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Near Haw Pha Bang and the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos - just on the opposite side of the road, there are some stairs leading up to the temple Chom Si. These stairs are also the sight of something way too common in poor countries in Asia: women selling birds in small cages that can be released for a minor fee.
Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.Text by Steve Smith.


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Kristen Wiig refused to do a "Bridesmaids" sequel, according to reports last week, upset over a perceived slight on the part of Universal. It was hard to take such talk seriously--the refusal, not the anger--and sure enough, now comes word that her refusal was just a misunderstanding.
"She never said that she didn't want to do it," Wiig's "Bridesmaids" co-star Wendi McClendon-Covey told E! "All she said was that she's not working on it right this minute because someone gave her the opportunity to write and direct her own film so, duh, she's going to do that first. So no. I think all she's waiting for is for her and Annie [Mumulo] to come up with an idea that's equally as good."
Since the explosive success of "Bridesmaids," Wiig has received what surely seems like an endless barrage of requests and offers. And rather than simply cashing in, she's been carefully pursuing projects like "Imogene," about a woman who fakes suicide to win back her ex; "The Comedian," with Sean Penn and Robert De Niro; and the cryogenics comedy "Freezing People Is Easy." They all sound promising, but none scream "CASH GRAB!"
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Rumor had it that Wiig took issue with a "Bridesmaids" bonus from Universal that she found insultingly small. We don't know anything about it (NBC-Universal in the parent company of this site), but we do know that saying you'll never do anything is bad business, and Wiig is no dummy. In fact, she's so smart that rather than letting this story rage uncontrolled, she pretty clearly called McClendon-Covey and asked to her put out the fire.
Now, making a "Bridemaids" without Wiig--that'd be unconscionably stupid. If the studio backed a truckful of gold bullion onto her front lawn while blaring Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" from a 20-foot stack of Marshall amps, she could find a way to forgive and forget.

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The national railway company of Slovakia is known as Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR). Train tickets for trains operating in Slovakia can be booked in advance. International trains connect Slovakia with neighbouring countries such as Hungary and Poland. Book train tickets to visit main cities of Slovakia by train. Slovakian cities including Bratislava, Žilina and Košice are all served by trains.
Use the InterCity train service to link your visit to the capital Bratislava with Žilina and Košice, two of the biggest cities in Slovakia. You'll find authentic architecture, historic centres and old churches in Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Secession styles.
In Slovakia the train tracks follow rivers and break through mountain valleys, making it the perfect way to view the countryside. The highest station Strbske Pleso is 1320 metres (4330ft) above sea level, ensuring some fantastic scenery. Visit the castles, especially Spiš Castle in Spiš, it's one of the largest in Central Europe.
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Ceramic objects, crystal glass, carved wooden figures, črpáks (wooden pitchers), fujaras (a folk instrument on the UNESCO list) and valaškas (a decorated folk hatchet) usually top the souvenirs lists. Visit local artist exhibitions; you might be able to pick up something special.
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Food in Slovakia is heavily influenced by the bordering countries, but while you're there you must try the native specialties. Try Bryndza, a special type of traditional Slovak cheese and Jaternica, a blood sausage containing parts of a butchered pig and rice – trust us they're both delicious.
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Check out the UNESCO World Heritage marked Dobšinská Ice Cave in Dobšinská, easily accessible by the OS 7781 train through Slovakia. At 1483 metres (4865ft) long it's an amazing underground experience with an average freezing point temperature.


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The Roc is still in the building! Jay-Z's clothing line Rocawear has secured a sponsorship with the 27-time World Series Champions the New York Yankees. According to Roc 4 Life, the partnership will include having the Rocawear logo branded inside Yankee stadium during the 2012 season.


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Trading Lives For Freedom Is The American Way
from the the-balance-sheet dept
As the national discussion about the NSA's secret domestic spying program rolls along, revelation has given way to a vast splintering of argument. By that I mean, the shock of the discovery has since devolved into various discussions about whether the program was needed, what checks and balances oversee it, and how effective it has been. Case in point, the NSA sent Keith Alexander to the Hill with claims that fifty terrorist plots have been thwarted by the program, arguing that keeping Americans safe and alive is all the justification needed for such an endeavor. As some have noted, this is a clear attempt to shift the argument from one of principal to an actuarial one.
Alexander and other witnesses before the House Intelligence Committee made sure to highlight key details of these foiled attacks. Understandably so: The more we focus on the program's successes, the less harshly we might be inclined to judge its alleged excesses. But what exactly is the tradeoff being made here, and how do these revelations address concerns about the potential for NSA over-spying?That is indeed the question, is it not? Particularly in light of President Obama's assertion that any over-spying in question would be deemed illegal by the government. The same government, mind you, that is committing the illegal acts themselves under the purview of a secretive agency, discussed in secretive committees, and codified by a secretive court. That's the kind of oversight one might call Stalin-esque. As the National Journal rightly continues:
That any abuse of the system would be treated after the fact as a crime doesn't do anything to assuage Americans worrying that the crime is possible in the first place. It's also not outrageous to say, as my colleague Conor Friedersdorf does, that the tradeoff we've made between liberty and security is out of balance, and that maybe we've let our fear of terrorism get the better of us.Except that statement is lacking. We're still functioning on a balance sheet, where the concern is how much freedom we're abdicating for security, rather than if we're abdicating any at all. It's a losing argument that leaves the tyrannical door open to feature creep, secrecy without oversight, and a patient stalking of public apathy. The fact of the matter is that the basic concepts of freedom cannot be done half way. This isn't a call for anarchy. We do have certain fundamental rights codified by one of the most ingenious documents ever devised and any creep against them is an afront to what generations long past did for us today.
I would argue that what's needed, instead of the wishy washy arguments for the balance sheet, is for a more frank, stark, and even frightening position to be taken. One of the most under-quoted lines from Thomas Jefferson is:
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."Were there a more apt counter-example of Jefferson's concept of liberty than the NSA's domestic spying program, it would involve actual weaponry. His words come from a time when our leaders were brave. They say, essentially, that no quarter will be given to the shaving of liberty under guise of legal justification. I would add to Jefferson's quotation only that the limits of justification should also be ignored.
So, with that, I would suggest the more extreme position we should all be taking is simply that we're willing to accept fear, injury, and even death at the hands of enemies in exchange for the return of our freedom. While I happen to think the threat of international terrorism is real but overblown, I would be willing to accept that same trade were it not overblown. I'm willing to state for the record that it is not only my life I'm willing to trade for freedom from intrusive government, but on principal I would have to accept the loss of safety to my family's lives, my friend's lives, and all of yours as well. "Give me liberty of give me death", as Patrick Henry famously said, but it apparently needs to be repeated. This isn't some silly call to armed revolution, of course, only a willingness, nay, an eagerness to prefer dangerous liberty over safety in the arms of government intrusion.
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Fox host Bill O'Reilly laughs off any calls for increasing government spending to help create jobs. Last week he derided Paul Krugman for
demanding more stimulus spending. And this guy teaches economics at Princeton University? Unbelievable.
People like Bill O'Reilly don't pay any mind to the fancy pants Nobel Prize committee that gave Krugman one of their liberal awards. Why should he? He knows how the economy really works, as he explained last night (8/8/11):
Raising income taxes is not the way out of this. In 2001 and again in 2003, President Bush cut individual tax rates. And what happened? Well, from 2004 until 2008, tax revenue increased from about $800 billion to almost $1.2 trillion. That blows away the liberal argument that tax cuts starve the government of revenue. They don't.
This has been, at times, a talking point among conservatives. But you don't really get a sense of tax revenue without comparing it to something-- as FactCheck.org noted in a piece in 2007 (when John McCain was saying much the same about the Bush tax cuts), revenues tend to increase every year as the economy grows.
