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by Henry James
Publisher: Herbert S. Stone 1897
Number of pages: 470
Strikingly modern in its subject and narrative voice, this 1897 novel centers on a child's view of her parents' bitter divorce. Maisie develops a precocious maturity as she observes the adults' irresponsible and immoral behavior. Rather than a gloomy parable of innocence corrupted, the tale abounds in dark humor and savage wit.
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Endthoughts: A Limited Defense of Affirmative Action
CLAL: the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, January 19, 1996
Topic: Race, Gender, Jewish Identification, Employment, Hispanic Identity, Public Policy, Jobs
Name of Publication: Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas
Editor: Cardin, Nina Beth
Volume/Issue: Vol.26/no.506
Page Number(s): 6-8
Genre: Article
Coverage: United States
Language: English
Copyright Holder: Publisher
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Neudel, Marian H. Endthoughts: A Limited Defense of Affirmative Action. Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas. CLAL: the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. 19 January 1996: 6-8. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=8365
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Six of the League's eight teams were in action last week and spring break tournament trips were in full effect for several of the squads. Penn and Harvard led the Ivies with strong weeks, as the Quakers went 7-1 at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimee, Fla., and the Crimson posted a perfect 5-0 mark at the Cal State Northridge Classic.
Penn opened the Rebel Spring Games with a six-game win streak that included victories over Sacred Heart, Indiana State, South Dakota (two), Detroit and Holy Cross. Harvard's five-game sweep included two victories over hosts Cal State Northridge, as well as wins against Cal State Bakersfield, Oregon State and Maine.
Yale opened its 2012 season last week at the Rebel Spring Games and posted wins over South Dakota, St. Francis and Lehigh. Cornell earned a second-consecutive weekend split at George Mason, this time with a pair of wins over Hartford. Columbia embarked on the first leg of its spring trip with a quick three-game set at Towson before heading south to join the fray at the Rebel Spring Games this week. Lastly, Princeton played a five-game set at the Maryland Invitational that culminated in a 9-4 win over Rhode Island. Dartmouth and Brown had the week off.
Player of the Week
Princeton freshman infielder Alyssa Schmidt (Rocklin, Calif.) had an impressive week at the plate en route to claiming Player of the Week honors. She recorded at least two hits in all four games in which she had an at-bat and went 10-for-16 (.625) at the plate. She hit a double in Friday's game versus Kent State and added a home run in Princeton's 9-4 win over Rhode Island on Sunday. She drove in a total of three runs over the weekend.
Schmidt was perfect in the field in 19 chances and only struck out once in 16 at-bats while also drawing two walks. She is the first Princeton's first Ivy League Player of the Week since Kelsey VandeBergh earned the honor on March 22.
Schmidt's Weekly Stats
5 GP, 16 AB, 4 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, .625 Avg., .667 OBP, .875 Slg.%
Pitcher of the Week
Harvard senior Rachel Brown (San Diego) continued her hot start to the 2012 season with three wins at the Cal State Northridge Classic, helping the Crimson to a perfect 5-0 record at the tournament. The senior, who was the Ivy League's Pitcher of the Year In 2011, hurled three complete game victories, including back-to-back shutouts to start the tournament, and she posted a 0.67 ERA. She notched a season-high 13 strikeouts against tournament host Cal State Northridge in Harvard's 3-0 win on March 9 and then tossed a complete game shutout over Cal State Bakersfield in Harvard's 2-0 win on March 10. Brown closed her week by earning a victory over Oregon State in the tournament finale, giving the Beavers just their sixth loss in 27 games this season as the Crimson won, 3-2.
All told, Brown walked one batter in 21 innings pitched last weekend, compared to 25 strikeouts. She has now earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Week honors for the second consecutive Tuesday and has nine such honors in her career, including three as a junior and two as a freshman and sophomore.
Brown's Weekly Stats
0.67 ERA, 3-0, 3 App., 3 GS, 3 CG, 21.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 25 K, 1 BB
Rookie of the Week
Penn freshman pitcher Alexis Borden (Yorba Linda, Calif.) helped the Quakers to four victories at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimee, Fla., including three complete game wins. All told, she posted a paltry 0.32 ERA in 22 innings of work and yielded six walks against 27 strikeouts.
Borden opened her week with a 2-0 shutout against Indiana State in which she fanned eight batters. Her other shutout came as Penn blanked South Dakota, 1-0, on the strength of her 11-strikeout performance. Borden also closed Penn's win over Detroit, pitching two shutout innings to earn the save and finished the week with a complete game win over Manhattan that saw her strike out seven en route to a 9-1 win. She is Penn's first Rookie of the Week since Mikenzie Voves took home the honor on March 29, 2011.
Borden's Weekly Stats
0.32 ERA, 3-0, 4 App., 3 GS, 3 CG, 22.0 IP, 12 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 27 K, 6 BB
Honor Roll
Chelsey Dunham, Yale (So., P – Fairfax Station, Va.)
1.69 ERA, 3-1, 4 App., 4 GS, 29.0 IP, 22 H, 15 R, 7 ER, 14 K, 6 BB
Erin Keene, Cornell (Fr., 3B – New Milford, Pa.)
3 GP, 10 AB, 2 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 0 K, .500 Avg., .545 OBP, .900 Slg.%
Alison Lam, Columbia (Jr., OF - South San Francisco)
3 GP, 6 AB, 2 H, .333 Avg., .333 OBP, .333 Slg.%
Lauren Marx, Cornell (Sr., P - San Diego)
0.00 ERA, 1-0, 2 App., 0 GS, 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 K, 2 BB
Christy Nelson, Yale (Jr., 3B - San Diego, Calif.)
8 GP, 27 AB, 5 R, 10 H, 4 2B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, .370 Avg., .414 OBP, .519 Slg.%
7 GP, 20 AB, 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 5 BB, 4 K, 3 SB, .350 Avg., .480 OBP, .400 Slg.%
Stephanie Regan, Harvard (Jr., OF/1B – Humble, Texas)
5 GP, 16 AB, 3 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, .438 Avg., .471 OBP, .562 Slg.%
0.84 ERA, 1-0, 2 App., 1 GS, 8.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 K, 1 BB
March 6 - Kasey Lange (Harvard)
March 13 - Alyssa Schmidt (Princeton)
March 6 - Rachel Brown (Harvard)
March 13 - Rachel Brown (Harvard)
March 6 - Liz Caggiano (Columbia)
March 13 - Alexis Borden (Penn)
March 6 - Meredith Brown (Princeton), Kara Curosh (Dartmouth) Jenny Edwards (Cornell), Alyson Onyon (Cornell), Kristen Rumley (Dartmouth), Stephanie Thompson (Brown), Sydney Turchin (Penn), Kelsey Vandebergh (Princeton).
