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10 Things to Watch For at the Draft
June 25 2010 09:29AM
It's quite an exciting time to be a fan of NHL hockey. The NHL Awards were just handed out, incorrectly (boy, is Henrik's face going to be red when Bettman tells him 'horribly premature April fools!). There is the anticipatory excitement of the NHL free agency period opening July 1st can be felt in the air (I can't wait for the Flames to sign Dean Mcammond!), and of course, there is the upcoming 2010 NHL Draft. Calgary Flame fans have a lot to look forward to this year, as the team is drafting 13th overall. The team has not drafted this high since the 2003 draft, and it is expected they will be able to acquire a bona fide NHLer. What's that? Oh no, to the Coyotes? For what? Oh, really? My condolences.
Well then, you'll have some time to watch then, won't you, Calgary Flames fan? Here are a few things to watch for as you wait, wait, and wait for Calgary's first draft selection. In the third round.
1) This draft features plenty of highly skilled Russian players who may be available in the 3rd round due to questions about sign-ability. Look for Sutter to not draft any of them, as good quality, Western Canadian-made skate rags will also be available in the 3rd.
2) If you look closely enough, you will see former Flames first round pick Kris Chucko , waiting tables.
3) If you are attending the draft festivities in Las Angeles, watch out for Danny Rider. No, seriously, watch out, he will mug you.
4) If you are watching the draft from home on the television, look for Doug Maclean and Mike Milbury to criticize other people currently employed as NHL GM's choice in draft picks. Doug Maclean and Mike Milbury .
5) Look for the Oilers to draft Taylor Hall with the number one overall pick. Taylor is a solid kid, with good size and great hands, with no history of paying for Christie Chorley's birth control. Allegedly.
6) With a roster that features the like of Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel, watch for the Maple Leafs to choose Tyler Seguin with the number 2 overall pick, and become an instant contender in the Eastern Conference.
7) Watch for the Vancouver Canucks to draft a feral, uncivilized jungle man, who was raised by wolves. After all, Ryan Kesler needs someone in the locker room to teach him good manners.
8) Look for more goals to be scored in the first half of the first round of the NHL draft then are scored in an entire month of World Cup Soccer.
9) Watch for draft to receive absolutely no coverage at all on ESPN.
10) Watch for Sutter to trade next year's first round draft picks, just for the fun of it. After all, draft picks are for losers.
Furthermore, I think Peter Loubardias should be fired.
Don't forget, Roger millions is just impressive.
Hilarious...and yet it's all true!
Not sure if you were being facetious but the Leafs don't have their own pick! A blogger on the prestigious nation has got to know these types of things.
June 25 2010, 10:56AM
Not sure if you were being facetious but the Leafs don't have their own pick! A blogger on the prestigious nation has got to know these types of things.
Uh...that's the joke.
Are you serious? I think he knows who has the 2nd overall pick.
June 25 2010, 11:18AM
The Jets, right?
I wish, DB. I wish.
And number 10 on that list seems like a better bet than anything else.


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The Local Governmental Records Preservation Project will now be coming to the municipalities, counties and school districts within the Emery, Carbon, Grand and San Juan counties. This project will be carried out under the sponsorship of the State Archives and the Emery County Archives and in cooperation with the Southeastern Association of Governments.
The project provides an opportunity for all local government agencies to have their historical governmental records identified, preserved on microfilm, and made accessible locally. Microfilm copy of these records will be provided to each participating agency, the State Archives, and the Regional History Center in Castle Dale. All of this will be at no cost to local governments.
There records of interest are: minutes of councils and boards, city or town charter papers, resolutions and ordinances, annual reports general and fiscal), cemetery burial records (if the city operates a cemetery), and other unique local historical records.
The regional orientation meeting for this project will be held on June 9 from 9-10 a.m. The project will be described in more detail as to what will be expected and what the archives staff will be doing to help preserve the agency governmental historical records.
Directly following this meeting, the State Archives will offer a comprehensive records management training session from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Both will be held at the Emery County Commission chambers. It will be conducted by the State Archives and hosted by Emery County.
Also to be discussed at this orientation meeting is the possibility of the State Archives and Division of State History establishing a regional records repository at the Emery County Archives. We welcome all government records officers and all interested parties-history and museum organizations, genealogists, history buffs, etc.-to attend the first hour of orientation.
These records will be preserved and that they will become part of a statewide collection of local records documenting the history of the communities and local agencies of Utah.
DROPS will be held June 22 at the Fairgrounds, 500 East 100 South, Castle Dale. Sign up begins at noon. We are not responsible for late truck deliveries nor the quality/quantity of food offered. You must be present to pick up a box. First come, first served. Please do not block private driveways.
June 20 at 10:30 a.m. in the tent located at 1353 South Carbon Ave., in Price the following four churches will be combining their worship services in the tent provided by Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries.
Freedom Christian Fellowship; Price Community Methodist Church; Price Chpael (Christian and Missionary Alliance); and New Life Ministries.
Old -Time tent revival meetings June 13-27 at 7 p.m. in the tent, 1353 South Carbon Ave., Price.
Other events include: Biker Sunday, June 13 at noon; Four Church community service, June 20 at 10:30 a.m.; Youth Night (teens only) June 25 at 7 p.m.; Dick Williams Music Ministry, June 26 at 7 p.m.; For more info contact Andrew Lasslo at (435) 472-3995 or 472-5913.
Free food, great music, and best of all, you can get yourself blessed! This year's bike blessing will take place at noon on June 13 in the tent at 1353 South Carbon Ave., in Price. Call Andrew Lasslo (435) 472-3995 or 472-5913 or go to www.newlifeutah.com/bikers.htm, for directions and more information.
A fund raiser is being held for Cemetery Memorial Plaques for each of the cemeteries by the American Legion. Donations can be sent to Ray Quinn PO Box 126, Cleveland, Utah 84518.
Everyone is welcom to attend Emery County Historical Society's June meeting, which will be a spaghetti dinner fund raiser on June 24 at 6 p.m. at the Castle Dale park pavillion. Cost will be affordable. Donations of more will be accepted. Funds will help planned projects proceed. Society members, bring a dessert to share. Call Bert Oman, Mervin Miles or Kathaleen Rowley.
There will be a guest speaker, musical group and a recognition and presentation to Eva Conover, Ferron resident and author, who was the first president of the original Castle Valley Historical Society.
If your heritage is Irish, Scottish or another Celtic nationality, volunteer to assist this year's Scottish Festival at the Fair. Contact Richard Bissell, Box 1073, Huntington, UT 84528.
Attention vendors. Booth space is going quickly, so if vendors would like a space, contact Cheryl or Kathy at 687-2403. Applications must be in as soon as possible for booth space at the Emery County Fair to be held Aug. 3-7.
Any ladies age 17-24, who would like to compete in the Miss Emery County Scholarship Pageant should contact Natalie Blackwell at 384-3184 as soon as possible.
Frontline World will air Turning Over Iraq on June 24 at 8 p.m. on KUED. This program investigates the realities of what was supposed to be post war Iraq, including resistance to the occupation forces.
