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MACON, Ga. (March 1, 2012) – The ETSU men's basketball team will be attempting to win its third Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament title in the last four years this week, as the Buccaneers begin play Thursday in the General Shale Brick A-Sun Championships.
The No. 4-seeded Buccaneers will take on No. 5-seeded North Florida beginning at 2:30 p.m., inside the University Center on the campus of Mercer University.
The Bucs, who defeated UNF twice during the 2011-12 regular season, will be looking to avenge its only loss ever to the Ospreys, which occurred during the semifinals of last year's A-Sun Tournament.
For more on Thursday's game, click on the game notebook link to the right or read the game notes located below. Fans can also get up-to-the-minute coverage of the entire tournament, by clicking on the official A-Sun Tournament homepage link also located to the right.
For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the year, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.
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The Bucs in the A-Sun Tournament
Entering just their seventh Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, the Buccaneers are 10-4 all-time and have won seven of their last eight games in tournament play ..Recently, ETSU enjoyed a perfect 3-0 run through the tournament back in 2010 ... The Bucs' previous trips included a loss in the first round of the event in 2006, advancing to the finals in 2007, falling in the semifinals in 2008, and winning the tournament in both 2009 and 2010 ... In 2011, the Bucs lost to UNF in the semifinals. ... In conference tournaments all-time (including the Southern and Ohio Valley), the Bucs are 40-22, having gone 8-3 in league championship final games.
Bucs hoping to add one more NCAA trip
Having already made nine trips to the NCAA Tournament in its history, the ETSU men's basketball team would like to add another conference tournament trophy to the case in the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center ... The Bucs' current stretch of success under head coach Murry Bartow is arguably the second best run in ETSU hoops history ... The most memorable stretch was from 1989 to 1992, when the Bucs made four straight trips to the NCAAS, were ranked in the Top 10 nationally (1991), and defeated Arizona in the NCAA first round in 1992 ... The Bucs only other trip prior to that run came in 1968 ... While head coach Ed DeChellis took the Bucs to the tournament in 2003, Bartow has taken the Bucs to the tournament three times (2004, 2009 and 2010), while also leading ETSU to the 2007 NIT and the 2011 CIT.
Last time out at the A-Sun Tournament
MACON, Ga. (March 4, 2011) - The ETSU men's basketball team had never lost to North Florida. Unfortunately for the Buccaneers, that is no longer the case. ... Despite struggling offensively throughout the contest and trailing by as many as nine points in the second half, junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) still had a potential game-tying attempt miss the mark with 20 seconds left and the Bucs fell to North Florida 59-55 in the semifinals of the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Championships at Mercer's University Center. ... The Bucs, who were 11-0 all-time against UNF entering Friday's game, dropped to 22-11 overall and will now wait to see if there will be another postseason opportunity for them this season. Meanwhile, North Florida improved to 15-18 on the season. ... Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) did all he could to break the Bucs out of their offensive funk, scoring a game-high 20 points. However, it was not enough to overcome a 35.2 percent shooting percentage and hitting on just 12.5 percent from 3-point range. ... UNF ultimately led by five at 55-50 with 2:02 left, but ETSU managed to cut the lead to one at 56-55 with 32 seconds on the clock. After Juene hit one of two free throws, Sollazzo raced to the other end of the floor and put up a shot from in front of the rim, but with 14 seconds on the clock it rimmed out. ... Juene then iced the game with a pair of makes at the free throw line.
The series versus
North Florida
ETSU and North Florida have met 14 times, with ETSU leading the all-time series 13-1 ... UNF picked up their first and only win over ETSU in the semifinals of last season's A-Sun Tournament, dropping the Bucs 59-55 ... The Bucs avenged that loss earlier this season, dropping the Ospreys 64-63 on their home floor back on Jan. 16, and then defeating UNF 65-50 in Johnson City on Feb. 11.
Last time out against North Florida
JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 11, 2012) – Senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) scored a career high 27 points and the ETSU men's basketball team used a 19-0 offensive run in the second half to capture a 65-50 win over North Florida in Atlantic Sun Conference play Saturday afternoon at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Brown – whose previous career high was 25 points against Kentucky back in 2010 – was joined in double figures by senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) with 16 points, while junior guard Sheldon Cooley pitched in 11. ... The Bucs shot 50 percent from the field and out-rebounded the Ospreys 31-23. ETSU also enjoyed a huge advantage in the paint, outscoring UNF 34-18 from close range. ... It was a back-and-forth contest until early in the second half. Leading 35-33, the Ospreys looked on as the Bucs put together a 19-0 run to take their largest lead of the contest at 52-35. From there, UNF could not get any closer than 11.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 25, 2012) – With its three seniors scoring in double figures and junior guard Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) posting a game-high 23 points, the ETSU men's basketball team made sure 2012 Senior Day was remembered fondly, leading from wire-to-wire and dropping Florida Gulf Coast 84-7 in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Along with Dubose, senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) scored 19 points on the night and eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career thanks to a free throw with 1:09 left in the game. Meanwhile, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) netted 20 points and senior guard Tommy Hubbard (Boston) pitched in 15. ... For the game, ETSU shot 51 percent from the floor and 54 percent from 3-point range (7-of-13). The Bucs also forced FGCU into 20 turnovers and collected 16 steals on the evening. ... The Bucs threw the first punch, scoring the initial 12 points of the game and never relinquished the lead the rest of the way. FGCU would get as close as nine at 27-18, but ultimately trailed 40-26 at the break. ... After the intermission, ETSU pulled away to hold an advantage of as many as 22 points at 66-43. The Eagles never surrendered the game though, and battled back to make it 78-69 with a minute left in the contest. However, from there ETSU pulled away for the 13-point victory. ... For FGCU, four players reached double figures with Bernard Thompson leading the way with 14 points. The Eagles will be the No. 6 seed in next week's tournament, taking on No. 3 seed USC Upstate on Thursday evening.
