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More information about Trinidad and Tobago is available on the Trinidad and Tobago Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
The United States and Trinidad and Tobago enjoy cordial relations. U.S. interests in the country and throughout the hemisphere include increasing investment and trade, enhancing Trinidad and Tobago's political and social development, and encouraging its positive regional role through support for drug interdiction, health promotion, and legal and security affairs. Healthcare assistance to Trinidad and Tobago from the U.S. military and law enforcement authorities is important to the bilateral relationship and to accomplishing U.S. policy objectives. The two countries have extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties, and agreements on maritime cooperation and tax information exchange. There are large numbers of U.S. citizens and permanent residents of Trinidadian origin living in the United States (mostly in New York and Florida), which keeps cultural ties strong. About 20,000 U.S. citizens visit Trinidad and Tobago on vacation or for business every year, and more than 6,500 American citizens are residents.
U.S. Assistance to Trinidad and Tobago
The U.S. Government provides technical assistance to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago through a number of existing agreements. A Customs Advisory Team from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security works with the Ministry of Finance to update its procedures. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a part of the Department of Health and Human Services, collaborates with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Epidemiology Center and other regional partners to provide technical assistance and financial support for HIV/AIDS-related epidemiology surveillance and public health training in the region. Trinidad and Tobago is a participant in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, the U.S. government's regional citizen security and youth development assistance program.
Bilateral Economic Relations
Trinidad and Tobago is a leading beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative, which aims to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies by providing beneficiary countries with duty-free access to the U.S. market for most goods. U.S. commercial ties with the country have always been strong; many of America's largest corporations have commercial links with Trinidad and Tobago, and more than 30 U.S. firms have offices and operations in the country. In recent years, U.S. firms invested in the petrochemical, oil/gas, and iron/steel sectors. Trinidad and Tobago was the single largest supplier of liquefied natural gas to the U.S. for many years, but imports are slowing due to U.S. domestic production. The two countries have a bilateral investment treaty as well as agreements on double taxation and intellectual property rights.
Trinidad and Tobago's Membership in International Organizations
Trinidad and Tobago maintains close relations with its Caribbean neighbors and major North American and European trading partners. Trinidad and Tobago and the United States belong to a number of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, Organization of American States, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization.
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Department of State Key Officers List
CIA World Factbook Trinidad and Tobago Page
U.S. Embassy: Trinidad and Tobago
History of U.S. Relations With Trinidad and Tobago
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McRoberts Accepts Head Coaching Job at Ole Miss
Jan. 16, 2014
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss announced Thursday the hiring of Tulsa's volleyball head coach Steven McRoberts to become its seventh volleyball head coach.
"I want to thank Crista Troester for having faith in me three years ago to head the TU volleyball program," McRoberts said. "Although, I am excited about my opportunity at Ole Miss, it's a bittersweet move for my family as we have met a lot of great people here that we are sad to say goodbye to.
"I have had the privilege to coach a lot of tremendous young ladies. I know that TU volleyball will be very successful as it moves forward into the American Athletic Conference and I wish them all the best."
In three seasons as the Tulsa's volleyball head coach, McRoberts posted a 78-24 record and led TU to two Conference USA Championships in 2011 and 2012 and two berths to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011.
During the 2013 season, McRoberts led TU to a 24-7 overall record and a 12-2 conference record. The Golden Hurricane had nine C-USA Players of the Week, including a conference record seven different players to win the weekly award in one season.
McRoberts led TU to a 26-10 record and won C-USA regular season and tournament championship in 2012 and a 28-7 record and C-USA Championship in 2011.
During his time at Tulsa, McRoberts has coached four players that earned All-America honors and six players that were All-C-USA selections, including Henderson, who won Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 and Jessica Adams, who was honored as Libero of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Tulsa's other all-league players under McRoberts were Brooke Berryhill, Erica Bohannon, Kellie Culbertson and Diana Silva.
McRoberts has posted a record of 475-164 in 17 seasons as a head coach and has posted 20-plus wins 16 times.
The university will conduct a national search to find a new head volleyball coach. For all Tulsa volleyball news and information, visit www.TulsaHurricane.com. Follow Tulsa Athletics on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TulsaHurricane and Facebook at www.facebook.com/TulsaHurricane. Follow Tulsa Volleyball on Twitter (www.twitter.com/TulsaVolleyball) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/TulsaVolleyball).
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The highly successful classical music radio format service of the WFMT Radio Network, the Beethoven Network, celebrates its 28th year and continues to grow.
Beethoven Network provides one-hour modules of classical music, culled from WFMT's extensive library of more than 85,000 recordings. The service was originally designed to help public radio stations expand their local operation and improve the quality of late night programming.
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Estuaries are partially enclosed coastal aquatic habitats where an ocean's salt water is diluted with fresh water from an estuary's watershed. Long Island's South Shore Estuary receives salt water from the Atlantic Ocean through inlets in the protective barrier island system and fresh water from groundwater and over one hundred rivers and streams.
The South Shore Estuary was formed during the past 5,000 - 10,000 years by the interaction of rising seas and the glacially-deposited material that makes up Long Island. This interaction shaped the barrier island system and enclosed 173 square miles of bays now characterized by tidal marshes, mud and sand flats, beds of underwater vegetation, and extensive shallows. This barrier and bay system continues to be re-worked by the constant actions of the tides, wind, waves, and coastal storms.
The South Shore Estuary Reserve was formed by the New York State Legislature at the urging of Long Islanders concerned with the long-term health of their South Shore Estuary. West to east, the Reserve stretches from the Nassau - Queens county line to the middle of the Town of Southampton. South to north, it extends from mean high tide on the ocean side of the barrier islands to the inland limits of the watersheds that drain into the bays.
