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There is much confusion and dispute among Muslims and non-Muslims about the status of the niqab (face veil). The intent of this webinar is to dispel myths regarding the face veil. Is it oppression? Is banning it a breach of freedom of rights? Is it mandatory to wear in Islamic law? All this and more!
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text: Kiraja 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2014 Static of Arthas Recruiters: Ketsuki: Vicious#1889 Kiraja: Lissle#1720 Progression and Ranks Current: 14/14H US 35th H: Garrosh Hellscream Previous Tiers: T15: 13/13H US 27th H:Lei Shen T14: 16/16H Sha of Fear US #46th Streams and Kill Videos: Brutall: Twitch Youtube Ketsuki: Twitch Starlyne: Twitch Guild Outline Our goal in Static is to quickly and efficiently progress through 25-man HEROIC content without sacrificing our personal responsibilities and goals outside of the game. In order to do this, we adhere to a strict set of principles to guarantee our long term success. Mutual respect among our raiders ensures a healthy climate and fun environment. It is the foundation of our success. We are dedicated to PvE Raid progression above all else. While many of our members enjoy other games in addition to Wow, PvE raiding always comes first. With that said, all of our policies and rules are based on this goal alone. Performance and Teamwork are paramount. No one in Static has the RIGHT to raid. Your play time will be determined by the needs of the encounter and your Performance, Attendance, and Attitude. Our members understand that it takes hard work to raid at a competitive level and that preparing for a raid isn't always fun, but is absolutely necessary. In Static, we recognize that the single biggest factor in determining the quality of a raider is the effort they're willing to put in. The effort put in by individuals directly translates into our overall success. Raid Schedule We raid Wednesday, Thursday, and Monday from 8:30pm - 12:30am Eastern. We may require you to go until 12:45am some nights, depending on what we are working on. We have no desire to raid more than three nights a week. We need people who are able to commit to almost 100% of our raids. We respect and understand that everyone has a real life, but plan accordingly. Monday - 8:30pm-12:30am Wednesday - 8:30pm-12:30am Thursday - 8:30pm - 12:30am All "off" nights can be used to run alt raids, PvP, etc. We encourage you to play with your guild mates as often as possible, and to participate frequently when you are able to. We are absolutely in need of intelligent, capable, fire-dodging raiders, including but not limited to: Death Knight: Unholy/Frost - Low Druid: Balance - Low Druid: Feral - Low Paladin: Holy - Medium Paladin: Retribution - Low Priest: Disc/Holy - Medium Priest: Shadow - Medium Rogue: - Low Shaman: Enhancement - Low Shaman: Elemental - Low Warlock - HIGH! Warrior: Fury - Low Keep in mind that we're recruiting just about everything for WoD, but the classes above are preferred. We are ALWAYS searching for bigger and better players. We believe that stiff competition among other raiders is the pathway to excellence. If you perform a role better than one of our current members, and you want to prove it, we will give you that opportunity. If you are a better player, you WILL receive their raid spot. That is our commitment to efficiency and the core reason we are able to get as much done in a single day then most guilds struggle to do in an entire week. Recruit Requirements Your recruitment could last two to four weeks. We expect nearly 100% attendance during this period. You may be asked to sit during the recruitment period. You are required to come to a raid prepared with all consumables, including but not limited to flasks, foods, and potions. Please show up for the raid 5-10 minutes prior to invites. All recruits are eligible to receive loot during this period only after a Statican has passed on said loot. Loot Distribution We use a Loot Council, headed by Brutall our GM, to award loot based on attendance, performance, attitude, and so on. For those who worry about favoritism, just relax. If favoritism were an issue, then the guild would crumble, and that's not what anyone wants to happen. On pieces of gear that multiple classes/specs can use, we seek input from the raid. Decisions aren't made blindly. We play fair, and we expect you to do the same. We want EVERYONE who thinks they can raid with us to apply. If you are AWESOME at your class/spec, we WON'T turn you away! We will consider ALL applicants and we highly encourage you to fill out an application if you think you can handle heroic content. We can't emphasize this enough! We are however VERY demanding on our applicants, and will not even bother to look at you unless you can truthfully handle raiding HEROIC content. We do not coddle the weak, everyone puts as much effort into our kills as they get out of it. I assure you, the best thing you can do is visit our website and review the FAQ section of our forum. Everything you could possibly want to know about us is located there. Static of Arthas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I am an American Christian raised woman. At the age of 23 I started learning about Islam, and eventually became Muslim (All thanks and praise to Allah). As a teenager and on into my 20's, I always made sure I looked my best, and actually I was voted best looking girl by my senior high school class. Full face of make-up, perfect hair, and always the clothes in trend. I had the best looking sports car, a great paying job as a hair designer, and I was always looking to have a good time. I was an independent woman, and was never questioned about any decisions I made, or criticized about anything I did.
When I became Muslim all that changed. Suddenly every one had something to say, I heard it all. I was no longer thought off as being able to use my adult mind the same way again. I was brain-washed, or I was doing it to please my husband. ("You can't change a person ." isn't that a common saying?)
As a Christian, I was religious on Sunday mornings for an hour, or when the lottery numbers were being picked I would pray -"please God let me win", or when a loved one was hurt I would try to make a deal with God. And ofcourse on holidays.
I am 28 now, and Islam is a way of life, my way of living. Everything I do, every minute of my day is now done differently. Especially, I pray 5 times a day . Believe me, you can not pretend to be a Muslim. These days I live a simple, peaceful, very moral life. I have no stress, no worries. My husbands' duty is to make sure I'm well cared for, and to provide for me. I am able to stay home and take care of my son according to my standards, not a baby-sitter's. I couldn't trade in his smiles for a pay check, his smiles are my pay. I read, I sew, I relax, and I have plenty of time to prepare fresh home cooked meals for my family.
Oppressed ? Yes, I was oppressed last week , when my cordless phone broke and I had to use a regular one. I wouldn't change my life now for anything. And if I was to divorce my husband, SURPRISE, I'm still going to practice Islam in the same manner I do now.
So if you are a friend or a family member of a convert to Islam, instead of being negative or against it, try to understand and respect the persons new way of life. And remember we are Islam. There is no question that will embarrass nor offend us. These people who are great scholars of Islam because they saw a movie, are not the correct source of telling you about my life.
I saw a few movies about Italians, so should I assume all Italian men are in the Mafia, deal drugs, kill people, and have girl friends on the side? NO!
Believe me, I have a lot more to write about my hardships and hassles of being a Muslim. None of which pertains to the religion itself, but to what even perfect strangers have said or done to me.
Oh yeah, did I mention I was also voted MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED by my high school senior class.
