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A runway end safety area (RESA) is a clear graded area at the end of a runway intended to reduce the risk of damage to an aircraft which overruns the runway. ICAO Annex 14, Aerodrome Design and Operations, prescribes a standard international RESA of 90 metres for runways coded 3 or 4 from the end of the runway strip and recommends a RESA of 240 metres where practicable.
When the standard RESA was introduced in Annex 14, Canada determined that it was impractical to comply with this standard and filed with ICAO a "Difference" stating:
"Canada does not provide runway end safety areas …"
That position reflected Transport Canada's concern that the geography of many Canadian airports would not practically permit an extension of at least 90 metres at each end.
The "Difference" has been the subject of growing criticism by the Canadian Transportation Safety Board ("TSB). In its report on the 2005 Air France A340 overrun at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport, the TSB noted that although the GTAA had established a de facto RESA of 90 metres at the end of the affected runway 24L, it was followed immediately by a ravine. The TSB recommended that:
"The Department of Transport require all code 4 runways to have a 300m runway end safety area or a means of stopping aircraft that provides an equivalent level of safety."
In its report on the overrun of a Boeing 727 at Moncton Airport in March 2010, the TSB was more strident commenting:
"The Board has identified safety areas beyond the runway's end as a key measure against damage and injuries resulting from overruns. Despite this, Transport Canada has still not changed its policy…"
We expect that the TSB's final reports on two recent overruns at Ottawa International Airport will include still more forceful recommendations that Transport Canada adopt a standard 300m RESA.
In March of 2010, the TSB launched a "watch list" of transportation safety issues, which it believed posed the greatest risk to Canadians. On that list, it included:
"Landing accidents and runway overruns continue to occur at Canadian airports."
ICAO statistics indicate that from 2000 to 2010, there has been an average of 32 overrun events per year. According to Transport Canada, the Canadian statistic is three to four times this world average. Leaving aside the issue of whether these statistics include "veer offs" as well as runway end overruns, they have been sufficient to force Transport Canada to reconsider its position. A recent statement by Transport Canada indicates that the only other ICAO members which do not provide runway end safety areas are Greece, Russia and Uzbekistan.
In 2010, as a part of the CARAC process, Transport Canada issued a notice of proposed amendment, which would require all code 4 runways to have a RESA of at least 90 metres from the end of the runway strip.
This proposal has encountered strong opposition from the Northern Air Transport Association ("NATA"), which argues the unsuitability of the proposed RESA regulations for northern airports. NATA argues that the cost of building RESAs at some northern airports would be prohibitive, resulting in a reduction of air services to communities already receiving limited service. NATA points out that aircraft using many northern airports land at speeds far below those of larger aircraft operating in the south. In the north, where many runways have gravel surfaces, NATA urges that the priority for limited capital expenditures should be the paving of existing runways, not the construction of new RESAs.
Transport Canada has now assigned the proposed review of RESAs to an independent risk assessment group, which will try to determine a reasonable length for a standard RESA in Canada and will consider whether flexibility can be introduced to any regulation to permit the application of different standards to different regions within the country.
While the statistical frequency of aircraft runway overruns deserves attention, runway length may arguably be the least obvious and most expensive corrective measure. By far, the largest number of these events occur in circumstances, like the Air France case, where the aircraft approaches the runway in rain, crosses the threshold high and lands far beyond the landing zone at speeds in excess of recommended procedures. Runways may never be long enough to contain such landings.


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I've got an issue where the tertiary level navigation randomly dissappears on a publishing SharePoint 2010 site. I can reproduce the dissappearance by recycling the app pool or flushing the object cache. It seems like it is a caching issue as the navigation providers do use caching for performance. Once the menu dissappears, I can get it back by simply going to the navigation settings for the SPWeb and changing the order of the nodes. This seems to invalidate the cache and the menu appears again.
Below is a snippet of the portalsitemapdatasource and aspmenu elements.
<publishingnavigation:portalsitemapdatasource id="mapThirdLevelNavigation" runat="server"
sitemapprovider="CurrentNavigation" enableviewstate="false" startfromcurrentnode="true"
startingnodeoffset="1" showstartingnode="false" TreatStartingNodeAsCurrent="False" />
<sharepoint:aspmenu id="mnuBottomNavigation" runat="server" datasourceid="mapTopNavigation"
enableviewstate="false" accesskey="<%$Resources:wss,navigation_accesskey%>"
orientation="Horizontal" maximumdynamicdisplaylevels="0" dynamichorizontaloffset="0"
staticpopoutimagetextformatstring="" skiplinktext="" staticsubmenuindent="0"
cssclass="bottom-topNavContainer" />
Google hasn't been very helpful so any assistance provided is very much appreciated.
Edit: Just noticed that I didn't need to change the order of the nodes for the menu items to reappear, just loading the _layouts/AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page for the SPWeb object does the trick. It's looking even more like a cache issue.

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[Content Note: Racism, misogyny, harassment, bullying, silencing, gaslighting.]
Last week I attended the Forging Justice conference in Detroit, which was jointly sponsored by National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) and HAVEN, a domestic violence and sexual assault agency in Oakland County, Michigan.
I was initially confused to be invited to a conference that was also called "38th National Conference on Men & Masculinities" since my activist and professional work have always centered on women, but I accepted the invitation to participate in the opening plenary on intersectionality and feminism after finding out that HAVEN handled the bulk of programming, while NOMAS took care of the bulk of fundraising. It helped that one of my friends knew Cristy Cardinal, who was HAVEN's conference programming chair. The other panelists for the opening plenary were Kristie Dotson of Michigan State University and Jessica Luther of Flyover Feminism.
I started my presentation by quoting Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarashina: "Fuck that word 'intersectionality,' but, you know, be it." I felt that this quote was very apt for this panel, because "intersectionality" has become a fancy buzzword among rather privileged academic feminists and others, eclipsing the fact that intersectionality is and has always been a lived reality of many people who struggle against multiple oppressions whether or not they use or even know the term.
My presentation, which along with other highlights from the conference is now available on HAVEN's Ustream channel, focused on how the mainstream anti-trafficking discourse promotes further surveillance and criminalization of already marginalized communities as the primary and often only solution to the problem of violence and exploitation experienced by youth and adults in the sex trade. I argued how such an approach ignores realities of people who are actually in the sex trade (due to any combination of choice, circumstances, or coercion), and harm the very people they are intended to help. At minimum, I believe, an intersectional analysis would require us to start from the acknowledgement that the state is a problematic institution, a source of violence against women of color and many others, that cannot be intrinsically relied on.
After the panel was over, Cristy from HAVEN came up to me and told me something shocking: minutes if not seconds before the panel was to begin, two white male co-chairs of NOMAS told her that the live-streaming of the panel would be turned off for my presentation after two other panelists spoke. She also told me that the men had indicated that, depending on what I say, they were prepared to step in and interrupt my presentation on the spot. Cristy said, "I'm sorry. I want to be transparent about what happened and accountable to you as a white feminist and a host of the conference. I wish I could do something different, but we didn't even have the time to have a discussion about this." Meanwhile on Twitter, people watching the live-streaming were confused as to what had just happened, because the streaming was abruptly terminated without any explanation.
News of what happened had spread by the next morning, and most of the women participating in the conference (and at least one man, the youngest and newest national council member of NOMAS) were furious about the censorship and threat. We were told that NOMAS would hold a "listening session" to hear community voices about the incident after the evening panel by the members of NOMAS national council. "They don't seem to think there was anything wrong with the decision," I was told by some of the women who spoke with the NOMAS leadership. "I don't know if you want to be there or say anything, but let us know how we can support you."
I did go to the panel, as did seven or eight women who showed up in solidarity. The panel of NOMAS national council members went on for almost two hours, each of them congratulating how they are so grateful for such a wonderful and supportive pro-feminist men's community that holds itself and other men accountable, while the women sat there quietly waiting for our chance to actually hold them accountable.
The last speaker was NOMAS co-founder Robert Brannon, who currently heads Pornography, Prostitution and Trafficking task group of NOMAS. During his speech about the harms of pornography and prostitution on women and children, he angrily began ranting about me--not using my name, but clearly referring to me and my writings, which I was distributing at the conference:
I deeply regret that at this conference, printed materials have been distributed stating that this average entry age of fourteen is just a "myth," and also stating that pimps are not controlling abusers, but friends, mentors, partners, and protectors. As a social scientist well-versed in both survey and experimental methodology, who has read empirical studies in details, I can assure you that the early entry age of fourteen is no myth at all.Contrary to what Brannon said, responsible social scientists understand that "good estimates are hard to find, and good data are harder yet" in areas such as this, though the average age of 12-14 (as anti-prostitution activists often claim) is almost certainly "statistically impossible." And Brannon clearly distorted my argument when he claimed that I consider pimps "friends, mentors, partners, and protectors": what I have actually written was that friends and others close to people who trade sex are often targeted by the law enforcement as "pimps," leading to further isolation, which of course make us more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
Worst of all, Brannon and other members of NOMAS did not bother to ask any questions at my presentation, or approach me privately to discuss their concerns or disagreements; they just censored my presentation, threatened to interrupt and shut it down, and talked disparagingly about me, not with me, as if I did not belong in the feminist conversations over issues that directly affect me and my community.