The Southeastern Utah District Health Department will be conducting two food handlers workshops June 17 at the health department in Castle Dale, 25 West Main Street, at 4 and 7 p.m.
Orangeville City is having a fund raiser to raise money to build a skate park. First prize is a Kawasaki 250 4-wheeler, other prizes also available. Purchase tickets at Orangeville City Hall or from one of the city council members. Drawing will be June 19. Need not be present to win.
A cowboy celebration of music, poetry, folklore and more will be held in Kanab Aug. 24-29. For information about entertainment visit the website www.westernlegendsroundup.com.
Summer school will begin on June 8. A parent or guardian needs to accompany the student on the first day to fill out the registration and pay the fee. It is not mandatory for the students to attend all 10 sessions of summer school. They may complete the work at home or in class, but all work will be due on the last day, which is July 15. Pre-registration will ensure that your student has work ready on the first day. Classes will be held June 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, July 6, 8, 13 and 15. Class time 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact Liza Roberts, 384-2335 or 748-2074.
Learn more about people with disabilities and their families at two workshops to be given in Emery County presented by the Disability Law Center. In Castle Dale, June 17 at Castle Dale City Hall from 9-11 a.m. In Green River, June 17 at Green River City Hall from 3-5 p.m.
Project WET are offering a local workshop, Exploring Utah's Forests and Wetlands. The workshop will be held June 10-11 at Huntington Elementary School from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. It is open to all educators, pre-service educators, parents or local community leaders. Fee includes all materials. For more information or to register call Trish Hedin at 435-259-8730 or online at email@example.com.
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June 18-19 are scheduled for the first annual John Wesley Powell Days celebration in Green River. Activites will begin at the museum at 7 p.m. on June 18 and continue through June 19. There will be breakfast, dinner, entertainment, games, plenty of activities for children, movies, a western band and much more.

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The third annual Vanishing Trails Expedition auto caravan, consisting of 150 cars and over twice that many people, made the trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation to see where the Sioux held their Ghost Shirt dances. Henry Weasel and John Plenty Wolf of Manderson were both on hand to tell their stories.
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The Use of Nuclear Weapons
(Adopted by Council on April 21, 2006)
The American Physical Society is deeply concerned about the possible use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states and for pre-emptive counter-proliferation purposes.
Nuclear weapons have not been used for more than 60 years, reflecting a widespread appreciation of the grave human costs and political and moral consequences of crossing the nuclear threshold. The American Physical Society urges a prompt, full and informed public debate about the circumstances under which the United States might use or threaten to use nuclear weapons, and the consequences for the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Background Information:
The American Physical Society notes that any policy by the United States to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapon states threatens to undermine the Non-Proliferation Treaty regime. The current U.S. nuclear-use policy, stated in 1995, and reiterated in 2002, reads:
"The United States reaffirms that it will not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon state-parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an invasion or any other attack on the United States, its territories, its armed forces or other troops, its allies, or on a state toward which it has a security commitment carried out, or sustained by such a non-nuclear-weapon state in association or alliance with a nuclear-weapon state."


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Chapter 11
Jesus acclaims John as more than a prophet—The cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum are rebuked for unbelief—The Son reveals the Father—The yoke of Christ is easy, and His burden is light.
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to
2 Now when
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those
5 The
6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
7 ¶And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in
9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a
10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and
14 And if ye will receive it, this is
15 He that hath ears to
16 ¶But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and
20 ¶Then began he to upbraid the
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of
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A controversial late Gordon D'Arcy try saw Leinster to scrape past provincial Pro12 rivals Connacht 16-8 in Galway on Saturday.
A controversial late Gordon D'Arcy try saw Leinster to scrape past provincial Pro12 rivals Connacht 16-8 in Galway on Saturday.
The visitors headed into the match having taken the spoils away at Ulster, while Connacht were looking to bounce back from defeat at Munster.
It was a tight encounter from the first kick, with the first points not being scored until the 22nd minute, when Fionn Carr crossed for the game's first try. The flying winger latched out onto Robbie Henshaw's crisp pass following great work from the backs to score, though the conversion was missed.
Ian Madigan reduced the arrears as half-time approached, but Jack Carty's penalty on the stroke of the interval restored Connacht's five-point advantage.
There were few chances for either team to add to their tally during the opening exchanges of the second half, though the deadlock was broken either side of the hour with a quickfire double of penalty goals from Jimmy Gopperth, whose efforts put Leinster 8-9 in front with less than 20 minutes remaining.
The concession swept Connacht into action, though they were unable to find the points to turn the tie on its head. Instead, Leinster succeeded in adding to their lead in the closing stages of the match, through D'Arcy's try. D'Arcy scrambled over under the posts following a heavy period of away attacking pressure. His effort was referred to the TMO, and there was strong suspicions of a forward pass in the build-up, but the score was awared; Gopperth converting to secure a welcome victory for Leinster.
The scorers:
For Connacht:
Try: Carr
Pen: Carty
For Leinster:
Try: D'Arcy
Con: Gopperth
Pens: Madigan, Gopperth 2
The teams:
Connacht: 15 Darragh Leader, 14 Fionn Carr, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Eoin Griffin, 11 Matt Healy, 10 Jack Carty, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Eoin McKeon, 7 John Muldoon, 6 Andrew Browne, 5 Craig Clarke (c), 4 Mick Kearney, 3 Nathan White, 2 Jason Harris-Wright, 1 Brett Wilkinson
Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Michael Swift, 20 George Naoupu, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Dan Parks, 23 Tiernan O'Halloran
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Zane Kirchner, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip (c), 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 Tom Denton, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Martin Moore, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements: 16 Aaron Dundon, 17 Jack O'Connell, 18 Mike Ross, 19 Mike McCarthy, 20 Dominic Ryan, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Jimmy Gopperth, 23 Dave Kearney
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The Eldorado High School volleyball team lost in straight sets at Fairfield Thursday night, falling 25-21 and 27-25.
"The first game we were sluggish at the beginning of the game and then we got going, but we never could get into a real rhythm tonight," Eldorado head coach Lisa Craig said. "The second game we played better, but we would have a run of three or four points then make a mental mistake. The serves that we missed came at a time when we would be on a roll and miss the serve and lose the ball. We just didn't play up to our best ability tonight."
Kourtney Phillips had a good match with a 4-for-4 line on sets, finishing with eight spikes and six kills, while going 8-for-9 on serves with nine points.
Abby Steed finished 3-for3 with one kills and 6-for-8 on serves with six points and two aces.
Mary Mitchell went 28-for-29 on hits with a kill, 7-for-7 on serves with eight points. Sadie Steed was 3-for-3 on spools with eight points and an ace. Dresdyn Bramlet was 4-for-4 with four kills and finished 3-for-3 on serves with three points, one ace and a block.
Erica Graczyk was 7-for-11 with kills and went 9-for-11 on serves with 11 points and an ace. The senior also finished 3-for-4 ob blocks with one kill.
Eldorado is scheduled to play at Vienna Monday, starting at 7 p.m.