Sollazzo named to 2011-12 All A-Sun First Team
MACON, Ga. (Feb. 27, 2012) – Following a regular season that saw him lead the ETSU men's basketball team in scoring and assists, while also eclipsing 1,000 points for his career, senior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa, Fla.) was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference First Team, the league office announced Monday ... Picked in voting by the league's coaches, Sollazzo scored in double figures 22 times and eclipsed 20 points on five different occasions. He finished the season averaging 15.5 points, 4.4 assists and 5.6 rebounds a game. While he led the team in scoring and assists, he ranked third in rebounding and third in steals (1.7 spg). ... He flirted with a triple-double in multiple games this season, including an impressive individual 19-point, seven-assist, seven-rebound effort against Tennessee back on Dec. 23, as well as another 19-point, eight-assist, and eight-rebound outing against Florida Gulf Coast in the Bucs' last regular season game on Feb. 25. ...
He finished the year ranked in the A-Sun Top 5 for points (3rd), assists (3rd), steals (4th) and minutes played (4th).
Block party for Brown
With a block in last season's finale against Iona, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) set a new school record for blocks in a single season, swatting away a total of 71 shots on the year ... For his career, he is now second on the all-time list with 181 blocks, but is just one behind the program's all-time leader Zakee Wadood ... In addition to those marks, Brown's six-block performance against Belmont last year also matched the program's single-game record ... At the time, Brown joined six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin.
Brown, Sollazzo reach 1,000 points; Hubbard comes up short
As they began their seniors seasons, ETSU's trio of Isiah Brown, Adam Sollazzo and Tommy Hubbard were all eying the 1,000 point mark for their careers ... While Brown and Sollazzo have both reached that mark, Hubbard remains the only senior short of that mark ... He currently stands at 851 points for his career.
Bucs 2nd nationally in steals, Cooley ranked 11th on list
Key to the Bucs' wins this year has been the ability to swipe the ball from opponents ... Through games of Feb. 26, ETSU ranks No. 2 in the country in steals per game, averaging 10.4 steals a contest ... Meanwhile, junior Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) has been on a torrid pace this season and is a big reason for the Bucs' success in the steals category, averaging a conference best 2.5 steals per game ... He currently ranks 11th nationally in steals per game. ... The Bucs have four players ranked in the Top 10 among A-Sun Conference players in steals: Cooley (1st, 2.5), Tommy Hubbard (2nd, 2.1), Adam Sollazzo (4th, 1.7), and Isiah Brown (8th, 1.5).
Rembert breaks out
Freshman guard Rashawn Rembert (Tampa), who was recruited for his ability to score the basketball, came off the bench to provide valuable minutes in the Bucs' win over Kennesaw State (2/4) ... Going a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and 3-for-3 from 3-point range, Rembert netted 11 points for ETSU during a critical stretch midway through the game ... Afterwards, head coach Murry Bartow commented how Rembert was probably the player of the game.
Brown sets new career mark
With his 27-point effort in the win over North Florida, senior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) set a new career high for single-game scoring ... Brown, who was honored prior to the UNF game for recently eclipsing 1,000 points for his career, put on an offensive show against the Ospreys ... For the 6-foot-8 senior, it was his best game since netting 25 points against Kentucky in the 2010-11 season opener.
Walton provides valuable minutes off the bench
Having waited patiently for an opportunity to contribute, freshman forward John Walton (Memphis) made the most of his opportunity in the Bucs' win over Lipscomb (2/20) ... With senior guard Tommy Hubbard (Boston) out with an injury early in the game, Walton came on and set new career marks for minutes played (21), rebounds (3), blocks (3) and steals (4) ... He also pitched in a pair of free throws ... For the 6-foot-8 forward, it was a chance to show what he can bring to the Bucs' lineup.
Poderis reaches career mark for rebounds -- twice
In recent weeks, junior forward Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) has become a truly valuable part of the Buccaneers attack ... In the win over Mercer, Poderis picked up a career high 10 rebounds, and that effort came two days after he matched his career high for points with 14 against USC Upstate ... He rewrote the record books for his rebounding with a new personal best of 11 boards against Stetson (2/23) ... In the win over Kennesaw State, he posted another nine-rebound effort ... For the year, Poderis is averaging 4.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in 20.3 minutes a game.
