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The fundamental purpose of GSA is to create efficiency for the federal government in the acquisition of goods and services needed to operate. GSA consolidates the buying power of the federal government and uses this position to serve other federal agencies in obtaining quality products and services at the best available price. GSA delivers services to its federal customers through 11 regional offices and the headquarters office in Washington, D.C. The primary sub-organizations of GSA are the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), the Public Buildings Service (PBS), the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT), the Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), 10 staff offices that support the agency, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA). For more information on these offices, please see the Description of Independent and Central Offices in the Other Accompanying Information section of this report. GSA has a continuing commitment to its federal customers and the U.S. taxpayers to provide services in the most cost-effective manner possible. GSA delivers on this promise by steadily improving organizational performance.
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FAS is the lead organization for coordinating the acquisition of products and services (other than real property) for federal customers. FAS leverages the buying power of the federal government by negotiating prices on many products and services required by federal agencies for daily operations. While these products and services may not be purchased in bulk, the pricing reflects quantity discounts that represent volume purchasing. By arranging a network of service providers FAS is able to meet the operating and mission requirements of a vast array of federal agencies and state, local, and tribal governments. FAS business operations are organized into four portfolios based on the product or service provided to our customer: Integrated Technology Services (ITS); Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS); General Supplies and Services (GSS); and Travel, Motor Vehicles and Card Services (TMVCS).
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PBS provides facility and workspace solutions to more than 60 federal agencies. PBS is the largest public real estate organization in the United States. PBS aims to provide a superior workplace for the federal worker and superior value for the taxpayer. PBS activities fall into two broad areas: workspace acquisition and property management. Through lease and purchase transactions, PBS delivers the workspace necessary to meet the respective missions of its federal customers. By consolidating the decision-making process about facility requirements and pricing into a single organization, GSA provides a uniform front to prospective vendors and saves taxpayer money. PBS operations requires making decisions on maintenance, servicing tenants, and deciding when and how to dispose of property at the end of economic useful life. In addition, PBS is working with its federal customers to design the workplace of the 21st Century, seeking to reduce overall workspace needs and associated costs. These services are also coordinated to obtain the best available pricing.
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OCSIT is the focal point for data, information, and services offered by the federal government to citizens. Its mission is to provide high-quality customer service, reduce the expense and difficulty of doing business with the government, provide citizens with simpler access to government services and make government more transparent and accountable. The primary goal of OCSIT is ensuring that the public gets the information it requests. OCSIT has prepared a platform offering a consistent experience when citizens access information from the government, whether it be from the web, in print, or over the telephone. OCSIT provides access to a wide range of government services, as well as consumer protection information through the official web portals of the federal government, USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov. GSA's USAServices.gov provides a one-stop source for information about federal government programs and services, and consumer information. This includes using new delivery channels and technology, such as social media and smart phones. OCSIT works closely with other government agencies—federal, state, local, and international— to collect and consolidate information and make it available to the public, sharing experiences that lead to better solutions.
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OGP sets government-wide policy in the areas of personal and real property, travel and transportation, information technology, regulatory information, and the use of federal advisory committees. OGP seeks to ensure that government-wide policies encourage agencies to develop and use effective and efficient management practices for their operations. OGP accomplishes its work by building and maintaining a policy framework that (1) incorporates federal laws, executive orders, and other regulatory material into policies and guidelines; (2) facilitates government-wide reform by providing federal managers with business-like incentives, tools, and flexibility to manage; and (3) identifies, evaluates, and promotes best practices to improve efficiency of management processes.
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Jane Currin liked The Pampered Chef's kitchen products, but wasn't sure she wanted to sell them.
Maybe in "another season of life," Currin said.
In 2009, Currin hosted an in-home show for a consultant who sells the company's kitchen wares. But Currin declined the invitation to start a Pampered Chef business herself.
She changed her mind five days later after her husband lost his job.
"I called up my consultant friend and said, 'Tell me more,' " said Currin, now an independent director with The Pampered Chef.
Currin, who lives in Raleigh, N.C., is one of millions of entrepreneurs who have turned to direct sales as a way to start their own business.
About 15.6 million people are involved in direct selling in the U.S., according to the Direct Selling Association. In 2011, U.S. retail direct sales totaled about $29.87 billion, up from $28.56 billion in 2010, according to the association.
Also, more than half of direct sellers report net income. The median income for direct sellers is about $2,400 a year, and most people work less than 10 hours a week on their business, said Amy Robinson, the Direct Selling Association's chief marketing officer.
The median income for a direct seller working 40 or more hours a week is $34,130, according to the association.
Currin and others who sell merchandise such as kitchen products, skin care, jewelry and energy drinks praised the direct-sales process, which they say makes it easy to build a flexible, at-home small business by selling an established brand with an approachable sales infrastructure.
Direct selling is the sale of a consumer product or service marketed through independent representatives who are referred to as titles such as consultants or distributors, according to the Direct Selling Association. Sellers are not employees of the company they sell for; rather, they are considered independent contractors who market and sell the products or services of a company.
Direct sellers may direct or work with a team; however, each team member is generally considered an independent contractor – not an employee of a director.
Direct sellers should set goals and create a plan to accomplish them, Robinson said. Some sellers want to earn a full-time income or buy products at a discount, but most want a supplemental income, Robinson said.
Individuals make money by selling products, recruiting, training and motivating others.
Under a single-level compensation plan, which is offered by cosmetics company Mary Kay, distributors' return is based solely on sales, according to Direct Selling News.
Multi-level plans, used by companies such as Pampered Chef and Amway, offer compensation based on sales and a consultant's "downline," a group of people that a consultant brings into the company to generate sales and recruit others.
Some companies, such as Avon, offer single-level and multi-level plans.
