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non-combustible structural framing
I am remodeling my basement and have insulated most of the walls with XPS over cinder block and a cedar framed false wall inside that.
However there is one more area where the existing fireplace is that I want to insulate. It looks something like this:
I plan on putting an applicable non combustible insulate such as Roxul Rockboard over this wall to insulate it.
I know with proper head shields and double wall chimney pipe I could get my chosen wood stove quite close to a unprotected surface, however I would like to make the entire wall non-combustible.
Since Roxul Rockboard is not structural I need some kind of non-combustible studs or structural elements to use in the wall.
Any suggestions on how to best go about this?
if wanting to use wood try pyroguard but get out your wallet and hold on.
or look at using metal studs "dietrich or clark" and cement board or drywall
light gauge metal framing studs would work
Are light gauge metal framing studs non combustible or just fire resistant?
they will not ignite like wood studs, so they are non-combustible. however, being a thermoplastic as steel is, they can be affected when exposed to fire or increased exposure to increased temperatures as found in a fire. Steel expands when exposed to higher temperatures.
light gauge steel studs are routinely used in fire wall construction, and often in commercial construction. Galvanized steel studs will resist corrosion, and are more dimensionally stable than wood when exposed to higher moisture content as typically found in basements.
Thanks, and I suppose I can just get a higher/ very high gauge of steel stud if I want it to be more heat resistant.
well if they can work as part of a fire wall preventing the spread of fire from one area to the next I'm sure they would work in your application.
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Washington Redskins: NFL's Gayest Team?
In 1977 he wrote his autobiography, "The David Kopay Story: An Extraordinary Self-Revelation," currently in its 5th printing. The book remains a perennial favorite with people coming to grips with their sexual identities.
Kopay told the cable sports network ESPN about his relationship with Jerry Smith, calling it his "first real coming-out experience." Although Smith died of complications from AIDS in 1987 at age forty-three, he never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.
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At the Gay Games VII in Chicago (July 2006), Kopay was a featured announcer in the opening ceremonies. Currently active as a motivational speaker, Kopay announced in September 2007 that he would be leaving $1 million as an endowment to the University of Washington Q Center, a resource and support center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and faculty. In early 2008 Kopay left the Los Angeles area to relocate to Seattle, where he still receives hundreds of letters from fans of his book who received understanding, support and inspiration from his life story.
In 1993 David Slattery, general manager of the Washington Redskins in the early 1970s, came out as homosexual, long after he had left the sport.
Wade Davis (below right) was a defensive back for the Redskins for the 2003 season. He announced he was gay when he participated in the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network's "Changing The Game" program, which is designed to fight against homophobia in K thru 12 athletics by starting a dialogue about the issue.
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Here you will discover the back stories of kings, titans of industry, stellar athletes, giants of the entertainment field, scientists, politicians, artists and heroes – all of them gay or bisexual men. If their lives can serve as role models to young men who have been bullied or taught to think less of themselves for their sexual orientation, all the better. The sexual orientation of those featured here did not stand in the way of their achievements.
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- AnonymousApril 6, 2014 at 11:01 AM
Same former newspaper reporter and copy editor from the Bill Tilden post. Just a detail here: there are no "offensive linebackers" in football. Linebacker is a defensive position. Simmons did play on offense, as a guard and a lineman.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I noticed the same thing, this whole thing is a sham.Delete
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Here is a Crown SASS-P MK II PZM stereo mic. I bought it new and it is in excellent condition. I only used it in my smoke free studio (no field work).I used it mainly for drums because when I heard what it did for them I dedicated it for that purpose. Back it off the kit a few feet and run it through a nice compressor and you'll see what I mean! They say the distance between the 2 mic capsules are the same as the average pair of ears so it's perfectly in phase. All I know is it sounds fantastic. It was designed for outdoor field work, for ambient recordings, but most engineers I know use them for drums or room mics or live work. It has a hardshell case, a stand adapter, and a handle. It runs on phantom power or batteries and has a low cut filter to eliminate rumble. Only shipping to the lower 48 States. Thanks


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Bob Moon: Just last week, we told you about Coca-Cola's big plans in China. The iconic American drink-maker announced plans to buy the dominant Chinese fruit juice company for $2.5 billion. But this weekend new questions about the deal, shall we say, bubbled up. From Shanghai, Marketplace's Scott Tong reports.
