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Here is the transisiton they made from the A coil to the supply plenum. Just below is the main return air box that runs parallel to the unit to the far end where the main return air plennum is. (don't know why the house was originally built that way and plumbed, but have to deal with it. Seems to help keep the motor noises down quite a bit, if nothing else.
Here is one that shows an overview of the completed system. The shiny stuf is new supply run and a larger return. The pipe coming just under the furnace is a huge supply line going into the living room and branching off to kitchen area downstream.
The center is the furnace (on it's side) to the left is the A-coil and supply plennum. To the right of the furnace is the main return air attached to the new large air filter.
This pic shows one of 3 VERY large supply lines with a smaller Y takeoff to another smaller duct.
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Maybe a chunky leather* bracelet isn't ideal for Spring, but guess what? Doesn't feel like Spring yet. And, maybe you're in California where they don't have seasons. Whatever the case may be, a cuff is an excellent way of toughening up a girly dress. Or just making biker boots and leather pants extra tough. I don't know. They're cool, okay?
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New York, NY - Despite the rain and mud pouring down on Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday afternoon during the huge NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, the Brown cross country teams were led by junior Duriel Hardy (West Chester, PA) and freshman Ari Garber (North Falmouth, MA) who placed in the top 25 in their respective races.
Coming off a fifth place finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the men's squad finished in 12th place with 341 points, behind #8 ranked Iona (46), Providence (88), Columbia (103), Dartmouth (122), and Syracuse (161). Hardy ran a terrific race, recording a 32:17.4 for a team-high 15th place. Sophomore John Haenle (Lockport, NY) ran a good race as well, posting a 33:36.5 for 63rd place and sophomore Brian Schilder (Milford, NJ) followed closely behind with a 33:44.3 for 68th. Junior John Loeser (Weston, CT) was 78th with a 34:03.3, and freshman Matt Duffy (Oakland, CA) recorded a 34:54.0. Rounding out the top seven was Steve Chaloner (Merrimack, NH) with a time of 35:38.4, and junior Colin Brett (Easton, PA) with a 35:52.4.
On the extremely youthful women's side, Garber placed in the top 25 at the Northeast Regional Championships to lead Bruno to a 10th place finish with 301 points. Her 22:18.4 on the 6k course was good for 23rd place, as she was the Brown women's top finisher during the race.
No. 24 ranked Providence placed first with 36 points and Syracuse placed second to earn the Region's other automatic qualifying position with 90 points. No. 27 ranked Boston College (95), #23 ranked Stony Brook (118) and Columbia (140) were also in the top five of the 34 team field.
Following behind Garber and running a solid race was sophomore Lauren Pischel (La Jolla, CA), who finished in 56th with a 23:01.0, along with sophomore Michaeline Nelson's (McLean, VA) 61st finish with a time of 23:02.4. Sophomore Kesley Ramsey (Franklin Lakes, NJ) turned in a 23:03.2 for 62nd, and sophomore Samantha Adelberg (Washington, DC) earned a 23:40.5. Rounding out Brown's runners was Eliza Webber (Stoddard, NH) with a time of 23:56.1 and Caitlin Stone (Condon, MT) 24:49.8.


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Kenai Peninsula residents had the chance to travel back in time 2,000 years this weekend.
More than 150 members of the College Heights Baptist Church in the Kalifornsky Beach area recreated the ancient city of Bethlehem. Many residents attended the church's third year of "Bethlehem Revisited."
Church members in costume greeted guests at the event while scarcely breaking from their roles as Jewish vendors, beggars and Roman soldiers. The church members said reaching the community and sharing the true meaning of Christmas makes the event special.
Guests started at the census booth, because entering the city meant time to pay taxes. Children were given shekels after signing the census. And before entering the city gates to the recreated market place King Herod the Great — played by associate pastor Tim Bruno — greeted the travelers.
"Children I have a request of you," he said. "There is another boy in Bethlehem claiming to be the king of the Jews, but I am the king. So, if you find him bring word to Herod and you will be richly rewarded. The temple is newly refurbished, so please visit before you leave Bethlehem. Thank you for coming. Pay your taxes for the glory of Rome."
He waved the group of visitors off with a lack of interest. Bruno said it was his first year as the king, and he was quite enjoying himself. "It's fun to be a character, and also I like the power," Bruno said. "You get to boss people around and have fun with them as they come in."
People have certain Christmas traditions, but it is important to celebrate how it originated, he said. Upon entering the city, guests visited over a dozen booths decorated with the church members' own supplies. Animals, such as sheep, chickens and donkeys, roamed the grounds. Standing in front of the pottery stand holding a chicken was Kay Gardner. She organized the booths, letting church members choose the roles that piqued their interest and for which they had supplies. The church also buys decorations for the event. Gardner received discounts from Bargain Basement in Kenai, Salvation Army and Bishop's Attic in Soldotna.
"I came out of Bargain Basement with boxes of stuff," she exclaimed. "All the thrift stores have been really good at helping us out with the event."
"Bethlehem Revisited" brought together the 250-member church as a family, she said. "This is what makes our Christmas," she said. "It's not about spending money and buying gifts. It's all about the people, coming together and enjoying the night."
She said she holds the chicken, which calmly sat nestled in her right arm, because it attracts the attention of the younger visitors. Children ran around the market place, visiting the bakery, the bead shop and the Hebrew alphabet school. They also played in the makeshift jail, where guests were sent if they did not give one of their shekels to the tax collectors. Tax Collector Dave Petersen said kids are genuinely surprised when asked to pay taxes.
"It's kind of a shock for some of these kids when we ask for (a shekel)," he said. "They look up at their parents like 'Do I have to?' I just tell them I'll have to get the soldiers and take them to jail."
Petersen — the tax collector — said he thinks it's important for people to take a step back from our materialistic culture and get back to the basics of Christmas.
Guests taking refuge from the winter night's cold huddled around fires in the center of the market place. Blair Martin, his wife Ronna and their daughter D. Anne glanced around, admiring the sights and sounds. Martin lent lamas and a horse to the church for the event. He said his family isn't members of the church, but they do enjoy getting together and attending the event.
"We came to visit our critters, but also we have three families here, extended family," he said. "I like the church's attempt at getting some authentic representation. I think it feels like this could be a 2,000-year-old village."
Families attended the event as well as participated. Church member Travis McCullough and his family have volunteered for "Bethlehem Revisited" all three years. This year, McCullough played the role of innkeeper. He said he acted as Joseph, husband of Mary, and a Roman soldier in previous years. Whatever is needed, he said.
The interaction with people, the authentic feel and serving his church keeps him coming back, he said. "I like giving (people) a perspective as to what it was like back then," he said as his 6-year-old daughter Sydney and 8-year-old son Bryce ran around the market in costume.
In close proximity to the inn was a stage at which every half hour the birth of Jesus was re-enacted. The many attendees sat on blocks of hay while Mary and Joseph admired the newly born baby and a choir sang in the background.
Following visitation of the recreated Bethlehem visitors were invited inside the church for a series of workshops displaying the life of Jesus. The previous two years of the event were tremendous, said Becky Moore, event organizer. Thousands of people attended the event, she said. Such a large undertaking is taxing, however, and the church has discussed holding the event every other year.
"Bethlehem Revisited" is occurring now through Monday from 5-8 p.m. Admission is free.
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A 69-year-old Roseville man pleaded no contest and was sentenced to more than four years in prison Tuesday for hiring a would-be hit man to kill his wife in a nursing home.
Charles Tringali was granted his request to reinstate his prior plea deal with Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter J. Maceroni in which he pleaded to solicitation of murder in exchange for a term near or at the bottom of the sentencing guideline range. A no contest is treated as an admission of guilt in criminal court. The sentence is 51 months to 20 years.
The development came on the day his trial was set to start and after a recent second mental evaluation showed he was competent to stand trial. Tringali suffers from numerous physical health problems.
Tringali last May withdrew his prior no contest plea to the same charge, and a trial date was set for Sept 24. But on that date Maceroni ordered a second psychological opinion.
Maceroni on Tuesday said he would try to accommodate Tringali�s request to visit his wife before he goes to prison, according to defense attorney Stevens Freers.
�I have no idea why,� Freers said. �The judge was very nice to try to accommodate him. But the judge also said it would be subject to the approval of the guardian (of the woman).�
In what Freers conceded was �a very strange case,� Tringali was charged with trying to hire a hit man last October to kill his wife in a nursing home, presumably to collect insurance money. He offered half of the payout to an undercover Roseville police officer posing as a killer for hire, police said. He paid the officer a $100 deposit, police said.
But Tringali later denied he planned for the death to happen, Freers said.
�It was his contention he never intended to go through with it, although that was never really borne out in the preliminary examination,� Freers said.
Freers believes even though Tringali was declared fit to go to trial, he suffers from mental issues.
�When you�re talking to him, he has a tendency to go off on a tangent and talk about other things,� he said. �It�s really hard to get a cogent conversation out of him.�
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NEW YORK - Columbia Athletics will induct 18 former student-athletes, two former head coaches, an athletics administrator, a special individual and two of its greatest teams, the 1933 Rose Bowl champion football team and the 1988 NCAA champion men's fencing team, in the 2012 Class of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame.
The induction will occur at a special ceremony in Low Memorial Library on Columbia University's Morningside Campus on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The inductees have been selected by a vote of a selection committee of Columbia Athletics affiliates, including alumni and athletics administrators.
"The members of the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2012 are among the brightest stars in the history of our athletics program," says Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education at Columbia. "Each of these tremendous individuals - and our celebrated teams - are truly deserving of induction."
Columbia University has fielded teams for intercollegiate athletics competition since the mid-1800s. Some records indicate that the first intercollegiate sporting event in which Columbia participated in was a rowing race in New York City in 1852.
Among the members of the Class of 2012 of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame are former Major League pitcher Frank Seminara, College Football Hall of Famers William Morley and Harold Weekes, Honda Award winner Caroline Bierbaum, legendary men's basketball coach Jack Rohan and New England Patriots owner Robert K. Kraft.
Four of the student-athletes who will be honored in this year's class are first-time nominees, including Bierbaum, four-time All-American fencer Emma Baratta, former Ivy League Player of the Year and Ivy League women's soccer champion Shannon Munoz, and All-American and eight-time Ivy League 400m Champion and Olympic runner Erison Hurtault.
The Class of 2012 of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame includes 14 men, eight women and two teams representing 10 different sports.
Nominees for the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame were submitted by the general public from November 2010 through March 2012. Inductees are eligible in the following categories: Category 1: Former Male Student-athlete - Heritage Era (1852-1957), Category 2: Former Male Student-athlete - Modern Era (1957-present), Category 3: Former Female Student-athlete, Category 4: Coaches - Heritage Era (1852-1957), Category 5: Coaches - Modern Era (1957-present), Category 6: Team, Category 7: Athletics Administrators and Staff, Category 9: Special Category for Individual Achievement.
Tickets to the black-tie dinner and induction ceremony are available by calling Cathleen Clark at (212) 851-9610. Media members may contact Darlene Camacho at (212) 854-2535 for information regarding press credentials.
The members of the Class of 2012 of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame are:
Former Male Student-athletes - Heritage Era (1852-1957)
Horace Davenport '29CC, rowing
William Morley 1902CC, football
Robert Nielsen '51CC, fencing
Barry Pariser '55CC, fencing
Harold Weekes 1903CC, football
Former Male Student-athletes - Modern Era (1957-present)
Neil Farber '65CC, baseball/basketball
Ted Gregory '74CC, football
Steve Hasenfus '89CC, wrestling
Erison Hurtault '07CC, track
Frank Seminara '89CC, baseball
Des Werthman '93CC, football
Former Female Student-athletes
Danicia Ambron '94CC, swimming
Nora Beck '83BC, '89SOA, basketball
Emma Baratta '06CC, fencing
Caroline Bierbaum '06CC, cross country/track and field
Monica Conley '03CC, fencing
Caitlin Hickin '04CC, cross country/track and field
Shannon Munoz '07CC, soccer
Team - Heritage Era (1852-1957)
1933 Football Team
Team - Modern Era (1957-present)
1988 Men's Fencing Team
Coach - Heritage Era (1852-1957)
James Murray, Fencing, 1898-1948
Coach - Modern Era (1957-present)
Jack Rohan, Men's Basketball, 1961-74, 1990-95
Athletics Administrator
Marion R. Philips, Former Chair, Physical Education, Barnard College
Special Individual
Robert K. Kraft '63CC, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, New England Patriots and Owner and Chief Executive Officer, The Kraft Group