Pampered Chef consultants earn a percentage of product sales. A consultant's cut starts at 20 percent, but increases based on sales and the number of people in their downline, Currin said.
Many people start their direct sales businesses by reaching out to friends and family and using those connections to meet new customers.
In 2011, 64.59 percent of direct sales were achieved by selling person-to-person, while about 30.9 percent were attributed to a party or group selling strategy, according to the Direct Selling Association.
Before getting started, newcomers should examine three things about the company that they are considering representing to ensure they are not entering a pyramid scheme, Robinson said.
Make sure the startup costs make sense in relationship to what the company provides. The median cost for a startup kit is $99, Robinson said, but that price varies, depending on the product. Also, individuals should make sure compensation is based on product sales and not solely on bringing others into the company. Finally, potential sellers should make sure that the company has a buy-back policy. The Direct Selling Association requires that its member companies include an option for consultants to sell products and materials purchased in the past year back to the company for at least 90 percent of the original cost.
Direct selling isn't a get-rich-quick scheme, Robinson and others said. Just as in any other business, success requires commitment and an effective plan to reach customers.
"You need to have a business plan, essentially just like you would if you are going to start a brick-and-mortar business," Robinson said.


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Given the number of 'new' items on the menu and the large portions of the dishes, it was a tough decision to make. For starters, the chef recommended saag paneer and we went with it. Now, as a vegetarian, I love paneer! Saag, not so much. So I was pleasantly surprised at the preparation and presentation of this dish. Served on a fajita plate, the paneer cooked in a Tunisian sauce is accompanied by a generous quantity of spinach. The idea is to let the spinach keep cooking as it rests on the table. This rich paneer is to be coated in a yoghurt dip, stuffed in pita like bread and had as a pocket. Quite the bite!
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Leon Horowitz of Everett writes: I've made several attempts to contact state and county agencies regarding what's happening with Highway 99 from Airport Road in south Everett to the Mukilteo Speedway intersection. Both the north and southbound outside lanes have been torn up for water line and fire hydrant installations. However, the repaving is terrible; in fact, it's almost impossible to drive in those lanes due to the poor patching and rough roadway. Is this just a temporary situation that will be repaved, or is it going to be left this way?
Dave Chesson, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, responds: Alderwood Water District is putting in a new water system along both sides of Highway 99. Unfortunately, it's impossible to get quality paving in the winter due to the cold and wet weather we get in the Northwest. This means the patches they use often need lots of maintenance during the winter months, because they just don't hold up well. So the good news is that the bumps and related mess is temporary until this spring when they grind and pave the outside shoulder, the outside lane and possibly into the inside lane if it was torn up during their work.
Puget Sound Energy also is doing some gas line work in that area, and it's my understanding the work has required them to use steel plates to cover open trenches at times.
Lori Anderson of Everett writes: A few months ago they changed the traffic signal cycles in the intersection of 128th Street SW and E. Gibson Road. I have sat at this light facing south at 5:25 a.m. and had to wait for two to three cycles before I get a green light. This is extremely frustrating as I sit and there are no cars going the other way. Can't they change this back to the way they had it?
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The President's plan to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence directs the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education to launch a national dialogue on mental health with young people who have experienced mental health problems, members of the faith community, foundations, and school and business leaders. The national dialogue, which MentalHealth.gov is a part of, will take place through:
- Community conversations. Several geographically/demographically diverse cities will host structured conversations facilitated by deliberative democracy groups that will result in community specific action plans. Other communities may choose to use SAMHSA's Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health to help host their own conversations.
- Public/private partnership commitments. Outside groups such as national associations of schools, colleges and universities, faith based groups, medical providers, and others are being asked to commit to including some form of mental health awareness or discussion in their upcoming activities. The idea is that this form of conversation will reach communities that aren't limited to geographic designations, but are communities of likeminded citizens (i.e. teachers, churchgoers etc) across the country. When layered on top of the cities hosting the facilitated conversations, the dialogue begins to have a nationwide reach.
- Social and online media. HHS will launch MentalHealth.gov as an online resource for people looking for information about signs of mental health problems, how individuals can seek help, and how communities can host conversations on mental health. The website will include videos of people who share their stories about mental health problems and recovery.


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Tepid start stops Blazers from walking on the Suns
PHOENIX– After being statistically one of the best defense teams during the preseason, the Portland Trail Blazers began the regular season by allowing the Phoenix Suns shoot 52 percent from the field, leading to a 104-91 opening-night loss at US Airways Center.
"Well, the Phoenix Suns outplayed us," said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. "They were ready from the get-go, they got out and ran. All the things that we've been working on, we had a setback today. Transition defense, we were slow reacting to that. Their guards did a good job of penetrating; we gave up too many shots at the rim. We didn't necessarily shoot the ball well in the first half, but we battled back. We were in a position to win the game with three minutes to go, it was a five-point game. They outplayed us."
After spending the bulk of training camp focusing on defense, the Suns jumped out to a 30-16 first quarter lead thanks in large part to second-year center Miles Plumlee, who scored 10 of his 18 points in the first quarter while helping the Suns outscore Portland 18-4 in the paint. Phoenix would eventually finish the game with a 52-24 advantage on the paint.
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Lady Gaga fans may be getting some answers as to why her music video for "Do What U Want" never saw the light of day. TMZ has leaked a 30-second clip of the video, which shows Mother Monster further pushing the envelope with the help of director Terry Richardson and featured singer R. Kelly.
The video starts with a naked Gaga on a hospital bed with Kelly, in character as a doctor, reaching under the white sheet covering her. A group of scantily clad dancers in nurse costumes then push the singer's body off the bed. She's later seen rolling around on a floor covered in newspapers, baring it all while touching herself.
Last October, Gaga explained to fans in a blog post that she felt she wasn't given enough time to plan and execute the video she had imagined. Sources tell Us Weekly that ultimately the singer wasn't happy with the final product and blocked her label from releasing it.
