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- Historical Research
- Transcription
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- Cataloguing
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- transcription of barely-legible 17th-century manorial documents
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Written shortly before his death, but unpublished for nearly a quarter of a century, this book tells with warmth and humour the story of the pioneering ministry led by Provost Williams until his retirement in 1981, and reflects on many of the major social and political themes of the mid-20th century.
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While employed in the Civil Service, Trixie Gadd was responsible for the installation and implementation of the HMRC's original VAT database in the 1980s, and later for the design and development of Warwick Business School's management information system. Also in the 1980s, Stephen Gadd developed a database for the Signalling and Telecommunications department of what was then British Rail.
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Physiology experiments
24-Hour pattern of blood pressure and heart rate in weightlessness
The CIRCA experiment aims to measure the pattern of blood pressure and heart rate in an astronaut during a 24-hr period. The combined data from 2 different instruments used in this experiment will enable the experiment team to improve their understanding of how the cardiovascular system (system of heart and blood vessels in the body) adapts to a weightless environment. The experiment will do so by taking repeated measurements of blood pressure using devices attached to the upper arm and to the finger.
Physiological parameters that predict orthostatic intolerance after spaceflight
The objective is to predict orthostatic intolerance, i.e. the inability to stand upright, of astronauts who have spent a long period in a weightless environment. The predictions will be based on physical parameters such as blood pressure measurements, measurements from electrocardiograms, and the use of ultrasound equipment to measure brain blood flow and the expansion and contraction of the thoracic cavity (the thoracic cavity is the area enclosed by the ribs, which holds the heart and lungs).
The data obtained will serve as an astronaut's input characteristics to a computer model of the circulation. The astronauts are tested pre-flight and post-flight in a ground-based laboratory using a computerised tilting table that can induce a variety of dynamic tilt manoeuvres. These parameters will act as predictors for the outcome of the post-flight test, where astronauts are asked to stand relaxed, leaning against a wall for a maximum of 10 minutes.
This experiment will provide further data already obtained from similar research performed on the Belgian Soyuz Mission "Odissea" with ESA astronaut Frank De Winne in 2002, and the Spanish Soyuz Mission "Cervantes" with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque in October 2003.
Motion Perception: Vestibular adaptation to G-transitions
The main scientific objective of this experiment is to gain insight into the process of how the body's vestibular system adapts to the absence of gravity. In humans, the vestibular system together with visual information determines the body's coordination, posture and balance and the perception of movement and orientation.
The adaptation in the vestibular system will be assessed by comparing the perception of motion against the real movement of the body. To this end, the astronaut will be asked to fill in a short questionnaire every day during the spaceflight, wherein he reports his motion sensation as a result of head movements around the three principal axes. Head movements are important in the experiment as the inner ear is the location of the sensory organs of the vestibular system.
The astronaut will also be questioned on whether he experiences any discomfort regarding space adaptation syndrome, commonly known as 'space sickness', caused by their daily activities. A second objective of the Motion Perception experiment is to correlate an astronaut's susceptibility to space sickness with a susceptibility to sickness induced by centrifugation. Sickness induced by centrifugation is a condition with similarities to space sickness. A pre-flight ground experiment will be performed wherein the astronaut's susceptibility to sickness induced by centrifugation is assessed by exposing him to hypergravity (≈3g) in a centrifuge.
Study of lower back pain in astronauts during spaceflight
The main scientific objective of this experiment is to test the hypothesis that the atrophy of certain deep abdominal muscles in weightlessness, leads to lower back pain in astronauts. In the act of, for example, bending forwards at the waist, muscles would normally act to counter prolonged strain on one of the pelvic ligaments.
In weightlessness it is assumed that this counteractive process is gradually weakened due to atrophy of these muscles. To test the hypothesis, the (expected) development of lower back pain will be recorded by means of a questionnaire, which records specific information including the location of any lower back pain, it's acuteness and it's length of duration.
The results regarding type and intensity of pain will be related to the data on the physiological process of muscle adaptation as obtained from previous ground studies. In these studies, changes in muscle form, structure and volume were measured by means of magnetic resonance imaging of the lower back and pelvic region, and a questionnaire on lower back pain was used.
ETD - (Eye Tracking Device) Measurement by Eye Tracking Device in orientation of the Listing's plane
The Listing's plane is a co-ordinate framework, which is used to define the movement of the eyes in the head. On Earth it appears to be dependent on inputs from the body's vestibular system, which controls the body's balance, orientation and posture. The main scientific objectives of the ETD experiment are to measure:
- The orientation of Listing's plane in a weightless environment
- Determine if the Listing's plane is linked or not to a co-ordinate frame of reference for what is called the vestibulo-oculomotor response. This response allows the eyes to stay focussed on an object, while the head is moving, by making compensatory eye movements.
The experiment will be carried out using the Eye Tracking Device (ETD), which consists of a headset that includes two camera modules for binocular recording of horizontal, vertical and rotational eye movements. The device also includes a laptop to record and process results including continuous images of the subject's eyes.
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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
Examples of Terms: (cond ((caar x) (cons t x)) (t 0)) ; an untranslated term
(if (car (car x)) (cons 't x) '0) ; a translated term
(car (cons x y) 'nil v) ; a pseudo-term
In traditional first-order predicate calculus a ``term'' is a syntactic entity denoting some object in the universe of individuals. Often, for example, the syntactic characterization of a term is that it is either a variable symbol or the application of a function symbol to the appropriate number of argument terms. Traditionally, ``atomic formulas'' are built from terms with predicate symbols such as ``equal'' and ``member;'' ``formulas'' are then built from atomic formulas with propositional ``operators'' like ``not,'' ``and,'' and ``implies.'' Theorems are formulas. Theorems are ``valid'' in the sense that the value of a theorem is true, in any model of the axioms and under all possible assignments of individuals to variables.