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Ivy Title Talk
Dating back to 1980, the first season of Ivy League softball play, six Ivy teams have combined for 35 titles in the 32 seasons of play. Yale won the inaugural title in 1980, while Princeton leads the League with 17 titles. Cornell, Brown and Harvard each have five titles, followed by Yale (2) and Penn (1). In 2010, Cornell prevailed in Game 3 of the Championship Series over Harvard, 3-2, for its second title in as many seasons, before Harvard halted that streak by sweeping the Big Red in 2011.
The softball championship series, which pits the regular season champions of the North and South Divisions against each other, began in 2007. That season, Harvard defeated Penn in consecutive games to win the first Ivy League Championship Series. The Cimson have represented the North in four of the five League Championships series (all but 2009 when Dartmouth won the North Divison).
Ivy League Championship Series History
2007 -- Harvard (North) vs. Penn (South)
Game One: Harvard def. Penn, 4-0
Game Two: Harvard def. Penn, 4-2
Harvard wins series, 2-0 (Soldier Softball Field // Cambridge, Mass.)
2008 -- Harvard (North) vs. Princeton (South)
Game One: Princeton def. Harvard, 4-2
Game Two: Princeton def. Harvard, 5-1
Princeton wins series, 2-0 (Class of 1895 Field // Princeton, N.J.)
2009 -- Dartmouth (North) vs. Cornell (South)
Game One: Cornell def. Dartmouth, 4-0
Game Two: Dartmouth def. Cornell, 5-1
Game Three: Cornell def. Dartmouth, 6-1
Cornell wins series, 2-1 (at Niemand*Robison Field // Ithaca, N.Y.)
2010 -- Harvard (North) vs. Cornell (South)
Game One: Cornell def. Harvard, 3-1
Game Two: Harvard def. Cornell, 4-2
Game Three: Cornell def. Harvard, 3-2
Cornell wins series, 2-1 (at Niemand*Robison Field // Ithaca, N.Y.)
2011 -- Harvard (North) vs. Cornell (South)
Game One: Harvard def. Cornell, 5-0
Game Two: Harvard def. Cornell, 4-0
Harvard wins series, 2-0 (at Soldiers Field // Cambridge, Mass.)
The 17-Ivy Win Plateau
Since the Ivy schedule format change in 2007, a team has finished with 17 or more League wins five times and won its division on each of those five occasions. In 2008, Princeton set the record with an 18-2 mark en route to claiming the South Division title. In 2009, Cornell became the second team to crack the 17-Ivy win plateau with a 17-3 record to take the South Division. Then in 2010, both the North (Harvard) and South (Cornell) Division winners reached 17-wins. In 2011, Harvard tied for the most League wins all-time at 18-2 while becoming the fifth squad to win at least 17 Ivy games and win its division.


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Nov. 5, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- The USC Trojans will host the Point Loma Sea Lions in an exhibition game at the Galen Center on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. This will be the final tune-up before opening the regular season on Nov. 13 vs. UC Irvine.
BREAKING DOWN THE SEA LIONS -- PLNU is a Christian liberal arts university located in San Diego, Calif., with approximately 2,400 undergraduates and 1,100 graduate students. The Sea Lions return 10 players from a squad that went 8-21 during the 2009-10 season. They are coached by Ethan Hamilton. PNLU has already played two exhibition games (0-2) this season. Forwards James Hancock (17.0 ppg) and Todd Campbell (14.0 ppg) have led the Sea Lions in scoring in the first two contest.
THE 2010-11 TROJANS -- USC returns two starters from last year's team which went 16-14 and tied for fifth in the Pac-10. Leading the way are forwards Nikola Vucevic (10.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg) and Alex Stepheson (8.4 ppg., 7.2 rpg), the top two returning rebounders in the conference. Veteran guards Donte Smith and Marcus Simmons will be joined in the backcourt by transfer Jio Fontan (eligible after 1st semester) and freshmen Maurice Jones and Bryce Jones. Freshmen Garrett Jackson and Curtis Washington, along with sophomore Evan Smith are expected to provide depth and fight for playing time at the forward position.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN -- There are 15 players on the 2010-11 USC men's basketball roster, including four walk-ons (James Dunleavy, Daniel Munoz, Eric Strangis and Tyler Sugiyama) and one player (Aaron Fuller) who will not be eligible until the 2011-12 season due to transer rules. The Trojan team by class: Seniors (4): Dunleavy (Rs. Jr.-eligibility), Donte Smith, Marcus Simmons, Alex Stepheson, Juniors (4): Jio Fontan, Nikola Vucevic, Fuller, Strangis, Sophomores (3): Evan Smith, Daniel Munoz, Tyler Sugiyama (Rs. Fr.--eligibility), Freshmen (4): Garrett Jackson, Bryce Jones, Maurice Jones, Curtis Washington.
SEASON AND HOME OPENER VS. UC IRVINE -- The Trojans will play their season and home opener on Nov. 13 vs. UC Irvine at the Galen Center at 1:00 p.m. UC Irvine went 14-18 in 2009-10 and tied for seventh in the Big West conference. New head coach Russell Turner inherits a club which features 12 returning lettermen, including All-Big West second team forward Eric Wise. Wise was fourth in scoring (16.3) and eighth in rebounding (6.5) among Big West players. The Trojans lead the all-time series vs. the Anteaters, 5-1. The leams last met in the season-opener on Nov. 15, 2008 and USC won 78-55.
VUCEVIC SELECTED TO WOODEN WATCH LIST -- USC junior forward Nikola Vucevic was one of 50 players named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 List, it was announced on Oct. 4 by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor. Vucevic had a breakout 2009-10 season scoring 10.7 points and grabbing 9.4 rebounds per game to earn the Pac-10 Most Improved Player Award. He led the Pac-10 with 283 rebounds and became the first Trojan to lead the conference in rebounding since Jaha Wilson in 1995.
FACING THE BEST -- USC's 2010-11 schedule features 21 of 31 games against teams which finished the 2009-10 season with a record of .500 or better. Among the nonconference highlights are games against perennial national powers: at Kansas on Dec. 18, at Tennessee on Dec. 21 and a home game vs. Texas on Dec. 5.