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- Tennessee wins 63-7 over Western Kentucky to start the season with a victory for the first time since the 2006 season. The Vols are now 83-24-6 (.761) all time in season openers.
- Neither team was ranked in the Coaches or Associated Press polls entering the game, though the Vols did receive votes in both tabulations.
- Today was the first meeting between the two schools.
- Lane Kiffin becomes the 17th of 21 UT head coaches to win his inaugural game.
- The win gives Tennessee a 6-1 all-time record vs. teams now in the Sun Belt Conference and improves the Vols to 6-1 all-time on September 5th.
- Tennessee has now won 15 consecutive home openers dating to a loss to Florida in 1994 and six straight games vs. teams currently in the Sun Belt Conference dating to a 1975 loss at North Texas State.
- The Vols improve to 7-4-2 all time in their first game on a television network. Today's game was televised by the SEC Network, which airs one conference home game in syndication each weekend.
- Tennessee tallied 657 yards of total offense and 380 rushing yards. Seven different players scored touchdowns including three true freshmen in Marsalis Teague, Bryce Brown and David Oku (2).
- Tennessee last rushed for 300 yards in a game on Sept. 25, 2004 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (347). The Vols last gained 657 total yards at Kentucky in 1997 (695 yards).
- Quarterback Jonathan Crompton and tight end Luke Stocker connected twice for touchdowns. Both scores came in red zone situations and were for 17 and six yards. Stocker had only one career touchdown (at Alabama, 2007) entering the game.
- Four receivers caught touchdown passes (Brandon Warren, Marsalis Teague, Stocker (2) and Quintin Hancock) and three backs rushed to paydirt (Bryce Brown, David Oku (2), Montario Hardesty).
- The Vols managed to get two backs (Hardesty, Brown) over the 100-yard mark for the first time since Lennon Creer and Arian Foster did so vs. Louisiana-Lafayette in 2007. Creer was also the last true freshman to reach the century mark on the ground in a game.
- Wideout Brandon Warren snagged a four-yard touchdown pass from Jonathan Crompton late in the second quarter. It was his first score in a Tennessee uniform after catching only 10 passes in 2008. His only other career score came vs. N.C. State while at Florida State in 2006.
- Tennessee's 63 points was the Vols' highest point total since Nov. 11, 2000 vs. Arkansas (63 points). The Vols scored 70 points on Sept. 23 of the same season vs. Louisiana-Monroe.
- Tennessee did not punt in a game for the first time since playing Air Force in 2006.
- Western Kentucky finished with 83 yards of total offense and six first downs. The Vols posted 12 tackles for loss (69 yards) and five sacks.
- Tennessee held the Hilltoppers without an offensive first down for the entire opening half. WKU only moved the chains once, and that came on a roughing the passer penalty by UT defensive tackle Dan Williams.
- The Hilltoppers managed just nine yards of total offense and lost a total of 16 yards rushing in the first half. WKU did not gain a first down by way of an offensive play until the 5:58 mark of the third quarter.
- Junior Brent Vinson posted his third career interception in the fourth quarter off WKU's Kawaun Jakes.
- The Vols were led by Nick Reveiz and Savion Frazier, who each posted six tackles. Neither had registered more than four tackles in a game in their careers.
- Four Vols posted their first career sack or TFL in the game: Nick Reveiz, LaMarcus Thompson, Nigel Mitchell-Thornton, Steven Fowlkes. Thompson had three TFLs.
- Senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton completed 21-of-28 passes for 233 yards and five touchdowns. His 21 completions and five TD passes were career highs.
- He had three times previously thrown two TD strikes in a game.
- Senior tailback Montario Hardesty eclipsed his previous career high for rushing yards on nine carries and less than 20 minutes into the game.
- Hardesty finished with 160 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown. His previous career high was 78 yards on 16 carries vs. Georgia in 2007.
- His third quarter touchdown came on a 43-yard run, which tied for his career long run as well.
- Senior wideout Quintin Hancock notched a career high for receiving yards with 65 yards on five catches. The five grabs tied a career high.
- Hancock caught his fourth career touchdown on a nine-yard pass from Jonathan Crompton in the second quarter.