However, in ACL2, terms are used in place of both atomic formulas
and formulas. ACL2 does not have predicate symbols or propositional
operators as distinguished syntactic entities. The ACL2 universe of
individuals includes a ``true'' object (denoted by
t) and a
``false'' object (denoted by
nil), predicates and propositional
operators are functions that return these objects. Theorems in ACL2
are terms and the ``validity'' of a term means that, under no
assignment to the variables does the term evaluate to
We use the word ``term'' in ACL2 in three distinct senses. We will speak of ``translated'' terms, ``untranslated'' terms, and ``pseudo-'' terms.
Translated Terms: The Strict Sense and Internal Form
In its most strict sense, a ``term'' is either a legal variable
symbol, a quoted constant, or the application of an n-ary function
symbol or closed
lambda expression to a true list of n terms.
The legal variable symbols are symbols other than
t or
which are not in the keyword package, do not start with ampersand,
do not start and end with asterisks, and if in the main Lisp
package, do not violate an appropriate restriction (see name).
Quoted constants are expressions of the form
(quote x), where
x is
any ACL2 object. Such expressions may also be written
lambda expressions are expressions of the form
(lambda (v1 ... vn) body) where the
vi are distinct legal
variable symbols,
body is a term, and the only free variables in
body are among the
The function
termp, which takes two arguments, an alleged term
x and
a logical world
w (see world), recognizes terms of a given
extension of the logic.
Termp is defined in
program mode.
Its definition may be inspected with
termp for a complete
specification of what we mean by ``term'' in the most strict sense.
Most ACL2 term-processing functions deal with terms in this strict
sense and use
termp as a guard. That is, the ``internal form''
of a term satisfies
termp, the strict sense of the word ``term.''
Untranslated Terms: What the User Types
While terms in the strict sense are easy to explore (because their structure is so regular and simple) they can be cumbersome to type. Thus, ACL2 supports a more sugary syntax that includes uses of macros and constant symbols. Very roughly speaking, macros are functions that produce terms as their results. Constants are symbols that are associated with quoted objects. Terms in this sugary syntax are ``translated'' to terms in the strict sense; the sugary syntax is more often called ``untranslated.'' Roughly speaking, translation just implements macroexpansion, the replacement of constant symbols by their quoted values, and the checking of all the rules governing the strict sense of ``term.''
More precisely, macro symbols are as described in the documentation
defmacro. A macro,
mac, can be thought of as a function,
mac-fn, from ACL2 objects to an ACL2 object to be treated as an
untranslated term. For example,
caar is defined as a macro symbol;
the associated macro function maps the object
x into the object
(car (car x)). A macro form is a ``call'' of a macro symbol,
i.e., a list whose
car is the macro symbol and whose
cdr is an
arbitrary true list of objects, used as a term. Macroexpansion is
the process of replacing in an untranslated term every occurrence of
a macro form by the result of applying the macro function to the
appropriate arguments. The ``appropriate'' arguments are determined
by the exact form of the definition of the macro; macros support
positional, keyword, optional and other kinds of arguments.
See defmacro.
In addition to macroexpansion and constant symbol dereferencing,
translation implements the mapping of
let and
let* forms into
applications of
lambda expressions and closes
lambda expressions
containing free variables. Thus, the translation of
(let ((x (1+ i))) (cons x k))can be seen as a two-step process that first produces
((lambda (x) (cons x k)) (1+ i))and then
((lambda (x k) (cons x k)) (1+ i) k) .Observe that the body of the
let and of the first
expression contains a free
k which is finally bound and passed
into the second
lambda expression.
When we say, of an event-level function such as
defun or
that some argument ``must be a term'' we mean an untranslated term.
The event functions translate their term-like arguments.
To better understand the mapping between untranslated terms and
translated terms it is convenient to use the keyword command
to see examples of translations. See trans and also
see trans1.
Finally, we note that the theorem prover prints terms in
untranslated form. But there can be multiple correct untranslated
terms corresponding to a given translated term. For example, the
translated term
(if x y 'nil) can be untranslated as
(if x y nil)
and can also be untranslated as
(and x y). The theorem prover
attempts to print an untranslated term that is as helpful to the
user as possible. In particular, consider a term of the form
(nth k st) where
st is a single-threaded object
(see stobj) and the
kth accessor of
st is, say,
kn. The
theorem prover typically would expand
(kn st) to
(nth k st). If
k is large then it could be difficult for the user to make sense out
of a proof transcript that mentions the expanded term. Fortunately,
the untranslation of
(nth k st) would be
(nth *kn* st); here
*kn* would be a constant (see defconst) added by the
event introducing
st, defined to have value
k. The user can
extend this user-friendly style of printing applications of
nth to
stobjs; see add-nth-alias. These remarks about printing
applications of function
nth extend naturally to function
update-nth. Moreover, the prover will attempt to treat terms as
stobjs for the above purpose when appropriate. For example, if
foo has signature
((foo * st) => (mv * * * st)), where
st is introduced with
(defstobj st f0 f1), then the term
(nth '1 (mv-nth '3 (foo x st0))) will be printed as
(nth *f1* (mv-nth 3 (foo x st0))).
Pseudo-Terms: A Common Guard for Metafunctions
termp is defined in
program mode, it cannot be used
effectively in conjectures to be proved. Furthermore, from the
perspective of merely guarding a term processing function,
often checks more than is required. Finally, because
requires the logical world as one of its arguments it is impossible
to use
termp as a guard in places where the logical world is not
itself one of the arguments.
For these reasons we support the idea of ``pseudo-terms.'' A
pseudo-term is either a symbol (but not necessarily one having the
syntax of a legal variable symbol), a true list beginning with
(but not necessarily well-formed), or the ``application of'' a
symbol or pseudo
lambda expression to a true list of
pseudo-terms. A pseudo
lambda expression is an expression of the
(lambda (v1 ... vn) body) where the
vi are all symbols
body is a pseudo-term.
