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Your recruiting today determines the health of your unit tomorrow.
While recruiting should happen every day, your spring and fall recruiting events are vital for your unit. By joining in the spring, new Scouts will be able to go to Camp this year. Your summertime calendar is packed full with the trips, events, and camping they want. The spring roundup invariably is when you will also find some of your best new leaders.
Your fall recruiting event is just as important. This is when you get another chance to recruit the ones you missed in the spring.
Your program and your upcoming calendar will sell them on Scouting. Make sure that your calendar is planned months or a year in advance and stocked full of great events. Make sure to include all of the council and district events you can. Prepare a simplified, one-page calendar for recruiting. The most important sales flier you have is your busy calendar.
Your other tool will be a good recruiting flier. Your district executive can provide the recruitment fliers and posters.
Don't forget how flexible we are. If they miss a sports practice, they may not be able to play in the game. But in Scouts you can miss meetings or even a season and still be welcome.
The Six P's of Recruiting
Have a clear purpose:
- To ensure that every boy has a chance to be in Scouts
- To sign up Cub Scouts and Webelos into existing packs as well as Boy Scouts and Ventures
- To recruit parents to be unit leaders and committee members
- To organize new units in areas we are not currently serving.
Involve everyone in your plan:
- Ask every leader to attend. You will need their help plus the more people the new families know, the more likely they are to join.
- Ask your district for help with Informational fliers and posters.
- Ask other units to buddy up with you. Share recruiting, don't compete.
A new Scout will rarely find you. You have to be pro-active and invite them, often several times.
- Ask each Scout to invite two friends. Referrals are your best prospects. If his buddies join, your existing Scout is more likely to stay in too. Show them the Recruiter Strip they can earn.
- Ask your chartered organization to distribute your fliers. Go to their meeting and show them all you do.
- Ask your committee to take recruiting fliers to PTO, Religious Organizations, Sunday Schools, sports teams, clubs, etc.
- Ask your paper to run an article about a recent include details of you upcoming orientation at the end of the article.
- Ask radio & TV stations to run Public Service Announcements you can get from your district.
- Ask if you can do fliers, boy talks, and an open house in areas school. Your district executive should have contacts with school administrators.
- Ask your prospects past who have not signed up yet to come this time. You may need to invite them different several times.
Use all seven ways to promote your unit. Note that the key word is Ask. Use your resources. Brainstorm other ideas.
Hold the sign-up event at the location where the unit will meet or at their school. Make it a brief, upbeat, and well-planned rally. The group presentation should take no more than a few minutes. Don't talk about the past or use jargon like DE, FOS, OA, or SPL as this can scare off new families.
- Gathering
- As they come in, pass out applications, fliers, and your calendar. Ask everyone to fill out the forms. Have plenty of pens.
- Have them sign a sheet with Name & Phone information for everyone who attends.
- Don't be talking in a click among yourselves. Have a leader walk each prospect to a table and help them.
- Opening
- Open the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and very BRIEF remarks.
- Introduce your leaders.
- Presentation
- Let the Scouts tell about what they have coming up on their calendars: trips, camping, Summer Camp, etc.
- End the group meeting in no more than a few minutes.
- Register
- Unit leaders now fan out to meet with families one-on-one to answer questions.
- Register new youth members. Explain what they need to know one-on-one. Don't overwhelm them. Ask, "Do you have any questions?"
- Have unit t-shirts available as a gift or at a small cost. If they leave in your t-shirt, they will come back.
- Provide light refreshments such as punch and granola bars.
- Announce the unit's next meeting date. Better still have an New Scout event already scheduled.
Scouts with involved parents stay in Scouts. Recruit adults to at least help if not the be leaders. These are great tools to help find out what parents can offer. Involve everyone. Scouts with "drive-by" parents won't last.
- Troop Resource Survey 34437
- Pack Family Talent Survey Sheet
- Become a Scout Volunteer! - is a good resource to show potential leaders
- Call everyone who signed up to again welcome them and confirm information. Do not rely just on email.
- Call everyone who didn't sign up in a few days and see if they have any questions. Can you call them again in a week?
- Call your prospects again in a week. People often need to be asked several times.
- Call your prospect again just before your next orientation. The ones you missed last time are some of the best prospects next time.
In the case of Venturing-age youth
- Have each youth complete the Venturing Activity Interest Survey.
- Brainstorm with youth their ideas that might not be on the survey.
- Review the potential for crew program based on the Program Capability Inventory and the chartered organization.
- General
- Recruit Youth Members and Orient Parents
- Astronauts And The BSA
- Eagle Scouts
- The Case For School Access PowerPoint Presentation
- Schools And Scouting: Working Together For Youth (PowerPoint Presentation) -
- Advertising
- Billboards - an excellent way to increase the visibility and awareness of Scouting within your community.
- Print Ads - provides samples of print ads.
- Public Service Announcements - PSA's in a variety of formats.
- News Release Sample - annotated word file provides a model for news releases in the style used by the Associated Press (AP).
- PowerPoint Presentation Templates
- Sample Presentations PPT's that you can tailor
- Cub Scouting
Northern Star Council's Version of Cub Scout Round Up Campaign Guidebook #13-253.
- Organizing a new unit
- WD Boyce New Unit Organizer Award
- New Unit Resource Kits - Step-By-Step Instructions And Resource Materials For Organizing A New Unit With A Specific Organization.
- The New-Unit Organization Process - A Detailed Outline Of The 12-Step Process To Organizing A New Unit.
- Hispanic/Latino American Demographics In A Changing America
- Scouting Supports Home Schooling
- Help finding chartering organizations
- Be Prepared/I Am Prepared - information about each of the BSA's programs and their relationship to chartered organization.
- Letters Of Endorsement - Agreements Between Many National Organizations And The Boy Scouts Of America to have local units.
- Community Organizations And The Boy Scouts Of America
- Rotary International and Scouting
- 40 Developmental Assets [PowerPoint] - how the Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs support the developmental assets.

