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In total, 800,000m3 of fill had to be moved and compacted to form the final profile of the pit.
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A green travel plan encouraged shared transport, minimised the number of deliveries to site and routed project traffic to reduce impact on local roads.
Throughout construction, where practicable, we and our supply chain employed a local workforce and sourced local equipment and materials.
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Since the initial phase, we have completed a series of contracts at the site including The Core Educational Resource Centre and The Eden Institute.
Among a host of honours, The Eden Project won the BCIA Major Project of the Year Award in 2001.
The judges said: "Eden is on a vast scale and is delivered with unswerving and brilliant vision, executed with the best modern design and engineering in Europe – the entire gamut of industry skills, from geotechnics to fit outs, is apparent in this tour de force of design and construction. Eden was against the odds but those involved made it happen – It is brilliant in concept, vision and construction and a major attraction in the South West."
As part of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the British Construction Industry Awards, The Eden Project was selected from the previous Major Project Award winners as Best of the Best Building Project in recognition of its legacy, influence and benefit to the community.
In 2007 Eden was also named Project of the Decade at the Construction News Quality in Construction Awards.


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If you're like me -eyeing the chrysanthemums at the local grocery store over the past few weeks but feeling guilty about getting rid of the overgrown, ragged although not yet dead planters on the front stoop, here's a tip I discovered that might inspire:
It's been cool here over the last couple of days and so I broke down and headed over to my local greenhouse and purchased three big healthy purple chrysanthemum plants for $8.99 each.
As I began yanking out the old summer plants, I realized they looked very similar to a house plant I purchased at home depot a few months ago. Turns out Kong Rose (or Solenostemon scutellarioides) along with other leafy plants many of us use to add dimension to our flower baskets, pots and borders may not survive the winter months but they do very well indoors as house plants!
So before pitching those summer plants in the trash or the compost pile, salvage or snip of any parts of the plant that are still healthy looking. Fill a container/vase with water and drop them in. After a few days you should begin to see root tendrils… after three weeks there should be large enough roots to replant the stem in dirt.
You could also keep them permanently in the vase. The roots will keep growing so you will need to change the water often (and eventually trim them back), but it's a really pretty not to mention inexpensive alternative to fresh flowers on your bedside -or even your thanksgiving table this year!
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Ways to listen to or connect with Green Light Radio
FM radio: KGLR is now broadcast at 96.9 FM
Online: greenlightradio.com
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In the world of illicit, low-powered FM radio, the same lack of government oversight that allows so-called pirate disc jockeys to play the music they want when they want and offer up damn-the-man commentary not suited for commercial radio also opens up those pirates to some unexpected issues.
Such was the case last month when the Boulder pirates who bring Internet-based nonprofit station Green Light Radio to the FM dial found that after more than four years of squatting at 95.3 FM, their frequency had been overtaken by an "unknown, rogue pirate."
Green Light co-founder Rocky Flats, who took his DJ name from the now-defunct nuclear weapons plant south of Boulder, speculated that the new pirate may have been a DJ from legendary pirate station Boulder Free Radio. The station was a Green Light forerunner that has been found at 95.3 FM on and off since beginning its swashbuckling ways in 2000.
But he couldn't be sure.
"Pirates are typically pretty cordial, pretty communicative," said Flats, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. "I've never had an experience with this and I don't know how to communicate with this person."
While the frequency issue came as a surprise, Flats said it doesn't bother him. After all, producing unique radio broadcasts on unused frequencies "is what pirates do," Flats said, and with the spotty quality of Green Light's signal keeping it off the airwaves from time to time, he's not surprised someone else jumped on board.
Besides, it's not as though Flats and his fellow pirates sought permission from the Federal Communications Commission when they first brought Green Light to the airwaves nearly five years ago. The commission, which regulates interstate and international communication over numerous mediums, including radio, has a stated goal of shutting down pirate stations across the country. It issued 489 notices of unauthorized operation to pirate stations between 2009 and October 2012, alone.
FCC agents operating out of a Denver field office hounded Boulder Free Radio for years before eventually catching up to operators in 2005, forcing the station to shut down temporarily.
But Green Light devotees need not fear. The FCC has not shut down Flats and his fellow DJs. In fact, in a world where every major corporate station provides its content in a live stream on its website, and perfectly legal independent online stations are a dime a dozen, the pirate faction at Green Light remains as dedicated to pirate radio as ever.
The Mr. Anonymous Reggae Radio Show, broadcast live each Monday from the basement of The Samples' founding member Jeep MacNichol, providing listeners with a mix his favorite reggae and ska music straight from its vinyl sources, plus "garbled random commentary and island good vibes," is still available on the Boulder radio dial -- along with the rest of the station's unique offerings.
Listeners just have to move their radio dial a smidgen up the spectrum to 96.9 and hope for some clear reception. A pirate's life, indeed.
Green Light Radio launched Sept. 19, 2008 -- International Talk like a Pirate Day.
Its genesis lies, in part, in an old broadcast of Boulder Free Radio, said Flats, who grew up in the mountains west of Boulder and experimented with ham radio in his youth.
Flats, one of the four founders of Green Light, and one of the few DJs that hosts a weekly live show ("The Happy, Hardcore, Hip-Hop and Hippy RamaJama-Slamfest"), first got serious about launching an independent station after stumbling across Boulder Free Radio.
"Honestly, I heard a cuss word, and I was like, 'Wait, what?'" Flats said. "Radio geeks listen to airwaves. I would have never known about Boulder Free Radio if I didn't turn my radio on and start tuning away."
The station, which goes by the call sign KGLR, streams online at GreenLightRadio.com, which Flats notes is the primary focus of the station and its DJs.
He said that all station business is decided upon democratically, with all of the active DJs -- whose numbers have varied over the years, but currently hover between 10 and 15 -- having a voice.
The pirate broadcast is never brought up in those meetings, Flats said, and all the station's DJs, save for himself and a few unnamed others, do not have the technical know-how to operate the station beyond its legal online format.