Pseudo-terms are recognized by the unary function
pseudo-termp. If
(termp x w) is true, then
(pseudo-termp x) is true. However, if
fails to be a (strict) term it may nevertheless still be a
pseudo-term. For example,
(car a b) is not a term, because
car is
applied to the wrong number of arguments, but it is a pseudo-term.
The structures recognized by
pseudo-termp can be recursively
explored with the same simplicity that terms can be. In particular,
x is not a
variablep or an
fquotep, then
(ffn-symb x) is the
function (
symbol or
lambda expression) and
(fargs x) is the list of
argument pseudo-terms. A metafunction may use
pseudo-termp as the


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DAY CAMP. During the summer months Hoofbeat also offers a Day Camp program for girls ages 7-12 and boys ages 7-9. Sessions run from Monday to Friday and have bus transportation. Day Camp also offers special theme weeks. See our Day Camp page above for additional information!YOUTH PROGRAMS. From September thru May, a variety of youth programs are offered such as Girl Scout and Boy Scout weekends, Horse Lovers day programs, Christmas Camp and riding weekends.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 27 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Im currently a one man band working out of Melbourne Australia with a couple of casual coder mates helping out. We are building the next BIG thing on the net.
ReViewDoo (pronounced: review-doo, think VooDoo!) is a user generated video sharing website. Our point of difference is that the videos are NOT random clips of dogs running into windows or fat dancing teenagers (As funny as that is :) The videos are ALL Reviews filmed, uploaded and shared by real people from all over the world.
Our vision is one where anyone wanting to find out what others think of a particular product or service (A Review) can simply crawl the search engines or come to us direct, locate the particular review they want and then meet their need for information.
Why Video?
Simple. Video is a much more powerful medium. I dont know anyone that wouldnt want to "See" and "Hear" the product or service instead of reading about it. Imagine your best friend just got back from holiday, you would much rather see the photos or watch the film captured instead of reading about it on some email.
The other unique thing about video is that creating a fake review is much harder. The web is filled with fake textual reviews. But with video you can actually see and hear the product/service or its end result on your screen instead of just reading about it and hoping the review is real.
Old, young, male, female, black, white or purple...Anyone who is connected to the net :)
Im looking for a makeover of the current website. It has had this done twice in the past but the guys that did it where not designers and so id like to give it a fresh new look.
The website has to have a web 2.0 look about it. It must be clean, easy to navigate and the videos should stand out. Sharing buttons need to be incorporated so that users can share the videos on the site.
The current site has links to pages down the bottom and sign in, register and upload links up the top which are all required. There will also be a feature called "Request A Review" this feature must be displayed on main pages. The feature allows users to request that other users upload a review for them. I had in mind a scrolling bar of sorts which displays all the current requests for users to see and a section for people to click of they would like to request their own review. I would prefer this feature on the right hand side
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Both pages must have a large enough and easy to see search bar and both pages must be able to display ads for the future, im not too fussed for the beginning but please keep this in mind.
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Food & Drink
Drinking beer and waiting for their women to come home
By Tom Watkins, CNN • Updated 15th February 2013
Three guys drinking beer -- two of them waiting for their wives, one of them for his mother and his girlfriend.
They sat Thursday night in the bar of the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa across the street from where the
stricken Carnival cruise ship Triumph
carrying their Valentine's night arrivals was expected to dock, watching the news on TV and waiting.
"I called here and all they had was suites left -- $500 apiece," Bill Jackson said. "I got four of them -- me and my wife, my son and his girlfriend, my son-in-law and his wife," and a couple with whom the women had shared their room. Its portside, seventh-deck balcony had offered fresh air, something their friends' lower-deck accommodations didn't.
The path to the bar was a long and tortuous one.
Jackson and the other men in his group left Houston Wednesday afternoon in a caravan, drove to Galveston to pick up another vehicle, detoured to Biloxi, Mississippi, where Jackson lost $100 and his brother-in-law lost $200 to the $5 slot machines at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, then continued on to Mobile, where they checked in to the Marriott property and headed to Joe's Cave.
"We're trying to get rid of this anxiety," he said.
The anxiety had been building since 2 p.m. Sunday. Jackson and his brother-in-law had been fishing for crappie in Lake Conroe outside Houston when his brother-in-law got a call from an 800 number. He picked it up and heard a recorded message from Carnival about his wife, a passenger aboard the Triumph. "It said there was
a small fire
in the engine room, but everybody's fine," Jackson said.
Brooke helps reconnect a passenger aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship with her husband live on air.
Passenger Ed Buck says there has been plenty of food and water on the Carnival Triumph.
CNN's Tom Foreman explains what the setup of the Carnival cruise ship Triumph looks like.
Brooke talks to one of the Carnival Triumph cruise passengers, who describes the dire conditions aboard the ship.
A few minutes later, his own cell phone rang: the same number, the same message, this one referring to his wife, Sandra, a 53-year-old retired schoolteacher. The fire had started at 6 a.m., it said. But the message left no number to call, and the two men were unable to reach their wives, because cell phones don't work at sea.
"I called my daughter ... and asked her to pull it up online," he said. "Finally contacted their help desk or crisis center or whatever you want to call it."
the help center was not much help
, he said, and an hour or so later, they quit fishing and returned home. Though the ocean liner had been scheduled to return Monday at 6 a.m. to Galveston, "as time went on we realized that they weren't going anywhere," he said.
For each of the next few days, they received a recorded call from the 800 number with word about the progress -- or lack thereof -- aboard the Triumph.
Frustrated, Jackson, who decommissions oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, sought help from a higher authority. "I went two or three levels up from that hot line call thing," he said. "I got a supervisor's supervisor named Carlos. He's been relatively good to talk to. I tell him, I say, 'Look man, I need rooms, and the only rooms I could find was these damned suites.'
"He said, 'Sure, go ahead and send us the bill and we'll pay for it.' "
Jackson said he appreciated the effort, but added that the cruise line could do nothing to regain his business or that of his family. "I positively guarantee you
we will never be on another Carnival cruise again
," he vowed, adding that he has no plan to accept
the company's offer of $500
, either.