After Brannon finished his talk, NOMAS national co-chair Moshe Rozdzial concluded the panel:
...No conference on issues of oppression is without bumps. Anytime you have an intersection, there is a possibility of accidents and mistakes. There have been few issues and concerns that have been brought to our attention and we want to address those... So, um, we would like to invite anybody who would like to communicate with us and process with us any concerns to join us immediately after this panel to do so. Otherwise, we'll see you at the evening program tonight.With this, several NOMAS council members stood up and began walking toward the door, as did some of the men in the audience, but women started shouting at the panel, questioning what happened to the "listening session." Still, NOMAS chairs continued to feign ignorance: "Um, sure, some folks have walked out already, but if you've got some questions or discussion points, sure, I'd love to do that now." NOMAS panel did not even acknowledge what the issue was until Jessica Luther finally screamed, "WHY DID YOU CENSOR EMI???" despite the fact we had all waited in our seats for two hours for an opportunity to address the problem, as we had been promised.
Finally confronted by a group of women, Rozdzial gave this explanation:
So I just want to give a little history right now. We have never streamed any of our sessions before, ever. All of our conferences are in-house. Everything we do is essentially under our vetting and our approval. So we have no history of what happens to our materials that go out of our sessions, our conferences, and what that would look like in the world. We have a certain analysis, feminist analysis you have heard today, and so we became concerned that there was information that was possibly going to give very different analysis to what we believe in that may be harmful. [...]Where do we even start? Rozdzial seems to think that he and other men of NOMAS get to define what feminism is, and censor women--in this instance, a survivor and a woman of color with first-hand experiences in the sex trade--because, apparently, women who disagree with NOMAS are not feminists. He also fabricates mutuality and consent where none existed, like any rapist who is confronted about violating another person without their consent, while blaming Cristy in the process.
So do you want to know exactly how the situation happened? Allen [Corben] and I, as co-chairs of NOMAS, when we saw the materials that disturbed not just us, but other people came to us about it, we went to Cristy who told us that Emi was concerned about having her information be livecast. So it was kind of like mutual place where we can, if Emi was concerned about being livecast, and we have concerns about it being livecast, we asked Cristy to not broadcast this.
Jessica, Melissa McEwan of Shakesville, and other fierce women kept pushing NOMAS leadership on and on until NOMAS co-chairs (but not Brannon) were forced to apologize for how their actions were harmful not just to me, but to other women who still had to present at the conference knowing that they could be targeted the same way, as well as to women of HAVEN who had worked hard to put on this conference without receiving the respect and deference they deserved.
After the panel, Rozdzial and Corben came over to personally apologize to me. But when I heard them say "We are sorry about what happened; we should have thought about how it makes us look bad," indicating that they were more concerned about damages to the credibility of their organization than about the pain and suffering they caused to me and other women participating in the conference, I did not want to talk to them any more. So I asked for their business cards, and promised to get in touch at a later date.
Meanwhile, Brannon, clearly angry from all the women challenging him and his colleagues, rushed toward the only other (as far as I know) woman of color in the room, activist Lauren Chief Elk of Save Wįyąbi Project, who had given a wonderful keynote speech in the morning. Standing extremely close to her with his hands raised, violating her personal space, he kept telling her that she was wrong to criticize racism within first-wave feminism and suggesting that he knew more about her people and culture than she did because he has read history books, much the same way he acted as if his "social science" background made him an expert about sex trade over someone who has actual lived experiences in it.
When those of us still in the room realized Brannon's menacing behavior toward Lauren, we stepped in and had him escorted out of the room. Jessica and Melissa demanded that Brannon not be allowed to return to the conference, to which a national council member of NOMAS replied, "I can make that happen."
Yet on the final day of the three-day conference, Brannon showed up at the conference, and was promptly escorted back to his room by NOMAS members upon HAVEN's request. Cristy, sitting at the registration table across from the main elevator, promised to keep a close eye on the elevator so that he wouldn't be able to come to the conference again (the entire conference was held in a small area on the basement level of the hotel).
But of course he came yet another time, after being escorted out twice by other men of NOMAS. I first noticed Brannon walking out of the big room that was set up for massages and other healing practices. The room had doors at each end of the room, which allowed someone to bypass the area monitored by Cristy and other women at the registration desk. He walked directly toward me, and began speaking to me, smirking, "so it looks like I caused some trouble." "CRISTY!!!" I screamed for help. Cristy and others rushed over, and NOMAS members once again ejected him.
As a survivor, I experience triggers frequently. I know that, most of the time, I feel scared about the situation or people because of something that has happened in the past, and that there usually is not an actual danger to myself. So for the last two days, despite the fact I felt scared and could not stop feeling shaky or sleep for more than two or three hours each night, I kept trying to tell myself that nobody was going to actually harm me.
After the third time Brannon violated boundaries of women like me, Lauren, and others, however, I was no longer certain that my scared feelings were just feelings: women know that someone that angry and out of control is capable of doing the unthinkable. So I decided to pack up and leave the conference hours before I had originally planned to do so. I had a NOMAS volunteer escort me for my safety until the hotel shuttle came to pick me up—I've been to many conferences where my opinions were not necessarily popular, but this was the first time I required a bodyguard.
To be honest, I never expected this conference to be that great. I have had enough unpleasant interactions with "feminist men" in the past, especially cis white men (which NOMAS mostly, although not exclusively, is), and never trusted them as a group. But I did not expect my experience at the conference to be this horrible: is this really what feminist and pro-feminist men do in the name of feminism? But once I disregarded their self-identification as feminists or pro-feminists, all the irony was lost: they are just bunch of racist, sexist, white men.
On the other hand, I met many wonderful women who truly had my back. We recognized racism, misogyny, and manipulative, controlling, or gaslighting/crazymaking behaviors for what they were, and understood that it was not just an attack on me, or on Lauren, but an attack on all of us as well as on the entire movement. I am truly grateful for how Cristy and other members of HAVEN brought together so many wonderful women to present, and stood up with us.
After leaving the conference earlier than I had planned, I took Amtrak to Chicago to attend the closing ceremony of Young Women's Empowerment Project (YWEP), a grass-roots peer-led organization by and for girls and young women (mostly women of color, with a substantial proportion of trans women of color among them) in the street economies, particularly in the sex trade. The organization had announced its closure earlier this year after twelve years of empowering street youth, under an increasingly hostile environment that reduced its ability to raise funds and to support youth being targeted by the mainstream anti-trafficking policies that rely on surveillance and criminalization.
For me, this past week has been such an emotional roller-coaster: I went through fear from being targeted, silenced, and menaced by white male "feminist allies" of NOMAS, excitement at finding solidarity with other wonderful women at the conference, absolute sense of acceptance and community with YWEP members and its adult allies, and deep and overwhelming sadness that set in as I reflected on the demise of a community that had been, for the past twelve years, the only family that many street youth ever had.
I believe that the two events I witnessed are related, not just in the sense men like Brannon supports policies that lead to further targeting of YWEP youth. The link is that men who view themselves as feminists or pro-feminists but treat women in controlling, manipulative, and paternalistic ways are just like many "anti-trafficking" activists that want to "rescue" youth in the sex trade by arresting them and institutionalizing them involuntarily. It almost seems that they want to regard the targets of their "rescue"--be it abused women or street youth or whatever--to be voiceless, so that they can speak over us; they want to infantilize us as innocent and incapacitated or brainwashed victims so that they can ignore our autonomy.
I am home now, and Brannon and others cannot hurt me anymore. But I don't know where the YWEP youth will go to now, and worry that they will experience more violence and exploitation in part because of the policies that he and other anti-prostitution activists promote. Brannon, whose pattern of abusive behaviors have been documented since at least 1992, continues to serve not just as the Pornography, Prostitution and Trafficking task group leader of NOMAS, but also as a co-chair of National Organization for Women, New York State chapter's Task Force on Trafficking, Pornography and Prostitution.
I am beyond furious that people who claim to be allies to women and to people in the sex trade continue to act this way, or implicitly endorse them by passively tolerating others who act this way. Like "intersectionality," "accountability" should not be just a buzzword people utter for brownie points: indeed, fuck that word "accountability," but, you know, be it.