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kimono love
I had some meetings in central today with some brands and about a project I'm working on so I was in Central so therefore decided to pop to the shops. I had some Toppers stuff to return so decided to have a little browse. I settled on this Kimono, despite it's hefty price tag. I justified it because my returns were out of date therefore it didn't count! Please tell me it doesn't count! It's just absolutely gorgeous and so perfect. I might actually wear it on Christmas day come to think of it with a simple black dress and some nice shoes. I also wore my new faux leather trousers which I picked up a few weeks ago but not been brave enough to wear quite yet! I seem to prefer wearing trousers/leggings these days over skirts and stuff, despite the fact I could do with running a few laps around Clapham Common a bit more often! I know Kim K is always slated for being curvy and wearing leather trousers but oh well! I felt like Ross from Friends when I was trying to squeeze my bum into them this morning! I really like that River Island does their trousers in Short, Regular and Long as it means they don't need rolling up or anything!


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By Brendan Conway
Stock-index gains alone tell you how huge 2013 has been for investors. But the return of the stock mutual-fund investor — a group that went missing after the financial crisis — may be more telling.
Fund watcher Strategic Insight predicts equity mutual funds and ETFs are on track for a net $450 billion inflows for 2013. It would be more than the last four years' inflows combined, according to the firm.
"This is the year for stock mutual funds. Investor confidence continues to trigger higher stock fund flows," Avi Nachmany, Strategic Insight's research director, is quoted as saying in this morning's press release.
Investors could enact something less than the torrid pace of inflows seen in October, and still hurdle $450 billion. The YTD net inflow figure was $404 billion as the end of last month, after investors deposited $60 billion into stock funds and $40 billion during September.
When it comes to ETFs, the top seller is WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ), which has seen a fresh $8.4 billion.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) is second at $6.5 billion, followed by Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK), $6.2 billion, iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), $6 billion.


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IntroductionHonduras (hŏndŏrˈəs, –dyŏrˈ–; Span., ōndōˈräs) [key], officially Republic of Honduras, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,975,000), 43,277 sq mi (112,088 sq km), Central America. Second largest of the Central American countries, Honduras is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east and south by Nicaragua, on the southwest by El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by Guatemala. Tegucigalpa is the capital and chief commercial center.
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Doctor Oakroot
Doctor Oakroot was born in a taxi with no brakes, and, he says, "I been rolling ever since. I rolled right down to Hell, pulled up the devil by his tail and brought back some dark, dark songs."
And he plays those songs on quirky guitars that he makes himself. "I have an inner conviction that I should make my own instruments. My grandma made her own dulcimer and I make my own guitars - it's a tradition."
Oakroot's guitars are decorated with pyrography (wood burning). He says, "I can't draw worth a damn, but I do it anyway." The designs inspire the names of his instruments - The Goblin, The Cyclops, The Weeping Goddess.
Folks get a big kick out of Oakroot's quirky creations whenever he plays... and an even bigger kick when he pulls out a very simple two string instrument, plays a couple of songs, and then gives the guitar to a lucky audience member - a regular feature of his shows.
Oakroot comes from a musical family. His mother had some success as part of pop singing group, the Ross Sisters, in the '50s. His father sings in a church choir and, for many years, has performed opera with the Durham Savoyards - performing in every Gilbert and Sullivan play over the years. Oakroot's sister is a concert violinist with credits including prinical second violin in two state orchestras and a brother is an accomplished if unpublished songwriter.
Oakroot himself first picked up a ukulele at the age of 3, switching to guitar at age 10. After a few years playing rock, blues, and folk guitar, he went on to study classical guitar with Jesus Silva at the NC School of the Arts, as well as summer programs there in flute and string bass.
Throughout his childhood, Oakroot built instruments as well as playing them. "Usually, I would see an instrument from another culture in a museum - like a shamisen from japan or a (reconstructed) cythara from Rome - and think 'I want one of those'... so I'd go home and build it."
For several years, he played primarily for his own entertainment, until 1990 when he joined the somewhat informal folk performing group, Common Sounds, in Kalamazoo, MI. On his return to NC, he founded in 1995, with Lighting River and Hawke, an alt-rock band, Emrys in which he played bass and sang - mostly back up but some leads. "Emrys was especially interesting," says Oakroot, "because the three of us were coming from such different places musically - me from blues, Lightning from punk and alt-rock, and Hawke from metal."
After the break up of Emrys in 1997, he put together a new band, Dr Oakroot's Tonic. The new band released Bars and Churches produced by the late legendary reggae drummer Winston Grennan, who is known for creating the "one drop" beat. "That first record had quite a bit of holdover from Emrys and came out as sort of a rockabilly thing transitioning to the blues." The band went through several lineups, releasing the raw acoustic blues CD Bosnujo and recording, but not releasing Devil Take My Blues, before finally breaking up in 2000. Oakroot remembers, "that final Dr Oakroot's Tonic line up was so good, I just didn't think I could put together a band to match it, so I went solo."
Oakroot had already been performing solo in Esperanto as Radikulo (Esperanto for "root man"), so he just adapted that act to English language songs. And he still does occasional songs in Esperanto.
In 2004, Oakroot began to recover his childhood interest in building instruments. "I was getting bored with the music I was making on my perfect high-end production guitars. So I started making clunky cigar box guitars. I find that working within a limitation enhances creatitivy." If you are interested in this whole cigar box guitar thing, you can click here to visit Shane Speal's Cigarbox Nation. "It's a friendly group with lots of advice available for beginners."
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In An Atmosphere 'Longing For Unity' Ecumenical Patriarchate Celebrates Patronal Feast of St. Andrew
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Dec 1, 2004
Istanbul, TURKEY- "The longing for unity is strongly manifest," said His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of over 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, at the conclusion of the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy celebrating the Feast Day of St. Andrew at the Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul on November 30th.
The patronal feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the feast of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle, became more illustrious than ever before because of the joyous and historical occasion of the restoration of the holy relics of Sts. Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. The relics of these two Great Fathers of the Church were forcibly taken 800 years ago by the Crusaders of the 4th Crusade in 1204 and were returned by Pope John Paul II to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a historical ceremony last Saturday, November 27 during an ecumenical service held in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Early in the morning, His All Holiness and other hierarchs in full vestments descended in procession to the Sacred Patriarchal Cathedral carrying the relics of the two Saints, which had been kept in the Patriarchal Chapel of St. Andrew, and placed them in the center of the Church.
Feelings of jubilation and deep gratitude to God were apparent in the faces of the hundreds of faithful in attendance in this Pan-Orthodox Liturgy concelebrated by many hierarchs representing all the Orthodox Autonomous and Autocephalous Churches.
The official delegation of the Church of Rome, led by Walter Cardinal Kasper, was in attendance as well as many other representatives of other Christian Churches in Constantinople. Eighty members of a pilgrimage to the Mother Church from the United States, under the leadership of Archbishop Demetrios of America, and organized by the Archons of the Order of St. Andrew, were among the hundreds of faithful who filled the historic Cathedral of St. George.
In his address to the congregation Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke extensively about the unity of the faith and the unity of the Churches as "'the goal toward which we must look perseveringly and unwaveringly 'til we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God' (Eph. 4:13). The vision of the single Christian fold and the single shepherd, i.e. of our Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than any mere human being, must not for a single moment be absent from our minds," he said.