- Tennessee's offensive and defensive starters included seven Vols who were making their first career start. Offensive players making their first start were center Cody Sullins, right tackle Jarrod Shaw and true freshman wideout Marsalis Teague. On defense, the new starters were defensive ends Chris Walker and Gerald Williams, cornerback Art Evans and linebacker LaMarcus Thompson.
- Though Teague was the only true freshman to earn a start, nine other first-year Vols made their UT debuts. That group included Darren Myles Jr., Janzen Jackson, Nu'Keese Richardson, Bryce Brown, Mike Edwards, David Oku, Greg King, Zach Rogers and Chase Nelson.
- Tennessee's true freshmen accounted for 154 rushing yards and three TDs on the ground, 125 receiving yards and one score through the air, and four total kick returns for 40 yards.
- Freshman Marsalis Teague led the team with six receptions for 86 yards and a score.


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Oh, no! I am so sorry! I've seen Catsters edit their cat's profile and add "missing" to the name. But, since we are a nationwide website, unless someone in your neighborhood also belongs to Catster and sees her profile, the odds are against your finding her here. If you haven't already, in your area, notify animal control (through the police), vets, local shelters and rescues, and check at the big box pet stores to see if they have a "lost & found" board. When I lost Lily, I did all those things and put notices on stop signs, etc. Include a photo, of course. You can also check around your mom's and her neighbors' yards. If she's not used to being out, she will hide. Look under things like decks, porches, campers, cars, boats, bushes, etc. Sometimes it's easier to do it at night with a flashlight b/c their eyes glow in the dark, but make sure the neighbors know you're there and what you're doing. We will say a prayer for your Mom's kitty to return. Please let us know what happens!
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Cross country, soccer, and Scappoose football advance directly to state playoffs
With play-in games beginning, regular seasons ending, and district championships last week its nice that there are quite a few congratulations to hand out.
Lets start with cross country. The Scappoose girls, as expected, handily won the Cowapa League championshiptheir eighth in the last 10 years. The Tribes Tia Carnahan and Charlie Davidson ran side-by-side most of the race at Camp Rilea. Davidson tried to sneak ahead at the finish, but Carnahan had the slimmest of wins.
The Scappoose boys showed how much they have improved by also winning the Cowapa title, their third in four years. Hunter Hoyt led the charge for Scappoose and the rest of the team finished high enough for the win. Both boys and girls head to the 4A state meet this Saturday at Lane Community College.
St. Helens also had their moments at the Northwest Oregon Conference meet at Blue Lake. Bryan Strang ran close to Ryan Byrds championship time of last season to lead the Lions to second place and a trip the 5A championship race.
And give the Scappoose High girls some credit in both volleyball and soccer. The volleyball team had four matches last week, three of them on the road. They came back from a long, long trip to Baker with a play-in win and a berth in the state playoffs. That, too, will be on the road, but theyre a little more seasoned now. Not bad for a team that a year ago had just one win.
And the Scappoose girls soccer team has been a treat all year. By going undefeated in league (taking a win over Tillamook on Tuesday for granted), the team earned the right to a home match when the playoffs begin next Tuesday. With their No. 2 power ranking, Scappoose could have a lot of matches at home.
The St. Helens High volleyball team also did their part last week. They beat Liberty to clinch second in the NWOC, but did lose to Sherwood. They were to host Hermiston in a play-in game on Tuesday. They may be on the road to Marshfield or somewhere else for the first round of the state playoffs. A really good season for St. Helens, and theyre not done yet.
Also very much in the state championship hunt this season is the Scappoose Indians football team. The Indians finished the regular season with an impressive 57-6 win over longtime rival Astoria. The Tribe hadnt won the Cowapa League title since 2005. And with their 8-1 record, they moved up to No. 1 in the OSAA power rankings. That ranking gives them home field advantage most of the playoffs. Perhaps until the finals.
The Tribe has a lot of weapons on offense, and a pretty stingy defense. Theyve come a long way since their opening loss to 5A Roosevelt, 48-41.
Scappoose sits out this Friday with a bye, waiting for the lowest ranked winner of the play-in round. Their first playoff game will probably be Nov. 9.