(Please read the list of demands to NOMAS that women who attended Forging Justice came up with, and support our effort. Please also support Young Women's Empowerment Project raise money to help its youth leadership move on to next chapters of their lives.)
Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice activist and writer synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. She puts "emi" back in feminism at www.eminism.org.


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Robin Williams (right) competed for Team GB in the 5-a-side (blind) football tournament at London 2012
Robin Williams reports on Paralympic experience
This summer current University of Exeter student Robin William (PhD. Statistics) competed for Team GB in the bind five-a-side football event at the 2012 Paralympic games. Robin reports on his rollercoaster experience at the 'Greatest show on Earth'.
"I competed in the London Paralympics as a member of the GB 5-a-side (blind) football team. After two years of dedication to the sport, training both here in Exeter where three Team GB members are based, and travelling to GB squad training on a frequent basis, my selection for the Paralympics was confirmed in April. We had targeted a medal for the games, an ambitious target given that we were yet to win a major trophy and came third in the European Championships last year. However, we felt there was enough potential in the team to realise this ambition, and it would be a matter of whether that potential could be harnessed in time for London.
After drawing our first game with Spain in a fairly disappointing performance (not least from myself), we took a point from Argentina for the first time in the sixteen years that international blind football has existed. The Argentina game was my best performance in the group stage; I got some joy running at them without ever really threatening the goal. These results meant that we had to win our next game against Iran by two clear goals to make the semi-finals. Sadly we played as though this was the case, the first half was a very nervy affair, we conceded several fouls and Iran capitalised, scoring from a long penalty. We dominated the second half, hitting the woodwork twice and forcing an outstanding performance from the Iranian keeper, but sadly couldn't find the net. In a cruel twist of fate, having been a game away from a shot at a medal, we found ourselves playing the 2008 silver medallists China in a match for the minor placings. China themselves were expected to make the semi-finals, and after an exciting 1-1 draw (probably our best team performance) we lost on penalties - as you can only expect from a GB team! In the 7-8 place play offs we beat Turkey convincingly 2-0, in a match where I enjoyed my best performance.
Brazil were worthy tournament winners, their number 10, Ricardo Steinmetz Alves is probably the best player in the world and lit up the final with a fantastic display. He is certainly something for me to aspire to.
I left the Paralympics with mixed feelings over my personal performance. I had played some of my best and worst football throughout the tournament, an inconsistency that I feel is a result of being fairly new to the game. Playing it international level was also a real challenge. There is a domestic league in this country, but the step up to international level is so large that it's almost like playing a different sport. I have a lot to work on, not least my game awareness, speed of thought, and of course the constant drive to improve skill.
Our support throughout the games was superb; the 3,500 River Bank Stadium was full for all of our group games, and nearing capacity for the 7th place playoff. All our games were shown live on the Channel4 network, I believe three were shown on Channel4 itself with the others on a temporary Sky channel. London 2012 has raised the profile of the blind 5-a-side football no end, hopefully we will reap the rewards of this by encouraging young players for future.
Stepping outside of our football bubble, it was a fantastic privilege to be a part of the London 2012, which were certainly the best games ever and pushed Paralympic sport far beyond anything previously, both in terms of profile and sporting ability. I hope to compete in Rio2016."
Date: 8 October 2012


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The Michigan film subsidy program is a perfect example of how the traditional media can play into the hands of the government and elected politicians.
While virtually no economist or researcher who has looked at the program finds a net benefit for citizens, the media rolls out story after story of positive parts of the program while almost never mentioning the costs.
For example, MLive has done dozens of stories about the Disney film, "Oz: The Great and Powerful," but I am unable to find a single recent article that discusses the nuances of the program. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press are similar, with fawning coverage about Hollywood stars and directors who are coming to Michigan.
This is a classic case of the "seen vs. the unseen," an economic concept identified by the French economist Frederic Bastiat in 1850. He wrote, "There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen."
In other words, what is seen by Michigan citizens and helped by a willing media, are Hollywood stars coming in to the state and stories of workers who got jobs on movie sets. The unseen comes later: As a Senate Fiscal Agency report found the year "Oz" was granted its subsidies, the film program brought the state only $0.11 per dollar spent. Michigan taxpayers dished out $125 million in 2010-11 to get back $13.5 million, and as Mackinac Center for Fiscal Policy analyst James Hohman concluded, the subsidies achieved no growth in film jobs in the meantime.
The film subsidy program takes tax dollars from Michigan citizens and businesses and redistributes them to big business with the assumption that the latter spends the money better than the former.
A media obsessed with the easy story of glitz and glam will not talk to the unseen family that is struggling because state resources were used for billionaire movie makers, or see the story of the worker laid off because the state insists on spending money for an "expensive game" that creates the illusion of jobs.
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Meet held on new San Juan High track
Ok, I'll start with a cliché: If you build it, they will come."
All the high schools in the San Juan Schoool District met on San Juan High's brand new track on a gorgeous Spring day on April 4 for the first annual San Juan District Track Meet.
Both the San Juan boys and girls teams captured the team championships, with the boys totaling 167.5 points to Monticello's 118.5 and the girls of San Juan winning 174 to 133 for Monticello in the 16-event event.
Multiple multiple winners highlighted the event, led by senior Ammon Mitchell of San Juan, who captured three events, the 110 meter hurdles, 100 meter, and the long jump.
San Juaners Jade Grover and Christian Sherrow were double winners, along with Monticello junior Jake Duncan. Senior Grover was the champ in the 3200 and 1600 meter runs. Sherrow, a sophomore, captured a difficult double, the 800 meter and the 200 meter, while Duncan was first in the 300 hurdles and high jump.
For the girls, four San Juan athletes each won two events. Senior Sade Kyles captured both the 100 and 200 meters, senior Kelli Meyer won the 400 and 800 meter, Cortney Macdonald, another Bronco senior, won the 300 hurdles and the long jump and Samantha Giddings, just a junior, won the shot put and discus.
Individual winners for the Buckaroo gals are junior Kaitlin Clark, 100 hurdles, freshman Bailey Goodwine, 1600 meter, and sophomore Arianna Reay, high jump. San Juan senior Lindsey Christensen was first in the javelin.
Boys who won once were Max Morley, a SJ freshman who won the 400, Tommi Paasiho, a SJ junior who won the discus, and Monticelloians PJ Leiataua, a junior who earned the shot put title and senior Ford Welch, the javelin champ.
The Broncos will host an invitational on "The Track" in two weeks time. For all the results of all the events, go to runnercard.com.
On the diamond
In baseball, San Juan and Monticello teams stand at opposite ends of the spectrum, with the fourth ranked Broncos sitting atop the Region 15 standings with a 6-1 record, while the Buckaroos are at the bottom with an 0-6 record.
It was no surprise then when the Broncos won in Monticello on Thursday 27-6. The Broncos pounded out ten doubles, including three by Dylan Richmond in the dominating win. Bobby Bowring had one of those doubles to go with a triple in the win.
Austin Maloy and Easton Nielson both doubled for the Buckaroos as Logan Meyer picked up the complete game win on the mound for the Broncos, bringing his record to 6-3 on the season.
The only region loss for the Broncos came at Richfield, when they split a double header with the Wildcats. The Broncos captured the first game 12-3, but lost the second game, 10-2.
In between their region contests, the Broncos squeezed in a game at Farmington NM and lost in a slugfest, 14-12. Richmond homered and Bowring tripled in the loss.
The Buckaroos hosted Richfield in a double header last week, too, losing both games in the set, 13-3 and 10-5.
In the second game, the Bucks had a 5-4 lead heading into the sixth inning but saw the Wildcats score six to get the come from behind win.
The fourth ranked Bronco softball team traveled to Payson for a tournament, playing four times against 3A, 4A, and 5A competition, winning two of those games, 5-3 over Lehi and 8-2 over Uintah.
Juanita Royer had a homer and a triple in the two wins and Tatianna SueSue and Justin Hutchins picked up the wins on the mound.
Masters thoughts
Let's see, a guy named Bubba (his given name is Gerry, in case you were wondering), who swings mightily at the golfball with a pink driver, wins the Masters. That puts him up there with other first name only Masters winners, Tiger, Phil, Seve, Jack, Arnold, Nick, Tom, Gary. I'm ok with that.
Since we ended with talk about golf, shall we end with a golf cliché?
How about several. "Bubba's a proven winner. He has a passion for the game. He has a great feel for the game. You can't say enough about him. He's the real deal. He's in a league of his own. He's silenced all the critics. He's silenced all the naysayers. Well Jim, that's the best he could have done from there.
"It's a game of inches. It's going down to the wire. It's a real pressure cooker. The fans are getting their money's worth."