Getting to the free throw line a key for the Bucs
In recent years, the Bucs have focused on playing stingy defense, but also driving to the basket on offense and trying to get "tough" points thanks to fouls ... One way for the ETSU coaching staff to determine how successful the Bucs have been is charting free throw attempts and makes ... Well if this statistic is a true indicator, then the Bucs did just as the coaches would like ... Last season, ETSU set a school record for free throw attempts, putting up a total of 856 free tosses ... The Bucs also made their share of those attempts, ranking second on the all-time list with 580 makes ... The 2010-11 edition of the Bucs came up just nine makes short of the all-time record, held by the 1991-92 Bucs at 589. ... This season, after starting out the year shooting poorly from the foul line, the Bucs are have improved those numbers and are now shooting 64 percent for the year as a team.
Bucs add to postseason resume
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
ETSU picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers -- who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT and one CIT berth, 14 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85 -- ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.


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Mr. Chairman, the Administration welcomes your focus on the important issue of discrimination in health insurance and employment based on genetic information. In his radio address on June 23, 2001, the President called for prohibiting the misuse of genetic information with Federal legislation that is fair, reasonable, and consistent with existing discrimination statutes. He noted that genetic discrimination violates our nation's belief in equal treatment and individual merit. The Administration wants to work with you and other Members of Congress to enact sensible legislation that ensures Americans are protected from genetic discrimination.
One year and one day ago, Human Genome Project scientists published the working draft DNA sequence of the human genome, the 3 billion-letter genetic instruction book for a human being. The hope of this ambitious project is to improve human health. With the sequence of the human genome in hand, scientists are moving rapidly to understand how all the genes work and to develop new diagnostic tests and therapeutics. Genetic information can be enormously valuable to patients and providers as it can lead to early detection, intervention, and prevention of many common diseases.
Today there are over 500 genetic tests available and this number is increasing rapidly. In some cases, these tests offer patients the opportunity to learn about their individual disease risk profile and, in time, we will have a host of new preventive interventions to help individuals decrease their disease risks. While most of us have not yet had genetic testing offered to us in the doctor's office, we soon will. How will we respond to this offer? The first and foremost consideration for each of us should be how genetic testing information will affect our health and how we, working with our doctors and other health care providers, will be able to use this information to make good health care decisions. Yet, just as we stand on the brink of a wonderful new era of genetic medicine, patients are fearful of taking advantage of these new genetic tests that could save lives. They are worried that information about their risk for future disease will be used by health insurers or employers to deny them insurance coverage or a job.
At the National Institutes of Health, study volunteers are hesitant to participate in critical biomedical research because they are concerned that their genetic information will not be kept confidential and will be used by health insurers or employers to discriminate against them. Individuals in a preliminary NIH colon cancer study were provided education and counseling before being offered the genetic test. In response to being asked what factors might lead them to take the test, the overwhelming majority stated that they wished to learn about their children's health risks and to gain information to help them plan their own cancer screening.
When asked what factors might lead them not to take the test, the primary concern cited by 39 percent was losing insurance. In a similar study involving genetic testing for increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, fully one third of the individuals who chose not to participate did so because of their concern about genetic discrimination. As the applications of genetics move out of the research lab and into broad clinical practice, this problem will only become more acute.
Thus, genetic discrimination, and the fear of potential discrimination, threatens both society's ability to use new genetic technologies to improve human health and the ability to conduct the very research we need to understand, treat, and prevent genetic-based diseases. The challenge, and it is a formidable one, is to nurture scientific exploration, encourage the translation of these new discoveries into life-saving medicines, and to put in place public policies reflective of our core American values that prevent the unjust, unfair, and discriminatory use of genetic information. Genetic research and genetic medicine hold great hope for improving the health of our Nation, but we must act now to make sure that this hope is not extinguished by fear. We understand the need to examine this issue closely, and to find workable solutions to address genetic discrimination in health insurance and employment.
Today, many states prohibit insurance companies from using genetic information for enrollment purposes, including determining eligibility for a plan, imposing pre-existing condition exclusions, or determining benefits or exclusions under the plan. In addition, many regulate the use of genetic information for rating purposes, either upon initial enrollment or renewal.
Congress has also addressed several key discrimination issues in Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996. The law prohibits discrimination in enrollment in group plans based on health status (including genetic information), prohibits increasing the contribution rates of an individual in a group plan based on his or her genetic information, and prohibits using genetic information in the absence of a diagnosis as a pre-existing condition.
Further measures are needed to address the following discrimination issues that were left unresolved by HIPAA. First, the Administration believes that insurers in the individual market as well as the group market should not be permitted to deny enrollment based solely on a healthy individual's genetic predisposition to a future disease. No one should be blocked from this coverage because their genetic information indicates that they might one day develop a particular disease or condition.