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• Federal tax revenue fell from 20.6 percent of GDP in FY2000 (the last year of the 1991-2000 expansion and reflective of
Clinton-era tax rates) to 18.5 percent of GDP in FY2007 (the last year of the Bush economic expansion and reflective of
Bush-era tax rates).
• From 2001 through 2010, the cuts added $2.6 trillion to the public debt, nearly 50 percent of the total debt accrued
during this period.
• The decade of the Bush tax cuts had, on average, lower revenue levels as a share of the economy than any previous
decade since the 1950s.
That would be (part of) the "liberal argument" against the Bush tax cuts--and it doesn't appear to be "blown away" by O'Reilly's too-good-for-Princeton economic analysis.


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Morning Five: 05.03.12 EditionPosted by rtmsf on May 3rd, 2012
- Round and round and round we go… coming on the heels of Tuesday's announcement that Butler will join the Atlantic 10 beginning in the 2013-14 season, the Mountain West leaked on Wednesday that Utah State and San Jose State are set to join its ranks on Friday of this week. While bolstering the MW in light of its pending losses of TCU, San Diego State and Boise State, this move may effectively finish off the WAC, a high-mid major conference with just shy of 50 years of history behind it. The league may be left with only two football-playing members (New Mexico State and Idaho) and it appears that the remaining schools are likewise off to greener pastures. Such is the natural consequence of every school acting in its own self-interest.
- While on the subject of conference realignment, everyone has had a little time to digest the Butler move to the Atlantic 10 by now, and Luke Winn writes that much of the media got it wrong in suggesting that the "Butler Way" will need to change in order for the Bulldogs to find success in their new conference. His argument makes total sense — while the Atlantic 10 as a whole is a clearly better league than the Horizon, it's really only better at the top. Now, instead of having to rely on non-conference play to build its overall NCAA resume, the Bulldogs will have enough games against the likes of Xavier, Dayton, Richmond, St. Louis, et al, by which to impress the selection committee. As Winn notes, efficiency metrics suggest that Butler would have finished in one of the top two positions of the A-10 standings in five of the last six years, and while those metrics don't actually play the games, there's not a compelling piece of evidence we've yet seen that would suggest Brad Stevens or Butler will have trouble in their new league.
- The 2012 Jimmy V Classic matchups were announced on Wednesday and the event will have a decidedly nostalgic feel next season in Madison Square Garden. The school where Jim Valvano became famous, NC State, will headline with its strong squad heading to New York to face Connecticut, while Texas and Georgetown will play in the other game. It's only been 31 days since we last saw a college basketball game tip off, but simply reading about these matchups has already caused a marked increase in our heart rate and blood pressure.
- The 2012-13 version of ESPN Gameday will have a decidedly lower pitch next season, as the hyena-like laughter of Hubert Davis will no longer be a regular part of the show. Davis has agreed to take Jerod Haase's open assistant coaching spot at his alma mater, North Carolina, after Haase decided to accept the head job at UAB last month. Roy Williams noted in previous comments about the position that a number of his former players were interested in the spot on his bench, and although Davis never played for the Kansas/UNC coach, his claim that the new assistant would have Carolina ties was clearly a factual statement. At the ripe age of 41, Davis is getting into the collegiate coaching game a bit late, but he's certainly well connected and could use his seven years as an ESPN personality to help with recruiting and name recognition.
- Stanford's basketball program may not be among the elite, but we're becoming increasingly convinced that the university through its deep connections with tech giants such as Google and Facebook is well on its way to taking over the world, one terabyte at a time. In the Moneyball world of sports analytics, a Stanford senior named Muthu Alagappan recently developed an entirely new (and award-winning) way of looking at positions in basketball, based on the actual production of NBA players regardless of size or favored spots on the floor. Using data visualization techniques, he came up with 13 basketball positions with such descriptive names like the "Defensive Ball-Handler," the "Paint Protector," and the "One-of-a-Kind." By grouping players into similar buckets and showing how they interact in a visual way, the concept is that value between similarly situated players will be easier to discern and effective balance between players on a team will be more easily achieved. It's really interesting stuff — if you want to see the entire presentation, click over here.


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Cowdenbeath are one win away from promotion after a 2-0 victory over struggling Stirling.
A goal in each half moved the leaders seven points ahead of Arbroath with three games left, while Stirling are now five adrift at the bottom of the table.
Cowdenbeath took an early lead through Lewis Coult. Marc McKenzie's sixth-minute cross was neatly finished by Coult for his 13th league goal of the season.
Stirling missed a glorious chance to level when Scott Davidson was fouled in the area by John Armstrong and Davidson's spot-kick was well saved by Thomas Flynn down to his left.
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Some of you may or may not heard that I will start recording for my brand new YouTube channel so I wanted to share or better say spoil a few plans I made.
I will start recording next month when I will get a brand new headset to be sure the audio quality will be nice and clear and also because the old ones are "dead".
What I plan to record in the first few videos:
- Introduction video - reserved for other explanation like what I'll do on this channel
Hello everyone! This is my first blog post i ever made on this website since its release... so I try to make it as good as I can.
I've been doing a lot of stuff since I came back from my trip. Recently I've been playing on the Vanilla Server since my old PC can't handle FTB, so i wanted to make that one as good as I can for other people that want to give vanilla a chance again.
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Large plumes of smoke from a wildfire burning in the Black Forest stretch the horizon threatening homes northeast of Colorado Springs on Tuesday.
Wildfires fueled by hot, gusty winds were burning hundreds of acres and forcing evacuations Tuesday in three different parts of Colorado, a large part of which was under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire risk.
Fire agencies said their resources were being stretched critically thin as they tried to battle the fires simultaneously.
About 3,600 people had been evacuated from about 1,250 homes northeast of Colorado Springs after a smoky, fast-moving fire broke out at about 2 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) near Black Forest Regional Park, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said. Residents of 300 more homes were asked to evacuate voluntarily.
No casualties were immediately reported, and Sheriff Terry Maketa said fewer than 10 homes were believed to have burned.
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for southeastern Colorado until 11 p.m. ET because of "critical fire weather conditions" — 95 degrees and dry, with strong winds.
"As you can tell, weather is not working with us," Maketa said.
Neither were some residents. Maketa said some who'd ignored earlier evacuation orders were now calling asking for help.
"Some have changed their minds," he said.
The fire was moving rapidly, and authorities had no immediate estimate of how many acres it covered. Maketa said the county was trying to muster all the state and federal resources it could, but with two other major fires burning in Colorado, it wasn't clear when reinforcements might arrive.
A fire jumped the Arkansas River near Cañon City and the historic Royal Gorge Bridge, spreading rapidly to cover about 3,000 acres by Tuesday evening. With containment pegged at 0 percent, about 200 people had already been evacuated, and about 800 more were being asked to leave.
Territorial State Prison in Cañon City was put on standby to evacuate its roughly 16,000 inmates if needed, authorities said.
Officials said the fire near Cañon City, Colo., could threaten the iconic Royal Gorge Bridge.
"It's certainly not out of the question that we'll be fighting this fire for another week," said Gregg Goodland, a Royal Gorge fire spokesman, who said an evacuation for Cañon City itself remained a possibility. "This fire is not going to go away any time soon, especially under the dry conditions."
A third fire, meanwhile, was burning in Rocky Mountain National Park after having been sparked by lightning Monday, NBC station KUSA of Denver reported. At least five trails in the park were closed by the fire, the size of which more than tripled, to 300 to 400 acres, in just a couple of hours Tuesday afternoon.
No structures were threatened in the park, the Forest Service said.
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My season didn't start in one of the Classics (and how could it?) or even in a road race but it did start with what I have been calling a kermesse race. Wrongly so!