"Mr. Anonymous, the Pagan Demons, they have no working knowledge of what goes on the pirate side of things," he said of his Green Light counterparts. "Their passion lies in supporting their community and in their own art."
Not that the station isn't willing to take "full marketable advantage" of some of its more incorrigible members' insistence on getting the station out onto traditional radio airwaves. After all, who turns down free exposure, even if they don't expressly endorse the means of that exposure?
Or as Flats puts it, "We have such a passion for our community that certain members may go overboard sometimes."
Inspiration from, and support for, the community
While Rocky Flats was alerted to pirate radio when he heard an unexpected expletive on the airwaves, he and Green Light's other DJs are quick to point out being a DJ for a station such as KGLR is about much more than dropping F-bombs on the radio.
DJ Pecas -- Green Light's "punk pixie," who hosts the weekly "Punk Rock Show" and similarly spoke on condition of anonymity -- prides herself on playing new, obscure and classic punk rock on her two-hour weekly broadcasts, and is always seeking out local bands to play on her show.
She joined the station in 2010, shortly after becoming a roommate of Flats and learning of his association with Green Light. She saw what he was doing with his broadcasts, and since there "were about three punks living in Boulder," at the time she decided to help enlighten the masses.
While her show is on the air for just two hours each week -- 10 to 12 p.m. Mondays -- and since she favors a genre known for its aggressive style where songs may last less than a minute, Pecas estimates she tears through 40 to 60 songs each broadcast.
Pecas is dedicated to playing lost gems from old artists and new, exciting music. Because of her passion for local musicians -- a passion shared by just about everyone at KGLR -- Pecas said she is constantly going to concerts around the metro area and talking to bands and fans in search of new material.
"My thing is I go to shows and tell people I have a radio station and act like I'm a real big shot and get them to talk to me," she said, half jokingly, as she sat down with Flats and fellow DJ GGirl at a Boulder restaurant.
Green Light naturally supports Mr. Anonymous and his concerts, but Flats said promoting the local scene and providing local musicians free airtime always has been a focus of the station.
Green Light's staff, essentially a group of volunteers, also is passionate about supporting community, as evidenced by the free services the station has provided for local charity events through GreenLightRadio.com.
The station has been involved in supporting worthy causes since at least as far back as when GGirl did an interview promoting the 2009 "Concert for Kyle" that raised money for youth cancer research. GGirl said she remembers that the interview, conducted with the parents of Highlands Ranch teen Kyle Blakeman, who died in 2006 from a rare cancer affecting youth, moved her and the family to tears. While she said she couldn't be sure if the KGLR interview helped, she knows the concert set a fundraising record that year.
The station also has provided services to several charitable events held at Boulder Reservoir and at concerts including the 2011 and 2012 Desert Rocks Festival held in Green River, Utah, Flats said.
"We don't charge, and I don't believe that we should," he said. "You're a community station, you have the resources and stuff and its free promotion for you anyway. You're doing good in the community. You should just go off that."
Green Light Radio hasn't heard from FCC -- yet
Of course, for Green Light's pirate element, running the illicit station carries some risks.
In January 2005, the FCC finally put enough pressure on the founders of Boulder Free Radio to knock the station off the airwaves after a nearly five-year run. While Boulder Free Radio has returned to the airwaves, broadcasting at 93.9, according to a Google website, https://sites.google.com/site/boulderfreeradio/home, its broadcasts after the run-in with the FCC have been unsteady at best.
An FCC official declined to comment about any possible investigations into pirate radio activities in the Boulder area since 2005, but a map on the commission's website shows that between January 2009 and last July, 22 pirate action cases were launched in Colorado. Those cases, making up 3.3 percent of pirate cases opened nationwide during that time, resulted in no forfeiture orders and no fines, according to the site.
Flats said operating a pirate station isn't outright illegal, it's simply against FCC regulations -- regulations with which he disagrees.
"We understand why the FCC exists. There is no harm, no foul there. There is plenty of reason for them to exist," Flats said. "Somebody just needs to rewrite the laws to make it better for everyone."
The FCC's website notes that, "Section 301 of the Communications Act prohibits the 'use or operat(ion of) any apparatus for the transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio" without a license issued by the FCC.
The commission's site states the pirate stations may cause interference to other licensed broadcasters, non-broadcast services and even create risks to public safety by interfering with radio signals. Pirate stations also "compete unfairly with licensed broadcasters for advertising dollars," according to the FCC site.
Green Light Radio is commercial-free, and, as Flats noted, actually costs its operators money to maintain, though they said they are happy to spend it and have plans to invest in improvements for the station.
The FCC has vowed to work "around the clock, using the latest technology" to shut down pirate stations and take aggressive enforcement action against operators and those who assist them.
Commission statistics show that in addition to hundreds of warning letters sent to pirate operators nationwide, in 2012, 17 notices of apparent liability were sent to pirate operators, and 16 forfeiture orders were executed, seeking fines totaling $220,000.
Flats said the FCC has never contacted him regarding Green Light Radio, though Pecas said she once received an FCC warning letter that kept her from broadcasting for a while.
Flats noted that the commission does not have the power to follow through on the warning letters they send to pirates -- and must partner with a law enforcement agency such as the Boulder police or the FBI to shut down stations. He said if the FCC has ever contacted the local police, he feels it is clear Boulder police did not feel cracking down on the station is a high priority.
"I love the Boulder Police Department," said Flats, a sentiment echoed by Pecas. "I'm sure some of them have listened (to the station). I believe they have probably been asked (to shut us down)--that is my assumption--and they haven't done anything because they don't see us as a threat, because we're not here to cause them problems."
Broadening the 'scope of information'
GGirl, fondly referred to as the wisest of the Gods of KGLR on the station's website, was one of a handful of former Boulder Free Radio DJs that joined Green Light, DJing for a while for both stations before KBFR started to dismantle.
She first got involved in pirate radio in 2005 when she met the former director of Boulder Free Radio. While she started her career as a pirate playing alternative rock songs, she said what really drew her into it was a desire to provide an alternative source of information on the airwaves not provided by the corporate stations.