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Many of us have fought to preserve freedom or served the public in some capacity. For this, we should all be proud. As an individual, a family and a country we maintain an important sense of place. A remembrance of personal experiences, our state's and country's history are many times inextricably linked to nature in all its splendid glory. That history and the opportunity for future generations to create their sense of place is well worth preserving. However, only 9% of the state's land and historic sites are safeguarded at some level. This sense of place, a LEGACY, is important to Georgians. More than 80% believe conservation should be funded even in times of budgetary difficulty. That is what Georgia LEGACY is all about, preserving the best by updating our current Land Conservation Program and creating trust and revolving loan funds which will: 1) Acquire critical areas for clean water, game, wildlife, or natural-resource based outdoor recreation. 2) Preserve working farms and forests through voluntary conservation easements or acquisition. 3) Aid in the acquisition and improvement of local parks and trails. 4) Provide stewardship of conservation land. 5) Promote land usage for health and wellness programs. "A true conservationist is a man who knowsthat the world is not given by his fathersbut borrowed from his children." ~ John James Audubon Our sense of place and wallets are interconnected. City and rural parks affect home prices. Forests throughout the state have bearing on unemployment rates. Farms and coastal wetlands influence grocery bills. The quality of stream and lake banks shapes the price of drinking water, flood insurance premiums and healthcare costs. Parks positively impact property values. Forestry is Georgia's second largest employer. Farms are our breadbasket. Coastal wetlands act as nurseries for fish and seafood. Vegetated stream buffers resist flooding, erosion and contamination. Georgia has over 70,000 miles of streams and rivers; yet, 34% have bacteria levels posing a health risk to people who come into contact with them. A 10% increase in forest cover reduces drinking water treatment and chemical costs by 20%; however, 41 of Georgia's 52 major watersheds have shown a decline in vegetated areas. Stormwater runoff doubles with only 10-20% more roads and parking lots in an area, increasing flooding, erosion and pollution together with the cost to manage them and a negative effect on property values. It is estimated that storm water systems and maintenance will rise from $3.2 billion in 2010 to $5.5 billion by 2030. Natural areas provide a far superior infrastructure at a significantly lower cost. Forests, vegetated buffers along streams, and wetlands can filter over 80% of eroded sediment, bacteria, nutrients and other pollutants from storm water runoff in conjunction with lowering peak flood periods by 50%. There is a positive economic benefit to conserving floodplains, stream buffers and other natural areas as well as preserving Georgia's LEGACY . 92% of Georgians agree that protecting water quality and land in Georgia is critical to the strength of the state's economy. They are certainly correct.1) 68% of Georgians participate in outdoor recreation of all types - fishing, hunting, camping, bird- and nature-watching, outdoor swimming, boating, hiking and jogging.2) 3.1 million Georgians actively enjoy wildlife-related activities - fishing, hunting, and wildlife-watching, while spending $4.6 billion annually.3) Over 1 million Georgia sportsmen - anglers and hunters, spend $2.3 billion annually creating nearly 40,000 jobs. That's more jobs than Ft. Benning, Georgia's largest employer, and more jobs than Delta Airlines and Hewlett Packard combined.4) Annual spending by Georgia sportsmen is nearly 4 times the revenues of the Atlanta Braves, Falcons and Hawks combined.5) Each year, sportsmen in Georgia generate $216 million in state and local taxes. Additionally: agriculture adds $65 billion annually to Georgia's economy and 351,000 jobs; $12.3 million of fish and shellfish are annually commercially harvested from Georgia's coastal waters; and each year 10 million people visit Georgia's parks and historic sites generating $620 million in economic impact and 7,000 jobs. Georgians need access to natural areas to recreate and maintain their LEGACY: streams to fish and paddle; wildlife to areas to hunt; forests and parks to hike, camp and bird- and nature-watch; lakes and beaches for swimming and boating; trails on which to jog and bike. Georgia LEGACY is an investment in healthy streams, bountiful wildlife areas, pristine forests, clean lakes and beaches, and accessible trails. "Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children …let us turn to them and say: this you inherit; guard it well,for it is far more precious than money … and once destroyed,nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price." ~ Ansel Adams GA Legacy - An Economic Case for Conservation -- Get the facts.pdf Georgia Legacy Current Program vs Proposed Chart.pdf Senate Bill 210 | Georgia LEGACY was introduced lated year but has lageed inthe Hosue. Senate Resolution 896 proposes a Joint Study Committee with the House to review and discus Georgia LEGACY. Kevin F. McGrathAdvocacy Chairman, Georgia Trout Unlimited Read more about Georgia Trout Unlimited's Goals and Priorites Cold Clean Fishable Water 12-08-2013.pdf Log in or register to post comments


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My oldest brother left coastal New England with his wife for Hood River (both big wind surfers) many years ago. They never looked back.


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Two Fort Irwin soldiers were airlifted Thursday to hospitals in Loma Linda and Colton after a vehicular accident. A third solider was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital.
A total of six soldiers were injured in an accident while they were moving equipment into a training area on the Army's sprawling National Training Center, said Pamela Portland, a Fort Irwin spokeswoman.
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Brevard, N.C. - Gaither Hendrix recorded his fifth 20 point performance on the season and Drew Schauss hit a three-pointer with 1:26 left in the game to seal the victory as the Tornados overcame Daniel Sepokas' 17 point performance as Brevard recorded their first victory in the Mark Prosser era on Monday evening in defeating Lees-McRae, 71-66.
Lees-McRae (0-5) brought the game back to within three points on a pair of Sepokas free throws, but Darius Moose scored five consecutive points before Schauss hit a three-pointer from the left corner with the shot clock expiring to extend the Brevard (1-7) lead to nine at 68-59. The Tornados closed out the game from the free throw line as Moose and Schauss both hit in the closing seconds as the Tornados won the game in the friendly confines of Boshamer Gymnasium.