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As <insert commercial TV station's name here> draws the net cord on another summer of tennis, I've let the 60,000 tweets coalesce into some sentences with too many adjectives to run through a few of my favourite moments of one of my favourite times of year:
1/. You say goodbye, I say hello: two Australian men reached the fourth round of the Open for the first time since 1976, when Mark Edmonson invented tennis (NB: I am inventing this. It is not true. I think.); one a 'wretched child' (copyright Bernard Keane) the other, Bernard Tomic. No, switcheroo. After giving many of us joy with his on court calm and the realisation that at 19, he has that something else that leaves you a little slack-jawed in awe, Tomic has reverted to being another Gold Coast dickhead taking road etiquette lessons from Shane Warne. The much-maligned (well, by me, for his entire Sorbent-endorsing career) Little Lley Lley bundled himself into the commentary bunker without so much as a, 'jeez, my career's almost over, what should I do?'. He's a natural. He knows the nuances of the current crop's game and adds value to the viewing experience. Do yourself a favour, son: announce your retirement and sew up a contract. Which brings me to …
2/. Seven's commentary team: in the history of sport, has there ever assembled a more annoying, sexist, Captain Obvious bunch than this lot? OK, Channel 9's cricket team has that trophy in perpetuity, and Versus' coverage of the Tour de France, where they use on-screen markers to point out Lance Armstrong, is certainly the most brain embolism-inducing; but Seven's whacky ability to combine cross-promos, ad breaks during games, the pointless Megawalls and crowd-o-meters, with new bullshit, such as 'Get Jimbo to ask an open mic question' writes itself. As Fairfax's chief sports columnist, Richard Hinds, tweeted last night, 'is it Marry My Kitchen or My Boy Rules?' Enough with the South Australian princess, the endless shots of the WAGs, the fairly disgraceful promotion of gambling, Todd Woodbridge for being Todd Woodbridge, and the question on everyone's lips (well, mine): why was Henri Leconte banished to the back courts this year? I love him. He brings the crazy, the passion, the 'YES!' courtside. Who cares that he's biased toward French players? He's French. It's a given. My, 'bring back Henri' campaign starts Monday, 30 January 2012.
3/. The Twitspats: not so much a fight as my good friend, Melbourne journalist and friend of the game, Neil McMahon, retweeting obnoxious comments made by Bernard Keane. Bernard, you misanthropic old prick, if you can't grasp the basics (i.e. Rafael Nadal is among the world's most humble athletes, not a prick), and want to act like a giant 'wretched child', be my guest. Tennis is generally a game where even if you love a player who loses, you can say, 'tennis was the winner on the day' after a match the quality of the Nadal-Federer semi. It was, as the kids say, amazeballs, and a joy to watch.
4/. The Twitspats Mark II or 'it's all about me': it began in Bris Vegas, where my tendency (ok, constant) references to yesterday's Great British Hope and today's Scotsman, Andy Murray, as 'Andy Pandy Have a Fuckin' Shandy' drew the ire of the Andy Murray Fanclub of Buttfuck, Idaho in an exchange which went something like this:
Me: "Oh, fer fuck's sake, Andy Pandy Have a Fuckin Shandy is on course for a title, if only because he doesn't want to have a meltdown in front of Lendl."
Andy Pandy Have a Fuckin' Shandy Fan: "You're just JEALOUS because Andy Murray is the second coming of Christ. You are PATHETIC."
Me: 'Have you never heard of The Thick of It? Oh wait, you're from Buttfuck Idaho. That would be a no." BLOCKED.
The bestest, everest, tennis twitspat of my summer was the advent of Bernard Tomic's Twitter account. I am a Tomic fangirl, so I started following. My suspicions (and those of a fair few others) that this wasn't Our Kid but a fake account set up by a 17 year old whose Twitter bio reads, 'dancing in his garage' started when he thanked said garage dancer for helping set up his account. When challenged to prove his Tomic-ness, he asked his followers to help verify the account. Um, yeh, right. Night after night of exhausting four-or five set matches, Our Kid was tweeting well into the early hours, not insights into his day, but RTs of people who asked for RTs. When asked to post a pic to settle the matter once and for all, he announced he was quitting twitter and went deep quiet faster than a South Korean submarine. The sad fact of the matter is he wasn't a good fake. He failed to bring the funny; if done properly, say in the Fake Shane Watson league, it was the time and place to do it. I do like that he accused me of trying to make him feel worthless; a tweet that went around the true believers and earned me so much gold it was multi-platinum.
5/. The derp-domination of summer came to an end: the great twitter war of ancient Greek words for womb faded away. The King's Tribune got a well-deserved write up in The Age, and I discovered that Juzzy and Jane have a child. Oh, there was also the great reveal of Paula Matthewson's sekrit identity and the even greater reveal that Twitter has a 'cool kids' clique. I think it's all a crock of shit, so ner, ner, ne, ner, ner, go and have a shandy the fucking lot of you. Mine's an Old, because that's what Newcastle Under 8s drink after a hard 7am training session on grass courts (it was the 70s) before taking it to the Merewether under 12s (and their poxy bitumen excuse for a competition court) and going down, bravely, 6-0 6-0.
6/. The derp-domination of summer did not come to an end: shrieking is not a feminist issue. The decibel-defying play of Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka drew Agnieszka Radwanska out of the locker room to say it did put her off her game. Things I do not agree with: tonight's final being labelled the showdown of the grunters. Plenty of players, male and female, grunt on and off during matches. I put that down to sheer exertion. Sharapova and Azarenka shriek on almost every point. It's not grunting, it's screaming, and to me, pure gamesmanship. What I loathe is the idea that the on-court shrieking gives open slather to denigrate these athletes with the cheap Neanderthal crap of, 'jeez, how would they go in bed?!?' (yes, professional sports commentator for ABC Grandstand, Glenn Mitchell, I'm looking at you, you tool of monumental proportion). As we've seen throughout the Australian Open, gamesmanship exists in some really shiteous ways: Rafael Nadal's 800 ball bounces before serve; Novak Djokovic wandering around court in second sets like he's been shot and about to throw in the towel; players looking to their boxes for confirmation that they should take a challenge – but the shrieking takes the cake. Sadly, it detracts from the fact that they are in the final because they've played better tennis.