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Jeremy Grove faced a lot of questions entering his sophomore season after becoming the face of the defense and its new look 3-4 scheme. With an All-American selection and 122 tackles to his name as a freshman, many fans were wondering if Grove could maintain that level of production and prove that it wasn't mere chance. But above the skepticism, Grove also had to prove that he was fully healthy following an offseason shoulder surgery and rehabilitation process.
With nine tackles and two forced fumbles against the Mountaineers, Grove not only showed his productivity and play making ability, but also that he is healthy and ready to lead the defense in 2012.
New faces show up big in the secondary
One of the positions that went through the biggest overhaul this offseason was the secondary. ECU graduated three of the four starting defensive backs from 2011 and opened 2012 with some players waiting to show fans their worth. And they did just that, play after play.
Safety Chip Thompson, who started alongside Damon Magazu, stole the show with his fumble return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Fellow safety Lamar Ivey stepped in and intercepted a pass. Cornerback Adonis Armstrong quietly recorded six tackles and looked impressive in coverage. I think this secondary unit could create some big plays down the stretch, which the team lacked in 2011.
Special teams has improved, but kicking a concern
All in all, ECU's special teams looked good. There was the kick off return for a touchdown by Ray, and the big punt return from Justin Hardy to excite the fans, but also the special teams did a great job of limiting App State's return ability all game long. Special teams coordinator Kirk Doll had his unit ready to play.
But placekicker Warren Harvey struggled in his first live situations of his career. Harvey missed both of his field goal attempts (51 and 35 yards) when the game was still far from decided. He will need to play better when the Pirates travel to Columbia to face South Carolina.
Offense finds its balance
While predominantly thought of as a passing team, ECU looked very good running the ball against App State. The Pirates running backs rushed 35 times for 148 yards (4.2 yards per carry) to help ease quarterback Rio Johnson into his new starting role.
Michael Dobson (19 carries, 78 yards) looked explosive. Reggie Bullock (8 carries, 31 yards) ran well up the middle. The Pirates rushing attack seems much improved from the unit that finished 107th in the FBS last year in total yards per game.


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Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway
Marianne Bertrand, Sandra E. Black, Sissel Jensen, Adriana Lleras-Muney
NBER Working Paper No. 20256
In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited liability companies. The primary objective of this reform was to increase the representation of women in top positions in the corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the newly (post-reform) appointed female board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in earnings within boards fell substantially. While the reform may have improved the representation of female employees at the very top of the earnings distribution (top 5 highest earners) within firms that were mandated to increase female participation on their board, there is no evidence that these gains at the very top trickled-down. Moreover the reform had no obvious impact on highly qualified women whose qualifications mirror those of board members but who were not appointed to boards. We observe no statistically significant change in the gender wage gaps or in female representation in top positions, although standard errors are large enough that we cannot rule economically meaningful gains. Finally, there is little evidence that the reform affected the decisions of women more generally; it was not accompanied by any change in female enrollment in business education programs, or a convergence in earnings trajectories between recent male and female graduates of such programs. While young women preparing for a career in business report being aware of the reform and expect their earnings and promotion chances to benefit from it, the reform did not affect their fertility and marital plans. Overall, in the short run the reform had very little discernible impact on women in business beyond its direct effect on the newly appointed female board members.
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Boxing News
Jose Sulaiman recovering after heart surgery
By Karl Freitag
Happy to report that WBC President Jose Sulaiman's open heart surgery on Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center went very well. The double bypass operation lasted almost eleven hours. There will now be two very difficult days in the intensive care unit to get the 82-year-old Sulaiman off the artificial breather, then an additional three-four days in ICU, followed by another week at the hospital. The Sulaiman family expresses their gratitude for all the messages, calls and visits.


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BBC Breakfast made its debut under northern studio lights on Tuesday, but judging by the fuss you'd have thought they'd relocated to the North Pole, rather than north on the M6.
"Northern guests take over relocated show," screamed one headline, as though London guests had never taken over the show before it moved "up north".
It's bound to fail then, isn't it, with all those northern oiks as guests, rather than snotty southerners?
Well, that's what they'd like us to think, those that pointed out that Connie Fisher was on the debut show and is starring in a musical at the Lowry Theatre in SALFORD.
You mean she wasn't in a lead role in London's West End? How dare she show her face on BBC Breakfast!