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by Tom Utescher
On Tuesday, on the only night of competition in the NCAA Summer League last week due to the holiday, the number of undefeated teams was reduced to one. Receiving a 21-point performance from former Spring-Ford High School guard Ashley Wood (Kutztown '13), Team White improved to 4-0 by rolling over Kelly Green, 86-49.
The other previously unbeaten franchise, a Hunter Green team that includes a number of the league's best three-point shooters, fell 68-61 to Team Gold (which has a number of Mount St. Joseph Academy connections), leaving each squad with a 4-1 record.
Those two ballclubs became part of a three-way tie for second place along with a Sky Blue team made up mostly of West Chester University students. Gold already owns a head-to-head victory (by one point) over Sky Blue, which does not square off against Hunter Green until July 18.
One step below, in fifth place, is 2013 Germantown Academy grad Kiernan McCloskey and her Purple team, which had received a bye the previous week and went into the holiday break with a 3-1 mark.
In some ways, Team Gold could be looked upon as the defending champion, but there have been major personnel changes in the league this year and the only members of the Gold group who belonged to the 2012 titlists (then called Lime Green) are coach Ted Hagedorn and his daughter Elle, a 2013 Harvard graduated who previously starred at Mount St. Joe's.
Out of the 12 members of the last summer's Lime Green team, eight are not playing in the league this summer. In addition, Notre Dame Academy and St. Joseph's University grad Katie Kuester assembled a new team, the Hunter Green, and Nazareth Academy alum Lindsay Fluehr put together a club largely populated by her teammates at the University of Scranton. The other Lime Green veteran still playing this summer, Liz Sharlow (Lehigh '16), is now playing for Team Purple alongside GA's McCloskey, who will matriculate at Lehigh this September.
They and their fellow Purple players got past Navy Blue in one of the early games last Tuesday, 65-59. For the winners, Sharlow and former Archbishop Wood standout Christine Verrelle (Dowling College '15) each accumulated 13 points and McCloskey contributed seven, while Navy Blue succumbed in spite of a 21-point performance by Cheltenham High product CeCe Andrews (St. Joseph '16).
In the other early games, Sky Blue took the measure of Royal Blue (which includes recent GA grad Fran Sweeney), 91-74, but there was a much closer game between Heather Gray and Team Black (all from Philadelphia University). It was a good thing for the Black that they pulled out a 60-59 win, since longtime Philly U. coach Tom Shirley was in the house, watching from the spectator seats.
A rally late in the second half brought Heather Gray back into contention, and they moved ahead, 57-56, with around 90 seconds to go. A jumper from the left baseline by 2011 GA graduate Monica Schacker moved Team Black ahead, but Gray retook the lead with less than half-a-minute left. Driving into the paint, rising Philly U. senior guard Megan Finn was fouled in the final seconds, and she made both free throws to seal a one-point victory.
Tori Arnao, a junior forward out of Archbishop Wood, led the scoring effort for the winners with a dozen points, and Schacker had eight for the evening. The game-high of 17 belonged to Heather Gray forward Kathryn Stockbower (Upper Dublin/Swarthmore).
League-leading Team White won easily in one of the three late games, while Team Maroon (largely University of the Sciences players who compete in the same conference as Philly U. and Chestnut Hill College) rode a game-high 20 points from incoming freshman Camille McPherson to a 61-57 victory over Team Red.
The marquee match-up, though, was undoubtedly the clash between the Gold team helmed by Hagedorn (whose teams, under different names, have won the last three championships), and the sharpshooting Hunter Green crew that entered the contest as the undefeated league leader, one game up on the White in the win column.
Gold, whose lone loss came against Navy Blue back on June 20 (58-54), had both of its 6'2" players in attendance for the first time this season. Cardinal O'Hara grad Maureen Leahy (Bryant U. '16) had made most of the games, but it was the first appearance for another rising sophomore, Sarah Fairbanks. She plays for St. Joe's, but for the summer she's living back home near Harrisburg, Pa.
With a good turn-out, Coach Hagedorn was able to run a platoon system to keep his players fresh, subbing five-for-five. Each team led by a few baskets through the middle of the first period, with Gold gaining an early edge, and Hunter Green then forging ahead 22-18 with eight minutes left in the half.
Team Gold went in front again when 2013 Swarthmore grad Madeline Ross hit three-pointers just before and just after Fairbanks drained a pair of free throws. Their ballclub maintained a modest lead up to the intermission, when the tally was 32-27.
The score spread out to 41-27 in the first three minutes of the second stanza, when Ross and Swarthmore colleague Jessica Jowdy found the basket, while St. Joe's Natasha Cloud netted a jumper from beyond the foul line and then went coast-to-coast for a lay-up. Hunter Green was able to keep the contest from getting entirely out-of-hand, but still trailed 48-35 more than seven minutes in.
Hunter's three-point shooting skills make them capable of mounting a rally in a hurry, and it was at this juncture that St. Joe's guard Erin Shields set about scoring 14 of her game-high 21 points, nailing four three's during this late outburst.
Hunter had the lead down to two points (52-50) with 7:22 left, but over the next four minutes six-for-six foulshooting by the Gold levered the lead back out to 62-55. Back-to-back treys by Shields and her younger sister Shannon (a rower at the University of San Diego) made it a one point game, but once again one of the scrappy Division III players came up big for Gold. Caitlin Vasey (C.B. East/Lebanon Valley) got down the floor to score in transition off of a pass from Cloud, and wound up with a three-point play thanks to a successful free throw.
Elle Hagedorn then hit the front end of a one-and-one to make it 66-61 with 1:11 to play. The final score went up in lights due to another fast break score set up by Cloud, who chased down a rebound and rifled the ball ahead to fellow Cardinal O'Hara grad Mackenzie Rule for a lay-up.
Cloud emerged as the high scorer for the winners with 14 points, and there were also double-digit efforts from Leahy, with 11 points, and Hagedorn and Ross with 10 apiece. Erin Shields' 21 points for Hunter Green was complemented by eight points each from Kuester and from recent Upper Dublin graduate Lauren Rothfield (Salisbury U.).


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Now that the temperatures have dropped, so has the moisture. In everything. Our hands are cracked. Our hair is static-y. Our legs feel scaly. And worst of all, our lips are chapped.
I know. It's a gross issue, but one we've gotta address, guys, because few things are less sexy in life than crinkly-looking, dry lips. I don't think I'm alone here when I say: Um, no thanks, chapped lips.
So, let's deal with it. Right now. Here are 6 ways to get your plump, dewy, lipstick-ready lips back. The best part of all? Results are immediate.
Use a toothbrush. After brushing your teeth, run your toothbrush under warm water, make your lips taut, and brush them. Sounds weird, I know, but it really does get the flakes off. Slick on some Vaseline or Aquaphor immediately following to lock in moisture.
Use your regular exfoliator. You know how they sell "lip exfoliators"? Yeah, they're a racket. No need to buy a "special" exfoliator for your lips. Yes, they're more sensitive than other areas of your body, but they'll survive. Promise.
Use a warm wash cloth. Take a wash cloth and wet with hot water. Wait a few seconds for it to cool slightly, then press your lips onto it for a minute or so. Again, follow with a moisturizing treatment. Your lips will look great after this one!
Use a cucumber. Cut a cucumber into pieces and hold against your lips. The water inside the veggie will soothe cracks and flakes. Naturally, eat afterwards.
Do not lick your lips! When they're feeling cracked or dry, don't do it! Muster any self-restraint you can find. I've literally stopped at random gas stations for lip balm if I don't have some on hand.
Buy a fancy lip balm. I find I'm more inclined to actually use my lip balm if I've spent more than a buck on it. It's like there's more on the line!
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Michael Lynch studied Art and Design at the York College of Art. He went on to work for several leading design studios in the West End of London, before taking up an appointment as Editorial Artist to a daily newspaper. Later, he became the sole designer for the marketing team at one of the countrys major visitor-attractions, designing everything from a million-plus selling guide-book to a hot-air balloon.
His paintings have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, Leighton House, City of York Art Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery and the Walker Gallery of Contemporary Art, to name but a few.
Working increasingly in photography Michael was amongst the first British artists to recognize the potential of creating digital images onto canvas.


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Opinion: John McCain on Obama's Global Disorder
Arizona Sen. John McCain on the administration's foreign policy toward Syria and the Far East. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... her unseen foreign policy ... present Obama took office promising to negotiate with our enemies in Senegal for a nuclear free world ... if the world today is far more dangerous than when he took office ... are these two things late ... Arizona Senator John McCain is going to stay with me now ... umm into think these two things were weaker with our weaker posture Braun and in the danger that we see in the world today ... I think we live in a much more dangerous world and when present Obama took office may be part of it is not his fault ... but ... I travel all the time ... in all of the world but protesting on the Middle East they believe that the United States has withdrawn with the Iraq Afghanistan are failures to ... assess the ... resistance in Syria ... the collapse of ... regimes throughout the region and a rise of al Qaeda ... it is a fact and now we have the centrifuges spinning in Tehran ... and we have the North Koreans acting in their ... belligerent the rational fashion and so I would argue that the world is far more dangerous than foreign state more unstable and it's ... when the major factors is ... the failure of American leadership ... let's just focus on Syria for second we've had reports of chemical weapons to use ... an influx of jihad as fighters ... um what can be done in Syria in the end when your conversations with the administration tell you about the likely course will take ... for two I think it's one more shameful chapter in American history said need eighty thousand people killed ... million refugees ... and ... we literally massacre in its taking place while the Russian generating Aeon's ... assisted by her side ... and we've built into it it remarkable but ... 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China ... which is in cases of patients with a number of countries that ... Japan Malaysia the Philippines Vietnam ... is it missed ration doing enough to send a strong message to China ... that this isn't acceptable ... will you spend enough time in the region to know that the Chinese have disappointed us to some degree ... in that they are the superpower in some ways are not behaving that way whether it be ... cyberattacks or whether it be ... their provocations in the South China Sea their failure to ... earn their continued support of the Russians and the towing ... on resolutions concerning ... Syria ... I ... we have to live with them we have to deal with them but I think the best way ... to address the Chinese is to make sure that we had a strong force in the region and strong alliances ... I think a building knows I don't think we need bases ... we need to go in and operate the some of our friends in the region Philippines ... the at an even ... although that's a stretch but the Australians where are you doing ... so ... on ... the Chinese of surprise to me because they have literally United the other countries in the region ... because of the very provocative ... manner in which they behaved have no doubt ... that the military buildup is very significant now ... and ... that doesn't mean that I think there's gonna be some kind of huge confrontation which I don't believe that ... but I do believe ... that we can have difficulties in our relationship ... particularly in the cyber attacks continue ... center just briefly on North Korea ... is can count on making the case for U S missile defense ... of course he is and ... and also like to mention ... you seen this movie before back in the nineties had debates with ... then current administration officials in the new Bush administration the ... confrontation negotiation ... food ... money ... on supplies ... of oil whatever does ... on where to place and then ... we go to the cycle again ... but the danger here is that ... more than one war has been started by accident ... and his ... behavior ... he is brinksmanship this madness we ... have ever seen I don't think the many will go that far ... but I also don't believe he's a very rational person ... for the people around him or whoever is making ... the decisions and finely two hundred thousand people are in their goal line to one thousand people are being tortured beaten murdered ... the system only scoop regime ... and odious regime a weak America a more dangerous world Arizona Senator John McCain think so much for being on the show in the hope you'll ... join us again very soon thank you


