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Himes visits Sugar Bowl to chat with Darien residents
As part of his 17 towns in 17 days tour, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4) appeared at the Sugar Bowl Thursday morning to meet with residents answer questions regarding policy, the economy and health-care reform.
With less than two months before the November elections, Himes stressed the need for the government to address issues such as education and immigration.
"We have very challenging issues ahead of us," Himes said.
Darien resident Flora Smith asked Himes what he would do to create more jobs. Smith also questioned the validity of using stimulus money to have Darien roads paved through union labor.
Himes responded by saying the money used to pay the union workers created jobs that weren't there before the stimulus money. He referenced the state of the economy when he took office 20 months ago when the nation was losing hundreds of jobs a day.
"The criticism that the stimulus money didn't create jobs is not accurate," Himes said.
However, Himes acknowledged that even with modest job growth, the economic recovery is still not where it needs to be.
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Regulation of private sector business was a hot topic for some residents who questioned the government's regulation methods. Himes, who talked about growing up in the private sector, said that he is advocating for a smart, efficient change in regulating the financial sector.
"I have never engaged in the anti-business rhetoric," Himes said.
As a proponent of clean energy, Himes said he has spent hours discussing ways of giving businesses tax breaks for researching clean energy, such as General Electric.
The most straight forward question for Himes was simply why residents should vote for him.
Himes said he has been thoughtful on the issues, reads all of the bills and has the most independent voting record in Congress.
"I'll break with my party from time to time," Himes said.
He referenced the fact that Dan Debicella has the worst environmental record, whereas Himes cited energy as being an important issue in his campaign.
"He [Debicella] is out there on the extreme," Himes said.
With time left for one more question, Himes addressed concerns that the government would start taxing health care plans that were worth more than $30,000.
"The value of the employer provided insurance will not be taxable," Himes said.
However, Himes said there is a proposal to tax what Congress refers to as the "Cadillac" plans -- health-care plans that exceed $30,000.
"Any increment above $30,000 would be taxed. So, if you had a plan that was worth $35,000, you could be taxed on the $5,000.," Himes said. Himes pointed out that few plans nationally were worth more than $30,000; those that are worth more are typically in Fairfield County where the cost of living is higher.
The discussion, which was organized by a local media outlet, concluded as Himes' staff hustled him off to his next appointment but not before he thanked everyone for their input.


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Business networking is a very effective method for finding new customers, and forging new business relationships. It is a business strategy that can be used by anyone whether it's the chief executive officer of major international corporation, or a small home-based business owner. While many people who do business on a regular basis know the importance of business networking, many of them avoid it because of the amount of time and effort that it takes for its effectiveness. It is also mentally uncomfortable, and requires that one completely abandons his or her comfort zone. However, as these issues are dangerous to one's business development, they can be conquered by forming new habits and setting worthy goals. These tips can help you if you find yourself in a similar dilemma.
Learn Business Networking from the Experts There are many good programs that are designed to teach you how to network effectively. The people behind these programs are experts with many years of tangible and verifiable experience. Take a few minutes to find out just where these people are located, and what value they can bring to you as a business owner. Search online in as many communities as possible including Twitter and Facebook. Get on conference calls. Attend business networking venues, and try to meet as many of the best business experts as possible. Go to the Amazon website, and see if there are any good books that you can purchase that relate to the subject. Purchase and download eBooks by other seasoned experts. Learn as much as possible from these people, and make certain that they stay on your radar.
Develop a Long-Term Networking Plan Once you have learned some good business networking strategies, find the one the you like the best. Prepare a networking plan based on that strategy and continue to add more steps to it to strengthen its effectiveness. Then, implement that plan on the very first opportunity that occurs. Go out and work the plan. At the end of the day, go back over everything that happened to see what worked and what didn't. Tweak your plan as much as possible. Look at the areas that need improvement, and incorporate those improvements into your plan. Do this until all of the bugs are worked and your plan is as close to perfect as you can get it.
Execute Your Networking Plan Daily Now, you must work your business networking plan every single day that you are operating your business. Purchase a good day-timer, and make a networking schedule. Make sure that the schedule is consistent each day. If you prefer to network in the morning, schedule a specific time in the morning, and work your plan at that exact time everyday. Make no excuses, and take no short cuts. Just do it. By practicing this method, you will eventually abandon your comfort zone. You will start to develop more confidence, and start to see some good results.
Utilize Online Networking Resources Once you have followed the previous steps, take your business networking to the next level by going online. Become more active on Twitter. Tweet everyday with other business owners. Pick their brains on new business opportunities that will either increase your existing business, or help to create a new lucrative enterprise. Do the same with Facebook and LinkedIn. Gather these new business contacts, and communicate with them regularly. Join and participate in online forums that relate to your business interests, expertise, and experience.
Learn and Apply New Networking Strategies Now that you have found your preferred business networking strategy, and have executed your daily plan; you should think about developing new networking strategies. The idea behind this is to expand your business networking horizons. Go back to the strategies that you learned in the beginning, and pick up another strategy. Then, repeat these networking guidelines.Business Networking - 5 Important Networking Guidelines
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'Ikea Monkey' Once Kept As Pet Is Finally A Monkey Again
Three years after he was spotted wandering a Toronto shopping center alone, the internet superstar dubbed the "Ikea Monkey" is doing just fine.
In a new interview, a volunteer at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary told VICE the once frightened baby monkey has grown into a mischievous adolescent who loves peanut butter and throwing around his toys.
Raised by humans as an illegal pet, the Japanese macaque named Darwin lacked confidence and was unsure how to act around other monkeys when he first arrived at the sanctuary, according to staff.
Slowly, however, Darwin has been able to rid himself of dysfunctional behaviors and learn how to interact with other macaques.
Now, says sanctuary volunteer Daina Liepa, Darwin might even be ready to join a monkey "family" of his own.
"We're hoping that we can introduce him to two macaques, Cody and Puglsey," Liepa told VICE. "So we're hoping ... that they'll get on well, so their enclosures will be accessible to each other but then with the shift doors, we can separate them if necessary."
One thing Darwin won't have, however, is his famous coat.
"Monkeys shouldn't be wearing nappies, monkeys shouldn't be on a leash, and they shouldn't be wearing coats" said Liepa. "It reminds you of what happens with baby monkeys - they should be free to jump and run and cuddle with their mothers. But now he's definitely a monkey again."
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Screening of the Cuban, Hip Hop documentary: Desde el principio [From the beginning]. Q&A with Obsesion and filmmaker Dr. Vanessa Díaz (Visiting researcher at Chicano Studies Research Center).
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The fastest growing car manufacturer in the USA isn't Toyota, which seems to get all of the press, but Nissan which has gone thru a transformation since the mid 90s. A new plant in Canton, MS, built in 2003 at a cost of $1.4 billion and size of six football fields, helped Nissan to grow its USA sales by 16% in 2004 compared to Toyota's 10%. Ford and GM both lost sales volume last year.
The thinking of putting a plant in MS was counter-intuitive. Alabama and Tennessee were typically the states of choice in the south for new auto plants due to their more industrialized traditions. But Mississippi won over Nissan and is rapidly transforming the state with this new plant. Business 2.0 features the plant in their June, 2005 issue.