CARDINAL & GOLD RECAP -- Nikola Vucevic scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Cardinal team to a 39-29 victory in the annual Cardinal & Gold scrimmage held at the Galen Center on Oct. 23. The short scrimmage was broken up into four 4-minute quarters. Guard Donte Smith of the Gold team was high scorer, pouring in 20 points on 5-for-12 shooting, including hitting 4-for-8 from three-point range. Guard Marcus Simmons was second in scoring on the Cardinal team with eight points. He also had three assists, two rebounds and zero turnovers. He was followed in scoring by forward Alex Stepheson (7 points, 5 rebounds), freshman guard Maurice Jones (6 points, 3 assists, 0 turnovers) and freshman guard Bryce Jones (5 points, 1 assist).
IN K.O.'S CORNER -- Kevin O'Neill was named the USC head coach on June 20, 2009 and brought with him a tireless energy and a vast depth of experience at both the collegiate and NBA levels. In his first season in 2009-10, O'Neill led USC to a 16-14 record and a fifth-place tie in the Pac-10 Conference. He was named the 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year by CollegeInsiders.com. USC was in the hunt for the conference title until the final two weeks of the season, despite playing the second half of the year under the knowledge that self-imposed sactions would prohibit them from postseason play. O'Neill brings 14 years of collegiate and NBA head coaching experience and has worked in the coaching ranks for 31 years. During the 2008-09 season, he served as an assistant coach and special assistant to the general manager of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He has served as a collegiate head coach at Marycrest (1983), Marquette (1990-94), Tennessee (1995-97), Northwestern (1998-00), Arizona (2008) and USC (16-14). He also was the NBA's Toronto Raptors' head coach in 2004. O'Neill has compiled a 204-208 career mark as a collegiate head coach, despite for the most part taking over programs that were rebuilding. When he served as an assistant at Arizona under Lute Olson from 1987-89, the Wildcats went 82-19 and went to the Final Four one season. He was named Olson's successor for the 2008 season and guided Arizona to a 19-15 record and into the NCAA Tournament despite four of its top five players being freshmen or sophomores. In six of his 13 seasons as a head coach of a Division I program, he has guided his teams into the postseason. USC's victory in his first game on Nov. 17, 2009 vs. UCR was the first by a USC head basketball coach in his debut since Stan Morrison won in 1979.
NEW VOICE OF THE TROJANS -- Chris Fisher, 25, begins his first season of broadcasting USC men's basketball games on flagship station KSPN (ESPN Radio 710). He teams with 14-year USC color analyst Jim Hefner to call every USC men's basketball game. Fisher, a USC graduate, has spent the past three years broadcasting minor league baseball and also has called sporting events on USC's website and campus radio station. Fisher will be taking over for the late Rory Markas who called Trojan basketball games for the previous 12 seasons.
PAC-10 PREDICTIONS -- USC was picked to finish 6th in 2010-11 in the Pac-10 Conference in a vote by the league media. Washington was picked 1st, Arizona 2nd, UCLA 3rd, Arizona State 4th, Washington State 5th, California 7th, Oregon State 8th, Stanford 9th and Oregon 10th.
A HISTORY OF WINNING -- USC has compiled a record of 1,475-1,056* in its 104 years of intercollegiate basketball competition. USC has had a .500 or better record in 75* of the first 104 seasons.
TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS -- USC enters the season unranked in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll, the AP poll and the CBSSportsline poll.
THE GALEN ADVANTAGE -- USC was 11-5 in home games last season and is 51-15 in the first four seasons of the Galen Center's existence.
SOMETHINGS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR...-- The Trojans have two outstanding transfer players in guard Jio Fontan (Fordham) and Aaron Fuller (Iowa) who will not be available for action right away. Fontan transfered to USC last January and is expected to be eligible for competion for the game at Kansas on Dec. 18. Fuller transfered to USC this year and will have to sit out the entire season due to transfer rules. Fontan is expected to be a key member of this season's team once he is eligible as he made the A-10 All-Rookie team as a freshman in 2009 and averaged 15.0 points per game in five games last season at Fordham. Fuller was named honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2010 as he averaged 9.7 points & a team-leading 6.2 rebounds per game.
PAC-10 RETURNS -- USC will have to replace a lot of scoring production from last season as they rank 9th in the conference in returning scoring at 42.8 percent. In career production, Nikola Vucevic enters the season as the sixth-leading rebounder with 344, second among juniors just two behind DeAngelo Casto of Washington State. Vucevic (48) and Alex Stepheson (44) rank sixth and seventh respectively in active career blocks in the conference.
INJURY UPDATES -- Jio Fontan (ribs) began practicing this week after a week off. Garrett Jackson (nose) had his fractured nose reset on Oct. 29 and returned to practice on Nov. 4.
* 21 wins and 1 loss in 2007-08 later vacated due to NCAA penalty (revised all-time record 1,454-1,055; USC now 74 seasons .500 or better


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- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 pounds fresh baby carrots
- 6 medium parsnips, chopped
- 4 medium onions, cut into wedges
- 2 cups drained diced tomatoes
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 celery ribs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking tapioca
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine all the ingredients.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender. Yield: 8 servings (3 quarts).
Serve immediately or cool and freeze in a freezer container for up to 3 months. To use frozen stew: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan; add water to thin if necessary. Cover and cook over medium heat until hot and bubbly, stirring occasionally.
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Israeli general suggests creating buffer zone in a post-Assad Syria
An Israeli general has raised the possibility of creating a buffer zone in Syria, in cooperation with local forces wary of jihadist fighters, should President Bashar al-Assad be toppled.
Major-General Yair Golan said "many hundreds" of radical Islamists were fighting in Syria's two-year-old civil war and could "take root" in Israel's northern neighbour should Assad fall.
He said the Israeli military was working on the assumption that these fighters would ultimately launch attacks against Israel, which captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.
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Salami is not Paleo it is full of nitrates, nitrites, preservatives, salt and possibly wheat products as a binding agent same for bacon
I had salami with spicy peppers leftover from the Sicilian Salad and dijon. Easily my favorite snack so far!
I used grape tomatoes. These were great. I wasn't crazy about how sweet the grape tomatoes were, and they are sweeter than cherry tomatoes… but this is a great snack.