There's no denying it's been a controversial move, with some saying it'll reduce the range of guests, because, of course, all the best guests hail from the south, according to London-based moaners.
What about Hollywood stars; surely they won't make the trip up from the capital? I've got news for you – they never did make a trip, even across the capital.
It's very rare for an American movie star to appear "live" on any breakfast sofa. In all my years on GMTV, the only real A-list stars I recall appearing in the flesh, rather than courtesy of a pre-recorded interview in a posh hotel, were Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell.
Will bands travel to Manchester? Of course they will if they want to sell their music to breakfast's biggest audience.
The same with politicians, who'll take their insincere sound-bites anywhere if they have to.
And then there's the audience – anyone who's on TV will tell you that there's a bigger rush of warmth from audiences in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and northern England than there is from most southerners.
Why shouldn't audiences outside London have national TV shows that they can feel part of and proud of too?
So, once the doubters have had their day, Bill and Susanna will continue to pull in breakfast TV's biggest audience.
Although I do worry that Susanna, mum of three boys aged between 10 and six, might have taken on too much, by commuting to Manchester from London.
"I'll go (to Salford) Sunday night, work on Monday, come back Monday morning, stay Monday afternoon, go back Monday night", she says.
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Any doubt you had about the taxing nature of WMSR should be erased by the fact that it's taken me until Monday night to write up how the points race went down. Don't get me wrong, racing three days in a row during the work week is a great idea, but it's only because it's such a bad idea. I needed a whole weekend to recover from the racing, driving, and not sleeping.
Going into the points race I was hanging onto 2nd overall by 1 point, having just won the field sprint in the road race. Since the points race is basically 12 field sprints in 15 miles, I had this idea that I was going to do well. I started calculating how much I needed to beat the overall leader by to win the whole thing. I counted the shit outta those chickens.
I knew racing a bike on a rough quarter mile track was going to be dicey, but I wasn't ready for just how insane the guy who was in third on GC was. Most people, when surrounded by other racers, might "take them into account" while riding. Not this guy. I should have known after he went miles across the yellow line trying to see the crash behind him in the road race -- he was only dimly aware of his surroundings. Thus I was the first guy to nearly get crashed by him, when I picked his wheel to follow in sprint #1. Two guys in front of him slowed, so he swung ten feet up the track without looking, leading to me and everyone else who almost got their front wheel taken out freaking out. Meanwhile, he took second in the sprint, which only rewarded his sketchy behavior.
But, there was no way he was going to get through 12 sprints using the "change lines without looking" sprinting strategy. We ramped up for the next sprint and he tried to come around someone on the outside of the turn -- touched elbows with them, FREAKED OUT and headed six feet up the track, just like last time. Too bad Sam Evans-Brown was riding on his outside this time. Down they went, with Sam escaping injury by surfing sketchy-guy's carbon wheels. And that was the end of that.
After that the pack settled down, having remembered that you can lose a lot of skin and equipment in the blink of an eye. Of course it didn't hurt that the sketchiest rider in the field was walking back to his car...
One thing I didn't foresee about the points race was how much harder it is to win a sprint when everyone's fresh. My road race sprints have come after an hour and after many hills -- so many of the larger gentlement are shelled, or at least gassed, when the last k hits. But when you're on sprint #2 at the 2.5-mile mark of the race -- everyone's a hero.
Try as I might I couldn't do better than fourth in a sprint. Points were 5/3/2/1 so I was scoring, but VERY slowly. At the midway sprint (double points) I went all-out, but everyone else did too. Fourth again. At this point I had five points and a ton of lactic in my legs. Meanwhile you could've gotten double that just by resting and then winning the halfway sprint. Needless to say, my tactics sucked.
The problem was that I'd won two road races sprints by letting everyone else go early and then jumping at 200m. On the track, 200m to go is halfway down the backstretch! I should have been punching it there, but for some reason I had this idea I could jump people in the last 50m, off the last turn. Because I'm Mark Cavendish.
Well, I'm not, so I kept jumping off the last corner and moving from 6th to 4th. And as any sprinter will tell you, jumps ain't free.
So I took a sprint off, which was still surprisingly taxing -- if you don't contest the sprint, you chase the entire lap after the sprint to get back to the group -- and thought about what I was doing wrong. It seems obvious in retrospect, but at the time "positioning myself better" required deep thought. Lactic acid makes good decisions hard. Don't act like you haven't been there.