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okay just reminiscing (pardon the spelling)!
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 09:05 AM
I think that movie is hilarious. scared the **** out of me when i saw it in elementry school. i LOVE the older horror movies... they just don't make them like they used to. they need to stop remaking them, the remakes usually suck. except for the fog remake, but i think that's because the whole reason for the lepers coming into the bay was totally different. the fact that a total hunk was in it doesn't hurt either... mmmmm chad micheal murray!
I was just looking at The Changling yesterday. They had it for sale at Best Buy for $5.99.
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Posted 17 March 2006 - 01:42 PM
i remember burnt offerings... i actually just saw that not too long ago. that one was kinda creepy, but it was kinda hard to uderstand what was going on, between the glare from the sun, and my mom vacuuming in the background. the believers is with martin sheen... honey, i did it for us. creepy!
I was thoroughly creeped out by the Changling. I haven't seen it since I was a kid. Was the Believers the one with Martin Sheen? That one was weird. Does anyone remember the movie The Serpent and the Rainbow with Bill Pullman? Or how about the movie Burnt Offerings? Man that freaked me out when I watched it way back when.
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Posted 18 April 2006 - 11:59 PM
I won't say any more for those who haven't seen it! Netflix keeps it stocked, you guys should check it out.
Posted 22 April 2006 - 06:34 PM
Then you watch them now and laugh!
Then i wonder is it harder to scare us these days?
Posted 23 April 2006 - 12:29 PM
Island Of Terror / 1967
I remember being terrorized by a movie about creatures that suck the bones out of people. These creatures could climb walls to get in through windows. They were cheesy-looking, like a big dark lump with spaghetting tendrils on which they slithered around. They had a snake-like neck and head that they used to break windows. I was frightened for months and slept with the light on, eyes fixed on the window.
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
I love this movie because Peter Cushing stars in it.
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Swords into electricity
It's not every day that you get to see biblical metaphors brought to life, but a program conducted between the United States and Russia has taken the classic swords into plowshares image to heart and turned it into a commercial opportunity for Russian cold warriors and U.S. power companies. It's been quietly transforming some of the most dangerous weapons in the world from the arsenal of the old Soviet Union into electricity to run kitchen appliances in America for years.
In fact the effort has been so successful it is apparently on the verge of running out of the deadly raw material which powers this unique commerce between these two once adversarial superpowers. For years U.S. electric utilities have been buying up diluted weapons-grade uranium from Russia, a toxic power source derived from decommissioned Russian nuclear weapons and transformed into fuel for nuclear reactors in the United States. Currently (get it?) the program generates about 10 percent of the electricity in the United States.
U.S. utilities have used up almost all the uranium the Russians have been able to reclaim from nuclear weapons surplused by previous arms decommissioning agreements between the United States and Russia. As commerce certainly makes odd ideological bedfellows, executives at U.S. utilities have become low-profile supporters of President Obama's plans to negotiate further arms reductions since that would mean mothballing more nuclear weapons in both nations and essentially locating a entire new reserve of low-cost fuel for their ongoing operations. Let's hope the president succeeds in reenlivening the disarmanent effort, getting more nuclear weapons off the streets before they end up in the wrong hands and creating a pipeline for more low-cost energy for U.S. consumers. Now if we could only figure out something to do with old M1 Abrams tanks. The world's least efficient street cars maybe?