Mmmmmm. My first Paleo snack. So yummy! I found some "Hot Abruzzese Uncured Salami" without Nitrates and Nitrites and no wheat. Found it in the "cheese" section at Whole Foods. Wasn't sure I'd like it, but it's super yummy with the mustard and tomato! :)
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|I will be new to sailing Barnegat Bay this spring. I went with a 3' draft boat. There are some big sailboats on the Bay (30', at least that's big to me), BUT the Bay is a shallow water bay. Everyone I spoke to (Marina owners, boat owners) said that 4' keel was about max for someone intending to sail the Bay comfortably. Shoal draft keel with a swing centerboard would be the best all around boat to maximize sailing territory and reduce grounding. My impression was that a > 5' keel is a bad idea. Also, the inlets to the Atlantic are not for novices.
|I've found another, a Seidelmann 30' with 11' beam and 4'4" draft, that the man says is good in blue water. The shallow draft has it at forked river, NJ. It needs hull work though, and as a fiberglass hull, I don't know much about all that. Being in that area, it's in close vicinity of shops I know. Anything particular about this I should know to rule out right away, or to keep an eye out, that someone might know about?
Your list of criteria is over-constrained, so something is going to have to give. If you really want to be at the shore and would like to use Barnegat Bay as your training ground, I'd suggest a wing keel or other shoal draft boat, especially since your H31 has fallen through. There are dozens of Catalina 30s on the market at any time, and Jim McGee sails one on Barnegat as I recall (though his is a much newer model than you are likely to find in your price range), and maybe he can give you some advice about outfitting one to go out in the ocean. They have lots of space, and there are good reasons why they are so popular.
Good luck. We all want more people to take up sailing, and despite the frustration that we may express over your difficult criteria, everyone wants you to find a boat that you are happy with and a place that you can sail safely.
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|That's great, can you tell me where you found that? Is that sort of information available for most boats?
Hull Type: Fin Keel Rig Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 31.33 LWL: 26.25 Beam: 10.92
Draft (max.) 5.30 Draft (min.) Listed SA: 468
Displacement: 9700 Ballast: 4000
Designer: Cortland Steck
Builder: Hunter Marine (USA)
Hull: FG Bal. type:
First Built: 1983 Last Built: 1987
I had ruled out Forked River/Lanoka Harbor because of the depth, I wasnt' comfortable with it. If I said Toms River, I appoligize, I must have misspoke. The only marina I had chosen that I liked was in Tuckerton, and the biggest factor was it's proximity to a friends house who also happens to be experienced on the water, albeit power boats, not sail boats.
I looked at sandy hook/raritan bay. There are a couple nice places, though the waters seem questionable at probably 70% of the marina's I was looking at. The problem with that, however, when I called the marinas there that could accommodate the boats all had at least a year waiting list.
You hit my requirements square on the head. However I have no idea if such a thing exists. If not, obivously I'll have to bend somewhere, but I thought I'd start there, and work my way down.
When I first spoke to the owner, he said that he was told 5'6" but he said he measured it himself and he said it was closer to 5'11". That's what I'm going off of, I could not find the factory specs on it. Still, if you're going to make a mistake on something like that, it's better to go up i would think.
I don't know the boats, that's why I ask. I don't know hte marina's, that's why I ask. I don't know the waters, that's why I ask. A few days ago the forerunner was in tuckerton with the 31' hunter. However, the marina could not accomidate the depth, nor could hte inlet. It was out. The boat deal didn't pan out, so I'm looking again. If I find nothing, when I re-evaluate my parameters, I'll probably increase my slip fee to $100/ft.
I'm also waiting on hearing back from two marina's, two mile landing marina in cape may being one, on both water and seasonal availability.
I'd like to be a stones throw away from the ocean because once I find a place I like, I find myself hard pressed to leave once I'm comfortable somewhere. Chesapeake and Delaware aren't that much closer, and I regularly already travel to the jersey shore in the areas I had brought up. I know the areas, the people, the shops, and even had a shop there that I shared a lot with a storage yard. The guys were real nice and let me crawl all over and look at stuff, but they had 99% power boats, I think I only ever saw one sail boat.
I love the ocean, the bays have never appealed to me. Is the bay safer and present more oppertunities to learn at a slower pace, sure. It'd be ok to rent a day sailer from, I've scooted around on it, but I just didn't like it. I've been through little egg inlet, once with a storm approaching, it was not fun, it wasn't my boat, and the guy at the helm knew what he was doing. It was still pretty shaky, running on one diesel especially because the other quit while we were out there, thus taking much longer to get back than expected and having the storm run us down.
However, nothing is set in stone, I haven't taken any leaps, I'm still planning. Why buy a boat without a marina to go to? It all takes time and all the while I'm learning many new things every day.
Let's rewind here a little:
You say you want to purchase a 31 hunter with a 5 1/2 foot keel. ( on another post I saw a 5' 11" ) All the older vintage 31 hunters that I've seen draw 5' 3" ..... So are you sure what the draft is of the vessel you want to purchase..? It's important!
So here was the criteria you presented to us.
5 1/2 foot keel
Easy ocean access
somewhere in NJ
$ 60.00 to $80.00 per foot slip fees...later amended to $90.00 per ft.
3 hour drive from KOP.
Have I been paying attention so far??
You Ruled out my suggestion of Forked river..or Lanoka Harbor...because you thought it would take you too long to get out to the ocean...through Barnaget inlet....in that case, Toms River wouldn't work because it's 20 miles north of the inlet. ( 4 hours) or is that ok?
Think of Marina locations like you would Real Estate....location, location, location....the closer you get to the inlets, the more expensive it gets...
Deep water access also costs a premium....
let's leave....sailing around in circles for 7 days in the ocean aside for now.
And focus on the task at hand.
The options that are available to you...given your criteria are extremely limited. The Best and Easiest access to the Ocean in NJ is Raritan Bay.
The closest Marina to the Ocean is The Atlantic Highlands...you'll have to check their rates. I've left out Great Kills on Staten Island.
The Hudson River Marinas are out of your price range.
The next inlet down the road is Shark River, it's a dead end..
After that is Manasquan...easy inlet, challenging bridges a canal and some of the most expensive real estate in NJ.
Next is Barnegat inlet...challenging, shifting...the best bet for your price range will be opposite Barnegat on the mainland side of the bay. you will face challenges with your draft...but the only good sailing grounds for 5 1/2 foot draft on barnaget bay is between Forked River and the Seaside (rt 37 bridge)
Even still, you will regularly hit bottom if you stray.
There are no depths charted for Barnegat inside the breakwater because as you've learned the channels shift...this is where you need to be able to read the water, your depth sounder and have some local knowledge.