Hendrix led all scorers with 20 points, hitting four three-pointers and added four assists as the Tornados shot 41.0 percent (25-61) from the floor in the game. Darius Moose added 13 points, narrowly missing out on the double-double with nine rebounds and added four steals. Moose was also 5-for-6 from the free throw line to lead Brevard as the Tornados shot 86.7 percent (13-15) as a team. Schauss added 12 points, hitting a pair of three-pointers and Gerel Simmons had nine points off the bench in the Brevard win.
Sepokas led the Bobcats with 17 points in 30 minutes, going 5-for-9 from the floor as Lees-McRae shot 42.9 percent (24-56) from the court in the game. Asad Lamot added 13 points to go with three assists, three steals and three rebounds in filling the stat sheet. D.J. Brown and Gideon Oji both added eight points apiece in the loss.
A Simmons three-pointer helped the Tornados build a 13-6 lead at the 14:50 mark as Hendrix contributed to the advantage, hitting his first two shots from behind the arc. The Tornados expanded the lead to double-digits with 7:13 left in the half on a layup by Aleksandar Vasiljevic off the assist from Michael Gist as Brevard built a 28-17 lead.
Lees-McRae battled all the way back to tie the game up with 1:03 on the clock on an Oji layup, but Schauss answered with a three-pointer and Jermichael Tanner hit a layup at the buzzer as the Tornados held the 35-30 advantage at the break.
Brown tied the game up with a three-pointer at the 16:39 mark as the teams tied the game up four times in the second half, the last coming on a Chavis Hamilton layup with 9:25 on the clock, knotting the game up at 47 apiece. Hamilton converted a free throw to give Brevard the lead, but Lamot and Will Lopez hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Bobcats the 53-48 advantage with eight minutes to play.
The Tornados pressed as Moose converted the old-fashioned three-point play and hit a short jumper in the paint to give the Tornados the 56-55 lead with 4:43 to play and back-to-back jumpers in the paint by Hendrix and Tanner advanced the lead to five. A pair of free throws by Sepokas brought the score back to within three, but Moose went on a personal 5-2 run, setting the stage for Schauss' three-pointer from the left corner giving the Tornados the 68-59 lead with 1:26 remaining in the game.
Sepokas drove in for the layup and hit a three-pointer in the closing seconds, but Moose and Schauss went a combined 3-for-4 from the free throw line over the final 51 seconds as the Tornados recorded their first win in the 2011-2012 season, 71-66.
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Title says it all - i'd like to experiment with kde4+, was wondering if anyone had done it so far, and with what degree of success (what did it break? what advantages other than the streamlined interface are there?).
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Got in a bit over my head with that one, seems a lot of stuff depends ont he kde3 components. Hmm, maybe i should just try to get compiz to work. Started using a macbook as a work laptop (lots of macs so its useful), and i'm falling prey to the 'purdy UI' fad. I'm like a caveman staring at a hologram .
BTW, archangel.amael, your location states "behind the wire." Is that a fobbit reference?
I could care less about the location so I haven't changed it. But since you mentioned it I might change it later on.
As for your kde 4 attempts, I told you. The dev team tried to get it to work.
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Where were you stationned, which branch?
As for KDE4, the more i read up the unholy mess, the worse an idea it seems.
Hi, i have KDE 4.1 on my Backtrack 4 Pre, its working fine for usual stuff. I installed it by accident (yes i know how that sounds). From my point if you have some free space and want have some nice looking decorations its ok, but when you want so do some job, switch to default KDE. Also if you use KDM for enviroment switching you wouldnt able to login as root until you change config of KDM to allow root login. I gues its only one way ticket, because if you try to uninstall it can take out important things. If i remember it right all i did was apt-get install kubuntu-desktop or something like that. Just one command.
In my infinite wisdom i tried replacing kde3 with kde4, thus breaking things left and right. things were also borked as a lot of things are stored in /opt/kde3 and i guess kde4 isnt set up to look there. most useful BT things are done out of the shell anyway, the pretty UI is just a creature comfort thing since i spend a good chunk of my time using Leopard or Win7.


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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accepted an invitation on Wednesday from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to meet on Tuesday in Sharm e- Sheikh, Egypt along with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Jordan´s King Abdullah II was also invited to attend the summit. There has been no official confirmation of his attendance. However, Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulqi told the Associated Press that he was heading to Egypt on Monday to take part part in the summit the following day. "I´m going to the meetings. I´m leaving for Egypt on Monday," he said.
This would be the first time that Sharon would meet with Abbas since he was elected and the first time Sharon would meet with Mubarak since he [Sharon] was elected in 2001.
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The invitation was extended via Egypt´s intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman during his meeting with Sharon Wednesday.
The two also talked about the security situation on the border and what needs to be done to stop weapons smuggling.
"This is all part of the heating up of security contacts and coordination," one senior Israeli diplomatic official said on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Egyptian officials are also meeting with the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Cairo to discuss implementing a cease- fire.
Islamic Jihad´s leader Ramadan Shalah met Suleiman in Cairo on Tuesday, said Jihad spokesman Nafez Azzam. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said he is in Cairo and expects to meet Suleiman on Wednesday evening after his return from Israel.
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Egypt is expected to deploy 750 border patrolmen along the border within the next three months, and Wednesday´s meeting dealt with the details involved.
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As a longtime, not very religious union member, I don't think any Washington state Republican politician would represent the likes of me. On the other hand, I have been a owner of firearms for over 50 years and I know that many liberal types are very afraid of guns. Many of the young guys who were responsible for the latest massacres were privileged, well- educated, upper-class kids. I would bet none of them ever mowed their own lawn or did much to help out around the house.