As His All Holiness further elaborated on the Lord's Intercessory Prayer "that they may be one as we are" (John 17:11), he said that it implies "a unity whose nature is like that of the unity of the three persons of the Holy Trinity."
Concluding his address the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the hope that "this doubly illustrious day will mark a new period of more concerted progress toward the unity, that is so much desired by all, by all the Christian Churches and by all people in Christ."


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The 19-year-old volunteer firefighter who confessed to starting a wildfire last summer near the town of Elbert appeared in court to face formal charges and to ask for a reduction in his $50,000 bond.
Alex J. Averette of Elbert sat quietly in an Elbert County courtroom on Feb. 8, advised of the multiple criminal counts against him, including intentionally setting wildfire, second-degree arson, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and second-degree criminal trespass.
The 6-foot-6-inch volunteer firefighter with the Elbert Fire Protection District admitted to arson investigators he used a lighter to start a 600-acre blaze for "the experience," according to Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap.
The fire, dubbed the County Road 102 Fire, started around noon on June 24, 2012, just north of the town of Elbert. It prompted the evacuation of 100 residents from the town and surrounding areas.
What began as a small brush fire quickly spread across the prairie, fueled by high winds and extremely dry conditions.
Public defender Helen Massey Hoopes asked the court to reduce Averett's bond to $10,000 so her client could return to his job and care for his family.
"Mr. Averette's primary concern now is for the well-being of his wife and child, as they have no other source of income at the time," Hoopes said.
Elbert County Judge Palmer L. Boyette denied the reduction.
Heap called the case unfortunate.
"I call this kind of behavior unacceptable," Heap said. "But it's important for everyone to remember that in no way should this reflect on the many dedicated volunteer and public safety professionals we have here in the county."
More than 100 fire and law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies responded to the fire at a time when state firefighting resources were strained due to the Waldo Canyon and Hyde Park fires.
Ground crews required assistance from county road and bridge teams, law enforcement personnel, and two single-engine aircraft tankers to contain the fire.
Fire Chief John Gresham addressed the case in an email. "I speak for all officers and volunteers of the Elbert Fire Department, as well as members of the Elbert community, in stating we were shocked and saddened to learn the alleged arsonist was one of our own," he wrote. "Of course, that individual has been placed on indefinite suspension from all departmental activities, pending outcome of the legal proceedings."
Gresham added: "While such an unfortunate act on the part of a misguided individual may occur, such an act is an extreme exception, in contrast to the commitment to public service exhibited by the dedication, goodwill and hard work conducted by the vast majority of our volunteer members."
Elbert County Emergency Manager Cory Stark described the expenses associated with fighting the County Road 102 fire as "overwhelming."
"There were just so many different units involved, as well as a variety of firefighting assets we had to bring in from different jurisdictions to help," Stark said. "There are a lot of costs that aren't so obvious, like fuel, supplies, and damage to firefighting equipment — and that doesn't even begin to include damage to private property. It will be a while before we can really know the entire cost associated with that particular fire."
Heap said countless hours have been expended over a seven-month period to bring the responsible individual to justice, and he will seek restitution on behalf of the ECSO for expenses incurred in connection with the fire.
The Elbert Fire Protection District covers more than 18o square miles and serves 1,500 people.
Averette, a 2011 graduate of Elbert High School, remains in custody.
The court also denied an earlier request by Averette to be released on personal recognizance.
Averette's next court appearance will be March 8.


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Named for the final resting place of warriors in Roman Mythology, the Sacramento, CA based Elysia create epic battle hymns for the metal and hardcore set. Excessively brutal but socially conscious vocalist Zak Vargas espouses on society�s ills from a youthful viewpoint. Starting the band when he was fifteen, Zak has literally grown up in Elysia and he says it shows on their forthcoming album to be released this summer on Ferret Music. �When we first started we got comments about our first demos as being misogynistic and I think this record shows how we�ve grown as people and adults in the musicianship and lyrics. We have a two part song on the album that talks about woman�s rights and values, which I felt was important to address in our music.�
The band has just finished recording with Kurt Ballou at God City Studios in Salem, MA. Zak comments �We were very excited to work with Kurt, I can�t imagine going with anyone else for this album.� Recording all new material written right up until they went into the studio Zak says �We�ve been playing some of these new songs live and some people have said it�s music that moves you emotionally. Though we weren�t directly influenced while writing the music, listening to it now it reminds me of Converge�s material on the Poacher Diaries split in that it�s brutal and composed but also very emotionally charged.� In addition to the socially minded songs a theme of the upcoming album is betrayal and very personal. �I write about losing relationships but not just with friends but about losing a relationship with God like on our song Lion Of Judas.�
Though the band plays metal, they consider themselves to have the attitude of a hardcore band in their live performances leaning heavily on audience interaction to create the spirit that their punk heroes did. The band are about to embark on a string of dates with This Is Hell and Ruiner. Following that is a March tour with The Warriors, The Ghost Inside, Stray From The Path and Fate.
Initally forming five years ago Elysia was originally a recreational outlet from high school where they could live out their hardcore fantasies. �We definitely sucked back then� Vargas admits �Our first show was playing for all of our friends and it went over better than it should have.� From there the band chipped away at their own identity while playing shows repeatedly. �Back then the Sacramento scene was composed of a lot of older folks, so we were these kids banging away and not getting much acceptance at first. Eventually all those older kids phased out and a new scene built up behind us.�
Playing regionally around Northern California the band began to carve a name for themselves playing mini-tours with bands like Impending Doom and Molotov Solution. �It sounds weird but we built a following and never really played with any sizable bands, it was us playing for locally based bands and their friends and they turned on to us and told their friends and it built from there.� Their draw in the Golden State currently is as high as 400 kids for headlining shows.
The band Self-released their debut full-length Masochist in 2006.


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The first in a series of gun buybacks in the city is scheduled for Saturday.
PHOENIX -- Three months before a new state law goes into effect requiring police to sell any weapon they receive, Phoenix officials plan to destroy as many guns as residents bring them.
Those efforts begin Saturday with a gun buyback at three churches in the city, and two more events are scheduled later this month.
After that, gun buybacks coordinated with Phoenix police will likely cease.
A law Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed this week requires police to sell any weapons they receive, whether the guns are abandoned, lost or forfeited to the agency through a court order. A bill with the same intent — requiring agencies to sell weapons instead of destroying them — was approved last year, but officials in Phoenix, Tucson and other cities took a literal reading of that legislation and determined that it applied only to weapons that departments receive through court-ordered forfeiture.
Police have until the law takes effect to continue their current practices. In Phoenix, that means destroying weapons.
"There's been no emergency clause indicating that (the law) is going to go into effect immediately," Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos said of the legislation.
The checks police want to run on each weapon, which include records queries to ensure the gun was not reported stolen and a ballistics test to determine if the weapon was used in a crime, will take additional time, Martos said.
"Obviously, there's a little bit of pressure," said Martos, a department spokesman.
The buyback is anonymous, with no information collected on the donor, and police ask that weapons arrive unloaded and in a trunk or pickup bed where officers can safely remove the guns. As long as the guns are functioning, they can be exchanged for gift cards.