A few years back, I discovered Lakeside, a motor racing circuit which was used by the friendly HPRW for weekend races. The circuit is located in a very large open area, has a beautiful lake next to it (hence its name, I guess), and great views of fields and mountains from the top of the hill.
The hill makes the racing at Lakeside very different from the usual criterium races, run in short, flat courses around Brisbane. I started calling those races kermesse races.
This Sunday, I raced the Mt Cotton Kermesse, an official title for the race. It had more hills than Lakeside, a few more lefts and rights, great surface, bushland all around the circuit, yet I couldn't call the race a kermesse. Something was missing.
I looked up kermesse race and found this: "...general name for a bicycle race held on a short circuit of public roads, usually closed to other traffic." on my favourite Free Encyclopedia.
Don't take me wrong, it was a terrific event, a great circuit, the facilities were great and the organising club, WRRCC, did a fantastic job putting all together. There was also a small crowd yelling and clapping as bunches went past, lap after lap, which did bring a bit of life to the race. It just didn't feel very live, like a kermesse.
Perhaps, I started feeling this way after I watched the video of the final kilometres of the Gent-Wevelgem this morning. The road race went through open fields but then through streets of the city to the finish, looking so more... kermesse like.
My race was pretty much what I expected, a test and fun. I didn't have the form to contribute much and a miracle didn't happen in the 1 hour and 8 minutes that I managed to stay in touch with the bunch. One big effort up the last hill with a couple of laps to go sent me right to the back with a terrible taste in my mouth... I just cruised after that to make sure I finished in one piece.
It was great just to be racing with friends again and great to be part of the QSM team. There was a lot of support from everyone, specially from the QSM riders, irrespective of what grade you raced in. That was a live, warm atmosphere.
I can't wait for the next race!
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WASHINGTON -- A national nonprofit organization assists military families in making the transition from "battle-ready to family-ready."
Project Sanctuary, founded in 2007, continues its deliberate efforts that to date have provided help to over 450 families here, and in 44 of the 50 states.
Jason Strickland, chief development officer for Project Sanctuary, discussed the nonprofit's mission and how it is uniquely qualified to help troops and their families.
Retreat-based recreation
"We are a national nonprofit," he said. "We are based in Colorado, because this is where we want to bring most of our families for retreat locations because of the recreational activities that it offers and the relationship that we have with the YMCA of the Rockies which houses most of our retreats."
"We've served families from 44 different states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico," Strickland said. "So we're looking for families from six other states to round that out here in the next year or so."
Strickland explained Project Sanctuary's origin and how its mission came about.
Stressors on families
"In 2007, Heather Ehle, who is our founder and CEO, saw what was happening with military families based on the conflicts that we were a part of in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.
"And really this is preceded by some things that she observed [as a registered nurse] in the Gulf War -- Desert Storm -- when that kind of kicked off," Strickland said.
According to Strickland, Ehle saw how rates of child neglect and abuse, and marital dissatisfaction increased, which inspired her to seek a specific way to help.
"She decided to form Project Sanctuary as a respite for the military families," he said. "And to help them heal and recover from some of the things she was ... observing.
"We help military families through a two-year program that begins with a six-day, outdoor therapeutic retreat," Strickland continued. "We bring most of the families to Colorado and locations in Utah, Texas, and we'll be in California next year."
The families are taken to secluded, safe retreat locations where they can enjoy therapeutic activities together, Strickland said.
Battle-ready to family-ready
"What we're doing is we're taking military families from battle-ready to family-ready," he said. "That's our mantra -- 'from battle-ready to family-ready.'"
The therapeutic activities are designed "to reconnect to the family and focus inward," Strickland said. Throughout the course of a typical retreat, he added, families can snowmobile over the Continental Divide, hike in Rocky Mountain National Park, and do whitewater rafting in the summer.
Strickland said the activities include classes that "help facilitate some healing," such as healthy marriage project classes focusing on pre-marital counseling and marriage therapy.
Managing finances
"We also have a financial preparedness class so they can discuss financial issues, because that's the cause of a lot of divorces in families and marital dissatisfaction," he said.
"We have licensed therapists throughout the retreat -- we usually have two on hand -- they're there the whole time," Strickland said. "That's where a lot of the healing takes place when families just kind of want to start talking about issues."
According to Strickland, Project Sanctuary has helped 1,652 individuals in 464 families over the past seven years.
"We do allow families to come back for a couples-only type of retreat," he said. "But that is only once a year that we offer anything like that, and that's just for the couples, not for the family."
Proven track record
Strickland noted Project Sanctuary is preparing to celebrate its seven-year anniversary later this month and has now conducted 56 retreats.
"There are usually about 10 families per retreat -- that's what we usually like to average," he said. "That's kind of our sweet spot."
But the program is considering to expanding to 12 families per retreat, Strickland said, for crisis referrals such as when a first sergeant, sergeant major, commander, a Veterans Affairs counselor or chaplain recommends getting a family into a retreat immediately.
For families from all services
Project Sanctuary has assisted families from all of the military services, he said, whether they are active duty, National Guardsmen, reservists, veterans and even Gold Star wives.
"We even go back as far as Vietnam veterans [who] have come through our program. We currently have a large waiting list because our program has been so effective," Strickland said.
"In fact," he added, "what we've found, and research has confirmed, we serve families who are dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ... and research suggests that it takes upwards of six years for a service member or a family to really identify that they're suffering from PTSD."
Strickland said those families may think they are just in a "rut" for a few months which turns into a few years and things don't improve.
"It takes a long time," he said. "So we feel, at Project Sanctuary, that we have not even seen the peak of families who need this kind of therapeutic healing."
Partner organizations
In addition to the resources Project Sanctuary brings, it also has a variety of nonprofit and for-profit organizations who work in partnership with them.
"The USO is a strong partner with us -- a grantor -- in supporting our programs, because they see the value of how we're helping," Strickland said. "They give a sizeable portion of funding to us. They even send out volunteers [as frequently] as they can. So the USO is a huge sponsor, and we're proud to be associated with them."
An example of a for-profit organization "that really is integral to our campaign," Strickland said, is First Command Financial Services and their charitable arm, First Command Educational Foundation.
Strickland noted these for-profit organizations support the program's financial management classes -- one two-hour class throughout the six-day retreat -- that focus on financial preparedness and readiness so that families can learn how to deal with handling finances.
"First Command sends financial advisors to facilitate those classes at each and every retreat," he said. "And they offer two years of follow-up ... pro bono [free] wherever the military families actually return to."
A small nonprofit group of Colorado National Guardsmen, called Patriot Anglers, also partners with Project Sanctuary to help with the fishing component of retreats, Strickland said.
One unique aspect of Project Sanctuary is the fact the nonprofit organization tracks and follows up with their families for two years after their retreats.
Family-based results
"We haven't had a single suicide among those 464 families that have come through our programs," Strickland said.
While the divorce rate in the U.S. is 50 percent, he said, 90 percent of couples who've attended retreats are still together.
Strickland said Project Sanctuary takes pride in its "innovative" approach to supporting military families.
"We just want to continue to let people know about that impact that we're having," he said, "and bring on people who have an affinity and care about our military families."


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Each year, Atlanta magazine conducts a survey of the top physicians in the metro Atlanta area. We are very pleased to announce that in this year's Top Doctors issue (released in June), 97 of the 251 top doctors honored are Emory Healthcare doctors and Emory School of Medicine faculty.
To determine which Atlanta doctors should place in this year's Top Doctors list, a physician-led team of researchers from Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., an established health care research firm, employed a meticulous research and screening process (detailed in June's Atlanta magazine). Part of the research and selection process involved surveying physicians about which doctors they themselves would recommend. As noted in the Atlanta magazine feature, "who better to recommend a good doctor than another doctor? That's why we asked hundreds of metro area doctors to name their most respected colleagues."