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Slackers, Puss in Boots Screenwriter Slams Hunger Games Script
Screenwriter David H. Steinberg's credits include two American Pie sequels, National Lampoon's Barely Legal, the 2002 Devon Sawa vehicle Slackers, and, yes, Puss in Boots... which makes him an expert on adapting for the screen, of course! "...Ultimately I was underwhelmed. The movie simply failed to capture the emotion of the book... (No one in the movie ever looks hungry!)" [Yahoo]


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The NFL is investigating whether questions asked to LSU running back Derrius Guice at the combine were inappropriate.
Guice, projected as one of the top running backs in this draft, told Sirius XM Radio that one team asked if he was gay and another club asked if his mother "sells herself."
While not confirming that it had evidence yet that such questions were asked of Guice, the league released a statement Thursday deploring any such queries.
"A question such as that is completely inappropriate and wholly contrary to league workplace policies," the NFL statement said.
"The NFL and its clubs are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees in a manner that is consistent with our commitment to diversity and inclusion, state and federal laws and the CBA. We are looking into the matter.
"The league annually reminds clubs of these workplace policies that prohibit personnel from seeking information concerning a player's sexual orientation."
Before each combine, where all 32 teams interview prospects, the league sends guidance to the clubs about specific language to be avoided in questioning. Among the regulations is a ban on such questions as whether the player likes men or women; is gay or straight; has any children or dependents and who has primary caretaking responsibilities; and whether or not he married his child's mother.
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Two years ago, a Falcons assistant coach asked an inappropriate question to Ohio State's Eli Apple, who eventually was drafted by the Giants. Falcons coach Dan Quinn apologized for the assistant's question.


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Ataa Oko - March 5, 2010 through January 30, 2011
Born in Ghana in around 1919, Ataa Oko suddenly took up drawing at the age of eighty-three. He began by drawing from memory the personalized figurative coffins that he once actually built as a carpenter craftsman - one in the shape of a fish for a fisherman, or another in that of a tomato for a farmer. Gradually, his compositions began going beyond the scope of his memory, opening the way to a profusion of new, brightly colored subjects: animals, human figures, pieces of fruit or imaginary, even monstrous beings.
Privy to visits from the spirits and constantly connected with the Hereafter, Ataa Oko remains linked as well to the spiritual beings he depicts on paper. The latter are characterized by vivid graphic ramblings but also by commonplace and fertile images of everyday life, which he takes as signs meant to stimulate his creativity.
Set up at a makeshift table in front of his house, and now aged ninety, Ataa Oko undauntedly continues producing his oeuvre; to date, he boasts 2,500 drawings in colored pencil, done over a six-year period (2003-2009). A large body of these is on display in the exhibition, together with two coffins by his hand (resp. hen- and rooster-shaped).
The Collection de l'Art Brut extends special thanks to Regula Tschumi for her collaboration with this show, and for her generous donation.
Practical Information
From March 5, 2010, to January 30, 2011
Vernissage on March 5, 2010, at 6.5 pm
Lucienne PeiryExhibition Book
Philippe Lespinasse, Sarah Lombardi, Lucienne Peiry et Regula Tschumi, Ataa Oko, Lausanne/Gollion, Collection de l'Art Brut/Infolio, 2010.
Film / DVD
Ataa Oko et les esprits, de Philippe Lespinasse, Regula Tschumi et Andress Alvarez, 16 min., Lausanne/Le Tourne, Collection de l'Art Brut/Lokomotiv Films, 2010.
Free Guided Tour
The exhibition Ataa Oko is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.


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(a) Promulgation of regulations
Not later than the end of the one hundred and eighty-day period immediately following August 3, 1977, the Secretary shall promulgate and publish in the Federal Register regulations covering implementation of an abandoned mine reclamation program incorporating the provisions of this subchapter and establishing procedures and requirements for preparation, submission, and approval of State programs consisting of the plan and annual submissions of projects.
(b) Submission of State Reclamation Plan and annual projects
Each State having within its borders coal mined lands eligible for reclamation under this subchapter, may submit to the Secretary a State Reclamation Plan and annual projects to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(c) Restriction
The Secretary shall not approve, fund, or continue to fund a State abandoned mine reclamation program unless that State has an approved State regulatory program pursuant to section 1253 of this title.
(d) Approval of State program; withdrawal
If the Secretary determines that a State has developed and submitted a program for reclamation of abandoned mines and has the ability and necessary State legislation to implement the provisions of this subchapter, sections 1232 and 1240 of this title excepted, the Secretary shall approve such State program and shall grant to the State exclusive responsibility and authority to implement the provisions of the approved program: Provided, That the Secretary shall withdraw such approval and authorization if he determines upon the basis of information provided under this section that the State program is not in compliance with the procedures, guidelines, and requirements established under subsection (a).
(e) Contents of State Reclamation Plan
Each State Reclamation Plan shall generally identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform such work in conformance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(f) Annual application for support; contents
On an annual basis, each State having an approved State Reclamation Plan may submit to the Secretary an application for the support of the State program and implementation of specific reclamation projects. Such annual requests shall include such information as may be requested by the Secretary including:
(1) a general description of each proposed project;
(2) a priority evaluation of each proposed project;
(3) a statement of the estimated benefits in such terms as: number of acres restored, miles of stream improved, acres of surface lands protected from subsidence, population protected from subsidence, air pollution, hazards of mine and coal refuse disposal area fires;
(4) an estimate of the cost for each proposed project;
(5) in the case of proposed research and demonstration projects, a description of the specific techniques to be evaluated or objective to be attained;
(6) an identification of lands or interest therein to be acquired and the estimated cost; and
(7) in each year after the first in which a plan is filed under this subchapter, an inventory of each project funded under the previous year's grant: which inventory shall include details of financial expenditures on such project together with a brief description of each such project, including project locations, landowner's name, acreage, type of reclamation performed.
(g) Costs
The costs for each proposed project under this section shall include: actual construction costs, actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities, planning and engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and other necessary administrative expenses.
(h) Grant of funds
Upon approval of State Reclamation Plan by the Secretary and of the surface mine regulatory program pursuant to section 1253 of this title, the Secretary shall grant, on an annual basis, funds to be expended in such State pursuant to section 1232(g) of this title and which are necessary to implement the State reclamation program as approved by the Secretary.
(i) Program monitorship
The Secretary, through his designated agents, will monitor the progress and quality of the program. The States shall not be required at the start of any project to submit complete copies of plans and specifications.
(j) Annual report to Secretary
The Secretary shall require annual and other reports as may be necessary to be submitted by each State administering the approved State reclamation program with funds provided under this subchapter. Such reports shall include that information which the Secretary deems necessary to fulfill his responsibilities under this subchapter.
(k) Eligible lands of Indian tribes
Indian tribes having within their jurisdiction eligible lands pursuant to section 1234 of this title or from which coal is produced, shall be considered as a "State" for the purposes of this subchapter except for purposes of subsection (c) of this section with respect to the Navajo, Hopi and Crow Indian Tribes.
(l) State liability
No State shall be liable under any provision of Federal law for any costs or damages as a result of action taken or omitted in the course of carrying out a State abandoned mine reclamation plan approved under this section. This subsection shall not preclude liability for cost or damages as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct by the State. For purposes of the preceding sentence, reckless, willful, or wanton misconduct shall constitute gross negligence.
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–508, §6012(d)(1), substituted "preparation" for "perparation".
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101–508, §6012(d)(2), substituted "Upon approval" for "Upon approved".
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 101–508, §6007, added subsec. (l).
1987—Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 100–71, which directed the amendment of subsec. (k) by inserting "except for purposes of subsection (c) of this section with respect to the Navajo, Hopi and Crow Indian Tribes" at the end thereof, was executed by making the insertion before the period to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–508 effective Oct. 1, 1991, see section 6014 of Pub. L. 101–508 set out as a note under section 1231 of this title.
Grant of Funds to States Under Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Pub. L. 97–377, title I, §150, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1918, provided that: "Within 60 days of receipt of a complete abandoned mine reclamation fund grant application from any eligible State under the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (91 Stat. 460) [Pub. L. 95–87, see Short Title note set out under section 1201 of this title] the Secretary of Interior shall grant to such State any and all funds available for such purposes in the applicable appropriations Act."


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The School of Education Resource Center is a branch of HPU Libraries and supports the teacher education programs of High Point University's School of Education. We primarily serve patrons who are students and faculty within the School of Education; however, resources are available to all members of the university community.
Our collection includes current, high-quality curriculum materials produced for use with children from kindergarten through grade 12. Particular emphasis is placed on collecting materials with immediate classroom application, supporting primarily practicum as well as children's and young adult literature courses. We cover a broad variety of classic and contemporary juvenile books as well as periodicals, textbooks, kits, games, puppets, audiovisual and other assorted instructional materials for use with K-12 children.
