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The best things in life often go unnoticed because they naturally make sense. Amidst a valley featuring incredible nature, record-setting attractions and industry leading ideas and people, a simple bicycle path built 30 years ago may be Whistler's greatest asset and legacy.
The Valley Trail is a 40-km paved, non-motorized, path system connecting all of Whistler's lakes, parks and neighbourhoods. From the rushing waters of Cheakamus River the trail winds north through Whistler Creekside, the Village, Meadow Park and Nicklaus North before ending on the shores of aptly named Green Lake. The Valley Trail is not only an integral zero-emissions transport artery for Whistler residents; it's also an accessible (and free) way for guests to venture out into the lush forests and beautiful scenery of the valley.
"It opens Whistler up," says Tom Barrett, one of the forward-thinking locals who planned and developed the Valley Trail in the early 1980s. "The trail allows anyone to see the wetlands and lakes and forests. It gives you different views of the mountains and lets people who aren't hardcore hikers or bikers really experience Whistler."
Paved community bike trails seem like a no-brainer nowadays, but in 1982, when Whistler started reallocating parks and recreation funds to widen and pave the land above their new sewer line, the concept was brand new to B.C.
"I went to university in Eugene, Oregon," Barrett explains. "There was a huge bike-trail system and that influenced our actions up here. Once the local mothers discovered their kids could ride to each others' houses without going on the highway, the community was behind it all the way."
In 1983, the trail pushed north out to Meadow Park and then south to connect Nita and Alpha Lake providing easy, enjoyable access to some of Whistler's greatest summertime spots. Within two years the first mountain bikes began arriving in town and suddenly casual weekend visitors could rent bikes and get out and explore.
Thirty years later, The Valley Trail remains one of Whistler's greatest assets. There are few experiences more uniquely Whistler than hopping on a bike or pushing a stroller or wheelchair or skateboard out into the towering rainforests and panoramic vistas of the Whistler wilderness. The real value of the trail is not where it takes you, but rather the way in which you get there: Safe, slow, scenic and always ahead of your time.


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The last few weeks have been a personal journey seeking renewal from a very hard year. That journey has been related via kayaking trips in the silence of the Okefenokee Swamp, unique meetings with Manatees and gem stone mining in the mountains. It was a great time to do what Jesus often did, get away from the crowds and be renewed in the silence seeking the will of the Father. I thank my home church for giving me the opportunity to be renewed. I thank God for allowing me to hear the voice of his creation. It was a unique time.
Upon returning to the hustle and bustle of life I am profoundly aware of a truth that shouted out from the Scriptures. In Hebrews 5, the author does not seek to make the journey palatable. He does not try to make it a happy story where one and all can sing "Jesus is just alright with me." Instead he writes words that hurt our toes.
He chides the Hebrew Christians for their attitude of being "dull of hearing." He reprimands them on not growing in the Truth. He ends up by saying their lack of attention to spiritual growth makes it hard for them to "distinguish good from evil." Jesus is not the end all. He is not just the end. He is the beginning as well as the end (death) and every day in between.
Spiritual maturity and Biblical literacy is on the extreme decline and I'm talking within the pews of our local churches. In the past few months, being the counseling pastor here at Grace Coastal Church, I have had four couples whom have come seeking help. Their stories are full of bad decisions, sin and a life that does not seem to be on the narrow road but rather on the highway to destruction. Amazingly they are active in their local churches and have been attending church (consistently?) for more than four years. They can't discern good from evil. They have not grown. They remain infants. They are tossed to and fro.
As I look at my own church as well as hear the stories from their own churches there develops a keen sense that the church today has not been proficient at growing spiritually mature adults and our adult culture does not want to commit to growing in the Word.
It is a two-edged sword. Why? We have become lazy. We want the Jesus of the Okefenokee. We want the playful story of Jesus showing up in a Manatee adventure. We like to hear of nice stories. We dread the hard sayings of Jesus. We like to have our ears tickled. We want the love of Jesus without a love that as James, Jesus' half brother said "whom God loves he disciplines." We want the benefits of a church family but not Jesus.
Truthfully, we want Jesus on our terms and our churches want to be places where we can smile, laugh and have Jesus just how I like him. Amazingly, Jesus through the Scriptures and through time has been one of letting us know we are hopeless without him, there isn't any good in our own being, repent and take up the path of Jesus being not just love but the way, truth and life. I gotta go, I need ice for my own toes.
To read more by John Ring, check out his blog at johnring.wordpress.com.

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Transcaucasia (trănz´kôkā´zhə, –shə, trăns´–), transitional region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian seas. It comprises the Republics of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Tbilisi, Bakı, Batumi, Yerevan, and Kutaisi are the major cities.
Between the Greater Caucasus in the north and the Lesser Caucasus in the south is the Colchis lowland. The Kura, Rion, Inguri, and Alazan rivers are important for both hydroelectricity and irrigation. The region's natural resources are oil, manganese, copper, clays, and building stones. Manufactures include oil-industry machinery, mining equipment, metal products, automobiles, chemicals, plastics, cotton and silk cloth, and leather footwear. The climate is sub-tropical. The area's chief crops are cotton, grain, sugar beets, sunflowers, tobacco, citrus fruits, tea, and plants for essential oils. Transcaucasia's mineral springs have given rise to numerous health resorts; seaside resorts also abound. The population consists of Georgians, Armenians, Azeris, Assyrians (Christians), Ossets, Abkhas, Talyshin, Kurds, and Tats.
An independent federal democratic Transcaucasian republic existed in 1917–18. The federation was dissolved in May, 1918, into the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. After the three republics were conquered by the Red Army, the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic was formed; it was joined to the USSR in Dec., 1922, becoming one of the four original federated republics. In 1936, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia were reestablished as separate union republics. In 1991, all three republics seceded from the USSR.


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What's up with the Fray? Check out the special Fraywatch here. Servers are moving a bit faster and many folks have solved their initial posting problems. I am still working through e-mail. The biggest problem is still folks who have lost their longtime nicknames. I am putting together a list of these to see which ones we can resuscitate. E-mail me or respond to the post here.
Platykurtic pipedreams:Robert Shapiro argues that "the current system has virtually no redistributive impact on most Americans" Even doodahman wishes he'd seen a citation to back this up, but adds this quibble:
Of course, he leaves out the effect of state taxes– exercise, property, license fees, user fees, etc.— which, I'll wager, ends up causing a redistribution of wealth from the lower and middle class to the very upper echelons of wealth.
(Perhaps someone can take him up on the wager?) And in case anyone has forgotten the basic reason progressive taxers hate flatness:
Maximizing economic growth is a value, but not the only one. Even if a flat tax did not have the drawbacks noted here, it would be a bad public policy for reasons that have nothing to do with economic growth, but everything to do with fairness and the principles of citizen responsibility.
PubliusToo thinks that Democrats can finally use tax reform to their advantage here:
Now that the republicans appear to be fleeing meaningful tax reform in droves (it's far easier to cut taxes when you can blame the opposition for the resulting budget deficits), the democrats can use tax reform to seize the initiative.
His proposal is to fold payroll taxes into the income tax system and flatten things for middle-income payers. Shades of Robert Reich? … 7:45 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002
And to think we were worried about key escrow: Responding to Paul Boutin's plea for geeks to avoid politics and head straight for the hacking hills, BenK offers a way around an increasingly nosy government here. More interesting than his firewalling proposal is his diagnosis of the snoopers' underlying tension:
It will be a toss-up, soon enough, between the gov't encouraging hackers by making individuals' computers insecure and the gov't encouraging piracy by letting people secure their own computers and networks. …
Nulla dies sine Linnaeus: Culturebox Fraysters are quick to defend Michael Kinsley's "refreshing self-effacement" against National Book Award nonfiction committee chair Chris Merrill's"pompous indictment." (Zagat-like quotes from Hosea here.) Zathras offers a critique of Merrill lifted from a natural history museum diorama guide:
And now, the literary bluenose shark … Rare outside major universities and publishing firms, this species is known to strike at great length and in high dudgeon at passing writers who let slip the idea that not all that is published is worthy or even very good. Can be pacified with large quantities of flattery and assurances that it is too … Humorless but generally harmless.