In addition to the Top Doctors List, Atlanta magazine also compiled a list of the 22 best hospitals in Atlanta. Nearly 30% of the "five-star" hospitals selected are Emory Healthcare facilities, including Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital, Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown.
We are very proud of the continued level of excellence displayed by all facets of the Emory Healthcare system. Our physicians, nurses, and top of the line facilities continue to advance the possibilities for the way patient centered care is provided in Atlanta and the Southeast.
For a detailed listing of each Emory doctor chosen for the 2010 Top Doctors List, please visit: www.emoryhealthcare.org/topdocs/
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Following the publication of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/460 of 16 March 2017 establishing a Network Code on Harmonised transmission tariff structures for gas ('TAR NC'), the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ('The Agency') has developed a template for the periodic consultation of the reference price methodology ('RPM'). In doing so, it fulfils the obligation laid out in Article 26(5) of the TAR NC according to which, the Agency shall develop a template for the consultation document referred to in Article 26(1) of the TAR NC. This template shall be made available to national regulatory authorities ('NRAs') and transmission system operators ('TSOs') before 5 July 2017.
The template is made available for the consultation(s) on the RPM based on Article 26(1) of the TAR NC. The NRA and TSO responsible for this consultation can structure this process as a single consultation or as multiple consultations followed by a final consultation. In either case, the final consultation shall comply with all the requirements set out in Article 26 and in Article 27. The final consultation shall compile the previous consultation document(s) and shall be forwarded to the Agency. The template has been designed for the purpose of the final consultation, which shall be forwarded to the Agency.
Independently of the use that the NRA/TSO makes of the template, the TSO/NRA running the consultation on the RPM should not deviate from the intent of Chapter VII of the Tariff NC and from the minimum consultation requirements provided in Article 26.
Article 27 defines the timeline to be followed for the consultation(s), the involvement of the Agency, and the NRA decision-making process. The deadline for the publication of tariffs according to the TAR NC is 31st May 2019.
The template is available to NRAs and TSOs on the Agency's website as an online platform. This tool is intended to facilitate complying with several obligations laid out in the TAR NC for NRAs, TSOs and for The Agency. In addition, it allows to further promote transparency by providing stakeholders with an instrument to compare consultations in a systematic manner across Member States. The main functionalities that the template online tool allows are:
The aim of this approach is to render the template an effective tool in the national consultation process and beyond it. The template is expected to simplify the implementation of the TAR NC by creating a communication channel between NRAs/TSOs and ACER to facilitate complying with several of the TAR NC obligations. This functionality will serve to make interactions between ACER and NRAs/TSOs more efficient and will facilitate ACER's review of the national consultations.
As a result of this interactions, stakeholders will have access to homogenised summaries of the national consultations which will facilitate the comparability across Member States. An Open House to check stakeholders' views on this point was conducted by ACER. This exercise has shown the interest of stakeholders' for NRAs/TSOs to use and publish the template.
The template consists of two parts, a checklist provided as a PDF file, and an online tool which allows the NRA/TSO responsible for the consultation completing a summary of all obligations referred to in Article 26.
The template provides, in a structured manner, the full list of the requirements of Article 26, which are subject to the national consultation(s) on the RPM. When using the template, the NRA/TSO responsible for the consultation on the RPM, should provide the indicated information as defined in Article 26. These requests are based on three criteria:
The text included in the template different to the listed obligations of the TAR NC (descriptions, guidelines and requests for references) is intended to clarify the obligation of the TAR NC and is not meant to constitute any additional legal requirements.
In the cases where Article 26 requests elements to be consulted that are effectively not used for the calculation of the RPM, the template allows the NRA/TSO to use the field 'not applicable' while mentioning briefly the reason for the non-applicability of the field.
In addition to requesting information related to Article 26, the template allows the NRA/TSO responsible for the consultation to provide relevant details of the consultation process, such as the closing date of the consultation, the publication dates of the responses to the national consultation, and the contact details of those in the NRA/TSO responsible for running the consultation. The latter will serve for any communication needs arising from the process described in Article 27. Not all of this information will be published in ACER's website nor as part of the downloadable PDF summary.
A colour code has been used for implementing both, the consultation checklist and the survey:
Regarding the numbering both, the checklist and the survey, use a coding which is not based on the TAR NC.
The template request references to the consultation document(s) per item of Article 26. These references should include:
National legislations allows users and TSOs to propose alternative options that will be subject to the national consultation. When foreseen, these alternatives are part of the final consultation and require a different structure from the one provided in this template. In such cases, the Agency asks the TSO/NRA to provide in the template the nature of the deviation and the additional references in the national consultation documentation where the alternative design options can be found. In cases where a full-fledged alternative is provided, the TSO/NRA should consider filling in the template in full.
Upon filling in the requested information laid out in the online template tool, the NRA/TSO can access a filled version of template in PDF format. This file contains a summary of the information submitted through the tool with the appropriate references to the national consultation document(s).
The PDF document can be included as an annex to the national consultation. Independently of the NRA/TSO decision to publish this document, the Agency will include the completed templates as part of its analysis and conclusions on the RPM consultations.
Based on Article 27(1) the final consultation on the RPM shall be forwarded to the Agency. The online template tool allows the NRA/TSO responsible for the consultation to send the consultation documents to the Agency via a secure submission procedure.
Once the Agency has received the consultation documentation, it shall analyse whether all the information referred to in Article 26(1) has been published in the consultation of the RPM by the NRA/TSO, in line with Article 27(2)(a). For the purpose of assessing the completeness of the consultation, the Agency will use the template, both as a summary and as a guide to reviewing the national consultation documentation. The references provided in the template are intended to facilitate reading across consultations.
Following this review on the completeness of the national consultations, the Agency will assess the consultations' compliance along the criteria set out in Article 27(2)(b). For this purpose, the template provides guidance on how the Agency will evaluate the relevant points of Article 26. The template makes explicit all the requirements that the Agency expects to be fulfilled by the consultations. Alternative approaches are possible whenever the NRA/TSO responsible for the consultation considers so. In either case, the documentation received and the processes employed will be reviewed for compliance by the Agency against the requirements laid out in the TAR NC.
Within two months following the end of the consultation on the RPM, according to Article 27(3), the Agency shall publish the conclusion of its analysis.
The Agency requests the NRA/TSO responsible for launching the final consultation on the RPM to follow the below requirements when submitting the consultation documentation to the Agency:
Link to online survey: http://surveys.acer.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ACER_Consultation_Template
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Los Angeles: Rambo's Tacos Puts Up a Fight in Eagle Rock
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It's a jungle out there, folks, especially when it comes to tacos northeast of downtown. Taquerias and loncheros lurk around every corner, ready to satisfy your meat and tortilla needs. There are heavy hitters like La Estrella amidst an unending sea of nameless taco tables, each with their own white-hot string of lights overhead. And then, there's Rambo's Tacos on Eagle Rock Boulevard near York.
It's been a few years, so Rambo's no longer has the element of surprise when it comes to tacos in Eagle Rock. What they do have is an impressive truck mural showing the real John Rambo with a plate of tacos in hand while a sniper above him dials in for the kill. Of course, they've also got great eats.
Each smallish tortilla is given a once-over on the plancha to help crisp up and stay warm while you decide between an array of meats. If you feel like sneaking behind the enemy lines of your comfort zone, get the tripe. With some mild salsa verde and a nice white onion crunch, each smooth bite offers a bit of everything your mouth has been looking for.
The real power players at Rambo's Tacos, though, are carne asada and carnitas. The bits of asada beef are well griddled to provide a few tasty seared edges in each taco, while the vibrant red salsa isn't afraid to slap you around a little bit. If you need a breather between bites, that's what the radishes and Jarritos are for, right?