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"Happy" - Leona Lewis
Fresh Start Lovin',
Yeah for first comment!! :) First of all, I love this song... it is one of my favorites. It is so powerful! Good luck today and on this new chapter. It takes a lot of courage to recognize the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one. Looks like you guys had another great weekend... and go Giants!!
Hi Maria!
I like how you are in a positive mood and feeling happy. I am wishing wonderful things for you and Steve. You both deserve to be happy. As always the pictures are so lovely and certainly portray well the feeling of happiness. Have a GREAT FEBRUARY! Lots of Love & Best wishes coming your way.
Cheers to that! Happy. Is. Good.
Tons of love and prayers and I look forward to taking this ride along with you!
Long time no talkie - and it's my fault! I'm sorry I've been MIA. So happy to see that you're feeling at peace and ready to take on this new direction. I am so excited for you and Steve, I can hardly stand it. You look beautiful as ever! xoxo
...now, on to more important things... I'm SO excited for you and Steve and your new adventure. I can't wait to read more about it. Know I'm sending positive vibes and mucho prayers your way today! They should be over Indiana/Ohio now.. they'll reach you soon! But seriously -- good luck with everything! How EXCITING!
Time to gear up and start this new chapter! I'm sending all kinds of positive vibes your way today. Is it bad that I want to get you a t-shirt that says "Cheers to sperm donors" ? Oh honey I wish you nothing but the best and cannot WAIT to hear how you're feeling this week.
Also, Cold Stone = rocks me like a hurricane. I'm just sayin.
Oh my gosh!! I am cracking up over Mag's t-shirt idea!!! So stinkin' funny! You could rock that shirt, girlfriend! Can't wait for this next step on your journey to mommyhood. I'll be here for you through the whole thing. Can't wait! Thinking of you today, and let's Skype again soon. Love YOU!
I am so excited for this next step in your journey! Many prayers going up here!
I eagerly await the post to come... I feel it!!!!! I do, truly!!!!! THIS is going to be a good year. Hugs and love to you both. Coopy
Happy. is. Awesome. I am so happy for you! that coffee creamer looks amazing! as soon as I saw it my first thought is where are my shoes? I must run to the store! haha! and your nails are beautiful! Gorgeous picture of you and your hubby! you two are such an Adorable couple! Have a great week! Much love.
Cold Stone Creamery now makes coffee creamer?!?!?!! Oh my!
I wish you love and luck on your upcoming journey. oxox
I'm sending you all the vibes I have!! (But I bet you already know that! ;) )
And your husband has a great taste in football teams to cheer for. ;) Be sure to tell him that as a Colts fan, I fully support him. And tell him that I went to Super Bowl village over the weekend...and then read him the players I saw! hahaha
I hope the next few months are AMAZING for you guys with lots of new (and great!) chapters!!
Love the picture of you and steve. You two are so cute:) Hope things went well for two today, good luck sweetie. Glad to hear your in a happy place. take care and looking forward to your next post.
Love the picture of you and steve. You two are so cute:) Hope things went well for two today, good luck sweetie. Glad to hear your in a happy place. take care and looking forward to your next post.
I love you and your amazing attitude!!! I will be praying. God is faithful and it will happen...unfortunately it might just be in His time - and who knows when that will be. But I have faith and am happy you do, too!
I love all the photos you take :) Wow..that coffee creamer looks/sounds delicious!!
Thanks for being so amazing and letting your light shine!!
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Love your happy post. Great pics. Those are great things to share.
I had a great Monday too. Found out our baby is a boy today. We are very excited.
I am visiting from the Monday Mingle blog hop. I hope you have a great week. (BTW, I love the blog background!)
Ohhh Maria, I am SO excited for you and Steve! I just know God has great things in store for y'all. I cant wait to keep hearing about your journey :)
All that food looks DELISH!! I love me some sweet potato fries!
im standing behind you on this...i wish you the best luck. let me know if theres ANYTHING at all i can do. sending you all my good luck (not that much realistically but take what i got!!!)
Yay for a happy day =) You already know how I feel, but just wanted to say again that you have all my support whenever you need it! You're amazing and so strong. I'm so happy for you as you take this next step in your journey! xoxoxoxo~
Such sweet photos! The cat eye looking down on Steve made me laugh. I never thought I'd be a cat lover, but you're turning me. :)
I'm so glad to hear you feel peaceful and good about things. Your amazing attitude is contagious! You have my love and prayers for your new journey.
I love that song! Best of luck to you :)
I just saw the commercial for that Coldstone creamer! I wonder if it's good in hot chocolate? I'm a new follower from the Tuesday hop. Feel free to follow back at www.dandygiveaway.com :)
I hope you had a good Monday :)
I'm so happy and excited for you and Steve <3
And of course as always love the photos ;)
You do deserve to be so happy pretty girl! :) I hope February brings you many MANY happy times (you and Steve and the kitties too!)
On a lighter note... I do not know how that creamer doesn't make every single person in the world happy! HEAVEN! I'm looking for it in my grocery store TODAY! :)
My Marriiii-iiiii-iii-iii-aaaa(lol I'm sure you've heard others sing that brooks n dunn song to you, but I just had to) I'm happy for you. I'm excited to watch this journey un fold, and watch your dreams come true. I'll be with you every step of the way... In a different state. But still, it counts.
Once again, loving your pictures! They always make me so hungry though. The picture of muffins eyes in the window is kind of creepy! Hehe you have yourself a little watch kitty. And the kitty in the sink is adorable! Awwwww!
More than ever I'm looking forward to your new posts! what an exciting year 2012 will be!
<3 ya girl!
Following from the hop on GFC..looking forward to getting to know you! -Kim http://bbunchmama.blogspot.com
I need you to be in my life! You are such a motivator. Every time, I read your posts, I get a high! You deserve the best. On an unrelated note, holy moly, I need that creamer! You might have stated but where did you buy it? Love the pictures too girl!
Hello my sweet Maria! Lovin' the new look you got goin' on round here :)
Awesome pics again, so cute to see your little kitty cats eyes at the window and how adorable is that little girl friend of yours!!
Good luck this month, I am sending positive vibes and loads of love to you as always xo
Chickie's and Pete's! Ah memories (I lived in Philly for ten plus years, dang I miss home!)
I'm brand new to the blog (from Thirsty Thursdays) so I'm going to have to back up and read some back posts to get to the mysterious thing of which you speak! But if mellow is where you need to be, I hope you can curl up with a good book, a quiet moment, and peaceful nap.
I am so happy I want to come over and hug you! Your post touched my heart with every magical word. I wish you the best this month and all the ones to come. Keeping the good vibes going helps me focus on my side of the world. Thank you for sharing your stories.
Hi, I'm a new follower. I read your blog and find it truly inspiring. I look forward to getting to know you better. Please come by and visit me sometime. Have a great weekend. http://llloft.blogspot.com/
goosebumps.. good luck.. my thoughts and prayers are with you. i love you! <3xojo