The relatively calm, protected waters of the South Shore Estuary provide the basis for the water-related economic and recreational activities that have evolved from boat building and the harvesting of oysters, hard clams, and salt hay, to recreational boating, sport fishing, waterborne transportation, and tourism. Today, the Estuary is home to the largest concentrations of commercial and recreational vessels, marinas, and other water-dependent businesses in the State, and some of the finest recreational opportunities around.
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OKALOOSA ISLAND — On April 13, a benefit will be held 5-10 p.m. at the Elks Lodge for musician Rick Kurtz.
In the mid-'70s there was a local popular band called Aerial Railway. It was composed of local musicians Rusty Stone (guitar), Rick Kurtz (guitar), Scott Crowley (bass) and Gary McGonigal on drums.
After he left Fort Walton , Kurtz was a guitarist for Delbert McClinton, a Nashville studio musician and a player for the Grand Old Opry with different country acts.
A few years ago, Kurtz suffered a stroke.The benefit is open to the public and donations for Kurtz will be accepted.
The original band members will attend for a night of memories and live music.


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I have had a LA Spa Paradise for about 3 years and all has worked fine. There are 2 switches for the pump, one turns on the left side and the other the right side. The left side has a low and a high mode. Today when I turned on the left side i heard the pump go on but the wather only trickles out. When I turn it on and off I can see the water start but then it quickly goes to a trickle. The pump does not sound any different. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks
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If your spa has slice valves for the pump make sure those are all the way open. If so, then it may be an air lock in the pump. What you need to do is loosen the pump union nut just slightly until water starts trickling out for a bit to release any air that may have been trapped in spa pump wet end. Then tighten the union nut back up and try operating the pump.
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Westerville City Schools was one of six programs nationally to receive the prestigious 2015 Apex Learning Award of Excellence in Spring 2015.The Apex Learning Award of Excellence recognizes innovative schools and districts across the country for excellence in implementing blended and virtual learning programs that result in higher student achievement.
The Westerville City Schools Board of Education presented Frieda Bennett, who celebrated her 100th birthday on May 30, with a Centenarian Proclamation during its regular meeting on June 8.
The Westerville City Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all eligible children free of charge. (To be eligible to receive free meals at a residential or nonresidential camp, children must meet the income guidelines for reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program. The income guidelines for reduced-price meals by family size are listed below.) Children who are part of households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly foods stamps) benefits, or benefits under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are automatically eligible to receive free meals.
The SPLASH Summer Enrichment Academy is in full swing at Westerville North High School, to provide academic and creative challenges to highly motivated students who will be entering grades 2-8 during the 2015-16 school year.
Robert Frost Elementary School will be bustling with activity for the next couple weeks as teachers, teen helpers, firemen and police officers educate 360 soon-to-be kindergarten students about staying safe. Westerville Safety City is an annual event operated by a non-profit organization.
The Bette Marschall Memorial Education Fund of The Columbus Foundation has announced the recipients of nine grant awards totaling $3,221 to Westerville City Schools personnel for applications submitted this spring.
According to State Law and district policy, up-to-date immunizations are required for all school aged children. It is the goal of the Westerville City School District to help families meet these requirements by partnering with Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) and its Mobile Care Center.
Westerville City School District officials today announced that the first day of class for students in grades 1-12 has been changed for next school year from Wednesday, August 12, 2015, to Thursday, August 13, 2015. Kindergarten and preschool students will still have a gentle start to the school year with their first day of class scheduled for August 17, 2015.
Westerville City Schools will be working with the Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM) once again to provide meals to students this summer. The 2015 season of the Westerville Area Kids Lunch Club will run weekdays from May 26 through August 7, rain or shine, at 10 sites, all open to children ages 1-18. Participants are invited to stay after lunch for about an hour of educational or recreational activities. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
At the Westerville Education Foundation's (WEF) inaugural Celebration of Education, Innovation & Inspiration, held at the Everal Barn this morning, Westerville City Schools Superintendent Dr. John Kellogg announced a new district initiative called Student Connections. The program will connect students to diverse literature, mentors and tutors, as well as create opportunities to engage and address issues surrounding students' social and emotional needs. Students also will focus on creating pathways that connect them to careers and college opportunities, as well as increase their academic achievement.


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1967 Ford Mustang Roadster Conversion - Show Me The Green
The Del Grosso's Supercharged '67 Drop-Top Shows That Baby Boomers Still Know How to Rock
Once upon a time, there was a generation of idealistic young people who believed they could change the world-and did. We're not sure who came up with the description first, but demographers, sociologists, and journalists have all affectionately called this generation of Americans "baby boomers." It started with boatloads, trainloads, and planeloads of freedom-winning Americans coming home from the Pacific and Europe 60 years ago, ready to experience passion, romance, and love for the first time in four years. They were very productive-a word boomers understand perfectly. In 1946, Americans gave birth to 3,470,000 babies. The following year, that number grew to 3,910,000. In the years to follow, there were an even greater annual number of births leading up to 1964, forming a generation that would ultimately change all the rules.
Baby boomers have been trendsetters, shakers, and movers because we think differently than the generation that raised us. We're young at heart,inspiring a youth movement that has been going strong since the Mustang was introduced in 1964. At 42 to 60 years old, we're different than our parents were at these ages. Forget the retirement plan, rocking chair, motor home, Metamucil, the Scooter Store, and shuffleboard at the old folk's home. Are you kiddin'-we aim to continue partying like its 1999 for as long as God and our hearts will let us.
Dennis Del Grosso and his wife, Shirley, are stereotypical baby boomers. But 50-something today isn't like 50 some 40 years ago. Fifty is the new 40, with plenty of fuel left in reserves for youthful pursuits. The Del Grossos are not going to be mossbacks who sit and watch the world go by in the years ahead. Instead, they're going to approach life with the top down and the throttle wide open.