I blogged on the impact of this plant in small towns throughout Mississippi on February 14 and 15th. Already 50 firms, hiring 5,000 people in over 18 towns have set up shop in the state because of Nissan. More will follow.
One of the interesting tidbits from the Business 2.0 story is how Nissan has developed a system to alleviate hail damage to their vehicles at the plant. With as many as 12,000 new vehicles on the back lot being prepped to ship and Mississippi notorious for their hailstorms, Nissan developed a sonic system to break up hailstones in the sky. They've installed 12-foot cannons tied into a Doppler radar system that searches for hail formations at 50,000 feet. When the radar system detects these formations it automatically triggers the sonic blasts, breaking them up. They've used the system four times already and haven't lost one car to hail to date.
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The Surfboard Address Plaque is the way to mark your casa as a Surfer Friendly area welcoming everyone from hoodads to the waxheads that spent all their lives in a Woody. Now that you have settled down just a little, make your house a home with an Address Plaque that reminds you of all your wipeouts. That's as good as we can do with the surfing lingo as we have absolutely no cred on the subject of surfing. We are strictly gapers watching you on the tube (TV, not greenroom) from the snowbound confines of our Colorado homes. We do our best. Regardless of that. The surfboard and palm tree motif makes this a really Sweeetttt address plaque for your beachhouse, boathouse, or shoreline property.


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By: Phillip Lutz
A Botana Galan is a plate of warmed tortilla chips layered with freshly made pinto beans mixed with chorizo. It is then covered with melted Muenster cheese, topped with fresh onions, green peppers, avocado slices, tomatoes and pickled jalapenos, and it also can be topped with olives and lettuce shreds.
The Botana is a region invention that has spread nationwide and the people of Los Galanes say it is just as common as a sandwich. The inspiration for the Botana came from the Coney Dogs in Detroit and the Canadian poutine.
This restaurant has all the Mexican food you have come to love and they also have their signature dish the Botana Galan. This is listed as an appetizer to share but can also can be eaten as a dinner entree. You can add more meat to the Botana Galan and it will be bigger and better for an additional fee.
If you like Mexican food in an authentic atmosphere you will find it all at Los Galanes in Detroit, and Dearborn. They have authentic Mexican food and also their Tex-Mex equivalents for those picky eaters.
Los Galanes was opened on Labor Day in 1967. The restaurant was opened by Armando Galan who operated Los Galanes with his family and it is now operated by his son James. Galan had a previous restaurant named Armando's which was located on West Verner in Detroit which he sold to buy Los Galanes.
The restaurants mission statement is "Los Galanes is an independently owned and operated family restaurant serving Metro Detroit since 1967. Our goal is to provide great food at reasonable prices."
They certainly deliver on the food and the whole experience.
This Mexican cantina also makes their own homemade tortillas. They give you warm tortilla chips and their freshly made salsa when you sit down to your table. Make sure you specify the type of salsa you get because it can be spicy at times.
They have at the Detroit location which is located at 3362 Bagley Ave, Detroit, MI 48216 a specific lunch and dinner menu. The lunch menu is served until 2:30 p.m. daily consists of 24 separate dishes ranging from melt in your mouth appetizers and soups to the typical Mexican fare of burritos and enchiladas. They also have combination plates where you can get several different items that start at $7.49.
The menu is much more substantial at the Detroit location. They have 16 separate appetizers. 10 soups and stews, four salads, six different tortas (sandwiches), and even an American hamburger.
The entrée menu is much more substantial with 18 different Mexican favorites like taco, and enchiladas. They also carry the popular fajitas in several different kinds of meats and sizes ranging in price from $12.49 for steak or chicken to the fajitas for two for $26.29. These prices do fluctuate so make sure you check the menu before ordering. This cantina also has a wide assortment of seafood options that will tickle your taste buds. From lobster tails and shrimp to some fish entrees.
Not to leave anyone out they have a good looking kids menu and they also stock many quality Mexican and domestic beers. They have at least four beers on tap at all times. They also have catering and party trays to go with their most popular items from the menu. Go to www.losgalanesdetroit.com to check it out.
If you have a sweet tooth the fried ice cream is a must. Not to be left out are their other favorites the baked custard and caramel flan, and their over indulgent cheese cake chimichanga which is deep fried in a flour tortilla shell and smothered in strawberries and whipped cream.
The newest location opened in September 2015 at 22180 Michigan Av, Dearborn. It's a much more extensive lunch menu can be ordered from until 3 p.m.
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The Detroit location can accommodate large groups with their upstairs seating area and their outside patio during good weather days. The Dearborn location has limited seating but is built for all your take out needs. It has limited seating available but it also gives you a true Mexican feel between the décor and the authentic music that is played on the speakers for everyone's enjoyment.
The music is recorded and played back with no live music actually being on site. The décor is cactuses all over with some sombreros thrown in. The restaurant itself inside is painted mostly in oranges and bright colors (just like in real Mexican restaurants across the border). The staff is very friendly and also many of whom are from Mexican descent.
If you also want to satisfy your sweet tooth and take it home, go across the street to the La Gloria Bakery that has many wonderful delicious cookies, and cannoli in several shapes and flavors. This is also a family owned business. They are very reasonably priced and give you the old cafeteria feel with their red plastic trays you put all your goodies onto. Everything is baked in house so you know it is fresh.


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As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations, here's the latest draft of a new Power Rangers Zeo fanedit I put together. It's the season finale "Good as Gold" with it's climatic battle radically altered so that the Zeo Rangers face off against Lord Zedd and Serpenterra. This also provides more adequate closure for the crew of the Lunar Palace as they finally withdraw from the moon and retire until the rise of Dark Spectre.
If you're new to the Scorpion Rain hoax, visit this link for details on it's origins and it's legacy
A passion project of mine for well over eight years, this is it in it's third form. As I have improved my skills as an editor over the years, I've always found going back to this hybrid mish-mash of episodes a very creative challenge
If you're wondering why the Cogs are still fighting the Rangers here, just assume Zedd has control of them after taking out the Skybase or they're the ones the Tengas had been taking the wires out of


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10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity."
13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day."
15 The Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"
17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
Bent and Broken
When you sit opposite from Lorena, you don't notice that there is anything amiss. She is a spry and sparkling example of 86 years old at its best, when seated. She sits up, looks you in the eye, and makes casual conversation with a rapier wit on almost any topic. She picks up her teacup and scones like there is no difference between the two of you. Nothing is out of place..., that is, until she stands up.
It is then that the 86 years seem to drop on her body like a heavy weight, born about the shoulders, crushing weight bearing down upon her small, and now frail looking body. Deterioration of the spine, the result of years of degenerative disease, has taken its toll and it leaves Lorena bent and broken. As she stands, the sparkle is gone out of her eyes and the breath is drawn, less with casual ease, and more with intense labor. You wish it were possible to attach a string to her head, like a marionette puppet, and pull her up straight. But her body is taught, not limp, gripped with pain, bent in agony.
