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New Vocations Announces 16 Ambassadors for 2014
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New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program has announced the 2014 ambassadors who have been selected to represent the organization and help promote retired racehorses in second careers.
Launched earlier this year, the ambassador program is offered to equestrians who have adopted a horse from New Vocations and wish to assist the organization in educating the equestrian community on the athleticism, heart, and versatility of retired racehorses.
New Vocations originally expected to start with 10 ambassadors, but with the overwhelming response of New Vocations adopters who applied to participate, submitting beautiful photos and impressive videos on why they would be the ideal ambassador, the program decided to increase the number to 16 ambassadors for 2014.
"We are extremely pleased to have 16 highly qualified equestrians promote racehorse adoptions in their chosen discipline this year," explained Anna Ford, Thoroughbred program director. "On any given day we have over 70 horses in our program needing a new home, so it's crucial that we continue to seek ways to educate the public about our program and the versatility of retired racehorses."
The New Vocations Thoroughbred Ambassadors selected are:
- Jill Stowe and Dundee;
- Laura Vorwerk and Sam P;
- Alexandra Gainer and Gone Ballistic;
- Peggy O'Neill and Patty Wagon;
- Abigail Gentry with Bridlemeup and Chanttoomuch;
- Laura Norton and Angel's Tune;
- Mary McDonald and Russian Ally;
- Monica Vollmer and Yankee Wonder; and
- Nicole Schimweg and Tina H.
The New Vocations Standardbred Ambassadors selected are:
- Jenna Mock and Ukase Hanover;
- Amanda Munson and Studs Hooligan;
- Anne Houle and Lucky NZ;
- Chris Glover and Silver Match;
- Debra Schiff and All American Legacy;
- Patricia Clark and East Meets West; and
- Bev Patterson and Inglorious Barnard.
Each ambassador will be responsible for promoting New Vocations at various events and shows throughout the year by handing out program literature, displaying banners, and wearing New Vocations apparel. Ambassadors will have their own individual blog page on the New Vocations website where they can post about their show experiences as well as share photos and fun video clips taken at the events.
Their equine partners will have an equally important mission to represent retired racehorses as top athletes capable of successfully competing in a variety of disciplines. The disciplines that will be represented this year include dressage, eventing, hunter/jumpers, endurance, saddleseat, and driving.
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Written by Keith Strohm
We hear a lot today about the differing variations on family. We have single-parent families, same-sex parent families, blended families, and the steadily diminishing original two-parent families. It's easy, with all of this variation, to walk away with the notion that the human family is merely a biologically pragmatic arrangement or helpful social construction--the basic building block of human society.These are, in a very certain sense, truths. However, to say that these elements define the notion of "family" in its totality is to reduce the rich significance of the family in the fullness of human life and denude its very real power for the world today. Family is not just a biological reality and a building block of society, it is also a participation in the Trinitarian Life of God Himself--particularly when it flows from the sacrament of marriage. David over at Cosmos--Liturgy--Sex has an insightful post on the rupturing effects of divorce on the family. In it, he highlights the very real sacred dimensions of marriage and family:
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Christian World & Mission at the End of 2010
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Is there a program to find duplicate files across multiple hard drives? Basically, I have shared folder that too many people have had access to over the years and I would like to see if there are duplicate files saved at multiple places in the folder under different file names. I am using Windows XP Pro/MCE 2005.
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Reflections on Humanics, September 12, 1997
by Coach Joel Dearing
The Humanics philosophy at Springfield College has been and should be today the heart of our mission. This philosophy is generally described as the education of the whole person - spirit, mind, and body in preparation for service to others.
In 1966, the Chair of the Distinguished Professor of Humanics was created, and Dr. Seth Arsenian presented the first Humanics Professor lecture in 1967. Just go to the Springfield College web site, click on Babson Library, click again on Humanics Lectures, and you'll find the brilliance of his scholarly review and interpretation of our cherished philosophy.
You will also find most of the subsequent lectures of those Springfield College Professors who have been selected to serve in this capacity since 1967. Last Spring, I was greatly humbled and honored to accept the invitation to serve you in this capacity for the 1997-98 year. The invitation to serve in this position was extended to me on April 11 and I have been keeping a diary of sorts since that day - the pages have piled up quickly.
In 1986, Professor Herb Zettl served as the Humanics Professor and in his speech he identified the charge of this assignment in this way, "to give the college community a report or an interpretation of Humanics". I would like to engage you in this process this year, and I'll meet you at the end of the year for some type of culminating event- more on that in weeks to come.
As I embark on this adventure, I hope to reach out to all members of our extended Springfield College family. So many of you have already given me so much encouragement and I will be counting on you to be involved.
Professor Jean Ross served as the Humanics Professor in 1985 and reminded us that our philosophy was "consciously conceived, consciously developed, and consciously communicated". I wonder how effective we have been recently at consciously communicating the Humanics Philosophy to new employees and students. I wonder how effective I am on a daily basis of bringing this philosophy to my teaching & coaching.
One of my goals is to serve as a catalyst this year. A catalyst to encourage YOU to reflect, investigate, adopt, embrace, and personalize this philosophy. I want Humanics to be about YOU, each of YOU (think of this as YOUmanics) This column will allow me to consciously communicate. I would like to use this column to share with YOU my own reflections on individuals who have guided me in Springfield College experiences beginning in my senior year in high school (1975), through my four years at SC, in my days as an active alumni, and in the past eight years as a teacher/coach on this campus. I hope YOU will be able to relate to my personal reflections. I also hope that YOU will accept my invitation to respond to one of my columns during the year by writing your own personal reflection on Humanics represented by one or more of the categories that I present on a weekly basis. Please send them to me at 303 Judd or by e-mail.
I hope to compile these reflections into some type of collection by the end of the year making YOU as recorded part of my tour of duty as Humanics professor. I intend to shift my focus weekly, but I sincerely hope to keep YOU, our students, at the center of my efforts.
As we begin this journey together, let me take a moment to simply share one name with you. The name of someone who always had a heart for others, who certainly lived his life with a Humanics philosophy. This week's column is dedicated to Bert Hill. Bert passed on this summer, but his personal legacy and representation of the Humanics Philosophy will live on as long as we hold and cherish the memory of his love for Springfield College. It's people like Bert who have helped me accept the challenge of serving as your Humanics Professor this year.
In the past few months as I began to gain some measure of comfort in my decision to accept this honor and challenge, anxiety would creep back by the recognition of my many shortcomings, and how I probably fail miserably at times in representing the Humanics philosophy. On the other hand, I also recognize that I seemed to have been gifted with an optimistic perspective on life, lots of energy and an enthusiastic nature. The bottom line is "Springfield" means a great deal to me, so we're gonna give it the "old college try". While I tend to be concrete and sequential in attacking daily tasks - I am learning to trust my random and abstract impulses, so I intend to keep you all guessing this year- what is this guy up to now?? I know ten students I met recently at the bookstore who know what I mean by that. (by the way... heads up Lakeside). I have definitely charted a course for my actions, and while I even scare myself sometimes with the way my mind works, I'm toeing the mark, off and running. I'll see you here next week when I tell you about "A Coach"
SC Students - for a chance at a free lunch, call me by 5:00 PM on Friday at Ext. 3438 with the answer to this Humanics trivia - Who was the SC Distinguished Professor of Humanics in 1977-78?
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Cirque De Soleil has made a real name for itself with shows in Las Vegas and this is one of five of them that are available to go see. The Beatles are one of the most famous bands in history and their music is loved by tens of millions. Therefore, it is safe to say that this show has a big head start when it comes to name recognition. You don't have to love the music to like this show but it sure helps.
Beatles Love is playing at the Mirage Las Vegas and this show is a little different than the other Cirque De Soleil shows on the strip. More like a tribute to the songs and era of the Beatles, this show doesn't have all the intensity of the other shows. You are taken through a journey of many of the popular Beatle's songs as well as a few less popular ones and the show is all under the direction of the Beatles who are still alive.
