Unfortantely, I was chatting with someone while Tim was in the cage hitting live pitching (thrown by former Major Leaguer, Eric Valent,) and I forgot to get a picture of him hitting. But here he is exiting the cage after his final hack:
Although he hadn't hit live pitching in probably a month, Tim hit pretty well.
And then it was off to the batting tees:
By the way, I only had my phone to take pictures and this training facility has huge windows all the way down both sides of the building…so it was tough to get pictures that were even half-way decent.
And here is my favorite picture that I go today:
After everyone in the group had hit in the cage and at the batting tees, all of the groups switched stations. Tim's group moved all the way to the other end of the building…
…where they practiced fielding grounders…
…and making the throw to first base (although, in reality, it was more like throwing to third):
All of my fielding pictures were blury, but here is one of my favorites:
The next station was pitching and catching. But the 7-8 year old division in Liberty (which will be Tim's division for the 2013 season) is coach pitch, so Tim's group just practiced catching:
The day after our final MLB game of the season, Tim got a new Tim Lincecum signature glove that he's still getting use to. But he did a good job catching normal throws and little pop flies tossed by Eric:
Tim really likes playing catch now. I love it.
The next station was practicing baserunning. Once again, I was busy chatting. I failed to take any pictures during the baserunning station.
At the final station, the boys practiced taking grounders and fly balls like they were playing in the outfield. After fielding the ball, the boys practiced making strong throws in to the infield:
The most amusing part of this station was that the kids were also supposed to be practing calling the ball like an outfielder. The comical part was that the boys were screaming out, "I got it!" and "Mine!" while they were at the back of the line, but then you could hardly hear the boy at the front of the line calling the ball. and a lot of them wouldn't call "I got it" until right after they caught the ball.
Here's another shot of Tim winding up for a big throw:
After the final station, the boys gathered again for a few parting words…
…and then they came in for a big "Liberty" chant:
And that was that. A great clinic. Lots of fun.
On the walk back to our car, Tim posed with a nice silver fire hydrant:
(If you haven't noticed yet, getting his picture with fire hydrants is kinda Tim's thing).
On our way home, we stopped off at the local Rawlings outlet store. And then we capped the afternoon off with a 1-on-1 game of baseball in the backyard while Kellan napped. We practiced all of the techniques taught during the clinic and Tim was looking really good as he beat me in our game — of course, he never actually let me bat.
We're aleady looking forward to the next Liberty clinic in January!


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# 1) Introduction to The Son-Rise Program
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Part 2
Part 3
#2. The Son-Rise Program: An Introduction by Bryn HoganPart 1
Bryn Hogan, Executive Director of the Autism Treatment Center of America provides a brief introduction to the Son-Rise Program: Start-Up.
#3) The Son-Rise Program
Part 1
#4) Contrasting and Comparing The Son-Rise Program with ABAPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
Contrasting and Comparing The Son-Rise Program with Applied Behavioral Analysis.
#5) Introduction to The Son-Rise ProgramPart 1
#6) High-functioning/AspergersPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
William Hogan, presents practical strategies to help our higher functioning and Aspergers children develop stronger social skills.
#7) Verbal CommunicationsPart 1 Part 2
Kate Wilde, Director of Professional Training at Autism Treatment Center of America, helps us work with our children and verbal communications.
#8) A Father's Story with Brian NelsonPart 1 Part 2
Son-Rise Dad & Son-Rise Program Family Counselor, Brian Nelson, tells his story of recovering his son from Autism.
#9) A Son-Rise Mom Answers Your QuestionsPart 1 Part 2
Raun K. Kaufman with Kristin Selby Gonzalez (A Son-Rise Program mom) answer your questions from a mom's perspective.
#10) Decision Making in the PlayroomPart 1 Part 2 Part 3
Raun K. Kaufman, CEO of Autism Treatment Center of America shows how to make great, quick decisions in your Son-Rise Program playroom.
#11) Aggressive BehaviorsPart 1 Part 2
William Hogan provides strategies for working with children who exhibit aggressive behavior.
Son-Rise Family Journeys
2007-12-01 Part 1
Listen to parents in the UK describe the personal experience of hope and recovery with the Son-Rise Program.
Experiences of a Son-Rise Program TeacherPart 1
Gerd Winkler, a certified Son-Rise Program Teacher , shares some of his inspiring experiences/insights from working with families and their children for over 20 years.
Interview with OprahPart 1
View this wonderful "blast from the past" from 1981. Barry Neil Kaufman is interviewed on the television show People are Talking by none other than Oprah Winfrey.
Autism & Failure to Thrive! Fearless Solutions
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In this 1984 interview from the show "People Are Talking", a mother of a child with Autism and Failure To Thrive (referred to in the show, as ?Anorexia?) explains how the Son-Rise Program helped her child learn to eat and ultimately thrive.Barry Neil Kaufman, the co-founder of the Autism Treatment Center of America (a division of The Option Institute), explores the steps taken to help the woman's daughter recover using The Son-Rise Program's key principles, including "joining" and allowing the child be the guide.
Autism Full Recovery: The Son-Rise Program
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1976. Pat Collins finds out how Barry Neil Kaufman and Samahria Lyte kaufman began to discover that their son Raun was responding to their "joining" in his "ism's". Their treatment of their son forms the basis of a program now called, "The Son-Rise Program".


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Hello everyone,
for a website I would like to have a view where the user can resize the panels inside according to a predetermined grid pattern. To make things a bit clearer, here is some sample pictures illustrating the idea:
Suppose the view has 1 panel (red) inside the grid layout (consider only fat lines):
the user should be able, beside moving the panel around the view, also to resize it according to the underlying grid modular pattern. For example be able to resize the panel as follow:
but not to resize the panel out of the grid modular pattern, so this should not be allowed:
Thank you for your help.
Try looking into UI frameworks like EXT JS, or Ample SDK. Looking up "javascript ui framework" on Google should give you plenty of results.


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The direct message about fireworks is short and simple:
"Keep it legal; keep it safe."
After that, between our enthusiasm to celebrate the Fourth of July, and detailed laws aimed at protecting life and limb from the dangers of fireworks, it gets more complicated.
Oregon law bans possession, use or sale of fireworks that fly, explode or travel more than 6 feet on the ground or 12 inches in the air. Included in Oregon's list of illegal fireworks are bottle rockets, Roman candles and firecrackers.
Since state laws vary on fireworks, it is not uncommon to see all those things andndash; and even more potent stuff andndash; light up the evening sky on the Fourth of July. Caught and cited, the people using those items to celebrate can face fines of up to $500 for their over-enthusiasm.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department also forbids the use of fireworks on the beaches that it controls along the state's western edge, leading the state fire marshal to say fireworks are prohibited on all Oregon beaches, parks and campgrounds.
Needless to say, that should bring a puzzled look, even a smirk, to anyone who has seen what goes on at Sporthaven Beach at the Port of Brookings Harbor before the official community aerial display. The explanation is that the port andndash; not the state andndash; controls a portion of Sporthaven Beach.
It's great to celebrate, and fun to watch, but it's also dangerous. There were 117 reported fireworks-related fires in Oregon last year, causing more than $1.6 million in damage. Over the past five years, there have been 62 people injured.
So if you plan fireworks as part of your celebrations this weekend, please be prepared with a hose or bucket, please keep children and pets safe around your party, be particularly careful with "duds," and only use legal fireworks in legal places.
It's not only the law, it's just good common sense.