Yet, without complaint she labors to the door, opens it and lets you out. You know, more often than not, that she will now take some medication that will ease her pain, but dull her eyes to a different state of glaze, not with pain, but into that gentle oblivion that will soon have her resting and sleeping for the duration of the dose. Doctors can treat Lorena, but they cannot cure what bends her to the point of breaking.
I think of Lorena as I read this text for today, wondering if her future is my future. I think of her and pray for her, body and soul. I also, truth be known, say a little prayer of sorts for myself, thankful that I am not bent and broken like that. But in the moment that I say this prayer, I know that it betrays a lie. Closer to the truth is that I am thankful that my bent and broken nature is not visible to any but the most trained of eyes, perhaps visible only to the eyes of God.
I came across this language in, of all places, the science fiction writings of C. S. Lewis. The author of such diverse works as Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Chronicles of Narnia also wrote a trilogy of science fiction works, though little known. In them he tries to describe what Sin is, to beings who do not know. The word his hero finally settles on is "bent." By bent, I take Lewis to mean, misshapen, not the way we were made to be, and not fit for our intended purpose. We are all of us, bent: some, like the woman in our Gospel for today and Lorena, literally bent over, the rest of us, simply out of shape, not as God intended.
Bound and Set Free
The difficulty with this is that in Luke's telling of this story the woman is not only "bent over" but also "bound." In fact the major language of Jesus' action for the woman is "untying." As I looked through the Greek text for this sermon, I was struck by the use of this very common word. It was, in fact, the first verb that I learned to conjugate in New Testament Greek class: "to loose" or untie. Here it shows up several times: Jesus "sets the woman free" in verse 12, in verse 15 he reminds his critics that they also "untie" their cattle so they can drink on the Sabbath, in verse 16, Jesus reminds us that he has just "freed" (older versions say, "loosed") the woman from her bond.
Of course, modern politically correct forces will talk about how words like "bondage" and "slavery" carry baggage that we don't want to address, but no one told Jesus or Luke to be politically correct. Here they identify the problem, the root of the woman's bent shape, as a bondage. But as the story continues, you find that the woman is not the only one impacted. The ruler of the Synagogue is also enslaved, and by the same force, though the symptoms might look different: one visibly bent, the other with a spirit misshapen by a false sense of religious piety and obligation.
We notice that the woman was set free by Jesus, but what of the leader of the Synagogue? Was he also set free by Jesus' words? We can all see the weight of a spirit of illness that might weigh a woman down. We all recognize the demons of addiction that drown people in their own desperate search for relief from life's pains. We might understand the dark lords of depression that ensnare us in a quagmire of shame and self loathing. But what can we do about the spirits of personal piety for religious justification? Do we know these demons enough to see the weight of their pride bending us out of shape, making of us creatures that seek to have God and God's laws serve us rather than the opposite? Are those of us weighed down and bent by the hidden demons of "right doctrine" or "clean living" also set free by Jesus?
The answer is yes! The woman does not come to Jesus to seek healing? He seeks her out and calls her over. He sets her free because he chooses for her to be free. In Jesus, God is doing all of that for all of humanity. God does not wait for us to come to some understanding of our bent shapes. God joins us in the very depths of our possession. God, in Christ Jesus, takes on the full weight of our Sin and experiences our "bent-ness" on the cross. And God renders its power meaningless over us, even when we still seem more intent on holding on to it. Even though the ruler of this Synagogue is shamed by Jesus for the moment, will he recognize in due time that the woman's liberation on the Sabbath is his liberation as well? Luke does not tell us, we are left to ponder.
The Liberating Day
All of this comes back to the question of what the Sabbath day is for? Of course there are many and varied answers. We have Sabbath by God's command, as a day of rest. St. Augustine added to that answer when he prayed, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, O Lord." Perhaps it is out of longing for God that we have the Sabbath. My Lutheran roots suggest to me that my Sabbath rest involves something more, something deeper than just being in God. God does something for me on the Sabbath. God meets me and transforms me on the Sabbath. In this context, I'd like to be so bold as to suggest that God unties me, God sets me free.
Our worship services, especially with resources that have been developed in the last 50 years, help us to understand just that. We begin, whether with confession or a thanksgiving, in the waters of our Baptism. It is here that God's liberating word first comes to us and here that our weekly journey reconnects us to that word. In joy we gather and sing with other Christians also once bound, still bound, in need of being loosed. We drink from the sweet cup of God's liberating word, read and spoken as by Christ himself. We speak of our commitment to the world and its healing in prayer as we begin to feel the weight bending our lives lifted from our shoulders. We rejoice at the table as we experience the Living Word coming into us bodily, giving us a foretaste of the feast of freedom that is to come. We are blessed as finally, set free by the Word, we are set loose on the world, where the liberation we have experienced becomes the liberation we practice.
And underneath it all, surrounding it all, infused in it all is God, the God of freeing, life-giving Grace. God meets us in worship, frees us from the weight of our Sin, and then binds us together with others, a community unleashed (dare I say "loosed) upon the world. Now lest we become too giddy with our new found freedom, we need to be reminded that we will be back again. In a week's time we will need God's "loosing" yet again, from the weights and fetters of our Sin. It will be that way always until God's kingdom finally comes among us fully in Christ. But at least we have gained a glimpse of what God is up to with the Sabbath. We taste, we see, we are touched and transformed by the boundless love and grace of God. The result is wholeness, however fleeting for now, as the foretaste of the cosmic wholeness that God has promised to all creation in the fullness of time.
What joy is found in this experience. We are now free for one more thing: honesty. We can be honest about how we are bent and broken. We can be honest about the bondage that enslaves us. We no longer have to hide. We are free to welcome the Christ who comes, sees us, like the woman, weighed down, and bids us come and be made whole.
For Lorena, for the ruler of the synagogue, for me, even so, Lord Jesus, quickly come.
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Vacation's soon and I can't wait,
on the calendar mark the date.
Planning and dreaming all long year.
Soon our vacation will be here!
I started to pack weeks before,
just a few clothes, and toys galore.
I need a lot for our long stay.
But mom repacks it anyway.
Alarm didn't work, taxi was late.
With seconds left we made the gate.
We sat in the plane, no fresh air,
waiting for bad weather to clear.
Hours wasted then off we fly.
Wings wobble, we bounce in gray sky.
Black night rain, runway wet and slick,
vacation starts, we all get sick.
We landed late, our luggage not there.
Just full of clothes, I didn't care.
Late night shuttle cost us double.
Big tip needed for the trouble.
Get to our rooms, sun starts to rise.
Daylight's wasted with closed eyes.
Day one of vacation's now done.
Hope the next five will be more fun.
But first a shower then some rest,
then out for breakfast that'll be best.
Eggs and juice, toast with warm butter.
Got to the room our hearts flutter.
Toilets broke no shower at all.
A sign on door said tub down hall.
Beds were unmade, hot water cool.
Mom's mad, dad joked about the pool.
We went to the lobby to protest.
We stood in the line with the rest.
The man at the desk did all he could.
Some of the guests didn't treat him good.
He threw down his pen, could take no more.
Grunting and shouting ran for the door.
Hotel closed he said running out.
Leaving us stranded, all in doubt
Where would we go, where would we stay?