The Mirage hotel and casino is a major Las Vegas hotel that used to house the Siegfried and Roy show before it ended due to an injury. Now, Beatles Love along with Terry Fator have taken over as the two shows taking Siegfried and Roy's place. If you are looking for shows in Las Vegas that will give you a powerful night of entertainment with a bit of nostalgia thrown in, Beatles Love is a show you should check out.


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Tireless effort fueled rise of O's Machado
Shortstop prospect turning heads with talent, maturity
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
Most evenings, Brito -- Machado's primary father figure -- would barely get a chance to drop off his bag. Once Machado, who passed the time taking idle swings, saw him inch toward the doorstep, visions of Goodlet Park -- a mere five-minute walk -- danced through his consciousness. Five-thirty p.m. might have been the time Brito clocked out, but for Machado it was go-time.
And the skinny kid from Hialeah, Fla., about a half-hour drive from fellow Miami product Alex Rodriguez's old haunt, has seemingly been on warp speed ever since.
The 18-year-old Machado, who was selected by the Orioles with the third overall pick in this year's First-Year Player Draft, was considered one of three stand-alone talents in this year's crop of budding young players. Major League scouts came from all over the country to salivate over his raw talent and five-tool potential, some daring enough to compare him to Rodriguez -- the player Machado became whenever he would allow himself to fantasize on the fields at Goodlet or from the stands at Florida Marlins games, with the company his mother worked for occasionally giving them tickets.
"He's hungry," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who pitched to a young Machado along with son Ozney, who has been been best friends with Machado since they were 10.
"[Machado] wants to be good. ... I've see this kid prove himself day by day, week by week, year by year, to get better. I never thought he would be this good."
The scrawny kid, who Brito put at shortstop in the infancy of his Little League career because a young Machado was the rare 6-year-old who could field and make the throw to first, quickly became the nation's top position player not named Bryce Harper. With the growing hype -- and an impressive two-homer, nine-RBI performance to lead the USA Baseball 18U National Team to its first gold medal -- came the crowds. By Machado's senior year, Miami Brito Private High School coach Lazaro Fundora nearly had to install an extra bench to accommodate those wanting to catch a glimpse of the young phenom. But when asked what game best sums up Machado's persona, Fundora points to a three-error affair, a contest in which Machado also struck out in his first at-bat.
"Any other kid with 30, 35 scouts out there [would have cracked], but he just continued having fun -- didn't let the pressure get to him," Fundora said of Machado, who went on to double, triple and drive in five runs.
"That night I kind of smiled about it and said, 'Wow,'" Fundora said. "We are talking about a kid who the limelight is on him, he's failed four times yet he kept himself in the game, he kept his team in the game. He kind of smiled and came through it."
Those closest to Machado attribute that steady presence to growing up in a close-knit Dominican family, with Brito and mother Rosa Nunez, who works in exports, the anchors. When Machado heard his name on Draft day, amid the joyful tears and MLB Network interview, the teenager thought about what this day would have meant to his grandfather Francisco Nunez, who had passed away on Christmas Eve.
"He always pushed me. He always told me, 'Manny, don't stop working,'" said Machado, who has started every game since with a sign of the cross and tracing of Nunez's initials onto the infield dirt.
Every night after baseball practice, Machado would poke his head in to say goodnight, and Nunez would ask him if he worked on his bunting. Every great player, according to Nunez, should know how to bunt. Machado, who has already used the phrase "respect your elders" in reference to the reverence he holds for short-season Aberdeen's coaching staff, smiles sheepishly when asked if he followed Nunez's sage advice. It's the only time Machado, who frequently describes himself as a regular kid, actually appears as one.
"His life was basically the game," Fundora said. "We played and practiced, and then he'd go home, do his homework [and] study a bit. He wasn't the party kind, or any of that."
"[It] all goes back to his roots. Growing up without a dad, poor, they grew up really poor. ... I think that kind of life helped him along the way. He had to mature a lot quicker."
Machado, who is as humble as the Guillen clan is outspoken, plans on moving into Ozney's Miami apartment this offseason for a shorter commute to his workouts. But he is more excited about another change of address, one that will move Rosa and the rest of his family into a brand-new house, Machado's first big purchase with his $5.25 million signing bonus.
"He grew up the right way," said Guillen, who was among those in attendance at the Machado's townhouse, which has since been given to Manny's aunt, to anxiously watch the Draft. "He has good people around him."
The same can be said in regard to Machado's professional career, where he has forged immediate friendships with other top infield prospects shortstop Mychal Givens (2009 second rounder) and third baseman Connor Narron, who was the O's fifth-round selection this year. The trio met at the team's Spring Training complex in Sarasota, Fla., where Givens was rehabbing from a left thumb injury, and Narron and Machado -- both late signs -- were looking to get some Gulf Coast League at-bats.
"It was just a click when we first got to meet each other," Givens said of Machado, who related to his Florida roots and indulged his new roommate in video competitions on "MLB 10: The Show," results which often involved Machado taking some good-nature ribbing.
"He acts more like a 50th-round pick than a first-round pick," said Narron, who was moved to Aberdeen on the same day as Machado and Givens, a talented young infield the organization would prefer to move along together.
It's something the trio has discussed, keeping stride through the Orioles system and one day hoisting a World Series trophy on the streets in Baltimore. But for now, those expectations -- and the burden that goes with them -- can wait. Machado, who according to Brito made his dream clear "as soon as he could talk," is still in disbelief that is getting paid to play baseball.
"A lot of teams get worried when they draft guys really high, they are worried about the ego issue," said roving Minor League infield coach and offensive coordinator Mike Bordick. "There isn't a separation there [between him and the other players], which I think he wants."
"There's an eagerness it seems, which is exciting. ... There is an inner drive, and he wants to work for it -- not have it handed to him."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have a vim mapping to let me run a single test [perl.org].
Basically, Test::Class looks at the TEST_METHOD environment variable and runs all tests matching that value (it accepts regexes, too).
That's ace!
In Emacs it can actually be one level neater; since the tests are run from within Emacs itself it's easy to simply set the env var before kicking off the test run. No need to edit the source file.
Vim can do the same.
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Six trillion dollars. Most of us have difficulty wrapping our brains around such a figure. That's roughly how much U.S. homeowners lost in home value—$5.9 trillion, to be exact—from March 2006, when the housing market peaked, through November 2009, according to Zillow.com. Since that time, things haven't really improved that much – especially in Florida.
When seeking ways to recover lost home equity, consider these questions:
• What's my best move? That depends. If you'll stay in your house for many more years, you have time for it to regain value. If you plan to move soon and need to sell, you'd need to act sooner to boost your home's value, and thus your equity.
• Should I do home improvements? If you need to sell, doing minor fix-ups can enhance your home's appeal and value, and hence your equity, without costing a lot of money.
• Is it smart to do major renovations? Doing major remodeling just to boost your house's value usually doesn't pay. Renovation projects don't earn a dollar-for-dollar return in increased home value.
• Could I refinance? Mortgage rates are at historic lows. You may be able to refinance to a fixed-rate mortgage at a lower rate.
• Should I pay off my mortgage faster? If you do, you'll build equity faster and pay less total interest over the life of the loan. You might refinance from a 30-year to a 15-year mortgage. Or keep the longer-term mortgage and pay extra when you can.
• Is there a better use for my money? Financial planners urge homeowners to look at the big picture. Putting extra money into your mortgage won't build your wealth over time. Instead, you could put that extra amount toward paying off high-interest debt- like credit cards, contributing to your 401(k) to get the employer match, or investing conservatively.
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I've asked him to do so for weeks now!
Yes, 1 1/2 years ago, I told you I wanted one of your Russian Boar capes.
Just wanted to add that there maybe have been a misunderstanding or communication. I never for some reason recieved a link for a ruined payment, so I did not know about that. Sending the two bases was because I understood that two payments were sent by mistake. Hogguide I believe you are a good person to deal with and we'll just say this is dust in the wind. I may have been hastly so that may have been just myself, Have a good one. Clair
I bought two capes from Hog guide at two different times and the transactions went smoothly.
Still doesn't explain why all through the month of August you told me repeatedly that "you'll get the cape done, working allot out of town", when they had been mailed-out in July?