Not unlike John Rambo himself, deep down Rambo's Tacos has an emotional core. Nowhere is this more evident than with the slow-roasted and subtly crisped carnitas, handcrafted with love and a slew of savory spices.
If there is some sort of pork dojo to teach people to make carnitas like this, I must find it. Each bite was flavorful and complex, pulled apart into manageable lengths to let the salsa bleed through. The incorporation of spicy, zippy salsa with such a tender few bites of pork is truly amazing, and brings Rambo's Tacos into the conversation alongside all the other taco noisemakers on this side of town.
Assuming you've got your rolled up bandana tied across your forehead and a flowing mane of wet dark hair, or if you're just a person who craves phenomenal carnitas tacos at a price you can't beat, Rambo's Tacos is for you. You'd better watch your back, La Estrella: Rambo's Tacos is coming to get YOU!
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Robin Gibb, as a songwriter and vocalist, infused his music with a certain deceiving urgency, from the Bee Gees' early plea of "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" to the landmark disco declaration "Stayin' Alive."
That energy helped him and brothers Barry and Maurice go from teen idols to igniters of a worldwide Saturday Night Fever that spread a pop-powered dance craze to discos everywhere.
Robin Gibb, who died Sunday at age 62, proved himself in a nearly five-decade career a master of hooks and harmony whose musical influence will long outlast the fashion impact of John Travolta's white disco duds.
From his musical rise in the mid-1960, Gibb stood out for a soulful tremolo that added a touch of drama – sometimes melodrama – to treacle-basted pop hits like "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" and "I Started a Joke." As music morphed and cleaved in mid-1970, the Bee Gees adapted by turning out proto-disco hits like "Jive Talkin'" and "Nights on Broadway," with Barry Gibb's piercing falsetto juxtaposed against his brothers' lush backing vocals emerging the group's trademark sound.
Nobody, though, expected disco inferno the Brothers Gibb helped spark in 1977 with the debut of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. The record became the biggest selling album of all time, surpassed later by "Thriller," another groundbreaking pop-dance work by an artist who started a youngster singing radio friendly tunes with his brothers.
The Bee Gees became icons of sorts, thanks their contributions to the double-album, which included such finely crafted songs as "How Deep is Your Love," "More Than a Woman" and "Night Fever." But perhaps the image most associated with the trio was Travolta in that white suit.
The siblings peaked with "Saturday Night Fever" and would never approach the personal fame of a Michael Jackson or the Beatles, as they proved in their star-crossed turn as stand-ins for John, Paul, George and Ringo in the disastrous 1978 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie. One of the flick's few redeeming moments came in Robin Gibb's mellow, yet emotionally effective take on "Oh! Darling."
With their own music, the Bee Gees helped provide the soundtrack for many lives – and have shown durability and cross-generational appeal. The April 17 installment of "Glee" was a salute to "Saturday Night Fever." Last year, Justin Timberlake played Robin in Jimmy Fallon's "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" spoof on "Saturday Night Live."
Maurice Gibb, Robin's twin, died in 2003 at age 53. The death of Robin Gibb, for those of us old enough to recall his "Saturday Night Fever" glory, marks yet another too early pop passage – closely following last week's untimely death of disco queen Donna Summer at age 63 and the February demise of 66-year-old Davy Jones, whose Monkees dueled the Bee Gees for boy band supremacy back in the day. At sad, generation-shaking moments like these, we at least can be grateful that the music and memories are stayin' alive.
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Pretty human girl by his side that's not all conflicted with her bad boy male friends? Check.
Flying colors while flying? Check.
Knife fight with Deathwing going down? You can double check that factoid.
Oh, yeah, Martek's got it going on.
Thrall, you can dream on. Dream on.
(And anyone else catch, out of four admirers, one of these four ain't like the others?)
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I was getting this error when trying to install the gem https://au-m.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/turbolinks-2.3.0.gemspec.rz. It looks like it was a temporary issue with the server, and running
gem install turbolinks -v '2.3.0' --source "http://production.s3.rubygems.org" didn't make any difference.
One workaround is to download the gem file manually (e.g. http://au-m.rubygems.org/gems/turbolinks-2.3.0.gem –> http://production.s3.rubygems.org/gems/turbolinks-2.3.0.gem) and then
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**Click HERE to begin the PS DT May blog hop and giveaway!!!!!! Deadline is tomorrow night:)
It's Savannah O'Gwynn today sharing our April challenge winners! OOOOOOOOOOOOH MY! Have I told you lately how amazing you all are?!?!? I was checking out the April gallery (HERE), and it is almost impossible for me to pick just one winner! IMPOSSIBLE! You all nailed the black/white with a pop of color challenge---- way better than me! Just a hint of color is hard for me! Love love loooooooove you all! Great job!
This was a hard hard HARD decision but we can only have one winner. HUGE congratulations our April winner:
Please email {savannahland2 at comcast dot net} to receive your badge and $50 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store!
We'd also like to feature a couple of our players!
We'd also like to feature a couple of our players!
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A huge THANKS to all who joined in the fun last month!
A huge THANKS to all who joined in the fun last month!
We hope you will stop back by tomorrow [May 1st] for our next monthly challenge ****HINT: we just got done with only a pop of color... now we are going FULL RAINBOW!
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A very French fish fillet
This is a classic French technique and how we cooked all our fish to order back in my days at Pierre's Restaurant in Wellington. Use a trimmed plate-size fillet per person. Using a large pan you can cook several fillets at a time.
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- Melt a little butter in a pan. Cook the fillet base side down till the fish is "rare" and turn the fillet to just seal the top. Remove from the pan and keep the fish warm.
- Deglaze the pan with a capful of white wine or vermouth or, if you are heading in an aniseed direction, a splash of pernod. Turn up the heat, add 2 tablespoons of fish stock (recipe below) and reduce until nearly syrupy.
- Pour in any of the fish juices that have drained from your resting fish.
- With the heat still high, add about 2 tablespoons of cream and whisk the ingredients together. This will only take a minute or two, so be watchful; the sauce has a potential to split.
- Just before pouring the sauce over the fillet, add finely chopped, chives, parsley, dill or fennel. Serve with some plain boiled potatoes and simple greens.
Fish stock
You may want to make your own fish stock. It is the quickest of stocks to make, and you can make a big batch and freeze it in smaller portions for future use. If you go fishing, freeze all the bones you have left after filleting until you have time to make stock. Good fish shops can also supply you with fish frames and heads.
- Rinse your fish bones, heads and trimmings in cold water. Avoid including too much skin; the fat layer that sits below the skin will muddy your stock.
- In a large pot add a bay leaf, parsley stalks, a sprig of thyme, a few peppercorns, diced celery, carrot and white onion. Sit the fish frames on top of this and cover with cold water. On a gentle heat, simmer for 20 minutes. Do not stir, just let the water bubble through the ingredients. Skim off any debris that forms on the surface. Remove from the heat and allow to settle.
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Every "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" season has at least one fantastic character who has zero chance of winning the top prize -- but they make for excellent viewing.
This season it was the guy simply known as "The Weatherman." Now he's gone, taking with him some serious blue skies for viewers. Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky declined to give the Weatherman a game-saving rose leaving him embittered, "dumbfounded" and packing.
Many people didn't even know his name was Jonathan Novack because the name "The Weatherman" just stuck. His chosen profession for a Houston television station said it all -- he's the guy who made corny jokes about the weather systems moving in all the while waving in front of green screens. He only could have been better if he had worn a toga and whispered plots in people's ears.
He immediately scrapped with Craig in some memorable early bouts that would have left most other contenders bloodied beyond repair. Indeed, Craig was on the losing end of that battle, hitting the road weeks earlier in part because he looked like such a bully in those battles.