7/. Controversy Corner with Margaret Court: The Guardian reported that British teenager, Laura Robson, 'walked unwittingly into a political row' by wearing a rainbow hairband as part of the protest against Court's abhorrent homophobia. I shit you not, this made The Guardian. Margaret Court's hate-filled fundie fucktardedness is mind-boggling in its intensity, but she got a platform at this time of year because she is the greatest female tennis player Australia has produced and has a fourth court named after her. The Rainbow Protest to get the arena named after her changed fizzled, so we were left with a progressive newspaper arguing that a teenaged British player with a multi-coloured hairband was leading the anti-homophobic charge. In a sport where, arguably, homosexual women have said, 'bring it on, we're gay', for a lot longer than any other pursuit, sporting or otherwise, I find it difficult to say that her king-size ker-azy deserves stripping changing the name of the arena. Court has been denounced for her reprehensible statements by former players and almost everyone with a brain. She's a patently bat-shit crazy woman who invented her own church. Still, her record as a player is mind-boggling and unlikely to be repeated: she won more than half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played (24 of 47) She won 192 singles titles before and after the Open Era – an all time record. Her career singles win-loss record was 1,177-106, for a winning percentage of 91.74 percent on all surfaces (hard, clay, grass, carpet); also an all time record. She won at least 100 singles matches in 1965 (113-8), 1968 (107-12), 1970 (113-6), and 1973 (100-5). She won more than 80 percent of her singles matches against top 10 players (297-73) and was the year-end top ranked player seven times. (Source: Wikifuckingpedia). She is, statistically, the Don Bradman of women's tennis. If we're going to honour an Australian woman, may I suggest the Evonne Goolagong Arena; Goolagong's achievements are right up there with the best (14 Slams in the Open era); may I also suggest a name change would give Court and her ilk a greater platform for their nutbag platforms, and a generation of people who laud her tennis achievements a reason to hate teh gays. I've never seen Margaret Court given the same respect the men hold for Rod Laver– a lesson for all of us? The locker room has spoken. Let the record stand, but shun the descent of a great into raving crank.
8/. #tweetlikeToddWoodbridge #tweetlikeaChannel7commentator #AustralianOpenfashiontweets … if it wasn't a free three-minute ad for Nike in the guise of an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview with Serena Williams, we've been treated day-in, day-out, to the unnecessary commentary on what female players are wearing on court, down to the colour of the strapping on their lithe legs. Love the shoes, love the skirt, love the bag, love it all. Belongs in the front row of a Milan catwalk, not courtside or commentary box in a Grand Slam. The perfect comeback? …
9/. The Calippo Curse: it started with Fernando Verdasco. Retina-scorching clothing the colour of an 80s iceblock. Having never eaten a Calippo, I struggled for the name, and then it came to me, courtesy of a pointer from my mate, @iamtheoracle to the amusing twitter stream of a Collingwood player. As players fell – Tsonga, Dolgopolov, all of them decked out in #Calippo, it seemed appropriate to take on my nemesis, Todd Woodbridge, and play a few games of piss-taking fashion tweetage between score checks. #Calippo caught on between a few tweeps. I'll get Woodbridge in the end.
10/. Finally, quiet please. It's the most basic of rules: if you are in the crowd, you do not call out between serves. End of; no correspondence shall be entered into. For all of the gamesmanship, this is a game of etiquette and deserves to be treated as such. Tomas Berdych learnt a very harsh lesson when he refused to shake hands with Nicolas Almagro after defeating the Spaniard in the fourth round. He broke the code. In other matches, I've seen the victor not only pay lip service to the vanquished, but applaud the gladiator. I love that today's top players are in touch with the history of the game; that Rafael Nadal treats a practice court visit from Rod Laver as a privilege, the iPhone cameras out to record the moment; these amazing young men childlike in his company; the great Roger Federer in tears on accepting the 2006 trophy from his hands. Does this happen at any other Grand Slam? I don't know; but it melted me when I heard, 'Mr Laver' from Novak Djokovic after his win last night. It sums up why I love this sport. So, quiet please; acknowledge the mastery, the guile, the on-court IQ and the physical and mental will that prevails in the end. Thank you, Vika and Maria, Nole and Rafa for giving it everything. Let the finals of the 2012 Australian Open commence. My tips? Azarenka and Djokovic.


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Countries that together account for most global greenhouse gas emissions have passed nearly 500 laws since the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty was signed in 1992, with emerging economies leading many of the recent efforts, according to a report released by the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) and the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics.
Prior to the treaty, fewer than 40 laws addressing climate were on the books.
Much of the major legislative action on climate change in 2013 took place in countries like China and Mexico, whose economies are growing rapidly.
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The U.N. climate treaty to be negotiated next year is expected to consist of pledges of specific actions, or "contributions," from nearly 200 countries, aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
Senator Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who had co-authored a comprehensive climate-change bill when he was a U.S. representative, said the study should encourage the U.S. Congress to enact its own climate legislation. The bill co-authored by Markey had passed the House of Representatives in 2009 but died in the Senate a year later.
"We need an international movement to pass climate legislation, and nowhere is that movement needed more than here in the United States," Markey said.
Others at the report's launch, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, said that with the U.S. House now controlled by Republicans and the Senate run by Democrats, efforts at legislation are likely to be stymied by policy gridlock.
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did not bend on its approach, which aims to provide contraceptives to nearly all women regardless of their workplace. "The health-care law guarantees millions of women access to recommended preventive services at no cost," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "Today's announcement reinforces our commitment to respect the concerns of houses of worship and other non-profit religious organizations that object to contraceptive coverage." The final regulation does allow houses of worship an exemption if they object to such coverage. Faith-based nonprofit groups, such as Catholic hospitals and universities, must comply with the mandate by the end of the year; the earlier proposed rule set a deadline of Aug. 1. If the groups object to contraceptive coverage, their health insurance plan is required to pay for the benefit separately from the main insurance package. The provision is already in effect for private business owners. Final approval of the rule will allow for some lawsuits against the contraceptive mandate to move forward quickly. Some judges had put the cases on hold pending a final regulation. More than 60 lawsuits have been filed against the contraceptive mandate, by both faith-based nonprofit groups and private business owners who contend that the provision violates their religious liberties.


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Nov. 29, 1945 is a very special day in the history of helicopter search and rescue (SAR) services. If you're not familiar with it you should be. That was the day, not far from the Sikorsky factory in Connecticut, on a bleak and wind-torn reef in Long Island Sound, when a Sikorsky R-5 performed the first civilian helicopter hoist rescue by lifting two men off of a heavily storm damaged oil barge. That stormy Thursday afternoon 65 years ago not only marked the realization of Mr. Sikorsky's vision, but it forever changed the course of the role helicopters would play around the world.
Today, the role of a modern helicopter runs the gamut from aerial agriculture to counting whales, but by far the biggest impact these incredible machines have on humanity is saving lives. There's really no telling how many people have been rescued over these past 65 years, but I can sure bet that whether afloat in the ocean or lost in the woods—the sweetest sound any of them heard was that of the approaching helicopter.
While today's helicopters offer speed, range and load lifting capabilities that were just a dream of Igor Sikorsky, the parts of the SAR mission profile that have really exploded are the technologies that flight crews can use to locate and evacuate survivors faster than ever before. And in the SAR game, time is often the difference between a rescue and a recovery.
Emergency position indicator radio beacons (EPIRBs) are basically emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) for boats and ships. Category I EPIRBs are mounted somewhere on a boat or ship so that in the event of a sinking, the EPRIB is automatically released to float to the surface and begin its automatic distress transmission. Category II EPIRBs are manually activated. It's up to the survivor to activate the signal.