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It's that time again, Vikings Nation. We're 1-6. What will the final record be for the season? Vote!
Oct 24
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Oct 17
Alas Vikings Nation, we find our Purple & Gold at 1-5 for 2011, with those horrendous Pukers on the horizon. It's time to get a sense of what the fan base is feeling.
What do you think the Vikings' regular season final record will be?
And that's where we are, this 6th week of the 2011 NFL regular season. Skol.
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Oct 04
So Vikings Nation. We are 25% of the way through the season. Our beloved (or maybe not so beloved right now) Purple & Gold team is totally in the toilet. With the likes of the Rams. The Lions are undefeated and we just lost to the Chiefs. Yes, the ones from Kansas City.
How are you feeling about the season?
Just 12 games left for 2011! That's right: I'm predicting no post-season for this team. You heard it here first!
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Craft Integrated is a progressive and uplifting trance duo from Egypt. Behind the project are Mostafa Omar & Mostafa Mohamed a.k.a. Mostfa & Mostfa. The guys recently got some nice support with their releases on AEZ, Trance Allstars and Beyond The Stars but mainly for their massive remix for "Rocking J & Pedro Del Mar - Krysta" on Magic Island. Their brand new single "New Dimension" is a progressive influenced trance track with a nice atmospheric piano driven breakdown, that surprisingly turns into a peak-time euphoric trance direction. "New Dimension" is another exclusive single release taken from Roger Shah's forthcoming 2CD mixcompilation "Magic Island Vol. 5".
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Yeah, I was about to say. Melo can pass the ball pretty well for a forward of his size. He's not a LeBron when it comes to running an offense, but his mid-range game is way better so it makes up for it.
Just because a player is cleared to play it doesn`t mean that the body has completely healed. The knee will be sore for a little while until STAT is "game fit" so I see no problem with this. In truth, it`s not much of a story.
Of course, the Knicks have a history of not being honest about these kinds of things so there may be more to it. But if they are being honest then a sore knee after playing 28 minutes coming off of knee surgery is really a non story.
With Amare being 30/31 years old, it's pretty much time to trade him asap before he becomes Juward Howard.
I don`t think we could trade Amare. Would anybody take a 30/31 year old with an uninsured $100m contract and dodgy knees?
Amare Stoudimire
Iman Shumpert
James White
Chris Copeland
Bobcats trade
Kemba Walker
Bismack Biyombo
Waive Diop
Bad deal, who are those scrubs?
The Amare signing is starting to look like one of the top 10 worst signings in Knicks history.He is getting paid 20 million dollars to be a role player and is a big disappointment to watch.I don't see much of a difference between the Eddy Curry signing and the Amare signing other than the fact that the Knicks gave up two picks in the former.Both of these players gave us half a season of all-star level production but then ended up underperforming and being plagued by injuries.I don't see why the NBA can't allow teams to amnesty a player on their roster at least more than one time.so sick of these bad contracts crippling teams that are trying to be a contender.
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HOUSTON - The method Gen. David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell used to communicate secretly on the Internet is commonly used by terrorists and is not the most secure option available, a security expert said.
"It is possible he is just an administrator and not savvy about the latest technology out there," said Thomas Avery, a computer forensics expert with Precision Discovery.
Petraeus and Broadwell reportedly used the "dropbox" technique to transfer messages between them. This method eliminates the need to send or transmit email, which can be easily traceable by investigating agencies. The dropbox method allows the author of a message to simply save it and logout without the need for transmission. The intended recipient of the information then logs into the same account reads the "draft" message and deletes it.
"It is not a simple technique to uncover unless you have direct knowledge it is occurring," Avery said.
It is not yet completely clear how the Petraeus/Broadwell messages were discovered, but Avery said there is a more secure way to get the job done.
"Use those free new mail services. Everything is encrypted inside those mail services," Avery said.
A search of "free encrypted email" yielded several companies that offer such services.
Avery believes if Petraeus and Broadwell had used one of these services, they're intended-to-be-private messages would not have been discovered.
Certain investigative techniques can reveal whether a user has visited an encrypted email website, but in most cases cannot reveal what information was transmitted or to whom that information was sent.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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District Judge Don Bourne set bail at $15,000 for Artemio Hernandez, 20, on Friday during felony bond hearings at the Pope County Detention Center. Hernandez is being held for alleged theft of property. He is required to appear in Pope County Circuit Court on July 22.
Russellville Police detective Steve Barker testified Friday police received a call from a local business June 1 concerning high-grade-stainless-steel product missing from its lot.
Investigators checked with salvage yards in the area and discovered someone had been selling steel similar to that which was reported stolen from the business.
Receiving records at one salvage yard showed Hernandez signed his name in their register and had sold the metal as scrap there.
A photograph of Hernandez was left at the salvage yard by investigators and when he showed up on Wednesday to conduct his business, employees at the salvage yard identified Hernandez and called police.
After police arrived, Hernandez agreed to go with them to RPD headquarters and submit to an interview.
After being read his Miranda rights, Hernandez admitted to investigators he stole the metal from the business seven or eight times since April and sold the high-grade-steel to the salvage yard.
Hernandez has a prior felony conviction for terroristic threatening and was on probation.
Bourne ordered Hernandez to have no contact with the metal business or the salvage yard.


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January 10, 2009
Fit for Vampires: Inside the Cullens' House + Re-vamp your room to look like Edward's
Thanks to a tip from Twilight Malaysia, one of cool TwiBloggers I love to follow, we have some details from Design Tavern about the Hoke House, which was featured in Twilight the movie as the Cullens home. Click here to see more interior shots of this amazing house, which was designed by architect Jeff Kovel.
Also, over at Apartment Therapy, you can learn how to make your bedroom look like Edward's in the movie and see more shots of Edward's room here. Does this room look familar??
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While I didn't like that it was different from the book - it is a hot house.
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ILOVE THE BOOKS AND MOVIES!!!! :)ReplyDelete
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For dedicated target and competitive shooters, aperture sights are desirable for their extreme precision and consistent adjustments. It is now possible for hunters to benefit from the same advantages with the Merit #4 Hunting sight disc. Built to withstand extended use in the field, the aperture is adjustable from 0.022" to 0.125" and uses a strong internal spring to hold the selected sight setting constant during recoil. The size of the disc is meant to be compatible with many commonly used tang-mounted sights, and is intended to simply replace the existing fixed aperture.
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Vermont propane prices spike
Midwest farmers used four times as much propane to dry their crops last fall than the year before, and Vermont fuel dealers and customers are feeling the heat.
A wet fall has led to a shortage in supply that has driven residential prices to record highs across the country this year. Vermont dealers say they have had to travel further to find enough propane to serve their customers.
The average price for residential propane in Vermont has increased from $3.75 per gallon in December to $4.22 per gallon on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"It hasn't been a whole lot fun out there," said Peter Bourne, owner of the heating fuel dealer Bourne's Energy, which serves the northern half of the state.
He said his company will not leave customers cold, but traveling long distances in search of fuel has driven up propane prices this winter.
"Generally speaking, we've been able to find it," he said. But this year his company has been driving to the southern tip of New England to find propane. "You've got to have the product, so you have to pay the price."
No Vermont dealers have turned down customers' requests for heating fuel, said Matt Cota, executive of the Vermont Fuel Dealers Association.
Cota said the good news is that the coldest days of winter are behind us.
He said there are several other compounding issues that create a supply shortage. The Cochin Pipeline System, which spans the Upper Midwest, was closed during December for maintenance. Also, he said, rail cars that previously carried propane are being refitted to carry crude oil, reducing transportation capacity.
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Discussion in 'Gaming' started by AlphaMan, Feb 1, 2013.
It's pretty common in Canada. All the big ISPs offer 60-80GB a month maximum.
There was a lot of him-hawing about Sony not showing the actual box last night. I really don't get. In my mind, tjhe form factor of the box itself is nearly irrelevant. I want to know what the box can do and why I should buy it.
Sort of... but I lost this one:
PS4 won't play digital or retail PS3 games.