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Wikijunior:Solar System/Saturn/Iapetus
Iapetus is a moon of Saturn.
How big is Iapetus?[edit | edit source]
Iapetus is the third-biggest moon of Saturn, and is about 1436 km wide.
What is its surface like?[edit | edit source]
From space, Ieaptus' two-tone colour is quite obvious. One hemisphere is a dark reddish-brown colour, while the other, while the other is bright and heavily cratered. The effect is like a ying-yang symbol.
Scientists don't know where the material covering the dark hemisphere comes from, but they think it might come from space or from inside Iapetus. If it came from space, it might have come from meteroites or the surface of comets, or it might have been knocked off from another moon of Saturn, Phoebe. If the material came from the inside of Iapetus, it might have come from cryovolcanoes or evaporation of water ice.
When Cassini flew by on Decembr 31, 2004, a ridge was discovered on Iapetus. It is 1300 km long, 20 km wide, and 13 km high. It follows Iapetus' equator almost perfectly, and is heavily cratered, and therefore ancient.
For now, scientists are not sure of the origins of the ridge. One theory is that the ridge is icy material that rose from inside the moon and solidified. The other is that Iapetus once grazed the outer edges of Saturn's rings.
How long is a day on Iapetus?[edit | edit source]
One day on Iapetus is equal to 79.32 days on Earth, or about 79 days, 7 hours and 41 minutes. It takes the same amount of time to finish an orbit around Saturn. This means that the same side of this moon is always facing Saturn.
What is it made of?[edit | edit source]
Iapetus is made of mostly ice, with a small amount of rock.
How much would Iapetus' gravity pull on me?[edit | edit source]
If you were standing on Iapetus, you would weigh about 1/40 of what you do on Earth.
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When Iapetus, Tethys, Dione, and Rhea were discovered, they were named Sidera Lodoicea ("the stars of Louis") to honour king Louis XIV. However, astronomers called them and Titan Saturn I through Saturn V. Once Mimas and Enceladus were discovered, in 1789, the numbering scheme was extended to Saturn VII.
The name Iapetus was suggested by astronomer John Herschel (son of William Herschel, also an astronomer) in his 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope
Iapetus is a Titan from Greek mythology. He was son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. Through Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas he is an ancestor of the human race.
How was it discovered?[edit | edit source]
Iapetus was discovered by Giovanni Cassini on October 25, 1671.


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NASA Starts Biofuel Flight Tests
March 12, 2013
NASA has begun a set of flight tests of biofuels based on nonfood plants to determine their emissions and performance effects on jet engines. The tests started Feb. 28 using NASA's DC-8 aircraft, which was outfitted as a laboratory and was tracked by a Falcon HU-25 equipped with instrumentation.
The biofuel is based on the camelina plant, a relative of mustard and canola. It's also a relative of oilseed, the basis of the 100 percent nonfood jet fuel used by Canada's National Research Council last fall to power a Falcon 20 civil jet. (See: First Civil Jet Flies on 100 Percent Non-Food Biofuel.) Camelina oil is a commercial crop, and the EPA has just approved its use as a low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program.
NASA's tests, expected to continue for about three weeks, are being conducted under the Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions (ACCESS) project run jointly by NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, its Langley Research Center in Virginia, and its Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. The tests will be conducted primarily at Edwards Air Force Base. The DC-8 will fly at altitudes of up to 40,000 feet, and the Falcon HU-25 will follow it at distances from 300 feet to more than 10 miles.
The tests will compare emissions, performance, and contrails generated by the aircraft using two different fuels: standard JP-8 jet fuel and a blend of equals parts JP-8 and camelina oil-based fuel. The primary aim is to determine the effects of the different fuels on the environment. The DC-8, based at NASA's Dryden facility, has been modified to support the Airborne Science mission. NASA has used the aircraft for research such as testing prototype satellite instruments, verifying data received from satellites, receiving telemetry data from space vehicles while they are launched or during re-entry, and investigating surface and atmosphere conditions on Earth.
The ACCESS program is being conducted under the aegis of NASA's Fixed Wing Project, part of the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. Next year, NASA plans to perform more extensive ACCESS flight tests based on data gathered from these flights.
Alternative fuels are not a new field for NASA. The agency studied alternatives with ground-based instruments in 2009 and 2011. Past research has looked at fuels based on algae and chicken fat.
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PA- Former registered sex offender priest resurfaces in community non-profit
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, [email protected])
A former priest and registered sex offender has resurfaced at a non-profit in Wilkes-Barre. Robert Timchak works for In The Gap, a group that helps turns vacant lots into residential buildings.
This is why we urge bishops to post the names of proven, admitted, and credibly accused child molesting clerics on their website so that neighbors, friends and prospective employers can be warned about potentially dangerous employees.
We urge anyone with more information about this or any other case to please come forward so that predators are not allowed to be employed within communities near children.
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Attorney General Eric Holder, a Clinton administration retread, wants to revive Bill Clinton's National Conversation on Race. (What's next? Hillarycare?) Holder recently told his Justice Department employees that the United States was a "nation of cowards" for not talking more about race. "It is an issue we have never been at ease with and, given our nation's history, this is in some ways understandable," Holder said. "If we are to make progress in this area, we must feel comfortable enough with one another and tolerant enough of each other to have frank conversations about the racial matters that continue to divide us."
Is he nuts? Leave aside for a moment Holder's purely decorative call for a "frank" conversation about race. The Clinton-era Conversation also purported to be frank, and we know what that meant: a one-sided litany of white injustices. Please raise your hand if you haven't heard the following bromides about "the racial matters that continue to divide us" more times than you can count: Police stop and arrest blacks at disproportionate rates because of racism; blacks are disproportionately in prison because of racism; blacks are failing in school because of racist inequities in school funding; the black poverty rate is the highest in the country because of racism; blacks were given mortgages that they couldn't afford because of racism. I will stop there.
Not only do colleges, law schools, almost all of the nation's elite public and private high schools, and the mainstream media, among others, have "conversations about . . . racial matters"; they never stop talking about them. Any student who graduates from a moderately selective college without hearing that its black students are victims of institutional racism—notwithstanding the fact that the vast majority of black students there will have been deliberately admitted with radically lower SAT scores than their white and Asian comrades—has been in a coma throughout his time there.
Education bureaucrats maintain an incessant harangue on white racism because they see the writing on the wall: most students are indifferent to race and just want to get along. If left to themselves, they would go about their business perfectly happily and color-blindly, and the race industry would wither on the vine. Thus the institutional imperative to remind black students constantly about their victimization and the white students about their guilt. Last month, the elite Phillips Academy at Andover proudly announced a student presentation on White Privilege: A History and Its Role in Education. Would the student have come up with such a topic on her own without the school's educators deliberately immersing her in such trivial matters? Of course not.
But if Attorney General Holder is really sincere about wanting a "frank" conversation about race, he should put the following items on the agenda:
The American electorate. The country just elected its first black president. And it actually didn't talk a lot about Barack Obama's race during the election, thank heavens, because most Americans were more interested in the candidate's ideas than in his skin color. There were undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of people who wouldn't vote for Obama because of his race. I would guess that their average age was 75. There is no question that a great many geriatric Americans continue to harbor the rankest racism for blacks, but guess what? They're not going to be around for much longer. Young people growing up in the last 30 years live on a different planet when it comes to racial attitudes—until the educrats start playing with their minds.
We might also talk about those legions of older, black Americans who have held on to their love of country and belief in its ideals, despite having been subjected to America at its worst. I have had the privilege to speak to many such individuals for my work, and they have broken my heart with their dignity and nobility. Rather than reflexively consulting professional race activists for insights into race in America, the media and politicians might for once seek some voices that contradict the mandatory "angry black male" trope.
Crime. Holder told his Justice Department employees that they had a special responsibility to advance racial understanding, according to the Associated Press. Uh-oh. Before and during Holder's first stint at Justice, when he served as Clinton's deputy attorney general, the department's civil rights division specialized in slapping onerous federal consent decrees on police departments. Its assumption was that racial disparities in cops' stop-and-arrest rates reflected police racism, not racial disparities in crime rates.
Before Holder and his attorneys revive that practice, they should study certain facts that remain taboo in the mainstream media. For instance, the homicide rate for black men between the ages of 18 and 24 is well over ten times that of whites. And disparities in other violent-crime rates are just as startling. In New York City, one of the nation's safest large cities, 83 percent of all gun assailants were black during the first six months of 2008, according to victims and witnesses, though blacks make up only 24 percent of the city's population. Add Hispanic perps, and you account for 98 percent of all shootings in New York City. The face of violent crime in cities is almost exclusively black or brown. That explains why someone might feel a sense of trepidation when approached by a group of black youths. That's not racism; it's the reality of crime. And it's that reality that determines whom the police stop, frisk, and arrest.
