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Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Yves Klein Blue scarf
We're just about to finish our surgical rotation, and, as with many so things, I've only started to realise what I'm going to miss, and what I ought to have been doing with the last ten weeks of my time, as the ground slips away beneath my feet.
I haven't loved surgery; my feelings towards it are a strange mix of awe and horror, utmost respect and revulsion - not the actual operations themselves, which I find fascinating and beautiful, but everything else surrounding them, from the way surgeons behave toward each other to the post-operative complications.
In addition, we're moving hospitals, which is a bit like starting term in the middle of the school year. Half of my firm are coming with me, and the other half going to the third of our 'home' teaching hospitals, which means half of my next firm will be made up of new faces. It's exciting, but daunting, and I have really loved my time at this hospital, getting to know the regular patients and befriending people from the porters to the Professor of Cardiology who always stops to chat in the corridors and the SHO in A & E who goes out of her way to tell you when something interesting is happening so that you can go and see and learn. I feel quite sad to think that all these relationships, short-cuts through the hospital learned and bleep numbers memorised just disappear in a puff of smoke when I hand back my security pass on Friday.
Anyway, cheer up, P. Let's talk about some knitting.
Yarn: Malabrigo Merino Worsted, colour Azul Bolita, 2 skeins exactly. One skein from somewhere I don't remember, the other from Wool and Company, one of only two shops I could find on the internet selling this colour.
Needles: 5.5 mm Addi bamboo
Via the stash?: Kind of. I bought one skein years ago, intending to make a One Skein Wonder and try out some Malabrigo, and then the colour was too bright so it slumbered in my stash. A few months ago, Z mentioned that she'd love an Yves Klein blue scarf, and I realised that this yarn would pretty much fit the bill, gleefully thinking that I could make a tiny dent in the stash - and then I ran out of yarn, ordered some more (and of course ordered two more skeins, so that I wouldn't run out again, and now have one more skein of exactly the same yarn sitting in my stash, and am back to square one). For some reason this yarn doesn't photograph well, but it is a deep royal-blue-purple-ultramarine, similar enough to International Klein Blue.
Cast on: 22 November 08
Cast off: 24 January 09
Details: Cast on 25 sts using Estonian cast-on (instructions here). Knit in Brioche stitch: Plain Brioche Stitch Knit version - uneven number sts (good instructions here), with Annie Modesitt's Slip Stitch Double Knit Edge (Right Side: K1, sl1wyif, K1; Wrong Side: sl1wyif, K1, sl1wyif) until it seemed a good length. Cast off using EZ's sewn cast-off.
This would have been a very quick knit if I hadn't had to order more yarn in the middle, and one I'd happily knit again, if my To Knit queue weren't so intimidatingly long.
Hope you have good things lined up for the weekend! I'm off to Whitstable.
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- Julia said...
Wow. wow. Being a med. students sounds intense. Phew ~ enjoy your time in Whitstable, I looked at your link, that place looks beautiful! Beautiful scarf too, awesome color :o) Have fun!
- February 22, 2009 7:36 pm
- Nell said...
Good luck with your new rotations! It should be interesting to see new hospitals and how they work.
- February 22, 2009 8:04 pm
- Katie M. said...
The scarf looks lovely! It's so nice when handknits get the wear (and tear) they deserve -- my sister wears her wool socks despite living in southern California (where it is always summer, it seems); such dedication requires more hand-knit socks, of course. Good luck with the new hospital. It is always a challenge to adjust to a new routine and new faces -- I hope the transition is smooth!
- February 23, 2009 7:06 pm
- MeowGirl said...
loved enough to be put on first thing in the morning--the most ideal of situations for a handknit. it's so good to see something lovingly knit for someone loved, who will in turn love the knit.
learning to sink-or-swim with a group of people then leaving them behind is hard; enjoy your last week. sounds like you are going from one rewarding setting to another.
- February 24, 2009 7:13 pm
- Jane said...
The scarf looks beautiful! Your sister sounds like the model recipient for handknit gifts.
Moving hospitals is horrible isn't it. And it's all the worse if you think we will be of no fixed abode (hospital-wise, at least) for the next 7 years or so. Aagh! I wish I hadn't just written that down! I don't very much like this nomadic existence I seem to have committed myself to....
- February 25, 2009 10:21 pm


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It seems to me the article is talking more about the legality of doing it, not the possibility. Apple therefore, has no obligation to support something it doesn't license.
I do agree with you about the restrictions. If I legally obtain OS X, there should no reason I shouldn't be able to run it under a virtual environment.
you just controdicted yourself in the same sentence. any form of reprisal WILL take the form of legal action, hence the legality of it is the issue.
Legal issues aside, Parallels doesn't want to strain its relationship with Apple, who
it sounds like if you write "Apple" on a Post It and stick to your PC, you can virtualize away.
At which point you violate Apple's trademark instead.
I took that to mean that I can only install it on one Apple-labeled computer at a time, but as many non-apple computers as i want.
it would seem to me that there is nothing illegal about this whatsoever (as long as you've purchased your copy of OS X, you should be able to do what you like with it).
IIRC, US Courts have ruled that installing software constitutes copying (from CD or DVD to hard disk), and violates copyright unless otherwise licensed. The license in question stipulates that you can only run MacOS X on Apple-branded hardware.
(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.-- Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:
(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilizat
Although the article does talk about the 'legality' of running OS X on non-Mac PCs, it would seem to me that there is nothing illegal about this whatsoever (as long as you've purchased your copy of OS X, you should be able to do what you like with it).
'Should' is not the same as 'is'. There is a lot of things you should be able to do with the stuff you buy, but that doesn't stop it from still being illegal
No matter how vmware & parallels dress it up, the problem here is not legality, but fear of r
What could you do with the Mac? Well, you could install Linux on it, for starters
Sure it's illegal. You have to break Apple's DRM to use it in a virtual machine. That' a direct violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and similar laws in various other countries outside of the U.S.it would seem to me that there is nothing illegal about this whatsoever (as long as you've purchased your copy of OS X, you should be able to do what you like with it).
The flipside though is that people may try OSX on a Virtual Machine, not realizing that VMs cut performance significantly, decide that OSX is slow and useless, then stick with Windows. I guess I can see either way.
Anybody who has used much virtualization knows it's not as good as running the OS on hardware.
I run XP in a vm with no problems. Of course, the only games I play on it are freecell and hearts. For things that don't lean on the hardware it's fine. And as hardware gets beefier and beefier it will get finer and finer. Gotta do something with all those cores that are going to be on our processors.
Apple may have some legit concerns with regard to their current model, but perhaps they should consider cha
XServes are sweet, but they have some shortcomings too. They STILL don't offer dual power-supply or SAS--two of the best features of a wintel server I recently brought online at work.
Actually, that's incorrect these days -- at least as far as the XServe product page [apple.com] is concerned. And the online store reckons they can ship 'em in 24 hours, so it doesn't look like these are features for a product which isn't available yet.
A quick feature run-down:
Hardware-wise, I
However, whatever they say about wanting to virtualize OS X, at the moment, Parallels and VMWare are initially pitching their Mac products at people who need to run Windows applications on a Mac. Those people are never going to want to virtualise OS X. Wait for the equivalents of VMWare Server and VMWare Workstation - plus graphics acceleration (which both VMWare and Parallels promise Real Soon Now and which OSX will proably need).
Actually, a more Apple-y thing to happen would be for simple-to-use virtualization to crop up in a future version of OS X. "Click here to create a sandbox for your kids".
'We're very interested in running Mac OS X in a virtual machine because it opens up a ton of interesting use cases, but until Apple changes its licensing policy, we prefer to not speculate about running Mac OS X in a virtualized environment,'
Means: "we have it running in the lab."
Notice anything about those solutions? They are not aimed at the consumer market, are not commercial enterprises, and are very limited in their ability. Creating software that can only be used legally in a weird edge case is one thing. Profiting by commercially marketing software that can only be used legally in an edge case is called "contributory copyright infringement." Now I can see the use case for OS X used legally in a VM (if you have Apple hardware and want to run OS X in a VM on top of some other OS, or if you live in a country with copyright laws that are different than the US). I can see arguments that contributory copyright infringement laws are a bad thing, and many of our other copyright laws are also negative for society. In this particular case, however, I do see the point of view from Apple. The market is dominated by a monopoly. Apple's best product would directly compete with that monopoly. Even if it is greatly superior, both recent history and the economics of monopolies show they will lose in that market if they try to compete. The classic strategy for competing against a monopoly is to build a separate vertical chain of supply the monopoly cannot undermine (hardware under your OS and apps on top of it). This is exactly what Apple has done.
Lots of people on Slashdot like to think Apple could abandon the tie between their OS and hardware and everyone would benefit. Those people mostly think that, not because they objectively looked at the market and understood it, but because they want it to be true because it would benefit them directly. It is not true. Unless MS's monopoly is broken up or ousted by tertiary market intrusions, Apple must maintain their tie in to survive. If EULAs are rendered null and void, Apple will stop selling their OS separately at all and probably start selling slightly more expensive boxes with a OS tied to a hardware signature and either sell upgrade versions (which suck) or provide free upgrades for some period of time, like 5 years. It is simply the reality of the market
For anyone out there who want Apple to stop tying their products, simply fixing the market will likely cause that to happen. Break MS into at least two competing companies, each with full rights to Windows, and in two or three years Apple will be forced to unbundle by the now competitive market and they will be able to do so without being killed. Problems like these are best solved at a higher level, rather than micro-managed.
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by Tyler Peck, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Redshirt-junior Richard Pirkle's (Norcross, Ga.) bat and the arm of righty Brendon Malkowski (Schenectady, N.Y.) led the No. 29 College & State University baseball team (7-4) past the University of Indianapolis 8-2 Sunday at John Kurtz Field.
Pirkle led the team going 2-for-4 with four RBI, hitting his sixth home run of the season. The catcher leads the team in dingers and also owns a team-high 21 RBI.
Georgia College scored two more runs in the fourth when second baseman Jason Veyna (Lamar, Colo.) doubled to score Steve Muoio (Rochester, N.Y.). Drew Goodman (Kennewick, Wash.) advanced to home on a balk by the Greyhounds' Donovan Drake.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Bobcats tacked on four more runs putting things out of reach for Indianapolis to win 8-2. Pirkle hit a two-run single to score Matt Pitts (Brunswick, Ga.) and Sean Harrell (Martinez, Ga.) for the big blow of the inning.
Paul Bordon (Martinez, Ga.) recorded his first stolen base of the season while Chandler Snell (Loganville, Ga.) and Pirkle both stole a base as well. Snell has a .875 (7-8) success rate on stolen bases and leads the team with seven, while Pirkle is second on the team with six.
Malkowski (2-0) threw seven solid innings of work allowing only two runs on eight hits and striking out three. Malkowski has a 2.50 ERA, the lowest of any starter for the Bobcats. The senior has 12 strikeouts on the season in 18 innings of work, walking just three. Drake falls to 0-2 with 6 2/3 innings of work.
Georgia College returns to the ballfield Tuesday, March 2 at 5 p.m. against Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. The next home game for the 'Cats is Friday, March 5 at 6 p.m. against North Georgia, kicking off Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The Framingham Girl Scout Service Unit is hosting a town-wide roller skating event on Saturday night, Nov. 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Roller Kingdom in Hudson. The cost for each Girl Scout is $4 to cover the cost and the participation patch.
Girls may rent skates for an additional fee of $3, at the rink.
The deadline to respond to Missy, who is coordinating the event, is October 20. All Money is due at that time too!
If you have e-mailed your troop will come and how many before the date great, but if Missy does not have the money by October 20th you troop will not make it into the final count for patches and the event.
NO late registrations will be accepted.
Please keep in mind that this is a Girl Scout only event.Safety-wise ratio rules for parents apply.
No family skating allowed for this event.
Girl Scout Troop Leaders who have questions should contact Missy or post questions on the leader group at Yahoo!