Many of them took weapons that didn't belong to them to carry out the killings. I guess people really should raise their kids better and be more responsible for their guns. I am retired now but when I was working, I spent nearly five years working in North Dakota. In that state nearly everybody was a hunter and fisherman and there were guns in every just about every house. I don't remember any gun violence in those years I was in North Dakota. Most of the kids there were too busy helping out to get in trouble. Their parents also showed them how to safely handle firearms in most cases.
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Emmons-Winthrop Glacier Climber's Log
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|Vitaliy M.
|Walk off
|Walk off after climbing Liberty Ridge
|Posted Jul 29, 2011 4:34 pm
|Great Climb
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2011
|Had a blast with two friends. Second time up Rainier
|Posted Jul 24, 2011 8:21 pm
|1st Time Up
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011
|Large 5 person team comprised of 1 person with many summits, 3 with attempts via the DC, and 1 first attempt. Made it up with perfect route conditions, only one sketchy crevasse crossing having to jump across and up and then jump down on the way back. VERY hot on the way down, but the corridor provided for some great controlled glissading cooling us off and knocking off some descent time.
|Posted Jul 12, 2011 6:46 pm
|Up I GO
|6/25/11 Route was great
|Posted Jun 29, 2011 7:15 pm
|Liba Kopeckova
|nice outing
|Fun hike/climb/glacier walk. Camped out on Emmons glacier, nice weather, many small crevasses.
|Posted Apr 19, 2011 8:38 pm
|First Indie Trip to Rainier
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010
|Finally cut the training wheels off and did it with some friends. Mostly a slog, but a good outing with good guys nonetheless.
|Posted Nov 12, 2010 6:28 pm
|Route in great shape
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010
|Approach is melted out to approximately above Glacier Basin. Emmons is very straightforward with only a couple minor crevass crossings that won't get much worse for at least a little while. Upper route splits in two, one direct over the bergschrund, the other traversing more gently around to the saddle of Liberty Cap.
Epic 1,400' glissade track below 12,000', and again for the entire length of the Interglacier. Many skiers report upper mountain a bit too firm to be fun on top, good enough in the middle, perfect on Interglacier.
|Posted Jul 20, 2010 2:00 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009
|climb and trip with great friends...
|Posted Oct 16, 2009 4:16 pm
|Gorgeous Route!
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009
|Just a beautiful area, made it to 11,450
|Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:46 am
|Great hike
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009
|Super fun! A lot of soft snow, but all the more of a work out!
|Posted Aug 2, 2009 2:13 pm
|Successful Summit- Emmons Route
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2009
|High winds pounded us from the Interglacier to Camp Schurman, but a late summit bid (4:30 AM start) was the winning ticket. Summit day was clear and calm- as was the descent. 7.5 hours to Columbia Crest- and amazing views from the top.
|Posted Jul 21, 2009 4:33 pm
|Augie Medina
|Re: Successful Summit- Emmons Route
|One day made all the difference. The previous day, July 13, we had gotten shut down on this route.
|Posted Jul 29, 2009 12:39 pm
|Augie Medina
|Fierce Weather Wins
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2009
|Weather got increasingly worse after we left Camp Shurman. One of our two rope teams made it to 13,000 feet but then it was turn around or else....
|Posted Jul 19, 2009 1:06 am
|Emmons is the one
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2005
|My first Rainier climb and a lot of fun. In August, the Inter Glacier was the most exciting with lots of bare ice and rockfall - felt like dodgeball. Finding our way to Camp Schurman was also a little tricky, there are many ways to get there but all involve scrambling loose rocks or skirting big crevasses. There was water at Camp Schurman and no winds for us. The route itself above Camp Schurman was "well traveled" and felt more straightforward and safer. The bergschrund was absolutely monstrous but doable by skirting to the north. All in all a great way to get up Rainier and not have to take the DC.
|Posted May 18, 2009 1:54 am
|2nd time's a charm
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2008
|After getting turned around by weather at 12,000' last year, it was a thrill to get to the summit this season!
|Posted Oct 2, 2008 12:43 am
|Made it!
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2008
|Climbed with 3 but only 2 of us summited. Great weekend for weather, and what a great route! Schurman was a great camp as well.
|Posted Aug 19, 2008 2:54 pm
|Emmons Winthrop
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|First glacier climb without a guide! Followed the deep boot track in the dark. Very crowded at camp Schurman. The glacier was very open and the route wandered quite a bit. The bridges are melting out and had to traverse around the burgshurnd on the right to the Liberty Cap saddle.
Pictures are here.
by skydiveken
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:46 am
|Casey Bates
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008
|Route in great shape overall with many crevasses quickly opening up due to the warm weather and heavy rains during recent thunderstorms. We hunkered down in our tents after returning to Emmons Flats because of some wonderful thunderstorms.
|Posted Jul 4, 2008 10:13 am
|Rob Ricks
|Late Season Effort
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2004
|Led a three-person climb in late August. The hike through Glacier Basin is much more interesting than Muir Snowfield. Lots of crevasses ensured a great deal of route finding. Punched through a few snowbridges. Weather turned us around at 13,000. Really foul descent with lots of rain loosened rockfall on the IG. Thoroughly soaked by the time we arrived back at White River Campground. Learned a lot of lessons on this one.
|Posted May 10, 2008 12:27 pm
|Seth Maciejowski
|A good route. Not really any technical difficulties, but some massive crevasses to run around and a few hairy snow bridges. Awesome views the whole way and Camp Schurman is substantially nicer than Camp Muir in my opinion.
|Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:48 pm


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Thread: Natural Remedies For Fever
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Natural Remedies For Fever
Hi To Everyone,
I just want to ask on how to cure fever naturally for children and I would like to ask on how to have a healthy children without having them sick. My daughter who is 11 years old, is having a fever for two days already. I have given her a tablet medicine but the fever still occur after 3 hours of taking the medicine. I'm worried if she will not get fine until Monday then she'll be absent in her class and she doesn't want to make an absent because she belongs to the top 10 students of their classroom. I hope somebody could give me ideas. I'd be thankful to read those advice.