Education. Commentators on NPR's "black" show, News and Notes, recently groused about the lack of black policy experts on the Sunday talk shows but ignored the possibility that the education gap might have something to do with it. Blacks, they said, need to be twice as qualified as whites to get a job. Let's look at the evidence. The black high school drop-out rate approaches 50 percent. On the 2006 SAT, the average score in the critical-reading section was 434 for blacks, 527 for whites, and 510 for Asians; in the math section, 429 for blacks, 536 for whites, and 587 for Asians; and in the writing section, 428 for blacks, 519 for whites, and 512 for Asians. America's lousy showing in international math, science, and reading tests compared with Japan and Western Europe is influenced in large part by the low scores of blacks and Hispanics. If blacks and Hispanics performed at the level that whites do, the U.S. would lead all industrialized nations in reading and would lead Europe in math and science, according to a study published in the Phi Delta Kappan in 2005.
Likewise, after their first year of legal education, 51 percent of blacks labor in the bottom tenth of their class; two-thirds reside in the bottom fifth. Blacks are four times as likely as whites to fail the bar exam on the first try. Until such achievement disparities are eliminated, any allegations of racial discrimination in the absence of proportional numbers of black policy wonks—or law partners, chemists, engineers, or investment bankers—is absurd, especially when the nation's elite institutions are doing everything they can to recruit black students, professors, and employees. Perhaps Holder could confront the stigma against academic achievement
among many black youth, who deride studying and staying out of trouble as "acting white."
The family. Closing the educational achievement gap will be difficult as long as the black illegitimacy rate is nearly 71 percent, compared with a white rate of 26 percent. Taxpayers foot the bill for this family breakdown—when fatherless children who never learned self-control and self-discipline disrupt classrooms and prevent other children from learning, and when the same fatherless children get sucked up into gang life and fail to connect with the world of work and responsibility. Many poor single mothers work heroically to raise law-abiding sons, but the odds are against them.
When communities resist an influx of Section 8 housing-voucher holders from the inner city, say, they are reacting overwhelmingly to behavior. Skin color is a proxy for that behavior. If inner-city blacks behaved like Asians—cramming as much knowledge into their kids as they can possibly fit into their skulls—the lingering wariness towards lower-income blacks that many Americans unquestionably harbor would disappear. Are there irredeemable racists among Americans? To be sure. They come in all colors, and we should deplore all of them. But the issue of race in the United States is more complex than polite company is usually allowed to express. If Eric Holder wants to crank up our racial preoccupations even further, let him at least do so with a full airing of the facts.


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- Saturday February 26th, from 2pm (from San Pietro di Castello), arrival in Piazza San Marco for the Prize Giving, 4pm ca.
- Tuesday March 8th, from 3.30pm (departure of the water parade from S. Giacomo dell'Orio, arrival in Piazza San Marco at 5pm for the Prize Giving).
The traditional "Festa delle Marie" evokes the homage that the Venetian Doge offered every year to twelve beautiful but humble venetian girls, offering them magnificent jewels as a bridal dowry. The "Festa delle Marie" is articulated in different days and it is the occasion to admire the traditional venetian period costumes. The event will be inaugurated Saturday, February 26th, with the parade of the twelve girls selected in the previous weeks. The walking parade, escorted by the historical groups of the "Comitato Europeo Rievocazioni Storiche" and the Venice Carnival groups, will leave San Pietro di Castello at 2pm walking along the Riva degli Schiavoni to reach Piazza San Marco where the twelve "Marias" will be introduced to the crowd waiting for them. But only Mardi Gras, March 8th, the most charming "Maria" will be awarded and crowned after the conclusion of the water parade which will be sailing from San Giacomo dell'Orio to San Marco.
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Here are some photos from our Christmas market last weekend. We used the old garage (charming – but would have looked great in one of these log cabins, too!) and it looked really pretty with all the snow. I made two small gingerbread houses and some gingerbread cookie hearts.
There were lots of home made goodies, like jams, Danish traditional Christmas cookies and lots of soft knitted socks and much more. All this made by my mother in law and some of her knitting friends. One of them was the one who got the knitting basket cake that I made three years agoe.
We also had a small cafe where we sold Danish Aepleskiver with powdered sugar and strawberry jam.
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Salt is the stuff of life—we need it for fluid regulation, not to mention baked potatoes—but too much can contribute to hypertension and coronary illness. Many experts suggest a daily sodium intake of about 1,500 mg; however, according to new guidelines from the National Institutes of Health, 95 percent of American men and 75 percent of women exceed the upper recommended limit of 2,300 mg, downing a heart-stopping 4,000 to 6,000 mg daily.
Processed foods pack the biggest sodium punch, so cut back by going natural (fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and lean meats). Most important: Read labels, and look for items that contain 5 percent (115 mg) or less of the maximum daily recommended intake per serving.


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TNA IMPACT Wrestling
Location: Tupelo, MS
Date: May 9, 2013
Commentators: Todd Keneley, Mike Tenay, and Taz
Impact Wrestling starts off with a video package. It shows the Matt Morgan and Hulk Hogan confrontation last week. Sting vs. Matt Morgan was made. Sting won and became the #1 Contender for the TNA World Title. Sting is making a 3 man team to face Aces tonight. The video switches to Kurt Angle vs. D-Lo. Kurt made D-Lo quit. D-Lo swore his colors that he would take out Kurt. Kurt is in the 6 man tag. How will Bully Ray respond? What about AJ… whose side is he on?
The camera shows a great crowd in Tupelo, Mississippi. They are on their feet cheering. Sting's music hits and here he comes… with Kurt Angle! The crowd does a huge pop. Both walk down the ramp and get in the ring. Sting grabs a mic and does his "Wooooo!" Sting says he will be in Boston at Slammiversary and face Bully Ray for the TNA World Title. Ray went against everyone, the Hogans, Sting, and others to get on top. Sting will be taking the title from him though.
Sting doesn't want to wait to get his hands on Ray. Sting asked for a 6 man tag. Sting wanted the best of the best for his team. That is why he picked the machine Kurt Angle! Sting gives Kurt the mic. Kurt said Aces & 8s started with a game plan. How were they going to be different? Kurt said he went after D-Lo and made him tap. He made him quit. Kurt then confronted AJ Styles. He now wants AJ because he wants to ask him something.
AJ's music hits and he comes out. He gets in the ring. Kurt tells AJ that he is ready for war and Sting is ready for war. Will you be joining them, AJ, to fight Aces? The crowd chants, "Yes" but AJ just stands there in his leather jacket. Kurt is tired of asking. He is DEMANDING AJ to answer. Sting gets involved and pushes Kurt back. He wants to try this. Sting says he knows where AJ is coming from. Sting did the same thing as he hid in the rafters and so on. AJ doesn't need to hide though. The crowd starts to roar and Sting says this is the house that AJ Styles built. They chant his name now. Sting knows AJ wants to do the right thing. He knows AJ wants to tag with them. So, let's have you on the team. Sting extends his hands. Kurt takes the mic from Sting and gets right in the face of AJ. He is tired of this! It is either you are with us or against us! AJ stares at him and then turns around. He leaves the ramp. Kurt asks where he is going. He says he shouldn't leave them. He can't. Kurt is furious. He exits the ring and meets AJ. He turns AJ around but AJ points the finger at Kurt. He then takes his coat off. They start to rumble with right fists. Kurt takes the legs out of AJ and starts pounding his head. Referees come to the aid and pull each other away. Just then, Aces enter from the crowd. it's Ray and Devon. They attack Sting from behind and then do the 3-D! They leave as Kurt focuses his attention back to the ring. He checks on Sting as Aces leave.
They show a replay of the confrontation between Kurt and AJ and then the Aces attack on Sting.
AJ Styles is walking backstage. The cameraman asks if AJ is really leaving these two. AJ pulls a hair out of his mouth and then pushes the door wide open. He walks away.
Tara and Jessie come out on the stage and make their way to the ring. Their love relationship continues. Gail Kim's music plays and she meets up with them in the ring. ODB is in the ring refereeing this match. Mickie James' music plays and she gets in the ring and taunts from the corner. Velvet Sky comes out with the Knockout Title over her shoulder. She gets right in the ring.