Second, the Administration believes that insurers in the individual and group markets should be prohibited from adjusting health insurance premiums based solely on the genetic predisposition for future illness or disease of an individual or group of individuals. Patients should know that they may be tested and receive important information without the threat of skyrocketing premiums. They should feel confident and comfortable in seeking genetic testing and other appropriate medical treatments. Insurers in the individual market must continue to have access to and be able to use information about an individual's current health status in making underwriting decisions, but predictive genetic information - in absence of a diagnosis related to such information - should be protected.
The Administration believes these changes will greatly reduce the potential for genetic discrimination in health insurance.
In Title II of HIPAA, the Congress gave the Administration the authority to promulgate a Privacy Rule that protects the uses and disclosures of individually identifiable health information--including genetic information. The resulting Rule is very broad and comprehensive. Compliance with the Privacy Rule is required by April 14, 2003 for most plans, providers, and clearinghouses, and by April 14, 2004 for small health plans.
One of the goals of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is that all health information should be afforded the same high standard of privacy protection. The Administration believes that the Privacy Rule affords the appropriate level of protection for all individually identifiable health information, including genetic information. Having separate rules for genetic information could actually be harmful. If providers have different rules for different types of information, the potential for confusion or unintended misuses might actually increase. Consistent rules for privacy should be the goal.
Looking ahead, all Americans should benefit from the advances in genetics made possible by the Human Genome Project, but if the public does not feel protected from genetic discrimination they may be denied that chance. We can foresee in the next ten years, predictive genetic tests will exist for many common conditions where interventions can alleviate inherited risk. But achieving health benefits from these research advances may not be possible without protections from genetic discrimination.
The President and the Administration support enactment of legislation to protect all of us from being discriminated against based on our genetic make-up. As the President stated earlier this week at the Medical College of Wisconsin, "Genetic information should be an opportunity to prevent and treat disease, not an excuse for discrimination."
As we begin a new age of genetic medicine, now is the time to enact genetic non-discrimination legislation in order to provide the necessary safeguards to enable all of our citizens to benefit from the genomic revolution. The Administration welcomes your focus on genetic discrimination and looks forward to working with this Committee on this important issue.
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Conservation of all artifacts from the Red River Wreck is being undertaken by the Conservation Research Lab of the Texas A&M University. To date relatively few artifacts have been recovered from the wreck. These include some artifacts collected by the landowner after the wreck was first exposed in the early 1990s, the bearing block and an arm from a flywheel collected by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1999, and a number of artifacts collected during field work in 2001. These are largely nails and spikes, but also include a hook and eye, part of an anvil, and a barrel of salt pork.
Reverse side of bearing block after conservation by Texas A&M Conservation Research Lab
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13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph. 14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.
15 "This is to be the boundary of the land:
"On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, 16 Berothah[a] and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[b] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
18 "On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar.[c] This will be the eastern boundary.
19 "On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
20 "On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.
21 "You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance," declares the Sovereign Lord.
48 "These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.
2 "Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.
3 "Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.
4 "Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
5 "Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
6 "Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
7 "Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.
8 "Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits[d] wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.
9 "The special portion you are to offer to the Lord will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[e] wide. 10 This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the Lord. 11 This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. 12 It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.
13 "Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.
15 "The remaining area, 5,000 cubits[f] wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it 16 and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,[g] the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. 17 The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits[h] on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. 18 What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. 20 The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.
21 "What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. 22 So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.
23 "As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.
24 "Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
25 "Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.
26 "Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.
27 "Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
28 "The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
29 "This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions," declares the Sovereign Lord.
30 "These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, 31 the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.
32 "On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
33 "On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.
34 "On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.
35 "The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.[i]
"And the name of the city from that time on will be:
the Lord is there."
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia[j] and put in the treasure house of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king's service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.[k] 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service.
6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your[l] food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you."
11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.
21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers[m] to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.[n]"
4 Then the astrologers answered the king,[o] "May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it."
5 The king replied to the astrologers, "This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. 6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me."
7 Once more they replied, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it."
8 Then the king answered, "I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me."
10 The astrologers answered the king, "There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. 11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans."
12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
14 When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 15 He asked the king's officer, "Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?" Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 18 He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said:
"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:
You have given me wisdom and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you,
you have made known to us the dream of the king."
24 Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, "Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him."
25 Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, "I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means."
26 The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), "Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?"
27 Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:
29 "As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen. 30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.
31 "Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. 32 The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
36 "This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. 37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; 38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
39 "After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy."
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, "Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery."
48 Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. 49 Moreover, at Daniel's request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.
3 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide,[p] and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, "Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
8 At this time some astrologers[q] came forward and denounced the Jews. 9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May the king live forever! 10 Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold, 11 and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. 12 But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up."
13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"
16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, "King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us[r] from Your Majesty's hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual 20 and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. 21 So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. 22 The king's command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, 23 and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, "Weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?"
They replied, "Certainly, Your Majesty."
25 He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods."
26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!"
So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, 27 and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way."