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TSA Agents Continue To Lie And Say You Can't Photograph Or Videotape Checkpoints
from the on-purpose? deptThe TSA recently reiterated that it is entirely legal to photograph or videotape airport checkpoints and security screenings:
Please be assured that TSA' s goal is to protect passenger's rights, including the right to record at passenger screening checkpoints, while ensuring that passenger screening operations can take place in an effective and efficient manner.While the TSA may be telling the press that... it appears they forgot to tell the actual TSA agents on the ground who continue to threaten people for filming their activities.
The latest incident took place in Baltimore. The videotape was uploaded on July 10.These kinds of stories seem to keep popping up every week or so. Even more ridiculous, the guy in the video who claims he's the supervisor says that the checkpoint is "classified." Later, a second TSA official says she has to delete the video. None of that is true. In fact, it's outright ridiculous.
The action starts at 1:24 when a woman is videotaping the checkpoint process, waiting for her husband to walk through.
A TSA supervisor confronts her, telling her she is not allowed to videotape the checkpoint.
But she continues to videotape, asking him for a document that confirms it is not allowed.
He tells her he doesn't have the time to show her, but will gladly call police and then have her removed from the airport.
At 3:16 in the video, a second TSA screener storms up and tells her to stop videotaping, but she continues to do so. When she continues to question their authority, the second TSA screener tells her she is allowed to videotape on the other side of the metal detectors but not once she is inside the checkpoint area.
That, of course, is not true.
Later, the TSA agents appear to be entirely vindictive, asking for ID so they can write up a report. When asked why, the agent says he finds the questions asked "particularly... disturbing" because "there were children in the background" and the guy had asked whether or not the naked scanners could see his penis.
Once again, it seems like the TSA is making a mockery of the Constitution.


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Writing to an invisible audience, sweeping your heart out into a boundless Universe not knowing who is listening to it beat or whether the thump will be embraced or cast aside, is a courageous act. Fortunately for me, at some point during the writing of my last book, In Sweet Company: Conversations With Extraordinary Women About Living A Spiritual Life (Jossey Bass), I became aware of an invisible listening presence around me, a group of like-minded souls who urged me onward and supported me as I wrote. This was no woo-woo affair. No visions or voices or sugarplums danced round my head but rather a subtle embrace that nested beneath my conscious awareness. Then one day, a few months after ISC was published, I was in Houston giving a workshop based on the book and I suddenly became aware I was meeting – and would continue to meet—those who, on a soul level, had been helping me birth this book. I was, nor had I ever been, nor would I ever be, alone.
Since that time, I have met my "posse" at conferences, in workshops I've led, in bookstores, via my website, email, and e-newsletter, on Facebook and through this blog. Knowing you are out there has made it very easy to write to an invisible audience because, on the deepest level, I see you – and I know you see me. I have blogged about things that help to develop this kind of relationship with and confidence in the Unseen for I believe putting ourselves out there in this crazy world really is a courageous act — whether we are a writer or not. We all need to know we are heard. We all need to know we are loved. We all need to make a contribution.
Thus, in this my last blog for Beliefnet.com, I want to thank you for reading what I wrote – for your comments, for the smiles that cross your faces and the nods of your heads that occur when something I write resonates with you. I have a wonderful new book I am putting the finishing touches on, and a million other thoughts that will surely stream through my e- newsletter to share with you. Should you want to keep in touch, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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My Cinnamon Brown Sugar Babka
So today i made a Cinnamon Brown Sugar Babka. I am quite new to baking and i'm fairly certain i'm not taking the regular route a novice baker would. I've made a few loaves of regular bread, some Pita bread that was quite heavenly (along with some Pita chips), and now today a Babka. I'm thinking about a baguette or perhaps some bagels next. Anyway here are some pictures of this lovely piece of heaven!
It was really cool getting the twist right on it. I should have rolled it out a little longer when it was still dough so i could add another twist but im pleased with the look.
Some of it's gooey delicousness :)
If you'd like the recipe for it just let me know. This is my first attempt at making a babka so any feedback would be great! I realize it may not be the prettiest thing you've ever seen but i'm learning!


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Woodworking at Monticello
The Monticello joinery was one of the first buildings to be constructed on Mulberry Row. In the forty-year course of the construction and reconstruction of the Monticello house, some of the finest architectural woodwork in Virginia was made in the Mulberry Row joinery. When referring to the house joinery work of Monticello's free and enslaved craftsmen, Jefferson wrote that "there is nothing superior in the U.S."
Thomas Jefferson had highly-skilled free joiners come to Monticello, Irish men like James Dinsmore and John Neilson who passed their skills on to their assistants—Jefferson's slaves. After 1809, when the house was complete and the white workmen left, African American artisans like John Hemings trained young slave apprentices and carried on the exceptional work of the Monticello joinery. John Hemings was described as a "first rate workman—he could make anything that was wanted in woodwork."
After Jefferson's retirement from the presidency, he turned to his slave joiners for furniture. These artisans, who had previously made architectural woodwork for the house at Monticello, produced impressive furniture that included chairs, tables, and cases such as the seed press in the Book Room, and filing presses in the Cabinet, a sewing table, and dumbwaiters used in the dining room. John Hemings was known to have made chairs, tables, desks, and the body of a landau carriage.


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Saw on twitter season tickets for Panthers games were starting at like $7 + a free jersey and free parking? Hah.
Also printed off tickets to go see the free scrimmage (Wild v. Houston Aeros) this Wednesday. A free night of hockey to get to know the new players, free $10 in concessions, and 50% off gear at the hockey lodge store (limit one sweater per person). Might have to break down and pull the trigger on a new Granlund sweater if I can get one for 50% on Wednesday...
Meanwhile, our home opener sold out less than an hour after tickets went on sale.
Bruins 2-0, 46 games left until the playoffs. It's going to be a fast regular season!
And if Jeff didn't see it they suggest that the Wild use the buyout option on Heatley and he was in there with Gomez, Redden and Di Pietro.
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Washington, DC – The Campaign for America's Future calls on legislators to vote for the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Budget for All, which is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives tomorrow.
Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future made the following statement:
"The Budget for All is a common sense blueprint for America. Its first priority is to invest in putting Americans back to work and helping the economy recover. Then, over the course of 10 years, it brings the budget more into balance than either the House Republican budget or the administration's budget. Finally, it does this with sensible priorities: calling on millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share, cutting bloated Pentagon budgets, while protecting Social Security and Medicare. The Budget for All upholds the basic promises that Americans make to one another.
"The Budget for All exposes the folly of trying to achieve deficit reduction while offering the most affluent Americans trillions in top end tax cuts, as the Republican plan proposes. It exposes the lie that the country can't afford to put people to work and still get our books in order. And it shows clearly that the nation can not only afford to protect Social Security and Medicare, but can't afford not to.
"The Budget for All reflects the priorities of a majority of Americans in poll after poll. Those who oppose it trample both common sense and majority opinion. We urge its passage."