"It'll almost be like a drive-through process," Martos said.
A group called Arizonans for Gun Safety donated $100,000 to purchase grocery-store gift cards that will be given out in exchange for weapons, including $200 for assault weapons and $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles. That's far more than police have offered at similar past events, Martos said.
Phoenix police brought in a little more than 200 weapons at the city's last buyback in 2011, when they had $10,000 worth of gift cards.
"We almost had to start turning people away because we were running out of gift cards," Martos said.
An event in Tucson in January produced similar results — about 200 weapons for $10,000 worth of grocery gift cards — but came with an unanticipated wave of controversy.
Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik organized the event, which was paid for through private donations he coordinated in about two weeks.
Charles Heller, spokesman for a Tucson-based non-profit that promotes gun rights, said the event was a self-gratifying effort put on by people who want to believe that removing a few hundred weapons from circulation could somehow impact the crime rate.
The new legislation has spurred Tucson residents into action, Kozachik said. He added that there is no shortage of ideas about how to get around the new law, including suggestions that the weapons be auctioned with a minimum bid of $100,000 to thwart buyers or sold for one cent to artists who will melt them down and use them in installations.
He applauded Phoenix's effort to beat the legislative clock.


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The Castle Dale City Council Meeting of April 12, 2012 has been
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which is located at 65 East 100 North, Castle Dale, Utay. This change
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Contribute to the Restoration of the Old Emery Church The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation has awarded Emery town a challenge grant of $ 30,000 if the community can raise the remaining funds for the restoration of the old Emery church by December 2005.
In order to raise these funds, the town has re-published 1,000 copies of the 1980 book of the History of Emery Town and is selling the book for $30.
If all of the books are sold, there will be an additional $20,000 for the church restoration. Over 300 books were sold over the July 24th week-end celebrations.
Books can be purchased from Emery Town Hall or at the display booths at the Emery County Fair.
Donations for the church restoration can be made to the Emery Town Hall or the Emery County Community Foundation. If the donation is made through the Community Foundation, you may qualify for a 50percent tax credit on your Utah state income tax as well as qualify for a charitable donation on your federal income taxes.
For more information about this tax credit, contact Linda Jewkes or Bonnie Swenson. The old Emery Church is the last remaining 19th century public building in Emery County.
Construction of the Church began in 1898 shortly after the tunnel through the Manco shale hills was dug and the canal was completed to bring water from the Muddy Creek to irrigate the fields around the present site of Emery Town.
The Church was completed in 1900 at a cost of $8,000 but it was not dedicated until 1902 when all of the debts on the Church had been paid.
The Church building was made from lumber from the local forests and the walls are filled with several thicknesses of adobe brick. The outside was covered with New England style shiplap lumber siding, painted a cream color with brown siding. In 1902 when the church was dedicated it had a huge cast iron pot-bellied stove in the center of the building. It furnished plenty of heat as well as kept hot chocolate warm for dinners and parties. Many people will remember attending Friday night movies at the church.
In 1980, the Church was put on the National Register of Historic Places because of its unique character and place in the history of Emery County.
The town of Emery owns the church and has been working to restore it.
A grant from the Utah State Division of History was used to stabilize one of the corners of the church but now the community is looking to raise funds to restore the whole church.
Emery Town will be applying for grants from the Utah State Division of History, from the Forest Service Rural Community Assistance program as well as other agencies and organizations.
When the Church is restored, it will be used as a community center, a visitors information center, and a pioneer museum that will include an exhibit of early farming implements and machinery to interpret the early settlement activities in Emery County.


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PHA support groups are addressing diverse issues, from healthy eating to coping with emotions related to PH. Here's a sampling of recent activities around the country.
Ever had a craving for something crazy, whether it's pickled chocolate or fried gummy worms? Minnesota "Twin Cities" had a meeting about eight specific causes of cravings! What's more? They even had tips for how to overcome those cravings with healthy alternatives.
Minnesota wasn't the only group to talk about nutrition. Mid-Hudson Valley (N.Y.) and New Orleans had meetings about eating right while managing PH. Similarly, Central Florida, Sheboygan Area (Wis.) and Southern Jersey all invited local medical professionals to speak about foods and drinks that help regulate sodium and fluid intake.
Learning to prepare for emergencies has been on the minds of several groups. Syracuse focused on "adverse events" or medical emergencies like drug side effects and surgery complications with a talk by a PH nurse from Rochester Medical Center.
Tropical Storm Debbie rained on PHA's International PH Conference in Orlando in June but, had it turned into a hurricane, North Central Florida would have been ready! They brought in a nurse educator to talk about preparing for hurricanes and other natural disasters. Binghamton New York, Lilac City, Lincoln-area groups also hosted speakers on emergency preparedness.
Your lungs, just like your muscles, should always get a little workout. The Flint Saginaw (Mich.) group held a meeting about breathing exercises. The Minn-Ia-Kota (S.D.) group attended a "respiratory rally," where several speakers addressed major lung issues. Meanwhile, Portland Metro and West Virginia had meetings about other forms of exercise as well.
Where would PH patients be without caregivers? The Santa Barbara group had a great meeting about "finding balance as a caregiver," making sure the caregiver meets all of his or her needs as well as the patient's needs. The Newport Beach, Fresno and Puyallup Valley groups also had meetings focusing on caregivers' roles.
PH directly affects the heart and lungs, but coping with it also influences our mental health. The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill group discussed this question: "How has your life changed since being diagnosed?" Seattle, Des Moines, Milwaukee and NYC's St. Luke's brought in speakers to talk with their members about coping with a chronic illness and the anger it can produce.
When you have a condition like PH, traveling can be tough and intimidating. The D.C. Capital Breathers, Midlands S.C. and Nashville groups all hosted meetings about traveling with a chronic illness and the many considerations involved.
Each of us must prepare for end of life issues, whether we have PH or not. The Fort Worth group hosted a discussion about what they need to know about writing a will and hiring an attorney to assist.
Many support groups devote at least one or two meetings a year specifically to the purpose of having new and veteran patients get acquainted. Charm City Exhalers, Houston, Mid-South Area, Mid-Missouri, New Hampshire, UCSF, Tucson, Topeka Area, Tampa Bay, St. Peter's Hospital and the Puerto Rico groups all held similar meetings.