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TAMPA — For the second straight game in the Eastern Conference Final, Bruins winger Milan Lucic did not take the morning skate.
However, head coach Claude Julien reiterated today at the St. Pete Times Forum what he said after the skate before Game 2 Tuesday in Boston.
"No issues. He's going to be in tonight," said Julien about Lucic, who was unavailable to address the matter. "During playoffs, there's certain things you do to give guys time off for whatever reasons. He's going to be in and there won't be any excuses to his game at all. … There's very minor issues when it comes to that."
Lucic took a shot off the foot in practice last Monday. He has been seen limping when off the ice. But he played in Game 2 and finished with five shots on net in 20:49 of ice time.
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Polly Judd is skeptical of talk that her famous granddaughter, actress Ashley Judd, might run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky as a Democratic challenger to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
"I don't think there's any possibility of that happening," the 85-year-old grandmother of Ashley and her singer sister, Wynonna, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview last week from her home in the northeastern Kentucky city of Ashland.
Polly Judd, a political activist in Ashland where she once served on the city commission, praised McConnell, Kentucky's longest serving U.S. senator.
"I think Mitch has done more for Ashland than anybody else who has been in there," she said. "That means a lot. He's been here personally, and we don't always get that from politicians who represent us."
Ashley Judd, who has starred in such movies as "Kiss the Girls," "Double Jeopardy," "Where the Heart Is," and "High Crimes," hasn't ruled out a Senate run. The former Kentuckian said in a statement earlier this month that she's "very honored" to be mentioned as a potential candidate.
Her publicist said last week nothing has changed since the original statement was released.
"I cherish Kentucky, heart and soul, and while I'm very honored by the consideration, we have just finished an election, so let's focus on coming together to keep moving America's families, and especially our kids, forward," Ashley Judd said in the original statement.
Ashley Judd lives in Tennessee and would have to re-establish a residence in Kentucky before she could challenge McConnell in his 2014 re-election bid.
No Democrats have stepped forward to challenge McConnell, a political powerhouse who already has $6.8 million in the bank for his re-election.
In 2008, McConnell won re-election to a fifth term and became Kentucky's longest-serving senator. McConnell spent some $20 million on his last election, beating Democrat Bruce Lunsford, a wealthy Kentucky businessman, by 6 percentage points.
He has been a fierce critic of President Barack Obama and said early in Obama's first term that his top priority was to make sure the president wasn't re-elected.
Ashley Judd is a regular at University of Kentucky basketball games and the Kentucky Derby. She is married to three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti and is a regular spectator at that race.
Polly Judd said her granddaughter enjoys traveling to races with her husband, and that serving in the Senate would make that difficult.
Polly Judd, mother of country music singer Naomi Judd, said she expects her granddaughter would be especially strong among college-age voters in Kentucky, a state that typically votes Republican in federal elections.
"She's a Hollywood liberal," Polly Judd said of her granddaughter. "It would be interesting to see what type of race she would run."


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April 2011 Whoops! Special EditionPosted in Whoops on April 1, 2011
It happens to us all. No matter if you are the most careful and calculated wheeler on the planet, sooner or later Mother Nature (and sometimes human nature) gets the best of you. It might be a harmless-looking mud puddle or a stump that appears out of nowhere, but it's almost guaranteed that with time comes a great whoops! We just hope that when that spectacular whoops! happens, you are ready with camera in hand!
Here's a collection of some of the best trail mishaps and off-road aerobatics we've seen. Think you have something better? Email us your high-resolution image (minimum 1,600 by 1,200 pixels or 2 megapixels) and a quick explanation of how it happened to firstname.lastname@example.com, or mail it to Whoops!, 4-Wheel & Off-Road, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245.
Soft Looks
The ground looked solid, but at 22 tons, the earth gets soft quick!
Kristofer Melton
Via email
24-Hour Recovery
We went wheeling at our local spot and ended up sinking my truck in the swamp. After trying to free it for 24 hours we finally gave up and called a towing company to come pull us out.
Serge Goulet
Via email
First Stuck
My buddy got his Titan stuck in this same spot so I figured I would show him how it's done in my Durango. This was my first time being stuck, but I am sure it won't be my last!
Zachary Champion
Via email
Balanced View
Well, I found out where the balance point is!
Marc Baid
Via email
Chevy Rescue
After sinking my Ram past the axles in mud, we got on the phone and started calling for help. Unfortunately, it took two weeks before we could find someone capable of pulling the truck out. As much as I hate to admit it (I'm a Dodge guy), a Chevy 3/4-ton equipped with a 9,500-pound winch was what ended up coming to my rescue.
Ryan Bodnaruk
Via email
Oh Brother!
Wheeling in Oklahoma was a blast. I usually enjoy running doorless on my '89 Jeep Cherokee, but after almost rolling I think keeping the doors on might be the safer route to go. Thanks to my brother for his help in keeping the Jeep from going over completely.
Chris Plank
Via email
Wheel Lessons
When wheeling just outside of Las Vegas in the mountains of Pahrump I learned a few valuable things about spotters and rollovers.
(1) If you get in a tough spot and start teetering and your spotter volunteers to help you, make sure he got his cojones out of his girlfriend's purse before going wheeling. Otherwise you run the risk of him prematurely jumping off and springing you onto your roof.
(2) If you don't get off your roof ASAP then all of your oil leaks out, guaranteeing you a roundtrip ticket to town sitting side by side with said spotter in his Jeep. Sound easy? I'd like to see you try and hold your tongue!
(3) If you did not install your own aftermarket suspension, make sure none of your hydraulic shocks have been installed upside-down. They don't work so well like that.
Ben Nethery
Via email
Snow Princess
My girlfriend thought a little snow wheeling would be fun. Too bad we hit a spot of ice on the road and our snow wheeling outing landed us in a ditch! Luckily help arrived 30 minutes later and we were back on our way.
Tony Brown
Via email
Tire Surfer
Rocks don't always skip over water!
Coli Selman
Via email
Not Enough
The 351ci and 39.5-inch Boggers were just not enough for this mud hole!
Chris Capps
Via email
Terrain Swap
This is the reason why I no longer run all-terrains!
Aaron Mills
Via email
I Can Do Too
So my friend went in with his Jeep, and anything he can do I can do better.
Sgt. Byron Thomas
Via email
Sand Trap
Do you ever have that sinking feeling that you're going nowhere fast?
Kevin Morgan
Via email
Sandy Situations
Side-hilling on sand dunes can turn into a tippy situation in a hurry.
Brian Field
Via email
Comanche Craft
I was just wheeling down by the river and found a patch of water that was a little deeper than I was expecting!
Norman Robison
Via email
We went out to do a little power testing after installing a new exhaust on my Super Duty. Turns out that it did give the truck a little extra pep, but that didn't help much once the 37s sank into the dirt!
Patrick Whelton
Via email
Ninja Bog
I was out at the Cliffs in Marseilles, Illinois, when I spotted an innocent-looking mud hole. It ended up being a bottomless pit and took a couple of built Samurais to pull me out.
Name withheld
Via email
This happened on the first stop of our Jeep club's Poker Run. The pit was worth an extra card. This card eventually helped me complete my flush and netted me Second Place and a prize!
Mark Riggs
Via email
Alaskan Husky
After a few of us locals drove out to the woods to pull out a vacationer from Minnesota, we headed back on a different path. The Alaskan wilderness soon swallowed my '04 F-350. As night fell we broke two winch cables attempting to unearth my 1-ton. We decided to leave it overnight and came back the following morning with a few more Jeeps and a fresh set of cables. We had it out in under an hour.
Rocky Fanning
Via email
Deep In Thought
It turned out that this Kentucky mud hole was a lot deeper than I thought!
Mike Risch
Via email
She's A Keeper
After several days of pouring rain, Red (my fiancé) decided to go "check on the mud hole" in my '99 Jeep Wrangler while I was at work. As it turns out the mud hole was just fine, but apparently hungry for Jeeps. I had to leave work to go pull him out with his ZR2 Blazer!
Gen Devine
Via email
Tree Saver
Always be careful when attaching recovery hooks. As close as I can figure it, I was only one tree stump away from rolling into oblivion (or about 700 feet down the cliff).
Luckily, the monster stump saved me and I was able to make it home in one piece.
Adam Moore
Via email
Air Leaf
Jumping the Jeep seemed like a good idea at the time. But a set of broken leaves and two blown shocks made me wish my '93 YJ had stayed grounded!
Mike Brown
Via email
Sandy Seconds
While wheeling at Silver Lake Dunes with some of my buddies I decided to try my luck on a rather large hill. The first run got me stuck, but the second one I was greeted with success!
TJ Tygesen
Via email
Mansour's mishap Snaps
Tackling Fuel
Always remember to top off your tank before entering the pit!
Sinking feeling
The fording depth on the new Jeep Wrangler is much better than one would think.
Two Much
After losing two pairs of shoes, breaking two straps, and being stuck for two days, I am starting to think that good things don't come in pairs!
Nate Smith
Via email
Spot On
I thought I knew better than my spotter. Next time I think I will just listen to him!
Travis Mattson
Via email
Back Up Plan
Sometimes you need to call on your Deere friends when you are stuck in the mud.
Nose Job
Always take a second look before driving over a razorback in the dunes.
Johnny Glass
Via email
Shock Testing
Skyjacker Suspension's Lonnie McCurry Jr. takes durability testing pretty seriously.
After a few skyward leaps the Jeep was still going strong, but one of the rear shock mounts had seen better days.