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The Economy in 2008
Dennis P. Lockhart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Rotary Club of Atlanta
January 7, 2008
At this date on the calendar, it's natural to take stock and think of the year ahead. In my remarks today, I plan to provide a brief summary of last year's economic story and an outlook for 2008. I'll also share some of my personal views on Federal Reserve monetary policy during this difficult time of economic and financial transition. I'll tell you up front that my message will be a sober one, but I hope that won't prevent your inviting me back here next January to speak. I want to add that my comments are my views alone and do not represent the views of my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
Looking back at 2007
Let me begin by taking you back to a year ago. As 2006 turned into 2007, the economic environment appeared relatively benign compared to today. However, we now know that housing activity—measured by sales, starts, permits, and prices—began to slip in late 2005.
By mid-summer 2006, the FOMC began noting the "cooling of the housing market." The decline in housing activity coincided with a notable slowdown of economic growth through the end of 2006 and into the first part of 2007.
Throughout 2007, forecasts of housing activity were repeatedly revised downward. Despite the intensifying housing "correction," the economy grew smartly last spring and summer. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew at annual rates of 3.8 percent in the second quarter and then a very strong 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2007.
But I believe those strong numbers contain anomalous factors that probably won't be repeated soon. Taking out an inventory buildup and exports, third quarter growth was moderate—about half the GDP headline number. Fourth quarter data aren't available, but I expect growth during the final three months of 2007 to come in quite sluggish.
Evidence of slowing economic activity has been mounting. Beyond last year's sharp drop in residential investment, industrial production growth remained well below its rate of the previous year. The data in 2007 showed moderate growth of investment in equipment and software. Anecdotal reports suggest that many firms have begun—especially in the year's second half—to assume a wait-and-see posture because of rising economic uncertainty.
Also, over the past 20 or so months, year-over-year employment growth has slowed considerably. Readings on December employment released last Friday showed a small monthly increase of 18,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate moving up from 4.7 to 5 percent.
Consumer spending is watched closely because of the role of consumption in our economy, and the news here also reflects slowing. Through November, last year's growth in personal consumption expenditures fell off the pace of 2006, which in turn was below its pace of two years ago. Also in 2007, growth of real disposable personal income slowed a bit. Household spending has likely been weighed down by higher energy costs and declining house prices. Although weakening, consumer spending has not plunged.
From September 2006 through August 2007, readings on inflation were generally favorable, with consumer price inflation averaging around 2.3 percent on a year-over-year basis. But later in the year energy costs surged, increasing pressure to pass through higher prices for goods and services. The consumer price index for November increased at a year-over-year rate of 4.3 percent, driven largely by a 21 percent jump in the energy cost component.
Reviewing the financial sector
In addition to these developments, the financial sector of our economy had an especially rough ride in 2007. You're all quite familiar with the storyline for Wall Street, so I'll skip the play-by-play and just provide highlights. During the middle months of 2007, a weakening housing sector caused doubts about subprime mortgage-backed securities. Although subprime debt is less than 3 percent of the total market for dollar debt securities, these concerns triggered a widespread repricing of risk.
Credit spreads widened, trading volume plummeted, and at various times bond and money markets froze because of concerns about counterparty creditworthiness. Accounting values of positions in subprime and other affected securities caused banks and other institutions to announce sizable losses.
Some off-balance-sheet positions in structured investment vehicles (so-called SIVs) were brought back onto sponsors' books. Uncertainty about who had what exposure caused illiquidity in interbank markets, and general illiquidity in securities markets kept trading volume low or nonexistent and values depressed.
Last year ended with fears about bank funding over year-end, fears regarding the effect of SIV exposure on money market funds, and widespread concern about a credit crunch.
It's fair to say financial markets were shaken profoundly between August and year-end, and trading conditions are still far from settled and orderly.
For a while, after markets seized up in August, financial conditions did improve. I believe a series of globally coordinated central bank liquidity injections over the final months of the year helped to ease some market strains. At meetings in September, October, and December, the FOMC cut the fed funds rate to forestall some of the adverse effects of financial turmoil on the broader economy. But these actions were not sufficient to remedy Wall Street's distressed conditions.
As I prepare for each FOMC meeting, I gather real-time anecdotal economic intelligence from a variety of sources. I talk to, among others, bankers, hedge fund managers, and other financial market players. Most recently, they have given me the Wall Street perspective: that is, serious concern about further—and spreading—market deterioration and potential spillover into the broad economy.
I also talk to people whose address is Main Street. From these sources, I get the impression of an economy that is slowing but demonstrating resilience. Having said that, I think we're at a time of heightened uncertainty.
Looking to 2008, I believe the pivotal question—the central uncertainty—is the extent of current and future spillover from housing and financial markets to the general economy. The dynamics I'm watching—stated simplistically—are the following. First, there's the effect of dropping house prices on the consumer and in turn on retail sales and other personal expenditures. And second, I'm watching the effect of financial market distress on credit availability and, in turn, on business investment, general business activity, and employment.
My base case outlook sees a weak first half of 2008—but one of modest growth—with gradual improvement beginning in the year's second half and continuing into 2009. This outcome assumes the housing situation doesn't deteriorate more than expected and financial markets stabilize. A sober assessment of risks must take account of the possibility of protracted financial market instability together with weakening housing prices, volatile and high energy prices, continued dollar depreciation, and elevated inflation measures following from the recent upticks we've seen.
I'm troubled by the elevated level of inflation. Currently I expect that inflation will moderate in 2008 as projected declines in energy costs have their effect. But the recent upward rebound of oil prices—and the reality that they are set in an unpredictable geopolitical context—may mean my outlook is too optimistic. Nonetheless, I'm basing my working forecast on the view that inflation pressures will abate.
To a large extent, my outlook for this year's economic performance hinges on how financial markets deal with their problems. The coming weeks could be telling. Modern financial markets are an intricate global network of informed trust. Stabilization will proceed from clearing up the information deficit and restoring well-informed trust in counterparties and confidence in the system overall.
To restore market confidence, leading financial firms, I believe, must recognize and disclose losses based on unimpeachable valuation calculations, restore capital and liquidity ratios, and urgently execute the strenuous task of updating risk assessments of scores of counterparties. The good news is that markets can return to orderly functioning and financial institutions can be rehabilitated quickly. With healthy disclosure, facing up to losses, recapitalization, and the resulting clarity, I believe there is hope for this outcome.
A look at monetary policy
For monetary policymakers, the overriding concern must be the broad health and balance of the general economy going forward. In my view, recent Federal Reserve policy moves appropriately processed information (both data and anecdotes) that painted a mixed but slowing picture.
As you know, during our last meeting Dec. 11, the FOMC lowered the fed funds rate 25 basis points to 4.25 percent. The FOMC began cutting the fed funds rate in September following the announcement in August that "the downside risks to growth have increased appreciably." At that point, financial markets were in turmoil, and the fed funds rate was 5.25 percent.
The decision to lower the fed funds rate was a response to acute stress in financial markets that had the potential to threaten economic growth.
The fed funds rate is the foundation of a structure of interest rates mostly set by the market. It has been described as a blunt instrument in its influence over the broad economy over time. It is not a targeted policy instrument capable of reducing illiquidity in specific debt markets—for example, the interbank lending market. For this reason, the Fed—along with foreign central banks—has put in place in recent weeks more targeted facilities to provide liquidity when and where needed.
For instance, in December the Fed announced the Term Auction Facility. With this program, depository institutions bid to borrow money from the Federal Reserve on a fully collateralized basis. Since participants are bidding for funds, there is none of the usual stigma about turning to the lender of last resort, the Fed's discount window, for liquidity.
I have been encouraged by the early results of these auctions and the other efforts by central banks in Europe to keep markets functioning.
Responding to developments
The future—even in stable times—is hard to read. At this juncture, the times present even greater uncertainty than usual. The negatives in our economy may be gaining momentum. I think these circumstances call for policymakers to be prepared to respond pragmatically to whatever developments arise.
Clearly, adjustments—some quite painful—are under way in housing markets, mortgage markets, and money markets. These adjustments are needed to fix imbalances. This is what markets do—rebalance imbalances. I believe this process began in 2006, continued in 2007, and needs much of 2008 to play out. I will be watching the process of these necessary adjustments closely as I work with my colleagues to determine the appropriate monetary policy actions.
Thank you for your attention today.