Would this be another bad day?
We found a place, it wasn't cheap.
But we needed a place to sleep.
Cramped and dark but at least clean,
the tiniest bathroom I'd ever seen.
Just two beds, no TV at all.
One small window looked at a wall.
We settle in to rest our eyes,
then off to lunch in clear blue skies.
But halfway there it starts to rain,
my jackets gone, left on the plane.
We ran fast to a place nearby.
Sitting soaked on stools too high,
fish only menu, not for me.
Hours passed drinking pop, refills free!
Bellies bloated, day's spent.
The sun came out and down it went.
Saw a movie we've seen before,
then back to our room, locked the door.
Much the same the rest of the week,
sun came out once, we caught a peek.
Went to the beach, water was cold,
this bad vacation's getting old.
Good news came later that week
Luggage found but in Chesapeake.
Put back on plane, soon to leave there.
They'll be back late, we won't be here.
Trip's soon over, saw a new place.
Lots of ant bites, rash on my face.
Dad lost his watch; mom caught a bug,
stuffed plastic bags with things to lug.
Our ride to the airport, not much fun,
stuck in traffic in the noon day sun.
A bad vacation was had this year.
Getting home soon is all I care.
One good thing of a trip gone bad,
is getting home and being glad.
Vacations done, better next year,
you go and have fun, I'll wait here.
The End
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Whatever your preference, whether by the sea, amongst the trees, near an ancient city or canyon, Antalya has a place for you. Grab your camping equipment and book a flight to Antalya. During any season, you can explore the beautiful camping sites of Antalya. Besides camping, you can go climbing, parachute and soar above the sea. The pristine Mediterranean Sea is also great for diving.
In the past, Korsan Koyu (Pirate Bay), was a bay where ships would gather to shelter from storms and is a favorite spot for camping enthusiasts. Toilets and water are available at Korsan Koyu and any other supplies you need can be found at nearby shops and markets. When you're camping at Korsan Koyu, there's something you have to watch out for, mosquitoes. We recommend that you add mosquito spray to your camping equipment. During your stay at Korsan Koyu you can go on a pleasant tour boat journey, hike on the Likya Yolu (the Lycian Way), and if you have climbing training, climb at certain areas.
Kaş, situated behind the Çukurbağ Peninsula, offers a natural campsite with pristine sea water and magnificent natural scenery. There are plenty of free camping sites in many parts of Kaş, as well as camping sites owned by private businesses. You can embark on many different adventures; explore ancient cities, historic roads, enjoy nature on the beach and canyons, and go parachuting.
A place to enjoy both the beauty of the beach and forest, Adrasan, is close to the city center of Antalya. All your needs will be met, at the paid or free camps in Adrasan, that supply water electricity and toilets. There are also certain beaches in Adrasan, that are not camping sites, where you can pitch up your tent on the sand. On your camping travels, you can dive in the crystal-clear seawater of Adrasan.
If you don't want to stray too far from the center, then Konyaaltı is another suitable place for camping, as there are shops in the city center. You can camp anywhere on the beach that stretches 7 km. The wooded area towards the end of the beach is ideal for camping. If you are trained in climbing, you can try rock climbing in Geyikbayırı, Konyaaltı. You can also set up camp on the shores of Doyran Göleti at the foot of the Güllük Mountains, which are also situated within Konyaaltı.
If you like high-up places, the Tazı Kanyonu is for you. You can camp in the wooded areas of the Greyhound Canyon which is 50-60 meters tall.
If you like high-up places, Güver Uçurumu, is another option. There are no establishments for you to purchase supplies in this area but the nature where you set up camp, is stunning.
The Üzümdere Canyon is located at the foot of the Giden Gelmez Mountains, which lies on the outskirts of the Central Taurus Mountains between Konya and Antalya. Üzümdere Canyon is a beautiful place to camp all year round, especially in the autumn months.
Olimpos is surrounded by lush natural scenery, coastal views and is also an ancient site. One of the best, most developed places to camp in Antalya is Olimpos. These lovely campsites, with entry prices, have increased in popularity over the years.
Maden Koyu is another wonderful camping site that provides both the shade of the forest and the sunny seaside. We recommend that you bring along your own supplies as there are no establishments in this area.
A natural marvel of Antalya, Düden Şelalesi (Düden Waterfall), is beautiful with its flowing water and caves. The waterfall that stands between lush greenery is 40 meters long. Although you can't set up camp next to the waterfall, it is possible to set up camp nearby. Keep in mind that there are establishments near the waterfall that offer supplies like food and other goods.
Any season of the year, you can enjoy the sea, sun and sand in Saklıkent, Antalya. In the winter at Saklıkent, the snow can reach up to 100 cm. Saklıkent is also home to a ski resort and a great camping site. If you want to set up a camp in the winter snow, then Saklıkent is the right place for you. The best months to camp at Saklıkent are between the months December and March.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — THE recent arrest of an Orthodox rabbi in Washington, who was charged with having watched women showering via a hidden camera installed at the mikvah, or ritual bath, at his synagogue, has drawn attention to the challenges faced by potential converts to Judaism. The scandal put a spotlight on the near-total control exercised by the rabbi over converts into the Jewish faith. The system lacks oversight. It leaves those wanting to become Jews vulnerable to exploitation.
The Jewish tradition has shunned the proselytizing propensities of our Abrahamic cousins, Christianity and Islam, but in doing so, it has seemed, to some, to embrace an ethos of exclusion. The fact that anyone with the drive and perspicacity to convert is allowed to do so is one of the most important checks on the Jewish conception of chosenness; being Jewish is not a genetic condition, but a complex hierarchy of identity and choice.
In theory, Judaism is an inclusive religion that is willing to welcome individuals who desire to become Jewish. The reality is far more complicated. The Israeli chief rabbinate rejects conversions it deems un-Orthodox. This includes Jews of less strict streams, like the Reform and Conservative movements in the United States, and also some Orthodox converts around the world.
Not long ago, Israel passed legislation that intended to make Jewish conversions less difficult. The bill's final form, however, gave the chief rabbinate control over the approval of all conversion certificates; this compromise will result only in more bureaucratic mix-ups and disagreements about the converts' legitimacy — and their right to invoke the Law of Return, by which countless Jews have found safe haven and refuge in Israel.
The Rabbinical Council of America, which oversees Orthodox conversions, strictly adheres to the chief rabbinate's standards. For example, unmarried conversion candidates are often required to refrain from dating until their conversion is approved, a process that can take years. Many candidates are required to move to Orthodox neighborhoods and enroll their children in full-time private Jewish day schools — a formidable financial obstacle.
The difficulties faced by those yearning to convert is especially painful for me. This is because my father is Jewish, while my mother is Christian. I converted — twice. After learning the traditional significance placed on matrilineal lineage, I underwent a liberal conversion as an adolescent. Later I underwent a rigorous Orthodox conversion.
I chose not to share my journey previously because I am now an Orthodox rabbi and, unfortunately, Jews by choice are sometimes perceived as being less authentic or authoritative than those who are Jewish from birth. Many feel shame and choose not to reveal that they are converts out of fear of having their, and their descendants', status and credentials questioned. As a teenager, I recall breaking down in tears during my first trip to Israel when others questioned my Jewish status. I was interrogated with the most personal questions about my beliefs, practices and relationships, by strangers who controlled my religious destiny; I felt powerless to challenge them.