(Based on Zathras' effortless use of the word "dudgeon," he has been reading Slate too long; can savvy and overrated be far behind?) … Newsflash: Fray nickname rules hit consulting industry: KPMG Consulting is busy spending $45 million to change it's name to BearingPoint. (All that cash and no goofy diacritical marks? They wuz robbed!) Rob Walker summarizes the twofold significance of the change: "a) the new name is an exciting development, and b) the company is as great as ever, so the new name doesn't really mean anything." andkathleen adds
c) we don't have anything to do with scandals. Nothing! We're the same as ever, but we aren't doing anything wrong now. Not that we were before, ha ha! Nope! But we're squeaky clean, and you should run, not walk, to our nearest branch office. 'Cause we're all new! Except for our experience.
Boomer Sooner it ain't: And Inonit-2 spots us the link to KPMG's old fight song—a must-hear. … 4:15 a.m.
Monday, Nov. 25, 2002
Illuminating the masonic conspiracy: As Dan Menaker has already noted, a regular Soprano's Frayster (liviasghost) was the first to ponder Tony's dream of being a mason, beating the shrinks to the punch here. …
And if Kaus gets his way, they'll have to change the stationery again: Now that Senate Democrats have acquiesced in authorizing Bush's version of the Homeland Security, Fred Kaplan turns to the bureaucratic job at hand. Pacimini(recently Keep a Clear Eye) thinks Kaplan wants the impossible here:
Kaplan is a funny guy if he thinks that the federal government is going to "throw money" at the terrorism problem and eliminate pork at the same time. It doesn't work that way … That's why the big defense contracts for fighter jets and things like that are spread out over so many Congressional districts.
He saves his harshest comments for Republicans:
Bush and the Republican leadership are eager to fight global terrorism abroad, and they are eager to defend Texas Stadium, Disney World, and various Confederate monuments. But they are not hot to spend an enormous amount of money defending cities that aren't on Salt Lakes.
(Lest we forget the prolonged authorization process, Dreamworld promises to hold Democrats accountable for any future attacks here.) …
Colorful Greenspan ideas Fray furiously: The Moneybox Fray has little to say about the airline bailout, but plenty of juice for Daniel Gross's piece on Alan Greenspan, "The Maestro is a Hack." There is an excellent thread discussing Greenspan's mistakes beginning in 2000 here (Will_Jacobs, PhilfromCalifornia, and ChasHeath are in on it.) … 10:40 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 22, 2002
Everybody in the Fray loves Brad Garrett: Nothing has inspired more TV fraying than Virginia Heffernan's subtitular remark that Everybody Loves Raymondis "Seinfeld for Catholics." W.V. Micko parses the difference here:
Seinfeld's whack jobs were too crazed to be scary, and I laughed myself to tears. But "Raymond?" "Raymond" is Seinfeld's final episode, over and over and over again: strange, creepy, suffocating and depressing.
Anya Fanya kicks off a great thread of future Heffernan articles. Her best: Touched by an Angel: CSI for Baptists. The Max Fischer Players cannot bring himself to love Raymond: "too many Remington Steele flashbacks whenever Doris Roberts is on screen."
And they gave my red hat to a donkey!: While Zathras and Lee agree with Michael Steinberger that Beaujolais Nouveau is worth skipping, they are on opposite side of the paradox of the mass market. Zathras defendsFrench negociants for raising American interest in wine:
The truth is there would be no American market, or at least not nearly as big a one, without this kind of wine, not just from Beaujolais but from California and Chile as well. You just don't see great crowds of really knowledgeable wine drinkers besieging wine shops in November to get the hands on the latest Nouveau; what you see instead are casual wine drinkers and some who are just beginning to drink wine.
Lee thinksthat interest has destroyed the French tradition it was built on:
The original idea of the "new wine" releases was to generate excitement about what the wines of a year would eventually be, once they matured a bit. Bicycle messengers would race down from the vineyards with bottles of new wine for fans of a particular vintner. The tasters would evaluate the new wine and decide whether it was going to be a good vintage, and make up their minds about how many cases they would purchase.Of course, something this charming, this quaint, this provincial, would get commercialized and marketed in America, land of Wal-Mart … 11:50 a.m.
I got your conspiracy right here: As promised, Neal Katyal offers detailed answers to Jurisprudence Fraysters's questions about his piece on conspiracy here (the links are active in the version posted at the bottom of the original piece). The meatiest part of the answer comes near the end, when he sorts out his advocacy of a broad use of conspiracy in criminal cases and his opposition to the increasing use of military tribunals:
[T]he permissive rules surrounding conspiracy prosecutions emerged in the context of our particular criminal justice system, with its emphasis on the right to counsel, juries, grand jury presentment, individual rights, cross-examination, Brady disclosures, and the like. What I fear today is that the broad rules surrounding conspiracy doctrine can be used to justify the indefinite detention of people in military brigs. These permissive rules surrounding conspiracy only work with a vibrant power to test the government's claims, and it appears that such testing is out of the question for those indefinitely detained. That is the worst of every world … 6:55 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002
Where's your conspiracy now? "Is this the end of little RICO?" TheWatchfulBabbler asks in the best post title—and one of the best posts—in the Jurisprudence Fray discussion of Neal Katyal's piece about conspiracy. (Today's blog shall be known as BabbleWatch.) Doodahman leads off a terrific thread about the use and abuse of conspiracy. The nut graf:
Years after conspiracy laws explode in applications that are largely horrific (using them to put low level, barely culpable poor people in jail basically forever on the basis of the harms committed by kingpins who are rarely brought to justice), brainmeisters like Katyal bootstrap vague sociological theories to the original legislative intent and call it "prescience".
Piney's response stresses the coconspirator statements as an exception to the hearsay rule:
[T]he REAL real reason the feds love conspiracy charges is Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(E). That lovely provision says that a hearsay statement … is somehow transformed into being NOT hearsay if it is "a statement by a coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy." … A powerful tool indeed, especially when [one conspirator] rolls over and enhances his standing with Team America by describing conversations he says he had out on the street with [his coconspirator] some years (or days) ago.
(Another great Piney post here.) Katyal is travelling today, but expects to respond tomorrow. Fraywatch will update. …
Kipling and kinesiology: Responding to Chatterbox's rewriting of Kipling for an era when "fighting" is called "kinetic warfare," Eldoktor improves the scansion with this:
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Give him an emetic!'But it's 'Saviour of 'is country' when the U.K goes kinetic. … 7:40 a.m.


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Tight races lead to sellers' market at Deadline
We've been hearing it since June, if not earlier.
This is a season of increased balance in a sport where it was already reigning supreme. There's less separation than usual between teams, especially in divisions like the AL East and NL Central, where the playoff-race possibilities are endless.
We've been hearing it since June, if not earlier.
This is a season of increased balance in a sport where it was already reigning supreme. There's less separation than usual between teams, especially in divisions like the AL East and NL Central, where the playoff-race possibilities are endless.
Look no further than the Tampa Bay Rays.
With a 29-46 record on June 20, it seemed that the odds had finally caught up to Joe Maddon and Andrew Friedman, arguably the top management tandem in Major League Baseball. But Maddon never lost faith, and now his team has morphed into an East Coast version of the Oakland A's, racing back into the playoff picture with a 24-8 stretch that includes a 9-1 record since the All-Star break.
Trade David Price? Maybe, but if you're following the script it seems just as likely -- maybe more -- that Maddon will be running him out for pivotal games in late September, and maybe even lining him up to start in the Wild Card Game.
On June 20, the Rays were 13 games behind Toronto in the AL East and had the worst record in the league, leaving them 11 1/2 games out in the Wild Card standings. But by beating the Brewers on Monday and Tuesday, with Alex Cobb and Jake Odorizzi following Price's lead on the mound, the Rays moved within seven games of first-place Baltimore and within 4 1/2 games of the second Wild Card spot, which is being held by the Blue Jays.