Dennis lives his professional life on the edge as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's a far cry from the transmission technician he was when he met Shirley in 1973. This means not much has ever slipped past him-including this Emerald Green Metallic '67 Mustang roadster. We call it a roadster because it wasn't a convertible to begin with. It was a bread-and-butter hardtop with a 289-4V V-8, Select-Shift automatic, 3.00 gears, and a Los Angeles address. It was a platform on which to build a dream. As romantic as this may sound, this isn't what Dennis found when he bought the car in 1996. "The car was in such bad condition that I would only drive it three miles to my house with an escort," he says. The floors were gone and the chassis was marginal at best.
Despite its California roots, the San Jose-born hardtop was worse for wear when Dennis got started on it in South Florida. It was painted Vintage Burgundy virtually everywhere, all over the chrome, aluminum trim, and more. Beneath the Burgundy topcoat were layers of other paint jobs. The original 289 was gone, replaced by a well-worn 302. Dennis feared the front suspension might go south on the drive home. Because the car was in such horrid condition, it was an excellent candidate for restomod-a cool family project for the Del Grossos.
There's a lot of talk these days about family values. Real family values involve spending time together doing things everyone enjoys. Dennis had this in mind when he decided to tackle this striking restomod.
Dennis and Shirley met through a mutual, passionate interest in automobiles a long time ago. They fell in love and bore two sons-Wayne, 22, and Ken, 20. Because the Del Grossos are a close family, involving everyone in this car project was easy. Dennis was able to get everyone on board with a vision of what he wanted the car to be. Color would be Shirley's decision. The desire for power is something Dennis shared with his sons.
They found a complete engine and driveline from a retired Florida Highway Patrol '92 Mustang LX. Because Dennis understood the fierce reliability of Ford's 5.0L High Output small-block, he knew the bottom end could take a supercharger's pounding. He looked to the professionalism of John Anton, a local high school auto shop teacher, to get the rebuild done. John tossed the stock connecting rods and replaced them with Eagle forged steel I-beam rods. He then precision balanced the bottom end and fitted it with forged pistons. John was confident in the factory nodular iron crankshaft, which is why this engine didn't become a 331 or 347.
The Del Grosso team looked to Holley for inspiration with SysteMAX II heads and induction. Paxton provided a Novi supercharger. Ford Racing Performance parts set them up with much of the rest, including 30-lb/hr injectors, a 70mm throttle body, engine electronics, and the rest. The result has been a power package the Del Grossos can live with and enjoy. Behind the supercharged 5.0 is a Tremec World-Class T5 and a 3.55 8.8-inch Traction-Lok from that same highway-patrol car. These elements give Dennis the same kind of cohesion the State of Florida enjoyed for many years because this stuff just doesn't wear out.
Rod & Custom Motorsports set Dennis up with a complete Mustang II front suspension and steering system that would enable him to turn on a dime. Rack-and-pinion steering is an integral benefit of Rod & Custom's front end package. Eleven-inch disc brakes at all four corners fit nicely inside American Racing 15x7-inch Torq-Thrust wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich Radial T/As.
Dennis looked to Driver's Seat Investments for a convertible conversion package that enabled him to turn the forgotten hardtop into a convertible born for the Florida sun. It wouldn't be easy, and it involved not only removing the roof section, but also reinforcing the underbody. Dennis and his family tackled all of it themselves without benefit of a body shop.
Inside the '67, the Del Grossos applied their talents, doing all of the upholstery work themselves. Those are '92 Mustang front bucket seats clad in custom Del Grosso upholstery, with a rear seat to match. We like the Dakota Digital instrument cluster lighted in rich blue and the Grant steering wheel splined into an Ididit steering column. This affords the Del Grossos another creature comfort in its tilt-wheel design.
You've got to hand it to this family. Their efforts began with a post-war kiss a generation ago that led to a hippy-era romance 25 years later and has evolved into the striking statement plied across these pages. The Del Grosso's Mustang project is a powerful statement rooted in the love a family has for one another, from baby boomers who indeed changed all the rules.


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Mrs. Edna M. Ruser, 70, of Tumblebrook Road, Coopersburg, died Saturday in Lehigh Valley Hospital Center. She was the wife of Philip Ruser.
Born in Milford Township, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Bertha (Thomas) Harwick.
She was a member of St. Isidore's Catholic Church, Quakertown.
Surviving with her husband are three daughters, Edna, wife of Jerry Nunley of Sellersville, Susan, wife of James Stayer of Quakertown, and Mrs. Donna Wagner of Slatington; three sons, Philip Jr. of Quakertown, Robert of Riegelsville, and David of Lewisville, Texas; a brother Raymond of Quakertown, 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter Phyllis died in 1978.


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Ok guys, what do you have in YOUR avatar?
Mine shows a picture of Tiffany Eunick, the 6-year-old girl who was savagely beaten and stomped to death by Lionel Tate who was only 12 at the time that this tragic event took place. Lionel was supposedly showing the girl some wrestling moves which he watched on a WWE wrestling program (WWE Smackdown) that evening.
Lionel was a then big burley 166lb. overweight boy, big for his age at the time. He's been classified as a schoolyard bully who intimidated the other kids in school who were weaker than he was.
He used his weight to scare them and to get whatever he wanted from them, though it's been said that he never hit ayone, he DID however grab and lift a little girl up against a wall, leaving her terified of him. He then used his weight and size to overpower his playmate at home until she sadly succombed to his shear brute force while his mom took a nap upstairs! Tiffany weighed only 48lbs. He jumped down from the stairs (banister) and landed on her three times!!
Always being protected, spoiled and pampered by his mom, she went to bat and bent over backwards for him many, many, many times until his luck finally ran out and his abusive ways landed him back in prison for at least 30 years!!
Lionel is presently doing a 30-year sentence after he repeatedly violated his parole once he was eventually exonerated for the murder of the little girl.