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If you want to catch those iconic, sweeping views of Florence you've seen in postcards, head to Piazzale Michelangelo. From an elevated position overlooking ... Read more
Boboli Gardens
Behind the massive Pitti Palace lies the enormous Boboli Gardens - both were once the private domain of Florence's ruling Medici family, but today they're both ... Read more
Accademia Gallery
Florence's Accademia Gallery (Galleria dell'Accademia) sits second on most itineraries, right after the fabulous Uffizi. The collection at the ... Read more
Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery, or Galleria degli Uffizi, houses the world's most important collection of Florentine art, so unless you have Skip the Line tickets you'll ... Read more
Ponte Vecchio
The ancient Ponte Vecchio bridge is as much a symbol of Florence as the red dome of the Duomo. Ponte Vecchio means old bridge, and indeed it dates back to ... Read more
San Miniato al Monte
There are so many churches worth visiting right in the streets of central Florence that you might think it's no big deal to skip San Miniato al Monte, sitting ... Read more
Central Market (Mercato Centrale)
Designed by the renowned architect Giovanni Mengoni in the late 19th century, Florence's Mercato Centrale is a cavernous, two-storey market hall that'sl full ... Read more
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Florence's most famous and popular market is the aptly named Mercato Centrale – but it's by no means the only market in the city. Another ideal spot to pick up ... Read more
Livorno Cruise Port
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One of the grandest sweeps of architecture in Florence, the Pitti Palace was built in the 15th century. Its gallery includes a huge collection of paintings ... Read more
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The Fool's Gold family has always stood apart from its peers because of its wide appeal and complex sound. Labelheads A-Trak & Nick Catchdubs make it very clear through their curation that Fool's Gold can be home to any music that they see fit, which is a perfect segue into the latest release on the label — a 22-track compilation titled Loosies featuring the likes of Juicy J, Jim Jones, Danny Brown, and many more.
"One of the things I'm most fond of with Fool's Gold is our extended family," says A-Trak. "Our foundation is in hip hop and the talent around us in incredible. Loosies is raw, unadulterated rap from the dudes who hang out with us backstage at Day Off." Pick up the limited edition cigarette USB over at the Fool's Gold Recs store today.


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The Hurricanes face a tricky assignment against this season's surprise package, the Cheetahs, in Bloemfontein on Friday.
The Hurricanes face a tricky assignment against this season's surprise package, the Cheetahs, in Bloemfontein on Friday.
After 10 matches played, the Cheetahs occupy sixth position on the table while the Hurricanes are in 11th spot with 28 points from the same number of games.
Matches between these sides are usually entertaining, as both teams like to play expansively, and their most recent encounters have been high-scoring affairs.
The men from Bloemfontein claimed a memorable 47-38 victory in Wellington last year after the 'Canes won 50-47 win in Bloemfontein in 2011.
In the seven previous matches between these teams, the Hurricanes have won four times and the Cheetahs' three.
The Cheetahs have made their best ever start to a campaign, winning seven matches so far, and will fancy their chances off adding to that total after having a bye last weekend.
The Hurricanes have delivered a mixed bag of results in 2013 – they've won five and lost five so far this season – and will be desperate for a win after suffering a humiliating 48-14 defeat against the Bulls in Pretoria last weekend.
And in the previous match, they suffered an 18-16 defeat to the Stormers in Wellington.
In both those losses the 'Canes were outplayed in the forward exchanges and Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has made no secret that their plan is to attack the 'Canes up front .
"I do think it will be an expansive game," he told Supersport
"There is no rain and the way the Hurricanes play is pretty much like we do.
"They try to attack from their own half when it is on and they keep the ball in hand. Counter attacks are one of their strengths. Hopefully it won't be a high scoring game from both teams.
"Our defence is a lot better.
"Looking at last week and the weeks before, at scrum time and their stopping of the maul is suspect, so we will like to attack them there.
"But other than that, you have to keep the ball through phases and they have conceded a few tries.
"If you manage to keep the ball through five or six or seven phases, you tend to find reward. It is very important that we keep the ball through these phases."
Hurricanes assistant coach Alama Ieremia is not surprised by that strategy and said his side are preparing for another physical onslaught.
"It's an obvious area to attack us, but of all the South African teams, their strength is moving the ball around so we've got to make sure we cope with that," he told Yahoosport
The Hurricanes suffered a major blow when their captain, All Blacks centre Conrad Smith, was sidelined with concussion.
Ieremia admits that losing Smith is a setback but believes his side will still deliver a good performance.
"Losing that amount of experience is a bit of a blow, but we're pretty confident with the leadership we have and we've addressed that in terms of the voices that need to be heard around the team."
Prediction: The Hurricanes will be battered after the loss to the Bulls and it's sure to have an impact on their performance against their hosts who will be fresh after last week's bye. Cheetahs to win by six points!
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johan Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Phillip van der Walt, 7 Frans Viljoen, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (capt), 1 Coenie Oosthuisen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Elgar Watts, 22 Ryno Benjamin.
Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor/James Marshall, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Reynold Lee-Lo, 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito (c), 7 Jack Lam/Karl Lowe, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Ben May, 2 Ash Dixon, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements:16 Reggie Goodes 17 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen 18 James Broadhurst 19 Brad Shields 20 Chris Smylie 21 Tusi Pisi 22 James Marshall / Karl Lowe
Date: Friday, May 10
Kick-off: 19:10 local (18:10 BST, 17:10 GMT)
Venue: Free State Stadium
Referee: Stuart Berry
Assistant Referees: Lourens van der Merwe and Francois de Bruin
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee
Put your money where your mouth is and make your predictions here!


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In West Virginia the physical and cultural landscapes are inextricably linked. Landscapes are defined by the physical and biological processes that shape them–the topography, climate, the geology, and the ecology. Cultural norms are often predicated by livelihoods, which are often predicated by the physical landscape. From there a positive feedback ensues. It is like this in many places, and it is difficult to experience one without the other. If the bicycle is the ideal platform from which to observe the interplay between the cultural and physical worlds, then West Virginia is an ideal venue.
A late night arrival assured a slow start for the day's ride. The realization that we needed to start pedaling came too close to lunchtime. We rode along a stream out of the park to its confluence with the Greenbrier River, where our ride would begin in earnest.
For the remainder of the morning and into early afternoon we make our way down the valley. The Greenbrier River was the main artery in the region from the times of the earliest settlement. A rail line paralleled its bank carrying would-be timbermen up river, and the currents carried logs down. Accordingly many towns were established near rail stations along the river, most often where relenting gorge walls allow access. Most of these towns no longer exist, but the roads still go there, and so our meandering through bucolic lanes was punctuated with startling descents down to the river followed directly by a climb back out. This sort of ceaseless undulating relief made organized pace-making difficult, resulting in conversational speeds. This pace was fine, for these sorts of rolling roads are most dangerous on long rides. When elevation gain comes at tens to hundreds of feet at a time it is easy to be over zealous. Besides, the weather was perfect and there are too many details to be missed along miles of roadside fence-line.
Tucked away behind an auto repair shop on US 219 in Frankford, West Virginia, is Lowell's Bakery. A handful of tables and chairs on the front porch offer perfect respite for the wayward cyclist. Inside Lowell himself greets us and soon a familiar conversation begins. You're going where? Do you all know how far that is? I've found that disclosing such information up front garners much needed respect for scrawny cyclists in rural Appalachia. A cinnamon roll at Lowell's constitutes a meal in and of itself. Soon enough we were back on our bikes, heading westward away from the river and towards one of the many mountainous ridges along the Allegheny front, heading towards Cold Knob.