The bad news: They are still only sixth in the Wild Card standings, with the Angels comfortably ahead of a crowd that includes the Jays, Mariners, Yankees and Royals.
This is great news for fans in many cities. But for the executives representing highly motivated franchises looking to nail down division titles and avoid the win-or-go-home game to start the playoffs -- as well as for teams like the Jays, Royals and Mariners and Marlins, who would love any door into October -- the level of competitive balance is complicating the normal wheeling and dealing of late July.
"This is really a tough time to make a trade, any trade that will make any kind of a difference," one longtime scout said. "There's as much talk as usual but not as many players who are available, at least not players that you think might win you a game or two down the stretch."
Tampa Bay's recent rise illustrates what is happening across baseball. Rather than the strongest teams separating themselves after the midpoint of the season, many races have become tighter. That lessens the number of teams willing to give up on the season, which could turn August into as much of a period for trades as the hours before today's non-waiver Trade Deadline at 4 p.m. ET.
At the All-Star break, 17 of the 30 teams were within five games of the playoffs, and three others were within seven games. Through games on Tuesday night, that number had increased to 19 within five games and 21 within seven games.
Considering how far back teams like the Rockies, A's and Rays have come in previous Septembers, it is extremely tough for ownership and executives to deal players who are keeping their teams alive.
Hope is a powerful thing.
There are few true blue-chip players being made available by the nine teams that are currently more than seven games out of the playoffs, with the Red Sox's Jon Lester the notable exception. The Cubs would be getting a lot of activity around Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel but dealt both pitchers to Oakland in a blockbuster on July 5.
The Phillies have not been inclined to strip their roster and rebuild, and even if they wanted to their options are impacted by the no-trade rights and clauses held by Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee. Hamels is being discussed with teams but it is possible that Marlon Byrd is the most impactful player traded by Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr.
The Rangers could shock the market by dealing third baseman Adrian Beltre, but they expect to bounce back from an injury-ravaged year to contend next season, so rival executives look at that possibility skeptically. Colorado views Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez as the cornerstones of future contenders, so it would take a Herschel Walker-like package of talent to interest the Rockies to move them.
Teams like the Twins, Astros, Cubs, Padres and D-backs are willing to make deals but don't have a lot of attractive inventory.
It's a classic sellers' market. The Red Sox and Rays could weigh trades of Lester and Price all the way until the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Thursday, looking to play one interested team off another as the potential return grows higher and higher.
Maybe a team like the White Sox will seize the opportunity to get a nice return for one of its infielders, Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham, or find a team that wants to add Adam Dunn to its lineup. Maybe the Mets will be offered so much for second baseman Daniel Murphy that it does the deal while playing very well (13-7 since July 6).
Maybe the Rays swallow really hard and pull the trigger on a Price trade. Anything's possible in a fluid market. But the one thing we know for sure -- there aren't as many places to search for talent as the shoppers would like.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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From Nature: Wood Slabs for the Tabletop
The raw look of wood slabs is terrific. It pairs beautifully with clean minimalist lines, warm industrial style, and organic modern interiors. Commonly called wood slabs, slices, rounds and plaques, these are great for both special occasions and everyday. For everyday, use them as servers, or bases for potted plants, vases and statuettes. For special occasions, they look fetching as cake stands and centerpieces.
As far as a green grade goes, this ranks fairly high on the eco-friendly list. Some slabs are even made exclusively from fallen trees! They also make great DIY projects, as many wood slabs come raw and unfinished. Stain, stamp or paint them to your heart's content!
Shown above from left to right:
- Wood Slabs from Morgan and Bean, $20.00
- Small Basswood Round from Walnut Hollow Farms, $6.95
- Tree Slice Woodland Charger/ Cake Stand 11- 12" from Dream with Passion, $20.00
- Walnut Hollow WH5512 11 in. - 13 in. Basswood Country Panel - Extra Large from Walnut Hollow, $20.39
- 4 Wood Slab 8-9in Cake Stand from Rushing Drifts, $15.00
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Madonna may be late to the party, but she certainly knows how to make an entrance! The Material Girl officially joined Instagram on Sunday, Feb. 10, and proceeded to share two racy images with fans.
In one picture, the 54-year-old stares seductively into the camera while sipping a martini. "Cheers motherf-ckers!" Madonna, who sports blunt blonde bangs and a lacy black bra, wrote in the caption. "I'm on Instagram."
A second photo focuses on the "Like a Virgin" singer's cleavage after an intense workout. "Addicted to sweat!" Madonna explained.
The famously in-shape singer will soon open her first Hard Candy Fitness center in Rome, Italy. In conjunction with New Evolution Ventures, the three-story, 13,000-square-foot facility will feature studios for yoga and group fitness classes. Instructors will teach the brand's exclusive Addicted to Sweat programs, which are also available on DVD.
"Addicted to Sweat is inspired by my workout regiment that I do consistently to take care of my mind and body," Madonna says. "My trainer Nicole and I have created this program that has helped give me the body I have today."
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International Student Admission
International credentials from an educational system other than the United States must be evaluated by a foreign credential evaluator who is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The evaluation must be "course-by-course with GPA," and should be sent directly from the evaluating agency to Barry University. For a list of NACES members, please visit www.naces.org/members.htm.
Applicants who do not give evidence of being native English speakers, including those applying for transfer from U.S. institutions, or who have not graduated from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction must submit an IELTS or TOEFL score. If you submit the IELTS results, Barry University requires a band score of 6.5 or higher.
There are two versions of the TOEFL:
- The paper-based test score ranges from 310 to 677. Barry University requires 550 at the graduate level.
- The Internet-based test (iBT) score ranges from 0 to 120. Barry University requires require 79 at the graduate level.
The minimum acceptable score may be higher for some programs. The IELTS/TOEFL requirement may be waived for applicants with a minimum of 24 college-level academic credits earned from an institution in which English is the basis of instruction and classroom interaction. Once you have been accepted, you will need to follow the procedures below:
F-1 Student Visa
Most international students coming to the United States will be required to obtain an F-1 Student Visa. The visa is issued by the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in your country of citizenship. You will need the Form I-20A provided by Barry University in order to apply for the student visa.
Certificate of Eligibility (Form I-20A)
The I-20A form allows you to apply for your student visa. In order to obtain the I-20A, you must be admitted to the university. Furthermore, the United States Federal Government requires that international students prove that they have sufficient funds to live and study in the United States. This is not a requirement for admission to Barry University, but is a requirement in order to receive the I-20A, enter the country, and enroll in the University.
If you are admitted to Barry University and need the F-1 Student Visa, you will be required to submit the following documents before the I-20A can be issued. Documents must be dated no earlier than six months before your first day of class. (For example, if your classes begin on August 25, 2008, your documents must be dated February 25, 2008, or later.) You may submit these documents before an admission decision has been made; this may expedite the visa process, but your I-20A cannot be issued until you are admitted.
Requirement 1: Financial Statement
You may submit either a bank letter or a government / institution letter for your financial statement.
Bank Letter
You may submit a bank letter addressed to Barry University stating that you or your sponsor have the funds available to pay the total cost associated with attending Barry University for one year (see sample below). The required amount will be included in your admission letter if you are accepted, or you may contact the Office of Graduate Admissions before you are admitted. This amount will be reduced for applicants who are awarded scholarships.
As an international student, you should be familiar with the regulations of your government regarding sending money to the United States and you should make arrangements to have the necessary funds available at the designated times of enrollment. Documentary evidence of a means of financial support must be attached to the Certificate of Eligibility (I-20A) when applying for the student visa at the United States Embassy or Consular Office.


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Attention, Phelps County pickers: There will be no citywide bulk trash collection in October, so get what you can during the free pick-up this spring.