Tara and Gail Kim vs. Mickie James and Velvet Sky
Mickie and Gail start the match. Gail was talking to Tara, but Mickie turns her around and starts punching her in the face. She whips her in the ropes and continues the attack. Gail is able to whip Mickie in the ropes. As Mickie bounces off, Jessie trips her. Gail goes right after Mickie. She tags Tara. She enters and they both lift Mickie up and drop her back first on the mat. Tara then pounds Mickie's face into the mat. She gets her up and has her upside down in the corner. Tara runs and does a baseball slide into Mickie's face. She then does a little kiss session with Jessie. Gail tags in and she goes after Mickie. She continues with punches and elbows to the face. Mickie is in the corner and Gail does a splash. Gail turns around and it gives Mickie time to fight back. She punches Gail and then does a big kick to knock Gail down. Both crawl to their corner. Both tag their partners. Sky goes right after Tara. She hits her with closelines and then a mid-section kick and a kick to the face. She bounces off the ropes and knocks Tara right down. She covers but Tara kicks out. Gail enters. Sky attacks her and then tosses her right into Jessie as he was on the apron. Tara gets up and is worried about Jessie. She turns around and Sky kicks her in the gut and does the In Yo Face! She pins and wins.
Winners: Velvet Sky and Mickie James
Gail gets in the ring and starts yelling at Tara. Tara gets up and is banged up to even know what is going on. She goes to walk away, but Gail grabs the arm of Tara, pulls her forward and does a huge closeline. She drags her to the corner and does the figure four to the steel post. ODB comes to the aid and Gail breaks it.
Aces & 8s are backstage. Another legend falls to the hands of Aces. Just then, D-Lo walks up to the group. Ray asks how he is and then says they have business to attend. He asks if D-Lo is ready and then asks each member if they are up for it. All are. They walk away after putting their beers down. D-Lo is left standing alone, looking down, and giving a nervous sigh.
James Storm is sitting backstage. Bad Influence, Kaz and Daniels, meet up with him. Kaz brings a gift of beer for him. Kaz sits down beside him and says it is his favorite ber. They then bring up going after AJ and they are sorry they were all over the situation. James says he was in his crotch. Kaz then mentions how Bobby Roode hit one of those over James' head. They aren't trying to bribe him but just make it friendly. They leave as the beer stays where Kaz was sitting. James takes a beer from the 6 pack, opens it, and drinks away!
Aces & 8s' music plays and they enter through the crowd. They get in the ring and taunt. Ray grabs a mic and yells to shut the music off. By now you should know who they are. They are Aces & 8s. Tonight, he, his brother Devon, and everyone's favorite @sshole. They will face Sting, Kurt, and a mystery guy. They know it won't be AJ. Here is a message to the back though. If you want to save the day and join the group, don't! Do not get involved. Now onto club business. He points to D-Lo. A couple weeks ago… D-Lo disgraced his colors, friends, and family. Ray will make it short and simple. He wants the vest. Turn it in. D-Lo mouths, "No." Ray asks if he really said no. Ray is the President of this club. D-Lo will take the colors off and hand it to him now. D-Lo gets on the mic and says this is his life. No. Just then, from behind, the other members take the vest off of him. D-Lo turns around but he lost it. Mr. Anderson gets right in the face of D-Lo. He is the one who quit. He was the one who tapped. Ray says Anderson is right. He quit and disgraced his colors. So go cry and whine! He asks how D-Lo is going to get the vest back. D-Lo knows Magnus has a match tonight. He wants to beat Magnus. Ray says D-Lo will stand over by the time keeper and Doc will fight Magnus. D-Lo will only watch. The group leaves the ring except for Doc and D-Lo. Magnus' music plays and he comes to the ring.
Doc vs. Magnus
Doc has Magnus in the corner pounding away. He whips him in the opposing corner. Magnus bounces out and Doc takes him down. He then applies a side headlock to Magnus on the mat. D-Lo is standing at ringside watching the match. Magnus gets up and gets out of the headlock but Doc continues the attack. He pounds on the back of Magnus and then chokes him on the second rope. Magnus gets up. Doc whips him in the corner. Doc walks over but Magnus fights back. Doc goes away and then runs to him, but Magnus moves out of the way. Doc goes right into the corner. Magnus fights back and then knocks Doc right down. Magnus climbs the corner. Doc gets up and punches Magnus. He climbs the corner. Magnus punches him and Doc falls. Magnus flies with an elbow. He covers but Doc counts out. Magnus gets up. D-Lo pulls Magnus to the outside. He goes to whip him in the steps or steel guard rail, but Magnus reverses it and D-Lo goes into the steel steps. Magnus gets in. Doc lifts him up, spins him, and brings him down face and chest first on the mat. Doc covers but he kicks out. Doc goes into the ropes, but D-Lo grabs the leg. He thought it was Magnus. He let's go and Magnus does a roll-up. He gets the win. Magnus leaves the ring. D-Lo enters and can't believe it. He and Doc are furious.
Winner: Magnus
Doc and D-Lo go through the door and Aces are right there. Ray is right there yelling at him. He says he is a b%tch! He can't do anything right. They grab D-Lo and take him down on a table. Ray grabs a hammer and says he can smash his head in right now. Mr. Anderson said he has a better idea. They can use D-Lo where he is useful. That is… having him get drinks and ice. They let D-Lo go. They tell him to take off his shirt. D-Lo leaves.
Kurt Angle and Sting are backstage. Hulk Hogan meets up with them. He says he can go tonight. Kurt absolutely says no. Sting said they just got back to being on the same side. Hulk's doctors said he can't wrestle. Hulk then said that he has a wildcard and if this guy says who he thinks he is, both of them just have to sit back. Kurt reiterates that is is a wildcard and Sting says, "If." They then bring Magnus up. He won against D-Lo. Hulk says if they believe in him, they they can pick him. They like Magnus. He is the guy.
Bobby Roode and Austin Aries are walking backstage. They know Bad Influence has James' number, but they need to try. They walk up to James and exchange a few words. Roode knows they have had troubles in the past, but now they are even. He hands him a beer. James says you never know when you are going to need this. James goes on to talk. James knows how he is going to call the match tonight. He walks away and Roode and Aries still aren't comfortable.
Christy Hemme is in the ring and she announces the stars for this match. She says Bobby Roode and Christopher Daniels! It's Roode and Aries though. They get in the ring and Aries gets right in her face. She announces it right this time. Bad Influence enter the ring next.
Austin Aries and Bobby Roode vs. Bad Influence (Kaz and Christopher Daniels) for the #1 Contender Spot for the TNA Tag Team Titles w/ James Storm as the special referee
Kaz and Aries start the match. They move around the ring and lock-up. Kaz does an armlock, but Aries gets out of it and does it to Kaz. Kaz flips around and does an armlock to Aries and then takes him down. He taunts. Aries gets up and they walk around again. They lock-up. Aries does a headlock and then a takedown. He squirms around Kaz and then gets up and hangs himself on the top rope. Kaz gets up and they lock-up again. Aries pushes Kaz in the corner. Aries backs off. He goes to attack him, but Kaz ducks. Kaz goes but Aries breaks. Both do an eye rake. They can't see. They tag the wrong person and go to the other corners. James tells them to get back in. They do and tag their partners. Roode and Daniels enter. They lock-up but both bounce off the ropes at different times. Roode knocks Daniels down and he goes for an elbow, but Daniels moves. Daniels knocks Roode down and does a flip in the ring. Roode gets up and knees Daniels in the gut. He takes him down and covers. Daniels kicks out. Roode pushes him in the corner. He attacks him. He whips him in the ropes. Aries hits Daniels in the back. He screams in pain and Roode takes him down. He gets him back up for a snapmare and then a neckbreaker. He tags Aries. Aries enters and does a dropkick to the back. He covers but Storm is trying to stop Kaz from coming in. Aries gets mad. He puts Daniels in the corner. He chokes him and then tags Roode. Daniels slides down to corner. Roode chokes him with the foot and then on the middle rope. Roode tosses Daniels through the ropes and he lands on the ramp. Roode mocks Kaz. Aries climbs the corner and flies. He hits Daniels right on the head. He throws Daniels back in the ring. Roode covers but Daniels kicks out. Both get up and Daniels whips him in the ropes. Kaz hits Roode in the back as he bounces off the ropes. Roode is tossed through the ropes. Kaz leaves the corner and goes after Roode on the outside. He brings him in. Daniels tags him. He enters and they do a quick double team kick move set and Kaz covers. Roode kicks out. Daniels enters as Roode goes into the ropes. Daniels trips him and Kaz does a springboard leg drop. James is too busy talking to Aries. Kaz covers Roode but he kicks out.