His orginal LIP term became a very controversial one at that time, as it came under heavy fire and had gained nationwide attention by many who thought that he was much too young to be sentenced that long - to spend the rest of his life in prison.
But he just wouldn't stay out of trouble and ended up back behind bars.
The long large braids shown in his victim's hair is an indication thst she must have had beautifully thick & lustrous hair! She was a cute and beautiful little girl, and her life was taken from her by a them overweight schoolyard bully!!
There's a little girl who I met and tutored last week, and she looks almost like Tiffany!


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Lepsch Murder Trial Begins Tuesday
La Crosse's second murder trial in just over a month begins Tuesday.
A jury will be chosen for the two-week trial of Jeffrey Lepsch of Dakota...accused of killing a La Crosse camera shop owner and his son during a robbery. The murders of Paul and A-J Petras occurred days before Ron Tischer became La Crosse's new police chief last fall. Tischer mentioned the investigation at his swearing-in.
Lepsch was arrested a few weeks later. Last month, a La Crosse County jury convicted Cain Moss of reckless homicide for supplying a fatal dose of drugs to Anthony DuCharme.


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Dilshan signs for two Derbyshire stints
Mar 17, 2015: Tillakaratne Dilshan has become the latest Sri Lanka batsman to secure a deal in county cricket after signing for Derbyshire
Scotland v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A, Hobart
Sangakkara, Dilshan tons set up big win
Mar 11, 2015: At Bellerive Oval, Kumar Sangakkara became the first man in ODI history to score centuries in four consecutive innings, and together with Tillakaratne Dilshan ensured a comfortable win over Scotland
Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A, Sydney
Three pairs of fours, and Maxwell's moment of truth
Mar 8, 2015: Plays of the day from the game between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney
SL v Ban, Group A, Melbourne
Bad-boy Dilshan develops good habits
Feb 26, 2015: Less flashy, more substantial, maybe a little boring - Tillakaratne Dilshan has matured into one of Sri Lanka's most reliable run-scorers
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Group A, Melbourne
Sangakkara marks landmark game with fastest ton
Feb 26, 2015: Stats highlight from the Group A match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the MCG
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A, Melbourne
Dilshan, Sangakkara tons set up big win
Feb 26, 2015: Sri Lanka have finally made themselves heard, twelve days into the World Cup. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara did most of the talking through their bats, hammering centuries that set up a 92-run win over Bangladesh at the MCG
Sri Lanka news
'I can easily play for another 2-3 years' - Dilshan
Feb 21, 2015: Tillakaratne Dilshan believes he has a role to play in Sri Lanka's limited-overs teams after Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara retire at the end of the ongoing World Cup
South Africa v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Christchurch
South Africa overcome pressure test
Feb 9, 2015: South Africa got the pressure situation they wanted to practice ahead of a major tournament and they rose above it all to beat Sri Lanka, who had been led by Tillakaratne Dilshan's ton
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 7th ODI, Wellington
Sangakkara 113 seals Sri Lanka win
Jan 29, 2015: Kumar Sangakkara mounted a sleek 21st ODI hundred on Tillakaratne Dilshan's foundation, to shepherd Sri Lanka toward a consolation victory in Wellington
Sri Lanka v England, 7th ODI, Colombo
A dream day for Khettarama faithful
Dec 16, 2014: Tillakaratne Dilshan crashed the farewell party of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara with a spectacular all-round show, but the departing pair would leave the crowd with one final jewel
Sri Lanka v England, 6th ODI, Pallekele
Sangakkara hundred secures series
Dec 13, 2014: A masterful century from Kumar Sangakkara helped Sri Lanka wrap up the ODI series against England with a thumping 90-run victory in Pallekele
Sri Lanka v England, 2nd ODI, Colombo
Dilshan - Firebrand among saner men
Nov 29, 2014: He will never be regarded as a statesmen of the game. Tillakaratne Dilshan is an individualist, never shy of stealing the moment
England v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Colombo
Nov 29, 2014: ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the second ODI in Colombo
Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Colombo
Dilshan, Thisara fined for Level 1 breaches
Nov 27, 2014: Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for excessive appealing during the first ODI against England, while Thisara Perera has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for a separate incident
Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Colombo
Nov 26, 2014: ESPNcricinfo picks the plays of the day from the opening ODI
Sri Lanka v England, 1st ODI, Colombo
Sri Lanka hold on despite Moeen and Bopara
Nov 26, 2014: Moeen Ali produced an abundant one-day innings to raise horizons and rouse spirits, but it will take more than a one-man masterclass, however brilliant, to turn England into fancied World Cup contenders
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We missed Malinga and Dilshan - Southern Express
Sep 18, 2014: The absence of two high-profile Twenty20 cricketers hamstrung Sri Lanka's Southern Express in Champions League T20, their manager has said
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I suppose Iran has its reasons for being suspicious towards Christianity. I will use an analogy: A big dog's owner named DEMOCRACY complains that a small dog's owner named ISLAM always asks him to curb his dog when passing by whereas the big dog's owner says he never asks such things from the SDO.
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Maiduguri — The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that all the terrorism suspects in the custody of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri would soon be screened.
Air Commodore Ademola Onitiju, the Deputy Director, Civil-Military Relations' at the Defence Headquarters Abuja, made this known at a town hall meeting with religious and political leaders in Maiduguri.
He said the screening by an investigative panel had become necessary to determine the level of their complicity in the charges against them.
"Subject to the approval of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) a panel of experts will be assembled to screen all those in detention.
"Those who are found to be clean will be released while those found to be wanting will be prosecuted in courts of law," he said.
Onitiju added that the military would collaborate with the civil authorities toward the speedy trial of those found wanting.
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Come into the library to play with over 60 pounds of LEGO bricks and pieces. We supply the LEGO bricks and fun - all you need to bring is your imagination. There is no registration or fee for this program.