Cold Knob is the kind of climb that forces you to pick lines. Gentle grades for the first few miles offer a false sense of security, perhaps even confidence. Initially the surface is actually fast and more than one of us takes the bait, charging out of the saddle up the hill. Rather abruptly, after a smooth sweeping switchback, the true nature of this climb is revealed. Instantly the grade becomes steeper and rocks of all sizes appear seemingly out of nowhere. The pace slows to a crawl. Riding out of the saddle is not an option on pitches nearing twenty percent. Ever so slightly, after no fewer than three miles, the road relents. However the damage is done, the group is shattered. Each of us left in solitude, to overcome the brutality of the climb and the oppressive afternoon heat on our own. I will my legs to turn the gear, to keep ticking over in metronome-like fashion, using only the shame of having to walk my bike for motivation. Forward progress comes tens of feet at a time. What had begun innocently enough ended over six miles later in a sweat-soaked stupor atop Cold Knob.
The dirt roads traversing the ridge beyond the summit of Cold Knob had a markedly different feel. Wider than any we had been on all day, the surface was hard, and scattered with marble-sized gravel. Nonetheless, we rode fast, barreling along the open flat stretches and drifting through corners, barely in control. Three flat tires in rapid succession allowed us to notice the endless sea of green rolling mountains visible in most any direction. Even more prominent were the lifeless moonscapes in the foreground. Most, entirely devoid of vegetation, the scenery depicted the stark reality of how humans can impact the landscape. The mood became almost apocalyptic.
Soon after, directions from a passerby sent us down a long and unnerving descent, after which we were treated to a hard charging ride on fast dirt. Hillsides draped in the leafy green of hardwood forests all around us seemed to breath new life into the our ride, inspiring a series of playful attacks and counter attacks that sent us hurtling through the midst of a local bear-chase. Luckily the bear was long gone by the time we passed, and we had only to contend with a few good-natured hunting dogs. Eventually we found ourselves on a road with painted lines, and a town-line sprint won with tactics that were questionable at best, marked our arrival in Richwood, the largest town we would see all day.
A mural spanning the side of a two-story building paid homage to the loggers and coal miners on whose backs the town of Richwood had been built. Had we not been concerned with finding food we may have ridden right through town without noticing that every single storefront along the four blocks of Main Street was vacant. It is often said that at the turn of the century it was possible to walk across West Virginia stepping only on tree stumps. And so it was that Richwood was born with the timber boom of the early 20th century, spurred on by industry tied to wood products and later, coal mining. Exhausted resources and industry collapse resulted in devastating economic and environmental consequences – the ultimate hardships for residents that remained.
As our seventh hour in the saddle approaches we were deftly in tune with each other. A fluidly orchestrated rotation had materialized with little need for words. Twenty miles slipped past and we found ourselves in the valley between Kennison Mountain and Blue Knob. Once again we pedaled across the Greenbrier, now with a deeper understanding of this place, West Virginia, simply as a result of riding a bicycle.


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Young Canadian men's volleyball team hardened for battle at Pan Am Games
COLIMA, Mexico- Canada lost to Mexico Friday night in its final tune-up match for the men's volleyball tournament at the Pan American Games 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 but head coach Vincent Pichette is pleased with the progress of his troops after a strong week of training and matches.
''We reduced our number of direct errors and established a more efficient offensive game,'' said Pichette about the match against Mexico. ''We lacked execution on defence and in our transition game and that was the difference in the second and third sets.''
Spencer Leiske of Lacombe, Alta., led the Canadians with 15 kills and two blocks, Kevin Miller of Brandon, Man., added six kills and an ace and Jacob Kilpatrick of St. John, N.B., had three kills and three blocks.
Canada opens round robin play at the Pan Ams on Monday against Brazil, then faces the U.S., Tuesday and Puerto Rico Wednesday. The top team in each group gets a bye to the semifinals on Friday while the second and third place countries cross over for the quarterfinals on Thursday. The medal matches are next Saturday.
The Canadian team was in Saquarema, Brazil all last week where it played three tune-up matches losing to Argentina and twice to Brazil.
''Playing against some of the best players in the world was a very valuable experience,'' said Pichette. ''Our players are competing at their first big international event. They are learning its challenges and the discipline that is required to compete at that level.''
The Canadian team left for Guadalajara today.
Canadian men's volleyball team roster for the Pan American Games October 15-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico:
Players: Ciaran McGovern, Grande Prairie, Alta.; Spencer Leiske, Lacombe, Alta.; Tyler Santoni, Kingston, Ont.; Sander Ratsep, London, Ont.; Jacob Kilpatrick, St. John, N.B.; Blair Bann, Edmonton, Alta; Max Burt, Gander, N.L.; Devon Parkinson, Victoria, BC; Reid Halpenny, Grand Bend, Ont.; Tanner Nault, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Louis-Pierre Mainville, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Que; Kevin Miller, Brandon, Man.
Head coach: Vincent Pichette
Team Manager: Julien Boucher
Assistant Coach: Denis Gaboury
Statistician: Christopher Galbraith
Therapist: Mathieu Séguin


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Skip to comments.Russia meteor virtually impossible to see coming - Current and planned efforts focus on larger...
Posted on 02/17/2013 1:01:22 AM PST by neverdem
Current and planned efforts focus on larger objects
Scientists have begun piecing together the characteristics of the meteor that exploded over Russia on the morning of February 15, using data from seismic instruments that track earthquakes and microphones designed to detect sonic booms from nuclear explosions. Unlike the asteroid DA14, which narrowly but predictably missed Earth later that day, the meteor was too small to detect before its contrail appeared in the dawn skies over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
Yet even an object too small to detect can produce an impressive amount of destruction. The meteor was 15 meters across (compared with 50 meters for 2012 DA14) and weighed more than 7,000 metric tons when it entered Earths atmosphere, says Margaret Campbell-Brown, an astronomer at Western University in London, Ontario. She estimates that it was streaking through the sky at supersonic speeds of about 18 kilometers a second before exploding at an altitude of 15 to 20 kilometers, creating a shock wave that shattered glass in a deafening boom once it reached the surface. Various news sources have reported hundreds of buildings damaged and about 1,200 injuries.
Coincidentally, the largest observed meteor to enter the atmosphere since 1908 arrived just hours before a much larger object passed the planet uneventfully at a distance of about 27,000 kilometers.
The fireball is not related in any way to 2012 DA14, says Paul Chodas, a planetary scientist with NASAs Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Among other reasons, the meteor buzzed through the sky from north to south, the opposite trajectory of DA14.
The explosion had the equivalent of up to 500,000 tons of TNT, Campbell-Brown says. Thats about 30 times the energy output of the Hiroshima atomic bomb but only 5 percent of the energy...
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It didn't explode, it grazed the atmosphere, and went on its way.
Global warming, some people just knew that SUVs and central heating would create asteroids and such things, now look what has happened.
Are you saying the meteorite made no earthly contact ?
I saw once piece of video of a hole in ice where they suspect
the remaining piece may have landed.
It was a joke, it was meant to be humor.
Perfectly predictable given the producers in the movie industry of today searching for newer and better ways to promote their glowbull-warming disaster movie genre.