While most modern EPIRBs transmit on both the analog 121.5 MHz and digital 406 MHz signals, there are a few older units that only transmit on 121.5. (More on what that means to SAR teams later on). Personal locator beacons (PLBs) are small, portable units that you wear and are manually activated. PLBs operate exclusively on the 406 MHz frequency, and many of them also have an automatic 121.4 MHz homing frequency transmitter. As an added safety feature many newer PLBs have a GPS capability that adds an embedded GPS positioning code to the 406 MHz distress signal, which gives searchers even more detailed information.
You probably remember all the hype back on Feb. 1, 2009, when the good folks at COSPAS-SARSAT (the group responsible for doing satellite tracking of emergency beacon signals), officially stopped the active monitoring of 121.5 distress beacons by their satellites. The good news is there was a better, more accurate replacement ready, willing and able to make search and rescue quicker and safer for the SAR teams around the world.That new frequency was 406 MHz. It's digital and light years better than the 121.5 standard it replaced. According to SARSAT, satellites detect hundreds of 121.5 MHz "hits" per day. Unfortunately, 99-plus percent of them are false. And of the ones that are really distress calls, the 121.5 signal can only give searchers a general idea where the beacon is located.
With a 121.5 MHz signal, it is covering about a 486-square-mile search area. With a 406 MHz ELT the area is cut down to around 10 square miles. The 406's increased accuracy is due to its ability to pump out a full five-watt signal compared to the miniscule 0.2 to 0.5 watts coming from your 121.5 MHz ELT. That gets the geostationary satellites a much stronger signal, which leads to greater location accuracy. The Civil Air Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard are both installing 406 MHz direction finders. The Coast Guard has picked up 406 signals from as far away as 106 miles. That can be a huge difference in the success of the rescue.
Some beacons go one better. They have the capability of taking positions from a GPS and sending that spot-on location information as part of its encoded message.
With 406, there can still be a fair share of false alerts, but each beacon has a unique identification number so the SAR teams know who's ELT, PLB or EPIRB is going off. How? Owners are required by FCC law to register every 406 emergency beacon. With 406 and your 24/7 contact information, one phone call to the owner or contact and the SAR teams will know if there is a problem before they dispatch search crews. If it's a false alarm the owner can just switch it off and there are no SAR teams put at risk. If there is an emergency situation, often the distress beacon's owner has left word as to where they were going and that can be a great benefit to the SAR specialists.
Of course, for that capability to be of any use you must first register your 406 ELT, EPIRB or PLB with NOAA. Owners can register 406 MHz enabled devices online at www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov or by calling 1-888-212-SAVE (7283).
A better distress beacon needs a better receiver. Specially designed to receive a 406 MHz distress beacon's signals, Rockwell Collins' DF-430 Multi-Mission Direction Finder picks up where the COSPAS-SARSAT satellites leave off. While the COSPAS-SARSAT satellites can give rescuers a pretty good idea where the distress signal is coming from, the DF-430 gives them a "spot on" bearing to the beacon.
Designed to receive a variety of emergency beacon signals including 121.5 MHz, 243 MHz, digital 406 MHz channels as well as ARGOS, the DF-430 targets in on the identification information found in the COSPAS-SARSAT distress messages transmitted by digital ELTs, EPRBs and PLBs at ranges up to 116 nm.
When integrated over the Mil-Std-1552B and ARINC 429 busses, the DF-430 can provide the distress beacon's lat/long along with its unique identifier to the search aircraft. The flight crew simply enters those coordinates into the flight management system (FMS) and flies directly to the signal's location. To expand the unit's capabilities, the DF-430's embedded synthesized receiver detects and enables bearing determination on any transmission type, including beacon modulation, AM and PM/FM signals over the corresponding frequency range.
The AeroComputers UC-5100 mission management system is in use worldwide by a variety of civil, government and military SAR providers. While the unit offers a wide array of advanced features and capabilities, the UC-1500 has two capabilities that are especially helpful in aiding SAR operations—ViewSync and "breadcrumbs."
With ViewSync, the flight crew can aim the aircraft's onboard camera at any location on the ground and the system will display the lat/long/elevation coordinates of that spot on the mapping system. This capability is especially helpful when the helicopter or aircraft can see the survivors but cannot land. By recording the exact location, the flight crew can send the precise location information to surface rescue teams who can quickly locate the victims.
The detailed location information is also very beneficial for post-flight evaluations. Searchers can look at the photo imagery from the aircraft's camera in greater detail and, because the exact location of the image is available, areas of interest can be quickly identified and relocated. In a major disaster like flooding, the ViewSync can use the UC-5100's built in mapping and targeting databases to locate the position of streets or houses, even when they are totally covered by water. The UC-5100's "breadcrumbs" function records the aircraft's trail along the flight path. Because the feature is always on, all the operator has to do to make a spot of interest is to press a button on the system's control keyboard. The breadcrumbs capability is especially useful when the SAR crew is en route to a location but flies over other 'points-of-interest' along the way. With the simple press of a button, those locations are automatically stored. If the aircraft is equipped with an onboard camera, the breadcrumb locations are used to automatically aim the camera at those locations.
One of the hardest things for a SAR pilot to do is to look for survivors while flying a tight, coordinated search pattern. Kaman Aerospace has come up with a solution. The SH-2G Super Seasprite multi-mission maritime helicopter features a "Coupled Navigation" mode that provides a capability for the crew to select a pre-programmed SAR pattern. To affect this capability, the aircraft mission software is coupled with the automatic flight control system (AFCS) so as to direct the aircraft along the defined flight path.
The operator can either select from pre-defined search patterns loaded in the system's mission computer or they can create waypoints defining a non-standard search. After the SAR pattern is defined, it is displayed on one of four MFDs at the crew station. Once the helicopter has reached the point of interest, the pilot can engage the coupled navigation mode. When engaged, the mission computer provides steering cues to the AFCS, which directs the aircraft to the first and subsequent waypoints in the pattern.
The three automated SAR patterns available to the crew are ladder, expanding square, and sector. After selecting the desired pattern the operator is able to define specific parameters to tailor the search for the prevailing conditions (e.g., search sweep width, expected drift speed and direction). All patterns originate from an operator-selected reference point; usually the estimated position of the survivor in the water, disabled vessel, or other search object. The operator then can set the pattern orientation, track spacing, leg lengths and initial turn. Once coupled, the aircraft will continue to fly the selected pattern until the operator deactivates the navigation mode for the SAR pattern.
Kaman's coupled navigation SAR option allows the crew to concentrate more intensely on visual scans and aircraft search sensors, and thereby increases their probability of detecting the search object.
Helicopter rescue winch operations face some of the most demanding and dangerous situations a SAR team can experience. Not only is the pilot often challenged with maneuvering the helicopter in tight spaces while the winch operator gives them minute corrections to the aircraft's position. The challenge of spot-on positioning for the hoist is even harder in larger helicopters due to the distance between the pilot and the winch operator's location. AgustaWestland has come up with an ingenious aid on its AW101: the Hover Trim Controller.