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How Industry Professionals Pull Together in Process Automation Projects
Advances in Functionality Coupled with Dramatic Price Cuts are Fueling the Use of Collaboration Tools for Process Automation Projects
End users, vendors, engineering firms and system integrators have been using various collaboration tools for decades to execute automation projects and optimize plant operations. But in the last few years, the power of these tools has increased while costs have plunged, leading to more widespread use.
For example, up to the late 1990s, email was of limited use because it only allowed users to send and receive simple text messages, and because not everyone had an email account. But now, everyone has multiple email accounts, and most can access these accounts worldwide from fixed and mobile devices.
Email has also grown much more powerful with file attachments, folders and other features. "Two aspects of Microsoft Office, in conjunction with email, have been shown to be a particular value," says Steve Elwart, director of systems engineering at Ergon Refining, a crude oil refiner in Jackson, Miss. "The first is Polling, which allows emails to be sent to a large group of people, and provides the capability for individuals in different locations to vote on requirements, documents or anything that requires a consensus. The other is Routing, a capability within Microsoft Office that allows documents to be sent sequentially to individuals for review and approval. Using this through email provides clarity in the approval process, and aids in keeping the task organized."
Video conferencing is a collaboration tool that has exploded in use because costs have dropped precipitously. Initially, video conferencing costs ran to hundreds or even thousands of dollars per hour, as each site required custom hardware and software, dedicated and high-bandwidth communication channels, and real-time administration by a third-party provider. Now, Skype and inexpensive webcams allow video conferences to be held at a moment's notice for a fraction of those costs, spurring use.
Similarly, the use of other collaboration tools is exploding to the point where it's hard to imagine any automation project being executed without the use of multiple collaboration tools.
A variety of "open" collaboration tools are available, plus some from automation vendors. Those who use collaboration tools typically employ more than one tool. Ergon Refining, for example uses email, SharePoint, teleconferencing, Skype, Doodle and WebEx/LiveMeeting to coordinate projects among various groups in the company and Emerson Process Management, its automation system provider.
Read "Process Automation: Collaboration at Ergon Refining" describes these tools in some detail, and explains how Ergon uses them.
Collaboration tools save time, reduce travel expenses, and allow system integrators and vendors to work with process firms worldwide. In some cases, collaboration tools make it unnecessary to visit the process plant. Scott Klages, of systems integrator Parsec Automation in Anaheim, Calif., reports, "Parsec has successfully implemented projects in China without any of our employees setting foot in the factory until the startup/training visit." (For more on how Parsec uses collaboration tools to eliminate site visits, see "Collaborating Halfway Around the World.")
Everybody Uses Email
No matter what other tools are employed, everyone uses email. "Optimation uses email as a primary method of communication," says Diane Trentini, marketing and sales VP at systems integrator Optimation in Rush, N.Y. "We use Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, and leverage such features as public calendars to show planned vacations and resources for conference room sign-out."
An anonymous end user at a refinery says, "We pass all types of information via email, including source code to vendors. This is particularly nice if you have a critical fix that needs to be
applied quickly. Email the source code, they make the changes and email back, and we load the changes."
Rick Hakimioun, senior instrument/electrical control systems engineer at Paramount Petroleum in Paramount, Calif., adds, "Email is an effective tool. That's because the correspondences and information exchange are documented and can be archived."
Tim Johnson, project manager at systems integrator Avid Solutions in Winston-Salem, N.C., agrees. "Each project is assigned an individual mailbox dedicated to all email communication associated with the project," says Johnson. "Benefits include having every piece of email and data transfer attachments located in one centralized location. Access is granted to each individual working on the project. Accessibility and organization are especially key when working internationally. Email is great for tracking, tracing and sorting deliverables. It's used as an overall communication path."
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Dwight Clark Autographed Photo
Dwight Clark Autographed Photo "The Catch"
This 8.5″x11″ color photo of 49ers' Dwight Clark catching the pass from Joe Montana that would become known in NFL history as 'The Catch' scoring the winning touchdown against Dallas Cowboys to advance to Super Bowl XVI comes signed in black sharpie by Dwight Clark. The photo includes a letter of authenticity from Memorabilia Center.
Dwight Edward Clark (born January 8, 1957) is a former American football wide receiver and executive. He played for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. With the 49ers, Clark played on two Super Bowl championship teams. He caught the winning touchdown pass thrown by quarterback Joe Montana in the NFC Championship Game in January 1982 against the Dallas Cowboys. The play, immortalized as "The Catch," propelled the 49ers to their first Super Bowl championship. Clark played college football at Clemson University before being drafted by the 49ers in the 10th round of the 1979 NFL Draft. He served as the general manager of the 49ers in 1998 and in the same capacity with the Cleveland Browns from 1998 to 2002.


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Patagonia Pow Kit
A powder suit for powder dreams. This technical, three-layer Gore-Tex jacket and pant shell is some of the most technical, waterproof, breathable outerwear on the planet. It's light yet holds up to heavy weather and the loose, articulated fit is easy to shred and monkey around in. Patagonia is also kicking down a new Capilene One-Piece fleece to layer up with.
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ROME — That is the question vexing many Hollywood film reporters these days: What will the Vatican do now that the prequel to the controversial "The Da Vinci Code" is set to hit theaters next month?
Headlines here and there have been claiming either the Vatican was calling for a worldwide boycott or was cautioning against a boycott over fears it would just boost publicity for the up-coming "Angels and Demons" movie.
But who needs an actual boycott when just speculating whether the Vatican or church officials would call on Catholics to stay away seems to be enough?
The problem with the stories that claim the Vatican is against the film or has disapproved of it is the source they cite is Avvenire. Contrary to some reports, it's not "the Vatican's official newspaper," but is a daily Catholic newspaper sponsored by the Italian bishops' conference.
But more importantly the March 20 article they claim their headlines were based on doesn't exist in the archives and an Italian journalist who works at Avvenire said he can't recall the paper publishing anything either for or against the movie.
Confusion probably sprang from a March 20 article in the Italian daily La Stampa which quoted a theologian who writes for Avvenire. La Stampa said (presumably based on an interview with him) that the Italian theologian invited Catholics to ignore the "Angels and Demons" movie. He said filmmakers were "exploiting the church in order to boost sales at the box office."
Another Italian, Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, told La Stampa that people should be cautious about "the boomerang effect" of calling for a boycott because it could translate into unintended publicity for the movie.
He said the Vatican is not worried about people of faith falling for the book and movie's anti-Christian inventions. The Vatican "believes Christians are strong — inoculated by centuries of persecution and testimonials of faith," he said.


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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
Lao Tzu
Every thought that leads you away from self-awareness is a trick created by the imposter (false self). - Langford
"Know and always hold onto the Now.
Disregard the body and the mind.
To identify with them is misery.
Dive deep into the Heart,
the source of being and peace,
and establish yourself there."
When you seek a Guru
Seek you one, holy and pure;
And then give him your all--
Your body, life and wealth;
And in constancy learn clear,
Not a moment distracting,
You shall sure reach Siva's State.
With love and yearning, I seek my Father,
Seeking Him, as Siva the Supreme, I will meet Him;
And then will I seize hold of His valorous Feet
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Looted Afghan treasures identified – News, Art – The Independent.
Afghan treasures looted from Kabul have come to light nearly 20 years after they were stolen, thanks to an unknown benefactor.
Up to 80 per cent of the National Museum of Afghanistan's artefacts were destroyed or looted by the Taliban during the early Nineties.
The twenty fragments of ivory, thought to be ornate furniture inlays dating back to the 1st Century, were recently identified and purchased by an individual, who would prefer to remain anonymous, and are now being returned to Afghanistan.
Discovered in 1937 and 1939 by French archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Begram, north of Kabul, they are among Afghanistan's most famous collections.
The pieces were examined by scientists at London's British Museum on behalf of the National Museum of Afghanistan as part of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation. They discovered traces of red, blue and black pigments demarking intricate patterns.
They will go on public display for the first time since the 1979 outbreak of war in Afghanistan this week at the British Museum alongside 200 artefacts loaned by the National Museum of Afghanistan.
They will be displayed alongside a superb collection of Hellenistic Greek sculptures, enamelled Roman glass and polished stone tableware brought from Egypt and delicate inlaid gold jewellery worn by the nomadic elite – all of which were salvaged from looters and hidden in the vaults of Kabul's National Bank.
The existence of such objects is thanks to the curators and collectors who kept their whereabouts a secret for decades. The new exhibition has been launched to promote and further safeguard cultural heritage in Afghanistan.
'Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World' is at the British Museum 3 March – 3 July 2001,www.britishmuseum.org