On the next bell lap I had forced my way to the front (probably too far up, but hey, it's better than 7th) when someone jumped and came flying past. I didn't react, because (1) my legs were worthless for anything more than 10 seconds and (2) I'd been passing whomever led out the sprint consistently, so it was obviously not a good idea. As a result, the jumper got a gap, someone came around me to chase, I got their wheel, and came around when they burned out to take second. Oh, I see how you do this.
Now that I knew what I was doing I skipped the next sprint, because hey, why keep a good thing going? Plus, my legs hurt.
With 10 to go we had almost the exact same sprint, same guy jumped with a lap to go, someone other than me chased him down, and I came up to 3rd to grab two more points. Success! Incredible pain... and success.
I decided to skip another sprint, because I was dying. Unfortunately the early-jumper guy took that one ALSO, which meant I had lost 2nd place on GC to him. He'd started the day 13 points behind me, and would be 15 ahead if the race finished now.
Don't think I figured this out mid-race. I just crunched the numbers afterward.
Coming into the last sprint I was tied for 8th. I still could have leaped to 2nd or 3rd with a win, but guess what, everyone who had anything left was going for it. Like it was the end of the race or something! My reluctance to learn about positioning was not helping, as I hit one-to-go as seventh wheel yet again. I emptied the tank along with everyone else -- fifth into the last corner, pulling alongside fourth place at the line, throwing the bike and just barely getting ahead of him for two points -- enough to vault me up to 5th and hang onto 2nd in GC by only four points.
Like I said, I knew none of this at the time. It's better to be lucky than good.
I've used my new stage racing cred to apply for Cat 4 status, so if you're lucky there will be a "so then I attacked, and 50 people were able to cover it" race report in the future.
Like every other part of WMSR, the points race was a great bad idea. Sprinting against Cat 5's through corners and bumps for 40 minutes? Safe, easy AND fun! I can't wait to do it next year.
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WMSR Points Race Report
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Jimmy Needham - Awesome Acoustic Performance of Forgiven and Loved
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One of our favorite musicians, Jimmy Needham, performs the fantastic and inspiring song Forgiven and Loved. Thanks so much to http://www.theamystory.com for helping us out with this! Get this on itunes here - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forgiven-loved-acoustic-version/id369528595?i=369528981ign-mpt=uo%3D4


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Lesson 11: Shopping
Cinthya has asked a favour of you—can you buy some things from the fruit and vegetable market and the bakery? In this lesson you'll learn how to ask for different quantities of everything on her list. Why not check out the local fashions in the shopping mall while you're out and about...
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You've arrived at your day-trip destination and you want to find out what the area has to offer. It's time to visit the local tourist information office. In this lesson you'll learn how to ask for simple information in Spanish, such as where to find the tourist attractions, what time they open and close, and where to catch the tourist bus.
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We hope you don't get sick when you're traveling, but just in case...
In this lesson you'll learn the Spanish words and phrases you'll need to manage a visit to the drugstore or the doctor. We'll teach you how to describe your symptoms in Spanish so you can get the right treatment.
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|WESLEY THE OWL is a heart-wrenching and heart-felt story of the deep, reciprocal, and enduring emotional bonds that developed between Stacey O'Brien and her long time friend. It's an inspiring example of how animals are able to reveal to us who they really are and who we really
are when we allow them to express themselves openly and safely. Profoundly passionate and personal, this remarkable book shows how we can all increase our compassion footprint in a human-dominated world. Read it and share widely. I sure will. Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado; author of THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF ANIMALS, ANIMALS MATTER, and WILD JUSTICE: REFLECTIONS ON EMPATHY, FAIR PLAY, AND MORALITY IN ANIMALS (forthcoming)
The best of love stories between two intelligent beings, told (by the human) with good humor and remarkable insights into the mind of an owl- I couldn't put it down.