The Hover Trim Controller is mounted on a small joystick at the winch operator's location. It gives the operator limited control authority to "fly" the helicopter left/right/forward/aft to accurately position the rescue device near the survivor.
As people keep finding more creative ways to put themselves in dire positions, search and rescue providers are challenged to fly missions into increasingly dangerous situations. Two of the biggest problem areas are reduced visibility, caused by brownouts, fog, rain or whatever; and in-flight obstacles—towers, wires, structures, etc. While some technologies and vision aids including forward-looking infrared (FLIR), shortwave infrared image (SWIR) sensors, light detection and ranging (LIDAR), millimeter wave radar (MMWR) and others have given flight crews some much needed, they all have their drawbacks. Namely, the lack of sharp detail and accurate obstacle range and elevation information. These shortcomings often to what pilots are calling "blobology" images—formless color blobs displayed on the helicopter's MFD. Flight crews know something is out there, but they're just not sure what or where it is.
Lockheed Martin's new-generation Degraded Visual Environment Correlation Tracking & Obstacle Recognition (DEVECTOR) could just be the light at the end of the tunnel. Currently undergoing active flight testing, DEVECTOR uses advanced 3-D synthetic vision technology spawned from a high-resolution digital terrain elevation data (DTED) database and hazard detection sensors to create synthetic images that help flight crews operate more safely in significantly degraded visual environments.
Used alone, or in combination with LIDAR and RADAR, this fused vision/sensor system will provide a huge leap forward for those operating aircraft in marginal environmental and weather conditions.


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When it comes to building a top-notch fitness facility that delivers results to members, a standard philosophy for personal training is often the missing piece of the puzzle.
Today's trainer has many choices for certification: distance learning, classroom instruction, accredited vs. non-accredited, and fundamental vs. clinical, to name a few. In today's environment, it's critical for health club facility operators to understand what's available to their trainers.
It's no secret that membership recruitment and retention are common goals for health clubs. Industry insiders know that high retention rates strongly correlate with the quality of member services and club amenities. Because personal trainer services are generally among the highest revenue-generating sources for successful health clubs, it is crucial to evaluate the efficacy of your club's personal training sessions. And, it all starts with selecting a qualified staff as part of a safe and effective environment.
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Certification itself should never really be challenged, but the manner in which one is certified can—and should—be questioned. The industry as a whole has advanced in recent years, and there's no doubt that certification and continuing education offerings will continue to evolve with the industry.
Continuing Education
Personal trainers generally do not limit their education to one certified personal trainer (CPT) credential. Most successful trainers will pursue specialty course titles and take continuing education courses (CECs) to increase their knowledge base and scope. There are many sources for continuing education. Though continuing education requirements vary among certifiers, CECs or continuing education units (CEUs) should be viewed as an opportunity for continuous advancement. Trainers should be encouraged to find the educational source that best meets their special interests.
Holding an accredited CPT credential might be the minimum requirement for employment, but it's the personal drive to improve as a professional that is the key to advancement.
Hiring a Personal Trainer: What Clubs Should Know
For certifying organizations, the overarching goal is to ensure that a safe and effective program design is appropriately taught and assessed.
For health clubs, the general guideline as a prerequisite for employing a personal trainer is at least the recognition of a National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accredited credential. However, the screening process should not stop there. Researching niche markets and learning the differences in fundamental scopes of practice specific to the certification program is crucial to the determination of how relevant a personal trainer's services are to a club's members.
Every industry has its risks, but health clubs take on specific liabilities that are generally the first consideration when opening club doors to the general public. While liability isn't always tied to the personal training department, why take the chance on an unqualified trainer? Standards for safety should be maintained and enforced to minimize legal risk. The personal training department should not be taken lightly when it comes to providing a platform for safety, prevention and protection of club members (and the club itself).
Don't allow one of your most lucrative opportunities—the personal training department—to become your weakest link. It's a mistake that could cost your club dearly.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Giveaway - From Streetlights to Stars
I've often been asked if a person must be born a Mennonite to be part of a Mennonite church. As one who didn't grow up in a Mennonite church myself, I can testify that "outsiders" are welcome to join the Mennonites.
In the book From Streetlights to Stars, Becky McGurrin shares her family's journey from Buffalo, New York to a Mennonite community in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Not only did Becky experience the cultural difference of a new church community but she exchanged northern city life for rural southern living. Becky descriptions of the misunderstandings as they adapted to the perplexities of their new life had me laughing aloud.
My favorite aspect of From Streetlights to Stars was Becky's realization that though she may not make a perfect pie crust or sew beautiful quilts like some Mennonite ladies, she could serve the Lord with her own talents and still be a Mennonite.
Several years ago, our family was on vacation and stopped at a little Mennonite church on a Sunday morning. We knew no one at the church but they welcomed us to worship with them. The McGurrin family invited us to their house for lunch and we enjoyed an afternoon of fellowship with new friends. I know Becky and her family are real and her book reflects much of the joy that she exhibits in person.
Vision Publishing offered a copy of From Streetlights to Stars for a giveaway. For a chance to read Becky's story yourself, enter the giveaway by writing a comment.
Giveaway is open for one week to US residents. Please give an email address to contact you.
I was given a review copy from Vision Publishing but all opinions of this review are my own.
86 comments :
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 7:29 AM
sounds like a book we would love to read and share with others. Love your blog,have used some of your wonderful recipes. RachelReplyDelete
I'm not mennonite, but I have had mennonite friends.This sounds like an interesting story.ReplyDelete
Oh my! I just met Becky in the last several years and what a joy! She's a delightful person. I didn't know she'd written a book. I may just have to buy it if I don't win it! ;) lindastoltzfus at gmail dot comReplyDelete
Sounds like a very interesting novel. Love your blog!ReplyDelete
Mandy in GA
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 8:20 AM
This sounds like quite an interesting read, and my dear hubby was even chuckling at her catching style as I read the exerpt on Vision Publishing. I'm glad to have found Vision Publishing, too....looks like many good reads!!! :-)ReplyDelete
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I'd love to read this. I have a dear friend who recently embraced the Mennonite faith; she has helped me to see SO many things about our lifestyle from a different perspective.ReplyDelete
Hi Gina - I'd love to read this book! I've been so inspired when I look at our culture and way of life through the eyes of another perspective. The neat thing is that one thing we can have in common with anyone from other cultures is our relationship with Jesus Christ. That's what makes us sisters, isn't it!ReplyDelete
I've read lots of Amish books but not many Mennonite ones. However my most favorite cook book in the whole world is More-with-less!!! I'd be excited to win this book!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Never heard of the book, but any good book is welcome here! CarmenReplyDelete
What a great experience for you and your family. I would love to read her book :)ReplyDelete
Please include me in the drawing. I am an avid reader of almost everything, but I particularily like true stories. Thank youReplyDelete
I would love to read this. Sounds like a wonderful story.ReplyDelete
Just heard about this book from a sil. Now I'd like to read it myself. email@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:09 AM
I'd love to read this book. I'm with Linda -- if I don't win (and the library doesn't have it) I may just have to buy this book.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the chance.