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March 9, 2013
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 5 Florida State (14-0, 2-0 ACC) scored eight runs in the first two innings including seven in the second en route to a 9-4 victory over Boston College (3-10, 0-2 ACC) Saturday night in front of 4,534 fans on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.
Jose Brizuela tied a career-high with three hits in game two on a pair of doubles and a single. Josh Delph went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Seth Miller finished 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Delph, DJ Stewart and Marcus Davis all drove in two runs to pace the Seminoles as seven of the FSU's 10 hits on the evening went for extra bases.
"It was a great boost to get off to an early start especially against a good team like Boston College," said Stewart.
With the win, Florida State remained undefeated on the year and is off to their third best start in school history.
The win on Saturday also secured the series victory for the Seminoles pushing their all-time mark to 20-2 when opening ACC play.
Similar to the start against the Eagles on Friday night, FSU grabbed the lead with a run in the first when Delph doubled to left center and scored two batters later on a groundout to second off the bat of Davis.
Florida State broke the game open with a seven-run second as six straight Seminoles reached against BC starter Josh Gorman (1-2) after the Eagle right hander got John Nogowski to fly out in foul territory to open the inning.
Giovanny Alfonzo opened the scoring with an RBI double to right. Delph picked up his second hit of the game with a two-run single to left and Stewart smashed his first career triple to straight away center to drive in John Sansone and Delph. After a Davis sac-fly brought home Stewart, Stephen McGee closed out the scoring in the second on a two-out solo shot to left for his second home run of the season.
"That's obviously what we were hoping it would do and we could come up and do some `so called' damage and put the game away but they started pecking away," said head coach Mike Martin on running out to the big lead early.
The home run ended the night for Gorman after just 1.2 innings. The sophomore right hander allowed eight runs on seven hits and one walk.
The run support was more than enough for FSU starter Scott Sitz as the senior right hander improved to 3-0 on the year.
"Scotty pitched a very solid baseball game," said Martin. "He got a couple of breaks there in the second when we threw a seven spot up but I think what really impressed me the most about tonight's ball game was that once we got a lead no body sat on it. It was a good win for our baseball team."
"It was nice," said Sitz. "I am not going to complain; seven runs are always great."
The Jacksonville Beach, Fla., native went 5.1 innings as he allowed four runs, one earned, on six hits as he walked two and struck out five. BC's two-run third inning were the first two runs given up by Sitz this year bringing to a close his consecutive scoreless innings streak, which dates back to last year's start against UCLA in the College World Series, at 22.0 innings.
"I knew about," said Sitz on the scoreless streak. "But you know everything is going to come to an end sometime. I was just happy that it went that long."
Boston College cracked the scoreboard for the first time in the series in the third as two runs scored on a fielding error at shortstop. With runners at first and second and two outs, Sitz would get out of the inning without further damage getting Logan Hoggarth looking at a called third strike.
The Eagles continued to chip away at FSU's lead scoring a run in the fourth and one more in the sixth to cut the deficit to 8-4.
BC strung together three straight two-out hits in the fourth off Sitz on a double down the line in right by John Hennessy, a single to center by Jimmy Dowdell and a run scoring double by Matt McGovern that caromed off the wall in right. Dowdell tried to score from first on the play, but the relay throw from Seth Miller to Sansone to McGee nailed the BC left fielder at the plate for the final out of the inning.
The Eagles would take advantage of the second Seminole error of the game in the sixth to score their third unearned run off Sitz. BC opened the inning with a single and a walk before Stephen Sauter flied out to right. With the left handed hitting Hennessy coming to the plate, Martin went to the bullpen and called on Bryant Holtmann. The southpaw got Hennessy swinging on strikes and looked to get out of the inning when Dowdell hit a ground ball to third, but the throw by Brizuela short hopped Nogowski at first allowing Hoggarth to score from third.
Holtmann would close out the sixth getting McGovern to strike out swinging. The Albers, Ill., native wrapped up his outing on Saturday working 2.0 shutout innings as he walked three and struck out three.
After Holtmann walked back-to-back hitters with one out in the eighth, Martin went to the bullpen for the second time on Saturday calling on Gage Smith. And on just two pitches, the Tallahassee, Fla., native got the Seminoles back in the dugout getting Dowdell to ground into an inning ending double play.
FSU pushed its lead to 9-4 in the bottom of the eighth when Miller doubled down the line in right and scored two batters later on a safety squeeze by Sansone.
Smith returned to pitch the ninth to earn his first save of the season. McGovern led off the inning with a single to right, but was quickly eliminated from the base paths when Gabriel Hernandez grounded into a double play. Blake Butera made the final out of the game as he grounded out to Alfonzo at short.
Florida State and Boston College will return to the diamond for the series finale on Sunday, March 10 with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Sunday's game will air on ESPN3. Fans can listen to the game on the All-Access player, while locally fans can hear the game on 100.7 FM.
As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats for all three games will be available via gametracker.


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"Pioneering projects like this are what will help the U.S. recapture the lead when it comes to supporting innovation in the global clean-energy economy." That was Energy Secretary Steven Chu talking about Loveland-based Abound Solar, back in December 2010 – just 18 months, it turns out, before Abound declared bankruptcy.
"Abound Solar has continued to hit cost and production targets," Julian Hawkin, Abound senior vice president, said in an e-mail in October 2011, just nine months before it declared bankruptcy. The news report added that "Abound is using the [federal] loan guarantee to expand its Longmont plant, adding 300 jobs, and to build a new facility in Tipton, Ind., that would employ about 850."
"The resurgence of manufacturing, led by companies such as GE, Vestas, Ascent and Abound, holds promise for increasing manufacturing employment in metro Denver," declared Tom Clark, CEO of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, in another rose-colored analysis last fall.
Uh oh, there's one more reference we should acknowledge: "More importantly, Solyndra's failure cannot be used as an argument that the solar industry is a pipe dream, since companies like Abound Solar, Solar City and First Solar are still adding jobs with business plans and technologies that can compete globally." That, alas, was from a Denver Post editorial last year.
On the bright side, while "Abound received a $400 million federal loan guarantee last July to expand the Longmont plant and build a factory in Indiana," according to the Post's Mark Jaffe, it "had used only about $70 million" before it went belly up.


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Rapper NICKI MINAJ is preparing to launch her own record label.
The Super Bass hitmaker, who is signed to her mentor Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment label, reveals she has already signed two artists, and she has featured one of them - London-based singer Parker - on her new song Hell Yeah.
Discussing her plans to become a music mogul with her Twitter.com followers early on Thursday (15Nov12), Minaj admits she's having to rethink the name of the company so it will be more inclusive for her male proteges.
She writes, "Not calln (calling) it pink Friday records anymore barbz (fans). Not fair 2 (sic) the dudes. I'll issue a press release w/ (with) the official name very soon."
Hell Yeah will be included in the upcoming revamped version of her latest album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The RE-UP.