Attention, Phelps County pickers: There will be no citywide bulk trash collection in October, so get what you can during the free pick-up this spring.
Monday night at the recommendation of Sanitation Director Brady Wilson, the Rolla City Council adopted an ordinance that calls for an annual free pick-up of bulk cast-off items.
That will save the city about $6,000-$7,000 annually, Wilson said.
For many years the city has conducted a citywide bulk waste collection event twice a year for residents. This service has been provided to residents at no additional cost beyond their normal monthly trash service fee," Wilson wrote in his agenda commentary.
Speaking to the council, he noted that these collections have occurred on the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October. This has been going on for years, and the sanitation staff always wondered if there would ever be a decrease in the tonnage of materials picked up on those dates.
For many years, the tonnage was always about 100-110 tons each collection.
"Over the past several years, the tonnage being collected has been steadily decreasing," Wilson wrote.
"Additionally, the decrease in amounts collected is noted more so during the October collections."
Wilson showed a graph depicting the amount of decrease. He attributed the change to the economy. Many people are holding on and using certain bulk items longer than they had in the past. Or they are selling the items. In many cases, the items put out on the curb each spring and fall are picked up by people who cruise the neighborhoods looking to pick up furniture or other large items that they might refurbish and use or sell.
Typical bulk items are couches, easy chairs, dressers, tables and chairs.
"Due to the decline in tonnage collected and an increase in collection costs, staff feels that the collection could be provided once a year while still providing the service residents look forward to," Wilson informed the council.
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Surprise US jobs rise
THERE was good news on the world's biggest economy yesterday after US unemployment fell to a four-year low despite the impact of superstorm Sandy.
The country added a far better than expected 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent, the lowest since December 2008.
The Labour Department figures confounded experts, who had predicted much weaker jobs growth due to the storm disruption.
Hiring remained steady during the storm as the jobs surge that began in July continued unabated.
But James Knightley, global economist at ING Bank, said the jobs cheer may not last amid fears over America's looming fiscal cliff.
He said the uncertainty over whether President Barack Obama will be able to secure a deal to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts on January 1 was making firms wary of hiring new staff.
"The longer it drags on, the more nervous corporates, households and financial markets will get, which has the potential to be very detrimental for activity," he added.
Hiring remained steady during the storm as the jobs surge that began in July continued unabated
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Antarctic Ozone Hole Returns to Near Average Levels
Improvement Noted After Last Year's Record Breaker
November 1, 2007
The size of this year's Antarctic ozone hole is slightly above the 10-year average in both depth and overall area, NOAA scientists announced today. Last year's ozone hole broke records for both ozone loss within the critical layer and for the size of the area affected. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, which set international limits on the emission of ozone-depleting compounds, and is credited with beginning the process to recover the Antarctic ozone hole.
"This year's ozone hole is no giant—and that's good news," said Earth System Research Laboratory scientist Bryan Johnson, project leader for NOAA's balloon-borne ozone monitoring at the South Pole. "In spite of variations caused by temperature, atmospheric dynamics, and other natural factors, we expect the ozone hole to gradually appear smaller and smaller over time and eventually not form at all."
The primary cause of ozone depletion is human-produced compounds that release chlorine and bromine gases into the stratosphere. The concentrations of these gases peaked in the lower atmosphere in 1995 and in the stratosphere in 2001. The Montreal Protocol and other regulations banning ozone-depleting substances have reversed the destructive trend first noticed in the late 1980s. Because ozone-depleting gases typically last 40 to 100 years in the atmosphere, full recovery is not expected to be reached before 2070.
Scientists from ESRL measured this year's ozone minimum of 125 Dobson units Oct. 8. Dobson units are a measure of total ozone in a vertical column of air, in this case between the ground and the top of the atmosphere.
In the critical layer between 8 and 13 miles (14 and 21 kilometers) above the surface, the team found nearly complete ozone destruction. This degree of depletion has become typical for those altitudes at this time of year, though slightly more ozone remained this year compared to last year.
The ozone hole reached a maximum area of 9.3 million square miles (24 square kilometers) Sept. 13, well within the average range for this stage of recovery, but still an area nearly as large as North America.
Last year's record-breaking ozone loss plunged to 93 Dobson units Oct. 9 and covered nearly 11.4 million square miles at its peak. Scientists blamed colder-than-usual temperatures in the stratosphere for last year's unusual size.
The ozone hole, located above Antarctica, is a thinning of upper atmospheric ozone, which protects life on Earth by blocking harmful ultraviolet-B rays from the sun. UV-B can cause skin cancer and cataracts in humans, harm plant life, and degrade certain materials. In the southern oceans, ultraviolet light is most dangerous to phytoplankton, the base of the oceanic food chain.
NOAA scientists measure the amount of ozone vertically using a balloon-borne instrument called an ozonesonde. A team based at the South Pole launches balloons several times a week during the early Southern Hemisphere spring.
The ESRL balloon measurements showed the temperatures in the critical depletion layer were below average in early September, but warmed to above average values in mid-September, bringing the ozone reading back up to slightly above average.
From mid-September to mid-October, the ozone hole area hovered about the average size for the past 10 years of observations, according to NOAA scientist Craig Long, who analyzes ozone satellite data. It could take another decade of recovery before the observations detect a real trend of progressively smaller ozone holes. Although the amount of ozone-depleting substances has remained fairly constant during this period, the size of the ozone hole has varied widely. Scientists attribute these variations to the Southern Hemisphere's polar winter circulation and temperatures. NOAA's Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet 2 instrument aboard the NOAA-18 satellite provides the area data.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200 years of science and service to the nation. From the establishment of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation of the Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the 1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.


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SEATTLE (AP) — A high-risk sex offender being sought in Canada was allowed back into United States after authorities determined that he was a U.S. citizen and not the subject of an extraditable arrest warrant, a U.S. law enforcement official said Friday.
The federal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to address an ongoing law enforcement matter, said U.S. authorities were aware of a warning from Canada that Michael Sean Stanley might try to cross the border. But officials allowed Stanley through the border in Blaine, Washington, after reviewing his information in a biometric records check and finding they had no legal authority to extradite him.
Patrycia Thenu, a spokeswoman for the Edmonton Police Service in Canada, said she couldn't comment on what should or should not have happened at the border. She said authorities are now looking into the extradition process and working with other agencies in Canadian government on that effort.
"The detectives would like to see Mr. Stanley arrested and held accountable," Thenu said.
Jack Williams, the acting chief deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service in western Washington, said there is nothing law enforcement here can do about Stanley's case unless there is a provisional arrest warrant for authorities to act on.
Stanley has a long history of sexual offenses against women and children and has been missing since Oct. 1, when he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet around the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, according to authorities. Last week, schools in several west-central Saskatchewan communities locked their doors and kept children inside after police got multiple, unconfirmed sightings of the Edmonton man.
Stanley is wanted in Canada on charges of breach of recognizance and mischief and driving offenses. He was released from jail in April 2011 after completing a 32-month sentence for assault and forcible confinement.
Stanley was being monitored by police under a peace bond, which authorities can get to impose conditions on individuals in the community. His peace bond has 20 conditions, including one ordering him to stay away from children.
Thenu said there were definitely concerns within the community when Stanley breached some of those conditions.
"There is a reason why he was being monitored and wearing a monitoring bracelet," Thenu said.
Thenu said authorities in Canada are working with several law enforcement agencies in the United States. She said they have leads on Stanley's location, but she declined to discuss those, saying detectives don't want him to further evade police.
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1. Water awareness – Gaining water awareness – in terms of how water impacts business and how business impacts water – is an ongoing and iterative step for all companies. A key facet of awareness is internal engagement. From the CEO to plant managers and suppliers and employees, building awareness can help companies 'sell' the water story and trigger action where it matters. Water awareness can also highlight how a company is perceived by others, including basin stakeholders, the press and consumers, which in turn influences the degree of risk that a particular company faces. External debates and their sector-specific implications will inform a company's understanding of water and its associated risks, and will influence strategy and interventions.