Rainbow Magic Craft & Book Club
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Storytimes run through April 29. Baby & Toddler storytimes are for children up to 18 months of age. Craft time is open to all children and focuses on teaching scissor, glue, and coloring skills. Preschool storytimes are open to any child who can sit for longer stories and participate in active songs, counting and colors in Spanish. Come for songs, stories, and fun. Baby/Spanish storytime consists of lap-sit rhymes, songs, and stories in both English and Spanish. We look forward to seeing you.
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Saturday, February 21 @2pm
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St. Johns Read Event: Stay 'n Play
Friday, February 20 @ 1:30 pm
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St. Johns Read Event: Train Storytime
Friday, February 20 @ 1 pm
Celebrate Henry Flagler's "I think I can" attitude at this week's family storytime. We'll share stories, music, and activites centered on trains. Aside from being fun, trains are an integral part of the history of Hastings, so join us!
Family Film Series
Thursday, February 5 @ 4pm
In today's Family Feature Film, square shaped subterraneans raise an orphaned boy, who helps them fight back against an evil exterminator and make peace with the fearful residents of an upper-crust Victorian-era town known for its world-class cheeses. This new release film is rated PG. Sponsored by the Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine. Free popcorn while it lasts.
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Tuesday, February 3 @ 4pm
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Saturday, April 18 @ 11am
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During 2013, new modern grocery retailers outlets opened in shopping centres, a trend which followed the successful launch of Carrefour´s hypermarket in Dolmen City Mall, Karachi. Pakistan´s shopping centres are now interested in offering selling space to hypermarkets and supermarkets as this is believed to help generate more consumer foot traffic throughout the shopping centre.
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Candidate Calls Blogger's Claims," Libelous"
A former head of the La Crosse county Republican party is facing claims of libel from a pair of candidates. Mike Krsiean (kri-zeen), running for congress in Wisconsin's third congressional district, and Robert Taylor, running for US senate, call Chris Muller's claims on his couleeconservatives.com blog, "amazing" and "baseless." Muller recently rhetorically mused on whether Krsiean and Taylor had appropriately filed campaign finance reports and whether some of their activities might be supported by the democratic party, the International Monetary Fund or MoveOn.org. Krsiean, in turn, has quickly responded with threats of a lawsuit and by suggesting that Muller is acting unethically.


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The Thing About Men
Editorial Staff • West End • 1 May 2007
The authors are Joe Di Pietro (book and lyrics) and Jimmy Roberts (music) who were responsible for another, similarly well crafted but fatally anodyne confection, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which aimed to take the rise out of love in a quick-change revue format and fell flat on its face (in London, at least; it's still running in New York, which is one of Big Apple's biggest mysteries).
The source of the new musical is a 1985 German film, Men, here translated to New York with a classic farce plot, worthy of Feydeau, in which Tom, a philandering advertising executive, ingratiates himself with his wife Lucy's new lover, Sebastian, becomes his best buddy and is nearly assigned the role of best man at Seb's wedding to Lucy (when the divorce comes through). Sebastian is a hirsute hippie, a struggling artist who works in a coffee shop but who ends up, thanks to Tom's influence – you got it – in advertising. But who ends up with the girl?
Some of the numbers have wit and bounce but some of them, especially in the overdrawn second act, seriously outstay their welcome, despite the admirable professionalism of Hal Fowler as Tom, Tim Rogers as Sebastian and bright-as-a-button Nicola Dawn as juicy Lucy.
The premise of it all seems drearily old-fashioned; for Tom and Lucy have spent 15 years married and just need to spice things up again. Or is Tom finding his own feminine side? Like so many post-Sondheim American musical theatre writers, Di Pietro and Roberts nibble at emotional and relationship issues without having the armoury to pierce through the surface, or indeed our hearts.
That said, director Anthony Drewe (best known for his longstanding collaboration with composer George Stiles - they wrote Honk!, Just So and the new songs for Mary Poppins, amongst others) has done a fine job of presentation on a set design by Philip Whitcomb of enlarged faces on mauve and grey screens that resemble Roy Lichtenstein's pop art cartoon blow-ups.
The cast sing valiantly and caper nimbly, no more so than the quick-change duo of deadpan Paul Baker and delightful Tiffany Graves filling in as all the extras. Musically, the show may sound antediluvian, but it has a jaunty, not too displeasing quality that is well supported by a versatile trio led by Simon Sharp on keyboards.
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1 The Grands-Montets Peak
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65 chemin de la Glacière F - 74400 Argentière
At 3 295 m above sea level, the Grands-Montets Peak offers an exceptional panorama over the Argentière Glacier, which over looks the Tour, Chardonnet, and the Argentière Peaks and Mount Dolent. One of the main actors in this outstanding snow-covered ..
2 The Nature Reserve of Rouges Peaks
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rte départementale F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This is a perfect paradise for lovers of flora and fauna. This nature reserve is located between Argentière and Vallorcine and stretches over 3 300 ha. Throughout the walk, 500 species of plants can be observed according to the seasons; there is also..
3 Mont-Blanc
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Majestic with its ring of snowy domes, running through it three glaciers among them the famous Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) pierced by granite needles, it tops out at 4,807 m, which makes this the highest European peak. It was conquered in 1786 by a gla..
4 Vallée Blanche
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F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This valley is famous among off-piste skiers for its beautiful landscapes. Guides take skiers down 20km of slopes with a 2 800m drop from the Aiguille du Midi.
5 Le Brévent
Nature and gardens
29 rte Henriette-d'Angeville F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
From the summit, the panoramic view covers all the French side of Mont Blanc, including the Aiguille (Needle) du Midi, as well as Chamonix valley stretching out below from the village of Praz-de- Chamonix to Boissons. On the other side are the high s..