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Hi Havingaprincess,
The body gets a fever because it's trying to kill off "invaders". Usually these are viral or bacterial invaders. If the fever isn't super high you can have the child wrap up in blankets to actually help the body boost it's temperature. This often helps the fever to break and once the fever breaks you can start rebuilding the body by offering nutritious foods and continuing to get good rest.
I don't use tablet pain relievers unless my children are shunting or are noticeably uncomfortable. If they can tolerate the fever well, then I let the fever do it's work.
Also, if you give a pain reliever, it can actually make the illness last longer, because the body needs to increase it's temperature in order to kill off the pathogen that is causing the illness.
You'll want to be sure that your daughter is not constipated and is having good bowel movements. I have a friend who gave her daughter a catnip tea enima and that cleared the fever right away. One of the first things I ask my children when they get fever, is when they had their last bowel movement, and then I watch for continuing bowel movements so that I know that toxins are leaving the body regularly. The more toxins the body has to deal with the harder it is for it to get well.
If she is hungry now, you can give her bone broths or if you don't have the energy to make this, you can even give her some canned broth or boullion mixed with water. Fresh fruit may sound good to her, like watermellon. Sliced tomatoes or mashed avocado on a piece of toast may sound good to her too. But you want to be sure you keep up the fiber intake because using white bread will tend to cause constipation. And no sugar - sugar puts stress on the body and you need to be taking stress off of her body right now.
Hope that helps.
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(Reuters) - Long after completing an 18-month program designed to teach them about contraception and healthy relationships, U.S. teens at high risk for pregnancy were still using contraceptives more often, among other safe sexual practices, a U.S. study said.
The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world, researchers writing in JAMA Pediatrics said. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011 31 out of every 1,000 U.S. teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 gave birth to a baby.
But researchers in Minnesota developed and tested an approach to teen pregnancies based on providing access to birth control methods and information as well as building the girls' sense of connectedness to family and society.
"Our study shows that when we invest in young people through ongoing one-on-one relationships, through opportunities to lead and access to sex and health services, we really support the next generation of citizens," said Renee Sieving, the study's lead author from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
For the study, Sieving's team recruited 253 sexually active girls between 13 and 17 years old from clinics in St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be randomly placed in one of two groups.
All would get standard care at the clinic, but half would also be enrolled in the researchers' youth development program.
At the study's outset, just over half of all the girls in both groups, around 56 percent, were using condoms on more than half of the occasions that they had sex. More than 40 percent said they used condoms less than half of the time.
Just 2 percent of girls in each group were also on some other type of birth control, such as the Pill.
One group of 127 girls did not receive any special attention, other than the clinic's standard care and guidance. The other 126 girls were assigned to the new program.
Each girl in the program got a case manager who taught about healthy relationships, contraceptive use and how to become more involved with school and family. Those teens also went through training to educate others about what they were learning.
Six months after the 18-month program ended, the teens were asked about their sexual behavior.
Girls who did not go through the program ended up using a condom during sex less consistently than they had two years earlier. But the girls who went through the program did 50 percent better at using a condom every time they had sex than they had when the study began.
The use of other contraceptives increased in both groups, but especially the group that went through the special program.
Those girls were also more likely to say they were close with their family, and were more confident in turning down unwanted sex. In addition, they were also more likely to go to college or technical school, Sieving said.
"The kids we're working with are oftentimes struggling in school - the kid in the back of the room you don't often hear from, and we give them tools," Sieving said.
"You watch them move from 'I don't really have anything that's of any use to anybody,' to 'Wow, I have stuff to contribute! So it's really cool to see that shift in how they see themselves." SOURCE: bit.ly/V9WKBO
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Country stars up for Billboard Touring Awards
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Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, and Taylor Swift are some of the country artists getting recognized for their road work. They're all nominees for the Billboard Touring Awards, which are taking place in New York City Thursday night.
The event honors the artists, venues, and behind the scenes people involved in staging the top tours between October 1st, 2012 and September 30th of this year.
Bryan has a bid in the Breakthrough category, along with Bruno Mars and One Direction. Swift's "Red Tour" and Chesney's "No Shoes Nation Tour" are both in the running for Top Package - a category Chesney has dominated ever since it was introduced. He's only not won the award once - in 2010, when he didn't tour. That year Taylor won.
Chesney, Swift, and Bryan are also among the 25 acts vying for the Eventful 2013 Fans' Choice Award, along with Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Tim McGraw. Other nominees for the fan-voted prize include Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, and George Strait - who's already set to be honored at the event. He's this year's recipient of the Legends Of Live Award, which recognizes stars for their lengthy touring careers.
Meanwhile, Chesney, McGraw, and Rascal Flatts are joining Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, and five others as the inaugural inductees into the Haul Of Fame, which honors the biggest touring acts of the past ten years. One of the inductees will be named Live Music Hauler Of The Decade during the ceremony.