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STOCKTON - Hundreds gathered at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the Stockton Hmong New Year Festival, a two-day event hosted by Lao Family Community Empowerment Inc.
STOCKTON - Hundreds gathered at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the Stockton Hmong New Year Festival, a two-day event hosted by Lao Family Community Empowerment Inc.
The celebration is a cultural tradition that brings together members of Hmong communities from throughout the state and beyond. Festivities included musical performances and traditional dances. According to the Lao Family of Stockton website, scholarships are given to students and donations made to families in crisis.
"I like coming to watch the dance competitions and because it's a chance for us to reunite," said Mimi Her, a 21-year-old Stockton resident. "It's a place where relatives come together - kind of like a big family reunion."
Revelers were nicely attired with many adult males sporting suits and women wearing colorful gowns adorned with sequins, coins and other intricate embellishments.
"Some of the costumes are more traditional, and some of the youngsters want to be more modern," Her said.
Boys and girls don't engage in a traditional Hmong ball-tossing game as much as they used to, but the festival still offers an opportunity for courtship.
"A lot of people do meet their spouses here," said Nou Vang, a 24-year-old Stockton resident.
The fairgrounds were lined with booths where sponsors handed out information while vendors sold food, clothing, jewelry, toys and other items. Na Chao, a Fresno resident who sold sugar cane, said the New Year represents "new beginnings," adding that the festival is "a great thing for the Hmong people."
Soua Yang, a 29-year-old Stockton woman, agreed.
"It represents a brand-new year for our Hmong culture," she said. "It's like the American New Year, but more traditional with the clothing and all the artifacts."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8283 or email@example.com.


text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Corp. BAC, -0.17% was added on Wednesday to Evercore's conviction buy list and analysts at the firm said the shares are its top pick for 2013 among large cap banks. "Bank of America is our top pick large-cap bank for '13 as it has the greatest identifiable levers, largest upside to norm earnings power, and attractive valuation." the analysts said. "Our conviction list addition of Bank of America essentially replaces Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +0.42% which had been our longstanding favorite large cap bank," they added.


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Abuja Bomb Attack on the UN Building - Our Nostalgia
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I was in-between a scene in my screenplay when I heard an explosion, I quickly rushed to my Radio because I suspected that something had gone wrong. Minutes later, news of an explosion inside UN house a few kilometers away from me filled the air. At first, I was shocked to hear the news and a lot of things filled my mind, I thought of all the effort our new administration is putting to revive our economy and regain confidence for us in the international community, I thought of what other youth leaders from different countries of the world will think about us, I thought of our loss and our sorrow, because we are all Nigeria citizens and will be generalized while addressing this harm, I sobbed for my country for the first time.
In a developing nation like ours, where the zeal to acquire more knowledge has been the pursuit of the youths, where we toil and write to get our voices heard on the issues of universal primary Education, a certain group of people, after being brain washed, have decided to say thank you to the United nation, for helping our children go to school, for healing us of diseases and wars, for helping us preserve our culture and identity, for showing us a way to embrace science and technology, is it this kind of thank you that this people deserve, don't they deserve our protection, love, and affection? Why must we bite a finger that feeds us?
But we the youths must say this, we refuse to identify ourselfs and our dear country Nigeria with the group of brainwashed people that committed this evil. We wish to state that we are not of the same frame of mind and are not in any way supporting of their intentions, however reasonable it may sound.
Earlier than now, youth leaders from Nigeria has condemned the act on facebook , twitter and other youth social forums, but as we slept and woke up this morning, some of us drive out for businesses in town, I keep looking at the faces of my fellow Nigerians, the feelings of lost and fear is all over the city. It is more that the fear of earthquake because sciences can predict the next occurrence, it is worst than the fear of flood, no one knows where it will be next. And now, I have come to realize that this fear has not only come to leave with us, but with citizens of other countries that associate with us.
We are calling on UN to understand that this is an act of international terrorism, instead of withdrawing from us; they should help us fish out the perpetrators of this evil and bring them to book. Though there is fear in our country, it still remain a country with new administration of positive minded leaders, we have hope, we have future, yes, we have future.


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Sing Along
There are plenty of robots around these days but—if this guy is any judge—they don't quite have the musical gist.
Which is why we're partial to this Tengu Black. Sure, you don't need a tiny USB device mouthing the words to whatever songs you're playing—or, if you're tech-savvy enough, your voicemail messages—but it's a good sort of thing to have around.
As of this week, you can pick one up in sleek black instead of Apple-ready monolith white, which makes us even more intrigued, but it doesn't quite answer the question…who buys these things?


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Submission + - IBM Watson lands healthcare job (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: IBM's Watson has parleyed its overwhelming victory in this week's "Jeopardy!" challenge into a job developing smart applications for the health care industry. IBM said it will team Watson's Deep Question Answering, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning capabilities with Nuance Communications' speech recognition and Clinical Language Understanding package to diagnose and offer treatment plans for patients that will let hospitals, physicians and payers access critical and timely information.