Picture yourself a movie producer. Now, picture yourself working on a disaster movie. Say that movie is called "Meteor Apocalypse" or "Meteor Storm" or "The Meteor that ate the Urals". Now, you need a trailer to advertise your movie. You go to sleep one night with that need in mind, and then you wake up thinking about Orsen Well's War of the Worlds and the 1938 New Jersey radio thing on Halloween. Sold alot of books, eh? So, you come up with the idea of doing a modern-day version. Taking clips from the movie, meteors falling on a Russian city, you put them on Youtube and seed the social media sites with reports of meteors on the prowl, with spectacular video clips.
Sounds like the makings of a blockbuster movie! I can't wait till it comes to a local theater so I can drop $100 on tickets and popcorn and raisinets.
18 km/sec = over 40,000 mph (11 miles per second).
7,000 metric tons = over 17,000 fully loaded 747s.
Dat be some serious MV squared.
I have been wondering, though, for a while, "What would the effect be if a large meteor/small asteroid missed the earth by a mile (at its point of nearest approach, it was one mile above the ground)?"
There would be, of course, a heck of a sonic boom; over water it would probably trigger a tsunami, over a built-up area it would probably be as bad as being nuked.
The parts that burned off would probably have the same sun-obscuring effect as a volcanic eruption.
What else?
I've long believed a line from the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas: "For where the beginning is, there shall be the end."
On the other hand, those Russky building inspectors are pretty lax :)
"...I couldn't imagine a boom knocking down walls...."
That one factory bldg (in one pic I saw) really suffered some upper-level damage. The pic stunned me; looked like it took a direct hit. Guess those spanning beams bent and collapsed like spaghetti.
Liberals are confused about this, challenges their belief that whatever 'bad' happens, it's always our fault.
People on FR are so smart...much smarter than all the astronomers and astrophysicists which state it exploded.
And BTW...it did explode. That is the reason for the sudden brightening and the twin trails that were one trail...then two after the explosion.
Now...some of it...maybe most of it did skip off into the atmosphere. However, no doubt pieces of it made it to earth.
It was not the sonic boom. It was the explosion of the mass caused by entry into the atmosphere
A comment on the video said the factory was in bad shape already. Stalin moved much of the Soviet Union's manufacturing to that area of the Urals during WW2.
Who owns a meteroite?
It is estimated that the velocity of the meteor as it hit the atmosphere was roughly double that of an SRV (depending on whose data you use on the event).
My mind immediately went to the reactions of those Russian radar operators that had seconds to react to what must have looked like a warhead on trajectory for one of the most valuable military nuclear research targets of the last half century.
Regardless whether or not the Russian radars could actually track it, it might only have been its speed that kept something far worse from happening had hungover Russian radar operators had the time to make phone calls on what they might have seen on their screens, leaving hasty decisions up to other (potentially hungover) officers with both little time and little information on which to make a decision on response to what might have looked like an SRV on trajectory for a high-altitude airburst.
Just sayin'...
"Yet even an object too small to detect can produce an impressive amount of destruction."
A warning from God: "I'm gonna' git you suckas'!
Thanks for the post; thread. Fascinating, humorous, informative, educational.
Science/astronomy BUMP! Thread music...
Hmmm, I think I'll wait for the above to be confirmed. That seems a bit large to me.
If the UN wanted to do one useful thing;this would be it.
Check sf stOry "trigger man". By j f. BOne
Are you talking about the asteroid 2012 DA14?
Based on some internet comments the wall in question is on a VERY old building.
If a window could be broken, an old, un-reinforced brick wall with nothing behind it (and possibly poorly constructed) could be knocked down.
Here's the FR word of the day!
BOLIDE - a meteor and meteorite related term, with specific definitions from several groups. One definition describes them as fireballs reaching magnitude -14 or brighter.[1] In geology the term is used "to imply that we do not know the precise nature of the impacting body ... whether it is a rocky or metallic asteroid, or an icy comet, for example".[2]
An especially bright meteor, a bolide (in astronomy).
The word bolide comes from the Greek (bolis), which can mean a missile.
The IAU has no official definition of "bolide", and generally considers the term synonymous with "fireball". However, the term generally applies to fireballs reaching magnitude -14 or brighter.[1] Astronomers tend to use "bolide" to identify an exceptionally bright fireball, particularly one that explodes (sometimes called a detonating fireball). It may also be used to mean a fireball which creates audible sounds.
If the magnitude of a bolide reaches -17 or brighter it is known as a superbolide.
Depending upon the makeup of the object itself, there could be ill effects from the smoke or smaller fragments breaking off. The notion of meteorites being toxic isn't entirely a creation of comic books and science fiction.
"But late Friday, NASA revised its estimates on the size and power of the devastating meteor explosion. The meteor's size is now thought to be slightly larger about 55 feet (17 m) wide with the power of the blast estimate of about 500 kilotons, 30 kilotons higher than before, NASA officials said in a statement."
"The meteor was also substantially more massive than thought as well. Initial estimated pegged the space rock's mass at about 7,000 tons. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., now say the meteor weighed about 10,000 tons and was travelling 40,000 mph (64,373 km/h) when it exploded."
There was another meteorite that hit Cuber!
February 16, 2013 - Another February 14th Meteor Report -
This One Over Cuba.
Before the big space rock exploded with the force of 300 TNT kilotons and crashed into central Russia at 9:20 PM local time on February 14 (3:20 AM GMT), another fireball was videotaped over Rodas near Cienfuegos, Cuba, around 8 PM local time (1 AM GMT), six thousand miles from the exploded meteor impact sites in Chelyabinsk east of the Ural Mountains. Rodos residents described a roaring sound in the sky and a moving bright light that exploded and shook some houses, but no damage or injuries were reported. Cuban media report that scientists are trying to find pieces of that explosion.
Video here:
News article in Spanish with video.
If those fragments happen to be a carbonaceous chondrite it is worth $10,000 per gram if found.
If it were to contain enough cyanogen the person or persons who found it wouldn't live long enough to enjoy any payoff.
I've never heard of c2n2 showing up in meteorites. Used in rocketry? Yes! Have any links on that?
Many meteor showers are associated with the orbits of comets, therefore the origin of some meteors would be comet fragmentation. Many comets contain cyanogen, so many meteorite showers associated with their orbits will as well.
As a for instance, fairly recently, a meteor struck near a Peruvian village, emitted a very strong odor, sickening hundreds of villagers as well as police. Investigators wearing gas masks reported strong nasal and respiratory irritation through their gas masks.
Some attribute the respiratory distress and illness to cyanogen. Others attribute it to the heat of the meteorite fusing elements in the soil itself along with a high water table, emitting steam containing arsenic among other substances.
I wasn't even considering the potential toxicity - I was wondering just about the physical effects of a large hypersonic object passing low "overhead".
Bizarre weather would be an effect in the wake of a large one grazing the atmosphere, I'd think. Possibly cyclonic.
Thanks for the info, guess I am incorrect, it was that big. Russia got very lucky the meteorite did not hit dirt. That would have been a BIG bang. Seems there are lots of fireballs in the sky lately. Wonder what is up with that?
However assuming the impossible the effects of such a fly by would depend on the composition of the meteor. The "sonic boom" of a mile wide object traveling 60,000 mph one mile overhead would be very impressive, lol. Sadly it is above my pay grade to do the math on that. Fluid Dynamics is not my thing.
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I am wondering myself!
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