Kaz and Daniels try to go after Roode again. They have him in their corner, but Roode is able to knock Daniels down. Kaz is in the corner. Roode gets away and tags Aries. Aries runs and does a flying dropkick. He goes after Kaz as he goes for his brain buster, but Kaz slides out. He tosses Kaz out of the ring onto Daniels. He does a huge suicide dive on both. He brings Daniels in. Aries does a frog splash from the top rope. He covers but Kaz breaks it. Both throws Aries in the ropes. They go for a double closeline, but Aries blocks it. They lift him up and they hit a powerbomb neckbreaker. Roode enters and goes to the Fade To Black, but Kaz slides away and takes care of Kaz. Aries and Daniels are in the ring now. Daniels is in the corner and Aries runs to him, but Daniels kicks him right in the face. Daniels goes for the Angels Wings, but Aries slides and does the Brainbuster, but Daniels gets away and does a roll-up using the tights. James won't count. Aries grabs a beer and spits it in the face of Daniels. He hands the beer to James. James takes it and drinks it. Daniels gets up. Storm does the Superkick but hits Daniels. He didn't want that. Aries claps and puts one foot over Daniels' body. James doesn't want to count, but he gets down and does: 1-2! He stops. He gets up. Aries turns and Storm does a Superkick to him. Storm turns and leaves the ring with his music playing. Kaz and Roode get in the ring to help their partners.
Winners: No winners declared
The camera is backstage and the camera shows a guy fly from another hallway. Aces are attacking Magnus! They kick, punch and throw Magnus into the wall and different objects backstage. Just then, Magnus low blows a member and tries to fight back. He grabs a cane. Someone grabs him from behind and Doc hits him with some trashcan or another weapon. They put Magnus on the floor and throw another object on him. He is down and out.
A video promo plays showcasing Suicide! Tick tock! He is coming back!
A video plays showing Chris Sabin returning last week. He picks up the win. He says that reaction is great. The past 24 months was full of training. He will keep coming back though. Injuries won't stop him. He is a champion.
Kenny King's music plays and he comes out to the ring. He has his cocky self and the X-Division Title. He grabs a mic. In case you didn't know, or you were slow, he is the X-Division Champion. People may ask him how he got the title so quick. He says he has been spectacular since he entered Impact. Kenny, you are so good, but you have to beat more than one person to keep that title. Kenny says he isn't here to talk about himself, but here to talk about someone. Welcome a 4 time X-Division Champion Chris Sabin! Chris' music plays and he comes to the ring.
Kenny wants Chris to tell his story. Chris has a mic. Chris says he has been in two place for two years… physical therapy and his basement. Kenny doesn't know the struggle it takes to come back from that. Chris has the fighting spirit but Kenny doesn't have it. Sabin has nothing else to lose. He will fight every match like it is their last match. Kenny better take pictures and dane with the title because Chris will take it next week. Kenny says Chris is a champion and wants Chris to hold the title. Chris is hesitant but takes it. Kenny says he wants him to hold it because Chris will never have it as long as Kenny is champion. It doesn't matter how many ACLs Chris has. King is champion and will keep it. He wants his title now. Maybe his haircut is getting in the way. He taps Chris' head. Chris holds the belt tight and goes after Kenny. Kenny goes through the ropes. Chris throws the title. Kenny takes it and walks through the crowd.
The camera is backstage and it shows a brawl with Bad Influence and Aries and Roode. Officials come to the scene and check on someone on the ground. It is James Storm. Both teams walk away as Storm lies there.
A video plays showcasing the Bound for Glory Series! They are doing something new this year. They are going to involve Gutcheck participants. Who will go along and go for the World Title at Bound For Glory?
Video replays show Kurt Angle attacking AJ Styles at the beginning of the show and then Aces attacking Magnus earlier, and then shows James Storm on the ground after being attacked by the two tag teams.
Aces & 8s are backstage. Ray is at the helm again as he knows they don't like the decision, but you have to get rid of the weak. He is the leader. It was needed. It's time for Ray, Devon, and Anderson to fight. Knux asks if there are any assignments for D-Lo when he comes back. Ray likes Knux and says he is the brains of the operation. He tells him to tell D-Lo to keep the beer cold because they will be celebrating the win later. They laugh and leave.
Kurt Angle, Sting, and Hulk Hogan are backstage. Kurt says they are out of time. His music starts to play. He leaves. Sting goes to follow. Hogan tries to stop them, but they need to go. Hogan is on the phone and tells the person that it is starting and it is now or never.
Kurt Angle comes through the curtain. He gets in the ring. After him is Sting. Sting's music plays and he comes walking out.
Aces & 8s' music play and they come through the crowd. Ray goes to Taz and they start talking smack about Christy Hemme. Ray, Devon, and Anderson get in the ring.
Kurt Angle and Sting vs. Bully Ray, Devon, and Mr. Anderson
Kurt Angle starts the match against Devon. Kurt is ready. Devon goes right after him with a right hand. Kurt punches back. They go back and forth. Devon gets the better of Kurt with more punches. Kurt is able to whip Devon in the ropes and hits two closelines and then a belly to belly suplex. He covers but Devon kicks out. Devon fights back and tags Bully Ray. Ray enters and attacks the back of Kurt. Kurt slowly gets to his feet. He is in the corner. Ray goes for a chop, but Kurt moves and does an armdrag. Ray gets up and pushes Kurt in the corner. Ray backs up and goes for a punch, but Kurt does another arm drag. Ray gets up and Kurt continues to work on the arm. He points to Sting and tags him in. Ray walks back and Mr. Anderson tags in. Anderson struts in the ring and raises his hand. Sting goes to take it but Anderson kicks him in the gut. Anderson whips Sting, but Sting reverses it. Sting does an atomic drop and then a dropkick. Anderson goes through the ropes, but Sting lifts the ropes up right on Ken. Sting goes after the other Aces and then tags Kurt as Anderson is on that side. Kurt takes Ken to the corner and kicks him in the gut multiple times. Ken is sitting in the corner. He brings Ken up and whips him hard in the opposing corner. Anderson falls and Kurt covers. Ken kicks out. Both get up and Ken is able to come back and tag Devon. Devon enters and knocks Kurt right down. Kurt gets up and goes in the corner as Devon pushes him right in the face. Anderson and Ray attack Kurt as he is in the corner with punches. Devon takes Kurt down and covers him. Kurt kicks out. Both get up. Kurt punches back but Devon rakes the eyes. He goes for more punches and then shoves Kurt face first into Ray's boot that is on the top corner. Ray tags in. Ray goes right after Kurt in the corner. Anderson chokes Kurt while he can as the referee is distracted. Ray tags Devon. Both whip Kurt in the ropes. Kurt kicks Devon and then goes after Ray, but Ray ducks and he does a back suplex. Ray gets up and goes after Sting. Sting falls off the apron.
Just then, the camera is backstage and it shows Aces & 8s. They are all down. The entire group! Who did it?
Bully Ray is getting to his feet as he holds his head. Kurt Angle is down on the mat. Ray finally gets up and goes after Kurt. Kurt gets up and Ray does a huge dropkick!!!! Ray gets up and yells at Sting. He turns and tags Anderson. Ken kicks Kurt in the gut and whips him in the ropes. He applies an elbow to the head. He covers but Kurt kicks out. Ken holds onto Kurt and brings him in the corner. He tags Devon. Devon enters and kicks Kurt in the gut and then does a slow neck breaker. Devon slides on the mat like a snake and then covers. Kurt kicks out. Devon now works on the neck on Kurt. Kurt gets to his feet and elbows his way out of it. Kurt bounces off the ropes and Ray kicks him in the back of the head. It fully didn't affect him. He goes to Devon and Devon levels him. Devon lifts him up and does a body slam. He does a leg drop and then mocks Hogan. Devon grabs Kurt and Ray tags in. Ray slowly dissects Kurt with a kick in the gut and a slow neckbreaker. He gets Kurt up and does a huge chop to his chest. Ray goes for another chop, but Kurt ducks and does the Angle Slam! Kurt reaches for a tag. He is beat. Both are crawling to their corner. Kurt tags and Ray tags Devon. Sting goes after Anderson on the corner and then after Devon with multiple closelines. Devon gets up in the corner. Sting does the Stinger Splash and Scorpion Death Drop. He covrs. Ken enters to break it up, but Sting moves and Ken hits Devon. Sting sends Ken out. Sting hits the Stinger Splash again as Devon is in the corner. Sting hits the bulldog and covers. Ray enters and breaks the cover. Sting gets up and they are in each others face. They fight back and forth but Sting takes the legs out from under Ray and apply the Scorpion Death Lock. Mr. Anderson enters and takes Sting down face first with the Mic Check. Ken leaves the ring and slams Kurt into the steel steps.
Devon grabs a table from under the ring. He brings it in. He and Ray set it up and wait for Sting. Just then, music hits! Here comes Abyss! He takes his coat off and enters the ring. He goes after Devon and Ray. He smashes both of them in the corner. Anderson jumps over the ropes in the ring. Abyss grabs him by the throat and chokeslams him through the table. Devon gets up and Abyss hits him with the Black Hole Slam. Abyss covers and wins!
Winners: Abyss, Kurt Angle, and Sting
Abyss is standing tall and the crowd is going crazy! The show fades.
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