"With Clear Channel stations you have such a limited scope of information that is available, but they are also trying to play to what society wants," GGirl said. "I think most pirates are behind me when I say we need to broaden our scope of information that is available."
GGirl has prided herself during her career as a pirate on not only playing the music corporate stations won't play but also tackling controversial issues that would never be touched by mainstream outlets. Her former live Sunday show, "Sex and Chocolate," not only provided listeners with reviews of fine, locally produced candy, but also featured information regarding sexual health, sex laws, sex toys and relationship advice -- topics GGirl noted would be very difficult to discuss while respecting FCC guidelines.
GGirl said one of her heroes is former Dead Kennedys singer and political activist, Jello Biafra, who once said, "Don't hate the media, become the media."
That's exactly where Flats hopes Green Light is headed, adding to the independent options at Boulder residents' fingertips without having to worry about the FCC. His hope may be closer to reality now than ever, after Congress passed the Local Community Radio Act of 2010, giving the FCC clearance to issues hundreds of new licenses for low-power FM stations.
"It's about spreading the knowledge. Spreading awareness. We firmly believe that the airwaves are a natural resource, and as such should be controlled by the community that is in that natural resource," Flats said. "What we're trying to do is provide an example that essentially works well enough."
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11:26 a.m. SUSPICIOUS PERSON – E. Commercial Ave.; subject asking caller for AK-47. Approached caller when he was outside.
11:40 a.m. RUNAWAY/OUT OF CONTROL JUVENILE REPORT – W. Upjohn Ave.; caller in the lobby wants to speak with an officer regarding his 17-year-old daughter.
11:46 a.m. WARRANT ARREST – E. Commercial Ave.; Farmer, Manuel Andrew III cited.
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3:39 p.m. ARSON – E. Commercial Ave.; incident yesterday of a juvenile talking about starting a fire while on school bus.
4:43 p.m. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS – S. Silver Ridge St.; juveniles throwing rocks at hert dogs.
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Bucks, Johnson Controls Open Sport Complex at Westlawn Gardens
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Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin shared with the children and other local and city stakeholders that the Bucks hope to affect change and add assets to Milwaukee's neighborhoods. George Oliver, the CEO of Johnson Controls, also spoke, emphasizing that the international company is committed to making deep, transformational impact in its local neighborhood.
Alicia Dupies, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility for the Bucks, said that the sport complex is intended to affect "all the residents of Westlawn." Speaking directly to the elementary school children, she said that the complex was a testament to "how important you are and how much we believe in you."
Grady Crosby, VP of Public Affairs for Johnson Controls, powerfully evoked the memory and inspiration of Frederick Douglass, the 19th Century social reformer and statesman. Asking the students if they knew about Douglass, nearly every student raised their hand, making MPS Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver and Browning Principal Dr. Raymond Unanka beam with pride. Mr. Crosby ended with a Douglass quote, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men," and he called on the children and adults alike to use the sport complex to build both physical health and strong character.
The formal part of the event ended with a creative ribbon cutting that paired project leaders, including HACM's Willie Hines, with students for a short run through a finish line ribbon. Bucks legend Sidney Moncrief announced the "race" before encouraging the kids to try out all of the games with the help of Playworks, a nonprofit focused on social emotional learning through play.
The event's finale included a performance by the Milwaukee Bucks dance team and the Rim Rockers, whose trampoline-fueled dunks left the crowd in awe and capped off an impressive unveiling.
This new sport complex at Browning Elementary School and Silver Spring Neighborhood Center is a powerful investment in the Milwaukee's Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI). Fueled by a $30 million Choice Neighborhood Implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and over $250 million leveraged from other sources, the Initiative is working to increase quality of life in the Westlawn area by enhancing retail options, building new housing options, improving neighborhood schools, increasing access to healthy foods and health care, reducing crime, improving green spaces and park facilities, and furthering a sense of community throughout the Choice Neighborhood area.


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La Liga Wrap: Madrid clubs stagger on dramatic day
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid slipped up in search of pivotal wins on a dramatic day in La Liga's title race.
Following Barcelona's surprise 2-2 draw against Getafe on Saturday, the capital clubs had the chance to all but end the defending champions' ambitions.
But Diego Simeone's team passed up the chance to open a six-point advantage as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat on the road at bogey club Levante.
Real could not capitalise on this double slice of fortune in the late kick-off and needed a brilliant equaliser from Cristiano Ronaldo in stoppage time to hold Valencia to a 2-2 draw at the Bernabeu.
Atletico found themselves behind early on when Filipe Luis diverted a corner into his own net.
Mohamed Sissoko and Diego Costa were perhaps lucky to stay on the pitch just after the half-hour.
Referee Jose Gonzalez took no action despite the Atletico forward appearing to push his head into the Mali international, who then raised his hands to Costa's face.
Levante defended resolutely and were rewarded in the 68th minute when David Barral finished clinically on the counter-attack.
The game ended in regrettable circumstances. Levante's Papakouli Diop became involved in a heated exchange with a section of Atletico's fans and later accused them of making racist chants towards him.
Real kicked off in the knowledge that wins in their remaining four games would be enough to take the championship, but Valencia had not read that script.
Goals from Jeremy Mathieu and former Real youth product Daniel Parejo either side of Sergio Ramos' equaliser looked to have handed Juan Antonio Pizzi's side a famous triumph.
Visiting goalkeeper Diego Alves was magnificent throughout, routinely thwarting Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Portuguese finally got the better of him in stoppage time to earn a point.
At conclusion of a tumultuous day, Atletico appear best placed, knowing victory in their last two outings will see them crowned champions. The last of those matches is the highly anticipated season-closer at Camp Nou, where Real must now hope fierce enemies Barca do them a huge favour.
At the other end of the table, Ramon Azeez's last minute header moved 10-man Almeria out of the bottom three as they secured a priceless 3-2 win over relegated Real Betis.