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We want to fix the bugs that are most critical, implement the features that people want most, and update our help system where people are most confused. We need to focus on the most important items, because our to do lists are too long to attack in a haphazard way: we don't want to spend a lot of time implementing feature X when people really want feature Y right now, and bug Z is causing people to leave the site.
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Take a walk around any car show-field or cruise night, and you will see beautifully restored cars everywhere. It's a given, people enjoy showing off their cars they have restored. But unlike the TV shows portray, making a rusted or banged-up wreck look like new does not happen in a week. what does it really take to make a car with less than perfect sheetmetal look like a show stopper?
There are plenty of body shop tool companies out there that will sell you the tools you need, but they very seldom come with instructions on how to use them. we can't dedicate an entire issue to showing how to use all the tools required, but we can show you what it takes to properly remove a dent-in this case, a dent in a front fender. Countless articles have been written about how to replace a piece of metal that's rusty, but what if you just found a cherry fender at a swap meet that only needs a dent removed?
We grabbed the Eastwood Restorations catalog to see what it would take to get the proper tools for such a repair, and what it might cost for said tools. If you're only going to fix one car in your lifetime, you may not want the expense of buying the tools we did, but maybe you and a friend have a couple of cars you will ultimately be working on. With that said, I have yet to meet a person that decides they are going to rebuild one car and stop there. It doesn't happen.
So what does it take to do a simple dent repair on a fender? We already had a hand grinder, so we ordered a couple of sanding blocks and the requisite sandpaper, and one handy dent puller. In years gone by, holes were drilled into the dent in the fender, and a slide hammer with either a hook or a sheetmetal screw in the end of it was inserted into the hole, and the dent was pulled out. Once that was done, you both welded up and smoothed the holes, or some guys even left the holes and smeared body filler over the area. This dent puller we have is a lot better fix as it doesn't need a hole in the metal, and therefore, less work is required.
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Black Jack Wild Card 6'11" #4-5 weight 4 piece Carbon Glass Hybrid
Hi, I'm JP. I have a strong love for the Adirondacks, brook trout, cold clean water, smallmouth bass on a popper, and snook in the mangroves. If I could, I'd build a cabin in the woods and do nothing but build custom canoes and fly rods for the rest of my life and spend my evenings casting to magic circles on a mirror still pond with my wife Bobbi Jo, son Parker and black lab Patton. .
The idea for JP Ross was conceived in 1994. It was a longtime dream of mine to own a fly shop. I realized that dream at age 20 when I opened Rising Trout Outfitter fly shop. One year into that dream, JP Ross Fly rods was established.
My mission was to create a brand of fly rod that was an expression of the Adirondack Mountains and focus on the attributes that make a fly rod a piece of working art; the attributes of focus being the reel seat, the handle, the case and the thread wraps. I always have had an appreciation for detail and I felt that the custom fly rod was a great way to make a tool that was an expression of the user that was unique and useful.
Each rod is an expression of the customer and me as the designer and builder. The choice of materials in our rods is based on 20 years in the industry and also having technical insight in material science from being a materials specialist in the electronics industry. World Travel for my work has helped me meet many intelligent engineers and also be involved in many projects in which the constraints or goals of the project has forced us all to think outside the box in regards to material selection and manufacturing process.
Currently, I am 41 and I live in Utica New York a small town that is just south-west of the Adirondack Mountains. The JP Ross facility is a Cabin, just tucked back a ways in the woods. In that cabin, I have made over 6000 fly rods since I started in 1997. We also have a facility in the Adirondacks where we do development work, and we are associated with the very successful Tailwater Lodge in Pulaski.
We perceived the company in 1994 and established it in 1996; now 20 years in existence.
Custom fly rods are what we do. Every once in a while we will make a short run of rods, perhaps 10-12 at a time, and sell them. They usually sell fast. My recent passion is fiberglass fly rods. I started working with Kabuto and Epic, and quickly used my understanding of materials and fly rod design to come up with my own blanks, one of which is called the MUIR.
Working with materials and understanding how they work, and why they work, and also how they fail is key to success as a fly rod maker and designer. Im positive that I could add a great deal of value to a big company like Sage or Orvis and any of those larger companies. However, besides JP Ross I am a high level manager at an electronics materials company called Indium Corporation. Still there, I worked with the development team and big names companies like Intel, to create an innovative patented product and technology called Heat-Spring. The worlds first full metal compressible thermal interface material. In addition I patented a technology recently which creates a new way to solder a microprocessor for high value applications. I also have other patents in queue and application.
Of course its not just me tho, im just the science geek.... its certainly a team effort. That team not only is the talent at JP Ross & Co. But also the relationships we have with our suppliers. For over 17 years our machine shop component supplier and our composite fabricator have been by our side. Like I have learned working with huge multi-national electronics companies, the relationship between supplier and customer is key to success, especially if you want to innovate and provide a constantly evolving quality product.
So when you buy from me, and you work with "us" you are getting world class quality and engineering and material design that is in our roots and our core for 20 years now.
Please enjoy my web site and the staff that make up this awesome company. In today's day and age, having a small town custom rod shop seems to be what some people are looking for. We are happy to fill that niche. Many of our customers are repeat customers, and that is the way we like it. Satisfaction is very important to use... you can see it in the responses we get back from our customers that we are doing a good job to achieve that goal.
In association with our goal of customer satisfaction, we ultimately work to create a profit, and to spend that profit to do good. For us, that good evolved into Trout Power. We believe that clean water and wild fish is where its at. No matter if trout, or tarpon, we care and do what we can to make sure more of these beautiful creatures, and the gorgeous places they live in are protected and preserved.
Thanks for stopping by....
Here are our popular fly rod categories....
The Beaver Meadow, small stream fly rod
Carbon Silica Hybrid
Custom Fiberglass
Black Dog Fast Action
the Muir
We are located at 132 Clinton Street, Whitesboro, NY 13492
call us at:
ph: 315-580-3150 toll-free: 855-457-7677
or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
JP Ross custom options guide
Anatomy of a Fly Rod:
Customization Options:
Hand Inscriptions:
The inscription can be anything from your initials to your favorite quote, or even to: dad, love: mom. It' is totally up to you.
Cork Grips & Handles:
All our custom fly rods have cork grips or cork handles. Different terms to describe the same component.
Grips are made of high grade "flor" cork and are very smooth with minimal amount of filler so they will feel soft and smooth and hopefully last for a long time.
6 inch mini western grip also known as the beaver meadow grip
7 inch full wells
7 or 6 inch cigar grip
Reel Seats & Wood Options:
Our Reel Seats are all made in the USA by REC components. We have been doing business with REC for 18 years and I really think that JP Ross would not be who we are without them.
We have many woods to choose from and all of our woods are impregnated which means that they are stable and will not chip and fall apart. They also will not absorb moisture as fast as un-stablized or fresh cut wood.
All our reel seats are machined, then tumbled to remove burrs, then cleaned, then anodized or polished. The tolerances on our reel seat are very tight and you will find very little slop on our threads and captures, unlike imported junk that has machine marks on it and will allow your reel to wobble even when completely tightened.
Black Ash dyed green, with blued slide band down lock with simply fish engraving.
Wood Choices for Reel Seats
Alignment dots, also shown is black ash with custom submitted engraving on wood.Reel seat hardware is blued silver uplocking.
Shown below is our spring green blank found only in the Carbon SIlica Hybrid Blank.
Western cork grip, box elder wood with trout engraving on a blued silver uplock seat with rope knurling.
Also note the mayfly engraving on the butt cap.
Below is Amboina burl wood with spend mayfly engraving. Reel Seat is blued silver slide band downlock.
Below is blued silver uplock with rope knurling. Wood is Black Ash dyed green with brook trout engraving. The Guides on the rod are "recoil".
Below is our special Reel Seat found on the "Maverick" fly rod.
Below is a black uplock for a big game rod. Custom submitted celtic cross on Cocobolo wood. Shown with 1.5" fight butt.
Below is Black uplock reel seat with Cocobolo wood and initials engraved on the butt cap.
- Is the product you are buying a fly rod?
- Is the product you are buying customized?
- Is the product you are buying a "standard" item like t-shirts or hats?
- Fly Rods usually take us anywhere from 2 weeks to 45 days to produce, and that is based on how custom the rod is. To know for sure just email JP (email@example.com) or Contact Us. We usually will email you some photos of supplies and components we have in stock to give you a better idea how to shorten your lead time. Our machine shop is local and USA based, but we still have to deal with work flow if completely custom rods are ordered. The best thing to do is to place your order, and in the notes field of the order, just ask us to send you some options to start a dialogue to look at in stock components. If we do not get any note from you, we will make your order exactly as you placed it online.
- If the product has some customization that are special, we will let you know if that takes extra time.
- If the product is standard then we ship in about 2-5 days at the most.
With the idea in mind that sometimes the best things come from mistakes...? This rod is probably the best thing that could have happened to the Black Jack Carbon Silica Design.
The Post it Note was a mistake trying to make a strong adhesive.
Coca Cola was an attempt to be a medicine.
The Potato Chip was intended to be a thin french fry.
and.... the initial Black Jack was intended to be only an 8'6" #5-6 fly rod... who knew that its design may very well be better suited to be a short stout all purpose Fly Rod? Well, thats how product design goes sometimes.
The 6'11" 4-5 weight Wild Card is actually a very close sibling to the Black Jack 8'6" #5-6 weight 5 piece because its the same blank but with only the first 4 sections.
I suppose we could try and hide the fact that this rod is completely of its own design, but that would not make for an honest story... so we are happy to disclose that we took an already original design and found a new perhaps better purpose for it.
The 6'11" Wild Card is probably the most interesting and enjoyable rods I have made and fished. It just has so much power for a little fly rod, and there is something about the line speed and momentum you can get from a 5 weight line that makes it just a dream to cast. Unlike short light weight fly rods where you need the extra line speed to punch extra distance or carry a bigger fly; this rod does not need such an effort. Just point it and load it where you want to cast and it does it all for you.
The rod is also extremely durable and very strong for bigger flies and really big fish.
Try it with a 4 weight for more delicate presentations and a 5 for bigger flies and more distance. It roll casts well with both line weights.
What is really fun though is catching fish on it. the bend is remarkable, yet the rod still has significant power thanks to our Carbon Silica Technology.
Trim wrap colors can be changed. We currently offer.
- light green
- olive
- light gray
- sky blue
- burnt orange
- deep red
Custom inscription is also included and free. Just add to the notes of the order.
The rod comes with a cotton rod bag and aluminum case with engraved cap.