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:43 AM
A story I would enjoy reading. I also enjoy your blog. It's one I love recomending to others.ReplyDelete
I would love to read her story as I could very much relate I'm sure! mckechnie.a at gmail.comReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:56 AM
A Mennonite myself, I'd love to hear another's story.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Oh, I know Becky from CLP home school workshops. I'd love to read about her life.ReplyDelete
Thanks for offering this.
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I love to read and try to make sure I'm spending my time on something worthwhile. This sounds like it would be one! --email@example.com
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Would love to read this! My own journey is quite varied but haven't managed the book part yet, lol.ReplyDelete
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This has been on my wish list, since hearing about it. I also want to pass this on to a friend, as well.ReplyDelete
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- NicoleMarch 8, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Sounds like an awesome book. I have always had an interest in the Mennonites and Amish. I use alot of Mennonite homeschooling material also. Love your blog, it is always very helpful-thank you for taking the time to let us know a little about your life.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Would love to read this - I agree with Linda, I'll have to buy it or see if the library has it if I don't win it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 1:41 PM
I would love to read about her adventure. Hope to win.ReplyDelete
oh my gosh I would love to read this book!!! I live in the Shenandoah Valley!! More closer to Winchester, How "its a small world" is that!!! I am not mennonite but I have worked with members of the mennonite community before I was married!! How amazing it would be to read about something so interesting based on one of one's own "neighbors"!!!ReplyDelete
Gosh I would love to win!!!
Sounds interesting. I love to hear stories of people who have joined the Mennonites and stayed.ReplyDelete
I would love the opportunity to read the book. It sounds like a really good book. Enjoy your day and God bless.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a wonderful true story that I would enjoy reading! And how very neat that you have actually met the author!ReplyDelete
- SharonMarch 8, 2012 at 2:15 PM
oh yes! I didn't know Becky had written a book. How neat! Would love to read it. I was "there" in that Mennonite community when the McGurrin's came... I agree...what a neat family.ReplyDelete
I would love to read this book! Thanks for the great giveaway.ReplyDelete
- Grandma RuthMarch 8, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Im sure this book will be very popular! Many people these days, myself included, are finding ourselves retreating from a rapidly degenerating society and looking for a deeper, more natural, decent and meaningful way of life! I know that as I go back to the basics of Bible faith and family, (and gardening!) the results are often quite unexpected!! Can't wait to read Becky's book! What a blessing to share the journey!!ReplyDelete
I would love to read this book :)ReplyDelete
I would love to win a copy of this book. We are not Mennonites but I love to shop at a Mennonite store.:)ReplyDelete
Hello, We've been attending a mennonite church for a bout a yr. We love the church but still don't understand somethings. I 'd love to read this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 5:03 PM
Sounds like a good book, one I'd enjoy reading.ReplyDelete
- katnapMarch 8, 2012 at 5:54 PM
I've always wanted a Mennonite friend and your the next best thing. Love your blog!ReplyDelete
Kathie in SC
Sounds interesting! Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the opportunities that you share with us. I am very curious about mennonites and I feel this might help me find the way I am looking to travel with my life.ReplyDelete
Even if I don't win, I will probably read this book! Thank you for bringing it to my attention!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Would really like to read this book. I've enjoyed reading your blog. accrisanti at yahoo dot comReplyDelete
I would very much love to read this story and to learn how her life has changed; as well as why she made the change.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 9:15 PM
Sounds interesting. My Dad joined the Mennonite church from "outside". The most important thing is that we know Jesus.ReplyDelete
This book sounds like a great read! Would love to win it. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 9:33 PM
Sounds like a wonderful read!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Would love to be included in the drawing. Love your blog by the way!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:39 PM
As someone who wasn't raised Mennonite but has been attending Beachy Amish/Mennonite services for the past year and a half, I am guessing I could identify really well with Becky's experiences!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2012 at 10:45 PM
I'd love to read it!ReplyDelete
- Lynita L.March 8, 2012 at 11:37 PM
This sounds like a great book to add to one's personal library! Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
This sounds like a wonderful story and I would love to read it!!!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 5:59 AM
This sounds like a wonderful book with a story that would interest me. Gina and her life is one I admire greatly!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Coming from the "inside" it would be interesting to read and see what ones stepping in face. I have a friend who is facing at this moment the challenges of such a change from the past. RhondaReplyDelete
I'm a Mennonite by blood, but haven't seemed to inherit the Mennonite talents; cooking, sewing, gardening, etc. It would be interesting to read about a non-Mennonite's transition. She's probably more Mennonite by now than I am!ReplyDelete
- joannaMarch 9, 2012 at 8:08 AM
well, i might not be mennonite, but we both know that brethren are mistaken for mennonite rather frequently! =) thanks for the giveaway; what an interesting book from your description!ReplyDelete
- Dawn E. BrownMarch 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I am not a Mennonite by birth, but have attended a Mennonite church for 22 years,6 months ago my husband began supporting my conviction to wear a veiling .I am at peace now as never before.Would be interested in this book, as we are from The Finger Lakes of New York , not too far from Buffalo. Blessings, I surely enjoy your blog.Dawn E. BrownReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 9:08 AM
I myself did not become Mennonite until I was eleven years old so I remember our journey quite well. Still a journey! I would love to read someone else's story!ReplyDelete
I myself did not become a Mennonite until I was eleven years old so I remember our families journey quite well! I would love to read someone else's story! Jamila - email@example.com
What a great read! I would love to win!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Sounds like a very interesting book worth reading.ReplyDelete
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Sounds fascinating!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Thanks for the giveaway,sounds interesting!ReplyDelete
- JessieMarch 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Sounds like a neat story! I like everyone else that has posted thoroughly enjoy your blog and look forward to each entry. Although my knowledge is limited to all aspects of the Mennonite community, what I do know makes great sense to me and I kinda feel like I must be one at heart! : ) Same interests, faith, principles, etc. Hope I win..but if not, I'll see if our library has it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM
I love relating to first generation Christians and Mennonites! I think they have so much to teach us that have always grown up in this setting. I would love to win this book! Jewel NoltReplyDelete
I love your blog, Gina, and the spirit of community life and family you make transparent with your posts. I don't know any mennonite person or anything about mennonites. I believe in the possibility of community and family guided by true love in their actions and interactions. In my experience religion divides, more than joins. Maybe mennonites are different.ReplyDelete
i would love to read this book! thanks for your blog!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 10:04 PM
i love to read and would love to have a copy of this book....ReplyDelete
I would love to read this! email is thegoodnewsfarm at yahoo.comReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM
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I grew up in a small town in NY where we attended a Mennonite Church. I was very young. What a great book this sounds like.ReplyDelete
This seems like a wonderful book to read.ReplyDelete
this looks like such a great book to read! i love the books written about real life, i hope to win!ReplyDelete
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I would love this book. I think even if I am not lucky enough to win it I will try to read it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2012 at 4:04 PM
just heard about this book recently and would love to read it!!DianaReplyDelete
I have a lot of Mennonite friends. I would love to hear of her life and how God works in wonderful ways. TeresaReplyDelete
Wow, the book sounds awesome. We live near a Mennonite community and I get to chat with the ladies over fabrics.ReplyDelete
I have been reading books about the Mennonite and Amish people trying to learn more but had not found any that talked about the transition.