Yeah same here, I really don't care how it'll look.
Ummm.... No. I refer to the habit of modern technology these days never really being "off" and always sipping at electricity. Pretty much everything these days do it and it's part of the larger problem in the energy crisis. So to have a console that's always ready "on demand" sort of adds to a on-going problem.
Oh man I can't wait to get one, too bad I had to spend all my tax money on medicine
Unplug it. /or/ Plug it into a power strip or surge protector, and then turn that off.
No power leeching.
Well, if they're not willing to provide native PS3 support, I'm not willing to provide financial support.
I'm sure they'll miss you.
Well... The ball is now in Microsoft's court. I expect that the it's best If they announce the Xbox 720 within a month or so. The longer they yeild the spotlight to Sony, the more detrimental it could be. They have to be somewhere on par at least. This will be a very interesting holiday season with 2 next gen consoles on the market duking it out. Consumers just might get some great deals out of it this Christmas.
One thing is sure... at least we can lay to rest the notion that the WiiU is a next generation console.
Going forward, I expect Microsoft to announce the 720 away from Pax East, GDC and E3. According to Joystiq, Sony generated as much buzz as an E3 that usually contains Microsoft, Sony, EA and Ubisoft. Microsoft can do the same only if they announce away from everyone else like that. They should announce familiar IPs and sequels to get the loyal 360 players hyped and save the new IP and heavy hitters for E3.
This is going to be an exciting year for gamers!
It's not about the specs, dude. It's about the games.
I do think the big N was wise to get their unit out before the others. I suspect the Wii U would have had a rockier launch coming after.
What "spotlight"? Sony announced a console that no one's actually seen in action yet. People are talking about it. So what? None of it matters until the consoles actually hit the market and have some games out. This whole notion of judging a console before anyone's even used it is just nuts.
Well Sony filled 2 of my3 criteria, no second hand game lock out and no constant internet required.......but it seems i cant bring my PS3 games with me, although i was not really worried about retail games, but i wanted to bring all my PSN bought digital games over to the PS4 as i simply have too many unplayed to just drop the system for the new one.
But it's not all bad, this way i can finish playing through them all once, then move the the PS4......which should be about 2015. lol
But system look's fantastic.
I don't get why backwards compatibility is such a big deal. My PS3 can't play my PS2 games...but my PS2 is still hooked up to the TV, sitting right next to the PS3. Unless you want to get ten bucks trading in an old system, what does it matter if a new system plays the old one's games?
My launch 60gig PS3 could play PS2 games. lol
But it's not really a big deal, it simply would have been nice and convenint for me personally if i could take all my bought digital content across to the PS4 and still play them.
How it would have worked with me is i buy a PS4 at launch, ditch the PS3, happily play all my PSN titles, very very occasionally get a PS4 game or sub to the PS4 version of PS+........while enjoying things like party chat on the new PS4.(I am assuming the PS4 is going to have some form of chat like XBlive).
But its not really a big deal, i can live with my PS3 for a good few more years.
Some people want to be able to play those old games forever--even after Sony stops manufacturing the original system.
Sony would probably prefer to charge people to continue playing them via a streaming service.
Okay, if you only play Sony games it's not a big deal. However, here is what I have hooked up to my TV:
- Wii (Gamecube BC and emulators from Atari 2600 - SNES)
- Sega Saturn
- Sega Dreamcast
- Xbox
- Playstation 2 (PSX BC)
- PC (Streaming and DVDs)
I really don't have the room to add a PS3, PS4, 360, Wii U, and 720 to that setup.
Not to be rude, but your setup is atypically complex, and Sony and Microsoft have little reason to try to accommodate it. Sony is providing backward compatibility--by way of a streaming service that offers PS3 games. Presumably, you would have to buy them again. This allows Sony to make money off of those games again, which is likely the main reason they're doing it.
Much respect!!
I had an Atari 2600 as a child and my college roomate had an NES/SNES. Later, I had a PS1 in 98" and nothing until my PS3 in 2009. I bought a 360 in 2010 and that's pretty much it. I plan to get both the PS4 and 720 in 2013/2014.
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text: Why not? Changelings risking their babies is an established DS9 fact - that's what the Hundred were all about. If Odo failed to go through the motions of saving the baby, they'd either send another, or judge Odo unworthy of redemption. I just had a thought about the timing. Odo got as bad as the Female Changeling only about half a season after her; if the FC got the disease in "Broken Link", then "The Begotten" would be the right time for Odo to re-catch it... Then again, the disease apparently manifests faster and worse if the Changeling in question shapeshifts a lot. For all we know, the Female Founder had less shapeshifting activity than Odo did, what with being a leader rather than a soldier and all. Thus, the FC would go from infection to heavy symptoms in 2.5 seasons, while Odo would take just 1.5-2 seasons to get to the same state. Timo Saloniemi


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Study on the E-government Call Center System Based on SOA
An E-government service call center system based on SOA (Service-oriented Architecture) is desinged, and the application of SOA in E-government, the overall design idea, the design plan, and the implementation of concrete functions are introduced in this article. With good flexibility and expandability, this system has good practical value and promotional value.
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A pair of Shimano M123 SPD shoes, never ridden off road due switching to flats, some use on road but selling now as I am switching to SPD SL for road. Very good condition, a few small cosmetic scuff marks but no real wear on top or soles. I've removed the original studs and replaced with blanks but the studs will be included in the sale.
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In a 4-3 decision - the same numerical split as in last year's ruling - the court denied Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's request that justices rehear the case.
Justices ruled in November that state education officials cannot withhold excess money from the Eureka Springs and Fountain Lake school districts, where higher property tax collections pushed the districts above total school funding levels set by state law. However, the majority of the divided court suggested that lawmakers could give the state the power to redistribute the excess funds.
Eugene Sayre, a lawyer for the Eureka Springs and Fountain Lake school districts, said he was pleased that the court stuck with its November decision.
But state officials have warned that it could jeopardize Arkansas' school funding system, which was tied up in court challenges for years.
Critics complained it went against the reforms that lawmakers enacted in response to the Lake View school funding case. The tiny Lake View School District sued the state in 1992, challenging the constitutionality of a system that allowed wide funding disparities between wealthy districts and poor ones. The case ended in 2007 when justices ruled that Arkansas had funded its schools adequately.
Asked what comes next after Thursday's ruling, Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe said, "We'll see if people start chipping away at Lake View."
Beebe, who said he didn't like Thursday's decision, has said he would support legislation that would allow the state to redistribute excess property tax revenues from school districts that collect more than the mandated school funding levels.
McDaniel, who in December asked the court to reconsider its decision in the Eureka Springs and Fountain Lake case, said the case was over and also looked ahead to addressing the issue with lawmakers.
"I do think the General Assembly should respond to this case legislatively, but I don't see a great deal of appetite from legislators to do that," McDaniel said. "So, I suspect that we will be answering a lot of questions from the members and we will try to give them the best advice that we can going forward."
Rep. James McLean, chairman of the House Education Committee, said he's not eager to take up legislation to address the ruling.
"I think we need to take a wait-and-see approach, see how this all shakes out," said McLean, D-Batesville. "I think we need to have a lot of discussion before we start talking about filing bills to try and correct this."
House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, said House members appear split on whether to live with the ruling or readdress the funding formula.
"No matter what we do, we have to be extremely cautious," Carter said.
Sen. Johnny Key, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said he opposed any efforts to give the state power to keep the excess property tax revenue. Key, R-Mountain Home, said he didn't believe the ruling would have the far-reaching impact on the state's school funding efforts that Beebe and other court critics have said.
"I don't see that there's anything out there for us to fix," Key said.
The committee's vice chair, however, said she thought there should be some legislation, but she wasn't ready to file anything yet.
"I do think it lends more urgency to our addressing the issue so that school districts and taxpayers will have some sense of what our thinking is in moving ahead," said Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock.


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HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), located in Ashburn, Virginia along the Potomac River, will officially open the doors of its first research campus, the Janelia Farm Research Campus, on October 5, 2006.