But the Weatherman stuck around despite his clear lack of chemistry with Ali and the clear lack of respect from everyone in the house. No doubt the producers just loved that fantastic Cheese Whiz every week and encouraged Ali to keep him on as long as she could possibly stand it.
His feeble attempt at kissing Ali leading to his not-so-manly tears because the other guys were laughing at him made all the wrongs of reality television suddenly so right.
Now all we have is Justin the Wrestler as the house baddie and that's not rocking my world. The nation's tabloids, who can see into the television future, have made it clear Justin even dogs around on Ali, stringing along a couple of real life girlfriends while he attempts to woo her on television.
Okay, that's interesting. But the Wrestler is no Weatherman.
"Bachelorette" Forecast Boring Now That the Weatherman Has Passed
Every "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" season has at least one fantastic character who has zero chance of winning the top prize -- but they make for excellent viewing.


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You know a movie is getting close to opening when the studio releases an app. Welcome to Warner Bros.' "Hobbit Movies," the official app for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, starting with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The program is chock full of behind-the-scenes media, story information, a ton of character images and production stills and even the famous map of Middle Earth. We've wrangled up an image gallery, which features a lot of great looks at the dwarves in the party and the first look at Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies) as the Elvish king, Thranduil (and Legolas' father). Hit the jump to check out the images and to find out where you can download the app.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis, opens December 14th.
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Combination of radiotherapy (radiation) with PD1 immunotherapy in MSS-CRC.
I just saw a copy of the full ASCO-2016 poster which disclosed the first MSS-CRC clinical data using this combo strategy. Previously I only had seen the abstract...
22 MSS-CRC patients evaluated as of ASCO in the preliminary Phase 2 study
Results were judged by CT-scan of tumors that were **not** irradiated, i.e. looking for a systemic immunotherapy effect
1/22 patients (5%) showed tumor shrinkage of >30%
2/22 patients (10%) showed stable disease of >6 months
2/22 patients (10%) showed a "mixed response" i.e. some tumors shrank whereas some tumors grew
Seeing preliminary signs of successful immune activation in 25% of the first 22 patients tested is pretty intriguing... Another sign that additional immunotherapy steps forward will happen... yes, the immune system can see MSS-CRC tumors in some patients when proper combination therapies are found. It is interesting that it uses a common technology (radiotherapy) rather than a brand new drug or technology (other than PD1 of course!).
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It was in 1960 that Jim Burns founded his own company, Ormston Burns Ltd., which began selling guitars branded "Burns London."
Among his most endearing guitar designs were the pointy, horned Bison and a guitar made for Hank Marvin, England's answer to the Ventures.
Burns guitars were generally well designed and produced, with feather-touch vibratos, a unique "gear-box" truss rod adjuster (which ended up on many Baldwin-era Gretsches), and nifty electronic features like the "Wild Dog" setting on the Jazz Split Sound (basically an early out-of-phase tone). Unfortunately Mr. Burns skills were guitar design and technology and not business and financial management. Within five years his company was deeply in debt to suppliers and creditors. He was in desperate need of capital to maintain his company.
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Mr. Wulsin took a big chance to take his business in a new direction and made an attempt to purchase Fender, but was outbid by CBS. As a compromise Baldwin dispatched treasurer Richard Harrison to England to negotiate with Jim Burns about purchasing his floundering company.
Due to the sad financial state of affairs of Burns Ormston. The reported purchase price was in the neighborhood of $380,000. This was far from the millions Baldwin had offered to purchase Fender. Most of the purchase price went to pay off notes.
In September '65, Baldwin Piano and Organ took over the assets of Ormston Burns Ltd. Jim Burns remained on with his old company for about a year in a consulting capacity. New product development ground to a halt as Baldwin adjusted to the shock of inheriting a product line targeted at an entirely new market.
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Following these were some in-production models on which the Burns name was actually excised, and the Baldwin name inserted.
Since the name was usually on the pickguard, this meant cutting out the Burns name and gluing a piece of pickguard material engraved with the Baldwin name over it.
Once the existing Burns parts were used up, the Baldwin logo was incorporated into the parts, as normal. The 1965 Baldwin/Burns line included the Nu-Sonic, G.B.65, G.B.66, G.B.66 Deluxe, Bison, Baby Bison, Hank Marvin, Jazz Split Sound, Vibraslim, Double Six (12-string) and Virginian. Basses included the Nu-Sonic, GB66, Jazz Split Sound, Bison Bass, Shadows, Baby Bison, and Vibraslim basses.
Depending on the model, headstocks on most of these early Baldwin guitars were in-line, on-a-side or the trademark large scroll. Burns guitars tended to have a variously shaped clear plastic emblem stenciled with the model name situated on the headstock, with no Burns logo (which was engraved on the pickguard).
With the exception of the classical, all Burns/Baldwin guitars had bolt-on necks. Necks were adjustable, with access underneath the neckplate into a geared mechanism usually called a "gearbox." Fingerboards were typically unbound rosewood with pearl dot inlays; the octave had a regular-sized dot in the center with a smaller dot on each flank. Burns guitars usually featured a zero fret.
Pickguards were typically black/white laminated (tortoise on better models, in order to allow the engraving of the logo). Knobs were generally black plastic "Pilgrim hat" or "bell knob" types with a chrome insert on the top.
The development of the Interstate highway system cut through Baldwin's lumber yard and there was an impassable struggle with the union.
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Or, as Duke Kramer, who joined Baldwin later as part of the Gretsch acquisition, tells it more graphically, "The polyester finishes exploded!"
Baldwin eventually hired a fellow whose job was just to refinish damaged guitars, but there were so many he never caught up!
Baldwin also discovered the unforeseen cost of import tariffs. The tariffs were much higher on completed guitars than on containers of components. In 1966 Baldwin began having the Burns factory bring the guitars to a state of semi-finish, but not final assembled. Thus, they would pack one container with bodies, another with necks, etc. Apparently the state of completion would vary, but these were then shipped to Fayetteville, where the parts were assembled.
Baldwin took further steps to reduce costs. Baldwin completely redesigned the guitars neck. First, from this point on, all Baldwin guitars had the same neck, rather than different headstocks based on the model. The new necks featured a flatter version of the scroll headstock which was easier to manufacture than the previous design, which had a real, carved scroll. The fingerboards were bound and the triple-dot octave had three dots of the same size.
The old Ultra-Sonic pickups were replaced by new Bar Magnet units. Instead of mounting the controls with thumbwheels along the edge of the pickguard, they were now mounted on the top of the guitar. On some models, the laminated pickguard was replaced with a see-through plastic one. And the old Mk. 9 vibrato was replaced by the shorter Rezo-tube. Similar changes were made to the Vibraslim bass.
Baldwin poured a lot of money into marketing the new line. Lots of space advertising, an expensive catalog. Baldwin tried.
Guitarist Chuck Thompson was hired as a demo man, Gretsch's Jimmy Webster, and he toured the country in a Baldwin van.
In '67 Baldwin decided to add a less expensive budget line, the 700 Series. The 700s featured conventional ES-335-style equal double-cutaway hollowbodies made in Italy and imported into the Fayetteville plant for assembly with Burns necks and other components, including some Italian-made hardware and probably pickups. There were four guitars and one bass included in the 700 Series. 700 Series instruments came in cherry red or sunburst finishes.
The Model 706V was a two-pickup thinline with the new Baldwin neck, an adjustable fine-tune bridge, and a Bigsby-style vibrato with string rollers and a stylized "B" on the backplate. The last two pieces look distinctly Italian.
The pickups, mounted on metal rings, were a new "Bar Type" that appear to be humbuckers, and sure look Italian. These had metal covers with six adjustable screw poles on either side of a stenciled oval with the Baldwin name included.
The Model 706 was the same guitar except for a trapeze tailpiece with a large "B" medallion. These are definitely different from the old Burns trapezes, and are also probably of Italian origin.