In the couple's previous
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, he said, they had always gone on Royal Caribbean, and had had little interest in changing. "She wasn't going to do the old Carnival thing; my son's girlfriend invited her to join this little group called the Girls Getaway. Like 30 of them out of Woodlands (a Houston suburb)."
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8 comments:
- Tikimama said...
You have to tell us where you saw these! I recognize most of them, but it's always good to have a "Where to Buy" link!
Love the atomic starbursts on white - perfect for a chair I need to recover.
- April 23, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- JEM 'n Tonic said...
I like being able to find cool pieces of clothe. I can use them on different pieces of art.
Also, I would like to know where I could buy these.
- April 23, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Keith said...
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- April 23, 2009 at 10:18 PM
- Scudder said...
I love your blog and all the cool interests you have. I have just completed a new retro art piece incorporating tiki and Franciscan Starburst China pattern and one sans the Tikis for strictly the dish pattern lovers.
- November 5, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Atomic Livin said...
I know these fabrics were posted a year ago, but, I wanted to let everyone know where to find many of them...
That is her NEW web address. The old one, melinamade.com is defunct.
Now, GO. BUY. KEEP HER IN BUSINESS!
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Hey guys,
Getting back into Java. Never really worked much with Objects, new types, and the sort. What I'm trying to do is make a recipe book program that will help me sort my recipes. What I have so far is just up to entering a recipe. My problem is that I'm not quite sure how to create a new type. What I've done here is create a class Recipe and have the constructor have some strings you need. Then when I create the array for the recipes, I find the pieces of info I need using a scanner, then set the current piece of array with those pieces of info.
Here is the main class:
import java.util.Scanner; public class RecipeBookMain { static boolean hasRunBefore = false; static Recipe[] recipes = new Recipe[99]; static int currentRecipeNumber = 0; /* This Number is always 1 less than the actual number of recipes */ static Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); public static void main(String args[]) { String input; if(hasRunBefore == false) { System.out.print("Welcome to RBook! This program is a recipe book thats helps you put your recipes into an electronic format, and sort them so you can find them later. If you would like to view a tutorial, please enter 'Tutorial'. Otherwise, please enter a command."); RunCommand(); } } public static void Tutorial() { System.out.println("\nRBook uses a command system. If you would like to enter a recipe, enter 'recipe' on the main screen then follow the prompts to enter your recipe. When you save a recipe, there is a Notepad file with your recipe in it if you would like to move it without moving the program. If you would like to search for recipes, enter 'search'. It will then ask if you would like to search for names or tags. Tags are used when you want to have a certain category for your recipe, like vegetarian, etc. If you want to reset your recipe book, enter 'reset'."); RunCommand(); } public static void RunCommand() { String input; System.out.print("\nWhat would you like to do?"); input = scan.nextLine(); switch(input.toLowerCase()) { case "tutorial": Tutorial(); RunCommand(); case "recipe": EnterRecipe(); } } public static void EnterRecipe() { String name; String tag; String author; String recipe; System.out.print("Name?"); name = scan.nextLine(); System.out.print("Tag?"); tag = scan.nextLine(); System.out.print("Author?"); author = scan.nextLine(); System.out.print("Recipe?"); recipe = scan.nextLine(); recipes[currentRecipeNumber] = new Recipe(name, tag, author, recipe); System.out.print(recipes[currentRecipeNumber].name); /* This is a debug line while I figure out what's wrong */ } }
And here is my Recipe class:
I am probably missing something, or doing something wrong. This is my first time working with stuff like this. Can someone help me?
P.S: In the main class, the .name in the last line (System.out.print(recipes[currentRecipeNumber].name) has an error. It says it can't find it. So I just need to know how to create a type so that it can be created and referenced.


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Troy Quick necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 82 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
We are a weight loss supplement company about to launch our first line of products. We are looking to create a very healthy medical image. We have 3 products that will be sold together as a complete weight loss system. These include two separate types of pills and a juice. We unfortunately do not have product pictures as of yet.
All of our products are very natural.
Websites that we like include:
http://www.Zrii.com (we like the healthy feeling portrayed)
http://www.proactiv.com (we like how medical and clean it looks)
We really like Zrii's intro page, and our temporary site viewable at http://www.vextrim.com, has tried to incorporate that style a little bit.
We would like our colors to be heavily dark blue and white, but are open to ideas. We also like FULL Screen Layouts. Not center column style etc.
Our target audience will be those looking to lose weight, and also those looking for a profitable affiliate program to participate in.
We expect that most people who purchase our products will be young to middle aged women mixed with middle aged men. Obviously we want the site to be friendly to anyone looking to lose weight however.
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PERRY HALL, Md. - At 6:27 a.m. on his first day as a sophomore at Perry Hall High School in the Baltimore suburbs, Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. updated his Facebook status.
"First day of school, last day of my life," he wrote. He then typed a symbol resembling a person with two middle fingers extended before adding "f--- the world."
Gladden, a pale youth with long, dark hair who turned 15 just three weeks ago, has been charged as an adult in the shooting of a 17-year-old classmate, who was hit in the back with a shotgun blast in the school's cafeteria Monday morning. The victim, Daniel Borowy, remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.
While authorities did not discuss a motive for the shooting, Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson said Gladden planned the attack and fired a shot at random before school staff rushed him. A second shot hit the ceiling during the struggle, police said.
But Gladden's attorney, George Psoras, challenged that version of events, saying that the teenager brought the shotgun to school to intimidate bullies and did not aim it at classmates or intend to harm anyone. Psoras said he believes Gladden fired into the floor and the gun discharged again accidentally while teachers tried to wrestle it away.
"The stereotype right now is that we have a Columbine," Psoras told The Associated Press. "It's simply not the case. This is a typical teenager who was just starting this school year. He was being bullied, and the bullying has to stop."