The first of its kind, the Janelia Farm Research Complex transforms accepted patterns of scientific research and typical designs for lab buildings.
The centerpiece is a 1,000 feet long laboratory building, called the "Landscape Building," which if stood on end, would equal the size of an 85-story building. Its length and massiveness is disguised by its elongated, gently undulating design that conforms to the site's existing topography.
Built into the gentle slope in the form of three descending planted terraces, the Landscape Building becomes an indistinguishable part of the sloping meadow below. If one stands behind it, one has a clear, unobstructed view across the Potomac River into the verdant Maryland countryside.
A north-facing glazed corridor runs the length of the building on each floor, providing circulation, dividing the offices and labs, and allowing light to penetrate inside. All floors offer easy connections between the interior and the site.
The ribbons are bisected by two atria, each anchored by a grand cantilevered staircase that accesses all three levels and provides egress to the meadow. The atria are designed to encourage random encounters among the scientists. Generously sized landings provide inviting space for interaction.
Horizontally, the building has a rational layout divided into three sinuous ribbons. To the back, tucked into the hillside, is the mechanical corridor, where all of the services terminate. The middle ribbon is reserved for laboratories and support spaces. The front includes office and meeting spaces that alternate with outdoor terraces and courtyards.
Beneath these terraces, the labs, support areas, offices, meeting rooms, and communal spaces are arranged in a three-level stack that is horizontally offset to follow the slope of the site. On the lowest level, overlooking the pond, is the main entrance hall, including large areas for social functions, dining areas, and meeting rooms. The next level, which is above and to the south, contains a long open plan of lab benches, support spaces, and office clusters.
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Miss USA Olivia Culpo Crowned Miss Universe
Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas.
Miss Philippines, Janine Tugonon, placed second, and Miss Venezuela, Irene Sofia Esser Quintero, took third.
Culpo, 20, hails from Rhode Island and beat out contestants from 88 other countries to take the prize.
An American hadn't won Miss Universe since Brook Lee won the crown in 1997.


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Kickham placed in bullpen after rough start
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- To no great surprise, the Giants assigned Mike Kickham to a long-relief role Tuesday, a day after the Cincinnati Reds roughed him up for seven runs and nine hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Moving Kickham to the bullpen simplified Chad Gaudin's impending return to the starting rotation. Gaudin, who hasn't pitched since he sustained a bruise on his throwing elbow on June 20, is expected to rejoin the rotation when he's reinstated from the disabled list Friday or shortly afterward.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy believes that Kickham, 0-3 with a 13.94 ERA in three big league starts, can develop just as well facing Major League hitters instead of pitching regularly against Minor Leaguers.
"Right now, we think he's our best [long-relief] option," Bochy said. "That's why he's staying here."
Bochy noted that a handful of successful starters experienced stints as long relievers early in their careers, which influenced the Giants' decision.
A lack of stuff wasn't Kickham's problem against the Reds. But he threw too many hittable strikes after a perfect first inning. The Reds capitalized by swinging at pitches early in the count. Kickham followed the same pattern in his previous two starts.
"He had trouble getting the ball down in the stretch and he was in the 'nitro zone' too much," Bochy said.
Arias available to pinch-hit after testing hamstring
CINCINNATI -- Giants infielder Joaquin Arias tested his strained left hamstring by running Tuesday and edged closer to being able to play fully.
"He's doing a lot better," manager Bruce Bochy said of Arias, who injured himself while running the bases in Los Angeles on June 24 and hasn't played since.
Arias demonstrated his improved mobility by running "curves" along the back edge of the infield's dirt portion at Great American Ball Park.
Bochy said for the second day in a row that Arias would be eligible to pinch-hit. The Giants have missed the utility man, who has started 22 games and appeared in 18 contests as a defensive substitute. The latter figure ranks second in the National League.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hossawa falls is one of the famous falls in Tokyo metropolitan prefecture. It has been selected one of the "100 best falls in Japan". In the very cold season the waterfall is known to freeze. Recently it seldom freez perfectly. You can see the current view of the fall by the livecamera set in front of the falls by Hinohara village (operation 6 am to 6 pm JST).
Tama area is the name of the western part of Tokyo Metropolis. It consists of 26 cities, 3 towns and a village. A lot of people (about 4 milion) live in a eastern half part of the area. However, there are many mountains in the western part of Tama area, and there are very little flat land. Many hiking spots are in the western area, so you can enjoy walking on the trail, camping, and so on. If you see the beautiful mountain scene, you may not believe this is also in Tokyo.


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I just let myself be seduced into wanting to glean every scrap of tacky, privacy-invading and salacious gossip involving those studly guys who have been taking turns running our war in Afghanistan
For a while, the best thing I could say about my wife's addiction to the "Twilight" series was that at least she was appropriately embarrassed about it.
But now if I razz her about it, she has just the ammo to razz me right back. I've got my own silly soap opera-ish obsession now, though I don't have to wait for months for the next book or movie. New episodes have been coming out every day.
I'm into it for just the wrong reasons, too, ones totally unrelated to national security concerns, though those provide a possible pretense for those who, like some elected officials, think they need one. But I'm not bothering. I just let myself be seduced into joining politicians, FBI and CIA agents, and much of the American public in wanting to glean every scrap of tacky, privacy-invading and salacious gossip involving those studly guys who have been taking turns running our war in Afghanistan.
What a show it is.
The original lead in the who's-doing-whom melodrama was military hunk David Petraeus. That handsome and impressive former Army general and All-American good guy was director of the CIA at the start of the show, but the writers jump-started the publicity machine right away with a surprise adultery-scandal resignation.
Wow. But despite his star power and that steamy scandal story, the show's sexy supporting cast all but upstaged Petraeus within just a few episodes. How about that hot Paula Broadwell, the biographer and confidant he was having a secret affair with?
Yeah, baby. If you like 'em buff, savvy, in the know and married, you have to go for Broadwell as the bold temptress who accidentally and tragically brings down the powerful married man she is so drawn to. The two physical fitness devotees had real chemistry, and worked up a sweat even when just working out together, so we can only imagine the rest.
The writers have put classified material into Broadwell's laptop, by the way. But whatever. That mystery is just a plot device. The fun thing is that Broadwell sent anonymous email warnings — unrevealed as yet, so we can imagine them being as catty as we hope they are — to chase away a possible rival for her back-door man's attention.
That's when things really blew up.
That maybe-a-rival is ambitious social climber Jill Kelley, another married hottie and, it seems, a master flirter who puts her wiles to work on the most powerful guys in uniform.
What is she really up to? I dunno, but get this: Kelley has an identical twin. The twin is just a bit player so far, but I'm hoping the writers will bring her into the main storyline soon. How about an identify switch scam, where the twin is pretending to be Jill hosting a lavish soiree for the MacDill Air Force Base brass while Jill is out doing, well, who knows what?
Just a thought. Can't help it. This Tampa-based show really has my wheels turning.
Kelley has been quite the emailer, too, but despite Broadwell's suspicious turf guarding, Kelley's hot e-chat seems to mostly have been with a different married general. And that general, despite spending some time running U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, must have worn out his fingers typing thousands of messages back to Kelley.
Those two tell everyone they were just chatting about parties and, like, whatever. But the FBI has said otherwise, so maybe a later episode will reveal their e-poetry so we can judge the heat for ourselves.
And just when this steamy stuff starts to be too much, and I was worried about the anguish of the betrayed spouses, the show has come up with these great comedy relief breaks. Like, for instance, there's this quirky FBI agent who, as if wanting in on the fun and games, sent Kelley some shirtless pictures of himself. (As if an FBI agent would do that. LOL!)
Oh, and Petraeus's illicit lover wrote a book about him, and guess what she called it? "All In." Get it?
Bad taste and embarrassing, sure, but who can resist? Not me, and not anyone in the nation's capital.