The Model 712 was a 706 with a 12-string neck. The saddles on the bridge were double notched, so it was essentially the same six string model converted to a 12 string and therefore probably intonation was a problem.
The Model 704 was a bass version of the 706, pretty much identical except for two rows of four poles on the pickups and an attractive staggered tuner arrangement.
Except for the 700 series, Baldwin guitars are excellent instruments. They were essentially domestic made Burns guitar. Burns was a sought after English brand especially the Double Six model.
|Luthier Mel McCullough reproduction and an original Baldwin Classic Electric
Jerry Reed's main guitar was a Baldwin Classical. These were prized due to the prismatone piezo crystal pickups in the bridge saddle. This arrangement actually revolutionized acoustic guitar playing.
Chet Atkins and his sideman Paul Yandell both had Baldwin guitars. Chet removed the bridge saddle and used it on his classic models from luthier Hascal Haille. The same design went into Chet's Gibson model SST.
Willie Nelson also removed the saddle pickup and placed it on "Trigger", his signature Martin guitar.
Willie Nelson has played through an amp, similar to the one pictured above, for years. The colorful organ style push switches on the right are called Supersound. These are treble, mid and bass boosters. The solid state amplifier is two channels, 45 watts with 2 - 12" speakers.
The most remarkable amplifier was called the Baldwin Exterminator. This amplifier was an earsplitting 250 watts RMS and contained 2-15" speakers, 2 - 12" speakers and 2 - 7" speakers. It stood five feet high and weighed as much as a refrigerator.
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As residents of Alexandria, we enjoy proximity to the Potomac River for its beauty and the benefit of recreation. But along with these benefits come natural hazards. Flooding is one of the most common risks to Virginia residents living in floodplains, and in Alexandria approximately 20% of the City is mapped as floodplain. The 100 year floodplain is the area that has a 1% chance of being flooded in any given year. Put another way, it has about a 26% chance of being flooded over the life of a 30 year mortgage. Smaller floods have a greater chance of occurring in any year and can still create a significant flood hazard to people and property close to the channel.
Alexandria is prone to flooding from heavy rainfall and from tropical storms creating overbank flooding from the Potomac River and its tributaries (Backlick Run, Cameron Run, Four Mile Run, Holmes Run, Hooff's Run, Taylor Run, Timberbranch Run, Strawberry Run and Lucky Run). The most common local flooding problem is due to summer thunderstorms with high intensity-short duration rainfall. The tidal influence on the Potomac River in conjunction with development in low lying areas and an overtaxed stormwater system are also contributing factors to flooding.
For Alexandrians, the most notable recent flooding events were Hurricane Agnes June 21-23, 1972, Hurricane Isabel September 18, 2003, a major storm event June 25, 2006, and Tropical Storm Lee on September 11, 2011.
Flood Safety Measures
Pay attention to evacuation orders. Listen to local radio or TV stations for forecasts and emergency warnings. Know about evacuation routes and nearby shelters and have plans for all family members on evacuation procedures and where to meet if you are separated during an emergency.
Do not drive through flooded areas. During a flood, more people drown in their cars than anywhere else. Don't drive around road barriers, the road or bridge may be washed out.
Do not walk through flowing water. Flash flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. Currents can be deceptive; six inches of moving water can knock you off your feet in a strong current. If you walk through standing water, use a stick or pole to help you locate the ground.
Stay away from power lines and electrical wires. Electrical currents can travel through water. Report downed power lines to Dominion Virginia Power at 1.888.667.3000.
Have the power company turn off your electricity. Some appliances, like televisions, keep electrical charges even after they are unplugged. Don't use appliances or motors that have gotten wet unless they have been taken apart, cleaned and dried.
Look before you step. After a flood, the ground and floors may be covered with debris like broken bottles or nails. Floors and stairs that are covered with mud can be slippery
Be alert for gas leaks. Use a flashlight to inspect damage. Don't smoke or use candles, lanterns, or open flames unless you know the gas has been shut off and the area has been ventilated.
Flood Warning Procedures
Flood warnings are forecasts of impending storms and are broadcast to the public by the NOAA Weather Radio, commercial radio, TV stations, and local emergency agencies. Alexandria has developed a flood warning system to notify residents of impending floods. Warnings will be disseminated by local radio, including stations WTOP, and DC101, and local television stations including NBC4/WRC, FOX5/WTTG, ABC7/WJLA, and CBS9/WUSA. The flood warning system is intended to provide up to one half hour of advance warning of a flood hazard. By paying attention to weather alerts, you will have enough time to protect your property or evacuate. The National Weather Service local forecast office transmits flood advisories, watches and warnings on frequency 162.550 MHz. Anyone with a NOAA Weather Radio can receive this information. The Emergency Alert System (operated by the FCC in cooperation with FEMA and NOAA) allows the public to be notified via commercial radio, cable TV and broadcast TV of emergency messages from the National Weather Service or local civil authorities.
Property Protection Measures
There are several ways you can protect your property from flood damage before the flood occurs. If there is an imminent flood threat, you can take these emergency measures:
- Place sandbags or plastic sheeting in front of doorways and other low entry points
- Elevate furniture above flood protection levels
- Move valuables to a higher level
- Create floodway openings in non-habitable areas such as garage doors
- Seal off sewer lines to the dwelling to prevent backflow of sewer waters
You can also make permanent changes to protect a building from flood damage:
- Keep water away by regrading the lot
- Build a small floodwall or earthen berm. This can be helpful for some houses on slab foundations.
- If your house is on a crawlspace, a low floodwall, berm or "wet floodproofing" may help. Wet floodproofing means moving all items subject to flood damage out of harm's way so water can flow into the crawlspace without causing problems.
- Make the walls waterproof and put watertight closures over doors. This is called "dry floodproofing."
- If floodwaters go over the first floor, you can raise the building above flood protection levels.
- Electrical panel boxes, furnaces, water heaters, washers and dryers should be elevated or relocated to a location less likely to be flooded.
The City's Engineering Department can help you determine which of these methods is most appropriate for your home, and you will need a permit to make permanent retrofits to your building. If you are interested in elevating your home above the flood level, grant funding may be available to cover up to 75% of the cost. More information can be found in Homeowners' Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding. Available at www.fema.gov/rebuild/mat/fema312.shtm.
Flood Insurance
Most homeowners' insurance policies do not cover a property for flood damage. Since Alexandria participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), local insurance agents are permitted to sell everyone (residences and businesses) an NFIP flood insurance policy under the rules and standards set by the federal government. You can purchase an NFIP flood insurance policy, which is separate from your homeowners' insurance. Any house or business in Alexandria can be covered by a flood insurance policy. The average cost of a flood insurance policy is less than $750 per year. Detached garages and other accessory buildings are covered under the policy for the main building on the lot. There are two types of coverage you can purchase:
- Structural coverage covers everything that stays with a house when it's sold, including cabinets, built-in appliances, and wall-to-wall carpeting. The maximum amount of structural coverage is $250,000 for residential policies and $500,000 for commercial policies.
- Contents coverage covers furniture and other personal possessions except money, valuable papers, etc. Renters may purchase contents coverage, even if the owner does not buy structural coverage. The maximum amount of contents coverage available for residential policies is $100,000 and $500,000 for commercial policies.
Don't wait until the next flood to buy insurance. There is a 30-day waiting period before the NFIP coverage goes into effect. For more detailed information on flood insurance you can go to www.floodsmart.gov. Alexandria is a class 6 CRS (Community Rating System) community, thus entitling its citizens with a standard flood policy up to a 20 % discount on their insurance premiums. Those citizens with a preferred risk flood polices (PRP) are receiving a 5% discount on their insurance premiums.