The game exploded into after an eventful but goalless first-half when Oscar Diaz converted Aleix Vidal's cross in the 52nd minute.
Shortly afterwards, Almeria's on-loan Liverpool midfielder Suso was given a straight red for bringing down Damien Perquis and Braian Rodriguez levelled from close range for Betis with an hour played.
Substitute Salva Sevilla drilled into the bottom corner to put the hosts in front before Vidal netted an equaliser and Azeez lit up a the thrilling climax that brought fans streaming onto the pitch amid jubilant scenes at the final whistle.
Elsewhere, Villarreal played out a goalless draw against UEFA Europa League finalists Sevilla - limiting their own chances of qualifying for next season's competition.


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Road-rage shooting leaves woman dead
A road-rage confrontation left a 30-year-old woman dead and her killer facing a murder charge after the victim was shot in the head in far southwest Harris County early Thursday morning.
Veronica Soto was discovered fatally shot about 12:30 a.m. at 7703 Las Brisas near Paso Real, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators later determined the gunfire erupted as Soto and her husband were in their vehicle and he got into an argument with people in two other cars. The argument escalated when the Sotos' vehicle was boxed in by the other drivers.
Then a passenger in one of the other vehicles got out and went to his nearby home. He grabbed a rifle, came back outside and opened fire on the Sotos as they drove away. Several bullets hit the rear of the Sotos' car.
Soto, who was a passenger in the front seat, was wounded in the head. She died at the scene.
No other injuries were reported.
Investigators later learned the identity of the gunman. The 20-year-old man admitted his role in the shooting when investigators questioned him about it. He was taken into custody.
Deputies said charges have not been filed so far, but the gunman is expected to be charged with murder.
The Chronicle has not named him because he has not been formally charged yet.


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Global GDP growth and as well as GDP growth in each of the regions were lower in 2009 compared to 2007. More specifically, specifically, negative growth rates were observed during 2009 in developed countries & European Union, Central and SE Europe & CIS countries and to a lesser extent in LAC, while the growth rates for East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa were positive in 2009 but lower than in 2007.
Reflecting this, all regions experienced higher unemployment rates, with the highest being in the developed economies & EU, Central and SE Europe & CIS and LAC economies, which again all had negative GDP growth rates in 2009. The ILO estimates that the global crisis has led to 34 million more unemployed and the World Bank estimates that about 60 million people may have been pushed into poverty.
Changes in Output and Unemployment
Difference between 2009 and 2007 (percent)
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Growth Rate
|Change in
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|Developed Economies & EU
|Central & SE Europe & CIS
|East Asia
|South Asia
|Latin America & Caribbean
|Middle East
|North Africa
|Sub-Saharan Africa
|Source: Authors' computations based on data from ILO (2010),
Global Employment Trends, January.
Women have been more severely affected in countries where gender differences in unemployment were high to begin with. Youth unemployment also showed an upward tick since the crisis and is currently at an all time high. According to the ILO, 81 million out of 630 million 15-24 year olds were unemployed at the end of 2009. This number is 7.8 million more than at the end of 2007. Largest reductions both in employment and working hours were observed in the manufacturing (export-oriented industries including garments and textiles, electronics, iron and steel and automobile sector) and construction is most of the countries. Estimates of under-employment are sketchy but add to the problem. In addition, the global downturn has displaced quite a lot of migrant workers.
Striving for decent work has become the main priority in a number of regions of the world. Fiscal stimulus packages in 40+ countries were aimed to support a global recovery. On average about 1.4 percent of world GDP was to be allotted for fiscal stimulus packages during 2009-10 with USA (5.6 percent of its GDP), China (13 percent of its GDP), Saudi Arabia and Malaysia being among the largest while for OECD countries fiscal stimulus averaged 3.5 per cent of OECD 2008 GDP. The aggregate fiscal stimulus for the G20 countries, which includes discretionary and non-discretionary automatic stabilizers, was estimated to be 2.6 percent of GDP for 2009.
The measures undertaken by countries to in response to the jobs crisis can be broadly grouped into 4 areas – (i) stimulating employment generation, (ii) social protection by providing income support to workers and families, (iii) labor market policies to support jobseekers and the unemployed, and (iv) stimulate social dialogue and consultations with business and labor on measure to counter the crisis. In a 2009 ILO survey that covered 54 countries, it was found that all countries gave high priority to new or additional investments infrastructure with the aim of generating employment. Middle and lower income countries typically invested more heavily in the expansion of social protection, while the high income countries focused more on labor market polices for the unemployed.
The ILO estimates that 7 to 11 million jobs were created or saved in the G20 countries in 2009 by the G20 stimulus package. These jobs created or saved were equivalent to between 29 to 43 percent of total increase in unemployment of 25 million in G20 countries for the first half of 2009. Without such spending, unemployment would probably have been much higher in these countries. That being said, in view of the current output and employment figures, the overall impact of the fiscal packages on output and employment thus far can be said to be mixed at best. Even though trade volumes have recovered quickly, there are other reasons that has led to the slow pace of economic recovery – smaller magnitude of fiscal multipliers, long delays between legislation and spending, bad design of the packages (e.g. in the USA stimulus was spent not on construction or infrastructure but on public servants' salaries, healthcare, school teachers, police, alternative energy sources, all of which are important for society, but did not create enough new jobs) or consumers preferred not to spend but to save more in anticipation of an increase in taxes in future.
In the USA, small and medium firms (less than 500 employees) generated most of the jobs in the recent past. However, recent research (e.g. Haltiwanger et al August 2010) indicates that it is start-up and younger businesses that contributed to gross and net job creation, and not necessarily small or large size of the firms that matter for job creation. The fiscal stimulus packages did not provide many benefits to this segment nor reduce the uncertainty to venture into new businesses. In addition, in USA as well as in Europe labor mobility has decreased in part because those workers with sizable home mortgages are unable to sell their houses and re-locate as the housing market has crashed. Worker mobility also appears to be constrained by rapid urbanization which has resulted in exorbitant urban housing prices and rents.