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WORCESTER — His preparation for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may just be starting, but Jake Dalton looks to be hitting his stride.
On Saturday, Dalton put together an amazing performance by winning four events and finishing second in another to take the all-around title at the American Cup in front of 4,577 at the DCU Center.
Dalton started by notching a 15.7 on the floor and followed that two rotations later with a 15.166 on the rings and 15.433 on the vault. His winning high bar score of 14.733 also helped him toward an all-around score of 89.398, which easily topped Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev (87.298).
"I was able to do pretty much what I wanted to do, and that was go in there and be consistent," Dalton said. "That's pretty much what I've been doing in the gym.
"I knew I could be able to contend with those guys, and I'm just glad I've been able to do that."
On the women's side, 15-year-old Katelyn Ohashi made her senior debut in grand fashion, winning the all-around with a score of 59.199.
''It was amazing just to be here,'' said the Texan, who was propelled by a winning performance in the balance beam (15.333). ''It was my first senior event, so that's a big confidence-builder for me.''
Simone Biles, who will turn 16 March 14, won the vault (15.733) and the uneven bars (14.8), and came in second overall (57.666).
Olympic gold medalists Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas were in attendance — doing the Harlem Shake, firing a T-shirt cannon, and awarding prizes to members of the crowd. Fellow gold medalist Kyla Ross, who was hampered by a bruised heel and pulled out of competition earlier in the week, performed an exhibition on the balance beam before the awards ceremony.
These were some of the women, wearing their London gold, who Ohashi and Biles will be trying to follow with a repeat in Rio in 2016.
''I'm taking it year by year,'' Biles said. ''But it is still in the back of my mind and I do think about it.''
Dalton's coach, Mark Williams, told him he had a comfortable lead heading into the final men's event, the high bar. Dalton didn't sit on the lead and that winning score of 14.733 edged Germany's Marcel Nguyen (14.366).
Nguyen, who earned a silver medal in London, was third in the all-around (87.031).
"I knew I didn't have to be perfect, but I can't think like that going into high bar," said Dalton, who won the 2012 NCAA all-around championship. "That's one of the events where I have to just go all out and not let anything hold me back.
"I tried to do that and do the same routine that I do in the gym, and it ended up really well."
Dalton scored 15.033 in the parallel bars, which was second to Nguyen's 15.133.
The American Cup is the first event of the World Cup season and the most prestigious international gymnastics competition in the United States, so Dalton knew a good showing here would give him momentum as he aims toward Rio.
"When you haven't competed in a while, your confidence kind of goes down because you're not sure how you're going to compete," said Dalton, who took fifth in the floor exercise at the London Olympics. "Being consistent makes me feel good, and it humbles me knowing I'm doing the right thing in the gym, and I need to continue that so I know I can keep it up."
Dalton's US teammate Danell Leyva, who earned a bronze in the all-around in London, was hampered by a stomach bug he caught Friday.
In his first event, Leyva stumbled a few times on his floor routine, earning a 12.8, the lowest of the eight male competitors. He finished sixth overall (85.265).
"If I tell you the things that were in my head, you probably wouldn't be able to publish them," Leyva said.
"I was just trying to pick myself back up. As a matter of fact, my coach, Yin Alvarez, asked if I wanted to stop after the floor exercise or if I wanted to keep going and I was like, 'Hell yeah, I want to keep going.' "
Leyva said he was given an IV Friday night to get his fluids up and felt better Saturday morning, but as the day progressed, his stomach got queasier.
"I was really tired," Leyva said. "I don't know why, but from the beginning of the floor routine, my body was really shaky. Nothing was feeling the way it should, and even in the rollouts I felt like everything was really short."
Dalton said it was tough watching his teammate struggle the past two days, but was proud he gutted it out and competed.
"That's something that's not only important to me, but to Team USA," Dalton said. "He fought all the way through."Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.


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Thursday, June 4, 2009
73rd Carnival of Genealogy is in Town
The 73rd Carnival of Genealogy, titled "The Good Earth," is up. I like when the Carnival comes to town because it's fun to read what everyone brings to the blog table. Thank's to Apple's Tree for hosting.
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Welcome to the Optical Computing and Processing Laboratory website!
The Optical Computing and Processing Laboratory (OCPL) within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Arizona is focused on scientific/engineering research at the intersection between optical physics and information/communication theory. These projects are generally concerned with optical devices, systems, and associated algorithms in support of optical and optoelectronic measurement and processing. The OCPL is directed by Professor Mark A. Neifeld and since 1991 has made important research contributions in the domains of data storage, imaging/sensing, computing, and optoelectronic devices/systems. Click here to go to our Research page.


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Students returning to Texas A&M this next week will likely notice a few changes to construction along Wellborn Road.
In the coming months a new underpass and bridges will allow pedestrians and traffic to avoid the railroad crossing at Wellborn Road and Old Main Drive.
News 3 took a look at the progress and what to expect next.
TxDOT tells us construction is running on schedule and when it's all said in done, traffic will flow much more smoothly and safely just in front of the Bell Tower and busy area of the Texas A&M Campus.
But Wellborn Road will still be down to one lane each direction for at least two more months.
It's a waiting game if you've been down Wellborn Road and Old Main in College Station in recent months.
The busy intersection is getting a major makeover that will eventually keep traffic and people moving by keeping the train tracks out of people's paths thanks to a new underpass.
"It does get really crowded there's lots of people," said Brenna McGruder as she walked along.
McGruder comes this way at least once a week as a Texas A&M Grad Student in the Health Science Center.
"We still have to wait on the light to change and traffic is pretty bad too, because it's gone from the two lanes to each direction down to the one lane. So I try to avoid driving down Wellborn if at all possible," she said.
The project has reached another milestone as the digging work for the tunnel has finished. Crews have also wrapped up building the railroad bridge as well as one of two bridges being built on Wellborn Road.
Joseph Harrison drives and walks this way throughout the week too to see his wife who works on campus, while he attends grad school here.
"The beginning of the semester, the beginning of the year everybody trying to get their bearings, Wellborn just turns into a mess," said Harrison.
He gets stopped by the trains a lot too. It even came by during our visit!
"I'd say 65, 70 percent of the time as I'm crossing I'll see the train and have to stop for it," he said.
"I think in the long run it will be great to not have to worry about catching the light or getting caught by the train," said Brenna McGruder.
We're told the project should hit the next milestone by spring break when the northbound bridge for Wellborn Road will be complete.
We're told some of the lane closures could end after that happens.
The $34 million project should be completely finished by August.


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Acid-fast stain
The acid-fast stain is a laboratory test that determines if a sample of tissue, blood, or other body substance is infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and other illnesses.
How is the Test Performed?
Your health care provider will collect a sample of urine, stool, sputum, bone marrow, or tissue, depending on the location of the suspected infection.
The sample is then sent to a laboratory. There, some of the sample is placed on a glass slide, stained, and heated. The cells in the sample hold onto the dye. The slide is then washed with an acid solution and a different stain is applied.
Bacteria that hold onto the first dye are considered "acid-fast" because they resist the acid wash. This type of bacteria is associated with tuberculosis and other infections.
Preparation for the Test
Preparation depends on how the sample is collected. Your health care provider will tell you how to prepare.
How the Test will Feel
The amount of discomfort depends on how the sample is collected. Your health care provider will discuss this with you.
Why is the Test Performed?
The test can tell if you are likely infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and related infections.
Normal Results for Acid-fast stain
A normal result means no acid-fast bacteria were found on the stained sample.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test result.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Abnormal results may be due to:
- Tuberculosis and related infections
- Nocardia infections
Acid-fast stain Risks
Risks depend on how the sample is collected. Ask your health provider to explain the risks and benefits of the medical procedure.
Fitzgerald DW, Sterling TR, Haas DW. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 250.
Reynolds J. Differential staining of bacteria: acid fast stain. Curr Protoc Microbiol. 2009; Appendix 3: Appendix 3H.
|Review Date: 11/20/2013
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Bold ideas and innovative solutions – two things not commonly associated with our Chicago-run government in Springfield. But that's what Tom Cross is proposing in his campaign for state treasurer, and I find it refreshing.
I've known Tom for a few years, and I've found him to be someone ahead of the curve. Tom was among the first, if not the first, lawmaker to begin highlighting the disastrous shape of our state pension system. But more than that, Tom not only recognized the problem, he has offered bold solutions to stabilize and protect the pension system of Illinois retirees and workers.
That's the type of leadership Illinois needs to begin to right the fiscal wrongs of a decade of overspending, over-borrowing and overtaxing.
Tom Cross will bring a fresh perspective to the treasurer's office, one that builds on his experience as a prosecutor and a fiscally conservative lawmaker. He knows that the path forward begins with balancing our state's budget. His approach to addressing this problem is to fight for us by requiring an honestly balanced budget.
Tom has the knowledge and background to identify the gimmicks used by the insiders in Springfield. Taxpayers deserve no less.
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I finally figured it out after a lot of experimenting. I had to go to the log section of the filter and have it exclude any caches with a found log by me. Then I had to have it exclude any caches placed by me. I went back and clicked both found and unfound. When I was done and checked it it gave me only caches I had not found. Woo Hoo!!
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, November 28, 2013—Given that there are exceptions to every rule, it's fair to say that this hasn't been a great year for the planet Earth in general, for America in particular.
All know what the issues are and rather than spell them out, if you're that curious google-up any date on the calendar and the positive lead stories are few and far in between.
This is not the fault of mainstream media, although they work tirelessly at sensationalizing the truly trivial, lest they incur the wrath of underwriters. After all, corporations are people, too.
It is doubtless that many have had positive outcomes to the thankful for, but the overwhelmingly majority of all those people will, like their families, have to work overtime at the spin factory.
But, still, today is still the greatest of the secular holidays and it needs to be acknowledged by anyone who still is drawing breath. I personally have learned the hard lesson of 2013; that every day is a gift.
And, so, let us give thanks this day with our traditional acknowledgement for a life that may be well lived. Thanks to the efforts of sometime HRI Brad Morgan, let's devour the words of Max Ehrmann like so many drumsticks and pumpkin pies:
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be
greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.