At its most basic, water awareness must include a high level understanding of the global water challenges, the dependence a company has on freshwater and their exposure to water-related risks.
2. Knowledge of impact – Impact refers to the wider understanding of where a company's 'footprint' is actually located in terms of direct (company operations) and indirect (supply chain) water dependencies. This generally includes measuring elements of water use (preferably through the WFN water footprint methodology), as well as an estimation of 'impact' on water resources. In this step, many companies begin to look beyond the fence line of their operations to understand the wider context of their water use, including global debates, peer examples and relevant watershed issues.
Hot-spot and risk analysis can enhance understanding of these impacts. These assessments should include the context of the basin, as well as the identification of high risk caused by water quantity and/or quality issues.
3. Internal action – Internal action implies that some element of learning and prioritization has occurred and a strategy (of some sort) is in place. For most companies, this is the more comfortable first step of getting one's own house in order by outlining goals, targets, actions and plans that will help tackle the more immediate solutions to the problem, i.e. the low-hanging fruit. Internal action tends to incorporate the following crucial activities: company targets to reduce baseline water use; launch of water efficiency pilot projects; engagement with employees, consumers and marketing to address opportunities and risks; improvement of water quantity and quality reporting; and pollution prevention.
This is also the step where companies begin engaging their suppliers and assess how to take action to realize supply chain improvements through alternative sourcing, product innovation or improved management of water in the production of raw materials.
4. Collective action – In this step, a company recognises that working with others and at various scales (global fora to local water groups) is a necessary part of a robust water stewardship strategy. Collective action where company water use and associated risk is high can help mitigate basin-related risks, boost reputation on water issues, and build brand trust and loyalty. Stakeholders can be anyone from other users in a particular watershed, to other companies, NGOs, sector initiatives, public agencies and standard setting bodies.
Collective action can take the form of participation in public fora to address water management issues, support for freshwater conservation projects in watersheds of importance to company operations, partnerships with watershed groups, NGOs or other companies that pool technical, human and financial resources to conserve freshwater resources, and participation in collective actions to improve water management.
5. Influence governance – Depending on the sector and their exposure to risk, this step can be one of the trickiest for companies. It is also where engagement can bring about higher risk (perhaps for shorter periods), but is nonetheless a course of action that requires careful planning and thought.
The motivation for engagement usually stems from circumstances of direct impact to a company and will often consist of advocacy, influencing or lobbying, partnership, financial support, facilitation, institutional strengthening, etc. It may take place at the local, watershed, state or national level.
In some places, companies may choose to use this strategy if risk is high or the imperative for better management from public authorities is seen as a future risk. Most engagement activity will depend on the sector and its ability to influence, whether or not they are a strategic partner of government (energy, water provision) or if they are a manufacturer of goods. The opportunities through engagement can mean a significant reduction of risk, including social and legal license to operate, and clearer and consistent laws and regulations that govern company water use.
6. Better basin governance is a term, but it encompasses a belief within the freshwater team that we are creating incentives for people to act on water use – either directly and indirectly – and that through their engagement, better management and governance will be in place to protect the species and places we care about.


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Video compression
Video compression technologies are about reducing and removing redundant video data so that a digital video file can be effectively sent over a network and stored on computer disks. With efficient compression techniques, a significant reduction in file size can be achieved with little or no adverse effect on the visual quality. The video quality, however, can be affected if the file size is further lowered by raising the compression level for a given compression technique.
Different compression technologies, both proprietary and industry standards, are available. Most network video vendors today use standard compression techniques. Standards are important in ensuring compatibility and interoperability. They are particularly relevant to video compression since video may be used for different purposes and, in some video surveillance applications, needs to be viewable many years from the recording date. By deploying standards, end users are able to pick and choose from different vendors, rather than be tied to one supplier when designing a video surveillance system.
Axis uses three different video compression standards. They are Motion JPEG, MPEG-4 Part 2 (or simply referred to as MPEG-4) and H.264. H.264 is the latest and most efficient video compression standard.
Video codec
The process of compression involves applying an algorithm to the source video to create a compressed file that is ready for transmission or storage. To play the compressed file, an inverse algorithm is applied to produce a video that shows virtually the same content as the original source video. The time it takes to compress, send, decompress and display a file is called latency. The more advanced the compression algorithm, the higher the latency.
A pair of algorithms that works together is called a video codec (encoder/decoder). Video codecs of different standards are normally not compatible with each other; that is, video content that is compressed using one standard cannot be decompressed with a different standard. For instance, an MPEG-4 decoder will not work with an H.264 encoder. This is simply because one algorithm cannot correctly decode the output from another algorithm but it is possible to implement many different algorithms in the same software or hardware, which would then enable multiple formats to coexist.
Image compression vs. video compression
Different compression standards utilize different methods of reducing data, and hence, results differ in bit rate, quality and latency. Compression algorithms fall into two types: image compression and video compression.
Image compression uses intraframe coding technology. Data is reduced within an image frame simply by removing unnecessary information that may not be noticeable to the human eye. Motion JPEG is an example of such a compression standard. Images in a Motion JPEG sequence is coded or compressed as individual JPEG images.
Video compression algorithms such as MPEG-4 and H.264 use interframe prediction to reduce video data between a series of frames. This involves techniques such as difference coding, where one frame is compared with a reference frame and only pixels that have changed with respect to the reference frame are coded. In this way, the number of pixel values that is coded and sent is reduced. When such an encoded sequence is displayed, the images appear as in the original video sequence.
Other techniques such as block-based motion compensation can be applied to further reduce the data. Block-based motion compensation takes into account that much of what makes up a new frame in a video sequence can be found in an earlier frame, but perhaps in a different location. This technique divides a frame into a series of macroblocks (blocks of pixels). Block by block, a new frame can be composed or 'predicted' by looking for a matching block in a reference frame. If a match is found, the encoder codes the position where the matching block is to be found in the reference frame. Coding the motion vector, as it is called, takes up fewer bits than if the actual content of a block were to be coded.
With interframe prediction, each frame in a sequence of images is classified as a certain type of frame, such as an I-frame, P-frame or B-frame.
An I-frame, or intra frame, is a self-contained frame that can be independently decoded without any reference to other images. The first image in a video sequence is always an I-frame. I-frames are needed as starting points for new viewers or resynchronization points if the transmitted bit stream is damaged. I-frames can be used to implement fast-forward, rewind and other random access functions. An encoder will automatically insert I-frames at regular intervals or on demand if new clients are expected to join in viewing a stream. The drawback of I-frames is that they consume much more bits, but on the other hand, they do not generate many artifacts, which are caused by missing data.
A P-frame, which stands for predictive inter frame, makes references to parts of earlier I and/or P frame(s) to code the frame. P-frames usually require fewer bits than I-frames, but a drawback is that they are very sensitive to transmission errors because of the complex dependency on earlier P and/or I frames.
A B-frame, or bi-predictive inter frame, is a frame that makes references to both an earlier reference frame and a future frame. Using B-frames increases latency.
When a video decoder restores a video by decoding the bit stream frame by frame, decoding must always start with an I-frame. P-frames and B-frames, if used, must be decoded together with the reference frame(s).
Axis network video products allow users to set the GOV (group of video) length, which determines how many P-frames should be sent before another I-frame is sent. By decreasing the frequency of I-frames (longer GOV), the bit rate can be reduced. To reduce latency, B-frames are not used.
Besides difference coding and motion compensation, other advanced methods can be employed to further reduce data and improve video quality. H.264, for example, supports advanced techniques that include prediction schemes for encoding I-frames, improved motion compensation down to sub-pixel accuracy, and an in-loop deblocking filter to smooth block edges (artifacts).