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BLOOD was spilled, water was splashed and glory was won on Sunday at the Bogey Hole.
Newcastle's Greek community marked the religious feast of Epiphany with the centuries-old tradition of the Blessing of the Waters.
More than 200 people from the Newcastle's Greek Orthodox Church looked on as young unmarried men from their community jumped into the watering hole and raced to be the first the grab a holy cross thrown down to the sea floor.
The traditional race, which is also open to women, has been performed at the Bogey Hole since 1957.
During the service the community prays for the safety of people working at sea and the prosperity of Australia.
Sixteen-year-old Ilias Gore, was the first to find the blessed prize this year.
The New Lambton Heights resident even spilled some blood to achieve the feat, cutting his foot during the friendly race.
''I went down and grabbed something and it was seaweed,'' he said.
''But then I got it.''
Father Nicholas Scordilis said the feast marked the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan and the only in time history when the trinity - God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit - were present at once.
''It's a happy opportunity to wish everyone health and prosperity,'' he said.
''It gives me great joy to wish that to all the wonderful people of Newcastle.''


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The Arizona Senate has resurrected an effort to divert all public campaign finance dollars toward public schools.
The Senate advanced the bill Tuesday. It was the first time HCR2026 saw action since March.
The bill would allow voters to decide whether the state should use public campaign finance dollars to instead fund public education.
The GOP-led House passed the bill in March in a 31-27 vote.
Voters created Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Commission in 1998. It uses surcharges on criminal fines and civil penalties to fund candidates for state office. Participants qualify for public funding by gathering $5 contributions from eligible voters and agreeing to comply with spending and contribution limits.
Clean Elections opponents say the money would be better spent on public schools.
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The upcoming SiN Episodes chapter entitled Emergence is the first in a series of episodic adventures powered by the award-winning Source engine developed by Valve. Delivered on Steam, the online content delivery system, Sin Episodes takes a bold new step into the future of gaming.
SiN Episodes expands on the role of Colonel John R. Blade, a battle worn hero in charge of HardCorps, an elite strike force with a long history of conflict with SinTEK, a powerful multibillion dollar empire headed up by Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision. Joining Blade on his mission are JC, a HardCorps hacker with a secret to keep, and Jessica Cannon, a fiery rookie who can find her way into any secure facility.
SiN Episodes: Emergence features never before seen weapons, characters and environments along with a host of interactive options, paying homage to its predecessors, SiN and its expansion pack, Wages of SiN, which set a new bar for interactivity.
SiN Episodes: Emergence will be available in retail outlets on May 10, 2006.


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Honolulu Community College to Hold Aerospace Training Center Open HouseHonolulu Community College
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Karen Hastings, (808) 845-9475
Honolulu Community College
HONOLULU — Let your aviation career take off at Honolulu Community College. Attend the Honolulu Community College Aerospace Training Center Open House from 10 a.m . — 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Kalaeloa Airfield in Barber's Point.
The open house is designed to help future pilots find out about the pilot training program offered at Honolulu Community College as well as help them determine if they have the "right stuff".
Faculty and flight trainers will be on hand to explain the training and coursework involved in the program and current students will share their experiences with interested applicants. University of North Dakota personnel will also be available to explain the unique direct transfer program that enables Honolulu CC students to transfer into the 4-year program. Future students will be able to see the entire facility, including the classrooms and the training planes.
A special career presentation about the aviation industry will be held at 1 p.m. The Academic Chair of the Aviation Department and the Assistant Dean of Student Services for the Aerospace College from the University of North Dakota will explain the unique transfer program and 4-year degree options available only to Honolulu CC graduates.
An added attraction is free plane rides for selected youth between the ages of 7-17.
Directions to Kalaeloa Airfield: Take the Kalaeloa off-ramp from the freeway. Keep heading on that road. Proceed through the old guard shack and STAY on that road until you hit the airstrip. You will run right into it. The hangar will be visible to your right.


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About the CSB/SJU Chamber Choir
The CSB/SJU Chamber Choir has been in existence since 1970, when its present director joined the music faculty at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict. Up to that point, the students of the two colleges had participated in either the Saint John's University Men's Chorus or the Campus Singers - the Women's Choir at the College of Saint Benedict - combining their voices only occasionally for special celebrations. The choir is now one of the major touring ensembles of the combined Music Department.
Most of the choir's performances are scheduled in the Midwest, although over the years the choir has also performed extensively throughout the United States (in February/March of 2007 the choir gave concerts in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin) and toured Europe in 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997 and 2001 presenting concerts in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In the spring of 2005 the choir toured Asia for the first time, performing for audiences, and working with other choirs in Tokyo, Okinawa, Seoul, Beijing and Hong Kong. In May of 2010 singers from this choir were some of the members of the schools' Choral Arts Ensemble – travelling to Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria on a three week concert tour.
Traditionally the program covers a wide variety of sacred and secular music, ranging from Gregorian Chant and 17th century polyphony to masterworks of the 20th century. This year, the program will feature music by Britten, Whitacre, Rachmaninoff, Sweelinck, Hogan, Casals, Grotenhuis, Fissinger and others. The Chamber Choir appears regularly with the Amadeus Chamber Symphony, has participated in joined performances with the Plymouth Music Series and the University of Minnesota and has performed numerous times for MN-ACDA and MMEA Music Conventions. In 2002 the choir presented the American Premiere performance of an oratorio by noted Czech composer Petr Eben, Anno Domini.
The 2009-2010 tour included concerts in Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Last season (2010-2011), the Men's Chorus has the privilege of touring throughout the United States, and this year we have the honor of doing the same.