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Old English sponge, spunge, from Latin spongia "a sponge," also "sea animal from which a sponge comes," from Greek spongia, related to spongos "sponge," borrowed from an unknown source. The Latin word is the source of Old Saxon spunsia, Middle Dutch spongie, Old French esponge, Spanish esponja, Italian spugna. To throw in the sponge "quit, submit" (1860) is from prizefighting, in reference to the sponges used to cleanse the faces of combatants between rounds (cf. later throw in the towel). Sponge-cake is attested from 1808.
late 14c., "to soak up with a sponge," from sponge (n.). The slang sense of "to live in a parasitic manner" is attested from 1670s; sponger (n.) in this sense is from 1670s. Originally it was the victim who was known as the sponge (c.1600), because he or she was being "squeezed." Related: Sponged; sponging.
sponge (spŭnj)
Any of numerous aquatic invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera.
The light, fibrous, absorbent skeleton of certain of these organisms.
A piece of absorbent porous material, such as cellulose, plastic, or rubber, used especially for washing and cleaning.
A gauze pad used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or in dressing a wound.
A contraceptive sponge.
: We were able to sponge lots of meals off his parents (1676+)
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Electronics, formerly known as GoldStar, was established in 1958 as
the pioneer in the Korean consumer electronics market. Since then, a
lot has changed in LG Electronics. In November 2000, Hitachi and LG
formed a new joint venture to manufacture optical storage drives
under the name "HL-DS". These recorders
are well tuned and with unique features.
latest internal drives are the GSA-4120B 12X burner and the GSA-4160B
burner. The GSA-4120B model has already been tested by CDRInfo and was
found to have excellent writing quality performance. Let us see
in this review
if the new 4160B model continuous to write media as well as its
predecessor did, but now at the higher 16X speed.
- Features
The LG GSA-4160B can burn a full Single Layer disc
in less than 6 mins. It can write +R media at 16X, -R media
at 8X and can re-write at 4X. Of course, Double Layer media is also
supported, at 2.4X writing speed.
The main difference between this drive and other competitors drives
is that it can read and write DVD-RAM media, making it compatible with
all the DVD
media formats.
Below are the full specs for the drive:
The drive uses the well known RPC II region
a user to change the drive's region at most 5 times.
Below are the drive's main specs as given by NeroInfoTool and DVDInfoPro:
- The drive / Retail Package
received the LG GSA-4120B retail package, as well as the bulk
version of the drive. The retail package includes the internal SuperMulti
writer, and recording, DVD authoring and DVD playback software (Nero,
InCD, PowerProducer Gold and PowerDVD player). You will also find an
owner's manual and manual for Nero recording software, as well as an
audio cable, mounting
screws and atapi cable.
The front panel is not particularly impressive, since
LG used the same typical panel available on most LG recorders. You
can see the "Super
Multi", "DVD+RW", "US-RW" and "DVD
Multi Recorder" logos. However, there is no DVD+R DL format logo.
On the rear panel you will find the analogue and digital audio outputs (SPDIF), the IDE selection pins, the IDE connector and the power input.
Opening the device's case will void the warranty, so we advise against it. Instead, use the photos in this review for a closer look under the hood. Clicking on the image below will reveal a high resolution image.
The main chipset is the same chipset that the GSA-4120B
model uses, coming from TDK
and and with part number R8J32005FP.
The following picture shows the laser lens assembly of the LG GSA-4160B.
By clicking on the picture, you can see a higher resolution image.
This laser len is identical to that of the LG GSA-4120B.
- Installation
The device was connected in our test PC and was identified as "HL-DT-ST
DVDRAM GSA-4160B" under WinXP.
In this review, we will be comparing the drive with the LiteON SOHW-1633S,
NEC ND-3500A and Pioneer DVR-108 since all drives have similar specifications.
We received the drive with firmware version A301. We then flashed the firmware to the latest release, version A302. All writing tests are made with firmware version A302, while some reading test are made with firmware version A301, since reading performance of the drive is the same for both versions.
Improvement points of this new firmware is the addition of Optodisc DVD+R 8X (OPTODISCOR8), InfoDisc DVD+R 8X (INFODISCR20), Must DVD-R 8X (MUST003), DVD+R 16X codes of Sony, TDK and Philips, and some minor improvement of +RW and -RW rewriting ability.
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Stevens Undergraduate Spencer English Interns In China
It is only his third semester at Stevens Institute of Technology, but all the way in China, Spencer English is gaining real-world engineering experience through Stevens comprehensive Cooperative Education program. Spencer's six-month internship took him to Tianjin, a large city about 70 miles from Beijing. There he works for Walbro Engine Management, the world's largest manufacturer of carburetors and a major manufacturer of ignition systems, fuel injection and air/fuel management components, and fuel storage and delivery components for engines.
A Mechanical Engineering major with a concentration in Product Design and Manufacturing, Spencer works in the Manufacturing Engineering Department of Walbro, aiding in the assembly process for creating a new part for motorcycles and scooters. Armed with 3D CAD knowledge received in his time at Stevens, Spencer was able to jump right into design with minimal training. He started out designing fixtures for the assembly and machining process and is now working on the assembly process itself. It is a complex process, he says, and one he is learning about in real time. "At first, I figured that I would just have to piece each step of the actual assembly together and the associated fixtures with them. But there's way more to it than that," he recalls. He had to account for manufacturing processes, manage the flow of parts and workers' assembly velocities, and even determine in what way parts will be shipped to Walbro. It has been quite a learning experience for Spencer. "The main thing I would get out of this is observe everything," he says. "Every step is accounted for, and each thing has a reason, even the smallest."
Dr. Frank Fisher, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, says Spencer's experience will teach him about more than just engineering: "Not only does Spencer have an opportunity to see how classroom concepts are applied in an industrial setting, but he has the chance to do so in the context of a global perspective. What a fantastic learning experience!"
Though he did not speak any Chinese at the beginning of his co-op internship, Spencer jumped at the chance to pursue his passion for product development abroad. "I'm not one to turn down an opportunity to work in a foreign country," he says. The culture and language gap took some adjustment, such as having to arrange for translators, but Spencer says he is adapting to the setting, learning the language, and making friends. "I was lucky and my supervisor is probably one of the nicest guys in the world," Spencer reports. "He invited me into his home and we became good friends. Now, I go to his house almost every day, we have Chinese lessons and dinner, and it's great."
Originally from Arizona, Spencer chose Stevens, The Innovation University™, because its engineering program offers a real-life application of math and science. The internship at Walbro has allowed him to follow his love of engines and vehicles, but Spencer maintains that he is fascinated by all aspects of design.
"I like to design anything," Spencer explains. "I particularly enjoy the challenge of making things work properly. There are so many variables to design that people never think about and there are so many options for how to design something. I love the challenge."
Spencer arrives back in the United States in December, and is already blueprinting life post-graduation. He plans to enroll in the armed forces and serve as an engineering officer, and afterward pursue an M.B.A. But before that he looks forward to learning a little more about Mechanical Engineering. "I can't wait to take ME 529 my senior year," he said: "Modern and Advanced Combustion Engines."