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
4 [s]King Nebuchadnezzar,
To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth:
May you prosper greatly!
2 It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
3 How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;
his dominion endures from generation to generation.
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. 5 I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. 6 So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. 7 When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers[t] and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. 8 Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
9 I said, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. 10 These are the visions I saw while lying in bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous. 11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth. 12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed.
13 "In the visions I saw while lying in bed, I looked, and there before me was a holy one, a messenger,[u] coming down from heaven. 14 He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 15 But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.
"'Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth. 16 Let his mind be changed from that of a man and let him be given the mind of an animal, till seven times[v] pass by for him.
17 "'The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.'
18 "This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you."
19 Then Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) was greatly perplexed for a time, and his thoughts terrified him. So the king said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning alarm you."
Belteshazzar answered, "My lord, if only the dream applied to your enemies and its meaning to your adversaries! 20 The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth, 21 with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit, providing food for all, giving shelter to the wild animals, and having nesting places in its branches for the birds— 22 Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.
23 "Your Majesty saw a holy one, a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live with the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.'
24 "This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king: 25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes. 26 The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules. 27 Therefore, Your Majesty, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue."
28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 he said, "Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
31 Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, "This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. 32 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes."
33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
His dominion is an eternal dominion;
his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
35 All the peoples of the earth
are regarded as nothing.
He does as he pleases
with the powers of heaven
and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back his hand
or say to him: "What have you done?"
36 At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
5 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father[w] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. 3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.
7 The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers[x] and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom."
8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant. 9 So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
10 The queen,[y] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. "May the king live forever!" she said. "Don't be alarmed! Don't look so pale! 11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners. 12 He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means."
13 So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, "Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah? 14 I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom. 15 The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it. 16 Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom."
17 Then Daniel answered the king, "You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.
18 "Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. 19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. 20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. 21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.
22 "But you, Belshazzar, his son,[z] have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. 24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 "This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 "Here is what these words mean:
Mene[aa]: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel[ab]: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres[ac]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
29 Then at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians,[ad] was slain, 31 and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[ae]
6 [af]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, "We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God."
6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: "May King Darius live forever! 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions' den. 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed." 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.
10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. 12 So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: "Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions' den?"
The king answered, "The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed."
13 Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day." 14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, "Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed."
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!"
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel's situation might not be changed. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions' den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?"
21 Daniel answered, "May the king live forever! 22 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty."
23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
24 At the king's command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:
"May you prosper greatly!
26 "I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.
"For he is the living God
and he endures forever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.
27 He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions."
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[ag] the Persian.
7 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
2 Daniel said: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. 3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
4 "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.
5 "And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!'
6 "After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
8 "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
9 "As I looked,
"thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat.
His clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like wool.
His throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels were all ablaze.
10 A river of fire was flowing,
coming out from before him.
Thousands upon thousands attended him;
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The court was seated,
and the books were opened.
11 "Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. 12 (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)
13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[ah] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
15 "I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me. 16 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this.
"So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: 17 'The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth. 18 But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.'
19 "Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws—the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. 20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully. 21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.
23 "He gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.[ai]
26 "'But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'
28 "This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself."
8 In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.
5 As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. 6 It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. 7 I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. 8 The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.
9 Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land. 10 It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily sacrifice from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down. 12 Because of rebellion, the Lord's people[aj] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, "How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord's people?"
14 He said to me, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated."
15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice from the Ulai calling, "Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision."
17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. "Son of man,"[ak] he said to me, "understand that the vision concerns the time of the end."
18 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.
19 He said: "I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.[al] 20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. 22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.
23 "In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24 He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. 25 He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.
26 "The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true, but seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future."
27 I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted for several days. Then I got up and went about the king's business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
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Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston
Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston
April 22, 1965: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. told a joint session of the Massachusetts Legislature that segregation must die if America and democracy are to live. Spectators stood in the packed gallery and some legislators used camp stools on the crowded House floor. King said he came to the Bay State not to condemn but to encourage. He traced the birth of liberty here and warned "that from these halls liberty must be preserved."
April 22, 1965: The wife of the Rev. Virgil Woods (not visible) presented a flower to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Woods and his son, Bobby Woods, were also in the crowd around King.
April 22, 1965: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used a bullhorn to address the crowd at the Patrick T. Campbell Middle School in Roxbury. On segregation he told the crowd, "This is not a battle of white people against black people. It is a struggle between the forces of justice and injustice."
April 22, 1965: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. listened to Betty Jennings of Roxbury talk about the problems of living in a run-down apartment building, with broken windows and vermin infestation. After Jennings told King how her baby had become ill twice when the heat was turned off, he declared, "This housing is deplorable. It is an outrage to society."
April 23, 1965: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was at the center of the mile-long column of marchers walking from Roxbury to Boston Common. The march left the Carter Playground in Roxbury and ended at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common. King spoke for about 25 minutes in a chilling drizzle to the crowd estimated at 22,000. "Now is the time," he said "to make real the promise of democracy. Now is the time to make brotherhood a reality. Now is the time."