Further south, the only inlets worth mentioning are Atlantic City and Cape May. Neither offer inland sailing options...so it's the ocean or nothing.
If we go around the cape..into the Delaware bay...you have a few options and prices may get better for you....Dropping down, 55 you get to Port Norris Marina...I've never stopped there so I can't speak to the controlling depths.
As I said earlier...by choosing a boat with a 5 1/2 draft...you have greatly limited your options ....given your parameters.
Do you think if you keep asking the same question you'll get a different answer?
So, with my 40 years of boating experience in NJ waters, my suggestion to you..is that you need to think about changing one or more of your criteria.
Either..increase the price your willing to pay, the distance you're willing to travel to the ocean......
Your draft will be ok...if you choose raritan bay.....but will still give you a headache in barnegat bay...
Everyone..and I mean everyone.....who owns a sailboat in NJ has gone through this...and there are a shitload of sailboats in NJ.....not to mention powerboats....you are competing for ocean access with some of the highest per capita earners in the country....you're not getting deep water, easy access to the ocean without paying top dollar.
I have looked at the harbor area up there, it looks pretty risky though. There's a clear 6' path from the ocean to the mainland during low, but that's average low, I would think there would be times it could get lower than listed, right? Also, are there charts that show high tide depth? Going to Holiday Harbor isn't something I'd be comfortable doing yet, and mooring up at HBHYC puts me on a definite time limitation to become confident enough to get in to holiday harbor. That's why I was looking for somewhere I could stay year round, so I could learn at my own pace.
rockdawg, i left my wife 3 years ago and still have no desire to re-enter the dating world, the thought of doing so sickens me. Though yes, you're probably right, if I wasn't single, I'd probably not feel the dyer need to "get away". But I'd still be interested in a sail boat because I've always been a fan.
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For years, ever since right before her parents' death, Emerson has seen ghosts. She can interact with them, but no one else sees them and they pop if she touches them. Desperate to help, her much-older brother/guardian Thomas sends her to one last specialist: the young, mysterious, and (surprise) devastatingly sexy Michael Weaver.
Man. I don't remember the last time I have been this disappointed in a book. The first half is awesome. The small Southern town feels cozy, humid, and slightly creepy, like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Thomas is an entirely believable older brother, whom Emerson torments but also trusts with her secrets. Emerson herself is no Bella; she has useful skills and sass. She gets pissed when Michael plays the obnoxious "I can't tell you yet, for your own good" game and wears her bunny slippers for a late-night rendezvous, "just to be cheeky."
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If you're into paranormal romances, this might not bother you. It seems to be a convention of the genre. There's even the manufactured temptation of the hot best friend, because you need a love triangle. The book is well-written, and if this is your thing, it's at least original for the paranormal genre. I could only have been so let down because I was so sucked in at the beginning; I'll definitely be waiting to see what McEntire does next. I might even read the (sigh, of course there's a) sequel.
Cover: I actually love this, because it's so different from so much of what I've seen. It is not a Photoshopped image of a girl in a floaty dress looking poutily at the camera. It's a painting, for starters, and a slightly stylized one at that. It feels a little "Norton's Guide to Modern Feminist Literature" to me, for some reason — like it's more Ladies' Literary than YA — but I'm cool with that.
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If cloture is the key to health care reform, why won't reporters ask Senators how they'll vote on it?
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Here's Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein, on today's statements from Max Baucus and Chuck Schumer that they don't have 60 votes:
There are two questions here. The first is "60 votes for what?" Do they not have 60 votes in favor of a health-care plan that includes a public option? Or do they not have 60 votes against a filibuster of a health-care plan that includes a public option? If it's the former, that's okay: You only need 51. If it's the latter, that's a bigger problem. But I'd be interested to hear which Democrats will publicly commit to filibustering Barack Obama's health-care reform bill. If that's such a popular position back home, why aren't more Democrats voicing it loudly?
Hey, that's a great point!
Actually, it reminds me of something I wrote a month ago:
Would Joe Lieberman really filibuster health insurance reform favored by Obama and the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats after Obama and those same Senate Democrats did Lieberman the favor of allowing him to continue to chair the Government Affairs Committee after Lieberman ran against the Democratic nominee for his seat, endorsed the Republican presidential candidate, and attacked Obama in a speech at the Republican National Convention? Remember, he didn't even filibuster the "seriously flawed" bankruptcy bill he opposed in 2005.
Would John McCain really filibuster health insurance reform favored by a majority of the U.S. Senate just a year after voters chose Obama's approach to health care over his own?
Maybe. It's certainly possible. But isn't it odd that nobody has asked them? That the news media, which insist over and over that cloture is what matters, don't ask senators who express skepticism about, or opposition to, health care reform whether they will filibuster it?
I suspect there is some universe of senators -- I have no idea how many -- who want to kill health care reform (or at least large parts of it, like the public option) but who aren't willing to have its blood on their hands. So they calibrate their public statements in an effort to scare off advocates of a public option, hoping that, as a result, they never have to cast a vote against it.
Because if it comes to a vote, they'll have an awfully hard time filibustering legislation that would make health care available to all and more affordable for those who already have it. They'll have an awfully hard time casting a vote to deny a floor vote to legislation that enjoys the support of the majority of both houses of Congress and is the top legislative priority of a president elected on a promise of health care reform just last year.
I understand why they would take this approach. They want to avoid taking a definitive position on a contentious issue -- particularly on the question of whether they'd filibuster health care reform. That's completely understandable, if not admirable. And they're trying to shape health care reform through their vague-but-ominous statements. That's understandable, too -- it's a basic element of negotiation.
What is harder to understand is why so many reporters would help politicians avoid taking a stand.
Maybe it's finally time for reporters to start asking Senators if they will filibuster the public option -- not just whether they support it, or think it has enough votes. Will they filibuster it?
Given how much reporters write and say about the need for 60 votes to break a filibuster, it's pretty stunning that they never get around to asking Senators whether they'll vote to sustain or end a filibuster.
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Hello Friends,
I have installed the v7 of Mathematica. I created a Notebook with many
"Buttons", many of them are for import XLS files.
The buttons are generated as follows: Button["Buscar XLS", tabla1 SystemDialogInput["FileOpen"]]
and work very well, but if i close Mathematica and then re-open the
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Michelle Obama was giving a speech at a Democratic fund raiser when a supporter of gay rights shouted out a demand that she compel her husband to issue an executive order to forbid discrimination against all forms of gay rights. The First Lady walked to the heckler, offered the microphone and asked the audience if they wanted her to leave. People rose insisting they had come to here her speak, not a heckler whose object was to disrupt.