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2019 Cheoy Lee Expedition Series Motor Yacht
Call for Price
United States
- Description
- View Full Specifications
- Year:
- 2019
- Length:
- 90'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Twin / diesel
- Located In:
- United States
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 5784-2468457
- Call for Price
90' Serenity Series New Construction Available
Call the offices of Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Ft. Lauderdale at 954 527 0999.
Please contact Master User at (954) 527-0999
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
New Construction Available
Builder: Cheoy Lee
Designer: Tom Fexas
LOA: 90 ft 5 in
Beam: 21 ft 1 in
LWL: 76 ft 9 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 4 in
Displacement: 210000 lbs Full Load
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Caterpillar
Engine Model: C18 ACERT
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: Caterpillar
Engine Model: C18 ACERT
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Fresh Water Tanks: (1530 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (4850 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (265 Gallons)
Standard Equipment
- Molded fiberglass hull with resin infused deck, superstructure, bulkheads and cabin soles
- Integral fiberglass fuel, fresh water and holding tanks, with baffles and manholes
- Epoxy hull barrier with five-year structure and osmosis warranty
- Sunbrella upholstered Dryfast exterior seating
- Storage lockers/seating on foredeck
- Four watertight bulkheads
- KOHLER, 32 kW and 40 kW, 60 Hz
- BUELL twin trumpet air horn
- Fresh water anchor wash down
- Emergency lighting system operating from an independent power supply
- CENTEK air/water separator mufflers
- 230vAC reverse cycle chilled water air conditioning
- Manual/automatic fire extinguishing system with alarms, blower shut down and vent closure
- Demisters on air intakes
- REVERSO lube oil change system for engines, generators and gearboxes
- NAIAD model 302 series hydraulic roll stabilizers with 12 sq. ft. fins
- NAIAD 38 hp hydraulic bow thruster
- MATHERS MC2000-2 electronic engine controls
- STIDD helmsman's seat
- Twin MAXWELL VWC 4500 electric windlass, each with 45 fathoms 1/2" chain
- Two 210 lb. (95kg) galvanized steel high holding power anchors
- Two MAXWELL model VC 2200, 24vDC warping capstans on aft deck
- NAUTICAL STRUCTURES 2,200 lb. davit with standpipe and power rotation
- ACR 100 halogen 24vDC searchlight with dual station remote control
- Stainless steel propeller shafts
- Dynamically balanced propellers
- PYI packless shaft seals
- JABSCO emergency engine driven bilge pump system for engine room
- HEADHUNTER electric WC's for guest heads, fresh water flush
- HEADHUNTER Mach 5 AC water pump, and GROCO 24vAC 100 amp shore power system with 125 ft. cable
- Isolation transformer (25kVA) for shore power system
- LCD touch screen control/alarm/monitoring PLC with audible and visual signals
- Pilothouse defroster system
- 1200 gallon per day watermaker
- 60 sq. ft. copper SSB grounding grid built into the pilothouse overhead
- Security alarm on all doors and hatches
- HART Tank Tender gauges
Galley Appliances
- Electric hob
- Built-in oven unit
- Microwave oven with ventilation hood
- Refrigerator/freezer with ice dispenser
- Dishwasher
- Garbage disposal
- Trash compactor
Utility Space
- 27" MAYTAG washer and dryer
- Sundeck wet bar with U-LINE refrigerator/icemaker and double grill
- Walk-in pantry room with 12 cu. ft. freezer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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Advice for styling soft hair
I had a HT in May with Dr Path and am currently awaiting growth and hopefully some decent results but I would like some general advice please.
I have always had soft, fluffy hair that is hard to manage or style. Now it has never really bothered me until the last few years when alongside my hair loss the hair has taken to just growing straight out of my head (like grass as my girlfriend says) - so it makes my hair loss look even worse as it just sticks straight up on my head.
The only time my hair ever looks OK is after I have worn a cap for an hour or so and it has flattened down so it looks quite natural and obviously this also helps it look a lot more dense.
Is there some way of styling it like that - I know there are gels etc but they tend to separate the hairs dont they? I just want it to look quite natural and stay down and not sticking straight up.
Any advice would be really appreciated, my HT cost me a lot of time and money that I struggled to get and I would like to be able to get the full benefit of it if possible.
My hair has a tendency to stick up as well. The hairdryer is your friend! I use the hairdryer after applying Rogaine to flatten and shape it. I then use a pretty heavy product -- American Crew Military Grooming Cream and then hit it with the hairdryer again after that. Sometimes I'll use a little bit of hairspray too if I need to.
Thanks for the reply, does this help with it looking natural and quite flat too? I have never used a hairdryer, how long would it take to get hair looking OK from start to finish? 15 minutes?
I've had the same problem all my life. Long straight coarse (or fine where it is thining!) hair that can't be brushed into a style.
I find L'oreal 'out of bed' fibre cream gel works best.
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text: What do you get when you ask the question, What if Spider-Man had a daughter?" An excellent book, fit for readers of all ages! Following the antics and adventures of May "Mayday" Parker, this Spider-book has everything you could want in a comic--action, laughs, mystery and someone in a Spidey suit.


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In the 2008 presidential election campaign President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) pledged that he would deliver, during his first term, an economic growth rate of more than 6 percent, per capita income of US$30,000 and an unemployment rate of no more than 3 percent, in what became known as his "6-3-3" policy. He also promised during a televised debate that he would have no problem donating half of his salary if he failed to achieve this.
Well, it will soon be six months into the president's second term, and he still has not achieved that 6-3-3 goal. Another thing he has failed to do is honor the promise to donate half his salary.
There was no response from Ma to public criticism of his broken promise, but Premier Sean Chen (陳冲) said the president had told him that he already donates more than half his salary every year. The Presidential Office later qualified this by saying: "President Ma has been making donations for a long time now, and has donated a total of more than NT$75 million [US$2.6 million] to date."
Let us look at the first couple's finances to clear up the issue, and get the truth behind these supposed donations.
The first lady, Chow Mei-ching (周美青) is retired, and has long been known for her charitable work. She has no income, apart from the 13 percent preferential savings interest rate that she receives after having worked for a state-owned bank. Ma makes NT$470,600 a month. After living expenses, income tax, health insurance and government employees' insurance premiums, the couple still has a joint average income of about NT$480,000.
They seem to have an extraordinary aptitude for managing their finances, and it's a shame they cannot bring this formidable talent to bear on the country as a whole, because the nation's economy and finances are not in good shape.
Second, where exactly does the money Ma donates come from? In the past 30 years the couple have put two girls through school in the US and made donations worth NT$75 million. They also own five plots of land, four buildings, seven life insurance policies and have savings of more than NT$77 million. They really are living testaments to Taiwan's economic miracle.
No one doubts that Ma "has been making donations for a long time now, and has donated a total of more than NT$75 million" in that period. The question is whether the money came from Ma's personal wealth, or from the discretionary "state affairs fund" or from the special allowance fund for government chiefs.
Third, where exactly does the money Ma donates go? If it goes to disaster relief overseas or within Taiwan then great. However, if it goes to organizations that he set up himself, such as the New Taiwanese Cultural Foundation or the Dwen An Social Welfare Foundation, then it's nothing but a trick consisting of deftly moving money from one pocket to the next, helping himself while pretending to help others, and, as the saying goes, making sure the muck doesn't fertilize someone else's fields.
Finally, donating what amounts to more than half of one's salary does not equate to actually donating half of one's salary. State funds are to be used, not donated, unless the NT$40 million Ma receives annually from the state affairs fund should be counted as part of his salary. If, indeed, it is, then Ma's combined annual income tax return for the past four years should have been more than NT$46 million a year — rather than more than NT$6 million — for which he should have paid NT$16 million in taxes. If he had donated half of his salary every year, that would have meant donating NT$23 million or more. Do his tax receipts and donation records reflect this?


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I would write the email in the same way as a formal letter for something like this.
Student or Learner
What i need to do if i want to apply for a job through e-mail?
how can i write to the employer.
I would write the email in the same way as a formal letter for something like this.
OK can any one please help me in doing this I need ASAP ...
Post your letter on the forum and someone will make suggestions for improvements.
Please can someone give a look to this covering letter?
Through this mail I want to apply for a job with xxxx where I recognise the qualities I'm looking for.
I've become aware of your firm from University and I've found some interesting information on your website.
I think that I could fit with your Company Profile because of my graduate studies and my past varied experience, even in relevant works.
I would be glad to provide any further information you might need regarding my candidacy.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
I want to apply for a job with XXXX because I think the company would be a good fit for me.
I think I would fit in because my graduate studies trained me for that position, and because of my varied, relevant experience.


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OTTAWA — An influential lobby group says Ottawa needs to ditch the Indian Act and give First Nations more control over their land to end aboriginal poverty.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has close ties with the federal Conservatives, and its campaign to open up chiefs' books to the public was instrumental in recent legislation to publish salaries and benefits.
Now the group says the key to eliminating the cycle of poverty on reserves is for Ottawa to treat First Nations people like everyone else.
"For the sake of kids living in poverty on too many reserves, we don't need another decade with more social programs and tinkering," said Colin Craig, the group's Prairie director.
"We need a new approach, one that treats all Canadians the same and connects aboriginal people with jobs and opportunities."
That means Ottawa should get rid of legislation such as the Indian Act, parts of the Criminal Code that allow for reduced sentences, as well as arts grants for aboriginals — while respecting treaties and the Constitution, he said.
The federation also says band members should be able to own their homes, and develop, lease or sell their reserve land without Ottawa's permission.
The group is also proposing a pilot project that would see funding go directly to band members, and then have the band council tax some of it back to pay for services.
"Whatever the Harper government decides to move ahead with, it should first discuss the changes with grassroots taxpayers and grassroots people living on reserves," Craig said in a statement.
His proposals are bound to be controversial.
The federation made many enemies among First Nations leaders when it published a list of high salaries going to chiefs and pushed for legislative changes.
The Assembly of First Nations has also resisted some proposed changes to land and home ownership.
And while many chiefs say they want to get rid of the Indian Act, the assembly argues that it needs to be done methodically so that there is a better structure in place — based on treaty and aboriginal rights — by the time the old structure disappears.
Impatience among First Nations with the existing system is boiling over. Chiefs are squaring off against each other, aboriginal protesters are in the streets in growing numbers, and Wednesday is likely to bring demonstrations across the country.