In addition, the current higher unemployment rates observed in the U.S. and other developed economies may be a phenomenon that fiscal spending may not be able to easily eradicate. In these countries, there appears to be a longer trend of structural unemployment with hirings being lower than job openings because of skills mismatch. More broadly, empirical data shows that employment for middle-skilled workers in the advanced countries has been falling since 2000. Many economists believe that the advanced economies are undergoing structural change whereby middle-skilled level jobs are being substituted with cheaper technology and automation, and/or being offshored and outsourced to China, India, and elsewhere. The recent economic crisis could have given the ongoing structural change a boost - middle-skilled workers retrenched during the crisis would not be replaced even if the economy picks up again. Think of the manager who has gotten used to answering his/her own phone and managing his/her calendar with the help of i-phone or blackberry. If this is the case, the economic crisis would have middle-term and even long-term effects by significantly increasing the number of long-term unemployed and consequently the number of people who withdraw from the labor force. Under such circumstances, in order to have substantial impact on the unemployment rate, fiscal spending would need to include massive but effective relevant training and retraining programs to retool the unemployed with market relevant skills.
For developing countries, the economic crisis has sent shocks through large declines in exports, capital inflows and remittances, all of which tend to affect both employment and the wages earned. Less exports implies the loss of modern sectors jobs, which typically pay better relative to those in the informal economy. Decreases in capital inflows would lead to smaller rates of employment growth. Therefore, both declines in exports and capital inflows would not only tend to increase unemployment (in the formal sector), and also increase the number of workers in the already crowded informal sector, further increasing underemployment and lowering productivity, and consequently working poverty. Declines in remittances will have negative short and longer term effects on recipient households. This is because apart from being a significant source of income, remittances from migrants is also an importance source of education finance. Children of remittance recipient households in El Salvador and Sri Lanka have been found to have lower dropout rates and are more likely to receive private education. Therefore, declines in remittances will negatively affect the skills acquisition of workers of the next generation.
In summary, there are good grounds for concerns that fiscal stimuli (and monetary easing) will not be able to prevent the economic crisis from having long-term negative effects on the global as well as national labor markets for both advanced and developing countries. Some worry that the longer term trend will be one of jobless economic growth, particularly in the developed economies. Others worry that the future of industrialization is one of joblessness, while services will still be the sector generating jobs but technological innovation is higher in industry then in services sector. The job crisis has been and will continue to be complex with many factors. Beyond fiscal and monetary policies, what is needed is structural reforms in trade in goods and services, manufacturing, agro-processing for low-income countries, quality of education including through use of ICT, skills training and a host of labor market policies.


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Release date: December 18, 2006
Community Classroom seeks volunteers for new programs
PLAINVIEW – The Community Classroom at Wayland Baptist University is seeking volunteer tutors for two new programs to begin in 2007.
Tutorial services for U.S. citizenship and pre-GED/GED tests will be offered in February, and tutor training for the programs is slated for the early part of the year. Training for the citizenship tutoring will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon, and the GED tutor training will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. Both sessions will include breakfast and will be held at the Community Classroom, located at 708 Yonkers.
According to Debbie Stennett, classroom director, the programs are a natural extension of the current offerings and the partnership with the Hale County Literacy Council, formed when the council moved into the classroom facility in April 2006.
"This dovetails from the literacy program and our English for Speakers of Other Languages program, and these folks have expressed an interest in continuing their learning," Stennett said. "These are door-opening programs for people in our community. The citizenship program will allow them to vote and become involved, and the GED willl allow them to do so many more things."
The tutorial services for U.S. citizenship will involve one-on-one assistance in the areas of reading, writing and basic civics to individuals preparing for the citizenship test and interview. Students and tutors will meet weekly according to their schedules and work on the areas they feel are needed for the testing. The sessions will not cover the legal aspects of the naturalization process nor any paperwork but are only intended to prepare for the test and interview. Students will be responsible for the cost of instructional materials.
Tutors for the program should be at least 18, able to meet for at least 90 minutes weekly with a student and attend the tutor training session. Stennett said tutors should also be able to provide a warm, fun and relaxed learning experience in a Christian environment and should be able to work with adults from diverse backgrounds.
The pre-GED/GED tutoring will involve one-on-one tutoring with students as they prepare to take the test for the General Equivalency Diploma. Students must be English-speaking and at least age 18. Basic instruction will be provided in reading, language and math. Sessions will be set by the tutor and student and recommended meetings will be at least two hours each week. Students will be responsible for the cost of instructional materials.
The actual GED testing will not be done at Wayland but is already offered at other entities in Plainview. The tutoring program is intended for those who need extra individual assistance before attempting one of the computer-based instruction programs in the city.
Tutors for the program should be at least 18, willing to invest in another person's growth and learn how to do that, able to make a 3-6 month commitment to a student and provide a warm, relaxed learning experience in a Christian environment where students can be encouraged to persevere and better their lives.
The time commitment for each student in these programs will depend on the student's needs, Stennett noted.
"Both will be driven by the student's pace and learning needs. This kind of learning can't be rushed, and these students already have lots of demands on them," she said, adding that flexibility and sensitivity to the life demands of these adult students is essential for tutors.
Registration for the tutor training is currently underway. Those interested may contact Stennett at 291-3650 for more information or to register for training.


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The only previous Ryan-built aircraft flown by the Navy is believed to have been the NR-1 Recruit, an open-cockpit, monoplane trainer. It was flown by the Army as the PT-22. The Navy acquired 100 NR-1s, which served until 1944. The lack of previous experience in building naval fighters was in many respects an advantage, allowing Ryan to truly start with a clean slate. Several of the other firms were also already producing Navy aircraft and had little design or production capability to spare.
Beyond being a piston-turbine aircraft, the Fireball was intended from the outset to operate from small escort carriers (CVEs). Another challenge was that the aircraft would have a tricycle landing gear to accommodate the jet exhaust configuration, also unusual in carrier aircraft.