Current trends in Orthodox conversion are all in the wrong direction: Converts have to wait longer; their prior conversions are questioned; they are made to convert again before marriage; they are encouraged to distance themselves from non-Jewish relatives. While each rabbi needs the freedom to lead locally, there also need to be integrity boards to provide training and oversight, and serious standards for both the convert and the community. The legal standard for entry should be made more inclusive, and the standard for education and support made more rigorous.
The process needs to be performed with transparent expectations and timelines, no financial cost, greater respect for personal privacy, increased women's leadership, broader ethical and spiritual parameters for eligibility and fair treatment of all candidates. Embracing a more pluralistic approach to Jewish identity requires a break from bureaucratic central authorities.
A small group of homogeneous Orthodox authorities, continuing to pursue more stringent requirements to the detriment of the wider and more diverse Jewish community, should not have the unchecked power to determine who can be a Jew. Nor should candidates need to fly across the country to meet a religious court because local authorities are not deemed worthy of handling the conversion. This grants too much authority to national and regional centralized powers and puts the inclusive nature of Judaism at risk. When a convert emerges from the mikvah, he or she should feel uplifted by a process of inclusion and holiness, not deflated by alienation and degradation.
Converts, like immigrants, should feel pride about their journeys and be viewed as courageous for responding to their transformative calling. Deuteronomy tells us, "You shall love the stranger as you were strangers in Egypt." No other commandment is more essential to the moral destiny of the Jewish people.


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Mile High Rowing Club Coaches
Under the leadership of Head Coach Grace Malacrida, Mile High Rowing Club has a group of talented coaches with extensive experience working with youth rowers.
- Assistant Head Coaches: Anne Strobridge, Liz Moore
- Coaches: Cass Bruins, Lisa Dirth, Olivia Kinet, Aubrey Shinofield, Rachel Junge , Bob Malacrida
- Substitute Lead Coach, Anthony Malacrida
Grace Malacrida, Head Coach
Credentials and Background
- US Rowing Level III Certified Coach
- Masters in Sports Management/Coaching Theory
2011 Sportswomen of Colorado, Pioneer Award for her work with MHRC
- https://www.chieftain.com/article/20120124/SPORTS/301249939
- Has won 2 Junior National Titles as MHRC coach
- Considers herself lucky to coach the amazing rowers of Mile High!
Career Highlights
- 1981 - started rowing at Rutgers University. Earned Varsity Letter as a Sophomore. Competed for 2 different Development Teams
- 1985 to 1992 - US Air Force Officer
- 1994-1997 Coached High School Track and Field
- 2003 - member of US Indoor Rowing Team
- 2004 - member of US Indoor Dev Team, set world record for Indoor 10k.
- 2007 - Head Coach of Colorado Junior Crew in Boulder
- 2007/2008 - coached the Intermediate Adult Program at RMRC
- 2008 - Spring, Started the Rocky Mountain Junior Crew with just 3 rowers: Maddie Lips, Anthony Malacrida (her son), and Cole Capsalis. RMJC medaled at Central Youths. Summer and Fall ran Learn to Rows and grew the RMJC to a team of 15
- 2009 - in February along with a handful of parents and Kati O'Hara, created the Mile High Rowing Club for Junior Rowers.
Mile High has had an amazing 10 years of qualifying out of our district for Youth Nationals!
- 2009 - Qualified Junior Women's 8+ at Youth Nationals. Our first appearance at YN!
- 2010 - Mile High Rower, Maddie Lips, won Gold Women's 1x at Youth Nationals. Qualified a Jnr Wmn's 4+ & 8+ as well!
- 2011 - Mile High Rowers, Kendall Chase and Alana Bobka, won Bronze in the Women's Pair at Youth Nationals. Our Junior Women's 4+ finished 12th!
- 2012 - Kendall Chase and Alana Bobka, won Gold Women's Pair at 2012 YN! MHRC Junior Women's 4+ finished 6th; Junior Women's 1x of Kayla Wiggin finished 13th; Our Jr Wmn's quad finished 26th!
- 2013 - Qualified a Junior Men's 8 for YN finished 18th & Jr Wmn's Pair finished 10th
- 2014 - Qualified 3 boats for YN, Jnr Wmn's 4+ finished 12th, Jnr Lwt Men's 4 finished 17th, & Jnr Wmn's 8 finished 24th
- 2015 - Qualified 3 boats for YN, the Jnr Men's Lwt 8; the Jnr Wmn's Lwt 8+ and the Jnr Wmn's (Jade Thornton/Jessie Dobler) pair which won the B final!
- 2016 - Qualified the Junior Men's Lwt 2x of Matt LaRouche and Greg Cain. They finished 13th in the country with the 5th fastest time!
- 2017 - Qualified Junior Men's 1x (finished 4th), Junior Men's Quad(finished 16th) and Junior Women's Lwt 8 (finished 24th)
- 2018 - Qualified Junior Men's Quad & the Freshmen Men's Quad won Silver at Central Youths
- 2019- Qualified Junior Men's Pair (finished 22nd); Junior Wmn's Lwt 8+ (finished 19th), both boats won Bronze Medals at Central Youths
Coach Malacrida is still a competitive rower with 8 Head of the Charles Medals (5 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze); 12 Gold San Diego Crew Classic Medals (three of those were won with Coach Anne); over 37 Master Nationals Medals; 7 Master World Medals. Held Course record at Head of the Charles in Senior Master Women's 8+ 2016. Won the 60+ Women's 8+ (twice) at the HOCR along with Coach Anne Strobridge.
Anne Strobridge, Assistant Head Coach
Anne Strobridge, a US Rowing Level II certified coach, has been on the Mile High Coaching staff since 2010. She was the head coach of the Rocky Mountain Rowing Club's Novice Program and coordinated their Learn-to-Row program for two years.
Liz Moore, Assistant Head Coach
Liz Moore is a US Rowing Level II certified coach. She has been on staff with Mile High since 2012. She is a former head coach for Portland State University. Coach Liz was a college recruited rower at Gonzaga University. While in college, Coach Liz won the Seattle Indoor Rowing Championships.
Liz started her rowing career under Harry and Lynn Graves during her four years at Cincinnati Country Day School and was then recruited to Gonzaga University by Glenn Putyrae and Melissa Flint. During her senior year in college she was nominated sole team captain. Winning the Seattle Indoor Rowing Championships and having the opportunity to be a part of a winning and successful team at Gonzaga continued to fuel Liz's passion for the sport. Liz has spent time at multiple US Rowing development camps across the United States and has had the opportunity to work with some of the best rowers and coaches in the rowing world.
Liz is passionate about inspiring others to fall in love with rowing. Exemplifying her philosophy she has said, "I thought winning a gold medal was the best feeling in the world. Until I began coaching and realized watching my rowers succeed is the best feeling in the world." A realtor in Evergreen, Liz attributes much of her professional and personal success to values she learned at a young age on the water.