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Is nitrate in stream water an indicator of forest ecosystem health in the Catskills", in M. S. Adams (ed.). Catskill Ecosystem Health, 2001, p. 23-30., "
Journal Article
A beech bark disease induced change in tree species composition influences forest floor acid–base chemistry", Canadian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 47, no. 7, p. 875 - 882, 2017., "
Carbon cycling along a gradient of beech bark disease impact in the Catskill Mountains, New York", Can. J. For. Res., vol. 38, p. 1267-1274, 2008., "
Control of nitrogen loss from forested watersheds by soil carbon:nitrogen ratio and tree species composition", Ecosystems, vol. 5, p. 712-718, 2002., "
Corrections to allometric equations and plant tissue chemistry for Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest", Ecology, vol. 75, p. 246-248, 1994., "
The distribution and severity of beech bark disease in the Catskill Mountains, NY", Can. J. For. Res., vol. 33, p. 1754-1760, 2003., "
Do nutrient limitation patterns shift from nitrogen toward phosphorus with increasing nitrogen deposition across the Northeastern United States?", Ecosystems, vol. 15, p. 940-957, 2012., "
Effects of Calcium on the Rate and Extent of Litter Decomposition in a Northern Hardwood Forest", Ecosystems, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 87 - 97, 2016., "
Effects of introduced insects and diseases on forest ecosystems in the Catskill Mountains of New York", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1298, p. 66-77, 2013., "
Effects of tree species and N additions on forest floor microbial communities and extracellular enzyme activities", Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 42, p. 2161-2173, 2010., "
Forest ecosystem responses to exotic pests and pathogens in eastern North America", BioScience, vol. 56, p. 395-405, 2006., "
From Missing Source to Missing Sink: Long-Term Changes in the Nitrogen Budget of a Northern Hardwood Forest", Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 47, no. 20, p. 11440 - 11448, 2013., "
The influence of tree species, nitrogen fertilization, and soil C to N ratio on gross soil nitrogen transformations", Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., vol. 73, p. 638-646, 2008., "
Lability of C in temperate forest soils: Assessing the role of nitrogen addition and tree species composition", Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 77, p. 129 - 140, 2014., "
Long-term changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by an introduced pest/pathogen complex", Ecosystems, vol. 13, p. 1188-1200, 2010., "
Long-term effects of pest-induced tree species change on carbon and nitrogen cycling in northeastern U.S. forests: A modeling analysis", Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 372, p. 269 - 290, 2016., "
Nitrogen addition increases carbon storage in soils, but not in trees, in an Eastern U.S. deciduous forest", Ecosystems, 2013., "
Nitrogen cycling in a northern hardwood forest: Do species matter?", Biogeochemistry, vol. 67, p. 289-308, 2004., "
The phosphorus status of northern hardwoods differs by species but is unaffected by nitrogen fertilization", Biogeochemistry, vol. 97, p. 159-181, 2010., "
Plant and soil natural abundance d15N: Indicators of relative rates of nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems", Oecologia, vol. 153, p. 399-406, 2007., "


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PHOENIX (AP) — An eight-day layoff didn't agree with Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood.
"It's going to be nice to get back on a normal routine and be back after five days," Wood said after allowing four runs in 5 2-3 innings in the Cubs' 10-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.
At the plate, Wood (6-7) singled and scored the Cubs' first run. On the mound, in a battle of All-Stars, he retired his first nine hitters but recorded only eight outs against the final 16 Diamondbacks he faced.
Martin Prado tied the game at 1 with a long home run into the left-field stands with one out in the fifth. Arizona tacked on three more in the sixth.
Adam Eaton led off with a single and scored when A.J. Pollock lined a hit-and-run double just inside the left-field line to make it 2-1. Wood walked Paul Goldschmidt and appeared on the verge of escaping further damage when Cody Ross grounded into a double play.
But Eric Chavez tripled just past the extended glove of a sprinting Junior Lake and off the left-field wall to drive in Pollock. Wil Nieves' RBI single gave Arizona a 4-1 lead.
"The first five (innings) looked pretty good," Wood said. "Unfortunately they kind of figured me out and were able to throw up three more."
Wood allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out two.
"I was feeling good all night," Wood said. "It just didn't turn out."
Cubs manager Dale Sveum was ejected by plate umpire Dana DeMuth for arguing balls and strikes after Cody Ransom was called out on strikes to end the top of the third.
"I didn't like the way he handled it, staring at Cody and following him," Sveum said. "It was over with. No need to keep staring at my player and baiting him."
Arizona starter Patrick Corbin (12-1) allowed one run, struck out six and walked three for the Diamondbacks, who won for the second time in five games since the All-Star break to remain a half-game behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
The Diamondbacks added three runs in the seventh on a two-run, two-out single by Chavez and an RBI single by Prado off Hector Rondon for a 7-1 cushion.
Nate Schierholtz came off the bench in the eighth to hit a two-run homer into the swimming pool area behind the right-center fence off David Hernandez for his third career pinch-hit homer. That pulled Chicago to 7-3.
Arizona put together its third straight three-run inning in the eighth on a two-run triple by Pollock and an RBI double by Goldschmidt, who had been intentionally walked the inning before.
Chavez and Pollock each finished with three RBIs.
Lake homered with one out in the ninth for the Cubs, his third hit of the game.
"He is playing as well as anybody can imagine," Sveum said. "He is one of those guys who looks like he likes his stuff and performs better at this level."
NOTES: Arizona is 18-2 when Corbin starts. … The Diamondbacks had totaled eight runs in their previous four games since the All-Star break. … Corbin and Wood were the ninth set of All-Star pitchers since 2000 to face each other in their first start after the break. … Lake finished 3 for 5 and is 12 for 22 with two homers, a double and four RBIs since he was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Friday. … Sveum has been ejected four times this season, including two of the Cubs' five games against the Diamondbacks. … RHP Jeff Samardzija (6-9) will renew his personal rivalry with the Diamondbacks against RHP Ian Kennedy (3-7) on Wednesday. Samardzija found himself in a shouting match with Arizona third base coach Matt Williams in June after nearly hitting Kennedy a couple of times with pitches. Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson had some harsh words for Samardzija, too.
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Perhaps one stage in the cycle of mourning is waking up at some point feeling, well, quite honestly, blank. It's that moment when all the house guests have left, the flowers begin to wilt and you awaken to the awkward, yet unavoidable, silence of moving forward in life without your beloved.
Perhaps one stage in the cycle of mourning is waking up at some point feeling, well, quite honestly, blank. It's that moment when all the house guests have left, the flowers begin to wilt and you awaken to the awkward, yet unavoidable, silence of moving forward in life without your beloved.
I compare that moment to the classic Florida Evans scene in the popular 1970s television series, "Good Times," when Flo drops a dish on the floor and bursts into tears after the funeral of her husband, James. Some delay it by staying busy, but it's the inevitable feeling when you stop and allow yourself to accept the hole left in your world by the loved one's absence. That moment came for me March 11 when, after a life well-lived, my last living grandparent, Gladys Anthony Arnett, went to be with her creator.
In spite of all of my ancestral research, I knew my mother's mother, Gladys, and her heritage the best because I lived it. I grew up hearing stories like those about her mother, great-granny Rosie Anthony, and the legacy of the Anthony women. Amazingly enough, after raising 10 of her own children, Gladys continued to open her heart to grand and great-grands who wandered in and out of her home and refrigerator. She modeled the fine art of balancing a career and motherhood. At home Gladys was always sewing, cooking, singing, praising and bossing, mostly at the same time.
Despite having a large number of children to care for, she managed to have a unique relationship with each one of us. I listened to my family members share memories this weekend. To me, "Nette," she was my "no-nonsense" and "no-excuse" granny. Among other lessons, I appreciate most that she taught me to be respectful to adults, sit up straight at the table and the lost art of folding handkerchiefs to put in my church purse. She reminded me frequently to "mind my words" and "don't but, but me." Her reminders were occasionally followed by a wooden reinforcement.
Yet she was also gentle enough to help her forgetful granddaughter to mastermind a plan to never forget her mittens by sewing an elastic band to them and stringing them through my coat. I kept losing them, and she worried that I couldn't focus in school with cold hands. She spent a number of late nights making skirts for church and helping me find that one shoe that I insisted on wearing but could never seem to put my finger on it when it was time to leave.
As a teenager, she was my seamstress extraordinaire. She did everything from sewing a tiny piece of lace across my kiddie cotillion gown, because I was self-conscious about the dip in front. And she later altered a thrift store debutante gown to make it look like new.
I loved the smile she gave when I took off my Carolina Blue graduation cap and placed it on her head and told her, "you earned this too granny!"
When I returned home as an adult, she would read my columns and always ask, "Well, what are you going to write about this week?" And quite honestly, if I ever brought dessert to dinner, it was more than likely her cooking, because she thought that I was too busy writing to bake. She froze batches of sweet potato pie fillings and would call me to come pick them up so that I could take them to my work dinners. I never bothered to tell her that I didn't have that many important dinner invites, so I just started eating the pies myself.
For the past few years, I had the privilege of spending evenings sitting next to her watching sports and listening to her stories. She would call me a "character," but quite honestly, she has been the topic of my writing for years. Someone who knew that I love history suggested that I start writing down her stories since she was my last living grandparent.
She was the most resilient living person who I had ever met, so how could I resist sharing her stories with others? Ironically, when she became ill, I stopped writing stories about her. Something was missing because she would not be able to read them any longer.
But Monday night, two days after her funeral, I sat at home alone staring at a blank page. As I began to recall my memories of my granny, I also began filling those blank pages, and I felt like I could hear her voice again. While her physical presence was absent, the words that began to fill the page were reminders of the impact that she had on the lives of those she nurtured. Through recording my memories of her, she will continue to still speak to me and remind me to "mind my words."
People often worry about what they leave behind for their heirs. I am thankful to inherit her life lessons and the legacy of those Anthony women. This week, I wanted to write about Gladys again and how she filled in the blanks for me and others. I just hope that she is still reading.
Antionette Kerr is a freelance writer. You can email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Highs in the upper 90s are predicted today along with strong winds. But unlike "wind chill," in the winter, Weather Service Meteorologist Benjamin Schott in Louisville says there is no "feels like" table when the temperature is high and the wind is strong.
Schott says it actually feels a bit cooler because the wind evaporates moisture from the skin. Schott says it is doubtful heat advisories will be issued today. He says they are usually issued when the temperature reaches 100-to-105 degrees.
By late morning, southerly wind gusts are predicted to reach 35
miles per hour. Boaters and drivers of high-profile vehicles are
cautioned. The wind could be more dangerous on east-west routes
such as Interstate 64 and the Martha Layne Collins-Bluegrass
A cold front will approach Kentucky from the northwest early
tomorrow and exit to the south and east tomorrow night.
Some strong to severe storms are predicted to develop along and
ahead of the front.
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Serious Remote FreeBSD Exploit Posted, Patched 7
Trailrunner7 writes "A researcher has published an explanation of a new flaw in FreeBSD that allows a remote attacker to take control of a vulnerable machine. The vulnerability could give an attacker root access to the FreeBSD machine, and the FreeBSD developers have published a patch for the flaw early Tuesday. The vulnerability lies in run-time link-editor and, if exploited, gives an attacker the ability to run arbitrary code. The researcher, Kingcope, has posted an explanation of the flaw on the Full Disclosure mailing list. In a message to FreeBSD users, Colin Percival, the project's security officer, said that because of the severity of the flaw and the fact that exploit code already is available, he felt it was necessary to post the patch as soon as possible, without even publishing a security advisory."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT sophomore Erin Meyer (Austin, Texas) has been named one of 20 rowers in the country invited to participate in the USRowing Women's National Team Freshman Camp. Hosted by the University of Washington in June, the camp is designed for women with elite potential who have only been rowing for one or two years. It is part of the identification and selection system for the United States national team.
Now in her second year in the sport, Meyer first began rowing as a walk-on athlete in the fall of 2010. Though she had not participated in any varsity sports in high school, she did train intensively in the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga. "From day one it was clear that she had real talent," recalls assistant coach Aaron Benson. "She was hands-down the best novice rower I've ever seen, and we've developed others in the past who eventually went on to national team selection. In terms of build, physiology, coordination, and mentality, Erin has the complete package."
Meyer earned a seat in the varsity eight her very first spring season, rowing in the six-seat throughout the 2011 campaign. Still in the six-seat of that same boat this season, Meyer has helped the crew achieve its strongest start in the program's history as a Division I sport at MIT. Off the water she is a mechanical engineering student with a 5.0 GPA.
Head coach Holly Metcalf notes, "In addition to her obvious natural ability, what I find so remarkable about Erin is her steadiness and coachability. She has a way of absorbing feedback and making changes while always maintaining a sense of calm. Somehow she is able to translate this to the whole boat and enable her teammates to do likewise, which is really an incredible gift. Of course she is a real boat mover individually, but her true strength lies in how she makes everyone rowing with her faster as well. Erin really does have what it takes to succeed at an elite level in this sport."