April 23, 1967: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. smiled and spoke with a reporter ignoring shouting picketers in Cambridge as he launched an antiwar campaign called Vietnam Summer. King was seeking 10,000 volunteers to spend the summer organizing a peace campaign across the country. He believed the Vietnam War had hurt the civil rights drive because it had diverted attention and sidetracked antipoverty funds.
April 5, 1968: Outrage at the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. resulted in unrest in many US cities, including Boston. Blue Hill Avenue, shown here, was the site of some demonstrations and vandalism.
April 5, 1968: City Councilor Thomas Atkins, left, and Boston Mayor Kevin White, right, spoke with entertainer James Brown at the Boston Garden. It was one day after the assassination of King and there was concern that the James Brown concert at the Boston Garden could create further unrest in the city. A decision was made to televise the concert so that Brown could be widely heard and yet the assembly of a large crowd could be avoided. During the introduction of Mayor White, Brown interjected saying,"Just say he's a cool swinging cat."
April 5, 1968: A mourner held a placard as thousands massed on Boston Common opposite the State House to pay tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.


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* Says it gets securities regulator's approval to for share private placement
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Looking for a mechanic/technician to sort out an idle issue on a 04 SG5 Forrester.
The vehicle, drives very well, boosting and everything, when it's at idle, there's a terrible lope, as if a plug or injector is faulty.
I have exhausted all avenues, and is now seeking some expert advice.
Can anyone recommend a good mechanic for me....Please?
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Accreditation is a voluntary system of self-regulation developed to evaluate overall educational quality and institutional effectiveness. The Accrediting Commission for Colleges and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), part of Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), accreditation process provides assurance to the public that the accredited member colleges meet the standards for a degree-granting institution of higher education. Every six years colleges complete the ACCJC self-study process; this process evaluates the college's performance as defined by the ACCJC standards for:
- Institutional Mission and Effectiveness
- Student Leaning Programs and Services
- Resources
- Leadership and Governance
Gavilan College is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), last granted a six-year accreditation in 2013. This page has all of the documents pertaining to the ongoing accreditation process


text: Baby is now 11 months, and I've now had yeast infection 2-3 times, Mastitis 2 times, and clogged ducts...probably 10! Always clogged on the right side. This one that I currently have has probably been the worst and I got mastitis from it too. I'm now on day 5 and it still hasn't gone away! Pumping about every 3 hours, taking lecithin, have done phytolaca decandra, and have tried many other home remedies: potatoes, cabbage leaf, ginger/lemon tea, hot packs, massage, I try to do long pumpings (due to so many problems in the early months, we've been exclusively pumping, no bf-ing) so I get all the milk out. I've heard about getting ultrasound done on it. Also read that using the back of an electric toothbrush can help as well, so I've of course started trying that out. How can I better prevent these constant occurances and make them go away? I feel as if this one is never going to leave. Will I want to do things that would drop my milk supply right now so I can get rid of this clogged duct, and prevent it from getting more backed up? Planning to be done pumping when he turns 1, in a month. I have no idea how I'm going to be able to wean myself off, when I get clogged milk ducts and mastitis even when I'm doing full pumpings where I get everything out. Any recommendations, other than very slowly spreading the pumping times apart and shortening the time I pump? I'm starting to think I will have to do something drastic like fasting so I literally kill off my milk supply!


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Theology for All Q and A with Carl Trueman
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- Carl Trueman is Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. View all resources by Carl Trueman
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Looking back, this was the year that the light bulb got sort of interesting. There were certainly a lot of other interesting innovations, but pumping life into the light bulb was no easy feat.
Smart Home Labs is hoping to carry some of that momentum into 2013, with its newly announced RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system. The product uses Bluetooth to make lighting control happen via your smartphone, tablet or computer.
The RoboSmart can be controlled using one of the company's compatible iOS or Android apps. Some of that control can tap into brightness features, timer functionality and proximity modes.
Other features include Bluetooth 4.0, 100 levels of brightness, a proximity sensor, and the option to tie in email and social media alerts. The Smart Lights app also allows users to tie multiple RoboSmart Light Bulbs together for scenes and simultaneous control.
Smart Home Labs is currently taking orders for the RoboSmart wireless LED light bulb via the open-funding platform IndieGoGo. Single bulbs can be reserved for $49, with a 4-bulb, one-room pack priced at $160. There are several other combinations listed on the fundraising page, which will be active for another 24 days. Smart Home Labs then plans to start shipping pre-ordered products in February 2013.


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News Stories 2013
Banned Books Event Set for Sept. 26 at Muhlenberg College
Muhlenberg College Banned Books Week events include improvisational dance and dramatic readings from censored works.
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:45:00 EDT
An event, commemorating the 31st anniversary of "Banned Books Week," will feature an artistic, improvisational dance performance as well as dramatic readings from banned books. This year's focus will be on the graphic novel Persepolis, which was also made into a 2007 French animated film. The story is about a young girl who comes of age during the Iranian Revolution.