The police chief said Gladden told investigators directly that bullying was not the motive for the shooting. But Psoras said that his client made those comments under duress and he criticized police for their interrogation tactics. Elise Armacost, a police spokesman, said the department stood by the chief's statements.
Meanwhile, Gladden's Facebook page and comments from his classmates suggested a troubled and withdrawn young man. Patrick Waters, a 14-year-old sophomore at Perry Hall, said that Gladden didn't have many friends and dressed "kind of different." He also said Gladden had been disciplined in middle school.
"He would just walk up and hit people," Waters said.
Waters said he'd played football against Gladden in middle school, but he didn't think Gladden was involved in sports anymore.
Humberto Cardona, 15, said Gladden dressed "kind of gothic" and grew his hair out.
"He'd like wear it in front of his face, like he was hiding," Cardona said.
The Facebook page, which classmates confirmed was his, makes references to murder-suicide and to mass murderer Charles Manson. Gladden gave himself the nickname "SuicidalSmile," and the three photos of him all show his face hidden behind his long hair. He describes himself as a "metalhead" and a fan of musicians Marilyn Manson and Slipknot.
There were also indications of a troubled home life. Gladden's father and stepfather both have criminal records, and his stepfather is facing gun charges stemming from a search of his home Monday. The charges are not related to the school shooting, police said.
According to the timeline provided by Johnson and by prosecutors in charging documents, Gladden rode the bus to school, carrying a bag with a disassembled shotgun, 21 rounds of ammunition and a bottle of vodka.
When he arrived at Perry Hall High School - the county's largest school, serving the quiet, middle-class suburbs northeast of Baltimore - he attended his first two classes. On the way to lunch, he stashed the bag with the gun in a restroom.
He was inside the cafeteria briefly before returning to the restroom to assemble the double-barreled shotgun, which was manufactured before 1968 and had been taken from his father's house in Middle River, police said.
At some point he sipped from the vodka bottle, but he was not drunk, police said. He hid the gun under his clothing and went back to the cafeteria.
Once inside the bustling lunchroom, he lifted the shotgun and fired at a nearby table, striking Borowy, police said. But Psoras said Gladden fired the first shot into the ground. He said the second shot was fired accidentally as school staff struggled with his client for control of the gun.
School officials and witnesses praised guidance counselor Jesse Wasmer for wrestling the gun out of Gladden's hands.
"This situation could have been much, much worse," county schools Superintendent Dallas Dance said. "Thanks to Jesse for his quick thinking."
The victim, Borowy, has Down syndrome, according to classmates. His family issued a statement thanking supporters for their prayers and asking for privacy.
Gladden was being held without bail. A bail review was expected Wednesday, and assistant state's attorney Garret Glennon said he would argue that the teen continue to be held without bail. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 7.
Psoras cautioned against a rush to judgment.
"There are no pat generalizations that can ever explain these types of cases. The human brain is exceptionally complex," he said. "When all the facts come out, you'll see that Mr. Gladden was not some demon."
Gladden's father, Robert W. Gladden, told the AP Monday night that his son had been bullied, although he did not elaborate.
Classes resumed Tuesday at the school amid a low-key police presence. About 150 students turned out for a prayer vigil organized by local churches on the school grounds. Some students wore T-shirts and bracelets reading "Pray for Daniel" and "Team Wasmer" in reference to the victim and the guidance counselor.


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Even people who do not like fish enjoy this dish. Although it's quick to make it tastes like it takes a lot of preparation. Test kitchen tip: Feel free to use any thin light fish fillet. We enjoyed this with yellow tail snapper.
• 1 / 2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 / 2 cup parmesan cheese
• 4 (8-ounce) tilapia fillets
• Salt and fresh-ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons fine-chopped fresh dill, cilantro or parsley
Spray a baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the mayonnaise and cheese. Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper and place in prepared pan. Bake 5 minutes. Turn the fish over and cover with a portion of the mayonnaise mixture.
Bake another 3 minutes. Then turn the broiler on and cook the fish until the topping is golden brown. Watch the fish carefully so it doesn't burn. Remove from oven, cover and let sit 5 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. Makes 4 servings.
Per serving:
478 calories, 56 percent calories from fat, 30 grams total fat, 6 grams saturated fat, 133 milligrams cholesterol, .1 gram carbohydrates, .1 gram total fiber, no sugars, .1 gram net carbs, 52 grams protein, 519 milligrams sodium.


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Lords of the Rings
Congratulations to Juan Uribe and Aaron Rowand, both key members of the 2005 White Sox, for winning their second World Series rings last night as the San Francisco Giants gained MLB supremacy by defeating the Texas Rangers in Game 5 of the Fall Classic.
Buck, McCarver, Fox Crew Miss the Boat
Today's TV sports broadcasts are filled with useless and annoying stats. It seems that anytime a researcher uncovers a stat, it's deemed suitable to air.
Eight Ex-White Sox on LCS Rosters
While the current players on the White Sox roster are at home relaxing with their families and spending time on the golf course, there are eight former members of the Pale Hose who are on the AL and NL League Championship Series rosters. Four of these players were part of the 2005 World Champions.
Now pitching for the Royals…Brian Anderson?
Brian Anderson was once the White Sox golden boy who had the opportunity of a lifetime. He was the club's No. 1 draft pick out of the University of Arizona in 2003 who was given the chance to be the starting centerfielder for the World Champion Sox three years later. As we know, he never made the grade in Chicago.
That said, there were some memorable moments for the superb defender who was unable to hit consistently. While he wasn't on the playoff roster his celebration with eventual predecessor Aaron Rowand, captured in the '05 World Series video after Scott Podsednik's walkoff homer in Game 2, will live in Sox lore. His two home run performance off of Felix Hernandez and making the final catch of the "sudden death" game against the Twins to give the South Siders the 2008 AL Central crown are two other memorable instances. And, of course, he has a World Series ring.