6 Aiguille du Midi
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix
With its cables suspended at times more than 500 metres above the ground, and its cable car, no less daunting which travels along it, the Aiguille du Midi cable car is one of the most impressive attractions in the French Alps. From its central spire,..
7 Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice)
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
14 km long, at a minimum altitude of 1700 m, it's the best known and hence the most appreciated by tourists, of the three great with glaciers in the Massif. From the upper station of the Montenvers railway, you will find an extraordinary scene made u..
8 Balme Pass
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Argentière
Hikes are organised to Balme Pass from the hamlet of Tour, located at the foot of the glacier of the same name. At 2 204 m above sea level, a broad panorama over the Swiss Alps to the north east and over Chamonix Valley to the south-west, where one c..
9 Plan de l'Aiguille
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This midway stop, located at the foot of the jagged Aiguilles de Chamonix, is at an altitude of 2 317m. It is the starting point for a number of easy walks and commands a good view of the Mont-Blanc massif.
10 Col de la Balme (Alpages de Chamaillon)
Towns and villages
35 pl. de la Mer-de-Glace F - 74400 Chamonix
These alpine pastures were formerly the grazing site of herds of Hérens cows. The remains of this pastoral past can still be seen in the shape of the shepherds' chalets lined up in perfect order in the valleys of the Col de la Balme. The site is idea..
11 Planpraz
Nature and gardens
Planpraz F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This is a superb belvedere over the Mountain needles (aiguilles) of Chamonix.
12 Lac Blanc
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
From here you will see, at an altitude of 2352 m, a panorama over the Tour Glacier, the Chardonnet needle, the Argentiere Glacier Needle, the Green Needle, the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), the Grandes Jourasses, the Midi Needle, Mont Blanc.
13 La Flégère
Nature and gardens
35 rte des Tines F - 74400 Chamonix
At an altitude of 1894 m, the view is impressive over the Aiguille Verte (Green Needle) and the line of the Grandes Jourasses enclosing the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice). If you continue by cable car up to the Index (2,385 m) you will see all the Massif ..
14 Posettes Peak
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Argentière
Located at 2 201 m above sea level, the Posettes Peak offers a wide panorama over Balme Pass, Tour Peak and Glacier, the picturesque Argentière site, the Grands-Montets estate, the Verte Peak, the Rouges Peaks as well as the Emosson Dam.
15 Montets Pass
Nature and gardens
N506 F - 74400 Argentière
A chalet used for an extraordinary purpose can be found at the Montets Pass, located at 1 471 m above sea level. All animal and plant life of this mountainous region is exhibited, examined and presented by means of visual aids such as slide shows. In..
16 Rue de Docteur Paccard
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Rue du Dr-Paccard F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This is the main thoroughfare of Chamonix which, extended by the rue Jacques-Vallot, passes through the centre of the station
17 Pont de Cour
Museums and art
N506 F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
A group in bronze by Sansom depict the Geneva naturalist Horace Bénédict de Saussure and Jacques Balmat. The naturalist offered a reward to the one who first reached the summit. It was Balmat to achieve this accompanied by Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard. ..
18 Alpine Museum
Museums and art
89 av. Michel-Croz F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Set up in the old Chamonix Palace, it tells the story of the valley, brings to life the daily lives of earlier times, the stages in the conquest of Mont Blanc (reconstruction of the Chinese room of the Vallot Observatory) and the early days of skiing..
19 Mont-Blanc Balcony
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
This iron road of the high mountains has been laid out above the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice).
20 Ski area
Nature and gardens
F - 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
The Chamonix ski area, the most amazing in Haute-Savoie, is spread out over the massifs of Brévent and the Midi Needle (Chamonix), La Flégère (Les Praz), the Grand Monnets (Argentière), and La Balme (Le Tour). A shuttle bus service links these. Less ..


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News of CALPERS Potentially Divesting its Coal Assets Overdone
On December 15, news outlets announced that a California state senator might propose a bill in January that would require the California Public Employees' Retirement System to divest of its holdings in companies that produce coal. This headline-grabbing news sent coal stocks and ARLP partners down significantly. However, Peter Epstein thinks that the reaction was possibly overdone.


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The countdown to Christmas in Salford got off to a cracking start this weekend with a Victorian themed Christmas at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
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More Women Filling Top Jobs at Big Defense Contractors
April 30, 2012
More female executives are rising to the top levels of the largest defense companies, setting a standard that industry officials say may help encourage more women to enter the field.This week, Phebe Novakovic is set to become president and chief operating officer at Virginia-based General Dynamics after serving as executive vice president of the company's marine systems group.
The move puts Novakovic in line to replace Jay Johnson, chairman and chief executive, though the company has not made any formal decision.
"That's the start of a very disciplined succession rhythm here,'' Johnson said of Novakovic's new role during a call with investors last week. "We'll continue to work very closely together.''
Novakovic's ascension comes as Maryland-based Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, named Marillyn Hewson its new president and chief operating officer, beginning Jan. 1. Hewson heads the company's electronic systems business.


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Xbox 360 Disc Drive Problems, Any Ideas?
I'm sure this has been covered on this forum before, and I want to apologize now for posting a new thread about this. Normally I would scour the forums looking for a post similar to my problem but I'm just too tired right now and just wanna make a new thread. SO, please forgive me.
Anyways, this is my second 360, this first one got the evil RRoD. Now, my new console is having drive issues. The majority of the time it will read games as DVD's and tell me to insert them into an Xbox 360 console. Other times it will just say "open tray" as if no game was inserted at all.
So, to get to the point, I was just wondering if anyone knew what the cause of this problem was and any tips on how to make it work better. If this involves opening the case and cleaning the laser (which I've been considering) I'm cool with that or any other types of suggestions that are similar.
I'm getting a new one for Christmas from my fiancee anyway, but I just got Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, and next week I'm getting Left 4 Dead so I just want it to be able to hold out until December 25th.