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School Administrator Reviews Friendship & Other Weapons0
Many thanks to Michael McKnight from New Jersey for this feedback on Friendship & Other Weapons:
"As a long time school administrator this is an exceptional resource to add to any prevention program and is tailored to girls. Often we neglect this group and the activities and resources in this book are an excellent addition to any bully prevention program!"
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A True Story of Relational Bullying Among Girls0
I first wrote this article in 2012, but continue to share this story in many of my workshops as a real-life example of how friendship can be used as a weapon and what adults need to know to help kids maintain their voices and effectively navigate the waters of peer conflict in schools:
The Role of Compassion in Stopping Bullying1366
My heart is heavy after reading this story about Ashlynn Conner, a 10-year old child who hung herself. According to her parents, Ashlynn was relentlessly bullied in school.
I always wonder about the bully and what motivates someone to be relentlessly cruel. I ache for kids like Ashlynn who are hopeless, and see no light at the end of the tunnel. And I think about all of the other kids in her world who knew about the aggression she was facing.
Even having written a book on the subject, I don't pretend to have any simple answers about how to stop bullying. It's a complicated problem and intervention has to occur on multiple levels. That's jargon for: we've got a LOT of work to do! What I do know, though, is that fostering compassion is one of the most important missing links when it comes to creating a climate in which bullying becomes unacceptable.
In this recent HuffingtonPost article, I wrote about 7 ways that parents and nurturing adults can help kids become more compassionate. I think it's a mistake to assume that kids are either compassionate or they're not. Big hearts can be nurtured and compassionate kids hold a critically important key in creating cultures where bullying is not tolerated.
Whenever I talk with groups of kids about bullying, I share this mantra: It is never OK to do nothing about bullying. I have kids repeat the phrase. I encourage them to shout it. Sometimes, we see if the whole building can hear us! I want kids to remember this truism.
Today, after reading Ashlynn's story, another set of words–this time from Albert Einstein–are echoing in my head:
"The world is a dangerous place not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
Stomp Out Bullying Day: 10/3/111142
A Bullied Girl Reclaims Her Power: Chatari Jones on the Today Show0
I dare you not to tear up as you watch Chatari Jones talk about her experiences of being bullied and the life lessons she has taken from her ordeal. What a remarkable young girl. I remember her situation well and think all parents can identify with her father's feelings of outrage, mixed with helplessness.
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New Anti-Bullying Laws Enacted In New Jersey192
"Today is one of the most important civil-rights days in New Jersey history," said New Jersey Garden State Equality Chairman Steven Goldstein of the new anti-bullying laws just enacted yesterday. It's a positive step for sure…


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Face Candy Favorite: MAC Lola Devine + OPI Pink Ultamatum
photo credits: stephscloset.com and sparklingnails.com
Lately my favorite nail color combination has been 2 coats of MAC's Heatherette Lola Devine Polish ($10) topped with 1 coat of OPI's Pink Ultamatum ($7.50, a sheer pink with lots of pink sparkles). The sparkles help stick to the polish and that makes it stay on longer. I wore this without a top coat for like 2 weeks without hardly any wear.
Do you layer your nail polish? What is your favorite combination?


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Mr Johnson, the younger brother of London Mayor Boris Johnson, has been appointed to the role by David Cameron as part of an overhaul of No 10 meant to sharpen Conservative policies and placate unhappy backbenchers.
The changes – which also include the appointment of a backbench "board" to advise on policy – were broadly welcomed.
However, some Conservatives raised doubts about Mr Johnson's views and the backgrounds of some of the other appointments.
A former journalist, Mr Johnson holds degrees from universities in France and Belgium and has written extensively about the EU.
In articles and speeches, he has argued for Britain to remain engaged with other members to promote the single market and EU-level trade agreements with countries like India.
Last year, Mr Johnson in wrote a pamphlet for Business for a New Europe, a lobby group run by the lobbyist Roland Rudd, which argues for continued British membership.
He has also written for the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank that is broadly pro-European.
In a Guardian article in 2011, he argued that the City of London should be regarded as a "European asset" and warned against "populist pressure on David Cameron to drape the City in a union flag".
Mr Johnson's position on Europe is in keeping with David Cameron's call for Britain to remain part of the union, but it is at odds with those MPs who want the Government to take a tougher line on the EU.
Bill Cash, the Conservative chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, said Mr Johnson puts too much faith in the EU.
He said: "Jo Johnson is seriously intelligent and well-informed and he understands the European problem very well. But he believes the answers to problems like our trading relationships is the EU, and I do not agree.
"I have enormous regard for him, but Jo thinks that Europe and the single market are the way to go. I do not and nor do a lot of colleagues."
One senior backbencher echoed the concern, saying: "He's extremely bright – no one doubts that. But he's not exactly in the right place on Europe for a lot of us – he's just too pro-European."
Boris Johnson joked about his brother's appointment in a Twitter message.
"Great there is finally a Johnson in Number 10. Jo will be superb," he wrote, adding a reference to his other siblings: " Now for Rachel and Leo."
Some Conservative backbenchers raised concern about the background of some of Mr Cameron's appointments.
Like Mr Cameron, Mr Johnson attended Eton College and was a member of the elite Bullingdon dining club at Oxford University.
Another member of the new policy board, Jesse Norman, is also an Old Etonian.
One MP said: "They're good people, but appointing more Etonians doesn't exactly make it harder for Labour to say we're all out-of-touch toffs."
Steve Hilton, Mr Cameron's former policy chief, will also have a role on the policy board.
He is currently on what was announced as a year-long sabbatical in California. However, he is not expected to return to a full-time role when that year is over.


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Hilary Duff: LA Dentist Darling
Out taking care of her Hollywood smile, Hilary Duff was seen leaving the dentist office in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday afternoon (May 16).
Although she was just out for an appointment, the 24-year-old still kept her look chic in a loose fit grey top, skinny cuffed jeans and leopard print heels as she made her way out to her silver Mercedes SUV.
In more personal news, the former Disney Channel starlet recently celebrated her very first Mother's Day!
The proud mom of two-month-old son Luca posted a photo of herself and her adorable little one on her Twitter page with the caption reading, "Me and my Beautiful boy! So much to be thankful for!"