Despite these sporadic highlights the Sox simply gave up on BA last summer just prior to the trade deadline, sending him to the Red Sox for Mark Kotsay. Obviously not in Boston's long-term plans, he signed a one-year deal with the Royals this past offseason.
Despite hitting for the cycle during a 5 for 5 day in spring training, Brian must have seen the writing on the wall and is now heading back to the low minors in an attempt to become a pitcher.
"I'm not sure how that process is going to go, but it's got to start at the very bottom," said KC manager Trey Hillman. "We're milling through that right now. He's committed to making a go of it. So that's what we're going to do." For the record, BA last pitched in college for Arizona. He was in 17 games with a 5.40 ERA in 21 2/3 innings.
Anderson is no different than hundreds of others in baseball history who were highly touted, but never quite lived up to their supposed potential. Some just didn't have the talent to stick, others didn't have the stick-to-it-iveness and still others may have not had the professional maturity. In BA's case the first and third points seem to apply as he has admitted that he wasn't ready when the Sox handed him the starting job after the championship season.
Who knows how all of this will turn out. Will it be the second coming of Sergio Santos? For Anderson's sake, I hope it's a happy ending.
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Four Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for University of Sydney
4 November 2011
Four University of Sydney scientists have won Young Tall Poppy Science Awards from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, announced at an awards ceremony on 3 November 2011.
The prestigious annual science awards recognise young scientists who are doing outstanding work in their field and actively engage and educate the community about their work.
The University of Sydney winners are: Dr Deanna D'Alessandro, from the School of Chemistry; Dr Boris Kuhlmey, from the School of Physics; Dr Peter Liddicoat, from the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis; and Dr Michelle Peate, from the School of Psychology.
Receiving their awards at the Powerhouse Museum, the University of Sydney winners are four of the eleven scientists honoured with 2011 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards in NSW.
"I'd like to congratulate our four Young Tall Poppy Science Award winners this year. It's a wonderful recognition of not only their excellent research, but also their engagement with schools and the wider community," said Professor Trevor Hambley, Dean of the Faculty of Science.
"The University of Sydney has done extremely well in having four of our scientists win Young Tall Poppy Science Awards of the eleven award recipients this year in NSW," said Professor Hambley.
"Over the past eleven years of the Young Tall Poppy Science Awards, University of Sydney scientists have been honoured every year, which is a great acknowledgement of the research outputs and engagement with community fostered at our university."
Professor Bryan Gaensler, from the School of Physics and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), at the University of Sydney, was the Keynote Speaker at the awards ceremony.
Dr George Hobbs from CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science received the medal and prize for the Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year. Dr Hobbs also has a University of Sydney connection as an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Physics.
The Young Tall Poppy Award winners will spend the next year engaging with teachers, school students, parents and the broader community around NSW and across Australia as part of the Tall Poppy Campaign.
The four University of Sydney Young Tall Poppy Science Award winners in 2011 are:
Dr Deanna D'Alessandro, from the School of Chemistry, is developing 'Metal-Organic Frameworks' (or MOFs) to capture and convert carbon dioxide emitted from power plants and natural gas wells. These materials have unique optical and electronic properties and can act as 'molecular sponges' to mop up greenhouse gases - one teaspoon full can have a surface area equivalent to an entire football field. They have the potential to significantly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and may help to reduce the penalty for capture using current technologies.
Dr Boris Kuhlmey, from the School of Physics, researches and develops optical fibres used in microscopes and for medical tools. His work focuses on how the fibres' microscopic structure affects light travelling through it. Boris has been developing fibres perforated with microscopic holes. Dr Kuhlmey has also been working on inserting metallic nano-strands into fibre to adjust its optical properties.
Dr Peter Liddicoat, from the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, focuses on observing the atomic structure of metals in order to engineer and improve properties. Dr Liddicoat has significantly contributed to the research in alloy materials design through his engineering of an advanced aluminium alloy in 2010. This material possesses the strength of ultra high strength steel, yet weighs only a third as much.
Dr Michelle Peate, from the School of Psychology, is passionate about helping individuals affected by cancer through her research which looks at the needs of cancer victims and developing accessible tools to meet those needs. With a focus on a younger demographic, Dr Peate specifically looks at the issues affecting women who have been affected by cancer, such as fertility, menopause and life after cancer.
Read about all the 2011 Young Tall Poppy Science Award winners at: www.aips.net.au/tall-poppies/nsw-tall-poppies
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European Commission - Press release
Commission consults on how best to seize the opportunities for TV and film in the online age
Brussels, 13 July – Digital technology and the internet are rapidly changing the way in which audiovisual works are produced, marketed, and distributed. Consumers increasingly expect to be able to watch anything, anywhere, any time and via any one of a number of devices (TV, personal computer, games console, mobile media device). Business models have to evolve rapidly to keep pace with the ever faster pace of technological change which offers new opportunities for creators and distributors and also new consumer expectations and ultimately more growth and jobs.
To gather views on how Europe can seize these opportunities and move towards a digital single market, the European Commission has published a Green Paper on the initiative of Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier, in agreement with Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Androulla Vassilliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. The Green Paper serves as the basis for a debate on whether and how the regulatory framework needs to be adapted to allow European industry to develop new business models, creators to find new distribution channels and European consumers to have better access to content throughout Europe. The views of all interested parties are sought on various aspects of online distribution of audiovisual works such as films, documentaries, TV dramas, cartoons etc. Replies can be submitted up until 18 November 2011.
Commissioner Barnier said "I want to ensure that Europeans can seize the opportunities offered by the internet. It is important for me to hear the views of all stakeholders concerned – creators, performers, producers, distributors and consumers. The results of this consultation will provide a significant contribution to the initiatives I am preparing, including a legislative proposal on collective copyright licensing, an examination of the framework set by the 2001 Information Society Directive, and a review of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive.""