Floodplain Development Permit Requirements
Any development in the floodplain (not just the construction of buildings, but bringing in fill or storage of material) requires a permit. Our City's Zoning ordinance captures the requirements; however, you should first contact the Floodplain Administrator at 2900-B Business Center Drive, 703.746.6499, to find out exactly what is required.
Any illegal floodplain development should be reported to this office as well. Our Code Administration office, Room 4200 of City Hall, has Elevation Certificates of recent construction on file available to the public upon request. The Code Administration phone number is 703.746.4200 and the Floodplain Administrator at 703.746.6499.
Substantial Improvement/Damage Requirements
The NFIP and the City of Alexandria requires that if the cost of reconstruction, rehabilitation, additions, or other improvements to a building equals or exceeds 50% of the building's market value, then the building must meet the same construction requirements as a new building. Substantially damaged buildings must be brought up to the same standards. This means that a residence damaged where the cost of repairs equals or exceeds 50% of the building's value before it was damaged must be elevated above the base flood elevation (BFE). Before proceeding with repairs or improvements to a damaged structure contact the Department to Code Administration 703.746.4200.
Drainage System Maintenance
The City's drainage system, including storm drains and streams, is designed to carry away water during a storm and helps prevent floods. Dumping debris, soils erosion, and overgrowth of vegetation can compromise the drainage system. When this happens, flooding occurs more frequently and reaches higher elevations, subjecting otherwise safe properties to unnecessary damage. Dumping waste down storm drains or into streams or other bodies of water is not only bad for the environment, but it is illegal. To keep our drainage systems functioning, do not dump or throw anything into ditches, storm drains, streams or rivers. Keep grass clippings and other debris out of storm drains. This will prevent clogging and loss of stormwater storage capacity.
If you see localized drainage problems call T&ES Maintenance at 703.746.4488. If you see dumping into storm drains, streams, ditches or rivers call T&ES Stormwater Management Division at 703.746.6499.
Natural and Beneficial Functions
In their natural, undeveloped state, floodplains play an important role in flooding. They allow flood waters to spread over a large area, reducing flood velocities and providing flood storage to reduce peak flows downstream. Natural floodplains and its vegetation act as a filter for runoff and flow creating improved water quality, reducing the amount of sedimentation transported downstream, and minimizing the impurities in the sedimentation. Floodplains can be recharge areas for groundwater and reduce the frequency and duration of low flows of surface water. They provide habitat for diverse species of plants and animals, some of which cannot live anywhere else. Floodplains are particularly important as breeding and feeding grounds. Natural floodplains also moderate water temperature, reducing potential harm to aquatic plants and animals.
The City of Alexandria has designated City park property along many of the City's waterways and has several areas preserved as open space or park areas located within the floodplains that provide natural and beneficial functions. Four Mile Run Park includes approximately 18-acres of dedicated wetlands in the Four Mile Run floodplain. Fort Williams Park contains dedicated open space in a natural forested environment as well as recently restored natural areas located in the Strawberry Run floodplain. Dora Kelley Park, Brook Valley Park and All Veterans Park contain parklands and dedicated natural areas located within the Holmes Run floodplain. Tarleton Park and Cameron Run Regional Park contains natural open space and park lands in the Cameron Run floodplain.
Flood Zone Information
Alexandria's low elevation and its proximity to the Potomac River make it susceptible to flooding. Nearly every year, and sometimes several times throughout the year during periods of heavy rain, hurricanes or quick snow melts, residential and commercial properties are threatened with the potential of tidal and wind-driven flooding from the Potomac River and/or low-land flooding, particularly in neighborhoods around Four Mile Run. We encourage residents and business owners to plan for flooding as part of their emergency preparedness planning.
The City of Alexandria has detailed, digital flood hazard maps available. These maps, also known as Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), reflect current flood risks, replacing maps that date back to 1991. As a result, you and other property owners throughout the city will have up-to-date reliable information about your flood risk on a property-by-property basis.
Storm Sewer Capacity Analysis
In February 2016 the City finalized a
summary report of the stormwater capacity analysis project, whose purpose was to analyze the storm sewer system, identify problem flooding areas, and develop and prioritize solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How will these changes affect you?
If your parcel is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), and shown as Zone A or AE on the FIRM and if you have a mortgage from a federally-regulated lender and the building(s) on this parcel are within the SFHA, then by federal law, your lender must require you to carry flood insurance when these flood maps become effective. Flood insurance is available through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a federally underwritten program provided by nearly 100 insurance companies and written through licensed insurance agents. Contact your insurance agent to learn about lower-cost "grandfathering" options offered by the NFIP for properties being mapped into higher-risk areas for the first time.
FEMA's NFIP Grandfathering Rules:
If you do not have a mortgage, it is still recommended that you purchase flood insurance. According to FEMA, over the life of a 30-year loan, there is about a three times greater chance of having a flood in your home than having a fire. And most homeowner's insurance policies do not provide coverage for damage due to flooding. For more information on flood insurance, visit the National Flood Insurance Program's website, www.floodsmart.gov.
The new maps help promote public safety.
These flood hazard maps are important tools used in the effort to protect lives and properties in Alexandria. By showing the extent to which areas of the city and individual properties are at risk for flooding, the flood maps help business owners and residents make more informed decisions about personal safety and financially protecting their property. These maps also allow community planners, local officials, engineers, builders and others to make determinations about where and how new structures and developments should be built.
If you feel there has been an error, you can file a protest or appeal.
If you feel your property or your building(s) are physically out of the floodplain, FEMA provides an opportunity for you to have the insurance requirement removed by applying for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) that lenders/underwriters accept.
When did the maps become effective?
FEMA issued a Letter of Final Determination on December 16, 2010. On or before the effective date of the new maps, an ordinance approving the new Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map was be adopted. The maps became effective on June 16, 2011.
Here's where to go for more information.
Digital copies of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available below and may also be viewed at the FEMA National Flood Hazard layer viewer . Paper copies of the maps are also available at the City's main libraries.
Informational Resources:
- Flood Hazard Mapping Fact Sheet
- 2011 Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(all maps in a single file : 29 MB)
To locate the floodplain near your property on these maps:
1. Click on "2011 Flood Index Map" below to view the index map.
2. Locate and make note of the map number (ex: 5155190009E) that corresponds to your property location.
3. Come back to this page and click on the noted map number below to view that map (adobe PDF): 2011 Flood Index Map
The FEMA Flood Maps are also available for viewing at all Alexandria Public Libraries: alexlibraryva.org
For more information, please contact:
Brian Rahal, P.E., CFM
Transportation & Environmental Services
2900B Business Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22314


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Stuttgart Christmas Market
During Advent, around 280 decorated stands transform the Stuttgart Inner City into one of Europe's biggest and most beautiful Christmas Markets. The Marktplatz, Schillerplatz and Schlossplatz, as well as Hirschstraße and Kirchstraße are all given over to spreading some welcome pre-Christmas spirit with festive lighting. The air is thick with the aroma of cinnamon and vanilla, the scene comes alive with sparkle and glitter. The countless traditional wooden hut stalls are decorated with angels, fir branches and baubles, and Christmas music is all around.
Photo: Thomas Niedermüller
The variety of goods on offer ranges from Christmas tree decorations through toys and woodcrafts to lambskin slippers, hats, candles and puppets. And to keep hunger at bay during the cold season, gingerbread, burnt almonds and roast chestnuts are on offer. Swabian culinary specialities, grilled sausages, mulled wine and punch are also essential ingredients of the Christmas Market.
A fairy tale grotto is set up on the Schlossplatz for children to enjoy a magical Christmas experience. The popular miniature railway drawn by a real steam locomotive travels through the snowscape, old-fashioned children's carrousels, a big wheel and fairy tale figures turn a visit to the Christmas market into a special experience for the young.
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