Lisa Dirth
Lisa Dirth is a US Rowing Level II coach who is committed to teaching kids to row the right way. Former Head Coach for Colorado Junior Crew (CJC) team. Former Head Coach for the Derryfield School in Manchester, NH. Former Novice, Intermediate coach from Boulder Community Rowing. Joined the Mile High coaching staff in the Spring of 2017.
She emphasizes safety, fundamentals and fun! Coach Lisa grew up in Denver before there were any rowing programs in the state and certainly none for girls. She learned to row whitewater and always loved being on the water.
Coach Lisa brings 13 years of coaching experience to the Mile High program. At Derryfield, she coached teams of up to 50 very successful high school rowers in the very competitive Northeast Interscholastic Rowing Association league. In addition to her head coaching responsibilities, Lisa was able to grow and stabilize Derryfield's rowing program during her tenure.
When she moved to Colorado in 2010 she began coaching novices and intermediate rowers for the adult program for Boulder Community Rowing. The CJC program began with 20 kids which grew under her guidance to 75 kids and became competitive in the Mountain States Region. She is very proud that many of her rowers went on to row in college and after. She is particularly proud that her son rowed at Oregon State.
Lisa loves coaching and especially loves introducing novices to rowing. She believes that through patience and dedication all things are possible. In her program all kids rowed every day (there are no bench sitters). Rowing is a great sport that teaches lifelong lessons in fitness and teamwork. She is delighted to have the opportunity to work with the kids in the Mile High program.
Anthony Malacrida, Lead Coach
Anthony is a Level II Certified US Rowing Coach. He has a B.S. from Colorado State University. Anthony began rowing in 2001 at the age of 11. He has competed with Long Beach Rowing Association, Colorado Junior Crew, Rocky Mountain Rowing Club and of course with Mile High Rowing. He began coaching in 2008 at Rocky Mountain and has been a member of the Mile High coaching staff since 2009. He also coaches an Indoor Rowing program at the Colorado Athletic Club Monaco.
Cass Bruins
Cass Bruins is a US Rowing Level 1 certified coach. She has been on staff with Mile High since fall of 2018. Cass started her rowing career at Grand Valley State University, under John Bancheri in 2015.


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(or how to move onto a sailboat) With the advent of our 50th birthdays came the usual sorts of life evaluations that one goes through. At what have I succeeded? What contributions have I made? What do I have left that I want to do before I die? Living on the water was high on both our lists. For any who share the dream, and for our family members who might not understand, this is our story. We don't know where it will take us, but welcome along for the ride!
Friday, June 13, 2014
One Last Hero . . .
2 comments:
- Robert Salnick said...
Wow. All I can say is wow.
- June 13, 2014 at 5:29 PM
- Rharriscpa said...
Amazing story and you tell it so well. Mary sounds like quite a woman. While in Korea last year I visited the Korean War memorial and heard the stories of women from the US whose remains are being sent there to finally join their husbands who died in the Korean War.
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text: Money The Fluff is up for sale, but not for the money By Phalen Kuckuck Posted on April 16, 2015 4 min read 0 0 826 Photo courtesy of Morgan Augur The Fluff, formerly known as Fluff Bakery & Catering, has been a staple in uptown Athens for the last five years. But just because it is for sale, doesn't mean it is leaving. Jessica Kopelwitz and her husband, owners of The Fluff, moved back to Athens in 2010, excited about their future. They quickly found their niche with Fluff, and fell in with a lot of their friends who are also local business owners. Recently, however, they have decided to part ways with their first business but not for financial reasons. "We are entrepreneurs; we've always been creating. We want to be able to continue that. Economically, we think there are a lot of niches to fill out there," Kopelwitz said. "We want to continue creating businesses that are good for the community, to help benefit and give back. We want to give other people the opportunity to do it too. "It's been way more emotional than I've expected. I've lived and breathed this for years. It still sort of sucks, but I feel very lucky," she said, and then her tone changed slightly to highlight an important fact. "We might not sell it. We have to find the right people. It is not about the money at all, it's about someone willing to put the time and passion and to really learn and care." Jessica and her husband said they care about the community and want to see The Fluff succeed even without them. They will work with and train the new owners. The sale includes the menu, kitchen equipment, and of course, their valuable expertise. "I don't want to teach someone who is going to fail," Kopelwitz said. Very locally oriented, The Fluff purchases from local sellers whenever possible and is dedicated to the immediate Athens economy. It is because of this economy that they wish to move on to other entrepreneurial pursuits, as Athens is conducive to small business start-ups. "In Athens, our largest employers are government entities yet small businesses are the heart of our community. Our vibrant uptown area offers a unique and diverse selection of retail stores, independent restaurants, and businesses," said Wendy Jakmas, President Athens Area Chamber of Commerce in an email. In line with their economic aspirations, the Kopelwitzes also own and operate the West Side Wingery at 9 North Shafer Street, another specialized local eatery. That establishment is not for sale and is relatively young, having opened in January. The Fluff is listed for $165,000 with The Athens Real Estate Company.


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LOTRO on Linux: A Modern Guide (2019)
LOTRO on Linux has gotten much easier. Yes you're still going to do some command line typing, but the folks who make the WINE system for running Windows programs on Linux, WINEHQ, have come up with some predefined commands, so all you're doing is cut and paste. LOTRO runs fine in WINE 4.0, so you no longer need the old workarounds like PyLOTRO, hence the need for a new guide.
I'm assuming you've already installed Ubuntu or Linux Mint on your computer, or had someone else do it for you. Other distributions are less helpful when it comes to running LOTRO, or games in general. I could go on for another page on the installation process, but there are other guides to installing Ubuntu and Linux Mint, some of which explain how you can install them on unused space on your hard drive and dual boot.
These instructions assume you are starting with a vanilla installation of Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
First, you need to have the newest version of WINE, v4.0. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are good distributions with up to date drivers, but for some weird reason they still ship with a very outdated version of WINE, v1.6, that will not run LOTRO at all. Fortunately, WINEHQ has all your commands ready to cut and paste, to install WINE 4.0 in your Linux computer.
You will need to know the root (administrator) password for your Linux computer. If you installed Linux yourself, you probably know it already; if you didn't install Linux, talk to the person who installed Linux on your computer if they didn't tell you already.
Also, for those who are unfamiliar with the command line, there is a command called 'sudo' which runs a single command as root and then quits. We'll be using sudo a lot, but although it does ask for your password initially, Linux temporarily holds onto your root authentication, so you can type several sudo commands in a row before Linux will ask for your password again.
First, if you haven't done it already, install the 32bit architecture. We'll be installing a 64bit WINE 4.0 here, but 64bit WINE needs some files from 32bit WINE to run 32bit applications, and until SSG gives us that great new 64bit client, you'll be running their 32bit client. These files work with all versions of WINE, so we can do it first.
This is your command to install 32bit architecture:
Now we add the WINEHQ Repository Key, the way in which you get secure transfers between your computer and the WINEHQ software repositories. Two commands:Code:sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Code:wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.keyNOTE: wget downloads files directly into the directory in which you are currently sitting. No need to change directories to the Downloads folder first with wget.Code:sudo apt-key add winehq.key
For the next section, use the command associated with your version of Ubuntu or Linux Mint (Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu). Remember to include the little ' marks, they're important for the Linux command line commands. Only use one command, not all four.