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In the part of suburban New Jersey I grew up in, almost every other school took the cougar for its sports team mascot. There were the Carl H. Kumpf Middle School Cougars, the Cranford High School Cougars, and the Kean University Cougars, among others. Nevermind that cougars were extirpated from the state long ago –…


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Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has called up five uncapped players for next month's friendly against Malta.
Striker Kyle Lafferty, who is suspended for the next World Cup qualifier against Russia, has been left out so in-form Inverness striker Billy McKay will hope to be given a chance up front after being included.
Tranmere forward Adam McGurk has been called up for the first time while 18-year-old Liverpool winger Ryan McLaughlin and Hull defender Alex Bruce, who has previously played for the Republic of Ireland, will be hoping to win their first caps.
Uncapped Bury goalkeeper Trevor Carson is also included for the February 6 game, but Fulham defender Chris Baird joins Lafferty on the sidelines as he is also suspended for the Russia game.
Northern Ireland squad to face Malta in friendly at Ta'qali National Stadium on February 6: R Carroll (Olympiacos), A Mannus (St Johnstone), T Carson (Bury), A Hughes (Fulham), R McGivern (Manchester City, on loan at Hibernian), J Evans (Man Utd), C Cathcart (Blackpool), G McAuley ( West Brom).
A Bruce (Hull), D Lafferty (Burnley), S Davis (captain, Southampton), O Norwood (Huddersfield), C Evans (Hull), N McGinn (Aberdeen), C Brunt (West Brom), S Ferguson (Newcastle), R McLaughlin (Liverpool), D Shiels (Rangers), W Grigg (Walsall), J Ward (Derby), B McKay (Inverness), P McCourt (Celtic), A McGurk (Tranmere).
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The Taxation Interview Program (TIP) is the nation's premier job fair for graduate tax students. Georgetown University Law Center (Georgetown Law) is again partnering with New York University School of Law (NYU Law) to sponsor this job fair, which enables private and public sector employers to interview, on one day and in one place, some of the most promising young tax students in the country. TIP 2018 will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018.
Since 2001, TIP has been the nation's flagship program for the recruitment of tax students. The program continually brings in the top law firms, government agencies and the major accounting firms from around the country.
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Andrew Bacevich misses a significant point in his Feb. 2 op-ed "Once a duty, military service recast as a right," which decries the demise of duty in military service "whether pursuant to defending the homeland, advancing the cause of freedom abroad, or expanding the American imperium." That most of our country's military engagements since World War II have fallen into the second or third of those categories explains much of the change from obligation to right. Sending people off to die, whether in Vietnam or Iraq, for a cause that makes our country no safer is a poor way to inspire people to serve.
However, I do lament that, going forward, most Americans, including those in government who'll make the deadly decisions to put their countrymen in harm's way, will not have served in the military. Serving provides a perspective on the capabilities and limits our military. It certainly did for me.
A better alternative to either the current system or a reinstated draft would be to take Thomas Jefferson's suggestion and require military service of all young Americans. In addition to serving, they'd benefit from exposure to Americans they would not encounter otherwise. I'd also suggest that only those who volunteered to do so be required to participate in overseas adventures.


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Statewide gas price averages inch closer to $3.00 for holiday travel
As Texas families are gearing up for their holiday road trips, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Texas is four cents less than the average last week, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. The current statewide average is $3.05.The national average is $3.21, five cents less than the average last week. The statewide average price is 16 cents less than the national average. The most expensive gasoline average in the state is in Texarkana at $3.07. El Paso is reporting the least expensive average in the state at $2.95 for a gallon of regular unleaded. As crude oil prices dropped last week, the price of gasoline at the pump continued to decline and is now at the lowest point since February 2011. While nationwide gasoline demand is historically nine million or more barrels per day at this time of year, last week's government report showed a demand of just 8.6 million barrels which is 4.5 percent lower than the same period in 2010. As prices continue to decrease, AAA Texas is forecasting 6.9 million Texans plan to drive to their destination during the Year-End holidays, a 3 percent increase compared to last year. Texans are expected to travel an average of 817 miles round trip during the holidays. The 11-day Year-End holiday travel period is the longest holiday travel season of the year and is defined as Friday, December 23, 2011 to Monday, January 2, 2012."Holiday travelers in Texas are paying an average of $43 for a typical 14-gallon fill up," said AAA Texas/New Mexico Public Affairs Representative Sarah Schimmer. "Gas prices in Texas have decreased about 84 cents since reaching the peak price in May of $3.89. For families still trying to finalize travel plans, visit www.fuelcostcalculator.com to get an estimated round-trip gas budget by entering the starting point, destination, make, model and year of their vehicle.