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Plo Koon 12" Figure
Jay Cochran - September 15, 2006
The 12-inch Plo Koon figure includes:
- Fully articulated male body with 30+ points of articulation
- Authentic likeness of Plo Koon
- Detailed costume including:
Plo Koon's Unique Jedi Robe
Belt w/ lightsaber clip
- Accessories including:
Jedi Communicator
Jedi Holoprojector
Jedi Food Capsules
Lightsaber Hilt w/ Ignited Blade
Lightsaber Hilt
- Interchangeable hands, including
Saber grip left
Saber grip right
Force Push left
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- 12-Inch Figure Display Base with Star Wars logo
In the waning days of the Republic, the ranks of the Jedi Order were commanded by a High Council of Jedi Masters who convened in a towering temple on Coruscant. Twelve Jedi sat in a circle to contemplate matters of the Force, and dispatch Knights to scattered crises across the galaxy.
One such Jedi Master was Plo Koon, an imposing alien whose face was concealed behind a forked facemask. His well-muscled humanoid form filled out the traditional Jedi robes. Koon was present on the Council when Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn presented Anakin Skywalker as a prospective Jedi candidate. He also served the Council a decade later when the Jedi faced one of their greatest conflicts: the Clone Wars. Plo Koon was present at the first battle site of the Clone Wars, fighting against Geonosians and battle droid forces in the cauldron of the Geonosian execution arena. Koon served valiantly as a general in the war on many battlefronts in the years that followed.
During the Outer Rim Sieges, Plo Koon was stationed on Cato Neimoidia, flying scouting missions over the bridge cities of the conquered world. It was then that Order 66 was enacted, branding every Jedi in the galaxy as an enemy of the Republic.
Plo Koon's clone wingmen carried out the order, communicated to them directly from Chancellor Palpatine. Aboard ARC-170 starfighters, the clone commander pilot opened fire. Plo Koon's starfighter spun out of control and crashed into the Neimoidian city below. (source: StarWars.com Databank)
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Americans fought the war on land essentially with two types of organization, the Continental (national) Army and the state militias. The total number of the former provided by quotas from the states throughout the conflict was 231,771 men; the militias totaled 164,087. At any given time, however, the American forces seldom numbered over 20,000; in 1781 there were only about 29,000 insurgents under arms throughout the country. The war was therefore one fought by small field armies. Militias, poorly disciplined and with elected officers, were summoned for periods usually not exceeding three months. The terms of Continental Army service were only gradually increased from one to three years, and not even bounties and the offer of land kept the army up to strength. Reasons for the difficulty in maintaining an adequate Continental force included the colonists' traditional antipathy to regular armies, the objections of farmers to being away from their fields, the competition of the states with the Continental Congress to keep men in the militia, and the wretched and uncertain pay in a period of inflation.
By contrast, the British army was a reliable, steady force of professionals. Since it numbered only about 42,000, heavy recruiting programs were introduced. Many of the enlisted men were farm boys, as were most of the Americans. Others were unemployed persons from the urban slums. Still others joined the army to escape fines or imprisonment. The great majority became efficient soldiers owing to sound training and ferocious discipline. The officers were drawn largely from the gentry and the aristocracy and obtained their commissions and promotions by purchase. Though they received no formal training, they were not so dependent on a book knowledge of military tactics as were many of the Americans. British generals, however, tended toward a lack of imagination and initiative, while those who demonstrated such qualities often were rash.
Because troops were few and conscription unknown, the British government, following a traditional policy, purchased about 30,000 troops from various German princes. The Landgrave of Hesse furnished approximately three-fifths of this total. Few acts by the crown roused so much antagonism in America as this use of foreign mercenaries.
The war began in Massachusetts when General Thomas Gage sent a force from Boston to destroy rebel military stores at Concord. Fighting occurred at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, and only the arrival of reinforcements saved the British original column. Rebel militia then converged on Boston from all over New England. Their entrenching on Breed's Hill led to a British frontal assault on June 17 under General William Howe, who won the hill but at the cost of more than 40 percent of the assault force (see Battle of Bunker Hill).
General George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the American forces by the Continental Congress. Not only did he have to contain the British in Boston but he had also to recruit a Continental army. During the winter of 1775–76 recruitment lagged so badly that fresh drafts of militia were called up to help maintain the siege. The balance shifted in late winter, when General Henry Knox arrived with artillery from Fort Ticonderoga in New York, which had been captured from the British in May 1775. Mounted on Dorchester Heights, above Boston, the guns forced Howe, who had replaced Gage in command, to evacuate the city on March 17, 1776. Howe then repaired to Halifax to prepare for an invasion of New York, and Washington moved units southward for its defense.
Meanwhile, action flared in the north. In the fall of 1775 the Americans invaded Canada. One force under General Richard Montgomery captured Montreal on November 13. Another under Benedict Arnold made a remarkable march through the Maine wilderness to Quebec. Unable to take the city, Arnold was presently joined by Montgomery, many of whose troops had gone home because their enlistments had expired. An attack on the city on the last day of the year failed, Montgomery was killed, and many troops were captured. The Americans maintained a siege of the city but withdrew with the arrival of British reinforcements in the spring. Pursued by the British and decimated by smallpox, the Americans fell back to Ticonderoga. General Guy Carleton's hopes of moving quickly down Lake Champlain, however, were frustrated by Arnold's construction of a fighting fleet. Forced to build one of his own, Carleton destroyed most of the American fleet in October 1776 but considered the season too advanced to bring Ticonderoga under siege.
As the Americans suffered defeat in Canada, so did the British in the South. North Carolina patriots trounced a body of loyalists at Moore's Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. Charleston, South Carolina, was successfully defended against a British assault by sea in June.
Having made up its mind to crush the rebellion, the British government sent General Howe and his brother, Richard, Admiral Lord Howe, with a large fleet and 34,000 British and German troops to New York. It also gave the Howes a commission to treat with the Americans. The Continental Congress, which had proclaimed the independence of the colonies, at first thought the Howes empowered to negotiate peace terms but discovered that they were authorized only to accept submission and assure pardons.
Their peace efforts getting nowhere, the Howes turned to force. Under his brother's guns, General Howe landed troops on Long Island and on August 27 scored a smashing victory. Washington evacuated his army from Brooklyn to Manhattan that night under cover of a fog. On September 15 Howe followed up his victory by invading Manhattan. Though checked at Harlem Heights the next day, he drew Washington off the island in October by a move to Throg's Neck and then to New Rochelle, northeast of the city. Leaving garrisons at Fort Washington on Manhattan and at Fort Lee on the opposite shore of the Hudson River, Washington hastened to block Howe. The latter, however, defeated him on October 28 at Chatterton Hill near White Plains. Howe slipped between the American army and Fort Washington and stormed the fort on November 16, seizing nearly 3,000 prisoners, guns, and supplies. British forces under Lord Cornwallis then took Fort Lee and on November 24 started to drive the American army across New Jersey. Though Washington escaped to the west bank of the Delaware River, his army nearly disappeared. Howe then put his army into winter quarters, with outposts at towns such as Bordentown and Trenton.
On Christmas night Washington struck back with a brilliant riposte. Crossing the ice-strewn Delaware with 42,000 400 men, he fell upon the Hessian garrison at Trenton at dawn and took nearly 1,000 prisoners. Though almost trapped by Cornwallis, who recovered Trenton on January 2, 1777, Washington made a skillful escape during the night, won a battle against British reinforcements at Princeton the next day, and went into winter quarters in the defensible area around Morristown. The Trenton-Princeton campaign roused the country and saved the struggle for independence from collapse.