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04Code:sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ cosmic main'
Linux Mint 19.x
Ubuntu 16.04Code:sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
Linux Mint 18.x
Ubuntu 14.04Code:sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'
Linux Mint 17.x
Now we tell Linux to update its list of available software sources.Code:sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ trusty main'
And now a word on Linux development of software. Linux developers generally maintain three stages of software for each software application: stable, development, and staging. As you may have guessed from the word stable, the other two are increasingly less tested. Fortunately, WINE 4.0 is the current (2019-03-13) stable version of WINE, so you don't have to venture into the wild west of software development just to run LOTRO in Linux.Code:sudo apt update
So this is the only command you need to run:
If everything installs without complaints, skip the next stepCode:sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
The apt program may complain about missing dependencies, or software packages needed to run WINE. Each package name will be listed onscreen, so you can just type (replacing <package-name> with the package name>) to install the software package(s) WINE needs:
Once the dependencies are installed, or if you didn't need to install any dependencies, you've got one more step before you can begin installing (or copying over from another machine) the LOTRO files. Get into the command line and type:Code:sudo apt install <package-name>
The winecfg application will create a special directory called .wine in your Home directory. This is the directory into which WINE will install any Windows applications, and where you will need to create directories to install LOTRO if you are copying files from an existing installation. In addition, winecfg will most likely find that you have not yet installed a Gecko and a Mono package, so say yes and install these packages.Code:winecfg
While the winecfg window is open, click on the Applications tab and note, at the bottom of the window, that Windows XP is the default version of Windows used by WINE. That pulldown menu includes a bunch of other versions of Windows which you will probably not use, but you may end up coming back here later to change this to Windows 7. Windows XP works fine for now, so no need to change the setting.
Now we'll install the extra files WINE needs to run LOTRO, using a application from WINEHQ called winetricks. First, from the command line, install winetricks:
If you're using some sort of built in Intel graphics, the next command installs everything you need.Code:wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks
If you're using a NVidia video card, run this instead:Code:bash ./winetricks vcrun200{3,5,8} d3dx9 corefonts
Just answer Yes or OK if asked, these are all needed to run LOTRO in Linux.Code:bash ./winetricks vcrun200{3,5,8} d3dx9 corefonts physx
If you're comfortable with the command line, you can probably skip this next part. If you aren't, and you use the file manager/browser in Linux, directories in Linux which start with a period, like .wine, are hidden in the normal file manager view. You'll need to click on View in the top file manager window, then select "Show Hidden Files". Or just press Ctrl+H as the menu shows. This will reveal all your other directories that begin with a period, in addition to .wine, but you only need to concern yourself with .wine for now.
Now you can see the file folder in which all Windows software will be installed. The subdirectory "drive_c" is where everything goes, and if you are copying files from an existing Windows install, you may have to create a directory called "Program Files (x86)" because we still don't have that amazing 64bit client. It will be easier to create this new directory in the file manager, the Linux command line needs some simple but arcane commands to put spaces and parentheses into filenames.
If you run the LOTRO installer in WINE, the Program Files (x86) folder will be created for you.
Running the LOTRO Installer in WINE:
If you downloaded the LOTRO installer using lotro.com, most likely the file was downloaded into your Downloads folder. Chances are it will have downloaded somewhere else only if you change this setting in your browser.
Go into the folder with the installer:
Then type:Code:cd Downloads
Select Express installation. This will speed things up and WINE needs to find the files in the place it likes to find them.Code:wine lotrolive.exe
Now here is the point where problems may occur. If the installer stops functioning or crashes, just run the installer again. It shouldn't take more than two tries to get to the point where the massive download begins, and any problems installing should be over by then.
Once LOTRO finishes installing, you have two more changes to do. LOTRO will have created two icons on your desktop, one with the Ring on it. Right click on this Ring icon, and select, at the bottom of the dropdown menu, Properties. In the center of this new window, you should see a long command line command. Click on this command line once, then use the arrow keys to scroll all the way to the end. SSG only uses LotroLauncher.exe now, not TurbineInvoker, and all TurbineInvoker does is run LotroLauncher.exe. Change TurbineInvoker.exe to LotroLauncher.exe, and you're all set. We're making this change to speed up running LOTRO, and to allow you to more easily use command line options later, as TurbineInvoker ignores all command line options.
Remember that Linux is case sensitive, so to Linux, LotroLauncher and lotrolauncher are two different filenames.
UPDATE 2019-03-15: The second change you will need to make to be able to use the LOTRO Store (if you don't use the store, skip this step, you're done) is that you will have to run the LOTRO Awesomium client. Even with WINE 4.0 the regular client will not load the LOTRO store. You don't have to change the shortcut, just the LotroLauncher config file, and you don't have to go back into the command line again (if you like the command line, use your favorite Linux text editor for the following).
From the Ubuntu/Linux Mint file browser/manager, go to View and "Show Hidden Files", then go into .wine, then drive_c, then Program Files (x86), then StandingStoneGames, then The Lord of the Rings Online. Right click on lotro.launcherconfig, and select Copy, then right click anywhere in the file window and select Paste (makes a backup copy before editing), then Rename the (copy) and add .old to the end (or don't, see below). Now go back to the original lotro.launcherconfig, right click on it again, and select one of the Open With options, either Text Editor or Notepad (doesn't matter which one you choose). The configuration file will contain an appSettings section. As the last line in this section, cut and paste the following line:
Now save the config file.Code:<add authoritative="true" key="GameClient.WIN32.Filename" value="lotroclient_awesomium.exe" />
Since LotroLauncher controls everything from that configuration file, it is possible to have LotroLauncher load the backup copy of the original configuration file (the importance of backups!) and run the regular client as well from the same shortcut link. This means that you could have the full benefits of the main client most of the time, and then briefly switch clients to run the Store. To do this, rename the edited lotro.launcherconfig to lotro-awesomium.launcherconfig, and then rename the backup to lotro.launcherconfig. When you next run LOTRO, WINE will ask you for a config file, and select the configuration file for the client you want to run for that session.
There you have it, LOTRO on Linux.
UPDATE: Inside the LOTRO Client, be sure to change your Options in Graphics -> Display to Screen Mode = Full Screen (Windowed).
P.S. I discovered too late that there's a Player Guides section on the Forums. I'll try to keep this one updated but I will definitely keep the LOTRO on Linux Player Guide(link) updated.