Thanks for your time and any help you give in advance if I forget to thank you personally.
Technically you should use a laser cleaning disk like every 20 or so hours of use. (I think that's what I saw somewhere.) (Easy to track with movies, harder with games.) I probably only clean mine every 6 months or so which is probably closer to every 100 hours, heh.
Have you tried turning it on it's side? I know it may not seem like much but maybe it's not spinning them in a way it can read properly standing up?
I guess try a laser cleaning disk.
If there is an option to wipe the system and reinstall it's operating system that might do it as well if it's a driver issue.
If it were me though, I'd seriously question if I should be getting a third console. I've never in my entire life had any console fail (I've owned several) and I think if I had one that failed twice in a row I'd seriously consider not getting that one again.
Thanks for the advice. The only reason I'll be getting another 360 is just because I've already invested so much money into my game and accessories collection not to mention my Xbox Live subscription that I just can't switch to another console. PS3 or Wii are my only options really and I just don't want to switch to either.
But again, thanks for the advice, will try the laser cleaning disc.
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In the following courses, stagger your blocks using either 8"x8"X8" blocks, or cut blocks, to ensure that the joints are off-set. Lay the next two courses, for a total of three.
After you have laid your first three courses, set your two pieces of 2"x2" angle iron across the opening between to two legs of the U shape. The front piece should span the outer width of the stand, while the back piece must be cut to allow clearance for the top course of blocks (Photograph 4).
Grind, or cut, 3/8" from the edges of each block that rests on the angle iron, so that they lie flush with the rest of the fourth course (see photograph #5). Finish laying the rest of the fourth course of blocks (see photograph #6)
After you have completely assembled the block stand, check that the walls are square, level and plumb. Drop a section of 1/2" rebar in every other core, and fill those cores with concrete.
Tips and Hints
We highly recommend our design for using angle iron and a course of blocks across the open span between the stand's legs. It provides security that the hearth will never sag, causing serious problems to your oven, and the added cost and time is negligible.
We also highly recommend dry stacking your blocks, then filling every other core with standard concrete. It's a lot faster, and sturdier as well.
Much like your foundation, remember that while it is important that your stand is level and square, the blocks will be completely covered with your finish material. Beautiful masonry work on your stand is not essential.
Use a grinder with a diamond blade to remove the 3/8" from the blocks that sits on the angle iron brace across the span. It will go fast.
To fill you stand cores, mix a wet batch of concrete. Shovel it into a 5 gallon bucket, and pour it into the cores. Construct a cardboard funnel, or attach a paint pourer to the bucket to make it go fast.
To check for level, use a long (2'-3') level on a 2"x4" set on its edge. Make sure it isn't sagging in the middle.
You are ready for the next step: installing your Hearth Slab.
Or, go to the Table of Contents for an overview of what is coming up.
1. Snap lines to outline your stand layout.
2. Lay the first course, using mortar to level.
3. Make sure the first course is level. It is difficult to catch up later.
4. After three course, lay your angle iron. The back piece allows the block to reach the front of the stand.
5. Notch your blocks to rest evenly on the angle iron.
6. The complete stand, ready for the insulating hearth.
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NEW YORK — PBS is setting the table for the "Downton Abbey" feast ahead with a preview special planned for broadcast in December.
PBS' "Masterpiece" says "Return to Downton Abbey" will air Dec. 1 with what is billed as "a tantalizing taste" of the upcoming season, which begins Jan. 5.
It also will look back at the series' past three seasons.
Susan Sarandon serves as host for the special, a mix of behind-the-scenes footage, clips of favorite moments, and interviews with cast members. Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter and Shirley MacLaine are among the stars who will appear in the special.
"Downton Abbey," the wildly popular drama about British class and culture a century ago, will move into the Roaring 20s in the new season.
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Nicarico case was beginning of the end for Illinois death penaltyContinue reading.
How a voice against the death penalty almost was silenced
When New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009 and the Illinois Legislature voted to do so this year, former Death Row inmate Randy Steidl was there, helping to persuade lawmakers to vote against capital punishment.
Steidl, who was freed from prison in 2004 after 17 years behind bars for a 1986 Downstate double murder, exudes an aura of sincerity that makes him an effective ambassador for death penalty abolition. He's also brought his message to Connecticut, Colorado and Maryland.
But it was a close thing. Illinois was very nearly denied Steidl's voice.
Steidl already had been convicted on flimsy evidence and his appeal had been denied when a Downstate lawyer who grew up in Chicago – Michael Metnick – took on the case pro bono.
Metnick earlier had represented Death Row inmate Alejandro Hernandez (freed in 1995), so he knew what a tough job he was getting into.
And it was an uphill climb from the start. Because Steidl's appeal already had been denied, Metnick had to pursue a separate legal strategy called a post-conviction petition. That hit a wall when the judge refused to grant an evidentiary hearing – the only way to bring new evidence into the case.
At that point, "it didn't look good," Metnick says now.
Metnick appealed the ruling. Eventually, he got his first big break – a favorable unanimous ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court that allowed the evidentiary hearing to go forward.
All kinds of new evidence came out at the hearing – ranging from testimony that the supposed murder weapon could not have caused the wounds to the revelation that the state's star witness had been paid $2,500. But the judge, while overturning the death sentence, refused to grant Steidl a new trial. So he still was facing life in prison.
That required another round of appeals until Steidl finally was freed.
Metnick said he isn't surprised that Steidl has been invited around the country to talk about the death penalty.
"One of the things that I said to friends soon after he was out [was that] this is the person who should be the poster boy for wrongful convictions," Metnick says.
Metnick is quick to grant credit to others: lawyers Andrea Lyon, Marlene Kamish and Jane Raley of the old Capital Resource Center, who urged him to take on the case; Bill Clutter, who helped to investigate it; and lawyer Larry Marshall, whose successful habeas petition helped lead to Steidl's freedom.