Thanks for telling us about it!
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Would love to read this book. I enjoy your blog and many of your recipes have become a staple.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Would love to read this book -- thanks for the giveawayReplyDelete
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Would love to read this book. Heard about it recently over the pulpit. :)ReplyDelete
I would love to read this!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 9:08 AM
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- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I am not Mennonite, but have grown up around Mennonites and Amish, many being friends while in school. This sounds like an interesting story. :-)ReplyDelete
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I love to read stories like these, it sounds very interesting! Thank you for the offer!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 12:37 PM
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Your blog is one of my favorite! Years ago, we were at BBI together! Blessings!
I'd like to read this too. If I don't win it, thank goodness for Interlibrary Loan!ReplyDelete
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- Lynelle MartinMarch 14, 2012 at 10:32 AM
I have seen the book and would love to read it! lynellesbox @ gmail . comReplyDelete
This sounds like a very fun book!! andrea . globetrotter (at) gmail . comReplyDelete
I know that this contest ended a long time ago, but I just wanted to say I bought this book and am on chapter 4. I am so enjoying it. I wish there was a Mennonite Church near us that we could visit. So curious if our family would be a good match. I have enjoyed your blog very much and I wanted you to know it is appreciated.ReplyDelete


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At its March 24 meeting, the Brush City Council approved an amendment for a special use permit for Castle Rock Construction that will allow additional excavation for an augmentation pond on property owned by the company in Brush.
Castle Rock Construction's request for the amendment followed a recent request by the Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company for Brush to change its Land Use Code to allow the company to have an augmentation pond on the 45-acre property currently owned by Castle Rock Construction on the corner of Hospital Road and Mill Street.
Brush's Land Use Code currently does not contain any provisions allowing augmentation ponds within city limits. The city currently is developing an ordinance that would allow an augmentation pond on the site with certain conditions.
Castle Rock, which is the prime contractor for the I-76 construction project near Brush, purchased the 45-acre property over a year ago to use as a staging site for its highway construction operation and to use dirt from the site in the construction. However, it has used most of the usable dirt on the site in Phase I of the project, and excavating the dirt from the approximately 10-acre area for an augmentation pond would provide some of the dirt for Phase II of the project.
Council discussed whether or not to approve the request to amend Castle Rock's special use permit, which was originally for the company to have a temporary batch plant in a commercial zone, even though the city has yet to approve an ordinance to allow augmentation ponds. The city has been working to expedite this ordinance process, in part due to Castle Rock's immediate need to excavate the dirt for Phase II of the I-76 road construction beginning this spring.
Castle Rock Construction Chief Executive Officer Ralph Bell told the council, "We wanted to be digging it this month. We would like to be physically moving dirt by next Monday."
Councilor Rick Bain expressed concern about allowing excavation before an ordinance is in place to allow an augmentation pond, saying, "We could end up with just a hole in the ground if the dirt is gone. Does it devalue the property? Our sale of the land is dependent upon it being an augmentation pond."
The Castle Rock Construction site is considered an ideal development site. As stated in city documents, "this property is considered a prime site for commercial/retail development within the City of Brush. Given its proximity to Interstate 76 via exit 89, when fully developed this site has the potential to generate considerable sales tax revenue for the city."
Castle Rock Construction plans to sell the property once it has completed its work on I-76 with plans to sell some of the property to the Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company for its augmentation pond if the pond is allowed to be built.
Ball agreed that the necessary steps may not be taking place in order and said, "If you're saying we've got the cart a little bit in front of the horse you're right. We need the dirt, we need it now." The process will take a little bit of trust on everyone's part, he added. Bell also said Brush should consider itself lucky if it gets an augmentation pond because water is key to the continued livelihood of small communities in eastern Colorado.
"I've been roaming the eastern plains of Colorado for 25 years," he said. "Many communities are now dead for one reason, that's because of water. They would all love to be in Brush's position. It breaks my heart to drive through them. We've met a lot of good people over the years."
Assistant City Administrator Karen Schminke read a list of 10 conditions that the Brush city staff recommend be part of the amendment for the special use permit to allow Castle Rock Construction to excavate on the property. One condition is that the company submit a written plan for increased blow sand and dust control measures. Bell said he didn't think dust has been much of problem during operations up until this point and thought it was controllable. He said they plan to soon put mulch on the property that will help break the dirt up, adding that it's difficult to completely prevent any dust from blowing, especially if there is a big storm.
Becky Rusch, executive director of the Brush Housing Authority, addressed the council saying Brush Village, which is near the site, has been impacted by the excavation with residents complaining about blowing sand piling up on their lawns. She said she would like to see a retention wall, although she was glad to hear the area will receive mulching which will help.
Bell said he was concerned about condition 3A which states, "Prior to excavation of additional material from the property, a development agreement for the reconstruction of the portion of Hospital Road between the south right-of-way line of Interstate 76 and Mill Street must be signed by all parties to the agreement."
Bell said, "It wasn't our idea to construct Hospital Road. We don't know what a development agreement says. We can't do that if we don't know the conditions." He said he is a proponent of the reconstruction of Hospital Road and would like to see it happen but that whether or not it can happen by September "depends on all of us."
Castle Rock Construction has pledged about a quarter of the proposed $600,000 cost to reconstruct Hospital Road.
"For 3A to be a condition of this, quite frankly we can't quite accept," Bell said.
Steve Griffith, president of Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company, said, "I understand everyone's concern of getting the cart before the horse," however added, "the dollar figures to excavate the hole would double the value of the property. For them (Castle Rock Construction) wanting to excavate the dirt is of big value to us. If we have to buy the property and take chance of excavating it in a year, then it's not cost effective for the community."
Mayor Chuck Schonberger asked Bell if there isn't a special development agreement "what kind of guarantee is there for the road other than yes I want to do the road?"
Bell responded, "There is not a guarantee. We have written a letter committing $150,000. It comes down to who is going to pay the rest of it. Our commitment is there. The thing is we have been straightforward from the beginning. That's as far as we can stretch our dollars. We want a nice road too so the property is worth more. We have gone as far as we can. If you hold the pond hostage over the development agreement it will not happen."
After further discussion, Councilor Mark Smith moved that condition 3A be deleted from the 10 conditions associated with the amendment to the special use permit and the amendment was passed unanimously in a roll call vote.