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The Widsom of Golf Quotes
To many, golf is just a game. To those who know it best, however, it is microcosm of life. At its essence, golf is an individual in pursuit of, over 9 or 18 holes, being the best he or she can be on that day. Golf encompasses many of the same decisions and dynamics we face in any given day: showing up, selecting the right tool for the task, balancing risk vs. reward, conduct with dignity and proper etiquette, playing fair, having fun and finishing no matter what challenges were faced. Because golf is in so many respects akin to life, quotes about the game often hold wisdom that can apply off the course as well. Here are ten of our favorite quotes about golf that also apply to every day life.
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies. - Bobby Jones
It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get. - Arnold Palmer
The most important shot in golf is the next one. - Ben Hogan
It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it. - Jack Nicklaus
Missing a short putt does not mean you have to hit your next drive out of bounds. - Henry Cotton
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott
One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot - the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something. - Peter Jacobsen
Golf is about how well you accept, respond to, and score with your misses much more so than it is a game of your perfect shots. - Dr Bob Rotella
Forget your opponents; always play against par.- Sam Snead
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. - Ben Hogan


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Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider Artisan Infrastructure, together with Arrow Electronics, this week is unveiling a cloud-based data protection offering for NetApp customers.
The service, which will be available to solution providers via Arrow's ArrowSphere cloud services marketplace, is targeted primarily at hardware-focused solution providers that have yet to develop a strong cloud storage business, said John Austin, cloud services practice manager at Arrow, Englewood, Colo.
"These are the partners who are struggling for the most part to figure out how to get into the cloud and subscription business," Austin said. "We want to help them keep their on-premise sales while increasing their cloud and online business."
[Related: NetApp Data Ontap Virtual Storage Appliance To Be Available On Verizon Cloud]
Artisan, which provides IaaS through the channel only, is working with Arrow and NetApp to level the playing field between solution providers and large cloud services providers, said Brian Hierholzer, CEO of Austin, Texas-based Artisan.
"We help VARs compete with the Hewlett-Packards and the Rackspaces," Hierholzer said. "We are working with Arrow to help VARs stay viable as customers move to cloud services."
Solution providers partnering with NetApp and Arrow can now leverage Artisan's cloud storage to provide customers with data protection via the same NetApp tools they already use, Hierholzer said.
"We offer a hybrid service," he said. "Customers' on-premise NetApp Filers can be mirrored using the same native NetApp tools like SnapMirror, which storage administrators are already using.
"We provide full control, security and visibility of the cloud Filers," he said. "We even provide a command line interface. It's the same as if customers have another box sitting on-premise. If you talk to NetApp administrators, they'll say they prefer to use NetApp tools."
The Artisan-Arrow partnership helps customers who do not have the resources or who need to build their own remote data protection infrastructures, said Douglas Potter, NetApp-focused national sales engineer at Insight Enterprises, a Tempe, Ariz.-based solution provider and NetApp and Arrow partner.
NEXT: How NetApp, Arrow And Artisan Infrastructure Work Together


text: AccuScore uses past performance statistics to describe how players perform under different environmental, matchup, and game-situation conditions. Using projected starting lineups AccuScore simulates each game of the season one play at a time. By repeating the simulation 10,000 to 20,000 times per game AccuScore calculates the precise probability teams have of winning each game, winning their division, making the playoffs, advancing in the playoffs and winning the Finals.


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By Brendan Conway
Market check: The iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund (EWI) has slumped 3.3% in premarket trading as investors react to news of Prime Minister Mario Monti's departure. Losing three percent would be a big move in U.S. markets, but buyers of Italian stocks have gotten used to this kind of volatility. "If there is one certainty in Italian politics, it's uncertainty," writes Peter Boockvar of Miller Tabak this morning. "As the US has had just 12 President's since WWII, Italy has had 26 different PM's. The difference now though of course is the fragile state of the country's finances where consistent policy is most desired."
Fund watch: Fidelity Investments asked regulators' permission to launch actively managed ETFs, paving the way for a latecoming mutual-fund giant to join the party in exchange-traded funds. Much as the market for generic index-tracking funds seems saturated, there's still no major fund company offering stock picking in an ETF wrapper. They've been scared off by ETFs' daily portfolio disclosure requirements and by the prospect of cannibalizing existing mutual-fund business. Could Fidelity change that? It's the path that Barron's writer Mike Hogan said back in January was the firm's likeliest path to ETF success. Read the filing here.
In the news: Hedge-fund SAC Capital Advisors LP, run by Steven A. Cohen, is under mounting scrutiny in connection with U.S. officials' probe of its trading in InterMune (ITMN) and Weight Watchers International Inc. (WTW), report Saijel Kishan & Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News.
In case you missed it: Regulators thaw a bit on their opposition to funds' use of derivatives. — Brendan Conway, Barrons.com