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The block itself is reworked by first decking the top surfaces. The purpose of this machining operation is to get the decks (the surfaces that the cylinder heads sit on) square with the centerline of the crankshaft. Once that surface can be depended on, the cylinders were bored .030-over, then honed for final preparation. The honing process is so critical to the engine's performance that Coy Miller does each block personally. Thick plates to simulate cylinder heads are installed, including head gaskets, and torqued down exactly as in final assembly of the engine. Several steps of honing are used, representing a pattern that Miller has developed over the years.
With the crank and block ready, a package of Carillo connecting rods was opened. All connecting rods are fitted with high tensile hardware and balanced to within one half gram at both ends. Center distances were checked and machined, as needed. This particular six-banger was getting CP billet pistons and pins, so these along with the piston rings were weighed up and piston weights adjusted as necessary. All of this preparation and attention to detail yields a shortblock that doesn't fall short in any area and that would end up being a very good thing.
Ronnie, in the meantime, knew that Thunderbird Super Coupe cylinder heads were also going to be needed to keep up with the new bottom end. A set were on order from Miller's shop as well. A good dose of porting had been laid on the candidates, first to match the intake ports to the lower intake manifold, then to reshape the bowls and increase their size, lowering the compression ratio a bit to the 9.5:1 target. Once the metal grinding and polishing was complete, Ferrea was called on to provide the 2.02" intake and 1.60" exhaust valves. Double helix valve springs from Crower, who were also providing a custom camshaft for the V6, were installed along with Crane hydraulic rollers and Comp 1.6 ratio rocker arms.
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When the engine was delivered to the Custom Performance shop, it still wasn't a 'drop in' proposition. Some rather severe massaging was needed to fit the Vortech Igloo Mondo Cooler upper intake manifold to the Super Coupe lower - particularly since the Igloo was designed for a V8 engine. Dale from Custom told us that there was quite a lot of cutting and fabrication involved, not just of the upper intake, but with other brackets and mounting points as well. When all the shucking and jiving was done, a polished Vortech T-Trim blower sat proudly on top of the Igloo Mondo.
Before the engine was finally buttoned up, there was one more thing to look after. Actually, it was two things because, aside from the blower on this motor, there are two NOS systems. Talk about multiple power adders! First, a 100-shot direct port system was installed in the intake manifold. This kind of system pours the giggle gas directly into the individual cylinders. Supplementing that hardware is a 50-shot wet fogger system. This Pony's fuel system needed to keep up with the rest of the developments under the hood, so Aeromotive components were called up for duty. Their A1000 fuel pump brings the ability to deliver up to 600 lb/hr of the go-juice, while an Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator keeps things calm. Surgery was done on the car's original gas tank,welding in a Comp. Eng. sump to keep the pipeline open. All of this is dedicated to feeding a voracious set of Siemens Deka fuel injectors, rated at 83 lbs/hr. An Accufab throttle body and Anderson Ford Power Pipe look after the early portions of the intake system.
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Maryland's Democratic office-holders joined environmentalists in praising the Obama administration's announcement Friday that it is moving to curb carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants.
Gov. Martin O'Malley issued a statement in support of the regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, which would impose limits on carbon emitted by new power plants. He noted that existing power plants account for 34 percent of the nation's climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions, the largest source.


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The Way Ahead: Marines hand war to Afghan troops
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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan As about half the Marine force in Afghanistan headed home this year, the rapid drawdown in the violent southwest of the country cast the endgame of the war and what many regard as its precarious footing into relief — the handoff to Afghan national security forces.
Helmand province, a nexus of the narcotics trade in the heartland of the Taliban insurgency, has borne much of the heaviest fighting of the 11-year war. In recent years this fertile river valley traversing the desert has also been a killing field for a disproportionate number of Marines among coalition deaths nationwide.
Now it may be a bellwether for the country as Afghan troops fight on with far less U.S. military assistance.
U-T San Diego spent five weeks this summer embedded with Marines in Helmand province, for the third time since 2010. From the commanding general down, most said they were either cautiously confident or were taking a wait and see approach.
Among the undecided was an infantry lieutenant from San Diego who offered a blunt assessment of the Afghan soldiers he works with. "Some days I think: they're (screwed)," he said, asking not to be named so he could speak frankly.
On other days and other battles, when Afghan national troops mow down scores of insurgents, he reconsiders: "They have their good days and their bad days. Only time will tell. As lazy as they fight on a daily basis, the Taliban are lazy, too."
A common saying among the Marine command staff serving in Helmand province is "it takes six years to make a sixth-grader." By the time most international troops pull out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the Marines in NATO's southwestern region will have had less time than that to help the Afghan army stand on its own.
The Corps began deploying to Helmand province in strength in 2009 after redirecting from Iraq. In 2010 the Afghan army corps it helped start from scratch in Helmand, the 215th, was formally established.
This summer, as the Marine force thinned out and pulled back, relations with Afghans they mentor and assist ranged from close to disdainful to outright hostile.
Amid a rising spate of insider attacks on NATO troops nationwide, tensions were so high at one Musa Qala base after offhand comments by Afghan police about "shooting Marines," that their advisers from Camp Pendleton temporarily stopped patrolling with them.
The rapport at another combat outpost was little better in Sangin, where the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment from Twentynine Palms is deployed.
Staff Sgt. Trent Templet, a 32-year-old platoon sergeant on his fourth combat tour, had heard about "rock star" Afghan troops at other positions. But he was convinced that commanders were sticking his company with all their bad apples.
Dawn was already breaking when the Afghan soldiers showed up late for what was supposed to be an early start to an all-day operation. "The tactical advantage is definitely gone at this point," another Marine griped as they waited.