Developed by a Ryan team led by Ben T. Solomon, the FR-1 was a sleek-looking, low-wing monoplane with the first laminar-flow airfoil intended for carrier operation. The pilot had excellent visibility, and the aircraft had upward folding wings and the requisite tail hook. Armament consisted of four wing-mounted .50-caliber machine guns (300 rounds per barrel). There were provisions for carrying two 1,000-pound bombs or 100-gallon drop tanks under the wings.
The first XFR-1 prototype flew on 25 June 1944. The initial flights were made using only the Wright R-1820-72W, 1,350-horsepower piston engine. The General Electric J31-GE3 turbojet, generating 1,600 pounds static thrust, was installed in July. The flight tests got off to a good start.
The second XFR-1 flew in September, but the test program was marred the following month when the first prototype crashed. Investigations found that the wing rivets were not strong enough; doubling their number solved this problem. Still, both of the remaining prototypes also crashed.
But even before the first XFR-1 had flown, in December 1943 the Navy ordered the production of 100 Fireballs, a practice that was common during the war. A further 600 aircraft were ordered in January 1945, but most were cancelled when the war ended. Only 66 production FR-1s were delivered, the first in January 1945. They were similar to the modified prototypes except for changes to the wing flaps.
With a gross weight of 11,652 pounds, the Fireball was a heavy piston fighter, larger than the Grumman F6F Hellcat and F8F Bearcat and roughly comparable with the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair series.
The first FR-1s reached the Fleet in March 1945 with deliveries to Fighter Squadron (VF) 66. Three of the squadron's FR-1s were hoisted on board the carrier Ranger (CV-4) on 1 May 1945, and in three days of operations off the coast of California they proved the feasibility of flying the composite power plant aircraft from carriers. The plane normally flew on the piston engine with the turbojet to be used for rapid climb and combat. The squadron's aircraft were transferred to VF-41, and that unit went aboard the escort carrier Wake Island (CVE-65) on 5 November 1945. 2
History was made the next day as an FR-1 piloted by Ensign Jake C. West lost power taking off from the Wake Island . West started his turbojet engine and immediately returned to the carrier to make a successful landing on jet power although it is believed that his piston engine did not lose its total power. (The first true jet carrier landings and takeoffs occurred a month later when Lieutenant Commander Eric M. Brown took a Vampire I fighter aboard the British light carrier Ocean on 3 December 1945.)
After some modifications, especially following problems with the tender nose gear, the squadron flew its FR-1s on board the Bairoko (CVE-115) in March 1946. VF-41 also operated from the Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) from March 1947 and the Rendova (CVE-114) for six days in June 1947. There were accidents and all aircraft, grounded for inspection, were found to suffer from structural deterioration. A short time later the Fireballs were withdrawn from service. Navy records indicate that the last aircraft were retired from squadron service with VF-1E in June 1947.
One FR-1 was modified with a lengthened fuselage to house the more-powerful J34 turbojet engine. Designated XFR-4, it was reported to have an added 100 mph in top speed.
A further development of the FR-1 design was the XF2R-1 Dark Shark, which was to have a turboprop engine forward and a turbojet engine in the after fuselage. Maximum level speed was expected to be about 500 mph with a ceiling of 52,200 feet. One FR-1 was modified to the XF2R-1, with an XT-31-GE-2 turboprop engine fitted. In flight tests in 1946-47, it—the Navy's first turboprop aircraft to fly—exceeded the FR-1's top speed by only 75 mph because of the weight of the new engine. The XFR-4 remained the fastest variant. The XF2R-1, however, set a world altitude record for turboprop aircraft of 39,160 feet in May 1947.
The Air Force expressed interest in the Dark Shark and ordered a pair of XF2R-2s from Ryan. These were to have the TG-100 turboprop engine forward and a J34 turbojet engine aft; gun armament was to be four 20-millimeter cannon with provisions for bombs and rockets. A mock-up was built, but the program was cancelled before the aircraft were produced.
Thus ended one of the U.S. Navy's first—and highly unusual—efforts in the field of jet-propelled aircraft.
1. Three books are recommended for the FR Fireball story: Ernest McDowell, FR-1 Fireball (Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1995); Steve Ginter, Ryan FR-1 Fireball and XF2R-1 Darkshark (Simi Valley, CA: Ginter Books, 1995); and William Green, War Planes of the Second World War , Vol. 4: Fighters (London: Macdonald, 1961).
2. Squadron VF-66 was disestablished on 18 October 1946, with its aircraft and personnel assigned to VF-41. VF-41 itself was redesignated VF-1E on 15 November 1946.


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The accident happened at 9:21 p.m. on the 900 block of North Kingsbury Avenue at the Chicago River, officials said.
Brian Garland, of the 14100 block of South Wabash Avenue, was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:14 a.m., according to a spokeswoman with the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Garland was on a boat with other people when he stepped off the boat with three people onto a wooden dock when he stumbled and fell into the river, officials said.
The boat's driver jumped into the river to get the man but was not successful, officials said.
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1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp smoked salt
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 cloves garlic, minced
Marinate chicken overnight in the fridge for best result.
Smoked volcano salt sounds very exotic!
Love the way you marinate the chicken wings. I'm sure to try this! Yummy..
what is Worcestershire sauce??
This almost close to the recipe i use except i use orange juice instead of lemon. Yummy !! love wings!
Mmm Can't wait to try. I have one question for you, how long would I bake the wings in the oven?
Waw!! A stunning recipe,..looks so tasty too!
i'm drooling just seeing your pict.. hm...yumm yumm
The smoked salt is great for BBQ dishes.
Simple yet so tasty, try it!
For the sauce, this link has more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce
I sometimes use orange juice too, and bit of herbs.
Oven bake, about 200C... 8 mins on each side. Grease the pan lightly. Brush with the marinade if desired
(I didn't).
Sophie & let's bake together,
Try it out!
Have not heard of smoked salk before but would love to try it. Where can I get it and can you recommend a brand that I can look out for.