Britain's strategy in 1777 aimed at driving a wedge between New England and the other colonies. An army under General John Burgoyne was to march south from Canada and join forces with Howe on the Hudson. But Howe seems to have concluded that Burgoyne was strong enough to operate on his own and left New York in the summer, taking his army by sea to the head of Chesapeake Bay. Once ashore, he defeated Washington badly but not decisively at Brandywine Creek on September 11. Then, feinting westward, he entered Philadelphia, the American capital, on September 25. The Continental Congress fled to York. Washington struck back at Germantown on October 4 but, compelled to withdraw, went into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
In the north the story was different. Burgoyne was to move south to Albany with a force of about 9,000 British, Germans, Indians, and American loyalists; a smaller force under Lieutenant Colonel Barry St. Leger was to converge on Albany through the Mohawk valley. Burgoyne took Ticonderoga handily on July 5 and then, instead of using Lake George, chose a southward route by land. Slowed by the rugged terrain, strewn with trees cut down by American axmen under General Philip Schuyler, and needing horses, Burgoyne sent a force of Germans to collect them at Bennington, Vermont. The Germans were nearly wiped out on August 16 by New Englanders under General John Stark and Colonel Seth Warner. Meanwhile, St. Leger besieged Fort Schuyler (present Rome, New York), ambushed a relief column of American militia at Oriskany on August 6, but retreated as his Indians gave up the siege and an American force under Arnold approached. Burgoyne himself reached the Hudson, but the Americans, now under General Horatio Gates, checked him at Freeman's Farm on September 19 and, thanks to Arnold's battlefield leadership, decisively defeated him at Bemis Heights on October 7. Ten days later, unable to get help from New York, Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga.
The most significant result of Burgoyne's capitulation was the entrance of France into the war. The French had secretly furnished financial and material aid since 1776. Now they prepared fleets and armies, although they did not formally declare war until June 1778.
Meanwhile, the Americans at Valley Forge survived a hungry winter, which was made worse by quartermaster and commissary mismanagement, graft of contractors, and unwillingness of farmers to sell produce for paper money. Order and discipline among the troops were improved by the arrival of the Freiherr von (baron of) Steuben, a Prussian officer in the service of France. Steuben instituted a training program in which he emphasized drilling by officers, marching in column, and using firearms more effectively.
The program paid off at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778, when Washington attacked the British, who were withdrawing from Philadelphia to New York. Although Sir Henry Clinton, who had replaced Howe, struck back hard, the Americans stood their ground.
French aid now materialized with the appearance of a strong fleet under the comte d'Estaing. Unable to enter New York harbour, d'Estaing tried to assist Major General John Sullivan in dislodging the British from Newport, Rhode Island. Storms and British reinforcements thwarted the joint effort.
Action in the North was largely a stalemate for the rest of the war. The British raided New Bedford, Massachusetts, and New Haven and New London, Connecticut, while loyalists and Indians attacked settlements in New York and Pennsylvania. On the other hand, the Americans under Anthony Wayne stormed Stony Point, New York, on July 16, 1779, and "Light-Horse Harry" Lee took Paulus Hook, New Jersey, on August 19. More lasting in effect was Sullivan's expedition of August 1779 against Britain's Indian allies in New York, particularly the destruction of their villages and fields of corn. Farther west, Colonel George Rogers Clark seized Vincennes and other posts north of the Ohio River in 1778.
Potentially serious blows to the American cause were Arnold's defection in 1780 and the army mutinies of 1780 and 1781. Arnold's attempt to betray West Point to the British miscarried. Mutinies were sparked by misunderstandings over terms of enlistment, poor food and clothing, gross arrears of pay, and the decline in the purchasing power of the dollar. Suppressed by force or negotiation, the mutinies shook the morale of the army.
The Americans also suffered setbacks in the South. British strategy from 1778 called for offensives that were designed to take advantage of the flexibility of sea power and the loyalist sentiment of many of the people. British forces from New York and St. Augustine, Florida, occupied Georgia by the end of January 1779 and successfully defended Savannah in the fall against d'Estaing and a Franco-American army. Clinton, having withdrawn his Newport garrison, captured Charleston—and an American army of 5,000 under General Benjamin Lincoln—in May 1780. Learning that Newport was threatened by a French expeditionary force under the comte de Rochambeau, Clinton returned to New York, leaving Cornwallis at Charleston.
Cornwallis, however, took the offensive. On August 16 he shattered General Gates's army at Camden, South Carolina. The destruction of a force of loyalists at Kings Mountain on October 7 led him to move against the new American commander, General Nathanael Greene. When Greene put part of his force under General Daniel Morgan, Cornwallis sent his cavalry leader, Colonel Banastre Tarleton, after Morgan. At Cowpens on January 17, 1781, Morgan destroyed practically all of Tarleton's column. Subsequently, on March 15, Greene and Cornwallis fought at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. Cornwallis won but suffered heavy casualties. After withdrawing to Wilmington, he marched into Virginia to join British forces sent there by Clinton.
Greene then moved back to South Carolina, where he was defeated by Lord Rawdon at Hobkirk's Hill on April 25 and at Ninety-Six in June and by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart at Eutaw Springs on September 8. In spite of this, the British, harassed by partisan leaders such as Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens, soon retired to the coast and remained locked up in Charleston and Savannah.
Meanwhile, Cornwallis entered Virginia. Sending Tarleton on raids across the state, he started to build a base at Yorktown, at the same time fending off American forces under Wayne, Steuben, and the marquis de Lafayette.
Learning that the comte de Grasse had arrived in the Chesapeake with a large fleet and 3,000 French troops, Washington and Rochambeau moved south to Virginia. By mid-September the Franco-American forces had placed Yorktown under siege, and British rescue efforts proved fruitless. Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 19. Thus, for the second time during the war the British had lost an entire army.
Thereafter, land action in America died out, though the war persisted in other theatres and on the high seas. Eventually Clinton was replaced by Sir Guy Carleton. While the peace treaties were under consideration and afterward, Carleton evacuated thousands of loyalists from America, including many from Savannah on July 11, 1782, and others from Charleston on December 14. The last British forces finally left New York on November 25, 1783. Washington then reentered the city in triumph.
Although the colonists ventured to challenge Britain's naval power from the outbreak of the conflict, the war at sea in its later stages was fought mainly between Britain and America's European allies, the American effort being reduced to privateering.
The importance of sea power was recognized early. In October 1775 the Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Continental Navy and established the Marine Corps in November. The navy, taking its direction from the naval and marine committees of the Congress, was only occasionally effective. In 1776 it had 27 ships against Britain's 270; by the end of the war, the British total had risen close to 500, and the American had dwindled to 20. Many of the best seamen available went off privateering, and both Continental Navy commanders and crews suffered from a lack of training and discipline.
The first significant blow by the navy was struck by Commodore Esek Hopkins, who captured New Providence (Nassau) in the Bahamas in 1776.
Other captains, such as Lambert Wickes, Gustavus Conyngham, and John Barry, also enjoyed successes, but the Scottish-born John Paul Jones was especially notable. As captain of the Ranger, Jones scourged the British coasts in 1778, capturing the man-of-war Drake. As captain of the Bonhomme Richard in 1779, he intercepted a timber convoy and captured the British frigate Serapis.
More injurious to the British were the raids by American privateers on their shipping. American ships, furnished with letters of marque by the Congress or the states, swarmed about the British Isles. By the end of 1777 they had taken 560 British vessels, and by the end of the war they had probably seized 1,500. More than 12,000 British sailors also were captured. One result was that, by 1781, British merchants were clamouring for an end to hostilities.
Most of the naval action occurred at sea. The significant exceptions were Arnold's battles against General Carleton's fleet on Lake Champlain at Valcour Island on October 11 and off Split Rock on October 13, 1776. Arnold lost both battles, but his construction of a fleet of tiny vessels, mostly gondolas (gundalows) and galleys, had forced the British to build a larger fleet and hence delayed their attack on Fort Ticonderoga until the following spring. This delay contributed significantly to Burgoyne's capitulation in October 1777.
The entrance of France into the war, followed by that of Spain in 1779 and the Netherlands in 1780, effected important changes in the naval aspect of the war. The Spanish and Dutch were not particularly active, but their role in keeping British naval forces tied down in Europe was significant. The British navy could not maintain an effective blockade of both the American coast and the enemies' ports. Owing to years of economy and neglect, Britain's ships of the line were neither modern nor sufficiently numerous. An immediate result was that France's Toulon fleet under d'Estaing got safely away to America, where it appeared off New York and later assisted General Sullivan in the unsuccessful siege of Newport. A fierce battle off Ushant, France, in July 1778 between the Channel fleet under Admiral Augustus Keppel and the Brest fleet under the comte d'Orvilliers proved inconclusive. Had Keppel won decisively, French aid to the Americans would have diminished and Rochambeau might never have been able to lead his expedition to America.