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Outcry over police reaction to assaulted Korean student
''THEY lied to me. At first they said the attackers were under investigation. Later they said they didn't know who some of them were.''
Nursing his swollen left hand with its reattached finger, a South Korean student whose pinkie was chopped off during an attack by a group of teenagers has spoken of his frustration with the subsequent police investigation.
The attack on Mr Chang, who is keeping his identity concealed, and a friend while walking through Melbourne parkland at night in September, has generated an outcry in South Korea, where media organisations are questioning whether Australia is a safe place to visit for foreigners.
Two weeks ago, French woman Fanny Desaintjores was threatened by passengers on a Melbourne bus for singing French songs. One man said, ''speak English or die'', while another commuter shouted: ''I'll f---ing boxcutter you right now, dog.''
Over the past two months two other South Koreans, a 33-year-old Sydney man and a 27-year-old man from Brisbane, also have been attacked.
On Wednesday, Mr Chang, who has worked as a designer and is left-handed, said he approached the South Korean consulate in Melbourne for help after becoming increasingly unhappy with police inquiries.
The South Korean newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, reported Mr Chang was approached by a group of teenagers who asked for a cigarette. When he refused, they assaulted him while shouting ''f---ing Chinese".
Mr Chang blacked out during the attack and was taken to hospital, where his little finger was reattached.
The newspaper also said Mr Chang accused the police of ''brushing off the assault simply as rowdy teenage behaviour'' and ''refused to inform him of the identities of the other teens". Mr Chang believes it was a racially motivated attack.
He feared his injuries, which included a broken arm, would affect his ability to work in future.
''I feel so embarrassed and humiliated,'' the TAFE student, 33, said. ''I don't want to go outside alone. I haven't even told my family about what happened. They don't know.''
Victoria Police is continuing its investigations after the South Korean government requested it conduct a ''more thorough and fair investigation", capture the perpetrators and compensate the victim.
The Foreign Ministry of South Korea also demanded Australia ''come up with measures to prevent future incidents", the Korean broadcaster KBS reported.
Mr Chang, from Seoul, still believed Australia was a ''safe and good country'', acknowledging every country had its share of offenders. But he said he was ''unhappy'' about the ongoing police investigation.
A spokesman from the South Korean consulate in Melbourne said it had formally requested Victoria Police ''carry out a thorough investigation that will also eliminate perceptions of unfairness and inadequacy from the victim and Korean public''.
Mr Chang said he was told by police he was responsible for the brutal attack because he ''was in the wrong place at the wrong hours'', sparking alarm in South Korea. But the spokesman said that, while police eventually apologised for the remark to Mr Chang, he might have ''misunderstood the intention behind it, taken in the wrong way due to cultural differences''.
Victoria Police said a 14-year-old boy from Doncaster was charged the day after the assault. ''Other suspects have since been identified, interviewed and either charged or released pending summons,'' a police spokeswoman said. ''None of the accused has been charged with any racially motivated crime offences.''
Mr Chang is now seeking compensation through the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was aware of assaults against Koreans.
"The Australian Government and Australian state and territory police forces take very seriously any allegations of racially motivated crime,'' the spokeswoman said. ''Regrettably, crimes occur in Australia as they do in all countries, and it is important to be very careful in reaching conclusions that they are racially motivated.''
Esther Han is a health reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald. She has previously been consumer affairs editor and also covered food and wine.
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CFP: Culinary Contact Zones: Charting Transatlantic Exchange in Early American Food Culture. SEA 2013
With apologies for cross-listing.
Eighth Biennial Conference of the Society of Early Americanists
February 28—March 2, 2013
Savannah, Georgia
CFP: Culinary Contact Zones: Charting Transatlantic Exchange in Early American Food Culture
Panel Organizer: Christopher Farrish
We invite proposals for an interdisciplinary panel exploring the intersections of food, eating, and dining, with nation-making and transatlantic exchange in early America. What styles of cooking and eating emerged in the contact zones between British and colonial tradition? How did indigenous and African cultures influence specific localities? How were Caribbean influences folded into Southern habits? When people wrote about meals, both magnificent and mundane, what did they say? What of the receipt books and published cookbooks; how may we read these texts as cultural documents that evoke place as well as engage a "culture of reprinting?" How did dining room architecture in plantation homes and northern estates reflect larger circuits of capital and social status? This panel will approach food and eating in these expansive terms, encompassing ingredients, cooking techniques, and meals, but also architecture, trade, and literary production. In so doing we will expose early American food culture as deeply influential on and evocative of emerging notions of home, place, and nation.
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The Disir and the children of the moon have teamed up in an unsteady aliance to go against vampires and humans, to bring the world back to the way it was in a time before time. A time were the Disir and children of the moon hunt freely and their kind are in an abundance. But there is one vampire clan that will be difficult to destroy ... the yellow eyes...
Renesmee and Jacob have BABIES!!! The Cullen family is about to get a whole lot bigger!
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Chapter 1-Birthday
Renesmee P.O.V.
I stare off into the horizon, streaks of purple, pink and orange colour the sky and the sun sets lazily into the distant mountains. My life is great I think to myself smiling as I stroke my swelled up stomach which sparkles slightly in the sun. I have two wonderful parents and a husband whom I adore. Who would of known that a life as a half vampire could be so great?
Only seven years ago I was born and now I have the body of a beautiful 17 year old. It´s one of those freaky things about being a half vampire-half human. My body matures very quickly until I'm physically 18 years old, or at least that´s what Carlisle, my vampire grandpa, believes. No one has really made a study on the nature of my kind.
Now here I am sitting outside of Carlisle and Esme´s home which currently houses 8 vampires. I´m as nervous as hell. Of course, I'm not nervous about the vampires that live in the house behind me. They are my family and would never harm me. No, I'm nervous because of the baby that is currently in my stomach.
When my mother, Bella, gave birth to me she was still human and i completely ripped her human body apart. I mentally wince at the memory. Luckily my dad, Edward, plunged the syringe full of his venom straight to my mother´s heart and she survived...as a vampire.
I hadn´t noticed that I was completely chewing my nail off until a wave of clam washed over me. My uncle Jasper walked out onto the porch, and sat down next to me on the bench. My uncle is special in the way he can sense and control emotions. Almost my whole family has special vampire powers, including me.
I moved Jasper´s shoulder length wavy blonde hair and tucked it behind his ear and touched his pale face showing him a mental picture of what i was worried about. This is my gift, to show people mental images by touching them. I showed him a picture of myself being ripped apart by my baby like my mother.
He quickly turned away and shuddered by what I had just shown him.
"Nessie, I don´t know what´s going to happen," Jasper whispered. I smiled up at him.
"I don´t expect you too. It´s not every day a half vampire gets pregnant by her wolf shape shifting husband" I stated referring to Jacob, my husband.
There was laughter from inside the house, no doubt my big and bulky uncle Emmett, and then a sharp slap. I should have expected that a house full of nosy vampires with acute hearing would be listening to our conversation. I scowled at the direction the laughter had come from.
My uncle looked seriously at me ignoring the laughter, "Nessie, if there is something that I can promise you, it´s that we will never let anything harm you."
I smiled at him and gave him a hug. Jazz always knew how to make me feel better, with or without his gift.
I turned to see a horse sized russet coloured wolf lying on the lawn staring at me. I grinned at him, just the person, or in this case wolf, i wanted to see. Jacob showed his teeth in what i guess would be a wolf grin.
Jasper helped me get back on my feet and down the porch steps, then silently turned and walked back into the house. I patted the wolfs head and showed him a picture of Jacob in his human form embracing me. The wolf nodded and went behind a bush to phase back into his human form.
I turned to look at the house while he changed. It´s a beautiful house, the kind someone would imagine a wealthy European family owning. It has one whole side made of glass, it´s three story's tall, with a natural river that snake´s through the backyard. Beautiful.
Warm arms snake around my waist and gently lay on my stomach. I take a deep breath, smelling Jacobs woodsy cinnamon smell. I place my hand on his smiling at the contrast between my pale white skin, and his café coloured skin. We stand there staring at my home for what could have been hours when I suddenly feel a trickle of water running down my leg.
"What´s -?"
Before Jacob could even finish his sentence, my father had come running out in a blur of white, having read my thoughts, and swooped me up in his arms running me to Carlisle´s home office. All this happened in less than a second. My mother was there with Carlisle waiting for me. Thank God grandpas a doctor, this would have been hard to explain to a normal human doctor.
The home hospital office, which is what Carlisle called it, had been set up the day that i had told my family I was pregnant with a hospital bed, an IV needle, and half a dozen other stuff i didn´t even want to know why they were there. Yikes that day had been horrible. Jacob had almost lost a leg when my dad read my thought´s about my pregnancy.
I looked out of the corner of my eye to my dad and realized he was smirking at my thoughts. You could have been nicer about it. I thought scowling at him.
"It´s not everyday you find out your 7 year old daughter is pregnant" He replied scowling back at me.
Before I could come up with a smart mouth remark, my whole body shot through with pain. I screamed. I felt cold hands reach out to me, and I closed my eyes as someone placed me on what felt like the hospital bed.
"Jacob" I whispered trying to control myself.
Another pain rocked my whole body and then I slumped and let the darkness take over me.
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Katie Matero and Ryan Szirmay Are Wed
Ryan Szirmay and Katie Matero were married on July 29, 2011. The wedding weekend began with the exchange of vows against a beautiful Hudson River backdrop. A luncheon followed, hosted by the groom's mother and step-father, Judy and Steve Shroba, at Harvest on Hudson Restaurant in Hastings-on- Hudson.
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Climate Change Adaptation in Grenada: Water Resources, Coastal Ecosystems and Renewable Energy
UN-DESA, 2012by: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
This publication is the product of an international study led by the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development of Grenada. The completion of the report on Climate Change Adaptation in Grenada: Water Resources, Coastal Ecosystems and Renewable Energy is the result of an intensive effort by experts from Grenada, consultants and personnel from the United Nations who actively have participated in meetings, workshops, field trips, data collection and analysis since 2010. The study is part of a larger project being conducted by the DSD on "Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies and Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean," funded from the United Nations Development Account.
The assessments performed and projects proposed in this study represent an attempt to move forward with the practical implementation of climate change adaptation programmes and their integration into national plans for sustainable development. The study supports the global efforts on defining national strategies for sustainable development and on addressing some of the main critical issues affecting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and highlighted at the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference).
No study on climate change adaptation for sustainable development can be final and definitive. To be useful, the assessment process must evolve over time to fit everchanging climate change impacts, conditions, priorities and national sustainable development criteria. This publication summarizes initial analysis, findings and proposals of three critical areas for Grenada. The study serves as a starting point for the development of a more in-depth and comprehensive analysis of climate change impacts and adaptation programmes for Grenada and other SIDS. It is hoped that the experiences and lessons learned from this study will provide valuable information and knowledge to other countries interested in addressing climate change and in achieving progress towards nationally defined sustainable development goals and objectives. It is also hoped that future studies will contribute to refinements in the proposed assessment and approach
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Oct 25, 2013
By Nicole Pellechia
Ohio University is known to be a military-friendly school and prides itself on the resources it provides to students involved in the armed forces.
On Tuesday, Oct. 29, Ohio University will be hosting a Military and Veteran Student Resource Fair from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Baker University Center Theatre lounge.
This fair is open to current Ohio University students who are military veterans, reservists, or are currently on active duty. The purpose of this fair is for military and veteran students to become better familiar with campus departments and organizations that can provide them support.
"I hope the military and veteran students will learn more about the resources on and around campus that are available to them," said Melissa Toretch, the coordinator of special populations in University College.
Information tables at this event will host representatives from multiple programs including the Ohio University Women's Center, Campus Involvement Center, Athens Veteran's Affairs Outpatient Clinic and more. For more information, contact University College at 740-593-1935.