Hi, I got my smoked salt from US. Someone sent me. Got this website on the package... maybe u can try to order from there.
This smoke salt from For J's Hawaii is awesome on steaks too. Great for Superbowl Sunday.
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Genesis is one of my favorite books of the Bible. I read through it probably once every few months and repeatedly grind my Hebrew language skills on its opening chapters. Unlike Leviticus (at least in the opinion of most people I know), the Genesis narrative is exciting and adventurous. Some of our favorite stories come out of the book: Noah and the Ark, The Tower of Babel, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors, and so on.
But no story is perhaps as infamous and well known as the creation account (or accounts) as presented in Genesis 1-2. Almost every Christian or Jew, even those less than devout, know the opening words to the tale: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." We know that God created the earth in six days. We know Eve was taken from Adam's rib for a companion. We know that God called the general creation "good", the special creation of man "very good" and, at the very end of it all, took a day of rest (which I'm sure most of us would call "very good.")
Of course, we know all of this. Yet we challenge it (and are challenged by it), continually, when we consider the variety of interpretations of how this story intersects the world as described by science. With Genesis, are we dealing with a literal scientific account, where "day" means 24-hours; are we dealing with metaphorical "days" in which epochs or periods of time or even processes are being described; or are we readers of a creation mythology from the Ancient Near East that doesn't have anything directly to do with material origins? Interpretations go on and on, as anyone who has spent any time at all studying the creation debate knows. By and large, however, we can probably categorize Genesis interpreters into three camps: the Young Earth Creationists, the Old Earth Creationists, and the Theistic Evolutionists.
Now, I have the unique benefit of falling into all of these individual camps at one point or another in my life, sometimes even mixing them up. I have made a strong transition from being a die-hard Young Earth Creationist to being convinced that the evolutionary story is, in fact, the more substantiated and evidenced position. I say this with no pride, since my own transition involved many agonizing questions, a whole lot of reading, and a significant internal spiritual battle: what I believed about when and how the earth was created would not only change the way I read Scripture, it would also change certain aspects of how I viewed the Creator.
While I've certainly learned a lot of information on my journey, it was not an accumulation of facts that has kept me following Christ through all the ups and downs, but Jesus himself, and the knowledge that truth is not something which the Christian should find spiritually threatening. Nevertheless, those same ups and downs—and my internalization of each of these views on creation in turn—has provided me with one simple realization about the debate over scripture and evolution: most of us are not so committed to finding the truth about Genesis and creation as we are to sustaining and maintaining our own interpretive boundaries and the boundaries of the communities which influence us. In other words, the debate is often not so much over Genesis—or even over whether we can all follow the same God when we believe different things about how he created—it's over our own ability to be right. I know this because admitting that I was wrong was the most difficult part of my own transition.
Interpretive communities
While I am pretty convinced of the truth of an evolutionary portrait of reality and an ANE reading of Genesis similar to that espoused by scholars like Peter Enns or Bruce Waltke, I can still make this claim about interpretive communities because my intention is not to dissuade others from debating the issues involved, but to ask that we simply recognize our own limits and check them as often as possible. This is part of following Jesus, is it not? Unfortunately, vigorous debate often deteriorates quickly into screaming matches where proponents of one position or another simply are talking heads, speaking past each other and forgetting our fellowship in Christ. We play into the same interpretive competition that the Pharisee and Sadducee scribes were well known for, each claiming to have a proper interpretation of the Scriptures, but all the while forgetting that interpretive arguments matter exceptionally little if a genuine search for God is not at the forefront. This is certainly not to insist that the discussions cease, but rather, to insist that these discussions can only be propelled forward if individuals—of whatever stripe—step outside of their own interpretive boundaries and communities and humbly present themselves before God, seeking His truth alone. It is to insist that "system maintenance" must die along with the self, because only then can we allow Scripture to interpret itself. Unfortunately (and this is an issue that goes waybeyond the Genesis text), too many of us are more committed to a specific model than we are committed to seeking God's truth, whatever inconvenience to us that truth proves to be.
In 2006, for instance, I heard a popular and well-trained Young Earth paleontologist make the following statement: "If all the evidence turns against young earth creationism, I will still believe it because that's what the Bible says." I followed up with him in a conversation a year later over lunch and quickly realized that I did not misunderstand his statement. For him, the parameters of his convictions were set in concrete and the truth of the overarching story of Christianity rested on these parameters not being crossed. In his view, the Bible absolutely and fundamentally teaches a universe which came into existence 6,000-10,000 years ago; to deny that is to deny Scripture, and if evidence turned up to the contrary one must not alter those parameters but, instead, search (perhaps in vain) for counter-evidence or be willing to live in blind faith. For this paleontologist, confident Christianity hinged on the stability of those borders of interpretation. Transition wasn't allowed.
But I have heard and read statements coming out of the two other camps of thought that share this kind of certainty over interpretation, too. There is a sense of doing injustice to scripture, thereby doing an injustice to Christianity, and, thereby again, doing an injustice to God if one strays from the preferred reading. One Old Earth Creationist remarked in a popular book that an interpretation of Genesis that allows for evolution is a "contradiction in terms" and it's an unfortunate thing to "blame God for it." Genesis, in the mind of this thinker, specifically precludes any interpretation which leads to the sort of story evolution tells. To think otherwise is to "blame" God for something which he intentionally tells us is otherwise against his nature.