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Ending of Air
Well it's been months since I've seen it but I'm still a bit confused about Air's ending. My memory's a little foggy but from what I remembered, Yukito 'dies' to save Misuzu but she ends up getting sick again? What really confuses me though is when Yukito becomes a crow after he dies and the whole series is kind of reshown but this time he's watching himself from the crow's POV and the crow now has a part in the storyline although it didn't before. Er, any explanations?
|2006-08-25, 00:49
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
Yukito doesn't die. He transforms into a crow and goes back in time so that he could be with Misuzu through it all. This way, once it is too painful for Misuzu to be with him, he can still be with her and help her to enjoy being with her mother before she dies.
Then after Misuzu is dead, he resumes his human form.
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Berserk Knight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Minnesota
Age: 30
Wow I missed that entirely. Did Misuzu actually die? I remember her losing her memory but then she regained it and was happy again with her mother. As for Yukito turning back into his human form, is this just assumed or what?
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I'm confident Yukito "died" in a sense at least. My theory is that he placed his spirit into the doll like how his mother had done when he was a child. Through this, Yukito was reincarnated as Sora, somehow... Perhaps because his will to find and help Misuzu was so strong. Also, because Yukito in his human form was simply not good enough, he was unable help Misuzu, but as Sora he could finally look at her in an entirely alternate perspective through speculation. Misuzu finally achieved her "goal" and died, but unlike her tragic predecessors, her life ended with good memories - memories with Yukito and especially with her mother, who was a great driving force for her as well.
... At this point though the curse has not been ended yet. Misuzu's memories were left with Sora, who had to soar beyond the point any human can reach by themselves, the sky, and bring those memories to "she who is waiting in the air," the girl with wings. I believe at this point, the curse finally has been lifted, and the winged girl's pain finally ends after one thousand summers, or something like that. As for Yukito/Sora's fate... who knows. I kind of doubt he goes back to being a human really, but eh. So there's my view on the ending of AIR, and... yeah.
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Okay, I'll admit it is just my interpretation that he'd reverse the spell and return to humanity. I just don't like the throught of him trapped as a crow for the rest of his life.
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After the first time of watching Air back when it was airing, clicking onto the fact that Yukito is no more ended up in me just breaking down.. i didn't wanna believe it. But still, to this day - he shall always be my number 01 character.
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For me it was a tad disappointing to see Yukito "die" as well... He went through the most development in the entire series, besides Misuzu's mother perhaps, and underwent quite a drastic change from the beginning to end. ... Hell, I could probably say he's my favourite character in AIR as well. To me though, Yukito's fate isn't very important since he finally succeeded in helping the girl waiting in the air, which was what I was hoping for by the very end... But if I had to say something perhaps he was reincarnated as another human, going by the anime's theme of starting a new beginning and repeating the cycle somewhat. Except this time there'll be no more curse. Hmm.
As for Yukito giving Misuzu more time to spend with her mother... I do not think so, personally. He did give her an extraordinary amount of motivation she needed to reach her "goal" though, which was probably what kept Misuzu alive a little bit longer, because she refused to rest until then.
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yes the ending was too cruel...it could possibly be one of the worst (saddest) ending ive ever seen...made me cry to see misuzu and yukito not have a future
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It gives a whole new look at the tragedy... (makes me scare of rich and pulpy somehow)
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well.....from what i think.....Yukito doesnt "die", he transforms into sora the crow, then he goes through everything again with misuzu, and he can stick by her so she can be happy....but then in the ending it says " ill always be with her" and "say hello to her for me if you see her"....So i think she died and then she was reborn..for some reason, but yukito cant stay with her. That is why he is leaving on the train.(This is what i think, im waiting for someone to tell me what really happened)
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by the rise of industrialization and mechanization. The Society's founders were some of the more prominent machine builders and technical innovators of the late nineteenth century; led by prominent steel engineer Alexander Lyman Holley, Henry Rossiter Worthington and John Edison Sweet.
Holley chaired the first meeting, which was held in the New York editorial offices of the American Machinist, on February 16th, with thirty people in attendance. From this date onward, the society ran formal meetings to discuss development of standard tools and machine parts as well as uniform work practices. However, it wasn't until 1905 that a major turning point gave new definition to ASME's purpose and impact on civilian life.
Steam powered the technology of the late 19th century. Despite their power, boilers and pressure vessels were temperamental, requiring constant attention and maintenance. Although there were numerous boiler explosions throughout the 19th century, there were no legal codes for boilers in any state in the Union. Undoubtedly one of the most important incidents that proved the need for developing boiler laws was the Grover Shoe Factory Disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts on March 10, 1905.
An older boiler, used as a backup during maintenance on the newer model, exploded, rocketing through three floors and the building's roof. Broken beams and heavy machinery trapped many workers who survived the initial explosion and collapse. Burning coals thrown from the boiler landed throughout the crumbling superstructure, starting fires that were fed by broken gas lines. The explosion resulted in 58 deaths and 117 injuries.
It was this catastrophe that gave Massachusetts the impetus to establish a five-man Board of Boiler Rules, whose charge was to write a boiler law for the state; this board published its boiler laws in 1908.
Having established the Boiler Testing Code in 1884, ASME formed a Boiler Code Committee in 1911 that led to the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) being published in 1915. The BPVC was later incorporated into laws in most US states and territories and Canadian provinces.
ASME's rich publication history—including standards, theory, and technical journals—made a great deal of technical and biographical information available to engineers and policy makers. These publications form a substantial and tangible connection to the past that proves inspirational to ASME members to this day.
ASME is best known for improving the safety of equipment used in manufacturing and construction, particularly boilers and pressure vessels. One founding interest was ensuring reliability and predictability in machine design and mechanical production. Boilers and pressure vessels were an innovation that advanced long-range transportation and heavy lifting in ways that had never been possible before. However, the machinery was temperamental, and frequent corner cutting and delayed servicing had disastrous consequences.
ASME published the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) in 1915, which was later incorporated into laws in most North American territories. In the years following the publication of the first BPVC, ASME continued the proliferation of safety in industry, developing engineering standards in numerous technical areas including pipeline production, elevators and escalators, materials handling, gas turbines, and nuclear power. Today, ASME has more than 600 codes and standards available in print and online.
• Folsom Power House #1 (1895) Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, Folsom, California: one of the first successful uses of hydroelectric power in the world, including the first successful long-distance transmission of power.
• Solar Energy and Conversion Laboratory (1954) University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida: pioneering developments in solar-energy applications, with global accomplishments in training and innovation.
• PACECO Container Crane (1959) Port of Nanjing, Nanjing, China: first high-speed, dockside container-handling crane.
• Creusot Steam Hammer (1876) Museum of Man and Industry, Le Creusot, France: most powerful steam-hammer in the world for many years.
• Siegfried Marcus Car (1875) Technical Museum, Vienna, Austria: direct predecessor of the modern automobile.
• Montgomery Glider (1883) Hiller Aircraft Museum, San Carlos, California: the first heavier-than-air human-carrying aircraft to achieve controlled piloted flight.
• Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway (1891) Cog Rail Depot, Colorado Springs, Colorado: highest railway in the US and highest rack railway in the world.
• Saturn V Rocket (1967) US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama: largest rocket engines built at the time of the first US missions to the moon.
• Atlas Launch Vehicle (1957) Gillespie Fields Airport, El Cajon, California: a first launch vehicle for the US space program.
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The breakdown and first travel lanes heading east on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Warren will be closed until about 5 a.m. Wednesday for cleanup and repairs after the Tuesday tractor-trailer crash.
The two trucks collided about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday near the Bemis Road bridge in Warren, between Exit 8 in Palmer and Exit 9 in Sturbridge.
Warren and Palmer Fire Departments responded. No injuries were reported, according to state police.
Afternoon traffic was snarled and authorities reopened the lanes temporarily to ease the backup.
The state Department of Transportation said the lane will be closed overnight at mile marker 67 to continue cleaning up spilled fuel and to repair the guardrail. DOT expects the lane to reopen early Wednesday morning.


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Two Brevard faculty members receive grants from ACA
Two Brevard College faculty members recently received grants from the Appalachian College Association (ACA) that will enable students majoring in teacher education and criminal justice to study in Chicago this spring.