In other business, council approved an amendment proclaiming April 1 as National Service Recognition Day, which encourages city residents to recognize the positive impact of national service in cities, in particular those from AmeriCorps VISTA.
In staff reports, Police Chief Mark Thomas said his department is always looking for ways to assist victims of crimes and is now involved in a program called Colorado Vine that allows alleged victims to receive an alert any time an offender's custody status changes. For example, Thomas said if an offender is in the Morgan County Jail, the victim will be notified if the offender is transported. He said the Vine program deals with misdemeanors and should not be confused with the Colorado Victims Rights Act. He added that the Brush Police Department is involved in both programs.
Director of Utilities & Public Works Dale Colerick Utilities said that through the board of Morgan County Commissioners the City of Brush will have a container for recycling electronics at the city recycling area south of the Brush Post Office. In addition, beginning April 1 residents on a Wednesday trash route will have their trash picked up on Tuesday.
Director of Finance Joanne Gosselink provided an overview of how Brush's volunteer fire department is funded and various scenarios of how it could meet its needs for increased funding in order to obtain necessary new equipment and maintain its building. The city is considering a ballot question that would raise the Brush city sales tax from 3.6 to four percent.
The next city council meeting is Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m. Council meetings are televised on Channel 10.
City council approves digging for augmentation pond
At its March 24 meeting, the Brush City Council approved an amendment for a special use permit for Castle Rock Construction that will allow additional excavation for an augmentation pond on property owned by the company in Brush.


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Car horns are important to your safety. They're also the voice of your classic Mustang. Not many of us think about how they work or what's wrong with them when they stop working because we deal with them so rarely.
Vintage Mustangs are equipped with two horns--one high-pitch and one low-pitch to create that familiar harmony. Function is quite simple--a vibrating spring steel diaphragm that cycles several hundred times a second through a die-cast megaphone that trumpets the high/low pitch harmony. Those familiar with music have called this combination A and C harmony, the common car horn tone. Editor Donald Farr, who is also a bass player, checked his '66 GT hardtop with a tuner, which registered an F to F# low pitch and an A for the high.
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According to Gary Steinkellner of The Horn Works, horns quit for three basic reasons--contact point damage or corrosion, electromagnet coil burnout, or mechanical seizure due to corrosion. He adds that road dust and rain get into horns and cannot escape, which causes corrosion, a horn's greatest enemy.
Interestingly, vintage car horns require a lot of power (8-9 amps) and operate at high frequency. The only electrical components that demand more are the starter and headlights. Horns survive for a long time because they aren't used often enough to wear out. Yet, they also suffer from the absence of use, which aggravates corrosion.
There's mixed news about classic Mustang horns. Although our intent is to show you how they work, they really aren't a component you should service yourself because they require technical know-how. The Horn Works has the knowledge to rebuild and restore '65-up compact Autolite Mustang horns. The good news is a Horn Works restoration not only gets your horns back in operation, it also raises the decibel level from 95 to an attention-getting 110 decibels.
Unfortunately, at the moment they don't service the larger '64 Autolite horns, which are easier to work on because they have a removable cover for easy access to the electromagnet and contact points. This is where we look to Ray Sanchez of Mustangs Etc. for his expertise. He's going to show you how to get '64 horns back into operation.
Another important point of consideration with '64 horns is the relay, which was used only for the '64½'s generator charging system. When these horns stop operating, always check the relay first with a test light or multimeter to make sure power is getting to the horns. And remember, car horns are intolerant of anything short of 12-14 volts and a rock solid connection and ground. Weak connections will render your horns inoperative.
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Small asteroid swings harmlessly past Earth
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whew, that was close. An asteroid the size of a tour bus streaked harmlessly past Earth on Monday, passing within 7,600 miles.
Discovered only last week, the relatively small space rock made a hairpin turn around the planet at about 10 a.m. PDT, sailing high over the southern Atlantic Ocean.
In truth, there was never any doubt it would miss. But given the vastness of the universe, 7,600 miles is practically a stone's throw away, at about three times the distance between New York and Los Angeles.
The asteroid, dubbed 2011 MD, was initially mistaken by astronomers for a piece of space junk because it was so small, at 15 to 60 feet wide. Later observations confirmed it was an asteroid that had no chance of hitting Earth.
Asteroids of this size typically brush by Earth every six years. In fact, earlier this year, a smaller one came even closer to our planet, passing within 3,500 miles.
Even if the latest one had aimed straight for us, it would have burned up in the atmosphere and not caused any damage on the ground.
"We're just waking up to the fact that Mother Nature has been shooting these things across the bow for millennia," said Don Yeomans, who heads the program that tracks potentially dangerous space rocks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
It was expected to be bright enough that someone might be able to see it with a medium-sized telescope.
Asteroids are leftovers from the formation of the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago. Pieces of asteroids -- meteorites -- constantly break away and make fiery plunges through the atmosphere.
Objects bigger than two-thirds of a mile are major killers and hit Earth every several hundred thousand years. Scientists believe it was a six-mile-wide asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Scientists frequently monitor these potential threats to get better data on their paths and likelihood of hitting Earth. Over the years, NASA has identified and tracked 8,110 near-Earth objects -- comets or asteroids -- that are bigger than several feet across. Of those, 1,237 are considered "potentially hazardous asteroids."
Though scientists, engineers and former astronauts have pondered ways to protect Earth from a catastrophic collision with an asteroid, there is no firm plan like something out of the Hollywood movie "Deep Impact."
NASA is giving up the space shuttle program to send astronauts outside Earth's orbit to an asteroid and eventually Mars. Unmanned spacecraft have flown by asteroids and even landed on them.
The large asteroid Apophis was high on scientists' radar not too long ago after it was thought there was a 1-in-45,000 chance the 885-foot rock could hit Earth in 2036. Further observations downgraded the probability to 1-in-230,000.
Continually tracking asteroids large and small recently paid off. Three years ago, a small asteroid made a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere. Astronomers were able to give the world about six hours' notice, the first time they were able to do so.
As for Monday's close pass, it was just another chance for scientists to observe 2011 MD.
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Now that EVO 2011—the world's biggest and best fighting game tournament—has come to a close, it's time to look back at the best moments. Many of which have been thoughtfully compiled into this lovely video.
Shot by Richard Li, who spent all weekend with a camera attached to his face, this video captures 3:36 of beautiful footage that shows just why it's such a special event for fans of fighting games.
And why, strangely, it's as much fun to watch those watching as it is to watch the games themselves.
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Cool, but where did her boobies go?
Quote from: Hermoor on 2009-08-04 14:30:57Cool, but where did her boobies go? This must be answered; the most important part of Tifa is the boobies.
its the exact same chest as before! I just recoloured it and put a chest strap on it! XDBut i am changing the look to something more like...Zoran style Link robe <blue>blue beltblack longsleeve shirt <3/4 sleeve>brown leather pouch hanging over the hip.brown long glovessomething like that, which will mean her 'bewbs' will be clearer.
I love her new shoes.
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