I have equally heard some theistic evolutionists deride—in a very spiritually shallow and personally offensive way—those who do not accept an evolutionary viewpoint. As one who went through an interpretive evolution on biological evolution, I can say confidently that I believe my own transition would have been much easier both intellectually and spiritually if not for feeling as if certain theistic evolutionists accused me of intentionally lying or being mentally ignorant. It seems that all three camps are at least sometimes plagued by the issue of pride—especially in the cases of a few strong advocates. But pride is nothing less than the cement by which interpretive barriers are built, helping them become unmovable walls that protect the interpretive communities within.1
On the other hand, one of the great benefits of the fall of positivism (or verificationism) and the rise of postmodernism was the realization that total objectivity among individuals is a false conception. And, since individuals make up communities, neither are camps of thought above error and immune from being wrong. Yet way too many Christians continue to approach Genesis as if we can interpret it on its own terms, completely and totally, without reference to our own location in history and culture. We're still functionally positivists. But it is an illusion that we're above the interpretive fray, and we must realize time and again that we are subjective individuals, affected by a number of factors and people. We are deeply influenced by those that speak into us, those that we trust, and those that we find credible. As W. Randolph Tate writes,
Interpretations...must be consistent with the established interpretive framework of the interpretive community. The worldview of the interpretive community sets the parameters within which interpretations are accepted or rejected.2
The Bible takes a slightly different angle and puts it this way: "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." In other words, we are not objective data-interpreting individuals but fallen men and women, even as followers of Jesus.
So it's when groups of folks line up on either side of an issue and make their positions part of their identity that the debate over interpreting Genesis reaches a near stalemate. It's communities against communities, PhDs against PhDs, experts against experts, and—perhaps more internally—interpretive parameters against interpretive parameters. The truth is that as long as we are first and foremost committed to maintaining the community in which we are involved, there will be very little chance of us getting at the real issues and the best conclusions, much less giving an adequate witness to our God, both Creator and Redeemer.
New eyes, fresh air
I mentioned earlier that I spent time in all three major camps of thought on this issue. I was a hard-lined Young Earth Creationist, debating on forums and writing creationist papers in college. I argued for the existence of modern-day dinosaurs, major flood geology, and so on. I was convinced I was right, that defending the truth meant digging my heels deeper into the sand. But two questions plagued my thoughts: first, I asked whether Christianity fell to pieces if I was wrong. Second, I asked whether I was committed to Christ or, rather, to myself and my interpretations. With that as my first major paradigm shift, I eventually came to accept an Old Earth view. I sat comfortably within the Old Earth view for several years, but the Lord was still at work in me, and, once again, brought those two questions to my mind. Back to the books I went, back to the Bible I went, and back to prayer I went.
Through months of extremely difficult and heart-rending transition, I found myself considering a particular reading of Genesis that I would have regarded as unacceptable as a YEC. But then I was confronted with this even more important point about Christianity: often God finds what is unacceptable to us very acceptable to Him! That included me, personally, and I felt the warmth of God's grace flow over me. In the wake of that change of heart, people accused me of rejecting my background, my Christian education, and my interpretive communities. And, yet—whether I was right or wrong—I knew God accepted my path towards this new reading of Creation as a genuine search for Him. My spiritual struggle—contrary to what I thought while it was happening—was not a struggle to reject bad data and exegesis, it was a struggle to reject myself.
While the "facts" were important, that spiritual struggle was even more so for me. What was God showing me in the midst of it all? Was thinking differently about the creation making me appreciate the Creator less, or more? Did reading Genesis differently mean only that I had been wrong, or that it was somehow less true? What did any of this have to do with my sense of calling to love and serve God and my fellow men? In a way, I'm still figuring this out. But I can absolutely testify that the struggle transformed every single one of these questions. Indeed, for the first time, I believe I saw God as much this-worldly as other-worldly. I saw nature as intimately intertwined with itself, still being woven together by God's hand. I saw Scripture as a beautiful expression of God's desire that man should participate in creation. I saw that my fellow men and my fellow Christians were all on a journey, much the way I was. And I saw myself as a flawed, stubborn, and prideful man, yet forgiven for the times I've pitted myself and my presuppositions about Scripture against God, its author.
As settled as I am now, I have not forgotten that the common ribbon which ties together all of these transitions is my commitment to keep asking questions within my own circle, too—realizing that God still has much to teach all of us. I have learned the continuing importance of stepping outside of my camp and making sure I haven't become merely a product of or a willing prisoner to thinking a certain way, unwilling to consider that it and I might be incorrect. I came to realize that everyone (including myself, of course) has stories and life experiences that become the framework in which they read Genesis 1-2. And if I stopped pretending that I, myself, could be perfectly objective, then I also had to stop pretending that those in the community that I trusted were necessarilyobjective, themselves.
Ultimately, I had to be willing to be wrong and to see that my friends might be wrong, too. That's not something that any of us are "naturally" very good at, but it is possible when we realize that the world does not depend onus being right, but upon Jesus being right. For me, seeking truth rather than presupposition requires that we all be able to approach the communities that have influenced us deeply, and ask not just "what" they say but "why" they say it. We all have to guard our hearts even more than our heads. Frequently reminding myself to walk back to the edge of my own camp—to follow Jesus' example and withdraw to a solitary place—has shown me that there is room to breathe outside our familiar interpretive parameters. At certain times, I have found it to be the most refreshing air I've ever tasted.
1. Though, admittedly, the theistic evolutionists tend to have a greater sense of leeway when it comes to how the claims of Genesis 1-2 affect Christianity as a whole. It would be an odd thing to say that to not interpret Genesis 1-2 as an evolutionary metaphor is to reject Christianity. As far as I know, most Christian evolutionists are very much willing to acknowledge that Young and Old Earth Creationists are still within appropriate spiritual bounds, even if not scientific ones. It seems to me that if individual theistic evolutionists choose an issue about which to be rigid, it's the Fall and the existence of Adam.
2. Tate, W. Randolpy. Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2008, p 222.


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China's Insatiable Appetite for Foreign Investment
Chinese companies are expected to invest more overseas in 2013. As the WSJ's Bob Davis tells us, the trend is set to continue but not without resistance from countries who view Chinese investment as a threat.
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Truck Steps For Real Off Road Trucks - OR Fab Pro StepsPosted in How To: Body Chassis on August 14, 2008
What's the difference between a running board and an off-road ready truck step? One goes in the trash, the other goes on your vehicle. There are plenty of "fancy" running boards and tube steps available to help you get into your truck, but most off road truck enthusiasts don't use the word "fancy" in our vocabulary.
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