The ACA LearnChicago mini grants were awarded to Betsy Burrows, Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Director of the Teacher Education Program, and Amie Scheidegger, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Major.
Burrows collaborated with a faculty member at Tennessee Wesleyan College on a grant that will bring teacher education students from both schools to Chicago for a week-long exploration of the diversity found within the city.
"One objective for the Chicago experience will be to provide our rural Appalachian students with an experiential introduction to urban education," said Burrows. In addition to exploration of the cultural tapestry of a big city, observations in the cultural diverse neighborhood schools of Chicago will expand our teacher candidates' knowledge of instructional strategies, classroom management, and learning environments that are significantly different from those that they have previously experienced."
Thanks to Scheidegger's grant, BC criminal justice majors studying criminology and juvenile justice will have an opportunity to discover Chicago's rich history and association with the discipline of criminal justice. "By taking part in this once in a lifetime opportunity, students will more fully understand the current state of the juvenile justice system and how to critically evaluate early criminology theories," said Scheidegger.
Both grants illustrate Brevard College's commitment to an engaging and experiential education.
C&S donates services for floor installation
C & S Services, a home improvement & landscaping business, has become a new and somewhat unique donor to Hands On!-A Child's Gallery. C&S researched floor options for Hands On!'s private room, received a huge discount on the purchase of the floor from Greene's Salvage & Discount Building Supply, and donated their services for the floor installation.
"We are thrilled with our new floor!" says Leslie Mutter, Operations Assistant of Hands On!. "Cherie and Skip from C & S have been like fairy godmothers to Hands On! They helped us find affordable flooring and donated their time & skills for the installation. Everyone is enjoying the new floor. Long-time members have commented that the new floor feels warm and inviting."
Christmas trees, cards brought to CarePartners
Second-graders from Claxton Elementary School came by the CarePartners Adult Day Center to bring Christmas trees they had decorated and cards they made to the participants at the center.
CarePartners Foundation sends 500 little trees to Buncombe County Schools and Asheville City Schools and the kids decorate them and bring them back to CarePartners for its rehab hospital patients, hospice patients, home health care participants and Adult Day Care participants. The kids stayed for about and hour and sang carols and visited with some new friends.
'Taste of Hendersonville' raises funds for IAM
Steve Harbison, April Killough and Georgie Farmer enjoyed samples of specialty dishes from local restaurants participating in Interfaith Assistance Ministry's ninth annual "A Taste of Hendersonville" fundraiser, held in October at the Conference Center at Blue Ridge Community College.
Funds raised through sponsors, ticket sales and a silent auction, benefit IAM client services. IAM is a faith-based nonprofit providing assistance to Henderson County residents in an atmosphere of compassion and respect, for over 28 years.
Diamond Brand takes pride in Western NC
ARDEN — In 2012, Diamond Brand once again demonstrated its pride in being a part of the Western North Carolina community, by supporting area charities with over $44,000 in donations and countless hours of service. Diamond Brand has manufactured goods in Western North Carolina since 1943 and opened Western North Carolina's first outdoors gear retail shop in 1964. The company and brand have been staples in the area's outdoor community for more than half a century and in 2012 the support was greater than ever before.
As a retailer dedicated to the active lifestyle, health and wellness has been a major tenet of Diamond Brand Outdoors' business since its inception. To that end, Diamond Brand supported organization such as Autism Society of Western North Carolina, YMCA–WNC, NC Aboretum Youth Programs, North Carolina Youth Camp Association, Girls on the Run, Dupont Forest Half Marathon, Hot Chocolate 10K and Mission Hospital's Ladies Night Out program. In addition, Diamond Brand continued to be a friend to the arts and environment again in 2012, generously supporting Diana Wortham Theatre, WNC Nature Center and a variety of other organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for Western North Carolinians.
"At Diamond Brand, we believe in supporting and giving back to the community that we've proudly called home for more than half of a century," said Sarah Merrell, marketing manager, Diamond Brand Outdoors. "We're dedicated to helping local nonprofits, events and groups that make WNC a better and healthier place to live. We want to see the greater Asheville area and its surrounding communities continue to thrive, so we plan to continue this level of support in to the future and we are excited to continue our work with so many valued WNC organizations."
Diamond Brand's 2012 community support has not ceased for this year. In fact, the company has pledged to donate 1 percent of all sales at its retail store between Thanksgiving and Christmas to the YMCA of Western North Carolina, as part of its 1 percent for the Y initiative. In addition, Diamond Brand's discount outlet store, Frugal Backpacker, is also in the charitable spirit, helping othe area's homeless pets through an innovative pet food donation program going on from now until the end of year. For more information on Diamond Brand and Frugal Backpacker's community initiatives, visit www.diamondbrand.com.
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A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not discriminate with respect to participation under the plan or coverage against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification under applicable State law. This section shall not require that a group health plan or health insurance issuer contract with any health care provider willing to abide by the terms and conditions for participation established by the plan or issuer. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a group health plan, a health insurance issuer, or the Secretary from establishing varying reimbursement rates based on quality or performance measures.
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Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, § 2706, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1201(4),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 160.)
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For delayed effective date of section, see Effective Date note below.
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Section 218c of title 29, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original "section 1558 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", meaning section 1558 ofPub. L. 111–148, and was translated as meaning section 18C of act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, which was added by section 1558 ofPub. L. 111–148, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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A prior section 300gg–5, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, § 2705, as added Pub. L. 104–204, title VII, § 703(a),Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2947, and amended, which related to parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits, was renumbered section 2726 of act July 1, 1944, and transferred to section 300gg–26 of this title.
A prior section 2706 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 2727 and is classified to section 300gg–27 of this title.
Another prior section 2706 of act July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238e of this title.
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Section effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, see section 1255 ofPub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 300gg of this title.
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"Theosis or Deification means "union with God" taken from the Greek Theios - God, and the word Enosis - union. Our Lord Jesus Christ asked God the Father "They also may be one in us" (Jn 17:21). He also gave us the command of Theosis "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect" (Mt 5:48), our goal in life is to accomplish perfect union with God through the grace of the Holy Spirit. Man was created in the image and likeness of God, and then sin created a gap between God and mankind, causing damage to our souls. All Christians through baptism receive the seed of Theosis, which is not only to the forgiveness of sins, reconciliation and justification, but also a restoration of God's image. The sinful inclination of our human nature should not govern our behavior anymore; instead we should strive to live a holy life looking towards Jesus Christ the author of our faith, and growing in His knowledge and sonship. The restoration and sanctification of Theosis brings us back into relationship with the Creator. St. Athanasius' presentation of Theosis was summarized as "the reintegration of the divine image of man's creation through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit conforming the redeemed into the likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also of the believer's transition from mortality to immortality so that he is enabled to participate in the eternal bliss and glory of the kingdom of God." Our full union with God is a union with the "energies" of God. These energies, while an extension of God, are not to be confused with the "essence" or "substance" of God, which is unknown by humans and is shared only by the Holy Trinity. Our union with God will not make us gods but will make us partners in the Divine nature in works not in essence. We will not acquire the unique characteristics of God such as being the Creator, the Omnipotent, the Omnipresent, but it will make us partners with Him in building the Kingdom by our own salvation and by winning the souls of others to the Lord Jesus Christ. Source: http://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=649&catid=383
"According to Palamas' interpretation of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, the terms THEOSIS (divinization or deification) and ENOSIS (union)...are synonymous. This means that everywhere Palamas speaks of union between the prophets of the Old Testament and the glory of God or an Old Testament prophet's vision of the glory of God he is actually speaking of divinization."Source: http://www.ortodoxia.it/romanides-palamide.htm
The imparting to us of this uncreated Energy effects our likening to the Creator - our divinization. Love, being the pre-eternal and immutable life of the Triune God, when it comes to dwell in us makes us not only immortal, in the sense of living for evermore, but without beginning, too, since the love that is the Trinity is pre-eternal.