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ROCKTON - Karley Kolberg scored her 1,000 career point Monday.
The Hononegah senior scored 22 points on the night as Hononegah defeated Guilford 60-35 in NIC-10 girls basketball action.
Ellie Welsh added 10 points for Hononegah, which led 36-16 at half.
Hilary Diethain had 11 points for Guilford.
East 62, Harlem 53: Acacia McCullugh (21) and Coriesha Bailey (15) combined to score 36 points for East in the win. McKaela Schmelzer had 23 points for Harlem.
Richmond-Burton 43, North Boone 33: Renee Martin had 13 points in the loss for North Boone.
Dakota 50, Stockton 20: Jaycee Cleaver scored 25 points for Dakota in the win. Stockton was held to single digits in each of the four periods.
Indian Creek 49, Pecatonica 32: Pecatonica's Sarah Nyen had eight points in the loss.
Sycamore 60, Rochelle 35: The Spartans went up 17-9 in first period and never trailed. Abby Gould had 10 points for the Hubs.
Christian Life 57, Luther North 40: Linzy Keller went 12-of-14 from the free-throw line and finished with 23 points for the Eagles. Jocelyn Rios had 13 points for North, which led 25-22 at halftime.
Durand 51, Forreston 38: Cassidy Derus had 20 points and Emily Laube had 14 for the Indians, who pulled away in the fourth period. Rachel Walton had 11 points for Forreston.
Eastland 55, Galena 44: Lexis Macomber scored 15 points to lead Eastland, which had a 26-16 halftime advantage.
River Ridge/Scales Mound 51, East Dubuque 46: Louisa Williams had 15 points for River Ridge/Scales Mound. Abby Berryman had 14 points for East Dubuque, which trailed 31-25 after three periods.
Dakota 51, Pecatonica 48: Brett Benning had a game-high 27 points and Casey Brokhausen had 10 to lead Dakota. Jeremy Degner had 12 points for Pecatonica, which scored 8 points in the third period.
Galena 63, Orangeville 46: Alex Peebles scored 8 of his 15 points in the first period to lead Galena. Dan Oberl had 16 points for Orangeville.
Christian Life 71, Luther North 59: Eli Sanchez had 15 points to lead four players in double figures for Christian Life.
Blackhawk 61, Warren 55: Colton Janssen had 16 points for Warren in the loss.


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Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today (Hardcover)
In Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today, Widely respected Bible and Jesus scholar, N. T. Wright gives new life to the old, tattered doctrine of the authority of scripture, delivering a fresh, helpful, and concise statement on the current "battles for the Bible," and restoring scripture as the primary place to find God's voice.
In this revised and expanded version of The Last Word, leading biblical scholar N. T. Wright shows how both evangelicals and liberals are guilty of misreading Scripture and reveals a new model for understanding God's authority and the Bible.
Praise For…
"The best book of its kind available."
-The Christian Century
"N. T. Wright opens for us a path beyond of the paralyzing polarization of "liberal" and "conservative."
-Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian
"In a fashion that is both old fashioned and new fangled at the same time Bishop Wright takes us through a sane and helpful study of what it means to treat the Bible as the authoritative Word of God. Highly Recommended!"
-Ben Witherington, author of The Brother of Jesus
"Written by one of the leading Christian thinkers in the world today, this book is a refreshing and accessible resource concerning the perennial question of biblical authority that moves the discussion beyond the liberal-conservative impasse of our times. Highly Recommended."
-John R. Franke, Professor of Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary
"[P]robing, provocative, insightful…This is a book of uncommon wisdom for all who read and love the Bible."
-Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and Executive Editor of Christianity Today
"This wide-ranging whirlwind-tour account of Scripture channeling God's authority, with its tweaking of distortions back into shape and its first-class approach to Bible study, is masterly throughout."
-J. I Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College
"Wright offers sensible insights on the transforming power of God, very necessary in these times of skepticism and confusion."
-Publishers Weekly
"Scripture and the Authority of God is a fabulous book. With characteristic verve and occasionally pungent grace… Scripture and the Authority of God could be the beginning of a more faithful listening, as well as sustaining more fruitful conversation about the nature of biblical interpretation."
"Wright appeals to the reader to take another look at the Bible, not as an isolated phenomenon—a veritable rule book similarly applicable at all times and in all places—but rather as a book better placed within both the contemporary cultural context and as part of a larger tradition of interpretation."
"Wright is a provocative theologian... there is so much here that you will wish that it were longer-- but its brevity makes for easy reading and it certainly deserves to be read."
-Church of England Newspaper
"The whole book gives further cause for gratitude for God's gift of Wright to his Church."


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edtFTPj/PRO is a Java library that performs secure file transfers. It supports FTPS (FTP over SSL), both explicit and implicit modes, and SFTP (FTP via SSH). It also supports asynchronous transfers and FTP connection pools. All major FTP operations are supported, including both active and passive modes. It provides a progress monitor interface, allowing applications to receive progress updates for their file transfers. The library is built on the open source edtFTPj and shares its API. It is compatible with Android 1.5 and above.
GNOME Commander is a fast and powerful graphical file manager. It has a "two-pane" interface in the tradition of Norton and Midnight Commander. It features drag'n'drop, GNOME MIME types, FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV using the GnomeVFS FTP module, SAMBA access, the ability to extend the context menu with entries to call external applications or scripts on the selected items, quick device access buttons with automatic mounting and unmounting, a fast file viewer for text and images, a history of recently accessed folders, and folder bookmarks.
DeleGate is a multi-purpose application level gateway or proxy server that mediates communication of various protocols, applying cache and conversion for mediated data, controlling access from clients, and routing toward servers. It translates protocols between clients and servers, converting between IPv4 and IPv6, applying SSL (TLS) to arbitrary protocols, merging several servers into a single server view with aliasing and filtering. It can be used as a simple origin server for some protocols (HTTP, FTP, and NNTP).
lftp is a sophisticated command line based file transfer program. Supported protocols include FTP, HTTP, SFTP, and FISH. It has a multithreaded design allowing you to issue and execute multiple commands simultaneously or in the background. It also features mirroring capabilities and will reconnect and continue transfers in the event of a disconnection. Also, if you quit the program while transfers are still in progress, it will switch to nohup mode and finish the transfers in the background. Additional protocols supported: FTP over HTTP proxy, HTTPS and FTP over SSL, BitTorrent protocol. IPv6 is fully supported. There are lots of tunable parameters, including rate limitation, number of connections limitation and more.
JFtp is a Swing Java network and file transfer client. It supports FTP using its own FTP API and various other protocols like SMB, SFTP, NFS, HTTP, and file I/O using third party APIs. It includes many advanced features such as recursive directory up/download, browsing FTP servers while transferring files, FTP resuming and queueing, browsing the LAN for Windows shares, and more. The FTP API is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party applications. It should ideally be launched in a Web browser via Java Web Start (contained by the Java 1.4 plugin), but can also be started locally.
G4L is a hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool. The created images are optionally compressed, and they can be stored on a local hard drive or transferred to an anonymous FTP server. A drive can be cloned using the "Click'n'Clone" function. G4L supports file splitting if the local filesystem does not support writing files larger than 2GB. The included kernel supports ATA, serial-ATA, and SCSI drives. Common network cards are supported. It is packaged as a bootable CD image with an ncurses GUI for easy use.
GNU Wget is a utility for noninteractive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. It can follow HTML links, download many pages, and convert the links for local viewing. It can also mirror FTP hierarchies or only those files that have changed. Wget has been designed for robustness over slow network connections; if a download fails due to a network problem, it will keep retrying until the whole file has been retrieved.
aria2 is a utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. It has a powerful segmented downloading ability, downloading a file from multiple sources and multiple protocols and utilizing your download bandwidth to the maximum. It supports downloading a file from HTTP(S)/FTP and BitTorrent at the same time, while the data downloaded from HTTP(S)/FTP is uploaded to the BitTorrent swarm. Using Metalink's chunk checksums, aria2 automatically validates chunks of data while downloading a file like BitTorrent.