The presentation will be Thursday, Sept. 26, at 12:30 pm and 7:00 p.m. in Trexler Library on the Muhlenberg College campus.


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PORTLAND (AP) — The AARP is issuing a warning about an apparent phone scam in Maine in which callers are fraudulently identifying themselves as AARP representatives.
The AARP says the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has been contacted by residents saying callers are asking for personal information including a phone number, address and banking information in order to send them their new AARP cards.
The AARP says it doesn't ask for personal banking information from its members, and urges residents to be aware of the scam.


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Alternative plans for hundreds of children with special needs to get to school have been put in place after a transport company went bust.
Croydon Council is ensuring some 250 local children with special educational needs continue to get safely to and from school following the anticipated closure of local transport firm Ruskin Private Hire.
Sutton Council has also said there should be no disruption for 27 children in the borough who used Ruskin transport to get to and from school.
Administrators were appointed last Friday, February 14, after the company fell into major financial difficulty.
Despite some expressions of interest for the business and assets of the company, a solution could not be found and it was announced yesterday Ruskin had been forced to close.
Croydon was one of Ruskin's largest contracts and the council worked closely with the administrators since the company went into administration.
The council's priority throughout the administration period – that fell over school half term - has been to minimise any interruption in routine for children who use the service when they return to school on Monday.
Croydon has similar contracts with several other firms and they had been held on standby until it was known for certain that Ruskin Private Hire could not continue as a going concern.
Council staff made contact with as many as possible of Ruskin's former drivers and the escort staff who look after children whilst they are being transported.
They were given details of the other firms who would be taking over the as the council understood there may be vacancies at those firms and this might help reduce the impact on the children on those routes.
Calls are also being made to every parent with a child likely to be affected so they are clear about what arrangements would be put in place for them.
Sutton Council will be using its other transport providers to take over the work provided by Ruskin.
All of the council's special educational needs transport contracts are due to be retendered this summer and the council has said it will be seeking to get the best possible prices while at the same time guaranteeing the quality of service provided.
Councillor Tim Pollard, cabinet member for children, families and learning, said: "We were clearly concerned when the news broke Ruskin Private Hire was forced to seek the protection of administration.
However we'd been aware for some time prior to its entering administration of the fact they were facing difficulties, and as a result we had several contingency plans in place. Staff have spent many hours contacting every family with a child on one of the affected routes to make sure they know exactly what is going on."


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|OpenBSD General Other questions regarding OpenBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.
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I have a routing problem I can't firgure out how to solve, here is what I wish to have:
There are two routers, one running OpenBSD and the other one running Linux, the network represented on this graph are physical sites of a given company, the two on top belongs to company1 and the two at the bottom to company2.
My problem is how to link those sites together while keeping each company separated one from each other given that both companies can use the same network addresses as they wish (for example 192.168.0.0/24 may be used here by both sites on the right).
The problem get a little more complicated since we have limited control over the Linux router and the technologies we have available is restricted, we have ipip but not ipsec for example.
How this problem is usually solved ? I suppose I am not the first one to try something like that. I am interested to hear your solution even between two OpenBSD.
Edit: I also have acess to gre tunnels which can have a key fields to allow multiple tunnels with same src/dst, sadly the key fields is not implemented under OpenBSD...
Last edited by schmurfy; 21st March 2012 at 01:34 PM. Reason: added gre
The typical solution to joining networks is to use a VPN, and if complete freedom of IP addressing is required a VPN with NAT is required. (This example of a NAT/IPSec solution from the OpenBSD Journal describes the issue and one way of resolving it.)
As you have described your problem, I understand you have these constraints:
But that doesn't solve the problem, and pointing out to your partner that IPSec has been available for many many years on Linux systems may only strain your new relationship. And, due to the NAT requirement, having their "technician" suddenly say yes to IPSec may not solve the problem -- there might be differences in IPSec/NAT implementations between their Linux and OpenBSD that limit integration.My second thought is to just to hand them an OpenBSD router for use at the partner company, and ask them to route traffic destined for your network(s) through it. There are a number of possible topologies, including a separate ISP connection, placement between the Linux router and the ISP, or sharing the subnet between their router and their ISP.
If no physical investment can be made in linking your organizations together, and if IPSec is a non-starter for ... um ... political reasons, you and they must look for other possible solutions. Here are one or two VPN solutions that might work:
OpenSSH should be available on that Linux platform and it is part of OpenBSD. VPNs may be configured with "ssh -w". I've never tried to configure it with NAT at both ends, however, and if this is of interest, I recommend setting up a small laboratory to experiment. (Hint: virtual machines might be used.)
Last edited by jggimi; 21st March 2012 at 05:14 PM. Reason: two typos, clarity
The linux router is where the xDSL lines we rent are terminated, the company providing them to us provides this router and let us manage it to route our traffic where and how we want but do not support adding software on it. They intentionally kept out ipsec for performance reason, I think that was done for harware reason, openvpn is sadly unavailable too :/
For tunneling purpose we have access to gre, ipip and openSSH, gre looked like a good candidates but without the key field support in OpenBSD it solves nothing.