The Green Paper looks at a broad range of issues:
Responses to the consultation will contribute to the Commission's assessment of the need for measures to allow EU citizens, providers of online content services and right holders to benefit from the full potential of a digital single market, as well as to the Commission's forthcoming proposal to streamline the collective management of rights.
The cultural industries in Europe, including the audiovisual sector, make a significant contribution to the EU economy, creating about 3% of EU GDP - corresponding to an annual market value of €500 billion - and employing about 6 million people. In addition, the sector plays an important role in fostering innovation, in particular for devices and networks. The EU records the second highest TV viewing figures globally, produces more films than any other region in the world and is home to more than 500 online video services.
The European Commission's MEDIA programme is investing €755 million in the European film industry in the period 2007-2013 (more than €1.5 billion has been granted since its launch in 1991). The aim is to improve the distribution and promotion of European films and to strengthen the competitiveness of the sector. Its objectives include providing support for online distribution of audiovisual works through, for example, video on demand platforms. See
The Commission's Green Paper is published in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy, which aims to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe, the Single Market Act1 and concomitant Commission Strategy for Intellectual Property Rights (see IP/11/630) and the Digital Agenda for Europe (see IP/10/581).
See also (MEMO/11/502).
The consultation is available at the following link:
"Single Market Act - Twelve levers to boost growth and strengthen confidence; Working together to create new growth", COM/2011/0206 final, 13 April 2011
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Attorney Kate Baker Alleges Boss Bullied Her Into Staying Single, Childless
By her own assessment, Kate Baker was a competent attorney who also wanted a personal life. But her boss, Chris Lingard allegedly saw things differently, berating Baker and her work, and telling her not to have a relationship or children.
The "bullying" that she experienced at the Follett Stock law firm, Baker, 33, told an employment tribunal in Exeter, England, this week, caused her to take time off from work after she became sick from the stress, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Baker (shown above) was eventually fired, for reasons that she alleges were related to her gender and her desire to date. Baker began working as a lawyer in 2004, earning 45,000 pounds a year (about $72,000 if exchanged today) before her dismissal in 2012.
"In my career I have never been told by a colleague or supervising partner that my work is 's***,' the London newspaper quotes her as saying in a statement provided the court. During that exchange with Lingard, which occurred last May, Baker described the treatment as coming "out of the blue."
She noted that Lingard, the law firm's managing partner, had awarded her a prize the prior December, after she had worked at the firm for just two months -- "and when I was still single."
Even as she was out sick, Baker charged that Lingard, berated her "for 1.5 hours and attempted to dismiss me by email."
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Baker told the tribunal that she was made aware several times that Lingard, who is in his 50s, didn't want her to date or have children -- and was even told so by his wife. The tribunal judge read Baker's statement, which said: "Mr. Lingard on many occasions told me that he did not want me in a relationship or to have babies. I have a text message from Mr. Lingard's wife, which says, 'he doesn't want you in a relationship!!!"
The law firm has denied the claims of bullying and harassment.
Baker said that she wasn't the only employee who endured Lingard's wrath. He regularly criticized staff for taking lunch, the manner in which they answered phone calls and for leaving the blinds down, she said.
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Baker's claims of sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal are to get a full hearing at a later date.
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(WASHINGTON) -- After months of wrangling, arm-twisting, bitter debate and closed-door negotiations, Congress finally has a bipartisan deal for the American people. Just in time.
The agreement, which couples a student loan interest rate extension with a long-awaited boost for infrastructure, passed the House first, 373-52. A short time later, the Senate approved the deal 74-19, with one senator voting 'present.'
For months, progress stalled as Republicans debated internally over a long-term highway bill and Congress searched for an agreeable method to prevent new subsidized Stafford loan rates from doubling from 3.4 to 6.8 percent on July 1. The deal extends current rates for another year for approximately 7.6 million students signing up for new loan agreements.
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., blamed Republicans for taking Congress "to the brink," but he said the bipartisan deal gives "certainty to millions of students and that will pave the way for jobs and economic growth."
"Keeping these rates low recognizes the challenges our graduates face in today's tough job market," he stated. "Let us continue in the spirit of bipartisanship that enabled us to pass this bill and work together to meet the challenges we face as a nation."
After months of disagreeing over how to pay for the $6 billion bill, legislators finally came together late this week over how the bill would be financed. About $5 billion of the cost will be offset by "smoothing," a tactic that creates a "stabilization range" for employers to compute their pension liabilities and around $500 million collected by increasing Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation fees.
Currently there are no limits in place for how many years a student could receive a Stafford loan subsidy, but $1.2 billion of the cost of the extension would be recovered by limiting access to the loan to six years for a 4-year degree.
"Republicans and Democrats worked hard to find common ground," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Friday morning. "The agreement we've reached will ensure that college students who are already facing enormous challenges in the Obama economy won't be paying higher interest rates next month."
Tucked into the deal are two other critical pieces of legislation set to run out of money soon: the highway bill that has plagued both chambers and an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, which was due to expire at the end of July.
As the hurricane season looms, the agreement extends funding for flood insurance until September of 2017.
For months, the House was unable to pass its version of the highway bill, instead opting eventually for a short-term extension to give negotiators another 90 days to work out a deal. But that temporary patch was set to expire Saturday, threatening federal highway and transit aid programs and the government's authority to levy federal fuel taxes expire, and putting about 4,000 jobs at the Department of Transportation at risk.
The agreement funds federal highway, transit and highway safety programs at current levels through the end of FY 2014. It does not include earmarks or increase spending and is fully offset with many reforms included in the Senate-passed highway bill.
"We speed up project delivery, cut red tape, and do it without jeopardizing environmental laws," Sen. Barbara Boxer, who led the negotiations from the Senate-side, said. "For the first time, we send half of the funds for bike paths and pedestrian walkways directly to local entities, and we protect those funds while giving states more flexibility on their share."
The Keystone XL Pipeline was left out of the final deal, breaking off 52 hard-line House Republicans from supporting the deal. As a result House Democrats helped carry the vote, with none opposing.