The mystical union between God and man is a true union, yet in this union Creator and creature do not become fused into a single being. Unlike the eastern religions which teach that man is swallowed up in the deity, Orthodox mystical theology has always insisted that man, however closely linked to God, retains his full personal integrity. Man, when deified, remains distinct (though not separate) from God[/b][/color]. The mystery of the 'Trinity is a mystery of unity in diversity, and those who express the Trinity in themselves do not sacrifice their personal characteristics.
God is an existant Person and is Essence as much as Energy, we must not mistake the Divine Energies for anything else but as truly the personal Uncreated God, other-than-his-essence so to speak, but no less God.
I'm having trouble with the "Uncreated Energies" part. If it is Uncreated Energies, then this "uncreated" is also His essence.
The only way I can understand God's essence is only that it is uncreated. His essence is inseperable from His energies, if not His actual energies themselves. He doesn't merely have wisdom, love, etc., He "IS" the Love, Wisdom, etc. To become THE LOVE and WISDOM is to become His essence, which seems as a contradiction in terms. Man is distinct, and does not become in essence God, but He receives grace from God to be love and wisdom like the TRUE Love and Wisdom.
So, if carefully read, we participate in His Divine Uncreated Energies, that is we partake of His nature, but we do not become these energies in nature, but only in grace.
As St. Athanasius is quoted from above, theosis is "the reintegration of the divine image of man's creation through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit conforming the redeemed into the likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also of the believer's transition from mortality to immortality so that he is enabled to participate in the eternal bliss and glory of the kingdom of God." And St. Athanasius says elsewhere "We become by grace what Christ is by Nature."
The soul is a breath of God and has suffered a mixture of heavenly and earthly, a light hidden in a cave, but, all the same, divine and imperishable. For it would not be right for the greay God's image to disintegrate in formlessness, like mindless lizards and kine, even though sin has brought it to a mortal condition.
His energies are His essences. I don't agree that it is "other-than-His-essence," but truly His essence. How else is God wise unless God Himself is the Wisdom?
This quotation reveals, also, the Byzantine correction of what must be admitted as a weakness in the Cappadocian definition of e0ne/rgeiai, namely that it is unclear whether the Cappadocian Fathers regarded God's energies as having any actual reality of their own, or if they believed 'energies' simply to refer to the activities of God within the created order.ÂÂ The 'operations of God's hands', as Gregory of Nyssa terms the discernable energies of God, is not a phrase which necessarily warrants an interpretation of energies as anything possessing real existence; rather, it might only suggest the results of an interaction between the divine ou0si/a and creation, these visible results being called 'energies'.ÂÂ Gregory Palamas, on the other hand, could speak of very real things (to call them 'substances' would risk confusion with ou0si/a) which are God's divine, uncreated energies manifested through creation: the divine light of Tabor seen in prayer with material eyes being the most pertinent in his day. [23]ÂÂ ÂÂ The Cappadocians seem never to make such a clarification of the character of God's energies, referring to them simply as the perceivable attributes of God in creation without substantial further refinement.
I think we need to investigate more on the "uncreated" energies in earlier fathers of commonality.
I'll look into these articles. In the meantime, I have another question. If these energies are "uncreated" and are thus God, though not His essence, these energies are then worshipped. Am I correct?
. Are there any contradictory views concerning the energies of God as "created" vs. "uncreated" among other Holy Fathers?
2. If we become God by His uncreated energies, doesn't that make us "uncreated"?
This example indicates that we can speak (together with St. Maximus) about two forms of energy of the same essence or nature: one form which is, as we called it, homogenous to the nature of the one who causes the energy (an ecstatic self-offering of nature in terms of personal otherness); and the other form which reveals itself out of essences heterogenous to the nature of the one who causes the energy, an energy that is effective on things external, according to which the actor acts on objects outside of himself and heterogenous, and obtains a result, which is made up of preexisting matter and is foreign to his own substance.
Q. 9: Is there a difference between saying we share IN the nature of God and we share OF the nature of God? Please get detailed (but, keep the vocab easy lol).in Christ,shawn
PS  I do not mean to explain theology, but I just want to show my continued confusion (and in essence, want an answer to my question that I made above) on how theosis is interpreted, and furthermore, how this interpretation may or may not lead to some disaster in a church.
1)Does one reach Theosis in this life (I've kind of always understood it happening after we die, but I'm guessing I'm wrong)?
2)How does one "know" (if there is a way to know) when he/she has reached Theosis. In other words, are there "spiritual gifts" associated with it; and if there are spiritual gifts, if one doesn't have them, is it possible for one to still be in Theosis?
3)Is if possible for those not living a monastic (in the literal meaning of the word, since we are all called to life the monastic life in some way or form)life to reach Theosis?
4)Does one need to understand the doctrine of Theosis to reach it's heights (I would guess no, since in early times, many monastics weren't able to read; and I'm quite sure many did reach Theosis. But, I could be wrong)?
5)Once reaching Theosis, is it possible to fall out of Theosis (through sin, and so forth)?
6)Is it possible for only Orthodox Christians to obtain?
7)Does one need to "pray always" to reach Theosis? Or does Theosis allow us to pray always?
8)What is a good book on Theosis, for someone with a moderate vocabulary (that is, me)?
Q. 9: Is there a difference between saying we share IN the nature of God and we share OF the nature of God? Please get detailed (but, keep the vocab easy lol).
"To the best of our abilities, we should raise our eyes to the paternally transmitted enlightenment coming from sacred scripture and, as far as we can, we should behold the intelligent hierarchies of heaven and we should do so in accordance with what scripture has revealed to us in symbolic and uplifting fashion. We must lift up the immaterial and steady eyes of our minds to that outpouring of Light which is so primal, indeed much more so, and which comes from that source of divinity, I mean the Father. This is the Light which, by way of representative symbols, makes known to us the most blessed hierarchies among the angels. But we need to rise from this outpouring of illumination so as to come to the simple ray of Light itself."
IC XC NIKASNB and Xaira,The Lord give you His peace.Another interesting quote from our father in the Faith St. Gregory. From "On God and Man" Pg: 53, verses 95-96:"all-luminous; to it the man of God wends his way from here later,once he's perfected as god, purified in mind and flesh."Once more, why does St. Gregory use the lower case "god" when, I guess, he is speaking on Theosis. Perhaps an incorrect translation? I'm stumped.in XC,shawn
Q 1.As you can see in the bold, why does our father St. Gregory use the lower case "god" in your opinion (obviously, you can't ask him and get an answer; or can you )?
Q 2. When we say we share in the Nature of God, it is through (or in, is there a difference here as well; that is through vs. in) His Energies, correct?
Q 3. What is un-created-grace mean?
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Sweetness & Light: 7 Kitchens from Dos Visits in Sweden
We just discovered the work of Dos Family, a band of three friends and photographers in Sweden. Jenny, Staffan and Isabelle take luscious photos of homes and share them on their website. We are especially loving some of the kitchens in their home tours; they are bright, down-to-earth, and so inspiring, with color and storage ideas for renters and owners alike.
The main thing that impressed us about all these Swedish kitchens was that they seemed to be functional, first and foremost. They are bright, colorful, and they all employ white well. And yet they're not showroom kitchens; there are plenty of gadgets and dishes on the walls, and lots of open storage. They just look like great rooms to actually cook in.
• 1 Marianne - This entire apartment is ridiculously charming.
• 2 Alexandra Brandt - Love the blue cabinets.
• 3 Johanna, Andreas and Lillo - We want a big light like that.
• 4 Cim, August, and Laban - Bright colors!
• 5 Jennifer, Micke, Celeste, Margo and Caprice - How about bright yellow inside your cabinets?
• 6 Måns, Kicki, Vera, Timo and Irma - That green color is perfect.
• 7 Julia and her girls - Open storage done well.
• Make sure to visit Dos Family and see all the rest of their lovely home tours and creative projects: Dos Family
Related: Kitchen Gallery: White, Bright, and Clean
(Images: Dos Family)