I never thought about using openSSH like this but may be a lead although I am not sure how to route the traffic while keeping the companies isolated from each other.
I need to do some testing to see if the server can support ssh tunnels without using too much cpu.
Thanks for you answer !
In 2009 I discovered I could isolate RFC1918 subnets at the OpenSSH VPN gateways if I used IPv6 on the tun(4) devices instead of IPv4. NAT was used.
There were diagrams linked to the thread, but I no longer have them.
Can you add OpenBSD gateways in front of the two (company) networks directly connected to the linux router? You could easily connect your networks with IPsec that way, and more or less ignore that garbage linux router.
edit: I'm stupid. jggimi already suggested it!
Last edited by denta; 22nd March 2012 at 05:01 PM.
We don't know the root cause of their stupidity -- it could be the ISP's lack of interest in service, lack of adequate or proper technical staffing, equipment management limitation decisions, outsourcing of services to others with limited scope of control ....
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.
(Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.)
Friedrich Schiller
The lack of security for gre and ipip is a minor problem, the two servers are on a private network. I know most of their clients simply use the router provided and don't need much more, in this context the limitations make sense.
The problem is that we need more control than he others ^^
Connecting a router on the company's site directly with our backbone router is one of the solutions yes, good idea.
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Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
Effective October 1, 2010, the Social Security Administration (SSA) utilizes the Department of Defense (DoD) Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) for collection of contractor Past Performance Information as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 42.15.
CPARS is a web-enabled application that collects and manages a library of automated contractor report cards. A report card assesses a contractor's performance and provides a record, both positive and negative, on a given contract for a specific period (typically one year). Each report card is based on objective facts and is supported by program and contract management data. Use of CPARS promotes report card consistency, increases data integrity, and motivates improved contractor performance.
CPARS employs an electronic workflow allowing government officials to evaluate and rate a contractor's performance on a given contract for a specified period. CPARS also allows contractors to electronically submit comments regarding the Government's assessment and indicate concurrence or non-concurrence with the overall evaluation. The CPARS process includes an electronic "check-and-balance" where an individual one level above the Contracting Officer (CPARS uses the term Reviewing Official) reviews each Government-Contractor disagreement to ensure the report reflects a fair evaluation.
Interim and final contractor performance evaluations are prepared on contracts, orders, and agreements in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.15. Interim and final evaluations will be provided to the Contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation. The Contractor will be permitted 30 days to submit comments, rebutting statements, or additional information. The ultimate conclusion of the performance evaluation is a decision of the contracting agency. Copies of the evaluation(s), contractor response(s), and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support future award decisions.
When SSA completes an interim or final contractor performance evaluation, the contractor will receive a system-generated email indicating an action to view and comment on the evaluation. Only the contractor representative who receives the email has access to the evaluation. In order to access the evaluation and respond, contractors must provide contact information of the contractor representative to their Contracting Officer.
Effective July 1, 2009, the FAR requires federal agencies to post all contractor performance evaluations in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). PPIRS is a web-enabled, enterprise application that provides timely and pertinent contractor past performance information to DoD and the Federal acquisition community for use in making source selection decisions. PPIRS assists acquisition officials by serving as the single source for contractor past performance data. Government access is restricted to those individuals who are working on source selections, to include contractor responsibility determinations. Contractors may view only their own data. A contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and must have created a Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) in the SAM profile to access their PPIRS information https://fsd.gov/fsd-gov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=81d0e67e6f585100211956532e3ee43c&sysparm_search=mpin.
The CPARS website is https://www.cpars.gov/. Under the CPARS logo, the "CPARS Menu" provides a link to " FAQs " and "Guidance," which is where contractors can obtain a CPARS User Manual .
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Vegetables Stuffed with Rice Pilaf
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|Dinner, Lunch, Snack
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|Side Dish
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Zucchini, eggplant and peppers are taken to new heights when stuffed with a delightful rice pilaf. The cranberries and almonds add crunch and color to the fragrant rice.
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. butter
1 cup chopped onions
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups long-grain rice
4 cups chicken stock
1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme or 1⁄2 tsp. dried
1 cup dried cranberries
1⁄2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
3 red, yellow or green bell peppers, blanched and halved
2 Japanese eggplants, baked, halved, and scooped out
2 chayote squash or zucchini, steamed, halved, and scooped out
Olive oil
Fresh basil and thyme sprigs, for garnish
1. Heat oil and butter in large, deep skillet. Add onions and garlic; cook until tender. Stir in rice until well coated. Add broth and salt and pepper to taste; bring to a boil. Cover and cook 15 min. until rice is done.
2. Stir in thyme, cranberries, and almonds; remove from heat. Cover for 10 min.
3. Fill halved vegetables with rice mixture. Drizzle with olive oil and bake in 350°F oven 15-20 min. to
heat through.
4. To serve, garnish with basil and thyme.