Republicans are already promising another run at Democrats for opposing the pipeline, which they contend would create tens of thousands of jobs.
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Not quite an Italian meal. Actually Italian American adaption. Sometimes we just had to get creative with those leftovers. But, I have to tell you growing up in an Italian background, there were two no no's with our Dad, mayonnaise on potatoes, and bottled sauce for pasta, they were really non existent. This chili, although spiced up with Italian seasonings as well as some Mexican, is chock full of Italian flavors. The garlic, and tomatoes and peppers are perfect over pasta with any leftovers. We loved it. Of course mom would always make sure dad knew this was all Italian, but its our secret.
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We're starting up a new beer blog with huge emphasis on craft beers and microbrews for serious beer drinkers and for those looking to dip their toes into the burgeoning craft beer movement sweeping the nation.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in ChinaHolst Jensen, Mads (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Taking into account a broad range of stakeholders who may affect or be affected by corporate action, the perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) carries the promise of a win-win situation for all. CSR in China is highly topical, as the country is integrating into the supply chains of the major global players, but the ideals of CSR are a far cry from the realities of production in "the workshop of the world". In this paper I will discuss key issues relating to the process of adapting CSR into the Chinese context. I will focus on the position of the PRC political leadership. I argue that the leadership seems to pursue an agenda of submerging CSR under the control of the Party-State and conceptualizing CSR by reference to a blend of an eclectic interpretation of Western European welfare models and CSR conceptions with an eclectic interpretation of Chinese tradition and political culture. As a result, CSR in China lacks the element of multi-stakeholder dialogue, which is commonly recognized as the core element of CSR in Western countries. Keywords: CSR, China, Labour issue, MNCE, NGO, Politic change. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7405
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Numbers aren't just numbers, and certainly not in an election year.
Last week the unemployment rate fell for the fifth consecutive month and is now down to 8.3 percent. That's the lowest rate since February 2009, the first full month of Barack Obama's presidency.
While this good economic news was met with applause across the United States, a small sliver of the population didn't join the celebrations: the Republican presidential candidates.
In recent days, they've denied that there was good news, credited the free enterprise system and blamed President Obama that the numbers were not even better.
"Mr. President, we welcome any good news on the jobs front," GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney declared. "But it is thanks to the innovation of the American people in the private sector and not to you."
Romney, the former CEO of the takeover specialists Bain Capital, has fashioned himself an economic turnaround expert. So what does he do if the economy is already turning itself around without him?
Well, he sends his chief economic adviser to the national TV networks to question the validity of those rosy jobs numbers. Republican economist Glen Hubbard argued the same on ABC's This Week that the reason the unemployment rate has fallen is because many people have given up on finding a job and has stopped looking, thereby disappearing from the unemployment statistics, not because they've found work.
That was Romney rival Newt Gingrich's talking point, too.
"You cited going into the show today that unemployment has dropped," he told NBC's David Gregory. "Well, it has dropped. You know why it's dropped? Because over 4 percent of the people who would be unemployed have quit looking for work. If we had the same participation rate we had a couple of years ago, we'd be at 12 or 13 percent unemployment. People just quit looking. That's not a very positive sign for the economy. It's actually a sign of weakness."
If it's a sign of weakness, that's sure not what President Obama is saying.
"There are still far too many Americans who need a job," he told an audience in Arlington, Va. "But the economy is growing stronger. The recovery is speeding up."
Alan Kreuger, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said declining jobless rate is proof that the Obama administration's economic policies are working.
"It's critical that we continue the economic policies that are helping us to dig our way out of the deep hole that was caused by the recession that began at the end of 2007," he said.
One prominent White House watcher says that voters still are not convinced that the economy is safely on the road to recovery.
"Voters have to believe things are truly getting better," University of Virginia government professor Larry J. Sabato told Texas on the Potomac. "After a three-year-long very bad economy, most people aren't going to believe things are better without substantial, continuing proof."
He said that it's too early to predict the potential impact a drop in unemployment on the presidential election in November.
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My New Financial Advisor
My New Financial Advisor ("MNFA"), is a "wealth manager in a box". We began as a wealth management company focused on ultra-high net worth individuals, and we are now democratizing our offering for all individuals. Quite simply, the average person cannot win, unless they have someone on their side. And that's us.
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77 million US Baby Boomers.
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Key message theme is: "Why Trust Wall Street Again?"
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Hello old forum friends and gentle keepers of Mt San Jacinto,
I have not made a C2C for 4 years now and have a potential opening this weekend. I have kept myself in fairly good shape and tested myself this past month and deem myself ready.
I also have not been remiss in my duty to worship mountains. Last November I completed RIM2RIM. (those of you that said RIM2RIM was 3/4 of a C2C - lied! ).
The weekend the PS temperature is growing, and I am a heat wimp, so that is an important consideration.
Anything else I should think about? I notice the tram is reopened....
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Hi there, to my sadness my father passed away four years ago, and i have finally worked up the courage to look for his/my family that unfortunatley i never got to meet.
His name was Kenneth James Martin, born 23 June 1949 died 26 January 2007. His Fathers name was Raymond Martin (passed between 1980 -90) and his mothers name was claira/clara (not sure of the spelling or of her maiden name).
I no this is a difficult one but hopefully someone will have some information.
He had siblings, a sister and a brother Named "Raymond" who also has passed away.
From what i know, my father 'kenny' lived in sydney for most of his life, around paramatta and the suburbs. He drove buses for around 25 years which is where he met his second wife Karen Kelly, They married in 1984 and gave birth to me in 1990. He also had a previous marriage where he had 2 daughters Dannielle Martin and Nicki Martin and a son Brett Martin.
Later in his life he moved to the central coast where he spent most of his time driving buses, taxis and drinking beer at a small bowling club in Umina.
Unfortunatley for me, thats about all the information i have at the moment with my family. I will keep searching and Post more journels as i find things out.
I really hope someone has some information for me!
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