text: Aliyev has been accused of cracking down on the opposition A decree signed by the Ilham Aliyev on Thursday stated that Haji Alikram Aliyev was being granted an amnesty to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan. The Islamist leader was jailed last year after his supporters clashed with police. The decree added the decision had been taken after the intervention of Sheikhallah Shukyur Pashazade, spiritual head of Muslims in the Caucasus. Alikram Aliyev was arrested in May 2002 after residents in the town of Nardaran, near Baku, rioted with police during protests about poor living conditions. His party's registration was withdrawn soon after. The authorities said the unrest in Nardaran, which is the site of a Shia shrine, had been fomented by "Islamic fundamentalists" trying to overthrow Azerbaijan's secular regime. There was an outcry after the discredited October electionsSeveral other people who were jailed following the violence in Nardaran remain behind bars, although officials say more of them may be pardoned by the end of this year. Meanwhile, the leading opposition party in the former Soviet republic was evicted from its offices on Thursday. Staff of the Musavat Party vacated their premises in the capital, Baku, after a court upheld a ruling that the building was of special architectural interest. The Musavat Party has been given alternative premises elsewhere in the city. The party's leader, Isa Gambar, came second to President Aliyev in a widely discredited October election. The vote was followed by violence between police and opposition supporters, who claimed the election had been rigged in Aliyev's favour. Since then dozens of Musavat members have been arrested on public order charges. A human rights group said the closure was part of an official campaign to intimidate the opponents of President Aliyev. Peter Bouckaert, of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch, said the eviction was "another nail in the coffin of the opposition in Azerbaijan. This is part of a wholesale campaign of intimidation of the opposition". SOURCE: AFP


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The Ichthys Project will have an initial capacity to produce 8.9 million tonnes of LNG per annum and 1.6 million tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per annum, as well as approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.
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Afternoon Pick-Up: Carpoolers will be walked to the front gates. Growing Room students will be walked to the check-in area by the blacktop gate. Students who are usually picked up at the blacktop will be waiting outside our classroom door. Please do not encourage your First Grader to seek out an older sibling at his/her classroom.
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text: On Friday 26 August 2011, 19:24:37, Andrew Coppin wrote: > On 26/08/2011 02:40 AM, Daniel Peebles wrote: > > And as Daniel mentioned earlier, it's not at all obvious what we mean > > by "bits used" when it comes to negative numbers. > > I guess part of the problem is that the documentation asserts that > bitSize will never depend on its argument. (So would will write things > like "bitSize undefined :: ThreadID" or similar.) I don't think that's a problem, it's natural for what bitSize does. And it would be bad if bitSize did something different for Integer than for Int, Word, ... > > I can think of several possible results one might want from a bit size > query: Yup, though for some there are better names than bitSize would be. > > 1. The number of bits of precision which will be kept for values of this > type. (For Word16, this is 16. For Integer, this is [almost] infinity.) Not "almost infinity", what your RAM or Int allow, whichever cops out first, or "enough, unless you [try to] do really extreme stuff". > > 2. The amount of RAM that this value is using up. (But that would surely > be measured in bytes, not bits. And processor registors make the picture > more complicated.) > > 3. The bit count to the most significant bit, ignoring sign. > > 4. The bit count to the sign bit. > > Currently, bitSize implements #1. I'm not especially interested in #2. I > would usually want #3 or #4. I'd usually be more interested in #2 than in #4. > > Consider the case of 123 (decimal). The 2s complement representation of > +123 is > > ...0000000000000001111011 > > The 2s complement representation of -123 is > > ...1111111111111110000101 > > For query #3, I would expect both +123 and -123 to yield 7. One could make a case for the answer 3 for -123, I wouldn't know what to expect without it being stated in the docs. > For query > #4, I would expect both to yield 8. (Since if you truncate both of those > strings to 8 bits, then the positive value starts with 0, and the > negative one start with 1.) #4 would then generally be #3 + 1 for signed types, I think, so not very interesting, but for unsigned types? > > Then of course, there's the difference between "count of the bits" and > "bit index", which one might expect to be zero-based. (So that the Nth > bit represents 2^N.) Yes, but that shouldn't be a problem with good names. So, which of them are useful and important enough to propose for inclusion?


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Last week, while many were focused on the election, the Michigan Senate passed an energy package that has the potential to move clean energy forward in the state. With only seven weeks left in the legislative session, there is an opportunity to further strengthen these bills before they head to the House.
10 major businesses with a significant presence in Michigan—Ben & Jerry's, Brewery Vivant, Crystal Mountain, Eileen Fisher, General Mills, JLL, Nestlé, Rockford Brewing Company, Staples and Worthen Industries—are calling on state lawmakers to strengthen the state's renewable energy and energy optimization standards, and ultimately help bring more investment and jobs to Michigan.
In the letter to lawmakers, businesses call for an increase in the state's renewable energy standard by at least five percent and endorsed a bipartisan proposal for a 15 percent RPS by 2021.
"We recognize the significant economic opportunity presented by renewable energy and energy efficiency standards and urge the legislature to strengthen Michigan's renewable energy and energy optimization standards," the businesses write.
They also urged lawmakers to retain language from the existing renewable energy standards, including requirements that ensure renewable energy is generated in Michigan and that independent power producers generate a portion of clean energy in the state. Indeed, without these changes, the proposed Senate bills will not drive economic development and new investment.
Investment in clean energy helps reduce costs for ratepayers and prevents utilities from needing to build new power plants. A Ceres report shows that strong renewable portfolio standards help utilities transition to renewable energy and reap energy efficiency savings. New analysis also found that in 2014 alone, energy efficiency generated over 3,100 new jobs and over $200 million in new income in the state. The proposed 15 percent renewable energy standard will spur additional economic growth throughout the state.
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Welcome to The LOTR LCG Atlas by Master of Lore! Here you will find interactive maps featuring the location cards from the scenarios of our card game.
The original maps are from Karen Wynn Fonstad's excellent work in The Atlas of Middle Earth.
Navigate by selecting the expansions and cycles from the horizontal menu above. A link that will take you to the next scenario's maps will be at the bottom of each page.
Enjoy the site and happy questing!
Begin your quest with the core set maps!
Read more articles about the LOTR LCG
and Tolkien's lore at the Master of the Lore blog.
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Elton John's Gay Family Photos Censored By Anti-Gay Christians In Arkansas
ELTON John and David Furnish's baby Zachary is not acceptable viewing for the people of a Harps supermarket in Mountain View, Arkansas. The US magazine in which they showcase their child to the planet has been encased in a protective sheath, known locally as a "family shield".
So, who are the leaders of Harps?
Kim Eskew, President & COO:
Kim and his wife Karen live in Springdale and are members of First Baptist Church of Springdale.
The church is part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The church believes that:
Homosexual is a chosen behavior not a discovered sexual orientation.
A child is set up as a result of poor parenting to make them more likely to choose to become homosexual.
Homosexuals can convert to heterosexuality through prayer, becoming saved.
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Bill Merrell, vice president for convention relations with the SBC Executive Committee, reminds [us] that… Apostle Paul spoke of changed homosexuals who were part of the church in Corinth, "who through the saving gospel of Jesus Christ had been forgiven and made whole."
Others in the group wear the religion on their sleeves:
Roger Collins, CEO and Chairman:
He serves on both the boards and executive committees of the National Cooperative Bank, the National Grocers Association, Associated Wholesale Grocers, as well as the Elder Board for Fellowship Bible Church.
Jim Antz, Vice-President of Finance & Administration, CFO:
He attends Fellowship Bible Church in Lowell.
The Fellowship Bible Church also holds the view that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice and gayness can be caught and cured.
Update: The company has issued this statement, and removed the sheath:
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