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Previously on Pretty Little Liars, Mona left the A-Team to join the P-Team, and I mean that in every way you think I do. Paige took Emily's Nightmare Express declaration to heart and began planning a U-Haul life for them as far away from Rosewood as the borders of the continental United States will allow. Spencer permitted herself exactly 24 hours of romantic bliss with Toby before popping open a casket and robbing a dead body. Hanna wore a real bad wig. And Aria had a waking fever dream that made her realize Ezra wouldn't last ten minutes in the clink, so she broke up with him for good for today. Oh, and as soon as her spirit was reunited with her body, Ali cloned five children that look like five Liars and then gave the Liar clones Liar dolls to play with.
Rear Window Brew. After Wilden's funeral the Liars popped some Adderall, I guess, because all four of them are about to crawl right out of their skin — the better for Mona to make the skin suits she's been jonesing for? — as they debrief the latest chapter in their collective biography, My Life is a Teenage Shitshow. Where's Melissa? (D.C.) Who was the lady in the black veil at the funeral? (Who knows?) Did Ali really rise from the grave, fly a plane around Rosewood all day, parachute out of it while also staying behind to pilot it, and rescue the Liars from a fire that she herself set with her mind? (Yes, duh.) While they're bitching at each other about how Ali is definitely not alive but also is totally alive, Spencer constructs an architectural model of the lodge and its surrounding airfield with baby carrots and cherry tomatoes and french fries and mozzarella sticks.
Mona shows up late for the debrief and everyone hops up from the table and crosses their arms and stares at her with accusation and contempt in their eyes. She's like, "Fine, whatever, let's just drive the hell out into the Forbidden Forest and you can rifle through the shit in my mobile lair again." Her incredulity is amazing. Like, How many times are you going to have to look through all the weapons I used to murder you these the past three years before you accept the fact that I'm not going to murder you anymore? God.
Spencer gets an eyebrow boner when Mona offers up her lair again.
Out in the woods, the lair has gone missing, of course, because Toby stole it and sobbed all the way down the highway in it last week as he drove to meet A. Hanna and Spencer bounce in a righteously indignant huff, but Aria and Emily stay behind to watch Mona get strangled by Red Coat. Mona dives out of her car and then Red Coat tries to run them all under, but Emily pulls everyone to safety, using her own body as a cushion to keep her pocket-sized pals from getting concussed.
So, just to recap the recap, before the theme song even plays: Four friends explore the possibility that their omniscient torturer is actually a zombie while one best friend makes a physical matrix out of a salad and then they take a midnight drive into the woods to root around in a RV covered in photos of their zombie friend's face with the eyeballs poked out and then either their zombie friend or someone wearing a mask that looks like the face of their zombie friend or their zombie friend wearing a mask of her own zombie face tries to gun them down with a stolen car.
If you're not watching this show, I guess your soul is kind of lame?


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360-FAAR (Firewall Analysis Audit and Repair) is an offline, command line, Perl firewall policy manipulation tool to filter, compare to logs, merge, translate, and output firewall commands for new policies, in Checkpoint dbedit, Cisco ASA, or ScreenOS commands. It is all contained in one file. It can read policy and logs for: Checkpoint FW1 (in odumper.csv / logexport format), Netscreen ScreenOS (in get config / syslog format), and Cisco ASA (show run / syslog format). It uses both inclusive and exclusive CIDR and text filters, permitting you to split large policies into smaller ones for virutalization at the same time as removing unused connectivity. It supports policy to log association, object translation, rulebase reordering and simplification, rule moves, and duplicate matching automatically. It allows you to seamlessly move rules to where you need them. 'print' mode creates a spreadsheet for your audit needs with one command.
ActoTracker is an application for keeping track of activities on your desktop so that you don't have to. Think of it as an app for bookmarking desktop documents and applications. It can also bookmark things that are not usually tied to a URL such as Outlook email message or Filemaker records. It can be extended to handle additional applications by writing custom AppleScript plugins. ActoTracker is somewhat inspired by the GNOME Activity Journal (Zeitgeist framework), and it tries to solve a similar kind of problem for the end user, although in a different way.
Ada EL is a library which implements an expression language similar to the JSP and JSF Unified Expression Languages (EL). The expression language is the foundation used by Java Server Faces and Ada Server Faces to make the necessary binding between presentation pages in XML/HTML and the application code written in Java or Ada.
Adjector is a lightweight, fast, and flexible, open-source ad server. It serves plain text, HTML, and Javascript ads to your Web application in several different ways, even from a separate machine. It tracks views and clicks. It is designed to save you time and effort and to stay out of your way.
Ansible is a radically simple deployment, configuration, and command execution framework. It is dead simple and painless to extend. Extending Ansible does not require programming in any particular language; you can write modules as scripts or programs which return simple JSON. It's also trivially easy to just execute useful shell commands.
The Apache Traffic Server (TS or ATS) is a modular, high-performance reverse proxy server, generally comparable to Squid. It was created by Inktomi, and distributed as a commercial product called the Inktomi Traffic Server, before Inktomi was acquired by Yahoo!. Traffic Server has been actively used inside of Yahoo for over 4 years, serving billions of requests every day. As of fall 2009, Traffic Server is an Open Source project, and in April 2010 the Apache Traffic Server was promoted to a top-level project of the ASF.
BURDShell is a shell with common commands to help the developer manage and speed up their common tasks. It manages sites, databases, repos, backups, and apps. Once set up, the developer can enjoy the speed of setting up projects with the assurance of fast, restorable version controlled backups.
Changing directories in bash can be tedious if you have long names or nested paths. Creating aliases or adding to the CDPATH can help, but can be improved on. Bashcd adds 6 new commands to make changing directories a bit easier. This commands use find, the locate database, the mdfind database, or other contextual information to make it easier to change to other directories.
Bear is a lightweight remote automation tool for Groovy/Java/JVM. It allows you to deploy projects, setup your cluster, and install software to your remote machines. It differs from other existing tools in that it uses a programmatic approach - your deployment is a regular Java class. It also uses static types, chained method calls, FP, and fluent programming techniques.
A command-line network analysis workbench.
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Apr 06,2007
OSU Lab working with Oregon vets, public as pet food recall continues
by Bend Weekly News Sources
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The national recall of pet food that is suspected of killing hundreds of dogs and cats around the country – and making numerous others ill – is a difficult puzzle to solve because there are not yet reliable tests for the suspected toxin in the food, and uncertainty even remains about what contaminant is responsible.
Scientists around the country are still trying to determine the exact cause of the poisoning and many suspect a toxin called aminopterin, according to Jerry Heidel, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Oregon State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
"There are no readily available methods for routine testing of samples for the presence of aminopterin," Heidel said, "but several veterinary toxicology laboratories are working to validate such a test."
Aminopterin is used as a rodent poison in countries outside the United States, according to various reports. But the Food and Drug Administration also has said that melamine, a chemical used in plastic cutlery and fertilizers, was found in imported wheat gluten used in the recalled pet foods. Aminopterin was not found during the tests, FDA officials added.
OSU's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has been assisting local veterinarians work up cases that fit the profile of the poisonings: exposure to recalled food and sudden renal failure. The lab provides diagnostic testing services to practicing veterinarians, both in the college's teaching hospitals and those in private practice.
"We have tested specimens from at least one dog and one cat that were fed one of the recalled pet foods and have found changes in the kidney consistent with patterns found in other animals around the country," Heidel said. "But until aminopterin is positively identified as the culprit, and a test for the toxin is validated, all that we can do is suspect a link."
The national recall of pet food that is suspected of killing hundreds of dogs and cats around the country, and making numerous others ill, is unusual in its scope and severity, said an OSU veterinarian who has conducted research with the pet food industry.
"It is a unique case," said Jean Hall, an associate professor in the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. "The pet food industry has had a trusted history for decades and has made a number of advances in commercial pet food that are helping pets live longer and healthier lives. So a recall of this nature is a disappointment to the industry as well as a tragedy for affected pet owners."
Hall said the impact could have been worse but the tainted pet food was identified early and a recall was announced immediately.
She suggests that dog and cat owners consult with their family veterinarians on what diet to feed their animals and visit the website of the American Veterinary Medicine Association for a list of recalled foods and what to do with them: http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/default.asp
The site also has answers for frequently asked questions relating to the recall, including symptoms of illness in dogs and cats. Signs of illness, according to the AVMA, include loss of appetite, lethargy, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, changes in water consumption, and changes in the frequency or amount of urination. The illness affects the kidneys.
The OSU veterinarians suggest that pet owners check the list of foods that have been recalled – and if their animals have been exposed, to contact their local veterinarian. "Most pet foods have not been affected, but it is important to check the list of recalled foods," Hall said. "On the flip side, pet owners should be aware that some pet foods can treat or even cure disease, so changes in diet should be carefully thought out. When in doubt, consult with your local veterinarian."