In the following year England was in real danger. Not only did it have to face the privateers of the United States, France, and Spain off its coasts, as well as the raids of John Paul Jones, but it also lived in fear of invasion. The combined fleets of France and Spain had acquired command of the Channel, and a French army of 50,000 waited for the propitious moment to board their transports. Luckily for the British, storms, sickness among the allied crews, and changes of plans terminated the threat.
Despite allied supremacy in the Channel in 1779, the threat of invasion, and the loss of islands in the West Indies, the British maintained control of the North American seaboard for most of 1779 and 1780, which made possible their southern land campaigns. They also reinforced Gibraltar, which the Spaniards had brought under siege in the fall of 1779, and sent a fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney to the West Indies in early 1780. After fruitless maneuvering against the comte de Guichen, who had replaced d'Estaing, Rodney sailed for New York.
While Rodney had been in the West Indies, a French squadron slipped out of Brest and sailed to Newport with Rochambeau's army. Rodney, instead of trying to block the approach to Newport, returned to the West Indies, where, upon receiving instructions to attack Dutch possessions, he seized Sint Eustatius, the Dutch island that served as the principal depot for war materials shipped from Europe and transshipped into American vessels. He became so involved in the disposal of the enormous booty that he dallied at the island for six months.
In the meantime, a powerful British fleet relieved Gibraltar in 1781, but the price was the departure of the French fleet at Brest, part of it to India, the larger part under Admiral de Grasse to the West Indies. After maneuvering indecisively against Rodney, de Grasse received a request from Washington and Rochambeau to come to New York or the Chesapeake.
Earlier, in March, a French squadron had tried to bring troops from Newport to the Chesapeake but was forced to return by Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot, who had succeeded Lord Howe. Soon afterward Arbuthnot was replaced by Thomas Graves, a conventional-minded admiral.
Informed that a French squadron would shortly leave the West Indies, Rodney sent Samuel Hood north with a powerful force while he sailed for England, taking with him several formidable ships that might better have been left with Hood.
Soon after Hood dropped anchor in New York, de Grasse appeared in the Chesapeake, where he landed troops to help Lafayette contain Cornwallis until Washington and Rochambeau could arrive. Fearful that the comte de Barras, who was carrying Rochambeau's artillery train from Newport, might join de Grasse, and hoping to intercept him, Graves sailed with Hood to the Chesapeake. Graves had 19 ships of the line against de Grasse's 24. Though the battle that began on September 5 off the Virginia capes was not a skillfully managed affair, Graves had the worst of it and retired to New York. He ventured out again on October 17 with a strong contingent of troops and 25 ships of the line, while de Grasse, reinforced by Barras, now had 36 ships of the line. No battle occurred, however, when Graves learned that Cornwallis had surrendered.
Although Britain subsequently recouped some of its fortunes, by Rodney defeating and capturing de Grasse in the Battle of the Saints off Dominica in 1782 and British land and sea forces inflicting defeats in India, the turn of events did not significantly alter the situation in America as it existed after Yorktown. A new government under Lord Shelburne tried to get the American commissioners to agree to a separate peace, but, ultimately, the treaty negotiated with the Americans was not to go into effect until the formal conclusion of a peace with their European allies.
The Peace of Paris (September 3, 1783) ended the U.S. War of Independence. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States (with western boundaries to the Mississippi River) and ceded Florida to Spain. Other provisions called for payment of U.S. private debts to British citizens, American use of the Newfoundland fisheries, and fair treatment for American colonials loyal to Britain.
In explaining the outcome of the war, scholars have pointed out that the British never contrived an overall general strategy for winning it. Also, even if the war could have been terminated by British power in the early stages, the generals during that period, notably Howe, declined to make a prompt, vigorous, intelligent application of that power. They acted, to be sure, within the conventions of their age, but in choosing to take minimal risks (for example, Carleton at Ticonderoga and Howe at Brooklyn Heights and later in New Jersey and Pennsylvania) they lost the opportunity to deal potentially mortal blows to the rebellion. There was also a grave lack of understanding and cooperation at crucial moments (as with Burgoyne and Howe in 1777). Finally, the British counted too strongly on loyalist support they did not receive.
But British mistakes alone could not account for the success of the United States. Feeble as their war effort occasionally became, the Americans were able generally to take advantage of their enemies' mistakes. The Continental Army, moreover, was by no means an inept force even before Steuben's reforms. The militias, while usually unreliable, could perform admirably under the leadership of men who understood them, like Arnold, Greene, and Morgan, and often reinforced the Continentals in crises. Furthermore, Washington, a rock in adversity, learned slowly but reasonably well the art of generalship. The supplies and funds furnished by France from 1776 to 1778 were invaluable, while French military and naval support after 1778 was essential. The outcome, therefore, resulted from a combination of British blunders, American efforts, and French assistance.


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I think there is enough wear that the piston is going to be sloppy in the bore and even if I could go to some new rings, it just wouldn't be as tight as it should be. I'd be back to that worry mode.
I went up to BMW today to price cylinders, pistons, and wrist pins. Without even trying to match up the right size parts, I was well north of $2500. So, I'll be calling Ted next week and ordering a kit from him to finish this out. Matching parts and lighter...I'll certainly have less to worry about.


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Bernard Clarke presents Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos which brings together slapstick comedy and consummately beautiful music, the opera's theme is the competition between high and low art for the public's attention.
Amber Wagner stars as Ariadne with the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Chicago conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
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Clarkson University Hosts Humanities & Social Sciences Conference for Students April 14
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/hss-conf-2010.jpg .]
Clarkson University's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will host a student conference on Thursday, April 14, showcasing the creative and critical intellectual work of students from across the University.
The conference will take place in the new Student Center Multipurpose Rooms and is free and open to the public.
"What is a Critical Thinker? Students as Active Producers of Knowledge" is the theme of the third annual conference, which will include student presentations on gender, environmentalism, culture, art, politics, diversity, scientific engagement, and literature.
The conference will culminate at 5:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Rooms with a keynote address, titled "A Liberal Descent: The Politics of Darwinism," by University of Oklahoma History of Modern Science Professor Piers J. Hale.
Hale's research interests focus on the ways in which the life sciences have contributed to the ways in which we think about what it means to be human.
Sessions with student presentations will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a 12:15-1 p.m. lunch.
Session titles include Science as Practice and Culture; Social and Cultural Experiences of 20th Century Medicine; From Your Kitchen to Your Planet: Environmental Policy Debates in Perspective, Media Constructs the Human; Gender, Sex & Language; The Practices of Space and Time; Debates in our Times; The Vote that Matters and the Public Influence that Counts; Past and Present Experiences of Globalization; Race and Work in "Ma Rainey's" Black Bottom; The True Woman: Critiques of Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; The Supreme Accomplishment is to Blur the Line Between Work and Play; and Alternative Realities.
For more information, please contact JoAnn Rogers at 315-268-3985 or email@example.com .
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Clarkson University's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will host a student conference on April 14, showcasing the creative and critical intellectual work of students from across the University. Here, students present at last year's conference.


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Cleveland vs Toronto
Orlando vs Charlotte
Atlanta vs Miami
Boston vs Miwaukee
Aside from rooting against the Cavaliers, this will probably be the most uninteresting first round of Eastern Conference matchups that I will be watching.The NBA in general has featured many unwatchable games this season.I don't know what the national television ratings are for ESPN and TNT whenever they show NBA games, but I don't see these networks benefiting when 10 of the 16 teams making the playoffs this season come from small market cities.
Just a few years ago, the NBA had the lowest rated finals of their entire history.As competitive as these players are, do people really care about watching Kevin Durant and Lebron James carry their teams to the NBA finals this season? Is David Stern going gaga over a potential first round match up between Kevin Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder and Carmelo Anthony's Denver Nuggets? I know the NBA is a star driven league and many people have the tendency to root for individual players over the NBA teams that they play for, but I cannot see the casual basketball fan looking forward to 8 weeks of mostly mediocre match ups.