Select nominees for the 10th annual Billboard Touring Awards follow
Bon Jovi, "Because We Can"
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, "Wrecking Ball"
"Michael Jackson Immortal"
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake "Legends Of Summer," with DJ Cassidy
Kenny Chesney "No Shoes Nation Tour," with Eric Church, Eli Young Band, Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift "Red Tour," with Ed Sheeran, and Joel Crouse, Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Casey James
Bruno Mars
Luke Bryan
One Direction
Jeff Dunham
Michael McIntyre
Russell Peters
P!nk - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, July 7-Aug. 26
The Rolling Stones - O2 Arena, London, Nov. 25, 29 2012
The Rolling Stones - United Center, Chicago, May 28, 31, June 1
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
George Strait
Shell Rotella HAUL OF FAME
Bon Jovi
Brad Paisley
Dave Matthews Band
Kenny Chesney
Rascal Flatts
The Rolling Stones
Tim McGraw
Toby Keith
Vans Warped Tour
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PM to meet PA delegation led by Fayyad (JERUSALEM POST) By HERB KEINON, JPOST.COM STAFF 04/04/12)
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet a Palestinian Authority delegation led by PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad after the Passover holiday in order to exchange letters that relate both sides´ positions regarding the stalled peace process, a senior diplomatic official confirmed on Israel Radio Wednesday.
The Palestinian delegation will also include PLO Executive Committee Secretary Yasser Abed Rabo.
An official in Jerusalem said Netanyahu would reiterate, at the meeting with Fayyad, his call for peace talks to get under way without any terms for their resumption.
The official said Netanyahu would also repeat his demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state in any peace agreement -- something they oppose.
An adviser to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Nimr Hammad, said that the Palestinian letter would put emphasis on the stumbling blocks the PA believes have prevented the resumption of direct negotiations.
"The real test in front of Netanyahu is to stop the settlements, after which he will find that we are ready for negotiations," Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the Palestinian negotiating team, told Reuters.
"These aren´t conditions, but what we want him to say is that he´s ready to end the occupation," he said.
Nabil Shaath, a senior official in Abbas´s Fatah movement, said the Palestinian letter to Netanyahu "is an assessment of where we are" in the peace process.
Those issues, mentioned by Abbas in Cairo earlier this week, include Israel´s unwillingness to stop settlement construction in the West Bank, and Jerusalem´s failure to adhere to "international obligations," Hammad said.
Speaking at an inaugural ceremony for a new building at the Palestinian embassy in Egypt on Tuesday, Abbas said these issues were not preconditions, but obligations which Israel must fulfill in accordance with international legitimacy.
"When Israel accepts these two obligations, we will be ready to return to the negotiations, he said.
In response, Netanyahu will present the PA with his own letter, to be delivered by Israel´s ambassador to the Palestinians, Yithak Moho.
As The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday, the letter is expected to contain the following points:
Israel is prepared for peace talks with the Palestinians where all the core issues will be on the agenda.
Israel places no preconditions whatsoever on entering the talks.
An agreement reached must contain Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, and include effective security arrangements.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Friends and family of the late Marine Sgt. Joshua Ashley gathered under his city banner for a candlelight vigil Friday night on the one-year anniversary of his death in Afghanistan.
The vigil was to followed by a Saturday ceremony at the Freedom Courtyard in Central Park, where Ashley's family will receive the bronze star of valor from the Marine Corps, said his mother, Tammy Ashley.
The medal is awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service while in combat.
"We're so thankful for everybody being here," Tammy Ashley said at the vigil, where several dozen gathered. "We're so thankful for the support of the community. We're having a hard time with the loss of our son and everyone's been wonderful in the last year. We want to thank everybody and remember the ones who serve our country and have given much for our country."
Among those at the vigil was Joshua's friend, Candice Reyes, and her mother, Shelley Roule. Candice's husband, Robby Reyes, who knew Joshua well when they all attended Etiwanda High School, was killed during a training exercise in Morocco a few months before Ashley's death.
"I just wanted to send my condolences to the Ashley family. Joshua Ashley was a special friend of my daughter Candice and Robby Reyes," Roule said. "Robby was gone, April 11, 2012, and Josh was a very big part of our life, and we will forever love him and support his family."
Rick Creed, father of the late Cpl. Matt Creed, who died in Iraq nearly 10 years ago, also attended the vigil. Creed has started an effort to raise money to help replace worn, faded military banners in town. The banners display the portrait, name and military branch of residents on active duty in the military.
About 400 banners are displayed around town.
"It's important to do this (vigil) because each man and woman, as they've given all for their country, they need to be remembered, so having family and friends here is important," said Creed. "We need to remember all these men in Cucamonga. We have 15 currently, which is way to many. We need to remember every single one of those men every year."
Ashley enlisted in the Marines in 2008 after graduating from Etiwanda High School in 2007.
After boot camp, Ashley was deployed to Okinawa from 2009 to 2011, and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., from 2011 to when he was deployed to Afghanistan in May. In Okinawa, Ashley was selected Marine of the Year for his performance.


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What about Intel cards (for example MHD4500) of course also implies to BT4 stable.
First I'd like to say thanks for this great tutorial; so, thank you.
I have two problems which I believe are related. After I load/reload the emerald window manager: The text in my menus is now gone and I can't see the text in my termials. The text seems to appear for a split second when I first click the menus and terminal windows, bu then they dissappear. I have a GeForce 4 MX Integrated GPU/VGA and this is an issue that is solved in my gnome distro by adding the two following options to xorg.conf:
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
I have these options listed in my xorg.conf already - which brings me to my next problem/question: I would like to know how to set emerald as the default window manager at startup. I don't think xorg.conf gets reloaded and those two options aren't used when I reload the window manager, so maybe if I have emerald as default, it will fix both these two issues. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
For some reason I can not get any advanced graphics in compiz to work. I followed all the instructions, got nvidia drivers working (with the nvidia control panal), downloaded emrald files (which btw I cant get that to work either, I imported a theme but cant get it to be applied) and yet nothing works.
Any Ideas as to what I may have missed or some simple setting I need to change?
In order to have compiz work at startup or reload window manager after desktop appears is by adding the following code into a text file and putting it in your /<user>/home/.kde3/Autostart folder (~/.kde3/Autostart). Below is the script...
compiz.real --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
(Name the file whatever you want, but make sure to make it executable "chmod +x")
i have a problem, compiz dont charge when bt started i have that start compiz all the time when i strat bt ...