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The Singing Life of Birds-- An Intimate Guide to the Private Lives of Birds: How, When, Why, and Where Birds Sing-- The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong. Professor Emeritus at the University of Massechusetts, Amherst, visiting fellow at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
"I LOVE Wesley the Owl! Not since Konrad Lorenz have I read such an honest, vivid, and revealing account of the rich and complex life of an individual bird. Stacey O'Brien has captured the essence of the soul of an unforgettable owl. Affectionate, quirky, joyous and wise, Wesley shows us the Way of the Owl - the way to God and grace. This book is destined to become a classic, and will deepen importantly the way we understand birds."
- Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig
Most "me and my bird" stories are mildly entertaining at best, but Wesley the Owl is a different animal altogether. Stacey O'Brien got to know this owl with a unique combination of deep scientific understanding and rare emotional intensity, and the result is stunning, unforgettable. Read this book and you will never see owls, or humans, in the same light again.
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The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
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Written with the same heartwarming sentiment that made the memoirs Marley and Me and Chosen by a Horse runaway bestsellers, biologist and barn owl expert O'Brien chronicles her rescue of an adorable, abandoned baby barn owl - and their astonishing and unprecedented nineteen-year life together.
Wesley the Owl is a love story that begins when a young, compassionate biologist adopts a baby bird--and unknowingly embarks on a relationship that will last almost two decades.
Told with both wit and wonder, this memoir relates the touching, frustrating, and funny events of Wesley's "growing up." After being rescued from a fall that ensures he will never be able to survive in the wild, Wesley finds a new home with biologist Stacey O'Brien. With affection and a scientist's eye, O'Brien narrates Wesley's growth from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful and clumsy adolescent--and finally to a macho adult owl who admires himself in the mirror, eats up to six mice a day, and objects to any other male (animal or human) invading "his" territory. Along the way, Wesley's caretaker makes important discoveries about barn owl behavior, intelligence, communication skills, and emotions. Ultimately, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued by the insistent love and protective strength of this wild animal. O'Brien's anecdotes are enhanced by wonderful photos of their life together.
By turns playful and informative, Wesley the Owl is a surprising story of a complex non-human being capable of reason, communication, love, and loyalty--it is sure to be cherished by animal lovers everywhere.
STACEY O'BRIEN is a biologist, wildlife rescuer, and animal rehabilitation expert specializing in owl research. She lives in California.
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
"Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien, is the spunky, undeterred, smart, resourceful, and endearing battle of wits between human and owl. Readers' emotional investment in this true story grows with each page. Intelligent,20 informative, and image-filled, the book is spiked with comical and outright hilarious accounts, as well as poignancy and heartbreak. "Normal" life for this single, attractive, and bright young woman, who is a biologist and wild animal behavior specialist, was put on hold for nearly 20 years. Everything revolved around her responsibility to Wesley. But the tradeoff was a life enriched beyond measure by their unusual bond a daily accumulation of irreplaceable moments. Like the owl hug. A magical and breathtaking expression of trust. This exceptionally well-written love story will wrap its arms around you, too.


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Egypt's opposition leaders probed
Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered an investigation into accusations against opposition leaders of incitement to overthrow the regime.
A judge will investigate the report filed last month accusing Mohammed ElBaradei, Nobel Prize winner and former head of the UN nuclear agency, with Amr Moussa, former foreign minister and Hamdeen Sabahi, a former presidential candidate, of inciting the overthrow of Egypt's first elected president, Mohammed Morsi.
The accusations were filed by a lawyer during a political crisis over a series of presidential decrees that granted Mr Morsi and the committee drafting the disputed constitution immunity from judicial oversight.
Tensions were fed by deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi demonstrators.
The announcement of the new probe came after the election commission said the constitution passed with a 63.8% "yes" in a referendum. The commission rejected opposition allegations of significant vote fraud.
Turnout of 32.9% of Egypt's nearly 52 million registered voters was lower than most other elections since the uprising nearly two years ago that ousted authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.
The opposition had campaigned against it with massive street protests that sometimes turned deadly, arguing that it will usher in Islamic rule in Egypt and restrict freedoms. It has vowed to challenge the referendum results and fight for a share of power in the upcoming parliamentary vote expected within two months.
Mr Morsi said the constitution establishes a new republic as he urged the opposition to join a dialogue to heal rifts and shift the focus to repairing the economy.
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mr Morsi said he acknowledged the "respectable" proportion that voted against the constitution drafted by his Islamist allies, but offered no concrete gestures to an opposition.
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