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Local Wildlife Trusts' are celebrating the excellent work of ten trainees who are due to complete their one-year work programme at the end of this month.
The trainees were taken on as part of the Skills for Wildlife programme, which has been run across Yorkshire, Sheffield and Derbyshire Wildlife Trusts and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The programme enabled ten young people, aged between 16 and 25, to gain a work-based diploma in environmental conservation and on-the-job experience of countryside management.
Talking about the traineeship, student Elysha Priest said: "The traineeship has given us a unique opportunity to develop and enhance our skills and knowledge, providing us with the chance to gain new training and experiences which will hopefully allow us to progress in a career within the countryside sector. I think I can speak on behalf of the group when I say that we have all thoroughly enjoyed the traineeship and loved being able to be a part of such a pioneering organisation, especially having had the chance to visit extraordinary locations and seeing the fantastic wildlife they have to offer."
The students' hard work was recognised by the Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones, who visited them at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve in Doncaster, where they have been based during the year-long project. The students led her on a guided walk of the site during the afternoon and answered all her questions about the traineeship.
Lewis Wright, another student from the Skills for Wildlife scheme said about the event: "The celebration event was a great chance for us to show off the skills we have gained whilst with The Wildlife Trust."
On-the-job work that the trainees have undertaken includes the construction of a pond dipping platform at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, training in the traditional art of hedgelaying and putting that into practice across various nature reserves in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, in addition to various other countryside management practices.
The Skills for Wildlife traineeship has been hosted by The Wildlife Trusts over the past three years and this is the third cohort of students to complete the programme, which will hopefully see more young people go into employment in the environment sector.
The traineeship has proven to be an excellent scheme for young people leaving school or higher education, providing them with opportunities to gain both practical experience and qualifications.
For more information about the traineeship see www.ywt.org.uk/blog/skillsforwildlife.


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Surfer dude and occasional thief Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) takes a baseball bat to the head of the menacing Lou Harris (Vinnie Jones), a foreman on a Hawaii construction site run by corrupt millionaire Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinise). The police and Ritchie's right-hand man, Bob Rogers Jr. (Charlie Sheen), all tell Jack they want him off the island as soon as he's out of jail. A local judge, Walter Crewes (Morgan Freeman), has different ideas. He seems to take a liking to Jack and offers him a job as a handyman at a small resort of beachfront bungalows he owns. Ritchie has been cheating on his wife with a much younger mistress, the sexy Nancy Hayes (Sara Foster), who catches Jack's eye. The judge warns him that she likes "the criminal type" and can't be trusted. Together they break into houses for fun and profit, then come up with a scheme to steal $200,000 from Ritchie. Harris and Rogers both come looking to get even with Jack. And it turns out that Nancy is not the only one he can't trust.
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Mount Kailash ( Tibetan: Kang Rinpoche) is a sacred mountain in the far west of Tibet.
This Mountain is considered holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. In ancient texts, it is referred to as the center of the world. The reason can be understood from the geographical significance of it's place: within 30 miles radius, are the sources of mighty rivers Indus (north called "Sindhu" in India), Sutlej (in west), Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsang-po in east), and Karnali (largest tributary to the Ganges in south).
Hindus regard the peak as Shiva's symbolic 'Lingam'and worship Mt Kailash, which is the Sanskrit name for the mountain. Bonpos believe the sacred mountain to be the place where the founder of the Bon religion landed when he descended from the sky. Tibetan Buddhists believe Kang Rinpoche, which means Precious Snow Mountain, is a natural mandala representing the Buddhist cosmology on the earth and the Jains believe this is the place where their religion's founder was spiritually awakened.
Flora and fauna
It is generally cool during nights and warm during days at Mt. Kailash.
Summers (May to August) are very pleasant with moderate climate, with average around 15°C. Summers is ideal for all outdoor activities, temple visit, dip in holy waters and also for visiting nearby attractions. A grand religious festival Saga Dawa Festival is usually held at Mt. Kailash around May and June each year.
Monsoons (September to November) are accompanied with little rain falls and also temperature drops down to 10°C.
Winters (December to April) are chilly days with average minimum touching near 5°C. Minimum can touch sub zero levels to -15°C. Snow falls often during winters. The best season to visit Kailash Mansarovar is from May to November.
May to November offers cool and pleasant climate and the right period to spend meditation and also good for visiting temples in and around. December to April is snow bound and chilly. Tourists typically keep off chilly snow bound days in winters.
Get in
There are only four land routes to reach Mt. Kailash.
The entry point for Mt. Kailash is Darchen. Located right in front of Mt Kailash, this is the starting point for pilgrims going on the Khora.
Y50 per person no matter how many times they circumambulate the mountain on one visit. Porters or yaks will cost about Y65 per day.
Apart from the Entry Permit for Tibet, which is issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau, for the trip to Mt.Kailash, the visitors need other 3 permits, Alien's travel Permit and Foreign affairs permit, military area entry permission, which are issued by different part of government. For all the permits, local travel agency will apply for it at a time on behalf of tourists.
Get around
The main attraction of the mountain is the pilgrimage circuit around the mountain. It normally takes 3 days and should only be undertaken by the well-prepared and fit.
The peak of the Mt. Kailash is always enveloped by white clouds. Therefore the locals think if someone can clearly view the peak, he or she will be very lucky. For hundreds of years, Mt. Kailash has been an alluring mountain to pilgrims and explorers. However no one has reached its top until now.
Along the trekking route, there are local restaurants and guesthouse at the stop of everyday. Now tourists do not need to prepare their own food and tents.
Stay safe
Weather conditions can change rapidly here and you should be prepared for the worst.
It's unlikely you will have problems with the altitude other than shortness of breath, and less energy than you are used to as you will have been at altitude for quite some time just to get here, however altitude sickness is unpredictable, and you should always keep your plans flexible enough to give your self a rest day if needed.


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Re: Do you believe in God or evolution?
Yes they can, but they are also easily interpreted as history. I haven't heard a theory that works evolution into Genesis yet. The Gap Theory and the Day-Age Theory have been proved unreasonable, and if they're just symbols, then what do they mean?
As in what does the book of Genesis mean if its a symbol?
I suppose some examples are as followed:
-Well, presumably that God created everything. (Creation)
-Humans were put on this Earth to be caretakers of it. (Creation)
-Humans are prone to temptation and sin. (Adam and Eve)
-If God is displeased with you, don't take it out on those he is pleased with./If things aren't going your way, don't take it out on those for which it is. (Cain and Abel)
-With God's help anyone can overcome anything (Noah's ark)
-God's promises are fulfilled (Noah's ark/Abraham)
-Rape is wrong (Sodom and Gomorrah)
-Tests will come, they will be harsh, don't lose faith. (Abraham and Isaac)
But then again, interpreting a book as a symbol can lead to ignoring parts and one always has to worry as to whether they are ignoring important parts or ignoring parts that were meant to be ignored. That's probably the biggest problem with taking it as symbolism.


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Board of Directors
The Red & White Club Board of Directors is a group of passionate alumni who are deeply invested in impacting the lives of Miami student-athletes. The current Board is a mix of former student-athletes, former staff, current staff, and Miami fans who advise the Red & White Club Office on a regular basis. The Red & White Club Board is a diverse group of individuals with many professions, and from all over the country. The Board meets in Oxford at least twice a year, and is committed to regular contact with the Red & White Club Office.
|Red and White Club Board of Directors
|John Strawser '86
Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Red & White Club Board President
|Ben Huffman '01
Mason, Ohio
Red & White Club Board Vice President
|Jae Eson '79
Harrison, Ohio
Red & White Club Board Secretary
|Brent Bader '81
Oxford, Ohio
|Wendy Chambers '85
St. Louis, Mo.
Former Volleyball Student-Athlete
|Renee DeGraff '84
Springboro, Ohio
Former Volleyball and Softball Student-Athlete
|Tim Goist '86
Atlanta, Ga.
|Sandy Hart `82
Cincinnati, Ohio
Former Volleyball Student-Athlete
Miami Athletic Hall of Fame
|Terry Hunt '62
Oxford, OH
|Laura Janssen '87
Winnetka, IL
Former Softball Student-Athlete
|Cassie Kim '92
San Francisco, Calif.
|Scott Phillipps `90
Beech Bluff, Tenn.
Former Wrestling Student-Athlete
|Tom Schmitt `88
Dayton, Ohio
Former Football Student-Athlete
|David Shrider '92
Oxford, Ohio
|Tom Walsh '83
Cincinnati, Ohio
For more information about the Red & White Club, or if you're interested in other ways of providing support for Miami student-athletes, please contact the Athletic Development Office at (513) 529-8097 or email us at email@example.com.


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It appears the new Official OS Release is due out this Friday, also known as May Day. Apparently Verizonwireless will start sending notifications Thursday evening April 30th and continue through the end of May via Wireless Upgrade Notification. If you are out of range dont worry, you will be notified again. I havent had any definite conformation on which OS we will be receiving,however we can only hope it is the latest and greatest. As you all have read in the past these release dates have come and gone. Hopefully VZW will come through on this one.
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