It seems like first time motherhood has been an easier task for Hilary than it has been for many others as she explained on a recent appearance for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," baby Luca is quite the sleeper adding, "I feel weird, because it seems like I'm bragging, but he sleeps from like 11 to six. It is possible, ladies."
The beautiful actress seems absolutely thrilled to be a mom later saying, "It's just like the best thing that's ever happened to you."
Enjoy the pictures of Hilary Duff leaving her dentist in Los Angeles, CA (May 16).
Photo Credit: INF Daily


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Rescuers combing the peak of Mount Ontake have found more bodies, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll in Saturday's unexpected eruption to 47.
The figure makes it Japan's worst volcanic disaster in almost 90 years.
Precarious conditions at the summit have made the search an on-off effort, and other bodies may still be undiscovered.
Nagano Prefectural Police had said earlier in the day that the death toll had climbed to 48, but later revised the number to 47.
Japanese media reports have said up to 20 people remain unaccounted for, although local emergency services say a greater number have been reported missing.
Toxic gas billowing from the volcano's vents and the risk of further eruptions have prevented rescue workers from reaching some of the corpses.
Around 1,000 troops, police and firefighters are helping the rescue effort, bringing down 14 of the bodies discovered on Sunday, but leaving 10 in place.
An official at Nagano Prefecture's crisis management office said rescuers have used helicopters to bring the bodies off the mountain, the upper reaches of which are buried in ash and rock.
"We believe there are more people still missing, but we don't know how many," he added.
Hiking is popular in Japan, with mountain trails regularly promoted by tourist offices.
Tourism officials encourage trekkers to sign in and out to record their presence. But many ignore that advice.
"Usually only 10 to 20 percent of hikers register their names with authorities before entering the mountains in high season," one local tourism association told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
At the time of the eruption, 327 hikers reportedly had registered to be on Mount Ontake.
Rescuers hope many of those who cannot be contacted simply neglected to let rangers know they were safe.Nagano Prefecture has posted a notice on its website calling for information about hikers on the list.
"We don't know if there are people buried deep beneath accumulated ash," a senior police official told the Asahi.
The local fire department said 71 people are missing, while a spokesman for Nagano prefectural police said it has received hundreds of reports of missing people.
Authorities cautioned that some of the individuals named likely were unconnected to the disaster.
The volcano erupted shortly before midday on a Saturday, when hundreds of people were on the mountain. Many made it down safely, but dozens were trapped on the peak as rocks and suffocating ash rained down.
Autopsies carried out on the first 12 bodies retrieved showed the cause of death was injury from falling rocks.
A sticky blanket of ash smothered the upper slopes. In some places, craters a meter wide suggested the violence with which rocks hailed down.
The roof of one of the huts near the caldera where hikers took shelter was punctured.
Since the eruption, volcanic tremors have continually jolted the peak as underground water boils into steam and breaks or shifts the rock underground, a volcanologist at the Meteorological Agency said.
The agency warned Wednesday the eruption was still underway, saying smoke had been seen rising from the volcano as of 9 a.m.
Until now, Japan's single biggest death toll from a volcano had been 43, when Mount Unzen erupted in southwestern Japan in 1991.
In 1926, 144 people were left dead or missing after the eruption of Mount Tokachi on Hokkaido.


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To compare a woman's natural curves to nature makes perfect sense to me. It's exactly what photographer Miguel Reveriego did with stunning model Tara Lynn. In the November 2012 issue of Document Journal you'll find the editorial, Document No. 190-The Landscape of Human Nature.
5 Questions: Robin Cricket
Hey loves! Here we are with another 5 Questions profile! This time I want to introduce you to Robin, who is awesome by-the-way. You may recognize her as one of the models from the 365Hangers Style-A-Thon. She's not only beautiful, but very kind and always willing to help me out! I love this chick!!
Behind-the-Scenes with nuvoTV's Curvy Girls
Are you ladies ready for nuvoTV's fall premiere of Curvy Girls? I know I am!! It's like hurry up already!! Models Rosie Mercado, Denise Bidot, Lornalitz Baez and Ivory Kalber give us a look into their lives in this anticipated reality series. Last week, they welcomed me with open arms to the famous Siren Studios set in Hollywood.
5 Questions: Nicole Esperanza Zepeda
This new 5 Questions features a beautiful plus-size model, Nicole Esperanza Zepeda. She's such a sweetheart and I think you should get to know her a little. I saw her last in New York City representing on the runway at Full Figured Fashion Week.
5 Questions: Monique Robinson
I love the "5 Question" feature on this blog. I think it's a really great way to get to know someone a little better without dragging on a long interview. Today, I want to introduce you to an amazing model, Monique Robinson. I first met Monique at Full Figured Fashion Week 2011. She immediately stood out to me and rocked that finale runway show! I had to go over and introduce myself after. She is one of my favorite models and of course I love her name…duh! So, If you don't know who she is…well get to know her, because I know you'll be seeing a lot more of her!
April Issue of Plus Model Magazine is Out!
I've said this before and I will say it again…this magazine is just getting better and better. Seriously, I'm in awe of the April issue of Plus Model Magazine. Maddy and her team do an amazing job of bringing us this monthly issue. Yes, I'm the shopping editor, but even if I wasn't I would still love it. You can check out my shopping trends feature on pages 36-41. Make sure you read this from front to back. It's filled to the brim with amazingness!
IGIGI's Art of Fashion in Motion
IGIGI's latest campaign, Art of Fashion in Motion, features beautiful model Kailee O'Sullivan. I've always been an IGIGI fan, not only because Yuliya Raquel's designs are so chic, but because she uses the most stunning models! Don't take my word for it, just take a look at the images below, then do a little shopping here.


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Design for the Ceiling of the Sala di Lorenzo il Magnifico, Palazzo Vecchio, ca. 1556–58
Gift of George H. Fitch
One of four extant preparatory designs that Vasari created for the Sala di Lorenzo in Palazzo Vecchio, this finished drawing is the only one to represent the entire ceiling. The room's iconography, celebrating various significant moments from the reign of Lorenzo dei Medici (1469–92), was devised by court advisor Cosimo Bartoli in 1556. At center, ambassadors from around the world present gifts, including exotic animals, to the enthroned Lorenzo. The other scenes in the lunettes depict Lorenzo in the parliament at Cremona, the capture of Sarzana, Lorenzo meeting Ferdinand of Aragon in Naples, and Lorenzo among the philosophers and writers of his court.