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The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art shut the doors of its Soho location in July, and soon after announced a partnership to display its holdings at the Society of Illustrators. This first collaboration, which opened in September, features nearly 40 original drawings from both institutions' permanent collections. Highlights include Flintstones, Dennis the Menace and Beetle Bailey comic strips.
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"Conservative journalism" -- oxymoron
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Because there's no actual journalism involved. More often than not it's just partisans making stuff up. Especially online.
The latest example came yesterday when I highlighted the utterly dubious report from an amateurish site called Now! Hampshire about how local Democratic officials were recruiting activist to sabotage Tea Party rallies by showing up with racist signs, etc. (Because there aren't enough Tea Partiers willing to do that themselves?)
I noted how the "story" was flimsy beyond belief and that the Democrats in question were never contacted for comment. (i.e. The story was too good to check.) But of course that didn't stop right-wing bloggers like Michelle Malkin for reporting the story as fact. Because in the world of "conservative journalism," if somebody types up pleasing, source-free facts online, that means they're true.
Slight problem: NH Dems confirmed the story was utterly bogus.
From TPM, a left-leaning online news site that actually practices journalism [emphasis added]:
Former state Democratic Party chair Kathy Sullivan, named in the Now Hampshire post as the instigator of the infiltration plan -- which was tied to her in the post by a source "who sought anonymity for fear of reprisals" -- categorically rejected the claims on the blog.
"This website has made this up," she told me. "It's a total fabrication."
"I just find it interesting," she said. "Something gets made up and posted by a right-wing blogger and posted by Michelle Malkin like that. She never called me, never emailed me, never tried to reach me."
Behold, "conservative journalism."
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What have you been trying?
Assuming that you don't have some odd network card (requiring an odd driver), configure the interface(s) the same as any other Linux distro. If that doesn't make any sense, then you should probably start with a basic Linux that is geared more towards a beginner.


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When it comes to tennis, the word "love" isn't usually quite so literal.
SB Nation reports a tennis match between Mitchell Krueger and Francis Tiafoe had to be briefly stopped when the sound of vigorous lovemaking filled the stadium at the Sarasota Open.
At first, announcer Mike Cation thought the sound was coming from porn playing on a cellphone somewhere in the stadium—even briefly considering Krueger as the owner of the smutty phone, according to Deadspin.


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Where can you meet Inda the Orangutan, see Shakespeare under the stars or learn how to play the bongos? Where can you play on one of the first desegregated public golf courses in the U.S., meet a butterfly up close or ride a pedal boat? All while enjoying the great outdoors? Just one place: Hermann Park. The park has seen a resurgence in popularity, thanks to efforts by a dedicated conservancy group. Along with acres and acres of live oaks and tall pine trees, McGovern Lake, the Japanese Garden, and loads of lawns and gardens, the Houston Zoo, Miller Outdoor Theatre, the Houston Museum of Natural Science and golf course all call Hermann Park home.
The saying is that a good defense will always beat a good offense. And last season the Houston Aeros didn't have a good offense. The fact that the Aeros made the playoffs can be attributed to their good defense, led primarily by goalies Nolan Schaefer and Barry Brust. The two accounted for ten shutouts, and they allowed the fewest points in the American Hockey League. Due to injuries and call-ups to the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild, Schaefer and Brust split their time in the crease, and it was as if neither wanted to let the other down. But more importantly, these guys didn't want to let their coaches or their teammates down. After a game, no person was more desolate after allowing a goal than Schaefer or Brust. Luckily, they weren't desolate very often.
Hunter Pence hit the big leagues like a man on fire last season. Any ball that came close to him, he hit. And any ball that came close to him in center field, he fielded. Not even an injury slowed him down. This season, Pence has become Mr. Indispensible to manager Cecil Cooper. He bats first, second, third, fifth, sixth or seventh, and he hits from any spot in the order. More importantly, Pence moved from center to right field this season without complaint, and already his glove and arm have saved several games. But Pence is also the Best Astro because of his attitude. He always hustles, always runs. He never complains. He just does his job the best he can. Every at bat, every game.
The courts at the Downtown YMCA are a solid place to find a pickup game. Or, if you don't have the stamina to physically run the length of a basketball court, there's usually enough space to find an open hoop where you can just shoot around. There's a group of older guys that play Monday nights, but the 50-somethings can hoop. And you know the old guys play dirty. Learn the times for league games, though, because those usually dominate the courts later in the evening and can get intense, especially when the local Pro/Am league swings through. If you're interested in watching the oil industry's finest live out their hoop dreams, check out the Corporate A and B leagues.
If your idea of paradise is a long, secluded beach with gently rolling waves and miles of sand to dig in, you won't find a better place than this. Besides sunning and swimming, fishing is popular at Crystal Beach — both surf (wade out into waist-deep water on the second sandbar) and jetty fishing (you can walk two miles out on the rocks). There are plenty of bait camps and charters that can point you in the right direction. And don't forget to bring your crabbing gear, too. There are plenty of beach house rentals and low-cost motels, in case you want to spend the night. Crystal Beach also offers a wide variety of restaurants, from Mexican and Italian food to good ol' Gulf Coast seafood, so you won't leave the beach hungry.
Hockey is a wonderful sport to watch live. It's even better to watch up close. And there's no better or cheaper place to do both than at a Houston Aeros game at Toyota Center. You can sit center ice, just a few rows back, for $31 — the same seats the Rockets will charge you a couple of hundred dollars for. The cheap seats, in the lower bowl, go for just $13. The sport is fast, and the hits are brutal. The team's cheerleaders greet you as you enter, then walk through the stands during the game. There are lots of fan contests. The Houston Aeros provide the best bang for the sports buck in the city. No contest.