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|VFD by Hitachi courtesy of Drives Warehouse
For my UK friends: UK VFD's
Motor by Leeson
Sundries by MSC, a great company!
Contactors and assorted power-handling goodies by eBay
The prime mover and motor-vator, a Hitachi L100 VFD. Compact, intelligent, and packed with features that are a lot of fun to program and generally mess with. Cost, as of 2004, U.S. $300 at Drives Warehouse.
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I'd venture that roughly 1/2 of the visitors to this page are wondering "O.K. Neat. Now, what's a VFD?" A Variable Frequency Drive is used to control the speed of a 3-phase induction motor. It is FAR more than a fancy rheostat... controlling the speed of a 3-phase motor requires one to control the frequency of the voltage delivered to the motor, and this is not a trivial feat.
Goals: Initially, I was going to rather quickly slap this device onto an aluminum bracket and use it to feed the 1.5HP motor which powers my vertical mill. As I researched the technology, I realized that to do this correctly would require a bit more effort. On this web site, I was not going to do more than mention it in passing, perhaps post a picture or two, but I realized that it could become a "mini-project" in its own right, as there is quite a bit of interesting theory involved, as well as some mechanical and electrical work which might help others interested in such a conversion for their own machine.
Here then, are the goals at the outset:


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Pope Francis warns on 'evil' of drugs, opposes legalization
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis warned on Friday against legalizing drugs, calling addiction an "evil" which he said had to be resisted without compromise.
Setting himself against the trend in several western countries to allow the use of so-called soft drugs like marijuana, Francis said narcotics were putting more and more young people in danger.
"Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise, he said in remarks to a drug enforcement conference in Rome carried on the website of Vatican Radio.
The remarks came a day before the pontiff is due to visit Italy's Calabria, home of the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, which controls a significant share of the global trade in illegal narcotics.
"Here I would reaffirm what I have stated on another occasion: No to every type of drug use. It is as simple as that," he said.
Francis, who has spoken out against drug use several times, said that to ensure young people did not fall prey to drugs, society had to say "'yes' to life, 'yes' to love, 'yes' to others, 'yes' to education, 'yes' to greater job opportunities".
"If we say 'yes' to all these things, there will be no room for illicit drugs, for alcohol abuse, for other forms of addiction," he said in remarks to a drug enforcement conference in Rome carried on the website of Vatican radio.
"The scourge of drug use continues to spread inexorably, fed by a deplorable commerce which transcends national and continental borders," he said.
The comments came as the state of New York prepared on Friday to pass measures that should lead to its becoming the 23rd U.S. state to allow medical use of marijuana. Continued...


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2 Weeks Post-op + Fraxel Repair Q&A
Hyperpigmentation 2 Weeks After Fraxel Repair
2 weeks post fraxel repair, am left with hyperpigmentation patches around chin area and redness which is seeming darker or not fadin' away!! from what... READ MORE
What Can I Do For Uneven Indented Skin Texture 2 Weeks Post Fraxel Repair on Whole Face?
I decided to go with this procedure for mild acne scarring on my cheeks....I had the crusting, the oozing with vinegar soaks and acquafor and then... READ MORE
How long before significant post-Fraxel Repair redness will resolve around my eyes?
I had Fraxel Repair done around my eyes 17 days ago and I still am very, very red. My derm just prescribed me a topical steroid (fluocinolone... READ MORE
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Sunburn after Fraxel Restore. Am I going to get more hyperpigmentation?
I received a fraxel restore treatment 2 weeks ago and despite my efforts, (sunscreen every 2 hours and a wide brimmed hat) I got sunburnt on my face.... READ MORE
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I had my chin treated with fraxel restore 2 weeks ago for mild acne scarring. I did not have any acne nor had I had any in over two years prior to the... READ MORE
Post-OP Improvement (Collagen Boost) from Fraxel:Repair Effect Ice-pick and Boxcar Scars? (photo)
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2 weeks post op, I have pigmentation from Fraxel Repair. Is this normal/ permanent? (photos)
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'Remember, the faint-hearted never fucked a pig!' With this ringing exhortation from Brigadier Graeme Lamb, Director of Special Forces (DSF), the SAS were sent into battle as part of the Allied Coalition's 2003 invasion of Iraq. But after the swift collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, the SAS and other British special forces effectively found themselves out of a job, especially as one of their original tasks – the destruction of Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction – had turned out to be nothing more than a political mirage.
Meanwhile, Iraq was fast collapsing into violent chaos. The US Special Forces in Iraq, commanded by the hard-thinking, hard-fighting General Stanley McChrystal, had decided to launch an all-out yet covert war against al-Qaeda and its allies, deploying American resources of firepower and smart technology on such a scale that it became known as 'industrial counter-terrorism'. But they needed more highly trained foot soldiers, a role perfect for the SAS – whose commanders in Iraq were only too keen to help. After some bitter arguments with a new DSF in Britain, who had fundamental reservations about committing his forces to the American plan, the SAS went into action as Task Force Black.
A BBC defence correspondent who has written extensively on Britain's special forces, Mark Urban reveals the hitherto secret role of the SAS in this bitter and bloody battle. Central to McCrystal's strategy was the intensity of the offensive, with multiple attacks going in night-after-night to wear down the enemy's ability to wage an effective insurgency campaign. Enemy suspects were captured and known targets eliminated. The SAS troopers were supported by a fearsome array of US assets, whether drones and gunships in the air or communications analysts based in America who could track insurgent's cell-phone calls and their locations – with unfortunate consequences for the user.
There were failures and successes in this war. Among the latter was the rescue of the peace activist Norman Kember and the tracking down of information that led directly to the killing of the Coalition's number one enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In total it is believed that British special forces had accounted for the killing and capture of 3500 people. By 2009, however, the levels of violence that had made much of Iraq ungovernable had diminished to more manageable proportions, bringing the SAS's role in Iraq to a close.
Urban has produced another important book on the shadowy world of covert military operations. Where he thinks necessary, he has not been afraid to criticise British policy and operational conduct, both at the top and on the ground. And the undoubtedly thrilling exploits of the SAS and their colleagues have been set within a well-balanced and informative political and military context.
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January 30, 2011
hi i am 24 year old women, i m planning to have my first baby. i visited a gynecologist she advised me to take biopreg-f tablets on a daily basis. it contains biotin 5mg and follic acid 5mg but i have read that follic acid intake must not exceed 1 mg for women and it might also have side effects such as "irreversible nerve damage". how safe it is to continue this tablet. will it have any side effects? please help.


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